Call of the Wild (1935)

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(CHATTERING, SHOUTING)

Whoa!

Mush!

(CHATTERING CONTINUES)

Now beat it!

Ali right, liii leave, if that’s the way you feel about it.

But III leave Iike a gentieman.

(g*nshots)

Quiet, everybody! Ladies and gentiemen, your attention, please!

You’re about to take your Iast Iook at Mr. Thornton’s handsome, smiling face.

So make the most of it, you weaseIs!

(CHATTERINGI LAUGHING)

But, as a Iast insane gesture, Mr. Thornton wants you ali to step up to the bar and have a drink with him! c c -c) > -1 -1 m z 9 Are you ready? Let’s go! •To the bar, everybodyjJ There you are!

(ORCHESTRA MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Hiya, Tex.

Hiya, dude. The boys’re telling me you’re going home.

Yep. Catching tomorrow’s boati WeII, there’s no use in wishing you Iuck. I guess you’ve had plenty.

Give me Michigan Avenue on a hot afternoon and you can have ali the yeilow dust this side of Seattie.

I guess we ali feel the sarne way, kid. it seems that ali the hornesíck guys in the world carne up here.

Put this away for me. It’s wearing me down.

Sure thíng.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MUSIC ENDS)

(LAUGHING, APPLAUSE)

(PIANO PLAYING)

(LOUD WHISTLING)

-Ah, they been kinda running against you. -Yeah. Oh, thanks.

Give us a cou pie more stacks. Here’s where Im apt to earn my fare back to Seattie.

There you are.

Díd I say SeattIe?

You’d better quit while you stiII have the price of a pick and shovel, dude.

WhaVs the matter? You want your grave dug?

Give us some action! I’m buying!

(WH ISTLES)

WeII, the hot seat went cold, eh?

Better Iuck next time, dude.

Yeah. Yeah, I hope so. WeII, so Iong, feIIas So Iong. -So Iong, dude.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

Russ, my stomach wants to know how my credit is.

WeII, if your stomach’s as good as your credít, youil live to be 1OO.

Thanks. Did I ever teu you about my grandpa?

Died when he was 106.

-What interrupted his youth? -He quit drinking.

(LAUGHS)

So they cleaned you out, eh?1 ThaVs tough.

Ah, there’s a Iot more where that carne from.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

What’s the matter, Mr. Thornton?

Ain’t you speakin’ toyour pais since you got rich?

WeII, heilo, Shorty! How are ya?

-Have a stimulant. -Thanks.

-When’d you get out? -This afternoon.

These bastilies up here ain’t as cozy as them stirs down in little ol’ New York.

The finest jailhouse I ever seen was the Coney lsland precinct.

They sent you up for opening the maus, didn’t they?

ShhI Shh!

That was a miscarriage ofjustice.’ Listen... Ah!

Ali I did on that mali route was peek in a couple of those bili o’ dues.

It gets darned lonesome on the trail there I was as innocent-like as if I was sittin’ in the New York Public Library.

Letters are supposed to be prívate, even up here.

WeII, if I wasn’t honest trying to seal it up, I wouldn’t have got caught.

-ThaVs too bad. -WeII, I wouldn’t say that.

-That Ietter I opened was very interesting. :Yeah?

Yeah. Ifyou’d have saved a bit of your bankroll, I’d have cut you in on somethin

-Oh. More mau? -Yes and no.

That Ietter I opened was worth about a million bucks.

Thanks very much for the snort-oIa See ya around sometime.

(MEN ARGUING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)I

Hey, Shorty! Shorty! Wait a mínute

Let me hear a little more about that pipe dream of yours.

Pipe dream is right.

I been dreamin’ about this for síx months up in that cold Arctic can.

-Yeah? What do you need a bankroll for? dVeII, 1...

Hey, youse guys! Get outta here!

23 skiddoo!

Boo!

I need a bankroll to grubstake us as far as Dawson City andthenaIongwaybeyondthat

-Yeah? That sounds interesting. -You know somethín’?

When they caught me opening those Ietters, and the judge presented me with six months, or, as the Englísh jockeys say, a dozen fortnights, weII, thatjudge asked me a Iot of siIIy questions, Iike how many Ietters Id jimmied et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!

-But there’s one question he didn’t ask me. -Yeah?

He didn’t ask me what was in that Ietter.I

-Say, is your credít still good in there? -I wouldn’t be surprised.

-Come on. Let’s go and exhaust ít. -Okay.

His name was Blake. Martin Blake.I He had red whiskers and weII, he was a little blind.

Oh, yeah, I remember. He was cracked.I

-ToId everybody he’d found a rích lode. -That’s the guy.

WeII, he got síck on the trai He was com ing to Dawson City to file hís claim.

He wrote a Ietter to his son, John Blake, in San Francisco.

He had a note on the envelope,I said if anything happened to him, the Ietter should be mailed.

WeII, his numberwas up, so the letter was mailed.

And you Iooked inside to be sure everything was neat and in order.

Mmm. But there wasnt much of a letter.

It was mostly a map.

You made a copy?

As I’m com ing to the backstretch with a pencil, I feel the Iong arm of John Law on my shoulder.

-Did they take the copy away from you? ‘F’Q.

-Then you stiII have it? -No agaín.

WeII, whaVd you do with it?

I et iti

(GROANS)

When that map started to digest though, see, it sorta went to my head.

Went to my brain.

So, while Im sitting up there in the booby hatch, I made a copy of it from memory!

(LAUGHS)

Take off my boot.

Well, liii show you. I got a good memory too.

Course, there’s a couple of things here I don’t quite figure out.

Now, you see...

I don’t know íf this is a mountain or a river.

And I think they said there was rapids here.

But I don’t see how that could be because I don’t remember no river up there!

Hey, listen, little man, the graveyards up here is fulI of gold hopheads, guys that smoked a pipeful of hope had glittering yellow dreams and ended up under a pile of rocks in frozen ground.

Me, III take bourbon.

KiIIs you slower, but a Iot more pleasant-Iike.

Now, wait a minute, Mr. Thornton.I Something mighty strange happened today.I

-Something mighty strange. -Yeah?

Sit downi um standin out in front of the Palace Hotel, see.

Not dom’ nothin’, because, weII, you know, a felia just out of the can and broke, just Iookin’ and standin’ is about the Iimit of your activities.

Yeah -WeII, it was a good idea, see.

-‘Cause things started happenin’. Yeah?

Out of thís hotel comes the most beautíful skirt that you ever put your peepers on.

And following her is a dignified-Iookin’ guy I’d say 46 autumns.

And him and her get in the sled and they go off, headed for Dawson City.

-Thanks for the society note. -Yeah, butwait.

1 get excited, see, I run into the hotel and take a look at the Iedger.

You know the names of these two ínteresting people?

Mr. and Mrs. John Blake of San Francisco!

OId man Blake’s son?

1 hope, in my subtie way Ive made myself clear. 1 You have.

Look, if I get the money for an outfit, how do we split?

Even-steven Okay. Wait here. III be right back.I Listen, they got a day’s Iead on us.

-IVs only a gambie. -That’s what I Iike about it. (MUMBLING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

-Where’s Marie, Tex? -She’s through for the night.

(DOGS BARKING)

Hey, Marie, I got a...

Helio! Howare..i

Didn’t take you Iong, did ít?

Youre gonna hit me?

1 havent made up my mmd yet.

Where’s my money?

1 always admired Ioyalty, l’m so sentimental. This is the best way to hit you, sweetheart

(DOGS BARKING)

What’s the matter with this fido?

Sorry, Jack, but that ones takeni Belongs to a team I sold yesterday.’ I’II teu you what. I got a big fella I’II give you for practically nothin’.

Fifty bucks!

What’s lhe matter with him?

He ain’t broke yet, and I don’t think he’s gonna be.

Oh. Tough, huh?

(SNARLING, BARKING)

St. Bernard. He’s ali animal, Joel

-He’s on a hunger strike. -Won’t eat anything?

Nothin’ but your hand or your foot, or points north.

(BARKING CONTINUES) lHe Iooks Iike he was stolen I from some joint in the States.

1 never ask a dog no questions.

BIue ribbons dont mean nothin’ to a pooch up here.

(BARKING CONTINUES)

How’d you Iike to see me make this guy eat?

Ali right by me.

-l aínt got nothin’ to do ali winter. -Get some grub.

Frank, dinner for one!

Unharness Little Boy BIue. Put him right there.

1 -Dinner for one -Okay. Let him out.

-I hope you know what you’re dom’. -I hope so too!

Ali right, iet ga of him.

(BARKING)

(BOTH SNARLING)

Ali right, puli your dog out!

(BARKING, SNARLING CONTINUE)

Don’t Iet your dog get thís piece!

(GROWLS, BARKS)

(BARKING)

(G ROWLING)

He’II eat regular from now on.

1 wish I had time to break him. He’d make a great dog.

-Ali right, Frank, put him back. -III do it. Here.

(BARKS)I Which one ofyou is Mr. Groggins?I WeII, speak up. Is Mr. Groggins here?

My name is Smith.

Are the outfit and provisions ready I that were ordered in my name? 1

WeII, why don’t you answer me, Groggíns? You speak English, don’t you?

(STAMMERING) Uh, yes, sir. Here’s your whole outfit.

-Tenderfoot, huh? -Not as tender as he Iooks.

If I’rn not too inquisitive, wiII six dogs be enough?

-TheylI puil the ioad, ali right. -With me on it?

WeII, I don’t know about that.I You don’t Iook Iike a man who knows much about anything, Mr. Groggíns.

WelI, I do know that people come up here don’t usually make a buggy ride out of it.

They walk or run wíth the dogs, sometimes break trail.

You sure wiII need more dogs I you’re gonna ride that sled.

And more dog food.

And a needie and thread.

What for, my intelligent friend?

To sew up the guys that’s gonna splít their sides Iaughin’ at ya!

Once in a while people do Iaugh at me But very briefIy.

WeII, sir, dogs! Dogs!

Uh, bring FIip and Frowsy.

Say, Joe, why don’t you show the honorable Mr. Smíth this beautiful animal?

(GROWLS, BARKS)

1 don’t think so. He’s too savage.

Is that so? WeII, just Iet him out

-He’s liable to get tough, Mr. Smith. -Let him out, I said.

-What’s his name? -We cali him Buck.

1 don’t Iike to take the responsibility, Mr. Smith.

That’s why youil never amount to much!

What are you asking for him?

Uh, 250 bucks.

SoId. Let hím out.

So your names Buck, eh?

You’re tough, huh?

Hey, wait a minute. That dog cost me a Iot of money.

-I pay for my pleasure, Mr. Groggins. -Wait a minute.

That dog belongs to me.

1 bought him, Smith, and I don’t allow my dogs to be shot.

That is, of course, unless I sh**t them myself.

That’s ali right. l’lI give you twice what you paid for hím.

Hes not for saIe.

Just as you say, my good man.

Just as you say.

WeII, what others have you?

-Uh, here. Hitch ‘em up. -These two wiII do.

1 ordered a collapsible bathtub from Seattle. Did ít get here?

It’s a bathtub!

You sweet meats. Youre Iosing your home.

Easy with ye.

Come on. Out.

Come on. Come on. Come on, Harmoni Here ya are, Mr. Smith.

We thought it was something to pile wood in.

The only bath a person gets up here is by the sweat of the brow.

How interesting. Mush!

(DOGS BARKING)

Been a great pleasure, gentIemen.

A great pIeasure!

Nice guys.

WeII, I don’t like to see a dog k*lled either.

But after ali, 250 bucks is 250 bucks Ali right, I told you l’m buying him, and I am’

-We ain’t got no time to fool with him. -Quiet, quiet.

Whose money is this?

(G ROWLING)

Listen, you, you’re my dog, and I’m your boss.

The sooner you Iearn that, the easier it’s going to be for both of us.

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(BARKING)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(BARKING)

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

(GROWLING EASES)

CD o 3 CD o D (1) e — cz (1, e e h*! h*!

-Right there! -(BARKING, SNARLING)

(SHOUTING) Hey!

Go on! Get back there! What’d you bríng thís baboon along for?

-That big guy don’t Iike him! -That’s just too bad! He’II Iearn to Iike him!

-Come on! Let’s go! Mush! Mush! -Get your teeth out of him!

Come on! Get up there! Come on, gray boy!

-Come on, Buck. -(BARKS)

-What’s the matter? -Nearly took my wing off.

(BARKS) -Come on, big boy.

We don’t mean you any harm.

-We’re trying to be friendly with you. -(GROWLI NG)

Buck, come here!

(GROWLING CONTINUES)

Come on, boy. Nobody’s gonna hurt you.

Come on, now, be...

Buck! Hey, Buck! Buck, come here!

WeII, you can kiss that 250 bucks good-bye.

Yep. It’s too bad too. He’d have made a great dog.

Now heil either freeze to death or wolves’II get him. Poor feila.

Make yourself at home, Buck.

(HOWLING)

Hey! Look, boss! Wolves!

(HOWLING CONTINUES)

(HOWLING CONTINUES)

(g*nshots ECHOING)

SHORTY: Is he dead?

No, he isn’t dead. And he isn’t a he

Hey, you know who that is? That’s Blake’s woman!

(MOANING, WHIMPERING)

Oh, John! Oh, John darling! Im so gIad!

Oh!

Oh... Oh, I thought...

Is my husband with you I Have you found him?• Youre the only one we’ve found so far.

What about your husband?

1 don’t know.

We ran into trouble and we Iost most of our provisions crossing the river.

The ice broke, and then some of our dogs died.

Two days ago my husband went out to Iook for food and he hasnt come back.

Do you think he’s dead?

That’s a pretty good guess

(SO BS>

(SOBBING CONTINUES)

What are we gonna do with her?

What can you do? Take her to Dawson and leave her.

You’re forgetting one thing, paI.

Yeah?

She and her old man was Iooking for the sarne thíng we are.

And they had the map, the original one.

YouII find my husband for me, wont you?

There’s nothing we can do. We’re a thousand miles from nowhere.

Either the cold got him, or the wolves!

Get on the sled. We’re taking you to Dawson.

But you gotta help me find him.

He isn’t dead. I don’t believe that.

Hey, listen, Iady, in this country when a guy is gane for two days, hes gone.

1 refuse to go until I definitely know about my husband.

If you don’t wanna stay and Iook for him, you can go without me.

z 2 z o 3 CD o D Put me down! I cant go! I’ve got to stay! Put me down!

Stop! Stop this sled!

Whoa! What’s the matter?

-You untie these straps. -Oh, no, no. You míght fali off.

I’m doing this for your own good. Later on you’II thank me.

1 hate you, you beast! Let me out of here!

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!

Whoops! Ha!

-Lets go! Mush! -Mush!


IIt’s customary up here, Mrs. Blake, for everybody to pitch in and do their share Youve been with us two days, and you haven’t done anything but sit around and Iook nasty.I Can you cook?

Yes, I’m considered a very excellent cook.

Huh. WeII, how about giving these beans the benefit of your talents?

I’II do nothing to help you.

I’m your prisoner, and since you seem to want me with you, you’II take care of me.

Want you? We just had an attack of insanity and decided to keep you from committing suicide.

Very bad idea, come to think of it.

Hey! You’re forgettin’ our guest of honor.

Thank you, Mr. Hoolihan.

-Hey. Gimme. Come on, gímme. -Hmm?

Say, uh, Mrs. Blake, íf I ain’t too inquisitive what was you and your old man gonna do up here? Oh. Looking for the yellow stuff, eh?I Probably.

Can’t understand it, a guy taking his wife way out in the wilderness.

Stupid, ifyou ask me.

Mr. Blake had an excellent reason.

Yeah?

Yeah. He Ioved me and I Ioved him.

WeII, I wouldn’t Iet him go aIone.

Undoubtedly, that wiII stiII impress you as being a very stupid reason.

We thought it an excellent one.’

1 stiII think it’s stupid.

Have some coffee. It might warm you up.’

WeII, teu me somethin’.

Uh, didn’t he have some object? Wasn’t there somethin’ he was after?

What I mean is, did he have a hunch, or did somebody give him a tip?

I’m very tired, Mr. Hoolihan, and I know you must be.

Me, tired? Heck no!

WeII, I thought you might be, askíng such personal questions.

-Good night’ -Good nighj

Boss, shes a woman in a miIIion

-Youthinkso? -Yeah. She don’t talk. Can that be rain?

Hey, I gotta admit though she’s pretty as a picture. 1 You can have my share.

(BARKING)

(DOGS BARKING)

He’II come back again.

WeII, Iet’s turn in, huh?

(BARKING CONTINUES)

(G ROWLING)

(GROWLING, BARKING)

(SNORING)

Do you mmd putting another Iog on the fire, Mr. Thornton?

(SNORING CONTINUES)

(SC REAMS)

Fire! WoIf!

What’sthematter?

You woke up. Go on back to bed.

(YAWNS)

Them beans I et...

Thank you, Mr. Thornton.

(IN HIGH VOICE) “Oh, thank you, Mr. Thornton.”

(LAUGHING)

Say, you know, there’s two of them dogs stíll missing, Buck and the gray boy.

Yeah.

Speaking ofthe deviI!

Where you been?

SHORTY: Uhhuh.

He’s been in a fíght with the gray boy, 1 betyou.

Yeah, that means we’re one dog short.

I’m telling you, Buck is an outIaw I’ve known horses Iike that, never could break them.

WeII, what are we going to do for our Iead dog?

One Eye has got a Iot of experience. Move him to the Iead.

Come on, Bobby, Iet’s startwaIking.

Come on, Buck.

Buck, come on!

Come here!

Come here! WhaVs the matter with you?

(LAUGHS)

Success has gone to his noodle.I Maybehewantsto rideonthesIed Shut up, wiII you? Buck, come here!

If you had any common sense, Mr. Thornton, you’d realize what was wrong?

As the inteilectual member of this party, suppose you teu me.

Verywell, IwiII.

Buck has whipped the Iead dog’ and he now naturally believes that posítion belongs to him.I ThaVs the old Iaw of accession.

“The king is dead, Iong live the king.” That is ifyou knowwhat I am talking about.

Oh, I see you’re afraid to try my suggestíon.

Put One Eye back in his old pIace Come onJ

I’m crawling up my back, One Eye. Come here.

Ali ríght. Come on, king, and get crowned.I

WeII, come on! The Iead is yours!

Perhaps that great but frígid mmd of yours can figure out whats the matter now.

That club, stupid.

(BARKS)I

(LAUGHS)

It takes some people an awful Iong time to catch on, doesn’t it, Buck?

He meant that as a caress, dídn’t he?I Yes, he did. I got to hand it to you hes never done that to anybody else but me.

lt appears that you are I are the only members ofthe Buck Fraternal...

Seems she’d rather be an elk.

(LAUGHS)

Ali right, get on with the dogs.

No, thank you. 1’II cross the way you men do.

HoId on! HoId onU Stick with it!

Hurry up! Hurry up! Don’t forget the g*n!

If we pack the stuff on the dogs and foot it, we can make it to Dawson in three days.

-Oh, just a mad cook’s tour, huh? -Yeah You better come closer to the fire, we won’t bite, you know.

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Wait tili I put on my pants.

Ali right, you win, Mr. Thornton, it is stupid for a woman to come up here.

May 1?

Yeah, sure.

They usually get along better1 when they do as they’re told.I

1 wouldn’t presume to teach you feminine psychology, -but I might add, very humbly of course... -Yeah?

!.that if a woman is asked to do something, she’s more apt to obey than when she’s commanded.

Are my stockings dry, Mr. Hocilhan?

It’II take a minute, 1’II wring them out again and see.

Does that answer your question?

(LAUGHING)

Look it, she’s Iaughing! The ice has thawed. Spring has carne!

(SINGING) Oh, springtime, you hear peo pie scream You’re the one who’s breaking my heart, you pretty thing A boo, a boo, aboo

(LAUGHING)

(DOG SINGING)

Springtime is here, oh, h*, h*, h*, h*

Boa.

Boa.

Boa.

(DOG SINGS)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(CHATTERING)

(DOGS BARKING)

Say! Nice, modest little prices they have here.

They practically give things away.

Say, boss, how much we got this síde of the grave?

Just about enough for a room in a poorhouse.

This mansion over here’II do. Come onH

-Come on, Buck. -Come on, Buck.

WeII, Mrs. Blake, 1 guess it’s about time to say good-bye.

There’s an officer of the Mau nted Police down the street.

They’II get you back to the States.I We’d stake you ourselves, only, weII, we’ve mislaid our funds.

Yeah, yeah.

WeII, you’ve been very nice, Mr. Thornton.

1 suppose I was a little difficult, but, well, losing someaneyou’ve grown to lave isnt...

Yes, 1 know.

I’m sorry I was so rough.

WeII, I’m sorry I was so unpIeasant Mmm. I’m sorry that I can’t think of a thíng to be sorry about. 1 suppose you’ve got friends and relatives back in the states.

No. My husband’s ali I had.

-Why do you ask? -Because we got a proposition to make.

Yes?;0]

We know what brought you up here. We’ve known ali along.

1 mean, old man Blakes claim!

But how? How could you possibly know?

Give me that map, Shorty.

SHORTY: Yeah.

Did you ever see this?

Or, uh, something Iíke ít?

Yes. Yes, I’ve seen the originaI.

This won’t do you any good. It isn’t correct.

1 know it. That’s why I was going to suggest that...

My husband had to borrow and beg to make this trip.

He went through ali sor(s of horrible difficuities and...

1 know. WeII, now hes gone.

That’s why I was going to suggest that.

And you were gonna take it away from him, steal it.

Oh, now, please be reasonabIe Why don’t you come in with me and Shorty on this thing?

Where our map is incorrect, give us the right route. We’II be partners.

And, weII, while you’re about it, 1 suppose you may as weli consider ali angles.

We need your information about this.

We could probably find the mine ourselves without your help. It would take longer.

Of course, you don’t know us very weII except that we’re a little rough on women!

We might play you dirty.

We might take your informatior and then teu you to, weII, go jump in the river.

We might do that.

On the other hand, we might be on the up-and-up with you.

Let me see your map.

This river here, it isn’t a river, its a dry creek.

-And that mountain peak, thaVs down here. -Criminy! That’s it!

-Hi! -(G ROAN S)

Ali the other mistakes are minor ones.

Ali right, Mr. Thornton, now you can teu me...

How did you express it? To go jump in the river?

We’ve gotta do a Iot ofjumping ourselves to get the 700 bucks for the outfit.

-Seven hundred dollars is hard to get. -My, oh, my, oh, my.

But we’II get it, if we have to take a knife stick somebody and take it away from em.

Yeah! -Come on, Shorty. Mush!

-Come on. Let’s go. -Ali set.

Keep your fingers crossed tili we get back.

(DOOR CLOSES)

We’ve gotta make a touch, Shorty.

Something that means more to me now that just finding a mine.

Yeah, I been noticing that.

Youre the doctor. You know what’s good for ya.

The way I figures it, hunting for gold’s a fuli-time job.

Anything that interferes with it, interferes with ít.

I-Whatdoyou mean? -You know what I mean.

Mmd keeping that fat snoot of yours out of my affairs?

Ali right, ali right. No offense, boss. No offense whatsoever.

(G ROWLS)

-Where’s Buck? Hmm?

Come on!

(SHOUTING, LAUGHING)

(DOG BARKING)

My, oh, my, oh, my, oh, my!

Can’t you see that’s poisoned meat?1 ThaVs the secand time he’s attacked mel

-Yeah, hes crazy about you! -(NOTES ON PIANO PLAY)

Can’t you see?

Wait a minute, partner. I’II give you a chance to make some money.

-I doubt it. -lii gíve you $300 for him.

-Ha! -Five hundred.

Nope. Not interested.

— — co (D o o o o z o o m (1) c c z p o -1 -1 m z That’s a fabulous price to pay for a dog. 1 could get a team of six for that.

What do you expect you’d do with him if I Iet you have him?

Give myself the exquisite pleasure of putting a b*llet through his head.

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

No, thanks. Im sorry 1 can’t contribute to your fun, mister.

(LAUGHING)

Boo!

What’II you have to drink, gentiemen?

WeII, Jack, my boy, (CHUCKLES) how is tricks?

Helio, Sam! How are you? GIad to see you. Sam, this is Shorty.

1-Heilo -Ah yes Just seen the argument you had with that fellow back there.

-He doesnt seem to Iíke your dog. [No, no.

-The dog doesn’t Iike him either. -(LAUGHING)

Look, Sam, howyou fixed?

Uh, pretty nearly fIat.

But anyhow, I got enough to ask you gentlemens to join me in a drink.

-Bourbon, straight! 1 Ditto!

Likewise! Come on, boy! Come on!

(CHUCKLES)

Sch napps?

WeII, Sam, here’s to your very good health.I

-Skoal. -Prosit.

You know, that’s a Iot of money that fellow offered you for your dog.

Yeah? That’s a Iot of dog too SAM: Ja!

(CHATTERING IN GERMAN)

-Hey, boss, let’s head for the hotel, huh? -No, no, no, notyet.

Maybe somebody we know wiII show.’ Ole! Ha-ha! How are you?

1 got Iots troubIe.

Nowhere I can get two dogs, cheap.

What matter, huh?

1 got load of thousand-pound flour

1 got to get over to 40-Míle Creek.

Two of my dogs, they die.

Its too big Ioad for the other four dogs to puil.

I-(BARKS)I -Quíet, now!

Yo! That’s one fine dog, mister.

You want to seu, maybe?

-No, I don’t. -lii say he don’t!

You know, that fellow back therel just offered him 1,000 bucks!

-One thousand bucks? —Mm-hmm.

What the dog do? Spit gold dust?I Hes the best dog you’ve ever seen He could puli that load of yours without any help at ali.

-Sure! lii bet you he could. -WeII, he could.

How’d you Iike to make a little bet on that, partner?

Haven’t any money to bet.

1 hear of one dog in Nome, he puli 800 pound.

But he dies dead to do that.

Ah, no dog can puil 1,000 pounds. It’s impossible.

WeII, then it’s impossible. Let’s drop it.’ Is it ali right to iook at him, mister?

It aín’t every day we can see a dog that can puil a thousand pounds.I Come on, boss. Lets get outta herel

(G ROWLS)

What’s the matter, gentIemen?

If I overheard correctIy, the argument is whether or not this dog can puil a thousand pounds.

I’m willing to bet a doliar a pound he can’t.

He won’t bet. Says hes broke.I

1 don’t want money from you, my friend If your dog is able to do it, lii give you the $1 ,000.

(ONLOOKERS MURMURING)

-If he can’t... WeII?

Why, then, lii take the dog

No.

MAN: Say, that sounds fair to me.I Mister, you wouldn’t want to own a dog’ that couldn’t puil a measly thousand pounds.

Sounds Iíke an easy way of making money to me.

Sure!

First he shoots off his mouth. Then he won’t go through with it.

WeN, my friend, these gentiemen seem to think I’m giving you the best of it.

Don’t do it, boss. Let’s go outta here.

A thousand doilarsi

It’s a bet!

-It’s a bet! -(ALL CHEERING, SHOUTING)

1 think you make one big mistake, mister.’ But, weII, we go outside.

(LAUGHING, SHOUTING)

-Thornton’s crazy! -If Jack says his dog can do it, he can do it!

-Ten-to-one he can’t! -It’s a bet!

-Any more takers? -191 take ya!

-I got a poke that says you’re wrong. -Im right!

-But it dies dead to do that. -The dog wiII do it!

Gee, boss, he can’t do it. He’II kiII himselftrying.

Shutupj Youre not only doing this for money.

You’re afraid of getting stuck here and Iosing that Blake woman.

Oh, ali right.

Your dog is to puli the sled a hundred yards from the standstill.

That’s the beti

(LAUGHING)

A hundred yards!

Ali right, ali right!

(G ROWLS)

One, two, three, four...

SHORTY: Ali right, get back. Nobody touch that dog.

...five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, one, two...

Dog is gonna draw a sled. Just stand there.

Thedogwilldoit!

It’s plenty Ioad for one dog to puII.

Thedogwilldoit!

Five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Keep your hands off that dog, now! You understand?

Oh, I beg your pardon.

Seven, eight, nine, a hundred.I Go on, mister. We’re waíting.I

Buck!

(BARKS, GROWLS)

Buck! Come on, boy!

(BARKING)

(ONLOOKERS SHOUTING, LAUGHING)

Come on, Buck! Mush!

(BARKING CONTINUES)

(ONLOOKERS CHEERING)

Come on, boy! Mush, Buck!I

Come on, come on, Buck!

(BARKING)

-Come on, boy. -Stay away from that dog!

Buck, come on!

(BARKING)

(ONLOOKERS CHEER)

Buck! Come on, boy!

Come on, whitey! Yeah, yeah, yeah!I

(CHEERING)

Hooray! That dog done it.

(LAUGHS)

-He ali right? Hope so.

Oh, I beg your pardon, old boy, but haven’t you forgotten about the money?

The gelt? PIease.

Mmm! Thank you, sir.

-Oh, say. You know somethíng? -WeII?

-You’d make a good dog biscuit. (LUG HS)

-What’s that, a halter? -Yeah.

Hmm. Being as I’m working Iike a horse, 1 just as weIl look like one.

There you are. Now hang on to this.

Is that ali?

Did you remember naiIs?

Naus. Hammers and saw. Look.

You bought ‘em yourself. What’s the matter with you this morning?

-Nothing. Get out. — LflTli ri’i .

Oh, hey, Iisten...

There’s something wedid forget, a medicine kit.

We need some iodine and quinine, just in case.

Yeah, ali right. I’Il get ‘em.

IHmm. I hope itwon’tbe1 too heavy for you to carry

-See youse later. -CLAIRE: Ali right

Say, uh, what do we neel the naus and hammers for?

WeII, the snow’s disappearing fast.

We’II have to cache the sled later on and build a boat.

Oh?

Say, uh, Iook...

Yeah?

What is it?

1, tjI”i...

1 got something to teu you. Maybe you better take it síttíng down.

Vou know how I feel about women in this country.

Where w&re going is ten times as tough and rugged

-as anything you’ve seen up to now. -What are you getting at?

WeII, just this.

1 paid your room rent here at the hoteI and III leave you enough money for expenses until we get backl You mean I’m supposed to wait here while you and Shorty go...

That’s it.

I’ve been wondering whether youd try something Iike this.

WeII, ifyou’re going, I’m going too.

-You mean you don’t trust us? -I mean exactly that.

Ali right, Shorty and I will stay here. You go find the mine.

1-Oh don’t be smart. -WeII, you’re not going.I Wouldn’t be fair to you, or to us either.

SIow us down to a walk and make us carry double provisions.

Besides, it’s more of a risk than I want to see you take.

Believe me, that’s my only reason for making this decision.

If you don’t Iike my way of doing it, do it yourself.

You can have my share.

Oh, so you’re gonna give me my mine, are you?

WeII, thank you very much. You’II not leave this town without me.

We’II leave without you.

You’II wait here and Iike it.

Ali right, come on. Let’s get going.

-How about the lodine and quinine? -I’II get them.

If that female iceberg comes out and wants to tag along, smack her down.

Wonderwhat’s happened now.

Oh, weII. You know, I know a couplel of people used to fool around líke that and they got children now.

(CHUCKLES)

You, uh... You still want to go aIong?

Not only do I still want to go, I am going.’

Ali right, come on. Let’s get going.

-(DOG BARKS)I -JACK: Come on!

Mush! Mush!

(WHISTLES) Come on!

Hey! Hey! Come on!

(WHIP CRACKS)

Mush! Mush!

Mush!

-What’s up, Sergeant? -They just brought a fellow in.

-Picked hím up on the Skagway Trail. -What happened to hím?

It seems Iike he Ieft his sled togo hunting for food then couldn’t find hís way back.’ He was almost a corpse when they found him.

-What’s his name? -WeII, we found these on hím.

Name seems to be BIakeI John Blake, San Francisco.

(GRU NTS)

(GRU NTS)

Here it comesi

(LAUGHS)

Say, it even Iooks Iike a raft!

Thanks. I always wanted to join the navy.

-WiII there be room for the dogs, sailor? -I’m afraid not, matey.

-They’II have to run along the bank. -Verywell, sir.

Be careful of that varnish I on the deck, you two gobsi Step right in, com modore.

CLA1RE: Ali set? Shove off, cabin boy.I Ca. ..

Toot, toot!

SHORTY: Hard aport!

(ALL HUMMING SONG)

JACK: Come on, Buck. Come on.I

(HUMMING CONTINUES)

The way I figure it, we go 100 miles upstream then we follow a creekj that runs into it northi (LAUGHS) NeverfaiIs.

Oh, you pretty things.

(CHUCKLES) That’s right, north for about 40 míles.I And then ali we gotta do is...

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, ífyou could only cook.

(CHUCKLES)

Then ali we have to do is find the knoill upon which stands a tree half-shattered by Iightning.

And the cabin.

Near that knoII.

Gee, I wonder what it’s gonna be líke,I havíng things ínstead ofwishing for ‘em.

Hmm.

Not nearly so much fun.

You’re wrong, CIaire.

Wishing never got anybody anypIace.

It’s owning something that counts.

Taking it when you can’t get it any other way, that’s ali right too.

It’s the Iaw up here. The Iaw of the Klondike.

When there’s somethíng you need, grab it.

Take it away from the other guy.

It’s a good Iaw.

It works.

Nope. It only works when you deserve to have what you take.

Othervvíse it’s stealing.

Perhaps that particular commandment isn’t respected up here.

They ali get broken.

-That one gets splintered’ _-(CLAIRE CHUCKLES) 1 WeII, Noah, that boat manipulating’s a Iittletoo tough for my delicate constitution, so if you don’t mmd, sir, I shall go below.

(GROANS)

Good night.

-Night, Shorty. 1 i g h t.

Good night, dice.

(SIGHS)

Summer’s just around the corner.

(WHISPERING) I can smell itj

You know, somehow Dawson and Skagway and even California seem Iike places I’ve just heard of. 1

Seems as if Ive Iíved out here in this wílderness forever.

Other people and other pIaces never existedi

But there’s one thing I do remember and that’s a very kind and wonderful man

1 wonder what Buck sees in the fire What are you thinking of, Buck?

WeII, hes probably remem bering more than thinking.

•Remembering back to the timel when he was more wolf than dog.

When there was only one Iaw, the Iawwewerejusttalking about.

It’s getting Iate, Jack.

Think lii say good night.

Not guilty, Your Honor.

(SNORING)

Cabin!

-The tree! -The mine!

Oh, boy!

Hey, somebody pinch me.

I(LAUGHS) -That does it.

It’s just as it was in the Ietter.

My, oh, my, oh, my. I do decIare.

Hey! Hey, boss!

Boss! Come here, quíck.

Hmm. Lookatthis.

Oh, my. Oh.

Lookit, Iookit! Teu me if I’m dreamin’. Lookít.

HoIy mackereI.

It’s gold, Claire. More gold than I’ve ever seen in my whole life.

-Oh, be careful! 7LAUG HS)

(LAUGHING)

(CHUCKLES)

It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more It ain’t gonna rain no more lIve got gold in my headl lt ain’t gonna rain no more

Hey, ifwe panned this much in an afternoon think what we’II get in a month Gee, I wish I could stick around here a cou pie of days longer.

You know, I been dreamin’1 of this moment ali my life. 1

(CHUCKLES) I’m sorry, Shorty, but you got to file a claím.

As Iong as the tralis are open, some prospector is apt to discover this creek.

First to register gets discovery rights You’re the boss, boss.

When I get to Dawson, first thing l’m gonna do... -Don’t what? -Get drunk.I Not a chance. I’m gonna catch up on my meals.

1 Iike coffee, and my stomach’s been getting weaker every day.

WeII, so Iong, kid.

-Don’t spend it ali in one piace. -So long.

WeII, good-bye, Mrs. BIake.

Good-bye, Shortyj Come on dogs.

(LAUGHS)

-JACK: Hey! Hey, Shorty! — :‘:7 h a t?

You forgot your meal ticket.

Oh! Oh, yeah. Come to papa

Snake eyes.

My, oh, my, oh, my. I do decIare.

WeII, good-bye.

-Good-bye. Bye.

It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more It ain’t gonna rain no more lIve got gold in my headl lt ain’t gonna rain no more It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more It ain’t gonna rain no more lIve got gold in my headl lt ain’t gonna rain no more

(BARKS)I What’s the matter, boy?

(G ROWLS)

Buck!

Buck!

(G ROWLING)

-What’s biting him? -I don’t know.

(WOLVES HOWLING)

-What’s that, Jack? 1 Wolves.

That’s funny. They don’t usually come so dose to camp.

(HOWLING CONTINUES)

(BARKS)I

(HOWLING)

(HOWLING)

Buck! Come here!

Buck, come back here!

If that’s a pack, they’II kiII him Buck, come here!

(HOWLING CONTINUES)

JACK: Buck!

(GROANS)

Hes been changing Iately. Haven’t you noticed?

Seems as though he remembers things up here.

Buck, come back here! Buck!

Buck! Buck, come here!

WeII, weII. Welcome, stranger.

How are ya? Huh?

(CHUCKLES)

WeII, seems we still mean more to him than that old memory.

-Yeah. -(WOLF HOWLING)

(H OWLS)

Hey, hey, wait a minute.

You better come inside before you change your mmd.

Come on, tough guy. Come oni Ali right, kid, shake it up.

Shake it up.

Oh, that’s grand music.

Yes.

ThaVs grand music.

(WOLVES HOWLING)

JACK: (CHUCKLING) Aw, that’s grand music.I Yeah. That’s grand music.

(WOLF HOWLS)

(CHUCKLING)

That’s Iovely. Come on.

(GROANS)

Shake it up.

Ali right. You tired? Hmm?

Ali right, come on now.

Let’s puil. Together.

One, two, -three... -Oh!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(CHUCKLES) WeII, we weren’t together.

-Oh, I wish you hadn’t. -Why not?

1 haven’t Iet myself think about us.

-I didn’t dare. Why?

Oh, I don’t know. I...

Ive had sort of a strange premonition.

1 don’t know exactly how to expiam it, but...

Explanations belong 5,000 miles away.

1 only have one question, and I only want one answer.

You know the answer.

1 dont want to know the answer.

1 want lo have the answer.

Itjust struck me, Mr. BIake Now my back please, KaIi.

1 say, Mr. Blake, it’s just Istruck me that so far I’ve taken this entire matter on trust.

1 believed your story and put up the money for this outfit.

1 still believe your story, but I think it’s time’ you gave me a little more positive proof.

You should show us the map, Mr. BIake.

When I asked you in Dawson City to help finance me

1 told you I knew the location of a very rich mine.

1 still know where that mine is.

I’m taking you there.

But the map, Mr. BIake...

Why do you continually refuse to show us the map?

1 see.

WeII, what’s to prevent our taking it away from you?

The possibility that such a map may not exist, except in my memory.

Violence wiII do you no good’ You’ve come this far and now there’s nothíng you can do but go ali the way.

You’II gain nothing by k*lling me.

Now, now. Who talked of kiIIing?

(CHUCKLES) We’re not pirates, my dear man. entieman adventurers ontheroad to great ríches, eh?1

(CHUCKLES) Come, come, KaIi. My towel

(SHOUTING, INDISTINCT)

Say, Jack.

-Buck’s gone again. -Yes, I know.

-I heard his Iady friend howling Iast night. 1 WeII, that’s what happens to a feila when he gets in bad company.

-(CHUCKLES) rri r’ri !

Wait a minute.

According to ali you told us, and to ali caicuiations, we should have Iocated the mine two days ago.

I’m afraid you’re bringing out my worst side, Mr. Blake.

-Yes, I know, but... -If you’re trying to hoodwink us, we are certain to find it out sooner ar Iater,I and if such is the case, there is nothing Ieft for us to do but mourn for you.

1 swear I’m doing the best I can.

1 followed the compass directions exactIy.

(BABBLING)

(GIGGLES, BABBLES)

BLAKE: The burnt tree!

-The cabin! That’s it! -My dear Mr. Blake, how can you ever forgive me •for doubting your integrity?I You’ve placed me in a most embarrassing position.

1 scarcely know what to say.’

(GRQANING)

(GAGGING)

-One for the master. -(CHUCKLES)

And one for the dame.

And one for the little boy who’s filíng the claím.

Why, Jack, I never suspected.

-The world doesn’t understand me. (LUG HS)

At heart I’m an artisti Oh, I want to write poetry. 1 want to compose.

1 want to sing, paint.

Barns? -Yes, yes. Those too.

1 want to starve in a garret.

Wear me hair Iong. Get egg on a flowing tie.

In otherwords, be a genius. Ah... But no.

No, the world sneers at me talent,I and instead it gíves me goId.

Oh, my poor boy.

You seem to have ali the comforts of home, Mr. Thornton...

A comfortable cabin, golden evidence of more comforts to come, and a beautiful Iady.

You wiII oblige me greatly if you wíII assist in makíng this incident as painless as possible.

Come on, get it over with. What are you going to do?

Do? My dear man, nothing at aII.

The important thing is...

Were going back by water, KaIi, using Mr. Thornton’s canoe.

You may destroy our burros

As I was saying, the important thing is to prevent you people from filing claim on this charming site before we do.

And how do you expect to do that?

Oh, very easiIy, by ieaving you here and destroying ali means of transportation.

(g*nsh*t)

(g*nsh*t)

-(g*nsh*t) -If you can’t get back to Dawson to file, why, then you cant get back to Dawson to file, now can you?

So we’ll file insteadi If you want to work the mine while we’re gone, you’re very welcome to do so, of course We’II be glad to recompense youl for your trouble when we get back Meanwhile we’II take with us your g*n and ammunition, axes, et cetera.

It would be a grave error to leave behind the implements for building another canoe, wouldn’t it?

KaIi!

Francois! KaIi!

Come here!

Look here, Smith. Why can’t we do busíness?

I’m always open to an honest proposition, Mr. Thornton.

We’il give you the claim, ali of it.

You can have what gold we’ve got.’ But leave us some way1 of getting out of here. 1 The winter snows are com ing on My dear man, you cali that Ia business proposition?l We already have the mine, and the gold is ours by right of...

How shall I put it?

By right of conquest.

Do you mmd if we don’t argue the point anymore?

Let’s help ourseIves.

Mr. Thornton would only squander the goId.

1 must com mend your sense of humor, Mr. Thornton.

Very few people would be able to smíle on an occasion Iike thís.

-Thank you. -Not at alil

1 remember watching a magician once.’ From an apparently empty hat he shortly produced a rabbit. 1 He smiled very much as you’re smilíng now because, I imagine, he knew ali the whiIe that he had that rabbit up his sleeve!

Youve something up your sleeve, perhaps.

Perhaps Roli up your sleeve, Mr. Thornton. Ther&s no rabbít there.

Come, come. Don’t Iet’s strain our friendship.

Madam.

Careful, you idíot. You might have splít the bottom.

We’II be back, my friends.

For the time being, good-bye and good-bye.

Look out!

(GAS PS)

WeII, they wanted gold. Now they got it.’

(BUCK BARKING)

(BARKING)

(BARKING)

Hey, Claire, get the medicíne kit and some hot water.

Is he badly hurt?

Yeah. Hes got a nasty crack on the skull!

Some prospector, I guess.

Go away, Buck. Get out of the wayi

John! John!

(WEEPING) Oh, John.

John, darIing!

Claíre, dearest, I’d Iike to talk to Mr. Thorntoni

Ali right, dear.

1 thought l’d Iost you.

Try to rest, pIease.

Hes feeling much better this morning He remembers everything, thank heaven.

It wasn’t so serious as we thought!

He wants to see you, Jack.

What are you going to say to him?

1 wanted you and I took you with us.

WeII, I’m keeping you.

Jack.

You know I love you, don’t you?

You couldn’t doubt that, could you?

WeII, he needs me.

You have your Iaw and

1 have mine.

(CLANK)

Best thing you can do, Blake, is to get out of here as quick as you can.

You need medical attention. Take the canoe.I It’s easy going now, but it won’t be when the heavy snows come on. 1

WiII you come with us?

No, lii stay here and work the mine.

When you come back in the spring, we’II divide what I’ve found.

1 carne to say good-bye to Buck He never would have forgiven me if I’d forgotten that.

Would you, Buck?

(SN IFFLES)

You could have skipped that.

Youre only making it tougher on everybody

Oh, Jack, put your arms around me.

WeII, I’II be seeing you.

Yes.

You’II be seeing me.

lii be seeíng you too.

Every day and every night and every minute.

This isnt the end.

It can’t be.

Careful of that first stretch of rapids. After that ít’s clear sailing.

Good-bye, Thornton.

And God bless you.

Good-bye, BIake.

Good-bye, Jack.

Good-bye, CIaire.

(WOLVES HOWLING)

(G ROWLING)

It’s hard to say no to that cali, isn’t it, Buck?’

lt’s ali right, boy. Go ahead

(GROANS)

(HOWLING CONTINUES)

(WIND WHISTLING)

(WOLVES HOWLING)

(SHORTY SINGING, INDISTINCT)I Shorty?

-Yeah 1 -Shortyl

-Helio, boss! -(LAUGHS) Why, you old son of a g*n.

You carne just in time. You saved my Iife Well, look at you. You’re ali dressed up.

Yeah. Were in the money. I filed the claim.

We’re rich. Richer than Astor’s pup!

No troubie at ali. 1 went right in and signed the names.

-Oh, and the claim was... -Shorty.

Whats that?

That’s our new cook.

-Where’d you get it? -I won it in a crap game.

(BOTH LAUGHING)