Woman Eater, The (1958)

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music]

[ominous music]

- [Patterson] But it's
a lot of nonsense.

We've heard all this before.

- Ahh, Patterson, Patterson.

Always the skeptic.

Never believe in anything
you can't see or feel.

- There's things to believe in.

- Well, not always.

- I'm a practical man.

Tall stories aren't in my line.

- Thank you.

I was with Ashby when
he died last month.

He swore everything
he said was true.

He says there's a tribe in the
depths of the Amazon jungle.

They're remnants of the Incas.

He says they have a
miracle working juju

that can bring the
dead back to life.

- We've heard yarns
like that before.

- Mmhm.

Well, he got a few
bearings, a rough location,

he made a map.

I've got it.

I'm going there.

Like to come with me Carling?

- [Carling] Who, me?

- Yes. Interesting adventure.

- I don't know, I might.

When do you want to start?

- Next week.

- Oh, that's far too soon.

- Time enough for an
old traveler like you.

- Telephone for you,
Doctor, in the hall.

- Thank you.

Well, think it over
and let me know.

Have a look at that map.

- [Patterson] Feel like going?

- You know, I think I do.

- You want to be
careful, you know,

Moran's a strange fellow.

One of the most brilliant
brains of the century,

but there's a family taint.

Several of them
have been sent away.

- Yes, so I've heard,

but that doesn't worry me.

I can look after myself.

Besides, there's nothing
much wrong with Moran.

[dramatic music]

[birds squawking]

- You feeling any better?

You don't look it.

- I'm all right.

Don't think a bit of jungle
fever is going to bother me,

do you?

I've had it too often.

[distant drumming]

- Carling, listen.

- What is it?

- The tom-toms.

Look.

That's the mountain.

The one on Ashby's map.

- Looks as if he
was right after all.

[rhythmic drumming]

[ominous music]

I can't stand by and see this.

Stop it you devils!

Stop it!

Come on, Moran!

[dramatic music]

[rhythmic drumming]

[ominous music]

[singing in foreign language]

[screaming]

- Jungle fever, all right.

Looks as if he had it.

[indistinct mumbling]

- Babbling something
about a plant,

sacrifice, and miracles.

Where'd that come from?

[talking in foreign language]

Come on, got to get
him moving somehow.

Get him on the stretcher.

[talking in foreign language]

[dramatic music]

[rhythmic drumming]

[rhythmic drumming]

[drumming tempo increases]

[ominous music]

[screaming]

- She'll become
part of the plant.

And from it I'll get the serum

to bring the dead back to life.

She won't have died in vain.

[dramatic music]

[scraping]

[bubbling]

[ominous music]

[dramatic music]

Stopped.

Tanga, I knew we needed
more serum from the plant.

Next time it'll work.

Next time.

[dramatic music]

[doorbell rings]

- [Bolton] Morning, ma'am,
sorry to trouble you.

Sergeant Bolton.

- What do you want?

- Well now, just a
word with the doctor,

if you don't mind.

- [Santor] He's very busy.

- That's what we'd
all like to be.

Still, I won't keep him
more than five minutes.

- He doesn't like
being disturbed.

Won't I do instead?

- My instructions is
to see the doctor.

- All right, come n.

Wait here, I'll tell him.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- He'll see you.

Come this way.

Sergeant Bolton.

- I'm sorry to bother you, sir.

- I don't like being
interrupted when I'm working,

but if it's important I
suppose it can't be helped.

Sit down.

- Oh, I prefer to
stand, thank you, sir.

- What can I do for you?

- We've been asked
to make inquiries

about a young woman named
Curtis, Susan Curtis,

who's been staying with
friends at Cranchurch.

- Oh, well what about her?

- She disappeared,
sir, yesterday evening.

- Oh?

- Vanished as if the Earth
had swallowed her up.

- I'm sorry, but, can't
quite see why you have to

tell me about it.

- We had a report she'd
been in this neighborhood,

and we thought that
if she was suffering

from loss of memory, or
something of that sort,

she might have called
here to ask her way,

or for help maybe.

- I'm quite sure no
woman's been here,

but I'll ask my housekeeper.

Perhaps she had her own
reasons for disappearing.

- She told her friends
when she went out

that she'd be back for
dinner at the usual time.

Seems to be a
sensible enough girl,

no troubles of any sorts.

Didn't know anyone around here.

- Very strange.

- Mrs. Santor.

Has any young woman
been here asking her way

or making inquiries?

- I haven't seen one, why?

- Sergeant Bolton's
investigating a disappearance.

Sorry, can't help you, Sergeant.

- Well, just in case,
sir, here's a photograph.

Good looker, isn't she, sir.

- Well, as a scientist, I'm
more interested in things

with six legs than two.

No doubt I'm in a minority.

Hope you'll succeed in
tracing the young woman.

- I hope so, sir.

Good day.

Well, thank you, ma'am.

I'm sorry to have disturbed you.

- That's all right.

- Good day, ma'am.

- Good day.

[fairground music]

- Ladies and gents.

At enormous expense,
we present to you,

the beauty show of the century,

the South Sea Island Belles.

This way, this way,
ladies, and gents,

for the human form divine.

Straight from the blue lagoons,

see the tantalizing
forays of Honolulu.

All for a bob.

Now, come along,
ladies and gents,

this is a wonderful chance.

Now, step up, ladies and gents.

Step up!

Well, come on, what's
the matter with you?

Nothing, nothing like this
has ever been seen before.

Straight from the blue
lagoon, it's all for a bob.

That's better.

How about you, sir?

You look a bit
down in the mouth.

We won't tell the
wife. [chuckles]

You, sir, never mind
what the butler saw,

come and take a look
for yourself inside.

Now, step up, ladies
and gents, step up.

That's the idea, sir, this way.

Never let her wear
the trousers, sir,

you'll regret it for the
rest of your life. [chuckles]

[r*fle fires]

- Bad luck, sir, have
another go, mate,

you'll get her next time.

- And that's only a sample,
ladies and gentlemen.

Now come inside and
see the real thing.

The show's starting, the
show's just starting.

- Here you are, sir.

Try holding your back
when you fire it.

[r*fle fires]

Blimey, you've done it!

- Have I?

- Yes.

Steady on, sir, steady on.

- Hello, Sally.

You'll catch it if he
sees you over 'ere.

- Oh, I don't care,
give me an orange drink.

- I say.

This belongs to you.

- Me?

- Yes, you won it.

- When?

Now, look--

- No, really, just now
on the r*fle range.

I was looking at you the
whole time I was firing.

Lucky I didn't k*ll someone.

Go on, take him.

He won't bite.

- Well, he's rather sweet.

- I think I'll have a drink.

Orange, please.

How's business?

- Well, not too good for
us, we're leaving tomorrow.

- Oh, you're not going anywhere?

- 90 miles away to Cherryton.

- Oh, what a shame, I
won't see you again.

- Well, we've been
here for a fortnight,

you should have come before.

- Now you tell me.

Look, I've got a little place,
a garage, not far from here,

near Dunsford, you know it?

What about letting me run
you to Cherryton tomorrow?

- Oh, I'd love that, but I
have to travel with the show.

- Oi there, Sally,

what do you think
you're doing there?

- I shouldn't be here.

- What do you think
you're doing there?

Get back up on that stand.

- I was thirsty.

- So am I.

- Oh, just a moment.

- Buzz off.

- Look, this young lady
was having a drink with me.

It was my fault.

- I don't care
whose fault it was.

Her place is up there on
that stand, and nowhere else.

Go on, you heard me.

- Just a moment.

- Now you've done it!

Are you all right?

- I wasn't gonna have him
talking to you like that.

Sorry if I made things
difficult for you.

[whistling]

- You'll make things
difficult for yourself

if you don't go away.

They'll all be around
here in a minute.

- Well, I'll stay
and see you're okay.

- No, thanks just the same,
but you'll only make it worse.

Please, get out.

Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

[banging]

- [Jack] Mmhm.

- Ah, hello.

- Hello.

Can I do anything for you?

- You've done quite
enough already, thank you.

- Have I?

It's you! I didn't
recognize you upside down.

You haven't gone away after all.

- No, I got the sack.

Fired, thanks to you.

- Did you really?

Good, I mean it.

Well, let me take your bag.

Now, come and sit down.

I'll clear these things away.

Make yourself comfortable

if you can.

Isn't it wonderful?

I was thinking of you miles
away, and here you are.

How did you get here?

- I walked and
walked and walked.

- Oh, poor kid.

Had any breakfast?

- Yes, I did before I left.

- And what about
a cup of coffee?

- Oh, I'd love one.

- Coffee coming up.

Glad I had this going.

I'm sorry about last night.

I didn't think you'd get fired.

- Oh, forget it, I
hated the job anyway.

I'll soon find something else.

- I feel very responsible.

Is there anything
I can do to help?

- You can get me
some sugar, please.

I only came here because,

well, I don't know anyone else.

- That suits me, no competition.

What sort of job
are you looking for?

- Oh, I can do anything.

Hoover halls, dig a
garden, scrub the floor,

wash dishes, and I can
dance the hula hula.

- Mm, very nice too.

The only trouble is,
is that the demand

for hula hula dancers
has dropped off a
bit in this village.

The vicar's wife, you know.

I've got it, Dr. Moran.

- Who's he?

- Oh, he's a scientific fellow.

He's quite a big
noise around here.

I take care of his car for him.

- Well, why should
he give me a job?

- Well, he's got a housekeeper

who does most of
the work for him.

It's time she had some help.

- Oh, perhaps she
doesn't want any.

- No harm in trying.

- How far is it?

- Nice and near, about a mile.

- I'd better get going then.

- Okay, I'll run you
there in the car.

- Oh, will you? Thank you.

You're sure you don't mind?

- Of course not.

Come on.

- Mum, I'm going out
for half an hour.

- [Voiceover] Okay.

- That's the place.

Through there, and
around to the right.

Want your bag?

- No, I'd better leave it,
I haven't got the job yet.

- I'll wait here.

By the way, he's got a
native servant named Tanga.

Don't let him frighten
you, he's quite harmless.

Good luck.

[doorbell rings]

[tense music]

- Please?

- Oh...

- Please?

- Uh, may I see Dr. Moran?

- You want Master?

You come in.

I tell him.

You come, please.

- Dr. Moran?

- Yes, come in.

What can I do for you?

- My name's Sally Norton,
I'm looking for work.

The young man at the
garage said that you might

have something for me.

- Oh?

Did he say why he thought that?

- Well, he said you
had an old housekeeper

who might need some help.

- She wouldn't thank
him for saying that.

No, I'm sorry, I'm afraid
there's nothing, Miss Norton.

- Oh, I'm sorry too.

- Wait.

Would you be
prepared to live in?

- Yes, I don't see why not.

- Well,

let's sit down
and talk about it.

- Well?

- He's given me a job

to help her with the
housework and live in.

- What did I tell you?

- He's rather a
strange person though.

He has a funny look in his eye.

- Oh, don't let
that frighten you.

- And that native made me jump.

I've never been in a
house like that before.

- Well, if you don't like
it, you can always leave.

- Yes, of course.

- And we'll be seeing
each other, I hope.

- Well, give me my bag.

- I'll carry it up.

- Oh, don't bother, I've
carried it this far,

another few yards won't
make any difference.

Thanks, Jack.

- If you ever need me, Sally.

- I'll come running.

- [Jack] See you soon.

- To engage a girl
off the doorstep

without knowing who she
is or anything about her?

- It's been plain for some time

that you need help, Margaret.

- I don't want help.

- You've been
overdoing it lately.

It's affecting your nerves.

You know, you're not
very strong, Margaret.

- It's not overwork that's
affecting my nerves.

- It'll do you good
to have someone

young and charming around.

- Are you sure you
don't mean around you?

- I wish you wouldn't be so
stupidly suspicious, Margaret.

- Not, stupidly, James.

- I'm not arguing about
it, I've engaged her.

Her name's Sally Norton.

[doorbell rings]

There she is.

Be nice to her, Margaret.

Margaret?

Be nice to her.

- Very well.

[tense music]

Miss Norton?

- [Sally] Yes.

- Come in.

- [Sally] Thank you.

- Morning, sir.

- [Brownlow] Is this the place?

- Sir.

- Freeman, you better stay here

and go over the ground
with a toothcomb

and see if you can
find anything else.

- [Freeman] All right, sir.

- [Brownlow] Bolton, you
come back to the station

with me, will you?

- Right, sir.

- We'll be back later.

Now, that's the spot
we've just seen.

Now there's Colonel
Battersby's house

about three miles,

that's George Mortimer,

and that's Dr. Moran.

Hm.

So, Dr. Moran's is nearest.

- Yes, sir, by
about half a mile.

- Right.

Well, let's start with him.

- Well, I saw him
the other day, sir,

but he couldn't
tell me anything.

- You didn't search
the grounds, did you?

- No, sir.

- Better do that at once.

If this is really
a case of m*rder,

the body might be hidden
anywhere around here.

Let's get cracking.

Oh, you might leave
word where we're going

in case Freeman wants
to come back to us.

- Yes, sir.

[doorbell rings]

- Yes?

- [Bolton] Good morning, Miss.

This is Inspector Brownlow.

Could we see the doctor, please?

- Yes, will you come in?

- [Brownlow] Thank you.

[knocking]

- Come in.

Yes, what is it?

- [Sally] Oh, there's two
police officers to see you.

- What? Again?

They were here last week.

Oh, all right, let them come in.

- Come in, please.

- Thank you.

Yes, but not now, I'll
tell you about that later.

- Right, sir.

- Yes?

- [Brownlow] Oh, sorry to
disturb you, Dr. Moran,

I'm Detective Inspector
Brownlow of the county police.

- Well, what is it?

- [Brownlow] It's about
that girl who disappeared

last week, sir.

- I've already told
Sergeant Bolton

I know nothing
whatever about it.

- I know that, sir, but there's
been a further development.

You see, we have reason
to believe the girl

was attacked at a spot
not far from here.

- Oh, I see.

But I still don't see what
it's got to do with me.

- Well, we'd like permission
to search your grounds, sir.

You see, if it's a case of
m*rder, her body might be

hidden anywhere around here.

- Hmm, yes, well I
suppose there are a couple

of sheds where a
body might by hidden.

Look anywhere you like.

- Thank you, sir.

[phone rings]

- Hello? Yes?

It's for you.

Someone named Freeman
from the police station.

- Oh, thanks, sir.

Hold on a second,
Freeman, would you?

Sergeant, you might
go out and take a look

at the sheds, will you?

- Very good, sir.

- Yes, Freeman?

No, well I didn't
expect you would.

No.

Right, well, I shall
be coming back shortly.

Yes, right.

Bye.

That's interesting, sir.

- What is?

- This.

Nasty thing to come up against.

Pretty sharp.

- I'll take that
if you don't mind.

- No offence, I hope, sir?

- No.

- I was just wondering
where it came from.

Some savage country, I suppose?

- If it interests you,
it's from the upper reaches

of the Amazon jungle,

and as far as I'm aware,
there's no other like it

in existence.

- Really?

Well, I'm sorry to
have taken up so much

of your time, sir.

Good day.

- Good day.

- Nothing there, sir.

- Oh, all right.

Come on.

[tense music]

- [Moran] Well,
Tanga, is it ready?

- With this, our people
make live the dead.

Master, this is good.

- Yes, but with our
magic, I can improve it.

- Do you think so?

[whirring and bubbling]

Master? Master?

Huh?

- Remember, I decide!

- Yes, master.

[ominous music]

- Hello.

- You're late.

- So what?

- What do you mean so what?

I've been waiting
here 35 minutes.

- Don't I get a drink?

- What do you want?

- Whisky.

- Jimmy? Two whiskies.

- Give me a whisky, please.

- Are you a member, sir?

- Don't be silly,
give me a whisky.

- [Woman] I don't know
what you're making

such a fuss about it for.

You weren't waiting
out in the street.

- Waiting out on the street?

I wouldn't wait
out on the street.

Not for you or anyone.

[indistinct talking]

- Oh, don't bring that up again.

Well, where are we going?

- What do you mean
where are we going?

We're staying here.

- In this joint?

You told me we were going out.

- Yes, we would have done
if you'd have been on time.

We're too late to go to a show.

- Well, if this is your idea
of an evening's entertainment,

it certainly isn't mine.

- Now look, if you'd have been--

- Oh, why don't you get lost.

- That suits me.

You want a mug.

Good night.

- Hey, you haven't
paid for the drinks.

- You pay for them.

- Oh, he's a dirty shyster.

How about that.

- He don't pay, you do.

- Guess again.

- I call police!

- Call them!

- Wait a minute, can I
be of any assistance?

- No you can't.

- How much?

- Five shillings, please.

Thank you.

- May I join you?

It's not much fun
drinking alone.

- Why not, you're paying.

- Cigarette?

- Thank you.

And what's your racket?

Talent spotter for the movies?

- Do I look like one?

- All men are talent
spotters one way or another.

[coughs]

Filthy isn't it.

- Yes, we can't
drink this stuff.

Let's go somewhere else.

- Where?

- Look, my car is
parked close by.

Let's go to one of
those roadhouses,

make an evening of it.

- Now I know you're
a talent spotter.

[chuckles]

- Oh, these cigarettes
feel awfully strange.

[ominous music]

No, I don't like
this, I wanna go home.

- Don't be frightened.

What's the matter, you
trust me, don't you?

Come on.

- What's the game? Why
you brought me here?

- Get her ready.

Margaret.

Why aren't you in bed?

- Oh, you've come back.

Another of your little
temporary absences.

Did you have a nice time
with whoever you were with?

- Look, I'm not in
the mood for a scene.

- I suppose now I'm
only a housekeeper,

I've no right to ask questions.

- None whatever.

- You leave me in this
place for days and nights.

There's something wrong in it.

I know there is.

- You're talking nonsense,
you're overwrought.

Why don't you go
back to your room?

- Haven't you even a
little bit of feeling left?

- I told you a hundred times

that all that's over between us.

Now, you'd save yourself a
lot of pain by accepting.

- Even since you came back
from that horrible journey

five years ago you've
been difference.

- Yes, you're right,
Margaret, I've changed.

- I believe you're
doing something wicked.

It's that iron door that
I mustn't go through.

I dream of it.

What does it lead to?

- You know perfectly well
it leads to my laboratories.

And I allow no one to
see my experiments.

- [Margaret] There was a
time when you trusted me.

- My dear, Margaret,
I've never trusted you

or any other woman with
anything I didn't want

anyone else to know.

- There's evil all around me.

It's here tonight,
I can feel it.

- Come here, Margaret.

[ominous music]

For some time,
I've been thinking

it might be better
if you went away.

You're getting troublesome.

I don't like troublesome people.

- Don't send me away.

Let me stay, please!

- If you ever try to pry
into any concern of mine,

it'll be the last thing you do.

Now, go back to your room.

[rhythmic drumming]

[heavy breathing]

[ominous music]

- What are a few worthless lives

compared with what I'm
doing for the world.

It's turning death into life.

Death into life.

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

- Hello, Mrs. Benner.

- Hello, isn't it a lovely day?

- Yes.

- Hello, Sally.

Didn't expect you so early.

Do you mind if I
finish this job I'm on?

- Oh, not a bit. Can I help?

- You certainly can.

You know anything about cars?

- Not a thing.

- Good, I hate
mechanically minded women.

Now, you see that hole
in the scuttle there?

I want you to push
this wire through,

and then I'll grab
it from inside, okay?

- Just a minute.

Oh, looks almost too easy.

- Okay, go on, go on pushing.

Right, I've got it.

Will you pass me the pliers?

They're on the ground somewhere.

Come on, can't you find them?

- They were not on the ground.

- Oh, it doesn't
matter where they were,

let's have them.

Let's have that light,
will you, so I can see.

No, bring it nearer my head.

Shine it away from my eyes.

- That better?

- Yeah.

Oh for the love of Pete, can't
you hold that light steady?

It's a bit hot here, isn't it.

- I don't think so.

- Sally, pass me the
screwdriver, will you.

How about us getting married?

- Are you crazy?

This one?

- No, no, not that
one, the small one.

Why am I crazy?

- Well, how long have
we known each other?

Two weeks.

- I fell for you in two minutes.

Ouch.

Oh, for Pete's sake, can't
you hold that light steady.

- Well I'm doing my
best, it's not my fault

I don't know
anything about cars.

- Here, take this.

And don't pull it tight, if
you can just manage that.

- I don't know why I
spent my afternoon off

coming to see you.

I try to help you, and
all I get is abuse.

Well, I'm going for
a walk by myself

and you can finish
the job on your own.

- Oh, for heaven's
sake, don't pull that,

you'll louse up everything.

- Will I? Good!

There's only one thing for it.

When we're married, you'll
just have to teach me

all about cars.

- You're late.

- [Sally] Sorry, Mrs. Santor.

- Would you please come
back at the proper time?

- I said I was sorry.

- I heard you.

- One moment.

Margaret, you're tired.

Why don't you go to your room

and have a little rest.

- I'm not tired.

- Sometimes one's tired
without knowing it.

A little sleep--

- This girl seems to think
she can do what she likes.

Perhaps you told her so.

- Nothing of the kind.

- Margaret, do as I say.

Go to your room.

I'm sorry you were
spoken to like that.

- Oh, that's all right.

I'm afraid Mrs. Santor
doesn't like me very much.

- That needn't worry you.

Come with me to my study.

I want to talk to you.

[sobbing]

I decided to send
Mrs. Santor away.

- [Sally] Send her away?

- Yes, her behavior
recently has convinced me

she's in need of a long rest.

I shall make all the
arrangements tomorrow.

And I shall want you
to take her place.

- Me?

- Yes.

- I'm sorry, Dr.
Moran, but I can't.

- Why?

- Please don't ask me to
explain, it's just that I

don't feel that I can.

- But your must
have some reason,

or is it just that
you dislike me.

- [Sally] No, of course not.

- The duty's not very onerous,

you have plenty of
time for yourself.

- Yes, I know.

- Then why do you hesitate?

It's it a reasonably good offer?

- Of course it is, but--

- Think it over and
let me know tomorrow.

- Yes, yes I will.

- I'm sure if you think
it over carefully,

you'll be able to
change your mind.

I want you to accept.

- Dr. Moran, please don't
think I'm not grateful

to you for giving me a job
and taking me in as you did.

- Then why not let that
weigh the scales a little?

[ominous music]

Yes, it'll be enough.

Tonight, with this, I
shall reach the end.

- Master.

- Sally.

What's the matter?

- Oh, Jack.

- What is it?

- I've got to leave that
place, I can't stay there.

- You're shaking.

You need a drink.

Now, come and sit down.

Here you are.

Drink that.

Now then, what's this all about?

- He told me he's
sending Mrs. Santor away

and wants me to take her place.

And I can't stay
there alone with him.

- I see what you mean.

- No, it's not just that.

He scares me.

I saw it all in his eyes
when he was talking to me.

I've got to leave
there tomorrow morning.

- Tomorrow nothing,
you're leaving tonight.

I'll get a room fixed up.

- Oh, no, I'll be all
right until tomorrow,

besides, all my
things are there.

As long as I'm away
before Mrs. Santor leaves.

- Well, I'll pick
you up first thing.

- No, Jack, I'll
come straight here.

- All right, I'll be waiting.

- I better go now
because he doesn't know

I've come out.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- I won't go.

- I'm afraid you've no option.

I'm making the
arrangements tomorrow.

- You surely don't think
I can't see it all.

- See what?

- That you're in love with her.

If you can call it love.

- Oh, I do wish you
wouldn't be so absurd.

- That's why you want
me to make way for her.

- Why will you persist in
these middle aged jealousies?

I'm very tired of them.

- Because I still love
you, in spite of the way

you treated me.

- My dear Margaret,
to be brutally frank,

to me you're a
thing of the past.

You know very well I've
only kept you on here

out of charity.

- How dare you.

- My dear Margaret,
like many women

who were once attracted
to you will ignore

the passage of time.

Well, you can't where
men are concerned.

What the--

[dramatic music]

[grunting]

Margaret.

Margaret.

Margaret.

[doorbell rings]

[tense music]

Oh, I didn't know
you'd been out.

Come in.

Mrs. Santor's gone to her room.

She's not very well.

She doesn't want
to be disturbed.

- Oh, very well, Doctor.

- I shall be working in
my laboratory all evening.

I shan't want anything else.

- Shall I pour it for you?

- Yes.

- How's Mrs. Santor
this morning?

- Still not well.

- Oh, shall I take her anything?

- No, no, don't.

She's asleep.

Sally?

- Yes?

- Have you thought of what
I talked about yesterday?

- Yes, Doctor.

- Well?

- I'm sorry, Dr. Moran, but
I'm afraid I can't accept

your offer.

- Oh, so you've made
up your mind, eh?

- Yes.

- I see. In that case, you
can leave as soon as you wish.

- I'm sorry to
inconvenience you, Doctor.

- No, that's all right.

- Thank you.

[ominous music]

- Oh, so quickly as that?

But there's a little matter
of salary to be settled,

I don't want you
to go without that.

- That's all right.

I didn't give you
proper notice after all.

- Oh, I insist.

I have it ready for you.

Come and get it.

Did you really think you
were going to get away

as easily as that?

- [Sally] What do you mean?

- Surely you can't be in
such a tremendous hurry.

Sit down for a minute.

- [Sally] No.

- One might almost think
you were frightened of me.

Sit down.

Now, what are you
rushing off for

in this extraordinary fashion?

- Surely I'm free
to go if I want to.

- Yes, but why do you want to?

- One reason is I'm
getting married.

- Getting married?

Who to?

- [Sally] That's my business.

- And mine.

Who is it?

- If you must know,
it's Jack Venner.

- Venner?

Don't be ridiculous.

- I'm going to
marry Jack Venner.

- You are not.

- [Sally] I won't listen to
any more of this, I'm going.

- Sally, listen to me.

I love you. I loved you the
first time I ever saw you.

I know I'm much older than you,

but it's happened
many times before.

That's why I took you in.

And that's why you're not
going to leave this house.

- You can't stop me.

- Do doubt you've
heard of men who give

their lives to bring
something to the world?

Well, that's what I've done.

I'm going to be acclaimed as
the greatest man on Earth,

and you're going to share
that greatness with me.

You must have often wondered
what's behind that iron door.

I'm going to show you.

Come here.

[phone rings]

- Inspector Brownlow.

- [Voiceover] Oh, Brownlow,
I've got that information

you wanted.

- You mean you heard from Leo?

Well?

- [Voiceover] Moran was in a
party in the Amazon jungle.

- So Moran was there.

- [Voiceover] He was there
with a man called Carling.

- When Carling was k*lled.

- [Voiceover] Yes, he went
to find some native plant.

An idol of some sort.

- A plant? What sort of a plant?

- [Voiceover] According
to legend, it lets
you live forever.

- Hah, that's hardly believable.

- [Voiceover] Well,
that's what they say.

- Well, well thanks for
the information anyway.

- [Voiceover] That's all right,
happy to have been of help.

- Mmhm, thank you, bye.

Yes?

- I've just heard from
Sergeant Bolton, sir.

They found a torn
up bit of material

corresponding to the
dress the girl was wearing

in a hedge about 50 yards
from where she was attacked

in a direct line
with Moran's house.

- What?

- It looks as if she
must have been dragged

or carried along that line.

- I have had an interesting
piece of news too.

Get the car, we're going there.

- Right, sir.

- Give me the laboratories
of Cranchurch.

[phone ringing]

Afternoon, Bolton.

Let's see this bit of
material you found.

- Here it is, sir.

- [Brownlow] Hmm, are you
sure it was from the dress

she was wearing?

- No doubt about it, sir.

The people she stayed
with at Cranchurch

identified it at once.

- Good enough.

Now I want to see
where you found it.

- Good evening, Venner.

- Good evening, Dr. Moran,
can I have a word with you?

- Certainly, come inside.

- [Jack] I've come for Sally.

- Sally?

She isn't here, she
left this morning.

- Left?

- Yes, she said she
wanted to go a bit early,

so I let her go.

Must have been about 11 o'clock.

- She arranged to
come straight to me.

- Didn't she?

- No, I've been
waiting all afternoon.

She wouldn't have gone away
without seeing me first.

- I don't know
anything about that,

all I know is that
she left this morning.

- I don't believe
you, Dr. Moran.

I don't believe Sally's
left this house.

- What do you mean?

- I believe she's still
here, and I want to see her

right now or I'm
going to the police.

- You must be crazy to come here

and talk to me like this.

- Which do I do?

- You get out.

You want to go to
the police? Go.

They'll only laugh at you.

- I don't think so.

- I've nothing
more to say to you.

Good evening.

- Sally was scared, Dr. Moran.

She was sure there
were strange things

happening in this house.

It might be a good thing if
those ideas were looked into.

[ominous music]

- Why have you
locked me in here?

I'm frightened.

- Way up in the Amazon
jungle, there are people

who put their hands
into the mouth of death

and snatch its victims back.

I learnt their secret.

I told you, the world
will ring with my name,

the man who can
bring back the dead.

- You're mad.

- Do you think so?

I'm gonna show you.

I'm putting it to the real test.

Come with me.

- No, no!

- You'll see something
that no one in

the whole civilized
world has seen before.

Let me share my triumph,
it'll be the greatest moment

of my life.

You mustn't be
frightened, Sally.

If you don't come, I...

- All right, all right.

- Good, good.

- What is it?

- It's the great juju
of Tanga's tribe.

It's their idol,
they worship it.

[rhythmic drumming]

- What's that?

- I'm afraid Tanga's
mistaken my object

in bringing you here.

[dramatic music]

- Where's Sergeant Bolton?

- I'm afraid he's not
here, sir, can I help you?

- It's very urgent, do you
know where I can find him?

- He's out with
Inspector Brownlow

on the Cranchurch
road near Notts Lane.

You might get him there.

- Oh, thanks.

[ominous music]

- Margaret.

Margaret?

Speak to me, speak!

Only the body.

No mind.

Your people cheated me!

They gave me only
half their secret!

- Our secret not for you.

- I've failed.

I've failed.

Only the body.

No brain.

- The brain for us only.

- Still dead.

Only the body.

No mind.

[dramatic music]

[screaming]

- Don't come near me!

[screaming]

- Margaret.

Margaret!

Ah, they cheated me!

They cheated me!

- Open up!

- You come.

I take you.

- [Brownlow] Come on,
open up, will you.

- Inspector.

I think we can get in here.

- Bolton, come here.

- No!

[screaming]

- Sergeant, you come
upstairs with me.

You take down here, understood?

[screaming]

- Sally?

[dramatic music]

- Get Sally out of here.

You cheated me.

Now I'll destroy your idol,
as you've destroyed me.

[dramatic music]

[ominous music]