Mission to Moscow Page #2

up in the supreme court,

and they want you

to try it.

Well,

very interesting.

All right, you go back and tell them

i'm so deep

in the adirondacks

that it'd take

even edgar hoover

and henry morgenthau

to find me.

Push us off,

will you?

Everything in,

marjorie?

Everything's in

but you, dear.

Watch out for the tackle, daddy.

Don't step

on it.

Have a nice time!

Good-bye, freddie!

If anybody calls

for me, freddie,

tell them i'm opening

sardine cans for daddy!

Mr. Davies!

Mr. Davies!

Mr. Davies!

Don't you think

raymond announces

a bit loudly

for a butler?

5 years i've been trying

to take this vacation,

and now, by godfrey,

i'm gonna take it!

I've got to tell him,

freddie. It can't wait.

Who wants him?

Come on. Help me

with the canoe.

Sure, i'll help you, if you

think it'll do you any good.

Oh, joe, he's getting in the canoe.

And freddie's coming

with him.

They'll have to

catch us first.

Get your oars,

my lads.

Daddy, row harder.

Here they come!

Oh!

Mr. Davies, you've got to come back.

Freddie,

didn't i tell you

that i wouldn't give up this

trip for anything or anybody?

Yes, sir, but this fellow

sounded kind of important.

Nobody's

that important.

I don't care if it's the

president of the united states.

Go back and tell him

i'm busy!

But, mr. Davies,

it is the president.

I don't care if

it's the-huh?

Well, that's different.

You know, among her

other virtues, joe,

your mother had a

remarkable gift of prophecy.

Yes, that was in her welsh blood,

but what reminded you of it?

Well, a way back in

the good old days,

when you and i were

just a couple

of young lawyers

without clients,

she once said to me,

"franklin, if you ever

really stir yourself,

"you will be president

of the united states,

and joe's

going to help you."

Yes, i remember.

But she wasn't the only one

that read your future.

The man who gave us

our start, joe.

Someday the world

will catch up with him.

Well, boss, i know you didn't

pull me away from a fishing trip

just to talk about

old times.

You've got something else on your mind.

That's right. I've been

plotting against you.

Joe, i want you to go to

russia as our ambassador.

Ambassador?

But i'm not a diplomat.

This isn't a job

for a diplomat.

I want a sound

american businessman

who will get me the

hard-boiled facts

behind the most complicated

and dangerous situation

the world

has ever faced.

It's quite an order.

It is, joe.

You handled some pretty big

questions in your law practice,

but this is the biggest

question there is.

Are we going to be

able to keep the peace,

or is europe going to

force us into another war?

You think it's

as close as that, eh?

We're on the verge of the

worst disaster in history,

and i want to do everything

in my power to stop it.

Whether anything can be

done depends on just one man.

Hitler?

He seems bent

on conquest-

not only europe,

but the whole world.

He tells us that

all he wants

is freedom of the seas and

access to raw materials.

If he means it, i'll

move heaven and earth

to see that his people get their share.

But i think

he's bluffing, joe,

and i'm going

to call his hand.

How?

I want you to go

first to berlin

and ask hitler

one question.

If he does get what he says he wants,

will he disarm along

with the rest of us?

That ought to

smoke him out.

But what's all this

got to do with russia?

She is the big unknown

factor in this whole problem.

If trouble comes, whish

side is she going to be on-

ours or hitler's

and japan's?

We've got to know

the truth, joe.

How strong is

stalin's regime,

and how strong

is his army?

Well, we've had enough

experts' opinions about it.

The question is,

which to believe?

It's your job to get

me the right answers.

No, "job" is too small a word, joe.

This is a mission.

But how would

the russians accept me?

I represent some of

the richest men

and largest corporations

in the world.

Politically, i'm a liberal,

but i'm also a capitalist.

I'm much more interested

in your opinion of them

than in their

opinion of you.

You don't have to give

me an answer tonight.

Think it over.

No, you've done that

for me.

If you think i'm the man,

that's good enough for me.

Thanks, joe.

The mission is in

good hands.

Good night, boss.

Good night,

mr. Ambassador.

This is going to be an

awful shock to my family.

They were going to spend

the winter in florida.

Ha ha ha!

Hold it.

Smile!

Smile for

the gentleman.

Thank you

very much.

One other question,

mr. Davies.

What is your opinion

of the russian army?

I haven't seen it yet.

Ask me when i come back.

Is there any special reason

going by way of berlin?

That's all i can

tell you now, boys.

Give me a chance to say

good-bye to my friends.

Good-bye,

mr. Davies!

Good-bye and

good luck, sir!

Gee, emlyn, we're gonna

miss you like the devil.

Thanks, johnny. I'll

send you a picture of me

riding in a... or whatever they call it.

Why don't you get me a job

in your father's embassy?

I'll bet i'd make

a darn good diplomat.

A darn good diplomat would

have arranged it with father.

Now, don't let those

russians fool you, joe.

Keep an open mind, but

don't be influenced.

You think i should look around

but not see too much?

Well, i don't care

how much you see,

but don't buy anything-i

mean political ideas.

Bill means, don't forget

you're an american, joe.

Well, i've handled a good many

tough cases in my life,

and i never judged a man

unless i studied

all the evidence both

for and against him.

That's exactly how

i feel about russia.

How they keep their house is

really none of our business.

Only one thing matters.

What kind of a neighbor will

they be in case of a fire?

Well...

good-bye, joe.

Good-bye.

Bon voyage.

Well, marjorie, we're all

going to be worried to death

about you in russia.

Oh, i'm as excited as a

schoolgirl visiting paris.

Paris is different.

I doubt if there'll even be a

decent hairdresser in moscow.

Bye, now.

Bye.

Good-bye, emlen. I

sure hate to see you go.

Good-bye, emlen.

Think over my offer.

I will. Good-bye.

Take care of yourself. Good-bye!

Good-bye!

Too late.

Please open the door.

This is our train.

But my son has had

an accident in leipzig.

We must get to him.

It is forbidden.

The trains in the new germany

wait for no one.

We are so disappointed, your

excellency, that you can't-

we are disappointed,

your excellency,

that you cannot stay in

hamburg for a few days.

There have been great changes

here in the last few years.

Yes, we've heard of

quite a few of them.

Ah, but you should

see for yourself.

The new germany

is a revelation.

The people have so many

more cultural advantages,

and such spirit.

Yes.

How very interesting.

Achtung!

Enter.

I understand that you

expect to have an appointment

with minister schacht,

your excellency.

I hope to, yes.

And also with

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