1. The Whole Truth
First Aired: 20 January 1961Copy !req
2. English Subtitles edited by
Pandorafilm - HeerlenCopy !req
3. You're traveling
through another dimension.Copy !req
4. A dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind.Copy !req
5. A journey into a wondrous land
of imagination.Copy !req
6. Your next stop: The Twilight Zone.Copy !req
7. A honey from Hunnicut.
Drive it in good health.Copy !req
8. Too much power, eh?Copy !req
9. We're just looking.
-Nobody pushes you around here.Copy !req
10. Around here, you can pause,
exhale, check, recheck,Copy !req
11. think, peruse, contemplate,Copy !req
12. wade through, thumb over, dip into.Copy !req
13. Be my guest, folks.
-We think of a coupe around $500.Copy !req
14. But as late a model as we can...
-Late?Copy !req
15. You shock me, you know that?
Your husband shocked me just then.Copy !req
16. Do you know why you shocked me?
I'll tell you why you shocked me.Copy !req
17. You've succumbed to the propaganda of
every clod up and down this street.Copy !req
18. I said propaganda.Copy !req
19. They like to push the late models,
don't they?Copy !req
20. You know why? You think it's because
they're rigidly moral churchgoers?Copy !req
21. Let me tell you something, young man.Copy !req
22. They push the late models because
that is where the profit margin is.Copy !req
23. They'll cram those down your gullet.
They rather have money than a friend.Copy !req
24. They would rather make a profit
than a relationship.Copy !req
25. They would rather cram their wallets
full of cash...Copy !req
26. than fill their hearts with
the fellowship of men to men.Copy !req
27. We're really just looking
and we thought the newer the car...Copy !req
28. That's where you've gone wrong
and headed into a blind alley.Copy !req
29. You don't want a new car. You don't
want one of those rinky-dink...Copy !req
30. covered with chrome, fin tails,
idiotic names and workmanship...Copy !req
31. than you can stick into a thimble.Copy !req
32. No.
I'll tell you what you want.Copy !req
33. You want the craftsmanship, the
dependability of proven performers.Copy !req
34. The dignity of
traditional transportation.Copy !req
35. This is what you want.
A '38 coupe.Copy !req
36. It'll get you where you want to go.
It'll get you back.Copy !req
37. This, as the banner already has
proclaimed is Mr. Harvey Hunnicut.Copy !req
38. An expert on commerce and con jobs.Copy !req
39. A brash, bright and larceny-
loaded wheeler and dealer.Copy !req
40. Who when the good Lord passed out
a conscience must have missed out.Copy !req
41. And these are a couple
of other characters.Copy !req
42. A little old man in a model-A car.
But not just any man or any model-A.Copy !req
43. There's something
very special about them.Copy !req
44. In a few moments, Harvey Hunnicut
gets something he never had before.Copy !req
45. Through a little magic they
will unload on Mr. Hunnicut...Copy !req
46. the absolute necessity
to tell the truth.Copy !req
47. Where they come from is conjecturable
but we know to where they're heading.Copy !req
48. Because all of them and you
are on the threshold...Copy !req
49. of The Twilight Zone.Copy !req
50. The original prototype of this
car was the Mark-II tank.Copy !req
51. When you go down the freeway,
everybody else, out of the way.Copy !req
52. Where the gearshift is
used to be the cannon.Copy !req
53. Why don't you and I
sit down and talk turkey.Copy !req
54. Because this baby is
the one you're going to buy.Copy !req
55. This baby is the one...
-Could we look it over a bit?Copy !req
56. Look. Here, sit in it.
Get the feel of it.Copy !req
57. See how they built cars in the
days when cars were really built.Copy !req
58. Come on, young fellow.
You, too, madam.Copy !req
59. Park yourself in there and enjoy
it to your heart's content.Copy !req
60. You know what you really should have
when you sit in a car like this?Copy !req
61. Candlelight, a bottle of good wine.
Because this baby here has dignity.Copy !req
62. Relax for a minute,
I’ll be right back.Copy !req
63. Oh, how do you do.
-Well, that depends, grandpa.Copy !req
64. If you came here to park thisCopy !req
65. I’ll just charge you nominal rates.Copy !req
66. But if you're here to sell it,
then I laugh for a few minutes.Copy !req
67. I'll give you 15 bucks for it.
Any junk-man will give you 12.Copy !req
68. The Smithsonian might top
us both by a buck or two.Copy !req
69. It's a wonderful old car and they
built them better in the old day.Copy !req
70. Grandfather dear,
that is the old rhubarb...Copy !req
71. the turkey everybody and his brother
is trying to pull on the open market.Copy !req
72. Cars were built better
in the old days, ha.Copy !req
73. Ten years ago they didn't know
how to build cars.Copy !req
74. Don't mind these.
It's the new cars that sell.Copy !req
75. It's the new cars that run.Copy !req
76. It's the new cars that combine the
genius of mind and the assembly line.Copy !req
77. But I’ll tell you what I’ll do
for you because I love your face.Copy !req
78. You remind me of my own grandfather
a man of dignityCopy !req
79. until he died rescuing a
capsized boatload of peopleCopy !req
80. I'll give you 25 bucks for it.Copy !req
81. Probably have to tear it down, sell
it wheel by wheel, bolt by bolt.Copy !req
82. But 25 I’ll go.
-$25?Copy !req
83. I kind of need the money
but couldn't you make it 30?Copy !req
84. You try me, old friend. That means
that 25 is going, going...Copy !req
85. That means that 25 is... gone.
There we are.Copy !req
86. 10, 20, and 25. There we are.
You go in that little office there.Copy !req
87. With the car registration papers...
and hold it... Did I say car?Copy !req
88. Vehicle.
Now, here, hmm.Copy !req
89. Comfy?Copy !req
90. Signed, sealed and delivered, Mr...
Hunnicut. And here are the keys.Copy !req
91. Oh, by the way, Mr. Hunnicut.Copy !req
92. There is one other small item I ought
to mention to you about the car.Copy !req
93. Do, do.
-It's haunted.Copy !req
94. You don't say.
-Oh, yes, without a doubt.Copy !req
95. The car is quite haunted.Copy !req
96. It's been haunted ever since it
came off the assembly line.Copy !req
97. Every owner can attest to this fact.
-Can your tell me how it's haunted?Copy !req
98. You sign right there.
Or how I can un-haunt it?Copy !req
99. Oh, you'll find out soon enough.
-I will.Copy !req
100. As for un-haunting it
you'll have to sell the car.Copy !req
101. Good day. It's been a real pleasure.
-Likewise, likewise.Copy !req
102. You may have actually gotten
the best of the bargain at that.Copy !req
103. My ancient friend,
you do me the ultimate injustice.Copy !req
104. Our little transaction,
haunted or otherwise...Copy !req
105. was my charity case for the day.
You dwell on that, will you?Copy !req
106. Dwell on it.
-No, no, no, Mr. Hunnicut.Copy !req
107. You dwell on it.Copy !req
108. And I rather think you will.Copy !req
109. How much is it?
-It's not for sale.Copy !req
110. Why not?
-Well, I don't know.Copy !req
111. This car we were just sitting in.
That's the one you were pushing.Copy !req
112. I guess I’m not pushing it anymore.Copy !req
113. This is a wreck, it's a rum-dum.Copy !req
114. It hasn't got any points,
it hasn't got any plugs.Copy !req
115. And it'll leak gasoline like
it owns every oil well in Texas.Copy !req
116. But the tires are very bad.Copy !req
117. And the chassis's been bent...Copy !req
118. and if I said anything
about it being a runabout...Copy !req
119. I meant it would run
about a block and then stop.Copy !req
120. It'll cost you double when you
start taking it in for repairs.Copy !req
121. You'll start taking it in for repairs
every third Thursday of the month.Copy !req
122. What else have you got?Copy !req
123. What else? I haven't anything
else worthwhile to show you.Copy !req
124. Everything in this lot should
have been condemned years ago.Copy !req
125. I got more lemons per square foot
than a fruit grower in Salinas.Copy !req
126. And what you ought to do is:Copy !req
127. go to one of those reputable
places and get what you pay for.Copy !req
128. And something you like but...Copy !req
129. you shouldn't come
around here anymore.Copy !req
130. Okay. Thanks.Copy !req
131. Oh, hey...Copy !req
132. Never mind.Copy !req
133. Let's go look at television sets.Copy !req
134. Sorry, I’m late, boss.Copy !req
135. I was down at the junkyard checking
on the '34 Chevy wheel discs...Copy !req
136. Hey, what's the action, boss?
-Things are a little quiet around...Copy !req
137. Irv, you won't believe what I...Copy !req
138. How about trying to move
that '35 Essex?Copy !req
139. It doesn't has any own power to move.
-All right, knock it down to 55Copy !req
140. Tell everybody it's a museum piece.Copy !req
141. You keep that hood closed, you dope.Copy !req
142. When you got an engine you
can't see for rust...Copy !req
143. you gotta play a
little hide-and-seek.Copy !req
144. You don't go advertising the fact
you're trying to job a car...Copy !req
145. that carried French soldiers to
the first battle of the Marne.Copy !req
146. Now listen, Irv,Copy !req
147. I want you to put a sign on the
car that says it's for sale as is.Copy !req
148. No guarantees and I...Copy !req
149. open up the hood so they can get
a better look at the engine.Copy !req
150. Sell it or keep it for an heirloom?
-What's the matter...Copy !req
151. Do I look all right to you, Irv?Copy !req
152. What did you have for dinner?
-This is nuts.Copy !req
153. This is power of suggestion
or something.Copy !req
154. That old gleep that sold
me that model-A, a real nutsy.Copy !req
155. Gave me a song and dance about
a haunted car. You get that?Copy !req
156. Haunted car. And I was stupid enough
to stand there and listen to him.Copy !req
157. What I should have done
was call up the local hatch...Copy !req
158. reserved a rubber room for him.Copy !req
159. Honey, this is your ever-loving.Copy !req
160. Now, look, baby about tonight
I’m going to be a little late.Copy !req
161. It's inventory time.Copy !req
162. I told you it was inventory time.Copy !req
163. What I’m going to
be doing tonight is...Copy !req
164. I’m going to be
playing poker with the boys.Copy !req
165. and when I told you it was
inventory time last month...Copy !req
166. I was playing poker
with the boys then.Copy !req
167. Honey, don't listen to me. This is
nuts, I’m sick or something.Copy !req
168. Look, what I’m really
going to be doing tonight is...Copy !req
169. I’m going to be
playing poker with the boys.Copy !req
170. What is this?
Am I crazy or something?Copy !req
171. I got no control over what
I’m saying. I got no control...Copy !req
172. Irv, I’m in the midst of a calamity.Copy !req
173. That old gleep, the one
who said that car was haunted...Copy !req
174. he was right. Whoever owns
that car has to tell the truth.Copy !req
175. Irv, you dig? Did you ever
hear anything more ghastly?Copy !req
176. Me, Harvey Hunnicut, from now on...Copy !req
177. as long as I own that car...Copy !req
178. I have to tell the truth.Copy !req
179. Here are the signs you wanted, boss.Copy !req
180. I've heard of low pressure before,
boss. But this is no pressure.Copy !req
181. Irv, my wife isn't speaking to me.Copy !req
182. Would that that were
your only worry, boss.Copy !req
183. You haven't moved a car
off the lot in three days.Copy !req
184. That lady who came in yesterday to
buy that old Auburn... Let's level.Copy !req
185. How do you start a sales pitch
by telling the customer...Copy !req
186. that Moses could have driven it
across the Red Sea?Copy !req
187. There's a limit to honesty, boss.
-Irving, I...Copy !req
188. I used to feel that way myself.Copy !req
189. I hate to bother you now, boss
but it's that thing about my raise.Copy !req
190. It's six months today I don't
want to bug you, but you promised.Copy !req
191. You said that in six months if I’d
sold three cars, that you would...Copy !req
192. Yeah, sure.
When I...Copy !req
193. The day you get more money out of me,
it'll be below zero in the Fiji’s.Copy !req
194. Every yokel who works here starts
and stops at the same salary.Copy !req
195. I only dangle that raise just as
long as it takes them to get wise.Copy !req
196. Irv... Irv...Copy !req
197. To get more money out of me would
be just about as easy as...Copy !req
198. pouring hot butter
into a wildcat's ear.Copy !req
199. That hurt me more than it did you.
-Correction.Copy !req
200. This is going to hurt you
a lot more than it hurts me.Copy !req
201. What's your pleasure, sir?
-Luther Grimbley here.Copy !req
202. Honest Luther Grimbley.
30 years in politics.Copy !req
203. Currently up for reelection.
You've probably heard of me.Copy !req
204. Delighted.
Something nice in a model-A?Copy !req
205. Beautiful, isn't it?
That depends.Copy !req
206. If you take 12 Aspirin
and shut your eyes tight...Copy !req
207. you might call it beautiful.Copy !req
208. But in the cold light of day, son,
it's a wreck.Copy !req
209. What about its condition?
-Let me tell you one thing...Copy !req
210. The block's cracked.
-Block cracked?Copy !req
211. What else?
-You can see for yourself.Copy !req
212. You take a good look at these tires.
The rubber's shot.Copy !req
213. Yeah, sure is. Might be good
for a few years not many, though.Copy !req
214. This car is living on borrowed time.
-What's she worth?Copy !req
215. I mean assuming some clod who wanted
a real bum car to use for a gag.Copy !req
216. Maybe... 50 bucks?
All right, maybe 60.Copy !req
217. Why not 30?
You don't understand, do you?Copy !req
218. This is a bad car, you see.
It's a lemon.Copy !req
219. You dirty dog. Clever son of a gun.
-That's the absolute truth.Copy !req
220. I've seen all kinds of routines
but you clever little cookie, you.Copy !req
221. This is the old reverse English,
isn't it? The old twister-oo?Copy !req
222. Why you sharp-shooting, sharpie.
You knew I wanted it, didn't you?Copy !req
223. You little devil you. You knew
I wanted it. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
224. I'll give you $25. On account of it's
good politics to drive an old car.Copy !req
225. Makes people think you're
not getting rich off of them.Copy !req
226. 25 bucks.
-How about $22.50?Copy !req
227. I didn't notice the
dent in the fender.Copy !req
228. I mean $22.50,
the car and no strings.Copy !req
229. No strings?Copy !req
230. You better trot out the strings.
I want to know what I’m getting.Copy !req
231. Well, $22.50, the car as is, and...Copy !req
232. And what?
-The car's haunted.Copy !req
233. Haunted?
The car is haunted?Copy !req
234. So it's haunted. I swear, you're
the cleverest cookie in the...Copy !req
235. You ought to be in politics.Copy !req
236. Haunted?
How is it haunted?Copy !req
237. Whoever owns it has
to tell the truth.Copy !req
238. Whoever owns it has
to tell the truth?Copy !req
239. The whole truth, and the only way he
can stop that is to sell the car.Copy !req
240. How about this baby?Copy !req
241. That's no baby.
That's a great-grandfather.Copy !req
242. Hasn't got any transmission,
no rear end, no axle.Copy !req
243. That one's shot.
-That's the goods, is it?Copy !req
244. You have to tell the truth. That's
the reason for the song and dance.Copy !req
245. You have to tell the truth.Copy !req
246. What about the model-A? In spite of
it's haunted it's still a swell...Copy !req
247. conversation piece.
-For some people, maybe.Copy !req
248. but not for old,
honest Luther Grimbley.Copy !req
249. Buddy boy, I’m in politics.Copy !req
250. When you tell me I got to start
telling the truth all the time...Copy !req
251. Holy Hanna.
You know something?Copy !req
252. I couldn't make
a single political speech.Copy !req
253. I couldn't run for office again.Copy !req
254. Now why don't you sell this car
to Boss Ryan over at 12th ward.Copy !req
255. I'd love to hear him
tell the truth just once.Copy !req
256. Or the mayor, the mayor.
Why don't you...?Copy !req
257. Why not even to this guy, huh?
-Who? This fella?Copy !req
258. Say, that's not a bad idea. If you
could get him to tell the truth...Copy !req
259. that might be the greatest gag
of all time.Copy !req
260. Why not, huh?Copy !req
261. That would be...Copy !req
262. Your reasoning seems valid. It's your
motives that we're concerned...Copy !req
263. Don't worry. I bought the car for
25 bucks. I’m selling it for 25.Copy !req
264. Talk it over with your boss.Copy !req
265. I believe we'll accept your terms.
You say $25 American money.Copy !req
266. 25 American dollars.
I got the papers.Copy !req
267. This is the bill of sale,
the car registration.Copy !req
268. Have your boss sign all three of
them on the dotted lines there.Copy !req
269. I'm empowered to handle
the signatures myself.Copy !req
270. No. The boss has to sign them,
you dig? The boss.Copy !req
271. A sort of memento or souvenir,
is that it?Copy !req
272. Yeah, something like that.
-I’ll see what I can do.Copy !req
273. Here we are. And here is the money.
25 American dollars.Copy !req
274. You lucky dog, you. You got a million
bucks worth of propaganda here.Copy !req
275. Now all you have to do is
to try to tell your folks...Copy !req
276. that this is the kind of a car
the average American drives.Copy !req
277. You try and tell them that.Copy !req
278. These are your copies,
these are mine.Copy !req
279. Your boss is now
the new owner of this car.Copy !req
280. Drive it right off, buddy boy.Copy !req
281. Is this the living end.
And I got his signature right here.Copy !req
282. Nikita Khrushchev.Copy !req
283. Uh, long distance?Copy !req
284. Operator, say, if an American citizenCopy !req
285. has something real important
in the way of news...Copy !req
286. I mean if it affects the foreign
policy of the United States...Copy !req
287. What I’d really like to know is...Copy !req
288. can you get me through
to Jack Kennedy?Copy !req
289. Couldn't happen, you say?
Far-fetched, way out. Possible.Copy !req
290. But the next time you buy an
automobile, if it happens to look...Copy !req
291. as if it's gone through
the battle of the Marne...Copy !req
292. and the seller is ready to throw
into the bargain one of his arms.Copy !req
293. be careful in explaining to the boss
about your grandmother's funeral...Copy !req
294. when you were actually at Chavez
Ravine watching the L.A. Dodgers.Copy !req
295. You're then the proud possessor
of an instrument of truth...Copy !req
296. manufactured and distributed
by an exclusive dealer...Copy !req
297. in The Twilight Zone.Copy !req
298. English Subtitles edited by
B. Cornelis - Pandorafilm - HeerlenCopy !req