Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
77 min | Comedy, Thriller | 6 November 1951 (UK)
A group of enterprising smugglers make use of an ancient charter to smuggle brandy into the southern coast of England. When their ship is seized it looks like they are in trouble until the Customs Officers try & find out where the brandy went.
Director: Derek N. Twist (as Derek Twist)
Writers: Howard Clewes (novel), Howard Clewes (screenplay)
Stars: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton
77 min | Comedy, Thriller | 6 November 1951 (UK)
A group of enterprising smugglers make use of an ancient charter to smuggle brandy into the southern coast of England. When their ship is seized it looks like they are in trouble until the Customs Officers try & find out where the brandy went.
Director: Derek N. Twist (as Derek Twist)
Writers: Howard Clewes (novel), Howard Clewes (screenplay)
Stars: Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton
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00:02:22Ah, there we are, gentlemen.
00:02:25There is our territory.
00:02:2743,000 acres of Andere de Marsh,
00:02:30and as you observe, scarcely a solitary acre of it under the plough.
00:02:33Quite disgraceful.
00:02:34Where's this place Portnoy was supposed to be making for?
00:02:38That must be the church way over there in the trees.
00:02:41Oughtn't we to consult the county agricultural exec first?
00:02:44After all, we are biting in on their job, aren't we?
00:02:47Unfortunately, Fisherwick, these Marsh people refuse to recognize any authority.
00:02:51They claim to have some ridiculous charter from some old king granting them independence.
00:02:55I believe that's correct, Prudhoe?
00:02:57Henry III, to be precise. Of course, it has no legal meaning these days.
00:03:01The ministry is the supreme authority here as everywhere else.
00:03:04Nevertheless, they persist with an idiotic charter they call the Corporation of the Liberty of Andere de Marsh.
00:03:10I think it might be tactful to approach them in the first instance.
00:03:13It sounds rather fun.
00:03:15Spends on no sense of humor.
00:03:16As a basis for a local pageant, possibly.
00:03:18But when it interferes with the proper economic agricultural development of the country...
00:03:21Has it occurred to you, Finch, that in spite of the deplorable state of their agriculture,
00:03:25there are a number of very prosperous-looking residences in these parts?
00:03:29Well, it was a bad old lawless, smuggling days, no doubt.
00:03:32Precisely.
00:03:33That's very romantic.
00:03:34Who do we contact first?
00:03:35The chairman of the Corporation of the Liberty.
00:03:45Good morning, my man.
00:03:46Good morning.
00:03:47We're from the Ministry of Agriculture.
00:03:49Perhaps you can help us.
00:03:50I'm Customs and Excise myself.
00:03:52Board of Trade.
00:03:53Excellent.
00:03:54Then I'm sure you can help us.
00:03:56We want to know the name of the chairman of the Corporation of the Liberty of Andere de Marsh.
00:04:00Oh, him?
00:04:01You mean the...
00:04:06The chairman.
00:04:08You mean Colonel Gill.
00:04:10We marsh farmers made this land.
00:04:12Pinched it from the sea inch by inch.
00:04:15Then put up a wall to keep the sea out.
00:04:17Took a devil of a lot of work and money.
00:04:20And generations of fellows...
00:04:22There's nothing to laugh at.
00:04:23Oh, I'm not laughing.
00:04:24It's just the way my face is made.
00:04:26Everybody thinks that.
00:04:27Oh.
00:04:28And that's why the king gave us our charter.
00:04:31Let us offer few taxes.
00:04:33Allowed us to appoint our own justices and so forth.
00:04:36And that's why it's called the Liberty.
00:04:40And now these white old johnnies are going to tell us how the farmers are then.
00:04:46You know, there's little point in my giving you an interview, young woman, if you don't trouble to write it down.
00:04:51I'm so sorry.
00:04:52My leg upset you?
00:04:54No. No, not at all.
00:04:55Keep meaning to oil it. Always forget.
00:04:59It amuses you, doesn't it?
00:05:01Yes.
00:05:02How long have you been a reporter?
00:05:04Oh, ages.
00:05:05How did you get on with Tom Cuffley the other time?
00:05:08Pretty well.
00:05:09He's my father.
00:05:10What?
00:05:11Well, well, well.
00:05:13So you're Meg Cuffley.
00:05:15Well, you know, I thought I knew your face.
00:05:18Where have you been all these years?
00:05:20Oh, getting educated.
00:05:21In Scotland, mostly.
00:05:23They wouldn't let me come home during the war.
00:05:25Quite grown up, aren't you?
00:05:27For getting married next thing you know.
00:05:29Well, that's the general idea, yes.
00:05:30Oh, plenty of time yet.
00:05:32Why not now?
00:05:33Why not indeed?
00:05:35Why not me, for instance?
00:05:37Well, I think there's too much difference in our edges.
00:05:40Oh, very true.
00:05:42If I were only a few years younger.
00:05:45Well, what about young Sam Everard?
00:05:47Too sentimental.
00:05:48Wants to hold hands all the time.
00:05:50I can't get bothered.
00:05:51You seem to me to be unhealthily discriminating, my dear.
00:05:54Oh, I hate messing about.
00:05:56I want to get married.
00:05:57Well, haven't we better get on with this interview?
00:06:00Yeah, well, what more do you want to know?
00:06:02Well, what's your plan of campaign?
00:06:04If I catch one of these ministry beggars this side of Burley Gutter
00:06:09and run him in for trespass.
00:06:10Oh, that would make a wonderful story.
00:06:12It's almost like the old days with the customs officers.
00:06:15Customs officers?
00:06:16What do you mean?
00:06:17Well, the smugglers used to bribe them, didn't they?
00:06:20Oh, you can't do that sort of thing nowadays.
00:06:22Oh, no, no, of course not.
00:06:24Oh, that sort of thing was dead and done with long ago, that sort of thing.
00:06:28It's rather a shame, really.
00:06:30They're a bad business.
00:06:31Oh, I'm glad you agree.
00:06:32No, no, no, I meant the smugglers.
00:06:34Oh.
00:06:35Well, I must be going.
00:06:37I'll send you a proof before publication.
00:06:39Oh, thank you, my dear.
00:06:40I've enjoyed our little chat.
00:06:43Oh, this is Mrs. Bush, who rules the household.
00:06:46How do you do?
00:06:47This is Whiskey, who rules Mrs. Bush.
00:06:49Hello, Whiskey.
00:06:50You're a fine seller.
00:06:51Hello, me foot.
00:06:52He produced six little chowder pigs in the linen cupboard last Thursday night.
00:06:57Well, thank you, Colonel Gill.
00:06:58Goodbye.
00:06:59Goodbye, my dear.
00:07:00Goodbye.
00:07:07Goodbye.
00:07:23Too early.
00:07:24Won't open for half an hour yet.
00:07:26I don't want a drink.
00:07:27Beg pardon, I'm sure.
00:07:29I have such a monumental thirst myself, I imagine...
00:07:31Well, you imagine wrong.
00:07:33I'm looking for Mr. Wicks.
00:07:34Do you know where he is?
00:07:35I don't know.
00:07:36I expect he's down in the cellar, watering the beer.
00:07:39Mr. Wicks is a very honest man.
00:07:40I'm quite sure he isn't doing that.
00:07:42Oh, you...
00:07:43You know him, then, do you?
00:07:44Better than I know you.
00:07:47Who are you, anyway?
00:07:48Just a sailor.
00:07:49Who are you?
00:07:50Just a girl.
00:07:51Sailor and a girl.
00:07:52Sounds like a good basis for a song or for...
00:07:55Well, almost anything.
00:07:57You must have a drink.
00:07:58I'm sorry, I don't drink with strangers.
00:08:00Then I must introduce myself.
00:08:01My name's Hammond.
00:08:02Robert Hammond.
00:08:03Mine's Cuffley.
00:08:04Maid Cuffley.
00:08:05Oh, Tom Cuffley's daughter?
00:08:06Yes.
00:08:07Do you know him?
00:08:08Yes, a bit.
00:08:09Oh, that's different.
00:08:10Look, I want to find out all about three men from London who are staying here.
00:08:13Three men?
00:08:14That's a bit wholesale, isn't it?
00:08:16Please don't be facetious.
00:08:17This is most important.
00:08:18I'm a reporter.
00:08:19I want to interview them.
00:08:20A reporter?
00:08:21One of those people who go around snooping?
00:08:23That's a very rude way of describing it.
00:08:25I don't like people with long noses.
00:08:27Especially girls.
00:08:30Do I understand that you are refusing to cooperate?
00:08:33No, no, no.
00:08:34Not in the least, my dear fellow.
00:08:36Of course, I can't answer for the others.
00:08:38They're an independent lot.
00:08:40They might appeal to the corporation, for instance.
00:08:43The corporation, as you call it, has no executive power
00:08:47and is no longer recognized by the state.
00:08:49That's possibly.
00:08:50But the question is, do the people recognize it?
00:08:53To which I can only answer, they do.
00:08:56Indeed, for many of them, the council of the corporation is the government.
00:09:00That is quite beside the point.
00:09:02Well, please yourself.
00:09:03But you don't want to get run in for trespass, do you?
00:09:06Trespass?
00:09:07Really, I don't think you understand the functions of a magistrate.
00:09:10We are members of a government sub-commission.
00:09:13And we still have the right to elect our own magistrates, Mr. Finch.
00:09:17That's one of the few privileges remaining to the council.
00:09:20That and the power to seize wrecks on the beaches.
00:09:23Oh, we also have a charter day.
00:09:26With so little work on the land, Colonel Gill,
00:09:29what do all the able-bodied men do with their time?
00:09:32Oh, there's always work to do on the farm, you know.
00:09:54What is all this affection betoken?
00:09:56They're here, Dad. I saw them.
00:09:58I saw Colonel Gill, too. He's rather pet.
00:10:00The way you were carrying on, I think you've seen Clark Gable.
00:10:03It's going to be a terrific battle. Can I have it all to myself?
00:10:06As our only reporter, I think that's quite likely.
00:10:08Thank you. Just for that, I'll go duck shooting with you tomorrow.
00:10:11All right, then. I'll get your gun ready.
00:10:16Dad, do you know a man called Hammond?
00:10:19Both Hammonds, yes. Like they were.
00:10:21What does he do?
00:10:23He's a fisherman, as far as I know. Runs a small trawler over his ride.
00:10:27Is that all he does?
00:10:29To the best of my knowledge.
00:10:31What is all this? Have you fallen for it?
00:10:33No, of course not, but he seems such a funny man to be a fisherman.
00:10:36I don't see why.
00:10:38You know long ago when the sea went back and the harbor dried up?
00:10:41Mm-hmm.
00:10:42Where did the boatmen unload their cargoes?
00:10:44Went to Puntz and pulled them out the creeks and the marshes, I believe.
00:10:47But what's all this got to do with the government's subcommission?
00:10:50Nothing. Nothing at all.
00:10:52Then stop pestering me with questions. I'm busy.
00:10:54Mind you're up and ready tomorrow morning at 4 a.m.
00:10:56Worn clothes and gumboots.
00:10:58You better bother that old sweater of mine. It'll be cold.
00:11:18I'll drop you, hear me. It's a good spot.
00:11:20If they're flying high, it would put two fingers in front of them.
00:11:23Got your coffee?
00:11:24Yes.
00:11:25Right, then I'll get along to my own pitch.
00:11:27Enjoy yourself.
00:11:29Right.
00:11:50Oh, my God.
00:12:20Oh, my God.
00:12:50Oh, my God.
00:13:20Oh, my God.
00:13:51Oh, it's a lot, chaps.
00:13:53Just in time.
00:13:55Fully light in two minutes.
00:14:21Oh, my God.
00:14:23Oh, my God.
00:14:50If you come in here, I shall shoot.
00:14:52What are you doing down there?
00:14:53Mind your own business.
00:14:55This gun's loaded.
00:14:57But it is my business. Very much my business, Miss Meg Nosey Cuffley.
00:15:00Oh, it is you.
00:15:02But I'll shoot just the same if you come near me.
00:15:04Something tells me you're not to be trusted with firearms.
00:15:06Better give it to me.
00:15:07No!
00:15:10Oh, you're hurting.
00:15:12That's better.
00:15:14So you've been snooping again, have you?
00:15:16I saw you in the marsh.
00:15:17And followed us here?
00:15:18Mm-hmm.
00:15:19I see.
00:15:21In that case, you'd better see it all.
00:15:27In here.
00:15:28Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to lock you in.
00:15:33What's in all these boxes?
00:15:35Wines and spirits.
00:15:37Well, I can see that for myself, but contraband?
00:15:39That's right.
00:15:41I thought so.
00:15:42Gosh, what a story.
00:15:44This is one story you will not publish.
00:15:46And who's going to stop me?
00:15:47Well, in the first place, it wouldn't be news to most of your readers.
00:15:50Oh?
00:15:52How long has it been going on?
00:15:54At a guess, I'd say five, six, seven hundred years.
00:15:57How thrilling.
00:15:58Of course I knew you weren't just an ordinary fisherman.
00:16:00You newspaper people are very astute.
00:16:04Well, the more you know now, the better, really.
00:16:07Oh? Why?
00:16:09So you won't follow me about anymore.
00:16:11I'm afraid you've torn it now, probably.
00:16:14How?
00:16:15Well, you see, I've become an accomplice, haven't I?
00:16:18Good Lord.
00:16:20Does that mean you're threatening to become a permanent nuisance?
00:16:23Yes, I'm afraid it does.
00:16:36Morning, Captain Biddle.
00:16:37Morning.
00:16:38Good catch.
00:16:39Midland.
00:16:40Yes, it's the weather.
00:16:41Brightens them down.
00:16:43Don't like the look of it, Miss Health.
00:16:44Very nasty.
00:16:45How's your cold, Mr. Hughes?
00:16:47Not safe.
00:16:48Two years I've had it now.
00:16:55Where's your Mr. Hammond this morning, Captain Biddle?
00:16:58Mr. Hammond?
00:16:59Nipped ashore for a bite to eat and a cup of coffee.
00:17:01No, he hadn't ought to have done that.
00:17:03Well, we wasn't expecting you so early.
00:17:05Caught us on the op.
00:17:07Oh, that's him coming down.
00:17:12We told you there'd be trouble nipping ashore for a cup of coffee.
00:17:16Entirely my fault, Mr. Hewitt.
00:17:18Shouldn't go ashore, you know, not before inspection.
00:17:20Regulations have customs out.
00:17:22Just so, Mr. Hewitt.
00:17:23Nought to be ashamed.
00:17:26Well, well.
00:17:27Let's have a look at this catch of yours.
00:17:28Certainly.
00:17:30Get the cover off, Fred.
00:17:40Much the same as the last catch.
00:17:42Fish, Mr. Hewitt.
00:17:44Like sheep and lily whites, look very much the same.
00:17:47Yes, I do say they do.
00:17:50Well, that'll be all for this morning.
00:17:53Good day, Captain Biddle.
00:17:54Good day, Mr. Hewitt.
00:17:55Good day, Mr. Hewitt.
00:18:00How long has this fish been in the hole, Cedric?
00:18:02Couple of days.
00:18:03How long, Cedric?
00:18:04About a week.
00:18:05Hewitt hasn't smelled anything for years.
00:18:06Didn't you do a trawl on the way back from the marshes?
00:18:08We did, and it was a waste of time.
00:18:10Fishing has to be taken seriously or the creatures don't participate.
00:18:23Everything in order, Robert?
00:18:26As far as I know.
00:18:28We detect a certain uneasiness in your manner.
00:18:31How about some coffee?
00:18:33Fred, bring two cups of coffee.
00:18:35Right away, sir.
00:18:37We were followed to the abbey by a girl.
00:18:42What sort of girl?
00:18:44A young girl.
00:18:45Quite a pretty girl.
00:18:47She represents a newspaper, I believe.
00:18:49A lily-white.
00:18:51And then what?
00:18:52I told her which way the wind blew.
00:18:54Nothing to worry about. She's a marsh girl.
00:18:57It was understood that if either of us ever got mixed up with a lily-white in a matter of business,
00:19:01then we'd pack up and go home.
00:19:04We gave a solemn promise.
00:19:07I remember it well.
00:19:09Once, a considerable time ago, we was married to a lily-white.
00:19:14You told me.
00:19:16So far as we are aware, we still are.
00:19:19What happened?
00:19:20She left us for a quartermaster of the Buffs.
00:19:23A very inferior fellow to our way of thinking.
00:19:25What did you do about it?
00:19:27Personally, we rejoiced.
00:19:31Any idea what happened to the lady?
00:19:33We heard she settled down somewhere in the south with a herd of cows and the quartermaster sergeant.
00:19:39What's the moral of all this, Cedric?
00:19:41We looked back on the business with great surprise at ourselves.
00:19:46If everything was a man's own fault, that was.
00:19:49We talked ourselves into it.
00:19:51We told ourselves that we loved her and we believed it.
00:19:56We endowed her with beauty of body and soul greater than she or any other lily-white could ever possess.
00:20:04There's men doing it all the time, Robert.
00:20:06Talking themselves up the aisle.
00:20:09What does a lily-white have to do?
00:20:10Nothing. Nothing at all.
00:20:12Just sit tight and let the fool talk.
00:20:16What then, when he's done it?
00:20:18Then he spends the rest of his life blaming her for not being what he told her she was.
00:20:24It's pitiful to watch, Robert. Pitiful.
00:20:28That's the moral, Robert.
00:20:41I wish Paddo wouldn't go wandering off on his own.
00:20:44He said something about a chat with a coastguard.
00:20:46What on earth for?
00:20:47Oh, I suppose he's fond of coastguards.
00:20:49I wish I didn't find him quite so chilling.
00:20:52Oh, we're from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
00:20:55Oh, please come inside, gentlemen.
00:21:01Make yourselves comfortable, gentlemen.
00:21:03Drop of brandy? Beer, I should say.
00:21:07Thank you, no.
00:21:09Mr. Whitley, my minister is not satisfied that the farmers in this area are making the best use of their land.
00:21:15What's it got to do with your minister?
00:21:17You're not contesting the government's interest in feeding the people, I presume.
00:21:20Very good thing. The people are starving, poor devils.
00:21:23Now, assuming you set aside a certain number of acres for grazing,
00:21:26is there any reason why the rest of it shouldn't be turned over and sown with, for example, potatoes?
00:21:31Never touch it.
00:21:32Oh, why?
00:21:34Starchy.
00:21:38Good morning, coastguard.
00:21:39Uh-huh.
00:21:41I'm from the Agricultural Sub-Commission. We're having a look round you now.
00:21:44What's your name?
00:21:46I'm Prudhoe.
00:21:48Arthur Moulton.
00:21:53P-R-U-D-H-O-E.
00:21:56Well, Mr. Whitley.
00:21:58P-R-U-D-H-O-E.
00:22:01Well, how did you find things in the marsh?
00:22:04I found out they got lost.
00:22:06That's not quite what I meant.
00:22:08I mean, your job. I always like to contact the man on the job.
00:22:12Very kind of you, I'm sure.
00:22:14Not at all.
00:22:16Is there anything wrong?
00:22:17Wrong?
00:22:18You seem rather angry. You find it rather dull out here, I dare say.
00:22:21Dull?
00:22:23Well, uh, boring, shall we say.
00:22:25Sitting alone here all day, you get a little, well, cross about it.
00:22:30I ain't cross.
00:22:31It's me teeth.
00:22:33Oh, your teeth.
00:22:34You see, there's that there wall to watch.
00:22:37It's not a very exhilarating pastime, I imagine.
00:22:40There's a hole in it.
00:22:41Indeed?
00:22:43I hadn't observed one.
00:22:44Aye, where the entrance to Fortnoy Harbour used to be.
00:22:47Oh, yes, of course.
00:22:49And, of course, there's the flotsam.
00:22:51Oh, yes, the flotsam. Mmm.
00:22:53And the ships?
00:22:54Always be, always be.
00:22:57Remarkable, I'd never realized.
00:22:58Something happening all the time.
00:23:00What with the sea and the ships and the wall and the flotsam.
00:23:04And, of course, the smugglers.
00:23:10By Jove, look at that door.
00:23:13Wonderful piece of Lake Norman.
00:23:15Come along, Fisherwick.
00:23:16This is not an archaeological ramble.
00:23:18Strawn.
00:23:20I'm told the fishermen used to tie their boats to the churchyard wall in the old days.
00:23:25That was before the sea went back, of course.
00:23:27Extraordinary, perhaps, but hardly relevant to the matter in hand.
00:23:30No.
00:23:32But still, this farm that we're going to visit must lie at the bottom of the original old harbour.
00:23:38And the sewage, probably.
00:23:39Really, Fisherwick?
00:23:41You don't need to go into details.
00:23:42Oh, I'm sorry.
00:23:43Hello, old girl.
00:23:46Come on.
00:23:47Come along, Fisherwick.
00:24:04Seems to be deserted.
00:24:06Nonsense, there must be somebody about.
00:24:07I don't intend to be put off easily.
00:24:09What do you want?
00:24:11Ah, Mr. Beanbridge.
00:24:14What do you want?
00:24:15We are the sub-commission from the Ministry of Agriculture.
00:24:18We are inspecting the farms in this area.
00:24:20You won't inspect mine.
00:24:22Perhaps we can have a little talk.
00:24:24Get off my land.
00:24:25I beg your pardon, sir?
00:24:27I said get off my land.
00:24:28We are here on government business, Mr. Beanbridge.
00:24:31If you don't get off my land, I shall have the law on you.
00:24:33Nonsense.
00:24:34We are here to investigate your ability to farm this holy.
00:24:36Are you getting off my land or do I have to drive you off?
00:24:39Get out of it!
00:24:40Come on!
00:24:41Get out!
00:24:42Get out!
00:24:43Get out!
00:24:45Get out!
00:24:47Get out!
00:24:48Get out!
00:24:49Hear me!
00:24:51Oh, it's time they learned there's a law in this country.
00:24:53Don't forget they elect their own magistrates.
00:24:55Who?
00:24:56Isn't it in the charter?
00:24:57If anyone mentions that charter to me again upon my soul, I shall strike him.
00:25:02Obstetrials aren't shown.
00:25:05What are you grinning at?
00:25:06Now listen to me, Polly.
00:25:07I listened to you once before.
00:25:09Go and clean out the cowshed.
00:25:11I'll clean out the cowshed when I think fit.
00:25:14Please yourself, Joseph.
00:25:38Evening, Colonel.
00:25:39Oh, I'm glad you've come, Robert.
00:25:41I wanted to talk to you.
00:25:43Urquhart's been here.
00:25:44Urquhart, the Coast Guard?
00:25:46Is something wrong?
00:25:47Not yet, but it's getting dangerous.
00:25:49Does Urquhart suspect?
00:25:51I thought he was being kept out of it.
00:25:53Never been told a word, to my knowledge.
00:25:55Don't want to involve the local officials.
00:25:57They've too much at stake.
00:25:59Well, then.
00:26:00It's this infernal sub-commission.
00:26:02They're getting nosy.
00:26:03That fellow, Prudhoe.
00:26:05A snooper, if ever I saw one.
00:26:07Dropped in on Urquhart this morning.
00:26:09Been talking to Constable Pettigrew, too.
00:26:11Have a drink.
00:26:14You know a girl called Meg Cuffley?
00:26:16Indeed I do.
00:26:17Tom Cuffley's daughter.
00:26:19She followed us to the Abbey last time.
00:26:21I had to tell her the whole story.
00:26:23Blasted. Tom wanted her kept out of this.
00:26:25She's all right.
00:26:26A real marsh girl.
00:26:27Now, you know what this means, Robert?
00:26:29It's all got to stop.
00:26:31Now.
00:26:32Yes.
00:26:33There's another shipment waiting in the nets.
00:26:35It was too late to stop it.
00:26:37Well, can't we leave it in the nets?
00:26:39Seems such a pity.
00:26:41There'd be some bottles of Napoleon brandy among it.
00:26:43Genuine?
00:26:44Usually reliable.
00:26:46By George, a shame to keep that in the sea for long.
00:26:48Won't do it any good.
00:26:50No.
00:26:52Well, it'll have to be the last for a bit.
00:26:54Definitely the last.
00:27:00Well, little ought to know what he's doing.
00:27:02But I shouldn't lie to me out there on a night like this.
00:27:04Nor would I.
00:27:06Did you see the barometer?
00:27:07Stormy, it says.
00:27:12Hello.
00:27:13Oh, hello.
00:27:14I thought you were on board.
00:27:15Not tonight.
00:27:16I'm glad.
00:27:17Oh?
00:27:18Why?
00:27:19Well, there's a sort of funny, broody feeling in the air.
00:27:21As if it were going to be the end of the world or something.
00:27:24And so it is.
00:27:25The end of my little bit of world, anyway.
00:27:27What do you mean?
00:27:28This is the last trip.
00:27:29What?
00:27:30Mm-hmm.
00:27:31That's wonderful.
00:27:32Just when I'm getting nicely involved in it.
00:27:34That's the point.
00:27:35Well, I think it's mean.
00:27:37Nobody ever lets me do anything.
00:27:39Much better that way.
00:27:40What are you going to do now?
00:27:42I haven't thought.
00:27:43Go away somewhere, I suppose.
00:27:45And what am I expected to do?
00:27:47Well, now, let's see.
00:27:50I would suggest...
00:27:51Don't say it.
00:27:52I know.
00:27:53Pick myself a nice young man, get married, and settle down.
00:27:56It was on the tip of my tongue.
00:27:57Oh!
00:28:09You'd have thought we'd had a drop of decent weather for the last trip, wouldn't you?
00:28:19It'll hold off.
00:28:20So how'd you do if we went down for the last trip, wouldn't you?
00:28:27What with one thing and another, we are very depressed just now.
00:28:31And we'd be obliged if you'd shut your trap.
00:28:40Are the pants in the gut?
00:28:47Already.
00:28:48Well, it's up to you then, Robert.
00:28:49You know the job better than me.
00:28:51I'll stay till you've got it ashore, then cut back home.
00:28:54Don't like the look of the weather.
00:28:56We're in for a storm.
00:28:58Still, Biddle could ride a hurricane.
00:29:00I hope you're right.
00:29:10Up against the gate!
00:29:32That's torn it!
00:29:34It tastes not friendly to me.
00:29:36Very unfortunate.
00:29:38Seeing as this is our last trip and seeing as how we are very depressed,
00:29:43what with one thing and another, we will fetch a corkscrew.
00:29:46What do you want a corkscrew for?
00:29:49This is Napoleon.
00:29:52We will treat it with proper respect.
00:29:59Here we are.
00:30:01Ah!
00:30:07We're interrupting this program for a gale warning.
00:30:10Attention all shipping.
00:30:12Ah, it helps, it helps a lot, I must say.
00:30:17Oh, very medicinal.
00:30:21An uncommonly fine tonic, we agree.
00:30:25Salt.
00:30:28Now, if you gentlemen are ready, we will continue.
00:30:32I'll repeat that.
00:30:34A deep depression now situated south of the Lizard
00:30:37is moving rapidly up the channel
00:30:39accompanied by westerly winds of gale force
00:30:42and abnormally high tide.
00:30:44Well, it's a good high tide anyway.
00:30:47Last time we were scraping the bottom.
00:30:51Listen to that.
00:30:52Did you ever hear anything like that before?
00:30:59They shouldn't be long now.
00:31:02I don't like the feel of things, Robert.
00:31:10But how did he get here?
00:31:12What's he doing?
00:31:20All aboard the stone!
00:31:29Siggy, we would like full steam ahead.
00:31:41Two busted, one tank.
00:31:44If we was to give one to the skipper and one to Siggy
00:31:47but all four for ourselves,
00:31:49for medicinal purposes,
00:31:51that'd leave six.
00:31:53Then we could call it half a case, see?
00:31:55That makes some sense in half a case.
00:31:57Well, nobody wants odd numbers.
00:31:59Nobody.
00:32:01Look, Robert, the sea.
00:32:03Coming right up here.
00:32:05They'll never get ashore in this weather.
00:32:07We'd better get out of here.
00:32:09Get the men together.
00:32:11What will Biddle do?
00:32:14Dump the stuff in the sea and run for port.
00:32:17Come on.
00:32:23You camel!
00:32:26Have you heard it once?
00:32:28Don't they call you a camel?
00:32:30You comey, you take heed of what I have implied.
00:32:43Oh, do you?
00:32:44Yes, and I'll do you too.
00:32:45Take your foot out of me eye.
00:32:46I haven't got me foot in your eye.
00:33:03I'm going back.
00:33:05Worried about Biddle?
00:33:06Yes.
00:33:07I'll come with you.
00:33:09No, no, better alone.
00:33:10Made of cork?
00:33:12Unsinkable?
00:33:13Oh, once enough.
00:33:22Help!
00:33:24Help!
00:33:30Help!
00:33:32Help!
00:33:34Oh, let me out, someone!
00:33:43Help!
00:33:59You again!
00:34:02It's all right, don't fret.
00:34:03We'll get you out of here in two seconds as soon as the storm drops.
00:34:05I couldn't get out when the trees fell.
00:34:07You must be terrified.
00:34:08I wasn't frightened.
00:34:09I just couldn't get out.
00:34:10Poor darling.
00:34:12I heard my knee coming in.
00:34:13What?
00:34:14Let's see.
00:34:15It's nothing.
00:34:16It's only a scratch.
00:34:17Don't be stupid.
00:34:18It ought to be bound up here.
00:34:19Hold the torch.
00:34:23For goodness sake, relax.
00:34:24I'm not going to eat you.
00:34:27There you are.
00:34:29I said you'd become a permanent nuisance, didn't I?
00:34:32Yes.
00:34:43Get out of here.
00:35:05Full speed astern!
00:35:06Go astern!
00:35:12Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God,
00:35:39Oops...
00:35:47Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God...
00:36:02What's the matter?
00:36:03Nothing.
00:36:04There's a chip in the duct phone.
00:36:06Joseph, there's a ship in the dock pond.
00:36:10What?
00:36:36Get that boat off of my land!
00:37:02Get this boat off of my land!
00:37:08Who put this boat in my meadow?
00:37:12If you don't answer, I'll fire!
00:37:18Yes? Who is it?
00:37:20Who are you? Is this your boat?
00:37:25It is.
00:37:26Who said you could anchor here?
00:37:28It seemed a pretty spot.
00:37:30I'll have you up for trespass. I'll put the police on you.
00:37:32There's going to be trouble over this.
00:37:35We've seen your face before somewhere.
00:37:38I'll show you. I know my rights.
00:37:42Never in all my life I'll have the law on him.
00:38:00What's going on, Mr. Biddle? How did we get here?
00:38:03That problem is at present occupying our attention, Fred.
00:38:07It would appear that we are marooned.
00:38:10Excuse me. Excuse me.
00:38:31No use of Biddle in Rye? Where the devil could he have got to?
00:38:36It looks as if they've had it.
00:38:40Is this the vessel in question?
00:38:42Of course it is. How many do you think there are? Half a dozen?
00:38:45It might be so, Mr. Bainbridge. It might well be so.
00:38:49Is there a loader at hand?
00:38:52There'll be no need for you to mount, Mr. Bainbridge, at this stage.
00:38:59This is a very unfortunate position to find yourself in, Captain.
00:39:02I'll have to take some particulars.
00:39:04Name?
00:39:06Biddle.
00:39:08Biddle.
00:39:10Biddle.
00:39:12Biddle.
00:39:14Biddle.
00:39:16Biddle.
00:39:18Biddle.
00:39:21Fixed abode.
00:39:22What place is this?
00:39:23Portnoy, Captain.
00:39:25Fixed abode, Portnoy.
00:39:27Portnoy.
00:39:31Cargo?
00:39:32A fish.
00:39:33That's right. A fish.
00:39:38Fish.
00:39:46We haven't tried Dober yet.
00:39:49Hello, maid, my dear.
00:39:50You're disgustingly bright and early.
00:39:52The frolic is in the harbor.
00:39:53In what harbor?
00:39:54Here, in Portnoy Harbor.
00:39:55The events of the night have turned on mine.
00:39:57I thought it was my own eyes, I tell you. In Bainbridge's meadow, high and dry.
00:40:00Good God, it must be washed up on that monster tide.
00:40:03Were there any bodies?
00:40:04Bodies? Well, all the crew are on board, if that's what you mean.
00:40:07Alive?
00:40:11Haven't you arrested him?
00:40:14It's trespass! What about my meadow?
00:40:17Didn't you order him to get off?
00:40:18Pending reference of the matter to the justices, Mr. Bainbridge,
00:40:22I have deemed it my duty to instruct Captain Biddle
00:40:26that the boat must on no account be moved from its present position.
00:40:32I'll report you. I'll have you up for this.
00:40:35The law is the law, Mr. Bainbridge, come what may.
00:40:48Cedric!
00:40:51Polly!
00:41:01Oh!
00:41:18Who's fighting her, do you suppose?
00:41:20We are the object of considerable amusement.
00:41:23Well, who is it?
00:41:24A lily-white by the name of Polly.
00:41:27She seems to know you.
00:41:29She should. She is our wife.
00:41:33Ahoy there!
00:41:41Good morning, sir.
00:41:42Good morning, Captain.
00:41:44Well, it's no good asking you how you got in here.
00:41:47The question is, how in thunder are you ever going to get out?
00:41:50Hello, Biddle. Am I glad to see you.
00:41:53The Colonel's right, though. What are we going to do?
00:41:55We have a matter under consideration. It'll not be difficult.
00:41:58It's a question of building a slipway.
00:42:00A what?
00:42:01A slipway across the fields to the seawall.
00:42:04Then with a system of pulleys, block and tackle.
00:42:07And who do you suppose is going to do that for us?
00:42:09Mr. Bainbridge.
00:42:10And who is Mr. Bainbridge?
00:42:11Mr. Bainbridge is the owner of our present anchorage.
00:42:14He will go to some trouble to remove us.
00:42:19I'm dashed if I can see why he should.
00:42:22You'll find that he will.
00:42:24Yes, you'll find that he will.
00:42:29Cedric, what have you got on Bainbridge?
00:42:32Trespass.
00:42:33Well, that's our fault, not his, surely.
00:42:35Trespass, his.
00:42:37Once we had a wife by the name of Polly.
00:42:40She left us for a certain quartermaster sergeant.
00:42:43Good heavens. You don't mean that Polly Bainbridge is your...
00:42:46We do.
00:42:47Great Scott.
00:42:48These things are in the stars.
00:42:51You'll find that Mr. Bainbridge will be pleased to build us a slipway.
00:42:56Suppose he will, which I doubt.
00:42:58Who's going to pay for it?
00:42:59For a matter of funds, we propose to every course two.
00:43:04Bottomary.
00:43:06What?
00:43:07When a ship finds itself in a foreign port without the means to proceed elsewhere,
00:43:12the master is permitted to borrow money ashore from any party on security of the ship and its contents.
00:43:19The maritime contract known as Bottomary.
00:43:24And who do you suppose is going to advance money on a land-bound wreck?
00:43:27We were thinking of Colonel Gill.
00:43:30You were, were you?
00:43:32You were, were you?
00:43:34And where is the security?
00:43:36In the hold.
00:43:40You mean you didn't dump the stuff overboard?
00:43:42Certainly not. We always deliver our cargoes.
00:43:47We will now leave you to talk over the details.
00:43:50We ourself will visit Mr. Bainbridge.
00:43:55Seadvick, you are without question the biggest scoundrel I've ever met in my life.
00:44:03I've got to get rid of that cargo at once.
00:44:06Can't be done, Robert.
00:44:08Every nosy parker in the county will be hanging around this wreck.
00:44:11Nosy parkers, yet I'd forgotten the subcommission, where they'll be buzzing around like horseflies.
00:44:17They must be kept away at all costs.
00:44:20What about the corporation? Can't they do anything?
00:44:25The bailiff sergeant.
00:44:27Who's he?
00:44:28Who's he?
00:44:29The seizing officer for the corporation.
00:44:31All wrecks belong by charter to the Corporation of the Liberty.
00:44:34Come on, my boys.
00:44:46Ah, we've come to have a little chat.
00:44:48Get out!
00:44:59Which is the parlor?
00:45:05Sit down.
00:45:07About the removal of our ship, we would like to get it re-floated without delay.
00:45:12You'd better!
00:45:13Sit down. Let's talk it over.
00:45:17As we see it, it's a matter of constructing a slipway.
00:45:21The job should present very few difficulties to a man of action such as yourself.
00:45:26You mean I'm expected to...
00:45:28Yourself.
00:45:29To shift a boat!
00:45:31We understand one another very well.
00:45:33Get out! Get out!
00:45:35We take it that you haven't yet discussed the matter with the lady of the house.
00:45:40Do I have to fetch a shotgun, do you?
00:45:43Once we knew a fellow like you, looked like you, talked like you, acted pretty much the same.
00:45:52He was a soldier of sorts, a kind of quartermaster sergeant.
00:45:57He took a fancy to a certain Lilywhite known to us.
00:46:00Thought a lot of himself to this fellow only.
00:46:03Finally, he got what he wanted and the Lilywhite listened.
00:46:07Left her deeply devoted husband.
00:46:11Who are you?
00:46:12To tell you the truth, we were not quite so mortified as some folks thought we should also be.
00:46:20But no matter.
00:46:25When you are ready to discuss the construction of the slipway, we should be pleased to listen.
00:46:32We will have our breakfast now.
00:46:37It's ready, Cedric.
00:46:40We will have our breakfast now.
00:46:45It's ready, Cedric.
00:47:10Excuse me.
00:47:11Make way for the bailiff's sergeant.
00:47:13Excuse me.
00:47:14Hold it, Rigby!
00:47:15You can't lose, Rigby!
00:47:20Hello?
00:47:24Hello?
00:47:26Ship ahoy.
00:47:27Do you want something?
00:47:28Oh, pardon me.
00:47:30Are you the captain?
00:47:31No, he's ashore.
00:47:32My name's Rigby.
00:47:34I'm the bailiff's sergeant.
00:47:35Come again?
00:47:36The bailiff's sergeant.
00:47:37I seize vessels on behalf of the Council of the Corporation.
00:47:40Ah.
00:47:41Oh, you do, do you?
00:47:43If you'll let down the ladder, I'll come aboard.
00:47:45Ah, look, chum, whose idea was all this?
00:47:47Well, if you really want to know, it started with Henry III.
00:47:53Well, look, you go back to Henry and tell him to mind his own business.
00:47:57Uh, I'm afraid you don't quite understand.
00:48:01Hello.
00:48:02Who's this joker?
00:48:03Oh, this is the sergeant of the bailiff.
00:48:05Oh, morning, Sarge.
00:48:06Good morning.
00:48:07He's come to seize us on behalf of the Corporation.
00:48:09Go on.
00:48:12Ah, good man, Rigby.
00:48:13You haven't wasted much time.
00:48:15Everything in order?
00:48:16Well, uh, no, not exactly.
00:48:18Why, what's the trouble?
00:48:19Having a little difficulty getting aboard, sir.
00:48:21Oh, yes, sir.
00:48:22I see, yes.
00:48:23Well, uh, strictly speaking, you should go aboard, of course.
00:48:27But, uh, in the circumstances, it must be a painful experience for the crew, you know.
00:48:32Well, we don't want to hurt their feelings.
00:48:34Naturally, they are a bit sensitive.
00:48:36Yes, sir.
00:48:37I hadn't thought of that.
00:48:38You better sit tight down here and don't let anyone else come near.
00:48:42The Corporation's solidly behind you, Rigby.
00:48:44Thank you, sir.
00:48:47Have you lost something?
00:48:49Sir, I was wondering, would it be in order if I went home to fetch a stool and a bite to eat later on?
00:48:54Oh, certainly.
00:48:55Capital idea.
00:48:57I'll hold the fort until you get back.
00:48:58Now, you better cut along now.
00:48:59Thank you, sir.
00:49:05Oh.
00:49:12That's astonishing.
00:49:14She must have been whipped over the seawall and plumped down in the old harbor by the storm.
00:49:17It was certainly a wild night.
00:49:18I think we should investigate.
00:49:20It's nothing to do with us.
00:49:21I've been checking up on one or two things lately, Finch.
00:49:23I think it might be interesting to go aboard.
00:49:25Oh, do you think they'd let us?
00:49:26It's a trawler, isn't it?
00:49:27And we are the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
00:49:30Nothing will induce me to stay near this place without police protection.
00:49:33I know.
00:49:34But I shall make it my business to see that the customs and Coast Guard are advised.
00:49:39You know, Fishwick, I wish I liked Perrault better.
00:49:54Robert.
00:49:56Might we inquire the purpose of these activities?
00:49:59Now, we've got to shift that liquor, Seeley.
00:50:01We already have the matter in hand.
00:50:02We can't risk waiting while you build a slipway, Seadwick.
00:50:04We've got to empty her now.
00:50:05And who will pay to re-float an empty vessel?
00:50:09Are you sure you're going to want to re-float her?
00:50:11Now?
00:50:14Knowing ourselves as we do, that is what we are afraid of.
00:50:19When do we get that hatch open?
00:50:21Get down in the hold and start passing up the crates.
00:50:24You men break open the crates, transfer the bottles into the fish boxes.
00:50:28Now, we've got to look slippery. We haven't much time.
00:50:30So far, so good.
00:50:32This is a great and grievous mistake, gentlemen.
00:50:35Sorry, Captain.
00:50:36But it seemed to us to be more practicable than, uh, vortimery.
00:50:42Are those three white old vultures we heard just now?
00:50:45On board? Good God, no.
00:50:47But I don't trust them, Robert.
00:50:50Hello?
00:50:52Meg.
00:50:53I've come to interview the shipwreck's mariner.
00:50:55The Lily White. We might have known.
00:50:57Meg, you can't stay here.
00:50:58Why not? I'm from the interior depot.
00:51:00But don't you realize the ship's still full of smuggled liquor?
00:51:02Yes, I see.
00:51:03You're not to get mixed up in this. You're to keep away. Right away.
00:51:06It's a bit late for that now, isn't it?
00:51:08I brought you some sandwiches. They're tomato.
00:51:13You're a remarkably cool young woman.
00:51:15I know what I'm about, Colonel Gill.
00:51:17Yes, I believe you do.
00:51:19Oh, by the way, I passed that old Coast Guard chap, the Urquhart, in the lane.
00:51:22I think he was on his way here.
00:51:23What?
00:51:24That's Bruce.
00:51:25Get that stuff back in the hold.
00:51:27We said this was a mistake.
00:51:45Yes? Who are you?
00:51:47Coast Guard.
00:51:48And what can we do for you?
00:51:49He's seized.
00:51:50Is that so?
00:51:51Aye, Rixie Salvage. Salvage, please.
00:51:53Is that so?
00:51:54Aye, Rixie Salvage. Salvage belongs to Border Trade.
00:51:57We are not aware of any Rix in this vicinity.
00:52:00The laws of Salvage says...
00:52:02This boat is not Salvage.
00:52:04Oh, there you are, Captain Biddle.
00:52:06Excuse me, Mr. Urquhart. I've got to board this vessel.
00:52:09Aye?
00:52:10The ship has already been seized, Mr. Hewitt.
00:52:12What's that?
00:52:13You heard what he said.
00:52:15But, Captain Biddle...
00:52:16Don't blame us, Mr. Hewitt. Blame the Border Trade.
00:52:19That's right. Now, perhaps I can get on with my job.
00:52:22Look here, Mr. Urquhart.
00:52:23You know that any ship entering the British Borders...
00:52:25...is liable to customs inspection.
00:52:26And furthermore, any ship...
00:52:27Oh, for God's sake, Salvage.
00:52:28And Salvage belongs to the Border Trade.
00:52:29Will you let go of my foot?
00:52:30What are you listening to?
00:52:31You interfere with the regulations.
00:52:32Excuse me.
00:52:33Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:52:34The ship's already seized.
00:52:35Pardon? Who said so?
00:52:36I got here first.
00:52:37I just went back to my stool.
00:52:38I seized it.
00:52:39Who gave him the right to go around seizing ships?
00:52:41Henry III, we understand?
00:52:43Now, look here.
00:52:44Nobody boards that vessel while I'm here to prevent it.
00:52:47Nor will you. That's our promise.
00:52:49Ah, well, if you stay, I stay.
00:52:51There, drop it.
00:53:22Oh, dear.
00:53:23Oh, dear.
00:53:24Oh, dear.
00:53:25Oh, dear.
00:53:26Oh, dear.
00:53:27Oh, dear.
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00:53:29Oh, dear.
00:53:30Oh, dear.
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00:53:40Oh, dear.
00:53:41Oh, dear.
00:53:42Oh, dear.
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00:53:45Oh, dear.
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00:53:50Oh, dear.
00:53:51Oh, dear.
00:53:52Oh, dear.
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00:57:24Thank you very much.
00:57:25And I've taken the liberty of preparing the necessary documents on your behalf.
00:57:29They're up at the station now, if you'd care to come.
00:57:31I'll come up with you now.
00:57:36You want to go to the boat?
00:57:38Mm-hmm.
00:57:40Well, jump in.
00:57:41Mmm-hmm.
00:57:42Oh, come along. We must get down there at once.
00:57:44But the constable is...
00:57:45Hang the constable here. Find us down there.
00:57:47Really, Prado?
00:57:47This is not the moment for pusillanimity, Finch. Come along.
00:58:06Get out! Get off my land!
00:58:08I told you to get off my land!
00:58:11Get out!
00:58:12Oh, now, have a care. I'll have the law on you.
00:58:15It's you who'll be in trouble, my man.
00:58:17Trouble? Haven't I got trouble enough?
00:58:20That great bull sitting in my house eating me food night and day,
00:58:23a ship in the duck pond,
00:58:25half the officials of the place came to my land and now you again.
00:58:28Clear out, all of you! Go on!
00:58:30Get off my land before I take a fork here!
00:58:33We've come to investigate the disposal of a quantity of fish, Mr. Bainbridge.
00:58:38What's that?
00:58:39Oh, no, you don't.
00:58:40You aren't going aboard this ship.
00:58:41This ship has been seized by me, a bailiff sergeant of the Council of the Liberty.
00:58:44Liberty? Fiddlesticks, let me pass.
00:58:46Salvage belongs to the Board of Trade.
00:58:48This is ridiculous.
00:58:55Extraordinary thing.
00:58:56Very curious.
00:58:57The bird must be sick.
00:59:00Poison!
00:59:01Nonsense, man. Who'd want to poison your ducks?
00:59:04Everybody. Everybody in the place.
00:59:06It's me they're after.
00:59:08I know.
00:59:12They're poisoning me pond water.
00:59:15They all hate me.
00:59:17I know.
00:59:18What the devil's going on down there?
00:59:20I know. It's been done deliberately. I'm not a fool.
00:59:23They've been after me for years.
00:59:24Stop talking rubbish, man.
00:59:28Do you smell anything, Fisherwick?
00:59:31Yeah, it's rather pleasant.
00:59:32Pleasant? Be so good as to fill that bottle with water from the pond.
00:59:42Fortunate that you could have a bottle handy, Prudhoe, I must say.
00:59:45I believe in being ready for any eventuality, Finch.
00:59:49Thank you, Fisherwick.
00:59:53I suggest you take this straight away to the chemist for analysis.
00:59:59Well, hurry along, Fisherwick.
01:00:02Meg, stop that at once.
01:00:04I think it's a brilliant idea.
01:00:06You've got rid of ten bottles already.
01:00:07I told you not to get mixed up in all this.
01:00:09Oh, don't let's start that all over again.
01:00:11You realize you've cooked our goose.
01:00:13Well, pickled our ducks, anyway.
01:00:17I do not propose to wait any longer for this constable.
01:00:19I'm going to search the ship.
01:00:22The Council of the Liberty.
01:00:23The board of trade.
01:00:24Regulations and the customs officer.
01:00:25I represent the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
01:00:28The senior minister, I believe.
01:00:29Leave guard, men.
01:00:30Come along, Finch.
01:00:32If this ship is found to contain contraband,
01:00:34you'll all be held as accessories,
01:00:35and your press will avail you nothing.
01:00:37Nothing.
01:00:39I know that the board of trade...
01:00:45Oh, were you looking for someone?
01:00:47Not someone, young man.
01:00:49In my capacity as a member of a government sub-commission,
01:00:52I propose to search this ship.
01:00:55Oh, perhaps you'll be good enough to conduct me,
01:00:57first of all, to the main cabin.
01:00:58Nobody's got no right to board a ship
01:01:00what's been seized by the Coast Guard
01:01:01in a proper manner according to the regulations.
01:01:03No, this ship has to be put up for auction,
01:01:05and the proceeds credited to the funds of the Council.
01:01:08I've had enough. Get off my land, all of you.
01:01:10And take your ship with you.
01:01:11Stay off and leave me alone.
01:01:13Ah, Constable, just in time.
01:01:15Good morning, sir.
01:01:16Good morning, gentlemen.
01:01:17I see you've come at last.
01:01:18Constable, these men have obstructed me
01:01:20from boarding this vessel.
01:01:21My colleagues and I have made an important discovery.
01:01:23Is that so, sir?
01:01:24Well, we must just attend to that matter later.
01:01:27Later?
01:01:28It's my duty to inform you, sir,
01:01:30and these other gentlemen present,
01:01:32that a charge of trespass has been brought.
01:01:36Trespass?
01:01:36That's right, sir.
01:01:38It's just a question of serving up
01:01:39the summoners as laid down.
01:01:41One for you, Mr. Finch,
01:01:43Mr. Rigby,
01:01:45Mr. Hewitt,
01:01:46and Mr. Urquhart.
01:01:49Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:01:53We will now examine the hold.
01:01:55Oh, the, uh, the hold, Mr. Prutter?
01:01:57If you please.
01:01:58Oh, I'm afraid the, uh, catch is a little stale.
01:02:00We weren't allowed to unload it.
01:02:02No doubt, no doubt.
01:02:05Well, I shall, uh, have to get the hatch covers lifted.
01:02:07Kindly do, sir, at once.
01:02:10Uh, yes.
01:02:12Mr. Hammond,
01:02:13I've given an order.
01:02:16Oh, very well.
01:02:18A very timely appearance, constable.
01:02:20Ah, thank you, sir.
01:02:21I have here a summons to be served in you, sir.
01:02:25A what?
01:02:26A summons for trespass, sir.
01:02:27Ah, there we are.
01:02:28The justices will be sitting shortly,
01:02:30so the matter can be dealt with prompt at the petty session.
01:02:33We've no time to lose.
01:02:34Come along, sir, please.
01:02:35But this is outrageous!
01:02:36All in good time, sir.
01:02:37I shall speak to the minister.
01:02:38All in good time.
01:02:40You'll have to answer for this idiocy, constable.
01:02:42All in good time, sir.
01:02:43All of my experience as a government servant.
01:02:46I've lived my life as a monstrous child.
01:02:48The analysis will be ready this afternoon.
01:02:49Hello, is something wrong?
01:02:51Wrong?
01:02:52We've been summoned for trespass, that's all.
01:02:54Trespass?
01:02:55That's what I said, Fisherwick.
01:02:56Well.
01:02:57And that goes for you, too.
01:02:59All right, gentlemen, no time to lose.
01:03:01All right, gentlemen, no time to lose.
01:03:04Quiet, everybody, please.
01:03:06Come along quietly.
01:03:08That's right.
01:03:09All right, all right.
01:03:10How dare you talk to me like that?
01:03:12Nice and quiet.
01:03:13Nice and quiet.
01:03:15Oh.
01:03:16What is it, dear?
01:03:17It would appear that the law has taken that assorted rabble of bureaucrats into custody.
01:03:23Gentlemen, all nice and orderly.
01:03:25All nice and orderly.
01:03:29Does that mean you're believing now, Cedric?
01:03:32As soon as we have procured a slipway, a few stout horses, chain, tackle,
01:03:3720 fathoms of good rope, all of which your Mr. Bainbridge has so obligingly agreed to provide, we are off.
01:03:45Furthermore, we shall be forsaking hard liquor until the frolic is afloat again.
01:03:52Cedric?
01:03:54Yes, my dear?
01:03:56You're sure you really want to go away?
01:04:02That is our declared intention.
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01:05:25I missed ya.
01:05:34We miss you too.
01:05:51May it please the court, a case of trespass.
01:06:00I wish to make a protest.
01:06:01Order!
01:06:02Who is this fellow?
01:06:05Before this farce is proceeded with, I have something to say.
01:06:08Now then, now then.
01:06:10This is a court of law.
01:06:12Conduct yourself accordingly.
01:06:13Is it really necessary to deal with all these people at once?
01:06:18For the purpose of reading the charge, Your Worship.
01:06:21Oh, very well then, very well.
01:06:23Proceed.
01:06:26The charge is that you, Herbert Finch, Roderick Fisherwick, Spencer Prado, James Urquhart,
01:06:33Hubert Hewitt, and Edgar Rigby, on Thursday the 19th, did knowingly commit a trespass
01:06:39on the lands known as Old Harbour Meadow, the property of one Joseph Bainbridge.
01:06:44Do you each and respectively plead guilty or not guilty to this charge?
01:06:48May I be permitted to speak now?
01:06:50Certainly not.
01:06:54So far, so good.
01:06:55Pray heavenly, spin it out.
01:06:56How long do you think we've got?
01:06:57With a lot of luck, an hour and a half.
01:06:59You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:07:01We'll go down to the ship.
01:07:02Hop in, then.
01:07:51With a lot of luck, an hour and a half.
01:07:55You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:07:57We'll go down to the ship.
01:07:58Hop in, then.
01:07:59You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:01We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:02Hop in, then.
01:08:03You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:04We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:05Hop in, then.
01:08:06You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:07We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:08Hop in, then.
01:08:09You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:10We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:11Hop in, then.
01:08:12You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:13We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:14Hop in, then.
01:08:15You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:16We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:17Hop in, then.
01:08:18You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:19We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:20Hop in, then.
01:08:21You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:22We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:23Hop in, then.
01:08:24You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:25We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:26Hop in, then.
01:08:27You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:28We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:29Hop in, then.
01:08:30You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:31We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:32Hop in, then.
01:08:33You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:34We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:35Hop in, then.
01:08:36You'd better go and start a moving, Robert.
01:08:37We'll go down to the ship.
01:08:38Hop in, then.
01:08:39An hour and a half, did you say?
01:08:56Take all of three hours.
01:08:58Well, even our Justices can't spin out in case of trespass for three hours, Robert.
01:09:02Rather put your trust in the men of the Marsh.
01:09:05I'd feel better if they'd begin to turn up.
01:09:07Look, there's someone coming.
01:09:08Look, there's someone coming now.
01:09:11Get these bottles uncorked.
01:09:15How much longer is this going on?
01:09:17The justices has to consider.
01:09:19They've been out an hour already.
01:09:21How much longer am I to be kept here like a common thief?
01:09:24Right up.
01:09:39The bench has given considerable time to this case
01:09:42since it would appear to be without precedent,
01:09:44at least as far as the records of his court.
01:09:48In July of the year 1723,
01:09:53a riding officer of his majesty's custom was hanged
01:09:59in error following a conviction for the theft of a sheep.
01:10:04Unfortunately, we have no evidence
01:10:07of trespass by government officials.
01:10:10Be that as it may, however,
01:10:11the laws relating to private property
01:10:13are sufficiently well known in this country.
01:10:15There can be no excuse for disregarding them.
01:10:18Am I going too fast for you?
01:10:20Not at all, your honor.
01:10:32And bless our charger.
01:10:35Just a minute, boys.
01:10:37Just a minute.
01:10:46You've had enough?
01:10:47I reckon I can have another drop for the liberty.
01:10:50Brotherhood property is a very live conception in the marsh.
01:11:01On the other hand,
01:11:03there may be extenuating circumstances
01:11:06as indeed the defendants pleaded,
01:11:09to which necessity the requirements
01:11:12of an official investigation
01:11:14in the case of three of the defendants
01:11:17and of the pursuit of duty
01:11:19in the case of the other three.
01:11:22But it will be remembered
01:11:24an exactly similar plea was offered
01:11:26by the defendants at Nuremberg.
01:11:29And what happened to them?
01:11:31And what happened to them?
01:11:33What we have to decide then,
01:11:35and it is the opinion of the bench
01:11:37that trespass was indeed committed,
01:11:39brackets there,
01:11:41what we have to decide
01:11:43is whether the defendants
01:11:45presumed on their rights as officials,
01:11:49whether,
01:11:51since those set in authority
01:11:53should set an example,
01:11:55whether it does not behold them
01:11:58to be doubly circumspect.
01:12:00Doubly circumspect?
01:12:02Where did I get to?
01:12:04How many circumspects?
01:12:06No, no, no. Why don't you pay attention?
01:12:08I must request an immediate adjournment.
01:12:10Important evidence has come to light.
01:12:12What's that? We've already heard the evidence.
01:12:15There is a ship in the harbor.
01:12:17Nonsense!
01:12:19The harbor died up hundreds of years ago.
01:12:22Don't interrupt anymore.
01:12:24Now, there may be circumstances...
01:12:28We're all positive, must say an example.
01:12:31You know, the trouble is,
01:12:33chaps coming on won't let the other fellows off.
01:12:35It won't do to let them get really pickled.
01:12:37What we need is another ladder.
01:12:39Oh, no time.
01:12:41What's the windlass for?
01:12:43Hoist away the rails again.
01:12:55Ahem.
01:12:57So the bench has decided to take
01:12:59the most lenient possible view
01:13:01in the circumstances
01:13:03to it that you are all guilty
01:13:06of a lamentable breach of good manners.
01:13:09No more than that.
01:13:11You are therefore discharged.
01:13:13But, uh...
01:13:15Hold it. Hold it.
01:13:17But to avoid the possibility
01:13:19of the issue of another summons,
01:13:21the bench is prepared to issue you all
01:13:23certificates of autropoi-archy
01:13:27under the Offences Against the Persons Act of 1861.
01:13:31Will you kindly make out
01:13:33six certificates of autropoi-archy?
01:13:36While that is being done,
01:13:38the court would like to take
01:13:40the opportunity of complimenting
01:13:42Constable Pettigrew.
01:13:44How long must we wait for these...
01:13:46these certificates?
01:13:48Goodness knows.
01:13:52How many have you got left?
01:13:54About a dozen.
01:13:56Meg!
01:13:58What are you doing here? I've forgotten all about you.
01:14:00I've come to do my bit.
01:14:02Not on your life, you haven't.
01:14:04Oh, don't be silly. I can drink with the best of them.
01:14:06Not here, you can't.
01:14:08Can't I?
01:14:10Almost all gone, Siggy. Better take your chance.
01:14:12Help! Let me down!
01:14:14Help!
01:14:16Help! Let me down!
01:14:18Let me down!
01:14:20Help!
01:14:22Help! Let me down!
01:14:24Which way?
01:14:26Which way to the harbour?
01:14:28This way.
01:14:30Gentlemen,
01:14:32the last bottle.
01:14:34I reckon we ought to save that one for Captain Biddle.
01:14:36Where is he?
01:14:38Captain Biddle has got wider interests
01:14:40ashore to attend to.
01:14:42Four shots for sixpence, nine for a bob.
01:14:44Show the pretty lady what you can do.
01:14:46How many for the prize?
01:14:48Eight or more to win.
01:14:50Right.
01:14:53The apparatus is at fault.
01:14:55Of course it ain't worked perfectly. I'll have another go.
01:14:57Robert!
01:14:59Help!
01:15:01Let me down!
01:15:05I must look on a hopeful side.
01:15:07You look wonderful to me.
01:15:09The enemy approaches.
01:15:11Get rid of this bottle, quick!
01:15:13I don't want it.
01:15:15I don't want it.
01:15:17I'll put myself on it.
01:15:19Do something with it.
01:15:21Here, Robert, catch!
01:15:23What was that?
01:15:28For the liberty of my dear.
01:15:30For the liberty!
01:15:35There we are, Governor.
01:15:37Five bob and cheaper the prize.
01:15:40The horseman!
01:15:50The horseman! Which way did he go?
01:15:52The horseman, sir. Which horseman?
01:15:54Go on!
01:15:58Hey, give me that bottle!
01:16:00The horseman!
01:16:11Give me that!
01:16:19Sergeant, hand over that bottle!
01:16:21Just you watch me, Cedric.
01:16:25As an official of the government, Sergeant,
01:16:27I order you to hand over that bottle.
01:16:30Oh.
01:16:40Get the car, Fishwick.
01:16:42We're leaving here.
01:16:44These people don't deserve to be governed.
01:16:59THE END
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