"(Suspenseful, mysterious theme playing)" "Is it much further?" "A few miles." "Do you have enough gas?" "Heh, I got plenty." "(Sighs)" "All this ocean and sand," "I feel as if I were in another world." "Oh, you won't mind it." "Wait and see." "Look, men, we gotta stick together." "Tell you mother it's going to be swell living at the ocean." "Sure, Mom." "Dad's gonna buy me some flippers" "And I'll let you wear them." "(Chuckles)" "(Mysterious theme playing)" "(Machine humming)" "Hey, Mom, listen." "Listen to what?" "Dad, don't you hear it?" "Hear what, son?" "(Suspenseful, mysterious theme playing)" "(Engine sputters)" "What in the world?" "I warned you." "Honey, I got more than half a tank left!" "The electrical system isn't working." "Dad, listen." "Not now." "I gotta figure this out." "There's something wrong here." "Mom, look up there." "Yes, dear." "(Engine revs)" "That's funny." "I don't understand." "It's working now." "But Dad, up there!" "(Airplane whirring)" "It's just a jet, Bud." "It's not." "It wasn't a jet!" "It wasn't anything like a jet!" "Children, will you stop chattering?" "Dave Brewster, Oakland Electronic Company," "San Francisco." "I'm assigned to Colonel Manley." "Brewster, Dave, family of three." "Is this the last of the bunch?" "Yes, that's all." "Here, let them through." "Okay, go ahead." "Oh, where is Unit 3?" "We're gonna live there." "Yes, ma'am." "Keep going right over the rise." "You'll find Unit 3 on your left." "Thanks." "Thank you." "(Children chattering)" "Well, this is it, honey." "Try to make the best of it." "Yes." "Come on, kids, let's get out." "Well, I put away most of the clothes." "There's good closet space anyhow." "It's not so bad." "Sure, if you like living on the beach." "It's only temporary, honey." "Doesn't matter." "The sand's going to drift in" "And ruin everything anyhow." "Look, honey," "I've driven over 500 miles today." "Tomorrow I start a new job, an important job." "I'm a little tired myself." "Of course." "I'm sorry." "I guess I'm just homesick for San Francisco." "Well, where is it?" "The launching platform." "Is it on the beach?" "Probably somewhere on the beach." "When's the first test?" "I don't know." "Soon." "Maybe this week." "Will it work?" "It's got to." "It's gotta do a job better than theirs" "So if they start anything..." "Dave, what you said about its accuracy?" "We just got in, honey." "I don't know any answers." "But you, your company." "You worked on it for months." "I worked on one part out of 35,000 parts." "It's much more complicated" "Than just an intercontinental missile." "Is ours the only one?" "We don't think so." "It's almost funny, isn't it?" "I mean, the children living in the middle of all this." "Would you have wanted me to say no" "When the company insisted I come here?" "Of course not." "I'm just tired." "Let's go out and find Bud and Ken." "Okay." "I could use some air." "Just wait until this project's a few weeks old." "You won't recognize the place." "A little grass, it'll be like a vacation spot." "It's just the bleakness of it at first." "It's your fault for marrying a city girl." "(Chuckles)" "I wish the children hadn't wandered off." "You think it's dangerous down there on the rocks?" "No." "Besides, you know how the boys love the beach." "The ocean, rocks, everything makes me feel" "So unimportant myself." "Well, you'll like it here." "Wait till you meet the others." "I guess we'd better get back and straighten things out." "JAMES:" "Mr. Brewster?" "Hi." "I'm Mr. James, Security Officer for the Command." "I just heard from the gate you'd arrived." "This is my wife." "How do you do?" "I hope you'll be comfortable here, Mrs. Brewster." "Thank you." "I'm glad I caught you." "I hope it won't be inconvenient," "But you're the last member to arrive" "And the Colonel's giving a briefing" "And I think he'd like you to attend." "If you don't mind, Mrs. Brewster." "No, of course not." "You'll come back as soon as you can?" "Sure, I will." "FRIEDA:" "Hello." "I'm Frieda Johnson." "I live in the next trailer." "Oh, I'm Anne Brewster." "How do you do?" "We just arrived." "Everything certainly is strange and different here." "I know just how you feel." "I thought I'd die the first few weeks" "Away from my folks and friends." "It's the feeling of living so close" "To the end of the world, maybe." "After a while you don't think of it like that." "Do you have any children?" "Mm-hm." "Two boys." "They're on the beach somewhere." "How old are they?" "12 and 10." "Oh, that'll be great for Eadie." "She's 11." "Well, I'd better get my laundry on the line." "Oh, by the way, we're having a weenie roast" "Out here tonight." "Why don't you come?" "It's really for the kids." "That'll be very nice." "Thank you so much." "Good." "Then we'll see you later." "Mm-hm." "Here, catch!" "Just a minute." "Come on, run." "Hey, Bud, come here." "Gee, Bud." "I bet it's a real cave." "Yeah." "Gee, do you think we discovered this cave?" "Maybe." "What a day." "First that thing in the sky and now this place." "Are you scared of what you saw?" "You?" "No." "Do you think it'll come back?" "I hope so." "So do I." "You bet." "Then we can show it to Dad" "And prove we weren't making things up." "(Explosion)" "Kind of spooky, huh?" "Yeah." "It's awful dark back there." "Maybe it leads to another cave." "You better stay here, Ken." "Hi." "You scared me." "Hi." "Hello." "So you found our cave." "We didn't know anyone knew about it." "We have secret club meetings here." "My name's Eadie Johnson." "I saw you move in next door to us." "Who are you?" "I'm Bud Brewster." "This is my kid brother, Ken." "Hi." "This is Buster, Tim," "George, and Helen." "ALL:" "Hi." "Your father going to work here?" "Yeah." "He's what you call a technician." "He knows everything about orbits and satellites and hydrogen" "And missiles and warheads." "So does mine." "Have you seen it yet, the Thunderer?" "It's the biggest one in the world!" "It's a six stage rocket." "It takes a satellite with a hydrogen warhead" "And the satellite will be hundreds of miles up in the air," "And when it gets above any city you want" "All you gotta do is press a button and bang." "Wow." "Gee." "Let's show it to them." "Yeah, come on." "(Marching theme playing)" "TIM:" "There it is." "Wow!" "Man!" "Isn't it terrific?" "Yeah, it sure is." "All right, beat it, kids." "You know you don't belong here." "Okay, okay." "I was only showing them the Thunderer." "Come on, let's move." "All right." "Gentlemen, we've been charged with a heavy responsibility" "In this technological race." "We've all worked long and hard, and it's paid off" "With the development of the new propellant" "And other extraordinary advances." "We have reason to be proud of the Thunderer." "Because of this weapon we're prepared 24 hours a day" "To retaliate instantly in case of enemy attack." "The Thunderer is no stranger to you." "You've all worked on it in one way or another." "You all know what the Thunderer can do," "Send a satellite equipped with a hydrogen warhead" "Into the ocean of space, where for years," "If you wish, it can circle on a path known only to us." "A satellite containing the means to bring retaliation" "By the pressing of a button." "TIM:" "Here, throw it to me!" "KEN:" "Catch it." "Hey, look up there!" "(Suspenseful, mysterious theme playing)" "Come on!" "ALAN:" "With pinpoint accuracy..." "Let's just wait a minute, gentlemen." "The lights will be on in a minute." "Probably a fuse." "Check them, please." "(Machine powering on)" "(All chattering)" "There." "That's better." "Sorry for the interruption, gentlemen." "It's nice to know we're no longer in the dark." "(All chuckle)" "Getting back to the launching of the Thunderer..." "How's the fishing, Colonel?" "Dr. Wahrman." "Any luck?" "Ha, ha, not a bite." "Wonderful day." "The sky looks so innocent." "Doctor, will we succeed tomorrow?" "I see no reason why not." "Hmm, how time flies." "Seems like yesterday" "The first satellite orbited through space." "Yes." "Now we launch my godchild." "I suppose people will get used to the Thunderer," "Its implications." "SAUL:" "Hey, Dad!" "Hello, son." "PHYLLIS:" "Hi, Dad." "Hi, Phyllis." "How's fishing, Dad?" "Not very good." "Catch anything?" "Probably the sniffles." "Water cold?" "A little." "Come on, Phyllis, let's get dressed, huh?" "See you, kids." "SAUL:" "So long." "Life's a wonderful thing, doctor." "Let's hope we can preserve it for them." "(All chuckling)" "BOY:" "Hey, Bud!" "Ken!" "FRIEDA:" "Hey, watch it, kids, huh?" "Come and get them while they're hot, boys." "Plenty more where these came from." "Oh, honey, just put them on the table." "We're up to here with hot dogs." "Okay." "Here you are." "Thank you." "Well, at this parent-teachers meeting" "They put me on the spot." "They kept saying, "When is it gonna end?" ""Year after year of racing, racing, trying to find something" "Bigger and better to blow ourselves off the planet."" "When they ask me these questions," "What do I tell them?" "You just say to them that down there" "Stands the Thunderer," "And what are we waiting for?" "FRIEDA:" "Hank, dear," "Let's not be serious tonight, hmm?" "It's your first day here, Dave." "What's your viewpoint?" "Same as my wife's." "In all its history our country has never started a war." "The Thunderer is to prevent war." "I still say that when that satellite gets up there" "With the Thunderer and it gets into its orbit, we should..." "FRIEDA:" "We should take a vacation." "That's what you need, Hank, a nice vacation." "(All chuckle)" "Dave, why don't you and Hank take a swim, huh?" "Come on, let's take a dip with the kids." "What do you say?" "That's a good idea." "Eadie." "Yes, Daddy?" "Wanna go for a swim with me, honey?" "Sure, Daddy, I'll go, I... (Machine humming)" "I think I had too many hot dogs, Daddy." "I'd better not go for a swim." "How about the rest of you kids?" "Anybody want to go for a dip?" "Bud?" "Ken?" "No, thanks." "No, thanks, Dad." "Eadie, I'll race you to the cliff." "Sure." "Our daughter sure got over her stomach ache" "In a hurry, didn't she?" "She sure did." "You ready for the big plunge?" "Yeah, sure." "Hello, Joe, Peg." "Hi." "Hi." "Hi, Frieda." "Oh, hi." "This is Peg and Joe Gamble, Anne Brewster." "Hi." "Nice to know you, Anne." "Well, we're a little late, but, uh, then of course," "Nobody invited us." "Joe!" "We were invited." "You fell asleep, don't you remember?" "Joe, stop carrying that chip on your shoulder." "Well, he isn't feeling very well tonight, Frieda." "My wife is just trying to be polite." "She means I'm tight." "Did you get that job, Joe?" "No, I flunked the test." "Peg will have to go on bringing in the bank roll." "Please, Joe." "Where's Tim?" "He's with the other children." "He's always running off without telling us where he's going." "If I were that kid's real father, I..." "But you're not his father" "And I'm not your wife," "So I can afford to tell you a few things" "That have been on my mind, Joe Gamble!" "He's a spoiled brat!" "Tim!" "Tim!" "Tim!" "(Suspenseful, mysterious theme playing)" "TIM:" "Where do we go?" "Up this way." "You knew it would be here." "Did it tell you?" "Yes." "You're going to be the leader." "You'll have to do what I tell you to." "I'm getting out of here." "(Gasps and whimpers)" "I..." "I can't move." "You can now." "Try." "From now on when I ask you to do something," "We'll do it together." "Yes, Bud." "Yes, Bud." "Sure." "DAVE:" "Hank, is Eadie back yet?" "Just this minute?" "Good, yeah." "Yeah." "Oh, it's all right." "Thank you very much." "They just came in." "Where have you been?" "Sorry, Mother." "I ought to wallop the both of you," "Worrying your mother, staying out till almost 9!" "We were just on the beach." "You knew this was our first day here," "Yet you made me walk up and down the beach" "Hunting for you and your brother!" "Dave, stop hounding at them." "Go get undressed." "Tell 'em, Bud." "Tell 'em!" "ANNE:" "Tell us what?" "We can tell 'em, can't we, Bud?" "Yes." "I know." "What's the matter?" "What are you talking to yourself for?" "Are you sick?" "No, I'm all right." "Weren't you gonna tell them, Bud?" "We found something that fell out of the sky" "This afternoon." "We know where it is." "The sky?" "Bud's telling the truth." "I saw it too." "It fell out of the sky." "Well, you've gotta believe him!" "How long did it take you to dream up that yarn?" "I didn't dream it up." "You think a lie like that's going to make it all right," "Staying out until all hours?" "It's not a lie." "Something's wrong." "I know it is." "Something is wrong." "You're upsetting your mother." "Let's go to bed." "Come on." "Dad, you've gotta believe me!" "Believe what?" "Some crazy story you made up for an excuse!" "Listen, for two cents, I'd..." "I can't move my arm." "It's not a lie, Dad." "Please sit down and listen to me." "You too, Mom." "We were coming back from the rocket site" "And all of a sudden we heard this strange sound." "(Explosion)" "What are you doing here?" "I'm ready." "She knows, Dad." "Come on." "(Thunder rumbling)" "Where do you think you're going?" "I asked you a question!" "I was just going out for a walk." "You're a liar." "You're up to something." "Please, Joe, let me go." "I'll be back soon." "You're going nowhere except to bed." "I've got to go!" "You little sneak!" "Come back here!" "Come back here!" "Come back here!" "TIM:" "Hey, Bud, Ken, wait for me!" "(Tense theme playing)" "JOE:" "Come back here!" "I'll break your neck!" "Hey, Bud, wait for me!" "JOE:" "Come back here!" "(Thunder rumbling)" "Come back here!" "I'll break your neck!" "Come back here, you!" "Come back here!" "(Joe grunting)" "I'll teach you to run away from me!" "(Tim screams)" "(Electricity crackles)" "(Screams)" "(Suspenseful theme playing)" "(Panting)" "(Slow theme playing)" "Good night, Bud." "Good night." "So long." "Goodbye." "So long, Tim." "(Mysterious theme playing)" "Oh, Timmy." "(Sobbing)" "Don't cry, Mom." "I'm not crying, Tim." "Eadie!" "Hi, Daddy." "Brewster, what's this all about?" "Where have you all been?" "You see, Mr. Johnson, I thought I heard something on the beach" "And Eadie saw me..." "I couldn't sleep so I..." "I don't know how you raise your kids, Brewster, but I..." "What's that you're holding there?" "Just an interesting rock formation I found." "I don't like my kids staying up" "Until all hours of the night." "I'm sorry." "PEG:" "Hank!" "What is it, Peg?" "Hank, it's Joe." "He's dead." "Dead?" "Yes, please come." "HANK:" "Get in the trailer, Eadie." "Don't go, Dad." "You don't have to go, Mr. Brewster." "BUD:" "Go home, kids." "(Soft theme playing)" "It's all right, Mom." "We got it." "We walked and got it." "And Joe Gamble was killed." "Killed?" "Joe tried to hurt Timmy." "It didn't want Timmy to be hurt." "Yes?" "There." "I don't want this thing here." "Take it back." "Get rid of it, do you understand?" "Get rid of it this minute!" "I don't care!" "(Siren wailing)" "It's the ambulance for Joe Gamble." "We'll have to wait." "Get it out now." "(Mysterious theme playing)" "Don't be worried, Mother." "We can't take it out of the house tonight." "It won't let us." "(People chattering)" "If there's anything we can do, Peg, let us know." "Thanks, Hank, you've just been wonderful." "Take good care of your mother, Tim." "Good night." "I'm sorry, Mrs. Gamble." "There was nothing that could be done." "He must have died instantly in his chair." "I warned him if he kept on living in this way..." "I know, Doctor, thanks a lot." "(Siren wailing) Good night." "(Suspenseful theme playing)" "Dave." "Good morning." "Hi, folks." "It's grown, hasn't it?" "We've had a night to think about it." "What are we to do?" "(Knocks on door)" "Don't let anyone in, Mother." "Don't let anyone in." "(Knocks on door)" "Yes, Frieda." "Oh, there you are." "The way kids drink milk, I'm all out of it." "Do you have any?" "I'm sorry, Frieda, the boys just drank the last drop." "Is something the matter?" "I'm not feeling very well." "That's why I didn't invite you in." "I'm afraid I wouldn't be very good company." "Oh, of course, dear." "Did you hear about Joe Gamble?" "Yes." "Amazing." "To be sitting in a chair reading" "And to go like that." "He was still so young." "I wish I could say I was heartbroken, but I'm not." "He treated Peg and the boy miserably." "Well, thanks, anyway." "(Suspenseful theme playing)" "All right, listen, I want answers, do you understand?" "I must have answers." "Don't be worried, Mother, please." "What is this thing that's come into our lives?" "Will you answer me?" "Why did it come here?" "What does it intend to do?" "What have you kids got to do with it?" "We have to keep it safe and warm until tonight." "We've got to do what it wants us to do until tonight." "Why tonight?" "Do you hear your father?" "Why tonight?" "Look, I'm trying to be patient." "I'm trying to understand, but I'm scared." "Do you understand?" "Your mother's scared." "Don't be scared, Mother." "How does it tell you, and why?" "I don't think you'd understand." "(Phone ringing)" "Hello?" "Please, don't be upset." "We have to hide it." "Come on." "DAVE:" "Oh, yes, major." "I was just on my way to the laboratory." "What?" "Yes, sir." "Yes, I see." "Right away." "That was the major alerting me." "They're launching the Thunderer." "And do you know when?" "Tonight." "Tonight?" "Then what the children meant...?" "Yeah." "Where are they?" "They just left." "MAN:" "Brewster." "Hey, Brewster." "Do want a lift down to the lab?" "Did you see the kids?" "Yeah, I thought that being your first day," "I'd drive you down to the lab," "Show you around, introduce you..." "Where'd the kids go?" "They went over the embankment." "Hey, what's the matter?" "DAVE:" "Bud!" "Ken!" "Bud!" "Ken!" "Wait!" "(Tense theme playing)" "DAVE:" "I just heard about the launching" "Of the Thunderer tonight." "You knew before I did, didn't you?" "Yes." "MAN:" "Yes." "What time?" "Yes, I understand." "Thank you very much." "That was the depot." "Propellant for the sixth stage is on its way." "Truck should be here this afternoon." "Good." "Tonight, we push this button." "The most powerful sky horse of all" "Joins the celestial merry-go-round." "Let's hope we get that brass ring, Dr. Wahrman." "Hmm." "There's a very interesting report," "Came in from the engineering department." "I'd like you to go over it with me." "It correlates all the figures I had..." "Colonel." "One of the technicians wants to see you." "A fellow named Dave Brewster." "What about him?" "He's waiting outside." "He insists on talking to you." "Not now, major, the press is on its way." "Brewster says it's urgent." "A matter for security." "He seems pretty upset." "All right, I'll see him." "Now, who's Brewster?" "Sent him down from San Francisco." "Oh." "Oh, about this report." "Look at these figures here." "See column 7?" "Hello, Brewster." "What's on your mind?" "You can talk freely in front of Dr. Wahrman." "Oh, yes." "Yes, go on." "I'm not sure you'll believe what I tell you." "Try us." "It's about tonight and the Thunderer." "The launching?" "Yes, Dr. Wahrman." "Tonight..." "OFFICER:" "Colonel." "You know, Wicks from the news, and Lloyd of the Sentinel." "Of course." "Hello, Dan." "Colonel." "Richard." "Colonel." "Good morning, doctor." "About tonight, sir." "Uh, what's the story?" "Fire away." "The doctor and I will try to answer your questions." "Will the new type of warhead be inside the satellite" "When it's launched?" "Yes." "You see without such a specialized kind of warhead," "We'd be merely launching one more satellite in space." "There are already a dozen, as you know." "How high will the orbit be?" "Approximately 1000 miles." "Can you tell us how many stages" "The rocket will have?" "Yeah." "Six." "As it nears the orbit," "The last stage will be the dropping of the nose cone." "Dr. Wahrman, do you believe that another country" "Has already launched a satellite containing a warhead?" "Well, we don't know." "You see, in this race," "We may be only a few hours ahead of another country." "What if the test is a dud?" "Heh, we're not planning on it." "DAN:" "What if any enemy launches its own satellite" "With a warhead and it isn't a test?" "Well, let us hope no country in the world" "Would be paranoid enough to do what you suggest." "There are constant rumors." "Not a newspaper in the country this week" "That hasn't had dozens of telephone calls." "After all, you can understand, Colonel." "Years and years of cold war nerves." "Of course I understand." "But isn't it your job, gentlemen," "To quiet rumors of that kind?" "It isn't easy." "Not when every hour is a zero hour." "Let us hope that the Thunderer" "Will be launched in time to discourage anyone" "From attacking our country or our allies." "That's all gentlemen, I have a busy schedule." "Thanks, colonel." "Dan." "Good day, gentlemen." "Thank you, sir." "I'm sorry, Brewster." "Now, what was it?" "Oh, yeah." "Something about the Thunderer." "Yes, sir." "I'm glad you're here, Dr. Wahrman." "What I'm about to say..." "It needs explanation from someone" "With a greater scientific mind than mine." "Well, go on, Brewster." "What is it?" "I believe the Thunderer" "Will never get off the ground." "What?" "That's a wild statement to make." "Unless you know something we don't know." "Have you proof of sabotage?" "Whatever either of you is thinking, you're wrong." "It's beyond understanding." "Last night, my two children, small boys..." "Last night, down on the beach," "They found something w..." "How the devil did you get in here?" "Top security for everyone but children, eh?" "Hello, Dad." "So that's your boy?" "So there you are." "Sorry, colonel, I don't know how he got past us." "Neither do I. Take him out." "Goodbye, Dad." "Your boy will be outside." "You can take him home in a minute." "Now, what were you saying?" "That..." "That..." "What's the matter, Brewster?" "You'll be all right, Mr. Brewster." "We'll get you to bed right away." "Here, sit right down here." "No." "I can't." "I've got..." "I've got to get to the cave." "The cave?" "What cave?" "The children." "You'd better sit down." "No." "Dave." "(Whimpering) Darling." "How is he?" "He'll be all right." "All he needs is some rest." "We'll take good care of him." "Would you mind waiting outside for a moment, please?" "All right, doctor." "Come on, children." "(Suspenseful theme playing)" "What's the matter?" "There's something wrong" "With the steering wheel." "Stop it." "I can't stop it." "There's no brakes!" "Get the brake on her..." "They're gone!" "The steering wheel's gone!" "Stop!" "We're going off the road!" "Watch out!" "No control at all!" "What happened?" "Beats me." "Heh, almost ran into the ocean, didn't you?" "Now, where's the nearest phone, kid?" "There's a gas station down the road about a mile." "Steering rod's split wide open, and the brake's gone." "Anything I can do to help?" "I have my bike." "No, thanks." "What's in the truck?" "Look, kid, we're in a jam." "Now please don't annoy us, will you?" "I was just asking." "Well, don't ask." "Look, I better stay here." "Uh, go phone the depot," "Tell them to get another truck here as soon as they can." "And phone Eagle Point." "Tell them what happened." "Right." "(Phone ringing)" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Operator?" "Operator?" "(Phone rings)" "Hello?" "Yes, this is Sergeant Cooper, speaking." "Hello?" "(Indistinct noises over phone)" "Hello?" "Operator?" "Operator?" "Hi." "Eadie!" "Eadie!" "I guess she's still down on the beach." "Oh, I'll find her, hon." "Eadie!" "Eadie!" "Eadie!" "Eadie!" "Eadie!" "Hi, Daddy." "You had me scared, honey." "I didn't know where you were." "I found your jacket and a towel back at the beach." "Come on, Daddy." "Let's go for a swim." "I haven't been all day." "Wait a minute, honey." "What were you doing in there all alone?" "Just playing, Daddy." "It's so nice out." "I bet the water's warm." "Come on, let's go for a swim." "Now, what's the matter with you, honey?" "What are you looking back in there for?" "Nothing, Daddy." "I'm not looking at anything, honest." "Eadie, honey." "What's in there?" "Nothing, Daddy." "Just an old cave." "Come on, let's get out of here." "I will, honey." "As soon as I find out what this is all about." "Don't Daddy!" "Please!" "Please!" "Daddy!" "Daddy, you all right?" "(Door opens)" "Hello, dear." "(Door closes)" "Did you find Eadie?" "Eadie?" "What's the matter, Hank?" "What's happened?" "Nothing, I went swimming." "(Mysterious theme playing)" "We have to go now." "Already?" "Yes, it's time." "The other children have already started." "Come on." "3:45..." "Phone out" "Of order." "4:30..." "Johnson" "In hospital." "Now, I pride myself in knowing a little bit" "About permutations and combinations." "As you say, this may all be coincidence." "I've studied these reports again and again," "And I agree, there seems to be no connection" "Between any of these events." "That's what makes it so incredible." "Except there's one brightly-colored thread" "That runs throughout the day, tying all these events together." "I couldn't find any link." "Now, listen, Alan." ""In the presence of his little boy,"" "Technician Brewster collapses." "A few hours later, according to this truck driver," "As a child watches from his bicycle," "The truck runs off the road." "Two children watch a sentry try to phone for help and fail." "Johnson goes searching for his little daughter on the beach," "Collapses, and can't remember anything." "I know all that." "You're just saying what we already know." "Now, just a second." "Can't you see?" "A child or children was present" "At each of these events today." "Well, what if that's so." "What are you driving at?" "I don't know." "That's all here in black and white." "Children, children, children." "What can the children have to do with it?" "Has Brewster left the dispensary?" "No, doctor wants him to stay overnight." "Why?" "Well, on the surface, everything seems calm." "Yet, all day, the unexpected." "Like pebbles dropping one by one," "Ruffling the surface." "Well, within an hour, the Thunderer will be launched." "I better get going." "I'll see you at the Blockhouse." "All right." "Guard?" "Why, yes, sir?" "Why did you let those children inside here?" "Dr. Wahrman, what children?" "At least half a dozen children just walked out of that gate." "Oh, no, sir." "No, there haven't been any children around here." "Besides, the gate's locked." "See?" "I thought the doctor told you to stay overnight." "I wanted to be at the launching." "Did you wanna see me about something?" "What did you tell the doctor about, this morning?" "The truth, that I fainted." "The matter of your voice?" "I didn't tell him about that." "Why should I?" "It wasn't important." "Total paralysis of the throat muscle is not important?" "Brewster." "You see, a man of science" "Is like a deep-sea diver." "He mustn't be afraid to walk down" "Where it's dark and frightening," "In the hopes of scooping up a handful of truth." "Brewster, this morning," "What did you want to tell us about the children?" "I've made the obvious deductions." "They don't seem to add up." "I remember very well what you said this morning." "What did I say?" "There may be trouble launching the Thunderer." "Obvious deduction, a spy in our midst." "But a few minutes ago, in front of the powerhouse," "I saw the incredible." "The unbelievable." "Spies do not work in unbelievable ways." "Always through counter-intelligence" "Can be drawn logical conclusions." "But what I saw a group of children do a few minutes ago" "Is something for which there is no name," "Unless you can name it." "I can't tell you anything." "I see." "Do you mean, your voice would become paralyzed again" "If you should tell me that some force," "Still unknown to man, has been able, through children," "To shatter a steering rod," "To take away a man's mind," "Another man's voice," "To allow a boy to walk through a locked gate?" "I don't understand." "Nothing's happening to you when you tell me this." "Well, that's because I'm talking to someone" "Who also knows the truth." "Now, I wonder what would happen" "If I would try to tell someone else?" "Just to satisfy my scientific curiosity." "Mm-hm." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Just as I thought." "Dead." "Where is it now, Brewster?" "In a cave." "And what does it look like?" "I can't describe it." "The hideous part is it's making the children obey" "Its every command." "The children are completely in its power." "Then we're in the power of the children." "(Machines whirring)" "I'm warning you, doctor." "I can't be held accountable for what might happen" "If you go in there." "I'm ready if you are." "All right." "My life is more than half over." "The worst you can do to me is to kill me." "I'm willing to face that, if I can just know" "Why you're here." "Why you've taken our children" "And made them do your work." "I've spent a lifetime in the search" "For truth and knowledge," "Trying to make this world a better place." "A world where the very children" "You're controlling can live in peace instead of fear." "I'm their friend." "I beg of you, tell me what you want of them," "What you're making them do." "Is there no man on this Earth," "Who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?" "Dave." "Better hurry to the launching." "Number 1 stage." "Primary fuel valve is locked." "Number 2 stage." "Primary fuel valve is locked." "Number 3 stage." "Primary fuel valve, locked." "Are you sure Dr. Wahrman hasn't called in?" "I'm positive." "I've called everywhere." "MAN (Over speakers):" "Transmission, Band A." "Motor reception, ten by ten." "Transmission Band B." "Motor reception, ten by ten." "(Suspenseful theme playing)" "How did you kids get in here?" "We're leaving now." "Who opened that lock?" "Well, we don't know." "I don't know how you managed to get past me," "But I'll give you just two seconds to get out of here." "And fast!" "Colonel, will you initial this?" "I'm afraid we can't wait for Dr. Wahrman." "Okay." "How's it look?" "Everything's checked out." "You're positive?" "Absolutely." "(Car approaching)" "Hey, kids." "Yeah?" "How'd you get in here?" "Oh, we just walked in." "When?" "I didn't see you sneak past." "I know you didn't." "Come on now, get out of here, on the double." "And don't come back now, you understand?" "EADIE:" "Bye." "Check procedures, terminated." "Five minutes, standby." "Five minutes, standby." "Five minutes, standby." "Five minutes, standby." "MAN:" "Five minutes, standby." "Clear the site." "Clear the site." "(Alarm wailing)" "Clear the site." "Clear the site." "Area security check." "Right." "Gate A, locked." "Gate A, locked." "Gate A, locked." "Hey, wait a minute." "Gate A, locked." "Radar report." "On target." "Optimal tracking report." "On target." "Clear for countdown." "You're just in time, Dr. Wahrman." "Dr. Wahrman, where have you been?" "You had me worried." "It's all right." "I can't explain now." "Has everything checked out?" "Everything looks good." "MAN:" "Clear the area." "Clear the area." "Clear area." "Clear area." "Clear area." "Clear area." "Start the timer." "Sixty seconds to firing." "Standby to fire." "Standby." "(Timer beeping)" "Fifty." "Forty." "Thirty." "Twenty." "Ten, nine, eight, seven." "Six, five." "Four, three, two, one." "Fire!" "(Explosion)" "Get a close shot of that, quick!" "(Bell ringing)" "(Alarm wailing)" "Check all firing and report instantly." "What could've happened?" "The children have won." "The children?" "You better come along with us right now." "Wait there." "All right, children, get away." "Don't come any closer." "Hello, Dad." "Why did you bring them?" "We didn't want them here." "Don't you understand?" "Something has to be done." "MANLEY:" "Now, look." "Those men are going inside that cave." "Not yet." "There's no use trying to reason with them." "They don't understand." "Ken!" "Helen!" "What are you doing here?" "Don't get excited." "What are the kids doing here?" "Is that thing in there?" "Bud." "Ken." "For my sake." "Don't worry, Mother." "Eadie." "Eadie, please, get away from there." "I beg you." "I can't, Mother." "Not yet." "Why are you siding with it against us?" "We're your parents." "We love you." "WOMAN:" "Tim, please, for my sake." "Children, I'm your friend." "And I wouldn't ask you to do anything" "That I didn't feel was necessary." "Think of your parents, the people at the project." "Your country may be in terrible danger." "The Thunderer is useless." "I don't believe you know what you've done." "We know." "Children, listen." "Colonel Manley has a daughter of his own." "I have a son." "We wouldn't ask you to do any more" "Than we'd ask our own children." "So please get away from that cave" "And let Colonel Manley and his men go in." "All right, men, move them out of there." "(Ground rumbling)" "(Dramatic theme playing)" "(All gasp)" "(Screams)" "(Screams)" "Get those kids out of there!" "I don't understand." "Why did it destroy the Thunderer?" "Why?" "Why?" "It had to, because the world wasn't ready to do it." "The world?" "What do you mean, the world?" "The children all over the world." "They did what we did in every country." "You mean the warheads in Moscow and Prague and London?" "They're all useless?" "Yes." "(Dramatic theme playing)" "Bud." "Do you know if it'll ever come back again?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "The world is having a second chance."