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How does she look?

She'll get you to Shanghai alright.

Hey! Get off there. Hurry up. Come on.

Hello.

Hello.

Plane Minnie calling Goodtime Charlie.

Plane Minnie calling Goodtime Charlie.

Over.

He's coming in now, sir.

Hello Minnie. I can hear you.

Over.

Hello.

This is Plane Minnie.

What is the ceiling?

Over.

Calling Minnie. Ceiling fifty feet.

Closing in fast.

Ceiling fifty feet. Closing in fast.

Don't tell him that or he'll bail out. I want that cargo. Bring him in.

I can hear you. You are right over the field.

Heading west.

You are right over the field heading west. Over.

Hello.

Plane Minnie.

Turn your truck headlights on.

Going down to the field.

Got that?

Going down to the field.

I'm coming down.

Over.

Can you see my lights?

Can you see my lights?

Over.

Bring her down easy.

Slow your glide. Slow your glide!

Pull her up. Pull her up!

I did not think you were going to make it.

You and me both.

We have another flight arranged for you.

That was my first and last flight.

Unless I get more dough.

Just a moment. You made a deal.

The boss won't pay any more.

There is nothing in my deal about flying under these conditions.

You knew there would be certain risks.

Sure. But you promised me a certain amount of protection which I didn't get.

So tell your boss I want more money.

A thousand welcomes, Mister Brad.

Louie Chin is very happy to know you landed tonight.

You don't miss much, do you. - No, sir.

For two days my humble person and his loyal friends ..

Have offered nightly prayers for your safe return.

Okay.

How do you and I stand?

According to my celestial calculation and the present rate of exchange.

You owe me the sum of 140 thousand and 640 ..

Or seven dollars and twenty cents in American money.

Here is ten.

Sorry. I do not have 6,000 Shanghai change.

If I carried change in my rickshaw there would be no room for passengers.

Keep it. - Many thanks.

Mister Brad.

Your friend Mr Ellis is very bad tonight.

Very bad.

He is upstairs now.

I'll take care of him.

See you around.

I want a pack of American cigarettes.

Sorry, but we are all out.

How much are they when you are all out?

Ten dollars.

Can I the bill for 33?

Here it is.

376 dollars.

American money.

Kinda high, isn't it?

Mr Ellis has been charging many things to your account for some time.

What of it?

Here. Stamp that "paid".

Here you are, sir.

Oh, Mr Dunham.

We shall be requiring your room.

What?

The management regrets that it requires you and Mr Ellis to move tonight.

You can't do that.

Mr Ellis is sick and you can't put a sick man out on the street.

If I may say so, Mr Ellis's sickness bears a curious relationship to whiskey.

Whatever you got against me is okay.

But lay off him.

We want the room .. tonight.

Mr Cartwright, please.

Mr Cartwright?

Number 33 is checking out tonight.

Yes. I think we can dispose of the room to our mutual advantage.

Thank you, sir.

Has Mr Dunham come in yet?

He has just gone up to his room. What name please?

Never mind, thank you. I will wait.

For you, Madame?

Can I have some sherry please. - Sherry. Indeed.

Do you know Mr Dunham when you see him? - That I do, Miss.

Would you like me to point him out? - Would you? Please.

Would you like me to introduce you?

That won't be necessary. Thank you.

"Dear, Brad."

"Sorry about this."

"I've had all I can take."

"Maybe heaven isn't too particular about who they let in."

"Best of luck to the last of the old gang."

"Steve."

Desk clerk.

This is Dunham.

Mr Ellis has already checked out.

You had better send the coroner up for his bags.

That is Mr Dunham now.

Good evening, Mr Dunham.

Evening, Mike.

Just one.

Is Mr Ellis joining you tonight?

No.

Feeling poorly, is he?

He never felt better in his life.

He is dead.

May the saints have mercy on his soul.

There were those who didn't deserve to clean his shoes that found fault in him.

But he was a fine gentleman.

I'll drink to that.

With your permission, sir.

I would like to join you.

How about a couple of drinks, Mike? - Coming up, sir.

Pretty stuffy around here.

Yeah. Let's move down there. The climate is better.

Will you excuse me just a moment. I will be right back.

Good evening, Mr Dunham.

Did you get my message to your boss?

What message do you mean?

There will be no more flights unless I get more dough.

But I told you that was the price.

If you haven't got the nerve to tell him I will.

Take me to him.

No-one see the boss and the boss sees no-one.

He'd better see me.

You are in no position to make demands.

We had an understanding.

Take it or leave it.

Louie. - Yes, Mister Brad?

In what way can I serve you?

You know I flew a plane in tonight, don't you?

Well, yes and no.

Come on now, Louie. You're a smart little guy. Tell me.

Where did they take the cargo?

Well, sir.

I seem to have heard a rumor.

Only a rumor mind you.

The cargo was delivered to a warehouse in the Street of Fallen Leaves.

My humble rickshaw is at your service.

Mister Brad.

You might find this key of some use to you.

Don't wait for me.

Hey! Stop!

With the compliments of Brad Dunham.

Yes, Mr Dunham?

What is this rumour I hear about my having to give up my room?

Well ..

It is a ..

A clerical error, Mr Dunham. We won't say any more about it.

See that you don't.

Mr Cartwright.

I think Mr Dunham is going to work out very nicely.

Very nicely indeed.

Mike. - Yes, Mr Dunham?

How'd you like to have a nip of real Scotch ..

Instead of that lighter fluid you've been dishing out?

I haven't spent an evening with those two boys since before the war.

Well, put up a couple of glasses and sit down.

Yes, sir.

Is it real?

That it is.

It looks like home.

It tastes like home too.

Mike.

A glass for the lady. - No. Thank you.

I just wanted to touch it.

Homesick? - A little.

Been away long?

It seems like years but it is not actually.

It is just that everything here seems so .. so strange.

That is the trouble with foreign countries.

Everything is so foreign.

Did you ..

Just get here? - Yesterday.

I am a field worker with the international settlement.

My name is Arnold. Linda Arnold.

Hello.

Do you make a hobby of talking to strangers in bars?

Not usually, but ..

You looked American and I saw no harm in it.

It is a cinch you don't know who I am.

Should I?

Brad Dunham.

Does the name mean anything to you?

No.

Well, let me give it to you fast.

Nice girls aren't supposed to talk to me.

Much less be seen with me.

Why?

I am a bottle with a label on it.

It says "poison".

And there is no antidote.

Unless this is it.

I feel no ill effects.

Stick around.

You will.

A cigarette? - Thank you, no.

Mr Dunham.

Don't go away, baby. You will see what I mean.

This end of the bar is closed.

Mr Dunham, I am very much in interested in knowing ..

Where you put that certain large package.

Didn't you hear me, Mr Dunham?

Where did you hide that package?

I talk to nobody but the boss.

As I was saying, Miss Arnold.

You must allow me to show you the points of interest in Shanghai.

We'll start off with the two crummy characters at the back of me.

The little one is a small-time toughie.

Who was weaned on a water-pistol.

And the other. - Mr Dunham.

Do I talk to the boss?

Come with me.

Miss Arnold.

You take care of those two guys.

And I'll take care of these two.

Come on, boys.

I have been here before.

Follow me.

Well.

Hello.

Good evening, Mr Dunham.

It is so nice of you to drop in.

He refused to talk to me Madam Baranoff.

I had to bring him here.

This isn't the first time you have been unable to carry out my orders.

Never send a boy to do a man's work.

Watch your rotten mouth or I will .. - Ramon.

And now, Mr Dunham.

Shall we get down to business?

I made a deal to talk with the boss.

Alone.

Go.

Close the door.

So, the black market sure pays.

I must say your methods are a little flamboyant, Mr Dunham.

You mean, stealing the truck?

It got results.

I'm talking to the boss.

And you might have been killed.

Not by the guys you got working for you now.

How do you know you are safe with me?

How do you know I haven't got a gun?

Because your clothes fit you much too well.

It is plain to see that you haven't got a gun either.

All this is very charming, Mr Dunham.

But it doesn't get me back my truck.

It is yours.

Just like that?

No.

Oh.

And your condition?

I want a cut.

How much of a cut do you expect to get ..

For one truck? - Half.

Partners.

You are very amusing.

It's not that funny.

Look.

I flew the cargo, then hijacked it myself.

And now I have got it stashed away where your surly characters cannot find it.

You must admit that is a pretty good night's work for one guy.

I am willing to admit that.

And the night isn't .. over yet.

Do you really think you can talk yourself into a partnership ..

On the strength of one truck load of cargo?

No.

The truck was the key to your door.

But I give you credit for knowing a good thing when you see it.

Meaning you?

Meaning me.

You are much too modest, Mr Dunham.

Modesty doesn't pay off.

You should know that.

I don't like the trend your conversation is taking.

What do you want, polite conversation or results?

Look.

I'm the only one who talks your language around here.

It doesn't take an expert to see what your outfit needs is a man's touch.

And you are that man? - That's right.

You've got the black market cornered but you are not running it right.

And you think you could run it right?

What do you have to lose?

If I double your business and you cut me in for half.

You'd still be making as much as you're making now.

And I'd be doing all the dirty work.

You could just sit back and .. relax.

And stay beautiful.

You make is sound very attractive.

From where I am standing it is.

Shall we drink to a successful partnership?

That still doesn't prove I am a partner.

You are hard to convince.

My partner wants to give you an order.

Partner? - Yes.

Go and pick up the truck.

It is in the garage at the back of 2300 Rhodes Drive.

Hurry back.

If he gives orders I don't take them.

Okay then. You're fired.

Get out.

It is crowded in here.

You heard him.

Satisfied?

Not yet.

She went home, Mister Brad. About an hour ago.

Girls like her don't wait in bars.

That is too bad.

Did she leave any message? - Yes.

She said she'd get in touch with you. - She did?

You made a hit with the little lady.

Nightcap?

No thanks. What I need is some sleep.

Goodnight, Mike. - Goodnight, Mister Brad.

Brad.

Brad.

Brad, you son of a gun. It's really you. - Right in the flesh.

I am glad to see you. - And I'm glad to see you.

You know, for a minute I thought I was asleep and having a nightmare.

I am awake looking at one.

Gee. Four long years.

You know, I really shouldn't talk to you.

Why?

Well, I wrote you over a dozen letters.

I didn't get them.

I didn't know what had happened to you.

The last letter I wrote came back marked "address unknown".

Were you killed?

Yeah.

But I refused to stay buried.

Good for you.

Where are you staying? - Right here.

Oh.

Well, you just got yourself a roommate.

What are we waiting for?

Come on.

Boy oh boy, this is my lucky day.

Remind me to send a thank you note to my guardian angel.

Mr Andrews is moving in with me. Is that alright with you?

Yes, sir. Anything you say, sir.

Just like that.

You know the only thing missing now?

Old Mrs McGraw pounding on the door and yelling:

"There will be no cooking in the rooms, boys."

"And could you be letting me have the loan of a bottle of gin?"

What happened to the old battle-axe?

The last I heard of her she was the captain of a landing barge on D-Day.

Same old Mark.

It is nice to know some things haven't changed.

Is that your crew?

It was.

I heard about the rough deal the four of you got.

What did you think?

You didn't have to ask me that.

Parker, Rourke and ..

Ellis too?

Oh, that is too bad.

How did it happen?

He took his own life.

He never really got over it after the four of us got kicked out of the army.

He lost everything except his pride.

When he lost that, he ..

That is tough.

Well, you seem to have come out of it alright.

Yeah. I am alright.

Let's hit the sack, huh?

That's for me.

A real bed.

With sheets.

Dreamland, here I come.

You know, Brad.

This is my idea of the way to cover a story.

What are you on now?

Didn't I tell you?

Oh, they're letting me write my own ticket on the biggest story of the day.

Exotic intrigue.

Mysterious murders.

All the trimmings, complete with pictures.

What is that? Or can't you tell?

Sure.

Sure. I can tell you.

The black market.

Goodnight, Brad.

Goodnight, Mark.

"Intrigue."

"Lay in your eyes."

"Madly I fell."

"Under your spell that night."

"Intrigue."

"Dark as the sky."

"Brought me to you."

"Bringing a new delight."

"You, you were the Lorelei luring me on."

"We kissed."

"And my resistance was gone."

"Gone."

"Intrigue."

"Two hearts in league."

"Without a word."

"Clearly we heard the call."

"And now you are mine, my love."

"And love is all."

"Intrigue."

"Intrigue."

Enjoy your dinner? - It was wonderful.

I love Chinese food.

This is the one place in Shanghai ..

Where you can get the kind of Chinese dishes you only get back in the States.

Like to dance, Miss Arnold?

Would you like to dance, Miss Arnold?

Oh. I would love to.

I had forgotten that people can have fun.

I had sort of forgotten too.

It is hard to believe that you are a social service worker.

Why?

You dance too well. - Thank you.

I like dancing.

Do you dance a great deal?

No.

But from now on I will.

Alright. Here we go.

Dateline, Shanghai.

Quote. 'Behind the black market'. Unquote.

"By Mark Andrews."

"Shanghai pleads for food."

"Years of war have sharpened China's demand for essential goods from abroad."

"Every man woman and child fights for mere existence."

"Struggles desperately for the bare necessities of life."

"As the cost of living soars to fantastic heights."

"Shanghai bulges with milling crowds eager to buy common everyday articles."

"At prices as much as 5,000 times higher than pre-war."

"Those lucky enough to possess them, exchanged their jewellery."

"And even their prized family heirlooms for bundles of inflated paper money."

"The rate of exchange soars to more than 2,000 Chinese dollars .."

"For every one American dollar."

"Openly vending their smuggled and pilfered goods .."

"The black marketeers are one of Shanghai's biggest problems."

"Handbags for the ladies. Clothing."

"Shoes."

"Stockings of all kinds and shades for those who can afford them."

"Knick-knacks for the men."

"And canned goods by the thousand."

"Canned vegetables are much in demand even at black market prices."

"The main diet is rice."

"With an occasional bit of green vegetable or fish."

"The only escape from this suffering and privation."

"Is death."

"The profiteers who control the black market .."

"Must be singled out and publicly exposed."

"Those individuals who .."

"Blinded by greed."

"Control food."

"Control the lives of innocent men, women and children."

"And those who control lives."

"Control nations."

"Races."

"And the course of the world."

If you could possibly see your way to accept a few more children, Miss Carr.

I wish we could sir, but I don't quite see how we could manage.

How many are there in this group?

Twenty-two.

These are not ordinary cases, I assure you.

They are orphans.

Their parents died of starvation in the Jiangxi province.

If something is not done for them.

They will die too.

Something must be done.

Do you think we could take them in, Miss Parker?

I think we can manage. If we cut the rations again.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

We're doing the best we can but .. it is not enough.

The authorities are making arrests every day.

And yet the black market continues.

Controlled by a few who place the love of money about the lives of children.

Thank you again for your kindness.

Madam Baranoff. Miss Carr. Miss Parker.

Excuse me. It is time to serve our elaborate one-course lunch.

Thank you, Miss Parker.

Thank you, Miss Parker.

Thank you, Miss Parker.

I'm glad you came over today.

I have a few important problems I'd like to discuss with you.

Of course.

I'll do anything I can to help the situation.

Would you mind looking this over?

Children, this is Mr Dunham.

Hello, Mr Dunham.

Hiya.

Are you an orphan too?

Yes. I suppose you could call me that.

Did your parents die in the hills?

Now Mia, run along and have your lunch.

You mustn't mind them.

I don't .

I was a kid once myself.

Excuse me. It is time for the children's games.

Alright, children.

Come along. It is time for games.

Alright. Shush.

Alright, we'll now choose our sides.

We already have our teams, sir.

Who is the pitcher?

I propel the ball from the mound, sir.

Well, that is one way of doing it.

Anybody around here the umpire?

Well, I can't say that I blame you.

If it's alright with both sides I'll call them as I see them.

Thank you. We have the utmost confidence in your judgment as the arbitrator, sir.

It's plain you didn't play in Brooklyn.

Alright, then, Let's play ball. Come on.

Strike one.

I beg your pardon, sir.

But it seemed to me that ball was rather wide.

I will watch it. - Thank you, sir.

Do they do it that way in Brooklyn, sir?

Once in a while.

Next batter.

I've never seen them enjoying themselves so much.

I'm having a pretty good time myself.

Alright. Play ball.

Hey, Shorty. Are you alright?

I'm afraid baseball isn't quite the game for him.

They are not very strong you know. They don't get very much to eat.

Why don't you feed them more?

Feed them more? What do you think we do here?

Eat it ourselves?

There isn't enough to go around.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know.

Many people don't know unless they see it with their own eyes.

The black market doesn't touch all lives but it touches these lives very deeply.

Come on.

Come on, children. Back to classes.

Thank you for playing with us, Mr Dunham.

That's okay, sweetheart.

Are you coming back again, Mr Dunham?

Try and keep me away.

Come on, Mia.

What happened?

We were in the outer harbor signalling for clearance to enter.

When there was a burst of machinegun fire.

Go ahead.

The first burst killed the helmsman.

And got me in the arm.

Then they hove to and came aboard.

Six of them.

I did what I could. - I'm not blaming you.

Recognise any of the men?

It was too dark and it happened too fast.

When I came to ..

They were adrift and the cargo had been taken off.

Eight thousand pounds of rice and 90-cents a pound.

Sixteen thousand dollars American.

Louie, you stay here.

I'm going to call on Mr Karidian.

Mr Dunham.

I did not hear you knock.

I didn't hear you say come in.

So that makes us even.

Forgive me if I do not shake hands.

A custom of my country, you know.

Stay away from my boats.

A custom of my country, you know. - Boats?

Do any of you gentlemen know anything about Mr Dunham's boats?

I am afraid Mr Dunham, that none of us know what you're talking about.

One of my men never knew what hit him. The other may lose an arm.

And I lost $16,000 worth of cargo.

That is most unfortunate. Most unfortunate.

Rice is so difficult to get.

Not for the guys who stole it off my boat.

And how did you know it was rice?

My dear Mr Dunham.

You seem to laboring under a misapprehension.

Am I?

Are you accusing me of piracy on the high seas?

That's right.

This is very amusing, Mr Dunham. Very amusing.

You have proof of course?

And now, if you will excuse me.

I am a very hard working man in the importing business.

Just like you.

Now, why don't you run along and get your proof, Mr Dunham?

Okay.

If that's the way you want it.

That's the way you will get it.

This is proof enough for me.

[ Doorbell ]

How do you do, Mr Dunham. - Hello.

Karidian did it, didn't he?

Yes, that's right.

How did he know our sailing schedule?

An ex-friend of yours is working for him now.

Ramon?

Well, we'll just have to change our methods.

I want guns and ammunition put on every piece of our equipment.

I've already done that. - Good.

That may solve one of our problems.

What do you mean? - Karidian isn't our only enemy.

Take a look at this.

He's dangerous, Brad.

I'll take care of it.

That is what you have been saying all along.

It isn't only us he is after. There are others.

And they are not as fond of him as you are.

I said I'd handle it.

And Brad.

I don't think it's wise for you to see too much of Miss Parker.

Miss Parker?

Maybe she introduce herself to you as Miss Arnold.

Does the name Parker mean anything to you?

Perhaps it does.

Perhaps she's digging into the past just as Mr Andrews digs into the present.

They are both dangerous, Brad.

In what way is she dangerous to you?

Don't look at me that way, Brad.

It is just that .. I don't want anything to happen to you.

Or to us.

Hiya, Brad.

Hiya, Mark.

Just been looking over my stuff.

Is it good? - Good?

Are you kidding? - How about a tall one?

Been wanting one for an hour. - You got it.

Say, there was a phone call for you.

Who was it? - A Miss Arnold.

A lovely voice.

Still up to your old tricks?

I got some new ones.

Did she say what she wanted?

Not much. Just that she'd be delighted to join a couple of gay young blades.

What are you talking about?

She sounded so nice I asked her to have dinner with us.

You what?

You don't mind, do you Brad?

For an old St Bernard, you are doing alright.

Wait until she sees me.

Hey.

Why did you put some ice is this?

Say, Mark.

You are pretty hot on this assignment, aren't you.

I sure am.

This is no penny-ante racket, you know.

It covers the whole world.

In every country that is trying to get back on its feet.

This is a lot worse than the old days of prohibition.

Not everybody drank.

But everybody eats.

Well, I ..

Think I had better get changed.

Yeah.

We had better hurry.

We mustn't keep our girl waiting.

Ah, what is the use?

You know.

I admire the kind of work you are doing, Miss Arnold.

Do you get any help from the local people?

Some of them have been very kind, like Madam Baranoff.

What does she do?

She contributes food and clothing for the children.

I don't know what we would do without her.

Baranoff?

Does she have an interest in your firm, Brad?

She certainly has. She is the firm.

I am just the office boy.

You are Linda Parker, aren't you?

Yes.

Why didn't you tell me?

Danny Parker was my brother.

Would you have talked to me if you had known that?

What is there to talk about? - I don't believe Danny was guilty.

The court martial passed on the evidence.

Yeah. Why don't you just forget it? - I can't.

I won't.

You came a long way to buck a court martial.

I don't care about the court martial.

It nearly killed my mother and father.

And I decided then I had to get at the truth.

No matter whom it hurts.

You are safe and secure now but my parents aren't.

For their sake I have got to find out the truth.

What are you trying to prove, that I did it?

Okay. So I did.

You feel better now?

Brad.

Mark.

Sing my name on the check.

It will be a pleasure.

You don't really think Brad had anything to do with that do you?

I came 8,000 miles to find out.

And I am going to.

Well, you mustn't mind the way he talks.

You know.

I've got a hunch that crazy guy likes you.

He might have a strange way of showing it.

But then, he is strange guy.

Your costume is perfect, Mister Brad.

The truck should be along any moment now.

How much rice are they carrying? - Six tons.

Well, Mr Karidian will still owe us two tons.

Remember how we planned it? - Yes, sir.

The donkey does too.

Good.

Whoa.

This is the spot.

Get down.

Down!

[ Chinese language ]

I'll get him out of there.

Come on, you guys. Move that animal.

You savvy English? Move that animal.

[ Chinese language ]

What did you tell that guy in Chinese?

I told him he looked like the donkey's father.

Nah.

His ears aren't long enough.

Miss Parker.

Miss Parker, the most wonderful thing has happened.

A few moments ago a truck drove in and delivered 500 pounds of rice.

This note came with it.

"Just so the Shanghai Dodgers don't fall down running around the bases."

"The umpire."

You got anything for me? - Just the cable office called.

Oh, good.

Get them back for me, will you. I'll take the call upstairs in my room.

Get me the cable office and put it through to room 33.

[ Telephone ]

Yeah?

This is Mister Andrews.

No. No, that won't be necessary.

Just read it to me.

"Dateline. Washington DC."

"War departmental records of Brad Dunham court martial."

"Show syndicate handling smuggled contraband existed."

"No mention of Tamara Baranoff in this connection."

"If your facts warrant."

"We back to the limit any investigation to clear any former army flier."

It is signed: "Bartlett, Chief of Bureau".

Okay.

Thanks.

Mister Mark Andrews, madam.

How nice of you to drop in.

Good of you to see me. - A drink?

No thanks. Not during business hours.

You wished to see me?

Do you mind if I get directly to the point?

No. I prefer it that way. - Good.

You are a very attractive and a very clever woman.

Yes.

Therefore I shall try to neither flatter nor outwit you.

Thank you.

You're one of the powers in the black market, aren't you?

Yes.

Prior to that you were engaged in other more illegal activities, were you not?

Yes.

Thank you for giving me honest answers.

Not at all. If you print any of this I shall of course sue you.

For libel.

I don't intend to print any of this. Yet.

Then why, may I ask have you come to see me?

Coffee? - No thanks.

I came to make a bargain.

I am afraid you will have to be more explicit.

I intend to be.

Brad Dunham is my friend.

For almost three years he has lived under a cloud.

The result of a court martial and dishonorable discharge ..

Of which he was completely undeserving.

I fail to see in what way this affects me.

I believe you had something to do with the cargo on Brad's plane.

I?

Uhuh.

You can prove that?

Maybe.

I see.

And your bargain?

I'll minimise your participation in the black market ..

In exchange for a clean bill of health for Brad.

And if I refuse?

I'll continue my investigation until they reopen the court martial.

And then? - You will hang.

Or do they behead people in this country for smuggling contraband during wartime?

You are most insolent, Mister Andrews.

The truth often is.

Well, what do you say?

I say no.

Furthermore I would suggest that your investigations into my private life ..

Stop.

No can do. I am a reporter. I have got a job. You are it.

You sure you won't change your mind?

I am disappointed in you. I thought you would see the advantage in our bargain.

I still think you are very attractive.

In fact, I believe you will be the most beautiful woman ..

Ever to lose her head in the City of Shanghai.

Wellington 693.

I would like to speak with Mr Karidian please.

Tell him Madam Baranoff is calling.

[ Door knocks ]

Come in.

Mister Andrews?

Yeah?

Forgive use for intruding like this.

I doubt very much if we had announced ourselves you would have seen us.

What do you want? - To talk to you.

I have been reading your articles with great interest.

Great interest.

But possibly you do not know who I am.

Your manner is very familiar.

My name is Karidian.

I am in the importing business.

That scowling gentleman leaning against the door is associated with me.

May I sit down?

Did you boys get a good price for the rice you lifted off Mr Dunham's boat?

Excellent.

We turned a very neat profit.

But I did not intrude on you to discuss my business.

But yours.

More facts for our loyal readers?

Yeah. If you don't mind.

I don't like dirt on my copy.

I see. You prefer dirt in it.

What a pity to waste a talent like yours on a muckraking business.

We don't make the facts. We just print them.

What good does it do?

Nothing is deader than yesterday's newspapers.

Unless it be yesterday's newspaper man.

Mr Karidian.

If every man who's threatened me were laid end to end they'd all be like you.

Not a threat, Mister Andrews.

Let us say a business proposition.

Sorry. No bribes today.

Mister Andrews.

You are not a bright-eyed reporter just out of college.

You are a practical man of the world.

Your work shows it.

Why don't you write to my editor? Maybe he'll give me a raise.

Exactly.

Something tangible to show.

You have that with me.

And plenty of time to devote yourself to a novel or a play.

Are not all reporters going to retire and write a play?

Not this one.

I'll go to my grave turning over flat rocks and exposing vermin like you.

To your grave?

But why go sooner than you have to?

Another point, Mister Andrews.

You may find that your investigations will lead you closer to ..

Home than you think.

Make that plainer.

Your friend Mr Dunham is extraordinarily successful in the importing business.

Has it not occurred to you that he has perhaps been a little too successful?

Get out!

Ask him.

And ask him what he did with six tons of my rice.

He is still two tons ahead.

So you see, Mister Andrews.

It would be best all round if you stop exactly where you are now.

Get out.

If you do not.

I would suggest that you write your own obituary.

I have an idea it is going to be printed sooner than you think.

Good day, Mister Andrews.

Going up, sir?

Hiya, Mark.

You look very comfortable. - Hiya, fellow.

Have a good day? - Okay.

Did you just have a couple of visitors?

Yeah.

What did those two rats want?

A social call.

They think I have been working too hard. Wanted me to retire.

In fact, they insisted on it.

Did they get rough?

Only verbally.

One of them makes the threats ..

The other one looks like he could carry them out.

That is the one I threw out of the firm.

Oh.

How about a drink? - No thanks.

What else did they say?

Come on. Let's have it.

Is it true?

Yes.

It doesn't make sense.

It just doesn't make sense.

Why doesn't it?

If people are willing to pay the price why can't I take it?

Pay the price?

Do you know about the price they really pay?

What about the price I pay?

Do you know what it is to be an outcast? Have decent people walk away from you?

To be thrown out of your room?

To have every legitimate door slammed in your face for something you didn't do?

Ever since I got here I've been working on your case and trying to help you.

Trying to clear you.

I've almost got this thing licked.

What chance have I got if you are stuck in this rotten racket?

You want me to go the same way Ellis did?

He took the same rap that I did.

And finally bought himself a one-way ticket.

I got as much right to travel first cabin as anybody else.

And if the black market is my ticket.

I am buying it.

Get out of it.

Get out of it, Brad.

You are not the same guy who fought against this sort of thing.

Against the little guy getting pushed around.

Until I got pushed around.

That's it?

That's it.

Okay.

You don't want me around here.

You're a guy who likes to live with a noisy conscience.

I would have given my life for you.

But we are on opposite sides of the fence now.

I came here to do a job and I am going to do it.

No matter what it costs me or you.

You see Brad, there is no price tag on my principles.

I'll send for the rest of my stuff later.

First, Parker.

Rourke.

Then Ellis.

Now me.

Well.

What do you think?

Incredible.

Fantastic.

Mister Andrews.

This is shocking. - I meant it to be.

Are you sure you can substantiate these facts?

I can. All of them.

But this is a bombshell.

It will blow this town wide open.

I hope it does.

People have a right to know the truth. - Of course.

But men, women and children are starving.

And when people read names, dates and places ..

You must break the stranglehold that is keeping food out of the people's mouths.

Mister Andrews.

If you are willing to take the risk.

I am.

I will print it.

Thank you.

Oh, Mister Andrews.

And may I sound a note of warning.

These people aren't going to take this lying down, you know.

Well, we will just see who is the more powerful.

They or the press.

Bye then. - Bye.

And be careful. I would hate to lose you.

Old reporters never die.

The ink in their veins preserves them.

A remarkable man, Mister Andrews.

He could not be bought and he could not be intimidated.

I dislike harming him really.

But he leaves us no alternative.

I would like that job very much.

It's yours.

You know.

If you look at it a certain way.

He is really committing suicide with a typewriter.

Is Madam Baranoff inside?

What are you doing here with these rats? - Ramon.

You left me no alternative. - Make that clear, honey.

I warned you Mister Andrews would become dangerous.

You said you'd handle it. You didn't. Somebody has to.

That black market certainly makes strange bedfellows.

It is just good business.

Mark Andrews is our common enemy.

Stay away from Mark Andrews. - We've got to work together.

Then you will die together. Just remember that.

How dare you speak to me like that.

You were nothing when I took you into the firm ..

And gave you a chance to get the things you wanted.

You wanted money, didn't you? And your self-respect back.

Well, you've got them, But nobody hands you those things on a silver platter.

They have got to be paid for.

But Mark isn't paying for it.

And if anything happens to him.

You will answer to me.

Each one of you.

It would appear we have quite a problem.

Two problems.

Mister Dunham.

Mister Dunham.

You did come back.

Yes, I did.

Go on, get back to bed. - You tuck us in.

Alright.

Alright, children. Now go on back to bed.

Tell us a story.

I don't know any stories.

Please tell us a story.

Story, story!

Tell us a story!

Shush. Okay.

Well?

Well ..

Once up on a time there was a flier. - Was he a dragon?

Some people thought he was.

Dragons don't flu.

This one did.

Who is telling this? - I'll keep quiet. Go on.

Well, this flier. This dragon, I mean.

Got into a lot of trouble for something he didn't do.

And it changed his whole life.

Then he got mixed up with a lady dragon.

The flier went to work for the lady dragon because he had to eat.

And have a place to live.

Did he do wrong things? - Some.

Then he met a girl.

Was the girl a dragon too?

She was very pretty. And very sweet.

Like a princess?

Yes. Like a princess.

But she thought the flier had done something bad to her brother.

Did he?

No.

The flier was innocent.

And he wanted her to believe that because ..

Because he loved the princess?

Did she love him?

I don't know that part of the story yet, sweetheart.

Children, get back into your beds.

Does the story have a happy ending?

You go to sleep, sweetheart.

I don't blame you.

My record hasn't been so good.

Brad.

I am sorry, Brad.

I am sorry I misjudged you.

In my heart I didn't want to believe it.

You're the finest thing to come into my life since the day I felt it was over.

And I am not going to let you out of it.

Hold your horses.

Hello.

Yeah. Speaking.

I've been out all day.

What?

Stolen?

Well, hold the phone. I will see if I can find a carbon copy.

Hello.

Yeah, I got it.

No. No, I'll bring it down myself.

This time I am sticking around until it is printed.

Mark.

I may be down in your book as a rat.

It doesn't matter about me.

But for your own sake be careful.

Don't worry about me.

Mark.

Brad.

Here.

Get this.

In the paper.

Louie, get an ambulance quick.

You can't go in yet, sir.

How is he?

He suffered a great loss of blood.

You can give it to me straight, Doc.

What are his chances? - Not so good.

May I see him? - Yes. You can go in.

Brad.

Brad, did you get the article in the paper?

Yes, they got it.

Thanks, pal.

Come here.

Did you get a load of the cute nurse?

Yeah. Sure.

Oh .. don't let it get you down.

How do you expect me to feel?

If I'd got out of it when you asked me to, maybe this wouldn't have happened.

This is the only way they could stop me.

Whether you were in on it or not.

Brad.

Listen.

Madam Baranoff.

Was behind the smuggling in your plane.

And the guilty member of your crew .. was Rourke.

It's all in the article.

But I ..

Wanted you to hear it from me.

Mark.

Mark, you can't check out on me again. You can't.

0ld reporters never die.

Did I ..

Do alright?

For an old Saint ..

Bernard.

Yeah.

You did alright.

"Mark Andrews is our common enemy."

"I warned you Mister Andrews would become dangerous."

"You said you'd handle it. You didn't. Somebody has to."

"Many people don't know until they see it with their own eyes."

"The black market doesn't touch their lives."

"But it touches these lives very deeply."

"This no penny-ante racket, you know."

"It covers the whole world."

"Every country that is trying to get back on its feet."

"It's a lot worse than the old days with prohibition."

"Not everybody drank."

"But everybody eats."

"No guy likes to live with a noisy conscience."

"Do you know anything about the price they are really paying?"

"Ever since I got here I've been working on your case trying to help you."

"Trying to clear you."

"What chance have I got if you are stuck in this rotten racket?"

"Get out of it. Get out it. Brad."

"Get out of this racket."

Mister Brad.

Mister Brad.

Do not go in there. They will kill you.

It is in the paper. All of their names. They will kill you.

Louie.

Tell these people to take the food.

I want them to have it.

All of it.

Yes, sir.

[ Telephone ]

Yes?

Ramon. Is the plane ready?

Well, get over here just as quickly as you can.

What?

The police got Karidian?

Well, they won't get us.

Yes, darling. Just you and I.

Brad. Darling.

I knew I could count on you.

"Just you and I."

"Darling".

I can explain it, Brad. You see I was ..

Shut up!

You are going to write a confession that is going to clear me.

Don't dig up the past. It's over. It's over and forgotten.

You heard what I said.

Brad, listen. I've got money.

More money than we'll ever need. We can go away together somewhere.

You are going to write what I tell you.

You are insane.

Start writing.

"I, Tamara Baranoff."

"Do hereby confess .."

"That Ramon Perez."

"Who was in my employ."

"Together with .."

"Lieutenant Rourke .. and I .."

"Tamara Baranoff were solely guilty."

"This is my true and final confession."

Now, sign it.

I'll take that.

I am afraid, Mister Dunham ..

That this confession will never see the light of day.

Mister Dunham. Where is he? Is he inside?

Don't go in, Miss. Please don't go in.

-(-r-o-s-)-