Original subtitles

[ "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE" THEME PLAYS ]

Man: GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PHELPS.

THE MAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS DR. ERICH ROJAK,

THE BRILLIANT SCIENTIST

WHO IS BEING HELD IN AN UNDERGROUND LABORATORY

BY A TOTALITARIAN ENEMY GOVERNMENT.

BECAUSE OF HIS FEAR THAT THEY WILL KILL HIS WIFE, ANNA,

ROJAK HAS BEEN FORCED TO WORK ON

A SMALL BUT EXTREMELY POWERFUL LONG-RANGE MISSILE,

WHICH, IF SUCCESSFUL, COULD DANGEROUSLY AFFECT

THE BALANCE OF WORLD POWER.

ANOTHER UNFRIENDLY GOVERNMENT

FEARS THIS EVEN MORE THAN WE DO,

AND HAS SENT THIS PROFESSIONAL KILLER,

ALEXANDER VENTLOS,

TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ROJAK NEVER COMPLETES HIS WORK.

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

IS TO RESCUE ROJAK AND HIS WIFE AND DESTROY THE TEST MISSILE.

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.

[ BEEPING ]

THE SHOT IN THIS HYPODERMIC

WILL GIVE ROJAK ALL THE NECESSARY SYMPTOMS.

HOWEVER, JIM, THIS DRUG CANNOT BE PREMIXED.

YOU'LL HAVE TO MIX IT

JUST BEFORE YOU GET READY TO SEND IT.

HOW LONG WILL THE SYMPTOMS LAST?

LONG ENOUGH, BARRING ANY INTERFERENCE.

FROM VENTLOS.

YES. HE'S NO ORDINARY KILLER.

THIS IS VENTLOS.

NOW LOOK AT THESE.

Rollin: THEY'RE ALL VENTLOS?

WE THINK SO.

HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND

TO BE LECTURING IN EUROPE, DR. DEVERY?

ONE WEEK. I'M ONLY DR. MENDEL'S ASSISTANT.

[ GASPS ]

DR. ROJAK'S LABORATORY HAS ONLY ONE DOOR.

ONLY ONE THING WOULD OPEN IT -- SOUND.

VOICE CODE -- A CERTAIN COMBINATION OF WORDS.

YES, BUT A LITTLE MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN THAT.

THE WORDS ARE "JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION."

[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]

Who are you?

Please, Mrs. Rojak --

But I don't know you.

There's no time for explanations.

We're here to help you.

We're here to get you and your husband out of here.

MAJOR THORVOLD,

THIS IS MY SECURITY OFFICER, CAPTAIN PREADO. CAPTAIN.

CAPTAIN, LOOK AT THIS.

I WAS JUST EXPLAINING TO THE COLONEL

WHY I WAS SENT HERE.

OBQ CENTRAL HAS JUST LEARNED

A PROFESSIONAL KILLER NAMED ALEXANDER VENTLOS

HAS BEEN SENT TO KILL DR. ROJAK.

EACH MAN'S HAND WILL BE STAMPED

WITH A CHEMICAL SOLUTION.

IF YOU PLEASE, CAPTAIN.

SO...

THIS IMPRINT IS THE ONLY THING

THAT WILL BE REGISTERED, ELECTRONICALLY,

BY THIS EQUIPMENT.

[ CRACKLING ]

YOU WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT DR. DROMM SAYS AT ONCE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

NO!

VERY WELL.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

HAVE HIS WIFE BROUGHT DOWN HERE.

[ FOOTSTEPS ]

[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]

ANNA ROJAK.

SERGEANT, WHAT IS THIS?

THE WOMAN THAT WAS BROUGHT HERE

TO BE HELD FOR INTERROGATION -- SHE HAS ESCAPED.

START A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

SEEN ANYTHING...

OR ANYONE?

[ MOTOR GRINDING ]

[ MOTOR STOPS ]

HEY!

HASN'T ANYONE USED THE FIRE ESCAPE?

[ Foreign accent ] NO. WHY?

[ CRACKLING ]

THIS IS MAJOR STRAT. THIS IS A PRIORITY CALL.

PUT ME THROUGH

TO COLONEL ZIEGLER IN THE LABORATORY IMMEDIATELY.

THAT WAS MAJOR STRAT.

HE'S JUST BEEN INFORMED THE WOMAN WE SENT

TO THE STATE SECURITY BUILDING HAS ESCAPED.

WHAT?! WHAT ABOUT ANNA ROJAK?

SHE'S ON HER WAY TO THE BUNKER NOW.

[ BUZZING ]

[ BUZZING ]

THIS IS MAJOR STRAT. ANNA ROJAK IS HERE.

GOOD. GOOD.

HAVE HER SEARCHED AND BRING HER DOWN.

MAJOR THORVOLD, ANNA ROJAK HAS ARRIVED.

[ BUZZING ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

DR. ROJAK, I'M SURE THERE'S NO NEED

TO EXPLAIN WHY YOUR WIFE IS HERE.

DO YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE WORKING?

YOU'VE ALREADY HAD MY ANSWER.

[ GUN COCKS ]

ZIEGLER, IF YOU KILL HER,

YOU NO LONGER HAVE A HOLD ON ME!

HE'S RIGHT, COLONEL.

HE WILL CHANGE HIS MIND

WHEN HE SEES HER DYING BULLET BY BULLET.

HE WILL NOT LET IT GO THAT FAR.

NOW, MAJOR, GET OUT OF MY WAY.

I THINK YOUR IDEA'S EXCELLENT, COLONEL, IF --

IF I MIGHT MAKE A SUGGESTION.

WHAT?

I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE

IF ROJAK HAD A FEW MINUTES TO THINK ABOUT IT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT MIGHT BE MUC MORE EFFECTIVE

IF HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT WITH HIS WIFE, HMM?

MAJOR STRAT, HAS SHE BEEN THOROUGHLY SEARCHED?

YES, SIR.

DR. DROMM, OPEN THE DOOR.

Dromm: JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

OH, ERICH! ERICH!

Who are you?! Where's my wife?

[ Normal voice ] Shhh...She's safe.

Keep your voice down. We're here to get you out.

[ Foreign accent ] YOU MUST CONTINUE

TO WORK FOR THEM!

NO. THIS IS SOME SORT OF A TRICK.

NO, LISTEN TO ME! YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE! I DON'T BELIEVE --

ERICH, PLEASE, YOU CAN'T LET THEM TORTURE ME.

I COULDN'T STAND IT.

ERICH, PLEASE. YOU CAN'T LET THEM DO IT TO ME.

YOU MUST CONTINUE WORKING FOR THEM.

STRAT, BRING HER OUT.

[ Normal voice ] At 2:00,

remove the grill in the ventilator shaft.

You'll receive further instructions --

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ As Anna ] PLEASE, ERICH! PLEASE!

YOU MUST DO IT! PLEASE!

CLOSE THE DOOR.

WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?

I'LL GO ON WORKING.

CONSIDERING THE SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE

FROM STATE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS,

PERHAPS WE HAD BETTER KEEP HER HERE, HMM?

Ziegler: I AGREE.

HER PRESENCE MIGHT BE NECESSARY

IF DR. ROJAK PROVES TO BE UNCOOPERATIVE.

PREADO, TAKE HER TO THE DETENTION ROOM.

[ BUZZES ]

DR. ROJAK, YOU WILL COMPLETE YOUR FINAL COMPUTATIONS.

[ BUZZES ]

[ LOCK ENGAGES ]

[ VAN DOOR CLOSES ]

GO.

[ BEEPING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

[ BEEPING CONTINUES ]

THE TRICKY PART WILL BE

IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE SHAFT.

THE GUIDANCE SIGNAL ISN'T AS STRONG THERE.

[ BEEPING CONTINUES ]

[ BUZZES ]

[ BUZZES ]

[ DOOR THUDS SHUT ]

GO ON WITH YOUR WORK.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ BEEPING SLOWS ]

[ SLOW BEEPING CONTINUES ]

[ SLOW BEEPING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

[ SLOW BEEPING CONTINUES ]

HOW LONG CAN WE KEEP UP THAT POWER LEVEL

WITHOUT BURNING THE SYSTEM OUT?

I DON'T KNOW, WILLY.

WHEN CAN WE EXPECT YOUR FINAL COMPUTATIONS

ON THE ORBITAL PATH, DOCTOR?

WHEN I AM DONE WITH THEM, DROMM.

AND WHEN WILL THAT BE?

WHEN I TELL YOU.

[ SLOW BEEPING ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

YOU ARE STALLING, DOCTOR.

HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME

TO COMPLETE MY FINAL COMPUTATION

WHEN YOU'RE ALWAYS INTERRUPTING ME, DROMM?!

I WISH TO SEE YOUR FINDINGS, DOCTOR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE --

WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH THEM, YOU CAN SEE THEM.

NOW WILL YOU KINDLY LEAVE?!

NO! I HAVE MADE MY OW CALCULATIONS.

IF OUR FINDINGS CORRELATE,

IT WOULD SPEED MATTERS GREATLY.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AND CORRECT YOUR NOTES...

OR WHATEVER THEY ARE.

[ SLOW BEEPING ]

NOW LISTEN TO ME, DR. ROJAK --

I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU ANYMORE!

WILL YOU GO AWAY?!

NO! YOU WILL DO AS I SAY.

THIS ARGUING IS WASTING TIME!

I AGREE.

PERHAPS AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD BE BETTER

TO HUMOR DR. ROJAK, RATHER THAN ANTAGONIZE HIM, HMM?

DR. DROMM...

DR. DROMM!

LET DR. ROJAK STUDY HIS NOTES BY HIMSELF!

JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ SLOW BEEPING ]

25 MORE FEET.

[ SLOW BEEPING ]

[ BEEPING STOPS ]

COLONEL...

OPEN THE DOOR!

JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

GET THEM OUTSIDE!

GET DR. TABER DOWN HERE AT ONCE!

DR. TABER TO LABORATORY COMPLEX IMMEDIATELY!

IS IT SERIOUS, COLONEL?

I DO NOT KNOW YET, CAPTAIN.

HAVE THESE PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK.

COLONEL, THEY HAVE CHECKED THE SECOND-STAGE SECTION

FOR SABOTAGE, AND HAVE FOUND NOTHING.

GOOD. HAVE IT LOADED ON THE MISSILE HOIST.

COLONEL, WHAT IS IT?

THIS WAY, DR. TABER.

THANK YOU.

WHAT IS IT, DOCTOR?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT APPEARS TO BE A HEART ATTACK.

IS HE DYING?

I CAN'T SAY.

I'M NOT A HEART SPECIALIST.

ONE WILL HAVE TO BE CALLED FOR.

THEN WE MUST HAVE THE BEST.

DR. ROJAK IS VITAL TO THIS PROJECT.

WHO CAN WE GET?

UH, LET ME SEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL GOOD MEN.

THERE'S DR. KRATES IN AUSTRIA, THERE'S --

DR. TABER...

YEAH?

WOULD DR. DEVERY BE ONE OF THEM?

OH, WHY, YES. YES!

AND HE IS HERE, LECTURING AT THE MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

GET HIM, DOCTOR!

[ RINGS ]

DR. DEVERY.

YES.

YES, OF COURSE.

I'LL BE THERE IMMEDIATELY.

UNDER NO CONDITION IS THE PATIENT TO BE MOVED.

[ RECEIVER CLICKS ]

Rollin: SUBVALCULAR MUSCULAR HYPOTROPHY.

WHAT IS THAT, DOCTOR?

WELL, IN SIMPLE TERMS,

IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE MUSCLES

CONTROLLING THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART.

OF COURSE, I CAN'T BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN

UNTIL I RUN SOME FURTHER TESTS.

WILL HE LIVE?

HE HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE

IF WE PERFORM OPEN-HEART SURGERY

IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

DOCTOR, DO THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT

AT VADINSKY HOSPITAL?

YES, WE DO.

HAVE HIM TAKEN THERE, DOCTOR.

NO, HE CAN'T BE MOVED

UNTIL WE GET A LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM HERE.

ORDER ONE NOW, DOCTOR.

MAJOR, PLEASE.

VADINSKY HOSPITAL. IT IS URGENT.

[ RINGS ]

VADINSKY HOSPITAL.

[ Groans ] Anna...

Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna...

WHO IS HE CALLING FOR?

FOR HIS WIFE.

WHERE IS SHE?

NOT FAR FROM HERE.

HAS SHE SEEN HIM?

NO, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE, DOCTOR.

SHE SHOULD.

IN CASES LIKE THIS,

THE WILL TO LIVE IS MOST IMPORTANT.

YES, DOCTOR.

MAJOR STRAT, GET ANNA ROJAK DOWN HERE.

YES, SIR.

YOU KNOW, DOCTOR, IF WE COULD MAKE

A TEMPORARY LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM HERE,

WE COULD BRING ROJAK UP TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME,

AND I BELIEVE WE MIGHT JUST HAVE THE EQUIPMENT

WITH WHICH TO DO IT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, DOCTOR?

YES.

CAPTAIN PREADO...

DR. TABER, YOU STAY HERE WITH DR. ROJAK.

NOW, CAPTAIN PREADO,

ESCORT DR. DEVERY TO THE MEDICAL SECTION.

YES, SIR.

THIS WAY, DR. DEVERY.

OH, DOCTOR, THE AMBULANCE IS ON ITS WAY.

THANK YOU.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

MAJOR STRAT... CLOSE THESE DOORS.

THIS WAY, DOCTOR.

JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

OH, ERICH!

OH, ERICH!

OH, ERICH!

[ LOCK ENGAGES ]

[ COCKS ]

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

AH, DOCTOR, I'LL OPEN THE DOORS FOR YOU.

JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

WELL, DOCTOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DO YOU THINK WE CAN MAKE

A TEMPORARY LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM?

Is something wrong?

Why the injection, Rollin?

IT'S VENTLOS!

Ziegler: SHUT THE DOORS!

JANUARY SUBORBITAL DENOMINATION.

LEAVE HIM!

GET ALL THE PERSONNEL TO THE GROUND LEVEL!

PLEASE, COLONEL!

MOVE! MOVE!

WHAT IS GOING ON?

I DIDN'T WANT TO START A PANIC.

HE REARRANGED THE FUEL MIX.

THE WHOLE PLACE WILL GO IN SEVEN MINUTES!

CAN YOU NOT STOP IT?!

NO. IT HAS GONE TOO FAR. NOTHING CAN STOP IT.

OUT! OUT! EVERYBODY OUT! OUT!

MAJOR! WHAT'S HAPPENING, MAJOR?

NO TIME FOR EXPLANATIONS, DOCTOR.

WE MUST MOVE ROJAK IMMEDIATELY!

GO, DOCTOR, IN THE ELEVATOR! ELEVATOR.

ALL IN THE ELEVATOR!

HANG ON! LISTEN -- TAKE THEM TO THE MISSILE HOIST.

IT IS THE ONLY ELEVATOR THAT CAN GET US TO THE TOP ON TIME!

COME, TO THE HOIST!

GET ROJAK'S PLANS!

STOP! STOP! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! STOP!

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ONLY ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.

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