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I must congratulate you on your talent as a photographer, Mr Williams.

May I ask, do you use a 35 or 16mm?

I use the standard 35 Hymo.

What is your opinion of the new super sensitive film?

It's great if you can get it.

Sake. I hope you like it, Mr Williams.

Yes. Thanks.

A fascinating subject. Photography.

It's one of my chief hobbies.

As a fellow photographer, Your Excellency.

Do you mind telling me what I've done to get into trouble?

You are in no trouble, Mr Williams.

No?

Your boys came over to my hotel, opened the door without knocking.

Grabbed my camera, confiscated my film, picked my pockets ..

And gave me the bum's rush over here.

Do you call that trouble or not? I'm only asking.

Some misunderstanding, Mr Williams.

I sent for you to be my guest.

I see.

You just wanted to entertain me?

Yes.

I'm sorry if the noise disturbs you.

The execution of spies.

Is an essential part of modern warfare.

Spies, eh?

My mistake.

I thought they were civilians.

There are no civilians in China.

That is a sentimental error that Americans usually make.

Now that we're alone, Mr Williams.

We can talk more frankly.

Well, frankly.

How about letting me get in touch with the American consul?

There's no need for that.

I assure you, Mr Williams. I am your friend.

Then why throw me into a mud cell and give me the idea I am a spy?

Waiting for that.

I must apologise.

If such ideas have come into your mind.

We have no design to frighten you.

Only to employ you.

Sort-of winning my confidence, eh?

Yes.

Your credentials from the state department.

Give you access to Burma Road as American newsreel photographer.

Yeah. And I'd like them back if you don't mind.

They were pretty hard to get.

We too are interested in Burma Road.

It's construction and maintenance is an achievement.

So we wish to record it on film.

We will pay you twenty thousand dollars.

To photograph it for us.

From Luichow to Kunming.

That's a lot of money to turn down.

You will not turn it down.

Your misguided countrymen.

In the pay of China.

The flying tigers are harassing us again.

The gesture is so typically American.

Blind and foolish.

Japan is a friend of America.

We are a peace-loving nation.

We desire only the blessing of peace for the entire world.

Why do Americans continually misunderstand us?

I cannot imagine.

I dislike to say it.

But your countrymen are sometimes a little stupid.

And I hope you will not be stupid, Mr Williams.

I will regret deeply.

Having to regard you as a spy.

Rather than a friend and an employee.

Do I go back to my cell now?

That's for you to decide.

I'll think it over tonight and let you know in the morning, Your Excellency.

I hope you won't wait too long, Mr Williams.

Have you no respect for common decency?

For humility.

Don't they realise there is a red cross marked on the roof of this building?

Hello buddy. Got a smoke on you?

Yep.

Thanks.

Who let you in?

You were sleeping. I didn't want to wake you up.

What you doing in a Chinese outfit?

I'm Bull Weed.

Major. Chinese irregular. Manchukuo.

I was trying to organize an outfit in Luichow.

But we didn't expect the monkeys so soon.

You got a date with the rising sun? - Yeah.

Me too.

Where you from?

Winnipeg, Canada.

I'm from Akron.

Akron, Ohio.

There's a town for you.

They're coming.

The sun isn't up yet.

Fifi.

So they got you, huh? - No, darling.

They gave me permission to say goodbye to you.

Goodbye?

Who's this?

My name is Johnny Williams.

But you were going to argue with them. - I did, darling. I argued my head off.

You're lying.

First, I asked them to let you go.

Then I said, just keep him in jail without shooting him.

Then I said, if that's the way you feel.

Just let me kiss him goodbye for the last time.

That's better than nothing, isn't it?

You little liar.

You couldn't wait for me to be ripped open.

You couldn't wait to hook up with one of those Jap monkeys.

I've cried for you all night and this is the way you treat me.

Get out of here. Go back to your Jap garbage where you belong.

You ungrateful dog.

A fine way to say goodbye to a woman. A woman who loves you.

Get me out of here.

That's a smart lady friend you got there.

Do you want to try it with me? - I got nothing to lose.

When they open the door we go. - Yeah.

I like that.

Head for the B gates past the killing ground.

If they get me, keep going.

She'll be on the road outside in the car.

It's getting kinda gloomy here.

Let's get out of here.

Play dead.

Are you in one piece? - So far.

Can you fly a plane, Mr Williams?

In my sleep. Can you get hold of one?

I saw one at an abandoned airfield.

That's our baby.

I hope there's gas.

It doesn't look too good.

What can come down can go up.

Take a look. Mandalay.

They must think we're Japs.

Can't you signal we're not? - Which one?

You can't land here. They'll get us.

No they won't. Hold on.

I'm going to play dead again.

They got him. He's crashing.

As far as we go, baby.

Come on. Give them a big smile and keep your hands in the air. Both of you.

Hello fellahs.

Sorry to cause all this trouble. - Bugsy.

You know him?

Do I? It's Johnny Williams.

Hi there, Shorty. - Hiya, Bugsy.

I ain't seen a landing like that since we played the state fair.

Where you from?

Luichow.

I guess you'd better make your report to headquarters, Mr Williams.

Okay.

You haven't changed a bit, Shorty.

Haynes, I want you to meet my friend Johnny Williams.

Great to know you. - Howdy.

Fifteen bucks is all I can spare. - Gene, give me the kitty.

Sure.

Thanks.

How much does that make, Shorty?

Four hundred and eighty bucks.

We're raising a pool for Tom Bracket's widow.

I'll never get over that.

They kept shooting at him after he bailed out.

While he was coming down in his parachute.

Cloud lice. That's what they are.

Hi Fifi. - Hello.

Hello Fifi. Won't you join us?

Thank you.

They fixed you up? - Yeah.

Two rooms.

One for me and one for you and the major.

We'll discuss that later. What will you have?

That looks nice.

Another shark's tooth here.

Excuse me, madam. We're talking business.

Bugsy. Look at it this way.

You are an American. You're a flyer, and you're broke.

Right?

And you're in Mandalay. Right?

And you hate Japs.

Okay, so it all adds up. Don't it?

What do you say?

I ain't joining American volunteers in Burma, China or anywhere else.

Give me one reason for such a statement.

How do you like that?

You got to give guys reasons around here for wanting to stay alive.

Listen, Lafayette.

When I die, I ain't dying for China.

I'm dying for Johnny Williams.

I ain't doing that if there's an angle out.

Okay, Wait until the colonel talks to you. Eh, Bill?

I don't know.

There's a lot of people just naturally don't like fighting.

You're right, buddy. And I'm president of that club.

The captain is looking for you. Three Jap squadrons over Katgai.

What do you know? They've learned to fly at night.

Looks like we got a hike. Swell seeing you again.

Like the good old days in Akron.

Those two lady barbers we took up?

We were surprised to find they were still carrying razors.

So long, old-timer. - So long, Shorty.

Hiya, Major. - Hi.

Hello Fifi.

Hello.

Have one? - No thanks.

Easy money.

How do you like that? A handful against three squadrons.

I was worried for a while that you were going to join them.

No. Not me.

I've smelt enough death.

Mr Williams.

Right here.

A cablegram, sir.

Thanks.

I'll see you later.

How do you like that?

Bad news?

The gallows.

Listen to this.

'Broke neck getting you special credentials to photograph Burma Road'.

'The third time you have played fathead to enter Jap territory for phony scoop'.

'And lost equipment and camera'.

'Fed up'.

'Folly to invest another dime'.

'As of today you're your own boss'.

'Congratulations. Oscar'.

Well, this one is to Oscar.

To annoy him is to love him.

But you can go on photographing.

With what?

There's three things a photographer must have.

Genius, a camera, and an expense account.

I'm down to only one.

Are those real?

Not quite.

Then I'm still down to one.

Listen, I ain't like Oscar.

I'm grateful.

I'll cut you in on a proposition.

Get me a camera and some film and we're in business together.

That doesn't sound bad. - A terrific opportunity.

I think I can dig up the money. - I'm going after Burma Road stuff.

You heard what Oscar said.

I'm my own boss.

I still got my credentials too.

I copped them from the Japs while I was ..

Looks like I muffed that one. - It's Japanese.

What is it, a laundry ticket? - I can get a couple of words.

This one is 'Pearl'.

And that's a number. Seven I think.

He is going to meet Pearl at 7 o'clock.

I'll keep it for a lucky piece. A Jap's rabbit's foot.

As a matter of fact, I don't need any credentials.

I'm registered with the government as a cameraman.

This will entitle you to fifty percent of all I make.

Here you are.

50/50.

It's gold in the bank.

Someone you know? - Not yet.

Order me a steak and canned corn in case I strike out.

You have my package? - Yes. We keep it in the safe.

May I have it please? - Yes indeed.

Sign please.

No. Thank you.

I was in Lou Chow this morning on the coast of China.

Waiting to be executed by a couple of million Japs.

When my number came up I busted loose.

Copped a one-lung plane and flew here with a couple of pals.

Then I had to land in a barrage on account of Jap painting on the wings.

As a result of all this I feel a little restless.

I'd like to relax and talk to somebody .. attractive.

If you've no objection. - None at all.

My name is Miss Young.

I am Johnny Williams.

That suit makes me homesick.

Fifth Avenue, isn't it? - You're from New York?

I got cousins there.

Are you waiting for somebody in particular?

Captain Renault.

He's up in the air at the moment popping monkeys over Katgai.

He didn't tell me. I have to go.

Captain Renault would .. - I'll carry that.

No. Please.

When we get to know each other better, I'll do the carrying.

It's the kind of thing a man dreams of when he waits for a Jap killing-squad.

It ends as he walks in the moonlight with Miss 5th Avenue on his arm.

Please be careful with that.

Is it glass? - A pair of vases.

I'm selling them tonight. - Is that so?

Are they valuable? - I'm asking ten thousand dollars.

What is in them? - Nothing.

They are art treasures.

Where are we going? The museum?

No. Number 35 Wellington Road.

Who lives there?

A man named Jarubi.

It's a small world. - Do you know him?

The rat of all time.

The first man ever to be run out of Calcutta.

Catch.

Take a taxi and go to Jarubi's. I'll meet you there.

I am devastated to hear of your troubles, Miss Young.

Let us hope the vases arrive intact.

You father would feel very sad if he couldn't have money for his brave work.

Then perhaps you'll pay more, Mr Jarubi?

They're worth much more. - Yes, my dear. I know they are.

That's why I'm buying them.

To me.

A ruined country is a bargain counter.

May I tell you what a great man once said of me?:

When the world is destroyed, Mr Jarubi will be standing undamaged in its midst.

Auctioning off its debris.

An amusing picture, don't you think?

I am growing a little worried.

He should be here, the gentleman who kindly helped you out.

He'll be here any minute.

He's a good friend of yours, Miss Young? - I just met him tonight.

A stranger? How odd.

But you know his name? - Johnny Williams.

What?

You gave your vases to that man?

Do you know him? - The scum of the universe.

He has the soul of a flea and the heart of toad.

I tell you, my vases are gone. Stolen. Sold by this time.

Who is it?

Something. - The vases.

How did you get them? Give me that basket. Come on.

Give me that. Be careful, careful.

Are you Miss Young? - Yes.

I have a note for you.

Thank you.

'They held me on the 15-yard line so I forward passed to Gunga Din'.

'Please give him a few kopecks and oblige'.

'Johnny Williams'.

You see? You were wrong.

It can't be the Johnny Williams I know.

What happened?

I'm carrying fish in a basket. And sahib say:

'I give you the two jugs. You give me the fish'.

He take the fish. I take the jugs.

Then he went out to the alley with the fish. People shoot him.

He keep on running with the fish and I come to you.

You think he was wounded?

I don't know. I feel we find him at a place.

You know where he is? - Yes.

Come on then.

There.

Thank you.

Hello.

Hello there.

Got any money on you? I'm in hock for a couple of rupees.

You deliver the glassware alright?

Yes, Sahib. I bring them.

Thanks.

I'll take you to your hotel.

Do you live there? - No.

Let's go where you live.

Did you pay this little gentleman? - Yes.

That's all, brother. Scram.

I feel as if I know you very well.

I don't take long to know.

You don't either.

How was Jarubi?

Very nice.

Did he pay you? - Yes.

The way I feel now, I could even like Jarubi.

Please.

You are right.

There's a time and place for everything.

Hey. How about paying him off?

Wait please. - Yes, ma'am.

Do you wish to come in? - Sure. Love it.

You live here, right?

It don't look much like 5th Avenue.

Would you like some tea?

Yes, If you want to.

Well, that's interesting.

You talk Chinese, eh?

As well as English. - Went to school in China?

No. New York.

Vassar.

A Vassar girl?

I like that.

Wait a minute.

Stick around. I want to look at you.

Why?

On account of you're so beautiful.

Thank you.

You've got a very pretty face.

A little aloof, but ..

Maybe we can fix that.

Know what I feel like?

Like I rolled a seven with one dice.

Ah. The silent type, eh?

Yeah.

I like that.

What's your first name?

Mr Williams. This is my father.

Dr. Kai Young. And my own first name is Haoli.

How do you do, Mr Williams?

How do you do.

Mr Williams helped me deliver the vases to Mr Jarubi.

It was dangerous. Without him they might have been stolen.

I am grateful to Mr Williams.

They were my last possessions. I don't want to sacrificed them in vain.

Have you sold them to Mr Jarubi? - Yes, father.

Once, our house was filled with lovely things.

They have disappeared one by one.

My father has built a mission for children in Kunming.

China is filled with orphans.

They need many things including education.

War is not the season for art.

War is the winter that human hate brings on to the world.

But when its bitter winds are over there will be spring again.

When we'll see there are seeds to bloom.

Goodnight.

And my thanks for whatever you have done that has pleased my daughter.

I suppose you've been laughing at me right along, eh?

Why?

Because I didn't know you were Chinese.

Is it a great mistake you made?

Don't.

Uhuh.

You are very stupid.

You don't like me at all, eh? - Less and less.

Come on. Let's not have a battle of wits. Be human.

You mean crude and cheap.

I get it.

A man must follow you with a fiddle to put you in the mood. Then it's alright.

I'm no good on the fiddle. You must pardon me.

I do.

Thanks.

I'm sorry you made me dislike you.

I would have preferred to think of you as a brave and charming man.

With a fiddle.

With respect for himself and others. - Okay, sister. You win.

The next time I fall for a lady I'll look it all up in a book of etiquette.

Thanks for the lectures. Adios.

Mr Williams.

You got another lecture?

No. You have no money.

Take this for the taxi.

I never let a lady take advantage of me.

I always prefer to walk home.

That's all, brother. Scram.

Sitting up for me? - Yeah.

Mama was worried.

Where's his nibs?

Strolling.

How did the romance turn out?

Flew out to center field.

You weren't yourself. What a shame.

Care to tell mama about it?

Next Tuesday.

Has mama got any cash on her? - A little.

I like a girl who is solvent.

Waiter.

A bottle of rum.

You look a little sad.

You aren't homesick, are you?

Homesick?

For where?

I don't know.

Where you from?

Does it matter?

Here's to when we were young, innocent and had answers to all the questions.

That was a nice time.

Yeah.

Ever been up into Wango country?

No.

They got snakes up there with great big green eyes.

Just like yours.

I've done most of my crawling in warmer places.

I like you.

A snake fancier, huh? - No.

I like you because you're everything a woman should be.

A hundred and fifteen pounds of crookedness and kisses.

With a laugh for a finish.

You have a fine sales talk, Mr Williams.

Yeah.

There's only one thing about a dame that's real.

What's that?

This.

The principal rule is: no lectures.

If you start that I walk out.

Have it your way.

Hold it, baby.

We got a stowaway.

Good evening. - Well.

You get around a lot for a Vassar girl.

Isn't hit this little lady in center field?

Yeah. The same.

Outside, princess.

That's for Mr Williams to say, I think.

What is it that's on your mind, Miss Young?

I want to apologise to you.

Is that so?

For what? - For letting you go.

My duty is plain.

Come on.

True love, was it?

Yeah. Something like that.

Give the major my best regards.

Tell him how I acted like a man of honor in a pinch.

You bore me, Mr Williams.

Come on, baby. She may get our range.

Alright. Now let's have it.

What's on your mind?

You didn't track me down for just another look at my nasty face?

You did me a favor this evening.

I came here to repay it.

Listen, I told you before. I don't take dough off women.

Except if I like them very much.

Forget it.

I came here to warn you.

You did?

What about?

After you left, Mr Jarubi called at our house.

He was worried about my knowing you.

I am fascinated.

Proceed.

He told my father that your two friends are notorious Japanese agents.

They're being watched by the police.

You too are suspected because of your association.

You go back. Tell your Pa from me that Jarubi has a brain made from Limburger.

I told my father I was sure if you were engaged in anything wrong ..

It was only because you were being nice to that creature.

That's very nice of you to defend me.

At first I'm a crude oaf. And now I'm a slinking spy.

I'm very sorry you take it this way.

I had hoped that ..

What?

Nothing. Goodnight.

No luck, eh?

I don't understand those buck-toothed babies.

Suddenly, they play hard to get.

I might go back to sky-writing.

It gets kinda lonely without a few dead Japs around.

You should have been here a month ago. It was raining Japs.

There's a reason for them not fighting.

Yeah. We licked 'em.

We licked nobody because nobody's been fighting us.

They haven't?

I suppose that was thirty butterflies we shot down last month?

Last month ain't this month. - We've run them off the road.

My point is, they ain't started coming yet.

'We've saved the Burma Road'.

I tell you what we've been doing. Knocking out their 'ham and eggers'.

The real McCoy ain't come in the ring yet.

How about it, Bugsy?

That's the way I figure it. - Sure. They're saving it up.

Saving what up? - Their Sunday punch.

Yeah? Wait until they try to throw it.

You wait, buddy. Not me.

I'll tell you one thing sure.

A handful of rice farmers ain't going to stop the Japs.

Just a minute, Williams.

You trying to tell us they can take Burma?

Burma and all the rest of it. When they start taking.

When you wake up one morning and find them crawling over Burma ..

Like 800 million bedbugs in green pants.

Remember who told you.

No wonder you didn't want to join our outfit.

You wouldn't look so good with your pants scared off.

Look, buddy.

I got enough troubles without taking a poke at a big international hero.

You shouldn't talk like that.

Not that I don't agree with you a hundred percent.

Why not join up? Then you can say anything you want.

Cut it out, will you?

Let's talk sense for a minute.

How would you like to make a pile, Shorty?

Doing what?

I want to cut you in on something.

You know how much I can clean up on Burma Road film?

Ten grand easy. Maybe twenty.

Because I'm my own boss now.

You got fired, huh?

Don't talk like a chump.

I've stepped into a new class.

Nobody tells me what to do or cops the gravy.

I'm in sole charge.

Of what?

Of the biggest news outfit in Burma. That's what.

Yours truly.

Here you are.

This little piece of paper entitles you to fifty percent of all I make.

That will be gross, mind you.

What have I got to do? - Nothing.

Listen, Bugsy. I didn't meet you yesterday.

All you got to do is give me a ride.

That's all.

Oh, I get it. In my boat, huh?

That's right.

The next time you up on single reconnaissance, I tag along.

I get the first film of the road, put it on the open market and pull ten grand.

Maybe twenty.

And you get half. - No.

Let me think this over. - It's gold in the bank.

I admit it's one of getting three grand.

I said ten grand.

Three grand will be enough for Tom Bracket's widow.

Okay. It's a deal.

I think I'd better go and get some sleep.

See you in the morning, partner.

Hey, why don't you go home?

No home, sahib.

Okay. Come up.

Hello Jarubi.

Mr Williams.

Kinda late for callers.

Come on in if you want to.

After you.

I would have waited until morning to see you, but it's doubtful you'll be alive.

Yeah. I heard you've been peddling me as a Jap spy.

I'm not here to discuss your activities as an agent.

Wait a minute. What activities, you bumblehead?

I escaped from the Japs at Luichow this morning.

Yes. With the aid of two notorious Japanese agents.

Then you broke out of your cell. Hid in the burial grounds.

And stepped into a plane provided for you.

The Japanese are very thorough.

And so is the Chinese secret service.

Yeah. That plane was full of gas.

You childish pranks as an agent are of no interest to me.

I wish to take up another matter.

Me a patsy. What do you know?

A year ago, Mr Williams, I bought ten cans of films from you.

Of the sacred and forbidden oriental dances.

I paid you 500 dollars.

Shut up. I want to think.

It pained me to discover that there was nothing on that film.

Ten cans of unexposed, worthless celluloid.

The plane was even warmed up.

It was brilliant of you, Mr Williams.

Selling me film and photographs against the laws of the country.

But now it's my turn to be brilliant.

I want my 500 dollars back.

Look, If I made a mistake and handed you the wrong cans, I'll make it good.

You know I wouldn't cheat a friend like you.

Your attitude pleases me, Mr Williams.

I will take your camera and equipment as payment.

Listen, Put that down and listen to me.

Forget all that hooey about me being a Jap spy.

Jarubi, you do me a favor by telling me. I am grateful.

What's more, I'll show you how grateful I am.

I'm on my own now. My own boss.

The only one-man newsreel company in Burma.

You don't have to believe me. Just read this from Oscar.

Open it.

Furthermore, I got some brand-new equipment today.

I also got the loan of a plane.

All I got to do is point out to you that I'm the only newsreel man in Burma.

Look at it any way you want. I'm bound to clean up 20 to 50 grand.

Jarubi, it's a miracle you coming to see me tonight.

I'm willing to make you my partner. A full partner. 50/50 on all I make.

That's how grateful I am.

You can buy in on this contract for 500 bucks.

50 percent of the efforts of a dead man are not worth 500 dollars, Mr Williams.

I tell you that Jap stuff is hooey.

I have reasons to wait until tomorrow. - Such as?

My pals are out getting me a camera and equipment.

As soon as they hand it over I turn them in as spies.

What about that aeroplane?

Do you know Lieutenant Shorty McGuire? - Yes.

Call him up.

So you arrange to use. ..

I see.

Very bright.

500 dollars is too much, Mr Williams.

You can take or leave it. Not a dime less.

350 dollars would cover all your expenses.

Okay. It's a deal.

Hand over the dough.

If this business venture turns out like our last one you'll regret it deeply.

It's going to turn out 25 grand for a measly 350 bucks.

That's how. And you know it.

Now, if you'll excuse me. I'm almost out on my feet.

I'm too tired even to count whether you short-changed me.

One of us is an excellent businessman, Mr Williams.

We shall find out which shortly. - I know already.

Hang on to the contract. It's gold in the bank.

I have only one worry.

I am gambling on you keeping alive, Mr Williams.

That's a risk you got to take, partner.

Come here, Foo.

I want you to keep this for me.

Stick it in your pocket. It's safer there.

Yes, sahib, Nobody look for it here.

That's right. You are my banker.

Remember that guy with me?

He'd kill you?

Yes. Maybe.

He may kill you too. - Yeah.

They're smart people, those Japs.

Playing me like a pigeon on the end of a string.

When will they kill you, mister? - Maybe tonight.

They figure I know. Otherwise they'll wait until I get a lot of film.

How do you feel?

Feel good.

How long do you think you can stay awake?

All night.

Let's hope so.

You lie down there.

And don't fall asleep.

If anybody starts murdering me tonight, let out a holler.

Yes, sahib.

Don't forget. Holler loud. - Yes, sahib.

Are you asleep?

Hi.

I hear you got a new girl.

A big Chinese number.

Yeah.

Dr. Kai Young's daughter, ain't she?

That's right.

Funny a girl like her would go galloping after you in the middle of the night.

A screwball.

It sounds like she had something hot to tell you.

I should join up. And fight the Japs.

Oh.

Is that all she wanted?

That's all.

A screwball.

I was wondering if she had something else to say.

The way she came barging in on you.

It don't seem like the sort of thing a Chinese lady would do.

What do you say?

What did he say? - Nothing. He fell asleep.

He's faking. - Listen.

If that guy heard anything he wouldn't fall asleep right in front of me.

No. But he'd pretend to.

She tipped him off, I tell you. And he's playing possum.

We'll go and have a look if you want.

You take his pulse. That's how to tell if he's sleeping or faking.

If he's faking his pulse will be beating fast.

If he's sleeping it will be slowed way down.

If his pulse is beating fast?

I'll wait.

Hey.

Nice work, Gunga Din.

That's keeping on the job.

Stick me, Chandu, and you'll have gold in the bank.

You looking for me? - Yeah.

I thought you were still sleeping. - No. Been up hours.

How are you, baby?

Chandu. There's a fellow in the bar looking for me. Shorty McGuire.

Go and tell him I'm here.

Yes, sahib.

Jumping mama. Where did you get all that?

When I go half with a guy I deliver my end.

I rented the whole outfit.

That's very pretty, Major.

I used my last hundred, and thousands of dollars' worth of personal appeal.

And he takes the bows for it.

We couldn't have got a dime's worth if he hadn't heard of me.

Don't argue, Santa Claus. You got it all. That's enough for me.

Ten cans, eh?

That's foresight. - Yeah. We took all he had.

He even threw in a special lens.

You don't say? A telephoto.

And brand new. Yeah, that's a honey.

Bugsy. - Hi, Shorty.

Hi folks. - Hello.

Looking for me? - Got a gun on you?

Sure. Why? - Let's have it.

What do you want with a gun this time of day?

My pals and I have some private business to take care of.

We are going to have to talk rough to a few guys.

Need any help?

No. See you later.

Go easy with that. It's loaded.

I like that.

You two guys look like you can take care of your own troubles.

Okay, Bugsy. See you later. - Yeah.

Your partner sounds a little unfriendly, Major.

No. If it felt unfriendly I'd holler for some of those flyers downstairs.

What is all this?

Scram, butterfingers.

Take the lady with you.

I you aren't out of Mandalay in an hour, I tell my pals we got 2 Jap spies here.

No arguments please.

Johnny, I'd like to talk to you alone. - I bet you do.

Johnny.

My love has cooled, honey.

Don't let's go off half-cocked.

Maybe we can talk business.

We've talked it.

Beat it, I said.

I'll see you again sometime, Mr Williams.

Yeah. Hang on to your rain-check.

A lady is waiting for you inside, sir.

Thanks.

Johnny.

Please. I came to talk to you. - Aren't you wasting your time?

I found out I was mistaken about you.

Chandu told me.

He did, eh?

And who is Chandu?

That's who I am, sahib.

I want to apologise to you.

Please forgive me for all my stupid talk to you last night.

I told her. I told her you chased him away with a gun.

It made me very happy to be wrong about you.

How about a drink? - No thanks.

I have only a few minutes.

Well.

That's all, brother. Scram.

Well, I may as well admit it.

I'm glad to see you.

I've been feeling pretty low.

I too.

May I ask you something?

Shoot.

You don't love her?

Who? - That creature.

You were responsible for me kissing her.

I?

Yeah.

I was trying to forget you.

Couldn't you?

No.

I am very glad.

I've been chasing you out of my head every minute.

Wouldn't I go?

You're gone.

You also have been very stubborn.

You have refused to disappear.

I must go.

I feel much better now I've apologised.

Who's disappearing now?

I have to work with my father.

We are arranging to leave for Kunming and reopen his school.

When are you going? - We don't know yet.

We are very busy.

Are you going to be busy tomorrow?

Perhaps not.

It's a date.

I think you're quite wonderful.

I am, eh?

Yes.

Goodbye.

It was a book.

This size.

A thin leather cover.

Here.

Like this one.

Yes. I remember now.

He showed me a book like that with Japanese writing in it.

Did you read it? - No.

He asked me to translate it.

It looked like a military order of some kind.

I made out a couple of words.

There was a number in it.

Maybe a date. Seven?

And something about pearl or pearls.

Is that all you read? - That's all.

Are you certain?

Yes. Not another word.

We want that book back, Major.

That should not be hard to get.

And Mr Williams with it.

Good. I wouldn't mind plugging him myself.

No. We want him alive.

We want him to be brought back here to be questioned.

And we must find out ..

If he has shown that book to anyone.

You must understand, Major.

It is a matter of importance.

I get the idea.

When do I go? - At once.

Transportation will be provided for you.

Where is your partner? - She's in Saigon.

You will land there.

Pick her up. And continue to Mandalay.

There must be no mistake.

Time is short.

Very short.

Am I still wonderful? - Yes.

You're not getting tired of me? - No.

Well, we're even there.

A whole week almost. And nobody is tired of nobody.

Is that a record for you?

I'm new at this, baby.

I never loved anybody before.

There have been lots of girls. You know the kind.

Dames who'd kick you in the heart if you show it to them.

So you go along in a bulletproof vest and nothing gets through.

Only a hangover now and then.

I'm waiting.

Johnny, I love you.

Do you like me to say that?

Every two minutes.

This don't make sense, but it's wonderful.

After twenty years of slugging I turn into a hand-holder.

Did you ever hold hands before?

No.

What do you know?

I believe you.

I've got the answer to everything.

Know what's the matter with the whole world?

People don't love each other.

A philosopher. - That's right.

I got it all figured out.

We're going away. I don't know where yet but some place where it's normal.

Maybe Akron. Now, there's a town for you.

I remember a house I always wanted to live in.

On the corner of college avenue and 10th Street.

I never mind saying it.

I can see the wheels going around in your head.

East is east and ..

And they never get together.

Ah, hooey.

We've met.

You can put that chestnut on ice.

Your two minutes are up.

Johnny, I love you.

You say it nicer every time.

I'm waiting for an answer.

To what?

Are you coming with me?

We're together now.

No oriental cunning please.

I got a rival, eh?

No.

Don't lie. A big one.

You mean China?

Yeah. That's the party.

You think you can't belong to me ..

Because you got to go to Kunming with your Pa to help save China.

Whatever I do, my spirit will belong to you forever.

I don't want your spirit.

It's best that way.

You want me to sit for the rest of my life talking about how you love me?

And how I got a spirit bride.

To sleep at night with a piece of string tied on my finger proving I'm happy.

Stop looking at China and people dying, will you?

Look at me. I'm not dying. And I'm not going to die.

I'm going to be with you and no war is going to turn us into a couple of solos.

We're going to College Avenue and 10th Street.

Johnny, you make my heart hurt.

Everybody's heart hurts.

Because the world is going crazy.

There's no room for living. Only killing.

You will forget it. It will be far away.

Come on. Put your arms around me.

I don't want a spirit bride. I want ..

Darling.

Come on, I'm getting tired of this park. Too many rubbernecks.

Can't I come in?

I must work.

I'll just sit and look at you. - Tomorrow you can look at me.

All day?

Fine.

Well. Goodbye.

Would you like your mail?

It keeps us abreast of the latest Japanese lies.

You can read Japanese?

I wish I'd thought to ask you. I carry around a lucky piece.

A Japanese rabbit's foot I'd like deciphered.

That's my luck. I must have left it in my other coats.

I'll read it for you tomorrow.

It came for Mr Williams from the hotel.

Who left it? - Your friend, the little Hindu boy.

Thanks.

This is something. From Oscar. - Who's that?

A big, fat slug in Manila who used to be my boss. He fired me.

Now he's on his hands and knees wanting me back. Listen to this.

'Go to office in Rangoon immediately'.

'Pick up $5,000 expense money'.

'Off to Russian front. Congratulations, Oscar'.

A very important assignment. - The biggest there is.

And five thousand expenses.

A bonanza.

You must leave at once? - Uhuh.

I got something bigger on the fire. What time do I see you tomorrow?

You're not going?

Fifty grand could not get me to Rangoon or Russia.

What time tomorrow? - Lunch.

Okay. I'll be in the lobby waiting.

Don't be late.

Johnny, I love you.

What is this, a run on the bank?

Yes, Sahib. - Come on, JP.

It sounds like you're ahead. - I was doing okay, sahib.

Can you get the ring from your friend for 100 bucks?

Yes, sahib.

Nobody want it tonight. I buy it cheap.

Get it and bring it to me tomorrow. Give me fifty bucks now.

Are you keeping track?

Yes, Sahib.

You owe me a hundred bucks. - You're nuts.

A hundred and fifty bucks. I pay drink in bar.

Also bag.

A hundred bucks for Miss Young necklace.

Fifty bucks. You loan Mr Shorty.

Fifty bucks you take now.

A hundred bucks for a ring tomorrow.

Make.

450 bucks.

You owe me a hundred bucks.

How much you got left of the 350?

A hundred bucks.

Maybe more tomorrow.

Okay, banker. You'd better get back to work.

Are you sure there are no calls for me? - Nothing, Mr Williams.

No messages? - Nothing, sir.

We're in, Bugsy. I just got a call. Single reconnaissance. Get your stuff.

I'm going up alone. Did you hear what I said?

Yeah. I heard. - Come on then.

Sit down.

We ain't a minute to lose.

When are you going? - They're gassing up for me now.

Shorty, you must postpone it. - Don't argue with me.

You just got time to get your camera.

It's my own boat too. Look.

I fixed up a place on the wing for you.

Follow this carefully.

Go to the north end of the field and lay low.

I come up for a turn and you hop in.

You can shoot Burma Road film all day.

I can't go.

You can't go?

Listen. I promised the fellows to have enough for Tom Bracket's widow.

I ain't going to stick you.

That's all I want. Three grand. You keep all the rest.

Beat it. I'm not going.

Are you sick?

I ain't sick.

I got something more important on at the moment.

What's more important than twenty grand?

You'll never know.

It can't be a dame.

Nobody would pass up twenty grand for a dame.

For twenty dames.

Come on. Is it a dame?

Listen, Bugsy. If it's a dame, you can put her on ice.

A day on ice ain't going to hurt any dame.

It improves them.

Shorty.

I'm on a secret mission. I can't discuss it.

What sacred mission?

I'll go next time.

Next time? Maybe I don't get a chance for a whole month.

Come on, Bugsy. Call off that mission. Tell her you got a new secret mission.

I'll stall for ten minutes on the field. Be at the north end. I'll look for you.

Are you sure there's no message for me? - Nothing yet, sir.

Something must have happened. Me sat here like Boo McNut.

Anything wrong? - Plenty. Get me a cab.

If you get a message for me tell them I'll be right back.

Yes, sir. I will tell Miss Young.

Hello. Is Miss Young home? - No.

When did she leave? - Left this morning.

What time do you expect her back? - Next year maybe.

No jokes please.

Where is she? - She go with father this morning.

Where? - Kunming.

They moved out quick. Dr. Young got school in Kunming.

They go there to work.

General Ching Yin come and take them on train.

Did Miss Young leave a message for me? - No message.

Is there anyone else inside? Maybe she left it with someone else.

No. I am alone. She gave no message.

Thanks.

Hotel.

Mr Williams.

I found this just a moment ago, sir. It had been left in the round bar.

It's been here since eleven this morning.

I'm terribly sorry, sir, if it has caused you any inconvenience.

What will you have, Mr Williams? - Bring me some rum.

Yes, sir. - A bottle.

Put your hands around me honey. Hold me tight.

You talk my language.

Cuddle up and cuddle up with all your might.

All aboard for Rangoon.

When you roll those eyes.

Eyes that .. I just idolise.

When you look at me my heart begins to beat.

Then it starts a-thumping like a motorboat.

What's that guy got that I ain't got?

I never knew any guys like .. you.

Hello sugar-fingers. - Hi.

Want to buy a drink?

Waiter.

Another round.

When do you expect to go on reconnaissance again?

Stop asking dumb questions, I told you. I'm trying to enjoy myself.

So am I.

What's the matter, partner? Ain't you having fun?

In a way, yes.

It's difficult to imagine while sitting here that the world is in flames.

Let her burn. It ain't our bonfire.

It's a Chinese bonfire.

I can't see it that way, Bugsy.

It's savages against civilization.

That's the way I see it.

Do you love me, baby?

Yes.

I'm mad for you.

Say it.

Say, 'Johnny, I love you'.

Go on and tell him or he'll start slugging.

Johnny, I love you.

Okay, sister. Scram.

[ Door knocks ]

Come in.

Hello Fifi.

I'm glad you're still up.

Another night wasted.

I sat around for five hours. No chance to get at him.

He wasn't alone one minute.

He was sitting there getting drunk with a horseshoe in each hand.

I could have picked him up and carried him off like a baby.

But those wacky fliers were around him.

He's a ruby.

So I thought I'd drop in and kill a few hours.

I'll get him in the morning.

He'll have a hangover and I'll walk in on him while he's asleep.

The rest will be easy.

I'll dump him in a car and ..

Here. You're not listening.

Look here, Fifi.

Something has been eating you for a week.

What is it? - Quit nagging me.

Sitting around.

That faraway look in those eyes.

Thinking of that guy Williams? You ain't gone soft over him?

Shut up, you fool. - Come on, Fifi.

Is it for Mr Williams you are pining?

You can cut Mr Williams up and drown the pieces in the Yangtze for all I care.

That phoney?

All I'm waiting for is for somebody to wipe that smile off his face.

Ah, so I was right.

It is Mr Williams. - Shut up or I'll crown you.

Fifi. I am ashamed of you.

Sitting around and stewing over a guy who wouldn't even hand you a smile.

Just relax.

You'll be seeing him soon.

Help!

Sahib, sahib!

Sahib.

Wake up. Wake up.

Somebody is here. They're going to kill you.

Kill who?

You, sahib. You wake up.

Who is it?

Oh, it's you.

Well, what do you want?

Where's your pal? - On the road.

You're lying.

Have a look, Chandu.

Nobody here.

What's the idea? Barging in here in the middle of the night waking people up?

I told you if I ever saw you again I'd hand you over to the Chinese.

In a sack.

They're coming to get you.

Who is? - Major Weed and his friends.

Get me? What for?

I don't know. The Japs want you.

Johnny, they gave us a thousand dollars to deliver you.

Dead or alive?

It isn't like them, but for some reason they want you alive.

You have something they want and it's not film.

They want to ask you some questions.

Ask me some questions? What do they think I know?

I've wondered myself.

Thanks.

Thanks for the tip.

I'll try to figure it out when I wake up.

Johnny.

They are coming.

Who? - I told you.

They doubled the ante yesterday.

I have two thousand dollars in my purse. Cash.

And a passport to New York.

I'm riding out.

Bon voyage.

Come with me.

You can't stay.

They'll turn the guard out for you all through Burma.

I don't know why, but you're hotter than a stove leg.

Come on, Johnny.

Come with me.

I will be very nice.

I'll never hang on.

It will be just a trip.

A trip to New York.

We'll look at a few things together and have some fun.

When the money gives out.

You can tip your hat and say goodbye.

Sounds wonderful.

Will you come?

Ask me when I ain't got a hangover, will you?

[ Telephone ]

What is this, the stock exchange?

What do you want?

Hello Shorty. Call me back, will you?

What?

Nobody is with me.

I am all alone.

I see.

The same reconnaissance, eh?

When?

Okay, I'll be there. At the north end of the field.

Huh?

No. I feel fine. Getting right up.

Yes. Goodbye.

Okay. Scram, sister. I've got to get dressed.

You're going off with Shorty? - Shush.

It's a secret. - Johnny, you must not go.

Will you get out of here please?

They're beginning soon.

Today. Tomorrow.

They will bomb out the Burma Road. Every foot of it.

From Rangoon to Chunking.

Yunan, Luichow, Kunming.

They're going to wipe it out, Johnny.

Kunming, huh?

Come with me.

We'll have fun in New York.

I'll like Kunming better.

Better than the USA?

Better than anywhere. - She's in Kunming.

Your little Chinese pumpkin-face.

Come on, Johnny. You're too grown-up for that.

You're a nice kid. Fifi.

Full of oomph, larceny and two grand.

But I tell you something.

Did you ever have a fish-hook in you?

Right in here?

Here.

Then you know why I gotta go to Kunming and no place else.

I don't care how many monkeys are after me.

Stay where you are.

What are you doing here?

Nothing. - I'll take care of you later.

Come on.

Get dressed. I'm not waiting.

I don't get it.

You're overdue in Luichow by two weeks.

Listen. I got a head on me like a coal chute.

I can't follow this as I should. If you tell me what it's about ..

Quit stalling.

There's no use wasting your energy.

If you want me to, just ask me. - No, Johnny. Don't.

I'm getting sick of this. - Johnny, I'm warning you.

You're warning me?

Go on. You're both alike.

First you double-cross me.

Then you pussy-foot back here with a lot of double talk.

I wouldn't bet a dime on the both of you.

Hand me my shirt, will you?

Thanks.

Here.

Nice work, Gunga Din. Find something to tie him up with.

You may need this.

Thanks.

Better call headquarters and get someone over to help you.

You're going, Johnny? - Yeah.

Honest honey. I haven't got time.

I'm late already.

Yeah. I know.

But you've got to look pretty in Kunming.

Thanks.

Okay, Shorty.

How long you stay in Kunming, sahib?

I don't know.

Maybe if you see Miss Young you be happy again.

Maybe you don't come back. - Maybe.

She don't love you. - Shut up.

She ran away from you. - Stop bothering me, will you?

How much you got left of the 350?

420 bucks.

How much I owe you?

280 bucks.

Don't go, mister. Listen.

You stay and I call it square. You don't owe me nothing.

You'll stay?

I give you a hundred bucks as present.

Gunga Din. It's been a pleasure knowing you.

The only honest man I've met in years.

Don't go, sahib. - I've got to.

I'd explain it to you but ..

You are too young.

When you grow up.

You'll find out it's the only thing a fellow can do.

So long.

How you feeling? - Fine.

Where you heading? - Yunan.

We'll skip that. - I've got orders.

We're going to Kunming. - Listen, Bugsy.

Don't argue.

You can tell them you were chased there. - You can take good photos around Yunan.

We get to Kunming first. Then we'll take pictures afterwards.

We take as our lesson today, the war that has come to Kunming.

That is now around us everywhere.

For many years our people have been fighting and dying for something.

We are poor people.

We have barely anything to defend or to lose.

And for what do we die?

Yes?

We die for our country.

Very good Yen Sen.

And now.

Who can tell me, what is our country?

Chin Fu. You may tell.

Our country is goodness. - Yes.

Ming Wu?

Our country is justice.

Goodness and justice.

Make a fine country.

There.

Now sit down.

Please return to your desks.

Please.

The bombs that are falling.

Are destroying many things we love.

But there is a larger thing that they cannot kill.

Though they bomb every stick and stone of Kunming.

And all China.

It is the knowledge of good in your hearts.

Sit quietly with it.

Chin Fu.

You are disturbing the class.

Fong Li.

Kindly return to your desk.

I will give you for your lesson.

A poem written by a poet from far away.

It was also written for you.

And for all who stand against evil and darkness.

Mae Ling.

You are restless.

Kindly fold your hands.

'How small are we beside the king'.

'How little is our hand to raise'.

'Against the awful bludgeoning of wicked men'.

'Who wrack our days'.

'How tiny is the voice we own'.

'Beside the tyrant's trumpet blare'.

'How unheard is the little groan'.

'We utter in our great despair'.

'We are the easily slain'.

'Death calls us everlastingly to him'.

'And yet it is our hand'.

'That holds the light aloft that none can dim'.

Return to your places. All of you.

Take your seats quickly.

'And yet it is our hand that holds the light aloft that none can dim'.

'No tyrant's dream of earthly might'.

'No cannon roar, nor battle toll'.

'Can quench this small but holy light'.

'Of freedom rising from our souls'.

'The little glow of love that keeps the face of mankind always fair'.

'Out of our agony it leaps'.

'We die'.

'And die. And still 'tis there'.

'Above the graves where heroes lie'.

'There gleams the light of victory'.

'Freedom soldiers, when they die'.

'Hand down their spirit to the free'.

You may recess and have lunch.

Hello honey. - Johnny.

I'm glad to see you.

What's the matter?

They don't miss a bet, do they?

Teachers, kids. Anybody.

When did it happen? - Just a while ago.

Go ahead. Cry if you want to.

No.

They're flying low. Dive bombing.

They can't miss.

Get us out of here!

Alright. Come on.

Hurry up.

Come on, hurry.

Where's the hospital?

At the end of the war.

A shelter.

Hurry Johnny.

Inside, Johnny.

Downstairs.

It's safe there.

Hurry.

You. Come on over here.

Here. Hang on to that. Keep it straight.

Come on fast, you scum.

We got that one, China girl.

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