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Ensign Charles Parker is assigned to the 73 Crew as Executive Officer, and is Binghamton's last hope to tame McHale and his 'pirates'.
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00:00In the Pacific in 1943, the tide of battle had turned.
00:10The American forces, led by the largest Navy in history, were preparing to meet the embattled enemy.
00:16Millions of men, thousands of ships, made ready for this great offensive.
00:20And at the island of Tarotupa, in the heart of the South Pacific,
00:22the men of P.T. Boat 73, under Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale,
00:27had more than their share of hazardous mission.
00:30Tinker, what are you feeding this thing, malted milk?
00:33Come on, give me some power.
00:34Krueber?
00:35Yeah.
00:35How's it going?
00:37How's it going?
00:37How's the skipper doing?
00:39I don't think he's going to make it.
00:40Oh.
00:41Oh.
01:00Christy!
01:02You wait, Paul!
01:04You ain't sad enough to go roaming in Central Park!
01:06You ain't sad enough to go roaming in Central Park!
01:42Hi, Captain.
01:52You think you're pretty smart, don't you?
01:55Me, Captain?
01:56You, Commander.
01:58What did you have against Ensign Fatheringay?
02:01Who?
02:01Fatheringay, the young man I sent you to be a new executive officer last week.
02:06Oh, was he the one with the nervous tick?
02:08He didn't have any nervous tick when I sent him over there.
02:12How many Ensigns do you think this Nezzy has?
02:16Do you realize that in the last two months you've run through four of them?
02:20Now, do you think that I'm made of Ensigns?
02:23I just can't understand it, Captain.
02:25We went out of our way to make him feel at home.
02:28Jesse James might feel at home with you and your mob.
02:31Bluebeard might.
02:32Jack the Ripper might.
02:34But Ensigns are simple.
02:36They're childlike.
02:38They're 100% American boys.
02:40Yes, sir.
02:42Now, McHale, I'm going to fix you.
02:44I'm going to bring you and your mob back into the Navy.
02:46Do you understand that?
02:47Captain, I'm always willing to cooperate.
02:49Yes, sir.
02:50Granted, my boys are a little high-spirited.
02:52High-spirited.
02:53That's what they said about Mrs. O'Leary's cow before it kicked over the length.
02:58Knock that out.
02:59Yes.
02:59I don't know what I told you.
03:00Get out of here.
03:01Yes, sir.
03:02Oh, Captain.
03:04I thought maybe I'd drop by Sickby and say goodbye to Ensign.
03:06What's his name?
03:07Oh, no, you don't, McHale.
03:09You leave that boy alone.
03:11Every time he hears your name, he starts to laugh hysterically.
03:15Now, get out of here.
03:16That's an order.
03:17Yes, sir.
03:17Bye-bye, Captain.
03:19Bye.
03:20Bye-bye, Captain.
03:29Is that a fly spec on your duty belt, Marine?
03:32I couldn't say, sir.
03:33Don't you know how to polish your helmet?
03:34Tate?
03:37Yes, sir.
03:38That young Ensign out there, is that a replacement for what's his name?
03:43I mean, the fathering game?
03:44Yes, sir.
03:45Ensign Charles Park, the transfer from Grand Ole Canal.
03:48Marvelous.
03:49I want to see him right away with his service record.
03:51Yes, sir.
04:02Ensign Charles Park reporting aboard, sir.
04:07Well, that's good.
04:09That's very good.
04:11At ease, mister.
04:12I, uh, I must say, I like the way you're climbing on that marine out there.
04:19You're one of the arrogant ones, aren't you?
04:21That's good.
04:22Good, because so am I.
04:24Nasty but firm down there where it counts, huh?
04:28Yes, mister?
04:28Sir, I like the cut of your jib.
04:33Oh, well, uh, thank you, sir.
04:35There was this, uh, little tailor down in San Diego who, uh, my jib, sir.
04:39Forget your jib.
04:40I've got a job for you.
04:42I've got a job that will require a disciplinary tiger, a tyrant.
04:46Are you a tyrant, mister?
04:47Well, they, uh, they say I have a savage temper, sir.
04:50Good.
04:51Because you're going to need it.
04:53Now, here's our position, mister.
04:56There's Japs up here.
04:58There's Japs over there.
04:59There's Japs over there.
05:00There's Japs down here.
05:02Forget them.
05:03Because here.
05:05Here is the Navy's real enemy.
05:08Here is McHale, huh?
05:11Ah, strikes a chord, doesn't it?
05:13Well, I think I've heard the name, sir.
05:15Yes, sir.
05:16That man is an absolute renegade.
05:19He used to be the captain of a tramp steamer down here before the war.
05:23He knew every hideout, every remittance man, every saloon keeper in these islands.
05:29So what does Admiral Reynolds go and do?
05:32He commissions him.
05:34Why, the man is a disgrace.
05:37Admiral Reynolds, sir?
05:38Good.
05:38Heavens, no.
05:39McHale.
05:41You know what that reprobate was using his boat for last week?
05:46Water skiing.
05:48Must have burned up $300 worth of Navy fuel.
05:51Well, uh, why do you put up with it, sir?
05:53Well, it just so happens that last week he sank a $3 million Jap destroyer.
05:57That's no excuse.
05:59No excuse.
06:00The man is an undisciplined monster.
06:03And his crew.
06:04Oh, his crew are a bunch of pirates.
06:07Why, I've seen hardened Marines turn pale at the sight of McHale's men.
06:13Well, it's, uh...
06:15Well, it's a good thing they're on our side then, isn't it, sir?
06:17No scissor on our side and don't lean on my desk.
06:21Good job, Parker.
06:23That's your job.
06:25Mr. Parker, service record, sir.
06:29Yes, Parker, it's going to be a tough job and a dirty one.
06:32It's going to be like facing a pride of lions with only a commanding stare for a weapon.
06:37But I know that you, uh...
06:41You rammed a destroyer escort into the docks at San Diego while you were still tied up.
06:49Well, now, sir, that wasn't entirely my fault.
06:52There was this big wave that came at our ship.
06:55You did what to the heavy cruiser Minneapolis?
06:58Oh, well, now, I'd like to explain that one, sir.
07:00It was kind of a foggy night, and, uh...
07:03I went to work...
07:04You called in a naval air strike on a Marine Corps gasoline dump.
07:08They have that in there, too?
07:10Well, now, that one, sir, when we sighted in, there was this palm tree in our way...
07:14You're not a naval officer.
07:16You're a naval disaster.
07:18Well, your whole record here reads like an encyclopedia of lost battle.
07:22Oh, well, sir, now, I had very high marks in naval officer's etiquette.
07:25No.
07:25Well, never let it be said that Square-Rig Binghamton didn't give even a bumbling idiot another chance.
07:40You will have one week to bring McHale and his bunch in the line.
07:45One week from today, I will inspect McHale, and if I am displeased,
07:50you will receive a transfer to Upper Wolf's Ear, Montana.
07:55And a fitness report that will keep you an ensign until the Navy changes back to sail.
08:03Do you understand that?
08:04Yes, sir.
08:06What section of the base will I find him in, sir?
08:08McHale on the base!
08:10I wouldn't have him contaminate my installation.
08:15You'll find him across the bay.
08:17One week, mister, remember that.
08:22Yes, sir.
08:23I'll...
08:24Say, I don't get it, Groob.
08:48Who ever heard of a red crop table?
08:50Isn't it supposed to be green?
08:52Makes it too hard to find the money.
08:54Hey, fella, look!
09:10Quit lost, baby.
09:11We're being raided.
09:14All right, men.
09:15I'm Ensign Parker.
09:18As...
09:18All right, men.
09:35I'm Ensign Parker.
09:37I'm the new executive officer here.
09:39All right, you guys.
09:40Who flung this Ensign in the water?
09:42Well, you see, I actually sort of, uh...
09:44You keep flinging Ensigns in the water, you'll clog up my intake valve.
09:49All right, men.
09:50I'm warning you, I have a savage temper.
09:53All right, hold it.
09:54Hold it, hold it.
09:55Hold it, okay.
09:57Honey, I'm Quint McHale.
10:01You're...
10:01You're Commander McHale?
10:03Just call me Mac.
10:05Mac.
10:07It's a Charles Parker reporting aboard, sir.
10:09Boy, you sure had a doozy of a time making it.
10:12All right, sailor, what's your name?
10:14Mr. Parker.
10:16Mr. Parker.
10:17Mr. Parker.
10:19Come here.
10:19Mr. Parker.
10:21Why don't you change into some dry dust before you explode?
10:24You'll have to start steaming if you don't.
10:27Commander, I'm perfectly aware that you're the commanding officer here.
10:31Nevertheless, I'm also a naval officer, and I am second in command here.
10:36And it is my duty as a naval officer to see if the men under me look and act like sailors of the United States Navy.
10:43Oh.
10:43Well, let me know how you make out, mister.
10:54All right, man.
10:55Let's go, let's go.
10:56Roll call.
10:56Let's get out of the sack.
10:57Come on.
10:58Good breast workout.
10:59Here we go, man.
11:00Roll call.
11:01Let's go.
11:01Here we go.
11:02Christie.
11:03Moss.
11:05Gruber.
11:06All right, man.
11:07Now, I'm warning you.
11:07I'm going to count three, and then I'm coming in there to get you.
11:10One.
11:11Two.
11:15Come on, Blue Blazers.
11:17Good.
11:18Parker, what's all this racket?
11:20Uh, well, sir.
11:23It's the men.
11:24I tried to get them up, and, uh, they fired on me.
11:28Well, I don't blame them.
11:30It's only six o'clock.
11:34Well, uh, Commander, uh, 0600 in the Navy happens to be Reveille.
11:38To be perfectly frank, Commander, I'm kind of shocked.
11:40The discipline around this place is ridiculous.
11:43Look, Buster, as long as my men do a job when they're on a mission,
11:47whatever they do in their free time is okay by me.
11:50And that includes shooting ensigns.
11:53Now, I'm going to go back to sleep.
11:55And if I hear one peep out of you before 10 o'clock brunch,
11:59I'm going to take a shot at you myself.
12:01And I won't miss.
12:06Six o'clock in the morning.
12:20Ah, hello.
12:22Uh, good afternoon.
12:24Ah, Naval Officer Spender.
12:26You come from Fleet?
12:28Yes, we, uh...
12:31Move.
12:34Don't move.
12:34We've got you covered.
12:39Oh, I guess we forgot to tell him about Fuji, fellas.
12:52Yeah, always some eight-ball fool.
12:54Never get the word.
12:55You're talking to him, sir?
12:57He's Japanese.
12:59He's the enemy, sir.
13:01He's not the enemy.
13:03Look, it's all very simple.
13:05Fuji went over the hill.
13:06We found him back in the jungle, so we gave him a home.
13:09A home?
13:10He belongs at a PW camp.
13:11Oh, no, you don't.
13:13A great crook like Fuji, he's ours and find his keepers.
13:17And don't you dare tell Binghamton we got him here either.
13:20Uh-huh.
13:21All right, fellas, you can all go back to sleep now.
13:22There you go, Parker.
13:30Uh, Parker.
13:32You about ready to come off it yet?
13:34Commander, I have my duty to do.
13:36Wise up, son.
13:37You're not in Binghamton's Navy anymore.
13:39You're among friends.
13:40Captain Binghamton happens to be a splendid, efficient, experienced officer.
13:45Captain Binghamton happens to be the ex-editor of Atlantic Yachting Magazine.
13:48He ran a yacht club on Long Island Sounding.
13:51Ah, why bother?
13:56Look.
13:56Just let me warn you, son.
14:00These waters are full of reefs.
14:02And it's not safe to carry too full a head of steam.
14:06Gee, I love that kind of talk.
14:09Good night, Mr. Parker.
14:14All right, let's police up this area.
14:16I want this place with a chip shake.
14:17Boy, it's rugged out there.
14:19You know what they say about war.
14:21Did you finish your reconnaissance patrol?
14:22Got it all right here.
14:23Okay, report.
14:25One case of scotch for Binghamton coming in by PBY from Melbourne tomorrow.
14:30Three more nurses due to report to the hospital Friday.
14:33Well.
14:34And, uh, save the juiciest tidbit for last.
14:37It's going to be an inspection Saturday.
14:38What inspection?
14:39The one that's going to hang chicken, Parker.
14:41All right, all right.
14:41Come on, give out.
14:42Well, I got a direct from the underground.
14:44Binghamton gave Parker until Saturday to put a leash on us.
14:46Or he gets the worst transfer in naval history.
14:48Exceeded an unpleasantness only by his fitness report.
14:51Well, how about that?
14:53Parker never said one word about it.
14:55What's to say?
14:56Come Saturday, he's dead.
14:57Who can wait?
14:59That boy could have come crawling to me for help, but he didn't.
15:03On my soul, I think we got one of them strong, silent types among us.
15:07He'll be sadden, all right, when they haul him off in his regulation coffin.
15:10Hey, see you, see you.
15:11Got a game stop.
15:12All right, Grobo, what's all this?
15:23Brother, what's all this?
15:26Breaking a new crafts layout I just painted.
15:27Nifty, ain't it?
15:28Well, I'm paying it.
15:29This ain't no casino, it's a PT boat.
15:31Well, gee, Skipper, don't get mad.
15:33I'll give you the first roll.
15:34Take it out.
15:35That's an order.
15:36Right.
15:37And you, Willie, I want you to get rid of that still.
15:39Virgil, no more of those native cuties on board.
15:41And from now on, boys, we're going by the book.
15:44Strictly regulation.
15:45What for?
15:46Please smoke his over just like Parker.
15:48Have you got a bearing?
15:50I'll cut it out, you crumbs.
15:52I'm not bucking for full commander.
15:54We're just going to help a kid who I think has plenty of moxie.
15:56Moxie?
15:57Parker?
15:57Look, if we goof it up on Saturday, Binghamton's going to railroad him.
16:03Now, did he come looking to us for help?
16:05No.
16:06I think he deserves it, don't you?
16:08Besides, if we can throw Binghamton a curve.
16:11Aha.
16:11Only one more thing.
16:16Fuji, you got to go, boy.
16:18Skipper.
16:19Oh, no, commander.
16:20Please.
16:21Please not send this boy to camp.
16:23You're not, Fuji.
16:25But you got to hightail it back into the hills, boy.
16:27If Binghamton finds you here, he'll not only send you to the PW camp, he'll send us.
16:32You can't do that, Skipper.
16:33He's afraid there might be chaps back there.
16:36Also, scare the sandclubs and the reeders.
16:38Ah, no, Fuji.
16:40Lizards can't hurt you.
16:42Besides, it won't be long.
16:44You'll be able to come back on Saturday.
16:46Okay?
16:46Okay, boy.
16:48All right, you guys.
16:54From now on, this here's a military outfit.
16:56I want Parker says jump.
16:58I want to see plenty of heels and elbows.
17:00You get it?
17:01For one week, we're going to join the Navy.
17:03Now, turn two.
17:04That's right.
17:05Uh, men, I'd like to begin our little weapons class with a review of the nomenclature.
17:15This is the .50 caliber machine gun.
17:17The important thing to remember, gentlemen, is that this machine gun will fire over, uh...
17:23Oh, right here.
17:26Fire over 306,762 bullets per minute.
17:31Now, men, that's a lot of bullets.
17:35That is a lot of bullets.
17:37Oh, wait.
17:38I'm sorry.
17:38Uh, correction there.
17:40That's the patent number.
17:41Well, the important thing to remember is that it does fire a lot of bullets.
17:45I-I suppose a lot of you will want to take notes.
17:49Now, let's take a look at another part over here.
17:52This is the bolt handle.
17:54Now, when we cock it back like this, our ammunition is loaded.
17:59Then we push...
18:00Uh, suppose we dismiss the class for a while?
18:09Huh, no?
18:10No.
18:14Sure.
18:14I'll see you, too, too.
18:17Whping МУЗЫКА
18:49Impossible.
19:04McHale, what are you trying to pull?
19:05Well, sir, I'm not admitting my men are sloppy,
19:08but I must admit Ensign Parker's a certain way of getting things done, sir.
19:12You can tell me, McHale, that he is a gun.
19:16Captain Binghamton, my men happen to be members of the United States Navy.
19:20Well, if that's true, it's the best news the Japanese Navy ever had.
19:25Cut that out.
19:33Well, Commander, I must say,
19:35I never expect to see your boat and your crew looking like this.
19:38The rest of your installation is just half as ship-shape as this.
19:42Well, we'll see.
19:44At ease, men.
19:45At ease, men.
19:46Be quiet.
19:48You've done an amazing job here, a remarkable job, if I may say so.
19:52McHale, I want to see the rest of your installation.
19:53Where's your supply hat?
19:55Well, it's right over...
19:57Oh, well, that's funny.
20:02I was over there just a little while ago, sir.
20:04What's the matter with you?
20:06The building right there says supply hat on it.
20:09Oh.
20:13McHale...
20:14What's in that shack?
20:17Oh, what shack is that, sir?
20:19Quiet.
20:20Uh-huh.
20:22That's where the body's buried, huh?
20:25We had a case of color in there last week, Captain.
20:27We're fixing to burn it.
20:30Commander, I don't understand.
20:31Our supplies are in wonderful shape.
20:33Oh, yeah.
20:34Jim Dandy.
20:35You know who's in there?
20:37Fuji.
20:43What is that?
20:45Well, uh...
20:47Hey.
20:52McHale, who the devil is he?
20:54Well, this is, uh...
20:56Chief, uh...
20:57Lilani.
20:58Nani.
20:59Mani.
21:00Isn't that right, mister?
21:03Uh, yes.
21:04Yes, that's right.
21:05Old, uh...
21:06Chief Linalana...
21:07Lani...
21:07Lani Nani...
21:08Mani.
21:09Uh, I call him Shorty for short.
21:13Ah, so.
21:14Hello, Captain-san.
21:16What'd he say?
21:18That's not a Japanese to me.
21:21Why, this man is a Jap.
21:23Who?
21:23Him?
21:24A Japanese?
21:25Ha-ha-ha.
21:26Well, that's a riot.
21:28Well, I don't know what you're trying to pull,
21:30but this man is a Jap.
21:32Well, I compare to him, Tojo looks like a Swede.
21:38Cut it out.
21:39The chief here is a native of, uh, Taratupa, and, uh...
21:43Well, he's our scout.
21:44Isn't that right, Lilani?
21:45Oh, sure.
21:46Simple and child of a nature.
21:47Yes.
21:48You see, we were...
21:49We were training him to be a spy.
21:51You know, passing him off as a nip.
21:52But, uh...
21:53We weren't sure we were successful.
21:55But if he fooled you, Captain Ho, boy!
21:57How come he looks so Japanese?
22:08Oh, pardon me, Commander.
22:09I hate to interrupt the inspection, but it is ten o'clock.
22:12Time for the men's gunnery class.
22:13Gunnery?
22:14Yes, sir.
22:15Gunnery.
22:16McHale, I don't understand this.
22:17You and your men have been in combat.
22:19Of course, sir.
22:20But it was awful.
22:21We were shooting without knowing what we were shooting.
22:26Well, it's a little unusual during an inspection, but...
22:29Well, you see, sir, the men have learned so much from Mr. Parker that, well, they just
22:34can't seem to get enough, sir.
22:36Well, this I've got to see.
22:37By all means, let's have the class.
22:39Fine.
22:40Oh, uh...
22:41How'd you work?
22:43Chief.
22:48Parker, you've done a remarkable job here.
22:51Aside from that little accident with the machine gun bolt, everything went perfect.
22:55Oh, well, thank you, sir.
22:59You can forget about that little transfer that I mentioned, do you?
23:02From now on, you're McHale's executive officer.
23:06That may or may not be a reward.
23:10Hang on.
23:11Bye, Captain.
23:25Sayonara.
23:28Sayonara.
23:29Sayonara.
23:32Hey, Chuck, how are you?
23:49Come on in, have a drink.
23:51Oh, well, I don't want to interrupt anything, sir, but it is four minutes to ten.
23:55All right, golly, that's right.
23:58Very good.
24:00Oh, uh, no, what I mean, sir, is that, uh, at ten o'clock we have flights out.
24:04That means we got, uh, four minutes to live.
24:09Come on in, Chuck.
24:10You're among friends, really.
24:12No, really.
24:12Come on, this is good stuff, Mr. Parker.
24:14Been aging all afternoon.
24:16No, no, really.
24:17I don't know.
24:17Why not?
24:18Uh, well, you see, sir, I, uh, I already brushed my teeth.
24:25Welcome aboard, Mr. Parker.
24:27Welcome aboard.
24:29Come on.
24:48Come on.
24:49Oh, my God.
25:19Oh, my God.
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