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Two American scientists
are lost in the swirling maze
of past and future ages
during the first experiments
on Americas greatest and most secret project-
the Time Tunnel.
Tony ewman and Doug Phillips now tumble
helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure
somewhere along the infinite
corridors of time.
Come on.
Come on!
The weather on the Cherbourg Peninsula
is terrible this time of year.
But, then, bad weather
has its advantages.
It makes invasion of this part
of the coast quite unlikely.
Sit down.
Now, make no mistake
about this room, gentlemen.
The room is soft,
but the gestapo is not.
You will cooperate.
What are your names?
Im Anthony Newman,
and this is Douglas Phillips.
Major, we were there by mistake.
Theres nothing we can tell you.
You have already told me
a great deal.
Your accents tell me
that you are American.
Your inflections tell me
that you are well-educated.
Your presence here tells me you were dropped
to help the French underground.
Major Hoffman.
Yes, certainly, General.
I have the schedule right here.
The field maneuvers are scheduled
to begin on the morning ofjune 6.
- The, uh, day after tomorrow.
- june 6.
My men are doing everything
they can to locate the men who did it.
Were gonna be sitting right in the middle
of the biggest invasion in history.
- He did not tell me about this.
- Were on the Cherbourg Peninsula.
- o, sir.
!
- just 48 hours before D-day.
The Time Tunnel.
Thank you, General.
I would
be delighted to drive up with you.
Bitte sehr.
- Have you verified the time?
- Yes, sir.
Its june 4, 144.
The place is
the Cherbourg Peninsula.
Yeah, but what town, Ann?
We cant get a fix without the town.
- Could it be the city of Cherbourg?
- No, Ive been in Cherbourg.
This must be one
of the smaller villages.
Ann, get on the computer,
will you, please?
I want photographs of Valognes,
Montebourg and Sainte-M�re-�glise.
- As of the year 144.
- Yes, sir.
Ray, the preinvasion barrage is going
to start at midnight on the fifth ofjune.
Unless we can get them
out of there by then
I wouldnt give you a nickel
for their chances of staying alive.
Never mind! That is one thing
about you Americans.
You always have loyalty
to one another.
But it can be inconvenient.
Can you remain silent while you watch
your friend being tortured?
You wont get anything
out of us, Major.
They will work
very nicely, Major.
I still say it is a waste
of time, Dr.
Kleinemann.
Yes, I have no doubt that,
given time, you could break them.
Yes, the gestapo is very good
at breaking things.
But how much better would it be
to be able to control them?
- It will not work.
- Thats not up to you to decide.
I have my orders from Berlin
to give you anything you want, Doctor.
- I will obey them.
- Of course you will obey.
Because you
are conditioned to obey.
And thats precisely what I am going
to do with one of the Americans.
I will recondition
one of those men
and he will kill
the other
in cold blood
without a moments
hesitation or remorse.
And that will test the usefulness
of my new technique.
Now, I want the man
with the coat for my experiment
and you will allow
the other one to escape.
Hoffman here.
Remove the guard
from the front.
One of the Americans
will be coming out soon.
Allow him to leave,
but put a man on him.
You.
Come with me.
Move!
You will change
into the hospital gown now.
Get the guard out of the way,
but dont alert him.
The prisoner must be convinced
hes effecting his own escape.
Now watch him.
Freedom is on his mind.
But he must have a weapon.
He must arm himself.
Yes, a small arm.
Very good.
Very good.
Now he will check to see
if he has raised an alarm.
No guards.
He could escape now, but he wont.
Not yet.
Not with his friend in jeopardy.
He doesnt have
much time now.
Whoevers on the phone
will certainly spread the alarm.
But he has to try.
Unless you want him breaking in here,
youd better sound the alarm now.
If he stays, he will
certainly be apprehended.
If he cannot help his friend-
Yes, thats it.
Go for help.
Ja.
Very, very good indeed.
His emotions
are quite predictable.
- Where are those photographs?
- Here they are, General.
- Thank you.
- I checked out the Nazi doctor.
His name is
Dr.
Hans Kleinemann.
It was rumored that he developed a quick form
of brainwashing through the use of drugs.
Unfortunately, most of the people
he experimented with died.
This must be it.
Sainte-M�re-�glise.
Sit down.
What are they doing
to him?
- Who are they?
- I dont know.
Ray, can you locate that
building in this photograph?
No.
And we dont have the comparative
locations for the gestapo headquarters either.
Ann, get
on the computer again.
See if you can find out what building the
gestapo used in the town of Sainte-M�re-�glise.
Yes, sir.
General, even if we do
get the locations
how are you gonna decide
which one to transfer?
I dont know.
I honestly dontt know.
All right.
Who are you?
My name is Anthony Newman.
Im an American.
Or a German with a good
command of English.
Im not a German.
Theyre holding my friend
down at gestapo headquarters.
- He needs help.
Theyll probably torture him.
- Why should we help him?
- Youre members of the underground, arentt you?
- What makes you think that?
The gestapo thinks
were part of your group.
And, uh, you escaped
from gestapo headquarters?
Yes, thats right.
Or they permitted you to escape
in the hope of trapping us.
We keep a close watch
on gestapo headquarters.
No one gets away from there
unless the gestapo want them to.
Chien.
Hitler.
There was an S.
S.
man
trailing him.
Unknown to you,
of course.
I didnt know
I was being trailed.
I just was hoping that the underground
would find me and help me get my friend out.
Like you helped us
at the prison tonight?
No, uh, he could not have known
we would be there.
Somebody did.
Somebody told them.
I say that Nazis have
sent him here to spy on us.
We should kill him.
Tonight!
It is time for the BBC.
Mirabeau, watch him.
Good evening.
This is the BBC News.
Severe storms continue to plague
most of the British Isles today.
A low-pressure center has
moved off the Isle of Man
sending heavy rain showers into the area
between London and Edinburgh.
There will be no personal messages
till our second broadcast.
- Listen to me.
My friend-
- Now, listen!
You heard Duchamps.
If your friend
is in gestapo headquarters
nothing can help him.
Nothing at all.
What I am going
to give you now
will make you feel
very pleasant.
You will not fall asleep.
Instead you will have
the desire to talk
to answer my questions.
You will regard me
as your friend.
- Your only friend.
- I will tell you nothing.
How long will it take for this
serum of yours to work?
How soon can he
answer questions?
We cannot trust
any answers he will give.
Well, then, what is the point
of all this?
To reach his subconscious
open his mind
and erase his past.
Can you hear me?
Do you know that
I am talking to you?
Yes.
You will pay special
attention to my voice.
Mine will be the only questions
you will answer
until I tell you
otherwise.
Do you understand?
I understand.
- What is your name?
- Douglas Phillips.
- Your nationality?
- American.
Ask him about
the Allied invasion plans.
Now I want you to tell me
what you know
about the Allied
invasion plans.
Come on.
Come on, Douglas.
You can tell me.
That is something you know.
D- day,june 6.
Germany defeated.
- 1945.
- Gibberish.
No, not gibberish.
Pieces of the story
he has been conditioned
to repeat and repeat.
If you can get anything out of him
regarding the underground
let me know, Doctor.
Until then, I have more
to do than waste my time
with your psychiatric
gymnastics.
You will open
your eyes now.
You will be able
to see me very well.
Open your eyes.
You can see me
very well, cant you?
Yes.
You will look
to your right now.
Do you recognize
the picture?
- It is myself.
- And who are you?
- What is your name?
- Douglas Phillips.
No.
Douglas Phillips is dead.
Your name
is Heinrich Kreuger.
- Whats your name?
- Imm Douglas Phillips.
No.
Douglas Phillips
is dead.
Your name
is Heinrich Kreuger.
- What is your name?
- My name is Heinrich-
No.
Phillips.
My name is Douglas Phillips.
Youre doing very well,
Herr Kreuger.
Very well indeed.
Another two or three hours
and you will know
exactly who you are
and the man you were
will be quite dead.
And that concludes the news.
Kindly listen now to a few
personal messages.
- Get ready.
- The fox is on the loose.
The maple trees
are green.
Mary has a brother
named Christopher.
The long sobs
of the violins of autumn.
Thats it.
The road makes an S curve.
The dog has blue eyes.
That concludes the messages
for this afternoon.
What do you know
about it?
There was a message
to be sent over the BBC.
There was a second line which was
supposed to be the signal for the invasion.
- Was?
- Is.
And what is this line?
I dont know.
If youre an American,
how did you get here?
We were being transported
back to our home base
and they- they put us
here by mistake.
Look.
If the Germans meant to use me
to infiltrate the underground
they never would have dragged me
to gestapo headquarters first.
Theyre far too clever
for that!
That is true.
Can you identify yourself?
Do you have any papers?
He has nothing.
I searched him.
And you claim you were
sent here to help us, huh?
Look, I told you.
We were put here by mistake.
How can you prove
who you are?
I cant.
Not any more than you can prove
that youre not a unit of the gestapo
pretending to be
the underground.
Touch�.
Listen.
What is your
specialty? Demolition?
- Electronics.
- Electronics?
If hes telling the truth,
we can use him.
If he is not,
he can destroy us all.
I say we take a chance.
Get out the refinery maps.
I believe your story.
We can use you
if you are willing to join us.
Ill do anything I can.
But first I want to get my friend
out of gestapo headquarters.
Well try when we get
the invasion signal.
When the signal comes,
our mission
is to cut the telephone cables
beneath gestapo headquarters.
Until then, we keep away
from there.
All of us.
We will give
the German no rest.
First it was a prison.
Now we hit
the Cherbourg refineries.
It is essential to the invasion that the German
fuel supply be wiped out.
That is impossible.
That refinery is so well guarded.
- We could never get inside.
- We dont have to.
Here.
Open the map.
Here is the refinery.
And here a gas tank near the street.
If we blow this,
it will get the refinery.
Pow!
We will leave here
at 2000 hours.
Mirabeau, you
will drive the truck.
- What is your name again?
- Newman.
Newman, you will
take care of the wiring.
Verlaine,you and I
will cover him.
I will go over the wiring
diagrams with you later.
One last thing.
So there will be no possibility
of a leak of information
we will all stay here in this
room until it is time to go.
I have the location of
the gestapo headquarters, General.
Thank you.
The gestapo used a doctors office
at 74 Rue de la Mer.
Oh, yes.
Here it is.
Itll take me a while
to work out the coordinates.
Lock in on Dougs
signal first.
Your name is Kreuger
and this is the village
in which you were born.
Your life as a child
was not pleasant.
His new childhood
is fed into his brain.
Visual memories.
So you turn him
into somebody else?
What good is he to us?
Wait.
Heres
something interesting.
And the man responsible
for the death of your father
last year is still alive.
Look at his face.
Remember the face.
Should you see this man,
you must kill him.
He is evil.
Deceptively so.
If he speaks to you,
you will not hear him.
You must kill him.
Psychiatric
parlor tricks, Doctor.
I am plagued
by the underground
and you occupy yourself
with mental games.
We will see, Major.
I have a consignment here
to deliver.
I am one hour late.
Here are my orders.
Who were you trying to kill?
The German or me?
Come.
The truck is waiting.
Yes, General.
My men are doing everything
they can to locate the men who did it.
General, I am paying an informant,
but he did not tell me about this raid.
I have the coordinates, General.
I want a visual fix.
Then well take him at my signal.
Yes, sir.
Major, come here.
I want to show you something.
Look, the world is falling in
around my neck, and you-
This is important.
Kleinemann did
what he said he would do.
Hold the retrieve.
Captain, this is your
commanding officer
Major Hoffman.
Heil Hitler.
!
- What is your name, Captain?
- Heinrich Kreuger.
- And your unit?
- 74th Panzer Division.
Gestapo.
Hoffman.
Why did you not tell me
about the raid on the refinery?
I see.
Of course I will pay it.
Just give me the address.
Yes, I have it.
That was one
of my informers.
You will take some men
to this address.
If possible, you will take
the saboteurs alive.
If not,
you will kill them.
Do you understand
the order?
Completely.
My car and the men
are outside.
Well, what do you think?
I think hes
completely brainwashed.
He could be faking.
Go around and cover
the front of the building.
You, come with me.
We may have trouble
with the telephone cables.
Theres only a single stairway
leading to the basement.
Gestapo!
Lets get out!
Doug!
Whats wrong with you?
Whats the matter?
You cant shoot a man
in the face, can you?
No, you can only shoot him
in the back, as you did my father!
What? Doug, dont! Dontt!
- Dont make me do it!
- Get out of the way!
Dont shoot!
Come on! Come on!
Come on!
- Chien.
- Hitler.
The German capitaine
went back to headquarters.
They will be searching this district
from house to house before long.
That will suit you fine,
wont it?
They sent you here
to spy on us, didnt they?
Why didnt you shoot him
when you had the chance?
No, because that would have
spoiled it, wouldnt it?
- Doug is only pretending to be one of them.
- Ah, pretending!
Youre in no position to make accusations.
You tried to kill me after the raid.
- Shut up, both of you!
- You side with him against me!
- I said shut up!
- And that concludes the news.
Kindly listen to a few
personal messages.
The fox is angry.
The spring in Mexico
is very warm.
The dice
are on the table.
- Thats us.
- Quiet!
The long sobs
of the violins of autumn
wound my heart
with a monotonous languor.
That is the signal.
The day has finally come.
We will cut the telephone
cables tonight.
We will paralyze communications
on the Cherbourg Peninsula.
We will have a better chance
of success if we kill him first.
No.
I say it was coincidence
that the Nazis arrived at the prison
and it was fate that they
attacked our other headquarters.
Do you really believe
in that, Duchamps?
Unless I believe in that,
we are doomed before we start.
It will take all of us
to do thejob.
And if we cannot trust each
other, the job is impossible.
You will come with me
to steal the staff car.
Verlaine, you will set
the explosives.
Mirabeau, scout
gestapo headquarters.
And now, I suggest
we get some rest.
Major, I want 20 men.
Enough to canvass
that entire district house by house.
We will root them out
and destroy the pigs one by one.
I admire your zeal,
Captain, but-
It is the only way
it can be done.
And we would do it,
if we had the men available.
But, unfortunately, we have had to send
most of our staff to Rennes for field maneuvers.
Hoffman.
Send him in.
Our informant is here.
Uh,you are among friends, Mirabeau.
He is one of us.
Now what do you have
for me?
Something very important.
But I want �5,000 for it, English money.
I have news of the invasion.
I will decide how much
it is worth after I hear it.
We received a signal
from the BBC this afternoon.
The invasion will take place
in 48 hours.
- In what area?
- Between here and Merville.
Oh, nonsense.
We have heard that broadcast.
The British and the Americans
are creatures of habit.
They will never launch an invasion,
unless on the very best weather conditions.
And the Channel forecast is bad.
They are sending out false reports.
I am not interested
in invasion rumors.
So I will pay nothing for them.
What else do you have?
I can deliver the leaders
of the underground to you tonight.
The price will be �1,000 sterling,
- How will you deliver them?
- We have orders to blow the telephone cable
right underneath
gestapo headquarters.
In about 30 minutes, a command car
will be stolen from the Rue de la Mer.
The men will come here
as an inspection team.
And under this pretext,
they will go to the basement
place the explosives
and then leave.
And, uh,just what
is your part in all of this?
I- I have the tools to put
your alarm out of commission.
Also, I will be
the lookout.
All right.
We shall be ready for them.
Where will the American be
in the next hour?
He- He will be helping
to steal the car.
- I have to- I have to go.
- No, no! Wait!
- How many men will be after the car?
- Two.
The American and Duchamps.
We will rendezvous after they have it.
- All right.
You go now.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
I will arrange
a reception party for them.
No, wait.
This will be
your job, Captain Kreuger.
Its your enemy.
The one who poses as an American.
He will be there.
You will take care
of him.
Yes.
This time I will not miss.
This time I will kill him.
They keep that car available
for couriers in the field class.
If the guard does not accept my orders,
I will have to kill him.
- You cover me.
Understood?
- Yes.
I am Captain Haus.
My orders
are to proceed to Rennes immediately.
Doug!
- Leave him! Get in the car!
- No, we have to take him!
Help me!
Help me.
!
I say we kill him now.
You should not
have brought him here in the first place!
He means nothing but trouble.
It has to be done.
- You, get away from him.
- Put that away, Mirabeau.
I am not going to risk
my life on your Nazi friend.
Tais toi, both of you!
And put the gun down!
Youre not killing anyone.
Welll wait until the doctor gets here.
- Chien.
- Hitler.
I appreciate your coming, Dr.
Shumate.
It is no small risk.
If there were another doctor in the village,
I would be fighting by your side.
This is the man, Doctor.
A very interesting case.
Verlaine told me about him.
Uh, uh, uh.
Can you hear me?
Leave me alone.
Doug? Doug,
its me-Tony.
My name
is Heinrich Kreuger.
You.
You tell them
who I am.
You saw me
at gestapo headquarters.
- Go on.
Tell them.
- Whats he talking about?
Wh-Why does he pretend
to recognize me?
So thats why
you wanted to kill him.
You dont believe
these Americans, do you?
Its a conspiracy.
You can see that, cantt you?
Cant you?
Drop it! Drop it!
Get over there!
Well cut the pretense, eh?
Get back there!
Stay there!
I will get paid
whether I deliver you
or they collect you here.
It is easy to make mistakes
in this business, mon ami.
I wish to apologize.
Im sure I would have thought
the same thing in your place.
We will stop you.
You will not succeed.
- I have given him a sedative.
- Can you help him?
Perhaps one of the psychiatrists
in Paris can help him.
I am only
a country physician.
No.
It is my opinion only Kleinemann
can give him back his identity.
He has given him a serum.
Only Kleinemann will have the antidote.
- But I will stay with him.
- Then we have to get Kleinemann out and bring him here.
The project comes first.
If we can get Kleinemann and
still obtain our objective, we will do it.
But remember, the lives of a great many men
depend on how effective we are.
The direct
assault is out.
We must change
our plans.
Along which wall of the gestapo basement
are the telephone cables?
The west wall.
Tr�s bien.
We will avoid gestapo
headquarters altogether.
You will cut the cables and electric wires
behind gestapo headquarters.
If they are expecting us,
this will confirm their suspicions.
We will go into the basement.
When you have finished,join us there.
It is now 10:46.
- What about getting Kleinemann?
- If we are lucky
you can make your try
after we have set the bomb.
Okay.
The basement we want is this side
of gestapo headquarters.
When the guard starts
the other way, we go.
- When you have cut the wires, meet us in the basement.
- Okay.
Now.
Where are they?
Perhaps Mirabeau was lying.
No.
Relax, Major.
A man like Mirabeau
doesnt lie
when theres a large amount
of money at stake.
- You see?
- Get ready.
The wires are cut.
Four meters.
The main cable should be
right behind this wall.
Are you sure you have
enough explosives?
When this goes off, there will be nothing left
of the gestapo except a charred building.
- How much time can you give me to get Kleinemann?
- Three minutes.
- Three minutes?
- You cover the bomb.
I will go and help him.
What does Kleinemann
look like?
Oh, about 60 years old,
craggy face, mustache-
- Youll never get him out!
- Look, make some noise.
That should draw
some of them downstairs.
Very well.
But three minutes.
Now get going!
They are tunneling
through the basement walls.
You two get downstairs.
Go next door.
Cut them off.
Hold it.
!
This building is gonna blow up
in one minute, Dr.
Kleinemann.
You have 30 seconds to get the antidote
to the serum you used on the American.
- Yes, but I-
- Get it!
Im a scientist.
Dontt expect
any false heroic gestures from me.
If there is nothing more
I can do, I will go now.
I will have
many patients today.
Le bon Dieu
bless you, Doctor.
Thank you.
You know my voice.
You will do
what I tell you to do.
You will listen.
Your name is Douglas Phillips.
You will resume
your real identity.
What has happened to you
will seem like a dream.
Its not working,
Kleinemann!
The antidote is in his bloodstream.
It takes time.
On the count of three,
you will awaken.
You will feel fresh,
alert, relaxed
better than you ever felt
in your life.
One, two, three!
Tony!
- Whats going on here?
- Thatss gonna take some explaining.
- It is the beginning.
- The invasion.
Its morning,
June the sixth.
I should leave you here
to the mercy of the bombers.
But you have information we need,
and you will give it to us.
We must all get
to the shelter.
A terrible necessity, Ray.
I want to try for a transfer
as soon as possible.
Tracking and ready, sir.
Hold it until I give the word
and pray that it works.
- Wed better get to shelter.
- Right.
This, then, Your Majesty,
is the great Magna Carta
limiting the powers of the king
and establishing the rights of man.
It needs only your signature
to make it the law of the land.
You, the Earl of Huntington!
You call yourself
a loyal subject?
This is treason!
Treason!
Ill hang you and all the barons
who follow your flag.
!
Seize the traitor!
Seize him!
Dont let him escape!
Surrender.
! Surrender now.
!
Chain him to the wall.
Go tell the captain of the guards
to search the castle.
More of Huntingtons men
may have got in.
Im sorry you became involved
in my quarrel with the king.
But well die
for a good cause.
- Just who are you?
- That doesnt matter.
But as for the Magna Carta,
King john will sign it.
- Im sure of it.
- Itss a pity wellll never live to see it.
Heat the other iron.
Where is
the Council of Barons meeting?