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SEA HUNT: # 65
Sea Serpent - Augsut, 9 1959
Writer: Lee Erwin
Prod: Ivan Tors
Dir.: Herman Hoffman
ZIV Production
Underwater photography: Lamar Boren
Mike Nelson : Lloyd Bridges
Skipper:
: Leonard Nimoy
Ann
Barry: Lisa Gaye
Jim Barry:
Anthony George
Chief of Police:
Ken Drake
Diving
in the Red
Sea Mike Nelson helps a friend, Jim Barry, in his endeavors to find an ancient temple under water. Suddenly Ann calls them to
come up.
Nelson remembers that the chief officer of police has asked him for a
favor: Somebody had stolen a tank with 10.000 liters of explosives. The
police does not care whether it is retrieved or destroyed, but it shall
not fall into the hands of wrong people. Nelson is asked to let the
chief of police know if he comes across anything suspicious while
diving with the archeologists. Nelson also remembers that the crew he
wanted to hire chickened off because they believe there is a sea
serpent in the area where operate in.
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When
they came up they learn that Ann had detected something suspicious: The
sea serpent.
First they think that kind of a sea serpent shaped monster
chases a
boat. Mike Nelson shoots at the giant serpent and it disappears. Quickly one
of the men on board indicates one other to go downstairs and fetch a
gun. They stop the boat and talk to the skipper. He tells them
that
they were being followed by a huge monster with a big head and small
eyes.
Ann suggests to leave the area and the men urge them to do so.
Mike has noticed a torn rope and the man with the riffle. He decides to
dive at the spot the sea serpent because he realized: They had not been
chased, but they had pulled something. They leave but only to leave the
scene. Soon Nelson dives to the ground and finds a long tube covered
with nylon and canvas: The explosives.
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He
hides behind a rock right in time so see two men coming down and
retrieve the rope.
Nelson hitches a ride clinging onto the canvas. Close to the shore they
cut the rope and leave the canvas sinking down to the ground. The boat
leaves and a submarine approaches. Mike Nelson thinks of the only way
to stop the explosives getting into the wrong hands: He lights an
underwater flare as a fuse and hurries to
get ashore before the explosion takes place.
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From the boat the skipper spots Nelson. Fearing
intervention in their deal they turn back and shoot at Nelson who is
heading for a rock to take cover. When the explosion takes palce they
are directly above the spot.
Nelson
awakes much later. The explosion has rendered him unconscious. He
sees the Barrys approaching in their boat looking for him.
