"[TRUMPETING]" "[CHATTERING]" "[SCREECHES]" "[GROWLING]" "Lift it up." "Attaboy." "You know what you're doing, daktari?" "[JUDY SCREECHES]" "[TRUMPETS]" "[ENGINE REVVING]" "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "Oh, doggone it." "Frame has got hung up on this log." "Well, since this was a work trip for Modak, anyway..." " ...we'll just start her a little early." " Come on, Judy." "Move it right there." "Paula." "Paula, do you wanna get behind the wheel?" "Okay." "All right, Modak, come on, move it up." "Come on, move it up there." "Attaboy." "Come on, easy does it." "Now move it up." "All right." "Come on, Modak, pull!" "Pull, Modak!" "There." "Steady." "Steady." "All right." "Good boy, Modak." "Good boy." "See if there are any broken bottles, will you?" "PAULA:" "Are you all right, Clarence?" "It won't be so rough from here on in." " Everything's all right back there." "MARSH:" "Well, good." "I still can't figure how Chief Mako heard about DDT." "Well, neither do I." "But Hedley said that he heard they were using it for some malaria control." "Boy, have times changed." "Used to be beads and colored trinkets." "Now we're making peace with insecticide." "Well, they think that one of our reserve animals pulled down three of their cows last month." "So if a little DDT and a day's work for Modak will square things I think we got off easy." "[SCREAMS]" "Modak!" "Easy, boy." "Easy." "Everything's all right." "Where in the devil did this come from?" "A spear?" "He doesn't seem to be hurt too bad." "It's pretty unlikely you could hurt an elephant with a spear thrown from way over there." "Whoever threw it must have known it would barely scratch him." "But it didn't keep him from trying." "Maybe it was more of a gesture." "A gesture or a threat?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Who's that with the chief?" "I don't know." "Paula, don't say anything to the chief about the spear and Modak." "Well, shouldn't we mention it to him?" "No, there's no harm done and he might think we're accusing one of his tribe." "Get Modak." "Move up, Modak." "[CONVERSING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[IN ENGLISH] I don't believe we've met." "No, but my uncle told me of your coming." "I'm Selu." "Yes, of course." "I'm sorry." "Chief Mako's, uh, nephew." "Oh, Paula, you remember Selu?" "He was the first native to attend the university." " We read about it in the journal." " Of course." "I'm Paula Tracy." "My uncle said you were pretty, but he was wrong." "You're beautiful." "[GROWLING]" "Oh, uh, chief, perhaps you'd better tell your people that Clarence is as harmless as our pet chimpanzee, Judy." "[CHIEF SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "Judy, go on, shake hands with the chief." "Go on." "[GIBBERING]" "[CHIEF CHUCKLES]" "This one's made for work, daktari." "MARSH:" "That's right." "He's from India." "Modak is a good worker." "The maharaja of Karandul gave him to me last year." "Modak, how about saying hello to the chief, huh?" "[TRUMPETS]" " Attaboy." " Fine-looking animal, daktari." "Seems to have suffered a cut of some sort." "Yeah, so he has." "Well, he probably scraped a tree or something." "We brought you something else we heard you might need, chief." "Some DDT." "SELU:" "That's very thoughtful of you." "Now we know how the chief heard about insecticides." "Well, I'm on vacation from the university and I try to make good use of my time..." " ...by initiating a few innovations here." " That's time well spent." " You're to be commended." " Thank you." "I understand Modak's gonna pull a few trees." "Yes, um, well, enough for a stockade for your cattle." "If one of our reserve animals did pull down your cows well, I can assure you it will not happen again." "Very good." "I'm anxious to see him at work." " Paula, you wanna start Modak?" "PAULA:" "Come along, Modak." "[CHIEF SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "Hey, Judy, you stay right here and be a good girl and protect Clarence, huh?" "Clarence, now, don't let any of the natives frighten you." "[HONKING]" "MARSH:" "Well." " How's the stockade coming?" " Thanks to your marvelous elephant we have more than enough timber to finish it." "You hear that, Modak?" "It looks like your labors are ended." "This thing you do for us, daktari, it is good thing." "The chief has arranged a festive celebration in our honor, Dad." "A small gesture of our gratitude." " Well, that certainly is very neighborly." " Well, as it should be." "Come now." "Come on, Modak, move it up." "Come on, move it up." "Come here to me." "Come on." "Time for dinner." "Thought you'd like that." "Come on, move it up." "[DRUMMING AND SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "PAULA:" "Dad, dinner's ready." "Come on over." "[GROWLING]" "Say, um, Chief Mako didn't you like the work we did here today?" "Yes, daktari." "Why do you ask?" "Well, you put so much good food in front of us, uh I thought maybe you were hoping we would eat ourselves to death." "[CHIEF CHUCKLES]" "If daktari's belly wise like his head, it tell him when to close his mouth." "[BOTH CHUCKLE]" "You look tired, uncle." "Do you feel well?" "Weariness is the reward of labor." "We all sleep well tonight." "Daktari, you and your daughter stay this night in village?" " We'd be delighted." " Good." "[SQUAWKS]" "[ROOSTER CROWING]" "[MODAK TRUMPETING LOUDLY]" "[ALL SHOUTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[IN ENGLISH] Hey, go back!" "[MODAK TRUMPETING]" "Stay back, he killed the chief!" "Stay back!" "Modak." "[ALL YELLING]" "[GIBBERING]" "Go back!" "Go back!" "Get back!" "PAULA:" "Okay, let's go back." "Back, Modak." "Come on." "Turn around." "Come on." "SELU:" "Stand back." "He's killed the chief." "He's a killer." "Stand back." "[CLAMORING]" "[MARSH SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "Judy, go get my kit." "How is he?" "Well, it's hard to say yet, but it could be serious." "You wanna take him to my hut?" "I don't wanna move him more than I have to." "We'll leave him right here in the shade." "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "[MODAK TRUMPETS]" "Easy, Modak." "Easy, boy." "No one's gonna hurt you." "[TRUMPETING]" "[ALL SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[MODAK TRUMPETING]" "Stay back, please!" "Let me handle him." "Stay back!" "Selu, what's going on?" "Talk to them." "Make them go back." "They wanna kill Modak." "Better go back to your father." "No, they'll only kill Modak." "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[GROWLS]" "[ALL SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[PAULA SIGHS]" "Thank you, Selu." "What did you say to them?" "I told them not to act like beasts." "Modak is safe, at least for the moment." "Oh, easy, boy." "Easy." "Just relax." "Everything's gonna be all right." " How is he?" " He's got some cracked ribs and a broken arm." "Selu, tell your people to stop saying that Modak is a killer." "Modak is not a killer." "If my uncle dies, daktari you will have a difficult time convincing them otherwise." "This doesn't even make sense." "Modak has never acted this way before." "SELU:" "I only know what I saw, daktari." "I heard the elephant trumpet." "I ran out of the hut." "He was literally walking through my uncle's hut." "I yelled, I tried to stop him, but, as you can see, I was too late." "Daktari, there's a custom that an animal, like a man, must stand trial for this." "Trial?" "I don't understand." "It is a custom, daktari." "An animal accused of attack is tried the same as a man." "[MODAK SQUEALING]" "Well, that's senseless." "It might be so for you and I, but it is a tribal custom." " Best for you to agree to it." " But even if I did agree Modak already stands condemned." "If you do not agree, they will kill him right now." "He won't have a chance to defend himself." "Easy, boy." "No one's gonna hurt you." "You're not a vicious killer." "Well, Selu, would you at least give me till this afternoon some sort of time to prepare defense or something?" "Of course." " I'll talk to the elders." " Thank you." "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[MODAK SQUEALING]" "How's the chief?" "Well, he's not a young man and he's received a very severe shock but I think he has a chance." "Paula Modak is going to have to stand trial for his attack on the chief." "PAULA:" "Modak on trial?" "Well, they really are gonna try him for murder." "But why?" "The whole idea's barbarous." "Besides, the chief's still alive." "It's their custom, Paula." "Whether the chief lives or dies, the penalty is the same." "But Modak's not a killer, he just isn't." "Dad, what are we gonna do?" "The only thing we can do, defend Modak." "But how?" "Look what he's done." "Yes, there's no denying what he's done." "Well, our only hope is to prove extenuating circumstances." "Well, how?" "I'm not sure yet." "Our first concern is saving the chief's life." "Maybe when he can speak again, he'll shed some light on all of this." "Paula, I want you to run back to Wameru and pick up epinephrine." " Epinephrine?" " It's a form of stimulant." "I hope it will bring the chief out of his coma." "I'm gonna take a sample of Modak's blood." "You have Jack run a complete test on it." "What do you hope to find?" "Well, I don't know." "Maybe he ate some poison weed or something." "Anyway, if Jack finds anything have him call me immediately on the walkie-talkie." "Sounds as if we're grasping for straws, doesn't it?" "I'm afraid that's all we can do." "Now, get the syringe out of my medical kit." "Modak." "Why, huh?" "Why, why, why?" "PAULA:" "How is he?" "He's still unconscious." "Here comes Selu." "What are you gonna tell him?" "That the chief is sleeping." " Well, what if they find out you're lying?" " I'm not lying." "Now, that epinephrine you brought should bring him around." "He's much stronger this afternoon." "How's my uncle?" "Oh, he's better." "He's resting right now." "Selu, um, is it possible to postpone this trial for one more day?" "It's not possible, daktari." "They're anxious to begin the trial." "Yeah, so I see." "Daktari, the elders have asked me to act as prosecutor." " They feel, since I was an eyewitness" " Yeah, I understand." " I tried to refuse." " No, no, don't apologize, Selu." "It's quite logical that they would choose you." "Thank you." "Tano, the first elder, speaks English." "He'll tell others what's being said." "Well, good." "My Matabele is a little rough." "[MAN SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[ALL YELL]" "[MODAK TRUMPETS]" "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "Howdy." "I wanna stay with Modak." "Paula, better do what he wants." "Judy, what are you doing with this spear and where did you get it?" "Well, it's the spear that hit Modak." "I guess Judy plans to defend him in the literal sense." "[MODAK GRUNTS]" "The elephant Modak stands accused of attempted murder." "[MODAK TRUMPETS]" "I'll tell you what I saw yesterday." "He will hear my words." "You will make the judgment." "[CONVERSING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "Dad, he's so frightened." "They made him feel like a prisoner." "I'm afraid that's what he is, Paula." "A prisoner we're going to have to defend." "And we'd better win." "[GRUNTING]" "Got something?" "Oh, I'm not sure." "There does seem to be a trace of some foreign substance in Modak's blood, a very minute trace." "Has some of the properties of a hallucinogen." "It's enough to drive anybody out of their minds, even an elephant." "I know, but it's still a pretty vague analysis." "Maybe I can break it down further." "Jack, you've tried every chemical test so far." "Yeah, I know." "I gotta find that answer, Mike." "And so I must say that this elephant is dangerous." "He's unpredictable." "[MODAK TRUMPETING]" "Our beloved chief, my uncle, lies dying because of this animal." "I need not convince you with words." "Destruction agony is self-evident." "It pains me to talk like this." "But I believe to prevent a similar situation in the future this elephant must die." "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[MODAK GRUNTING]" "Easy, Modak." "Easy, boy." "Yeah, it's me." "It's me." "I will not attempt to deny" "Deny what is obvious." "But I will attempt to prove that Modak is not a killer." "I will attempt to prove that something something yet unexplained drove Modak wild for a moment." "MARSH:" "Here, boy." "Come here to me." "Easy, boy." "Easy." "Steady." "Steady, boy." "Yeah, it's me." "That's right." "Okay, foot." "Foot." "Lift it up, come on." "Lift it up." "Attaboy." "Easy." "Easy, Modak." "Easy." "You know what you're doing, daktari?" "Tell your people to shout, yell." " To try and scare Modak." " That answers my question." " You don't know what you're doing." " Tell them!" "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[ALL YELLING]" "[YELLING CONTINUES]" "Judy, give me that spear before you hurt yourself." "Modak appreciates you're trying to defend him, but this is not the time." "Oh, Judy, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, honey." "[YELLING CONTINUES]" "Steady." "Steady, Mo." "Judy, I'm sorry." "Steady, Mo." "Easy." "Easy, Mo." "All right, move it over." "Move it over." "All right there." "Put it down." "[LAUGHING]" "Good boy, Mo." "Good boy." "I think that should demonstrate that Modak is quite in control of himself." "I gave him every chance to kill and he did not." "Modak would not become violent without a very good reason." "And as I said, I intend to find out what that reason was, but I need time." "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "I ask you I beg you give me" "Give Modak that time." "[CONVERSING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "Daktari has demonstrated that the elephant is in control." "Well, I agree." "It appears to be true." "But this is true also:" "That even if my uncle does not die your law, our law, demands that this elephant be put to death." "MARSH:" "Selu." "Selu, that's not fair." "I told you, I thought there were extenuating circumstances." "Sorry, Marsh, but you have not proven this." "The elephant is unpredictable." "This has caused him to injure my uncle." "And for this, he must die." "I leave the decision to you." "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "[GROANS]" "If he points the spear up, it means he's innocent." "Down means guilty." "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[ALL YELL]" "MARSH:" "Selu." " Yes, daktari?" "Selu, is there such a thing as an appeal in this court?" " What do you have in mind?" " As I said, I need time." "Time?" "For what, daktari?" "Time to find out the truth." "I'm sorry." "The judgment has been made." "We must kill the elephant." "But I will see that it is done swiftly and painlessly with a native poison." "Selu, I have some drugs that kill too." "Would you permit me to put him to sleep?" "Very well." "If you choose." "And would you, um, give me till sundown?" "Paula's very fond of Modak and I would like" " I'd like the time." "I understand." "Yes, daktari, until sundown." "Thank you." "[SIGHS]" "Come on, my friend." "Open your eyes." "You're going to live." "Let Modak live too." "There must be something you can tell us." "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "Judy, it's not fair." "Oh, Modak." "This may be the last meal he'll ever eat." "How's the chief?" "MARSH:" "Well, he's gonna make it." "It will take time, which is time we haven't got." "Dad, isn't there something we can do?" "Maybe you could call Hedley." "No, no." "Government never interferes in matters like this, Paula." "Dad." "Dad, maybe we could let Modak escape into the bush." " We could pretend it was an accident." " They'd never believe that." "All those warriors would invade Wameru seeking revenge." "JACK [OVER RADIO]:" "Marsh, it's Jack." "Can you hear me?" "Yeah, Jack, it's Marsh." "Have you found out anything?" "Maybe." "We found definite traces of a hallucinogen in Modak's blood sample." " A hallucinogen?" " Dad." "It's time, daktari." "The elephant must die." "[SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" " Dad." "JACK:" "Marsh?" "Marsh, can you hear me?" "Marsh?" "[GIBBERING]" "Dad, we gotta do something." "I'm gonna try, Paula." "I'm gonna try." "[MODAK SQUEALING]" "Give me the green one." "I use this dart rifle to dispose of sick or dangerous animals." "This is a morphine solution." "Large dose." "I understand." "I've studied chemistry." "[MODAK SQUEALING]" "I'm sorry, old boy." "Goodbye." "[GIBBERING]" "[SELU SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[SQUEALING]" "[TRUMPETING]" "[SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "I'll have the body removed." "Can we take him back to Wameru for burial?" "How's my uncle?" "He's gonna be all right." "Well, at least we can be grateful for that." "I know how you feel, daktari." "I'll stay with my uncle and if he comes around, I'll call you." "Dad, you've got 40 minutes before Modak comes to." "Everyone will know we tricked them." "[MARSH SIGHS]" "Yeah, I know." "[JUDY GIBBERING]" "Jack, this is Marsh." "Do you read me?" "Jack." "I hear you, Marsh." "What happened?" "We were cut off." " I had to stop to execute Modak." "JACK:" "What?" "Now, relax, I used a tranquilizer." "Now, look, they think he's dead." "And we've gotta come up with some miracle before he wakes up." "I'm afraid I don't have any miracles to offer." "Just what I started to tell you before." "We found the hallucinogen in Modak's blood mixed with another substance, possibly a dialamide, an inhibitor." "Dialamide?" "That's an inhibitor used to slow down reaction of another compound." "JACK:" "Right." " Jack, I wonder if" " Dad, what's wrong with Judy?" "[GIBBERING]" "Hold on a second, Jack." "Judy, what's the matter with you?" "Judy, I didn't kill Modak, he's sleeping." "Now, Judy, quit that." "Modak is not dead." "JACK:" "Hey, Marsh, what's going on there?" "I don't know." "Uh, there's something wrong with Judy." "She's having a fit or something." "She actually thinks we killed Modak." "A fit?" "Yeah, it's the same thing like...." "Like what happened to Modak." "Marsh, are you sure?" "I'm not sure of anything, but the symptoms are certainly the same." "Look, maybe they had something in common." " Something they both ate or drank." " If there is, I sure don't know what." "I got it!" "Dad, the spear, the one that hit Modak on the way over cut Judy's foot when I took it away from her this morning." " Paula, I think you're right." " Well, Judy knows I'm right." "Marsh, what are you talking about?" "Jack, look, I'll call you back later." "Just sit tight, huh?" "Whoever threw this spear at Modak, it was more than a gesture of dislike." "The tip was dipped in a hallucinogen." "The dialamide was a sort of timing device a fuse, set to go off hours later." "You mean Modak was used, framed?" "Yes, very cleverly, almost diabolically." "Who would have thought of such a vicious plan?" "There's only one man in this village with enough education to figure this one out, Paula." "A certain student of chemistry." "But how did he get Modak over to the chief's hut?" "Well, simple, he knew when the drug would take effect so he just got Modak into position." "Yes, daktari." "Modak is a very trusting elephant." "Too bad you had to find out." "Throw away the spear." "Now!" "Now you and your charming daughter must die." "Legally." "Legally?" "What kind of nonsense is that?" "Come now, daktari." "I'm not as naive as the others." "I know that you used a tranquilizer in that dart instead of morphine." "When the elders find out that you've tricked them you'll be condemned to the same punishment as your elephant." "[JUDY SCREECHES]" "Judy." "[JUDY GRUNTING]" "[CHIEF GROANS]" "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "Daktari, he is guilty one." "I saw him bring elephant to my hut." "He is one who tried to kill me." "[JUDY GRUNTING]" "[SQUEALING]" "[CHIEF SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[IN ENGLISH] These are the things you do here for good?" "Why you try kill me?" "[SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[IN ENGLISH] Why he try kill me, daktari?" "He tell you?" "Yes." "He would have gained control of this village." "And by making it appear that one of our animals killed you we would have been discredited." "But what reason?" "Well, this land is full of rich mineral deposits." "If he could have forced us out of Wameru gained control of your village and our land well, he'd have been a very rich man." "Daktari, these minerals, they mean much to you?" "No." "I'm afraid I'm more interested in what goes on above the ground." "Then no more trouble, daktari." "No, my friend, no more trouble." "[BOTH SPEAK IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[GIBBERING]" "Okay, Clarence." "Come on, get in the truck." "I want you to keep an eye on Selu." "Or at least one eye at a time." "[GIBBERING]" "[GROWLS]" "Come on, Judy." "Goodbye, chief." "Come on, Modak." "[MODAK SQUEALING]" "[ALL SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]" "[English" " US" " SDH]"