Man Hunt Page #6

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even though I know

you have no weapons.

I admired your stone door

so much that I imitated it...

by wedging another stone

on the outside.

You're sealed up, as in a grave.

It's no use, Thorndike.

No use at all.

Couldn't you have given me

a cleaner death than this?

Don't be a fool.

I could have killed you an hour ago.

My purpose was to trap you alive.

You've been Immensely helpful.

- What is it you want?

- Now you're being sensible.

- Have you got It?

- What Is It?

It Is the confession that,

with the approval of your government...

you sought to assassinate

our fhrer.

Go to the devil!

You're growing wearisome, Thorndike.

Once more, I ask you to sign...

and save us both

an unpleasant conclusion.

I told you once, I don't sign lies!

You also told me you no longer believed

In killing, yet you killed one of my men.

Oh, I'm not blaming you in the least.

I merely wish to point out

that a lie is relative...

as Is truth.

I tell you, I did not intend

to shoot your bloody fhrer!

I believe you.

I believe you're sincere.

I really do at last.

You actually think you had

no intention to kill...

that It was all a sporting stalk, "

as you call It.

- It was!

- And yet every minute, you were deceiving yourself.

- And every hour since then, you have lied to yourself.

- No!

You've refused to face

your secret self, Thorndike.

From the moment you crossed the frontier,

you became an unconscious assassin.

I'm going to show you to yourself

as you really are, Thorndike.

I'm going to break through that

civilized English mask you were born with.

I'm going to show you

what you really are and were-

an assassin.

You fool!

You fanatical fool!

A token for you, Thorndike.

To make you see the truth.

Jerry. Jerry.

Where is she?

What have you done with her?

Do you expect me

to lie to you, Thorndike?

Do you expect me to tell you

that it was a sporting stalk?

No.

I am honest with you

as you are not honest with me.

She made your mistake, Thorndike.

She flaunted obvious power.

She refused to tell us anything.

Do you know that if it hadn't been for that

postal address you so thoughtfully wrote down...

I don't know what

I should have done.

If you've harmed that girl,

I swear I'll kill you somehow!

I'll live to kill you

if it's the last thing I do!

You believed that the death of our sacred

fhrer would be no great loss to the world.

Surely, then, the death of a girl like that

would be no loss at all.

She was found dead

in the street, Thorndike.

The police reported that she, uh...

jumped to her death from a Window.

She had nothing to do with my actions!

She was innocent! Innocent!

Yes, just as innocent as our fhrer

was of any wrongdoing against you.

No! He's guilty- guilty against me

and against humanity!

Against every decent,

peaceful person in the world!

He's guilty of hatred,

intolerance and murder!

- And that Is why you tried to kill him?

- Yes, I intended to shoot!

I didn't know what I was doing!

I didn't realize my purpose!

I wouldn't face the fact

that I can make myself the instrument...

of all the pitiable, oppressed,

suffering people of the world!

I wonder why I put that shell in my gun.

Now I know!

Yes, I intended to kill! I intended to

avenge the crimes of this monstrous tyrant!

- I know it now!

- And you were acting for your government?

- No, for myself!.

- But It was for the sake of your country, wasn't It?

No, for mine, as well as others.

For your misguided people as well as my own!

Then even though your government knew

nothing about you, you were acting on their behalf.

- No!

- You said you wouldn't sign lies. I've proved them true.

You've admitted the whole thing.

I have a plane

waiting for me in Croydon.

I must soon go. But when I go, it will be

with that document, signed by yourself.

It may interest you to know

why that document is needed.

It will make interesting reading when

we publish the First German white paper.

What do you mean?

- My country has already marched Into Poland.

- I don't believe you.

Twenty divisions

crossed the frontier today.

If you're telling the truth, England

and France will be at war with you within a week!

You're commencing to rave.

We shall take Poland, and no nation

in Europe will dare to raise a hand.

We're on the march at last, Thorndike.

Today, Europe.

Tomorrow, the world.

Thorndike.

Thorndike, why don't you answer me?

Uh, what?

I'm waiting for you to sign.

Uh- I've- I've got

to read it, haven't I?

Oh, Certainly.

Take your time.

- Have you got a cigarette?

- Yes. Certainly.

It's on the stick.

Pull It In.

Have you read It?

I've got to think it over.

I shall give you

15 minutes, Thorndike.

When the time Is up, If you haven't

delivered that document to me properly signed...

I shall shut off your air

and go on my way.

You may last a few hours...

but they will be most unpleasant.

How do I know you'll let me out

after I've signed?

I shall remove the outside stone...

when you're ready to hand it out.

And then shoot me when I crawl out.

My gun is in its holster.

You will have to take my word

as a fellow hunter for that.

Thirteen minutes, Thorndike.

I've removed the barrier, Thorndike.

Are you ready?

- Do you hear me, Thorndike?

- Yes, I hear you.

Five minutes more.

Have you removed the outside stone?

Open your side of the cave,

and you'll see.

- Are you satisfied?

- Yes, I can see it's clear.

Your time is nearly up, Thorndike.

Hand out the document.

You'll have to reach for it.

Hand it out through the venthole.

Your time Is up.

I'm waiting.

And be sure It's signed.

There It Is.

Push it nearer.

I don't propose

to have my wrist seized.

You can come out now, Thorndike.

Come on out, Thorndike.

You're free at last.

You're like that little arrow on your hat-

straight and shining-

and that's the way

I'll always remember you.

Surely then the death of

a girl like that would be no loss at all.

Ain't-Ain't I never gonna see you again?

Every good soldier

needs a crest for his hat.

- Your course and objective

are clearly marked on this map.

- Yes, sir.

- Here.

You will make your reconnaissance

and return immediately.

- Right, sir.

- All the best, old chap.

Thank you, sir.

We've just passed over into Germany.

Right.

- One of the men just bailed out!

- What? Who?

- Thorndike.

- Thorndike?

And from now on, somewhere within Germany...

Is a man with a precision rifle...

and the High degree of Intelligence

and training that Is required to use It.

It may be days, months...

or even years...

but this time

he clearly knows his purpose...

and, unflinching, faces his destiny.

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