"Good morning, Mr. Phelps." "The man you're looking at is Raymond Barret, who is currently serving a five-year sentence in the state penitentiary." "We have just learned through his cellmate, Max Davis, that Barret is actually Albert Jenkins, who masterminded the Oakdale armoured car robbery five years ago, double-crossed his associates, and hid the $ 10 million take." "By cleverly allowing himself to be caught and convicted as Raymond Barret of a burglary charge he did not commit, he hoped to wait out the statute of limitations on the robbery." "That statute expires in two days." "When Barret is released from prison in a few months, he will be able to collect the $ 10 million scot-free." "Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to bring Barret to justice and recover the money." "As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions." "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds." "Good luck, Jim." "The man you've described is hardly the Raymond Barret I've known for the past five years." "He was my orderly at the prison for almost three years, a model prisoner." "I would never have suspected that he's what you say he is." "Believe me, Dr. Bowman, it's all an act." "Barret is cold-blooded, ruthless, a killer." "Jim, does a reduction of sentence mean we can trust Davis?" "Yes, or at least enough to guarantee that there won't be a double-cross." "Now, these are the other two members of the gang." "Sammy Gilbert." "David Singleton." "They'll be moving in on us at just about the time we need them." " How's it coming, Barney?" " Fine, Jim." "The actual one hasn't been assembled yet, but we have the procedure down pat." "You mean down cold." "Breathe in." "Now let it out." "Hey, doc, how come you're putting me through the wringer again?" "I thought we went this route a few months back." "Well, your sentence ends in 60 days, Raymond." "It's standard operating procedure to give a prisoner a physical just prior to his release." "Oh, I get you." "They don't want any sick ex-cons walking the street." "Might give the place a bad name, huh?" "Dr. Bowman, Dr. Kingsley is here to see you." "We'll finish the examination in a minute." "Good morning, Kingsley." "Good morning, Dr. Bowman." "I have all the papers here, the documents for Myers' final signature." "The waiver, liability contract." "Before you go any further," " there's something I should tell you." " What?" "He's changed his mind." " What do you mean?" " Well, he doesn't want to be frozen." " I realise this is a blow..." " He can't do this to me." "Doesn't he realise how many months it's taken to set this up, how much I've been counting on it?" "I know the problems involved, Dr. Kingsley, in getting bodies for your research, but he's serving a life sentence." "If you froze him, and he was brought back to life after a cure had been found for his disease, he'd still have to continue serving his life sentence." "But what about my research?" "Can't he understand how this could help science immensely?" "This is no time to consider selfish personal motives." "I want to talk to him." "I know I can convince him." "I suggest that you try to see the human aspect of this situation, Kingsley." "Good day, doctor." "Hey, is he for real?" "Trying to bring people back to life?" "That guy must be flipped." "Well, it is theoretically possible." "Only it will take several years of research and experimenting to accomplish it." "Meanwhile, he's gotta have guinea pigs like Myers for his basement experiments." "I feel sorry for the good doctor." "He's sick." "Well, that's it, Raymond." "I'll have the results for you later in the day." "Okay, you know where you can reach me." "Raymond Barret is here to see you, doctor." "Send him in, please." "Sit down, Raymond." "Everything check out okay, doc?" "There's this disease." "Enthomytus." "Are you familiar with it?" "What's that, some fancy name for a hangnail?" "Oh, I wish it were." "I'm afraid this is a very serious disease." "How serious?" "Well, Raymond, we don't know too much about it, medically." "How it is caused or why it spreads." "It's a disease that affects the spine." "It causes a lesion." "There are experimental cures being conducted and researched right now." "You trying to tell me there is no cure?" "Well, I'm not in a position to say, Raymond." "I really don't know." "How long have I had it?" "A month." "Is it terminal?" "I..." "Raymond, I'm not a specialist." "So I want you to go and see one." "A Dr. Moore." "Now, maybe he can help you." "When?" "Well, I've spoken to the warden and to the governor." "And because of your excellent record and the enthomytus, they've given you a special release." "So you're free to go and see him this afternoon." "Doctor, I get out of here in two months." "And what you're telling me, if I stay, I go out in a box?" "I got less than two months, right?" "I'm not the expert." "This is Dr. Moore's address." "Maybe he can help you." "Sure is a lousy break, man." "What are you gonna do when you get out?" "I'm going to go out and live." "Now will you leave me alone, Davis?" "Guard." "Didn't mean to bug you." "Just trying to help, that's all." "Hey, maybe that Dr. Moore." "Maybe he can help you." "You gonna go see him?" "Did you get the word the bank account was set up for you?" " Yeah." " Then talk." "Your friend doesn't go by the name of Jenkins anymore." "It's Barret." "Where is he?" "He was here in prison." "Was?" "Yeah, he left today." "Got a special release." "He's dying." "No." "No, he can't die before I get to him." "Where's he gone?" "I think he's gone to some specialist." "Dr. Moore will be with you in a moment." "Please remove your jacket and shirt." "Mr. Barret, how do you do?" "I'm Dr. Moore." "I've already talked with Dr. Bowman." "And he sent over your x-rays and your other tests." "Please sit down." "Please turn around." "How much time we got, Barney?" "Until 3:00." "It's gonna cut it pretty close." "Oh, you can get dressed." "Dr. Bowman said you could help me." "Said you had a cure." "Well, I'm working on one." "Of course, it's still in the experimental stage." " But you have hope?" " Well, it's hard to tell with these things." "What I'd like to see right now is a major breakthrough or two." "At least to give me the sense that I'm on the right track." "When do you expect these breakthroughs?" "Oh, I'd say three, possibly four years." "Four years?" "Look, I wanna take the cure now." "I'm willing to take the gamble." "Well, I'm not." " I might kill you." " Look, I'm gonna die anyway." "If I give you my permission, what?" "I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Barret." "But you see, there's such a thing as malpractice." "However..." "Yeah?" "I would greatly appreciate it if you gave me permission to study the progress of your disease more closely." "It would help greatly with my research." "You would have to come here, of course, once or twice each week." "But of course, you would anyway because of the shots." "Shots?" "What for?" "Well, there..." "There may be some discomfort from time to time." "Oh, by the way, tell me, for the forms, who's your next of kin?" "There isn't any." "Oh, then you'll have to fill out the documents yourself." " Documents?" " Well, yes." "You'll find there's always legality in such things." "Such as?" "I would like very much to have your permission to perform the autopsy." "Why?" "More research?" "Well, it might be instrumental in the realisation of a cure for others." "I think I'll rot in one piece, doctor." "I wouldn't consider that a solution." "Freezing." "Well, of course, doctor, if I was frozen, you wouldn't be able to dissect me in your autopsy, would you?" "I'm supposed to schedule some appointments for you, Mr. Barret." "When would be the best time for you to come in?" "So there really have been several major improvements and advances in technique in the last two years." "I have some pamphlets here that you might be interested in." "Look at those." "This is an article by another doctor who's involved in the work." "And here are other articles that I think would interest you..." "All right, all right, you sold me." " Well, when may we expect the...?" " Two months." "Well, that..." "Yes, that will give us the time that we need to make all the necessary arrangements." " There are certain..." " Yeah, I know, forms to be filled out." "Legal documents to be signed." "Yes, exactly." "Well, then, just a few preliminary questions." "Now, the disease you're suffering from is..." "Enthomytus." "Enthomytus." " Oh, I see." " What is it now?" "Well, nothing, it's just that..." "You can freeze me, can't you?" "Yes, I can freeze you, but, you see, enthomytus is a disease of the spine." "I know that." "Well, that's where it begins." "In its later stages, it claims several vital body organs, Mr. Barret." "What are you getting at?" "Simply this, I..." "I cannot freeze you and bring you back." "There would be too many transplants to perform." "I'm sorry." "These..." "These organs, they been affected yet?" " How long have you had the disease?" " A month." "No, no, it would still be located in the spine." "Well, good, then do it to me now." "You can't be serious." "I can't freeze you while you're alive." "That's not legal." "Legalities don't bother me, doctor." "You're asking me in effect..." "Shut up." "I'm gonna make you a deal." "Now, you need a body?" "Okay, you've got one." " Well, yes, but..." " Shut up." "Now, nobody ever need know about it." "It's no skin off your nose." "The risk is entirely mine." "Now what do you say, doctor?" "Well, the answer still has to be no." "Mr. Barret, I know what you must be going through." "But I can't do what you ask." "You're backing the wrong man into a corner, doctor." " Doctor?" " Yes." "A Mr. Hollister would like to speak to you, doctor." "Excuse me." "Yes." "No." "I've told you never to call me here." "Now what if?" "Well, not so soon after the last time, I?" "No." "All right." "All right, I'll have it." "Fifteen minutes." "Mr. Barret, if this is to be a continuation of our previous discussion, I..." "Open it." "Where did you get this?" "Never mind." "Now you know what I want, doctor." "I can't." "It's not legal." "You did it to your wife." "She was in such pain, such terrible pain." "I had no choice but to put her to sleep and freeze her." "After reading what happened to her," "I'm surprised you don't have doubts about it." "As you said, you've improved your equipment since then." "Besides, I haven't got anything to lose." "No." "No, I won't do it again, I won't." "Yes, you will." "No." "I ain't got time for bluffs, doctor." "This is going straight to the police and the newspapers." "Think about it." "No more research, no experiments, no nothing." "All right." "Now don't get any ideas about keeping me on ice." "I've made photostatic copies of those, they're with a lawyer." "When they find the cure for enthomytus, if I'm not brought back, they go straight to the police." "You don't think I'd intentionally murder you, do you?" "Just keeping you honest, doctor." "All right, let's get started." "What's it gonna be like?" "Sleep." "A very long sleep." "Am I gonna feel anything?" "No, you won't feel the cold." "This will put you in a coma, then I'll freeze you." "You're sure you wanna do this?" "He'll be coming around in a few minutes." "We'll have to push him." "We have less than three hours." "Mr. Barret, I'll be very pleased to answer questions in just a moment." "But first..." "Hold your head still." "Turn your head." "Now hold it still." "That's fine." "Five cc's of cordrazine, nurse." "Yes, Mr. Barret, you've been brought back to life." "Hey, don't I remember you from some place?" "Yes." "A long time ago." "Yeah, you're the guy who was looking for the cure." "That's right, Mr. Barret, I've found it too." "It took me 11 years." "Eleven years." " This must be..." " 1980." "May 19th, to be exact." "1980." "What's wrong?" "When you were taken out of the deep freeze, Mr. Barret, the only thing affected was your spine." "There should have been other organs that were affected." "Why weren't they?" "That's what's puzzling." "You figure it out, doctor." "I'm not a medical man." "Hey, speaking of the freezer, what happened to that Dr. Kingsley?" "Is he still around?" "I'd like to thank him." "Kingsley?" "Oh, Kingsley, yes, a very unfortunate thing." "Brilliant man, Kingsley." "Committed suicide about five years ago." "Something to do with his wife, if I remember correctly." "Tough break." "Hey, when do I get out of this place?" "We're gonna keep you another two weeks." "We have a number of tests to run on you." "I suggest you use that time to learn about the world as it is now." "It's quite different than the world you knew." "We have regular orientation courses." "We use a TV panel." "You'll find it very, very helpful in adjusting." "To what?" "To what makes the world run today." "As I remember, there's only one thing made the world run back in '68." "Money." "And I'll bet you a million dollars that hasn't changed." "I'm afraid you'd lose that bet, Mr. Barret." "How's that?" "We no longer use currency." " No money?" " No." "It was called back about six years ago." "We use credit cards now." "It's quite satisfactory." "Computers and memory banks do all the bookkeeping." "What about me?" "I put some money away back in '68." "You've got to relax." "Relax." "It's still redeemable until 1985." "Mr. Barret, you'll find there are a lot of changes in the world, as you can see." "Particularly, the physical environment." "Most of the things you are familiar with have either been destroyed, altered, or torn down." "Destroyed?" "Yes." "Hey, wait a minute." "Mr. Barret, I have other patients." "Yeah, yeah, there's a suburb not far from here called Longview." " Is it still there?" " Longview." "I'm afraid I can't tell you that." "But what you can do is pick up the telephone, punch 198, and our communications centre will answer any question you want." "And flash it on the television monitor." "Yeah, I'll do that." "Mr. Barret, if you want anything, please use the service button on your bed." "Yeah?" "Well, how come this door is locked?" "We were asked to keep it locked." "By who?" " The police want to question you." " What do they want?" "Mr. Barret, I do not know." "I was only told not to let you leave this hospital." "Now please lie down in bed." "You need your rest." "Possibly tomorrow, if you're feeling better, you can talk to them." "Now, I got the word you've got some more information." "Yeah, Barret's gone to see a Dr. Kingsley." "493 Jackson Street." "He's there now." "Yes, sir, may I help you?" "Yeah, I wanna see a map of the Longview area, 4th and Hyde." "One moment, please, I'll connect you with city planning." "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have the information you want." "There's no 4th and Hyde listed." "But there was a 4th and Hyde." "Was?" "When?" "1968." "I see." "One moment, please." "Is this the area, sir?" "Yeah, yeah, that's it, 4th and Hyde." "It's by the cemetery." "The cemetery." "The reason for the confusion is the street names have been changed." "For future reference, it is now 4th and Delaney." "Is the cemetery still there?" "Yes, however, the area is under total reconstruction." "The work began two days ago, and should be completed in four months." "Gilbert and Singleton should be on their way by now." "Rollin, you call the police." "Have them ready to move in to Longview Cemetery at 6:00." "Yes, Mr. Barret, may I help you?" "Yeah, I don't know what it is." "I think maybe those pills you've been giving me." "My head is killing me." " Pain?" " Yeah." "I'll speak to Dr. Moore." "Thanks." "Almost 5:30." "Only half an hour left." "Jim, do you think he bought the date?" "Yes." "He thinks it's one day over the statute of limitations." "He's on his way, Willy." "Right." "Right on schedule." "Barret is gone." "He's gone." "Who are you?" "You Kingsley?" "Yeah, I'm Kingsley, what is this?" "Where's Barret?" "That's very clever, doctor." "Where's Barret now?" "Well, we don't know exactly." "But you have an idea, right?" " Gentlemen, perhaps we can make..." " No." "No, no deals." "You better take us to Barret now." "The cemetery entrance is just ahead." "Take a right." "All right, watch them." "Get up." "Move." "I had it made." "I was home free." "No, no, you're not." "The statute of limitations still has another ten minutes to run."