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Tales of Tomorrow

The Tomb of King

Taurus Starring Walter Abel With Charles Nolte

And Richard Purdy.

Don't you ever get tired of looking at that temple, Doc?

Quincy.

I've been looking for you all morning.

Have you finished translating those new tablets yet?

No, not yet. I haven't had time. But Jay brought them up yesterday evening.

What's holding you up? If you really want to know, I'm sick.

I can't even concentrate anymore.

I want to go back to Cairo, and the sooner the better. Are you starting that

again? Look.

All morning I've been on top of Thebes Cliff trying to locate the camel train.

It should have returned for us long ago.

It's been a month since it's passed through. No new supplies, no word from

the museum, nothing.

We have enough food for two months.

And we've got an oasis that will never run dry.

We're going to be all right.

You know what I think?

I think they've forgotten us.

They'll be back.

The sandstorms held them up, that's all.

Another thing.

Maybe they passed us by already.

Why couldn't they have gotten here during one of the sandstorms when our

tent was down? We're down in that temple all day.

They could have come and gone and we'd never know it. We're too busy hunting a

mommy.

Quincy, you haven't thought much of this expedition from the start.

But as long as I'm in charge, you're going to obey orders and stop griping.

An expedition.

That's a laugh.

Three men.

Logan, a broken down excavator who's all brawn and no brain.

And you, a washed-up archaeologist who's been digging for the same dream for

eight years.

And me, a hieroglyphics man who never wanted this assignment in the first

place.

All right, Quincy, all right.

It isn't easy for any of us, I know that.

Especially, it isn't easy for me.

For eight years, I've been searching, knowing that underneath me, somewhere...

The greatest ruler the Egyptian empire ever knew was lying in all his splendor.

Exactly as he was the day they buried him.

4,000 years ago.

Dr. Helen, why don't you give it up? We've been looking for five months. The

tomb isn't here. You'll never find it.

No.

No, I've got to find it this time.

This may be my last chance.

I'm not getting any younger.

If I don't succeed this time...

The museum will probably put me on the shelf with the rest of the relics.

I've got to find it this time.

Okay, Doc.

Okay. I'll try to stick it out a few more weeks. Maybe we'll be lucky.

Dr. Allen.

Yes, Jay. Can you hear me, Doctor? Yes.

Doc, listen, I think I found something new.

I was exploring the cellar and an odd swing of the temple went part of the

floor giveaway.

I slipped into a kind of stairwell that leads into a basement.

Looks like an antechamber before a vault.

Stay where you are. We'll be right down. Doc, listen. Better bring more tools.

This looks like a tough one.

And if Quincy's still afraid of the dark, tell him to bring extra lamps.

We're going to be down here a long time.

Right, Jay.

We'll be right down.

A new level.

I've got a good feeling this time.

Wait. Wait a minute.

What about the camel train? One of us should remain above in case it comes

through, just in case. There isn't time. But I... I'll bring these tools. You

bring that shovel and the lancet. Now, hurry.

Why, if this isn't the tomb of King Taras, I never want to see another

blonde in a bathing suit.

Heal you.

Where?

Careful. The steps are narrow.

My foot slipped from the rock, broke loose, and first thing you know, I'm

down here.

I'm looking up at that.

What do you make it out to be, Doc?

The great gods said the Egyptians believed that he controlled all life and

even life after death.

They placed him only before the tombs of their greatest pharaohs.

It almost proves you're right.

We'll soon find out.

Quick. Come over here and stop the siren at once.

Well, I think one of us should remain above. The camel train may pass through

there. Oh, what's the matter, little boy?

You afraid you'll be left behind?

Oh, shut up. I've been taking your bullying for the last five months, and

I'm sick of it. I hear it, you moan. Just as long. Give it to me.

I know this may not mean much to either one of you, but to me it may be the

greatest moment in my life.

I ask you to forget your differences. Let's work together.

Come on now, Quincy.

Start deciphering the inscription.

Doc, there's no fluke.

At last.

What does the inscription say?

Well, it says, Here sleeps King Tereth, mightiest of pharaohs, master of the

sea and ruler of the stars.

Let none transgress.

He who disturbs this vault shall look upon the forbidden and carry a curse

forever.

How's it coming, Jay?

Ah, not even making a dent.

I don't know, this stuff is tougher than granite.

Keep trying.

Just keep remembering what's inside.

Dr. Hallam, we've been down here over four hours. I think one of us should go

back up.

What's the matter, Quincy?

That inscription make you chicken?

He who disturbs the vault will look upon the forbidden and carry a curse forever.

I told you to lay off!

Quincy. Is that why you don't want to stay down here? You're afraid to go

inside, Quincy? Yes. Yes, if you really want to know, I know about these

Egyptian curses. How do we know what's beyond that door?

Sealed in there was the gate.

Rubbish. That inscription was written 4,000 years ago.

I don't belong down here in the first place. I was to do the translation and

nothing more. You want me to hold your hand when we go in, Quincy?

Oh, shut up.

Shut up.

I know all about you.

The museum will be interested in learning you've had a prison record if

we ever get back.

So you're the one that's been going through my things.

Why, you... Stop it!

Just wait!

Wait.

Cheers.

I can't believe it.

It's not possible.

Wait.

Wait. We haven't found the sarcophagus.

Where is the mummy?

There. There it is over there.

We'll open it immediately.

Help me to move the cover. The pallet.

Maybe we should wait. Maybe we should... Come on. Give us a hand.

What do you say, Doc?

Shall we see how he looks after 4,000 years?

Do you realize what you have done?

He's in pain.

I think the bullet must have hurt him.

Look, his head's squirming around as if he were searching for something.

Let's get him out of the casket. That's the first.

Quincy, give us some light.

Come on, Jane.

You can hear a faint heartbeat, but it's very faint.

I hadn't seen this with my own eyes.

It's incredible.

Dr. Hell, I'm going to seal this tomb and never come back here.

How could he survive?

Whatever it was kept him alive must still be in this tomb.

We've got to find it.

Quickly!

Tell him we shouldn't stay here. Tell him we should... It's best to notify the

Egyptian police.

Hey, Doc?

Yes? I think the mummy's dead.

No. Whatever kept him alive has failed him.

Well, what did you want me to do? He was alive.

Do you realize what this might have led to?

Well, don't put the blame on me. I didn't want to come here in the first

place. This tomb's cursed. Let's leave here while we can. No, that's out. We're

going to examine every item in this tomb and make a record of it. But most

important, you're going to find out how a king buried 2200 B.C.

could stay alive 4,000 years.

What do you think, Doc?

I'd have a theory.

Maybe far-fetched, but it's possible.

King Taurus was the ruler of the greatest civilization Egypt has ever

known. Its scientific and cultural advances were far beyond their times.

Meaning what? Meaning that King Taurus was attended by probably the greatest

scientific minds.

Somehow they found a method of prolonging life.

Probably they gave him a serum or an herb which preserved

him in this state of...

Animation. Doc, that sounds crazy.

He was alive.

We all saw him.

Somehow he lived in this coffin.

Doc, Doc, the last time will you listen to me? We've no right to disturb this

tomb. You've had the satisfaction of finding it. Now leave it to the Egyptian

authorities, please. You don't realize what this means to me.

At the museum, I was regarded as slightly over-imaginative.

They said there was no such thing as a king.

That there never was any such dynasty.

Well, I've proved them wrong.

This is the greatest find since King Tutankhamun.

And I did it. Bob, quickly.

I think I may have found something. What? Look.

See this cover from the coffin?

There's a hole right here at the mouth.

It was right over the mummy's head.

Maybe that's how he kept alive.

Bob, do you remember he was looking upward after the bullet struck?

Yeah. Maybe he was looking for that opening.

But where does it lead?

That thing up there, look.

Hey, there's writing here.

Whatever is in that case is the food that kept King Taurus alive.

Well, let's get through it. No.

First we find out what that inscription means.

Then we'll investigate.

Quincy, will you help us? Yes, yes. If I can leave after the translation.

Anything. Only tell us what is in that case.

All right.

What is it, man?

It's a high cupid.

Within lies the elixir of life, the fluid preventing all agonies of death.

Given to Tarras, mightiest of pharaohs, so that he reigns eternally.

Yet this warning, he who drinks of this herb in violation shall suffer agonies

no mortal should know.

An elixir of life.

To be able to live forever.

See civilizations rise and fall.

All the things to do.

To have everything you ever wanted.

Look.

Quincy's bullet must have ricocheted up here.

His vial's cracked. His stuff's leaking out. Great.

First we must decide what to do with him. But Doc, there's only a little bit

left.

One of us must have it.

You wouldn't have known about this if it weren't for my translations.

Don't forget it was I who un-boxed the tomb.

That's a joke.

A couple of minutes ago, you wanted out of here. Well, now's your chance,

Quincy. Why don't you go?

You don't need you anymore.

Look, I'll make a box with you. Give it to me, and you two can split the other

two. The answer is no.

But let's get one thing straight.

I was the one who first found this tomb.

And it was me who first spotted the cat.

And the truth to the lie.

If anybody gets to drink this stuff, it's going to be me. Jay, don't be a

fool. Try and stop me.

I'm the boy that's going to live forever. How are you, Logan?

Don't touch that vial.

Put that gun down.

Don't touch that vial, Logan.

You haven't the guts. It's your last warning.

All right, Quincy.

All right.

Go on.

Do you forget to find out why I served a prison term, Quincy?

It was for trying to kill a man with my bare hands.

question about who gets that stuff doc none whatsoever put that gun down doc

while we stand here arguing that stuff stripping away quincy was a troublemaker

you and i can settle this thing we'll we'll split that stuff we don't know

anything about that fluid maybe there isn't enough for even one doctor tell

you what i'll do i'll make a deal with you and take most of it just leave me a

few drops i can't take a chance just a couple of drops you're wasting your

breath

Get out of my way.

Move! Okay, Doc!

Go!

You forget the curse, Doc, when you... You took that vine, you released that

spring. The door is closing.

No! Whom is being healed? No!

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