All language subtitles for China.Seas.1935.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG

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Stand by for the mail.

MAN:
Stand by
for the mail.

[SPEAKING IN CHINESE]

We know you're not
a pirate. We know.

You'll get your knife back

when we dock in Singapore.

You just get on a phone
and call Scranton, PA,

and ask anybody about
J. Wilberforce Timmons--

Have you any arms, sir?

Just these you see
growing out of me armpits.

[LAUGHING]

You'll do.

No excuses,
Mr. Atkins.

Your job is to look
after this dock.

If I ever find it
in this state again,

I'll-- I'll...

How's your wife?

Oh, she's very much better, sir.

And thank you very much
for the flowers.

Oh, don't thank me.

My gardener has to
get rid of them somehow.

Who's the big shot?

Sir Guy Wilmerding.

Managing director of the line.

Right this way, Sir Guy.
Gangway, please.

Glad to have you
with us again, sir.

Oh, none of that mush.
I know how glad you are.

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

Hm. Not bad.
Not bad at all...

for a synthetic stone.

You ought to know, Paul.

My lovely Olga!

Hey, I bet that lug's
tops in China.

MAN:
That's the insignia
of Wing Yu-Lan.

Everything in the archipelago
pays dividends to him.

Good morning, purser.

Good morning,
Miss Yu-Lan.

We've made arrangements

to take your chairs aboard

in the after-gangway.

Thank you.

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

Mr. Dawson, sir,
here comes the captain.

Look at him,
with a three-days' hangover,

and watch him grouse.

Of all the ungrateful,
brass-hearted skippers

of a rusty old teakettle...

who thinks he's still strutting

in the Royal Navy.

Ah, our captain.

MAN:
Oh, Alan?
Alan Gaskell?

I've got some
last-minute cargo for you.

Oh, hello, Ken.

What are you doing up
in broad daylight?

Oh, Captain Gaskell.

I want you to meet
Charlie McCaleb,

the American novelist.

How do you do?
How do you do?

Well, Hong Kong seems to
have taken you to her bosom.

[SLURRING]
Wait a minute.
I've seen your face before.

Now, don't tell me, it's
right on the tip of my tongue.

Remember Johnson?

Johnson?
Who?

Johnson.

Oh, Johnny, old boy.

What are you doing way out here?

Maybe you can tell me.

No, no. This is
Captain Gaskell.

The master of the ship
you're sailing on.

Hiya, captain.
Coming along with us?

Yes, yes, I'm afraid so.

He's supposed to be here
gathering material

for a new novel.
I've dragged him

through wars, riots
and revolutions.

He doesn't even know
he's in China.

If you should
stir up anything exciting,

why, shove him in a front seat

and tie his eyes open.

Now, wait a minute.

I'm not running a day nursery,

and I'm not stirring up
any excitement

just for the sake of literature.

See you later.

Don't you worry, old fella.

I'll be right there.
I'm the old Ringside Kid.

Got an eye like an eagle.

Goodbye, Captain Greshall.
I had a marvelous trip.

[SLURRING]
Ship ahoy!

Ship ahoy!

[GRUNTS]

Ship ahoy.

Are you all right, Charley?

I cover the waterfront.

Steward!
Yes, sir? Good morning.

Is that your idea
of clean brass?
Sorry, sir--

You haven't answered
my question.

No, sir, it isn't my idea
of clean brass.

You've been sampling
my whiskey again, haven't you?

Uh, yes, sir.

Not as good as the last lot,
is it?
Uh, no, sir.

Why haven't you done
something about it?

I will, sir.
Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Sir Guy
wants to see you, sir.

WOMAN:
Good morning, captain.

Good morning.

Ah. So there you are.

Good morning,
Mrs. Aiken.

We were just talking
about you, captain.

Mrs. Aiken tells me

you've been sensationally blotto

ever since you went ashore.

Sir Guy!

Oh, she does, eh?

You don't like
my behavior ashore

or aboard ship,
you can get a new boy.

In fact, I wish you would.

Ha! You wouldn't go
if you could.

Wouldn't I?

I'm so close to being
back to England now,

I can hear Big Ben chiming.

I've heard that from men
for 50 years.

It's only the weak ones

that sneak out
of the China Seas.

It's the bullheads like you
that stay on.

What about a little spot

to keep your brain from addling?

No. I haven't
the time.

I've got to get the pride
of your fleet underway.

MAN:
Mr. Rockwell!

Go to the captain's saloon.

Check those chronometers.

Good morning, sir.
Good morning.

Third officer hasn't
come aboard yet, sir.

Yes, I know.
I've just been looking him over.

He's in the Sepoy Hospital.

Tried to clean out
High Spade McQueen's last night.

Bad, sir?

Yes. Knife in the kidneys.

Port captain's trying to find
someone to replace him.

What have you got in your mouth?

Chewing tobacco, sir.

It's bad enough to have
a ship like this

and a captain that looks like me

without having a chief officer
who looks like you.

I'm sorry, sir.

Had it in me jaw
when I came on duty,

and I forgot all about it.

Oh, Mr. Willet
of the Royal Canada Bank

is waiting to see you, sir.

He's just down there
at your quarters.

Thank you.

[SHIP WHISTLES BLOWING]

Hello, Willet.

Good morning, captain.

Gold come aboard yet?

Yes, sir.

All stowed away as we agreed?

In the steamroller.

Good.

Thank you, sir.

[IMITATING GASKELL]
Wipe that smile
off your face!

Is that your idea
of clean brass?

You haven't answered
my question.

Did I ask you?

A little too big for you,
isn't it, Mr. Rockwell?

I apologize, sir.

Chief officer sent me down

to check the chronometers.

Yeah.

But I don't keep them in my cap.

No, sir.

What are you gonna
do with that button?!

Button it, sir.

I was just hoping you weren't
too angry with me, sir.

Oh, carry on.

Thank you, sir.

Excuse me, sir.

Who's in there?

WOMAN:
It's China Doll.

A gal that drives men mad.

What the devil
are you doing aboard?

Nothing, lambie.

Just showering the dewdrops
off the body beautiful.

How many hours
do we have to spend

saying goodbye before it takes?

That's just the trouble, toots.

It took too good.

Gee, you were sweet to me.

Uh, say, I thought
maybe you could use

all that money you won
at the Tai Fan last night.

Then we were there?
[HORN BLOWS]

We had a million laughs. I made
17 straight passes myself.

Get on your horse.
We're shoving off--

Why are you anxious
to get me out?

Is that hunk of caviar
making the round trip?

What hunk of caviar?

That red-headed Russian princess
aboard from Singapore.

She isn't a Russian,
and she isn't a princess,

and I have my doubts
about her hair being red.

I don't care what she is.

If she was a Chinese sextet,
it'd be the same thing to me.

What I'm trying to get
through your numb skull

is that I'm not gonna
stand by and--

Now, wait a minute, Dolly.

You and I are friends.

We've had a lot of fun together.

And as far as I'm concerned,

you're a number one girl
in the archipelago.

But I don't remember
making any vows to you,

nor do I recall asking for any.

Don't you get polite at me.

When you start talking
with your high hat on, I...

I know you mean it, and--

And it scares me.

Say, who do you think
you are, anyway?

If I had a nickel's worth
of pride--

If that's the way you feel,

I'm not standing in your way.

That's just the soup I'm in.

I don't feel that way at all.

You-- You dog.

Well, that's more like it.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

Come in.

Pilot tug's alongside, sir.

All right. Stand by to single up
your lines fore and aft.

Aye-aye, sir.

All right, come on now,
nuisance. Over shore.

What am I gonna do
with my ticket?

It's all paid for.

I knew you had something
up your sleeve.

We'll get your money back.

But I got a job
in Singapore. Honest--

Oh, yes. I suppose
they've elected you mayor.

It's on the level.
Hoffmann sent me a contract

for the rest of the season.

No.
Look, I know how
you feel about it.

I won't come near you.
Nobody will--

No.

All right, toots.
You-- You win.

I-- I hope you have
a good trip. Goodbye.

Oh, all right, all right.

If you've got your ticket
and a job,

I don't suppose I--

Lambie!

Stop wrestling me around!

You're turning this skiff
into an excursion launch.

Come on! Snap into it
with the fore hold loading.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

So you just came down
to say goodbye?

You brought enough cigarettes
to last on a voyage to New York.

Oh, I'll smoke a lot more
cigarettes than that, toots,

before we ever
really say goodbye.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Listen,
I told you to--

Oh.

Good morning, sir.

Davids, isn't it?
Tom Davids?

Yes, sir.

Your port captain told me

to report for duty
as third officer.

Duty as what?

Third officer.

These rocking-chair sailors
ashore.

Here I am in the middle
of the typhoon season,

a tough voyage ahead.

I ask for a fighter,
and they send me a punching bag.

Give me a chance. It's the first
one I've had for over a year.

I know these waters
better than most.

I've sailed them as a master
for over 10 years.

No one had a better record
on this coast than I had.

Then, just because
of an accident...

I'm not a coward.

Stow it, Davids.

You let pirates
scuttle your ship,

and you lost every white man
aboard except yourself.

The board of trade
lifted your ticket, I didn't.

Give me a chance.
Please.

You got a uniform?

Nothing clean, sir.

All right, I'll have the steward
give you one of mine.

Yes, sir.

Report to Mr. Dawson.

I'll have the uniform laundered

and return it to you.

Oh, that's all right.

Keep it.
You'll probably need it.

Thank you, sir.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Well, if it ain't
old rough-on-rats himself.

How are you, Jamesy?

Dolly, you're looking
just as pretty as ever.

What have you been doing?

Bidding the big boy
goodbye, huh?

Goodbye, nothing.

I'm making this voyage.

No, you're not.
Yeah.

Why, I'm just as happy

as if I'd won
the Calcutta sweepstakes.

You ought to have the shekels

piled up to the roof by now.

I haven't done so bad,
you know, uh...

Dolly, I'm still willing
to share it all with you.

Oh, whoa--

Say, there ain't
enough dough in all Asia

to make me change the way
I feel about one guy.

Still crazy about
that Gaskell, huh?

Well, whenever you get tired of
running around with an Airedale,

and you want to run around
with a Saint Bernard,

why, you let me know.

Sure. Whenever I get
lost in the Alps,

I'll whistle for you.

All right.
I'll come running.

Goodbye, Dolly.

See you later.

You be easy
with them there pigs.

Well, Kingston, you're a wonder.

How you've been able to sail
with that sour-bellied Gaskell

as long as you have,
I don't know.

Hello, Jamesy.
Well, Captain Gaskell.

I was just telling Kingston

how happy I was
to be sailing with you.

Hey, stow that on the port side.

Yes, yes. You're still

carrying that cargo
of soft soap, eh?

No, no.
Really, I mean it.

You don't know
what a safe feeling it is

to be sailing with a captain

that's never been raided
by the pirates.

Well, there's not much
profit for pirates

in this zoo of yours.

Who are you swindling
with this scrubby lot, huh?

That's the finest lot of animals
I've ever shipped.

Well, they're not as noisy

as that last batch
of sopranos you had.

Say now, Jamesy,
just between you and me,

what do you give them
to keep them quiet?

I just give them one
of these little pills,

and they sleep and dream
all the way across.

Never lose a pound.

I don't suppose you ever thought
of giving them a little gravel

just to add a pound, though.

Why, captain,
that would be dishonest.

They got big feet for singsong
girls, haven't they?

Well, they-- They don't
bandage the feet nowadays.

These are enlightened days.

Those feet are big
even for enlightened days.

Captain Gaskell, sir--
Sir Rockwell.

What does a woman do
when you throw something at her?

A woman--?

She dodges it.
A man catches it.

Here, catch!

Sergeant of the guard!

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

Charge them with
attempted piracy.

Ask the police commissioner
to wireless me

anything he can sweat out.

Hido. Hido.

You go ashore.
Tell Moray to bail them out

before they start to talk.

Tell Ngah that I'll go through
with the job as agreed,

but he'll need more men. Go on.

[SPEAKS CHINESE]

Hey, captain.
That's good work.

You're the finest skipper
on this coast.

Thanks.

[SHIP WHISTLE BLOWS]

WOMAN:
Goodbye.

WOMAN 2:
Goodbye.

MAN:
See you on the next trip.

WOMAN 3:
Goodbye, and thank you
for all your trouble.

WOMAN 4:
Take care of yourself.

I will.
So long, Sybil, and good luck.

Thank you so much.
B-39.

Thank you.
Don't forget to write, Sybil.

SYBIL:
I won't.

Sybil.

Alan.

It is Alan.

Oh, so this is your ship.

My, I am lucky.

Yes. Yes, I'm captain
of this tub.

Are you visiting out here?

Just traveling.

You might start
to unpack, Pether.

I've been just traveling
for some time.

I-- I heard about Bart.

I meant to write,

but it was so long
after he died.

News is slow out here.

We spoke of you so often,

wondering what you were doing.

Getting into trouble, mostly,

then trying to get out of it.

Well, you're in
for more trouble now,

looking after me
for a whole voyage.

I'm in your hands again, Alan.

Look here, Alan,
can't you get this boat--?

What's wrong?

You look as if
you'd seen a ghost.

I have.

MAN:
Gangplank secure, sir.

MAN 2:
All clear forward, sir.

[BELL RINGING]

MAN 3:
Cast off your bow line.

MAN 2:
Aye0-aye, sir.

[SHIP WHISTLE BLOWS]

Good morning.

Morning, captain.

Hiya, neighbor.
The name is Timmons.

Aw, I can take it
or leave it alone.

No, no, the name. Timmons.
T-I-M-M-O-N-S.

I'm the guy that can do it too.

[SHIP WHISTLE BLOWS]

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[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Who is it?

Who is it?!

DOLLY:
It's just me, toots.

Listen, when I told you
to stay out of here,

I wasn't shadowboxing.
I meant it.

Oh, I just came in
to borrow a book.

I don't keep them in my bathtub.

I decided to improve my mind.

Hm. You'd better take
two books.

Give yourself an even break.

Now, how about you doing

about three turns around
the deck before dinner

just to work up
an appetite, huh?

Okay, okay, toots.

I know you ain't got much time

to fool around with passengers.

It's your own fault.
You wanted to be one.

Except maybe that English dame.

You're becoming very observant.

I saw her when she came aboard.

She looked like she was smelling
a dead fish or something.

[LAUGHS]

Considering her surroundings,
that's highly possible.

And I also got a load of you

when you moved her
into the royal suite.

Why didn't you lay out
a red plush carpet for her?

Well, that's just a throwback
to my old manners.

The lady happened to know me
when I acted that way

for the sheer joy of it.

Oh, I get it.
A hometown honey.

I knew her years ago...

and her husband.

Married.

Well, being married don't seem
to tie her down none.

He's dead.

So-- So she's back
in circulation again.

Well, maybe it's a good thing
you didn't...

get hooked up
with nobody out here.

Thanks.

But if I'd had
a more definite tie,

I might have behaved
a bit more decently.

Say, if you ain't
decent, boyfriend,

you'll do until
something decent comes along.

Out here, maybe.

But anywhere else in the world,

we'd both
be a little bit soiled.

Did you ever see
an English river, Dolly?

No. I'm dumb at geography,

just like I am
at everything else.

Well, it's cool,
clear and clean.

Put a stream like that
alongside any river out here,

dirty, yellow, muddy...

you'll see the difference.

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[RINGS]

[CALM CHINESE MUSIC PLAYING]

[WHINING]

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That was only a few years ago.

The pirates killed
every white person aboard,

except the captain,
and then scuttled the ship.

Better take care of these pearls
in the case of piracy.

Why? They're artificial.
They're not worth anything.

TIMMONS:
Twelve and a half bucks.

Quite a bargain, I'd say.

Where did you get them?
She picked them up---

I bought them myself in Tokyo.

Well, you know,
it's not always easy

to tell the real from--

I'm sure you didn't
pay too much for them.

Bet your sweet life she didn't.

That little woman gets
her money's worth every time.

Huh, poopsie?

Hey, you see
that chess game over there?

When I was four years old,

I played 10 people all at once.

Blindfolded.

I lost every game.

[LAUGHS]

TIMMONS:
Pirates. Baloney.

Where did you really
get those pearls, hm?

You won't tell Wilbur, will you?

Twelve and a half bucks
to Wilbur.

That pirate hooey of yours

is stuff they
always tell tourists.

I'll bet they don't
rate one through nine

with our rumrunners.

Bosh.

from our pirates.

Even the hijacking.

And that trick
of identifying each other

by matching the halves
of a torn $100 bill.

Here they use
a hundred-pound note.

Sunday paper bunk.

TIMMONS:
Hey, mate, come here.

Yes, sir?

How are you,
Mr. Davids?

How are you, Sir Guy?

Tell him that bunk

about the ship
they held up and scuttled.

Get a load of this.
It's terrific.

I don't remember
saying anything, Timmons.

You can't get
out of it like that.

Tell him about
the one white officer

who came out of it alive.

What's the matter
with that bird?

Was I speaking out of turn?

I'm afraid you were.

That's Tom Davids.

Captain of the ship
I was telling you about.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Say, uh, don't look now,

but I think my stomach
is full of butterflies.

[CALM CHINESE MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING]

Isabelle.

Isabel MacCarthy.

Yes'm?

Would you say
that I looked like a lady?

Naw, Miss Dolly.

I been with you all too long
to insult you thattaway.

Say, what's the difference?

What's that snooty English dame
got that I ain't?

She's more refined, like.

She would never wear that dress

with all them
shiny beads you got.

That dress is more my type.

You've been hinting
for that dress for a month.

Go on and take it.

You spoiled it for me anyway.

[LAUGHS]

You sure got
the right feeling though, honey.

I got to let this out a smidgen.

You sure is got
the right instincts,

no matter what they all say.

What do they say?

Oh, it's just a mite of talk.

They say you's got yourself

so hooked on to that
Captain Gaskell

that he's shaking himself
like a wet hound dog

and can't get you loose no how.

[LAUGHS]

Yes, miss, they do.

Like a wet hound dog.

He can't shake me off.
I hopped off, see?

And I'm glad I did.
Do you hear that?

I'm glad. I'm happy.

Sure you's happy, honey.

But don't you worry.
You'll get over it.

[BELL RINGING,
SHIP WHISTLE BLOWING]

Twenty years on the China Seas,

and she never lost a spangle.

[LAUGHS]

[SLURRING]
I had a spangle once.

It was a cocker spangle.

She had a litter of field mice.

Good evening, Miss Portland.

I've got you the other side
of Mr. MacArdle.

Oh, well, I get it.
Where is the big guy?

Uh, you mean the captain, miss?

He went-- That is--

I believe he's escorting
Mrs. Barclay.

Why doesn't she
put a ring in his nose

so she can lead him
around easier?

Excuse me, sir.
Hey, Ah Feng, bring me

a double hooker of scotch,
quick.

Yes, miss.

Well, Jamesy, you old trambo.
Long time no see, kid.

No fault of mine, Dolly.

You're the original
one-man girl.

As long as I've got
a one-gal guy.

I just saw
Captain Gaskell upstairs

walking with
Mrs. Barclay.

Very lovely looking
girl, isn't she?

She couldn't take me away

from a girl like you
in a thousand years.

What makes you think

she's taking anything
away from me, huh?

Get on the belt line
and keep 'em coming.

I think you know
everybody, Sybil,

except perhaps
Miss Yu-Lan. Mrs. Barclay.

How do you do?

And Miss Portland.
How do you do?

Hello.

You needn't be so
confoundedly possessive, Alan.

I knew Mrs. Barclay
long before you did.

You had such a start.
I'm only trying to catch up.

Ah, you had your chance,
Sir Guy,

but you spurned me.

Mm.

At least Alan didn't meet me

till after I was married.

That ruins all my guesses.

I had such a romantic meeting

arranged for you two.

The squadron ball at Gibraltar.

Music, lanterns, uniforms...

Her husband was at sea,
so I claimed every dance.

We walked back
to the hotel together.

With or without moonlight?

Oh, there was a harvest moon.

You've never seen a moon

until you've watched
the one over China Seas.

It'll be full by the time

we get to Singapore.
Glorious.

Say, speaking
of meetings, Jamesy,

do you remember that night
in that putang joint in Saigon

when you and me met up
with a certain party?

Oh, do I.

There wasn't any moon,
but he had a shiner

on his left eye that lit up
the whole street.

A cut on his right leg.
He'd have bled to death

if it hadn't been
for China Doll here.

Oh, my, that was
a romantic meeting.

She saved his life.

And never got a word
of thank for it.

I wish I could tell you
what she said when I tried it.

You never used to be

so particular about
your language.

That's right, Dolly.

This will be an awful comedown

after the Royal Mail.

Oh, I don't know.

There's something
very real and dramatic

about this atmosphere.

You know, pirates
and machine guns, barricades--

Mr. McCaleb,
I want you to meet

a literary rival
of yours, Mrs. Barclay.

Good evening,
Mr. McCaleb.

Thanks, I've got
all the insurance I can handle.

[LAUGHING]
Mrs. Barclay,

I'm sure I saw you in London

two years ago.

Why, of course,
Miss Yu-Lan.

It was at the American Embassy
and then again

at the Gainsboroughs' in Sussex.

Peg, isn't she
the most amazing hostess?

It was only two years
before that--

DOLLY [BRITISH ACCENT]:
Too amazing for words.

There I was,
with a cinder in me eye

as large as a paving block,

with the grand duke
on one side of me

and the marquis on the other,

both trying to pull
my top lid over my bottom.

[LAUGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Uh, Miss Portland
is a professional entertainer.

Oh, I am? Maybe you'd like me
to try something else.

No, I'm afraid you haven't
anything left for an encore.

Hm, so you think
it's funny, huh?

What are you grinning at?

You must be very fond of him.

What makes you think so?

To humiliate yourself like this.

I'll see you later, Alan.

Don't worry. He knows
where the royal suite is,

and so do I.

I had it the first time
I sailed on this ship!

The more violent the storm,

the sooner it subsides.

When I want you to sound off,
golden bells,

I'll pull your rope.

I, uh-- I apologize
for this exhibition.

It's all my fault.

And as the man said when
they were about to hang him,

"This'll be a lesson to me."

[SLURRING]
Madam chairman and ladies
of this literary group,

it is with sentiments
of profound respect

that I address you
this afternoon,

because woman is the mother
of all literature.

I thank you.

Hey, look.
I'm awful sorry I blew up.

Honest, I am.

But hookers of scotch
and the fact

that I'm so fightin' nuts
about ya--

You saved me a lot of trouble.

You painted the whole
dirty picture for her

with a nice, truthful brush.
Thanks.

Gee, toots,
don't talk to me like that.

I get scared when you
put the freeze on me.

Look, I'll go to her, apologize,
do anything in the world--

You keep as far away
from her as you can.

And farther away from me.

[BELL RINGING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Come.

Captain Gaskell, sir.

Well, what's wrong,
Mr. Rockwell?

This navigation chart--

Excuse me, sir.

It's this
navigation problem, sir.

I'm having trouble with it.

Trouble?
Yes, sir.

Yes, I should say you are.

If your figures are correct,
Mr. Rockwell,

this ship is in the middle
of the Sahara Desert.

Yes, sir.
It has me worried, sir.

Yes.

Well, suppose
you try adding, here,

instead of subtracting.

Perhaps that'll put us
back in the ocean again.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, sir.

All right.

Excuse me, sir.

How's it, toots?

Well, go on and play dumb
if you want to.

I just came in to tell ya
I'm not gonna come around

and pester ya anymore.

Look.

I'm takin' all my cigarettes.

You know,
it's moonlight outside.

Gee, it's pretty.

Ain't it funny,

we always fight
when it's moonlight

and make up when it's rainin'?

It's about time
for the rainy season,

ain't it, toots?

Aw, come on out of the trenches.

I'm not gonna throw any bombs.

I'm harmless.

Yes, of course.

You're as harmless
as a revolution.

Well, don't forget
your cigarettes.

I won't.

I know an exit line
when I hear one.

Well, anyway,

it won't be so lonely
while Jamesy's aboard.

I hate to hear you
talk like that, Dolly.

Well, a gal's got to do
the best she can

with what's around.

You owe yourself more than that.

The trouble is, boyfriend,

there ain't any male
Mrs. Barclays.

[ENGLISH ACCENT]
So charming, so refeened.

The real trouble is,

there aren't enough
female Mrs. Barclays.

Don't give it
another thought, Alan.

I once hoped you'd know me
very well,

but not that well.

But when you
once hoped, you--

You weren't in
this part of the world.

No. That's true.

But here I am.

[WHISTLE SQUEALS]

Yes?

MAN:
Captain Gaskell.

Mr. MacArdle
wants to go forward

to look after his animals.

No. MacArdle can't
look at his animals.

I wouldn't let an admiral
go forward without a guard.

You find it an exciting part
of the world, don't you?

Exciting? Nursing and cursing
a bunch of leftovers

who are supposed to be officers?

Derelicts for a crew?

But ashore,
the glamor of--

Yes, yes. You saw me
this morning

after a trip ashore.

Did I look
particularly glamorous?

Well, I wasn't
thinking of backgrounds.

That girl--
She's glamorous, surely.

Sybil.

I don't deny her.

But you know why
I came out here.

Why I resigned from the service.

It's all I could do.

Yes. We--

I might have cracked up
Bart's life if you'd stayed.

Sybil.

If I thought there
was the slightest chance,

I... I'd stumble out
with everything

I wanted to say
six years ago, I--

Alan, I have
a confession to make.

I'm not just traveling.

I followed a memory,
traced you here.

And now that I've found you,

I don't care how you've lived.

I'll always be in love with you.

I'll jump ship at Singapore.

We'll dig up a magistrate
or a chaplain.

A Buddhist monk,
if there's none other.

We'll go back together.

Oh, England.

I've a place in Sussex

with a fireplace
you can stand in.

Your cocoa, sir.

Oh, yes. Yes, yes.

Come in, old man.
Come right in.

What's the matter?
What happened to you?

The chef's been at
the vanilla extract again, sir.

Went for me with a cleaver.

A cleaver's a new matter, sir.

Ah, yes. Well, give him a quart
of brandy to taper off on.

He'll be all right
in the morning.

Sybil, I want you to meet

the best chief steward
in the line, Ted Gary.

Honest as the day is long.

And he said to Mrs. Barclay,
right in front of me,

I was the best steward
in the line.

"Honest as the day is long."

And never a word about that last
bottle of whiskey I pinched.

No doubt, the old man's
going soft.

Relieved me right
in the middle of me watch

so I could come to breakfast.

Called me Bertie.

I had a chaw of tobacco
in my mouth

as big as that,
and he never even noticed.

And he said he'd take me
to the races ashore.

Well...

That's the way it is
with those two-bottle men.

I've never seen it fail.

All of a sudden...

I knew a man
once in Liverpool that way...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Shh! Davids.

Aren't you going to wait
for your coffee?

No.

It's too stuffy here.

And smelly too.

May I please have
the sugar, sir?

Thank you.

YU-LAN:
Mark!

[TRAP FIRES]

[GUNSHOT]

JAMESY:
Good.

Lovely shot.
Grand, Miss Yu-Lan

That's a lovely gun.

I hope that they don't leave
them laying around loose.

Captain lock 'em up

all the time we no use.

That's good.

Mark.

[GUNSHOT]

Hiya.

Ah, good morning.

Good morning.
Oh, good morning.

I guess she's still burned.

Mark.

[GUNSHOT]

I got it that time.

I'm afraid you're much
too consistent for me.

Well, not at all.

Mark.

I received your note.

It really wasn't necessary.

Oh, I'm sorry I acted so crazy.

Say, Jamesy,

how about you and me startin'

a little competition
for the common people, huh?

All right.
I-I'll bet you a shilling.

Okay.

Bring us a gun.

There you are.

Are you and Captain Gaskell
going to make your home

in Singapore or Hong Kong?

I don't think we're going
to stay out here at all.

Did you hear what she said?

It's all over the ship that
they're going to get married

the minute
they get into Singapore.

That's why Gaskell's
turned sunny-side up.

Mark!

I think you're very wise
not to stay in the Orient.

We have a saying out here:

"After the cheap, strong wine,

the most delicate tea
has little flavor."

WOMAN:
Oh, be careful!

Oh, I'm sorry. I--

Quite all right.

You had no idea
the gun was loaded.

Aw, you don't think I pointed it
at ya on purpose, do ya?

There's nothing to think about,

Miss Portland.

The gestures of a woman like you

simply do not exist.

Mark.

[GUNSHOTS]

It's beautiful,
the way these ducks

know how to throw
the old harpoon.

That's one of the advantages

of a very fine
cosmopolitan education.

Come on, Jamesy.

Let's you and me take a powder.

[GUNSHOTS]

Clay pigeons.

That's the thrilling
sort of life

you're headed for
in England, Alan.

[GUNSHOT]

Shooting clay pigeons. Hm.

Exactly.

And whether
you believe it or not,

I'll revel in it.

[DOOR OPENS]

Greetings, boyfriend.

[GUNSHOTS]

Well, I... I understand
congratulations are in order.

I'd like to be the first
to wish you the best.

Heh. You'll need it.

[GUNSHOTS]

One day, you'll say
something nice

and never forgive yourself.

Look, toots, I...

Aw, gee, I don't blame
ya for being sore.

I know I've done
a lot of stupid gabbing,

but this is on the level.
I wish you all the luck.

And that's one baby you'll
never have to be ashamed of.

She's the real McCoy,
and she'll make a...

a marvelous wife for ya.

I wish you meant that.

I do.

Well--

Well, that's better.

Now, let's quit good friends,

instead of like
a couple of cabdrivers

after a drunken brawl.

Yeah.

I guess that's the way
it ought to be done.

But I ain't been brought up
to do the right thing

like that English dame.

All I can say
is what's down inside of me.

And I don't care how long

you've been carryin'
the torch for her.

You can't quit me any more
than I can quit you,

and you can kiss a stack
of cookbooks on that!

[DOOR SHUTS]

Whew!

[BELL RINGING]

Thank you.

Well, anyway,
it'll be quieter in England.

Wait till you get there,
if you ever do.

What's to keep me?

Well, I've been
trying it for 30 years.

There's something
about this place.

From my windows,

I can see the whole
harbor of Hong Kong.

Big ships coming,

big ships going.

The China I know,

the China I've helped to make.

And on quiet nights,
off in the hills,

I can hear the sound
of distant firing.

They were at it when I came,

and they'll be at it
after I've gone.

More guns won't stop 'em.

Too many of 'em.

And the only things they respect

are courage and honor.

[CHUCKLES]

Yes, and England's power.

England's place here
can never be any greater

than the men who represent her.

They might be able
to use an Englishman

at home, sometime, you know.

Well, I was hoping that someday
you'd take my place.

I had me eye on you
for a long time.

Well, take it off.

I'm quitting the China Seas
as soon as we dock.

Hm.

Well, if you're
in earnest--

Dead earnest.

I'd better be looking

for somebody to take
your command, eh?

What about Dawson?

Dawson?

Take my ship?

I've always heard you
speak highly of him.

Yes.

Yes, of course
I speak highly of him.

Uh, Dawson's one of the best.

Absolutely.

You couldn't do better.

[SCOFFS]
Dawson.

[FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[SLURRING]
I never forget
a name or a face.

Now, I've seen you
somewhere before.

You've seen me
a dozen times a day since--

No, don't tell me.
Don't tell me.

It's on the tip of my tongue.

The name is Timmons.
T-I-M-M-O-N-S.

How do you pronounce that?

Timmons. Timmons!

Timmons! T-I-M-M--

[LAUGHS]

I thought he said "Timmons."

MAN:
I drink to the health
of Admiral Puff.

My compliments
to Mr. Dawson.

Tell him I'll be up
on the bridge shortly.

JAMESY:
I drink to the health
of Admiral Puff.

Steward!

DOLLY:
Whoopee!
Are you good, Jamesy!

[JAMESY LAUGHS]

Attaboy, Jamesy!

You called, sir?

What? Oh, yes, yes.

See that all the staterooms
and portholes are secured.

We're in for a blow.

Will it be a real storm, Alan?

Terrifying?

All seas aren't alike.
Can't tell much more.

I did hope for your sake,
though, it'd be an easy trip.

That's too much to expect
from the China Seas.

DOLLY:
Attaboy! Whoo!

Anything else, sir?

What?

Yes.

You might tell them that
anybody that can't hold

his or her liquor better lay off
until this blows is over.

I'm afraid you're a good
influence on him, Sybil,

and I deplore it.

DOLLY:
All right,
here we go again.

I beg your pardon.

Here's to the health
of Admiral Puff Puff Puff,

three times.

Okay?
Perfect.

I think you did
one bounce too many.

Ah, she was all right.

I had my eye on her
just like a hawk.

My dear fellow,
what do you suppose I was doing?

Ah, there's two against one.
Two against one.

GARY:
The captain says
the weather's blowing up.

A word to the wise.

Come on, Jamesy!
We're off again.

Greatest game in the world.

It makes men remember
and women forget.

I'll play this game
until you can't remember

anything but your little Jamesy.

[LAUGHS]

Here's to the health
of Admiral Puff

three times.

Oh, keno! You forgot to say
"Admiral Puff Puff Puff."

Oh, doggone it anyway, I--

Drink up, sir,
and start all over again.

Come on, down the hatch.

Aw, don't look so sad, toots.

You're doin' swell.

[CHUCKLES]

Have you ever noticed, Sir Guy,

that a man is never angry
with a woman he doesn't like?

I had not, until now.

Me either.

And I shall be more pleasant
to her after this.

Shall we?

Good evening, skipper.

How's the barometer doin'?

Falling to a new low.

Well, don't let that
worry you, captain.

Say, where you been
keepin' yourself, stranger?

Have breakfast with me
in the morning,

if you can eat anything.

I'll be there.

Nothing takes my appetite.

Say, how about joining the game

that kills all care?

Oh, I'm afraid it
would kill me too.

Good night.

Kill nothing.

All you need
is a wooden, hollow leg

to play this game.

Here's to the health
of Admiral, uh...

Prosit.

Prosit.

[LAUGHS]

[WIND WHISTLING]

DOLLY:
Missed out again, Jamesy.
Sock it down, boy!

[WIND HOWLING]

It's thickening up
like mud, sir.

We're runnin' right into it.

Running into it?

We're in it already.

Why don't you keep her
on her course?

What are you trying to do,
write your name in the ocean?

Old man's getting
back to normal.

Good thing with this comin' on.

Put your oilskins on
and get to your stations.

Stick her nose
right into it.
Yes, sir.

Mr. Davids, tell the steward
to look out for his passengers.

Better get life belts
on them.
Yes, sir.

Exciting, sir, isn't it?

My first typhoon.

Really?

Well, if you live long enough,

you may see
another one sometime.

Get to your station!

Yes, sir.

Excuse me, sir.

[WHISTLES]

Chief, keep up
a full head of steam.

We're in for a twister.

[WIND HOWLING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

[WAVE SPLASHES]

Heh. Good old Grandfather.

Don't get panicky.

Just stick by me!

Hey, stop showing off.

Come on up here.

Come on, lady, slip into this.

I really shouldn't,
you know, with my figure.

Uh, tie it up in the front.

WOMAN:
Let me help ya, miss.

You've lost your pearls.

No, I-I broke the string.
Mr. Romanoff has them.

Yes, yes, I will
restring them for her

as soon as we get out of this.

Oh, I never want to see
them again.

Throw them away.
Do anything you please.

Oh, if we only
come out of this alive.

Now, now, poopsie.

Don't let a little wind
blow you off your feet.

Have you seen
Miss Portland, sir?

Isn't she in her cabin?
No.

By Jove!
If she went out on deck

in the condition
she was in--

You all-- You all don't suppose
she's been washed overboard?

Can't find Miss Portland, sir!

Afraid she may have
been washed overboard.

Keep your hand to it!

Aye-aye, sir.
Where's MacArdle?

His door is locked, sir.

Why didn't you break it down?

I was afraid to without orders.

[LAUGHS]

That's the game,
ya old beachcomber!

I beat you.
Do you hear that?

I won.

[LAUGHS]

Prosit.

Ha-- Whoa!

Hey, that's the typhoon.

That's a typhoon, Jamesy.

Come on, give me the other 20
you owe me. Come on.

Ah, quit stallin', Jamesy,

and give me that 20 you owe me.

All right,
if you won't give it to me,

I'll take it.

Oh...

Oh.

What a twister that was.

Hello, Dolly.

Well, where are you going?

Oh, winners always go home,
don't they?

What's the idea
of lockin' the door?

Caveman stuff, huh?

Ah, no, it's-- It's just
a force of habit, Dolly.

Say, are you trying
to insult me?

Did I ever take anything
that wasn't comin' to me?

Why, darling, you--

You know that you could have

anything that I've got, anytime.

Now, come on, you.

Fork that over.

All right, welsher.

Th-there's £200, and I won,
and won on the level.

If you ain't a good
enough sport--

No, you don't.

You know what I'm talking about.

You know what I mean.

You know, it's pretty stormy
out there, and you never know

when you might wash overboard.

Are you threatenin' me?

Dolly, you seen it.
I haven't!

I tell you, you seen it.
I haven't!

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I'm talking about
that half of the £100 note

that you took from my wallet.

I don't know what you're saying,

but I'll forget you ever
said anything.

It would do you no good
to double-cross me.

This is a hanging matter.

I don't want to hear
another word.

If it was anybody else but you,
I'd chuck you overboard.

But I'm so crazy about you,
it's eating my insides out.

You're in with me.

I don't want to be, I--

I tell you, you're in with me.

There's a quarter of a million
pounds of gold on this ship.

Your share will make you
a rich woman.

We can go anywhere, do anything.

Look, I'm no good to you.
What do you want with me?

Because you're a smart girl.

You're smart enough
to hide that note,

you're smart enough
to know what it means.

Yeah, and I'm smart enough
to stay out of this!

Even as much as I love you,

you're in with me
from now on, or else,

I'm going to break that pretty
little neck of yours just like--

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[DOOR BREAKING]

[WIND HOWLING]

DOLLY:
The marines
have land.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Uh, Dolly and I were just
sealing a little partnership,

which I hope she'll never
have cause to regret.

Perhaps you better do
your sealing in the main salon

where there's
a lot more witnesses.

Maybe you're right, captain.

[WOMEN SCREAMING]

Look out!

Hold her!

That was a near thing, Alan.

Dawson!

Get some lines, lash this down!

DAWSON:
Come here with that line!

Hey! Come here!

[PLAYING "CHOPSTICKS"]

Cold, darling?

Yeah, yeah, cold.
That's it.

You with me?

Uh, that's a tough ocean
to try and swim in.

That's a good girl.

Now, you keep miles away
from that fella, Gaskell,

or I might think that you're
trying to double-cross me.

Captain Gaskell!

The steamroller's loose, sir.

It'll mash those coolies
like a lot of turnips.

Oh, the poor devils.

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Let it go overboard!

[MAN SCREAMING]

Come on!

Close up that rail!

[SCREAMS]

Davids, lend a hand!

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

Get the tarps off those winches!

GASKELL:
All right,
turn on the steam!

Go to your quarters!

You're under arrest!

[*]

[BELL RINGING]

[PEOPLE WAILING & CRYING]

[WOMAN WAILING IN CHINESE]

Well? What do you want?

I want to thank you, sir,
for saving my life, sir.

Oh, go to bed.

Is it all over, sir?

Yeah.

But we'll stand
regular watch from now on.

Mr. Kingston?

What time do you come on watch?

Eight bells, sir.

You're one minute late.

I'm sorry, sir.

ALAN:
Keep her at half speed

and make your repairs
on the port engine.

Aye-aye, sir.

Davids is here, sir.

Yes.

All right.

I know what I'd do with him
if this was my ship.

Well, wait till you get a ship.

Mr. Davids.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Davids, for the rest
of this voyage,

you'll be relieved of duty

and confined to your quarters
in arrest.

When we reach port,

I'll have to turn you in
to the board of trade

for neglect of duty
and disobedience of orders.

I don't blame you, sir.

But it's funny, somehow.

During the year
I've been on the beach,

I've prayed every day
for a chance.

And then when I got it,

I couldn't make good.

I'm just a washout, that's all.

I'm sorry, Davids.

Call me when you
relieve the watch.

KINGSTON:
Yes, sir.

This'll cost you your ticket.

[DOOR OPENS]

DOLLY:
It's me, toots!

I been waitin' for you
to come off watch.

Get out of here!

Look, I got a good reason
for bein' here.

You've always got a good reason.

In fact, I don't know
anybody who could think up

more remarkable good reasons
than you can on short notice.

Shh, listen. I took
an awful chance coming here.

I might have got
heaved overboard.

Well, don't run
any more risk by staying.

Get off on the rest
of your rounds.

Toots, you've got
to listen to me.

I only came here for one thing.

I'm quite aware of that!

You're always waiting
for a sailor, to comfort him

as only a woman like you can
comfort a man who's too tired

or too drunk to care who it is.

Toots, don't be like that.
If you keep that up,

you're gonna talk yourself
right out of--

I hope so.

[LOCK CLICKS]

Oh, ya hope so, do ya?

Well, you been beggin' for it,
and now you're gonna get it.

You won't be so high and mighty
when I get through with ya.

You just wait! I'll fix ya!

You'll be lower than a coolie!

You'll be lower than Davids!

You'll come crawlin' to me
on your knees!

[SOBBING]

I warned you not
to double-cross me!

[GAGGING]

You said you could use the guns.

Well, darlin',

you're a marvel.

You're a real partner.

You know, I thought
that you was going--

Oh, what does it matter
what you thought

I was gonna do?

You got what you wanted.

Ah, don't take it
so hard, Dolly.

Oh, take what too hard?

I got what I wanted too.

[SOFTLY]
I guess.

[*]

[MAN SCREAMS]

Sparks.

Sparks!

[WEAKLY]
Look out, sir. Malays.

[SHOUTS IN MALAY]

[BLOWS HORN]

[BLOWS HORN FIVE TIMES]

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING & SHOUTING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[YELLS]

[MAN SPEAKS
IN MALAY]

[GROANS]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

WOMAN:
Don't shoot!

Oh, yes, here they come.
Here they come.

WOMAN:
Oh, look, they're bringing
them all in now.

MAN:
They've scuttled ships,
you know, before.

WOMAN 2:
What are they doing?

Got a cigarette, Jamesy?

I thought you said
nobody'd get hurt.

You can't expect the boys
to stand there and take it

after someone cuts loose
at them, can you?

I must have been crazy.

Stark staring crazy!

[WHISPERS]
Take it easy! Take it easy!

Be careful.

What are you hiding
those pearls for?

They're not worth anything.

I don't want to lose them.

You are
perfectly right, my dear.

I've been through one
of these things before.

They take everything in sight.

Something funny
about those pearls.

I'm going to have them appraised
when we get to Singapore.

Why, Wilbur, don't be insane!

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[SHOUTS IN MALAY]

Every one of those guns
came out of our arsenal.

Our arsenal, sir?
Yes.

I don't see how they could have
broken down that steel door.

An-may in the ife-lay oat-bay.

[WHISPERS]
Davids!

Yes, Dawson.

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

No savvy Malay.
Do you?

Not enough.
But MacArdle does, I'm sure.

Hey, look here.

Don't any of you
fellows speak English?

No savvy.

Now, isn't that just too bad?
Oh, that's terrible.

Yes.

Look here. Whoever you are
in that lifeboat out there,

there are some Mills bombs in
the seat locker in my quarters.

Yeah, if you're not
too badly hurt,

watch your chance
and try and get them.

I'll hold them here
as long as I can.

No savvy.

Yea-- No savvy? Aw.

[TSKS]

There's your chance,
Mr. Dawson.

Get those bombs.

He's crazy.
What's the use?

I'd only be shot at.

I--
Yes.

I understand, Mr. Dawson.

Get out of my way.

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

As far as I can make out,

he comes from
a very royal family

and is very sorry to, uh...

disturb you like this.

Why, no disturbance at all.

He wishes to assure you
that no one will be harmed.

If you will open the strongbox.

he will willingly take
the gold and depart

with only the friendliest
feelings toward you.

Hm.

Open the safe.

Yes, sir.

You haven't lost
your ticket yet, old man.

If you want me to,
I'll be only too glad

to put in a good word for you.

[CONVERSING IN MALAY]

[SHOUTS IN MALAY]

[SHOUTING IN MALAY]

[WOMEN SCREAMING]

Where's Alan? You don't think
they'll hurt him, do you?

No, no, of course not,
my dear, no.

No, they need
the captain healthy.

[SPITS]

I'm sorry, poopsie.

Looks like that guy
did the appraising.

[TSKS]

JAMESY:
Why, that's sand.

You're pretty smart, Gaskell.

Well, apparently the bank
patronized some other line.

You can't fool these Malays

with an old trick
like the boxes of sand.

Why, whoever's at the head
of this gang's got brains.

They know when there's
gold on board a ship.

Why, their spies tell them
about every shipment of gold

that leaves any bank
in Hong Kong.

Listen, MacArdle,
make it clear to him.

If there was any gold aboard,
he could have it.

Listen, man. I'm talking to you
as though I'm your own brother.

Save yourself
while there's still time.

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

Look here! That's my skipper!
You can't--

[GROAN]

Looks as if the party
came too late.

Why, it's the boot.
The Malay boot!

Why, that's cruel torture!

Size is 9C.

Why, you're not going
to let him torture you?

Have you any suggestions?

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

Is that the latest style?

Don't let them do that, man!

Why, you'll never be able
to use your foot again!

Listen, Jamesy,
you're a fast talker.

Tell him something.
Tell him anything!

Tell him the bank fooled me
as much as it did him!

I've talked my head off!
He won't listen!

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[GRUNTS]

Tell him where it is.
I can't bear it.

It's killing me to stand here
and not be able to help you.

I can't bear it.

Well, put your fingers
in your ears.

[WINCH CLICKING]

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

[SPEAKS IN MALAY]

Stubborn half-wit!

Gaskell. My boy, Gaskell.

Don't start counting,
I'm getting up.

Please tell them
where it is, Gaskell.

Why, it's breaking my heart
to see you suffer like this.

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[WINCH CLICKING]

There can't be any gold.

He would have talked.

Nobody could be that tough.

[BOTH SPEAKING IN MALAY]

Come on.

[BOTH SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

[SPEAKING IN MALAY]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Die, you...

Oh, you poor boy, you.

I made them understand
there's no gold here.

It was Jamesy that saved
your poor feet for you.

Are they gone?

Yes, it's all right.
They're getting into the junk.

Here, take it easy!
There's nothing you can do.

Here, Gaskell.

[SHOUTING IN MALAY]

[WHISPERS]
Davids!

Davids!

Davids!
Shut your mouth!

I got the bombs.

Good, good.
Let me have this one.

Keep clear while
I blow my way out.

And...thanks, Davids.

Can you make it over
and heave it in that junk?

I'll try.

Davids, remember,
After you pull the pin,

you only got five seconds
until it goes off.

You'll get us all killed!

Get back!

[SHOUTING]

One...

two...

three...

four.

[MEN SCREAMING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS]

[TAPPING]

Hey, a little less
noise, please.

[BELL RINGING]

MAN:
Captain Gaskell?

What did you find?

Not even a scratch
on the door, sir.

The arsenal must have
been opened with a key.

Tell the chief steward

to bring MacArdle
and Miss Porter to my cabin.

Yes, sir.

Listen, darling,
where did you put

that half
of the hundred pound note?

I know it's safe,
but I got to--

I hid it.
Where?

In Gaskell's cabin,
in a tin of cigarettes.

Well, aren't you a wonder.

It's safe.

He won't find it.

He doesn't smoke my kind.
Ah.

Oh, quit worrying, I'll get it.

No, you won't!

You'll stay right where you are

till this thing blows over!

Now, promise me, darling, that
you won't go near the place.

That's easy. I wouldn't
exactly enjoy looking--

Looking at his bandaged feet.

Well, that's too bad.

But what about us?

What about the poor devils
he captured?

You know, I wouldn't
put it past him

to use the Chinese boot on them.

If he does, they'll talk.

Oh, he won't use the boot.

He'd never hit a man
below the belt.

Well, we're not hung yet.

Gaskell may suspect
the whole world,

but he's got to prove it.

Well, let him prove it!
Let him prove--

Are you out of your mind?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Shh.

All right, come in.

Captain Gaskell's compliments
and will you come to his cabin?

And you too, Miss Portland.

Just a minute.

Jamesy, that--
Now, now, now, wait a minute.

It's simply a matter of routine.

If it comes to the worst,

I'm the only one that he can
prove anything against.

So you just sit tight
and keep a stiff upper lip.

All right, bozo.

Order me an upper and lower,

and I'll keep them both stiff.

All right, come on, answer!

After you left my cabin,
where did you go?

Back to my quarters.
What time was that?

About half past 11.
Was anybody there?

Nobody but Isabel.
I told her to go to bed.

Your maid says she was asleep

at a quarter after 9,
two hours before--

Ah, it's always a quarter
after 9 to that numbskull!

It's the only time she knows.

Did anybody come
to your cabin later?

My dates are my own now.

The deck watch saw a man
leaving your cabin after 1:00.

That was you, wasn't it?

Look here, Alan,
that's not--

I'm conducting this inquiry, Sir
Guy. That was you, wasn't it?

What do you want me to do?
Blacken the lady's name?

That was Jamesy, wasn't it?

Well, supposing it was?
Why was he in your cabin?

He came to borrow a hot water
bottle for one of his pigs.

Got a cigarette, Jamesy?
No, darling.

Here, you better
have one of your own.

No, never mind, I don't--

No, no bother at all.

I know what these little
attentions mean to a woman.

Well, I-- I don't want one now.
I guess it's just nerves. I--

Oh. Oh, well, I'm sorry
you don't feel well.

You rode out the piracy
in such good shape.

Perhaps you'd like one.

Well, well, thank you.

The captain is far more generous

with your cigarettes
than you ever were.

Too generous. I guess
I'll take them home with me

while there's still a couple
left for myself.

How many tins have you, Jamesy?

JAMESY:
One.

Four and one are five, are--

Lose any?

I thought I left six here.

Oh, yes, yes, so you did.
I almost forgot.

SIR GUY:
I don't understand
this cat-and-mouse business.

Is this the one?

Yes, that's it.

You won't find
what you're looking for.

I have both halves
of the hundred-pound note.

Oh, what are you
browbeating the girl for?

Just a minute, MacArdle!
Your turn's next.

One half of the note
was found on a dead pirate.

The other half was hidden...

...in her cigarette tin.

Hello.

These Chinese characters
look familiar.

Yes. They're MacArdle's
shipping symbol.

Well, that's queer.

If I wasn't sure of it,

why, I'd swear that I wrote
those characters.

I'll swear you wrote them
before any admiralty court!

Yes? Well, what will
your oath prove?

Save your breath, MacArdle!

We caught two of your men!
They've talked!

You used
the Chinese boot on them.

No, I saved that for you,
if I needed it.

How did you manage
to get the ship's rifles?

You couldn't have done
a thing without them.

You've answered
all the questions so far.

Don't stop now.

All right, I won't!

You gave him the key
to the arsenal!

Me?
JAMESY: She gave me nothing.

Only you and I knew
where it was.

You came to my cabin.
Sure, lots of times.

Waited till I passed out,
took the key,

and gave it to MacArdle!
That's a dirty rotten lie!

I'll sue the line for plenty!

Defaming a lady's character--
Yes. Quartermaster!

Yes, sir?

Tell the sergeant at guard
to come here.

Send a message to the police
superintendent in Singapore.

Tell him to meet us at the dock.

QUARTERMASTER:
Yes, sir.

DOLLY:
You better send
for a squad of lawyers

if you think you'll
pin it on me!

What a snake you are!
What's it to you?

Getting into my cabin
because I trusted you!

Trust?

Waiting to double-cross!
I didn't!

Turning on your own people!
Sold out everyone onboard!

All right then, I did!

I stole the key.

Yes, I stole it
and gave it to Jamesy.

But I came to your cabin
to warn you about him.

Figure it out for yourself
why I didn't.

I'd have stood and fought
back-to-back with you.

But you taught me something
I didn't even know myself.

When a woman can love a man
right down to her fingertips,

she can hate him the same way.

Now call your cops.

Call every cop in the country!
I don't care!

If you can dish it out,
I can take it!

You fool.

You hotheaded,
crazy little fool.

[CHUCKLES]

And me thinking all the time

that my powers
of fascination had won her.

[CHUCKLES]

Aw, don't be so tough, Gaskell.

China Doll there had nothing
to do with it at all.

You think it's
as simple as all that?

I'm not the judge,
the jury and the law.

You'll find that out
soon enough.

No, I won't. I've fooled
them many a time before,

and I've done it again.

I've cost you millions,
and I'd still be fooling them

if it wasn't for the little
yellow-haired lass there

that wouldn't even give me
the time of the day.

What's wrong, MacArdle?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

One of those pills will make
a pig sleep the entire voyage.

I'll sleep until kingdom come.

Get a doctor quick!

Jamesy!

I had a chance, darling,
to throw you overboard.

If I had, I'd still be safe.

Loving you
is the only decent thing

I ever did in my life.

Even that was a mistake.

You sent for me, sir?

Take Miss Porter to her cabin.

Keep a close watch over her
until further orders.

DOCTOR:
Aye, sir.

Well, he's out of it, anyway.

He finished the game
the way he played it.

Yeah, tough.

He didn't yell "no dice"
when they rolled against him.

I won't either.

Good luck, toots.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PEOPLE SHOUTING,
FOGHORN BLOWING]

Singapore!

So am I!
Where are you from?

[LAUGHS]

Lordy, Lordy!

Now I got enough clothes
to last me a million years!

Well, I hope you have
better luck in them than I did.

Don't you worry, Miss Dolly,

I got me a conjure.
Huh?

The left hind leg of a black cat

that's been killed
by a snakebite.

Nothing gonna touch me,

no matter what they does to you.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Yes?

Well, darling, have you put
your house in order?

No, it's in
a worse mess than ever.

Sybil, I should have
told you before.

I'll be tied up here
for weeks at the hearing.

Now, Alan, dear, what are you
trying to tell me? Be frank.

That's just it. I want you
to escape all the frankness

that's going to be thrown around
the next few weeks.

Everybody will know
about it, read about it.

Even at home, for that matter,
the people you know.

But you can live down a scandal
if you want to.

Yes, but this will have
an official stamp on it.

I'll have to get up in court,
tell the whole story.

I want to, Sybil,
because I'm involved.

In fact, I'm as guilty as she.

Guilty? Oh, what nonsense.
How could you be, Alan?

I am, though.

She tried to warn me about
MacArdle, I wouldn't listen.

I nearly threw her out.

With as dirty an insult
as a man could give a woman.

That's not like you.

I don't know why,

except...I had just seen
her in MacArdle's cabin.

I didn't think
she could skid that far.

Oh.

And you're really
in love with--

uh, this old tub after all.

No. No,
but it's that too.

After all, you can't pile up

six years of something and then
just leave it, you know?

No.

No, of course not.

Well, I'm off to the hotel.

I'll take the next boat home.

You know, I came 15,000 miles
to find you, Alan.

Now you're further away
than you ever were.

You wouldn't like
that fireplace in Sussex.

I think that's what
I've been trying to tell you.

Sybil, aren't you
clinging to something

that I could never be again?

[BELL RINGING]
Yes, perhaps I am.

But I think that's the only
beautiful way it ever could be.

Goodbye, Alan.

Goodbye, Sybil.

Come on,
you large, limping seagull.

Come to the office and resign.

Don't worry about that.
I'll resign soon enough.

All I've got to do is scratch
my name on a piece of paper.

Around this madhouse, there's
always a million things to do

before you can do what you want!

I'll make it easy,
honest I will, poopsie.

Hey, you're just the guy!

Where can I pick up a string of
genuine pearls for the missus?

Oh, yes, yes, I'll be very glad
to arrange it for you.

That's a pal! I told you
I'd square with you, poopsie.

You squared it beautifully.

[TSKS]
[LAUGHS]

Bank sent for the gold, sir.

All right, turn it over to them.

But there isn't any gold, sir.

The boxes were full of sand.

Oh, yes, yes, so they were.

The shipment's in the toolbox
of the steamroller.

Steamroller? Toolbox?

That stumps me, sir.

I never would have thought
of looking for it there.

No. I was counting on that.

[BOTH SPEAKING IN CHINESE]

Oh, so you decided
to make the trip after all?

Yes. Yes, I just came along
looking for local color.

Local color, phooey.

If anybody could get local
color, I can get it.

[BABBLING DRUNKENLY]

[SPLASH]

These streets are
in deplorable condition!

[SPITS]

Quartermaster! Fish him out
before he soaks up

all the local color
in the harbor.
Aye-aye, sir.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Come in.

Is the police
superintendent ready?

He'll be here
any minute now. Come on.

Goodbye, Isabel.

Goodbye, Miss Dolly. You sure
been mighty good to me,

Oh, skip it.
even if they does hang you.

Well, there's
the old Quien-Howe.

Aren't they ever going to paint
that smokestack? Ha!

Boy, how you used
to crab about it

when you were first mate on her.

Seems like a thousand years ago.

Well, you don't need to talk
if you don't want to!

I was only doing it

for the benefit of
those mugs back there.

That's what I thought.

I've never seen the time yet

when you could overlook
an audience.

That's more like it.
It's kind of good

to have you barking at me again.

Always worrying
about your performance.

You don't care about anything
except, how is the act going?

What are you crying for?

I can't help it.

Oh, get in there
and quit that blubbering.

Now, listen to me,
numbskull.
I'm all ears.

My job ends when I turn you over
to the superintendent.

From then on,
I'll be on your side.

Oh, what's the use? I'll plead
guilty and take what's coming.

You're going to tell
the whole truth!

Sure I am.
That's the least I can do.

And I'm going to tell
the truth, everything.

That you tried to warn me,
that-- Well, that I was drunk.

Oh, no, you weren't.
Yes, I was. Dead drunk.

Oh, you big cluck! You'll gum up
the works! You'll ruin yourself!

You'll bust up your whole career
if you do that!

There's nothing else to do,
Dolly. It's your only chance.

Oh, never mind me.
What about her?

She's going back to England.

Back to England?
But you still love her.

She's leaving on the next boat.

Oh, you can't let her do that,
toots, you still love her.

Don't start telling me
what to do.

I said, you're still
in love with her!

And don't yell like that!
I'm not deaf!

Oh, you poor sap!
You love her!

And don't call me a sap!
You love her!

Yes, I love her!

But not the way I do you.

Oh, toots, you can't.

That ain't fair.
It ain't right!

A no-good dame like me, why,
I'll always have you in trouble!

No, you won't!

Married life will
slow you down plenty.

You--?

You'd m-marry me?

Well, no, not if you're going
to make it such a blasted favor!

Oh, you--
You poor sap.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Come in!

Good morning, captain.

Good morning, superintendent.

Here's your receipt
for the prisoners.

Yes, all right.

I'll be over as soon
as I get through.

Anything you want--
Anything I--

Toots, I got everything.

Come on, superintendent!
Let's get on the horse!

What about a nip
to cool that aching brow?

No, no. Fix one for yourself.
I got to get around to court.

Somebody will have
to protect that judge.

Those shoes are disgraceful
on an officer, Mr. Kingston!

A hose coupling just broke, sir.

Hose couplings shouldn't break.

Change the hose and change
your shoes, Mr. Kingston.

Yes, sir.

"Change your shoes,
Mr. Kingston."

A piracy, a typhoon,
a disabled ship swung into port,

his sweetheart
on her way to jail,

and all he can say
by way of conversation is

"Change your shoes,
Mr. Kingston."

That bark of his is all front.

He's really pretty
sick at heart.

Sick? The man
hasn't got a heart.

Perhaps not, Mr. Kingston,
but whatever it is he has,

it gets things done.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

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