All language subtitles for No Highway.1951.EN

Oh, yes. Mr. Scott.

Thank you, sergeant.

Mr. Scott, sir.

Mr. Scott, you must be
anxious to get at it.

I thought you'd take
a day to get settled

Before showing up.

Mrs. Scott has that
well in hand.

I see. Nothing like
somewhere to go

While the curtains
are being hung.

Did you
find a nice flat?

Have they given you
a good office?

Quite all right.

You'll want to
take a look around

Before you take over,

Find out what's going on.

When you're ready,
we'll have a talk.

Pretty thing,
isn't it?

It's the new
reindeer.

Easy to recognize
by that tail.

It's the same metal
as the plane.

A new alloy
they've developed.

Major pearl will show you
everything you want to see.

He knows all
about the place.

You're
in good hands.

We call him "the pearl of great price."

I'm in your hands.

I thought we'd start
after lunch.

You have an hour. You
could make a start.

Yes, sir.

I'll see you in the mess at 1:00,

Buy you
a sherry.

I'm glad
you're here.

I've been looking forward to it.

So have I,
sir john.

That's the original
building-

The balloon shed.

Began here with balloons
in the seventies.

That's a very
long time.

All the strength
tests

To check safety factors
are grouped here.

A lot of work
to find out

If the engineer mucked
up his mathematics.

Nothing to see until
something breaks,

Which always happens
when you're away.

Not much point
in this.

Flying birds are pretty
well obsolete, of course.

Part of boffin's
paradise, this is.

You know, the scientists'
lab. Basic research.

The kind who eat their
porridge with a slide rule.

Built their own heaven here,
lightning and all.

Find out what happens
when you get hit by it.

Didn't put in
archangels,

But it wouldn't surprise me
if they've tried.

What... what's that?

Vibration test!

What?

Vi-

This is the test-

Oh, no, no!
Major pearl,

I- I must insist-

This is Mr. Scott. He'll
be in charge of metallurgy,

So you'll be working
under him.

I don't allow-

That's quite an arrangement, Mr. Honey.

Is it the tail group
of the reindeer?

Yes.

What are
you doing?

Vibrating it.

I mean, what are
you after?

I expect the tail
to fall off.

All right,
Mr. Scott.

This way.

Who is he?

That's Mr. Honey-
Theodore honey.

He's a yank. Rhodes scholar, I think,

But he's been here
forever.

What's this about the
reindeer's tail falling off?

They're already
in service.

Old honey has
some wild idea

That vibration might cause
metal fatigue someday

By breaking down
the aluminum atom

In light alloy
structures.

Couldn't vibrate anything
little to find out.

All boffins
are a bit crackers.

Air screws are down there,
if you care to see them.

Of course,
they're dead.

Same with engines.
We'll be all jet soon.

Good night,
Mr. Honey.

Oh.

Mr. Honey,

Care for a lift? I seem
to be going your way.

Oh. Oh, no.
No, thank you.

I wouldn't want to take
you out of your way.

Where do you live?

It's Farnham.
It's quite a way.

I go right
through there.

I'll get a bus.

I wouldn't want
to trouble you.

It's no trouble
at all. Jump in.

Why don't you
throw those in the back?

Oh, thank you.

I was quite interested in
that experiment of yours

With the reindeer
tail group.

Would you tell me
just what your idea is?

It's rather difficult to
explain a thing like that

In words
of one syllable.

Well, I have managed
as much as two syllables

On occasion,
Mr. Honey.

To put it simply,

The purpose of my work has
been to obtain an end result

For the original theoretical
hypotheses of Kirsling of ball

And shillguard of obsola

In which they postulate
vibration as a source of energy.

I reasoned that
since this energy

Does not appear
in ordinary forms

Such as heat
or electrical potential,

It must be absorbed
by the metal itself

And that sufficient
absorption

Would result in nuclear
fission of the aluminum atom

In an isotopic form with
crystalline affinities.

I see.

That means the tail
will fall off.

Exactly.

Oh, here-
Here's where I live.

Thank you very much.

You wouldn't-Would you
care to come in?

Thank you.
I'd like to.

I'm afraid all I can
offer is some sherry.

That will be
very nice.

Oh. Probably
not very good.

I've had it
quite a while.

Perhaps it's time
we tested it

To see if it's
suffering from fatigue.

Oh, that wouldn't
happen to sherry.

Well...

Uh...

Oh, I'm so sorry.

It's the one next door.
It's very easy to do.

You're new to Farnham, Mr. Honey?

We've lived here
11 years.

I have it all planned
what to have for dinner.

Don't you bother with-

Oh.

Hello.

You don't remember where
the sherry is, do you?

The top cupboard,
behind the dishes.

You said it would be
out of Mrs. Higgins' way.

Really? I didn't
notice that.

Up on the top.
Oh! Oh, yes.

Well, never mind that.
I'll get that later.

I knew it must be
somewhere.

I never really
forget anything.

Dear, would you get
some glasses, please?

We haven't had to look
for it for some time.

The last guest we had
was dr. Gellingsworth

From the bacteriological
institute before Christmas.

I'm afraid I'm giving you trouble.

Oh, no, not at all.
Won't you sit down?

Elspeth? Here we are.

All right. Say when.

I guess Mrs. Higgins did
find them. I'll get more.

I wish you wouldn't
bother.

It's no trouble.

It's just around
the corner.

Elspeth, will you
entertain Mr.-

I don't believe you told me your name.

Scott.

This is my daughter Elspeth.

I'll be
right back.

I see. Yeah.

Won't you sit down,
Mr. Scott?

Uh... just where
would you suggest?

Oh, I'm so sorry.

It's my father's
work.

You have to be
very careful.

It might be something
very important.

There.

Thank you.

Your father does
a good deal of work?

Yes. It's very hard
being a scientist.

One has to think
a great deal.

The world would have made
scarcely any progress

If it hadn't been
for scientists.

The scientists do the world's thinking,

And the rest of us just
live in it, is that it?

Yes.

When my father's thinking,
I keep very quiet.

What about
your mother?

Does she help you
keep quiet?

My mother is dead,
Mr. Scott.

The b-2 in the war.

I'm very sorry
indeed, Elspeth.

You must miss her
very much.

Yes, I do. My father does more, I think.

I try to do things
the way she did,

But I'm not
very good at it.

You see, I'm still
a little young.

I'd like to show you the
house if you would like.

That would be
very nice.

This is the living room,
of course.

Would you like
to see my room?

Yes, I would.
Very much.

This way, please.

This is where
you sit quietly

While he does
his thinking?

Yes.

What do you do?

Well, sometimes
I think,

And then I'm
training Theodore.

That's Theodore.

It's a kind
of experiment

To determine
his capacity

For the association
of ideas.

I tie his food here

To see when
he will learn

To ring the bell
when he's hungry.

It's a very little bell,
so it isn't noisy.

It doesn't matter
very much

Whether he learns to
or not

Because he's quite a nice little fish.

Yes.

Well, what else
do you like to do?

Don't you ever
play games?

Oh, yes. Nearly always after dinner.

We have a schedule
for it.

What sort of games
do you play?

Oh, like about what
things are pentamerous.

Penta-Oh. How
do you play that?

You take turns
finding things

That are five
of everything

Until one of you
can't find any.

Then he loses.

It's part of the science
of numerics.

Uh, what other
games do you play?

Well, there's
pyramidology.

Pyramid...

Ology.

Pyramidology.

That's the science
of the great pyramid.

My father made it up-
The game, I mean.

Here it is.
Excuse me.

It was built
in the year 3234 B.C.,

And it's
very scientific.

It was built in direct
relationship to the stars,

So it has an astronomical
significance.

It's the only known architectural
example of squaring the circle.

That is, the area
of the base

Is directly equal
to that of the circle,

But the height of the
structure is its radius.

It has the most wonderful
maths in it.

I'm sure it must be great fun.

Oh, it is.

Elspeth? What have you done
with Mr. Scott, dear?

We're just coming,
father.

We'd better go.

He may be looking
for the corkscrew,

And he really isn't very
good at finding things.

I'll get that
out of your way.

I'm afraid it becomes
a little cluttered in here.

Oh. Why didn't
I see that?

I think I'd better
leave this.

This is some correspondence
I've been having with ton gal,

A Tibetan in the abbey
del ville in Luglain.

It's on the theory
of numbers.

In 1742, Goldbach
postulated

That every positive
even integer

Is the sum of two primes.

It's been verified to 10,000
but never proved.

We're trying to prove it.

I'd want to know
where to find that.

By all means.

Sounds interesting,
but isn't it pointless?

Quite. That's
the beauty of it.

Here's something
very interesting.

This is-
This is Rutherford.

Yes. I wanted
to finish this.

Yes, he identifies the 10
lost tribes with the Sythians-

Quite conclusively, too.

Nice to read aloud
to Elspeth.

Oh, yes. I do.

"Light alloy structures
in history."

You know where
that goes, dear.

This one-
Oh, oh, I've...

Yes.

One of the more difficult
of the sciences,

I should imagine.

Hmm? What's that?

Oh. Oh, yes.
That's-Do you know,

I didn't find that
very satisfactory.

They had such different
problems with their children

Then I've had
with Elspeth.

You haven't found parenthood difficult?

Not really.

I've been very systematic about it.

I laid out
a schedule-

So much work,
sleep, play...

Pyramidology.

Pyramid-Yes.

What's been your experience
in holidays?

I mean, do you
send her away

Where she can be
with other children?

Do you have any
children, Mr. Scott?

No, but I hope to.
I'd value your opinion.

I used to send her away
with other children,

But I don't anymore.

She never seemed to
like it very much.

I think perhaps
that was because

The other
children's minds

Weren't well enough
organized

To interest her.

She's really
much happier here.

She's quite good
at being by herself.

Her-Her mind
is really developing

Quite remarkably,
Mr. Scott.

I think she'll be
a very fine woman.

Yes, I'm sure
she will be.

Well, I'd better
be getting along.

Oh?

I'll look in
at your office soon.

I'd like to hear more
about your experiment.

What did you
want to know?

Just when you expect
failure to occur.

Well, I probably
have that right here.

It's here someplace.

There it is.

2.76 times "k"
over "l"-

That's
the time factor-

It's in BTI units,
of course. That's-

Let's see...

1,440.

1,440 what?

Hours.

You don't mean
you expect the tail

To fall off
in 1,400 hours?

No. 1,440.

But, Mr. Honey,
many aircraft

Have flown
millions of miles

Without tails coming
off because of vibration.

Mr. Scott,
you asked me

For the evaluation
on time

Of my "u" subscript
"n" symbol.

The mathematical
answer

Is 1,440 hours
to failure

For the specific
tailplane

On which my calculations
are based.

How long has your test
been running?

832 hours, 14 minutes, and 7 seconds

As of shutdown
tonight.

They don't allow more
than eight hours a day.

The people
in the neighborhood

Complain about
the racket.

You know,
of course,

That a commercial
aircraft

Piles up flying hours
much faster.

Yes. That's probably
quite true.

Why didn't you insist
on a 24-Hour basis?

Oh, I did
originally,

But they decided to
do it for eight hours.

But you hadn't given them
your 1,440-Hour figure.

Well, I never
include detail

On my preliminary
report.

I
- See, science is in no hurry, Mr. Scott.

I'm working on
a principle which,

If I'm correct, will
be true for all time.

Whether I reach it a day
or so later or earlier

Isn't important.

It might be important
to the 50 people

Who take off in reindeers every day.

Mr. Scott, you
don't understand.

I'm a scientist, and
science is very exacting.

It requires the utmost concentration.

I can't be concerned
about people.

I-

If a doctor
is trying to find

A cure
for a disease,

What if he
got upset

About everybody that got sick and died?

He'd never get any work done at all!

People must be someone else's concern.

I can't let it
be mine, Mr. Scott.

You can find my preliminary
report in the files.

I don't wish to add
anything more at the present.

If you'll excuse me,

I think I'd better be
getting home.

Father.

Oh.

It's very easy
to do, you know.

Well, good-Bye,
Elspeth.

Good-Bye,
Mr. Scott.

Good-Bye,
Mr. Honey.

Excuse me, please,
gentlemen.

Rub her down, Ned.

Don't give her any water
till she stops sweating.

Scotty! No!

What are you
doing here?

Bill, hello. I've been
watching that plane.

I guessed
it was you.

Have you come here
for a job?

I got one.

That calls for
a drink.

Well, it's
a little early.

Rosie, customers!

What are you
going to fly?

Nothing.
Matrimony set in.

Grounded, eh?

Perhaps you'd sooner
not talk about it.

You wait
till you see her.

I'm glad you can
take it so well.

Rosie! Scotty,
meet Rosie.

She's a spy.

Wait till you see
her bedroom.

It's papered in blueprints,
isn't it, Rosie?

Oh, Mr. Penworthy!

Two large scotches,
will you?

What is your job?

Head of metallurgy.

Don't tell me
you're one of those

Crawling little
desk blokes.

Always was. Went back
when I got out.

Rosie,
this is vodka.

Oh, Mr. Penworthy!
Hee hee hee!

Off we go.

Don't you like
desk blokes, bill?

Listen, Scotty,
pilots and desks,

Dogs and cats-
Natural enemies.

They've got
one theme song-

"Pilot's error."

Whenever anything
goes wrong

And there's a smash-Up, pilot's error.

Rosie.

Do you remember
harry ward?

Yes.

Look what
they did to him.

His reindeer flew into
the hill at Labrador

A while ago.

All in little pieces. Nothing to go on.

Pilot dead,
so pilot's error.

You don't think
it was?

With harry ward? Scotty,
you can't be serious.

They said he was dropping
off altitude in an overcast.

He wouldn't do a crazy thing like that.

Rosie, if you can
tear yourself away

From the salt mines
for a couple of minutes,

We would like
a couple of vodkas.

Oh, Mr. Penworthy!

7 to 10 degrees
angle of descent,

Motors full on
when he hit.

Obviously he was
in control.

Dropping off
altitude.

Pilot's error. He didn't
reckon on that hill.

How many hours had it flown with tests?

How many hours
with tests?

I can tell you that,
Mr. Scott.

They flew
a lot of tests.

Simulated flights
in weather...

Uh... total number
of flying hours

Before estimated
time of crash...

1,407.

1,407?

That's right.

Have you any photographs
of the wreckage?

How many would you
like to see?

We cover everything
here, Mr. Scott.

We leave nothing out,
I assure you.

Reindeer crash,
photographs of wreckage.

Any particular part
of the wreck?

Yes. The tailplane.

Hmm.

I want to see a photograph
of the tailplane.

I remember now. They
didn't find the tailplane.

Nothing unusual
in that.

The plane turned over
as it hit, caught fire,

Wreckage spread
all over the place.

Thick undergrowth.
You can't see 10 feet.

The investigation-

Thanks very much.
I'm much obliged.

All right. We send someone to Labrador,

Comb through that
godforsaken country

For a section
of tail spar,

And take a hiding
from taxpayers

When there's
nothing to it.

All the ruddy
decisions to make

And never one
you can be sure about.

One thing you do know-

A boffin has to be a
bit balmy to be a boffin.

The line between genius

And being just plain
crackers is so thin,

You never know
which side you're on,

Nor when they've
crossed it.

Tchaikovsky, I'm told, one
day began to eat raw goldfish,

And Moliere
discovered suddenly

That he was better off
standing on his head.

Oh, we've
had it here, too.

A fine time
the papers had

When one of our boffins started
pinching girls in the park.

And now our Mr. Honey informs us

That reindeers will fall
apart after 1,400 hours

And holds the time figure out on us.

If I did things like
that, they'd lock me up.

How long before
his infernal machine

Is due to prove
something?

Weeks yet, sir.

Get it on
a 24-Hour basis.

Get someone
to handle complaints

When they start
coming in.

Very good, sir.

How many hours have the
other reindeers done?

Not nearly
as many.

That one
was the prototype.

That's why it's got
so many hours.

The others were delivered
just before service.

They can't have
more than 500.

That's the best news
I've had today.

I don't want
to ask the airline

To ground
their new fleet

Based only on what
Mr. Honey says.

Well, that's it.
Oh, wait a minute.

You know who we're sending
to Labrador, don't you?

That's right.
Mr. Theodore honey.

He's the one
who started all this.

Maybe a hard climb
will do him good.

He knows what he's looking
for better than anyone.

Get him started
as soon as you can.

I'll give him the good news right away.

Passengers for flight 26
to Gander and Montreal,

Will you please have
your embarkation slips ready

And proceed to the exit door
for boarding the aircraft?

You have to
go through that door.

Every stitch he has
is in that bag.

You can't say
he squanders his money.

Have a good trip,
Mr. Honey.

We'll look after
Elspeth.

They'll look
after you, dear.

Yes, I know. Have you
got your sandwich?

Yes, yes.

Tomato, cheese, and
there was some nice fish.

Good-Bye, daddy.

Good-Bye, dear.

I'm afraid I didn't
bring a handkerchief.

I'm sorry. We were
in such a hurry packing.

Mr. And Mrs.
Brook Holter?

Thank you.

Your name,
please, sir?

Honey.
Theodore honey.

And your embarkation slip, please.

Miss Teasdale.

Oh, yes!
Miss Teasdale.

Uh, thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Fasten your safety belts.

No smoking, sir,
until we take off.

Fasten your
safety belts.

Would you like to take your coat off?

You'll be more
comfortable.

That's right.

We haven't many
passengers this trip,

So you can use this seat
for your things.

Fasten your
safety belt, please.

Pardon?

I'll help you do it.

That's it. Don't want you to fall out.

All right now?

Yes, thank you.
You're very kind.

I'll be back to help
you get out of that.

Thank you.

May I have your-

May I have your
attention, please?

You may unfasten your seat belts
and smoke if you like.

My name is
Marjorie Corder.

This is
Peggy miller.

We're here to do
anything we can

To make your trip
pleasant and comfortable.

We'll be glad
to give you

Refreshments and drinks
quite free of charge,

And although we both
might regret it personally,

No tipping
is permitted.

Thank you. We're glad
to have you aboard.

Here you are,
miss Teasdale.

Thank you.

Anything we can do
for you?

No, thank you
very much.

Don't you want
to get rid of that now?

Might as well
make yourself comfortable.

Here's the button
to adjust your seat.

Here's the switch for your
reading light when you want it.

We'll serve dinner soon,

But maybe you'd like some
sandwiches and a little coffee?

Well, I-I-

We have milk, too,
if you'd rather.

Oh, I think a little
coffee would be nice.

I brought
some sandwiches.

My daughter
made them.

Her name's Elspeth.

Oh, well, they're probably
much better than ours, then.

You sure you didn't
bring your own coffee?

No.

I'll get you some.

Uh, miss.

Miss, weren't you-

Isn't that
Monica Teasdale-

That one you were
just talking to?

Yes, it is. She's crossed with us often.

A great many of
the film stars do.

Are you a fan
of hers?

Oh, I didn't mean-

I never go to films,
really, not since-

I- I haven't gone
in years.

Would you like me

To take over
your autograph book?

Oh, no, no.
I don't even have one.

No. I wouldn't want
to trouble her.

All right.

I'll be back
with your coffee.

Oof!

Oh, excuse me.

I didn't mean to wish
the baby on you,

But I've got one
making his first trip.

Sometimes they're worse.
Brought his own sandwiches.

Hey, the skipper can't
find his cloud glasses.

He thinks he may have
dropped them in here.

Have a look round
for them, will you, Peggy?

He's quite a bit worried.
Almost run into a big one.

Oh, no, you don't. No
"new girl" jokes here.

She's doing fine.

If you've come for
coffee, help yourself.

We give pilots service-
Copilots, no.

Oh, so you're
on her side.

Which one's
the Boffin?

The Boffin?

Scientific bloke
from Farnborough.

Radio said
he was aboard.

Sam thinks we ought
to look around-

Courtesy of the trade,
that sort of thing.

What's his name?

Theodore honey,
believe it or not.

Don't tell me. 2-
To-1 I can find him.

I'll take
the uncombed bloke

Halfway down
the starboard side.

Looks as though he didn't have a mother.

Mr. Honey in 21.

See? Can't miss.

From Farnborough? I've
been a bright lass.

I've been
talking to him

As though he'd never
seen a plane before.

I'll question
the master intelligence.

I suppose he speaks
our language.

Well, let him have
his coffee first.

All right.
I'll come down for him

When we've hit
the step.

We'll only give him
the six-Minute tour.

He may ask a few
questions we can't answer.

Here you are,
Mr. Honey.

No idea you were
an expert on aviation.

I deserve a prize
for talking to you

As though you'd never
flown before.

Oh, well, I never
have flown before.

What I know
about airplanes

Is more when
they're in pieces.

Ha ha! Well, you seem
to be quite famous.

Captain Samuelsson said he'd
like to show you over the plane,

Flight deck and all.

They don't do that
for everyone.

You're all being
very nice, but-

I think
you'd be interested.

These new reindeers are
beautifully equipped-

Radar and everything.

Is this a reindeer
we're in?

That's right-
A nice, new, shiny one.

Well, I think I'd like
to see it very much.

The copilot will be down
for you, but don't hurry.

Enjoy Elspeth's
sandwiches.

Over here, pressure
analyzer for the cabin.

Now will you come
this way, Mr. Honey?

Thank you, captain.

Will you
step down, please?

Now, the engine instruments are here.

Hank can tell

If a cylinder misfires just
once and which one it is.

I think he could
take a reading

On whether
his girlfriend's out

With somebody else
or not.

Now then,
mind the hatch, sir.

Find it, Mick?

Yeah.
Fuses keep blowing

On the undercarriage
safety circuit.

Here we have the radar screen, sir,

Radio altimeter,
radio compass,

Df loop,

Drc repeater,
which is duplicated

On the pilot's panel
just in case.

Uh, I don't suppose

Many things go wrong
these days.

Almost never.

Won't even use reconditioned
engines on this line.

We get new ones
every 600 hours.

Mmm, they're
pretty things.

They're really obsolete,
though, aren't they?

They're good enough
for me.

Not a cylinder has
missed a take yet.

This is the third set.

Have me out of a job

If they don't kick up
something soon.

Well, I wouldn't think
that that would hap-

Did you say
the third set?

That's right.

But I thought the reindeers
were new on this run.

They are on this run,

But this was one
of the first built.

The builders wanted
experience for this ship

Before turning the fleet
over to this line,

So we were loaned out
on the south american run.

Well, for how long?

Quite a while.

Well, could you
tell me exactly

How many hours
this airplane has flown?

Certainly.

It's right here.

Um...

1,422 up to takeoff.

Anything else, sir?

But the...

No, I...

We have dual
adf indicators-

No, no,
thank you. No.

Well, did you learn
all about aeroplanes?

Mr. Dobson, I must speak
to the captain at once.

Captain Samuelsson
is very busy, Mr. Honey.

Is there something
I can do?

Mr. Dobson, please
tell the captain

I believe this airplane
is in serious danger.

I insist on speaking
to him, please.

I'll see what I can do.

Well, Mr. Honey,
what's all this about?

I understand you're not
very happy about something.

Captain, this airplane
and everybody in it

Is in very serious
danger,

And you must
turn back at once.

Uh, what sort of danger?

Captain, I've been working on
a theory on nuclear fission.

I used the tailplane of
a reindeer as a basis.

According
to my calculations,

It will fail
in 1,440 hours.

I see, but now,
this is a theory.

I've done a great deal of work on this.

This airplane has
flown 1,422 hours

As of takeoff.

The tailplane can
fail at any moment.

Mr. Honey, I don't
believe you realize

The very strict procedures

Under which
an airline operates.

Have you ever heard of an
airworthiness certificate?

But this is something
entirely new, captain!

This is-Nobody knows
anything about this!

Well, why
don't they know?

It would seem
very strange

If Farnborough wouldn't
tell us about that.

Mr. Honey, have they
definitely accepted your theory?

Well, they-
There is no proof-

No, not the way
you mean it.

I'm on my way to Labrador right now

To investigate
that crash.

That airplane crashed
at 1,407 hours,

Within hours
of my calculations-

Less time than
this airplane has flown.

But do you know
that the tail group failed?

The tail group wasn't
found with the wreckage.

Every minute
that we spend-

But the truth
of the matter is

That apart from the
coincidence of the crash,

All of this is
just your opinion.

Now, look, Mr. Honey,
would you feel happier

If we had a look
at the tail spar?

It won't do
any good!

It will happen
very suddenly.

One moment,

The tailplane spar will
be perfectly normal,

And the next moment,

The whole character of
the metal will change,

And the tail will
break off, captain,

Quite suddenly, and
you'll go into a dive

From which
you can't recover.

Your only chance,
captain,

Is to turn back
immediately.

You can cut
your inboard engines

To break up the vibration frequency.

Land at the first
available airport,

And if you don't
do it, captain,

This airplane's going
to crash into the sea.

We're all going to
be killed.

I see.

Tell you what I'll do.

I'll radio back
a full report

Of all you've told me,

And if London tells me
to turn back, I will.

Meanwhile, I'll cut the
inboard motors as you suggest.

It will make us
late at gander,

But I'll take
that responsibility,

But, sir, I warn you.

There won't be anyone at the
airport to make a decision like that,

And this time of day,

They'll find it difficult
to find anyone who can.

Very well, captain.

Let's wish ourselves
luck.

Well, I've heard a good many
strange things in my life,

But that's way ahead
by a mile.

You'd better put it on
the horn to London, peter.

I wouldn't miss unloading
a report like that

On the boys
for half my pension.

Right.

Well, it will give them
something to think about, anyway.

Here it goes.

London radio
from flight 26.

O.K., sir?

Yeah.

London radio
from flight 26.

Over.

Hey, Marjorie, I've got news for you.

Your boffin's
crackers!

Did he ask you some
questions you couldn't answer?

Clean
off his rocker.

He says the tail
will fall off.

He didn't!

He did,
and with variations.

Keep an eye on him
in case he gets violent.

He didn't seem
to be like that.

Thinks we ought
to stop it vibrating.

Ruddy little squirt.
I'd like to vibrate him.

Sam says ring through
if you need help.

May I look in here
for just a moment?

Go ahead.

Is there anything
I can do to help?

No.

Thank you very much.

What-What-What's
all that about?

Oh, liked the tour
they gave him,

I suppose, so he's
having one of his own.

Coffee, Sam?

Oh, no, thanks.
Not just now.

I, um...

Want to get some cigarettes from my bag.

Miss Teasdale.

Hmm?

You don't know me,
miss Teasdale.

Honey's my name-
Theodore honey-

And I just
couldn't help-

I'd like to talk to you.

Of course.

I'd be very pleased.

I've always fel-

Mrs. Honey and I,
we've always-

I've always felt
I owed you a great deal.

Your pictures meant a lot
to my wife and I.

That's why I want
to talk to you.

You're very kind.

It's about-May I?

Certainly.

It's-It's about the
condition of this airplane.

I'm afraid we're
in very serious danger.

I'm rather afraid

The tail may drop off
at any moment.

Now, when that happens,
there may be-

Is that so?

Yes. When that happens,
there may be a little time.

Go to the men's room
and sit on the floor.

The partition there
is very rigid

Because the galley stove is bolted
to the floor on the other side.

Now, if you survive
the first impact,

Try to get out of the escape
hatch and get to a life raft.

They may pick you up when they
search for us in the morning.

That's certainly
very interesting.

Go to
the men's room...

Yes.

Sit on the floor...

Oh, no.

According to
these calculations...

Mr. Honey, I'm afraid miss
Teasdale is very tired.

We really ought
to let her rest

For a while,
don't you think so?

Yes. I'm
a little tired,

But thank you very much, Mr. Honey.

Please, Mr. Honey.

I'm sorry.
I was only trying to help.

I'm sure you were.

Some other time,
perhaps.

Whew.

You shouldn't have done that, Mr. Honey.

It was quite clear
I shouldn't have.

I'm sure you don't want to alarm people.

You might even
cause a panic.

You won't do it
again, will you?

No, no,
I won't do it again.

I know you're
very worried.

Isn't there
anything I can do?

You know all about this,
don't you?

Yes. The pilot had
to tell me.

You've been
very kind to me.

I'm sorry
I made trouble.

Oh, no, Mr. Honey. You really
didn't make any trouble.

It's only that-

I think I'd like
to tell you

What I was trying to tell miss Teasdale.

Well, do if it will
make you feel any better.

Well, I think
I know more about this

Than either you
or the captain.

I think I know
what's going to happen,

And if it happens
at this altitude,

There will be less than three
minutes before we hit the water.

Now, there's one place
in this airplane

Where a person would
have a chance

To survive that impact.

Come with me.

Now, at the first
sign of trouble,

Go in here and sit on
the floor with your back

Against
the partition here.

See, this parti
- Here, I'll show you.

This partition
is very rigid

Because the stove here
is bolted to the floor.

I tried to tell
miss Teasdale that

Because I felt that I
owed her something, but-

Now, I want you
to know.

I won't talk
to anybody else.

That's good of you to have
told me all this, Mr. Honey.

No one has worried about me
like that for quite a while.

But you will remember what
I told you when it happens.

I'll remember. I can't promise to do it.

I'm one of the crew, and there
are quite a few things to do

If anything happened
like that,

But thank you
just the same.

Do it if you can,
though.

I think we'll be all right, Mr. Honey,

But in any event,

There's nothing
we can do about it.

It's kind of you to worry
about me, but please don't.

Why don't you try and
get some rest instead?

Yes, I'll try.

I think that crisis
is over now, miss Teasdale.

I don't think
it will happen again.

What's the matter with that little man?

I think he was just trying
to do something for you,

But I'm afraid he's got
some rather odd ideas.

Ha ha!
He certainly has.

He told me to sit on the
floor in the men's room.

If that isn't
an odd idea,

I'd like
to meet one.

I think he was trying to
tell you the best place to be

If there was
an accident.

Is that what
I ought to do?

I think he's right about
it being the safest place.

But if he's right
about that,

He may be right about
the tail falling off.

Who is he?

Just a passenger
- Some kind of scientist, I think,

And you know,
they don't often crack.

Oh.

The altitude,
miss Teasdale,

Sometimes causes a highly nervous
state in certain passengers.

I'm sure that it had
that effect

On Mr. Honey for a while,
but he's quiet now.

That's more
than I am.

There's about to be another
passenger on this plane

In a highly
nervous state.

I assure you there's
nothing to be alarmed about.

Captain Samuelsson's
had a long-

Now listen, dear.

The scientist says this
plane is going to crash.

The captain says
it isn't.

Your vote
doesn't count.

You have to string
along with the captain.

What's that?

He seems to be
saving fuel.

He wouldn't do that
without a reason.

I thought you said
he didn't believe it.

All I meant,
miss Teasdale-

Just a minute.

If I'm going to
meet my maker,

I would like
to know about it.

Now, I'll tell you
what you can do.

You can go and get
a cup of coffee

And bring it
to me over there.

No, miss Teasdale. I've just
got him quiet. Please.

Right now, I don't
want him quiet.

There are lots of things
I want him to talk about.

Now just go and get
the coffee.

Mr. Honey?

I was only
half-Awake,

And I only
half-Heard

What you were
trying to tell me.

May I sit down
for a minute?

Yes, certainly.

Thank you.

Would you like
a cigarette?

No, thank you.

She tells me
you're a scientist.

Would you care
for a lozenge?

Lozenge?
No, thank you.

Right. Will do.
Listening out.

The airport can't make any
decision about turning back.

They've never heard of
any trouble with the tail.

They'll try and contact
someone at a higher level

At the airline
or the ministry,

But it may take
some time.

Till then, you're to use
your own judgment.

They also want us to keep
an eye out for a small boat-

Some crackpot trying to sail
the Atlantic single-Handed.

Fine.

He may be in trouble.

Well,
if we see him,

We'll ask him what we
ought to do about it.

All right, now I
estimated it would require

A speed
of 420 miles an hour

To bring the forces
into equilibrium.

This can be attained
by a downward flight path

Of 7 degrees
below the horizontal.

That angle would keep us
from plunging straight in,

Although at that speed,

The impact would be
rather severe. See?

I see.

I don't see
at all, of course,

But I do understand that
when you think something out,

You don't stop
halfway, do you?

But the pilot-

He should
understand you.

Why doesn't he
turn back?

Well, it was rather
difficult for the pilot.

You see, I imagine all this
may sound a little improbable

If you haven't
studied it.

Would it help
if I talked to him?

No, no,
I don't think so,

And I think
we're quite near

To the point
of no return, anyway.

The point
of no return?

That's where
it's as short to go on

As it is to turn back.

Oh.

I thought you meant
something else.

Miss Teasdale,
would you like your coffee

In your own seat?

No. Put it over here.

Oh, as a matter
of fact,

Let's go back there,
where we won't wake anybody

No matter
how much we talk,

And where I can say
my prayers if I feel like it.

Yes,
miss Teasdale.

Then we can stop worrying
who's going to sit where.

Come on,
Mr. Honey.

That's it-
Halfway just.

O.K.

Oh, peter.

If they call you
on that thing again,

Tell them to tell
the high-Ups

They needn't bother making a
decision about turning back.

All right, sir.

Next stop, gander.

I had a canary once.

It didn't have any tail.

It flew all right.

Ha ha! Funny.

I would have thought
I'd feel quite differently

Of being right
up against it like this.

My mind is going
twice as fast,

As though it were
trying to catch up

With all the thinking
it didn't get around to.

All those people there-

Makes you wonder

Which one you would
pick out to save

If you were god

And which one wouldn't
matter much.

What are you thinking?

Oh, I don't know.

I never thought much
about a thing like that.

No. You didn't
have much time.

You were so busy with
your multiplication table.

But you had a chance
to play god

For a little while.

Why did you pick me out

When you decided
to save someone?

Oh, but you ought
to live.

I mean,
the work you do-

You should
keep on doing it.

Oh, the work...

No, I don't think
I buy that-

A few cans of celluloid
on a junk heap someday.

It has been fun,
but that's about all.

No, with the work
you do-

If you could have
finished that,

All these people
and lots more

Wouldn't be in the spot
they're in right now.

That's the kind of work
that should be finished.

No.

I think I'd pick you.

Well, that's
very nice of you

To say that,
miss Teasdale,

But I think it will be
all right about the work.

The work will
get done.

I think it will be
all right about me.

Haven't you any family?

Yes,
I have Elspeth.

That's
my little girl.

Oh, you have
a little girl?

That's worth a lot
to come back to.

Oh, yes. Well,
I didn't mean

That I wouldn't
like to.

We're really
very fond

Of one another.

I- What I mea-

I- I-I've been
thinking about that,

And I-
She's 12 now.

Her character's
formed, I think.

Mary did that,
mostly.

She-

That's my wife-

I wish it didn't have to be like that,

But I
- She's developed to such a point,

I think she's going to be all right.

Of course,

I've been able to help in
a lot of things, I think.

She's much more
soundly developed

Than most children
her age.

Uh, really has
a remarkable grasp

Of crystallography.

Well, that's very good,
of course.

What is it?

Well, it's quite
fundamental.

It's always been
odd to me

That the schools
don't teach it.

No, I've really had
to help her

In almost everything
she knows worth knowing.

Has she got a compact?

A- A what?

Oh, a compact.

I don't know. Why?

Never mind.

That isn't it.

Uh-Uh. No.

Some more minutes,

And each one is like kind
of a present, isn't it?

Ha ha! You know what I was
thinking about just then?

All the people who will
come to my funeral.

That will be
quite an occasion.

Do you have a family, miss Teasdale?

No.

Not even a husband
at the moment,

But there's my agent.

Oh, he'll be so sad.

He had 5 more years
to go at 10%.

And then there's
Loreen Carver.

Oh, she'll cry the most.

She'll give
a beautiful performance,

And then she'll try
to get the part

In the picture
I was going to make.

I suppose that's why I don't
feel the way I thought I would.

I would have stopped
working quite a while ago

If I could have figured
out what to do with myself.

I was married three times,

But it never came
to anything.

I wouldn't be surprised
if it was all my fault.

Maybe providence is
trying to tell me something.

Maybe it took
a first-Class high dive

Into the middle of the
Atlantic to make me quit,

But maybe I'd rather
it ended with a big splash.

No, no.

You-You've
made people happy

You don't
even know about,

Like my wife Mary.

You know, she took me to
see one of your pictures

That last night before the bomb came.

She talked
about it a lot

When we got home.

You made
that last night

Very happy for her.

That's worth doing,
miss Teasdale.

You know, when we
used to go to pictures,

We used to walk
right out on them

When Mary didn't
like them.

We never walked out on
one of your pictures.

Mr. Honey,
this is not exactly

The best compliment
I've ever had.

Maybe
it's the nicest.

That's why I had to
tell you what I did.

I have to do everything I can for you.

You mean it, too,
don't you?

You scientists
are always so busy

Figuring out
new things.

Why don't you
figure out

A mascara
that won't run?

Well, I'm afraid that's
a little out of my field.

All right.

I'll be as good as new
in a minute.

Thanks for holding
my hand.

I wouldn't mind
seeing something.

I don't care
very much what.

Newfoundland ought to
be around here somewhere,

If I haven't
added wrong.

How late are we?

An hour
and 28 minutes.

It's about time
I got them on their feet.

Leave them alone.

This stuff's got gander
airfield closed in.

We may have to sit up
here till it breaks.

Oh, fine.
Want some coffee?

No.

Start the inboard
motors to land.

Hank, unfeather
two and three.

How long?

About half an hour.

I'll get them cracking
back there.

Oh, I'll take that coffee now. Thanks.

All right.

Take it, Sam.

Call gander tower.

Tell them I want
the runway cleared.

Tell them I'm coming straight
in on a direct approach.

They're asking for
an emergency landing.

What's up?

He said it was
a long story.

Better phone
A.O.A. Flight 52

And tell them
to keep circling.

I'll look after
things down here.

Hello.

Miss Teasdale.

Miss Teasdale,
we land in 20 minutes.

Would you like
some coffee?

20 minutes?

We're that close?

We're still
all in one piece.

Yes. It's a lovely,
clear night.

So it is.
The stars are out.

I'll go back
to my seat.

Would you like
some coffee, Mr. Honey?

No, thank you.

You did have rather a lot, didn't you?

I'm sorry you had to
be so worried,

But I think we're
quite all right now.

We're all very lucky.

You'll go back
to your seat

And fasten your safety belt, won't you?

Yes.

Gear down.

Gear down, sir.

Watch the undercarriage.
Safety locks are out.

Full flaps.

Full flaps, sir.

Reverse pitch.

Looks all right
to me.

I don't know what he was
in such a hurry about.

Right, sir.

Quite a night,
Mr. Honey.

I guess you must have
multiplied someplace

Where you should
have divided.

How long
do we stay here?

About an hour,
I think, sir.

Mr. Honey...

Will you come
with me, please?

Will you come, too,
miss Corder?

Any news for me
from London?

No, not a thing.

That would make it
too easy.

Where's the A.R.B.
Inspector?

He's probably
asleep.

I want that aircraft
inspected

As no aircraft's
been inspected in history.

Dobson, you'd better
break it to the passengers

There's going to be a delay.

Miss Corder, if this inspection
is satisfactory and we take off,

I'm taking responsibility
for refusing

To carry Mr. Honey
on the flight,

As I consider his presence
an unnecessary hazard.

I'll arrange that all other
flights leaving this airfield

Are adequately informed about
him before they carry him.

Meanwhile, it's
your responsibility

To see he doesn't get in touch
with any other passengers.

I don't want
them alarmed

By groundless
and unnecessary fears.

Yes, sir.

Right. Let's go.

I feel rather like
a policewoman.

I don't like it
very much.

I don't want to make
any more trouble for you.

Where do you
want me to go?

I know an office.

Let's try and make it the nicest
arrest that's ever happened.

Are we going to
leave on time?

There will be
a short delay.

The captain wants an
inspection. It won't take long.

Mr. Honey.

They say two hours.
That means three hours.

I'd like to tell somebody
what this will cost me.

Some coffee, please.

The one I liked best

Was the one where you
killed your husband.

I liked that, too.

Well, it's nice
and comfortable.

I'll bring you something
to eat if you like.

Bacon and eggs
all right?

Yes. That would be
very nice.

I think it's better
that you stay here.

Some of the passengers
get upset about delays.

They might find out
it was you

And say things
they didn't really mean.

I'll do anything
you say.

Good. I'll be back
in no time.

Sorry.

I brought your bag in
from the plane.

You really do travel
light, don't you?

Do you think the captain's going on?

I suppose so, unless
they find something wrong.

Now come on
while it's hot.

They won't find
anything wrong.

I wish people didn't think
they knew everything.

Do you really believe
it's going to crash?

Yes, I do
believe that.

Well, I've told him.

He'll just have to make
his own decision now.

How sure are you
about this?

You said it was going
to happen last night,

And it didn't,

And you said you really
didn't have any proof.

I'm quite sure.

I've worked it out through three
channels, and the results agree.

Of course, I won't know until
the evidence of my tests,

But I suppose if the captain goes ahead,

Miss Teasdale
will go, too?

I expect she will.

I think she believed me
for a little time last night.

Then I don't think she did.

It would be nice if you
and captain Samuelsson

Could get together on whether
it's going to fall apart or not.

This is getting cold.

That plane
in Labrador-

That was proof,
in a way.

I suppose there was a
stewardess on that one, too.

Yes. I knew
them both very well.

Couldn't you
believe me, miss Corder?

You've been
so very kind,

And you ought to live
and get married

And bring up
a family.

You'd be very good
at that.

Thank you very much
for that, Mr. Honey.

You've said that
just about as nicely

As anybody could.

You know,
I'd almost not go

If it would help you
stop worrying,

But it's my job,

And there's no way
of making sure,

And I don't think
it's right

To walk out on
something like that.

Do you know
what I mean?

I think everything
will be all right

If captain Samuelsson
says so.

He knows a great deal
about aircraft.

Now, why don't you
eat that up?

It'll make you
feel better.

All right?

Attention, please.

Passengers-
Reindeer flight 26,

Please be ready
to board your plane

In 20 minutes
for the flight to Montreal.

Flight 2-6, please be ready
to board your plane

In 20 minutes
for Montreal.

Well...

I'd better be going.

I won't lock you in
if you promise

Not to speak to
any of the passengers.

I won't.

Good-Bye, Mr. Honey.
We'll see you in Montreal.

And, please, don't worry.

There's no danger
once we're in the air.

Keep a man standing
by the lever here

On both takeoffs
and landings.

Right.
I'll see to that.

What are you
doing here?

Captain,
I just have to-

Now that you're here,
I want you to listen.

I've told the inspector
all that you've told me.

If you've anything to add,

I want to hear it now,
and I want him to hear it.

No, sir, I don't have
anything to add.

London doesn't take your opinion
sufficiently seriously

To order
this aircraft grounded.

I'm flying her
to Montreal.

I want you to get off
and stay off.

You mustn't take off!

Mathematics is
a very exact science.

You've explained
that already.

It will be just like
the one in Labrador-

The stewardess,
all these people.

For the last time-

Leave that alone,
you fool!

Cut the power!

Tck tck tck tck.

That swine.
He wanted it wrecked.

That inhuman swine!

Cut that out!

What did you
let him loose for?

Better take him
out of this

Before the passengers
find out he did it.

Come with me,
Mr. Honey.

It just folded up.

It just folded right up and sat down.

There will really be a
delay now, won't there?

I don't think there's
any doubt about that.

Tell me, why-

He did do it,
didn't he?

Yes. I'm afraid
he did.

If you believe
in something,

You do something
about it, don't you?

They wouldn't
listen to me,

So I just pulled
the lever.

That's sticking your
neck out pretty far.

They wouldn't ground
the airplane,

And the lever
was right there, so I-

You just pulled it.

Don't those things
cost a lot of money?

A tremendous amount
of money.

This will cause
a great deal of trouble.

I don't know
what they'll do.

I've never had any experience
with anything like this.

I should think
nobody has.

I think this is a kind of world record.

You didn't do
that one

For yourself,
either, did you?

You could have been right
here when we took off.

Looks like this was
the men's room deal

Multiplied
by quite a lot.

Keep him here.

Some of the passengers won't be
too pleased about all this.

I'd like to find out
what the payoff will be.

I think I ought to.

It's nice of you not to
be angry about the delay.

Oh, it's worth it.

You don't meet
a world record every day.

Well...

I don't know whether
to be glad or sorry

I didn't lock
the door.

It never occurred to me
you'd do anything like that.

It never occurred
to me, either.

I suppose the airline
will be very angry.

That is probably
quite an understatement.

I can't imagine what the
establishment will think.

I suppose I'd better let
them know what I've done.

I imagine
they'll hear about it.

Uh-Huh.

"Man kills aeroplane."

There's apt to be a lot
in the papers about that.

I can't imagine what Elspeth
will think about it, either.

Look, Mr. Honey,

We'll probably be sent back
to London for reassignment

After they've sent
another plane

To pick up
the passengers.

Would it help if I went
to see your little girl

And told her
you were all right?

Would you do that? There's
no telling what she'll hear.

Whatever she hears,
I imagine she'll understand.

Well, I wish I did.

Ha ha ha.

I would suggest
it is the solemn duty

For anyone who can find
anything humorous in this

To share it with those of
us who are less fortunate.

I couldn't
help it, sir.

Old honey dropping
a reindeer on its belly.

I see your point, and I
can't enjoy it at the moment.

I don't remember
another day like it.

Half England has been
on the telephone to me today.

If one more person
calls to ask

If I've heard
that our Mr. Honey

Has wrecked an aircraft
by pulling up the undercart,

I'll...

We'd better sort some kind
of order out of all this.

The chairman of the
airline, sir David moon,

Calling you, sir.

I thought I said
I'd take no more calls.

He said I was to take
the telephone to you.

All right,
I'll take it.

Hello.

Yes. Yes.
Put him through.

There are quite a few
other calls, sir.

You surprise me.

The other half
is getting in fast.

The miministry, the
A.R.B., the treasury,

Every newspaperman
in the empire.

Hello.

Oh, hello.
Hello, sir David.

It's nice
to hear from you.

Oh, yes. That
I very much heard.

I have no way of knowing

What he could have
been thinking of.

Perhaps when I've
talked to him, I can-

Oh, I don't think
you could mean that, sir David.

I'm not prepared
to assume he's a lunatic,

At least not yet.

Yes, I quite realize that,

But there's nothing
to be gained

By losing our tempers.

I want-Hello?

Hello!

Where are
the papers?

I thought you'd
want to see them.

I'm not so sure.

Ah, here we are-

"David and goliath.

"Mr. Theodore honey,
as David,

Brings down the reindeer
single-Handed."

There was one
that called him

The Galahad
of the airways.

Sir David's idea was

There isn't enough money
in the bank of England

To pay for the damage done
to British aviation

By the implication of the safety
of their aircraft.

They wouldn't guarantee
to bring him back.

He refused to allow
their passengers to travel

With an irresponsible madman
who wrecks airplanes.

He suggested
the R.A.F. Might carry him.

They're equipped
to take risks.

We'll have to have him
back for the inquiry.

Miss Teasdale
to see you, sir.

Who's miss Teasdale?

Monica Teasdale-
The film star, sir.

What's a film star doing
here? Tell her I can't.

She crossed on the plane
with Mr. Honey last night.

Then how can she
be here?

Ask her to wait.
I'll see her.

There's one thing
we can settle.

You must send someone
else off to Labrador.

We mustn't show up without
supporting evidence.

But send someone
this time

Who can keep
his mind

On what
he's trying to do.

Even this trouble
should not lead us to saying

That all scientists
are foolish men

And not to be trusted.

From what department
did the gentleman come

Who took a bath
in the public fountain

And subsequently
conceived the idea

Of pinching girls
in the park?

I ask you to remember
that the last time,

We decided not ever
to mention this incident-

I think that's all
for today,

Except for finding out what film
stars have to do with all this.

Johnson, ask
miss Teasdale to come in.

Mr. Scott,
I'd like you to stay.

Sir john,
I assure you-

Good night.

Miss Teasdale,
sir john.

How do you do,
sir john?

Miss Teasdale, let me present Mr. Scott.

How do you do?
You're his boss, aren't you?

I've heard a great deal
about you.

Sit down, please.

Thank you.

You were
on the plane

Last night
with Mr. Honey?

Right.

How did you get
back here?

I got on a plane
headed this way.

Why I'm here
will take longer to tell.

Did he ask you to give us any message?

No. He doesn't even know
I'm here.

If you could give us any
idea of what really happened,

We should be
very grateful.

They were going to
take off,

And he just pulled
the lever.

You've never seen
such a commotion.

I guess a thing like that
has never happened before.

Fortunately, no.

Have you known
Mr. Honey long?

I just met him last night
after we took off.

He thought
we were in trouble.

Why should he alarm you,
a passenger?

He thought there was
something I could do.

His reasons
were good enough for me.

Did he explain
his theory?

He did,
and I believed him.

Did you
understand it?

Not a word.

Then I don't understand it.

Oh, it isn't so hard,
sir john.

I don't know much
about mathematics,

But I know when a man knows
what he's talking about.

Have you a light?

Of course.

May I smoke?

Certainly.

I don't understand
a thing about his theory,

But I've learned
quite a lot about Mr. Honey,

And I know he isn't crazy
like they're saying.

That funny little man
is brave and kind

And on the level,

And he believed
what he was telling me.

Even I can see it's easy
to settle things

By throwing him
to the wolves,

To say he's crazy
and let it go at that.

That's why I wanted to meet
the people he worked for,

To see if they're going to
stand by him.

Somebody's got to,
you know?

Miss Teasdale, I'd like
to pay you a compliment.

You believe
in things, too,

And that's
very nice to see,

But I have to
add this.

I don't know whether Mr.
Honey's right or wrong

Any more
than you do.

There's no way
of knowing.

That certainly
doesn't mean

We're going to back up
Mr. Honey blindly.

There's a matter called the
truth which has to be served.

It's a difficult thing-The
truth- In a case like this.

The most I can promise is we'll
do our utmost to get at it.

We hope it's going to be
on Mr. Honey's side.

Well, the truth is
a good deal anyway.

I don't think there was
much need in my coming,

But I'm glad I did.

Thank you, sir john,
for giving me your time.

Good-Bye. Good-Bye.

I'll see you
to your car.

Thank you.

He means the trouble is
going to be pretty bad.

I'm afraid so.

Isn't there anything I
could do for Mr. Honey?

Where can I find
his little girl?

Maybe I could go
tell her he's all right.

I think that would
be very nice.

I'll tell your driver
where to go.

Please don't bother.
They'll tell me at the gate.

Bye, Mr. Scott,
and thank you.

Mr. Honey? Of course
I know him.

Where have you
put him?

He seems rather odd,
sir john.

I wasn't sure
if you'd wish to see him.

Sir john, I want
to protest very strongly.

Why has my work been
taken out of my hands?

Let's go somewhere
for a little chat.

I'm not in the habit
of wrecking things.

It's my work-

Hold on
for a minute.

Come this way
with me.

Mr. Scott, I must borrow you
for a few minutes.

A friend of yours
has arrived.

Hello, Mr. Honey.

Come this way.

As far as
we're concerned,

There's only one decision to be made-

Whether we should allow
the remaining reindeers

To go on flying.

If they're
to be grounded,

That must be done at half your estimate.

We dare not cut safety finer than that.

The inquiry
has been deferred

Until the last
possible moment,

Which gives time
for your test

To reach
the 1,440 mark,

Plus some margin
of error.

That's why it isn't
yours anymore.

Too much depends on it.

If your test
is a success,

We'll all be
grateful to you.

If it isn't
and we don't get

Supporting evidence
from Labrador,

Then... this is
the difficult part,

So I'll put it
bluntly.

Since none of them believe
the test will succeed,

They feel it imperative
that they be prepared

To issue an effective
and sweeping statement

To offset the almost
ruinous publicity

The reindeers
have received-

That yours was an act

Of an irresponsible,
unbalanced mind,

Which they believe
to be true,

And they want the supporting opinion

Of qualified
psychologists.

In other words, they wish to test you

As well as
the tailpiece.

To see
if I'm insane?

That's right.

Do you think
I'm insane?

I don't think
you are, Mr. Honey,

Any more
than I think

You make a habit
of wrecking things,

But there's no way
to know.

I'd hate to have them
look me over now.

I can't take
anything for granted.

Please understand this.

I couldn't refuse without
making it look like

A blind defense
of my staff,

But you can refuse
if you like.

That's your right.

No. I won't refuse.

Let them pry and poke
if they want to.

Tell them I'll be
in my office.

What about you,
Mr. Scott?

Do you think I'm in-

There'd be no way
for you to know, either.

Who is it?

Who's that?

Oh, Mr. Honey.

I beg your pardon.

It's me-
Marjorie Corder.

We didn't expect you
back tonight.

I stayed with Elspeth.
Somebody had to.

You must be tired.
Have you eaten?

I'll get you something.

We had lobster
for supper.

Do you like
cold lobster?

But I can manage-

It keeps me
in practice.

Go see Elspeth.

Well, did you
notice anything?

Well,
she was asleep.

Anything different,
I meant, about the house.

Y- You haven't got
your clothes on.

No, in the room-
The curtains.

Curtains? Well, where
did this come from?

That was a present
from miss Teasdale.

Miss Teasdale?
What-Is she here, too?

No. She went to London for the night.

She got some lovely things
for Elspeth's room, too.

Now eat your supper.

Why did she do that?

I think
you'd be surprised.

I imagine you were glad
to see Farnborough again.

Did you stop by
the laboratory?

Yes. I looked in.

You don't
seem happy.

Was something
wrong there?

No, no-Yes. Yes,
there was something wrong.

I can't expect
to get any work done

With people standing around
peering at me.

I'm now known as the
Galahad of the airways.

I heard someone saying,
"imagine old honey

Collecting a poppy
like Monica Teasdale."

Well, I expect they were
just trying to be friendly.

I thought you were
rather a Galahad

When you told
miss Teasdale and me

What to do if there
was an accident.

It's not such
a bad thing to be.

Shall I do that
for you?

No. I can manage.
It's my fault anyway.

If you do
anything wrong,

You have no one
to blame but yourself.

What was it that you
thought you did wrong?

You did think there'd
be a crash, didn't you?

Yes, but what
I should have done

Is offer my hypothesis
to the captain

In an orderly manner
and let him decide.

But when they
wouldn't listen to me,

I kept thinking
about you lying dead

Like all the rest
of them,

And I wasn't orderly
at all, not at all.

The lever was right there,
so I pulled it.

And that seemed
wrong to you.

Of course
it seemed wrong.

No one will take
my work seriously

If I do things
like that.

Do you know that they're
saying I'm crazy now?

And I don't blame them.

You don't mean that if
you had it all to do again,

You'd just let it
go ahead and crash?

That's just the point.

I'd probably do
the same thing over again.

I'm evidently quite a weak
character, miss Corder.

The mistake I made was
ever leaving Farnborough.

If I just hadn't
left there,

And if this
all dies down,

I swear I'll never
leave my laboratory again.

I think I'm a little
sorry about that.

I know you have to
be a scientist.

I know you have
important work to do.

But you're a person,
too, Mr. Honey.

It's evidently quite difficult
to be a person, miss Corder.

Yes, I suppose
it is, but-

Oh, well,
never mind.

I expect you know
what you're doing.

I must
clear this up.

You'd better get some
rest. You'll need it.

Good night,
miss Corder.

Good night,
Mr. Honey.

I'd better get my things
out of your way.

Things?

Clothes and things.
I'll move into Elspeth's room.

You mean you've
been staying in my-

Well,
what's the matter?

Well, I was just thinking
of you, miss Corder.

Don't you think
people will talk?

Ha ha! Oh, I see.

Well, I'm a nurse,
you know.

You have to be
to be a stewardess.

Would it
make it better

If I wore
my nurse's uniform

In front
of the neighbors?

Well, I suppose-

Well, that's what
I'll do, then.

I'd like to come back to
see how things turn out.

Good night,
Mr. Honey.

Yes.

Well, who's sick?

No one. I-

We had quite
a problem last night.

Mr. Honey arrived back
in the small hours.

He was so old-School
about us both staying here.

It was very sweet,
really.

This has to do with
explaining to the neighbors.

I ran to Guildford
this morning to get it.

It looks as if
I missed something

By going off
to London last night.

Where is he?

I suppose he couldn't wait
to get down to Farnborough.

That's exactly
what happened.

I'd like to hear
about it. Some coffee?

Come in there-

What's the matter-

Oh, you've been
busy.

Well, I had
nothing else to do.

It looks as though
he wears one suit

And sleeps
in the other.

I don't know
how long it can be

Since he bought
something for himself.

You thought a man shouldn't
have things done for him.

That goes
for his character,

But not necessarily
his trousers.

That's
very domestic.

You're full
of surprises.

Tell me something.

I've been thinking
about it.

How would you go about

Getting him to make it
under his own steam?

That's what you were
holding out for.

I don't think
that part of it

Is really
any of my business.

We talked a lot
last night.

He seemed like
a little boy

Who's had his first fight and got hurt,

And so he says,
"I'll never fight again."

He can't keep running
back to his laboratory.

That's all right for the
scientists, but not him.

He will get into trouble
if he does that now.

I don't think he can
make himself do it.

I think
he's better than that.

You must have
talked quite a bit.

Funny that a kid
like you

Would bother
to see so much

In anybody like him.

Not so funny, really.

You get around,
being a stewardess.

That doesn't
cover it.

You've been married
or a lot in love.

That has nothing
to do with it.

What was it?

You've heard it
before.

He was shot down
over Arnhem.

We'd been married
a month.

Sure, that says it, maybe
even more than you think.

Well, this will take
some thinking about,

And I'll have time
for that.

I'm leaving for
California tonight.

There was a flock
of cleavers at the door.

The studio wants
to get going.

But this is a little
sudden, isn't it?

What about all the things
you talked about-

Helping him
to find an answer?

I meant it. Don't think
I didn't, and I still do.

Maybe it would have been the
best chance I'll ever have

To be a lot of things
I'd like to be, only...

I suppose you can't do a thing
like that just a little bit-

Mixing into other
people's lives, I mean.

You'll start something
maybe you can't finish.

What got me was
his being so anxious

To save me
for posterity.

I've never had anything do
my self-Esteem so much good.

So I better go back and
give posterity another break.

It won't hurt
to wait awhile

And see how things
work out.

That box in there is
addressed for Elspeth.

I saw it in a window,

And it just yelled
to belong to her.

Tell her I'll write,
will you?

Aren't you going to
wait and see them?

No. I don't think so.
I might weaken.

Hello, miss Teasdale.

Look who's here-
Sugarplum.

Hello, miss Corder.
I hurried.

I hoped
you'd be back.

Well, here I am. Don't you look pretty!

Am I really
all right?

I've never seen an apple
blossom look as sweet.

Here's a present
for you.

Oh, I really shouldn't
have another one.

May I look?

Of course.

Why don't you take it
up to your room?

That will be nicer.

All right,
I will.

It-It's like Christmas,
only much more so.

Well...

Does that mean
good-Bye, then?

Sure. There's no use
making anything of it.

That's one thing you
learn in my business-

How to get off.

I wish you wouldn't go.

Maybe I'll be back.
Never can tell.

You're a nice kid,
Marjorie.

I have an idea you know
what's going on.

You might let me know.

I'll get the price on a
laboratory or two, just in case.

Well... good luck.

Keep on telling her
she's pretty, will you?

I will, Monica.

Write.

Honey, I-

It sounds discouragingly healthy to me.

What's your
zero hour exactly?

2:00 this afternoon.

Let me know the minute
it even shivers.

Well, it hasn't
got much longer.

The day of inquiry has just begun.

Oh, I... I'm afraid I'd
forgotten you were here.

I'm sorry. I should
have let you know.

Well, I let Elspeth
stay down for a while.

What happened?

Nothing. Nothing
happened at all.

My figures clearly said
the tail should fall off,

And the tail
didn't fall off.

It's 7%
above my figure.

It didn't fall off.

Oh, I'm sorry.
What happens now?

Well, I-I've been
thinking about that

On the way home.

I'll go to the inquiry,
and I'll stand up,

And I'll explain
my figures

To a group
of very angry men,

And then they'll
reject the whole thing,

And I'll sit down.

I'll sit down and listen
to them say that I'm insane

Because of what
I did in gander,

And perhaps I am.

I'm not sure,
you know,

But qualified psychiatrists
will testify to that.

I talked to three of them
this afternoon.

No. That was yesterday,
wasn't it?

But they showed me
a page of inkblots

And asked me
if it reminded me

Of elephants
or tigers.

It didn't remind me
of elephants or-

They were just inkblots.

But I... I-I think
that the truth is only

That I've made a mistake
somewhere in my work.

I don't know
where it is.

I have to have time

To find out
where the mistake is,

But there won't be
any time.

And my work will be
thrown out in anger,

And a principle
that might have had

One grain of truth
in it will be lost.

But I'll sit there,
and I won't say a word.

And then what?

Well, there's other
work to be done,

And I'll get back
to doing it somewhere.

With everything
just as it was?

Yes. I'm rather
glad it's over.

But you can't
do that.

You can't just sit
there and say nothing.

If you believe
something is right,

You have to do it if you
want to live with yourself.

If you don't, you'll pay
for it sooner or later,

And so will Elspeth.

What about Elspeth?

Everything is just to be
as it was for her, too?

Yes. She was very glad
to have it that way.

She was very happy.

Oh, it's as simple
as that?

I see.
Well, I'm sorry.

It's the wrong time
to talk.

There isn't very
much point, either.

It's my last day,
you know,

But I'd rather say
good-Bye when you come back.

I start my job again
tomorrow.

Funny if they put me
back on reindeers.

That really would be
gander all over again.

But you wouldn't
do that.

Supposing I did.
Would you let me?

Hello.

It's time to get ready
for school, isn't it?

Yes. Did the tail
fall off, father?

No, dear, it didn't.

You mustn't worry
about it.

It will someday.

Oh, I don't know, dear.
I suppose it will.

Is anything the matter?

No. I was
just thinking.

Oh?

What about?

Nothing. Just about the
impermanence of events

And things
like that.

What do you mean,
dear?

Well, about its all
being over.

Miss Teasdale's gone,
and miss Corder will be,

And the people
out in front

And everybody wanting to
talk to me at school-

That sort of thing isn't
very permanent, is it?

It's-It's like
Christmas-

Everybody very nice
to everybody else

For a little while,

But then
it doesn't last.

Why is that, father?

Oh, I don't know,
dear.

Don't they talk to you
all the time in school?

Oh, no. I'm a swot,
you know.

Oh, I didn't know
you were a swot.

What is a swot?

Well, a swot is rather
the sort of person

People don't talk
to very much

Because
they're different-

Like my intellectual
quotient being too high.

Well, do you mind
being a swot?

Oh, no, but it was
exciting rather not being-

Everybody wanting me to get
them autographs and things.

But if things like that
are so impermanent,

Keke Christmas,

Then it would
be much better if-

I was thinking.

I put away the things
miss Teasdale gave me,

And I was thinking maybe if
I didn't go to school anymore,

I'm sure I'd learn
much more here with you

Because there wouldn't be
other things to think about,

Like things being
impermanent and...

Dear, what...
well, you mustn't do that.

What-What's
the matter, dear?

Go away.

Well...
are you sick, dear?

I'm all right.

Please go away
and leave me alone.

I insist that to ground
the reindeer fleet

Even for 24 hours

Would be a tacit
admission of the charge

That we have been flying
unsafe aircraft,

And I refuse
to deal such a death blow

To British
transatlantic aviation

On what is now
the unsupported opinion

Of Mr. Theodore honey.

I'd suggest that
the kindest thing

That can be said
of Mr. Honey

Is that his
is an unstable mind

With an obsession that can
carry him to great extremes,

As we have
well seen in gander.

I submit it is not
only fair but imperative

That an immediate finding
to that effect

Be issued
by this board.

Well, gentlemen,
my view is that-

Mr. Chairman,
I would like to try-

Wait a minute.

Mr. Chairman,
I'm going to say something.

It isn't hard to see
what you'll decide,

And you can't do that.

You're talking about me
because of what I did in gander.

This isn't personal.

I didn't invent
the mathematics

That made me believe
what I did.

I still believe
there's truth in my work,

And when you believe
in something,

That's what
you've got to do

If you want to live
with yourself.

I don't know what
I'll do about this.

I thought I might
write the times a letter,

But I don't think
they'd understand either.

First I'm going to resign

So the establishment
won't be involved.

Then every time
a reindeer is going to take off,

I'm going to wreck it.

You may put me in jail,

But they wrote a lot about me
after gander,

And they'll write more
about me here,

And people just won't
get on those airplanes.

I'm going to tell you
something else.

The minute anything
does happen to a reindeer,

You'll have to think
of something better to say

Than anything I've heard
here this afternoon!

That's all!

Good day! That's all!

Good afternoon.

You know, there was
some sherry

Around here
someplace.

I rather thought
I'd have some.

Uh, it's over by that
bookcase over there.

Is it over?

Yes. Yes, it's over.

I didn't stay
for the end.

I made a speech,
and then I left.

What about?

A whole lot
of things.

Pretty good
speech, too.

So you couldn't
just sit there, then?

Any glasses-
Oh, here's some.

No. I, uh...

I resigned.

You didn't!

I couldn't just
sit there, could I?

What are you going
to do to live on?

There's Elspeth. Have
you got any money at all?

Well, I don't know
how much.

Where's your book?

It's right there.

Do you know how much
money you have to live on?

�3.13.6.
Oh, wait.

You haven't put
anything in the bank

For months.

What do you do
with your money?

I- I think there's
some over here.

There's one... there.

Here's some more.

March...

For seven months-

You haven't put anything
into the bank

For seven months.

You have lots of money.

I shouldn't have worried,
should I?

You don't need anyone.

Well, what-

Yes, you do.

You're not going to
cry, are you?

I can't go away
and leave you

While I go back
to work.

It isn't safe.

You've got to have
somebody looking after you.

I'm going to marry you
and live here

Whether you have
a job or not.

Well... well...
you're...

Thank you.

Yes, and he'll
probably do it, too.

We'd better go down
and see him before-

Your secretary
sent this, sir john.

She said
it was very urgent.

Thank you.

Where is sir David moon?
I hope he hasn't left.

I can't wait for this.
It's from Nixon in Labrador.

He says they found
the tail spar,

And it's a fatigue fracture
if ever he saw one.

I've had the most incredible
piece of information.

You haven't
heard mine.

They've just made the
first test flight at gander.

It made
a perfect landing,

And the tail
collapsed

While it was taxiing
to the hangar.

I could hardly
believe it.

This will help you.

Mr. Honey,
we've received messages

From Labrador
and gander

Which bear you out
completely.

Oh? Well,
that's good.

You know,
I can't see

Where I could have
gone wrong in this.

I've worked it out-

Ah, the temperature.

The temperature-
That's it!

That's a variable
factor, isn't it?

That plane in gander had
been flying in the tropics.

This test is
in a heated shed.

It would have collapsed on schedule

If I'd lowered the
temperature 40 degrees.