All language subtitles for The Twilight Zone (1959) - S03E17 - One More Pallbearer (1080p BluRay x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

[theme music playing]

(narrator)
You're traveling
Through another dimension.

A dimension not only
Of sight and sound,
But of mind,

A journey
Into a wondrous land

Whose boundaries
Are that of imagination.

Your next stop,
The twilight zone.

[horns honking
And street sounds]

[suspense music]

She's all set,
Mr. Radin.

How about
The sound system?

You check that out?

She's all
Ready to go.

| don't know
Where you got
Your sound effects

But you'd
Swear a bomb
Was exploding.

| mean a big bomb.

That's precisely
The way it's
Supposed to sound.

[loud explosion]

[explosion sound stops]

That about do it,
Mr. Radin?

That about does it.

You got quite
A setup here.

This part
Of the illusion too?

No, this room is
Not an illusion.

| venture to guess

That it's the best
Designed bomb shelter

On the face
Of the earth--
Who knows?

The hydrogen bomb
Is not an illusion.

But tonight it's
For gags, huh?

Something of the sort.

A practical joke,
Let's say.

You can say
That again.

When they start
Those sound effects

And that stuff
On the screen

You'd swear the world
Was getting blasted.

That's the idea.

| have three guests
Coming this evening

Rather special guests.

You did this to fool
Three of your friends?

Must be kind
Of special friends.

They are,
They are, indeed--
Very special friends.

[suspense music]

What you have just looked at

Takes place
300 feet underground,

Beneath the basement
Of a new york city skyscraper.

It's owned and lived
In by one paul radin.

Mr. Radin is rich, eccentric
And single-minded.

How rich,
We can already perceive.

How eccentric
And single-minded,
We shall see in a moment,

Because all of you
Have just entered

The twilight zone.

[suspense music]

(radin over speakers)
Good evening, friends.

Just step across the hall
To the door straight
Ahead of you.

[whirring]

(radin, over speakers)
Please, come in
If you will.

S/t down,
Make yourselves comfortable.

[whirring]

Please sit down.

[suspense music]

How good of
You to come.

Colonel hawthorne,
Mr. Hughes,

Mrs. Langsford.

It's radin,
Isn't it?

Aren't you paul radin?

You have an excellent
Memory, reverend.

And you, colonel,
Do you recognize me?

| believe | do.

Served under me once,
Didn't you, radin?

| did indeed,
Second lieutenant,
Infantry regiment

Under your command,
Africa, 1942.

| recall it vaguely.

| seem to recall
Something else too.

It's not surprising it
Doesn't flood back to you.

You had a few thousand
Men under you.

| was only one.

But then again, you didn't
Court-martial all of them.

That distinction
You reserved for me.

Ah, yes, | do recall.

You refused to lead
An assault on a hill.

Refused in the face
Of a direct order.

The delay cost us
Almost a company of men.

That was your contention
To the court-martial board,

| was stripped of rank,
Dishonorably discharged.

You were fortunate,

Were | to have
Dictated the sentence

| would have had you shot.

I'm sure
You would have, colonel.

I'm sure
You would have.

But what
A wretched host | am

To neglect
The lady present.

Mrs. Langsford.

Do you recall
Who | am?

Of course,
| do, paul.

| taught you
In high school.

| don't forget
My students.

Oh, sometimes the names
And the faces
Get confused

But if | prod
My memory

| usually can connect
A name and a face--

And, in your case,
A character.

You flunked me,
Mrs. Langsford;

Dressed me down
Before an entire class.

Called me names,
Humiliated me.

Well, let
Me say again,

How good
Of you to come.

I'm delighted

You accepted
The invitation.

(hawthorne)
Invitation?

The request
That | come here
Was an ultimatum.

Your chauffeur,
Whoever it was,
Said it was a matter

Of life and death.

Well, yes, yes, indeed.

That's the way it
Was broached to me.

| was having my dinner

And my wife mary went
To answer the door,

And when she came back,

She had such a strange
Expression on her face.

Ah, mr. Hughes,
You've never ceased

To be a bit on the wordy
Side, now, have you?

It's odd, really,
How changeless we
Remain over the years.

But | suppose certain
Lifetime habits

Are not easily
Put aside.

Paul, perhaps
You'd be good
Enough to tell us

Why we've
Been asked
To come here.

I'd be
Delighted to.

But first,
Can | get
You something?

A highball, perhaps,

Or a cup of coffee?

Reverend, how do you
Take your coffee?

Habits, mrs. Langsford--

The incredible
Persistence of habits.

You call me paul,
As if | were
Still sitting

In the front row
In your classroom.
[chuckles]

But what about you,
Mrs. Langsford?

A nice cup of tea?

Thank you, no.

Oh?

How about you, colonel?
A tot of rum?

| would appreciate

If you
Made your point
And let us leave.

You've obviously
Called us here
For something

And | would
Welcome hearing
Whatever it is.

How staunchly
Military, colonel.

Drive, drive, drive!

Get up
Against that objective
And wipe it out.

Red flag in the map

And troops
Out of the sun.

The nerves of steel
And a concrete head.

That will
Be all, radin!

Colonel, you are
No longer in command.

I'm in command here

And what | command
Is your attention.

| called you
Three here

For a very
Specific purpose.

| want to settle
Three old scores

But will do it
In chronology.

My dear
Old schoolmarm
Shall begin.

That staunch
And intrepid educator

That looks
So out of place

Without her
Severe spectacles

Covering severe eyes

Looking out
Of a severe face

And possessing

That vast
Prerogative that comes

From the school board,
And the vast courage

That comes with pitting
All her wits and instinct
And knowledge

Against captive children.

Are you finished, paul?

My dear schoolmarm,
I've hardly begun.

Well, then, may | make
An observation?

Just a comment

On how incredible
This whole thing 1s

That a man like you,
A millionaire three
Times over,

An important man who walks
With kings and heads of state

And industrial tycoons--

That such a man should
Have a mind so tiny

That it could brood

Over a high school
Incident of 20 years ago

And let it fester inside you
As you seem to have done.

| have never
Liked humiliation,

Whether it
Happened 20 years ago
Or in the past ten minutes.

Humiliation?

All right, paul, let's
Talk about humiliation.

Let's talk
About your humiliation.

Mr. Radin was caught

Cheating in an examination.

Not a crime, of course,

But perhaps a bit indicative
Of the character

Of the person who does it.

And when he was accused
Of this act,

This cocoon,
Soon to become tycoon,

Tried to plant his crib sheets
On an innocent student.

How right you are,

Mr. Radin,
That 1 stood you
Up on your feet

And in front
Of the entire class

| told you exactly
What you were.

But no room was there
Then, mrs. Langsford,

For a moment of compassion,

For an iota of sympathy

For a poor, frightened,
Desperate boy.

Mr. Radin, I've dealt

With frightened and desperate
Children all my life.

And it may surprise
You to know

That I've lent them
More of sympathy

And of compassion

Than | have lent
Them of knowledge.

But neither sympathy nor
Compassion can be handed out

Wholesale, like
Cheap bubble gum.

The recipient
Must be worthy of them

And you never were.

You were a devious,
Dishonest troublemaker.

And in spite
Of all your millions,

It's my guess
You are still devious,

You are still dishonest.

And I've no doubt, even now,

You're a troublemaker.

You haven't changed,
Mrs. Langsford.

(hughes)
Mr. Radin, obviously
Many years have passed

Between now
And the time you felt
You'd suffered indignities

At our hands,
But what's to be gained by--

(radin)
A great deal
Can be gained,

A very great deal.

You, for example, accused me
Of a lack of character,

Put a scandal over my head,
Destroyed my reputation.

Yes, | remember.

A girl, mr. Radin,
A girl you drove to suicide.

Because even
At that early stage

You were not a man who held
Honor in very high regard.

[suspense music]
You can go
To the devil, reverend!

Radin!

And you, too, colonel.

Tonight, my friends,

You will all
Go to the devil,

And that /s not
A figure of speech!

(radin)
Do you know why / built
This room down here?

Those walls are
18 inches concrete
With reinforced steel.

And around them,
Six inches of lead.

| have my own generator
System, my own air system.

Yes, and out there,
Beyond that door,

A storeroom the size
Of a warehouse.

You understand
Logistics, colonel.

Does it occur to you
Why | should have gone

To all this
Trouble and expense?

[suspense music]

To begin a vigil,
My friends.

The long wait
And the countdown.

Yes. | have walked
With kings and tycoons,

As you perceive,
Mrs. Langsford.

1 have walked with them,
And | have listened to them.

|! Keep abreast of the times,
And usually well ahead
Of them.

| know things
That are going to happen.

| pay for the service.

48 hours ago

| received
A most interesting
Bit of news,

Something that
Perhaps only six men

In the world
Know of.

The world
Is coming to an end
This evening,

Ladies and gentlemen.

At 11:45, there will be no
More city, no more country.

At 30 minutes after midnight,
There will be no more world.

They are going
To bomb us,

And we are going
To bomb them.

By dawn, there will be nothing
Left but rubble and bodies.

And in a few moments
It will all begin.

You'll be hearing
Sirens very shortly.

That's the red alert.

That means
Their missiles
Are on their way.

Ours will follow
Soon after.

And you are
To survive,
Mr. Radin?

Is that
The idea?

1 am to survive, mr. Hughes.

|! Am 300 feet underground.

And what about you, reverend?

Do you wish
To survive?

Do the rest of you
Wish to survive?

Or am | to be
The only pallbearer?

[high-pitched tone]

(man over speakers)
This 1s your civil
Defense announcer.

Repeating. The air defense
Command has just declared

A take-cover signal.

This 1s not a practice
Warning, not a drill.

An attack by enemy forces
Is expected at any moment.

You must seek the nearest
Shelter immediately.

If you are in your home,

Go to your prepared shelter
Or to the basement.

If you have no shelter
Or basement,

Go toward
The center of the house,
To the first room

Or hall that will put
As many walls

As possible between
You and the outside
Of the house.

Take your radio with you.

If you are in any
Other type of building,
Go to the basement

Or lowest floor
And get as close
To the center of the building

As possible.

(announcer)
...- your shelter until
Told it 1s safe to do so.

This 1s nota test.

This 1s a real take-cover--
[broadcast stops]

Comments?

Perhaps a little
Military sophistry
Now, colonel.

A quote
From general grant.

Or you, reverend,

Something enriching
From the gospel.

Such silence, mrs. Langsford?

Nothing in that
Vast repertoire,

That pilgrim's progress
Mind of yours,

To handle
The situation?

A mental eraser
To wipe out reality?

I've got
To get to my wife.

By all
Means, reverend,
Get to your wife.

Hold hands
And die together.

You turn
My stomach,
Mr. Hughes.

"Get to your wife."

That's not what's
On your mind.

What's on your
Mind is what's
On the colonel's mind

And the schoolmarm's mind.

Your precious hide,
Your sanctified flesh.

That's what
Preoccupies you
At the moment.

If I'm to die tonight

| want to be
With someone | love.

"Somebody | love--"
How theatrical! Ha!

But more burlesque
Than legitimate.

Have the decency,
Reverend, to depart
This earth

With just a fragment
Of the truth
In your mouth.

Tell me to my face
That you're so scared,

So miserably frightened,

That you'd sell
Your wife by the pound

If it meant
Your own survival.

If those were
The last words |
Spoke before | died,

They would also be
The worst falsehood

| ever uttered on earth.

Now, will you
Open this door?

Will you let me leave now?

[sirens blaring]

How did you
Know, radin?

How could you
Possibly have known?

What difference
Does it make,

If he'll let
Us leave now

Perhaps we can
Reach our homes
Before it happens.

Shall we drop
The pretenses now?

Shall we, all of us now,
Tell the truth?

/ told you
How this room
Was constructed--

Steel, concrete and lead.

It may be
The only place on earth
Where you can survive.

Now, what is this nonsense
About going back
To your homes?

Do you mean to say
That you would walk
Out of here and die

When by simply sitting
Here you could live?

Are we to understand,
Mr. Radin,

That you will permit
Us this luxury?

You will allow
Us to stay?

Of course, colonel.
As a matter of fact,

It's precisely why
I've asked you to come.

Each of you
In his own way
Has tried to destroy me.

But I'll not repay
The compliment.

That is to say,
| will not require
An eye for an eye,

Nothing as primitive
Or as naked as that.

What is your price,
Mr. Radin?

I'd be interested.
[suspense music]

The colonel would
Be interested.

| presume the reverend
And the schoolmarm

Would be interested.

| submit,
Dear friends,

You're not
Just interested.

It's probably the only
Thing in god's earth

That has any meaning
Left at all.

But the price, colonel,

You will beg my pardon,

You will ask my forgiveness,

And, if need be, will get
Down on your hands and knees

To perform the function.

"Pretty please
With sugar on it."

How's that?
Speak up, teacher.

"Pretty please
With sugar on it."

It's what children say
To exact a favor.

| don't want your
Favor, mr. Radin!

Let me out of here!

If I'm to spend my last
Quarter hour on earth

I'd rather spend it
With a stray cat

Or alone in central park

Orin a city
Full of strangers

Whose names
I'll never know.

(hughes)
The door, radin.

Will you open
The door now?

(hawthorne)
Open up, radin.

[suspense music]

You're too blind
Or you're too stupid,

Because none of you
Seem to understand.

All you have to do--

Literally, all
You have to do--
Is to say a sentence.

Just a string
Of silly, stupid words.

Like a command, colonel,

Or like
A lesson, teacher,

Or like
A prayer, reverend.

All you have to say
Is you're sorry.

All right,
You want to die, fine.

But you'll be back
Inside five minutes.

There's the elevator!
Take it!

Take the farce
To its conclusion.

Go up into the street
And see the panic

And the frenzy
And the horror.

And come back
To your salvation.

Or watch it
All down here
On that screen.

You can see
It all happen,
The whole thing.

Watch the world being
Shoveled into a grave.

It's your
Last chance.

It's your last chance,
| mean it.

Tell me,
Reverend, is life
So stinking cheap

That you can throw
It down a drain?

Life is very
Dear, mr. Radin,
Infinitely valuable.

But there are other things
That come even higher.

Honor is one of them--

Perhaps the most
Expensive of them all.

Amen.

(langsford)
Try not to get
Too lonely.

Use mirrors.
They may help.

Put them all
Around the room.

Then you'll have
The company of a world
Full of radins.

It'll be a fantasy,
Of course,

But then your whole life
Has been a fantasy,

A parade of illusions--

Illusions about what
People have done to you,

Illusions about
What justice is,

Illusions about
What is the dignity

Of even the lowest of us.

A fantasy,
Mr. Radin,

And now you can have
It all to yourself.

No, it's not true,
It's not a fantasy.

No, it's not a fantasy!

[sirens blaring]

[over speakers]
This 1s your civil
Defense announcer.

Our military authorities
Have just ordered
A take-cover alert.

Attack by enemy forces
1s imminent.

Take cover immediately.

If you are in your car
Driving away from your
City, continue.

Keep on driving.

Do not stop.

When movement
1s no longer possible,

Seek the best
Available refuge.

That's enough!

If you are outdoors
On foot,

Hurry to the nearest shelter,

[sirens continue]

[explosion]

That's quite enough!

[sirens stop]

[suspense music]

[whimpering]

[tragic music]

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

[car horn honking]

[wailing]

Anybody?

Somebody.

Please.

Somebody--

(man)
Hey, mac, mac.

Had a little
Bit too much?

Hey, mac.

| didn't want
It this way.

Let me take
You home, mac.

| didn't want
It this way.

No, somebody, please.

Anybody, won't
Somebody listen to me?

[sobbing]

[clamoring voices]

(policeman)

Move along, please!

Please, move along,
Please, please.
It's okay now,

We're gonna
Help you.

Isn't there
Anybody left?

Nobody?

You're gonna be
All right.

Nobody!

Now, go on,
Break it up.

Go on, go on.

Nobody.

[suspense music]
Nobody--

Oh, god.

God.

(narrator)
Mr. Paul radin,
A dealer in fantasy

Who sits in the rubble
Of his own making

And imagines that he's
The last man on earth,

Doomed toa perdition
Of unutterable loneliness

Because a practical joke
Has turned into a nightmare.

Mr. Paul radin,
Pallbearer at a funeral

That he manufactured himself
/n the twilight zone.

(announcer)
Rod serling,
Creator of the twilight zone,

Will tell you
About next week's story

After this message.

And now, mr. Serling.

Next week,
Through the good offices
Of mr. Charles beaumont,

We take a walk
In some dead man's shoes.

It's the story of a hobo
Who takes some shoes

Off a recently-deceased
Hoodlum, and then discovers

That if the shoe fits,
You have to wear it.

You have to do
As the shoes do--

Go where they tell you to
And then perform

Some services above
And beyond the norm.

| hope we see you next week
For "Dead man's shoes."

(announcer)

Does your family
Have the security
Of seat belts?