Don't Give Up the Ship Page #5

- Silence!

When war is over we hear about it.

- Yeah, but I swear.

- You lie, American sailor boy.

Because you lie, you die!

Oh, ow! Wait!

I die?

You're making a mistake!

A mistake! The war is over!

You shouldn't kill a person when it's over!

I could swear it came from here.

Wait a minute. Here's some footprints.

Oh no.

Poor Steckler.

He was only and Enson, but underneath

it he was a really good Joe.

I don't see his body.

Washed out to sea.

He would've liked that.

Let's go back to the Kornblatt.

You didn't lie, told them the war

is over, but you gotta stay awake.

Oh, I'll stay awake.

I'm just have, let me

sleep just half asleep.

One. No, all the way. Alright.

I got

will power.

You gotta have will power.

Strong, be strong. You don't...

Oh, that wasn't very good will power.

Oh, tired. No I don't.

Noise will keep you from...

falling asleep.

Get some.

That'll keep.

Wake up.

Wake up!

Wake up!

Good morning.

Sunrise. Time you die.

Before breakfast?

Alright, alright.

Let me just get.

So, American sailor boy, you show

contempt for Japanese fighting squad.

Oh, no, I don't.

It's just I'm very...

What's-what's that?

Prepare the prisoner for execution!

Wait, the war is... you don't understand.

Hey, just a minute!

You're making a mistake!

I cannot kill a man in his sleep!

Wake up! Wake up!

War is over?

American sailor boy, you are right.

War is over. You are right.

Wake up. Wake up!

You right. War is over!

- You didn't shoot me?

- No.

- Are you gonna?

- No!

We lose, we surrender. We are prisoners.

Oh, well I don't want any prisoners.

Thank you very much.

The Kornblatt.

Give my regards to all your friends.

Wych...

inski!

My ship!

Where's my ship?

Colonel Tagahashi!

We are prisoners of American sailor boy.

Colonel Tagahashi, where's my ship?

Surrender arms to American sailor boy!

No, wait, oh, whoa, whoa I

don't want any guns.

Wait, oh whoa, I don't want any arms!

Wait, I don't want, I

don't want any prisoners.

I just want... I want my ship.

Oh, it's gotta be around here someplace.

Lieutenant.

Colonel Tagahashi.

You're not Colonel Tagahashi.

You're too pretty to be Colonel Tagahashi.

You're...

Enson Benson.

Was that the last you saw of the Kornblatt?

I'm telling the truth, Enson.

I never saw the Kornblatt again.

Then, why did you sign out for her

one month later in San Diego?

For the simple reason that when I showed

up, I was signing papers for three days.

Everything and anything they put

in front of me, I was signing.

As a matter of fact, I'm still making

payments on a Quonset hut in the Aleutians.

You signed out for a ship without

even knowing she existed?

Who cared? The war was over. The

Kornblatt was decommissioned.

Don't you understand?

Anyhow, I should've gotten a

medal for capturing an entire

island all by myself. Single handed.

Then, when I went back to Pearl Harbor, I

heard Wychinski checked her in in San Diego.

- There's no record of that.

- There's no record of it?

It's 7 o'clock, could I go?

My wife is waiting.

Run along. We'll get

together in the morning.

Wh-what do you think? Do we have a chance?

Before we find the Kornblatt,

it seems to me we'll have

to come up with a bosun's

mate named Wychinski.

Yeah, we'll have to find him.

- Oh, Lieutenant?

- Yes.

If you get a chance tonight give

this matter some thought, will you?

If I'm lucky I won't get a chance.

Well, here we are.

And here we go.

I promised I would carry you across

the threshold and I keep my...

promise.

Oh, poochie.

Okay.

In my pock... no dear

it wouldn't be there.

No?

- No, try...

- No, not here, either.

Take those, dear. Try down

below, in that pocket.

- No, not here, either.

- Well, the other side.

- Do you feel anything there?

- No, no it's not here.

Well, just give me your arm, dear.

Try the back pocket.

That's it.

The-the back pocket.

- Do you have it?

- No, it's not here either.

Try the other side.

Oh, here it is! Here it is!

Oh, wait a minute.

Here it is! Yes!

Where is it dear?

- Here.

- Well, let me have it.

Honey, that's fine.

Just try and relax, dear,

because you're a little heavy.

- Alright.

- Here we go, dear. I got it now.

Well, darling.

Alone at last.

Alone?

- Mother!

- What are you doing here?

Well, Prudence called and said you

were staying at some navy place.

I thought you'd be delighted to

have someone keep you company.

I am.

Him.

Well.

Now that you're here, mom...

- and now that we're here.

- Yes?

Here we all are!

Anyone for aspirin?

John, you don't look at all well.

I can't say married life

is agreeing with you.

I can't say it myself. I wouldn't know.

Well! I certainly didn't mean

to barge in on your honeymoon.

I'll just get the hotel to move me

to another room for the night.

Oh, no! I'll do it Mother! I'll run right

down and I'll talk to the room clerk.

You can phone him.

Oh, no, but I don't mind. The

exercise will do me good.

I'll talk to the room clerk

myself and I'll sign the names

so that we're sure that you have your room.

My head is just a little stuck.

I'll get it. The arm. Help me with the arm.

There we go.

- Lieutenant.

- Thank you.

- Across the hall from Ma's?

- I'm sorry, sir. It's all we have.

Well, it's better than having

her in the apartment with us.

There he is.

Let's tell him.

I hope he don't go into shock.

Thank you.

Oh, hi fellas.

You're a little early. I'm not

due at B.O.Q. til midnight.

Sorry, Lieutenant. That's been changed.

It's beddie-bye at nine.

Admiral's orders, sir.

But you don't understand. My

wife is upstairs waiting for me.

Yeah, I guess you oughta

say goodnight to her.

Mrs. Steckler, please.

But, why can't I go up and say...

Hello?

Prudence?

Guess what?

Oh no!

But, duckie poo.

- This is our...

- Ru!

Your navy.

Yes.

I'm a navy wife.

I understand.

Goodnight, darling.

They're taking him away again.

What are you crying about, child? I'm here.

Oh!

There, there. Mother will

take care of everything.

Oh!

I can tell you this, Congressman. We're

making remarkable progress. Remarkable.

As soon as we process certain

incontrovertable facts

and eliminate all dubious

inconsistencies, we'll be able to arrive

at an inescapable conclusion.

In other words you're right

back where you started from?

Well, you might put it that way.

I'll see you at the hearing.

Enson Benson, sir.

Hello?

- Hello! Hello!

- She's here, sir.

Oh?

Oh!

Why aren't you out finding the Kornblatt?

Well, uh, as a matter of fact, sir,

we're making remarkable progress.

And we're now in possession

of certain incontrovertable

facts that eliminate all

dubious possibilities.

Oh, please! I've already

been through all that.

So, you don't know where it is, huh?

Well, no.

But we know where it isn't.

Oh, great.

This man is the shrewdest, cleverest

undercover agent we've ever been up against!

But, sir, I think he's too dumb to be

that smart to play it that stupid.

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