All language subtitles for Drum of Africa (1963)

Where have you been?
You're missing everything.

Not everything.
What have you been doing?

Relaxing.

You've been glued to those
binoculars four solid hours.

Different for you...
You've been all over the world.

I've never been out of canada.

This is terrific.

Remember to tell your uncle,
maybe he'll raise my salary.

Yeah, i suppose it is
a nuisance for you, really,

taking me on a trip like this.

Not a bit.

I'm glad of the company...

as long as you don't
get yourself killed.

David, what happened in aden
was an accident.

I mean, how was i to know
the rope was going to break?

Well, all i know is,
you almost ended up on

the receiving end of
20 tons of cargo...

And i'd have had a hard time
explaining that to your uncle.

Hard astern!

Hard astern!
Hard astern!

What is it now? don't tell me
you're stopping this

waterlogged old death trap
you call a ship

because of one single hippo!

Mr. moore, i've no intentions of
getting a hole in this, uh,

waterlogged old death trap,

just because you are a few
minutes late into edwardstown.

I'm a week late.

I'm as eager to get there
as you are...

My last.

And if that's one single
hippo...

i'll take the bridge.

Hey!

You really do want to
finish it, don't you?

I was only trying to see if...

Mr. cuortemayn, sir,
the boat is coming.

I thought i heard her.

Hand me the soap, kasongo,
i dropped it.

Bwana, the boat will be here
in a few minutes.

Maybe the white men
are on board.

Mm, i imagine they are.

You go down and meet them,
mr. cuortemayn, sir.

This is correct.
No, you go down to meet them.

This is not correct!

What did i have you
educated for, kasongo?

So that you could pick up all
the white man's

most worthless values?

Mr. cuortemayn, sir,
these men will be very angry

if only met by me.

Eh, i imagine they will be.

Then you come... plenty of time
if you hurry now.

No. tell 'em i'm busy.

Better get going kasongo,
or they won't be met by anyone.

Most incorrect.

Signores, antonio viledo
at your service.

I think maybe you are white man
who need a good guide.

Viledo, best guide
in all east africa.

Oh, thanks, we already have...
Oh, you're hunters, maybe.

Viledo know all the waterholes,
all the best places

where the animals are.

Mr. moore, please?
Yes.

And mr. ferrers?

Welcome to edwardstown on behalf
of mr. cuortemayn.

Uh, mr. cuortemayn very busy,

very sad he cannot
come in person.

Oh, yes, you have
fine guide, all right...

Cannot even come down
to meet you.

Uh, there's more of our stuff
in the hold.

Later, sir, i will arrange all.
This way, please.

Think he might have come
himself, he's being paid enough.

Wonder why he didn't.

Mr. moore,
and ferrers,

excuse me for not
coming down to the boat.

Your boy told us you were busy.

Yeah. some drinks,
please, kasongo.

Mr. moore.
Cuortemayn, pleasure.

Mr. ferrers.
Hello.

Sit down, won't you?
Thank you.

I hope you had a good journey.

A slow one, i'm over
a week late.

I'd like you to get me up to
ambutu as quickly as possible.

Oh, yes, i had
this letter from london.

From the firm of ferrers,
mckinley...

Ferrers?
Brian is sir gerald's nephew.

"we sincerely hope that
you will be available

to guide our mr. david moore to
the railhead and ambutu

by the shortest
possible route."

surely it would have
been quicker

for you to have
followed your railway

from mombasa?

Apparently not...
There've been landslides.

"we cannot stress enough
the urgency of the mission."

why is it so urgent,

mr. moore?

They failed to tunnel through
the ambutu mountains.

The chief engineer
is down with malaria,

so i'm going up
to plan a new route

and i want to start first thing.

Well, it's a pity

they didn't give me time
to reply to this letter...

You see, i find myself
quite unable

to act as your guide.

No, it's not the leg...

I got that from an old rhino
about ten years ago.

Then what exactly do you mean?

What i say.

I'm sorry i'm not going to
act as your guide.

Do you realize what you're
being offered to do this?

Money has very little
meaning here, my boy.

You're the best guide
in all of east africa.

This is a very tricky journey...
We need you.

I'm sorry.
Now, uh...

kasongo will take you over
to the lodging houses

as soon as you've finished
your drinks.

If there's anything you want,
please ask him.

Why won't you guide us,
mr. cuortemayn?

My reason is purely personal.

Don't you think we have
a right to know what it is?

Very well.

I'm against your railway,
mr. moore.

I don't think africa needs
men like you,

or the improvements
you bring with you.

What utter nonsense. i was told
you were eccentric, sir, but...

Oh, so it's eccentric to love
a country and its people?

To love their freedom, their
innocence, and their beauty,

and not to want to
see them spoiled.

It's eccentric to stand in
the way of progress, and stupid.

I visited your railway,
mr. moore.

I've seen your progress.

I've seen what happens to these
people when they come

up against the white man's
values and his liquor...

Mr. cuortemayn,
i've had this argument

with cranks and crackpots
all over the world.

Yes, that's what you are

if you think we're wrong
to be helping africa

out of the stone age
and into the modern world.

What's so wonderful about

your precious modern world,
mr. moore?

Are you happy?

Oh, really.
are you a happy man,
mr. moore?

No, of course you aren't.

The african is.

Poor, backward, uneducated,

full of all kinds of
weird beliefs.

But happy.

Mr. cuortemayn,
i have a job to do.

There are 2,000 men sitting idle
up at ambutu.

Every day they do so costs
thousands of pounds.

I intend to get there
as quickly as possible

and put them to work again.

You may be the best guide
in the area,

but you're certainly
not the only one.

Come on, brian.

Pacey! pacey!

What's happening?
Slavers.

You wouldn't even see them.

They've become
a part of the jungle...

First thing you'd know there'd
be a bullet in your back.

Come on, ruth.

We heard a rumor
they were in the area

before we left the mission.

Then you should never have
tried to make the journey.

We knew the boat would be in,
we needed medical supplies.

We had to have them.

Slavers in this day and age?

I thought they'd
been exterminated?

Is that what the papers
tell you in europe?

They're worse
than they ever were.

Now, why would they
attack your party?

You say you had only eight men.

Eight trained men.

Cuortemayn:
that's the point.

A man who's been taught to work
in the house or in the fields

fetches six times
the price of the others.

Selling human beings.

Isn't anyone doing
anything about it?

Cuortemayn: there are
people who try...

A few hundred,
in an area that covers

millions of square miles.

I'd better get washed up...
I must look a sight.

A very pleasant sight.

If you're heading for ambutu,
you mustn't start tomorrow.

Give them time to clear...
They're dangerous.

I believe we can
take care of ourselves.

I don't think you realize
what these men are like.

They live by selling their
fellow human beings.

Killing means nothing to them.

No, we've wasted enough time
as it is,

we'll find another guide

and get moving
first thing in the morning.

Ruth, are you all right?
Yes, i'm fine.

Jack, you can't let them go,
they don't know this country.

Ha! i have an idea that nobody
changes mr. david moore's mind

once it's made up.

I wouldn't be too sure
about that.

Have they found a guide yet?

Some people call him a guide,
miss ruth... not me.

Viledo, i suppose?

That's right,
miss ruth... viledo.

All right, it's a deal.

Now, how many days to ambutu

oh, five, six days, signor,

depends on how fast
you can track.

Well, as fast as you can,
at a guess.

Oh, i don't doubt that, signor.

Signor is a man
after viledo's own heart,

but, uh, you see,
i think the boy, he's young.

Oh, he'll be all right, you just
plan the quickest route.

All right, all will be arranged.

Viledo get you best boys,
big, strong.

Um, you have much baggage?

Oh, very little...
The only heavy thing

is some dynamite i'm taking
up to the railhead.

Six boys should manage it.

All right,
5:00 in the morning, signor,

all will be ready, trust viledo.

Oh, there is... there is one
small point of no importance,

i shall, uh, well,
you know how it is...

There'll be a number of
expenses, nothing great, but...

How much?

Oh, i leave that to the signor,

the signor is
a man of experience.

Let's say, uh, 50, huh?

Well, let's say 20.

In advance of salary.

Twenty... oh, the signor
is most, most kind.

Well, this is
an unexpected pleasure.

You feeling any better?

Yes, thank you.
Good.

You're using viledo?

Mm-hmm.

You have any objections?

No... i believe
he's quite good.

Look...

i know you and jack cuortemayn
had a row today,

but please take his advice.

Stay here until those men
have left the area.

I'm glad you're so concerned
about our safety.

You don't know africa.

Jack does... and i do,
i was born here.

Will you please stay? it won't
be more than a couple of days.

No.

Tell me, how do you, uh...

how do you come to be working
at a mission, of all places?

Why shouldn't i?

Rather dull for a pretty girl
like you, isn't it?

Men say the stupidest things.

Why should it be any duller for
a pretty girl than a plain one?

Well, if you don't know,

i'm certainly
not going to tell you.

My father was doctor
at the mission.

When he died, i decided to stay
on and work with his successor.

I love africa.

I don't suppose
you understand that.

Why shouldn't i?

I have a feeling you don't
love anything or anybody

except your work and yourself.

That's a nice thing to say.

Oh, have i hurt your feelings?

You're very beautiful
when you laugh.

It's a pity you did that.

Didn't you like it?

I liked it as much
as if you'd said,

"i've absolutely
no respect for women."

but i have.
oh, no... and you
just proved it to me.

Now, wait a minute.

You kissed me
as if you'd found me

prowling up and down
the waterfront at mombasa.

Ruth!
"miss knight" to you,
mr. moore.

Now, just a minute...
i may work at
an out of the way mission,

and i may see very few men...
Will you listen...

But i don't happen to share
your opinion

that you're indispensable
to women.

I hope you get to ambutu safely,

but since you're
incapable of taking advice,

i very much doubt it.
Good night.

Good morning,
mr. cuortemayn.

Don't tell me you're
going on safari, as well?

Looks that way, doesn't it?

I thought it was
far too dangerous

with all these
terrible slavers around?

It is, however, there are
one or two differences

between your journey and mine.

In the first place,
mine is an urgent one.

Well, i happen to think
that mine is, too.

In the second place, i am going
out of the danger area

and you're going into it.

Are you trying to tell me that
they keep to a defined area?

Oh, yes! in the sense that

uninhabited country
doesn't interest them.

There are no villages
on my route.

You're not taking her.

As a matter of fact,
she's taking me.

There's fever at the mission.

I have to get these supplies

back to the hospital
as soon as i can.

She's a very strong-minded
young woman,

as i believe you found out
for yourself.

What are you grinning at?

Good luck.

David?
Hmm?

I think i ought to say that
i saw what happened last night.

What did happen last night?

Between you and ruth.
Oh, that.

She really told me where to
get off, didn't she?

You really don't care, do you?

Why should i?
Because she's a lovely girl.

Brian, i read somewhere that
there are, at this moment,

something like, uh,

10,000 million women
in this world.

Let's say half of them
were born lovely...

That's 5,000 million.

Let's say half of the lovely
ones are ready to play games.

That's 2,500 million.

Why bother your head
about the virtuous ones

like miss ruth knight?

Life's too short.

Now, you're worrying about him.

Yes, i am.
It's absurd, isn't it?

Man like that isn't worth it.

I didn't say i was
worrying about david.

The other's only a boy...
And a nice boy.

Ruth, ruth, who do you
think you're fooling?

All right, i'm an idiot.

He's an attractive man,

and that's a species
i don't see many of...

Is that what you mean?

I mean what i say,
he isn't worth worrying about.

Oh, jack, jack... who do you
think you're fooling?

There isn't a man alive

you wouldn't think worth
worrying about

if he was in danger.

You know, the only thing that's
wrong with our relationship

is that we know
each other too well.

Hey, hey, hey, hey,
come on back here.

Aww, david!
Hippos are perfectly harmless.

They wouldn't hurt a fly.

Maybe not, but flies don't have
your ability for getting hurt.

Very excellent campsite, signor,

we make stop here.
No, it's too early.

Boys very tired, signor...

Is bad make boys too tired
first day out.

Any old hand tell you this.

Look, we make better time
tomorrow, signor,

if boys get good rest now, huh?

All right.

Well, doesn't seem much doubt
about who needs the rest.

Well, we haven't done too badly.

Viledo?

When can we get back to
the veldt?

We made good time there.

Oh, early tomorrow, signor.

And don't forget,
this is excellent shortcut.

Are you really determined
to get yourself killed?

It was a little baby chimp.

Well, that's the oddest looking
little baby chimp

i've ever seen.

Oh, honestly, david, there was
this little baby chimp...

The next time you want to look
at little baby chimps,

use your binoculars.

I want to get you back to your
uncle in one piece,

not as a stuffed trophy
to hang over the mantel.

What are they saying?

Well, ask one of the boys.

What do they say, kasongo?

Slave hunters, bwana.

What about them, kasongo?

Slave hunters are at lubaki.

Lubaki!
not on their route,
my dear.

No, but it's near.

Yes, yes...

strange viledo doesn't know
what the drums are saying.

I'm not so sure he doesn't.

Something moved!

Bird.

No, i think i saw
something else.

You're imagining things.

Those drums are
jangling your nerves.

Well?
six africans,
good, strong.

And white men?
Three.

We can manage them.

My friend, you are a fool.

Six africans
and three white men?

Three guns.

In lubaki village
are 60 africans.

No white men, no guns.

We attack lubaki
as soon as it is dark.

Viledo!

What is it?

Can't he even
keep watch properly?

Hey, viledo!

The boys!
They're gone!

That lousy son of a portuguese!

They've all gone!

Come on, brian, into your boots
and let's get out of here!

Fast as you can, boy!

Now, take these canteens, brian,
and fill 'em.

Fill anything you can find,
all right?
all right.

Brian, bring the guns
and the ammunition!

All right, boy, let's go.

Come on, brian!
Come on!

Well...

could have been us,
no thanks to viledo.

The devil wouldn't help him
if i ever get my hands on him.

Wonder where he went.

Why.

Ah, he probably woke up,
found the africans gone...

they were pretty frightened
when they heard those drums.

So, he took the hint
and disappeared.

I don't know why he didn't
stick a knife in us

while he was about it.

What now, david?

We don't have much choice.

We've...

try to find our way back
to edwardstown.

We should have listened to
cuortemayn and ruth.

Oh, let's face it, david,
they were right.

And isn't he going to let us
know it when we get back.

If we get back.

What's the matter with them?

The fire, i should think.

We're not staying around
to find out.

Hell?

Come on, let's go.

We got to stop.

I'm all right, david...
I'm good for a while.

It's getting dark.

Hungry?

Makes little difference if we
finish it now or in the morning.

Ahh.

Anyway, we'll find a waterhole
in the morning.

We've got to.

Brian...

i've really got you into a mess,
didn't i?

Let me say this...
I'll feel better if i do.

You're right.

I should have listened
to cuortemayn.

You wanted to get to
the railhead,

and you wanted to
get on with your job.

Now, i don't think that needs
any excuses, david.

Hey...

do you remember what my uncle
said that day in london,

when he handed me over to you?

He said...

"this will make a man
of you, my boy."

ah...

david!

Ruth: no! don't!

Are you all right?

How on earth did you find us?

We saw the fire... and you shot
an elephant, didn't you?

How did you know that?

Ivory is valuable here.

The news of a dead elephant
travels fast.

Since the slavers have moved on

and there aren't any other
white men in the area,

we reasoned you had killed it.

Well, lucky thing that i did.

There's none within 30 miles.

And then you have to know
where to look.

I still don't know how
you managed to find us.

Luckily, mr. cuortemayn
has good friends.

You could give us one of
your boys to guide us.

I'm not letting you take

a four-day trek
across this country

with only one man.
Then give us more!

You can spare them.
No.

Look...

you saved our lives
and i won't forget it,

but how can you be so petty?

Petty?
Yes, petty.

Well, you can delay us, yes,

but you know full well
you can't stop us

from building that railway.

I'm not thinking of
your railway,

i'm thinking of your survival.

Well, that's my risk, isn't it?

Brian can go with you
then join me later.

Oh, no, he can't!

This is a pointless argument,
mr. moore.

I am not breaking up the safari.

It'll take us two days
to reach the mission.

You'll find a guide there.

A week from today,
you'll be at your railhead.

You'll come with us,
no alternative.

Cuortemayn, you're the worst
loser i ever met.

What makes you think
i'm the loser?

Anyone who stands
in the way of progress

ultimately loses.

Eh...

you better side with him, brian.

He's your uncle's best engineer.

Thanks, mr. cuortemayn,
but i've got a mind of my own.

Well?
What's on your mind?

I am worried about the
correctness of a point.

You usually are.

Why do you dislike this railway
mr. moore will build?

This railway is only the first
of many such things

that the white man will bring.

Things that i think
will spoil africa,

change her for the worse.

Yet you send kasongo
to be educated?

Is not the railway the same as
sending me to be educated?

I think that one day africa will
have many railways,

many educated people,
as in your country.

You'd like that, kasongo?

Yes, very much.
Like you, i love africa.

So, why do you think this
railway is bad, bwana?

You know, this morning,
when i woke up

and i saw that warrior...

I thought we were due
for the pot.

Well, jack's been trading with
the mambua for years.

They're good friends.

Well, i'm glad to hear it.

It was you who made 'em go out
and search for us, wasn't it?

No, he would have
searched anyway.

He didn't want to come
with us, did he?

Well...
it's right out of our way,

and it is important
that we get to the railhead

as quickly as possible.

Is he a very good engineer?

In his field he's one of
the best in the world.

But, uh, he really doesn't
care about much else in life.

What are you trying to
tell me, brian?

Nothing. i mean...

well, i don't want to see
you get hurt, that's all.

You're a very
nice person, brian.

I promise, i won't get hurt.

Try it again.

Emto mara darti.

Oh! em to mara darti!

Em o mara darti

emto mara darti!

Emto mara darti

What does that mean?
Very good, very good.

Kasongo?

Later, kasongo!
I'll learn it all!

You know something? i think
i'm going to stay in africa.

It's not all fun.

You know, you're right.

We'll water the oxen
while we can.

Any chance for a swim?

Oh, i'm afraid not.

Can't we get to ogoto
in time to camp?

I don't see why not.

There's a bathroom at ogoto.

How long have you been there?

Oh, a couple of hours.

Liar.
i like watching
ladies have baths.

You look very pretty.

If you're trying to
embarrass me,

i assure you it isn't working.

Well, it's, uh, one of
the approaches.

You've met a lot of women,
haven't you?

Well, i've met a lot of women.

I wouldn't say that
i've known any of them.

Tell me, what's the matter
with your friend cuortemayn?

He isn't in love
with you, is he?

No.

No, i suppose in a way
he feels responsible for me.

And he thinks that
i'm the wrong company.

Well, maybe he's right.

What's this, another approach?

Fascination of
the dangerous male?

It's been known to work.

You don't know how he hates
the idea of your railway.

And what do you think of it?

Oh, women are more
practical than men.

Is it true that it will run
within a mile of the mission?

Mm-hmm, it will one day.

Oh, well, then i think
how wonderful it will be

having our supplies delivered
to our front door

instead of having to waste six
days going to fetch them.

Oh, where did you come from?

Come on, boy.

Would you like
some nice, sweet grass?

Yes!

Good boy.

His mother must be
somewhere near.

Go on home to mama.

I saw you for a moment...
Just as you really are,

i think.

When you were watching
the elephant.

It was touching.
You were like a little boy.

You know something?

I said that i'd met lots of
women but hadn't known any.

I do feel that
i know you... a little.

Well, there's not much to know.

I haven't done much, really.

Well, it's not what people do,
it's what they are.

And you are quite a girl.

Is this another approach?

If it is,
i never used it before.

You're being very honest,
aren't you?

I'm not altogether sure
i trust it.

I'll tell you... don't.

Shall i be honest?

Why not?

I'd like you to kiss me again.

Well, that is an approach,
if you like.

Was that better?

How do you mean, "better"?

Well, did it show more respect
than last time?

A bit too much, i think.

Yeah...
you're quite a girl.

Brian: david!

David!

David!
Mr. cuortemayn says that...

What happened?

It's a leopard trap.
Are you all right?

I think so.

With your luck,
i'm surprised there wasn't

a leopard in it.

Very few can find

the river love

for no one knows

just where it flows

the river love

once, in its rushing tide

all your loneliness

will be swept aside

and though you're worlds apart

soon you'll both be drifting

heart to heart

sometimes teardrops fill

the river love

but when you love

sometimes it's worth

the crying of

your dreams can never end

for you'll find love from

your river friend

so sail the river love

sail the river love

you will

become part of

the river love

Oh, it's wounded.

Oh...

it's gone off by itself to die.

There's something so lonely
about death always.

There's something pretty lonely

about life, too, isn't there?

Oh, i can't watch.

I thought it was this
nature in raw

that made you love
africa so much.

It is.

But you can love something
that frightens you, as well.

What are they saying, kasongo?

Uh, nothing, miss ruth.

Just drum talk.

We got to cross
the river somewhere.

It may as well be here.

You better see that your stuff
on the wagon is secure.

We don't want to lose anything.

Brian, give him a hand.

Yes, sir.

Well?

Bwana, i do not want
to frighten miss ruth.

What do they say?

The slave hunters
have passed this way.

There has been
destruction, killing.

I thought so.

You do well
to cross here, bwana.

The drums speak of great danger.

You are riding in this cart.

Oh, honestly, david.

Come on inside.

There's a crocodile
within 1,000 miles

who would have a go at you.

What do think the drums mean?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Jack! jack!

Jack, why did you cross there?

It wasn't an easy place at all.

We brought it off.
That's the main thing.

It was because of
the drums, wasn't it?

Well, let's say
it's always better

to have those slavers
on the other side

of a nice, wide river.

And it's a fine place to camp.

What's the matter, ruth?

Nothing.

Nothing?

I just wanted to think
alone, that's all.

I don't find it
too easy to think

when i'm near you.

What is it, ruth?

Oh, i'm just being stupid,
that's all.

Nothing that you could say or do

would strike me as stupid.

Oh, it's funny.

Hmm?

I've read about people
falling in love,

and i've thought, well,
if it's all that wonderful,

why are they always
so miserable?

Now i understand.

I don't think you're
in love with me, ruth.

Why?

Because you don't want
to think it?

I didn't say that.

Oh, sorry.

I told you i was being stupid.

It's just that,
suddenly, i realized...

by this time tomorrow,
you'll be gone.

Well, i have to go.
You know that.

I know.

But i could come back.

Yes, you could.

But are you the kind of a man
who does come back, david?

Are you?

Ruth.

Ruth, listen.

Mr. moore.

Tell me something.

How long have you ever stayed
faithful to one woman?

A week, two weeks?

16 and 1/2 days.

Once.

At least you're honest.

Ruth's a fine girl.

Yes, she is.

That's why i want you
to leave her alone.

In your own subtle way,

you've made that quite clear.

I want you to go away
and never see her again,

because she's 1,000 times

too good for you.

You know something, cuortemayn?

If you were a younger man,

i'd knock you from here
to mombasa for that.

I've made time taking
advantage of my age.

Has it ever struck you

you may be misjudging me
completely?

You know the answer
to that better than i do.

Am i misjudging you?

I don't know.

People can change.

They can, but do they?

Do you honestly believe that
you could make ruth happy?

I don't know.

She certainly
isn't very happy just now.

We've none of us
any right to gamble

with other people's lives.

You're a strong man
and a brave one,

but like all selfish people,

you're a destroyer.

You're right.

What would you like me to do?

Vanish into thin air?

That might be managed.

If it hadn't been
for this wagon,

we could have gone on
to the mission tonight.

As it is, it won't take kasongo

more than a couple of hours

to get ruth there
first thing in the morning.

And where would we be?

You would be on your way
to your blasted railway,

and i'd be guiding you.

Matter of fact, there's a route

that no other white man
even knows about.

I can get you there
the day after tomorrow.

And don't think i don't hate
having to help you.

I do.

You really do love
that girl, don't you?

Much as i loved her father.

All right.

But we better start before dawn.

I can manage that.

You'll have to if you don't
want me to see her again.

Who'd have thought that i'd get

the best guide in
east africa after all?

Ruth, what's the matter?

I just saw you running.
What happened?

Sometimes it's good to see
things like that.

Good?

Ruth, what's the matter?

Please, tell me.

Life looks so beautiful,

especially here in africa.

Sometimes you forget
how cruel it really is.

Bwana.

Moore, come here.

I'm afraid she
heard us last night.

She's pretty upset.

"the slavers are not the only
people around here

"who make bargains
over human beings.

"i've taken one of the boys
and gone on to the mission.

"if you send kasongo
with the wagon,

you can make a nice,
early start for the railway."

there's a postscript.

Brian insisted
on going with her.

Bri...

Brian?

Kasongo.

Would they have made it
all right in the dark?

Any other time, i'd have
said, "yes, of course,"

but, um, tell makayte
to strike camp

and take the wagon to
the mission using the old track.

Yes, bwana.
you come with
mr. moore and me.

Yes, bwana.

Break out ammunition, kasongo.

Go on, ruth, cry.

It'll do you a lot of good.

I can't.

I don't know why.

Maybe because
it's all my own fault.

I asked for it, didn't i?

You warned me i'd get hurt.

I don't understand how
david could be so callous.

It seems we both
have a lot to learn.

Oh, i don't know.

You go on leading your own
little life as best you can.

Maybe it's not very exciting,
but it's yours.

You know where you are,
and you know who you are...

and then, suddenly...

Ruth. ruth,
you're too fine a person

to let a man like that
do this to you.

Now, just forget him.

I don't want to forget him.

That's what makes me so angry.

Oh, it's hard to explain, brian.

When he kissed me,

my whole world came alive.

Everything became different.

But you've got your work.

I never told you how
wonderful i think it is.

This country needs
people like you, ruth.

Does it?

Does it, brian?

Or do we just fool ourselves

into thinking
other people need us

because we need to be needed.

Don't say thinks like that.
It isn't like you.

How do you know?

I don't even know myself.

Perhaps that ignorant,
self-contained girl

who came all the way down
to edwardstown

to collect supplies wasn't...

Wasn't me at all.

I don't know.

I don't know anything anymore.

There.

We can't afford a flood, can we?

Anyway, he isn't worth it.

I'm sorry.

I know.

I know you think
i'm only a boy and i...

No, i don't.

And you're not.

You're a man, brian.

And what's more,
you're a good one.

Let's get to the mission.

I'm sure you'll feel
a lot different

once you get back
with your friends.

Back with work.

Who would do a thing like this?

I think i have to teach you
how to behave.

What are you waiting for?

Get them moving!

Get them moving!

Faster!

War drums!

Their people are coming
to help us.

Wait.
Hold them here.

Leave him alone!

Go on, hit me!
Show us how brave you are!

You're not a man,

you're an animal.

A little of both, like most men.

What kind of a mother gave
life to a monster like you?

You haven't any
human feelings at all.

Oh, yes, i have.

The will to survive.

Our friends will
catch up with you,

and they'll start by
nailing you to the door

because i'll tell them to.

Watch your temper.
I have one, too.

Why you!

No!

Get them out of here!
All of you!

Get them out!
Get!

Well, that's that.

They will be back.

The petrol.

David: ruth!

Brian!

Bwana!

Brian!

Where's ruth?

Brian: the slavers.
They took her.

These men rescued you?

Yes.

We couldn't get to ruth.

Now have some of this.

There.

Want some more?

Now start from the beginning
and tell us everything.

The slavers, they were
waiting for us.

It was awful.

Come on, boy.
Tell us.

We have to know.

They took us down to where
the others were,

over there in those trees.

They were guarding
the africans they captured.

And then the mambua attacked?

No, that was about two
or three miles away.

The mambuas didn't have a chance

against all those rifles.

But we couldn't get to ruth?

We couldn't help her.

Well...

well, i hope you're pleased
with yourselves.

I mean, all that talk about
despising the slavers

because they dealt
in human flesh,

well, it didn't stop you

striking a bargain
over ruth, did it?!

Kasongo.

Take care of his arm.

What about ruth?
What'll they do to her?

They'll probably sell her.

There's no denying
it's been done before.

To whom?
Where will they take her?

The slavers have a rendezvous

in the mountains
not too far from here.

Arab caravans come up from
the valley of the white nile

and buy the slaves from them.

Do you know the place?

I've been there,
10 years ago, once.

It's called tambura kanga,
the womb of the world.

All right, kasongo,
you don't have to go with us

if you don't want to.

Tambura kanga is taboo.

In what way taboo?

Devil trees, spirits that
live in hollow mountains.

Oh, anything you can think of.

How's it going, kasongo?

I want to get started.

Nearly finished, bwana.

Can we overtake the slavers?

Can we get to ruth in time?

Maybe.

With canoes and a prayer.

Canoes?
Mm-hmm.

The kalawana village
is on the river nearby,

and the chief is
mr. cuortemayn's good friend.

Do you know why
mr. cuortemayn

goes in the first canoe alone?

So that he can tell them

where we want to land,
i suppose.

He understands now

that he is wrong
about your railway.

He cannot admit this, so...

he and i are a lot alike.

Yes, yes, i think so, too.

You know, this is the first time

since i met you in london

that you haven't been
worrying about the railway.

Does that surprise you so much?

Frankly, yes.

You think the railway means
more to me than ruth does?

Unless you've changed your mind

quite a bit since last night.

I love her, brian.

It took this
to teach me how much.

What's the matter
with them, kasongo?

They will go no further.
The taboo.

They'll put us ashore,
won't they?

Oh, yes, they will
put us ashore.

Will he come?

Oh, yes, he'll come, all right.

Just taking a few precautions.

Stand up.

Stand up when i tell you!

No, no, no, you mistake
my intentions,

which are strictly honorable.

Shall i tell you why
they are honorable?

You are a valuable
piece of merchandise.

The fact that you are, um...

how shall i put it
so that i am not coarse?

The fact that you are somewhat
ignorant of the male sex

will double your price.

Yeah...

yes, cleaned
and properly dressed,

you are going to be
quite an attraction

in alexandria, damascus...

quite an attraction.

They have a meeting place
up here?

You wouldn't be so surprised

if you could see what lies
on the other side.

Okay...
huh?

Psst!

Ruth!

Ruth?

Oh...

now, listen...

you want to be able to see
what's happening in a cave.

Hold this.

I'm going to fuse this...
90 seconds.

You understand?
90 seconds.

Now... here.

Hold this.
Jack, give me your knife.

As soon as you see
the first of the africans,

or possibly ruth,
run out of the inner cave,

you light this.

Now, the longer
you hold the dynamite

after you've lit it,
the better...

But not over 90 seconds.

You throw it into that tunnel

between the two caves
and then duck,

all right?
Got it.

Be able to see me
from down there...

If anything goes wrong,
i'll tell you.

Remember, as soon as the first
one runs out, you light it.

You'll have a hard time covering
us when the panic starts.

I'm a pretty fair shot.

Distract them.

Help him!
Help him, somebody!

He hit me!
This man hit me!

You told your men
not to touch me,

and this man hit me!

Who freed you?

Hold it.

Tell me!
Tell me!

All right, let's go! come!

Oh, david, hurry up!

David, come on!

Very few can find

the river love

for no one knows

just where it flows

the river love

once, in its rushing tide

all your loneliness

will be swept aside

and though you're worlds apart

soon you'll both be drifting

heart to heart

sometimes teardrops fill

the river love

but when you love

sometimes it's worth

the crying of

your dreams can never end

for you'll find love from

your river friend

so sail the river love

sail the river love

you will

become part of

the river love