1 00:02:13,967 --> 00:02:18,762 Bread of heaven Bread of heaven 2 00:02:36,281 --> 00:02:40,868 In this barren wiIderness 3 00:02:52,714 --> 00:02:57,843 Song of praises Song of praises 4 00:02:58,052 --> 00:03:02,931 I wiII ever give to thee 5 00:03:47,852 --> 00:03:52,981 Be the Lord my righteousness 6 00:03:53,608 --> 00:03:58,862 Song of praises Song of praises 7 00:03:58,947 --> 00:04:02,783 I wiII ever give to thee... 8 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:22,177 Death of death and heII's... 9 00:04:29,644 --> 00:04:34,731 Song of praises Song of praises 10 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:46,159 I wiII ever give to thee 11 00:04:47,036 --> 00:04:51,999 When I tread the verge of Jordan 12 00:04:57,547 --> 00:05:00,173 Song of praises 13 00:05:00,758 --> 00:05:12,060 I wiII ever give to thee 14 00:05:13,229 --> 00:05:14,313 Amen. 15 00:05:14,397 --> 00:05:18,442 Amen 16 00:05:43,217 --> 00:05:45,052 -Hello, Reverend. -Mr. Allnut. 17 00:05:45,136 --> 00:05:46,553 -Here's your mail. -Thank you. 18 00:05:46,637 --> 00:05:49,348 Sorry l'm late, but one thing and another kept me in Limbasi. 19 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:51,725 You know how it is. Maybe you don't. 20 00:05:51,809 --> 00:05:54,269 -Good morning, Mr. Allnut. -Good morning, miss. 21 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:57,856 Splendid, they've come at last. My rose trees. 22 00:05:57,940 --> 00:05:59,900 -You'll stay for tea? -Don't mind if l do. 23 00:05:59,984 --> 00:06:02,694 l sure need something in my condition. 24 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:04,863 l'm in for a going over when l get back to the mine. 25 00:06:04,947 --> 00:06:06,823 Them Belgians are calling me all the names they can think of, 26 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:08,992 but l don't mind being cussed out in a foreign language. 27 00:06:09,077 --> 00:06:10,327 They won't fire me. 28 00:06:10,411 --> 00:06:12,454 Ain't nobody in Africa except yours truly 29 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:16,124 can get up a good head of steam on the old African Queen. 30 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,465 You take sugar, l seem to remember, Mr. Allnut? 31 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:07,926 That's right, miss. Couple of spoonfuls. 32 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:09,344 And milk? 33 00:07:11,347 --> 00:07:13,056 That's right, miss. 34 00:07:24,152 --> 00:07:27,070 -Bread and butter? -That's right, miss. 35 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:30,574 -Brother. -Thank you. 36 00:07:39,709 --> 00:07:41,960 Just listen to this stomach of mine. 37 00:07:42,044 --> 00:07:45,839 The way it sounds, you'd think l had a hyena inside me. 38 00:07:45,923 --> 00:07:48,425 Do have some more bread and butter, Mr. Allnut. 39 00:07:48,509 --> 00:07:51,219 Thanks, miss. l... l don't mind if l do. 40 00:07:53,097 --> 00:07:54,431 Excuse me. 41 00:07:59,228 --> 00:08:02,689 Queer thing, ain't it? What l mean is, 42 00:08:02,773 --> 00:08:05,400 what do you suppose makes a man's stomach carry on like this? 43 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:07,694 Try a rock cake, Mr. Allnut. 44 00:08:08,863 --> 00:08:10,655 No, thanks, miss. 45 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,741 Herbie Morton's a bishop. 46 00:08:15,203 --> 00:08:17,913 -Who's that, dear? -Dear, surely you remember Herbie. 47 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:21,041 Blond, a bit younger than l am, ruddy-faced. 48 00:08:21,125 --> 00:08:23,543 He sang a solo at the commemoration concert. 49 00:08:23,628 --> 00:08:25,253 Holy, Holy, l think it was. 50 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:28,215 l think l remember. lt was so long ago. 51 00:08:28,299 --> 00:08:30,550 -He's a bishop now. -Splendid. 52 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:32,928 Yes, l'd say Herbie was a bit younger than me, 53 00:08:33,054 --> 00:08:36,681 four or five years. Surprising, really. 54 00:08:36,766 --> 00:08:38,683 He wasn't up to much as a student, 55 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:41,603 didn't have more than his share of the social graces. 56 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:44,105 Then, of course, he married well. 57 00:08:44,273 --> 00:08:47,275 Yes. That manufacturer's widow. 58 00:08:48,110 --> 00:08:52,197 What was his name, Griggs? Briggs. That was it. Alfred Briggs. 59 00:08:52,281 --> 00:08:55,700 Soap flakes, l think. Mrs. Alfred Briggs. 60 00:08:55,785 --> 00:08:59,162 Not to take anything away from Herbie. l'm delighted for him, naturally. 61 00:08:59,247 --> 00:09:00,664 Of course. 62 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,876 Ain't a thing l can do about it. 63 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:06,878 Itwas HoIy, HoIy. 64 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:08,838 More tea, Mr. Allnut? 65 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:11,466 Thank you, no, miss. l reckon l'd better be shoving off 66 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:14,052 if l'm to get back to the mine before tomorrow night. 67 00:09:14,136 --> 00:09:16,721 -Don't hurry, Mr. Allnut. -Do stay for dinner. 68 00:09:16,806 --> 00:09:18,682 Thanks just the same. 69 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:25,730 l probably won't be coming around this way for a couple of months. 70 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:27,857 Really? Well, what about our mail? 71 00:09:27,942 --> 00:09:30,110 Don't look like there's going to be any mail for a while. 72 00:09:30,194 --> 00:09:31,403 Why not? 73 00:09:31,487 --> 00:09:34,906 -The Germans will hold it up. -Why, in heaven's name? 74 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:38,243 -On account of the war. -War? Where, Mr. Allnut? 75 00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:41,121 -Europe. -lndeed. Between whom? 76 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:43,999 Germany, England... 77 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,083 -England? -England? 78 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:47,919 -That's right. -You really mean war? 79 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:49,921 Yeah, that's what they tell me. 80 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:53,425 Germans claim the British started it, British claim it was the Germans. 81 00:09:53,509 --> 00:09:55,218 Well, what do you know about it? What's happened? 82 00:09:55,303 --> 00:09:58,680 Well, let's see. l... That's all l can remember. 83 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:01,308 Yes, the French are in it, and all them little countries. 84 00:10:01,392 --> 00:10:04,436 Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Spain. 85 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,062 l forget who's with who. 86 00:10:06,147 --> 00:10:08,773 -ls that all you can tell us? -That's all l know. 87 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:10,817 l'll see what l can find out when l get to Limbasi. 88 00:10:10,901 --> 00:10:13,028 Well, l'm wondering what our position will be. Enemy aliens. 89 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:14,904 What harm could anybody do the Germans 90 00:10:14,989 --> 00:10:16,990 in this godforsaken place? 91 00:10:17,074 --> 00:10:19,200 God has not forsaken this place, Mr. Allnut, 92 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,578 as my brother's presence here bears witness. 93 00:10:21,662 --> 00:10:24,122 -No offense, miss. -War. 94 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:26,666 Yeah. Yeah, looks like it. 95 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:30,545 Well, l'll be shoving off. Thanks for the tea. 96 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,464 Take care of yourselves. 97 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:36,301 -Goodbye. Thank you. -Goodbye, Mr. Allnut. 98 00:10:38,888 --> 00:10:40,972 Wretched little man. What indifference. He's a Canadian. 99 00:10:41,057 --> 00:10:43,308 Doesn't he realize he's in this, too? 100 00:10:43,392 --> 00:10:45,977 Shouldn't we perhaps try to get to Limbasi while we can? 101 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:47,854 A good shepherd doesn't desert his flock 102 00:10:47,938 --> 00:10:50,148 when the wolves are prowling. 103 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:56,446 We must ask the Almighty to bless the arms of England 104 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:59,240 and carry her through her hour of trial. 105 00:11:53,045 --> 00:11:55,046 Rose, go into the house and stay there. 106 00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:57,340 What's the meaning of this outrage? How dare you! 107 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:17,337 Samuel! 108 00:13:19,381 --> 00:13:22,425 Dear, here you are. And without your hat on. 109 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,177 Didn't you hear me calling you? 110 00:13:24,261 --> 00:13:28,431 Yes, but l must get the seeds in now. lt's a bit late. August. 111 00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:32,894 But, dear, you know it doesn't matter when one plants in Central Africa. 112 00:13:35,189 --> 00:13:36,397 Africa? 113 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,408 Brother, dear, you're not at all well. 114 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:48,743 Africa? 115 00:13:57,419 --> 00:14:01,714 -l'll help you off with your things. -Rose. 116 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:35,498 Brother. Brother. Dear. 117 00:14:44,258 --> 00:14:49,137 Smite the Amalekites, O Lord. Smite them, hip and thigh. 118 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:50,847 Amen. 119 00:14:52,641 --> 00:14:54,809 Cold. Foggy. 120 00:14:55,811 --> 00:14:57,312 Where's Rose? 121 00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,772 Rose, are you down there in the shop? 122 00:14:59,857 --> 00:15:00,982 l'm here. 123 00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:03,860 Bring me a nice, hot cup of tea. 124 00:15:03,944 --> 00:15:06,195 l'm here, Brother, beside you. 125 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:09,324 l try so hard, you know, to study. 126 00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:13,578 Hebrew, Greek. l've got no facility. 127 00:15:14,622 --> 00:15:18,958 lf l don't pass the examinations, l shall volunteer as a missionary. 128 00:15:19,043 --> 00:15:20,793 Rose, too. 129 00:15:20,878 --> 00:15:24,589 Not comely among the maidens, but she, too, can be a servant 130 00:15:24,673 --> 00:15:26,758 in the house of the Lord. 131 00:15:26,842 --> 00:15:30,345 Even for such as she, God has a goodly purpose. 132 00:15:32,389 --> 00:15:36,684 l'm going to put my books away. l'm not going to work anymore. 133 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:40,772 lf l don't pass, it'll just mean that God has other work for me. 134 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,066 Thy will be done. 135 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,530 O Lord, if it be thy will, let me distinguish myself. 136 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:54,744 Give me a call here in England at home. 137 00:15:55,996 --> 00:15:57,997 Mother would be so proud. 138 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:03,461 O Lord, l've tried so hard. 139 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,618 So they been here, too, eh? 140 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:21,247 After l left here the other day, the drums started in the forest. 141 00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:24,876 Pretty soon, my boys was moaning and rolling their eyes. 142 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,962 l asked them what the trouble was, and they told me the drums said 143 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,089 the soldiers was rounding up their people 144 00:17:30,174 --> 00:17:32,216 and marching them off and burning their villages 145 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:34,719 so they wouldn't have no homes to come back to. 146 00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:38,181 Sure enough, when l got to the mine, everything was a shambles. 147 00:17:38,265 --> 00:17:41,434 My boys took one look and bolted into the forest. 148 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,397 The way l look at it, they plan to make soldiers of the natives 149 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:50,234 and take over all Africa. Where's the Reverend? 150 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,321 He's in there. He's dead. 151 00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:59,035 Well, now, ain't that awful? 152 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,663 lf they'd up and shoot a reverend couldn't do them a bit of harm, 153 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:06,959 -well, there ain't nobody safe. -They didn't shoot him, Mr. Allnut, 154 00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:09,337 but they may as well have done. 155 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:14,008 That's certainly too bad, miss. That's all l can say. 156 00:18:15,302 --> 00:18:18,763 -When'd he die, miss? -He died early this morning. 157 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:24,102 Excuse me, miss. What l mean to say is, what with the climate and all, 158 00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:26,938 the quicker we get him under the ground, the better. 159 00:18:27,022 --> 00:18:30,608 lf you don't mind my saying so. You got a spade? 160 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:33,361 Behind the bungalow. 161 00:18:34,363 --> 00:18:36,948 l expect he'd like to be buried in the shade. 162 00:18:37,032 --> 00:18:39,033 l'll tell you what. While l'm digging the grave, 163 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,536 you get your things together, all the things you want to carry, 164 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:42,954 and then we can clear out of here in a hurry. 165 00:18:43,038 --> 00:18:45,540 The Germans might come back anytime. 166 00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:48,793 -Why should they? -They'll be back, all right, 167 00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:50,253 looking for the African Queen. 168 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:52,713 They'd give a lot to get their hands on her, you bet. 169 00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,048 And what's in her, too. 170 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:57,135 Blasting gelatin, tinned grub, cylinders of oxygen and hydrogen, 171 00:18:57,219 --> 00:19:00,721 heaps of things them Germans could use. You can trust them for that. 172 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,014 The Germans. 173 00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:05,893 See, l figure we could go somewheres behind an island where it's quiet 174 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,729 -and we can talk about what to do. -l'll get ready. 175 00:19:08,856 --> 00:19:11,482 Fine. l'll be as quick as l can. 176 00:19:31,378 --> 00:19:34,463 Let's go, miss. Let's go while the going's good. 177 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:11,751 Pardon me. 178 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:36,150 Mind taking the tiller, miss? Come on. 179 00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:39,153 -But l can't steer. -Come on. 180 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:51,958 A little to starboard, miss. No, no, the other way. 181 00:21:09,017 --> 00:21:10,685 So far, so good. 182 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,271 Here we are, safe and sound, as you might say. 183 00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:15,773 -The question is, what next? -Quite. 184 00:21:15,857 --> 00:21:18,818 We got heaps of grub here, miss, so we're all right as far as that goes. 185 00:21:18,902 --> 00:21:21,946 Two thousand cigarettes. Two cases of gin. 186 00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:24,407 We could stay here for months if we wanted to. 187 00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:27,034 lt's not a bad place to sit out a war, then, is it, miss? 188 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,454 All the comforts of home, including running water. 189 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:32,581 We simply can't remain here in this backwater 190 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:34,792 until the war is over, Mr. Allnut. 191 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:37,503 Can't we, miss? You got the map. 192 00:21:37,587 --> 00:21:39,380 Show me a way out and l'll take it. 193 00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:41,299 The British will certainly launch an attack. 194 00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:43,634 The only question is, which way will they come? 195 00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:45,803 Maybe from the sea, up the railway to Limbasi. 196 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:47,638 But that would put the Germans between us and them. 197 00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:50,141 Mightn't our soldiers come in from British East, Mr. Allnut? 198 00:21:50,225 --> 00:21:52,518 Yeah, they might, but the war in Europe would be over 199 00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:55,062 before they ever hacked their way through that forest. 200 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,940 We're in a bit of a fix, miss, no matter which way you look at it. 201 00:21:58,025 --> 00:21:59,859 There's one thing certain. They won't come up from the Congo, 202 00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:02,320 not even if they wanted to. They gotta cross that lake, 203 00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:04,739 and nothing's going to cross that lake while the Louisa's there. 204 00:22:04,906 --> 00:22:07,325 -The Louisa? What's that? -A hundred-ton steamer, miss. 205 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:09,535 The Germans brought her overland in sections. 206 00:22:09,619 --> 00:22:12,038 She's the boss of the lake 'cause she's got a six-pounder. 207 00:22:12,122 --> 00:22:13,748 A six-pounder? What's that? 208 00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:17,001 A gun, miss. The biggest gun in Central Africa. 209 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,836 -l see. -lf it wasn't for the Louisa, 210 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,755 there wouldn't be nothing to it. 211 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:24,550 The Germans wouldn't last a month if our men could get across the lake, 212 00:22:24,634 --> 00:22:27,511 but all that don't get us any closer to home, does it, miss? 213 00:22:29,097 --> 00:22:31,515 This river, the Ulanga, runs into the lake, 214 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,059 doesn't it, Mr. Allnut? 215 00:22:33,143 --> 00:22:35,853 Well, yes, miss, it does, but if you got any ideas 216 00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:37,688 about going down to the lake in this launch, 217 00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:40,107 -you better get rid of them. -Why? 218 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,152 Well, first off, there's Shona. 219 00:22:43,236 --> 00:22:45,363 The Germans have a fort there overlooking the river. 220 00:22:45,447 --> 00:22:48,366 lf we tried to pass under their guns, they'd blow us right out of the water. 221 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:50,368 And then after that, miss, there's the rapids. 222 00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:52,787 A hundred miles of water like it was coming out of a fire hose. 223 00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:55,831 After that, why, the river's even got a different name. 224 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:57,917 lt's called the Bora. That just goes to show you 225 00:22:58,001 --> 00:22:59,460 they didn't even know it was the same river 226 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,797 -until this fellow Spengler got... -He got down it, l remember. 227 00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:06,342 Yes, miss, in a dugout canoe. He had a half a dozen Swahili paddlers. 228 00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:08,427 Map-making, he was. That was his map you was looking at. 229 00:23:08,512 --> 00:23:10,346 -Mr. Allnut. -Yes, miss? 230 00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:14,266 What did you say is in these boxes with the red lines on them? 231 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:17,395 Well, them, that's blasting gelatin, miss. 232 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:18,521 ls it dangerous? 233 00:23:18,605 --> 00:23:20,731 Bless you, no, miss. That's safety stuff, that is. 234 00:23:20,816 --> 00:23:22,400 You can get it wet and it don't do it any harm. 235 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:24,235 You set fire to it, and it just burns. 236 00:23:24,319 --> 00:23:26,404 You can hit it with a hammer and it won't go off. 237 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:28,239 At least, l don't think it will. 238 00:23:28,323 --> 00:23:29,907 Takes a detonator to set it off. 239 00:23:29,991 --> 00:23:31,534 l'll put it over the side, though, if it worries you. 240 00:23:31,618 --> 00:23:32,785 No, we may want it. 241 00:23:32,869 --> 00:23:34,703 -Mr. Allnut. -Yes, miss? 242 00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:39,041 What are these long, round, torpedo-like things? 243 00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:42,753 Them? Them's oxygen and hydrogen cylinders, miss. 244 00:23:42,838 --> 00:23:45,631 -Mr. Allnut. -l'm still right here, miss. 245 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:49,218 There ain't much of any other place l could be on a 30-foot boat. 246 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:53,431 You're a machinist, aren't you? l mean, wasn't that your position at the mine? 247 00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:57,143 Yes, a kind of a fixer, jack of all trades and master of none, like they say. 248 00:23:57,227 --> 00:24:00,771 -Could you make a torpedo? -How's that, miss? 249 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,775 -Could you make a torpedo? -A torpedo? 250 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,113 Ask me to make a dreadnought, and do it up right. 251 00:24:09,197 --> 00:24:10,406 A torpedo, miss... 252 00:24:10,490 --> 00:24:12,450 You don't really know what you're asking. 253 00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:16,370 You see, there ain't nothing so complicated as the insides of a torpedo. 254 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:19,457 lt's got gyroscopes, compressed air chambers, compensating... 255 00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:21,667 But all those things, those gyroscopes and things, 256 00:24:21,751 --> 00:24:24,253 -they're only to make it go, aren't they? -Yeah. 257 00:24:24,337 --> 00:24:26,422 Yeah, go and hit what it's aimed at. 258 00:24:26,506 --> 00:24:30,301 Well, we've got the African Queen. 259 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:31,927 How's that, miss? 260 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:35,848 lf we were to fill those cylinders with that blasting gelatin 261 00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:37,808 and then fix them so that they would stick out 262 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:38,893 over the end of the boat, 263 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,312 and then run the boat against the side of a ship, 264 00:24:41,396 --> 00:24:44,690 they would go off, just like a torpedo, wouldn't they? 265 00:24:44,774 --> 00:24:46,609 Yeah, yeah, if they had detonators in the ends. 266 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:48,527 We could... What do you call it? Get a good head of steam up, 267 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:51,489 and then point the launch toward a ship, and just before she hits, 268 00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:53,657 we could dive off, couldn't we? 269 00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:56,827 Sure, miss, sure. Absolutely. 270 00:24:56,912 --> 00:24:59,330 There's only one little thing wrong with your idea. 271 00:24:59,414 --> 00:25:03,667 -There ain't nothing to torpedo. -Yes, there is. 272 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:06,253 -There's what? -Something to torpedo. 273 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,839 -What's that? -The Louisa. 274 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:12,009 The Louisa? Now, don't talk silly, miss. 275 00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:13,719 You can't do that. Honest, you can't. 276 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:15,679 l told you before, we can't get down the Ulanga. 277 00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:17,097 -Spengler did. -ln a canoe, miss... 278 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,766 -lf a German did it, we can, too. -Not in no launch. 279 00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:20,017 How do you know? You never tried it. 280 00:25:20,101 --> 00:25:23,187 l never tried shooting myself in the head, neither. 281 00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:28,275 The trouble with you, miss, is you... You don't know anything about boats. 282 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,320 ln other words, you are refusing to help your country 283 00:25:31,404 --> 00:25:33,739 in her hour of need, Mr. Allnut? 284 00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:37,201 Well, l wouldn't put it that way. 285 00:25:37,285 --> 00:25:39,912 Just how would you put it, Mr. Allnut? 286 00:25:40,872 --> 00:25:44,375 All right, miss, have it your own way, but don't blame me for what happens. 287 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:46,544 Very well, then. Let's get started. 288 00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:48,837 -What, now, miss? -Yes, now. 289 00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:51,006 There ain't two hours of daylight left, miss. 290 00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:53,968 We can go a long way in two hours, Mr. Allnut. 291 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,638 l'll have to get the old kettle to boiling and... 292 00:25:57,722 --> 00:26:00,307 Well, do so, Mr. Allnut. 293 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:13,821 "Could you make a torpedo? 294 00:26:15,156 --> 00:26:17,199 "Well, do so, Mr. Allnut." 295 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:29,837 A little to starboard, miss. That's right. 296 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:32,298 Hey, you're doing fine, miss. 297 00:26:33,174 --> 00:26:36,552 lt's really quite easy, isn't it, Mr. Allnut? 298 00:26:36,636 --> 00:26:40,431 -Well, you gotta learn to read the river. -Read the river? 299 00:26:40,515 --> 00:26:42,975 Yeah. You see that long thing over there, 300 00:26:43,059 --> 00:26:47,730 looks kind of like a "V"? That means a snag. 301 00:26:47,814 --> 00:26:51,442 Now, this choppy water over here, that means shallow. 302 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:55,529 The Queen don't draw much water, so we can go right over them. 303 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,865 Most boats would get their bottoms tore up. 304 00:26:59,784 --> 00:27:03,370 And when it's smooth and flat like that over there, 305 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:07,499 -does that mean a rock, Mr. Allnut? -Rock or hippo, miss. 306 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:12,004 But don't go bumping into no hippo. Makes them awful mad. 307 00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:15,090 This boat's only big enough for the two of us. 308 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:42,618 -What was the matter, Mr. Allnut? -Feed pump's full of scum and rust. 309 00:27:42,702 --> 00:27:46,288 She gets clogged up. Kicking her starts her to working again. 310 00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:49,375 l gotta act fast, 'cause one of my boys dropped a screwdriver 311 00:27:49,459 --> 00:27:51,043 down the safety valve. 312 00:27:51,127 --> 00:27:53,879 What would happen if you didn't kick her? 313 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:56,757 Whole boiler would blow up. 314 00:27:57,634 --> 00:28:00,094 But if we're going downstream, Mr. Allnut, 315 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,346 why do we need the engine at all? 316 00:28:02,430 --> 00:28:05,683 Boat's got to go faster than the water or you can't steer. 317 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:09,978 lf l was to let the engine die going down the rapids, we'd be goners. 318 00:28:11,439 --> 00:28:14,024 -Mr. Allnut? -Yes, miss? 319 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:16,402 Why don't you dismantle the safety valve 320 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:18,237 and remove the screwdriver? 321 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:20,698 You know, l'm going to do that one of these days. 322 00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:22,616 The only reason l ain't done it up to now 323 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,662 is that l kind of like kicking her. She's all l've got. 324 00:28:58,987 --> 00:29:01,655 lt's kind of hot work, ain't it, miss? 325 00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,908 l could do with a drink. Excuse me, miss. 326 00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:33,520 -You going to have one, miss? -No. 327 00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:38,317 -What is it? -Gin, miss. 328 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:49,536 -Something the matter, miss? -No. 329 00:29:51,372 --> 00:29:53,791 How'd you like a nice cup of tea? 330 00:29:55,168 --> 00:29:57,044 l'd like a cup of tea. 331 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,314 Course, it'll taste a little rusty, 332 00:30:17,398 --> 00:30:20,192 but then we can't have everything, can we? 333 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,988 There you are. l'll get this out of the way. 334 00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:31,370 -Sugar, miss? -Thank you. 335 00:30:31,454 --> 00:30:33,080 Don't mention it. 336 00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:47,427 -Have a bit of supper, miss? -lt's too hot to eat. 337 00:30:55,812 --> 00:31:00,315 -How long you been out here, miss? -About 1 0 years. 338 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,900 And what part of England do you come from? 339 00:31:01,985 --> 00:31:04,528 -The Midlands. -lt sounds pretty, anyway. 340 00:31:04,612 --> 00:31:06,738 Yes, it is. lt's very pretty. 341 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:08,490 Ever get homesick? 342 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:13,036 lt's Sunday afternoons l think of most. 343 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:15,873 The peace and the quiet. 344 00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:20,252 On Sunday afternoons, l was always sleeping one off. 345 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:26,216 -This is very, very good. -Yes, it isn't half bad, is it? 346 00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:29,720 -What brought you to Africa, Mr. Allnut? -The Zambezi Bridge, miss. 347 00:31:29,804 --> 00:31:32,097 A whole boatload of us Canucks came over to work on it. 348 00:31:32,181 --> 00:31:33,557 Don't know yet what they wanted a bridge for, 349 00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:38,395 both sides of the river being the same, but why does a chicken cross the road? 350 00:31:39,522 --> 00:31:42,691 -l beg your pardon? -Nothing, miss. 351 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:47,821 Sometimes l wish l was back rubbing elbows, as they say. 352 00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:49,948 You know, there's nothing like the jostle and the noise 353 00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:53,368 and the music of a Saturday night for cheering a fellow up. 354 00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:56,496 The rest of the week l'd be taking orders from somebody. 355 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,791 Out here, l'm my own boss. Anyway, l was, until... 356 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:05,339 You didn't see any crocodiles in this arm, did you, miss? 357 00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:07,007 Crocodiles? No. 358 00:32:07,216 --> 00:32:10,636 There's no shallows for them. The current's too swift. 359 00:32:11,721 --> 00:32:13,931 l could do with a bath before l turn in. 360 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:16,058 l'd like a bath myself. 361 00:32:16,517 --> 00:32:18,894 Well, then, l'll just go up in the bow and hang off the anchor chain. 362 00:32:18,978 --> 00:32:22,940 You can stay back here in the stern and do whatever you have to. 363 00:32:23,524 --> 00:32:26,818 Just so long as we don't look, it won't matter, huh? 364 00:32:28,488 --> 00:32:30,489 Well, how about it, miss? 365 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:34,242 Very well, Mr. Allnut. 366 00:32:34,369 --> 00:32:36,036 That's the ticket. 367 00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:50,193 -Mr. Allnut. -Right here. 368 00:33:50,319 --> 00:33:54,698 -l can't get back into the boat. -l'll give you a hand. 369 00:33:54,782 --> 00:33:57,325 Close your eyes, please, Mr. Allnut. 370 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:01,955 All right. l'm all right. Thank you. 371 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:32,712 Mr. Allnut! 372 00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:35,799 Hi. Sorry l woke you, miss. 373 00:35:35,883 --> 00:35:37,592 What are you doing? 374 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:43,890 -l ain't doing nothing, miss. -Well, get out this instant. 375 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:13,587 Mr. Allnut. 376 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:16,923 You may come in out of the rain. 377 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:26,099 Thank you, miss. 378 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,112 -Miss. -Yes, Mr. Allnut? 379 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:45,952 -l'm sorry l gave you such a turn. -That's quite all right, Mr. Allnut. 380 00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:50,457 -Good night, miss. -Good night, Mr. Allnut. 381 00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:27,953 -What a frightfully strong smell. -What smell? 382 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:33,041 The river. lt smells like marigolds. Stale ones. 383 00:37:33,125 --> 00:37:37,170 lt does, huh? Not a very good smell for a flower. 384 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:42,300 -They're very pretty, though, marigolds. -They are, huh? 385 00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:46,596 -Mr. Allnut? -Yes, miss? 386 00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:51,559 -The current's quite strong here, isn't it? -Yes. We're getting near the rapids. 387 00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:54,896 -Really? So soon? -Just around that bend. 388 00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:01,528 Kind of dangerous. You better let me take over. 389 00:39:18,939 --> 00:39:20,690 Here you are, miss. 390 00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:36,539 -Well, miss? -Yes, Mr. Allnut? 391 00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:38,208 -How'd you like it? -Like it? 392 00:39:38,292 --> 00:39:40,877 -White water, rapids? -l never dreamed. 393 00:39:40,961 --> 00:39:43,963 l don't blame you for being scared, miss, not one little bit. 394 00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:47,008 Ain't no person in their right mind ain't scared of white water. 395 00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:49,594 l never dreamed that any mere physical experience 396 00:39:49,678 --> 00:39:52,430 -could be so stimulating. -How's that, miss? 397 00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:55,558 l've only known such excitement a few times before. 398 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,685 A few times in my dear brother's sermons, 399 00:39:57,770 --> 00:40:00,397 when the spirit was really upon him. 400 00:40:00,481 --> 00:40:02,273 -You mean you want to go on? -Naturally. 401 00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:04,734 -Miss, you're crazy! -l beg your pardon? 402 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:05,902 You know what would have happened 403 00:40:05,986 --> 00:40:07,529 if we'd come up against one of them rocks? 404 00:40:07,613 --> 00:40:08,738 But we didn't. 405 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:12,659 l must say, l'm filled with admiration for your skill, Mr. Allnut. 406 00:40:12,743 --> 00:40:15,745 Do you suppose after l've practiced steering a bit, 407 00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:19,207 -that someday l might try? -Miss, let me tell you something. 408 00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:21,334 Them rapids ain't nothing to what's out in front of us. 409 00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:23,837 On second thoughts, l wouldn't call them rapids at all. 410 00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:26,673 -l can hardly wait. -But, miss... 411 00:40:26,757 --> 00:40:28,716 Now that l've had a taste of it, 412 00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:31,719 l don't wonder you love boating, Mr. Allnut. 413 00:40:51,532 --> 00:40:54,868 ls something the matter, Mr. Allnut? Tell me. 414 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,207 Nothing. Nothing you'd understand. 415 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,293 l simply can't imagine what could be the matter. 416 00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:06,796 lt's been such a pleasant day. What is it? 417 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:11,301 -Yes, Mr. Allnut? -All this foolish talk about the Louisa, 418 00:41:11,385 --> 00:41:14,429 -going down the river. -What do you mean? 419 00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:16,556 l mean we ain't going to do nothing of the sort. 420 00:41:16,932 --> 00:41:19,017 Of course we are. What an absurd idea. 421 00:41:19,101 --> 00:41:22,520 "What an absurd idea. What an absurd idea." 422 00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:26,232 Lady, you got 1 0 absurd ideas for my one. 423 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:32,322 Just why don't you want to go on, Mr. Allnut? 424 00:41:32,406 --> 00:41:34,741 -The river and Shona. -Shona? 425 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,409 You're darn right, Shona. 426 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,078 All it would take would be one bullet in the blasting gelatin 427 00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:41,956 and we'd be in little bits and pieces. 428 00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:44,834 -Then we'll go by night. -No, we won't. 429 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,045 After Shona, there's the rapids. 430 00:41:47,129 --> 00:41:50,757 Nobody in their might rind would tackle the rapids at night. 431 00:41:50,841 --> 00:41:52,008 But then we'll go in the daylight. 432 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:53,968 We'll go on the far side of the river from Shona, 433 00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:57,138 -just as fast as ever we can. -No, we won't. 434 00:41:59,099 --> 00:42:01,809 -You agreed to go. -l never did. 435 00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:04,270 l never agreed to nothing. 436 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:09,025 You are a liar, Mr. Allnut, and what is worse, you are a coward. 437 00:42:10,236 --> 00:42:14,489 Coward yourself. You ain't no lady. No, miss. 438 00:42:14,573 --> 00:42:17,659 That's what my poor old mother would say to you. 439 00:42:18,118 --> 00:42:21,246 lf my poor old mother were to hear you... 440 00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:22,539 Whose boat is this, anyway? 441 00:42:22,623 --> 00:42:25,041 l asked you on board 'cause l was sorry for you, 442 00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:28,127 on account of you losing your brother and all. 443 00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,798 That's what you get for feeling sorry for people. 444 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:37,971 Well, l ain't sorry no more, you crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid! 445 00:42:47,815 --> 00:42:50,775 There was a bold fisherman 446 00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:54,779 Set sail from off Pimlico 447 00:42:55,948 --> 00:42:58,074 And when he got off PimIico 448 00:42:58,158 --> 00:43:00,702 The winds did begin to bIow 449 00:43:00,786 --> 00:43:03,955 And the little boat wibble-wobbled so 450 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:08,293 That overboard went he 451 00:43:08,377 --> 00:43:12,130 Singing twinkie deedledum 452 00:43:14,508 --> 00:43:16,426 Twinkie deedledee 453 00:43:16,510 --> 00:43:21,139 Was the highIy interesting song that he sung 454 00:43:21,223 --> 00:43:23,474 Twinkie deedledum 455 00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:25,852 Twinkie deedledee... 456 00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:58,885 Miss. Have pity, miss. 457 00:44:03,182 --> 00:44:05,725 You don't know what you're doing, miss. 458 00:44:05,809 --> 00:44:08,436 l'll perish without a hair of the dog. 459 00:44:08,979 --> 00:44:10,229 Miss. 460 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:13,941 lt ain't your property! 461 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,322 What a headache. 462 00:44:41,929 --> 00:44:43,429 There was a bold fisherman 463 00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:45,890 Set sail from off Pimlico 464 00:44:46,392 --> 00:44:47,392 To catch... 465 00:44:52,648 --> 00:44:55,191 But when he got off PimIico 466 00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:57,110 The one... 467 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:03,366 lt's a great thing to have a lady aboard with clean habits. 468 00:45:03,450 --> 00:45:05,201 Sets a man a good example. 469 00:45:05,285 --> 00:45:08,413 A man alone, he gets to living like a hog. 470 00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:12,709 Then, too, with me, it's always putting things off. 471 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:16,003 Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. 472 00:45:17,256 --> 00:45:21,092 But with you, business before pleasure, every time. 473 00:45:21,176 --> 00:45:24,595 Do all your personal laundry. Make yourself spic-and-span, 474 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:29,183 get all the mending out of the way, and then, and only then, 475 00:45:29,268 --> 00:45:32,645 sit down for a nice, quiet hour with the Good Book. 476 00:45:33,981 --> 00:45:36,649 l tell you, it's a model, like an inspiration. 477 00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:39,986 Why, l ain't had this old engine so clean in years, inside and out. 478 00:45:40,779 --> 00:45:44,240 Just look at her, miss. See how she practically sparkles? 479 00:45:44,324 --> 00:45:45,950 Myself, too. 480 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:48,077 Guess you haven't never had a look at me 481 00:45:48,162 --> 00:45:50,621 without my whiskers and all cleaned up. 482 00:45:50,706 --> 00:45:51,998 l'll bet you wouldn't hardly recognize me. 483 00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:55,251 Works that much of a change. Freshens you up, too. 484 00:45:57,171 --> 00:46:00,339 lf l only had some clean clothes like you. 485 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:03,926 Now, you, why, you could be at high tea. 486 00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:08,431 Say, that's an idea, miss. How's about a nice little cup of tea? 487 00:46:08,515 --> 00:46:11,893 Now, don't you stir. l'll be glad to make it for you. 488 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:33,372 How's the book, miss? 489 00:46:34,041 --> 00:46:35,458 Well, not that l ain't read it. That is to say, 490 00:46:35,542 --> 00:46:38,711 my poor old mom used to read me stories out of it. 491 00:46:39,838 --> 00:46:42,215 How's about reading it out loud? 492 00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:47,094 l could sure do with a little spiritual comfort, myself. 493 00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:53,726 And you call yourself a Christian. 494 00:46:55,062 --> 00:46:56,604 Do you hear me? 495 00:46:57,231 --> 00:47:00,441 Don't you? 496 00:47:20,379 --> 00:47:23,172 What you being so mean for, miss? 497 00:47:23,257 --> 00:47:26,133 A man takes a drop too much once in a while. 498 00:47:26,593 --> 00:47:28,177 lt's only human nature. 499 00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:32,431 Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above. 500 00:47:34,101 --> 00:47:35,184 Miss. 501 00:47:36,436 --> 00:47:39,355 l'm sorry. l apologize. 502 00:47:40,274 --> 00:47:43,109 What more can a man do than say he's sorry? 503 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:47,405 You done paid me back, miss. 504 00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:49,824 You didn't even leave me a drop. 505 00:47:51,243 --> 00:47:53,536 Miss, have a heart. Fair is fair. 506 00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:54,620 You gotta say something. 507 00:47:54,705 --> 00:47:56,914 l don't care what it is, but you gotta say something. 508 00:47:56,999 --> 00:48:01,127 l'll be honest with you, miss, l just can't stand no more of this. 509 00:48:01,962 --> 00:48:03,838 l just ain't used to it, that's all. 510 00:48:03,922 --> 00:48:07,216 So you think it was your nasty drunkenness l minded? 511 00:48:07,926 --> 00:48:11,470 -Well, what else? -You promised you'd go down the river. 512 00:48:11,972 --> 00:48:16,309 Miss, listen to me and try to understand. 513 00:48:17,102 --> 00:48:20,313 There's death a dozen times over down the river. 514 00:48:20,397 --> 00:48:23,608 l'm sorry to disappoint you, but don't blame me. Blame the Ulanga. 515 00:48:23,692 --> 00:48:26,861 -You promised. -Well, l'm taking my promise back! 516 00:48:45,005 --> 00:48:50,134 All right, miss, you win, as the crocodiles will be glad to hear. 517 00:48:50,218 --> 00:48:52,053 Down the river we go. 518 00:48:53,013 --> 00:48:55,014 Have some breakfast, Mr. Allnut. 519 00:48:55,098 --> 00:48:58,184 Thanks for asking, and l don't mind if l do, because it'll be my last. 520 00:48:58,268 --> 00:49:00,853 Or, no. Get up steam. 521 00:49:00,938 --> 00:49:02,688 Breakfast can wait. 522 00:49:11,073 --> 00:49:13,407 Waiting for their supper, miss. 523 00:49:22,376 --> 00:49:25,252 Which side of the river is Shona on? 524 00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:26,629 How's that, miss? 525 00:49:26,713 --> 00:49:29,340 Which bank is Shona on? 526 00:49:29,424 --> 00:49:31,342 Over to starboard, miss. 527 00:49:31,426 --> 00:49:34,345 Good. Then the sun will be in their eyes. 528 00:49:36,473 --> 00:49:39,558 l say the sun will be in their eyes. 529 00:49:56,410 --> 00:49:58,786 Don't be worried, Mr. Allnut. 530 00:49:58,870 --> 00:50:00,913 l ain't worried, miss. 531 00:50:00,998 --> 00:50:04,000 Gave myself up for dead back where we started. 532 00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:11,007 Mr. Allnut. 533 00:50:17,222 --> 00:50:19,098 Better get down, miss. 534 00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:00,431 Come here. 535 00:51:01,058 --> 00:51:02,725 Fire over the ship! 536 00:51:09,775 --> 00:51:11,567 Get down lower, miss. 537 00:51:47,521 --> 00:51:50,147 Nothing to do but let her drift, miss. 538 00:53:09,895 --> 00:53:12,104 Are we going to be all right, Mr. Allnut? 539 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,356 Yes. Everything's all right. 540 00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:16,275 lf we can keep the steam up 541 00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:19,361 and the boiler don't bust and that mend holds. 542 00:53:20,071 --> 00:53:22,615 And we don't pile up on them rocks. 543 00:54:59,796 --> 00:55:02,464 We made it! We made it! 544 00:55:02,549 --> 00:55:04,258 Hip, hip, hooray! 545 00:55:04,342 --> 00:55:06,927 We sure put one over on them that time, didn't we, miss? 546 00:55:07,012 --> 00:55:08,554 What a curious feeling to have people shooting at you. 547 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:10,347 They were that surprised to see the African Queen, 548 00:55:10,432 --> 00:55:12,016 they didn't start shooting till we were past. 549 00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:14,393 One knows it's dangerous, and yet one isn't afraid at all! 550 00:55:14,477 --> 00:55:16,061 They didn't believe we'd try to go down the gorge! 551 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:18,480 l suppose it's because the bullets sound like mosquitoes. 552 00:55:18,565 --> 00:55:19,857 They didn't believe anybody could! 553 00:55:19,941 --> 00:55:21,775 l felt like slapping at them. 554 00:55:21,860 --> 00:55:25,321 Well, we showed them! Hip, hip, hooray! 555 00:55:35,206 --> 00:55:39,251 Was my handling of the boat all right? 556 00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:42,588 Well, yes, miss. lt was better than all right, miss. 557 00:55:43,131 --> 00:55:48,218 Well, we're running short of fuel. We better put in someplace. 558 00:56:13,036 --> 00:56:17,206 Well, l guess l better do some pumping. We'll be swimming pretty soon. 559 00:56:17,290 --> 00:56:18,832 -Let me do that. -No, miss. 560 00:56:18,917 --> 00:56:21,710 No, please, let me while you get the fuel. 561 00:56:23,546 --> 00:56:26,924 Hey, easy does it, miss. Don't wear yourself out. 562 00:57:07,424 --> 00:57:09,633 Picked up a thorn in my foot. 563 00:57:11,219 --> 00:57:13,011 Must have gone right through the rubber sole. 564 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:14,596 Let me. 565 00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:29,778 Thank you, miss. 566 00:57:42,041 --> 00:57:47,463 Do you recognize these flowers, Mr. Allnut? 567 00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:52,050 l've never seen them before. 568 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,889 Well, l can't say as l have, either. 569 00:57:56,973 --> 00:57:59,558 Perhaps no one has. 570 00:57:59,642 --> 00:58:02,269 l don't suppose they even have a name. 571 00:58:03,396 --> 00:58:07,357 Whether they have or not, they sure are pretty. 572 00:59:23,476 --> 00:59:24,851 Mr. Allnut. 573 00:59:27,605 --> 00:59:28,689 Dear. 574 00:59:34,153 --> 00:59:38,282 Well. Well, now. 575 00:59:40,326 --> 00:59:43,537 This is more like it, breakfast in bed. 576 00:59:44,872 --> 00:59:47,207 Two spoonfuls of sugar is right, isn't it? 577 00:59:47,292 --> 00:59:50,544 Fancy your building the fire and all while l slept. 578 00:59:55,508 --> 00:59:57,718 Dear, what is your first name? 579 01:00:01,806 --> 01:00:04,349 -Charlie. -Charlie. 580 01:00:06,269 --> 01:00:10,105 That's a nice name. Charlie, Charlie. 581 01:00:10,189 --> 01:00:11,732 Give us a kiss. 582 01:00:17,113 --> 01:00:19,406 Charlie. Charlie. 583 01:00:21,409 --> 01:00:25,162 You know, the more l look at this place, the prettier it gets. 584 01:00:25,246 --> 01:00:27,914 l expect it's just about the prettiest place l've ever been to, 585 01:00:27,999 --> 01:00:29,625 and that's saying a lot. 586 01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:32,419 Not that l ain't all for going on down the river, you understand. 587 01:00:32,503 --> 01:00:35,964 The sooner we blow up the old Louisa, the better. 588 01:00:36,049 --> 01:00:37,633 What l meant was, 589 01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:41,386 l'd like to come back here someday. 590 01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:43,472 Then you think we can do it? 591 01:00:43,556 --> 01:00:45,015 Do it? Of course we can do it. 592 01:00:45,099 --> 01:00:47,934 Nothing a man can't do if he believes in himself. 593 01:00:48,019 --> 01:00:50,312 Never say die, that's my motto. 594 01:00:50,938 --> 01:00:52,564 l've had misgivings. 595 01:00:52,649 --> 01:00:55,525 l was beginning to think that the whole thing was a mistake. 596 01:00:55,610 --> 01:00:57,986 How's that, miss, l mean, Rosie? 597 01:00:58,071 --> 01:01:00,405 l had a moment of weakness. 598 01:01:00,490 --> 01:01:01,615 Now, if you're feeling weak, 599 01:01:01,699 --> 01:01:04,159 a day or two more here won't make any difference. 600 01:01:04,243 --> 01:01:06,912 Oh, no. We'll go on. 601 01:01:07,914 --> 01:01:10,749 Thank heaven for your strength, Charlie. 602 01:01:37,777 --> 01:01:38,944 Oh, no! 603 01:02:07,849 --> 01:02:09,266 Charlie. 604 01:02:20,987 --> 01:02:23,530 Hey, Rosie. Listen. 605 01:03:10,077 --> 01:03:11,953 We nearly done it that time, didn't we, Rosie? 606 01:03:12,038 --> 01:03:13,872 l wonder how much damage we've done. 607 01:03:13,956 --> 01:03:16,333 Let's get the water out and see. 608 01:03:28,137 --> 01:03:33,099 Yeah, better than we could've hoped for. The skin seems tight enough. 609 01:03:33,184 --> 01:03:34,309 No water coming in. 610 01:03:34,393 --> 01:03:37,312 What was all that clattering just before we stopped? 611 01:03:37,396 --> 01:03:39,689 That's what we gotta find out, old girl. 612 01:03:39,774 --> 01:03:41,525 How are you going to do that, dear? 613 01:03:41,609 --> 01:03:44,778 l gotta go down underneath and take a look. 614 01:03:44,862 --> 01:03:47,739 l hope there's no fancy currents down there. 615 01:03:50,576 --> 01:03:52,202 Well, here goes. 616 01:04:14,517 --> 01:04:16,726 Could you see anything, dear? 617 01:04:17,645 --> 01:04:21,064 Yeah. The shaft's twisted like a corkscrew 618 01:04:21,148 --> 01:04:24,359 and there's a blade gone off the prop. 619 01:04:24,443 --> 01:04:26,528 We'll have to mend it, then. 620 01:04:27,446 --> 01:04:30,282 Mend it? Fat chance. 621 01:04:31,826 --> 01:04:33,076 Why is that, dear? 622 01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:36,538 What should we have to do before we can go on? 623 01:04:36,622 --> 01:04:38,039 l'll tell you. 624 01:04:38,124 --> 01:04:41,877 l'll tell you what we could do if we was back in the slip at Limbasi. 625 01:04:41,961 --> 01:04:45,547 We could pull this old tub out and take the shaft down 626 01:04:45,631 --> 01:04:49,134 and haul it over to the workshop and forge it straight again. 627 01:04:49,218 --> 01:04:51,636 Then we could write to the makers for a new prop. 628 01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:53,013 They might even have one in stock, 629 01:04:53,097 --> 01:04:55,891 on account of how this boat's only 30 years old. 630 01:04:55,975 --> 01:05:00,312 Then while we was waiting, we could clean her bottom and paint her up. 631 01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,940 Then we'd put the new shaft in and the new prop 632 01:05:04,025 --> 01:05:06,401 and go on our way as if nothing had happened. 633 01:05:06,485 --> 01:05:08,403 But this ain't Limbasi. 634 01:05:09,071 --> 01:05:13,992 Couldn't you straighten the shaft without taking the boat up on shore? 635 01:05:14,911 --> 01:05:16,786 l don't know. l might. 636 01:05:16,871 --> 01:05:20,206 Means working underwater. Could be done, maybe. 637 01:05:20,291 --> 01:05:24,336 lf you could get the shaft up on shore, could you straighten it? 638 01:05:24,503 --> 01:05:29,382 l ain't got no anvil, l ain't got no hearth, l ain't got no coal, l ain't got nothing. 639 01:05:29,467 --> 01:05:34,679 l saw a Masai native working once using charcoal on a big hollow stone. 640 01:05:34,764 --> 01:05:37,098 He had a boy to fan the charcoal. 641 01:05:37,183 --> 01:05:39,142 Yeah, yeah. l've seen that. 642 01:05:39,226 --> 01:05:42,687 l'd use a bellows myself. Could make one easy enough. 643 01:05:42,772 --> 01:05:44,981 Well, if you think that would be better. 644 01:05:45,066 --> 01:05:49,027 Well, lots and lots of firewood on the bank. 645 01:05:51,155 --> 01:05:52,948 Why don't you try it? 646 01:05:54,408 --> 01:05:58,036 No, no. lt ain't no use, Rosie. 647 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:01,289 l was forgetting the prop. The blade's gone. 648 01:06:01,374 --> 01:06:03,625 Can't we go on the blades that are left? 649 01:06:03,709 --> 01:06:05,168 No. The prop would be out of balance. 650 01:06:05,252 --> 01:06:08,838 The shaft would be all twisted up like a corkscrew again. 651 01:06:08,923 --> 01:06:10,799 We'll have to make a new blade, then. 652 01:06:10,883 --> 01:06:14,219 There's lots of iron and stuff that you could use. 653 01:06:14,303 --> 01:06:15,971 Yeah. Tie it on! 654 01:06:16,973 --> 01:06:21,601 Well, if you think that would do, but wouldn't it be better to weld it on? 655 01:06:22,853 --> 01:06:26,106 lsn't that the right word, dear? Weld it on? 656 01:06:29,276 --> 01:06:31,319 You're a one, Rosie. Really, you are. 657 01:06:31,404 --> 01:06:33,780 Well, isn't "weld" the right word, dear? 658 01:06:33,864 --> 01:06:34,864 You know what l mean, 659 01:06:34,949 --> 01:06:37,367 -even if it isn't, don't you? -Yes. 660 01:06:49,213 --> 01:06:51,089 l swallowed half the river that time. 661 01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:53,508 You were down there an awfully long time. l was scared. 662 01:06:53,592 --> 01:06:56,469 The shaft don't seem to want to come out. lt's stuck, like. 663 01:06:56,554 --> 01:06:59,347 Charlie, let me help you. 664 01:06:59,432 --> 01:07:00,849 How do you mean? What do you think you're going to do? 665 01:07:00,933 --> 01:07:02,851 -l'm going to go down there, too. -Rosie, are you cracked? 666 01:07:02,935 --> 01:07:04,978 The currents down there are fierce. 667 01:07:05,062 --> 01:07:07,522 l don't want a drowned woman on my hands. 668 01:07:07,606 --> 01:07:09,482 What will you be thinking of next? 669 01:07:11,444 --> 01:07:13,611 Well, here goes. 670 01:07:35,301 --> 01:07:38,011 lf my old dad had put me to blacksmithing when l was a kid, 671 01:07:38,095 --> 01:07:41,139 l don't think l should have ever come to Africa. 672 01:07:42,308 --> 01:07:44,225 l might have... 673 01:07:44,310 --> 01:07:47,187 But then l wouldn't have met you, Rosie, old girl. 674 01:07:47,271 --> 01:07:48,521 Charlie. 675 01:07:49,565 --> 01:07:50,732 Now. 676 01:07:51,859 --> 01:07:53,026 There. 677 01:07:53,152 --> 01:07:55,236 Yeah, that's about as good as l can get it. 678 01:07:55,321 --> 01:07:57,030 Didn't take so long, neither. 679 01:07:57,114 --> 01:08:00,700 The blade will be a different thing. l gotta make that. 680 01:08:26,268 --> 01:08:29,312 lt turns right enough, but that don't mean nothing. 681 01:08:29,396 --> 01:08:33,233 Question is, will she stand up under a full head of steam? 682 01:08:33,317 --> 01:08:36,778 Well, we'll get the answer out there, 683 01:08:36,862 --> 01:08:39,948 but the Lord help us if it ain't the right one. 684 01:09:22,575 --> 01:09:26,578 Looks like this old river got tired of all the running and jumping she did 685 01:09:26,662 --> 01:09:29,247 and decided to lay down and rest for a while. 686 01:09:30,124 --> 01:09:34,377 This must be where the river changes her name from Ulanga to Bora. 687 01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:40,341 Pinch me, Rosie. 688 01:09:40,885 --> 01:09:43,178 Here we are, going down the river 689 01:09:43,262 --> 01:09:46,639 like Antony and Cleopatra on their barge. 690 01:09:55,524 --> 01:09:58,067 lf it hadn't been for you, this couldn't be. 691 01:09:58,152 --> 01:10:01,279 -Don't you feel proud of yourself? -Certainly not. 692 01:10:01,363 --> 01:10:03,323 Look at the way you kept the engine going. 693 01:10:03,407 --> 01:10:07,202 Look at how you mended the propeller. lt wasn't me at all. 694 01:10:07,286 --> 01:10:09,704 l don't think there's another man alive who could've done it. 695 01:10:09,788 --> 01:10:12,874 Right you are, Rosie, 'cause no other man alive's got you. 696 01:10:12,958 --> 01:10:15,001 -Charlie. -l'll never forget the way you looked 697 01:10:15,085 --> 01:10:16,878 going over the falls. 698 01:10:16,962 --> 01:10:20,215 Head up, chin out, hair blowing in the wind. 699 01:10:20,299 --> 01:10:22,717 The living picture of a heroine. 700 01:10:23,385 --> 01:10:25,720 Fancy me a heroine. 701 01:10:25,804 --> 01:10:28,264 Charlie, you've lost your mind. 702 01:10:29,975 --> 01:10:31,684 Lost my heart, too. 703 01:10:32,811 --> 01:10:35,396 Shall we drop the anchor, sweetheart? 704 01:10:36,190 --> 01:10:39,984 lf the river needs to rest for a while, l suppose we do, too. 705 01:10:55,834 --> 01:10:57,502 Rosie, l got a feeling that pretty soon 706 01:10:57,586 --> 01:11:00,213 we're going to wish we was back shooting the rapids. 707 01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:05,134 This is awful. We gotta get out of here. 708 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:07,470 -We ain't got no steam. -l'm going in. 709 01:11:07,554 --> 01:11:10,598 -l'm going under the water. -Yeah, that's it. 710 01:11:10,683 --> 01:11:13,101 -No. -But l'm being eaten alive! 711 01:11:13,185 --> 01:11:14,769 What's that you said about being eaten alive? 712 01:11:14,853 --> 01:11:16,104 Look at that. 713 01:11:16,188 --> 01:11:19,232 Get me out of here, Charlie! l cannot stand it! 714 01:11:22,778 --> 01:11:25,863 Charlie! Charlie! Charlie! 715 01:11:27,032 --> 01:11:29,450 Golly! Golly! My! Hurry! 716 01:11:33,372 --> 01:11:46,467 Charlie! 717 01:11:49,596 --> 01:11:52,390 Hurry, hurry, hurry. 718 01:12:19,752 --> 01:12:22,628 We got away from them. You can come out now. 719 01:12:25,758 --> 01:12:29,552 l'm ashamed of myself, Charlie, acting this way, 720 01:12:29,928 --> 01:12:32,889 but l couldn't help it. l was going mad. 721 01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:35,975 You're so bitten. 722 01:12:36,435 --> 01:12:39,729 The bites themselves ain't so bad. lt's having them all around you. 723 01:12:39,813 --> 01:12:43,232 l've heard of them driving buffalo and native cattle stark-staring mad, 724 01:12:43,317 --> 01:12:46,736 so they just run and run till they fall down dead. 725 01:12:47,821 --> 01:12:50,573 Will it be that way wherever we tie up? 726 01:12:50,657 --> 01:12:52,158 Probably. 727 01:12:52,242 --> 01:12:54,869 What are we going to do, Charlie? 728 01:12:54,953 --> 01:12:58,164 Well, if the river keeps straight and deep and slow, 729 01:12:58,248 --> 01:13:00,041 there ain't nothing much can hurt us. 730 01:13:00,125 --> 01:13:03,086 l'll let the anchor out a way. That'll keep us out of trouble. 731 01:13:12,471 --> 01:13:16,140 How much further do you suppose it is to the lake, Charlie? 732 01:13:16,225 --> 01:13:18,184 Well, not so many miles, as the crow flies. 733 01:13:18,268 --> 01:13:20,269 No telling how many days. 734 01:13:20,354 --> 01:13:24,148 All depends on how much winding around this old river does. 735 01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:30,488 What a time we've had, Rosie. 736 01:13:31,865 --> 01:13:33,282 What a time. 737 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:38,329 We'll never lack for stories to tell our grandchildren, will we? 738 01:14:00,436 --> 01:14:03,729 Nothing but grass and papyrus as far as you can see. 739 01:14:04,022 --> 01:14:06,065 Which is the main channel? 740 01:14:06,525 --> 01:14:08,734 Don't look like there is one. 741 01:14:09,319 --> 01:14:12,155 What are we going to do, Charlie? 742 01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:13,739 l don't know. 743 01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:19,454 We can't just go round and round here forever. 744 01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:22,957 We can't just go round and round. 745 01:14:25,169 --> 01:14:28,004 Well, if we get in there and the grass closes in back of the stern, 746 01:14:28,088 --> 01:14:29,964 there's no going back, Rosie. 747 01:14:30,048 --> 01:14:34,677 lf anything happens, we just sit there till we go off our heads with fever. 748 01:14:35,554 --> 01:14:36,888 l know it. 749 01:14:37,556 --> 01:14:38,890 All right. 750 01:14:39,099 --> 01:14:42,101 You pays your money and you takes your choice. 751 01:14:43,228 --> 01:14:46,063 -That way. -Put her over. 752 01:15:46,291 --> 01:15:51,045 We've come along by steam, we've paddled and pushed 753 01:15:51,129 --> 01:15:54,090 and pulled this old boat along with the hook. 754 01:15:54,174 --> 01:15:58,886 What we ain't done up to now is get out and carry her. 755 01:15:58,971 --> 01:16:01,055 Looks like that'll come next. 756 01:16:01,139 --> 01:16:03,307 Hard to breathe, the air is so heavy. 757 01:16:03,392 --> 01:16:07,061 Yeah. You can't tell it from the water, 758 01:16:07,938 --> 01:16:10,773 or the water from the land, for that matter. 759 01:16:12,401 --> 01:16:17,154 All the channels we've lost, all the twisting and turning we've done. 760 01:16:18,865 --> 01:16:21,576 We may come out back where we started, if we come out at all. 761 01:16:21,660 --> 01:16:25,037 We've always followed the current, what little there is of it. 762 01:16:25,122 --> 01:16:27,248 That don't mean nothing with this river. 763 01:16:27,332 --> 01:16:30,626 This river's crazy, crazy as l am. 764 01:16:30,711 --> 01:16:35,464 -Charlie, Charlie. -Sorry, old girl. 765 01:16:36,466 --> 01:16:37,925 Well... 766 01:16:39,177 --> 01:16:43,014 The only thing that'll put the roses back in our cheeks is to 767 01:16:43,098 --> 01:16:45,308 get out of these reeds. 768 01:16:51,690 --> 01:16:57,612 What l said about having to get out and carry this old boat 769 01:16:57,696 --> 01:16:59,572 was meant to be a joke. 770 01:16:59,906 --> 01:17:02,867 lt don't look like a joke now. Well... 771 01:17:53,210 --> 01:17:55,169 The little beggars. 772 01:18:01,593 --> 01:18:02,927 Pull them off me. 773 01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:05,638 No, no. The heads stay in, poison your blood. 774 01:18:05,722 --> 01:18:07,932 Salt. Salt, salt. 775 01:18:21,613 --> 01:18:22,947 Your legs. 776 01:18:38,797 --> 01:18:42,049 lf there's anything in the world l hate, it's leeches. 777 01:18:42,134 --> 01:18:44,135 The filthy little devils. 778 01:20:17,896 --> 01:20:19,188 There. 779 01:20:19,272 --> 01:20:21,398 There, dear, there, there. 780 01:20:22,734 --> 01:20:25,402 Fine specimen of a man l am, ain't l? 781 01:20:25,821 --> 01:20:28,447 You're the bravest man that ever lived. 782 01:20:28,782 --> 01:20:31,325 You just overdo, that's all. 783 01:20:31,409 --> 01:20:34,036 What you need is a few hours' sleep. 784 01:20:36,540 --> 01:20:41,710 There. Now, are you all comfortable? Go to sleep, dear. 785 01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:45,506 When you wake up, we'll be on our way again. 786 01:20:45,590 --> 01:20:47,716 -Rosie. -Yes, Charlie. 787 01:20:48,426 --> 01:20:51,136 You want to know the truth, don't you? 788 01:20:51,221 --> 01:20:54,014 Even if we had all our strength, we... 789 01:20:54,099 --> 01:20:58,269 We'd never get her off this mud. We're finished. 790 01:20:59,229 --> 01:21:00,604 l know it. 791 01:21:00,689 --> 01:21:04,859 But, Rosie, l'm not one bit sorry l came. 792 01:21:06,528 --> 01:21:09,280 What l mean is, it was worth it. 793 01:21:24,212 --> 01:21:25,546 Dear Lord, 794 01:21:27,966 --> 01:21:30,509 we've come to the end of ourjourney. 795 01:21:31,136 --> 01:21:34,138 ln a little while, we will stand before you. 796 01:21:36,182 --> 01:21:38,434 l pray for you to be merciful. 797 01:21:39,436 --> 01:21:43,981 Judge us not for our weakness, but for our love. 798 01:21:45,275 --> 01:21:49,320 And open the doors of heaven for Charlie and me. 799 01:25:04,891 --> 01:25:14,775 Rosie. 800 01:25:15,276 --> 01:25:16,693 Rosie, dear. 801 01:25:17,028 --> 01:25:19,238 Look. We're on the lake. 802 01:25:21,199 --> 01:25:22,741 The rain did it, 803 01:25:22,826 --> 01:25:27,204 just lifted the old Queen up and carried her over the mud. 804 01:25:27,539 --> 01:25:30,541 We couldn't have been 1 00 yards from it last night. 805 01:25:30,625 --> 01:25:32,918 Look. Look, Rosie. 806 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:41,885 Let's build the fire and get the engine started 807 01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:43,220 and go right out into the middle, 808 01:25:43,304 --> 01:25:45,305 away from these reeds where we can breathe. 809 01:25:45,390 --> 01:25:48,475 Sure, sure. We'll be out of here in a jiffy. 810 01:25:58,695 --> 01:26:02,030 This air, isn't it wonderful? 811 01:26:02,115 --> 01:26:03,782 Yeah. lt's like... 812 01:26:04,659 --> 01:26:07,327 l know you don't approve, but it's like a shot of gin. 813 01:26:07,412 --> 01:26:11,039 lt makes your blood race, your face numb and your spirit soar. 814 01:26:11,124 --> 01:26:13,667 l'm sorry l poured that gin out, Charlie. 815 01:26:13,751 --> 01:26:15,335 Forget it, Rosie. 816 01:26:15,420 --> 01:26:16,837 And just to show you there's no hard feelings, 817 01:26:16,921 --> 01:26:19,298 l'll make you another cup of tea. 818 01:26:24,304 --> 01:26:28,432 You carry on more over a cup of tea than l do over a glass of gin. 819 01:26:31,769 --> 01:26:33,270 ls it? 820 01:26:34,022 --> 01:26:36,565 Yes, it's the Louisa, and she's coming right toward us. 821 01:26:36,649 --> 01:26:38,901 She must be doing a good 1 2 knots. 822 01:26:38,985 --> 01:26:42,196 We've got to make a run for it, back to the reeds. 823 01:27:43,716 --> 01:27:45,926 She's coming right toward us. 824 01:27:58,523 --> 01:28:01,275 l thought for a minute they'd seen us. 825 01:28:01,359 --> 01:28:04,027 They're going toward that island. 826 01:28:04,904 --> 01:28:09,408 They'll probably anchor there for the night and leave in the morning. 827 01:28:09,492 --> 01:28:12,995 Don't you worry, they'll be back again. You know how the Germans are. 828 01:28:13,079 --> 01:28:16,123 They lays down systems and then they sticks to them. 829 01:28:16,207 --> 01:28:18,083 Monday, they're one place, 830 01:28:18,167 --> 01:28:20,210 Tuesday, someplace else, and 831 01:28:21,170 --> 01:28:23,463 then Wednesday, they'll be back here. 832 01:28:23,548 --> 01:28:26,967 How long will it take to get the torpedoes ready? 833 01:28:27,051 --> 01:28:28,719 l don't know. 834 01:28:28,803 --> 01:28:31,013 lt depends on the detonators. 835 01:28:31,097 --> 01:28:33,390 We've got to devise something. 836 01:28:36,144 --> 01:28:38,687 l know what you're thinking, Rosie. 837 01:28:38,771 --> 01:28:41,440 You're thinking of taking the Queen out at night 838 01:28:41,524 --> 01:28:44,401 when the Louisa comes back, ain't you, old girl? 839 01:28:44,485 --> 01:28:47,821 Well, we ought to manage it. 840 01:28:50,742 --> 01:28:54,286 There, that ought to work. When we ram into it, 841 01:28:54,370 --> 01:28:56,496 the ends of these nails will hit the percussion caps 842 01:28:56,581 --> 01:28:58,498 and shoot the bullets into the gelatin. 843 01:28:58,583 --> 01:29:00,500 Charlie, you're wonderful. 844 01:29:00,585 --> 01:29:03,003 Can't put them in the cylinders yet. They're pretty tricky. 845 01:29:03,087 --> 01:29:05,464 We'll put them in when we're ready to start. 846 01:29:05,548 --> 01:29:07,007 lt will be dark by then. 847 01:29:07,091 --> 01:29:08,467 Do you think that you can do it in the dark? 848 01:29:08,551 --> 01:29:10,427 lt's a case of have to. 849 01:29:10,887 --> 01:29:12,679 You're quite sure that they will come back 850 01:29:12,764 --> 01:29:14,514 with the Louisa, aren't you, Charlie? 851 01:29:14,599 --> 01:29:16,016 Dead sure. 852 01:29:16,100 --> 01:29:19,603 Let me see, the lake's 1 00 miles long, 50 miles wide. 853 01:29:19,687 --> 01:29:22,439 Louisa does about... About 1 2 knots. 854 01:29:23,274 --> 01:29:25,942 That's 1 20 miles a day. Yep. 855 01:29:26,861 --> 01:29:29,279 She'll be back here tomorrow. 856 01:29:30,740 --> 01:29:33,367 When she comes, we'll be ready for her. 857 01:29:40,708 --> 01:29:44,795 Charlie, let's make the Queen as clean as we can, 858 01:29:45,380 --> 01:29:47,422 scrub her decks and polish her brass. 859 01:29:47,507 --> 01:29:49,716 Sure. She ought to look her best, 860 01:29:49,801 --> 01:29:52,594 representing, as she does, the Royal Navy. 861 01:29:59,185 --> 01:30:02,771 -You know, Rosie, l've been thinking. -Yes, Charlie? 862 01:30:05,566 --> 01:30:07,776 Now, there ain't no use of us both going to do it. 863 01:30:07,860 --> 01:30:11,071 Now that l've had time to study it, l can plainly see it's a one-man job. 864 01:30:11,155 --> 01:30:13,281 You couldn't be more right, Charlie dear. 865 01:30:13,366 --> 01:30:15,158 Well now, Rosie, l'm glad you agree with me. 866 01:30:15,243 --> 01:30:17,369 When the time comes, l'll put you off on the east shore. 867 01:30:17,453 --> 01:30:19,579 You'll wait there for me while l attend to the Louisa. 868 01:30:19,664 --> 01:30:21,790 Certainly not. You're the one to be put ashore. 869 01:30:21,874 --> 01:30:22,999 -Me? -This whole thing 870 01:30:23,084 --> 01:30:25,877 was my idea, wasn't it? l'm the logical one to carry it out. 871 01:30:25,962 --> 01:30:28,964 Why, Rosie, l'm surprised at you! You're a very sensible woman as a rule. 872 01:30:29,048 --> 01:30:30,715 Now, we won't have any more talk along those lines. 873 01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,801 Now, look here, Charlie Allnut, l can manage this boat 874 01:30:32,885 --> 01:30:34,553 every bit as well as you can and you know it. 875 01:30:34,637 --> 01:30:36,596 Rosie, you're cracked. 876 01:30:36,681 --> 01:30:39,057 Didn't l steer going down the rapids? 877 01:30:39,142 --> 01:30:41,268 You steer well enough, but you don't know nothing about the engine. 878 01:30:41,352 --> 01:30:43,562 Suppose she broke down on you out there? Wouldn't you look foolish? 879 01:30:43,646 --> 01:30:45,605 Now, me, l'd just walk back from the tiller 880 01:30:45,690 --> 01:30:47,441 and do a thing or two to that old engine. 881 01:30:47,525 --> 01:30:51,027 You know, spit on her, kick her in the slats and she'd go right to work again. 882 01:30:51,112 --> 01:30:55,031 She knows who's boss, all right, you bet that old engine does. 883 01:30:55,116 --> 01:30:59,035 -l suppose you're right. -Well, now, that's all settled. 884 01:30:59,454 --> 01:31:01,204 l'll dive off a second before the crash 885 01:31:01,289 --> 01:31:03,248 and swim over to where you'll be waiting on the east shore 886 01:31:03,332 --> 01:31:04,875 and we'll be off to Kenya together. 887 01:31:04,959 --> 01:31:07,836 No, l meant it may be necessary for you to come along. 888 01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:09,463 Come along? What do you mean? 889 01:31:09,547 --> 01:31:11,965 Didn't we just agree this was a one-man job? 890 01:31:12,049 --> 01:31:15,635 But you convinced me that it isn't, so now it's settled. We'll go together. 891 01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:19,764 No, we won't. You'll wait for me on the east shore. 892 01:31:19,849 --> 01:31:22,184 Who do you think you are, ordering me about? 893 01:31:22,268 --> 01:31:24,352 l'm the captain, that's who. 894 01:31:24,437 --> 01:31:26,646 And l ain't taking you along. You'd only be in my way. 895 01:31:26,731 --> 01:31:29,941 l suppose l was in your way going down the rapids. 896 01:31:30,401 --> 01:31:33,028 Then what you said to me back there on the river was a lie 897 01:31:33,112 --> 01:31:36,156 about how you never could have done it alone 898 01:31:36,240 --> 01:31:40,076 and how you'd lost your heart and everything. 899 01:31:40,161 --> 01:31:41,620 You liar. 900 01:31:44,916 --> 01:31:48,084 Charlie, we're having our first quarrel. 901 01:31:49,879 --> 01:31:51,213 Rosie. 902 01:31:51,464 --> 01:31:54,674 lt's only that l just can't bear the thought of... 903 01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:57,511 Well, what l mean is, suppose something should happen, 904 01:31:57,595 --> 01:31:59,221 not that anything will, but... 905 01:31:59,305 --> 01:32:01,598 Don't you understand, Charlie? 906 01:32:02,391 --> 01:32:05,602 l wouldn't want to go on to Kenya without you. 907 01:32:07,188 --> 01:32:10,649 Rosie. All right. 908 01:32:11,859 --> 01:32:14,569 lt'll be you at the tiller and me at the engine, 909 01:32:14,654 --> 01:32:17,072 just like it was from the start. 910 01:32:20,284 --> 01:32:23,161 And there's the Louisa, right on time. 911 01:32:57,029 --> 01:33:00,824 lt's blowing up a bit. We'd better get started, all right? 912 01:34:03,346 --> 01:34:08,058 Charlie. Charlie, l can't steer. lt's hard to steer. 913 01:34:08,142 --> 01:34:11,728 Too much water in the bow. Screw's out of the water half the time. 914 01:34:15,608 --> 01:34:18,902 We've got to get her nose up or we'll be in trouble. 915 01:34:47,765 --> 01:34:49,599 Rosie, we're sinking. 916 01:35:31,600 --> 01:35:32,767 Rosie! 917 01:35:33,644 --> 01:35:37,647 Rosie! Rosie! Rosie! 918 01:35:39,525 --> 01:35:40,650 Rosie! 919 01:35:43,529 --> 01:35:45,780 What is your nationality? 920 01:35:45,865 --> 01:35:49,909 French? Belgian? British? 921 01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:52,704 -Yeah. -Yes, what? 922 01:35:54,123 --> 01:35:57,041 -British. -What were you doing on the island? 923 01:35:59,170 --> 01:36:00,336 Fishing. 924 01:36:01,088 --> 01:36:04,090 You are aware that the punishment for giving false testimony 925 01:36:04,175 --> 01:36:07,469 before this court is death by hanging? 926 01:36:07,553 --> 01:36:09,095 Who cares? 927 01:36:09,180 --> 01:36:11,681 What were you doing on the island? 928 01:36:12,808 --> 01:36:15,477 -l was fishing. -How did you get there? 929 01:36:16,520 --> 01:36:17,937 l swam. 930 01:36:18,022 --> 01:36:19,689 Do you know that you are in an area 931 01:36:19,774 --> 01:36:22,108 prohibited to all but members of the forces 932 01:36:22,193 --> 01:36:25,695 of His lmperial Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm ll? 933 01:36:25,780 --> 01:36:26,946 Who cares? 934 01:36:27,031 --> 01:36:29,157 You are accused of being a spy 935 01:36:29,241 --> 01:36:32,243 in the service of the British Armed Forces. 936 01:36:32,328 --> 01:36:37,040 Have you anything to say that might lead this court to believe otherwise? 937 01:36:37,249 --> 01:36:39,334 l told you l was fishing. 938 01:36:57,895 --> 01:36:59,979 The court sentences you to death by hanging. 939 01:37:00,064 --> 01:37:02,857 Sentence to be carried out immediately. 940 01:37:20,709 --> 01:37:22,836 Was there a woman with you? 941 01:37:28,259 --> 01:37:31,803 Rosie. Rosie! Rosie! Rosie! 942 01:37:31,887 --> 01:37:33,930 -Charlie! -Rosie! 943 01:37:35,891 --> 01:37:37,225 Charlie! 944 01:37:39,979 --> 01:37:41,604 Who's that woman? 945 01:37:42,940 --> 01:37:45,942 -l don't know. -You just called her by name. 946 01:37:46,277 --> 01:37:48,152 l thought she was somebody else. 947 01:37:48,237 --> 01:37:50,655 l shall hang you twice, l think. 948 01:37:56,370 --> 01:37:58,705 -Charlie, dear. -Rosie. 949 01:38:02,293 --> 01:38:04,043 Who are you? 950 01:38:06,130 --> 01:38:07,755 Miss Rose Sayer. 951 01:38:09,550 --> 01:38:10,800 English? 952 01:38:11,468 --> 01:38:12,802 Of course. 953 01:38:15,598 --> 01:38:18,391 -What were you doing on the lake? -l ain't told him nothing, Rosie. 954 01:38:18,475 --> 01:38:19,809 Silence! 955 01:38:24,815 --> 01:38:28,318 -What were you doing on the lake? -We were boating. 956 01:38:28,402 --> 01:38:30,612 Last night? ln such weather? 957 01:38:30,696 --> 01:38:33,406 We were not responsible for the weather. 958 01:38:33,490 --> 01:38:35,742 As your fellow prisoner has already learned, 959 01:38:35,826 --> 01:38:39,120 the penalty for not answering this court is death. 960 01:38:40,664 --> 01:38:44,042 You mean he... Charlie? Stop that! 961 01:38:44,126 --> 01:38:45,335 Order. 962 01:38:45,419 --> 01:38:47,253 Are they going to hang you, Charlie? 963 01:38:47,338 --> 01:38:51,674 Fraulein Sayer, you will come to order and answer the question of this court. 964 01:38:51,759 --> 01:38:53,301 Very well. Ask your questions. 965 01:38:53,385 --> 01:38:54,928 What were you doing on the lake? 966 01:38:55,012 --> 01:38:56,721 -We came here to sink this ship. -Rosie! 967 01:38:56,805 --> 01:38:58,306 -And we would have, too, except... -Rosie! 968 01:38:58,390 --> 01:39:00,558 Let's at least have the pleasure of telling them about it, Charlie. 969 01:39:00,643 --> 01:39:01,643 Sink this ship? 970 01:39:01,727 --> 01:39:04,020 Don't you believe her, Your Honor. She's touched, you know. Fever. 971 01:39:04,104 --> 01:39:05,939 Stop that, Charlie. We've been through all that. 972 01:39:06,023 --> 01:39:09,025 l'm certainly not going to outlive you, and that's all there is to it. 973 01:39:09,109 --> 01:39:13,237 And just how, Fraulein, did you propose to sink the Konigin Louise? 974 01:39:14,323 --> 01:39:15,907 With torpedoes. 975 01:39:16,867 --> 01:39:18,368 Torpedoes? 976 01:39:19,954 --> 01:39:22,747 Will you be so good as to tell us exactly 977 01:39:22,831 --> 01:39:25,959 where and how you acquired torpedoes? 978 01:39:26,043 --> 01:39:30,171 -Mr. Allnut made them. -How very interesting. 979 01:39:30,255 --> 01:39:32,048 You don't believe me, do you? 980 01:39:32,132 --> 01:39:35,218 Charlie, tell them how you made the torpedoes. 981 01:39:36,470 --> 01:39:38,888 Well, l... See, what l did, l... 982 01:39:38,973 --> 01:39:41,724 l took the heads off two cylinders of oxygen 983 01:39:41,809 --> 01:39:43,309 and l filled them up with live explosive. 984 01:39:43,394 --> 01:39:45,478 You know, about two hundredweight. That was easy enough. 985 01:39:45,562 --> 01:39:47,480 lt was the detonators that took some doing. 986 01:39:47,564 --> 01:39:49,273 And you know what l used? 987 01:39:49,358 --> 01:39:52,318 Cartridges and nails and blocks of soft wood. 988 01:39:52,403 --> 01:39:55,196 Then l took the two cylinders and l put them in the bows 989 01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:57,657 of the African Queen, right down near the waterline, 990 01:39:57,741 --> 01:39:59,951 so when we rammed you... 991 01:40:00,035 --> 01:40:01,661 And where is the African Queen? 992 01:40:01,745 --> 01:40:03,663 She sank in the storm. 993 01:40:03,747 --> 01:40:05,331 But how did you get onto the lake? 994 01:40:05,416 --> 01:40:09,544 We came down the Ulanga, the Bora, you call it down here. 995 01:40:09,628 --> 01:40:12,797 -That's impossible. -Nevertheless. 996 01:40:13,048 --> 01:40:15,383 But everyone knows the river is unnavigable. 997 01:40:15,467 --> 01:40:16,843 That may be. 998 01:40:16,927 --> 01:40:19,095 We came down it, though, didn't we, Charlie? 999 01:40:19,179 --> 01:40:21,180 And in the African Queen. 1000 01:41:01,638 --> 01:41:04,265 Would you hang us together, please? 1001 01:41:05,225 --> 01:41:08,478 -Now, wait a minute. Hey, Captain. -Yes? 1002 01:41:10,147 --> 01:41:13,441 -Will you grant us a last request? -What is it? 1003 01:41:14,318 --> 01:41:16,486 -Marry us. -What? 1004 01:41:19,156 --> 01:41:22,825 We want to get married. Ship captains can do that, can't they? 1005 01:41:22,910 --> 01:41:27,205 -Yeah. -Why, Charlie, what a lovely idea. 1006 01:41:27,998 --> 01:41:29,749 What kind of craziness is this? 1007 01:41:29,833 --> 01:41:32,960 Come on, Captain, it'll only take a minute, 1008 01:41:33,045 --> 01:41:35,588 and it'll mean such a lot to the lady. 1009 01:41:35,672 --> 01:41:38,382 Very well, if you wish it absolutely. 1010 01:41:44,515 --> 01:41:46,557 What are the names again? 1011 01:41:47,351 --> 01:41:51,104 -Charles. -Rosie. Rose. 1012 01:41:52,022 --> 01:41:56,025 Do you, Charles, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife? 1013 01:41:57,194 --> 01:41:58,444 Yes, sir. 1014 01:41:58,904 --> 01:42:03,074 Do you, Rose, take this man to be your lawful wedded husband? 1015 01:42:03,158 --> 01:42:04,408 l do. 1016 01:42:09,498 --> 01:42:12,291 By the authority vested in me by Kaiser Wilhelm ll, 1017 01:42:12,376 --> 01:42:16,045 l pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution. 1018 01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:36,375 Hey, what happened? 1019 01:43:36,460 --> 01:43:38,878 We did it, Charlie! We did it! 1020 01:43:38,962 --> 01:43:40,213 But how? 1021 01:43:44,551 --> 01:43:46,636 Well, what do you think? 1022 01:43:48,513 --> 01:43:50,306 You all right, Mrs. Allnut? 1023 01:43:50,390 --> 01:43:54,227 Wonderful. Simply wonderful. And you, Mr. Allnut? 1024 01:43:54,311 --> 01:43:57,605 Pretty good for an old, married man. 1025 01:43:58,273 --> 01:44:02,652 l'm all twisted around, Charlie. Which way is the east shore? 1026 01:44:02,736 --> 01:44:05,363 The way we're swimming, old girl. 1027 01:44:05,489 --> 01:44:07,782 There was a bold fisherman 1028 01:44:07,866 --> 01:44:10,576 Set sail from off Pimlico 1029 01:44:10,661 --> 01:44:12,912 To catch the boId picky 1030 01:44:12,996 --> 01:44:15,414 And the gay mackereI 1031 01:44:15,499 --> 01:44:18,000 But when he got off PimIico 1032 01:44:18,085 --> 01:44:20,503 The wind did begin to bIow...