"* *" "Hey, you can't park there!" "The Washington flight, has it gone yet?" "No, it's due right now." "But you'll have to move your car." "Oh, thank God." "It's them!" "They've taken over the lodge." "They look, act and talk like real people but they're not." "They're going to kill me!" "I swear they're..." "Now, wait a minute..." "Been like that for a couple of days now-- tough." "Everything's going to be all right, Mr. Grayson." "There's going to be a plane landing... in a moment." "He's all right now." "He sure had me scared there for a minute." "You'll have to excuse me." "Hey!" "(clattering)" "NARRATOR:" "Starring Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent." "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." "(eerie whirring)" "It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy." "(whirring intensifies)" "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." "The guest star in tonight's story:" "Shirley Knight." "And special guest star Kevin McCarthy." "NARRATOR:" "The manager of a famed resort hotel has been driven to suicide by the delusion that alien beings had taken over his hotel." "Convinced that the man's story was no delusion," "David Vincent promptly traveled to the small Virginia airport." "He just walked right out there into the path of a landing plane." "Never looked back." "We better get back to the office." "DANVERS:" "Mr. Bowman..." "I, uh, thought I asked you to clear the area." "We were just leaving, Mr. Danvers." "Who's that?" "The new manager of the lodge." "Insists that everybody clear out while this private plane comes in." "The owner insists upon complete privacy." "Well, who's on the plane?" "Can't tell you that." "Oh, Danver's orders, huh?" "Yeah." "Well, I'm sorry I couldn't help you, Vincent." "Right into the prop." "I'll have nightmares for a year." "Say, uh... you really could help me if you'd tell me who's on that plane." "This guy who killed himself, was he a friend of yours?" "We were working on the same project." "Here, uh, hold this a second for me." "I have to get something." "Under the manifest." "Thank you." "For what?" "I didn't tell you anything." "How about not telling me where I can get a job, too?" "Out of work, too, huh?" "Well, try the bus company." "If it helps, use my name." "* *" "Welcome to Pine Lake Lodge, Mr. Cook." "You're Danvers?" "Yes." "You followed my instructions?" "Yes, I did." "All the guests have vacated the lodge." "All right." "See to the luggage for my niece and myself." "* *" "* *" "Ramsey." "Simms?" "Yes, sir?" "What have you done with my briefcase?" "Right here, Mr. Cook." "I'll see the breakdown on radar," "SAC bases, missile sites." "Have you finished unpacking my things?" "No, not yet, sir." "All right, get on with it." "Cookie?" "Ramsey?" "Simms?" "Bell hop?" "Chambermaid?" "Anybody?" "Right here, Maggie." "You know what I'm going to do when you die, Cookie?" "That I would like to know." "I'm going to check into a hotel with some people in it." "(chuckles)" "You know how I am about people." "That's your hang up." "It's going to be a small, gossipy hotel in some place like, uh, say New York." "And I'm going to sit in the lobby and talk to anybody who'll talk to me." "You used to like this place." "(phone ringing) Ramsey?" "!" "Yes, sir." "Yes?" "Yes, it is." "Well, who is it?" "Uh, yes, just a moment, please." "Washington, Mr. Cook." "Who in Washington?" "The President, the Secretary?" "The Secretary." "He wants to know if you won't change your mind about security." "Tell him I expect them this afternoon as planned." "And I don't want to stumble over anybody wearing a shoulder holster or a trench coat." "Yes, sir." "You're tense, Cookie." "I don't like it." "It'll pass." "What kind of deal is it this time?" "Why should you need protection?" "I'm involved in something larger than usual." "The fate of all mankind?" "You never share anything with me anymore." "Do you know that?" "Why don't you trade me in for a poodle?" "Don't start a war, Maggie." "I'm sorry." "Be the beautiful girl you always have been." "Oh, that's..." "that's groovy." "Where are you going?" "Down to the pool." "Maybe there's a sexy lifeguard." "Get off the phone, Ramsey." "We'll do our talking when they get here." "I'm sorry, Mr. Secretary, I have to hang up now." "Yes, thank you, sir." "Stop looking at me." "Well, I'm not looking at you, sir." "Well, I mean, I-I wasn't." "Well, somebody is." "How could they, sir?" "When you're in the business I'm in you develop a sixth sense about a thing like that." "Simms!" "I want you to check this room out." "Go all over it." "I feel like a bug under a microscope." "ALIEN:" "I want you to check out this room." "Go all over it." "I feel like a bug under a microscope." "Interesting voice pattern." "But I think I'm getting it now." "Miss Cook!" "Maybe you'd better take my hand." "Why?" "A few more inches, you'll be in that pool." "Oh, well, if you're interested" "I can swim like a dolphin." "I also hike and climb and I ski." "I even pitch a mean game of horseshoes." "Sounds like a good life." "Well, it's a long way from fun, mister, but it's not the end of the world, either." "Who are you?" "David Vincent." "That's just a name." "Well, right now I drive the mountain bus." "I'm also a crusader." "I'm out to save the world." "(chuckles)" "A lot of people think I'm a nut." "Why?" "Well, what would you say if I told you" "I go around the country chasing flying saucers?" "Well, I'd say you were fun." "Uh, how did you know my name?" "Well, the papers are carrying a story about you and your uncle." "I suppose you want to meet him." "Well, as a matter of fact, I'd like to." "Well, at least you're honest about it." "Most people think they can get to Paul Cook by cultivating his niece." "Politicians, reporters, con men, opportunists, what have you." "What class do you fall in?" "None of those." "Oh, you really are out to save the world?" "Well, I'm sorry." "That's not my line." "Wait just a minute." "I'm not trying..." "No, let's just cool it right here." "Your approach was different." "That's about all, Mr. Vincent." "Well, Maggie... did you have an interesting morning?" "I met a young man." "A muscle-bound lifeguard, no doubt." "Not at all." "He said he was in the crusading business." "Maggie, it worries me when you go out alone like that." "Next time I want you to take Simms." "Oh, right." "He can carry my dollies and my teddy bear." "Maggie!" "What, Cookie?" "I'm not a little girl with pigtails anymore." "I'm 25 years old." "I have a great right arm." "You want me to go get her?" "(latch clicks)" "(creaking)" "What's that?" "Someone's here." "Who is it?" "!" "If somebody's here and they're not saying anything, they're a fink." "Go get her." "If it's necessary, you may apologize for me." "(knock at door)" "Who is it?" "Friend, foe, or Cookie's errand boy?" "Who is it?" "You, make a move and I'll kill you." "Well, Mr. Vincent, you certainly have a way of getting what you go after, haven't you?" "You know him?" "MARGARET:" "He's the self-admitted nut I met downstairs at the pool." "Says he drives the mountain bus and that he has to see you." "All right, let's hear it" " Why?" "I came to stop you." "Stop me?" "From doing what?" "Making your deal." "Deal?" "What kind of a deal?" "I'm not playing games with you." "Everyone knows what Paul Cook is to the missile defense system." "What they don't know is what would happen if you sell out." "Sell out?" "You're not making sense." "You think you can do business with them, you can't." "Nobody can." "When they get what they want, they'll turn on you." "They're here to take over the world." "Give them America's defense secrets and they can do it." "Ramsey..." "Call the desk, tell them Simms is bringing down Mr. Vincent." "I want him locked up and guarded." "On your feet." "Cookie..." "Not now, Maggie!" "What did they promise you, Cook?" "A kingdom?" "Move out." "Cookie...." "I know what you're going to say, Maggie." "This is not the wounded robin bit." "This is a man!" "And you think I'm being cruel." "Well, as it happens, I'm a pretty good judge of character." "So am I." "And Mr. Vincent is a crackpot." "I don't suppose you'd, uh, listen to me for a minute." "No, not for a second." "Keep walking." "I want to hear more about this meeting you're having." "He really got to you, this bus driver of yours, didn't he?" "Now, no more sparring, Cookie." "This is for real." "What's all the secrecy about?" "I can't tell you, Maggie." "Well, then we've really lost something, haven't we?" "Maybe so." "I'm helping the government overhaul the country's defense installations." "They're bringing me all their logistical problems this afternoon." "Where we're strong, where we need building up," "I'm going to try to upgrade the system." "That's all." "I have an important uncle." "Why didn't we go right to Washington?" "It's just a mashie shot down the road." "My hang up." "If the government can stand it, Maggie can." "Let's go finish our lunch." "We never made it to the lobby, uh..." "Go on without me, Maggie." "Oh, don't be cruel, Cookie." "He couldn't help it, he..." "Go on!" "Yes, sir, it's a matter of national security." "Look, can I speak to the special agent in charge?" "V-I-N-C..." "Thank you." "Never mind." "Let me help you inside." "Slow down, now." "You can sit right here." "Thank you." "How do you take your coffee?" "Black." "When you're not being crazy you're rather nice." "All right, Maggie, why did you come?" "Friend, foe, or Cookie's errand boy?" "That was a dirty trick back there." "It's a dirty business." "What a couple of winners we are." "You blind to everything that's going on and me just blind." "Be careful." "It's hot." "Thank you." "You, you don't mind the blind leading the blind for a moment, do you?" "No." "Go ahead." "You couldn't be more wrong about Cookie." "He isn't selling anything to anyone." "He's true." "Red, white and blue." "I read the papers on his desk." "And misunderstood them completely." "How?" "You'll just have to take my word for that." "There's too much at stake for that." "Then will you take my word for this?" "Please don't go to the hotel." "I love my uncle and all that, but he can be one nasty Cookie." "And you're an easy target." "Don't tempt him." "You're going to have to take my word about something." "Those people at the lodge." "I know what they can do." "And it's not pretty, even by Cookie's standards." "Let me tell you what I know." "Maggie?" "!" "Did you see her?" "She's not in the dining room." "All right, you check around the pool." "I'll check over this way." "Meet you back here." "Yes, sir?" "I'm looking for Miss Cook." "Nobody's been this way, sir." "What's that over there?" "The power station." "I wouldn't go up there, sir." "Why not?" "The high voltage could be dangerous." "She could be in trouble!" "* *" "(phone rings)" "Paul Cook speaking." "That's right." "Plane's due in at three." "I'd like you to send the limousine for them." "And you believe all of this?" "Maggie, I know." "I've seen it." "Well, then maybe you do know something that I don't, but..." "Cookie wouldn't help them." "And he doesn't have the up-to-date information anyway." "At least... not until this afternoon." "(phone rings)" "Hello." "Vincent?" "This is Ramsey." "Is Margaret with you?" "Yeah, she's here, Ramsey." "What do you want?" "The power station?" "Yeah, of course we'll come up." "You and Simms better get to Cook right away." "He's driving her back." "Do you still think he's a crackpot?" "Well, if he is, I am, too." "Let's find Cook." "Ramsey's all right." "If he says he saw something bad, it's bad." "We're almost there." "I worry about my uncle." "For three years we've been nowhere, locked up in this big house in Switzerland." "I had to talk him into coming here to get back in the action again." "What happened three years ago?" "Cookie was driving." "He came out of it with scars and guilt." "I got this." "David?" "!" "What is it?" "What's happened?" "Ramsey and Simms didn't have any families." "That ought to make me feel better." "Just try not to think of it." "I'll take you to your uncle." "You can't go alone." "No, it's all right." "You, you just go to the power station." "All right, but be careful." "I'll be back as soon as I check out what Ramsey was talking about." "Danvers, she's been gone for nearly two hours!" "And an hour ago my secretary and pilot went out to look for her and they haven't come back." "Then I suggest that you organize your staff and find them!" "Maggie, what is this?" "If you're going to drop out of sight for two hours" "I'd appreciate it if you'd leave word." "Drop me a note." "What's the matter?" "Ramsey and Simms..." "They're dead." "What are you talking about?" "Is this some kind of a joke?" "It's no joke, Cookie." "How did it happen?" "Halfway down the mountain." "The road ended, the car went on." "I don't believe it." "Simms is too good a driver." "They were murdered." "You're probably next." "David Vincent was" "Oh, if you've been talking to that idiotic bus driver." "Will you listen to me for once?" "They have taken over the lodge!" "They're all around us." "S-Somehow they've, they've spared us so far because we, we fit into their plans." "They, they, they!" "Explain." "The people that are running this lodge." "They're...they're not people." "And they, they mean to take us over one way or another." "And you are one of the ways." "All right, Maggie." "You asked me to get us out of Switzerland." "To bring you here and I did." "Now if you want to leave here, we'll do that, too." "Whatever you say." "Thank you." "I would like to go r-right away." "All right." "But there are two important generals coming a long way this afternoon just to get my views." "Now, if I run out, they'll think that" "I've cracked up and maybe I have." "I just want you to be sure." "I am sure." "All right." "You go pack and I'll call Washington and cancel the meeting." "I want to call Washington." "What?" "All circuits are out?" "!" "It's time." "* *" "(grunts)" "(both grunting)" "(electrical buzzing)" "(rotary dialing)" "Cookie?" "Over here, Maggie." "I... thought I heard something." "Sit down." "Well, what's wrong?" "I talked to Washington." "They insist the meeting take place as scheduled." "They promised full security." "Well, you, you said we could go!" "I'm doing this for you, Maggie." "Without Simms and Ramsey, we're safer where we are." "I thought I'd reached you." "I thought you understood." "I do understand, Maggie." "But there are funeral arrangements to be made and, uh, I'm worried about you, Maggie." "You look tired." "Just a little disappointed." "In me?" "Yes." "I promise you we'll leave here as soon as the meeting is over." "We'll even have a military escort out of here." "All right." "Why don't you go to your room, lock both doors and lie down?" "It won't be much longer." "I'm back in kindergarten, aren't I, uncle?" "Don't forget my milk and cookies." "Just let me know when you hear from David." "I promise, Maggie." "(phone ringing)" "David?" "Maggie, I'm trying to reach your uncle." "His phone is busy." "He's been talking to Washington." "I tried to get him to leave but he, he won't, not until after this meeting." "Of course, he's all right." "I just left him." "Well, get back to him." "Tell him they're going to kill him and put one of their own in his place." "He has to get out of there." "I'll meet him at, uh..." "I'll meet him at the pool in five minutes." "The car's waiting, Mr. Cook." "Come with me." "What is it now, Maggie?" "Cookie, you've got to get out of here right away." "David has just found out they're going to kill you." "They're going to put a man in your place." "He says he'll meet you at the pool." "And why do these inhuman beings want to put a man in my place?" "There must be a reason." "I'm going to punch you right in the nose." "They want Washington's defense plans!" "Of course." "And your friend, David, must have a theory about how they're going to get them, too?" "Only three people have seen you since the accident." "Two are dead and one is a bit nearsighted." "Now, I know this will shake your vanity a bit, but you'd be easier to impersonate than W.C. Fields." "Now, just calm down!" "Calm down." "That'll be enough now." "All right." "I'll see your Vincent." "I'll be armed and careful." "I want you to go back into your room, and lock your door." "And stop worrying." "I don't understand you." "You're too fast on your feet for me these days, Cookie." "First you say we'll go and then we stay." "You treat me like one of the boys and then you stick my pigtails in an inkwell." "I think you're a schizophrenic." "Two completely different people." "I only like one of you." "This Vincent." "He'll be at the pool." "(tires squeal)" "Vincent's not at the pool." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure there's some logical explanation for this." "If I'd listened to you the way you listen to him..." "Go back and wait for him." "Cookie, please." "I know he'll be there." "No, no, there's no time." "The generals will be here any minute now and besides, I want to notify the families of Simms and Ramsey before the conference starts." "Their families?" "(tires screeching)" "Welcome to Pine Lake Lodge." "Will you take us to Paul Cook, please." "This way to the conference room, gentlemen." "Thank you." "(statue shatters)" "* *" "* *" "Can I help you, Miss Cook?" "Uh, no." "You're walking without your cane." "Well, some people do walk without canes, Mr. Danvers." "I'll send someone up to get it." "No, that won't be necessary." "I'm meeting a friend." "If you, if you could just guide me toward the entrance." "No need to." "I see your friend." "David?" "I brought your cane, Maggie." "Danvers, would you please get me out of here." "I must leave at once." "This man is not my uncle." "I know." "(gasps)" "Maggie, listen to me." "We never intended to harm you." "We need you." "Now, with certain restrictions, you can continue your life with me as you would have done with Paul Cook." "No!" "David!" "(muffled scream)" "David!" "All right, hold it right there." "Stand back!" "Let her go!" "Let her go!" "Now, upstairs." "There's some generals who want to meet you." "(gunshots)" "I'm glad I didn't see it." "Miss Cook, Vincent." "General." "I wondered if you'd heard anything further from your uncle, Miss Cook." "I'm presuming that he's dead, General." "If that's true, I'm sorry." "We'll make a full report, of course." "Your version as well as our own." "No question there's something odd here." "The whole staff disappearing like that." "An investigation will be made." "Very good." "You understand that with two dead bodies that are supposed to have burned up, and forgive me for this, Miss Cook," "you're not able to confirm seeing anything" "Vincent here said he saw, plus, an empty power station," "and your uncle's reputation for occasionally erratic behavior," "We understand, General." "We just hope that you do, too." "Goodbye." "I, uh, wish I could help you get settled somewhere." "Oh, no, thank you." "Well, however, when you pass hotels you might try checking the lobby." "Goodbye, Maggie." "Goodbye." "NARRATOR:" "David Vincent will seek out the invader again facing a world that cannot believe him." "Not quite so alone now." "For he has found another who does believe." "A girl of courage and spirit." "A girl of vision."