The Wasp Woman (1959) is an American independent science‑fiction horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. Filmed in black‑and‑white, it stars Susan Cabot as Janice Starlin, the aging head of a cosmetics company who becomes desperate to restore her youth. She funds the research of scientist Dr. Eric Zinthrop, who has developed an experimental anti‑aging serum derived from wasp enzymes.
Impatient with the slow progress of the treatment, Janice secretly injects herself with additional doses — triggering horrific side effects that transform her into a murderous, wasp‑like creature. The film was originally released as a double feature with Beast from Haunted Cave and later expanded for television with a new prologue directed by Jack Hill.
Film Details
Title: The Wasp Woman
Also Known As: The Bee Girl, Insect Woman
Year: 1959
Genre: Science Fiction / Horror
Director: Roger Corman
Screenplay: Leo Gordon
Story by: Kinta Zertuche
Produced by: Roger Corman
Starring:
Susan Cabot as Janice Starlin
Anthony (Fred) Eisley as Bill Lane
Barboura Morris as Mary Dennison
Michael Mark as Dr. Eric Zinthrop
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Editing: Carlo Lodato
Music: Fred Katz
Production Companies: The Filmgroup, Santa Cruz Productions
Distributed by: Allied Artists
Release Date: June 10, 1959
Runtime: 66 minutes (theatrical), 73 minutes (TV version)
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $50,000 (estimated)
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Impatient with the slow progress of the treatment, Janice secretly injects herself with additional doses — triggering horrific side effects that transform her into a murderous, wasp‑like creature. The film was originally released as a double feature with Beast from Haunted Cave and later expanded for television with a new prologue directed by Jack Hill.
Film Details
Title: The Wasp Woman
Also Known As: The Bee Girl, Insect Woman
Year: 1959
Genre: Science Fiction / Horror
Director: Roger Corman
Screenplay: Leo Gordon
Story by: Kinta Zertuche
Produced by: Roger Corman
Starring:
Susan Cabot as Janice Starlin
Anthony (Fred) Eisley as Bill Lane
Barboura Morris as Mary Dennison
Michael Mark as Dr. Eric Zinthrop
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Editing: Carlo Lodato
Music: Fred Katz
Production Companies: The Filmgroup, Santa Cruz Productions
Distributed by: Allied Artists
Release Date: June 10, 1959
Runtime: 66 minutes (theatrical), 73 minutes (TV version)
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $50,000 (estimated)
#TheWaspWoman1959 #RogerCorman #SusanCabot #1950sHorror #SciFiHorror #CultCinema #BMovieClassic
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:37THE END
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00:01:30As you can see, gentlemen, sales for the last fiscal quarter have dropped 14.5%.
00:01:41There has not been a corresponding drop in our competitor's sales.
00:01:47I trust one of you, gentlemen, has a satisfactory explanation for this decline.
00:01:55Not one little suggestion, gentlemen.
00:01:59We'll start with you, Thompson.
00:02:01As public relations manager, no doubt you have some faint glimmering of what's happening to Starlin products.
00:02:07Well, Thompson?
00:02:10Well, you see, I, uh...
00:02:11I had no idea you were such an excellent public speaker, Thompson.
00:02:14Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Starlin. I guess I'm not feeling very well this morning.
00:02:18I'm sorry you aren't.
00:02:20I think I can tell you why Starlin products are falling off so badly, Miss Starlin.
00:02:24We're listening, Lane.
00:02:26Where would you put the responsibility for this decline?
00:02:31On you, Miss Starlin.
00:02:34I imagine you have arguments to support that contention.
00:02:40We've all been looking at it for the past 20 minutes.
00:02:42The most convincing argument is right on that graph.
00:02:48May I show you?
00:02:53Now, right here in April is when Starlin's sales started falling off.
00:02:58Very clever of you, Lane.
00:03:02Would you mind waiting until I finish, Miss Starlin?
00:03:04That's enough, Lane.
00:03:05Relax, Willis.
00:03:07My apologies for the interruption.
00:03:09Go on.
00:03:13Now, as I said, sales began to fall in April.
00:03:15But the reason for the fall was back here in February.
00:03:21Starlin products have always been thought of as something of a modern miracle in the cosmetics trade.
00:03:27A firm built to a multimillion-dollar-a-year business on the strength and appeal of one person, Janice Starlin.
00:03:34From the beginning right through until February of this year, only one woman's face was used to advertise those products.
00:03:41Your face, Miss Starlin.
00:03:43The public have come to accept you as a symbol.
00:03:46Well, now, after 16 years, they see a different face.
00:03:50They don't trust it.
00:03:52They feel cheated.
00:03:54The simple fact is that Starlin Cosmetics should have Janice Starlin's picture advertising them.
00:04:00Well, that's about all I've got to say.
00:04:03A darn good job of saying it, too.
00:04:05I agree.
00:04:06Lane makes a lot of sense on that score, Miss Starlin.
00:04:09I think I've had enough flattery for one morning, gentlemen.
00:04:15It was a very convincing argument, Lane.
00:04:18There's a Mr. Zinthrop to see Miss Starlin.
00:04:19There's only one small fact you've overlooked.
00:04:22Not even Janice Starlin can remain a glamour girl forever.
00:04:27Miss Starlin.
00:04:29Yes, Mary.
00:04:30There's a Mr. Zinthrop in reception.
00:04:32He says he has an appointment.
00:04:36Well, this has been a very informative get-together.
00:04:40That'll be all for now.
00:04:52Oh, Arthur.
00:04:53Yes, Miss Starlin?
00:04:54I'd like to see you in my office, please.
00:04:56Sure, Miss Starlin.
00:04:59Take it easy, hotshot.
00:05:06Take it easy, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:05:06Something on your mind, Miss Starlin?
00:05:08You've done some work on royal jelly, haven't you?
00:05:12A little.
00:05:14Are there any real therapeutic values in it?
00:05:17I'd say so.
00:05:19Of course, a lot depends on each individual's reaction to the stuff.
00:05:24What do you mean?
00:05:25It's just that no two people react in precisely the same way.
00:05:29One man's meat's another man's poison.
00:05:32Oh.
00:05:34But you think royal jelly can be beneficial in some cases.
00:05:39Queen Bee said a lot of store by it.
00:05:43I'll accept that as an affirmative answer.
00:05:47Supposing a more powerful form of royal jelly could be obtained.
00:05:52From the Queen Wasp, for example.
00:05:55I mean, do you suppose that might have some rejuvenating effect on a human being?
00:06:00I'd stay away from wasps if I were you, Miss Starlin.
00:06:03Socially, the Queen Wasp is on a level with a black widow spider.
00:06:07They're both carnivorous.
00:06:08They paralyze their victims and then take their time devouring them alive.
00:06:13They kill their mates in the same way, too.
00:06:16Strictly a one-sided romance.
00:06:21Well, I'm not exactly interested in the love life of the Queen Wasp.
00:06:28I want your opinion on the possibilities of using enzyme extracts from royal wasp jelly.
00:06:35Commercially.
00:06:37Well, if you want an honest opinion, Miss Starlin.
00:06:39Of course I want an honest opinion.
00:06:41Then my advice is forget about it.
00:06:47Thank you, Arthur.
00:06:50Anytime, Miss Starlin.
00:07:01I have Mr. Zinthrop come in.
00:07:03Yes, Miss Starlin.
00:07:04Uh, you can go in now, sir.
00:07:06Oh.
00:07:08Well, come.
00:07:13Janice Starlin Enterprises.
00:07:18Miss Starlin?
00:07:21Yes.
00:07:21How do you do?
00:07:23I'm afraid I won't be able to give you much time, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:07:26But it is I who give you the time, Miss Starlin.
00:07:30Oh, yes.
00:07:31Plenty of time I give you.
00:07:32Ten, maybe fifteen years I give you.
00:07:37I want you to understand one thing very clearly, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:07:42I expect absolute proof of what you've claimed in your letter.
00:07:46Tangible proof, not words.
00:07:47Such proof you shall get, madame.
00:07:50And more.
00:07:52But I think I'd better show you in the laboratory, yes?
00:07:57All right.
00:07:59Come.
00:08:00Come.
00:08:01Yeah.
00:08:09Look.
00:08:12They look terrible.
00:08:14Why don't you put them out of their misery?
00:08:16Madame, you ask for proof.
00:08:18Please be kind enough to look at proof you ask for.
00:08:21May I proceed?
00:08:41Well, come, come, come, come, come, little sir.
00:08:44Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
00:08:56In a few minutes, madame, you shall see a miracle you shall not believe.
00:09:01Oh, no tricks.
00:09:03You may look if you like.
00:09:04I have no tricks.
00:09:06Well, don't look at me.
00:09:08I'm not changing.
00:09:30I don't believe it.
00:09:32It's not possible.
00:09:37I see you do not believe one animal, so I bring two.
00:09:42I, uh, I show you again, yes?
00:09:45Yes, I must be sure.
00:09:47Yes, madame.
00:09:56There.
00:10:15Well, Miss, darling, does my, uh, secret have interest for you?
00:10:18Yes.
00:10:19What are your terms, Mr. Zinthrop?
00:10:23First, I must have a laboratory.
00:10:25It will fit everything I need for my research.
00:10:27If we're successful, well, I ask for a little percentage.
00:10:32But I must get full credit on my discovery.
00:10:34That is most important to me.
00:10:37I'll have Gordon draw out the contracts.
00:10:39Oh, contracts.
00:10:40Contracts, I do not need.
00:10:41You give me your word.
00:10:43Good enough for me.
00:10:48You amaze me.
00:10:50Frankly, when I received your letter,
00:10:52I thought you were just, uh, another eccentric.
00:10:55But there was always a chance you might not be.
00:10:58Then you walk in here and show me nothing short of a miracle.
00:11:01Two miracles.
00:11:03And you say that you'll accept my word that I won't cheat you.
00:11:06You won't.
00:11:07I know you're a good woman,
00:11:10even if you do not like other people to know it.
00:11:13However, uh,
00:11:14my formula may not be good for human beings.
00:11:18I have not tested yet.
00:11:21You will on me.
00:11:23Oh, no, no, no, no.
00:11:24There might be a danger.
00:11:25Sure.
00:11:25Those are my terms, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:11:28Janice Starlin will be your next guinea pig.
00:11:32Very well.
00:11:33Though it may take a little time
00:11:35to prepare sufficient extract.
00:11:37A week, maybe more.
00:11:39I'll make whatever arrangements
00:11:40you may need for your equipment.
00:11:42Thank you, madame.
00:11:44Now I say how you've built
00:11:45all this.
00:11:48I'm very close to losing it, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:11:52Maybe working together
00:11:54we can save Janice Starlin Enterprises.
00:11:58Maybe even make it bigger than ever before.
00:12:00Yes.
00:12:01Oh, yes.
00:12:03I'm sure the next three months
00:12:06we'll see
00:12:06a rise in Starlin sales
00:12:09that will surpass anything
00:12:10we've dared imagine.
00:12:12Mr. Zinthrop
00:12:14is working on the final stages
00:12:16of the development
00:12:17that will revolutionize
00:12:19the cosmetic industry.
00:12:20He's to have a free hand
00:12:21in his experiments
00:12:22and will be answerable
00:12:24to no one but myself.
00:12:25At the moment,
00:12:27I cannot divulge the nature
00:12:28of Mr. Zinthrop's experiments,
00:12:30but I can assure you
00:12:32it will bring worldwide recognition
00:12:34to Janice Starlin Enterprises.
00:13:09I don't know.
00:13:10This Zinthrop must be
00:13:11the granddaddy
00:13:12of all confidence men
00:13:12to take in a guy like Starlin.
00:13:15Why doesn't somebody
00:13:16wise her up?
00:13:19Like you, for instance?
00:13:21Bill,
00:13:23what makes you think
00:13:24Zinthrop really isn't
00:13:24on the level?
00:13:26After all,
00:13:27we don't even know
00:13:27what he's working on.
00:13:28It could be very legitimate.
00:13:29Oh, you're as bad as she is.
00:13:32Oh, women.
00:13:37Men.
00:13:39Every time you're stuck
00:13:40to an answer,
00:13:41you always come up
00:13:42with women.
00:13:44You're not getting out
00:13:45of this one so easily.
00:13:47I'd like to know
00:13:48why you think Zinthrop
00:13:49really hasn't got something.
00:13:51Well, you can call it
00:13:52male intuition if you like.
00:13:54It's just that there's
00:13:54something about this
00:13:55whole business
00:13:55that doesn't smell right.
00:13:57The private laboratory,
00:13:58secret experiments.
00:14:00Zinthrop himself.
00:14:01The only thing that's missing
00:14:03is a genie with a lamp.
00:14:06You'd better leave
00:14:07the intuition to me.
00:14:09Come on.
00:14:10I'll let you buy me dinner.
00:14:12Buy you dinner?
00:14:13What's happened
00:14:14to your sporting blood?
00:14:15I thought we were
00:14:16going to toss for the check.
00:14:17Oh, no.
00:14:18You won the last three times.
00:14:21All right.
00:14:22Look, I'll make a deal
00:14:22with you.
00:14:23Dinner is on me
00:14:24if you promise
00:14:25to keep an eye
00:14:26on what goes on in there.
00:14:28What do you want me to do?
00:14:29Read her mail
00:14:30and send your messages
00:14:31and keep your code?
00:14:32You could do worse.
00:14:34Oh, no, Mr. Cooper.
00:14:36Not you, too.
00:14:37I've been trying
00:14:37to tell bright eyes here
00:14:38that I think Zinthrop
00:14:39is a phony
00:14:40and a confidence man.
00:14:41If I were sure of that,
00:14:42I wouldn't be worried.
00:14:44I think he's a lot
00:14:44more dangerous.
00:14:45A quack.
00:14:46Well, I don't follow you, Coop.
00:14:48Well, a confidence man
00:14:50would just be interested
00:14:50in your money.
00:14:51The only damage they can do
00:14:52is to your pocketbook.
00:14:54A quack can be fatal.
00:15:04So I says to him,
00:15:05I says, listen, Ivy.
00:15:07I'm getting sick
00:15:08of this TV every night.
00:15:09I mean, you know,
00:15:10we can do the same thing
00:15:11in a nightclub.
00:15:12Well, almost.
00:15:17Good morning.
00:15:18Janice Starlin, Enterprises.
00:15:23I got two words for you.
00:15:25Drop dead.
00:15:26Twice.
00:15:28Irving?
00:15:30Calls me to tell me
00:15:31Dr. Cyclops
00:15:32is on Channel 9 tonight.
00:15:34What trust?
00:15:35You've seen it twice already.
00:15:39Good morning.
00:15:44Is, uh,
00:15:46is Miss Starlin in her office now?
00:15:48Miss Starlin's in conference.
00:15:50Would you like to speak
00:15:51to her secretary?
00:15:52Oh, no, no, no.
00:15:53Just say to Miss Starlin,
00:15:54I should like to see her
00:15:55when she has time.
00:15:56Huh?
00:15:57Yes.
00:16:02Was there something else,
00:16:03Mr. Zinth?
00:16:04No, no, no, no.
00:16:05Goodbye.
00:16:10Goodbye.
00:16:11Goodbye.
00:16:22What a character.
00:16:24A regular two-eyed
00:16:25Dr. Cyclops.
00:16:26Even the bow.
00:16:28Good morning.
00:16:29May I see Miss Starlin, please?
00:16:32He's a real weirdy.
00:16:34I wonder what his game is.
00:16:35Okay.
00:16:36You know,
00:16:37Morthan thinks he's a crackpot.
00:16:39I heard him telling Cooper so.
00:16:41Old Bug Eyes really has
00:16:43the execs worried.
00:16:44About what?
00:16:45That's just it.
00:16:46They don't know.
00:16:47Oh.
00:16:48So anyway,
00:16:49back to Irving.
00:17:07Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:17:09Good morning.
00:17:10Good morning.
00:17:11I couldn't get away any sooner.
00:17:13Is it important?
00:17:14Miss Starlin,
00:17:16do you remember
00:17:17the big cat
00:17:18I showed you last week?
00:17:19No?
00:17:21What about it?
00:17:22Well,
00:17:24I want you to look at him.
00:17:26Come.
00:17:32No.
00:17:33Quite the difference, yes?
00:17:38It's incredible.
00:17:41It's incredible.
00:17:41What the same mark.
00:17:43It's a cat.
00:17:44You're young again.
00:17:46Can you realize what that means?
00:17:48You're a kitten again.
00:17:50Your whole life to live over.
00:17:53How does it feel?
00:17:54Well, I think perhaps
00:17:56you'll be able to find out
00:17:57for yourself, Miss Starlin.
00:18:00Today,
00:18:02today will be
00:18:03your first injection.
00:18:06Come.
00:18:22It's a doctor.
00:18:27Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:29Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:31Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:44Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:47Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:49Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:50Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:52Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:52Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:18:53Good morning, Miss Starlin.
00:19:05Mr. Gleeson of Accounting, on line three.
00:19:11What is it, Gleeson?
00:19:13I sent you a memo.
00:19:15Mr. Zinthrop has carte blanche to order anything he requires.
00:19:19It is no concern of yours, Gleeson.
00:19:21Make out a check for the full amount.
00:19:30Sue? Mary.
00:19:32Can I talk to Mr. Lanham?
00:19:39Bill?
00:19:40Hey, listen. Gleeson just got a bill for $2,300.
00:19:46Zinthrop.
00:19:46Zinthrop.
00:19:50Enzyme extracts.
00:20:06Yes, yes, yes. We are making progress. There's great improvement in the tissue.
00:20:12Why is it taking so long?
00:20:14It's the third week.
00:20:16You forget, my dear, there's more to you than a little kitten, no?
00:20:21Besides, there's a difference in metabolism.
00:20:25Why not increase the dosage? Wouldn't that step up the process?
00:20:29Patience, my dear, patience.
00:20:32We must tread lightly with care.
00:20:34Your arm, please.
00:20:53You know, I've been experimenting with the concentrate solution of the enzymes.
00:20:58Oh, a great deal more powerful than the solution I've been using in your injection.
00:21:03Oh?
00:21:04Yes.
00:21:05And I think...
00:21:07I think it will be better for lotions.
00:21:09As an emollient lotion, it will make estrogenic creams and all such products.
00:21:13Old-fashioned.
00:21:15My dear, Stalin will be world famous, bringing you to millions.
00:21:20If you're right, Zinthrop, there are going to be a few red faces of my advertising department.
00:21:27But I am right.
00:21:28Why, your own mirror will tell you that I am right.
00:21:31Why, you look at least five years younger than you looked three weeks ago.
00:21:36I know.
00:21:36I know.
00:22:19Will you let me talk to Bill a minute, Sue?
00:22:21Thanks.
00:22:24Bill?
00:22:25I think I've got it.
00:22:27Yeah, I'm a nervous wreck.
00:22:30Good lunch.
00:22:31Good lunch.
00:22:33You'll have to translate for me, Sue.
00:22:35I'm not very good at that technical stuff.
00:22:37Pseudo-technical.
00:22:39Mr. Zinthrop is a very capable confidence man, from what I read in his letter.
00:22:44He claims he can stimulate the processes of rejuvenation through the use of enzymes extracted from wasps.
00:22:51Oh, for...
00:22:53Well, what are you two sherlocks going to do about it?
00:22:56Right now, I don't know.
00:22:57Frankly, I'm getting tired of the whole business.
00:22:59That woman's so intent on holding back time, she's ready to fall for the first phony line she hears.
00:23:04Wasps.
00:23:05Bill.
00:23:06Face the facts, Mary.
00:23:07Janice Starland has built her whole life on youth and beauty.
00:23:10Now that she's losing them, she's scared to death.
00:23:13Right now, she's on cloud nine with that quack Zinthrop that I'd hate to be around when she comes back
00:23:18down to Earth.
00:23:18Well, maybe we can let her down easy.
00:23:20I think we owe her that much.
00:23:22Yeah.
00:23:52What are we going to do?
00:23:55I'm going to keep this letter for a day or two.
00:23:57Wait a minute.
00:23:58Suppose she finds out it's gone.
00:24:00I'm the only one with access to that desk.
00:24:02She'll know I took it.
00:24:03Well, it's a chance you have to take, Mary.
00:24:04I think we can be pretty sure that Coop knows what he's doing, honey.
00:24:08Well, come on, young lovers.
00:24:34What do you want?
00:27:50Who did you think it was?
00:27:52You look so different.
00:27:56Finish your nails.
00:28:02Maureen.
00:28:04I think your phone is ringing.
00:28:06Oh, yes, Miss Starlin.
00:28:09Good morning.
00:28:11Janice Starlin Enterprises.
00:28:14Gentlemen, Janice Starlin Enterprises is about to start on the most widespread publicity campaign in the history of the cosmetic
00:28:23industry.
00:28:25Our slogan will be, our slogan will be, return to youth with Janice Starlin.
00:28:31When Mr. Zinthrop arrives, there will be a press interview and all questions regarding the rejuvenation process will be referred
00:28:37to him.
00:28:40That will be all for now, gentlemen.
00:28:42That will be all for now, gentlemen.
00:28:43It's amazing.
00:28:43Why, it's wonderful, you mean.
00:28:45Look, Marla.
00:28:46I said that will be all for now, gentlemen.
00:28:49Good morning.
00:28:53Good morning.
00:28:56Oh, not you, Mary.
00:28:57Wait a moment, please.
00:28:59Yes, Miss Starlin.
00:29:08Mary.
00:29:09Isn't it wonderful?
00:29:11It's a miracle.
00:29:13A wonderful, incredible miracle.
00:29:16We were so worried about you.
00:29:18We really thought you were in danger.
00:29:20We even went to plotting how to rescue you from Mr. Zinthrop.
00:29:25It all seems so silly.
00:29:27It seems ridiculous.
00:29:29Oh, Mary.
00:29:31Mary, how old do I look?
00:29:33Tell me.
00:29:34How old?
00:29:35How old do I look?
00:29:37Tell me!
00:29:38How old?
00:29:42Twenty-three.
00:29:44Maybe twenty-two.
00:29:46Twenty-
00:29:49That's how old I was when I started Janice Starlin Enterprises.
00:29:53Do you realize what that means?
00:29:55I'm back where I started.
00:29:57Eighteen years ago.
00:29:59With what it took eighteen years to accomplish.
00:30:04It's like a dream.
00:30:34movingph
00:30:39It's all lonely.
00:30:41Inwards!
00:30:43Cheers!
00:30:48Cheers!
00:30:49Cheers!
00:30:51Cheers!
00:31:0130 years ago, a bunch of quacks were treating people with monkey glands.
00:31:06It seemed to work for a while, and then the deterioration set in.
00:31:10That's awful.
00:31:12Do you think that will happen to Jan?
00:31:14I don't know.
00:31:16If I could just get inside of his lab and run a breakdown on what he's using.
00:31:26I don't know.
00:31:52I don't know.
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00:34:04Let's go.
00:34:38I want you to find him, Mr. Hellman. I don't care what it costs.
00:34:41We'll find him, all right. Sooner or later, we find them all.
00:34:47Time is vital, Mr. Hellman.
00:34:49Every hour he's gone, it means more than you can possibly imagine.
00:34:53Well, you haven't given me very much to go on.
00:34:56No home address, no former employer, no phone.
00:34:59This is just like starting from scratch.
00:35:03Mr. Zinthrop wasn't a conventional employee.
00:35:08He didn't go through regular personnel.
00:35:10Uh-huh.
00:35:12You say he came here about a month ago.
00:35:14Well, how did he come here, Miss Starlin?
00:35:16He just didn't walk in off the street, did he?
00:35:20The letter.
00:35:21Right here in my drawer.
00:35:27Maybe, uh, one of the other drawers.
00:35:32So that's what she meant.
00:35:34What who meant?
00:35:39Miss Starlin.
00:35:42The letter's been taken, and you think you know who took it.
00:35:45Is that right?
00:35:48My secretary, Miss Dennis.
00:35:50You got her address handy?
00:35:52Her phone number.
00:35:53It might be better if I bust it in on her cold.
00:35:56This way she'll have a chance to prepare a story.
00:35:58I know what I'm doing.
00:36:00All right.
00:36:01Mary.
00:36:03Janice Starlin.
00:36:04But before I went to lunch, I made a duplicate copy of Mr. Zinthrop's letter.
00:36:09I was going to take that one to Bill and Mr. Cooper at first.
00:36:13But then I thought that the original would be better.
00:36:16Have you got the copy?
00:36:18Yes, it's in my desk.
00:36:20Get that copy, Miss Denison.
00:36:23Uh-huh.
00:36:25946 West 73rd Street, Manhattan.
00:36:27Yeah, that's right.
00:36:29Get right on it, Jerry, and check back with me as soon as you can.
00:36:34We thought Mr. Zinthrop might be trying to work some kind of a confidence scheme on you, Miss Starlin.
00:36:39We only did that to protect you.
00:36:42I'm terribly sorry.
00:36:43That's all right, Mary.
00:36:44I probably would have done the same thing if I were in your place.
00:36:47It's all right with you, Miss Starlin.
00:36:48I'd like to have that Lane and Cooper down here.
00:36:50They might have come up with something that Miss Denison doesn't know about.
00:36:54You're right.
00:36:55We can't afford to overlook anything.
00:36:57Should I call them?
00:36:59Please, Mary.
00:37:08Yeah.
00:37:11Oh.
00:37:13You're sure he's our boy?
00:37:16Uh-huh.
00:37:17Is he?
00:37:19Central emergency.
00:37:21Mm-hmm.
00:37:22Right.
00:37:24Well, it looks like we've got him.
00:37:26This is a John Doe down at Central emergency, auto accident.
00:37:29There's no identification on him, but he was wearing a lab smock and Phil Zinthrop's description.
00:37:33Mary, get my coat in.
00:37:34Lane, get a cab downstairs.
00:37:38Is he badly hurt?
00:37:39Head injury.
00:37:40General contusions of the body.
00:37:46He's had a severe injury, and there's definite brain damage.
00:37:49Just how much, we can't tell as yet.
00:37:51How long before you'll know?
00:37:53It's hard to say, Miss Starlin.
00:37:56Who's the best man for this kind of injury?
00:37:59Well, there are several top specialists.
00:38:00Get the best.
00:38:02I'll take full responsibility for the expenses.
00:38:05Yes, Miss Starlin.
00:38:15I don't know, Arthur.
00:38:19I think it best we wait.
00:38:20But it's been three days since the accident, Jan.
00:38:23And no sign of improvement.
00:38:25He's still in a coma.
00:38:26You heard what the doctor said.
00:38:28He may never regain consciousness.
00:38:30And even if he does, who knows how badly his brain has been damaged.
00:38:39Well, I'll give it another 48 hours.
00:38:43He doesn't regain consciousness by then.
00:38:46Well, you can take over the laboratory, Arthur.
00:38:49John, as...
00:38:50It's my decision.
00:39:29It's incredible.
00:39:32Right in front of our noses.
00:39:36I can't have used it all.
00:39:40I could run a qualitative analysis.
00:39:47I could run a naive gun.
00:39:55Come on.
00:39:56Come on.
00:40:05I'll combine a big part of my life.
00:40:05I大的upuncture? It was
00:40:06I've had a great bank. May I have
00:40:07got his son to the selected fool? Well, you
00:40:07know that I've heard of him. But, I
00:40:12Oh, my God.
00:40:44Oh, my God.
00:41:13Oh, funny thing.
00:41:15Always goes on a fritz right in the middle of a good program.
00:41:44I want this to be the biggest advertising campaign in the history of cosmetic advertising.
00:41:50Every newspaper and magazine in the country will be flooded with our new slogan,
00:41:55Return to Youth with Janice Starlin.
00:41:57Excuse me, Miss Starlin.
00:42:00What is it, Thompson?
00:42:01I think we should be a little conservative, Miss Starlin.
00:42:04Cosmetics are one thing, medications another.
00:42:08We're liable to run into trouble.
00:42:09Yes.
00:42:12All advertising copy will be cleared through your office.
00:42:15Well, it's a touchy business, you know.
00:42:17Max is right, Miss Starlin.
00:42:18You don't have to second the motion, then.
00:42:26I want one thing understood very clearly now, gentlemen.
00:42:30Janice Starlin Enterprises is going to bring the most fantastically saleable product ever developed
00:42:39by modern cosmetics to the public.
00:42:41And I don't intend to be restricted by timidity on the part of my own staff.
00:42:47Is that clear?
00:42:47Yeah.
00:42:52Are you all right, Miss Starlin?
00:42:55It's just a little headache, Mary.
00:42:58I'm fine.
00:43:00Can I get you something?
00:43:01I'm all right.
00:43:02I'm all right.
00:43:03I have some aspirin in my purse.
00:43:06It's all right, Mary.
00:43:10Well, that'll be all for now, gentlemen.
00:43:30Hi.
00:43:31Hi, sweetie.
00:43:33Gee, I sure hope they give the girls working at Starlin first crack at that new stuff.
00:43:38Imagine being 18 again.
00:43:40I guess if it can take 15 years off Starlin, it can take 10 off you.
00:43:45What do you mean, 10?
00:43:48Face it, honey.
00:43:49This is Maureen you're talking to.
00:43:51Yeah?
00:43:52Well, if I were you, I'd take a double dose.
00:43:55Then maybe Irving wouldn't watch television so much.
00:43:57So who says he looks at it?
00:43:59I can't to imagine what else he does.
00:44:02Three guesses.
00:44:05Say, did Cooper come in yet?
00:44:07Mm-mm.
00:44:08Missed a board meeting this morning.
00:44:10I bet Starlin's having a fit.
00:44:11He should worry.
00:44:13Oh, see you later.
00:44:15Bye, honey.
00:44:22Hi, pretty puss.
00:44:25You know where, um, Miss Starlin's office is?
00:44:32Sweet number one.
00:44:35La-dee-da.
00:44:36The Duchess of Flatbush herself.
00:44:39How'd you like to have this phone wrapped around your ear, wise guy?
00:44:43If you want to like it, sister.
00:44:50Sweet number one.
00:45:01Mr. Starlin.
00:45:03Oh, what is it, Mary?
00:45:05Is there anything I can do?
00:45:07Yes, is, uh, is Mr. Zinthrop's room ready?
00:45:11Oh, uh-huh.
00:45:12The nurse is fixing the emergency equipment now, and the ambulance is due any minute.
00:45:17Well, be sure to let me know when it arrives.
00:45:20Oh, Mary, please, before you go, could you see if you could work that thing?
00:45:25Oh, sure.
00:45:28I've seen lots of these.
00:45:34Oh, simple enough.
00:45:37That'll be all, Mary.
00:45:38All right.
00:45:43We've had a room especially made over for you, Mr. Zinthrop, and Miss Warren has a room adjoining yours, so
00:45:48there'll be someone near you at all times.
00:45:52When you're feeling better, Mr. Zinthrop, there are a few things I'd like to discuss with you.
00:45:59Good, good.
00:46:05All right.
00:46:10We'll do everything we can to make you comfortable, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:46:13Yes.
00:46:15I'm going to spend the nights here in my office, so if anything develops, I'll be in hand.
00:46:24Let me start.
00:46:28Only, only something, I must tell you, something important.
00:46:38But, important, but, I cannot remember.
00:46:46I'm sure it can wait.
00:46:49Right now, the main thing is to get you back to help.
00:46:53Take good care of you, Miss Warren.
00:46:55Yes, Miss Darwin.
00:46:57Sure is funny about old Coop.
00:46:59And this is one day of work, and you're ready to call a missing person.
00:47:03Well, he's a pretty conscientious guy, honey.
00:47:05If he felt sick or something, he'd have called in.
00:47:08Relax.
00:47:09He'll probably be in bright and chipper in the morning.
00:47:12Oh, is interrupting something?
00:47:13Oh, we were just having a little coffee clutch, Miss Starlin.
00:47:16We were talking about Mr. Cooper.
00:47:19What about Mr. Cooper?
00:47:21Well, about his missing the meeting this morning.
00:47:23Nobody's been able to reach him all day.
00:47:24I wouldn't worry about that.
00:47:26Mr. Cooper's been here a long time.
00:47:30Probably feel he's entitled to take a day for himself now and then.
00:47:34That's what I've been trying to tell Mr. Lane.
00:47:36Oh, by the way, Miss Starlin, how is Mr. Zinthrop?
00:47:40Oh, fine.
00:47:42In a few days, we'll start the layouts for the campaign.
00:47:45Oh, I'm ready when you are, boss.
00:47:49Look this over.
00:47:51Hey, Bill.
00:47:53Huh?
00:47:53Don't go get any ideas about the boss.
00:47:56Well, me? Don't be silly.
00:47:57I just wanted to know that I'm an eager member of the team.
00:48:00Still, she is looking a lot younger these days, isn't she?
00:48:05You think Zinthrop would give you any of those treatments?
00:48:09You know, break the watch or something?
00:48:17Guarantino, there's two.
00:48:48What's that?
00:48:50What's...
00:48:50Here, lie back now.
00:48:52You just had a bad dream.
00:48:53Lie down now.
00:48:55Go to sleep.
00:48:56Such...
00:48:56Such horrible sound.
00:48:59Like...
00:48:59Like a nightmare.
00:49:01It's a bad dream.
00:49:02Lie down.
00:49:03Just a dream.
00:49:08Tell Mr. Green that personnel is his responsibility.
00:49:13I have other things to think about than worrying whether the night watchman walked off the job.
00:49:17Well, that's just it, Miss Starlin.
00:49:19Mr. Green feels that the watchman never left the building.
00:49:22His lunch pail and his raincoat are still in the basement.
00:49:27I don't want to hear anything more about it, Mary.
00:49:32I'll let Miss Starlin.
00:49:35We'll use these.
00:49:37Oh, fine.
00:49:41She swears she heard a scream from one of the other floors.
00:49:45Zinthrop heard it, too, but she convinced him he was having a bad dream.
00:49:48Oh, maybe they both were.
00:49:52That's not funny anymore, Mary.
00:49:54There's something going on in that building.
00:49:57And I'm going to find out what it is.
00:49:59How?
00:50:00Have a look around Cooper's lab, for one thing.
00:50:02After that, I don't know.
00:50:08Hold it steady.
00:50:11Bill, this is crazy.
00:50:12We can really get in trouble.
00:50:20I won't tire him, Miss Warren, but it is important.
00:50:26All right, Miss Starlin.
00:50:27I'll be in my room.
00:50:28I'll be in my room.
00:50:32Zinthrop.
00:50:34Zinthrop, you've got to help me.
00:50:36Something's happening.
00:50:38Something's happening to me.
00:50:40I can't control it.
00:50:41There is something I must remember, but I can't.
00:50:47Try to think.
00:50:48The wasp enzymes.
00:50:50The extracts you were experimenting with before the accident.
00:50:54Try to think.
00:50:56I can't.
00:51:00Well, this is Zinthrop's notebook, Mary.
00:51:03Notes on his experiments with Jan.
00:51:05Well, how did Cooper get hold of it?
00:51:08I don't know.
00:51:10If only Coop would show up.
00:51:13Mary, look.
00:51:19It's Mr. Cooper's pipe.
00:51:20Don't you get it?
00:51:21He'd sooner go out without his pants than leave that pipe behind.
00:51:25He's still somewhere in the building.
00:51:26I bet a year's salary on it.
00:51:29If he is, he...
00:51:30He's dead.
00:51:33And the night watchman.
00:51:39There's only enough left for one more injection.
00:51:42One more.
00:51:43You've got to make more, Zinthrop.
00:51:46Help me, Zinthrop.
00:51:47Please, please.
00:51:48Please, please, my head.
00:51:49Help, my head.
00:51:50Sister, help me!
00:51:52Help?
00:51:53Help me!
00:52:01Help me!
00:52:03Help me!
00:52:15Help me!
00:52:16Help me!
00:52:29Help me!
00:52:29Help me!
00:52:31Help me!
00:52:32Help me!
00:52:32Help me!
00:52:32Help me!
00:52:33Help me!
00:52:33Help me!
00:52:33I don't know.
00:52:42Bill, don't touch him.
00:52:44If anybody knows what's behind all this, it's him.
00:52:48Mr. Zinther.
00:52:52Bill.
00:52:54Look it.
00:53:04Bill.
00:53:40Well, her coat, purse, and everything else are still in there.
00:53:44She wouldn't go out without her purse.
00:53:46Bill, let's get out of here. I don't like it.
00:53:49The cat.
00:53:51The cat.
00:53:53You must warn her.
00:53:55Mr. Zinther.
00:53:59Who are you?
00:54:00There's nothing to be alarmed about, Mr. Zinther.
00:54:02I'm Bill Lane, and this is Miss Denison, Miss Starlin's secretary.
00:54:06Miss Starlin.
00:54:07The cat.
00:54:08What about a cat?
00:54:10Must warn her.
00:54:11Injections.
00:54:13Must not take any more injections.
00:54:15Is Miss Starlin in danger?
00:54:17Terrible danger.
00:54:18I must...
00:54:19Take it easy, Mr. Zinther, if you're still pretty weak.
00:54:21Mary, see if you can get Jan on the phone.
00:54:22All right.
00:54:24All right.
00:54:36There's no answer.
00:54:40Oh, Miss Starlin?
00:54:42Is that you, Mary?
00:54:43Where are you?
00:54:44We're in the building.
00:54:45We're in Mr. Zinthrop's room.
00:54:46Something's happened back here.
00:54:47Here, let me talk to you.
00:54:48Hello, Miss Starlin.
00:54:49This is Lane.
00:54:50Why are you and Mary still in the building?
00:54:52It's after 10.
00:54:53I must help.
00:54:54I'm responsible.
00:54:55You must help, Mary.
00:54:56Yes.
00:54:57I must help.
00:54:59You must not hold me back.
00:55:00I can't explain now, Miss Starlin.
00:55:01I must...
00:55:01I must go.
00:55:02Hang on to her.
00:55:03I must help.
00:55:04You must not hold me back.
00:55:06I'm...
00:55:06Don't worry, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:55:07We won't let anything happen to Miss Starlin.
00:55:09Hello.
00:55:11Hello, Miss Starlin.
00:55:12What's going on down there?
00:55:13Stay in your office.
00:55:14I'll be right up.
00:55:18Keep an eye on Zinthrop, honey.
00:55:19I'm going upstairs.
00:55:20Oh, no.
00:55:21The insects.
00:55:22The insects.
00:55:23Take it easy, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:55:25You do not understand.
00:55:26Miss Starlin.
00:55:27She's in danger.
00:55:28I...
00:55:29I must warn her.
00:55:29I'll have to stay here.
00:55:30You go for Jan.
00:55:31Okay.
00:55:32When you get up there, call the police.
00:55:33You can't get outside on this phone.
00:55:35All right.
00:55:36All right.
00:55:36I'll hurry.
00:55:42I'll tell the police.
00:55:43I'll tell the police.
00:55:57Miss Starlin.
00:55:58Miss Starlin.
00:56:02Miss Starlin.
00:56:04Miss Starlin.
00:56:05It's me.
00:56:05Mary.
00:56:07Miss Starlin.
00:56:08Please.
00:56:09Open the door.
00:56:17What is it, Mary?
00:56:19Miss Starlin.
00:56:20Please.
00:56:20Will you please call the police?
00:56:21What for?
00:56:22Look, I don't have time to...
00:56:24Nevermore.
00:56:25Mary.
00:56:29I'm sorry I had to do that.
00:56:31There's no type of hysteria.
00:56:33Now, what is this?
00:56:36The enzymes.
00:56:38The enzymes.
00:56:39They've...
00:56:39They've gone crazy.
00:56:40Sure, Mr. Zinthrop.
00:56:41Now, you just relax and take it easy.
00:56:43Everything will be all right.
00:56:44We'll take care of those whatever you call us.
00:56:46You do not understand.
00:56:46You do not understand that girl.
00:56:48You shouldn't have sent her upstairs.
00:56:49She's in danger.
00:56:50You must stop her before it is too late.
00:56:52Okay.
00:56:52As soon as the cops get here, we'll take the...
00:56:54Oh, you fool.
00:56:55You fool.
00:56:56Miss Starlin will kill her and tear her body to shreds.
00:56:59Miss Starlin.
00:57:00Kill Mary.
00:57:02Miss Starlin is not a human being any longer.
00:57:06The enzymes have changed her.
00:57:08She will destroy the girl as a female wasp would destroy her enemies.
00:57:11And then devour the remains.
00:57:16Then Bill found Mr. Zinthrop's notebook in Cooper's desk.
00:57:22Now, there's no mistake.
00:57:25We've got to call the police now.
00:57:27Now, Mary, you're just getting a little excited.
00:57:30Who could possibly want to hurt Mr. Coop?
00:57:34I don't know.
00:57:36But it's not only Mr. Cooper.
00:57:39What about...
00:57:53Bob!
00:57:55Oh!
00:58:14I told you were correct.
00:58:16Mary!
00:58:31Wait, I'm going to wait here.
00:58:33I can't wait, I'm going to take the stairs.
00:58:35Oh, look!
00:58:36Laboratory.
00:58:37She's going to the laboratory.
00:58:38Get up the stairs, Pastor.
00:58:47Mary!
00:58:51Mary!
00:58:52Mary!
00:59:18Mary!
00:59:20Marching!
00:59:21Brining!
00:59:21않아요!
00:59:22Thanks God!
00:59:23Father!
00:59:24No!
00:59:24Whoah!
00:59:25Whoah!
00:59:25Whoah!
00:59:26Hey!
00:59:52Get away from her!
00:59:58Get away from her!
01:00:19Mary!
01:00:21Oh, Mary.
01:00:27Oh, Mary!
01:00:29Oh, Mary!
01:00:34Oh, Mary!
01:00:37Oh, Mary!
01:00:46Oh, Mary!
01:00:49Oh, Mary!
01:00:51Oh, Mary!
01:00:54Oh, Mary!
01:00:56Oh, Mary!
01:00:58Oh, Mary!
01:01:03Oh, Mary!
01:01:03Oh, Mary!
01:01:03Oh, Mary!
01:01:03Oh, I love you.
01:01:04Oh, Mary!
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