The Invaders

You know, I was raised in these woods.

Got my name carved on half those maples.

My name and a few of the local ladies from Bennington.

I think we'll coast from here.

If there are any guards, I don't want them to hear us.

I've been here twice without seeing any guards.

I figure if it's what you say it is, they do their business at night.

It's over there.

Looks like the world's fair in there;

Tubes, flashing lights and pretty exotic circuitry.

You're the only one who could say for sure.

Garth! Stop!

You can put your weapon away. No one will harm you.

I give you my word.

-You all right? -Yeah. A ricochet caught me in the leg.

-Can you walk? -I think so.

Don't take me... for your own good.

Can you hold out until we get him to Washington?

You'll never get to Washington.

Two men. They've broken into the lodge.

They've taken the leader. Get the others.

I'll get rid of the equipment.

But hurry, we've got to get the leader back.

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 nigh t on a lonely country roa d

looking for a shortcut that he never found .

It began with a closed, deserted dine r and a man too long without slee p

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 have taken human form .

Somehow, he must convince a disbelieving worl d that the nightmare has already begun .

The guest stars in tonight's story;

Alfred Ryder, Karen Black, Kent Smith, Anthony Eisley

and special guest star Laurence Naismith.

A surprise encounter in a closed ski lodge , the capture of an alien bein g

whose importance David Vincent cannot know .

A leader whose los s jeopardizes the invaders foothold on the planet Earth .

How far to the main road? Three, maybe four miles.

Is the leg bad? No. I've done worse shaving.

You heading for the motel? -Yeah.

We can call Ed from there.

We'd better call the police first.

I'll call the police.

Get me the police.

You appear to be a sensible man, mister... -Torin. -Mr. Torin.

-I don't know what your friend has told you... -There was a Mary Torin.

Does that ring a bell? No.

Los Angeles, October 11. A motel on Garvey Street.

I'm not familiar. A couple of your boys murdered her.

I read a report. My wife. Mary Torin. Remember the name.

Mr. Torin, I... And remember this... There are seven of us now.

It's a new ball game.

We're at the Lexington Motel. Now, they know we have him.

All right. Now, how long do the police say they'll take?

About ten minutes to get here, but they're checking the lodge, too.

Can you stay where you are? It could get pretty warm here.

You know where Camp Belding is?

No, but I'm sure Bob Torin does.

Get there. Ask for Colonel Ralph Gentry.

I laid a Nike site in for him in '64. Use my name.

I think you'd better come up here, Ed.

Right. I'll meet you at Belding. Soon as you can. Bye.

I've covered everything between here and the lodge.

They must have turned off somewhere. Well, maybe the motel.

You know, I went through Anzio without a scratch.

All through the war and nothing worse than a hangnail.

Gentlemen, you're doing a very foolish thing. You think so?

Where I come from, I am a leader.

There is no equivalent here.

Unless I am released, there will be a terrible retribution.

Like what? One of your cities may be destroyed.

Your leaders killed. I can't be sure.

If you were willing to destroy cities, you would have done so before now.

We've never been in a position like this.

Make your offers to our leaders in Washington.

Take your chances with them. I won't make it to Washington.

I must regenerate within seven hours.

If I don't, I shall die and you will have caused a bloody retribution.

Now you take your chances with that!

Hear me out. Work with us.

Become our liaison with your people.

You can be masters... rulers... anything you want. Sorry.

You're determined to go on with this foolish plan.

That's right.

Then I'll make you a final offer. We will withdraw.

Our expedition will retire. We will go home.

Our war will be over, Mr. Vincent, and you will have won.

All for my release. No one's that important. I am.

Nobody has that authority. I have.

It could mean we've won, David.

What guarantee do you offer? You have my word.

I've been beaten, shot, tortured.

My friends have been murdered and you ask me to take your word.

You're being emotional. Practical. We go to Washington.

If you go out there, my men will kill those policemen.

Every time my buddy gets on one of these benders,

he thinks he sees elephants or men from Mars or something.

I got a gallon of black coffee in him.

He won't bother you again, officer, I promise.

He sounded sober to me. Yeah, well, he always does.

Car five, come in. Car five, come in.

Frank, we're at the Walden Ski Lodge.

Whoever called must have been a crank.

The place is empty. -Okay.

You heard him.

Now, he better not call again or next time he sleeps it off in jail.

Right, sir. Th-thanks, officer.

David... It's no good. You go ahead.

Is there an army camp around here... Camp Belding?

About 12 miles north.

Well, Ed's flying in. We can make contact with him there.

I know this area.

You sit on our friend here, and I'll drive to Belding.

Think you can make it back to the car on that leg?

Well, if they're following you . All right.

You ask for Colonel Gentry.

We'll head for that farmhouse over there.

You and Ed send back help, all right? Take care of that leg.

Right. Move out.

Any sign of them? No. Well, keep looking.

Who is it?

Can we come in? It's an emergency.

Do you have a telephone?

What is it? -Two men, Grandpa.

They just want to use the phone. -Oh.

Well, tell them not to make so much noise.

-Operator. -Operator, uh...

Contact the others. We've got him cornered.

Give it up, Mr. Vincent. What's this all about? Who are you?

Who are those men out there? Police. This man's a kidnapper.

He's holding me for ransom. It's not true.

They're not police.

They're from another country.

I was trying to call the police. Don't believe him. He's got the gun.

Let her go.

I said, let my granddaughter go.

You're making a mistake.

A mistake. Of course.

So those men out there kicking up my seedlings are enemy agents, are they?

Foreign devils come to murder us while we sleep.

That's right.

And you say you're being held as bounty?

That's the truth.

Well, the one truth we know for sure is that I have this gun

and one of you two gentlemen is a liar.

Claudia, take the young man's gun.

Now... to determine the truth.

Try the back.

Wonderful! Beings from another planet, you say?

Son, you really are most entertaining.

Feel his pulse.

Go on... feel his pulse.

-I don't feel any pulse. -He has no pulse.

He has no heartbeat. He's not human.

I've known men without hearts before.

Cold stone men who still were born of this earth.

There's nothing new about a man without a heart,

but a man without a pulse, now that's something else again.

And if you were some rare creature from the galaxies come a conquering

would that be so bad?

Tell me, do you have war on your planet?

Napalm? Gas ovens?

Compared with what we've got, they can't be so bad.

Let them come. I'll give them a hand.

I don't care what you think as long as you keep your gun on him until help arrives.

Help?

I sent a friend of mine to a nearby army base to get help.

Put that gun on the table.

You... step back.

Kill them.

Claudia, will you make some tea for our... guests?

Or would you prefer coffee? Nothing. No, thank you.

I guess you don't drink tea where you come from.

You should cultivate that habit.

A cup of tea is a sobering thing when men contemplate the planets.

Grandpa, make them get out.

Take your gun. Please, go.

Put the water on, will you, girl?

Mr. Vincent, I've five hours left.

May I remind you that unless I'm out of here in time,

this entire house and everyone in it will be destroyed.

Yes, sir. My name is Torin. I have to see Colonel Gentry.

It's important. -One moment, sir.

The Colonel will be happy to see you, sir.

If you'll just park over here in the visitor's lot,

a car from the motor pool will be here any minute.

Look, I don't have time for that. Where are you headed?

Colonel Gentry. Hop in the back. Corporal, see to his car.

Where are the Colonel's quarters?

This is taking too long.

Where you going? Where you...

Do you know that the doctors and I have been trying

to keep this man alive for four years?

And you come in here with your guns.

Sorry.