All language subtitles for Between.Two.Worlds.1944.(John.Garfield-Mystery).720p.x264-Classics.ENG

Your attention.

Buses and cars are now drawing
up to take you to your ship.

Remain as you are, but
be ready to leave

as soon as your alphabetical
group is called.

You are reminded that you
are traveling to America

under wartime conditions,

that England is still very
much a battle area.

In the event of an
enemy attack at sea

or an air raid in
transit to your ship,

your wholehearted
cooperation will be necessary.

Follow instructions.

Do not ask questions.

You can be sure there
is a good reason

behind everything we ask you to do.

Groups A and B...

Groups A and B,

be sure you receive your
identification slips

from the dispatcher.

Your steward will
collect them onboard ship.

Mum's the word.

That's a lot of hocus pocus.

The germans want to know? They know.

Don't get too smart, darling.

You get like that,

pretty soon, there are
no surprises left.

Then you lose your interest in life.

Like that shade?

That's right. Move over. Be sociable.

Never be strange. It don't pay.

Are you a member of
the ship's crew, sir?

Lady, not this time.

I'm in the merchant marines,

but this trip to New York,

I'm strictly a
passenger traveling deluxe.

Hey, reverend, did you hear that?

She called me "sir."

Did she? Well, how nice.

Oh, here we're the
last group to be called,

and I can't wait to get onboard.

You can't wait?

Reverend, you don't know it,

but you just said a
mouthful... a mouthful.

Groups C and D.

Groups C and D, hurry along, please.

Would you like a bun while
we're waiting, sir?

You there. Just a minute.

I've been separated
from two members of my staff.

Please, sit down.

My name is Lingley of Lingley Ltd.

You'll find your people onboard.

That's no good. I want
them with me all the time.

My confidential secretary
and my masseur.

Sit down.

Look here. The chairman of this line

is one of my most intimate friends.

Not for the duration he isn't.

Take a card.

Lingley of Lingley Ltd.

The people you meet on ocean liners.

The people you meet in
the newspaper game.

Sorry, Mr. Bergner,

but I've tried to
explain how it must be done.

Yes. I understand.

But if you'll forgive me,

I thought my record, those papers,

perhaps an exception.

I must leave. I must get away.

You're Viennese,

but you fought with the free French.

Yes. until I was hospitalized.

Been through a lot in
Europe, haven't you?

Group E. Group E.

Concert pianist.

Surely you must need sailors,
stewards... Something.

I've no money, you see.

My dear man,

nothing can be done
here without an exit permit.

Could you say, sir?

Could you tell me how
long it would take?

You're not a british subject.

You've been here less than a year.

I see your wife, she's english.

She's not to come with me.

She'll be all right here.

How long sir, the permit?

For me only if I get it.

Well, with luck, six months.

Six months?

I'm very sorry, Mr. Bergner.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

He's a musician.

Sensitive sort.

A real soldier, though.

It's awful rough on a man like that.

The war?

Yes.

Last group, group F, ready, please.

Group F.

The reverend William Duke.

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks.

Miss Maxine Russell.

Mrs. Midget.

Mr. Lingley.

This way, please.

Bergner, take cover!

Step lively. into the shuttle.

Into the shuttle.

What are you waiting
for? Get your motor going.

We've got to catch that ship.

Go on, Sam. Go ahead.

Wait! wait!

Wait, please.

Get away.

Henry!

Get away. will you drive on?

Come along. take cover!

Henry!

Henry!

Henry!

Henry!

You went to the steamship office.

You want to go away, Henry, leave me.

No. I'm all right. go back, Ann.

Go back to your place at the shop.

But I know, Henry. oh, I know.

This morning when I left you,
I could hardly make myself go.

There is nothing
wrong. Believe me. Nothing.

Go back, Ann.

Henry, when two persons are as
close to each other as we are,

one knows everything that goes
on in the other's heart and mind.

Do you think I don't understand?

Do you think I haven't seen-

Henry...

The windows are sealed.

You sealed them!

Go back, Ann!

The gas, you've turned it on!

Because I'm no good, Ann.

Not to you, not to myself.

I can't work... my hands.

I can't play. I can't live.

We should never have met.

You should never have married me.

I'm only spoiling everything for you,

day by day, hour by hour.

I thought I could make you forget...

Make everything
good, warm for you again.

Oh, I hoped. I tried for months.

The piano. this little flat.

I can't do anything. I know that now.

No. don't say that. just go. go!

I don't want to die, Henry. I don't.

Die? oh, my darling,

I want you to live on without me.

I want you to be free, happy.

Without you? No. You
know I can't do that.

Take me with you. let me go with you.

Please, please, we must go together.

We must. we must.

This is a steamship, Ann.

A big liner.

The wind. we're sailing.

But they told me it was impossible.

I needed an exit permit.

Six months.

Here I am.

And you're with me.

I don't-

Ann,

those people.

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks.

Mr. Cliveden-Banks.

Miss Maxine Russell.

Henry! they were in the car.

The raid.

They were hit, all of them. I saw it.

Of course.

Do you remember, Ann?

The room.

The phonograph.

Yes, I remember!

They're dead...

And so are we.

We're sailing.

But where?

I don't know.

Are you afraid, dear?

No.

Tell me, darling...

Are you sorry?

No...

I'm not.

You're cold.

Come.

Come inside.

Ann.

Look!

My hands, they are steady.

I can play.

I can play again.

Oh, Ann, this is what I wanted-

A world to ourselves.

No slaughter, no hate and hounding,

no brownshirts, no black shirts.

All the ugly, terrible things
that people do to one another shut out.

All the ugly, terrible
years forgotten.

Why, Ann... this is what we wanted-

A world in which there
was room for music...

For love.

You weren't worried before,
were you, dear?

It was just the cold, the wind.

Yes, the wind.

Oh, I'm glad, Henry.

I'm not worried.

In pain or doubt or anything else

than alone by
myself in the sunshine...

No matter what comes,

no matter what might happen.

I say, I'm feeling awfully odd.

Tired.

It's no wonder, your reverence,

after what we've been through.

Yes, oh, yes.

The excitement, exhausting.

It's frightfully
silly of me, Mrs. Midget,

but I can't seem to remember.

Why, reverend, there isn't
much to remember.

It's just the...

The...

Why...let me think for a moment.

I'm...somehow all confused.

I
- I don't know why.

The sudden change, sir.

Of course. how stupid of me.

The sea air. that's all it is.

I do believe I ought
to go to my cabin

and lie down for a bit before dinner.

There's plenty of time, sir.

I wanted to stay, to chat awhile...

But I'm tired...

Very tired.

Benjamin.

Oh, uh, yes.

I'm sorry. I...

Music.

I wish it would stop.

Oh, no. music like that

takes you back to
other times, other places.

I don't know what you're saying.

Well, it's set me thinking.

The days when I'd
just come back to London

from cape town 20 years ago,

the sense of excitement I had then,

the constant feeling that
something mildly wonderful

was going to happen to
me next day, next hour.

Why, I never heard
you talk like this before.

I never knew you took
any interest in music.

Neither did I. it
is strange, isn't it?

All right, so it is strange
to hear me talking this way.

I don't know what's got into me.

Maybe I mean it.

Maybe we could behave ourselves

and live somewhere like
happy, decent people.

Maxi, what do you say?

Let's break it up, that's what I say.

It's a nice, sentimental number,

and a bar's always
a sentimental place.

Listen, darling, who are we kidding?

Who are you, mr. one and only?

What am I, goldilocks?

You're a broken-down newspaperman

who drinks too much.

Me? well, I'd be the
first lady of the theater only...

I'm the intellectual type.

I know you, and you know me,

so let's both forget the whole thing.

Please.

Maxi, you get me.

You do things to me I
don't understand myself.

I seriously think it must be the way

you pick those bits of cigarette
paper off your lips.

Now, that's nice...

Stylish.

When you talk like
that, I admire you.

Makes a girl feel good.

My dear lady, my
dear mysterious lady,

would you do me a big
favor and let me in on a secret?

A couple of hours ago, you were blue.

Was I?

You thought of all the
rusty, backstage dressing rooms

you were going home to.

You thought of all the
10-cent jobs your agent gets you.

I think you would have
married Charlie Mccarthy himself

if he'd have asked you.

What's happened to you now?

Greetings!

I want to see you.

Yes, sir?

Are you the only
steward on this boat?

Well, sir, you see-

Yes, yes. I know, the war.

I have some of my
staff people with me.

Find them and send
them to my cabin right away.

I'm sorry, sir. they're not onboard.

You're wrong.

Those men are here.

The fact of the matter is-

Take it easy. Mr. Lingley
is a bad man to contradict.

He can get you fired.

Your secretary, your
masseur were never taken onboard.

By whose orders?

Do not ask questions, remember?

You are traveling
under wartime conditions.

Who stopped them? who
was responsible?

I want to know.

May I say, sir, you won't
need your men on this ship.

Who the devil are you to tell
me what I need or don't need?

Now, it does sound strange,
but believe me, sir, I know.

Ah, but you don't.

Mr. Lingley really needs them...

For his peace of mind.

You see, it wasn't an
ordinary secretary

or an ordinary masseur.

Those men were his
personal bodyguards.

Why don't you mind your own business?

You know nothing about it.

Not true, Mr. Lingley. I know you.

If I were you, I'd
want a bodyguard, too-

A hundred of them. a thousand.

Yes, I've got bodyguards. what of it?

There's a war going on.

I'm mixed up in pretty big affairs-

World affairs.

There are enemy agents around.

You're a bit balled up, Mr. Lingley.

The enemy's got nothing against you.

Who are you?

Captain kidd. popeye the sailor.

The voice with a smile.

What difference?

Come out, Mr. Lingley.

We know you.

We know your long view.

You're running
around like a wild man,

grabbing while the grabbing is good.

Shut up. I've heard enough.

Shut up.

What's your name?

It's no use to you.

You couldn't do a thing to me.

I can't, eh?

No, because you've done it already.

The name is Prior
- Thomas Prior.

Foreign correspondent. washed-up
international expert.

Oh, that explains it.

Why you're the man who cabled

those muckraking
pieces about me to America.

The same.

I owe this return trip to you.

You're the sweetheart who
pulled all those magic strings

and got me fired.

Nothing of the sort.

Incompetence. you were
fired for incompetence,

for drunkenness.

Chronic drunkenness, Mr. Lingley.

I won't stand here wasting breath.

You're nothing but a
hack, a troublemaker.

Irresponsible troublemaker.

Running away, Mr. Lingley?

Wait a minute.

I'll have something.

Steward, some brandy.

Troublemaker.

Take a card.

Have a good time, darling?

Every minute of it.

What's the matter,
dear? did I embarrass you?

Was I uncouth?

Well, let's not fight, darling.

You can't get sore at everybody

that gets you fired or doesn't
want to marry you.

Don't take it out on me.

O.k. forgive me.

I got a sense of humor

that sort of gets a
little out of hand.

I don't know
what's got into me anyhow.

You feel all right?

Sure. I'm just in a fog.

My head's spinning like a yo-yo.

The hurry up, the pier,
the racket, the sailing.

The sailing.

Will there be anything else, sir?

Huh? no, no. what do I owe you?

No charge, sir.

What?

Just sign this.

Oh.

What did you say?

What, sir? when?

Before to Lingley.

You said you knew

he wouldn't need his
men on this boat.

What did you mean?

Why, nothing, sir.

Just that he had
nothing to fear, that's all.

I was just trying to
assure Mr. Lingley

that he really didn't
need bodyguards on this trip.

Yes, but how did you know they
were actually bodyguards?

I saw the identification papers.

What is it, Tommy?

What are you
working yourself up to now?

Forget it. nothing.

Anything wrong? where are you going?

No place. outside on deck.

I want to have a look around.

You don't want to pay
attention to anything he says.

Anything who says?

You know, bright boy.

He's really a good-hearted
kid, just a little excitable.

He'll outgrow it. They always do.

Do you mind?

No. not at all.

My name's Maxine Russell.

I'm an actress.

Very interesting.

You know, the French say

that men can tell an
actress just by looking at her.

Was it true in my case,

or didn't you even bother to notice?

Naturally I noticed.

You must be very
talented, miss Russell.

I could say that.

Yes, if I wanted to.

You probably have thousands
of admirers-

A huge devoted
following wherever you go.

I could say that, too, I suppose.

I generally do.

But not to you, Mr. Lingley.

Hmm?

I could tell you all kinds of things,

but what's the use?

Who would I be fooling?

You see, I never really
got anyplace on the stage

or anywhere else for that matter.

That's an odd thing to say.

You're a most unusual sort of woman.

Hey, please, don't
quit on my account.

Go on and play.

No. I was quite through.

I take real enjoyment in good music-

Stuff like that.

Surprising, huh?

I used to lay on the bed

listening to the radio by the hour.

Connie, my wife, she
always hollered at me,

"get off that bed, you big lug.

"one of these days,

you're going to get
stuck to it for good."

Hey, listen...

Did I intrude?

No, no. it's really all right.

What's the matter, you nervous?

The submarines got you worried?

It's not that.

Well, what are you worrying for?

Come here, joe. I'll
show you something.

The hohokus, see? it's lucky.

O.k. I'm superstitious.

Laugh, joe, laugh.

All I know is I'm a guy that
was torpedoed three times.

Three times, and here
I am to tell the tale.

Yes, sir, this
hohokus is going to take me

right back to a certain
little pier in New York,

to a certain little wife named Connie

with a certain little
something in her arms.

Well, for crying out loud,

talk. Say something.

You can talk, can't you?

What is it?

Don't you...

Don't you know?

Don't I know what?

Don't you remember anything?

What are you talking about?

The raid.

Yeah, yeah, the raid. so what?

We got here on time, didn't we?

Spit it out.

I don't know how to tell you.

Excuse me.

Won't you all go down to dinner now?

Hey, steward?

Yes, sir?

Answer me yes or no.

Is everything o.k.?

What, sir? why, certainly.

What do you mean?

Nothing. nothing.

Come here. I want to see
you about something.

That couple-

They're kind of nervous.

Cozy them along.

Make them feel good,

you know, cheery.

I understand, sir. rely on me.

O.k.

So long, kids.

Relax now.

Just relax.

Just leave everything to
hohokus, and it'll be all right.

Just relax.

I'm afraid you've disturbed
him, Henry.

You see, he doesn't know.

The rest of them, they
don't know either.

Who are you?

The steward.

How do you mean "steward"?

Why, I'm here to
take care of them and you.

It's my job.

Why don't the others know?

Why don't they understand? we did.

Well, it was
different with you, wasn't it?

After all, you were fully aware

of what you were doing.

Yes, it's true...

But the sailor, the others,

they think they're
alive on an ocean voyage.

Why don't you tell them?

And shock them? Throw
them into panic?

No. they have to find
out for themselves

in their own time, in their own way.

That's why we take pains-

Their luggage, everything in order.

We try to reassure them,

give them no sign.

But that's not right, not fair.

It will be kinder to tell them now.

I can't.

I mustn't.

Then I will.

You won't, Henry.

What right have you to stop me?

None. none at all.

But you won't, Henry.

Won't you join them all at dinner?

No! no!

I wish you would, Henry.

You will see how
things are managed here.

You might even help me.

Help you?

Why do you ask me to help you?

I didn't.

I just thought you might want to.

Tell me...

Will you tell me one thing now?

If I can.

Where-where are we sailing for?

Where are you sailing for?

To heaven and to hell.

Does that seem strange?

You'll soon understand, my dear.

In a way, they are
really both the same place.

Hey, what are you doing
here, hiding out?

Just sitting.

Why don't you go downstairs and eat?

What are you afraid of?

But I like it here at night.

Everyone likes a bit of
nature now and then.

Meself, I've
always lived in the city,

but what I really wanted

Was a cottage by the
sea with a garden-

A regular garden
with geraniums and roses.

Yeah.

Tell me...

You've been sitting here

for some time, haven't you?

I have.

Did you see any other
passengers around here?

No.

Any of the, uh, ship's crew,

officers, anybody?

My, you're very
inquisitive, aren't you?

Have you seen them?

Why, no, but why should
that disturb you?

We shouldn't be ones to fuss and fret

over little things, should we?

Now, I know the very thing

that will set
everything right for you again.

You do? what?

A good hot meal.

Isn't that the truth?

Lady, you got me down to a tee.

You know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to make you
take me down to dinner.

Now, I insist.

You're sensitive, you're shy,

easily offended.

Now confess.

Isn't it so?

My goodness, lady.

You hit it right on the head.

You know, sometimes I
get to feeling so sensitive,

I could bust out crying.

Only of course, fundamentally,

I'm a jolly sweet
cuss by disposition.

All right, lady, come on.

I'll let you make me take
you down to dinner.

Please, Henry, stay with me alone.

You said it just a while ago.

A world all to ourselves.

You said it.

Yes, I know, but what
can they do to us here?

How can they harm us?

They can still separate us.

I love you, darling.

You mustn't be afraid.

I'm not afraid...

Not when I'm with you.

That's my girl.

My Ann.

Love in bloom.

How old are you? eight? nine?

Good evening.

Don't you eat?

Don't you have to bother with it?

Is it too sordid?

Is it true what they say, honey?

Is it true?

The way it feels, I mean.

Is it all it's cracked up to be?

Does it pay?

I imagine I wouldn't know.

I...I don't-

Never mind. let's let it go.

I'm just a sucker for the real thing

when I see it.

She's unhappy, Henry.

I liked her.

Do you think she
would do you or us any harm?

I don't think so.

Do you think the others would?

I don't know.

Oh, Ann, come to dinner with me.

You'll see there's nothing
to be afraid of.

A toast. a toast.

This feels like a regular occasion,

a benefit.

I wish I had
brought my tuxedo with me.

I got one.

Some class.

The whole grand dining
saloon just to ourselves.

A toast.

Everybody lift up their glasses.

Everybody.

Everybody! come on.

You can get into the
spirit, can't you?

OK.

Bunch of sourpusses.

The minute I open up my mouth,

somebody gives me a dirty look. OK.

Didn't go so well, did it?

Benjamin?

Excuse me. yes, my dear?

I was saying we just
missed Mr. Lingley

last autumn at lady Thornton's,
didn't we?

Oh, dear. Mr.
Lingley, you must forgive me.

I couldn't help overhearing

you're on your way to Washington.

So are we.

Homes for British
children overseas, you know.

Great work. vital cause.

My husband is chairman of the board.

All those dear
children depending on us so.

Speak up. say something.

Hmm?

Enter into the conversation.

Don't be afraid.

Don't worry about me, lady.

You just stick to
your geraniums and roses.

Who's your friend?

Pickup.

What's she after?

Takes a friendly interest.

Thinks I'm shy.

You certainly got a lovely mope on.

You look kind of
dreamy yourself tonight.

My style.

Hey, that dress.

Maxi, what goes on

behind those glittering eyes?

Go away from me, darling.

Talk. talk to your friend.

Leave me alone.

Baby, what kind of monkey bus-

Who are they?

Love in bloom.

I've seen them before, both of them.

Yeah.

Sure.

The steamship office.

I'm glad you came, Henry.

I have a table for you here.

Go on. read it. read it.

"hear ye, hear ye.

"To whom it may concern,

"the board of directors
takes great joy and pride

"in Announcing that the merger

"of Connie Muller and Pete Musick

"has declared its first dividend.

Betty Jo Ann. Weight
7 pounds, 3 ounces."

Cute, huh?

It's my idea.

I talk too much, don't I?

Why does everybody have to
know I got a wife and kid?

Intimate personal details.

Listen, my wife just birthed.

I got a kid,

and I never even saw it.

I can't sit. I can't
eat. I can't drink.

I pester them.

I make them give me special
transportation papers.

Day and night,

all the time I go
around talking to myself,

talking to my wife.

Hello, Connie.

Connie, how do you feel?

Connie, how's the kid?

Does it smile yet?

Does it laugh?

Connie, does it recognize the people?

Well, for crying out loud,

will somebody tell me why I don't get

a coast-to-coast hookup and
broadcast it over the air?

Naw. I monopolized the
conversation long enough.

I yield the floor. o.k.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

I can't forgive myself.

I fell fast asleep.

It's no inconvenience, I assure you.

Oh, thank you. thank you.

But it's not entirely that.

You see, I've looked forward so
to dinner first evening out,

and here everyone's almost finished.

You didn't miss a thing, reverend.

I just shot my mouth off, that's all.

Why, I realize you must be wondering

all this fuss I'm making.

Now, you're people of the world.

You've traveled,

but I, I've never left my parish.

That's why this
year I made up my mind

I was going to make
the trip to America.

Our annual convention
of ministers, you know.

Because I want to go
out into the world at last.

I want to meet all kinds of people,

see things, get
away from books and dust,

And so you see,

to me, everything about this trip

is adventure.

It's all so exciting.

In reality, it's a brand-new
beginning for me,

and I just won't let
a single moment of it

go to waste.

Is anything wrong?

That's odd.

What's the matter with them now?

Hey, Tommy, how do you figure that?

Ann.

Dearest.

The way they talked-

Their living hopes and plans.

You and I sitting
there knowing all the time...

We won't see them again.

Promise me, Henry.

But, Ann, my darling, why?

Beg your pardon.

My name's Lingley.

I can use you.

I'll pay you well... in advance.

?50 for the trip.

For what?

I need a bodyguard.

A bodyguard?

I have to take precautions.

You know how to handle this.

You're a soldier decorated
for bravery.

The steward told me all about you.

No, no. I'm sorry. it's impossible.

?100 pounds.

I can't.

500. I get what I want.

You mustn't, Henry. you can't do it.

Come away.

My dear madam,?500 is a fortune.

It'll set you up in New York.

You haven't the right to refuse it.

Will you take the money?

Just think it over. that's all I ask.

Consider it.

Ah. that's better.

What do you want?

Your coffee is served, sir.

What? all right.

I'll have it now.

Give the gun back to him.

Return the money.

But what difference can it make?

It's only for a little while.

They'll all soon find out.

Can't you see? don't you know?

Without meaning it, you're being drawn
closer and closer among them.

You're helping the steward.

Oh, I'm so afraid.

Why, Ann? we've done nothing wrong.

Why should they want to punish us?

Because we're different

from the others on this ship, Henry.

We took our own lives.

We're suicides.

Gin...

Rummy...

The end of the game.

It.

Take a card, prior.

Why did you have to come here?

Why did you have to spy on us?

Because I should have remembered

the minute I saw you on this ship.

They turned you down in
the steamship office.

I saw it.

Sure. I should have remembered.

The raid. the bomb.

But you weren't to know.

Not yet. not this way.

Don't worry about
it. it's no tragedy.

The sun will rise
and set without me...

Without my two cents.

But you must be careful.

I ask you to remember
that at all times.

Please, Henry, come
away. let's leave.

Promise me you'll
do everything you can.

I'll ask of your promise you'll help.

Wait a minute. who
do you think you are?

Henry, don't argue with him.

You've got to understand.

You must watch every word you say,

everything you do.

I do what I like. it's my trademark.

Nobody bosses me.

But this is different, important.

You must think of the others.

The others? what are you driving at?

They still don't know.

You mustn't tell them.

Tell them?

Who, me?

Is that what's
worrying your little head?

Listen, mister, why
would I want to spill the beans

and spoil the fun?

This is good. this is delicious.

Well, you don't know. this
is worth dying for.

Tell them?

Why, this is the most
glorious prize package

a guy ever got.

Did you actually think I
was going to chuck it away?

Ha ha ha!

Go up to Lingley. catch him quick.

He'll sit down
with that actress woman.

Ask him here, Benjamin.

A rubber of bridge, anything.

Steward, I want you

to fix up something for me tonight.

Champagne, caviar, the rest of it...

In my cabin around midnight for two.

That's not necessary.

Take it. take it.

I always pay very
well for anything I want.

What I want now is a closed mouth.

Just as well if nobody
knows about this.

That clear?

As you say, sir.

Quick! quick! he'll
go to her, Benjamin.

I was just telling my
young friend here,

well, frankly, I had my misgivings.

I was afraid.

I didn't know how
welcome my company might be.

But why, reverend, why?

Well, there's a
superstition, you know,

that clergymen are
unlucky onboard ship.

Oh, that's an old superstition,
padre,

quite
out-of-date.

Reverend, reverend, I like you.

Everybody likes you.

You're popular.

Oh, Mr. Lingley, won't you join me?

Thank you.

Yes, of course.

From all appearances,

I'm afraid we're in
for a very dull trip,

so I've decided we must
try and amuse each other.

Would you care for a game of bridge?

Thank you very much. perhaps later.

Oh, not even one little rubber?

Oh, come, Mr. Lingley.

Let me try and persuade you.

Although, of
course, there is the matter

of a fourth, isn't there?

We need an extra player.

I wonder if-

Excuse me, ma'am, for speaking up.

What is it? what do you want?

Excuse me, but I have a
good suggestion for you.

I think I could find your
fourth, your extra player.

You can? yourself, perhaps?

Oh, no, ma'am, not me.

The young gentleman. mr. prior.

I don't want to
hear anything about him.

I'm not interested.

Do we know you?

My name is Midget. Mrs. Midget.

What would a woman like you

be going to America for?

My own affairs, ma'am.

My reasons. Private.

Do you know what I
think, Mr. Lingley?

I think the woman is an international
adventuress-

A spy.

Oh, no, sir. it's not that.

Don't believe a word
of it. it's not true.

It's all right. Go away.

She doesn't mean it.

Thank you, sir.

I may not know the
manners of society, ma'am,

and if they're such as
yours, I do not want to,

with which terse remarks I shuts up,

being sorry for anything I've said.

Grotesque.

Ghastly. I weep for you.

I deeply sympathize.

It's an
outrage out-and-out.

Sir, I beg your pardon?

Fancy. think of it,

a ship that's
absolutely unrestricted.

What's the man ranting about?

I just found it out myself.

It's the same with every
ship on this line.

Unrestricted.

No steerage, no
cabin, tourist or deluxe.

We all know perfectly well

this is a one-class boat.

The war.

One class throughout.

An outrage
out-and-out.

All manner of humanity

pushing in where they're not wanted-

Tall and short, fat and lean,

fair and dark, pink and green.

Complain, madam.

Complain to the management.

Are you trying to make fun of me?

My dear madam, if I were minus a head

and you were plus a heart,

I would ask you for a conga.

I'm not staying here another moment.

I'm leaving. going to my cabin.

Then, farewell.

Hey, tommy boy, you're
going all-out.

This is no way to act.

Let it lay, Maxi. I
know what I'm doing.

One moment, Mr. Lingley.

I have a word for
you. Important information.

Your whole financial
career's at stake.

Go away.

Mr. Lingley, the
stock market's crashed.

What?

Dollar is down. wheat is up.

Buy long, sell short.

All the world loves a lover.

You and your hooligan antics.

Look here, prior, you're
not fooling me.

I know exactly what
you're up to and why.

You do?

Yes. you're a worthless drunk.

You don't own a stick or a stone.

You yawp, you blame the whole world.

Think you're a cynic?

You're a failure.

And what are you?

Lingley of Lingley ltd.

Not exactly. in your time, yes-

A big man, a half-baked legend.

Today you're nothing but an item

with a lot of expensive dental work.

Rest in peace.

That's smart. that's very clever.

Mr. prior, you're a genius.

I never spent much time in
manufacturing epigrams.

I never whined.

I took the world as I found it.

You certainly did.

My rugged friend,

you're making things
very hard on yourself

when you find out.

Find out what?

That lions sob and penguins roar.

The frost came
early, the harvest, late.

Don't you know? we've been bewitched.

Kings and queens this year

are wearing crowns
made of figs and rhubarb.

Paper men are letting paper
millions slip through paper fingers.

Mr. Lingley, the cow has
jumped over the moon.

You're raving.

Take a card, Mr. Lingley.

Get out of my way.

Hey, joe, can I ask a question?

What are you trying to sell?

Take a card.

What's that?

Go on. take a card, any card.

Show it around.

Give it to the reverend.

Bury it anyplace you want.

Give him the deck.

Shuffle it. mix them up.

Do anything you want.

Give the deck back to the sailor.

Pick a card, any card.

Is that the card?

Well, for crying out loud.

Most amazing.

Very clever.

Hey, Maxi, look. I got them going.

Hey, no kidding. how'd you do it?

It's a cinch.

You're blind, see?

What's that?

You don't see, you don't hear.

Anything they tell you, you believe.

You never know who's conning who,

who's giving the business,

who's getting it.

You're living in a trance.

Take a card.

O.k.

Hold on to a corner.

Reverend, you hold
on to the other corner.

Well, what happens now?

Nothing. just hold on.

It'll keep you out of mischief.

What's wrong with you?

What's eating you?

Do I surprise you, miss Russell?

Is this something you didn't expect?

Well, I-

Will you have supper with me?

I'll explain.

Just a minute.

The way you talk,

I don't think I really know
what I'm getting myself into.

You won't regret it, any part of it.

I know all the things you want.

You'll have them.

Everything.

You're very blunt, Mr. Lingley.

You certainly
don't go out of your way

to spare a girl's feelings.

I don't care.

Right now, the main thing

is to understand each
other perfectly.

I don't get it.

What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

You.

What?

Yes, you.

Oh, not for just now.

Not for just this trip.

For next month, next year.

No. no, I don't believe it.

Because you are what I've wanted.

Mr. Lingley, I...

I don't believe a word of it.

Because I need you.

Does it surprise you, miss Russell?

To you, to that fellow prior,

I'm a millionaire, a
label, an abstraction, a cartoon,

The fat man in the top hat.

There's a little
more to it than just that.

I live inside my body

just as anybody
else lives inside his.

At night, I sleep or try to.

By day, I think or try not to.

I can grow hungry, feel cold, alone.

Yes. I need you.

I want you to be with me, to love me.

Bravo!

Tom!

Look here, prior.

Do I embarrass you?

Let's talk about the weather.

It's been a lovely evening.

Why, you-

No! please! let me talk
to him. leave us.

I've had enough.

Please leave us.

Let me handle this my way.

Later. I'll see you later.

You can do me damage.

Start stories going,
columnists, something,

I don't know.

You might be able to
make a little trouble for me,

but, prior, this time I promise you

there'll be no doubt about it.

I'll break your back for good.

Baby, I take my hat off to you.

Are you sore, tom?

Sore? naw.

Not as long as they
keep it all so funny.

Tom, I'm begging you.

Please. I know how you feel.

We had great times together.

Fun. all right.

But this is different.

Don't get smart,
tom. don't start anything.

Don't spoil it for me.

What are you talking about?

Spoil things? who, me?

Darling, go ahead. I
wouldn't stop you for the world.

Listen, you've got to understand it,

what it means to me.

Baby, I love you. go right ahead.

I wish you every happiness.

Listen to me.

I made this trip to england.

Yeah, the uso to
entertain the soldiers.

I figured it might help
- give me a boost.

Well, it worked, didn't it?

Like a charm.

I got Ann Sheridan sitting up nights

worrying her head off about me.

Tom, I'm not 17.

Look at it my way.

This is big.

It's everything
I've ever dreamed about-

Hotels and cars and clothes and
waiters running to me bowing.

I've got it in my hands.

Look at it my way.

What do you want me to do?

Throw it all away on account of you?

Don't make me laugh.

Listen, you or no one can
mean that much to me.

You and no one else
is going to stop me.

OK, Maxi. let's let it go at that.

I'm your friend. I'm
not making trouble.

Thanks.

Tell me, darling, one thing.

Are you sure?

Maybe you're just kidding yourself,

putting in a lot of
time and work for nothing.

This is no runaround.

It's going to last.

Not for just this
trip. For months, for years.

Believe me, I know.

You know...

All the answers, all the tricks.

Cut it out, tom. don't get funny.

I never could get
over the way little girls

in nice, white middy blouses

grew up to be so sure, so wise.

Oh, right. I'm wise. I learned a lot.

So what?

You're an expert...

And you've got first-class appeal.

What else did I have when I started?

What's the matter, don't you approve?

Getting fussy in your old age?

That's the way the world goes.

You know a better way? then tell me.

All I'm asking you is are you sure?

Will it work?

It always works.

What's the matter with you anyway?

Fool.

Fool. I'm sorry for you.

What do you mean?

Where do you get off
feeling sorry for me?

Get out of here. go on.

Go and buy a ticket for
a trip to the moon.

Go on. beat it!

Crazy.

Ever since you got on this boat...

Crazy!

Oh, mr. prior, we've
been waiting for you.

The reverend's got a great
idea, joe. listen.

I think that
everybody ought to be keen.

This trip we must
organize amongst ourselves.

We might have deck
games, a treasure hunt.

That should be very jolly.

And for tonight, our first night out,

what do you think about
a ship's concert?

Glorious.

Double scotch.

Yes, sir. at once.

Oh, but, mr. prior, we need you.

Won't you oblige us all

with an exhibition
of sleight of hand?

He means the card tricks.

It's o.k. he'll do
it, won't you, Joe?

Go away from me. I'm busy.

Oh, please.

Perhaps it's all for the best, sir.

It is the first night out.

I'm sure mr. prior wishes
to retire early.

Yeah? who told you all about it?

The steward only assumed.

It's growing late.

He took the liberty.

Hello. how are you?

Tell me, who asked
him to go around assuming,

taking liberties?

Maybe I think the reverend's
got a wonderful idea there.

Prior, stop it. I
warn you. be careful.

Just a minute.

Stop what?

Go on. talk. tell them all.

What do you want me to
be so careful about?

I'm so sorry. I don't understand.

I merely thought it would be
nice if Mr. Prior entertained us.

Sure I'll give a show.

Pete, gather up all
our little shipmates.

Make them show up, every one of them.

They'll be there, every one.

Just leave it to me.

I'll give a show, all right-

The greatest show on land or sea.

Thrills, chills, the bitter glamour

of the heavenly panorama-

The kind of a show you
see once in a lifetime.

Do your best friends refuse

to let you double-cross
them any longer?

When you read it
backwards, does it spell I love you?

Is your telephone coy these days?

When you say stop,

does your beau take
you at your word and stop?

Are you lonely?

Not you.

Madam has another dress.

My congratulations.

Do your daydreams bore you?

My friends, this is the place.

This is the time.

Are you skeptical? do
you take me for a quack?

Nevertheless, I promise you before
the performance is over,

all of your problems will be solved.

Yes, folks, I said all.

I'll solve them all or
double your money back.

The cards. the cards.

Show them the tricks.

Right you are, sir.

The artist is ready to proceed

but requires the assistance
of a member of the audience.

Aha! You're just in time.

Step up.

Prior. Prior!

Go on. do it. Do it.

It's all in fun.

Thank you, friend. thank you.

And now, sir, kindly hand it over-

That king's ransom.

The money you have in your pocket.

Prior, send them away. finish it off.

You've gone far enough.

What's that? speak up.

What's that?

Oh, the gentleman says the
money is in his inside coat pocket.

Why, thank you. thank you.

Uh, pete, is this real money?

You bet your sweet life it is.

I
- I wish it was mine.

Put it in the bowl there.

Kindly observe closely.

Gee! great!

What did I tell you?

See? I didn't drag
you in here for nothing.

Thank you.

And now to the next. I
need another volunteer.

Wait.

Where's the real money?

Ah! Mr. Lingley. welcome home.

The mention of money, I see,

rouses you from your
daffodils and violets,

from your sweet dreams of romance.

Business before
pleasure, eh, Mr. Lingley?

Where's the money?

There. burned. you watched
me, didn't you?

And now I need another volunteer.

Well, you, Mr. Lingley.

You'll do just fine.

I insist upon
seeing that money again.

Sir, the moving thing a
- writes,

and having writ gets a move on.

Mr. Lingley, what are
you gumming up the works for?

The show must go on.

Will you volunteer? I need you.

Nonsense. idiotic nonsense.

Are you afraid?

What?

Do it. do what he says.

Mr. Lingley, are you afraid of me?

Thank you.

Will you stand there, please?

Open your coat.

That's fine. excuse me.

Think, prior, think. don't go
on with it. finish it now.

Thank you, sir. you're most kind.

I'll borrow this just for a minute.

Bergner, take that
gun back. it's loaded.

Kindly clear the stage.

Sure, sure.

Come on, come on.

Thank you.

Be careful with that gun!

It's a real gun? you'd
testify to that?

And those are real bullets, too!

I've had enough of this!

Stand still!

You're not afraid of me,
mr. Lingley. you just said so.

You haven't the nerve.

You think not, Mr. Lingley?

You wouldn't dare!

Mr. Lingley, would
any jury convict me?

I'd plead complete sanity.

Stand still!

Stop it! do you hear
me? stop it! stop it!

Stop it I say!

Bergner! Bodyguard-Bergner!

Ohh!

How did you do that?

Simple.

How?

You see, you were
dead in the first place.

The fact is we're all dead.

All of us. Dead people.

The mind of man.

All your lives you believed only
what you wanted to believe.

You saw only what you wanted to see.

Go on. duck it
now. Let me see you try.

Run away from it. You're
dead, you boobs!

Dead, dead, dead!

Don't you see
anything? Don't you notice?

We're the only people onboard.

No captain, no crew, nothing.

Have you seen anything of
the rest of the convoy?

You don't need a convoy these days,

not when the ship is
faster than a sub.

Stop kidding yourself.
You're a sailor, Musick.

You know better!

This whole boat is
shining like a christmas tree!

Have you ever heard
of a ship these days

showing their lights on the Atlantic?

O.k., enough. listen, I
don't like it anymore.

The show is over! now quit it!

Everybody go back to their cabins!

You're perfectly
right. we're leaving at once.

Ridiculous.

The show is over.

What are you standing here for?

The two of them over there-

Why don't you ask them? they know.

No. no.

They didn't come onboard with us.

They knew from the start

because they weren't hit by a bomb,

because they knew what to expect,

because they were suicides.

Go on. ask them.

Forgive me, it's all so fantastic,

but is it what he says?

Is it true?

No. no, don't
listen. it's all a mistake.

No, Henry. it's no use now.

It's too late. they
might as well know now.

Confound you! we don't
want any more mysteries.

Mr. Lingley, please, I think we
should all keep our tempers.

Tell me, steward, is this ship...

Is this what it's always like?

Sir, the passengers don't
find out so quickly

as a rule.

Then it's true? True?

That we're dead, sir?

Yes. quite true.

But believe me, sir,

There's nothing here to be
frightened of in the least.

And all my new resolutions...

to go out into the
world... the convention...

to work really among the
people in my parish...

A new work... a new
beginning for me...

I had it.

I thought I had it in my two hands-

Hotels, waiters running to me bowing.

They can't do it! not to me!

It's not right. it's not fair.

I was torpedoed three times.

I went through everything.

I'm lucky.

Here, I got it! the
hohokus right here.

Please try. there is
no use fighting it.

Not now.

No! no! it's a gyp! I'm not
going to let them get away with it.

It's done. it's over.

You must resign yourself.

Ah, get out of here.

Get away from me.

It's over. resign myself...

What do you know?

What does it mean to you?

All the things I'm giving
up, things I'll never see again.

Ah, get out of here.

Leave me alone.

We must do something,

hire the best brains, the
right men for the job.

I'll pay any sum. reverend,
listen to me.

I've been thinking
of it for some time.

I want to make a donation
- ?100,000.

Listen, I'll give you a million.

No, no, Mr. Lingley.

We must do something.

But there's nothing to be done, sir.

I must get out of this!

I must!

That's what all of
them start by saying, sir.

But believe me, it's impossible.

The only thing you can do now

is just go on as
though nothing has happened.

Very simple.

Yes, sir. simple.

Once you make up your mind to it,

you'll find everything quite
simple, quite natural

until it comes to the examination.

What examination?

What are you talking about?

Is there an examiner?

A person who comes
and asks you things?

In a manner of speaking, ma'am, yes.

Questions...he'll
ask all sorts of questions.

We shall be judged...

Balance sheet, the reckoning.

Of course. he'll set us
upon our different roads...

For eternity.

My dear, that dress you have on
- you better change.

It won't do, not for the examiner.

I don't care about the examiner.

I'm not going to see him.

Oh, but you must, my dear.

He'll make you see
him in spite of yourself.

He will? then let him.

You think this dress is something?

I've got a little
number downstairs in my trunk

that will knock his eye out.

The examiner! what do I want him for?

What can he do for me?
what can he bring back?

Well, what are we to do?

What? what?

I don't know, really.

Nothing.

I know.

I want a prayer.

A prayer?

Yes. we're in the night, aren't we?

We're helpless. we're lost.

Please, your reverence,
if you will...

My prayers? I've
learned so many of them,

memorized them all,

and yet now, here, none
of them seems to fit.

You ought to pray
for us, your reverence.

It's your duty.

You think so?

Forgive me then, for I can't.

Wait... yes, there is one...

One that meant so very much to me,

that was true.

Gentle Jesus, meek and
mild, look upon a little child.

Children, pardon our simplicity,

suffer us to come to thee.

God bless father and mother,

Harriet- she
was my nurse-

All kind friends and
make me a good boy.

Amen.

That's it, Henry.
that's it. you're doing fine.

The tables are all moved.

The chairs are in place.

The room has been prepared.

Yes. everything is ready.

What is it, Ann?

You're staring at me.

The look on your face...

It's nothing, Henry, nothing.

Is it because I'm helping
the steward?

That is strange.

I'm helping him.

I don't know why myself.

It just seems so... so natural,

so right.

You mustn't worry, dear.

I didn't somehow before.

But now I'm so... so uncertain.

My mind is full of
all sorts of vague fears,

premonitions, regrets.

Why, Henry, why?

I don't know.

Seeing them all fighting so hard,

wanting with all their might
to hold on to life,

a life I tossed aside,

a life I made you throw away, too.

No, dear, you didn't. I wanted that.

I wanted to go with you.

Steward.

Yes, ma'am?

How many times
have you made this trip?

How many times? oh, 5,000, 10,000.

Trips without number.

Without number...

I was lost young, you see.

What do you mean lost young?

Tell me. please tell me.

How did you die?

It's time, Henry.

That's the launch
- the examiner.

He'll be here in a moment.

If you please, will
you all take seats?

Thank you. very good of you.

I read a great epitaph once.

I'm going to steal it for myself.

Sir?

Here lies prior, died a bachelor-

Wifeless, childless.

Wished his father had died the same.

Sir, I'm so deeply troubled.

Why, you'll be all right, madame.

Oh, it's not me. it's
the young actress lady.

She won't come up.

She won't even let me talk to her.

There's no need to worry.

Mrs. Midget, why don't you sit here?

Yes, with us, dear Mrs. Midget.

Happy days.

Please, please, ladies and gentlemen,

listen, now that we're all together,

while there's still a moment-

What's that?

The launch, sir. it's
approaching the ship.

Quick, then, I've thought of a plan,

a method of procedure.

You mean, you're going to slip
the guy a couple of bucks?

Oh, please.

It's all in the way
a thing's approached.

I've dealt with
big people all my life.

I suggest...

With your permission, that I represent
you, speak for us all.

Excellent.

It will save
trouble, unnecessary prying.

Thank you.

The rest of
you now-somebody-

Mr. Musick, do you agree?

Let me alone. I got nothing to say.

Reverend.

Rubbish, Lingley. undignified,
unholy rubbish.

What are you trying to do, Lingley?

Hide your own sins? lose
yourself in a crowd?

That's easy for you to say.

You don't care what happens to you.

You've nothing to lose!

You never had
anything in the first place!

The advantages of a misspent life.

You hear that, Lingley?

It's late, later than you know-

Dogs bark, children
scream, mothers weep.

This is the judgment day.

What's the use of hitting
your head against the wall?

I'm afraid.

I'm not.

You, too, boy.

No, no, he said it for me.

I got nothing to lose.

Red rover, red
rover, let Lingley go over.

I got no worries.

No, you feel the
same as the rest of us,

for all your lively chatter.

I'm not afraid.

Quiet!

Stand up! everybody, stand up!

Hello, hello, hello!

Sit down. don't be
excited. rest easy.

Hello, scrubby.

Remember how I used to cough
to let them know I was coming in,

but it only
frightened them all the more?

Where's Bernie?

Good...

Well, it's Thompson. Tim Thompson.

How are you, Bernie? I
saw your name on the list.

Tim thompson same as ever.

Looking like a character

that stepped right out
of the middle ages, eh?

Oh, yes. Ferguson said
that about you.

What did you say? "Let
him go right back."

Did I say that?

You certainly did.

Glum lot, aren't you? cheer up.

Nobody wants to bite you.

Well, how is ferguson?

What? oh, yes. he's
been made a bishop.

Uh, he would. what became of maltby?

Tell me everything. I'm
bursting for news.

Tim... Thompson,

of course, I'm very glad to see you,

But we'll-we'll talk afterwards,

because right now you
just can't imagine

how terribly upset I am.

Upset? Upset about what?

Well, this person? whoever it
is who's coming to examine us.

The examiner? Oh, don't
worry about him.

What do you mean?

I'm the examiner.

You? You're the examiner?

A nobody. an antisocial nobody.

That man probably never earned
more than?300 a year.

I know how to handle that sort.

Thompson
- I can't believe it.

You're the examiner.

Well, I'm one of them anyway.

We've got dozens on the job.

Now look here, Bernie,

I'm going to tell you
right off you've got to change.

Change?

Yes. adjust yourself.

You've got to get
out and around up here,

see things, meet all kinds
of people, know them,

mingle with them every
moment of the day.

Thompson, Thompson...

Are you telling me
I haven't lost my job?

Of course you haven't lost it.

You haven't started it.

See things, meet all kinds of people,

mingle with them.

Thank you.

Oh, thank god.

A new work, a new beginning
after all.

Whatever made you think
we'd want to hurt you, Bernie?

What did you ever do?

Oh, forgive me, Thompson,

but it means such a lot to me.

You understand.

Perfectly. how do you suppose
I felt when it happened to me?

You'll find your rooms ready for you.

They're clean and
cheerful, in the same house as mine,

and the
housekeeper's quite a decent sort.

Influence.

I'm happy to see he's taking
care of the clergyman,

found him a nice place to live.

Sir, my name is
Lingley of Lingley ltd.

All right. go away.

I've given this matter
a great deal of my time,

and my feeling is that it would
be in the general interest

if I acted as spokesman for us all.

Go away.

I thought that this would be
a good moment to approach-

Will you go away, sir?

Certainly. I don't
stay where I'm not wanted.

If I find I'm
getting a prejudiced trial,

I won't hesitate a
moment to go over your head!

Look out, mr.
thompson. he'll get you canned.

Had a little trouble
this trip, didn't you?

Yes. a bit, but we managed.

Good man.

Will you come with me now, sir?

Go with you? where?

To the launch. outside.

Don't be a fool.
what's the matter with you?

I'm waiting for my trial.

But, sir, your trial's all over.

What did you say?

You heard him. it's over.
now go with him.

Look here, who do you think
you're dealing with?

I'm no
30-bob- a- week clerk!

No, you're not that.

I heard no case made out
against me or for me.

I did, distinctly.

When? where?

Right here.

What?

Who spoke against me? what
was I charged with?

With being Lingley of Lingley ltd,

the very first
words out of your mouth.

That's very clever,
but you listen to me.

I'm not ashamed of
what I made out of myself.

I came up from nothing.

I didn't have a single advantage.

Yes, that's true. you
started life in a slum.

A slum, a filthy, disgusting
liverpool slum!

But I pulled myself out
of it fast enough, didn't I?

I worked hard, 24 hours a day.

I never stopped, never spared myself.

For 30 years, I lived
only for my work.

I was respected.
people looked up to me,

yes, feared me.

The trouble with you is you're
not fit to judge me.

You don't understand business.

Business, Mr. Lingley?

Organized thuggery the
way you conducted it.

What of it? I wanted
what I wanted, and I got it.

Did you?

Yes. I was no ordinary man.

I never followed ordinary laws.

I made good. I had
everything I wanted.

Well, where is it?

I had it. I don't care.

I had it for 30 years.

30 minutes. 30 seconds.

Flickering of an eyelash.

What have you got with you now?

What's here for you to go to? who?

Wait. just a minute.

You never stopped. you didn't
look to the right or the left.

The business of making money

became your father,
your mother, your sweetheart-

Wait, let's talk this over
calmly, reasonably.

You never knew a woman you
loved, a woman that loved you,

and you won't find one here.

I won't?

Oh, I don't know. I might.

Yes, there is someone.

Yes, Maxine. Maxine Russell.

She's a good deal like myself.

No, you won't have her.

Why not?

'cause here, my son, you
can't buy anything.

Don't look so shocked,
Bernie. it must be done.

He's got to suffer as
much as he made others suffer.

Well, come along. you can start
your apprenticeship now

and help me with this bunch.

Scrubby will be sending them in.

You there, get up. you're
coming with us.

Just you, young man. she
stays here outside.

No. I won't do it.

Just you.

I won't go without
her! you can't separate us!

You have no right!

Come along, Bernie.

We must stay together!

Come, Henry.

Go with them, dear.

It's all right. I'll
be waiting for you.

Sit down, young man.

Sit down there.

You know something, Bernie?

I'll confess to you now
I used to diet secretly.

I followed a steady
course of exercise for years.

Nothing ever helped. ha ha.

Hello.

How do you do? I'm
very pleased to meet you.

Come and sit down.

I'll be brief.

What I want is a villa.

You want a villa.

A very large one with a
pink roof if possible.

Pink.

The terraces must be
good, the section exclusive,

and the dining room
must be large enough

to seat at least 30 people.

I do a lot of
entertaining. you understand?

Quite, madame.

You'll have the
terraces, the dining room,

and as for the villa,

you'll be suited
better than you think.

You'll have a castle.

A castle!

Why, that is
generous, like a baroness.

Well, I hardly
expected anything as nice.

Thank you. you've been most kind.

Good-bye.

As soon as I'm settled, you must
all come and dine with me.

Ah, madame, there we
run into something.

I'm afraid that will be impossible.

Oh, what a pity. too bad.

Why is it
impossible? why can't you come?

No one can ever come to see you.

What?

Nonsense.

Do you actually mean that I'm to
be by myself day in, day out,

all alone?

Yes, madame.

What-what about the castle?

What's the good of possessions

if you can't show them to anybody?

If no one will come and call on you?

I demand an answer!

I insist on knowing why people are
forbidden to come and see me.

Women like you don't
have friends here.

Women like...

Oh! oh! I see what's happened.

You've confused me with
another passenger,

with that Maxine Russell person.

Yes, she is very cheap and common.

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks, I
haven't confused you with anyone.

As far as Maxine
Russell is concerned,

I'm afraid you're much
lower than she ever was.

I beg your pardon. How dare you?

Thompson, you must be mistaken.

Seems quite the lady to you, eh?

Surface, Bernie, surface.

With time, with experience, her
sort won't fool you at all.

You see, this woman was
once an attractive girl.

There were many
opportunities, many men,

and then she met
Benjamin- decent, trusting-

And she wanted him-

Security, his money, position-

And she got him.

She knew how. it was as easy as that.

All right. I've heard enough.

I'm ready to leave.

I'm going to get my husband.

Your husband?

He's coming with me, and
I won't let you interfere!

Don't worry, madame. We never interfere,
not in these matters.

It's odd that you should want him,

after all the years of
damage you've done him...

Humiliation.

I didn't hurt him. He didn't know.

He was always off playing
golf somewhere

with friends.

You remember he'd walk into
a room full of people.

There would be a
sudden hush of pity for him.

He never knew, I tell you!

It didn't hurt him. he never knew.

I always knew, Genevieve.

You knew?

From the beginning.

How did you know, Benjamin?

My dear, you were a great beauty-
accomplished, charming-

And I? did you think I was so vain

as to imagine I'd won you for myself?

And yet, you married me.

Because I loved you.

Because I thought? I hoped
one day you might change,

feel different. You didn't.

But I never blamed you,
Genevieve. I still can't.

You knew. you forgave me.

Oh, Benjamin, you're so good.

Well, then it's all right, all right,

and here I was just a few
moments ago worrying,

afraid of being all alone,
afraid of a hundred things.

Ha ha. I was silly.

Come. they've given us a castle.

It's waiting for us.

No, Genevieve.

Why?

What...

You said you wouldn't interfere!

I'm not. it's his choice entirely.

Benjamin...

Why? Why won't you come with me?

My dear, I've thought and thought,

and I believe it all started with
that music we heard in the lounge-

Your music.

Yes, it took me back 20 years.

No, my dear, it wouldn't do.

You see, that love I
had is gone, vanished.

You must understand.

Of course I understand.

I don't mind in the least.

Why, I'm just as pleased.

Of course.

You say it's a castle, a real castle.

You guarantee that?

Yes, madame.

Oh, it's wonderful. I'm so delighted.

I just can't wait until I see it.

Alone or not, I know I
shall be completely happy there.

Good-bye, Benjamin.

Good-bye, my dear.

Good-bye.

Good-bye,
everybody. Good-bye.

You swine!

Well, let's get along.

You have friends waiting
for you onshore, you know.

What's that, sir?

Archer, Hammond,
Sampson, the lot of them.

Sampson... Archer... all my chums.

Why, it's the old club
again back at cape town.

And the golf, Benjamin.

Ah, you've never seen such greens.

Old friends, good companions, love.

She was so pretty...

So very pretty.

Oh, Thompson, it had
to be done, I know,

but I am so sorry for him.

That man loved her.

Yes, Bernie, but you see-

Hey, what about me? I'm ready.

What's the matter, boy?

I've waited long enough.

Let's get this over with.

Then come in. Come in.

I'll deal with you now.

No. wait.

So, my child,

you're here after all.

Yes.

I raised a rumpus, had a time.

Didn't help.

I'm tired.

I want to go.

Maxi.

I sat there in my cabin

thinking, remembering...

All the things that were,

all the things that could have been.

I wanted to cry.

You did cry.

Stand up to him, Maxi.

You never cried. you always took it.

Little girls in their nice,
white middy blouses,

faces clean and shining.

I remember we used to jump rope.

I was the best in the schoolyard.

Did 150 times once.

Stand up to him, Maxi.

Don't let him walk all
over you. not you.

Oh, Tommy. Tommy.

Good-bye, Tommy.

What did you do that for?

Why?

She's afraid for you.

Nobody has to be afraid for me.

I'll take
it-anything that's coming to me.

Come on. I'll show you. I'll take it.

You murdered yourself, my child.

Everything I've been through,

everything I've seen and done...

There's hope here.

Yes.

Hope.

Oh, if I could only

get back to that
girl in the middy blouse.

If I could only start all over again.

Come.

Yes.

Double or nothing.

What do you say?

What's that, boy?

Highest card. Three
times out of five.

Will you gamble with me?

What for?

Double or nothing.
that's what I said.

If I lose I'll do it.

Anything you say.

No squawks. no beef.

And if you win?

Then I want death.

A real death-zero.

Death as you imagine it.

Death as I wanted it.

Blank, finished, nothing.

Will you do it?

Thompson!

We'll play.

He's a specialist at it, Thompson.

He can do all sorts of tricks.

I've seen him.

We'll play.

Take a card.

Wait a minute. mistake.

We'll try it again.

Take a card.

But I fixed them.

I
- I palmed them.

Wait.

All right.

You win.

Pick up the marbles.

Didn't you know you
can't get by with tricks here?

With fakery?

No sermons. no lectures.

What's coming to me? I'll take it.

Hell and brimstone. what happens now?

Nothing happens.

You just go on, that's all.

Where's the catch?

No catch.

On the level?

Fine.

Say, you're o.k. at that.

You through with me now?

Yes. yes.

There's only one thing.

Aha, it comes.

One thing.

It's just that you can't fake here.

All right. I heard
you the first time.

What's the tragedy? so
I'll lay off the cards.

It has nothing to do with cards.

You won't be able to fake any longer.

No excuses, no dodges,

no liquor or fancy talk

to help you hide
the truth from yourself.

Stop. stop. you're breaking my heart.

I'll cry my eyes out.

You'll see yourself
for what you actually were-

A waster, an idler.

Bunk.

Get off me.

You can't run away
from yourself here, my son.

Now and for the rest of time,

you'll face the truth.

I don't know what or who

can help you.

All right. fine. so what?

So nobody can help me.

Perhaps I could, sir.

You again. another county heard from.

What are you doing here?

Excuse me for coming in, sir,

but I heard voices raised.

I grew worried.

What do you want?

Why are you always following me?

I want to help you.

I know just what you need now.

What? a hot plate of soup?

No.

Someone to look after you-

A housekeeper, sort of.

It's a small thing, I
know, but if she was reliable,

If she liked you, sir,

Why, it would give
you a new outlook-

Make an altogether new person
out of you, believe me.

Mrs. Midget, are
you suggesting yourself?

Well, I was thinking of it.

Very fine. very fine of you.

There's a little
cottage waiting for you

with a garden by the sea.

A garden?

A regular garden

with geraniums and roses?

Yes, all kinds of flowers.

There we are, then.

The very spot for us.

You don't understand.

Mr. prior couldn't go to live there.

He has another road to follow-

A hard road.

Then I'll go with him where he goes.

It's very simple, isn't it?

You'd give that cottage up for me?

It's nothing, sir. nothing.

Then it's up to you
since she's willing.

What's the angle?

What did you do,

pull this sob sister
stuff to show me up?

I'm no sucker. Nobody cons me.

I'm hip!

Oh, prior. prior.

Are you so warped, so blind

that you can't
recognize a decent thing

when it happens to you?

I just want to be with you.

That's all. Truly.

No.

No.

I'll go by myself.

But why?

Because I'm not worth it, that's why.

Because everything he
said about me was the truth.

Yeah, I started out all right.

Those famous
sisters, truth and justice,

I walked with them arm in arm,

But somewhere along the road,

I lost them, or they lost me.

I don't exactly remember.

Tell me, somebody. what went wrong?

I started out to be a right guy,

to help the other fellow,

to make my life mean something.

I had the right idea,

so why did I make a mess of my life-

A mess I'm sick and tired of?

I don't know what happened.

I just don't know.

That doesn't sound like you at all.

I think she must be right.

What are you talking about?

A new outlook.

Prior, you never can tell.

In time, she might really make
a new person out of you-

A person you wouldn't
mind Living with at all.

Do let's make a try together.

Why don't we?

You-you really want to?

Do I want to?

Oh, sir, you'll never know how much.

But why? why?

Because it's always good to
have someone to look after.

It's cheery.

Will you do it?

Well, you're going out on a limb.

I
- I drop cigarette butts on the rugs.

Do you, now?

I hang my coat up on backs of chairs.

Do you, now?

I put my feet up on sofas

and make a racket running up stairs

and never shut doors behind me.

What do you think of those things?

I think they're wonderful.

You do?

I do.

All right, then.

I have witnesses.

You were warned.

All right. all right. come on.

Good-bye, mrs. prior.

You're a good mother.

How did you find out?

He mustn't know.

Oh, you won't tell him, will you?

Promise.

I promise.

And you, too
- both of you.

Promise me.

Of course. But tell me, why
won't you let him know?

It wouldn't be right.

When he was
little, when he needed me,

I handed him over to
strangers in America, didn't I?

Advantages, I thought.

And it would be a
fine how-do-you-do

if I just walked in now
and plumped myself on him

brazen as you please.

Why, it would embarrass
him severely-

A man in his position.

Embarrass him?

Of course.

You've forgotten, your reverence,

he's a very successful man.

But you-you just heard what he said.

Why, right here.

Heard what?

Oh, I know he says
odd things at times,

grows moody.

That's because he's
so badly overworked.

Yes, he's a very important man, sir-

Famous. a journalist.

Oh, it's grand, isn't it
- the way it's happened.

I arranged to sail with him

because I wanted only to
be near him, to see him,

and now, imagine,

now I've got him at
last to look after.

Heaven, that's what it is.

It's heaven.

Hey, Mrs. Midget.

You see?

He wants me.

Yes, dear, I'm coming.

I'm coming...

My boy.

Mothers.

Pete.

Pete, hurry up in here.

Don't keep me waiting.

I got nothing to talk about with you.

Come and sit down.

All I want to say is
I got a raw deal,

and I don't care who knows it.

What's the matter?

What's the trouble?

All I want to say is

they certainly picked a bad
time to give it to me.

Torpedoed three times.

Listen.

Everybody thinks to himself

they're a pretty good guy, OK,

but what did I ever
do that was so terrible?

Nothing.

It's not fair.

I was a guy that knew how
to enjoy life, wasn't I?

Yes.

You bet I was.

Connie and the kid-

Even if I never saw it,

I got pleasure
just thinking about it.

And driving a truck in the
country, with the trees,

or just walking down the
street looking into store windows.

A million things.

Listen. just answer me this.

Why should I deserve to get punished?

No one's punishing you, pete.

Then why did I have to die?

For the trees, I think.

For the streets.

Things you loved
- your home.

Ah, words.

Just words, that's
what they hand you.

Wait.

I'm afraid you've forgotten.

An evil enemy
- misguided wretches

who didn't want to understand

what the earth was really there for-

They sprang out of night
to rob, to harass,

to spoil and to murder.

You fought them, Pete.

You stopped them.

That was a good
reason to die for, my son.

The best, I think.

For Connie, for the baby.

Fine satisfaction.

I'll never see them again.

Oh, won't you, now?

Everyone winds up here sooner
or later, doesn't he?

What?

Blow your nose, my son, and cheer up.

Where do you think you are?

There's all sorts of good
things waiting for you here.

Yeah?

Death. People have
all sorts of notions.

It's really very simple.

You see, my son,

you make your heaven and
hell for yourselves

on earth.

You only bring it with you here.

Some people waste their
moment on earth-

Waste it tragically.

Others...

Toss it aside,

but you, my son,

you used it beautifully,

as it was meant to be used,

and you may be sure

there's nothing here
for you but joy and content.

Are you happy now?

It's o.k. it's swell.

I ain't kicking.

I just never looked at it that way.

I'm glad now.

Glad.

But, gee, those hot
dogs at coney island.

Well, Bernie, that's the
job, such as it is.

The main thing, you see, is
just not to mix in too much.

Everything seems to have a way

of working out by itself somehow.

Well, that's that.

Wait!

Excuse me, sir, but...

Wait for what? I'm finished.

Oh, no, Thompson.

There's the young couple.

This man.

I've done everything I could for him.

I asked him in here, didn't I?

I let him listen and learn.

But what's to become of us-

My wife, myself?

You haven't judged our cases yet.

There's no judging
to be done for you.

You took matters into your
own hands, didn't you?

As for your wife,
naturally, she's going ashore with me.

Naturally.

Without me?

No! no!

We must never be separated.

Scrubby.

Why does he send you to me?

Because, Henry, you and
I, we died in the same way.

Yes, and the fate in store for you-

It's just like mine.

You mean I'm to be left
behind on this ship?

Yes, or one like it.

People of our sort, suicides,
that's the penalty we must pay.

But why does he take my wife from me?

She died with me

in the same room, in
the very same way.

How did she die, Henry?

In the same way.

No.

She died for me.

It was different...

Altogether different.

You should be happy, Henry-

Glad she's going with Thompson.

I don't have to tell you,

for Ann, for a girl like her,

there's a beautiful
heaven waiting here.

Would you want her with you

sailing endlessly,

back and forth, back and forth?

Sailing forever?

A sad exchange, Henry,
for a wonderful heaven.

Ann!

Ann, listen to me, they-

Here I am, Henry.

Oh, my darling. my darling.

I don't know how to tell you.

I never thought, I never dreamed

that this moment would come.

What is it, Henry?

We can't be together, Ann.

You're going ashore.

You belong there. you must go.

Leave you here alone?

You know I can't do that.

But you must. there is no choice.

I want you to leave me, dearest.

I want you to go.

Come, my child.

You're keeping us waiting.

There's no use waiting.

I can't go with you.

What's that?

Ann! Ann, stop. don't say that.

Wait a moment, child.

We can't punish you for
something you never did.

It wasn't your act.

It wasn't your fault.

It was.

I wanted it myself.

Aye?

Whatever my husband did, I did.

Whatever happens to him, the
same thing must happen to me.

Well, then, nothing
more for me to do.

No. wait, sir. Please.

She doesn't mean it.

Forgive her.

Come with me, Bernie.

Ann, my darling,

hurry. Quickly. Go with them.

I can't.

She mustn't stay here.

Wait.

Oh, sir, please wait.

Can't you do something, sir?

I've made countless trips,

always kept silent,

never once forgot my place,

but this girl, sir,

this great love she has-

I must speak up.

Oh, please.

Please, won't you help her somehow?

Some way?

Good man, scrubby.

Good man.

It's done. over.

You knew how it was all going to end.

You tried so hard to
keep me away from the others,

from the steward.

I tried.

It didn't help.

Will they ever let me forget
the great wrong I've-

Ann, what's that?

What, Henry?

That noise.

The sound of glass breaking.

Don't you hear it?

No. no.

Strange.

I thought...

We are sailing again.

It's so bleak now.

There is a chill in the air.

If I could only forget.

Forget.

Don't let him go too far, Ann.

It's all right.

Take my advice. call him back.

He only wants to be by
himself for a while.

It's better for him to be alone now.

You see? he's playing.

It must be horrible for you, scrubby.

You have no one.

Yes, it's lonely,

but you keep occupied, you know.

Find pleasant thoughts, memories
to give you comfort.

It is lonely.

Endless.

Always the same.

Go to him, Ann.

Stay close to him.

Don't stop, dear.

You must try not to think.

We're together, have each other.

That's all I ever asked.

That noise, Ann.

Listen.

I'm sure I hear glass shattering.

Don't you hear it?

No, dear. there's no sound. nothing.

Then I must be wrong.

But I could have sworn...

Let me think.

Let me go outside and think.

Call him back.

Why, scrubby?

Why do you keep saying that?

See?

He's right there walking.

Call him back, Ann.

But...

All right. I will.

Henry.

Henry.

Henry, where did you go?

Henry, come back. I'm worried.

Henry. Henry.

Scrubby, you just stand there.

Why don't you help me?

Henry. Henry.

Useless, Ann.

I know what's happened.

What?

He's gone back. he lives again.

Lives?

Henry gone back?

That sound he heard-

The shattering of glass.

Henry wouldn't leave me alone.

He couldn't help himself.

Then I must follow him.

You can't. it's impossible.

I will. I must.

It's useless.

I will follow.

Henry! Henry, dear.

Where are you?

It's Ann.

Just tell me where you are, darling.

Henry!

Henry!

Henry!

It's me, your Ann.

Listen to me, dearest.

Listen.

I was always with you, wasn't I?

Everywhere you went, I went, too.

So just tell me where you are now,

and I'll go with you again.

They'll let me...

Because this is too cruel.

The cruelest thing.

Oh, I love you so much.

Henry.

Henry.

The glass.

The sound I heard.

The shattering glass.

Ann!

Oh, my darling.

You are so still, so quiet.

You must wake up.

You must.

Open your eyes, dearest.

Look. the window was broken.

The raid.

The clean, fresh air,

it's blowing in.

Oh, Ann, you must wake up.

You can't leave me now-

Not after everything they've done

to make us understand.

Open your eyes, my darling.

Come back to me.

Quick, my love, my precious.

Hurry.

Henry.

We're alive, Ann.

Alive.

Oh, there is so much to do.

We know that now.

There is so much to live for.

Ann. Ann.

We're alive!