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[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]

[ KEY RATTLES IN LOCK ]

Man: GOOD MORNING, MR. PHELPS.

THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS GENERAL KASIMIR ZEPKY,

WHO IS PLOTTING TO MAKE HIMSELF A DICTATOR.

ONLY ONE MAN STANDS BETWEEN ZEPKY AND ABSOLUTE POWER --

STANISLAUS CARDINAL SUCHEK,

WHOSE INFLUENCE WITH THE PEOPLE HAS KEPT HIS COUNTRY FREE.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ZEPKY IMPRISONED THE CARDINAL

SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN HE ENTERED ZOLNAR MONASTERY

FOR HIS ANNUAL RETREAT.

ZEPKY INTENDS TO REPLACE HIM WITH AN EXACT DOUBLE

WHO WILL POLITICALLY ENDORSE ZEPKY,

GUARANTEEING HIS FINAL SEIZURE OF POWER.

YOUR MISSION, JIM, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT,

IS TO SAVE CARDINAL SUCHEK AND STOP ZEPKY.

AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU OR ANY OF YOUR I.M. FORCE

BE CAUGHT OR KILLED,

THE SECRETARY WILL DISAVOW ANY KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ACTIONS.

THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS.

GOOD LUCK, JIM.

Barney: THE FAN EXERTS ENOUGH PRESSURE

TO PUSH THEM UP AND OUT THE TUBE,

JUST LIKE THE SMOKE.

HOW FAR WILL IT REACH?

Willie: WHEN WE HAD IT FULLY EXTENDED EARLIER,

IT REACHED OVER 40 FEET.

WILL THAT BE ENOUGH?

MORE THAN ENOUGH, CINNAMON.

JUST RECEIVED WORD --

THE CARDINAL WILL LEAVE THE MONASTERY

DAY AFTER TOMORROW,

ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTIONS.

Cinnamon: THAT WILL BE ZEPKY'S MAN -- THE DOUBLE.

YES.

I SUPPOSE ZEPKY'S REPLACED THE CARDINAL'S STAFF, TOO?

YES. ROLLIN, REMEMBER THAT EVERY MONK IN THAT MONASTERY

IS ONE OF ZEPKY'S TROOPERS.

HIS FAVORITE METHOD FOR ELIMINATING THE OPPOSITION

IS SUFFOCATION.

DOWN HERE IN THE CATACOMBS --

IT'S A NETWORK OF TUNNELS AND OLD TOMBS.

THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES. ONE HERE --

THE BACK STAIRWAY LEADING DOWN FROM THE MAIN BUILDING.

THE OTHER ONE IS HERE -- A TUNNEL FROM THE OUTSIDE.

TWO DOORS -- ONE HERE, ONE HERE.

THIS ONE YOU CAN FORCE YOUR WAY THROUGH.

THIS ONE CAN ONLY BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE.

WHY IS THAT, JIM?

IT'S RIGGED WITH A DEADFALL.

TRY OPENING IT FROM THE OUTSIDE,

AND A COUPLE OF TONS OF ROCK COMES DOWN ON YOU.

ROLLIN, HERE'S YOUR CROSS.

IT TESTS UP TO 2 TONS.

IF IT DOESN'T, THERE'LL BE ONE OF THESE OVER ME.

HOW ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES, BARNEY?

RIGHT HERE, JIM.

THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING ON

OUR BACILLUS CULTURE FOR 12 HOURS.

PERFECT!

PERFECT.

EVEN THE SCARS FROM THE PLASTIC SURGERY

COMPLETELY HEALED -- INVISIBLE.

YOU'D SWEAR WE ARE ONE AND THE SAME.

MM-HMM. YOU ARE.

YOU ARE NO LONGER ANTON NEGORSKY, THE ACTOR,

BUT HIS EMINENCE STANISLAUS CARDINAL SUCHEK.

I'VE STUDIED HIM THROUGH THAT MIRROR FOR SO LONG,

EVEN I AM BEGINNING TO BELIEVE IT.

YES, MAJOR FELDA?

EXCUSE ME, GENERAL.

CARDINAL SUCHEK WILL BE STARTING HIS DIVINE OFFICE,

IF THE PRACTICE IS TO CONTINUE.

BY ALL MEANS.

GET ON WITH IT, NEGORSKY.

[ RECITING LATIN PRAYER ]

[ RECITING LATIN PRAYER ]

103.

YOU BETTER GET TO BED. I'LL TELL THE GENERAL.

WHY? WHY TODAY OF ALL DAYS?

WELL, PERHAPS WE COULD DELAY.

OUT OF THE QUESTION.

THE PRESS WILL BE HERE IN A FEW HOURS.

GET ME THE HOSPITAL AT VALDOSK.

OUR ONLY HOPE IS THAT A DOCTOR

CAN SHOOT HIM FULL OF SOMETHING

SO HE CAN GO ON THE AIR TONIGHT.

[ TELEPHONE BUZZES ]

[ HOSPITAL BACKGROUND NOISES ]

[ Slavic accent ] VALDOSK. GENERAL HOSPITAL.

THIS IS ZOLNAR MONASTERY.

WE NEED A DOCTOR OUT HERE AT ONCE, PLEASE.

I AM SORRY. THERE ARE NO DOCTORS AVAILABLE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

There has been an outbreak of plague.

PLAGUE?

YES, IT IS REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS.

ALL THE DOCTORS IN THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING ROUND-THE-CLOCK.

BUT THIS MAY BE A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

I'M SORRY. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS

AWAITING EMERGENCY TREATMENT.

We simply cannot send a doctor for one single patient.

[ TELEPHONE CLICKS OFF ]

HELLO?

CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?

MAN: This is the Zolnar Monastery.

Visitors are not permitted.

I DON'T WANT TO VISIT. I WANT TO USE A TELEPHONE.

I HAVE A FLAT TIRE, NO SPARE. THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. I AM A DOCTOR.

WHAT?

SEND HIM HERE.

Proceed straight ahead to the main building.

You will be directed there to a telephone.

NO CONGESTION.

IS IT PLAGUE?

IT'S HARD TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS

WITHOUT FURTHER TESTS.

FROM THE CONDITION OF THE LYMPH NODES,

I DON'T THINK SO.

WHAT THEN?

WELL, IT COULD BE BRUCELLOSIS,

PERHAPS A STAPH INFECTION,

HE'LL HAVE TO BE KEPT IN STRICT ISOLATION.

I'M NOT LEAVING HIS SIDE.

YOUR DEVOTION IS COMMENDABLE, GENERAL,

BUT IT MAY BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

HE HAS TO BROADCAST THIS EVENING.

CAN YOU GIVE HIM SOMETHING?

I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE.

IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

WELL, I HAVE TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS, REGARDLESS.

NURSE...

ADMINISTER 2cc STREPTOMYCIN I.M.,

0.5 GRAM CHLORTETRACYCLINE.

I HOPE THAT WILL DO THE TRICK.

AT LEAST, IT'S SUPPORTIVE

UNTIL WE GET HIM TO A HOSPITAL.

CARDINAL SUCHEK IS NOT GOING TO A HOSPITAL,

AND YOU ARE NOT LEAVING HERE JUST YET, DOCTOR.

THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC IN THE CITY.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WAITING FOR A DOCTOR.

JUST THE POINT.

HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND JUST ONE CARDINAL SUCHEK.

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING HERE, DOCTOR.

IT'S LOCKED ON THE INSIDE.

WE'LL TAKE IT OFF THE HINGES.

TEMPERATURE IS DOWN CONSIDERABLY.

HOW DO YOU FEEL, YOUR EMINENCE?

A LITTLE BETTER. SO VERY HOT...

[ VEHICLE APPROACHES ]

[ DOOR OPENS ]

GENERAL, COULD I SPEAK TO YOU?

IT'S CARDINAL OTTO LUNI, THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE.

HE SAYS HE'S AN OLD FRIEND OF SUCHEK'S.

THE NAME IS NOT IN ANY OF THE DOSSIERS WE STUDIED.

DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND HIM AWAY?

YES -- NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

I'M GOING TO HANDLE THIS PERSONALLY.

YOU STAY UP HERE AND KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS.

HOW DOES THAT COMPRESS FEEL, YOUR EMINENCE?

AH, SOOTHING, VERY SOOTHING.

JUST LEAVE IT IN PLACE, PLEASE.

A LAST REQUEST, MAJOR.

CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT.

AFTER TONIGHT, WE WON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE.

AT LEAST YOU ARE AN HONEST MURDERER.

LET ME ADJUST YOUR PILLOW. YOU'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

I'M SORRY, YOUR EMINENCE,

BUT I WOULD FEEL VERY GUILTY

IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO YOU.

I RELIEVE YOU OF ALL GUILT, GENERAL,

AND I REPEAT MY REQUEST TO SEE CARDINAL SUCHEK,

UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE SOME OTHER PERSONAL REASONS

FOR INTERFERING WITH CHURCH MATTERS?

YOU MISUNDERSTAND, YOUR EMINENCE.

IT IS NOT I.

IT IS THE DOCTOR WHO INSISTS

THAT CARDINAL SUCHEK IS TO HAVE NO VISITORS.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, GENERAL,

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM THE DOCTOR HIMSELF.

Jim: THE GENERAL'S QUITE RIGHT. NO ONE MAY SEE CARDINAL SUCHEK.

NO ONE WHO HAS NOT YET RECEIVED THE PLAGUE VACCINE.

OH, NATURALLY I WAS INNOCULATED

BEFORE COMING TO THIS EPIDEMIC AREA.

IN THAT CASE, I SEE NO REASON --

BUT, UM, DOCTOR,

WOULDN'T THAT UNDULY EXCITE THE CARDINAL?

WELL, IT MAY DO HIM GOOD TO SEE AN OLD FRIEND

WITH PERHAPS A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM HIS HOLINESS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

JUST A MOMENT. I BETTER PREPARE THEM.

3 FEET FORWARD FROM THE SINK...

22 INCHES UP.

WHO?

CARDINAL OTTO LUNI...

YOUR OLD FRIEND.

BUT I --

I AM SURE, YOUR EMINENCE, YOU WILL WANT TO SEE HIM,

DESPITE YOUR ILLNESS.

YES...

YES.

PAX TIBI.

PEACE BE WITH YOU, TOO, YOUR EMINENCE.

SO FORMAL.

SO FORMAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, STANISLAUS?

SURELY YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN IL MAGRO.

IL MAGRO, THE THIN ONE.

YOU GAVE ME THAT NICKNAME YOURSELF

WHEN I STUDIED UNDER YOU AT THE SEMINARY.

HIS EMINENCE HAS HAD A VERY HIGH FEVER.

OF COURSE.

THE HOLY FATHER ASKED THAT I GIVE YOU HIS BLESSING.

HE SUGGESTED THAT YOU PRAY WITH HIM THROUGH ME.

I --

I -- I --

I -- I'M VERY SORRY,

BUT I'M NOT FEELING AT ALL WELL.

SO I SEE.

YES. AND SO IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME...

GENERAL? I SHOULD LIKE A WORD WITH YOU OUTSIDE.

CONTINUE THE COMPRESSES, NURSE.

I AM CERTAIN YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL TELL THE WORLD

ABOUT THAT MAN IN THERE.

YOU MEAN CARDINAL SUCHEK?

NO, I DO NOT MEAN CARDINAL SUCHEK.

I MEAN THAT MAN -- THAT IMPOSTOR.

CORRECT, CARDINAL, UP TO A POINT.

YOU WILL NOT TELL ANYONE.

USE THE REAR STAIRS TO THE CATACOMBS.

[ CRASH ]

I SURE HOPE ROLLIN'S ON SCHEDULE.

IF NOT, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN TOMB RIGHT HERE.

[ COUGHING ]

SHOULD WE CHANCE THE DOOR?

CAN'T FROM THIS SIDE. DEADFALL.

THE SARCOPHAGUS IS AIRTIGHT.

THE COVER WEIGHS OVER 300 POUNDS,

SO THERE IS NO POINT IN STRUGGLING.

[ COUGHING]

[ COUGHING ]

BARNEY. WILLY.

[ COUGHING ]

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

Zepky: BUT HE WAS BETTER.

ISN'T THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO?

I INTEND TO GIVE HIM AN ALCOHOL RUB

AND PUT HIM IN AN OXYGEN TENT.

OXYGEN?

YES, IT'S OFTEN HELPFUL IN HIGH FEVER.

YOU HAVE OXYGEN EQUIPMENT?

YES, IN THE CAR. WE WERE TAKING IT TO THE HOSPITAL.

GET IT.

I'LL NEED A COUPLE OF MEN.

OH, UH, BROTHER.

WOULD YOU HELP THE DOCTOR GET SOME EQUIPMENT FROM HIS CAR?

YOU, TOO, BROTHER, IF YOU PLEASE.

CAREFUL NOW.

I'LL OPEN THE DOOR.

ALL RIGHT?

THEY'RE COMING.

HOW IS HE NOW, NURSE?

SLEEPING. HIS FEVER'S DOWN. HE'S BREATHING MORE EASILY.

GOOD. THAT WILL BE ALL. THANK YOU, BROTHERS.

THIS PROCEDURE SEEMS TO BE WORKING, GENERAL.

DOES THAT MEAN HE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE BROADCAST?

NO GUARANTEE, OF COURSE.

WITH THIS OXYGEN TENT, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE.

WELL, THEN HURRY WITH IT.

PLEASE.

ADJUST THE FLOW TO 10 LITERS A MINUTE.

Cinnamon: 10 LITERS.

WHAT DOES THAT LIQUID DO?

THAT'S JUST WATER, GENERAL. IT HUMIDIFIES THE OXYGEN,

PREVENTS DEHYDRATION OF THE RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE.

WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT THAT

IF HE'S TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

STILL THINK HE'LL BE ABLE TO?

A LITTLE WHILE IN THIS OXYGEN TENT,

AND I THINK, BARRING UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES,

HE'LL PROBABLY MAKE IT.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE OXYGEN TENT?

NOTHING, GENERAL.

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR IT TO MIST UP LIKE THAT.

THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR WORRY.

WHERE CARDINAL SUCHEK IS CONCERNED, DOCTOR,

I WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING.

[ CLANK ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

OPEN THE TENT.

FOR BEST RESULTS, GENERAL,

IT'S ADVISABLE TO KEEP THE TENT CLOSED UNTIL --

UNTIL I ORDER IT OPENED.

Jim: I ASSURE YOU THE CARDINAL IS PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

STEP ASIDE, DOCTOR. I'M GOING TO ASSURE MYSELF.

DON'T OPEN THE TENT, GENERAL.

YOUR CIGARETTE WITH THE OXYGEN,

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

NOW --

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

GENERAL.

THE CARDINAL'S CAR IS HERE AND THE REPORTERS.

Jim: I'D ADVISE AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 MINUTES OF OXYGEN, GENERAL.

THERE ISN'T TIME!

HE HAS TO GET UP NOW.

DISCONTINUE THE OXYGEN, NURSE...

AND OPEN THE TENT.

THE ZIPPER'S JAMMED.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

BETTER.

MUCH BETTER.

READY TO MEET THE WORLD?

MORE THAN READY, GENERAL.

ANXIOUS.

GENERAL, WE REALLY HAVE TO GET ON TO THE HOSPITAL NOW.

THE CAR'S ALL REPAIRED AND READY TO GO,

AND, UH, DOCTOR, YOU HAVE MY THANKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS

AND MY BLESSING.

IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE, YOUR EMINENCE.

GENERAL, WOULD YOU HAVE THE TWO BROTHERS

BRING OUR EQUIPMENT, PLEASE?

OF COURSE, OF COURSE. GOODBYE.

OH, UM, TELL THE PRESS THAT CARDINAL SUCHEK

WILL BE DOWN IN A MINUTE.

OF COURSE.

AND, UH, ONE MORE THING.

GET RID OF THE EXCESS BAGGAGE IN THE NEXT ROOM.

FEEL ALL RIGHT?

NOW THEN, YOU'RE SURE YOU REMEMBER EXACTLY

WHAT TO SAY WHEN WE GET OUT THERE?

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY.

GOOD. WE'LL MAKE AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION.

I WILL GO DOWN FIRST.

GIVE ME A MINUTE TO SET THE SCENE,

THEN YOU MAKE YOUR ENTRANCE.

YOUR EMINENCE.

WHEN I LEARNED THAT CARDINAL SUCHEK WAS ILL,

I HURRIED HERE AT ONCE FROM THE CAPITAL.

I DO NOT MIND TELLING YOU HE WAS DEEPLY MOVED

BY MY CONCERN FOR HIS WELL-BEING.

AS A RESULT, I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU

THAT WE HAVE AFFECTED A COMPLETE RECONCILIATION,

BOTH SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL.

[ REPORTERS GRUMBLING ]

GENERAL, CAN YOU TELL US

WHAT THE CARDINAL WILL SAY IN HIS BROADCAST?

OF COURSE, I CANNOT

AND WILL NOT SPEAK FOR THE CARDINAL,

BUT THIS MUCH I CAN PROMISE YOU.

WHATEVER THE GREAT SPIRITUAL LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY SAYS,

I WILL OBSERVE.

HERE IS HIS EMINENCE NOW.

YOU CAN ASK HIM YOURSELF.

SUCHEK. SUCHEK, WHO DID THIS?

WHO DID THIS TO YOU?

YOUR EMINENCE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM SOME IDEA

OF WHAT YOU WILL TELL THE COUNTRY TONIGHT.

YES, GENTLEMEN.

I CAN GIVE YOU A VERY DEFINITE IDEA

OF WHAT I WILL TELL THE PEOPLE THIS EVENING.

I WILL TELL THEM THE KIND OF MAN

GENERAL ZEPKY TRULY IS --

A MONSTROUS LIAR,

A TRAITOR, AND A MURDERER,

AND I WILL EXHORT HEAVEN AND EARTH

TO PREVENT HIS ELECTION.

YOUR EMINENCE.

YOUR EMINENCE.

NEGORSKY!

NEGORSKY!

NEGORSKY!

THAT'S NOT NEGORSKY. IT'S SUCHEK!

LOOK!

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]