The World, the Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 American science fiction doomsday film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall. The film stars Harry Belafonte, who was then at the peak of his film career. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world with very few human survivors. It is based on two sources: the 1901 novel The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel and the story "End of the World" by Ferdinand Reyher.
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00:01:24Back on station A, this is Burton. I'm at the third level, tunnel 8, where the old tunnel
00:01:39comes in. Do you read me? Over. Read you clear, Ralph. What's it like down there? Is that
00:01:43where the seepage is coming from? Over. It looks that way. It's kind of wet down here.
00:01:50I can see why this old tunnel was closed off for so long. A lot of water coming in all
00:01:54the time. Man, if anything was ever to go wrong down here, there'd be... Trouble! I'm getting
00:02:00out!
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00:03:24Pump's working. I got no trouble without drowning.
00:03:54Telephone.
00:04:24It's Ralph Burton down at tunnel 8. Can you hear me, Bertha? I'd like to put a call in
00:04:41to the president of the company. A small complaint about the way he's running things. Not much,
00:04:46about 30, 40,000 words, you know. While we're at it, you might as well get a new phone down
00:04:51there. This one's had it. I don't know if you can hear me, but there sure isn't enough
00:04:56left of this thing for me to hear you. Hey, if that means that you can hear me, Ralph
00:05:04again, huh? No. Give me three, three, and then two. Three, three, and then two, okay?
00:05:16Anytime you're ready. I'll be right here. Hey! All right, all right. I'm worried for
00:05:28sound. Hey, listen, I'm okay. And the air down here is still pretty good. You can start
00:05:34digging whenever you're ready. And don't hurry, huh? I'm going overtime at four o'clock. In
00:05:41the meantime, I'm going to have a little lunch. I don't know what time it is anymore. Five
00:05:49days is all I know. Five days I've been down here. I don't know what's going on up there,
00:05:56but I wish you'd get moving. It doesn't seem to me like they're digging as hard as they
00:06:01were. That makes me nervous. Tell old Grizzly to get on the job, huh? Oh, Grizzly. Sure would
00:06:15be good to see old Grizzly. Lay down, bear. Dig in, old Grizzly. Give me that tonnage,
00:06:26old bear. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it here. I don't like it. I don't
00:06:55like it. I don't like it. I don't like it here. You wouldn't like it. Nobody likes it.
00:07:02Nobody likes it here. Food's got moldy. I've got oldy. Food's got moldy. I've got oldy.
00:07:18Nobody likes it here. Voices echoing. Clocks are falling. I don't like it here. Hey, the
00:07:33lights. Something's wrong with the lights. Hey, what's with the pumps? Stop the pumps.
00:07:45They stop. What, do you want me to drown? Hey, do you hear me? Hey, don't stop digging.
00:07:59I can't hear anybody digging. Hey, you didn't give up on me, did you? I'm alive. Hey, don't
00:08:10stop digging. Hey, somebody answer me on the pipes, huh? Oh, no. What are you keeping
00:08:37me in? Don't leave me in here. You hear me? Stay. Stay. Leave me here, all right? Get
00:08:54out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of
00:09:21here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get
00:09:50me out of here. Get me out of here. I'm out. Hey, you're leaving me. I'm out. I'm out.
00:10:19I'm out. I'm coming out. Coming out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out.
00:10:50The coal is burning. Coal's burning. Coal fire. Coal burning. Operator. Anybody. What's
00:11:17going on? What's the matter? World tombstates digressing. Millions flee from cities and
00:11:47towns. Huh? Huh? Huh? Mrs. Crawford? I'm home. Mrs. Crawford?
00:12:17I'm alive. Got out of the mine and I'm alive.
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00:23:31I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive. I'm alive.
00:23:39Where's the plane tickets?
00:23:42Over there.
00:23:47No.
00:23:49Say that again?
00:23:52No.
00:23:54Do you want some flashrant?
00:23:57It doesn't help you kill me.
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00:25:02Hello?
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00:27:40Anybody?
00:27:49Just me.
00:27:53I'm here.
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00:31:13Rough ride, Snodgrass?
00:31:22Anybody hungry?
00:31:24How about you, Betsy?
00:31:26You're looking kind of skinny lately.
00:31:28You haven't been getting your proteins.
00:31:38How about you, Snodgrass?
00:31:40Would you like a little stew?
00:31:45Snodgrass?
00:31:49Always smiling.
00:31:52Nobody can be that happy.
00:31:58Betsy, I hate to tell you this.
00:32:03Snodgrass is a friend of mine.
00:32:05And I wouldn't do anything in the world to hurt him.
00:32:09But you're too good for him.
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00:33:48What's so funny?
00:33:50I'm lonely and you're laughing.
00:33:53Do you know what it means to be sick in your heart?
00:33:57From loneliness?
00:34:00You don't care, do you?
00:34:03No sense, no feeling?
00:34:08You look at me, but you don't see me.
00:34:11You don't see me and you wouldn't care if you did.
00:34:17Out you go, my friend.
00:34:19We've been together too long.
00:34:21And you've laughed at me once too often.
00:34:33Hey!
00:34:35Hey, girl!
00:34:37Wait! I'll be right down!
00:34:42Hey, girl!
00:34:44Hey, lady!
00:34:45Where are you?
00:34:53That's great.
00:34:55That's all I need is to start seeing people.
00:35:01I did see you, you're real!
00:35:02Don't touch me!
00:35:05That's good.
00:35:07That's very funny.
00:35:09We're probably the only two people left in the world
00:35:11and all you can say is don't touch me.
00:35:13I'm afraid.
00:35:14I can see that.
00:35:16Don't worry, I won't touch you.
00:35:18I've been watching you for weeks now.
00:35:21Some of the things you do, I wasn't sure.
00:35:22You mean I've been acting crazy? Well, why not?
00:35:24This is a crazy world.
00:35:26And I thought I was all alone in it.
00:35:29Look, I live here. Drop me a postcard sometime.
00:35:32I thought you'd killed yourself!
00:35:33It's too much for me.
00:35:35I'm all alone, my family, the whole world gone
00:35:37and nobody to cry over it except me.
00:35:40I cry sometimes, too.
00:35:43I knew you were alive, I've known it ever since you came here.
00:35:46Somehow it made it easier for me watching you.
00:35:49But I didn't know how to tell you there was someone else.
00:35:54Then when I saw...
00:35:55when I saw that thing come crashing down,
00:35:57I thought it was you.
00:35:59I thought it was you.
00:36:00And I felt as though I'd died myself
00:36:02without ever having anything to say about it.
00:36:07That was Snodgrass.
00:36:14I brought him home because he was smiling.
00:36:18After a while, he got on my nerves.
00:36:22What's your name?
00:36:24Ralph. Ralph Burton.
00:36:27I'm Sarah.
00:36:28I'm Ralph Burton.
00:36:30I'm Sarah Crandall.
00:36:33One L or two?
00:36:34Two.
00:36:37Pleased to meet you, Miss Crandall.
00:36:39Likewise, I'm sure.
00:36:42You know, I've got a million questions to ask you.
00:36:44You know, things like, how old are you, where are you from?
00:36:46How'd you stay alive?
00:36:48When the first alarm came, we got into a decompression chamber.
00:36:51Three of us.
00:36:53Where are the other two?
00:36:55They went out the second day.
00:36:58They're dead, then.
00:37:02It's going to rain again.
00:37:05Yeah.
00:37:06I guess I'd better go.
00:37:10Where do you live?
00:37:12Near here.
00:37:15Will you be back?
00:37:18I need you, Ralph Burton.
00:37:24I'm here.
00:37:29Hey!
00:37:32What day is this?
00:37:34April 9th.
00:37:36What day of the week?
00:37:38Sunday.
00:37:45It felt like Sunday.
00:37:59Hi, Ralph Burton.
00:38:01Hi.
00:38:02It's about time you came to see me.
00:38:05Well, I was going to surprise you.
00:38:07You're all hooked up to the generator, now you're going to have lights.
00:38:16I can see you've been busy.
00:38:18Yes, I've been shopping.
00:38:20Service was terrible, but I get a few bargains.
00:38:23I'm all ready for spring.
00:38:29I, uh...
00:38:31I think I'll do some shopping myself.
00:38:34Ralph, don't you think that...
00:38:38Oh, I mean, what do I do about the lights?
00:38:42Oh, when it gets dark, just turn them on.
00:38:45And remember, pay your bills promptly.
00:38:58Oh!
00:39:08Alexander Graham Bell, no doubt.
00:39:10Oh, it works!
00:39:12You'll have the whole city working before you're through.
00:39:15The hardest part was getting the bell to ring.
00:39:17Hey, turn on your radio.
00:39:19What?
00:39:20Turn on your radio.
00:39:21This is New York.
00:39:27This is New York calling the world.
00:39:29There are two of us alive in New York City.
00:39:34This is New York calling...
00:39:36Q-R-R.
00:39:39New York calling anybody.
00:39:42We will be on the air every day at 12 noon for messages.
00:39:47This is New York signing off.
00:39:52Sarah?
00:39:54Yes.
00:39:55Did you hear it?
00:39:57It sounded fine.
00:39:58No answer, though.
00:40:00Don't get discouraged.
00:40:02It took you a while to get it working.
00:40:03It might take longer in other places.
00:40:05Maybe that's it.
00:40:07How about inviting a nice girl over for lunch?
00:40:09It's my turn to cook.
00:40:11All right.
00:40:13I'll be there in ten minutes.
00:40:16Thanks for the phone.
00:40:22Keep waiting for people to come back.
00:40:25Keep waiting for it to happen.
00:40:30So I'm goofy.
00:40:37I miss bread.
00:40:39And milk.
00:40:40Fresh milk.
00:40:43For me, it's mostly bread.
00:40:46Ralph,
00:40:48wouldn't it be easier if I let you cook?
00:40:50Wouldn't it be easier if I moved into this building?
00:40:56I mean, instead of this going back and forth
00:40:58and you trying to make both places run.
00:41:01Took you all month getting electricity into my place.
00:41:03If I were here...
00:41:04No.
00:41:06Why not?
00:41:09People might talk.
00:41:20Are you mad about something?
00:41:23Yes.
00:41:25What?
00:41:27None of your business.
00:41:30All right.
00:41:38You know, I figured it out on my own.
00:41:40You know,
00:41:42I don't want to be a part of it.
00:41:44I don't want to be a part of it.
00:41:46I don't want to be a part of it.
00:41:48You know, I figured it out on my slide rule.
00:41:58In exactly 12 years,
00:42:00four months, three weeks,
00:42:04the dishes will be up to here and I'll have to move.
00:42:10Might be easier to wash them.
00:42:13That requires water and I'm tired of lugging it up here.
00:42:17You mean you've been lugging water up here all this time?
00:42:21Do you have a better idea?
00:42:33There's tanks on the roof. I thought you knew that.
00:42:36I did, but I kind of took it for granted.
00:42:39Water, what about that?
00:42:41So you don't know everything after all.
00:42:42Well, that's a comfort.
00:42:44I was beginning to think you were Superman.
00:42:47How about that?
00:43:07You know, I've been trying to find ways of pumping this up here.
00:43:10You don't have much time, that's it.
00:43:12Time?
00:43:14As if there isn't enough time, there's more than enough time.
00:43:18I guess we're on the verge of quarreling.
00:43:21You and me?
00:43:23What for?
00:43:25I feel like it!
00:43:28Look, if I've done anything to get on your nerves...
00:43:30What are you going to do with these books?
00:43:32I'm going to save them,
00:43:34like all the others on the floor below.
00:43:36You're going to keep carting books in here
00:43:38till the whole building falls down?
00:43:40Somebody has to save them.
00:43:42They went down to the library
00:43:44and the roof's falling in.
00:43:45It's filled with water.
00:43:47All the books are getting wet and dirty.
00:43:49I know, everything is getting rusty.
00:43:51Including me.
00:43:53You ought to stay busy like I do.
00:43:55I'm free, white and 21
00:43:57and I'm going to do what I please.
00:44:02I shouldn't be giving you advice.
00:44:07I'm sorry.
00:44:09Oh, now you're angry.
00:44:11Well, at least we're talking.
00:44:13You know, I always wondered
00:44:15what people would talk about
00:44:17when they got married
00:44:19and they lived together for years and years.
00:44:21What do they talk about?
00:44:25Marriage.
00:44:28I'll never get married now, will I?
00:44:33No matter what happens,
00:44:35I won't get married.
00:44:36Because there's nobody left
00:44:38to marry anybody.
00:44:44Oh, don't.
00:44:46Don't do that.
00:44:48Please don't do that.
00:44:50Look, I can do things,
00:44:52I can make things work,
00:44:54but I can't put everything back
00:44:56the way it used to be
00:44:58and there's no use crying over it.
00:45:00Oh, I know there isn't.
00:45:02I know there isn't.
00:45:03Oh, I know there isn't.
00:45:05I'll stop.
00:45:08Just keep talking.
00:45:13We'll find somebody for you.
00:45:15Somebody to marry, I mean.
00:45:18You live through it, I live through it.
00:45:20There must be others.
00:45:22We'll find somebody
00:45:24and I'll do the marriage.
00:45:26I'll be the mayor.
00:45:28I'll be the mayor, okay?
00:45:30We got the shortwave working
00:45:31and I'll call the entire world
00:45:33until we find somebody.
00:45:36Only you can't be too particular.
00:45:38You have to take what you get, okay?
00:45:43We have to keep hoping, don't we?
00:45:46Look, as long as we're alive,
00:45:48the world's still alive.
00:45:50The monuments, you and me,
00:45:52you're the best.
00:45:54A little damp right now,
00:45:56but a very nice monument.
00:46:02Incidentally, this monument needs a haircut.
00:46:09You don't think I'm going to do it, do you?
00:46:11Yes, I do.
00:46:14I'm not a barber.
00:46:16I tried calling Antoine in Paris,
00:46:18but he wouldn't answer.
00:46:20So that leaves you.
00:46:22If you do a very nice job in back,
00:46:24I might even give you a large tip.
00:46:32All right.
00:46:34Let's get at it.
00:47:02Remember, I've got my eye on you.
00:47:20Look,
00:47:23where do I start with this?
00:47:25Anywhere.
00:47:27Anywhere.
00:47:28Where do I start with this?
00:47:30Anywhere.
00:47:39Are you sure about this?
00:47:41Cut.
00:47:50Be brave.
00:47:51Be brave.
00:47:58Cut more than that.
00:48:14Just...
00:48:21Ralph.
00:48:26Ralph.
00:48:32It isn't weed, you know.
00:48:48You're pulling my hair, Lily.
00:48:49I'm doing the best I can.
00:48:52I know, I know.
00:48:54Look, nobody cuts my hair.
00:48:56I have to do it myself.
00:48:58I put two mirrors together and I cut it myself.
00:49:01Don't get angry.
00:49:03Who's angry?
00:49:05Why should I be angry?
00:49:07Just because I feel like an idiot with three hands?
00:49:11Don't look at me.
00:49:13You make me nervous.
00:49:15Why?
00:49:17Why?
00:49:19Because I'm not a barber, that's why.
00:49:24Look,
00:49:26do it yourself.
00:49:28I've done the best I can.
00:49:30I can't do any better.
00:49:34Do it the way you want.
00:49:36Ralph.
00:49:39I've got a lot of things to do.
00:49:41A lot of things.
00:49:43And I can't be hanging around here all day.
00:49:50It's taking you too long to accept things, Ralph.
00:49:53This is the world we live in.
00:49:55We're alone in it.
00:49:57We have to go on from there.
00:49:59I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:02You know me well enough to be honest with me.
00:50:07Don't push me.
00:50:09I'll be so honest, it'll burn you.
00:50:12I know what you are, if that's what you're trying to remind me.
00:50:14I know what you are.
00:50:16I know what you are.
00:50:17I know what you are, if that's what you're trying to remind me.
00:50:20That's it, all right.
00:50:22If you're squeamish about words, I'm colored.
00:50:25And if you face facts, I'm a Negro.
00:50:28And if you're polite, Southerner, I'm a Negra.
00:50:30And I'm a nigger if you're not.
00:50:33I'm none of those things, Ralph.
00:50:36A little while ago, you said you were free, white and 21.
00:50:39That didn't mean anything to you.
00:50:41Just an expression you've heard for a thousand times.
00:50:43Well, to me, it was an arrow in my guts.
00:50:44Ralph, what do I say?
00:50:46Help me.
00:50:48I know you.
00:50:50You're a fine, decent man.
00:50:52What else is there to know?
00:50:54That world that we came from, you wouldn't know that.
00:50:56You wouldn't even know me.
00:50:58Why should the world fall down to prove I'm what I am
00:51:00and that there's nothing wrong with what I am?
00:51:07Look.
00:51:09We leave it the way it is
00:51:11and I won't mention it again.
00:51:12And I won't mention it again, okay?
00:51:18We haven't said anything about love, have we?
00:51:42No.
00:52:13Hi.
00:52:15You came back.
00:52:17I went up the river.
00:52:19Almost to Albany.
00:52:21I was looking for signs of life.
00:52:23Nothing anywhere.
00:52:25Three days.
00:52:27You know what I thought all that time?
00:52:29There was something on my mind.
00:52:31I had to get rid of it.
00:52:34I thought you were dead or something.
00:52:36Now, that's not right, Ralph.
00:52:38I'm not dead.
00:52:39I thought you were dead or something.
00:52:41Now, that's not right, Ralph.
00:52:44Anyway, I'm glad that you're back.
00:52:47Are we friends again?
00:52:51What choice do I have?
00:52:53Hey, that's no way to talk to somebody
00:52:55when they've brought you a present.
00:52:57Today's your birthday, remember?
00:52:59What kind of a present?
00:53:02Something you haven't seen in a long time.
00:53:06Here you are, lady.
00:53:07Read all about it.
00:53:11So long.
00:53:31Sarah Crandall has birthday.
00:53:33New York City plans huge celebration
00:53:35Come one, come all.
00:53:37We regret to inform our readers
00:53:39that this is all the news there is.
00:53:42Calling Q.R.R. from New York.
00:53:48New York calling.
00:53:50This is New York calling Q.R.R.
00:53:55Come in, anybody.
00:53:58Over.
00:54:01What are they, New York?
00:54:03New York calling.
00:54:07This is New York.
00:54:09I hear something, repeat.
00:54:11If you can hear me, keep talking until I find you.
00:54:14Keep talking until I can find you.
00:54:16Go ahead.
00:54:18English, no English speak.
00:54:21Nobody here knows this device.
00:54:23Whether you speak French, Spanish or German.
00:54:25Do you speak English?
00:54:27Wait, there's something wrong with the device.
00:54:29There's something wrong with the device.
00:54:31Speak French.
00:54:33Nobody here knows this device.
00:55:00People.
00:55:02New York calling.
00:55:28Yes, Sarah.
00:55:29I was down near the wharf and I saw a boat coming up the river.
00:55:32Whoa, not so fast.
00:55:34What do you mean a boat in the river?
00:55:36Broken loose?
00:55:39Under its own power?
00:55:42Are you sure?
00:55:44Can you see it plainly?
00:55:46Where?
00:55:48I'll be right there.
00:55:51Hey!
00:55:52Hey!
00:55:58Do you see anybody?
00:56:00No, not yet.
00:56:01Not yet.
00:56:21Hello.
00:56:23Sorry I couldn't help you with the mooring.
00:56:25That's all right.
00:56:27Other others?
00:56:29No.
00:56:31I'm Richard.
00:56:33I'm Ben Thacker.
00:56:35Total population of the southern hemisphere.
00:56:38Wherever I've been, I was the total population.
00:56:41I've been here and there the last six months.
00:56:44Something's the matter with you.
00:56:51What if he dies?
00:56:53He'll die anyway if I don't do something.
00:56:56Dying's nothing.
00:56:58Maybe I'm thinking about what'll happen if he lives.
00:57:01You've got a choice.
00:57:04Not really.
00:57:12Very pretty.
00:57:17I've forgotten your name.
00:57:20Sarah Crandall.
00:57:22Two L's.
00:57:25I gather I'm alive.
00:57:27Apparently.
00:57:29How long have I been like this?
00:57:31I mean out of focus.
00:57:33Nearly a week.
00:57:35Ever since we found you.
00:57:37We?
00:57:40Oh yes, I remember now.
00:57:42What's his name?
00:57:44Ralph Burton.
00:57:46He saved your life.
00:57:51Where is this?
00:57:54An apartment building.
00:57:55I rent district, I hope.
00:57:58Very.
00:58:00And where's our friend?
00:58:02He's on the floor above.
00:58:04This is his building.
00:58:06He'll be here soon.
00:58:08He makes a shortwave broadcast every day at noon.
00:58:12Quite a guy, Burton.
00:58:14Yes.
00:58:16Which floor do you live on?
00:58:19I don't live here.
00:58:21No.
00:58:22I have a place of my own.
00:58:25I see.
00:58:27I'd rather live here, but he won't let me.
00:58:31Quite a guy.
00:58:40How do you look without a beard?
00:58:42Well, you're not going to shave me.
00:58:45Yes, I am.
00:58:47I say you're not.
00:58:49Oh, I say I am.
00:58:50Oh, I say I am.
00:58:52And you hold still, because I'm not very good at this.
00:58:55Hold still.
00:58:57You're just in time to save my life all over again.
00:59:00Any luck on the shortwave?
00:59:03No.
00:59:05Not since that one time.
00:59:08We got an answer one day a few weeks ago.
00:59:10From somewhere in Europe.
00:59:12Then there are others alive.
00:59:14I don't know how many.
00:59:16And I haven't had an answer since then.
00:59:18How are you feeling?
00:59:20I think I'll make it.
00:59:23Oh, you'll make it, all right.
00:59:25Your pulse is all right.
00:59:27Your temperature went down this morning.
00:59:29I'm hungry, I'll tell you that.
00:59:31I'll fix something.
00:59:33Will you stay for lunch?
00:59:35If you don't mind.
00:59:37I don't mind.
00:59:48Well.
00:59:50Haven't seen you all week.
00:59:52Been mining again, I gather.
00:59:54What new treasures have you saved?
00:59:57Maybe I'm foolish for saving things,
00:59:59but don't laugh at me, okay?
01:00:02Everybody to his own pleasure.
01:00:04Getting around all right?
01:00:06He's doing fine.
01:00:08Today we're going to the park for a picnic.
01:00:10Come with us.
01:00:12There's enough for three.
01:00:14Sure, come along, Ralph.
01:00:15I'm pretty busy.
01:00:17I'll see you later.
01:00:27I get the impression he's deliberately
01:00:29leaving us alone together.
01:00:31I wonder why.
01:00:33Why don't you ask him?
01:00:35I never press my luck.
01:00:43Let's go.
01:00:45Let's take my private taxi cab here.
01:00:47I love to hear that meter ticking.
01:00:50So far, I owe $400.85.
01:00:54High cost of living.
01:00:56It's the first quarter mile that hurts.
01:01:08Poor slob.
01:01:11All alone in the world.
01:01:15Oh, my God.
01:01:34Here you are.
01:01:36A little gift of instant flowers.
01:01:39Just add water and presto, nothing happens.
01:01:45I'm sorry.
01:01:47It was a stupid remark.
01:01:49No, I never get used to things.
01:01:53Not everything, anyway.
01:01:55You probably love flowers.
01:01:58No, they made me sneeze.
01:02:01Isn't that funny?
01:02:03And now I feel sorry for them.
01:02:08You're a nice girl.
01:02:10You're a nice fellow.
01:02:12Oh, I used to be.
01:02:13I was even considered an idealist.
01:02:16Full of kind thoughts and good wishes, my fellow man.
01:02:20Then somebody somewhere pushed a button,
01:02:23and I became an ex-idealist.
01:02:26Nobody who says that is an ex.
01:02:29Well, one for your side.
01:02:33You're way ahead on points,
01:02:36as though you needed points.
01:02:39Why don't you ever look at me when I talk to you?
01:02:41You see something in my eyes waiting to be said, is that it?
01:02:45You know a lot about women, don't you?
01:02:49Were you ever married before?
01:02:51Before all this?
01:02:54Wife and two children.
01:02:57We lived on Sutton Place.
01:03:00That's not very far from here.
01:03:02No.
01:03:04I was there yesterday.
01:03:07It took me a long time to get there.
01:03:10It took a certain amount of courage.
01:03:14I didn't find them.
01:03:17Thank God.
01:03:21Well, what about you, Sarah Crandall?
01:03:24Were you married or anything?
01:03:26No, not married or anything.
01:03:32Sooner or later, we'll have to discuss that, you and I.
01:03:35You and I and Ralph.
01:03:39I like Ralph.
01:03:41As far as I'm concerned, he's mayor of New York.
01:03:45What are you going to do when you grow up?
01:03:47Oh, I don't know.
01:03:49I'll run for something.
01:03:51Maybe dog catcher.
01:03:53Will you vote for me?
01:03:55I believe in a secret ballot.
01:03:57Well, in that case, you open it yourself.
01:04:00Searchlights pierce the night at Cape Canaveral.
01:04:03As from the launching pad, Vanguard, a three-stage rocket,
01:04:07pursues its mission of the International Geophysical Year.
01:04:11A giant torch reaching for distance.
01:04:18But, and to men who sweat out these projects a mighty important but,
01:04:23orbit is not attained.
01:04:24The first two stages successful.
01:04:26The rocket's third stage does not fire and falls into the sea.
01:04:34At New Jersey's Palisades Park, the Ferris wheel spins
01:04:38with a galaxy of beauties from all the countries of the world.
01:04:41Candidates in the Miss Universe contest.
01:04:44A round robin of glamour girls all riding high
01:04:47with the hope of being chosen the lovely Miss Universe.
01:04:50For the cameraman, a sight to behold.
01:04:53These bathing beauties actually go into the water.
01:04:56California, here they come.
01:05:05I went through the vault trying to find out what happened
01:05:08on those last few days.
01:05:10What went on?
01:05:12And this is what I found.
01:05:14Everybody's got a secret ballot.
01:05:16What went on?
01:05:18And this is what I found.
01:05:20Everybody having a good time.
01:05:22Just seeing Krauss again.
01:05:24Having a good time.
01:05:26A good time while it lasted.
01:05:28I need a drink.
01:05:30I'll get it.
01:05:32Ralph, something for you?
01:05:34I'll have a beer if there's any.
01:05:36I'll have the usual. You know what I like.
01:05:38She knows what I like all right.
01:05:40Up to a point anyway.
01:05:43You're getting better fast.
01:05:44Yes.
01:05:46Nice of you to give me a clear field.
01:05:51You know, you remind me of a guy named Snodgrass.
01:05:54I never knew what was in his mind either.
01:05:57Something has to give.
01:05:59I already have.
01:06:01More than I have to.
01:06:03More than I want to.
01:06:05And as much as I'm going to.
01:06:10Now we know, don't we?
01:06:12I guess we always have.
01:06:14Wouldn't it have been easier for you to let me die, Ralph?
01:06:18Now why didn't I think of that?
01:06:21This kind of conversation wouldn't go well in front of her, so I'll make it short.
01:06:26I'm talking to you.
01:06:29Some things work out.
01:06:31Some don't.
01:06:33I'll leave it at that.
01:06:35I won't get in your way.
01:06:38And I won't get out of your way.
01:06:40Is that fair enough?
01:06:42Oh, it's fair all right.
01:06:44But is it the best thing?
01:06:47Clocks mean more to me than they do to you.
01:06:50I was never much for the waiting game anyway.
01:06:54I don't like it.
01:06:56I don't like fencing.
01:06:58All right, then I'll put it on the line.
01:07:00I have nothing against negroes, Ralph.
01:07:02That's wide of you.
01:07:05Don't shaft me. I won't hold still for it.
01:07:08I meant what I said.
01:07:10We have only one problem.
01:07:12There are two of us and one of her.
01:07:14What are we going to do about it?
01:07:16Why don't you toss a coin?
01:07:19Here.
01:07:21Eat, drink, talk about women, make your plans and get everything settled.
01:07:24And let me know how I make out.
01:07:26If you can find me...
01:07:38Sarah!
01:07:40Wait!
01:07:42Can't you run?
01:07:44I can't run yet.
01:07:46Sarah, listen to me.
01:07:48You have to be reasonable.
01:07:50Don't touch me. I don't want to be touched.
01:07:52What are we, animals in a pasture?
01:07:54That's the way you act as though I have nothing to say about it.
01:07:56Ralph and I are facing something important.
01:07:58We're being honest about it.
01:08:00It wasn't easy for him to send me after you.
01:08:02He sent you after me?
01:08:04Yes.
01:08:06Do you want to kiss me?
01:08:08Make love to me?
01:08:10And go ahead, kiss me, make love.
01:08:12Oh, now it feels.
01:08:14Make me forget everything.
01:08:17Harder, harder, more.
01:08:42I'm sorry.
01:08:43I'm sorry.
01:08:45I'm sorry.
01:08:47I'm sorry.
01:09:10Keep moving.
01:09:12Keep moving, Carl.
01:09:14Keep moving.
01:09:16Keep moving.
01:09:22You're getting something.
01:09:25It's hard to tell where.
01:09:27Frequency wandering all over.
01:09:29It's from far off, though.
01:09:31Somewhere in Europe or South America.
01:09:38Where from?
01:09:40The park.
01:09:42Not just one tree.
01:09:44I found five, all in bloom.
01:09:46Life all around us, coming back.
01:09:48You said it would.
01:09:50You knew it would.
01:09:53I better put these in some water.
01:10:17I haven't seen you in nearly...
01:10:19nearly two weeks now.
01:10:21Oh, has it been that long?
01:10:23You know how long it's been.
01:10:26Well, I get busy, you know.
01:10:28You know how it is.
01:10:30Things to do, more all the time.
01:10:33We used to be friends.
01:10:37We'll always be friends.
01:10:41I'm sorry.
01:10:43I'm sorry.
01:10:44We'll always be friends.
01:10:46You're so clever.
01:10:48You get around everything.
01:10:50Just knowing each other
01:10:52isn't what I'm talking about.
01:10:54What are you going to do,
01:10:56keep quiet the rest of our lives here?
01:10:58Just keep quiet and stay away from me
01:11:00and not do anything?
01:11:02Just see what happens?
01:11:04There's nothing to do
01:11:06and nothing to say either.
01:11:08Why not?
01:11:10Because I love you.
01:11:19What if I decide to move in with Ben?
01:11:21He wants me to.
01:11:23He's asked me to.
01:11:25I've thought about it.
01:11:27I had to think about it.
01:11:29I've been expecting it.
01:11:31The world goes on.
01:11:33You're very noble.
01:11:35Sarah, go away.
01:11:37Please go away.
01:11:39I'll wind up jumping if it keeps up this way.
01:11:42I can't live with what's going on in my head.
01:11:44You think all this is easy for me?
01:11:46You think there's nothing for me to talk over
01:11:48with myself night and day?
01:11:50Ben Thacker's a good man.
01:11:52There's nothing wrong with him.
01:11:54I need him to try to find out
01:11:56and the only thing he has against me
01:11:58is that I'm younger than he is.
01:12:00I understand that.
01:12:02I think I know what's best for you.
01:12:05I want him to have you.
01:12:07Sooner or later
01:12:09you'll get what I want.
01:12:13It won't be me that asks.
01:12:18Are you in love with Ralph?
01:12:20I don't know.
01:12:22What about me?
01:12:24I don't know that either.
01:12:26Would you know if Ralph weren't around?
01:12:28I don't have to answer all these questions.
01:12:30You're asking yourself the same things
01:12:32and you'd better find a few answers.
01:12:34I'm beginning to think
01:12:36the only answer is for me to go away myself.
01:12:37Ralph is beginning to talk to them on the radio.
01:12:39They're thousands of miles away.
01:12:41It'll be years before any of us get together.
01:12:43Meanwhile they'll talk on the radio,
01:12:45tell each other sad stories
01:12:47of how they managed to survive,
01:12:49what they're doing now to keep alive
01:12:51and that's all, just talk.
01:12:53Well, I'm sick of talking.
01:12:55Ben, don't.
01:12:57The other night when I held you
01:12:59I felt you come to life
01:13:01for a few seconds at least.
01:13:03You knew I was a man.
01:13:05You knew what you wanted.
01:13:07It'd be easy.
01:13:09No one around to care if you scream.
01:13:11All the Boy Scouts out of town.
01:13:14Shall I force you?
01:13:16Is that the way?
01:13:19It's a way of getting me to make up my mind.
01:13:22I decide then, all right.
01:13:26Not for me, I get it.
01:13:28I'm sick of you both.
01:13:30You and Ralph.
01:13:32He doesn't know what he wants
01:13:34and you don't think of anything else but what you want.
01:13:36You're all that's left for either one of us.
01:13:39You'll have to decide between us.
01:13:41I won't.
01:13:44Then I'll do it for you.
01:13:47Ben!
01:13:49What are you going to do?
01:13:51Ben!
01:13:58What's all this?
01:14:00We'll get to it.
01:14:03Right now I'm waiting for that phone to ring.
01:14:06No.
01:14:09Don't answer it.
01:14:11Let her think you're not here.
01:14:13Why?
01:14:15I told her I was going to settle all our problems.
01:14:18Right now she's beginning to think
01:14:20I meant something like this.
01:14:22You're having a bad time with her.
01:14:24Oh, the worst.
01:14:26And I know why.
01:14:28I also know how to take care of her.
01:14:30This little game of yours won't work.
01:14:31You act noble so I'll look bad.
01:14:33You pretend to leave us alone together
01:14:35but all the while
01:14:37you're right at my elbow
01:14:39looking over my shoulder laughing at me.
01:14:42You're everywhere, that's the trouble.
01:14:44Plotting and scheming
01:14:46like some fancy kind of spider.
01:14:48I'm going to change all that.
01:14:57What do you want from me?
01:14:58Move on.
01:15:00See how things are in Chicago
01:15:02or San Francisco.
01:15:04I don't run so good.
01:15:07This and that I'll do and glad to do it.
01:15:10But running away isn't my style.
01:15:19I guess I knew I couldn't scare you off.
01:15:21Wouldn't be any good anyway.
01:15:24I'd be waiting for you
01:15:25to change your mind and come back.
01:15:27I keep watching for you every day
01:15:29around every corner.
01:15:31I'd have to go looking for you.
01:15:33Well, it's you or me.
01:15:36And now's the time.
01:15:40World War IV.
01:15:43Yeah.
01:15:45Get ready for it.
01:15:56Make no mistake.
01:16:01I'll kill you if you push me to it.
01:16:04So long, Ralph.
01:16:26Yes, Sarah.
01:16:28Ralph, I have to see you right away.
01:16:30Right away, Ralph.
01:16:32All right.
01:16:35I'll be right there.
01:16:56I told you.
01:16:58Get yourself a rifle.
01:17:00I'm after you.
01:17:25Oh, no.
01:17:55Oh, no.
01:18:25Oh, no.
01:18:55Oh, no.
01:19:26Burton!
01:19:34I'm waiting for you.
01:19:44Here I am, Burton.
01:19:46I'm waiting for you.
01:19:48I'm waiting for you.
01:19:50I'm waiting for you.
01:19:52I'm waiting for you.
01:19:54Here I am, Burton.
01:19:59Come and get me.
01:20:03What are you waiting for?
01:20:08Come on, Burton.
01:20:23Come on.
01:20:53Come on.
01:21:23Come on.
01:21:53Come on.
01:22:24Come on, Burton.
01:22:27I'm waiting for you.
01:22:32Burton!
01:22:34Here I am, Ben.
01:22:40Throw me the gun, Ben.
01:22:45Get away.
01:22:47No more of this. It's all over, Ben.
01:22:49Fight, damn you.
01:22:50Why won't you fight?
01:22:54If you were afraid, I could do it.
01:23:07I've been looking for you all night.
01:23:12Are you hurt?
01:23:14No, I'm all right.
01:23:18So's Ben.
01:23:19Where are you going?
01:23:24I don't know.
01:23:25Anywhere, someplace.
01:23:27Ralph, you can't leave.
01:23:29I've got work to do.
01:23:31I'll save things.
01:23:33Whatever I can.
01:23:35That's why I'm alive.
01:23:38Ralph, wait for me.
01:23:49You can't go.
01:24:13Ben!
01:24:16Wait for us!
01:24:19Wait for us!
01:24:49THE END