In Like Flint Page #6

I...

Cut it out.

That is a presidential order.

I order you to... You!

I order you all to cut it out!

Stop the countdown!

Do you know what you just did?

You cannot manhandle me.

That is a treasonable offense.

Get Carter down here, quick!

- Don't touch me!

- Mr. President...

Don't touch me!

Calling General Carter.

Calling General Carter.

Calling General Carter.

Calling General Carter.

Calling General Carter.

Calling General Carter.

Nuclear alert!

This is General Carter.

As you know, this lever controls

the arming of ten megatons.

Enough power to destroy

the entire Caribbean area,

with a radiation fallout

that could cover half the world.

I know you don't want me

to do that, so think about it.

But don't take too long.

Sir, we've got to get

the people out of here.

- If we delay...

- Stall him! I'll go after him.

Flint, wa...

But, sir, you better stop him.

Lloyd, you've gotta stop Carter.

This is Lloyd Cramden.

What is it you want?

Start the countdown immediately.

You're not gonna pull that lever.

You'd go up with the rest of us.

That's right.

Carter, wait! We can make a deal.

We've got Trent.

Congratulations. Now he's your problem.

Carter! Carter, listen to me!

Come on, Cramden.

You're stalling.

You've got to stop him.

General Carter, this is

your acting commander-in-chief.

I order you to leave

that capsule at once!

"Acting" is right.

But you're out of the cast now.

Your understudy has taken over.

Stop stalling, Cramden.

Get going. Don't waste

any more time on that clown.

Clown? Do you realize

who you're talking to?

I am the commander-in-chief

of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force!

I call on all loyal Americans

to picket the White House!

Write to your congressmen!

Don't let them fluoridate your water!

I am deposed!

"Oh, for God's sake,

let us sit upon the ground...

"and tell sad stories

of the death of kings.

"Once more into the breach,

dear friends.

Once more into the breach. "

Carter, the countdown will begin.

Good.

Just remember. I don't want to see...

any deliberate malfunctions

appear on these instruments.

So be reasonable.

Start the countdown.

Uh, get me Mission Control.

I'm gonna need that suit.

Mission Control, give me Cramden.

Mr. Cramden, it's

the ready room, sir. Mr. Flint.

Flint? Yes?

Lloyd, get me three minutes,

any way you can. Three minutes.

Right.

He's in the ready room.

Get him three minutes any way you can.

Yes, sir. You, you've got a malfunction

in the tank pressure stabilization.

Move!

Reporting malfunction

in tank pressurization stabilizer.

We're checking it out.

- Good luck, sir.

- Thank you, gentlemen.

Propulsion officer checking out

tank pressurization malfunction.

You're stalling! There's nothing wrong.

I'll give you ten more seconds.

There's no other choice.

Yes, sir.

Resume the countdown.

Yes, sir.

minus ten seconds.

Nine, eight...

Hatch open,

and all systems are go. Pre-ignition.

Five...

Why, it's Mr. Flint.

That's Flint!

- Ignition!

- Zero.

See ya!

What about the interceptor missiles?

If we detonate in the atmosphere,

we've had it... the whole hemisphere.

We can't let them arm

that space platform.

The timing will be critical.

We'll have to wait till the last second.

- All right, have the missiles readied.

- Yes, sir.

What about Flint?

We're committed.

- Send them up.

- Yes, sir.

Fire one.

Confirming visual observation

of liftoff.

Report time of launch vehicle liftoff.

Second stage separated and clear.

Capsule entering orbital path.

Unable to regain monitor contact.

We can't communicate with the capsule.

We can't reach him, sir.

Sir, there's something wrong

with the capsule.

The guidance control system has

malfunctioned, and the capsule is off course.

It's heading into deep space.

Hold those interceptors.

It's too late, sir.

Two seconds.

He'll not be forgotten, Lloyd.

There will be a national... no, an

international day of mourning for him.

I'll issue a proclamation.

Mission Control. Control Center.

Control Center, awaiting instructions.

It's Flint!

He's alive!

Hooray! Hooray!

- He must be on the platform!

- That's impossible!

Of course it is!

That's why he's Flint!

Congratulations, Flint.

You made it!

We'll get you back here safely.

We've got a recovery team in

the area of the Canary Islands.

Sorry, sir, but the Canary Islands

seems a bit far out to me.

I... would appreciate

splashdown instructions...

for, say, Central Park.

Central...

Get the coordinates of Central Park.

Flint, what's going on up there?

I'm with a couple of friends.

Now, Flint, listen to me!

You're no astronaut. You're in danger!

Well, ladies, it was touch and go,

but I hope you learned your lesson.

The world is better off in our hands.

You're absolutely right, sir.

Mm-hmm.

Flint,

are you all right? Say something!

Flint, are you all right?

Say something!

If you're not single or courting

When our hearts mingle in space

That face

I don't believe it is grace

Combined with evil

in such a zowie way

I'll maybe steal

a little guile from you

I should run a mile from you

But I'd sooner stay

If we could only be left alone

In a lonely place

It would be dreamy

and if I'm disgraced

I could know

your zowie-zowie face

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