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Wait a minute, wait. Hold on.

- Another shell?
- Yeah.

If you hadn't blown
our musterin'-out pay

on this hare-brained idea,

you might have had
a new pair of shoes.

Me too.

Two million dollars.

Can't be done for a penny less.

If you can promote
one confederate two-bit piece,

I'll kiss you in yankee stadium.

You really think
your man will show?

He said he would.

Well, if he does, he'll miss us.

We're not gonna walk
any twenty miles in one hour.

Yeah?

We'll run then.

Where are you going?

Only one place you can go
on this road.

Port Felicity.

Good. We're late
for an appointment.

Do you think
you could speed this thing up,

or should we get somebody else?

Ah, uh, uh, please.

Uh, thanks, my friend.
I'd appreciate the lift.

Say, it's worth $5 to us
if you can get us to town

by 2 o'clock, okay? Thank you.

Five dollars to go twenty miles
in one hour.

Foreigners.

Entertainment.

Can you, uh, juggle
or anything like that?

We might pick up a few bucks.

I can imitate a movie star.

I'd rather go hungry.

Now you go rent a boat.
Take good care of the jewels.

Give me that.
See you in a few minutes.

Nice clean boat you got,
skipper.

She's good to me
and I'm good to her.

- Yours, huh?
- For a long time.

How is the, uh, shrimp haul
this season?

Some years is good,
some years is bad.

- This year is terrible.
- That's too bad.

Would you like to rent
your boat?

Rent my boat? For what?

A partner of mine is in town,
wants to look around.

Maybe take a spin on the Gulf.

We'll give you, uh, $50
for the day.

This partner of yours give $50
just to look around?

Oh, he's a big money man.

He's interested in making
an investment around here.

Oh, but there's nothing here
but fish.

What kind of an investment?
A fish cannery?

Well, that all depends upon
how he reacts to the place.

We have no fish cannery here.
It would be a good thing.

It would save me
lot of time and money,

hauling my fish and shrimp
to New Orleans.

I would like to meet this man.

Well, that's fine, skipper.
That's fine.

Now, uh, have you got some,

uh, uh, deck chairs
we can put out here?

- Deck chairs?
- Yeah.

Dress the place up a little bit.
Make a good impression.

Oh, but there's no room
for chairs on a shrimp boat.

Okay. Skip it.

Well, Mr. Martin!

Come aboard! Come aboard!

See if you approve!

This is your partner?

Yeah.

This is Mr. Steven Martin.
I don't believe I got your name.

I am Dominique rigaud.

Mr. Rigaud.
Well, it's a pleasure.

Yes, sir, I'm very glad
all of us ran into each other.

You know, this just might be
the most important day

in the history of port Felicity.

Smaller places than this
have been put on the map

just because some very shrewd
investor comes in and, and...

And, uh...

Ah, Stella.

This is my daughter,
my beautiful girl,

and the best sailor in port.

- This is Mr. Martin.
- How do you do?

- I... I didn't get your name.
- Johnny gambi.

What's all this about, dad?

I have rented the boat to them.
$50 just for today.

And this one wants to make
an investment.

- Where is the $50?
- Hm?

Well, miss, we, uh...

We haven't got to talk
about the money yet, Stella.

With his kind, you don't talk
about money, you ask to see it.

You don't talk
about investments,

you check dun & bradstreet.

That's my daughter.

She's got her head
on her shoulders for sure.

She spent three years
in Chicago.

- Oh?
- Where is the $50?

Why, miss, are you suggesting
we're not good for it?

- Yes.
- Uh-huh.

Well...

- Do you... do you hear that?
- Yeah.

He's right on time. Come on.

Here he comes.

- There he is.
- He did come.

There's our investor.

- And just in time too.
- Yeah.

Do you think this is a lie?

Could be loaded with them.

We'll cast off the lines.
You get underway.

Think you can remember how
to handle a stern line, bosun?

I'm more at home
on light cruisers, but I'll try.

Yeah.

Where did you get
all your man training, pigeon?

In the hardest school there is,
professor.

So stop trying to thrill me.

Hey, give me a lift out
to that seaplane, will ya?

Gotta meet a fellow.
Gambi, take her downriver.

I'll bring him aboard!

All clear aft! Let's go!

Hey, foreigner.
Where is that $5?

Nobody around here makes
a promise to teche bossier

and don't live up to it.

Where is the $5?
Where is the $5?

When you come ashore,
I'll take $10 out of your hide.

What did he say?

Oh, he was just wishin' us luck.

- Mr. MacDonald?
- Yeah.

- I'm Steve Martin.
- Glad to see you.

- How are you? Climb aboard.
- Mr. Rawlings.

- Mr. Rawlings, how are you?
- Yes. How do you do?

Oh, where do I meet you?

Why don't you anchor right here?

We're going for a boat ride.

Be back in a few hours.

Okay.

Alright.
Over to that boat there.

This is my partner,
Johnny gambi.

- Hello, Johnny.
- Hello, Mr. MacDonald.

Mr. Rawlings,
my private secretary.

Come aboard, Mr. Rawlings.

He, uh, protects my interests.

Uh-huh.

Skipper, head for the Gulf.

Well, Mr. Martin,
your persistence has won out.

Here we are. Now what is this

you couldn't discuss
on the telephone?

Well, Mr. MacDonald,
I know your company

is in a lot of trouble
and I think we can help you.

Oh, you think that, do you?

I know that MacDonald industries
has invested

$400,000
in an offshore oil lease,

and in three months,
you're gonna have to put

$200,000 more into it
or you're gonna lose the lease.

I also know
that you've invested $500,000

in a converted lst
to be used as a drilling barge.

You've got two air-sea
rescue boats and a tug,

and they're all going
to waste up in New Orleans.

You let me do all that?

Well, Mr. MacDonald,
I've been trying to tell you.

I mean, this is precisely
what the board of directors

has been complaining about.

How much did all this
confidential information

cost you, Mr. Martin?

All of our mustering-out pay.

- Get the Jewel box.
- Alright.

Now so far, nobody's
been able to come up

with a drilling platform
that will pass

the specifications
of the insurance company.

Well, we've got one right here.

Now let's... let's say that
this is the floor of the Gulf.

Now here is the platform
that will do the trick for you.

Prefabricated templates,
built ashore

and brought out to sea by barge.

Put on the floor of the Gulf.

Now we anchor them
by these permanent pilings.

Driven right down through
these verticals like this.

You drive them down
10, 20, 30, 35 feet

into the floor of the Gulf,
makes it solid as a rock.

Now the insurance companies
have a big worry in this thing.

Storm damage.

Where's that history? Here.

Here's a history of the Gulf's
storms from 1899 to 1945.

Now my platform and the rig,

they're built to stand
the worst of these storms.

Not the average, the worst
of any of these storms.

And the insurance companies
have okayed the plans.

You collected all these figures?

You sort of took a lease on
a dream of mine, Mr. MacDonald.

I know that that Gulf out there
is hiding enough oil

to make an inland field
dry up in shame.

Johnny gambi and I
can get it out for you

if you'll just give us
the go-ahead.

What do you think, rawlings?

Mr. MacDonald,
of course, I'm not,

but if I were in your place,

I'd go along with the board
of directors, take the loss,

and proceed with much more
caution in the future.

Yeah, but why take the loss

when I can turn it
into a profit for you?

Profit?

I had rawlings
check your record, Martin.

We found the word profit
conspicuous

by its total absence.

Well, yes, I've had a little

bad luck every once in a while.

And all on offshore operations.

Well, lots of times,
you can learn more

from failure
than you can from success.

You ought to know that,
Mr. MacDonald.

You've done a lot
of wildcattin' in your day.

Don't you agree with me?

Fortunately, in my position,
I can forget my failures.

Let me see that list, rawlings.

I see.

"1938, Mexican coast." Failed.

Oh, yeah. Well, there was
no government cooperation.

There was sort of shaky
financing there, too, you know...

"1939, Guatemala." Failed.

Yeah, well, there was...
There was a revolution.

How are you gonna drill oil
when you got

a revolution on your hands?

"1940, Venezuela."

- Yeah.
- Failed.

Well, I, I didn't know
how to handle

hurricanes then. I do now.

Then you stayed out of trouble
the next five years,

probably because
you were in the Navy.

Yeah, in spite of which
we won the war.

- Isn't that right?
- Well, yes.

W... would you, please,
just sit down

and enjoy the Louisiana scenery?

I got something to show you.

- It won't take long.
- Where are we going?

We're going 26 miles out to sea.

Now, just... just make
yourselves comfortable.

Mr. Martin, we're just about

over the spot you wanted.

Alright, skipper.
Hold her up here for a while.

Well, this is it.

Right in the heart
of your lease.

Is... but why here?

Come over here a minute.

Mr. MacDonald.

Now look down there.
All you can see is water,

but if you dream real hard,
you can smell the oil.

There. Can't you smell it?

Maybe you've got a better nose
than I have.

Maybe you've been cooped up
in that office too long.

Twenty years ago,
I'll bet you could smell it

in the middle of a wheat field
in Oklahoma.

The only difference here
is 48 feet of water

and my platform
will take care of that.

- Mr. MacDonald...
- This is something brand-new.

Nobody ever wildcatted
like this before.

And that oil is down there
waiting for us.

How much would it cost?

With what you've got
invested already,

one million dollars.

Another million?

Why, we could drill 30 Wells
on land for that.

There's two billion in oil
down there.

Mr. MacDonald, for your own
good, you can't do this.

You know what
the board is saying.

They're blaming you
for this whole fiasco as it is,

and there isn't a chance of
their voting you any more money.

When can you start?

- When? Tomorrow.
- Today.

Mr. MacDonald, you say
I protect your interests.

Then why won't you listen to me?

Why don't you
sit down some place?

Maybe you and the board
will learn something

about the oil business.

You heard the man, junior.

Place it
where it won't get kicked.

As you can gather from rawlings,

the board thinks
I was a little off

for even coming down
to meet you.

I came because I had the same
kind of dream you have.

You've got three months.

But if you don't bring in a well
by then,

the company will be looking
for a new president.

We'll keep you president.

What did you see down there?
The golden shrimp?

No, no, just some dirty old oil.

Well, come on,
let's get back to port.

We got work to do. Come on.

I'll have 500,000 deposited

in our New Orleans bank for you.

- It'll be there in the morning.
- That's fine.

Gambi and I'll be over there
tonight.

Get things moving in right away.

- Mr. Martin.
- Yeah?

There was some mention of $50.

Fifty dollars?

- The boat.
- Oh!

Oh, the, uh, yes, the, uh...

Do you have my wallet?

Seem to have lost the wallet.

You cheap lying fakes.

Now wait a minute, miss.
We... we have a...

What's the matter, Stella?

Did moneybags cheat you too?

Look at him and answer that.

He's even run out of talk.

For that, I think I'll take $20
out of your hide.

Uh, did you want that advance
in cash or by check, Martin?

Uh, well, I think maybe cash
would save a few hospital bills.

Would, uh, 300 last you
until tomorrow?

Three hundred? I think we can
squeeze through on that.

Let's see. Five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Fifty for you.

Ten, twenty...

You ought to have more faith
in people.

Thirty, forty...

Mr. MacDonald, I don't wish
to overstep my position,

but I just can't
understand this.

Why, these men are nothing
but penniless wastrels.

You've never been one,
have you, rawlings?

Never had to talk yourself
out of a jam.

Never had the privilege
of gambling your last penny

on a dream.

I feel sorry for you.

You lost a lot of education
by going to college.

- Well, perhaps...
- I'll tell you another thing.

If this penniless wastrel
hadn't called me,

I would have looked him up,

because I know he's the only man
in the country

that can lick
this offshore problem.

I'm going with him all the way.

Thank you, Mr. MacDonald.

It's alright.
I've been there myself.

- Good luck.
- Thank you, sir.

Good luck to you, gambi.

Seems to me,
we've already had our share.

You'll need more.

So long.

- There's a real one, pal.
- Yeah.

But that, uh, one small point

you sort of, uh, tossed away
worries me.

What's that?

The fact that nobody can do

a job like this in three months.

How do you know?
Nobody ever tried it.

Hey, Julius,
what kind of boats are those?

Looks like a Navy lst
and a couple of crash boats.

We're gonna have
another war already?

It's a little classier
than our first arrival.

Uh-huh.
New shoes and everything.

A whole blasted Navy.

That's pretty good going
for two weeks,

from conman to commodore.

We even got
a welcoming committee.

We're gonna have to have another
boat for that seismograph work.

You try
and round up Dominique's.

I'll arrange for the mooring

for all these fleet.

All we need is a bigger river.

Dominique!

Hey, Dominique!

He's not aboard.

All of a sudden, I don't care.

But does he have a corner on all
the beautiful dames in town?

What do you mean?

Why, you're the second one

that's popped out of that cabin.

Who are you?

The younger daughter, Francesca.

Francesca.

It's a pleasure.
I'm Johnny gambi.

Oh, the oilman.
Father spoke of you.

If it was a bad report,
it's a pack of lies.

Do you know
where I can find him?

I wanna rent his boat again.

Payment in advance this time.

That's an improvement.

I was just leaving to meet him,

if you want me
to show you the way.

There.

I don't have to answer that,
do I?

Where to?

La bonne chance.

The best this place can do
in the way of a nightclub.

La bonne chance?
Honey, with you in it,

it's gonna look like
the stork club.

What's he got to sing about?

He sings about love.

You think the whole world stops

just because
the shrimp go bye-bye?

I have nine kids
to feed and a dog.

What's the matter?
Doesn't your wife eat too?

Ah, that's no time for joking.

No more shrimp.
I gonna give it up.

For what?
You can't go in a monastery

with nine kids and a dog.

I can get job some place.

Sephalu, you don't mean
what you say.

Yes, I do.

You would die
if you leave this place.

You belong here.

We've had bad times before.

Keep looking, sephalu.

All of us will keep looking,

and one day, we'll find
the golden shrimp.

- This big.
- Oh, no. This big.

And then we'll have good times.

I look for them since I was
this high. Now I look for job.

Ah, that's enough, sephalu,
that's enough.

Hey, Louis! Two more beers!

Ah, you are just afraid
to look at the truth.

Ah! And don't complain while
you drink beer on my credit.

Your credit has this cuff
so full, there is no more room.

Then buy yourself another shirt
and put it on my cuff.

No more shirts.

No more credit.

- I'm a poor man too.
- Oh.

I think he means that.

I do.

But, Louis, I'm thirsty.

Alright.

Who wants to get
in the circle with me, huh?

Anybody?

Loser pays for the beer.

Toups, how about you?

Polo, do you wanna try?

Campagna?

Ah!

Antoine, do you wanna try?

I think I do.

Alright.

Antoine is going
to fight teche bossier.

Oh! Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Having fun?

Hey, foreigner,
you come back, huh?

Yeah. To stay a while
this time, I hope.

Are you alright?

Pay no attention to him.

It's just a friendly
little game that we play.

Game? Knocking your sheriff
around, a game?

Ah, he's only half sheriff.

The other half,
he's bartender with no pay.

He's a cousin to the owner.

Come on.
Father's in the back room.

- Oh.
- Hey, foreigner.

You really mean you're going
to look for oil out in the Gulf?

Starting in the morning.

Well, Mr. Gambi,
you're with us again.

How are you, Dominique?

And I see
you have met Francesca.

I wouldn't have missed it
for the world.

We were old friends
in 30 seconds.

How are you, pigeon?

Have you met my sister's fiance?

Oh. You didn't tell me
I had competition already.

Down here, we get engaged
before we're born.

Oh, one of those kind.

I think we remember each other
from that $5 truck ride.

Uh, let's not
go through that again.

Johnny... oh, Mr. Gambi
wants to rent our boat.

Yeah, same price.
For a week, maybe more.

No, we won't rent our boat.

But, Stella, $50 a day.

We don't want anything from him,
not for $100.

Hey, you rent my boat then.
It's a better one, anyway.

Well, Dominique's got
the first chance.

- Don't do it, dad.
- But why not?

They're going to cause trouble.

Ah, the trouble
is only in her head.

I take a chance for $50 a day.

I didn't come here to argue.
It's a deal, teche.

You got a good boat.
And Phillipe here, a good crew.

Come on, I'll buy you a drink.

Hey, Louis! Three on the cuff.

No more cuffs.

- What's the matter with her?
- Oh, she needs a good man.

But I won't marry her
until she asks me.

You people sure go
for marriage, don't you?

Why not?

It makes it nice
for the kids, don't it?

Three on the cuff, Louis.

I'll buy. Set them up
for the house, Louis.

Drinks for everybody.
The oilmen have come to town!

How much of job you got left?

I'm almost through on this boat.

Where's the one
gambi went after?

I wish I knew.

I didn't think anybody could get
lost in a town this size.

Might have found something
to get lost with.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, it's a little early,

but I'd better go and find out.

I'll see you later.

Come on, gusher!

Set them up again, Louis!

Everybody drink!

Ah, no, now you been
buying drinks all night.

Now it's my turn.
Louis, this round is on me.

Ah, you thankless uncle.

Alright,
I'll tell you what I do.

I win the drinks from you.
What do you think of that?

Who cares? Just so we drink.

Alright, you get
in the circle with me, huh?

- In the circle?
- Yeah. Come on.

Please come on.

I win, you buy the round

and I save my pride.

And if I win, we go dry?

Don't worry, my friend.
I take care of that, alright.

You're liable
to get hurt, Johnny.

Watch me, I didn't teach judo

in the service for nothing.

Where do you want me
to throw him?

You are my friend.

- You ready?
- Ready.

- Are you having fun?
- I... I'm spreading goodwill.

You look it. Did you get a boat?

Sure, I did.

Best boat in the river. Mine.

Glad to see you back.
We're not mad at each other.

Just a friendly little game
we're playing.

Yeah, relax, sweetheart.

We haven't had a night off
in two weeks.

Come on, come on,
meet the people.

It's the finest bunch
of fishermen you ever saw.

And this, this is Francesca.

She's pledged to, uh, bayard,
as they say down here,

but I'm not so sure
he's gonna get her.

Come on. Come on.

I've been telling her
I'm gonna plaster her with mink

and set her up
in a 10 mile high penthouse.

She'd outshine
the statue of Liberty.

Your friend is crazy,
Mr. Martin.

Yeah.

Have you ever seen
a penthouse, baby, hm?

Stay away from her.

What's the matter with you?
It's only in fun.

Stay away from him, Fran.
He'll hurt you if you don't.

Stella, they are our friends.

Friends.
Because they feed you drinks?

I thought you'd have
brains enough to see them

for what they really are, teche.

They're selling themselves
with this party.

They're buying the town.

They'll spoil everything
they touch.

Oil crews with their filthy men
and their filthy money.

I thought I had a clean place
to come home to,

but if they stay, they'll make
it as filthy rotten as they are.

I'm sorry.
How can you talk like this?

Because I know.

Three years away
from here taught me

plenty about men like these.

Buy and sell, anything you want,
anything you've got.

- I don't wanna hear anymore.
- Well, you're going to hear.

I don't care what you think
of me, but you must believe

that I know their kind.

I learned.

You don't think
I sent $100 a month home

on secretary's pay, do you?

Maybe...
Maybe now you believe me.

Hey, wait a minute.

Now we're not in business
to break up your family.

Gambi didn't mean
anything in there.

He just had a little too much
to drink, that's all.

Didn't mean anything?
Well, maybe it didn't to him.

But what do you think
it meant to Francesca?

Words she's never heard before

from the kind of man
she doesn't know anything about.

Alright, I'll keep him
away from her.

The only way to stop it
is for you to get out of town.

Well, that would only mean
another crew would come in.

There's oil out there.
Somebody's got to get it.

Now you may not
believe this right now,

but this is gonna be good
for your town.

It's gonna be good
for the people.

Oh, listen,
now why does there have to be

this sort of trouble between us?

Don't touch me.

Don't ever touch me.

That's quite a chick.

Yeah. Yeah.

You all set?

- Hey, did you get married yet?
- Hey, lay off.

- It was only a joke.
- Morning.

How do you like this?

Teche bossier, the oil baron.

- What are those things?
- They're geophones.

They're worth a small fortune,
so take good care of them.

Sure, like babies.
How do you find oil with them?

Well, they record the vibrations
from the bottom of the Gulf.

You just keep listening
to the radio,

I'll let you know
what's going on.

Get your boat started
and follow us out, huh?

First time anybody ever told me
what to do with my own boat.

But for money,
I think I like it.

Stella, it, it's not good

that a father and daughter
don't talk.

You didn't mean
what you said, Stella.

About those men, about yourself.

You always say things
you don't mean

since you were a little girl.

I wish there were some way
I could take it all back.

Look.

I think you were wrong.

I think teche will be richer
than we are tonight.

Teche! Teche!

Hello, Dominique!

Alright, let it go.

Uh, Mac 1 to big bossier.

You have your geophones
strung out?

I string them out
prettier than pearls.

Yeah? Okay, that's fine.

Mac 1 to Mac 2.

Mac 2.

Uh, we just marked our last
location. How are you set now?

Are you ready
to drop your charges?

Yeah.

Alright,
you can go ahead anytime.

Okay. Drop one.

There she goes.

Mamma Mia, the shrimp beds.

The shrimp beds!

Don't you know
there are shrimp down there?

What does it mean?

Don't they know
they're killing the shrimp?

The town's not enough. They've
got to ruin the whole bay.

You blow up the shrimp!

Turn around.
We stay here no more.

We go back to the river.

What's the matter
with that clown?

Hey, swing around.
Catch up with that tub.

Turn back! Turn back!

You'll get us killed!

Hey, what's the matter
with you? Are you crazy?

You're fouling up those cables!

You didn't tell me you were
going to blow up the Gulf!

Well, what do you think I'm
recording? That bellow of yours?

That dynamite
will kill the shrimp.

Oh, those shrimp
were built to stand

50 times
the force of those blasts.

You think I'm ignorant enough
to believe that, huh?

We're starving now because
there are not enough shrimp.

They hear about this
in port Felicity,

you'll be lucky
to get out of here alive.

Come on, pull up this thing!
Pull up the bow here!

- We'll pick up this gear!
- You'll pick it up, alright.

Oh, you wanna play rough
with teche bossier, huh?

Alright.

Drop it.

Go fish your friend out!

Charlie?

How much of a job is there
to fix that?

That's a pretty mean job.

Alright, let's get
all this equipment

on our boat and go to work.

Looks like you blew up
some of that goodwill

I was spreading last night.

Yeah, maybe all of it.

Teche, what do you mean helping
those guys dynamite the bay?

Help them, huh?

You don't hear no more bombs,
do you? Huh? Why?

Because teche bossier wrecked
their gear, that's why.

- Ask him.
- That's right.

But they go back for more gear.

We'll have the same thing
tomorrow.

Listen, my friends,
Stella was right last night.

These men are no good.

They spoil everything
they touch.

We'll have a meeting at Louis'.

We've got to stop this thing
before it goes anymore.

Why you get so wet?

I was so mad
when I see those bombs,

ijumped over to cool off! Ha!

I don't cool off no more.

Not until we take care
of the oilmen.

- Come on!
- Let's go.

Yeah, he fouled up
all the geophone cables.

Had to stop the whole operation.

Come in.

But we got
the equipment repaired

and we'll try it again tomorrow.

Yeah, I... I'm gonna
take out enough dynamite

for about 40 shots,
so I think...

Uh, yeah.

I'll call you
tomorrow night, Mac. Bye.

Well, good evening.

I see you're getting ready
to dynamite our shrimp again.

Oh, now, listen, that dynamiting
doesn't do any harm.

If it hurt the shrimp,
I'd stop it.

Look, will... will you,
please, tell me

how I can get along
with this town?

Do you think
I'm the one to do that?

Yes, I think you could
if you tried.

I think you're doing
a wonderful job all by yourself.

You really kicked them in the
stomach today, didn't you?

Well, they can kick back.
They're on their way here now.

Oh?

Well, I'm surprised
you came over.

I wanted to bring you
the news myself.

I wanna see what happens
when somebody like you

gets kicked around for a change.

Say, what's your trouble?

Was it...

Well, w... who hurt you?

You're a lot like him.

You say that. You don't know
anything about me.

Alright. Why don't you go out
with your friends?

I'll show you some fireworks.

You aren't going to leave here
without getting hurt.

I've waited ten years
to get here.

I think I'll stick around
if you don't mind.

Thanks a lot for coming over
though. I've enjoyed it.

You'd do anything, wouldn't you?

Yeah, if I have to.

Alright, that's far
enough! Stay where you are.

Nobody back down!
We got to stick together.

We'll stop them from killing
our shrimps! Come on.

- Keep going. Keep going.
- I said stay where you're!

Now you've got no reason
to come out here like this.

Nothing we do will spoil
the fish or the town.

All he talks is lies. Come on!

- Come on!
- Sure, let's go.

Final warning.

Now start backing out of here

or the next one lands
right in the middle of you!

You kill our shrimp
with your bombs.

Now you wanna do the same thing
to the people, huh?

This fuse lasts
about 20 seconds.

Now go on.

Don't anybody move!

He won't let that thing go off!

Fifteen seconds.

I'm telling you, oil's gonna do
good things for this place.

More money in your stores.

Lots of jobs for some of you
if you want them.

Teche, I told you
this was the wrong way.

There are peaceful ways.

Let's get our people
out of here.

Ten seconds!

We got no reason
to fight each other,

but if you make me, I will.

Sometime I'll catch you
without your bombs!

Now beat it!

You need any help?

Well, I'm not getting any
from you.

Say, how many times
do I have to tell you

to stay away from her?

Now wait a minute.

On company time, you tell me

what to do, not on my own.

Things are bad enough
as they are, Johnny.

Will you, please,
not make them any worse?

Now look, miss,
I think it would be better

for everybody concerned
if you went back to your people.

- I'll handle this.
- Alright, alright.

Alright.

Look, baby, we've, um,
evidently had a little trouble.

You run along home for now, huh?

Alright, Johnny.

- Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

We'll get along fine
as long as you don't start

throwing your weight around.

I need a tool pusher
with his head still on.

You're gonna get yours
knocked off

if you don't stay away from her.

Now go home and get some sleep.

I'm sorry to disappoint you.

- I want to thank you.
- You wanna thank me?

You have tried to keep
your friend away from my sister.

I said I would, didn't I?

But tell me, just... just
who are you afraid for?

Her or yourself?

I hate to complain,
but it's after 3:00.

In fact, if we hurry we might
just get back in time to get up.

We've still got half an hour
of moonlight. Let's use it.

You know, I'm getting awful sick
of doing things the hard way.

Well, we got two more months
to go on this job.

We don't have much choice.

You'll have the crew down
with combat fatigue

if you don't give them
some rest.

Oh, Mr. Martin.

Well, what are you
doing around here

without your local army?

I am a peaceful man, Mr. Martin.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This is Mr. Parker

from the department
of wildlife and fisheries.

We just got in
from the state capital.

This, Mr. Martin,
is a cease-and-desist injunction

against the dynamiting you've
been doing in these waters.

It supersedes
any permits you have.

I see.

You know,
fish and shrimp are among

Louisiana's
chief natural resources.

We plan to launch
a thorough investigation

to determine if any damage has
been caused by your dynamiting.

Of course, that will take
about, uh, two months.

- Mm-hm. You're a little late.
- How are we late?

I finished dynamiting
at 1 o'clock this morning.

We've picked out
a drilling site.

So in the future,
I hope you'll give us

the same
conscientious protection.

Because, as I recall,
oil is also

one of this state's
great natural resources.

Hm? There you are.

Hey, Steve!

Gambi, there's your crew.

Hey, gambi, what do we do first?

Bail out the Gulf
so we can get our rig up?

No, no, ain't you heard?
They're using a submarine.

Any likely dames in this burg

or shall we send home
for our own?

Hey, you... you mugs.

- Well, Mac, hello.
- Gambi, glad to see you.

What will happen to us now?

Progress is not without faults,
my friend.

Hey, Mac.
Well, I wasn't expecting you.

Kind of rough down here
for an office man, isn't it?

You wouldn't think so if you had

to face that board
every morning.

They tell me you and I are
ruining the company. Are we?

Don't you believe it.
I've got something to show you.

I got something to show...

Alright, get them started

on that pipe, gambi.

Alright, boys,
you asked for work,

and believe me,
you came to the right place.

Take them down
to the shack, Bob,

and let them drop their gear.

Hey, we're with you, gambi!

You're sure getting your money's
worth out of that one.

He's driven the seismograph crew
day and night

and here we go again.

Be honest with me, gambi.

Do you think we can do it
with less than 60 days to go?

Oh, I'm not gonna
pull out on him.

I'll stick as long as
there's a chance.

Well, he's fighting
a lot of things in this town.

If there aren't any more delays

and if he gets
a few good breaks for a change,

and if he doesn't kill himself
along with a few

of the rest of us,
he might make it.

Come on, gambi! Quit stalling!

See what I mean?

We got ourselves a location.

Here, I'll show you
what we're gonna do.

Gambi seems to think you got
a slim chance of making it.

What do you mean, slim chance?

Making it's right
on the last page

of this schedule of ours

right there in black and white.

Now, look, we're gonna start
out with two 12-hour shifts.

Now here's the...

Hey, wait a minute there!
Don't run away.

I'll be right down.

Gambi, come on, step it up!
Step it up!

Who do you think
you're talking to?

I've been working
my heart and soul out all day.

I'm proud of it, Steve.

You, gambi, the whole crew,
have done a whale of a job.

This is one time I'm gonna enjoy
walking into a board meeting.

This time they'll listen to me.

Seems like we ought
to bust a bottle

over her bow
or something like that.

Somebody ought to break one
over your head.

All you've accomplished
is the impossible.

Don't you think
we deserve a celebration?

Now you listen to me.

Way down below here,
maybe 8000 feet,

there might be some oil.

We got 26 days to find out.

There's a drilling crew waiting
at the dock. You go get them.

I'll celebrate
by watching them work.

Why don't you let down
for a few hours?

Alright, now you know
where the pay office is.

But just before you resign,
you get somebody else

to bring that crew out, huh?

I'm not too far
from resigning at that, pal.

Come on, Mac. You coming in?

You're not losing a friend,
are you?

Who, gambi?

I only worry about him
when he stops beefing.

- Have a good trip.
- So long, Steve.

Here, gambi.
A hurricane warning.

- Just came in.
- A hurricane?

Why, that's the greatest news
I've had in two months.

Tie her up, boys!
A big wind's on the way.

No shift going out.
Take the night off.

You're not going out for Steve?

Look, if it took an act of god
to get a night off on this job,

I'm not gonna
mess around with it.

- Well, but will he be alright?
- Why, sure.

Besides, do you think
he'd pass up a chance

to ride out a blow
on that baby of his?

You couldn't drag him off
with a winch.

Come on, boys,
with an early start,

we'll outhowl that hurricane!

- Hey, Louis.
- Yeah?

I'll have whisky.

How does the sky look?

We'll have the wind by midnight.

Did you find Francesca?

She wasn't at home
or on the boat.

What about Dominique?
Doesn't he know where she is?

I didn't have to ask.
I know where she is, alright.

Teche, this year I wish we have

the biggest wind in the world.

Ah, don't say that!

Big enough to blow those oilmen

and their steel and their boats
right out of here.

Louis!

Why don't you drown yourself
out in the Gulf?

It would be cheaper.

Hey, bartender, now bring us
the tallest beer you got!

Phillipe, wait.

He's making a cheap tramp
out of her.

Baby, I'll get you a drink.
What do you drink?

Johnny, look out!

Let me through!
Let... let me through!

Let me through!

Antoine! Antoine! Antoine!

I'm ruined. Antoine!

Antoine, wake up,
I'm being wrecked.

Come on, act like a sheriff.
Don't you hear the noises?

Would you let me
to be wrecked forever?

What's going on?

What's going on? Don't you hear?

Those oilmen downstairs
are wrecking my place up.

Come on, get down there
and stop them. Come on.

Hey, wait, wait. Your badge.

How can you be sheriff
without your badge?

Hurry, hurry up! Get down.

Hey, knock it off!
Here comes the sheriff!

Now I think we've had

just about enough trouble
from you oil people.

We came in here for a drink
and a little relaxation.

Is there any law against that?

Your people started it,
not ours.

We didn't ever have this kind of
trouble before you came.

I'm holding you responsible
for all this here destruction,

and I'm going to keep you
in jail

until my... my cousin here
gets his money.

You mean, you're gonna
arrest us for this?

Yes, I am.
Now get marching out of here.

You can't do this, Antoine.

They didn't start it.
Phillipe did.

Keep out of it, baby.

He said
get marching out of here.

He's losin' his Patience.

Well, what's the matter?

You guys act as though you've
never been in jail before.

Let's go.

Come on, let's go!

You don't win all the time, huh,
foreigner?

- Francesca, I...
- Get away from me.

I never want to see you again.

I hate you.
And all the rest of you.

Ah, that's alright, Phillipe.

She might change her mind.

And if she does, she won't

let you drink with me anymore.

Hey, Louis!

On the cuff.

And the entire coastline

from galveston to mobile
has been alerted.

All shipping has been advised
to avoid the area,

and residents have been warned
to expect winds

up to 85 miles an hour.

What's the matter?

Nothing. I'm going to bed.

- Did something happen?
- Yes.

I was born
in this horrible town.

That's what happened.

Feels more like a prison
every day.

If I can't get out of it,
I might as well die.

I can't stand it anymore.

You had the chance. Why can't I?

Yeah. I took the chance.

If you'd been my older sister,
three years ago,

I'd have probably made
the same complaint to you.

I know I was thinking
the way you are.

I hated this town
and everything about it.

Well, if you understand,

why have you been acting
the way you have?

I'd do anything to keep you
from getting hurt like I was.

And I'd do anything to get away.

Just because you made mistakes
doesn't mean I would.

Johnny wants to marry me.

- Does he, Fran?
- Yes.

Or has he just said so?

Somebody like him asked me, too,

and it made me happy
until I woke up one morning

and found out
it was just another lie.

Look, I know what it is
to want somebody

who's new and exciting.

The feeling you get
when he looks at you and...

Touches you.

But I'm way ahead of you.

I also know what happens
when it turns out to be empty.

Don't take a chance.
Stay with your own people.

It's too late.

What do you mean?

I hate them.

I hate Phillipe and teche.

I hate them all.

And I told them so.

Where are you going?

You handle that boat
pretty good.

Afraid I can't say the same
for the time and place

you picked to practice.

Didn't you hear
there's a big wind kickin' up?

I heard.

1, uh, I didn't think

I could make it back
to the river.

That's why I came here.

If you'll, uh, let me stay.

Sure, you can stay.

Right up on deck there.

You probably won't believe this

after all the things
I've said and done,

but I'm glad the storm gave me
a chance to come.

- I've wanted to.
- Is that so?

This is more than
just a job to you, isn't it?

Sure, it is. Sure.

Yeah, this is my baby.

I hope it rides out
that storm tonight

like I promised it would.

- Do you think it will?
- I'll tell you after it's over.

I hope this is the roughest
toughest storm

in the history of the world,

'cause that's the kind
I said this could beat.

Why are you doing it?
Will it make you rich?

- Not especially.
- Then why?

Oh, it's a challenge, I guess.

Nobody had ever wrestled
with this particular spot

in the world
before I came along,

so, I, you know, I...

Maybe, maybe you don't know

how oil was formed
millions of years ago.

It was formed by things dying
and being held in the earth.

Well, now if I can
reach down there

and bring up the results
of all those millions of years

and make them work
for the present and the future,

then I've done something,
haven't I?

I... I'm going to put
all time together.

You understand what I mean?

Is there a chance

that you could tell me
the rest over a cup of coffee?

Oh, well, there isn't any more.

I mean, there isn't
any more speech.

There's plenty of coffee.
Come on.

There you are.

It will be a little strong.

You know, uh...

Up there,
I told you why I was here.

Now why don't you tell me
why you're here, huh? Hm?

Alright,
I'll be honest with you.

What would it cost me
to persuade you

to fire Johnny gambi?

What would it cost... why?

Francesca's fallen
in love with him.

Well, w... what's so terrible
about that?

He's a top man in his field.
He makes good money...

He's hit-and-run,
and you know that.

He's making promises
he has no intention of keeping.

You're kind of mixed up,
aren't ya?

I mean, I can see promises
have been made to you

that weren't worth anything,
but that doesn't mean

all promises are like that.

I wasn't talking about myself.

Well, I am.

Look at you,

out here trying
to be tough and cheap.

You can't even be that.
You don't know

what kind of a woman you are,
do ya?

Stop it!

You got yourself all torn apart

trying to hate everybody.

Why don't you stop
fighting yourself?

Oh, I don't wanna be
mixed up anymore.

Maybe I wasn't really,
because I knew

this would happen
if I ever got near you.

I kept telling myself I was
coming out here to help Fran,

but I wasn't. I... I just wanted
what she'd found.

Say, where'd you go?

I turn around to say something
to you at the bar

and you are gone.

I went some place, alright.

Where did you get that dynamite?
Get it off my boat!

I took all
I'm gonna take, teche.

I'm gonna blast that thing of
theirs right out of the Gulf.

- You're crazy.
- Listen to me.

You don't have to do anything
but take me out.

In the morning,
the platform's gone

and everybody blames it
on the storm.

I think you had too much whisky.

Oh, that don't have anything
to do with it.

You're mad
because you lost your girl.

Oh, he can have her!
What's the matter with you?

You say you wanted
to blast them before.

Now we got the dynamite,

you don't wanna fight no more.

They make a coward out of you.

- Don't say that.
- Now go on, coward.

I'll take the boat out
by myself.

You're drunk and you're a fool.

Alright, I take you out.

Not because
you called me a coward,

but because you are my friend.

I'll go cast off
and we finish this thing, huh?

Alright, we go.

If you want to do this
crazy thing, do it fast.

Oh, that storm's
really kickin' up now.

I'm going up above and check
if everything's secure.

You wait right here.

Phillipe!

Steve!

Steve.

You don't care
how you kill your men, do ya?

I've seen some cold ones
in my day,

but nothing will ever come close

to that act you put on tonight.

Teche... where is Stella?

She wasn't here all night,
and the boat is gone.

- Where is she?
- I don't know.

Dominique,
Phillipe... he's dead.

Phhhpe?

He had some dynamite.

He wanted to go out and,
and blow that oil thing up.

I tried to talk him out of it,

but he was drunk.

All night long, I looked for him
out in the storm.

I'm going crazy, Dominique.

It wouldn't have happened
if those people were not here.

He thought he was doing
the right thing.

He wanted to get rid
of that platform for us.

For all of us.

But then the storm came up.

I should have known better.

I should have known better.

Where is Stella?
What have you done with her?

She's right in there.
Just keep her away from me.

Oh, you people don't stop
at anything, do ya?

I've got a good notion to prefer
charges on the whole town.

Stella!

What are you doing
with that man?

I went to see him.

You don't belong here anymore.

Maybe you're right.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

- What was the bar bill?
- Five hundred dollars.

Well, there wasn't $500 worth
of stuff in that joint.

I left a large tip.

- It was a great night off.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Storm do any damage?
- We rode it out.

That rig's out there
waitin' for you.

So I hope all you fellows
had enough rest

because from now on,
there isn't gonna be any.

We start drillin' right away.

- Still battin' a thousand.
- Come on, let's go.

She don't feel good, Steve.

We got too much weight
on the bit,

and we're workin' her too fast.

You just keep her goin'.

If we hit a high pressure area
at this speed,

there won't be nothin'
we can do about it.

Well, we haven't got time
to slow down.

You won't have anything but time
if this thing blows out.

We'll be in worse trouble if
we don't come in in eight days.

Now you keep the weight on
and keep this same speed.

Okay. You're the one who'll have
to explain a ruined rig, not me.

That's right.
You just keep it goin'.

I'm gonna get some sleep.

If he's not gonna worry
about it, I'm sure not.

Yeah, that's right.
He's givin' the orders.

We just carry 'em out.

Hey, um,
will you take over for me?

I gotta go ashore.

You gonna take on
la bonne chance all by yourself?

No, I'm not goin'
near the place.

But Martin hasn't let me
out of his sight

for two weeks and, oh,
I... I gotta get in tonight.

- Yeah, well...
- It's worth 20 clams.

Now them was the words
I was waitin' to hear. Take off.

Thanks.

Ooh, hey, I can hear the echo

of pappy's shotgun
from way out here.

What's the matter? Did it...

Whoa. Whoa.
Take it easy, take it easy.

I guess
I must have been dreaming.

Yeah, I know.

I've been waking up
like that myself lately.

What brought you down?

Well, after all,
this is my baby, too, you know.

- How's it goin'?
- Just fine.

Just fine.

Hit 8000 feet last night.

Averagin' 100 feet a Clay.

I'll get some coffee
in the galley.

Come on. Let's take a look
at the new samples.

Steve, before we go...

What's the matter?

Nothing. You look tired.

You do too. What's the matter?

Steve, we had a board meeting
last night.

With a week left
to go on the lease,

they want a safety margin
against running over

and having to pay the penalty.

Oh, we're not gonna have to pay

any penalty now.

We'll... we'll flood in here

before the week's out.

They don't think so.

In spite of everything
I could say,

they voted to stop
the operation tomorrow.

You have no more money.

You're president of the company.

Can they do that?

I'm a president
that led the company

into the biggest loss
in its history.

I don't know if we'll pull out.

But I'm not sorry, Steve,

because if nobody took a gamble,
the oil business would stop.

Well...

If you have faith in us,
couldn't you

carry us for a week?

I've been carrying you
since you started.

The company took the lease,
but they wouldn't finance you.

Every penny I've got
is in this rig of yours.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mac.

Oh, that's alright.

I've failed before.

It's just that it's a little
more expensive these days.

Yeah.

Well, we did the best we could.

That's that.

Blowout! Blowout!
We hit a salt water flow!

Saltwater flow!
Everybody, hit the rig!

All hands, hit the rig!

Mud pump room,
build up the mud weight!

Let's go, men!
It's bad, it's bad.

Switch those pumps.
Come on, switch 'em, boys.

All hands,
hit the rig! Hit the rig!

How long she been kickin'?

She just started.
I got the boys checkin' the mud.

You better stop the drill.

You get the forward valve,
I'll take this one.

We can't build enough weight
to hold her.

Better get that Kelly
out of there.

Looks like I'm gonna have to use
the blowout preventer.

Alright, hit the preventer!

Hit it!

- What's the matter?
- The valve's stuck.

I can't get it open!

Alright, we'll go down
and use the manual control!

Come on! Come on, you guys!

Hurry up! Come on!

Come on, give me a hand.

Where's gambi?

- Where is he?
- He went into town last night.

Alright, boys.

Well, I think we got her licked.

Alright, come on,
I really got work to do now.

First, I want to thank you
for the job you just did.

I'm sorry my board of directors
wasn't here to see it.

But they're probably sleeping
late this morning.

They did quite a big job
themselves last night.

They've decided
to cut off our money.

Huh?

They don't believe
we can bring this well in.

Yeah? If that's the way they
feel about it, it's okay by me.

They know
what they can do with it...

Now wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Hold on.

Now Mac's done all he could.

He's been with us
all the way in this thing.

He, he took the rap
for the whole gamble.

But we still got
one week to go on this lease

and I'm askin' you all
to go along with me.

Now maybe some of you
have been mixed up

in a wildcat deal like this

and come out of it broke.
I know I have.

Mac there, he sure has.

So what I'm doin',
I'm... I'm just makin'

the same old tired promise
to you

that if we strike oil,

everybody gets a $200 bonus.
Now how about it, huh?

Why should we gamble our time
and money if the company won't?

The company's got two million
dollars in this thing already.

Yeah, well, well,
I'd risk a week

if I really thought
there was oil down there.

But I got a feeling
there just ain't.

You listen,
there's enough oil down here

to lubricate the universe.

I'm sure sorry, Steve,
but I can't stay.

I got a family at home

and I gotta send 'em
a paycheck every week.

I guess that's it, Steve.

That's alright, fellows.
That's alright.

We understand.

Well, you picked
a good time to take off.

But I don't think
you should have come back.

Looks like I was right.
She did blow.

- Why'd you leave the barge?
- I had a date.

Okay.

You've been asking for this
from the beginning.

You knew there was a chance
for a blowout.

Why didn't you stay here
and watch for it?

You had that coming too.

You never understood it,
but with me,

this is no holy crusade.
It's only a job.

You've been crowdin' the men,
you've been crowdin' the rig,

I've been telling you that.
But you don't crowd me.

- Why'd you leave the barge?
- I told you, I had a date.

I got married!

Alright, take him with you
and get off the barge.

All of you.

I'm sorry, Steve.

Maybe we'll have
better luck next time.

Next time, nothin'.

I'm gonna finish this job
if I have to do it myself.

What does he mean do it himself?

We're all quittin'.

The main office
stopped his money.

None of us can afford
to work for nothing, gambi.

- He ask you to do it?
- Yeah, he asked for a week.

Gave us the same old
bonus pitch.

- You should have taken it.
- What do you mean?

You know,
he's just liable to do it.

Bring it in all by himself.

And I don't know
whether I'm gonna let him

get the last laugh on me or not!

What?

After all the work we did,

we ought to have
some of the glory of bringing in

the first offshore well.

Do you really think there's
a chance of coming in this week?

The samples are lookin'
better every day.

Fellas...

I'll up that bonus
to 300 a man if we come in.

Look, what's one paycheck?

All you do is toss it
into a crap game, anyway.

I'm for staying. Anybody else?

If you can take what he just
gave you and still back him,

I don't guess
I've got any complaints.

Yeah, yeah,
and I just remembered

that 20 clams you owe me. Argh!

So I think I'll just
stick around and collect.

How about the rest of ya?

Another week won't kill me.
I'll stay.

- Yeah.
- Alright.

Let's get up there
and go to work.

Come on, let's get your tools.

Hey, Steve!

I hear you're lookin'
for a crew.

Hard work and low wages.

That's right.

Well, this is it.

The cheapest bunch
you'll ever find.

Are we hired?

Let's go, boys.
Let's get this mess cleaned up.

Could you use
another crewman, Steve?

Think the board of directors
will approve?

Of course, they won't.

That's what's gonna make it
more enjoyable.

Okay, you're hired. Gambi,
you take care of things here.

I'll go into the base
and get supplies and tools.

We'll be drillin' again
by the time you get back.

Oh, Steve.

I'm not much of a guy
for apologies...

Did you really marry
that girl, Johnny?

- Yeah, I did!
- Alright, alright.

You know, I never thought
it'd happen to me.

I'm stuck and I love it.

But, uh, maybe you don't know
how it is, huh?

What do you mean,
I don't know how it is?

- Maybe I do.
- Alright, alright.

Alright.

See you later.

Stella, I don't know.
Maybe we should go back.

You have nothing to go back to.

Don't let dad wreck your life.
He has no right to.

Maybe he won't. Maybe he'll
get used to the marriage.

No, there's no telling
what he'll do.

You've got to get out of here.
Now hurry.

Mr. Martin.

Well, you sure surprised
everybody, didn't ya?

- Congratulations.
- Oh, thanks.

I think it's fine.

Maybe this is the first step
in the oil business

and the town gettin' together.

Oh, no, no, you're wrong.

It's worse than ever.

Dad won't stop until he gets
the marriage annulled.

He's sending me away
tomorrow morning.

That's why I came. To ask you...

If you'd take me out to Johnny.

Is your sister behind this?

- Yes.
- Yeah, yeah.

There wasn't
anything else to do.

I don't have any place to go.

Okay. Come on aboard.

Right over there.

Alright, let's go.

You stay here.
I'll hunt him up for you.

- Hey, Max, where's gambi?
- Inside the mud pit.

An intake valve clogged up.

What's up?

I was hopin'
you'd get here for this.

Now we got shrimp.

They're cloggin' the valves.

And these shrimp chasers
are complaining

'cause they can't find any.

Are there a lot of 'em
in the valves?

Not too many tonight,
but underneath the barge,

the water's thick with them.

He says it's been
for the past three nights,

but we've never had any trouble
on the day shift.

- Hey.
- I was thinking the same thing.

Well, you suppose
the shrimpers know about this?

It might improve relations
if you told 'em.

Oh, no, you mean
gettin' them to listen

to an oilman tellin' them
how to catch shrimp?

No, no. Things are rough enough.

Well, say, uh,
speakin' of relations,

I brought you a wedding present.

Yeah, a kind of original present
too. Your wife.

- You can have my quarters.
- Are you ievelin'?

Yeah, I eloped for you.

Right outside in the boat.

I'll thank you later.

Oh, darling.

Come on.
I'll show you our new home.

We're makin' history.

First honeymoon on first
offshore drilling barge.

Listen to me, my friends.

All of you, listen to me.

You all know that
from the beginning

of all this trouble
with the oilmen,

I have talked of peace.

Everything I have done
has been legal and honorable.

But tonight that is finished.

- What is it?
- What has happened?

They have taken Francesca.

Taken the last thing I have.

My two daughters
have turned against me.

My family is gone.

And what has happened to me

will happen to others.

Unless we go out,
the whole town,

every man, every boat,

to bring Francesca back,

to show these people
they can't do that to us.

Julian, you have four daughters.

What about them?

Maurice, your Evangeline
is 18 years old.

We're with you, Dominique.

What are we waiting for?
They've killed our fish.

They will take
everything from us.

It must be the whole town.

Tell every man.
Go home, get weapons.

Every man. Every boat.

You're through fighting
the oilmen, teche?

Yeah.

We know now that our people
are acting like children.

That fighting's going to bring
more trouble and more trouble.

We finally learned that,
didn't we?

I don't think
about trouble anymore.

I only think about Phillipe.

That was the end
of the fighting for me.

Then why don't you do the rest
of the town a favor?

Go out and tell Steve
what's happening.

Me go out there?

- They'll throw me to the fish.
- Maybe you can stop it, teche.

I know something.

Steve Martin's
an understanding man

when he has the facts straight.

- I think you could be friends.
- Friends?

What are you talking about?

Well, he said from the beginning
that he wanted to be.

Well, he could've had you
arrested, but he didn't.

What do you think that means?

That he doesn't care about

anything else but his oil.

No, teche.
That he doesn't want enemies.

Nobody does.

Look what hate did to Phillipe.

To the crazy men
who just left here.

Look what it did to you.

Why don't you go out to the rig?

Show him that at least
one person around here

knows the difference
between right and wrong.

You were the first one
to know, Stella.

Alright. I'll tell him.

I'll tell him
about Phillipe too.

What about you?

I love him, teche.

You know...

I don't think
I'll marry you, anyway.

My kids
are going to be fishermen,

not oil drillers.

Friend of yours wants to see ya.

Uh-oh. Take over, will ya?

Well?

You're going to have
more trouble.

Uh-huh. What did you
have in mind this time?

I have nothing to do with it.

I came to tell you about it.

It's about Francesca.

Dominique has talked
the whole town into coming out.

You better get your men
away from here.

You came out here to warn me?

Sure. These people
are like children.

Stella and me, we,
we have brains enough

to know what's right from wrong.

- She know you're here?
- Yeah.

She talk to me about that night.

- Yeah, I'll bet.
- What's the matter with you?

She didn't know Phillipe
and I were coming out.

You got no time to dream now,
Mr. Moneybags.

You better get your men
away from here quick.

Hey, come with me a minute.

I want to ask your advice
about somethin'.

- Come on!
- Come on!

All of you, come on!

We're havin' some trouble
with the pumps here.

I just want to show ya.

Let's see. Here.

You ever see one as big as that?
What is that?

Huh? Are you crazy?

- That's the golden shrimp.
- The golden shrimp?

You... you know
how we can get rid of them?

Get rid of them?
What are you talking about?

We've been looking
for these shrimp for years.

- Uh-huh?
- We know they're around here.

But we can never find them.

Well, I wish you could
locate them for us.

You see, they keep foulin' up
these intake valves

of ours every night.

Of course, if they start
showin' up in the daytime

we got a real problem on our
hands. But they don't do that.

They're just at night,
not in the daytime.

I just thought
you'd be interested.

See what you can do for me,
will ya?

What a dumb oilman.

Quite a task force.

I guess you might call this
our wedding reception.

Yeah.

They are like crazy men.

You're going to have
plenty of trouble, alright.

Why don't you and I leave,
Johnny?

We could stop it
if we did, Steve.

Ah, don't worry about it.
You just stay right here.

Stay here.

Mac, call the men on the barge.
Get 'em up here.

Johnny, get up this ramp here.

Be sure the men
watch both ladders.

Right.

Whatever happens, keep drillin'.

- Keep drillin', Johnny.
- Okay.

I'll go down
and try to talk to them.

Come on, boys. Hurry up.
Get up on the platform.

Alright. Take up the ramp.

Come on, come on.

Alright. Come up with this one.

Get off the barge, rigaud!

This is private property
and we're prepared to defend it.

Put Francesca off and we'll go.

If you keep her,
we'll tear this platform apart

to get her back.

She's here to stay
and so are we.

I thought you were
a peaceful man, Dominique.

I want my daughter.

Your daughter's safe
and sound right here

where she belongs
with her husband.

- There will be no marriage.
- There has been a marriage.

It's a good marriage
and a happy one.

We came for Francesca.

Now I know
you've had hard times,

but we won't hurt you.
We never will.

You and I ought to be friends,
Dominique.

We have the same kind of a job.

You look for one thing here
in the Gulf,

I'm looking for somethin' else.
That's the only difference.

That's the only d... difference.

Alright, now you may put me
out of business, all of you.

But that isn't important,
the important thing is

that there's oil under this Gulf
and we need it.

Everybody needs it. You need it.

Without oil, this country
of ours would stop

and start to die.

And you'd die.

Now it doesn't make
any difference

what you do to, Dominique.

You can't stop progress.
Nobody can.

Just keep on drilling.
You heard what Steve said.

Just keep her goin'.

Why, there's gonna to be
hundreds of...

There's gonna be hundreds
of rigs just like this

all over the Gulf.

Pull up that Kelly!
She's gonna blow!

What...

Look out!

This is gonna be the richest
oilfield in the world!

There she blows!

There she is!

Steve! Hey, Steve!
Get a load of this.

There she is.

It's a good thing this town
has one fisherman with brains.

Teche bossier will teach you
how to catch the golden shrimp.

You come out with me tonight.
I'll show you something.

There are thousands, millions,
enough for all of us.

But it took teche bossier
to find them.

Francesca.

Oh, father.

I'll do my best
to make her happy.

So you found your oil
at the bottom of the ocean.

I hope we've found friends, too,
Dominique.

Hey, moneybags.
You better hurry.

Stella left.
She's waiting for the bus.

I told her
I didn't want to marry her,

so she's on her way
to New Orleans.

My truck is over there.

Here is the key.

You better hurry up
before I change my mind.

You have
any particular place to go

or you open to suggestions?

I don't have any place to go.

Yes, you have.

I promise it will be
better this time too.

Come on.