All language subtitles for La isla perdida (1949) VHSRip (VOSE)

Thank you.

Why,

there's some tunes, aren't there? Isn't
it, Sandra?

Get on with your tea party, dear.
There's a good girl.

You ill -earned question, the gentleman.

We commend into thy hands of mercy, most
merciful father, the soul of our

brother here departed, and we commit his
body to the deep.

Emily, come here this minute. What is
it, Auntie? It's nothing to do with you.

It's no concern of yours. Come away now.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

That's all. That's all.

Not bad. Ten.

Hmm.

I don't care to speak ill of a dead man,
but I had no liking for the deceased

Mr. Anstey.

Neither, if you ask me, had his son
there.

We'll have that him again on Sunday.
He's got a fine ring to it. What are you

going to do with the kid, sir?

Well, he's got relatives in California.

I'll turn him over to the American
consul in Auckland.

We'll look after him now.

Is there nobody on the sewage?

Wouldn't care to trust a son of mine
with any of them.

Oh, well, I'll put him in charge of one
of the crew for the time being.

They're running into some bad weather by
the look of it.

I'll take her a point or two south. We
may avoid the worst of it.

Time you were taking your hand, my lad.
I'm shifting you out of here. Where to?

You'll find out.

Never missed a funeral for miles. Got a
nose for a mile, woman.

Now, my wife... Now, wedding, she can't
abide.

Flory, I said, you'll have twice the fun
the day you bury me to what you had the

day we was married.

Who with?

I remember the day my poor father was
buried.

Not a cow was milked in the village. Not
an egg gathered for six whole days.

It took them all of that to sober up.

Someone's got to look after this kid,
Captain Zorro.

Who's it to be?

Didn't I hear you signed the pledge in
Frisco, Button?

Sure I was drunk at the time, Mr.
Anstey. So did me mine.

Ask yourself now, Mr. Anstey. A fellow
with my upbringing and a little boy like

that. Modesty is his besetting sin, Mr.
Anstey.

Like a mother he'll be to that little
child. Who asked you to open your big

There must be something you're good for,
Button.

All right, son, he'll look after you
till we reach Oakland.

Well, now we've settled who his dad is,
what about some grub? He'll have to wash

his little shirts and darn his little
socks. A woman's work is never done.

You keep your nose out of my affairs in
future, Trotter.

Do I eat here, too?

I said, do I eat here?

When have you washed yourself?

I washed this morning.

Take that shirt off and stick ahead in
the tub that's in the corner there.

Look, son, I don't want to be harsh with
you, but you must learn to do as you're

told. Do you understand?

Hey, look at that kid's bag. Cool.

Come on out to that's your son.

My father.

His old man's hand there. We were
singing hymns for him.

Put that shirt on and sit down, John.

Never mind about washing. Here, wear
some of that. Here, take this ladder.

It's closing

down.

Visibility counting more than 50 yards.

It'll be two days late at Auckland, even
if it clears by nightfall.

Not much chance of that.

I'm going below to have a word with the
chief. I'll send Mr. Bruce up. Very

good, sir.

And do you mean to tell me you never saw
the fairy rings in the woods?

I wouldn't step into one for all the tea
in China.

There was a fella called Bill Ryan in
our village coming home after a few

So I'd smack into the middle of one.

That night, the little people blacked
over his windows and stuffed up his

chimney so that there wasn't a chink of
light.

Who a bill slept for three whole days
without knowing the Sun had risen during

restful voyage button?

Yeah, I was just sizing up the job
You'll be lucky if you were job to size

the time we get the port Now see what
you've done getting me telling stories

off with you now and don't be running
out of sight and hey You're only allowed

on this deck because I'm with you
remember that

talking to?

It's nothing to do with you.

Do you want to know? It's Esmeralda.
She's hungry and I smell cooking.

The cook's not down there. He's at the
other end.

How do you know?

Because I live at the other end.

I'm not supposed to be here at all,
really.

Why do you call her Esmeralda? I've got
a cousin called Esmeralda. She's only a

doll. How could she be hungry?

Because I'm hungry.

What's the book?

I'll teach you how to be a lady.

You can hardly see the sea.

No, you can't, can you?

Do you think we'll know where they're
going?

Of course.

Where are you going?

I want to go into Australia with my
daughter.

Hasn't James been matched?

No, he died.

We buried him yesterday.

Weren't you there?

No. I thought everyone was.

We took them all to size.

Are you going to Australia?

No, I'm going to live in a farm in New
Zealand with Auntie Maud and Uncle John.

Haven't you got a mother or father?

Oh, yes, but Daddy's not well.

What about your mother?

She went away.

Went away?

Does that mean she died?

Oh, no.

Bet you she did.

That's what they always say when they
don't want to tell you someone's died.

it's not true.

I know. Mummy sent me postcards.

Where from?

Scotland. What do you want to go there
for?

I don't know.

He's never coming back no more, ever.

Because Daddy told him.

Did you like your father?

Of course.

Didn't you like yours?

No, I didn't. Would you like to see what
he did to me?

Yeah.

Interesting, isn't it?

They're going off now, but they're worse
than that yesterday.

Did they hurt?

No.

I can smell cooking.

You smell.

You're right.

Where's it coming from?

Then it's Archie Cochran smoking that
corny shag of his, I bet.

It isn't, Paddy. It's real smoke. It's
real smoke.

You go and look.

Now, if you two kids are... Hey, fire a
number two hold -up. What?

Now you make the curtains be locked.
Right.

You two kids go out.

Fire in number two holes. Smoke coming
through the bulkhead doors. Just spotted

it, sir. It's over, mate? Not yet. How
bad is it? Pretty bad, sir.

See what it's all about, Mr. Bruce.
Whatever it is, isolate those cases of

explosive on the port side.

I want some of you to get down and hold
out those explosives. Take Zach and

Johnson with you, Mark. Aye, aye, sir.
Come on. Put those rattles back! Get the

hold of these workers!

Old passengers to boat stations. What's
going on? Don't argue. Get on deck.

Old passengers to boat stations.

Get up to the boat stations with the
child at once, madam. Hurry up now.

all that.

Come along. Never mind your hat. Auntie,
I want this for my older. I want this

for my older.

I want this. All hands on deck.

All hands on deck.

What are you doing here, you young folk?

Get out to the light boat at once and
take that board with you.

There's no business to be here at all.

Didn't I tell you to go, huh?

Thank you.

I don't want any fuss or bother about
this. Do as you're told and everything

will be all right. We're abandoning
ship.

Get the boat away as fast as you can.

Come on in, you get all of you. Come on,
ma 'am, get into that boat.

Come on, ma 'am.

Hey, Charlie, ship this woman in and get
that boat away, quick.

I'll find the child and throw her in
another boat.

Does anything hurt?

Yes.

I'm frightened.

There was a big bang just when Paddy
called me.

He must be out there.

Paddy!

Paddy, we're here!

What is it?

What happened?

Up on deck, quick.

The parrot!

Never mind that blasted horn. Come back
here. Come back, I tell you. Give me

that. Hurry.

Follow me now.

Don't move from that spot or I break
your neck.

I'm getting us away from the old ship
before she's blown to blazes. But she's

blown up once.

There's another couple of cases of
dynamite waiting to follow the other

What's happened to Auntie?

She's in another boat. We'll catch up
with her in a couple of shakes.

Ahoy there!

Ahoy!

Ahoy there!

Can you hear anything?

Your young ears are better than mine.

No, nothing, Mr. Bartlett.

Ah, yeah, it won't be long.

Ahoy!

They'd never go off without us.

Ahoy there!

Ahoy!

Ahoy!

Ahoy!

Ahoy!

That's enough for me, Keeva.

You can't go stopping that bird now.

Hand him to me.

I read a story once about some sailors
who were shipwrecked for weeks.

Until they hadn't anything left to eat
or drink, the sharks were all around

them, and then one of them went mad.

Well, did they have that kind of
chatter?

It was only a story. I don't care what
it was.

Cork up that bottle and cover them
biscuits.

I'm still hungry.

Put them away, I said.

We've got to save some for tomorrow.

We'll be here tomorrow. I thought you
said we'd catch up with Auntie Maud and

big ship would come and pick us all up.

Sure we will. Sure we will.

Only it's very difficult for them to see
it at night.

Mr. Button.

What is it now?

Are you sure you're going the right way?

Now, see here, son.

I don't want a lad of your age
questioning where I'm going.

You know something funny? What?

We don't even know each other's real
names. I know yours is Michael.

Michael David Reynolds.

Mine's Emily and Joyce Foster.

According to the book here...

It says that you should say how to do,
and I should say how to do too.

I don't know what you do in your night
travel ready.

Lie down on the bottom of the boat, the
pair of you, and put the blankets over

you. But I'm not tired.

Well, you do as I tell you.

You've had enough for one day.

Keep close together.

Cover yourselves up, and I'll sing you
to sleep.

And I don't want any more out of you
after I'm through with it. Do you

understand? What if a big ship comes in
the night?

I'll be away.

But I knew I was born in Valencia.

And that's why I smiled at my mom.

The baby's a man now. He's tall, long,
and tough.

Still no whispers come over the sea.

Come back, Paddy, riding to Valencia.

Don't be talking

Emily, the water!

What are you doing?

For heaven's sake, child.

Michael, look!

I told you I couldn't smell flowers. Do
you think it will be in, Mr. Button?

A million, whatever it is.

I'm afraid last night it will be in.

Maybe it is, darling.

Or maybe it's just a corner of heaven
the angels have placed here specially

you.

about and we can have fish for breakfast
will you stop yammering and trim the

ship

Come back.

I'm going exploring.

You heard what I said?

If I had to be shipwrecked, I couldn't
have been with a couple alone.

Can I go after him? Now, you stay where
you are.

I'll either tend to that one.

Do you think Michael's all right?

If you'll mind me, I do, for heart to
heart, Bob.

Where? Through there, but there's nobody
in it. How do you know?

I went in. There's nothing.

There's no door. There's no roof either.
There's nothing in it except a broken

table and a barrel.

Barrel? Was it empty?

No, I turned the tap on. It smells
awful.

Rome, did you turn the tap off?

I think so.

Think so?

Come on, show me where it is.

Half full.

Nearly three parts.

And me, a staunch teetotaler that lasts
five weeks.

Mr. Button, don't be careful. It might
be poison.

Me own special, I do.

Plenty of time to mature to by the looks
of things. Who do you think lived here?

Maybe some old bishop.

One of these painters, Philip, would
like to get close to nature.

Be close enough here with a roof off.

The sooner I find out where we are, the
easier I'll be in my mind.

Better climb up the nailer's till and
get our bearings.

Come on.

What war rounds? It can't be New
Zealand.

Where are we, Mr. Putnam? I wish I knew.

We're castaways on a desert island.

What castaways?

Shipwrecked mariners like Robinson
Crusoe. Who's Robinson Crusoe? He was

on an island and grew a beard and lived
there for donkey's years.

No, that's not going to happen to us, is
it, Mr. Putnam? Ship's going to come

and take us off, isn't it? Of course,
chicken.

A ship will be here any time now.

They wouldn't leave us here.

Auntie Maud wouldn't go without me, I
know that.

No. Nobody came back for Robinson
Crusoe. Perhaps he didn't have an answer

I'm awfully hungry, Mr. Batten. So says
Morales. You're a couple of sensible

young ladies.

We'll get straight back and catch a few
fish. Come on.

And if I hear one word more about that
fellow Crusoe, I'll take me back to you.

We didn't come up this way. I hope we
can get down.

Well, that's the beach we landed on.

But I don't care for the looks of them
at all.

Tchoo, Mr. Button.

Oh, no reason.

No, no reason at all.

It's only a freak of nature that's got
that way with the wind and the rain.

There's nothing to be afraid of,
darling. I'm not afraid of it. I think

rather funny.

That's because you have the soul of an
angel.

Let's get back to the beach and see what
sort of cook we can make of you. What

do you say to that?

Don't go in there, you young rascal.

I'm only going to see.

Well, you do as I tell you.

Devil take the boy.

I told you once this morning.

Don't move and listen to me. You'll fall
into a hole or something if you're not

careful. Where are you?

Paddy! What is it?

Hold on, son.

I told you to come back, didn't I?

What will those strokes mean, I wonder?

Two, four, six, there's seven of them.

It could be he scratched one for every
week he was here.

A month, maybe.

A year?

What's that you say?

Do you want me to give you the back of
me hand?

A man couldn't be here seven years
without sighting a ship.

Not seven years.

to boil.

What's that funny boat?

It's a canoe, darling, but the meltery
got to stop it from sinking.

Who's it for?

Michael.

Esmeralda's been waiting for a boat for
a long time, Mr. Button.

Couldn't you make a big one like the one
that went down?

Oh, I'm not making this for fun, child.

I'm teaching Michael a little about the
sea.

He reckoned it would take much longer.

If we're here for... Oh, that's a grand
spread.

And you've got your book there, too.

What's happened to Michael?

He knows it's Esmeralda's birthday.

Would you read me that piece in the
chapter on banquets? You know the piece

mean. Oh, dear, you are silly.

I read two in the other day.

No one should commence upon a slice of
roast beef or mutton without potatoes or

gravy. nor upon a slice of pheasant
without brown breadcrumbs or bread sauce

or gravy.

Would you read us that bit again, dear?

Oh, dear.

Esmeralda wants her tea.

Nor upon a slice of pheasant without
brown breadcrumbs or bread sauce...

Head shift and start the fire.

Please, heaven, don't let it rain.

Oh, but not rain.

Give a curse that's on you.

There won't be another stick. There
won't be another stick.

Drums and guns, drums and guns, hurrah,
hurrah.

Drums and guns, drums and guns, hurrah,
hurrah.

Drums and guns, drums and guns, the
enemy...

I suppose you'd better say something.

What? I know something they said in my
father's time.

I can't remember a month of it.

Try, Michael. All right, but I don't
know it really.

Never mind.

I only know a piece in the middle.

Men and women don't have... I'm touching
you.

All right.

Men and women don't have very long to
live.

They just grow up and get cut down like
flowers do.

They're always running like shadows and
not stopping in the same place.

That's all I remember.

Are you ready? You have to help me.

I can't.

You've got to. I can't do it alone.

But I don't know any hymns.

Then let's sing what Paddy always does.

He won't mind.

Come back, Paddy Riding, To Valley, to
Duck.

Come home, Paddy Riding...

They must all be the same size.

Couldn't you fetch me some more
tomorrow?

Why are you sitting up in this old tree?

I'm thinking.

You're always thinking nowadays.

I don't think because I don't remember
anything to think about.

Well, that's nothing to be proud of, is
it?

I want to do things and see things and
learn about things that I will remember.

Do you know I've only read two books?

I've read the Bible.

I don't think I read all of it.

And Robinson Crusoe. What about our
book?

Oh, that's no use.

It might be one day.

You'll know when to raise your hat and
send flowers.

And what to do when you meet someone you
know in a punt on the river. I don't

want to know what to do when I meet
someone I know in a punt on the river.

I just want to get away from here.

Do you know what Monday is?

We've seen ships, Michael. One day one
of them will see us. I wish you'd stop

saying that.

We might stay here forever without
anyone finding us. You know that quite

Michael, I was so happy until I came up
here.

You haven't even looked at my new dress.

I caught a turtle this afternoon.

It was right up on the beach.

Come back and help me with it, Michael.
It'll be getting dark soon.

Oh, all right.

And you see, now I've found out about
those trees, I shall make lots of

the same way.

Also, I can make some curtains and some
tablecloths and mats and all sorts of

things.

Could you make a sail for the boat?

A sail?

I don't know.

Why?

Well, if we had a sail, we could sail
away from here and go on and on until we

reach land.

If we knew where it was.

But we don't know where it is.

But if we sailed away in a straight
course, we'd find land sooner or later.

Oh, Michael.

Well, how do we know there's not land 50
miles away in a straight line? Which

straight line? Well, it doesn't matter
which line.

We could try them all.

If I repaired the boat and built a mast,
I could make a barrel for water and

refill the boat with food.

It would last us for weeks.

If you hadn't found out how to make that
dress, I would never have thought of

this.

Don't you see, Emmett? It's our one
chance.

Dinner's ready.

Dinner's ready.

Oh, Michael.

Can't you see I'm busy?

Come on, you never eat now when it's
ready.

I'll be back soon.

But you won't finish the boat any
faster.

I cooked such a nice meal for you. The
big shellfish that I caught.

I don't know what you made me do. And
it's nothing to laugh about either.

I'm sorry, I couldn't help you.

You only come here to annoy me, that's
all.

I came to tell you it's dinner time.

I know when it's dinner time. I don't
have to be told. Then why don't you come

when it's ready? Because I'll come when
I'm ready.

Just hang around and keep on keeping on
in the middle. I'm sick of the sight of

you. And I'm sick of the sight of you,
too. You're nothing but a bad temper.

shut up!

What are you doing sitting up here?

If you're sick of the sight of me, I'm
better out of your way.

I'm not sick of the sight of you, Em.

I only said it because I hit my finger.

You're always saying things like that
now.

I'm sorry.

Em, the dinner's getting cold. All
right. Go and eat it.

Aren't you coming with me? I'm not
hungry.

Em, you know those big beads you wanted
for your comb?

I'll dive for them if you want me to. I
don't want them now. Oh, yes, you do.

You know you do. I don't. I'll get you
lots and lots. And when I find the big

ones, I'll make a necklace for you with
the ones left over.

Come on, then.

That's the first time you've ever hit
me.

I didn't mean to.

I'll never do it again, you know.

You won't be able to find three beets
the same sizing.

Oh, I bet you I will. I'll go on diving
till I do.

Come on, Em, let's go down and eat.

It'll be stone cold by now. It won't be
worth eating. Well, then I'll warm it

up. I'll make something fresh.

You're a terrible cook, Michael.

Yes, I know.

I'll watch you cook, then.

Certainly, he spoke this morning.

I was a little way away at the time,
washing some clothes.

But I'm sure he said goodnight.

Anyway, it sounded like it.

I tried to make him say it again, but he
wouldn't.

I've been teaching him for weeks now.
Good morning, good night, good morning,

good night, over and over again.

I'm sure he knows it off by heart now,
but he didn't show any sign.

Not until this morning, that is.

And even then, he might have been
croaking for his food or something.

What's wrong, Michael?

What are you looking at?

Where did you get that spot in your arm?

It's always been there.

But that's not, you must have seen it
before.

Yeah, I suppose I have. I must have,
mustn't I?

The tide will be just about right for
diving for the beads in the morning.

I have to get up early, though.

As soon as it's light, that'll give me
about three hours.

And then if I haven't got enough by the
time it's dark, I shall have to start

again the next day.

I settled him, didn't I?

I finished him off all right.

Yes, Michael, yes.

No sign of it here.

Nothing at all.

Can't understand it.

Reliable shaft.

Never let me down before.

Looks like smoke drifting around that
mountain.

Hannibal's, I think.

Looking remains the last trade that'll
land.

In that case, we're just in time for the
new seasonal supplies.

Roku!

Drop anchor.

We're going ashore.

Now, I stay here if it's all the same to
you.

It isn't.

Why don't you take Roker with you?

Tommy. I'd much rather have you with me,
my dear Jimmy.

I want to find the ship here when I come
back.

Well, I'm not going ashore without a
gun.

Your record with a gun is hardly likely
to give me confidence, especially if I'm

leading the way.

That's right. Rub it in.

I can't resist it. You wouldn't like me
to forget, would you? You forget much

too conveniently, my dear Jimmy. There's
one thing I don't forget.

You're a rat.

Remarks like that are hardly conducive
to our better relations.

Oh, good conversation. Really, Jimmy,
you're a very trying fellow at times.

You shall have a gun.

And I shall carry the ammunition.

How the devil did it go a night back at
the end?

An island nightmare.

Incredible.

But does he need none of that?

We'll soon know.

Michael!

Michael! Em, what is it?

Oh, Michael, did you kill him? Em, what
happened?

What's the matter, Em?

No,

you clear up. I'll bring them back.

How do you do, young lady?

How do you do?

Unicorn!

Oh, very curious.

Obviously unused to society.

I didn't pick it earlier, exactly.

And then?

It seems there are two of them.

The other's name is Michael, and they're
English, apparently.

Won't be so difficult to handle, then.

Depends on how long they've been here.
No, just you shove on your bedside

manner, Doc.

After all, if you saw them in Park Lane,
there ought to be a knockout.

How are you, young man?

I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

I am Dr. Edgar Murdoch. This is Mr.
James Carver.

Pleased to meet you.

My name is... She's Emmeline Joyce
Foster.

And I'm Michael David Reynolds.

Where did you come from?

Where's your ship? We landed on the far
side of the island, my boy.

Is there nobody here apart from you two
young people?

No, only us.

How long have you lived here?

Ten years.

Four months, three days.

Goodness gracious me.

Ten years.

How on earth did you get here? We were
shipwrecked. With Paddy Wyatt. He was a

sailor. He died. Six months after we got
here. Just a moment, please.

You couldn't have been very old then
when this misfortune occurred.

M was nine and I was ten.

Nine and ten.

Just think of that, my dear Jimmy.

Mere children.

Hardly able to read and write.

The rude clay of humanity.

Won't you please sit down?

Thank you.

Thank you. I'm sorry the house is so
untidy.

We can read and write.

My dear young lady. And we're not rude.

Oh, Michael, it's not a bit like I
think.

Now, come on, take it easy.

Of course you're not rude.

On the contrary, I'm most impressed by
your good manners.

When I think of some of us brought up in
society who still retain the habits of

the jungle.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Stop crying, Em.

Tell us about everything, won't you,
please? We want to know. You see, we

remember much. We've been here so long.

We're beginning to think we'd never see
anyone again.

You're from England, aren't you? I am.
When did you leave?

Some years ago.

Like we did in a big ship?

In a big ship?

In a big hurry.

Is this little book the only one you
present?

Yes. Hear me.

On leaving visiting card.

Riding in the park.

Personal conversation with royalty and
rank.

At least we shall be able to talk to
people when we get back.

You will.

You certainly will.

Is it really like that in London? I
mean, everything?

Is it?

Eh? Why not?

Wonderful city, London.

Richest jewel of empire.

Streets paved with gold.

Gold? Gold money, is it? No, it is,
Michael. I told you my uncle used to

a golden soap in every birthday.

And are the streets of London really
paved with it? Oh, yes.

They've rebuilt Buckingham Palace with
diamonds, rubies and whatnot.

Eh, Doc?

A great deal has happened since you were
children.

Oh, please tell us about everything. We
want to know.

So you shall, my dear boy. So you shall.

May I suggest you join us on board the
ship?

I really don't think I should feel equal
to this without a very large scot.

What's a large scot?

An excellent starting point for any
explanation of modern civilization, my

And that's London, my young friends, in
this glorious summer of this year of

great 1914.

Glittering ballroom.

All the pageantry of the courts.

All the excitement of the opera.

What opera?

Opera is just people singing on the
stage.

Put at its crudest. And so through a
brilliant season.

Ah, what wouldn't I give to be in London
now?

Yeah, what wouldn't I give to have you
there?

Yes, indeed. What a welcome I get from
my friends.

I could introduce you to people who'd
give you a wonderful time.

Who'd help you to make up for all these
lost years.

Doctor's very understanding.

He lost a few years himself once, you
know.

And a very presentable pair you will
make, with your good looks and manners.

And with that delightful comb you're
wearing, Emmeline, you'll grace any

ballroom in London.

Do you hear that, Michael?

I made it myself.

Did you indeed? I carved it out of a
piece of bone, didn't I? Mm -hmm.

And where did you get the beads?

You'll never guess.

I'll bet you in a hundred years you'll
never guess.

I find them in shellfishes. No.

My dear Jimmy, where are your manners?

If our young friend assures us that he
finds those beads in shellfish, it is

for us to doubt his word.

I don't blame him for laughing, but it's
true.

I use the fish for bait, and I give the
beads to Em. You know I'm fascinated.

I roam about the world collecting all
manner of things. It's my hobby, but I

never dreamt beads like that out of
shellfish.

I got these this morning, if you'd like
to have them.

And there's Em's comb.

She won't mind. She's got some more. Oh,
no.

Hem?

Please. I wouldn't think of depriving
Emmeline of her trinkets.

There are more, I imagine, where these
come from.

Heaps. Perhaps we can spend a little
while rummaging around for them.

Want to stay here, then? A few weeks, no
more.

A few weeks?

I know it's stupid to want a collection
of beads, but surely... It's not that.

It's just that we want to get away, Dr.
Murdoch.

My dear Michael.

You're hurting me.

I hate to have to mention it, but after
all, I have promised to take you and

Emily into London and introduce you to
my friend.

Oh, he didn't mean it that way, did you,
Michael?

We're very grateful, aren't we? Yes, of
course we are.

I'm sorry.

I only thought... When can we start?

Tomorrow?

Please don't be cross.

It's quite all right.

It's all the better.

Anytime you say.

I'll be waiting on the beach for you as
soon as it's light. Very good.

And how about you showing me around the
island while Michael's diving for the

pearls, eh?

And I'll give you a few hints about how
to behave.

You won't find it a little good.

It's about...

Thank you for the meal. Not at all.

Thank you. Thank you very much. It's a
pleasure. Don't mention it.

Good night, Ham.

Michael? Yes?

You know what Mr. Carter said to me just
before we left?

No.

He said, I was to show him the island
while you were diving for the pearls.

For the what?

He called the beads pearls.

Michael, just before Christmas once, you
know, when you give presents, I asked

Mommy that if she could have anything in
the world that she wanted for

Christmas, what she'd choose.

And she said, if I could have anything
in the world that I wanted, I'd have a

pearl necklace.

Only your daddy isn't rich enough to buy
me one.

You mean, if she could have anything in
the world, a lot of beads on a string?

We lived in a big house, but daddy
wasn't rich enough to buy them.

Oh, don't be silly, Em. There are
hundreds of them here.

Thousands. They can't be worth anything.

Go to sleep.

Right.

I don't like those men.

Hold on a second.

My leg.

Just a slight touch of cramp, my boy.
Nothing to worry about.

You'll have it right in a moment.

Relax now. Let yourself go.

Is that a bit easier?

Yes, I think it is.

Oh!

Nothing like this has ever happened to
me before.

What is it, Dr. Murdoch?

A temporary contraction that is bunching
of the muscles.

Not the least dangerous.

Happens to everybody.

Loosening up now, aren't they?

Have you right as rain in no time?

How is he now?

Much better, thank you.

Dr. Murdoch, I don't think I'll dive
again.

Nonsense. Just what you need to prevent
stiffness setting in.

Take it from me.

As a medical man.

I'm not diving again. Not after that.

For that very reason, you must.

I don't want you to lose your nerve.

I've not lost my nerve. I'm tired.

Can't you understand?

My dear young man, I don't think you
quite understand the opposition.

I hate to have to be so blunt, but
either you do as I ask you... or you and

Emmeline will remain on this island.

I shall go away without you.

Is that clear?

Be a sensible boy now and die for those
pearls.

Pearls are worth money, aren't they?

Who told you that?

Emmeline. Did she?

Right of her.

Well, she's quite right.

If your education hadn't been curtailed
so early, you would doubtless be aware

of the esteem in which these baubles are
held in the outside world.

And the next, if we'd credit those
pearly keats.

I suppose you know what this is?

Yes. And you know what gums are for?

I know that people who drink too much,
like my father and Paddy, do silly

things. Then don't you think it's
advisable to do as I tell you?

What are you waiting for?

The doctor sent me for you.

We're eating on the ship tonight, and he
wants us to go out now and get a meal

ready. Where's Michael?

Oh, he's with the doctor.

They'll be following you on.

Well, why didn't he tell me? I'm not
ready, and I don't know what I look

Now, don't you worry about that.

Just shove that little pearl comb in
your hair.

You'll look like a... You'll look like a
million dollars.

Come on, hang on.

I ought to change, Raymond. No, we
haven't got time for that now.

You'll be all right as you are.

Come on.

Michael!

Michael, where are you?

Michael!

Answer me, boy.

I just want to see if there's food.

Can't I help?

No, not here. I'd better get the stove
going first.

Ruggles?

No, they can cast off now. We're
sailing.

The doctor and young man are stopping on
the island.

We'll be back talking in about a month's
time. I'll start the engine.

Where's Michael?

He's coming along afterwards.

That's what I said, didn't I? I don't
want to go without Michael.

What are you getting all upset about?

We're just going on a little trip,
that's all. What's wrong with that? I

go back.

Take it easy.

You girls are funny sometimes.

Now, do I look the sort of chap that a
girl wouldn't trust?

Please let me go. Just a minute.

There's none the reasonable sort of
chap, really.

If I'm treated reasonably, I should have
thought that a lovely girl like you

would have jumped at the chance of
getting away from all this.

I'm not just any child.

I know.

There are many...

Who

told you to stop those engines?

Start them again, blast it! The doctor
called.

Stop those engines, do you hear me?

My dear Jimmy, I've always warned you
that if ever you were foolish enough to

attempt to escape from me, you'd regret
it.

Em, are you all right?

Oh, Em, I thought you'd gone.

They tried to take me.

I thought I'd lost you. Oh, Michael.

I'd like to kill them.

I'd like to kill them like I killed that
fish.

They've gone now, Michael.

Yes, they've gone.

And I don't care.

I don't care if we never see a boat
again.

I don't care if we never get away from
here.

Don't say that.

I mean it, Em.

I... I feel there's been a big storm.

And... And this is after it.

But everything... Somehow everything's
changed.

the same, Michael?

Yes.

Yes, you are.

Em, you're trembling.

The ceremony then proceeds to the point
where the minister says, Wilt thou have

this man for thy wedded husband?

And the woman answers, I will.

It's your turn.

I will.

Turn around him.

When I was at school, I used to learn
poetry.

I wish I could write poetry.

Because if I could, I'd write about you,
Will.

Would you, Michael?

Your most loveliest poetry ever written.

I wonder by my truth what thou and I did
do.

Were we not weaned till then, but sucked
on country pleasures childishly, or

snorted we in the seven sleepers' den,
or so, but this... All pleasures

fancied me, if ever any beauty I did see
which I desired and loved.

there was one tooth, and this week there
are two more showing.

Soon he'll have as many as... You do
look silly in that hat.

It keeps the sun off.

What are you reading?

Only those so happily placed that they
have enjoyed the influence of education

and refinement can hope to acquire that
air of savoy fare so necessary to

gentlemen.

Why did it all make me feel so miserable
now?

Why?

I don't understand what it means, but I
know he'll never have Savoy Fair.

Well, if you don't understand what it
means, how do you know he'll never have

it? Because we haven't got it.

Well, we might have it without knowing
it.

If you don't know anything that's
difficult to understand, you can't have

anything that's difficult to understand.

Well, we had him, and that was difficult
enough to understand.

What's that?

Ah, signalling.

Let me see, Henry.

Can't we get any closer?

There's a reef right across our bows.

I suppose they really are savages.

Let's see what else there could be on a
small island like this, hundreds of

miles from anywhere.

No place for white men.

And I hardly think it's a place for us
either.

Hard to port, Yankai.

And they're turning away!

and tell me they're coming back.

Oh, Michael, I'm frightened.

When Paddy died, you were frightened,
and I came and sat by your bed just like

this, remember?

I said I'd always look after you.

I always have done, haven't I, Anne? Oh,
you know you have, Michael, it isn't

that.

Haven't you ever thought that one day we
should both die?

Like Paddy did.

And he'll be left all alone.

Couldn't you have another baby, Anne?

Several more babies and then there'll be
lots of us and he'd never be lonely.

Oh, Michael, it isn't just being lonely.

I don't want him to grow up like us.

I want him to go to school and learn and
know about everything.

I want him to be a gentleman, Michael.

He will be one day.

One day when another ship comes and it
will come.

I know it will.

You used to say it was me that was
always saying that.

Now it's you.

Michael, do you think the streets of
London really are paved with gold?

Why do you ask that?

I was just wondering if it was really
like what those men said.

Michael, you nearly finished the boat
before those men came.

You haven't touched it since.

I've been so happy since they went away.

So far you know that.

Well, why aren't you happy any longer?

Why are you always talking about London?

Paddy, come here.

Look at him.

Can't you just see him in a top hat?

No, I can't. I never wore a top hat.

Now, don't be cross, Michael.

I mean, when he's older.

I just couldn't bear him to grow up not
knowing anything.

He should be with other boys.

Well,

he's miserable enough now.

Couldn't you repair the old boat and
couldn't we sail off in a straight line

like you used to say?

I don't know.

And we could sell the pearls and buy a
big house in London.

Then we could give dinner parties and
hunt bulls and invite the king and

I'd like him to lead the king and queen.

We could take him on trains.

He'd like going on trains.

And to the boat race the doctor told us
about.

You could join the boat race, Michael.

You'd row faster than the others.

He'd be able to watch you win.

I could make such a strong sale,
Michael.

And we could take enough water to last
us a month.

We'd be bound to reach somewhere.

Please, Michael, I know I might.

Why did you turn away?

Because I don't want to look anymore.

That's the way I want to remember it.

Always.

I want to go away, just like that.

The wind will spring up in the morning,
Michael. I know it will.

Perhaps when we wake up, we'll see land.

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

My arms are nearly falling off.

Stop and rest a little while.

Oh, Em.

What are we going to do?

Older Michael.

I'm glad he doesn't understand.

Crossing our bows now.

There's a man, a woman, and a child in
it.

Are they alive, sir?

Can't tell yet.

Point to port.

Point to port it is, sir. Man the
emergency lifeboat. Very good, sir.

Here's your helm.

Call out the emergency boat crew.

Aye, aye, sir.

That's the way I want to remember it.

Always.

I want to go away.