All language subtitles for Abandon Ship 1957

- Subtitles -
Luís Filipe Bernardes

On the morning of September 27th,

the superliner Crescent Star en route
across the South Atlantic Ocean...

on the first leg
of a round-the-world cruise...

...exploded and sank in seven minutes.

There were 1,156 souls aboard
at the moment of disaster.

In 7 minutes, 1,119 perished.

Thirty seven survived.

The first thing about a disaster at sea
is the wreckage.

You become aware that there is
flotsam everywhere.

More wreckage floating than people.

And then, if you are still able,

you begin to notice two things.

You become aware of the living,

and you become aware of the dead.

Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Wheaton.

Oh, you remember me.

I sat at the first engineer's table.

Yes, of course.

Are you all right?

I never swam so far in my life.

I don't know how I ever got
onto the raft.

I've got a bad heart, you know.

I was taking the cruise
because of my bad heart.

What is your name?

Please, tell me your name.

Did... did you see her?

Who?

She was... wearing...

...a yellow nightgown.

Is she your wife?

My wife... Edith...

Oh, God, oh, God!

She's gone.

Who are you?

Middleton.

Arthur J. Middleton.

Well, it's...

It's all over now, Mr. Middleton,
you're safe and sound now.

Did you see where she went, Mr. Holmes?

- Who?
- Did you see Amelia?

The mirror broke... all over her.

- She was bleeding!
- Easy.

You mustn't worry, they...

They probably picked her up.

She's only... only seven.

God in heaven.

Look!

There's a dog!

Here, boy!

Here, boy!

Here, boy, come on over here!

Come on, boy, come on.

Right here, come on.

Come on. That's a boy!

What's happened, Mr. Holmes?

- We hit a mine.
- What?

A derelict mine.

Plain bad luck.

She didn't blow when we hit her,
she went down under the hull.

Bounced along and exploded
under the keel.

Broke the ship right in half.

In the corridor, I met the nurse.

You know, Miss White.

Miss White? You saw Miss White?

Yeah, yeah. And she said to me, "Take
it easy, Mr. Wheaton, just go to your boat.

Did she get away,
did you see her again?

No, never saw her again,
just that once.

In the corridor on U-deck.

Did you see the stacks fall?

And the screeching sound
as if they were alive?

But so fast, so fast!

They didn't have time to launch a lifeboat,
not a single lifeboat!

I was on a raft, I saw it all!

Not a single lifeboat!

They were just hanging there, hanging!

- And the sound!
- Forget it.

- A terrible sound!
- Forget it!

Anybody know who he is?

I saw him in the dining room.

I think he's a steward, or a waiter.

Do you know who he is?

George Anderson, a steward.

Is he... is he all right?

No.

Here.

You sure you shouldn't
have kept him aboard?

- I'm sure.
- Do you think we'll ever be picked up?

- Of course.
- Soon?

Yes.

Thank you.

Mr. Middleton.

Mr. Middleton!

You were wrong. They did launch
a lifeboat after all, look!

Out there!

That's not a lifeboat,
it's the captain's shore-boat.

- Only 18 ft long.
- Couldn't we reach it?

- No.
- Can't we? Can't we?

They've got their own problems
in that boat, the gunnels are awash.

- What do you mean?
- There are too many people in that boat.

- Amelia!
- We're better off here.

- Yes, indeed yes.
- Look!

- Look!
- What is it?

Someone swimming!

She's there!

- Amelia!
- Edith! Edith!

Come back, Mr. Holmes,
there are sharks out there!

Mr. Holmes, come back, Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Holmes, don't go!

- Julie!
- Oh, Alec!

I looked for you everywhere,
but I couldn't find you!

You're all right now.
We're going to be all right.

To die without you! Alone!

- Julie!
- Alone.

Julie! Are you hurt?
Are you all right?

Just tired.

Tired to death.

We'll swim to the raft.

It's drifting pretty fast.

You hold on to this life preserver and I...

Julie.

Yes.

There's a shark.

He's turning again, heave yourself up.

It's Will McKinley.

Good old Mac.

Swim for it!

Swim for it!

Make it to the boat!

It's safer here!

We've got shark repellant
all around us.

They're coming, sir.

Did you hear Mr. McKinley, sir?

They're coming over.

Capt. Darrow,
he's got Miss White with him!

What is it?

Mr. Holmes has got the ship's
nurse with him, sir.

- Hello, Mr. Holmes.
- Hello, Mario.

- Hello, Miss White.

- Julie!
- Mac!

Alec, am I glad to see you.

Don't you have enough people
in this boat?

More than. I'm very happy to turn
over the problem to my superior officer.

Thanks, junior.

The captain wants you back
by the stern, Alec.

Is the skipper aboard?

He's hurt very badly.

Alec!

Glad you made it, Mr. Holmes.

Hello, Sam, how's it going?
Can't get worse, sir, except for dying.

It can be worse.

Ahoy, sir.
Hello, Miss White.

Cookie, we'll tie up on the boat here.

Pass us over a life preserver
if you've got one.

No, Mr. Holmes, sir.
Captain wants you aboard.

There are too many in this boat.

Captain's orders, sir.
Both of you.

- We need Miss White bad.
- But you'll capsize.

- No, Mr. Holes.
- Hello, Joe.

Me and the Aussie will take our turn
in the drink while you guys are up.

Captain! Out there!

Listen, can't we have some
more shark stuff?

Cookie, got any shark repellant up there?

Mr. McKinley's got it, sir.

Put some in for the others.

Not much left, sir.

Captain Darrow didn't want
us to run out.

Well, use it!

Aye aye, sir.

Mr. McKinley, sir.

Mr. Holmes orders us to chuck
more shark repellant.

Tie that on, Mario.

Big Joe, Miss White comes up,
you come in.

I go up, Digger comes in.

Aye aye, sir.

Oh, thank you, Cookie.

- Hello, Mrs. Knudsen,
are you all right?

I'm feeling fine, thank you,
Miss White.

Steady all! Sit still!

Here you are.
Hold this.

Okay, Digger?

Now don't take any chances.

Just tie yourselves onto the boat here.

Skipper.

Skipper.

Captain, sir, wake up.
No drifting off.

It's Mr. Holmes, sir, come to help you.

Alec... are you there, Alec?

I'm right here, skipper.

I... I...

I'm all smashed up.

Easy. Easy.
Easy does it, sir.

I'm sick with pain.

My... guts...

...are blasted.

Julie, have a look at the captain.

You'd better put something on.

No, I'm all right, thank you.

Mr. Holmes.

You're a brave man.

Everybody's brave today.

I saw you.

You saved three people
before the boat sank.

If we live, you'll get a medal.

Hello, Merrick.

Welcome aboard, sir.

Sparks.

Sparks!

All right.

He's adrift again, mam.

Just as well.

Well?

Fractured skull, compound
fracture of the left arm.

And, I think, internal injuries.

What can we do?

Nothing.

Can you set the arm?

But, Alec, a compound fracture?

He won't last.
I saw my old man die.

The skipper's got the same faint look
and the same yellow color.

- Stow that.
- No, luck, no luck.

- We haven't a ruddy chance.
- I said stow it!

I'll do my best.

Wait.

All hands!

Have we got a doctor in the boat?

Anyone in the sea a doctor?

Can you see her, Cookie?

Cookie.

- Is she there?
- See what, sir?

The ship. Can you see the ship?

The ship? But, skipper, sir,
the ship's gone.

Of course we can see her.

Plain as day.

Will she... stay afloat?

Not a chance, sir.

Is she... going?

Yes, Paul, she's going.

White water around her aft funnel.

There she goes.

Slid in as neat as a dolphin
tween the swells.

She's gone.

Keep clear of the ship!

We're well away, sir.

Captain! Sir!

Alec.

Alec.

I... I'm... I'm a dead man!

The ship and I are dead.

Hang on, Paul. We'll pull you out.

I cannot hold command.

The boat is yours.

Do you hear me?

I hear you, sir.

I'm a witness, sir.
Mr. Holmes is in command.

Alec. The ring.

- Sir?
- My left hand.

The ring.

Take it.

It was given to me as a token
of my first command.

Keep it.

It's your now.

- Paul I...
- Save as many as you can, Alec.

With God's help,

...save as many as you can.

With God's help, sir.

Skipper.

Skipper.

He's dead.

Off he went as neat as a pin.

And not even a prayer
to be said for him.

We'll pass his body over the side.

Without a proper funeral?

We've got the living to worry about.

- It's heathen, Mr. Holmes.
- Take his clothes, we'll need them.

But sir.

That's my first order.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Holmes!

- That old shark is hanging around again.
- Right off there, sir.

Yea, I can almost feel him snapping
at my back side.

Mac, any repellant left?

Just two packs, Alec.

I think we'd better use it here, you know.

If we get underway,
it's not going to be worth much.

Use one of them.

Tie that on, will you?

- Solly!
- Yes, Mr. Kelly.

Tell Alec...

Tell Mr. Holmes that I'm here.

He's pretty busy, Mr. Kelly.

All hands.
May I have your attention, please?

I'm sorry to tell you that
Capt. Darrow has just died.

He's turned over command
of the boat to me.

I'm the witness.

In the event that anything happens to me,

the command will pass to Mr. McKinley,
who now becomes exec.

- Understood, Mac?
- Affirmative, sir.

Any questions?

We don't need questions,
we need answers.

Mac.

Please pass the captain's
revolver to Miss White.

Okay, skipper.

Julie, go get it.

Unload it.

Cookie, did you check the locker
on the boat?

No, sir.

Well, do it, as soon as you pass
the old man over.

Aye aye, sir.

He must have expected a mutiny.

Sharks more likely, sir.

Here, load this.

No. Like that.

Sparks.

Yes, sir?

Give us a hand with the captain.

Hang on to the blanket,
we may need it.

I've got no stomach for this, sir.

Do you think I have?

A little prayer maybe?

Will somebody speak a prayer
for the captain?

- I will, Mr. Holmes.
- Thank you.

Lord Jesus Christ,

into Thy hands we commit his soul.

Amen.

Gently now, Sparks, slowly.

Slowly.

Mr. Holmes.

Don't forget us down here.

All right, Sam, I won't.

Is that a dog?

Is that a dog taking
room in that boat?

Be still, do you hear?

Have you got a dog taking
room in that boat?

Better be still!
Be quiet, do you hear?

Look at him! Look at him!

That blasted hound is as big
as an elephant.

You're gonna let us poor
blokes wet our tails down here...

...while he keeps his iron dry?

I've got a right to get in the boat.

There's the captain's place.
He's gone.

And the dog! That makes two places.

I said I heard you.

Yes, sir, yes, sir, but it ain't fair, sir!

I heard you.

Yes, sir.

Sorry, sir.

Mr. Holmes, please don't throw
the dog over.

He can't help himself,
he'll just swim till he drowns.

Who are you?

My name is Aubrey Clark.
I'm a playwright.

- Oh, yes.
- Mr. Holmes.

The dog probably only weighs 70 lb.

Surely that 70 lb isn't enough
to kill him for.

Mr. Holmes.

I'll go over the side myself.

I'll go in the sea myself.

I can cling to a line, but Baba can't.

Throw that dog overboard
and let a man aboard!

If you raise your voice and attempt
to dictate command...

...of this company once more,
I'll cut you loose.

- Do you understand?
- I'm sorry, sir.

I'm sorry, sir.

It's a fascinating moral problem.

Yeah, well it don't fascinate me
hardly at all.

Why don't someone cosh the bloody
animal and throw him to the sharks.

Then one of us can go aboard,
preferably me.

The dog stays aboard.

That's very decent of you, Mr. Holmes.

- Very decent.
- Decent?

I consider it an outrage.

That was an order, not a request
for an opinion, general.

Do you know who I am, captain?

Major General Barrington.

Therefore you are aware that I am
cognizant of the nature of command.

I have commanded everything from
a squad to a division in my time.

Excuse me, General, I want to make
a check of the injured.

I haven't finished with this dog business.

I have.

Have you ever been in command before?

Have you ever commanded a ship?

No.

As one with more experience of command,

I'd like to tell you that you are
responsible for our lives.

All of us, including those in the sea.
Now, if I were in command...

Well, you're not in command here,
General, I am.

Now we're at sea.

If you do not obey orders, we'll
have what is known as a mutiny.

Right or wrong I give the orders,
and right or wrong I enforce them.

You and who else?

Any further questions, general?

At this point I feel we should all rise
and sing The Star-Spangled Banner...

...in honor of our brave captain.

I shall consider that a threat, Holmes.

You'd better settle down, sir.

I thought you were a reasonable
man, McKinley.

- How can you justify the dog?
- I don't.

I take orders, and so will you, sir.

We should be located within about 72 hours.

But if something should go wrong,

then the picture changes.

We don't know how long
we may drift here.

Maybe two weeks.

Maybe more.

So the dog stays.

He's important.

A lot more important than you, General.

Why?

We can't eat you.

Now I want to check.

How many injured in the boat?
Raise your hands.

- Me, sir.
- Merritt? What happened?

When she blew, I hit a bulkhead hands down,
saved my head, broke both my wrists.

- Pain?
- Only when I move them, sir.

Don't move them.

- You, madam, what's your name?
- Ruth Spencer, captain.

My arm.

What happened to it?

Gashed.

I think it cut an artery.

We put a tonic on it
when she first got in the boat.

- How long ago was that?
- Right after the sinking.

The sinking?

Is yours waterproof?

Yes.

That was three hours ago.

- Is there a first-aid kit in the locker?
- Just dug it out, sir.

Thank you.

- Have you got a knife, Mac?
- No.

Has the tonic aid been on all the time?

Yes, to stop the bleeding.

Didn't anyone think of loosening it
every 20 minutes to prevent gangrene?

- I was pretty busy, Julie.
- Is it all right?

Is it going to be all right?

- Anyone else?
- Yes.

Your name?

Faroni, Michael Faroni.

I'm okay, doc, but the lady
in front of me is hurt.

She's breathing short and sharp.

That's my wife and child.

Who are you?

George Kilgore.

- Are you all right?
- Yes, thanks.

- He's not, he's not.
- My wife, my wife, she was thrown.

I think her ribs are broken
on the right side.

Daddy, my head hurts.

The boy's all right,
he's just got a black eye.

Julie! Check Mrs. Kilgore.

Yes, as soon as I finish here.

You're both very kind.

Mr. Holmes!

You, sir?

Daniel Cane reporting a shark which
is getting uncomfortably affectionate.

Yeah! He's looking at me as if
I was a steak and kidney pie.

Mac, any repellant left?

That's the better end of it.

Use it.

Anyone else?

- You too, Solly?
- I'm happy days and dixie.

It's Mr. Kelly, the deck officer.

Where is he?

Down under me here in the bilge.

Sparks, take my place and trim ship.

Hello, brave captain.

That's not very funny.

Kelly.

Hi, old buddy.

Let's have a look.

Don't ten-pan me, old buddy.

I'm seven waves away.

How did it happen?

Below, checking the air-conditioner.

Wham!

Now I'm full of that air-conditioner.

Screws, nuts and bolts
of air-conditioner are in me.

We'll pull you out.

You're a dreamer.

No, I mean it.

You got problems, buddy.

Wouldn't you know?

Just give me the stuff
and let me alone, I've had it.

Shut your trap.

Sure, old buddy.

Captain.

Captain.

My name's John Hayden.

Are we going to be all right?

- I'm sure we are.
- You wouldn't fool us, would you?

Sparks.

Yes, sir?

Were there any ships in our vicinity?

Yes, one, sir.

- The Lincoln Castle.
- What is she?

A British cruiser, sir.

How far?

Two hundred miles north, sir.

I wouldn't worry, Mrs. Hayden.

I never worry.
And I'm not Mrs. Hayden.

My name is Edith Middleton,
Mrs. Arthur Middleton, my dear.

- Mrs. Arthur J. Middleton?
- Yes.

But I...

We stayed up rather late
last night after the gala.

To see the sunrise.
It was all rather mad and gay.

Until the accident.

Yes.

Your husband is alive and well.

Arthur was born safe.
He always muddles through.

I'm the only dangerous thing
that ever happened to him.

He was very worried about you.

Arthur always worries.

As long as he's safe,
don't you start worrying, brave captain.

At least not about him.

Thanks for the thought.

Alec.

I've finished with Mrs. Spencer.

Kelly.

What about Mrs. Kilgore?

I'll check her.

Hayden, change places with me
and be careful.

Hello, sonny, how goes it?

- Hello, Kelly.
- Hi, sweetie.

You, Mrs. Kilgore.

There's a sharp pain.

Very sharp when I breathe.

Can you stand it?

Is there any choice?

We could ease the pain a bit.

Mr. Kelly's going to need this stuff
badly before we're rescued.

Give it to him.

I'm all right.

I just can't get a deep breath.

You, sir.

I'm afraid I swallowed a lot
of fuel oil.

Please, bring him in the boat.

He's been in the water so long.

Very soon now. Just sit still.

If I could just get a breath.

A deep breath.

Alec.

Mrs. Kilgore's ribs are broken.
Have you got any tape?

Bind up her rib cage.
We can use one of these...

...blankets here and make
a tent for her. The boy's okay.

- All right, but...
- What is it?

Kelly won't live.

I know.

Make it easy for him.

Mrs. Spencer's arm is no good, Alec.

It's going to have to be amputated.
We can't do it here.

- She may be lucky.
- What do you mean?

There's a warship on the way.

It'll be with us in five or six hours.
There'll be a doctor on board.

Then we are going to make it?

You bet we're going to make it.

Just keep your fingers crossed.

Keep your fingers crossed
that the weather holds this way.

With the captain's permission,
it ain't no fun down here anymore.

- We'll start the shifts in a few minutes.
- Yes, sir.

This is the longest bath I've ever had.

Sparks, move forward and trim ship.

Peter, will you sit over there
while I fix your mother?

Here take this, but be careful.

- Nothing in the horizon, sir.
- Yes.

All hands. I want to check you out.

Cookie, check these off
as I call them out.

Aye aye, sir.

Mr. McKinley, Miss White,

- Mr. um...
- Faroni.

- What?
- Faroni.

Mr. Faroni,

Mrs. Spencer, Solly Daniels,

Aubrey Clark,

Mrs. Kilgore, young Kilgore,
Frank Kelly in the bilge,

Gen. Barrington, Mrs...

Would you mind slipping
your dressing gown off?

Mr. Hayden, Miss Knudson,

- First-aid kit, please.
- Merritt, Sparks, you and myself.

- That'll be 17 in the boat, sir.
- Seventeen in the boat.

In the sea.

There's um... Mario Pasquale,

Mr. Kilgore, Joe, Digger and Sam.

There's, um... Daniel Cane,
Willy Hawkins.

- Is that all?
- Mickey Stokes, sir.

Hello, Mickey.

Edmond Wilton here.

Stokes, Wilton.

Is that all?

Nine in the sea, sir, 26 souls in all.

Twenty-six.

Mac, did you check the water tank?

- One full gallon.
- One gallon?

Is that all?

But Holmes, that's only four quarts.

For twenty-six people?

Twenty-seven, general.
You forgot the dog.

But that' less than... less than...

A little more than a cup apiece.

But it may be a couple of days
before they find us.

Maybe

It's not enough.
It's just not enough.

Yellow.

What did you say?

Sky's yellow. We may get rain.

Aye, my knuckles are aching, sir.
That'll be the weather.

Rain means wind and we don't want wind.

Food check.

16 oz. of biscuits, 16 oz. of brown sugar,
15 oz. of condensed milk, sir.

Is that all for this mob?

It wasn't meant for this "mob".

It was made for nine men.

The boat was meant to take 9, not 27.

Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes! The shark!

That shark is coming in!

Mr. Holmes, the shark!

The shark is coming in, Mr. Holmes!

- Mr. Holmes, shark!
- It's coming in!

Shark, shark, shark, shark!

- It's coming in!
- Mr. Holmes!

- Down!
- Down, everybody! Get down!

Get him! Get him, Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Holmes, you missed!

You missed, Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Holmes, you missed!

Kill it, quick! Kill it!

You got him! Oh, you got him!

You got him!

- You got him, sir.
- Solly, you and Sparks bail.

- Barrington, Hayden, bail.
- With what?

Cookie, you and Merritt bail...
Oh, his wrists are broken.

You and Sparks bail.

Everyone bail every drop of water
out of this boat.

Mac, are you all right?

I'm okay, but I can still feel the
breeze of those bullets across my belly.

Now steady down everyone.

Steady there!

Steady there!

Steady there!

- Cookie, you did make a locker check.
- Yes, sir.

One Very pistol, sir.
One box of flare shells.

one fishing tackle,

one bottle of pork lard bait,
bailing tins,

jackknife with opener,
stout line,

What's that canon?
- It's a gun for shooting rescue flares.

Oh.

A first-aid kit
and a ship-repair kit, sir.

- All right, stow it.
- Yes, sir.

No gin, brave captain?

No gin, Mrs. Middleton.

Pity, I would have given almost anything
for a nice cold martini.

Very funny, I'd sell my soul
for a drink of water.

All hands. May I have
your attention, please.

We are ship-wrecked in the South Atlantic.

That's hardly news.

Fifteen hundred miles in that direction,

is Africa.

Now, there are too many in this boat.

We'll all have to take
our turns in the sea.

There will be one meal a day at night.

There will be one sip of water
per day in the morning.

Anyone attempting to steal
more than his or her share,

will be shot.

Anyone refusing to take
their turn in the sea,

will be thrown overboard.

Now, I don't mean to alarm you, but...

...that's the standard drill for disaster.

Fortunately, we're in luck.

There's a fast cruiser on her way to us.

From the time of our SOS,
it should take her about...

...roughly ten hours to reach us.

As it's been about four since...

...since it happened,

she should be with us in about
five or six hours.

There was no SOS.

That's done it.

- What did he say?
- No SOS.

Digger, we got no forwarding address.

But Sparks, the Lincoln Castle,
you told me.

Now take it easy, boy.

I don't want any mistakes.

Tell me about the distress signal.

You were on duty.

Yes.

They acknowledged your SOS.

No.

Did they acknowledge your CQ?

It was awful!

Sparks, boy, I'm talking to you.

And I want you to answer me
very carefully.

Did they acknowledge your general call?

No.

Why not?

I didn't send anything.

But you must have sent a distress signal,
you had seven minutes!

You must have sent an SOS
and got an aknowledgment!

Do you hear me,
do you hear what I'm saying?

You sent the SOS, you had to!

Alec! Alec, stop it!

Take it easy, Mr. Holmes!

Well, well, even brave captain
is human after all.

Shut up, madam,
will you please shut up?

All right, if you think you can
handle him alone.

Oh, Edith, for heaven's sake!

You had seven minutes!

The boy don't understand, sir.

Jimmy! Jimmy!

Yes?

Do you know who I am?

Julie White.

- Oh, Miss White, it was horrible!
- What was horrible?

He was squashed just like a June bug.

He was just opening the door
when the explosion went off.

Who, Jimmy?

I'd just received the weather report
from Capetown.

I acknowledged and SK'd.

And I got up to take the report
to the captain when...

when the main transmitter shook
off the wall and crashed.

It short-circuited.

And just then he came in.

"Hit the emergency transmitter
and I'll check position", he said.

Who, Jimmy?

Why, Mr. Lansing.

The chief operator.

And then the forward mast fell in.

Cut the radio shack right in half.

It hit Mr. Lansing.

It hit him square!

Don't think of it again.

Don't ever imagine it,
or see it, or dream about it...

...or anything.

Thank you, Miss White.

There was no distress signal, sir.

The emergency rig was smashed by the mast.

There was no time to draw a rig.

No message of any kind was sent, sir.

That's the truth.

Now comes the time of the Spartans.

I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes.

So am I, Sparks.

So am I.

It's going to be a long way home.

Well, they'll search anyhow.

Without radio contact they'll suspect
something's wrong.

Why, they'll send planes
to look for me.

That man's a fool.

It mighty seems to me
that you ought to organize us.

Do something, man, if you're in charge!

You can't just sit about
in the middle of the ocean.

We can't just hope for the best.

We need action.

Thank you, general.

I was just about to organize shifts
for the men in the sea.

If it's action you want,
you can join the first shift.

All the able-bodied men will alternate
over the side.

First shift...

You, general.

Cookie, here.
Mr. um... Faroni.

Faroni, Solly Daniels,
Sparks and Mr. Hayden.

You men in the sea will come in singly
as soon as the others are in the sea.

There will be two-hour shifts
from now on.

All right, all of you over the side
and carefully.

You too, Mr. Hayden, overboard.

I'll take a shift too, brave captain.

No.

Why not, brave captain?

I'm neither hurt, seasick nor pregnant.

And I'm an excellent swimmer.

Thank you, no.

She's right, Alec.

The women will remain aboard
at all times.

- I don't agree at all.
- Edith!

Edith!

I'm extremely able-bodied as you can see.

Hey, you're alright, lady!

- May I have your life-belt?
- Sure!

Have you lost your senses?

You can't come aboard like that.

That's brave captain's problem.

All right, trim ship,
we're taking water over the side.

We'll start the first shift.

One at a time.

Careful, now.

Off the ends, never off the beam
or we'll capsize.

One at a time.
All right, Mr. Hayden, overboard.

Come on, darling. Last one in
is a rotten egg.

Counterbalance, counterbalance!

Keep your heads!

Stay close to the boat!

Hang together and don't struggle!

Where's the first-aid kit?

Save the bailing tins.

The bailing tins!

Save the bailing tins!

Mr. Holmes!, Mr. Holmes!

- Mr. Holmes!
- Kelly!

Now everyone!

Come in and help hold the boat up
while we bail.

Sparks, come aboard and help us bail.

Mac, take a count. Everyone here?

Everyone accounted for?

Cookie, give me a bailing tin.

Anyone missing, Mac?

All safe and accounted for, sir.

All hands!

We've been very lucky.

Cookie secured the locker.

Our food is safe, our water is safe.

It's a miracle.

Yes, it's a miracle.

From now on we'll keep some
weight on this boat.

From now on we'll also keep
this ship trim.

I don't need to tell you
that we couldn't survive this again.

Mr. Holmes.

I think I speak for all of us
when I say thank you.

Captain.

Brave captain.

Please.

Please, can I have a drink of water?

You mustn't think about it, love.

Try not to think about it.

Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Kilgore?

With due respect, are we just
going to sit here till we rot?

My wife's badly hurt.

We need help.

I give you no argument.

Do something, man, do something!

- What would you suggest?
- I'm sorry, sir, I...

I'm sorry, sir, I'm very, very sorry.

Shouldn't we pull for Africa?

Fifteen hundred miles?
It'd take us fifty days.

- Couldn't we try?
- No.

You couldn't even reach Julie and me
this morning, you couldn't row 30 yards.

If only we didn't have so many
people in this boat.

But we have.

We can't just lie here.

We'll go through the food
and water pretty fast.

We'll go through it a lot faster if we
try to row a boat with this weight.

Well, I don't know.

We've got to do something.

Work on it.

Alec, Kelly wants to see you.

How does he feel?

Kelly.

Feel any better?

No, I'm not that good.

You've got to hang on.

We may get lucky.

Lucky, ha!
That's a hot one.

I'm out of luck.

You're running out of it.

- Solly.
- Mr. Kelly?

Solly, tell the skipper about your luck.

Well, there I was in this poker game
in the smoking lounge,

after we wrapped up the band
for the night,

all of a sudden, I'm staring down
at three lovely aces.

The prettiest bullets you ever saw.

Bet half my stack, draw two cards,

Wham! We hit the mine.

Show the skipper.

Full house.

That's right, a full house
at the wrong time.

That's what you've got, old buddy.

A full house at the wrong time.

Something's gotta break.

The weather will break.

We can't take any weather,
she'll sink right under us.

Well?

Well?

That leaves just one thing.

What?

You gotta evict some of the tenants.

What?

Anyone who can't pay the rent.

Negative!

- Like me.
- I think you're out of your mind.

Then you head for East.

Negative! Negative!
Don't bring it up again.

Okay, old buddy.

I thought...

I thought you had guts enough
to save the half of them,

instead of losing them all.

Brave captain.

What are we going to do?

Pray, madam, and mean it.

♫ Rock of Ages, cleft for me ♫

♫ Let me hide myself in Thee ♫

♫ Could my tears forever flow ♫

Is that a light out there, sir?

Where?

Lost it now, sir.

The moon in the water's tricky.

Do you think it would be best
to fire up a flare, sir, just in case?

♫ Nothing in my hand I bring ♫

Careful how you load that, sir.

I once saw a lad hit
with one of them shells.

Killed him, of course.
The magnesium went out and burned him.

Couldn't put it out.

I'm thirsty.

I'm thirsty.

Alec.

Mrs. Spencer.

She's burning up.

May I have some water for her?

No.

What?

Don't waste the water on her.

You must understand.

There's only so much food
and water and I...

...I've got to save as many as I can.

I'm responsible.

Yes, you are responsible.

He's right.

Mustn't waste the water on the ones
who can't make it.

Mr. Holmes.

I've a suggestion to make.

Might help to pass the time.

I think we're most of us strangers
to one another,

Couldn't we introduce ourselves and perhaps
explain what made us came on this cruise?

Alec.

Don't get to know them too well.

Carry on, Mr. Cane.

Mr. Kilgore?

I'm a nuclear physicist.

- Atom bombs, you mean?
- No!

No, I was working on atomic
reactor for aircraft.

Atomic power, that is.

I overdid it.

The doctor prescribed
a long ocean voyage.

Mr. Clarke?

Nothing to tell.

I've been round the world many times.

I do it to get away.

I was writing a play as usual.

About life and death.

As usual.

And you, Mr. Hayden?

Without being stuffy, I do think
this is a lot of rot.

- Well, just as you like.
- After all, who cares?

With me it was a choice of...

...this cruise or the house at Antibes.

So, when Edith insisted
I come along, I came.

Darling, I never really appreciated before
how really stupid you are.

What did I say?

More than enough.

Mrs. Knudson.

My name is Dorothy Knudson.
I used to be an opera singer.

I got all your records.
You were great!

I still say your Mimi in La Bohème
tops the lot.

And she sings very good Italian
for a foreigner.

You're very kind.

I mean every word.

Won't you tell us
why you came in this cruise?

I was in the way.
I'm an old woman.

Old people get in the way.

My children thought a cruise
would do me good because...

...I was in the way.

We're civilized today.

In the olden days, they used to
turn the old people out to die...

...in the jungle or the desert.

Today they send them on a world cruise.

Mr. Holmes!

I think Mr. Wilton's dead.

- Cookie, take the tiller.
- Aye aye, sir.

I can't see.

- Give me a hand flare.
- Yes, sir.

No pulse.

Irises wide open.

He's dead.

Mickey, take his life jacket.

God bless him.

Amen.

God help us!

- What's the matter?
- It's here!

The wind is at us!

Red sky at morning, sailor, take warning.

Skipper, squalls ahead!
We're in for a blow!

Holmes, this boat will never last
if the wind rises.

- We shall swamp.
- Take it easy, general!

Isn't there something,
anything we can do?

Every man and woman on board will bail.

We're taking water over the side.

Bail, that's an order!

There aren't enough tins!

Then use your hands, but bail!

Julie!

- Take it easy, Mr. Kelly.
- Julie, help me!

- You're all right, Mr. Kelly.
- Take it easy, don't move!

- It's awful!
- Keep still!

- It hurts too much!
- I know, I know!

- Julie, give me another shot!
- I've just given you one.

No, you didn't! That was
a long while ago, you gotta help me!

I can't!

Julie, it's more than I can stand!
Give me a shot.

There isn't any left.

It's all gone.

- Oh, no!
- You mustn't give up, you mustn't.

Never mind about me.

It's him!

He's got to listen to me.

Julie, he can save you,
but it won't be easy.

- Hey, nurse.
- Miss White!

Mrs. Spencer's burning with fever.

Her arm has swollen twice its size.

- Kelly, I've got to go.
- Julie.

Be kind to her when it happens.

Mr. Holmes!
Time to alternate the shifts.

I've been in the water a long time.

Get me aboard, sir,
my wrists are swollen, I...

I'm right through!

Please, Mr. Holmes, I'm cold, I'm cold!

Stow it, all of you!
The shifts are off!

We've got to lighten this boat
or she'll capsize!

I'm freezing to death!

Boys, boys, I'm sinking here!
My guts are dribbling.

It won't work, Holmes!

You won't have a prayer hanging on
if it's a real storm!

You can't put me over!
I'm not a very good swimmer!

I'll swim for you, darling.

Shut up, you don't know
what you're saying.

He can't put me over!

Don't worry, darling, they'll only put
the able-bodied over.

Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!

Mr. Hayden, bail!

He'll be all right, brave captain.

He's just frightened.

He'd be a fool if he wasn't.

Mr. Clark, I said bail!

I'm sorry, I...

I can't, I...

I'm afraid I'm sick, I'm very sick.

He can't help it, Alec, he's seasick.

There's nothing I can do for Mrs. Spencer.

The arm is gangrenous.

Mrs. Kilgore has a splintered rib,
she's coughing blood.

- Kelly...
- All right, all right!

All of you, bail!

Keep bailing!

- Have you gone crazy, Mr. Kelly!
- Hey, sit down there!

Let me alone, I got work to do!

The man's insane! Will someone stop him
before he capsizes the boat?

Listen! All hands!
I've had it!

Quite good.

She's had it.

So has she had it.

Kelly, you'll hurt yourself, be careful!

I'm right, ask the skipper
if I'm not right.

- Kelly, I'm ordering you to sit down!
- You can't order a dead man!

- Make this man sit down!
- I'm not going to sit down, so listen!

Mr. Holmes is an honorable man,
he's trying to save your lives.

- But he can't!
- He's got to!

He can't!

Some of you are dead already.

He can't save all your lives.
There are too many people in this boat.

Kelly, dear God, please!

I'm right!
This boat was built for nine.

It'll stretch to twelve or fourteen.

But it can't save twenty-six!

Kelly, stow it, stow it!
Shut the rotten door!

He's got to put at least twelve
over the side.

The super cargos has all to go,
or else you'll all ground!

There's food and water for nine.

It'll stretch to fourteen.

It'll be nothing for twenty-six.

Alec, don't give food to the dead.

They'll just drag it down
to the grave with them.

Save it for the living.

They deserve it.

It's your duty as master.

Do it, Alec, do it!

Like this!

Come back! Come back!

Cookie, draw back, I'll reach him!

Anyone comes after me, I'll go under!

I'm going after him!

You stay aboard! That's an order!

- Skipper!
- Kelly!

Kelly!

Well, be seeing you, old buddy.

Hope it's not too soon.

Skipper!

Go, go on under!

Alec!

Mac, what do you make of it?

Wind rising! Force five!

Heavy weather, sir,
we have to lighten the boat.

We call this a gale, sir.

Cookie, you've been under sail.

- You've handled dories.
- Yes, sir, in my early days.

Can this boat make it?

She could make it
come wind or water, sir.

If you lightened her,
she's a seaworthy skiff sir.

It's time.

What ya mean, sir?

All hands!

What I am going to say is not pleasant.

What I am going to do is not pleasant.
Now, I want your attention...

Don't listen to Kelly, don't. Listen to.
He's dead! He's gone!

Calm down!

You all heard Mr. Kelly.

Kelly was out of his mind, Alec,
he was crazy with pain!

I found him very sane.

Mr. Kelly asked whether
all of us should drown...

...or whether some should go over
the side so that others may survive.

- I'll take my chances with all!
- No you won't, Mac!

Some must go overboard.

To hang on the ropes?

There'll be no hanging on the ropes.

The boat won't take it.

What happens to them who goes overboard?

They will be in God's hands.

Who goes over and who stays?

I've got a wife and kids at home!

I've got three little nippers!

You mustn't do it!

- I'm against it.
- We could draw lots.

There will be no lots.

We'll have to draw lots, Alec!

You surely don't expect a man
to volunteer to drown themselves!

There will be no volunteers!

Sir. You mean, sir...

...you'll do the choosing
of your own mind?

I will.

There is a man!

- It's a terrible responsibility, Alec.
- I don't like this.

It's the law of the sea, general!

I don't like it either, but it's always
been women and children first.

Some of us men will take our chances in the
sea to give the women a chance in the boat.

Negative.

What did you say, sir?

Negative!

It will not be women and children first.

- The weaklings must go.
- You can't do it! You mustn't do it!

It's wrong!

- It's murder!
- I'm against it.

I want only the strong!

Who can row 1.500 miles to Africa
and walk ashore alive.

I want the strong who won't fall faint when
the food gives out and the water runs dry.

I want only those who can make it
and not those who can't.

I won't go along with that, captain.
I vote negative.

You have no vote, Mac.

Alec!

That's far enough!

Have you lost your senses, Alec?
Listen to me!

- Get back to your station!
- It's cold-blooded murder!

This is murder.

The weight of a pair of dying women,

of seasick useless men?

This weight so completely useless
will destroy us all.

No, the living have a chance.
It's the survival of the fittest.

But you can't just throw an unconscious
woman overboard!

I'm about to issue the order.

I won't obey it, captain.

I will take full responsibility.

- Negative.
- There will be no negative!

Negative, negative!.
I warn you, Alec, it won't work.

- It's jungle law!
- It's the only civilized way to save us.

Civilized? The whole point of civilization
is for the strong to protect the weak.

We're past that,
we're in the last extremity.

The last extremity is where civilized man
lives his finest hour!

Would you like your finest hour
here and now, professor?

- I'm not speaking about my pride.
- Nor am I!

We have a chance for survival.

And I'm going to take it
for those who deserve it.

Then it shall be the survival
of the strongest.

As it always has been.

Thank you, professor.

I'm a woman. I'm the weakling,
I'm supercargo, will you put me over!

- No!
- You're cheating!

You're breaking your own law!

- Because you love me, you're cheating!
- That's not true.

You're a nurse, you'll be needed aboard.

Alec, don't do it.

Mac!

I order you to slip Mrs. Spencer
over the side.

You've got the wrong boy, Alec,
I can't do it!

Mac, I'm in command here.
I can't take no for an answer!

- I know.
- That doesn't leave me much choice.

Nor me!

For the last time, I'm ordering you
to slip Mrs. Spencer over the side.

Don't! Don't do it, Alec!

Aye aye, sir!

Put a life jacket on her.

- What do you think you're doing?
- I'm going with her!

No you don't! I need you here!

Look, Alec, if I stay aboard, I'm going to
try to stop you, you'll have to kill me!

Mac, you know I don't want to do it.

But I've got to save as many as I
can and this is the only way to do it.

I know!

And if it was my boat,
I'd have to do the same.

But it's your boat!

I order you to stay!

Alec, do you want to kill me?

Mac!

You know I'll have more chance in the sea.

Mr. Faroni, Mr. Cane.

You will pass Mrs. Spencer
over the side to Mr. Mckinley.

Only at gunpoint.

Duly noted, professor!

Rowers. Work the propelling gear.

Good luck, sir.

Secure from rowing!

Mario, come aboard.

- Mr. Kilgore!
- Yes?

I'm sorry.

No!. No, Mr. Holmes!

Quiet, darling,
you'll only hurt yourself.

You're seasick. Your lungs are
full of fuel oil. You'll be no help at all.

I'll go. Just keep my wife
and son aboard.

- I'll go!
- She's as bad off as you are!

I'm afraid we'll have to lose both of you.

Mario, put your life jacket
on Mrs. Kilgore.

I want to be with you, Mommy!
I want to be with you and Daddy!

You can come with us, son.

The boy stays.

I'm his father! The boy wants
to come with us!

Think, Holmes, one less mouth to feed.

No, darling, no!
Let Peter stay!

You can't put them over.
They ain't got a prayer.

You can't separate them from their kid!
I've got kids of my own.

Mr. Faroni! The boy will be
your responsibility!

See that he stays in the boat!

He's my son, he wants to come with us,
it's my decision!

The boy is the only future, he stays.

No! No!

I want to stay with you, Mommy!
I want to stay with you and Daddy!

The kid's going to have
a break, Mr. Kilgore.

I'll look after him like he was my own.

If it's going to be this way,
I'll take care of him.

- It's only logical, Kilgore.
- Oh, yes, it's logical.

Probably the logical thing to do.

In different circumstances
I might even have done it myself.

But they'll hang you for it, Holmes!

And with my blessing!

Mario, you'll pass Mrs. Kilgore
over the side.

- Mommy! Daddy!
- Easy does it, easy does it.

You'll see them again.

I'll get this boat turned
and go back for them.

God keep you!

God keep you, boy!

Come on, don't let them see you crying.

You'll see them again,
I promise you.

Just leave it to me.

Secure from rowing.

Willy Hawkins, come aboard.

I thought yo never was gonna say it.

Willy Hawkins, put your
life jacket on Mr. Clarke.

Mr. Holmes, stop this!
You've got to stop this!

Stow it, Sparks.

Mr. Cane, you and Willy Hawkins
will pass Mr. Clarke off the bow.

Find the dog's leash.

At gunpoint only.

Professor,

we will assume that I've pointed a gun
at you every time I issue you an order.

It'll pass.

I'm... I'm really very strong, I...

I can help.

I.. I can row. I can even...

Come back!

- The dog!
- I told you to mind the dog!

I couldn't stop him!

I'm afraid the dog proved just
as intractable as Mr. McKinley.

- We can row over and get him back.
- The dog loved his master.

McKinley loved his fellow man.

In such cases, death
doesn't seem to matter.

It'll matter a great deal
if you don't keep bailing.

Rowers, fast stroke!

Digger, pass up your life preserver.

Port at the bow.

Holy Mother of God.

Bless us now at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Clarke, put the jacket on Mrs. Knudson.

I can't! I can't, sir! I just can't, sir!

- Alec, no, don't, don't!
- Please!

Help me with it, young man.

The whole point is to save lives,
not lose them.

- No!
- Cookie, lend a hand.

Under gunpoint, sir.

You too, Cookie?

It's not my responsibility, sir.

Duly noted. Put it on!

Take the tiller.

Thank you.

There's nothing I can do.

It's very strange.

I'm sorry.

I'm very, very sorry.

I forgive you, Mr. Holmes.

Now.

If you'll help me.

You can't! You can't do it, I say!

From now on, you'll do exactly
as you're told.

Miss Knudson, don't worry,
we'll pick you up.

Please go to sleep,
you can't stay awake forever.

We'll take over!
We'll find you!

- Cookie, get some weight on this boat.
- Aye aye, sir.

Put the propelling gear.

Oh, no, sir! Someone else, not me!

I've got to let you go, boy.

Not me! Not me!

- Let me stay!
- I want you to look after Mrs. Knudson.

Give me a break, Mr. Holmes!

I'm young, I'm strong, I'm 18!

I'll stand my watch at the sticks.

I'll row till my hands break!

I'll work!

But you're to little
for the long row, Mickey!

It's the long haul I'm thinking of.

The long hard row to Africa.

Mr. Holmes!
Don't leave me here!

Have mercy!

No! No!

Mr. Holmes!

Mr. Holmes, don't leave me here!

Secure from rowing.

Solly! Towards the bow!

Big Joe, Sam, come aboard
here at the stern.

By Jupiter! Bless God!

Oh, thank you, thank you, Mr. Holmes!

General Barrington.

You, Faroni and Mr. Cane
will remain aboard.

That's right, captain, you'll need me.

I'm sure he will.

Absolutely. That's the thing to do.
That'll sum it all.

I want to come on board now, sir!

Sparks, untie him!

What are you doing?

It's no use, your wrists are broken.
You can't row.

I'm not a cabin boy, Holmes!

To be cast loose like a spoiled child.

You don't qualify!

Can't you all go?

Hey! You're capsizing us!

Get off the beam.

Fast row!

Help! Help!

Edith!

He has no life preserver.

He has Merritt's.
Cookie, check the under-counter board.

Edith! Save me!

Save me!

Poor John. He'd have gone anyway.

He didn't qualify either.

Hark the Iron Butterfly.

I hope you stand up to the job,
Mr. Hawkins.

It may take all the muscle.

Fifteen. It's a better number than 13, sir.

No, it isn't, but it'll have to do.

All hands, row so I can turn her
into the wind!

If you're not rowing, bail!

Everybody works!

There'll be no deadwood aboard.

It's like the professor said,
it's the survival of the fittest.

Not the fittest, only the strongest!

It does seem a rather short exchange,
doesn't it?

- An atomic scientist for two ape men.
- Huh?

a brilliant playwright for a racketeer,

a famous opera singer
for a devoted coward.

I'm getting tired of your insolence, madam!

Are you, general?

You're no bargain.

I know.

Why are the wicked always so strong?

- Tell me, brave captain.
- Skip the wisecracks!

I wasn't being funny.
You are brave.

I saw it from the first.

You really think it's right,
and I agree with you.

Because you were one
of the lucky ones who stayed?

At least I'm staying on my own power,
not because of...

Quiet, both of you!

But it's such a tingling thought,
brave captain.

- Quiet!
- What if she can't take it?

What if she falls weak and wan
by the wayside?

Do we still water her, and feed her,
and carry her...

...because she's the captain's... lady?

The answer is very simple.

If I fail to measure up,

If I fail to take my turn,

if I fall sick and useless, I go
over the side like anyone else.

There are no exceptions.

Nobody goes over no more.

Mr. Cane, take the boy.

That's a fact.

Nobody goes over no more.

What's your point, Mr. Faroni?

I've got a family.

I've got feelings,
human feelings like a human being,

not like an iceberg like you, mister.

I've been thinking of my wife...

I understand your feelings, sit down!

I'm going to give you a chance
which is more than you gave the others.

Turn the boat and head back.

You crazy fool it's all done now!

We're in a storm, you landlubber!

We're not turning back.

We go back for them.

Toss that knife here, Faroni.

I'll toss it right into your chest,
captain.

And I can do it.

Faroni, drop the knife!

You can't shoot me.

You've used up the six slugs
in that gun.

Hold it!

Throw it overboard or you'll get it.

Very pistol, sir.
In the locker.

Last call.

Negative.

Cookie! The revolver.

Load it.

- Ammunition in my pocket.
- But your shoulder, sir.

- Load it!
- Yes, sir.

Pull it out of here. Pull it out!

- I'll put a dressing on.
- That can wait.

Solly, Sam, give your life preservers
to the women.

Now listen to me, all of you!

If anybody else wants to die,
go over now!

But if you want to live, row!

Row till your hearts burst!

An hour from now, this ocean
will be a nightmare.

So row, row!
Keep way on this boat!

Row! Row!

Row and bail!

Row!

Row!

One, two!
One, two!

Row! Row!

Nurse.

Yes, Peter?

- Nurse, I'm thirsty.
- Alec.

Alec, have you issued the water rations?

I'll look, sir.

- Alive.
- Ughhh.

We're alive.

Well, at least we won't have
to be embalmed.

The sea's taken care of that.

I can't believe it.

I've never been through anything like it.

This is my first time at sea.

We'd have never made it.

I'm telling you, the skipper saved
every blasted one of us.

You bet your tail he did.

Look at those hands, look at those hands!

Last night, that big sea.

That one that busted right over us.

That was the seventh wave.

We've got a good boy.

He was right all the time.

Was he?

Still preaching jungle law, Dr. Cane?

Not exactly, madam.

I'm alive and I should be dead,
I'm aware of that.

Brave captain was right.

Right or wrong, at least he had
the guts to make a decision.

Which all your civilized hypocrisy
couldn't have managed.

The man was right and I said so.

I said so.

You don't agree, Miss White?

Or are you still wrestling
with your soul, Miss White?

It's good to be alive.

Everybody would have drowned.

Perhaps not.

Perhaps something could have happened.

Nothing happened but the storm.

Suppose the storm had missed us.

- It didn't.
- But suppose it did.

How could we tell?

How right would it have been then?

But it didn't.

What's the difference?
It's all over.

Now we're going to make it.

Yes, to live in shame.

Listen, mates.

Listen

The way I see it, the skipper's been
a lonely man.

And I think it's fitting that a spokesman
should say a word to him for us all.

A word of thanksgiving.

And a word of comfort.

Cookie.

You are a lovely hypocrite.

Oh, miss, I'm not denying I doubt it.

But now it's time for us to...
to share the load.

But Alec, it's yours.

Don't... waste it on me.

Sparks.

Let me see.

Let me see.

Mrs. Spencer and I have something
in common.

I'll put a new dressing on.
Sam, please.

You're wasting your time.

Mr. Clary,

Yes, sir?

If I were you, I...

I would hold a due easterly course.

Even with tide and current, you...

...you must eventually make a landfall
somewhere on the coast of Africa.

Me, sir?

You should row in shifts of four,
an hour a shift,

twenty hours a day until you get there.

- No, Alec, no!
- I don't understand, sir.

You must conserve your food
and water until they all hate you.

You have a good sound boat.

With a little luck, you should make it.

But why do you tell me this, sir?

You're about to assume command.

Alec, you mustn't do it, you can't.
You've got to try, Alec!

On my right hand is a ring.

Take it.

It was given to me as a token
of my first command.

It's yours now.

Try to save as many as you can.

Captain Holmes, sir.

Yes, Cookie?

As spokesman for everybody on board,

I wish to tend you the thanks,

the grateful thanks of the souls
you've saved.

So the entire company wants to say...

that we join you, sir, in the rightness...

Save the kind words for Mr. Clary.

He may need it later on.

I don't get you, sir.

When I made the rules, I said
there'd be no dead weight aboard.

- Alec, Alec!
- There are no exceptions.

But nobody's fallen down the job, sir.

You're wrong.

Oh, no, sir!

You can't do that, sir.
We can't let you go, sir, we need you.

Alec!

I love you.

Julie.

Take the watch.

The skipper's going to jettison himself.

Brave captain, no.

Skipper!

Skipper come back!

Help me. Get him back!

Did you heat it?

- A ship!
- A fog horn!

- I heard it twice!
- Where?

- Just out there!
- No, it was astern of us.

I'll bet she's in the wall of fog.

- Look!
- She's breaking through!

- Oh, dingly-dingly!
- There! There!

She's seen us!

She's seen us! She's seen us!

She's seen us. Hey, look,
she's seen us!

We're going to be all right and saved!
We're all saved!

Beauty!
Come on! Come on!

Too soon.

Just a little bit too soon, brave captain.

You were saying that...

that you all joined me
in the rightness and the...

...responsibility.

No, sir.

Well, I mean yes, sir, but...

Not the way you mean, sir.

It's not for me to say, sir.

I never had no hand in it.

It was orders, sir, it was orders.
It was all orders.

Don't look at me. I had no part in it.

You said it was your own responsibility.

Not me, mister.

Just you and that gun.

You made us do it.

You said you would shoot us
if we didn't.

Sorry.

I tried to stop you.

It was right.

Under gunpoint, sir.

Like the professor.
You noticed it at the time, sir.

You're breathing, seeing,
hearing, feeling.

You're alive in another day
because it was right.

Yes, brave captain.

It was right.

I advise you to keep your
mouth shut, madam.

Right or wrong,
it's not for us to say.

It's for the law.

You better go sit with the others.

Yes, sir.

This is my place.

It was right.

I don't know whether it was
right or wrong, Alec.

All I know is whatever you did,

you did truly.

All hands.

I want to thank you for your...

...courage and help in this emergency.

I thank God that you are safely out of it.

Now we will all row for the ship.

Slow stroke.

All hands.

One, two, one, two.

One, two.

One, two.

Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

This ring belongs to you.

Now, Mr. Clary,

you'll help the ladies board the ship.

What about you, sir?

I can make it alone.

"The story which you have
just seen is a true one."

"In real life, Captain Alexander Holmes was
brought to trial on a charge of murder."

"He was convicted..."

"and given the minimum sentence
of six months..."

"...because of the unusual circumstances
surrounding the incident."

"If you had been a member of the jury,"

"how would you have voted?"

"Guilty or innocent?"

- Subtitles -
Luís Filipe Bernardes