Hell and High Water
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- 1954
- 103 min
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In the summer of 1953...
it was announced that an atomic bomb | of foreign origin...
had been exploded somewhere | outside of the United States.
Shortly thereafter, it was indicated | that this atomic reaction...
according | to scientific reports...
had originated in a remote area | in North Pacific waters...
somewhere between the northern tip | of theJapanese islands...
and the arctic circle.
This is the story | of that explosion.
Oh!
Professor Montel. | I'm McCleary of the Herald Tribune.
Oh, yes. | How do you do?
I understand that you're going to Vienna | to address the, uh...
Central European Federation | of Advanced Scientists.
That is correct.
I will read a paper on the emission of neutrons | and collision of nuclei.
Thank you, | Professor.
- Will any of the American Atomic Energy Commission be present? | - I doubt it.
Will you excuse me, | gentlemen?
Oui.
Uh, Professor. Excuse me. | There's one or two points I'd like to get clarified.
You will have to excuse me, gentlemen. | The plane is waiting.
Who's the girl?
This is the BBC with the latest news bulletin.
Professor Montel, famous nuclear physicist | and atomic scientist...
has vanished while en route to attend | a conference in Vienna.
Professor Montel's disappearance | is a complete mystery to the police.
Authoritative sources reveal today | that the former Nobel Prize winner...
is the fifth noted scientist believed to have | vanished behind the iron curtain.
Professor Montel was last seen | at the International Airport in Vienna.
Speculation as to the whereabouts...
of Professor Montel continues.
Ten days have elapsed | since the distinguished scientist vanished...
and so far police have been unable to offer | any explanation.
Authorities are now convinced...
that Professor Montel | was not kidnapped...
and that his disappearance | was part of a prearranged plan.
Airport officials in Vienna | reveal that the scientist...
carried a diplomatic passport.
The search for Professor Montel | continues into the fourth week.
It is interesting to note that while | the story has been given front-page space...
in newspapers in the United States | and all other parts of the free world...
Pravda, the official mouthpiece | of the Soviet Union...
has, as yet, failed | to take note on it.
- Corporal Lee Stockwell? | - Right.
- Mr. R.J. MacDougall? | - That's right.
- Mr. Franklin Meredith. | - That's correct.
Jones!
I'm afraid you're mistaken. | My name's MacDougall.
You're a dead ringer for an officer | I used to know in the submarine service.
Sorry.
Mr. MacDougall?
Yeah.
My name is Eddy.
Your instructions.
There is a taxi waiting for you. | The driver knows the address.
Taxi number 63.
Number 63.
Okay.
This is it.
- You better wait for me. | - No, I go now.
Wait a minute. What if I need you again? | Where can I find you?
- What's your name? | - Eddy.
Mr. MacDougall?
- Yeah. | - Come in, please, and follow me.
Watch your step, please.
- Now don't tell me your name is Eddy too. | - "Eddy" is the password.
I'm Hokada Fujimori, | CommanderJones.
I'm very pleased | to meet you.
Thanks. For a minute there, I thought this was | something out of Inner Sanctum.
Ah, you've lost | a little weight.
I'm on a diet.
I'll bet Captain Taylor put a little fat on, huh?
- Where is he? | - I'm sorry to tell you, your friend is dead.
- Dead? | - His plane crashed returning from an arctic expedition.
No one survived.
He never did like to fly.
Why did he want me to come here? | What was the 5,000 for?
It's an advance payment for a job | Captain Taylor was certain you would do for us.
- Advance? | - Yes.
- When do I start? | - Without questions?
Why talk? IfTaylor | lined me up for the job, it must be kosher.
Some people might not | exactly call it kosher. In here, please.
Gentlemen, | CommanderJones.
- Mr. McAuliff. | - How do you do, sir?
- Colonel Schuman. | - How are you?
- Mr. Aylesworth. | - How do you do?
And Professor Montel.
- Montel, the scientist? | - Yes.
Everybody and his brother | is gunning for you, Professor.
They say you skipped | behind the iron curtain.
As you can see, | only a wooden door.
- Glad you're here. | - Thank you, sir.
Well, it's quite a layout | you got here.
What kind of business | are you gentlemen in?
The business | of investigation.
The scientific | investigation...
of these uninhabited North Pacific islands | that lie in neutral waters...
- between the free world and the iron curtain. | - Uh-huh.
Our deductions make us believe | that one of these islands-
we don't know which one, | Mr. Jones-
has been prepared | as an arsenal for atomic weapons.
Your friend | Captain Taylor volunteered...
to undertake a photographic mission | to find out.
- Volunteered? | - Yes.
- For free? | - For free.
Is that when he had | the accident?
It was no accident. | His plane was shot down.
This photograph | we have just printed...
came from the camera | of his salvaged plane.
Thirty years in the navy, | and he gets killed for a picture.
For free.
Each man has his own | reason for living, Mr. Jones...
and his own price | for dying.
This was | Captain Taylor's price.
There's nothing there, Professor. | It's a washout.
I wouldn't be too certain. | Extend these lines.
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