Pendulum Page #4

Synopsis: On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): George Schaefer
Production: Artisan Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
M
Year:
1969
102 min
77 Views


I CAN NEVER LEAVE.

I MUST ACCEPT:

WHATEVER VENGEANCE

ELIZABETH CHOOSES

TO INFLICT UPON ME.

[THUNDER]

DOA MEDINA?

DOA MEDINA?

WHAT IS IT,

MR. BARNARD?

MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU?

CERTAINLY.

I CAME TO APOLOGIZE.

APOLOGIZE?

BUT EVERYTHING:

YOU SAID--

I KNOW THAT MY SUSPICIONS

WERE JUSTIFIED,

BUT NOT AS I HAD EXPECTED.

I REALIZE NOW:

THAT MY SISTER'S DEATH

WAS AN ACCIDENT.

I DO NOT BLAME:

YOUR BROTHER.

I FEEL ONLY:

SYMPATHY FOR HIM.

WHAT I DID WAS, I ASSURE YOU,

ONLY BECAUSE OF ELIZABETH.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

I'M SORRY THAT OUR MEETING

SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE

UNDER SUCH UNHAPPY

CIRCUMSTANCES.

HAD THINGS:

BEEN OTHERWISE...

PERHAPS WE SHALL

MEET AGAIN...

IN BARCELONA.

I HOPE SO.

GOOD NIGHT, DOA.

GOOD NIGHT.

DOCTOR.

WHERE ARE YOU:

GOING, SIR?

TO APOLOGIZE TO:

DON MEDINA.

I WOULDN'T SPEAK

TO HIM JUST NOW.

HE IS MUCH:

OVERWROUGHT.

IN THE MORNING,

PERHAPS.

YOU WILL BE:

LEAVING THEN?

YES.

WILL YOU ACCEPT:

THE HOSPITALITY:

OF MY CARRIAGE?

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT,

MR. BARNARD.

Elizabeth:
NICHOLAS.

[CLATTERS]

[CREAKING]

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

NICHOLAS.

[THUD]

[CLATTER]

[GASPS]

NICHOLAS.

ELIZABETH?

WHERE ARE YOU?

ELIZABETH?

WHERE ARE YOU?

OH.

NICHOLAS?

[THUNDER]

NICHOLAS?

IS MY BROTHER WITH YOU?

NO. IS HE NOT

IN HIS ROOM?

NO.

HE MUST BE:

WITH DR. LEON, THEN.

NICHOLAS.

I WILL CHECK BELOW.

YOU TWO SEARCH THIS FLOOR

AND THE ONE ABOVE.

ALL RIGHT.

NICHOLAS.

IS THAT YOU?

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

HUH?

NICHOLAS!

[CLANG]

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

NICHOLAS.

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

ELIZABETH?

[CREAKING]

[MOANING]

OHH...

AAH!

AAH!

[TAPPING]

[MOANS]

NICHOLAS.

[CREAKING]

NICHOLAS!

AAH!

AAH!

[SOBBING]

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHING]

[LOCKS DOOR]

I TOLD YOU TO WAIT.

I COULDN'T.

HE'S GONE.

WHAT ABOUT MY BROTHER?

HE'S SUPPOSED TO LEAVE

IN THE MORNING,

BUT NOW...

WHY COULDN'T YOU WAIT

ONE MORE DAY?

I'VE WAITED

TOO LONG ALREADY.

SO, MY DARLING NICHOLAS,

WE'VE BROKEN YOU AT LAST.

ELIZABETH,

THERE IS NO TIME FOR THIS.

I'VE WAITED AN ETERNITY

FOR THIS MOMENT.

THERE HAS TO BE TIME.

AND NOW, MY DEAR NICHOLAS,

I HAVE YOU EXACTLY

AS I WANT YOU...

HELPLESS.

ELIZABETH.

IS IT NOT IRONICAL,

MY HUSBAND?

YOUR WIFE, AN ADULTERESS.

YOUR MOTHER,

AN ADULTERESS.

YOUR UNCLE, AN ADULTERER.

YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND,

AN ADULTERER.

DO YOU NOT FIND THAT AMUSING,

DEAR NICHOLAS?

YES.

[LAUGHING] YES.

YES.

YES!

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HIM?

HAPPENING?

WHY, WHAT SHOULD

BE HAPPENING, ISABELLA?

ISABELLA?

YOU, BARTOLOME,

MY BROTHER,

HOW DO YOU LIKE:

MY LITTLE WORKSHOP, HUH?

DEAR GOD.

WHY, WHAT AILS YOU,

BROTHER?

[CHUCKLES]

AND YOU, MY DEAR,

WHY ARE YOU SO PALE?

DOES THIS PLACE:

DISTURB YOU?

HEH. I THOUGHT

THE TWO OF YOU:

WOULD ENJOY:

THE NOVELTY OF IT.

COME, LET ME SHOW YOU

ABOUT A BIT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING,

ISABELLA? BARTOLOME!

ARE YOU LEAVING ME?

DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE MY--

[HISSES]

[GASPS]

I'M GOING TO TORTURE YOU,

ISABELLA.

I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SUFFER

FOR YOUR FAITHLESSNESS TO ME.

BEFORE THIS DAY IS OUT,

YOU WILL BE BEGGING ME

TO KILL YOU.

TO RELIEVE YOU:

OF THE AGONY OF HELL

INTO WHICH YOUR HUSBAND

IS ABOUT TO PLUNGE YOU.

HARLOT!

YOU WILL DIE IN AGONY!

DIE!

[ELIZABETH SCREAMING]

[CLANG]

AAH!

NOW, BARTOLOME,

MY BROTHER...

[CHAINS RATTLE]

YAAH!

AAH!

BARTOLOME!

BARTOLOME!

WHERE ARE YOU?

YOU CANNOT HIDE:

FROM ME, YOU KNOW.

DON MEDINA?

DON MEDINA!

THERE YOU ARE,

BARTOLOME!

OH, THERE YOU ARE, SIR.

WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING

ALL OVER FOR YOU.

[THUD]

AND NOW FOR YOU, BARTOLOME,

MY BELOVED BROTHER,

WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE,

MY ULTIMATE:

DEVICE OF TORTURE.

ARE YOU READY NOW,

BARTOLOME?

BARTOLOME?

NOW WE ARE READY

TO BEGIN, BARTOLOME.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE, BARTOLOME?

DON MEDINA,

I AM FRANCIS BARNARD.

I WILL TELL YOU:

WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER

HELL, BARTOLOME.

HELL!

THE NETHER WORLD.

THE INFERNAL REGION.

THE ABODE OF THE DAMNED.

THE PLACE OF TORMENT.

PANDEMONIUM.

ABBADON! TOPHET!

GEHENNA!

NARAKA! THE PIT!

AND THE PENDULUM.

THE RAZOR EDGE:

OF DESTINY.

THUS THE CONDITION OF MAN...

BOUND ON AN ISLAND FROM WHICH

HE CAN NEVER HOPE TO ESCAPE...

SURROUNDED BY:

THE WAITING PIT OF HELL...

SUBJECT TO THE INEXORABLE

PENDULUM OF FATE!

WHICH MUST:

DESTROY HIM FINALLY.

NICHOLAS?

NICHOLAS,

ARE YOU IN THERE?

CATHERINE!

HELP ME! HELP--

NICHOLAS?

[HEAVY CLANK]

[CREAKING]

[GRINDING]

NICHOLAS!

NICHOLAS!

OH, NO!

[SQUEAKING]

[THUNDER]

MAXIMILLIAN!

MAXIMILLIAN, WE MUST BREAK INTO

THE TORTURE CHAMBER! QUICKLY!

[CLATTERING]

[THUNDER]

[CLATTERING]

AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

MAXIMILLIAN!

[CREAKING]

[CLATTERING]

DON MEDINA--HE THOUGHT

THAT I WAS...

SHH.

IT'S OVER NOW.

NICHOLAS.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Catherine:
NO ONE WILL

EVER ENTER THIS ROOM AGAIN.

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY

MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT

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