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hey

and where do you think you're going in

there is admiral

and who wants to know mr perry townsend

third yeah

well i'm joe duffy the first got a pass

blister

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okay take over i'll show myself

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that we'll see you in a minute

thanks

mary townsend to see admiral maitland

have a seat hardly

probably for a match

success

thanks

oh that's all right

hello skipper hi

sorry i can't see you now drake

report to captain wilson aboard the

fitzgerald tomorrow morning yes sir

well i heard you need some good men for

your navy so here i am yes i understand

you told the secretary of the navy you'd

be glad to help us win the war oh i

didn't ask for any great favors

but seriously i don't see any point in

starting at the bottom unless you have

to

now let's

see your enthusiasm for motorboat racing

is going to prove useful after all

how much do you know about engines oh

enough to take them apart and put them

together to get blindfolded good

according to this you're to report

tomorrow to one of our new submarine

chasers sounds interesting as chief

engineer well as long as he's chief

something rather that suits me fine

i'll have the order to take care of you

nice to see you again my boy my

compliments to your father thank you

skipper

take mr townsend for his physical

examination

having report to sub chaser 599. all

right

they kept like it's happening

i'm afraid not i have an engagement

here comes a sailor

right here leatherneck

the old boy was as nice as could be nice

fellow the admiral admiral oh yeah he's

wanted a voice i suppose they made you

an admiral too well not exactly but

nearly as good they made me a chief

engineer and just what is a chief

engineer oh he's a he's a grease monkey

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i want advice from the navy i'll ask for

it

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excuse me while i go and see what the

trouble

so

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crank it now

what

go ahead max

try it

well if you have any more trouble with

that thing just look me up on there c599

my name's townsend terry downsville i'm

glad i've been of service miss

prousmeyer thank you my name isn't proud

and yours will be mud if you don't get

back to your girlfriend

look how about something like that will

you stop annoying me

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hey

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she was sitting down all the time

me

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you look more like a traveling salesman

well that reminds me never mind hop

aboard

thanks

well i know the first name susan aren't

you going to tell me the rest of it

leave susan okay

susie must be a novelty for you riding

in a tin music

well i'll i'll trade you my roles for

your ford if you go with it don't cheat

yourself

so what are all these canned goods in

the backyard they don't have grocery

stores in the middle of the ocean don't

tell me you're in the navy too i should

say not

i'm on a freighter oh and just what are

you trading torpedoes shells tnt little

things like that you you mean you float

around on a boat full of munitions

say you've got a lot of nerve that's

what i thought about you yesterday my

dad's we've been lucky so far 12

crossings are not a stretch well you

don't have to worry anymore with me on a

sub chaser

what are you laughing at

do you realize the fate of the war

depends on our stopping the uber hooray

just you wait and see what those tough

little sword-off battle wagons can do

battle wagon

have you ever seen this splinter flea

well not yet

well it's a good eiffel there it is what

are those you're kidding

what we swing bigger boats than that of

my father's yacht believe it or not

that's the slender fleet

well i'm gonna be kept on a tugboat like

that i won't stand for

isn't it

i enlisted for what did you enlist for

right

one up for duty on a garbage cow

well

thanks for the buggy ride

when do i see you again i don't know

forward tomorrow tuesday wednesday dad's

waiting for me i've got to get back to

the mariah

i don't want

better duck your knob there color

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who's in charge around here

does anybody here understand english

who's in charge of this scout what's the

matter with you i'm the new engineer

what do we want an engineer for we ain't

going no place maybe he's a stationary

engineer

has anybody got an idea where my

quarters are not the slightest

sweethearts and fangs you're welcome

come on buddy i'll show you take a card

i've been i'm hungry

hey professor yes better put that zoo

away time to feed the other animals oh

very well dave would you do me a favor

i'm short-handed by arresting got to get

over and help out at the counter would

you kind of look after things i'll be

glad to if anybody wants to eat just

dish them out some of this

lamb stew

lamb stew

just pile the dishes in the sink and

i'll clean them up when i get back in

the morning

shoot them down the galley hatch buddy

the guys blue will take care of them

thanks

my name is perry townsend so what so

what's yours oh johnny miller you don't

have to smoke say what do you mean guys

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you eat yeah come and see me

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yeah this is magnificent like the inside

of a mousetrap well how do you do i'm uh

rutherford davis pratt i'm perry

townsend the new grease monkey any idea

where i bunk oh well almost anywhere

you'll find things a bit informal here

so i see

upon my curiosity but what are those

oh those are my zoological specimens i

was majoring in zoology at cornell when

i enlisted

and being on this boat it fortunately uh

allows me to continue my experiments you

see we don't have much else to do

get out of my way

hey

he's going to his luncheon

i

professor could i put the fight on you

for two bucks well i'm sorry but i

haven't received my allowance from home

yet how about you johnny me i'm blessing

i mean uh

it's on point

ain't formal

oh excuse me gentlemen uh this is mr

townsend uh he's a new member of our

group uh mr hagerty

charm mr brett hi a fella mr miller we

know each other mr goldfaub

hello and mr swanson

uh by the pie mr townsend would you be

interested in advancing me a couple of

simoleons

i need gasoline money for my taxi your

taxi i'm stew

sure

if you ever need a cab i run one when

i'm off duty uh what a five spot dude

gee

thanks pal

are you uh joining us mr townsend no

thanks i i think i'll go and take and

take a look around oh well you you can

ascend right here thanks

hey maybe i can sell in my camp can't

you can sign the boat

nice guy huh nice he's exquisite

hey professor

what is this well spud said it was lamb

lamb stew lamb he must have cooked it

with the wool on tastes like camel

hey what are you looking for

my mirror is alby yo what

my white mice

i'm sure i left them near the stove to

keep them warm

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oh thank you very much

a robot

i thought i was gonna have some fun out

of this one this is what i get i feel

like telling them the right age and

getting out

i'm so disgusted i feel like going i'm

getting plastered that's a swell idea

well you're not old enough to drink are

you no i'm not but my buddies are

well what's holding his bag anchors away

my lad's sucky old if you hear that oh

do it

hey come on

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okay

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all the monkeys have no tails they were

bitten off by whales

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hey that guy must be rich is his

birthday

you might understand that this is your

birthday it might be well guns what are

we waiting for

provides

you

happy birthday to you

happy birthday

happy birthday

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goodbye

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hi sergeant thanks for meeting you here

oh

we should have went to the sales rescue

man oh max will you lay off we've been

at sea for six weeks haven't we wasn't

it time we had a little music and a

glass of beer

hello again hello perry you remember mr

townsend mr mcalliston first mate on our

ship all right you mind if i sit down

plenty of other chairs elsewhere aren't

there don't be so rude well i don't mind

standing unless you'd rather dance i

don't approve of dancing what about that

time in nagasaki when you all right all

right come on let's go

suzanne i forbid you dancing is a sinful

all pastime i'll take a rain check on

the dance i'll see you later

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must be the skipper excuse me

this way

let's dance now i think mr mc allison

may be detained

no not here let's let's go to a real

place but mr mcallister are you in love

with that singer what do you think i

think you're wonderful come on let's go

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which is clear so

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no more for me

not for me oh go ahead don't mind me

no i think i can appreciate you better

sober the girls i usually go out with a

better company when i'm pickled though

when they are should i say thank you to

them no i'll do all the thanking tonight

for the nicest evening i've had in years

can't i say just one little thanks for

bringing me here

i've always wanted to see this place

ever since i

first read about it in the canton

newspaper canton ohio say my grandfather

was in china where i was born

they're over a foreigner used to be very

good american for an american i speak

quite good chinese

also a little arabic and some italian

let me hear you talking one of those

outlandish languages what for instance

well how would you say

i love you in chinese

you're thinking of using it no just

curious

and how would you say it in arabic

sounds beautiful in any language when

you say it

shall we dance certainly

in what language

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attention

oh barty meeting you here

good evening good evening

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good night good night i'll be right back

take your time the rest is on me

this is my cabin good night and thanks

for everything perry it was great soon

for your information i'm going to kiss

you good night at four o'clock in the

morning

well okay good morning

you are just a sailor after all aren't

you perry

i'm sorry

my mistake

harry

just a minute young man

i'm susan's father oh you're miss uh

captain leeds my name's townsend perry

johnson mcallison told me i'd like to

have a word with you if you can spare

the time in my cabin

sit down

smoke no thanks i think i have a

cigarette

you look far from here not barry i'm on

one of the subchasers out there

oh a navy man huh

oh yeah yes sir i suppose somebody has

to live on those things i know people

don't think very much of the splendor

fleet i don't myself but i'll be out of

that soon that's so you see my father

happened to have some influence in

washington and you'll see that i'm

transferred

kind of handy having a father like that

isn't it

what would your father say if he saw you

out with a girl like susan off a

freighter well what could he say only

that she's a very charming young lady

will you have something to drink scotch

or rye no thanks not after champagne

champagne

did uh susan have champagne tonight a

little we were up on the ritz roof oh

there it's root there

i hope you have no objection sir

look here townsend let's not kid

ourselves i've been around you know i've

been to sea a good many years and i've

been in a lot of ports too

i'm not just a narrow-minded father

i was a young guy like you myself so i

know the game i'm sorry i will be seeing

you again but are you going wasted no

but you are

but i don't get it what have i done look

here townsend no i don't want you to see

my daughter again understand well

susan's no baby she would have something

to say about that if i ever catch you

hang around again i'll break your neck

now you get out of here

is that your father

here we are

guilty of gross negligence in permitting

a destroyer to run on rocks while on

watch a sentence loss of fairy numbers

well it might have been worse

extenuating circumstances don't count

much at court marshals do they

no sir

drake

i don't know whether you're going to

consider this assignment in the nature

of a punishment or not

but you're to take command of one of our

sub chasers

the

sc-599

yes sir and it's only fair to tell you

that your crew will be for the most part

made up of recruits

green

unseasoned men

i'm doing the best i can by assigning

you four old-timers

and the less we say about your equipment

the better

what they expect us to do with these

boats is beyond me

but whatever it is

we'll do it

and i'm sure that i can count on you to

do your best

yes sir that's all thank you sir

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you where's the officer in charge search

me

who is in charge around here gunsmith

peak i guess oh is he the guy

hey doc i think you'll find him sleeping

down below unless he's gone ashore

you'll find him and tell him to come on

deck immediately

hey guns

there's a captain or something up here

wants to see you

you men may continue with your work

thank you

listen you big sweet don't get funny

with me i'll punch you right

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big pardon sir i'm taking over the ship

pulling the crew at quarters hi sir 40

quarters the smoking lamps out find it

quiet

ugly

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call in

hey guns point that thing the other way

will you

bring it

cruiser

sent to orders

navy department washington dc from

bureau of navigation to lieutenant

junior grade john c

john c drake usn

subject change of duty you will proceed

immediately report to the commandant of

the third naval district in brooklyn new

york for duty in command of sc-599

signed jp purvis chief of the bureau

that's all carry on

leave your quarters

go and fall out

laughs some of you on the double

you there get some soap and water and

get busy on this paintwork get a detail

push down the decks where aren't your

guns covered you yo get rid of that

refuse at home

i got the cover for the weary come for

the what the lifeboat well i was talking

it over with these guys and we decided

if we covered it up or we couldn't get

into it if we had to in a hurry in it

okay

yes

give me that

that handle goes in this hole a lot of

elbow grease on the other end anything

you say cap would you mind addressing me

as sir not a yes i mean yes sir yes sir

can i do anything to assist yes i'll

make you captain of the head get busy

thank you sir

hello wait a minute

where are you going downstairs to my

kitchen oh so you're the cook

the garbage ball doing there

what are they for you does it have to be

get rid of it

now now

here you yes

you know where the engineer is yes sir

tell him to report to me at once

i beg your pardon but there's an officer

of the united states navy aboard and

he'd like to have your report

immediately oh tell him i'll see him in

just a minute you can't say just a

minute to an officer you better go oh i

suppose i had

but before i go

what's that

oh just a little trinket something i

bought for you oh i can't take there you

don't take it into the water it goes

but hey i couldn't accept anything like

this it's too much you take that off and

i feed it to the fishes i can't let you

do that

it is pretty

you said he'd see you in a minute sir oh

you did that yes sir all right single up

the lines there

lines up yeah

hello there glad to see you again my

name is townsend you're in charge of the

engine room

yes when i send for you townsend i

expect you to come immediately not just

a minute understand i think so would you

mind addressing me as sir not at all sir

where's your uniform my tailor promised

to have it ready by noon tomorrow go to

the supply officer in the yard and draw

one right away

yes sir

i didn't join the navy to be put in a

wooden tub that doesn't even go to sea

it's a raw deal skipper and i won't

stand for it not even if i have to go to

washington about it and that fellow

drake who does he think he is dressing

me up in an outfit like this and look at

that cat take it off i wouldn't wear

that team come to attention

yes sir

perry

the navy has very little patience with

pull or influence we never play

favorites

being a townsend was important before

you enlisted but it doesn't count

anymore

you and your job do

whether it's on a submarine chaser or a

man of war

and my advice to you as your superior

officer and your friend

is to go back to your vessel and be a

good sailor have i made myself clear

yes sir

now what is the last thing your

commanding officer told you to do

to clean out the engine room sir make a

good job of it

that's all

yes sir

nevertheless guns i think the boat looks

immeasurably better this way sure all

dressed up no place to go what's the use

of working on this thing never going to

use it

get rid of that

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hey fellas back to sailors

attention

this is the way i want to see this

engine room from now on

i won't forget you like it sir

whether you're glad or not doesn't

interest me townsen

i'd like to meet that guy sometime when

the war's over i'd like to have him

crossing the street when i'm driving my

cab you'd be a lot safer crossing the

street and you would be riding in your

cab oh is that so yeah that's so

well then that's all

you men are the only real navy men i've

got

i look to you to help me make sailors

out of the others understand

who's granger yes sir they'd have your

shipmates thank you thank you when

cannon you stand by the other's

dismissed

hi sales thought you retired how'd you

get back to active duty

there's always a way sir if you know the

ropes you're worth a dozen of these

young recruits say you haven't no sir

not a drop

wouldn't my father get a kick out of

seeing you here with me

your father was a grand skipper sir and

his son doesn't honor thanks for

watching quarters pleasure

all in on the clockers come on

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shut up who are you guys trying to boss

anyway just because you got those

stripes on your arm you think you're

tough huh well we're top two see i don't

think i want to mop the ship yeah

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come on didn't you hear him he said fall

in yeah

right chris

come on get out of the middle there hold

your head up take out your chest come on

sir the crews are cautious

effective immediately all liberty is

canceled and the ship will be prepared

for sea

townsend see that your engines are ready

and get all your stores all right sir

the peak requisition ammunitions and

supplies and get them aboard before five

o'clock i said

when cannon no one will leave the ship

without permission isaac you get

underway with a night tide that's all

save your quarters

examination for my message

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say we're actually going to see yeah to

guard the statue of liberty oh really

why yeah why fall in

fall in fall in

susan

susan

i've only got a second we're shopping

off we're probably not going far i'll

see you when i get back but we're

leaving tonight for italy

italy

how long will you be gone i don't know

susan

you'll wait for me won't you i'll be

waiting for you

with me now

ready

one two one two one two one two one

two let's join the navy

all right take over andy you have the

idea now okay chief

that's okay

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that's great stuff i do it myself every

morning

come on

where did you get that hat soybean sold

it to me for 20 bucks

take it off

is that the way you

when stand

when the men are dismissed you'll

instruct them how to stow their bags

properly

i want to tell you man that we're

getting underway in an hour under secret

orders

i don't know where we're going but i do

know that when you come back

if you come back

you're coming back sailors

you're going to see service on the

smallest ocean going vessel in the navy

110-foot wooden sub chaser

what's more you'll be sitting on a

couple tons of tnt all the way

i don't have to tell you you're not

going on any picnic

whatever we have to do we're going to do

it and do it well

i just want to remind you men that i'm

giving the commands on this ship and i

expect you to obey them

that's all

far out

stole your bags strike your gear below

thousands

i see you for a minute

i see you didn't take my suggestion and

keep away from susan there's no reason

why i should i'm sorry if you don't like

it this expensive little gadget susan

doesn't want it you mean you don't want

her to have it right

why do you think i bought it for her i

did it because i love her and i want to

give it to somebody else that locking

belongs to susan you told her she didn't

take it to throw in the water didn't you

what about it

you meddling old fool if you were 10

years

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who got you

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is

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we're up why where are we going so don't

worry you fool

what's more the world war oh that fought

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well

we're away

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hey guns look

that's where i used to live yeah pipe

the church

place to sing in a choir there yeah i

was a boy soprano

take a good look

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so

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looking for someone killed

yes

little lady in a black dress

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hey

what's the idea if it wasn't for you i

wouldn't be here

who

me i beg you to turn the army didn't i

every time i see i could chuck your

throat

i wish i would

okay

look at that

look at that

nothing like it in the world

wooden ships of iron men

and that's the kind of stuff for me boys

you can always tell to cook hundred

dollar windshield right

well i gotta be going now we might

try to be safer

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hey

get some cold air

message from the flagship sir you may

open your orders now carry on

all

we're escorting a convoy of precious

ancient breeders in italy hey cop be

expected to cross the ocean in the

peanut shell

we'll start from here to train on a raft

if we're honored to

from now on it's all hands for the good

of the ship

leave your corners

hello doc

we're after the wires again

hey sparks the

mariah yeah number one

permission

full moon tonight they run into some

activity yes double the lookouts on

watch

we can see them as well as they can see

us

hey professor

drop that bubble keep your eyes open

slam stew we haven't had that's it this

morning hand me that

dog point

what's a new stop sign sparks not much i

think we're getting into the sub zone

though

say do you know what day this is

this is friday the 13th

friday the 13th so what friday the 13th

friday's the 13th what's the difference

in friday the 13th on friday

friday

no dessert chibi

what makes you think we're getting near

the subzone spot well it'll help you

guys appetite any your subs just tried

to spare that munition freighter

the mariah hand that's right

what happened is he all right seems kind

of interested doesn't he come across the

box is she still in danger nothing more

than the rest of us right here

you mean it submarine trying to

one of the boats on our side that's

right

this is very tasty food ain't it

13. will you shut up with afraid of

fetching stuff what's the matter tough

car you getting the cherries no but

after all it's food for talk sure i'd

rather have something happen out and go

on waiting for it

is that all you heard from the in sparks

that's all we heard

keep your eyes open keep a sharp watch

over to starboard

hey

there it is

well johnny you wanted action now you're

getting it set depth charges for 50 feet

standby for attack

wait for your whistle

set your dead bundle 50 feet okay stand

by for the whistle

i wonder if these things are loaded

you've got me

ready

ready gun crew

look out for it

what that who fired that gun i did sir

accident

look out annie i don't want to clip you

right now

very good crew

that's like ready sir

oh

this this is embarrassing

it's a garbage can sir

secure from general quarters

get down below the garage wash dishes

where you belong

i don't see the point for spying on

garbage cans

ship ever tried to sink one boy shot

fired by the navy and it was fired by

him

gee hoyveen that's swell

me i i wasn't scared at all my nerves

were just like ice and when i saw that

thing i

i'm gonna off and if one of you

guys even snore i'm gonna tell your limb

from lymph

where you going

i just get ready for bed

come on professor

lay below do you mind if i sleep here

tonight i've just had words for mr quinn

cannon

all right but keep your eyes peeled

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very good

pardon me mr granger i don't want to be

a nuisance but

isn't that a submarine hey why don't you

lay off that black coffee you've been

periscope periscope

that's the letter

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uh

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don't worry

set charges 500 feet pull safety

forwards load the right gun

see tube man sir hi

ready out wait for the hustle

check this bearing will you i think i've

got him on 315.

that's it bearing now three two zero i'm

hauling to the right the ball is closer

board bearing three two zero and drawing

to the right absolutely

all engines full speed ahead

ready anna

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i know we're getting action

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hey

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there it is

chief bosun's mate strike striker slow

eight bells

hey guns don't

don't we cheer nothing

no

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so

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hey little boy

do you mind if i carve my initials on

your boat hey you get a load of that

star you know what that means how many

have you got irving they're mere

amateurs

look at that i never know they got a

summary

where are you going lc dog not with them

greenhouse i hope

you know what they'll do don't you

they'll get full of beer and play around

with a lot of pretty girls

come on you and me is going to see the

killer come on

oh susan skipper asked me to tell you

you better stay in your cabin while

these italian officials are aboard you

know they might think it's funny seeing

a girl aboard a munitions crater you

mean i'm stranded here during a whole

stay you know just for a little while

i'll make it up to you i'll take you

well anyway that's what your father said

official business

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just listen to reason please just go and

tell susan i'd like to speak to her let

me go

perry

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dead

hey johnny

can you get a message on both of them

for me

let me know with you professor

johnny get this to susan as quick as you

can but don't let anybody see you okay

boy you're talking to the best messenger

boy in poughkeepsie

thanks

hey hold this for me buddy

get that

oh sorry this is from perry

bye glad to meet you

i'm johnny

oh

hey

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susan

wait

shut your eyes

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blazer

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please

just a moment

thank you

shall i serve the wine the now please

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he speaks quite good english doesn't he

luigi tells me they used to work at

rectors

he came over here on a visit before the

war he's been here ever since

no can go back the supermarine

you remember the last time we had

champagne together you think i'd ever

forget

what's the matter

i see two nice happy sweethearts it

makes me feel happy too you always cry

when you're happy

what are you doing you're sad the same

thing

well will you please try and control

your emotions while you're serving the

soup you have to excuse me please but

when i see people from new york

makes me feel so good

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now tell me everything that's happened

well first of all i'll tell you what's

going to happen you're going to become

mrs perry townsend the third

oh perry when now well within the next

half hour but darling it's impossible

now don't tell me that you're gonna let

me down after all the trouble i've had

arranging matters look i started with a

dorm and he sent me to the consular

clerk who took me to the city clerk who

took me to the vice council took me to a

bar when i met the council then we

telephoned long distance roam got hold

of the shashit affair happened to know

my people

and got a special dispensation special

license there you are

am i really with all that trouble

listen luigi old pal couldn't you just

stop feeling quite so happy for a minute

what's the matter

this is going to be awfully rough on my

dad

well it hasn't been so very smooth on me

you know perry you don't understand

it's just been dead and me for years

we've knocked around the world together

i've been everything to him and he's

been everything to me

till you came along

i guess you just can't get used to my

ever belonging to another man especially

to me

well there's something in there he

thinks you're a rich no good bounder

well i can't waste any time hating your

father when i love his daughter so much

beautiful lovely i'll get the camera

a waiting thank you

time to go back to the ship

sorry dad i'm not going susan staying

here with me captain new shut up dad

terry and i are going to be married

right away

susan you're coming with me

no that i'm not think about it

let's go

look here i love susan and susan loves

me nothing you're gonna do is gonna

break i tell you to stay away from my

daughter you blind you wanted to hate

you

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i don't want to fight you

me

drink drinking water please

beautiful wedding gone

drink some water please

hey

hey

be careful please

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yes johnny

get back to the ship we're going to see

again what when right now recall flags

up

drink this

well luigi

thanks for everything

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i guess that wedding just isn't going to

come off i am sorry

check cheek

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wake me early tomorrow morning mcginnis

for i am to be queen of the may

let's get back on board

he had no intention of marrying you he

just got you up in that room to fill you

full of champagne that's the trouble

with you

the idea champagne scares you if it was

there it'd be all right i suppose oh

baby will you look at this thing

sensibly

you mean

you're so used to being boss of this cow

you want to boss the whole world

everyone must look at things the way you

look at them do what you order them to

do

well there's one thing that you can't

order me to do

stop loving perry

oh suzy listen

you're all i've got in this world

there isn't anything that really matters

to me except making you happy

you're doing that all right now

i'm only trying to save you from a lot

of unhappiness later on

i tell you townsend there's a spoiled

worthless stop it

will you stop it before i go absolutely

crazy

will you please get up

you can't talk trouble

i'll take care of this captain what's

going on here where's the capital needs

well what can i do for you

i am chaplain vanzano

this afternoon i had a long distance

call from the american charged affair in

rome giving me permission to arrange a

special dispensation for the marriage of

your daughter to uh to mr

perry thompson

marriage

i went to the hotel to to perform the

ceremony but i found that you had upset

the plan

while i i don't understand

mary do you mean that you were going to

your american charged affair went to

great trouble to erase the permission

captain leads

i have a right to know

why you object to your daughter marrying

a very fine young man

is this this on the level

is the marriage license

and the dispensation do you want me to

give a shout out

may i see that please certainly

chaplain would you mind stepping into my

cabin please oh no

and mister take good care of the

chaplain i i may need him i'll be right

back

now we're getting somewhere

please sir

you men have all heard of the enemy

submarine they call old man 26.

she just sank her 31st chip

everybody's been hunting her for months

her base has finally been located

behind the most dangerous nest of mines

in the adriatic

going after there means that

well it's a pretty risky job

i've asked permission to tackle it

for reasons of my own

i got permission on one condition

that i take with me only volunteers

no one has to go who doesn't want to if

i don't get enough men from this crew

i have the privilege of asking for

volunteers from other ships you do

volunteer you know what you're up

against so think it over

i'll give you five seconds

thank you men

we get underway at four bells

a peak yes sir we'll carry with us only

30 rounds of three inch ammunition aye

sir townsend yes sir warm your motors

we'll carry only fuel enough to get us

in and out i hope bye sir

quinn cannon put the weary over side

we'll tow a whale boat see the anchors

on the dock either spuds

put all your food on the dock except

emergency rations for one day

if we're not back in one day then won't

any of us be hungry

big ship for sea

that's all

leave your closets

when i say let go let go don't you

understand english

did he hurt you

he's out like a light come on we'll have

to get him ashore let's go

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i'll clarify sir

feed it below

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what happened

here it

is that's good

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i'll pipe you down you bring that man up

here

just who are you and what are you doing

on this ship i'm captain leeds off the

freighter mariah what do you mean by

shanghai me on this peanut shell are you

drunk or crazy how'd you get a board i

came to talk to thousands pounds in them

yes and they cracked me in the jaw get

them up here just a moment captain hold

it sailors i don't want the boy to get

in trouble on my account the fact is i

had the sock in the jaw coming to me

just get me off of here somewhere can

you swim where are you going it's only

fair to tell you we're all volunteers

we're going after old man 26. oh man 26.

well i sure picked a fine time to join

the navy dude

well now that i'm here can i make myself

useful you can stay on the bridge or you

can if you don't mind i'll assign myself

to the engine room very well glad to

have you aboard captain glad to be

aboard captain

papa trades people

all right go ahead talk

i saw the navy chaplain oh what

do you know where we're going

does susan know where we're going

all right jake listen you're in the navy

now

more or less six for sure enough sir

for the mark 5 by the mark 5.

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good luck chief

clearance with you keep your eyes open

for minds hi sir

sir

it's a fine thing for to to serve to the

son of your father

thanks mike

gangway

so

we must be approaching the minefields

now

mine fields

what's so funny about that

i was just thinking

i'm not even getting paid for this

heavy

steady voice steady now

captain

here's your vernaculars huh

coming to a minefield

telephone can getting stronger sir

fog lifting land ahead sir

right

be light in another ten minutes the

fog's lifting so they'll be able to see

us no we can't turn back now

minefield ahead

susan's a nice girl ain't she

yes

smart

as you know boys look out for the mines

remember what i told you there's horns

sticking out all over them and if you

even so much just touch one of the horns

it's goodbye

your hands only

so

here's yours

holy smokes pipe

back labored give away

force back for back port

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machine gun

that's the water line

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[Applause]

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oh

oh

yes

where's the pumps the proofs

everyone

right

tower

you all right

there she goes

all right shell in that storehouse

she's fighting

cigarette guns

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you guys in that lamb stew

but nice knowledge

take it easy now

those be seven bucks

they come with the middle pinky

nail on the long side sir from home good

take him forward hey

lay forward buddy this is 14 years the

navy and i ain't had a letter hey boys

oh by the way

your marriage license is a little bit

wet but i guess you can still use it

thanks i'll see you about six bells i'll

have everything ready okay bob leaving

us

hey lieutenant

i don't like the navy any better than i

ever did but i think more of it you're a

good man in anybody's battle glad to

have had you aboard captain glad to have

been aboard captain

cigarette

thank you sir

right

thank you keep it has my initials on it

wedding present

thanks

come on professor look through those

letters again there must be something

for me hey well this is a letter from me

mother precious i am baking you a cake

and a pair is uh safe my mother's all

right too boy smell a perfume on this

huh smell it ellsworth thicket

ellsworth thicket

ellsworth thicket

hey robin can a fella getting married on

30 a month

chief fellas this is wonderful

university has awarded me my bachelor's

degree

magna laude

hey

my mother-in-law's changed the name of

my cafe

he cozy nookie cookie shoppie

captain's car alongside

all hands

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great

you've earned the respect and admiration

of the entire fleet

well done thank you sir

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congratulations to you men too

the navy's proud of you you'll hear more

from this later

or you can give them an overnight

liberty and we'll have orders for you

later on yes

goodbye drake goodbye sir

bye man

well free gangway tonight i guess that's

what you want that's all leave your

closes

i think you ought to know about this

i've been drafted

[Laughter]

how are you padre thanks for getting

here so quick all ready for the ceremony

everything but the bride and groom does

he get the champagne

of the cake

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chanting nothing but the best

reverend this is my daughter how do you

do how do you do

what's the trouble she's so beautiful so

beautiful

he always cries when he's happy he does

you have to hurry captain we gotta clear

port by eight pillows

music

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i'm yes i'm the bearer of ominous

tidings but

mr townsend asked me to deliver this

message to you we're going into dry dock

immediately

well i'm very happy to have made

acquaintances

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hurry

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susan

harry

susan

do you

hey guns blackie rocky i think johnny

help me out with you now all together

boys do you love me huh

no no to the freighter my girl help me

out will you now one two three

hey

[Applause]

will you wait for me

[Applause]

see you in your water

you