The Invaders

Starring Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent.

The invaders...

Aliens 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 have taken human form.

Somehow, he must convince a disbelieving world

that the nightmare has already begun.

The guest stars in tonight's story:

Barbara Barrie.

Richard Anderson.

Paul Mantee.

For two days, planes have crossed and recrossed

the Utah wilderness

searching for some clue to the fiery object

witnesses swear plunged from the sky.

But the planes find nothing

and the investigation is called off.

Only one man continues the search.

For somewhere in the forbidding mountains

may be the remains of an alien spacecraft.

It's starting again.

All right. Come over here and let me give you another injection...

Not yet. Not yet.

You're in pain. Now, let me help you!

We don't know how this can affect me. It's experimental.

Part of the reason I'm here.

Listen to me.

Pain is for a purpose.

It's a warning that you need help.

I'll get help as soon as I complete this mission.

You need help before then.

They'll take me to one of our regeneration stations.

The injections are wearing off too quickly.

You keep talking about this rendezvous that you have to make this afternoon.

How do you know your two friends aren't there right now?

Why don't you let me go up to the mine office...

Why are you so concerned about me?

I know this needle has kept me alive.

You could've let me die. Why didn't you?

I'm a nurse.

That doesn't answer my question.

You saw the ship. You guessed what I am.

You don't show the fear emotions humans are supposed to. Why?

I've just come back from a year in Vietnam.

After what I've seen there,

nothing's ever going to frighten me again.

I'm not like anything you've ever seen.

Maybe.

But in the meantime,

why don't you try trusting me?

Humans?

Oh, no.

No. I've heard about you.

You fight. You hate. You kill.

You betray each other.

It's the only way you know.

You do it to each other

and you'll do it to me, if you get the chance.

-Hello. -Hello, Gale.

Remember me?

Oh, Vern. Yes.

Uh, how's everything?

Well, pretty slow since all that saucer fuss.

Say, I, uh, I'd like to come by tonight, if it's okay.

You've been back a week, and, uh...

Oh, well, uh, I'm pretty tied up right now.

How about some other time?

Oh, uh...

uh, doing what?

Oh, trying to get this ranch into shape.

Maybe in a few days.

Yeah. Sure. Sure, Gale.

When you're not so jammed up.

Bye.

You see?

We don't all betray each other.

Someone's coming.

There can't be.

No one ever comes up here this time of day.

Who is it?

I can't tell from here.

You found out a way to get help after all, didn't you, huh?

How could I? I've been with you every minute.

Find out who it is and get rid of him.

All right. Go into the kitchen. No, no, no. I'll stay here.

You go out and meet him.

You trust me that far?

It's not a question of trust.

Now get going.

All right. Give me the keys to the jeep.

And I'll take this.

It's not loaded.

You took all the shells out, remember? But he's not going to know that.

This land is posted.

Who are you?

My name is David Vincent. I'd like to talk to Mr. Frazer.

Miss Frazer. This is my ranch.

What do you want?

Well, I'm trying to get back up into those mountains.

The only place this road leads is to my ranch.

What are you looking for?

Well, I'm looking for whatever fell into the mountains a couple of nights ago.

Oh, I heard those reports.

There's nothing there.

They called off the search.

Well, they were looking for a plane; I'm not.

Just what are you looking for?

Well, it would take a long time to explain

and I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me.

Thank you. I'll go back to the mine and try to find that road.

No, Mister, uh...

Vincent? Right.

This land is mine, all the way up to that ridge.

Now, unless you have government business on this property...

-You don't, do you? -No. I don't.

Well, you're trespassing.

So please get off.

Well, maybe I should explain why I'm going up there.

Get out.

Who was it? I'm not sure.

Come on. Come on. Who was it?

Well, he's gone. You don't have to worry.

What does that mean?

Well, he... he's not from the Aeronautics Board.

At least he said he wasn't here on government business.

But he said he wanted to get to the place

where your ship crashed.

And he said he wasn't looking for a plane.

And, uh... you let him go, huh?

I sent him back to town. What else could I do?

And you think that he's going to go back to town,

because you, uh, you said so?

I got to get up to that clearing.

You're too weak to make it.

Sit there. Drink this. -I've got to make it.

Even if he finds that clearing,

there's nothing there. You destroyed the ship.

The courier's box is hidden there.

I was supposed to land him safely; I failed.

Now I have to finish his mission for him.

But you hid the box.

Why don't you wait until your...

friends get here this afternoon

and then send them for it?

You said you wanted to help me.

I need your help.

Will you?

Don't.

He's going to carry the box to the jeep.

Get back!

He's sick.

-Can't you see that? -Get back.

He's suffering, Mr. Vincent.

He needs me and I'm going to help him.

Highway department says that storm's going to be a big one.

Well, there's nothing we can do about it.

We better call the ranchers and give them the word.

Thought we was all done with visitors.

Now, you go make your calls and don't forget Gale Frazer's place.

Right.

Morning, Sheriff.

This is Mr. Lavin.

Sheriff.

How are ya?

My name is Sawyer.

How are you?

Our company has just bought out the Aurelia Mine.

I wonder if you could tell us how to get up there?

Now, who'd want to do a fool thing like that?

That mine was run dry long before they closed it.

Well, the record says

there's enough low-grade ore to work with our new equipment.

Can't scrape meat off a chewed bone.

We want to find out how chewed.

A man from the mine department is meeting us up there this afternoon.

Not wanting to wish you any bad luck

'cause, Lord knows, we could use that mine

I think you're going to find ore like they found that flying saucer.

Flying saucer?

Yeah, that's what some folks called it.

That's what all the excitement was about.

I thought even the big city papers would print that.

Well, maybe they did. We've been traveling around a great deal.

What saucer?

It came down back of the old Frazer place.

If you ask me, it came from the same place as that ore of yours.

Had to be a trick of some kind or the government men would have found it.

Oh, then there was a search?

For two days. Planes covered every inch of those hills.

Well, I'll leave you two be so you can go over your assets