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00:01:05I'm not going to let you go.
00:01:30I'm going on that plane.
00:01:31Of all the man.
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00:01:33Alex, please.
00:01:34We've been over this so many times.
00:01:36Let's face it.
00:01:37We haven't been happy for the past two years.
00:01:39All right.
00:01:40It's been my fault.
00:01:41I admit it.
00:01:42Now I demand you cancel this trip.
00:01:43Demand?
00:01:44I don't think you're putting anything over on me.
00:01:45China.
00:01:46Red Cross.
00:01:47There are plenty of unmarried women for that.
00:01:49That's not why you're going.
00:01:50Oh, please.
00:01:51You're going to see someone else who's asked you to come.
00:01:53I'm sorry.
00:01:54But if you refuse to be reasonable, I'll divorce you.
00:01:57Charge you with desertion.
00:01:58All right, Alex.
00:01:59If that's the way you want it, do that.
00:02:03This is Alexander Wesson.
00:02:06All passengers for the Seabird, please collect your tickets and go immediately to the departure
00:02:10lounge.
00:02:11Yes, sir.
00:02:12Hello, Marshal.
00:02:13Is everything in order?
00:02:14Yes, Miss Chase.
00:02:15Here are your passports and health certificates.
00:02:17I made the reservations in the name of Doris Bailey.
00:02:20Thank you, Marshal.
00:02:21I'll cable as soon as I reach Hong Kong.
00:02:22Yes, Miss Chase.
00:02:24And a pleasant journey.
00:02:25Say, buddy.
00:02:26Who was that?
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00:02:28Miss Doris Bailey.
00:02:29Everything's in order, Miss Chase.
00:02:32I mean, Miss Bailey.
00:02:33You know, we feel a great responsibility having you on board.
00:02:36Won't you just wait in the lounge, Miss Bailey?
00:02:39State Senator Cory.
00:02:40Senator Cory, just a moment.
00:02:41Hold it.
00:02:43Now, Senator, give us the old Star Spangled Banner.
00:02:45Look.
00:02:47Are you flying to China, Senator Cory?
00:02:48Well, I'm not walking.
00:02:49First trip, Senator?
00:02:50Yes.
00:02:51This will be the first time that I take wings over the great Pacific.
00:02:54Pardon, Senator.
00:02:55Is this trip government business or a private deal in China?
00:02:57You astonish me.
00:02:58What kind of a private deal could I possibly...
00:02:59Senator, you know they need a lot of war supplies over there these days.
00:03:01And with the right man on the job.
00:03:02Very great.
00:03:03Very clever.
00:03:04Good day, gentlemen.
00:03:05Here you are, Mr. Honeyman.
00:03:07Mr. Brand.
00:03:08Calling Mr. Brand.
00:03:09Message for Mr. Brand at the information desk.
00:03:10Mr. Brand.
00:03:11Is that Mr. Harrison Brand?
00:03:12Is he a passenger?
00:03:13Yes, sir.
00:03:14Mrs. Sidney.
00:03:15Mrs. Craitlin Sidney.
00:03:16You have your passport and certificate of health for your return, Mrs. Sidney?
00:03:19Yes.
00:03:20May I have them?
00:03:21Oh, yes.
00:03:22Yes, here they are.
00:03:23They're going to be very exciting.
00:03:24Really?
00:03:25Oh, yes.
00:03:26My son is in Shanghai.
00:03:27He doesn't know I'm coming.
00:03:28It's been so long since I...
00:03:29Oh, I'm sorry to be taking so much time.
00:03:30Are you one of the passengers?
00:03:31I won't be if you don't step on it.
00:03:32Iris Compton.
00:03:33Mr. Brand.
00:03:34Calling Mr. Brand.
00:03:35Message for Mr. Brand at the information desk.
00:03:36Hello, Curtis.
00:03:37This is Honeyman.
00:03:38Say, I thought you said this deal was undercover.
00:03:39Oh, is that so?
00:03:40Well, do you know who's on this plane?
00:03:41Brand.
00:03:42Brand of Caldwell Munitions.
00:03:43Sure, there's a fortune at stake if he doesn't start cutting prices.
00:03:44If he does, I'll cut his throat.
00:03:45I'll cut his throat.
00:03:46I'll cut his throat.
00:03:47I'll cut his throat.
00:03:48I'll cut his throat.
00:03:49I'll cut his throat.
00:03:50I'll cut his throat.
00:03:51I'll cut his throat.
00:03:52Brand of Caldwell Munitions.
00:03:54Sure, there's a fortune at stake if he doesn't start cutting prices.
00:03:57If he does, I'll cut his throat.
00:03:59And I'm not kidding.
00:04:00Who?
00:04:01Senator Corey.
00:04:02On this plane?
00:04:03Say, if I can get to him before Brand...
00:04:06Right.
00:04:07I'll cable you.
00:04:11One more passenger.
00:04:12Robert Malone.
00:04:13He's flown from Albuquerque.
00:04:14He'll be here on time.
00:04:15Mr. Malone.
00:04:16Calling Mr. Malone.
00:04:17Please report at once to registration desk.
00:04:22Good-bye.
00:04:36Hey, you fellas weren't going to leave me.
00:04:38We thought possibly you'd been delayed, Mr. Malone.
00:04:40Delayed?
00:04:41Now, whatever made you think that?
00:04:42All aboard, Mr. Malone.
00:04:43Happy landing, cousin.
00:04:44So long, Jim.
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00:06:19We've made this ocean a mere millpond, and the whole world our neighbor's.
00:06:23Can I say more?
00:06:25I hope not, Senator. It's too funny as it is.
00:06:27Don't spoil it.
00:06:38Well, Harrison Brand!
00:06:40This is a coincidence.
00:06:42Hello, honeyman.
00:06:43Pleasure trip?
00:06:43And what a pleasure.
00:06:45It'll be a honeymoon if I meet the right body.
00:06:47Oh, that's fine.
00:06:48And if you don't meet the right party, I will.
00:06:51Now, that's quite a thought.
00:06:53Hang on to that.
00:07:02Very beautiful, isn't it?
00:07:04Now, look, my name is Malone.
00:07:07Does it make you happy?
00:07:08Honolulu, Hong Kong, or Shanghai, kid?
00:07:11Shanghai.
00:07:12Help?
00:07:13No. Vacation by request.
00:07:16Then you and I ought to knock off a few hours without boring each other.
00:07:19What's your racket?
00:07:20Besides help?
00:07:21Me? I'm the forgotten man.
00:07:23Trying to make myself a little more forgotten.
00:07:26On the land?
00:07:27A piece of death.
00:07:29But I'm not exactly on parade.
00:07:32Well, I suppose you're one of our country's enterprising young men
00:07:36girdling the world for new business.
00:07:38Perhaps you'll make a port of the bridge.
00:07:40Cards for money?
00:07:41Why, that would be gambling.
00:07:43Say, we seem to be too of a kind on this deal.
00:07:46Keep it that way.
00:07:47Now, don't get your face red.
00:07:48This is a long trip.
00:07:49We both have a lot to think about.
00:07:52Let's hold everything under control.
00:07:53Sure, that's OK.
00:07:56Say, you seem to be pretty regular.
00:07:59You're regular, too.
00:08:01Radiogram for you, Miss Bailey.
00:08:03Excuse me.
00:08:13No answer.
00:08:15I bid one club, pardon me.
00:08:20Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:08:22Oh, let me go, thank you.
00:08:24Oh, I'm sorry.
00:08:26I must be very awkward.
00:08:28Oh, perhaps the ship is.
00:08:30It's the ship.
00:08:31Have you made the trip before?
00:08:33No, and I think this once will close the book for me.
00:08:36And you?
00:08:37My first trip, too.
00:08:38I'm sure you'll be fine.
00:08:39I think you've got something there, Mother.
00:08:41You can't prove it by me.
00:08:42I always defend men when I'm with women.
00:08:45Men are a strange lot, but they're useful sometimes.
00:08:47There are some good ones.
00:08:49My son is one.
00:08:50Your son is in China?
00:08:51Yes, I haven't seen him in five years.
00:08:53He doesn't know I'm coming.
00:08:54Oh, no wonder you're so excited.
00:08:55It'll be a great surprise for him.
00:08:57He hasn't written me in over a year,
00:08:59but I suppose with all the trouble over there,
00:09:01he'd be very busy helping to settle it.
00:09:02He must be very clever.
00:09:04I'm sure he'll be.
00:09:05I'm sure he will.
00:09:06I'm sure he will.
00:09:07Oh, I'm sorry.
00:09:09I may be boring you.
00:09:10No, not at all.
00:09:11Would you like me to tell you a fortune?
00:09:13I read the cards, you know.
00:09:14Oh, I don't believe in that.
00:09:15You may not believe in it, young woman,
00:09:17but it's very funny how often the things you see in cards
00:09:20come true.
00:09:20Cut three times, please.
00:09:25You're married.
00:09:26Right.
00:09:27You're returning to a dark man in China.
00:09:30Maybe I didn't cut the cards right.
00:09:32Oh, yes.
00:09:32Here's another man, very handsome.
00:09:34He's a very good man.
00:09:35Oh, yes.
00:09:36Here's another man, very much in love with you.
00:09:39No.
00:09:40That card is never wrong.
00:09:41It always spells romance.
00:09:42There he is again, the same man.
00:09:44Maybe it's the altitude.
00:09:45No.
00:09:46I'm sure it's a man.
00:09:47Isn't there always?
00:09:49That's what's wrong with the world.
00:09:50No more men in my life.
00:09:53Oh, Stuart, I must be over the Japanese current.
00:09:55Why, yes.
00:09:56You must be an experienced traveler.
00:09:58No, no.
00:09:59I've never been near the ocean before.
00:10:01Well, how did you know that?
00:10:03There's a great many things in 50 years, young man.
00:10:06Some of them very strange.
00:10:09You have to wait until you're 50.
00:10:11Oh, look at the clouds.
00:10:13They look like strange worlds where anything might happen.
00:10:33I don't believe it.
00:10:35Oh, yes.
00:10:36It's very interesting.
00:10:37This is the sunken continent of the moon.
00:10:39We're over it now.
00:10:41That's how Eastern America was joined.
00:10:43Right below us this minute, there
00:10:44was a very high civilization.
00:10:47I think we must be off our course a little.
00:10:49Officer, aren't we off our course?
00:10:52No, madam.
00:10:52That is not more than one or two degrees.
00:10:54Of course, nothing serious.
00:10:56One or two degrees is quite a lot.
00:10:59I think we're off course.
00:11:01What?
00:11:02I think we're coming into a storm.
00:11:04Oh, ridiculous.
00:11:05Why, my dear lady, it's all sunshine.
00:11:10You were right, Mrs. Disney.
00:11:12Maybe you can tell us when we're going to come out of it.
00:11:14We haven't really gotten into it yet.
00:11:16That's very encouraging.
00:11:31I've been in a lot of these storms.
00:11:33Just take it easy.
00:11:34Don't get excited.
00:11:37Seabird calling Coral Island.
00:11:39Pacific Seabird calling Coral Island.
00:11:4116, 703.
00:11:43Approximate position.
00:11:45North, 22.
00:11:46West, 143.
00:11:48Ceiling closing in fast.
00:11:51Coral Island calling Seabird.
00:11:54Coral Island calling Seabird.
00:11:56Seabird calling Coral Island.
00:11:59Coral Island calling Seabird.
00:12:05Coral Island calling Seabird.
00:12:07Coral Island calling Seabird.
00:12:10I can't hear it.
00:12:11I can't get through.
00:12:18Pacific Seabird calling Coral Island.
00:12:20Pacific Seabird calling Coral Island.
00:12:24The lights are off.
00:12:26Answer him.
00:12:29Come on, everybody.
00:12:30Now, take it easy.
00:12:32Oh, is there any actual danger?
00:12:34We're trying to fly around the storm.
00:12:35There's no danger.
00:12:36Don't worry.
00:12:38Don't lose your nerve.
00:12:39Stewart!
00:12:40Stewart!
00:12:41Yes, Senator.
00:12:42What's happening?
00:12:43I demand to know.
00:12:44Why are we calling?
00:12:45Well, sir, it's like this.
00:12:46Sometimes we go up.
00:12:47Sometimes we come down.
00:12:48Are you trying to be funny?
00:12:49Yes, sir.
00:12:50How am I doing?
00:12:51You're so funny, Mr. Sidney.
00:12:52I'm not funny.
00:12:53We shouldn't be put on the lights.
00:12:55Well, they'll tell us.
00:12:56They'll tell us.
00:12:57I can't raise anything.
00:12:59Keep flying.
00:13:00Keep flying.
00:13:01Where are we?
00:13:02We're 10 degrees offshore.
00:13:03My navigation.
00:13:04I can't raise anything.
00:13:06Keep flying.
00:13:07Keep flying.
00:13:08Where are we?
00:13:09We're 10 degrees offshore.
00:13:10My navigation.
00:13:34Stewart!
00:13:35Stewart!
00:13:37Let me out of here!
00:13:59Hold him up!
00:14:02Turn down the TV!
00:14:03Looks like someone's about to put out a fire!
00:14:04Turn it down!
00:14:06Get the park animals!
00:14:08And the fire, and the fire!
00:14:09Proud Mary's!
00:14:10It's all right.
00:14:11Let me help them!
00:14:12I can't help it.
00:14:13If you'll do it, I'll help you.
00:14:15Oh!
00:14:15Me!
00:14:17Help me!
00:14:18Help me!
00:14:20Me!
00:14:21Help me!
00:14:23Help me!
00:14:23Help me!
00:14:24Help me!
00:14:25Help me!
00:14:27Help me!
00:14:27Help me!
00:14:28Help me!
00:14:29Help me!
00:14:30Help me!
00:14:30Help me!
00:14:31Help me!
00:14:31I'll be the first one to try to open that door.
00:15:01Are you feeling any better, Mrs. Sidney?
00:15:27I'm all right, dear.
00:15:28Don't worry too much about me.
00:15:29Take care of yourself.
00:15:30Sure, my dear.
00:15:31Take a seat.
00:15:33Thank you, Mr. Trank.
00:15:34Not a sign of life anywhere.
00:15:35Not a living thing, man or beast.
00:15:36Where are we?
00:15:37That's what I want to know.
00:15:38It's gross mismanagement.
00:15:39I shall insist upon an investigation and immediately I return.
00:15:41Good idea, Senator.
00:15:42When you figure out exactly how you're going to get back, will you let us in on it?
00:15:47Boy, boy.
00:15:48Where are we, anyway?
00:15:49As far as I can make out, we're nowhere.
00:15:50Where are the officers?
00:15:51They went down with the ship.
00:15:53I guess the door must have stuck.
00:15:54Well, it's too bad.
00:15:55I'm very sorry, but here we are, cast on an uninhabited island.
00:15:59It's unprecedented.
00:16:00Oh, is that what it is?
00:16:01This is pretty funny.
00:16:03I was trying to run away from a nervous breakdown.
00:16:06Now, listen, everybody, there's no use getting excited.
00:16:08There might be a town right around the corner.
00:16:09Stewart, the least you can do is to try to find some shelter.
00:16:12Lady, I lost my job a few hours ago.
00:16:15I'll do my share and no more.
00:16:16Now, see here, young man.
00:16:17Make out a report for the investigating committee,
00:16:19blubberpuss.
00:16:20We're all in the same boat now.
00:16:22Cheer up, everybody.
00:16:24This is a pretty nice place.
00:16:25There's nothing to worry about.
00:16:26Yet.
00:16:27Just one big happy family.
00:16:29Hey, what is that over there?
00:16:30Isn't that smoke?
00:16:32Sure it's smoke.
00:16:35Well, what are we wasting our time for?
00:16:36Let's investigate.
00:16:38Why, come on.
00:16:39Let's go.
00:16:45Wait a minute.
00:16:46Wait a minute.
00:16:47What is it?
00:16:48You see anybody?
00:16:49Oh, shut up.
00:17:00Looks creepy to me.
00:17:02Lay off that gun, will you?
00:17:03You'll start eating with it one of these days
00:17:05and it'll blow your head off.
00:17:07All right, look out.
00:17:08Look out.
00:17:30Young man, who are you?
00:17:33Suppose I ask the question.
00:17:36What is this place?
00:17:37Where are we?
00:17:38About 1,200 miles off the nearest ship or air lane.
00:17:41You enjoy privacy?
00:17:42You'll like it here.
00:17:43Are you alone here?
00:17:44I was.
00:17:45Stay, pal.
00:17:46What about some food?
00:17:47We dropped out of the sky last night in a burning plane.
00:17:50Guess we're what you'd call survivors.
00:17:52Where are the officers?
00:17:53Well, they went down with the plane, the poor fellas.
00:17:55We want transportation at once to the nearest port.
00:17:57I'm sure you do.
00:17:58How about a boat?
00:17:59Sorry.
00:18:00How far are we from Shanghai?
00:18:021,500 miles.
00:18:03Do any boats ever stop here?
00:18:05No.
00:18:06But I've only been here a year.
00:18:08We must get away somehow.
00:18:10Look.
00:18:11There's a boat.
00:18:13Don't get excited.
00:18:14It's mine.
00:18:15I thought you said you didn't have a boat.
00:18:18I said you didn't have a boat.
00:18:20Now you've got a boat.
00:18:23I said you didn't have a boat.
00:18:25Now just a minute.
00:18:26Are we to understand that you refuse to pilot us?
00:18:28Don't you think a good breakfast would be about the most important thing right now?
00:18:31That's the most sensible thing that's been said yet.
00:18:34If you'll excuse me.
00:18:52Mr. Taylor, sir.
00:18:54Any more coconut milk?
00:18:56Not a bad meal, do you think?
00:18:59Well, it served its purpose, Mr. Taylor.
00:19:01But now let's get down to business.
00:19:02Business?
00:19:03Yes.
00:19:04You must be reasonable.
00:19:05Why?
00:19:06Why?
00:19:07Don't be ridiculous.
00:19:08Why should any man be reasonable?
00:19:09I'm sure I don't know.
00:19:10You seem to resent our coming here.
00:19:11I most certainly do.
00:19:13Well, obviously it's not through our own choice.
00:19:15I imagine not.
00:19:17Why won't you take us to the mainland, apart from your inconvenience?
00:19:20Let's say that is the reason.
00:19:21Man alive, can't you understand?
00:19:22We're people of affairs.
00:19:24We have missions in this world.
00:19:25Now, now, Senator, you're taking yourself too seriously.
00:19:28But really, Mr. Taylor, it's the only decent thing you can do.
00:19:31Decent?
00:19:32Yes, decent.
00:19:33What's to prevent our taking the boat?
00:19:35Is there a navigator in the crowd?
00:19:36I think I can read a compass.
00:19:38I think.
00:19:40Well, if you think you can navigate a thousand miles of treacherous sea, why...
00:19:43Is it possible that your man, Mr. Ping, can sail the boat?
00:19:46Yes, he can.
00:19:48But he's not going to.
00:19:50Now, look.
00:19:51Let's understand each other thoroughly.
00:19:53You want to get to your destinations for reasons of your own.
00:19:55I refuse to take you for reasons of my own.
00:19:57That I have personal reasons goes without saying.
00:20:00And I don't want any more probing.
00:20:02I didn't invite you here.
00:20:03But as long as you are here, I'll do my best to treat you as guests.
00:20:06Only as long as you act as guests.
00:20:09Is that clear?
00:20:11Mr. Taylor, time for a news bulletin.
00:20:14Put it on, Ping.
00:20:15A radio?
00:20:16Just an old-fashioned battery set.
00:20:19And with threats at the borders, all Central Europe is tense...
00:20:22Awaiting the next move of the dictator.
00:20:24We now swing across from Central Europe to somewhere in the Pacific Ocean...
00:20:27Where the mystery of the giant plane Seabird is cloaked in silence.
00:20:31Although hope has not been abandoned...
00:20:33It is considered almost certain that the plane and all its occupants...
00:20:36Went down into the sea.
00:20:38We formally broadcast the identity of those aboard...
00:20:40With the exception of three passengers.
00:20:42They have now been established through dispatches from San Francisco...
00:20:45Traveling aboard the plane incognito...
00:20:47Under the name of Doris Bailey...
00:20:49Was Miss Thelma Chase...
00:20:51Heiress to the Chase Millions...
00:20:53And one of the richest girls in the world.
00:20:55It is said that she was going abroad...
00:20:57To absent herself from the growing labor troubles in one of her factories...
00:21:00Which is now closed by strike.
00:21:02Another on the plane was Robert Malone...
00:21:04Known in the underworld as the Torpedo...
00:21:06A former member of the notorious Dutch Swanson Gang.
00:21:09Malone was fleeing to the Orient with $150,000...
00:21:12Malone was fleeing to the Orient with $150,000...
00:21:15Which he had held back from some gang operation.
00:21:17The reason for his hasty flight...
00:21:19Was said that he had been marked for death...
00:21:21By his fellow mobsters.
00:21:23Another on the plane was Miss Iris Compton...
00:21:26Who was being sought for the district attorney's office...
00:21:28For questioning regarding her knowledge of underworld activities.
00:21:31Newspaper men alleged that she was ordered to leave the city...
00:21:34Until the investigation blew over.
00:21:36Harrison Brand and T.L. Honeyman...
00:21:38Whose identity was reported before...
00:21:40Are ammunition salesmen for two unnamed competitive firms...
00:21:43Both hastening to the Orient...
00:21:45To close gigantic deals for the sale of ammunition.
00:21:48And this brings to a close our news broadcast for this evening.
00:21:51The program comes to you...
00:21:54That makes at least three murderers.
00:21:56Ladies and gentlemen, now we're really getting acquainted.
00:22:00It seems to me, Miss Compton...
00:22:02That from now on, out of respect for these ladies...
00:22:04Shut up!
00:22:05I advise you to take that advice, Senator.
00:22:07You too, Malone.
00:22:09Mr. Taylor...
00:22:10I'll give you $100,000 to take me to China.
00:22:13You mean just you?
00:22:14I can't speak for the others.
00:22:16You can put me down for $50,000...
00:22:17And another $50,000 for Miss Compton.
00:22:19Thanks, buddy. That's very thoughtful.
00:22:21That's splitting the bankroll with you two to one.
00:22:23I need that last $50,000 to get started again.
00:22:25I'll match Miss Chase's offer, Taylor...
00:22:27But you'll have to wait until I put over this deal in China.
00:22:30That is if the Senator here lends proper influence.
00:22:33Well, if it's that kind of a deal, I'll double it.
00:22:35Senator, here's your chance.
00:22:37These gentlemen are insinuating that your help...
00:22:39Can help put over their munitions deal.
00:22:41Of course, the thousands of lives involved wouldn't matter to you.
00:22:44Really, gentlemen?
00:22:45You put me in a very embarrassing position.
00:22:47I don't know what you're talking about.
00:22:49I don't think you told me who you are.
00:22:52I'm a nurse returning to China for humanitarian reasons.
00:22:55Of course, I realize that means nothing to you.
00:22:58A graduate nurse?
00:22:59Yes.
00:23:00Been in China before?
00:23:01Yes.
00:23:02In what hospital?
00:23:03The Lady of the Lamp in Kuchow.
00:23:05Why?
00:23:06Oh...
00:23:07Just curious.
00:23:08Well, what about it?
00:23:11I'm sorry to inconvenience Mrs. Sidney and Mrs. Wesson...
00:23:14But I'm not taking any of you.
00:23:15You think you're going to keep us on this island...
00:23:17While there's a boat around that'll sail? You're crazy.
00:23:19Why get excited?
00:23:20We don't care much where we're going.
00:23:22As long as it isn't back.
00:23:23And there's just one other little thing.
00:23:25When I arrived on this island...
00:23:27The first thing I did was to build this shack.
00:23:29And then I began scouting for food.
00:23:31If you think you're going to run this island...
00:23:33And tell me what you'd like for dinner...
00:23:34You'd better try and think up another idea.
00:23:36I'm not running a rest camp for nervous patients...
00:23:38And I'm a little sick of answering silly questions.
00:23:40To live on this island, two things are necessary.
00:23:42Food and shelter.
00:23:44And from now on, if you want either...
00:23:45You'll have to find your own.
00:23:47I prefer my own company.
00:23:49He means we're very welcome, folks.
00:24:04What's up?
00:24:25Who are you?
00:24:27Who are you?
00:24:33We can't let this mug get away with this.
00:24:34We've got a right to eat.
00:24:35I'll talk to him.
00:24:36Talk.
00:24:51Oh.
00:24:52Did you want something?
00:24:54Now look here, Mr. Taylor.
00:24:56I'm perfectly willing to pay for the food.
00:24:58I'm sorry, Senator, but your money is no good here.
00:25:01I'm quite willing to let you use my fishing tackle.
00:25:04In fact, I might even stretch it a point.
00:25:06I'll give you some of my fish.
00:25:07Oh, no, not this one.
00:25:09Oh.
00:25:11But you'll have to cook them yourselves.
00:25:13Oh, I don't mind that.
00:25:14Can anybody cook?
00:25:16And one other thing.
00:25:17If you don't clean up afterwards...
00:25:19You can't use my fireplace again.
00:25:21I'll see to that, too.
00:25:22And you'll have to gather your own firewood.
00:25:24Oh, very well.
00:25:25You'll find the fish outside under the damp leaves.
00:25:27No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:25:28Go on.
00:25:29I'll take it easy.
00:25:30No, no, no, no.
00:25:31Shut up.
00:25:32Shut up.
00:25:33Take it easy.
00:25:46What are we going to do, Mr. Taylor?
00:25:48I don't know.
00:25:50I'm just as anxious to get rid of them as they are to go.
00:25:52We stay, they swim.
00:25:54You won't take charge.
00:25:55You can't go back.
00:25:57I know that.
00:26:00Very well.
00:26:01Put it here.
00:26:02We must all cooperate.
00:26:04Ah, very clever of you girls.
00:26:06I'm very fond of tennis.
00:26:07Now, let's go about this in organized, democratic fashion.
00:26:10We'll divide up the work.
00:26:11Mrs. Sidney, can you cook?
00:26:12I've been frying fish for 30 years.
00:26:14Fine, fine.
00:26:15Jessup, you can prepare the vegetables.
00:26:16Malone, you can clean the fish.
00:26:18Miss Thelma Chase may serve the meal, if you will.
00:26:20And Mrs. Wesson, you can clean up afterwards.
00:26:22Brandon, honeymoon, you can gather the wood.
00:26:23There now.
00:26:24That's democratic.
00:26:25Outside of eating, Senator, just what do you do?
00:26:27I'm the organizer.
00:26:28Who elected you?
00:26:29So this is going to be democratic.
00:26:31Let's have an election.
00:26:32Hear, hear.
00:26:33I nominate the Senator to clean the fish.
00:26:35I have just a minute.
00:26:36I second the motion that the Senator cleans the fish.
00:26:38All in favor?
00:26:39Aye.
00:26:40Again.
00:26:41Aye.
00:26:42I protest.
00:26:43Overruled.
00:26:44This is against all conceptions of democracy.
00:26:45It's a virtual dictatorship.
00:26:46On the contrary, Senator, it's perfect democracy.
00:26:49The voice of the people.
00:26:50If you don't clean the fish, you don't eat.
00:27:21You can't come in here.
00:27:22Oh, fancy finding you here.
00:27:24Go away.
00:27:25I thought this was my boat.
00:27:26Maybe I'm wrong.
00:27:27Come on out.
00:27:28I can't.
00:27:29No?
00:27:30Here.
00:27:31Wrap yourself in this.
00:27:39Well?
00:27:40I was swimming and got tired.
00:27:42I stopped to rest.
00:27:43Good.
00:27:44I'm glad to see you.
00:27:45Oh, really?
00:27:46I've been waiting to talk to you.
00:27:47Conscience been bothering you?
00:27:48You do have a conscience.
00:27:49A little.
00:27:50Well, that's at least one human quality.
00:27:52That was a pretty speech you made last night.
00:27:54Wasn't it deserved?
00:27:55Maybe.
00:27:56But still, you can't expect us to accept it gracefully.
00:27:58After all, our lives do mean something to us.
00:28:01You don't think the men are going to let you get away with it?
00:28:03Sorry, there's nothing they can do about it.
00:28:05Anyhow, I'd rather you pleaded your own case.
00:28:08Well, I'd rather not.
00:28:10But what are you going to do about Mrs. Sidney?
00:28:13She can't stand this place.
00:28:15It's too bad.
00:28:16Well, it'll be too bad for you if you don't sail us,
00:28:18because we'll take the boat ourselves.
00:28:20Now, look here, young lady.
00:28:22You're wasting your time inspecting this boat.
00:28:24I can tell you and all the others everything you need to know.
00:28:27The magnet is hidden on the island.
00:28:28So is the gasoline.
00:28:29And I don't think anybody can handle sails, so I left that.
00:28:32And all the charts are hidden, too.
00:28:34All right, Mr. Taylor.
00:28:35But if you think you can keep eight people on this island
00:28:37when you have the means of taking them away, you're crazy.
00:28:40There, there.
00:28:41Now, if you keep on talking like this,
00:28:42we're both going to get feverish.
00:28:44Come on, come on.
00:28:45Come on, come on.
00:28:46Let's cool off.
00:29:08What's on your mind, Ping?
00:29:09I've been thinking, Mr. Taylor.
00:29:11You have?
00:29:12Wow.
00:29:13So have I, Ping, but it hasn't gotten me anywhere.
00:29:15Keep thinking somewhere.
00:29:16Well, I've always said you were a better thinker than I.
00:29:19Yes.
00:29:20Ping, these people here, it's bad business.
00:29:23I wish we knew what we could do about it.
00:29:25They must go.
00:29:26Yes, but how?
00:29:30I think there's something in what you say, Ping.
00:29:33It's pretty risky.
00:29:35Even if we took a chance and dropped them off
00:29:37in an isolated spot in the mainland at midnight.
00:29:44Catch idea?
00:29:46Thanks, Ping.
00:29:47That's probably a very good idea.
00:30:05Ladies and gentlemen, I have some sad news for you.
00:30:08I've changed my mind.
00:30:09You're leaving here.
00:30:10What?
00:30:11Well, young man, I'm glad you see the path.
00:30:12I'm glad you see the path of decency at last.
00:30:14My conscience is stricken, Senator.
00:30:16Mr. Honeyman and Mr. Brand being kept from their noble work
00:30:18causes me sleepless nights.
00:30:20I can't stand it any longer.
00:30:22And poor Miss Chase.
00:30:2330 millions and no place to spend it.
00:30:26That's a tragedy.
00:30:27You're going to take it?
00:30:28Sure.
00:30:29Pilot, I'm not going.
00:30:31My Chinese seven will be your captain.
00:30:33However, there's just one little difficulty.
00:30:35There are nine of you, and the boat only holds six.
00:30:39The rest of you will have to wait about three months.
00:30:41Well, the time will soon pass for the others.
00:30:43Now, about the six.
00:30:44Naturally, age comes first.
00:30:46Then the ladies.
00:30:50Quiet!
00:30:51There's nothing to be gained by disorderly conduct.
00:30:53Now, it's obvious that the first to go
00:30:55should be those whose objectives are the most important.
00:30:57Certainly, it's more fitting that a lady like Miss Chase
00:30:59should perceive this.
00:31:00One more crack out of you, Senator.
00:31:02Forget it, will you?
00:31:03Take that back.
00:31:05I'm sorry, Miss.
00:31:07I apologize.
00:31:08I was going to offer to stay here, but that's out.
00:31:10If you're all through, I'll give you my decision.
00:31:13Number one is Ping.
00:31:14Number two, Mrs. Sidney.
00:31:15Three and four, Miss Compton and Mr. Malone.
00:31:17Number five, Mrs. Wesson.
00:31:19But you said there were six.
00:31:21Yes, that's my difficulty.
00:31:22Let's see.
00:31:23There are four left.
00:31:24Well, I suppose we'll have to toss for it.
00:31:26Mr. Joseph.
00:31:27Well, I don't understand why this is actually...
00:31:29One toss from four people, and then you...
00:31:30It's silly.
00:31:31Senator, I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
00:31:34Too bad, Miss Chase.
00:31:35You can't leave me here.
00:31:36You simply can't.
00:31:37That $100,000 that you offered me, Miss Chase,
00:31:39perhaps Miss Compton would take that for her place.
00:31:42For three months?
00:31:43Yeah, that's fair.
00:31:45Now I can have that nervous breakdown
00:31:46I've been putting off for years.
00:31:48Boy, will I enjoy it.
00:31:50Now, look, everybody.
00:31:51When you come right down to it,
00:31:52there's no particular rush for me to leave this island.
00:31:54I mean, after all, what's three months more or less to me?
00:31:57Well, then, that gives us a chance.
00:31:58That's very fine of you, Malone.
00:32:00Well, that's settled.
00:32:02Oh, by the way, you sail at noon tomorrow.
00:32:06You can't get away with this, Taylor.
00:32:08Take it easy, Brian.
00:32:09He won't.
00:32:11Your best course, Ping,
00:32:12will be to avoid this Saruman group of island.
00:32:15You understand the map?
00:32:16Yes, Mr. Taylor.
00:32:17It's going to be tough taking five people.
00:32:19We'll make it.
00:32:20Well, run along now and check everything.
00:32:22Yes, Mr. Taylor.
00:32:23Oh, hello, Mrs. Weston.
00:32:26Your bag's all packed?
00:32:29I wanted to thank you, Mr. Taylor.
00:32:31I've been doing you a great injustice these past few days.
00:32:33Mental murder?
00:32:34Just about.
00:32:37I'm sorry you're not going with us.
00:32:39I'm sorry you're not staying.
00:32:41You're a curious person.
00:32:43I suppose all my life I'll be wondering
00:32:45who you are and why you're on this island.
00:32:49It'll be most irritating.
00:32:52You'll forget all about this island
00:32:53the minute you get back to civilization?
00:32:55I don't think so.
00:32:59Goodbye.
00:33:01Goodbye.
00:33:07Now, we don't want to pull any strong-arm stuff, Taylor,
00:33:09but right here and now, you're going to listen to reason.
00:33:11I thought you understood me.
00:33:12That was your mistake.
00:33:13You're going to understand us.
00:33:15Listen, Taylor, you can't set yourself up as a tin god.
00:33:18You either take us or we take you.
00:33:21Go!
00:33:26Get inside, all of you.
00:33:27Get inside, all of you.
00:33:28Are you all right, Mr. Taylor?
00:33:38Get inside, all of you.
00:33:39Get inside, all of you.
00:33:40Get inside, all of you.
00:33:41Get inside, all of you.
00:33:42Get inside, all of you.
00:33:43Get inside, all of you.
00:33:44Get inside, all of you.
00:33:45Get inside, all of you.
00:33:46Get inside, all of you.
00:33:47Get inside, all of you.
00:33:48Get inside, all of you.
00:33:49Get inside, all of you.
00:33:51Get inside, all of you.
00:34:17Sorry I couldn't get here earlier.
00:34:19All right, you mugs. Take it on the lam.
00:34:25Thanks. It's okay.
00:34:27Hey, wouldn't it be a riot if I had to become the cop around this joint?
00:34:32Fine boys, Honeyman and Brand.
00:34:34Very. You should find that company quite enjoyable these next three months.
00:34:38Yeah, maybe I ought to keep them here.
00:34:39You know, there's an idea in that.
00:34:40Quarantine all the munitions makers and their salesmen on an island and let them shoot it out.
00:34:44Do you ever do anything with your ideas?
00:34:46Oh, I just dream them up.
00:34:47That's what I thought.
00:34:48Well, it's about time you started putting them to work.
00:34:50Anything you say.
00:34:51Leave Honeyman and Brand here.
00:34:53You sail us instead of Ping and then start kidnapping munitions makers.
00:34:57I have a better idea.
00:34:58Will it work?
00:34:59Well, that depends on you.
00:35:00Send Honeyman and Brand back with Ping and you stay.
00:35:02Thanks.
00:35:03No, seriously, Ann.
00:35:04Why don't you let someone else go and you stay till the boat comes back?
00:35:07We haven't begun to know each other yet.
00:35:08Why should we?
00:35:09For the best reason in the world.
00:35:11What's that?
00:35:12Because we want to.
00:35:13Oh, do we?
00:35:17What?
00:35:43Put them up, fish face.
00:35:45Don't shoot.
00:35:47He's OK.
00:35:48It's only the shoulder.
00:35:49Come on, get going.
00:35:50Get in there.
00:35:51Cast off that line.
00:36:17Take that for luck.
00:36:19And that.
00:36:30Mr. Sidney.
00:36:36Is she hurt badly?
00:36:41It's nothing serious, Miss Sidney.
00:36:42We'll take you up to the shack and pick you up right away.
00:36:44Give me a lift, miss.
00:36:45All right, take it easy now, boys.
00:36:47Be careful.
00:36:48Here we go.
00:36:54Oh, shut up.
00:36:55We'll clean that cock and fix you like new.
00:36:57All you got to do is be a good boy.
00:36:59You want to make some money, don't you?
00:37:01Yes, sir.
00:37:02You bring us to the mainland and we'll give you $5,000.
00:37:04That'll make you the richest gentleman on the coast.
00:37:06What do you say?
00:37:07$5,000, lots of the money.
00:37:09You're a smart boy.
00:37:10Well, can you beat me?
00:37:12And to think that guy Taylor was pulling all that stuff
00:37:14about leading a clean, simple life.
00:37:15The Shanghai News.
00:37:16Get this.
00:37:17Convicted doctor escapes.
00:37:19Dr. James Taylor, prominent Shanghai surgeon
00:37:22who was convicted of murder in the first degree
00:37:24for the slaying of Thomas Sidney,
00:37:26a young American connected with the underworld
00:37:28escaped from prison last night,
00:37:30aided by his Chinese servant.
00:37:31That's me.
00:37:33The police, however, feel certain he will be captured
00:37:35within the next 24 hours.
00:37:36When was that?
00:37:37A year ago.
00:37:38I guess cops don't like cops.
00:37:40A year ago.
00:37:41I guess cops are alike the world over.
00:37:43You never can tell.
00:37:45There might be a reward on that guy's head.
00:37:47We'll find out when we notify the authorities.
00:37:49I want to see that guy, Mr. Dr. Taylor, in Shanghai
00:37:53when they bring him back.
00:38:05Put it on the stand.
00:38:06Take it easy.
00:38:08Easy, easy, easy.
00:38:13The rest of you wait outside, please.
00:38:14Malone, get that hot water off the fire.
00:38:16Right.
00:38:17Mrs. Wesson, you find my kid on the table.
00:38:18The dressings are inside.
00:38:30Mrs. Wesson, see where Malone is with that water.
00:38:33Yes, doctor.
00:38:38Now, Mrs. Sidney, please don't say anything.
00:38:42On that plane, remember,
00:38:44I had a feeling this was going to be an adventure.
00:38:47Yes, that's right, you did.
00:38:48Now, please.
00:39:03I'm ready.
00:39:04Hold her head, Mrs. Wesson.
00:39:05Now, Mrs. Sidney, just grit your teeth.
00:39:07I'm going to poke that bullet now.
00:39:13She needs an anesthetic, doctor.
00:39:15We haven't any.
00:39:16I'm afraid it's too late anyway, but we'll do what we can.
00:39:18It is too late.
00:39:21Don't worry about me, dear.
00:39:24Seems as if I was right about everything.
00:39:29Except seeing my son again.
00:39:32Sam, will you tell him for me?
00:39:35He'll find his picture.
00:39:37His name is Thomas Sidney.
00:39:40Thomas Sidney?
00:39:42Yes.
00:39:44Did you know him?
00:39:46Yes, I know him.
00:39:50He's a very fine boy, Mrs. Sidney.
00:39:53I know.
00:39:58I know.
00:40:00I know.
00:40:07Ann, please, please don't cry.
00:40:10Please.
00:40:22I'm awfully sorry, Ann.
00:40:23I'm afraid I've made an awful mess of everything.
00:40:25You mustn't blame yourself.
00:40:26Oh, yes, I feel responsible for Mrs. Sidney's death.
00:40:28But it was an accident.
00:40:30If I'd have taken him away the first day, this never would have happened.
00:40:32Oh, they'd have had to wait for the second trip just the same.
00:40:35The only difference is it might have happened three days ago.
00:40:37I wish I could forget it.
00:40:39I keep thinking of Mrs. Sidney's son waiting for her.
00:40:42He won't be.
00:40:44He was killed a year ago, Ann.
00:40:46You really knew him?
00:40:47I thought you were just trying to comfort her.
00:40:49He was mixed up in the most vicious, depraved racket in the Orient.
00:40:51He finally caused an innocent woman to commit suicide.
00:40:54The woman's brother killed him.
00:40:56Maybe it's just as well Mrs. Sidney never got there.
00:40:59But how did you know?
00:41:02I was that woman's doctor.
00:41:06That couldn't have anything to do with your being here.
00:41:09In a way, it has.
00:41:12Do you really think we'll get away from here in three months?
00:41:14As soon as Honeyman and Brand reach the mainland, they'll tell me...
00:41:17I don't think so.
00:41:18You don't really think they've killed Ping, do you?
00:41:21If they have, they'll never get to the mainland.
00:41:23If they haven't, Ping will never take them there.
00:41:25In which event, they probably will kill him.
00:41:28Well, the future doesn't look very bright, does it?
00:41:39Get in there.
00:41:40What's the rush?
00:41:41What's the rush?
00:41:42Take it easy.
00:41:43Take it easy.
00:41:44Now, look.
00:41:45I don't like the way you're washing those pots.
00:41:47The sweet potatoes we had for lunch today tasted of yesterday's fish.
00:41:50I haven't yet mastered the art.
00:41:52I'm sorry.
00:41:53There's no art to it.
00:41:54It's just elbow grease.
00:41:55If you weren't so lazy, you'd take those things down to the beach...
00:41:58and rub them with sand.
00:41:59That cleans them thoroughly, and I've told you that before.
00:42:14Hello, Delmonico.
00:42:15What's on the menu?
00:42:16Well, I'm inventing something.
00:42:17It's a combination of all kinds of things.
00:42:19You mean all kinds of fish?
00:42:21Yeah.
00:42:22What are you going to call it tonight?
00:42:24As a chef.
00:42:25What do you call it again?
00:42:26It's bouillabaisse.
00:42:28Oh, yeah?
00:42:29Fish chowder in Brooklyn.
00:42:31Come on, let's get the table set, honey.
00:42:32I'll set the table without the honey.
00:42:35How about a swim?
00:42:36I can't.
00:42:37I've got work to do.
00:42:38We're not all so lucky.
00:42:40Well, well.
00:42:41Who'd have thought three months ago you'd wind up here?
00:42:43There you were.
00:42:44Oh, dear.
00:42:45Life is so difficult.
00:42:46I don't know whether to spend the summer in Southampton or Ball Harbor.
00:42:48And the servants are my dear.
00:42:50And my stocks and bonds and factories.
00:42:53Say, I wonder how those poor guys are getting along in your factory.
00:42:56You know, the ones that were striking for shorter hours and better pay.
00:42:59I'll bet they miss you.
00:43:00If you don't shut up, what did I say?
00:43:02What did I do?
00:43:03You said too much.
00:43:04Isn't it bad enough around here?
00:43:05Work, work, work from early morning till late at night.
00:43:08I can't even go for a swim.
00:43:10And look at you, supply clerk and housekeeper.
00:43:13That's because I've had experience as a stenographer.
00:43:15In what type of establishment?
00:43:17Never mind that.
00:43:18I know my business.
00:43:19And how?
00:43:20I'm a white-collar worker.
00:43:21What can you do?
00:43:22There are plenty of things I could do.
00:43:24It so happens that Mr. Taylor and Mr. Malone won't give you a tumble.
00:43:28And are you burned.
00:43:29Oh, don't be ridiculous.
00:43:31Yeah, you're just sore because you're left out in the cold.
00:43:34Not that you have to be.
00:43:35There's always will.
00:43:40See you later, Polly.
00:43:41See you later, Polly.
00:43:43Bye-bye, Sutton.
00:43:49Fool of me.
00:43:52I think we can call him in now.
00:44:02If I had Taylor here, I'd show him, Sutton.
00:44:08Fish dinner.
00:44:11Dinner.
00:44:27I think we've got enough.
00:44:28I don't think so.
00:44:29We still have two roofs and the wall to finish.
00:44:31We need at least 100 more.
00:44:34Dinner.
00:44:35I think we've got enough.
00:44:42Hello, Thelma.
00:44:43Hello, Johnny.
00:44:44Hello, Blubberpup.
00:44:47Where is everybody?
00:44:48Swimming, enjoying themselves as usual while we do the work.
00:44:51Thelma, we're being exploited.
00:44:53Don't I know it.
00:44:54The nerve of them assigning the menial work to us.
00:44:56Our services could be used to much better advantage in many respects.
00:44:59Do you know that I offered to write a letter to Mr. Taylor?
00:45:02Yes, I do.
00:45:03I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:04I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:05I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:06I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:07I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:08I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:09I'm sure he'll be pleased.
00:45:10Do you know that I offered to write a history of our stay on this island?
00:45:13And what did Taylor say?
00:45:14All right.
00:45:15What did he say?
00:45:16Unproductive.
00:45:17There doesn't seem to be much we can do about it.
00:45:19If there were something we could do about it, would you be interested?
00:45:21You've been thinking again.
00:45:22Don't be silly.
00:45:23Don't be silly.
00:45:25Did it ever occur to you that Taylor's reasons for hiding upon this island must arise from some criminal past?
00:45:30Are you just catching on?
00:45:32That occurred to me five minutes after we got here.
00:45:34All right.
00:45:35Then if he's a criminal, he's probably a liar as well.
00:45:37So are most people.
00:45:38What of it?
00:45:39That bird hears everything.
00:45:40Listen.
00:45:42He told us that we were hundreds of miles off any ship.
00:45:45And we, like a pack of fools, believed him.
00:45:47How do we know?
00:45:48How do we know?
00:45:49It's possible that every day, just beyond that horizon, the ships are passing back and forth.
00:45:53And we, like a pack of fools, sit here.
00:45:55What do you want to do?
00:45:56Swim out there and thumb your way?
00:45:58Oh, no.
00:45:59But those ships can be reached.
00:46:01Has it occurred to you how I've spent my time these evenings?
00:46:05Frankly, Senator, it hasn't.
00:46:07Well, the first few weeks were spent purely in thought.
00:46:12General strategy.
00:46:13And then I hit upon a tactic.
00:46:15A tactic?
00:46:16A tactic.
00:46:17And I immediately set to work.
00:46:19Here they come.
00:46:20I'll tell you more after supper.
00:46:22We'll be off this island in a week, but remember.
00:46:32I wonder what we're going to have for dinner.
00:46:33Well, it's nice to wonder, isn't it?
00:46:34You don't suppose it could be the best, do you?
00:46:36Let's get that food.
00:46:37Come on.
00:46:43You hungry?
00:46:44Couldn't be hungrier, I'll tell you.
00:46:45You know, when I was a boy in Chicago, I worked in one of the big packing firms there.
00:46:49All I did all day long was just smoke fish.
00:46:52You must have looked awfully sweet.
00:46:53I got so that I thought I could never look another fish in the eye.
00:46:56But it gave me an idea.
00:46:57Now, suppose that I build a smoke oven.
00:46:59Then when the stormy season comes along, we'll have plenty of smoked fish.
00:47:03Not a new idea at all, Mr. Malone.
00:47:05I can assure you, the government's been talking for years about shortage and development.
00:47:09It's an old story.
00:47:10Talk?
00:47:11Then if we really do it, it'll be quite new.
00:47:13Hey, what's the idea?
00:47:14Is that all I get?
00:47:15I'm thinking about your figure, dear.
00:47:16You're getting awfully plump.
00:47:20Has everybody been served?
00:47:22Yes, thank you.
00:47:23Then maybe I can sit down and have my dinner.
00:47:26Have you young ladies had a nice day?
00:47:28A perfectly lovely day.
00:47:30I paid a social call on Miss Thelma Chase of Long Island.
00:47:33She gave me a delightful luncheon.
00:47:37That was sweet of you, Thelma.
00:47:39I'm so happy to see you girls getting on so well.
00:47:41Sweet of me?
00:47:42Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
00:47:44There's an unfair distribution of work around here, and I object.
00:47:47Some people do practically nothing and have all the fun.
00:47:49You're all taking advantage of me.
00:47:51Why can't I go swimming when everyone else does and take time off for fun and rest?
00:47:55I'm entitled to a fair share in all the comforts.
00:47:57And if I don't get it, I'll... I'll...
00:47:59Well, I'll just sit down.
00:48:01Sit down!
00:48:03Say, you know, if the workers at the Chase Company had an eloquent leader like you to speak for them,
00:48:08I'll bet you they wouldn't have much trouble getting what they're after.
00:48:10Too bad you're not all shareholders, isn't it?
00:48:12I think Thelma's complaint is justified.
00:48:15And I nominate Johnny to do the housework for a while.
00:48:18All in favor?
00:48:19Aye!
00:48:20He's just too preposterous!
00:48:21Sorry, Johnny, but it seems you're elected.
00:48:23I said...
00:48:24You see, as you're completely unequipped for any productive work,
00:48:27you'll have to remain unskilled laborer.
00:48:29Join the Navy and learn a trade.
00:48:31But I... I cannot...
00:48:33We'll...
00:48:34We'll see about this later.
00:48:36Just one big happy family.
00:48:44Don't worry, Johnny, there are only three meals a day.
00:48:47How's he taking it?
00:48:48Not very well.
00:48:49Think he'll get over a month or two?
00:48:51I doubt it.
00:48:52Well, keep him at it, keep him at it.
00:48:53Don't worry, I will.
00:48:55Hey, where's Iris?
00:48:56Probably waiting on the corner.
00:49:01Iris!
00:49:15Iris!
00:49:20Well, what did I do?
00:49:21That's just what I'm going to find out.
00:49:23Why don't you ask your questions first and talk afterwards, then?
00:49:25Because I like it this way better.
00:49:27Now, come on, what's going on between you two?
00:49:29What two?
00:49:30That baby-faced line, you know who I mean.
00:49:33What do you mean, tell me?
00:49:35You know better than that.
00:49:36I haven't given that name a tumble.
00:49:37Honest.
00:49:38What do you know about honest?
00:49:39Didn't I see the way she's been heaping your plate,
00:49:41feeding you up?
00:49:42What about that undercover talk she was giving you
00:49:43just now by the table?
00:49:44What, you mean when she was kind of whispering
00:49:46in my ear there?
00:49:47Yeah.
00:49:48Well, that was nothing.
00:49:49It seems that she's just learned how to weave this grass.
00:49:53And, well, she said she thought that I might like her
00:49:55to make me a little window shade from the shack.
00:49:57What for?
00:49:58She said she thought I might like a little privacy.
00:50:00That's just what I thought.
00:50:01If the time ever comes when you need privacy,
00:50:03I'm making the curtains.
00:50:05Oh, well, what are you waiting for?
00:50:07Let's get started.
00:50:08Now, get this straight.
00:50:09The next time I catch you fooling around
00:50:10with that common kitchen help, it'll be curtains for you,
00:50:13not the house.
00:50:17Compton, I didn't know you cared.
00:50:20You know, Ann, our little community
00:50:22hasn't turned out so badly.
00:50:23I hated the idea at first, but now everybody's changed.
00:50:26It's not so bad.
00:50:27Nobody's changed.
00:50:28They haven't changed inside.
00:50:29Never satisfied, are you?
00:50:31No, and I never will be here.
00:50:33Never?
00:50:35Don't you see, I've got to get back.
00:50:37Back to what?
00:50:38Civilization.
00:50:39This isn't living.
00:50:40No, it all depends on how you look at it.
00:50:41Your civilization isn't so civilized these days.
00:50:43Well, you won't change that by running away.
00:50:46I suppose I did run away from my childhood.
00:50:48I didn't think much about it at the time.
00:50:50It didn't affect anybody except me.
00:50:53But I'm not alone anymore.
00:50:54Maybe the others haven't changed, Ann, but I have.
00:50:56I couldn't be content to stay here again without you.
00:50:59You could never be happy living here, even with me.
00:51:02Our lives are just beginning.
00:51:04We've got to make something of them.
00:51:06Fire!
00:51:07Hey, fire!
00:51:08The island's on fire!
00:51:10What?
00:51:11If the wind turns this way, it'll be terrible.
00:51:12Everybody down at the beach!
00:51:13Where's Gentlemen Jones?
00:51:14Come on!
00:51:15Down!
00:51:16Fire!
00:51:17Come on!
00:51:18Fire!
00:51:19Fire!
00:51:20Fire!
00:51:21Fire!
00:51:22Fire!
00:51:24Hey!
00:51:25Hey, look!
00:51:26Look at that man!
00:51:27He's crazy!
00:51:28Yes, he is!
00:51:29That's what I'm saying, crazy!
00:51:30What are you, trying to go and set the whole island on fire?
00:51:32Why not?
00:51:33If I'd known you were cold-shouldered,
00:51:34I'd have offered you a jacket.
00:51:35If it's time somebody did something,
00:51:36you studiously avoided making any effort
00:51:38to signal to the passing ships, so I put it on myself.
00:51:40If you were so anxious to leave,
00:51:41why didn't you come to me for advice?
00:51:43We've had enough of your advice.
00:51:44Well, it's a pity.
00:51:45But this is all wasted effort.
00:51:46The ship lanes are miles away, and in the opposite direction.
00:51:49They couldn't possibly have seen your fire from here.
00:51:51from here this is not Johnny the nearest northern ship laid from here is over
00:51:55a thousand miles I think you'd better pick up your pail and shovel and play
00:51:58near a home but I'll find a way yeah well I hope it's at least as good as this
00:52:03one but then oh
00:52:13I tell you that Chinaman pulling a map we should have hit China by now I don't
00:52:18know what we're going to do about it we ran out of gas what we should have been
00:52:21in China before we ran out again I were not I'll do I can't report myself oh no
00:52:27you won't I'll take the Chinaman come on I'll deal with him
00:52:35nice breeze yes very nice and we ought to be tearing off some real money
00:52:41oh yeah that's why we're still at the Salmon Islands
00:52:43all someday maybe we pack we pack you've been saying that for two weeks
00:52:48when do we hit the mainland maybe today and then leave maybe never
00:52:53pretty quick now you're lying to me you've been going around in circles I'll
00:52:58give you three days to show me some land and if you don't you'll never put your
00:53:01hands in the room again all right you sail on boat you know we don't have a
00:53:08boat oh wait a minute maybe we've been too good to you you gotta do better
00:54:08darling but honestly all right have you been happy these last few days happier
00:54:13than I've been for a long time let's forget everything that ever happened in
00:54:17the past I've already forgotten we need never think about it again from now on
00:54:22we live in the present and think of the future that's just what we won't do why
00:54:27not the future has everything to offer of course it has our little community is
00:54:31getting along very well no Jim it's not our future on this island I'm thinking
00:54:36about this is only half living it's the nicest half you know that isn't true
00:54:41unless we face our responsibilities we can't respect ourselves much less each
00:54:46other this may sound like an empty promise and that doesn't seem to be any
00:54:51way to fulfill it but you mean more to me than anything else if we ever can get
00:54:56away we'll go together
00:55:06Iris oh it's you what do you want are you alone yes but I'm not lonesome yeah
00:55:16are you available I want to talk to you what about oh about yourself all right
00:55:23come on in ah what a cozy little place you're really very clever Iris excellent
00:55:33handicapped you tell me make this so far Thelma didn't make anything and if she
00:55:36knows what's good for our fighting with Thelma allowing selfish motives to
00:55:40interfere with the welfare of the community what's it to you I want to put
00:55:44you in my book I'd hope that you might furnish me with its most interesting
00:55:46material well I'll do anything I can find that's the proper spirit you know in a
00:55:52community such as ours it's one for all all for one what's mine is yours and it
00:55:56necessarily follows that what's yours is mine I want to record for posterity the
00:56:02reactions of a person that such as yourself to shall we say nature in the
00:56:05wrong well if you're gonna get personal don't don't misunderstand me I'm only
00:56:09trying to help you must live so that no fault can be found with you last night I
00:56:13happened to see not that I wanted to Malone Malone put his arm around you
00:56:16like this now don't try to deny it I saw you it was just like this
00:56:24Iris it was a disgrace what was the disgrace about the very manner in which
00:56:29she now wait a minute senator what possible harm can there be to it but all
00:56:33he did was put his arms around me like this and said well it's none of your
00:56:37business what he said why you act as if it was a crime well maybe I've been a
00:56:41little too hasty perhaps I've misjudged I'm really beginning to feel as though
00:56:45you're perfectly right I know you see it my way senator well the little talk
00:56:49didn't hurt in fact I honestly think that little understanding talk should
00:56:56then come more. Oh senator what was it you came to see me about.
00:57:13How am I doing.
00:57:26Please shut up now look Selma I can't whistle at night because you want to sleep
00:57:30I can't whistle in the daytime because it bothers your nerves but can a man
00:57:34whistle you're tough to get along with I'm very easy to get along with just tell
00:57:38me how I told you shut up now look you've got to get over the jitters I don't you
00:57:44settle down and calm yourself everybody else around here is trying to make the best
00:57:48of everything you could be pretty happy if you wanted to be thanks for the advice
00:57:53well that's more than advice really. Don't you think you could learn to care just
00:57:59a little we're going to be here a long time you know is this your way of
00:58:04proposing Yeah but this is my way of accepting. She loves me.
00:58:15Can't you put that stuff down we finally got to the one place in the world where
00:58:19you don't need money and you can't even forget it here I'm just counting to pass
00:58:23the time away that's the best way you can pass the time you're going to be
00:58:26a great disappointment what do you want what good is it doing if you must count
00:58:31something well wait until the night we'll count the stars you want to have some fun
00:58:36sure OK let's burn crazy yeah but not about the money OK let's both go crazy
00:58:42long as we're going to wipe out the past let's complete the job funny some guys
00:58:45burn because they love this stuff and here we are burning it because we love each
00:58:49other. A thousand dollar bill funny geography changes the value of this stuff you
00:58:54know we made
00:58:54a great discovery money is no good at all. But you see
00:59:03the thing why. I can't believe what's the matter because you have got to stop
00:59:08a ghost. It's the real thing about a big beautiful boat and I've never said not
00:59:14to the sea coming this way come let me show you. A boat.
00:59:30I've got. A boat coming what the Navy the Navy is
00:59:38trying to rescue us I'm positive the Navy of course they never give up the search
00:59:41for those three hounds of the sea are everywhere Oh here come the marine Oh to get
00:59:46some decent clothes again and
00:59:47a manicure yeah I don't feel like I thought I would at all. Come on let's see what
00:59:54this is all about come on everybody.
00:59:56It's. Nice
01:00:06work. I don't think. I
01:00:13can. I know you think.
01:00:16You. What happened where I'm going to brand
01:00:23them for all the most Mr. I think.
01:00:30I am.
01:00:31For.
01:00:43Where is everybody hasn't been so quiet in
01:00:45a long time they're down at the beach trying to hold the Senate back don't tell me
01:00:48he's going to swim out to the boat that's what they're afraid of he wants to get
01:00:52the best yeah well you sleep on deck and like don't worry about the Senate you'll
01:00:56find something in the Constitution to provide him with
01:00:58a bunk. Now I'll have to start worrying about a job all over again don't worry I'll
01:01:07help you find
01:01:07a job as a strike breaker in one of your factories no I learned something on that
01:01:12island they're going to be a lot of changes I'm writing a history of our stay on
01:01:16this island now let's see after I save those who survived I took on the responsibility
01:01:22of leadership and set about establishing
01:01:25a democratic community I was given the title of. You know honey I've got
01:01:30a pretty good idea it better be
01:01:32a new one where you say when we got that Hong Kong we tie the knot then we can buy
01:01:36ourselves a little boat like this and head back to the island and I'll go for the
01:01:40first part of it we'll spend the honeymoon and the money in Shanghai like I'm the
01:01:45boss.
01:01:45All right. Well things are quite the way you figure them out
01:01:54if you don't want to tell not quite. You got a big stretch to do. I don't want you
01:02:00on the lam from the beginning after all if I didn't know the time who would. Look
01:02:04Jim if this doe was of any use to you just say the word but I can't use it when I'm
01:02:09going to represent a. Well one hundred fifty grand a lot of dough in any man's
01:02:14country don't forget you can count on thanks you take this wheel and keep the
01:02:18compass right where it is OK.
01:02:27You made up your mind you still want to go back I thought we all Taylor's only going
01:02:31back on the count of you the rest of the writing on the. And to any idea why you
01:02:35didn't want to go back. The minute this boat hits port there's going to be
01:02:38somebody there to grab. Me like you better make plans for your future alone I
01:02:44don't think. That the right on the line kept OK. What's the matter
01:02:51I was talking to. Jim is it too late for me to change my mind couldn't we go back
01:02:57to the island or anywhere you've made me see everything very clearly you must face
01:03:02life not run away you have your work to do and I well I have
01:03:07a matter to clear up. We may be separated for
01:03:10a little while no Jim. Whatever it is we'll face it again.
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