Flight to Nowhere (1946) is a post‑war film noir adventure directed by Edward F. Cline. The film stars Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, and Jack Holt.
The story follows a pilot who becomes entangled in a dangerous espionage plot involving stolen atomic secrets. Set against exotic backdrops and filled with intrigue, betrayal, and suspense, Flight to Nowhere captures the paranoia and fascination with atomic energy that defined much of late‑1940s cinema.
Film Details
Title: Flight to Nowhere
Year: 1946
Genre: Film Noir / Adventure / Espionage Thriller
Director: Edward F. Cline
Starring:
Alan Curtis as Bob Regan
Evelyn Ankers as Mary
Jack Holt as Lt. Cmdr. James
Jerome Cowan
Marjorie Reynolds
Runtime: Approx. 90 minutes
Studio: Golden Gate Productions
Distributor: Film Classics
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
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The story follows a pilot who becomes entangled in a dangerous espionage plot involving stolen atomic secrets. Set against exotic backdrops and filled with intrigue, betrayal, and suspense, Flight to Nowhere captures the paranoia and fascination with atomic energy that defined much of late‑1940s cinema.
Film Details
Title: Flight to Nowhere
Year: 1946
Genre: Film Noir / Adventure / Espionage Thriller
Director: Edward F. Cline
Starring:
Alan Curtis as Bob Regan
Evelyn Ankers as Mary
Jack Holt as Lt. Cmdr. James
Jerome Cowan
Marjorie Reynolds
Runtime: Approx. 90 minutes
Studio: Golden Gate Productions
Distributor: Film Classics
Country: United States
Format: Black‑and‑white
#FlightToNowhere #AlanCurtis #EvelynAnkers #JackHolt #FilmNoir #UraniumMap #1940sThriller #DeathValleySpy #SpyRing #BlackAndWhiteFilm
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00:00:00.
00:00:38Oh, my God.
00:01:03Oh, my God.
00:01:39Oh, my God.
00:02:00Oh, my God.
00:02:56Oh, my God.
00:03:00Oh, my God.
00:03:06Oh, my God.
00:03:28Oh, my God.
00:03:43Okay, George, she's all yours.
00:03:45Through for the day, Hobie?
00:03:46I'm through for the weekend.
00:03:47And you can sweep out all that rice.
00:03:49Do you realize that in the last 24 hours, I've flown four couples up to Las Vegas to get married?
00:03:53Oh, my God.
00:03:54What are you baking about?
00:03:55You make nothing but dough.
00:03:56Yeah, I guess you're right.
00:04:01You know, sometimes I think money isn't everything.
00:04:03That reminds me, I've got to call Myrtle.
00:04:13See you later.
00:04:14Okay.
00:04:15Mr. Carrington, you are Hobie Carrington, aren't you?
00:04:18Yeah.
00:04:19Can we go somewhere where we could talk?
00:04:21I'm listening.
00:04:22Go right ahead.
00:04:22I want to charter your plane.
00:04:25Oh, I'm sorry.
00:04:25I'm taking the weekend off.
00:04:27I just told my mechanic to...
00:04:28Yes, I know what you told your mechanic.
00:04:29But you see, this is very important to me.
00:04:31I have to get to Death Valley.
00:04:33Getting married?
00:04:34Oh, no, of course not.
00:04:36Why should you ask?
00:04:37Because all I've been doing is flying the milk run for Cupid.
00:04:41Now I want to relax.
00:04:43Small restaurant, corner table, soft lights, soft music, soft shoulders.
00:04:50Why not have dinner with me?
00:04:53It's the best offer I've had today.
00:04:55Where do we go?
00:04:56Well, I have a table reserved in the hotel in Death Valley.
00:05:00Oh, just make out like I didn't say anything.
00:05:02Oh, I'll pay you well.
00:05:03I'll give you $500.
00:05:05On account.
00:05:07On account?
00:05:08Oh, I'll pay you some more.
00:05:10You see, I might want you to stay there a few days.
00:05:14Now, what about that dinner?
00:05:16You know, I'm just beginning to develop an appetite.
00:05:20By the way, what's your name?
00:05:23Oh, Catherine.
00:05:25Catherine Forrest.
00:05:26Can we leave right away?
00:05:28All right, Miss Forrest.
00:05:30I'll meet you at the plane as soon as I wash up.
00:05:35Hi, Hobie.
00:05:37Well, Bob Donovan.
00:05:39I always had a hunch you'd wind up as a washroom attendant.
00:05:42But then I suppose it's pretty tough for a tired old ex-major to find a job these days.
00:05:46What happened?
00:05:47Couldn't you hock those gold oak leaves you used to sport around the China Burma Theater?
00:05:51The same old Hobie.
00:05:52Keeping your eyes and your ears closed and your mouth open.
00:05:55You haven't changed a bit.
00:05:57That's right.
00:05:58The same old Hobie that used to risk his neck for you.
00:06:01Remember the time you dropped me off in a Japanese jungle and left me there for three weeks to decode
00:06:05messages for you?
00:06:06Sure.
00:06:07You're the best counter-espinage agent we had.
00:06:09I could use you right now.
00:06:11That is, the government code.
00:06:13Oh, I'm sorry.
00:06:14We're not going together anymore.
00:06:16Don't you remember?
00:06:17I'm a civilian now.
00:06:18You should see me out some night in my new pinstripe uniform.
00:06:21By the way, what are you doing since you got on?
00:06:23Oh, I've just changed uniforms, not jobs.
00:06:26Right now, I'm looking for a map.
00:06:29In here?
00:06:31I don't know if maybe I could get you to help me find it.
00:06:33Not a chance.
00:06:34I'm flying charter now.
00:06:36I'm taking a certain young lady up to Duck Valley.
00:06:39I'll be too busy to look for maps.
00:06:40If I happen to see it, I'll let you know.
00:06:43Thanks.
00:06:43I'll be able to find you here in your office, I presume.
00:06:47So long.
00:06:49You all set, George?
00:06:50Just about.
00:06:52Say, Hobie, there's a storm coming in.
00:06:53You may have to fly over it.
00:06:54I'll put the oxygen in.
00:06:56Okay.
00:06:58Oh, Miss Forrest.
00:06:59Yes?
00:07:00What is it?
00:07:00I'm Miss Forrest.
00:07:02You're Miss Forrest.
00:07:03I thought...
00:07:04Oh, hello, Mr. Carrington.
00:07:06You seem a little confused.
00:07:07This is Miss Catherine Forrest.
00:07:09I used her name because mine is too hard for people to remember.
00:07:13I'm the Countess Maritza de Frasco.
00:07:16Anyway, this is quite all right with you, isn't it, dear?
00:07:18Oh, why, of course.
00:07:20And who are these other people?
00:07:22Chaperones?
00:07:22Oh, these are your other passengers.
00:07:25Mr. Van Busch, Mr. Forrest, and Mr. Porter.
00:07:28This is our pilot, Mr. Carrington.
00:07:29How do you do, sir?
00:07:30Oh, well, I'm afraid we may have to fly over some weather.
00:07:33Because what does that mean?
00:07:35Might have to use oxygen.
00:07:37Well, maybe we better not go then, Kathy.
00:07:39Oh, what's the difference?
00:07:40Let's get going.
00:07:41But I never use oxygen.
00:07:43That's all right.
00:07:44You'll be sitting in front with me.
00:07:45I'll take care of you.
00:07:46It sounds rather frightening.
00:07:48What?
00:07:49Sitting with me or using oxygen?
00:07:51Well, maybe I try them both and find out.
00:07:55You know, oxygen isn't at all bad.
00:07:58I use it overseas.
00:07:59As a matter of fact, it's quite exhilarating.
00:08:01Really?
00:08:02Yes.
00:08:08I still don't like the idea of all the company.
00:08:10Oh, but we're having dinner together.
00:08:11Are there any special seating arrangements, pilot?
00:08:13Well, Miss Forrest, I mean the Countess,
00:08:15is sitting up front with me.
00:08:16You can make yourselves comfortable in any place you like.
00:08:19Thanks.
00:08:23Here's a weather report, Hobie.
00:08:25Oh, here's something else that just came.
00:08:43Come on.
00:08:44Happy landing.
00:09:09Hey, Forrest.
00:09:10What?
00:09:11I thought you were going to watch the scenery.
00:09:14Oh.
00:09:15Yes, indeed.
00:09:16I wouldn't miss it for the world.
00:09:20How did you happen to pick me for this trip?
00:09:22Oh, you were the only charter pilot available.
00:09:25What do you mean the only one available?
00:09:27Well, all the other ones were booked up solid for the weekend.
00:09:30It must be quite a thrill to be able to hand on a plane like you do.
00:09:34Been flying long?
00:09:36A few years.
00:09:37You were a flyer during the war?
00:09:39Uh-huh.
00:09:41Why didn't you tell me you were bringing a whole party of people?
00:09:44Oh, well, it was sort of a dream up at the last moment.
00:09:51You might have trouble getting accommodations at the hotel.
00:09:54They're usually booked up in advance.
00:09:56I'm sure we'd be able to find something.
00:10:06What's the matter?
00:10:07I don't know.
00:10:08It's looking out and down.
00:10:11It seems to bother me.
00:10:12Don't you feel well?
00:10:14No.
00:10:15I think I better go back and sit in the cabin.
00:10:23Oh, Kathy, will you change places with me?
00:10:26Why, sure.
00:10:26I'd love to.
00:10:29Oh, Kathy, let me sit there.
00:10:37I'll be glad he's in up here, Kathy.
00:10:38I don't mind it at all.
00:10:39But I want to sit in the cockpit, Jan.
00:10:41Look, mister, you can't stand up front.
00:10:44Jan, why don't you go back and keep Mr. Porter company?
00:10:47Well, he doesn't need any company.
00:10:48He's fast asleep.
00:10:59You know, the only money I can lay my hands on is what I get from Kathy.
00:11:02I've spent what little dad left me.
00:11:05What about the money you made during the war?
00:11:07What money?
00:11:08In a Japanese prison camp on the Sagan Island in the Pacific?
00:11:12You've been telling that story so often, Claude.
00:11:14I think you're beginning to believe it yourself.
00:11:17Oh, right.
00:11:18I'll give you some money tonight when we get to Death Valley.
00:11:24What altitude are we flying at?
00:11:26About 14,000.
00:11:29You better put on your oxygen mask.
00:11:32You go back to your seat and fasten your safety belt.
00:11:35We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:11:36Tell the rest of the people to put on their oxygen mask.
00:11:57We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:11:58We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:00We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:02We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:04We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:05We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:06We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:07We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:08We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:08We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:08We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:09We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:09We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:11We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:12We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:14We'll have to hit some rough weather.
00:12:21Let's go.
00:12:49Why didn't you tell me you couldn't take oxygen?
00:12:51I didn't know.
00:12:53Why don't you try to? Keep your hands open.
00:12:55Sit down.
00:12:55You can't talk to me that way.
00:12:57I'll talk to you anywhere I like. I'm flying this plane.
00:12:59Yes, and you're responsible to what happens to your passengers.
00:13:04Must be even connected.
00:13:06You ought to be sued for negligence.
00:13:07You probably kicked it loose from here before.
00:13:09Maybe less kicked it loose.
00:13:11Anyway, this is not the time to talk about it.
00:13:13We're coming into Death Valley.
00:13:16Mr. Carrington is right.
00:13:17This is no place to start an argument.
00:13:19Sit down, Van Busch.
00:13:20We're coming into Death Valley.
00:13:20Stop.
00:13:41Don't go on.
00:13:42I'll be right back.
00:13:43I'll be right back.
00:14:22How do you feel, Miss Forrest?
00:14:24A little woozy, but I'll be all right.
00:14:26I'll take care of her.
00:14:29Mr. Carrington, are you sure that oxygen hose was connected before we took off?
00:14:33Of course. Everything was inspected.
00:14:35What do you expect him to say, Liz?
00:14:39Look, mister, you're asking for it, aren't you?
00:14:42Gentlemen!
00:14:45This won't do anybody any good.
00:14:47We're safely here, and I don't think Kathy will suffer any ill effects.
00:14:50Well, it isn't his fault if she isn't.
00:14:51Oh, stop, Claude. I'm all right.
00:14:53Yes, it seems to me we are all being rather childish.
00:14:56Come on, my dear. Let's go to the hotel.
00:14:59What about our luggage?
00:15:01The pot will bring it.
00:15:20Can I give you a hand, sir?
00:15:21Yeah, thanks.
00:15:23Thanks.
00:15:52I'm sorry, Mary.
00:15:53I'm sorry.
00:16:02I still say it is a pilot's fault.
00:16:04Oh, forget it, Jan.
00:16:05I think he's one of the nice.
00:16:07And so does Getty, don't you, dear?
00:16:09Really, I didn't notice him too much.
00:16:11Will you see about the reservations, please, Claude?
00:16:14Sure thing.
00:16:17You have reservations for the Forest,
00:16:19the Countess de Frasco, Moritza,
00:16:21Gerald Porter,
00:16:23and Jan Van Busch, I'm sure we have.
00:16:27Hello, Countess.
00:16:29Oh, hello, Cathy.
00:16:30Hello, Mr. Walker.
00:16:32Oh, I'm sorry, this is Mr. Porter.
00:16:34How do you do, Mr. Walker?
00:16:35How do you do, Mr. Porter?
00:16:36I should think you two mining engineers would know each other.
00:16:38Where have you operated mostly, Mr. Walker?
00:16:40Well, to tell the truth,
00:16:41I haven't operated much since the war.
00:16:43Oh, excuse me.
00:16:43Yes.
00:16:45Mr. Van Busch, Mr. Walker.
00:16:47How do you do?
00:16:47And this is our pilot, Mr. Carrington.
00:16:49Oh, I'm glad to know you.
00:16:50Glad to know you.
00:16:51Will you excuse me?
00:16:51I have a long distance call.
00:16:54What is our luggage?
00:16:55Well, I was going to bring it up,
00:16:56but I didn't have my union card,
00:16:58so I let the bellboys do it.
00:16:59Oh, we've been trying to get your room, Mr. Carrington,
00:17:01but they're pretty full.
00:17:02You see, we had our reservations here for some time.
00:17:05Oh, that's all right.
00:17:05Just put me up in the servants' quarters.
00:17:07We've managed to get Mr. Carrington's room.
00:17:09Here's your key, sir.
00:17:09Thanks.
00:17:13Well, what about that dinner we planned
00:17:14with the soft lights and the music?
00:17:16Is that out?
00:17:17Well, we have been invited to be Mr. Walker's guests,
00:17:20but why don't you come to my room for a cocktail
00:17:23after I freshen up?
00:17:24All right.
00:17:25See you later, then.
00:17:33Hello.
00:17:34Hello.
00:17:37Give me the manager, please.
00:17:41This is Mr. Van Busch speaking.
00:17:43I have a complaint to make.
00:17:44Somebody's been going through my luggage.
00:17:46Yes.
00:17:47I want a thorough investigation.
00:17:56Hello, Superman.
00:17:57I'm not surprised.
00:17:59You didn't think you could get away from me that easy, did you?
00:18:01I intended to be down here when you arrived,
00:18:03and I intend to stay here.
00:18:05You mean we're roommates?
00:18:06No, neighbors.
00:18:09Look, let's stop this cops and robbers, shall we?
00:18:12It's too late now.
00:18:13Why do you think that you are the only charter plane available?
00:18:17That's why I got a room in a crowded hotel, isn't it?
00:18:19That's right.
00:18:20Tell me, did anything important happen on the way down?
00:18:23I'll say it did.
00:18:25Somebody kicked the oxygen tube loose on my plane.
00:18:28Catherine Forrest was almost killed.
00:18:30I'd have been grounded for life.
00:18:32Only this trip you were on is far from a pleasure, John.
00:18:35It's a dangerous mission.
00:18:37Any time that you get into National Racketeers
00:18:39exploding atomic energy, anything can happen.
00:18:43Why'd you have to pick me for this job?
00:18:45I did enough of your dirty work overseas.
00:18:47Because you're the only one I can trust.
00:18:49That's very flattering.
00:18:51But I don't like being drafted this way.
00:18:53Tell me, what's all this squawk about Ben Bush
00:18:55saying somebody went through his luggage?
00:18:57Did you find anything suspicious?
00:18:59Yeah.
00:19:01He wears silk underwear.
00:19:02He wears silk underwear.
00:19:05Cathy!
00:19:07Yeah?
00:19:09Will you do me a favor?
00:19:12How much is it this time?
00:19:13I need $2,000.
00:19:16$2,000?
00:19:17What on earth for?
00:19:19Look, do I have to explain every time I need a little money?
00:19:22But, Claude, this can't go on.
00:19:24I've been giving you so much money these last few weeks.
00:19:27Okay.
00:19:28Put me through the usual third degree.
00:19:35Would you care to join me?
00:19:37Nope.
00:19:38This is business.
00:19:39You cabled me from Honolulu
00:19:40that you had some information on Claude Forrest.
00:19:43That's why I sent for you.
00:19:45Would you be interested in selling that information?
00:19:48Why, Tom, what a question.
00:19:53How much?
00:19:54I think you'll find me generous enough.
00:19:57You know, I have it right here.
00:20:00But, uh, tell me, why do you want it?
00:20:04Well, that shouldn't concern you.
00:20:06Let's just say I don't want to see it get into the wrong hands.
00:20:14This must be the last.
00:20:16All right.
00:20:16But I don't know why you have to be so stingy.
00:20:19After all, it's just as much my money as it is yours,
00:20:21even though Dad did leave it to you.
00:20:23I'm not stingy, Claude.
00:20:24It's just that, well, I can't afford to spend the way...
00:20:27Oh, forget it.
00:20:28Come on, let's get downstairs.
00:20:30They're most likely waiting dinner for us.
00:20:32All right.
00:20:32I'll be with you in a minute.
00:20:41I'll be with you in a minute.
00:20:45I'll be with you in a minute.
00:21:22I'll be with you in a minute.
00:21:26I'll be with you in a minute.
00:21:33Why do you want this information on Claude?
00:21:35Look, Liz, it's none of your business.
00:21:37You're not giving it to me.
00:21:38I'm buying it.
00:21:39And I'm willing to pay a good price.
00:21:41Do you have the money with you?
00:21:42I'll get it after dinner.
00:21:44That reminds me, I'd better be getting downstairs.
00:21:46Yes, and I should get ready, too.
00:21:47We'll get together later this evening.
00:21:49Pardon me.
00:22:22Hello, Countess.
00:22:23I'm glad you're at home.
00:22:25Good evening, Mr. Carrington.
00:22:26Do you sit down?
00:22:30Are all you foreign women two-fisted drinkers?
00:22:33No, the second one is for you.
00:22:35Thanks.
00:22:36Martini.
00:22:40And warm, too.
00:22:43Now that we are alone,
00:22:45I want to tell you something.
00:22:47I'm very frightened.
00:22:50Of me?
00:22:51Oh, no, of course not.
00:22:53About what happened in the plane this afternoon.
00:22:56You mean the business about the oxygen?
00:22:58Yes.
00:22:59That was meant for me.
00:23:01You remember, I was sitting up front with you.
00:23:05That's right.
00:23:07But why should anyone want to kill you?
00:23:09Oh, it's rather involved.
00:23:12You see, I was born on the continent,
00:23:14but I went to an English finishing school,
00:23:16and then I married the Count,
00:23:18and when he died,
00:23:19he left me some rather valuable properties.
00:23:23And there are certain peoples
00:23:24who are trying to get those properties.
00:23:27And I'm very frightened.
00:23:30Don't be frightened.
00:23:31But who are these people?
00:23:33It could be anybody on the plane today.
00:23:37Will you?
00:23:38Will you help me?
00:23:51I always said there's nothing like those English finishing schools.
00:24:06You will help me, won't you?
00:24:08Sure, but who's going to help me?
00:24:10Well, should we get downstairs?
00:24:13You go ahead.
00:24:14I'll join you later.
00:24:16I hope you're not too disappointed
00:24:18about not having the dinner we planned.
00:24:20No, it's a funny thing.
00:24:21I just lost my appetite.
00:24:23But I'll see you later.
00:24:40I'll see you later.
00:24:51Mr. Carrington!
00:24:54What happened?
00:24:55I don't know.
00:24:56I was out at the time.
00:24:58You're sure you haven't been drinking?
00:25:00Yeah, I had a martini.
00:25:01I'm wearing the outlook to prove it.
00:25:05Can I help you?
00:25:06No, it's all right.
00:25:07I can do it all right.
00:25:09I'll see you later.
00:25:15Bartender, what'll it be?
00:25:16A double martini.
00:25:17A double?
00:25:18Yeah.
00:25:19One martini gave me this headache.
00:25:21Maybe two will make it go away.
00:25:22Yes, sir.
00:25:25Ah.
00:25:26I've been looking for you, Carrington.
00:25:28Get lost.
00:25:29What's the idea of going through my luggage?
00:25:31Go away and start over again.
00:25:33I'm serious.
00:25:34I demand an explanation.
00:25:36Why don't you start explaining
00:25:37how you happened to kick the oxygen hose loose in my plane?
00:25:40Look, if you're trying to cover up your own negligence
00:25:43by blaming me for that accident,
00:25:44you're talking to the wrong guy.
00:25:45It so happens I intend to marry Miss Forrest.
00:25:48Oh?
00:25:49I'll send her my condolences in the morning.
00:25:52Right now, I don't feel so well.
00:25:54Don't try to change the subject.
00:25:55Why don't you go through my luggage?
00:25:57Look, I've taken all I'm going to from you.
00:26:00You open your yap once more and I'll close it for you.
00:26:02Oh, yeah?
00:26:03I'd like to see you try that.
00:26:05Don't get up, boys.
00:26:07Is this ring for me or do I have to buy myself one?
00:26:10Hasn't Kenny come down yet, Jan?
00:26:12I haven't seen her.
00:26:13Well, please be a good boy and go and call her room.
00:26:15Tell her we're waiting for her.
00:26:21I called your room but there was no answer.
00:26:23So I rushed downstairs to see if I could find you.
00:26:26Could we go outside and talk?
00:26:27I've been outside.
00:26:29The desert air seemed to knock me right off my feet.
00:26:31You mean you were attacked?
00:26:34Oh, we can't talk here.
00:26:35I'm afraid we'll be overheard.
00:26:41Now maybe you understand why I'm so frightened.
00:26:45First it was catty.
00:26:47Now it's you.
00:26:49You haven't done anything to worry about.
00:26:51As long as they don't run out of customers.
00:26:52Oh, I thought you meant what you said, that you helped me.
00:26:58Sure, sure, I'll help you.
00:27:00What did you find in Jan's luggage?
00:27:03Now why would I want to go through Jan's luggage?
00:27:06Oh, I thought maybe Claude or Caddy put you up to it.
00:27:10You see, I'm suspicious of everybody.
00:27:15Except you.
00:27:24Lovely.
00:27:26We've been looking all over for you.
00:27:28Oh, really?
00:27:29I just sent Jan to call your room.
00:27:31Let's all have a drink, shall we?
00:27:33Hope your head's feeling better, Mr. Carrington.
00:27:36Oh, sure.
00:27:41Oh, Mr. Walker.
00:27:42Well, I seem to be the first one of your guests to arrive.
00:27:44Oh, I guess the others will be a long present.
00:27:46It's been that way all along.
00:27:47I'm always the one on time to eat.
00:27:49The rest of them never seem to get hungry.
00:27:51Plus, I took time out for a quick swim
00:27:52and I wished I'd had time for a horseback ride over the desert.
00:27:55Greatest exercise in the world.
00:27:56Well, you sound like you've spent most of your time outdoors.
00:27:58I have, all my life.
00:28:00I've engineered in practically every country.
00:28:03I understood, Kathy, to say you were in the mining business.
00:28:05Well, uh, geological engineering.
00:28:08That's the same thing.
00:28:10I find the valuable minerals
00:28:11and let the other fellow make the money out of it.
00:28:21It looks like I was having a lot of food security.
00:28:23They told me to pull your room.
00:28:25I'm here, Jan.
00:28:26Hobie, Hobie, darling.
00:28:28Why, Irene.
00:28:29Well, this is the most pleasant surprise I've had in weeks.
00:28:32Oh, really?
00:28:33Oh, this is the Countess de Fresco of Maritza.
00:28:36How do you do?
00:28:37Miss Forrest.
00:28:38How do you do?
00:28:38Mr. Van Busch.
00:28:40How are you?
00:28:40And Miss Forrest's brother, Mr. Forrest.
00:28:43How do you do?
00:28:44Miss Allison, an old friend of mine.
00:28:46Yes, indeed.
00:28:47As a matter of fact, we were more than just friends.
00:28:50I used to be Mrs. Carrington.
00:28:55Then I'm sure you two must have a great deal to talk over.
00:28:59Will you excuse me?
00:29:01Uh, yes, Count Cathy.
00:29:02Will you excuse us, Miss Allison?
00:29:08Well, what's the matter?
00:29:09Why are you staring at me like that?
00:29:11Because a lot of funny things have happened to me today.
00:29:13Oh, but Hobie, this isn't funny.
00:29:14This is one.
00:29:16Would you like to go for a walk in the garden with me?
00:29:32Why didn't you let me know you were back?
00:29:35What do you mean, let you know?
00:29:36I didn't know where to find you.
00:29:38Besides, I didn't think you were interested in hearing from me.
00:29:40The last letter I got from you, I read in a bomb shelter.
00:29:44It's funny how clear it seems.
00:29:47Please sign the enclosed papers.
00:29:49I want a divorce.
00:29:51I spent the whole night with a chaplain talking about it.
00:29:54I know.
00:29:56I'll regret it all my life.
00:29:58You'll regret it.
00:29:59You got married right away, didn't you?
00:30:01Oh, you mean Reggie.
00:30:03But Hobie, you were gone so long.
00:30:06And Reggie was in a position to do me so much good.
00:30:09After all, he was backing my show.
00:30:11Sure, sure.
00:30:12So what are you doing here?
00:30:13Well, I, I established residence in Las Vegas.
00:30:16I just sneaked down here for the weekend.
00:30:19I'm getting in the woods.
00:30:21Sure, Bob, sir.
00:30:22Yes, and it was all Reggie's fault.
00:30:25Just because I met Gregory Lawrence.
00:30:28He's a Hollywood producer and in a position to do me so much good.
00:30:32Reggie's pretty narrow-minded, isn't he?
00:30:34Yes, isn't he?
00:30:36But enough of that.
00:30:37Oh, Hobie, this is wonderful.
00:30:39This is like old times.
00:30:40We can have the whole weekend together.
00:30:42You can turn it on and off just like that, can't you?
00:30:45Well, Hobie, I don't know what you mean.
00:30:48Oh, skip it.
00:30:49Anyway, I'm working.
00:30:51I've got a charter flight for the Countess.
00:30:54The Countess?
00:30:55Yeah, you met her when you came in.
00:30:57Oh, that's funny.
00:30:58Why, she's no more of a Countess than I am.
00:31:00I met her in show business before I met you.
00:31:03She went by the name of Lolly Lorraine.
00:31:06Do you know what you're talking about?
00:31:08Certainly.
00:31:09She and I worked in an act with Tamborini the Great.
00:31:11We were his assistants.
00:31:13The last time I saw her, she was being sawed in half.
00:31:16You didn't say anything about that when you met her.
00:31:18Of course not.
00:31:19I may be a cat, but I'm not that catty.
00:31:25If he wants to make like she's a Countess, that's all right with me.
00:31:31Excuse me a minute.
00:31:32I'll be right back.
00:31:45What's new?
00:31:46Lottie, a lot of things have been happening.
00:31:48What happened?
00:31:50Unimportant things like me getting hit in the head.
00:31:53Anyway, I got it.
00:31:55You got what?
00:31:56What you've been looking for.
00:31:58I got it from the Countess.
00:32:04How do you like that?
00:32:05What was it?
00:32:06It was an envelope.
00:32:08It had a lot of papers in it.
00:32:10Written in Japanese.
00:32:11You mean to say you had it and you lost it?
00:32:14Yeah.
00:32:15I've been losing a lot of things, and they're all connected with you.
00:32:18For instance?
00:32:19For instance, I just bumped into Irene, the ex-Mrs. Carrington.
00:32:23She might not have been Mrs. X if you'd have given me that leave I asked for when she wanted
00:32:27a divorce.
00:32:27Do you think that would have helped any?
00:32:30Maybe not.
00:32:32Listen, Harvey.
00:32:33I wish I could get you to realize that the job we're doing now might be just as important as
00:32:39fighting a war.
00:32:40That we might keep other men from going through what we went through, leaving their wives.
00:32:44Okay, you can stop waving the flag.
00:32:46I won't back out.
00:32:48It just burns me to think somebody could make me for that envelope.
00:32:51Who made you for it?
00:32:57I just wondered.
00:33:00Do you think you have a chance to get in the back?
00:33:04That's possible.
00:33:06I'll see you later.
00:33:07Good luck.
00:33:14Irene, were you on the level about the countess?
00:33:17Of course.
00:33:17I think it was the summer before I met you.
00:33:19Tambourini was looking for some girls to work the audience.
00:33:22You know, pull things out of women's purses.
00:33:24It was always good for a laugh.
00:33:25Yeah, yeah, I bet it was.
00:33:27Anyway, I was in the act when she came.
00:33:28I told her the routine.
00:33:31You know, you could do me a favor.
00:33:34Let's have dinner and we'll talk it over.
00:33:42Oh, I want to compliment you on a delicious dinner, Mr. Walker.
00:33:45Oh, thank you.
00:33:46I've eaten all over the world
00:33:47and I think that's probably the most enjoyable meal I've ever had.
00:33:49I think it'll be nice having our coffee out here on the terrace.
00:33:52Incidentally, I have some excellent brandy.
00:33:54Wonderful.
00:33:54What do you say, countess?
00:33:55I would love it if you give me a few moments
00:33:57to repair the ravages of dinner.
00:33:59What about you, Cathy?
00:34:00Cathy and I are going to take a walk.
00:34:02Yes, it's a beautiful night.
00:34:04Excuse me.
00:34:10We've been here for hours now.
00:34:12When are we going to get down to business?
00:34:22Oh, countess.
00:34:23Yes?
00:34:24You must have thought me dreadfully rude this evening.
00:34:26Why?
00:34:27I stare so terribly.
00:34:29For a moment, I thought you were someone I knew.
00:34:31Oh, but then I realized how stupid that was of me
00:34:34because the girl that I knew was clever and...
00:34:40I'll see you later.
00:34:41Yes, dear.
00:34:50Probably shouldn't drink that coffee.
00:34:52Keep me awake nights.
00:34:59You must have taught her the routine.
00:35:01Is that what you wanted?
00:35:03Looks like Egyptian hieroglyphics to me.
00:35:06Well, it's a love letter I wrote to her mummy once.
00:35:08She's been holding her over my head.
00:35:10Ha, ha.
00:35:13Will you excuse us, Mr. Porter?
00:35:15We have some business to discuss.
00:35:17Well, certainly.
00:35:18Certainly.
00:35:18I'll just sit here and enjoy the desert air.
00:35:26You know, I'm kind of glad Gregory got tied up at the last minute.
00:35:30Was he going to meet you here?
00:35:31Yes, that's why I came back from Las Vegas.
00:35:33This is much better.
00:35:35That's dumb story.
00:35:37I just forget about everything.
00:35:39Including Greg?
00:35:40Everything and everybody.
00:35:45Well, aren't you coming in?
00:35:47I told you I had some unfinished business.
00:35:49Oh, but can't it wait until tomorrow.
00:35:52Look, we've been separated for over four years.
00:35:55You seem to get along all right without me.
00:35:57Now, Hobie Carrington, you know very well it wasn't all my fault.
00:36:00After all, you didn't have to go and enlist.
00:36:03You could have waited until they drafted you.
00:36:05You have things all figured out, haven't you?
00:36:07Of course.
00:36:13Oh, I just love it here.
00:36:15Please.
00:36:16Well, how nice.
00:36:17Where is everybody?
00:36:19Oh, uh, Claude and Mr. Walker have gone to talk over some business.
00:36:23You've known Mr. Walker for some time, haven't you?
00:36:25Yes.
00:36:26I met him in Cairo several years ago.
00:36:28Really?
00:36:29Very forceful man, Mr. Walker.
00:36:32Claude isn't in any trouble, is he?
00:36:34Well, I don't know, not that I know of.
00:36:36Why?
00:36:37Oh, I just think his nervousness is due to more than the war.
00:36:41I'd have liked to see Claude get mixed up with the wrong people.
00:36:44You mean Mr. Walker is...
00:36:45I don't know.
00:36:46Something's going on.
00:36:47I don't like what happened to Cathy this afternoon.
00:36:53No, I don't either.
00:36:56It's getting chilly.
00:36:57I think I get a wrap.
00:36:59Don't get up.
00:37:05Listen, Claude, there's no use trying to high-pressure me.
00:37:07I'm not ready to do business yet.
00:37:09When I am, you'll know about it.
00:37:11Well, if you want to do it, it's going to be tonight.
00:37:14What about the rush?
00:37:14You know what the rush is.
00:37:16I need money.
00:37:17And if you're not willing to do it, I know someone who is.
00:37:21As a matter of fact, he's waiting for me in Las Vegas now.
00:37:24I don't invest a quarter of a million dollars without considering every angle.
00:37:28You'll never get it any cheaper.
00:37:30No.
00:37:34Hi, Jen.
00:37:36I appreciate the way you feel about me, but...
00:37:38Well, I just don't intend to have you routine my life.
00:37:41Well, you'd be a lot better off if I routine it instead of that good-for-nothing brother of yours.
00:37:45Jen.
00:37:45And he's not the only one.
00:37:47That woman who causes out the counters.
00:37:50Porter.
00:37:51And as for Walker, I wouldn't trust him as far as I could see him.
00:37:54Jen, I will not have you insulting my friends.
00:37:56But it's quite all right for that uncouth pilot Carrington to insult me.
00:38:00Ex-wives trailing him while he's drooling over the counters.
00:38:04And you.
00:38:05I'm sure Mr. Carrington's private life is no concern of mine.
00:38:10Hello.
00:38:14Where's Claude?
00:38:15We just left.
00:38:15He said he was going back into the hotel.
00:38:17Are we ready to do business?
00:38:19I guess so.
00:38:20Have you the document with you?
00:38:22Have you the...
00:38:31Well?
00:38:33Why the little...
00:38:44I mean it, Kathy.
00:38:46You're a silly goosey and need someone to look out to you.
00:38:48And you've appointed yourself my custodian.
00:38:51Yes.
00:38:52Do you know of anyone better?
00:38:54Jen, please.
00:38:55Kathy.
00:38:56Jen, stop.
00:38:57Stop it.
00:38:58Jan, you heard what the lady said.
00:38:59The lady said stop.
00:39:01Listen, it seems to me you're always butting in when you don't want it.
00:39:03Yeah, I didn't see the welcome mat rolled out for you, Carrington.
00:39:06I only know one way to deal with you.
00:39:13Don't worry.
00:39:14It's the shallower.
00:39:27You'll pay for this, Carrington.
00:39:43I'm not usually the Sir Galahad type, but you seem to be giving away an awful lot of weight.
00:39:49You've really had a busy evening, haven't you?
00:39:52What with the counters, me, ex-wives popping up.
00:39:56Oh, Irene.
00:39:59Still in love with her?
00:40:01Lately, I've been wondering whether I ever really was in love with her.
00:40:03Up to now, I thought so.
00:40:07How long has it been since you've seen her?
00:40:10About four years.
00:40:11She divorced me while I was overseas.
00:40:13Oh, that's terrible.
00:40:16When I get married, it will be for keeps.
00:40:19You look like the type that would.
00:40:24Of course, I'd make sure I loved him before I married him.
00:40:28That lets Jan out, doesn't it?
00:40:31Oh, he knows I don't love him.
00:40:41Shall we go in?
00:40:42No, thanks.
00:40:43I think I'll stay outside a while and smoke a cigarette.
00:40:46Then I'll say good evening.
00:40:47It was very nice talking with you, Mr. Carrington.
00:40:49It would have been nicer if she said Hobie.
00:40:52I've been noticing his ring.
00:40:53It's very interesting.
00:40:56Family Crest?
00:40:57No, it was Claude's.
00:40:58He brought it back from the Orient, and when he got home, he had it cut down and gave it
00:41:02to me.
00:41:03There's quite an Oriental legend connected with it, though.
00:41:06Really?
00:41:07You must tell me about it sometime.
00:41:08I will.
00:41:09But first, I must find out what it is from Claude.
00:41:11He hasn't told me yet.
00:41:14Good night, Hobie.
00:41:16Good night.
00:41:25Good night.
00:41:47Good night.
00:42:21Good night.
00:42:51Good night.
00:42:56As I remember, you take one lump.
00:42:59Oh, now it's two lumps.
00:43:01Oh, thanks.
00:43:03Hey, what happened?
00:43:05Well, I found you lying out on the terrace last night.
00:43:07When you sent my key up to me, I decided I wanted to have a little talk with you.
00:43:12But when I found you, you were in no condition to talk.
00:43:15Why don't you get me up to me?
00:43:17I robbed a bellboy.
00:43:18I told him you were drunk.
00:43:21Say, what's going on?
00:43:22Say, what's going on, Hobie?
00:43:23I wish I knew.
00:43:26Did it have something to do with that letter?
00:43:30How do you like that?
00:43:31It's gone again.
00:43:33Well, I've got to get back to the room.
00:43:36Thanks for the use of the hall.
00:43:41Don't thank me.
00:43:44I've been waiting for you.
00:43:45I was surprised you weren't in your room.
00:43:46What happened to you?
00:43:47Somebody wrapped me in the head.
00:43:48What, again?
00:43:49Yeah.
00:43:50Listen, Hobie.
00:43:51I've got to leave.
00:43:52That's why I wanted to see you.
00:43:53From now on, keep your eyes and your ears open, will you?
00:43:56And stay on your feet.
00:43:57I want to know what's happening.
00:43:59Look, Donovan, I wish you could fix it so I could stay on my feet.
00:44:01I might be able to tell you what's happening.
00:44:03But I can't see very well when I'm lying flat on my back.
00:44:06Well, you better get downstairs.
00:44:08The sheriff wants to see you.
00:44:09The sheriff?
00:44:10Yes.
00:44:11Murder investigation.
00:44:13Walker was killed last night.
00:44:15Stabbed to death.
00:44:17I've got to leave.
00:44:19Hey, whose side are you on?
00:44:22The medical examination shows that Walker was killed between 11 and 12 last night.
00:44:28You all admit you weren't in your rooms.
00:44:30But yet, not one of you can prove where you've been.
00:44:33I was on the veranda, if anyone cared to look.
00:44:37Yeah, yeah, I know.
00:44:41I've got to get back to that wet suit, Mr. Van Bush.
00:44:45After all, Walker was found in the rock pool.
00:44:49Yeah, but I fell in the swimming pool.
00:44:51That's right, Sheriff.
00:44:52Mr. Van Bush stumbled.
00:44:55Oh, Mr. Carrington can verify that.
00:44:57Can't you, Hobie?
00:44:59Mr. Carrigan, I'm glad you're here.
00:45:02I'm glad you're glad.
00:45:03Now, what do you want to see me about?
00:45:04We'll get back to that.
00:45:06By the way, you weren't in your room all night.
00:45:09Where were you?
00:45:11Well, I was, uh...
00:45:14He was with me.
00:45:15You see, uh, Mr. Carrington and I used to be married.
00:45:19We were talking about reconciliation.
00:45:24Excuse me, I'll get there.
00:45:27Hello?
00:45:29Yes, it's Sheriff Bradley.
00:45:32Fine.
00:45:38Well, I don't have to detain you folks any longer.
00:45:42They found the murderer.
00:45:42Oh, I like the address.
00:45:43Who was it?
00:45:45The fellow's been bothering Walker ever since he's been there for money.
00:45:48He signed a confession.
00:45:49Oh, that's fine.
00:45:50Excuse me.
00:45:52Oh, let's go.
00:45:55Mr. Carrington, will you get the plane ready right away?
00:45:58We are leaving for Las Vegas.
00:46:00Las Vegas?
00:46:01Yes.
00:46:02You could expect me to stay after what happened to poor Tom Walker.
00:46:05You know, you had a narrow escape up there in the veranda.
00:46:08Why?
00:46:08What do you mean?
00:46:10I got hit on the head again.
00:46:12By the way, something very valuable was taken for me last night.
00:46:16Oh, really?
00:46:17And I stopped at nothing to get it back.
00:46:20You know, Countess, if I were you, I wouldn't trust myself up in a plane with me.
00:46:24Why?
00:46:25Why not?
00:46:26Because I'm tired of getting hit on the head all the time.
00:46:31Well, Carrington, I understand we're leaving.
00:46:34It's a good thing, too, after what happened to that poor chap Walker.
00:46:37Yeah?
00:46:38I've heard a lot of nice things about Las Vegas.
00:46:40I don't know if I should see them.
00:46:42Great place for sleeping.
00:46:43Yes.
00:46:44What?
00:46:45Oh.
00:46:47Oh, just a minute, Mr. Carrington.
00:46:49I, uh, I got quite a collection of these labels.
00:46:53I got some very valuable ones here, too.
00:46:55The, uh, is Exeter in London, completely demolished during the war.
00:47:01There's, uh, Singapore, the Shepherd's Hotel in Cairo, Shanghai.
00:47:06Oh, here's a fun little place in Japan.
00:47:08I bet you've never even heard of it.
00:47:10I can't even make it out myself.
00:47:12It's a sabi.
00:47:13I want a cherry festival.
00:47:15That's pretty good.
00:47:16You must have flown in the Orient.
00:47:18Yeah.
00:47:19Well, let's get going.
00:47:25Hoby!
00:47:29Hoby!
00:47:32You've simply got to take me to Las Vegas with you.
00:47:35I can't stand this place another minute.
00:47:37I'm afraid that's out, Irene.
00:47:38I'll even help pilot.
00:47:40Oh, you don't have to look so smug about it.
00:47:42I always could fly as well as you.
00:47:44My license is right up to date.
00:47:45I'm sorry, Irene, but the plane is chartered.
00:47:48It's quite all right, Miss Edison.
00:47:50Okay.
00:47:51Excuse me.
00:47:52Excuse me.
00:48:45By the way, Mr. Carrington,
00:48:47I believe we have a little unfinished business.
00:48:49You mean about the dinner with the soft lights and...
00:48:52Oh, I mean the letter
00:48:52that your ex-wife stole from me last night.
00:48:56May I have it?
00:48:57Suppose I told you I didn't have it.
00:48:58I wouldn't believe it.
00:49:00Well, I haven't.
00:49:01All right, Captain.
00:49:03What's your price?
00:49:04Listen, sister.
00:49:05That might be your racket,
00:49:07but it's not mine.
00:49:08Why, you insultingly...
00:49:10Just a minute, Dolly Lorraine.
00:49:14I'm tired of being pushed around by you and your playmates.
00:49:17You can take a commercial plane from here.
00:49:19I'm leaving.
00:49:25Well, that's the first decent break we've had so far.
00:49:28We made a bargain with Carrington
00:49:29and he won't go until he's dismissed.
00:49:32I'm sure Mr. Carrington's bargains
00:49:34are no better than his words.
00:49:35I, for one, am not surprised
00:49:37at his loose code of ethics.
00:49:39There's nothing wrong with my code of ethics.
00:49:41As far as I'm concerned,
00:49:43you're no bargain.
00:49:44Mr. Carrington,
00:49:45your attitude is insulting.
00:49:46Have you forgotten
00:49:47that your contract does not...
00:49:48You must stick this on your suitcase.
00:49:55What's the matter?
00:49:56No room?
00:49:56There's not enough room
00:49:57in this whole town
00:49:58for that bunch and me.
00:49:59Mr. Carrington?
00:50:02Thanks.
00:50:09Excuse me, ma'am.
00:50:10Where are you going now?
00:50:12There's somebody else
00:50:13I've got to tell off.
00:50:16I don't care what you say, Donovan.
00:50:18I've had enough.
00:50:19I don't mind being insulted
00:50:20or having my pockets picked.
00:50:21I'll even go for one slight bash in the head.
00:50:23But when it gets to be a habit.
00:50:25And on top of that,
00:50:26I was questioned for murder.
00:50:28And where were you
00:50:29when all this was happening to me?
00:50:30I was arranging for someone
00:50:32to be booked for the murder.
00:50:33What do you mean arranging?
00:50:35He confessed, didn't he?
00:50:36He's been confessing to murders
00:50:38for the last ten years.
00:50:39That's what we pay him for.
00:50:41And you let the murderer get away?
00:50:43Right here to Las Vegas.
00:50:45The man that killed Walker
00:50:46is going to lead us to the map
00:50:47and the people connected with it.
00:50:51But, Mr. Rule,
00:50:52this uranium deposit
00:50:54may prove to be
00:50:55one of the richest in the world.
00:50:56That was proven by the tests
00:50:58that the Japs made.
00:50:59Then, uh,
00:51:00why didn't the Japs develop it?
00:51:02It was impossible.
00:51:04Our bombers wouldn't let them.
00:51:12You see, the whole thing
00:51:14is submerged in shallow water
00:51:15off an atoll.
00:51:17It's impossible to find.
00:51:20Then how do I know
00:51:21that you can find it?
00:51:23Because I have the map.
00:51:25The only map.
00:51:30What's the price of this map?
00:51:33Uranium isn't cheap, Mr. Rule.
00:51:37That's what atomic bombs are made of.
00:51:41We knew the Countess was a phony.
00:51:45And that letter verifies
00:51:46our suspicions about Claude.
00:51:48Sure, he was working
00:51:49for some kind of an engineering firm
00:51:51in East Indies.
00:51:52When the Japs invaded,
00:51:53he made a deal with them.
00:51:55The Japanese were working
00:51:56on atomic energy then.
00:51:58All they needed was uranium.
00:52:01It was a valuable man to them.
00:52:03All that hoody
00:52:04about the Japanese prison camp.
00:52:06Imagine them letting him
00:52:07run around with a valuable gold ring
00:52:09while they rob you blind
00:52:10the minute you get there.
00:52:11A ring?
00:52:12What kind of a ring?
00:52:14Strange oriental affair,
00:52:15you know, with the moon and stars.
00:52:17Supposed to have some kind
00:52:18of a legend connected with it.
00:52:20Well, I've got to shove up
00:52:21on the ground.
00:52:21Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:52:23You're not calling anybody.
00:52:24Who says I'm not?
00:52:25You're going to stay around here
00:52:26and find out about that legend.
00:52:31Thank you, sir.
00:52:34Mr. Rule,
00:52:35the best business deal
00:52:36you ever made.
00:52:37Thank you, Claude.
00:52:38Just what I needed.
00:52:39Where is the Countess
00:52:42the Frasco and Maritza,
00:52:43Mr. Rule?
00:52:44How do you do, Mr. Rule?
00:52:45I hope I'm not interrupting anything.
00:52:47Oh, by no means.
00:52:48Please, join us.
00:52:50Claude, I didn't know
00:52:51you had friends in Las Vegas.
00:52:53Mr. Rule has a ranch up here
00:52:54that he uses to breed horses.
00:52:56Oh, so you breed horses,
00:52:57Mr. Rule.
00:52:57Oh, it must be
00:52:58a fascinating business.
00:53:00It's really not my business.
00:53:02But if I had my way,
00:53:04I spend all of my time
00:53:06at my ranch.
00:53:09Countess, Claude.
00:53:10Hello.
00:53:10I was just going for a ride.
00:53:11Mr. Porter, Mr. Rule.
00:53:12Mr. Porter is a member
00:53:13of our party.
00:53:14How do you do, sir?
00:53:15How do you do?
00:53:15Good to know.
00:53:16Mr. Rule,
00:53:16if you're acquainted around here,
00:53:17perhaps you can tell me
00:53:18somewhere where they have
00:53:18some good saddle horses.
00:53:19Mr. Porter,
00:53:20you're in luck.
00:53:21I was just telling
00:53:22the Countess
00:53:23about my ranch.
00:53:24It's only eight miles
00:53:25from town.
00:53:26Is that so?
00:53:26I breed saddle horses.
00:53:28Well.
00:53:29Oh, I've got
00:53:29mighty-spirited animals,
00:53:31Portage.
00:53:31Be glad to have you
00:53:32ride any one of them.
00:53:33Thank you very much.
00:53:34Come on,
00:53:34I'll call my ranch
00:53:35and tell them you're coming.
00:53:36That's very generous
00:53:36of you, Mr. Rule.
00:53:38You're doing me a favor.
00:53:40They need exercise.
00:53:42Oh.
00:53:42Claude and Carpess,
00:53:44please join me
00:53:46for cocktails later.
00:53:48Will you?
00:53:48We'll be delighted.
00:53:54What did you have
00:53:54to butt in for?
00:53:56I told you
00:53:56I'd get you some money.
00:53:58Claude,
00:53:59I've been a fool
00:54:00trying to get
00:54:01some money from you.
00:54:02In fact,
00:54:03we've been both fools
00:54:04working against each other.
00:54:06What do you mean?
00:54:07The map you were
00:54:08trying to sell who?
00:54:09Listen.
00:54:10Oh, save your breath.
00:54:11I know what you're up to
00:54:12with Walker.
00:54:14You see, Claude,
00:54:15you don't trust
00:54:16the right people.
00:54:18Walker wanted to buy
00:54:19that letter from me
00:54:20so that he could get
00:54:21the map from you
00:54:22at his own price.
00:54:24You mean you tried
00:54:25to double-cross me
00:54:25by selling that letter
00:54:26to Walker?
00:54:27Walker?
00:54:28I ought to slap
00:54:29that silly smirk
00:54:30right off your face.
00:54:31What difference
00:54:32does it make
00:54:33who double-crossed who?
00:54:34Who could have done
00:54:35the same thing
00:54:36as Walker tried to?
00:54:38Buy my information
00:54:39and trade it to you
00:54:40from your map.
00:54:42And all this
00:54:43because you refuse
00:54:44to confide in me.
00:54:46Now,
00:54:47are we partners?
00:55:09Mr. Carrington,
00:55:10I'd like to talk with you.
00:55:12I even went out
00:55:13to the airport
00:55:14to find you.
00:55:15She answered
00:55:15sir waiting
00:55:16at your plane.
00:55:17If he fools around
00:55:18with that plane,
00:55:18I'll...
00:55:18He's waiting
00:55:19to apologize.
00:55:21I, uh,
00:55:23I had a talk
00:55:23with Miss Allison
00:55:24last night
00:55:25and she told me
00:55:26what happened
00:55:26to you.
00:55:28I'm sorry.
00:55:29That's all right.
00:55:31Think nothing of it.
00:55:35All you gotta do
00:55:35is watch his mouth
00:55:36and don't pull him
00:55:37up too fast.
00:55:37Oh, that's fine.
00:55:38Say, Mr. Rule
00:55:39has a very interesting
00:55:40lay out here.
00:55:40You say he breeds
00:55:41horses too?
00:55:42Yes, sir.
00:55:43We cross quarter horse
00:55:43stallions with thoroughbred
00:55:45mares and get some
00:55:45mighty fine saddle horses.
00:55:47We got a beautiful
00:55:48stallion in there now,
00:55:49but he's wild and vicious.
00:55:50Oh, really?
00:55:51Yes, sir.
00:55:51Oh.
00:55:54Hey, look out there!
00:55:55Whoa, boy, whoa, boy.
00:55:56Didn't I tell you
00:55:57we had a wild stallion
00:55:58in there?
00:55:58Why, that's a man killer.
00:56:00We can't get a man
00:56:01around here to handle him.
00:56:02Oh, is that so?
00:56:03Yes, sir.
00:56:03Well, I hope you
00:56:04haven't got any
00:56:04man killer instincts.
00:56:06Oh, don't worry.
00:56:06He'll give you a nice ride.
00:56:08Right down the gate there
00:56:09and you can turn left.
00:56:11Oh, is that the trailer
00:56:12that goes by the airport?
00:56:13Oh, about four miles down.
00:56:14Oh, that's fine.
00:56:14It's just a nice ride.
00:56:15Thanks very much.
00:56:16Come on, boy.
00:56:17Okay, boy.
00:56:23To the airport, please.
00:56:48Well, I've known Liz for years.
00:56:50She practically lived with me
00:56:51all during the war.
00:56:52You see, I had a house
00:56:53in Honolulu.
00:56:54You stayed there
00:56:54for the duration?
00:56:55Yes.
00:56:56Liz was wonderful,
00:56:57the way she helped
00:56:58entertain the troops.
00:56:59Yes, I can believe that.
00:57:02And Porter,
00:57:02is he an old friend
00:57:03of the family?
00:57:05Why, yes.
00:57:05How did you know?
00:57:06I'm psychic that way.
00:57:08He's certainly
00:57:09been very nice to us.
00:57:11He read about Claude
00:57:12coming home
00:57:13from the prison camp
00:57:14and came to see us.
00:57:15Said he was an old friend
00:57:16of dancing.
00:57:16Was there anything
00:57:17he could do?
00:57:19Well, Mr. District Attorney,
00:57:21any more questions?
00:57:23Yes.
00:57:24When are you going
00:57:24to tell me the
00:57:25Oriental fairy tale
00:57:26about this ring?
00:57:27Oh, I'm sorry.
00:57:28I forgot to ask Claude
00:57:29about it again.
00:57:30Well, let's make
00:57:31up our own story.
00:57:32Let's see.
00:57:32There's a moon
00:57:33and a star
00:57:34and a date.
00:57:36It reminds me.
00:57:37What are you doing
00:57:38tonight?
00:57:39Oh, nothing.
00:57:42Nothing.
00:58:03You know, this is
00:58:04all right.
00:58:05It's kind of fun
00:58:05being alone like this.
00:58:06Well, I wouldn't call
00:58:08it being alone
00:58:09with all these people
00:58:10around.
00:58:10Well, at least
00:58:11we're not being
00:58:11followed by Jan,
00:58:12Claude, the Countess
00:58:14or Porter.
00:58:15Or an ex-wife.
00:58:16Hoby?
00:58:18Hoby, you've got to
00:58:19help me.
00:58:19I'm in a jam.
00:58:20I'm sorry, Irene.
00:58:21Not tonight.
00:58:22I'm all out of things
00:58:22to do for other people.
00:58:24Now, look.
00:58:24I helped you out
00:58:25last night when you
00:58:26asked me to...
00:58:27Excuse me.
00:58:28I'll be back
00:58:28in a minute.
00:58:41All right.
00:58:42Now, what do you
00:58:42want this time?
00:58:43Gregory Lawrence
00:58:44just called me
00:58:44from Death Valley.
00:58:45He made it after all.
00:58:46Good for Greg.
00:58:47I knew he'd make it.
00:58:48Oh, be serious.
00:58:48I want you to fly
00:58:49down there and pick him up.
00:58:50If that's your idea
00:58:51of being serious,
00:58:52you can count me out.
00:58:53All right.
00:58:53Then let me take your
00:58:54plane.
00:58:54I won't hurt it.
00:58:55I'm still not serious.
00:58:57That's a fine way
00:58:58to treat me
00:58:58after I stole
00:58:59that letter
00:59:00for you last night.
00:59:02Oh, here you are.
00:59:04Shall we join
00:59:05the others?
00:59:07Delighted.
00:59:11Say, how do you think
00:59:12you'd be at
00:59:12stealing a ring?
00:59:13Don't change the subject.
00:59:15I was talking about...
00:59:15You want to borrow
00:59:15my plane, don't you?
00:59:19All right.
00:59:21Good girl.
00:59:40All right.
00:59:43All right.
00:59:45Hard way 10.
00:59:46Hard way 10.
00:59:47Hard way 10.
00:59:491 is 9.
00:59:508 from Rome.
00:59:52Okay.
00:59:538 from Rome.
00:59:548 from Rome.
00:59:568 from Rome.
01:00:00Number 10?
01:00:01Countess, don't you move from my side.
01:00:03You're bringing me luck.
01:00:07Oh, I won.
01:00:08Isn't that wonderful?
01:00:09You did?
01:00:10Yeah!
01:00:15I'm so sorry.
01:00:19You'll have to excuse Miss Allison.
01:00:21She's stumbling.
01:00:22Quite all right.
01:00:32I'll call the airport.
01:00:33Tell them you're on your way.
01:00:39No wonder people go around beating you over their head.
01:00:49Well, here it is.
01:00:50Good.
01:00:51What'd you get?
01:00:52Stop asking questions.
01:00:54I don't mind telling you, I feel like a first class heel.
01:00:57A lot of things you have to do, you don't like doing to get your job done.
01:01:00What bothers me are the things I have to do to get your job done.
01:01:08Hey, big and easy inside of the field.
01:01:11Pick up your field, there.
01:01:14What about the deal with Wool?
01:01:15I'll settle everything.
01:01:17When does he pay off?
01:01:18Tonight.
01:01:31I'll see you in your room in 15 minutes
01:01:40My ring
01:01:41What about it?
01:01:42It's gone
01:01:43You sure you wore it tonight?
01:01:45Of course, I always wear it
01:01:48War?
01:01:51Claude
01:01:52Look, Cathy, don't bother me
01:01:53I'm busy
01:01:54But I
01:01:55Look, you forgot your chips
01:01:57Want me to cash them for you?
01:01:58Thanks, old boy
01:01:59I'll do as much for you sometime
01:02:08Mr. Rule
01:02:09If you have some business to attend to
01:02:11Go right ahead
01:02:12I'll play for you
01:02:13I've been playing in luck tonight
01:02:15Thank you
01:02:16I'll be back shortly
01:02:40Mr. Carrington, if you don't mind
01:02:41Cathy, there are a lot of things I'd like to talk to you about
01:02:44Telephone call for you, Mr. Carrington
01:02:45Okay
01:02:46Excuse me, I'll be
01:02:48Back in a minute, I know
01:02:56Bowie
01:02:57Bowie
01:02:58Just a minute
01:03:01Where's Miss Forrest?
01:03:02I just left her
01:03:03What do you want with her?
01:03:04Plenty
01:03:05That ring that you said belonged to her
01:03:07Is the map I've been looking for
01:03:08Mr. Carrington, your call is still on the line
01:03:11Just a minute
01:03:15Hello?
01:03:16Yes, this is Carrington
01:03:19What?
01:03:23You got a car, Donovan?
01:03:24Yes, why?
01:03:25Irene just crashed at the airport
01:03:27Crash?
01:03:32Oh, Mr. Rule
01:03:34You seem surprised
01:03:35Are you expecting someone else?
01:03:37Well, I didn't expect you
01:03:40By the way, what did you think of my horses?
01:03:43Oh, they were good
01:03:44They were very good
01:03:45But I didn't come here to talk about horses
01:03:48Sit down, Mr. Rule
01:03:50Are you interested in uranium?
01:03:53Well, uh
01:03:55World sources of atomic power
01:03:58Then you always were interested in strategic metals
01:04:01Let me see
01:04:02It was bauxite in South America
01:04:04Tungsten in Borneo
01:04:06Now uranium
01:04:08It seems that you've made a considerable amount of my business, your business
01:04:13Investigating agents of international cartels is my business
01:04:16Well, not a rat
01:04:18Every businessman who tries to make an honest dollar
01:04:21Is accused of being part of an international cartel
01:04:24You know and I both know
01:04:26That no one ever made an honest dollar in an international cartel
01:04:29And so, Rule
01:04:30Our government fully intends that that map will not fall into their hands
01:04:34What map?
01:04:35The map Claude Forrest is trying to sell to you
01:04:40It's my duty to warn you that we've been fully informed as to just how deeply involved you are in
01:04:45this
01:04:48If that's Claude, I'll tell you what to say
01:04:53Hello
01:04:56Yes
01:04:59Claude
01:05:01This is the rule
01:05:07Well
01:05:08Why can't I come to your room?
01:05:11Come out to your ranch?
01:05:14I'll find it
01:05:21I assume that you'd rather we take Forrest into custody out on your ranch than here in this room
01:05:25There might be some unpleasantness
01:05:28That's all right
01:05:29You government men think of everything
01:05:35Oh, just one more thing, Rule
01:05:37There's a plane leaving
01:05:38At 11.40
01:05:41I know what you mean
01:05:58You never know what happened
01:05:59If that's any consolation
01:06:02That was no accident
01:06:03It was a pure case of sabotage
01:06:06Why would they want to kill Irene?
01:06:08Because she knew the countess was a phony
01:06:10They didn't want to kill Irene
01:06:12It was you they wanted
01:06:13They thought you were taking off tonight
01:06:15Do you know that every member of that party was at this airfield
01:06:18One time or another this afternoon?
01:06:21Not Cathy
01:06:22I don't believe she'd have anything to do with it
01:06:26We'll soon find out
01:06:27We'll soon find out
01:06:28Let's go to the hotel
01:06:36Come in
01:06:45I brought you some bad news
01:06:47Who?
01:06:48I lost all your money
01:06:50Oh, forget it
01:06:51That was nothing
01:06:52Why is Claude?
01:06:54Claude?
01:06:55Why?
01:06:56He hasn't been here
01:06:57Then why are you leaving?
01:06:59Well
01:07:02Okay
01:07:03Unpack everything
01:07:05Countess
01:07:06If you think that I've got the map
01:07:08Mr. Rule
01:07:09We are wasting our time
01:07:12I expected Claude to double-cross me
01:07:14But not you
01:07:16Countess
01:07:16Just listen
01:07:18I haven't got the map
01:07:19There you
01:07:21He wasn't here
01:07:23Come on in Claude
01:07:24It's all right
01:07:26Did Rule tell you?
01:07:27Did Rule tell me what?
01:07:29Give me that map?
01:07:31I don't know what you're talking about
01:07:32The one you've been trying to sell Rule
01:07:34Look I've gone to a lot of bother to get that
01:07:36After all traveling around the country with you for six weeks
01:07:39Is not my idea of a pleasure joint
01:07:42I have a letter that you want
01:07:44Did Gliss sell you that?
01:07:46No
01:07:47Walker had it
01:07:49You mean you took it from Walker?
01:07:51He was hardly in a position to hand it to me
01:07:54Here take it and read it
01:07:56Come on over here where the light's better
01:07:58Over here where the stall
01:08:03What's the matter with that horse?
01:08:05Oh nothing Claude nothing
01:08:06Just a wild horse
01:08:08He's a killer
01:08:09I'm getting out of here
01:08:10You're not going anywhere to give me that map
01:08:13You wouldn't dare use that gun
01:08:15Everybody would know you shot me
01:08:17If they found you in that stall
01:08:18It would look like an accident wouldn't it?
01:08:23All right Mr Rule
01:08:24Make that two tickets
01:08:26If I can't watch Claude
01:08:28At least I can keep an eye on you
01:08:29I miss you at Galati
01:08:34But I tell you I haven't got the map
01:08:36You have to have it
01:08:36For a while out in the islands
01:08:37I thought Van Bush had it
01:08:38But he's only a fortune hunter trying to marry Cathy
01:08:40Then I suspected the countess
01:08:42Up until last night
01:08:43But she wouldn't have tried to sell Walker the letter
01:08:45She'd have sold him the map
01:08:47So?
01:08:47So?
01:08:48I still haven't got the map
01:08:50Give me that map
01:08:51I haven't got it
01:08:52Cathy's got it
01:08:53It's her ring
01:08:54I'll get it for you tomorrow
01:08:55Call her up
01:08:56Call up right now
01:08:57I...
01:08:58Do as I tell you
01:09:00Uh huh
01:09:04Yes
01:09:05Yes of course
01:09:07I'll be there right away
01:09:09All right dear
01:09:10Who's there?
01:09:11It was Claude
01:09:12He wants me to go out to Mr Rule's ranch
01:09:14Cathy
01:09:15I forbid you to go
01:09:16Oh stop it
01:09:22But Cathy
01:09:23You'll never get Claude to stand on his own feet
01:09:25If you don't stop tagging after him
01:09:26Jan will you please leave me alone?
01:09:28Oh but Cathy
01:09:43Oh Liz
01:09:44You must do something for me
01:09:45Will you have a talk with Cathy?
01:09:46Oh not now Jan
01:09:47Please not now
01:10:05Take care of all
01:10:06Take care of all
01:10:07But what would you want to hold me?
01:10:09I told Porter everything I know
01:10:11He's the one said I should leave town
01:10:13Oh Porter told you to leave town eh?
01:10:16Yes
01:10:18Where's Cathy?
01:10:19She went to Rule's ranch
01:10:21You let her go out there alone?
01:10:23Look Carrington
01:10:23I'm not responsible to you for any of my actions
01:10:26As a matter of fact
01:10:26There's only one way to deal with you
01:10:31You never will learn
01:10:53Carrington
01:10:53Carrington
01:10:53Carrington
01:10:54I'm telling you
01:10:55Porter is at my ranch right now arresting Claude
01:10:59Porter is not arresting anyone
01:11:02You really need to stop?
01:11:03Bring these people in and vote
01:11:04You're stupid little man
01:11:06Look
01:11:10You sure she's wearing the ring?
01:11:12You know she always wears it
01:11:13I told her never to take it off
01:11:14I told her there was a legend connected with it
01:11:17How do I read it?
01:11:19Well
01:11:22A star is north
01:11:23And the sun is east
01:11:26The date represents the latitude and the longitude
01:11:29The trident represents water
01:11:31The whole deposit is submerged in a coral reef in shallow water
01:11:40The
01:11:49...
01:11:51...
01:11:51...
01:11:52...
01:12:05Oh, hello Kathy.
01:12:07Hello, where's Claude?
01:12:08Um, come in.
01:12:16Uh, Claude, um, he met with an accident.
01:12:19An accident?
01:12:20Yes, he's in there.
01:12:23You wouldn't want to meet with an accident, would you?
01:12:27I don't know what you mean.
01:12:28I want that ring with a map on it.
01:12:30But I lost it, I haven't got it.
01:12:42Hello, Kathy, let's get out of here.
01:12:44But what is this all about?
01:12:45It's a long story, not a very pretty one.
01:12:47Let's go.
01:13:02Thanks, Donovan.
01:13:03You finally paid off.
01:13:05You evened up the score.
01:13:06The score has never evened up.
01:13:09As long as men like Porter are still alive.
01:13:36Okay, George, he's all yours.
01:13:37Don't forget to sweep out the rice.
01:13:39Okay, Hobie, I got another flight for you, Hobie.
01:13:42Are you kidding, Donovan?
01:13:43You know I won't do any more jobs for you.
01:13:45Yes, but this is right down your alley.
01:13:46It's a wedding in Las Vegas.
01:13:49And I'm going to be the best man.
01:13:51Not a chance.
01:13:52I'm booked for the weekend.
01:13:54And besides, there's too many people getting married.
01:13:57I heard what you said.
01:13:59Do you know what I mean?
01:14:10A fine thing, having Donovan propose for you.
01:14:14What kind of a girl are you?
01:14:15Just for that, I have a good notion to her.
01:14:17So have I.
01:14:20Hey, George.
01:14:21Never mind about the rice.
01:14:23Sleepy.!
01:14:30Always.
01:14:33Sleepy.
01:14:34Sleepy.
01:14:34Sleepy.
01:14:35Sleepy Dimit fills in
01:14:35the Judgey. Sleepy Displays in the
01:14:35sleep's got me. Sleepy!
01:14:35Sleepy ice. Sleepy
01:14:35meille... Sleepyís
01:14:36Sleepyvie... Sleepy cliff in
01:14:37the Truth. Sleepy
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