"( woman laughing )" "( laughing ):" "Hey, stop it." "( man and woman laughing )" "Hey, wait a minute." "I'm going to get a drink of water." "Hey... don't be long." "All right." "( tail rattling )" "Sh..." "She will come for this." "( groans )" "Beth?" "What happened?" "Hey, what happened?" "It's a miracle." "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:" "Barbara Hershey..." "Edward Asner." "NARRATOR:" "News of a miracle finds David Vincent and draws him to a small new mexico town." "Here, according to legend the Virgin appeared to two Indian children and wept..." "her tears forming the spring known as las lagrimas de la Virgen... the stream where, years later a young girl was presented a gift by a vanishing stranger-- a gift that is, in fact, the heart" "of an awesome new weapon aimed at mankind." "* *" "Hey, Saint Beth, where you going?" "Where's your halo, huh?" "Hey, Saint Beth, make me disappear, okay?" "Hey, mister, how about a car wash?" "50 cents." "Nope." "How about a shoe shine?" "Two bits?" "Nope." "I'll fill your radiator." "A dime." "How about a car wash, huh?" "I'll make you a deal-- 35 cents, bargain price." "You get it washed in Santa Fe, it'll cost you a buck." "Come on." "Johnny, leave the man alone." "Okay, Harry." "Scram." "Okay." "What'll it be?" "Draft." "One draft." "Don't mind the kid." "He's just an orphan." "I let him hang around." "Sometimes he gets a little too pushy." "You're Harry Ferguson, aren't you?" "Yeah." "I know you?" "I read about your daughter." "(laughing)" "You ask me, she was high on something." "The paper said the man who disappeared gave her a crystal." "Mm-hmm." "Yeah, it's over there." "( pinball ringing )" "The shrine... those Indians come over and they stare at that thing for hours." "Mind if I look?" "Help yourself." "Ever think of selling it?" "Oh, I thought, all right." "I borrowed the case from a jeweler friend in Santa Fe." "He says if it was red, it would be a ruby." "Then it would be worth plenty." "Well, I'd, uh, offer you 50 bucks for it." "How come?" "Curiosity." "I collect stones." "Well now, it seems possible that we might able to come to some sort of agreement." "Uh... okay, boys, the show's over for today." "Uh, my friend and I have business to discuss." "That's it." "Man, it's hot." "Look, why don't we go over and sit by the fan and you can finish your beer and we can finish our business." "Now, the point is... it's not really mine." "You see, my friend offered $75." "Maybe you could see your way clear to go a little more." "* *" "Hi." "Hi." "I haven't seen you around." "I've been busy." "You've been avoiding me." "Please, I have to go." "Look, I know what you thought you saw, but I was there, too, remember, honey?" "I mean, I didn't see any such thing." "I don't want to talk about it." "Oh, you can't change like that." "Not after what we had going." "I can." "I did." "You can't change, Beth." "You can't." "Leave me alone!" "Please, Ricky, just leave me alone." "Now, if I was to tell Beth that the price was $100 that might make a difference." "DAVID:" "All right, all right... $100." "( crowbar clatters on floor )" "Hey." "You must want this thing pretty bad." "Vincent came in." "He tried to buy the crystal." "They're bringing the weapon down next week." "The weapon, Merritt." "Without the laser crystal, it will be useless." "Vincent." "He followed me here." "Then we'll have to send someone to replace you." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "* *" "Hey, Saint Beth, where have you been?" "Hey, Saint Beth, you know why you get headaches?" "Your halo's screwed on too tight." "Get him out of here." "Go on, kid, beat it." "Okay, Harry." "Where is it?" "It's all right." "I put it in the safe." "What did you put it in the safe for?" "Somebody tried to steal it." "I figured I better lock it up." "Well, who tried to steal it?" "Some bum." "Wait a minute, honey." "Come here." "Uh..." "I want to talk to you." "Listen, um..." "come here." "Listen, this guy came in and he wants to buy it." "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "He collects stones." "He offered me $50 for it, and I told him the jeweler over in Santa Fe offered more, so I got him to offer $100." "And I think I can get him to offer more." "It's not for sale." "Oh, come on, Beth, how often do you run into 100 bucks?" "You know that thing isn't worth a dime." "It's not to sell." "It's a gift." "100 bucks." "You know, I could buy a couple of new barstools, maybe fix up some fancy booths... you know, make this place a little more attractive-- things would pick up." "You know, I tried to borrow at the bank;" "they wouldn't even talk to me." "You don't understand, Daddy." "It's a gift from God." "It's not to buy barstools with and it's not to fix up your saloon." "Now, you listen." "I don't know about miracles but I know about money." "I know what it costs to feed you and I know what it costs to put clothes on your back and I know what it costs" "to send you to Saint Theresa's." "I know." "I got no wife to help." "I've been both mother and father for ten years and I'm going under, baby." "I'm going under." "I'm sorry, Pop." "Come on, Beth, it's not that much of a sin to sell it." "I know what it costs you, Pop." "And I know what you'd have to pay a waitress." "And Johnny..." "I know what you'd have to pay someone to come in and clean up the way he does." "You know, we don't owe you, Pop, you owe us." "A guy tries to be a father, tries to make a decent living, tries to keep a lousy saloon from going under." "Hi." "You catch that guy?" "No." "Well... ( chuckles )" "On the house." "Look, mister, uh..." "Vincent." "Vincent." "Vincent." "Mr. Vincent, um... my daughter, you know, owns that thing, and I can't sell it to you." "Wait a minute, we have a deal." "I love my daughter very much, Mr. Vincent and I'd rather put a bullet in my head before I'd do anything to hurt her." "The crystal's not for sale." "I'm sorry." "Hello." "Oh, the collector." "Give you a lift?" "Yours?" "Oh, I rent it." "Nice." "My father's been wanting one of these for years... ever since my mother died." "No, thanks." "I'll walk." "Did you come to offer more money for the stone?" "Would you accept more?" "No." "Beth, there are other people after that stone." "Because of that, you're in danger." "So is your father." "And you're the only one who can help." "For a man who collects rocks, you've got imagination." "Look, I know these people." "They're dangerous." "Who are they?" "Well, it's a long story." "I don't know if you'd believe me." "Does anyone?" "A few." "Trying to convince other people... you know what it's like having seen something and no one will believe you." "That man in the bar-- was he one of them?" "Yes." "Look, Beth, you've got to believe me." "Don't touch me." "I don't like to be touched." "I'm sorry, but you can't add my rock to your collection." "* *" "Bethel..." "What are you doing?" "Father..." "Miguel, Paco, Sancho, I'm sure we have work to do." "Hmm?" "Bethel, put that thing away." "Father Paul, I told you..." "And get to confession." "After all these years of fighting ignorance and superstition... then you come along with little magic rocks." "It was a miracle." "Don't tell me what's miraculous!" "That's not for you to say!" "The Church proclaims miracles!" "Yes, Father." "I'm sorry." "I have a harsh and brutal temper." "I've hurt you very much." "I'm sorry." "That's all right, Father." "Bethel... miracles are rare and special." "Often our eyes tell us things that are not so." "So, no more magic shows, all right?" "Yes, Father." "I'll walk back." "I need the walk." "Is there anything, anyone you won't use?" "No." "Beth, if you don't want the money" "I'll give it to the Church." "$500 for Santa Theresa's." "You can't buy god, Mr. Vincent." "Oh... her mother was just like her." "Full of fight." "She ran off about ten years ago." "I've been father and mother to that girl ever since." "Mr. Vincent..." "I'll sell you the stone." "It's not yours." "Oh, I'll take care of Beth all right." "Only... the price has gone up." "Listen to me." "There are others who are willing to kill you for that stone." "You better sell and sell now." "$1,000." "I'll have to go to the bank in Santa Fe." "And call New York." "Call." "How about a beer?" "No, thanks." "Go away, Johnny." "They say in town that he offered $500." "$500, Beth." "Go away." "That's what we need." "Bus fare, food... and money to pay your uncle." "My uncle?" "Oh, that was a long time ago." "He might not even remember me." "It was just silly talk, Johnny." "It wasn't." "It wasn't silly." "Your uncle..." "I only met him once." "But he's your uncle." "He said he liked you." "It was after my mother died." "He... felt sorry for me." "That big house, and no kids of his own." "We could help clean up the house." "I could cook and sew." "He has a dog." "You told me he has a dog." "A mutt." "And he likes kids." "No more saloon." "No more glasses to wash." "No more men grabbing, touching." "$500 will take us there." "Oh, no, no, Johnny." "It's a dream." "It's like a movie." "After it's over, you go home." "You... wake up." "It doesn't have to be." "I don't know what's real and what isn't anymore." "The $500 is real... and the bus tickets." "Maybe, Johnny." "Let me stay here and think about it for a while." "My child, I've come for the gift." "Open the safe, Pop-- I've got to take it now." "Beth, I got something to tell you." "Pop, she came for it." "A nun, the most beautiful person, Daddy." "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "Open up the safe, Daddy." "Wait a minute!" "Vincent offered $1,000 for it." "Daddy, I told you... $1,000, Beth!" "$1,000!" "No." "I can fix up the place and we can start making a profit." "We can rent a little house." "I don't want my little girl living over a saloon." "You can't do it, Pop." "I won't let you." "Your mama wouldn't have run off if I'd had money." "Don't." "You would have had your mama, Beth." "The only reason she ran off is she couldn't stand the bar and living upstairs and taking care of you up there." "She ran off because she was no good!" "No, it was the bar!" "The crummy bar!" "And no money." "Pop, I'm going to take the stone." "Over my dead body." "You ain't giving that stone to no nun." "She wants it, let her pay for it." "They got plenty." "Like everybody pays for everything." "But I ain't opening that safe for nobody unless they pay as much as David Vincent." "* *" "Mr. Vincent..." "Yes." "You offered my father $1,000." "That's right." "Please don't do it." "Please." "Well, Beth, I have to." "I just came back from Santa Fe..." "You don't understand." "My father thinks $1,000 would change his whole life." "He's built up some crazy idea he can get my mom back." "Wait a minute." "I thought your mother was dead." "My mother ran away ten years ago with a whisky salesman in a red convertible." "Because she was no good." "Now, wait a minute, Beth..." "She was just no good." "And she's my mom, I'm her daughter and I'm no good, either." "Beth..." "Can't you see?" "I'm her daughter and I'm no good." "Beth..." "What do you think I was doing by that stream?" "Now, just sit down for a minute, huh..." "My life was ashes." "Dirt." "Then he came along and gave me that stone." "Now I'm clean again." "Don't you see?" "Beth, I know what you think that stone is but you're wrong." "Then what is it?" "Part of a weapon." "Then why would someone from the Church come for it?" "Who came for it?" "A sister." "She came to me at the stream." "I doubt if she was from the Church." "Beth, come quick." "Your father's been robbed." "They took the crystal." "Daddy..." "Who was it?" "Two men." "I don't know." "( groaning )" "What happened?" "I was robbed." "They sapped me." "Beth, you better call a doctor." "No, no, I don't need one." "What'd they look like, Harry?" "They came up behind." "Two men... big." "What'd they get?" "Uh..." "I had a hundred in the safe." "DEPUTY:" "We've got some first aid stuff down at the station." "You can fill in the details there." "Come on, I'll help you to my car." "Can you make it?" "Yeah." "All right, come on." "Now that you've got what you want when are you leaving?" "I don't have it." "You did it, or had it done." "All right." "Now get out of Lagrimas and leave us alone." "Beth, who else wanted it?" "( record of "The Blue Danube Waltz" playing )" "(music continues muffled)" "* *" "Hi." "We're not open." "Heard you were robbed last night." "That's right." "That's too bad." "Lose much?" "Yes." "Look, I said we're not open." "Business as usual." "She said we're not open." "You keep quiet, hot shot." "It isn't any of your affair." "Leave him alone." "I thought maybe you'd have some free time... being closed and all." "Maybe you aren't as busy as you've been lately." "You've been so busy so long." "Such a long time." "Go away." "Sure." "How's your daddy?" "They released him this morning." "Glad he's all right." "Yeah, well, uh... he's down at the sheriff's station looking at pictures." "Mm-hmm." "He should be gone most of the afternoon." "Oh." "What do you say we get out of this firetrap and, uh..." "No." "I've been lonesome for you, baby." "Real lonesome." "Later." "This afternoon, maybe, please?" "This afternoon." "( motorcycle departing )" "Beth?" "Well?" "He either has it hidden where I couldn't find it or he didn't take it." "He took it." "How could he get there before us?" "I saw him drive into town." "He stole it and then doubled back." "Stay with him." "You know where I'll be." "( phone ringing )" "( ringing continues )" "( knocking )" "Come in." "Good morning." "Just get up?" "Yep." "What did you do with the crystal?" "I don't have the crystal." "You've got it... and I want it." "I'll do anything to get it." "Beth, I've already told you I don't have the crystal." "You have it." "You're a man." "You take what you want." "Men do take what they want, don't they, David?" "You don't have to do this." "But I promised the sister I'd bring her the crystal." "Don't you know what that means, David?" "Now, you listen to me..." "I, uh, work with a group of about six people." "We're after that crystal." "We don't have it yet but we want it to take to washington to prove to the government that I'm not lying." "About what?" "The other people... who want the crystal... aren't human." "They're from another world, another planet." "They make themselves appear to be human." "And when they die, they begin to glow and they disappear." "Are you asking me to believe that the man at the stream...?" "And the nun." "They're here to destroy us." "You're an evil man, Mr. Vincent, or else insane." "I only hope God can forgive you." "Did you get what you came for?" "What do you think I came for?" "A piece of junk." "Your miracle." "I'm sorry, Johnny." "He didn't give you back your piece of junk, did he?" "No matter what you did." "No." "He couldn't." "He doesn't have it." "Who does?" "Oh, please tell me, Johnny." "Please?" "( phone rings )" "Hello?" "HARRY:" "Mr. Vincent?" "It's Vincent." "I got a proposition for you..." "David." "( eerie electronic pulsing )" "( pulsing intensifies )" "David!" "David..." "What is it?" "You were right" " I saw her." "She was in a glass tube." "Where?" "Down in the old burned-out barn." "We'll take my car." "It was here." "They must've seen you." "You were right and I didn't believe you." "Who are they?" "What do they want?" "The world." "What's the crystal?" "It's part of a very powerful weapon." "I should've let my father sell it to you." "I'm sorry, David." "( truck door closes )" "Listen... if they don't have that medicine in Santa Fe you call the doctor, huh?" "He'll tell you where you can get it." "( engine starting )" "Vincent?" "Yes." "Did you bring the money?" "Where's the crystal?" "It's in here." "(latch clicking)" "Why the phony robbery?" "I had to get it away from Beth, didn't I?" "A man likes to keep his daughter's respect." "He just doesn't walk around selling her stuff." "It's all there." "How will you explain the money?" "Insurance." "Besides, let me worry about my daughter." "Now, only you and me know that money's in there." "So let's keep it that way, huh?" "I'll let you out." "What's the matter?" "You hear something?" "(gunshot)" "Hey... the money." "Wait a minute-- this place is going to blow any minute." "The money!" "Did you save the crystal?" "I know he had it." "There wasn't any medicine at the drugstore." "Uh, yes." "I'm taking it to Washington." "Were you able to save anything?" "A $50 bill." "What's left of it." "Mmm." "That money was for you, you know." "Oh, no, thank you." "No more lies." "He didn't want it for me." "He just wanted it." "Where will you be staying?" "I don't know." "I have an uncle in Denver." "We could stay there." "For real?" "For real." "Beth, uh... your father didn't drive as hard a bargain as I thought he would-- as a matter of fact, I..." "I got some extra cash in case he raised the price again." "I'd like you to have it." "Please." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "How about carrying my coat, huh?" "So long." "Good-bye, David." "NARRATOR:" "So David Vincent leaves Lagrimas, New Mexico with a crystal from an alien planet." "He leaves behind two orphans who have met in the desert and who, having lost everything gained a new life."