Un extraño “fantasma” submarino ha estado causando algunas muertes. La investigación muestra que el sospechoso es un oceanógrafo que ha estado investigando el lugar. Todo indica que el fondo marino ha sufrido algún tipo de mutación y ha creado una criatura asesina.
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00:04:44Now that you've got all my vital statistics, let's have yours.
00:04:47Name, address, occupation, things like that.
00:04:50If the name's Baxter, Ted Baxter.
00:04:53The address, local hotel.
00:04:55Occupation, beachcomber and tourist.
00:04:57Length of stay, indefinite.
00:05:00Will that do?
00:05:01Tell me, how did you happen to pick this particular place?
00:05:04Know anybody in town?
00:05:06No.
00:05:07I have a letter of introduction to the head of the College of Oceanography here.
00:05:10Professor King?
00:05:11Which explains why I'm here at this particular minute.
00:05:13I was on my way to see Minnie's home when I stumbled in onto this.
00:05:42Come out of there!
00:05:52I met you at the College of Oceanography yesterday, didn't I?
00:05:55That's right.
00:05:56I'm George Thomas, Professor King's assistant.
00:05:59You seemed a little anxious not to be seen.
00:06:02Well, I saw two strangers standing over a corpse.
00:06:05Not being the hero type, I decided this was no place for me.
00:06:08You planning to do a little diving, Mr. Thomas?
00:06:11This late at night?
00:06:13I'm an oceanographer.
00:06:15The ocean's my business, day or night.
00:06:17Anything particularly interesting around here, you'll keep out of this.
00:06:22You better not do any diving around here for a while.
00:06:25I want you to forget that you were even here tonight, understand?
00:06:29Kenneth?
00:07:00You're soaking wet.
00:07:04So am I.
00:07:08I saw a wonderful marine specimen. I went in after it.
00:07:11With the college on vacation, you're spending more time there than ever.
00:07:14I hardly see you anymore.
00:07:18I've never seen you this detached from me.
00:07:21From reality.
00:07:23I'm sorry.
00:07:25I've never seen you this detached from me.
00:07:28From reality.
00:07:30I'm working on breathtaking things, Lois.
00:07:32Great things.
00:07:33And you still won't tell me what it is?
00:07:35Not yet.
00:07:37You've got your own staff consumed with curiosity.
00:07:40Even your secretary has asked me if I know what it is you're doing
00:07:43behind that tightly locked lab of yours.
00:07:46She's a sneaking, prying female. I should fire her.
00:07:50And I suppose George is quizzing you, too.
00:07:53A little.
00:07:55I think he feels a deep resentment because you cut him off from your work zone.
00:07:59He's an opportunist, not a scientist.
00:08:01I don't trust him, nor Ethel.
00:08:03They're both spying on me.
00:08:09I'm not here. I'm in bed. I've been in bed an hour.
00:08:11An hour, you understand?
00:08:14Oh, won't you come in?
00:08:19Thank you.
00:08:21Is Professor King here?
00:08:23I'm sorry. He's asleep.
00:08:25He went to bed an hour ago.
00:08:27Oh, I see.
00:08:44Are you sure the professor's asleep?
00:08:47Tell him that Ted Baxter's here. It's urgent.
00:08:50What do you want him for?
00:08:52Please tell him.
00:08:59Dad?
00:09:02Dad?
00:09:13Dad?
00:09:43Dad?
00:10:13Dad?
00:10:43Dad?
00:11:06My friend, the beachcomber.
00:11:09Supposing you tell me what your great interest in this thing is,
00:11:13Dr. Stevens?
00:11:23You work fast, don't you?
00:11:25Oh, I've learned quite a lot about you, doctor.
00:11:27You'd be surprised how well Washington knows you.
00:11:30Care to hear how famous you are?
00:11:32Dr. Stevens, oceanographer.
00:11:34One of the leaders in this field.
00:11:36Author of two highly controversial books.
00:11:39Biological Effects of Radiation on Marine Life
00:11:42and Nature's Own Death Ray.
00:11:44You have been busy, Mr. Grant.
00:11:47There's more.
00:11:49Dr. Stevens, in a laboratory experiment,
00:11:51successfully activated the hydrogen isotopes in heavy water
00:11:54to form an atomic chain reaction.
00:11:57He called this development the first workable death ray.
00:12:01Suppose you tell me what you're doing with that Geiger counter.
00:12:04Well, I told you I thought the boat showed radiation burns.
00:12:07I wanted to verify it.
00:12:09I did.
00:12:11Scientific curiosity, you might say.
00:12:13And using the phony name?
00:12:15What's that for?
00:12:17That's for reasons of my own.
00:12:19I watched you yesterday.
00:12:21The way you looked out there,
00:12:23as if you expected something like this was going to happen.
00:12:26Am I to consider myself a suspect?
00:12:28What happened out there, seeing as how you were acting,
00:12:32what happened out there seems to tie in pretty closely
00:12:35with your own experiments.
00:12:37The evidence, if you can call it that,
00:12:39was highly circumstantial.
00:12:42Washington tell you anything else about me?
00:12:45Enough to make me keep my eyes on you.
00:12:49You know, if you leave me alone,
00:12:51I might be able to help you with this.
00:12:54And then again, maybe not.
00:13:02I don't know.
00:13:33Morning, Miss Ethel.
00:13:35Morning, Eddie.
00:13:37They found Willie Harrison's boat this morning,
00:13:39burned like the others.
00:13:41They ain't found his body.
00:13:43That makes three of the phantoms gone.
00:13:50You know what they're saying in town?
00:13:52That nothing like this ever happened
00:13:54until they opened this school here.
00:13:56I can't say that I blame them.
00:13:59The way the professor's been acting,
00:14:01locking himself up in his room.
00:14:03He won't even let me in there to clean it.
00:14:05And all those noises coming from that room.
00:14:08I've got work to do, Andy.
00:14:14And that young one, George.
00:14:17What about George?
00:14:20He's following the professor around.
00:14:23Follows him everywhere. I seen it.
00:14:26Hiding behind trees.
00:14:28Watches him all the time.
00:14:32It ain't normal, this carrying on.
00:14:35What's not normal, Andy?
00:14:59I'm not to be disturbed, you understand?
00:15:01Yes, sir.
00:15:29What have you got there, Ethel?
00:15:31Nothing. Just a piece of scrap.
00:15:47H.E.F. increased 0.56.
00:15:50What?
00:15:52H.E.F. increased 0.56.
00:15:55H.E.F. increased 0.56.
00:15:59Dash 24.
00:16:010.64 dash 32.
00:16:050.70 dash 18.
00:16:09I don't know.
00:16:11Keeping right up with the professor, aren't you, George?
00:16:14I'm one step ahead of him.
00:16:17I've got to get into his lab, Ethel.
00:16:19You've got to help me get in there.
00:16:22It's worth a lot of money to me.
00:16:26To you, too.
00:16:28If I could tell him what you're up to.
00:16:34You could.
00:16:39But you won't.
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00:21:41Hi.
00:21:43Oh.
00:21:45Hi there.
00:21:47Tell me.
00:21:49How did you leave your house?
00:21:51Through the door or through the open window
00:21:53like your father did last night?
00:21:55Through the door.
00:21:57I leave the window exits to Dad.
00:21:59Join me in a swim?
00:22:01No, I'm a little winded.
00:22:03How about you joining me in a rest?
00:22:05Maybe I can pick up some of that color you have.
00:22:07Cigarette?
00:22:09No, thanks.
00:22:11Is something the matter?
00:22:13No, no.
00:22:15Why don't you call me Ted?
00:22:17Mr. Baxter sounds so formal,
00:22:19especially here at the beach.
00:22:21All right, Ted.
00:22:23Ah, it's too nice
00:22:25just to sit around.
00:22:27If you're not coming in for a swim,
00:22:29then I think I'll go in alone.
00:22:31Look, you can't go swimming.
00:22:33I don't like being told what to do.
00:22:35Well, it's not a case of my telling you what to do.
00:22:37It's just that it isn't safe out there.
00:22:39I think you're being
00:22:41a little ridiculous.
00:22:43Look, I've spent all my life
00:22:45near the water.
00:22:47I can handle myself under any situation.
00:22:49But I'm afraid you can't in this one.
00:22:51I'm going to insist that you stay out of the water
00:22:53at least for a while.
00:22:55Insist?
00:22:57Yes, you must trust me.
00:22:59You really mean that, don't you?
00:23:01I really do.
00:23:03Let's just say that I'd feel better
00:23:05knowing that you were safe here on the beach.
00:23:07For personal reasons.
00:23:09You ought to do that more often.
00:23:11Do what?
00:23:13Smile. I like it.
00:23:15Oh.
00:23:17Well,
00:23:19all I need is a little encouragement.
00:23:25And you've given that to me.
00:23:41Thank you.
00:24:07Ethel.
00:24:09Will you go down to the supply room and get some ocean current charts?
00:24:11Yes, sir.
00:24:13Professor King.
00:24:15I wonder if I might
00:24:17have a few words with you alone.
00:24:19Ethel, I believe you were
00:24:21on your way down to the supply room.
00:24:25I called on you at your home last night.
00:24:27But you'd gone out for a walk
00:24:29through an open window.
00:24:31Yes, my daughter Lois told me that a Mr. Baxter
00:24:33had called. I got a terrible
00:24:35scolding on your account.
00:24:37I'm afraid you ruined my favorite device
00:24:39for getting out of the house
00:24:41when I can't sleep.
00:24:43Professor,
00:24:45I saw a fisherman's
00:24:47body washed up on the shore
00:24:49last night.
00:24:51These men get very careless.
00:24:53They think they rule the sea.
00:24:55But it's just the opposite.
00:24:57The sea rules us, Mr. Baxter.
00:25:01This man wasn't killed by a natural force.
00:25:03His body was rigid
00:25:05with radiation burns.
00:25:07I think whatever
00:25:09killed him was man-made.
00:25:11Indeed.
00:25:13Very interesting.
00:25:15Although not within my scope
00:25:17as an oceanographer.
00:25:19Just what is it you want of me, Mr. Baxter?
00:25:21Well, I'd like a detailed study
00:25:23of the ocean in this vicinity.
00:25:25The depth and the composition of the floor.
00:25:27Anything that you might have.
00:25:29Take a little time to gather them.
00:25:31I'd like them as soon as possible.
00:25:33I told my daughter I wouldn't
00:25:35work this afternoon.
00:25:37Why don't you come to the house
00:25:39about three?
00:25:41Say, if you get there before I do and Lois is out,
00:25:43just go on right in. The house is generally
00:25:45unlocked.
00:25:47That'll be fine.
00:25:49And by the way,
00:25:51I take it you are working with Mr. Grant,
00:25:53the federal investigator?
00:25:55You might say so.
00:26:01You can come in now, miss.
00:26:07I hope you found the conversation interesting.
00:26:19You're an inquisitive woman,
00:26:21aren't you, Ethel?
00:26:31Yes, I am.
00:27:01Thank you.
00:27:31Thank you.
00:28:01Thank you.
00:28:31Thank you.
00:29:01Oh!
00:29:09Well, at least you might have knocked.
00:29:11Well, I did.
00:29:13Your father told me to open the door and come in.
00:29:15He would.
00:29:17Would you mind handing me those things there?
00:29:19Surely.
00:29:25Thanks.
00:29:27Thanks.
00:29:31Is father expecting you?
00:29:33Yes.
00:29:57Thank you.
00:30:21Would you mind helping me with this zipper?
00:30:23Of course.
00:30:27Thank you.
00:30:33You're an awful long time with that.
00:30:37Mission completed.
00:30:39Sorry to say.
00:30:41Oh!
00:30:43I'm sorry I'm late.
00:30:45Well, now that dad's here, will you excuse me?
00:30:47Oh, surely.
00:30:51I...
00:30:53hope these are what you wanted.
00:30:55Dr. Stevens.
00:30:59I've read your books very thoroughly,
00:31:01doctor, on which, incidentally,
00:31:03your photograph appears.
00:31:07Well, maybe it's just as well you know who I am.
00:31:13Have you charted the area
00:31:15around Baker's Cove?
00:31:17The area where the
00:31:19accidents occurred?
00:31:21No, I don't think we got around to that.
00:31:23I've only been here two years, you know.
00:31:25Well, you've mapped other areas
00:31:27in this vicinity.
00:31:31A few years ago,
00:31:33a submerged deposit of uranium ore
00:31:35was found along this coast.
00:31:37Is there any evidence of a similar
00:31:39deposit along here?
00:31:41No. Not to my knowledge.
00:31:43Why?
00:31:45Well, this morning I made a test dive
00:31:47over the area where the accidents
00:31:49have taken place.
00:31:51There's a shaft of light
00:31:53coming up out of the ocean.
00:31:55I have reason to believe that it's
00:31:57nuclear in character.
00:31:59Any object coming in contact with this
00:32:01light would be subject to extreme
00:32:03radiation.
00:32:05I believe
00:32:07this light killed three men.
00:32:09Incredible.
00:32:11You say you made a close
00:32:13examination of this light?
00:32:15Not as close as I would have liked to.
00:32:17It was being guarded by a
00:32:19sea serpent.
00:32:21A hideous beast that defies description.
00:32:23No, Doctor.
00:32:25If I didn't know that you were a scientist
00:32:27of high standards, I'd say that you were the victim
00:32:29of the ridiculous phantom stories that are
00:32:31running wild around the village.
00:32:37Professor.
00:32:39You say you've read
00:32:41my stories.
00:32:43Indeed I have.
00:32:45Much of my work is based on your findings.
00:32:47Then you must remember my experiments
00:32:49on activating the hydrogen isotopes
00:32:51in heavy water.
00:32:53That was on a miniature scale in a laboratory
00:32:55with a lot of equipment.
00:32:57But on the ocean floor, I proved it could be done.
00:32:59I used
00:33:01artificial means to start the reaction.
00:33:03Then you think that with the
00:33:05submerged deposit of uranium ore, you can get
00:33:07the same reaction on a much larger scale.
00:33:09A weapon like this could
00:33:11destroy anything coming in contact with it.
00:33:13Fantastic.
00:33:15Once the chain reaction had started,
00:33:17it could continue indefinitely.
00:33:19As a matter of fact, keep growing larger.
00:33:21And what about the
00:33:23beast down there?
00:33:25Was he man-made too?
00:33:27I believe so.
00:33:29Since marine life lives in a constant flow of
00:33:31heavy water, the effect of radiation
00:33:33on it would be completely different
00:33:35than it is on humans.
00:33:37That's your theory on mutations,
00:33:39isn't it, Doctor?
00:33:41Yes. And if what I believe is
00:33:43true, this monster that I
00:33:45saw in the ocean was a
00:33:47mutation of some sea creature.
00:33:49You see, it draws its energy from the
00:33:51nuclear light itself, just as
00:33:53plant life needs the sun to grow on.
00:33:55Well, have you any
00:33:57evidence to support this fantastic
00:33:59theory?
00:34:01I created such a mutant in my own laboratory.
00:34:03Oh, come now, Doctor.
00:34:05I destroyed it, just as this creature
00:34:07must be destroyed, and the knowledge that went into
00:34:09creating it.
00:34:11You think that that knowledge might have come out of
00:34:13my college? Since I am
00:34:15head of that college?
00:34:17Obviously.
00:34:19Professor,
00:34:21in science, we look for one
00:34:23thing and find another.
00:34:25We split an atom and the
00:34:27hydrogen bomb is evolved.
00:34:29We set up a simple experiment
00:34:31or study
00:34:33on underwater life.
00:34:35Something new and horrible is
00:34:37created. I feel as if I
00:34:39and my experiments
00:34:41are suspect.
00:34:43Well, I haven't overlooked that possibility.
00:34:45If it were a matter of
00:34:47pure science alone,
00:34:49I'd be inclined to examine you
00:34:51most closely.
00:34:53However, there's another
00:34:55element. Another element?
00:34:57The person responsible
00:34:59for this terrible weapon has
00:35:01offered it for sale to the highest bidder.
00:35:03For sale? I don't
00:35:05believe it.
00:35:09Hello?
00:35:11Yes, Mr. Grant.
00:35:13We'll have them ready for you in the morning.
00:35:17That's right.
00:35:19Goodbye.
00:35:23Grant's going to make a dive in the morning.
00:35:25He's borrowing some equipment from us.
00:35:27We... we can't let him go down there.
00:35:29Why not?
00:35:31Well, in view of what you told me,
00:35:33I thought, well, it's not safe
00:35:35for him to go down there.
00:35:37Why are you staring
00:35:39at me, Doctor?
00:35:41You seemed
00:35:43so skeptical when I told you the results
00:35:45of my test dive.
00:35:47Yet you show genuine
00:35:49concern for Mr. Grant's safety.
00:35:53Good day, Professor.
00:36:07Ethel.
00:36:09Oh.
00:36:11Did I startle you? I'm sorry.
00:36:13I didn't hear you come out.
00:36:15I forgot to tell you that Mr. Grant wants
00:36:17to pick up a full set of diving equipment tomorrow.
00:36:19Have it ready for him.
00:36:21Yes, sir.
00:36:23And tell George and the night watchman,
00:36:25in case you're not here.
00:36:27Yes, sir.
00:36:33Ethel,
00:36:35Ethel,
00:36:37I consider you an intelligent woman.
00:36:39A bit bitter, perhaps.
00:36:41No great lover of mankind,
00:36:43but still intelligent.
00:36:45I'd like your opinion.
00:36:47What would you consider
00:36:49a just punishment for a man or woman
00:36:51who would betray his fellow man
00:36:53for money?
00:36:55One who would take
00:36:57a scientific discovery of monumental scope
00:36:59and use it to line
00:37:01his or her pockets.
00:37:03I don't know.
00:37:09Would you consider
00:37:11death
00:37:13just?
00:37:17Well?
00:37:24No matter.
00:37:26You can tell me some other time.
00:37:33Thank you.
00:37:55Hello.
00:37:57Get me Mr. Grant, please.
00:38:04He shouldn't have come here.
00:38:06I may have been followed.
00:38:08There was a time
00:38:10when you would have welcomed me
00:38:12under any circumstances.
00:38:14You've got federal men investigating.
00:38:16They must know something.
00:38:18They're planning on making a dive tomorrow.
00:38:20A dive? They've got to be stopped.
00:38:22How?
00:38:24That's your problem.
00:38:26You shouldn't have come here.
00:38:28I had to.
00:38:30I got a cable from Antwerp.
00:38:32I'm to fly there in two days.
00:38:34They're expecting me
00:38:36to bring some vital information
00:38:38from you.
00:38:40I'm not ready.
00:38:42You were ready enough to accept a considerable sum of money in advance,
00:38:44weren't you?
00:38:46I won't know anything until I can get into King's lab.
00:38:48Then get in.
00:38:50But your way in.
00:38:52I tried that with his secretary.
00:38:54It didn't work.
00:38:56You're facing some serious problems, George.
00:38:58You have two days in which to find the answers.
00:39:00I'll be leaving for Europe the day after tomorrow.
00:39:02Where will I find you?
00:39:06I'll be spending most of my time
00:39:08soaking up a little sun
00:39:10at Colby's Point.
00:39:12That's where we used to meet, remember?
00:39:16I remember.
00:39:18For quite a while,
00:39:20we were just a man and a woman, weren't we?
00:39:22I didn't know then
00:39:24they could put beauty and poison
00:39:26so cleverly together in one package.
00:39:30Here.
00:39:36Colby's Point, remember?
00:40:00Yeah.
00:40:30Is it all right to talk here?
00:40:32Go ahead.
00:40:34I can tell you what you want to know.
00:40:36All right.
00:41:00Hmm.
00:41:26Aye, you look lovely.
00:41:28Thank you.
00:41:30I hope my caller feels the same way about it.
00:41:32I'm sure he will.
00:41:34Dr. Stevens is very observing.
00:41:36He's a bright young man.
00:41:38Sometimes I think he's too bright.
00:41:40Too bright?
00:41:42I don't understand what you mean.
00:41:44Oh, just an old coot thinking out loud.
00:41:46You know,
00:41:48science is a devouring mistress.
00:41:50She devours all
00:41:52who seek to fathom her mysteries.
00:41:54And for every secret she reveals,
00:41:56she demands a price.
00:41:58A price that a scientist must be prepared to pay.
00:42:02Even at the cost of his life.
00:42:04Or the life of others
00:42:06who stand in the way of his search.
00:42:08You...
00:42:10You say that almost as
00:42:12though you were threatening me.
00:42:14You?
00:42:16What nonsense.
00:42:22Good evening.
00:42:24Good evening.
00:42:26I dare say you two won't mind being left alone.
00:42:34You're beautiful.
00:42:36Which is a good opening line for any date.
00:42:38Oh, I've got more.
00:42:40But they require an entirely different setting.
00:42:42How about a nice walk
00:42:44along the ocean?
00:42:54He may fool the rest of you
00:42:56with his soft voice, but not me.
00:42:58He's a killer.
00:43:00You can't accuse King of treason
00:43:02just because you hate him.
00:43:04I'll accuse him of anything.
00:43:06He sent my only son out in a squall
00:43:08to get his filthy ocean specimens.
00:43:12Proof, Ethel. I need proof.
00:43:16He works behind those locked doors of his.
00:43:18If I could just get in there,
00:43:20I could get you all the proof you want.
00:43:24We may be able to figure out something along those lines.
00:43:30If I could show you how to make a wax impression
00:43:32of those locks, could you do it sometime tomorrow?
00:43:34I'm sure I could.
00:43:36Come on.
00:43:54Come on.
00:44:24Come on.
00:44:54Come on.
00:45:24Come on.
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00:46:18Come on.
00:46:20Come on.
00:46:50Come on.
00:47:06I better be getting home.
00:47:08It's late.
00:47:10It's been a lovely evening.
00:47:12Yes, it was pleasant.
00:47:14And it did go fast.
00:47:16Mostly in talk about my father in the college, now that I think of it.
00:47:20You've learned a great deal about him.
00:47:22It's a natural curiosity about a fellow scientist.
00:47:29There were some very pleasant moments of silence, too.
00:47:34We really should go.
00:47:37All right.
00:47:46Let's go.
00:48:04You go home and call Bill Grant. You'll find him at the hotel.
00:48:07Tell him I'll wait here for his instructions.
00:48:09Hurry, please.
00:48:16All right.
00:48:46Thank you.
00:49:16All right.
00:49:47They're burned worse than the fishermen was.
00:49:51I think it's about time we did something about this.
00:49:54We?
00:49:56Am I off your list of suspects?
00:50:02Earlier today, I had a long talk with Washington.
00:50:05You were the topic of conversation.
00:50:08Am I to be shot at sunrise?
00:50:10No.
00:50:12You were the topic of conversation.
00:50:14Am I to be shot at sunrise?
00:50:16They told me to cooperate with you.
00:50:19You could have floored me.
00:50:21They put you on this case, too, and didn't even tell me about it.
00:50:24I thought they would eventually.
00:50:26Apparently, they wanted two completely indifferent investigations of this.
00:50:30One from a scientific point of view and one from a gumshoe, government style.
00:50:38Pacific College of Oceanography.
00:50:42You know, this spear may be our first real break.
00:50:45Kind of narrows the field down, doesn't it?
00:50:48Yes, it seems so.
00:50:50I think I'll take it down to the crime lab and have them dust it for prints.
00:50:53How about you going down to the college and picking up some diving equipment?
00:50:56I checked with Professor King and he said the night watchman would give it to us.
00:51:00Okay.
00:51:06What do you say we make our dive about 6 a.m.?
00:51:09Yeah.
00:51:11Bill, I made a test dive yesterday.
00:51:16It was pretty grim.
00:51:18There's a shaft of radioactive light down there.
00:51:21Touch it and you're dead.
00:51:23And if that isn't enough, there's some kind of an animal standing guard over it.
00:51:28Then there really is a basis for these phantom stories?
00:51:32I'm afraid there is.
00:51:34This will take care of it.
00:51:36And I won't miss.
00:51:38Now, my principal interest is the light ray.
00:51:40Now, you'll have to draw whatever it is down there away so I can get a good look at that light.
00:51:44And Bill, now it isn't going to be easy or pleasant.
00:51:51Neither is this.
00:52:08Bill?
00:52:38Bill?
00:52:59Hey, Bill. What happened?
00:53:09Still want to go in?
00:53:11Feel all right?
00:53:13Okay.
00:53:38Bill?
00:54:08Bill?
00:54:38Bill?
00:55:08Bill?
00:55:38Bill?
00:56:08Bill?
00:56:39I'm picking up King and his assistant.
00:56:41What for?
00:56:43The poison in that mass came from the college, and so did the spear that was fired at you.
00:56:47So we can prove a charge of attempted murder. That's not what we're after.
00:56:51We want to know who created that thing and how to destroy it.
00:56:54Don't you understand, Bill? It's the knowledge, the know-how that went into making that thing.
00:56:57It's not what we're after.
00:56:59We want to know who created that thing and how to destroy it.
00:57:01It's the knowledge, the know-how that went into making that thing.
00:57:03It's not what we're after.
00:57:05Don't you understand, Bill? It's the knowledge, the know-how that went into making that ray.
00:57:08That's the real danger.
00:57:10It all ties together.
00:57:12We were getting too nosy, so King tried to get rid of both of us.
00:57:14Maybe it was George.
00:57:16Maybe both of them.
00:57:18The secretary could be tied into it, for all we know.
00:57:20No, rule her out. We were well-talking.
00:57:23She tells me she can prove that King's behind this whole thing.
00:57:26Prove it? How?
00:57:28I rigged up a set of keys for her to get into his laboratory.
00:57:30She tells me all the proof I need is right in that room.
00:57:33I hope she's right. We'll know tonight.
00:57:57One of the spear guns is missing.
00:57:59I saw King take one out yesterday.
00:58:01That's odd.
00:58:03I thought I saw you carrying one when you left last night.
00:58:05You see too much, Ethel.
00:58:07You should wear blinkers.
00:58:09Is he in yet?
00:58:11No.
00:58:18I've got to get in there today.
00:58:20Break the door down.
00:58:22He mustn't know, Ethel.
00:58:24This is important to me, as important as staying alive.
00:58:26I can't help you.
00:58:28This is serious. I'm in trouble.
00:58:30You like that, don't you?
00:58:32I've too much trouble of my own to worry about yours.
00:59:01Good morning.
00:59:03Good morning.
00:59:05Dad told me that you and Mr. Grant made a dive.
00:59:08Yes.
00:59:10I'm glad I learned about it after it was all over.
00:59:12I phoned the college. They told me your father was at home.
00:59:15He was terribly upset when he heard the news.
00:59:18The boy, the one in the boat.
00:59:20He was one of his students.
00:59:22Oh, that's a shame.
00:59:24I'd like to talk to your father.
00:59:30Come on.
00:59:53You wish to speak to me?
00:59:55Why, yes.
00:59:57The results of the dive we made this morning.
01:00:00The very fact that you're here now tells me that...
01:00:03your phantom as well as your light ray is a myth, a hoax.
01:00:07They both exist.
01:00:09The light ray, as you call it, is very definitely atomic and deadly.
01:00:13The only reason I'm alive is because I made sure I didn't come in contact with it myself.
01:00:18It's all too preposterous for serious thought.
01:00:21Phantom, marine mutations, death rays, utter nonsense.
01:00:24I'm afraid, doctor, that you are the victim of an overwhelming imagination.
01:00:30Good day, Dr. Stevens.
01:00:55You don't look well, George.
01:00:57Or is it just that I don't find you attractive anymore?
01:01:01Nothing's going right, Wanda.
01:01:04I don't know if I can get what they want.
01:01:07They won't like it.
01:01:09And when they don't like something, they're liable to be a little extreme in showing it.
01:01:14They might even come to the same conclusion that I came to last night.
01:01:18That you're of no use to us.
01:01:21Last night?
01:01:23Ethel, the king's secretary, was crying her little heart out to Mr. Grant.
01:01:27I saw them.
01:01:29Government men?
01:01:31I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I'm pretty sure I caught you off guard.
01:01:35I don't know what you're talking about, Wanda.
01:01:38I don't know what you're talking about.
01:01:41I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I'm pretty sure I caught your name.
01:01:45She knows enough about me to...
01:01:48Evidently, she hasn't told him what she knows yet.
01:01:53What do I do, Wanda?
01:01:56I know what I'd do.
01:02:01I'll be here tomorrow, too.
01:02:05But don't come unless you have something for me.
01:02:11Shh.
01:02:14Shh.
01:02:39You're working very late tonight, aren't you, Ethel?
01:02:42I had some work to clean up.
01:02:45Good night.
01:03:12Good night.
01:03:42Ethel.
01:03:45I believe you were looking for these.
01:04:12Thank you.
01:04:42Dad.
01:05:06Dad.
01:05:08What's wrong?
01:05:10You look so old, so tired, defeated.
01:05:14Dr. Stevens, I want to apologize to you for my rudeness this afternoon.
01:05:19I've had a few very trying days.
01:05:22Of course, I understand.
01:05:25Maybe I'd better leave.
01:05:27Come in.
01:05:30Professor King?
01:05:32That's right.
01:05:34Were you at the college tonight?
01:05:36Yes, for a while.
01:05:38A while ago, I think.
01:05:41What's this all about?
01:05:42Your secretary, Miss Hall, was found murdered a short while ago.
01:05:48Ethel.
01:05:50She left the college a few minutes later you followed.
01:05:53Is that it?
01:05:54I've grasped the significance of that fact.
01:05:58Do you think that I would take a human life?
01:06:01Willfully, deliberately?
01:06:03She just as well as told me you were going to kill her.
01:06:09She was killed with one of the college's spear guns.
01:06:12Am I being formally charged with this horrible thing?
01:06:15Not yet.
01:06:16It's just a matter of time.
01:06:19Come on.
01:06:32Dad.
01:06:39Are we just going to sit here all day?
01:06:42There isn't much else we can do until the sheriff gets here with his report.
01:06:46No, it's just like I killed Ethel myself.
01:06:49I rigged the keys for her to get into King's laboratory.
01:06:53That's it.
01:06:55That's what we ought to do.
01:06:56Get into that room of his.
01:06:58Well, assuming that it was King,
01:07:00which is something I'm not ready to do,
01:07:02he could have destroyed everything in his laboratory
01:07:05if he found Ethel in there.
01:07:07His equipment, his notes.
01:07:09Don't you see, Bill?
01:07:10It's what's in his mind or George's that's important.
01:07:13Notes?
01:07:14Wait a minute.
01:07:17Ethel gave me this at the restaurant.
01:07:19She copied it from King.
01:07:22Mean anything to you?
01:07:29Well, we solved your murder for you, Mr. Grant.
01:07:32We solved your murder for you, Mr. Grant.
01:07:34Same spear gun fired both shafts.
01:07:36The one that tried to kill Doc here and the one that got Miss Hall.
01:07:40Same fingerprints over both of them.
01:07:43They were George Thomas's, King's assistant.
01:07:47The dumbest killer you ever saw.
01:07:49Left the spear gun in his car.
01:07:51Same prints all over it.
01:07:53And the clincher, he didn't come home last night.
01:07:57I guess I'd better put in for retirement.
01:08:00I sure had this one figured, Ron.
01:08:02I called the college to tell the old man he was in the clear,
01:08:04but no one answered.
01:08:06He's probably at home.
01:08:08I think I'd better go tell him.
01:08:10Tell the old man I'm sorry.
01:08:16I kind of have an idea where we can get George.
01:08:19Want to come along?
01:08:20Might be able to use some help.
01:08:22Come on.
01:08:30Come on.
01:08:52I'd forgotten how pleasant it could be.
01:08:54Just walking.
01:08:56You see, it's not so hard to take a day off.
01:08:58Not again.
01:09:00I doubt whether the trap would permit it.
01:09:03The trap?
01:09:05Knowledge sometimes has steel jaws, like a trap.
01:09:09And it can either destroy the hunter or the hunted.
01:09:13You frighten me when you talk like that.
01:09:16I promise not to.
01:09:23Here comes your Dr. Stevens.
01:09:28I have some news that I think will interest you.
01:09:30About Ethel's murder?
01:09:32The sheriff has proof it was George.
01:09:35I knew it wasn't you.
01:09:37Why would he want her dead?
01:09:39It's possible that Ethel found out that...
01:09:42Well, he had to silence her.
01:09:47Why the gloom?
01:09:49Dad's just been acquitted of murder.
01:09:51Lois, I'd like to talk to your father alone.
01:09:55Why?
01:09:58It'll only take a few minutes, dear.
01:10:00You'd better run on home. I'll follow you there.
01:10:07You'd better go.
01:10:09Please.
01:10:17Ethel gave this to Mr. Grant.
01:10:19She said she copied it from your notes.
01:10:21Intensity increased readings of the light shaft.
01:10:24You called it H.E.F.
01:10:26Hydro Energy Force.
01:10:28You're quite right.
01:10:30There is a uranium deposit on the ocean floor.
01:10:34How did you activate it?
01:10:36That, Dr. Stevens, is my knowledge and mine alone.
01:10:40But it must be destroyed.
01:10:42It started with a simple animal experiment.
01:10:44One of yours, Doctor.
01:10:46I thought so.
01:10:47And I advanced way beyond the scope of your imagination.
01:10:50Didn't I?
01:10:51Don't tell me how you created it. Tell me how to destroy it.
01:10:54I don't know that I want to.
01:10:56But, Doctor, you're not free to do as you wish.
01:10:58Five people have died as a result of that thing.
01:11:01You're quite right.
01:11:03But just give me one hour to think about it.
01:11:07It's a decision that's not easy to make.
01:11:12I have no other choice.
01:11:14Thank you.
01:11:17I'll meet you here.
01:11:19And, Doctor, stay with Lois.
01:11:23She'll need you.
01:11:54Laboratories
01:12:13I know that Dad is in some kind of trouble and needs me. I know that.
01:12:17But your father asked you to wait here.
01:12:19I can't.
01:12:21We've got to find him. Do you know where he might be?
01:12:24Well, he, uh, possibly could have gone to the lab.
01:12:28Well, then I'm going, then.
01:12:29No, no, wait a minute.
01:12:31Do I have to go alone, or are you coming with me?
01:12:35Perhaps you're right.
01:12:36We can't do any good here just waiting.
01:12:38Let's go.
01:12:51Let's go.
01:13:21Let's go.
01:13:43Ted, what happened? That ship, it just exploded.
01:13:46Lois, I've got to find your father.
01:13:48I haven't got time to talk.
01:13:50Ted?
01:14:18Professor Keene.
01:14:28Professor Keene.
01:14:30Professor Keene.
01:14:36You may come in and clean up now, Edwin.
01:14:38It's about time.
01:14:42I'm sorry, Ted.
01:14:44I'm sorry.
01:14:49What in the world is that?
01:14:53Do you mean to say that's one of God's creatures, Professor?
01:14:57No, Andy, that's one of man's follies,
01:14:59and I pray to God there'll never be another one.
01:15:19Goodbye, Andy.
01:15:35On your feet.
01:15:37Figured you'd show up here sooner or later.
01:15:39What do you want of me?
01:15:40Just a confession to Ethel Hall's murder.
01:15:42We found a spear gun in your car.
01:15:44Ballistic tests and fingerprints pretty well tie you into it, mister.
01:15:47You weren't very clever about it.
01:15:49Neither was your girlfriend, Wanda.
01:15:52No, I guess I wasn't.
01:15:53I should have learned more of my teacher.
01:15:56He killed in wholesale lots.
01:15:58What are you talking about?
01:16:00Professor Keene. He planted that thing out in the ocean.
01:16:03What's he mean, Bill?
01:16:05I think I know. Can you handle him yourself, Sheriff?
01:16:09What happened?
01:16:10Where's Dad?
01:16:12He left a few minutes ago, Miss Keene.
01:16:14Did he say where he was going?
01:16:15No, he just busted up the place and left in a hurry.
01:16:19But why destroy all this?
01:16:21It's experiments. It's life's work.
01:16:24I'm afraid only your father can explain that.
01:16:26But I still don't understand.
01:16:28Do you know why he did this?
01:16:30I think I do.
01:16:31I don't know.
01:16:32I don't know.
01:16:33I don't know.
01:16:34I don't know.
01:16:35I don't know.
01:16:36I don't know.
01:16:37I think I do.
01:16:40What a mess.
01:16:41King?
01:16:42Yeah, left a few minutes ago.
01:16:43Probably headed for the beach. We're on our way there now.
01:16:46Let's take my car. Come on, we can hurry.
01:17:07Let's go.
01:17:37Let's go.
01:18:07Let's go.
01:18:37Let's go.
01:19:08If I'd only known in time, perhaps I could have stopped him.
01:19:13I know he meant this power to be used to help humanity, not destroy it.
01:19:18I'm sure he did.
01:19:20And he paid for his mistake.
01:19:23Nature has many secrets that man mustn't disturb.
01:19:26And this was one of them.
01:19:30I know.
01:19:38If only he, too, could have understood.
01:19:43I'm sure he does, Lois.
01:19:46That's why he took his secret with him.
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