Welcome back to our vintage cinema archive, your ultimate digital space for premium restorations of golden age Hollywood, rare B-movies, and essential international cult classics. Today, we submerge into the dangerous, uncharted depths of the ocean to discover an ancient, hidden world in the 1978 British sci-fi fantasy epic, Warlords of the Deep (widely known as Warlords of Atlantis).
Directed by fantasy genre veteran Kevin Connor and written by the acclaimed Brian Hayles, this thrilling production stars the ultimate 1970s adventure icon, Doug McClure. The story takes place in the early 20th century, following a brilliant engineer, Greg Collinson (McClure), and an ambitious archaeologist, Professor Aitken (Peter Gilmore). Together, they launch a pioneering expedition aboard a state-of-the-art diving bell to search for evidence of lost civilizations on the ocean floor. Their mission takes an unbelievable turn when they are attacked by a colossal giant octopus and pulled deep into a subterranean trench. Instead of finding a watery grave, the crew wakes up within the vast, dome-protected continent of Atlantis. They quickly learn that the kingdom is ruled by an advanced, telepathic race of alien warlords who plan to conquer the surface world. Trapped beneath the sea, Greg and his allies must navigate treacherous palace betrayals, escape prehistoric monsters guarding the city gates, and rally a local slave rebellion to stage a daring jailbreak back to the surface before their ship is entirely destroyed.
Boasting colorful, vibrant practical visual effects, grand miniature set designs, and a sweeping orchestral score, Warlords of the Deep is a pure, unadulterated time capsule of late-70s matinee escapism. Our channel is proudly dedicated to preserving historic film treasures, offering a curated library of vintage science fiction classics, rare B-movies, gritty film noir thrillers, and legendary maritime swashbucklers.
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Directed by fantasy genre veteran Kevin Connor and written by the acclaimed Brian Hayles, this thrilling production stars the ultimate 1970s adventure icon, Doug McClure. The story takes place in the early 20th century, following a brilliant engineer, Greg Collinson (McClure), and an ambitious archaeologist, Professor Aitken (Peter Gilmore). Together, they launch a pioneering expedition aboard a state-of-the-art diving bell to search for evidence of lost civilizations on the ocean floor. Their mission takes an unbelievable turn when they are attacked by a colossal giant octopus and pulled deep into a subterranean trench. Instead of finding a watery grave, the crew wakes up within the vast, dome-protected continent of Atlantis. They quickly learn that the kingdom is ruled by an advanced, telepathic race of alien warlords who plan to conquer the surface world. Trapped beneath the sea, Greg and his allies must navigate treacherous palace betrayals, escape prehistoric monsters guarding the city gates, and rally a local slave rebellion to stage a daring jailbreak back to the surface before their ship is entirely destroyed.
Boasting colorful, vibrant practical visual effects, grand miniature set designs, and a sweeping orchestral score, Warlords of the Deep is a pure, unadulterated time capsule of late-70s matinee escapism. Our channel is proudly dedicated to preserving historic film treasures, offering a curated library of vintage science fiction classics, rare B-movies, gritty film noir thrillers, and legendary maritime swashbucklers.
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00:00:28You
00:00:30You
00:01:09You
00:01:30You
00:01:35No death has reared himself a throne
00:01:39In a strange city lying alone far down within the dim west
00:01:46Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
00:01:50Have gone to their eternal rest
00:01:55Resignedly beneath the sky the melancholy waters lie
00:01:59But no
00:02:00A stir is in the air the wave there is a movement there as if their tops had given death
00:02:10Is undivided time
00:02:19It's a body mr. Harrison strangely dressed
00:02:22I can see that who is it
00:02:27Tis mr. Penrose the lawyer who's been advising mr. Gellis
00:02:31Poor devil
00:02:32It's the devil's work right enough
00:02:34Be quiet you old fool
00:02:35I told you nothing good had come of this
00:02:37An American girl at the manor house solicitors
00:02:39And this young man with his rock samples and questions about the old mine workings
00:02:46The old bag of wind he'll hear you
00:02:47He has
00:02:50Now what about the body
00:02:53Somebody's got to tell mr. Gellis
00:02:57All right I'll go
00:03:20Mr. Harris couldn't be you've come to help us about the electricity
00:03:24The lights be gone out with a storm
00:03:27Not like the old days
00:03:28A candle could be depended upon
00:03:31I've come to see mr. Gellis
00:03:32You should be here about the lights
00:03:34The guests are grumbling proper
00:03:37Come come in
00:03:39I'll take you to her
00:04:04You wait here
00:04:06I'll fetch mr. Gellis
00:04:08I'll come along with you
00:04:12Mr. Gellis is with one of the guests
00:04:14An artist he says he is
00:04:18Something strange about him
00:04:20Most that he paints don't look like much
00:04:24He's brought a beast with him
00:04:27The beast?
00:04:28You'll see
00:04:30It's in there with them
00:04:33Who is it?
00:04:35It's Mumford Mum
00:04:36Mr. Harris is here
00:04:38He insists on seeing you
00:04:40Just a minute
00:04:41I'm not staying
00:04:43Last time I waited the beast got out
00:04:45I'm opening the door but come in quickly
00:04:49How nice to see you
00:04:52Her name is Herbert
00:04:54Her name is Herbert
00:04:55Her name is Herbert
00:04:56Uh
00:04:56Jill
00:04:57I came to talk to you about mr. Penrose
00:05:00Oh Ben
00:05:01I'm so disappointed
00:05:02I thought maybe this was a social call
00:05:04I mean we're the only two Americans in the whole village
00:05:07Don't you think we should be friends?
00:05:10Harold
00:05:10Harold
00:05:11Mr. Harris captured Herbert for us
00:05:14Harold
00:05:14Yes
00:05:15He's one of our guests
00:05:16He's an artist
00:05:17Would you like to meet him?
00:05:19Oh yes I would
00:05:19Yes very much
00:05:20Well come on in a minute
00:05:21Close the door
00:05:23Harold
00:05:23Yes Jill
00:05:24This is Mr. Ben Harris
00:05:26Harold
00:05:26How do you do?
00:05:28Oh how do you do?
00:05:30And this is Mr. Harold Tufnel Jones
00:05:33You're wondering what I'm doing up here aren't you?
00:05:36I'm not up here all the time
00:05:37It's just that Herbert's been giving us a bit of a chase
00:05:39Would you mind helping me down?
00:05:41Would you mind if I talked with Mr. Gillis about her lawyer?
00:05:45Well I'm sure that can wait till I'm down on telepharma
00:05:47Would you give me a hand?
00:05:48Of course
00:05:54Jill
00:05:55About Mr. Penwood
00:05:57I'll take you in to see him in a minute
00:05:59He's been in his study all day
00:06:00How do you do?
00:06:02Thank you very much
00:06:02It's quite all right
00:06:03Please
00:06:04Will you come with me?
00:06:05There's something I'd like to show you
00:06:10Self portrait
00:06:12Do you like it?
00:06:13It's a good likeness
00:06:15If anybody would want such a thing
00:06:19I signed it myself look
00:06:22Harold Tufnel Jones, FRA
00:06:26Oh a fellow with the Royal Academy
00:06:28Not actually
00:06:29Founder of the Roosters Association
00:06:32Very select
00:06:34You say that Mr. Penrose is in the study?
00:06:37Yes, just across the hall
00:06:38Uh, you say that Mr. Penrose is in the study?
00:06:50Jill, I've just come up from the beach and somebody's in there.
00:06:57What is it?
00:06:58Go back to the other room and wait for me. Go on. Go on, please.
00:07:21Let's go.
00:07:48Ben, are you all right?
00:07:50Did anyone go through that door?
00:07:51No.
00:07:52Are you sure?
00:07:54I'm positive.
00:07:55Well, should anyone have?
00:07:57I don't know.
00:08:11Where's Mr. Penrose?
00:08:17I...
00:08:20I found his body on the beach.
00:08:24He's dead.
00:08:29We shouldn't leave the body there.
00:08:31What are you afraid of?
00:08:33I don't know one man who can call me coward and look me in the face.
00:08:37There are things no man should have to see or hear.
00:08:39What things?
00:08:41He's been hearing them ghost bells again.
00:08:43Yes, I heard them last night.
00:08:46And they were red in the sea like blood colour.
00:08:49Well, I never heard them.
00:08:50And I was born here.
00:08:52Come on, sir.
00:08:53Do you really hear those ghost bells?
00:08:55Yes, I heard them.
00:08:56Deep down in the sea they were.
00:08:58How's some a shipwreck, is it?
00:08:59It's Leoness.
00:09:00The last city in the sea.
00:09:02I always thought that was an old wives tale.
00:09:04Ah, there's a city there right enough.
00:09:06Thousands of years back the sea just came and swallowed it up.
00:09:08And there it lies now.
00:09:10Buried in the deep.
00:09:11Why does the bell sound?
00:09:13Well, we found Mr Penrose, didn't we?
00:09:15There have been other bodies too.
00:09:17When the bell sounds, it means death.
00:09:27There we are.
00:09:28That's better.
00:09:30Now, there's just this one.
00:09:32Now, where are the nails?
00:09:33There's a book missing from the set here.
00:09:36Oh, I shouldn't worry about that.
00:09:37Things are always disappearing in Trigathia.
00:09:39Oh, really?
00:09:40Yeah.
00:09:40Do you know the old rector?
00:09:42Vanished about 50 years ago.
00:09:43Never been seen since.
00:09:45You know something, Harold?
00:09:46You are a mine of fascinating information.
00:09:49Now, it's funny you say that.
00:09:51Because it is said that he was lost in an old tin mine.
00:09:54Funny you mention mines.
00:09:55But, um, what's that got to do with the missing book?
00:09:59Oh, the books aren't important.
00:10:00But, you see, I did a sketch of Jill and put it between the pages.
00:10:03Oh, really?
00:10:04Where are those nails?
00:10:06Well, why would anyone want to steal your sketch of Jill?
00:10:08Well, Ben, modesty prevents me from saying that perhaps he was a man of great taste,
00:10:13who fancied a work of art.
00:10:15Well, here they are.
00:10:16I wonder.
00:10:17Hold that, will you?
00:10:18You know, all these things happening, Penrose's death,
00:10:21and the sketch in the book disappearing.
00:10:23There it is.
00:10:24What about them?
00:10:24Well, they're all connected.
00:10:26I mean, they have one thing in common, Jill.
00:10:29You're a great one for mysteries, aren't you?
00:10:31You're just trying to frighten us, isn't he, Herbert?
00:10:34What do you think happened in here?
00:10:36I told you I saw this thing.
00:10:38I don't know what it was.
00:10:40It wasn't human.
00:10:41Now, Ben, you're sensible.
00:10:43You're intelligent.
00:10:44You're a man of the world, savoir faire.
00:10:46And let's admit that anyone in the semi-darkness could mistake an intruder for something more mysterious.
00:10:52Now, that's possible, isn't it?
00:10:53Now, listen, I'm a mining engineer, a trained observer.
00:10:57I look for the little things that the ordinary eye might pass over,
00:11:01because the slightest clue could mean a fortune to those who employ me.
00:11:04Now, if I say I saw something or someone that could be superhuman, I mean it.
00:11:14I'm gonna put on a proper pair of trousers, with legs on.
00:11:19Herbert!
00:11:20Herbert!
00:11:24Thank you for your kindness, Ben.
00:11:27What do you want you to do now?
00:11:28Stay here in England or go back to America?
00:11:31I don't know. This state isn't settled yet.
00:11:34Well, Mr. Penrose was working on it when...
00:11:37Try not to think about it.
00:11:39I just can't help it.
00:11:40Would you listen to me?
00:11:42Now, I tell you, you are in danger.
00:11:44Now, all I want you to do is move someplace where there are more people.
00:11:48Well, I'm not running away.
00:11:51Oh, you're stubborn.
00:11:58Now, what are you doing?
00:11:59Well, I'm just checking.
00:12:02You'd better believe him that way, if you hear?
00:12:07Seaweed.
00:12:08There you go again.
00:12:10All right, all right.
00:12:12I'm imagining things.
00:12:13That's what everybody says, so I'd better believe it.
00:12:16Maybe you should.
00:12:23I found Herbert.
00:12:24Well, I'm going up to bed now.
00:12:26Good night, Jill.
00:12:27Good night, Ben.
00:12:28And you get some rest now.
00:12:30Good night.
00:12:30Good night.
00:12:33Charming girl.
00:12:35Absolutely charming.
00:12:37An inspiration to any artist, I'd say.
00:12:40I wonder if anyone would mind if I put my feet up on the sofa for the night.
00:12:44Charming.
00:12:45Whatever for?
00:12:46To keep an eye on things.
00:12:48Very wise.
00:12:49You'll pardon me if I turn in.
00:12:50I want to get plenty of sleep.
00:12:52I'm going to paint an entirely new canvas first thing in the morning.
00:12:55A sunset.
00:12:56A sunset in the morning?
00:12:57I'm a slow worker.
00:12:59Good night, O'Fella.
00:13:00Thanks.
00:13:29Though, here is aquinia 1998 movie.
00:13:30Mr. Gerson, leave your house there on the chair.
00:13:31Let's go!
00:14:24Let's go!
00:15:01Oh, it's you.
00:15:02I do wish you'd stop playing the giddy goat.
00:15:04You could have hurt me.
00:15:06I might never have painted again.
00:15:08I suppose you've some reason for skulking around behind doors.
00:15:12I'd just caught up with Herbert.
00:15:13He'd escaped again.
00:15:14I had a feeling this sort of thing would happen.
00:15:16Now, whatever it was that was in here before, came back and took Jill.
00:15:19But how?
00:15:20These old houses are full of sliding passages and secret thingamajigs.
00:15:24Leave this to me.
00:15:25You know what's wanted here?
00:15:26Brain power.
00:15:27Now, if there's a hidden door, there must be a concealed button somewhere.
00:15:32My instinct tells me to press here.
00:15:39Or there.
00:16:01You're going in there after her?
00:16:04You are.
00:16:06You're not expecting me to go in there too, are you?
00:16:09No.
00:16:12Come on.
00:16:14I warn you, Ben.
00:16:16I'm a little bit of a coward.
00:16:21This is the way she was taken.
00:16:25It smells like an overripe cheese.
00:16:29There's a trail of sea water.
00:16:31And quite a lot of seaweed.
00:16:33Marvellous place for a Chinese restaurant.
00:16:43Let's try this way.
00:16:56Come on.
00:17:09One here.
00:17:12One here.
00:17:31Ben.
00:17:32Ben?
00:17:33Ben?
00:17:56Look out!
00:18:24Look out!
00:18:59Look out!
00:19:20Look out!
00:19:23Look out!
00:19:24I've got a nasty feeling.
00:19:25You've got to find out where.
00:19:35Don't worry, Herbert.
00:19:37Everything's fine.
00:19:38Look, Ben, if there's going to be an earthquake, let's get off the bridge.
00:19:49I'm not coming here, my summerologist.
00:19:51Let's find out what's up ahead.
00:19:53Ben, just sit here and wait for something pleasant to happen.
00:19:57Watch out!
00:20:05You almost lost your bird.
00:20:09And Herbert thanks you.
00:20:10Don't you, Herbert?
00:20:11He might even lay you an egg.
00:20:30Where's it coming from?
00:20:34What is it?
00:20:36What is it?
00:20:51Well, what about this?
00:20:53Down there?
00:20:55It's the only way.
00:21:07Be careful.
00:21:09I assessments.
00:21:10You almost got it.
00:21:12Come back.
00:22:43What on earth have we got ourselves into?
00:22:47Let's see if we can help them.
00:23:02Let's get that chain off him.
00:23:12Let's get out.
00:23:13Quickly, that way.
00:23:15In a few seconds, this place will be full of water.
00:23:17Go on.
00:23:21There we go, Spen.
00:23:22We can't help him.
00:23:24Go on.
00:23:26What kind of people would do things like this?
00:23:41Let's find Jill.
00:23:42Go on.
00:23:44Go on.
00:23:52Go on.
00:23:53I don't know.
00:24:28Seismology by J.S. Tilton.
00:24:33Well, that's odd.
00:24:36This hasn't been through the sea. None of it has.
00:24:39And how did they get the oil for the lamps?
00:24:44Here's my sketch of Jill.
00:24:46How did this get here?
00:25:03Where is she? Where is she?
00:25:07I don't know.
00:25:08Oh, my God.
00:25:38You fight very well, young man.
00:25:46Did you kill him?
00:25:48It doesn't really matter.
00:25:50He dislikes me.
00:25:52He'd like to step into my shoes.
00:25:54Not that he ever will.
00:25:56Get up!
00:25:58Oh, don't worry, he won't touch you, Dan.
00:26:01He might even teach you how to fight,
00:26:03if you asked him very humbly.
00:26:07Get up!
00:26:11Well, now we've got that little matter settled.
00:26:15Who do we have the...
00:26:17May I...
00:26:19Who are you, sir?
00:26:24You'll be the captain.
00:26:26It seems you tried to come down the passages
00:26:28at the wrong time.
00:26:30As it happens, we have a...
00:26:32local phenomenon here
00:26:34that creates something of a maelstrom
00:26:36under certain conditions of tide and circumstance.
00:26:39I see.
00:26:40Well, perhaps you'll be kind enough to show us the way out.
00:26:42There is no way out.
00:26:44Not for you.
00:26:46And not for him.
00:26:47Not for the girl.
00:26:49Is she alive?
00:26:51You will answer the questions, not ask them.
00:26:53No way out?
00:26:55You're not planning to keep us here for good?
00:26:58You're right.
00:26:59We're not.
00:27:00Why can't we go?
00:27:02Because there is an outside chance that you might be of help.
00:27:05Well, I'd like to help you.
00:27:07I'd like you to be of any assistance at any time.
00:27:09I mean, I'm only too pleased.
00:27:10And if we can't help you?
00:27:12Survival down here depends on usefulness.
00:27:14Well, in that case, how could we help you?
00:27:23Follow me.
00:27:37Beautiful, isn't it?
00:27:39What... what is it?
00:27:41The city in the sea.
00:27:44Leoness?
00:27:45Perhaps.
00:27:47One name is as good as another.
00:27:50I asked, in what way could we help you?
00:27:54There it is.
00:27:57The volcano.
00:27:59Peak is vitrified sand, which is why it's transparent.
00:28:04But the pressure of molten lava sealed inside of it has been building up steadily, steadily.
00:28:11It was the pull of that monster, the elemental power that is in it that brought you to our doorstep.
00:28:19I remember when it was practically dormant.
00:28:22But over the years, that glow has increased.
00:28:41The shocks too, always stronger.
00:28:45Yes, the end is coming.
00:28:47Another year, another month, another week.
00:28:50Another week?
00:28:51Yes, perhaps.
00:28:52Perhaps even sooner.
00:28:55Yes, you are looking at the final executioner.
00:28:59Time is running out.
00:29:01The only question now is when.
00:29:08You hear those pumps?
00:29:18They were installed by the people who built that city.
00:29:22A great people.
00:29:23So great that when the sea took their land, they built those pumps to pipe the heat from the volcano.
00:29:32And to provide fresh air and water.
00:29:35And they lived down there, those people, for a while under the sea.
00:29:40In their palaces and towers.
00:29:44And then, they died.
00:29:47Almost completely.
00:29:50Except for the...
00:29:53The...
00:29:55The gill men, the half men.
00:29:58Pathetic remnants of a great nation.
00:30:02But they're my people all the same.
00:30:05Your people?
00:30:06Yes.
00:30:07Yes, this is my world.
00:30:10I am their king.
00:30:12No more than their king.
00:30:15They believe that I am death.
00:30:18Death looking gigantically down from my tower.
00:30:22And they're right, I am death.
00:30:23Because the means of death is in my hands, but I'm also life.
00:30:27For the same reason.
00:30:29Except for the volcano.
00:30:32Yes.
00:30:35Except for the volcano.
00:30:37No.
00:30:38Unless those tremors cease, the pumps will stop.
00:30:42They must.
00:30:43And when the pumps stop...
00:30:47My city will die.
00:30:49And so will my people.
00:30:51No.
00:30:54Oh, I've done my best.
00:30:56I've racked my brains to think of a way to fight back.
00:31:00Raids up above there seeking a solution.
00:31:04We took this many years ago.
00:31:06It's a seismometer, you know.
00:31:08It registers the tremors of the earth.
00:31:09But what has it shown?
00:31:11Only the increasing violence of the volcano growing stronger day by day.
00:31:17And then we've looked for books.
00:31:19Oh, yes.
00:31:20Like this one.
00:31:21I read it last night from cover to cover.
00:31:24But it's less than useless.
00:31:27But I must save my people.
00:31:30How can you?
00:31:32No.
00:31:33We've heard of the strides that science made in this century.
00:31:38What do you mean, science in this century?
00:31:42Look, how long have you been here?
00:31:43I will ask the questions.
00:31:46And I cannot accept defeat.
00:31:50No man has a right to.
00:31:54Look.
00:32:01Those are my people.
00:32:03It's a hunting party.
00:32:05Which my men are directing.
00:32:08These creatures, they help us to obtain food.
00:32:13Needless to say, our stipend down here is fish.
00:32:19Do you know how many years it has been since I have eaten beef?
00:32:26Or chicken?
00:32:28Chicken?
00:32:35Chicken?
00:32:36Chicken?
00:32:41Chicken?
00:32:45Chicken?
00:32:50Chicken?
00:32:52Chicken?
00:32:53Chicken?
00:32:54Chicken?
00:32:55Chicken?
00:32:56Chicken?
00:32:58Chicken?
00:33:00Chicken?
00:33:03What about Penrose? We found his body.
00:33:05Oh, I gave him a chance. I don't know why, perhaps because I liked him.
00:33:09But he was of no use, so I sent him out...
00:33:12with one of those diving suits, and...
00:33:16I gave him a headstock.
00:33:23Yes, he even got as far as the...
00:33:25the Golden Shrine, but no further.
00:33:28Because your men killed him.
00:33:30But I said he had his chance.
00:33:32So do you have a chance. You say this is the end?
00:33:35Why do you stay? There's a way out of here, and you know where it is.
00:33:38So why don't you get out now while you can?
00:33:40No. Why not?
00:33:41You'll learn the answer to that question if you live long enough.
00:33:45I see. Well, to get back to the question of finding a way out...
00:33:49Who are you?
00:33:50Well, my name is Harold Tuttle Jones. I'm an artist.
00:33:55Mrs. Harold.
00:33:57Chicken.
00:33:58You don't know how lucky you are.
00:34:01This is Benjamin Harris. Professor Benjamin Harris.
00:34:05Professor.
00:34:05Yes, he's a fellow of the Royal Society.
00:34:07Yes, he holds both the North of England and the South of England...
00:34:11golden awards for technological achievements.
00:34:14He's an MA, BA, FSCG, LMS, LNER...
00:34:21He's got more letters after his name.
00:34:23Anybody think it was the alphabet.
00:34:24And what he doesn't know about earthquakes and...
00:34:26Simon is a seismononology and technological achievements.
00:34:30It's absolutely not worth knowing.
00:34:31Is this true?
00:34:33Of course it's true.
00:34:34This fellow, J.S. Tilton, he's an amateur.
00:34:36My friend, Ben, he's the expert. The expert, aren't you?
00:34:41Can you save my city?
00:34:43From the volcano?
00:34:45Yes, can you stop it, tame it, kill it?
00:34:48Oh, well, this is a matter of consideration. And consideration takes time, doesn't it?
00:34:52There is no time.
00:34:54No time.
00:34:55Captain.
00:35:00This is our tide meter.
00:35:01The tide will turn when the water level drops to zero.
00:35:09You have exactly three hours, Professor.
00:35:12Make the most of your time.
00:35:25Oh, now leave it.
00:35:26I did that drawing.
00:35:28It's not perhaps one of my best.
00:35:29What do you say? A little too realistic, perhaps.
00:35:32You're an indifferent artist, sir.
00:35:35The young lady is much more beautiful than this.
00:35:38Then she is alive and she's here.
00:35:40Yes, and you are alive too. Try to remain so.
00:35:42Where is she?
00:35:45Simon?
00:35:47Take these men to the grotto chamber.
00:35:49It will do you no good to question Simon.
00:35:52His tongue was cut out 60 years ago.
00:35:5760 years?
00:35:58Take them.
00:36:06Oh, my God.
00:36:06What?
00:36:06No.
00:36:22Who's that whispering?
00:36:24It says, honey.
00:36:46Are you as crazy as the captain?
00:36:48What do I know about volcanoes?
00:36:50That's interesting.
00:36:52Could be Babylonian.
00:36:53Well, Herbert, we've had a busy day, haven't we?
00:36:56Not that we've accomplished much.
00:36:59Harold, what do I know about volcanoes?
00:37:01About as much as the captain, which is nothing at all.
00:37:04I'm beginning to think you talk too much.
00:37:06If I stop talking, we're dead.
00:37:08Do you want me to stop?
00:37:09All right, I'm sorry.
00:37:10For 60 years, a tongue cut out 60 years ago,
00:37:14and yet I'd swear the man's in his early 30s.
00:37:16Which suggests that the captain is lying.
00:37:18I don't know.
00:37:19But where did they get those diving suits
00:37:21and those silly crossbows?
00:37:24Pretty ancient, aren't they?
00:37:25Might have been used by Rip Van Winkle.
00:37:28Quite obviously, they haven't been sleeping.
00:37:30The poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
00:37:33This is the English first edition.
00:37:36Published in 1847.
00:37:39Must be worth a fortune.
00:37:46No rays from the holy heaven come down on the long night time of that town.
00:37:53For light from out the lurid sea streams up the turrets silently,
00:37:58gleams up the pinnacles far and free, up domes, up spires, up kingly halls, up thanes, up Babylon-like walls,
00:38:10up shadowy long forgotten boughs, up sculptured ivy and stone flowers, up many and many a marvelous shrine, whose wreathed
00:38:21friezes intertwine the vile, the violet and the vine.
00:38:26So blend the turrets and shadows there, that all seem pendulous in air, while from a proud tower in the
00:38:37town, death looks gigantically down.
00:38:43The waves have now a redder glow, the hours are breathing faint and low, and when, amid no earthly moans,
00:38:53down, down, that town shall settle hence, hell rising from a thousand thrones shall do it reverence.
00:39:02The end, the volcano. Hell itself. The, uh, the poem's a coincidence.
00:39:11And a gruesome one.
00:39:13We've got to get out of here. Now, there must be a way. It could be one of those passages.
00:39:18Yes, very possibly. It'd be a pity to leave here without some sort of memento or nothing valuable, just a
00:39:24little something.
00:39:24All we'll take is Jill. But we've got to find her.
00:39:28Aye. And you can. No problem about that.
00:39:32You, you mean we're free?
00:39:35There's birds in a cage. Because you'll never find your way up there unless I help you.
00:39:39Oh, how?
00:39:41Walls have ears.
00:39:44If he should hear us.
00:39:46Well, how can he hear us?
00:39:47You're dealing with a crazy one. He'll kill us all.
00:39:49All right, all right.
00:39:51Can you take us to Miss Tregillis?
00:39:54The girl.
00:39:56Yes.
00:39:58And I can take you away from here.
00:40:00But I'm coming with you.
00:40:02And I want a free pardon.
00:40:04Hmm?
00:40:05A free pardon.
00:40:07You're a gentleman.
00:40:09Important.
00:40:10You can use your influence up there to get me a free pardon.
00:40:13For what?
00:40:15What would it be but smuggling?
00:40:17Well, there are other crimes. Murder. Robbery.
00:40:20Smuggling, it were.
00:40:23He were the captain.
00:40:25The big man.
00:40:27Squire of Tregathian.
00:40:29He owned the manor house and all the land around for miles.
00:40:32He were a gentleman.
00:40:34But a smuggler just the same.
00:40:36We all worked for him.
00:40:39Did pretty well, too.
00:40:41Till those excise men moved in.
00:40:45Excise men.
00:40:46Aye.
00:40:47Couldn't keep their big noses out of it.
00:40:49They moved in one night.
00:40:51We all escaped.
00:40:53Upwards of 20 of us were the captain.
00:40:55Down the passages we went.
00:40:56We knew them all.
00:40:58Down into the sea we come.
00:41:01And we found the city.
00:41:03And we've been here ever since.
00:41:05Ever since when?
00:41:08Oh, that was summer of 1803.
00:41:12You must be mad.
00:41:14Who wouldn't be after a hundred years of this?
00:41:17A hundred years?
00:41:19You don't believe me, eh?
00:41:20Yeah.
00:41:30See for yourselves.
00:41:32This book belonged to his wife.
00:41:34The captain's wife.
00:41:37Have a look.
00:41:39That be the captain's name.
00:41:41Hugh.
00:41:41Hugh.
00:41:42Sir Hugh, if you want the facts.
00:41:43Sir Hugh, yes.
00:41:44He were a knight of the realm.
00:41:46And that be the captain's handwriting.
00:41:48Writ with a quill pen.
00:41:51See how the ink's all faded with age.
00:41:53But how can you prove that it is the captain's writing?
00:41:55I'll tell you how, sir.
00:41:57You see, it's the same letter O.
00:42:00The same E.
00:42:02And the same T.
00:42:04And that's no more than eight years old.
00:42:09And there's the pen he used that time.
00:42:11A fountain pen.
00:42:12Aye.
00:42:13Brought down here by some gent who said the likes of that had only just been invented.
00:42:17Well, the captain writ those words with it.
00:42:20And he wrote those back in 1799.
00:42:23Well, sir, is it a bargain?
00:42:26I can take you to the woman, and I can take you to Trucathion.
00:42:30But do I get my pardon up there?
00:42:32There'll be no pardon for you.
00:42:34Not anywhere.
00:42:36I knew you'd do this, Dan.
00:42:38No, captain.
00:42:39I was only telling them about us.
00:42:41About us?
00:42:42Did they believe you?
00:42:44A hundred years old.
00:42:46Rather more, as it happens.
00:42:47It is hard to accept, is it not?
00:42:49You need our help?
00:42:51Well, I'd say the world needs yours.
00:42:53You've found a way to live forever.
00:42:56It is a secret that we cannot pass on, sir.
00:43:00Now, unfortunately, it is only a local phenomenon.
00:43:03I still can't believe it.
00:43:05You wouldn't.
00:43:06We didn't believe it ourselves.
00:43:08Not for the first 10 or 20 years.
00:43:12Then we began to find out that none of us was growing any older.
00:43:16So we finally decided that it was a quality of the air,
00:43:21due to an imbalance of oxygen,
00:43:24brought on by the presence of the volcano.
00:43:33Did you tell them where to find her, Dan?
00:43:35No, captain. I never did.
00:43:36No, he didn't. He certainly didn't.
00:43:37Well, it won't be necessary.
00:43:38I'll take you to her myself.
00:43:41After you've said goodbye to Dan.
00:43:44Goodbye?
00:43:45But I never said where she was, captain. I never told him.
00:43:48Look at him.
00:43:50He's pathetic, isn't he?
00:43:51Did you really think that you could go up above there, Dan, and live?
00:43:55You're a fool.
00:43:57Or perhaps I should have told you the truth long ago.
00:44:00The truth?
00:44:01It has to do with actinic rays, ultraviolet rays.
00:44:04Down here under the sea, they become diffused and they can't harm us.
00:44:09But up above, up there, they would finish us.
00:44:12But that ain't true, captain. I've been up there time and again myself and many others.
00:44:15Only for short periods and only at night, Dan.
00:44:18In the daylight we would grow old, Dan.
00:44:21So fast that it would be like a worm shriveling on a hot stone in the sun.
00:44:27That's why we're all prisoners of our own hell, Dan.
00:44:30But we're alive!
00:44:31Yes, we are.
00:44:32And you might have been.
00:44:34If the professor can help us.
00:44:37Yes, that's right, Dan.
00:44:39You might have lived forever and ever.
00:44:43But perhaps you're lucky.
00:44:46Take him away.
00:44:47No, captain, no!
00:45:00No, captain, no!
00:45:13It was the biggest.
00:45:37Your pumps are still working.
00:45:39Yes, but for how long?
00:45:44It's coming sooner than I thought.
00:45:49Those poor creatures, they're frightened.
00:45:53And I said I would take you to the young lady and I will.
00:45:58Blindfold them.
00:46:00Now, look, aren't you carrying this thing a little too far?
00:46:04Oh, well, if you insist.
00:46:05My men will guide you. Nothing will happen to you yet.
00:46:10I don't like the word yet.
00:46:39Take off his blindfold.
00:46:43Jill!
00:46:48Remove his blindfold too.
00:46:50Mine?
00:46:51Remove it.
00:46:57We put her to sleep.
00:46:59We gave her a sleeping draught.
00:47:03That's the bells.
00:47:05Yes, but not the bells that you're thinking of.
00:47:09They only sound at the turn of the tide.
00:47:12Now, these are the signal for execution.
00:47:16Cars?
00:47:16No dance.
00:47:18You killed him.
00:47:19No.
00:47:21I simply sent him where he wanted to go.
00:47:24Up there.
00:47:25In the daylight.
00:47:30Well, Jamie, who will be here?
00:47:34Strangers, eh?
00:47:39Noisy night for your first visit.
00:47:42Tell me, who was the execution gong for?
00:47:46Was it for...
00:47:48Hmm?
00:47:49No.
00:47:49No, no, no.
00:47:50Of course not.
00:47:51That was eight years ago, at least.
00:47:53I think it was eight.
00:47:56Oh, she...
00:47:57She's still asleep.
00:47:59Hmm?
00:48:01She's pretty.
00:48:02Very pretty.
00:48:04Nice girl by the look of her.
00:48:07Ah.
00:48:08Ah, now.
00:48:10Let me introduce myself.
00:48:13My name is Ives.
00:48:17Ives?
00:48:18The Reverend...
00:48:19Jonathan Ives.
00:48:21I was...
00:48:22Rector of Trevathi in the village, you know.
00:48:26Nice place.
00:48:28Nice people.
00:48:30Where do they say you disappeared 50 years ago?
00:48:33Hmm?
00:48:34What is it as long as that?
00:48:37Oh, time flies.
00:48:39Even down here.
00:48:41All right, old man.
00:48:42You've talked enough.
00:48:43These two have seen enough.
00:48:45Blindfolds.
00:48:46If you harm that girl...
00:48:48Harm her?
00:48:49Why would I harm her?
00:48:53Worry about yourselves.
00:48:55You're to find a solution, remember?
00:48:58Take them.
00:49:06She's waking.
00:49:08Watch over her, old man.
00:49:20Take off their blindfolds.
00:49:23Come with me.
00:49:35Ben.
00:49:37Dan and the captain came in this way, which means that those stairs must lead to the tower.
00:49:42Which way did that door lead to?
00:49:44What are you up to now, Harold?
00:49:45We want to escape, don't we?
00:49:47Dan said he'd take us out of here.
00:49:49Yes, but he also said we needed his help to do it.
00:49:51Of course he'd say that.
00:49:52So?
00:49:53So?
00:49:53There must be a way out of here.
00:49:55Let's find it.
00:49:56Well, not without Jill.
00:49:57No, no, of course.
00:49:58She's coming too.
00:49:59How can she?
00:50:00I don't have the slightest idea where she is.
00:50:02I have.
00:50:03I counted the number of steps we took and the way we turned.
00:50:06When we came in this way, we took seven steps and turned to the right.
00:50:12So that when we go back, we take seven steps and we turn to the left.
00:50:18And then, if we take 60 paces, there are the stairs.
00:50:21Well, what are we waiting for?
00:50:27One, two...
00:50:29That can't be right.
00:50:31Wait a minute.
00:50:32I'll get it.
00:50:33Three, four, five, six, seven...
00:50:39Did I say right or left?
00:50:41Left.
00:50:42Right.
00:50:43Follow me, Ben.
00:50:58Let's go.
00:51:03Beatrice.
00:51:06Never leave me again.
00:51:11You've come back to your husband after all these years.
00:51:17Never leave me again.
00:51:22Not while I live.
00:51:26Seven, eight, fifty-nine, sixty-nine.
00:51:34Jill, we're going to get you out of here.
00:51:36We're going to try.
00:51:37How did you get here at all?
00:51:38We'll tell you later.
00:51:39But first, do you remember the way they brought you down here?
00:51:41It was dark and I was struggling so much.
00:51:45But there were... there were passages and...
00:51:50And there was a cave, I think.
00:51:53And...
00:51:54And then...
00:51:54Then I must have fainted.
00:51:56It was the last thing I remembered.
00:51:59There was a man.
00:52:02And...
00:52:02And the way he stared at me...
00:52:05Then you didn't come down through the sea.
00:52:08Jill.
00:52:09No.
00:52:10Then there is a dry land route.
00:52:13Would you know the way?
00:52:15The way?
00:52:15The way out, you mean?
00:52:17Oh, yes.
00:52:18There is a way.
00:52:19Except my...
00:52:21My memory isn't quite...
00:52:23What it used to be.
00:52:24Things seem to...
00:52:25Seem to elude me.
00:52:27Please try to remember.
00:52:29I'll remember.
00:52:31Presently.
00:52:32I'll remember.
00:52:33I've noticed...
00:52:34Things seem to...
00:52:36Come and go.
00:52:37No.
00:52:38Oh, and...
00:52:39Did you...
00:52:39Did you know they killed Dad?
00:52:42His mind wanders.
00:52:44Sometimes he knows what he's saying.
00:52:45But most of the time...
00:52:46What's behind the altar?
00:52:48It's...
00:52:48It's just another room.
00:52:49You told me.
00:52:50It's a dead end.
00:52:50Then we'll take the other passage.
00:52:51I'll go first.
00:52:52But what about Mr. Ives?
00:52:54Mr. Ives.
00:52:55Would you like to come too?
00:52:56I mean...
00:52:57Perhaps you'll remember if you come as well.
00:53:01No, thank you, sir.
00:53:03No.
00:53:04It's...
00:53:04Such a noisy night.
00:53:06I...
00:53:06Prefer to take my ease.
00:53:09Poor Dan.
00:53:13He was so good.
00:53:16There's some good in everybody.
00:53:18Don't you think?
00:53:24Anyway...
00:53:25That's always...
00:53:27Been the precept on...
00:53:29Which I've...
00:53:30Built my life.
00:53:32My...
00:53:33Very...
00:53:34Long life.
00:53:36My personal...
00:53:40I get back.
00:53:41This one's...
00:53:42The right one...
00:53:44This one's the right one's...
00:53:47The right one's...
00:53:56You're getting out...
00:54:10It's quite a maze, isn't it?
00:54:12I should have warned you that those passages were a waste of time.
00:54:17So you found the young lady, hmm?
00:54:21One of you is brighter than I'd thought.
00:54:24That's me.
00:54:27And in that case, you're entitled to your reward.
00:54:30It's a pity, however, that the professor must suffer too.
00:54:36Suffer?
00:54:39Simon.
00:54:50That's your execution bell.
00:54:52Yes, sir.
00:54:53But it has other uses as well.
00:54:55What are you going to do about us?
00:54:58They will make that decision.
00:55:01Death?
00:55:02Of course.
00:55:03But we're expected to follow an established ritual.
00:55:07Don't ask me how old it is.
00:55:09They've been asking for a sacrifice for the volcano.
00:55:15Now they can have it.
00:55:17What, him?
00:55:19You.
00:55:22But that's idiocy.
00:55:24Killing us won't stop the volcano.
00:55:26I know that.
00:55:28But they don't.
00:55:29If a sacrifice will make them a little happier for what little time is left.
00:55:55Listen to your pumps.
00:55:58That sounds...
00:55:59That sounds different.
00:56:01Yes.
00:56:04Yes.
00:56:04Yes, I'm afraid you're right.
00:56:08But that doesn't alter your situation.
00:56:23They have decided.
00:56:26You will be sent out.
00:56:29Just before the turn of the tide.
00:56:32Why wait for the tide?
00:56:34We're not murderers, sir.
00:56:37You will be given your chance.
00:56:39You will be given diving suits and a head stop.
00:56:43Just as Penrose was.
00:56:44For a lot of good it did him.
00:56:46Yes, I agree.
00:56:47And I doubt if it will help you very much either.
00:56:50But what chance did you give Dan?
00:56:52Dan was a traitor.
00:56:54Your only crime was curiosity.
00:56:57How will a head start help us?
00:57:00Will she be sent out with us too?
00:57:03No.
00:57:06Take her back.
00:57:09Oh, and by the way,
00:57:11do not attempt to get to her again.
00:57:15From now on,
00:57:16those passages will be guarded.
00:57:18All right, Simon?
00:57:37Simon, still out there, of course?
00:57:43What the...
00:57:44Shh, be quiet.
00:57:45Everything above a whisper can be heard.
00:57:47What, in here?
00:57:47Yes, here.
00:57:48He told me.
00:57:49He's all right now.
00:57:51He knows what he's saying.
00:57:52Yeah, I do indeed.
00:57:52You must have heard them whispering.
00:57:53Do you think they can't hear you?
00:57:54How?
00:57:55They have some sort of listening tubes.
00:57:57So whisper.
00:57:58How did you get here?
00:58:00There's a guard out there.
00:58:02There was a guard.
00:58:04You, uh, you remember the way they brought Jill down here?
00:58:08Yes, of course I do, but there's no use now.
00:58:11That route is only clear of seawater for a few minutes every day.
00:58:14You have to wait 18 hours.
00:58:1618 hours?
00:58:17Your only chance of escape is at the turn of the tide.
00:58:20But they're sending us out any minute.
00:58:21So the young lady told me.
00:58:23Out there?
00:58:23You'll have to,
00:58:24because you won't stand a chance once the guards are on your trail.
00:58:27You mean you want us to go now?
00:58:29You must reach the golden shrine at the turn of the tide.
00:58:32It's nearly half a mile away.
00:58:33A cave under the cliff just to the right of the volcano.
00:58:36Yes, but how do we get there?
00:58:37There's some diving suits in the Watergate chamber.
00:58:40That must be the way you came in.
00:58:41Oh, he's right.
00:58:41It's dangerous, as I know, but if you stay here, you'll die anyway.
00:58:45So what can you lose?
00:58:48Right.
00:58:50So, you'll go down to the Watergate chamber, the three of you.
00:58:54You'll put on the diving suits.
00:58:56They're clumsy and difficult to handle,
00:58:58but you'll soon get used to them.
00:58:59And the lock gate control winch is on the right.
00:59:02It's rusting, but it works.
00:59:04And once you're on the sea,
00:59:06the glare from the volcano will guide you.
00:59:08Now follow the glare till you're past the crater.
00:59:10And the shrine is above water level at the turn of the tide.
00:59:13And there's a pathway that leads up to Trigathion.
00:59:15Well, if the volcano isn't active now,
00:59:18then how can it guide us?
00:59:19Well, that's just something you'll have to accept.
00:59:21But what about the guards on the way down to the Watergate?
00:59:23There'll be no guards once the alarm sounds.
00:59:26Alarm?
00:59:26The execution gong.
00:59:27It's also the alarm signal.
00:59:29Once the alarm sounds,
00:59:31any guards that are on the stairway
00:59:32will come rushing down the passage
00:59:33to make sure that you're here.
00:59:35But you'll fool them
00:59:35by going up to the Tyrum
00:59:37and going down the stairway from there.
00:59:38And nobody will hear you.
00:59:40Not above the sound of the gong.
00:59:41Paul, who'll be in the tower room?
00:59:43Only me, sounding the alarm.
00:59:44The captain will have gone to his room.
00:59:47All right.
00:59:48Well, now I'm going up to the tower.
00:59:50Now remember,
00:59:51once you hear the gong,
00:59:53join me immediately.
00:59:55Can't you come with us?
00:59:58No, I'm...
00:59:59I'm too old and too...
01:00:02too tired.
01:00:04Well, there is one point.
01:00:08There's no need for you to take a chance
01:00:10because I happen to know
01:00:12why you were brought here.
01:00:13It was because of a sketch
01:00:15found in a stolen book.
01:00:17I was with the captain
01:00:18when he came upon it.
01:00:19I've never seen a man so...
01:00:23so moved.
01:00:24He...
01:00:25he ordered them
01:00:26to bring you down here.
01:00:27He was like a man possessed.
01:00:28but you can stay.
01:00:29Nobody is going to hurt you.
01:00:35Good luck to you.
01:00:38Give me two minutes.
01:00:43Oh, boy.
01:00:44I'm really sorry.
01:00:51Don't worry, Herbert.
01:00:52I'll get you home in time for tea.
01:01:00I'll get you home,
01:01:00but I'll get you home.
01:01:04I'll get you home,
01:01:05as you mooned,
01:01:05and I'll get you home.
01:01:16I'll get you home.
01:01:19Come on.
01:01:27Quick.
01:01:27On your way.
01:01:31Who's that?
01:01:32Now come along. Hurry, please.
01:01:34That's a picture of me.
01:01:35No, no, no. That portrait's over a hundred years old.
01:01:37Now go.
01:01:39It's me.
01:01:40Jill! Go, I said. The tide won't wait for you.
01:01:42He's right. We've got to get out.
01:01:44Ben, come on. Hurry, Jill.
01:02:01Let's try or die.
01:02:11Are those men there?
01:02:13They're gone, Captain.
01:02:25They mustn't escape.
01:02:27They must not escape.
01:02:31If we get into the sea, which way do we turn?
01:02:33There's no light from the volcano.
01:02:35Put on your helmets. It'll show through.
01:02:38Keep your eyes on me and stay close.
01:03:02Let's go.
01:03:02Where is she?
01:03:03Where is she?
01:03:04Where are those men?
01:03:05The woman.
01:03:06Pleasant enough.
01:03:07The person I've...
01:03:08Where is she?
01:03:09Where is she?
01:03:10You told them how to escape.
01:03:12It was only fair.
01:03:14It was only fair.
01:03:15You men.
01:03:15You men, go ahead of me.
01:03:17Find them.
01:03:18Follow them.
01:03:23Why?
01:03:34I love you.
01:03:49It's pretty hot.
01:03:55You men, quickly, arm yourselves with those crossbows.
01:04:19You, you, you, you, you, you, you.
01:04:59You, you, you, you.
01:05:20You, you, you, you, you.
01:05:50You, you, you, you, you.
01:06:18You, you, you, you, you.
01:06:59You, you, you, you.
01:07:18You, you, you, you, you.
01:07:48You, you, you, you.
01:08:00You, you, you, you, you.
01:08:35You, you, you, you, you, you.
01:08:53You, you, you, you.
01:09:23You, you, you, you, you.
01:10:15You, you, you, you, you, you.
01:10:33You, you, you, you, you, you.
01:11:02You, you, you, you, you, you.
01:11:36You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you.
01:11:58You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you,
01:12:23you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you.
01:12:23Oh, my God.
01:12:55Oh, my God.
01:13:26Come on.
01:13:27Come on.
01:13:28Hurry up.
01:13:29There's no time to lose.
01:13:38I'll be back.
01:13:39Herbert, come here.
01:13:41Herbert, don't be...
01:13:42Harold!
01:13:43Herbert!
01:13:43Herbert!
01:13:44Herbert!
01:13:45Herbert!
01:13:49Herbert!
01:13:55Herbert!
01:13:58Herbert!
01:14:22Jill?
01:14:25He's out there. He's all right.
01:14:27Yes, but we're in here, and we're all wrong.
01:14:30Don't just stand there. Dig.
01:15:01I'm not too late.
01:15:02I'm getting late.
01:15:04Understand it.
01:15:04It belongs to you.
01:15:06It belongs to you.
01:15:20I am a golden age.
01:15:20I don't know.
01:16:12Come back.
01:16:14Come back!
01:16:15Don't leave me!
01:16:20This place will be underwater in minutes!
01:16:30You... you can't get out of here by yourselves!
01:16:35I can help you!
01:16:51I can't get out of here by yourself!
01:16:52I can't get out of here!
01:16:52I can't get out of here!
01:16:57I can't get out of here!
01:17:10I can't get out of here!
01:17:12I can't get out of here!
01:17:41I can't get out of here!
01:17:43I can't get out of here!
01:17:50I can't get out of here!
01:18:01I can't get out of here!
01:18:06All right!
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