All language subtitles for Islands in the Stream (1977)

Here comes Richard.

All right, you there, stand aside.
Stand aside.

Let us through. Can't you see
this man is gravely injured?

Out of the way.

I warned Captain Ralph if he continues
running these foreign refugees,

someone will be shot.

Hey, hey. You, you, you. Hey.

This man has been shot.

Hey, Tom.

Tom, you should've been
with me last night.

It was a hell of a night.

You sure look like hell.
Who shot you up?

Who else?
The goddamn Cuban coast guard.

Getting so as a man cannot
make a decent living

without somebody
taking a shot at him.

Hey, how about a drink?

No, not now. I'll see you later.

Joseph.

Good morning, Tom.

- Thought you was working today.
- Where's Eddy?

- Working on his eye.
- What happened to his eye?

Somebody balled his fist in it.

Goddamn it, don't come in here.

Oh, it's you.

What are you doing here?
You've never quit this early.

What are you so jumpy about?

Come on back and have a look.

What did you do to your mouth?

Oh, some kind of trouble last night.

There. Ain't that a beauty.

It comes with four ammo clips
and 200 rounds.

Where'd you get it?

You know the tuna boat that was in
yesterday? First mate had it.

- What'd you do, fight him for it?
- No, I beat him at poker.

Fight came afterwards.

Well, keep that locked up.

Don't worry. As long as the kids
are here, it'll be locked.

Eddy,

why do you get into fights?

Oh, it's truth and right, Tom.

I keep hoping
that truth and right will win,

but then somebody comes along
and knocks truth and right on the ass.

- You hurt?
- No, I hurt, but I ain't hurt.

Hell, they were only trying to prove
that I was wrong.

About what?

Damned if I can remember.

How do you think the boys
will take seeing us, Tom?

- I don't know.
- I've got everything ready.

I put two extra cases of Coca-Cola
onboard this morning.

Be nice to have the boys again,
won't it?

After four years?

Eddy, there won't be nothing
like it since the big fire.

I rank it right along
with the Second Coming.

- Oh, yeah.
- You gonna have one at Mr. Bobby's?

Yeah.

You mind if I go along for one?
My liver's giving me hell this morning.

You still got a liver?

I had the last time I looked.
I don't wanna get the shakes.

Go home and go to bed, Eddy.

Tom, it is the queen mother's birthday.
I mean, 87 today

and still a wonderful woman.
I mean, a bit on the stiff side for me,

but still a wonderful piece, by God.

Go home, Eddy.

Beautiful.

Dead. You're a hell of a shooter,
Thomas.

- Joseph, break out that Very pistol.
- Got it.

Tom, give us a toast to the queen,
an eloquent one.

All right.

Gentlemen and lady...

...the queen mother.

I do not think
she would like this island,

and I'm not sure that she would
do very well here,

but, gentlemen and lady,

the queen,

God bless her.

Careful out there, damn it!

Take it easy, Tom. Those things
could hurt people.

The hell with take it easy. Watch me
bag the commissioner's house.

- You'll burn it.
- If he burns it, I'll pay for it.

Try it, Tom, try a red one.

Here, just get a red one,
burn the son of a bitch.

- Burn him, what do you say?
- Burn him, burn him.

Take it easy, Tom.
We don't have to play rough.

This is my night, mine
and the queen mother's,

so get out of my way,
and watch me nail Brown's dock.

- He's got gas on it.
- Not for long.

You did it, Tom.

How about the commissioner, Tom.
Try a green one.

- He is ashes now.
- Tom.

Tom.

Oh, Jesus.

You did it, you son of a bitch.
You did it.

Well, you wait till you see this one.

You keep your good eye
on this one now, Willy.

That was a hell of a shot, Tom.

Now for Brown's gas.

Well, you certainly cooled him.

Yeah, he needed cooling off.

Tom, you're drunk, bad drunk.

Tom, where you going?

- Tom.
- Thomas.

Tom?

Come on back, Thomas.

Tom.

What's the matter with him?

His kids are coming tomorrow.

Where's Eddy?

Shouldn't he be bringing the car by?

Shouldn't we be getting down
to the dock pretty soon?

You can walk down.
I'm not gonna meet the plane.

- You're kidding me, ain't you?
- No.

You haven't seen those babies
in four years.

I gotta work.

What are you doing?
What the hell's going on?

You wanna say hello to your kids?

They didn't wanna interrupt
you working,

so they stayed in the car.

Yeah.

What the hell.

That's what I say, Tom. What the hell.

Well, you might as well come in,
get out of the rain.

Damn it, Papa.

Papa.

Come on, Andrew.

Papa.

Papa.

Hello, Davy.

Gotcha.

Did you draw that, Papa?

That's my mother.

She sure is pretty.

How come you didn't
draw one of our mom?

Well, your mom...

I didn't work very much
when I was with your mom.

- You still paint, don't you?
- No.

Well, how come?

I wanted to try something new
when I came to this island.

You did that in Paris, didn't you?

- Yes, you remember Paris, Tom?
- Sure.

Remember how we used to shoot
the pigeons with a slingshot?

Why'd you do that?

We ate them.

Going to the caf� with Mother because
it was so cold in the apartment,

and the three of us sitting
in the corner by one of those...

- What do you call them?
- Braziers.

I thought that was what ladies wore.

Well, what do I know?

- Do I have to sit here?
- What's the matter, Davy?

- I've got a headache.
- Why don't you lay down.

- I'll get an aspirin.
- I'm all right.

- Go lay down if you don't feel well.
- I'm all right.

He's always like that.

Mom says he's going
through P.U. Birdy.

- What's that?
- You know, P.U. Birdy.

Like when you're 14.

- Bring you the nightly broadcast of
Elmer Davis and the News.

Hitler, proclaiming that
the triumph over France

was the most glorious
victory of all time,

ordered a ten-day celebration
in Germany.

It doesn't make any sense,
me and Andy being here.

What kind of sense is that?

He doesn't care about us.

Oh, come on.

- German and Polish refugees...
- He's our father, isn't he?

- He's your father. It's different with us.
- Different?

What do you remember
about him, huh?

- Lots of things.
- Did he ever hit your mother?

- No.
- Well, he hit ours.

- I remember.
- So do I.

Boy, the fights they had...

You were too little to remember it.

Well, I remember Mom crying a lot.

I remember the night that he hit her,

and she screamed,
and how scared we were.

I remember all that, all right.

He was mean then.
He's nicer now, don't you think?

He hasn't changed.
Still a mean bastard.

That's what Mom always says.

Look, Dave, don't you know by now

that when two people get married,
they fight a lot?

Now, he just couldn't have done
anything that bad.

You weren't there.

You don't know him
like me and Andy know him.

Damn it, Davy, give him a chance,
will you?

Who did he ever give a chance?
Besides you.

Davy, you're a bastard sometimes.

Just because you're bigger,
don't call me names.

- Knock it off, Andy.
- You aren't my boss.

- I'm your older brother.
- Half brother.

Half-assed.

- Oh, now you're gonna get it.
- Hey.

- All right.
- Don't.

Hey.

What's going on here?

Well, we were...

Why, you little...

It's all right, Davy.

It's all right.

Jesus Christ, here he comes.

Tom. Tom! Jesus, what a
son of a bitching hammerhead.

How the hell did that thing
get inside the reef?

What's going on? Who's shooting?

Oh, God. Tommy! Tommy!

Throw the fish, Tommy!

Throw it!

Would you like me
to stay down here with you

so you won't have to drink alone?

No, Andy.

You aren't getting mixed up
in anything, are you?

I don't have to drink.

I don't have to do anything
except earn my living.

I just feel good, Andy.

Did you see me shoot him true?

Eddy, it was the greatest thing
I ever saw.

I only asked if you wanted me to stay
so you wouldn't be lonesome.

I've never been lonesome
in my life, Andy.

I'm just happy. What I've got here
makes me happier.

Papa,

is Eddy a rummy?

The only reason I ask is
because when I was down below,

I saw him take eight drinks from that
bottle since we started in.

Saw him shoot that shark, didn't you?

Boy, did I.

That's not the way rummies shoot.

Wonder why David's afraid of the dark.

Don't know. Weren't you?

I don't think so.

I was always afraid of dying.

- You ain't working tomorrow, are you?
- No.

Good. Then we can break training
and drink these.

After today, I think we need it.

Thank you for today.

Not at all.

Anybody that couldn't hit that
hammerhead with one of those things

ought to throw the bloody thing away
before he got into trouble with it.

You sure know how to shoot it.

At that range, no one could miss.

I did.

You were shooting awfully
close to him, Tom.

Did everything but hit it.

I panicked.

Simple as that.

- What's that?
- Papa.

God almighty.

What is it?

It's a freighter that's been torpedoed,
Andy.

You mean the Krauts
are right out there? Really?

Stay back.

Is he dead?

Let's go see.

I've never seen
a real dead person before.

You heard your father.

Boys, go back to the house.

Come on.

Do we have to?

Come on.

Come on.

Tom, will the boys go to this war?

Tommy will be 19 next month.

I will pray for a short war.

Do it often.

Why did you come
to a place like this,

a British island way the hell away
from everything?

I used to come here fishing
in the old days. I like it.

The people here leave you alone.

The only thing I don't like about it
is not seeing you kids.

You still love Mother, don't you?

I don't think I've ever truly loved
anyone else.

Then how come you got divorced?

Your mother and I were very poor,
very young,

for a long time, very, very happy,

but it went bad for us.

With Dave and Andy's mother,
we always had money.

She needed it,
like the apartment in New York

and the house in Palm Beach
and all the parties and friends she had.

But didn't she need you?

Not really.

I don't think she ever
really did need me.

Your mother did, though,
as much as I needed her.

Then how come you got a divorce
from each other?

I don't know, we...

Maybe we loved too much,
demanded too much.

We wore it all out.

Hell, I blew it.

But you still love her.

Yeah, I still love her.

Hello, Tom.

- Lil, how are you?
- Wonderful.

This your son?

Yes.

Tommy, Lil.

Pleased to meet you.

I think he's beautiful.

- Who's she?
- Friend.

She doesn't give it away free,
though.

That kind of friend.

Let's see if we've done any good
with this thing, huh?

- Can I try?
- Sure.

Dad, who are those people?

Refugees from Europe.

Jews, mostly.

They come in
from Lisbon and Istanbul.

How they got there
is anybody's guess.

They work their way
through these islands

and try to get boats
to the States or Cuba.

Who takes them across from here?

Now? Only Captain Ralph.

What happened to the others?

Caught or sunk.

They sure look pitiful.

They're the lucky ones.

They got here.

- Finished?
- Yeah.

Holy jeez. Andy.

- Hi, Dad.
- Hi. You finished?

- All done. Wanna see it?
- Okay.

Put that down, Tom.

- Where's Eddy?
- Eddy?

- Well, you see, he's...
- I'm here.

Well, I'll be a sad son of a bitch.

Dad?

Yeah, Andy, what is it?

- I'm 10 now, you know.
- Sure.

Is 10 too old to kiss
your father good night?

I don't think so, Andy.

Good night, Dad.

Good night, son.

Okay.

Try now.

Well, we'll have to send
to Miami for a new pump.

You mean we can't use it?

Nope.

Well, how are we gonna
go to the bathroom?

Over the side.

Over the side? How?

Carefully.

Fish!

Get that rod, Davy.

Sit down.

Put the butt in the socket
in the chair and keep it there.

Keep the drag off so you can
slack it to him when he hits.

If he hits with the drag on,
he can jerk you right overboard.

He took it.

The drag, damn it.

The drag.

Sorry, I forgot.

Listen, Davy,
a fish like this can kill you.

If you had the harness on,
it'd pull you right over the side.

Well, then what do I do now?

I think I'd hit him, Davy, now.

- Hit him again. Really put it to him.
- Caught it.

I think I've got it into him.

Holy Moses.

Ease up on the drag, Davy.

- He's gone.
- No, he's not.

Ease up on the drag, quick.

What's he gonna do?

He's gonna start his run now.
We'll chase him.

You okay?

What's happening now?

I don't dare ask anybody down there.

The fish is sounding.

It will just keep going down
until Davy stops him.

And Davy is gonna have
to try to get him up.

What can I do?

You hold it, Davy.

He'll get sick of it, then he'll come up.

My shoulders are killing me.

Rig the harness for us, will you?

Tie down the line
if the loops are too long.

Damn it! Why does he
have to keep sounding?

He'll come up, you'll see.

All of a sudden,
there won't be anything to it.

Wanna rinse your mouth out? Just...

Just swallow just a little, now,
and spit the rest out.

Over an hour and a half.

Well...

...what do you think, Joseph?

Will you stop worrying?

I can't help it.

I'm the one in the family
that always worries.

You don't know him like I do.

He'll let that fish kill him.

Just so he can show
Papa that he can take it.

Take her ahead just
a touch, Joseph.

Ahead just a touch.

He's sounding again, Davy.

He's right under the boat.
You gotta get to the stern.

Loosen up on the drag a little
so you can get the butt out.

I've...

I've seen a grown man,

strong, you know,
big shoulders, like a bull,

quit with half the work you put in
on this fish already.

Big guy.

Trained for it.
Fished all the time.

I've got to stop him.

Son...

Your hands and your feet,
they don't mean a damn thing.

They hurt, and they look bad,
but they're all right.

That's the way a fisherman's hands
and feet are supposed to look, right?

It will toughen them up
for the next time.

The point is, are you all right?

You sure you don't want
me to take him?

Wouldn't be like quitting now.
It just makes sense, you know.

Am I doing anything wrong?

You're doing perfectly.

Then why do you want me
to quit on him?

Son...

...he's giving you an awful beating.
I don't want him to hurt you.

He's the one
with the hook in his mouth.

He isn't giving me a beating.
I'm giving him a beating.

The son of a bitch.

I don't care if he kills me.

Son of a bitch.

Save your wind.

And if you stay calm and quiet,
we'll stay with him forever.

How's the line, Tom?

I don't think there's 10 feet left.

He's stopped him.

Three hours.

This is where the fight really starts.

See if you can get some line
back on him.

Back on him, Joseph.

Get some line out of his belly.

He's come up from way down,
he's got a bellyful of line,

and you can get some of it.

Oh, no. He's going out again.

No, no, that's all right. That's supposed
to happen. He's on the outturn now.

He circled in toward you, and you got
line. Now he's taking it back again.

Try him again, Davy.

You've got him coming in.
Now, get on that line. Try him again.

This is the time, now.

He's really coming in.

Stay with him, Davy.

Steady.

There's the hook. You got him now.

Hang with it, Davy.

He's coming in just fine.

- You ready for him, Eddy?
- Sure.

You watch him, Tom.

Slack up on your drag.

Davy, he looks as big as a log.

- Can you reach him?
- Not yet.

Keep him coming.

Easy.

Easy.

- Can you reach him now?
- Not quite yet.

Easy.

Easy.

He really was as big as Eddy
said he was, wasn't he?

I'm sure of it.

I've never seen
a bigger fish, ever.

You know, it sounds crazy,

but in the worst parts...

...when I was the tiredest...

...I began to love him,

more than anything on earth.

I know.

I'm sorry we lost him.

I'm glad he got away.

You're a good boy, Davy.
And I'm proud of you.

God knows how much I love you.

Oh, Papa.

Papa.

Get any mail off the pilot boat?

Mail don't amount to
much of anything.

A couple with women's
writing on them.

One from New York and one
from Palm Beach. Pretty writing.

One from the gentleman who
sells your stuff in New York.

And a couple more unknown to me.

Would you like to
answer them for me?

Yes, sir, if that's what you want.

I'm educated way beyond my means.

Nice morning.

I've been thinking all night
about how I'm gonna miss all this.

Dad, you know, I've decided
what I'm going to do.

Yeah, what?

I'm going up to Canada
and join the RAF.

Sure.

I'm gonna be a fighter pilot.

You talk to your mother about this?

Just after graduation.

What did she have to say?

She was worried about
what you'd say.

You know how much fun
we've had this summer?

You know how much I wish we could
all be together, all of the time?

You know, that Dave
is some brother.

I was so proud of him with that fish.

Dad, I know you love him
the most. And that's right,

because he's the best of us.

Why do you say I love him the most?

You ought to.

I've loved you the longest.

Wanna go get some breakfast?

Not yet. I think I'll go
for a walk, okay?

Okay.

Thanks, Dad.

Okay, boys.

Well, guess we better get
on board, huh?

Guess we better.

We've had a swell time.

Goodbye, Papa.

You okay, Andrew?

You can't keep the plane
waiting all day, you know.

Papa, can't I stay with you?

I don't want you to be all alone.

Well,

be a good boy and take
good care of your brother. Okay?

Goodbye, son.

Goodbye, Eddy.

Goodbye.

Well, Tom.

Yeah.

I'll see Mother in New York
before I go.

Is there anything you want me
to tell her?

"Hello."

Right.

Good luck, kid.

Davy, it's from Papa.

Read it out loud.

"Dear boys,

it was good to get your letters.

Good to hear all is going well."

So much has changed
since you were here.

The war still seems remote to us
on the island, but yet closer.

There are a few more refugees
coming through here now.

The Germans are sinking
a lot of ships

in the stream
between here and Florida.

Sometimes at night you
can see them burning.

Often two and three at a time.

There isn't enough navy,
British or American, around

to do anything about it.

Work has been progressing
steadily and well since you left.

I've completed five or six
pieces to sell in New York

and am now working very hard
to get ahead so we can fish.

I love the sea and would
not be anywhere else.

She's my home, my religion.

Perhaps, correctly,
I should say that she is

what we have instead
of religion or God.

She creates life, and she ends it.

She has beauty and great mystery.

And she is eternal.

This island is a lovely place.

But the house is empty.

I think I know almost all there is
to know about living alone.

And I have known what it is

to live with someone who you love

and who loves you.

I've always loved you boys.

But I've never before realized how
bad it is that I do not live with you.

I feel isolated.

I keep remembering how happy
I became when you were all here.

You moved into a part of me that,
when you moved out, became empty.

And it's been bad for a long time.

When you were here,
we experienced happiness.

"Now in the night, I'm lonely for it.

But I know the loneliness
is only a stage

on the way until you all come back."

On the way until you all come back."

All my love, your father.

Hey, Tom. Let's have
the best one of the day.

Why the hell didn't
you guys take care of him?

Don't get plugged, Tom.
He's upstairs. Lil's with him.

How is he, Lil?

Tight as a tick.

What's the matter?

How many times have I told
you not to get into fights?

We're just unlucky,
you and me, Tom.

Maybe we're lucky with women, eh?

Anybody hit you first?

All of them.

But I hit at them first.

Damn.

I'm dying for a drink.

I bet you are.

- Get him to eat.
- No, you can, but I can't.

I'll beg him to eat.
I'll plead with him to eat.

I'll even set him an example by eating.
But, Tom, what he wants is a drink.

Wouldn't you?

He doesn't like things
to happen to Eddy.

Ain't that the truth.

- He's okay, isn't he?
- Yeah.

Can I buy you a drink?

No, thanks. Take one up to Eddy
and Willy, though, if you would.

Sure.

Let me have two beers.

Thanks for taking care of Eddy.

You don't have to thank me.
I like him as much as you.

And I feel sorry for him.

Are you going to work today?

No.

We could go up to my place.

What's the matter?

Hello, you.

I went out to your house.

How'd you get here?

On the morning plane.

You going to spend
your day in that place?

I was, but I just had
a change of plans.

Good. Can I offer you a ride home?

Who was your friend at the bar?

Just my friend at the bar.

Driver, stop here.

- Why are you stopping?
- It's a nice walk.

But what if I don't wanna walk?

Take the car, I'll meet you there.

I'll never understand why things
have to go your way.

Because I like it that way.

How long can you stay?

A day, maybe two.

I wanna kiss you.

- You in love with anyone?
- No. You?

I'm afraid so.

Bastard.

Isn't it terrible? The first time
I meet you since I left you,

you're not in love
with anyone and I am.

- You left me?
- Yeah, that's my story.

- Is he nice?
- Very nice.

Who is he?

A general, and he loves me
very much.

- You gonna marry him?
- He just asked me.

And?

I accepted.

Don't be so stuffy just because
I'm in love with someone.

You don't consult me when you fall
in love with people.

How much do you love him?

I didn't say I loved him.
I said I was in love with him.

I won't even be in love with him
today or tomorrow if you don't want.

I don't want not to be polite.

Go to hell.

Yes, you may kiss me, if you like.

Really gonna marry
this military character?

Yes. In June.

The 6th, to be exact.
Any more questions?

You're not jealous? Oh, Tom, really.

Does it really mean anything to you?

You think it doesn't?
You think I'm pretending?

Well, you might be.
You're a wonderful actor.

I've seen you play
all your great roles.

The one I loved you best in was
when you played the faithful husband.

And you were doing it
so wonderfully.

There was this big spot
on your trousers.

Every time you looked
at me, it was bigger.

That was at the Ritz, I believe.

That's where I played
the faithful husband the best.

You're a little confused. I think you
played it best on the Normandie.

To the Normandie.

That was a role of greatness.

It was, I believe, my best friend
at that time,

the one who later became
the second Mrs. Thomas Hudson.

Remember her?

Oh, Tom, you were magnificent.

To our best roles.

I hear you've given up painting.
Is it true?

Do you still love me?

Haven't I given any sign of it?

Yes.

Did I?

You think making love
to a woman is enough.

You never think about her wanting
to be proud of you.

Or about small tendernesses.

You locked yourself away
behind that wall of yours.

A protective shell you built
to keep out intruders.

Why couldn't you have
been more needing?

Make me feel wanted, necessary?

It's a damn give-and-take...
Take it away, I'm not hungry.

What did you come here for,
a moral lecture?

No.

You wanted to get approval of
your marriage to that military asshole.

Well, I damn well don't need either.

I'm doing very well with my life
right now, thank you.

I don't need any
of your goddamn charity.

That's the trouble, you never did.

Just what did you think
you'd get by coming here?

Can I have another drink?

Here's to us, to all our mistakes
and all our losses.

Tommy.

Sorry I said all those things.

Well,

those things are good for me.
I've been saying them myself.

Quite often, for a long time now.

Do you remember skiing
at Schruns that year?

The year that Joan came
to stay with us.

I remember everything.

All three of us together.

When you came down from work
you had two lovelies

waiting for you and in love with you
and a little boy who adored you.

I think of it quite often.

So happy together.

Remember skiing with Tommy
on your shoulders?

How we'd sing together,

coming down through the orchard
behind the inn at dusk.

That was the year
of all the avalanches.

Yes, we were snowed in
for a week that year, remember?

Joan was such a good friend.

You know, I never knew, really.

Until that crossing
on the Normandie.

I still don't understand

how we could have been
such good friends

and had such a lovely time
and have it all turn out so badly.

Why were we so stupid?

Oh, God, Audrey.

Can I have something else to drink?
Isn't there some wine in the house?

I'll look.

You heard from Tom?

Yes.

You remember when he couldn't
speak any English?

How dirt-poor we all were
together in Paris?

We were never poor together,
Tom, not really.

Can I have that wine now?

Sure.

He's dead.

Isn't he?

Sure.

Tommy.

Tommy.

Think she'll be back?

Why should she?

How can such things happen, Tom?

He was shot down...

...on a routine sweep over Abbeville.

When he bailed out,
his chute caught fire.

Oh, my God.

Tom.

Tom.

Don't you want nothing?

Don't you want something to eat?

Tom, you've got to eat.

No, thanks, Joseph.

Tom, I just don't give a damn
no more.

Neither do I.

Damn it.

What the hell they kill Tommy for?

Joe, come on.

Sorry, Tom, but I just can't.

I know.

I guess...

...essentially, I'm a very stupid man.

I've been here all day.

Wanting to...

...ask forgiveness of someone...

...wishing it all hadn't happened.

Wishing I had him always.

That's silly.

I can't have him.

I have to let him go.

I have to remember how he was

and write him off.

I have to do it, sooner or later.

I wanted to do it now.

But I can't.

Tom?

I've seen Joseph.

He says we're going across tomorrow.

What's it gonna be, then, Tom?

Going to Key West, ain't we?

Tom.

Can I have a drink?

Thanks.

I knew you were my pal, Tom.

Couldn't have nobody
better than me.

I'm with you on anything, Tom.

You're a rummy, Eddy.

No, I ain't.

You always said I wasn't no rummy.

Not really.

You know I'm not a rummy.

I ain't, am I?

Listen, Tom, I won't drink.

I'll quit.

We'll go to Key West

and you can work in the mornings,
and we'll fish in the afternoons,

just like you did before
you came here.

I'm a good man, Tom.

You're not going.

You're not gonna cross alone.
It's dangerous to go alone.

It's only 100 miles.

You think having a rummy on board
is gonna make any difference?

What's the matter, Tom?

Ain't no use calling
me names, is there?

What did you have
to call me a rummy for?

So you'd believe it.

Who's gonna be your mate?

Joseph.

I'm closing up the house.

What do you mean,
you're closing up the house?

I'm not coming back.

You're just...
You're just leaving like that?

Where are you going, Tom?

I'm going to be with my kids.
I'm through with this island.

Tom, we're old pals.

Why won't you take me?

You belong here.

What the hell would you
do on the mainland?

It's for your own damn good.

- You're just upset.
- I'll see you, Eddy.

I feel as bad about it as you do.

Hell, Tom, I'm fond of them

- like they was my boys.
- I'll see you, Eddy.

Poor damn rummy.

Oh, hell.

What's the matter?

What are you looking
at me like that for?

How did you get here?

Somebody's gotta look
after you, haven't they?

I knew you'd take me.

Do you see him?

- It's Captain Ralph, ain't it?
- Yeah.

Give him a drink.

You'd better break out some cans
of that soup and heat it up.

- They look like they could use it.
- Right.

- What happened?
- German submarine.

They boarded us about 10 last night.

They'd been out a long time.
They wanted anything we had.

What are you gonna do
with those people?

Well, we could take them
in to Key West.

No, they ain't got a legal paper
among them.

Immigration will tie up your boat,
and Ralph and me will go to jail.

Five years. Five years, at least.
That's some rap, brother.

Well, what's gonna happen to them?

Who knows? Hell, Eddy,
they're Jews.

Where were you gonna take them?

Into Cuba, but they're getting
very nervous over there.

They say German subs
are landing spies all over.

I can't say that it's not risky, Tom.

Where did you figure
to put them ashore?

Bacuranao. It will be pretty close
to daylight by the time we get in.

- Tom?
- What about surf?

Not bad this time of year, Tom,
3 or 4 feet.

Tom.

My God, how did
we get into this mess?

Better get that soup out
to those people, Eddy.

That's coming from the wolf packs
way up north.

It's just naval gibberish,
you know, one sub to another.

What is your name?

Hudson.

Thank you, Mr. Hudson.

When do we reach Cuba?

Oh, about an hour or so.

We have friends in Havana
who will help us.

My God, I can't believe that
we've already reached Cuba.

After all this time.

How long has it been?

Two years. Two years
since we left Vienna.

Have you ever been
to Europe, Mr. Hudson?

Yes, I lived there
about 20 years ago.

You can't imagine how bad it is now.

I don't know how to thank you for...

Better get in and out fast, Tom.

The light will be coming up
in about ten minutes.

Want a drink?

No, I think I'll take this one straight.
I'm scared as hell.

So am I.

The thing I don't like is trouble.

You used to be pretty good
at trouble.

That was the old days.
I was younger.

Didn't know how
much trouble there really was.

You got about 5 feet.

How much water you
got on the stern?

About 4 and a half feet.

Get the dinghy off. Think you
can make it through this surf?

I can make it.

- Hold it right here till I tell you.
- Okay, chief.

Eddy.

- Take that.
- Oh, boy.

Don't shoot that unless I tell you.

- I don't want anybody to get hurt.
- Okay, chief.

Just like the old days, when
we use to run booze from here.

Hey.

Over you go.

It's the goddamn
Cuban coast guard.

No! No!

Oh, God! Oh, no!

Put one right through it.

We'll play to hell
trying to fix that thing.

There's a lot of water between
here and Key West.

Think we can make it on one engine?

- We'll have to.
- Tom.

Tom.

A boat.

What do you figure, Tom?

- Crank her up, let's get out of here.
- All right.

What can that boat do?

Maybe 14, 15 knots.

There's another one.

Oh, Jesus.

Do you know this coast?

Know it's no good, why?

I think we should go around
that reef there.

There's a river inside it.
We could duck in there.

Hell, there are dozens
of channels back in that river.

If we can get in there,
they'll never find us.

Figure we got enough water
to get across the reef?

- It's your boat.
- Yeah, and everybody's ass.

The hell with it. Either we got
enough water, or we don't.

They're shooting at us. The bastards
are bloody shooting at us.

You always said I shouldn't
get into fights, Tom.

How is he?

He's dead.

You were a good man, Eddy.

Best I ever knew.

Which channel do we want?

The one on the right.

What now?

No luck.

What's up?

Listen.

We're downwind, Tom.
Maybe they ain't heard us.

Don't bet on it.

We've got ourselves
pretty well screwed this time, Willy.

Yeah, we've been screwed
from the start.

Joseph, we're gonna go up
this channel right here.

Tom, there ain't no way out of there.

We still got a chance.

They must be on the other side
of those trees.

Break out some rope.

Willy, get the boat turned around.

Tom.

She's loose, Tom.

Give me the Very pistol
and another can of gasoline.

All right, now,
you know what to do.

Remember what I told you.

Keep the sun at your backs.

You'll hit the Havana road, maybe
three or four miles due east of here.

- Got it?
- Yes.

Good luck.

Thank you, Mr. Hudson.
Thank you very much.

I loaded the green one
for luck, Tom.

Get the boat to the end
of the channel.

Get the engine started.

Let's get out of here.

I'll fix you up real good, Tom.

Just lay quiet, now.

How are we back there?

We're all clear.

You lay quiet. Just take it easy.

I've always loved you and couldn't
help it and can't help it now.

I wish I could be
some real good to you.

Maybe I can if we get by this one

and the next one and the next one.

Tom.

I love you, you son of a bitch.

Try to understand if you can.

I'm trying, Joseph.

Oh, hell.

You never understand
about anybody that loves you.

Tom, don't you die.

Not me, Joseph.

Not me.

I've had a lot of luck
to have such a life.

I wish there was some way
to pass on what I've learned, though.

My God, I was learning fast
there at the end.

Tom.

Tom.

I know now there is
no one thing that is true.

It is all true.

Tom?

Oh, Tom.