The Cyclops

I feel very sorry, Sefiorita Winters,

but I cannot grant permission to your party

to fly across the Sierra Tarahumare.

It is against government orders.

Governor, for three years I have waited and planned on this trip.

I won't give up.

It is very unfortunate that your determination

clashes with my orders.

But I cannot help you.

After three long years,

you know that your fiancé could not be alive

under the best of circumstances.

I disagree with you.

Two months after his plane crashed

you received radio calls from him.

Why not let me try?

Three years after your fiancé disappeared,

you still are in love with him.

I envy him, sefiorita.

But let me ask you a few questions.

Of course.

You arrived by propeller plane with three men?

Yes.

Sefior Lee Brand.

Who is he?

My pilot. I hired him for the flight.

Russ Bradford.

Russ is a bacteriologist

at the New York Institute of Toxicology.

Also on your Pay?

No. He's Bruce's friend.

- Bruce? - My fiancé.

The man you want to find.

Yes.

Martin Melville.

He too is in our party.

He brought a precision scintillator.

Do you know what a scintillator is used for, sefiorita?

A very powerful instrument

that can detect uranium deposits,

even from the air.

Obviously, Sefior Melville has an ulterior objective.

His goal does not seem to be to help you

in your search for your fiancé.

Mr. Melville financed part of my trip.

I'm not rich enough myself.

My investigation does not give Senor Melville a pleasant light.

He was involved in certain stock transactions in Texas.

I know nothing of his transactions.

Are you sure?

Every one of your expeditions

seems to have a motive of his own.

What are you talking about?

The government does not want

Sierra Tarahumare explored by any adventurers.

Adventurers?

A pilot who cannot find a job in his country.

A bacteriologist whose real objective

is very mysterious to me.

A stock manipulator

who wants to survey Tarahumare for uranium.

And you, who's looking for a man who died three years ago.

Then you don't believe me?

I do, because I am a romantic man.

But still, I cannot help you.

No one ever return from Tarahumare, sefiorita.

So don't do anything foolish.

Sefiorita,

lam placing one of my men next to your pilot,

in case he should lose his way on your return trip.

My plane has four seats and we are four people.

Then one has to stay behind.

Of course, governor.

I'll see to it that one stays behind.

Buenos dias, sefiorita.

A magazine. A sports magazine.

Oh, how can I say magazine?

Oh, uh, like a book.

A libro. Read. Comprendo?

You don't understand me. I want a sports magazine.

Uh, you said you spoke English.

Oh, si, sefior.

That's fine, then. Give me a Sports Afield.

Si.

Well, come on, Sports Afield.

Guns, baseball...

No, no, no. Oh, like this.

American magazine.

Uh, no, no. I want American magazine.

Understand? Americano.

Sports Afield.

Uh, yeah, Sports Afield.

Here you are.

Keep the change, sefiorita.

Gracias, sefior.

Sports Afield.

You know, I'm going to study Spanish when I get home.

I don't think you will.

Hey, I-- I wonder where Susan is.

She should've been back a long time ago.

And will you knock off with that stuff?

How are you going to run the plane?

Don't worry about it.

That bothers me.

My drinking?

We should never have let Susan go to see the governor alone.

I should've gone with her. Or you, Lee, or you, Marty.

Oh, there are reasons for us.

For one, well, her legs are prettier than yours are.

Yeah. Never underestimate the powers of a woman.

Susan is determined.

I know.

Try and stop her.

You know, if I only had half her drive...

Yeah? What would you be?

Yeah. Yeah, what would I be?

Say, do either one of you guys think

that Bruce Barton is still alive?

Bruce?

Well, how could he be?

It's been three years since his plane crashed

and no one's heard a word from him.

Well, then why does she keep on looking?

You know how it is.

No, how is it?

Well, Bruce was very much in love with her

and she with him.

But love changes aspect in her case.

Being in love with a dead man.

Rather morbid, isn't it?

There's a clinical name for it, Lee.

It's called mania.

Oh, there she is now.

Well, the professor seems to know all the answers.

Even about love.

I doubt that.

Don't sell him short, Marty.

You never know what's happening

behind that calm exterior of his.

Well, how'd you come out?

Yeah, you don't look happy.

I couldn't do a thing with the governor.

- No permit? - No.

That's okay by me.

You got paid for the flight, didn't you?

Well, sure, sure.

That's why I don't mind flying back home to Texas.

I never could get used to tequila.

Who says we're going back?

Well, if we can't fly east, I guess we'll have to fly north.

Well, but, uh, why couldn't we start north and then turn east?

Oh, we could, we could.

If they didn't send a fighter after us.

Well, they wouldn't do that, would they?

- Then we're all set. - Uh, not quite.

The governor wants us to take a security man along,

make sure we fly in the right direction.

But we only have a four-passenger plane.

Yeah, didn't you tell him that?

Of course I did.

So, someone will have to stay behind.

Someone?

But who?

I don't think we'll have any problems.

Ten-fifty-six, 10-56. This is the tower, over.

Don't answer it.

Tower, 10-5-6. Over.

Ten-fifty-six, this is the tower. Return to the field.

Return to the field at once.

You are heading towards a restricted area

of the mountains.

There are dangerous downdrafts.

I repeat, dangerous downdrafts.

He's just trying to scare us. Don't pay any attention.

Keep going.

Miss Winters, you're the boss.

- Shall I turn back? - No.

You are disobeying official orders.

I repeat, you are disobeying official orders.

This is your final warning.

You will be punished to the full--

Well, that takes care of that.

Now we're on a one-way flight.

Sorry you came along?

Sorry? Why, of course not.

How could I have stayed behind?

Bruce was a friend of mine.

And you know how I feel about you.

I realize you have to look for him,

whether you find him or not.

Oh, Bruce is alive. I'm sure of it.

It's important to both of us if we find out.

He's alive.

You say you got oil wells in Texas.

How come you're flying a plane for dough?

Don't mix up the tenses. I had oil wells.

The day the company wanted to buy, they went dry.

Heh-heh. Well, maybe that was lucky for you.

Yeah, how lucky can I get?

Well, you met me, didn't you?