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since the war.

He told me that...

I remember as he pointed out

our course over the bows...

I saw the planet Mars

low on the horizon.

That's Mars over there,

to the right.

And that's Venus.

We're headed for Venus.

We're going East.

We're not heading for Bermuda.

We're heading to miss Bermuda.

Well, we'll see about that.

After all,

we did have to drag it out of...

That's part of the trick. He

made suckers out of all of us.

Kovac, I still say we have no right

to condemn the man without a hearing.

Perhaps the course he gave us was wrong,

but that doesn't prove anything.

He might have been mistaken.

When I questioned him yesterday,

he didn't want to commit himself.

He said we couldn't be sure

without a compass.

The thing to do is to wake him up

and question him.

We'll get nothing but lies.

That's what he was brought up on.

And I was brought up under the idea that

a man is innocent until he's proved guilty.

What do you want me to do?

Appoint one of us to be his lawyer?

But don't you see, without a compass...

Mrs. Porter, remember yesterday you looked

at your watch and told the German the time?

- Yes.

- Did he ask you the time?

Of course he did.

- That's funny.

- What's funny about it?

- He had a watch of his own.

- Well, what of it?

If he had a watch, why would he

have to ask Mrs. Porter for the time?

That doesn't prove anything.

Lots of times I have my own watch

in my pocket and I ask somebody the time.

Lots of people do that. It, uh...

It just saves time, that's all.

But he looked at his own watch

just before he asked Mrs. Porter.

Perhaps his own watch stopped.

I remember when he asked for the time,

he took a squint at the sun.

What are you trying to do, convict a man

because he looks at the sun?

- s it a crime to ask for the time?

- Certainly not.

- What time is it?

- Ten past 7:
00.

- think you're slow.

- Slow? That's a Philippe Patek!

I wanna know what time it is

by the German's watch.

Well, why don't you

wake him up and ask him?

Don't have to wake him up.

Not with Joe around.

- Joe, operate.

- Yeah?

- Huh?

- Do your stuff.

What stuff?

I don't know what you mean.

- Frisk him for his turnip.

- You know I cut that stuff out a long time ago.

- But this is an emergency. The folks'll understand.

- Understand what?

- Joe used to be one of the best all-around...

- Now, wait a minute, Gus.

You ain't got no right

bringin' up what used to be.

That's all right, Joe.

Some of my best friends are...

I know, but I made

a pledge, a solemn pledge.

Do you wanna commit mutiny?

- s it an order?

- t's an order.

Oh, I can't.

The guy's asleep.

That's a break, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's like... It's like

shootin' a sittin' duck.

Quit stalling. If your conscience bothers

you, wake him up. Only, get the ticker.

Kovac.

Looks like quite a blow.

Pardon me.

I'm... sorry.

Now, you know the right time...

dirty double-crossing rat.

Kovac, what are you gonna do?

- What do you think we're gonna do?

- Don't say "we."

- 'll not consent to a thing like this.

- 'm not consulting you.

There's only one thing

to do with the guy.

But, Kovac, it's... it's murder!

- t's execution.

- No, we can't. We mustn't.

- There must be some other way.

- Why can't we tie him up...

- Keep a watch on him?

- Let him have it, Kovac!

- Right now!

- 'm not defending the man.

But why can't we wait till it's night?

Then, in the morning...

What are you so squeamish about?

We're at war!

You've seen'em

killed, haven't you?

In battle, yes.

But not in cold blood like this.

- Look out.!

- Stanley.!

You fools! Stop thinking of yourselves!

Think of the boat!

Joe, take the sheet.!

Make it fast.!

Kovac, man the pump.!

The rest of you bail!

What do you know?

We got a fhrer.

Never mind about that baggage!

Start bailing!

- You speak English!

- Of course I speak English!

- Can we stay afloat?

- Those buoyancy tanks'll hold us up.

- Ohhh! My suitcase!

- Get that, somebody.!

Rittenhouse.!

Lash down that food.!

There go our rations!

There goes our water supply!

Look out!

We might as well go down

together, eh, Connie?

- How am I doin', Willi?

- Fine, Ritt. Fine.

You're a born accompanist.

You didn't make

a single mistake, hardly.

Yeah, I know what

you mean. Right in here.

Yeah, that's it.

Ritt,

you're a born accompanist.

We're all born accompanists.

"How'd I do, Willi?"

What are you laughing at,

you silly goon?

That's one for the book... your book.

Only, when you write it,

they won't believe it.

Our enemy...

our prisoner of war.

Now, we're his prisoners,

and he's gauleiter of the boat...

singin' German lullabies

to us...

while he rows us

to his supply ship...

and a concentration camp.

Tell'em, Willi.

Tell'em how funny it is.

That isn't funny.

It's logical.

Now that we've been blown off our course,

it would take us weeks to get to Bermuda.

Certainly. It's perfectly logical.

The supply ship was our only chance.

You know how I feel about that. I'd rather

take my chances with the sharks.

But he'll never make it.

Without food and water, how long do

you think he can keep on rowing like this?

Long enough, Mr. Kovac,

to reach my objective.

Are you sure, Willi?

Maybe one of us should had better

try to relieve him at the oars.

- That's not necessary.

- Maybe I can take over for a while.

Never mind, I'll row.

How can you keep on rowing,

Willi, hour after hour?

The rest of us

can hardly lift an oar.

It's the master race...

the herrenvolk.

- Didn't you know they can do anything?

- 'm beginning to believe it.

Right living is what does it.

Or, as the French say...

Qui tot so couche

bien se porte.

Sacre bleu.!

You speak French, also.

- Yes. I spent some time in Paris.

- Oh, yes.

Tell me, Willi. Why didn't you speak English

when you first got on the boat?

Well, you see, I didn't know then

whether I could trust you or not.

Wie gehts, Herr Schmidt?

Name is Smith.

All right, Mr. Smith.

How do you feel today?

Same as yesterday...

thirsty.

Well, steward, anything

from the commissary yet?

- Not even a nibble.

- Well, keep on trying.

If you catch some fish,

you'll not only have food, but drink.

When you chew raw fish,

there's always a little fresh water.

Water.

There's that cloud.

What a day

for a ball game.

St. Louis's the team

to watch this year.

If we only had

some bait.

- St. Louis's got hitters.

- t's been there all day.

Stan Musial's been

cloutin"em out.

- Sometime they end up a nimbus.

- How about Ty Cobb?

- Got some A-1 pitchers.

- Yeah.

If the Dodgers only had a guy like

Ernie Bonham, or even Johnnie Humphries.

Pittsburgh's the team to watch.

Only 17 points below St. Louis.

If we beat the Pirates

and St. Louis loses to Boston...

- Hey, Kovac.

- Yeah.

Who do you think'll

pitch for Pittsburgh today?

I don't know. I haven't been

following the games much this season.

Probably Wyatt for the Dodgers,

Sewell for the Pirates.

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