All language subtitles for Monster on the Campus (1958)-Eng

Come on, Samson. Come on, boy.

Come on, Samson. Come on.

Come on, fellow.
Come on, boy.

Come on. Come on up here
and sit down, Samson.

There she is.
Female in the perfect state,
defenseless and silent.

It's set, Madeline.
I can take you out now.

No, on the other hand,
I think I'll...

I think I'll tickle you
a little first.

All right. Okay,
no more torture.

All right, now, easy.

There. You're free.

How'd it come out?

Just perfect.

Almost as beautiful
as the original.

As beautiful as I am
right now?

Don't worry, you'll heal.

Well, there they are.
The faces of humanity.

From the very beginning
to the present day.

You'll go there at the end.

Well, don't make it so final.
Humanity still has a future,
you know.

Well, sometimes I wonder.

Unless we learn to control
the instincts we've inherited
from our apelike ancestors,

the race is doomed.

Why don't you learn
to control your instincts

and stop being so pessimistic?

You know, you're right.
When I look at you,
the future's very bright.

Jimmy, you're back.
Have you got it?

I've got it, professor Blake,
but it's starting to thaw.
Where do you want it?

I'll be right out.

What is it?

The coelacanth. It's here.

What is that?

The fish.
The fish from Madagascar that
your father let me order.

Come on and see it.

No, I don't wanna go with
this stuff all over my face.
You go ahead.

All right.

Come on, boy. Come on.
Get away
from that bloody water.

Come on. No, boy. No.

No, I'll get you some
fresh water in a minute.
Come on, stay.

The cable said
it's in perfect condition.
Stay, boy.

Let's take a look at it, huh?

Honest, professor Blake,
is this fish
really a million years old?

Well, not this fish, Jimmy.
It's the species that's old.

No change
in millions of years.

You see, the coelacanth
is a living fossil,

immune to the forces
of evolution. That's what's
so remarkable about it.

primitive fish like this
were living before any
creatures walked the Earth.

See these...

These fins are the beginning
of legs.

This fish could walk
on the ocean floor.

Donald.

Hello, Samson.

What's wrong, Samson?

Don't you know me, Samson?

Samson! Samson! Down!

It's all right.
It's all right.

Okay. Now, help me.
Donald, be careful.

He's gone mad.

It's all right.

Let's get him in the lab.

I'm taking you to Dr. Cole.
Hold the door.

It was the craziest
thing I ever saw.

One minute he was wagging
his tail and licking my hand,

the next minute
he was at my throat.

Has he gone mad, Doctor?

I doubt it.

The symptoms
don't sound like rabies.
Now, the acid, Molly.

Of course, we got to take
every precaution.

It's gonna hurt a little.

Well, what about Samson?

We'll keep him
under observation.

If he doesn't have rabies,
neither do you.

Will you be able
to examine the dog
in your laboratory, Donald?

Yes, I will.

I'll want a sample
of the saliva.
Molly can pick it up later.

pick it up before 8:00,
will you?

I'm supposed to help
Madeline chaperon
the dance tonight.

About 7::30, Donald?

I'll be expecting you.

Boy, you are mean.

Come in.

Oh, Molly.

Here's the saliva sample
Dr. Cole wants.

He won't want it
until morning.

Is it rabies?

No, I'm almost certain
it's not.

He's not sick,
he's vicious.

And he drinks water,
which a mad dog won't do.

Come here.

There. See what I mean?

Mouth doesn't foam,
no excess saliva.

But there is one thing
that's very strange.

Oh?

His teeth.

I noticed it when we took
the salivary sample.

You know anything
about paleontology?

I know that
very attractive men study it.

Now, you be careful.
Samson is in no position
to protect you.

Look. Come here.
Look at those teeth.

Don't! Don't do that!

You see it?
They're like the teeth
of ancient wolves.

Animals that became extinct
millions of years ago.

That dog is a throwback.

Oh, I'm...
I'm sorry I frightened you,
but then you...

You rather frighten me.

Hello?

Oh, yes, Madeline.

Yes, I can make it.

No, no, no.
The dog's in his cage.

I'm... I'm perfectly safe.

I'll... I'll have to go home
and change clothes first.

I'll pick you up
a little before 9:00.

Fine, darling.

Bye.

Donald, what's this?

Oh, it's a coelacanth.

And I'd better get it
in the refrigerator
before it starts to spoil.

Would you get the door?
Sure.

Thank you.

What an ugly
looking creature.

Yeah, it's a close relative
of our ancestors.

I'll never believe that.

Very remote ancestors.

Samson doesn't like it.

You're hurt!

First time I was ever bitten
by a fossil.

It's bleeding.

It's all right.
Better get this thing
out of here.

Let me help you.

Now, take it easy, it's heavy.
Yeah.

Easy, now.

There we go.

Oh, stop it.
You know better than that.
Where's your first aid kit?

Don't have one.

I've got one in my car,
come on.

I'll be right with you.

In here somewhere.

What you need is a good nurse
to take care of you.

Donald, what is it?
What's the matter?

Molly, honey,
I think you'd better
take me home.

Of course. Come on.

Donald, you're home.

Donald?

Oh, dear.

Is Dr. Cole there?
This is Miss Riordan.

Will you call him, please?
It's very important.

I'll wait.

Donald?

Oh, hello, Father.
Hello, dear.

Still here? I thought
you were chaperoning
the dance.

Well, I should be there
right now. I'm waiting
on your future son-in-law.

It's not every day
that a Science Department
gets a coelacanth.

I was right, you know.

About what?

The fish.

The board members said
it was a waste of money,
particularly Dr. Cole,

but every paper
in the country is carrying
the story of how Dunsfield

brought that fish
from Madagascar.

It'll pay off 1,000%%%
in alumni donations.

Will it pay off
scientifically?

Well, it'll pay off
in school growth,
and that's the same thing.

An institution is like
a living organism.

The moment it stops growing,
it starts degenerating.

So, anything that promotes
growth is all for the good.

Hello?

Oh, Sylvia?

Really? Well,
I'll be right over.

Bye-bye.

Well, the couples have
started arriving already

and the house mother
isn't there yet.

I think I'll go on over,
Father. Would you tell Donald
to meet me over there?

Why don't you drive
by the Science Building?

He's probably
poring over some problem
and has forgotten you.

That's
a flattering thought.

Oh, the dog.
Dog?

Samson. He turned vicious
this morning.

Oh?

I think I'll go see
about him, Father.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Mr. Townsend.

It's Miss Howard,
isn't it?

Yes.
I was just wondering
about this truck.

Well, I'm looking
for Dr. Blake.

Oh, Dr. Blake.

Well, I expect
he's still working.
Let's go see.

All righty.

Donald?

I'll open
this other door.

Well, well, well.

Well, look who
we've got here.

Don't put your hand
in the cage. He's vicious.

Vicious. He's a nice dog.

Just this morning...

I know, but I've got
a way with a dog.

They say a dog has got a way
of knowing an honest man

from anybody that's planning
to do wrong.

They all like me.

Well, Mr. Townsend,
Dr. Blake isn't here,

so thank you so much
for letting me in.

I'm glad to be of help.

I think he wants out.

Well, we have no right
to release him.

No.

Come on.

Well, isn't he a pretty dog?
Come on now, can you speak?

Speak. Speak.

That's a boy.

Donald!

Donald!

Operator, I'd like
the police at once.

The residence of Donald Blake,
4072 College Way.

Donald Blake,
4072 College Way.

please hurry, Operator.

Donald?

Donald?

Donald?

Donald?

Donald, are you all right?

Donald, what happened?

What happened, Donald?

Madeline.

Back of the house. Come on.

...how I got here.
I don't know how she got here.
I don't know.

You call the police?

Give me a hand.

What? Oh, yeah. Yeah, sure.

powell, Meadowbrook,
the whole crew are here.

What? No, I haven't taken
his complete statement yet.

I'm doing it now.

Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, sure. Okay.

Now, you say Miss Riordan
went to your laboratory.

Yes, yes, yes.
You can check with Dr. Cole.

Miss Riordan came
to the laboratory to pick up
a salivary sample.

I gave it to her,
and then Miss Howard called.

Then I put the coelacanth
back in the refrigerator.

Coelacanth?

The fish.

I... I cut my hand
on its teeth. See?

And Molly...

She... She had
a first aid kit in the car.

We left the laboratory and...

That's all I can remember.
I blanked out.

Or I was knocked out.

Head hurt?

No. No, it's...

It's more as though
I've been poisoned.

I suppose anyone
would feel sick after
what's happened, though.

Especially the man
who was with Molly
when she died.

I told you,
I was unconscious.

I don't know
who killed her.

We ought to know about that
in a few seconds now.

Mike, found this
in the girl's hand.

She must have grabbed it
while she was struggling
with the killer.

Tie clasp.

Recognize this?

Yes. Yes, I recognize it.
It's mine.

No, darling. I've never
seen you wear this.

Thanks, honey,

but the truth is,
you gave it to me yourself
last Christmas.

And I suppose
you were unconscious
all during the struggle.

Eddie, take him down
to headquarters.

Come on.

Don't tell them
anything, Donald.
Wait until you have a lawyer.

It's all right, Madeline.
I did nothing.

I know that, Donald.

He was unconscious
when I found him.
Would he wreck his own house?

He'll have every opportunity
to explain things,
Miss Howard.

Lieutenant Stevens.
Lieutenant, can you come
in here a minute?

please wait, Miss Howard.

What is it?
Look at this.

Whoever tore
that photograph in half had
to leave some fingerprints.

I dusted it,
and there they are.

That's a print of somebody's
right thumb.

Now, compare that with
this thumbprint of Blake's
I got a few minutes ago.

See? No resemblance.

Then there was
a third person here.

By the looks of things,
somebody who hated Blake.

More than that. Come here.

Whoever he was,
he never even tried
to cover up these traces.

Either awfully dumb
or just plain crazy.

Look at that handprint.

Well, it looks deformed.
It is.

All I know is,
Blake hasn't got
a hand like that.

In fact, I've never known
anyone who did.

That narrows it down.
Ought to make it
easier for us.

Miss Howard, did Blake have
any enemies? Someone
who might want to kill him?

No, not that I know of.
Why?

Because there was
a third person here tonight.

Someone who tore up
your photograph
and wrecked this room.

And killed
Molly Riordan?

Well, that's
the logical assumption.

Then Donald's free?

I'll want him for questioning,
but as things are, he's free.

Well, thank you.

DONALD: Now, I hope I've made
these two aspects of living
organisms clear to you.

In the case
of the coelacanth,

we have a species
which became stabilized
over 200 million years ago

in the form you see here.

But in the case of man,
we have a recent species

which is not
stabilized at all.

Man is not only
capable of change,

but man alone,
among all living creatures,

can choose the direction
in which that change
will take place.

In other words, man can use
his knowledge

to destroy all spiritual
values and reduce the race
to bestiality.

Or he can use his knowledge
to increase his understanding

to a point far beyond
anything now imaginable.

Think it over.

That's all for today.

Sometimes professor Blake
frightens me.

Yeah, well,
he sure is wound up today.

Come on, Sylvia,
I want to talk to him.

professor Blake.
Oh, yes, Jimmy?

How's Samson?

Let's get this
in the refrigerator
and we'll find out.

Got him in here,
in the office.

Well, it's not rabies,
that's for certain.

Dogs don't recover
from rabies.

Miss Howard told me
that Samson returned
to normal,

but I wanted to see
for myself.

Well, he certainly
looks normal.

You don't have to worry
about hydrophobia.

Well, does that mean
I can bring him back

to the fraternity house
with me?

No, I want to check
these cultures
first, Jimmy.

Didn't have rabies,
but he certainly
had something.

Did you know your dog
was a throwback?

Throwback?
He's a German shepherd.

What do you mean,
throwback?

A primitive reversion
to wolfish ancestors.

This should
interest you, Oliver.
Take a look at these teeth.

Come here.

Here, take a look at this.

They look
like dog's teeth to me.

Well, now,
wait a minute.

Last night,
they were much longer.

Well, now, honestly, Donald,
are you seriously suggesting
that overnight,

there's been
a physical change?
But there has been.

In the length
of his teeth?
Yes.

That's impossible.

Well, I tell you...

Well, Molly Riordan was here
and I called it
to her attention.

Molly's hardly in a position
to bear you out.

Yes, that's so.
I'm sorry.

I guess I must have
imagined it.

Forget it.

You've had
a pretty bad experience.

Besides, you have
primitive species
on your brain.

Let me know if those tests
show anything.
Yes, I will.

Well, when can I have
Samson, professor?

Check with me tonight.

Okay, tonight.
Goodbye, professor.

Take it easy, Jimmy.

But I didn't imagine it.

Darling, does it really matter
about the dog?

Yes, it matters very much
to me, whether I can trust
my own senses.

Now, you have eyes.
Is that the same dog
that attacked you?

Darling, I don't know.
I was so frightened that...

Donald, of course
this is the same dog.

He's been locked up
in here all night.

And Jimmy would know
his own dog.

Yes, Jimmy would know
his own dog.

So, I'm the one that's crazy.
Well, maybe so.

I was out of my head
for at least an hour
last night.

Don't worry about it, huh?

Is my mask ready yet?

Yeah, I've got it in the lab.
Come on, I'll show it to you.

I hope you like it.

There it is.
perfect reproduction.

Now my series is complete.

That's me?

That's you.

You see, the past
is fairly plain,

but it's almost impossible
to make a mask
of the face of the future,

because man's only
one generation
from savagery, anyway.

What do you mean?

Well, civilization
isn't inherited,
it's learned.

Wipe it out for one generation
and man is right
back where he started.

You see, you and this beast
are closer together
than you think.

Let's don't talk about it
anymore, Donald.

It makes me think
of Molly Riordan

and the horrible thing
that happened to her.

All right, no more talking
about the past.

Donald?

Yes.

I've been wanting
to ask you something,
but I just didn't know how.

Well, ask
anything you want.

Well, it was about you
and Molly.

Was there anything
between you?

Molly was very attractive,
but there was nothing
between us.

Thank you.

Bye.

Bye.

Hello, Miss Howard.
Is this where I find Blake?

Right in there.

Thanks.

It's a nice collection.

Oh, Lieutenant Stevens.
Any news?

Nothing.

Well, won't you come
into my office?

Sit down.

Blake, try again.

Are you certain
no one hates you?

Told you everything
I knew yesterday.

people hate
for awfully trivial reasons.

In that case, I wouldn't know
anything about it.

Why look for my enemy?
It was Molly
who was murdered.

Because the killer
was at your house.

He had no possible way
of knowing that Molly Riordan
would be there.

He was after you.

Well, couldn't it have
been a stranger?
A burglar who was surprised?

Would a burglar
wreck your house? Tear up
Miss Howard's picture?

Besides,
there was nothing missing.
It was personal malice.

Somebody's after you, Blake.

What about fingerprints?

There's no record
in the local files.

We sent copies to the FBl
and the Department
of Motor Vehicles.

But this waiting
makes me nervous.

In the meantime,
I'm giving you a bodyguard.

Now, look,
I don't need a bodyguard.
I can take care of myself.

You didn't take
very good care
of Molly Riordan.

Well, the coroner's report
came in this afternoon.

Yes?
Strange thing.

Molly wasn't badly
injured at all.

A few minor cuts and bruises.
What killed her
was heart failure.

In other words,
she died of fright.

Yeah.

I'll keep Eddie Daniels
close to you,
till this thing is cleared up.

You know, I always figured
science was pretty exciting,

but I guess it can get
kind of boring, huh?

Yes. When you have to do
the same test about 500 times,
it can be boring.

Yeah, like that fish
over there.

Hey, what's that?
On the fish.

Just a dragonfly.
Must have come in the window.

No harm done,
I have to dissect
that fish anyway.

As soon as I finish
with this.

Good Lord.

See something?

Dr. Cole? Well, it's good
that I caught you.

Can you wait till I get there?
I have something to show you.

Yes, right away.

I'm going to see Dr. Cole.
If you have to stay with me,
come along.

professor?
Oh, yes, Jimmy.

I was coming to find out
about Samson.

Meet me
at the Science Building,
I'll be back.

You see that?
The police are guarding him.

Wonder how it feels.

You mean the police think
the murderer
is still around here?

Why else
guard the professor?

What was that?

I don't know.
It sounds like...

Wait a minute.

What did you say
it sounds like?

Something like
a model airplane.

But that's silly,
on a campus at night.

There.

I don't see anything.

Like a shadow going
past the street lamp.

Let's watch a minute.

It's gone.

Yeah.

We better go.

But why?

I feel so safe
when I'm with you.

What's going on here?

Oh, you scared me.

I scared you?

Crazy, man.

Strangest thing I ever saw.

I've seen
crystallized viruses,

but I've never even heard
of crystallized bacteria.

There, take a look.

You've made a mistake.

Bacteria couldn't possibly
crystallize.

Honestly, Donald,
there are no crystals there.
Just the bacteria.

What?

Well, there were crystals.

I saw them myself
not 15 minutes ago.

But this slide hasn't been
out of my possession.

Back in the laboratory...

Oliver,
you're not listening.

I'll listen when you say
something sensible.

All right, I'm sorry
I bothered you.
I won't again.

Now, wait a minute.
Before you go,

just so your visit isn't
completely wasted,

Iet me see that cut
on your hand.

It's infected.
Something bite you?

Yes, the coelacanth.

I suppose it came alive
and crept up on you
when you weren't looking.

There's no sense in talking
to a man who won't listen.

Coming, Eddie?

Excuse me.

Can I get Samson now,
professor?

Of course. Of course
you can have the dog.

There's nothing wrong
with him.

We only imagined that
he went berserk yesterday.

Yeah, I've been thinking
the same thing.

You, too? Coming, Eddie?

I'm due to check in
on the call box, professor.

I won't be long.

All right. I'll be here
for quite a while.

Can I let Samson out now?

Dr. Cole gives him a clean
bill of health, Jimmy.
He's all yours.

It's what we heard
earlier from the sky.

Something's
at the window!

What is that?

Get back!

Don't open that door!
It'll escape!

Who cares?

I care.
I want it.
Well, what is it?

I don't know.
We'll find out
when we catch it.

Jimmy, close the window.

There's some netting
over there
behind that cage. Get it.

Keep the door closed,
until we catch it.

It moves like lightning.

Use this for bait.
Ready with the net?

Net.

Let's go.

Easy.

Now!

Got it. Hold it down, Jimmy!

It's starting to rip.

Well, that's too bad.
I wanted it alive.

But you're both my witnesses.

This insect is of the genus
Meganeura,

ancestor of the present-day
dragonfly, supposedly extinct
for millions of years.

Like the coelacanth
was supposed to be extinct.

Exactly. Except that
this is even more remarkable.

In fact, it's a little
too remarkable.

It can't be a coincidence,
but there is some connection
between the two.

What do you mean?

I don't know.

I do know that earlier today
an ordinary dragonfly
tried to make

a meal on the coelacanth
and...

Jimmy, did Samson ever get
near this fish?

Well, the day I brought
the fish from the station,

bloody water was dripping
from the truck.

Samson drank some of it.

Drank it?

Off of the pavement.

You suppose that's
what made him sick?

It might be.
It just might be.

You're not saying that
this is the same dragonfly
that...

No man in his right mind
could make such a statement.

Then where could it
come from?

You'd better take Sylvia home.
Take Samson with you.

But do me one favor,
the both of you.

Sure, anything.

Don't mention this to anyone.

I'd like to make
the announcement
of the discovery myself.

I'll be glad to forget it.
Come on, Jimmy.

Okay, fellow.
We're going home, boy.
We're going home.

Good night, professor.

Good night.

Blake! professor Blake!

Stop! Stop!

Sergeant Daniels reporting.
Give me Stevens.

Look, Mike, get every
patrol car you've got out
to the campus, right away.

I lost Blake.

I don't know.
He just disappeared
from the Science Building.

Look, Mike,
there's somebody else
around here.

Some kind of maniac.

B26. I followed somebody
out here, but...

Well, I'm going back
to the Science Building.
I'll meet you there.

No, Mike, I can't give you
a descrip...

Eddie, what's happening?
Eddie, you all right?

Eddie?

Mike, look here.

Eddie sure put up a fight,
all right.

Tracks all over the place.

But what kind of a man
made this?

Oh, it's impossible!
Nobody's got a footprint
like that.

Unless maybe it was someone
with strange hands, too.

Yeah, but why wouldn't
such a man be known?

Where would he hide?
That's our job,

to find him
before another killing.

Those tracks
weren't made by a man.

They're the tracks
of a creature

who should've become
extinct about a half
a million years ago.

A beast far more intelligent
than an ape,
and yet not quite human.

Utterly ridiculous.

It's your opinion then,
Dr. Howard,

that a subhuman
such as Blake describes
is impossible?

Absolutely.

In my opinion,
those footprints are fakes
planted to deceive the police.

And you've fallen for them.

We've fallen for nothing.
I know those footprints
could be fake.

What's more, I know
who could have faked them.

Who?

You're an expert at modeling
parts of the human anatomy,
aren't you?

And you know how
a primitive foot looks.

But you can't think
he's the murderer.

Could Blake strangle
Eddie Daniels? No.

Daniels could tear
Blake in half.

And would he wreck
his own laboratory?

Not likely. And even if
those footprints were fakes,

fingerprints aren't.

They're real
and they're not Blake's.

But the killer wants us
to accuse Blake.

That's why the tie clasp
was planted on Molly Riordan

and why these primitive
footprints were found
near Eddie Daniels' body.

To implicate you.
Well, what about
the fingerprints?

Why can't the police
identify those?

Because there's
no record of them.

Neither the FBl

nor the Department
of Motor Vehicles
could help us.

No, the man we're looking for
has never been booked
for a crime before.

He's never even had
a driver's license.

Well, if you don't need me,
I'll be back at the lab.

Yes.

Yes, that's what I said,
Madagascar.

No, no, no,
it's not in Texas.

It's an island off
the east coast of Africa.

And I wish to speak
to Dr. Jean Moreau

of the Scientific Research
lnstitute at Tananarive.

Charge it
to the Science Department.
Thank you.

We're all here,
professor Blake.

Well, what's this?
What you all doing here?

Today's Thursday.

We always have lab class
at 2:00 on Thursday.

Thursday, 2:00? Oh, yes.
Yes, of course.

Well, we won't meet today.

I've got something
very important here.
Something I can't leave.

Well, don't you understand?
No class.

No class. Wow.

I found this, professor.
It's yours, isn't it?

Oh, yes,
where'd you find it?

On the lawn
where Sergeant Daniels
was killed.

Oh, yes, I must've dropped it
when I was knocked out.
Thank you, Jimmy.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hi, Sylvia.
Hi.

Class out already?

There isn't any.
We've been dismissed.
Same as yesterday.

Donald?

I said there was
no class today.

Well, I'm not here
to go to class today.

Oh, Madeline. I'm sorry,
I didn't see you come in.

You haven't seen much
of anything lately.

No classes, no students,
not even your fianc�e.

I'm sorry,
I've been very, very busy.

I'm on the track of something
that may change
our entire concept of life.

Can't you leave it
for a few minutes, honey?
I want to talk to you.

You see this?
It's a distillate
of coelacanth blood.

peculiar odor.

Familiar, though I haven't
been able to place
where I smelled it before.

Donald, I'm trying
to talk to you.

Well, you go right ahead.
I can hear you.

Well, Father's very upset
about that story you gave
to the newspapers,

about there being
some subhuman hiding
here at Dunsfield.

Disturbing, isn't it?

And he's going to be
even more upset

when he finds out
that you're dismissing
all your classes.

You were hired
to teach.

Teach what?

Theories I'm about
to disprove?

I intend to find out
the truth, the real truth.

Then I'll teach.
What are you
talking about?

I'm gonna prove
that that subhuman
really does exist.

I'm sorry, darling.
I know you're worried,
but so am l.

There's a limit to
what your nerves can stand.

Well, what are you suggesting?
That I'm behaving
irrationally?

That I'm unbalanced?

Of course not.
It's just that...

Well, when Molly Riordan
was killed

and when Sergeant Daniels
was murdered,

you lost your memory.

I think you need a rest.

I'll rest when I find
the killer.

That's not
your responsibility.
That belongs to the police.

Madeline, I know
what I'm doing.

And it's not irrational.

Excuse me.

Hello? Yes, Operator.

Oh, Madeline, would you
close the door?

I've been trying to reach
Madagascar all day.

Hello? Yes, Dr. Moreau.

This is Dr. Donald Blake,
Science Department,
Dunsfield University.

Yes, I want to talk to you
about the coelacanth.

No, no, no. Coelacanth.

Le poisson. The fish.

That's right.

I must know exactly
how this particular fish
was preserved.

Oh, no. No, by all means,
call the Comoros lslands.

Dunsfield University
will pay the charges.

And I didn't mean
to be eavesdropping,

I just couldn't help
hearing him talking
to Madagascar about a fish.

Operator, is Dr. Blake
still on the line?

Well, let me know the moment
he finishes his call.
Now, get me Dr. Cole.

Seventy-six minutes
at $5 a minute.
Why, that's a month's salary!

Hello, Oliver?

Meet me at my office
right away.
I need medical advice.

No, not for myself.

We're going to see Blake.
And hurry.

You're absolutely right.
Donald needs
a leave of absence.

Father, please don't
tell him that I was the one
that told you.

You needn't worry.
I'd have to advise
leave in any case.

phone calls to Madagascar!

Doctor, in looking over
my notes, I want to check
the degree of radiation.

Merci mille fois, Doctor.
Thank you a million.

Yes, sir, that's exactly
the information I needed.

Now, if my experiment
is successful,
I'll send you a full report.

Goodbye, sir.

Gentlemen. Dr. Howard, Oliver.
Why, this must be telepathy.

I was just
going to call you.
Oh?

Now it's telepathy.

Well, call it coincidence,
but I'm glad you're here.
Come into the lab.

One moment, Donald.

Oliver and I want
to talk to you.

Approximately 88 minutes
on the telephone
to Madagascar.

$5 a minute.

Over $400 charged
to the Science Department!

All right, sir,
I'll pay it myself.
But come into the lab.

Donald, forget
the phone bill.

It's you
we're worried about.

I want you to take a leave
of absence,

just until the police
clear this thing up.

Well,
what are the police doing?

Fingerprinting
the football squad.

Well, at that rate,
I should be gone all year.

No, Dr. Howard, if the police
would accept my theory
of a human throwback,

then I'll have to find
the killer myself.

Are you prepared
to name this man?

No, but I can
show you the secret
of his metamorphosis.

Oh, Donald. I refuse
to encourage such nonsense.

Look, Oliver, even a madman
gets a hearing
before he's committed.

Do I get mine, sir?

Yes.

Then come into the lab.

Oh, perhaps you'd better
call Lieutenant Stevens.

Ask him to come over.

Yes, I think the police
should be here.

Oliver, this should
interest you.

plasma protein
of coelacanth blood.

And why should it
interest me?

Because of its
peculiar qualities.

Oh, are the police
coming?
On their way.

Good. Then I'll explain
this thing quickly.

A puzzle biologists
have been trying to solve
for years is this.

How do certain species resist
the force of evolution?

I have the answer here.

Coelacanth plasma.

Not only does this plasma
resist evolution,

but when administered
to another organism,
evolution is reversed.

Thus, when the dog Samson
drank coelacanth blood,

he reverted temporarily
to the behavior and appearance
of a primitive wolf.

Now, over here,
we have a dragonfly,

which for a brief period,
after ingesting
coelacanth blood,

became two feet long,

Iike its ancestors
of 50 million years ago.

I'd like to show you
how bacteria, when treated
with this plasma,

change to crystals, regressing
to the very threshold of life.

It's your contention
this plasma

would have the same effect
on human beings?

Yes.

I say that
if you were injected
with this plasma

you'd revert
to a primitive anthropoid,

physically
as well as mentally.

Donald, your theory is absurd
for very apparent reasons.

The natives
of the Comoros lslands

have been eating coelacanth
for centuries

with no effects whatsoever.

Yes, that's so.

But their coelacanth
isn't treated with gamma rays.
This one was.

Gamma rays? Why?

To preserve it for shipment.

It's the latest thing.

Atomic radiation
kills the bacteria
which causes decay.

Are you sure
this was done?

Why do you think
I called Madagascar?

To find out.

Curious paradox, isn't it,
gentlemen?

After a million-year climb
up the evolutionary ladder,

man's greatest discovery
is the way to undo
his accomplishments

and turn himself
into a beast again.

The great temptation
of our time,

to let the beast triumph
over the seeker for truth.

That's what's happening
here at Dunsfield.

The beast has killed twice.

With this powerful drug,
he's certain to kill again
unless we unmask him.

But, Donald,
granting even that this
could change a man,

how would anyone
discover that fact?

probably by accident
the first time.

Someone may have come in here
during my absence,

cut himself on
the sharp scales of that fish
and became inoculated.

Or with the teeth.

All right. All right,
suppose there was an accident?
Then what?

What?

Oh, yes, the second time
would have to be deliberate.

No man, once he discovered
the effect of this...

Oh, no, there couldn't
possibly be two accidents.

Isn't actually
this whole thing
very improbable?

Only as improbable
as life itself.

Dr. Howard.

You'll be happy to know
that we don't have to arrest
any of your students.

Now, what were you saying
on the phone?

That Dr. Blake could produce
a subhuman man?

Did I say that?

You said that plasma
could turn a man
into a missing link.

Oliver, that's
a gross exaggeration.

Of course it's
an exaggeration.

Hold it, Oliver.

All right, Donald,
you've had your hearing.

Is there anything
you want to show us?

No.

You'll admit that the story
you gave the newspapers,

these expensive phone calls,
the neglect of your duties,

was all an attempt
to gain personal publicity?

I'll admit
nothing of the kind.

I will admit possibly
I'm ill, that I need a rest.

May I still have
that leave of absence?

Is it all right
with the police?

The police would love
to work on this case
without Dr. Blake's help.

Where are you going?

This time of year,
my mountain cabin
is a quiet place.

What do you say, Donald?

Thank you.

All evidence points
to the probability that

I, Donald Blake,
am the murderer.

As a man, this possibility
terrifies me.

But as a scientist,
I must learn the truth.

Therefore, I shall perform
the experiment
I'm about to describe,

praying that it fails.

If it succeeds,

then I pray only for
the courage to destroy

the monster that dwells
within me.

Oh, Sylvia, Jimmy.
What a pleasure. Come in.

Thank you.

Hello, Miss Howard.

Let's go into the den.

What's troubling you?

Well, go ahead, Jimmy.
Tell her. That's what
we're here for.

Well, we thought it best...

Only we promised
the professor
we wouldn't say anything.

promise?
About what?

About the giant dragonfly.

He asked us not to say
anything until he had
a chance to study it.

Only we thought that...

Jimmy, I know that
Dr. Blake has an illusion
about a giant dragonfly,

but I'd rather not discuss it.

But that's just it.
It was not an illusion.

We were there.
We saw it, too.
It was that long.

And making
the most frightful noise.

You mean there really
was a giant dragonfly?

We swear it,
Miss Howard.

And we're breaking
our promise
to the professor

because of the talk
about him being crazy.

That's what the students
are saying?

We know it's not true.

And if there was
a giant dragonfly,

then there could be
a primitive man, too.

That's why we had
to tell someone.

Well, thank you very much
for telling me.

Thank you.

Father?

I just wanted to tell you
that I'm driving up
to the cabin to see Donald.

No. No, no, I'm leaving
right now. Bye-bye.

The experiment
previously described
is now ready for trial.

In a few seconds,

I will inject
coelacanth plasma
into my bloodstream.

Who is it?

Tom Edwards,
Forestry Service.

Yes? What do you want?

Oh, I saw the light was on.
I didn't know the Doctor
was using the cabin.

Well, he's not.
He's letting me use it
for a few days.

I'm Dr. Donald Blake
of Dunsfield University.

Yes, well,
I was just checking.

If there's anything you need,
my station is just down
the road a bit.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night.

The experiment
previously described
is now ready for trial.

In a few seconds,

I will inject
coelacanth plasma
into my bloodstream.

The sounds which may be
recorded hereafter

are those
made under the influence
of the coelacanth plasma.

Hey, is she badly hurt?

Operator.

Operator, get me
the Dunsfield police. Hurry.

Lieutenant Stevens speaking.

This is Tom Edwards,
Forest Service.

Yeah?

I've just seen the monster.

What? You saw it?

With my own eyes.
Half man, half ape.

Where?

In a wreck,
looked like
the Howard girl's car.

Did you shoot him?

No, I didn't have my gun.

But I'm going right back.
Hurry.

Blake, open up in there!

Blake!

Blake! Blake,
where are you?

Blake!

Blake!

Donald!

Donald.

Donald!

Madeline.

Oh, Donald.

You shot him, didn't you?

You killed him,
didn't you, Donald?

Oh, were you hurt, Donald?

The picture.
I got the picture.

The ranger's not here.
Where's your cabin,
Dr. Howard?

Half a mile further
and turn left.

Donald, he's wearing
your clothes.

Madeline.
Father.

Oh, thank God.
What are you
doing here?

Got a call from the ranger.

He said
you'd been carried off
by a half-human monster.

I was, but Donald
killed him.
That true?

Of course
it's true.
I asked him.

Madeline's wrong.
It's not dead.

I know where it hides
and I can lead you to it.

You mean,
you saw this man?

It's not a man,
it's a monster.

We can determine that later.
Come on, Blake.
We're ready. Show us.

Yes, I'll do that.
I'll show it to you.

You go ahead,
I'll be right along.

No, not you.

What are you doing?

I'm doing what I must do.

Just remember one thing,
Madeline.

You're still alive.
Even that beast must've
loved you a little.

Now, trust me.

Stay here.

All right, gentlemen.
Follow me.

This makes
three murders.

Listen to me,
I know this creature.

I can find him,
but I must do it alone.

Now, if you'll follow me
at a distance.

Why alone, Blake?
You trying
to get away from us?

No, I just don't want it
to escape again.

When I drive it out,
you shoot.
And shoot to kill.

You're insane, Donald!
Do you think so?

All right, then you come
with me, Doctor.

The rest will follow.
All right?

All right, but you'd better
have a gun.

No, I won't
need one.

Let me have it.

Come on, Doctor.

Give us a few minutes.

His tracks, Doctor.

Now, could a man make those?

A clever man might.

A clever man might
and a clever man did.

But in the true sense,
they were made
by a primitive anthropoid.

All right, where is it?

Coming just a few minutes
from now.

You see, Doctor, every man
is the product of the history
of the entire human race.

The past is still with us.

I agree with you,
but I'm not here
for a lecture.

It's the savage in modern man
that science
must meet and defeat,

if humanity is to survive.

So, therefore, Doctor,
I'm injecting myself
with coelacanth plasma.

Blake, no!

Watch, Doctor.
Watch closely.

And you'll see evolution
in reverse.

You'll see that I'm...

I'm...

I'm...

Blake.

We better get up there
after him, Lieutenant?

Let him have the time
he asked for.

Blake!

No! Get back!

Get back!

Get back!

Wait. Don't shoot!
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

No.

Blake was right.
He was right
all the time.

Where is he?

He's there.