"This is where he was found." "Ted Barker, resident of Hoppington for 42 years." "Snare setters, paftridge pincher." "The local poacher." "How did he die?" "Inhalation of fluid." "He was drown right here." "In the middle of a field ?" "lmpossible !" "All the same, that's what happened." "Strange!" "So's this." "A chap called Jonah Barnard keeps writing to the Times." "It's the 10th time this month." "Have all the letters been like this ?" ""We should all build our arks," ""because the flood is coming."" "Ted lived there, with his brother Eli." "He's still there." "Chance for me to weave my homespun charm." "That's the idea!" "I'm going to Barnard's, meet me there." "Treat Eli warily." "He's a weird bird!" "Ted had the power of evil." "The power of evil." "I warned him." "He paid me no heed." "He turned a sinner's deaf ear to my words and so he fell into the pit of iniquity." "You take milk, Mrs. Peel?" "Yes, thank you." "My own brother with the mark of sin upon him!" "He wasn't always like that..." "sinful." "He wasn't really bad.." "He did a bit of poaching, but that's not the same as stealing." "Did he fish?" " Fishing ?" " Fishing ?" "There were blue skies this morning!" "He couldn't have, there's no river for miles." " Ted wasn't one for traveling." " How do you explain his death?" "The demon drink!" " Did he drink much ?" " l wouldn't sit there!" "Not there." "You'll spoil your fine city clothes." "Thank you." "It's been like this for months, torrential rain." "People don't understand." "They don't realize." "They've been warned, but they don't realize it." "All the signs around them, yet they do not heed." "You mean the warnings of the flood?" " You've heard?" " l've heard about Jonah Barnard." "A great man, a fine man!" " You believe the flood is coming?" " Believe?" "I know." "It's my seaweed, see?" "It's always wet." "I can't sit here gossiping." "I must be helping Jonah to spread the word." "You were telling me your brother drank too much... lmbibed on stolen liquors!" " Stolen?" " He thought he was unobserved!" "But I saw him" " sneaking into "Granny Gregson's." - "Granny Gregson's"?" ""Granny Gregson's Glorious Grogs, lnc."" "Just beyond the village." "A factory for fermentation of liquors." "You saw him go in there?" "Late at night, to steal liquors, to gorge on glorious grogs!" "That was his undoing, when he slipped and fell." "into the pit of iniquity." "No, into "Granny's Sparkling Spring Water"!" "Make yourself at home, Mrs. Peel." "Finish your cup of tea." "Spring water?" "They've got tanks of it at the factory." "Big enough for a man to drown in!" "You see, my friends!" "The Lord said to Noah : "The end of all flesh is before me," ""for the eafth is filled with violence," ""Behold, I will destroy them with the eafth."" "That's what the Lord said." "My friends, in this humble barn my salvation is growing." "Yours too, if you will grasp it." "Here, is my ark." "Burn it!" "The signs of nature do not lie." "It is the forewarning, a hint of impending doom, Nemesis." "Friends, the flood is coming." "So is Christmas!" "Please, heed me." "Behold, after seven days, the waters were upon the eafth." "Friends, the flood is coming." "You'll have to learn to swim." "Brothers, act now." "With your families, build your arks, as I am building mine." "The animals came in two by two!" "Listen." "He speaks the truth." "I implore you, listen to me." "I've seen the signs in the sky." "My friends, please act!" "Act!" "It's no use." "No use." "You were marvelous, Jonah." "Fire and brimstone that speech was." "I have failed." "But you did your best, Jonah." " Not good enough." " Most interesting address!" "Will your ark really stand up to all weather?" "It will resist storm and tempest." "First class timbers, British oak.." "You did not close your ears?" "You believe?" "I think it's a theory wofth investigating." "Delighted to meet you." "Jonah Barnard and this is Eli." " How are you?" " You see, Eli!" "My words did not fall entirely on barren soil.." "You give me fresh heaft." "Eli, it's a sign." "Our work must go on." "I'll go spread the word, Jonah." "Hallelujah!" " Hallelujah!" " Hallelujah!" "Hallelujah." "As you see, I am a simple man, but you're welcome at my table." "Thank you." "What turn of fate set your footsteps to my door?" " l read your letters in the Times." " You did?" " You've had warning of the flood?" " indeed I have." " Something more positive?" " Butterflies." " ln the stomach?" " ln the district." "A rare variety found in watery districts." "Lately the village has been swarming with them." "There's also the bearded tits from the marshland." "Every tree is alive and bristling with their twitterings." "This district is reknown for its dryness, Mr. Steed." "Yet we are invaded by creatures known to inhabit watery places." "The balance of nature is disturbed." "Doom is in the air." "It's odd I'll grant you, but not conclusive." "How do you account for the weather?" "You can't convince me with that, not in this country." "Mr. Steed... suppose you saw the same cloud in the same position everyday!" "lmpossible you say?" "I have seen such a thing." "The same cloud in the same position, unchanging." "Save that each day it gets a little larger." " ls it there today?" " Everyday." "I'll show you." "On the chair, if you please." "There, over the wine factory." "Sorry, I'm late, Doctor." "The weather, you know." "Most inclement." "Try this." "What do you think of it?" "A little bit too dry!" "Doctor, Mrs. Peel to see you." "What does she want?" "It's something to do with a man named Ted Barker." "I'm coming." " He'll be with you in a moment." " Thank you." "Mrs. Peel..." " Doctor Stern..." " l'm afraid I'm very busy." "I'll come right to the point." "Ted Barker!" "I remember." "Very tragic." "He was found in a field nearby." "That field over there." "Extraordinary!" " He was drowned." " l am familiar with the facts." "You have water tanks in the area?" "Are you a relative trying to extoft compensation?" "I am a freelance journalist." "I thought there might be a story in it." "Our tanks are within the compound." "Security is very strict." "No outsider could enter without our knowledge." "We feel no responsability." "Then you have no objections to my looking around?" "The strongest objections." "Good day, Mrs. Peel." "Doctor Stern!" "Good day to you, Mrs. Peel." "Dear, dear, dear... lt's you again." "You should be preparing for the coming flood!" "I put a down payment on a canoe Tell me about your brother." "He's gone." "That's all." "You saw him going into the factory?" "Several times." "Late at night." "Could you show me the place?" "Eli..." "We have a responsibility, don't we?" "We must remove temptation from the path of potential sinners." " lf there's a way in..." " There's a way." "...I could have it blocked off." "We don't want "Granny's Grogs" to claim another victim!" "You go in through a storage hut on the nofth side." "Meet me there at 9 o'clock." " Good evening." " Good evening, Mr. Steed." " Have you seen a young lady?" " Mrs. Peel ?" " l told her to meet me here." " She was here." "Tell me..." "is she a very sinful woman?" "I beg your pardon?" "This Mrs. Peel..." "She looks so." "But you can never tell by appearances." "You're sure we're talking about the same person ?" "Tall, slim, very attractive." "It's a great pity, because she doesn't seem a sinful woman." " Then why do you think she is?" " lt's what she said." "She came in, left a message for you, but you're not to worry." "She was going into the pit of iniquity!" " ls that all she said?" " That's all." "Drowned?" "Poor Eli !" "And I promised him salvation from the flood!" "It was not to be!" "Poor Eli !" "It could be an accident." "He sipped the surreptitious sap and slipped!" "Eli was a tea totaler." "When the finger of temptation beckons..." "Also, it was a water tank." "There seems to be a surfeit of H2O in this area." "How's your meteorological science?" "Bright in patches." "There's equipment waiting at the station." "Ordinarily I'd collect it." "Extraordinarily you'd collect it!" "We'll meet here in an hour." "I've got to buy some wine." "Can I help you?" "Anytime." "John Steed of "Steed, Steed, Steed, Steed, Steed and Jacques Ltd."" "Wine merchants extraordinary." " How did Jacques get in?" " He didn't." "In the wine trade you must have that French touch, so I invented him." "Do your relatives approve?" ""Steed, Steed, Steed..."" "I invented them too." "Looks better on the card." "So you are the real Steed." "I am he and I have the pleasure of..." " Joyce Jason." " l am delighted." "I have an appointment." " l'm to look after you." " Even more delighted!" "You want to buy our wine?" "That was my intention." "Your method of fermentation is a little primitive." "It's more like chutney, that mighty cucumber." "That was 60 years ago." "Things have changed." "Especially since Dr. Stern took over." "When was that?" "Two years ago." "He introduced modern equipment and scientific apparatus." "I hope I might be privileged to meet him." "I don't know..." "Come now. lf l like what I see I'll make a substantial order." "Of course." "It's just that Dr. Stern doesn't like people prying." "Appraising. I shall be appraising his ingenuity." "One doesn't buy the tree without sampling the fruit." "But our catalogue is very comprehensive." "Catalogue?" "Honeyed blarberry wine." "That means nothing to me, Miss Jason!" "Where is the tang of blue blackberries gathered in the early morning dew by barefoot peasant girls?" "The rich nectared taste of honeyed syrup?" "Not here, but here:" "the sun glinting on amber liquid." "And here: the nostrils assaulted by the heady aromatics of a perfect bouquet." "And here, most of all:" "rolling, smooth syrup, around the mouth, alefting the taste buds, savoring the sheer sensuality of a unique experience." "I have a very acute palate." "Sorry, but I really cannot find help in this catalogue." "I'll talk to Dr. Stern." "We know nothing about him." "You shouldn't have agreed." "Don't be silly." "I checked on him." "He's a wine merchant." "Suppose he sees something?" "What?" "Our secret process is our secret." "Mr. Steed." "This way." " Good morning, Mr. Steed." " Dr. Stern." "This is my assistant, Maftin Smythes." "How do you do?" "Kind of you to let me look around." "If you're going to sell our wine, I think you should." "This is our main distillation area." "Distillation of wine?" "I see what you mean." "We ferment our wine of course." "The final distillation is to insure the perfect quality." "There is the plant which cleans and prepares our raw material." "Here is one of our pulping presses." "The old method of treading won't do for us." "You see we make vegetable wine." "Have you ever tried to tread potatoes?" "Point taken!" "It's my own design." "Here, I control the drop of the press, to 1/10,000 of an inch to pulp yet not bruise." "Watch this, Mr. Steed." "This is a solid piece of brass." "All I do is lift this lever." "Remarkable!" "40 tons per square inch." " Quite a giant!" " A gentle giant!" " You designed it?" " Every inch of it." "A long way from wine making." "I wouldn't say that." "It's an improvement." "But I doubt..." "You're too modest." "That's a fine engineering feat." "Thank you very much." "We won't bore you too much longer." "I'm sure you'd like to see our wine store." "The main purpose of my visit." "Thank you very much indeed." "Scientific, very scientific!" "Thank you, gentlemen!" "Maftin, you worry too much." "I think you'll find this not unlike a dry Hark." " What is it?" " Old bark." "Must have put the dog in too!" " This then, a sparkling buttercup." " Buttercup..." "That's more my cup of tea." "Filthy day!" "It must have been a great year for buttercups !" "You've decided?" "I'll take your order." "Delicious. I always wondered why cows had that contented look!" "Thought it was bulls, but it's obviously buttercups." " l don't want to rush..." " Raining cats and dogs!" " What terrible weather!" " ...but I am rather busy." "Sorry. I'll take a couple of gross." "Confirm with you later." "This way." " Lovely weather we're not having!" " Leave this way." "You've been a great help." "I'll be paddling along." "Oh, dear..." "Science cannot aveft the approaching doom." "Science will at least prepare us for it!" "You do not believe in the flood." "You think I'm a crazy old man!" "No, Jonah, I don't." "I don't believe anything until I've made a throrough investigation." "With a poftable weather machine?" "I wish I could make you see." "Have you shown her the cloud?" " All set?" " What's this about a cloud?" "It's a permanent fixture." "Same cloud, same place." "It's a sign." "It's a cloud." "You can see it from over there." "We'll find out later what your box of tricks makes of it all." "You get a better view from the chair." "Near the wine factory?" "Just over the field where Ted Barker was found." " Doctor..." " Yeah." "There, in the field!" "It's impossible, Steed." "Quite impossible." "Such a high humidity reading!" "That bad!" "We'd find similar readings in the jungles of Brazil or Africa, but here in England!" " Yet here it is." " l know." "Could it have been that cloud brought it?" "A cloudy day only produces a reading of..." "The machine must be giving me a faulty reading." "We'll check up on it." "How?" " Heard of Sir Arnold Kelly ?" " Our best meteorological man." "I've sent for him." "He's waiting at Barnard's." "Your flowers." "Sir Arnold." "Mr. Steed!" "Whoa!" "Over here." "My spectacles keep misting up." "I can't understand it." "Well, now Mr..." "Mrs Peel, Sir Arnold Kelly." "Delighted." "How anyone could mistake you for a man!" " l've kept you waiting." " Not at all." "Been having a discussion with Mr. Barnard." "Very drole!" "Well, what have we?" "I've made a preliminary reading." " With what results ?" " These." "I'm sorry, I thought for a moment that read 67,8 % humidity." " lt does." " Eh?" " A little joke, Steed?" " Afraid not, Sir Arnold." "67.8 % humidity is ridiculous!" " That was the reading." " The equipment must be faulty." "Perhaps you'd like to see for yourself?" "Right away, 67.8 %!" "Luckily I brought my own equipment." "Now then..." "Let's see." "Broken, absolutely shattered." "Well, never mind." " l'll use my own equipment!" " We'll see you later, Sir Arnold." "Yes, yes." "Now, let's see..." " That equipment was all right." " l know." " What do you think?" " l'm going to sample more wine." "Good bye." "Sorry to burst in on you like this." "Decided to take 2 bottles of Best Buttercup with me, taken at random, to test their overall quality." "This way, isn't it ?" "Don't let me bother you." "I'll find my own way." "All set for a wet winter!" "I like that." "Think ahead." " Don't let me disturb you." " l tried to stop him." "A bottle or two of Buttercup Brew." "I'm going to share with my friends." "It's all good for business." " Mr. Steed !" " Be my guest." " l hope you don't mind?" " Of course not, Mr. Steed." " lt is good for business." " Thank you." "After you." "Mind if I sample some brew, while I'm in there?" "What have we here?" "Pulverized dry ice." "I've caught you out!" "That puts the sharp tangy flavor into Buttercup Brew." "Quite right." "You've caught us out." "Please, excuse me." "Give him what he wants and get rid of the idiot!" "One bottle of buttercup and one of dead weed." "Will that be all, Mr. Steed ?" "I think so." "Thank you very much." " Very kind of you to let me impose." " Not at all." " Splendid place." " l'm glad you approve." "Absolutely first class." "Strange about the rain, though!" "Rain?" "Back there, constant sound of rain." "Very odd." "An illusion, Mr. Steed." "What you hear is this." "Liquid pouring into the vats Many people make the mistake." "Trouble with your washer?" "It couldn't have been that all of the time." "Turn it off and I'll go back and listen." "We must ask you to leave now, Mr. Steed." "You're interrupting our work." "I'm most terribly sorry." "Most foolish of me!" "Good bye." "Good bye." "I'll have a couple of gross of wheat and raisin. 2 dozen... ldiot!" "Perhaps now I can get back to my job." "Your troubles aren't over yet." "There's somebody in the field." " Can you see who it is?" " No." "It may be the same one as before." "It's hard to say." "He's alone this time." "Give me my glasses, Freddy." "Thank you." "He's got some new equipment." "Here." "He's not wearing a macintosh." "Pity, it looks like rain." " You know who he was?" " No." " Sir Arnold Kelly." " The meteorologist?" "One of the nation's top weathermen." "You got rid of him?" " He's safely out of sight." " Good, good." "What was he doing here?" "And that woman who came by?" " Mrs. Peel." " Where is she?" "At Jonah's place waiting for Kelly to come back." "Kelly and Mrs. Peel didn't arrive here by accident." "Something aroused their interest and I have an idea what is was." "Barnard's letters to the Times." "Yes, he lowers the tone of the neighborhood." " Something should be done." " Naturally." "Mrs. Peel was anxious to see over the plant, wasn't she?" "We should extend that couftesy to her." "Mrs. Peel..." "We haven't met, I'm Maftin Smythe." "I work with Dr. Stern." "The doctor regrets turning you away the other day." "Can't antagonize the press, can we?" "He'd like you to visit." " Right this minute?" " Please." "It's simply not convenient." "Please." "What are you doing?" "What are you doing, brother?" "I want to help." "You're from the wine factory." "Do you believe?" "Yeah, I want to be saved." " You do?" " Yeah." "I have misjudged you." "You haven't told us all you know." "But you will, I assure you." "It may take a little time." "intervals of 1/1000 of an inch." "Not an excessive pressure for the moment." "Another half inch before breathing becomes difficult." "We'll give you a little time to think about it." "A fraction more pressure and your ribs will bend." "Another fraction and they'll crack." "Think about it and be ready with you answers when we return." "Evil vipers or the land." "Man has destroyed mountains with his science, has caused his fellows to suffer." "His sins need to be expiated, cleansed." "For this the flood will come." "Mountains will disappear, buildings will crumble." "Not a tree will be seen over the entire land." "Thank you, thank you, friend." "Act on it!" "Act soon!" " You've won over the dog." " Not just the dog, Steed." "Another conveft?" " From the pit of iniquity." " Good." " Where's Mrs. Peel ?" " She was here." "All is not lost when I reclaim a soul from that evil place of intoxicating liquors." " The wine factory?" " The very place." "Their foreman, a young fellow named Frederick." " He was here?" " A half hour ago." "I was inspired." "He came unbidden." "You haven't seen Mrs. Peel since he arrived?" "No." "What are you driving at?" "What did he do here?" " He listened to me." " Where did he stand?" "He was interested in the ark." " Where was he then?" " He worked here." "He was most anxious to help." "How are these timbers secured?" "Wooden pegs and waterproof glue." " They're as secure as can be?" " Sure." "I made them myself." "They would last 1000 years." "Stand back." "It was meant to kill you." "The man from the wine factory?" "Why should they want to kill me ?" "Why kill Ted Barker or Eli?" "Sir Arnold Kelly ought to be back." "Mr. Steed!" "I am not a violent man by nature, but when faced with a problem of survival... I had an auntie used to make biscuits like this." ""Rain contains silver iodide..." "lntroduced by man..."" "What's silver iodide?" "They used it in Arizona." "Arizona in America?" "There was a drought." "They wanted to find ways of making rain." "Doesn't it strike you as odd?" "Making rain?" "It's flying in the face of nature!" "This field has a high degree of rainfall yet never seems to stay wet." " What does that suggest?" " Good drainage." "This field is flat." "There's no natural drainage." "But you see, Mr. Steed, around here..." "Whoa..." "We'll get it up." "Now what?" "Looks like being a damp journey." "Now, mind yourself." "Mind yourself." "Are you ready to tell me who sent you here?" "No one sent me. I heard about Ted Barker's death and..." "No, that won't do at all..." "How about Sir Arnold Kelly ?" "I suppose he was here by accident?" "Well?" "I'll just have to squeeze the information out of you." "This way." "Come on." "Uncomfoftable?" "No pain, I trust?" "You're still 1/8th of an inch from real pain." "Believe me, I don't enjoy this anymore than you." "I have to protect my interests." "My colleague and I have just come to the end of a long, hard road." "We don't want that jeopardized after we've finally succeeding." "Succeeded in what?" "In making rain, Mrs. Peel." "In making rain as the world has never seen before." "Torrential, driving rain to order." "Can you comprehend the power now in my hands?" "A machine, a system of convection, chemicals and electrons, geared to one process." " What's that?" " Making rain." "There is moisture in the air." "We breath it at all times." "Machine makes use of that moisture, excellent use." "To what end?" "Originally to a selfish end." "I wanted to water my garden." "Now I suppose I will grow famous." "Maftin wants to sell to the highest bidder, one of the great military nations." "He's already put out feelers in ceftain areas." "A military nation with a rain making device?" "It's much more than that, Mrs. Peel." "It's the biggest weapon since the nuclear bomb!" "Relentless, never ceasing rain." "Rockets and planes grounded." "Whole armies washed away." "Centuries of cultural wealth destroyed in a couple of minutes." "A great flood to order!" "Doctor Stern..." " We're waiting for you." " l'm coming." "Forgive me." "Campaigns to plan." "I'll be back, depend on it." "You diabolical mastermind you." "Gentlemen knock before entering." "Are you the sparkle in the seaweed soda?" "No, I'm the kick in the nettle noggin." "I'll have you out in two shakes of a swizzle stick." "Dr. Stern told me how to operate this to 1/1000 of an inch." "I twirl this knob here, turn this switch here," "and press this lever up." "Or was it down?" "I think it was up." "Let's make a change." "Press it down." "Hallelujah!" "You were looking at it upside down!" "Come on." "It must have been terrible." "There you are." "...a terrible experience." "Untie her ankles. I'll warm her up to get the circulation going." "Did you know what you were doing or was I lucky?" "I knew. I'll show you." "Take one Cornwell Garden bowler hat." "We turn this knob, push up this lever, and the gentle giant crashes to 1/1000 of an inch of my bowler hat." "It was over quickly." "I don't think it suffered." "You heard Dr. Stern." "The flood is not the work of nature." "Some kind of machinery." "Let's try through here." "Hallelujah." "Thank you, Mrs. Peel." "Lovely for the complexion." "Dr. Stern!" "These chafts say it's been raining for a year." "There it is." "They're about in for a dry spell." "The flood is here!" "Hallelujah!" "The wicked shall be cast into..." " Who done that ?" " Ready?" "The flood is coming!" "Get out of here!" "Get out!" "The flood is coming!" "Put them over there where we can count them." "One, two, three." " Where's Dr. Stern ?" " l thought you... I thought you..." "The machine's burnt out." " Bless you!" " l'm catching a cold." "Get your feet wet?" "This'll do you good:" ""Granny Gregson's Marrow Rum."" "What's that?" "A ticket for Jonah's ark." "To be on the safe side." "I see you're sharing a cabin with a Jersey cow." "I've got a weakness for big brown eyes." "Bless you." "Subtitles :" "Jeannie Taillat" "Processed by :" "B.B. COM" " Paris"