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Synopsis: The electronic engineer Dr. Cal Meacham is a prominent scientist that is studying industrial application of nuclear energy and also a great pilot. One day, he receives a different condenser and soon his assistant Joe Wilson receives a manual instruction and several components of a sophisticated machine. Carl and Joe build a communication apparatus and a man called Exeter contacts Carl. He tells that Carl has passed the test assembling the Interocitor and invites him to join his research. The intrigued Carl decides to travel to meet Exeter that sends an unmanned airplane to bring him to an isolated facility in Georgia. He is welcomed by Dr. Ruth Adams but she mysteriously does not recall their love affair in the past. They team-up with Dr. Steve Carlson and they note that the other scientists in the facility have been transformed, having a weird behavior. They decide to flee in a car, but they are attacked by rays and Steve dies. Carl and Ruth also witness the facility blowing-up and th
Director(s): Joseph M. Newman
Production: Universal Studios Home Video
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
APPROVED
Year:
1955
86 min
510 Views


register on film. Put it away, Joe.

To continue,

Dr. Meacham,

We test out people without their

knowledge. We leave nothing to chance.

Except the chance that I'm not

interested in you or your group.

Come, come, doctor. It's not possible

that a man of your scientific curiosity...

wouldn't want to find out

who I am, where I come from,

Wouldn't give his right arm for more

examples of our superior

technical knowledge.

I think I can assume,

Dr. Meacham,

that you're sufficiently intrigued

to come to an immediate decision.

We'd like you to join our...

team, as you might say, at once.

You'll make arrangements to leave

immediately. Wait. I didn't say...

at 5:
00 wednesday morning, our

plane will land at your field.

It will wait exactly

five minutes and then depart.

Whether I'm aboard or not?

Place the catalog on

that table with the blueprints.

Now stand aside, please.

You too, Mr. wilson.

Just a minute. Please step

back or you may be harmed.

Further back.

You okay?

Okay...

Within reason. If there

is any reason around here.

There's no reading now.

Cal.

Yes, Joe?

Whoever that Exeter is,

I don't like him.

Don't you, Joe?

He was right about one thing.

I'm gonna be on that plane.

Cal, won't you reconsider?

I did... all night.

And, as a committee of one, I

came to a series of decisions...

at exactly

the fifth cup of coffee.

One:
whatever scientific knowledge

this Exeter character has,

should be

in our textbooks.

Two:
Joe Wilson,

my able assistant,

knows enough about a certain experiment

to carry on without me for awhile.

I'm not sure of that, Cal. Look, Joe,

my committee decided

I'm expendable.

Nothing you can say will change

that. You always were an obstinate...

Oh, well,

I'm not worried.

Not even a moth equipped with a lightning

bug could fly in here this morning.

So no plane is...

He made it.

No pilot.

No windows. Cal, you'll

really be flying blind.

Please be seated, Dr. Meacham.

And welcome aboard.

A seat belt is not

required, doctor.

Please clear the stairs.

Thank you.

So long, Joe. I'll be

dropping you a card.

Cal, get off right away! This

whole thing smells to high heaven!

Cal, I'm beggin' you.

Don't go!

Please don't go!

Good morning,

Dr. Meacham.

Hope you slept well.

We'll be landing shortly.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Where am I?

Georgia.

I kind of expected

Neptune or Mars.

Exeter asked me to greet

you. I'm Dr. Ruth Adams.

Ruth Adams! But this is

wonderful. I never expected...

Ruth, I'm Cal Meacham.

Cal.

Dr. Meacham,

of course.

Four or five years ago,

conference on thermal problems in

nuclear reactors. Boston, wasn't it?

Vermont! We were lecturing to a

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