Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of tomorrow...

The tomb of king Tarus.

Starring Walter Abel

with Charles Nolty and Richard Purdy.

Don't you ever get tired of looking at that temple, doc?

Quincy, I've been looking for you all morning.

Have you finished translating those new tablets yet?

No, not yet, I haven't had time.

But Jay brought them up yesterday evening, what's holding you up?

If you really want to know, I'm sick!

I can't even concentrate anymore!

I want to go back to Cairo and the sooner the better.

Are you starting that again?

Look, all morning I've been on top of steep cliffs

trying to locate the camel train that should have returned for us long ago.

It's been a month since it passed through,

no new supplies, no word from the museum, nothing.

We have enough food for two months,

and we've got an oasis that will never run dry.

We're going to be alright.

You know what I think? I think they've forgotten us.

They'll be back. The sandstorms held them up, that's all.

Another thing. Maybe they've passed us by already.

Why couldn't they have gotten here during one of the sandstorms

when our tent was down? We're down in that temple all day!

They could have come and gone and we'd never know it.

We're too busy hunting a mummy.

Quincy, you never thought much of this expedition from the start.

But as long as I'm in charge you're going to obey orders and stop griping!

An expedition, that's a laugh!

Three men: Logan, a broken down excavator with all brawn and no brains,

you, washed up archaeologist who'se been digging for the same dream for 8 years,

and me, a hieroglyphics man who never wanted this assignment in the first place!

Alright, Quincy, alright.

It isn't easy for any of us, I know.

Especially, it isn't easy for me.

For 8 years I've been searching, knowing that underneath me, somewhere,

the greatest ruler the Egyptian empire ever knew is lying in all his splendour,

exactly as he was the day they buried him, 4,000 years ago.

Doctor Allen, why don't you give it up, we've been looking for 5 months,

the tomb isn't here, you'll never find it.

No, no, I've got to find it this time.

This may be my last chance.

I'm not getting any younger.

If I don't succeed this time,

the museum will probably put me on the shelf with the rest of the relics.

I've got to find it this time!

Okay, doc. Okay. I'll try to stick it out a few more weeks.

Maybe we'll be lucky.

- Doctor Allen? - Yes, Jay?

- Can you hear me, doctor? - Yes.

Doc, listen, I think I found something new. I was exploring the cellar

in the north wing of the temple when part of the floor gave way.

I slipped into a kind of stairwell that leads into a basement.

Looks like an antechamber before a vault.

Stay where you are, we'll be right down.

Doc, listen, better bring more tools, this looks like a tough one.

And if Quincy is still afraid of the dark, tell him to bring an extra lamp.

We're going to be down here a long time.

Right, Jay. We'll be right down!

A new level! I've got a good feeling this time.

Wait, wait a minute, what about the camel train?

One of us should remain above in case it comes through, just in case...

There isn't time. I'll bring these tools,

you bring that shovel and the lamp. Now hurry.

Jay! Jay! Where are you?

Down here doc. Just follow the sound of my voice.

Boy if this isn't the tomb of king Tarus

I never want to see another blond in a bathing suit.

Beautiful.

Careful. The steps are narrow.

Magnificent!

Right beneath our feet all the time.

My foot slipped, some rock broke lose, and first thing you know, I'm down here.

I'm looking up its ass.

What do you make it out to be, doc?

The great god Seth.

The Egyptians believed that he controlled all life and even life after death.

They placed him only before... the tombs of their greatest pharaohs.

Gee, that almost proves you're right.

We'll soon find out.

Quincy? - Yeah?

Come over here and start deciphering, come on.

But I think one of us should remain above, the camel train may pass through, they...

Oh, what's the matter little boy? You afraid to be left behind?

Oh, shut up, I've been taking your bullying for the last five months.

and I'm sick of it. - I'm hearing you moan just as long!

Please! Now I know this may not mean much to either one of you

but to me it may be the greatest moment in my life.

I ask you to forget your differences, let's work together.

Come on now, Quincy, start deciphering the inscription.

Okay...

Doc?

?

At last! What does the inscription say?

Well it says: Here sleeps king Tarus,

mightiest of pharaohs, master of the sea, and ruler of the stars.

That none transgress. He who disturbs this vault,

shall look upon the forbidden, and carry a curse, forever.

How is it coming, Jay?

Not even making a dent.

I don't know, this stuff is toughter than granite.

Keep trying, just keep remembering what's inside.

Doctor Allen, we've been down here over four hours,

I think one of us should go back up.

What's the matter Quincy, that inscription make you chicken?

He who disturbs the vault will look upon the forbidden and carry a curse forever.

I told you to lay off.

Quincy, is that why you don't want to stay down here?

Afraid to go inside, Quincy?

Yes, if you really want to know, I know about these Egyptian curses.

How do we know what's beyond that door, sealed in there with the dead?

Rubbish. That inscription was written 4,00 years ago.

I don't belong down here in the first place.

I was to do the translation and nothing more.

You want me to hold your hand when we go in, Quincy?

Oh, shut up! Shut up! I know all about you!

The museum will be interested in learning

you've had a prison record if we ever get back.

So you're the one that's been going through my things.

Why, you... - Jay, Quincy, stop it!

Stop it! Stop, wait!

Wait.

Whatever you moved, released that door.

Jay, the lamp. - Here.

I'm going in.

After 8 years...

The jackpot!

I can't believe it. It's not possible!