Condemned! (1929)

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Close that hatch!

Get away from me!

Will you close
that hatch!

Do you want to
drown us out?

Let us sink,
what do we care?

We'll be better off drowning
than where we're going!

No, no!
Don't say that!
Don't say that!

Right, Michel.

Let's drown
and feed the fishes!

What else
are we good for?

Hey, Captain!
Let her sink!

She ought to sink,
she's a disgrace!

We're a disgrace!
You're a disgrace.

What does
it look like?

It's not bad.
It's green,
there are trees!

It's a jungle.

Give us a look,
can't you?

It's a jungle.
You get away
in the jungle!

Yes,
and then what?

They get away
every day.

I thought
it was an island!

Part of it is.

Hey, you've had
your share.

Step down, son.

Line form on the right
for the first glimpse
of Devil's Island!

Don't crowd, boys,

you'll have plenty of time
to look at it
when you get there.

Step down now!
Order! Order!

Oh, what is it, Jean?
Was there something wrong
with your lunch today?

Nothing I'm not
accustomed to
by this time.

I serve you
as well as I know how.

The wife of the warden
of this prison
shouldn't be serving,

she should be waited on,
like a queen!

Now, it isn't good for you
to quarrel in this heat.
You know it isn't.

Well, it's your fault!
You have no sense of
your position as my wife.

Washing your own dishes!
Scrubbing your own floors.

It makes me
look

ridiculous.

We should have a convict
to do the work here.

Oh, don't ask me
to take a convict
into the house, Jean.

Please.
Please.

I'm afraid of
your convicts.

I'm afraid of
everything here.

Why did I marry
such a fool?

See who that is.

Madame.

What do you want?

From the prison, Madame.

To notify the warden
that the convicts
have been landed.

He says
the convicts
have already...

I heard him.

My tunic.

You're sitting
on it, Jean.

Oh.

My helmet.

My umbrella.

Attention!

Attention!
Attention!

Stop.

Well, here you are,

and here
for the present,
you stay.

You have only
yourselves to thank.

You will be expected
to learn the regulations.

You will be severely punished
if you don't obey them.

You have come here
filled with
ideas of escape.

You have heard
that prisoners here
are loosely guarded.

That is because this prison
lies between
the jungle and the sea.

The jungle
is filled with fever

and the sea,
with sharks.

There is no escape
from Devil's Island.

Prepare
for inspection.

- Any relatives living?
- No, sir.

Any trade?
No, sir.

All right, move on.

47229.
What orders, sir?

Hard labor.

Get your shirt
at that window.

Pierre Hidoux, next.

Pierre Hidoux,
Pierre Hidoux,
Pierre Hidoux.

Here's
your shirt, 47229.

Pierre Hidoux,
you've been
here before.

I remember
your face.

It isn't so easy to forget.

You must
like it here.

I'm hard to k*ll.

You tried
escaping last time.

I didn't succeed.
No.

Move on.

47230.
Orders, sir.

Hard labor,
as usual.

Jacques Duval.

Jacques Duval,
Jacques Duval,
Jacques Duval.

Who wants
Jacques Duval?

47230,
here's your shirt.

Jacques Duval.

You're handsomely decorated.

I'm a work of art.

What's that?

That? Thoughts of Mother.

And that?

The eye of the law.

It must have been
watching you.

I may be hard to look at,
but I'm easy to see.

Jacques Duval, a soldier,
African cavalry,

in for life,
a m*rder*r.

Why didn't you get
the guillotine?

Well, we have
a guillotine of our own.

Cut on the dotted line.

Move on.

47231.
Anything special, sir?

Hard labor,
the hardest we've got.

Michel Aubian, next.

Michel Aubian,
Michel Aubian,
Michel Aubian.

Number 47231.
Here's your shirt.

Is your name
Michel Aubian?

That's all.

Where do you come from?

Any place in Paris.

You're an unusual type
for a criminal.

That's been
the secret of my success.

What's your profession?
I'm a thief.

So I see.
Arrested for
robbing a bank.

Ah, no, for trying
to rob one.

What did you do
before you took up
bank robberies?

Robbed easier places.

And before that?
Picked pockets.

Always a thief?

No, only since
I learned to walk.

Let's see your hands.

I don't suppose
you've ever been
a servant.

Certainly not.

You'll find prison
a poor place
to be proud in, my friend.

Move on.

47232.
What orders, sir?

Make a note to speak to me
about him in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Felix Carriere, next.

Felix Carriere,
Felix Carriere.

47232.
Here you are.

Is this elegant garment
for my private use?

Can't you read
your number on it?

My number?

Well, why not?

All right,
I'll think of you
when I wear it.

Hey, how was
the trip over?

Marvelous!
Marvelous!

What time
did you get?

Life.
Where do you
sleep here?

What're you
asking me for?

How's Paris?
Lousy.

Think of
sleeping there?

Any objections?

No, that boy died of
the fever this morning.

Lucky devil.

Is that
your idea of luck?

It'll be yours yet.

Oh-h*,
little sunshine.

Well, this don't
remind me much of Paris!

No, they say a change
is always healthy, though.

That depends
on the change.

You wouldn't think it,
young fellow,

but I was brought up
in a nice family, I was.

I'm sensitive.
I almost wish I hadn't
k*lled that woman.

Oh, no.
I mean it.

I always knew it paid
to live respectable.

Here, smoke up!

Oh, I couldn't,
it's your last!

Huh?

We'll smoke together.

Like a pair
of love birds, huh?

Say, we might
stick together, too.

Hey, it's nice of me
to offer that.

A first-class m*rder*r
like I am,

and you, only
a common second story man.

In the first place,
I'm not a common one,

and in the second place,
I'm a thief, and therefore
a man of intellect,

which is more than you are.

Then you turn down
the partnership?

Oh, no, I'm not a snob.

I'm as simple a fellow
as you could wish to meet.

Smoke up.

Hmm!

♪ We go on marching
to our prison cell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ Dreary dreams,
empty dreams

♪ Scheming shattered,
scattered schemes

♪ We go on marching

♪ What a tale we tell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ The world only laughs
when we cry

♪ But we'll show the world
how the brave can die

♪ Row by row

♪ On we go

♪ To the devil
down below... ♪

Who cares about us?

I says to him,
I says,

"How can a man
live or work
on the kind of grub we get?"

Right?
Right?

Escape! The sea
is the better way.

You go up this river
and down that one,
and there you are.

Two men got
to Havana in a boat.

Ah, but they
were caught there!

The river
is a better way!

Yes, but they got there.
If we could steal a boat...

Everybody pass.
Deal 'em again!

One, two, three.
One, two, three.

Get back, you men.
Back!

Get back!

Solitary confinement
for them.

I'd rather
get the guillotine!

The question is,
"What becomes
of a man here?"

Ah! That's more like it.

Now the mirror, fellow,
the mirror.

Now, if I only had
a decent suit of clothes.

I wouldn't be so bad.

Say! You know
I get paid for this.

You get paid?
Well, now,
with what I wonder.

I'm afraid
you'll have to
charge it.

Charge it? To you?
Uh-huh.

Unless...

Say, for a convict,
you're putting on
a lot of airs.

Well, why not?

After all I'm on my way
to be butler
to the Warden's lady.

In there.

Wait here.

I gave you your chance
to find yourself a houseboy
you wouldn't be afraid of.

You didn't take it.
Now I've found
one for you.

Oh, Jean,
you haven't.

Oh, you couldn't.
Not after the way
I've begged you.

Oh, for pity's sake, Jean,
don't do this to me,
I can't bear it.

Once more
I ask you.

Why did I marry
such a fool?

I'm afraid.
I'm afraid.

You'll get over that.

Come in, thief.

Well, come in,
come in.

No good
will come of this.

You'll be sorry.
You'll see.
You'll be sorry.

I doubt that.

The kitchen's
in that way.

Well, a man in my position,
not to have a houseboy

ridiculous!

There you are.
You see? You see?

A home.

A home, my love,
that any man
could be proud of.

Yes, Jean.

Oh, you're spilling
your coffee
on your shirt.

Mmm?

Oh, well, so I am.
I wonder how I did that.

I think it must be dripping
from your bread, sir.

Perhaps you're right,
perhaps you're right.

I'm sure I'm right, sir.

Allow me, sir.

Pass me
the sugar, my dear.

Huh? Ah, yes.

What was I saying?

You were saying
how pleased you are
with your home these days.

Ah, yes, so I was.
And whom have
we to thank for that, eh?

Michel?

Oh, now you're
putting me off again.

But you've asked
the same question
every morning

since Michel came
into the house.

Well, I see
no harm in that.

I wake up every morning,
get out of bed,

dress myself, shave,

drink my coffee
every morning.

Why shouldn't
I ask the same question
every morning?

A man in my position
is privileged
to repeat himself.

All men

repeat themselves.

Particularly
to their wives.

You found
Michel, Jean.

You persuaded your
stupid Alsatian wife
to take him in.

I thank you, Jean.

Will that do until
tomorrow morning?

I'm not sure
you're as respectful
as you should be.

However, I prefer
to ignore that.

Michel.

Michel, I say!

Michel!

Fetch me my helmet
and my umbrella.

Yes, sir.

Ah!

You're a good boy, Michel.
Quite a remarkable type
for a criminal.

Oh, quite remarkable, sir.

What a judge of
character I am.

Oh-h*,
what a judge, sir!

Well, I'm off.

Goodbye.

Huh?

Is that any way for a wife
to kiss her husband?

I'm sorry, Jean.
I didn't mean...

There. There. There.

That's better.

Not such
a bad wife either.

Stupid, of course.

Not up to my level,
but dependable.

Dependable.

Well, I'm off.

Well...

No one can say
that I don't deserve
my blessings.

That is, no one
who knows me.

Uh-uh.

Oh, yes, yes.
I forgot.
Well, I'm off.

Oh, there's
the market bell,
Michel.

Yes, I heard it,
Madame.

Go get your basket.
I'll finish the table.

I've just done, Madame.

Here, let me
have those things.

That's a woman's work,
not a man's.

Whatever it is,
it's my work, Madame.

And anyway,
I'm not a man,
I'm a convict.

Your husband
made that
very clear just now.

Oh, Michel, my husband
doesn't mean...
He just doesn't think.

Have you noticed
that, too, Madame?

Michel!
Oh, forgive me.

Madame, may I
say something?

If you're sure,
you'd better.

It's only this,
your kindness makes me forget
that I'm a convict.

You make me wonder
how I could ever
have been a thief.

In the morning, when
we come by, the line of us,
from the prison,

I meet you
coming from early mass
with your rosary and book.

You make me forget
that this place is a prison.
You make it seem like...

Like any village
at home, in France,

with all the women
coming from early mass

and the streets, sweet
with the smell of baking.

That's what
I had to say, Madame.

You make me very happy
telling me that, Michel.

And I'm not afraid
of you anymore.

I'm glad
of that, Madame.

I'm not the least
bit afraid of you.

Madame, you almost
make prison a pleasure.

We mustn't be late
to market, Michel.

No, Madame.
I'll get the basket.

Is that
fresh k*lled?

This morning.

How much do
you want for it?

Two francs.

All right.

Oh, good morning,
Madame Vidal.

Good morning.

Here you are.

Oh, Michel,
I must stop in here.

Oh, look, Michel.
Did you ever see
anything so sweet?

For his size, Madame,
he certainly has charm.

If only the people here
were as nice
as the monkeys.

That's true of people
everywhere, Madame.

Why doesn't your husband
buy him for you?

Oh, if only he would.

My husband
isn't fond of pets.

Come get your fish.

Fresh fish!

You buy
the fish, Michel.

Oh, how right you are!

Two mackerels.

I think he's fine.
I'd like
a lover like him.

For shame!

Just wait until
Vidal finds out.

Madame...

Oh, now,
don't hurry me,
Michel.

Oh, I'm not hurrying you,
Madame. Anything but.

That's right.

This is the only thing
I do here that I like.

I come down here
by the sea
and dream of home.

Don't you sometimes
think of your old life
back in France?

Often, Madame.

Yes, I suppose you must.

You wouldn't be here
if it weren't for
your old life, would you?

No.

There's a great deal
in what you say, Madame.

Poor Michel.

What do you remember
about France, Madame?

Oh, I just remember
my little village in Alsace.

I've never been to Alsace.
No?

No. There wouldn't be
much there
for a thief to steal.

No.

Tell me about
your village, Madame.

Oh, life was
very pleasant there,
peaceful and safe.

There's a little square
just like any other,

where the young people walk
and make love in the evening.

The inn is at
the bottom of the square,
just opposite the church.

My father kept the inn
before he died.

He had 14 children,
my father did.

He wasn't very sorry
to see me married off.

And there's a fountain
right in the middle
of the square.

The oxen come
and drink at it.

A fountain with
a statue on a column.

Statue of St. John.

St. John the Baptist.

Sometimes I get very homesick
for my little village.

Oh, look.

Look at them down there,
struggling in the water.

Heave, h*!
Heave, h*!
Heave, h*!

Poor convicts.

Prison! Everywhere
you look here, prison!

Don't you ever think of
getting away from here,
across the sea, back home?

If you mean escape,
no, Madame, I do not.

If I were a prisoner,
I'd escape.

Oh-h*,
you'd get caught.

I'd try just the same,
I'd die trying.

Well, that was a nice thing
for me to say to you.

Why shouldn't
you say it?

After all,
you're just as much
a prisoner as I am.

I, a prisoner? Why...

Well, your husband,

he didn't come
from your village
in Alsace?

Oh, no. No. He came there
with the soldiers
during the w*r.

Oh. And that's when
you fell in love with him?

When I was a child,
I fell in love
with that statue of St. John.

My husband used to look
just like St. John.

He's changed
considerably.

He's got stouter, yes.

We must go home now.

Hey, I want to
buy that animal.

Huh?
I want to buy that animal.

How much?

Oh, no.
That's too much.

Uh-uh.

No?

Well, I wouldn't want
a mirror either
if I had a face like yours.

Uh-uh.

Well, if it's money
you want,
I suppose I'll have to...

Now, Michel,
which are you going to be,
honest or generous?

Generous. Huh?

I was just talking
to myself.

Come on.

Where were you, Michel?
You should be following me.

I stopped to do
an errand, Madame.

Oh, Michel.

You bought him
for me?

Well, the purchase
was made
through me, Madame.

Oh, you darling
little fellow.

Oh, he's sweet.
Oh, thank you, Michel.

Thank you.

Well, now
that we've started...

Started?

Yes, haven't we started?
Who would have thought
we had so much to say.

No, Michel.

There are some things
that had better not be said.

If you were a prisoner,
you'd escape, you said.

There are some prisons
one can't escape from.

No.

You are a convict.
She is the Warden's wife.
Don't be a fool.

Madame.
Madame.

I was just
passing by.

So was I.

On my way
to the market.

On my way home.

They say...

They say...

And she
is the warden's wife,
and he, a convict.

They used to
come here every day.

Yes, but it's weeks
since they've been here.

No.
They stay home
all day now.

Ah!

Doesn't Vidal know?

Why,
the whole town knows.

Oh.
Mmm-hmm.

And they sit
in the garden all day.

Let's walk by
and see.

All right.

All right.
I'm sure they'll be there.

I never did like her.

I never could see
what Vidal saw in her.

They tell me, they sit all day
in the garden together.

I heard
that, too.

Oh, say!
Have you heard?

Why, the whole town
is talking
about that convict.

Let's go by and see.

And peek
over the garden wall?

- Shall we?
- Yes.

I was hoping that
he'd make love to her.

He'd make love
beautifully.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old...

You seem to take
great interest
in my garden, ladies.

Such cabbages...

Such
marvelous cabbages.

Be good enough
to tell me
what you meant by...

By what?

Oh... Nothing.

Good morning, ladies.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Poor old Vidal.

Stop that singing!

Why, Jean!

You, too!

Oh, no, no!
Oh, how could you?

Oh, no!
How could you?

I've stood for
that monkey long enough!

You weren't
expecting me? Eh?

What is the matter
with you, Jean?
Are you ill?

Ill? No.

Yes.

Yes, I... I have
a headache.

Oh, now, you've been
walking in the heat again.
How many times...

Michel. Michel, run down
to the prison and tell
the doctor to come here.

No. No doctors!

Oh, Please, Jean.
It may be sunstroke.

I say no doctors.

You will take care of me.

Yes, of course.
But you'll stay
quietly at home?

Oh, yes.
Yes, I'll stay at home.

I'm needed more at home
than anywhere.

That's right.

And you'll sit by me
and nurse me.

Yes, of course, I will.

And show me
what a good wife
you can be to me, eh?

Will you take those things
into the kitchen, Michel?

Wait!

Come here.

Closer!

How old are you?

Who? Me?
Yes, you!

Twenty-nine.

Twenty-nine.

Get out! Go back
where you belong!

Jean! Go along, Michel.
Go along...

Jean, I never heard you
speak like that before.

What is the matter with you?
What is the matter?

I'm not sure yet.

One has to be
absolutely sure
about these things.

Come, lie down.

Lie down, now.

You'll see
what good care
we can take of you.

Oh, yes. Yeah.

I'll see a great deal,
won't I?

Where are you going?

To the kitchen.
What for?

Why, to get
some vinegar and water
to bathe your head.

Lie down now.

Lie down and rest,
and close your eyes.

Oh, yeah.

Close my eyes, huh?

♪ Weary hearts,
dreary souls

♪ Trekking endless,
friendless goals

♪ We go on marching
to our prison cell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ Dreary dreams,
empty dreams

♪ Scheming shattered,
scattered schemes

♪ We go on marching

♪ What a tale we tell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ The world only laughs
when we cry

♪ But we'll show the world
how the brave can die

♪ Row by row

♪ On we go

♪ To the devil down below

♪ We go on marching
on our way to hell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ Dreary souls

♪ Trekking endless,
friendless goals

♪ We go on marching
on our way to hell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ Dreary dreams,
empty dreams

♪ Scheming shattered,
scattered schemes

♪ We go on marching
on our way to hell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ The world only laughs
when we cry

♪ But we'll show the world
how the brave can die

♪ Row by row

♪ On we go

♪ To the devil down below

♪ We go on marching
on our way to hell

♪ Singing a song
of the condemned

♪ Weary hearts,
dreary souls... ♪

It's a full hour
since you've said a word.

Is it? I must
have been dreaming.

Dreaming?

The bed is the place
for dreaming.

Are you ready
for bed?

Yes.

It's after 9:00.

What's the matter now?

I don't know.

You're crying.

I can't help it if I am.

Help it? Certainly
you can help it!

I can't... I can't...

I thought you were...

Well... Never mind.
Here, drink this.

I'll get
a glass of water.

You've spoiled
the softest berth
a convict ever had,

that's what
you've done.

You wasn't sent here
to give no monkeys
to ladies.

Ah, women!

You and I'd both be angels
if it weren't for women.

At least I would.

Well, I would be
a law-abiding
respectable citizen

if it weren't
for women.

With a large family, too.

Yes, you'd need
women for the family.

Oh, let's go to bed.

Careful, Michel.
Careful.

You're acting
so strangely tonight, Jean.

You've noticed that?

I can't help
noticing it.

I'm thinking
we might do
without Michel.

I thought
you liked Michel.

Have you any objections
to letting him go?

Haven't you better
tell me just
what's on your mind, Jean?

Better lock up.

You've fallen in love,
that's what
you've done, Michel.

You've come to prison
and you've fallen in love.

Can't nothing learn you
to live respectable?

I'm not in love.

She's kind to me
and I'm grateful.
That's all it comes to.

It's only when I...

When I think of them
together...

What then?

That's harder to take.

Careful, Michel. Careful.

Careful.

You almost
dropped the lamp.

I'm sorry.

You don't want to
set the place
on fire, do you?

No.

What are you staring at?

You.

Me?

What's got into you?

You act as though
you'd never laid eyes
on me before.

We weren't married
yesterday, you know. Eh?

No, we've been married
quite some time.

Happily married.

I've been
a good husband to you.

A good husband.

Come here.

No.

What?

I can't.

Oh, don't touch me.

I'm afraid of you,
I don't want
you to touch me.

Oh, Jean.
So, you're afraid of me, eh?

Are you afraid
I found out your secret?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

It isn't such a secret
as you think!
The whole town knows it.

What are you
talking about?

It's the town
that's talking!

Calling me
poor old Vidal!
Poor old Vidal!

But that may be
what you call me, too.

Please, Jean.

You're not afraid
of him, are you?

I won't listen to you,
I'll run away from here.

I'll run
to the priest, I'll...

You'll listen to me
and to the rest of
this town jabbering.

Jabbering how
you and your convict,
your young...

I won't listen to you.

It makes no difference
if he is young.
29, 59, 89!

He's a convict.
I won't listen.

I'll get to the truth
of this.

If I can't get it from you,
I know who I can get it from.

Not Michel.
Why not Michel?

Have you gone crazy?

No, don't go.
You can't.
No, no, stop.

Michel hasn't
done anything.

Stop! Oh, stop!
Can't somebody stop him?
He'll k*ll him.

Oh, don't let him k*ll Michel.
Don't let him k*ll Michel!

Michel.

Michel.

Michel.

Oh, Michel.

Well, well,
well, well...

Here he is
now, sir.

Now! It's about
time, too!

So, come here.

Leave me alone
with this man.

No, wait, wait.

You had better not
leave me alone.

Wait there
by the door.

Can you guess
why you have been
brought here?

Come on. Now, you tell me
and save us
the trouble of guessing.

I'll put you
where you won't feel
so bright, my friend

or so young either.

You'll put me nowhere.
You've got nothing on me.
There's nothing to get on me.

You've been
annoying my wife
with your attentions.

She hasn't said so.

Tell me the truth
if you know
what's good for you.

Oh, let's go back
and get our beauty sleep.

Did you or did you not
give my wife a monkey?

Supposing I did?
What of it?

Are you or
are you not my wife's...

Oh, oh, oh, oh.
I wouldn't ask that
if I were you.

Why not?

Because your mother
wouldn't be proud
of her little boy.

Thinking such nasty thoughts
about a lady.

Answer me!
Are you or are you not?

It's a sweet state of affairs

when a man in your position
can ask such a question
of a man in mine.

But I'll answer you
if you are dead certain
you want the answer.

And what is the answer?

What is it?

Hold him.
We got him, sir.

He struck me.
Yes, he struck me!
You saw him strike me.

Yes, sir.

Take him away,
take him away.
Lock him up.

Wait, wait.

You said I had
nothing on you, eh?

Well, I've got
something on you now.

You're going to
the solitary cells,
my friend!

You're going to solitary
and you are
going to stay there!

You'll see how young
and bright you feel!

Oh, all right,
it's worth
being locked up for.

Take him away.
Take him away.

Michel!

We're both prisoners,
remember that, Madame.

Take him away!
Take him away!

What have you done?
What have I done?

Your lover
tried to m*rder me.

He isn't my lover,
he never was,

and never
would have been my lover.

Don't lie to me.

I'm not lying,
it's the truth
I'm telling you.

I was the one.
I was the one
who loved him.

That's the truth
and I don't care
who knows it.

I love him
and I'll always love him,
and I'd die for him.

Better take things
easier than that, son.

Men go crazy here
if they don't take
things easy.

He's crazy already.

Trouble?

It's that boy
in Number Three again.

He won't last
much longer now.

Oh, well.

Well, I guess
that's that.

Psst! Psst!

Oh, it's you again.

Not so loud.

What do you want?
Who are you?

I'm Pierre Hidoux,
doing six months
of the quiet life

for k*lling a man
in a fight
the day we landed.

I came on the boat with you.
Don't you remember?

Yes, I remember.

Stand on your bed,
we can talk
after the sentry passes.

It makes things easier
to talk a bit.

No, I have nothing to say.

You used to have
plenty to say.

Before I came here
that was.

How long
are you here for?

Six months.

Six months!

I lost my head
over a woman.

First time
in my life.

I didn't mean to do it.
I didn't realize
I was doing it!

Eh, not so loud.

I fell in love,
that's what I did!

Went and lost my head.
Now, look at me!

Oh! Can't somebody
stop that brat!

Hang that guy!

Stop that noise!

Ah, don't bother.
Let them beat
their brains out.

All right.

I haven't got it
after all.

He won't give us
any more trouble,
not for six months, anyway.

Why don't you
lock me up
in a cell, too?

I suppose you don't think
you deserve any punishment.

You have
no moral sense.

You make
a laughing stock
of me

and then you stand there
like Joan of Arc.

I've a good mind
to send you back
to France.

Oh.

You don't seem to
relish that idea.

No.
Why not?

You know why not.

You are shameless,
positively shameless.

I'm honest, anyway.

I don't care
what you do to me,
only don't send me back.

Back you go
by the next boat.

You can find other things
to love in France.

How will I know
what becomes of him
if you send me away?

If you had any sense
of decency,
you wouldn't want to know.

Oh, Holy Mother!

Well, I consider it
a sacrilege

for a woman like you
to mention the...

However, if you
have a mind to pray,

I have
no objection to that.

Here, here,
pray for forgiveness.

No, I'm not
going to pray.

Go on
and send me back.

k*ll me, if you like.

You'll see who gets
the best of this.

I'm not afraid
of you now.

I despise you.

I loathe
the sight of you!

Send me back.

I'll find a way
to get the best of you!
You'll see if I don't!

Well, in the meantime...

Come in, m*rder*r.

So that you
won't be lonely,

I've found you
another houseboy

to replace your...
To replace Michel.

The prison
hadn't anything prettier
or safer to offer.

There.

I hope you like him.

Well, give me
that broom, Madame.

It's all right, Madame.
I'm Michel's friend.

His friend?

Just that, Madame.

I see.

This the day you boys
go over solitary way?

Yeah.

I should send
a small package
back over here.

Huh? What would be
the nature
of the package?

Cigarettes.

No knives
or files or anything?

Feel of it.

Cigarettes
for the new one.

The new one?

No knives or files
or anything?

Feel of it.

Cigarettes
for the new one.

The new one?

No knives or files
or anything?

Feel of it.

Cigarettes
for the new one.

The new one?

No knives or files
or anything?

Feel of it.

We'll just walk along.

I don't care so much
for your view at that.

Too flat
for my taste.

Oceans is apt
to be flat.

Pierre!
Pierre Hidoux!

Pierre Hidoux.

Yes, I'm here.

I want to be
sociable now.
Here, smoke this.

Wait, I'll give you
a whole package.

And the matches
with them.

Now... Now, tell me
all you know
about escape.

You tried it once.
You told me
how you tried it.

Go on, begin talking
about escape.

Escape from here?
Don't be a fool.
It can't be done.

I'm going to do it.
I'm gonna make
history, brother.

I've just got my ticket
back to Paris,
and I can't miss that boat.

I've got a scheme, brother.
I've got a scheme.

I've been thinking,
give it up.

Not a chance.
You do your part.

I'll do my part.
But the...

Every man
for himself!

Man missing!

- Man missing!
- One man missing!

Can you see
anyone in the water?

No one in the water!

How about that gate?
The gate's unlocked.

Unlocked?
Where are you going?

I'm going to
look outside, sir.

Well, you go
with them, too!

Hey, go with them
outside there!

Look outside
that gate everywhere!

Which man
got away?

The new one.
Well, he won't get far.

There you are.
That's a boy.

Got away in
a motor boat, too. Eh?

Well, why don't they have
an ocean liner there
to take him back to Europe.

Fools, the jackasses!
I'll have a lot of them
broken for this.

What orders, sir?
Orders! Orders?

A man breaks out of solitary
and you ask me for orders!

Give him
the Legion of Honor!

Give him anything,
but don't ask me!

What did you say
his name was?

Aubian's
the name, sir.

What's that?

- Michel Aubian.
- You know him, sir.

I didn't think
you were serious
about letting him go.

Who said anything
about letting him go?

Well, then
the usual thing
I suppose, sir?

No, no. Not for Michel.

No, I shall have
special orders for Michel.

Only let me
think a moment.

Let me think.

You...

You're going
after him yourself?

Don't you think
I'd better?

I told you that young man
wouldn't give us
any more trouble.

I wasn't
quite right.

Well, this will be
the end of it.

Hey, you there,
Jacques!

What about
that food?

One minute, Warden,
one minute.

Oh, well, bring it down
after me to the wharf.

Here, you stay here
and cover them.

Yes, sir.

Come on, you!
Wake up, wake up!

I'll help
in the kitchen.

You... Would you mind
waiting in front,
outside I mean?

Certainly not, Madame.

Thank you.

Madame...

You've got to find him
and take things to him.

Careful, Madame.
Soldier!

Or he'll starve out there
if you don't
get food to him.

Get hold of
yourself, Madame.

You've got
to find him, Jacques.
You've got to find him.

Well, he won't have
time to look.

Michel, Michel!

Don't kiss her.

Why not?

You'll throw your luck.
Well, he's right.

You'd better run.
You've got to learn
to live respectable.

Oh, Michel,
you shouldn't have come.

You're wrong. I've got
important business here.

Oh, but there are soldiers
all around the house.

Well, keep them
out of the kitchen.

Are you nearly ready,
Madame?

Oh, yes.
In just a minute.
You startled me.

Forgive me, Madame.

No, no, don't pull
the curtain.
He'll suspect.

Here.

Take this out to him
and keep him
talking a minute.

What is it?
A piece of cheese.

A piece of cheese.

Now,
pay close attention.

Here we are,

and here up the Coast
is Paramaribo.
Your boat's up there.

Now I come up
our river

and cross the jungle
and down this other river

to meet you at Paramaribo,
where you are waiting
on the boat for me.

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

Now, I don't know
how I get there
or when I get there,

but with you behind me,
I do get there somehow,
and in time.

And you get me on board
and we sail together.

Back to France.

Oh, anywhere will do.

Well, you must have
clothes for me.

A goodly disguise,
everything.

Money, ticket.

Can you manage?

I'll manage somehow.

Oh, my love.

What's the soldier doing?

Eating the cheese.

All right,
I'll be off.

You go ahead
and scout.

And wait. Take that food.
I can make use of it.

Keep the soldier talking.

Five minutes now
will mean a lifetime later.

Has that dolt come
from my house yet?

Not yet, Warden.

Ah! Can I get
no obedience here?

Stop fooling
with that light.
Start her up!

They can't hear me
with that racket going.

Goodbye, Jacques.

Goodbye, Michel.

Hey, wait!

What?

I'm going with you
to look after you.

What?

Sure, just decided.
I'm in for life.
I got nothing to lose.

Shut that motor!

Listen!

What did you
cut your motor for?

They can hear it.

They've cut
their motor, too.

Yes, but not soon enough.
After them!

Hit you?
No!

Make for the shore.

What's that
in that boat?

Their food, sir.
Food?

Well, they won't
get far without that.

Land! Land!
And get after them!

Not that way,
over this way!

I'm here, sir!

Which way, sir?

That way, you fool.

Go on, scatter!
Scatter!

Michel.

Coming.

Let's follow this,
it might break the trail.

Warden, Warden!

Michel...
I'm all right.

I can take the lead.

I hear them.

Quiet.

Let's follow.

Come on!

Which way now, sir?

You go that way.

Well, down.

He came this way,
all right.

No, the other way.

He might have
gone anywhere.

Well, well, well?

They passed here, sir.
You can see
their footsteps.

- What's that?
- Where?

There.

A rosary, sir.

A rosary.

I see.

I should have
thought of that before.

I think we can
call off this search.

I think I know
where to look
for our friend Michel.

And so, my love,
we part.

Goodbye, Jean.

You say that
almost sadly.

Will you come aboard?

I think our parting
is finished.

Oh, Captain.

Oh, how are you, Warden?

Uh...

Captain, I have been
studying the map.

If one went up this river,
crossed the jungle

and down that other river
to the north,

one might reach
Paramaribo
that way too, eh?

Yes.

I wonder, Captain,

would it be possible
for you to...

Yes. That could be done.

How long do you
lie over in Paramaribo?

You wait here.
I'll come back for you.

Oh, hold me. Hold me.

Oh, I want to hold you.

Only...

Yes, I know.
I must behave.
I mustn't waste time.

Oh, but look, Michel,
I've got everything.

See. Even an extra shirt
and an extra pair of socks.

Oh, my goodness.
Wonderful...

Is there...
Can that be a razor?

And soap and a brush.

Oh, my darling.
My wonderful beauty.

Everything.

Are you ready?

Just a minute.
Just a minute. Now!

Here's the coat.
Quickly, Michel.

Oh, what if it doesn't fit.
I'm no tailor, you know.

Why, it's a triumph.

I shall wear it
in Paris.

Tell me once more.

I love you.
I love you.

Today, tomorrow
and always?

Always, always.

Here's your luggage.

You have to have some,
you know,
or they suspect.

Oh, well, I can put
the extra pair of socks in.

Yes.
Here's your ticket.

Now I'll go for Jacques.
Oh, give me
the hat and coat.

And walk around
just like
any other passenger.

Only don't let them
see that you are nervous.

No, and tomorrow...

When we're at sea.
We'll be at sea.

...I'll scrape
an acquaintance
with you on deck.

That's right.

Oh, my love,
my only love.
What you have done for me.

Next stop,
Paris, darling.

Yes.

Huh?

Oh!

Good evening, my love.

You... You followed me.

No, I came with you.

Where have you got him?

Him? I don't know
who you mean.

Don't you?

No, there's...
There's no one here.

That was wise of you.

Oh, I won't let you go.
I won't let you go.

You can't have him,
he's mine.
You've done enough.

You leave him alone.
You've done enough!

Go get him!

Oh, I know you!
You'll take him back
and you'll never let him go.

You'll persecute him
until he's dead.

He'll never have
a chance with you.

Oh, it's true, Michel,
he'll never be satisfied
until he kills you.

You may be right.

What's going on?

Tell the authorities
we've got our man.

Get extradition papers
from the Dutch Court

and tell them
not to take
all night about it.

I'm ready to go!
Come on,
let's get it over with!

Take him ashore!
Take him ashore!

Quick, someone,
lower a boat!

You can't
get a boat down there!

Somebody
do something.

Got him.

It's all right, Michel.

Just remember,
live respectable.

Live respect...

Jacques.

We've got to go ashore now,
you've got to go back.

The law must
take its course.

I know.

Will you let me
say goodbye?

We've got to
serve our time
through to the finish

till we both
square with life.

It won't be long.

We'll still be young.

And you'll wait
for me?

I'll wait
for you, Michel.

I'll wait for you.

You wait.
You wait.

I'll live respectable.

Oh, let's go!