20 Million Miles to Earth Page #2

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OH. ABOUT WHERE WE FIGURED.

[ Panting ]

THE OTHERS,

HOW ARE THEY ?

AS FAR AS I KNOW,

YOUR-- YOUR AIRCRAFT'S

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

WHOEVER ELSE WAS ON IT--

EXCEPT FOR THIS MAN.

HIS CONDITION IS CRITICAL.

I'M SORRY,

BUT YOU'RE IN NO CONDITION

TO GET OUT OF BED !

DOCTOR ?

DR. SHARMAN ?

I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE THIS MAN

ALONE. HE'S EXTREMELY ILL.

PLEASE. PLEASE.

- DR. SHARMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME ?

- WILL YOU LEAVE THIS MAN ALONE

AND GO BACK TO YOUR BED !

LISTEN, NURSE, I AM IN

NO MOOD TO ARGUE WITH YOU !

I'M NOT A NURSE !

I'M A DOCTOR--

OR ALMOST A DOCTOR.

AND THIS MAN MAY BE DYING.

ALL RIGHT,

"ALMOST A DOCTOR,"

DO YOU KNOW:

WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM ?

-NO, NOT EXACTLY.

- WELL, I DO.

AND I KNOW IT'S FATAL.

EIGHT OF MY CREW HAVE

ALREADY DIED FROM IT.

NOW, IF YOU MUST STAY HERE,

STAND STILL AND:

BE QUIET, PLEASE !

DOCTOR ? DR. SHARMAN,

CAN YOU HEAR ME ?

WILL YOU PLEASE LIE DOWN ?

PLEASE !

DOCTOR ?

ARE WE--

ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT--

MAKE IT BACK ?

WE ARE BACK.

WE ARE BACK.

- LOOK, YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM

EXHAUSTION. PLEASE GET BACK.

- QUIET !

THE ANIMAL SPECIMEN--

IS IT ALL RIGHT ?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE CRASHED INTO:

THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND I GUESS

IT WENT DOWN WITH THE WRECK.

THE OTHERS ARE DEAD.

MAKE THEM-- MAKE THEM...

FIND IT.

MY-- MY NOTES.

DOCTOR ?

WILL YOU LIE DOWN ?

NURSE ! DOCTOR, HOW LONG

CAN IT LIVE ENCASED

IN THAT METAL CYLINDER ?

YOU MAKE A WONDERFUL PATIENT.

I'VE GOT TO KNOW.

IT'S OUR ONLY HOPE.

COURTEOUS, COOPERATIVE,

INFORMATIVE.

DOCTOR ? DOCTOR ?

ALTOGETHER, A JOY AND

A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND.

NOW, WHAT SPECIMEN ?

WHAT FATAL DISEASE ?

WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME

WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT ?

I'M SORRY.

I MEAN IT.

BUT I CAN'T.

CAN'T OR WON'T ?

BOTH.

[ Panting Stops ]

HE'S DEAD.

I KNOW.

BETTER GET SOME SLEEP.

PLEASANT DREAMS.

[ Whimpers ]

GRANDPA ?

GRANDPA !

WHAT IS IT ?

MY GLOVES--

WHERE ARE MY GLOVES ?

UNDER THE TABLE.

WHAT IS IT ?

WHERE'D IT COME FROM ?

PEPE, THE LITTLE

FISHER BOY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THIS BEFORE.

NO SCIENTIFIC RECORD

OF SUCH A CREATURE.

LOOK AT THE TORSO.

THE TORSO'S THA OF A HUMAN BEING.

AND-- AND THE ARTICULATION

ON THE LEGS.

LOOK AT IT !

LOOK AT IT !

BUT FROM WHERE ?

[ Whimpers ]

THE CAGE.

THE CAGE, MARISA.

SOFTEN THE FLOOR, MARISA.

THE FLOORING OF THE CAGE

IS ROUGH AND HARD.

[ Marisa ]

IT'S SO VERY UGLY.

AND YET, IT SEEMS

SO FRIGHTENED.

[ Whimpering ]

COME INSIDE,

MIA CARA.

MARISA, COME.

[ Screeching ]

MARISA !

MARISA !

WHAT IS IT, GRANDPA ?

COME HERE.

COME HERE.

OBSERVE.

OBSERVE OUR STRANGE FRIEND.

LOOK AT HOW MUCH HE HAS GROWN

IN BUT A FEW HOURS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE !

THINK, MARISA.

THINK OF WHAT WILL BE SAID

WHEN I BRING THIS

STRANGE CREATURE...

TO THEGIARDINO ZOOLOGICAL

INROMA.

NOW I'M GOING

TO THE VILLAGE,

AND I'M GOING TO SEE

THE YOUNG FISHER BOY...

AND LEARN FROM HIM

WHERE IN THE SEA IT WAS

THAT HE FOUND OUR FRIEND.

POW !

POW !

VERRICO, MONDELLO.

[ Italian ]

CAN YOU INFORM ME

OF THE WHEREABOUTS

OF THE BOY PEPE ?

PEPE ? HE'S RIGHT OVER HERE

PLAYING LIKE A TEXAS COWBOY.

WHERE ?

OH, HE HAS GONE.

YET HE WAS HERE:

A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

BUT I WILL SEE HIM TONIGHT,

DOTTORE,AND I WILL TELL HIM

TO SEEK YOU TOMORROW.

TOMORROW:

I WON'T BE HERE.

I'M JUST NOW

ON MY WAY TO ROME.

[ Italian ]

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

[ Whispering ]

POW, POW, POW !

WELCOME TO GERRA.

MAY I INTRODUCE MYSELF,

GENERAL ?

I'M THECOMMISSARIO

OF THE POLICE.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS DR. UHL.

[ Italian ]

IT'S A PLEASURE.

HOW DO YOU DO ?

FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN ROME

I RECEIVED A TELEGRAM.

I'M TO COOPERATE WITH YOU.

I'M AT YOUR SERVICE,

SIGNORI.

NOW, IF YOU WILL COME

WITH ME, I WILL TAKE YOU

TO COLONEL CALDER.

HE'S NOT BADLY HURT ?

OH, NO, GENERAL.

DON'T YOU WORRY.

HE RECOVERS QUICKLY.

IT'S ALL I COULD DO

TO KEEP HIM FROM COMING

TO MEET YOU HIMSELF.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

CONGRATULATIONS, BOB.

YOU MADE IT.

YOU MADE IT !

THE FIRST MAN:

IN OUR HISTORY.

HOW DOES IT FEEL ?

FINE, SIR, EXCEPT THAT--

WELL--

YES, I KNOW.

IT'S TRAGIC THE OTHERS

DIED IN THE MOMEN OF THEIR GLORY.

BUT STILL, AND I MEAN IT,

YOU DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS.

MINE, TOO, BOB.

YOU DID A MAGNIFICENT,

HEROIC JOB.

IS THERE SOMEPLACE

WHERE WE CAN TALK PRIVATELY ?

MY OFFICE IS YOURS, GENERAL.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

[ Man ]

ATTENZIONE. THECOMMISSARIO

IS BEING BRIEFED IN HIS OFFICE.

[ Italian ]

I'M HONORED, SIGNORE.

GENTLEMEN,

MAY I INTRODUCE...

SIGNOR CONTINO:

FROM THE ITALIAN

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

GENERAL McINTOSH.

SIGNOR.

COLONEL CALDER.

HI.

DR. UHL.

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR ?

I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR COMING SO PROMPTLY, SIGNOR.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR

GOVERNMENT FOR EXPRESSING

ITS DESIRE TO COOPERATE.

I MUST BEG YOU, HOWEVER,

FOR THE MOMENT,

TO OBSERVE STRICT SECRECY.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY

YOU WILL FIND INCREDIBLE...

BUT TRUE.

COLONEL CALDER HERE

HAS JUST RETURNED...

FROM AN EXPEDITION

TO VENUS.

TO VENICE.

PERHAPS YOU MEAN VENEZIA.

TO VENUS-- THE PLANET VENUS.

- "THE PLANET VENUS" ?

- THAT IS CORRECT.

I WAS INFORMED:

THIS MATTER WAS CONNECTED

WITH SOMETHING VAST,

BUT THE-- THE PLANET VENUS ?

MAN'S FIRS INTERPLANETARY VOYAGE.

ON THE RETURN TRIP,

THE SPACESHIP WAS CRIPPLED

BY A METEOR.

EXCEPT FOR COLONEL CALDER HERE,

THE ENTIRE CREW PERISHED.

- I AM GRIEVED.

- THE PROBLEM THAT CONFRONTS US

IS THIS, SIGNOR--

THE ATMOSPHERE ON VENUS IS

SUCH THAT A HUMAN BEING CANNO BREATHE AND SURVIVE FOR LONG,

EVEN AFTER USING WHA WE CONSIDERED FOOLPROOF

RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT.

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE

EXPEDITION DIED THERE BEFORE

THE OTHERS REALIZED THE DANGER.

AND DR. SHARMAN,

THE CHIEF SCIENTIST,

ALSO BECAME FATALLY ILL.

HE DIED HERE:

AFTER THE SHIP CRASHED.

FASCINATING.

HORRIBLE, BUT FASCINATING.

NOW, ON THAT SHIP

WAS A PARTICULAR SEALED

METAL CONTAINER.

IN IT IS AN UNBORN SPECIMEN OF

THE ANIMAL LIFE ON THE PLANET.

WE'VE GOT TO FIND IT.

OUR TASK IS TO DISCOVER

IN WHAT PHYSIOLOGICAL WAY...

LIFE IS ABLE TO SURVIVE

AND TO FLOURISH THERE.

NOT UNTIL THAT SECRE IS LEARNED CAN ANOTHER

EXPEDITION EXPECT TO RETURN.

AND RETURN WE MUST.

FOR ON VENUS IMPORTANT MINERALS

WERE DISCOVERED...

THAT WOULD BE A VAST BENEFI TO OUR OWN CIVILIZATION.

I'M AT YOUR DISPOSAL, GENERAL.

IN WHAT WAY MAY I ASSIST YOU ?

WE NEED DIVERS-- SEVERAL DIVERS

TO DESCEND TO THE WRECK

TO SEARCH FOR THE SPECIMEN.

THEY WILL BE HERE

IN THE MORNING.

DON'T YOU WANT ME TO DRIVE

FOR A WHILE ?

NO.

[ Italian ]

BUONA FORTUNA.

GRAZIE.

AND NOW, SIGNORCOMMISSARIO,

I SHOULD LIKE TO SPEAK

TO THE TWO FISHERMEN

WHO WENT ABOARD THE WRECK.

OF COURSE, GENERAL.

I HAVE THEM WAITING.

NOW, IF YOU WILL

COME WITH ME, PLEASE.

VERRICO, MONDELLO.

ONE MOMENT OF YOUR TIME, PLEASE.

SI, SIGNOR COMMISSARIO ?

GENERAL, THIS IS VERRICO,

AND THIS IS MONDELLO.

THEY ARE THE TWO MEN

WHO WENT INSIDE THE SHIP

BEFORE SHE SANK.

THE AMERICAN GENERAL

WISHES TO SPEAK TO YOU...

OF AN ITEM:

OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.

WE ARE LOOKING:

FOR A CYLINDER...

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