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(trumpeting fanfare)

(suspenseful music)

(dramatic music)

(cannons and guns firing)

- [Masked Figure] Board the ship, men!

(all screaming)

(Big Ben dings)

- A pirate, an ordinary cutthroat,

a man who's both dishonorable and unscrupulous.

I'm amazed that His Majesty's Prime Minister

would consider for a moment entrusting this outlaw

with a mission of such vital importance

to England's welfare.

- All that our eminent colleague said

as First Lord of the Admiralty is true.

Let me recall however that there have been occasions

when England was involved

in what others would call piracy.

- If the Spaniard, as we are told has really signed

a secret treaty with the Netherlands,

it is vitally essential for us to begin to look at it.

And if for this purpose.

We employ the services of a buccaneer,

there is no reason for you to be shocked.

- I thoroughly agree with His Lordship, the Prime Minister.

If the Dutch Merchantman, which were carrying

the Spaniard secret ambassador has really had

the misfortune of being captured by buccaneers,

I say by all means that no one better than a pirate then

is more likely to get us the document we need.

- This is what I mean.

No man can judge another

unless he considers the time and place

in which the other confines his actions.

Then in our position, and in these circumstances,

the one man more qualified than any other

to be of service in the interest of England,

is the Black Falcon.

(dramatic music)

(men chattering)

- You seem if anything even more nervous

than your junior officers here, Don Pedro.

- Because I am, Your Excellence.

- Don't tell me this is your very first ball, Commander.

- Oh no, of course not, by no mean,

but it is the first for my daughter, you know.

- Don Pedro. - Tell me, how are you?

- Well, I'm not complaining.

I confess that the atmosphere isn't bad at all here

when you consider it's only a colony.

- Since it comes from a gentleman

of your great rank, dear Marquis,

such a compliment as yours makes my heart

swell with gratitude. - Your Excellency.

- Oh look, here are the young ladies.

(lively music)

- Step forward please, gentlemen,

and bow to your partners for the first jigger.

(lively formal music)

- Good evening, Captain Herrera,

is there anything that you require?

- Yes, there certainly is.

That's it.

- Captain Herrera sir, may I take your cloak, if you please?

- I can see that all the other

officers of the garrison are here.

I wonder why he's the only one who isn't?

- It must mean that he's on duty, that's all.

(bold laughing)

- May I have your permission, Your Excellency?

- Oh, so you wanna make something of it, do you?

Ha ha ha ha!

(swords crashing and people murmuring)

- Captain Herrera, I expect you to behave like a gentleman.

(Herrera laughing and crowd murmuring)

Disarm him.

- Meh, what's the matter?

At your service. - Get this man out of here.

(Herrera laughing)

- Leonora.

- Don't be so kind as for me.

- Haven't I already been punished enough?

- I'm not here to punish you

for breaking military regulation.

I'm reproaching you for throwing away my love.

And what is more, you know that I'd refuse to marry

any man except you.

Now, stay away from me, I hate you.

- Something tells me that isn't true,

otherwise you never would have come here

just to say that.

Wait, Leonora.

I know how terribly this has upset you,

but time will change many things, you'll see.

- Hey you, you're to come with me.

- Goodbye, Leonora.

(ominous drumming)

- I was given orders to escort you here.

- A pleasure to see you, Captain.

- Please permit me, Captain Herrera,

to express first of all,

my profoundest admiration for your devotion to duty,

and for your astonishing gift of willpower.

You already know, don't you,

Don Antonio Albarras de Pontejuna,

special business of His Catholic Majesty King Phillip.

- I have already had that honor, sir,

but I'm delighted to be able to renew our acquaintance.

- I have a confession to make.

I never thought I'd have to get drunk

in order to be appreciated by my superiors.

- Ha ha ha, rest assured on that score my friend,

I'm certain you will have the occasion

to do far more heroic deeds than that.

- I think the Captain is anxious to have us tell him

a great deal more as to the motive

which lead to the suggestion that he actually stage

such a singular act.

Admit he's a good comedian.

- Why, this morning I couldn't have suffered any more

if I had really lived the role you portrayed, Captain.

- If this can be of greater comfort to you Captain Herrera,

I may tell you His Majesty King Phillip no less

has magnanimously deigned to sign a commission

promoting you to colonel,

your rank to take effect retroactively on your return to us.

- I am grateful to His Majesty, Senor Alvarez,

but what do I have to do to merit it?

- You must forget that you were up until now,

an officer of Spain, as well as a gentleman by birth.

- Fend for yourself among the buccaneers.

Mix on an equal footing with their accomplices

and win yourself the confidence

of the women they frequent as well.

Move freely and openly in the lowest sort of public places.

You will do so for as long as it takes you to find proof

of who is in possession of the ship we're looking for.

We know for sure that it was taken by pirates,

according to rumors we've heard, off the coast of Jamaica.

- The ship in question is the Santa Maria,

a merchantman with three masts,

originally flying the flag of the Netherlands.

And this vessel carried on board a Spanish ambassador,

who was returning from a secret mission to Holland.

It was that ambassador who was to deliver to us, you see,

a document that is extraordinarily important to us all.

- I'm beginning to understand, Your Excellency.

- It is imperative that we recover the document,

Captain Herrera, as soon as we can.

If the news of its existence has already reached England,

the foe you must overcome will not be the pirates only,

but also the English.

- Hmph, that's an attractive prospect.

- While on this mission, you will not be acting alone.

I can assure you of that.

We have arranged for you to work with a man

who knows the whole area to perfection,

as though he were in his own land,

whom I can recommend to you as a brave soldier as well.

He is Sergeant Rodriguez.

He will be waiting for you tomorrow

in the ruins of the ancient temple of the Inca,

the one in the central of the forest of Campello.

- Just one question, sir.

If I find this ambassador, how will he recognize me?

- Ha ha ha, the ambassador is none other

than Don Juan Azorin.

- Don Juan!

- 11:00, and all is well!

(suspenseful music)

- Rodriguez!

Sergeant Rodriguez!

(suspenseful music)

Rodriguez!

Sergeant Rodriguez!

- Ugh...

Ugh...

Oh, I was waiting for you, Captain.

- Who are you?

- Sergeant Antonio Rodriguez, at you order, sir.

- Weren't you supposed to meet me here yesterday?

- Yes, I would have got here then,

but you see my horse cast a shoe,

and I had to let him walk all the way from Campello.

- Why did you go to sleep without waking me first?

- You were sleeping away so peacefully, Captain sir,

and I too couldn't keep my eyes open any longer, ha ha.

Uh, may I?

- What?

Oh, certainly, go ahead by all means.

(yawning)

- This is a difficult assignment.

The commander spoke extremely well of you.

- Is that so?

The c also spoke very highly of you.

If he wasn't exaggerating, we'll pull it off, sir.

- I hope so.

We have to be careful not to be recognized.

First of all, you must stop calling me Captain.

- Yes sir, Captain.

- And second, throw away everything that might identify you.

- Oh, I have nothing,

just the usual commonplace belongings.

(Rodriguez laughing)

And this too.

- The colonel said that you're acquainted with this area.

- Nobody knows it so well.

- Well then we won't need this...

- Excuse me, Captain,

don't you think it would be better not to throw it away?

If we have to make ourselves known to the ambassador,

it'll come in handy as identification.

- The ambassador was friend of my father's.

I've known him since I was a boy.

- Hmm, I didn't expect that.

Then I suppose the situation

is pretty well in hand, isn't it?

Let's hope now that the horse's hoof will hold out

until we get to Portobello.

- Have you ever been there?

- Yes, once or twice.

It's a bit of a rowdy place,

but it's fun if you don't mind the noise.

You never know who you'll run into there.

That's the place all the pirates head for

whenever they've got a haul to dispose of.

They either sell it to the merchants,

or else they barter it for someone else's booty.

- Do you think we might see the Santa Maria at Portobello?

- Well, I wouldn't bet on it, but don't let it bother you.

A three mast-er can't be out of sight

or kept hidden for long.

- Let's be on our way.

How long do you think it will take us?

- Let me see, going at a slow walk.

I'd say four days.

Three days, three days if we ride faster.

- We'll ride faster then.

(dramatic music)

Let's water our horses here.

- Good idea.

I'll go and have a look around first.

(ominous music and people chattering)

- Be off with you, you beggars, off with you!

Ha ha ha ha ha!

- Hey, how did you manage to frighten them off?

(both laughing)

- This whole area is infested with thieves and bandits.

The thieves were only a lot of amateurs.

The minute they see a couple energetic types like us,

they cut and run for the woods.

- To me they didn't look like thieves or bandits either,

but more like pirates.

- Pirates, you say?

Well, it's not everyday you run into pirates

as many miles as we are from the ocean.

(doors banging closed)

- Just about finished now putting everything in order.

Watch out, you!

- You do all this every night?

- No, just one night a year, thank heaven for that.

Where do you two come from, the moon?

Whee!

(Maiden and Rodriguez laughing)

Ugh!

Tomorrow is a holiday, it's Saint Anthony's.

Well, I reckon you can't be merchants then,

because they come on Saint Anthony's Day

from all around to do business.

What are you then?

- We're simply travelers,

as my companion had an unfortunate disagreement

with the long arm of the law

in a Portuguese settlement, you see.

- Hmm...

- Oh, permit me.

There.

- He's a handsome brute, isn't he?

He such a romantic air.

Come on beautiful, fall to and wipe the glasses.

(thunder crackling)

(suspenseful music)

- Paolo.

I've managed to get us a room apiece,

provided we're out of them by tomorrow morning.

The boarding party was a success.

- I'd say you've not yet begun to fight.

- [Maiden] Rodriguez, Rodriguez!

(ominous music and thunder crackling)

(dramatic music)

- What's going on around here, Captain?

- The Black Falcon, he was here.

- By all the holy saints in heaven,

but are you sure that's who it was?

- He was trying to make off with my baggage.

- It's a pity, I wasn't sleeping in your room for the night.

The Black Falcon, was it?

Ha ha, I wonder why.

I would have bet he was far away,

a thousand miles at the least.

But, what did he want to rifle your things for?

Why pick on you, Captain?

- It would have been no use if he had stolen my baggage.

Everything I need for this mission, I keep in my head.

- My last offer, take it or leave it, is 2000 ducats.

(lute music and people chattering)

- Well, look who's here now, Morgan in person no less.

- How very amusing.

- Welcome, Lord Admiral.

- Ever since the sacking he gave Maracaibo,

he doesn't like it anymore

when you address him as Captain, you know.

You have to call him Lord Admiral.

(both laughing)

- Make yourself at home.

If you please, Lord Admiral, right this way.

Get out of the way, you.

Sit down please, sir.

- We may as well try that one, eh?

Ha, ah my friend.

Ha ha ah, listen.

Have you by chance heard of any rumors

of a Dutch vessel sailing recently in these waters,

a merchantman.

- My friend, I never hear rumors about ships.

- Go ahead, drink up, drink up, ha ha ah ah.

- Ah!

What vessel are you looking for?

- Well uh, wait a minute, she's call um,

the Santa Maria.

- Nope, I've never heard of her.

- Uh huh.

- Listen, Violetta. - Huh?

- Does any one of these merchants here deal in paint?

- Well, let's see.

Why, that one.

- Thank you. (chuckles)

Excuse me. - Yes, sir.

- My ship needs repairs and a fresh coat of paint.

- All the paint I had in stock has been sold, I'm afraid,

but I'll be able to supply you some

within two or three months.

- Oh, who bought all your paint?

- That man over there.

He's a kind of an agent for Calico Jack.

- Yes, Pussyfoot he's called. - That's the one.

- No one else has bought any paint?

- No, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't,

because that man took all I had.

- Thank you, friend.

- Well, we're on the right track.

Whoever got the Santa Maria wanted to disguise her.

She's a big ship.

- My compliments, Captain, ha ha ha ha.

- Which one of these men is Calico Jack?

- Oh, no one, he's not here.

You'll never see him away from his island.

He's the sort of man who gives himself a lot of silly airs.

(both laughing)

Let's hear a bit of what Pussyfoot is saying.

- Alright now, you cutthroats.

You get no booty, you get no cash, that's our law.

- Ha, it seems that lieutenant of Calico Jack's

is looking for new men here.

- Hmm, well that proves that he has another ship.

- You're right again, Captain.

(dramatic music)

Don't bother to dirty your hands on him.

(speaking in foreign language)

- Heh, where did you learn to speak Chinese?

- Ha, I just picked it up once

when I happened to get sent on a mission to Shanghai.

(speaking in foreign language)

Ha, he says that his name is Chang Li.

(speaking in foreign language)

He says that Calico Jack is looking for more men.

- Ask him what he knows about the Black Falcon.

(speaking in foreign language)

And tell him not to attack us again.

(speaking in foreign language)

I have an idea.

Why don't we both sign on as seamen with Calico Jack?

- That would mean turning pirate, sir.

Ha ha ha ha ha, that's a great idea!

- Can you think of a better way of reaching the ship?

- Well, it's not easy to fool them.

Any pirate I know who's worthy of the name

would subject a new comer references to brutal tests.

Would you feel like going through that, Captain?

- What do you think?

- I'm ready for anything.

It's my duty as a Spaniard.

- First of all, you must make friends with Pussyfoot.

Heh...

I have an infallible system.

- I drink to the health of the greatest pirate of them all,

Calico Jack!

- What would you know about it,

you feeble minded vermin?

Morgan is by far the greatest.

He makes all the others look sick.

- Never heard of him. - Neither have I.

As a matter of fact, I never heard anyone

mention this here, Morgan.

- Ah!

(dramatic music)

- Come on with me...

Excuse me. - No.

- Please.

- No, I beg you don't leave.

Please, don't leave then.

- The lot!

- For the last time, I don't want you pretty chin.

(furniture crashing and people chattering)

- They're getting beaten up for us.

Let's give them a hand.

- Come on, let's fight!

- That's it, boys, let him have it, keep up the good work.

Ha ha ha, thanks a lot.

- No, we should thank you.

- Oracle, I told him.

- No, help!

Stop this kindly.

Don't destroy my cabin!

Oh, my floor is ruined!

Stop it, stop, stop!

(boisterous laughter)

- Thank you.

Thank you for giving me a good chance

to pluck a few feathers from those chickens of Morgan.

Are you two new around here?

- We just arrived.

- Ah, ha ha ha ha, and you've already managed

to sow discord within the brotherhood of buccaneers.

Obviously you plan to move on soon.

- To tell the truth, we were thinking

of staying here for a bit.

- Yeah, sure.

- We were hoping to find a berth on some ship, but...

- I believe I can be of some assistance.

(majestic fanfare)

- [Man] Unfurl the main sail!

- Tomorrow morning, we'll be putting in at the island,

so hand over your passage money now.

- One ducat I'm keeping back.

On this ship you don't eat.

- You'll be eating well alright,

if Calico Jack decides you're worth feeding.

(majestic music)

- There's the island.

- Yes, but not a vessel in sight anywhere.

- They must be keeping her out of sight in some inlet.

- Who knows if the Spanish ambassador

who was sailing on the Santa Maria is still alive or not.

In general, Calico Jack can't bear

to be around real nobility.

- Maybe he hasn't discovered who he is.

- That's not quite the way I see it.

- Pussyfoot I heard, was pumping for information,

and he knows more than he's telling us.

- Who told you that?

- Violetta.

- Get a move on there!

Who do you think you are, lords of the admiralty?

Ready for mooring!

(majestic music)

- If I catch you mooring a ship like that one more time,

I'm going to grab you and strangle you with my bare hands.

How often do I have to tell you,

you're supposed to reap in all your sails

before you secure a single mooring line?

- The best seamen we had were lost at Panama,

if you recall Captain. - Yes, yes.

Have you brought any new men with you?

- Yes. - Experienced?

- Well, according to what they say.

- Did you find out who our prisoner is?

- Certainly, and he's not an explorer either.

- That's just what I suspected.

- His name is Don Juan Azuri.

He's a nobleman, that's for sure.

- A nobleman?

What the devil is he doing in these parts on a Dutch ship,

I wonder?

- No one knows, perhaps he was traveling for pleasure.

- So you are lying to me?

I know that you're really Don Juan.

What did you say his name was? - Azuri.

- You're a filthy Spanish nobleman.

- What difference is it to you what I am?

- You made a fool of me.

You told me you were an explorer,

one of those men who draws a map.

- That is what I do.

- Alright then, I'm sick of having you around,

freeloading off me.

I'll put you in a place

from where you can see the whole island.

Then you'll be able to draw it.

I want you to have every facility to pursue your profession.

(ominous music)

Now then, my noble Spaniard,

I don't want you to say when you get to the other world

that I wasn't hospitable.

Here you have everything you need.

- Is he the Spanish ambassador?

- He's the one.

- My life for my country!

- The document has been hidden on this island.

We must remember that pattern in the sand.

- What a crew.

How can I make pirates of the likes of you?

- I sailed for three years under l'Olonnais, Captain Jack.

Ow!

- The first thing you have to learn

is to keep your lips muzzled

until you have my permission to speak.

I've never had too much fondness for yellow faces.

- Calico Jack, (whispering).

- And who are you?

- My name is Maspes, Captain, Antonio Maspes.

- What were you doing before you came here?

- I'm Portuguese.

Once I had land of my own, and a small inheritance.

- Ha ha. - But, I like to gamble.

Heh, and when I gamble, I like to win.

This led to a quarrel in Lisbon,

and I had to leave for the Colonies.

And then there was another business.

- You, what's your name.

- Hah, I might as well give you the first name

that pops into my mind, Captain Jack.

I've changed my name many times,

but no one was particularly fond of any one of them.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

- Well, I don't think I wanna keep you,

but I've decided to give you another chance

to show what sort of men you are.

(suspenseful music and people chattering)

(crowd gasping)

- Maspes, I admire you.

I know it isn't pleasant to still and face knives

that are flying at your head point first.

- Heh, you're right, ha ha ha ha ha.

- I'm bound to admit I like your spirit,

so I'm going to grant each one of you

the simple honor of fighting with me.

(Jack laughing)

- I'd say you better take time off first

and say your prayers in earnest.

I can tell it's beginning badly for you.

- The captain is a bull alongside you two.

- He'll hang you from the yardarm

after he sends you to the ground,

because he'll be disappointed with you.

- But we might win, you know.

- Oh, that'd be even worse.

- He'll have you quartered then,

because you'll have shamed him in front of us.

- You're done for it brother, either way you go.

(ominous music)

- You, you with the bald head.

Let's see if you have as many muscles

as you have names.

(crowd chattering and dramatic music)

- [Pirate] Hit him, Jack!

(crowd chattering and dramatic music)

- [Pirate] Get up, Calico!

(speaking in foreign language)

- That's enough.

- He's had about enough. - That's enough.

You're too much of a fighter for me, Calico.

- Well, you admit you're beat.

- Well, not beaten, no, because I surrendered.

- Ah, even if I fought you all day, you couldn't beat me.

That I know, but you put up a good fight all the same.

Put her there.

- [Pirate] In my opinion, the other one is tougher.

- Well, I don't think so. - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

(crowd chattering and dramatic music)

- [Pirate] Hit him, Jack!

(slow suspenseful music)

- Go away!

(slow suspenseful music)

You don't have the arms of a man

who makes fighting his profession,

but you're not Portuguese either.

You are Captain Carlos Herrera of the Spanish Army.

What do you think, that we're a bunch of babies?

That we swallow every cock and bull story

we hear for the gospel truth?

I know that you got drunk on duty

and struck your superior officer.

And that you were cashiered

for conduct unbecoming an officer.

Come on, on your feet.

You know what I ought to do to you?

I ought to take your eyes out,

and cut out your tongue,

and then string you up as you deserve,

but I'm going to deprive myself of two men

as valuable as you and your friend are,

so I'm adding you to my crew.

- [Pirate] Oh, what a fight!

(pirates cheering)

- Come on, pick up your feet, will you?

I haven't got all day.

(lighthearted music)

Place those barrels of paint where we can get to them.

(suspenseful music)

You two, go aboard now.

The rest of you, see to the repairs aloft.

- I saw the plans of the ship before leaving.

They kept the strong box, there.

Ah, just our luck.

They carried it away.

- Hey, you.

My name is Sancho.

- Spanish are you?

- What else, brother, my name is Sancho.

- Ha ha ha...

Ha ha, we are too, we both first opened our eager eyes

on the beautiful land of Spain.

- I only count on getting there one of these days

to close mine. - Ha ha ha ha!

- This hole ought to be plugged up.

Who gives out wood?

- Pussyfoot does it. - Ah.

- What a shot.

Any lower and it would have sunk the ship.

- And the strongbox in here,

I wonder where it could have gone.

- Why, everything here always winds up

in the hands of Calico Jack.

- Ah...

- His treasure cave is as packed as a hard boiled egg.

Calico Jack doesn't use middle men,

so he can avoid their percentage on it.

What he doesn't sell, he gives away.

- Ah ha, gives away?

- Only to his women. - Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha.

- You know, I was one of the first pirates

to get inside this cabin.

Oh man, it was beautiful, lighted up with fine candelabra.

There was a chest covered with velvet,

and clasps of solid gold.

Here, a table of carved ebony,

and a lot of weapons, all of them priceless,

and the strongbox right over there.

- And you say he gave it all away to his women?

Is that right? - All of it, no.

But that chest, with all there was inside,

it has managed to stray into a tent here.

And who lives inside that tent now?

I'll give you one guess.

(serene music)

(woman giggling) - Ah, be off with you.

I've had enough, you little minx.

I wanna be left alone now.

Hey, catch it, and come back tomorrow.

- Thank you.

(suspenseful music)

What are you doing in my tent?

- Please forgive me, Yvette.

I know you never thought to see me here,

but I can only think of you.

I long to hold you in my arms, to kiss your lips just once.

I dream of your eyes.

- Hmph, you'd do better to give a thought to your own eyes.

I can assure you that Calico Jack will remove your eyes

when I tell him what you dare to say and do.

- What do I care for that, if I have you.

(heavy breathing)

- You'd better go now.

If anyone sees us...

- This is one time you're not going to be let off so easy.

- Alright, Pussyfoot, I'm warning you here and now.

I'm not going to give you the same kind of consideration

that I gave that time to Calico Jack.

(dramatic music)

Bring him along to see the captain.

- Calico Jack! - Huh?

- I brought in Rodriguez.

(Jack laughing)

- Ah, so you thought you could make

a conquest of Yvette, did you?

So, you fancy yourself a lady's man

with that bald head of yours and your lick spittle ways.

No, my friend.

You are not the type that women find attractive,

so don't make a fool of yourself.

- Well, that is, ladies, if you knew...

- What are you trying to tell me, Rodriguez?

The story of your life and loves?

(both laughing)

You wouldn't catch a woman

unless you were tied to the bedpost.

Otherwise, she wouldn't give you the time of day.

- No, perhaps you could.

- Me, me, me?

What do you mean?

Well?

- I don't know, speaking for myself,

I was only saying that the ladies,

why they fall right into my lap, like fruit from a tree.

(both laughing)

- Is that so?

Well, I want all the ladies to have a good look at you.

We'll see how many of them go for you.

(women laughing)

- Ho!

Ow, ow!

Ow, ugh!

(women laughing)

- What did you do?

- Uh, nothing, in fact I was just looking at, at a woman.

- Where was she?

- She was in her bedroom.

- What did you do, tell me the truth!

- Nothing, I swear, I swear, even if I wanted to.

I couldn't because there wasn't any time to.

- I'll see what I can do. - Thank you.

- Where are you off to? - To Calico Jack.

- For Rodriguez? - That's right.

- Calico Jack is rather out of sorts today.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't try it.

- I know what I'm doing.

He has no reason to keep Rodriguez up there.

- Watch what you do.

- I can take care of him.

- Carlos, let this teach you a lesson.

Don't ever be a volunteer after this.

- You're coming down, Captain Jack wants a word with you.

- Hey, you filthy cowards!

You mean to leave me here like this forever?

Hey, what about me?

I warn you, there's a limit to what I can take.

Carlos, they can't do this to me.

- [Carlos] Don't worry.

- [Pirate] We're doing the best we can, Calico Jack, but...

- I'm sick of all your talk.

I gave you burrheads 10 days to repaint the Santa Maria.

How long ago was that?

- About... - Don't interrupt!

And you're not even half finished yet.

Why, I'll tell you why.

It's because you're not sailors,

you're just flipping fishermen, the lot of you.

- But, sir. - Shut up, shut up!

Any other captain would have had you strung up,

but I'm a tenderhearted man,

so you're only gonna get five lashes apiece,

with a cat of nine tails and don't you thank me!

Now, get outta my sight, get out!

(Jack snickering)

Hey, come here, you.

I've had you set free,

and now I'll have you brought something to eat

and some wine.

When you've finished your breakfast,

I want you to go to work right away on the Santa Maria.

I need that ship, and in a hurry.

I'm putting you in charge of the repairs as of now.

All you have to do is tell the men what you want done,

and I'll be responsible that the stupid idiots do it.

Yvette, you run along and fix him something to eat.

- No. - What?

Why not, aren't you hungry?

- If you want me to oversee the work on the Santa Maria,

I'll do it on one condition.

- You think you can dictate conditions to me, me?

Why you pipsqueak, how dare you tell Captain Calico Jack

to his face that you refuse to obey his orders.

I'll have you torn limb from limb!

I'll have you hanged, drawn and quartered!

What's your condition?

- That you set Rodriquez free too.

- Oh...

It's no use.

Never in a million years will you be a pirate.

You're too much of a gentleman.

- Now, don't worry for him, Mama.

As soon as we arrive in Cadiz, I'll send back word to you.

- Do I have to separated from my only daughter?

Who is to take care of her?

- Don't get so excited over nothing.

Inez is going to Madrid where no harm can come to her.

- If we are now at war with England,

you are to stay for the duration.

- Really, my dear.

- I'll miss you every hour you're gone.

I'm not only frantic with worry

about you being at sea for such a long time.

It's more for when you're in Madrid all alone.

I would have preferred rather

to have you stay here with me.

Then you'd be well protected.

- No, we're better, Papa,

but now you mustn't worry about me.

I'm going to join Olivier and he will take care of me.

- Ah, indubitably.

If only Olivier will bother to take as care of you

as he does of his own sweet soul.

The minute he heard the news that there might be a war,

he was the first to book his passage back to Spain.

- But, maybe to show his devotion to His Majesty.

- No, a valiant man would rather serve His Majesty

in battle any day, not as a courtier.

But, he is a grandiety of Spain.

That's no man to be sneezed at.

- I'll marry him, Papa.

- Leonora.

- What's wrong dear? - Leonora?

(Leonora weeping)

- What is it?

This isn't like you, my dear.

Perhaps your old father can help you.

- Please forgive me, Papa.

You don't know what an unhappy daughter you have.

I've already lost my heart to another man,

one of your officers.

I was ready to rebel, even against you, to marry him,

if he hadn't done... - Calm yourself, Leonora.

I want you to be happy.

You know how much I love you.

And I wouldn't oppose you, you're a grown woman,

as long as this man is worthy of you.

- I'll get used to it, Papa.

- Who is this officer you love?

- It's Captain Herrera.

(melancholy music)

- Don't press around, ladies.

You must be disciplined,

and remember to hold aloft the name of our dear college.

(people chattering)

- My darling Leonora, what a pity.

We have now come to the moment of our separation.

- Yes, Papa, and it's the first goodbye I've said to you.

- Listen to me, Leonora.

Since that day we lost your mother,

and I was left to take care of you,

I've always tried to be a model father.

But it doesn't seem that I've always succeeded.

- Why how could you say that?

You've always been the most loving of fathers.

- You make it sound true.

But I want you, if you will,

to reply to just one question of mine now.

And I want you to answer it sincerely.

Listen, in reaching your decision in the end

to marry Oliviero,

after having fallen so deeply in love with,

with Captain Herrera,

were you influenced by what happened that night

at the governor's house?

Ha ha, oh dearest, I imagine you were.

Leonora, listen to me very carefully.

Perhaps my duty as an officer requires me to keep silent,

but my devotion as a father makes it imperative

that I reveal the truth to you.

Even if I have chosen Oliviero,

I know absolutely no means do I intend

to insist on your marrying him.

If you're really in love, as you say, with Carlos Herrera,

that's alright.

Wait for him with a clear conscience.

The whole scene was forced.

He was doing what he was ordered to do

that His Majesty, in person, ordered.

He's on a confidential mission

which required him at the outfit to furnish

the best credentials of a dishonorable nature.

Now, I mustn't tell you anything else,

only that he is a man of honor,

and a baron soldier. - Oh Papa.

(dramatic music)

- Here, they're taking advantage of the warm current.

They must want to arrive in a hurry.

Pretty soon now, we'll see a white spot,

and it won't be another mirage, either,

but the white sails of a Spanish ship.

Run for all helm!

I've been reliably informed that this Spanish ship

is carrying a valuable and mysterious cargo

concealed on board.

I wonder why.

- Well, how did you know where the cargo is?

- Friend, when you've learned as many secrets as I have,

you can take my place.

- Here's yours, and yours.

For you!

- Douse all lights.

(men murmuring)

- Everybody, man to his post!

- It's useless to douse all the lights like this,

that is, if a ship is moving under white sails.

- You're right.

- Heh, Calico Jack, he's not the Black Falcon.

- What would the Black Falcon do?

- (laughs) He'd dye every inch of canvas

as black as his bib.

When you catch sight of him,

it's already much too late.

- There she is!

(dramatic music)

Ready at the cannon!

Wait until she sights us.

- What's that over there?

- A pirate ship!

- Cast off the porthole!

- Fire!

(cannons blasting)

- He should have waited until he could order them

to fire broadside.

Heh.

- Calm down, young ladies, calm down.

(woman drowned out by ladies chattering)

- Nothing to fear now.

For a while, you better stay down in the hall room.

- We'll have none of it.

- It's adult forts at the moment.

Now stop crying, will you young ladies?

There are plenty of us to ensure your safety.

Stop that screaming, I said.

The pirates will not be (drowned out by crying).

It excites them.

- All hands to battlestations!

(ladies crying)

- (mumbling) And discipline, dears.

Will you stop screeching?

(loud explosion) (ladies screaming)

(dramatic music) (men clamoring)

- Look lively, there, forward!

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

- If Calico Jack wins, he'll destroy the ship.

- What do you mean, Captain?

- She mustn't be taken by the pirates.

- But it's a risk we shouldn't take.

- You go to the paddle magazine and look for some fusors.

I'll go down and see what's

in the hold. - Right.

(dramatic music) (ladies screaming)

- What might these be, the cargo?

(laughing)

- Ah! (laughing)

(dramatic music)

- Tell us, what do you say?

Would you like one of these wenches?

- You're a lucky man, Calico Jack.

You better call off your men.

- Why?

- Because you've got a treasure.

- Stop, who gave you the orders to carry those women off?

Get outta here!

Hold on, you, get out!

Leave those girls alone!

Get outta here!

Out, move!

(girls screaming)

I'm the captain here, and I give the orders!

According to you, how are we to make this fortune?

- These young ladies belong to the richest

and noblest families in Spain.

- Huh?

- If we had discovered gold and silver and jewels,

it would have been the Spaniards

who decided the value of the booty.

As it is now, you are the one to decide.

- What do you mean?

- You could ask the Spaniards anything you want.

If you hold these young ladies for ransom,

their families will pay you any price in gold.

- Yeah, you're a smart one. (chuckles)

- Without any further risk to you,

you'll have all the gold in the world

pouring into your hands.

- Yeah.

- In your opinion, how long will the Spaniards

take to deliver the gold?

- They won't be very long about it.

All their mothers will be begging the governor

to have their daughters back.

But you must guarantee that they'll get

their darling daughters back untouched.

- Yeah, you're right.

If the merchandise is shot,

well, it's not worth so much.

(ladies sobbing)

Now hear this, men.

No one touches them!

Transfer them aboard.

Take the Spanish ship in gold.

Come on, now!

(men clamoring)

Get outta here before I change my flipping mind.

Ah well, it's better this way.

You'd get mighty slim pickings from those young pullets.

(laughing)

Ah!

(men shouting) - Hold on there!

(men shouting drowns out speaker)

- Everything is set Captain, she'll blow any minute now.

- Good.

(loud explosion)

(ladies screaming)

(dramatic music)

- There's always something bad yet.

Hope he'll still go to heaven.

Once I get my hands on that gold,

I'm gonna pluck these pullets

and swallow them one by one.

(people chattering)

(men shouting)

- Stop it!

Don't lay a finger on them.

- I only want the feathers.

- Give them back if you don't want me

to blow a hole in your belly.

You heard me!

Come on you!

Come on!

(melancholy music)

(ladies screaming)

Come on.

(melancholy music)

- I'm not criticizing,

but how can you submit yourself to that creature,

especially since he's become no better

than one of these outcasts?

- That's no way to feel.

Now, after all, he still might be useful to us.

He's as well-formed a Spaniard as we are.

- I want to get my hands on a knife.

- What for?

- Because I'd rather kill myself.

- We know that the buccaneers are as bad

as everyone says. - Oh Enid!

- Now listen to me, all of you.

Whoever so much as touches one of these young ladies

even with the tip of his finger,

or gives one of them the slightest offense or bother,

he'll be strung up by his feet, hear?

- Pussyfoot, when you made off with me,

I don't remember you having such a delicate nature.

- You were only a laundry wench.

(crowd laughing)

These highborne ladies are worth their weight in gold

to his merchandise.

And we'll collect this gold as ransom money

from their loving family, we hope.

They mustn't get shopworn or soiled.

(men laughing) What I say,

I was ordered to say by Calico Jack,

and I'm making it my business

to see everyone obeys his orders.

Now that's all, so take yourselves away, out of here!

(men chattering)

And now a word with you, my dear ladies.

We happen to be on an island.

For that reason, there is no use

of your thinking of any kind of escape.

Here, you'll be allowed to move around

completely unmolested.

You heard me give the men strict orders not to touch you.

But see that you don't provoke them

by wandering around the area alone.

You must take some precautions on your own, I warn you.

For quarters, you'll be assigned a cabin like the others,

but you'll have to live like the others do as well.

You'll do ordinary housework to pay for room and board.

- We're able to do anything you want us to do.

- By a word of honor, who are you?

- The daughter of Don Pedro Ordigosa.

- How, well, well indeed.

The senorita would be doing me a great favor

if she gave me that medallion.

- But I... - Don't argue, young lady.

Fairest, your entreat.

Huh, priceless work, I really mean it.

- Young ladies, come with me, come along.

(people chattering)

(melancholy music)

- I can't explain now why I'm here,

but trust me, I'll protect you with my life.

Be careful.

- You don't have anything to explain to me.

Papa has already told me

that you're on a confidential mission.

- He told you that?

- Well, I told him how I feel about you,

and because I was sailing back to Spain he wanted to,

oh but you know, now I'm glad the pirates captured us.

What I mean is if I'd gone to Spain,

think how many months or even years

that we'd have be separated from each other.

Instead, we're together.

Whatever happens to us after this,

we'll never be separated.

- Listen, my dearest Leonora.

When we said goodbye in Malida, I almost died.

I swore I'd come back and win your hand,

but now I have a thousand reasons

to win you all over again. - Carlos, Carlos!

- I must go, they're looking for me.

- The captain wants to speak to you.

- Let's go.

- Argh!

Ah, just who I need, Carlos.

I'm trying to write a letter to the governor of Malida

about the ransom for the girls,

but these flipping pens won't write.

- That must put a strain on your patience.

- Yeah, why don't you do it.

Have a try.

Sit down here.

Now, this is what I want you to write.

Dear Governor of Malida,

I have captured all your girls, but don't worry.

I have given the word to my men

that I will hang any man who touches one of them,

but you will have to send me A ransom in gold

for every one of the girls you want back.

And, uh, uh...

What's the matter, don't you know how to write?

- No, I can write as well as you.

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to address the governor

as Your Excellency.

It sounds more respectful.

- What do you mean?

I always write dear Morgan.

Why should I do any different with the governor?

- You're right, I hadn't thought of it that way.

I wanted a chance to show the governor

that Calico Jack knows the rules of correct behavior.

- Oh certainly, why of course.

Well, I told you everything I wanted to say.

Go ahead and write it correctly.

Sancho!

Did you find Jose? - Yes.

You want him to come in now?

- That's why I sent for him.

Heh.

Continue.

Tomorrow, you're going to Portobello.

Pick up a horse and ride post haste to Malida.

There, you'll ask to see the governor,

and you will show him this.

Tell him it belongs to the daughter

of the commander of the garrison,

and you'll give him a letter also.

You must wait there

until he has paid you the ransom in full.

Ah, and tell him THAT he can expect to have the girls

brought into Portobello two days after your return.

He can send a total of 10 soldiers

to convey them home, that's all.

- Captain, I don't own a horse, you know.

- I told you to pick one up in Portobello.

- Captain, I don't have any money.

- Jose, I didn't tell you to buy one.

I told you to pick one up.

- But, if I get caught, who'll go to the governor then?

- Uh, yeah, oh.

Here, this is the first time I've ever had to buy anything.

- Well, I finished, if you'd like to sign.

- Jack?

- Oh no.

In Spain, a gentleman of your condition and your genius

would be at least, Lord High Admiral.

That's just what I meant to write.

Put it down yourself, will you?

Lord High Admiral Jack.

(harp music)

- Gentlemen.

We know Captain Carlos Herrera is there.

Underneath the signature,

is a message which is deciphered thus

in the code that we agreed on.

It goes, the ship is,

is hidden at the island.

Ambassador Azorin died a hero's death at a pirate's hands.

The young ladies, oh good, they are all well and unharmed.

Ha ha ha, here Captain Herrera is requesting

utmost speed in effecting a landing,

and intervention on the island itself.

- This is a problem of strategy,

which needs examination first.

Does he say anything else?

- No, nothing else.

- A massive action of the fleet around the island

might possibly discourage piracy for a long time to come.

His Majesty doesn't wish the fleet engaged

in punitive raids against pirates.

He considers it most imperative

that the fleet have effective strength,

in the case that we have to fight another war

with England on the high seas.

- But governor, the pirates have caused us

more losses than the English. - Now listen to this.

I believe that there is a way to intervene there,

right on the island, without exposing the fleet to danger.

Give food and drink to the pirate

who so boldly delivered this message.

Afterwards, you are to escort him into my study.

- You're a real gentleman, Jack.

I didn't realize it at first.

- Yeah, now listen to me.

It's high time that Jose should be coming back

with the gold, why isn't he here?

- He's not late.

I think he must have run into some bad weather.

- Well, I'm getting fed up waiting for him.

- Calico Jack,

you have to consider the time it takes to agree.

Maybe they're arguing it out now,

whether the families alone should collect the ransom,

or whether the whole colony should contribute.

- You know me well enough to know

if there's one thing I can't stand, it's talk.

And there's another thing, Carlos.

I'm not going to be able to keep my men

under control for my longer.

- You're not a pirate like the others,

because you know how to wait.

And besides, you know how girls are.

They're nervous, invite them to a party.

Then when they're back home again they'll say,

whatever he is, there's no gentleman like Jack.

- Sure, but what good will that do?

- Well, don't you remember?

Drake was made a lord by the Queen of England.

(Jack laughing)

- Yeah, not a bad idea is that.

Why don't we have a big feast, huh?

Yvette!

Now then, let me see.

First of all, we'd have to transform this whole pigsty

into a grand ballroom.

Ah!

Candles, look here.

I um, I didn't sell it, because I liked it.

I took it off that Dutch ship we captured.

Yvette, Yvette!

(suspenseful music)

Yvette, Yvette!

- I'm coming.

- Yvette, I'm going to give a flipping great party.

Wear all the finery and jewels you have,

and for me, my new jacket.

Now, get a move on.

(Jack laughs)

I'll invite a dozen or so of the men.

That'll liven up the party. - Why?

I don't think they'll enjoy themselves.

- Why not?

I want them all to become gentlemen, just like me.

(Jack laughing)

Hey, come on now, girls.

Help yourself to anything you fancy.

You only live once, you know, ha ha ha ha.

Here, catch!

Uh, you take care of them, Yvette.

You've had more experience waiting on the gentry.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Take off your hats. - Sorry.

I want you all to act like gentlemen.

Understand?

(Jack chuckles)

- We'll have to act tonight, while Calico Jack's asleep.

- To do what?

- I'll take the document and hide it in a safe place.

- [Girl] No, thank you.

- What's wrong with it?

Why, I killed it with my own hands.

Suit yourself.

Well, how about a little music then?

Come on, can't any of you wenches sing?

- Come now, young ladies.

Let us sing the chorale we've prepared

for our dear Mother Superior.

(singing in foreign language)

(Jack and Yvette laughing)

- Oh stop, I'm gonna burst, just a moment.

Gentlemen, come in please.

Come in, you muttonheads!

(men shouting) - Stand back, stand back!

Not like that, you stupid beasts.

Where do you think you are?

Each one of these tender wenches

is to be treated like a queen.

You understand, well?

Carlos!

Do me a favor, show them how they ought to behave.

(lighthearted music)

- I've discovered the document.

- What will you do?

- Tonight, when everyone has gone to bed,

I'll hide it in a safe place.

Calico Jack will sleep through it.

- There's no sign of the pirate who took the message?

- No, but we still have plenty of time.

(melancholy music)

- You're on watch, Carlos.

- Carlos.

- Uh hem, uh hem.

Excuse the interruption, but it's time now.

- Wait for me in your hut, will you?

I'll join you in a quarter of an hour.

- I'll do as you say, Captain.

- If that man should report to Calico Jack

that he'd seen us together, you'd be in danger.

And why did he say Captain to you?

- Don't worry, he's my friend.

- You mustn't put your faith in a pirate like that.

- He's not a pirate.

He's a soldier like me on a mission,

by order of the governor.

You don't know him, because he's never been to Malida.

He was in another garrison.

He once served under your father.

His name is Antonio Rodriguez.

- But, I do know Antonio Rodriguez, that isn't he at all.

- Are you sure of that? - Of course I'm sure.

I tell you that man is not Sergeant Rodriguez.

- Excuse me, Leonora, I must go.

(ominous music)

Hand it over.

- But, what do you want to do, ruin us?

(dramatic music)

Listen, Carlos,

maybe we've lost our heads a bit over this.

There's a fabulous reward at a certain place

if I deliver that document there.

I won't object to dividing it half and half with you,

and you'll be in a position to live a life of ease

with your senorita.

I'm only trying to talk a little sense to you

before you make a mess of everything.

- Who gets the document?

- What does it matter who gets it?

(dramatic music)

Only a fool would dare interfere with me.

- You killed Sergeant Rodriguez and took his place,

and you're going to pay for that.

- I don't know what for.

Those pirates who tried to kill you on the road,

they were obeying my orders.

And you want to know why I saved your life?

It was only because you mentioned that you were

a friend of Ambassador Azorin's.

You know who you're really up against now?

The Black Falcon, that's who.

- And to think I've been living side by side with you.

(dramatic music)

- What's going on here, confound it!

What are you after?

- He's a thief, he's a dirty thief.

- Come on, tell him what you are.

- Heh heh, he's right, it's true.

I'm a thief.

- Pussyfoot, string up this thief.

- Ha ha ha ha, what a rotten way to repay your generosity.

- You've been a real friend.

Here you are, take this.

One of these days, you're going to be my second in command.

- That Chinese was a traitor.

He made his escape with Rodriquez.

Better watch out for him, Calico Jack.

(sighs)

- Yvette, Yvette!

(dramatic music) (men shouting)

- The Black Falcon is attacking us.

Follow me!

- You can commend your soul to the devil, Calico Jack.

The time has come for you to go to him!

- Now you...

(suspenseful music)

- No Jack!

(men shouting) (dramatic music)

I am just beginning to get even with you

for everything you did to me.

Do you recollect that day when I first got here?

I had to surrender!

Now it's your turn, how does it feel?

- I have surrendered.

(dramatic music) (people shouting)

- Thank you my friend.

From now on, I am Captain around here.

- I'm afraid the situation is serious,

but try to keep calm.

Before long, it'll be daylight.

- We're coming with you.

- Can any of you ladies use a pistol?

- I can. - I can.

- I can, too. - Give me one, too.

- Come on, up the hill now, and no screaming.

(ladies clamoring)

(suspenseful music)

- Hey, wait for us!

Please wait for us.

I wanna come with you, too.

The Black Falcon has already killed Calico Jack.

We all wanna come along with you.

(speaking in foreign language)

(all chattering)

- Is the Spanish fleet in sight of land yet?

- No.

(men shouting)

(cannons firing)

(women screaming)

Now, stay calm.

Remember to keep your heads down.

(cannons firing)

- Carlos!

- I'll go and hear what he wants.

We'll try to gain time. - Come on down!

There's something I must tell you.

- Take this. - No Carlos.

Don't go down there, it's a trick I know.

- It's the only way to keep them from attacking.

(suspenseful music)

- Good morning, Captain.

- What have you got to say to me?

- If I am not mistaken,

the Spanish fleet has failed

to keep their appointment with you.

But just let me aim a little higher with my cannon

and I'll be able to massacre the lot of you

and help myself to the document.

But since I am not one to take

unfair advantage of my adversaries,

I'll make you a good proposition.

Let me take the document now,

and it'll be the last you see of me, hmm?

- If that's all you wanted to tell me, then...

- Carlos!

Carlos, can you try not to be such

a stubborn ass just once in your life?

Think of yourself and the woman you love.

I have a ship out there,

and not even my own men know where it is.

You bring me the document,

and we'll sail away aboard, we three.

It's simple, huh?

- You must be mad.

- I just can't make you out.

You're about to give up your life,

the document too, and the lady.

Will you explain what advantage there is in that for you?

- It's useless to explain that sometimes

we have to do things that are not to our advantage.

- Ah, there is nothing to do for you.

The trouble is you're a gentleman.

- Very well, you listen to me now.

I too have a proposal to make.

This has nothing to do with the girls or your pirates.

So why don't we settle the account between us?

If you're not a coward,

you'll fight with me in single combat.

- Ah, you're not serious.

Why should I face you in single combat for a thing

I can put in my hands whenever I want to?

- Alright then, come and get it.

- Have it your way.

If you want to have the satisfaction of losing your life

in a duel with the Black Falcon, alright.

I am not going to refuse you.

For old time's sake.

(melancholy music)

- I am going to fight the Black Falcon.

If I should be killed, burn the document.

(suspenseful music)

Make it a fair fight, pirate.

(swords clanging) (suspenseful music)

(men shouting)

(guns firing) (women screaming)

So you're a coward, too.

- I gave you orders not to interfere in this.

Who gives the orders here, anyway?

- As of this moment, I do.

You had your chance, and your game was too dangerous.

Black Falcon, you've betrayed us all.

You're not our captain anymore.

(suspenseful music)

(men chattering and women screaming)

Give me document.

- There it is.

- [Woman] Hurrah!

(women cheering)

(suspenseful music)

- Turn cannon around.

- Now, I want to show you your positions.

- Get a move on, men. - That's yours.

- Hurry up! - For you,

that's yours. - Let's go!

(majestic music)

(dramatic music)

(cannons firing)

(gun firing)

(dramatic music and cannons firing)

(gun firing)

- I couldn't stand by

and let that yellow dog stab you in the back, Captain.

(dramatic music and cannons firing)

(swords crashing)

(men shouting)

- Argh!

- Ugh!

- Rodriguez.

- Goodbye, Captain, it's all over.

You surely would have made

a wonderful pirate.

- And you would have made a wonderful Sergeant.

(melancholy music)