"* *" "Okay, fellas, you can knock it off." "Yeah, I know." "Well, Carter, now what I am supposed to do?" "Now, nothing." "If you had come out last night when I called, maybe you would have..." "I did that last month." "You were too late that, too." "Carter, look, my men and I have got more important things to do than to chase around in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night because you thought you saw a flying saucer." "You know what I think?" "I don't think you need a cop." "I think you need a doctor." "These things don't make any more sense than you do." "Well, next time, I'll use a better camera." "Don't bother." "Just get in the car, and I'll take you back to town." "Sheriff!" "It's over here!" "I told him the wind would carry it." "Jimmy, what do you say?" "Thanks." "It's busted." "Look at the way they make kids toys nowadays." "Cheap plastic-- it breaks the minute you..." "Do you live around here, sir?" "Couple of miles." "Did you notice anything different or strange in the sky around here-- last night, for instance?" "No." "Last night or any other time." "Why?" "What's up?" "Nothing." "Thanks a lot." "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 stars in tonight's story:" "Anne Francis..." "Charles Drake..." "Dabney Coleman." "A man has seen a flying saucer-- an old and familiar story to David Vincent." "But John Carter swears he can predict the day and place when another saucer will land." "If true, he could bring to an end" "Vincent's continuing war against the invader." "David Vincent?" "Yeah." "I'm Vincent." "John Carter." "Follow me." "How are you?" "Took you quite a while, huh?" "Well, that's not much of a road back there." "Is this where you saw them?" "Yeah, both times." "Both times on the last night of the last quarter of the moon-- like tonight-- and, always, one hour before dawn." "You mentioned photographs in your letter." "Yeah." "I see you brought a better camera than I had." "Got them right in here." "Here you go." "Thank you." "You said to bring a gun, so I..." "I borrowed this one." "It's loaded with double-ought buckshot." "All right." "They ought to be here pretty soon." "Let's go on over here." "Annie?" "How do you feel?" "Where are we?" "Almost to Tucson." "We going to stay over and get some sleep?" "Well, I sort of hoped we'd keep going." "Once we're in Mexico, it's over." "Yeah, but they won't be looking for us until Monday morning." "I know that." "Annie, I'll give you anything in this world except..." "What can't I have?" "The chance to change your mind." "Okay." "Mexico, next stop." "They should have been here an hour ago." "Oh, you can't keep them on a timetable, even if you have seen them twice." "You don't really buy this, do you?" "I'm here." "Well, that's a lot further than anybody else would come." "Ever since this thing started, everybody's pretty well got me pegged as some kind of a kook." "Guess I've given them a little help." "What do you mean?" "Oh, an unpublished writer living alone in a beat-up house with four cats and a motorbike." "If you had known me..." "would... would you have come?" "Sure." "It's 5:00." "They won't be coming now." "Well, let's give them a few more minutes anyway." "Look, I appreciate your coming down, but it's daylight." "You can't expect them to put one..." "Vincent." "(shaking and rattling)" "What happened?" "I don't know." "The engines just cut out." "(stick mechanism rattling)" "Well, can't you do something?" "I'm trying to land." "Let's get closer." "There's a spot." "It's full of rocks, but that's all there is." "Robert!" "(loud crash)" "* *" "* *" "(rock clatters)" "Use it!" "Carter!" "Yeah." "You all right?" "Yeah." "And did you see how they went up like that?" "I don't think there are any more of them down there." "Well, the saucer could be full of them." "Maybe." "(shutter clicks)" "Annie." "Mmm." "Annie, you all right?" "I think so." "All right." "Better try and get out of here." "Will it explode?" "I don't think so." "Something happened to the... electrical system on the way down." "It's a good thing." "There's gasoline all over the place." "Well, we're very lucky then." "I'll call the plane rental people and tell them where to pick up the pieces." "What's next on the schedule?" "I've made a hash of things." "I'm sorry, Annie." "It's not your fault." "You hurt your ankle." "Oh, it's just a little sprain." "I'll get us to Mexico..." "Europe, Riviera, just the way I promised." "Not exactly the way you said." "Running away from the police is a little harder with a sprained ankle." "Annie... did you see anything..." "big and bright on the way down, on your side?" "Did you notice anything?" "The ground coming up." "Well... it's a long way to Mexico." "Shouldn't we do something?" "I'll, uh... rent a car and come back for the luggage." "Have you got the blueprints?" "Yeah." "CARTER:" "It looks empty." "* *" "* *" "Well, it looks like we've got ourselves a saucer." "Now, what are we gonna do with it?" "Who's the most important man you know in town?" "The sheriff, but I could never get him out here again, if that's what you're thinking." "Well, you must know someone." "Wait a minute" " Joe Bonning." "He, he may be in town." "He's in the state assembly." "I, uh, used to be a friend of his." "At least, I went to high school with him a hundred years ago." "All right." "Get Bonning to come out here as soon as you can, and get him to bring the sheriff." "It might work." "Here, take my car keys." "No, I'll, I'll take the bike-- it'll be faster." "Now, listen, David, uh..." "I-I want to thank you for coming." "This is a pretty big deal for me, and..." "Just get Bonning to come out here and you'll be nominated for the Hall of Fame." "Here, why don't you take this?" "I hope you won't have to use it." "Okay." "You should take something from the ship." "To show Bonning." "Yeah." "Right." "How's this?" "That's perfect." "All right, I'll see you later." "(shutter clicks)" "(shutter clicks)" "(shutter clicks)" "(shutter clicks)" "* *" "What is it?" "Remember when I asked you if you saw something big and shiny when we were coming down?" "This must have been it." "Don't go any closer." "Well, if there was somebody in there who wanted to hurt us, they would have done it by now." "* *" "Hold it right there." "Back down." "Back away." "Put your hands up." "Look, we don't mean you any..." "Turn around." "Both of you." "One hand behind your back." "Get up." "Am I gonna live?" "I'm sorry." "I had to make sure you weren't one of them." "Them?" "The beings who brought this thing here." "They have no pulse." "I-I'm a scientist, an electrical engineer." "Do you mind if I get a closer look at this thing, Mister, uh... ?" "Vincent." "David Vincent." "Bob Morrison." "Annie Rhodes." "I'm sorry." "I, I wasn't supposed to say our real names." "You see, we're, uh..." "eloping." "Well, can I?" "Go ahead." "Annie?" "If you figure out how to fly it, count me out." "We just crashed our plane." "One a day is all my doctor allows." "Are you all right?" "I'm fine." "We missed almost every rock in the field." "Well... this promises to be quite an adventure." "Maybe." "I hate to seem naïve, but what do you do with one of these things once you catch it?" "First thing you do is send a friend for help." "In this case, a state assemblyman is coming out, and the police." "They're coming out here?" "Now?" "That's right." "So you're not in any danger." "What happened to the, uh... beings?" "Did you mow them all down?" "I'm not as bloodthirsty as it may sound." "Well, it sounds pretty awful." "Why isn't it?" "They want to take over this planet." "They'll destroy us to get it." "You some kind of an expert on them?" "I've seen them before." "And you believe?" "Every word." "(footsteps approaching)" "Annie!" "You've never seen anything like that in your life." "Why, they're light-years ahead of anything I've ever dreamed of." "Why, I could spend ten years..." "Well, as a matter of fact, in about ten minutes an assemblyman and a few policemen are gonna be coming here, so I don't think you're gonna have that chance, Robert." "If there are any beings around, how could a girl get out of here, say, if she panicked?" "Well, I have a car just beyond those rocks." "There's nothing to worry about." "The police are on their way." "May I take your pulse?" "(engine revs)" "(rings doorbell)" "WOMAN:" "I'm coming." "What is it?" "I've got to see Mr. Bonning right away." "At 6:00 in the morning?" "Look, tell him it's John Carter from high school and it's urgent-- he'll remember." "Now, will you please get him for me?" "Uh... mister, you got to do me a favor." "My kid's sick and I left the house without any money." "I need some change for a phone call." "I'll pay you back." "Sure." "Thank you." "You won't be sorry." "(phone ringing)" "Yes." "All right." "You know what to do." "(brief buzzing)" "(whirring)" "(bell rings)" "* *" "Mr. Vincent, when are your friends going to be here?" "They'll be here soon." "And we'll be here, too." "Mr. Vincent, this state assemblyman-- don't you think this thing is too important for just some local politician?" "Well, he was available." "Why not go right to the top?" "I know how fantastic this thing is." "I don't even think it uses fuel." "Probably got some magnetic drive principle that we've never even heard about." "Now, I could call..." "So could someone else, Robert, while we're on our way to Mexico." "Who would you call?" "The man I work for." "He's done subcontract work on all the Apollo projects." "ANNIE:" "He wouldn't listen to you." "Now, why don't you just let that assemblyman do it." "Of course, he would listen, Annie." "Why?" "Are you the first man who ever saw a flying saucer?" "Who are you?" "Why are you so important?" "You mean because I don't have any money?" "Is that it again?" "No." "Then why can't I?" "Because of the envelope in your pocket." "Annie, this is so enormous." "I think we should see it through." "Could we live with ourselves if we..." "Glad you came, Sam." "Get in." "Joe, I tried to tell you on the phone, this Carter's a nut!" "He's already had me out there twice..." "Yeah, I know Sam." "He told me all about it." "It's different this time." "There's a saucer out there." "And there's a man guarding it." "You really believe him, don't you?" "I've know John for a long time." "Yeah, so have I-- too long." "John, let's show it to him, huh?" "All right, what is it?" "It's from the saucer, out of the control room." "Well, I'm not saying I believe it, you understand, but... well, maybe we better get started." "(whispering):" "Robert." "I got his car keys out of his jacket." "Now we can get out of here." "Annie." "Well, he said it was right over there beyond those rocks." "Steal his car?" "Borrow his car..." "until we catch a plane." "We can't do that." "What are we?" "Well, it isn't as if you've never stolen anything before." "DAVID:" "Taking longer than I thought." "I'm going to have a look around." "We got the money." "All we have to do is drive out of here." "Well, what's more important to you-- that thing or me?" "You're important to me, Annie." "You're everything." "Why does the money have to be so important?" "I don't know." "It just does." "Well, maybe if all your father had left you was a $20 gold piece and a bag full of good wishes, it'd mean the same to you." "But to steal..." "Robert, that was your choice." "But you helped make it-- you wouldn't have come if..." "Is that what you're going to tell the police?" "That I made you steal those blueprints?" "Well, I'm not waiting around here to get arrested." "I'm getting out." "Annie, there's, there's something..." "I want you to come with me, but I'm going with or without you." "You're always giving me choices, Annie." "Well, I'm staying." "Sure." "Well, what do you need me for?" "You got your saucer and your $250,000 worth of blueprints." "If they mean that much to you... here, take them." "What happened?" "Car... skidded off the road." "I" " I could..." "Let's get him into ours, huh?" "Easy picking him up... easy now." "Take it easy." "You all right?" "I don't think anything's busted." "I'm pretty shook up, though." "Come on, we'll get you some help as soon as we can." "I'm sure glad you came along." "I could've been lying out there for weeks." "So you see, Sam?" "Something good has come out of this trip already." "(engine starting)" "(tires squealing)" "Why did she take my car?" "I don't know." "She calls you a thief, takes my car and you don't know!" "What is it with you two?" "!" "Mr. Vincent..." "I need that car." "Our lives may depend on it." "The whole world may depend on it." "Will you shut up?" "Will you just shut up?" "I've just lost everything in my world and I couldn't care less about yours!" "Now if you'll be quiet, I'll tell you about it." "My company had some blueprints for a new computer." "I don't know whose idea it was to take them, hers or mine, but... they would have brought a quarter of a million dollars in Europe, enough for us to live happily ever after on." "Amen." "That still doesn't explain why she took my car." "She took your car because I told her" "I was going to stay here with you and see it through." "She didn't want to be here when the police came." "Well, you took the blueprints." "I am a fool and a sloppy sentimentalist, Mr. Vincent, but I am not a thief." "As she will find out when she... sees that the envelope is full of blank paper." "* *" "Sheriff, what..." "It's one of them, Joe!" "(tires screeching)" "(buzzing)" "God in heaven..." "it's true... what you said about them." "Yeah." "I got to get you to the government." "I've got friends that..." "(groans)" "You'll be doing the world a favor, Joe." "No, not... not me." "You're the one that... (groans)" "(truck approaching)" "Help!" "There are two men down there." "They're trapped in a car." "They need help." "You were with the others at the saucer." "What?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Wha...!" "No!" "No, wait a minute!" "Those men need help!" "* *" "What were you thinking?" "When?" "When you led your woman to believe you stole for her?" "I wanted Annie to come with me." "Look, at it from her point of view, if she thought I had money, if she thought I'd give her everything in the world" "Mexico, Europe, everything." "Well, when were you going to tell her the truth?" "When my $975 ran out." "I thought she'd love me by then." "Let me get a job over there." "Oh, I don't know what I thought." "Better get inside the saucer." "Is that your friend?" "I'm sorry you got into this." "You should have taken off with Annie." "You in the ship, there is a small switch at the right of the control panel." "If you press it, I'll be able to hear you." "What do you want?" "That belongs to us." "Not anymore." "We only want the ship." "You can go." "We'll take it and leave." "Are you going to let them?" "I want this ship." "So do I." "All we want is this ship." "We have something of yours, too." "They've got Annie, David." "They'll kill her!" "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "Can you figure out how to disable this ship if I can't get back?" "Yeah." "Then you wait here." "Your friend's still in the ship." "Prepared to shoot out the control panel if he has to." "What's your offer?" "He comes out and we go in." "Release the girl." "After he's out of the ship." "Release the girl and he'll come down." "No." "You could get the girl out and your friend could still cripple the ship." "All right, we'll stand over there and cover you while you come send one man in to check it out." "I'm not sure you trust us." "One more detail." "Your camera." "Thanks." "Is she all right?" "We made a deal." "You trust them?" "No." "Don't come down until I tell you." "Annie!" "Yes." "Start walking to me." "One of you go to the ship." "Tell him to leave his gun up there." "What's happening?" "What are you doing?" "We're making a trade." "What, me for the saucer?" "But you can't do that." "They murdered your friends." "You've got to keep the saucer." "You can't just hand it to them." "You're more important to us." "Now both of you, come down." "Without me, they have nothing to bargain with." "Keep your saucer." "I'm getting out of here." "Stop!" "Look out!" "Get down!" "* *" "(gunshot)" "(saucer whirring)" "(groans)" "We've got to get an ambulance out here." "Thanks." "She'd be lost without it." "She's been burned, Doctor, badly." "Her arm and shoulder." "How'd it happen?" "Well, we were..." "Does it matter?" "No." "We better get her to the ambulance." "The man I work for" "I'm going to tell him everything we saw." "Well, no matter what you say, it's not going to make much difference now that we don't have that saucer." "I know that, but I'll tell him anyway." "First thing back at work, Monday morning." "ANNIE:" "Robert..." "I'm here, Annie." "Open my purse." "Can we take these back?" "We don't need them anymore." "I think you'd better tell her." "NARRATOR:" "Two other have seen what David Vincent has seen." "Two others now know that flying saucers do exist." "The search for Congressman Bonning and Police Chief Thorn will continue for months." "Because of their disappearance, dozens of others will begin to wonder... reluctant to believe what David Vincent knows is true:" "that alien beings from another galaxy now walk the face of the Earth."