Invasion of the Body Snatchers Page #4

Why, you're all crazy.

What's going on down there?

Hello, Nick.

Glad to see you.

You saved these two characters

a trip to the station.

They want to report

finding a body and losing it.

Where? When?

At my place about 7:00.

Why did you

wait so long to report it?

You know better than that, doc.

It was a curious sort

of a body...

and then it wasn't there

anymore.

I have a good mind

to throw you both in jail.

If you'd seen it,

you'd understand why we waited.

Thin man...5'10"...

fingerprints burned off

with acid?

Just seen it on the slab

in the morgue.

Turned up

in a burning haystack...

on Mike Gessner's south pasture

two hours ago.

Now break it up!

Go on home!

You win.

Pick up the marbles.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Orange juice.

Thank you.

How do you

like your eggs?

Any way you'd like.

Boiled, two minutes?

Two minutes?

Mm-hmm.

OK.

You know...

dragging you out of bed

last night was some trouble...

but it was worth it.

Seriously, Miles.

What was that?

Who is it?

It's the gas man.

Morning, doc.

Good morning, Charlie.

I guess I'm a little jittery.

Not getting enough sleep.

I won't bother you anymore.

Putting a meter outside

on the patio.

OK.

The eggs will be hard-boiled.

Did you do this

for your husband?

Mm-hmm.

Didn't your wife

do this for you?

Yes. She liked to cook.

That's one of the reasons

why I'm single--

I never was there

when dinner was on the table.

Take my advice...

and don't get mixed up

with a doctor.

They're seldom at home.

What would you say

if I told you...

I was already

mixed up with a doctor?

I'd say it was too good

to be true.

Things like this

can happen all of a sudden.

What's "all of a sudden"

about two people...

who've been friends

most of their lives?

Good morning.

Good morning.

I thought

I smelled some coffee.

Why didn't you give me a call?

I didn't want to wake Teddy.

She's wide-awake.

Got a good sleep.

Good.

But I don't feel

she should go home right away.

Would you mind taking in

boarders for a while?

Or do you have something else

in mind?

I was toying with an idea...

but you can stay.

Here, Jack.

Thank you, doll.

I'll take it to Teddy.

Miles, did you make

that appointment for me...

with the psychiatrist?

Yes. 2:
00.

I don't need him.

I feel like such a fool.

I woke up this morning,

and everything was all right.

-You don't know my relief.

-Yes, I do.

Will you call Becky

and tell her? She was worried.

All right.

She's at your house.

At your house? Why?

It's a long story,

but she'll tell you about it.

Becky's still at his house.

All right.

Good morning.

Good morning, Sally.

Take a peek at what's

in the reception room.

Mother,

why don't we go home?

In a little while,

Jimmy.

He certainly made

a quick recovery.

I guess we all have.

But driving home...

I had a lot of questions

and no answers.

How could Jimmy and Wilma

seem so normal now?

Surely I had done nothing

to cure them.

Maybe they wanted me

to feel secure, but why?

Well...

I hope

you didn't forget the steaks.

I never forget anything.

Don't worry about him.

He's completely housebroken.

I need a martini, Beck.

Onion or olive?

Doesn't matter.

I want to pour it on the coals.

They just won't burn.

A martini isn't dry enough.

I'll get you something

that'll start it.

For drinking purposes.

You're looking shipshape.

Thank you, sir.

Here we are.

Jack! Jack!

Ugh.

They're like huge seedpods!

This must be how that

body in my closet was formed.

Where are they from?

I don't know.

If they are seeds or seedpods...

they must grow someplace

on a plant.

And somebody or something wants

this duplication to take place.

But when they're finished...

what happens to our bodies?

I don't know.

When the process is complete,

probably the original...

is destroyed or disintegrates...

No! Wait!

Sorry,

but I take a dim view...

of watching my own destruction

take place.

There isn't any danger

until they're completely formed.

We learned that last night

at your house.

Your blank

didn't change right away.

Not until you fell asleep.

Miles, when the change

does take place...

do you suppose

there's any difference?

There must be.

Wilma noticed it.

So did little Jimmy.

So did I.

My father.

That must be

what he was doing...

in the cellar last night--

placing one of these.

I'm sorry.

I felt something wrong,

but I thought it was me...

because I'd been away

for so long.

They must be destroyed,

all of them!

They will be--

every one of them.

We're going to have

to search every building...

every house in town.

Men, women, and children

have to be examined.

We've got some phoning to do.

I'm going to stay

and watch them.

I'm staying with you.

Don't call the police!

Nick Grivett

didn't find any body...

on a burning haystack!

Why don't you call

Danny? Maybe he can help.

Danny?

No.

I'm afraid it's too late

to call Danny, too.

What are you going to do?

Get help.

I hope whatever's taking place

is confined to Santa Mira!

Operator.

This is Dr. Bennell.

This is an emergency.

I want to talk to the Federal

Bureau of Investigation in L.A.

Can you convince them?

I've got to.

Where did they come from?

So much has been

discovered these past few years.

Anything is possible.

Maybe the results

of atomic radiation...

on plant life or animal life...

some weird alien organism,

a mutation of some kind.

Why should they take the form

of people--of us?

I don't know.

Whatever it is...

whatever intelligence

or instinct it is...

that can govern the forming

of human flesh and blood...

out of thin air is...

well,

it's fantastically powerful...

beyond any comprehension,

malignant.

All that body

in your cellar needed...

was a mind, and it was...

And it was taking mine

while I was asleep.

I could take

that pitchfork myself, and--

On your call

to Los Angeles, Doctor...

they don't answer.

Try again! That office

is open day and night!

If they've taken over

the phone office, we're dead.

Is that me?

This is an emergency!

Emergency!

Look, there's been--Hello?

Operator,

get me a better connection.

I'll try, Doctor.

It's no use.

All the Los Angeles circuits

are dead.

OK, try Sacramento!

Give me the state capital.

I want to talk to the governor.

The Sacramento

circuits are busy, Doctor.

I'll call you back.

All right.

All right.

I'll wait for your call.

I'll take the phone outside.

Jack, they've got the phone.

You and the girls take your car

and make a run for it.

First town you get to,

yell for help.

What about you?

That phone

is gonna ring soon.

If nobody answers,

they'll block the roads.

I'll stall them.

Then what?

Try and find out

what's in back of this.

-I'm staying.

-No!

Miles,

don't ask me to leave you.

Jack, get going.

Miles, I can't--

Somebody's got to go,

or we don't get help!

Please,

let's get out of here!

Watch out for yourselves.

Go over by the phone.

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