"Looking for a man named Simms." "He's expecting me." "Simms?" " Yep, Room 13, second floor." " Thank you." " Paul Morse?" " Yeah." "My people are ready to do business." "Well, the price is $1 million." "It's too hot to play Santa Claus, Morse." "Two hundred thousand cash." "Oh, come on." "You're not even close." "I've gotta get out of the country." "Three hundred thousand and that's it." "I can have the money for you in a couple of hours." "Okay, but you bring it here with you tomorrow, same time." "Why the delay?" "Because I don't trust Alpha any more than they trust me." "Now, I've hidden that TOD 5 container." "I gotta go pick it up." "In the desert, right?" "You've been following me?" "Look, if you double-cross me, nobody is gonna get near that container." "Morse." "Morse, you have a grey sports car, right?" "I checked it." "Arizona plates." "Desert sand in the tyre treads." "Sage brush in the bumper." "Morse," "I personally don't like dealing with amateurs." "You be sure you're not followed." "This is Davies, I'll put you through." "Thirteen seconds." "Oh, yes." "Dr. Flory, Gordon Holt's calling." "Dispose of it." "Holt?" "Did you make contact?" "Morse is here, calling himself Simms." "And the TOD 5 container?" " He's got it." "He's asking for $300,000." " Pay it." "It shouldn't take you more than two hours" "I can't get the TOD 5 until tomorrow." "All right, but call me as soon as you get it." "Use the same method via Davies." "We don't wanna take any chances." "We'll arrange for a blind drop and a pickup, okay?" "Full security and I don't want you coming near headquarters." "Right." "And, Holt, the Alpha Group is very powerful." "Don't take chances with this." "We'll have the TOD 5 container tomorrow." "The ultimate bacteriological weapon, no antidote, no treatment." "With what we already have, plus the TOD 5, the government will listen to us very carefully." "Doctor, who transmitted Holt's call?" "Davies, the usual precautions." "Why?" "Recently, he's been asking questions about the use of TOD 5." "I see." "When he returns, restrict him to the premises for a few days." "After that, we won't have to worry about traitors." "Good morning, Mr. Phelps." "This man, Paul Morse, is a government scientist who intends to sell a top-secret biological weapon called TOD 5 to a terrorist ring called the Alpha Group." "It is headed by this man, Dr. Victor Flory." "We believe the Alpha Group intends to use chemical and biological weapons to terrorise the nation in a bid for power within the next few days." "Ex-intelligence officer Gordon Holt is Alpha's contact with Morse and the one man who can lead us to Alpha headquarters." "Conventional law-enforcement agencies have not been able to locate the Alpha Group." "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the Alpha Group and destroy their bio-warfare operation." "This record will self-destruct in five seconds." "Good luck, Jim." "We've located Paul Morris and we can recapture the container of TOD 5, but we'll need this replica to force Holt into leading us to Alpha Group headquarters." "Well, Jim, since we know they plan to launch a biochemical attack on major cities, can't we just take Morse out and the TOD 5?" "No, Barney, they're fanatics and they have other biological weapons, enough to kill thousands and thousands of people." "Has Casey verified the Alpha Group's satellite organisation in Europe?" "Tentatively, according to the cable I got this morning." "She'll monitor the situation there." "When we take out Alpha Group here, she'll handle the overseas assignment." "Now, first half of our key is the TOD 5." "Second half is Gordon Holt." "Mimi." "Handsome." "I hope he goes for small-town girls." "We'll use an intravenous set, Mimi." "You'll put him out for two minutes." "We'll inject him." "This will create open sores on his face." "This device will control the radio in his room so Holt won't realise any time has passed." "If everything else goes well, how are you going to track me?" "This has a tiny transmitter built in." "Gives off a beeper signal." "So don't let anything happen to it." "That's your lifeline, Mimi." "What happens to Holt at the finish?" "He dies." "Or at least he seems to." "Then he recovers almost immediately." "The symptoms disappear, the sores dry up and can be brushed away." "By that time, we should be in Alpha Group headquarters." "Now, Holt rendezvous with Morse in a few hours." "Let's get started." "You're too late." "Maybe I lose, but you lose too." "They've got other biologicals." "Even without TOD 5, they can destroy thousands of people." "Hey, mister." "Where are you going?" "Room 13, Mr. Simms." "Sorry, we don't have no guest by that name." " Maybe..." " What do you mean, he checked out?" "No, we haven't had one check in, period." "I'd remember." "We don't have that many guests." "Woodfield's a pretty small town." "Would you mind if I looked at the register?" "Go ahead." "Well, he was here in Room 13." "I saw him." "There ain't nobody in Room 13, mister." "All right, give me a room, please." "Yes, sir." "That will be $6." "Room 12, second floor in the back." "Thanks." "I'll have your car put in the garage across the street." "May I help you?" "Operator, I was just trying to place a long-distance call." "I'm sorry, sir, but the lines are down due to a bad storm north of here." "Is this the Woodfield Exchange?" "Yes, sir." "Sorry for the inconvenience." "What's wrong with the car?" "Sure sounded bad when I brought it in." "There was nothing wrong with it when I drove into town." "Sounds to me like the starter." "I'm right busy now, mister." "Be at least tomorrow morning before I can get at it." "Look, cousin, I gotta get out of town." "Now, you did something to this car and I want it fixed." " Right now." " Hey, now, hold on a minute." "I'm sorry you've got a problem, but I'm afraid you made a mistake." " No, there was no mistake." " I wouldn't be too sure about that." "You see, George here, he's as honest as they come." "I'm the sheriff and I'd know that, wouldn't I?" "Would you?" "Stay there." "Stay back there." "You keep back, all of you." "Oh, no." "Stay away from him." "Stay away." "Stay back, mister." "That man's mighty sick." "Food no good, huh?" "Can't blame you." "I don't eat here myself." "You knew that fellow that collapsed down the street today?" "Yeah." "Kind of a boyfriend." "I'm sorry." "What happened to him?" "Heat, I guess." "A man's gotta be careful not to get too excited in a climate like this." "That heat's causing a lot of trouble today, isn't it?" "My car broke down, phone lines out of town don't work." "Well, that happens sometimes." "Just a second." "Before you leave, there was a man here yesterday." "A fellow by the name of Simms." "Middle-aged, grey hair, heavyset." " Did you see him?" " No." "Was he as good looking as you?" "Because then I'd remember." "Gets pretty dull around here." "No, he was a friend of mine." "And he disappeared." "Well, I..." "I would like to get to a telephone and call his family." "You think you could help me?" " Help you how?" " Well, I'd like to rent a car." "In this town?" "You must have a car or you know where you can get one." "I can pay." "No, I'm sorry." "I couldn't." "It's not that I..." "Hey, forget it, all right?" "Could I have a beer?" "Sure." "I've been doing a little hunting." "Say, that fella who was just in here, he looks familiar." "I think we were in the service together." "Small world." "He's staying at this hotel?" "I guess so." "Know his room?" "Now, how would I know that?" "Say, could I have another beer?" "I'll get you a cold glass." "That one's been asking a lot of questions about Holt." "I heard him outside." "Said he's been hunting cougar, but there aren't any cougar around here until the weather cools off." "This will do fine for fingerprints." "See you later." "What seems to be the trouble?" "I got some business I'd like to attend to." "I'm afraid it's just gonna have to wait." "Road's closed." "What do you mean, the highway is closed?" "That's just what I said." "There's construction up ahead." "What if I were to turn around and go back the other way, take the road north?" "Same thing." "That's what I thought." "Look, cousin, I gotta get out of here." "Yeah, well, you're not gonna." "Listen, aren't you the same guy I saw giving a hard time to George back at the garage?" "I thought that was a different car." "This belongs to a friend of mine." "Listen, mister, if I were you, I'd hightail it back into town and put that car back where you found it before I lock you up." "Now back it up." "This is the last of the beer, sir." "Shipment didn't come in because the road's closed." "I know." "Hey, sit down for a minute, will you?" "I can't." "I'm working." "Besides, you weren't too nice last time." "Hey, hey." "I'm sorry about that." "No, I really am." "Come on, have a seat." "Please?" "Now, that wasn't too hard, was it?" " What's your name?" " Charlene." "Charlene, huh?" "Well, Charlene, there is something going on in this town." "We're all prisoners here" " and I think you know that." " Well..." "You're a smart girl, but you're scared." " They've threatened you, haven't they?" " Please, mister." "It all started with that man up in Room 13." "The man I came to see." "Now, they've taken him away somewhere." "Who are they?" "You got a terrific imagination." "People dying on the streets." "An Army doctor picks up a sick man." "Imagination?" "No." "Charlene." "Tell me what happened to my friend." "Come on." "Well, it was like some kind of bad dream." "These troops come in, in jeeps, wearing masks, like gas masks." "They take your friend out in a steel coffin." "It was all sealed up." "Then they sprayed his room with some kind of disinfectant." "Yeah, and then they put their own people in charge." "The desk clerk, telephone operators." "And I bet that isn't the real sheriff, is it?" "But it didn't make any difference, because your boyfriend got sick and I bet there have been others too, haven't there?" "Yeah, everybody's getting sick." "What is it?" "What's happening?" "I don't know." "But I think that we can help each other." "Where do you live?" "Right here in the hotel." "Room 19." "Well, I have to find out where they took my friend." "So the next time somebody gets sick, I want you to come and tell me." "I'm in Room 12, okay?" "Okay." "I guess I gotta trust you." "You're about the only real man left in this town." "It's gonna be all right." "You'll see." "Davies." "Has Holt made the pickup from Morse?" "I don't think so." "Something funny going on." "Haven't seen either one of them." "Some kind of sickness in this town." "A man collapsed on the street." "I was thinking..." "That it was TOD 5?" "No, no, no." "Or else the entire population would probably be dead by now." "Your job is Holt." "See that he picks up the TOD 5 and gets it to us." "And, Davies, failure might be injurious to your health." "These are the fingerprints from the glass Mimi gave me." "According to Washington, that hunter who's hanging around town is a Ralph Davies, suspected member of Alpha Group." "Keeping an eye on Holt?" "It looks like it." "It's time, Mimi." " Who is it?" " Charlene." "Come on in." "Well, what is it?" "You find out something?" "Maybe." "Well?" "These walls are paper-thin." "I don't want no one listening." "Come here." "Come on, tell me." "If I tell you, you gotta take me out of here." "Oh, Charlene," "I'll take you anywhere." "This is your country-music station, KTNS, at 1240 on your AM dial." "The time is one minute past 10:00." "You're pretty sure of yourself." "I don't know if I should trust..." "Slightly cooler tomorrow with a high Friday about 92." "And now back to more KTNS country music." "He found the phoney TOD 5." "I don't know why I should trust you." "This is your country music station, KTNS, at 1240 on your AM dial." "The time is one minute past 10:00." "The weather, variable cloudiness tonight through Saturday, but mostly sunny days." "Overnight lows near 65." "Slightly cooler tomorrow with a high Friday about 92." " And now back to more..." " I feel like I just fell asleep." "Well, I guess I bore you." "Well, now, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute." "Come on, what did you come to tell me?" "Well, okay." "The new mechanic, the big guy across the street?" "Well, he's gone sick, like the others." "And they haven't come for him yet." "That's my girl." "We are in business now." "Still gonna need that car." "The bartender's car by the side of the hotel, it has the keys in it." "But you'd better be careful." "Oh, I will be, sugar." "Yes, indeed, I will be." "Sit him down." "All right with the arms." "That's all." "Well, I see by your identification, your name is Claude Adams." "You're a salesman from Los Angeles?" "That's right." "And you have no authority..." "I have every authority, Mr. Adams." "You're under military control." "And I know why." "You've got the plague here." "You got people dying and you're afraid of panic." "All right, you've seen it, I can't deny it." "We suspect there's been a leak in some experimental equipment." "You mean there's been an accident to some kind of biological weapon." "That's what you mean." "And that's why the Army is here." "What's the big hassle?" "There's gotta be some kind of a cure." "What about you?" "Only one in 10,000 is immune, Mr. Adams." "Well, how do you go about telling who is immune?" "Very simple." "They're alive." "We found a few of them and we're trying to work out an antidote." "Well, you just do that, captain." "I'm getting out of here before it's too late." "Mr. Adams." "It's already too late." "I'm sorry." "You'll have to stay here." "No!" "We've got to talk." "Did you find out what happened to your friend?" "He's with the rest of them." "He's dead." "The Army has taken over the entire town because of the plague." "But they don't care about us, no." "No, they just wanna keep it a secret." "They've sealed off the whole town." "You mean we all got it?" "We're gonna just die?" "But I don't have any of the symptoms." "It's just a matter of time." "Well, how long?" "My boyfriend got sick and he died." "But I feel fine, I'm okay." "That's right." "You should've developed the symptoms by now." "I never get sick." "I never even got a cold." "Maybe..." "You might be one of the ones that's naturally immune." "We can find out." "There's a private hospital, a friend of mine." "Well, we can just go..." "We gotta get out of this town." "It's the sheriff, ma'am." "I'm looking for someone." "I have to search your room." "Well, come in if you gotta." "What's going on?" "Turn on the light so I can see something." " Not a word, sheriff, or you're dead." " What is this?" "Put the gun away." "I'm still in charge..." "He's got it too." "We could use his car." "They'd let us through." "You're right, it's a better chance than what we got here." "Help me with his coat." "Turning east." "State 42." "Three miles ahead." "Right, Jim." "Give me a hand with this, will you?" " You all right?" " Yeah." "Holt!" "Give me the TOD 5 container and I'll let you go." "Davies?" "You're part of Alpha." "What's this all about?" "Forget Alpha." "This is between you and me." "And I want that container." "Look, Davies, I have to take the TOD 5 to Alpha." "There's been an accident." "I'm infected." "I need treatment!" "Look, I still have the money." "Three hundred thousand dollars, I'll give it to you." "Oh, I can sell it for millions." "Give it up." "You don't stand a chance." "Davies has them." "If we interfere or if he sees us, it blows the whole mission." "Throw out your gun." "All right." "There it is." "She's all right." "The watch is broken." "Easy, easy, easy." "You all right?" "We've gotta get up the hill." "All right, put your arm around me." "Willy." "Don't you worry, Charlene." "I'm gonna take real good care of you." "Because you're immune and that's my only chance." "There's just one chance:" "Davies knows the location of Alpha Group headquarters if he's still alive." "You've really got it?" "Yes." "We still have a chance." "What's the location of Alpha Group headquarters?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Let's get him up." "Hey, hey." "What are you doing?" "TOD 5." "You know its effects and it's all yours." "Unless you talk, mister." "Oh, no, no, you wouldn't risk it." "Oh, no." "We'll be long gone." "And you'll be dead." "No!" "No!" "What's the location of Alpha Group headquarters?" "I don't know." "It's a very unpleasant way to die." "You can't bluff me." "Blow it open." "You people are crazy." "You can't do this." "Blow it." "No." "No." "No." "Please." "Please, don't shoot." "I'll tell you." "I'll tell you!" "He said about two miles out of town." "Right." "Open the door." "Someone give me a hand with the girl." "Dr. Flory." "Aren't you glad to see me?" "Where is the TOD 5?" "I'm carrying it." "Right here, inside me." "Fool." "You've exposed us all to it." "Well, that was what I had to do, doctor." "I mean, you know..." "You know what to do." "You find a cure, find an antidote." "You have to to save yourself." "Get him on the table." "We've all been exposed to it anyway." "Get him on the table." "Dispose of her." "No, no, no." "She..." "She's immune." "Find out why." "It's..." "It's my only chance." "Get her ready." "He's dead." "What do we do?" "I want to find out how it works, how it killed him." "Give me a scalpel." "There's the church." "The woman had a transmitter on her." "I don't understand." "How could...?" "It's a plant." "Kill them." "Hold it." "The rest of you, hold it." "Mimi, we'll get you to a hospital right away." "What...?" "What happened?" "I'm not dead." "You're not supposed to be." "You're looking real good, Mimi." "How's the shoulder today?" "Fine." "The pain's all gone." "Getting out tomorrow." "I think you're a lot happier about getting well than Gordon Holt was."