The Captain's Paradise
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- 1953
- 94 min
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[ Screeching ]
[ Shouting ]
[ Shouting Commands
In Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
OH, FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE.
GET ON WITH IT.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Shouting Command
In Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
- [ Gunshots ]
- [ Screeching ]
[ Horn Blows ]
[ Spanish ]
TELL THEM TO CARRY ON
WITH THEIR DUTIES.
SI, MI CAPITAN.
THE DEAREST WISH OF--
OF CAPTAIN ST. JAMES.
EXCUSE ME--
NO. PLEASE. FOR PASSENGERS,
THE BRIDGE, NEVER.
YES, BUT I MUST SPEAK TO--
NOT NOW.
HAVE YOU NO FEELINGS ?
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SHIP IS YOURS.
I'M NOT TO BE DISTURBED.
SUS ORDERES, MI CAPITAN.
IF I'M WANTED,
I'M IN MY CABIN.
I'M VERY SORRY
TO BOTHER YOU--
YOU'RE NOT BOTHERING ME.
[ Door Closes ]
AH, PLEASE.
WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE ?
CAPTAIN,
IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT.
DID I HEAR RIGHT ?
DID YOU SAY:
CAPTAIN ST. JAMES ?
YES, YOU DID HEAR RIGHT.
NOW, PLEASE GO.
WELL, I'M LAWRENCE ST. JAMES,
CAPTAIN HENRY ST. JAMES'S
UNCLE.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE--
HIS UNCLE ?
YES. AND I'VE COME
FROM ENGLAND TO TALK TO HIM.
YOU ARE TOO LATE.
BUT-- DO YOU MEAN
IT WAS FOR HIM, THE--
WELL, THAT WREATH
AND, UH, THE FLAG ?
YES.
BULLETS.
HE WAS EXECUTED,
FIVE MINUTES AGO.
EXECUTED ?
WHY ?
A GREAT SOUL.
A GREAT MIND.
YES, BUT--
A GENIUS.
ONE DAY, THE WORLD
WILL KNOW OF HIS GREAT WORK.
HIS WHAT ?
HIS SEARCH FOR:
THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
OH, DON'T TELL ME
STILL ?
EVER SINCE HE WAS A STUDENT--
BUT THERE:
WAS ALWAYS A FLAW.
OH, HE TRIED PERSIA,
TIBET, EVEN AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRALIA ?
SPENT A WHOLE YEAR
AMONG THE ABORIGINES.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE'D
GROW OUT OF SUCH NONSENSE
AS HE GOT OLDER.
- BUT HE FOUND IT.
- THE PERFECT LIFE.
WHERE ?
YES, RIGHT HERE
UNDER OUR VERY NOSES.
IS THAT WHY HE WAS SHOT ?
PERHAPS.
FOR GOODNESS' SAKE, CAPTAIN,
WHAT WAS IT ?
PERHAPS IT IS FATE,
YOU COMING HERE LIKE THIS TODAY,
ON THE VERY DAY THAT HE IS GONE.
AND I CAN TELL OF HIS SECRET,
OF HIS GENIUS.
YES, YES, YES.
BUT WHY WAS HE EXECUTED ?
TO A GREAT MAN.
CAPTAIN HENRY ST. JAMES.
[ Horn Blowing ]
[ Captain ]
AND A GREAT SEAMAN.
HUNDREDS OF TIMES
I WATCH HIM TAKE THIS SHIP
OUT OF GIBRALTAR.
NEVER A SCRATCH.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Horn Blows ]
- [ Spanish ]
- [ Spanish ]
[ Horn Blows ]
SHE'S ALL YOURS, RICCO.
I'LL BE IN MY CABIN
IF YOU WANT ME.
VERY GOOD, CAPTAIN.
[ Bell Clanging ]
[ Snaps Fingers ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
GOOD MORNING.
OH, CAPTAIN.
HOW DO YOU DO ?
WE GET TO KALIK ?
6:
15 TOMORROW EVENING.OH, WE ARE SO EXCITED.
YOU SEE, WE'VE NEVER BEEN
TO NORTH AFRICA BEFORE.
WE LOVED:
SPAIN AND GIBRALTAR,
BUT THEY SAY NORTH AFRICA--
IS A FASCINATING COUNTRY.
OH, THA WON'T BOTHER ME.
MY DADDY'S A SAILOR,
LIKE YOU.
REALLY ?
THE PASSENGER LIST, SIR.
FOR DINNER NOW ?
LATER.
OH, CAPTAIN.
I'M SUSAN DAILEY.
OH, AND I'M DAPHNE BLIGH.
SUSAN DAILEY:
AND DAPHNE BLIGH.
THEN I SHALL SEE YOU
AT DINNER.
EVENING,CAPITAN.
EVENING, PEDRO.
GOOD EVENING, SENORS.
GOOD EVENING.
[ Speaking Arabic ]
[ Speaking Arabic ]
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
UH, PROFESSOR, WILL YOU
SIT HERE. MR. SALMON.
EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT.
GOOD EVENING.
HELLO.
GOOD EVENING, CAPTAIN.
I HOPE YOU'RE
ENJOYING YOUR TRIP.
OH, YES, WE CERTAINLY ARE.
I CAN THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND
THE BROWN WINDSOR SOUP.
UH, PROFESSOR EBBART,
MR. JAMES SALMON,
SENOR LOPEZ,
MONSIEUR ATIER, DR. LIGHTLY.
8:
00 POSITION, CAPTAIN.OH, THANK YOU, RICCO.
I INTRODUCE MYSELF, LADIES.
CHIEF OFFICER RICCO.
I'M MISS DAILEY
AND THIS IS MISS BLIGH.
TO YOU... CARLOS.
AND MISS BLIGH.
BUT SURELY, PROFESSOR,
HISTORY IS A MATTER
OF ACCEPTED FACT--
OF PROVEN EVENTS.
THE POINT THE PROFESSOR
IS MAKING, I SUGGEST, WAS--
YOU READ IT TOO, CAPTAIN ?
OH, CERTAINLY. TWICE.
[ Chuckles ]
WAS THAT HISTORY IS REALLY
THE SYNTHESIS OF INNUMERABLE
POINTS OF VIEW.
DOESN'T HE EVER RELAX ?
[ Captain Talking,
Indistinct ]
STRANGE. CAPTAIN
LIKES MEN AT HIS TABLE.
GOOD TALK. CLEVER TALK.
MEN'S TALK.
BUT FOR ME, I LIKE--
OH, DON'T TELL ME.
I'VE GUESSED.
WE'RE SO LIMITED
IN OPPORTUNITY.
BUT WHY ?
WELL, LOOK AT ME.
TIED TO MY STUDENTS
AND MY LECTURES.
TO DR. LIGHTLY,
TO HIS LABORATORY
AND HIS TEST TUBES.
AND TO YOU, CAPTAIN,
TIED TO YOUR SHIP.
RUNNING TO AND FRO--
GIBRALTAR, KALIK,
KALIK, GIBRALTAR.
IT DEPENDS WHICH
IS TO BE THE MASTER--
YOU OR LIFE.
SOME SHERRY, PROFESSOR ?
THANK YOU.
MUST HAVE A GOLDEN KEY.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOU A KEY, CAPTAIN ?
I WAS MERELY QUOTING,
RICCO, AN OLD PROVERB.
WELL, I THINK
I'LL BE ON MY WAY.
GOOD NIGHT.
SORRY ABOUT YOU:
LOSING YOUR KEY, CAPTAIN.
I HAVEN'T LOST IT, RICCO.
I'LL BE IN MY CABIN, AS USUAL.
GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Speaking Spanish ]
GOOD EVENING, CAPTAIN.
GOOD EVENING, RICCO.
AND A VERY GOOD EVENING TOO,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
TONIGHT, IT-- IT MUST BE
A GOOD EVENING, CAPTAIN.
YES, RICCO, IT MUST.
WELL, YOU KNOW
WHERE TO FIND ME.
YES. GOOD NIGHT, CAPTAIN.
AH,SENOR CAPITAN.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
CAPTAIN.
THEY SAY THEY'VE
LOOKED EVERYWHERE.
WHAT TAX ?
THE "LOST LUGGAGE" TAX.
FIFTY ?
FIFTY PESETAS.
FIFTY ?
CINCUENTA.
[ Man ]
CINCUENTA PESETAS, SENOR.
AH, GRACIAS. GRACIAS.
MUCHAS GRACIAS.
AH.
[ Spanish ]
IT'S AN OLD KALIK
CUSTOMS' CUSTOM.
AH, CAPITAN.
I HAVE HERE SOMETHING
QUANTO ?
[ Speaking Spanish ]
THIS DOES THE JOB.
OH, CAPTAIN, PLEASE.
I'LL WRAP IT UP, YEAH.
OH, WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND
A WORD HE'S SAYING.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
UH, HE'S SUGGESTING
YOU FINISH THE EXAMINATION
WELL. HE'S A COOL CUSTOMER.
IT'S A WARM COUNTRY.
OH, CAPTAIN, WOULDN'T YOU
LIKE TO COME ALONG TOO ?
UNFORTUNATELY,
AH,CAPITAN,HERE IT IS.
[ Speaking Spanish ]
[ Speaking Arabic ]
[ Arabic ]
AH,CAPITAN.
GOOD NIGHT.
NO, ABSALOM,
GOOD EVENING.
HOW'S SMUGGLING--
UH, BUSINESS ?
IT IS FINE, CAPTAIN. JUST FINE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE,
LOTS OF TAXI DRIVE,
LITTLE MONEY SAVED.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO SAVE
MONEY FOR ? SPEND IT.
BUT I HAVE PLANNINGS, CAPTAIN.
I NOT ALWAYS BE TAXI DRIVE.
YOU WAIT. YOU SEE.
ONE DAY, IT BE TAXI--
[ Speaking Native Language ]
TAXI, GOOD-BYE, ABSALOM.
AH, TAXI... GOOD-BYE.
[ Laughing ]
THROUGH THE SOCO CHICO ?
YES, PLEASE, ABSALOM.
STOP AT THE FLOWER STORE.
[ Horn Honking ]
[ Honking Continues ]
OKAY, I'LL HOP OUT HERE.
[ Spanish ]
AH,CAPITAN.
[ Spanish ]
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