All language subtitles for King_Henry_Deep_Waters_1948

- Subtitles -
Luís Filipe Bernardes

Ann, wait.

Miss Ann, look at that
bald-headed schooner.

She's just like the one
Uncle My used to have.

Yes, darling.

- You like boats, Miss Ann?
- No.

Well, yes, some of them, Donny.

It's Ann Freeman, Mrs. McKay.

Oh, yes, Ann, been expecting you,
come in.

Uh... this is Donny Mitchell.

- Donny, this is Mrs. McKay.
- Good evening.

How do you do, ma'am?

Well, come in, come in,
can't stand out there all day.

How old are you, Donny?

Going on thirteen.

- Mighty small for you age, aren't you?
- No.

I have here the reports
of the places he's lived lately.

After his father was drowned at sea,
he lived with his next of kin.

An uncle, Captain My Mitchell
of Port Clyde.

Captain Mitchell was lost in the big storm
of March three years ago.

Since then, he's been a ward of the state.

Quite a record he's made for himself.
Ran away three times, why?

Well, I think I can explain...

"Elkin's Farm, Waldo County, 8 months."

What did you run away for?

Didn't like the farm.

Hm-hmm.

"Garnished to Emanuel Santos, storekeeper,
Waterville, six months, ran away."

Why? Didn't like him neither?

No.

Maybe you won't like it here.

- Oh, I think he will, it's different.
- Let him answer for himself.

Well?

I don't know. Guess I will.

Will what? Run away?

No.

- "No, ma'am."
- Can you cut wood?

Yes, ma'am.

He's a good boy, Mrs. McKay.

He wants to learn, and he needs
your guidance.

Want to see your room, Donny?

Yes, ma'am.

Up there.

Door on the right
at the top of the stairs.

Ann.

It's got to be clearly understood
I'm only taking the boy on probation.

If he's a good boy, I'll keep him.

If not, back he goes.
- Well, Mrs...

I can't help it if he's a state kid
and an orphan.

All I want is someone to do the chores.

Oh, Mrs. McKay, I know
you're going to like him.

He's a fine boy...

What you doing up there?
Snooping?

One thing I can't abide is eavesdropping.

Want to hear something,
come down and listen.

I don't think he really wanted
to eavesdrop, Mrs. McKay.

You see, he's had sort of a rough time.

He wouldn't tell us, but...

We had information that this Santos,

the Portuguese storekeeper in Waterville
whom Donny was apprentice to,

treated him badly.

Our board's investigating it now.

Poor little devil.

That's why I brought him to you.

- You've raised kids of your won.
- Not going to raise any more.

I've got no affection left
to pour out on anybody.

Sure.

As far as I'm concerned,
he's just a boy to do the chores.

Of course.

Say hello to your ma,
I haven't seen her lately.

I will. Bye.

Like your room?

Yes, ma'am.

Come on down, let's have a look at you.

Now look, Donny, we're not
going to get anywhere...

...acting like a couple of strange dogs.

I ain't no dog.

Nobody said you were.

You're acting like I was going
to chain you up.

Nobody's trying to put anything
over on you.

Just you do your work around here
and I'll do part by you.

And anything you don't like,
say so, because I will.

Do you understand?

Yes... ma'am.

I didn't mean to jump you
the first minute you got here.

Now get yourself washed up
and get some supper.

Okay.

Oh, the place looks lovely, Mom.

I hate to think of you
in a furnished room in Belport.

It's not bad...
if you like furnished rooms.

- You know...
- Hi, Miss Ann!

Catch!

Out on second!

Here's the paper, I needn't read it.

Cheer up, dear,
It'll turn out all right.

Thanks, Mom.

I'll try to be over on Saturday.

Ann!

Ann Freeman!

Good morning, Mrs. Thatcher.

Are you going... by the docks?

Why, yes, Miss Thatcher, get in.

Beautiful morning, isn't it?

Huh?

Yes, I guess.

What did you say, Ann?

Oh... I haven't slept all night.

It's Tom.

I'm nearly crazy.

He's more than a day overdue now.

And that squall night before last.
Oh, I tell you.

Now, Mrs. Thatcher,

You shouldn't cross the bridge
before you get to it.

It's not as bad as you think.

Probably everything's all right.

They go out in them boats
and they say they'll be back.

Then you wait, and you watch...

There ain't a woman in this town that ain't
lost her husband, a boy or someone.

Oh, Mr. Thatcher's
an experienced lobsterman.

And it takes more than a little blow
to bother a lobster boat.

- Oh, yes, but I...
- Now!

Your husband's a smart seaman.

Maybe he ran out the squall
and put in to Nova Scotia.

Dad used to do that.

A lot of them do, you know?

I suppose.

Yes, then I guess... Yes.

I never thought of that.

I'm sorry, Ann, I get so upset.

He'll be in, Mrs. Thatcher, you'll see.

Thank you, Ann, thank you so much.

Joe Sanger.

Joe Sanger.

- Here's your farm magazine.
- Oh, thanks.

Joe Sanger.

Joe Sanger.

Mr. Joe Sanger.

Joe Sanger, Esquire.

That's me too.

At least I got a bill.

Holy smoke, who have I got
for a partner anyway?

Me, who do you think?

Hey, Hod, look at this.

"I raised my family on walnuts.",
says Leroy Helton.

Nuts, huh?

No, walnuts.

- Something, huh?
- Swell.

- Thought you were a turkey man, Joe.
- Oh, turkeys you gotta feed.

These things they just drop off
and you're rich.

Just like that, huh?
A dime in every walnut?

Yeah, sure.

No, no, these things you got...

I hate to disturb a millionaire, Joe,
but we still got to eat.

- Huh?
- The groceries.

Oh, sure, I almost forget,
I'll get them.

I'll see you down at the dock, Joe,
I still got a few things to do.

Okay.

Oh, I'm...

Oh, Ann.

Hello, Hod.

- Well...
- Wait a minute.

Breaking our engagement
isn't going to start a feud, is it?

I don't see why it should.

- Still friends?
- Still friends, Hod.

- So we still got that date tonight, huh?
- Date?

This is Friday, remember?
We're going to dinner.

No, Hod, I have to work tomorrow.

Did you change your job?

No, why?

Nothing, only when you made the date
originally, you had to work just the same.

All right.

We've got a date.

But just as friends,
nothing more. Promise?

Absolutely. Talk about nothing
but the weather.

And local gossip.

Give you my word.
I'll be around by 7 o'clock.

I still got that ring.

Hod.

Oh, I didn't think about that really.

Just that the shop won't take it back.

I guess I'm stuck with it.

Unless I find somebody else.

Oh?

- What?
- Nothing.

You haven't changed your mind, have you?

Have you changed yours?

You know I wouldn't be any good
with a job in town.

I'm just a lobsterman.

I'll never be anything else.
You know that.

Hod, you could be anything you want to.

All right, Ann.
I'll do it.

- What?
- I'll take that job in Bangor.

It might be a little rough
for a while, but...

I think we can work it out, don't you?

No, Hod, it wouldn't work.

And... it was unfair of me
to ever ask you.

Ann!

One minute you say one thing and I try
to do what you want me to do...

I know. I'm sorry, Hod, but...

You wouldn't be happy.

And after a while, I guess...

...I wouldn't be happy either.

Now look, Ann, don't talk like that.

We have each other.

We could work anything out that way.

No, Hod. Marriage is something
that has to last.

It's...

I love you, Ann.

And you love me.

Don't you? You know you do.

Hod, this isn't fair, it's...

Hod, the music, it stopped.

Hod, you have to give me
a chance to think.

Okay.

I knew someone scared them.

Don't hang it on me.

They were just feeding out.

That was a pretty good job
of hunting, though.

Maybe they'll come back.

Fat lot of good it done me.

These are the only shells I had.

Aren't you the new fellow
up at Mary McKay's?

Yeah.

A state kid, an orphan.

I'm Hod Stillwell.

How'd you get over here?

Rowed out in a skiff.

- You own this island?
- Yeah.

That's okay, though.
You can come over any time.

How did you learn to handle
a gun like that?

My uncle My taught me.
He used to take my gun.

Uncle My.

That wouldn't be Captain My Mitchell
used to be down at Port Clyde, would it?

What's it to you?

Nothing.

I just mentioned it.

My name's Mitchell too.

Donny Mitchell.

Well, I thought there might be
a connection.

You know, I went to the banks
a couple of seasons with Captain My.

- You did?
- Yeah.

Oh, some years ago.

I knew your pa too.

Say, he was a pretty good man
with a gun too, wasn't he?

Uncle My said he was one of the finest
shots in the county.

I tried to tell
old farmer Elkins that, but...

Guess nobody recollects my pa no more.

Now where did you get
an idea like that?

There are plenty of people around here
who remember your pa.

You ought to talk to my partner Joe Sanger.

He and you pa were shipmates
a couple of years.

Sanger.

- He's a Portuguese, ain't he?
- Yeah, why?

I don't like Portuguese.

Oh, now, listen, son.
Your pa or your uncle My either.

But they wouldn't let anybody
tell them about a fellow,

they always went and found
out for themselves.

Yeah... Well...
I gotta be going.

I got some chores to do.

Trying to get back to the mainland's
gonna be kind of late for chores, isn't it?

The chores can wait.

I ain't no horse.

Hey, look here.

I got a couple of nice birds here...

...if you can use them.

See?

- What do you want for them?
- Oh, nothing.

I just thought maybe Mrs. McKay wouldn't
worry so much about the chores if...

Well, a couple of nice birds are...

...a couple of nice birds.

Yeah.

I'll be seeing you.

Thanks!

Come back again some time. We'll talk
about your pa and your Uncle My.

Sure!

Thanks again.

Thank goodness you've come.

I wasn't in the office
when the message came.

I got here as fast as I could.
What's the trouble?

Trouble? It's Donny. I haven't seen
hide nor hair of him since this morning...

...and here it is, an hour
past suppertime.

Well, didn't he say anything?

Oh, I scolded him for dillydallying
in the woods this morning.

Then when I went out
to call him for dinner,

there was the saw broke
clean in two two and him gone.

- You don't suppose something's happened?
- Suppose, suppose, I supposed everything.

When he didn't com in for dinner,
I was sure he'd be in by supper.

I don't know what to do.

Hey, Hod. Is that a skiff
by our lobster dock?

Yeah.

Must have drifted out
from the mainland with the tide.

Pick it up with a gaff, Joe.

- What the hell happened?
- I don't know.

Let it go, we'll pick it up
after we unload.

There's two lobsters in it still alive.

We'll take it in to the mainland first time
we go in and find out who it belongs to.

Santa Maria, what we catch?

Donny!

He's Jonah, he swallowed the
whale this time.

It's a good thing those lobsters
are plugged.

Could have clawed you out in pieces.
What were you doing in there?

I only wanted a couple of lobsters.

Oh, I see.

Look, Donny, in this country
lobsters are a man's living.

You don't rob his pots
and you don't rob his lobster car.

- I didn't know it was yours.
- That only makes it worse.

A man looks out for his enemies,
but his friends?

A man doing that would be sent
to jail if he were lucky.

A kid like you would be sent
to reform school.

What would your uncle My have done
if he caught you doing this?

He would wail tarnation
out of me, I guess.

That's what you need, a good thrashing.

You can whip me if you want.

Oh, I wouldn't lay a hand on you.

But I'm going to do
the next best thing.

Get on the boat.

Go on, get aboard, go on!

Hello? Is Sergeant Wilson there?

Donny! Where have you been?

He's been with me.

Well, that's small comfort.
Come in here!

Another two minutes, we'd have
the police looking for you.

Donny!
You're soaking wet!

- Hello, Ann.
- Hod.

Yes, he's wet. He had a little accident.

He fell in the water.

That's a sure way to get wet.

Now kite yourself upstairs
and get out of those wet clothes...

...before you catch pneumonia.
Skedaddle!

A lot of problems to raising
a child, aren't there, Mary?

Child? He's got the brain of a giant!

He can think of more ways
to devil a person...

He wasn't trying to devil you, Mary.
He was afraid.

- Afraid of what?
- Afraid of you.

He told me the whole story
about breaking the saw.

He told me he broke it accidentally.

I believe he did.

He stayed away because he was just plain
afraid to face up and tell you about it.

It was only a saw.

I know, but I guess it seemed
a lot bigger to him.

He's pretty sensitive.

He hasn't had things very easy.
It takes patience with a kid like that.

Well, patience ain't my long suit.

Kids I either want to hit them
or lick or...

...put my arms around.

Still hasn't had any supper.

That reminds me, Mary, neither have I.

No more trouble for two than for one.

- Mrs. McKay!
- Yes?

Now that everything's turned out all right,
I think I'll be getting back to Belport.

Sorry you had to come all the way
for nothing, but thanks.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Oh, Ann, do you have to go right away?

Well...

It's a long drive and...

...I want to get in before too late.

I'll walk out to the car with you.

Are you a man of honor?

That was quick.

Hm-hmm.

Looks like it was successful, though.

When is the wedding?

There's nothing like asking, is there?

No.

I'm afraid there's not going to be one.

Why not?

Oh, I don't know.

Why...

I guess she just doesn't want
to marry a lobsterman.

Smart girl, maybe.

What are you looking for?

Dandelion wine,
didn't you make any this year?

Of course not. Get out of there.

Okay.

But a man coming out on a cold night
and not giving him anything?

All right, all right,
it's on the other side.

Don't pour me any, though.

Of course not, think I want
the ladies leaning after me?

Oh, Mary.

You're not letting Donny
worry you, are you?

Oh, of course not.

He's just nice and quiet
as a two-year-old bull.

It takes a lot of handling.

The boy's had a pretty tough
row to hoe.

So has everybody else.

Life's no clam bake.

Maybe.

But I could use that boy
on my boat Saturdays, Mary.

Pay him two bits an hour.

Smart, ain't you?
You and him cook this up?

No, I just thought of it.

Not a bad idea either.

Might make it up
to pay for that saw.

Who said anything about
paying for that saw?

Donny!

Donny!

- Yes, ma'am?
- Right down now. Supper's about ready.

If he's going with us Saturday,
you'll have to get him up early, Mary.

- We leave around five.
- All right, all right, he'll be on time.

Hey, wait a minute, don't waste that.

Hod, wait for me!

I thought you couldn't wait.

Wouldn't think of leaving
without a full crew.

- Hi, Joe.
- Hi.

- You like this, huh?
- Sure!

Monkey business.

Wake up in the middle of the night.
Break your back all day.

Lobster, agh!

Let go the bowline, Joe.

- Donny, you cast off the stern.
- Yes, sir.

Mr. Whitmore.

- Isn't that Mrs. Thatcher?
- That's right, Miss Freeman.

Mr. Thatcher's boat was wrecked
off Hazlitt's Rock.

His body was found last Friday.

Oh.

Think you'll be able to go with us
next week, Johnny?

Sure.

You've got a lot of chores to do
for Mrs. McKay.

I'll do them. Every one of them.

A lot of wood to chop.

I'll cut it.

Honest I will.

It might be a little tough.

Cut it with an axe now
that you broke the saw.

Yeah. But I'll do it.

- Hey, Hod, what you think?
- What?

With one of these things I plant
acres of potatoes in one day.

Maybe I get two. Do the whole thing
in half a day, huh?

- Who wants to pant potatoes?
- Hey, what do you think?

Pretty good.

How many?

- Six.
- And big ones.

I'm going to get me a farm
so far away from the ocean...

...I never smell these again.

I go to Connecticut.

Doesn't it smell in Connecticut?

No, nobody smell in Connecticut.

Hey, where you go? Stay on the boat.

Hey, Hod, he got something.
Maybe a whale.

Hold on to him, Donny.

Bring him in.

Keep him coming, keep him coming.

Don't let him get any slack
in your line now.

That's a boy.
Say, you really have got something.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

- Need any help?
- No. I can get it alone.

What do you think, Hod?
Shark, maybe?

No, I don't think so, it doesn't
fight like a shark. More like a halibut.

It won't give.

Come on, keep him coming.

You got him, Donny.

Bring him in.

Can you see it?

There he is.
Holy smoke!

It is a halibut. Big as Hazlitt's Rock!

Santa Maria! Son of a gun, what a fish!

Halibut...

Okay, seven.... lobsters...

lobsters and...

It comes, uh...

It comes 57.80.

Well, Hod, that's a pretty good day.

Not bad.

Mighty fine halibut.
Didn't know they was biting.

That depends on who's
fishing for him, Nick.

Yeah.

- Did you haul him in?
- No.

Joe get him?

No, my new partner,
Donny Mitchell, he got him.

Well, say, son, that's some fish.

Mitchell, huh?

You don't happen to be no relation
to old Capt. My Mitchell...

...or Johnny Mitchell now, would you?

Captain My was my uncle,
John was my father.

Well, Donny, there's your share.

Two bits an hour, one and a quarter.

Fish is 4.50, that makes $5.75.

There you are, cash on the barrel.

Gosh, I never earned that much.

I had too good of a time.

A lot of money, son.
What are you aiming to buy with it?

I'm gonna get me a brand new...

Saw.

Miss Ann!

- Hurry, Miss Ann!
- Hello, Donny!

Look at the fish I caught.

- Hello, Ann.
- Hello, Hod.

- Joe.
- Hello, Miss Ann.

Say, that really is some fish, isn't it?

- Did you catch it, Donny?
- Sure.

All by himself. We don't give him no help,
not even one little bit.

It's a halibut. Weighs 53 pounds,
and look at the money.

- $5.75.
- Say, that's a lot of money.

- I think I should take up fishing too,
- Not a bad idea.

You can ship with us.
I can use another hand aboard,

providing you can cook.

Don't let me guarantee it.

No fish, Miss Ann, buy yourself a farm.
Raise potatoes.

Will you go fishing with us?

I'll think about it, Donny.

Look, you go up on the dock
and get in my car.

But I got to help Joe
wash down the deck.

- I think Joe can do it alone.
- Oh, I'm not so sure.

Look, I want to talk to Hod now.
You go up and wait.

Yes, Miss Ann.

- Ann, I wish you handn't done that.
- What?

The boy just had the biggest
time of his life.

You took some of the edge
off it for him.

I'm sorry. But that's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

You shouldn't have taken him out with you.

What could happen to him?
He's going out with me.

On a boat in open sea a lot of things.

If you want to look at it like that,

he could fall down in the back yard
and break his neck.

- Just going out in a boat...
- Oh, no, Hod.

I was brought up here too
and I know.

Half the people in this town
have lost somebody at sea.

- I know, Ann, but that...
- You know. But do you really know?

You go out there.

But ask the women that have to sit at
home, and wait, and watch, and pray.

Ask them if there's any danger on open sea.

Ann, are you talking about Donny
or about yourself?

I'm talking about my responsibility.

If something happened to Donny,
I'd never forgive myself.

Suppose he wants to go,
and I want to take him.

Then you'll force me
to move him somewhere else.

I'm sorry, Hod.

But that's the way it's got to be.

Hey, Hod are we staying here all night?

I'm hungry.

Hello, kid, how are you?

Good.

Hey, what you doing out here?

How come you're not in church, huh?

- How come you ain't?
- Me?

Six o'clock I am there.
Don't you worry about Joe.

Church don't start till ten.

What you mean?

We got 6 o'clock mass, 7 o'clock mass,
8 o'clock mass, we got plenty of mass.

Oh, the other church, huh?

What you doing?

Oh, heading up the traps.
All the time heading up the traps.

You take my advice, kid, you want
to be a fisherman, don't do it.

You get yourself a nice farm.

Hey, kid.

Come here.

I show you something.

Look.

"Mink."

"Find Fortune in Fabulous Furs."

Something, uh?

- I'd rather fish.
- Wait, you don't see the whole thing.

Now, this fellow, he sell you mama mink
and papa mink for $100.

I like fishing better.

Okay. Okay, now look.

When baby mink they grow up,

they make coat like that, see?

I don't like girls.

Don't look at the girl,
look at the coat.

You know how much that coat costs?

$10.000! Think of that!

Gee, that's more than a lobster bowl.

Yeah, you betcha.

Joe.

- Hi, Hod.
- Hi, Donny.

How are the traps coming?

Sure, sure, they're coming.
Pretty soon they all fixed.

It's a mighty fine house
you got there, Hod.

Yeah.

- Hod, I...
- Hey, Joe.

You made the head to the parlor
too small in this one.

Okay, I'll get them.

Hod, I got something to ask you.

What's that, Donny?

Well, I figured...
Well, that is...

Well, look.

With you and Joe living
here alone, I figured...

- You figured what?
- If I was here every day,

I could do the chores for you
and be free on the boat every day.

- You mean move in with me?
- Yeah, sure.

Well, I'm sorry, Donny, I couldn't do that.

Mrs. McKay wouldn't mind.
I paid her for the saw.

I'm sorry, I couldn't do it.
I don't think the...

School's out in a couple of weeks.

Could I work steady
for you all summer?

Hey, Hod, that's a good idea!

- The kid might...
- Never mind the idea.

Let's go, Joe, we're going out.
I'm sorry, Donny.

- We go out?
- Yeah.

Wasn't I alright yesterday?

Yesterday you said I was your partner.

That's right, Donny,
I did say that yesterday.

But something's happened.

We'll have to break that partnership.

Fishing's not so good right now,
and I...

I'll bet that's Miss Ann.
I'll bet she...

She had nothing to do with it.
Shove her off, Joe!

There. It's beautiful.

Where will we put it so Donny
won't see it when he comes in?

Put it in the pantry.

Martin should be sending the ice cream
over any minute now.

I hope Donny doesn't see him.

I took care of that.

I sent him down to the shoemaker's to
pick up a pair of shoes I'm having heeled.

I told the shoemaker to keep him there
till around 5 o'clock.

Does he suspect anything?

Oh, no, I don't think so.

Oh, I want this to be a surprise.

The poor little tike probably hasn't
had a birthday party since his uncle died.

Help you?

- Nope.
- Figuring on taking a trip?

Uh-uh. Nope.

Say, ain't you the fellow
up to Mary McKay's?

- Yeah.
- Say hello to Mary for me, will you?

Tell her Dan, the taxi man.

Looks like it's new to me.

I ain't never used it any.

What do you want to trade for it?

I want to sell it.

For $7.50.

Going to do something special
you want that much money for?

Hm-hm.

I'll give you $4.00 for it.

I gotta have 7.50.

Couldn't come out on it
at that price.

I'll take four.

Donny, is that you?

Yes, ma'am.

Did you get my shoes?

No, the man said they wouldn't
be ready till five.

Well, all right, we'll get them later.

Now go up to your room and stay
there till I call you for supper.

I don't want you going
out any more.

Drat that shoemaker.

He hasn't got the gumps even
to pour water out of a boot.

one... 25... 35...

Two, three, four...

5.35...

"Mrs. McKay!"

"Mrs. McKay."

- "Mrs.McKay."
- "Who is it"?

"It's Martin from the drugstore.
Can I see you a minute?"

Shh! Come in, he's upstairs now.

Would it be alright it I put
them in containers...

...and bring it over after
they sit down at the table?

Only for heaven's sakes go now before
he sees you and suspects something!

I'll be back in plenty of time.

Donny.

You hiding, Donny?

Ann.

Ann.

He isn't up there.

Isn't there?

I'll bet he went after your shoes.

I told him to stay in his room.

Looks like she's going to blow some part.

It's not much.

Little rain squall over by Hazlitt's Rock,
probably won't come in this far.

Let's put the boat on the mooring.

Hey, here comes Nick Driver.

What's he want?

- I think Nick Driver's going to Portland.
- It's his boat.

Hey!

Hey, Hod!

- Huh?
- It's the kid, It's Donny.

Oh, no, what would he be doing
out here?

It's him all right. When I waved,
he see us and turned.

Do you suppose he's looking for us?

No, he's taking a joy ride.
The kid is crazy about boats.

Hey, he's headed out to sea.

- He's a funny kid.
- I don't like it, Joe.

Let go of that mooring.

Let go? I just tied it up.

Let it go again.

The kid no come this far.

Hod, what's that?

I thought I see something.

There he is!

Hurry, we'll pull in that kid!

Hey!

Donny!

Donny!

Donny! Donny!

Look! He capsized! He capsized!

Hey, get a line, quick!

He's still there?

Take the wheel.

Turn around as close to him as you can.

Don't let the sea take you into the rocks.

Better start your turn now.

Turn around to starboard!

Come in broadside!

Donny!

Hold it, I'm going to throw you a line!

Hey, reach out!

Donny!

Catch hold with both hands!

Both hands, tight!

No! Donny!

Catch hold with both hands!

Both hands! Tight!

That's it!

Take it ahead!
We're drifting to the rocks!

Give it full power!

Swing around to starboard, Joe!

That's a boy!

Have you in a minute.

We're going to the rocks, Joe!

Look out, she's rumpus!

Santa Maria, how we do that?

I don't know.

We were born to be hung, I guess.

Any sign of him?

No.

This certainly takes the surprise
out of the surprise party, doesn't it?

I couldn't keep the kids waiting
any longer, they were starving.

Do you suppose he could have
gone back after your shoes?

Oh, fiddlesticks, he could have
done that in 30 minutes.

We should have told him
about the party.

Oh, that would have spoiled everything.

I wanted to see the expression
on his face when...

Hm. That's the trouble. We were having
too much fun ourselves.

Donny!

- Hod, he was with you!
- Yeah, again.

Donny!

- And wet!
- Yeah, he fell in the water again.

Every time you do that, you get wet!

Surprise, Donny, Surprise!

Surprise!

Where have you been? You're all wet.

All right, get back to the table, kids.

Now, Donny, go upstairs, get out of
those wet clothes before you get pneumonia.

Hurry, now, hurry!

I forgot his new suit.

This is quite a setting to walk
into after what's happened.

That's what I want to know,
what has happened.

Come on, I'll tell you.

Look, Ann.

Donny stole Nick Driver's outboard...

...and capsized off Hazlitt's Rock.

It's just a miracle he's here.

He was trying to run away.

Run away? Where?

I don't know, Boston, out of the state.

What difference does that make?

The important thing is he'll keep
right on doing it unless something's done.

But I don't understand.

Look, Ann, Donny's a fisherman's kid.

He's got fishing in his blood.

You bring him to a fishing town...

...where all he sees is boats
and you put up a sign "Keep Off".

What do you expect him to do?

I've told you, Hod.

The welfare board holds me responsible,
it's my duty.

I know. You told me that.

You told me lots of things.

But there's one thing you didn't tell me...

...or I was too stupid to see it.

You're afraid, Ann.
You're afraid of the sea.

You're scared to death of it.

All right, suppose I am.

Well, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry to have to say it.

It's a terrible thing for you to fight, but
it's affecting other people's lives, Ann.

It's affecting Donny's life.

That's not fair.

The boy can go good or he can go bad.

It's up to you to make the decision.

What's the matter with you?
Why you don't do what it say in the book?

Hey, Hod, come here.

What's up? Family?

No, that's the trouble.

Do you think maybe papa don't like mama
or mama don't like papa?

Maybe they're both named Charlie.

Oh, no, this one's name is...

Hod!

Hod!

Hi, Donny.

Mrs. McKay said it was alright for me to
come down see you after school today...

and tell you that Miss Ann said it was
alright with the state...

...for me to work for you on the boat.

I'm glad to hear that, Donny.

You mean you'll let me work
for you again?

Well, there's just one thing
we've gotta get settled.

What's that, Hod?

Nick Driver's boat.

Who's going to pay for that?

That's okay. Mrs. McKay,
she already paid him.

Donny.

Do you think it's right for somebody else
to pay for your mistakes?

Nick Driver put a lot of store
by that boat.

If he'd reported it to the police
that you took it,

you might have been sent
to reform school.

Well, if you take me on your boat
and let me work.

Uh-uh.

Would you want a partner
that didn't pay his debts?

That's what I mean.

If you let me work Saturdays
till school's over,

then I'd work for you everyday
and pay back every cent of it.

Honest I will, Hod.

Well, it sounds reasonable.

I'll work hard and I'll do all my chores.

Every one of them.

I will, Hod.

Well.

Start Saturday morning at 5:30.

Oh, thanks, Hod!

Gee, thanks!

I ain't been home yet.
I gotta tell Mrs. McKay.

Oh, this is terrible.

- That's terrible.
- What's eating you?

You're right, Hod,
they're both named Charlie.

Nothing to do but to wait, I guess.

Here he comes.

You be sure it's the boy now,
before you accuse him of anything.

Mrs. McKay!

Mrs...

He's the boy, all right.

Donny, come here.

This is Mr. Harris
from the sheriff's office.

And this is Mr. Hopkins, he says
you sold him a camera, did you Donny?

Tell me the truth.

Yes.

Where did you get it, Donny?

Martin's Drugstore.

Did Mr. Martin give it to you?

No.

Then you just took the camera
when no one was looking...

...and went and sold it to Mr. Hopkins
here for $4.00.

Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

Oh, Donny.

Mrs. McKay, I'll have
to take him to Belport...

...and turn him over
to the juvenile authorities.

Donny,

I won't tell you not to take this hard.

It's bitter hard.

Just as we were beginning
to understand each other.

Donny.

I'll do all that I can to help you.

Don't tell Hod.

But Hod will want to help us.

Don't tell him.

Please.

Promise you won't tell Hod.

I promise.

We won't tell Hod, Donny.

I promise.

Fourteen and a half.

- Put it on the dock fuel list, Les.
- Okay, boss.

Did you find him, Joe?

No. Nobody home.

The house is all closed up.

Closed up?

Mrs. McGillicuddy at the post office
say that Mary McKay moved to Portland.

She's going to stay with her brother.

Portland?

That's funny.

The kid didn't say anything
about going away.

Well, maybe he forget.

I picked up the mail.

Let's go.

Joe, take over.

Reynold Silver fox farm.

- That's yours.
- Oh, yeah.

Hey, Joe!

A letter from the kid.

- Donny?
- Yeah, he's in Ferriston.

What does he say, Hod?

His writing looks more
like chicken tracks.

He says the state shifted him
to a farm in Ferriston.

Oh, a farm, that's good!

Maybe he get a job for me.

He says, "I wanted you to know why..."

"...I couldn't be there on Saturday."

"It's kind of lonesome here on the farm."

"Don't get to go out much."

"Tell Joe hello."

Tell Joe hello, huh?

That's good.
The kid is okay, huh?

I don't know.

You know, it's funny Mary McKay
would leave like that.

Box 317 Ferriston.

Doesn't say who he's with.

He's a kid, he don't think.

Box 317 Ferriston.

Any farm in Ferriston
would be out on an RFD.

Ferriston.

Hope it's a good farm.

Hey, what they grow on farms in Ferriston?

Box 317.

No RFD.

"I don't get to go out much."

Hey, Joe.

Stay to the westward of Littlespoon Island.
Let's head for Belport.

Belport? What we do there?

I want to find out something.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- That's quite all right.

Ann.

Oh, hello, Hod.

I got a letter from Donny this morning.

Oh.

How was he?

He didn't seem very happy.

Where is he?

Didn't he tell you?

He said he was on a farm outside Ferriston.

But he gave a box number in town.

Oh.

Well is that right?

Yes. A farm... not far from Ferriston.

What's the name of these people
Donny's staying with?

I'd like to see him.

Well, you ought to know.

You're responsible for him,
you put him there.

Where is he?

I can't tell you that.

You can't or you won't?

I promised that I wouldn't.

Promised who?

I thought when you decided to let
Donny come and work on my boat...

...that you'd beaten this fear of yours.
But I guess you haven't.

All right, you said you'd take him away,
so now you have.

Hod, I didn't.

Please, you've got to believe me.
That had nothing to do with it.

Where is he?

I just can't tell you.

All right, I'll have to find out
my own way.

Hod, wait!

I know you don't believe me.

But I've told you everything I can.

Now I'm warning you.

If you keep on, you're only
going to hurt the boy.

Hod!

Holy smoke!

He ain't in.

What is this?

What you think? A porpoise?

I'll porpoise...

- Hod!
- Hello, Josh.

- Joe!
- Hello, Josh.

Come in.

Sit down on a chair.

Now ain't that nourishing, I ain't seen
you fellows in a dog's age.

Why don't you come see
a man some time?

Well, if you'd uncork yourself
from that chair once in a while.

What you hide there, huh?

Oh, you know, sitting at a desk
all the time.

Sure, big millionaire, counting your money.

Millionaire? Listen, with
taxes what they are and...

...working hours in the day getting
fewer all the time.

Alright, alright, you fellows need some...

No, Josh, this is something else.

You're quite a political figure
around here...

Figure? National committeeman,

state delegate, honorary fire chief,
candidate for selectman.

Ain't it amazing the titles and badges...

...a fellow assumes for the good
of the community?

We don't tell nobody, Josh.

Why you... you Cape Burgy
sardine fisherman!

I thought you was going to go to farming.

Pretty quick now, you'll see.

- I want to ask you something, Josh.
- Shoot.

Do you suppose you could
use your connections to find out...

...who holds box 317 in Ferriston?

Ferriston, sure.

317.

Didn't fall fr them matrimonial ads,
did you?

Jenny, get me the post office in Ferriston.

Bill, um... Bill Murray.

Hey... here.

- No, thanks.
- Good ones.

No obligation to vote.

Hello.

Hello, Bill?

Josh Hovey.

Great.

Yeah... yeah.

You bet I will.

Say, Bill,

do you know offhand who rents box 317?

One seven.

What?

No... no, just for a friend.

Yeah. Well, thanks, Bill.

Sure do, yeah.

Box 317.

That's the state reform school.

The what?

Hm.

Josh, do you remember Johnny Mitchell?

Johnny? Sure!

We shipped with him, didn't we, Joe,

on the old My Mitchell schooner,
the Emily T, wasn't it?

Sure, I forget, the Emily T,
that's the one.

Johnny's boy,

he's at this reform school at Ferriston.

I want you to help me get him out.

That's a tall order.

From reform school.

Well, what could you do with him,
even if you got him out?

Adopt him.

- Adopt him?
- Yeah.

Do you want to help me?

Hod, you can have the boat yard
if you want it.

As a matter of fact,
I'll take it on one condition.

If that chair goes with it.

I already made the arrangements
to be buried in it.

I'll do what I can.

Couldn't ask any more, Josh.
Thanks very much.

- Well, it was nice to see you.
- Nice to see you.

- Come over to the island.
- You bet I will, yes.

- Goodbye, Josh.
- Bye-bye, Joe.

It's good politics you got, Josh.

Don't forget to drop in
again now, boys.

Jenny, get me Hank Wilson in Ferriston.

Oh, no, better yet.
Get me Claude Lutz in Belport.

The county courthouse, I think.

Yes.

Okay, Charlie.

You got a pen.

You got a house.

Now do what the book say.

Josh Hovey.

- Hello, Josh.
- Hello, Hod.

Hello, Joe.

- Hey, it's a nice boat!
- Yeah.

Well, Hod, it took time like I told you,

and I may have to vote for
Judge Tate next year.

But I got your hearing.

- For when?
- Tuesday.

That's the 10th, ain't it?

Courthouse in Belport.

It's not going to be easy, Hod.

That kid was arrested for stealing.

Stole a camera and sold it.

- Oh.
- He's a ward of the state.

And not too good a record.

If you take my advice, Hod, you get
all the people you can on your side.

You'll need plenty of help.

I got in all the licks I could.

Tate's a tough old customer.

- But he's honest.
- Hm.

Well, thanks, Josh.

I guess the best we can do is try.

I like your place.

Always did envy the fellow
who had an island.

Want to sell?

Not a chance.
You'd better stick to this.

This is for sale. You don't think
I'd own it, do you?

Well, I guess I'd better be moving on back.

Shove off, boys.

Hey, Josh, how much that cost?

- The boat?
- No, who wants that?

The whistle.

So long, Josh. Thanks again.

Goodbye, Josh.

Goodbye.

Wonder where Joe is.

He was supposed to meet us here.

If he had to wait, he probably went inside
where he could sit down.

Hod, what about this Ann Freeman?

Is she in line?

I don't know.

I don't see how she could stand
in the way of an adoption, but...

I just don't know, Josh.

Good morning, judge.

Well, Hovey, how are you?

Fine. I want you to meet a friend
of mine, a fine fellow.

Mr. Stillwell, this is Judge Tate.

- How do you do, sir?
- How do you do? Sit down.

Miss Freeman. I'm Judge Tate.
Just sit down, please.

As this is more or less of a family affair,
I don't think we need to be so formal.

Miss Freeman, will you sit here?

Mr. Stillwell, why don't you
move in a little closer?

I'm sure she won't mind.

I usually handle these matters
in my chambers.

But I have the boy in there and I don't
want to arouse any false hopes in him.

This is Mr. Stillwell's petition
to adopt Donald Mitchell,

a ward of the state of Maine,

sentenced to the state reform
school on June 3rd of this year.

Now, Mr. Stillwell,

since you're a single man and it's rather
unusual for a bachelor to adopt a child,

I wonder if you'll start
by giving me some of your reasons.

Well, I... I know this boy very well.

I knew his father and his uncle.

And I'm sure I that can give him more
advantages than the state reform school.

We won't go into a discussion
of our state institutions, sir,

which have a remarkably fine record...

...and whose problems I feel certain
you are in no position to discuss.

I beg your pardon.

Are you financially able and prepared
to care for the boy?

I... I think so.

I'm a lobsterman.

I own my own home.

My own boat.

And...

Of course I haven't any big
bank balance, but...

...I make a pretty good living.

Am I too late?

Madam, this is a private hearing.
If you're not an interested party, I...

I'd like to know who's
more interested than I am.

Johnny Mitchell lived in my house.

Mary McKay, I didn't recognize you.

Hello, Walter.

Come on in, Mary.

I didn't mean to disturb
your court, Your Honor.

Oh, we were just discussing the matter.

Mr. Stillwell here has requested the state
to permit him to adopt young Mitchell.

Well, why shouldn't he?
It's the best thing could happen to him.

It's about time somebody
took an interest in that boy.

He's been moved around
from pillar to post since...

- Now wait a minute, Mary.
- Wait a minute nothing.

That boy's going to get a square deal...

...if I have to set fire to the courthouse
and you're not going to stop me.

Mary, if you'll just sit in with us and...

I've known you since you were
knee-high to a grasshopper...

...and I've always liked you.
But I'm warning you.

If you stand in the way of this
boy getting into a good home...

with a boy that understands him, I'll...

Mary, the court can only listen
to both sides...

...and try and decide what's best
for the boy's welfare.

I'm not opposed to the adoption.

You mean I came all the way
from Portland for nothing?

What did you send for me for?

Will you please sit down?

We still have no expression of opinion
from the welfare board on the subject.

Miss Freeman.

Your Honor,

The welfare board felt that it was better
to raise Donny Mitchell...

...for some inland occupation.

so we sent him to several inland
homes and farms.

We were wrong.

Every attempt we made
to distract him from the sea...

...resulted in some insubordination.

Yes, go on.

There just seemed to be
something so deep-rooted,

so strong and compelling about this...

this calling for the sea,

that it was useless to fight against it.

I've tried...

...and failed.

Donny needs love,

guidance...

...from someone he trusts.

He needs it especially now
after what he's been through.

I'm sure if given these things,

he can be raised to be a good citizen...

...in a useful and honorable trade.

The board recommends
the petition be granted.

- Well, Your Honor...
- Let's not jump to any conclusions.

I'm in complete sympathy
with your views, but I...

...have a very grave responsibility
in a case like this.

And before I can make any decision
I must know what the boy's feelings are.

Come on.

Come on.

Nothing to be frightened of, Donny.

These are all old friends.

You know Mr. Stillwell, Miss Freeman,
Mrs. McKay.

Now, Donny, Mr. Stillwell wants you
to come and live with him.

He wants to adopt you.

Make you a son.

Would you like that?

No.

Donny.

Don't you want to come and live
with Joe and me?

Work on the boat every day,
be my partner?

No.

But why?

I got reasons.

Excuse me, Mr. George.

Is okay if I talk?

Yes.

Donny.

You come to live with Hod and Joe.

And Joe, he no buy the farm.

He no raise minks.

He stay with you.

We fish every day.

Okay, Donny?

No.

Donny, come here.

Come here, I want to talk to you.

Don't you like Hod any more?

Yes.

Then why don't you want to go live
with him and be on his boat again?

Cause I went to reform school, that's why.

Because I stole a camera.

But I knew that, son.

- You did?
- Sure.

And you didn't care?

Of course not.

But I done it when you told me
never to, Hod.

I know, Donny.

You made a mistake.

But you paid for it.

We all make mistakes sometimes.

The important thing is not
to make them again.

Cast off, Joe!

Okay!

Donny! Take us home.

Yes, sir!

Cast off the stern line, Joe!

Okay, skipper.

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Luís Filipe Bernardes