20 Million Miles to Earth Page #4

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QUITE BY ACCIDENT...

THAT THESE CREATURES

ARE EXTREMELY SUSCEPTIBLE

TO ELECTRIC SHOCK...

AND THAT CONTROLLED VOLTAGE

CAN PARALYZE THEM.

NOW, IF WE COULD HAVE

TWO HELICOPTERS AND A SQUAD

OF ARMED PARATROOPERS,

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DROP

AN ELECTRICALLY CHARGED

WIRE NET ON THE BEAST.

A NET.

ALL I ASK, SIR,

IS PERMISSION TO TRY.

IF-- IF THIS CAN

BE DONE...

BEFORE ANY HUMAN LIFE

IS THREATENED,

THE ITALIAN GOVERNMEN WILL HAVE NO OBJECTION.

ALL RIGHT, BOB,

YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR COPTERS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIGNOR.

THE HOOK'S

WORKING FINE, SIR.

THAT'S GOOD, SERGEANT.

TAKES THOSE SACKS OF SULFUR

OVER TO THE OTHER COPTER.

LOOK. WE'RE TAKING OVER

A LOAD OF SULFUR TO FEED OUR

PRISONER WHEN WE CAPTURE HIM.

IF THECOMMISSARIO

DOESN'T CAPTURE IT FIRST.

YEAH.

[ Barking ]

[ Italian ]

-DOC, THIS IS LIKE A PARACHUTE.

IT'S GOTTA WORK THE FIRST TIME.

-RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, MEN, LOAD UP.

LET'S GO.

[ Barking ]

[ Roars ]

[ Italian ]

[ Roars ]

[ Italian ]

[ Gunshots ]

LET'S USE THE BACK ROAD

THROUGH THE WATERFALL.

[ Italian ]

[ Screeching ]

- WE SPOTTED THE ANIMAL. IT'S

RIGHT BY THOSE SULFUR PITS.

- RIGHT.

[ Roars ]

[ Screeches ]

WE CAN'T DROP THE NE TILL IT'S CLEAR.

I'LL DROP THE SULFUR NOW.

[ Screeches ]

[ Screeches ]

[ Screeches ]

IT'S TAKING THE BAIT, DOC.

WE'RE READY TO MOVE.

OKAY. WE'LL STAND BY.

[ Screeches ]

ANOTHER FEW FEET,

AND YOU GOT IT, DOC.

DROP IT.

[ Screeching ]

NOW.

[ Screeching ]

HURRY IT UP.

CAREFUL.

[ Screeching ]

WE'RE READY, DOC.

JUMP CLEAR !

HIT IT !

[ Electricity Crackling ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Sighs ]

MAPLES HERE.

NO, NO, JOHN.

NOTHING'S HAPPENED YET.

YES, I WILL.

IF YOU WILL ALL:

COME IN, PLEASE.

THE GENERAL:

WILL SEE YOU NOW.

LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING NOW.

KEEP THE LINE OPEN.

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Italian ]

GOOD MORNING,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

OF THE PRESS.

I AM FULLY AWARE

OF THE RUMORS...

THAT BEGAN:

WITH AN AIR CRASH

TEN DAYS AGO...

OFF THE COAS OF SICILY.

NOT UNTIL NOW HAVE I

RECEIVED PERMISSION...

TO MAKE KNOWN THE FACTS

EXACTLY AS THEY ARE.

THIS CABLEGRAM:

HAS BEEN SIGNED...

BY THE UNITED STATES

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

"IN THE FACE

OF WIDESPREAD SPECULATION,

"AND AFTER CONSULTATION

WITH VARIOUS:

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,

"THE PRESIDENT HAS

AUTHORIZED RELEASE

OF ALL INFORMATION...

"TO PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

FOR THEIR IMMEDIATE

PUBLICATION.

"THE AIRSHIP XY-21,

"WHICH CRASHED INTO

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

ON THE 11th,

"WAS A SINGLE-STAGE,

ASTRO-PROPELLED ROCKET...

"LAUNCHED 13 MONTHS AGO

FROM A SITE WITHIN

THE UNITED STATES.

"THE ROCKET, WITH ITS

COMPLEMENT OF 17 MEN,

"HAD LANDED

ON THE PLANET VENUS--

VENUS ?

THE PLANET VENUS ?

"HAD LANDED

ON THE PLANET VENUS...

"AND WAS ON THE RETURN

FLIGHT TO EARTH...

WHEN THE SHIP:

PLUNGED INTO THE SEA."

THERE WAS ONE SURVIVOR--

COLONEL CALDER,

SEATED BESIDE ME,

COMMANDER:

OF THE EXPEDITION.

SOME OF YOU MAY ALSO

HAVE HEARD THE STORY...

OF A MONSTER NOW CONFINED

HERE IN ROME'S ZOO.

THAT BEAST IS FROM VENUS.

IT IS AN ESSENTIAL OBJEC OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY...

IF MAN IS TO SURVIVE

THE ATMOSPHERE ON VENUS,

POISONOUS TO HUMANS.

MAY WE BE ALLOWED

TO SEE THIS CREATURE ?

I ASKED YOU CORRESPONDENTS

TO SELECT THREE:

OF YOUR NUMBER...

TO ACCOMPANY:

COLONEL CALDER:

TO THE ZOO.

THOSE SELECTED BY YOU

WILL, OF COURSE,

POOL THEIR INTERVIEWS

WITH THE ENTIRE:

PRESS CORPS,

AND WE WILL FURNISH YOU

ALL NECESSARY PHOTOS.

WELL, I GUESS

THAT'S ALL,

AND THANK YOU:

FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

[ Chattering ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

SORRY, OLD BOY.

MY LINE.

JOHN ? GET THIS.

[ Trumpets ]

[ Trumpets ]

[ Labored Breathing ]

THE SIZE.

EIGHT DAYS AGO,

IT WAS ABOU THISTALL.

HOW DO YOU ACCOUN FOR ITS ASTONISHING

RATE OF GROWTH ?

OR IS THAT NORMAL

ON VENUS ?

NO, IT ISN'T.

THE SCIENTISTS HERE

BELIEVE EARTH'S

ATMOSPHERE...

HAS UPSE ITS METABOLIC RATE.

THE MORE AIR IT BREATHES,

THE MORE TISSUE IT BUILDS,

THE BIGGER IT GETS.

IF YOU'LL

FOLLOW ME,

PLEASE.

YOU'VE UNDOUBTEDLY HEARD

OF DR. GERHARD BLANKFOR OF VIENNA,

PROBABLY THE WORLD'S

TOP MAN IN ANESTHESIA.

IT'S THE DOCTOR'S JOB

TO KEEP THE CREATURE

UNCONSCIOUS...

DURING THE EXAMINATION.

NOW, YOU'LL NOTE THE WIRE

RUNNING DOWN:

TO THE CREATURE'S WRIST.

DR. BLANKFORT KEEPS

COURSING THROUGH THE BODY.

MORE VOLTAGE,

AND IT WOULD DIE.

LESS, AND I WOULD AWAKEN.

AMAZING.

UTTERLY AMAZING.

YOU CAN GET A BETTER LOOK

AT THE WRIST CONNECTION

THIS WAY.

THIS IS DR. KOROKU

OF THE UNIVERSITY

OF TOKYO.

HE'S ASSISTING

DR. UHL.

ANOTHER ATTEMP TO PRY SECRETS FROM

THE CREATURE, DOCTOR ?

WE HOPE THIS:

ELECTRODYNAMOMETER...

WILL ENABLE US TO

COMPLETE OUR EXAMINATION

OF AURAL PASSAGES.

COULD YOU GIVE US ANY

POSITIVE STATEMENT...

ON YOUR PROGRESS

SO FAR, DOCTOR ?

SO FAR, WE HAVE COME

TO ONE CONCLUSION.

THE CREATURE'S

OLFACTORY SYSTEM

IS MORE HIGHLY DEVELOPED...

THAN ANY KNOWN:

ON THIS PLANET.

YOU'LL FIND DR. UHL

ON THE PLATFORM.

HE'S THE MAN

IN CHARGE.

[ Labored Breathing ]

SIXTY-SEVEN CC's.

CORRECT ?

SI, ESATTAMENTE,

SESSANTA SETTE.

THEY'RE FEEDING THE CREATURE

A COMPOUND OF SULFUR.

NOW, SULFUR SERVES I AS OUR VITAMINS DO US.

GRANDPA, UM, WILL YOU

NEED ME ANYMORE ?

NO, NO.

GRAZIE.

YOU CAUGHT ME:

UNPREPARED.

I'VE BEEN COOKING

OVER A HOT CREATURE

ALL DAY.

YOU'RE GETTING LOVELIER

EVERY TIME I SEE YOU.

OR IS IT THE LIGHTS

IN THIS ROOM ?

WELL, NEXT TO THAT,

I LOOK DANDY.

OH, COLONEL.

WHEN YOU HAVE:

A FREE MOMENT,

I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU

ABOUT THE LATES NIGHTMARE I'VE HAD.

I'M NOT BUSY

FOR THE MOMENT.

TELL ME NOW.

WELL,

IT CONCERNS:

A DARK CAFE,

A SMALL TABLE,

A BOTTLE OF WINE--

AND A BURNING CANDLE ?

MM-HMM.

AND THAT CANDLE'S

BURNING LOWER:

AND LOWER AND LOWER.

PRETTY SOON,

IT'S GONNA BURN OUT.

WELL, MAYBE IF WE HURRY,

WE CAN FIND THAT DARK CAFE

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

GOOD.

NOW DON'T GO AWAY.

I WON'T.

IF YOU'LL COME

OVER HERE, PLEASE.

DR. UHL'S

EXPECTING YOU.

DR. UHL, MAY I PRESEN MISS REYNOLDS--

UNITED PRESS.

MR. MAPLES OF REUTERS,

MONSIEUR LeGRANDE--

NEWS FRANCE.

GLAD TO MEET YOU.

HOW DO YOU DO ?

GENERAL McINTOSH

HAS TOLD US:

THE IMPORTANCE...

OF KNOWING:

HOW THIS ANIMAL:

SURVIVES ON VENUS.

WE'VE DISCOVERED

THAT THE CREATURE'S

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM...

INCLUDES A FIBROUS

FILTERING ELEMEN WHICH BLOCKS OUT...

ALL OF THE POISONOUS

VAPORS ON VENUS.

FORTUNATELY,

WE'VE BEEN ABLE...

TO DUPLICATE THAT SYSTEM

ALMOST EXACTLY.

IT'S LIKE

A PLASTIC SPONGE.

IT IS MADE OF ONE

OF THE NEW SYNTHETICS.

BY THE WAY, DOCTOR,

THERE'S A RUMOR

GOING AROUND...

THAT GUNFIRE:

HAS NO EFFEC ON THE BEAST. WHY ?

THIS BEAS HAS NO HEART,

AND IT HAS NO LUNGS.

IT HAS, INSTEAD,

A NETWORK:

OF SMALL TUBES...

THROUGHOU ITS ENTIRE BODY.

HENCE, FIREARMS

EFFECT NO GREAT DAMAGE.

YES ?

THE DYNAMOMETER'S COMING

ON THE PLATFORM NOW.

PLEASE,

RIGHT OVER HERE.

LOOK OUT FOR THOSE

ELECTRIC CABLES !

- LOOK OUT !

- [ Shouts In Italian ]

OFF THE PLATFORM !

EVERYBODY BACK !

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