A cargo ship takes on a female passenger. Can the Captain contain the crew and himself as they hit stormy conditions and emotions explode?
Anthony Steel ... First Mate Vosper
Peter Finch ... Captain Lucky Ryland
Diane Cilento ... Ruth Elton
Cyril Cusack ... Bohannon the steward
Geoffrey Keen ... Ike the bosun
Hugh Griffith ... Pettigrew
Duncan Lamont ... 1st Mate Llewellyn
Gordon Jackson ... Ted Burns
Bryan Forbes ... Shorty
Michael Craig ... Burton
Robert Brown ... Shane
Martin Benson ... Gutierres
Patrick McGoohan ... McIsaacs
Michael Bryant ... Stebbings
Sam Kydd ... Sheltia
Glyn Houston ... Charley Boy
Patrick Westwood ... Oglethorpe
George Woodbridge ... Yorkie
John Warren ... Cook
Ian Whittaker ... Galley boy
Scott Harrold ... Olbey
Arthur Lovegrove ... 1st Stoker
Leonard White ... 2nd Engineer
Peter Ventham ... 3rd Mate on modern liner
Gerald Andersen ... Chairman (as Gerald Anderson)
Philip Ray ... River pilot
Jim Brady ... Ships Crewman at Presentation
Joe Phelps ... Man in South American Bar
Jack Sharp ... Cargo Ship Crewman
John Wilder ... Radio Officer
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Anthony Steel ... First Mate Vosper
Peter Finch ... Captain Lucky Ryland
Diane Cilento ... Ruth Elton
Cyril Cusack ... Bohannon the steward
Geoffrey Keen ... Ike the bosun
Hugh Griffith ... Pettigrew
Duncan Lamont ... 1st Mate Llewellyn
Gordon Jackson ... Ted Burns
Bryan Forbes ... Shorty
Michael Craig ... Burton
Robert Brown ... Shane
Martin Benson ... Gutierres
Patrick McGoohan ... McIsaacs
Michael Bryant ... Stebbings
Sam Kydd ... Sheltia
Glyn Houston ... Charley Boy
Patrick Westwood ... Oglethorpe
George Woodbridge ... Yorkie
John Warren ... Cook
Ian Whittaker ... Galley boy
Scott Harrold ... Olbey
Arthur Lovegrove ... 1st Stoker
Leonard White ... 2nd Engineer
Peter Ventham ... 3rd Mate on modern liner
Gerald Andersen ... Chairman (as Gerald Anderson)
Philip Ray ... River pilot
Jim Brady ... Ships Crewman at Presentation
Joe Phelps ... Man in South American Bar
Jack Sharp ... Cargo Ship Crewman
John Wilder ... Radio Officer
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
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00:01:20Finished with engines, Mr. Harvey.
00:01:22Finished with engines, sir.
00:01:28The clock's all ready to go ashore, sir.
00:01:36It's been a long time, Stewart.
00:01:38Yes, sir.
00:01:43Any regrets?
00:01:45Well, I'm still here, aren't I?
00:01:50Well, get all that stuff ashore.
00:01:52I want to leave as soon as the party's over tonight.
00:01:57Yes, sir.
00:01:59John Ryland has been a shipmaster of this line for a great many years.
00:02:03And for the last 12 of them, our senior captain,
00:02:06a float.
00:02:08Tonight, we've come here to say goodbye
00:02:11and to wish him Godspeed.
00:02:14We all know how well he's earned his retirement.
00:02:18And we all know his nickname.
00:02:20There's hardly a port in the world that hasn't heard of Lucky Ryland.
00:02:25But we also know that he never really relied on luck.
00:02:30His success was built on skilled seamanship,
00:02:33experience, knowledge,
00:02:35and the determination to put his duty before every other consideration.
00:02:40Lucky Ryland's first command was the old SS Bullinger.
00:02:45I'm sure he hasn't forgotten her.
00:02:47But he may not remember what she looked like.
00:02:50After all, it was a long time ago.
00:02:53So here she is again with our best wishes
00:02:56to take him back to the old days of the South America run.
00:03:03Thank you.
00:03:16Can you sail earlier? Tonight, if necessary?
00:03:18Why?
00:03:19There's money in it.
00:03:34Livestock.
00:03:35Pedigree bulls.
00:03:36They must be returned to England at once.
00:03:38What do you mean? I can't take cattle aboard.
00:03:41You have the twin decks empty? Fill it.
00:03:43How do I feed them?
00:03:44Fodder provided.
00:03:46No.
00:03:48All right.
00:03:49I'll get them another ship.
00:03:50They are paying very well.
00:03:54How much?
00:03:58500 for the job.
00:03:59500 for the job.
00:04:01All the difference in losing money on the trip or making profit.
00:04:09Merson, get the leave party rounded up and back on board.
00:04:12We sail tonight.
00:04:13They'll be all over the shop by now, sir.
00:04:15Well, that's your concern, isn't it?
00:04:17Mr. Mate, I want you with me. We've got a special job.
00:04:30Three rums, Antonio.
00:04:33Remember her from last time.
00:04:35One in the middle.
00:04:43I hope she's not too long.
00:04:44Too long.
00:05:15Lock here, Rylander.
00:05:19I am glad I was able to do this for you.
00:05:22I'm sure you didn't forget yourself.
00:05:27But now there is something you must do for me.
00:05:30I want you to give a passage home to a stranded British subject.
00:05:34Deported, I suppose.
00:05:36I'm sorry, Mr. Gutierrez.
00:05:37I have no room for passengers on the Bollinger anywhere.
00:05:39There is the spare cabin.
00:05:40I carry crew.
00:05:41I am sorry, Captain.
00:05:43We must be clear about this.
00:05:45I am British proconsul here.
00:05:47My instructions are that a stranded British subject
00:05:49must be returned to UK by first available means.
00:05:52I have no option, neither have you.
00:05:56Very well.
00:05:57Tell your beachcomber to be at the lower wharf by 6.30.
00:05:59Sharp.
00:06:12My girl!
00:06:13Ah, don't bother me, little man.
00:06:14Dirty mink.
00:06:17Oh, it's insulting the Irish you are.
00:06:24Hara, Hara.
00:06:25Stop, stop.
00:06:26For one moment, please.
00:06:27Hara.
00:06:28Hara.
00:06:29Hara.
00:06:30Hara.
00:06:31Hara.
00:06:32Hara.
00:06:33Hara.
00:06:34Hara.
00:06:35Hara.
00:06:36Hara.
00:06:37Hara.
00:06:38Hara.
00:06:39Hara.
00:06:40For one moment, please.
00:06:41What's the matter, fatso?
00:06:47Why do you let these savages in?
00:06:49Stupid!
00:06:57All right, bring it up.
00:07:00Bring it up.
00:07:03You ought to know better, you dead goat.
00:07:11Come on.
00:07:18Come on, handsome.
00:07:20Come on, all back to the ship.
00:07:26Come on.
00:07:27Come on.
00:07:28Oh, this is where we begin to have fun.
00:07:31We're sailing tonight.
00:07:33Go on, get out of it.
00:07:34Come on.
00:07:41Come on.
00:07:53What the hell do you think you're doing?
00:07:57A painting, sir.
00:07:58You parishion idiot.
00:07:59Look at that mess.
00:08:01Thompson.
00:08:03If that young fool doesn't pull himself together, I'll have him locked.
00:08:05Why can't you keep out of his way?
00:08:07I never saw him coming, I...
00:08:09You don't have to see him.
00:08:11I can smell her first, mate.
00:08:13A mile off.
00:08:14Experience, son.
00:08:15That's something you'll never learn.
00:08:17Who's going to teach him, you?
00:08:21I don't like it.
00:08:23We could have had it done and repacked it.
00:08:26But no, the old man has to sail tonight all of a sudden.
00:08:29Huh.
00:08:30So he's a bodge.
00:08:31You mark my word, boy.
00:08:33We should have had it done and done a proper job.
00:08:50What time do you make it?
00:08:52It's gone 6.30, sir.
00:08:55All right, cast off.
00:09:02Captain Ryland.
00:09:04Gutierrez.
00:09:06I'm very grateful indeed, Captain.
00:09:08You're late. I was just leaving.
00:09:10Captain, this is Miss Ruth Elton.
00:09:12Your beachcomber.
00:09:14This is not a joke.
00:09:15No.
00:09:16Least of all for Miss Elton.
00:09:25Adios, senorita.
00:09:32Captain, come alongside.
00:09:37Come in.
00:09:41Mr. Vosper.
00:09:42No need to tell me, Stuart.
00:09:44I can see by your happy expression
00:09:46our captain's about to return to us.
00:09:48Correct?
00:09:49Correct, Mr. Vosper.
00:09:51You must try to be more tolerant
00:09:52on the passage home, Stuart.
00:09:54Me, sir?
00:09:56Yes, sir.
00:09:58You must try to be more tolerant
00:09:59on the passage home.
00:10:00Me, sir?
00:10:02It doesn't do to describe your commanding officer
00:10:04as a frozen-faced old herring guts.
00:10:07Particularly when the hatch between the pantry
00:10:09and the saloon is open.
00:10:19He's got somebody with him.
00:10:21Couldn't quite see.
00:10:23Oh, nice of you to turn up.
00:10:25It's always a pleasure to greet our returning skipper.
00:10:27It's also orders.
00:10:28It is.
00:10:35Golly.
00:10:43This is Mr. Llewellyn, first mate.
00:10:45Mr. Vosper, my second.
00:10:47Mr. Stemming, third.
00:10:48This is Miss, um...
00:10:50Elton.
00:10:51Elton.
00:10:52The consulate have instructed me to give her passage.
00:10:54To comply with the regulations,
00:10:55she will sign on as a member of the crew
00:10:56as a stewardess.
00:10:58What orders will the young lady be having, sir?
00:10:59Pilot's cabin's empty.
00:11:03Just this way, Miss.
00:11:07Hey, the old man's brought a skirt aboard.
00:11:10A skirt!
00:11:12A woman!
00:11:13Oh, don't get excited.
00:11:14You may not be her type.
00:11:17You'll find it a bit cramped
00:11:18after what you've been used to,
00:11:19but I'm sure you'll make the most of this.
00:11:21I mean, you'll...
00:11:22You'll soon settle down.
00:11:29Well, we'll do our best to make you comfortable
00:11:30for the next 30 days.
00:11:3330 days.
00:11:39He's brought a skirt on board.
00:11:41Not bad, either.
00:11:42Hey, who?
00:11:43The old man.
00:11:44SERGEANT!
00:11:45I haven't got time for this.
00:11:48You must get up.
00:11:49The cabin's planned.
00:11:58Oh, he's coming.
00:12:02Just wait a minute.
00:12:09What, it's already so late?
00:12:10Well, that's what he wears.
00:12:11You'd better get going.
00:12:12Lights up! Lights up!
00:13:42Come on.
00:14:01Wonderful eyes she's got.
00:14:03I bet the rest'd be as good.
00:14:05I got imagination.
00:14:07You can keep it. Give me my waist every time, eh?
00:14:10Don't wait in that porthole, can't you? You can't see nothing anyway.
00:14:14This trip'll take us a month. The sooner we forget the passenger, the better.
00:14:41Of course, Mr. Stemming.
00:14:43No 40 degrees east, sir.
00:14:47Watch your steering.
00:14:49Aye, aye, sir.
00:15:10Engine room.
00:15:12Mr. Pettigrew, how many revs you making down there?
00:15:15Fifty.
00:15:16I take it you won't have read the lock?
00:15:18Yes, sir. Four and a quarter in the last half hour.
00:15:20That's not enough with the wind behind us.
00:15:22Hello, Chief?
00:15:23Step her up to 55.
00:15:24I'm trying to nurse this heat, speak, Len.
00:15:26Don't argue, Chief. I want more speed. Put her up to 55.
00:15:31Get that rope's end secure.
00:15:34I'm going down to dinner.
00:15:36Aye, aye, sir.
00:15:38What's so funny?
00:15:39Him. Going down to dinner.
00:15:41She must have made quite an impression.
00:15:43On him? Not likely.
00:15:45Don't be too sure.
00:15:47He's putting on speed already.
00:15:50Ted.
00:15:51Aye?
00:15:53Your wife's gonna have another kid.
00:15:55I'm glad.
00:15:56That'll be seven.
00:15:57Big family.
00:16:00I bet you ten, Bob, this time it's a boy.
00:16:03After six girls, I wouldn't take yours.
00:16:06Anyway, I'm not a betting man.
00:16:08The way I feel, I might as well be having it.
00:16:11You worry too much.
00:16:13So would you if you had my job.
00:16:16What's she like?
00:16:18She's all right.
00:16:20Misses me, of course.
00:16:22But as I tell her, we could be a lot worse off.
00:16:24Who are you talking about?
00:16:25The wife, of course. Who do you think?
00:16:27The passenger.
00:16:29I thought you'd gone off your nut.
00:16:31Did you see her when she came aboard?
00:16:33Yeah, I saw her.
00:16:35Well?
00:16:36Well, it's hard to say.
00:16:38Looked to me as if she needed a square meal.
00:16:41She's got her hope in this ship.
00:16:45It's not right.
00:16:47We're not meant to carry passengers.
00:16:49She's not a passenger.
00:16:51The old man signed her on as a stewardess.
00:16:53Oh, indeed.
00:16:54So I suppose we can expect her down in the engine room with cups of tea, eh?
00:16:57Oh, give it a rest, Chief, can't you?
00:16:59It's disgraceful.
00:17:00And no good will come of it, you mark my word.
00:17:02Women and ships.
00:17:03Don't mix.
00:17:04Don't mix.
00:17:05Well, in this case, they've got to, so shut up.
00:17:07I'll spend the rest of my free time listening to your views on women.
00:17:14Why isn't this carpet stowed away? We're at sea, aren't we?
00:17:17Well, with the passenger on board...
00:17:18Well, I want my orders changed, I'll tell you. Now roll it up and stow it away.
00:17:26I intend to make this trip in record time.
00:17:28I thought you'd all better know that, so keep things running smoothly.
00:17:31If you don't, there'll be trouble.
00:17:33Well, the first thing we've got...
00:17:34I want action, not excuses.
00:17:43Miss Elkin, late again?
00:17:47You'd better sit here.
00:17:51This is Mr. Pettigrew, my chief engineer.
00:17:54The others you know.
00:18:04Where's my knife, Stewart?
00:18:06Well, with the lady on board, sir, I thought you might...
00:18:08Bring it. Bring it.
00:18:22I'm sorry.
00:18:29I'm not used to a moving table.
00:18:34It'll be calmer tomorrow.
00:18:36Is that your opinion, Mr. Vosper?
00:18:38Yes, sir.
00:18:41Mr. Vosper spends a great deal of his time plotting radio reports,
00:18:45making up isobaric charts, thank you.
00:18:49That, in his opinion, entitles him to set himself up as a weather expert.
00:18:54It'll be raining tomorrow morning,
00:18:56and the weather will be fine.
00:18:58I base that prophecy on experience, Mr. Vosper,
00:19:01not on mumbo-jumbo and isobars.
00:19:08Did you enjoy South America, Miss Elkin?
00:19:10The aspects of South America which appeal to you
00:19:12would hardly attract Miss Elkin.
00:19:18I'm sorry, sir.
00:19:19I'm not used to a moving table.
00:19:21Is that your opinion, Mr. Vosper?
00:19:23Yes, sir.
00:19:25I'm sorry, sir.
00:19:27I was quite happy there.
00:19:30I met all sorts of people, some pleasant, some not pleasant.
00:19:35That's the same anywhere, isn't it?
00:19:43Did you see his face when she answered up?
00:19:46He's stuck unlucky for once.
00:19:48Served him right. Conceited swine.
00:19:51Yes.
00:19:52You realise he's only had his master's ticket one year longer than me, don't you?
00:19:57Can I have a word with you, sir?
00:19:59Hmm?
00:20:00There'll be trouble about those spuds before we dock.
00:20:02Spuds?
00:20:03Three tonnes of rotten filth, bought for the price of the sacks at Villamonte.
00:20:06They should have been dumped.
00:20:08Well, you're the steward. If they're so rotten, why did you buy them?
00:20:10Oh, I didn't buy them, sir.
00:20:12The captain bought them. Over my head.
00:20:15Now, the crew won't put up with very much more from him, I can tell you.
00:20:18Well, don't tell me. Tell the first mate. It's his business.
00:20:20Oh, I have, sir.
00:20:22He doesn't care.
00:20:24The more mistakes the captain makes, the better he likes him.
00:20:26Keep your gossip to yourself.
00:20:28I'm sorry, sir, but you're the second mate, after all.
00:20:30I thought you might like to know where you stand.
00:20:32Any trouble starts.
00:20:35I mean, what's going to happen if we wake up one dark night and find him...
00:20:39Thorn.
00:20:40Don't talk rubbish.
00:20:41You just stick to your job and don't worry about things that don't concern you.
00:20:50Come on.
00:21:50Come on.
00:22:15What the devil do you think you're doing?
00:22:18I'm sorry, sir, the sea took her bars and...
00:22:20The sea took her...
00:22:21What do you think you're on the wheel for?
00:22:33Fozard!
00:22:35Yeah?
00:22:36Send a sailor up here to relieve this fool.
00:22:41Charlie boy!
00:22:42Hello.
00:22:48Get up there and take over the wheel.
00:22:53Where's your oil skin?
00:22:55Villamonte.
00:22:56Clogged it.
00:22:57I'll borrow Shane's.
00:22:58Clogged his, too.
00:23:06Hey, what about you?
00:23:07I got a raincoat! Get out of my sight!
00:23:10Home, home on the range,
00:23:14Where the bulls in the antelope...
00:23:21Here, you got a pinch of bad carp?
00:23:23Yeah.
00:23:24Trouble all the time.
00:23:26Nothing but trouble.
00:23:28Blast this thing.
00:23:30You'll learn more of both when we start serving up this lot.
00:23:32Those.
00:23:34Blood.
00:23:35Well, here's the ones in the store.
00:23:37Got to use these up first.
00:23:38The old man's orders.
00:23:39Egg ready?
00:23:40Oh, yeah.
00:23:44He's having his breakfast late, me.
00:23:46And those are for the passenger.
00:23:47Why, it's the old man's silver.
00:23:48Well, she's a lady, isn't she?
00:23:51Some of us have got to try and behave like gentlemen.
00:24:01Well, it wasn't my fault, I...
00:24:03You know what she's like with a CNO quarter.
00:24:05Can't you keep your mind on the ship when you're in the wheel?
00:24:07Can't you watch out for the mate?
00:24:10He...
00:24:11He says he's going to have me distracted, Ike.
00:24:14All right, I'll try and keep you out of his way.
00:24:17Thanks, Ike.
00:24:19For Pete's sake, try and remember, you're like the rest of us.
00:24:22Just one jump out of the bread line.
00:24:28You can't carry the kid all the time.
00:24:31You can't carry the kid all the time, you know, Ike.
00:24:33It's all I'm going to carry myself.
00:24:41Good morning, miss.
00:24:43Not a very nice morning.
00:24:44I didn't expect anything like this.
00:24:46You oughtn't have trouble.
00:24:48Well, I thought you wouldn't want to appear too early, first morning out.
00:24:51I used to be on liners, you know.
00:24:53The old egg battalion.
00:24:55We all have to make changes.
00:24:56I suppose so.
00:24:57If you're still worrying about last night, miss, my advice is to ignore it.
00:25:01They'll all get used to you being on board in a few days.
00:25:04It's just that...
00:25:05I know, I feel as uncomfortable as they do.
00:25:07Well, you know what it is in a ship like this.
00:25:10A little world on its own, really.
00:25:11People treading on each other all the time.
00:25:14Wondering if every trip's going to be your last.
00:25:17The captain's an awkward man.
00:25:18Not easy to understand, sometimes.
00:25:21That I can believe.
00:25:22But he's a fine sailor.
00:25:24Would you be ready to start fairly soon, miss?
00:25:27Well, you signed on as stewardess, you see.
00:25:29Of course, I know it's only a formality.
00:25:31Oh, I thought you might like to help me do a bit of stock-taking in the folk store.
00:25:35You can't sit here for 30 days, you know.
00:25:37Shall we say in about an hour, miss?
00:25:39Unless I could be ready or...
00:25:40Well, don't be too eager.
00:25:42You ought to show us all up.
00:25:44Anything you say.
00:25:46I'd love to help you.
00:25:48You know, my tea's getting cold, miss.
00:25:50You know, my tea's getting cold, miss.
00:26:12One day, that's all I need.
00:26:16Just one day in command of this scow.
00:26:21Let's show him.
00:26:23You're a glutton for punishment.
00:26:25Turn some of these clod-uppers into sailors.
00:26:38Mr. Osborne.
00:26:40Do your ice-abows tell us that it's warm?
00:26:43And dry?
00:26:51Good morning.
00:26:52Can you tell me the way to the folk store?
00:26:54I'm looking for the storeroom.
00:26:57I've been put to work.
00:27:05You look better this morning.
00:27:07This way.
00:27:09That's the door over there.
00:27:10Thank you.
00:27:12Mind the deck.
00:27:13It's slippery.
00:27:16Must get the fading dunce out of the line.
00:27:20Blasted bosuns.
00:27:21You don't see him out here in the wet.
00:27:23Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:25Creeping a little too out, aren't you?
00:27:28Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:30Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:32Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:34Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:35Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:36Well, it's not hard snowing.
00:27:38Why, you! I'll flay you!
00:27:46Morning, miss.
00:27:47Digging the sea breezes.
00:27:58I'm sorry.
00:27:59I lost my balance.
00:28:01Quite all right with me, miss.
00:28:08Oh, is that you, miss?
00:28:11Found your way all right, then?
00:28:13In the end.
00:28:15Oh, there isn't a lot of work to do here, really.
00:28:17Certainly not enough to keep two of us busy.
00:28:19But, you know, it's not often I get a chance to talk to anybody.
00:28:22Anybody I want to talk to, I mean.
00:28:24Once you've been in line, as you miss it, you know.
00:28:27Anything wrong, miss?
00:28:30I don't think I've got my sea legs yet.
00:28:33I'm moving out.
00:28:34Grab up!
00:28:36When the weather breaks, I'll rig a fishing line.
00:28:39You've never caught nothing for six ruddy months.
00:28:43Here, look. Here.
00:28:44I was standing on deck, minding my own business,
00:28:46and suddenly, she drops right into my arms.
00:28:50Cut that out, Bert.
00:28:51The ship rolled, she lost her balance, and I saved her.
00:28:54She'd let her go.
00:28:55Over the ruddy wall.
00:28:57What's up with her?
00:28:58I don't know.
00:28:59I don't know.
00:29:00I don't know.
00:29:01I don't know.
00:29:02I don't know.
00:29:03What's up with her?
00:29:04Go and listen to him.
00:29:05What was she like?
00:29:06Light as a feather.
00:29:08Not skinny, mind you.
00:29:09She's got all the needles.
00:29:10I've seen her for a short time.
00:29:12Now, listen.
00:29:13Just a minute, will you?
00:29:14Come on, get your grub.
00:29:17Of course, Stu.
00:29:18Look at these rotten spats.
00:29:22Can you swallow pills?
00:29:24I think so.
00:29:26They all stick in my throat.
00:29:28Your passenger's just what you expected.
00:29:31Fainting on the first day.
00:29:33Why do you say that?
00:29:36It's the truth.
00:29:37I make it a strict rule never to carry passengers.
00:29:40It's nothing against you personally, of course.
00:29:45Well.
00:29:46Now that you're here, what do you think of my home?
00:29:50I think it looks very comfortable.
00:29:53Clocks out of place.
00:29:54Is that what you're thinking?
00:29:55No.
00:29:56I found it in Montevideo.
00:29:58Of all places.
00:29:59I suppose I won't always be in cabins.
00:30:01Someday I'll have a home.
00:30:02It'll help furnish it.
00:30:04I like clocks.
00:30:06I think it's very beautiful.
00:30:11This one's an old bracket clock.
00:30:13It's not a very good specimen.
00:30:15I'm busy taking it to pieces.
00:30:17It's not a very good specimen.
00:30:19I'm busy taking it to pieces.
00:30:21Can you put it together again?
00:30:23Naturally.
00:30:24Otherwise I wouldn't take it to pieces.
00:30:27I'll show you how it all works if you're interested.
00:30:29Something to do in the next 28 days.
00:30:31I thought it was 30 days.
00:30:33That's the average.
00:30:34I intend to cut it down.
00:30:35We've had a good start.
00:30:3629 at most.
00:30:38You'll see I'm usually right about these things.
00:30:41I'm beginning to realize that.
00:30:44The sun's shining.
00:30:45You said it would.
00:30:52Excuse me.
00:31:06Don't throw them at me!
00:31:07Throw them at the old man!
00:31:19Chief.
00:31:20Chief.
00:31:21What's the matter?
00:31:23Shall I go?
00:31:24No, please.
00:31:25The gland's blowing on the HP.
00:31:27We ought to stop.
00:31:28I thought you were told to repack it at Villamonte.
00:31:30We never have time.
00:31:31I'm all set for a record trip and you come and tell me this.
00:31:37You might hold until we make it to Las Palmas?
00:31:39I'm not putting you to Las Palmas.
00:31:41But you'll have to for orders.
00:31:42We'll get our orders by radio, Chief.
00:31:44Come in.
00:31:47You rang, sir?
00:31:49Yes, that's the bosun.
00:31:50I want to see you both.
00:31:52Yes, sir.
00:31:55If we don't go into Las Palmas, what about Cole?
00:31:57We bunkered for the round voyage, didn't we?
00:31:59Yes, but if we don't go in, there won't be much of a margin.
00:32:01Look, Chief, I've got half a day in hand.
00:32:03I can make it to by the time we raise the bishop light.
00:32:05What do we want a margin for?
00:32:07You're the captain.
00:32:09I'm not wasting time stopping now or putting you to Las Palmas.
00:32:13As you say, Captain.
00:32:19Would you care for a drink?
00:32:21Yes.
00:32:23Thank you.
00:32:26He's lying, of course.
00:32:28He pretends he's short of a couple of tons.
00:32:30Then the next time we bunker, he'll order a full load and charge it up to the company.
00:32:35Then he and the coal merchants split the profit on the amount we've already got in the bunker.
00:32:40Well, that's a good idea.
00:32:41I'm afraid we can't do that, Chief.
00:32:43We can't?
00:32:44We can't.
00:32:45We can't split the profit on the amount we've already got in the bunker.
00:32:48Well, how do you know?
00:32:49It's my job to know these things.
00:32:57I want the names of those men that threw the potatoes.
00:33:00Well, I didn't see anything, sir.
00:33:02I was for it in the cottoner's shop at Burns.
00:33:04Diana?
00:33:06No idea, sir.
00:33:07I don't believe you.
00:33:09You give me those men's names and I'll log the lot.
00:33:13Those spuds are rotten, sir.
00:33:15They may be old, but a good cook can make them appetizing if he likes to try.
00:33:19Sir.
00:33:20Yes?
00:33:22It's the crew, sir.
00:33:24I don't like to speculate what they'll do.
00:33:29What's the matter, man?
00:33:32Nothing, sir.
00:33:34The trouble with you, Burson, is that you worry too much.
00:33:36You'd better rest up for a couple of days.
00:33:38All right, sir. Thank you all the same.
00:33:40Come on, Stuart.
00:33:42Is there anything I can...
00:33:43No.
00:33:46He's one of the few real sailormen I have in this ship.
00:33:50He fusses too much.
00:33:54Well, I'm afraid our conversation has been somewhat interrupted.
00:33:57Still, with the fine weather coming up, we may have a chance to resume it.
00:34:02I hope.
00:34:11You eat too much, Ike.
00:34:13I've got to. It's the only way to stop this blasted pain.
00:34:16Those spuds won't do you any good.
00:34:18I can't help being hungry, can I?
00:34:22Your medicine. Don't forget it.
00:34:24For Pete's sake, stop nursing me!
00:34:31I'm sorry, Ted.
00:34:33This blasted trip's getting on my nerves.
00:34:35Never mind. You'll be a father again when we hit port.
00:34:37That'll cheer me up no end.
00:34:41I'm sorry.
00:35:05That's us.
00:35:07Point moving across a sheet of paper.
00:35:10Day after day.
00:35:12Year in, year out.
00:35:14Position without magnitude.
00:35:16Shadow without substance.
00:35:19That's 230 miles in the last 24 hours.
00:35:23Good going.
00:35:25Who for?
00:35:26Because only one man gets a bonus for a record trip.
00:35:29That's Captain almighty Lucky Ryland.
00:35:32Here I am, mister.
00:35:33All ready to take over full responsibility
00:35:35for this magnificent example of the mercantile marine.
00:35:37You're five minutes late.
00:35:39I took coffee with the passenger in the saloon
00:35:41and I just couldn't tear myself away.
00:35:43What's the course, as if I didn't know?
00:35:45North or east.
00:35:47And see that you keep her on it.
00:35:48Aye, aye, sir.
00:35:54She's, um...
00:35:56She's an attractive piece, all right.
00:35:58Quite attractive.
00:36:00But cold, you know.
00:36:01Very little temperament.
00:36:03You really think so?
00:36:04Positive.
00:36:05I can always tell, just by look.
00:36:08That must be very useful.
00:36:11If you must natter, find some other subject.
00:36:15All right, all right.
00:36:17We should try discussing the spud, sir.
00:36:21You don't look like a governess to me.
00:36:24What are they supposed to look like?
00:36:26You look like the sort of young woman
00:36:29who ought to have a home of her own.
00:36:31Everyone should have a home of their own.
00:36:34I didn't become a governess by choice.
00:36:37I lost both my parents when I was 18
00:36:39and there was nothing else I could do.
00:36:41I had no special training.
00:36:43But I'm really quite good with children.
00:36:46What are you going to do when we get back?
00:36:48Get another post?
00:36:49I shall try.
00:36:50But people are generally looking for someone older.
00:36:53Or someone not so attractive.
00:36:56Yes, but where will you go?
00:36:58I have no plans.
00:36:59I shall find somewhere.
00:37:01There are agencies.
00:37:03Jobs are not easy to come by in England just now.
00:37:06You must face up to things, you know.
00:37:30DING DONG
00:37:36Night, sir, bright, sir.
00:38:00You sure Mr. Vosper was called for the morning watch?
00:38:03He was called.
00:38:05Well, he's a minute late.
00:38:10Good morning, sir.
00:38:12Mr. Llewellyn, I'm not satisfied with the progress of painting ship.
00:38:15No, sir?
00:38:16Across the line tomorrow, it's not half done.
00:38:18Those forehead hatches are a disgrace.
00:38:20I've done all I can with the available hands, sir.
00:38:22Well, you'd better do a little more, then, sir.
00:38:24We're short of decent paint.
00:38:26I don't want sealers' excuses. I want results.
00:38:28Is that clear?
00:38:29Yes, sir.
00:38:32Coming up here in the middle of the night.
00:38:34Treating me as if I was a blasted dick boy.
00:38:37Who the hell does he think he is?
00:38:39Aboard the Berlinger, he's the boss.
00:38:41He's the be-all and end-all of your life, and you might just as well face it.
00:38:44When he loses temper, say something so as I could answer back.
00:38:48Tell him what to think.
00:38:50I know his soul.
00:38:52If you cut him, he wouldn't bleed.
00:38:54But the time will come.
00:38:56It'll come, all right.
00:38:57What are you talking about?
00:38:59When those frosty face types crack, they really break.
00:39:04It started with him.
00:39:06When that woman came aboard.
00:39:08Nonsense.
00:39:10Look, the only sort of women he's ever known are the sort you pay for and forget about.
00:39:14But this one's different.
00:39:16She's got him.
00:39:23Oh, I know it hasn't gone far yet.
00:39:25He can't do much over afternoon tea with the steward waiting outside the cabin door.
00:39:29But you watch him.
00:39:31When a man of his age gets it, nothing's going to stop him.
00:39:34And if it does, he'll start on the booze.
00:39:37I think you're wrong.
00:39:39In any case, it has nothing to do with us.
00:39:41Oh, not with you, Vosper.
00:39:43You keep out of it.
00:39:45Just the same as you keep out of everything.
00:39:47But remember one thing.
00:39:49When he's cooked his goose, I'm next in line for his job.
00:39:56In case you didn't know, the course is north-forty-east.
00:40:09North-forty-east, sir.
00:40:11North-forty-east. Thank you.
00:40:25Moo!
00:40:29Moo!
00:40:33Moo!
00:40:38Moo!
00:40:43You're about early.
00:40:45The noise won't be.
00:40:47I was just going below to see what's the matter.
00:40:49May I come?
00:40:51Why not?
00:40:55Moo!
00:40:59Moo!
00:41:02You mean that all that noise is just because they're thirsty?
00:41:05If they want anything, they make no bones about it.
00:41:07It's better till they get it.
00:41:09You seem to be very expert with them.
00:41:11I was born on a farm.
00:41:13I ran away to see to escape this sort of thing.
00:41:15It seems to have caught up with me.
00:41:17Things have a way of doing that.
00:41:19You're a long way from home yourself.
00:41:22Yes, a long way.
00:41:26How did you come to be high and dry in Villamonte?
00:41:29My own fault, really.
00:41:31I was warned that the family was a difficult one
00:41:33before I ever left England.
00:41:35But I needed the job.
00:41:37Bring another cup. Let me take this.
00:41:39No, I can wait.
00:41:41I will share it.
00:41:43You left with your right hand. I'll use my left.
00:41:45You go first.
00:41:47Were you out there long?
00:41:49Three years.
00:41:51Oh, I would have left long before,
00:41:53but the marriage was breaking up,
00:41:55and I was in the middle of it,
00:41:57trying to keep the children from knowing too much
00:42:00or getting hurt too much.
00:42:03What happened?
00:42:05The mother ran off to Rio with the girl.
00:42:07Father went to Mexico with the boy.
00:42:09And I was stranded.
00:42:11I tried to get another job, but...
00:42:13I think you must be glad to be getting home.
00:42:16Am I worried about the children?
00:42:18I still do.
00:42:20I still do.
00:42:22Just like a woman getting her emotions involved in your job.
00:42:25But you can't go through life without getting involved.
00:42:27Can't you?
00:42:29A job's a job.
00:42:31Everybody meddles far too much in everybody else's business.
00:42:33They usually make a hash of it,
00:42:35and of themselves.
00:42:37I didn't say anything about meddling.
00:42:39I suppose this is another one of your systems,
00:42:41like the weather charts.
00:42:43You were wrong about them, you know.
00:42:46Well, is it?
00:42:48Part of the system is not answering questions.
00:42:50Well, I don't think much of it.
00:42:52It's a selfish, miserable, defeatist attitude.
00:42:55Aha, that's much better.
00:42:57It's good to see you coming to life.
00:43:03You do need looking after.
00:43:05You don't even know you're right from your left.
00:43:07Oh.
00:43:15Oh.
00:43:33I'm not going to be able to say this very well,
00:43:36but you'll have to forgive me if I seem a little blunt.
00:43:39I haven't broken any of the ship's rules, have I?
00:43:42No, nothing like that.
00:43:48You know, we were talking about homes the other day.
00:43:54Something neither of us had for a long time.
00:43:58Something we both need.
00:44:00Well, I was thinking,
00:44:02why shouldn't we make one together?
00:44:05Together?
00:44:08Well, should I explain enough, I am asking you to marry me.
00:44:18Now, listen.
00:44:20Next time you turn two, I want us to...
00:44:22We've had enough, Ike.
00:44:23Don't talk that way in the Cossacks.
00:44:25You'll all sign the articles.
00:44:26Blast the articles. And the old man, too.
00:44:28My turn.
00:44:30We agreed I'd do the talking.
00:44:32About the spuds, Ike.
00:44:34Oh, those spuds.
00:44:36They're not fit for pigs.
00:44:38Well, we're not going to do any more work
00:44:41until we get some decent grub.
00:44:43I wish someone would dump the bloody things, then.
00:44:46We mean it, Ike.
00:44:52All right.
00:44:54You get to work.
00:44:56Well, I'll see you then.
00:44:58How do we know?
00:45:00The game's against you.
00:45:02It always is.
00:45:06Now, you leave it to me.
00:45:08So, that's it, madam.
00:45:10Huh?
00:45:12What do you say?
00:45:17Don't waste too much time, Ike.
00:45:23I have quite a bit of money put aside.
00:45:25You wouldn't want for anything.
00:45:27It's not that.
00:45:29You don't even know me.
00:45:31Two weeks ago, you didn't even...
00:45:32I've studied you carefully ever since you came aboard.
00:45:35I know what I'm doing.
00:45:37I know what I want.
00:45:39I know you can give it to me.
00:45:41In return, I can give you a home and security.
00:45:44You need looking after.
00:45:48Security means a great deal.
00:45:51Especially when one's alone in the world.
00:45:56But there are other things.
00:45:58I've always intended to marry one day.
00:46:00First of all, I had to be established in command.
00:46:02And then I had to find the right woman.
00:46:05You'd have no more worries.
00:46:07No more uncertainty.
00:46:10What do you say?
00:46:15Yes, come in.
00:46:17Yes, what is it?
00:46:20It's the men, sir.
00:46:22About the food.
00:46:24I don't want to hear any more about it.
00:46:26But the answer, they...
00:46:28You heard what I said, Berson. Now, get out.
00:46:32Get out.
00:46:51Working late, aren't you?
00:46:52It's a crate for the old man's clock, sir. He keeps asking for it.
00:46:55We don't dock for another fortnight. Why is he in such a hurry?
00:46:57Search me, sir.
00:46:58He says he wants the clock ashore as soon as we arrive.
00:47:01Can I have a cup of tea, sir?
00:47:02I'll have some on the bridge, thanks.
00:47:06What the devil is that?
00:47:21Any idea who might have done it?
00:47:23No idea at all, sir.
00:47:26There'll be a hell of a row about this.
00:47:32Hello.
00:47:33Hello. What's all the noise about?
00:47:35Some fool's thrown those potatoes overboard.
00:47:38Oh, well, good for him.
00:47:40We'll wait till the old man hears about it.
00:47:42The cure may be worse than the complaint.
00:47:44Well, at least we won't have to eat them.
00:47:46I suppose you think whoever did this is a public benefactor.
00:47:50Yes, I do.
00:47:53They're quite good, aren't they?
00:47:55Yes, they are.
00:47:57Yes, I do.
00:48:00They're quite right.
00:48:02You keep out of everything, don't you?
00:48:04I try to use a little common sense.
00:48:08Oh, it's too hot to argue.
00:48:11And it's a beautiful night.
00:48:15I'm sorry.
00:48:17It'd be more common sense if...
00:48:19if the crew had something decent to eat for once.
00:48:23You can't just say it's nothing to do with you or...
00:48:28You're not listening.
00:48:30That's right.
00:48:48Well, you all know why you're here.
00:48:50Somebody's ditched the potatoes.
00:48:57Well, you've had your fun.
00:48:59I'm not fool enough to imagine that the man responsible...
00:49:01will step forward and acknowledge the fact.
00:49:03So I'm putting you back to work.
00:49:05I've got no time to hold inquests.
00:49:07And neither have you.
00:49:09The work of the ship's got to be done.
00:49:11But I want that man.
00:49:13And I'm prepared to pay handsomely to get him.
00:49:16There's five pounds for any man that'll give me his name.
00:49:19Is that clear? Five pounds.
00:49:22There's another thing.
00:49:23When we reach port, we'll be signing on for another voyage.
00:49:26Some of you'll find it difficult to get another job.
00:49:29That's all.
00:49:31Carry on, please.
00:49:32Hey, Shane! You've caught something!
00:49:34I've got a fish! Glory be! I've got a bite!
00:49:38Come over here! I've got a fish!
00:49:41Get on with it, Bert. And get back to work.
00:49:44You too. Come on.
00:49:47Maybe you've caught a whale.
00:49:48Or a mermaid.
00:49:51Here he comes.
00:49:53It's heavy.
00:49:57Shane's a whale! Shane's a bloody whale!
00:50:09These things are bound to occur.
00:50:11Those potatoes were rotten.
00:50:14Now, listen, Ruth.
00:50:16We're going through a bad time in this trade.
00:50:17To keep this ship at sea at all, we have to save every penny we can.
00:50:20Surely you don't expect to get the best out of people?
00:50:22I have to drive everybody on board.
00:50:24So at the end of each voyage, they'll have a chance to make another one.
00:50:26Instead of going on the dole.
00:50:28Well, I still think it's the wrong way to go about it.
00:50:31You have no right to question my actions.
00:50:32You're quite right. It's none of my business.
00:50:35But you'll never find out about those potatoes by offering money.
00:50:47Five pounds is a lot of money.
00:50:49I bet it didn't come out of his own pocket, though.
00:50:51Well, just you make sure it don't get into yours.
00:50:54Look, you get this straight.
00:50:56I'm skint. And I'm going to stay skint until we dock.
00:50:59I don't want this fiver.
00:51:00Anyway, I reckon you've done it all to go and tell the old man.
00:51:04Life ain't going to be worth living anymore.
00:51:07Yep. We've played right into his hands.
00:51:09He's got us just where he wants us.
00:51:11Yeah. You know when we really feel the wind a bit now?
00:51:14When he pays us off.
00:51:16It's not so easy to get another ship.
00:51:18I've never known it worse.
00:51:25Right. Who dumped those spuds?
00:51:29Go and get some sleep. That's what you need.
00:51:31Yeah, yeah. All right. All right.
00:51:46Come on. Come on. Out with it or I'll break your plastic back.
00:51:50Cut!
00:51:53Get out of it.
00:51:55Look out, Ike.
00:51:58That's enough!
00:52:19Look out!
00:52:49Oh, Ike!
00:53:02Get him! Kill him!
00:53:13You leave me alone, Dad.
00:53:14I...
00:53:16I never meant all this to happen, Ike.
00:53:20I thought everybody would be pleased.
00:53:21Oh, shut up, buddy.
00:53:24Somebody's got to own up, Captain said.
00:53:29I'm... I'm not really afraid, Ike.
00:53:34No, no, you're not.
00:53:37Come on.
00:53:39Get it settled.
00:53:41Once and for all.
00:53:42Yes, sir.
00:53:43Come on.
00:53:44Yes, sir. You'll...
00:53:46You'll tell me what to say, won't you, Ike?
00:53:48Yeah, I'll tell you.
00:53:54You can take it from me. He's proposed to her, all right.
00:53:58He's asked her to marry him.
00:54:00And she hasn't said yes and she hasn't refused him either.
00:54:02And it's driving him crazy.
00:54:04She can have him for my part.
00:54:07Well, I don't know. I mean, if you look at it from her point of view...
00:54:10She hasn't got a penny as far as I can make out.
00:54:12And he's pretty well bridged, you know.
00:54:14Well, he never spent a night except on clocks.
00:54:16Yeah, Captain's wife.
00:54:18She'd be a fool to turn him down.
00:54:21When you finish your discussion, perhaps you'll let us have some tea on the bridge.
00:54:24Yes, sir.
00:54:31I'm sorry to break up your beauty sleep.
00:54:34But I know you're longing to find out who dumped those spuds.
00:54:39To save your time and your curiosity, I'm going to tell you.
00:54:42I did it, that's all.
00:54:56Charlie, wait!
00:54:58Oh, now, you don't think I'd shop all night.
00:55:00You'd shop your own mother if you thought you could get away with it.
00:55:04If the skipper finds out about Ike...
00:55:07I'll fix the man that told him.
00:55:09I'll fix the man that told him.
00:55:13All right, Charlie, boy.
00:55:14Me too.
00:55:15You can take your stroll now, Burton, if you want to.
00:55:18Charlie, go and get the stewards, quick.
00:55:20It's Ike. He's passed out.
00:55:40He won't die, miss.
00:55:43He won't die, will he?
00:55:46No, of course not.
00:55:57Get some more cold water, will you?
00:56:03He had the last lot of medicine half an hour ago.
00:56:05Yes, miss.
00:56:07If only there was something on the ship we could give him to relieve his pain.
00:56:11There's nothing, I'm afraid, miss.
00:56:37Excuse me, miss.
00:56:38The captain sent me to say he's waiting for you in his cabin.
00:56:41Tell him I won't be long.
00:56:42Well, he sent you to go at once.
00:56:47Sorry.
00:56:51He's asleep now.
00:56:53Very well.
00:56:54We'll come back later and give him his medicine.
00:56:57There's nothing else I can do.
00:56:58I'm sorry, miss.
00:56:59I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:00I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:01I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:02I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:03I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:04I'm sorry, miss.
00:57:05There's nothing more we can do at the moment.
00:57:09I think someone ought to stay with him.
00:57:10I'll stay.
00:57:13I could stay, miss.
00:57:17Yes, Geordie.
00:57:18You stay.
00:57:19Very nice, chief.
00:57:35All neat and ship-shape, and it doesn't mean a thing.
00:57:38Come in.
00:57:39The coal I'm in is the coal you got up your sleeve.
00:57:41I beg your pardon, captain.
00:57:43These figures make nonsense, and you know it.
00:57:45We've enough coal to get to England without putting it to Las Palmas, and we both know it.
00:57:49Yes.
00:57:52That settles it. We've been ordered into Liverpool.
00:57:54We shall not be putting into Las Palmas.
00:57:58It can be a long way from the islands to the channel when the weather is bad.
00:58:03Now get off and acknowledge me right away, Mr. Luthor.
00:58:06Yes, sir.
00:58:15How's Ike?
00:58:17He's sleeping now.
00:58:19Good.
00:58:28Oh, at last. I wanted to talk to you.
00:58:30I've had some news.
00:58:31I wasn't in my cabin. I went to see Ike.
00:58:33Yes, I thought he was looking better this morning.
00:58:35He's very ill indeed.
00:58:37I keep telling him he shouldn't worry so much.
00:58:39No wonder he's got indigestion.
00:58:41This is more than indigestion.
00:58:43Do you realize he's very ill? He ought to be in hospital.
00:58:46If he's not better by tomorrow, I'll put him into Las Palmas.
00:58:50Sit down. I've got a lot to tell you.
00:58:53Are you listening?
00:58:55Yes, I'm listening.
00:58:56I've had some good news.
00:59:10Well, that's 12 to 14 days in Liverpool.
00:59:13Run down to the Bristol Channel, say a week or two in loading, a month in all.
00:59:18That's a good honeymoon, eh?
00:59:23I don't love you.
00:59:25I've tried to say. Let me finish. We've got to get this settled between us.
00:59:28I should never have let it go and I don't love you.
00:59:42I love you.
01:00:13Go with the steward. He'll take you to your cabin.
01:00:30I'll have you in jail, Vosper.
01:00:36The bosun's dead.
01:00:37All right.
01:00:59Lights up! Lights up!
01:01:02Lights up! Lights up!
01:01:14Light your pipes, eh?
01:01:20Lights up!
01:01:28Lights up!
01:01:29What's your take?
01:01:45Aye.
01:01:48Is that for Oink?
01:01:59Aye.
01:02:03Save his old woman a bit of money.
01:02:06Pity she won't have the chance to see him go, though.
01:02:09She didn't see much of him when he was alive.
01:02:12He lived in a ship, she lived ashore.
01:02:16What's that?
01:02:18You're married, aren't you?
01:02:19Huh?
01:02:20Do you ever think about her when you're up in that folks' home?
01:02:24Sometimes.
01:02:26Wonder who's taken her out.
01:02:28Whether she'd be faithful.
01:02:33Still, she's always there when I get back.
01:02:36You can't ask for more than that, can you?
01:02:40No, sailor, you can't ask for more than that.
01:02:44Here, give me a hand with this, will you? It's got to go after.
01:02:56Right.
01:02:59Started off as a crate for the old man's clock.
01:03:28See the old man this morning?
01:03:51Mm-hmm.
01:03:52He's in a bad way. He's been on the booze all night.
01:03:55You make me cry.
01:03:57The burial's at ten. Do you think you ought to go and see him?
01:04:00I've got enough to do without worrying about him.
01:04:03I knew this was coming. I've smelled it ever since we left Villamonte.
01:04:06I told you, didn't I?
01:04:07You tell me.
01:04:08I'm thinking about Ike.
01:04:37Look, you've got to help him.
01:05:03In half an hour, he'll have to read the service.
01:05:05Captain's duty. He's got to do it.
01:05:07The whole ship will be waiting for him.
01:05:10He won't see any of us.
01:05:12Just steady him up and get him looking all right.
01:05:16I'm sorry, but after...
01:05:21Well, I just can't.
01:05:26After it's all over, the men might settle down again.
01:05:29They don't exactly love him, you know.
01:05:32If he doesn't turn up, they might do anything.
01:05:38Well, why on earth should he listen to me?
01:05:43I can't possibly interfere.
01:05:47You've got to marry him, hasn't you?
01:06:16Right?
01:06:20I hope we get him off soon.
01:06:22The weather's going to break any minute now.
01:06:26If the old man doesn't show up, I'll go into his cabin and drag him out myself.
01:06:29Oh, pipe down, will you?
01:06:38What's the exact time, stubby?
01:06:40Five to ten, sir.
01:06:41Right.
01:06:42Take over the wheel.
01:06:44Isaacs, get all hands on deck.
01:06:45Yes, sir.
01:06:52What is it?
01:06:57They're waiting for you out there.
01:07:03Who's waiting?
01:07:06Hyde's funeral.
01:07:09You've got to read the service.
01:07:12What's it got to do with you?
01:07:15I want to help you.
01:07:19You have to be there.
01:07:23It's a good sight of a night.
01:07:25Better than most of us.
01:07:31I suppose they think it's my fault.
01:07:35Never mind what they're thinking.
01:07:38It's nearly ten o'clock.
01:07:40You must be quick.
01:07:53Everyone's here now, sir, except the captain.
01:07:56Oh, it's not ten yet.
01:08:06Where's your prayer book?
01:08:09In the top left-hand drawer.
01:08:58Thank you.
01:09:27Thank you.
01:09:50A man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live,
01:09:53and is full of misery.
01:09:57He cometh up and is cut down like a flower.
01:10:00He fleeth as it were a shatter.
01:10:05In the midst of life we are in death.
01:10:08Of whom may we seek for succor but of thee, O Lord,
01:10:11who for our sins art justly displeased.
01:10:38For as much as he had pleased almighty God of his great mercy
01:10:41to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother,
01:10:44he had departed.
01:10:47We therefore commit his body to the deep.
01:11:13We therefore commit his body to the deep,
01:11:15to be turned into corruption,
01:11:17looking for the resurrection of the body,
01:11:20when the sea shall give up her dead,
01:11:23and the life of the world to come through our Lord Jesus Christ.
01:11:26Amen.
01:11:52Our Father which art in heaven,
01:11:54hallowed be thy name.
01:11:56Thy kingdom come.
01:11:58Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
01:12:01Give us this day our daily bread.
01:12:04Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.
01:12:08Lead us not into temptation,
01:12:10but deliver us from evil.
01:12:12For thine is the kingdom,
01:12:14the power,
01:12:15and the glory forever.
01:12:17Amen.
01:12:19Amen.
01:12:50Mike's been with me since I was a first mate.
01:12:53I had no idea he was so ill.
01:12:55What will happen?
01:12:58With you to inquiry,
01:13:01you put down to the hazards of a sailorman's life.
01:13:06I didn't know he was so ill.
01:13:12That cabin up there is a prison.
01:13:15Cut off from everybody.
01:13:20I'm sorry about...
01:13:24Excuse me, miss.
01:13:35Here it comes.
01:14:36All right, shorty.
01:14:38Take off the sick mate.
01:14:40Just a minute.
01:15:03Thanks, Burton.
01:15:05Oh.
01:15:09Okay, go on, shorty.
01:15:14That's a suit, shoes,
01:15:17there's a hat,
01:15:19there's a raincoat,
01:15:21an umbrella.
01:15:23A sailor with an umbrella.
01:15:25Oh, he kept it for going ashore.
01:15:27He was very proud of it.
01:15:30It's from the hand, sir.
01:15:32We had a whip round for Ike.
01:15:43You take it, shorty.
01:15:47Thank you, sir.
01:15:52The weather report's just come in.
01:15:54They say we'll hit the fault gale tonight.
01:15:57I wonder what they call this line.
01:16:01You are a sailor, aren't you?
01:16:03Yes, sir.
01:16:05I'm a sailor.
01:16:07I'm a sailor.
01:16:09I'm a sailor.
01:16:11I'm a sailor.
01:16:13I'm a sailor.
01:16:15I'm a sailor.
01:16:17I'm a sailor.
01:16:19I'm a sailor.
01:16:27Ike's wife had the child, you know.
01:16:29The signal came just when he died.
01:16:31Was it a...
01:16:32No, it wasn't a son.
01:16:34He'd have had seven daughters by now.
01:16:36Poor Ike.
01:16:40The officers will give a few pounds and...
01:16:50Are you going to marry Ryland?
01:16:57You'd be a fool to waste all the things he can give you.
01:17:02I must turn in. I've got the morning watch.
01:17:06Be careful getting your cabin, won't you?
01:17:09I'll be careful.
01:17:14Ruth.
01:17:18I hope you'll find the carriage to be a fool.
01:17:23I don't want to put the wind up you, miss.
01:17:27Do you want to go carefully if it gets really rough tonight?
01:17:31I'll be careful.
01:17:33Have you seen the captain since the...
01:17:35Since the last time I saw him?
01:17:37No, I haven't.
01:17:39I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:41I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:43I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:45I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:47I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:49I'm afraid I haven't.
01:17:51Since this morning?
01:17:53No, I haven't.
01:17:55He refused to dinner midday.
01:17:57Won't have anybody in his cabin.
01:17:59He's had nothing to eat since yesterday.
01:18:05The forecast is we'll get the worst of the storm tonight.
01:18:11First thing, we'd better batten down the old man's menagerie.
01:18:15Rig some ventilation.
01:18:52Oh, shit!
01:18:58Your dinner!
01:19:11And I hope it chokes you, cold-blooded son of a...
01:19:16You haven't secured my cabin, still.
01:19:20I...
01:19:22Why not?
01:19:31Better do your job, still.
01:19:34Clean up this cabin.
01:19:37Secure the furniture.
01:19:46Get out.
01:19:50Get out!
01:20:15Get out!
01:20:39She won't stop anymore like that.
01:20:41How's she steering?
01:20:43I mean, there's turnabout like the devil.
01:20:53Good heavens, the bridge is still here.
01:20:55You're on time for once.
01:20:57I'd rather be up here than down below.
01:20:59Everything's all over the place, including the first mate.
01:21:05Where's Pettigrew?
01:21:06Engine room, probably.
01:21:08I told him to come up here.
01:21:10We're heaving, too.
01:21:12If she's down in this weather, it'll sink her.
01:21:16Well, don't just stand there and stare at me.
01:21:18What else can we do?
01:21:20I suppose the old man could...
01:21:21The old man's out to the world.
01:21:23I'm in charge now.
01:21:26Oh, good chief.
01:21:28You want me?
01:21:29Yes.
01:21:30We're heaving, too.
01:21:31We'll ride it out.
01:21:32You'd better give her everything she's got till she's head on,
01:21:34then ease her till she's just carrying steering weight.
01:21:37Heave, too?
01:21:40You can't do that.
01:21:41I'm saying I'm giving you an order.
01:21:43There's not enough coal.
01:21:44I told Ryland about it, but he wouldn't listen.
01:21:46Well, how much has there left?
01:21:48Three days.
01:21:49Three and a half days steaming at the outside.
01:21:51It's not my fault.
01:21:52Just about get us home, if she can stay on the weather.
01:21:55If we have Dave, too, we'd be a salvage job.
01:21:58If they can find us in time...
01:22:02It'd be all right if you could get her around.
01:22:04I don't think she'll manage it.
01:22:06When I want your advice, I'll ask for it.
01:22:09Well, when you've all made up your minds, let me know.
01:22:12It'd be all right if you could get her bows into it.
01:22:15But if she doesn't come round quickly,
01:22:17the sea'll catch her broadside arm.
01:22:20And then not even the Almighty will be able to save her.
01:22:23Shane's right.
01:22:25Well, what do we do?
01:22:27Go on or heave, too?
01:22:40Tell them, Mr. Llewellyn.
01:22:45All right, she's mine.
01:22:47We're going on.
01:22:49Is that clear?
01:22:57Have you made up your minds yet, Dave?
01:23:00Who do you think you're talking to?
01:23:02The old man has come to life again.
01:23:04Get her round, Chief.
01:23:06Get her round, Chief.
01:23:08What a roll of sleeve you've got.
01:23:10There ain't enough room.
01:23:11I know, I know about the cold.
01:23:13How many revs are you making?
01:23:15Fifty-two.
01:23:16Well, put her up to sixty.
01:23:18But...
01:23:21We've got a cargo to get home, Mr. Llewellyn.
01:23:24Anyway, you'd never have got her round.
01:23:27You've got all hands standing by.
01:23:29Just get around the decks and see that everything's secure.
01:23:33Get me an approximate position from your last fix.
01:23:37Watch your steering.
01:23:39You're only a good seven degrees out of the way.
01:23:42Watch it, watch it.
01:24:04Never mind that.
01:24:06Get up on the bridge and take over the wheel.
01:24:11Shorty!
01:24:12Burn!
01:24:13Here!
01:24:14Come on!
01:24:20Come on!
01:24:21Come on!
01:24:22Come on!
01:24:23Come on!
01:24:24Come on!
01:24:25Come on!
01:24:26Come on!
01:24:27Come on!
01:24:28Come on!
01:24:29Come on!
01:24:30Come on!
01:24:31Come on!
01:24:33Come on!
01:24:36Speed's down!
01:24:37Speed's down!
01:24:38Speed's down!
01:24:39Oh, boy!
01:24:40Get on with it!
01:24:41Come on!
01:24:51Did you see?
01:25:02Hello?
01:25:03What's the matter?
01:25:04The speed's down.
01:25:05I need to get down to speed.
01:25:07I told you so.
01:25:08Yes, I know you told me.
01:25:10Well, I can't keep up the pressure.
01:25:12Well, if you can't keep up the pressure, you won't use so much of that coal you haven't got, will you?
01:25:16Now, get her going, Chief. Quick as you like.
01:25:25You don't stand there looking at it.
01:25:26Get me a tool kit.
01:25:33Come on!
01:25:34Come on!
01:25:35Come on!
01:25:36Come on!
01:25:37Come on!
01:25:38Come on!
01:25:39Come on!
01:25:40Come on!
01:25:41Come on!
01:25:42Come on!
01:25:43Come on!
01:25:44Come on!
01:25:45Come on!
01:25:46Come on!
01:25:47Come on!
01:25:48Come on!
01:25:49Come on!
01:25:50Come on!
01:25:51Come on!
01:25:52Come on!
01:25:53Come on!
01:25:54Come on!
01:25:55Come on!
01:25:56Come on!
01:25:57Come on!
01:25:58Come on!
01:25:59Come on!
01:26:00Come on!
01:26:01Come on!
01:26:06Come on!
01:26:20I've got a position, sir. I think it's accurate.
01:26:22Good.
01:26:25Captain?
01:26:26Yes?
01:26:27That hasty glances are going to take some time.
01:26:29What do you expect me to do about it?
01:26:30I think we ought to heave to, sir, and wait for a tool.
01:26:32You want some blasted tug to come out and save her?
01:26:35I've never been a salvage job yet, and I don't intend to start now.
01:26:42As close as I can get it, sir.
01:27:01About 90 hours.
01:27:03How much coal have we got?
01:27:05About 96, sir.
01:27:07Just about enough to get us to Falmouth.
01:27:10A little while ago you said you only had 84.
01:27:13Well, we've got to get her there, haven't we?
01:27:21We'll hold her up for the lizard.
01:27:23Starboard five. Starboard five.
01:27:25Starboard five, sir.
01:27:30Starboard five.
01:27:41The set-door jammed in the after deck. Where's Merv?
01:27:45He went with Shorty.
01:27:48I'll get him.
01:28:00We've got to anticipate a bit. Keep her from falling off.
01:28:31Move!
01:28:36Get in this bag, quick!
01:28:40Hold it now!
01:28:48You just can't keep out of trouble, can you?
01:28:50Oh, shut up, will you? He did it to save me.
01:28:52It wasn't his fault at all.
01:28:56Come on, out of this.
01:29:00Come on.
01:29:31Help!
01:29:41Help!
01:29:49Help!
01:29:57Help!
01:30:00Help!
01:30:06Hang on! Hang on!
01:30:11Hang on to something!
01:30:22Hang on! Hang on!
01:30:30Hang on!
01:30:33Hang on!
01:31:00Hang on!
01:31:26Starboard, you're held.
01:31:27Starboard, it is held.
01:31:30Starboard, it is held.
01:31:35Now, the backships! Slow ahead.
01:32:00Slow ahead.
01:32:30Slow ahead.
01:33:00Slow ahead.
01:33:30Slow ahead.
01:33:50Slow ahead by morning.
01:34:01Slow ahead by evening.
01:34:21Salvage, eh?
01:34:23Wheel's sore, Mr. Stemming.
01:34:26We're in the worst of it now.
01:34:28We'll ruddy well come out the other side.
01:34:31It's the first time I've ever seen him enjoying himself.
01:34:41Hello!
01:34:42How are you doing down there?
01:34:44The bow's repaired now, sir.
01:34:46Give me another couple of minutes and you'll have full power.
01:34:49Right.
01:34:51Full speed ahead, Mr. Stemming.
01:34:53Aye, aye, sir.
01:34:59Full ahead, sir.
01:35:02We'll be through this by morning.
01:35:21Life at sea teaches a man to get used to most things.
01:35:26So I bought myself a cottage on the coast.
01:35:31It'll be a strange birth at first.
01:35:34But, um,
01:35:36out from the garden I can see the ships in the channel,
01:35:38so I won't be lonely.
01:35:43Well, goodbye to all.
01:35:46Thank you.
01:35:50Thank you.
01:35:58Captain Wasper.
01:36:06Goodbye, Mrs. Wasper.
01:36:21I, uh...
01:36:22Put all your stuff in the taxi, sir.
01:36:24Thanks.
01:36:28Thank you.
01:36:42Good luck.
01:36:46Luckier island.
01:36:50Good luck.
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