"[TYRES SCREECHING]" "Are you out of your mind?" "What are you trying to do?" "It's my mother." "She's had an accident back at the house." "I've got to get to town, get to a doctor." "Look, pal, that's against company rules." "In the name of God, please." "Okay, pile in." "Thanks." "I appreciate it." "Pull up." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "Hey, what's wrong?" "I swear he grabbed me." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "[TYRES SCREECH]" "He's frozen like a block of ice." "It's summer and he's frozen." "[ANNOUNCER READING ON-SCREEN TEXT]" "ANNOUNCER:" "Starring Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent." "NARRATOR:" "The invaders." "Alien beings from a dying planet." "Their destination: the Earth." "Their purpose:" "to make it their world." "David Vincent has seen them." "For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found." "It began with a closed, deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey." "It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy." "Now, David Vincent knows that the invaders are here, that they have taken human form." "Somehow, he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun." "ANNOUNCER:" "The guest stars in tonight's story:" "Robert Walker," "Lynn Loring," "R. G. Armstrong." "Tonight's episode, "Panic."" "[SIRENS WAILING]" "NARRATOR:" "A truck driver's bizarre death only added to the growing panic in a remote corner of West Virginia." "Nine had died in a 48-hour period." "All frozen." "Six hours ago, it became the responsibility of Dr. George Grundy," "United States Public Health Service, to bring this epidemic to an end." "To find an answer to deaths for which medical authorities had found no answer." "One man suspects the true nature of this strange and terrifying blight, that its source lies somewhere out in the vast reaches of space." "That man:" "David Vincent." "Doctor?" "Doctor, this is the man I was talking about, David Vincent." "I think you ought to hear what he has to say." "All right, Vincent, you've got a minute." "I'm told you've a theory that's going to solve all my problems." "No, sir." "No theories, facts." "Oh, don't forget that call to Washington." "All right, what's your pitch?" "Witchcraft, radioactive dust, germ warfare?" "And don't forget the governor's conference at 2." "I've heard them all." "I talked to a man named Bageley, he's the dead truck driver's partner." "Get me those pathology reports." "Doctor, are you gonna listen to me?" "Bageley said they picked up a hitchhiker." "Shortly before Larson died, he touched him." "Now, you find that hitchhiker, you find the cause of all these deaths." "Is that a fact?" "A man about 24, 25 years old, wearing a red plaid jacket." "Now, you listen to me, Vincent," "I interviewed this Joe Bageley an hour after his partner died." " He didn't mention any hitchhiker." " He was afraid of losing his job." "GRUNDY:" "Find out what's holding up that medical team from Atlanta." "Look, doctor, will you look at this, please?" "Now, this is where the truck crashed." "VINCENT:" "Right here is where Bageley said the hitchhiker left the truck." "Now, two victims were found down here before the crash." "An hour afterwards the lineman's body was found here a mile up into the hills." "The trail leads down the hills to Morgan's Corner." "Assuming the man is on foot, that's where your men should be looking." "Between Morgan's Corner and Top Pine Crossing." "Well, that's all very interesting." "As soon as some men become available, we'll check on it." "That's it, Vincent." "Well, give me a car, I'll try myself." "I said we'll check on it when we can." "Wallace, I want to look over that report from Truscott." "Just take it easy, Vincent." "I'll see what I can do in about 10 or 15 minutes." "Grab yourself a cup of coffee." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "Yes, we've just turned onto Morgan's Corner road." "JORDEN [OVER DEVICE]:" "Mr. Vincent will be your responsibility." "Right." "WOMAN:" "Oh, here." "Now, this is what you want." "This map is just a quarter and it shows Top Pine Crossing" " and all the hills and woods around it." " Is there another way out?" "Wha" " The front's always been good enough." "Those men out there, my girl's father sent them to look for me." "See?" "We want to get married but her father's against it." "Please, don't let them find me." " But young man" " I just wanna be with my girl." "Please?" "[DOOR OPENS]" "Can I help you?" "Yes." "We're looking for someone." "Maybe you can help us." "JORDEN:" "A young man wearing a red plaid jacket." "He might have come down the highway." "Maybe through the woods." "Well, have you, ma'am?" "No, I can't say that I have." "DAVID:" "Are you sure?" "I'm sure, yes." "He may be back this way." "We'd appreciate it if you keep your eyes open." "And don't let him near you." "JORDEN:" "He can be dangerous." "[DIALLING]" "What are you doing?" "They're not stopping you from getting married." " It's something else, isn't it?" " Put down the phone." "You can't keep running, son." "You'd better let me call the police." "NICK:" "They can't help." "I can take care of myself." "[SNIFFLES]" "NICK:" "I appreciate your trying to help me, though." "I can't blame you for thinking I was trying to hide something from you." "I'll tell my girl what you did." "Thanks." "I don't know, Vincent." "Why would somebody else be looking for him?" "I don't know." "He's running." "So he must be afraid of somebody or something." "That's why we have to get to him first." "[TYRES SCREECH]" "[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]" "What happened, Phil?" "Poor Molly, just like the others." "Maybe your map is right, Vincent." "Phil, you look for a young fellow wearing a red plaid jacket." "If you spot him, take him in for questioning." "And officer, it's very important." "Don't touch him and don't let him touch you." "Vincent, let's split up and meet up at Top Pine Crossing." "Maybe if we work fast enough, there won't be any more Mollys." "Right." " Folks are scared right now, mister." "VINCENT:" "I know." "I can't say that I blame them." "What we need is more protection and less questions." "Why does everybody want to know about this kid with the red jacket?" "What do you mean everybody?" "Has somebody else been here?" "Well, about an hour ago, two fellas came by in a blue coupe." "They asked the same thing you did." "Ten minutes ago, two deputies came by, they want to know the same thing." "The deputies have been here?" "Well, one of them is still back there in the washroom." "Is he like the others?" "When the doctor arrives, I'm sure he'll find it was a cerebral haemorrhage." "[SIGHS]" "The other deputy, what happened to him?" "He took off." "I told him that kid with the red jacket went up the road." "He went after him." "That truck out front, is that yours?" "Yes." "VINCENT:" "Call the sheriff." "Tell him what happened." "I'll bring your truck back later." "[ENGINE STARTS]" " Need a ride?" " Yeah." " Climb in." " Thanks." "[TYRES SCREECH]" "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "VINCENT:" "Hey." "[GRUNTING]" "Hold it." "You drive." "[SNIFFLES]" "[ENGINE STARTS]" "Is he following us?" "Just keep your eyes on the road." "Don't worry about what's behind us." " Who are you?" " My name is Vincent." "They call me Nick." " I'd like to thank you" " Keep your hands on the wheel." "I know who you are and what you are." "[SNIFFLES]" "It's a pretty warm day for gloves." "You know what the gloves are for." "[SNIFFLES]" "[INHALES SHARPLY]" "You mind telling me where you're taking me?" "The sheriff." "Those people freezing to death like that." "It's a nightmare." "I didn't mean for them to die, but I couldn't help myself." "I can't help being sick." "Keep your eyes on the road." "We're not all animals." "Believe me, Mr. Vincent, we're not all bad." "Just like human beings aren't all good." "You've had your Capones, Neros, Hitlers, so have we." "The rest of us have to take orders whether we like it or not." "[NICK SNIFFLES]" "Mr. Vincent, believe me, a lot of us don't like what we have to do." "That's what the Nazis said after they had taken Europe." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "Keep driving." "You'll have to hear me out or shoot me." "I'll do just that, I'll blow your head off before I take a chance in letting you contaminate another human being." "Look, I'll make a deal with you." "This sickness, it's from my own planet." "It's a kind of virus that's communicated by touch." "Slow death for me, a freezing, horrible death for your kind." "Only my own people can help me." "You get me to them and I'II" "I'll give you evidence of our invasion plans." "Better evidence than me." "We've just built a new landing site near here." "A saucer is coming in tomorrow morning, just after dawn." "When it takes off again, I want to be aboard." "Where does that leave me?" "There'll be other landings soon." "When the next ship comes in, you can have the authorities ready to capture it." " Well?" " Drive." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "Yes, that's correct." "Just a few minutes ago." "They're heading west on Arrowfield road." "Good." "We have them trapped between us now." "Right." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "It's them." "Turn off over there." "Look out." "Look out." "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "[BOTH GRUNT]" "[PANTING]" "I suppose you never intended to kill those kids out there, huh?" "Move out." "Go on, get out of here." "[VEHICLE APPROACHING]" "We've been going around in circles for hours." "Sit down." "You're kidding yourself, you know that, don't you, Vincent?" "Right now, half a dozen of my people are out looking for us." "So save yourself." "By letting you go?" "Forget it." "Tell me something." "Just who are you trying to save?" "Your precious mankind?" "Are they really worth it?" "[FOOTSTEPS]" "Face it, Mr. Vincent." "They're savages." "And what are you?" "On your feet, Nick." "VINCENT:" "Hold it right there." "[FOOTSTEPS]" "[GUN COCKS]" "All right." "Come on out." "[FOOTSTEPS]" "I said come out." "Keep coming." "Who are you?" "Mister," "I was just out for a walk." "I don't know what you're doing here." "VINCENT:" "You live near here?" "Answer me." "Yes." "Do you have a phone?" " Listen" " Shut up." "Just shut up." "Do you have a phone?" "No." "Don't listen to him." "Run." "Go." "Get out of here." "I told you to shut up." "Don't let him frighten you." "VINCENT:" "He's scaring you off so I can't get help." "I have to get in touch with the sheriff, he'll tell you if I'm dangerous or not." "Where's your house?" "[GRUNTING]" "[DOG BARKING]" "Where'd you find them two, Madeline?" "Just above." "Dad, he says he wants to get hold of the sheriff." "Sheriff?" "What for?" "You bringing this fella in for something?" "It's a long a story." "I'm working with the sheriff." "And it's very important that I get in touch with him." "Heh." "Nearest phone is down at the Bugler Cafe, about three miles of walking." "Three miles, huh?" "You look like kind of peaked." "Are you gonna be all right?" "Yeah, I'll be all right." "I could make that call for you." "How much is it worth?" "How much?" "That's what I said." "Ten bucks." "Is that all?" "The privilege of being a good citizen." "[SCOFFS]" "You gonna be all right, honey?" "Sure, pa." "How much you'd give me not to go?" "[CHUCKLES]" "Well, I don't have anything on me right now." "[GUN COCKS]" "Could you trust me until later?" "I'll have to tell you like they tell me down at the store, sorry." "Five bucks up-front." "What's the matter, you got cold hands?" "I'll be back in a couple of hours." "The human race." "[LOCKS DOOR]" "You wear these from now on." "Put them on." "Do you have any rope?" "There." "Lean against the pole." "Left hand behind your back." "You got to tie him up like that?" "[SCOFFS]" "Mister," "I don't really care if you hang him up by his heels." "The other hand." "You want me to watch him for a while?" "When do you think your father will be back?" "Sometime after dark." "Nothing." "I was up at the other side of the river" " You're looking for someone?" " Yes, two men." "One about 25, wearing a red plaid jacket." " Seen anyone like that?" " No, afraid not." "Are there any other places like this around here?" "Well, there's Pete's Place about four miles down the road near Truscott." " Down this way?" " Yeah." "I'll check it out." "We'll stay here." "Any coffee inside, ma'am?" "There's a machine over in the corner." "[ENGINE STARTS]" "You really should get some sleep, Mr. Vincent." "I don't know what you're afraid of." "It's a cinch I'm not going anywhere." "[DOG PANTING]" "I guess, living way out here, you don't get to town very often, do you?" "I like it here." "You know, maybe you're lucky." "It's kind of nice out here." "Clean air, nobody bugging you." "Sure." "It's great." "It's every girl's dream." "Maybe it's not." "But at least it's out of the rat race." "Not like" "Not like where?" "Forget it." "Not like where?" "I said forget it." "I don't want to talk about it." "Just leave me alone." "He wants you to help him get away." "You just get off his back." "No, he's right." "That's just what I was angling for." "Wouldn't you be doing the same thing if you were me?" "Do you know what it's like to be a prisoner?" "To have a whole world fall in on you." "There's no way out?" "How would you know?" "[SCOFFS]" "How the heck would you know?" "What do you want me to do with these eggs?" "He can't eat them with his hands tied." "His hands stay tied." "Yeah, he's dangerous." "You've got the gun and he's dangerous." "Why don't you let him make a break for, then you can have the fun of killing him." " Look, Madeline" " I know, you told me." "He's a killer." "All right, I promise." "I won't try to help him." "Now, why don't you just leave me alone, huh?" "Well, if you do try to help this handsome, clean-cut, all-American boy out there," "[SIGHS] well, you could very well become victim number 11." "Look, mister, why don't you stop treating me like I just fell off the Christmas tree, huh?" "I've been to the big city." "I've been married and I've been ditched." "And it takes a lot of a man to fool me." "He's a good salesman." "Ten people are dead because they listened to him." "NICK:" "I don't blame you for not wanting to look at me." "I heard what he said." "[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER PLAYER]" "Madeline, I never killed anyone." "You don't have to prove anything to me." "There's nothing I can do about it." "It's just that I-- I'd like to think you believe me." "[LIQUID POURING]" "The people who were killed," "I was miles away when it happened." "I can prove that." "You have witnesses?" "I was on my way to Idlewild Flat to see them when Vincent caught up with me." "Ahh." "Why bore you with it?" "[SNIFFLES]" "You've got enough problems of your own." "MADELINE:" "Where do these witnesses live?" "NICK:" "Not far." "But I'm not sure of the direction from here." "We got lost." "Look, if you tell me where they are, maybe I could go see them for you." "I've got to go myself." "Help me, Madeline." "I have to get to see those witnesses." "I can't." "Madeline, take a chance on me." "You won't be sorry." "Once I speak to the witnesses, I'll turn myself in." "I'll give myself up." "Please." "Please." "[MUSIC STOPS]" "[TYRES SQUEALING]" "Hey." "You're in luck." "GUS:" "When I got to the Bugler's Cafe," "I ran into these deputies from the sheriff's office." "GUS:" "Where's your prisoner?" "Where's Madeline?" "[GUNSHOTS]" "[GUN COCKS]" "[GUNSHOT]" "What in the name of?" "What was that?" "What happened?" "Where's Madeline?" "Where's Madeline?" "What have you done with her?" "What have you done with her?" "Where's Madeline?" "[DOG BARKING, WHIMPERING]" "Be quiet, Charlie." " Are you sure we're in the right way?" " For Idlewild Flat, we are." "But I don't remember ever seeing any houses there." "Are you sure your witnesses live near Idlewild Flat?" "[BARKING, WHIMPERING]" "Bring him along?" "I don't understand what's spooking him." "He doesn't usually act like this." "It's just that if Vincent is following us, all that racket could give me away." "[WHIMPERING]" "You should have let me tie him up." "I went and got you the gun." "Now, what else do you want?" "[WHIMPERING]" "Nice doggy." "Now, please, Gus," "Study this map." "Is there any place at all near Top Pine Crossing where a space ship could land?" "It's all woods, hills." "Nothing can land up there." "What are we waiting for?" "Let's take that car and drive to the sheriff's office." "I told you, there's no time." "Now, look at the map." "Think." "What about my daughter?" "He's sick, if people die when he just touches them, what will happen to her?" "As long as he needs her to guide him, he won't harm her." "After he gets there, then what?" "We'll just have to get there first." "Now, look at the map, Gus." "Please." "It's no use." "Wait a minute." "Come to think of it now." "There is a little meadow up" " How big is one of them things?" " Where's the meadow?" "GUS:" "Right there, just north of Top Pine Crossing." "It's called Idlewild Flat." "All right, let's try it." "We getting nearer?" "It's not too much further." " Charlie?" " Shh!" " Charlie?" " Someone'll hear you." "I think something's happened to him." "He must have gone home on his own." "No." "He wouldn't do that." "I better go back and look for him." "We've got to keep going." "You'll be able to find it by yourself from here." "Now, I got to go look for Charlie." "I haven't come this far just to get lost." "Now, move." "It's Charlie." "VINCENT:" "Don't touch it." "He's frozen stiff." "How far are we from Idlewild Flat?" "Idlewild Flat?" "Oh." "Less than a mile once we get to County Road." "Is there a quicker way?" "He's gonna kill her, too, ain't he?" "There's gonna be light soon." "Let's go." "Come on." "Idlewild's Flat's just a little piece further ahead there." "[WHINING SOUND]" "Dear God." "Dear God." "I don't see Madeline down there." "Maybe we got here first." "What do we do now?" "Just wait." "I'll tell you something, Mr. Vincent, up to now, except for Madeline and me," "I didn't give a hoot if the whole world dropped dead." "[BREATHING HEAVILY]" "You realise, suddenly, it can happen." "Maybe we're too late." "Maybe they already got Madeline on that thing." "There they are now." "We're gonna need help." "This tower." "If I can get the fire brigade up here and sound the alarm" "Wait a minute." "We'll only panic him and kill your daughter." "Just wait here a minute." "[MADELINE SCREAMS]" "[GUN COCKS]" "Stay here." "He's gonna get away." "They could all get away." "We're gonna need help." "Gus, stay down." "Don't do that." "Ahh." "[GUNSHOT]" "Gus." "[ALARM BLARING]" "Please." "[SCREAMS]" "[SCREAMS]" "Dad." "Dad." "Dad." "I'll drive you all the way to Wheeling, if you'd like." "There's no trouble." "Thank you, that's all right." "I'd just as soon be alone for a while." "Mr. Vincent, my father saw I was safe, didn't he?" "Yes, he did." "Then why did he do it?" "I guess he thought the rest of the human race was worth saving too." "You mean from" "Did we really see that saucer?" "Yes, we did." "[SIGHS]" "Thank you, Mr. Vincent." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "NARRATOR:" "Freezing deaths apparently ended." "And an alien landing site exposed." "Grudging victories for David Vincent." "But the invader still walks, unheeded, on the planet Earth." "Somehow, some way, he must be stopped."