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Yeah? Oh, hello, Angie.

Listen, dearie, a friend of mine

called up and he's lonesome, see?

His wife is out of town, and he wants somebody

to go places with him.

Sort of show him a good time.

I'm practically there.

14 Claybridge Apartments.

Okay. I'll go right into my dance.

Go on in, sister.

Park yourself, hon. I'll be right with you.

Well, well, if it ain't little Gilda.

It's you, huh?

Right here, looking at you. Oh, yeah, baby.

- You've got a nerve. - How come?

- Sending for me. - Well, what's wrong with that?

I got lonesome for my little pal.

Since when are you and me pals?

Well, don't just remember the date.

Oh, you don't, huh? Well, I do.

Oh, come on. Have a drink.

Not for a million bucks.

Now, there's no danger of the wife walking in this time.

She's out of town. Come on, hon.

Hey! That costs 10 a quart.

You don't think I'd drink with you, you --

Why not?

Say, what are you sore about?

You don't know?

You mean because found out what she was doing?

On the level, I never figured you'd wind up like this.

Where else would I wind up after the deal I got from you?

Oh, that's all forgotten.

Yeah?

Say, we ain't going to stand

and chew the rag all night, are we?

- Come on. - Cut that out!

- Oh, baby. - You heard me. Cut it out.

You're the one man I'm drawing the line at.

Why you...

Fire! Fire Fire!

Call the fire department!

Ugh.

Yeah?

Oh, Angie, what do you want to wake me up so early for?

It wasn't that dame across the way with that Victrola?

Ain't you read the morning papers?

Well, listen.

The Claybridge burned to the ground last night.

Piet went, too.

Burned to death.

The fire started in his room. And listen, dearie.

The bellhop squealed on you.

Said Piet had a girl in his room.

And the cops came up here and gave me the third degree.

But I didn't spill a thing.

They got a pretty good description of you,

so you better lay low.

And listen, dearie.

Don't mention my name if they catch up with you.

No, I won't.

Thanks, Angie.

Carl.

Yeah, it's me.

Yeah, your long lost sailor's returned.

Let's see how you look.

Kind of peaking. You had breakfast?

I'm not hungry, Carl.

We'll stage a big feed at noon.

Gee, did I have a time finding you.

Traced you all over town.

- You did? - Yeah.

If you hadn't let you forwarding address at that last place,

I never know where I would have got track of you.

- Oh. - What happened to the job

with Van Saal?

Well, I quit a long time ago.

Didn't like the place?

No.

Left 'em flat, huh?

Atta girl.

Hey, I got a lot of junk here for you.

Come on, take a look.

Hey, I didn't have this when I went away.

No, dear. Officer?

- Bet your life. - Gee, that's swell, Carl.

Officers draw down more dough.

When a guy wears a stripe like this,

he can afford to ask his best girl the big question.

You know what I mean, hon.

We're going to get married.

Ain't we?

And look what I brought you.

Made it myself.

How did you get the boat in here?

Wouldn't you like to know?

From Japan.

Carl!

Oh, you ain't seen nothing yet. Get this.

Gee, that must have cost --

Nix on how much it cost. Nothing's too good for my girl.

Here, try it on.

What's the matter?

I can't marry you, Carl.

Why not?

I can't.

You don't love me anymore. Is that it?

No. No.

Some other guy?

No.

Well, then what's wrong?

We always plan to get married someday.

I've changed my mind.

So you might just as well be going.

I wish you would.

I'm not going till you give me a good reason.

Have you got one?

- Yeah. - Well, what is it.

Piet Van Saal was killed last night. I'm to blame.

And the police are after me.

After you? What did you do?

I went over to see him last night.

I thought you stopped working for him.

That's just it. I had, but he wouldn't believe it.

What do you mean?

When I was working for them, one night,

he broke into my room and stayed there.

He threatened me if I told his wife.

She found out what he was doing and kicked me out.

She followed me every place I got work and told them

they bounced me, so I...

I made my living the only way I could.

I've been making it that same way for almost a year.

Why you dirty little...

- Where are you going? - What's it to you?

Everything.

It's the cops. They're coming after me.

Get your duds together. Hurry.

It's my fault.

If I hadn't left you alone to scrape to yourself,

things might have been different.

Hurry.

You couldn't love me after --

I do.

Hey, for the love of --

What's the matter now?

Don't you know you can't smoke down here.

- Why not? - We have oil on board.

Thousands of gallons of it. You want to blow up the works?

It's okay by me.

Aw, buck up, kid.

You're getting your first break.

What do you mean, break?

I always travel first class.

Oh, come on. Listen, hon.

There's a wireless out to search all ships for you.

And the skipper gave me the job.

What do you do?

We'll pull out of this all right. Don't you worry.

All you got to do is lay low

and cut out the smokes, and everything will be Jake.

Look.

- What's that? - It's a map.

Shows where I'm taking you so you'll be safe

till this mess blows over.

You see that little dot there? That's an island.

Small one, ain't it?

Well, that's where we're going.

We'll be there in three more days.

- How many? - It won't be for long.

And nothing can happen to you on the island.

I don't understand.

It's the one place they can't extradite criminals from.

You mean they can't send me back even

if they find out I'm there?

Yeah, that's it. It's the only place in the world

where they've got no extradition laws.

All the sailors know about it.

I'll go screwy if I'm alone much longer.

You'll be out of this soon. Have a little faith, will you?

There's a great big plan that we don't get.

But the fella that made the plan knows what it's all about.

He'll see you through.

He's certainly been doing his bit.

Well, you got to believe.

I do believe in you.

You're the only one that's ever been decent to me.

Where is this place?

It's in the Caribbean Sea just off the coast of --

- I got to go now, kid.

- Don't leave me. - I got to go.

I'm afraid.

Aw, come on. Where's your spunk?

- I ain't got any. - Sure you have.

Let's see you smile.

Come on, now, smile.

Atta girl.

Hop off, kid.

What am I gonna use for legs?

There. You up?

Yeah. If the ground would only stop moving.

Here you are. Come on.

Let's see how you're going to like your new home.

Oh, for the love of Mike.

Could you give a guy a break, huh?

Sure this ain't the YMCA?

It's the only hotel in town.

I don't know where else to take you.

Is there something I can do for you?

I want a room.

Oh, I have the most elegant room set.

How much?

16 colones.

16? That's more than I can pay.

Well, it's my rate, sir, for one night,

for a lady and gentlemen.

Well, this is just for the lady.

And she's going to be here a long time.

What's your rate by the month, single?

Oh, the lady is here for her health?

The climate up north got a little too hot.

- New Orleans? - Yeah.

Well, I's New Orleans lady myself.

So you can have the room for six bits a day, mademoiselle.

Lead us to it.

I'll pay you a month in advance,

and there'll be more coming by mail, regular, too.

♪ Newcastle ♪

Yes, madame?

Show the mademoiselle to the single room

at the top of the stairs.

Right-o.

Is this the extent of the luggage, sir?

Why, yes. Nothing wrong with that, is there?

Oh, absolutely nothing, sir.

May I ask you to follow me.

What's her moniker?

Oh, rose send from I.

Has she got sailor boy's grove?

She is Señorita Gilda Erickson from New Orleans, USA.

And a very charming lady.

Lady, eh? What's she doing here?

Spending the winter for her health.

Send a basket of champagne to her with my compliments.

Hey, lay off. I seen her first.

You? What about me? I --

Be patient, gentlemen.

She's the only white woman on the island.

You must at least give the lady time to get settled.

Hey, remember, boys, from now on,

refrain from using any words ending in "ich" and "I".

Perhaps you would like something to refresh you, sir?

That's right. This is a free country.

Oh, yes, we have gin, whiskey, and rum

and a dash of almost any cocktail.

Bring me a shot of gin.

Oh, just one.

It would kind of steady me a bit.

Never mind. Forget it.

Certainly madam. Perhaps something else?

Nothing.

Well, wait a minute. I want to get a minister.

Beg pardon, sir?

A preacher.

Oh, yes. There is a church on the other side of the island.

It'll take a little while to get him, sir.

Church.

How do we get there?

I would suggest a carriage.

The centipedes are rather thick on the hillside

this time of the year.

Order us a carriage.

Right-o.

Is there a minister here?

He died last month.

There'll be another here in a few weeks maybe.

We're out of luck, hon.

I never really expected you to marry me, Carl.

Well, I'm gonna just the same.

We're going to be man and wife before I leave this place.

- But how can we? - I'll show you.

You ready, hon?

Yeah.

I Carl take thee Gilda to my wedded wife.

To have and to hold from this day forward,

for better or for worse, for richer or poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to cherish till death us do part

according to God's holy ordinance.

And thereby I plight thee my troth.

Now do I speak now?

Yeah, there. "I, Gilda."

I, Gilda, take thee Carl to be my wedded husband.

With this ring, I thee wed.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

You're mine now.

Yes, Carl.

Well, what are you crying about?

Don't you know?

I wish I didn't have to leave you here.

I wouldn't do it if there was any way of taking you with me.

I can take care of myself, Carl.

I don't like the looks of those fellows at the hotel.

I don't want you to have anything to do with them.

You don't have to tell me.

They're crooks, all of them. Or they wouldn't be here.

They may get fresh and try to start something.

You turn them down cold and stick to your room.

Will you do that? Promise?

I promise, Carl.

You're my wife. You know what that means, don't you?

It means there'll never be anybody else but you.

And there won't, Carl. I swear.

Here's some money. I'll send you more by the next mail.

And I'll write you from every port I touch.

But don't be lonesome, babe.

I'll try not.

All you got to do is believe.

Goodbye, kid.

Give me a big kiss, Carl.

It's gonna last a long, long time.

Bye, kid.

Bye.

What are those things you are always eating?

I don't like them.

Nuts.

Why don't you swallow them, shells and all?

Them ain't shells I'm spitting out. Them's worms.

May I ask you, señor,

what your intentions are toward the chicken?

Honorable I hope.

None of your business.

And that goes for all of you mugs.

Hello, cutie.

From me to you, with love and kisses.

What do you mean?

This here's a hen.

Really?

Smart, ain't you? Huh?

Take it back.

No! It's for you. It's for your room.

- My room? - Yeah.

We got a lot of centipedes down here,

and they run around the floor, and they'll bite you.

And the hens, they eat them up, see?

I'm making you a practical present.

I ain't taking any presents from you or anybody else.

Aw, cutie.

You look like a million dollars to me.

Yeah?

Hey!

Señor Egan, it takes more than the ham to make chicken.

Yeah. Newcastle.

Put this in the pot for supper.

Can't he make a tasty stew?

A most excellent stew, sir.

Huh?

Have a seat, Mr. Bruno.

I was just going.

Will you join us in a drink, Señor?

- Brandy. - The same.

Leonie, three brandies.

♪ Coming right up ♪

House tricks.

There are no tricks in my business.

When a man hangs, he hangs.

What a satisfactory way to get rid of one's enemies.

I have no enemies.

No living enemies, eh, señor?

As jailor and executioner of this island,

I may not be popular with the criminal element.

Meaning us?

My activities are confined to island crime, my friends.

While we do not believe in the international law

of extradition, our own laws are very strict.

But as long as you behave yourselves here,

you are safe from both jail and gallows.

Safe in Hell.

I do not know which I would prefer, señor.

What do you mean?

I will not repeat I have heard señor.

In my country, we leave that to the ladies.

Gossiping?

So they say my jail is worse than my gallows.

♪ Newcastle ♪

♪ Yes, madam? ♪

♪ Three brandies ♪

♪ Three brandies ♪

Where do I find the drinking water?

In the rain barrel, mademoiselle.

Help yourself.

Thanks.

Well, what is the matter, miss?

This water is crawling with something.

What? Let's have a look.

- They won't hurt you. - What are they?

Wrigglers.

Don't do that.

Why not?

You only have to dip it up again.

But I can't drink it with those slimy things in it.

Strain them out.

We keep them in all the drinking water here.

Why?

To kill the yellow fever mosquitoes.

We believe in protecting the people that visit our island,

especially the ladies.

More, especially the white ladies.

With slimy wrigglers.

Yes.

Mm-hmm.

May I introduce myself?

I am General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez.

I have had the honor of instigating three successful

revolutions and annihilating three stupid presidents.

Ain't you lucky?

Yes!

If you allow me, please.

Oh, please.

Your room is a small one.

I'm satisfied.

I am fortunate enough to have a suite

at the end of the balcony.

It is my summer home between revolutions.

May I offer it to you?

It is very comfortable.

And I shall be there only occasionally.

I don't want you to be lonesome.

Here's a few little wrigglers to keep you company.

Hey, pipe peanut vendor. Hey, Peanut!

Peanut!

♪ La-da-da-da-da-da-dum ♪

♪ Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum, bum bum ♪

I have two spades.

- Three hearts. - Four diamonds.

What's the matter with you fellas?

For the past two weeks, you've been snapping at

each other and trawling around like a pack of starved dogs.

Very apt simile, señor.

The mail is here, gentlemen.

What-ho! The mail's here!

Mail!

Got you!

Come on, get out.

Look at her run, huh?

Nothing for you.

He ain't reached you yet, has he? Huh?

No, he won't either. Not him.

I'll write you, baby.

And I'll mark a lot of crosses on the bottom, too, huh?

Oh, gee, look it.

The Walla Walla Penitentiary Gazette.

Is this all the mail there is?

Quite all, madame.

There wasn't a letter for me?

You can see for yourself, madame.

Better luck next time.

Again, you are disappointed.

Perhaps you'll do me the honor to dine with me, señorita.

Hey, nix. She's putting on the feed bag with me, see?

Let me join your little primate, eh?

- Take a walk - Ah you!

Hey, snooty.

How'd you like to have a nice, great big porterhouse steak

with some French fried potatoes with me, huh?

How many times do I have to say no?

Newcastle, give me a light, will you?

Right-o.

Hey, come here, you. Ouch! You --

Why you!

♪ Pale moon's shining on the fields below ♪

♪ The folks are crooning songs soft and low ♪

♪ You needn't tell me, boy, because I know ♪

♪ When it's sleepy time down South ♪

♪ Soft wind blowing through the pinewood trees ♪

♪ All folks down home live a life of ease ♪

♪ Oh, when old mammy falls upon her knees ♪

♪ When it's sleepy time down south ♪

♪ Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going ♪

♪ Just splashing the night away ♪

♪ Oh, you'll hear those banjos strumming ♪

♪ All the people all singing ♪

♪ They dance 'til the break of day ♪

♪ Oh, dear old southland with his dreamy songs ♪

♪ Come take me back where I belong ♪

♪ Oh, how I'd love to hold him in my arms ♪

♪ When it's sleepy time down south ♪

Gentlemen, here is a toast to Leonie,

whose eyes are as soft as her voice.

Oh.

She has at last come out of her shell.

You said it.

Wipe for señorita. Wipe.

- Put down this -- - Champagne.

Only champagne is good enough for a queen.

Glasses, fresh glasses. Come on.

There you are! Let yourself around that.

There we are.

There you are.

Eat that, lady, and you'll feel like a lamb.

As I live and breathe, old man river.

Hey, what's good for a pain in the neck, huh?

Do you intend to join us, señor?

I have already make up my mind.

Why not?

I am glad to see you come to your senses, my dear.

Yeah. So am I.

You are very wise.

Say, one more day cooped up in that room upstairs

and I'd have had the screaming heebies.

Wine is what you need, señorita.

Wine is only part of it.

Hello, Spence!

- Skol! - Skol yourself!

Who's got a cigarette?

Oh, boy, am I glad to be here.

Lights, music, all I can drink.

Let's make a lot of noise, everybody.

Come on, let's make a lot of noise!

Whoopee!

I never told you why I had to come to this

blistering old, did I?

Alright.

Well, it was like this.

He wouldn't hand over his spondulix,

so I had to wallop him over the napper.

Ah, button up!

You ain't nothing but a cheap pickpocket, see?

You know what they call me, lady? TNT.

I got an international reputation for safe blowing

that nobody could --

Oh, riffraff. Riffraff.

I am the only gentleman here.

As a general of the revolution, I kill only presidents.

And vice presidents.

That's swell.

Your exclusive?

You know, I'm a lawyer and crooked as they make 'em.

I put a police commissioner on the spot,

and they took him for a ride.

Rest of these fellows are all small fries compared to me.

What's dear old grandpa doing in this gang?

I?

I burned my ship.

Unfortunately, the passengers and the crew

were either drowned or roasted to death.

I and the cook, we managed to save ourselves.

He met with a little accident afterwards.

I collected the insurance for my boat.

$80,000.

And I hope to live happily ever after.

Amen.

This is no place for you, my dear.

Better let me take you over to my house.

Oh, yeah?

- Yes. - Nothing doing.

I'm going to stick with the boys, Admiral.

Okay!

Come on. I know what's best for you.

Lay off! And I am not kidding.

These people are not your kind.

What do you mean they ain't my kind?

Because they're criminals?

Say, big boy, I'll tell you something you don't know.

I'm a criminal, too. I'm Gilda Carlson.

That's a phony name I've been using.

I killed a man in New Orleans,

and I'm just as tough and as hard as any of them.

And the sooner you find it out, the better.

Now scram, Commodore.

Who's got a cigarette?

Who is it?

It's me, mademoiselle.

What do you want?

I got something for you. Okay?

How are you feeling, honey?

Not so hot.

What time is it?

- It's going on 5:00. - What?

You see, the party didn't break up till morning,

so everybody slept all day.

What's that?

Oh, Mr. Gomez make you a little present.

That's rum on there.

Not for me. I'm through.

What do you mean you're through, honey?

Looks like you're just beginning.

Yeah?

Sure, well, you got all the men crazy about you.

Well, when you come upstairs,

they almost broke each other's heads fighting.

The only thing kept 'em away from you

was that there was too drunk to climb the stairs.

Those bozos don't mean a thing to me, and they never will.

Get that straight.

What you say is foolishness, honey?

Do I? Listen.

I went downstairs last night because

I had to talk to somebody or go crazy.

I had to blow off steam, let loose,

forget what was worrying me.

That was the only way I could do it.

And I did it. And that's that.

And I'm climbing right back on the wagon.

What are you going to do with all the men?

Nothing.

You ain't taking any of them?

No.

Honey, how come?

Oh, nothing you would understand.

I made a promise.

To that sailor? Mm-hmm.

Yeah, to that sailor, huh-huh.

And I'm keeping it, too.

You mighty high handed now.

But the rents coming due, and you got to eat.

Why, they all got money.

Especially General Gomez.

Why, he's rich, mademoiselle.

And maybe you're going to need somebody before you get through.

Because I've been fooled by them sailor boys myself.

Mm-hmm.

Does this boat carry mail?

Room and bath. Best you got.

Right-o, sir.

Piet!

Well, I'm a son of a gun.

It's you. Really you?

- Sure it's me. - You're alive.

I'll tell the world I am.

But what happened? The newspaper said you were dead.

Sure they did. That's what gave me the idea.

What idea?

I could go for a drink. How about you?

Yeah. I'm weak as a kitten.

Can I take the luggage upstairs, sir?

Yeah. Be up in a minute.

Right-o.

What is your pleasure, sir?

Gin fizz. Plenty gin.

Coffee.

- What? - Coffee.

Never mind what I'm drinking. I want to hear about you.

Now it's like this. The joint caught on fire, see?

- I know that. - I got out okay,

but I was kind of goofy for a day or so.

Where'd you go?

I woke up in a rooming house blocks away.

How I got there or what I did, nobody knows.

Go ahead.

Well, I'm an insurance agent, you know?

Naturally, I carry plenty of life insurance.

See the point?

- No. - No?

Well, the papers and everybody said I was dead.

Well, if I'm dead, my wife gets the insurance, don't she?

- Yeah. - All right.

I get to the wife on the QT.

She collects while I lay low.

Then what happens? I grab the coin and beat it.

I never did like her much after she kicked you out.

Then she squeals to the cops.

Can you imagine?

Well, here I am.

50 grand is a nice little nest egg, ain't it?

I can lay low till the smoke clears away.

I'm gonna grab myself a new start someplace.

Yeah?

As long as I'm here, I'm safe.

That's why I came.

It's safe for us criminals.

But I'm not one. Not now.

They can't do anything to me because I didn't kill you.

They can't touch me.

What's the big noise?

- It's Piet. - Piet who?

- Piet Van Saal. - Hi.

He's the man I thought I killed.

- Yeah? - Now I don't have to stay

in this rotten place any longer.

I can go home to Carl.

You always got a home with me, baby.

I forgive you for everything you done.

Hurry back. I ain't had a kiss yet, hon.

- See you later. - Come in and have

a snifter, meet the rest of the guys.

All right. I got a drink coming,

if it ever gets here.

You here from New Orleans?

Yeah.

That's where you met her, huh?

Who, Gilda? Sure.

She's a pretty good little egg.

And straight as a die, too.

None of us ever got the first base with her.

That's a laugh.

Yeah?

How long have you known her?

I was her first sweetie, brother.

Looks like she played you for a sucker.

I'm sorry, sir, but the coffee had --

Brandy.

Mr. Egan, you know brandy don't sit so well with you.

Brandy! Are you deaf?!

I can just hear you, Mr. Egan.

Hey.

Come on up, fellas.

Come on up.

I want you to meet another inmate.

Señorita.

How much?

Thanks.

Yeah, I left the old woman flat and blew the works.

With the dough in cash, mind you.

Serves her bleeding well right.

Women, oh.

You are a friend of Miss Gilda I see.

You might call it that, yeah.

An old friend.

- Oh. - Look out for that bloke

on the other side of you.

He's nutty about her.

Calls himself her protector.

You want to hear some good news? I'm heading north.

You are doing what?

I'm leaving for home, New Orleans.

When?

Soon as Carl comes after me. Right away maybe.

What about the criminal charge against you back there?

Oh, rats with that. The man's alive.

He came in today on the tram.

Congratulations.

Is that good news, or ain't it?

Oh, boy.

Didn't I tell you she was spoofing you blokes?

Hi-ya, baby.

Think you can make a fool out of me, do you?

Haven't you made enough trouble for me already?

All comes under the head of fun, baby.

Took me for a chump, didn't you?

And played me strong.

You better go to your room.

Who's this guy?

None other than our public executioner.

The warden of the prison workhouse, Mr. Bruno.

The name's Van Saal. How are you?

Mr. Van Saal?

Oh.

Egan's on a rampage.

I ain't afraid of him.

He's nothing but a big kid.

Not when he's drunk.

And unfortunately, there is no law to prevent his drinking.

I am powerless.

I'm going to stay right in my room. He won't come up here.

He might. Have you got a gun?

What would I do with a gun?

I think you better have one around.

Why? I wouldn't use it if I had it.

Take it.

You really think I'll need it, on the level?

I want to feel that you are safe while you are on the island.

You can give it back to me when you sail.

Thanks.

Of course, you know it is against the law,

but as long as I give it to you, we can forget the law, eh?

I am your friend.

Don't forget that, my dear.

I ain't got so many friends that I'm forgetting any of them.

Don't let her get out of here.

I'm going over to swear out a warrant.

She has a gun in her room.

When I get back, I shall want you to arrest her.

Deadly weapons are against the law.

Well, I'll be seeing you gentlemen.

- Right you are. - Hey, Porter.

- Right-o, sir. - What's my room number?

Number 17, sir.

What room has the little gal got?

She's in number 12, sir.

Yeah. Well, 13 is my lucky number.

Understand.

Perfectly, sir.

Are you sure your neighbor will put up no objection?

I'll fix that up right away.

That comes under the head of pressing business.

You guys watch me if you want

to learn something about technique.

Hi-ya, babe.

Everything under control?

Yeah. And I don't want any callers.

No law against old friends, is there?

I'm your friend, baby.

Don't make me laugh.

A laugh don't hurt nobody.

Go ahead. I can laugh, too.

- Unlock that door. - Aw, look.

I just want to say something to you,

and I don't want nobody butting in.

Ain't that fair enough?

All right. Say it and get out.

Atta girl.

Quite a dump you got here.

I've known a million women. Some of them were plenty nifty.

But I forget them as soon as I leave them.

I never forgot you, babe. Not for a minute.

If that's all you've got to say, give me that key.

Aw, listen. I ain't holding nothing against you.

You're older and smarter now.

Yeah, I'm older and smarter.

I got plenty of dough, and I'm going to be here

for a long time. Get me?

Get out.

What's the matter?

You'll never lay your hands on me again.

Oh, have a heart, babe.

And nobody else will.

I've made a promise, and I'm keeping it.

Unlock that door, or I'll kill you.

Well, if that's the way you feel about it.

All right.

Now listen --

A shot!

Order in the court.

You may continue, Mr. Jones.

Your Honor,

gentlemen of the jury,

I have placed before you the simple facts of this case,

all self-evident, all pointing unquestionably

to the innocence of this girl, the defendant.

Having weighed the facts, you're about to judge her,

to decide if she lives or dies.

For the law has delivered her into your hands.

That she shot a man I do not deny, nor does she.

In a desperate effort to defend herself, a man was killed.

He paid with his miserable life for the vicious assault

he made on her person and her honor.

And it is both just and right that he pay that forfeit.

As you who have homes to guard must know.

Her character, her conduct

since she's been in our midst is above reproach.

Her neighbors and her intimates have so testified.

And as you sat listening, watching her, analyzing her,

your own intuition knew it for the truth.

She is innocent, gentlemen.

Innocent.

And I beg of you in your mercy to set her free.

Order in the court.

Gentlemen, it is your duty to pronounce an unbiased verdict.

However, unless you find strong evidence

in favor of conviction, I ask you

to give the defendant the benefit of the doubt.

You're a cinch to get off, kid.

Gee, that was a great line he handed out.

Yeah, wasn't it?

So buck up now, will you?

Any message from Carl yet?

No, honey.

Not even a postcard, huh?

Nothing.

Look here.

Why don't you go over in that little room and rest a while?

Wouldn't you like to?

They'll call you when the jury comes in.

- Congratulations. - Oh.

In a few minutes, we will hear the good news.

Yeah. I'll be glad when it's all over.

Of course you will. We all will.

It's a strain having a death sentence hanging over you.

I have been under a strain, too.

It would wreck me to -- to have to hang you, my dear.

Last night, I had a horrible dream.

A dream I was tying the rope around your little neck.

I woke in a cold sweat.

- Like a cigarette? - Yeah.

Thanks.

Everyone's been so good to me.

Why wouldn't they be?

They came to see me the two days I was in jail.

Sort of thought you'd show up, too.

I hate crowds.

Sure will be swell to get out of this place.

You gonna let me go as soon as the jury comes back?

I'm not so sure.

You see, there is something else to be settled first.

What?

If they say I ain't guilty, I'm free, ain't I?

Not quite. There's another charge against you.

Possession of a deadly weapon.

But you can explain that. You gave it to me yourself.

Have you a witness to prove it?

You're the witness.

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

Perhaps I better explain.

Go to it.

You will have to serve a life sentence.

You can't possibly escape it.

What kind of a sentence?

Six months in my prison camp.

- Six months in -- - You will have everything

to make you comfortable.

I will see to that. Your own cottage.

Good food, good liquor.

And you?

Yes.

I will be around.

Why, you dirty...

That's why you gave me that gun. You framed me.

Have your hysterics and get it over with.

You planted in in my room so you could railroad me!

It was a trick.

It works sometimes.

But this time, it don't.

What makes you think that?

I don't think it. I know it.

You ain't smart enough to trick me, Bruno.

You ain't got the brains.

You think I can't get out of this, don't you?

Well, watch me.

Shut up and be sensible about this.

You will be in my prison camp before night.

- Will I? - Certainly.

Tell the court whatever you please about that gun.

No judge or jury will believe you.

They'll believe what I'm going to tell them.

What can you say that will have any weight?

I can say plenty, and I'm going to say plenty.

The court is waiting, Miss.

Will you please take your --

I didn't tell you the truth. I lied to you.

Every word was a lie.

Piet didn't do anything to me. Not a thing.

But I had it in for him, so I begged him to come to my room.

And I shot him.

I killed him in cold blood.

I tried to kill him once before in New Orleans.

It's on record there. This time, I nailed him.

I got him when he wasn't looking and didn't have a chance.

I murdered him! I'm guilty! Give me what's coming to me!

No, listen --

The only time you'll ever touch me is when you tie that rope

around my neck.

Oh!

Miss Gilda, why did you --

Oh, no.

They let me off long enough to pack my things.

Yes, I know.

Won't take but a few minutes.

I haven't thanked you yet for everything you've done for me.

It amounted to exactly nothing.

You convicted yourself.

Why did you do it?

I had to.

It's the only way I can keep a certain promise I made.

To whom?

To the one good, decent man I ever knew.

I love him with everything I got.

You're a very brave girl, Gilda.

I've tried to be.

For him.

You see what I --

It's Carl! Oh, what'll I do?

I'll tell him everything.

No, no, no. They'll never let me go now.

I can't drag him into this.

He'd fight, and Bruno would kill him, too.

Oh, I -- I'll see him alone with no one around to give it away.

Downstairs in the courtyard. Keep everyone away.

You're a break.

There's a man coming here, and I want to talk to him.

It'll only take a minute.

You can keep your eye on me all the time,

but don't let him know you're doing it, please.

Take anything got in there.

There's clothes, money, and other stuff.

Take it all. I got to see him.

- Honey. - Carl!

How are you, Mrs. Carl Bergen?

I'm fine.

Did you get my last letter?

Which one was the last one?

The one I told you about my new job.

The company has given me a good job ashore.

I-I never got that one.

End of this voyage, we're going to find us a little home

in New Orleans and settle down.

Yeah, you bet your life, honey.

No more of this being away from each other and nothing to it.

Say, was that slick about Piet Van Saal showing up?

Yeah. Sure was.

That was that break, what I mean.

Yeah.

That must have knocked you for a loop.

It did.

Didn't I tell you, whenever something happens,

it's always for the best as long as you believe in Him.

Was I right?

I'm just now beginning to think so.

Oh, you are, huh? Why just now?

It just this minute struck me that you'd never be happy

away from the sea.

I don't get you, hon. You're kidding?

Sure, you big baby.

You better grab the first board out of here.

I tried my darndest to get the skipper to take you up

the coast with us, but he wouldn't do it.

We're only in for a couple of seconds.

It's all the time I got. You forgive me?

I'll meet you in New Orleans.

You send me a wireless before you start.

I'll do it, Carl, before I leave.

- You're crying. - Me?

Just when everything's going so swell for us, you got to cry.

Sure. Women haven't got any sense.

Mine has.

Atta girl.

Gee, I got to go.

You all right, hon?

- Sure? - Sure.

Nothing on your mind?

I love you.

I love you, too, honey.

I know you do.

And it's made something different out of me

from what I was.

But I'm good now, Carl.

Just like I was when we was kids.

I'll never be bad again. Never again, Carl.

Oh, baby.

Goodbye, kid.

Carl!

Give me a big kiss.

It's got to last a long, long time.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Will you send him a wireless after it's happened?

Yes, my dear.

He'll be at sea.

He loves the sea. It's like home to him.

And it's good to be home at a time like that.

All right. You can tell them I'm ready.

Let's go.