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Chandu the Magician.

In the three years that thou has dwelt among us,

thou has conquered the atma of the spirt,

and found thy reward in the powers proclaimed by Shiva.

Thou shalt look into the eyes of men,

and they shall be as straw in thine hands.

Thou shalt cause them to see what is not there,

even unto a gathering of 12 times 12.

My son, I proclaim thee one of the sacred company of the yogi,

and bestow upon thee the name of Chandu.

Thou hast done well, my son.

To few indeed of thy race have the secrets of the yogi been revealed.

To you, my teacher, I express my thanks.

- What more can I learn? - Nothing, now. The world needs thee.

Go forth in thy youth and strength,

and conquer the evil that threatens mankind.

I have gazed in the crystal, and I've seen the forces of death and destruction,

rising from the brain of a madman.

Look.

- Who is this man? - This man is Roxor.

Last of an ancient family that lived in Alexandria.

He has built a home in the rock temple of Madu,

that stands on the great cliffs above the third cataract of the Nile.

But why am I appointed to fight this man?

It is fate who has chosen thee for the task, my son.

And because no man fights so well as when he is protecting his loved ones,

fate has thrown thine own family in the path of this human monster.

Look.

Dorothy, my sister.

Yes. Her husband has brought his family to Cairo,

so that he maybe near his friend Roxor.

This man, Robert Regent...

has a secret of enormous power.

Yes. For years, my brother-in-law,

has worked to perfect a death ray strong enough to destroy whole cities.

He's never found it.

This death ray in the hands of Roxor,

Means an end to goodness,

An end to all that is noble,

all that is sane.

Can't you do something?

Surely the police must be able to find some trace of him.

Oh, please telephone me as soon as you have any news at all.

- Thanks. - Oh, Mother. Mother, you mustn't worry.

I'm sure we'll hear from Father soon.

- Mother? Look at the letters I found. - Where did you get them, Betty?

- In the laboratory. - You didn't go out there in the dark now?

Oh, Mother, how could anyone be hanging around the garden in this sandstorm?

I thought I might find some clues in them.

But you mustn't go outside again.

Why? Did you see something?

Tell me. Did you bolt the door when you came through?

I, I don't remember.

- What did you see, Mother? - Nothing, Bobby.

It may be foolish, but I thought I saw a face peering in at that window.

Oh, Mother, let's go away from here.

We can't, dearest. Not until we have some news from your father.

Listen!

I thought I heard a door close.

What's that?

Well, what's the matter? Don't you recognize me?

- Oh, Frank! - There, there.

Now, don't cry. Don't cry.

I've come here to help you find Robert.

- Uncle Frank, do you know about Father? - Yes, dear.

- Do you know where he is? - I want to talk to you alone, Dorothy.

My, my, Betty Lou, how you've grown.

And Bobby too. But he's too big to kiss.

Sure. We're grown up pretty nearly, Uncle Frank,

so why can't we stay and hear what you know about Father?

- I'll tell you everything later. - There's something I want to know now.

What was that bell that rang just before you came in?

That was an astral bell. It tells you when a yogi is near.

- You're really a yogi now? - Mm-hmm.

And when I hear that bell, I know it's a warning from a yogi that danger threatens.

What's that?

It's only a pride of dogs down by the river.

"Now that I know your plans, no money on earth,

"could persuade me to sell you the secret of the death ray.

"If you try to approach me again, I shall denounce you to the authorities.

I'm convinced you are a madman and should be dealt with accordingly."

Do you know whom this letter was intended for?

- No. - Roxor.

- Roxor? - I'm sure of it. Robert's his prisoner.

- Where? - That I don't know.

I tried to communicate with his mind, but the crystal revealed nothing.

He must be,

- Dead? - No, no.

Just probably drugged, that's all. Unconscious.

Robert Regent, I'm calling you. Calling!

You see? It's useless.

Calling him has no response.

Help! Let me go! Stop it!

- Who sent you here? - Roxor.

- Where did you see Roxor? - At the wine cellar of,

Open in the name of Osiris,

the blind eyes, sealed lips, deaf ears.

I wish to see Roxor.

The effendi is speaking with a friend and may not be disturbed.

He will see me. Tell him it is Princess Nadji.

Bring the princess here.

We must not let her find you here, Abdullah.

I don't know yet whether she is to be a friend or an enemy.

If she proves to be an enemy, I beg you let me deal with her.

Why? Do you hate the princess Nadji?

I hate her.

Yet I want her more than I've ever wanted any woman before.

Very well, Abdullah.

If Nadji opposes me,

and you serve me well,

there shall be a new slave in your harem.

Come in.

Let me have your cloak.

Then I may not feast my eyes on your lovely figure?

- Why have you sent for me, Roxor? - Why?

To offer you my friendship.

- Well, here we are. - Yes, but how are we going to get in?

You're not going in. You're going to stay here and watch.

But it'd be much more fun to go in with you.

Listen, Bobby, in case anything happens to me,

your mother and Betty Lou will need a man to protect them.

Stay here.

You have the word, brother?

Open in the name of Osiris,

the blind eyes, sealed lips, deaf ears.

But my people are happy and contented.

The great dams have multiplied our crops a hundredfold.

What if I destroy those dams?

- What? - Yes.

I can do it with one blast from my death ray.

Then where will your people be?

More than a billion tons of water will sweep down on them,

drowning them like rats.

The greatest flood since the biblical deluge.

So, unless my people join in making you a modern pharaoh,

you will annihilate them.

Pharaoh.

I shall be greater than any pharaoh.

Civilization and all its works shall be destroyed.

Men shall return to savagery,

following only one supreme intelligence,

me.

You see, you're my prisoner.

Every man in this house is my servant.

- You can't keep me here. - I shan't try.

You are to be sent to a friend of mine as a present.

Did you call me, master?

Take this woman through the tunnel to the river. A boat is waiting.

Come!

Come, Nadji, quick.

- Chandu! - Come.

What's the matter with you?

Stop them! Stop those two!

After them!

Stop them!

- Everything aboard, Ahmed? - Yes, effendi.

Very well.

Mother, is she a real princess?

Yes, Betty. Uncle Frank says she's descended,

from a long line of ancient Egyptian kings.

- And are we really going to her palace? - No, Bobby.

- We're going to her dahabieh. - Her "daha" what?

Oh, Bobby, don't you know that's a houseboat?

And the princess says we'll have to travel all night by camelback.

Won't that be great?

Wasn't it strange that chance should have sent you,

to look for Roxor just when I needed you most?

It wasn't chance, Nadji. It was fate.

I mean, it was, uh, It was fate that brought me in front of that door.

At first I didn't recognize you.

You see, it's three years since last we met.

- Remember? - Yes.

Those days in Paris, I've thought a lot about them.

I know.

In the yogi monastery, there's a pool,

where you can see the face of anyone who's thinking of you.

And did you see my face in it?

If you would have looked in it, you would have seen mine much oftener.

Mother, do you think the princess can help us in finding Father?

I don't know, darling, but Uncle Frank says we'll be much safer,

as her guests than if we're left here alone.

Well, I shouldn't be frightened anywhere with Uncle Frank.

Oh, look. There are the camels.

El Mahafi, are you ready to leave?

Yes, Princess, and tomorrow's sun will see us there.

Cush. Cush.

You bloomin' idiot. Don't you understand plain English?

Voulez-vous cush?

Oh, why don't you kneel down when I ask you to?

Aw, I wish I had it.

- Miggles! - Captain Chandler.

That's all right, Miggles. Don't salute me, and don't call me Captain Chandler.

We're out of the army now.

What are you doing in that funny-looking getup?

Nursemaid to a blooming camel. Oh, I'm so happy I met you, Captain.

You've gotta get me out of this. You've gotta give me a job.

I'll work for you for nothing. After all, I was a good orderly, wasn't I, sir?

Are you still drinking, Miggles?

Well, sir,

Changin' the subject, do you still do your magic tricks?

Oh, much better ones. Look at me.

Now look behind you.

Take off your hat.

- Why, you dirty little snoop. - Who, me?

Oh, he can talk. Oh, take him away.

- Make him go away. - That's all right. He's only in your mind.

Oh, don't tell me I'm going balmy.

He's gone!

How would you like to take a very dangerous trip with me?

Sure. You know me. I love danger.

All right, then. Come on.

Oh, thank you, Captain. Thank you.

Every time you get drunk you're going to see that little fella.

- Understand? - I understand.

So help me goodness, governor, this is the finish.

When a man starts to see things like that,

- Well, it's time to quit. - Okay.

- You all right, Princess Nadji? - Yes.

Miggles. Behave.

I can't thank you enough, Nadji.

Now that Dorothy and the children are safe,

I'll be free to find Robert.

I think I can help you.

- You, Nadji? - Yes.

Roxor has been seen by some of my people,

near the ruins of Madu.

Where are they?

- On the third cataract. - How far is it?

Not very far. My boat can be there in 24 hours.

Go straight to Roxor and inform the master,

that the princess and the foreigner are on their way to rescue Regent.

Tell him I will see that the white man gets no further than the houseboat.

And now, tell me. Have you married since I saw you last?

No. That's one feat of magic that requires a beautiful assistant.

- But you've been in love? - All the time.

I might have known.

There are too many charming women in the world.

Not too many. Oh, now, don't misunderstand me, Nadji.

All the time in love, but always with the same woman.

Do I know her?

You should.

She was a present to your father and mother on your birthday.

You're never serious, are you?

Never so serious as now, Nadji.

Tell me. Have you found someone?

Even if I had, my life belongs to my people.

You know, you told me that three years ago.

You think I'm foolish, don't you?

No, dear. Just very, very young,

and making an unnecessary sacrifice.

Sometimes I think so too.

Hello.

You have a visitor.

His name is Abdullah. He's been coming here very often lately.

Oh. I see.

For the white man.

It is Roxor who commands.

I'll order some refreshments.

Ali? Some wine.

- You must be choked with sand and dirt. - You're right.

I love the looks of the desert, but I hate the taste of it.

I thought I'd pay you a surprise visit.

- I'm afraid I'm rather in the way. - No, not at all.

But unfortunately, my boat is starting at once.

And is the gentleman I just saw making this romantic trip with you?

Romantic is hardly the word.

With a woman as lovely as you are, Nadji,

it couldn't be business.

You have a strange way of paying compliments, Abdullah.

Who is this friend of yours?

He is called Chandu.

Chandu.

Beg pardon, Captain. Is this where the danger starts?

Not yet.

That's funny. A telephone way out here?

That's strange.

You haven't told me yet. Why are you going up the Nile?

- You know Roxor? - Ro, Roxor.

Oh, is he that crazy scientist who lives in one of the rock temples?

Yes.

No, I've never met him. Is he the man you're going to visit?

I understand that Roxor has discovered,

many valuable relics of the 12th Egyptian Dynasty.

Wait.

Drink.

Go on, drink.

This wine is, is poisoned

Robert Regent, I'm calling.

Robert Regent, I am calling.

Robert Regent, where are you?

Look. Look!

The crystal's clearing at last.

The great rock temple at Madu.

Roxor is trying to build a huge death ray.

It's Robert. He's still alive.

Roxor is there.

Robert hasn't told him the secret.

Oh, he'll torture him until he does.

That's your servant, The man who gave us the poisoned wine.

Roxor is punishing him because he failed.

Chandu, this man is heartless.

Roxor will kill him.

Not as long as he has any hope of forcing Robert to give up his secret.

What was that message the Arab just brought?

I don't know.

Nadji, you say you know the way to this temple?

Yes.

Quiet, Miggles, quiet.

Oh, Captain!

Quiet, Miggles. Quiet.

Miggles, stay here and keep watch.

Yes, Captain. I can manage.

Captain! Captain! Captain! Captain!

Captain!

Captain! Captain! Captain! Aaah!

Captain! Captain! Captain!

- Captain! - What's the matter? What's happened?

One of them bloomin' stone idols hopped off his perch and ran away.

- And he pinched my hat. - You've been drinking again, have you?

So help me, it's true. I swear it on the heads of me unborn children.

Captain! Captain!

Look!

- Chandu! - Fear not, Princess. You are to live.

But you will see your friends die.

Oh, Mother.

Before we die,

accept my blessing.

Open! Open!

- A fiend! - A fiend!

Halt!

My will shall be your will.

Now I command you. Take me to the effendi Professor Robert Regent.

- He is not here. - Speak the truth.

- The master has taken him away. - Where to?

To the secret market of Bab Doukkala.

There, unless he speaks, he will see his daughter sold as a slave.

- What does it mean? - It means that Roxor can do nothing,

by threatening Robert, so he's kidnapped Betty Lou. Come!

Miggles.

Oh, Captain.

Miggles.

Oh, governor, take away those snakes.

Come on, Miggles. Pick up your gun. Pick up your gun!

Take it away! Take it away!

Take it away! Take it away!

Never another drop, so help me.

Are you ready to tell me the secret of the death ray?

No.

You still may change your mind.

Never.

- Father! Father! - Betty Lou!

My child. What are you going to do with her?

That depends on you.

Will you tell me the secret of the ray?

- No. - Take her to the block.

- No! No! - No, no, no!

- Don't! - Father!

- Father! - Don't take her!

- Don't! - Please stop! Father! Please!

Let her go!

You shall stand at that window and see her sold.

Help me, Father! Don't! Let me go! Father, help me!

Kill me. Kill me if you will, but let her go.

Courage, Betty Lou.

It's not too late to save her.

No. Whatever happens to me or mine, I'll never tell you.

Get out!

Master! Master!

Master! Master!

Allah, save us!

I saw the gold with mine own eyes! This is magic!

Allah be praised!

Stop that man! Run after him!

Run after him!

Guard!

Abdullah!

Guard!

- Why didn't you hold him at the gate? - He never passed the gate.

When these hands tried to seize him, there was nothing there but a burnoose.

That one.

The devil!

Now I know who is fighting us.

Chandu, A man who has at his command the wizardry of the East.

- What is his power? - Ah.

Hypnotism, nothing more.

Is there no way through which we can attack him?

Yes, one.

Samson's strength was in his hair.

Chandu's strength,

is in his eyes.

Mother, here they are.

- Oh, Betty! - Bobby!

- Oh, my poor child. - Mother, dear, please don't worry about me.

It was dreadful to see Father like that, his face drawn with agony.

- So desperate! - Don't. I can't bear it.

Now, Dorothy, don't worry.

Please, Frank. Can't something be done to save him?

I'm going right back after him, dear, as soon as I get fresh horses.

There, there.

- Miggles, be ready to leave in half an hour. - Yes, sir.

We're going to the rock temple.

All right, sir.

The rock temple, I think he said.

This calls for another drink.

Walking idols and guns that turns into snakes?

This certainly calls for a drink.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

Who? Me?

What for?

- For seeing things again. - Now, go on. Hop it.

Is that a nice way to behave?

I thought you was a gentleman.

And I thought you were a gentleman too.

We were both mistaken, weren't we?

Don't you talk back at me.

I'm not talking back at you.

You're talking to yourself.

Miggles, aren't you ashamed of ourselves?

Every time you drink that liquor, you're not yourself.

If you're not yourself, how am I to know who I am?

If you're not you and I'm not me, then who are we?

Neither of us. Miggles, behave.

All right. I give in.

I'll never touch another.

- Nadji, why this costume? - I'm going with you.

- No. - But I might help you.

No, darling. That last trip was too dangerous.

I couldn't risk losing you again.

At least I can go as far as the oasis.

Please.

If anything happened to you, Nadji, dear,

do you think I could ever forgive myself?

Do I really mean so much?

More than so much.

- The horses is here, sir. - Nadji.

No, thank you. You'd better order a horse for me, Miggles.

- That's all right. You can have mine. - Miggles!

What's the matter with you? You seem nervous.

Well, it's, It's all this excitement, sir.

Could you fix it up for me, so I could have a drink without seeing anything?

You haven't had one all day?

No, sir.

All right, Miggles. You may have one then.

- Here's to you. - To you, Miggles.

As I said, sir, here's to you.

Oh, go and take a good swim!

Be careful. This is tear gas. If you break it, it'll blind you.

Well, here we are.

- Dear, keep yourself hidden. - Don't you worry about me.

You have more important things on your mind.

Never anything more important than you, Nadji, dear.

Sometimes I wonder if you really know the meaning of danger.

I do, darling. I do when it concerns you.

You know, I'm not a bit afraid,

when we are together, and you speak to me like that.

When you look at me like that, nothing else matters.

Be careful. If not for your own sake,

then for mine?

A bargain.

And you, darling, be careful,

for mine.

Take no chances.

Chandu!

Ride, Nadji! Ride away quick!

I'm helpless.

Roxor was right. Your magic comes from your eyes.

- Chandu! - Bring him to Roxor!

Only Regent can do it!

Well done, Abdullah.

Now I'll have my revenge on Chandu.

Yes, but that doesn't tell you how to operate your death ray.

No?

You followed Regent's plans in building this elaborate machine,

but he still withholds the knowledge to release its power.

Regent was near to breaking when he saw his daughter on the slave block, wasn't he?

Yes.

If Roxor threatens his wife and children,

what then, Abdullah?

In a few hours, his whole family will be here.

How?

In that cell, he's now writing a letter to them.

Effendi!

- Is the letter ready? - Where's Roxor?

He's not here.

If you'll take it to my family, they will reward you.

It's only a letter of farewell.

- The letter will be delivered, effendi. - Thank you.

Now look, Abdullah.

For the wife of Robert Regent.

For the wife of the effendi.

- Are you sure that's really from Father? - Look, darling, it's his writing.

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if we really could save him?

We must save him. I'll get ready.

But, Mother,

There's no need for you to go. This is a man's job.

- But there's no man here. - Well, how about me? And Miggles?

- How's that, sir? - I was just reminding Mother you're a man.

Does she have to be reminded?

If I could only get this bandage off my eyes.

- Oh, if I could only help you. - Oh, Nadji.

Nadji, what a fool I was to let you come with me.

Don't say that, Chandu.

If these are to be the last hours of your life, I want them to be mine too.

If I could only get you out of here, see you safe once again.

It doesn't matter what happens to me.

I feel so much closer to you now than ever before.

Oh, Nadji, I can't think of losing you,

now that I've found you again.

Tell me, if all this hadn't happened,

would you have left Egypt, gone with me?

You had only to ask, and I'd have followed you anywhere.

If this is the end, Nadji,

let me hear you say "I love you."

I love you.

And I love you.

Well, Chandu, we meet at last.

It isn't quite as you planned though, is it?

Remember this, Roxor.

That the best laid plans of men sometimes go astray.

What do you mean?

I mean that my will is stronger than yours, that it will conquer you.

- That's a lie! - Is it?

Then why are you afraid to look me in the eyes?

I'm not afraid. Your eyes would have no effect on me.

Then take off this bandage!

If I were alone, I would.

But these silly natives, they believe your tricks.

You're afraid, I tell you.

Take the bandage from his eyes. Take it off.

Stop! Stop!

Don't let him fool you. Get rid of him once and for all.

You're right.

You can't do that!

You can't bury him alive!

Why not?

It was a favorite punishment among the priests of Isis who built this temple.

No!

You'd be far better off to kill him.

Why?

Yogis have been known to remain buried for days.

Yes.

But not underwater.

No!

No!

No!

- Roxor. Roxor! - Why are you calling him?

I'll tell him how to work the machine.

Robert, you mustn't! You said it would mean death to millions.

I'm going to, I tell you, if he'll let you and the children go.

We won't go! We won't save our lives at such a cost.

Hmm. Why, it's a family reunion.

Let them go, Roxor. I beg of you, let them go.

There is a way out of this cell, and I'll show it to them.

But not while you are in there.

Just let me stay here. I don't care what you do with me.

Now, look.

Mother!

I told you there was a way out, Regent.

That is a river down there,

where your friend Chandu has gone.

Have mercy, Roxor!

Stop!

Close it! Close it!

- Will you tell me now? - Stop!

Mother!

Mother!

Stop! Stop!

- Stop! Stop! - You'll show me how to work the death ray?

Yes. Yes.

How far will the beam carry?

- Halfway around the world. - Ah!

Hurry, hurry!

Is it ready?

Yes.

Back to his cell.

At last.

I'm king of all.

That lever is my scepter.

London, New York, Imperial Rome,

I can blast them all into a heap of smoking ruins.

Cities of the world shall perish.

All that lives,

shall know me as master and tremble at my word.

Paris.

City of fools.

Proud of their Napoleon.

What will they think...

when they feel the power of Roxor?

And England,

with its sacred traditions,

Its king. Its triumph,

its, its navy,

will be helpless.

They shall bow before me in worship.

Me, Roxor.

I will destroy the dams of the Nile.

And its roaring floods shall sweep down upon,

hundreds of thousands,

drowning them like rats!

Roxor, the god,

whose hand deals death!

Stop! I command you!

Take your hand from that control.

No, you don't frighten me.

You can't move that lever.

I'll move it now!

And you're standing right in the front of the ray.

Your hand is powerless to move, Roxor.

It's a lie.

And you shall be the first man for the ray to kill.

I have come out of a coffin from the depths of the Nile.

My will brought me here,

and that will is stronger than yours.

You are helpless.

- No! - Drop your hands.

Now, stand there.

- Don't move. - Chandu!

Dorothy! Robert! Are you safe? Are you all right?

There, It's over, there.

I've doubled the speed of the generator. The voltage is mounting.

The ambient's at white heat. The machine will explode in a moment.

- Get out of here, quick! - Not that way, Frank!

I'm all right. Hurry!

For years I've wanted you, and now I've got you.

- You beast! - There's no use fighting.

Nadji!

Nadji! Nadji!

Nadji!

Chandu! Look out!

Nadji! Na,

Captain!

Chandu! Chandu!

- Where are they? - Let's go.

- Are you all right, Nadji, dear? - Uncle Frank! Uncle Frank!

Children! Dorothy!

- Thank heaven you're safe, Frank. - That was brave of you, Robert.

You set the machine to destroy even your whole family, rather than give it to Roxor.

Aaah!

Help!

Where can we get a drink?

You oughta be ashamed of yourself. Come on.