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But that detective fellow's

getting liquored up pretty fast.

Watch him. If he turns mean, call me.

Yes, sir.

Here comes the wind.

Any idea where we are?

We're a long ways south

of where we ought to be.

This wind is probably driving us inland.

Left engine. I may have to set her down.

Turn out the cabin

lights and drop a flare.

Right.

What's the matter with the lights?

Everybody fasten their

safety belts, please.

Look there! It will

set fire to the plane.

That's only the exhaust.

There's no danger from that.

This thing's worse

than a roller coaster.

Why don't they turn around and go back?

That's what I say.

Why should we risk our lives

Just so the pilot can get a good record?

Mr. Crimp, I'm sure the pilots

Know much more about it than we do.

You think so, do you?

Well, I know what I'm doing, too.

I'm going to turn this ship around.

What do you want?

You fellows may be after

a record, but I'm not.

Turn this ship around. Go back.

Go back and sit down.

Mr. Crimp, please

go back to your seat.

You keep out of this.

It's all right, Larry, we'll handle him.

Mrs. Spengler!

Yes.

You must be tired. Let me

take the baby for a while.

Thank you, miss Melhorne.

Be careful, Martha!

Hold on! Hold on!

Aah!

Aah!

Go back, I tell you!

Shut up! Can't you see

I have my hands full?

I said go back!

You, too! Can you hear me?

Stay where you are,

Joe. Drop another flare.

Right.

Left motor's dead.

I'll have to set her down.

Hold tight, everyone!

I'm going to set her down!

Give me your belt!

Fasten your belts!

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You all right, Judson?

Wrenched my arm, I think.

Are you all right, Mr. Spengler?

Yes, I'm all right. And you, dear?

I'm not hurt.

The steward's gone.

What are we going to do now?

There's nothing to do

but wait for daylight.

Make yourselves as

comfortable as you can.

We can't be far off the coast.

Hike it in a day or so.

Do you know how far we

are off our course, really?

Well, no, not exactly.

Well, it's easy to calculate.

We know how fast we

went and for how long.

Simple arithmetic.

Simple arithmetic, eh?

You know, I suppose, how

fast the wind was blowing...

and the degree of curve

the ship took inland, huh?

We'll allow for that.

Young man, you haven't the

faintest idea where we are.

All right, you tell us, then.

Probably on the east side of the Andes,

Somewhere near the

headwaters of the Amazon.

How do you know that?

Well, I'm a professor of

botany amongst other things.

I recognize several kinds of vegetation

That only grow in that locality.

We're in a valley between

the two ranges of mountains,

And you won't get out

unless you fly out.

Honestly, what chance

is there to repair?

Well, we smashed the right

oil tank when we set her down.

We've got to work on the

motors and jack up the plane.

That will probably take

two, maybe three weeks.

What about the radio?

We can receive,

But we can't send without another tube,

And we haven't got one.

We have food for a week,

maybe two if we diet.

Well, what do you say

about getting breakfast, eh?

Not a bad idea.

The last radio message

from brooks was received

Four hours after they left Tepic.

According to the speed reporters,

He must be down somewhere in this area.

All our available planes

are searching the route.

We have one squadron of

reconnaissance ships in the air now.

There will be two

more by this afternoon.

Thank you very much, commander.

The coast guard is also cooperating.

We're borrowing additional

planes for you men

From the Mexican government.

You'll all take a

transport plane to Acapulco,

Where the ships are waiting.

Concentrate your search to the north.

It's not likely that

they crossed the mountains

Into the valleys near the Amazon.

That's all, gentlemen. Thank you.

This will do it.

They ought to be able to see it

if they fly anywhere near here.

We'll keep the fire going all night.

Pardon me.

Hey, pilot, you might have

chosen a less forsaken spot.

I'm sure this place is

just crawling with insects.

Personally I think it's very pleasant.

Hmm. No accounting for taste.

Madame, you might think

it was pleasant, too,

If you were being

taken home to be hanged.

Hey, pilot, you can't do all

that work on an empty stomach.

Thanks.

What are our chances

for getting out of here?

Pretty slim.

I guess we're lucky to be alive, huh?

Yep.

Thanks to you.

Don't thank me, lady,

And don't blame anyone.

Larry's dead, and we're cracked up,

And things happen, and

nobody can stop them.

Yeah, I guess they do.

You know you're the first

woman I ever met who...

who could make a good cup of coffee.

Thanks, but the professor made it.

Should have turned

around like I wanted to.

But we're here, and we've

got a tough job ahead of us...

That's to stay alive.

He's right. There will

be work for us all.

Everybody's got to help.

Mrs. Spengler, you'll be in

charge of the cooking department.

I'll be nothing of the sort.

I'm not a servant.

Did you hear what he said,

Martha? You're the cook.

Don't you use that tone to me, Henry.

You were a very good

cook when we married.

Now let's see if you've forgotten.

But...

Don't argue. Cook.

Better take off the left cowling, Joe.

We'll need enough

wood to last all night.

Alice, take the ax. We

can use our hands, crimp.

I'm a passenger.

I don't have to work.

Well, that's all right with me,

But those that don't work, don't eat.

Casey, take everything out

of the plane we can use.

Give him a hand, Vasquez.

Stay where you are, you.

What's the idea?

He's my prisoner. He

takes orders from me.

You ought to take orders from us.

We paid our fares.

Somebody's got to boss things

If we're going to try

and get out of here.

Any other objections

to my taking charge?

Certainly not.

The pilot of the wrecked plane

Has as much authority as the

captain of a wrecked ship.

I think that's the law.

Yeah, maybe it is, but

how's he going to enforce it?

Excuse me, gentlemen, but I

think the officer in charge

Ought to have an emblem of authority.

Thanks.

You want my rod, too?

No, you better keep

it. You might need it.

Now don't make us waste

any bullets on you.

We might need them for food.

All right.

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

three men in a tub

The butcher, the baker,

the candlestick maker

They all jumped out of the sweet potato

Come on, Tommy. Time to go to bed.

You sure know how to handle kids.

Yes. I love them.

I guess yours is grown up by now, huh?

Mine... My little boy died

when he was just that age.

That's tough.

Yeah.

Come on if you want a listen!

We got the cabin radio working,

Trying to get a news broadcast.

Hope they're looking for us.

They better be!

It's almost time for

the 10:
00 news broadcast

From san Francisco.

Maybe we'll find out

what's happened to us.

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