20 Million Miles to Earth Page #3

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ABOUT THIS HIGH:

AND ABOUT THIS ROUND.

VERY PROBABLY IT WENT DOWN

WITH THE SHIP,

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS

THE POSSIBILITY THA IT WAS KNOCKED LOOSE...

AND MAY DRIFT ASHORE SOMEWHERE

TODAY, TOMORROW-- WHO KNOWS.

IT IS SO IMPORTAN THAT WE RECOVER THIS CONTAINER

AND ITS CONTENTS...

THAT I HAVE OFFERED A REWARD

OF A HALF-MILLION LIRA.

PLEASE SPREAD THAT INFORMATION

AROUND TODAY.

YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY HAT.

SILENZIO. THE GENERAL

IS SPEAKING. CONTINUE, GENERAL.

[ Calder ] WAIT.

WHAT IS IT, SON ?

WHAT IS IT YOU WISH TO SAY ?

IT IS ONLY IF I SPEAK

OF THE THING FROM THE SHIP...

THAT YOU MUST PROMISE TO ME

THAT I MAY KEEP MY HA FROM THE GREAT COUNTRY OF TEXAS.

WELL, OF COURSE YOU MAY KEEP

YOUR HAT. WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT THE BIG CONTAINER ?

AND THERE IS A MATTER

OF A HALF-A-MILLION LIRA.

HOW MUCH IS THAT ?

SUFFICIENT TO PURCHASE

FOR ME A COWBOY HORSE

LIKE THEY RIDE IN TEXAS ?

ENOUGH TO BUY MANY HORSES.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT THE BIG CONTAINER ?

YOU PROMISE TO ME ABOUT THE HAT,

ABOUT THE HORSES ?

YOU HAVE MY PROMISE, SON.

IT IS THERE.

COME ON. FOLLOW ME.

PLEASE, MAY I HAVE

MY HORSE NOW ?

EMPTY.

BUT I KNOW WHERE IT IS,

THE THING FROM INSIDE.

WHERE IS IT ?

I TOOK IT TO THE

PROFESSOR LEONARDO AND

SOLD IT TO HIM FOR 200 LIRA.

THAT IS HOW I HAVE THE HA FROM TEXAS.

PROFESSOR LEONARDO,

WHERE IS HE ?

HE MUST BE SOMEWHERE

ON THE ROAD TO MESSINA.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING TOROMA

-HOW WILL WE FIND HIM ?

-HE DRIVES A TRUCK WITH A HOUSE

THAT FOLLOWS LIKE A GOAT.

A TRAILER.

FIND IT AS QUICKLY

AS YOU CAN.

I'LL WAIT HERE

FOR THE DIVERS.

YES, SIR. COME ON, DOC.

WOULD YOU AND YOUR MEN

ACCOMPANY THE COLONEL ?

OF COURSE, GENERAL.

BESIDES, I HAVE TO SEE

A MAN ABOUT A HORSE.

AND A HALF-A-MILLION LIRA.

WHAT ?

THE CANVAS HAS COME LOOSE.

I BETTER STOP THEN.

YOU KNOW, IT OCCURS

TO ME THAT OUR FRIEND

IS PERHAPS A MUTATION.

BUT OF WHAT SPECIES,

I DO NOT KNOW.

HERE, YOU CATCH THIS

ON THE OTHER SIDE, PLEASE.

THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY

THAT IT MIGHT BE A TYPE

OF THROWBACK TOWARD...

A PREHISTORIC AND UNKNOWN--

[ Screaming ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Roaring ]

[ Roaring Continues ]

ARE YOU HURT ?

NO, I-I DON'T THINK SO.

I GUESS I FRIGHTENED I AS MUCH AS IT FRIGHTENED ME.

BUT ITS CLAW WAS

SO STRANGELY HOT.

[ Vehicles Approaching ]

I BEG YOUR PARDON,

BUT YOU MUST BE--

COMMISSARIO !

A STRANGE ANIMAL ESCAPED.

A STRANGE ANIMAL, LIKE SOMETHING

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE ?

LIKE SOMETHING NO ONE

HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.

- IT BROKE OUT OF ITS CAGE

AND GRABBED ME BY THE ARM.

- HELLO, "ALMOST A DOCTOR."

[ Sighs ]

THIS CREATURE,

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

WELL, FIRS IT WAS THIS HIGH.

THEN THIS HIGH.

NOW IT IS TALL.

NEARLY AS TALL AS A MAN.

IS THAT THE NORMAL RATE

OF GROWTH ?

NO, NOT AS FAR

AS I KNOW.

THE ONLY DATA WE HAVE

IS IN DR. SHARMAN'S NOTES.

WHERE'S THE ANIMAL NOW ?

IT FLED INTO THE WOOD.

LET'S GO.

PLEASE, PLEASE,

WAIT, WAIT. TELL ME,

WHAT IS THAT CREATURE ?

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM ?

I MUST KNOW.

WE'LL GO WITH YOU.

I'M SORRY, PROFESSOR.

I CAN'T NOW.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

WELL, LOOKS AS THOUGH

MY PATIENT HAS FULLY RECOVERED.

[ Horse Neighing ]

[ Roaring ]

[ Whinnying ]

[ Roaring ]

[ Bleating ]

[ Bleating ]

[ Dog Barking ]

[ Barking Continues ]

[ Horse Whinnying ]

[ Barking ]

[ Growling ]

[ Barks, Snarls ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Barking ]

[ Dog Yelping ]

CARLO ? CARLO ?

CARLO ?

CARLO ?

WHAT YOU GOT, BOY ?

[ Carlo Yelps ]

CARLO ?

DON'T MOVE.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

LET'S BACK OUT QUIETLY.

[ Roars ]

INCREDIBLE.

THE CREATURE HAS TO BE

TAKEN ALIVE.

THERE'S A CART OUTSIDE.

WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR MEN

BRING IT IN THE BARN ?

[ Italian ]

NOW WILL YOU GET ME

A LONG WOODEN POLE ?

I'VE HAD NIGHTMARES IN MY TIME,

BUT I'VE NEVER DREAMED

OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NO FEROCIOUS UNLESS

THEY'RE PROVOKED.

THAT POOR DOG:

MUST'VE JUMPED HIM FIRST.

THAT'S GOOD.

[ Roars ]

THAT'S JUST WHAT I NEED.

GRAZIE.

NOW, I'M GONNA TRY AND

PROD THE CREATURE RIGH INTO THAT CART.

IF I CAN GET HIM IN THERE,

BE READY TO SHUT THAT GATE.

[ Screeches ]

COME ON DOWN, FELLA.

JUMP.

COME ON.

COME ON.

OKAY, COME ON DOWN.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

COME ON DOWN.

COME ON.

COME ON.

[ Roars ]

GET BACK.

[ Roaring ]

GET BACK.

LOOK OUT !

NO ! STOP IT !

[ Screeching ]

[ Screaming ]

HELP !

HELP ! HELP !

[ Screams ]

[ Creature Roaring ]

[ Roaring Continues ]

[ Banging ]

ALL RIGHT, MEN.

OVER THIS WAY !

[ Italian ]

I DON'T LIKE IT !

COLONEL ?

YEAH ?

I HATE TO INTRUDE

ON YOUR PRECIOUS

PRIVATE THOUGHTS,

BUT I'D LIKE TO CHANGE

THE BANDAGE ON YOUR ARM.

OH.

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOU WHAT HAPPENED TODAY--

ABOUT WHERE THE CREATURE

IS TONIGHT, AREN'T YOU ?

WE'LL FIND HIM.

WE'VE GOT TO.

I GUESS I'VE BEEN PRETTY

INCONSIDERATE AND SELF-CENTERED.

YOU'VE HAD A LO ON YOUR MIND.

IF THAT'S AN APOLOGY,

I THINK IT WENT IN

THE WRONG DIRECTION.

ALL YOU'VE DONE

IS TRY TO HELP.

ALL I'VE DONE

IS SNARL AT YOU.

I HOPE WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER

YOU'LL LET ME TRY TO

MAKE IT UP TO YOU...

OVER A TABLE FOR TWO

IN A DARK CAFE.

WITH A CANDLE BURNING

ON THE TABLE ?

AND A BOTTLE OF WINE.

BOB. BOB CALDER.

EXCUSE ME.

HERE'S SOMETHING, BOB.

SHARMAN WROTE THAT THE DIET OF

THESE CREATURES IS RAW SULFUR.

I REMEMBER THAT MUCH.

THERE ARE RICH SULFUR BEDS

IN SICILY,

NOT MANY KILOMETERS

FROM HERE AT THE BASE

OF MOUNT ETNA.

WE'LL SCOUR THAT MOUNTAIN AREA

AS SOON AS IT'S LIGHT.

IF THE CREATURE'S THERE,

WE'LL RECAPTURE IT.

AT THAT TIME I WOULD CONSIDER

IT AN HONOR TO OFFER

THE FACILITIES...

OF THEGIARDINO ZOOLOGICAL

INROMAFOR ITS OBSERVATION

AND EXAMINATION.

THAT WILL NO BE NECESSARY, GENTLEMEN.

- THERE IS NO LONGER TIME TO

RECAPTURE THE MONSTER ALIVE.

- I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I MUST INFORM YOU, SIGNORE,

THAT THERE IS NO MORE

COOPERATION BETWEEN US.

THE BEAST MUST BE DESTROYED.

HE HAS INJURED ONE MAN BADLY...

AND HE MIGHT KILL OTHERS.

MY DUTIES ARE TO THE WELFARE

OF MY PEOPLE, NOT THIS

CRAZY SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.

COMMISSARIO,

YOU CAN'T DO THAT !

COMMISSARIO ?

SIGNORE, PLEASE WAIT.

[ Italian ]

SIGNORE--

GET IN.

THAT IS MY POSITION.

THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE

IN THIS DISTRICT IS MY AFFAIR--

MY PRIMARY AFFAIR

AS LONG AS I'MCOMMISSARIO.

MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE ME REPLACED.

THAT, OF COURSE,

IS YOUR PRIVILEGE.

UNTIL THEN, I WILL FUNCTION

ASCOMMISSARIO.

YOU ARE AN EFFICIENT MAN,

SIGNORE.

A MAN OF SINCERITY.

THERE WILL BE NO THOUGH OF REPLACING YOU.

THEN I MUST SAY, AT DAYBREAK,

I INTEND TO USE EVERY MEANS

AT MY DISPOSAL...

TO DESTROY THAT CREATURE

BEFORE HE KILLS SOMEONE.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT !

BOB ?

YES, SIR ?

MAY I REMIND YOU THECOMMISSARIO

IS A SICILIAN POLICE CHIEF...

PERFORMING THE DUTIES

OF HIS OFFICE.

I KNOW THAT, SIR, BUT--

BUT WHAT ?

WOULD THERE BE ANY OBJECTION

IF DR. UHL AND I TRIED TO TRACK

THIS ANIMAL AND TAKE IT ALIVE ?

BEFORE THECOMMISSARIO

HAS HIM DESTROYED ?

NOT FOR ME. SIGNOR CONTINO ?

HOW DO YOU PROPOSE

TO DO THIS ?

ON VENUS, WE DISCOVERED

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