The Invaders

Three months ago David Vincent had come

to the Carver Oil Fields in Houston .

There had been reports of unexplained lights

and that same night

two watchmen had been found dead .

The verdict in both cases... Cerebral hemorrhage .

Now, suddenly

after endless nights of vigil in the Carver Fields

David has found proof that the invaders are here .

Starring: Roy Thinnes, as architect David Vincent .

The Invaders.. .

alien beings from a dying planet .

Their destination... The Earth .

Their purpose... to make it their world .

David Vincent has seen them .

For him, it began one lost night

on a lonely country road

looking for a shortcut that he never found .

It began with a closed, deserted diner

and a man too long without sleep

to continue his journey .

It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy .

Now, David Vincent knows that the invaders are here

that they've taken human form .

Somehow, he must convince a disbelieving world

that the nightmare has already begun .

The guest stars in tonight's story:

Laura Devon... .

Nancy Wickwire...

Norman Fell.. .

and special guest star: Ed Begley .

David Vincent has found proof that the invaders are here .

Minutes after dawn, he seeks out Simon Carver

owner of the enormously successful Carver Oil Company .

Now, finally, three months of waiting and watching

are about to pay off .

What is it? What's going on here?

Say, what are you doing here? -Mr. Carver, I have to talk to you.

Please let me in... I have to talk to you.

It's 5:00 in the morning. -This is urgent.

Henry! Henry!

Mr. Vincent... Hello, Henry.

Just a... Okay, Vincent, what is this?

Look, I know how this is going to sound

but you got to get the security guards

out to Field One right away.

Do what?

Sir, I don't have time to explain this to you fully.

Make time.

Listen, pal... you come breaking in here,

raving like a lunatic you better have a reason.

I have, right here.

What's that supposed to be?

A computer tape. So?

I found it inside an abandoned tank car in Field One.

The car's equipped

with a lot more than just a computer.

Vincent, now I know you're out of your skull.

There's nothing in that tank car except rust. It's been sitting...

What I saw won't make sense now

but once you've seen it, you'll understand.

Now let's call the guards.

Beat it... in there. -We don't have time.

I said, "in there."

You've been on the hairy edge of being canned

a couple of times since I hired you.

Now, give it to me straight

or you've had it.

This tape is proof

that the two men who were killed in...

Killed? What are you talking about?

They weren't killed.

Two cerebral hemorrhages

in the same night, the same area?

Come on, Mr. Carver, they were healthy men.

They were killed

because they knew about this tape.

David!

Oh, come in. Join us.

We'll have a party.

What's going on?

Tell her. Maybe it'll make some sense to her.

Where did Evelyn put those pills?

Right-hand drawer.

I hired you to design a plant, not to give me

some cock and bull about my guards.

I'm not asking you to believe it without seeing evidence.

I can prove it, so give me that chance.

Henry.

Yes, Mr. Carver?

Get me some clothes.

Yes, sir.

Hello, Sam?

Round up the guards.

Meet me at Field One, on the siding.

Yes, now.

Dad, you're not going out.

He asked for his chance. I'll give it to him.

My car is outside.

Mind if I put my pants on?

David, he shouldn't be going out at this hour.

What's so important?

You'll have an explanation when I get back.

You do some very peculiar things, you know?

You want an apology?

I apologize.

I love your charming manners

and I love it when you take me out

then leave me at 8:00 or 9:00

whenever you have something better to do.

Susan, I've had to.

You'll know why when I get back.

I don't really have to...

I thought you were so hopped-up to get going.

I'll explain it to you when I get back.

Oh, it's really much more fun this way.

Well?

Good morning...

Mr. Vincent.

Miss Bowers.

Evelyn, you're dressed. You didn't have to get up.

Anything wrong, Mr. Carver?

I'll tell you when I get back.

Susan, where are they going?

Well, they're having a convention on Field One.

I've been your father's secretary long enough

to get used to things like this, but 5:00...

You got me out at 5:00 in the morning

to look into this rusty, beat-up, old tank car?

What am I supposed to do...

Drop in a dime and make a wish?

It's not the same car.

Vincent, this car has been here

ever since we abandoned this spur.

Here, let's go. And you, I want to see you

later this morning in my office.

Will you listen to me for a minute?

I've listened! And I've come and I've had it.

At my office.

Mr. Taft?

What is it?

F.B.I.?

F.C.C.?

Licensing Commission?

No, no, nothing like that.

I got it. You're a private investigator.

My name is David Vincent.

I may have a job for you.

What is it, Charlie? You think your wife's cheating?

I have a special job.

Computer tape?

You tell me.

That's your primary field.

What makes you think so?

I started out this morning

at NASA headquarters and the University.

I asked for a name. I got yours.

My former bosses, huh?

You left out a few, you know.

You're a specialist in cryptography.

The Government used you to break liberated tapes...

find out what the tapes are for...

what machines they control.

And they fired me

as did the university,

as you must know

You were fired for breaking rules.

For nonconformity.

But never inefficiency.

I need this tape decoded.

Well, when I tell you my price, pal you may change your mind.

Well,

as friend to friend

what side of the law am I on?

You don't have to worry about the law.

But I should tell you one thing.

If anybody finds out where this tape is

your life won't be worth a cent.

Keep it, pal. This kind of trouble I don't need.

You'll be safe as long as I don't know where you are.

Take the tape and disappear.

I'm the one they're looking for.

If I can't tell them, how can they find you?

All right.

The school can live without me.

I'll meet you tonight at 10:00.

Now, this is 26th and Maple.

At 10:00 tonight

start walking south, past the storage tank.

If there's nobody following you, I'll pick you up.

All right, 10:00.

You've stolen something from us, Mr. Vincent.

It isn't here in your room.

I'd appreciate knowing where it is.

The tape, Mr. Vincent, if you please.

I don't have it.

The tape... where is it?

I don't know.

Mr. Vincent the tape.

I don't have it.