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CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.

Children: ♪ DUVALIER, CREATOR OF THE NEW HAITI ♪

♪ PRESIDENT FOR LIFE ♪

♪ DUVALIER, SUPREME LEADER OF THE FLAG AND OF OUR NATION ♪

♪ PRESIDENT FOR LIFE ♪

♪ DUVALIER, FOR PEACE, PROGRESS, AND CIVILIZATION ♪

♪ PRESIDENT FOR LIFE ♪

♪ DUVALIER, AUTHOR OF OUR GLORIOUS NEW HISTORY ♪

♪ PRESIDENT FOR LIFE ♪

♪ DUVALIER, IDOL OF THE MASSES ♪

♪ AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE NATION ♪

♪ PRESIDENT FOR LIFE ♪

♪ DUVALIER, GREAT HEAD OF STATE FOR ALL... ♪

[MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[FOGHORN BLASTING]

[FOGHORN BLASTING]

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO HELLO, HELLO.

BUENAS TARDES, SEÑORA, SEÑORITA, SEÑOR.

BUENAS TARDES, SEÑOR.

ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END, EH?

¿CóMO?

I GET OFF HERE IN HAITI.

AH, SI-- WE ARE GOING TO SANTO DOMINGO.

I SHALL MISS OUR LITTLE SESSIONS OF GIN RUMMY.

YES.

YOU OWE ME 35 BUCKS, OLD MAN.

SHH! MY WIFE.

YOU TAKE IT IN PESETAS?

NO DOLLARS?

NO.

ANY OLD CURRENCY IS GOOD BETWEEN PALS.

54 TO THE DOLLAR...

I MAKE IT 1,890 PESETAS.

YEAH...TAKE 1,000.

ANYTHING TO OBLIGE.

ADIOS, SEÑORA, SEÑORITAS, ADIOS.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

YES?

Man: COME IN, MAJOR.

AH, THERE YOU ARE, BROWN.

JOIN US IN A GLASS.

THANKS. I'LL HAVE TO BE NIPPY, THOUGH.

I HAVEN'T FINISHED ME PACKING,

AND SOME OF THE TOP BRASS

WILL BE WAITING FOR ME ON SHORE.

WITH SODA?

JUST A SPLASH.

I BROUGHT YOU BACK BITS AND PIECES

YOU LEFT ME FOR THE CONCERT.

YOU CERTAINLY TOOK US ALL IN

WITH YOUR CONJURING TRICKS.

OH, WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE WAS IN MAGNIFICENT VOICE!

I WISH I UNDERSTOOD DUTCH!

WELL, IF I'M NOT UP AT THE HOTEL

TILL LATE, OLD MAN, DON'T LOCK ME OUT.

IT MEANS I'M TAKING TIFFIN

WITH COLONEL BISCHE.

DO YOU KNOW THE COLONEL?

NO, I DON'T MIX IN SUCH HIGH CIRCLES.

WELL, I'LL BRING HIM UP SOMETIME

FOR A DRINK AND INTRODUCE YOU.

IS THIS YOURS, MAJOR?

OH, MY GOODNESS. YES.

OH, THANKS. I WOULDN'T LOSE THAT

FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA.

IT WAS WITH ME IN BURMA

IN '42 AND '43-- THE BAD YEARS.

MAJOR H.R. JONES, 5 CORPS, IMPHAL.

WELL, I HAD THAT ADDED AFTER THE WAR

FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE.

WELL, MUSTN'T KEEP THE NOBS WAITING.

SEE YOU AT THE HOTEL.

OH, WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.

CHEERIO, PURSER.

SEE YOU ON YOUR RETURN TRIP

IF I'M STILL HERE.

IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.

Woman: YOU'VE COUNTED THE BAGS, DEAR?

Man: YES, 4.

AND THE CARTONS?

23.

GOOD.

WELL, HERE WE GO.

YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING

OF OUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT.

HMM.

TOURIST?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NOT TOURIST.

I'M HERE ON BUSINESS.

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?

I'M HERE BY SPECIAL INVITATION, YOU SEE.

I EXPECTED TO BE MET.

YOUR NAME?

JONES, MAJOR JONES.

MET? BY WHO?

BY COLONEL BISCHE, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF.

COLONEL BISCHE.

MAY I SEE THE INVITATION?

BY ALL MEANS.

PLEASE, COME WITH ME.

WHERE TO?

MY OFFICE. IT IS JUST NEAR.

MY LETTER.

YOU SHALL HAVE IT BACK. THIS WAY.

MY LUGGAGE.

WE WILL SEE TO THAT.

NO SERVICE IS TOO MUCH

FOR A FRIEND OF COLONEL BISCHE.

FIRST CLASS VOYAGE.

OH, LOOK, DEAR.

MAJOR JONES HAS FOUND HIS FRIENDS.

OH, GOOD.

SEA LIKE A POND.

VERY PLEASANT COMPANIONS.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

WHO ARE THESE THUGS?

I AM CAPTAIN CANCASSEUR,

AND THESE THUGS

ARE THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL POLICE--

TONTON MACOUTE. THEY RECEIVE VERY UNFAIR PUBLICITY

IN YOUR BRITISH JOURNALS.

THEY'LL HAVE WORSE AFTER THIS.

I DEMAND TO SEE MY AMBASSADOR.

YOU HAVE NO AMBASSADOR, MAJOR JONES.

WE EXPELLED HIM 3 MONTHS AGO.

THIS IS MICHEL.

I ALWAYS HAVE HIM PRESENT

AT INTERROGATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

THERE'S NO HURRY. FIRST, UNDRESS.

UNDRESS?

UNDRESS!

YOU'RE GOING A BIT TOO FAR.

YOU SIMPLY CAN'T STRIP A BROTHER OFFICER STARKERS

IN FRONT OF THE OTHER RANKS...

BLOODY OUTRAGEOUS.

MICHEL?

[SCREAMING]

HI. WELCOME TO HAITI.

HELLO, PETIT PIERRE.

HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS ABOARD?

THE EYES AND EARS OF THE PRESS,

MONSIEUR BROWN.

HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK IN HAITI.

HOW ARE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY?

TOO BRIGHT. ARE WE STILL BLACKED OUT

EVERY EVENING HERE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE?

YOU WILL FIND NOTHING HAS CHANGED,

MONSIEUR BROWN, NOTHING.

YOU HAVE JUST TIME TO REACH YOUR HOTEL

BEFORE DARK.

PETIT PIERRE, DO ME A FAVOR.

THERE'S AN APPOINTMENT I HAVE TO KEEP.

WILL YOU SEE MY BAGS THROUGH THE CUSTOMS

AND HAVE THEM SENT TO THE HOTEL?

IT'S A PLEASURE, MONSIEUR BROWN.

GIVE ME YOUR TICKETS.

THANK YOU.

DE RIEN.

[TRYING TO SPEAK FRENCH]

THAT'S LAKE, DEAR.

HOW LONG YOU STAY?

I LIVE HERE.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

WHERE'S MAJOR JONES? HE'S A GUEST IN MY HOTEL.

THIS IS HIS HAT.

HE WAS MET.

AHHH...PETIT PIERRE,

WOULD YOU HAVE THAT SENT UP WITH MY BAGS?

HE'LL MISS IT.

HOW LONG YOU BEEN AWAY?

3 MONTHS.

NEW YORK? YES.

BUSINESS? YES.

WHAT BUSINESS?

I WAS TRYING TO SELL MY HOTEL.

THERE WERE NO TAKERS.

NO? NO TAKERS AT ALL.

HAITIAN STOCKS ARE VERY LOW.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW?

MONSIEUR BROWN IS A GREAT LOVER OF HAITI

AND A PERSONAL FRIEND.

I'LL CALL FOR THIS LATER.

OK.

[BEGGING]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

HAVE YOU ANY NEWS FOR MY PAPER?

THEY'VE INVENTED A NEW TOOTHPASTE IN THE STATES

THAT TASTES LIKE A DRY MARTINI.

HA HA! NO KIDDING.

AND I SNARED 3 PASSENGERS FOR MY HOTEL.

TOURISTS BACK IN HAITI? THAT IS NEWS, INDEED.

[BEGGING]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

ONE OF THEM IS A MAJOR JONES.

MAJOR JONES... J-O-N-E-S.

J-O-N-E-S.

HE FOUGHT THE JAPS IN BURMA.

IF YOU WANT COLORFUL STORIES, HE'S YOUR MAN.

I'VE HEARD AT LEAST 100.

AND YOUR OTHER GUESTS?

MR. AND MRS...

AH, NOW THERE'S A TIDBIT FOR YOU.

SMITH RAN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

IN 1948 AGAINST TRUMAN. TAXI?

PARDON, MONSIEUR BROWN.

DID YOU SAY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?

I HAVE A BAD MEMORY. 1948...DEWEY.

WELL, I'D NEVER HEARD OF SMITH, EITHER,

BUT IT APPEARS HE RAN ON THE VEGETARIAN TICKET.

HA HA, AN ECCENTRIC.

HE HAS GREAT PLANS FOR HAITI.

HE HAS AN INTRODUCTION

TO THE MINISTER OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

TAXI! CAN YOU STOP THESE FELLOWS?

YES, YES.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

MONSIEUR BROWN, DID YOU MEAN MONSIEUR PHILIPOT?

YES, HE'S STILL THE MINISTER, ISN'T HE?

I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER

IF I WENT BACK AND HELPED YOUR FRIENDS.

THEY DO NOT KNOW HAITI AS YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

WARN THEM ABOUT THE BLACKOUT

AND TELL THEM IF I'M DELAYED,

JOSEPH WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.

A BIENTOT. OK.

TO YOUR HOTEL?

NO, JUST DROP ME AT THE COLUMBUS STATUE.

[SNIFF]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

MEDICINE?

DEAR, YOU'RE THE LINGUIST.

NO. PAS MEDECINES.

[CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH]

THIS IS YEAST.

BARMENE, SLIPPERY ELM FOOD.

SELLING?

NO, FOR MANGER.

HEALTH. SANTE. SANTE.

MARIJUANA.

MONSIEUR SMITH, MADAME SMITH,

HOW VERY GOOD TO MEET YOU.

MONSIEUR BROWN HAS SENT ME.

HOW DO YOU DO?

ANY HELP I CAN GIVE?

THIS GOOD MAN DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND VERY WELL.

HE SEEMS TO THINK WE'RE SELLING MARIJUANA.

SELLING? OF COURSE NOT!

I UNDERSTAND. FOR STRICTLY PERSONAL USE.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

JUST GIVE HIM $5.00.

AAH.

"I'M THE HAITIAN FLAG, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE."

SIGNED PAPA DOC.

FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE.

HE LIVES FOR THEM AND THEY DIE FOR HIM.

Brown: STOP HERE.

HERE.

MADAME LA AMBASSADRESSE.

MY GOD, IT'S YOU.

IT'S REALLY YOU.

3 MONTHS.

3 YEARS... 3 DECADES.

WHY DID YOU TAKE THE BOAT? WHY NOT THE PLANE?

4 WASTED DAYS.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU TIME TO READ MY LETTER AND DECIDE.

DECIDE WHAT?

YOU WANT IT TO GO ON LIKE THIS, WITH ME?

OH, YOU FOOL.

THAT'S MY ANSWER...

WHAT'S YOURS?

COLONEL BISCHE IS GOING TO KNOW OF THIS.

HE GAVE ME HIS PERSONAL INVITATION.

BIEN. SPEAK TO HIM. HE'S HERE.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

WHERE DOES YOUR HUSBAND THINK YOU ARE?

PLAYING GIN RUMMY, LIKE 3 MONTHS AGO.

DOES HE BELIEVE YOU?

I DON'T KNOW. HE NEVER ASKS QUESTIONS.

MY DARLING, WHAT TIME IS IT?

I DON'T KNOW. MY WATCH HAS STOPPED.

DID HE...COMFORT YOU WHEN I WAS AWAY?

I CAN BE FAITHFUL FOR A FEW MONTHS...

EXCEPT IN MY DREAMS.

I WAS FAITHFUL, TOO...

IN MY WAY.

DON'T TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WAY.

JUST BE QUIET.

ANGELITO?

OH, HE NOTICES EVERYTHING.

REPORTS TO HIS FATHER?

OH, MY DARLING, CHILDREN WATCH EVERYTHING.

IT'S PART OF LEARNING.

YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU'VE NEVER HAD A CHILD.

HAVE YOU SOLD IT?

NO.

OH, I'M SO GLAD.

SOMEDAY I'LL NEED THE MONEY TO FOLLOW YOU.

FOLLOW ME?

AMBASSADORS COME AND GO.

[GOATS BLEATING]

JUST IN TIME FOR THE BLOODY BLACKOUT.

NOT VERY WELCOMING, IS IT?

THINGS WERE LIVELY IN YOUR MOTHER'S TIME,

EVEN THOUGH YOU WEREN'T HERE IN THOSE DAYS.

NEITHER WERE THE TONTON. WHEN SHALL I SEE YOU?

I CAN'T TOMORROW.

THE DAY AFTER, THEN?

YES, IF ANGELITO'S BETTER. HE'S NOT WELL.

I'M AFRAID HE'S CAUGHT A CHILL.

YOU SEE THERE WAS NO REASON TO FEAR.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

NO, NOTHING.

I'D LEAVE MANUEL TOMORROW

IF IT WEREN'T FOR ANGELITO.

YES, I KNOW.

BUT ANGELITO'S HERE TO STAY.

JOSEPH?

JOSEPH?

JOSEPH?

JOSEPH?

MONSIEUR BROWN.

JOSEPH, WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

I'VE GOT GUESTS WHO ARRIVE IN A MINUTE,

MY LUGGAGE WAS LEFT IN THE HALL.

THE MINISTER, MONSIEUR PHILIPOT,

HE CAME HERE YESTERDAY.

WHAT DID HE WANT?

MONSIEUR BROWN, PLEASE COME QUICK.

HE'S DONE TERRIBLE THING.

HE CAME YESTERDAY TO HIDE FROM TONTONS.

I TELL HIM TO STAY HERE.

A VERY SICK MAN.

WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT?

I HEAR CAR. I THINK TONTONS COME.

I SAY, "GO AWAY DOUBLE QUICK."

HE SAY, "I AM SICK TO LET TO GO ANYWHERE."

HE RUN INTO THE GARDEN,

I FOLLOW HIM, TOO LATE.

[SPEAKING LATIN]

WHERE'S EVERYBODY GOT TO?

WHERE'S THE MAID? WHERE'S THE COOK?

THEY SCARED. THEY LOCK THEMSELVES IN.

Man: ANYONE HOME?

OH, IS THAT YOU, MR. BROWN?

THE TAXI LEFT US OFF AT THE GATE.

AH, I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO GREET YOU

ON THE STEPS OF THE HOTEL.

A LITTLE DOMESTIC PROBLEM.

JOSEPH, WOULD YOU GET THE JOHN BARRYMORE SUITE READY,

AND BE SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF OIL LAMPS.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE LIGHTS,

THEY'LL COME BACK ON AGAIN IN A MINUTE.

YOUR FRIEND MONSIEUR PIERRE

WAS VERY HELPFUL AT THE CUSTOMS.

DID YOU GO TO THE EMBASSY?

I LEFT MY CARD.

IS THAT A POOL YOU HAVE THERE?

YES.

ONE THING I LIKE IS A SWIM BEFORE BREAKFAST.

YES, WELL, I'LL GET IT FILLED UP DURING THE NIGHT.

NOW THAT'S YOUR SUITE UP THERE.

WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON,

YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE OF PORT-AU-PRINCE.

DID JOHN BARRYMORE REALLY STAY THERE?

AH, THAT'S BEFORE MY TIME,

BUT I CAN SHOW YOU HIS LIQUOR BILLS.

OH, A GREAT TALENT RUINED.

AH, YES, WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP,

JOSEPH WILL MEET YOU.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST ASK JOSEPH.

THANK YOU.

Mrs. Smith: OH, THERE WE ARE.

Mrs. Smith: OOH, COME OVER HERE, DEAR.

WHAT A LOVELY VIEW!

YEAH, LOOK AT THE HARBOR.

THAT MUST BE OUR SHIP.

SURELY, THAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S PALACE.

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE.

OH, MR. BROWN.

HAS MAJOR JONES ARRIVED YET?

NO, NOT YET.

WELL, WE WON'T WAIT UP FOR HIM.

MRS. SMITH IS A LITTLE TIRED.

IF WE COULD HAVE SOME HOT WATER

FOR OUR YEAST BROTH.

CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

YOU HEARD THAT, JOSEPH?

OUI, MONSIEUR.

SOME HOT WATER FOR THE JOHN BARRYMORE SUITE,

THEN TAKE THE CAR AND ASK DR. MAGIOT

TO GET HERE AS SOON AS HE CAN.

[RIBBITING]

IT WAS THOUGHTFUL OF HIM TO CHOOSE THIS SPOT.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO TURN ON THE WATER.

WHY WERE THEY AFTER HIM?

OVER A DRINK THE OTHER NIGHT,

HE DESCRIBED THE PRESIDENT

AS A LITTLE COUNTRY WITCH DOCTOR.

TO HAVE A GLASS TOO MANY IS A RECKLESS ACT IN HAITI.

WHY DID HE COME HERE?

I WAS NO GREAT FRIEND.

TOO MANY REFUGEES AT THE EMBASSIES.

THE TONTON KEEP A CLOSE WATCH.

PERHAPS HE THOUGHT AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME

REALLY IS HIS CASTLE.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET THE BODY AWAY FROM HERE.

THEY CAN'T BLAME ME FOR A SUICIDE, MAGIOT.

THEY CAN BLAME YOU

BECAUSE HE PICKED YOUR HOTEL TO HIDE IN.

A VERY NEAT INCISION.

WE DID ANATOMY TOGETHER IN PARIS.

AT THAT TIME HE WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR,

NOT A POLITICIAN.

WHERE'S THE KNIFE?

OH, HERE.

OH? I FORGOT...

HE WAS LEFT-HANDED.

WHERE CAN WE TAKE HIM?

THERE ARE PLENTY OF DESERTED HOMES NOW,

THIS SIDE OF PORT-AU-PRINCE.

HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL OF HIS CLOTHES.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

HAS MRS. SMITH SLEPT WELL?

LIKE A TOP, SIR.

JOSEPH, ONE OF YOUR RUM PUNCH SPECIALS,

SI'L VOUS PLAIT.

YEAH, MONSIEUR.

MERCI.

I HAVE COME TO READ A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT YOU.

ABOUT ME?

YES, IT'S IN MY COLUMN.

PERSONALITIES IN PORT-AU-PRINCE.

I WILL TRANSLATE FOR YOU.

OF COURSE IT SOUNDS MORE SPIRITUAL IN FRENCH.

"HAITI, ALWAYS READY TO WELCOME

"DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO HER WARM BOSOM

"GREETS WITH SPECIAL ARDOR MR. SMITH,

"THE FAMOUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

NARROWLY DEFEATED BY MR. TRUMAN IN 1948."

OH, COME, COME, MONSIEUR PIERRE.

I HAD NO CHANCE OF WINNING.

IT WAS ONLY A GESTURE.

OH, MR. SMITH. YOU ARE TOO MODEST.

MAY I HELP YOU?

NO, NO, NO.

IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

I HOPE YOU MENTION MR. JONES. HE'S QUITE A CHARACTER.

AH, MAJOR JONES...

THAT IS A LITTLE PROBLEM.

THERE HAS BEEN A CONTRETEMPS,

AND MAJOR JONES HAS BEEN DETAINED.

WHO BY?

THE POLICE.

THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE.

TELL ME, HAVE YOU ARRANGED MY APPOINTMENT

WITH THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL WELFARE?

SURELY, MONSIEUR SMITH.

IT WILL BE AT 11:00 THIS MORNING.

THEN I'LL BRING THE MATTER UP WITH HIM.

THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.

YOU'LL FIND MONSIEUR JULES CESAR

A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN.

MONSIEUR PHILIPOT, YOU MEAN.

ALAS, POOR MONSIEUR PHILIPOT IS NO LONGER WITH US.

HE HAS PASSED ON.

PASSED ON?

HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED THIS MORNING.

BREAKDOWN. PRESSURE OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

THE PRESIDENT IS SAID TO BE DEEPLY GRIEVED.

MERCI.

VOILA. MERCI.

THE MINISTER WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.

THERE'S A GREAT BUSTLE TODAY.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS LEAVING FOR NEW YORK

TO MAKE A PROTEST AT THE UNITED NATIONS.

WHAT ABOUT?

TWO REBELS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN THE MOUNTAINS

IN POSSESSION OF AN AMERICAN MACHINE GUN.

THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE PLEASED.

IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST AMERICAN MACHINE GUN

HE'S SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

THEY HAVE FOUND IT MUCH TOO RUSTY TO WORK,

AND SOME SMALL BUT VITAL PARTS ARE MISSING.

Petit: AH, MONSIEUR PINEDA.

GOOD DAY, YOUR EXCELLENCY.

OF COURSE YOU KNOW MONSIEUR BROWN.

BROWN, NO. MY WIFE HAS TOLD ME

A GREAT DEAL ABOUT YOU.

IN FACT, IT'S STRANGE WE'VE NEVER MET BEFORE.

WELL, WE'VE PLAYED A LOT OF GIN RUMMY TOGETHER.

YOUR WIFE'S A VERY GOOD PLAYER.

I HAD HOPED THAT SHE WOULD

BRING YOU OVER TO THE EMBASSY ONE DAY.

WELL, I'VE ONLY RECENTLY COME FROM NEW YORK.

TOMORROW EVENING. WE HAVE A FEW FRIENDS

COMING OVER AFTER DINNER.

YOU KNOW DR. MAGIOT, OF COURSE.

OH, YES. WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US?

WELL, I'D LOVE TO. THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU.

OH, UNFORTUNATELY, MY SMALL SON, ANGELITO,

HE'S GOT THE CHICKEN POX.

DR. MAGIOT SAYS IT'S VERY CONTAGIOUS AT THE MOMENT.

IF YOU'RE IN ANY WAY AFRAID...

OH, NO, NO, NO.

I HAD IT WHEN I WAS A CHILD. I'M NOT AFRAID.

NOT AFRAID.

THE MINISTER WILL SEE YOU NOW.

I THANK YOU.

GOOD-BYE, SIR.

BROWN. TOMORROW?

Brown: SHALL WE GO?

GOOD.

I FEAR THAT MONSIEUR CESAR, THE NEW MINISTER,

STARTS TODAY UNDER VERY SAD AUSPICES.

SUCH A TRAGEDY ABOUT POOR DR. PHILIPOT.

YES.

HOWEVER, KNOWING THE NEW MINISTER,

I DON'T THINK HE'LL BE UNDULY DOWNHEARTED.

NO ACIDITY, YOU SAY.

Smith: POSITIVELY NONE.

AND THE TASTE?

PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

NOURISHING, BUT WITH NO UGLY SENSE OF REPLETION.

NO?

NO.

TELL ME, WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG

WITH ACIDITY, MR. SMITH?

I SPEAK IN IGNORANCE.

YOU SEE, WE HAITIANS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THE WINES

AND HAUTE CUISINE OF FRANCE.

IF WE CAN ELIMINATE ACIDITY FROM THE HUMAN BODY,

WE WOULD ELIMINATE PASSION.

STOP THE WORLD?

I WAS NOT SPEAKING OF LOVE, MR. BROWN.

ANYWAY, YOU'VE COME TO A VEGETARIAN COUNTRY.

95% OF THE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD MEAT OR FISH.

MR. BROWN EXAGGERATES.

THIS IS A VERY AMBITIOUS PROJECT.

I TAKE IT YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS?

WELL, THIS LETTER OF INTRODUCTION

FROM YOUR LATE PREDECESSOR, MONSIEUR PHILIPOT,

WILL EXPLAIN OUR FINANCIAL POSITION.

AH, YES, MONSIEUR PHILIPOT.

A MOST LAMENTED MAN, SIR.

AND HONORED BY ALL HIS COLLEAGUES.

YES, SO I UNDERSTAND.

MY WIFE AND I WILL ATTEND HIS FUNERAL TOMORROW.

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

YES, SIR. WE HAVE SUFFICIENT SUPPORT.

EVERY GREAT PROJECT IS WELCOMED

BY THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT.

PLEASE COME THIS WAY AND I'LL SHOW YOU.

WE ALSO ARE IDEALISTS, MR. SMITH.

THE NEW CITY OF DUVALIERVILLE.

THE SHOPPING CENTER,

THE BANKING CENTER, THE CATHEDRAL.

THE SCHOOL OF ART.

THERE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND

AN APPROPRIATE SITE FOR YOUR CENTER.

IF IT WILL SUIT YOU,

I WILL TAKE YOU TO DUVALIERVILLE MYSELF

THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU'RE VERY KIND, SIR.

AND WHAT IS THAT SPLENDID RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE

ON THE LEFT?

OH, THAT.

LOOKS LIKE A POLICE BARRACKS.

BUT PERHAPS WITH A VEGETABLE DIET,

THE POLICE WILL BE RENDERED UNNECESSARY.

WHICH BRINGS US TO A RATHER MORE DIFFICULT MATTER.

Cesar: YES?

A FRIEND OF MR. SMITH'S HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THE REASON.

HE'S AN ENGLISHMAN CALLED JONES.

AN ENGLISHMAN.

NOW, NOW, THAT IS SOMETHING

FOR THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.

PERHAPS A WORD FROM YOUR EXCELLENCY.

I CANNOT POSSIBLY INTERFERE

IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.

MR. SMITH IS A POLITICAL LEADER

WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU CAN FIND OUT THE CHARGE, I SUPPOSE.

CHARGE?

CHARGE.

AH, CHARGE.

THERE WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE A CHARGE.

WELL, ABOUT OUR LITTLE TRIP THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU COULD BE READY AT 2:00.

I INTEND NO LITTLE TRIP

UNTIL I'VE SEEN AND SPOKEN TO MR. JONES.

BUT THIS IS NOT MY AFFAIR.

MAKE IT YOUR AFFAIR, SIR.

AFTER ALL, MR. SMITH IS A FORMER

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

BE REASONABLE.

THE PRISON ISN'T OPEN TO ANYONE AT ANYTIME.

IT IS NOT A REST HOUSE, MR. SMITH.

SOMETIMES A PRISONER MISBEHAVES.

THE POLICE HAVE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.

AGAINST UNARMED PRISONERS?

JUST A MINUTE, MR. SMITH.

YOUR EXCELLENCY, MR. SMITH WOULD LIKE

TO LEAVE THIS SMALL COMPENSATION FOR ANY DAMAGE

THAT MR. JONES MAY HAVE INFLICTED

ON ONE OF YOUR POLICEMEN.

HAVE A WORD WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES.

I WILL DO WHAT I CAN, BUT IT MAY TAKE TIME.

I WILL NOT GO TO DUVALIERVILLE

UNTIL I'VE SEEN HIM.

AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENT

IS NOT PERSONALLY INTERESTED,

I AM SURE I CAN PERSUADE MY COLLEAGUES.

WELL, WELL.

LOOK WHO'S HERE.

TAKE THE BED, MR. SMITH.

AND YOU?

I'LL STICK TO THE BUCKET.

I'M A BIT STIFF IN THE JOINTS.

IT SEEMS YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING ARREST.

WELL, THAT'S THEIR STORY, OLD MAN.

OH, CAN I HAVE A FAG?

NO FILTER TIPS?

NO, NO.

NEVER MIND.

I LIKE TO GUARD MY HEALTH.

TAKE THE PACK.

OH, THANKS A LOT.

LIGHT?

HAVE A CIGARETTE.

THANK YOU.

Jones: THINGS HAVE TAKEN A TURN FOR THE BETTER.

AT TIFFIN, THEY GAVE ME BEANS.

AND A DOCTOR CHAP CAME AND WORKED ON ME.

OOH, WIZARD JOB.

WHAT ARE YOU CHARGED WITH?

WELL, I THINK I MUST HAVE HAD

THE WRONG CONTACT.

THEY CALL THIS THING A BED?

OH, I'VE DOSSED OUT IN MANY WORSE PLACES.

WHERE, FOR INSTANCE?

IN BURMA, DURING THE WAR.

AT LEAST THERE ARE NO LEECHES HERE,

NO JAPS CREEPING UP ON YOU.

THAT MUST'VE BEEN A VERY TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, MR. JONES.

OH, NOT SO TERRIBLE, MR. SMITH.

THERE WERE COMPENSATIONS,

COMRADESHIP.

AND THEN I HAD A SPECIAL TALENT

WHICH MADE ME IN GREAT DEMAND

AMONG THE JUNGLE BASHERS.

I COULD SMELL WATER FROM FAR OFF,

LIKE A NATIVE.

THAT SAVED MY LIFE ONCE.

NO ONE ELSE CAME BACK TO TELL THE TALE.

WHAT TALE COULD THAT HAVE BEEN?

YOU WON'T APPRECIATE MY POINT OF VIEW, MR. JONES.

I'M A PACIFIST.

ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

WELL, IF EITHER OF YOU HAVE GOT AN ENVELOPE

BY ANY CHANCE?

AN ENVELOPE? ALL I HAVE IS A USED ONE.

WIZARD! I CAN READDRESS IT.

YOUR NAME ON IT WILL CARRY WEIGHT

WITH THE BIG BOYS.

YOU'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PREDECESSORS IN HERE.

FOR THE MOMENT,

I'M ONLY CONCERNED WITH NUMBER ONE.

[READING IN FRENCH]

OGOUN FERRAILLE, VOODOO GOD OF WAR.

SOMEBODY PRAYED TO HIM FOR HELP.

OBVIOUSLY, THE GOD DIDN'T ARRIVE IN TIME.

WHEN YOU GET HOME, OLD MAN,

WOULD YOU SEAL THIS AGAIN

AND HAVE IT DELIVERED PRONTO.

YES, ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS LETTER IS ADDRESSED TO?

NO.

THE PERSONAL SECRETARY OF PAPA DOC,

PRESIDENT DUVALIER HIMSELF.

I WONDER WHAT OUR FRIEND IS UP TO.

THINK YOU OUGHT TO GET INVOLVED?

MRS. SMITH AND I HAVE NEVER SHIRKED AN ISSUE

WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS ARE CONCERNED.

I AM INVOLVED.

SOMETIMES I THINK I ENVY YOU.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

NO VEGETARIAN CENTER HAS EVER BEEN BUILT BEFORE

ON THIS SCALE.

FIRST, A RESTAURANT WITH A FIRST-CLASS CHEF.

SPECIALTY NUT CUTLETS.

THERE'S QUITE AN ART IN WHAT YOU CALL

"NUT CUTLETS," MR. BROWN.

THEN, THERE'LL BE A LIBRARY,

A LECTURE HALL, A CINEMA.

WE WILL SUPPLY

FREE DOCUMENTARY FILMS, OF COURSE.

SEVERAL OTHER MINISTERS

WILL HAVE TO BE SATISFIED,

BUT THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

THEN, PERHAPS, ONE DAY,

WE MAY EVEN BUILD A THEATER IN THE ROUND

FOR VEGETARIAN DRAMA.

SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ROAD.

WE HAD A BAD TYPHOON SEASON.

ISN'T THAT SO, MR. BROWN?

THIS IS THE FINEST HIGHWAY IN HAITI, MR. SMITH.

OH, WELL.

ANYWAY, FIRST THINGS FIRST.

I WANT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS MINISTERS

TO ATTEND THE GALA OPENING

AND TAKE THE FIRST VEGETARIAN MEAL

AS AN EXAMPLE TO HIS PEOPLE

IN THE GREAT NEW CITY OF DUVALIERVILLE.

Brown: THERE IS DUVALIERVILLE.

Smith: WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE?

THE INHABITANTS OF THE OLD VILLAGE

WERE IGNORANT PEASANTS.

WE RETURNED THEM TO THE HILLS.

WE HOPE TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.

THIS CITY WILL BE AN EXAMPLE

OF ELEGANT LIVING

AND A MONUMENT TO OUR PRESIDENT'S GREATNESS.

[BEGGING]

I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT MR. SMITH.

THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR 6 HOURS.

VERY BAD ROAD, MA'AM.

MR. SMITH OK.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM ONCE BEFORE IN MISSISSIPPI.

THERE WAS A WHITE POLICEMAN THERE

AS WICKED AS ANY OF YOUR TONTONS.

I THOUGHT MR. SMITH WOULD STRIKE HIM,

AND HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE.

ONLY LOVE.

BUT LOVE IS AWFULLY HARD SOMETIMES.

OH, WELL. YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS BARMENE, JOSEPH.

3 TEASPOONS TO A CUP.

MR. SMITH PREFERS TWO.

YES, MA'AM. AND SUGAR?

NO, NO SUGAR.

IT'S MUCH MORE HEALTHY THAN TEA OR COFFEE.

OH, A LITTLE MORE HOT WATER, PLEASE?

HOW DID YOU HURT YOUR HIP, JOSEPH?

CAPTAIN CANCASSEUR'S DRIVER ASK ME QUESTIONS.

WHEN I NOT ANSWER, HE BEAT ME WITH CLUB.

BUT THAT'S SHOCKING!

DID YOU REPORT IT?

WHO TO, MA'AM?

BUT IS THERE NO LAW OR ORDER HERE?

TONTON MAKE LAW, TONTON MAKE ORDER.

YOU SEE, MA'AM. THEY RETURN.

EVERYTHING OK.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

IT WILL BE VERY MUCH IN YOUR INTEREST

TO HELP THIS PROJECT ALONG.

HELP SQUEEZE THE ORANGE?

YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF HAITI, MR. BROWN.

IT'S YOUR DUTY TO AID THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

WHERE WOULD I FIND THEM, IN THIS CAR?

[WHISPER] Martha.

ANGELITO'S ASLEEP. I SLIPPED AWAY.

MANUEL SAYS YOU'RE COMING TOMORROW.

I COULDN'T WAIT.

CAN'T YOU TAKE ME SOMEWHERE

WHERE WE'LL REALLY BE ALONE?

LOOK AT YOU.

JUST LET ME LOOK AT YOU.

WERE YOU REALLY FAITHFUL ALL THOSE 3 MONTHS?

I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU.

YES, QUITE FAITHFUL.

YOU SAID IN YOUR WAY.

YES, I...

TRIED TO CHEAT, IT WASN'T ANY GOOD.

AND YOU?

MANUEL WANTED ME.

I TRIED BUT I COULDN'T.

I CRIED BECAUSE IT WASN'T YOU.

IT WAS AN AWFUL NIGHT.

LYING AWAKE, SIDE BY SIDE, SILENT.

LIKE TWO BODIES IN A MORGUE.

AND AFTERWARDS?

HE HAS HIS PRIDE.

YOU'RE FOND OF HIM, AREN'T YOU?

YES.

WHY SHOULDN'T I BE?

HE'S A KIND MAN.

I'M NOT.

I HAVE NO PRIDE.

I STEAL A KIND MAN'S WIFE.

IT'S A SIN AGAINST JUSTICE.

THE PRIESTS AT SCHOOL TAUGHT ME THAT.

THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I WONDER...

ESPECIALLY ON THE EMPTY AFTERNOONS--

YOU HAVE THE DEVIL IN YOU IN THE AFTERNOONS.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT WITH ME, I...

I WONDER WHAT THE DEVIL DOES.

I WAIT, THAT'S ALL.

MY DEAR, MY DARLING.

DON'T TORTURE YOURSELF.

I STILL THINK IT WAS UNWISE

FOR YOU TO COME.

THEY'LL CONSIDER IT A POLITICAL ACT.

MR. SMITH AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN

AFRAID OF POLITICAL ACTS.

MR. PHILIPOT WAS A FRIEND OF A FRIEND.

IT WAS HIS ENCOURAGEMENT THAT BROUGHT ME HERE.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

WHAT IS IT, MADAME PHILIPOT?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THE TONTON WILL NOT LET US PASS.

AND THE DRIVER...

THAT SHALLOW...

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY UP TO?

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

LOOK AT THEM, THE COWARDS.

THEY DROVE HIM TO DEATH,

BUT THEY ARE AFRAID OF HIM

EVEN THOUGH HE IS DEAD.

PEOPLE LOVED HIM!

BUT WHEN WAS THERE LOVE IN HAITI?

HAITI MEANS HATE! HATE!

LOOK AT THEM WITH THEIR GUNS

AND THEIR BLACK GLASSES!

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

THERE MUST BE SOME TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

IT'S NO MISTAKE.

WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?

YOU STAY LONG ENOUGH, YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT.

I THINK WE'D ALL BETTER GO BACK TO THE HOTEL.

AND LEAVE MY HUSBAND HERE?

NEVER.

MRS. SMITH,

I THINK JOSEPH HAD BETTER TAKE YOU BACK.

IF THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE,

I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE WITH MADAME PHILIPOT.

I STAY WITH MY WIFE.

NOW WHAT DO WE DO?

WELL, WE JUST WAIT FOR THEM AND LISTEN.

[SIREN]

I WISH YOU'D COME WITH ME.

IT'D BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

[SIREN]

ON YOUR WAY.

MOVE IT!

STOP HIM! TELL HIM TO STOP!

TELL HIM TO--!

YOU PIG!

LET ME GO!

Brown: TAKE IT EASY.

A GALLANT VICTORY.

I HAD MY ORDERS.

WE HANGED MEN IN EUROPE FOR OBEYING ORDERS.

A PLACE CALLED NUREMBERG.

MONSIEUR BROWN,

I DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU SPEAK.

YOU MAKE A LIVING HERE, HUH?

YOU HIT ONE OF MY GUESTS.

YOUR GUESTS WILL SOON LEAVE.

BUT YOU WILL STAY ON ALONE.

[SIREN]

IT'S AN OUTRAGE!

I'M GOING TO TELEPHONE

PRESIDENT DUVALIER HIMSELF!

IT'S ALL RIGHT, DEAR! I'M NOT HURT.

I'M AFRAID THE TELEPHONES HERE SELDOM WORK.

AND IN ANY CASE,

THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY GAVE THE ORDERS HIMSELF.

IT'S DISGUSTING!

IF YOU HADN'T STOPPED ME--

I THOUGH YOU WERE A PACIFIST, MR. SMITH.

I AM.

I WAS.

I MEAN, WE SOMETIMES HAVE IDEALS

WE CAN'T ALWAYS LIVE UP TO.

BONSOIR.

OH, GOOD EVENING, MR. BROWN.

I'M GLAD YOU CAME.

CAN I GET YOU A DRINK?

YES, SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS.

PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

YOU LIKE IT?

I TOOK IT IN RIO DE JANEIRO

WHEN I WAS FIRST SECRETARY THERE.

VERY GOOD LIKENESS.

YES. SHE WAS REALLY HAPPY IN RIO.

OUR CHILD WAS BORN THERE.

I INVITED A DOZEN PEOPLE,

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE TO TURN UP,

EXCEPT DR. MAGIOT, OF COURSE,

HE'S UPSTAIRS WITH MY WIFE AND SON.

PEOPLE ARE STAYING INDOORS.

WHO CAN BLAME THEM?

PHILIPOT'S DEATH.

PHILIPOT'S INTERRUPTED FUNERAL.

WHEN THE PRESIDENT RUNS AMUCK,

WISE MEN STAY AT HOME.

I HARDLY EXPECTED TO SEE YOU.

I DON'T CONCERN MYSELF WITH POLITICS.

I SUPPORT THE ECONOMY WHEN THERE ARE TOURISTS.

AH.

IS THE WHISKY TO YOUR LIKING?

YES, THANK YOU, IT'S VERY GOOD.

I SOMETIMES FEEL ASHAMED

AT OUR SHELTERED DIPLOMATIC EXISTENCE,

WITH TONTONS AT THE DOOR

TO PREVENT POOR HUNTED MEN FROM COMING IN.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YOU MUST HAVE SEEN OUR GOOD FRIENDS

AT THE DOOR.

WELL, THERE ARE SOME MORE HERE...

TO WATCH THE GARAGE.

AH, 3 OF THEM.

USUALLY THERE ARE ONLY TWO.

I CAN HARDLY COMPLAIN.

THEY ARE THERE, THEY TELL ME,

FOR MY PROTECTION.

I WONDER, MR. BROWN,

WHY YOU EVER CAME BACK HERE FROM NEW YORK.

WELL, THE HOTEL.

I COULDN'T ABANDON IT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW NEW YORK.

PERHAPS ONE OF THESE DAYS

YOU'LL BE POSTED TO WASHINGTON--

NO, I'LL NEVER BE POSTED THERE.

MY WIFE'S GERMAN, YOU KNOW.

YES, I KNOW,

BUT THE WAR HAS BEEN OVER NOW FOR 20 YEARS.

HER FATHER WAS EXECUTED AS A WAR CRIMINAL

IN THE AMERICAN ZONE.

PERHAPS YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

NO, NO, I DIDN'T.

DOES SHE KNOW?

OH, YES.

SHE WAS ONLY A CHILD, OF COURSE,

BUT SHE REMEMBERS HIM WITH...TENDERNESS.

THE JUDGES HAD VERY GOOD REASON,

UNFORTUNATELY.

IT'S A HORRIFYING WORLD.

I SOMETIMES THINK THAT HAITI IS NO DIFFERENT

FROM LIFE ANYWHERE.

Martha: OH, GOOD EVENING, MR. BROWN.

MY HUSBAND SAID YOU WOULDN'T VENTURE OUT TONIGHT.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD.

OH, YOUR GLASS IS EMPTY.

GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR.

YOU DARED THE STREETS AT NIGHT, TOO.

OF COURSE, I HAD A PATIENT.

AND HOW IS ANGELITO?

NOT ON THE DANGER LIST.

THAT LITTLE DEVIL, HE'S TURNED ME OUT OF BED.

HE NOW SAYS HE CAN'T SLEEP WITHOUT HIS MOTHER.

DRIVEN ME INTO EXILE.

THE EXILE WILL NOT BE A LONG ONE.

WE'RE ALL OF US EXILES, DOCTOR, EXCEPT YOU.

EXILES FROM ENGLAND, SOUTH AMERICA,

GERMANY.

WHAT PART OF GERMANY

DID YOU COME FROM, MRS. PINEDA?

THE ONLY PART I REMEMBER IS NUREMBERG.

REMEMBERED FOR ITS TOYS.

MONSIEUR PHILIPOT.

DR. MAGIOT, MR. BROWN.

Martha: HENRI, HOW NICE.

Henri: WELL, I'M SORRY I TOOK SO LONG ABOUT IT.

BUT HERE IT IS.

THE COMPANION PIECE.

OH, HOW EXCITING!

LET'S SEE.

NO, PLEASE.

OPEN IT LATER WHEN I'M NOT HERE.

I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS

WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT SOMETHING I'VE JUST DONE.

WE WERE DEEPLY SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED

AT YOUR UNCLE'S FUNERAL.

IN FACT, I TRIED TO ORGANIZE A PROTEST

FROM THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

YES?

YES.

THEY WERE VERY DIPLOMATIC.

THEY WERE RIGHT.

WORDS BREAK NO BONES.

I HAD WARNED MY AUNT NOT TO BURY HIM PUBLICLY.

I KEPT WELL AWAY.

YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T GO?

I PUT A CERTAIN VALUE ON MY LIFE.

QUITE RIGHT, TOO, PHILIPOT.

YOUR JOB'S PAINTING, NOT POLITICS.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME AT THE TRIANON

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO

WHEN WE SHOWED SOME OF YOUR PICTURES?

YES.

A LONG WAY AFTER RAW, WEREN'T THEY?

I THINK YOU SHOULD

LET YOUR AUNT AND THE BOY

COME AND STAY HERE.

AT LEAST THEY'D BE SAFE.

MY AUNT DOESN'T ENJOY SAFETY AS I DO.

SHE THREATENS TO MELT DOWN THE FAMILY SILVER

TO MAKE BULLETS.

SHE SAYS, "ONLY SILVER BULLETS CAN KILL A DEVIL."

IF WERE A MILITARY MAN,

I WOULD MUCH PREFER A BREN GUN.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW

HOW TO USE ONE, PHILIPOT.

IS IT MORE DIFFICULT THAN LEARNING TO PAINT?

PERHAPS HE COULD TAKE LESSONS FROM MAJOR JONES.

WHO IS MAJOR JONES?

A GUEST OF MINE, IN PRISON AT THE MOMENT.

WHY?

ASK PAPA DOC.

A DANGER TO THE STATE, PERHAPS.

HE WAS A COMMANDO IN BURMA.

APPARENTLY WON THE WAR SINGLE-HANDED,

LIKE ERROL FLYNN.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE HIM?

OLD SOLDIERS ARE LIKE FISHERMEN--

THEY TEND TO EXAGGERATE A LITTLE.

I'M A BIT OF A PLAY ACTOR MYSELF.

WHO ISN'T IN THIS PLACE?

WE ALL PLAY DRAWING ROOM COMEDIES

IN THE BLACKOUT.

Pineda: WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN ME

IN MY COCKED HAT AND GOLD BRAID

WHEN I PROUDLY PRESENTED MY CREDENTIALS.

BUT THEN OF COURSE, PERHAPS EVEN PAPA DOC

IS PLAYING A PART

IN THOSE SHABBY BLACK TALES OF HIS.

OH, NO. HE'S REAL ENOUGH.

HORROR IS ALWAYS REAL.

WE SHOULDN'T BE ASHAMED OF BEING COMEDIANS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONORABLE PROFESSION.

IF ONLY WE WERE GOOD ONES,

WE COULD PERHAPS GIVE THE WORLD A SENSE OF STYLE.

AFTER ALL, THERE ARE TIMES

WHEN WE ALL PLAY A PART.

EVEN IN A GOOD MARRIAGE.

ISN'T THAT SO, DR. MAGIOT?

DR. MAGIOT, ANYWAY, IS NO COMEDIAN.

HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF A BEDSIDE MANNER?

OH, MR. BROWN,

ANGELITO INSISTS ON MEETING YOU.

HE LIKES TO MEET ALL OUR NEW FRIENDS.

SO NATURALLY, HE MUST MEET MR. BROWN.

YOU WILL COME, WON'T YOU?

I WARN YOU,

I'M NOT VERY GOOD WITH CHILDREN.

[MR. PINEDA SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

DID THE TONTON TAKE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU CAME IN?

YES.

I WAITED FOR YOU AT THE PHARMACY.

YOU NEVER CAME.

I HAD A PATIENT.

I HAVE NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

THINGS ARE DEFINITELY MOVING THERE.

YOU'RE A NOVICE, HENRI.

YOU DON'T KNOW ONE END OF A GUN FROM THE OTHER.

WHAT HAVE WE GOT IN THE NORTH?

12 UNTRAINED MEN WITH A FEW 1914 RIFLES.

CASTRO HAD ONLY 12 MEN.

YOU ARE NOT CASTRO.

AND HE HAD 12 TRAINED MEN.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT TRAINED MEN?

WE HAVE SO FEW TRAINED MEN LEFT IN HAITI,

YOUR EXCELLENCY.

ALL OUR BEST DOCTORS HAVE FLED ABROAD.

BUT NOT YOU.

I SUPPOSE I AM TOO FOND OF HAITI.

SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THE NECESSITY

FOR A VERY LONG AND CAREFUL TREATMENT,

THE YOUNG BECOME IMPATIENT.

LIKE YOUR ANGELITO.

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE, IN MY HOME.

WERE YOU HAPPY IN RIO?

VERY. WHY?

HE TOLD ME YOU WERE.

THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MY MARRIAGE.

YOU CAN'T BE JEALOUS OF THE PAST.

OH, YES, I CAN.

ONE DAY I'LL BE THE PAST.

THERE'LL BE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU'LL HARDLY BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE NEXT MAN,

"I WAS--I WAS VERY HAPPY IN HAITI."

OH.

ANGELITO, WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT OF BED?

I WANTED A BISCUIT. I'M HUNGRY.

BUT YOU JUST HAD YOUR SUPPER!

ANYWAY, I DON'T KEEP BISCUITS IN THAT DESK.

WHO'S THIS MAN?

THIS MAN IS MR. BROWN.

HE'S COME UP TO SAY GOOD NIGHT TO YOU.

Brown: HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I HAVE A TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES.

I SLEEP HERE WITH MY MOTHER

UNTIL THE FEVER IS GONE.

THIS IS MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE BED.

DARLING, I DON'T THINK

MR. BROWN WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

DOES MR. BROWN PLAY CARDS?

NOT OFTEN. WHY?

MY MOTHER USED TO PLAY

AN AWFUL LOT OF GIN RUMMY

WITH HER FRIENDS IN THE TOWN.

DOESN'T SHE PLAY ANY LONGER?

NOT OFTEN NOW.

DARLING, SAY GOOD NIGHT TO MR. BROWN.

SCOOT DOWN.

YOU TOOK THIS OUT OF MY DESK.

I WANTED THE STAMP.

IT'S AMERICAN. IT'S NEW AMERICAN.

I ALWAYS HAVE YOUR STAMPS.

NOT UNTIL YOU ASK ME.

IF I TELL YOUR FATHER...

YOU WON'T, WILL YOU, PLEASE?

GOOD NIGHT, THEN.

GOOD NIGHT, MR.--

MR. BROWN, MR. BROWN.

GOOD NIGHT, OLD MAN.

WERE YOU EVER IN AMERICA?

HUH, NO.

WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT?

HE'S INQUISITIVE, LIKE ALL CHILDREN.

MY LETTER?

HE WOULDN'T KNOW WHO IT'S FROM.

YOUR HUSBAND WOULD.

HE WOULD NEVER READ A LETTER OF MINE.

I TRUST MANUEL.

I BETTER KEEP IT.

WHO SLEEPS HERE?

OH, THAT'S THE GUEST ROOM.

EXCEPT WE HAVE NO GUESTS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DARLING, I JUST WANTED TO SEE YOU.

SOMETIMES YOU FLING YOURSELF AT ME

LIKE A SUICIDE ONTO THE PAVEMENT.

WHY ARE YOU SO DESPERATE?

I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR 3 MONTHS.

SINCE I CAME BACK I'VE SEEN YOU TWICE.

ONCE IN A CAR,

AND ONCE IN A MEN'S CHANGING ROOM.

MY HUSBAND IS DOWNSTAIRS.

ANGELITO IS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

CAN'T YOU PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND

HOW A FAMILY FEELS, CAN'T YOU?

NO.

HOW MANY ADVENTURES HAVE YOU HAD IN YOUR LIFE?

FOUR.

I'M THE FOURTH?

I HADN'T COUNTED YOU AS AN ADVENTURE.

THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS, HENRI PHILIPOT,

WAS HE ONE OF YOUR ADVENTURES?

OH, YOU FOOL!

AND HOW MANY HAVE YOU HAD?

IT PROBABLY RUNS INTO THE 3 FIGURES.

THIS IS THE LAST.

I DON'T WANT ANOTHER ADVENTURE.

NOR DO I.

MANUEL GUESSES, HUH?

BUT HE SAYS NOTHING.

LET ME TELL HIM.

I CAN'T HURT ANGELITO.

YOU WON'T.

GIVE HIM A KING-SIZE BOX OF PUZZLES

AND SOME GINGERSNAPS.

YOU TOLD ME LIKES GINGERSNAPS.

WHY DO YOU SNEER AT HIM?

HE'S MY CHILD.

AND MANUEL'S.

WHEN I SAW THE BOY IN YOUR BED,

I CAN IMAGINE THE TWO-BACK BEAST

THAT WENT TO HIS MAKING.

PERHAPS IN TIME,

WHEN HE'S A LITTLE OLDER,

WE COULD-- I COULD--

IN 10 YEARS' TIME, HE WON'T NEED YOU AT ALL.

HE'LL BE SLINKING OFF TO MERE CATHERINE'S.

EXCEPT YOU WON'T BE HERE.

YOU'LL BE IN LUXEMBOURG OR LIECHTENSTEIN.

THEY PROBABLY HAVE BROTHELS THERE, TOO.

WELL, THEN I COULD COME TO YOU.

NO, IT'D BE TOO LATE.

YOU'LL BE MIDDLE-AGED, AND I'LL BE TOO OLD.

TOO OLD TO CARE.

OH!

YOU'VE NO REAL FEELINGS, HAVE YOU?

JUST THE RESULT OF A 7-YEAR ITCH.

LESS FEELING THAN ONE OF THE GIRLS

AT MÉRE CATHERINE'S.

WHY DON'T YOU GO THERE, THEN?

YOU USED TO OFTEN ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT, FRAU PINEDA.

I WILL.

OH, MR. BROWN.

THE OTHERS HAVE JUST LEFT, I'M AFRAID.

COME AND HAVE A NIGHTCAP.

NO, THANK YOU. I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS TO KEEP.

NOW? IN PORT-AU-PRINCE?

BE CAREFUL, MR. BROWN.

OH, GOOD NIGHT, YOUR EXCELLENCY,

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR--

ASKING ME FOR A DRINK.

MARTHA?

MARTHA?

OH, THEY'VE-- THEY'VE ALL GONE.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID GOOD NIGHT TO THEM.

OH, THEY KNEW THAT YOU WERE OCCUPIED WITH ANGELITO.

I MUST GO TO HIM.

HE WON'T SLEEP UNTIL I COME.

HE IS ASLEEP.

I HOPE THAT MR. BROWN LIKED OUR SON.

I THINK SO.

ANGELITO WASN'T VERY FRIENDLY.

YOU TIRED?

SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK I CAN GO ON AS WE ARE.

I KNOW.

THE... THE CLIMATE,

AND THEN ALL THE UNPLEASANTNESSES HERE.

I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR 3 YEARS.

THEN I SUPPOSE NOBODY AT HOME IS VERY KEEN

TO TAKE OVER MY PLACE.

PERHAPS I SHOULD RETIRE.

WE HAVE MANY FRIENDS. WE CAN'T DESERT THEM.

NO.

THEN YOU WEREN'T MADE TO BE A DESERTER.

WERE YOU?

PHILIPOT.

[GUNSHOTS]

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

GOOD EVENING, MÉRE CATHERINE.

THE TONTONS, THEY ARE HERE.

AH. ALL THE GIRLS TAKEN?

NO.

BUT THE GIRL YOU USED TO LIKE IS BUSY.

ARE THEY IN A DANGEROUS MOOD?

I DON'T THINK SO.

THEIR COMPANY SOMEONE VERY IMPORTANT.

HE'S OUT WITH MARIE-THERESE.

YOU TAKE ANOTHER GIRL?

PERHAPS.

ANYWAY, I'M VERY THIRSTY.

COME. BRING ME A RUM AND COCA-COLA.

Man: YOU!

COME HERE!

GOOD EVENING, CAPTAIN.

I SEEM TO SEE YOU EVERYWHERE.

I TRY NOT TO BE CONSPICUOUS.

YOU CAN SIT DOWN.

I SAID, SIT DOWN!

YOU WERE STOPPED AT THE DOOR?

NO. IT JUST SO HAPPENED

THAT YOUR MAN WAS ASLEEP.

MICHEL! [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

DON'T YOU FEEL SAFE HERE?

I HAVE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

I AM HERE WITH A VERY IMPORTANT FOREIGNER.

DOESN'T HE FEEL SAFE?

ALONE WITH MARIE-THERESE?

OR DO YOU KEEP A GUARD IN THE BEDROOM?

YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR.

I'M IN FAVOR OF JOKES.

THEY HAVE A POLITICAL VALUE.

A RELEASE FOR THE COWARDLY AND THE IMPOTENT.

IMPORTANT FOREIGNER.

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE FOREIGNERS.

OH, I'M OFFENDED BY THE COLOR.

LIKE A TOAD'S BELLY.

BUT WE ACCEPT SOME OF YOU

IF YOU ARE USEFUL TO THE STATE.

YOU WANT A WOMAN,

I WILL TREAT YOU TO ONE.

THAT ONE.

WITH THE FLOWER IN HER HAIR.

SHE IS SHY, BECAUSE SHE THINKS I AM JEALOUS.

JEALOUS OF A PUTAIN!

WHAT ABSURDITY.

NO, THANKS.

I DON'T NEED A WOMAN AT THE MOMENT.

THERE'S A QUESTION

I'VE BEEN WANTING TO ASK YOU

EVER SINCE THIS MORNING.

THIS MORNING?

WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

OH, IT'S A LITTLE THING.

YOU'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN.

YOU STOLE A DEAD BODY IN A COFFIN.

WHY?

I TOLD YOU, I HAD MY ORDERS.

THE PEOPLE BELIEVE

THE PRESIDENT TOOK POOR, OLD PHILIPOT'S BODY

TO WORK IN THE CELLARS OF THE PALACE.

ZOMBIES ARE CHEAP LABOR.

THE PEOPLE ARE VERY IGNORANT.

IT IS PROPER FOR THEM TO FEAR THE AUTHORITIES.

SO YOU EDUCATE THEM.

WITH BOGIES AND BULLETS.

OH, THE COMMANDANT.

WHY, BLESS MY SOUL AND BUTTONS!

IF IT ISN'T OLD BROWN!

JONES!

WELL, THIS IS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

WHEN TALKING OF SURPRISES,

YOU OUGHT TO MEET THE GIRLFRIEND,

THERESA SOMEBODY. OH, BOY...

MARIE-THERESE.

WE KNOW EACH OTHER.

OH, YOU DO? OH, GOOD-O.

NOW, WHAT'S YOUR POISON?

APPARENTLY NOT MUCH VARIETY HERE,

RUM AND COKE, RUM AND 7-UP,

RUM AND WATER--

NO, THANK YOU, JONES. I'M OFF.

NOT JUST ONE SNIFTER FOR THE ROAD

WITH OUR FRIEND, THE CAPTAIN?

ANOTHER TIME, WHEN YOU KEEP BETTER COMPANY.

WHAT'S WRONG, OLD MAN?

CAREFUL, JONES. HE'S DANGEROUS.

DANGEROUS? HE'S EATING OUT OF MY HAND, OLD FRUIT.

V.I.P. TREATMENT FOR YOURS TRULY.

THE RED CARPET SPREAD,

A LUXURY SUITE AT THE VILLA CREOLE.

TOMORROW I HAVE A CAR, MY OWN DRIVER...

JONES, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?

HAVE YOU NEVER HAD A DREAM

THAT SUDDENLY CAME TRUE?

NO. NEVER.

AH. MARIE-THERESE.

I TELLS HIM I GO FAIRE PIPI.

HOW ARE YOU, MARIE-THERESE?

BIEN, ET VOUS?

BIEN, TOO.

MARIE-THERESE,

DID JONES BEHAVE NICELY TO YOU?

YES.

I LIKED HIM.

I LIKED HIM A LOT.

WHY?

HE MADE ME LAUGH.

A GENERAL WHO THOUGHT IT WAS SOUND

TO ECONOMIZE TANKS ON THE GROUND,

SAID A COUPLE OF PLANES

WILL BLOW OUT THE BRAINS,

FOR 10 SHILLINGS LESS IN THE POUND.

WHAT IS A POUND?

$2.79 AT THE LAST RATE I SAW.

THERE ARE NO PLANES ON THIS LIST.

MY PARTNER, BRIGADIER PIKE,

KNOWS WHERE TO FIND 3 JET FIGHTERS.

OUT OF SERVICE, OF COURSE.

BUT WE'LL NEED A FURTHER DEPOSIT.

MY PREDECESSOR, COLONEL BISCHE,

HAS ALREADY PAID $300,000

INTO YOUR BANK IN MIAMI.

WHERE ARE THESE ARMS?

IN MIAMI, OF COURSE.

IN A DISUSED BEEF FACTORY

RENTED BY BRIGADIER PIKE.

YOU'LL FIND IT ALL THERE

AND OUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH COLONEL BISCHE.

HE WAS PERFECTLY SATISFIED.

AND YOU KNOW WHERE COLONEL BISCHE IS NOW?

THIS IS AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION, COLONEL.

THERE HAS TO BE TRUST ON BOTH SIDES.

FOR THE MOMENT, WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN

WHETHER WE CAN TRUST YOU.

YOUR CONSUL HAS CHECKED THE ARMS

WITH BRIGADIER PIKE.

YOU HAVE HIS CERTIFICATE THERE

MARKED "C."

WE DO NOT TRUST ANY CONSUL VERY FAR.

THESE ARMS ARE NO GOOD TO US

IN A BEEF FACTORY IN MIAMI.

IT'S A TRICKY BUSINESS GETTING THEM OVER HERE.

THAT IS YOUR CONCERN, NOT OURS.

I AM SENDING CAPTAIN CANCASSEUR, MAJOR, TO MIAMI

TO MEET BRIGADIER PIKE, AND TO CHECK THESE ARMS.

OF COURSE WE BELIEVE ALL IS IN ORDER

FOR THE BEST OF REASONS,

BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUR WORD.

I APPRECIATE THAT, COLONEL.

AND BECAUSE YOU STAY HERE WITH US.

THE PRESIDENT TAKES A SPECIAL INTEREST

IN ANYTHING TO DO

WITH NEW DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.

[CHATTER]

NO, NO, NO, JOSEPH. NO EGGS.

MR. SMITH IS ADAMANT ON THE SUBJECT OF EGGS.

WHAT ABOUT THESE ONIONS?

NO, NO, NO, NO. WE BUY THEM BETTER.

[INDISTINCT]

I THINK WE PUT THIS POOR OLD THING

OUT TO GRASS. HELLO THERE.

YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT.

IT'S SEEN LONG SERVICE.

YOUNG MR. PHILIPOT ARRIVE. WANT TO SEE YOU.

URGENTLY, HE SAY. AT THE OLD WHARF, COME.

[CHEERING]

HELLO, PHILIPOT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WHAT HAPPENED?

LET'S TALK.

[LOUD CHEERING]

OK.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARM?

THEY TRIED TO GET ME.

MY AUNT HAS TAKEN REFUGE

IN THE BRAZILIAN EMBASSY.

I'M ON THE RUN.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? YOU'RE NOT A POLITICIAN.

I WANT YOU TO GO TO YOUR FRIEND,

MAJOR JONES.

JONES, WHY?

PLEASE TALK TO HIM.

HE CAN HELP US AS NO ONE ELSE CAN.

JONES IS AS CROOKED AS HELL, PHILIPOT.

WHAT DO I CARE?

I WANT HIS EXPERIENCE, NOT HIS HONESTY.

WHAT CAN ANY OF US DO AGAINST THE TONTON

WITHOUT PROPER ARMS OR TRAINING?

I'M A PAINTER, NOT A SOLDIER.

I CAN'T LEAD THEM.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE A GUN.

WHAT ARE GOING TO OFFER HIM?

A CAVE WITH ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES?

WE HAVE CONTACTS IN THE POLICE.

WE CAN GET HIM OUT OF PRISON.

HE'S OUT ALREADY, ON HIS OWN STEAM.

THEN OFFER HIM MONEY.

TOO LATE, PHILIPOT.

HE'S BEEN BOUGHT ALREADY BY PAPA DOC.

HE CAN'T WANT TO BE MIXED UP WITH MURDERERS LIKE THAT.

AT LEAST SPEAK TO HIM.

PHILIPOT, I'M A FOREIGN HOTELKEEPER.

I DON'T MIX WITH POLITICS.

WE ARE RISKING OUR LIVES FOR HAITI.

IT'S YOUR COUNTRY.

HAITI'S GIVEN YOU A HOME.

IF BY HOME YOU MEAN A BANKRUPT HOTEL,

MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME, NOT HAITI.

SHE LOVED HAITI.

SHE LOVED A GOOD DEAL HERE AND THERE.

ARE YOU AFRAID?

YES.

YES...

YOU HAVE A HOPE.

YOU CARRY IT EVERYWHERE

LIKE A PRIEST

WITH THE SACRAMENT IN HIS POCKET.

IF I HAD TO LEAVE PORT-AU-PRINCE,

I WOULD LEAVE CARRYING NOTHING.

I HAVE NO HOPE.

AND WHAT I LOVE IS HERE.

A BANKRUPT HOTEL.

NO, NO. I DIDN'T MEAN THE HOTEL.

IS THAT YOUR LAST WORD?

YES.

HOW MANY MEN HAVE YOU GOT TO FIGHT THE TONTON?

A DOZEN?

NOT EVEN THAT?

YOU SAID IT YOURSELF--

YOU'RE A PAINTER, NOT A SOLDIER.

NOW, GET INTO SAFETY WHILE YOU CAN.

[WHISTLES]

YOU WERE NOT HERE FOR THE FIGHT,

WERE YOU?

WELL, YOU MISSED SOMETHING

RATHER EXTRAORDINARY.

YOU SEE THIS COCK?

I BOUGHT IT JUST NOW AFTER THE FIGHT.

ONE EYE HAD GONE.

AND IT COULDN'T SEE WITH THE OTHER

BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD.

IT COULD HARDLY STAND.

NO ONE WOULD HAVE BET A DOLLAR

ON ITS VICTORY.

BUT THE OWNER CALLED OUT,

"OGOUN FERRAILLE, OUR GOD OF WAR."

AND THEN THIS COCK DROVE HIS BEAK

STRAIGHT INTO THE BREAST

OF THE OTHER.

HOME TO THE HEART.

A BRAVE BIRD.

IT DESERVES A BETTER END THAN THE POT.

WE ARE MEETING TONIGHT TO PRAY TO OUR GODS.

AND WE'LL SACRIFICE THIS COCK TO OGOUN FERRAILLE.

WE'LL HAVE NEED OF HIM FROM NOW ON.

PHILIPOT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN SUCH NONSENSE.

IS THERE NO NONSENSE YOU BELIEVE IN?

NO.

YOU'RE AFRAID TO BELIEVE IN ANYTHING AT ALL.

I'M AFRAID OF THE TONTON.

I'M AFRAID OF TORTURE AND DEATH

LIKE ANY SANE MAN,

BUT I'M NOT AFRAID OF GODS OR OF GHOSTS.

I BELIEVE BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

A CHRISTIAN SAINT SAID THAT.

YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN.

THEN COME AND SEE MY GODS IN ACTION.

MY GRANDMOTHER CAME FROM AFRICA.

AND HER GODS ARE THE ONLY ONES

THAT CAN HELP ME NOW.

I'VE PRETENDED TO BE WESTERN

FOR TOO LONG.

WE MEET TONIGHT AT THE VOODOO TEMPLE

NEAR KENSCOFF.

COME AND JOIN US.

IF YOU DARE.

[CHANTING AND DRUMMING]

[SINGING]

[SCREAMING]

AAAHH!

EEAAAHH!

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

EEHHYAAA!

[PANTING]

[DRUMMING]

COME AWAY, JOSEPH.

MONSIEUR BROWN, GO HOME.

I STAY.

[DRUMS BEATING IN BACKGROUND]

VENI.

WHERE'S JOSEPH?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHERE'S PHILIPOT?

HOW WOULD I KNOW?

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

YOU SAW PHILIPOT LAST NIGHT, AND JOSEPH WAS WITH HIM.

I TOOK JOSEPH TO THE VOODOO CEREMONY.

I SAW PHILIPOT THERE BUT I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HIM.

I LEFT BEFORE IT WAS OVER.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT SICKENED ME.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

AT 4:00 THIS MORNING,

A POLICE STATION AT KENSCOFF WAS ATTACKED.

ONE OF MY MEN WAS KILLED.

I'M GLAD.

4 WILL DIE FOR EVERY ONE THEY KILLED.

DO NOT PRETEND COURAGE. YOU ARE FRIGHTENED.

LOOK HOW YOUR FACE SWEATS.

IT'S VERY HOT.

WHAT DID PHILIPOT TELL YOU AT THE COCKPIT?

THAT BAUDELAIRE IS HIS FAVORITE POET.

WE CAN SHOOT YOU WHILE RESISTING ARREST.

BUT THERE SHOULD BE A STRUGGLE FIRST.

OF COURSE, WE'LL SHOW YOUR BODY TO YOUR AMBASSADOR.

OH, I FORGOT.

WE GOT RID OF YOUR AMBASSADOR.

ALL RIGHT, START.

KNOCK OUT HIS TEETH.

[WOMAN SPEAKING FRENCH]

VOUS ETES TWO COWARDS.

Cancasseur: MADAME.

AH, C'EST VOUS, LE WOMAN-STRIKER.

MONTREZ-MOI VOTRE WARRANT.

VOTRE WARRANT! OU EST-IL?

WARRANT? QUI EST LA FEMME?

UH, MRS. SMITH, CANCASSEUR.

YOU'VE MET BEFORE.

TELL HIM HE'S A DISGRACE TO HIS COLOR.

YOU'VE TOLD HIM ENOUGH ALREADY, MRS. SMITH.

AND HE DOES UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.

THEN HE'LL UNDERSTAND THIS:

GET OUT OF HERE.

AND TAKE YOUR MEN WITH YOU.

WE HAVE OUR DUTY.

IF YOU DON'T GO, I'LL WAKE MY HUSBAND,

THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[MEN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE, LAUGHING]

COME UPSTAIRS AND I'LL WASH YOUR MOUTH WITH LISTERINE.

MR. SMITH AND I NEVER TRAVEL

WITHOUT A BOTTLE OF ANTISEPTIC.

ALL RIGHT.

[SIGHS]

IT'S YOU.

REALLY YOU.

I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD.

THERE WAS NO ONE DOWNSTAIRS, NO ONE SAW ME COME UP.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

1O MINUTES.

I DREAMT THAT WE WERE QUARRELING.

THAT'S RIGHT, WE DID QUARREL.

THAT'S OVER.

QUARRELS BETWEEN US ARE ALWAYS SUCH DAMNED UGLY THINGS.

DOES IT HURT YOUR MOUTH WHEN WE KISS?

IT'S A GOOD HURT.

DID YOU GO TO MERE CATHERINE'S?

I WENT, BUT THAT'S ALL I DID.

YOU SEE, THIS ISN'T JUST AN ADVENTURE.

YEAH.

I KNEW THAT IN NEW YORK.

I WAS AFRAID YOU WOULDN'T COME BACK.

"IN THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT, AS I LAY ABED,

I SEARCHED FOR MY HEART'S LOVE AND I SEARCHED IN VAIN."

THE JESUITS TAUGHT ME THAT.

THE JESUITS?

AT SCHOOL.

IT WASN'T PROSCRIBED READING,

BUT IT IS THE BIBLE, ALL THE SAME.

"WHAT A WOUND THOU HAST MADE MY BRIDE,

"MY TRUE LOVE.

"WHAT A WOUND THOU HAST MADE IN THIS HEART OF MINE.

"WITH EYES WELL SHAPED AS THE BEADS OF A NECKLACE...

BELLY ROUNDED LIKE A HEAP OF CORN AMONG LILIES."

I THINK YOU'RE A DEFROCKED PRIEST.

MY BODY KNOWS NO THEOLOGY.

[CHILDREN SINGING]

WHAT'S THAT?

OH, SOME RALLY IN TOWN ORDERED BY PAPA DOC.

[CHILDREN SINGING]

HERE, POUR CHAPEAU.

OH, MY DEAR, WHERE ARE YOU ALL GOING AT THIS HOUR?

TO THE CEMETERY.

PRESIDENT HAS BIG MEETING.

HE SAY ALL CHILDREN MUST GO.

VERY SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.

HOW STRANGE.

SOME ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICE PERHAPS.

LET'S GO SEE.

[DRUMS, TRUMPETS PLAY]

WHAT IS IT, DEAR?

NOW, WAIT.

[MUSIC STOPS]

[MAN GIVES ORDERS]

[SCREAMING]

P.A.: ANTILLES AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES THE DEPARTURE OF FLIGHT 40.

ALL PASSENGERS FOR SAN JUAN AND NEW YORK

PLEASE LEAVE BY GATE NUMBER ONE.

Mr. Smith: AND IF HE SHOULD ASK,

YOU MAY TELL THE MINISTER

THAT EVEN IF HE HAD OFFERED ME THE PALACE ITSELF

FOR MY CENTER, I'D--

YOU'D FIND THE PALACE BLOODSTAINED, TOO.

MR. SMITH CAME WITH SUCH HIGH HOPES.

AND YOU, TOO, DEAR.

I SUPPOSE, MR. BROWN,

WE MUST SEEM RIDICULOUS FIGURES TO YOU.

NO, NOT RIDICULOUS. HEROIC.

OH, WE'RE NOT AT ALL MADE IN THAT MODE.

WHICH GATE IS NUMBER ONE?

THERE'S ONLY ONE GATE.

YOU AND THE MILITARY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE

WHO HAVE EXIT PERMITS.

THIS WAY.

MR. AND MRS. SMITH,

MR. AND MRS. SMITH!

I WANTED TO SAY BON VOYAGE.

IT WAS GOOD OF YOU TO COME.

GOOD-BYE, MONSIEUR PETIT PIERRE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR LOVELY COUNTRY.

IT HAS BEEN VERY ILLUMINATING.

"A PARTING IS A LITTLE DEATH,"

ONE OF OUR POETS SAID.

YOU COME HERE, WE MAKE FRIENDS, YOU GO AWAY.

SO SELDOM IN PORT-AU-PRINCE WE SEE OUR FRIENDS RETURN.

ONE DAY, PERHAPS.

I ALWAYS HOPE.

Attendant: MONSIEUR, MADAME, S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

POOR OLD MAN.

THINGS WILL BE SAD NOW AT THE HOTEL.

YES.

[THUNDERING]

Jones: MR. SMITH, MR. SMITH?

BROWN, ARE YOU THERE?

JONES, COME ON IN.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHERE'S SMITH? THEY'RE GONE.

GONE? OH, GOD, I'D THOUGHT HE'D HELP ME.

WHAT'S WRONG?

I'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM HERE.

THE GAME'S UP, THE TONTONS ARE AFTER ME.

WHAT GAME?

WELL, I'VE DONE NOTHING. IT'S MY PARTNER, PIKE.

HE'S DONE A BUNK

WITH THEIR BLOODY CONSUL IN MIAMI AND ALL THE BOODLE.

THEY THINK I PLANNED IT.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE. LET ME GET YOU A DRINK.

WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?

WHAT HAVE YOU AND YOUR FRIEND PIKE BEEN UP TO?

A SIMPLE ARMS DEAL, THAT'S ALL. OLD ARMY STOCK.

I SEE. FOR PAPA DOC AND HIS GANG, I SUPPOSE.

WELL, YOU CAN'T LET THE STUFF RUST AWAY.

IT'S A CRIME TO WASTE GOOD WEAPONS.

BROWN, WHILE WE'RE TALKING, THEY'RE AFTER ME.

HELP ME TO GET AWAY FROM HERE.

WHY SHOULD I HELP YOU?

UH, A FELLOW BRITISHER?

LIKE YOUR FRIEND PIKE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRY TO HELP YOU.

NOT BECAUSE WE'RE FELLOW BRITISHERS.

DO YOU KNOW WHY?

I DON'T CARE. WE'VE GOT TO GET CRACKING.

BECAUSE I LIKE YOU. GOD KNOWS WHY I SHOULD.

CAR'S IN THE GARAGE.

LET'S TRY AND GET YOU TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY.

OH, NOT THERE. THEY'LL BE WATCHING THERE.

THEY'LL BE WATCHING EVERY PLACE

IF THEY KNOW YOU'VE GOT AWAY.

WELL, THERE MUST BE SOMEWHERE.

YES. PERHAPS.

HOW TO GET YOU IN?

[FOOTSTEPS] WHAT'S THAT?

OH, IT'S ONLY THE COOK. IT'S HER NIGHT OFF.

VIOLET, COME HERE A MINUTE.

THE AMBASSADOR EXPECT YOU?

YES.

WHO IS THIS WOMAN?

MY COOK.

THE AMBASSADOR'S SHORT OF HELP.

I'M LENDING HER FOR A FEW DAYS.

YEAH?

MY WIFE IS ASLEEP.

IT'S YOU I WANT TO SEE.

ME? THEN CAN'T IT WAIT TILL THE MORNING?

IT IS VERY LATE. I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO FINISH.

PLEASE, SIR, IT'S VERY URGENT, SIR.

THERE ARE TWO OF US.

WHO IS THIS LADY?

THIS IS MAJOR JONES.

HIS EXCELLENCY, THE AMBASSADOR.

AH. I'M DELIGHTED TO MEET YOUR EXCELLENCY.

HE'S ON THE RUN FROM THE TONTON.

HE SEEKS ASYLUM.

OH. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND.

I'LL--I'LL WAKE MY WIFE.

MARTHA. WE'LL GET A ROOM READY AT ONCE.

HAVE YOU EATEN, MAJOR?

PERHAPS YOU'D CARE FOR SOME FOOD, SIR?

WHAT IS IT, MANUEL?

MR. BROWN, WHAT...?

UH, MY DEAR, OUR FIRST REFUGEE...MAJOR JONES.

MAJOR?

MAJOR!

I'LL PREPARE THE BLUE GUEST ROOM IMMEDIATELY.

DO COME UP, MAJOR.

I'M SURE YOU MUST WANT TO CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES.

I HAVEN'T BROUGHT MUCH WITH ME.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PACK A PROPER BAG.

WELL, I'M SURE WE CAN FIND EVERYTHING FOR YOU HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND'S PAJAMAS

WILL BE TOO BIG FOR YOU AND MY SON'S TOO SMALL.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MRS. PINEDA,

I DON'T WEAR PAJAMAS.

CUTS DOWN THE LAUNDRY BILLS.

[LAUGHS]

Martha: WELL, WE DON'T CHARGE FOR LAUNDRY HERE.

Jones: WELL, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

THIS WAY. [DOOR CLOSES]

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT MAJOR JONES.

MY WIFE WILL LOOK AFTER HIM.

COME AND HAVE A DRINK. YOU DESERVE IT.

I THINK I'D BETTER NOT.

I BETTER GET BACK.

THEY'RE PROBABLY SEARCHING THE HOTEL.

BUT THE TONTONS MUST HAVE QUESTIONED YOU.

YES. YES, THEY, UH...

WELL, I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS LENDING YOU MY COOK.

WELL, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE IN THEIR SHOES

TOMORROW MORNING.

IN FACT, MY SHOES ARE GOING TO START PINCHING

ONCE THE PRESIDENT FINDS OUT WHERE MAJOR JONES IS.

I'M SORRY, BUT THERE WAS NOWHERE ELSE I COULD TAKE HIM.

NO, I'M VERY GLAD, VERY GLAD.

WE SHALL ENJOY HAVING HIM HERE.

LIFE IS FAIRLY LONELY HERE AT TIMES.

YES.

[DOOR OPENS]

OH, ALL YOUR THINGS ARE WET.

I'LL HAVE THEM DRIED IN THE MORNING.

THESE ARE OLD FRIENDS. THEY'VE PLAYED THEIR LAST GAME.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF CARDS HERE.

WHAT DO YOU PLAY?

GIN RUMMY.

VERY GOOD. SO DO I.

[JONES, MARTHA LAUGHING]

Man: MONSIEUR BROWN IS HERE, MON CAPITAINE.

AHH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BROWN.

WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE?

I INVITED YOU.

IF I'D REFUSED?

PLEASE. COME WITH ME.

YOU WILL NOT BE WANTED, MICHEL.

PLEASE, TAKE A CHAIR.

I HOPE I HAVE NOT INCONVENIENCED YOU.

YOU HAVE. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT.

OR PERHAPS A RENDEZVOUS?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

I THINK YOU KNOW.

WE COULD BE FRIENDS.

REALLY? A CURIOUS THOUGHT.

WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.

THE PRESIDENT'S VERY ANGRY WITH AMBASSADOR PINEDA.

FOR TWO WEEKS NOW,

WE HAVE BROUGHT EVERY LEGITIMATE PRESSURE TO BEAR.

I THINK PINEDA MAY HAVE TO LEAVE HAITI.

HIS WIFE, TOO, OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW MAJOR JONES WELL.

YOU COULD TELL HIM

OF THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS HOSTS.

I THINK HE'D PREFER TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.

WE WOULD GIVE HIM A SAFE CONDUCT TO THE AIRPORT

AND A TICKET TO NEW YORK.

YOU WOULD DRIVE HIM TO THE AIRPORT IN YOUR CAR.

HE TRUSTS YOU. YOU'RE ENGLISH.

SAFE CONDUCT.

I SUPPOSE THERE'D BE ONE SEAT ON THE PLANE EMPTY.

PERHAPS. BUT MADAME PINEDA'S BED WOULD BE EMPTY, TOO.

[LAUGHS] A TONTON GET TO KNOW ABOUT THINGS,

AND SERVANTS TALK.

HE CERTAINLY HAS A WAY WITH HIM, YOUR MAJOR JONES.

FIRST MÉRE CATHERINE AND NOW FUN AT THE EMBASSY.

HE EVEN TOOK ME IN. AND BADLY.

SO AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT.

FOR YOU, $2,000 AMERICAN CURRENCY.

INFLATION EVERYWHERE.

IT USED TO BE 30 PIECES OF SILVER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CANCASSEUR.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW THE WORST ABOUT MYSELF.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO FEEL THE BOTTOM OF THE GUTTER

WITH MY TOES.

YOU AGREE?

YOU'RE TOO SIMPLE TO BE A GOOD TEMPTER.

YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A FLATFOOT AFTER ALL.

WHAT HAPPENED, DARLING? YOU'RE SO LATE.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT'S WRONG?

OH, I HAD A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR WITH CANCASSEUR.

OH, DAMN CANCASSEUR.

HE WASTES PRECIOUS MINUTES.

I HAVE TO GO SOON.

HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT US.

OH, WHO CARES? WE STOPPED BEING PRUDENT LONG AGO.

LOOK. WE'RE BEING WATCHED NOW.

YOU TRUST YOUR SERVANTS?

NO, NONE OF THEM.

EXCEPT, OF COURSE, PEDRO.

THE MAID WATCHES YOU, YOU KNOW THAT.

WHAT IS THERE FOR HER TO SEE?

YOU'RE NOT THERE.

DARLING, I REALLY MUST GO.

WE HAVE THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR

COMING OVER FOR LUNCH.

I SEE.

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW FAT AND POMPOUS HE IS.

JONES DOES A WONDERFUL IMITATION OF HIM.

I CAN IMAGINE IT.

WILL YOU COME THIS EVENING?

OH, MY DARLING, I CAN'T.

I WANT TO BUT I CAN'T.

SOMETHING IMPORTANT?

WELL, I PROMISED ANGELITO AND JONES--

TOO BAD, TOO BAD.

HAVEN'T YOU EVER MADE A PROMISE YOU HAVE TO KEEP?

NO, NEVER. AS YOU'VE TOLD ME OFTEN ENOUGH,

I'M A MAN WITHOUT A FAMILY.

DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE JEALOUS OF ANGELITO AND JONES?

I MUST CONFESS THAT WHEN I BROUGHT JONES TO THE HOUSE,

I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS GOING TO BECOME

SUCH A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.

MANUEL LIKES HIM.

ANGELITO LIKES HIM. HE MAKES US LAUGH.

HE'S INTERESTING.

HE TELLS US OF HIS DAYS IN BURMA.

OTHELLO CAUGHT DESDEMONA WITH HIS TALES OF ADVENTURE.

IT'S A VERY OLD TECHNIQUE.

YOU GOING? YES.

DARLING, BE CAREFUL.

TO YOU, NOTHING EXISTS BUT IN YOUR THOUGHTS.

NOT ME, NOT JONES.

YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN POOR JONES INTO A SEDUCER.

BUT WE DO EXIST. INDEPENDENTLY.

WE CAN'T ALWAYS PLAY THE PARTS

YOU'VE WRITTEN FOR US.

PROBABLY A MISUNDERSTANDING DUE TO LANGUAGE.

DOES JONES SPEAK GERMAN, FRAU PINEDA?

WHEN YOU WANT ME, I AM A WOMAN.

WHEN I'VE HURT YOU, I AM ALWAYS GERMAN.

MAGIOT?

MAGIOT? LET ME PUT ON THE LIGHT.

I HAD A DIFFICULT OPERATION THIS AFTERNOON.

MY EYES ARE TIRED.

DRINK? NO.

I WANT YOUR COMPANY, THAT'S ALL.

YOUR MOTHER AND I USED TO SIT HERE OFTEN,

TALKING OR SILENT OR READING.

I WOULD NEVER ADMIT EVEN TO MYSELF

THAT SHE WOULD DIE BEFORE ME.

WHAT YOU READING?

BERNANOS' DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST.

I THOUGHT DAS KAPITAL WAS MORE IN YOUR LINE.

LAST TIME I DINED WITH YOU,

YOU HAD KARL MARX ON YOUR SHELF.

DO YOU THINK THAT WAS WISE?

PAPA DOC ALLOWS US TO STUDY THE THEORY OF COMMUNISM.

IF THERE WERE NO COMMUNISTS AT ALL,

WHAT HELP WOULD HE GET FROM THE UNITED STATES?

I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING THERE.

PAPA DOC IS A BULWARK AGAINST COMMUNISM.

HMM. YOU'RE LUCKY.

WHY?

YOU HAVE A FAITH, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY PAPA MARX.

I CAME UP TONIGHT FOR MORE THAN OLD TIME'S SAKE.

I WANT HELP.

HELP? FROM ME?

I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOUNG PHILIPOT.

I HAD A MESSAGE FROM HIM TODAY.

DOES HE SHARE YOUR FAITH?

HE DOESN'T READ KARL MARX, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

REBELS ARE NOT ALWAYS COMMUNISTS

UNLESS AMERICA INSISTS.

WHERE IS HE?

IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A FEW MEN.

UNTRAINED. SOME OF THEM UNARMED.

IT'S HAPPENED HERE BEFORE.

THEY GET DRUNK WITH COURAGE,

CHARGE A FORTIFIED POST AND DIE LIKE HEROES.

HAPPY DEATH.

A USELESS DEATH.

IT CHANGES NOTHING.

IF ONLY HE HAD WITH HIM ANYONE

WITH A BIT OF REAL EXPERIENCE.

DON'T LOOK AT ME.

I DON'T KNOW ONE END OF A GUN FROM ANOTHER.

I WAS THINKING OF YOUR FRIEND JONES.

HE HAD THE RIGHT SORT OF EXPERIENCE,

DIDN'T HE, IN BURMA?

UH. HE BOASTS ABOUT IT OFTEN ENOUGH.

KEEPS THE ENTIRE EMBASSY ENTHRALLED.

HE CAN'T WANT TO SPEND HIS LIFE THERE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO DIE IN THE STEPPES EITHER.

AN ESCAPE IS NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE.

NO. NO, YOU'LL NEVER GET JONES.

HE'S SNUG AND HE'S SAFE.

ALSO HE'S GOT THE BEST AUDIENCE HE'S HAD IN YEARS.

YOU CAN SOMETIMES TRAP A MAN WHO BOASTS.

PERHAPS, AFTER ALL, I WILL TAKE A WHISKY.

A LIGHT ONE.

Jones: GRAND GIN.

WANT YOUR REVENGE?

Magiot: I'VE PLAYED ENOUGH.

PERHAPS MARTHA WOULD LIKE TO PLAY.

IS THERE ANY MORE NEWS IN THE TOWN?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE LATEST ARRESTS?

Martha: WELL, ANGELITO'S ASLEEP.

ARE YOUR DRINKS ALL RIGHT?

MAGIOT SAYS THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER ARREST.

ANYONE WE KNOW?

A SCHOOLMASTER.

I USED TO SEE HIM OFF WITH HIS PUPILS.

Brown: WHAT'S HE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DONE?

Magiot: HE REFUSED TO TAKE HIS CHILDREN TO THE CINEMA.

THEY'RE SHOWING THE FILM OF THE EXECUTIONS

EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK.

Jones: YOU MEAN THE KIDS HAVE TO GO AND SEE THAT?

PAPA DOC'S ORDERS.

PERSONALLY, I FEEL ASHAMED

SITTING HERE DRINKING THIS GOOD WHISKY.

WHY SHOULD YOU? YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT, JACK.

Jones: WELL, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.

AS AN OLD SOLDIER,

I FEEL ROTTEN SITTING AROUND HORS DE COMBAT.

ONE EX-OFFICER CAN'T DO MUCH.

IF I HAD 50 OF MY OLD COMMANDOS,

I'D TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY.

YOUNG PHILIPOT

IS TRYING TO TRAIN MEN IN THE MOUNTAINS.

WELL, THAT CHAP'S GOT COURAGE.

BUT THE ATTACK ON THE POLICE STATION WAS AMATEURISH.

THEY NEED SOMEONE LIKE YOU TO LEAD THEM.

WELL, HOW COULD I? I'M SHUT UP HERE.

I THINK I COULD ARRANGE YOUR ESCAPE, MAJOR.

THEY'D SHOOT HIM

IF HE SET ONE FOOT OUTSIDE THIS HOUSE!

THERE ARE 5,000 TONTONS.

5,000!

WHAT A THING IT WOULD BE, WOULDN'T IT?

YOURS TRULY, RIDING INTO PORT-AU-PRINCE,

SEIZING THE PALACE,

A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, RECOGNITION BY THE POWERS,

AND THEN, THE JOB DONE, I'D SLIP QUIETLY AWAY.

NO FUSS...LIKE, UM,...

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE READY AT A MOMENT'S WARNING.

Martha: THE TONTONS SEARCH EVERY CAR.

Magiot: YOU CAN TRUST ME

TO HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT.

SCARLET PIMPERNEL STUFF.

YOU'D COME?

JUST SIGNAL ME D-DAY!

THIS IS CHILDISH!

WELL, IT WON'T BE JUST SHOEBLACK AND ANGELITO'S TOY PISTOL.

YOU'RE 50 POINTS DOWN, DOCTOR.

BETTER TAKE YOUR REVENGE WHILE YOU CAN.

WITH PLEASURE, MAJOR.

YOUR DEAL.

MON AMI.

PHILIPOT WILL BE AT THE RENDEZVOUS

EACH NIGHT FOR 3 NIGHTS RUNNING--

A VILLAGE CEMETERY

20 KILOMETERS BEYOND GONAIVES--

BETWEEN 1:00 AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

SO YOU GO TONIGHT?

IF THE AMPUTATION TODAY GOES WELL.

I CAN'T DELAY IT.

FROM OUR OPERATION, I MAY NEVER RETURN.

I'VE WARNED JONES. HE'S STANDING BY.

THINK THE PLAN WILL WORK?

IT HAS TO.

THINK HE'S REALLY WORTH THE RISK?

I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU?

ANYWAY, WE CAN'T FIND BETTER.

MAGIOT...

WHY DON'T YOU GET OUT

WHILE IT'S STILL POSSIBLE?

FORGET JONES AND PHILIPOT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'D DO?

I DON'T BELIEVE IN CAUSES.

THE ROLE OF CYNIC DOESN'T REALLY SUIT YOU, BROWN.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN PLAYACTING, EITHER.

YOU IMAGINE BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST ONE FAITH,

YOU'VE LOST ALL?

YOU ARE WRONG, BROWN.

THERE IS ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE FAITH WE LOSE.

I HAVE NO FAITH...

IN FAITH.

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

WAIT UNTIL I'VE FINISHED.

HE DIED VERY QUICKLY.

EVERYTHING HE HAD ON HIM IS HERE.

OH...THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF A WOMAN.

PERHAPS YOU KNOW HER?

OH, YES.

I KNEW HER, VERY WELL,

FOR A SHORT TIME WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

SHE WAS MY MOTHER.

DO YOU MIND IF I KEEP THIS?

OF COURSE.

I'M SORRY. I DID MY BEST.

WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME.

MAGIOT COULDN'T MAKE IT.

YOU MEAN IT'S ALL OFF?

NO, IT'S ON. I'VE COME IN HIS STEAD, THAT'S ALL.

NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH IT TONIGHT. BLACKOUT'S LATE--TYPICAL.

OK.

I'M SCARED TO HELL, THERE'S NO DENYING THAT.

WIPE THE LIPSTICK OFF YOUR FACE.

WHAT--?

WHERE'S DR. MAGIOT?

CAN'T TELL YOU NOW.

I'VE COME INSTEAD.

BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?

YES.

YOU'VE BEEN CRYING.

I'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH JONES HERE.

I'LL MISS HIM.

MORE THAN YOU MISSED ME WHEN I WAS AWAY?

YOU...WERE COMING BACK.

AT LEAST YOU SAID YOU WERE.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER YOU EVER DID.

YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU WANTED!

COME AND FINISH YOUR JOB.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[YELLING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY CAR?

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

YOU'VE SEARCHED IT ONCE!

YOU SEE?

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[THUNDERING]

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

DON'T I RATE A KISS AS MUCH AS JONES?

I'M TAKING THE SAME RISK.

YES, BUT I DON'T LIKE YOUR MOTIVE.

HAVE YOU SLEPT WITH JONES?

YOU'VE BEEN ASKING ME THAT QUESTION FOR DAYS,

HAVEN'T YOU?

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

THE ANSWER IS YES!

YES, I HAVE SLEPT WITH JONES!

[STARTS ENGINE]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

YOU OK?

A LITTLE CRAMP IN THE LEFT LEG.

CAN I HAVE A SNIFTER?

IT'S IN THERE.

SHALL WE MAKE THE RENDEZVOUS ON TIME?

I DOUBT IT. YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO KEEP UNDERCOVER

UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT.

THAT'S THE LIFE.

I'VE OFTEN DREAMT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THOUGHT IT WAS THE LIFE YOU WERE ALWAYS USED TO.

NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS THE EMBASSY?

I THINK I'M RUINED IN ME VITALS!

HOW DID YOU GET ON WITH MARTHA?

SHE'S A WONDERFUL GIRL.

SHE SEEMED VERY FOND OF YOU.

OH, WE GOT ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE.

SOMETIMES I WISHED I WERE IN YOUR SHOES.

PERHAPS SHE'S NOT YOUR TYPE.

THEY'RE ALL MY TYPE.

BUT SHE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW SHE'S GERMAN, DON'T YOU?

THOSE FRAULEINS KNOW A THING OR TWO.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

MANUEL!

YOU'VE COME BACK.

YES.

IT WASN'T GIN RUMMY THIS TIME.

I REALIZE THAT.

NO.

JONES IS...GONE.

YES, I KNOW.

AND PAPA DOC WILL KNOW, ALSO.

THIS IS THE END OF OUR LIFE HERE, MARTHA.

THAT'S WORSE FOR YOU THAN IT IS FOR ME.

FOR ME, IT'S... JUST THE END

OF A SECOND-RATE DIPLOMATIC POST.

YOU WERE HAPPY WITH ME IN RIO, WEREN'T YOU?

YES.

IT WON'T BE RIO THIS TIME.

PERHAPS...

OH, WHO KNOWS?

THEY CAN'T GIVE ME ANYTHING MUCH MORE

THAN LUXEMBOURG, CAN THEY?

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE UNHAPPY.

I WISH I HADN'T LIED... TONIGHT...

OF ALL NIGHTS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I DON'T MEAN YOU.

I CAN ALWAYS LIE TO YOU.

YOU ALWAYS FORGIVE, DON'T YOU?

[SLAP]

I'M SORRY.

MANUEL, I'M AFRAID.

WELL, WHEN ONE'S AFRAID,

IT'S BEST NOT TO BE ALONE.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

THAT WAS SOME BUMP, OLD MAN.

YEAH.

GOD, IT'S BLACK.

ARE WE NEARLY THERE?

I THINK SO.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL.

CAN I HAVE ANOTHER DROP?

DRINK WHAT YOU LIKE.

WELL, WE BETTER FINISH IT BEFORE WE JOIN THE BOYS.

IT WOULDN'T GO FAR WITH THEM.

THOUGHT YOU'D RESERVE IT FOR THE OFFICERS MESS.

NO, THANKS, I'LL... WAIT TO TAKE MY DRINK

WHEN I GET BACK TO PORT-AU-PRINCE TOMORROW.

WHAT'S YOUR ALIBI?

THE TONTON? WELL, I'LL TELL THEM

THEY SEARCHED MY CAR BEFORE I LEFT,

AND I'LL STOP IN GONAIVES

ON THE WAY HOME, AND...

DO SOME MARKETING.

TELL ME...

HOW DID YOU GET ON WITH PINEDA?

FINE.

I WASN'T STEALING ANY GREENS OF HIS.

THOUGHT PERHAPS YOU WERE.

MARTHA DOESN'T SLEEP WITH HIM ANYMORE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

OLD MAN, THERE ARE QUESTIONS A GENTLEMAN DOESN'T ASK.

YOU MEAN SHE WAS A GOOD LAY?

REMARKABLE.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

FRONT AXLE'S GONE, ALL RIGHT.

WELL, SURELY IT CAN'T BE MUCH FURTHER.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT VERY FAR.

MAGIOT SAID IT WAS A CEMETERY,

20 KILOMETERS FROM GONAIVES.

THE DOCTOR'S LUCKY IT'S NOT HIS CAR.

YES.

FRONT AXLE'S GONE, ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING BUT SHANKS' PONY NOW.

[LABORED BREATHING]

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR FEET?

UH, IT'S JUST A SHOE THAT PINCHES, THAT'S ALL.

GIVE ME YOUR KIT BAG.

NO, NO, NO...

I'M A BIT OUT OF CONDITION, THAT'S ALL.

I'M WORRIED, OLD MAN.

WHAT ABOUT?

I TALKED A LOT OF NONSENSE IN THE CAR.

THE WHISKY WENT TO MY HEAD.

WE'RE THERE.

NO ONE HERE.

WELL, WE'RE...

TWO HOURS LATE.

WELL, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP.

PHILIPOT WILL COME BACK TOMORROW NIGHT.

BETTER HIDE OUT HERE.

WISH I HAD A GUN.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR UNARMED COMBAT?

IT'S A BIT RUSTY.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?

WELL, AT DAYLIGHT I SHALL GO BACK TO THE CAR.

A VILLAGE BUS WILL PICK ME UP, OR A PATROL WAGON.

EVEN IF I'M ARRESTED...

I HAVE MY STORY.

YOU'VE RISKED AN AWFUL LOT.

THE GAME'S TURNED SERIOUS NOW.

WHAT GAME?

I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT TO CONFESS.

DEATH'S A BLOODY SERIOUS AFFAIR,

LIKE A DECORATION YOU DON'T DESERVE.

HAVE YOU SO MUCH TO CONFESS?

WE ALL DO, DON'T WE?

OH, I DON'T MEAN TO A PRIEST, OR GOD.

TO WHOM?

TO ANYONE.

IF I HAD A DOG HERE TONIGHT, I'D CONFESS TO THE DOG.

YES...

THE DOG HAS TO KEEP YOUR SECRETS.

I'M FED UP WITH SECRETS.

I WISH YOU'D SIT OR SOMETHING.

KNEELING LIKE THAT,

YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A PRIEST.

SORRY.

What's that?

[MEOW]

JUST A CAT.

WHAT I SAID ABOUT MARTHA...

THERE WASN'T A WORD OF TRUTH IN IT.

I'VE NEVER HAD A WOMAN IN MY LIFE I HAVEN'T PAID FOR...

OR PROMISED TO PAY.

MARTHA SAID SHE'D BEEN TO BED WITH YOU.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!

THOSE WERE HER LAST WORDS TO ME.

OH, GOD.

I NEVER REALIZED.

SHE MUST BE YOUR GIRL.

OH, YOU MUSTN'T BELIEVE HER, BROWN.

I'VE ALWAYS LIED ABOUT WOMEN.

I'VE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING I WANTED.

YOU WERE NEVER IN BURMA?

WELL, I NEARLY WAS.

AT IMPHAL, IN ASSAM, 50 MILES AWAY.

I MANAGED A CINEMA THERE.

WHEN THE WAR CAME,

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ME IN THE ARMY

BECAUSE OF FLAT FEET.

WELL, THEY GAVE ME A SORT OF UNIFORM,

AND PUT ME IN CHARGE OF ENTERTAINING TROOPS.

NOT EXACTLY IN CHARGE.

WE HAD NOEL COWARD ONCE.

HOW DID THE TWO OF YOU GET ON?

I NEVER ACTUALLY SPOKE TO HIM.

ARE YOU FRIGHTENED NOW?

LIKE A FIREMAN AT HIS FIRST FIRE.

AFRAID I CAN'T SMUGGLE YOU BACK.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW AWFUL I FELT,

SAFE IN IMPHAL.

I USED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE OFFICERS.

INTRODUCE THEM TO GIRLS, AND SO ON.

THEN THEY'D GO OFF INTO BURMA, AND I WOULDN'T SEE THEM AGAIN.

THERE WAS A CHAP CALLED CHARTERS WHO COULD SMELL WATER.

I NEVER QUITE BELIEVED THAT STORY.

OH, IT WASN'T ME.

BUT WHEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT,

I FELT SURE I COULD DO IT, TOO.

IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE CALLING ME BY MY REAL NAME.

WHICH WASN'T JONES?

JONES WAS ON MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

I SAW IT ONCE.

MY FATHER WENT HOME BEFORE I WAS BORN.

HE WAS A SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS,

OR SO MY MOTHER SAID.

AND SHE WAS INDIAN?

SHE HAD SOME INDIAN BLOOD.

I NEVER SAW MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED BROWN TO BE TRUE.

MY MOTHER PREFERRED MORE FANCIFUL NAMES.

I SUPPOSE I'VE SHOCKED YOU.

OH, NO, NO.

NO, JONES, I'VE... ALWAYS LIKED YOU.

I NEVER KNEW WHY UNTIL NOW.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO LIKE.

WE BOTH COME OUT OF THE SAME STABLE,

ONLY YOU'VE KEPT YOUR INNOCENCE.

YOU'RE JOKING.

NO.

I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU THE LOT.

THIS IDENTITY BRACELET...

IT ISN'T MINE.

I GOT IT OFF CHARTERS,

WHEN HE DIED OF TYPHOID.

I ALTERED THE NAME AFTER THE WAR.

ABSOLVE FORTE.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

IT'S AN OLD CHURCH FORMAL THAT MEANS...

SLEEP WELL.

I'LL--I'LL WATCH AWHILE.

HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE CAR--

DAYLIGHT.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

DON'T MOVE.

NOW GET OVER THERE.

JUST STAY QUITE STILL.

WHERE'S MAJOR JONES?

JONES? HOW WOULD I KNOW?

I WAS ON MY WAY TO CAP-HAITIEN.

MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON THAT BLOODY ROAD OF YOURS.

SPEAK QUIETLY.

I KNOW NOTHING OF JONES!

Jones: BROWN, OLD FRUIT!

HAVE A BIT OF BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU GO.

GET BACK! GET BACK, YOU FOOL!

RUN FOR IT!

GO ON, RUN! WE'RE TRAPPED!

THIS WAY, MAJOR JONES.

THIS WAY.

INTO THE JEEP.

[GUNSHOTS]

WHERE'S MAGIOT?

THEY MURDERED HIM YESTERDAY

IN THE HOSPITAL.

WELL, WHERE IS JONES?

YOU CAME ABOUT TWO MINUTES TOO LATE.

THEY KILL THE BEST OF US.

YES.

THE MEN WERE WAITING FOR HIM.

I TOLD THEM,

YOU HAVE AN ENGLISHMAN COMING TO LEAD YOU.

MAJOR JONES.

HE WAS IN BURMA, HE'S FOUGHT THE JAPS,

HE KNOWS ALL THE TRICKS OF GUERRILLA WAR.

IT WAS TRUE, WASN'T IT?

OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

WHEN I LEFT THEM, THEIR MORALE WAS HIGH.

IF I BRING THEM BACK A CORPSE...

THEY WILL LOSE ALL HEART.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW, BROWN?

WELL, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO PORT-AU-PRINCE.

YOU CAN'T.

THE FIRST PATROL WHICH PASSES WILL FIND THESE BODIES.

YES, YES. I'M CORNERED, AREN'T I?

MY MEN ARE WAITING FOR MAJOR JONES.

FOR SOME REASON, THEY BELIEVE THAT WHITE MEN

ARE THE ONLY TRUE EXPERTS IN KILLING.

I CAN DRAG THE BODIES OUT OF ROAD,

BUT THEY WILL FIND THE JEEP.

VOICI LE COMMANDANT JONES.

NOW, LOOK, PHILIPOT...

I'M NO USE TO YOU. I HAVE NO TRAINING.

I CAN'T SMELL WATER ANY MORE THAN--

ANYWAY, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN BURMA AS HE WAS.

I DON'T WANT TO GET MIXED UP IN YOUR POLITICS.

WAS MAGIOT'S DEATH POLITICS?

IF YOU GO BACK,

YOU DIE MISERABLY AND FOR NOTHING.

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, BROWN.

MAJOR H.O. JONES,

FIVE CORPS, IMPHAL.

AFTER YOU, MAJOR.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Philipot: VOICI LE COMMANDANT JONES.

WHAT'S THIS SUPPOSED TO BE?

THE CLOSEST WE CAN COME TO LIQUID FIRE.

IT'S FULL OF PETROL.

THERE'S A TONTON POST OVER THERE,

6 KILOMETERS OFF THE SLOPE OF KENSCOFF.

THEY HAVE TWO BREN GUNS-- WE NEED THEM.

IS THAT REALLY KENSCOFF?

YES.

THEN PORT-AU-PRINCE IS JUST BEHIND.

WE'LL GET BACK THERE ONE DAY.

DO YOU PLAN TO ATTACK WITH THIS...JOB LOT?

YES.

YOUR RUM PUNCH, MONSIEUR BROWN.

MAJOR JONES, JOSEPH.

AH, YOU BETTER LET ME TALK TO THEM.

DON'T TRY TO DISCOURAGE THEM.

HOW CAN I?

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD OF ENGLISH.

THEN WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

SATISFY MYSELF, PHILIPOT. AN ITCH TO...

TO FACE THINGS AS THEY ARE.

MY FRIENDS,

TOMORROW WE ATTACK THE TONTON!

[SHOUTING, CHEERING]

WE ARE CRAZY FOOLS!

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT,

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT!

WE ARE GOING AGAINST THE TONTON

WITH A HANDFUL OF SHOTGUNS AND MACHETES

AND A GARDEN SYRINGE.

[CHEERING]

A HOTELKEEPER, A PAINTER,

A BARMAN... AND YOU.

YOU STUPID BASTARDS!

THE RABBLE OF THE COCKPIT

AND THE SLUMS.

MY...RAGGED REGIMENT.

[SOUND OF GUNFIRE]

PETIT PIERRE!

I WAS AFRAID I'D BE TOO LATE TO SEE YOU.

THERE IS GREAT EXCITEMENT IN TOWN.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW?

A TONTON POST,

THE OTHER SIDE OF KENSCOFF,

WAS ATTACKED YESTERDAY.

TWO MEN ARE DEAD.

TONTONS? NO. REBELS.

ONE WAS JOSEPH,

THE BARMAN AT THE TRIANON.

[SOUND OF GUNFIRE]

PLEASE.

AND THE...AND THE OTHER?

NO ONE WE KNOW.

Loudspeaker: ALL PASSENGERS ABOARD, PLEASE.

WELL, IT IS TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

ANGELITO.

IT WAS BRAVE OF YOU TO COME AND SEE US OFF.

MY DIPLOMATIC FRIENDS KEPT AWAY.

YOU WILL MISS OUR PUBLIC FESTIVITIES.

THEY'RE HANGING THE TWO BODIES

IN THE SQUARE TOMORROW--

JOSEPH AND THE OTHER ONE.

Loudspeaker: FLIGHT 101, BEGIN BOARDING, PLEASE.

ET BIEN.

REMEMBER US.

I CANNOT FORGET.

REMEMBER POOR HAITI.

STRANGE TO THINK

THAT SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE...

IS THAT--

MANUEL!

LOOK-- IS THAT SMOKE?

NO.

NO, THAT'S JUST CLOUD.

Woman on intercom: CAPTAIN HOCKSTED AND HIS CREW

WELCOME ON BOARD THE PASSENGERS

WHO JOINED US AT PORT-AU-PRINCE.

YOU CAN UNFASTEN YOUR SAFETY BELTS AND SMOKE NOW.

NO PIPES OR CIGARS, PLEASE.

OUR FLYING TIME TO MIAMI WILL BE ONE HOUR, 10 MINUTES.

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