Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

John Davidson: Tal Chotali

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• [first lines] 

  [sound of a huge gong omninously echoes down the valley] 

  Billy Batson : What's that, Mr. Howell?

  Howell [Ch. 1] : I don't know, Billy - let's find out. What do you make of that cymbal, Malcolm?

  John Malcolm : I don't know, Howell. Does it mean anything to you, Tal Chotali?

  Tal Chotali : The men of the hills are gathering. The cymbal says that the white men are to be driven from the Valley of Tombs.

• Tal Chotali : What causes this attack?

  Rahman Bar [Ch. 1,11-12] : The legend, Towana. The white man shall not desecrate the Valley of Tombs.

  Tal Chotali : That is not the true legend. When there is desecration, Scorpio will erupt.

  [Tal Chotali gestures towards a smoking volcano] 

  Tal Chotali : See for yourself, there is no eruption. You have spilled blood without reason. Return to your people and counsel them to await a sign from Scorpio!

  Rahman Bar [Ch. 1,11-12] : I will do as you say, Toawana. The true legend must not be violated. But the white men must leave. There is a curse that says that any white man who enters the Valley of Tombs shall die.

• Tal Chotali : The chief warns us that no permit can protect us from the curse of the Scorpion if we enter the inner tomb.

• [On the inner tomb, the archeologists discover a carving of a Scorpion with ancient writing surrounding it] 

  John Malcolm : Why, there's an inscription here! Can you translate it, Tal Chotali?

  Tal Chotali : Why, yes, I can translate it. It say, "Let what reposes behind this stone remain hidden from the eyes of mankind... for all time."

• [handing the Scroll of the Scorpion to Billy] 

  Tal Chotali : And Billy, this is for you to guard. Guard it well. It contains a precious... and a dangerous secret.

• Tal Chotali : There's evil in the air tonight.

  Army Sentry [Ch. 1] : Yes Sir. You know, I feel the same way.