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Close that door! You're blowin' us outta the train!

Yes sir!

Hey George...what time do we get into Seattle in the morning?

6.15...if we're on time.

Hey Zeb...let's get some sleep... it's after midnight.

You go ahead...I'm busy!

Read 'em and weep!

Come on, you been doing this since the armistice.

Yeah, let's quit... I'm gettin' tired.

OK, OK...last throw... Shoot it all or nothing...OK?

All or nothing?!

Hey, come on! Go easy!

It isn't tissue paper your playing with!

What's the matter with you guys...

You lost your guts or something?

What's money for, except to run it up?!

OK, I'll play 100... But I don't wanna watch it.

$200...mine...

Hey...$5...somebody's got 5 bucks of mine.

You ran it up alright... right up the creek!

Never satisfied with what you've got.

Man's got to reach for the sky, Davey boy, even if he never makes it.

Well, it's a great way to come home...

...dead broke!

What'd I lose?... A lousy 300 bucks!

When is 300 bucks lousy?!

Zeb!

Zeb Kennedy...I don't believe it!

How are you, Miss Wendt?

Fine thank you...I was wondering when you'd be back.

I was just asking Father about you.

You look just...

I mean...

The army certainly seems to have agreed with you.

Thank you, ma'am.

We read about you in the papers.

Made quite a record for yourself.

I'll...try to live it down.

Don't be so modest!

Are you coming back to work for Dad?

I hope so.

So do I.

Well...I'll be seeing you again soon, Zeb.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, ma'am.

Hello...Mr Wendt...

Zeb!

Welcome home!

Thank you, sir.

I didn't recognise you at first.

Well, a year and a half makes a difference.

Yes, I guess it does.

And, to ALL of us!

Well, it's good to be back.

I'm ready to go to work whenever you like.

I wish I had something for you Zeb, but...

Things are a little slow right now...

You know how it is after a war...

What about my old job?

Well, I couldn't keep it waiting for you.

I had to hire a new foreman when you left.

He stepped in when I needed him most.

Kept production going... never let me down.

I can't toss him out now, can I?

But it's my job... and you promised!

A guy spends a year and a half in the trenches for a buck a day...

The least he can expect when he comes out...

I appreciate what you did... we ALL do!

But I'm running a business.

Now, if something should turn up, I'll be glad to let you know.

Good luck!

Just a minute!

Is that all you got to say to me...

...after all the years I spent in this place?!

Take your hands off me!

I told you I'm not going to fire the other man.

Now YOU better go!

Thanks.

Thanks for nothing!

What's the good word?

Not the smell of a job all week.

I don't get it... I asked my boss about you...

He can't put you on either...

He says you're "locked out."

"Locked out"?

Yeah...old man Wendt passed the word.

You're a "troublemaker'.

You know how the big fish here swim together.

What's he got against you, anyway?

I don't know...

I just asked him for my old job back.

You mustn't 've asked him too polite!

Sure you didn't take a poke at him?

Look, I told you...

Alright...alright...I believe you.

Take my advise and get out of Seattle.

Try San Francisco...any place...

Only...

Go and get out of Seattle.

Yeah...

Troublemaker, eh?

Look...

Come on! I know you're busted.

No...I'll get along.

Go on! Don't be so proud.

What was it, we made the world safe for?

You tell me!

The barracudas!

Wang Tai....

OK, Wang...

Take your time, boys.

Take anything you got.

- What's your name? - Zeb Kennedy.

OK..you're on for the season, 3 months, no days off...

...no pay till you get back, and you can't quit. - Doing what?

Workin' in a cannery.

Suits me fine...where?

- Alaska...now get moving. - Alaska?!

Alright guys...let's go... come on, chop chop!

You have trouble in Seattle?

Why do you ask?

White man never work in Alaska for Chinese wages...

...if not big trouble.

What's the pay?

Good season...$100 maybe.

$100 for 3 months?

Get food...place to sleep.

If it's anything like this swill...

This much better.

You try.

Good, eh?

Not bad.

- What is it? - Pickled snake.

Snake?

10-year old...maybe 20.

Very good!

Pick 'em up...fast!

Leave him alone...he's tired... He needs rest.

You take care of YOUR job... I'll take care of mine!

Get them sorted, China boy...chop chop!

Get out of here!

Don't come back!

John...get the pike pole.

What kind of a country is this?

Work a man till he can't stand up.

They got any laws up here?

Not for the canneries... They make their own laws.

Where we headed?

Wherever the salmon run.

Be out long?

Maybe.

You mean, I'm stuck here?

I couldn't put you ashore... Not in YOUR condition.

You may as well know, I'm broke.

Can't pay for grub, or anything.

You can work for it.

That why you pulled me out? Figured I'd work for nothing?

The men split their take at the end of the season.

You'll get your share... same as the others.

I'm no fisherman.

You'll learn.

I'm the skipper, Thor Storm.

Okay, svensky...looks like I'm trapped.

Come on below...we'll get you some dry clothes.

Get ready.

You read that bible every night... do you get anything out of it?

A few answers.

Such as?

How to live in this world... and keep on believing.

Believe in nothing and nobody... that's the only way.

It's a dog-eat-dog world... and to hell with everybody else.

At the end of it, a man's got to have faith in something.

Coffee?

Thanks.

Where you from, Kennedy?

Seattle.

And you?

I was born here in Alaska.

My father was a missionary.

He came here during the gold-rush from Minnesota.

How come you're catching fish, instead of sinners?

Well, it takes a special kind of man to be a missionary...

Who can give his life for others.

I'm afraid I'm...

He was a wonderful man, my father.

The Eskimos still remember him.

My father gave his life for others, too...

In the middle of a fight, his buddies left him

to bleed to death on a dock in Seattle.

Don't let me keep you from the answers.

There you are.

- Thanks. - You can sign right there.

- $350! - Well, you came on late.

Season was half gone.

If you want to check the count...

No, no...it's not that... it's just that...

The truth is... I didn't expect so much.

Neither did I.

But we had a good catch.

- Maybe I brought you luck. - Maybe.

You be around, next summer?

What do I do in the meantime?

Well, in the winter, you can hunt...

Trap for furs...it's not a bad life.

At least a man can belong to himself.

There's only one way a man can belong to himself...

Enough of this.

Thanks for the offer.

You're OK, skipper.

This is Baranof. This is where we live.

Your boat won't be leaving for a few days...

You can stay at my place if you want to.

Thanks.

All these fishermen... do they sell to the one cannery?

That's right.

Hello, Charlie.

Must be a long haul... over 50 miles.

It's the only one in this area.

What's to stop anybody from opening one up right here.

Money, for one thing.

Competition's the other.

The big canneries could make it rough on an independent.

Well, you got to expect that in any business.

It's a little different here.

You don't know how powerful they are.

They're the ones I been talking about... they run the whole show up here.

If I had the money, I wouldn't be afraid to tackle them.

This is the perfect spot for one.

Right at the source of supply...

Why, you and me together, we could clean up.

"We"?!

You know the fishermen... I know the canning business...

What more do we need?

A cannery of our own in Baranof.

You were giving me a big spiel about staying up here.

This is something to stay for.

If it were only possible.

Worth a try, isn't it?

We'll talk to my partner.

Partner?

Thor!

I was beginning to think you were never coming back!

When the salmon are running, you've got to stay out.

- You had a good season? - One of the best.

Here's something else I fished out of the water.

Zeb Kennedy... Zeb, this is Bridie.

- How are you, ma'am. - How do you do.

Don't tell me this is the partner?!

Some partner!

I didn't know they grew them like you up here, ma'am!

Listen to him now!

I mean it...I've seen some pretty ones in my time...

You know, I think there's a bit of the blarney in your friend.

Exactly... The other side of the Irish Sea.

Father...look who's here.

Well...the skipper himself... How are you, lad?

Fine, Scotty.

I want you to meet a friend of mine... Zeb Kennedy.

This is Scotty Ballantyne... Bridie's father.

Mr Kennedy...glad to meet you, sir.

Ballantyne?...I thought I heard a bit of the colleen in you.

On my mother's side.

Well if she's half as good looking as her daughter...

...it's a lucky man your father is.

That goes for you too, svensky.

With a wife like her...

Wait a minute... you're way ahead of us...

...we just got engaged!

Hope I'm round for the wedding.

You will be.

Bridie...Zeb wants us to go into business with him...

He's got a great idea for us.

Really?

Why don't we talk it over at supper.

I'll buy some new clothes...and I'll treat you all to the best meal in town.

That's likely, lad...

Ever since the days of the gold rush...

...the finest caribou steaks in the territory...

And you won't have to leave a tip!

We'll see you later.

I don't know how much exactly... but 25,000 ought to do it.

Lovely dreams, Mr Kennedy...lovely!

Who'd be having that kind of money?

We don't need it all in cash...

We could get most of the machinery on credit...

Put up the first season's catch as collateral.

All I need is some money down, so that they'll listen.

Zeb 'll talk them into it.

He's a mighty fine talker, that's for sure.

I could get a loan on my boat, with what I've got in the bank.

Mr Kennedy...just how much are YOU putting in?

All I've got.

And how much is that?

$300, ma'am.

I know it's not much, but I do have the experience...

I've been around the canning business since I was a kid of 14...

...knocking myself out for the day when I could have a place of my own.

I appreciate your ambition, Mr Kennedy...

But Thor's worked very hard for every penny he's ever made.

I wouldn't ask him to risk a cent if I didn't think we could bring it off.

- I don't believe... - Bridie!...

Everybody who comes to Alaska, grabs what he can and leaves.

Whether it's gold or fish or furs.

They rush in here like a pack of hungry wolves.

Gorge themselves and rush out again...

And nobody puts anything back.

If we had our own cannery...

...we could use our own people.

The money they make would stay here.

It's what we've always wanted.

A chance to build our own country.

He's right.

Let's think about it.

Miss Ballantyne....good morning.

- Good morning. - Come in.

- Where's Thor? - He's down at the boat.

He'll be back in a minute. Won't you sit down?

I really can't stay.

I've been so busy making preparations for the dance, Saturday...

Would you ask him to drop by the hotel when he comes back!

- Sure... - Thank you.

Miss Ballantyne...

I wondered if you've had time to think any more about...

It's not that I want to rush you, but...

My boat leaves on Sunday, and I would like to know.

Well, I...

Before you say any more, take a look at this.

You remember the old warehouse at the end of the dock...

We talked to the owner this morning... we can get it for next to nothing...

That's a big door opened already.

Now, I'm not much good at putting pencil to paper...

But this 'll give you an idea of the Baranof Packing Co.

If you'll excuse me, I think I'd better be going.

Why don't you tell me the truth...

Is it the deal you don't like, or me.

What do we really know about you, Mr Kennedy?

Most people come to Alaska because they're running away from something

...or trying to get something. Which is it with you?

Look...anything you want to know about ME...

First you talk Thor into trusting you...

...and then you turn your pretty words on me!

'Tis a fair colleen I am...

...the likes of which you've never seen before in all your life!

I meant every word of it!

Oh, sure! So I'd help you get the money out of him...

You don't fool ME!

If you weren't a woman, I'd break your neck!

If you weren't Thor's woman...

I'd show you how much I meant what I said.

Hey, Zeb...

What's the matter with you...

You haven't danced once tonight.

I'll get round to it.

What are you waiting for?

Bridie...you make him dance.

I'm sure if Mr Kennedy wants a dance, he can find himself a girl.

What do you say we have some punch then, eh?!

Come on!

Scotty...make it three!

There you are...

One for you, and one for me...

And now we're gonna drink a toast to US!

Sk�l!

Whoever made that, never heard of prohibition!

Give me another one!

Thor...don't you think I've had enough.

Just one more.

Zeb...why don't you loosen up and have some fun?

Go on...you two...dance... go on!

Would you care to dance?

I've been wanting to tell you... I'm sorry about the other day.

I'd rather not talk about it, if you don't mind.

I didn't mean to get rough...

But when you've been kicked around ever since you were a kid...

..and scrambled for a living...

...and suddenly a chance opens up to be somebody...

I guess it meant so much to me, I just lost my head.

You're right though... there's always a risk.

I'd cut my arm off before I'd take anything away from that big Swede...

He's been like a brother to me.

Anyway, I'll e leaving tomorrow, and that'll be the end of it.

You sound as though you're never coming back.

What's there to come back for?

Thor!

Are you alright?

Guess I had too much punch!

Think we'd better get him home.

He's dead to the world.

Let him sleep it off.

He'll be OK in the morning.

I won't be seeing you again before you leave....

So I'd like to say goodbye, now.

Can I walk you back to the hotel?

I'd rather you wouldn't.

Goodbye, Zeb.

Goodbye.

You've been honest with ME...

And I'd like to be just as honest with you, if I can.

The reason I didn't want you to stay

was not because I didn't trust you...

I didn't trust myself.

It happened that first day we met.

How can I explain it?

It's like nothing I ever felt with Thor...

Not in all the years I've known him.

Maybe that's the reason I kept putting him off

every time he asked me to marry him

Bridie!...

Please...don't!

I won't hurt Thor.

I'm not going to do to him, what my mother did to my father.

They say she was one of the most beautiful women

to come here during the gold-rush.

She worked in the saloon and lived in the hotel.

My father was a prospector then.

He didn't know her as other men knew her.

He loved her as only the good and the lonely can love.

When he made a stake, he bought the hotel and he married her.

And one day, when I was about 5 years old...

A stranger came by and she ran off with him.

Neither my father or I've ever heard from her since.

Do you understand, now?

I'm afraid.

I'm so afraid of myself.

Zeb!

You're leaving without saying goodbye?

I don't like goodbyes.

Wait till you hear what I've got to tell you!

I just talked to Mr Sondergard, the president of the bank.

He's given me a loan on my boat...

With what I've got saved...

Here's a letter-of-credit for $6,000!

No...I thought it over... It won't work.

What do you mean it won't work?

It's too big a risk.

If I'm willing to take the chance...

I'm afraid it's no good... too many odds against us.

I don't understand...

What made you change your mind?

Nothing! It just won't work, that's all.

Now forget it... and forget ME.

You had your life all planned out... Stick to it.

Zeb...wait a minute!

Look, if it's Bridie you're worried about... she's agreed...I talked to her.

She wants us to go ahead.

She told me to tell you we'd be waiting for you.

Good luck in Seattle.

I tried them all...

Gave them every pitch I could think of, but they turned me down cold.

How did you talk to them...

Like you was Rockefeller... or J.P.Morgan?

What do you mean?

I know you Zeb... How it kills you to ask for anything.

Listen, I crawled plenty!

When they heard what I wanted the money for...

...they wouldn't even spit on me.

Look at these figures...

A running score for the salmon hauled out of Alaska...

Last year 30 million bucks... the year before, 28.

If I could get that cannery up, it'd pay for itself in one season...

$100,000 a year, for sure.

Bertie!

Yes, Lucy?

Haven't you finished, dear?

We're talking business.

But it's so late...

And I have to get up early in the morning

to take Charlotte to school.

Well why don't you go to bed, why don't you?

You know I can't fall asleep without you...

You know that!

OK...I'll be up in a couple of minutes.

Well, hurry!

You can see Zeb some other time...

He isn't going anyplace.

Talk, talk, talk... that's all you two do together.

Let's get back to the salmon.

How much are you short?

Another 10,000... I think I could swing it.

If you're asking me, you might as well make it a million.

I was hoping you might know somebody.

The guys I know are good for a couple of hundred...

...if they starved their wife and their kids.

But even if you got the dough, you'd still have to fight the big boys.

They'd chop you up before you ever got started.

What am I gonna do?!

I gotta get back, and I can't go empty-handed.

Well, you got me.

It's too bad...you could 've had it all, the easy way.

Wendt's daughter... She'd go in to bat for you.

With her old man one of the biggest packers...

What are you talking about?

Don't tell me you didn't know about it?

Know what?!

The girl is stuck on you... how it ever got past you...

You must be out of your head..

I never said more than hello and goodbye to her

You sure must've put a lot into it!

Boy, she sure raised Cain with her old man...

...when she heard he threw you out.

The boys at the place said they almost had to call in the cops.

She even came over to My place, looking for you.

THAT's why the old buzzard didn't want me around!

Thought I wasn't good enough for her!

Look, if I was you, I'd give her a jingle...

She's a good-looking dame! And a real lady, too!

If I'd known before...

What do you mean, 'before'?

Don't tell me you've found somebody up in that 'ice-box'?

After all the dames you've side-stepped!

Had to get nailed in Alaska!

Hey...aren't you ever coming to bed?!

Shut up, Lucy, will you... and go to sleep.

I'd better go upstairs.

Yeah...sure.

Maybe you ought to forget the whole thing.

Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it!

Good evening... I'm looking for Mr Kennedy.

- Oh, yes... - Hello.

Zeb...how wonderful to see you again.

Wonderful to see you too, Dorothy.

I hope you'll forgive me for not coming by to pick you up...

I had appointments, right up to the last moment.

I understand... That's perfectly alright.

I'm so glad you called.

I was so surprised.

I mean you just sort of seemed to disappear...

...without a word to any of your friends.

Well...I'll tell you all about it.

Shall we...

Well, many's the time I wanted to tell you how I felt.

But I didn't think I had the right.

No...no, I mean it.

Zeb, you don't know how happy you've made ME.

You see, I've a confession to make, too.

I've been in love with you for a long time.

You being the boss's daughter...

Zeb, you know that...

Maybe it didn't make any difference to you...

But it did to me.

Now I'm on my way... I wanted you to know.

Dorothy...

I'm going back to Alaska as soon as I can clean up a few details.

Now, I know it's very sudden, but...

Would you...

Could you...

The answer's "yes"!

Zeb!...My friend!

Wang!

Very good see you, Mr Kennedy!

What are you doing here?

In summer clean fish... In winter clean dish!

Very fine gentleman Mr Kennedy... very good Chinese boy!

Sorry...pleased to meet you, Mrs Kennedy!

- I'm not Mrs Kennedy, yet! - But she soon will be!

Congratulations!

- Thank you, Wang, thank you! - You be very happy Mrs Kennedy!

Zeb...I knew it... I knew you'd be back! Come on!

Bridie...didn't I tell you he'd make it!

Bridie.

Boy, you must've done some fast talking!

I guess maybe I did.

Got a surprise for you... This is my wife, Dorothy.

Bridie Ballantyne... my partner Thor Storm.

Surprise?!... He didn't even tell us he had a girl.

Congratulations, Mrs Kennedy!

Welcome to Baranof!

Where are you folks staying?

I thought maybe I'd look around for a house.

You can't find one overnight... Why don't you take my cabin?

I'll stay at the hotel.

That's very kind of you... but it's an imposition.

It'll be my pleasure, Mrs Kennedy.

Well, thank you.

Would you excuse me... I have to get back.

I'd better help Wang with the luggage.

I'll give you a hand.

I don't understand...

Why should it make any difference to you?

It doesn't...it's just that I was surprised.

Surprised?! I thought you were gonna faint!

And why did you race off so suddenly?

Why?!

Well...I didn't...

Oh, Bridie...don't lie to me...

I saw the look on your face when you heard she was his wife.

- Please, Thor... - I want the truth!

The truth!

Leave me alone.

I was gonna tell you when he came back.

Tell me what?

Thor, I never meant to hurt you...

I just couldn't help myself.

It happened the night of the Fisherman's Ball.

I thought we were gonna talk to you together.

I guess I got exactly what I deserve.

Thor...I...

Will you not stay for supper?

I thought you'd like to know...

...I was able to manage without risking your money.

Dorothy's father is backing us.

Of course, I know he's one of the big packers...

It was the only thing I could...

It's like they say... "If you can't lick 'em, join 'em!"

Well, I want you to know... we're still partners.

Here's the letter-of-credit.

I should've let you drown!

Bridie!

Alright everybody... come on...keep it moving!

Don't stop!

Well, we packed 30,000 cases so far...

...and the summer's only half over.

Keep pushing them.

Push them any harder, and they won't last the 3 months.

They can rest when they get back to Seattle.

I don't mind telling you... I'm counting the days myself.

No rest for you and me, Davey boy...

When the season's ended, we're going scouting.

"Scouting"?

Yeah...take a look at this...

You know what's pulled out of the Bristol Bay area?

A red-salmon pack of half a million cases...

No reason we shouldn't get a piece of that.

And at Kodiak, Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound...

There's room for another cannery in every one of those runs.

Now, by next summer we'll be going with No. 2...

- The summer after... - Hold it!...

When do I get down to Seattle, to remind Lucy she's got a husband?

Me.

Send for her.

And the kid.

We're staying in Alaska.

For how long?

Just as long as we have to.

This where we're gonna MAKE it, Davey!

I see...grab all we can... and THEN get out.

Yeah.

It's OK with me!

It's after 6...

Promised Dorothy I'd be home in time for supper.

You go ahead... I'll lock up.

OK...good night.

Good evening, Mr Kennedy.

Good evening, Wang.

Get me a drink, would you?

Thank you.

Last bottle, Mr Kennedy.

Don't worry, please!

When we go back, Seattle...

I have very fine liquor plan.

Well...didn't expect you home this early.

I told you, if I could get away, I would.

Thank you for making a special effort!

I only hope the liquor isn't to fortify yourself...

...against the ordeal of having dinner with me.

Dorothy, why do you say things like that?

Zeb, I'm gonna go home.

I want to have my baby in Seattle.

Sure...when the time comes.

I mean now!... I can't stand it here any longer!

Dorothy...I realise it's been hard for you, alone most of the time...

But I've had to keep at it, every minute!

I'm afraid, Zeb... don't you understand?

Only one doctor in the whole area, and no hospital.

If anything should go wrong...

Okay...okay...

There's a boat leaving at the end of the week.

Make sure that you're on it.

Aren't you coming with me?

- I can't leave in the middle of the season! - Why not?!

Who's gonna look after the business?

You've got Dave Husack.

He can't handle it alone.

Of course he can!

Dorothy, try to be reasonable!

I can't see I'm asking so much.

Any woman wants her husband with her, when she's gonna have her first child.

I can't wait it out in Seattle... I gotta be here!

There's only one chance in this business, and that's in summer.

Let down for a minute, and you're done!

Look...

I'll come to see you, as soon as I can.

When the baby's born, you're gonna need rest and care.

Maybe it's a good idea for you to stay in Seattle for a while.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?!

Then you could be alone with HER!

I know the two of you were in love with each other.

I'll never forget her shock, when you introduced me as your wife.

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

Let's stop pretending, Zeb.

This is too small a town to keep secrets.

You betrayed her, like you betrayed me...

AND your friend, Thor Storm!

That's all past.

I've tried to make you a good husband!

Yes, you've tried.

That's why I haven't said anything, all these months.

I wanted to give you every chance to prove I was wrong.

But, when a man makes love to a woman, she can tell.

There's no hiding the truth, then!

Excuse please... Supper is ready.

Thank you, Wang. We'll be right in.

No Zeb...I'm not leaving Barinof...

I'm not gonna make it that easy for you.

Dr Berger!

Dr Berger!

Dr Berger!

Nobody answer!

Thank you!

Please, missy...

You come...doctor no come back...

Now Wang...what is it? What's wrong?

Mrs Kennedy gonna have baby!

You come help please!

No, I can't.

I'm sorry, I can't.

What I do?

Well, you'll have to get somebody else.

Mr Kennedy say no come without help... What I do?!

Mr Lawson...Mrs Kennedy's time has come... Could your wife help her?

She's in bed...been ailing all week.

I don't know anything about...

I'll do what I can, Wang.

Dorothy...the doctor will be here in a few minutes.

Here he is now.

Bridie!

Doctor's out of town...

I tried to get someone else to come, but I couldn't.

No....no!

Please, Mrs Kennedy...

There's no one else!

Let me help you.

I can't ask YOU!

I can't!

I'll do anything I can!

Dorothy...please!

- Can you hear something? - Yes, sir!

Sound very good, Mr Kennedy!

Congratulations, Zeb... You have a daughter.

Isn't she beautiful?!

Look at her little hands!

Bridie...

Give me my baby!

I want my baby!

You must not lass... You must not.

You don't know what it did to me!

Holding his baby in my arms!

For a moment I forgot...

I felt like she was ours.

Then I knew all the things I've been telling myself, were lies.

I still love him.

It's no good...it's no good...

You cannot go on tormenting yourself, any longer.

Never a smile...never a gay word...

Before you were a heart risk!

Lass...you must go away.

I'll never leave you...never!

You've buried yourself here long enough.

Aye, and to make up to me, for your mother

You cannot take her place forever.

Now, it's happy that you've made ME...

Go pack your things...

You'll be on the steamer for Seattle, first thing in the morning.

What will I be doing there?

Finding a new life.

Do not waste yourself...

...as I have.

And the past, it cannot be changed.

- Good morning, lass! - Good morning, Father.

Ready?

Is there anything wrong?

Oh, no...not at all.

What's all the whispering about?

Oh...just talk.

I'll get the rest of your things.

Father!...What's wrong?

Thor's back.

Came home last night.

Well, is he alright?

I guess so.

You only guess so... don't you know?

Lass...you've made up your mind to leave...

- Now don't let anything change it. - Is something wrong?

i can tell by the way you're talking... there's something wrong!

Come in!

Bridie!

The way Father was acting, I didn't know what to think.

I've been so worried about you, ever since you left.

Nobody knew where you were or what happened to you.

I thought it was better that way.

I'm glad you're back.

You're just in time to say goodbye.

I'm leaving Barinof.

Where are you going?

Well, I'm not sure.

I'm going to try to find a new life for myself.

Goodbye, Thor.

Excuse me.

My son, Christopher.

Where's your wife?

She died, soon after he was born.

That's why I brought him back.

I thought he'd have a better chance here.

His mother was a Eskimo.

In the village of Alarak.

I tried to find a new life for him.

Well, you better give him to me!

The way you're feeding him... he'll starve to death!

Get the milk.

Thank you.

Bridie!...

What are you doing, lass?... You'll miss your boat!

I'm not going, Father.

You're NOT going?

Have you taken leave of your senses?

Somebody's got to stay here and look after this baby!

- Thor! - Bridie...I'll manage!

- I can't let you... - I want to...

Don't you understand?

It's the only way I can make up to you for...

I'm staying.

The federal government says that every fish trap must be at least...

600 yards from the mouth of the stream where the salmon are heading.

But you can be certain of this one thing, Mr Kennedy...

This is the most efficient trap you can build.

When the salmon hit this lead line, they've got to turn through this V-shape...

That funnels them into the next opening, and from there...

You can take my word for it... very few of them will get away.

- And the cost? - 7 to 10,000

- That's a lot of money, Zeb. - I can figure.

We'll start with one at every location...

If they payoff, we'll build more...

But I want them ready by the time the season opens.

That's a pretty big order, Mr Kennedy.

You want the deal, that's it.

I'll get on it, right away.

Look Zeb...you know how the fishermen feel about those things.

I can't worry about THEM!

But we still need their catch!

That's why I'm putting in the traps.

I'm not gonna be in a spot where I depend on them or anybody else!

I know the fishermen... They hate my guts!

There's nothing they'd like more, than to get me over a barrel.

Then why go out of your way to antagonise them?

Listen...I'm trying to get a loan...

The banks need the security of a guaranteed catch.

The only way I can get that is by using traps...

Now do you understand?

OK...you don't have to chew me out.. I was only trying to...

If there's any trouble, I'll handle it... Now, forget it!

There's a mining engineer waiting outside... Send him in.

Mining?

Mining...yeah, mining... We're branching out.

Look Zeb, I love the smell of money as much as the next man...

But you haven't stopped for 7 years!

Packing fish every summer...

Putting up another cannery, every winter...

It's gotten so I can't look a salmon in the face...

And now it's mining! When are you gonna let up?

When I've got what I want.

What's that?!

I'd like to know.

I would really like to know...

...what's driving you?

Send that engineer in.

Yeah, Zeb.

And tell them to get my plane ready... I'm flying to Fairbanks.

Why'd he have to put in traps?

Don't we bring him in enough fish?

He's got a big appetite, Zeb Kennedy!

We should call him Zounds Kennedy!

Look at the haul!

How we gonna bust that, eh?!

The fish can't like those traps.

What's gonna happen to us, if that keeps up?

You know what'll happen...

But before it does, a coupla sticks o' dynamite...

That's not the way.

Set you course for Baranof.

Mr Kennedy... In time for supper!

Hello, Daddy!

- How's my girl? - Fine!

Give me a kiss.

We couldn't wait any longer... Grace was hungry.

I'm sorry... I was held up.

Thank you, Wang.

I received a letter from Father, today.

He's expecting us at the end of the summer.

He wants to know if he should start looking for a house?

I won't be able to make it.

But you promised me!

Dorothy...what do you expect me to do?!

Drop everything...sit on my keister down in Seattle for 9 months a year?

You needn't be crude about it.

Well, that's what it adds up to, and I'm not ready for that.

None of the other cannery owners live up here...

I don't see why YOU have to!

You have enough!

Enough! What do you know about enough...

You've never had to do without.

I've never asked for much in our marriage...

And I'm not asking a great deal now!

Just that we go home!

I can't leave, and that's final!

I've got other interests here besides the canneries.

Exactly!

That's closer to the truth!

What is THAT supposed to mean?!

You know very well what it means!

Don't tell me we have to go through THAT again!

I'm sorry if the truth is so painful...

But I'd like to face it!

Can't a man come home, without running into an ambush?

You NEVER loved ME!

I can't even look back at something that's gone...

...because it never WAS!

You've given me nothing... absolutely nothing.

Mommy...Daddy...please!

What did you give ME?

Every time I reached out to you... tried to touch you...

And what did you expect after I learned why you married me!

Go back...get a divorce!

So you can be free? Never!

If I have to stay here until I die.

I'm gonna give you the same kind of happiness you've given ME!

Grace!

What are you doing here at this time of night?

It's after 9 o'clock.

Shouldn't you be home in bed?

I didn't feel like sleeping.

Where's Christopher?

Darling, you're crying... What's wrong?

Nothing.

Please... Can I play with Christopher?

Sure!

Chris!

Christopher!

Grace is here.

Hi...can we go out and play?

I gotta help Aunt Bridie sweep up.

That's alright Chris, I'll do it... you go ahead.

Let's go!

Zeb!

Can I come in?

Please!

What is it, Zeb?

Dorothy and me... It's just...

I can't go on with it any longer.

You don't know what it's like to come home night after night

to somebody who hates you.

She's still you wife.

We don't even sleep in the same room together any more...

...let alone...

It's gotten so we can't say a word without tearing at each other.

There's no end to the bitterness that keeps pouring out of her.

Why do you tell ME all this?

I've asked her for a divorce, but she won't give it to me.

A man can't go on forever without some kind of...

Warmth...some kind of human...

If you only knew how much... - I don't want to hear about it!

We loved each other once.

You can't tell me it's over, that you've forgotten!

I've tried... Heaven knows I've tried!

It's the one thing in the world I want to forget!

Bridie...

Zeb, please... I'm not made of stone.

Bridie...I want you so much!

And I'm not made of dirt!

Haven't you humiliated me enough?

Left me with so little that the only happiness I can find

is in raising another woman's child!

What do you want me to do now?

Become your mistress?!

Bridie...I didn't mean...

Don't touch me!

Just get out and leave me alone, please!

I'd hoped I'd never have to speak to you again.

But I have no choice.

I've come to ask you to get rid of the traps.

Why should I?... The traps are legal.

What's legal isn't always right.

I didn't make the law!

You don't like it...change it.

Wait!

You know how we depend on the sea for our living.

Well, no matter how hard we work, we can't compete with the traps.

They not only take the bread out of our mouths now...

...but they rob us of the future.

If enough salmon can't get upstream to spawn each year...

...someday there'll be no salmon.

The traps 'll let nothing through.

I'm not the only one using them.

Talk to the others.

You were once one of us.

You, more than the others, should understand.

I understand only one thing!

I'm running a business.

Dad...Dad!

- Hello, son. - Hi Dad, when did you get home?

- Just now. - Hi, Mr Storm!

Grace.

Grace...what are you doing here?... Go on home.

I don't want to go home!

I said go on home!

I want to stay here with Christopher.

Don't ever let me catch you with him again.

And keep that half-breed kid of yours away from her...you understand?

Thor...hold it!

I just don't know what's happened to him!

How could he say a thing like that to a child?!

Or to anyone for that matter... How could he?!

Only a man with a poisoned soul

could look down on another human being.

And to think I once felt there was something good in him.

I should've known.

Believing in nothing but himself, he can only think of himself.

He's like all the other plunderers of the earth...

Full of hate.

And greed.

Well, I don't want his kind of world for my son.

I'm gonna fight him from now on.

Fight him in every way I know how.

A man can give himself to many causes in a lifetime.

For the past 10 years, I have known only one cause...

Alaska!

With others in the legislature, I have fought on its behalf

in every way I know how.

Time and again, we have petitioned the Congress of the United States...

...asking help to develop this great land of ours.

To prevent its resources from being drained.

To give ourselves a voice in the control of our own destiny.

I tell you, there is only one way Alaska can ever realise its future.

And that is to become a state.

Then, and only then...

...will YOU have the same rights as other citizens of the USA.

And only then...

...will Alaska cease to be a pawn in the hands of men like 'Czar' Kennedy!

I tell you Zeb...you just can't shut your eyes to him any longer.

Everywhere you go people say...

"Did you hear what Thor Storm said?"

I tell you, the man is a menace.

A day isn't passed, he isn't agitating somewhere.

From one end of Alaska to the other.

He not only has the fishermen behind him...

...but everybody else, including the Indians and the Eskimos.

He's become the Great White Father!

Like tonight, down at the hotel... the whole town is turning out.

Since he got elected to the Legislature...

The Alaska Legislature! What can THEY do?!

I know...not much... But he keeps hammering away.

I tell you Zeb, you got to stop him before it's too late.

I can't believe it, it seems like only yesterday...

...that Dave got me to Baranof... and here already it's 16 years...

...4 months and 2 weeks...I don't know where the time could have gone to...

...although I must say I've been kept so busy...

...what with raising a son, it seems like...

Don't make so much noise when you eat...

You can be heard clear to Seattle.

Yes, Mamma.

Grace...would you please pull the drapes, dear.

You haven't hardly said a word all night, Mrs Kennedy.

What's the matter... don't you feel so good?

I'm fine, thank you.

Oh, you don't fool me... I know just how you feel.

Oh, it's a shame you never had another child.

You don't know how much easier it would be...

Especially with Grace going to Seattle tomorrow.

But of course, they'll be growing up too, one of these days...

...and going off to college...

...and I'll be alone just like you.

He's going to be a lawyer... isn't that right, Bay?

That's what Poppa says.

Well, what Poppa says, you gotta do!

It's a pity you can't go with Grace...

...but then, a woman's place is beside her husband, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Grace...why are you standing at the window so long.

Nothing, Mother, I was just watching the snow fall.

Grace dear... Would you get my pills.

And bring some cookies for Bay.

Oh dear...I hope all this hasn't been too much for you.

- It's alright. - You should be careful.

I know it's silly of me... but...

...she's never been away from home before...

...and I can't help imagining all sorts of things.

If my father was still alive, he could have looked after her.

- Now stop worrying! - Thank you, dear.

Here you are, Bay.

My mother was always taking pills...

She had palpitations, too.

But God rest her soul, she lived to be 71!

Of course, I don't think it was the pills... it was the rest and quiet.

I knew this would happen one of these days.

That's why I went into the newspaper business.

Chris, I was afraid something was wrong...

...that you'd never get here.

Grace...listen...

Let's get away before they find I'm gone!

Grace...listen to me!

I've been thinking...

Chris, we've been over it so many times...

- You agreed! - But it's wrong!

I don't want you to do something that you'll be sorry for later.

I'll never be sorry, as long as we're together...

Now, please, let's go!

But I had to talk to my father.

No...he'll only try to stop us, like mine would.

You know how they tried to keep us apart!

Chris...none of them know how we feel.

Oh, Gracie!

Come on we'd better go.

OK boys...just do as I tell you, and don't worry about it.

I hope you're right, Zeb.

Dave...come on... You talk too much!

I talk too much!

Zeb!

Where's Grace? What's happened to her?

Isn't she in her room?

No, I went to say goodnight... and she's gone!

With one of the suitcases I packed.

Wang...

Did you see Miss Grace leave the house?

No sir, been in kitchen all the time.

Find her...please!

Hurry! Hurry!

Grace!

Christopher!

Well?

What is it, Thor?

Any idea where they went?

But you must have known they planned this.

If I'd known, I would 've stopped it.

I don't believe you!

This is your rotten way of getting at ME!

Are you out of your mind?!

Do you think I want my son married to your daughter?!

Stop it, both of you!

They ran away because they found something in each other

that NONE of us could give them.

Well?

She's run away.

Run away?!

Yeah.

Thor's kid... They're gonna get married.

She's only a baby!

You've got to stop them!

If she wants to live with a savage... then let her!

Don't you even care what happens to her?

Why should I?!

She knows how I feel about that boy... AND his father.

If she can do a thing like this to me...

...after all I've done for her!

Just what HAVE you done for her, Zeb?

Have you ever given her one moment of attention?

Shown her the slightest bit of affection?

Goodness knows, I've tried to make up for all the insecurity

and unhappiness she's felt... because of US!

But there's nothing more important in a young girl's life, than her father.

A man she can look up to, for companionship, and love.

You've never given her that!

Because YOUR love was elsewhere!

No matter WHAT happens, it always comes back to the same thing!

Because it's true! True!

Isn't it?!...Isn't it?!

Zeb!...

Please...

Zeb...

Dorothy!

Dorothy!

Wang!

Oh, Zeb...

Oh my God!

You no like, Mr Kennedy?

I'm not hungry, Wang.

Chinese say..."Man without family, always lonely".

Maybe if you reach out hand to Miss Grace...

...she'd take it...

...and come back.

You wait here for a minute.

Hello, Grandma!

Grace...honey...

- Grace... - Chris...

How do you feel?

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

I was just resting for a while.

What did she say?

She thinks you ought to go home to have the baby.

Please don't worry about me so much!

Other women 've had their babies here... I'm not afraid.

Look honey, I'm just thinking about what happened to my mother, up here.

It mustn't happen to you.

I don't want to go back.

Please, Chris...I'm happy here!

Look...if we leave now... we can have plenty of time to get there.

We could follow the river bed.

It won't be too hard.

See, even Grandpa says we ought to leave.

Zeb!

What are YOU doing out this time of night?

Come on in.

Sit down. Take your coat off.

Would you like some coffee?

No thanks.

I was wondering...

Have you heard from Grace, lately?

Yes, I had a letter last month.

How is she?

Oh, fine...she's doing fine.

Anything...about her coming home?

No.

Zeb, if you're really worried about her...

...Why don't you fly up to Anarvak and see her?

I won't go begging.

Oh, Zeb!

She's your only child.

Don't let your pride stand in your way.

You know how I feel about that husband of hers.

Christopher's a good boy.

He's loved Grace ever since they were children.

He'd give his life for her.

That's about all he CAN give her.

Why shouldn't I want MORE for my daughter?

What's wrong with that?

Why else you think I've worked all my life...

So she can marry some.... blubber-eater?!

That's a terrible thing for you to say!

He'll never amount to anything... YOU know that!

It isn't Chris you hate...

It's his father!

And you only hate Thor because your conscience won't let you forget

how much you've wronged him!

None of you understand... and you never have.

Dorothy, too.

You've all hated me.

I never hated you, Zeb.

I'm sure Dorothy didn't, either.

Maybe not.

I don't know any more.

It's as if she never lived.

If I didn't have Grace to remind me... it would be like...

Last year's snow.

All gone.

I had no idea you were so lonely, Zeb.

Lonely...

You can't imagine!

Nobody can.

Perhaps I can.

Bridie...

If there's anything left of the feeling you once had for me...

If there's still a chance for the two of us...

I don't know, Zeb.

I have to admit, something happens to me every time I see you.

But it's not the same...

Time 'd make a difference.

Especially such a long time.

I'm not the impetuous young girl I was.

You're not the stranger I fell in love with.

Too much has happened that I can't forget.

We've always belonged to each other.

We still do.

I don't know, Zeb... I don't know!

North Star Hotel.

Yes, this is Miss Ballantyne speaking.

It's long distance...Fairbanks... It's probably...

- Thor?!... - Hello, Bridie?

What?!

Are you sure?

When?

Yes, I'll tell him.

What is it?

Grace and Christopher left Anarvak 3 weeks ago to come home.

In the dead of winter?!

It's over 1,000 miles!

He wanted her to have her baby here.

But nobody's seen or heard of them...

...since they went through Beddles last Monday.

Last Monday?

Thor was going to look for them by dogsled... He wanted you to know.

He'll never find them in THAT country!

I'll get my plane.

I'm going with you.

Just give me a minute to get dressed.

Looks like the Sawtooth Mountains up ahead there on the left.

That'll put us about here between Beddles and Fairbanks.

If they came down the west fork... they should be somewhere in this area.

Chris...stop!

Stop...please!

Grace...what's wrong?

I can't go on...I can't!

You've got to go on... It's your only chance!

- The pain...I can't stand it! - You've had pains before!

They're not like before.

They just keep on and on!

I know what that means.

You can't have a baby out here... You'll both freeze to death!

I only know I can't go on.

Got to be quiet.

Please...please look...

I remember my father telling me...

Once he was caught in weather like this...

He shot a caribou... and crawled inside to keep warm

Grace...and it saved his life!

There's something down there... it's moving.

Get the glasses.

It's a dog-team.

It's Thor... He's waving.

What's THAT?!

Where?

Up ahead.

I think it's THEM!

Yes...it IS them!

Back there! About a quarter of a mile.

Chris!

Come back!

Long distance...probably Zeb... I asked him to call me as soon as...

Everything alright?

What?!

Oh, no!

What is it? What's happened?

Yeah, Zeb, yeah.

I'll take care of it.

Goodbye.

Chris was killed by a bear...

Grace died after giving birth to a baby girl.

She was rushed to a hospital in Fairbanks...but too late.

And the baby?

She's alright.

I've never heard Zeb so really broken up.

Does Thor know?

He was there.

Maybe now, with a granddaughter between them...

They'll stop their fighting.

I don't know, Lucy.

Only time will tell.

Good morning Ross. Good morning Miss Christine.

- Is Bridie in? - In the office.

Hi...what are you doing... Taking in wash?

No, I'm just trying to clean up Grandpa Thor's place.

I thought if I did these curtains in the hotel laundry

they'd be ready by this afternoon.

What's the rush?

Well, he's flying in from Washington, this evening.

Oh, well, I think we can make it...

Put them over there, honey.

Did you read his speech?

There wasn't anything in the Baranof Herald about it.

Naturally.

Zeb owns that.

That's why I take the Juneau Independent.

Listen to this...

There are men, who in their greed and hunger for power...

...have stooped to lies and corruption.

Men who have put their own selfish aims above the common good.

And in the forefront of this unscrupulous group...

...is none other than 'Czar' Kennedy.

Wow! Grandpa Zeb ought to love that!

If you find the roof off, when you go home... you'll know why.

Would you like some coffee to wash that down with?

Just half a cup... then I've got to run.

It's moving day again.

Oh...is your time up with Zeb, already?

Yeah, that's all I need...

Grandpa Thor to come home and find me living with Grandpa Zeb...

...when it's time to make the change.

Well, you can't say it isn't interesting!

From log cabin to penthouse... and back again every 3 months.

That's the easiest part of it.

If they'd only stop throwing rocks at one another!

I had hoped when you were born, they'd let up a little bit, but...

Aunt Bridie...

It can't be just politics that makes them hate each other so much.

There must be something else.

I've told you darling...

They blame each other for the death of your parents.

No...I mean before that.

I don't know.

They've always had their differences... and whatever it was it was so long ago.

Don't you worry your pretty head about it...

You just try to be happy.

I'd be a whole lot happier if I could come back and live with you.

So would I, darling.

But I couldn't keep you any longer.

That was the agreement they made.

Those were 16 wonderful years, Christine.

If it hadn't been for you...

If it hadn't been for me, you'd be married by now.

What?!

Is that why you didn't choose one of THEM?

Because it would've meant taking sides, with me in the middle?

Certainly not!

That's a ridiculous thing for you to say.

Well, then you don't know what it's like to be torn between them.

I can imagine.

I just hope I don't wind up with a split personality.

I'll see you later.

Christine!

- Well, hi fellas! - How are you?

Well, I'm fine, Ross... and how are you, Jerry?

- How's flying, these days? - Busier than ever!

The company's putting on a turbo-jet, next month.

No fooling!

And they're adding a run to Pt Barrow and a stopover at Anarvak.

Anarvak!

Well, that's where my father was born.

Really?

And I think I still have some relatives up there.

Great...how about flying up with me some time...

...and paying a visit? I mean as soon as the run is in.

Oh, I'd love it!

I'm afraid I don't understand a word of Eskimo, though.

Leave that to me... I'll translate for you...

My family speaks the same dialect.

Great...it's a deal.

See you soon...bye bye.

Boy...she's a doll, isn't she?!

I'd mush for her, any time!

Hey, you're aiming a little high, aren't you?

Now you listen to me, Judge...

I don't have to waste money calling you long-distance...

...to find out how tough things are in Washington.

If you and that ex-senator want to stay on my payroll...

You'll see to it that bill is stopped, before it ever gets to a vote.

Well, kill it in committee.

Good morning, Grandad!

Where have you been?

Skipping out before breakfast.

Oh, I had a few things to do.

Must have been very important to get you up that early, eh?

Well, as a matter of fact, it was.

I was cleaning up Grandpa Thor's cabin.

Since when are you his servant... Can't he do his own cleaning?

He never seems to have time.

Well, tell him to find time!

How you can leave a place like this...

...and go and live with him in that pig-sty, is beyond me.

Please, Grandad, must we go through this, every time I move?

It just doesn't make sense, that's all.

Here you have the most beautiful home a girl could wish for...

YOU made the arrangement to share and share alike... I didn't!

I had no other choice!

Then don't yell at ME!

This where you ought to be... This is where you belong.

I wanted to tell you...

I had a talk with the dean of the University of Seattle, yesterday.

You're all set for the fall term.

No, Grandad, I told you...

I want to go to the University of Alaska for the first 2 years.

What for? Just to please HIM?

Grandpa Thor has nothing to do with it!

I want to be with my friends.

You'll make new friends!

When I think of the people you run around with here...

Eskimos...Indians...half-breeds!

You seem to forget... I'm one quarter Eskimo myself!

Don't remind me...I'm trying to forget... And I suggest you do the same!

Thank heavens, with your hair and complexion, you can pass!

Pass?!

Maybe it doesn't mean much up here... Everybody mixing with everybody else...

You wait till you et outside... You'll find how people think!

Well if that's how they think, I'd rather stay home.

Prejudice is nothing but a cover-up for your own inferiority.

Oh...I know where THAT kind of talk comes from!

Like all his other crackpot ideas.

If he ever faced up to reality...

...did something practical...

...instead of wasting his time shooting his mouth off...

How can you say that?!

He's given his life to something he believes in!...

His ideals!

Hogwash! Just to get at ME!

I'm the money-grubber... and HE's the big saint!

I know how he tries to tear me down when you're with him.

I've been keeping score for years... You're BOTH even!

Wang!

Yes, miss?

Would you get the rest of my things and bring them downstairs, please.

Chrissy...

I'm sorry if I was a little...

I had a rough morning. I shouldn't take it out on you.

That's alright, Grandad... I understand.

I don't. I can't.

Some day when I'm gone, and I'm not here to take care of you...

You'll find out what the world is really like.

Now, Grandad, don't talk like that.

You're gonna be around for a long long time.

I hope so... for YOUR sake.

It's going to be awful lonesome for the next 3 months.

I'm not leaving town... I'll see you around.

Give me a kiss.

I'll get it.

Grandad!

- Grandad! - Christine!

- Hello, Thor. - Hello Bridie...how are you?

Let me look at you...

Every time I go away and come back... It looks like she's grown another inch!

- In ALL directions! - Oh, Aunt Bridie!

You should see her in a sweater and bluejeans!

How are you, Grandad?

Never better!

And after what happened in Washington, I've got good reason.

Good to be home again.

Thor, don't you think it's just about time

you moved into something a little more modern?

What's wrong with this?

Nothing...unless you think you're Abraham Lincoln.

Oh, is that so?!

As long as Christine doesn't mind living here...

- I love it, Grandad. - There, you see!

Here, I got something for you.

For me?

You didn't think I was coming back to my little girl, empty-handed, did you?

You really shouldn't've , Grandad!

You know I have everything I need...

You really can't afford it.

It's all paid for... You might as well enjoy it...

Go on...open it up!

Here, I've got something for you too.

This is a replica of the Washington Monument.

That just rounds out my collection...

Thor Storm... Whats the matter with you?

Don't they sell perfume in the USA anymore?

Oh, Aunt Bridie...look!

Another sweater...and with beads!

Now, doesn't she have enough to catch the boys' eyes?

It's lovely, Grandad...thank you!

I know it doesn't compare

with all the things your other grandfather keeps giving you.

But I hope you'll never measure love by money.

Well, of course not.

It's all HE seems to be concerned with.

Himself and his bank account!

Well I admit Grandad Zeb has his faults...

But he's still a great man.

Anyone who could start like he did, and make a success...

Ever tell you HOW he made it?

Now, Thor!

Of course not... He's too smart for that.

But you just wait till next week...

There'll be a congressional committee here, to hold hearings on Alaskan statehood.

And you'll hear the truth then... if I have to drag it out of him.

Then Zeb will be called?

You bet he will!

And I'll be there to shove every one of his lies right back down his throat!

At last I've got him where I want him!

When I get through with him THIS time...

Please, Grandad!

Must you start on Grandpa Zeb, the minute you get back?!

I just want you to see what kind of a conniving hypocrite he is!

If you'll excuse me, I'll get supper ready.

- Christine! - Leave her alone!

Thor, if you and Zeb don't stop trying to get at each other through that child...

You're both going to lose her!

She's had just about all she can take!

I'm warning you!

Gentlemen, gentlemen... quiet, quiet, please...

We must have order here... quiet please!

Ladies and gentlemen, quiet, please!

Now we must have order during these proceedings...

Or we're just not going to get anywhere.

Alright Mr Kennedy...go ahead.

It's all a matter of simple economics...

Where would a territory like this, with so few people...

get the money to support a state?

I should like to remind you that...

...the territory of Alaska has over 200,000 people right this minute.

Just a moment, Mr Storm.

Mr Kennedy, our records show there has been

quite an increase in revenue up here over the past several years.

That's all due to the army and the airforce.

Without them, Alaska's so-called prosperity would collapse overnight.

Let him give the facts to support that statement!

It's all very well for the fanatics to shoot their mouths off...

But who's going to foot the bill?

Statehood can only mean a bigger and bigger tax load for all the people...

...until it finally breaks their backs.

That's a lie!

Is that why you spend millions a year fighting statehood...

So you can keep our taxes down?!

It was YOU and men like you...

...who almost caused us to lose Alaska at the start of World War II.

If we'd been a state then...

our defences would never have been permitted to become so weak

as to allow the Japanese to attack us.

But all these things can mean nothing to you...

Because there's nothing and no one you wouldn't sacrifice to 'Czar' Kennedy!

Including your own country!

Mr Husack...always nice to see you and your son.

Hello, Zeb.

I hate to bother you, after what you've gone through today, but...

I got a call from Seattle...

The money boys are worried...

This new statehood bill has got them falling out of their beds.

I'm not licked yet...

I've blocked it for 20 years, and I'll do it again.

Well, I tried to tell them that...

But, they've got millions invested with you, and...

And they've got the Kennedy Enterprises as collateral.

If statehood goes through... how good will that collateral be?

You know what'll happen, Zeb...

First, they'll abolish the fish traps.

Then force half your canneries to close down.

They'll hit you with state taxes, and all kinds of controls.

You'll be the number one target.

When they get through your mines, your mils, your newspapers...

...and everything else you've got your hands in up here...

You're gonna bleed!

And if you bleed... so will they.

Cut the funeral-speech, Dave, and get to the point!

Well...

Unless you can come up with some kind of guarantee that their money is safe...

They're going to pull out.

You mean they're threatening to liquidate me?

- Mr Kennedy... - Yeah?

If you'll forgive me sir, but...

I don't think you're looking at this realistically.

What do you mean?

Statehood is inevitable.

Nobody can stop it.

Our only hope is to delay it.

Delay it long enough to build a political organisation of our own.

Put responsible men into office.

So that when the time comes to make the shift to state government...

...there won't be a radical change.

Go on.

Our one big problem is Thor Storm.

As long as he's spearheading the legislature...

...postponement is practically impossible.

Zeb, he's right... The man is dynamite.

Should've stopped him a long time ago.

Be quiet, Dave!

Go on.

I'm listening.

What we have to do, is find someone to run against him.

A middle-of-the-road candidate...

Someone who is in favour of statehood...

But who will take the position, that Alaska is not yet ready for it.

Very good!

What about YOU?

- Me?! - Why not?!

People like you... They respect you...

They still remember those medals you brought back from Korea.

And you've got YOUTH!

Wherever you look, young men are taking over in politics.

But I don't have the political experience!

And frankly, sir, I'm afraid too many people identify me with the Kennedy interests.

Suppose Thor Storm's granddaughter endorsed you?

Wouldn't that change the complexion of things?

Look, Zeb...I don't know what kind of pills you been taking, but...

Why should Christine endorse Bay?

If she were his wife, why shouldn't she?

His wife?!

I know how she feels about you, and that you're very fond of her.

It's about time she settled down with somebody who'll amount to something.

I think Christine is a fine girl...

I've always liked her.

But I'm sure neither of us ever thought of marriage.

After all...I am 12 years older than she is.

What difference does that make?... She needs somebody with maturity.

You're not worried about that redhead you've been running around with, are you?

Not exactly...no.

We did have a kind of understanding.

Well...time can change your understanding about a lot of things.

Right?

Yeah.

Well, Zeb...you've done it again.

Congratulations, my boy!

Congratulations!

Don't push him, Dave.

I wouldn't want you to force anything.

Think it over, Bay.

Well?

It was sweet of you to call, Bay.

I thought you needed a respite from the heat of battle.

You were right!

Awful, wasn't it?

It seems such a shame... They're both such great men.

I sometimes wish I could get away from both of them

Why don't you?

How can I...without hurting them.

Have you ever thought of getting married?

That WOULD be a way out, wouldn't it?!

But then, I'd have to find the right man.

There must be a lot of boys around.

All you'd have to do is give them a little smile.

There are plenty of boys, but very few men.

What category would you put ME in?

YOU?!

Aren't I eligible?

- Sure...but you're already taken. - Who said that?

- You and Muriel...everyone knows... - Muriel and I are just old friends...

I've told you that.

You're kidding me, Bay!

No, I'm not.

You want to get married...

I didn't even know you were serious about anybody.

Neither did Zeb... He called a few minutes ago...

Apparently, he's just as surprised as WE are.

What did HE say about it?

It's alright with HIM... He wants me to be happy.

Do you think I want you to be UN-happy?!

Who's the lucky boy?

Bay Husack.

Bay Husack?!

You can't mean it!

Well, what's wrong with him?

What's wrong with him?!

Why, he's nothing but a high-class stooge!

He's a tool for Zeb Kennedy!

No wonder he was all for it!

You have NO right to say that!

Well, just because he handles his legal affairs...

...doesn't mean that he...

But EVERYBODY knows whose side he's on!

Do I have to choose a man, according to whose side he's on?

Bridie...tell her what a terrible mistake she's making.

I've already told her what I think.

Bay seems like a very nice young man...

He's charming, he's intelligent...

But I want HER to be sure.

I don't like him, I never have. I don't trust him!

What do you mean, you don't trust him.

- You've never even spoken to him! - I don't have to...

The fact that he's associated with Zeb, is enough for me!

Can't you think of anything, but your hatred for Grandpa Zeb?!

Doesn't MY happiness mean anything to you?

Of course it does!

But I don't want my granddaughter married to anybody whose soul is owned by...

Just a minute, Thor... don't you dare object on those grounds!

We've had just about all we can take from both you and Zeb.

If Christine and Bay really love each other, we have no right to interfere.

Thank you, Aunt Bridie!

- Julie...oh, how lovely you look! - Thank you.

Mr Mayor, I'm so glad you could come.

Miss Ballantyne...it was our pleasure.

And congratulations to both you young people.

Thank you so much.

Well...when's the wedding day?

Going to announce it this evening, Your Honor!

We're very happy for both of you.

Well...!

Good evening, everyone!

Good evening.

It was so thoughtful of you to invite me, Miss Ballantyne!

I don't know HOW to thank you!

Well, I...

I'm Muriel Beirach...

Well...didn't Bay tell you about US?!

Naughty boy, keeping so many secrets from everyone!

And YOU must be Christine!

What a lovely bride you'll make!

And so young, too!

Well, I hope you'll both be VERY very!

Come, Roger!

I'm terribly sorry...

I'm afraid she had a few too many.

Did you invite her, Bay?

Of course not!

She didn't exactly sound like an old FRIEND!

Did I detect a note of bitterness?

Ross...how nice to see you!

Miss Ballantyne..nice to be here... thank you.

- Christine... - Hello, Ross.

I'd like you to meet my fianc�, Bay Husack.

Bay, this is Ross Guildenstern.

- Glad to know you, sir. - Heard a lot about you.

Thank you, and congratulations!

As we say up north...

"May your house be as warm as the love in your heart for your bride".

Thank you.

Do you mind if we have a drink?

Looks like everybody here has one...

...but the man who needs one the most!

Go right ahead!

Darling...I meant to tell you...

...what an ideal choice I think you are for Bay!

There's just no question that you can help his political career...

...far more than I ever could!

After all...

What could poor little old Muriel Beirach, a storekeeper's daughter, do for him...

...compared with 'Czar' Kennedy's granddaughter!

I wish you EVERY every!

What was THAT all about?

Christine...has Bay ever said anything to you...

...about going into politics?

No...never! Why?

Nothing.

Darling, you stay here and look after our guests...

I want to talk to your grandfather.

Come on now, Bridie...

What was so important, you couldn't tell us inside, eh?

What's all the mystery, Miss Ballantyne?

I just thought we might have a little talk!

Talk?

Yes!

Everything's been going so fast...

...we haven't had a chance to think, have we?

What's there to think about?

How suddenly it happened between you and Christine, I mean.

It wasn't as sudden as all that... not really.

No, of course not...

Christine and Bay have known each other all their lives.

I never told her that I loved her, because I wasn't sure, that's all.

And what made you sure?!

I don't know, exactly...

Who's to say when liking someone, suddenly turns to love?

Then it WAS sudden?!

I didn't mean that literally, Miss Ballantyne.

I mean something must have happened...

...to make you realise how you felt about her.

What are you getting at, Bridie?!

Why, nothing?!

Is there something to get at, Bay?!

What kind of questions are these, on the night of their engagement party?

I don't understand all this...

You make me feel as if I'm on trial here.!

You shouldn't, unless you're guilty of something.

The only thing I'm guilty of is that I'm tired of playing the field.

And I confess to choosing the finest girl I know...

...to settle down with.

In that case, you stand acquitted.

Well, I should hope so.

Come on, let's go back inside...

Our guests will be wondering where we are.

Just one more question.

Bay...

Are YOU going into politics?

Why do you ask that?

I'd like Bay to answer me, if you don't mind!

Well?

I don't know what you're driving at!

Well, it's a simple enough question.. Yes, or no?

Where did you get such an idea?

From Muriel.

Who the hell is Muriel?!

It seems she's an old friend.

I don't know what she told you...

She said plenty!

When DID you decide to go into politics, Bay?

Been no actual decision made... It was just a thought, that's all.

And when you asked Christine to marry you...

...was it a thought THEN?!

What's wrong with him going into politics, if he wants to?

Nothing!

What were you thinking about running for... the legislature, maybe?

- Perhaps...eventually. - Against Thor Storm!?

What difference does it make? What's the point of these questions?!

I'll tell you what the point is!

It would be very advantageous for Bay to be married to Christine...

...if he should just HAPPEN to run against Thor!

THAT's why you've engineered this marriage, isn't it, Zeb?!

Isn't it?!

Aunt Bridie!

What are you saying?!

My dear, I didn't mean for you to hear.

But I know Zeb Kennedy better than anyone.

I can see his fine hand in every bit of it.

Bay!...?

It can't be true!

It can't!

Well, SAY something!

How COULD you?!

And YOU, Grandad!

Whatever I did, was for your own good.

Liar!

Whenever you do something rotten, you always try to justify yourself!

I thought at least you loved Christine!

I do, I do!... I love her more that...

You don't love anybody, Zeb... You never have!

You don't even know the meaning of the word!

You've sold us ALL out... Everyone who was ever close to you.

Your wife, and Thor, and ME...

And now your own grand-daughter!

Christine...you can't believe that.

Stay away from me!

I never want to see you again!

Never!

Stay away from me!

- Hello, Ross. - Christine.. - Good morning, Ross.

Everything all set?

I'm afraid we're gonna be delayed.

Engine trouble.

The scheduled flight to Juneau has been temporarily postponed.

I've got to be there by this afternoon. There's a meeting of the Statehood Committee.

And I'm leaving for Washington in the morning.

I suppose I could fly you down in MY plane

I'd certainly appreciate it.

By the way, Christine, I should be back this afternoon...

How about dinner tonight?

I'll be waiting, Ross.

Goodbye, dear. Goodbye Grandad.

Looks pretty thick up ahead.

You better tighten up on your belt... It might get a little rough.

Juneau tower...Juneau tower... This is Piper 8898-delta...

En route from Barinof to Juneau...

Can I have your latest weather report... Over.

Juneau tower to Piper 8898-delta..

Hard weather here...heavy overcast...

Ceiling 100 feet...visibility one and a half miles

Heavy snow and ice.

Present conditions to continue and increase....

98-delta...roger.

What's wrong?

Getting some carburettor ice.

Mayday...mayday...mayday!

This is Piper 8898-delta...

Picking up heavy carburettor ice...

Forced to make a landing...

Losing power...

Position about 29 miles north of Mt Ogilvie...

...on the east rim of Taku Glacier...

Brace yourself.

The last contact with the pilot, Ross Guildenstern...

...was on the Taku glacier, some 400 miles south of here.

Since then, no further word has been received.

Search planes are waiting to take off...

..at the first break of the weather in that area.

Mr Storm was en route to Washington...

...where he hoped to speed up the bill on Alaska's long fight for statehood.

But without his presence at the capital...

...there's doubts as to whether this session of Congress

will get the bill through.

Trying to land on a glacier in a snowstorm...

It's pretty rugged.

He might make it.

The boy's a good flyer.

Like all those Eskimo kids.

The odds are 1000 to 1 against them getting out alive.

Look, Zeb...I hate to dance on anybody's grave...

You sound like a ghoul!

Facts are facts.

With Thor Storm out of the way, this could be a break for us.

We could use one right now.

I'm just trying to be realistic.

I don't want to sound callous.

Miss Ballantyne!

Wang, is Mr Kennedy in, please?

Bridie!

Zeb...

Have you heard about Thor?

It just came over the radio.

Then you know they won't let any search planes go out...

...until the storm lets up.

By that time, it'll be too late!

They'll either be frozen to death...

...or covered with snow so deep that nobody will ever find them.

What do you want ME to do?

I can't make them change their rules.

Zeb, you've been flying over Taku Glacier for years...

You know that country as well as any bush-pilot up here.

And they wouldn't stop a private plane from taking off.

Are you expecting ME to save him... and risk my life?!

Why not? He save yours once.

At no risk to his own.

He would 've if he had to!

What's the matter, Zeb?

Are you afraid of giving more than you got?!

If you won't do it for HIM or for ME... at least think of Christine!

You know what Thor means to her... and that boy!

At least go out and find where they are...

...so search planes can find them later on.

Zeb...for years I've been telling myself, that there's SOME spark of good in you!

For once in your life, do something for somebody else!

You're gonna die a lonely old man!

I must say she's got a nerve asking you to stick your neck out...

...for a guy who's been trying to chop it off for the past 30 years.

But, Paul... there must be a pilot someplace!

I'll pay him anything...anything!

Well...keep trying!

Excuse me...

I thought you ought to know...

Zeb has gone out to look for them.

Grandpa Zeb?!

Oh, Aunt Bridie!

I'm going to the airport to wait it out...

If you'd care to join me.

Just have a seat, ladies.

Charlie...

Let me in on all incoming calls.

Storm!...Storm!

There's a plane overhead... they've just seen us...they're signalling!

Calling Barinof Tower...

This is Zeb Kennedy...

AN6874-D

I've spotted Thor Storm's plane at the bottom of a gorge...

I can see Mt Ogilvie... it's about 40 miles south.

It's still pretty rough, but I'm going to try to make a landing.

Over and out.

Mr Storm...we're getting out!

We've got help!

Zeb!

I'm just paying back an old debt, that's all.

Let's get him up.

And following the dramatic rescue...

Thor storm was able to complete his journey to Washington...

...where he made his final and strongest appeal for the Alaskan statehood bill.

Today Congress voted its approval...

...and Alaska takes its official place as the 49th state of the union.

Now we switch you to Barinof...

...where Mr Storm is speaking.

The nations of the world today are faced with a choice...

Either to live in mutual fear and distrust...

...or to work together with faith in each other.

This I learned from a man who opposed me for many years.

A man I thought to be my enemy.

I speak of Zeb Kennedy, known to many of you as 'Czar' Kennedy.

In the moment of supreme crisis...

...he proved to be my friend...

...and revealed the truth of himself.

No greater good, can men do...

...than to join hands to work together for the benefit of all.

And let us make of Alaska...

...a shining demonstration of this faith in each other.

A great land is ours...

God has given us riches in abundance.

From the depths of the sea...

In mountains of minerals...

In forests, from horizon to horizon...

In plains that still await the plow.

Let us bring these riches forth...

For the sake, not only of our children...

But for all generations to come.

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