All language subtitles for Riverboat S01E20 Salvage Pirates

Luis!

Louise!

Sometimes in our business, things go
well, sometimes not. But right now,

things are going very well.

The Enterprise and her crew
are in the Gulf of Mexico,

just inside the channel of Cat
Island, close to the mainland.

We're just returning from our first trip
to Apachacola on the west coast of Florida,

where we learned that a load of alligator
hides was awaiting shipment to St. Louis.

I figured this trip to be the most
profitable since I took over the old girl.

Now, remember what I learned you.

Taught, Pickelong. Captain Holden.

Well, Captain Holden can taught you, but
I'm learning you. Now, say what I said.

Red light is larboard.

Green light is starboard.

Red light on the starboard bow.

Has got the right of way.

Yeah, has got the right of way.

Now, how would you call a ship
off the larboard bow at this angle?

Ahoy, wheelhouse.

Light, four, three
degrees off the larboard bow.

Good boy, Chip.

Evening, Mr. McGregor.

You mind if I watch a while?

What are you doing up here? Why aren't
you in the boiler room where you belong?

Captain Holden said it'd be all
right if I came up and watch.

As long as I don't get in your way, sir.

Oh, he did.

You ever have a wheel
in your hands before?

Yes, sir, on sailing ships.
Well, hold it steady, lad.

Kind of young, aren't
you, in sailing ships?

Yes, sir.

My father was a captain, though.

He let me be his cabin boy
ever since I was a little fella.

What was his name?

Same as mine. Terry Blake.

Oh, Master Blake, do
you know where we are?

Yes, sir. This is the Cat Island Channel.

One of the narrowest channels with some
of the worst reefs in the whole Gulf.

If I'm not mistaken, sir,
that's the Channel Line.

That's too far at the lobber.

There's something wrong here.

Mr. Carney, cut her to half speed.

Looks like there's
something on that reef over there.

Looks like there's been a wreck.

And pretty recent, too.
Get the cotton, quick.

Cut the engines, Mr. Kearney!

Just hang on tight.

You're all right. I'm afraid, Jock.

We're fortunate you're alive.

Hang on to the mast.

You haven't anything to worry about.

There's a boat out there headed
right for us. Oh, thank heaven.

When that boat picks you up,

tell the captain that your
diary is aboard and that

your father will pay him
to try and salvage it.

We are not very far from the island, so
the schooner cannot be in very deep water.

Why would I tell him that?

There's a trunk of pearls in
the hold. We can claim them.

Claim them, but they're not ours.

Cherie, they belong to
anyone who could get them.

This is our chance. It may
never happen to us again.

We don't have to be poor, Cherie.

I love you, and it is for us.

I love you, Shark.

I'll do my best.

When the boat gets
closer, start swimming around.

I will dive under and see if I
can find the entrance to the hold.

Thanks.

See anything out there, Pickalong?

So much junk in the water, it's hard to
make out. Snapped her stick when she hit.

Yeah.

Wait a minute, over there.
Looks like someone's swimming.

Yeah, it's a girl.

Terry, get me one of those life rings,
will you, in a hurry. I'm a double, boy.

Well, secure the end of that to
one of these cleats down here.

Be careful, Captain. Don't
get fouled up in them lines.

Two of you men get back to the galley.
Get the biggest iron flat you can find.

Fill it full of lard
and pitch pine kindling.

I want some heat and light out of
here. Pulse it down after me. Yes, sir.

Well!

It's colder than Mother Annie's mile. Want

me to come in with you? Yeah, I'd love it.

Give me a little more
line. All right, come

on. You're all right, honey. Stop crying.

All right, is there anybody else out here?

I saw Jacques the first mate,
but now he's gone. Pull us away.

All right, hold on. Here, hey. Here.

Something gone wrong, Captain?

Something got loose below a copy
of the hips. Take it easy, Captain.

We'll have you on board in a second.

I got her! Perry! Give the
captain a hand! Yes, sir!

Get some brandy and some bacon!

Captain, no, no, give me a hand up here.

Has your hip popped out again, Captain?
No, I just like to lie down here. Come on,

give me a hand to get up
to my cabin, huh? Captain,

there's a man crawling on the reef.

A whore out there, can you hear me?

It's Jacques.

Can you swim over here? Madame Louise,
I tried to swim below for your trunk,

but it was much too dark.

The blaze is he talking about?

It's my dowry. I was turning
to New Orleans to be married.

I've got to have my dowry.

Well, ma'am, you might
just as well forget about it.

You'll never get it out of the air.
Can you swim over here, mate? No.

If I leave her, anyone
can claim her for salvage.

No, I will wait here until Madame Louise
goes to New Orleans to arrange a salvage.

Then I can be sure to get her dowry.

Why is this dowry so
important? If you wanted

to save anything, I think it'd be a ship.

The boat's insured. My
father will collect for

it. But without my
dowry, I can't be married.

Oh, come on now. I ain't a
woman as beautiful as you are.

What does she need with a dowry, huh?

It's a question of family pride.

Pride.

Oh, yeah, sure, pride.

Captain, should I take
a couple of men in a

lifeboat and just drag them off the reef?

Well... Captain, that
schooner is worth a lot

of money to the man who can get her up,

and she's not in very deep water.

Oh?

Well, now, just what are you getting at?

Well, speaking for my father,
you could have the schooner.

We'd make no claim if I can get
my trunk with my dowry in it.

Really?

Yeah, that sounds very interesting.

Oh, Cotton, have you slipped your moor
and we can't salvage that schooner? Now,

Connie, did I say anything about salvage?

No, but you look like...
Never mind how I look.

Now then, Miss, Miss,
uh... Louise Harrison.

Yes, Miss Harrison, I'd certainly
like to help you get that boat up.

We got no equipment to salvage it with.

Captain, I must have my dowry. There's
$40,000 worth of pearls in that chest.

$40,000 worth of pearls?

My father will reward you
if you help me get it up.

Father will reward me, huh?

Yes.

Skipper...

Don't get that look in your eye.

You know what happens every time you get
that gleam. What's the matter with you,

Carney? Don't you like money?

Well, sure, but... But you would
object to my divvying up the reward

for getting this poor little girl's
pearls off that shallow, sunken wreck, huh?

By divvying, you mean equal
shares. Yeah, I mean equal shares.

Carney!

How are we going to get in there?

Oh, shut up, Pickalong. Haven't
you got an eye to the future?

The first thing we're
going to do, Pickalong,

is put you out on the
rock there with Jacques.

Why? To keep him company. That's why.
Then we'll go on back to New Orleans,

and we're going to get enough
equipment out there to salvage that boat.

What? Something here you
should put your eye to.

Where?

Over there in the cold.
It's been there quite a while.

Uh-huh.

What is it? It looks like a barge of
some kind. A barge with a big crane on it.

A very big crane. It's
the kind that uses salvage.

I wonder if they had anything
to do with moving that light.

Well, the channel light
was moved, that's for sure.

What's a big barge like that doing
out here in the middle of nowhere?

The best cold dugger here, Captain.

Yeah. Captain Wright of
the Magellan Star told me

about something just
before he left for Florida.

He said a lot of other boats have been
cracking up on these reefs out here.

Didn't mean anything
to him until just now.

There's a breed of man
that'll pray on innocent

people just to be
picking that poor dead bones.

Yeah.

I got an idea how we'll find out
what that barge is gonna do, though.

Yes, sir.

Let's get me out of my cabin, boys.

Name's Pickalong.

Guess we're gonna be
neighbors for a while.

Jacques Tremaine.

You're welcome to sit with me.

Ciao in the bag. Reckon
you ought to be hungry.

Merci.

Take care of yourself, Pickalong!

Now don't you go forgetting I'm out here.

It's a long road to New Orleans.

Don't worry, we'll be nearby. Now for
heaven's sake, don't lose your temper.

I'd rather you fed us than the fishes.

All right, Mr. Carney,
let's get out of here.

I'm going to get three
load blasts on the vessel.

I want everybody to know we're leaving.

Pack her down, Mr. Carney!

Well, Bogey, my boy, they've
taken their nose out of the wreck,

and it looks like they're
going to go into the coast.

They left two men sitting on a rock,

so I think they aimed to get the
proper gear to raise the schooner.

It's a shame, ain't it, Mr. Savage?

Them making that trip for nothing.
All right, to yours, you scavengers!

There's a ripe pearl laying
out there waiting to be plucked.

We got a while yet, Mr.
Jacques. While we're waiting,

we might as well holler up a
tune or two to keep us company.

I don't give a darn about being out here.
The men on the board will get us a beer.

While we are waiting, I'll sing a song.
And if you don't mind, I'll just pick along.

How about that? Made it up on the
spot, just like it was handwritten.

Talk is cheap, like they say,
work for you to us is play.

Beat you do so simple and mild,
easy to handle by a Haitian child.

Just go ahead, spoil a good tune, like
an old hound dog who fades at the moon.

If one good old hoedown you would attend,
you'd never go back to Haiti, my friend.

All right, Master Blake, that's far
enough. Tell Mr. Carney to drop the hook.

Stop the engines. Drop the anchor.

Come on, Master Blake, we've
got a little rowing to do.

Sit lively, lads. That barge
is just about to the wreck.

Be careful of that
gun, man. If it goes off,

it'll warn the pirates and it'll blow
the nose off your face. Coleman, cast off.

Remember what the captain
said. Just go along with them.

Belay the oars.

We've come to rescue you.

Yeah, you better get off them rocks.

Oh, you shouldn't have
gone to all that bother.

Just the same with you.
We'll stay right here.

Wouldn't be fitting and
decent of me to leave you

two castaways to the
mercy of the elements.

What if a sudden storm should come up?

Why, I'd have your two poor
drowning faces in my dreams for a month.

No, sir.

Couldn't let anything
like that on my conscience.

Got no cause to have nightmares, mister.

Got our little old boat with us right
here just in case the wreck slips or perch.

Mr. Bullsey, show these two gentlemen
how poorly they make a dinghy these days.

Hold your tempers out.

Lose it tomorrow.

You just can't put no trust in the way
they make things these days. All right,

you two men, swim over here to the barge,

or we'll find out how poorly
you're put together. Swim?

In this water? Well, you can walk on
top of it if you're going to mind to,

but whatever you do, you
better get to doing it.

You got just two minutes.

Let's go.

So far, so good.

It's time to just about
right slip around the

back of the barge and
be as quiet as possible.

Tie him up. All right, on your
feet. Get your hands behind you.

Move again, and you'll die where you
stand. Quit enjoying yourself, Olsy.

Tidy these men up. We got work to do.

We surrender.

Mr. Blake, get their guns and
knives and throw them overboard.

You got no cause to jump us like we were
pirates. We was minding our own business.

Fact is, we were saving
the lives of them two men.

You took those men off
the wreck by force. That's

piracy. That's a terrible lie, mister.

Whoever said that ought to be
whipped. Maybe you'd like a try, monsieur.

Now, don't get all riled up.
It's just a figure of speech.

I just said we'd done no wrong.

You was the one who attacked first.

And you had nothing to do
with moving the Channel 8.

Now, what kind of beast
would do a thing like that?

So that boats could wreck and
you could salvage their bones.

Well, now, salvage we wasn't
going to do until we saw their men on

a wreck and we was all set to
turn around and come back when...

When we saw that their dinghy was
leaking, it looked like a storm was coming up.

Well, we just couldn't leave them
there. Oh, of course you couldn't.

You couldn't leave them there.

You'd have to kill them too,

or you wouldn't be able
to salvage that cargo or

rob the dead bodies of
the men you murdered.

You're the lowest form of human life.

You don't deserve to live.

Cut the throat. No.

You can't have that on your consciences.

You don't want to carry our
murders with you the rest of your life.

I say cut the throat and get it over with.

No, Piccolo.

We couldn't do that.

We'd be as bad as they are.

Well, why don't we just blow them
out of the water with the cannon?

Cannon?

The one we have in the hole,
loaded with nails and chain.

That way we'll get rid
of them in one blast.

Please, mister.

You can't do that.

All right.

I'll tell you what we will do.

We'll set you and your
barge adrift in the channel,

and we'll leave it to Providence whether
you're dashed to bits on the reef or not.

Master Brick, tie them all
securely. Yes, sir. Come on.

Well, did it go according to plan?

Just like clockwork, Captain.

You know, those pirates, after
they float around the reef a bit,

will be glad to see the
authorities you send them.

All right.

Here's where we stand. We
can't go back to New Orleans

because it's going to take too long.

And if those men should be
picked up, they'll be back.

So if we're going to get those pearls,

we're going to have to make do with
what we've got on board. Which isn't much.

No, no, we don't have.
We're going to have to make.

Make what?

Well, when I was in Boston,

I heard about a man who invented a kind
of a helmet that fits over your head.

It's got a tube
connected to the top of it.

And it goes up through
the water to a man up

above who pumps air down through the tube,

like this, with a
great big pair of bellows.

What keeps the water out?

Well, the air pressure. Haven't you ever
turned a glass upside down in the water?

That's right.

Now then.

Who's going to be willing to
take a chance on this rig?

Well, I'd like to try it, sir.

Chuck can go with him.

Well, you ever been
underwater before, son?

Oh, yes, sir, in the rivers, and
even out in the Gulf. Yeah? Yeah.

Well, all right, you
do a good job of this,

and we'll talk about
making you a cub pilot.

Thank you, Captain.

You sure you can do it now?

Well, yes, sir.

All right, you got the job then, Terry.

Now then.

Connie, when you're making this
helmet, make one for the lantern, too.

Only close the bottom of it.

If a man can breathe underwater in
these things, it'll land her out of work.

All right, let's get to work.

Come on.

Joshua, listen, tell
Pickalong to bring me up

some food, will you? I'm hungry. Yes, sir.

I can't tell you how much I
appreciate what you're doing for me.

Oh, forget it, Louise. You know,

gold will soften the
hardest heart of any river rat.

Thank you anyway.

Oh, Jacques, you scared me.

This is our only chance to be alone.

You know, Jacques, I'm afraid I'm going to

do something wrong and
get us into trouble.

Is it really worth it?

Oh, Louise, my Cherie, listen to me.

This is our only chance
to ever have anything.

Now that I've found you, I
never want to go to sea again.

But for me to stay in the
beach, I must have money.

For our business and a house for us.

I know, but this stealing...
Oh, Cherie, this is not stealing.

If we get the pearls up,
it's because I have helped.

And the law says I'm entitled to
half of any recovered salvage.

Oh, Cherie.

Stop worrying.

We only tell them small lies so we
can have something for our lives.

I don't want us to be so poor
we end up hating each other.

Make it sound like we
really don't love each other.

I'm a realist.

Our love is noble.

But a noble love must have
fertile soil to go rich in,

or without the money from the pearls.

I'd only be a mate always going
to sea, and you a serving girl,

living on the fringes of the earth.

Every right we have to it, if we try.

Ahoy, Mr. English!

Lend a hand here!

I never thought I'd see
the day you'd get down

on your knees and blubber like a girl.

You're alive, ain't you, Mr. Bolsey?

You don't think for one
minute I'm going to sit

here and let them get away with that ship,

do you? Well, you sure had me
fooled. You got the brains of a mudfish.

We're going to get that old cannon
we took off the Good Hope last year,

mount it here on the barge. Then when
that smart guy out there raises that wreck,

we're going to move in on him.

Blast that riverboat right into the lap
of heaven. Why wait? Let's do it now.

It'll take them too long to raise that.

Mr. Bolsey, have you no adventure in
your soul? It's like a little game.

We've got to wait until the darkness
before the dawn. And now a warning to you, sir.

The next time you think my
backbone has turned to buttermilk,

you better figure out a way you can whip
me before you open that big mouth of yours.

Stupid mud dog!

You heard the man! Get the crane!

Why'd you learn to throw a hammer
like that, Terry? When I wasn't sailing,

I used to work in the Galena boat yards.

Oh, it worked that slow?

Only when we had sissies holding.

How you doing, Chipper?

Aw, gee, Mr. Pickalong. There ain't no
end to all these turnips and potatoes.

Sure there is, Chipper boy.
You just ain't found it yet.

Say, where's Petey and Andy Jackson?

Oh, they deserted me an hour ago.

They're probably off someplace
sleeping while I do all the work.

What?

Complaining boy's a healthy boy, I guess.

That's no so bad. Throw a patch on it.

I made this. I hope it works.

If it leaks, you've no
one to blame but yourself.

Oh, it'll work, sir.

If it's all the same to you, I'd
like to see if the light works.

All right. Heave to on the ballast.

All right, give the
light fellows a squeeze.

Keep it steady.

That's as good as gold.

Are you ready, Jacques?

Oui.

Now I will lead the way.

It will be a tight fit for all of us.

The hatch is only for
service into the hold.

You can see the opening of
the hold on the other side.

Madame's talk is at the other end.

Let's go, I'm getting cold.

All right, let's get it up, lads.

Ah, the best thing for a
Frenchman, the best thing by far,

to cover the rascal's head with a jar.

It's a serious trick. You should
think along, I'll get you with this.

What's that for singing, friend?
Can't hear a word you're saying.

Let's go.

Sure is fun, isn't it, Mr. Carney?

Sure for me, bucko.
Shouldn't you be in the sack?

Oh, Mr. Carney, this is the
most exciting night of my life.

Well, that it is. That it is, my
lad. Here, give a steady motion.

This probably curls the
size of eggs down there.

You're kidding.

It's a little exciting, ain't it?

Steady as she goes.

What went wrong down there,
lad? When I've been older,

The water came into the helmet.

I mean, it's too big a lung.

Almost had me last song.

The hatching of the hole's too
small to get into without bending over.

The helmet's too big. It
changes things around a bit.

What are we gonna do if we
can't use helmets? Well,

let's go have a talk with the captain.

Come on. Let's go.

Helmets won't work, huh?

No, Monsieur Captain. We almost drowned.

Can you hold your breath
long enough to get down there?

Oh, no, no, no.

It's impossible. You gotta
go through a hatch. Yeah.

No.

Hey, hey, you know, I
read about the Indians.

They used to lie down in a creek or
in rivers and breathe through a reed.

Maybe we could just
breathe through the hoses.

Might work.

That's a smart line.

Yeah, he is.

Well, all right, go down and get that box.

Yes, sir.

Well, I'll do it.

Right.

Yeah, don't tell me he's Scottish.

I just hope he's not English.

No, no, that'll be fine. Thanks.

How's your hip?

Oh, it's just fine. As long as
I don't move around too much.

Sure?

Yeah, positive.

Oh, Captain, when do we get into
New Orleans? I mean, day or night?

Well...

If the boys get your chest out tonight,
well, yes, you ought to leave about dawn.

It takes 24 hours to rush
you through to New Orleans.

I'd say we ought to be there about, oh,
early in the morning, day after tomorrow.

Oh, I didn't know we'd get there so early.

Kind of anxious to see him, aren't you?

Yes.

Even dressed the way you are?

Yes, I am.

By the way, who is he? Do I know him?

Oh, I don't know if you've met him or not.

What's his name?

James Kincannon. Kincannon
Import and Export Company.

James Kincannon.

Have you met him?

No, no, I can't
connect a face with a name.

Oh, he's very handsome. I'm sure if
you'd met him, you wouldn't forget him.

I'm sure I wouldn't at that.

Oh, of course, I look at him
differently from the way you would.

Well, if there's nothing I can get you,
Captain, I think I'll try to get some sleep.

Yeah, why don't you do that? Pick
any cab, and they're all made up.

Thank you. Good night,
Louise. Good night, sleep.

Good night.

James can cab. Jim can cab.

James.

All right, lad.

Well, let's try this thing.
All right, start your bellows.

It works.

It works. You keep your
throat closed with your tongue,

and let the air push the water
out of the sides of your mouth.

I think we are ready.

Steady now.

Steady motion.

I never felt so helpless in my life.

We have no way of knowing if
anything went wrong down there.

Keep it moving. They
haven't got gills, you know.

Good job, lad. Good job.

Was it bad down there? Oh, it was nothing.

I could have stayed down there all
night. Enough of that bragging, lad.

Let's get that chest to the boat. Come on.

Leave that to the cargo hold.

Jacques, are you all right?

Oh, certainly, madame. Jacques
Germain sets his mind to do something.

The madame should go
to her cabin out of the

night dampness. It's a
good job. Mr. Jackson!

Them pirates are still
a-sittin' out there in the cold,

waitin' to see if we're
gonna pull the ship up.

And they got a big
cannon mounted on them all.

Oh, they have, haven't they? Mr.

Colonel gets his steam up with
pullin' the steamers up, Mr. McGregor.

I've got one more little
idea to help them barge

boys. We'll be pullin' out quick. Terry!

They ain't having much luck out there.

Maybe we ought to throw a
few fireballs to our larboard.

That might speed them up a bit.

Sometimes your stupidity
astounds me. They also have a cannon.

When we fire, we'll fire for effect.

That'll be in 15 minutes.

Mr. Carney, where do
you think you're going?

We'll be with you in a second, Pete.

Mr. Carney.

Come back on board, that's an order.

Just another little minute, Mr.
Joshua. Here, secure the line, careful.

We got a little
surprise for them pirate boys.

Mr. Savage!

The riverboat's pulling out.
They couldn't get the schooner up.

Every man shall let another man
do his own job. To yours, men!

Signal Mr. English to allow the cable.

We're just about to the Cove.
Mr. Kearney, stop your engines.

Get up on the passenger deck.

Let's go tell everybody the
pirates just about reached the wreck.

This ought to be better
than the Fourth of July.

Show them your teeth, old girl. Give
them something they'll never forget.

A little slack.

Looks like they got the hook in her side.

You vultures, you'll never move
another channel like that. What's up, boys?

Let's get this boat to New
Orleans. Come on, folks.

The Bay of New Orleans.

There'll be a dock in a couple of hours.

Just because the captain
gave you the run of the boat

doesn't mean you're not
supposed to sleep sometime.

Mr. McGregor, who can
sleep on a night like this?

Look. Look over there.

Isn't that the most exciting sight you
ever saw? The lights of New Orleans.

Sounds to me like you've
got what we used to call

channel fever in the old
country. Channel fever?

Yeah. It's a funny little
feeling you get inside when

you know you're just a
couple hours from home.

Yes, but the only place I
feel at home is on a boat.

What time you turn in?

Four o'clock. Good night, sir.

Good night.

We can go now. I've got the
dinghy in the water alongside.

It's four o'clock and we're in the bay.

That isn't fair, Jacques. The
captain and his friends worked too hard.

Oh, Cherie, I'm a fair man.

I only took our share and
left the rest for them.

Oh, Jacques, I love you.

We can leave this boat
any time we feel like it.

All right, that's enough of
that. And you, miss, up on the boat.

You have no right to hold us.
We haven't done anything wrong.

Those are my pearls, and we
can leave any time we want to.

You can do your complaint
with the captain. Come on, miss.

Come on, Jerry, lend a hand.
Yes, sir. You know, Louise,

I had a hunch that you'd be trying to
get off the boat before hitting the wall,

and that's why I had the boys
keep an eye on you. Now then,

how about telling me the truth, huh?

Who are those pearls
really being shipped to?

Those are my pearls and my
dowry, and I can do just as I wish.

You're lying in your teeth, honey.

You can't prove a word of it.
I haven't committed any crime.

Technically, you've committed a
robbery. I salvaged those pearls.

They belong to me. I beg your pardon,
Captain, but I helped salvage the chest,

and I'm entitled to
half in any court of law.

No, you don't, but we'll talk
about that later. Right now,

all I'm interested in is finding
out why you wanted to leave the boat.

I wanted to go ashore to get some
clothes and a sari so I could meet Mr.

Kincannon in fine style, and I knew
you wouldn't let us leave. Ha, ha, ha!

All right, lock him up in a
cabin somewhere, will you?

We'll settle this when we hit New Orleans.

It's time to go get Jock and the girl.

I'll let you know when I want them.

Well, we'll get this thing settled
once and for all, Mr. Kincannon. Now,

would you mind going into the pilot's
cabin for a moment? Not at all, sir.

Show him the way, will
you, George? Pleasure.

In you go.

Well, Louise, where did you get
the name James Kincannon from?

What?

The name James Kincannon. Did you get
it from the side of the chest of pearls?

No.

James King Cannon is the
man I'm going to marry.

Oh, he is? Yes.

Oh.

Joshua, in that case,
you'd better meet your fiance.

Mr. James King Cannon may introduce you
to your betrothed, Miss Louise Harrison.

How do you do? Well, what do you got
to say for yourself now, Miss Harrison?

Think you'd better tell me the truth?

All right, I'll tell you. I was
a passenger on board a scooter.

I met Jacques on
board, and we fell in love.

And when the schooner hit the reef,

Jacques told me about the
pearls belonging to Mr. Kincannon.

And while we were in the
water, we made up the story.

And you know the rest.

In other words, you're about to give
yourselves a little wedding present.

Captain Holden, under the law, we
are entitled to half of that salvage.

Under the law, young man,

I'll see that you get ten years
for attempting to steal my pearls.

I will not tolerate such a
flagrant action of thievery.

Well, now, Mr.
Kincannon, you think they're

pretty bad criminals, huh? I certainly do.

The morals of the young today are
appalling, and these two lead the pack of them.

Come on now, Mr. Kincannon,

you mean to tell me you never
slipped a fast one through?

That you earned your
fortune completely honestly?

I certainly did.

Come on, Kincannon, don't
kid an old river rat like me.

I'll bet you've broken more
companies who were in competition

with you than all the
catfish in the Mississippi.

That was not stealing.
That was good business.

Oh, good business, huh?

Well, in that case, then, I think
you owe these two people some money.

Because if they hadn't
been alive when I got there,

and if they hadn't told me about the
pearls, you'll never see them again.

Now, I think it's good business to pay
for recovered property, now don't you?

But that thief has no right to
salvage. Yes, but I do, King Cannon, I do.

You see...

I rescued these two people, and it
was my boat that made the salvage,

and it was my equipment that was used,

and the only arrangement made
was with Miss Harrison here.

You can't do this to me.
I'll take you to court.

You know the law as well as I do. I
salvage that wreck, and I own it. How much?

For them, $1,000. Now, send over $500.

One thousand.

Accepted.

My pearls, please.

Now, there's a small matter of the
enterprise and our interest in this.

How much?

Ten thousand.

Five thousand. Eleven thousand.
Seventy-five hundred. Twelve thousand.

Ten thousand. Now, how did you
arrive at a figure like that?

I'll have a draft drawn on my
bank and return in an hour.

But remember this, the
Enterprise will never

do any business with Kin Cannon and
Company. Until you need us again.

Good day, sir. Good day.
There goes a good Scotsman.

Ken Cannon is an Irish name.

Thank you, Mr. Captain,
for acting on our behalf.

Even though I would have gone
to court to protect our share.

And you would have lost. Lost? But how?

I helped salvage it.

Maritime law states that a
crewman is entitled to his

pay for as long as he's
away from his home port,

even if he's wrecked on a
desert island for ten years.

I do not quite understand.

On or off the wreck, you were still
working for the company that hired you,

and Kincannon, in effect,
was hiring your company.

But you, Monsieur
Captain, you had half anyway.

Why did you settle for a fort?

Well, you see, I would
have had to pay an attorney

at least $10,000 to
take King Cannon to court.

This way I get my money and I only have
to wait a little more than an hour for it.

All right, now you two go on in that
pilot's cabin there and you wait for him.

Stay out of sight until King Cannon
comes back with that check you hear.

Yes, Captain.

And thank you.

All right, you river rats, the
captain's free now. Come on in.

Well, just what is this
convention? What do you boys want?

Well, Captain, it was mighty cold out
in that water. As a matter of fact,

some of the men haven't thawed out yet.

Yeah, yeah, that's true. The
Gulf does get mighty cold.

And we ain't had a time in
New Orleans for a while, sir.

Oh, oh, I see you need a
little relaxation, huh?

Well, the main reason we ain't had
it is, well, you know how it is.

We've all been broke. Flat.

Ain't seen as how you arranged for us
all to have a share in the salvage.

Well, we'd like our money and go
ashore now. Well, now, wait a minute, boys.

King Cannon hasn't even
given me the check yet.

Oh, Skipper, we know you
got money locked in the safe.

Well, yeah, that's true, that's true.

But can't you wait an hour to
get out and spend all your money?

Oh, we'll be plumb fish
to death by then, sir.

The men do work up
quite a thirst, Captain.

Well, boys, I'd certainly like to help
you out, but I can't get off this bunk.

You get over and open up
the safe. It's locked.

I wouldn't worry about that, Captain.

Hasn't been a lock built
that I can't take care of.

I'll open the safe. And just
how will you open the safe?

Our man learns a lot of things
as he goes through life, Captain.

What kind of a thieving
crew have I got here?

Whatever kind of crew it is,
Captain, what can you say? You picked it.