All language subtitles for The FBI s02e14 The Death Wind

Captain?

Doesn't look like much to fret over,
Sam.

Steady as she goes.

As she goes, sir.

I bet a flotsam ain't about to hold you
back from Port Spencer now.

Hi, Captain.

Well, it's those Sunrise Avenue girls
I'm worried about.

Three weeks without you, they tell me
the poor little thing's go berserk.

Mrs. Swede, main engine's out, steam
lines are ruptured, and we're starting

take water.

All stop.

Abandon ship.

Sam, get the boats in the water.

Where's Mike?

I don't see him, Captain.

The FBI.

A Quinn Martin Warner Brothers
production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, Stephen
Brooks,

with guest stars Ralph Bellamy,
Elizabeth Allen,

and special guest star Mark Richman.

Tonight's episode.

The death win.

The same paths of the sea which had been
the familiar peaceful roadways of the

Kalana Princess had brought her to
violent death.

A Coast Guard Marine Board of Inquiry
convened in Honolulu to investigate what

seemed like an unfortunate accident.

What neither the board nor her owner,
Captain Benjamin Jennerson, knew was

information received by the FBI in
Washington raised the possibility that

sinking might have been deliberate.

and that the death of Chief Engineer
Michael Smith, Jennison's friend of 20

years, might have been murder.

Mr. Locu, was it unusual for Captain
Jennison to ignore items of waste in the

path of his ship?

We were in a hurry, sir. You previously
steamed through comparable flotsam?

Yes, sir. Like it was nothing.

Thank you, Mr. Locu.

Captain Benjamin Jennison.

August, you were in command of the
Kalana Princess out of Honolulu, Oahu

bound for Port Spencer, Hawaii.

That's correct, sir.

It has been established that you were
proceeding in excess of normal speed.

Yes, sir.

Why was this?

I had my first full load of cargo in
some months. I was anxious to make

delivery.

Your residence is where?

Port Spencer.

You were heading for your home port?

Yes, sir.

Did you consider that your excessive
speed might have been a hazard to the

Princess or to other craft?

My ship may have been old, sir.

She was a hazard to no one.

I wonder if I might raise a point here,
Captain.

Oh, Captain, Mr. Charles Sprague, legal
counsel for the Pacific Marine Insurance

Company, is asked to be present.

Yes, sir.

Go ahead, Mr. Sprague.

Isn't it true that in July of last
year...

you were advised that your vessel was in
need of very substantial repairs and

that a three -year marine insurance
policy terminating at the end of this

would not be renewed without those
repairs?

That's true, yes.

And weren't you further advised that
even with these added repairs, there was

guarantee that the policy would be
renewed?

Yes, you told me that.

Were these repairs made before the
Kalana Princess exploded and sank?

No, they... had not.

Wouldn't it be fair to state then that
on August 11th you took an old vessel

which my company regarded as uninsurable
into an area which contained obvious

hazards to navigation?

Mr. Sprague. An area that you could
easily have avoided by a simple change

course. Who could possibly have known
there was a mine out there?

That's what sunk my ship.

I have nothing further at this time.

However, I wish to state that my company
is withholding payment.

until it is satisfied that all the facts
in this accident are fully known.

Mr. Sprague, this board is to establish
those facts.

We are even more anxious to clear up
this matter.

No more serious charge can be made
against a merchant marine officer than

he deliberately endangered his ship or
the lives of its crew.

Inspector? Warren, good to see you.
Welcome to the islands.

SAC Berwick, Special Agent Rhodes. How
do you do? Rhodes?

Board of Investigation's underway?

And moving fast.

They've taken the testimony of Jennison
and his crew.

How's it look?

The men on his crew are devoted to him.
They've backed him 100%. Come on, we're

just in time to see the wind -up.

It is the opinion of this Marine Board
of Investigation that the Kalana

struck a mine of the type used by the
Imperial Japanese Navy during World War

II.

that there was no evidence of
negligence, imprudent seamanship, or

the part of the ship's personnel.

The entire crew performed their duties
in a commendable manner and in

with the best traditions of the sea.

Captain, congratulations, and you would
make it.

I'm almost sorry we can't leave it at
that.

These lengths of copper wire were
collected by Coast Guard cutters in the

area where the Princess went down.

They all seem to be part of one
continuous copper wire exploded and

the blast. I've sent samples to
Washington.

Warren, could these have come from the
ship?

They might have, but the Coast Guard
divers who've been over the wreck

found anything similar in the exploded
section of the hull.

Then the line might have been attached
to the mine to hold it in a fixed

position in the water.

Yes, sir.

And these are from the mine itself.

That's right.

Imperial Japanese Navy, World War II.
Isn't that a little unusual at this late

date? No, not as unusual as you might
think.

Most of these islands were protected by
minefields of some sort.

Over the years, the individual mines
break away.

Every so often, the Navy finds one or
two in the lanes of heavy traffic. They

blow them up.

Warren, I understand the Coast Guard
divers are still going out every day.

Yes. How come?

The Kalana Princess was carrying
cylinders of chlorine in one of her

Inspector. Chlorine?

They've kept it quiet to avoid public
panic.

Well, is there any danger at this point?

So far, the divers have determined that
the cylinders are intact.

But if that chlorine should escape,
mixed with water, it becomes the same

poisonous gas used in World War I, and
with a high wind to spread it.

What are you doing?

Paying some bills.

My master's fees are due.

I didn't think you'd have to pay that
now.

I was cleared.

Somebody could offer me another ship.

There is the possibility.

Of course.

Are we going to stay home again tonight?

Was there someplace you wanted to go?

Not especially.

I just wasn't sure how long this period
of mourning was supposed to go on.

Forget it, Gloria.

You tell me to forget it, and you won't
forget it, not for a minute.

You had a ship. It sank.

All right, accidents happen. Why do you
keep blaming yourself? I said forget it.

She was a fine ship once. I wish you
could have seen her.

I have seen quite enough of her in the
last six years.

But she was tired.

She was worn out.

And I couldn't afford to fix anything.

Well, that was my fault, naturally. I
didn't say it was your fault.

You've said it often enough before.
Gloria.

All right?

Neither do I.

I'm going to the club. Do you want to
come along?

No.

Gloria.

What?

When you go alone, who do you find to

talk with?

Last night, the place was full of movie
stars, and I just went from one to the

other, laughing and dancing.

And last week, it was the international
set, right off the Riviera.

And before that, let's see.

I'm sorry.

I've left you alone a lot, I know.

I'm sorry about that.

All you need is your ship.

But it was always you first. You know
that.

Always you.

I'll look in on you later.

Just be sure you come back to me.

I always have.

John?

What have you got?

Hi, Mr. Worden. There's something very
interesting on that mine fragment from

Honolulu. I've been going over a cross
-section of this skin.

Would you like to take a look at it?
Yeah.

Now, you can see it's been given three
separate coats of paint in addition to

the initial primer.

Now, the bottom one, the original one,
was probably applied when the mine was

manufactured in Japan.

And the second one?

Well, it matches the sample of Japanese
paint we've got in our files.

It was probably applied about the same
time.

The analysis shows considerable erosion
in both layers.

Erosion, huh?

From the salt water and the tides? No,
sir. Neither coating shows any evidence

of exposure to ocean water.

Well, it is an underwater mine.

It is. There's no doubt about that.

What about the third layer?

Well, now, that's the interesting part.

A sample analysis indicates that the
final coating was probably developed and

marketed by an American firm.

You see, it's a protective paint.

one which forms up one of the newer
synthetic plastics.

It wasn't marketed until, oh, the late
50s in the United States.

Can you tell how long it was in the
water?

Well, not the specific length of time,
but due to the general appearance of the

paint, it's reasonable to assume that
the mine wasn't subjected to those

conditions for very long. How long?

Less than a year? Oh, no, less than a
month.

I couldn't possibly have drifted away
from a World War II field.

No, sir. That was anchored there,
deliberately.

It might help to have that anchor, don't
you think, John?

Yes.

The princess went straight to the
bottom, so we know where she hit the

We're dead center of that now, but we
have no idea of the actual length of the

cable.

Any problem with depth here?

Well, nothing you shouldn't be able to
handle.

gas. Let's get out of here.

Hammond in yet?

Tell him I want to see him.

You look different without your sailor
suit on, Ben.

You seem smaller.

I talked to Sam Loku today. He was down
on the pier looking for work.

He says there's a rumor that the FBI's
on this case now.

Oh?

And what did you say?

Nothing. But you're worried, right?

Not about the FBI.

straight.

Hammond.

Did Gloria seem to be having a good time
here last night?

She had a few drinks.

A few drinks and people would convince
themselves they're having a good time.

Did she dance with anybody?

How many?

Ben, I mean, you don't want to take a
dancing. What do you expect? I've tried.

I make a fool of myself. I'm clumsy.

How many?

I didn't notice. One or two, maybe.

Why don't you give her up?

I couldn't explain it to you. You
wouldn't understand.

You wanted money.

That's all there is to understand.

All right, you got it.

Now, what are you complaining about?

Let me tell you something, Hammond.

I went to sea when I was 13 years old. I
shipped out with cutthroats that would

make you look like the angel Gabriel in
comparison.

Butchers, kidnappers, men who'd... kill
their own mothers if there was five

cents profit in it.

But in all that time, in all that
company, I never met a captain who'd

sink his own ship.

Much less hire a jailbird like me to
place the mine, huh?

But you know, Ben, maybe these other
fellas never had your reason.

Gloria isn't a reason.

Gloria's a disease with me.

A fashionable and expensive one.

You know the terrible part of it?

The $20 ,000, even if Sprague pays it,
even that won't keep her with me very

long.

Yes? Inspector Erskine and Special Agent
Rhodes are here. Send them right in.

That was a message to the pier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Tegg, U .S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey, Inspector Erskine. Mr. Tegg, how

you do? And Special Agent Rhodes. How do
you do, sir? How do you do? The Coast

Guard has consulted Mr. Tegg concerning
the tidal effects on the sunken ship,

the slope of the ocean floor, and so on.

He's also been told about the cargo of
chlorine.

One of the cylinders already has a leak,
Warren.

I think we'd better ask the Coast Guard
to try and raise that chlorine as soon

as possible.

Yes, well, Mr. Tegg has been following
the progress of the case, and something

else has come up.

You better tell them about it, Mr. Tegg.
Our instruments have picked up a series

of seismic shocks.

Here, let me show you.

They're occurring off the southern coast
of Chile.

Wasn't there a big earthquake in Chile a
few years ago?

In May of 1960.

It produced a tsunami, a tidal wave,
that almost destroyed Hilo and Port

Spencer.

How bad are these shocks?

Bad enough to create another tidal wave.

Are you suggesting that this may upset
the chlorine in the ship?

Mr. Rhodes, if an underwater slippage
occurs and a major wave develops and

the island, the backwash will pound that
ship to pieces.

Who's the mayor of Port Spencer?

A man named Edo.

I'd like you to set up a meeting with
him, Captain Cargill, Mr. Teague.

Yes, sir. For what time?

As soon as they can get here.

Captain Jennison?

Ah, Swede.

Hi, Swede. Sit down, sit down.

Drinks?

Rye.

Rye. I have another.

Just lay it on the ice, huh?

You know, Captain, I go back 20 years
with you.

Right. In fact, there's only one man
goes longer.

Micah's with me in the war.

I know.

I was the youngest skipper in the
Marine.

17 convoy crossings.

Micah's with me in all of them.

I know that, sir.

You're good health.

Sweet.

Well, look,

sir, I've got this offer to go to work
with

another captain.

So I thought it was all right with you.

You take that job, sweet.

But stay loose, because one of these
days, we're going back to sea.

New ship, back to sea.

We sure will, sir. Sure will.

You all right, Captain?

17 convoy crossings.

Never lost a ship.

Think I'd better be going, sir.

Keep him supplied.

Don't say hello.

Hello.

Waiting a while?

Doesn't matter.

Where were you?

I was at the beach.

A little sun and surf. Had a couple of
drinks with some friends.

That new blonde cocktail waitress?

No, that old red -headed cocktail
waitress.

If you consider 23 old.

I saw Ben's car outside.

Oh, did you?

The Admiral's been drinking pretty heavy
lately.

You better watch it.

Well, maybe you should stop pouring it
down him.

Why?

Keeps him out of mischief, doesn't it?

And out of your beautiful hair.

Now, why don't you stop worrying about
him? He's got everything he needs right

there at the bar.

A bottle, a clean glass, and a lot of
lovely dreams.

Why, right now, he's sitting there
commanding all his ships at sea.

Oh, shut up.

You're very nervous today where the
Admiral's concerned, sweetheart.

I don't know why I come here.

He's a better man than you'll ever be.

You're not going to get into your
argument for me there.

But you wouldn't believe how many wives
have told me about the better, finer men

they were married to.

And I've often wondered...

Why don't they stay home with their
better, finer men?

Maybe that's where I ought to be right
now, with him.

Yeah. Sure, why not?

Why don't you walk out right now?

It'll, uh, give you a lot of class.

A departure from your usual form.

Evacuation?

When do you mean?

Now? Can it be done, Mr. Atto?

Well, we do have an evacuation plan.

We've had one since the 60 wave.

But are you sure there'll even be a
tidal wave, Mr. Tague? We are at this

yes, sir.

Does Mayor Atto know about the chlorine?

Yes.

Where is the wave now, Mr. Tague?

Here.

6 ,200 miles from Port Spencer.

It's cresting at two and a half feet,
and it's traveling at a little more than

420 miles an hour.

Perfectly harmless.

It hits that beach.

Doesn't give it much time.

It's nearly 6 p .m.

I'd say that wave will strike the
Princess at approximately 9 a .m.

morning. You seem to know a great deal
about this wave, Mr. Tague.

Everything, except how to stop it.

You say even a small wave may damage the
cylinders, release the chlorine?

Unless they can be raised before the
wave hits.

And if there's a wind?

Captain, how long is a salvage operation
like this normally scheduled for?

Three weeks.

We've got 15 hours.

We'll do what we can.

I'll order the kids out first.

Well, his divers have cut through the
hull.

All of the cylinders are intact.

They've plugged that leak you
discovered, so we're all set until the

hits. How many have they raised?

Well, it's a slow process.

They're half buried and sealed. He hopes
to have the first one up by sunrise,

with luck.

Berwick? Oh, yes, sir.

Hang on.

Mr. Ward.

Yes, Arthur.

Lewis, we may have something further on
the explosive used.

On February 7th, a Japanese naval mine
was stolen from a surplus depot in

Okinawa. The mine was defused and had
been quoted as part of a routine

maintenance. The case is still open.

Well, it was defused. It might have been
shipped out. I'll run a check on it

here.

What was the date of that Okinawa theft
again?

February 7th.

Have you come up with anything more on
Jennison?

He's under 24 -hour surveillance.

He's made one interesting contact.

Owner of a bar in Port Spencer, Theodore
Darrell Hammond.

1951, court -martialed Seoul, Korea.

Black market transactions.

And guilty, stockade, dishonorable
discharge.

1956, assault on the person.

1958, suspicion of armed robbery.

1960, assault on the person. Woman
refused to prosecute.

Nice boy.

Well, something even more interesting.

He sees a good deal of Jenison's wife
socially.

How's the evacuation going?

Any panic?

None at all. These are remarkable
people.

Well, they're sending more gas masks
from the mainland.

There ought to be enough for everybody
on the island by noon tomorrow.

Will that help?

By noon?

Yeah, that'll help.

Well, I hope so.

You know, I used to have a recurrent
nightmare when I was a boy.

I'd be at a ball game, and the pitcher
would throw a hard, fast one.

And I'd know it was going to hit the
batter.

And I'd yell.

But there wasn't anything I could do to
help.

Sometimes that's the hardest place to
be, Art.

In the stands.

Yeah.

Well, good luck, Lewis.

Thanks.

Have him get the plane ready. I'm going
to Port Spencer.

Yes.

for residents living north and west of
Moana Boulevard will be Branch Road 8

8 -3.

Please stay tuned to this station for
all evacuation instructions.

Jennerson left his house a little after
9, made no special contacts. He's down

by the pier now.

Well, the court order on the bank
records came through. The poor Spencer

examined the Jennerson accounts himself.

There was a checking account in both of
their names and one in Mrs. Jennerson's

name alone.

Any luck in the takeaways we found?

Yes, a hardware chain. Ling and Sons
carries the item, but there's no record

either of the Jennersons having
purchased them.

Find out where the clerks were evacuated
to and have them shown pictures of

Hammond. All right.

Where's Mrs. Jennerson now?

She just returned home.

Alone? Uh -huh.

Let's pay her a visit.

Do you think that's a good idea?

She's bound to tell her husband the FBI
was around. She'll probably tell

Hammond, too.

Be interesting to find out which one she
tells first, won't it?

Yes, sir.

Who is it?

FBI, Mrs. Jennison. My name's Eskin.

The FBI?

If you want to see Ben, he isn't here.

Actually, we'd like to talk to you.

Me?

Why?

What am I supposed to have done?

Special Agent Rhodes, Mrs. Jennison.

Well, won't you come in and sit down?

Thank you.

I've just been listening to the news
about that tidal wave in the chlorine.

It's terrible.

You can't imagine what it's doing to
Ben.

Mrs. Jennison, are you acquainted with a
man named Theodore Hammond?

Do I have to answer these questions?

No, you don't. Would you rather consult
a lawyer first?

Well, no, I guess it would be all right
to admit I know Ted. Yes, I am

acquainted with Mr. Theodore Hammond.

Mrs. Jennison, we obtained a court order
allowing us to examine two checking

accounts in a Port Spencer bank.

One in your name and another in Mr.
Hammond's.

What? Right. In the last year, Mrs.
Jennison, you've apparently sent checks

Hammond totaling well over $5 ,000.

They were in repayment for small loans
made usually at the bar.

To you or to the captain?

To both of us.

The payments seem to have been made at
fairly regular intervals.

Well, there were times I'd run short of
household cash and I'd borrow the money

from Ted and then repay him by check.

Well, there was a six -week period
between January and March when no

were made.

Well, I...

I believe Mr. Hammond was out of town at
that time.

Do you know where he went?

Okinawa, I think.

Mrs. Jennerson, have you been informed
of the evacuation procedure?

Yes. Good.

Well, thanks very much, Mrs. Jennerson.

Mr.

Erskine. Yes?

I don't understand.

Ben was cleared by the Board of
Investigation, and I certainly haven't

anything wrong.

So, uh, just...

What are you investigating?

Good night, Mrs. Jennison.

Good night.

I told you to get out of Port Spencer.

I've been waiting for you. Where have
you been?

What are you doing here?

Ben?

What?

Two men from the FBI came to the house
last night.

To see me?

They're investigating something. They
didn't tell me what.

What really happened to the princess?

She hit a mine.

Accidentally?

Accidentally.

Gloria, there isn't much time.

I know that.

I was

wrong.

We'll take the insurance money and we'll
go back to the mainland.

Maybe we'll open a little business.

on home and pack i want to watch the
salvage a minute i'll be along in a

all right all right

The fact is we simply don't have as much
time as we thought we had.

Another slippage has occurred here.

That wave is now cresting at three feet,
and its speed has increased to 500

miles an hour.

Which will put it in Port Spencer when?

Approximately 7 .30 tomorrow morning.
You sure about that?

All right, Mike, thanks.

We found the man who sold the anchor
weights.

He's positively identified Hammond as
the one who bought them.

leave him a note.

Because I was worried about him. I
wanted to make sure he was all right.

And is he all right?

No.

Then you wasted time.

What else did the FBI ask you?

I don't remember.

You're pushing my patience, sweetheart.

I still don't see why you couldn't have
called me as soon as they left your

house.

I didn't know you'd have to run.

I could have been out of here by now.

Without me?

Why not?

We could have met somewhere later on.

They aren't after you, sweetie.

Won't they still be after you later on?
When we meet? If we meet?

Ted?

Why do they want you?

Gloria, just shut up.

Ben did sink the princess.

Did you help him?

No.

You're lying.

But how you ever talked him into it?

Listen, I didn't have to talk him into
anything.

There was 40 ,000 insurance split right
down the middle.

Ben loved that ship.

That's right.

He loved that ship with a love that was
touching to see. But he was sick, baby

sweetheart, diseased up here. You know
what I mean?

Nothing could help him because he loved
you more.

He would have blown up Honolulu to keep
you in spending money.

So I figured I might as well do my bit.

I mean, it was all...

Headed my way anyway, wasn't it?

Listen, not to me.

You don't do that to me.

Inspector?

A wooden case weighing 1 ,060 pounds was
shipped from Okinawa to Pearl Harbor

via Narakamaru February 10th.

Ultimate consignee, Bertram Janicek,
General Freight Depot, Hawaii.

Bertram Janicek.

Benjamin Jennerson.

Handwriting analysis says the signature
is Jennerson's.

He signed for it, picked it up February
16th. All right, good.

Jennerson's on his way to the Crest
Club.

Let's bring him in.

Stay away from her, Ben.

She's dead.

You killed her.

It was an accident.

She tripped. She hit her head.

Ben, quit pretending to be a man.

Leave this whole business alone.

Why don't you just lie down and die?

You went down with your ship, Captain.

Everybody knows that except you.

She knew it.

This was a very profound emotional
experience for your little car hop.

You know, for a minute there, Ben, it
even made her faithful to you.

Put your hands up.

Yes?

Well, thank you very much, Captain.

He had all the chlorine up.

So, it's over.

Well, she's right on schedule.

This is the fourth official emergency
announcement from the office of Mayor

The tidal wave has crested and broken
over the city.

The time of maximum impact has begun and
will continue through the night.

There have been no deaths attributed to
the storm.

That man deserves a medal.

I think the only reward he wants is to
see the children come back.

All of them.

Well, Warren, I can't say it's been a
dull trip.

I tried to make it interesting for you.

Ten days after the sinking of the Kalana
Princess.

A second Marine board of investigation
determined that she had been

sunk by her master, Benjamin Jennerson,
and Theodore Hammond.

Hammond was tried for the murders of
Captain and Mrs. Jennerson and is now

serving a life sentence in the state
prison at Honolulu.