All language subtitles for I.Cover.The.Waterfront.1933.1080p.WEBRip.x264-RARBG_English

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[ Rotary spins ]

- Hello, Thelma.
- This is Miller.

No, I don't want the desk.

I want to talk to Phelps.

[ Phone ringing ]

Yeah?

Alright. Put him on.

- Hello, Miller.
- Watch the beep this time.

- Oh, why shouldn't
- I squawk?

- I stay out all night on revenue
- Boats chasing rumrunners

and there's no story.

- Besides,
- Haven't you heard?

- They don't bring it in anymore.
- They ship it out.

Being a newspaper man,

you wouldn't know that.

And my new cap ruined

by the fog.

- Not to mention
- The seagulls.

Well, cry on somebody

else's shoulder. I'm busy.

If I do any crying,

it'll be on my pillow.

Goodbye

with a raspberry.

[ Man snoring ]

Hey.

No, no.

Not tonight, Josephine.

Hey.

[ Slurring ]

Well, who are you?

Oh, nobody much.

Just the guy that owns

the bed and the gin.

Very bad.

All three of them.

What do you mean,

three?

Book you're writing.

Oh.

Who are you,

anyway?

There's a letter over there,

tell you all about it.

Oh, so you're

a newspaper man, huh?

Friend of Pete Barrett's,

old classmate of mine.

Hey, how is he?

As useless as ever?

How's he doing

in Chicago?

Fine.

Great newspaper town,

isn't it?

- What are you doing
- In this dump?

Looking for work.

- Any good jobs
- In your shop?

No, I got the only good one,

and that's terrible.

Take my advice

and go back to Chicago.

I wish I could.

- Looks pretty good
- To me right here.

Yeah?

I thought so once.

Pete says you cover

the waterfront.

- Sounds like
- A good assignment.

Yeah.

- You cover everything
- From Black Plague

to herring smells

and don't get anywhere.

I've been doing it so long,

the seagulls know me.

Well,

do you mind if I

get the bed?

I'll tell you what.

I'll cover the waterfront,

you go back to Chicago,

and I'll keep the bed.

Come on,

Gibb William.

What a fine host you

turned out to be.

Now look what

you've done.

I'm wide awake.

Alright.

- I might as well see what
- This place looks like

in the daytime.

Ooh, a little harbor.

It's grown.

- Is that
- A beautiful harbor?

Oh, you think so?

There's one guy out there

with a rowboat full of junk,

seems to be

dragging the harbor.

- The only one around here that's
- Got the depression licked,

and his own boss,

too.

- He drags her bottom
- Of the harbor

and lives off of stuff

other people throw away.

Anybody left that's got

anything to throw away?

Oh, shut up,

will you?

Who's the floozy?

Oh, just the girl

I want to marry.

I'm sorry.

In love, eh?

Local talent?

I should say not.

Vermont.

- That why you want
- To get out?

One reason.

[ Phone rings ]

Oh,

it never fails.

[ Ringing continues ]

Oh, so you're going

to play Indian.

Hello?

Listen, Weeping Willy,

I've got a hot lead for you.

- A woman just phoned in
- That a girl

is swimming in Santa Ana Cove

without any clothes on.

Then the fashion editor

out to cover it.

- I've been out all night
- Chasing down your crazy leads.

- Lay off me, will you?
- I need some sleep.

- I don't pay you
- To sleep.

- Go out
- And get that story.

- From the way
- The old lady described it,

it's news.

I'll switch the call.

Switch this call.

Here you are.

- Woman:
- No clothes at all,

- bathing right in
- Front of my house.

Then how do you know

she hasn't got any clothes on?

I have a telescope.

Then what are you

kicking about?

[ Motor whirs ]

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I suppose you look

through keyholes, too.

- If there any around your house,
- I do from now on.

- Are you gonna
- Give me my suit,

or do I have to go

over there and get it?

Is this your suit?

No, it's my grandmother's,

but she lets me use it.

Well, then

why don't you?

Because I like to swim

without one, don't you?

- Now, don't
- Change the subject.

- This is business
- With me.

- You don't think I'm here
- Because I like it?

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, pardon me.

- I just had no idea you were
- Sitting there looking at me

because I didn't have

any clothes on.

Oh, haven't you?

I hadn't noticed.

Oh, you're very funny.

Come on now.

Give me that.

- You know, I'm supposed to
- Get a story about you.

There have been

complaints.

What, about

my swimming here?

Yeah, the neighbors.

They're kicking.

What neighbors?

Up there.

A telescope made them

very close neighbors.

Oh, I bet

it was a woman.

Of course. No gentleman

would say a word.

And you're a gentleman,

of course.

- I haven't said
- A word.

- Come on,
- Give me that suit.

By the way,

what's your name?

Julie Kirk.

Kirk?

Eli Kirk's daughter?

Yeah.

Say, I know

your old man.

Well, isn't that

just dandy?

- Come on now,
- Will you please give me my suit?

Sure.

- Take it out and
- Have it drove for me.

Well, I'll be

seeing you.

You've seen too much

of me already.

Oh, cheer up.

You can possibly feel

as bad as I do.

- That cluck, Phelps, chasing me
- All over the bay for squibs

- and fellows that could be
- Handled by the rewrite desk.

[ Rotary spins ]

Except when you're

looking for a job.

Give me a Phelps.

[ Phone rings ]

Yeah?

- She swims raw
- Because she likes it.

- And you know what you can
- Do with the story.

Okay, we play it upbeat.

Make it a nudist colony.

"Police refuse to interfere,

decent citizens up in arms,

and so forth.

- Plaster it all
- Over the front page,

- but if you had
- Any real editorial sense,

- you'd let me
- Go after her father.

- There's a real story
- There.

There you go.

Eli Kirk again.

- I tell you
- It's cold.

- The boys in
- The Coast Guard

- have been watching him
- For a month

- and I haven't got
- A thing on him.

Now listen,

you mental midget,

there's Chinese smuggling

going on in this port,

and Kirk's

at the bottom of it.

- Also, if you don't want
- The story,

I'll give it to

McGurk at The Herald.

Alright, mental giant.

Go after Kirk.

But if you miss...!

I take back all the mean

things I thought about you.

- Now there's
- A great guy.

At last, we agree.

When two guys agree,

one of them is unnecessary.

All city editors

are unnecessary.

[ Motor whirs ]

There you are.

- [ Heavily accented ] Thank you,
- Capitan. Thank you.

- When you can't make
- A living off tuna,

you might just as well

fish for yellowtail.

You know, they

ain't bad folks.

- Somebody's got to
- Do the washing.

Them, for instance...

He gave me the $700

to get him across,

- and look what he
- Wrapped it up in.

Pretty, eh?

Capita, that's gonna look

very funny on you

On me?

- Well, that's for Julie,
- My daughter.

Oh.

[ Laughs ]

Every time I look at

this fish, I have to laugh.

Oh, Capitan,

you very smart man.

You've got to be

smart these days.

Them Coast Guards are

onto everything.

Almost.

[ Siren wails ]

What's that?

- Looks like Coast Guard
- Now!

Maybe.

Come on, let's get busy.

- Frank, bring that
- Piece of anchor chain!

[ Speaking in native language ]

Quiet, quiet.

Wrap that around his legs.

[ Sirens wail ]

- Capitan,
- For why the chain?

So's he'll sink.

With that kind of stop,

- we don't want
- No evidence floating around.

- Oh, tough on him,
- Alright.

No, he knows he's got to take

a chance to get into the States.

[ Sirens wail ]

- Looks like they're gonna
- Board us, alright.

- Get him over the rail,
- But don't drop him

until I give the words,

see?

Alright. Let go.

Now, Capitan?

Let go.

[ Splash ]

- What do you
- Got aboard?

Fish.

Mind if we take a look?

No.

Hello, Kirk.

Looking for another

story to write about me?

Yeah. I'm going

to make you famous.

Put your picture on every

front page in the country.

If nothing

happens to you.

Nothing's gonna

happen to me.

You sure of that?

So sure I've got the end

of the story written already...

your obituary.

It says you were

a pretty smart guy, Kirk,

but you took

Chinese money.

Bull's eye.

Come on, Miller.

There's nothing aboard.

I'll be seeing you

again, Kirk.

Julie?

Hello, Eli!

- How are you,
- Julie?

- Did you have
- Any luck?

All the luck

in the world.

All the luck in the world

having you to come to again.

- Oh, now,
- Don't get sentimental.

- Did you have
- A good cruise?

What?

Oh... Oh, sure. Yes.

- What's the matter,
- Fish not biting?

Sure,

they was biting.

I brought you

something.

Oh, gee, thanks.

What is it?

- Go on,
- Open it up.

I can't.

There.

Oh, say.

Well, that's the most

beautiful thing I ever saw.

Wouldn't take much.

Oh!

Hello, Chris!

Any news?

[ Chuckles ]

You know.

Catching anything

today?

Oh, I picked up a pretty

fair rubber boot

- over by
- The lighthouse.

Worth about a dime.

One-legged guy.

Got a sack of whiskey

last week.

Any of it left?

- How much did you
- Get for it?

A good drunk.

Got something.

Easy.

[ Splashing ]

Oh.

Feels kind of funny.

[ Both grunting ]

Coming up crooked.

The sharks around here

are getting highfalutin'.

Yellow bait

ain't good enough.

- How long you think
- He's been in the water?

Oh, not more

than a day.

The crabs ain't

got at him yet.

- You know, everything that
- Goes on around here

below the surface.

- How have you
- Got it figured?

Well, son...

- this here chink didn't put
- Them there chains

around his feet

his self.

- And with them chains
- Around his feet,

he didn't do

much jumping.

Looks like

he was dunked.

Seeing as he's used to it,

I'll dunk him again.

Oh, no, you won't.

- This poor chink
- Tried pretty hard

- to get in
- The United States.

I'm taking him in.

Don't go flicking your tail

at trouble.

- Whoever tied them chains
- Around him

- ain't gonna
- Thank you none.

Never mind.

Sell me this chink.

He's news.

- Arlene, tell Phelps
- I want to see him.

And get a photographer.

What do you got in

the bundle, Miller?

Thanks, Rico.

Thanks, Joe.

- What have you got there?
- What's the idea?

I got evidence.

- What do you mean by
- Bringing that in here?

Get it out.

What is it?

Something

the tide dragged in.

- Come on, get half smart,
- Will you?

Do you get it?

Kirk drowned the evidence

and the tide dragged it in.

- That's simple enough
- For you to understand.

- Do you want me
- To print that?

- What do you think
- I want you to do with it,

have it stuffed?

If we print one line

about Kirk's boat

- on your story
- Of finding this body,

- we'll have a libel suit
- On our hands.

- Probably cost us
- Fifty grand.

- Oh, for
- The love of my...

See this chain?

Come here, will you?

The same chain came off

of Kirk's boat. I checked it.

I wouldn't care if the chink

had Kirk's drawers on.

- The police won't make
- An arrest on that evidence.

I want an arrest.

- Have I ever
- Been wrong?

The time you got that crazy

countess off the Laconia,

- said she was
- Expecting a baby.

- Ha! She wasn't
- Even married.

- Oh, well,
- That was her story.

She sued

and collected.

- And when you
- Pulled that yarn

- about the porpoise that
- Swallowed a pint of rye

- and danced a jig
- On the dock.

The greatest fish story

since Jonah and the Whale.

Can I help having

imagination?

Come in here.

The trouble with you is you've

got too much imagination.

Now you want to accuse

Eli Kirk of murder.

On a thing like this,

you can only be wrong once.

It's a great story.

- You're right about that,
- And I want to print it,

- but I've got to have
- The facts first.

Alright, it's a fact

I found this one

- and it's a fact
- Somebody murdered him,

- and I'm gonna prove
- That Kirk did it.

How?

Kirk's got a daughter.

She must know something.

- Is it worth expenses
- To you?

What for?

Gin and roses.

- Gonna make love
- To her?

If I have to.

Okay.

- Say, Julie,
- You don't remember much

- about Singapore,
- Do you?

No.

Well, I loved that funny,

little island, remember?

What?

How would you like

to go back there?

- You figuring
- To move?

Mm-hmm.

No, I've been kind

of restless lately

because I've got

the tide in my blood.

Besides, I don't like

the price of fish around here.

Eli, you're not in

any trouble, are you?

Why... Why, no.

Not exactly.

I thought you were going

to stick to fishing.

You're not gonna

change your mind, are you?

There ain't no money

in it anymore.

We better go away

someplace else and start over.

Well, when do

you want to leave?

Oh, another week or two,

I'll have enough money.

Alright.

Any time you say,

anywhere you want.

Only take me along.

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- [ Slurring ] Just when
- I start to feel good,

you pour ice water

on the parade.

- I can't spend all Phelps' dough
- Buying you liquor.

- I got to
- Get this story.

- Now here's
- Where we're going.

Wait a minute.

Boarding house?

Well, I'm gonna

have to drag you

- from one speakeasy
- To another.

- That's alright with me,
- But why?

You hear that?

It's Kirk.

- When he plays the piano,
- He's drunk,

- and when he's drunk,
- He talks.

Come on.

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[ Tearfully ]

Ain't that beautiful?

Oh, I eat little girls

like you!

Why, Grandma,

what big teeth you have.

- Come on, Mac.
- They're not good to eat.

- What's the matter with you?
- Aren't you interested in girls?

No.

You're in love.

Girl in Vermont.

- What's your matter
- With her, anyway?

- Nothing's the matter
- With her.

She's waited for you

for five years?

- [ Chuckles ] She must
- Be muscle-bound.

Oh, shut up

and sit down, will you?

What's your name, baby?

Lucy, handsome.

Lucy.

[ Woman crying ] I never

heard anything so beautiful

in my life...

What's the idea?

- I eat little girls
- Like you.

I am the world's

greatest lover.

Sit down,

while you're all

in one piece.

Come on, honey.

- Why, I'll kick that guy
- To death.

Now, listen, Mac.

- Have all the fun you want,
- But don't get in a fight.

I'm here on business.

- You mean
- You're working?

In here,

surrounded by all

this wealth and beauty?

- Yeah, and if I get
- What I'm after,

- it'll be a wire story for
- Every front page in America.

- I'll be able to go East
- And get a job at a decent rag.

Go East, young man.

Go East.

Get a Pulitzer prize.

I'll cover

the waterfront.

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Hello, honey.

Eli here?

What's his coat doing

by the piano?

It's alright.

I'll wait.

Uh-oh.

I'm think I'm gonna get that

story sooner than I expected.

I knew a guy went after

a story like that.

He's pushing up

daisies now.

Work on this until

I get back.

♪♪

Well,

here's to him.

♪♪

Hello, swimmer.

Oh, Nosy Joe,

the Peeping Tom.

How are you?

- Let's have a drink and
- I'll tell you all about it.

No.

Dancing's my vice.

Your only vice?

No.

Okay, let's go.

♪♪

- You wouldn't go for
- A kiss, would you?

No, not very far.

Why?

Well, because...

- Oh, because I'm the most
- Beautiful girl you ever saw.

- That's right.
- What's a nice...

- Oh, I know that one,
- Too.

- "What's a nice girl like you
- Doing in a place like this?"

- Well, that's
- All settled.

- Now I'll give you
- My telephone number

- and then
- I guess you can kiss me.

Thanks.

- Well, are you being
- Kissed on Friday?

What day is that?

Yeah?

Lucy's a great gal.

All for Lucy!

Champagne!

- Come on, dear.
- Let's sit down.

- Little girl,
- Will you marry me?

Later, honey.

Eli!

- I thought I told you
- Not to start a fight.

- Guess that'll teach him
- Not to fool with me.

- One-Punch McCoy,
- That's me.

- Oh, shut up
- And sit down.

Is he alright?

- It's one of his dizzy spells.
- Gift me a lift, will you?

- I was waiting to
- Take him home.

Come on, Eli.

He owes Babe for it.

$50, $30 more coming.

And they make jokes

about Scotchmen here.

Hold him.

Not a cent.

He's been rolled

for it.

Where's that money?

What money?

- The money
- That was in here.

Look who's

trying to be funny.

Oh, I know,

you never been

so insulted in your life.

- Come on.
- Hand it over.

Listen, any money

I got my sock,

I'm gonna keep.

What you're looking for

is a good slap in the face.

[ Gasps ]

Bravo. Bravo.

Thanks, honey.

- Get him out of here,
- Will you?

He's halfway home

right now.

- Gee,
- I'm an heiress.

Yeah,

over 500 berries.

Hey, he must have been

catching goldfish.

[ Crying ]

Oh, here.

- Give her this.
- She's breaking my heart.

All this?

- Yeah,
- I guess she earned it.

- And take care of the press,
- Too, will you?

Alright.

- Come on,
- We're off.

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Woman:

Hello, cutie.

- I eat little girls
- Like you.

Oh, do you?

But it would take months

and months and months.

- Oh, I'm sorry to cause you
- All this trouble.

Oh, no trouble at all

with you along.

- He'll be
- In terrible shape

- to go off on
- Another cruise tomorrow.

- Going out tomorrow,
- Is he?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess so.

You going along?

- When he's fishing, he won't
- Have a woman on board.

- Says the fish
- Don't bite.

- Then you must have a lot of
- Spare time on your hands.

Yeah.

You mind if I take up

most of it from now on?

Intentions honorable?

Oh, that's not

very romantic.

Well, this isn't

a very romantic situation.

Sure it is.

Marvelous moon,

beautiful girl.

- Taking father
- Home drunk?

- Oh, get out,
- Your big lunk.

Say, he and I can

get home by ourselves.

- If that's the way
- You feel about it.

- I'll be waiting
- For you.

[ Groans ]

- Come on, now.
- You've got to get home.

[ Groans ]

Oh.

I told you

we'd be alright!

Come on, Eli.

You can make it.

Sure he can...

with a little help.

Oh!

[ Groaning ] No. No. No.

Oh, wait a minute.

Here, come on.

Let go.

- Leave me alone now.
- I'm alright.

No, you're not.

C'mon, bottoms up.

I don't like it.

Makes me sick.

That's what you're

taking it for.

- Get rid of all
- That poison in you.

If you don't, you'll have

a head like a hot stove.

[ Groans ]

Oh,

here's your money.

- What are you doing
- With it?

Taking better care of it

than you did.

Well, listen,

- I don't want you
- Coming down

- to that place anymore
- After me, see?

- Oh, for Pete's sake,
- If I didn't go there,

I'd be gonna jail

for you tomorrow.

Guess you're right.

I guess I'm lucky to be having

you come anywhere after me.

Alright, now don't get

feeling sorry for yourself.

You're alright.

God bless you.

- It sounds kind of funny
- Coming from me.

Hmm!

I must be drunk.

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♪♪

How you coming?

but I'll be

alright.

♪♪

Oh, hello, honey.

So that's all you

were waiting for.

- Come on, now,
- Be your age.

- I knew the first time I saw you,
- You were nuts about me.

Oh, sure. Men can't

resist me, either.

- Hey, you know
- Something?

- You look
- Pretty good in swimming,

but with that coat on,

you're terrific.

You like it?

If I liked it much more,

I'd start tearing it.

New, isn't it?

Chinese?

Oh, he did?

Come on, sit down.

Tell me all about it.

- Oh, I get it.
- You're a ventriloquist.

- No, I'm
- Just a dummy.

[ Laughing ]

- Don't you love it
- Here?

The waterfront?

No, what's there to

love about it?

Summer nights,

mostly.

When the sun goes down,

supper's over,

and all the lights

come out on the boats.

Sure.

- And the summer days
- When the sun comes up

and starts to work on the

fish heads lying around.

You take a deep breath

and it gets you...

fish, tar,

and bilge oil.

The stink of

the waterfront.

You don't write

that way about it.

You read my stuff?

Yes.

- A lot of cheap baloney
- Dished up for the farmers

who come out here to

rot in the sunshine.

Bunk. Fakes.

Drivel.

- Why do you write it,
- Then?

To eat, darling.

- Did you ever try
- Writing anything else?

I've been trying to finish

a novel for five years.

I wouldn't be

surprised.

What do you mean?

I'll tell you

sometime.

Oh,

don't let's get serious

on a night like this.

Alright,

let's get silly.

How about a kiss?

No.

Ah, but we're all alone

with the stars and the sea.

Come on,

let's play a love scene.

- Let's fall in love
- First.

Delivery Man:

Miss Kirk?

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[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Yeah?

Take a flier on

"Mrs. Goossens."

- Oh, spell it yourself,
- Would you?

Became a mother at 8:15 PM

in a water taxi.

Baby will live.

Case a fright.

May be responsible, 16-inch guns

during night practice.

Yeah?

Oh. Oh, yeah.

- I've got the Empress of Britain
- Coming in this morning.

World cruise.

- A Mitzi Vadja,
- Aboard from Bulgaria,

wearing pants,

going to Hollywood.

- Met by three other
- Tough, foreign blonds,

also wearing pants,

- and they're
- Still kissing each other.

- Oh, a lot of notables
- Aboard, all fatheads,

- had the usual thing to say...
- Blah blah blah.

- "What a beautiful
- Hobby you've got.

- Good times are
- Just around the corner.

- Blah blah blah."
- Write it yourself, will you?

That Billy you're

talking to?

Give me that.

Hey, Miller, that wop florist

is here for $9 more for roses!

And the bootlegger

wants %20 for a case of gin.

- What are you trying to do?
- Marry the girl?

- If you don't like the way
- I make love, you get the story.

- But you're not
- Getting the story.

- You haven't got any dope
- In three days.

Yeah,

but she's smart.

[ Phone thumps ]

Pinhead.

Talking to me?

- Yeah, come on.
- Let's get out of here.

Say, this novel's

getting better.

That new

love scene is good.

You believe those two

are falling in love.

You never could

before.

- You must be
- Falling in love.

Who, me?

- With that waterfront girl
- You're working on.

Her?

I'm only playing her

to hook a fisherman,

- and I'll do it,
- If Phelps will let me alone.

- Can you imagine him
- Kicking about that

case of gin I had sent

over your place?

- If there's any kicking
- About that lousy gin,

I'll do it.

I get the headaches.

Man: Finest example of the old

prison hulks now in existence.

And more poor souls

have died in torture

below those blood-stained decks

then I should care to tell you.

Visit

the torture chamber?

50 cents, please.

50 cents? I'm Miller

from The Standard.

- I've got to write my usual
- Column about this old bathtub

for the annual Booze

Southern California

- Blah and Tripe
- Number.

- Oh yes,
- Mr. Miller.

- Charmed to
- Have you with us.

- And the little lady,
- Too.

- Take one of our
- Little booklets.

- Take one of your
- Little booklets yourself

- and stick it
- In your back pocket.

I know more about

this boat than you do.

- You wouldn't go for that
- Kiss now, would you?

- Say, I thought you
- Came down here to work.

- If you don't think it's work
- Getting a kiss out of you,

you're nuts.

I've been trying

for three days.

Come on, now, do your stuff.

What's this?

- Oh. Oh, that's
- A bird cage.

Oh.

Well,

what's that?

Well, that's

a dandruff remover.

- Ah, but here's
- The honey.

C'mere.

They used to hang guys

up here by the wrist.

- This little contraption
- Is adjustable.

They'd raise and lower it

and it always fit you.

- Of course,
- They'd raise you high,

- so you'd have to stay
- On your tip-toes.

- And then when
- You were on your toes,

- why, they pour hot lead
- On your feet.

- C'mere.
- I'll show you.

They put you there

- and clamp this around
- Your waist like this

and locked it.

Then one had one in here

like this.

And the other.

Hey, wait a minute!

In there,

and lock that one.

- And of course, they wouldn't
- Leave your neck bare.

They always took

this strap, and...

tightened good and tight

around there.

And now you, you

little son of a...

You're gonna

get kissed.

- How did
- You like it?

That was torture.

- Oh, yeah,
- I forgot.

- You wanted to see a newspaper
- Man at work, didn't you?

Well, let me see.

Alright,

your 16th century.

♪♪

Spanish.

Oh, yeah, this was

a manicure parlor.

Now, these things, they'd take

and pull your fingernails out.

And no tip to

the coat room girl.

14th century.

Spanish?

Yeah, thanks.

Enough torture?

Mnh-mm.

I could take it.

♪♪

Well.

Not Spanish.

♪♪

Eli: All fast?

Give it to her.

[ Motor whirs ]

Easy, now.

Easy.

That's what we want.

Sharks big enough

to swallow a man.

Capitan, why you

fish for shark

when tuna is running?

There's no money

in shark.

There is for us.

Oh, yeah?

Watch it.

- We want more like that.
- Big ones.

Go aloft, Ortegus.

Ah, si, Capitan.

Shark! Off the port bow!

Big one!

I'll say it's

a big one!

Slow her down.

Cast off.

Straighten your harpoon lines.

We don't want to miss this one.

He's a big bruiser.

Give it to him.

Cast your line!

Shove him in!

He's coming back!

Turn the boat!

Give me that gun,

quick.

The line! The line!

Cut the line, quick!

[ Gunshots ]

He's sounding!

- He's heading
- For the bottom!

- Oh, they're both
- Goners.

That big devil's right

on top of them.

Look out behind you!

[ Screams ]

[ Screaming ]

He's got him!

Pull in close.

We might save the skipper.

[ Groaning ]

- Take it easy,
- Boy!

[ Groans ]

Oh, the leg.

The leg is gone.

Grab it quick,

Skipper!

Easy now, easy.

Easy.

We're going down here.

We've got to

stop the bleeding!

You're going

to be alright now.

Take it easy.

I want to pray.

I want to pray.

Cross, Capitan.

Cross, Capitan.

You got a cross?

Oh, something to pray to.

Oh, my saint.

My saint.

Picture.

Give me picture.

Picture?

Candles. Light candles.

[ Speaking in native language ]

Don't you men know enough

to take off your hats?

Oh.

Perfect, isn't it?

From where I sit.

Wouldn't it be marvelous

if we could go on like this?

We can.

I got to break a promise to Eli

to tell you something.

I think a lot of you,

Joe.

So much, I couldn't

go without telling you.

Break a promise?

Go where?

South America, South Seas.

I don't know.

He asked me not to tell anybody,

but we're moving on.

But when? Why?

Tomorrow, maybe.

I don't know why.

You don't?

Maybe it's better.

I feel we had a whole

lifetime of happiness

these last two weeks

and none of the grief.

- Let's leave it
- At that.

Do you really mean that,

Julie?

I don't know.

No, don't.

Afraid?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm afraid of

tomorrow without you.

Why worry about

tomorrow?

Oh, why should I

think about tomorrow?

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Ooh!

I'll always

remember this place.

Yeah, and I'll always

remember this coffee.

Of course, it could stand

a little cleaning,

- but I'll get busy on that
- Today and fix it up.

Oh, it isn't

worth bothering with.

Want some jam?

- Wait till I get
- Through with it.

It'll be swell here,

especially

when it rains.

Rains?

You know, with the fireplace

going and rain on the roof.

Oh, there isn't

any fireplace.

Well,

we'll get one.

Where would

the cat sit?

- The one
- We're gonna get.

- Oh, there isn't any use
- Putting any money in a cat.

Only have to give it away.

I won't be here much longer.

You won't?

I mean, you're going to

some other fishing town

and I'm going east.

Have you ever been

in Vermont?

No.

The whole place

isn't sand and ocean,

but earth.

Things grow.

The seasons change

once in a while.

Things smell better.

Around here, everything

smells of dead sardines.

This godforsaken

seaport.

- A lot of people like you
- In every point.

Like me?

Always kicking about

what they're doing,

where they live, why they're

not getting anyplace.

They're always going away

on ships looking for something.

Everything you want

is right here.

Even that book you're writing,

only you can't see it.

- You've been living here
- Six years.

I'll bet you you haven't looked

out of those windows once.

Well, you couldn't.

They haven't

been washed in six years.

[ Exhales ]

C'mere.

You can have

Vermont.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Men never know what the sea

really looks like.

Women do.

- They've looked
- Out there for years

waiting for somebody

to come back.

Joe,

I'm not going away.

You're not?

- I thought you said
- You were going with your father.

I've changed my mind.

I'm gonna tell him

as soon as he gets in.

When does he land?

Where will he dock?

- Down at
- The Chinese settlement.

- Why the Chinese
- Settlement?

- There's no
- Tuna cannery there.

- Oh, he's not
- Fishing tuna.

- He went south
- For sharks.

South?

- How will he feel
- When he knows

- you're not going
- With him tomorrow?

- [ Laughs ] He'll kick up
- A row, I guess,

but I can handle him.

Joe,

don't you understand?

None of us

are going away.

Maybe you're right.

Sailor: I'm not making

much headway, Skipper.

Tell them I want to get in

before sundown.

Aye-aye, Skipper.

Listen, fathead.

- We've already given
- The Coast Guard

one bum steer on Kirk,

and I refuse to let myself in

for another razzing.

- Now if you haven't got
- The real dope,

I won't call them.

- Listen yourself,
- Thickhead.

- If this isn't the real dope,
- Then what is it?

First, when everybody's

getting good prices for tuna,

- Kirk goes south
- And fishes shack.

Second, he's pulling out

of here tomorrow morning.

Third, he's docking at

the Chinese settlement tonight.

- Now, don't two and two
- Make four?

- Yes, but that
- Makes six.

- What do the sharks
- Got to do with it?

- What am I supposed to be,
- A fortune teller?

- Maybe it's an excuse for him
- To go down below the border,

or it's unnatural.

- He's pulling out
- Of here tomorrow morning,

- and he's bound to try
- One last haul.

Kirk's no fool.

- The minute he sees
- The Coast Guard,

- if he's got anything,
- He'll dump it overboard.

He did it

the last time.

- And I thought it took brains
- To be an editor.

I'll draw you

a picture.

We all stay under cover

until Kirk ties up at the dock,

- then we pounce on him and
- Catch him with his pants down.

- And you find a Chinaman
- In his pants.

- Alright,
- I'll go for it.

- But either you bring me back
- This story or a piece of rope.

Rope?

- Give me
- The Coast Guard.

[ Boat motor whirring ]

Eli: Let it go!

Take it up slow.

- Don't bump nothing,
- And don't let 'em use any hooks.

- I don't want this fish
- To be spilling its guts.

Go ahead.

Take it away.

- Wait a minute,
- Kirk.

Hold everything

till we tell you.

- Don't you fellows never get
- Tired of looking me over, huh?

Orders, Kirk.

- Don't miss anything,
- Boys.

- Well, if you feel like
- Wasting your time,

it's alright with me.

Miller of The Standard.

Hello, Kirk.

Good catch tonight?

What are you doing

on my boat?

- Looking for that big story
- I promised you.

- Nobody comes on my boat
- While I'm unloading,

excepting the crew.

It's what comes off your boat

that interests me.

You better get out of here

or I'll break your back.

From now on, the only thing

you'll break will be rock.

For 20 years...

that's what they give

them for smuggling.

Isn't it, Kirk?

Okay, tough, remember me?

One-Punch McCoy?

Ohh.

Ah,

Christmas has come.

Put that in your pocket.

The same to you,

and many of them.

Kirk, did you ever read

the Bible?

What?

- Someone must have
- Told you

the story

of Jonah and the Whale.

What do you mean?

Just what I said.

Huh. Find anything?

Not this time.

You can go ahead, Kirk.

Pick it up, Jake.

- You didn't find
- Anything?

No, just another

bum steer, Miller.

- Don't you ever
- Get anything right?

Oh, all this fuss

was his idea, huh?

Yeah, my idea.

- Hey,
- Hold that shark!

Hey, don't be giving orders

on my boat!

Hey, hold!

Hold!

- So I never get
- Anything right, huh?

There's nothing

on that boat.

- but he brought one in
- And he landed him.

- Well, then
- Where is it?

- I'm sick and tired
- Of you

- loudmouthed, half-baked
- Newspaper reporters.

- Half-baked,
- Am I?

Has anybody

got a knife?

Thanks.

Yeah. Well, here's one

nobody can muff.

Hey, get away from

that shark!

[ Indistinct chatter ]

Well, I'll be.

[ Indistinct chatter ]

Wait a minute, Kirk!

You're under arrest!

[ Gunshot ]

Drop that knife!

Newsboy: Extra, read about

the Chinese smugglers.

Chinese smugglers captured!

Latest edition papers!

[ Phone rings ]

Hello?

Extra out

10 minutes ago.

- It's the best story to come
- Out of this town in years.

It'll hit the front page

of every paper in the country.

I'm raising you $5 a week

with a $50 bonus.

Thanks, boss.

If you find Kirk,

I'll make it $100.

He's hit pretty hard.

He can't be far away.

- Get down to the waterfront!
- Find him!

If you need any help,

call on me.

- I got this much of
- The story without help

- from cops or anybody,
- Including you.

And I'll do it alone!

- I'll get the rest
- Of the story.

- I don't want your lousy raise!
- I don't want any part of you!

- I'll get the story
- And get out

- and I hope I never
- See you or your paper

- or this stinking
- Waterfront again!

That's the stuff,

Joe!

Now you are fired.

Hey, how much rent

do you pay for this place?

Oh, get out, will you?

No,

I'm just getting in.

You're getting out.

But before you go, speak to

Phelps about me for your job.

- Oh, you can have it.
- You can have this place.

You can have anything connected

with the waterfront I've got.

- You mean
- You're really going?

Yeah, going just as far

as I possibly can

- and try to forget what
- A mess I've made of things,

particularly myself.

Well, in that case,

I'll give you this.

I opened it.

It's from

Brattleboro, Vermont.

"Joe, dear, since you are the

dearest friend I have," stop.

"I want you to be

the first to know

I am engaged to

Walden Morgan," stop.

"Affectionately,

Bernice."

It's a tough break, kid.

I'm sorry.

Oh, you don't have to be.

I wasn't in love with her.

Oh?

That was a great story.

She believed in me.

- Listen, call Phelps
- And tell him you're sick.

I'll finish the story.

It's a great story.

I wish I'd done it.

I wish anybody in the world

had done it but me.

[ Cat meowing ]

Well, "meow" yourself.

Come on.

Well, come on.

[ Meows ]

Hello, there.

Say, I got

a job for you.

Yes.

How would you like

to sit beside a fireplace, huh?

Oh, just the warmest,

coziest fireplace you ever saw.

Now, look,

isn't that good?

What do you want?

- Your father
- Hurt bad.

He say get doctor.

What happened

to him?

[ Train whistle blows ]

I brought you the doctor,

Eli.

- How does it look,
- Doc?

I shall have to

remove the bullet.

Have you got the tools?

Yes, but I

have no anesthetic.

- Well, I have
- Plenty of that.

Go on and get started.

Let's have done with it.

Make a light

for me.

There it is.

How did it happen?

That black-legged reporter

put the police onto me

and they caught me

with the goods.

What reporter?

Miller?

Somebody tipped him off

where I was gonna land

the stuff tonight.

Somebody did.

I'm going to get

across the border.

Get me a motorboat.

Yeah. Don't you worry.

I'll take care of all that.

We've both got to

get out of here.

- You can't go with me,
- Julie.

Oh, I've got to, Eli.

I can't stay here.

Why? Why?

I... I trusted somebody.

I thought I was in love.

Love?

Who is he?

Nobody that matters.

You've always told me

everything.

It's one thing

I can't ever tell you.

- Light
- A little closer.

This may hurt.

You hold still.

Hold it!

There.

It looks kind of like a cross,

don't it?

Give it to me.

Might come in handy

later on.

No. No, he's gonna be

alright, isn't he, doctor?

Chances are not good.

for going in boat.

If I can get up that ladder,

I'm going tonight.

Must go very easy.

You have hemorrhage.

You die.

You won't, Eli.

You just lie quiet.

We'll get away alright.

You get that boat ready.

Get in provisions enough

for four days.

You be quiet now

and don't worry.

[ Knock on door ]

[ Door closes ]

Julie, I...

I want to tell you

something.

You told me. You don't

like the waterfront.

- Things don't grow
- Here!

- No, not like you
- They don't!

Maybe not. But I'm sorry

I had to drag you in.

- Me?
- Never mind about me!

It's him!

- That's my job, and he
- Had it coming to him.

- It's you!
- I loved you.

- I didn't know it,
- But I know it now.

You love me?

Oh!

- You just went
- After me to get my father!

- That's why
- You're here now.

- You think I know where
- He is and you think

they'll find him.

But I came here to get

one thing clear in your head.

- Last night was
- On the level.

- I loved you,
- And I'll always love you.

Don't talk about love.

- You've been digging around the
- Muck of the waterfront so long,

nothing means anything to you

but your dirty job!

- You think you're
- Gonna find Eli?

Well, try it.

If you do, they'll find

you dead in the harbor.

Oh, for goodness...

Now get out of here.

[ Laughs quietly ]

- I guess you lost
- Your job.

[ Boat horn sounds ]

[ Gunshot ]

How does that feel?

Kind of hot.

You don't shoot as straight

as you spit.

Straight enough.

You'll never write no more

stories about me.

Oh yes, I will.

I'll still write

your obituary.

No, you won't.

I'll be over

the border by sunrise.

[ Coughing ]

Yeah, but not

the Mexican border.

[ Chuckles ]

You're pretty game,

ain't you?

You just won't quit,

will you?

Not till I'm

through.

Come on, Eli.

I've got the boat.

Eli.

- Eli,
- Are you alright?

Sure.

What's the matter

with him?

I shot him.

You shot him?

He had it

coming to him.

He's right, Julie.

I gave you

a pretty raw deal.

Is he the man?

Yeah.

No, no, Eli.

You can't do that.

What's the use?

Come on. Come on,

we've got to get away.

You'll never make it,

okay?

You can't even get up

those...

[ Strained ] ...stairs.

We can't leave him,

Eli.

If nobody came,

he... he might die here.

I can't leave him.

Joe: Where are we going?

None of your business.

Come on.

- Eli, you got twisted
- In the fog.

We're back home!

- Take her outside,
- You made a mistake.

No mistake.

Not this time.

Get a doctor to get that

bullet out of the kid there.

You did it on purpose.

If you love him,

he's worth it.

It's more than

I ever was.

Eli!

Oh, no! [ Crying ]

Eli!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ Whistling ]

Is that the only tune

you know?

It's

very appropriate.

- Say, what's
- The matter with you?

- Have you
- Got writer's cramp?

- All the time
- In the world

and you haven't written

one line of your novel.

I didn't

feel like writing.

Besides, I'm stuck

for a finish.

Well, why not end it

very abruptly

and call it "The Romance

of the Fisherman's Daughter"?

- That'll be enough
- Of that.

- Well, that romance ended
- Very abruptly, didn't it?

Oh, shut up,

will you?

I don't see any roses

around here.

I didn't expect any.

Have a crutch.

Women are all alike.

Not all of them.

- When you need
- Them most,

they are conspicuous

by their absence.

Oh, come on,

let's get out of here.

I'm for that.

The smell of ether

intoxicates me.

[ Whistling ]

- [ Whistling
- Trails off ]

Hey, are we in

the right house.

Yep.

Well...

Oh, if you could

only cook.

Hey, what's this thing,

a desk?

Futuristic.

What do you think

I am, a society editor?

Where's the Pekinese

that goes with it?

Don't you like it?

I think it's the...

♪♪

♪♪

You did this?

Why?

Well...

I had something to

say to you, and...

this is my way

of saying it.

You like it?

I think it's swell.

- Well, it's too bad you
- Won't be around to enjoy it.

You won't find a desk

like that in the East.

You go East, young man.

Go East.

I got it.

♪♪

I've always liked

fireplaces.

Yeah, they're awfully nice

when it rains.

♪♪

Jerry.

No, Jenny.

I beg your pardon.

♪♪

You know, I've...

I've never seen that old harbor

look so beautiful.

Maybe that's because

the windows are washed.

- I've got the finish
- For my novel.

What is it?

♪♪

He marries the girl.

That's

a swell finish.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪