20 Million Miles to Earth

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[ Narrator ] GREAT SCIENTIFIC

ADVANCES ARE OFTENTIMES

SUDDEN-ACCOMPLISHED FACTS...

BEFORE MOST OF US

ARE EVEN DIMLY AWARE OF THEM.

BREATHTAKINGLY UNEXPECTED,

FOR EXAMPLE,

WAS THE SEARING FLASH

THAT ANNOUNCED THE ATOMIC AGE.

EQUALLY UNEXPECTED WAS

THE NEXT GIGANTIC STRIDE--

WHEN MAN MOVED OUT OF

HIS VERY ORBIT...

TO A POINT MORE THAN...

[ High-pitched Whooshing ]

PEPE, IS IT YOUR DESIRE

THAT THE FISHES,

THEY SWIM AWAY ?

COME ON ! PULL UP

ON THE NET. HERE.

[ Mutters ]

MANY ROPES TO CATCH

A LITTLE FISH.

NOW, IN TEXAS, JUS FOR ONE LITTLE ROPE...

SHE CATCHES A BIG COW.

THE NET. THE NET !

TEXAS. TEXAS.

WHAT IS THAT ?

OH, MONDELLO,

YOU DO NOT KNOW:

OF TEXAS ?

SHE'S A BIG COUNTRY ACROSS

THE SEA, NEAR AMERICA.

[ Whooshing ]

THAT'S WHERE

THE COWBOYS--

SILENZIO !

[ Whooshing Continues ]

LOOK !

WE GO BACK.

WHY, VERRICO ?

IT IS A POSSIBILITY

THAT IN THE AIRCRAF THERE MAY BE PEOPLE.

BUT VERRICO, THAT IS

NO USUAL AIRCRAFT.

THERE ARE NO PEOPLE ON IT.

AH, MONDELLO, YOU KNOW

THIS THING, YOU SAY ?

YOU WERE PERHAPS

INSIDE OF IT, HUH ?

WHAT ARE WE, CHILDREN

OR MEN OF THE SEA ?

WE GO BACK.

WE GO BACK.

LOOK. A HOLE.

PEPE,

THE BOAT HOOK !

MONDELLO, YOU COME WITH ME.

IT MAY BE I WILL NEED YOUR HELP.

WHY ME, VERRICO ? WHY ME ?

ARE YOU NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

THE BRAVEST MAN IN ALL

OF SICILY ? COME ON !

MONDELLO.

[ Speaking Italian ]

VERRICO ! MONDELLO !

[ Loud Banging ]

[ Hull Groaning ]

[ Loud Banging Continues ]

THIS MAN, HE STILL LIVES.

TAKE HIM TO THE BOAT,

QUICKLY !

TAKE HIM.

BRING HIM.

[ Loud Banging ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Loud Banging ]

[ Loud Banging ]

[ Mondello ]

VERRICO !

VERRICO !

ROW, ROW, PEPE ! ROW !

IT IS DANGEROUS HERE.

- VERRICO !

- THERE MAY BE

OTHER PEOPLE INSIDE.

[ Mondello ]

NEVER MIND THE OTHER PEOPLE !

SAVE YOURSELF !

GET OUT OF THERE !

[ Loud Banging ]

[ Explosions ]

[ Grunting ]

VERRICO, THE OARS.

[ Panting ]

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MORE

THAN TWO MEN IN THERE.

MOST CERTAINLY, PEPE.

BUT WE COULD NOT REACH THEM.

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

WELL, FROM

ALL INDICATIONS,

SHE'S SPLASHED IN

SOMEWHERE RIGHT HERE,

UNDER THE SEA.

PERHAPS NOT, GENERAL.

CALDER MAY HAVE:

REGAINED CONTROL.

I APPRECIATE YOUR OPTIMISM,

DOCTOR, BUT THAT'S

THE WAY IT READS.

WE GOT A RADAR BLIP ON HER

JUST OFF ICELAND--

ALTITUDE:
200 MILES;

RATE OF DESCENT--

WHAT WAS IT ?

ANOTHER SIGHTING BY STILLMAN

FROM MARSEILLES.

RATE OF DESCENT STILL

I'M SORRY, DOCTOR.

THAT PUTS HER RIGHT DOWN

WITH THE FISH.

WHAT MAKES ME SICK INSIDE

IS THAT THEY WERE SO CLOSE--

SO VERY, VERY CLOSE.

THEY MADE IT THERE

AND ALMOST MADE IT BACK.

[ Phone Rings ]

MAJOR STACY SPEAKING.

HOLD IT.

TELL THE GENERAL.

McINTOSH. YES ?

WHERE ?

IS THAT CONFIRMED ?

THANK YOU.

SHE'S DOWN OFF

SICILY, DOCTOR,

ONLY A FEW KILOMETERS OFF

THE COAST OF A FISHING

VILLAGE NAMED GERRA.

WHERE IS IT ?

THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.

MAJOR, WE'LL NEED

THE COOPERATION AND COURTESY

OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.

GET THE STATE DEPARTMEN ON THE PHONE. WE GOT A GREEN

LIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

TELL THEM TO GE THE ITALIAN EMBASSY

TO CLEAR THE PATH FOR US.

TELL THEM WE'RE IN A HURRY

AND TO PUT THE RED TAPE IN

A DRAWER UNTIL THIS IS OVER.

AFTER THAT, CALL TRANSPORT.

TELL THEM THE DOCTOR AND I

ARE LEAVING NOW FOR SICILY.

[ Major ]

YES, SIR.

[ Dialing ]

[ Chattering, Indistinct ]

[ Italian ]

TAKE THEM TO THE

COMUNE DI GERRA,QUICKLY.

MONDELLO, GET A DOCTOR.

SI, SIGNOR COMMISSARIO.

[ Italian ]

YOU WERE INSIDE THE WRECK.

WERE ONLY THOSE TWO MEN ABOARD ?

NO. I WAS INSIDE

WITH MONDELLO.

WE SAW ONE MORE MAN,

BUT IT WAS A CERTAIN THING

HE WAS DEAD.

BUT, SIGNORCOMMISSARIO,

THE SHIP OF THE AIR,

SHE WAS SO BIG, SO VAST,

SURELY THERE MUST HAVE BEEN

OTHER MEN INSIDE TOO.

[ Commissario ]

I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED...

AND TELL ME ABOUT IT SLOWLY.

[ Man ]

SIGNOR COMMISSARIO !

SIGNOR COMMISSARIO !

THE DOCTOR IS NOT AT HOME.

HE'S FAR OVER A SIGNORA MARTINELLI...

WHO IS IMMEDIATELY

HAVINGBAMBINO.

PERHAPS TWINS AS BEFORE.

WHO KNOWS ?

AND SIGNOR MARTINELLI

IS A VERY SICK MAN.

THAT'S TOO BAD.

THERE IS THAT OLD DOCTOR

FROMROMATRAVELING WITH

HIS AMERICAN GRANDDAUGHTER.

IS HE STILL HERE ?

THE OLD MAN WITH THE HOUSE

ON THE WHEELS ?

YEAH.

PEPE WOULD KNOW.

PEPE !

PEPE !

PEPE SELLS THEM WORTHLESS

SHELLFISH, ANYTHING

OF NO VALUE. PEPE !

PEPE !

SI,VERRICO ?

YOU HAVE NEED FOR ME ?

THAT OLD DOCTOR FROMROMA

WHO TRAVELS HERE--

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS ?

DR. LEONARDO ?

SI, SI.

HE IS CAMPED AT MESSINA,

ONLY A SMALL KILOMETER

FROM RESIDENCE OF SIGNOR GRAFI.

GOOD. DO YOU KNOW

WHERE THE PLACE IS ?

OF COURSE.

GET THE DOCTOR HERE

AT ONCE.

IMMEDIATAMENTE.

PEPE. PEPE.

[ Parrot Squawking ]

DR. LEONARDO ?

DR. LEONARDO ?

[ Italian ]

COME WITH ME NOW.

COME QUICKLY. A GREA AIRCRAFT FELL INTO THE SEA.

IT'S A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,

AND TWO MEN NEED YOU NOW.

SLOWLY, MY FRIEND. DO I

UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN AN AIR

CRASH AND MEN HAVE BEEN HURT ?

SI, SI. AND DOTTORE BORINO

IS WITH SIGNORA MARTINELLI WHO'S

ABOUT TO HAVE TWINS, TRIPLETS.

I'M AFRAID I WON'T BE

OF ANY HELP. I'M A DOCTOR

IN ZOOLOGY, NOT MEDICINE.

BUT MY GRANDDAUGHTER

IS POSSIBLE. MARISA.

AH ! SIGNORINA.

YOU ARE A DOCTOR

FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT ?

NOT YET. NOT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

[ Groans ]

I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

[ Italian ]

[ Italian ]

[ Both Men Speaking ]

COME THIS WAY.

BE BACK AS SOON:

AS I CAN, GRANDPA.

[ Italian ]

[ Italian ]

AH, GOOD AFTERNOON,

MY YOUNG MERCHANT FRIEND.

AND WHAT IS IT YOU WISH

TO SELL ME TODAY AT AN

EXORBITANT RATE, I'M CERTAIN ?

AN INEDIBLE CLAM WITH WHICH

YOU ARE WILLING TO PART FOR

VERY LITTLE MONEY, I AM SURE.

DR. LEONARDO,

YOU ARE A KIND MAN,

A JUST MAN,

A MAN OF MUCH LEARNING,

A MAN OF GREAT WEALTH.

A MAN OF WEALTH,

A PROFESSOR OF--

OF COURSE, PEPE.

COME ON IN, MY SICILIAN BANDIT,

AND WE'LL BARGAIN, HUH ?

[ Chuckles ]

COME ON.

YOU HAVE 200 LIRA ?

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY

THAT I HAVE SUCH A FORTUNE.

[ Groans ]

NOW, TELL ME.

LET ME SEE THIS GREAT TREASURE

OF SUCH GREAT VALUE.

COME ON.

YOU HAVE 200 LIRA WITH YOU

IN YOUR PURSE ?

UH-HUH. YES.

THAT IS A TRUE FACT ?

SURE, THAT IS

A TRUE FACT.

BUT NOW TELL ME.

WHY IS YOUR NEED SO GREA AND SO URGENT ?

BECAUSE WITH THE 200 LIRA,

I CAN PURCHASE A HAT FROM TEXAS.

HMM ?

PLEASE, MAY I HAVE

MY MONEY NOW ?

A HAT FROM TEXAS ?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND

YOU, PEPE.

IT IS THE HA THE COWBOYS WEAR WHEN

THEY SHOOT THEBANDITO.

BANG, BANG !

AND THE MAN, HE IS DEAD.

[ Chuckles ]

THOSE AMERICAN MOVIES.

YEAH, IF SO GREAT IN NEED,

PEPE, YOU DESERVE

THE 200 LIRA.

[ Italian ]

NOW, LET ME SEE.

WHAT DO YOU GOT, HUH ?

HEY.

HEY ! I BETTER GET MY MONEY'S

WORTH, OR I'M COMING AFTER YOU.

BELIEVE ME.

[ Italian ]

PEPE !

PEPE !

PEPE ! PEPE !

-SI,DOCTOR ?

- PLEASE TELL ME, WHERE

DID YOU FIND THAT THING ?

IN THE WATER, DOCTOR !

IN THE SEA !

[ Groans ]

I KNOW. YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE.

IN GERRA.

GERRA ?

A VILLAGE IN SOUTHERN SICILY.

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