Lifeboat (1944)

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Are you number two boat?

Faster!

He was on number

One last time I saw him!

Ahoy there!

Lady, you don't look like somebody

That's just been shipwrecked.

Man, I certainly feel like it.

Did you see anything

Of charcoal?

Who? Joe, the steward.

He helped me into the

Lifeboat with my things.

I thought this boat

Was abandoned.

Not by me, it wasn't. It

Looked pretty good to me.

What part of the ship

Are you from, darling?

Engine room.

I was off duty in the

Washroom. Thanks.

Caught with my...

I was washing my hands


When the torpedo smacked us.

Most of the crew

Were trapped like rats.

When they got to topside, it

Was a shambles. Quite a night.

Reminds me of an air raid

Once that hit me in chungking.

Reminded me of a slaughterhouse

I once worked at in chicago.

Those n*zi buzzards in tin fish ain't

Enough. They've got to shell us too.

Ha. Now I can

Perfect my backhand.

Get that. It might


Come in handy.

Let's have the cap too.

What are we worryin'

About this junk for?

Let's take a look for the others before

That u-boat surfaces again and sees us.

She won't surface. One of our

Shells got her. Are you sure?

She was k*lled dead, darling.


Went down like a rock.

Did you see it? It's

All in here, my pet.

You're constance porter.

I heard you were aboard.

So you took pictures? And

What pictures! Priceless!

Oh, I caught some

Wonderful shots on deck.

A little knot of people


Around one of the lifeboats.

They look slow and heavy and fat

With the life belts on, so lonesome.

Then a shell hit the lifeboat.

They all jumped overboard.

I got a beautiful shot of the

g*n crew firing at the submarine.

But the best of all was

In the boat, here, with joe.

I got the freighter


Going down, one of the

Lifeboats caught in the

Suction and pulled under!

I got some of the u-boat crew

Jumping overboard and I also got...

Look! That's a perfect touch!

What did you do that for?

Why don't you wait for the baby


To float by and photograph that?

Help!

Gangway!

You stupid, clumsy, son-of-a...

Why don't you look

Where you're going?

Absolutely irreplaceable stuff.

Priceless. The best film I ever took!

Goes to the bottom of the sea. That's

Better than going there yourself!

I wouldn't have parted with

That film for a million dollars.

When will I ever get stuff like

That again? Of all the stupid, clumsy...

Maybe we can arrange another

Shipwreck for you sometime.

Sparks, did you have

Time to send out an s.o.s.?

Hardly. The first shell from

The u-boat did for the radio shack.

Keep going, kovac. There's

More people out there.

Where'd this come

From? It was floating by.

Miss mackenzie!

Stanley! She's out there.

She's alive. Come

On, kovac. Come on.

There's somebody, out there.

To your right, kovac.

There's three of them!

Swing over, kovac.

Hurry, we've got a

Wounded man! Step on it!

A dame! Never mind me.

Help him. He's hurt his leg.

Well, hang on, miss. Well,

Folks, we're in business again.

Somebody gonna

Give me a hand? Ritt.

You old rat. Connie!

Did you come from the

Freighter or the stork club?

- Still striking oil, I see, eh, ritt?

- Anybody got any liquor?

I'll have this

Off you in a jiffy.

I'm okay, sparks. What

Happened to nolan?

I was on my way from the

Bridge to bring him our position,

A shell from the u-boat

Hit the radio shack.

I was at the wheel waitin'

For hennessy to relieve me.

Just set the mug up

With some hot java when...

Holy smokes, look at this mess.

Maybe we'd better

Get the raft back.

Do you think we'll stay afloat? If the

Buoyancy tanks are okay, she'll float,

Even if we're waterlogged.

Well, I see you've even managed to

Get some of your luggage aboard.

Just the bare necessities.

Uh, look at that.

Six full boxes, and I

Had to grab this one.

Don't cry, my pet. It'll last

Until we're picked up. I hope.

First shell must have done for the

Skipper. And most of the g*n crew.

What happened to the

Woman with the baby?

See if you can

Find a first-aid kit.

I thought everybody was k*lled.

I never expected to see you alive.

You know I'm practically

Immortal, ritt.

I... I thought I was done for. See, we

Were playing poker in the saloon...

Now, how do you

Get this thing off?

Here's the first-aid kit. It's

Been pretty well smashed up.

Oh. I need something

To cover him up with.

Let me have that

Blanket, please.

Bandages, please.

Well, share and share

Alike, I always say.

Lie down, please. What for?

You'll be more comfortable. I

Wanna take a look at your leg.

Oh, well, okay, babe. Maybe you'll

Let me return the compliment someday.

Shh. Lie down, please. I think

It's got a hunk of slug in it.

Yes, sir. It was the

Biggest pot of the game,

But believe you me, I never

Even stopped to collect it.

That pot went to davy

Jones. Well, not all of it.

Here's 20 bucks mr. Jones

Didn't get. Well, it's yours.

It was floating in the

Water. Well, keep it.

No, go on. I insist. It's

Probably legitimate as salvage.

You one of the crew, son?

Black g*ng. Oiler. Name's kovac.

Kovac, eh? My name's

Rittenhouse. Glad to...

Rittenhouse? That's right.

C.j. Rittenhouse?

C.j. Rittenhouse.

Junior. Here.

Are you sure there's no

Sulfanilamide left in the kit? 'Fraid not.

Hurt? No.

Here's the shrapnel. Thought you

Might like to keep it as a souvenir.

Nah. My hide was full of

That stuff on the last trip.

Hold it steady. I oughta

Have my head examined.

This is the fourth

Time I've shipped out

Since the w*r, and I

Ain't got no place yet.

Gee, I wish I could make the

Complete round-trip just once.

How does it look?

It's a pretty deep cut.

It's leakin'. I ain't gonna

Wind up with a gimpy leg, am i?

No. Not enough to interfere

With your jitterbugging.

Jive, huh? Eh, tell her, sparks.

Why he's the champion hoofer

Of the merchant marines.

Tell her what I

Done in jersey city.

Listen, I copped two

Prizes at roseland one year,

And all the time, I'm suffering somethin'

Terrible from double pneumonia.

I can out-jive the rest of those

Hepcats even with a bum gam.

Everything under

Control? Anything I can do?

You ain't got somethin'

To drink on ya?

Sorry, son. Not a drop. I

Have some brandy, darling.

Oh, boy. I could sure

Go for some of that.

- I'll get my flask.

- No. In a case like this,

The rule is to...

Come on. We're among

Friends, ain't we?

I don't think it's advisable. Look.

Just one slug. It'll pick me up.

Make up your

Minds, darlings. Help!

Help!

Help! It's charcoal!

It's the steward!

- There's a woman.

- And a baby.

Easy there.

Give me the baby.

Are you all right, joe?

I got my feet wet a little bit.

She was fightin' me all

The time in the water.

She tried to drown the

Baby and herself with it.

Huh, it's all right,

Sister. You're safe.

The baby's safe. It's all

Right. The danger's over.

You're safe now.

Nothing to worry about.

Best let her have it.

We'll wait till she's asleep.

Here.

Hey. That's right.

Her name's higley. She

Was bombed out in bristol.

One of them shell shock cases sent to

America. Her child was born in new york.

Said to me on the ship, "I'm going

Home to show my husband the baby."

Here, darling. You

Better put this on.

Hey, look. Another customer.

- Where'd he come from?

- Is he a crew member?

I never saw him before.

Not off our boat.

Danke schön.

He's very grateful to us

For having saved his life.

Regrets very much the u-boat

Was compelled to sink our ship.

Ask him why they

Shelled our lifeboats.

Captain's orders. If you ask

Me, he's the captain himself.

Ask him if he's the captain.

He says he's not a captain or

Officer, just a crew member.

Well, crew member

Or skipper, he's german.

A guy can't help bein' german

If he's born a german, can he?

Neither can a snake help being a

Rattlesnake if he's born a rattlesnake.

That don't make him a

Nightingale. Get him outta here.

Don't be silly, darling.

He can't very well

Get off in the middle

Of the ocean, can he?

Throw him off. Have you

Gone out of your mind?

Throw the n*zi buzzard overboard!

That's out of the question!

It's against the law. Whose law? We're

On our own. We can make our own law!

Now, just a minute. He

Was acting under orders.

Our freighter was an enemy

Ship. After all, we're at w*r!

Is that woman at w*r?

Is her baby at w*r?

And listen, how come you

Know the lingo so well?

How come when I climbed into this

Life boat you were the only one in it,

Dressed up like you knew

You were going someplace?

I was going someplace. I

Was going into a lifeboat.

What is this? Are

You insinuating?

- You seem pretty anxious to

Stand up for your friend here.

- What do you mean, my friend?

Now, children, let's

Keep our shirts on.

I haven't got a shirt

Or a mink coat either.

Oh, I get it.

A fellow traveler. I thought

The comintern was dissolved.

Now, we're all sort

Of fellow travelers, in

A mighty small boat,

On a mighty big ocean.

And the more we quarrel and

Criticize and misunderstand each other,

The bigger the ocean gets,

And the smaller the boat.

The boat's too small

For me and this german.

Me, I'm perfectly willing to abide

By the decision of the majority.

That's the american way.

If we harm this man, we are guilty

Of the same tactics you hate him for.

On the other hand, if we treat

Him with kindness and consideration,

We might be able to convert

Him to our way of thinking.

That's the, uh... That's

The christian way.

Okay. Now, me, I'm american

Too. I was born one in chicago.

But my people are from

Czechoslovakia. Ever hear of that place?

I say let's throw him

Overboard and watch him drown.

When he goes down, I'll dance a jig

Like hitler did when france went down.

Me, too.

Just for the record,

I'm an american, myself.

I'm in a kind of a spot.

My name is schmidt,

But I changed it to smith.

That's what I got against these

Guys more than anything else.

They make me ashamed of

The name I was born with.

I got a lot of relatives in germany.

For all I know this guy may be one of them.

I say throw him to the sharks.

No, gus. I don't say it

Wouldn't be a pleasure,

Mind you, but we

Haven't got the right.

The right? What do

You mean the right?

Well, he's a prisoner of w*r.

Got to be treated as such.

The way it's done is to hang

On to him till we're picked up,

Then turn him over

To proper authorities.

Till such time, we represent the

Authorities. That's clear, isn't it?

I don't understand people hurting

Each other and k*lling each other.

I just don't understand it.

- Then what are you doing

In a uniform?

- I'm doing the only thing I can.

Trying to put them together

Again when they get hurt.

As far as the german's

Concerned, i... I agree with stanley.

So do i. I'll talk to the man. Maybe I

Can get some information from him.

- Material for your book?

- Incidentally.

- George?

- What do you say, joe?

- Do I get to vote too?

- Why... Why certainly!

Guess I'd rather

Stay out of this.

How about you, sister?

My baby's dead.

Does anyone know the

Service for burial at sea?

Well, i, uh... I suppose

Any prayer would do.

Let me see, now.

The lord is my shepherd.

Uh, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in

Green pastures. He, uh... He, uh...

He leadeth me beside

The still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

He leadeth me in the paths of

Righteousness, for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the

Valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil.

For thou art with me. Thy rod

And thy staff, they comfort me.

Surely goodness and mercy shall

Follow me all the days of my life.

And I will dwell in

The house of the lord...

Forever.

Amen.

Well, I don't know how much

Of this stuff is any use to us.

Isn't much we can do with

These food compartments.

Well, at any rate, things

Are getting shipshape.

None of the buoyancy tanks

Seem to have been smashed.

The water breaker's

Been taped up, and in the

Morning we'll rig up

A sail and get going.

And in the meantime, I think we'd

All better try and get some sleep.

Uh, kovac, don't forget

To wake me for my watch.

We'd better send up

Another flare soon.

How do you feel, darling?

Better, thank you. Much better.

Have I been asleep

Long? Not very.

What's this? Mrs. Porter lent

You her coat to help keep you warm.

It's a beautiful coat.

Is it real mink? I hope so.

It's lovely.

I've always admired mink.

It's the most ladylike

Fur there is, I always said.

So warm and comfortable.

Thank you so much

For letting me wear it.

Where's johnny?

Where's my baby?

What have you done with him?

What did you do with my baby?

Your baby's dead.

Don't you remember?

You k*lled him, didn't you?

Poor little thing.

The sea, so big and terrible.

Johnny, it's mum.

Where are you?

Where are you, johnny?

Johnny.

Let me go. Let me go to him.

Get a rope, somebody.

We've got to tie her down.

Here you are.

Let me go to him.

Let me go.

Good morning, sir. Hmm? Oh!

Good morning, sparks.

Asleep on watch. It's

A fine thing. I oughta

Be court-martialed.

I wonder how much we've drifted.

Not very far with that sea-anchor out.

Oh, the sea-anchor, of course. You know, I

Had no idea what those things looked like.

I thought they were

Big, heavy iron things

With a hook to hold

Us onto the sea bottom.

When you threw that

Thing out, I thought it

Was some sort of a toy

Parachute or something.

They really keep the

Boat from drifting?

Last time I was adrift, a sea anchor

Held us up 48 hours in a storm.

You've been torpedoed

Before? That's right, twice.

How long before you were

Picked up? Last time, it was 43 days.

Forty-three... That

Must have been awful!

Yeah. We did get

A bit sunburned.

Then, of course, we

Had a good sound boat,

Plenty of food and

Water. Everything intact.

Well, haven't we plenty too? A

Good deal of our food's been ruined.

Three out of the four water

Breakers have been smashed.

A lot of water leaked out of the

Fourth one before it was taped.

What worries me is the compass.

Knocked to pieces.

That's a bit awkward.

And, of course, there's jerry.

Ah, good morning, mrs. Porter.

What's good about it?

How soon do we get picked up?

Good morning, connie. We were discussing

That. It seems there's no way of telling.

Did you sleep well? Not a wink.

Not only that, I froze.

Only had my fur coat

To keep me... Warm.

Where's miss higley?

I'm sorry, folks.

I'm terribly sorry.

It was pitch black when

I relieved you, kovac.

I couldn't see a thing.

For all I know, it might have

Happened during your watch.

Eight biscuits.

Minus eight biscuits.

Oh, thanks. Kovac. How's

The sail coming along?

Coming along. Light, sir?

Uh, no, thanks. I think I'll hoard

This heater till we get someplace.

Well, folks, I've been taking

Inventory, and we're in the black.

A going concern. It's no use lying

Around waiting to be picked up.

As we might have to wait

As long as, uh... As 43 days.

So we might as well

Get organized. The

First order of business

Is department heads.

Uh, sparks? Yes,

Mr. Rittenhouse.

Call me ritt. We're all in

The same boat. Yes, sir. Ritt.

Sparks, you are, uh, in

Charge of navigation.

Aye, aye, sir. Uh, george?

Call me joe.

Is your name joe? Yes, sir.

Very well. Joe it is. You

Are head of the commissary.

- Yes, sir.

- Connie, will you keep

The ship's log, please?

Righto, ritto, providing I control the

Copyright and all publication rights.

Including the scandinavian.

Yes. Miss mackenzie.

You are in charge of sick bay.

Don't look now, but I

Think we have a skipper.

Who elected mr. Rittenhouse?

Mr. Rittenhouse.

Ritt, to you. You

Think he's capable?

Sure. Till the sail goes up.

We never should've

Let him stay on board.

He'll eat our food, drink our water,

And double-cross us, first chance he gets.

What are you afraid of?

He's one against seven.

It was eight yesterday.

Or have you forgotten?

There's a piece in here...

About some people who were

Adrift in a lifeboat for 80 days.

Say, maybe we can

Beat that record.

Heaven forbid.

We might even get

In the newsreels.

Rosie'd get a bang outta that.

It'd remind her of the first cup we

Won at the garden for marathon dancing.

We danced 80 consecutive

Hours. Consecutive?

Well, 10 minutes off every four

Hours for coffee, cake, stuff like that.

So how'd you feel after

80 Hours of dancing?

I had a slight headache, but

Rosie, she was just gettin' wound up.

She grabbed a cab, went

Right over to roseland.

Does she work

There? She lives there.

How does the leg feel

Now? It don't feel at all.

I wish I could walk around. I sure

Hope that thing don't leave me gimpy.

Al'd love that. Who's al?

Al magaroulian. He's

An armenian rug-cutter.

He knew rosie before I

Did. He's got fallen arches.

Keeps him outta the draft,

But not outta roseland.

Kovac, you know something

About machinery, don't you?

A little. See if you

Can fix this clasp.

Mrs. Porter, I've read a lot of your stuff.

You wanna know what's the matter with it?

No, do tell me.

You've been all over the world.

You've met all kinds of people.

But you never write about them,

You only write about yourself.

You think this whole w*r's a show put

On for you to cover, like a broadway play.

And if enough people die before the last

Act, maybe you might give it four stars.

Come on, sparks. All right,

Tovarich. Now, listen to me.

Heads up! Joe, man the

Tiller till we're squared away!

Well, folks, we're under way.

- Where to?

- Huh?

Where are we going? First operator

Said we were headed for bermuda.

Well, good. Uh, sparks,

You better take the tiller.

Yes, sir. Uh, what

About the course?

Does anybody here know

The course to bermuda?

I was at the wheel when we got punctured.

The course was 115 east-southeast.

Fine, then,

East-southeast it is.

Yes, sir. But, uh, what

Is east-southeast?

Without a compass... What's

The matter with the sun?

With the sun this high, it's pretty

Hard to tell the points of the compass.

I think it's out that way.

You think? Doesn't anybody know?

He says east-southeast

Is that direction.

How's he know? Well,

He ought to know.

His u-boat was operating

Around here, wasn't it?

Do you suppose he'd lead us

To bermuda, british territory?

He says he'd rather be a prisoner

Of w*r in bermuda than here.

At least he'd have

Good food and a bed.

I wouldn't trust

Anything he says.

Kovac, you're so prejudiced

You can't think straight.

If anybody's in the position to know where

We are and where bermuda is, he's the one.

- Who says so?

- We'll follow

The german's course.

Who elected you skipper?

Well, i... Course, if there's

Anybody else you'd prefer...

What do you know about a ship?

He just happens to own

A shipyard, that's all.

Has he ever been in it? He

Has thousands of employees.

Of course he knows

How to handle men.

Not in a lifeboat. What we need is

An able seaman, and we've got one.

Who, me? I'm a disabled seaman.

Anyhow, I never did

Have no executive ability.

- I think maybe sparks there...

- No, not me.

I know a bit about navigation, but when it

Comes to taking charge of a boat, well...

What about kovac?

That clunk run this boat?

With what? An oil can?

If you're talking about a skipper,

We have a skipper right on this boat.

He wasn't the

Captain. Wasn't he?

- Herr kapitän?

- Ja?

Well, I'm a monkey's uncle!

There. You have a man who's

Familiar with these waters.

He knows seamanship and

Navigation. What about it?

You want to turn the

Boat over to the man

Who sunk our ship and

Shelled our lifeboats?

I want you to turn the boat over to

The man obviously best qualified to run it.

You're crazy.

Now, wait a minute.

There are two sides to everything.

Let's look at this calmly and reasonably.

The gentleman is just as

Anxious to get to safety as we are.

If he's a trained skipper,

Why shouldn't he take charge?

- Because I'm taking charge!

- Since when?

As of now, I'm skipper. Anybody who don't

Like it can get out and swim to bermuda.

I'll buy it.

Suits me. What about you, miss?

I'm for it.

Yes, sir. Well, if

The rest agree...

All right, commissar,

What's the course?

Well, we...

Which way'd you say,

Sparks? Out there.

Nein, nein.

He says if you go your way,

You'll only head further out to sea.

He insists the course

To bermuda is that way.

We'll head this way. Take

The tiller, sparks. Aye, aye, sir.

Careful.

Including the scandinavian.

♪♪

How do you feel

Now, connie? Awful.

It isn't the sea that makes me

Sick, it's the loss of my typewriter.

That typewriter went with me

Everywhere... Rome, berlin, paris, london.

Oh, quit grousing.

Why shouldn't I grouse?

Little by little, I'm

Being stripped of all

My earthly possessions.

First, my beautiful

Stocking, then my camera.

I don't mind the loss of the

Camera so much, but the film in it!

I get positively ill

When I think about it.

Hey, do you remember the

Boom we had after the last w*r?

Well, the boom we're

Gonna have after this

One'll make the last

Look like a mild flurry.

Then my steamer rug goes, then

My fur coat, and now my typewriter.

Take china, for example.

400 Million customers

Waiting to sign on the

Dotted line as soon

As peace is declared.

I never should've taken the

Freighter, should've gone by clipper.

Me, too. I'd have been

In spain by this time.

Spain? Were you going

For the state department?

State department? Certainly

Not. I was going for c.j. Rittenhouse.

What for? What for?

Why, my dear fellow.

Pipe down, ritt.

The "g*y-pay-oo."

What are you doing

With my memo pad?

I borrowed it from you

To make a deck of cards.

Never heard such

Impertinence, opening my bag.

It was open. How about

A little draw poker?

Eh, suits me fine! Deal you in?

With a deck you've

Made, darling?

What are you gonna play for?

Dollar limit? That'll

Do for a starter.

Cut for deal. All right.

You deal.

What are those letters

On your diaphragm?

Love letters. Oh, you

Believe in advertising?

Open.

Never could understand this quaint habit

Of making a billboard out of one's torso.

Stay. Three cards.

I must say you've shown

The most commendable

Delicacy in just

Tattooing the initial,

Not printing the names,

Addresses, and telephone numbers.

Open.

Nines? Queens.

See, how many are there?

One, two, three, four, five.

Remind me to show you the rest

Of them sometime. Your deal, my boy.

And see you deal

Them off the top.

You mean, you're used to people

Dealing off the bottom? I was just joking.

I never thought I'd go into it. I

Used to faint at the sight of blood.

What made you join

The merchant marine?

I don't know. Never

Thought about it.

I suppose it was 'cause

I lived in greenwich.

Maybe it was the river

There, and the ships.

It's the first time

I've ever been to sea.

I was born and raised

In the wheat country.

You know, sometimes when

The wind blows through

The wheat, it looks

Something like the sea.

Well, it's not a bad life, the merchant

Marine, except for the u-boats.

After a while, you get to

Taking even them in your stride.

It's rather scary the

First time, though, isn't it?

I'm glad the freighter

Was torpedoed.

My dear young lady, what

An extraordinary thing to say!

What are you doing that for? It's the

Bandage, loot, it's too tight or something.

Oh, wait. Let me.

Holy mackerel.

Ain't it a lulu?

What about it, miss?

I don't know. I'm afraid it... Looks

More like a leg of lamb, don't it?

Get away from here.

Tell him to get back to his place

Before I throw him overboard.

What did he say?

Gus, I'm afraid

Your leg's very bad.

Gangrene?

Ja, gangrene.

It'll have to be

Amputated at once.

I've never even assisted

In an amputation.

He says, being an enemy and,

Technically, our prisoner,

Perhaps you wouldn't want to trust him with

The operation, but he's willing to do it.

What the devil does

He know about it?

He says he was a surgeon in civilian

Life. He's done many operations.

If he did, they were

Probably ill*gal. If he's

A medical man, why isn't

He in medical service?

I don't know and I don't care.

Perhaps the gangrene isn't

Legal, either, but it's there.

The leg has to come off.

No dice. I don't

Want no operation.

Darling, you want to live,

Don't you? Not with one leg.

Don't be a sap, gus.

You don't understand.

Sure, I do. Rosie. What's

Rosie got to do with it?

Everything. If I lose my leg, I lose

Rosie. Of course, I don't know rosie.

She loves to dance. It's

Her hobby. It's her whole life.

Put yourself in her place. Do

You like to dance? Mad about it.

Well, then, what good's a hepcat with one

Gam missin'? If my leg goes, rosie goes.

- If she's that kind of a...

- Don't you call rosie

That kind of a...

I oughta know. I introduced

You to her, didn't i?

No, you didn't. Al magaroulian

Introduced me to her.

I knew her before al

Magaroulian did. Al magaroulian...

The heck with al magaroulian.

What's he got to do with it?

Rosie's as good as anybody.

And a darn sight better.

- If she was the right

Kind of a woman...

- Kovac, you take that back.

Darling, don't you pay any

Attention to this human 24-sheet.

Now, you listen to me. I don't

Know rosie, but I know women.

Some of my best friends are women.

And one of 'em's "that kind of a..."

- What kind of a?

- Well, an independent creature

Who lives her own life.

That's rosie all over. With a

Heart of gold. And she gives it away.

Rosie'd give the

Shirt off her back to

Anybody. She's got a

Heart as big as her head.

And you wanna break it. Who, me?

Well, you'd rather

Die than trust her.

Who says I don't trust her?

It's al magaroulian I don't trust.

He knew her before I did.

She swore to me there was

Nothing between them, but...

Maybe there wasn't. But rosie's

Human like everybody else,

And it ain't like we was

Married, or had a home and all.

Maybe we shoulda got hitched

Before I left on that last trip.

I shoulda took care

Of that insurance.

Rosie kept askin' me about it.

The kid's always thinkin' of me.

That's why you've got to think of

Her, back home, putting on a big show,

Laughing and dancing,

Pretending to be having a good time.

And all the while, her heart's aching,

Torn with loneliness and uncertainty.

Not knowing whether

You're dead or alive.

Then, at last, to find out

That you risked your life,

Perhaps even died, just

Because you had no faith in her?

God, forgive me.

Poor kid, she'd be

Brokenhearted when she...

Well, let's go. What

Are we all waitin' for?

He'll need a pail of water, joe.

Is there any sort of

Anesthetic? Nothing.

Nein. You have some

Brandy, haven't you?

He says brandy's

Better than nothing.

Did I hear brandy?

Let me get it for

You. Oh, thanks, joe.

Can you open it for me?

That's right, it's just here.

Here, darling. Hi-yo, silver!

He'll need a tourniquet,

A belt or something.

I'll lose my pants

If I take mine off.

How 'bout your belt,

Sparks? Here it is.

Get it, joe. It was

Nice knowin' ya.

Um, oh, joe. He wants a needle and

Twine from the, uh, boat kit or something.

It's in a ditty bag, joe.

Aah!

Am I gonna feel

Good pretty soon.

Kovac, why'd you want

To say that about rosie?

- Say what?

- What you said.

- I'm sorry, gus.

- Take it back.

Okay, I take it back.

What can we use for

Forceps? You have tweezers?

I've got tweezers. Yes, joe,

You'll find them in my bag.

The little box

On the top. Right.

Ask him how much of

That stuff he can drink.

Go ahead, gus. The

Works. Down the hatch.

I'll never forget you.

Joe, clear away

Some of that stuff.

We'll lay him out here. We'll need

Something for weights to hold it down.

Kovac,

You know what I

Think of that no-good,

Snake-in-the-grass friend

Of yours, al magaroulian?

Magaroulian's no friend of mine.

Magaroulian's a skunk.

Two-legged skunk.

- I hate his guts.

- You're okay, pal.

Hi, loot.

Hiya, gus.

Well, anyway,

It's an experience.

I oughta have my head examined.

I didn't have to go to sea.

I coulda got a job in a defense

Plant making good dough.

I coulda joined the

Army, or even the navy.

'Stead of that, I got assigned

On a stinking ol' rust bucket.

Mr. Rittenhouse?

Yes, son?

Call me gus.

Hiya, babe.

Hi, toots. Give

Us a kiss, will ya?

Hey, joe.

What'd ya stop playin' for?

Come on. Give us a little music.

No, no. None of that slicker music. Come

On. Come on. Boogie it up. Boogie it up.

♪ Don't sit under the apple

Tree with anyone else but me ♪

Tell him to hold the

Boat as steady as possible.

- Steady as you go, sparks.

- Righto.

♪ Anyone else but me

Anyone else but me ♪ ♪♪

♪ Anyone else but me

Anyone else but me ♪

♪ Anyone else but me ♪♪

Saying a thing like that. Just because

She likes to dance and have a good time.

Nobody's gonna call rosie...

Hey, kovac. You're

A no-good heel.

Take his backrest away.

All right. Look

Alive now, sparks.

Righto.

Bring more bandages.

Joe.

Mr. Kovac.

Keep her steady, you fool!

Open.

Stay. Three cards.

Bet one.

Call. Nines.

Queens.

Give 'em a good

Shuffle. Okay, cut 'em.

Fill another inside

Straight, I'll cut your throat!

It's lucky for gus we

Had somebody aboard

Who knew how to meet

An emergency like this.

Two more cards, darling.

You know, by golly,

The thing that got me...

Play cards, ritt.

Say, what are you

Two gabbing about?

Currents. Not the pie

Kind, darling, the ocean kind.

Fascinating subject, currents.

They're either for you or agin you.

Connie, darling, do

You stay or do you pass?

Ritt, darling, I've

Already stayed.

Yeah, well, it'll cost

You two bucks more. Oh.

Connie!

Hold your horses, darling.

I'm in a conference. Mm-hmm.

Women and poker!

I'll stay. Fortunately,

Kapitän seems to think

We're on a favoring

Current, quite swift.

We got a favoring breeze, too. Good.

Then we ought to be in bermuda in no time.

I hope so, for gus's sake. That

Is, if we're on the right course.

Well, does he still think we're

Not? He didn't say anything about it.

Well, ask him.

One can't be sure

Without a compass.

He was pretty certain

A few hours ago.

Yeah. I wonder what

Made him change his mind.

We probably drifted somewhat

On account of the current.

We've been through all that. What's he

Doing in this part of the boat, anyway?

Why? Is he in quarantine? Tell him to

Get back to the bow, where he belongs.

I'll do nothing of the sort.

You may be skipper of this lifeboat,

But you're not dictator. Or are you?

Wait a minute, kovac. There's no

Sense treating the man like a leper.

He did save gus's

Life, you know.

For the time being. After all,

It was an emergency operation.

Don't you realize

That it's imperative that

We get gus to a hospital

As soon as possible?

Sure, I do. Then, why not

Listen to somebody who knows?

How do you like that? Now he isn't

Sure. Says he won't take responsibility.

But that's not the point. The

Point is, are we headed for bermuda?

What's come over the man? All

You got to do is answer yes or no.

He admits we're on

The wrong course.

Admits? He's only saying

What he said before.

I had to drag it out of him. He

Says... I don't care what he says.

Yeah, but suppose he's

Right. That's my funeral.

No, it's not. It's

Gus's funeral.

Whose funeral?

Hey, wait a minute.

What is this?

Well, fella, how do

You feel now, huh?

In the pink.

Outside of a little hangover.

Right now I'd give the

Other leg for a cigarette.

Here, darling.

Guess maybe I lost

A little weight, huh?

You'll be all right,

Gus. He did a swell job.

Danke schön.

Well, skipper, how soon

Do we get to bermuda?

Pretty soon, gus. We've got a

Good breeze and a favoring current.

There's a little difference of opinion

About the direction we're headed.

Trouble is, I'm not

Sure about our course.

I'm only sure of one thing.

I don't trust that n*zi.

There must be other

Submarines around and he

Knows where they are,

Or maybe a supply ship.

He knows where that is too.

On general principle, I'd

Copper anything he says.

That's how I stand. You

Agree with me, sparks?

Well...

Does anybody agree with me?

You're the skipper.

All right, sparks. Follow

The german's course.

I, uh, was admiring

Your bracelet.

Gift from a husband.

It's gorgeous.

My first husband.

Glad the freighter

Was torpedoed.

What? That's what

You said yesterday.

That was a stupid thing to

Say. I didn't mean it, exactly.

What did you mean, exactly?

I only meant I was

Rather glad that we...

Well, I wasn't particularly

Anxious to get to london.

What are you afraid

Of in london? Myself.

I mean, uh, it's a personal

Problem. In other words, i...

I know, darling. I

Know. Genus h*m*. Male.

And married, but not to me.

You call that a

Problem? It is to me.

Fiddlesticks.

I don't want to pry into your

Personal affairs, darling,

But you know what's

The matter with you?

You've been reading kipling.

"The sins ye do by two and two,

You must pay for one by one."

'Course I don't

Know who the guy is.

But I know men,

Especially married men.

Some of my best friends...

Don't let her upset you.

She certainly has a way of

Getting at things. That's right.

I didn't mind her prying,

Really. I wanted to talk.

Maybe that's why I'm all mixed up,

Because I've never told anybody.

I think I'd rather tell

You than anybody.

His name is stephen.

He's a doctor. We worked

In the same hospital.

All the time, I knew

He was married.

His wife's a fine woman, and

They have two beautiful children.

So, you see, it was hopeless.

It was quite hopeless.

Yes, of course. I-i see.

Well, we both decided

To forget about it.

And when he enlisted and

Was sent to london, I was glad.

I was really glad.

I tried to forget

Him, but I couldn't.

He wrote several

Times. I never answered.

And then when I was

Assigned to london myself...

Well, I knew if we met there

Away from home, away from every...

I'm sorry.

Maybe I better wait

Till I get home and take

It up with mr. Whosits

On the goodwill hour.

Sometimes that program's funny.

Sometimes it isn't a bit.

When people are in trouble,

They turn themselves inside-out.

Seem to feel better when they

Get some sort of an answer.

Whether they get an answer

Or not, they feel better.

Thank you, stanley.

Lovely night we're having.

Lots of stars out tonight.

I remember the night before we was

Torpedoed. Nolan was... He was my first.

Yes, I met him on the

Boat. That's right. Yes.

He was telling me all about his wife

Going to stay with her family in bermuda.

And how it's changed

Since the w*r.

He told me that...

I remember as he pointed

Out our course over the bows,

I saw the planet mars

Low on the horizon.

That's mars over

There, to the right.

And that's venus.

We're headed for

Venus. We're going east.

We're not heading for bermuda.

We're heading to miss bermuda.

Well, we'll see about that.

After all, we did

Have to drag it out of...

That's part of the trick. He

Made suckers out of all of us.

Kovac, I still say we have no right

To condemn the man without a hearing.

Perhaps the course he gave us was

Wrong, but that doesn't prove anything.

He might have been mistaken.

When I questioned him yesterday,

He didn't want to commit himself.

He said we couldn't be

Sure without a compass.

The thing to do is to wake

Him up and question him.

We'll get nothing but lies.

That's what he was brought up on.

And I was brought up under the idea that

A man is innocent until he's proved guilty.

What do you want me to do?

Appoint one of us to be his lawyer?

But don't you see,

Without a compass...

Mrs. Porter, remember

Yesterday you looked

At your watch and told

The german the time?

Yes. Did he ask you the time?

Of course he did.

That's funny. What's

Funny about it?

He had a watch of his

Own. Well, what of it?

If he had a watch, why would he

Have to ask mrs. Porter for the time?

That doesn't prove anything.

Lots of times I have my own watch in

My pocket and I ask somebody the time.

Lots of people do that. It,

Uh... It just saves time, that's all.

But he looked at his own watch

Just before he asked mrs. Porter.

Perhaps his own watch stopped.

I remember when he asked for

The time, he took a squint at the sun.

What are you trying to do, convict

A man because he looks at the sun?

Is it a crime to ask for

The time? Certainly not.

- What time is it?

- Ten past 7:00.

- I think you're slow.

- Slow? That's a philippe patek!

I wanna know what time it

Is by the german's watch.

Well, why don't you

Wake him up and ask him?

Don't have to wake him

Up. Not with joe around.

Joe, operate. Yeah?

Huh? Do your stuff.

What stuff? I don't

Know what you mean.

- Frisk him for his turnip.

- You know I cut that stuff out

A long time ago.

But this is an emergency. The

Folks'll understand. Understand what?

- Joe used to be one

Of the best all-around...

- Now, wait a minute, gus.

You ain't got no right

Bringin' up what used to be.

That's all right, joe. Some

Of my best friends are...

I know, but I made a

Pledge, a solemn pledge.

Do you wanna commit mutiny?

- Is it an order?

- It's an order.

Oh, I can't. The guy's asleep.

That's a break, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's like... It's

Like shootin' a sittin' duck.

Quit stalling. If your conscience bothers

You, wake him up. Only, get the ticker.

♪♪ Kovac.

Looks like quite a blow.

Pardon me. I'm... Sorry.

Now, you know the right time,

Dirty double-crossing rat.

Kovac, what are you gonna do?

What do you think we're

Gonna do? Don't say "we."

I'll not consent to a thing

Like this. I'm not consulting you.

There's only one thing

To do with the guy.

But, kovac, it's... It's m*rder!

It's execution. No,

We can't. We mustn't.

- There must be some other way.

- Why can't we tie him up,

Keep a watch on him?

Let him have it, kovac!

- Right now!

- I'm not defending the man.

But why can't we wait till it's

Night? Then, in the morning...

What are you so squeamish

About? We're at w*r!

You've seen 'em

k*lled, haven't you?

In battle, yes. But not

In cold blood like this.

Look out! - Stanley!

You fools! Stop thinking of

Yourselves! Think of the boat!

Joe, take the

Sheet! Make it fast!

Kovac, man the pump!

The rest of you bail!

What do you know?

We got a führer.

Never mind about that

Baggage! Start bailing!

- You speak english!

- Of course I speak english!

Can we stay afloat? Those

Buoyancy tanks'll hold us up.

- Ohhh! My suitcase!

- Get that, somebody!

Rittenhouse! Lash

Down that food!

There go our rations!

There goes our water supply!

Look out!

We might as well go

Down together, eh, connie?

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

How am I doin',

Willi? Fine, ritt. Fine.

You're a born accompanist.

You didn't make a

Single mistake, hardly.

Yeah, I know what

You mean. Right in here.

Yeah, that's it.

Ritt, you're a born accompanist.

We're all born accompanists.

"How'd I do, willi?"

What are you laughing

At, you silly goon?

That's one for the

Book... Your book.

Only, when you write

It, they won't believe it.

Our enemy... Our

Prisoner of w*r.

Now, we're his prisoners,

And he's gauleiter of the boat,

Singin' german lullabies to us,

While he rows us

To his supply ship...

And a concentration camp.

Tell 'em, willi. Tell

'Em how funny it is.

That isn't funny. It's logical.

Now that we've been blown off our course,

It would take us weeks to get to bermuda.

Certainly. It's perfectly logical.

The supply ship was our only chance.

You know how I feel about that. I'd

Rather take my chances with the sharks.

But he'll never make it.

Without food and water, how long do

You think he can keep on rowing like this?

Long enough, mr. Kovac,

To reach my objective.

Are you sure, willi?

Maybe one of us should had

Better try to relieve him at the oars.

That's not necessary. Maybe

I can take over for a while.

Never mind, I'll row.

How can you keep on

Rowing, willi, hour after hour?

The rest of us can

Hardly lift an oar.

It's the master

Race... The herrenvolk.

- Didn't you know

They can do anything?

- I'm beginning to believe it.

Right living is what does

It. Or, as the french say,

Qui tot so couche bien se porte.

Sacre bleu! You

Speak french, also.

- Yes. I spent some time in paris.

- Oh, yes.

Tell me, willi. Why didn't you speak

English when you first got on the boat?

Well, you see, I didn't know then

Whether I could trust you or not.

Wie gehts, herr schmidt?

Name is smith.

All right, mr. Smith.

How do you feel today?

Same as yesterday... Thirsty.

Well, steward, anything

From the commissary yet?

- Not even a nibble.

- Well, keep on trying.

If you catch some fish, you'll

Not only have food, but drink.

When you chew raw fish, there's

Always a little fresh water.

Water.

There's that cloud.

What a day for a ball game.

St. Louis's the team

To watch this year.

If we only had some bait.

- St. Louis's got hitters.

- It's been there all day.

Stan musial's been

Cloutin' 'em out.

Sometime they end up a

Nimbus. How about ty cobb?

Got some a-1 pitchers. Yeah.

If the dodgers only had a guy like

Ernie bonham, or even johnnie humphries.

Pittsburgh's the team to watch.

Only 17 points below st. Louis.

If we beat the pirates and

St. Louis loses to boston...

- Hey, kovac.

- Yeah.

Who do you think'll pitch

For pittsburgh today?

I don't know. I haven't been

Following the games much this season.

Probably wyatt for the

Dodgers, sewell for the pirates.

Yeah. Probably sewell, gus.

I think I'll take

Rosie. Where to, gus?

Ebbets field.

It's gonna be a good

Game this afternoon.

Ritt.

He's off the beam again.

Well, willi, how about

Another song, eh?

Certainly, my friend. What

Would you like to hear?

You think you can remember

"Roslein auf der heide"?

Sure, sure. Which one was

That? ♪ Dada-di-dadi-dada ♪

Oh, yeah. I know that one,

All right. Now, wait a minute.

All right. I got it.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Roslein auf der heide ♪

♪ Da-da-da ba-bum barump ♪

♪ Bum barump bum

Barump ba di da-da ♪♪

Ritt? Huh?

Do you know "drei liebe"? You

Mean, uh, ♪ how can I leave... ♪

That's right. Sure!

♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪

Stanley, why do

You like to do that?

I don't know.

I can't sing anymore.

Makes me dry.

Doesn't it look to you as if

Those clouds are darkening up?

At the center, a bit.

Those really are

Rain clouds this time.

I hope so. For gus's

Sake. That's right.

Why don't you give

Me a break, loot?

The salt'll only

Make you thirstier.

You might just

As well sip poison.

"B.m." Her initials are

Larger than the others.

Was she the

Last... Or the first?

What was her name?

So you won't talk, huh? Where'd

You get the handcuff, mrs. Porter?

You may call me connie.

You did once during

The storm, remember?

You said, uh,

"We might as well go

Down together, eh, connie?"

I liked the way you said connie.

It was like a sock in the jaw.

Tell me about the bracelet.

That was a dead giveaway,

You know, darling,

Wanting us to die

Together like that.

Dying together is even more

Personal than living together.

What'd you pay for

The bracelet? Nothing.

Barter? You're a

Low person, darling,

Obviously out of the gutter.

Maybe that's why

I'm attracted to you.

Maybe that's why you're

Attracted to me. Quit slumming.

Funny part of it is, I'm

From the same gutter.

Remember when you first got on

The boat, you said you used to work...

In the, uh... The packing

House section in chicago?

Well, I came from there too.

- South side?

- Ashland avenue...

Back of the yards.

And I lived there

Until I got this.

It worked miracles for me.

It took me from the, uh,

South side to the north side.

It was my passport...

From the stockyards

To the gold coast.

It got me everything I wanted,

Up to now.

Quit slumming!

How about a few hands,

Ritt? Huh? Suits me fine.

Do this up for me.

Connie, I'll fix it for you.

Come on, ritt.

Kovac, how much do I owe

You? Twelve thousand bucks.

Merely temporary, my

Friend. I'll get it back.

Deal 'em. Looks

Like bits of ice.

I wish they were. They're really

Nothing but a few pieces of carbon...

Crystallized under high

Pressure at great heat.

Quite so, if you want

To be scientific about it.

I'm a great believer in science.

Like tears, for instance.

They're nothing but h2o...

With a trace of sodium chloride.

He likes you, but he

Hates the bracelet.

You will have to get

Rid of it. Bracelet?

Mm-hmm. I've worn

It for 15 years.

It's brought me nothing

But good luck. He hates it.

I wouldn't take it off for

Anything or anybody in the world.

In the old days, there was a

Place in boston, young's hotel,

Had the best

Restaurant in the world.

Bet it wasn't any better than

Henrici's coffee house in chicago...

Or bookbinder's in philly.

That was food for you.

There, it's fixed. In munich,

There is a place called lorber's.

- Their specialty

Is pot roast.

- Pot roast.

Young's used to have

A menu 150 pages long.

Yes, sir, 150 solid

Pages of eatments.

And, oh, boy, what eatments.

Ever eat in antoine's

In new orleans?

Can't compare with young's. You

Never tasted such food in your life,

'Specially seafood...

Steamed clams dripping

With melted butter,

Lobsters, lobsters a la newburg

With a special white wine sauce.

- Ritt, shut up!

- What's wrong?

Stop jabbering about food!

Isn't it enough we've lost all our

Supplies through your carelessness?

Carelessness? Yes, stupid,

Criminal carelessness!

But it wasn't me. I wasn't in charge of

The food. The commissary was joe's job.

No, it wasn't! If you'd had brains,

You'd have taken care of them...

- When you saw the storm coming.

- My dear connie,

What's the matter with you?

She's all right, just

A little bit hungry.

What are you squawking

About? It'll make a swell chapter.

"How it feels to be starving,"

First-person, singular.

Those are good things to

Write about, hunger and thirst.

If you really come

From back of the yard...

Kovac, why don't you k*ll willi?

Why don't you cut his throat,

Like you said you would?

I'll tell you why. You're

Not strong enough!

He's made of iron! The rest

Of us are just flesh and blood,

Hungry flesh and

Blood, and thirsty.

For the love of mike, will you

Throw that ratty cigar stub away?

- Why should i? Does it annoy you?

- Yes, it makes me nervous...

Watching you chew on it all the

Time. Well, it makes me feel good.

Oh, you feel good, do

You? That's fine. Fine.

Ritt, how much

Money are you worth?

Enough to buy and sell you a million

Times. How about raising the ante?

Anything you say. From

Now on, each stick is $100.

Anything you say. Deal 'em.

Anything you...

How many factories do you own,

Ritt? What business is that of yours?

I was just thinking. By the time we

Get home, I might own one of them.

Bet a hundred.

Raise a hundred.

Stay. How many

Cards do you want?

Three. Three to you.

Three to the dealer.

Think I'll go for one

Of your airplane plants.

I've got ideas of my own about how to

Run a factory. Yeah, into the ground.

I'll have a

Labor-management committee.

We'll hold a meeting

Every week. And first...

Are you trying to tell me

How to run my own factories?

Not all of them, just

The one I'm gonna own.

Bet a hundred. I'll

See you. Queens.

Kings.

You know, it's mighty funny

How you keep winning all the pots.

I'm a lucky guy.

Well, just the same,

I wish we had a

New deck of cards.

Give me another stack of chips.

That's another

Thousand. Your deal.

Sorry, ritt. Cut you in?

My credit still good?

Well, uh, your

Bracelet. No, thanks.

What's the score? 13,500.

How about raising the

Ante? It's your funeral.

Thousand dollars apiece? Right.

Okay.

I'll open for a thousand.

Raise ya two.

I'll raise you two.

Call.

- How many?

- Two cards.

Someday you'll learn it

Doesn't pay to hold a kicker,

If you live long enough.

Just to keep the pikers out,

- I'll bet five.

- Matched your kicker, huh?

Five's the bet. Put up...

- Or shut up.

- And raise you five.

Kovac, now you're

Talking my language.

This is the moment

I've been waiting for.

I have got you over a barrel.

We'll do the bookkeeping later.

I'll see your five,

And I'll raise you...

All the chips

You've got, plus...

All the money I owe you.

Kovac, looks as if you've

Stepped out of your class this time.

See you, rittenhouse.

What have you got?

I've got...

That was my pot. You

Couldn't possibly beat me.

I have a full house.

And I had four deuces.

How do I know you had four

Deuces? You ought to know.

You made the cards, didn't you?

And you marked 'em too!

They are crooked,

And you are crooked!

It's raining.

- It's raining!

- It's raining!

Get the sail!

Here. That's right.

I was at the wheel when she hit.

My watch was just about over,

And I was goin' down

For some hot java.

When she keeled over,

The siren was screamin'...

Like a human being

She was screamin',

Right to the end.

Oh, you should've heard

The sound of the rain...

Drummin' on the canvas.

Most beautiful sound

You ever heard in your life.

I looked up,

A couple of drops...

Fell right on my lips.

Hey, joe.

What's the matter?

Why have you stopped playin'?

Come on. Heat it up.

Give it the harry james.

Gee, rosie.

You're an armful. An armful

Of honey, that's what you are.

Say, rosie, I'm thirsty.

How about a drink?

Set 'em up, pete.

Nice tall ones,

Plenty of ice.

Here's to you, rosie baby.

What is it, gus?

Willi's got some water.

That's right, gus.

I just had a tall

One, plenty of ice.

Sure, gus. Sure.

But willi only had

Water. That's right.

Uh, I guess I'll

Get back to rosie.

Willi, where'd

You get the water?

- You've been holdin' out on us.

- You mustn't wake up the others.

They are tired.

Well, what about you?

Ain't you tired? No.

Me neither.

I feel fine,

Except my right foot's asleep.

I can hardly feel it.

Willi, tell me.

Do you think I should write

To rosie, tell her about it?

Or should I wait till I see her?

- Wait till you see her.

- Yeah, but...

I can't walk in on her

Gimpy and all like this...

Without no... Warning, can i?

I got to find some way to...

- To break it to her gentle.

- It'll be all right.

Okay.

So long, willi. Good-bye, gus.

I'll never forget

What you done for me.

If there's anything I can ever

Do for you, just let me know.

There is something

You can do for me.

Remember your name is schmidt.

Uh, you like it

Better than smith?

Much better.

- You'd better hurry, gus. She's waiting.

- Okay.

- That water you was drinkin'...

- Rosie's waiting for you.

Why didn't you share it

With the rest of us? Shh!

You mustn't wake them.

- Okay, willi.

- Why don't you go after rosie?

She's waiting for you at roseland.

There. Do you see the lights?

Help!

Stanley!

Help!

Stanley?

Stanley!

Willi, he's got...

Help!

H-h-help!

- Where's gus?

- He's gone over.

- No use, stan...

- Gus!

He went under. Gus!

Willi, what is it?

What's happened?

- Schmidt went over the side.

- He was calling my name.

- That's what woke me.

- You can't imagine

How painful it was to me.

All night long, to watch him...

Turning and suffering and

Nothing I could do for him.

- Why didn't you stop rowing?

- Why should i?

- To help him!

- The best way to help him

Was to let him go.

I had no right to stop

Him, even if I wanted to.

A poor cr*pple dying

Of hunger and thirst,

What good could life

Be to a man like that?

He was trying to tell me

Something. If I could only remember.

He's better off now,

Out of his trouble.

Something about water.

He was in agony from thirst.

I wanted to cry, but

The tears wouldn't come.

No, how could they?

If I remember rightly,

Tears are water...

With a trace of sodium chloride.

Isn't that so, willi? Ja.

What about sweat?

What's the chemical

Composition of sweat?

Water... With a trace

Of something or other.

Now, I remember.

Gus said willi had some water.

Yeah. Right under his shirt!

Quite so.

I took the precaution of filling

The flask from the water breakers...

Before the storm, just

In case of emergency.

And I had food tablets

And energy pills too.

Everybody on the

U-boat has them.

You should be grateful to me for

Having the foresight to think ahead.

To survive, one

Must have a plan.

But there's nothing

To worry about.

Soon we'll reach

The supply ship,

And then we'll all

Have food and water.

Too bad schmidt

Couldn't have waited. You!

Please, don't...

Please, miss alice!

To my dying day, I'll

Never understand willi...

Or what he did.

First, he tried to k*ll

Us all with his torpedoes.

Nevertheless, we

Fished him out of the sea,

Took him aboard, shared

Everything we had with him.

You would've thought

He'd been grateful.

All he could do was

To plot against us.

Then he...

He let poor old

Gus die of thirst.

What do you do

With people like that?

Maybe one of us

Ought to try to row.

Where to?

What for?

Nah.

When we k*lled the

German, we k*lled our motor.

No. We still got a motor.

Eh? Who?

Nah.

We're through.

Are you afraid?

No. I don't think so.

If we had got out of it, i...

I was going to ask

You to marry me.

What do you think

You'd have said?

I think I would've said yes.

Well, then, whatever happens,

I'd like you to marry me.

Congratulations.

Well, that's settled.

And what now, little men?

I've been a widower

For 18 years.

We never had any children.

All I leave behind me...

Is a great many

Millions of dollars.

I hope they do

Somebody some good.

So, we're all going

To fold up and die...

Just because that

Ersatz superman is gone.

My only regret is...

That in the end,

I joined a mob.

Baloney.

We weren't a mob

When we k*lled him.

We were a mob

When we sat around,

Prisoners of the

Man we'd saved...

Kowtowing to him, obeying him,

Practically heiling him...

Because he was kind enough and strong

Enough to take us to a concentration camp!

Good grief, look at you.

Rittenhouse, c.j. Rittenhouse,

Self-made man.

Made of what?

As long as you're sitting there,

Thinking of your last will and testament,

I'll write your

Epitaph for you now.

"Ritt, he quit."

That goes for

You too, narcissus.

It's a good thing there's room on that

Chest of yours for another letter...

"Q" for quitter!

And you, joe,

It's all right for you to

Look up and trust in somebody.

How about giving him a hand?

What's the matter with us?

We not only let the n*zi do our

Rowing for us, but our thinking!

Ye gods and little fishes.

Fishes.

Ye gods.

We haven't got energy pills,

But the ocean's full of them...

Millions of fish swimming around.

Well, why don't we

Catch some? We tried that.

We have no bait.

Sure, we have... Bait...

By cartier. Are you kidding?

Kidding, my foot. I'm starving.

Well, what are you

Waiting around for?

Where's the fish line?

Bait your line, chum.

Not only food, but oil.

We can squeeze the fish

For oil. It's better than water.

I can recommend the bait. I

Ought to know. I bit on it myself.

I've never eaten

Raw fish before.

I have. It's not bad.

We'd better not count our

Chickens before they're hatched.

What do you mean, "chickens"?

There never yet was a poor fish

That wouldn't bite on one of those.

Strike!

It's a good one! Careful!

Easy. Easy does it.

Don't let him have slack. Easy.

- There's a ship.

- Huh?

Gangway!

Why, you... My bracelet!

It's the supply ship, all right.

- Yeah.

- - Willi's had the last word at that.

Well, some of my best friends

Are in concentration camps.

Do you suppose they'll

Have any coffee aboard...

Real coffee?

- Hello!

- What'd he say?

He says, yes, they

Have some coffee...

And wiener schnitzel

And pig's knuckles...

And sauerkraut

And... Apple strudel...

Hot. Look.

The supply ship's signaling.

What's happening? Why

Are they turning around?

Maybe they forgot the

Cream for the coffee.

They're not going

To pick us up. Hey!

Well, that's...

That's impossible.

They can't leave us here like

This. Why... Why, that's inhuman.

As a matter of fact, it's a

Violation of international law.

And now, there's

A storm coming up.

No, that's g*nf*re!

I think it would be a good

Idea to get out of here!

Do you know i...

You know, I believe that we're

Being shelled by our own side.

They're sh**ting at us! What's the

Matter with them? Can't they see us?

Why can't we signal 'em

Or something? With what?

Where are we going?

What's the best place to go?

She's moving towards

Us. Hurry up, kovac!

Can't you boys row any faster?

In a word, wow!

Relax, mr. Rittenhouse.

They've got her!

Watch your head!

She's going down. And fast too.

Fast enough for me.

Well, that settles the score.

Here comes our ship. She ought

To be here in about 20 minutes.

What can we use to signal with?

Wait'll she gets

A little nearer.

Well, folks, we're

In business agai...

There I go again.

Well, I only hope mrs. Spencer

Hasn't been worrying too much.

Who's mrs. Spencer? My wife.

- George, you're married?

- Those things happen

To everybody, you know.

Twenty minutes? Good heavens!

My nails, my hair, my face.

Oh, I must look a fright.

Oh.

- Oh, here, darling.

- No, darling. You first.

Yes, darling. Yes. 'Cause one

Of my best friends is in the navy.

Hmm, nice. Mighty nice. The

Boy goes to high school.

Really? What's his name? George.

- Oh.

- George charles spencer.

Lovely family, george.

Lovely family. Oh, thanks.

Stanley, do you realize I don't

Even know your last name?

G-a-double r-e-double t.

"Garrett." Garrett.

Am I presentable,

Darling? How do I look?

A million. Fifty grand...

Kovac, my boy. I

Owe you fifty grand.

- Forget that last hand, ritt.

- I will never forget...

- That last hand.

- Don't be silly, darling.

He'll find a way to take

It off his income tax.

Not at all. Not at

All. And don't forget,

You owe me a bracelet. Yows'm.

And a typewriter. Sure.

And a camera. You bet.

And... Look!

- Danke schön.

- It's his arm. Let's get his coat off.

Hey, wait a minute. Have you

Forgotten about willi already?

Ritt, this is different.

The kid's wounded.

- Throw him back.

- Don't be silly, - darling. He's...

He's helpless. He's only a baby.

The baby has a toy.

I should've frisked

Him. You see?

You can't treat them as human

Beings. You've got to exterminate them.

Easy, ritt. He'll

Be taken care of.

He's says, "aren't

You going to k*ll me?"

I'll have to tie this up till the

Ship's doctor takes care of it.

"Aren't you going to k*ll me?"

What are you gonna

Do with people like that?

I don't know.

I was thinking of mrs.

Higley and her baby...

And gus.

Well, maybe they

Can answer that.