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X Minus One - "Shanghaied" (Old Time Radio, 1955) · X Minus One | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: On the eve of his wedding, Jeff Coffin is drugged
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: after his bachelor party and awakens aboard a deep space
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: freighter bound for Alpha Centauri. It is a 15-year voyage,
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: and Jeff's insistence that he has been kidnapped meets the
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: hard rules of interstellar service and a skeptical crew. From
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: NBC Radio's X-1, this is Shanghai'd, Episode 16, first broadcast
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: September 1, 1955. Ernest Kenoy wrote the script, directed by
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: Daniel Sutter. It revisits Kenoy's earlier Dimension X radio play
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: of 1950. And now, the original broadcast.
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: Countdown for blastoff.
• 0:46
  Speaker 3: X minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X minus 1, fire.
• 1:18
  Speaker 3: From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales
• 1:22
  Speaker 3: of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories
• 1:25
  Speaker 3: of the future, adventures in which you'll live in a
• 1:28
  Speaker 3: million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National
• 1:32
  Speaker 3: Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street & Smith, publishers of
• 1:35
  Speaker 3: astounding science fiction, presents.
• 1:37
  Speaker 2: X minus 1. Tonight's story, Shanghai. Okay, okay, very funny,
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: very funny.
• 2:00
  Speaker 4: Take it over, boy.
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: Tomorrow, the old ball and chain. Eat, drink, and be merry,
• 2:04
  Speaker 2: for tomorrow you commit matrimony.
• 2:07
  Speaker 5: Oh, come on, we came down here to Scully Square
• 2:09
  Speaker 5: to have a little fun. We might as well be
• 2:10
  Speaker 5: at my mother's musicale in Bacon Street.
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: Oh, the problems of the rich. Tell me, Jeff, just
• 2:15
  Speaker 2: where does the coffin fortune come from? Pirate treasure? No, no,
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: I guess it started in Nantucket, my... Great, great something
• 2:22
  Speaker 2: or other used to be a whaler. A whaler, thar
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: she blows.
• 2:25
  Speaker 6: A dead whale or a stove boat, watch my trusty harpoon.
• 2:29
  Speaker 4: Hey, hey, hey, we'll look out.
• 2:30
  Speaker 2: With the porn.
• 2:32
  Speaker 5: Oh, my.
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: And where's the money now?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I don't know.
• 2:35
  Speaker 5: We've got a lot of commercial holdings, mills, import-export outfits, rocket.
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: Lines, you know. Mere trivia.
• 2:43
  Speaker 5: Now, look, why don't we get out of this dump?
• 2:45
  Speaker 5: We go up to the Copley Plaza. It may be stuffy,
• 2:47
  Speaker 5: but at least the glasses are clean.
• 2:49
  Speaker 2: Well, you're the condemned man. All right, you two go
• 2:51
  Speaker 2: ahead and get in the car. I'll settle.
• 2:52
  Speaker 7: All right, me, John.
• 2:53
  Speaker 2: Right. Uh, excuse me. You want something, bud? Yeah, the check.
• 2:58
  Speaker 7: Okay, okay. Hey, Milton, check. It'll be right out.
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: Right, thank you.
• 3:04
  Speaker 7: Hello, mate. Nice night, eh?
• 3:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, I suppose so.
• 3:09
  Speaker 7: I've been watching you. Celebrating?
• 3:11
  Speaker 2: Sort of.
• 3:12
  Speaker 7: So am I. Just got off a deep space run
• 3:15
  Speaker 7: out to Centaurus.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a 15-year run, isn't it?
• 3:18
  Speaker 7: Fifteen and three blooming months.
• 3:20
  Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
• 3:21
  Speaker 7: How old you now? You a spaceman?
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: No, no, not exactly. Uh, where's that check, barkeep? Hang
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: on to your hat, bud. Milton's slow, but he's sure.
• 3:30
  Speaker 7: Uh, fill it up, Charlie. Say, why don't you join me, matey? Here, Charlie.
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: Oh, no, no, no, thank you.
• 3:36
  Speaker 7: Oh, come on, won't take off a mouth.
• 3:38
  Speaker 5: Well.
• 3:38
  Speaker 7: Celebrate whatever it is you're celebrating on me.
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  Speaker 2: Pour it, Charlie.
• 3:41
  Speaker 5: Oh, sure.
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: Well, all right.
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: Thank you. I guess I might as well.
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  Speaker 7: Cheers.
• 3:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right. Cheers. Oh, what was that, Martin?
• 3:51
  Speaker 7: Charlie's special bread, eh, Charlie? Yeah.
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, say, look, Charlie, would you get that waiter out here?
• 3:58
  Speaker 5: I've got to meet him. I, uh.
• 4:00
  Speaker 7: Hey, what's your area, mate? You've got plenty of time.
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  Speaker 9: Sure.
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: Sit down.
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  Speaker 7: Take it easy.
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  Speaker 2: You don't look so good.
• 4:07
  Speaker 9: No, no, I don't feel so good. Yeah, now, sit
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  Speaker 9: right here. You'll feel chipper as a blooming grasshopper in
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  Speaker 9: a sec.
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: No, I've got to get outside. The car's in a hurry.
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: Where's the check? The check....
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  Speaker 8: Oh....
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  Speaker 7: All right, matey. Up on your feet. Wakey, wakey, wakey.
• 4:47
  Speaker 2: All right, let go of me. What's the idea?
• 4:50
  Speaker 7: Rise and shine and greet the dawn.
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: What? Where am I? What's going on here?
• 5:00
  Speaker 7: Come on now, matey. Up in there. Wakey, wakey, wakey.
• 5:03
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute. So you were at that bar at
• 5:07
  Speaker 2: Scully Square.
• 5:07
  Speaker 7: Come on now. Up on deck or you'll be in trouble. Deck?
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  Speaker 2: What are you talking about? Where am I?
• 5:12
  Speaker 9: It's hard to say exactly. Off end, about eight hours
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  Speaker 9: out of Atlantic Spaceport.
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: Atlantic Spaceport?
• 5:20
  Speaker 5: Now, look, what kind of a joke is this? If
• 5:22
  Speaker 5: Alan and Peter think this is funny... What ship is this?
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  Speaker 7: Horace Michael M. Rafferty, Coffin Line.
• 5:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, Coffin Line. Well, that makes it easy. Now, you've
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: got to put back the port.
• 5:33
  Speaker 7: Forget your toothbrush, Banksy.
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: No, no, listen to you. Why don't you take me
• 5:36
  Speaker 2: to the captain or I'll tear you apart?
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  Speaker 10: Hey, here, here.
• 5:38
  Speaker 7: I'll take you to my jacket.
• 5:39
  Speaker 2: All right, get moving.
• 5:40
  Speaker 7: Sure, sure, my dear. I'll take you to the captain.
• 5:43
  Speaker 7: Bet you're going to be sorry.
• 5:56
  Speaker 4: Morton, what the devil are you doing on the bridge?
• 5:58
  Speaker 4: Get below before I.
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  Speaker 2: Right away, sir.
• 6:00
  Speaker 7: Only this here gentleman asked to see you. That's right, Captain.
• 6:03
  Speaker 2: There's been a mistake made. I'm afraid it was supposed
• 6:05
  Speaker 2: to be a joke. Oh?
• 6:07
  Speaker 5: Yes, you see, I'm going to be married today, and
• 6:09
  Speaker 5: I suppose the boys thought it'd be funny to make
• 6:11
  Speaker 5: me miss the ceremony. I'm sure it won't be too
• 6:13
  Speaker 5: much trouble to have you drop me off back at
• 6:15
  Speaker 5: the Atlantic spaceport.
• 6:17
  Speaker 10: What?
• 6:18
  Speaker 4: Morton, what is this?
• 6:19
  Speaker 7: Well, it's simple, Captain. He wants you to turn the
• 6:21
  Speaker 7: ship around, that's all.
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  Speaker 2: Look, if there's any trouble with your superior, I'm sure
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: I can fix it up. You see, I'm Jeff Coffin.
• 6:27
  Speaker 7: Yeah?
• 6:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, you don't understand. My father is Cyrus Coffin.
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  Speaker 2: He owns this ship.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, he does, huh?
• 6:34
  Speaker 4: Morton, get this drunk allowed.
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  Speaker 2: Now, just a minute. I can understand you're not believing me,
• 6:37
  Speaker 2: but I can identify my.
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: Hey, where's my wallet? I've been robbed. Oh, now, look, Captain.
• 6:46
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute. All you have to do is radio
• 6:47
  Speaker 2: back and check.
• 6:48
  Speaker 11: Mr.
• 6:49
  Speaker 4: Black, remove this man from the bridge.
• 6:51
  Speaker 2: Yes, but... Aye, sir.
• 6:52
  Speaker 4: You're the captain, Buster.
• 6:53
  Speaker 2: Oh, now, wait a minute. Let go of me. This
• 6:55
  Speaker 2: is no way to treat a passenger.
• 6:56
  Speaker 7: Passenger?
• 6:57
  Speaker 4: Huh.
• 6:58
  Speaker 2: Wake up, sonny boy. You're one of the crew.
• 7:01
  Speaker 4: Now get below.
• 7:13
  Speaker 2: All right now, mate.
• 7:14
  Speaker 7: Grab yourself a buffer and get to work on those
• 7:16
  Speaker 7: deck lights.
• 7:16
  Speaker 2: But they can't get away with this. This is kidnapping.
• 7:18
  Speaker 7: Perhaps yes, perhaps no.
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  Speaker 9: Now get this here deck nice and shiny and we
• 7:23
  Speaker 9: might even see about some grub.
• 7:25
  Speaker 7: I'll be back in two hours.
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  Speaker 9: And mind you, I want to be able to see
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  Speaker 9: me blooming reflection in it.
• 7:33
  Speaker 7: Better polish that deck plate.
• 7:35
  Speaker 2: We can't get away with this. Well, the law says
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: once you sign on, you're under absolute orders.
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  Speaker 7: I looked it up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I didn't sign on. I was kidnapped. You
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  Speaker 2: won't be able to prove it.
• 7:43
  Speaker 7: Come on, mister, please.
• 7:44
  Speaker 2: I didn't get anything to eat yet today, so give
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: me a break, huh?
• 7:48
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: What do you do? Run the buffer over it? Yeah,
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: that's right.
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  Speaker 7: Like this.
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: You sign on? Yeah, I ran away from home.
• 7:59
  Speaker 4: How old are you?
• 7:59
  Speaker 11: Sixteen.
• 8:01
  Speaker 2: Thirty when we get back. What do you mean, thirty?
• 8:04
  Speaker 2: We're headed for Mars, aren't we? Only to refuel.
• 8:06
  Speaker 7: We're outbound to Centaurus.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, it can't be. Well, that's a fifteen-year run.
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  Speaker 10: Morton!
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  Speaker 2: I've got to get back. It's no use. I'm getting married.
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  Speaker 2: My bride-to-be will think I'm dead.
• 8:19
  Speaker 4: Morton! Morton! What's up here?
• 8:22
  Speaker 7: You want me to call Mr. Black again? He'll give
• 8:23
  Speaker 7: you what for.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, listen to me, Morton. Listen, I've got to get
• 8:26
  Speaker 2: back to Earth. I can't disappear for 15 years.
• 8:28
  Speaker 7: Oh, is that a fact?
• 8:29
  Speaker 2: Look, we stop at Mars, right?
• 8:30
  Speaker 7: Yes, and you'll be below decks under lock and key.
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  Speaker 2: Listen to me. If I can make it worth your while,
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: will you get me off at Marsport?
• 8:38
  Speaker 7: Jump and shiver? That's real naughty, mate.
• 8:40
  Speaker 5: $ 1, 000?
• 8:42
  Speaker 9: Why, what would I tell me poor old mother in
• 8:44
  Speaker 9: batter say?
• 8:46
  Speaker 11: $ 2, 000.
• 8:47
  Speaker 7: Five in advance.
• 8:49
  Speaker 2: What do you mean in advance? You're... Probably the one
• 8:51
  Speaker 2: that rolled me from my wallet.
• 8:52
  Speaker 7: Oh, find a way.
• 8:53
  Speaker 9: They don't believe your young coffin, but maybe I know better.
• 8:58
  Speaker 7: All right, it's a deal.
• 9:00
  Speaker 2: Look, Mr. Coffin, can you take me with you? I
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: didn't realize what it would be like. I can pay
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: my share. I could work it out for you, or
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: maybe borrow money. I couldn't stand 15 years.
• 9:09
  Speaker 7: I'd go crazy.
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: All right, all right, sure. What about it, Morton?
• 9:13
  Speaker 7: Boy, it'll cost you another thousand.
• 9:15
  Speaker 2: You cheap swine.
• 9:16
  Speaker 7: Here now, Mr. Coffin.
• 9:18
  Speaker 9: I'm all what stands between you and a lovely pleasure
• 9:20
  Speaker 9: cruise for 15 years. So I thank you to treat
• 9:24
  Speaker 9: me with a respect and politeness what a gentleman like
• 9:27
  Speaker 9: myself deserves.
• 9:29
  Speaker 11: Stand by.
• 9:48
  Speaker 4: Stand by for landing procedure.
• 9:49
  Speaker 7: All right now. Listen careful. This is the cable locker
• 9:53
  Speaker 7: for the grappling anchor.
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 9:55
  Speaker 7: When she lands this hatch will open. Cables go out.
• 9:59
  Speaker 7: Don't get yourself caught. caught in them. You'll be tore apart.
• 10:01
  Speaker 2: All right, we've got that. Are you sure we can
• 10:03
  Speaker 2: get out?
• 10:03
  Speaker 7: You just do what I say. When we drop down
• 10:06
  Speaker 7: to the blast pit, nobody will be there. I'll low
• 10:09
  Speaker 7: in the pit till dark. Got that?
• 10:12
  Speaker 10: Right.
• 10:13
  Speaker 2: And look, Morton, I'll tell the patrol you helped us
• 10:14
  Speaker 2: get away. That'll help you when they catch up with
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: this gang.
• 10:17
  Speaker 7: Well, thank you, sir. Thank you kindly. I've got to
• 10:20
  Speaker 7: get to my station now. Black.
• 10:22
  Speaker 6: Thanks.
• 10:23
  Speaker 2: Thanks, Mr.
• 10:23
  Speaker 7: Morton.
• 10:25
  Speaker 8: Well, there's a landing point.
• 10:30
  Speaker 2: Now, keep clear of that cable, Joey. Here we go.
• 10:33
  Speaker 9: Hold on tight.
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: There goes the grappling cable.
• 10:42
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 10:45
  Speaker 2: All right, come on. Drop through the hatch. It's about
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: six feet. All right, it's clear. Hurry up.
• 10:51
  Speaker 7: Here I come.
• 10:54
  Speaker 2: You all right? I twisted my ankle.
• 10:55
  Speaker 6: It's all right.
• 10:56
  Speaker 2: All right, there's the blast pit.
• 10:57
  Speaker 7: Get going.
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: Now, we're all right so far. The ship hides us.
• 11:02
  Speaker 7: Here's the pit.
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: All right, now get down so they can't see you.
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute. I hear somebody coming. Keep still.
• 11:10
  Speaker 7: Maybe we better look.
• 11:11
  Speaker 2: Look, if we stick our heads up over the edge,
• 11:12
  Speaker 2: they'll see us. Sure, now keep down and keep still.
• 11:17
  Speaker 7: Are you... Shh.
• 11:24
  Speaker 2: Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Two little
• 11:28
  Speaker 2: babes in the wood. Now you two move and I'll
• 11:31
  Speaker 2: shoot you in the belly. Morton, you got good eyes.
• 11:34
  Speaker 7: I told you I'm coming this way, Mr. Black. Jump
• 11:37
  Speaker 7: and ship. My, that's a terrible thing to do.
• 11:54
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 11:54
  Speaker 10: Black, inform the ship's company that these two men have
• 11:56
  Speaker 10: been found guilty of attempted desertion.
• 11:58
  Speaker 7: Desertion?
• 11:59
  Speaker 2: You kidnapped me, you dirty crook. Don't you talk to
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: Captain Hull that way.
• 12:03
  Speaker 4: I'm sentencing them to 24 hours hull watch. Take them away.
• 12:07
  Speaker 2: Morton, take him to the aft lock.
• 12:09
  Speaker 7: Aye, sir. You'll calm down after 24 hours hull watch.
• 12:16
  Speaker 4: What's hull watch?
• 12:17
  Speaker 7: Very simple.
• 12:18
  Speaker 9: We put you two in space suits... Shove you through
• 12:21
  Speaker 9: the airlock on the end of a line. You sit
• 12:24
  Speaker 9: out there and watch the Earl for 24 hours.
• 12:27
  Speaker 7: No food, no water.
• 12:29
  Speaker 9: And the eating units in those suits are just a
• 12:31
  Speaker 9: little bit defective. Makes it interesting along about the 18th hour.
• 12:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll bet.
• 12:37
  Speaker 7: Here we are, gentlemen. The airlock. You get in there.
• 12:44
  Speaker 9: Got five minutes to get into them suits before we
• 12:46
  Speaker 9: blow the air out.
• 12:47
  Speaker 7: See you in 24 hours.
• 12:49
  Speaker 10: Maybe.
• 13:07
  Speaker 7: Well, well, welcome back to our little home. Water.
• 13:12
  Speaker 10: Water.
• 13:12
  Speaker 7: First thing, eh? You should control these animals' instincts.
• 13:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, water.
• 13:17
  Speaker 7: Right, yeah? Yeah. Sloppin' like a bloody head.
• 13:26
  Speaker 2: Joy. Joy passed out.
• 13:30
  Speaker 7: Help him. He'll be all right.
• 13:32
  Speaker 9: Teach your lesson, both of you. Take my advice and
• 13:35
  Speaker 9: behave yourselves. You've got 15 years to go on this
• 13:38
  Speaker 9: here ship. You might as well make the best of it.
• 13:49
  Speaker 11: Hey, Morton!
• 13:58
  Speaker 7: What do you call this, man? That's your supper, mighty.
• 14:00
  Speaker 7: Food concentrates. What's the idea? Only two months out and
• 14:03
  Speaker 7: none concentrates already?
• 14:04
  Speaker 4: You're complaining, right? Yeah, I'm complaining.
• 14:08
  Speaker 12: If Captain Howell's chiseling on the manifest, that's his business.
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: But when he tries to take it out.
• 14:12
  Speaker 10: Now, I.
• 14:12
  Speaker 7: You keep quiet or I'll turn you into Mr.
• 14:14
  Speaker 10: Black.
• 14:15
  Speaker 7: Concentrate is what you get to eat from your own head.
• 14:18
  Speaker 7: Now shove it into your face and keep quiet. Suppose
• 14:20
  Speaker 7: I shove it into your face and see how you
• 14:22
  Speaker 7: like it. What's going on in here?
• 14:27
  Speaker 4: What's going on?
• 14:29
  Speaker 7: Morton.
• 14:29
  Speaker 4: He struck me. He struck me, Arch. What? 48 hours, how, Arch?
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: All right, what are you all looking at? Get back
• 14:36
  Speaker 4: into your places.
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: Morton, bring that man down to the aft airlock. It's murder,
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: that's what.
• 14:59
  Speaker 7: Plain murder.
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: Space code gives a 30-hour limit for punishment.
• 15:03
  Speaker 7: They didn't even have a burial.
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: Just shoved them out the lock. If the owners knew
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: about this, they'd stop it.
• 15:10
  Speaker 6: A fat lot of good that's going to do us
• 15:12
  Speaker 6: during the next 15 years.
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute, we could get the ship back to Mars.
• 15:17
  Speaker 6: No, two weeks after we landed, we'd be hung. That's
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: what space code says about mutiny. And if they catch
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: you in the act, they shoot you down and no questions.
• 15:25
  Speaker 5: All right, I'm willing to take that chance. We're going
• 15:28
  Speaker 5: to let Black and Howell kick us around for 15 years?
• 15:31
  Speaker 5: Why don't we take over and head back?
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: Right. I'm for it. Let's go.
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: You bet. I'm going to represent him, gentlemen. Discussion? Talking
• 15:41
  Speaker 7: about the captain might be... Grab him.
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: Slug him.
• 15:44
  Speaker 7: Slug him. I'll have you all out of the island ships.
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: Also, you're not a frat. That's what I like. Chew
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: on my oil rag, Morton.
• 15:52
  Speaker 7: Well, that's done it. He's an officer.
• 15:55
  Speaker 4: Who cares?
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: We've got to move now. Joey?
• 15:57
  Speaker 9: Yeah?
• 15:58
  Speaker 5: You get up to the radio room and smash the
• 15:59
  Speaker 5: set before they can get a message out.
• 16:00
  Speaker 9: Right.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: Pop, you get Aft. Tell the engine watch. The rest
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: of us will go up on the bridge. How about
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: this rat? Tie him up. Speed counts now. We've got
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: to take over before they know what hit him.
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: All right, careful.
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: We've got to surprise him.
• 16:22
  Speaker 9: Don't worry.
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: We'll get him cold.
• 16:23
  Speaker 9: Jeff, shh.
• 16:24
  Speaker 7: Quiet.
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: We're sending one.
• 16:26
  Speaker 7: I got in, but I knocked him out and smashed
• 16:27
  Speaker 7: the set. We're okay.
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: Good boy.
• 16:30
  Speaker 7: All right, come on.
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: Right past the bulkhead.
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: Look out!
• 16:34
  Speaker 7: The blast bulkhead.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're cut off from the bridge.
• 16:39
  Speaker 7: We'll never get through that.
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: They must have found out somehow.
• 16:42
  Speaker 7: The intercom.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: Black can turn it on from the bridge. He heard
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: the whole thing. We better get out of here. What'll
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: they do?
• 16:47
  Speaker 7: I don't know.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: We got all the controls up there. We can shut
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: down the driver, but we can't steer.
• 16:51
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: We better dog down the hatch behind us.
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: All right, men. Captain Howell's giving you one minute to
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: give up.
• 16:59
  Speaker 10: Quiet.
• 16:59
  Speaker 7: In a pig's eye, Black.
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: You'll hang for a mutiny, every one of you.
• 17:04
  Speaker 7: We do now.
• 17:04
  Speaker 10: Quiet.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: They can hear everything on the intercom. If I pull
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: the jack out.
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: That's the boy.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: Look, we've got to get through to the bridge. It's
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: a Mexican standoff. We can't get at them, they can't
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: get at us.
• 17:16
  Speaker 7: Captain Howell. What's that?
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: It's an air leak. The pressure's down.
• 17:21
  Speaker 7: It's Howell. He blew the hatch on the mess hall section.
• 17:24
  Speaker 6: Just opened her up and let the air out.
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: Morton, do you know what Black's going to do?
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: He's going to bleed off the air down here.
• 17:32
  Speaker 7: If you're all right.
• 17:33
  Speaker 9: If I had my way, I'd see you all out
• 17:35
  Speaker 9: on the hill till you froze stiff.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: You're forgetting something, Morton. You're back here with us.
• 17:40
  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: If Black and Howell blow out compartments one by one
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: or bleed the air off, you'll get it too.
• 17:46
  Speaker 7: They'll take care of me. Don't you worry about that.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Oh, you think so, huh? Joey, plug that intercom back in.
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: Right.
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: Captain?
• 17:55
  Speaker 8: Captain?
• 17:56
  Speaker 7: Give me up.
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: We've got Morton back here.
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: Yeah?
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: If you try anything on us, he'll get it, too.
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: What am I supposed to do, cry?
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: You don't care if he dies?
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: That's his problem. We're going to drop the Archigan level 5%.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: Can't do that to me.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Captain! Captain!
• 18:11
  Speaker 10: It's unfortunate that you were captured, Morton, but the security
• 18:14
  Speaker 10: of my ship comes first.
• 18:15
  Speaker 7: You mean you don't care? You'd see me dead. Precisely. Well,
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: you can't. It's murder, that's what.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: I'm not one of them.
• 18:21
  Speaker 7: You can't kill me.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: You can't. Joey, pull the intercom plug. All right, there
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: you are, Morton.
• 18:29
  Speaker 5: They'd kill you just as soon as look at you.
• 18:32
  Speaker 5: Now listen, we've got to get through that bulkhead. You
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: know this ship. There must be some way.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: Morton, we're your only chance. Get us through the bulkhead.
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: All right. All right, why shouldn't I? They'd kill me.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: Well, then there is a way to get through.
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: An emergency release.
• 18:51
  Speaker 9: Don't tell crewmen about it to keep them from breaking
• 18:53
  Speaker 9: through with an engine blast and leaking radiation to the bridge.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Well, then let's get going. We've got to get through
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: that bulkhead before Howell cuts the air down and gets
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: us all. Here's the bulkhead, Morgan. Where's the release?
• 19:12
  Speaker 7: Under the floor panel. You can pry it up.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: All right, hurry. I got it, I got.
• 19:18
  Speaker 9: It.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: She's up. Works on a K. Ready? All right, Morton.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Open it up.
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: Here goes.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Morton!
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: He's dead.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: Electrocuted and the bulkhead's still closed. They didn't even get
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: to turn that key. It killed him instantly. Harry.
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: Have you got your watch gloves? They're insulated. Oh, yeah, sure.
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Get Morton out of the way. Don't touch him, Joey.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: He's got the current through.
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: It.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: I'll shove him away with the gloves.
• 19:49
  Speaker 12: All right, now.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Stand by. Here goes a key.
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: All right, let's go, Kevin.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: Come on in. Stand back there. Come on, get up.
• 20:06
  Speaker 7: Stand back.
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: All right, Fleck, see how you like this.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Grab the guns. Joey, look out. Let go of that gun, Howell.
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: All right, hold them both.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: You don't have to worry about Fleck.
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: I got him square with a wrench.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: We better tie up the captain.
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: Well, what do you think you're going to do now?
• 20:24
  Speaker 10: We're going to turn around and go back home. I
• 20:27
  Speaker 10: don't think so. I burned the navigation tapes and none
• 20:30
  Speaker 10: of you can recalculate them.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Why, you dirty.
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: You'll just wander in space till the fuel gives out.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: You'll die right here on this ship.
• 20:52
  Speaker 7: Jeff, Jeff, the interceptor screens went on.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: Meteor?
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: No, no, it's a ship.
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: A patrol ship coming up on us.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: Oh, they must have got an SOS off.
• 20:59
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: Wait a minute.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: We don't have to worry. We can just tell them
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: the truth.
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: You're not familiar with space code, young man.
• 21:07
  Speaker 10: Mutiny is punishable by immediate execution.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: In other words, they don't ask questions. They just shoot.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: He's right, Jeff. We're through. Can we get away? Not
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: from a patrol ship. Already sent us a heave-to flash.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: If we run, they'll blow us out of space.
• 21:24
  Speaker 10: I'm afraid your mutiny is about over with, gentlemen. They'll
• 21:28
  Speaker 10: be aboard in an hour. Ten minutes after that, you'll
• 21:31
  Speaker 10: all be dead.
• 21:32
  Speaker 11: Nobody move.
• 21:45
  Speaker 12: Sergeant, take a squad and secure the ship. Collect all
• 21:49
  Speaker 12: weapons and post a guard in the engine room.
• 21:51
  Speaker 8: Yes, sir.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: You, Raoul, William, Osiski, Harry, come on.
• 21:56
  Speaker 10: Raoul, I'm delighted to see you, Major. I wasn't quite
• 21:58
  Speaker 10: sure my S.O.S. had gotten through.
• 22:00
  Speaker 7: Oh, you're Captain Howell?
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: That's right. And I can swear out the affidavit of mutiny.
• 22:06
  Speaker 12: I don't think a mutiny charge will stand up, Howell.
• 22:09
  Speaker 12: Not with a relief of command warrant out for you.
• 22:12
  Speaker 12: I think we'll.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Just forget about it.
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: But you can't do that. Space code is clear. You
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: recorded my S.O.S.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: No, we didn't, Powell.
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: Then how'd you get here?
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: They sent us after you to get Jeff Coffin.
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: Where is he?
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: I'm Jeff Coffin.
• 22:25
  Speaker 12: Jeff, we had a missing persons alarm for you, and
• 22:27
  Speaker 12: then when a check you signed turned up at Marsport.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: A check? Mm-hmm. Oh, that's right.
• 22:33
  Speaker 5: I gave one to Morton to help me get away.
• 22:35
  Speaker 12: And he sold it to a fence for half face value.
• 22:38
  Speaker 12: We traced it back to the ship. Coffin, I've got
• 22:41
  Speaker 12: orders to escort you personally. We're taking you back to Earth.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: Can I send out a message, Major? Of course. Oh,
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: that reminds me, Jeff. I've got one for you from
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: your fiancée.
• 22:52
  Speaker 12: She said to tell you that she didn't object to
• 22:55
  Speaker 12: a bachelor party in principle, but she did think six
• 22:58
  Speaker 12: months was stretching it a bit.
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• 23:15
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• 23:37
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• 23:42
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