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Captain Kidd tells a classic maritime tale inspired by the age of sail, piracy, and adventure on the high seas. The story follows the legend of Captain Kidd, exploring themes of exploration, loyalty, conflict, and the blurred line between privateer and pirate.
This film is presented for historical and classic cinema appreciation, focusing on storytelling, atmosphere, and the spirit of old-world seafaring adventures.
This film is presented for historical and classic cinema appreciation, focusing on storytelling, atmosphere, and the spirit of old-world seafaring adventures.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00Madagascar, for centuries the bloodiest cockpit of all the seas,
00:01:20where the infamous Brotherhood of the Damned
00:01:22waited to plunder the treasure-laden galleons from India and Cathay,
00:01:25then returned drunk with slaughter to their pirate stronghold of last hope.
00:01:31Most ruthless of all was Captain William Kidd.
00:01:34He encountered the great London galleon, the Twelve Apostles,
00:01:38commanded by Admiral Lord Blaine,
00:01:40and approaching unsuspected in the guise of a peaceful merchant,
00:01:44by a sudden treacherous salvo he reduced her to a burning hulk.
00:01:49When night fell, the Twelve Apostles was only a blazing funeral pyre
00:01:53on the placid surface of a Madagascar lagoon.
00:01:58Sapmy, there's a pretty sight.
00:02:02It'll be prettier still when the fire reaches the magazine, Captain.
00:02:05Pretty, though.
00:02:06Lots of stout semen among them.
00:02:08They've been with us a long time.
00:02:09We can none of us live forever, Mr. Boyle.
00:02:12Dead men don't talk.
00:02:14Man your own.
00:02:15We've got this job to do before high tide.
00:02:17Dead men don't talk.
00:02:47There!
00:03:07Dig fast.
00:03:08As the tide catches his head,
00:03:09it'll save the King's hangman some rope.
00:03:17there you are deep enough to bury a man in give us a hammer already captain down she goes
00:03:30what are you waiting for well captain that chest been in your cabin a longish time
00:03:42and we all thought as i would wouldn't do no harm to open up that chest and make sure that
00:03:46what was in it then is in it now i suppose you remember what was in it i i remember an emerald
00:03:53necklace that came off that portuguese ship el vengar and all those pearls that we took from
00:03:58the big ship the virgin queen i remember a diamond medallion we got from that moorish
00:04:04gang in north madagascar and could we ever forget that silver casket with the arms of lord blaine
00:04:08that you claimed for yourself after the taking of the twelve apostles sir your neck will be stretched
00:04:14as long as your memory one of these days
00:04:16satisfied gallows meet put them back
00:04:36lower away
00:04:52matter wait a minute captain there's something else you forgot what do you want now we've got
00:05:16but half an hour before the tide traps that's as may be sir we're all equal in this i take it
00:05:20equal shares yes well that key then what you put back in your belt that goes down with the chest
00:05:26thus we starts all clear and no favors some of us don't get back it'll be that much easier open for
00:05:33them as does question the honor again would you i'll rip you from belly to chime
00:05:38are we such callous rascals that we'd leave a dead comrade without commending his soul to his new
00:06:06master here lieth one who through treachery and avarice would have placed in jeopardy the lives
00:06:20of honest men and here may he lie forever in the sense of madagascar rest in peace it's time to be
00:06:34the gentleman's gentleman he's a gentleman that's all there is to it sir i'm one of nature's gentlemen
00:07:03but i need polish my good man if i'm to improve myself gentleman employs the terminology my good
00:07:10man only when addressing lower servants or his inferior sir you see that's why i need you
00:07:16my upbringing the gentleman never sucks his tea sir many a man's social career has been ruined by less
00:07:25you seem to know your business i want the best mind and i can pay for it hundred quid a year
00:07:31an infallible mark of the person of quality is his reluctance to pay his domestics high wages
00:07:38you don't say so merely an idiosyncrasy of good breeding sir
00:07:41sixty quid a year then you realize i've never been on board a ship before sir i don't let that frighten
00:07:51you to the contrary in fact since i was a nipper i've had rather an adventurous inclination toward life
00:07:58on the bounding man it should be quite educational sir you'll learn a lot no doubt is it a bargain then
00:08:06very well sir my hand on it
00:08:09come on
00:08:11oh
00:08:16well
00:08:20well
00:08:24well
00:08:26well
00:08:32THE END
00:09:02Then, it is your proposal, my Lord Bellarmine, that Captain Kidd sail to meet our ambassador, Lord Falsworth, and give him a safe convoy through the pirate waters of Madagascar.
00:09:15May it please your majesty?
00:09:16Yes.
00:09:18That needs a bold and adventurous man.
00:09:22Bring in this Captain Kidd while we take the measure of him.
00:09:30Captain William Kidd.
00:09:32Captain Kidd.
00:09:41Your royal majesty.
00:09:44Enable, Lord.
00:09:48Bellarmine, is this your roaring killer of Spanish buccaneers?
00:09:54Me, my lad.
00:09:55I am only a peaceful shipmaster who must do trade with other ships without inquiring too closely about their business.
00:10:01And it was so I fell into the hands of the Twelve Apostles, a king's ship turned pirate.
00:10:06In Madagascar waters?
00:10:08I have never been in Madagascar waters, Your Grace.
00:10:11It was off the southern tip of Africa where I had gone to trade in elephant's teeth.
00:10:17Who commanded her?
00:10:19One of your admirals, Your Majesty.
00:10:22Name of Lord Blaine.
00:10:24He deterred pirate me.
00:10:26Sufficiently, me lads, to put fear in honest traders like myself.
00:10:33And if you are successful in this voyage, Captain, what reward do you expect?
00:10:38May it please, Your Majesty, having forfeited me honour in that I was forced to strike me callous to a pirate.
00:10:43I want no reward but to regain it in the service of Your Majesty.
00:10:48Unless it be, well, is it true that Lord Blaine's lands are retreated and his title forfeit?
00:10:57Yes.
00:10:58All I ask is that if I lay this renegade nobleman by the heels, is that you honour the humble self with his castle and his lands?
00:11:10Is that all you want, Captain Kidd?
00:11:16Not a pardon more, Your Majesty.
00:11:20The fellow treats of a title so lightly he must be bursting with noble blood.
00:11:25Though I confess he keeps it well hid.
00:11:28Aye, sir.
00:11:28You can no more judge of a man by his appearance than you can judge the extent of a nobleman's brains by the expensiveness of his wing.
00:11:34Am I to suppose that the captain of the Kingsguard would deign to fence with me?
00:11:50Come, Captain. Is your courage less than your wit?
00:11:54Nay, sir, I know nothing of fence.
00:11:59You must come at me quickly, as though you'd kill me.
00:12:03Very well, then.
00:12:09I ask pardon, sire.
00:12:10I have a hot head when roused.
00:12:12I only meant to demonstrate.
00:12:14And for good purpose, captain.
00:12:21Your Majesty is satisfied with the captain of our choosing?
00:12:25I can think of none better.
00:12:26Sir, why, thank you, sir.
00:12:31And now, captain.
00:12:33The main mission of your cruise will be to meet a great ship,
00:12:37the Quida merchant, which is sailing from India with vast treasures,
00:12:41and to give her safe conduct in my name,
00:12:44past the pilot waters of Madagascar.
00:12:47But your Majesty, will her commander accept me letter of mark as sufficient authority to...
00:12:52You shall have a letter to our ambassador, Lord Fawlsworth, who is returning in her.
00:12:56But he is to accept your protection.
00:12:59And to submit to all matters pertaining to the safety of the ship.
00:13:04And her treasure, sire.
00:13:06Oh, yes.
00:13:07And now, sire, me crew.
00:13:10Your crew?
00:13:12Captain Kidd wishes to recruit a crew from the pirates,
00:13:16and now under capital sentence in Newgate and the Marshalsea.
00:13:21A crew of condemned pirates?
00:13:23Aye, sir.
00:13:25As none would be so loyal, nor fight so desperate as cutthroats under sentence of death,
00:13:31if they knew that at the end of the voyage,
00:13:35a royal pardon would be in their pockets.
00:13:39That I shall hold you accountable for their good conduct.
00:13:43Between their conduct and mine, Your Majesty,
00:13:45there will be little to choose.
00:13:47And now, goodbye.
00:13:51And Godspeed you.
00:13:52I am but his unworthy sparrow.
00:13:57Well, I didn't know what he said.
00:14:10I don't want to.
00:14:11I don't want to.
00:14:12I don't know what he said.
00:14:14I can't leave.
00:14:20phew i'd rather eat the bill scum from an african slaver madam don't let that temper
00:14:35get you the lash again if i must hang i'll hang but i'll go to the gallows with clean guts at
00:14:40least hey you what kind of stinking maggot's meat is this waters waters there's that dainty
00:14:46come mercy complaining about the taste of the king's bounty again watch it bounty bounty me
00:14:52eye the king's allowance is throppence a day for food not muck from the sewers of white chapel
00:14:56making trouble again eh mercy i'm asking only what the man's legally entitled to here smell this
00:15:02delicious
00:15:05here your governor what sort of a kingdom is this where a man's condemned before he's heard and
00:15:27stalled before they're hanging who's that quarrelsome fella adam mercy was taken in a
00:15:32parochid by his majesty's frigate wasp he's always escaping so that's why we keep him in
00:15:37chain he's got a lacing of tiger's blood in him
00:15:40phew this ain't exactly a flower garden is it oh forgive me gutter these are two of my officers
00:15:49mr boyle governor landers mr lorenzo governor landers
00:15:53spanish blood a pretty lot of sinners
00:15:58captain do you think that is anyone down there knows us i have not got no which would be good
00:16:05enough to tell them what we're here for give heed you you vermin here's news to your advantage
00:16:14there's the hang on that then out with it then jack nasty face is that your mother's turning into an
00:16:19armist woman silence you mutinous dog if another man speaks i'll trice him up by the thumbs and play
00:16:25him raw
00:16:26governor is that the way to win the love of these unfortunate gentlemen now then me bullies would
00:16:36you rather do the gallows dance and hang in chains till the crows pick your eyes from your rotting skulls or
00:16:44would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again
00:16:51by the vessel the adventure galley and the king's commission to sailor and for those who show a loyal and a stout heart
00:16:59but a royal pardon in the offing
00:17:06which of you knows the waters of madagascar
00:17:09i do
00:17:12would you have him unlock governor
00:17:15order unlock him
00:17:21look you then i want men with iron in their blood and steel in their sinews
00:17:27and the first up here is the first enlisted
00:17:30governor if your waters are ready would you be good enough to have them lower the ropes
00:17:33lower the way
00:17:36here they come make ready lads
00:17:51here they come make ready lads
00:17:57leave your hands on them
00:18:02my hands on them i'll make you a free man
00:18:08the other one now
00:18:13back
00:18:14back
00:18:15Next one, come on.
00:18:35Name?
00:18:36Peter Shafto.
00:18:37Peter Shafto.
00:18:38Regardless of the fact that I'm your captain,
00:18:41you will always address a gentleman as sir, scum.
00:18:44Aye, sir.
00:18:45Make your mark.
00:18:53On board.
00:18:55Name?
00:18:56Adam Mercy, sir.
00:18:57Oh, sir, it's you.
00:19:01Mercy, that's a comical handle for a blade of fortune.
00:19:04Mercy.
00:19:06It's also something the world needs more of.
00:19:08Fire and death of philosopher, you speak culture.
00:19:11Were you by any chance stable boy to a noble house?
00:19:15Perhaps.
00:19:16I was also master gunner to a buccaneer you may have heard of, Captain Avery.
00:19:22Avery's master gunner.
00:19:24We've need of a master gunner, Mr. Boyle, and from what I've heard, Avery was a shrewd hand at picking them.
00:19:31The berth's yours for as long as you can handle it.
00:19:36I can handle it.
00:19:38Swivel gunner long, Tom.
00:19:39I'll forfeit a guinea for every miss.
00:19:41You'll forfeit your neck if you miss while you're on my ship.
00:19:44Make your mark.
00:19:45And you can write.
00:19:52We'll give you a nice bath.
00:19:55Then you'll draw a uniform befitting the master gunner.
00:19:59On board.
00:19:59Next, man.
00:20:01Name?
00:20:02Bartholomew Blivins, sir.
00:20:04Bartholomew Blivins.
00:20:07Make your mark.
00:20:08There's no mask for a treacherous heart like an honest face.
00:20:21You keep an eye on him.
00:20:29Come below.
00:20:30I don't want anything.
00:20:37I don't want anything.
00:20:54Captain aboard.
00:20:56He's over there, sir.
00:21:00Thanks, man.
00:21:06That's all, sir.
00:21:06Our compliment's full.
00:21:07Is it?
00:21:12Bovey.
00:21:14I thought you...
00:21:15Yes.
00:21:16You thought I was dead.
00:21:30I can hardly believe my eyes.
00:21:33You mean you don't want to believe.
00:21:35Come, come, Mr. Povey.
00:21:36Is that kind or is that fair?
00:21:38As fair as what you did that day you abandoned me under the Hamer Reef.
00:21:41If you please, Mr. Povey, it is not the time to talk about that.
00:21:44Oh, it's the time, all right.
00:21:46Unless you want me to go ashore and tell what I know.
00:21:49In which case, your present voyage is over before it's begun.
00:21:52Now, now, now, now, Povey.
00:21:56Mr. Boyle, would you take over, please?
00:21:57Mr. Lorenzo, take the deck watch.
00:22:00Come to my cabin.
00:22:01Come to my cabin.
00:22:31My heart bleeds when I think of one of your delicate constitution having to fend for yourself on a coral reef, Mr. Povey.
00:22:46Come off it, Captain.
00:22:51I know why you marooned me.
00:22:54So there'd be only three of you to share instead of four.
00:22:57It's true.
00:22:59A hostile wind did blow us away from your reef.
00:23:02Between friends, we might have sailed back again, but we did exactly what you would have done, Mr. Povey.
00:23:07So no more of your sentimental nonsense, please.
00:23:10Now that we are four again, what then?
00:23:17We're not four.
00:23:20We're two.
00:23:22Boyle and Lorenzo, dull clods.
00:23:25Twenty thousand pounds apiece in their hands would only be spent in sinful ways.
00:23:32And you propose to remove them from the path of temptation?
00:23:37How?
00:23:38A knife in the dark?
00:23:39I'm not a violent man, Mr. Povey.
00:23:42I detest violence.
00:23:43People have such an awkward habit of getting in my way.
00:23:46I am an ambitious man, Mr. Povey.
00:23:52An ambitious man, if he be bold enough, can carve himself a kingdom.
00:23:58I'm going to be a lord, my friend.
00:24:02And that, for a commoner like myself, takes a deal of money.
00:24:05And that's why there could be two less to share before we raise old England again.
00:24:14You cold-gutted shire.
00:24:16Oh, a flatterer.
00:24:23I'm glad you're back again, Mr. Povey.
00:24:26You've no idea how gratifying it is to have a congenial soul and fight it.
00:24:33Oh, there's something I want to tell you.
00:24:38I have left with a trusted friend in London, a sealed letter containing an exact and complete account of certain previous happenings.
00:24:46Only to be opened in case, just in case, of course, you should happen to return to England without me.
00:24:53Of course, my dear fellow.
00:24:56Very sensible of you.
00:24:58Now I know you'll have a happy voyage.
00:25:02I shall, too.
00:25:16I'll look up me quarters.
00:25:17Well, let's go.
00:25:41Well, let's go.
00:25:43THE END
00:26:13THE END
00:26:43just think
00:26:44we're sailing
00:26:46for Madagascar waters
00:26:47we'll pick up the search
00:26:49where we left off
00:26:50every officer on board
00:26:52has a servant
00:26:53I'll request the captain
00:26:54to assign you to me
00:26:55then we can be together
00:26:55yes I've spent
00:27:02a good many years
00:27:03of my life
00:27:03at sea
00:27:04milady
00:27:04but I doubt
00:27:06if any woman
00:27:06minds a dash of salt
00:27:08even in a peer
00:27:10of the realm
00:27:10like myself
00:27:12now if
00:27:13milady
00:27:14will join me
00:27:15in a minuet
00:27:16my lady sir
00:27:18not milady
00:27:19blast me Shadwell
00:27:20does one gentleman
00:27:21creep up on another
00:27:22without a cough
00:27:23or a spit
00:27:24or something
00:27:25to warn him
00:27:26I'm not a gentleman sir
00:27:28I'm a gentleman's gentleman
00:27:29pity about the hair
00:27:35I suppose you've
00:27:41tried everything
00:27:42bears grease
00:27:44prenatal influence
00:27:47perhaps
00:27:48dinner served sir
00:27:54thank you Shadwell
00:27:56pardon sir
00:27:57I'll show you
00:27:59to your place
00:27:59captain what's all
00:28:08this murmur
00:28:09you can forget
00:28:10your bilgewater
00:28:11manners for the time
00:28:12Mr. Boyle
00:28:13you are now officers
00:28:14on a king's ship
00:28:15so a man must starve
00:28:17while his manners
00:28:18fatten
00:28:18I know
00:28:24I know
00:28:25and in a king's ship
00:28:27it is customary
00:28:28for the officers
00:28:29to rise
00:28:30when the captain
00:28:31enters
00:28:31that's better
00:28:44gentlemen
00:28:45be seated
00:28:47well well well
00:28:56what have we here
00:28:58of course
00:29:08but don't press me
00:29:10and I'll show you
00:29:11I'll show you
00:29:12I'll show you
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00:29:14I'll show you
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00:29:36come mr mercy tell us something about yourself you already know what i was of consequence sir
00:29:49while under avery i was taken by king's ship and brought to london
00:29:53there i was tried for a pirate and condemned you were innocent of course
00:29:58no sir i was guilty you speak above your station
00:30:03how came you to go on the account call it love of adventure crossed in love a scandal perhaps a
00:30:11mixing of all three and you've seen something of the world enough sir to dislike what i've seen
00:30:17and to know that small hope for a better perhaps you'll prefer the next world mr mercy you were
00:30:24close enough to it when you were in the condemned hold of newgate
00:30:27but i'm keeping you from your dinner
00:30:32and now gentlemen toast to the king and since proposing it is the privilege of the youngest
00:30:56present the honor falls to mr mercy
00:31:04mr mercy we're waiting
00:31:06no sir
00:31:07since i have little love for the king i'll neither propose his health nor drink it
00:31:11nevertheless you are on a kingship kingship of the devils it's all the same to me sir
00:31:16i owe him nothing
00:31:18you owe him your neck mr mercy if it were not for his bounty
00:31:22you'd be dancing daintily on air at whopping
00:31:26i owe my reprieve to you captain
00:31:28so to you i'll drink him gladly but not to william
00:31:31you stand up and drink to his majesty's health as a king's officer should
00:31:36or by fire and flame i'll have you shipped back to newgate on the first vessel we speak
00:31:46just the king
00:31:49the king
00:31:50you got left
00:31:51that's curious
00:32:14do you suppose his majesty put him on board to spy us out we found him chained to a pillar
00:32:21in newgate
00:32:23it wouldn't be too hard for the king to plant him there
00:32:26yes but why would he speak so openly against the king
00:32:30your wits are even duller than usual mr lorenzo
00:32:34have you never heard of the serpent that takes the color of its background the better to strike
00:32:40shadwell
00:32:44yes sir
00:32:47you have a range of highborn people and those at the court shandwell have you ever
00:32:51seen mr mercy before not before this void sir he's as high of spirit as a gentleman of quality
00:32:58i like him would you find out who he is where he comes from as you wish sir thank you
00:33:06i
00:33:14Foggy night, sir.
00:33:29Good evening, Shadow.
00:33:31Excuse me, sir, but you seafaring men all seem to be looking at something that I never can see.
00:33:37We are looking for something just over the horizon.
00:33:40You know, sir, I recognized you for a gentleman the moment I saw you, sir.
00:33:44What are you, a valet, doing at sea?
00:33:47The captain employed me to make him socially acceptable, sir.
00:33:53I'm afraid we are too far out for me to swim back.
00:33:57But if I can be of service to you, sir.
00:33:59Did the captain send you here?
00:34:02Yes, sir.
00:34:02Why?
00:34:04He wants to know who or what you are, sir.
00:34:07Who do they think I am?
00:34:09Possibly a spy placed on board by his majesty.
00:34:14They seemed uneasy, sir.
00:34:16Hmm.
00:34:18This, uh...
00:34:19This captain Kidd, how long have you known him?
00:34:22Have you sailed with him before?
00:34:23Oh, no, sir.
00:34:24All I know is he's, uh, well, among other things, a merchant captain.
00:34:34A spy, that's strange.
00:34:36Why should they be afraid to be spied on?
00:34:40Good night, sir.
00:34:41Good night, sir.
00:34:42Who is he?
00:34:53Where's he from?
00:34:55He's a nobody, sir.
00:34:57He was employed by persons of quality where he learned his speech and his manners.
00:35:01Oh.
00:35:01Hmm.
00:35:03Good night, sir.
00:35:33It's a matter of judgment.
00:35:37If you fire on the up roll, the shot will go over his yards.
00:35:41But if you wait for the down roll and the enemy is coming up, now watch.
00:35:53Get ready.
00:35:59Fire!
00:36:03Fire!
00:36:06Pretty shot, Mr. Mercy.
00:36:08Can you do as well with a .74 throwing grape and canister at you?
00:36:13I've done it, sir.
00:36:15Reload and secure.
00:36:16Then pick up your practice on the lobbed quarter swivel gun.
00:36:19Mr. Mercy,
00:36:21you've sailed with Avery.
00:36:23You must know these waters.
00:36:24Fairly soon.
00:36:25If we needed to careen and take on stores, where would you recommend?
00:36:29Poverty Bay, sir.
00:36:30We draw too much water.
00:36:32You remember, Captain.
00:36:32Remember?
00:36:34Remember what?
00:36:36I only know the Spanish main.
00:36:38These are Madagascar waters.
00:36:40Poverty Bay.
00:36:41Aye, sir.
00:36:41Thank you, Mr. Mercy.
00:36:42Come along, Mr. Boyle.
00:36:43You're a blundering ass.
00:36:55If your presence is becoming increasingly irksome to me,
00:36:59it'll get you below.
00:37:01Come along.
00:37:32Now let's get down to the business of this voyage.
00:37:37Hand me that chart, Mr. Boyle.
00:37:41It'll be done.
00:37:43I have been thinking every day and every night.
00:37:46What about that denaro that we buried in the cave?
00:37:49What good is it there?
00:37:50Let's get it and get it back where we can spend it.
00:37:52That stays where it is for a while.
00:37:54Why?
00:37:55We've got a fatter prize sailing right into our pockets.
00:38:00Now.
00:38:01Here's our present position.
00:38:04Here's Madagascar.
00:38:06Here's Calicut.
00:38:08In June, the great galleon, the Quida merchant,
00:38:12sails from Calicut to England.
00:38:14We should meet her about here.
00:38:19She's stuck from Keel to Gunnels with treasure to the value of half a million pounds.
00:38:24And we are to give her safe passage through the pirate seas.
00:38:31By safe passage, you mean where to take her, Captain?
00:38:34Now, now, now.
00:38:35Don't be greedy, Mr. Povey.
00:38:36I grant that most of what's in it may find its way into our pockets.
00:38:39But let's be fair.
00:38:40The king, poor gentleman, will expect something.
00:38:43But however we do it, it must be done legal-like and honest.
00:38:50Stick to ways you're familiar with.
00:38:53Why, you pox-rattled villain, I can be as honest as any man if I have the incentive.
00:38:57Oh, yes.
00:38:58Lord Blaine.
00:38:59Lord Blaine's name is not to be mentioned among us, Mr. Povey.
00:39:05He's dead, so's his crew, and so's ours.
00:39:08And there's none outside this cabin that knows what became of them.
00:39:11And if you all enjoy living, you will remember that.
00:39:17Well, here's to our meeting with the Quida merchant.
00:39:23Quida merchant.
00:39:23Quida merchant.
00:39:24Quida merchant.
00:39:25God bless her.
00:39:26God bless her.
00:39:27Dios la bendiga.
00:39:28God bless her.
00:39:58Wind fresh from west-northwest, sir.
00:40:22Course snow east-by-east.
00:40:23Night dark, but clear.
00:40:24Very well, Mr. Mercy.
00:40:39Nor east-by-east.
00:40:41Nor east-by-east, sir.
00:40:42Little east-by-east, sir.
00:40:46Good morning.
00:40:47Not the air.
00:40:47Believe me.
00:40:48Lord, all east-by-east.
00:40:49How pull you?
00:40:50Lord.
00:40:51Oh, my God.
00:40:51Oh, my God.
00:40:52I'm going to come to me.
00:40:53Number two.
00:40:53Lord, I'm going to come to me.
00:40:54All right.
00:40:54Let's go, Captain.
00:40:54Lord.
00:40:55Come to you.
00:40:56I'm going to come to me.
00:40:56Baby-east, come to me.
00:40:57Don't come to me.
00:40:57Come to me.
00:40:58I'm going to come to you.
00:40:59Not the air.
00:41:00Gloria, I'm going to come to me.
00:41:00It's going to come to me.
00:41:01Get in the air.
00:41:02Give me a nice way.
00:41:04Come to a shog.
00:41:04Come to come to me.
00:41:05Get in the air.
00:41:12He's dead.
00:41:31If I find the man that's responsible for this, I'll hang him.
00:41:37Fish the yard and reset it.
00:41:42What do you suppose happened?
00:41:51Someone's been tampering with these lines.
00:41:53We are gathered together to bid farewell to a gallant seaman.
00:42:10And a stout comrade.
00:42:54We shall all mourn him.
00:42:57Aye, we shall mourn him, but take comfort, my friends.
00:43:02We shall never see his like again.
00:43:04Rest in peace.
00:43:07Pop him over.
00:43:08Pity, Mr. Mercy, a great pity, but the ship's work must go on.
00:43:15Move your gear into poor Mr. Boyle's cabin.
00:43:18You will take his place as master.
00:43:20As master.
00:43:21Aye, sir.
00:43:24Come on.
00:43:26Come on.
00:43:27Come on.
00:43:29Come on.
00:43:31Come on.
00:43:33Come on.
00:43:34Come on.
00:43:35Come on.
00:43:36Come on.
00:43:40Why, Shadwell, don't tell me after all this time at sea...
00:44:02My inward revolt is not from the movement of the vessel, sir.
00:44:05It's occasioned by the company I adue.
00:44:07Sir, their manners I say nothing of, sir, but I'm a Dorsetshire man, and when I find
00:44:15a common shipmaster as the presumption to copy himself, the coat of arms of one of our best
00:44:19Dorsetshire families, can you wonder if I'm physically upset?
00:44:24Whose crest was he copying?
00:44:25Credited or not, sir, the Blain crest.
00:44:28Are you certain?
00:44:29Perfectly, sir.
00:44:30Pardon me, sir.
00:44:31I must join the captain.
00:44:32He's inspecting the cast of pickled eels with Mr. Lorenzo.
00:45:07THE END
00:45:37THE END
00:46:07Well, Mr. Mercy?
00:46:15Do your new duties include robbing my desk?
00:46:19Shoot me, Captain, and your head goes with it.
00:46:22I'm here by the King's orders.
00:46:24So he did plant you on board.
00:46:26You think he'd let a man sail with a crew of nougat cutthroats and not keep tabs on him?
00:46:30And with good reason, if anything ever wreaked a piracy, this does.
00:46:34And murder, Captain.
00:46:36Boyle's death was no accident.
00:46:38By the way, what ship was sunk here?
00:46:42The Twelve Apostles?
00:46:43Why the Twelve Apostles, Mr. Mercy?
00:46:49As Blaine's ring, his name was on it, and he commanded the Twelve Apostles.
00:46:53That'll make interesting telling in London when we get back, Captain.
00:46:56If you get back.
00:46:57When I get back, for if I don't.
00:46:59On the other hand...
00:47:04On the other hand, what?
00:47:06Since a man doesn't exactly grow rich in the King's pay...
00:47:10Oh, a crooked rogue.
00:47:14So you have your price.
00:47:16How much?
00:47:17An equal share in what's buried here.
00:47:19Share that with you? I'll be hanged if I do.
00:47:21You'll be hanged if you don't.
00:47:23Of all the slummokey blackguards.
00:47:30And if you do share, Mr. King's informer,
00:47:33what guarantee is there that you won't still turn evidence for the Crown?
00:47:37If I go in with you, I'm equally guilty.
00:47:41And if we're caught, we hang together.
00:47:43But I can keep you from being caught.
00:47:46What more could you ask?
00:47:50You know, Mr. Mercy,
00:47:53I've wondered sometimes if ever I'd meet a more unscrupulous blackguard than myself.
00:47:59And I have.
00:48:01Well, let's be sensible about this.
00:48:04Who knows?
00:48:05We might be useful to each other one day.
00:48:08In one way or another.
00:48:12You've forgotten something.
00:48:14My ring.
00:48:16So I have.
00:48:17I have.
00:48:18Listen in carefully,
00:48:32because I want you to tell it in London if anything happens to me.
00:48:36Kid caught me in his cabin robbing his desk.
00:48:38I lied to him, told him I was a King's informer.
00:48:40Good.
00:48:41Yes, but he didn't believe me, not one word.
00:48:42He just pretended to.
00:48:44Oh, why didn't you shoot him?
00:48:46Then he would give us no more trouble.
00:48:48He proves the liar I think him.
00:48:51King's man or no,
00:48:52he betrayed an uncommon interest in the Twelve Apostles.
00:48:55I didn't like them, Mr. Lorenzo,
00:48:57and I mean to find out why.
00:48:59Why, you could have charged him with robbery
00:49:01and turned him off at a yardarm, all legal and ship-shaped.
00:49:03I would have been rid of him once and for all.
00:49:05Let's not be impetuous, Mr. Povey.
00:49:07He can't leave us, unless he swims.
00:49:10It would be rather amusing to find out what he does.
00:49:14You rest easy.
00:49:14Leave Mr. Mercy to me.
00:49:33They're home.
00:49:56They're home.
00:50:03Have the boatswain pipe to call us.
00:50:16Pipe to call us!
00:50:28It's the Queen of Merchant, sure enough.
00:50:33Can you make her out, Captain Rawson?
00:50:37Hmm.
00:50:41She hasn't the cut of a buccaneer, Your Excellency.
00:50:44Much too tidy for that, more like a kingship.
00:50:48Yet she has the lines of a merchantman.
00:50:52Have the longboat ready and manned.
00:50:54Longboat, same boat!
00:50:55Stand by to put a shot across her bows, Mr. Mercy.
00:51:05Aye, sir.
00:51:06Number four gun crew, stand by for action!
00:51:14She's flying the English colors.
00:51:17Perhaps she's our escort ship.
00:51:19It was about here we were to meet, wasn't it?
00:51:21Well, we'll make dead certain just the same.
00:51:24Mr. Hilliard, see that all hands are at the station.
00:51:27Very good, sir.
00:51:34Ready?
00:51:35Fire!
00:51:39Well placed, Mr. Mercy.
00:51:41How did you stop it?
00:51:42After starboard?
00:51:43Starboard, she is, sir.
00:51:45You will come across with us in the longboat, Mr. Mercy.
00:51:59Convey my compliments to all officers who will dress as befitting a king's ship.
00:52:03Aye, sir.
00:52:15Captain William Kidd of his majesty's privateeradventure at your service, sir.
00:52:23Mr. Povey, my surgeon.
00:52:25Mr. Mercy, my master.
00:52:27Mr. Lorenzo, my navigator.
00:52:29Welcome aboard, gentlemen.
00:52:30I'm Captain Ross.
00:52:32I'm Lord Falsworth, his majesty's ambassador to the court of the Grand Mogul.
00:52:37Your obedient servant, sir.
00:52:40I've been sent to give you convoy, and we'd better make haste with our business.
00:52:44These are unhealthy waters for ships to be hoved to, as I discovered a day or so ago.
00:52:49You mean you sighted some of the pirate brotherhood?
00:52:52More than that, sir.
00:52:54We beat off two of them.
00:52:56Avery and Culliford, out of last hope.
00:52:58Some 30 leagues south of here.
00:53:00Oh, stop me.
00:53:01I nearly forgot.
00:53:01Could you spare us some powder and ball?
00:53:04We used more than we're safe during the action.
00:53:05Why, all that you need, sir, and welcome.
00:53:07Mr. Lorenzo here could attend to that, then.
00:53:10Oh, Mr. Hilliard, take Mr. Lorenzo below and see that he gets what he wants.
00:53:13Aye, aye, sir.
00:53:14Captain.
00:53:15Oh, sir.
00:53:33I sent to the master gunner.
00:53:34He'll take care of all your needs.
00:53:35Uh-huh.
00:53:36Uh-huh.
00:53:36He'll take care of all your needs.
00:54:06Mr. Lorenzo!
00:54:14Take this model and put it in the long boat.
00:54:17Yes, sir.
00:54:29Gentlemen, my daughter.
00:54:31Lady Anne Dunstan.
00:54:33Captain Kidd.
00:54:34Mr. Fovey, Mr. Mercy.
00:54:42Haven't we met before?
00:54:44I think not, my lady.
00:54:47You remind me of someone I've seen.
00:54:49I think it impossible that we could have ever met.
00:54:55Perhaps.
00:54:58How do we proceed now, Captain?
00:55:00Well, I'm instructed to give you protection past Madagascar.
00:55:03And you'll be safe as long as we sail in company.
00:55:07But Avery will be a wolf at your heels.
00:55:09And if we are separated in darkness or storm...
00:55:12And what would you advise then, sir?
00:55:15Well, I suppose we could take Lord Fosworth and Lady Anne aboard the adventure to Madagascar's astern.
00:55:24And then if we are separated, then this vessel should be taken.
00:55:28What about the treasure on board?
00:55:30One silver chest alone.
00:55:32A present to his majesty from the Grand Mogul.
00:55:36Contains precious gems valued at more than a million pounds.
00:55:40May I suggest your excellency.
00:55:43Now, why not transfer the treasure chest with yourself and Lady Anne on board the adventure until we are out of danger?
00:55:52She's a kingship.
00:55:53That is a great responsibility.
00:55:56And although my instructions are that you are to trust me in all matters, I don't know if I could go, Sir Forrest.
00:56:03What else can we do?
00:56:05Three of them against us, sir.
00:56:07Well, even two, sir.
00:56:08We'd be helpless.
00:56:09It's the wisest cause.
00:56:11I defer to your excellency.
00:56:14And how could we inspect the chests?
00:56:17We could have them slung into our boats along with the gear of Lord Fosworth and Lady Anne.
00:56:21Why, certainly.
00:56:22Oh, this way, Captain.
00:56:23No trouble at all.
00:56:33Hoist away.
00:56:41Mr. Murphy.
00:56:42I've sent for the manifest, Captain.
00:56:45You may check it against the contents of this chest and give me your receipt, if you will.
00:56:50Gladly, gladly.
00:56:51Oh, there you are, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:56:53Have you completed your business?
00:56:56Almost, sir.
00:56:58Your people have been most kind, Capitan Roswell.
00:57:02There is only one detail left.
00:57:04It will not take a minute.
00:57:06Finished up, then.
00:57:07We must be gone within the hour.
00:57:09Yes, Capitan.
00:57:10Very dark.
00:57:12Who?
00:57:13The manifest, sir.
00:57:14Would you attend to that, Mr. Perry?
00:57:15Thank you very much, Captain.
00:57:40Come, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:57:41You've seen a lovely lady before this.
00:57:43A tribute to your beauty, ma'am.
00:57:45Did you finish your business below?
00:57:46Yes, Capitan.
00:57:47Then we'd better be underway.
00:57:48Uh, Mr. Mercy.
00:57:49You will see Lord Palsworth and the Lady Anne into the boat.
00:57:50Yes, sir.
00:57:51hymn, sir.
00:57:52Come, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:57:53Come, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:57:54Come, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:57:55You've seen a lovely lady before this.
00:57:56A tribute to your beauty, ma'am.
00:57:58Uh, did you finish your business below?
00:57:59A tribute to your beauty, ma'am.
00:58:04Did you finish your business below?
00:58:07Yes, Captain.
00:58:08Then we'd better be underway.
00:58:10Mr. Mercy, you will see Lord Palsworth and the Lady Anne into the boat.
00:58:15Yes, sir.
00:58:29Make way for the longboard.
00:58:59You will look after the loading, Mr. Lorenzo.
00:59:10I apologize, m'lady, for our poor accommodations,
00:59:13but me valet Shadwell will see that you'll make comfortable.
00:59:16It's a pleasure to have your ladyship aboard.
00:59:18If you'll follow me, please.
00:59:29Why hasn't it happened?
00:59:48Let it go, Lord.
00:59:49Captain.
00:59:53Father!
00:59:59Father!
01:00:29Excuse me, m'lady.
01:00:41Your father, may I say how sorry I am?
01:00:45The captain has requested that you take your meals in the main cabin.
01:00:49Oh, no, Shadwell, I can't bear to face those men.
01:00:52I can't.
01:00:53I quite understand, m'lady.
01:00:55But the captain's orders are orders.
01:00:57Shadwell, you must tell me.
01:00:59There's no one else I can trust.
01:01:01But what can I do, m'lady?
01:01:03I'm only a servant.
01:01:04Where can I turn?
01:01:06I'm so confused and frightened.
01:01:10Thinking of my father and the others lost back there.
01:01:16And on this ship, wherever I go, those horrible, staring men.
01:01:20That Lorenzo, who was always standing behind me, beside me.
01:01:24Last night, there was a tapping on the door.
01:01:27When I opened it, there he was, that evil, smiling face of him.
01:01:32Well, you might better belong with those pirates you fought a few days ago.
01:01:38Pirates, m'lady?
01:01:40We fought no pirates.
01:01:41Well, my father said, Captain Kidd told you.
01:01:51Shadwell, what manner of ship is this?
01:01:58My father was killed deliberately, I'm sure of it.
01:02:02That's why I can't bear to face your captain.
01:02:04I'd accuse him.
01:02:05There is a man on board, m'lady.
01:02:10A gentleman, whom I know you can trust.
01:02:14Mr. Mercy?
01:02:16Yes, m'lady.
01:02:18Shadwell, I know I've met or seen him before, no matter how he denies.
01:02:24His name isn't Mercy.
01:02:26But who is he?
01:02:28All I really know is, m'lady, he's no friend of the captain's.
01:02:32Perhaps if I ask him, he'll...
01:02:34Shall I?
01:02:35Oh, yes, will you please?
01:02:37Yes, m'lady.
01:02:50I am asking you again very nice, my dear Capitan.
01:02:54Your fancy manners do not impress me, Mr. Lorenzo.
01:02:57When do we divide the gold?
01:03:02In London, not before.
01:03:05Uh-huh.
01:03:06Then look, Capitan, I will make a bargain with you.
01:03:10A bargain?
01:03:11Everybody wants to bargain with me, you and Mercy.
01:03:14Father and Father, what do you think I am, a stinking sausage merchant?
01:03:18What kind of a bargain?
01:03:20The girl.
01:03:21All my life, I have dreamed of a beautiful woman like that.
01:03:28Give me half of my dinero now, and you can split the rest between you, if you will let
01:03:33me have her.
01:03:36Fy on him.
01:03:38He's smipped with love again.
01:03:41I want her, and I am going to take her.
01:03:44Whether I like it or not.
01:03:50Uh-huh.
01:03:53With all this treasure on board, the crew is like a barrel of hot gunpowder.
01:04:00All that is needed is a word in the right ears.
01:04:04Do you mean near me?
01:04:06You're a witness.
01:04:07He's inciting the crew to mutiny.
01:04:13No, no, no, not that is done.
01:04:15I was only joking.
01:04:17You have a very nasty way of choking, Mr. Lorenzo.
01:04:21As for the girl, I have my own plans for her, and they do not include you.
01:04:26Get out.
01:04:37Who is it?
01:05:04Adam, listen.
01:05:05Mr. Mercier, I'm here.
01:05:32Thank you for coming, Mr. Mercier.
01:05:33My name's Adam Blaine.
01:05:36Son of Lord Blaine.
01:05:39I knew it.
01:05:40I knew it.
01:05:41What were you doing on this ship?
01:05:43My father was killed and accused of piracy.
01:05:46Few people believed Lord Blaine.
01:05:47The king did.
01:05:48That's why I went to sea and turned pirate three years ago.
01:05:51That's why I'm on this ship.
01:05:52I knew that someday I'd come upon the truth.
01:05:55Bet you have.
01:05:56It was Captain Kidd who killed your father, the one.
01:06:04Adam, I'm no fool.
01:06:06He did the same thing to my father.
01:06:08The fat butcher.
01:06:12It's taken me three years to track him down.
01:06:14Three years of degradation.
01:06:16Now I've got him where I want him and he knows it.
01:06:19You mean he knows who you are?
01:06:21He knows something.
01:06:23That's why you didn't admit to me who you were.
01:06:25Why you're avoiding me.
01:06:26If Kidd knows we shared this, he'd kill you with as little compunction as he means to kill me.
01:06:30If I let him.
01:06:32What can I do to help them?
01:06:34There must be something.
01:06:38Forget everything you've seen on this ship.
01:06:40Play up time.
01:06:40Be friendly.
01:06:41That way you'll be safe.
01:06:43Now when you get back to London, no matter what has happened to me,
01:06:46go to the Lords of Admiralty and the King.
01:06:48You'll be doing me a great service as well as yourself.
01:06:52I will, Adam.
01:06:53I promise.
01:06:57We're going to have trouble with Lorenzo.
01:07:00The beating of the lambs is exciting the tiger.
01:07:02His blood's getting too rich for him.
01:07:04He'd be the better for bleeding.
01:07:07Things are getting a bit complicated, my lord.
01:07:10The King may accept the elimination of the Queen of Merchants as an accident.
01:07:13Maybe even the sudden demise of Lord Falsworth.
01:07:16But what about the lady?
01:07:19He said you had plans for her.
01:07:20Do they include...
01:07:21Mr. Povey, the little dears are safe with me as if she was me daughter.
01:07:26My passion's power and gold.
01:07:28Since she suspects nothing,
01:07:30I deliver her to his majesty on with his share of the Queen of Merchants' goods,
01:07:35weep appropriately over the untimely demise of her power,
01:07:40receive the grateful thanks of me sovereign,
01:07:42and a peerage is mine, my lord.
01:07:46Laugh if you will, but that's what I'll have.
01:07:49And neither man nor devil shall stop me.
01:07:51Do not be alarmed.
01:08:07Now that she knows who I am and the kind of a ship she's on,
01:08:10I think we can count on to keep ahead.
01:08:12You stay here till I come home, watch.
01:08:13Help!
01:08:36verkl!
01:08:39Godwell!
01:08:41Use your head, Mr. Pabby.
01:08:46Lux with us tonight.
01:08:47Which of either of them would you like to see survive?
01:09:11Lux with us.
01:09:41Mr. Mercy, you did well to protect her.
01:10:11Are you all right, sir?
01:10:20Yes, I'm all right.
01:10:21Look after Lady Anne.
01:10:28Adam, what's the matter?
01:10:29My medallion, it's gone.
01:10:32Has the Blaine crest on it.
01:10:35Blaine.
01:10:38Perhaps I can find it for you, sir.
01:10:39No.
01:10:40It must have come off just before Lorenzo went through the port.
01:10:43Shad will take Lady Anne to her cabin.
01:10:45Oh, please, Adam.
01:10:46I can't go in there.
01:10:47You must, Anne.
01:10:48This is serious.
01:10:48It involves you.
01:10:49Remember, no matter what tricks he tries, you've never seen me before and you don't know who I am.
01:10:54Shad will, I think.
01:10:54Well, don't worry about me, sir.
01:10:56He never could get anything out of me and he never will.
01:10:59It's the only way you'll be safe.
01:11:01Shad will watch out for you.
01:11:02What about you, Adam?
01:11:03What will he do?
01:11:05The same thing he's done to the others, if he gets a chance.
01:11:08Oh, Adam.
01:11:08Don't worry, Anne.
01:11:09I at least know what to expect.
01:11:11Go down.
01:11:14Shad will.
01:11:15If anything does happen, remember you to stand by Lady Anne and see that she gets safely to London.
01:11:19I'll stake my life on it, sir.
01:11:20I know you will.
01:11:22Be careful, Adam.
01:11:24Please be careful.
01:11:29Come, milady.
01:11:32He's no king's man.
01:11:47Who is he, then?
01:11:49Tomorrow we put him into the lagoon for water and while the crew's getting it on board, you and me and Mr. Mercy's going to the cave.
01:11:57You better take him in there.
01:11:58I have a peculiar humor to watch my clever young friend's fizz when we dig up that chest.
01:12:04Sweet dreams.
01:12:05Sweet dreams.
01:12:06Sweet dreams.
01:12:08Sweet dreams.
01:12:10Sweet dreams.
01:12:11Sweet dreams.
01:12:12Sweet dreams.
01:12:13Sweet dreams.
01:12:14Sweet dreams.
01:12:15Sweet dreams.
01:12:16Sweet dreams.
01:12:17Sweet dreams.
01:12:18Sweet dreams.
01:12:19Sweet dreams.
01:12:20Sweet dreams.
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01:14:19was Mr. Mercy. Open it up.
01:14:49Blanes. Blanes. He was a brave seaman, but foolish. Did you happen to know him, Mr. Mercy?
01:15:01I've heard of him. I thought perhaps you had. This is yours, is this?
01:15:14I, uh, traded a ring for it. One of Avery's men.
01:15:19Yes. When I encountered Lord Blane at sea, I did my simple duty as a loyal subject.
01:15:26A pity he turned pirate and traitor to his king.
01:15:31Liar!
01:15:44Oh, no who are a driver.
01:16:04He's made for the sharks now, Mr. Povey.
01:16:22Time closes this place in half an hour.
01:16:25We've nothing more to fear.
01:16:27Oh, yes, you have, Captain.
01:16:28Really am.
01:16:29It's a long voyage home, Mr. Povey.
01:16:32And anything might happen.
01:16:34Naturally, her ladyship is still very distressed, sir.
01:16:44In the midst of life, we are in death, Shadwell.
01:16:48And though me heart bleeds...
01:16:49My heart, sir.
01:16:50My heart bleeds.
01:16:58Confound you, Shadwell.
01:16:59You drove the thought right out of me head.
01:17:01And it was an uncommon pretty one.
01:17:03I'm sure of that, sir.
01:17:05Got her at once.
01:17:07Tell her she can't mourn forever, and I shall expect her to take her meals in the main cabin with the rest of us.
01:17:13Very well, sir.
01:17:13Poor lad.
01:17:18We turned just in time to see him go over the edge.
01:17:22Searched for an hour.
01:17:24Never came up.
01:17:25Well, here's to him.
01:17:29Whenever he is.
01:17:30You feeling ill?
01:17:31Yes, sir.
01:17:36I'll go to my cabin with your permission.
01:17:39If you wish, it's been quite a trying voyage.
01:17:42What with one little thing and another, but bear up.
01:17:45You'll soon be home again.
01:17:46I warned Adam not to go.
01:18:04No one could have stopped him.
01:18:06It was cold-blooded, planned, delivered.
01:18:08The same will happen to our ladyship unless we can...
01:18:12Adam.
01:18:21Adam.
01:18:22How did you...
01:18:24Did they find you on board, sir?
01:18:26I've come back for Lady Anne.
01:18:27Oh, thank you, sir.
01:18:28I've been hanging on the rudder chain since dark, waiting for the turn of the watch.
01:18:32The jolly boat's more to stern.
01:18:34I worked it alongside.
01:18:35It's secured right out of this port.
01:18:37Wad get in it and drift aft under the main cabin.
01:18:40What now?
01:18:40Get me some dry clothes.
01:18:41Oh, Shadwell, where's it, Captain?
01:18:42In his own cabin with Mr. Proby, sir.
01:18:44Examining the silver chest they brought back on board, sir.
01:18:47My father's chest.
01:18:48Shadwell, kid, doesn't suspect you.
01:18:50Tell Lady Anne to get some things together, and when the coast is clear, you come back for me.
01:18:53Yes, sir.
01:18:53Both, sir?
01:19:11Aye, sir.
01:19:12Round out both watchers at daybreak.
01:19:14We're waiting on the morning tide.
01:19:16Aye, sir.
01:19:17Adam.
01:19:33Adam.
01:19:36The kid doesn't suspect Shadwell.
01:19:38He's staying on board, and he'll be evidence for us in London.
01:19:41Watch on the small boat for more to stern.
01:19:42We'll row ashore.
01:19:43Then where, Adam?
01:19:45Two days' journey overland is the pirate town of Last Hope.
01:19:47It's the most lawless place on earth, but I have friends there.
01:19:50Somehow they'll find us a ship for England.
01:19:52England.
01:19:53No.
01:19:54Come on.
01:19:54Come on.
01:19:55Get down there now.
01:20:12Good-bye, Lady.
01:20:23Good-bye, Lord.
01:20:25Godspeed.
01:20:34I see you in England.
01:20:38Oh, wait there.
01:20:40Who's in that boat now?
01:20:41Come on, come on.
01:20:42Get in.
01:20:44Come on.
01:21:00Fire.
01:21:11My Lord.
01:21:12My Lord.
01:21:13Come on.
01:21:22Fire.
01:21:25Handle on boat!
01:21:36Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:39Fire.
01:21:40Fire.
01:21:40Fire.
01:21:40Fire.
01:21:40Fire.
01:21:40Fire.
01:21:41Fire.
01:21:42Fire.
01:21:43Fire.
01:21:44Fire.
01:21:45Fire.
01:21:46Fire.
01:21:47Fire.
01:21:48Fire.
01:21:49Fire.
01:21:50Fire.
01:21:51Fire.
01:21:52Fire.
01:21:53Fire.
01:21:54Fire.
01:21:55Fire.
01:21:56Fire.
01:21:57Fire.
01:21:58Fire.
01:21:59Fire.
01:22:00Fire.
01:22:01Fire.
01:22:02Fire.
01:22:03Fire.
01:22:04Fire.
01:22:05Fire.
01:22:06Fire.
01:22:07Fire.
01:22:08Fire.
01:22:09Fire.
01:22:10Today's jellies are mackerel.
01:22:20He's going through.
01:22:22I guess that's the end of it, may cap?
01:22:24Ah, good riddance.
01:22:25Back to the ship, boys.
01:22:40If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, my friend, forget it.
01:22:55There's a little matter of a litter I left in London.
01:22:59Spoilsport.
01:23:40Captain William Kidd.
01:24:00Greetings, Captain.
01:24:11What news have you brought me from the Indian Seas?
01:24:15By your lead, Your Majesty, both good and ill, but mostly very good indeed.
01:24:19I returned by way of the American colonies, sire.
01:24:21So I understood.
01:24:23With the main points of your voyage, I am familiar.
01:24:26I wonder if you can enlighten me about the affair of the Queen's godchild, Lady Anne Dunstan, and your shipmaster, Mr. Mercy.
01:24:34Oh, that poor impetuous fellow, sire, embagled that bud of innocence he did into running away with him, and catching him red-handed in defense of the very life.
01:24:45I was forced to dispatch him, but rest in peace.
01:24:52Tell me, Captain, about the treasure and the Cuida merchant.
01:24:56Unfortunate, sire, most unfortunate.
01:25:01We'd ship but that chest, when up she blew, and all souls went heavenward.
01:25:07Rest in peace to them.
01:25:09Ditto.
01:25:09I see.
01:25:13And about the Twelve Apostles and Lord Blaine, you encounter any trace?
01:25:18Nay, sire.
01:25:19I can only hope that the weight of his sins sank both him and his ship.
01:25:23I see.
01:25:26Then how do you explain this?
01:25:33Whose market be, Your Majesty?
01:25:35My officers found it on your ship at Plymouth after you left for London.
01:25:39It bears the Blaine crest, which I believe you are not unfamiliar.
01:25:44I've always felt that Mr. Povey, Miss Surgeon, a very wily fellow indeed, was hiding something from me.
01:25:49Hiding it in a secret lazarette in your cabin, captain?
01:25:51I hope Mr. Povey has a proper explanation, sire.
01:25:54Mr. Povey was killed three days ago defending it.
01:25:57With his dying oath, he swore it was not his.
01:25:59Perhaps Shadow of me valet slipped it aboard.
01:26:02Might it not have come from a Madagascar cave, captain?
01:26:05There's something dreadful queer about all this, Your Majesty.
01:26:07Enough of your lies!
01:26:08Look!
01:26:21Nightmare!
01:26:23A pity you overlooked last hope, captain.
01:26:25We stood on the headland with my friend Avery and watched you sail by.
01:26:29May it please, Your Majesty, I accuse this man of piracy and murder!
01:26:34Was ever a gentleman so misogynate.
01:26:37Lock him up in Newgate.
01:26:39He is to be held for the next session of the court of Oye and Termina.
01:26:42There to be tried for his life.
01:26:46Hands off me, you scum!
01:26:49All I've done was to the credit and for the honor and glory of England!
01:26:58So here's my bequest to them what hunts would I have hid, and to their sons' sons, down through the endless corridors of time.
01:27:12Greed that spawns murder, hatred that corrodes the soul, ambition, the foulest trumpet of all!
01:27:29Hey, Jack! Jack Kidd! Sell me a bit of that rope for sixpence, will ya?
01:27:34Save your money, me lads! You can have it all for nothing if you'd only step up here and wear it!
01:27:42That ain't up, Jack! Can't wait forever!
01:27:49Captain Kidd is dead, my lord Blaine. His account is closed.
01:27:57Now, what manner can I have turned for the injustice I worked upon your father?
01:28:02Offered your first sea lord, what do you suggest?
01:28:05We've a fine frigate of fifty guns, commissioned for American waters, sire, that we thought of naming the Lady Anne.
01:28:15It should be a wedding gift for you from the crown.
01:28:17Your loyalty and service to king and country.
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