"(footsteps running)" "What are you doing?" "!" "He had the Garner file." "You were going to kill him." "When I get finished, we're going to take him to the car and make it look like an accident." "No!" "Your brother knows what we're doing, Martin." "He may have been taking that file to someone." "Well, even if he does know, that's all the more reason not to kill him." "We've got to find out who he's contacted and what he's told them." "Adam..." "Adam, I can make sure he cooperates." "No." "But he can be one of our tests." "We've had tests-- Garner and the rest of them." "Do you think I'd take a chance with my own brother if I wasn't sure this time?" "If it doesn't work?" "If it doesn't work, we haven't lost anything." "He dies like the others." "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:" "Michael Tolan..." "William Smithers..." "Katherine Justice..." "Kent Smith... and Michael Constantine as Martin Willard." "(car approaching)" "NARRATOR:" "Willard Sanitarium-- a place of rest and help but for David Vincent, there will be a terrifying vision of the future waiting at the end of this peaceful road." "(door opens)" "You stay away from him." "You can tell Adam I'll look after him." "(chuckles)" "Well... how goes the battle?" "Any better?" "Except for the headaches." "Well... we had to take out a lot of sawdust." "There's nothing to stop the marbles from running around." "Squeeze." "Other hand." "Good." "The headaches will get better, Ted." "You and I are going to be kings of the hill." "There's a lot happening in this world, Ted." "We're going to lead the parade." "Come see me later at the lab." "Thank you, Martin." "I'm going back now." "You can come with me." "The housekeeper will look after him." "(door closes)" "Hello." "David Vincent to see Dr. Willard." "Yes, sir." "Come in." "Hi, Ted." "David." "I'm sorry I took so long to get here, but that letter of yours followed me around for a couple of weeks." "My letter?" "Yeah." "Well... come in." "I..." "I was just on my-my way over to the lab for a checkup." "I've-I've had an accident, but we... we can talk for a few minutes." "I didn't know you had an accident." "How are you?" "Well, I'm-I'm pulling out of it." "It was just a bad fall." "(chuckles nervously)" "You, uh, you're-you're an architect now." "Hey, uh, are you sure you're all right?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I..." "I wrote you." "Yes." "It sounded urgent." "Yes, I-I-I did write you." "I-I remember that." "I know you-you-you've been on my mind, but... the accident has kind of..." "kind of shaken me up." "I-I-I was talking about you with Martin, my-my brother." "Oh... (snaps fingers) of course." "Architect... pavilion." "Well, uh, would you be interested?" "(chuckling):" "Uh, I don't know what you're talking about." "The pavilion... the research center Martin needs for his work." "Yeah..." "Mr. Garner left the money for us to build it now." "Isn't that what I wrote you about?" "Well, you didn't say anything specific." "Well, it's, uh..." "it's Martin's baby, really." "Maybe that's why I didn't." "He's the one you have to meet." "I shouldn't really say anything at all until you see him." "All right." "We'll do it now, right away." "Fine." "David..." "I-I amglad to see you." "ADAM:" "You sure you don't want my help?" "You've got your own work to do." "I'll give Ted his checkup today." "Having second thoughts, Dr. Willard?" "Not about what I've done." "(phone ringing)" "Get it." "Yes, Dr. Willard." "Lab." "Yes?" "I see." "Thank you very much." "Janet is coming to the lab." "Janet?" "I don't want her to run into Ted." "How'd she get in here?" "What difference does that make?" "Stop her." "Janet..." "Janet, this is a restricted area." "You know that." "I have a right to be here." "It's my money, or my father's that's paying for your work, isn't it?" "I know that, dear, but I can't talk about it now." "I'm sorry." "Neither can Ted." "That's obvious." "I've been to the house twice and both times, your housekeeper sent me away." "Martin, I want to see him." "That's impossible." "Why?" "Because he's... not well enough." "He can't have visitors and he can't leave the house." "I'm his fiancée." "I-I have a right to see him." "Something is wrong." "Martin, he called me the night of the accident." "He said that he wanted to see me." "I waited and he didn't come." "What happened?" "Oh, you're the one." "I'm what?" "Nothing." "Please, go home now." "You will see him soon." "He's all right." "Can I believe that?" "Yes." "I'll call you." "All right." "More hysterics, hmm?" "Maybe we ought to let him see her." "Not until I'm sure Ted's under control, but I did find out it was Janet he contacted." "Now we've got to make sure she doesn't find out why." "Ted?" "Oh, Ted." "Um, David, this is, this is Janet Garner my, uh, my fiancée." "How do you do?" "What are you doing out like this?" "Martin said that you were too sick to leave the house." "Well, he told me to come here." "I've got an appointment to see him." "We, uh, we've got to go in now." "David has to meet Martin." "Of course." "Are you going to be working with Martin, too?" "Uh, no." "Ted and I were roommates in college." "Janet, I'm, I'm sorry, but we have to go in." "But I will see you now that you're better?" "Yes, I'll, I'll see you." "Janet." "David, we've seen pictures of your work." "We admire it very much, but I'm afraid we're not ready to commission an architect just yet." "But I sent for David right before the accident." "I see." "Well, I hope you haven't come on a wild-goose chase." "Ted, why don't you wait for me down in the lab?" "I'll be down in a few minutes." "Good." "I'm, I'm shakier than I thought." "I'll, uh, I'll talk to you later, David." "Adam Lane, David Vincent." "Mr. Lane." "How do you do?" "Ted sent for Mr. Vincent, Adam." "Adam is my right hand." "He's designed all the mechanical equipment I use." "If you'll excuse me just a moment," "I'd like to get Martin to sign some papers." "Why don't you make yourself comfortable, David?" "After I give Ted his checkup, I'll show you around." "We're doing some fascinating things here." "Aren't you going to be busy?" "I'll be glad to do it." "They let me see exactly what they wanted me to see-- nothing else." "Go on." "I'm listening." "Ted heads up the psychiatric division, and his brother heads up the hospital division." "It's a surgical division." "Are you sure this Adam Lane's an alien?" "Well, pretty sure." "And they've gotten to Ted." "How it adds up, I don't know." "David, one of our subsidiaries, Hale Electronics services the sanitarium's data processing equipment." "I'll get somebody down there, and I think I'd better take a look myself." "Good idea." "I'm at the Brownwood Motel." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "I'm fine, thank you." "I'll see you later." "Yes, it is the same Vincent." "I'll take care of it." "Yes, sir." "Behavior pattern one." "Assuming full behavior control." "(engine starts)" "(tires screeching)" "(tires screeching)" "Is Dr. Willard in?" "Yes, sir." "Well, come in, David Vincent." "What's the matter?" "Things can't be that bad this early in the morning." "Will you bring us some coffee, please, Irma?" "Never mind the coffee." "Might need something stronger." "What's the matter?" "Last night, someone tried to run me down in front of the motel." "I'll call Martin." "Ted, I want answers from you." "David, I'm, I'm sorry." "I should never have brought you here." "It's about time you started leveling with me." "What's going on here?" "Isn't that why you wrote me?" "Not a new pavilion." "You need help." "No, that's, that's wild." "I called you because you're an architect, because I needed you." "Hospital designers are special." "You could've hired an expert." "But I-I wanted you!" "You've got to believe that, David." "I wanted you." "Ted, I know what Adam Lane is." "Your brother's working with them." "Why?" "My brother?" "No!" "You know they're here, don't you?" "I don't know!" "Who are you talking about?" "David, just, just get out of here." "What is it?" "It's just these headaches." "Like Mr. Garner had." "Ted, let me help you." "No, I know what to do." "Ted, I want to help." "No!" "I don't want any help!" "Now, please, get out of here!" "I'll be back." "What do you want?" "Mr. Vincent?" "Yes." "Mr. Scoville sent me." "Sorry about snooping, but I went to the motel and got tired of waiting." "I checked the car rental agency and tracked you down." "How do you know Scoville?" "I work for him." "Albuquerque plant." "David Vincent." "Burt Newcomb." "Scoville tell you what this is about?" "Yeah." "I can't say I buy it, but he asked me to do a favor and I said okay." "What's the job?" "You're going to have to get into their files." "My-my outfit services their machines." "How hard it's going to be depends on what you want." "I have to know what kind of treatment was given to two men" "Dr. Ted Willard and Mr. Garner." "Then check further to see if anybody else has received similar treatment recently." "To use Ted, my brother!" "Did you have another solution?" "Any other solution!" "Vincent knew about me." "I didn't know what he was doing, Martin." "Don't be so protective." "It's not what you think of as murder." "Look, maybe we'd better have an understanding." "As long as I'm in charge here..." "You're not in charge here, and you haven't been since I came." "When we started this thing, you told me we'd be saving lives." "Now, I know how strong you people are." "You could kill us all in a minute." "I know that." "No, Martin, you're making that unnecessary." "We won't have to kill your people... not if they don't oppose us." "I want to know what I'm doing this for-- to save lives or to give you murderers." "You're doing it because if we achieve control, first with machines and then without, nobody will have to be killed." "That's a beautiful thought, Martin, but first we have to get there." "One man against millions that can be saved." "JANET:" "The laboratory is out of bounds, Mr. Vincent." "My father's money may be financing Martin's research, but that doesn't give me the right to walk in there." "You know what kind of experiments they're doing?" "There's no secret about that." "It's behavior control." "Martin has some new theory about treating mental illness." "Through surgery?" "I thought you came here to tell me something about Ted." "I will." "First tell me something." "Did your father have his operation because he had an accident like Ted?" "No." "The operation was to relieve nerve pressure at the back of his neck." "Was the operation a success?" "Yes." "At least, for a while." "Then what?" "He began to complain about pain at the back of his head." "I thought it was just strain from getting back to work too soon." "But Dad said he had so many things to clear up." "He... he was so concerned about business, his health, making his will." "The will leaving the money for the new pavilion?" "I hardly knew him." "He kept saying there was something in his head, that they put something in his head." "One night he grew so irrational, I called the sanitarium, and they came for him." "And the second operation was a failure." "Your father was operated on." "So was Ted." "And you say your father behaved strangely like someone you didn't know-- the way Ted is behaving right now." "Mr. Vincent, that may sound logical, but I've known Martin and Ted for three years." "Martin loves Ted as much as I do, and he would never do anything to hurt him." "Will you please go?" "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Burt's been in there a long time." "Looks as though he can take care of himself." "(machine clacking)" "(machine stops)" "What are you doing?" "Just earning a day's pay." "Checking out your machines." "Who told you to do that?" "It's in your service contract, sir." "Every 90 days." "Of course, if you'd rather we didn't..." "Well, then, next time, call first." "You bet." "Back it around." "(closes car door)" "(tires screeching)" "Thanks for the hand." "Oh, don't mention it." "DAVID:" "Here, Ed." "Can you make any sense out of that?" "Willard and Garner had operations on the back of their necks." "So did two others." "Garner, Manfredi and Norris are dead." "Ted Willard's still alive." "Well, sometime after the operation-- two, two and a half weeks-- they come back, are operated on again and they die." "Did you have time to check any invoices?" "Yeah, just barely." "They bought some pretty sophisticated gear-- like somebody might use for ultrahigh frequency transmission." "That do anything for you?" "Let me tell you what some of our people are doing in the Syracuse plant." "If you alter a brain pattern in an animal electronically, you change its behavior." "Send a cat a signal-- an impulse, really-- to be afraid of a mouse, he'll climb a wall to get away." "Tell them to charge a tiger, they'll do that, too." "Behavior control." "Martin..." "What's the matter, Ted?" "David..." "Somebody tried to kill him." "How do you know?" "He told me... and I saw who did it." "You what?" "I mean I saw..." "I mean I-I could picture it in a car out on the road." "How much of the stuff had you had?" "Not much." "Martin, tell me the truth." "I couldn't have known what happened how it happened, but I did." "You know why I could see it, don't you?" "I know you're still sick, Ted." "You imagined it." "Martin, you're lying to me." "I think I was driving the car... and I don't know why." "Martin... you've always helped me before." "Help me now." "Tell me the truth." "Come on." "Let's get upstairs." "You need some sleep." "No, please, Martin, I'm begging you." "Tell me the truth!" "Ted... have I ever done anything to hurt you?" "You've been in an accident." "Your mind is playing tricks on you." "That's all you can say?" "Ted..." "No, leave me alone." "I'll find my own help." "Is that what you think?" "That I tried to kill you?" "I'm not saying you knew what you were doing." "But you said it was my car, so you must think I'm working for these aliens." "You could be, just as Janet's father could've been." "There's one man who can tell us for sure." "Who?" "DAVID:" "Ted, you asked me to come here because you wanted help." "You had found out about the aliens." "Just how is your brother involved?" "TED:" "Martin isn't involved in anything, I promise you." "All right." "There's no reason to protect him, then." "You can help me check it out." "David, he's my brother." "I can't do anything to hurt him." "Ted, will you listen to me?" "MARTIN:" "No, you listen, Vincent!" "Ted is sick and you're making him worse." "Now you get out or I'll throw you out." "How about it, Ted?" "Will you help me?" "He's my brother, David." "You're my brother." "There's no doubt about it." "It was Ted." "It'd take the police two minutes to match the fender of his car with the sign he hit." "Now, Janet, do you think he'll stand any more chance than your father?" "It's not the same." "Martin would never do anything to hurt his brother." "Martin won't have anything to say about what happens to Ted." "Six weeks ago, your father was killed because they had what they wanted from him-- the money for the new pavilion." "Now, who knows what they want from Ted or how long they'll let him live." "Janet, you couldn't do anything to save your father but you can save Ted." "Will you help me?" "What do you want me to do?" "Ms. Garner... we all know how much your father meant to you." "I would like to know why you want this done." "Maybe because he did mean a lot to me." "Mr. Braemer, I think I've complied with all the rules." "Now will you do it?" "As coroner, I have a right to refuse a request for a postmortem if you don't give me a valid reason." "I found it, Mr. Braemer." "The death certificate, yes." "Everything seems to be in order." "You can see Dr. Martin Willard's signature." "Please don't try to make me change my mind." "I'm the only surviving kin." "If I just wanted to have my father's body removed," "I'd have the right, and if you try to deny my request, that's exactly what I'll do." "I'll have my father's body removed and have the postmortem performed elsewhere." "Very well." "If you'll step into my office, we'll sign the necessary papers." "Adam Lane, please." "A postmortem." "Why?" "I don't know." "Maybe her father said something to her before he died." "No..." "No, it's Vincent who's made her do this." "We can stop that postmortem." "She's already signed the papers." "They won't have any reason to go through with it if Janet suddenly dies." "No more killing." "Your future and your brother's depend on stopping that postmortem." "There's only one person who can get to her." "Maybe you didn't hear me." "I said no more killing." "Your brother's behavior is programmed." "He'll do exactly what we want." "I'm warning you, if you go ahead with this, I'll go to the police." "Now, there's one way for you to stop me:" "that's to kill me." "That would be the end of this project." "You know that." "All right, Martin." "We'll find another way to do it." "OPERATOR:" "Brownwood Motel." "Uh..." "David Vincent, please." "One moment, please." "VINCENT:" "Hello." "David, Ted." "I, um..." "I've given it some thought." "I want to help." "Good, good." "Well, listen, I'll meet you at the lab." "How soon?" "Ted?" "Ted, what's the matter?" "Ted?" "Behavior pattern one." "Active control track." "Subject:" "Ted Willard." "(brief rhythmic thrumming)" "(hard rhythmic thrumming)" "(piano concerto playing)" "(concerto mixes with thrumming)" "(concerto reverberates under thrumming)" "(phone ringing)" "Hello?" "(concerto reverberating)" "JANET:" "Hello?" "Who is this?" "(concerto plays dissonantly)" "JANET:" "Who is this?" "(sets receiver down)" "ADAM:" "Present behavior is dictated by your past relationship to Janet." "Nothing must arouse her suspicion." "You know the way, Ted." "Choose a time when no one will see you enter." "The rest is up to you." "Now, remember, if she lives, if she carries out her plan, your brother will be destroyed." "You can't afford to let her live, can you?" "Remember that-- you can't afford to let her live." "It's in your hands, Ted." "(doorbell chimes)" "Ted!" "Oh, are you all right?" "Guilt complexes up to here." "Guilt?" "For neglecting you." "Come." "Talk to me about the weather the stock market, baseball scores, anything." "Ted, I've missed you." "Ted... something's wrong." "No, no, no." "Just, just feeling a little restless." "You have a cigarette?" "Ted, I know what's been going on-- David told me." "I should be grateful to him." "We'll help you." "You don't have anything to worry about." "We'll stop them." "Yes." "(gagging)" "Ted!" "When you've finished, report immediately." "Immediately." "How soon will this be ready?" "NURSE:" "Right away, sir." "What were you doing in there?" "I was checking some of our equipment." "We just checked it on Tuesday." "Well, some of my people are coming next week." "They'll want to check our progress." "What were you doing in there?" "What are you so suspicious about?" "I told you I was checking some of our equipment." "You've been transmitting." "That's Ted's tape-- it's on absolute control." "Get away from there." "You went ahead with it." "You used Ted." "I'm sorry, Martin." "It had to be done." "Now, you can't change anything." "It's over." "Your brother did kill her?" "That's what you're going to tell the police?" "Your brother's work for us is done." "I don't think you'll try that again." "Ted..." "Just let him come out of it." "(groans)" "My neck..." "Janet..." "Oh, Janet, darling!" "Do you remember what you were trying to do, Ted?" "Yes." "Let me up." "JANET:" "No, Ted." "(sighs)" "The pressure's gone." "They must have put a device in the back of your head when you had that surgery." "It was destroyed when you fell." "You knew?" "Behavior control." "It didn't work with Janet's father or the others, so they died." "But it worked with you." "I wasn't sure." "I was afraid to be sure." "Because of Martin?" "I thought they were making him do this, that maybe you could save him." "I'm going to the lab." "Now, wait a minute." "You could use help." "Are you coming?" "Call Burt Newcomb at this number." "Tell him to send help." "Let's go." "I have a plan." "Well, this is an unexpected bonus." "But if he tried to stop you, why didn't you get rid of him?" "I only had orders to kill Janet." "Congratulations, Martin." "You did a fine job on me." "What job, Ted?" "The operation." "You were programmed to forget all about the operation." "You know what I think?" "I think you're lying;" "the control failed." "Give me the gun, Ted." "No, Martin." "MARTIN:" "Give it to me, and then you can go." "I'll take care of this." "The way you've always taken care of everything?" "Yes." "Making sure that nothing would ever hurt me?" "I've tried." "By turning me into a murderer?" "Ted, you don't understand what's happening here." "Don't, Martin!" "I've listened to you all my life... trusted you... but don't tell me any more." "Ted..." "David knows." "He knows how superior they are." "They're going to take over the Earth, Ted." "We don't stand a chance unless we cooperate." "They'll wipe us out-- every one of us." "But... if we can get to the key men of the world and control them, then there won't be any resistance." "We'll all survive." "As their slaves." "Like I was?" "Ted, they're going to win." "Now, you won't shoot." "Ted..." "come with us." "Please, Ted." "You've got to come with us." "Ted, give me the gun." "No." "Martin!" "Stop!" "Stay there!" "(tires screeching)" "TED:" "It's over, Martin." "(groaning)" "I..." "I could've..." "saved you from them." "By doing what you did?" "Adam... he wan... he wanted to kill you." "MARTIN:" "I had to do that." "I couldn't..." "let him..." "I..." "I just... wanted to help you, Ted." "That's all I wanted." "Just... to help... you." "Do the police want to see him?" "DAVID:" "No." "The, uh, police are out looking for Adam Lane." "They say when they find him, they'll be able to solve Martin's murder." "We gave them a description of Lane, plus an eyewitness account of what happened, and then I wished the police a lot of luck finding him." "Thank you very much." "Did you, uh, did you tell them what was going on here?" "They didn't ask." "How do you feel?" "Like being a doctor again." "I won't have those headaches anymore." "And there's still a pavilion to build." "And research to be done." "We've got the best equipment in the world if it's used in the right way-- to help people." "Say, buddy, you've, uh... you've come a long way to help me." "I want to thank you." "Don't mention it." "If it'll be any help, I'll send a list of people who specialize in building hospitals." "All right?" "Okay." "So long." "Bye." "So long." "Good-bye." "NARRATOR:" "A defeat for the aliens, a victory for the world." "Four people-- each with an unfinished mission and work to do."