- 4 months ago
Bret receives multiple worthy offers for the derelict cargo ship he won in a bidding war and Bart decides to go out and discover why.
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00:00you fools that's money you're having over the side money you better never let me come across
00:15your boss again either of you because i will slice you up into pieces too small for bait
00:30so
00:35so
00:39so
00:43so
01:00Good evening, sir.
01:10Good evening.
01:11May I help you?
01:12I'm looking for a gentleman named Maverick.
01:14I hope you haven't lost him.
01:16He's an old friend.
01:17May I ask your name?
01:18Maverick.
01:19Well, of course, Mr. Maverick.
01:21Mr. Maverick is expecting you.
01:23He's in room 119.
01:27How long has the game been going on?
01:29Four days.
01:31What game?
01:39There's your thousand.
01:41I'll put up another thousand.
01:42I'm a man of deep faith, Mr. Longhurst.
01:45Not misplaced, I trust.
01:49Come in.
01:52Mr. Maverick?
01:54Bart!
01:55How are you?
01:56Hello, Brad.
01:56Good to see you.
01:58Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet my brother.
02:00Mr. Longhurst, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Willimon, Mr. Murchison.
02:04Gentlemen, my honor.
02:06If you'll excuse me, I have some business for the moment with Mr. Longhurst.
02:09Go ahead.
02:11Now, Mr. Longhurst, leave it to your call.
02:14Well, your thousand and up three.
02:30Well, I'll just call and 3,000 more.
02:35I don't happen to have 3,000 more with me at the moment, Mr. Maverick.
02:43Well, your word's good, Mr. Longhurst.
02:47Very well.
02:48I call.
02:49Well, at this point, gentlemen, I have a proposition.
02:53I hold IOUs from each of you gentlemen for some $6,000.
02:58Are you implying that those won't be made good?
03:02I know they will be.
03:04But you owe 3,000 in the pot, Mr. Longhurst.
03:08Now, if I win the pot, we'll call the 3,000 square and I'll tear up the IOUs in the bargain.
03:14Well, from the way you play poker, Mr. Maverick, I can't come to the conclusion that you're giving us $9,000 in the name of mercy.
03:22Just what is your proposition?
03:25The $9,000 buys me into the ring.
03:34We've turned down much better propositions, Mr. Maverick.
03:38No doubt.
03:40But here it's a matter of poker.
03:42Poker's a matter of nerve, and nerve is a matter of how much a man's got.
03:47If it's a question of nerve, Mr. Maverick, I think my partners and I will agree to your proposition.
03:53Especially since I believe I have the winning hand.
03:58I have the ace you were wondering about, Mr. Longhurst.
04:04Welcome to the ring, partner.
04:06Thank you, sir.
04:13Nice to have met you, Mr. Maverick.
04:15Thank you, sir.
04:17Oh, uh, incidentally, there's an auction tomorrow morning.
04:23My partners and I are not particularly interested.
04:26It's a little small for us.
04:27Well, I don't mind beginning in a small way.
04:29The name of the ship is the Flying Scud.
04:32Good evening, Mr. Maverick.
04:33Good evening.
04:37Well, I thought I needed you to help me swing the deal,
04:40but I did it myself with a pair of aces and a fair knowledge of the grand game of poker.
04:47I suppose I should be happy for you, brother Brad.
04:50But for what?
04:52What's the ring?
04:53The ring buys up wrecked ships at auctions.
04:56It's always been clothes tighter than a lone shark's fist to outsiders.
05:01Nobody bids against them.
05:03But enough of that.
05:04Tonight, I'm going to show you the city of San Francisco.
05:06Just so you can't say that I brought you out here on a wild goose chase.
05:09Yeah, but what if...
05:10The questions can wait.
05:12When this night's over, you're going to wonder why there's still any people living east of the Rockies.
05:16Good morning, Bruce.
05:34Good morning, sir.
05:38What's the way to work?
05:39I'll take the first bit.
05:41Long horse.
05:41Gentlemen, we are here to offer a vessel, the Flying Scud, at auction.
05:47She is valued at $10,000, including rice and fine silk from the Orient.
05:53The Flying Scud is beached at Midway Island, and the buyer assumes all responsibility for taking her off.
05:59How much will it cost to bring her back here?
06:02Oh, $1,000 at the most.
06:04We're getting her for $300, leaving some $8,000 profit.
06:09If you're ready, gentlemen, I should like to hear an opening bid.
06:12$100.
06:13Thank you, sir.
06:15I am offered $100.
06:17$150.
06:18Thank you, Mr. Longhurst.
06:20$200.
06:21$200.
06:22$250.
06:24$250.
06:26$300.
06:28I defer to Mr. Maverick.
06:30The bid is $300.
06:33Do I hear more?
06:34If not...
06:35I...
06:35$350.
06:41There is a bid of $350 from that gentleman.
06:47$400.
06:49$400?
06:50$450.
06:52He in the ring?
06:54No.
06:59$500.
06:59I have a bid of $500.
07:04$500.
07:05$500.
07:06$500.
07:07$500.
07:07$500.
07:08Looks like the gentleman doesn't know you're supposed to get the flying scud.
07:13Could be you're getting whipsawed, but...
07:17$600.
07:19$600.
07:21$650.
07:24Mr. Markham.
07:26At your service, Mr. Longhurst.
07:27One moment, if you please.
07:29Certainly, sir.
07:31Gentlemen, would you mind?
07:35What's going on, Mr. Longhurst?
07:37I thought we were supposed to get this ship.
07:40I'm just as surprised as you are.
07:42I have no idea who the fellow is.
07:44Are you sure of that, Mr. Longhurst?
07:45Quite sure, Mr. Maverick.
07:48You have my word.
07:50And to prove our good faith, and to let our little friend over there know that he's made
07:54a big mistake, the ring will back your bid up to $5,000.
07:58$700.
08:05$4,050 is the bid.
08:08$5,000.
08:09Mr. Maverick's bid is $5,000.
08:12Do I hear in advance of that bid?
08:14$5,500.
08:17$5,500.
08:20That's it, Mr. Maverick.
08:21The ring will not back you beyond $5,000.
08:23Oh, look, Mr.
08:24Mr. Markham, may I have a minute, please?
08:26Mr. Markham, if Mr. Maverick wants to top my bid, I demand that he do it immediately or drop out.
08:32I shall give Mr. Maverick exactly one minute.
08:34No more.
08:35There's something somebody wants on the flying scud.
08:39She's not worth even $5,000 to us, if she stands.
08:42Then you're dropping out of it, Mr. Longhurst.
08:44If your brother wants the flying scud, he takes her on his own responsibility.
08:51What do you think, Mark?
08:52$5,500 is still a lot of money for rice and silk, even if you're a hungry dressmaker.
08:57Well, maybe it's not just rice and silk that somebody's after.
09:01Then somebody looked at the whole card.
09:04Could be.
09:05You know, there's a war on in China.
09:08Now, that, Brother Brett, is exactly what I've been waiting to hear you say.
09:11It explains everything.
09:13Now, look, you don't see it.
09:15Bullion, go.
09:16Maybe smuggled out of China on the flying scud.
09:18Unless it's some kind of a squeeze.
09:20Between Longhurst and that fellow that's been bidding against you.
09:24Can't be.
09:25Now, we could drop out now and leave them holding the bag for what they've already bid.
09:29Besides, I know Longhurst and his reputation.
09:31This is between us and the little man.
09:34Time's up, Mr. Maverick.
09:37Do you wish to bid?
09:38I'm with you, Brett.
09:42Go ahead and bid.
09:46$6,000.
09:48$6,000 is Mr. Maverick's bid.
09:51$6,100.
09:53$6,100.
09:54The bid is $18,700.
09:59Mr. Maverick's bid.
10:01I...
10:01$18...
10:06No, no, $19,000.
10:09The gentleman says $19,000.
10:14Well, as Pappy used to say, faint heart never filled a flush.
10:18That's right.
10:20Go ahead.
10:20I'm going to have to leave my head with a loan shark to get the money.
10:24You'd rather be rich than ugly, wouldn't you?
10:27Bid.
10:29$20,000.
10:31$20,000.
10:36$20,500.
10:39$20,500.
10:43$21,000.
10:45$21,000.
10:47Mr. Markham, I must beg your indulgence.
10:49I'm not representing myself, but my principal.
10:51And I've already gone $500 over my authorized limit.
10:56I take it then, sir, you wish to drop out?
10:58No, no, no.
10:59I just want 20 minutes in which to see my client and see if he wants to...
11:02I'm sorry, sir.
11:04That's against rules and policy.
11:06We may not hold up a sale.
11:07But I assure you, sir, I'll be back.
11:09Mr. Maverick's bid was $21,000.
11:12Do you wish to top that?
11:19The flying scud is yours, Mr. Maverick.
11:23Well, it's ours.
11:27What is ours, Brother Brett, for $21,000?
11:31Next question.
11:32You've made a purchase, Mr. Maverick.
11:33There are certain formalities, papers to be signed.
11:37There's more money in my bag at the hotel.
11:39It's all yours.
11:58What do you want?
11:59I'd like to buy your next drink, Mr., uh...
12:03My name is Bel Airs.
12:07Thomas Bel Airs.
12:09It's my pleasure, Mr. Bel Airs.
12:11Oh, uh, my name is Bart Maverick.
12:16Pretty stiff bidding back there, Mr. Bel Airs.
12:19Somebody must have really wanted the flying scud.
12:21Now, what's the trouble, Mr. Bel Airs?
12:28You two did me out of a fortune.
12:31I could have bought that boat for nothing.
12:34You pocketed the difference between nothing and $20,000?
12:39Why did you do it to me, hmm?
12:41It was open bidding, Mr. Bel Airs.
12:44Yeah, but I had a limit.
12:46My client...
12:46I'm a client.
12:47Who is your client?
12:49I am not privileged to divulge that information.
12:54Well, why did he want the flying scud?
12:56What?
13:00I don't know.
13:01He just came to me.
13:02I'm a lawyer.
13:04He just came to me.
13:06Who?
13:07Mr.
13:08Mr.
13:08Well, it's just a shame about the commission.
13:18You did me out of it.
13:20What's that for?
13:39If you tell me who your client is, that $500 is yours.
13:44Clients' business is privileged.
13:46I can't tell.
13:48Nope, nope.
13:48It's not your fault he put a limit on what he'd pay.
13:51That's right.
13:53Your obligation to him has ended.
13:56Now, I am your client.
14:00And your first commission is to tell me who bid on the flying scud.
14:05The $500 is a fee, hmm?
14:08Hmm?
14:08Hmm.
14:08Hmm.
14:09Hmm.
14:10Hmm.
14:10Hmm.
14:10Hmm.
14:11Hmm.
14:11Hmm.
14:12Hmm.
14:12Hmm.
14:12Hmm.
14:12Hmm.
14:13Hmm.
14:13Hmm.
14:13Hmm.
14:14Hmm.
14:14Hmm.
14:15Hmm.
14:15Hmm.
14:16Hmm.
14:16Hmm.
14:17Hmm.
14:17Hmm.
14:18James Dixon.
14:24Is this the right address?
14:27Mr. Maverick, I'm proud to have you as a client.
14:32bellairs telegram for mr. dixon
14:42put it under the door all right mr. dixon there's no telegram
14:53who are you my name's maverick i want to talk with you i don't know you you have no business
15:01with me it's about the flying scud
15:03what about her i own her now since you wanted the ship so badly i thought we might get together
15:15and discuss it go away go away and leave me alone what's on the flying scud mr. dixon
15:23get away i don't want to see you or talk to you i warn you sir get away
15:31so
15:33so
15:38so
15:43so
15:45so
15:49so
15:53Dixon. Dixon. Nope. I don't know the name.
16:13I waited around for two hours. He wouldn't come out.
16:16What did you learn?
16:17The ship's registered with the commission, all right.
16:19Is that all?
16:20Her master was Captain Wicks.
16:24Oh, where's he?
16:25Nobody knows.
16:26What?
16:27It's true.
16:28A British man of war picked up Wicks and the rest of his crew after the flying scud had been beasted midway.
16:34As soon as Wicks got to San Francisco, he notified the commission.
16:37The commission got in touch with the owners, and they put the ship up for auction.
16:41And the rest of the crew?
16:43Right into thin air.
16:45Why, Brett? Why?
16:47Shall we find out?
16:48Glad to.
16:51How?
16:52Why, there are hundreds of waterfront dives, seamen's hangout.
16:56Secret's pretty hard to keep.
16:59Somewhere, someplace, there ought to be someone who knows at least one of the crew.
17:03We just passed the word around that we're looking for one of them and offer money for information.
17:09How much?
17:11Boy, I haven't got a nickel.
17:13I've signed notes to get what we needed.
17:15Sixty-day notes.
17:20How much am I in for?
17:23Well, you said take it.
17:25You saved me a color button.
17:27A brass one.
17:27All right.
17:33Let's start passing the word.
17:34Jamie Craven.
18:00My name's Maverick.
18:02First, first, sailor, move on.
18:06Beat it.
18:10Sit down.
18:15If the scuttlebutt's right, you're looking for some of the crew from the flying scud.
18:19That's right.
18:21You got a good reason?
18:23I've got a reason.
18:25You got a price?
18:26You got a price?
18:26You got a price?
18:26You got a price?
18:32There's a man living at the Square Rigor Hotel.
18:38His name is Jerome Brouse.
18:40I got a price.
18:48Oh, my God.
19:18You killed him.
19:43No.
19:43What'd he come here for?
19:44What'd he want?
19:45He knows all about it, Mr. Carthew.
19:47He knows all about it.
19:47What's going to happen with him?
19:48Shut up.
19:50It's all right.
19:51Don't worry.
19:52It ain't all right.
19:53Why'd he buy the fine scud if it's all right?
19:55The boat was bought for salvage.
19:57For over $20,000?
19:59I say get rid of him once and for all.
20:02We can breathe again.
20:04Now, that's enough.
20:05It's all right for you, Mr. Carthew.
20:10Got enough money to get yourself lost.
20:12You had your share.
20:13Yeah.
20:14Little enough it was for when I...
20:15Now you shut up and listen.
20:17Now, you've got to get out of here.
20:18Or I'll give you enough money to satisfy even you.
20:20But be where I can find you.
20:23I ask you again.
20:24What about him?
20:25When and if it becomes necessary, I'll take care of him.
20:31I should have known.
20:40Somebody was watching my every move.
20:42Shall we go back and do some skull tapping ourselves?
20:45No, it's too late.
20:46The fellow Jerome Brouser, whatever his name is, he's long gone.
20:50After the flying scud.
20:51What if they beat us to it?
20:53Dixon, the fellow that was bidding on the ship.
20:56He'd have enough money to hire a ship and a crew.
20:58That's what we've got to do fast.
21:00With what?
21:01Hey, there might be a skipper who's willing to make the trip on a percentage deal.
21:08What kind of a skipper?
21:09Well, we can't pick and choose, Brother Barton.
21:12We have to take what the devil sends us.
21:17You don't have the money to hire me or my ship.
21:21And you say you are willing to make a deal?
21:28You are the one who is needing.
21:30You do the offering.
21:31My brother and I pay $21,000 for the flying scud.
21:40The story got around.
21:44Either you know something or you're a pair of fools.
21:47Guess which, Captain?
21:50Well, you don't look like the fool, but I don't know about your brother.
21:57Well, take my word for it.
22:00I've known him a long time.
22:02If he ever does anything foolish, it costs other people money.
22:06Make your deal, Mr. Maverick.
22:1010% for you and your crew.
22:14Isn't enough to pay for the job of close hauling the ship?
22:1715.
22:19I've got to have a crew of at least six.
22:21After I finish paying them off, I'll be holding a slack line.
22:25You're slick as a greased axle, Captain.
22:27Well, I might as well go my limit.
22:3020.
22:3140.
22:33The limit just went up.
22:3630.
22:3635.
22:37I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you flew the Jolly Roger.
22:4235 it is.
22:44Tomorrow morning good enough for you, Mr. Maverick?
22:46Can you get a crew together that soon?
22:49You have yourself aboard the Norah Krina tomorrow morning.
22:52The crew is my lookout.
22:54And don't expect a flock of smiling angels.
22:57I've seen better craft hauling bait for fishing boats.
23:20She floats.
23:21That's all we can ask for.
23:23You know, I still think you gave me a fast shuffle.
23:26And you take a nice ocean cruise while I stay here and fight off the creditors.
23:30Well, not back in 60 days put up a good fight.
23:35No, Bart.
23:36Look, we've been broke before, but not dead.
23:40Why don't we just forget the whole thing?
23:42Better come aboard, Mr. Maverick.
23:44We're ready to move out into the Narrows.
23:47I want to get underway with the turn of the tide.
23:52Take care.
23:56Well, Captain, I hope it's a nice trip.
24:09Well, your quarters are off, Mr. Maverick.
24:14All hands stand by to cast off.
24:16Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:17Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:18Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:19Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:20Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:21Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:22Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:23Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:24Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:25Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:26Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:27Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:28Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:29Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:30Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:31Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:32Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:33Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:34Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:35Come on, Mr. Maverick.
24:36Come in.
24:58Take that away.
25:06Are you waiting around for me to die?
25:12People rarely die of seasickness, sir.
25:19Wait a minute.
25:25What's your name?
25:26Matthew Higgins, sir.
25:33Don't I know you?
25:35No, sir.
25:36You'd better eat some food, sir.
25:42Get out of here.
25:43You're probably back on an even keel, Mr. Maverick.
25:57Well, I've decided to go on living, Captain.
26:13It was very thoughtful of you to send that food down.
26:17My condition to the contrary.
26:20The man who brought it was also thoughtful.
26:23He said his name was Matthew Higgins.
26:26Although I care if his name is John B. Anzebub, I needed a crow and I got one.
26:30I want to go.
26:32I want to go.
26:34Higgins? Higgins!
26:38That ass here!
26:49Captain?
26:50Maverick ever see you before, Higgins?
26:52No. Why?
26:54Just asking.
26:56What's aboard the Flying Scud, Mr. Higgins?
26:58I paid you $2,000 to get to Maverick.
27:01Take me aboard this ship.
27:03There's nothing else you need to know.
27:09You're right.
27:10Master Higgins, if that's your name.
27:23Land hold!
27:24Is that the ship, Captain?
27:33Yeah.
27:34Hung up on an underwater reef from the look of it.
27:37I want to get to the Flying Scud as soon as possible.
27:40Higgins, you go ashore with Mr. Maverick and me.
27:45The rest of you scout the island for fresh water and for fruit.
27:49You ever been to Midway, Mr. Higgins?
28:02No, sir. Never.
28:04Neither have I.
28:06Should prove interesting.
28:08It's like a grave, Chess.
28:09Now, let's get to the hold and look at that cargo.
28:12Yeah.
28:13It's like a grave, Chess.
28:15Now, let's get to the hold and look at that cargo.
28:17Yeah.
28:18It's like a grave, Chess.
28:20Now, let's get to the hold and look at that cargo.
28:22Yeah.
28:23It's like a grave, Chess.
28:24Now, let's get to the hold and look at that cargo.
28:25Yeah.
28:26It's like a grave, Chess.
28:27Now, let's get to the hold and look at that cargo.
28:29Yeah.
28:30Higgins, see if there's some iron in that lamp there, will you?
28:47Aye, aye, sir.
28:49Aye, it's rice, all right.
29:08Aye, it's rice, all right.
29:13Aye, aye, sir.
29:32Silk.
29:37Well, I judge this whole cargo isn't worth more than $3,000.
29:45Captain, I want your men to tear the ship apart.
29:49Apart?
29:49Every inch of her.
29:53Oh, I see what you mean, Mr. Maverick.
29:55You figure there's something hid there, huh?
29:58I want all of us to be happy.
30:00Especially me.
30:03Higgins, go get the rest of the crew.
30:05Tell them to bring crowbars and axes from the Nora Crina.
30:08Bring them right back here.
30:10Aye, aye, sir.
30:17Did, uh, did you take a good look at this ship as we came up on her?
30:21Was there something I missed?
30:23If you knew the first thing about sailing,
30:25you would see that this ship could be lifted off this reef
30:28as he's taking the baby out of a crib.
30:30And no captain worth a rotten piece of line would leave his ship
30:34when there's half a chance of saving it.
30:36Now, I ask myself and I ask you, Mr. Maverick,
30:41why?
30:42Why was she left here?
30:44Why?
30:44Why?
30:44Why?
30:45Why?
30:45Why?
30:45Why?
30:46Why?
30:46Why?
30:47So far, no sign of anything.
31:03So far, we've only shown her half apart.
31:06Keep trying, Captain.
31:07Let's go.
31:37Let's go.
32:07Let's go.
32:37Let's go.
32:39Never buck the odds when they're this high.
32:44Better give me that.
32:47You'll have to kill me to get it.
32:51Look, Maverick, if it's money you want, you can have it. Any amount.
32:54Oh? How much money do you have, Mr. Dixon?
32:58We'll go back to San Francisco, to my bank.
33:01Everything there is yours.
33:03I'd rather see that.
33:04I said you'd have to kill me first. I meant it.
33:08I could shoot that knife out of your hand before you had a chance to use it.
33:11And you'd kill me.
33:12What makes you think that'd stop me?
33:16I don't know.
33:18But it's up to you.
33:21I've played enough poker to know when a man's running a bluff.
33:27You're not.
33:28That's right.
33:29There you are, Mr. Maverick.
33:56What is it?
33:58Opium.
34:00Where was it?
34:01In the rice bills.
34:02The flying scud was smuggling opium.
34:14Yeah.
34:15All I was about to when she was beached.
34:17How much is this stuff worth?
34:20Ten, twelve thousand.
34:22Depends on the market.
34:23That still doesn't make twenty thousand.
34:26No.
34:27No, it isn't.
34:28But, uh, it's something.
34:30Anyhow, we don't go home empty-handed.
34:32Well, they put you in jail for smuggling opium, Captain Nair's.
34:36Jails aren't pleasant.
34:37I'm not a boy, Mr. Maverick.
34:39There are ways of getting this stuff in.
34:42I'm sure there are.
34:43And I'm just as sure you know all of them and could think up a few new ones.
34:47But just the same, I charted your ship,
34:49and I don't intend to spend several years in a federal prison for smuggling dope.
34:54A joke is a joke, Maverick.
34:55And this is no time for it.
34:56Well, if the risks don't bother you, I can come up with a few personal objections.
35:01You're talking about right and wrong.
35:04Tell your men to dump it overboard.
35:06Oh, there's a handy profit to be made in this stuff.
35:10A nice sum for each of us.
35:12Now, I made this run on a percentage, and so did my men.
35:15Now, we are poor men, Mr. Maverick.
35:17Following to see us a hard life.
35:19And we made a long run here to Midway.
35:24And you wouldn't want to see us go back, poor men, would you?
35:28I like money, too, Captain Nez.
35:31But not this kind.
35:33Ah, be reasonable.
35:35Even if I agreed with you, my men would not like it.
35:40So, let's stop the argument.
35:42He's got a gun, Captain.
35:43Ah, now, Judge, she knows how to handle it.
35:47Up with your hands.
35:53Now, we tie him up good and tight, and we drop him in deep water.
35:59Pick it up, Maverick.
36:00Tell your men to stand back, Mayers.
36:01Stand back.
36:03You're in the hole.
36:03Come on up.
36:05Good day, Mr. Maverick.
36:07Why did you do it?
36:27You could have killed me.
36:29You didn't.
36:32All right, men.
36:34Throw your knives down into the hole.
36:37Now, turn around.
36:42Put your hands on top of your heads.
36:44On top.
36:44Maverick, you forgot one thing.
37:10How are you going to get away?
37:13You can't sail the Nora Creener without me and my crew.
37:16And you ought to think of one other thing.
37:18Mr. Higgins' hair.
37:19He paid me to come to you and get him aboard.
37:22Now he's double-crossed me.
37:24And he'll do the same to you.
37:26I don't think so, Captain.
37:30You fools!
37:47That's money you're having over the side!
37:51Money!
37:51You better never let me come across your boss again.
37:59Either of you.
38:00Because I will slice you up into pieces too small for bait.
38:04You know, Maverick Nairs is right.
38:14We can't sail the Nora Creener by ourselves.
38:16We'd have to set them loose.
38:18We might as well cut our own throats and save time.
38:21What chance do we have if we keep watch on them?
38:26Well, we'd need fine weather every mile of the way.
38:28And that's impossible.
38:30The first sign of bad weather and we'd need them and they wouldn't need us.
38:34Afraid you're right.
38:35We'd have to take turns sleeping.
38:37That'd leave only one of us to watch seven.
38:40I'd rather draw to an inside straight and play it blind.
38:42There is one other way.
38:47One of the small boats.
38:50That's a big ocean, Mr. Dixon.
38:52It'll get bigger, too.
38:53We could rig a sail and load up with food and water.
38:56At least we'd stand a chance that way.
38:57We'd be in the trade lanes.
38:59Is that the only way?
39:00Afraid so.
39:03What about Nairs and his men?
39:06They'll get a little hungry before they get loose.
39:08But we'll have a long start.
39:11That's it, then.
39:12One of the small boats.
39:14I expect you know we may never be picked up.
39:17If that's the case, there'll be something on my tombstone I ever expected.
39:21Bart Maverick died at sea.
39:26In three days you'll be begged.
39:29If you last that long.
39:31Now listen to reason.
39:32I give you my word.
39:34I'll take the ocean, Captain Nairs.
39:42What do you think?
39:54I think we've probably drifted out of the trade lanes.
40:02You want to tell me about it now?
40:04Well, it might help at a time like this.
40:14You could have taken this, you know, while I was sleeping.
40:16Ma.
40:17But you could have dumped it overboard any time.
40:21Why didn't you?
40:22Morbid curiosity, I expect.
40:25I wanted to read it all.
40:26I've only read part of it.
40:27What would I have seen it?
40:28My name isn't Dixon.
40:33It's Paul Carthew.
40:34I...
40:35I was a remittance man in New Zealand.
40:38Is that log the only reason you went after the flying scud?
40:43Not the opium?
40:44There was murder aboard that ship.
40:46Terrible murder.
40:48And I was part of it.
40:49A year ago, I joined up with some pearlfishers in the Dutch Indies.
40:55We'd made quite a haul when a Dutch cutter gave chase.
40:58We lost them in a fog, but we cracked up on a reef.
41:01Took to a small boat.
41:04We managed to get to Midway and light a signal fire.
41:07Three days later, the flying scud saw our signal and picked us up.
41:10Captain Wicks and his crew found out about the pearls we had.
41:14They wanted their share.
41:15They wanted all of it.
41:16My share alone was worth over 10,000 guineas.
41:20A fight started and...
41:23I was hit across the head.
41:27When I regained consciousness, the flying scud was like a slaughterhouse.
41:33Captain Wicks and his crew were...
41:35Murdered?
41:36But I swear I had nothing to do with it.
41:38I didn't even know until...
41:40But I had to go along with them.
41:43We ran the flying scud onto a reef and...
41:46British man of war picked us up.
41:48You and the others pretended to be Captain Wicks and his crew.
41:51Yes.
41:52That's why I had to go back and get this log.
41:55Why didn't you take it with you then?
41:57I thought I had.
41:58I took the captain's log and then when I read it, I found the mate who'd kept another one.
42:02This one.
42:03It has everything in it.
42:05How the flying scud picked us up and...
42:08Pearls and...
42:10All our names listed in it.
42:13Didn't you think of just telling your story to the law?
42:15A captain of a ship dead by violence.
42:18We'd have all been hunted down and hanged.
42:20So when you got back to San Francisco, you reported the flying scud as beached.
42:25Then you dropped out of sight.
42:26I had more than enough money from the sale of the Pearls to buy the flying scud and get
42:30to her and burn her into the sea.
42:34Wipe out that terrible...
42:36I swear, I swear by all that's holy, I killed no one.
42:40Even my friends are innocent in the manner of speaking.
42:42They didn't start the fight.
42:44Well, whatever it's worth, I believe you.
42:47It's worth a great deal, Barry.
43:36What?
43:44Here, Paul, take some water.
43:52Better?
43:56I'm sorry, Bart.
43:58Sorry?
43:59Why?
44:03Maybe I deserve to die like this.
44:06Had it coming, I expect.
44:08But not you.
44:09Don't let it worry you.
44:11As a matter of fact...
44:12But it does worry me.
44:14If I'd made a clean breast of things when you came to me in San Francisco,
44:18if I'd told you then, you wouldn't be here now.
44:22Believe me, I'd do anything to make it up to you.
44:25But it's too late.
44:26Well, your intentions are good anyway.
44:27At least at the moment.
44:29If things were different, I swear I'd make it up to you.
44:33Somehow.
44:34Someway.
44:34You don't think we have a chance?
44:42Not now.
44:44Well, I'm just wondering about my brother.
44:46He's up to his neck and debts.
44:50The flying scud was worth what we paid for her.
44:52He could still claim her and salvage something out of the mess.
44:56But she isn't worth it.
44:58And I hope you'll forgive me for what I did to your brother.
45:01And to you.
45:02You, uh...
45:03You said you'd make it up to me.
45:05How?
45:06Oh, there's no sense in talking about it, Bart.
45:08We're a couple of dead men, and we both know it.
45:12Well, maybe you're right, but...
45:14It's a way to pass the time.
45:17What, uh...
45:18Would you do if you could?
45:20I've got $50,000 in the bank in San Francisco.
45:25I'd give every nickel of it.
45:27$25,000 is enough.
45:29We're a couple of fools, Bart, talking like this.
45:32Well, maybe, but what else have we got to do?
45:38You got a pencil?
45:53I feel like dying a rich man.
45:56Make out a draft for $25,000 payable to Brett and Bart Maverick.
46:03Looks like you broke first, Bart.
46:06Why not $50,000?
46:07I stand as much chance of cashing it.
46:11$25,000 is plenty.
46:13We'll both be the wealthiest corpses in this part of the Pacific Ocean.
46:22How many more days to Medway, Mr. Hanson?
46:24Well, yesterday it was five.
46:26So today it should be four.
46:28Maybe not.
46:29The captain's ordered course to pick up survivors.
46:32Survivors?
46:34Small boat just off there.
46:37I thought you said this was a big ocean, Mr. Hanson.
46:53You know of a bigger one?
46:54Well, after we pick up our survivors,
46:57unless the captain's got another reason for stopping at Midway,
47:01you can tell him to forget it.
47:12Before you give it to me,
47:14look over your right shoulder.
47:15How long have you known that boat was back there?
47:30Just long enough.
47:31Paul.
47:51Paul.
47:51Paul.
47:52Paul.
47:53Paul.
47:54Paul.
47:55Paul.
47:56THE END
48:26THE END
48:56THE END
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