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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:29,140 --> 00:00:32,150 ANNOUNCER: Tonight's stars-- George Maharis, 2 00:00:32,150 --> 00:00:34,070 Ray Milland, 3 00:00:34,070 --> 00:00:35,230 Leslie Nielsen, 4 00:00:35,230 --> 00:00:37,150 Sue Lyon, 5 00:00:37,150 --> 00:00:39,070 Joe Campanella, 6 00:00:39,070 --> 00:00:41,010 and Michael Constantine, 7 00:00:43,130 --> 00:00:46,170 You're most welcome in this particular museum, 8 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:48,060 There's no admission, 9 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:50,070 no requirement of membership, 10 00:00:50,070 --> 00:00:52,050 Only a strong and abiding belief 11 00:00:52,050 --> 00:00:54,150 in the dark at the top of the stairs, 12 00:00:54,150 --> 00:00:56,220 or things that go bump in the night, 13 00:00:56,220 --> 00:00:59,140 Example: tonight's first painting, 14 00:00:59,140 --> 00:01:02,170 Small boy encased in a crystal ball, 15 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:05,000 Born with a very special gift, 16 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,210 He can prophesy, 17 00:01:06,210 --> 00:01:09,200 But you'll wonder, as we look behind that picture, 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,150 if a prophecy is always a gift, 19 00:01:12,150 --> 00:01:15,120 or can it, on occasion, take the form of a nightmare? 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,010 The painting's title is: 21 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:22,180 And this is the Night Gallery, 22 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:34,080 Herbie, come on, this way, 23 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,030 ( indistinct chatter ) 24 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:52,060 Hey, Rance, this is okay? 25 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:54,000 Okay, 26 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,170 Gonna need some pillows, Kid's only ten years old, 27 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:57,090 MAN: Mr, Wellman, 28 00:01:57,090 --> 00:01:59,140 - When do you tape? - In just a minute, 29 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:01,160 Mr, Wellman, I'd like you to meet Mr, Godwin, 30 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,060 - What's the kid's name? - Uh, Herbie, Herbert Bittman, 31 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:06,100 Mr, Godwin here is Herbie's grandfather, 32 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:07,220 Uh, Mister,,, 33 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:09,140 What can he possibly do? 34 00:02:09,140 --> 00:02:11,200 Well, it's in the nature of commentary, 35 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,190 A commentary? 36 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:15,140 How old is the child, seven? 37 00:02:15,140 --> 00:02:17,090 He's ten, Mr, Wellman, 38 00:02:17,090 --> 00:02:19,060 He's ten, 39 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:21,120 A ten-year-old commentator, 40 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,140 Oh, that's really creative, isn't it? 41 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:25,110 That's innovative, 42 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:27,090 What are we shooting for, Wednesday night, 8:00, 43 00:02:27,090 --> 00:02:29,060 the darkest hour in the rating wars, 44 00:02:29,060 --> 00:02:31,210 and whom are we auditioning for our big gun? 45 00:02:31,210 --> 00:02:34,100 A ten-year-old commentator named Herbie? 46 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:36,040 ( nervous chuckle ) 47 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,110 Mr, Wellman, this is Herbie's grandfather, Mr, Godwin, 48 00:02:38,110 --> 00:02:41,070 This is Mr, Wellman, the head of the station, 49 00:02:41,070 --> 00:02:43,160 - You handle the kid? - I'm Herbie's grandfather, 50 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,200 The boy has a special talent, 51 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,140 Fine, 52 00:02:47,140 --> 00:02:49,080 I give you this up front, Reed, 53 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,040 A special talent he better have, 54 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,010 Middle of the week, prime time, 55 00:02:53,010 --> 00:02:55,140 against network competition, You've got to be out of it, 56 00:02:55,140 --> 00:02:57,010 DIRECTOR: Stand by to roll tape, 57 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,180 Roll tape, 58 00:02:58,180 --> 00:03:01,140 Slate in, Three, two, one, 59 00:03:01,140 --> 00:03:04,090 Audition tape number 323, The Herbie Bittman Show, 60 00:03:04,090 --> 00:03:05,210 Action! 61 00:03:05,210 --> 00:03:07,140 Hello, My name is Herbert Bittman, 62 00:03:07,140 --> 00:03:09,190 I've been reading a very interesting book, 63 00:03:09,190 --> 00:03:12,030 It's called The Count of Monte Cristo, 64 00:03:12,030 --> 00:03:14,090 I feel that anybody might enjoy it, 65 00:03:14,090 --> 00:03:16,100 I've also begun a book on astronomy 66 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:18,110 written by a man named Duncan, 67 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:20,200 Reading this book has made me want a telescope, 68 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,080 My grandfather says that if I work hard, 69 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,170 and get good grades in school, 70 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:26,170 I can have a small telescope 71 00:03:26,170 --> 00:03:28,070 at the end of the semester, 72 00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:30,160 That's what we're going to need to find you, 73 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,180 you know, Reed, after I kick you out of here, 74 00:03:32,180 --> 00:03:34,040 A telescope! 75 00:03:37,190 --> 00:03:40,140 About 15 minutes from now, Gwendolyn Box, 76 00:03:40,140 --> 00:03:43,090 that little girl who's been lost in the Sierras 77 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,150 since Thursday, will be found, 78 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:49,020 Her leg is broken, but she'll still be alive, 79 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:52,080 After I get my telescope, I wanna become a member of 80 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,140 The Society of Variable Star Observers, 81 00:03:54,140 --> 00:03:56,170 It's a club where everybody,,, 82 00:03:56,170 --> 00:03:59,020 You're not really serious about this, are you, Reed? 83 00:03:59,020 --> 00:04:00,140 You are putting me on, 84 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:02,120 You weren't intending to program this! 85 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,220 Mr, Wellman, the boy's unerring in his predictions, 86 00:04:04,220 --> 00:04:07,230 - Ask Mr, Godwin here, - Oh, I should ask Mr, Godwin, 87 00:04:07,230 --> 00:04:12,100 If you can just control yourself for a moment, Mr, Wellman, 88 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:14,090 I guess that's all for now, 89 00:04:14,090 --> 00:04:16,150 Except,,, 90 00:04:16,150 --> 00:04:19,090 tomorrow morning, at about one minute till 6:00, 91 00:04:19,090 --> 00:04:22,020 there'll be an earthquake in the Los Angeles area, 92 00:04:22,020 --> 00:04:24,130 It'll be fairly sizable, 93 00:04:26,110 --> 00:04:28,110 That's about all I can tell you now, 94 00:04:28,110 --> 00:04:30,180 Except there'll be some damage, 95 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:33,070 and some fatalities, as well, 96 00:04:33,070 --> 00:04:36,170 I'm sorry to have to give you this kind of bad news, 97 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:39,050 And I'm very sorry to give you this sad news, 98 00:04:39,050 --> 00:04:42,060 but you've just witnessed Master Bittman's maiden voyage, 99 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:44,080 his audition, and his swan song, 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,070 all concurrent with your final act 101 00:04:46,070 --> 00:04:48,060 as an employee of this corporation, 102 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:50,040 Mr, Wellman, I checked him out, He's altogether legitimate, 103 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,080 and several of the universities have wanted to examine him, 104 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,060 You're the one that should be examined, do you realize that? 105 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:55,200 Against high-powered network competition, 106 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,030 you want to put a ten-year-old myopic 107 00:04:58,030 --> 00:05:00,090 who sits on pillows and tells fright stories, 108 00:05:00,090 --> 00:05:02,070 Gwendolyn Box is going to be found in the Sierras 109 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:04,010 with her leg broken, 110 00:05:04,010 --> 00:05:06,030 Los Angeles is going to have an earthquake tomorrow morning, 111 00:05:06,030 --> 00:05:08,050 You should give the boy a chance, Mr, Wellman, 112 00:05:08,050 --> 00:05:11,120 I should also contract pleurisy and fall down an elevator shaft, 113 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,030 Mr, Wellman, please be reasonable, 114 00:05:14,030 --> 00:05:15,140 Did you catch that show, Mr, Wellman? 115 00:05:15,140 --> 00:05:17,100 I caught it; I'm throwing it back, 116 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:19,030 I want that tape wiped, 117 00:05:19,030 --> 00:05:20,200 Kid, I don't know who put you up to this, 118 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:21,230 but we are not amused, do you understand? 119 00:05:21,230 --> 00:05:23,140 Just a moment, Mr, Wellman, 120 00:05:23,140 --> 00:05:25,060 Nobody put Herbie up to anything, 121 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:28,080 He has a special talent, A gift, if you will, 122 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,210 It was his own idea to share it, 123 00:05:29,210 --> 00:05:31,160 You share it, Grandpa, 124 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:32,210 Buy yourself a wagon and take it on the road, 125 00:05:32,210 --> 00:05:34,200 But right here in this station, 126 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,190 I'm not interested in his gift, his talent, or anything else, 127 00:05:36,190 --> 00:05:39,020 If you can't wipe that tape, burn it, 128 00:05:39,020 --> 00:05:40,200 All I went left of The Herbie Bittman Show 129 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,190 is a fading echo and a receding memory, 130 00:05:43,190 --> 00:05:45,110 Mr, Wellman, 131 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:46,130 Mr, Wellman! 132 00:05:46,130 --> 00:05:49,110 ( door closes ) 133 00:05:49,110 --> 00:05:51,080 MAN IN MOVIE: We'll try the back way, 134 00:05:53,130 --> 00:05:56,050 Have you forgotten the house of pain? 135 00:05:58,090 --> 00:06:02,230 You,,, you made us in the house of pain, 136 00:06:02,230 --> 00:06:06,090 ( creatures yelling ) 137 00:06:06,090 --> 00:06:09,140 You made us,,, things, 138 00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:15,030 Part man,,, 139 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:17,080 part beast, 140 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,040 Things! 141 00:06:26,060 --> 00:06:29,140 Mr, Reed wants you to turn on the television set, Mr, Wellman, 142 00:06:29,140 --> 00:06:31,080 You can tell Mr, Reed for me 143 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,230 that he can go jump in the lake, 144 00:06:32,230 --> 00:06:34,210 Mr, Reed says that it's a news bulletin, 145 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,120 Uh, Charlie, Charlie, hold the film, 146 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,050 get me the monitor, please, 147 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:47,180 ( helicopter whirring ) 148 00:06:47,180 --> 00:06:49,070 MAN: The helicopter is approaching 149 00:06:49,070 --> 00:06:51,110 the little girl now, 150 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,110 Her condition at the moment is unknown, 151 00:06:53,110 --> 00:06:56,100 but the pilot has radioed back that she is definitely alive, 152 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,090 Repeating that information, 153 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,120 Gwendolyn Box, lost in the Sierras 154 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,160 since last Thursday, has been found alive, 155 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,200 First reports indicate she has a broken left leg, 156 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,130 and is suffering from exposure, 157 00:07:13,130 --> 00:07:16,130 Could be coincidence, Gigantic coincidence, 158 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:21,110 WOMAN: I'm so glad they found her alive, Mr, Wellman, 159 00:07:21,110 --> 00:07:23,170 The tapes, 160 00:07:23,170 --> 00:07:25,080 Call McManus, tell him not to wipe that tape, 161 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,070 And tell Reed to get a hold of that Bittman kid, 162 00:07:27,070 --> 00:07:30,060 REPORTER: ,,,stories that made the news for February 8, 1971, 163 00:07:30,060 --> 00:07:32,160 In an attempt to undermine Vietcong support, 164 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,140 the South Vietnamese today invaded Laos, 165 00:07:35,140 --> 00:07:37,200 Thirty-eight candidates have been chosen 166 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,180 for the Nobel Peace Prize, 167 00:07:39,180 --> 00:07:41,160 Thirty-eight out of,,, 168 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,100 Uh, Jack, that's fine, Thank you, 169 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,040 Mr, McManus says the tapes have been wiped clean, 170 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,110 and Mr, Reed says the Bittman boy and his grandfather 171 00:07:52,110 --> 00:07:54,050 - have left the studio, - Well, why don't they,,, 172 00:07:56,230 --> 00:07:58,220 All right, all right, 173 00:07:58,220 --> 00:08:01,220 - We'll just wait until morning, - Anything else, Mr, Wellman? 174 00:08:01,220 --> 00:08:05,140 You can ask me that again at 6:00 a,m, Los Angeles time, 175 00:08:05,140 --> 00:08:08,070 All right, Harry, let's see the film again, please, 176 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,100 We'll see then how the cookie crumbles, 177 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:14,030 Or those Los Angeles buildings, 178 00:08:14,030 --> 00:08:15,150 But I tell you this up front, 179 00:08:15,150 --> 00:08:17,180 If they get the shakes out there, 180 00:08:17,180 --> 00:08:21,210 I'm signing Herbie Bittman to a 25-year contract, 181 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:23,190 ( movie resumes ) 182 00:08:26,230 --> 00:08:30,150 WELLMAN: ,,,how skeptical I was, too, 183 00:08:30,150 --> 00:08:33,020 but then Herbie predicted about that little girl 184 00:08:33,020 --> 00:08:35,010 being found in the mountains, 185 00:08:35,010 --> 00:08:37,040 and after that, L,A, had their quake, 186 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,220 Well, I immediately called Dr, Charles Heffern, 187 00:08:39,220 --> 00:08:41,220 the big seismologist, and I asked him, 188 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:45,050 He said there was no way that that quake 189 00:08:45,050 --> 00:08:47,100 could possibly have been foretold, no way, 190 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,160 Well, it became apparent that Herbie had 191 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,090 some kind of special gift, 192 00:08:51,090 --> 00:08:53,000 Then a year ago, that Strata liner wreck, 193 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,130 Then the gubernatorial election, 194 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:58,040 Oh, yes, do you remember the submarine disaster? 195 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,020 Marvelous, Herbie predicted the whole thing, 196 00:09:01,020 --> 00:09:02,150 What's the boy like? 197 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:04,080 Well, just as normal as you or me, 198 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,000 He comes in here twice a week with his grandfather, 199 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,140 does the show, never any problems, never any temperament, 200 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:10,140 Oh, yes, doctor, perhaps you'd like to look at 201 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:12,020 a few little trophies 202 00:09:12,020 --> 00:09:14,000 that Herbie's picked up along the way, 203 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,080 I'm very glad the university has decided to study him, 204 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,100 In the year and a half that he's been with us, 205 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:20,130 he has made 106 predictions, 206 00:09:20,130 --> 00:09:22,130 Every blessed one of 'em's come true, 207 00:09:22,130 --> 00:09:24,130 Can I see him now? 208 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:26,210 Well, let's see, You've got 20 minutes till air time, 209 00:09:26,210 --> 00:09:28,170 Sure, Right this way, 210 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:32,090 Herbie, 211 00:09:32,090 --> 00:09:35,210 Herbie, I've got someone I'd like you to meet, 212 00:09:35,210 --> 00:09:37,060 This is Dr, Peterson, 213 00:09:37,060 --> 00:09:39,090 Dr, Peterson's at the university, 214 00:09:39,090 --> 00:09:41,060 Oh, and this is Herbie's grandfather, 215 00:09:41,060 --> 00:09:43,000 - Don't get up, - Mr, Godwin, 216 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,170 Nice to meet you, 217 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:46,160 Herbie, you give us another great show this afternoon, 218 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,190 I'll see you all later, 219 00:09:48,190 --> 00:09:51,130 Is this a convenient time for you, Herbie? 220 00:09:51,130 --> 00:09:55,000 They told us last week we were gonna be investigated, 221 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,010 ( chuckles ) 222 00:09:57,010 --> 00:09:59,040 Not exactly investigated, 223 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,090 The university's been given an appropriation 224 00:10:01,090 --> 00:10:03,070 to do a project on you, 225 00:10:03,070 --> 00:10:04,190 We think we can learn a great deal 226 00:10:04,190 --> 00:10:06,150 about extrasensory perception, 227 00:10:06,150 --> 00:10:08,110 Parapsychology, 228 00:10:08,110 --> 00:10:13,050 For example, do you have any idea how this works? 229 00:10:13,050 --> 00:10:15,230 You mean my being able to predict things? 230 00:10:15,230 --> 00:10:17,070 Yes, 231 00:10:19,030 --> 00:10:22,170 - It just sorta happens, - Do you get a vision? 232 00:10:22,170 --> 00:10:25,160 - You mean like pictures? - Mm-hmm, 233 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,130 No, 234 00:10:27,130 --> 00:10:29,190 It isn't pictures, and it isn't words, 235 00:10:29,190 --> 00:10:33,070 It just sorta,,, 236 00:10:33,070 --> 00:10:34,160 comes into my mind, 237 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,110 One thing I've noticed 238 00:10:37,110 --> 00:10:39,060 is I can't predict anything 239 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:43,000 unless I more or less know what it is, 240 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,120 I can predict an earthquake, 241 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,040 because everybody knows what a quake is, 242 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,110 When somebody's missing, 243 00:10:49,110 --> 00:10:51,140 and I predict they're gonna be found, 244 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:53,150 if I hadn't known they were missing, 245 00:10:53,150 --> 00:10:55,090 I wouldn't have been able to do it, 246 00:10:55,090 --> 00:10:57,160 I see, 247 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,160 Then you're not able to predict anything 248 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,090 that isn't already in your consciousness, 249 00:11:01,090 --> 00:11:04,050 That's the reason why I read so many books, 250 00:11:04,050 --> 00:11:07,000 The more things I know about, the more things I can predict, 251 00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:10,180 Herbie, could we see you in the chair now? 252 00:11:10,180 --> 00:11:12,170 We're ready to paint, 253 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:14,150 Oh, excuse me, Dr, Peterson, 254 00:11:24,170 --> 00:11:28,180 What's it like living with such a celebrity, Mr, Godwin? 255 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:31,000 Well, he's become public property, 256 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,050 He gets 1,500 letters a week, 257 00:11:34,050 --> 00:11:36,070 He gets double that in offers, 258 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:39,160 from government officials, bookies, 259 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,090 people with terminal diseases, schemers, 260 00:11:42,090 --> 00:11:44,140 They write us, they telephone us, 261 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:45,220 they even camp on our doorstep, 262 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,090 You see that man over there? 263 00:11:50,090 --> 00:11:52,030 He's with the government, 264 00:11:52,030 --> 00:11:55,210 He sits in the studio during the taping of every show, 265 00:11:55,210 --> 00:11:57,140 so that in case Herbie should say something 266 00:11:57,140 --> 00:12:01,050 that might be contrary to national policy, 267 00:12:01,050 --> 00:12:04,030 they can stop the show immediately, 268 00:12:07,110 --> 00:12:09,160 But he seems unaffected by all this, 269 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,070 Still, I can't help but wonder, 270 00:12:14,170 --> 00:12:15,210 Go on, 271 00:12:15,210 --> 00:12:19,060 Well, what it must be like 272 00:12:19,060 --> 00:12:22,100 to be able to look into tomorrow, 273 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:24,150 The deadly strain of it, 274 00:12:24,150 --> 00:12:26,180 To suddenly have pierce your brain 275 00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:30,020 with some knowledge of disaster or catastrophe, 276 00:12:30,020 --> 00:12:32,030 and to be unable to do anything about it, 277 00:12:32,030 --> 00:12:37,120 And to have that deadly weight on a little 11-year-old boy, 278 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,120 Mr, Godwin, could we see you over here for a minute? 279 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,040 - A problem? - I'm not sure, 280 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,100 Excuse me, 281 00:12:46,220 --> 00:12:49,000 He seems very disturbed, and I,,, 282 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,090 What's the matter, Herbie? 283 00:12:50,090 --> 00:12:53,140 Grandfather, take me home, 284 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,040 What is the trouble here? What's going on? 285 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,060 Now, Herbie, Herbie, what is the problem? 286 00:13:01,060 --> 00:13:04,180 They tell me you don't want to do the show, 287 00:13:04,180 --> 00:13:08,060 I want,,, I wanna go home, 288 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:10,100 What has been happening here? 289 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:13,090 Now, Herbie, now you know whatever the problem is, 290 00:13:13,090 --> 00:13:16,080 I'll fix it, Don't you feel well? 291 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,120 Are you too tired? 292 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,090 I feel okay, 293 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:22,170 It's just,,, 294 00:13:22,170 --> 00:13:25,120 I just can't do it today, 295 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,150 REED: Herbie, we have to do the show today, 296 00:13:27,150 --> 00:13:29,140 Why hasn't someone called a doctor? 297 00:13:29,140 --> 00:13:31,200 I don't need a doctor, It's just that,,, 298 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,170 I gotta go home, Grandfather, 299 00:13:34,170 --> 00:13:37,020 Then that's just what we'll do, Come on, 300 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:38,220 Oh, really? 301 00:13:38,220 --> 00:13:40,210 Just like that, take a walk, is that it? 302 00:13:40,210 --> 00:13:43,210 What about the crew here? 303 00:13:43,210 --> 00:13:46,010 What about the production schedule? 304 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:48,030 What about the time and effort and money 305 00:13:48,030 --> 00:13:49,230 that I've invested in this show? 306 00:13:49,230 --> 00:13:51,170 Now let's just be rational here, 307 00:13:51,170 --> 00:13:53,200 If this child is not ill, there's no excuse-- 308 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,170 The excuse, Mr, Wellman, 309 00:13:55,170 --> 00:13:58,010 is just that Herbie doesn't want to do it today, 310 00:13:58,010 --> 00:14:00,060 - Come on, Herbie, - What are we gonna do? 311 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:01,120 Mr, Godwin, 312 00:14:04,180 --> 00:14:07,010 Herbie, 313 00:14:07,010 --> 00:14:09,010 Herbie boy, 314 00:14:09,010 --> 00:14:10,210 Herbie, now listen, 315 00:14:10,210 --> 00:14:14,010 Herbie, have you thought about the people that depend on you? 316 00:14:14,010 --> 00:14:16,160 What about your devoted fans, Herbie? 317 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,220 Fact: Herbie, there are people who sit by that television set 318 00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:23,010 every week and wait for you to come on, 319 00:14:23,010 --> 00:14:25,080 They depend on you, You're very important to them, 320 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,230 Now what's going to happen when you don't? 321 00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:31,030 It's going to frighten them, isn't it, Herbie? 322 00:14:31,030 --> 00:14:33,030 You can see that, can't you? 323 00:14:36,140 --> 00:14:38,130 Maybe, 324 00:14:38,130 --> 00:14:40,030 Maybe you're right, 325 00:14:40,030 --> 00:14:42,160 Herbie, just as soon as you've finished, 326 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,130 we're going to discuss a nice, long vacation for you, 327 00:14:45,130 --> 00:14:47,020 Two weeks, Maybe four weeks, 328 00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:49,210 Any place you like, Europe, Asia, 329 00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:52,200 And the station footing the bill, Herbie, 330 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,150 Herbie, right now, 331 00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:56,170 the most important thing you've got to do 332 00:14:56,170 --> 00:14:59,170 is get back in there and do that show for us, Herbie, 333 00:14:59,170 --> 00:15:01,210 Just like always, 334 00:15:01,210 --> 00:15:03,230 Just get in there and go to work, 335 00:15:03,230 --> 00:15:06,000 All right, Mr, Wellman, 336 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:08,210 - I'll try, - Good boy, 337 00:15:08,210 --> 00:15:11,110 Good boy, Herbie, All right, back to work, 338 00:15:12,220 --> 00:15:15,180 It's okay, Grandfather, 339 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:17,170 It's really okay, 340 00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:19,230 DIRECTOR: Okay, places, please, 341 00:15:19,230 --> 00:15:21,100 Come on, everybody, let's go, 342 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:23,140 One minute to air, one minute to air, 343 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,210 What do you suppose the problem is, Mr, Godwin? 344 00:15:28,210 --> 00:15:30,180 I don't know, doctor, 345 00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:33,210 and frankly, I'm not quite sure I want to know, 346 00:15:33,210 --> 00:15:36,020 DIRECTOR: Camera two, let me see your close shot, 347 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:37,220 Gene, you wanna straighten his tie? 348 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,140 Yeah, yeah, that's it, Okay, 349 00:15:43,220 --> 00:15:46,010 HERBIE: And that's what I learned this week in school 350 00:15:46,010 --> 00:15:47,190 about mechanical drawing, 351 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:50,030 And it's really very interesting, 352 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,010 Nothing, No predictions, no nothing, 353 00:15:54,010 --> 00:15:56,010 Dullsville, USA, 354 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:59,090 REED: Seems like he's holding back, 355 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:01,100 Now I wanna,,, 356 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:04,040 I wanna tell you about tomorrow, 357 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,050 That's better, Here it comes, 358 00:16:06,050 --> 00:16:10,040 Tomorrow is gonna be different from anything in the past, 359 00:16:12,010 --> 00:16:15,030 Tomorrow is gonna be,,, 360 00:16:15,030 --> 00:16:18,200 a start of a new and better world for all of us, 361 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,120 In the past, we've had a pretty bad time, 362 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:27,040 We've had wars and famines and pestilence, 363 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,130 We've had depressions, and nobody seems to know 364 00:16:29,130 --> 00:16:31,120 what causes them, 365 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,070 People have starved when there was food, 366 00:16:34,070 --> 00:16:37,200 they have died of diseases when there was cures for them, 367 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,040 We've seen the water and the air 368 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,210 and everything else get polluted, 369 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:47,160 And we've seen so much hatred, 370 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:52,160 Well, beginning tomorrow, 371 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,070 all of that's gonna be changed, 372 00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:59,020 There won't be any more wars, 373 00:16:59,020 --> 00:17:03,210 We're gonna live side by side like brothers, 374 00:17:03,210 --> 00:17:05,140 We're gonna forget about 375 00:17:05,140 --> 00:17:08,070 killing and breaking and bombs, 376 00:17:08,070 --> 00:17:11,190 And all over the world, 377 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:14,100 there's gonna be a,,, 378 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,050 kind of garden growing, 379 00:17:16,050 --> 00:17:19,130 And nobody will be afraid anymore, 380 00:17:19,130 --> 00:17:22,190 For the first time since human beings 381 00:17:22,190 --> 00:17:24,190 have lived on this earth, 382 00:17:24,190 --> 00:17:28,000 we're gonna live the way human beings should, 383 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,140 Tomorrow is gonna be the beginning of all that, 384 00:17:34,110 --> 00:17:38,150 That's all for now, Good-bye, 385 00:17:38,150 --> 00:17:40,220 - Good night, - DIRECTOR: Save it, 386 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,070 ( voices clamoring ) 387 00:18:17,020 --> 00:18:21,010 ( clamoring continues ) 388 00:18:31,170 --> 00:18:36,060 ( clamoring continues ) 389 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,170 Herbie, 390 00:18:44,170 --> 00:18:46,210 Dr, Peterson is here, 391 00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:49,040 We had to have our phone cut off 392 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,140 because there was such a commotion 393 00:18:50,140 --> 00:18:52,120 after Herbie's telecast, 394 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:54,230 But I suppose you've seen it for yourself, 395 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:56,130 Herbie, 396 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,210 Herbie, you told me you couldn't see into the future 397 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:06,190 for more than 48 hours, 398 00:19:06,190 --> 00:19:08,180 That's right, 399 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:10,150 Then how could you foresee all the things 400 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:12,080 you predicted this afternoon? 401 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,150 Do you really want me to tell you? 402 00:19:14,150 --> 00:19:16,000 I certainly do, 403 00:19:19,220 --> 00:19:22,190 I wouldn't have known if I hadn't read this book, 404 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:29,120 I'd just have known that something big was gonna happen, 405 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:32,040 But now I know, 406 00:19:33,220 --> 00:19:36,120 I read about it in my astronomy book, 407 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,120 Look over there, 408 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,070 Tomorrow won't be like that, 409 00:19:48,010 --> 00:19:49,190 What are you trying to say? 410 00:19:49,190 --> 00:19:51,160 Tomorrow, 411 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,010 The sun'll be different, 412 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,150 I think it's better this way, doctor, 413 00:20:00,150 --> 00:20:05,010 I wanted 'em to be happy, 414 00:20:05,010 --> 00:20:07,140 so that's why I lied to them, 415 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:09,040 Herbie, what is it? 416 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,050 What's going to happen tomorrow? 417 00:20:13,070 --> 00:20:15,160 Tomorrow,,, 418 00:20:17,110 --> 00:20:20,030 the sun,,, 419 00:20:20,030 --> 00:20:22,230 - Yes? - ( whimpers ) 420 00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:24,110 What? 421 00:20:24,110 --> 00:20:27,030 I forget the word, 422 00:20:27,030 --> 00:20:31,040 It's what they call it when a star flares up, 423 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,230 Becomes a billion times hotter than it was before, 424 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:36,080 A nova? 425 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,110 That's right, A nova, 426 00:20:42,050 --> 00:20:44,080 What does that mean? 427 00:20:53,130 --> 00:20:55,150 That's when the sun explodes, 428 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:28,020 Don't be frightened, Grandfather, 429 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:32,020 It'll happen so quickly, we won't even feel it, 430 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,110 And nobody else will feel it, either, 431 00:21:36,110 --> 00:21:41,010 They'll just expect it to be a,,, a better day, 432 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,200 Maybe afterwards, that's what it will be, 433 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,210 ( voices clamoring ) 434 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,080 ( knocking on door ) 435 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,210 ( knocking ) 436 00:22:47,180 --> 00:22:49,190 Miss Lovecraft sent me, 437 00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:51,220 I'm from the agency, I'm your babysitter Betsy, 438 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:54,040 Hi, 439 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,180 ( rock music playing on transistor radio ) 440 00:22:56,180 --> 00:22:59,160 ( door squeaks loudly ) 441 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,150 Oughta have that oiled, 442 00:23:02,150 --> 00:23:05,130 Oh? I rather like it, 443 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,040 Your wife gettin' dressed? 444 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,120 No, She went on ahead, 445 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:17,020 When there's a full moon, there's no restraining her, 446 00:23:17,020 --> 00:23:19,160 I told her to start without me, 447 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,160 Modern marriage, Best kind, 448 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,210 More staying power to 'em, ya know? 449 00:23:24,210 --> 00:23:28,190 Yes, ours has lasted a long time, 450 00:23:28,190 --> 00:23:30,180 A very long time, 451 00:23:30,180 --> 00:23:34,010 When can I meet the kid? 452 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:36,230 Actually, I was just getting him ready for bed, 453 00:23:36,230 --> 00:23:38,210 You like a fire? 454 00:23:38,210 --> 00:23:40,200 Sure, but I can get him ready for bed, 455 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,120 You're probably anxious to get started, 456 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,200 I am, I am, 457 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,230 But no, it's better if I prepare him, 458 00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:52,120 He can be rather difficult with strangers, 459 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,220 Once he's warmed up to you, though, 460 00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:56,180 I know what, 461 00:23:56,180 --> 00:23:58,160 I'll read him a bedtime story, 462 00:24:03,130 --> 00:24:06,050 That's a great way to break the ice, 463 00:24:06,050 --> 00:24:09,110 Good idea, 464 00:24:09,110 --> 00:24:12,200 You will find his favorites over there on the first shelf 465 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,090 of the bookcase, 466 00:24:15,090 --> 00:24:18,040 Make yourself comfortable, 467 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,220 If you should become hungry, you will find that we have 468 00:24:20,220 --> 00:24:24,000 an unusually well-stocked larder, 469 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,120 including some rather hard-to-get items 470 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:29,110 you might find interesting, 471 00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:33,050 What time do you expect to be back? 472 00:24:33,050 --> 00:24:35,010 Dawn, 473 00:24:35,010 --> 00:24:38,120 We are always back before sun-up, 474 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,000 Always, 475 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:46,200 Yes, sonny, Daddy's here, 476 00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:53,140 ( growling and panting ) 477 00:24:53,140 --> 00:24:57,170 Miss Lovecraft didn't mention anything about a dog, 478 00:24:57,170 --> 00:24:59,160 Guess what, sonny? 479 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,150 Daddy has a marvelous surprise in store for you, 480 00:25:03,150 --> 00:25:06,050 You're just going to eat her alive, 481 00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:07,220 ( loud panting ) 482 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,070 Vampirycon, 483 00:25:13,070 --> 00:25:16,190 Satan's Invisible World Discovered, 484 00:25:16,190 --> 00:25:18,110 The Book of the Dead, 485 00:25:18,110 --> 00:25:20,100 Men Into Wolf, 486 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:23,060 Now let's put on your slippers, shall we? 487 00:25:23,060 --> 00:25:26,000 You don't want to catch cold, 488 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,140 Give me your foot, 489 00:25:27,140 --> 00:25:29,180 There's a good boy, 490 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:32,060 Now the other foot, 491 00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:34,030 That's fine, 492 00:25:34,030 --> 00:25:36,200 And now the other one, 493 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:44,180 What was that crash? 494 00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:47,120 Did I hear something? 495 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,200 - ( panting ) - Oh, shut up, 496 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,230 The concept of medical transplants 497 00:25:53,230 --> 00:25:56,100 is exciting indeed, 498 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:57,230 But the story behind this painting 499 00:25:57,230 --> 00:26:00,040 takes the concept a step further, 500 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,040 Or if you will, a step over 501 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,070 into a different kind of world-- 502 00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:06,120 one in which a gentleman named Lacland 503 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,170 finds a hand that is not his own, 504 00:26:08,170 --> 00:26:10,060 and he finds it at the end of his wrist, 505 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:11,170 Our painting: 506 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:43,050 Excuse me, 507 00:27:43,050 --> 00:27:45,120 Would you mind repeating that? 508 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:50,080 I said, Dr, Ravdon, I want you to cut off my hand, 509 00:28:00,180 --> 00:28:03,030 - Peter Lacland, - Yes, 510 00:28:03,030 --> 00:28:05,220 The card doesn't say who referred you, 511 00:28:05,220 --> 00:28:07,180 Nobody referred me, I live down the block, 512 00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:10,130 I see your brass plate every time I go for the bus, 513 00:28:10,130 --> 00:28:13,160 I see, May I see the hand? 514 00:28:23,230 --> 00:28:25,050 Other, please, 515 00:28:31,170 --> 00:28:34,110 They seem perfectly normal to me, both hands, 516 00:28:34,110 --> 00:28:37,090 Nevertheless, doctor, the right hand must be removed, 517 00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:41,210 If not by you, then by somebody else, 518 00:28:44,030 --> 00:28:45,160 Would you mind telling me why? 519 00:28:47,130 --> 00:28:49,160 I have no desire to be laughed at, 520 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,050 Neither do I, young man, 521 00:28:51,050 --> 00:28:53,130 What do you think is wrong with the hand? 522 00:28:57,010 --> 00:28:59,230 Look, See for yourself, doctor, 523 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,010 What did I write? 524 00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:22,220 I'm sorry, Except for prescription purposes, 525 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,110 - I don't read Latin, - I don't write it, 526 00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:28,150 And that's not my handwriting, 527 00:29:28,150 --> 00:29:30,150 It's no longer my hand, 528 00:29:30,150 --> 00:29:32,070 It belongs to somebody else, 529 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:33,210 That's why it must be cut off, 530 00:29:33,210 --> 00:29:36,160 Whose hand do you consider it to be? 531 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,220 I don't know, It has taken over my hand, 532 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:43,030 It makes it do things I don't want my hand to do, 533 00:29:43,030 --> 00:29:44,220 What sort of things? 534 00:29:47,010 --> 00:29:49,000 It makes it,,, 535 00:29:50,060 --> 00:29:52,110 murder, 536 00:29:54,030 --> 00:29:55,120 You've committed a murder? 537 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,070 I've attempted it three times, 538 00:29:57,070 --> 00:29:59,170 This hand has, 539 00:29:59,170 --> 00:30:02,130 Each time, I've been able to prevent it, 540 00:30:02,130 --> 00:30:04,150 Each time, it's become harder to do, 541 00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:08,070 The last time has been the hardest, almost beyond me, 542 00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:12,060 The next time, I know I will fail, 543 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:15,020 That's why it must be cut off, 544 00:30:15,020 --> 00:30:17,190 Otherwise, someone will be murdered, 545 00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:21,030 Mr, Lacland, I'm writing the name of an associate of mine, 546 00:30:21,030 --> 00:30:22,200 You're referring me to a psychiatrist, 547 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,180 As a matter of fact, yes, I am, 548 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:26,070 Doctor, I didn't come here to be told I'm mad, 549 00:30:26,070 --> 00:30:29,030 I,,, I want you to cut off my hand, 550 00:30:29,030 --> 00:30:31,050 Now why won't you do it? 551 00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:34,130 Because, young man, there's nothing wrong with your hand, 552 00:30:34,130 --> 00:30:36,040 It is not diseased, it is not morbid, 553 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,160 it is not tumescent, 554 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,230 It's against professional ethics-- 555 00:30:38,230 --> 00:30:40,140 Cut it off! 556 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,070 Impossible, 557 00:30:49,230 --> 00:30:51,100 Is it? 558 00:31:05,070 --> 00:31:08,020 Is it? 559 00:31:08,020 --> 00:31:10,000 ( agonized screaming ) 560 00:31:33,020 --> 00:31:35,160 You see, doctor, it wasn't impossible, 561 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,090 You made it mandatory, 562 00:31:38,090 --> 00:31:41,030 I really didn't have a choice, 563 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,190 The company had sent me up here 564 00:31:54,190 --> 00:31:56,130 to manage the new office, 565 00:31:56,130 --> 00:31:58,210 I'd been here a couple of weeks, 566 00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:00,180 found an apartment, 567 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:02,140 got to know my way around, 568 00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:05,030 and was just organizing the new operation, 569 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:08,110 I had an appointment one evening 570 00:32:08,110 --> 00:32:12,080 with a prospective client at his apartment, 571 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,130 Something distracted me for a second, 572 00:32:20,190 --> 00:32:23,180 And then, I pushed the wrong button, 573 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,190 ( door buzzing ) 574 00:32:39,050 --> 00:32:42,030 I didn't know why until later, 575 00:32:42,030 --> 00:32:43,190 A lot later, 576 00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:46,080 Almost too much later, 577 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,220 Yes, what is it? 578 00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:51,110 At first, I thought it was an accident, 579 00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:53,020 the way I met Susan, 580 00:32:53,020 --> 00:32:56,050 I have an appointment with a Franklin M, Heller, 581 00:32:56,050 --> 00:32:58,140 Oh, well, you have the wrong apartment, 582 00:32:58,140 --> 00:33:01,130 No, I would've had the wrong apartment 583 00:33:01,130 --> 00:33:03,050 had I rung the right bell, 584 00:33:03,050 --> 00:33:04,230 Well, 585 00:33:04,230 --> 00:33:06,170 It was three days later 586 00:33:06,170 --> 00:33:09,190 when I finally got to see Mr, Franklin Heller, 587 00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:13,080 By that time, Susan and I were engaged, 588 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,110 Have you told your fiancée about your surgery? 589 00:33:19,110 --> 00:33:22,030 I made her go away, to keep from killing her, 590 00:33:22,030 --> 00:33:24,150 You were contemplating,,, 591 00:33:24,150 --> 00:33:26,030 I wasn't, 592 00:33:26,030 --> 00:33:27,210 It was, and it would've done it, too, 593 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:31,030 This surgery saved her life, 594 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,030 When did it first occur to you 595 00:33:35,030 --> 00:33:36,190 that you were no longer the proprietor 596 00:33:36,190 --> 00:33:38,030 of your right hand? 597 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,180 I wanted to telephone one of our suppliers, 598 00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:45,110 I was home, 599 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,160 I had left the office early, 600 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,090 and I didn't have my telephone book with me, 601 00:33:49,090 --> 00:33:52,040 So I decided to try to look up his name 602 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,050 in the phone directory, 603 00:33:54,050 --> 00:33:56,130 I was leafing through it, 604 00:33:56,130 --> 00:34:00,020 running my finger down a column, 605 00:34:00,020 --> 00:34:02,150 when suddenly, it stopped, 606 00:34:02,150 --> 00:34:04,080 I mean, it stopped, 607 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,140 I didn't stop it, 608 00:34:06,140 --> 00:34:09,080 Then it called the number, 609 00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:12,140 It really called it, 610 00:34:12,140 --> 00:34:14,160 I had absolutely nothing to do with it, 611 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:19,010 It was almost as though I weren't there, 612 00:34:19,010 --> 00:34:20,150 Only my hand, 613 00:34:20,150 --> 00:34:23,020 MAN: Hello? Hello? 614 00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:26,100 Ramsey speaking, Who is this? 615 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:29,230 Hello, is anyone there? 616 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,090 Look, I hear someone breathing, 617 00:34:34,090 --> 00:34:36,040 Now who is this? 618 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,200 Hello! Who is this?! 619 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,040 LACLAND: I don't know why I said it, 620 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,130 This is Borgus Weems speaking, 621 00:34:43,130 --> 00:34:45,200 What? What? 622 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,220 - What did you,,, - ( hangs up phone ) 623 00:34:56,110 --> 00:35:01,070 Not a single one of those actions was performed by me 624 00:35:01,070 --> 00:35:02,170 of my own free will, 625 00:35:02,170 --> 00:35:04,120 Not a single one of them, 626 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,190 It was my hand that made me do them, 627 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:14,160 And you think me insane, 628 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,060 I've no doubt that what you're telling me 629 00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:19,120 you believe to be the absolute truth, 630 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,080 But you think me insane, 631 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,090 I'm a surgeon, Mr, Lacland, 632 00:35:23,090 --> 00:35:25,220 and I have no qualifications in the field of medicine 633 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:28,000 which deals in what you've been telling me, 634 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,210 However, if I can persuade you 635 00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:33,090 to recapitulate what you've told me, 636 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:36,090 and then to continue on with your story 637 00:35:36,090 --> 00:35:37,150 - in the presence of a-- - Psychiatrist, 638 00:35:37,150 --> 00:35:40,010 Precisely, 639 00:35:40,010 --> 00:35:44,100 Well, since the peril no longer exists, 640 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:48,070 I'm really indifferent to how large a group 641 00:35:48,070 --> 00:35:50,170 considers me mad, 642 00:35:50,170 --> 00:35:52,180 Bring your friend in, 643 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,140 And these were not familiar names to you, Mr, Lacland? 644 00:35:57,140 --> 00:36:02,110 This, um, Brock Ramsey and Borgus Weems, 645 00:36:02,110 --> 00:36:04,120 I'd never heard of either of them 646 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,010 until that moment, 647 00:36:06,010 --> 00:36:09,050 However, later that same evening,,, 648 00:36:09,050 --> 00:36:10,150 ( door buzzer buzzing ) 649 00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:12,060 ,,,one of them paid me a visit, 650 00:36:12,060 --> 00:36:13,160 Lacland, Is that you? 651 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,060 That was the name on the mailbox downstairs, 652 00:36:15,060 --> 00:36:16,180 Yes, I'm Peter Lacland, 653 00:36:16,180 --> 00:36:18,190 Ramsey, Brock Ramsey, 654 00:36:18,190 --> 00:36:20,220 Oh? 655 00:36:20,220 --> 00:36:22,150 Um, come in, 656 00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:35,220 You, uh, you live here alone? 657 00:36:35,220 --> 00:36:38,000 Are you from the police? 658 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,040 No, 659 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,160 No, I used to know someone who lived here 660 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,110 a while back, five, six years ago, 661 00:36:46,110 --> 00:36:48,220 This was his desk, 662 00:36:50,110 --> 00:36:53,070 I rented this place furnished, 663 00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:57,110 Is there something I can do for you, Mr, Ramsey? 664 00:36:57,110 --> 00:36:59,080 I don't know, 665 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,050 I got a funny phone call this afternoon, 666 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:03,050 I wondered if,,, 667 00:37:03,050 --> 00:37:05,080 I was going to kill the man, 668 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,080 I knew I was going to kill him, 669 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,050 I got reason to believe that you made that phone call, 670 00:37:11,050 --> 00:37:13,210 If you did, is something the matter,,, 671 00:37:13,210 --> 00:37:16,050 No, please, stop! You don't understand! 672 00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:19,000 ( phone rings ) 673 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:22,080 Get outta here! 674 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,220 ( ringing continues ) 675 00:37:33,070 --> 00:37:35,000 Hello, 676 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,180 Oh, Susan, 677 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,180 Yes, Yes, my darling, 678 00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:42,150 What? 679 00:37:42,150 --> 00:37:44,170 I sound funny, 680 00:37:44,170 --> 00:37:47,230 I was,,, I was just, uh,,, 681 00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:50,180 taking a nap, 682 00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:52,190 Yes, 683 00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:54,120 Yes, everything's fine, 684 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,190 Shall we, uh,,, 685 00:37:56,190 --> 00:37:59,070 Shall we have dinner? 686 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:02,030 Fine, 687 00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:06,030 Some days later, I had to visit a client in Beardsley, 688 00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:08,180 I rented a car for the occasion, 689 00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:10,180 About two blocks before the access drive 690 00:38:10,180 --> 00:38:12,160 opened to the speedway, 691 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,220 the hand took control again, 692 00:38:15,220 --> 00:38:18,200 I felt the now quite horrible, familiar pulsing, 693 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,140 the heat, the unmistakable impression 694 00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:24,230 that another force was causing the hand to function, 695 00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:26,210 unrelated to any desire on my part, 696 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,150 I meant to turn the wheel to the left, but,,, 697 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:47,050 I couldn't, and then I realized 698 00:38:47,050 --> 00:38:49,080 something else was happening, 699 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:52,160 My foot was beginning to cooperate with that right hand, 700 00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:02,230 I felt helpless, hopeless, 701 00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:05,090 Utterly out of my depth, 702 00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,000 And then, it happened, 703 00:39:20,030 --> 00:39:22,030 I was going to run over him, 704 00:39:22,030 --> 00:39:24,130 I was deliberately going to run over him, 705 00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:26,080 I was like a spectator, 706 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,080 outside of myself, watching myself, 707 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,180 about to commit murder, 708 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,000 ( tires screeching ) 709 00:39:41,070 --> 00:39:43,100 The next morning, I read in the paper 710 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,110 that a rented car driven by a Mr, Peter Lacland 711 00:39:45,110 --> 00:39:47,080 had gone out of control, 712 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,180 and almost struck and killed a Mr, Everett Winterreich, 713 00:39:49,180 --> 00:39:51,120 attorney at law, 714 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:55,170 But that wasn't altogether true, was it? 715 00:39:55,170 --> 00:39:57,210 Mr, Peter Lacland was,,, 716 00:39:57,210 --> 00:40:00,120 was sitting behind the wheel of that rented car, 717 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,140 but he most certainly was not driving it, 718 00:40:03,140 --> 00:40:06,110 Mr, Lacland, did it not occur to you 719 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:08,080 at about this point 720 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,010 that you might possibly be suffering from 721 00:40:11,010 --> 00:40:13,100 a condition that ought to be examined professionally? 722 00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,010 It certainly did, Dr, Innokenti, 723 00:40:15,010 --> 00:40:17,080 It most certainly did, 724 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,010 I also realized the fact that I would either 725 00:40:20,010 --> 00:40:21,180 be totally disbelieved, 726 00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:24,160 or that I would be hustled off to some institution 727 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,020 and put behind locked doors, 728 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:28,040 So instead of consulting a physician, 729 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:29,210 you did what? 730 00:40:32,060 --> 00:40:36,220 I,,, I embarked on the preparations 731 00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:39,140 to murder my fiancée, 732 00:40:48,140 --> 00:40:50,070 I first accompanied my right hand 733 00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:52,130 to a shop where I bought a gun, 734 00:40:52,130 --> 00:40:55,110 INNOKENTI: You cannot buy a firearm in this state 735 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:58,140 without first acquiring a police permit, 736 00:40:58,140 --> 00:41:00,110 LACLAND: My right hand evidently knew of a place 737 00:41:00,110 --> 00:41:04,010 where such formalities could be dispensed with, 738 00:41:04,010 --> 00:41:08,090 for a small sum added on to the price of the weapon, 739 00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:15,230 INNOKENTI: Did you know you were calling on her 740 00:41:15,230 --> 00:41:17,160 in order to kill her? 741 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,000 No, Such a horrible thought never entered my head, 742 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,220 I love her deeply and dearly, 743 00:41:23,220 --> 00:41:26,100 RAVDON: But you'd just bought a gun, 744 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:28,160 Didn't you suspect your purpose? 745 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,130 My brain must've been starting to cooperate with my hand, 746 00:41:31,130 --> 00:41:34,120 It was concealing my own thoughts from me, 747 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,020 No! 748 00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:38,110 Peter, what are you doing? 749 00:41:38,110 --> 00:41:40,180 I'm going to kill you, 750 00:41:43,010 --> 00:41:45,080 I'm gonna kill you, and I don't know why, 751 00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,190 I'm trying not to, but I can't try any longer, 752 00:41:47,190 --> 00:41:50,090 It's getting too strong, too much, 753 00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:52,120 - Help me! - What can I do? 754 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,110 All I can think about is killing, 755 00:41:54,110 --> 00:41:55,140 First the man on the telephone, 756 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:57,110 then a man with a beard, 757 00:41:57,110 --> 00:41:59,090 and now you, 758 00:42:01,110 --> 00:42:04,140 Maybe,,, maybe I can stop it 759 00:42:04,140 --> 00:42:07,150 by doing this, 760 00:42:10,030 --> 00:42:13,130 No, don't, Don't, please, Peter, Don't! 761 00:42:19,090 --> 00:42:21,070 Get it away, Take it away, 762 00:42:21,070 --> 00:42:23,150 Don't,,, don't let my hand get near it, 763 00:42:23,150 --> 00:42:25,060 Oh, Peter, wait, 764 00:42:25,060 --> 00:42:27,030 Susan, if you love me, go somewhere, 765 00:42:27,030 --> 00:42:29,000 Go somewhere far away, far away from here, 766 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,050 - Why? - So I can't kill you, 767 00:42:31,050 --> 00:42:33,140 - Why would you kill me? - I wouldn't but this would, 768 00:42:33,140 --> 00:42:36,100 It won't rest until it's killed you, I know it, 769 00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:40,000 I sense it, and it's gonna keep trying again and again, 770 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,070 until it does it, 771 00:42:42,070 --> 00:42:44,220 Unless,,, 772 00:42:44,220 --> 00:42:47,230 Unless,,, 773 00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:53,100 I,,, cut it off, 774 00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:58,030 That's a very fascinating story, Mr, Lacland, 775 00:42:58,030 --> 00:43:01,030 Of which you don't believe a word, 776 00:43:01,030 --> 00:43:02,220 I'm a psychiatrist, 777 00:43:02,220 --> 00:43:05,170 I believe in only one thing, Listening, 778 00:43:05,170 --> 00:43:08,150 And I would be very happy to listen to anything 779 00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:10,200 you might care to say to me, 780 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,120 Dr, Ravdon will tell you where you can reach me, Good day, 781 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,000 Doctor, 782 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,130 And now, you will step into the corridor, 783 00:43:25,130 --> 00:43:27,150 consult with your friend, 784 00:43:27,150 --> 00:43:31,190 and agree, very quietly, that I'm crazy, 785 00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:35,130 Mr, Lacland, I've more than one friend, 786 00:43:35,130 --> 00:43:37,200 and as soon as your arm is healed, 787 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,040 I'd like to persuade you to see another of my friends, 788 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,140 - Another psychiatrist, - No, 789 00:43:42,140 --> 00:43:44,150 This one is a policeman, 790 00:43:44,150 --> 00:43:48,030 Yes, Yes, this was his place, all right, 791 00:43:48,030 --> 00:43:50,200 - Whose? - Borgus Weems, 792 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,120 RAVDON: I knew that rang a bell when you mentioned it, 793 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,130 but I wasn't sure, 794 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:56,000 But who is Borgus Weems? 795 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,170 He was a strange man, Mr, Lacland, 796 00:43:58,170 --> 00:44:00,180 Scholar, traveler, man of many parts, 797 00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:02,070 Countless languages, 798 00:44:02,070 --> 00:44:04,000 Thought to be rich, 799 00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,190 Dabbled in the occult, too, it was said, 800 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,120 It was from that window he was pushed to his death 801 00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:13,140 four years ago, 802 00:44:13,140 --> 00:44:16,110 You said pushed? 803 00:44:16,110 --> 00:44:18,020 And not without a struggle, 804 00:44:20,020 --> 00:44:22,200 Who knows with what tenacity he clung on to this ledge, 805 00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:27,230 All I can tell you is those fingernails of his 806 00:44:27,230 --> 00:44:30,230 were found dug almost an inch into the wood of the sill, 807 00:44:30,230 --> 00:44:32,130 Wait a minute, 808 00:44:32,130 --> 00:44:34,130 If he was pushed to his death, 809 00:44:34,130 --> 00:44:36,090 then how could his fingernails,,, 810 00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:38,160 His right hand remained here in the room 811 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,090 when he fell, 812 00:44:40,090 --> 00:44:41,140 Someone had lopped it off at the wrist, 813 00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:50,220 His,,, his right hand? 814 00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:52,180 In this room? 815 00:44:52,180 --> 00:44:55,050 Who did it? 816 00:44:55,050 --> 00:44:57,140 There was never a conviction, 817 00:44:57,140 --> 00:44:59,220 He had a niece, she had a boyfriend, 818 00:44:59,220 --> 00:45:01,090 We thought they'd done it, so we arrested them, 819 00:45:01,090 --> 00:45:04,200 They got a lawyer, he got them acquitted, 820 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,230 What were their names? 821 00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:11,090 Hers was Douglas, Susan, I believe, 822 00:45:11,090 --> 00:45:13,120 The boyfriend's name I don't remember offhand, 823 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,180 - And the lawyer's, - That name I'll never forget, 824 00:45:15,180 --> 00:45:18,060 Mr, Everett Winterreich, 825 00:45:20,130 --> 00:45:22,160 It's my beautiful Susan, 826 00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,140 She did it with this,,, Brock Ramsey, 827 00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:27,090 That can't be proven, Not in court, 828 00:45:29,030 --> 00:45:31,060 Don't you see? He knew, 829 00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:33,170 Borgus Weems, he knew, 830 00:45:33,170 --> 00:45:36,050 He lived here in these rooms, 831 00:45:36,050 --> 00:45:40,090 He knew, and he used me as his instrument of revenge, 832 00:45:40,090 --> 00:45:42,180 My beautiful Susan, 833 00:45:42,180 --> 00:45:45,030 I was,,, I was to love her, 834 00:45:45,030 --> 00:45:47,090 and kill her, 835 00:45:47,090 --> 00:45:50,020 If it's true, 836 00:45:50,020 --> 00:45:52,060 if they did murder him and they got free, 837 00:45:52,060 --> 00:45:55,070 then how is he ever to rest? 838 00:45:55,070 --> 00:45:58,020 Mr, Lacland, you're becoming agitated, 839 00:45:58,020 --> 00:46:01,140 Much too agitated for your recent trauma, 840 00:46:01,140 --> 00:46:05,200 I'm going to prescribe for you a slight tranquilizer which,,, 841 00:46:10,210 --> 00:46:13,030 - Good Lord, - What is it? 842 00:46:13,030 --> 00:46:15,040 What's the matter? 843 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:17,060 What's the matter, doctor? You almost sound as though,,, 844 00:46:20,180 --> 00:46:23,060 "Exoriare aliques nostris," 845 00:46:23,060 --> 00:46:25,080 That's Virgil, 846 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:28,180 "Arise, my avenger, out of my bones," 847 00:46:28,180 --> 00:46:30,190 That's what you're prescribing for Mr, Lacland? 848 00:46:30,190 --> 00:46:32,190 A dose of Virgil? 849 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:43,000 Good Lord, 850 00:46:57,060 --> 00:47:00,110 ( woman screaming ) 851 00:47:00,110 --> 00:47:03,020 MAN: Struggle all you want, my pretty, 852 00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:05,140 Scream your lovely lungs out, 853 00:47:05,140 --> 00:47:08,030 It will avail you not, 854 00:47:08,030 --> 00:47:10,230 You think that I who have confounded the French 855 00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:14,070 am to be thwarted by a mere slip of a girl? 856 00:47:14,070 --> 00:47:17,100 You are mine, do you hear, mine, 857 00:47:21,150 --> 00:47:23,110 Now,,, 858 00:47:23,110 --> 00:47:25,100 and forever, 859 00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:26,220 Who are you? 860 00:47:26,220 --> 00:47:29,200 ( laughs ) 861 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,130 Who am I? Have you not guessed? 862 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,060 ( breathes heavily ) 863 00:47:38,060 --> 00:47:41,050 I am the scourge of Paris, 864 00:47:41,050 --> 00:47:43,210 I am the phantom of the opera! 865 00:47:43,210 --> 00:47:45,100 ( gasps ) 866 00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:49,140 ( laughs ) 867 00:47:49,140 --> 00:47:51,130 And you, my beauty, 868 00:47:51,130 --> 00:47:54,120 are my helpless captive, 869 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,180 Do not torment yourself needlessly 870 00:47:57,180 --> 00:48:00,140 with fraudulent thoughts of rescue and escape, 871 00:48:00,140 --> 00:48:02,230 This is an impenetrable fortress, 872 00:48:04,210 --> 00:48:09,030 So, my sweet angel, relax, 873 00:48:09,030 --> 00:48:12,050 Resign yourself to the inevitable, 874 00:48:12,050 --> 00:48:16,060 In time, you'll see 875 00:48:16,060 --> 00:48:20,000 that frozen heart of yours will thaw, 876 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,170 responsive to my devoted ardor, 877 00:48:23,170 --> 00:48:26,080 I shall serenade you, 878 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:29,180 Woo and win you, 879 00:48:29,180 --> 00:48:34,150 Kindling in your breast with impassioned music 880 00:48:34,150 --> 00:48:37,020 that love you now deny me, 881 00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:40,100 For now, 882 00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:45,110 I lay but one unyielding injunction upon you, 883 00:48:45,110 --> 00:48:47,170 Never, never, 884 00:48:47,170 --> 00:48:52,010 upon pain and punishment most awful, 885 00:48:52,010 --> 00:48:53,210 ever seek to discover 886 00:48:53,210 --> 00:48:57,090 the face that finds sanctuary behind this mask of mine, 887 00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:02,010 I can forgive all else, 888 00:49:02,010 --> 00:49:04,070 Not that, 889 00:49:11,050 --> 00:49:16,140 ( playing Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" ) 890 00:49:21,210 --> 00:49:25,220 When you have restored yourself, exquisite lady, 891 00:49:25,220 --> 00:49:27,130 perhaps you will contribute 892 00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:30,140 that enchanting soprano voice of yours to the recital, 893 00:49:30,140 --> 00:49:33,040 Together,,, 894 00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:37,210 ( woman shrieking ) 895 00:49:42,060 --> 00:49:44,230 Foolish, impetuous girl, 896 00:49:44,230 --> 00:49:47,080 Did I not warn you? 897 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:51,230 You have sealed your doom, 898 00:49:55,170 --> 00:49:57,080 ( shrieks ) 69710