King Kong Page #4

We're lucky to be all safe

aboard tonight.

Yeah, I guess so.

- Charlie, have you seen missy?

- Me no see one, two hours.

When we leave this place?

Me no like.

Ann.

Ann.

All hands on deck!

Everybody on deck!

Everybody on deck!

All hands on deck!

Everybody on deck!

Everybody on deck!

- What's the matter? What's happening?

- What's going on?

- What's the matter?

- I'm out here.

Look, sir. Me find on deck.

- A native bracelet.

- Crazy black man been here.

What is it?

Who turned out the crew?

- Look. Someone's been aboard.

- Where's Ann?

- In her cabin.

- No, she isn't. I just looked.

- What's the matter, Mr. Driscoll?

- Search the ship. Find Miss Darrow.

Aye, aye.

- Ann. Oh, Ann. Did you see her?

- No.

I'll look below.

- Did you find her?

- Can't find her forward.

- She's not below.

- Can't find her aft.

Ann's gone!

Serve out the rifles. Man the boats.

Take this ammunition outside.

Come on, you fellas.

Grab these guns.

Take these bomb cases

and be careful with them.

Pass those rifles up over the side.

Start packing those bombs.

Me likey go too.

Me likey catch missy.

This is no job for a cook.

Get out of here. Come on.

Shove her off, men.

We're going over the side.

Give way, gentlemen.

Right over there.

They've taken Ann.

Hurry. Hurry up.

She must be up ahead here.

- Come on, men.

- Come on, boys.

Has anybody seen her?

Come on.

Get this gate open. Quick!

Get up there, men.

Pull that thing back!

Pull that bar back.

He's got Ann.

Heave. Heave.

Heave. Heave.

- Who's going with me?

- I'll go.

You stay with half the men

and guard the gate.

- Don't let them close it.

- We'll take care of it.

No telling which way

he went in this darkness.

He's been through here.

- Look at these broken branches.

- Yeah, look at that. Keep up, fellas.

It ought to be sunup about now.

Yeah, just listen to those birds.

It's dawn all right.

- What's that?

- Holy mackerel!

Yeah, that's his track.

Look at the size of that thing.

He must be as big as a house.

He's headed this way.

Come on, fellas, and keep

those guns cocked.

Hate to have that thing

wrapped around me.

Here's another one.

We're on his trail.

Sure, sure. I know that.

Come on. Come on, fellas.

Hey, look at that!

Keep quiet.

He doesn't see us.

Give me one of those bombs.

Look, it's gonna charge.

Keep quiet.

Come on.

Give him another one.

Look out!

Look out. He's still alive.

Shoot.

Come on. That got him.

What do you call this thing?

Why, something

from the dinosaur family.

Dinosaur, eh?

Yes, Jack...

...a prehistoric beast.

Say, just look at the length

of that brute.

If I could only bring back

one of these alive.

- Watch that tail! He's still alive.

- Come on, looks like he's standing up.

He's through. Come on.

Come on, men.

Boy, one swipe of that.

- Hear that?

- Yeah. What is it?

That's him, boys. Come on.

Here. Here's his mark again.

- There's water ahead.

- He's down in that fog somewhere.

Yes, that's him splashing through.

Come on.

Be careful.

Now, watch the step-off, boys.

Must have swum across.

Yeah, it'll be tough for us

with these guns and bombs.

- What about these logs for a raft?

- Good idea.

Come, fellas. Get busy.

Put those guns down

on the bank and get going.

Move!

Come on with those poles.

All set, everybody?

Shove off!

- Hear anything?

- No, he's miles away by now.

We'll be able to pick up

his trail all right.

Listen.

Quiet.

What was it?

Hang on, men.

Look out. Here he comes.

Come on.

Come on.

Hey, Jack. Jack Driscoll.

- Hey, Jack.

- Denham.

- It didn't get you, huh?

- No, I got to cover, same as you.

- Think we're safe?

- There are two of us...

...left alive to save her.

- I can't get across now.

Don't want you to.

Lam back and get more bombs.

Why, you wouldn't follow

that beast alone.

Someone's gotta stay on his trail.

I'll get a chance,

sneak her away.

I'll figure a way to signal you

where he's taken her.

- I guess that's our only out.

- Sure it is. Get going.

Don't get killed

till you see Englehorn.

Okay, Jack. Good luck.

Skipper, this Kong

is the biggest thing in the world.

He shook those men off that log

like they were flies.

All those men lost.

It's incredible.

Driscoll said he'd try and signal us

if he found Ann.

- We'll never see them again.

- Don't give up.

- There's chance for Driscoll.

- Wait for daylight.

We'll bridge the ravine.

Where's that case of bombs?

- Here, sir.

- This...

This monster you've seen,

you think your bombs will stop him?

If we can get close enough

to use them, you bet they'll stop him.

- Had any trouble with the natives?

- Yes, after you left.

- What happened?

- We fired volleys over...

...their heads,

they ran like rabbits.

Gunpowder's new

in their lives?

- They're terrified.

- They haven't shown up.

Take a man on the wall,

keep your eyes peeled.

We leave at dawn,

if we get a signal or not.

Yes, sir.

Hey, look.

Hey, below, Mr. Denham.

Captain Englehorn.

Mr. Driscoll and the lady,

they're coming back.

Come on, fellas.

Are you both all right?

Pint, Jack. Here.

I'm all right.

What happened? How did you do it?

- Came down the river.

- Oh, Jack.

There, there, you're safe now.

We'll have you back on the ship

in no time.

Wait a minute. What about Kong?

Well, what about him?

We came to get a movie,

and we found something worth...

...more than all the movies in the world.

- What?

We've got those gas bombs.

- If we can capture him alive...

- Why, you're crazy.

He's on a cliff

where a whole army...

...couldn't get at him.

- Yeah, if he stays there...

...but we've got

something he wants.

Yeah, something

he won't get again.

Hey, look out. It's Kong.

Kong's coming.

Come around. Come here

and hold the gates. Quick.

- Denham, natives are coming.

- Good work. Come on.

Hey, come back

with those bombs, you...

Come on. Come on. I got him.

He'll be out for hours.

Send to the ship.

- For anchor chains and tools.

- What will you do?

A raft to float him to the ship.

The whole world will pay to see this.

- No chains will hold that.

- We'll give him more than chains.

He's always been king of his world,

but we'll teach him fear.

We're millionaires, boys.

I'll share it with all of you.

In a few months,

it'll be up in lights on Broadway:

"Kong, the Eighth Wonder

of the World."

Say, what's Denham got anyway?

It better be good

after all this ballyhoo.

Heavens, what a mob.

Well, you would come.

These tickets cost me 20 bucks.

I can't sit so near the screen.

It hurts my eyes.

This is not a moving picture,

madam.

What? Mr. Denham

makes those pictures...

...of those darling monkeys

and tigers and things.

This is in the nature

of a personal appearance.

Well, I never. I thought

I was gonna see something.

- Say, what is it anyhow?

- I hear it's a kind of a gorilla.

Gee, ain't we got enough

of them in New York?

I don't like to look at him.

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