The Last Flight Page #2

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What'd ya think we'd do? Stand around?

Thank you.

Hello, Cary.

Hello, Shep. Hello, Nikki.

What will you have to drink?

Martini! - Martini!

- Martini! - Martini!

Quatre Martinis?

Uh, could I have champagne, please?

Champagne? Oui.

Boys, she's goin' to be a problem.

That's what I started on.

It upsets me if I change over

to anything else.

There's a lot of things wrong

with this one.

What were you doing

at the bar at Claridge's anyway?

Yes. Don't you know you're not

supposed to be there?

There's that sign on the wall says

ladies must sit at the back.

Can't read signs.

Well, we'll just have to

take care of her, that's all.

Do you think she's

good-lookin' enough?

Oh, I know I'm not

very good-looking but -

But what?

But when I was a little girl,

my mother always said

I had the nicest hair-ribbon.

Then there's her drinking.

What's the matter with my drinking?

- You're a sissy drinker.

Well, maybe I can improve.

Then there's her teeth.

Why, one of 'em is turned sideways.

You mean this one?

- That's it.

Why don't you have it turned around?

I don't have it turned around

on account of it's a kind of help.

Well, in what respect

does it kind of help?

Well, you see, when anyone

kisses me too hard, it splits my lip.

And you could tell when

anyone kissed me too hard

on account of my lip would bleed.

So now I don't let anyone

kiss me - hard.

Well, we'll let that pass.

Where's he gone?

Shep went off to sharpen his skates.

Now, about your nose.

What about my nose?

It isn't straight.

It kind of turns up at the end.

Well, when I was a little girl,

I got bumped by a swing.

How'd you happen to get bumped?

I just walked through the gate.

I was only seven.

Oh, poor dear.

Didn't you see it?

I can't see very far.

Did it hurt?

It made me dizzy all day.

Well, I guess we can't

hold that against her.

We all make mistakes.

That's right. Michelangelo painted

Adam with a navel.

All the same,

he'd look funny the other way -

even in a painting.

Where's he gone?

He went off to shave a horse.

Have you got a husband or anything?

No husband.

- A mother?

Mother, yes. But we haven't met

in quite a long time.

Why not in a long time?

Well, on account of

my mother's name was Beulah.

Now, you can't have

a mother named Beulah.

So I changed it to Jane.

And that's how it all began.

He's goin' off to tame an alligator.

Who is he, anyway?

Francis used to fly with us

in the 94th.

The best shot in the squadron.

Brought down twelve planes.

Used to call him

"Sudden Death".

He lost interest

after his teammate got killed.

He's lonesome is all.

I like him.

He carries a chiming watch

on account of

he's always falling asleep

in the daytime.

What kind of chimes?

Oh, Westminster, Canterbury,

and Whittington.

I'll take vanilla.

I think he's a washout.

Well, just because you're a big

bombardier and an All-American -

All-American what?

Halfback.

- Where?

Oh, Montana State or somewhere.

Idaho or Nebraska or the

Carlisle Indians or something.

never read about Bill?

Bronko Bill -

the Alabama Flash?

I think it's a forgery.

Say! What do you want me to do?

Tackle a horse?

Sure. Go ahead.

Tackle a horse.

All right, all right,

I'll tackle a horse.

Here comes one now.

Look out, horse!

Hey, Bill! Bill!

Come back here!

Oh, Bill!

Hey! What's the idea

runnin' down my friend like that?

Here!

Never mind. Look where you're going

in the future now.

You just watch out

where you're going!

Now listen, come on out here

you old fool. Whoa, whoa.

Nice horsie.

Now, listen, you ought to be

ashamed of yourself.

You old fool!

You know what you'll do?

You'll kill yourself

one of these days.

Now, come on,

get out of here.

Now, listen -

You all right now, brother?

All right. Now, you just keep your

horse, see? You got your money.

Hey, listen, Bill,

you're All-American, see?

You're TWO All-Americans!

The lady's convinced

you're the whole team.

You don't have to tackle

any more horses.

How 'bout that?

- Drink your drink.

Ahhh. Wasn't that a great spill?

Hey! Where are you going?

Would you all excuse me

for a moment?

Well, where are you going?

To take a Chinese singing lesson.

Hooray!

Hooray! Hooray!

Hooray! Hooray!

Hey. What kind of a girl

do you think Nikki is?

I think she's the kind that sits down

on phonograph records.

Say, Nikki, let's ditch these drunks

and go off somewhere by ourselves.

These crazy fools are

liable to do anything.

Do you think so?

Since the war, they don't care

what happens.

And do you?

I'll say so. I've got more

important things to think of.

What more important things?

Well, my work.

- What kind of work?

I'm the foreign correspondent for a

New York newspaper syndicate.

How nice for you!

Nikki? Are you the kind of girl that

sits down on phonograph records?

People shouldn't leave their records

lying about.

What did I tell you?

Take me dancing?

What place you wanna go?

- What places you got?

Well, we got Maxim's,

only it's too early.

We've got Florida,

Perroquet, Pigalle,

Le Rat Mort, Moulin Rouge,

Bal Tabarin.

I'll take vanilla.

Somebody pay for the drinks!

We're off in a blizzard of

horse-radish!

My, my! Isn't this nice?!

Now, listen, men.

I'll tell ya something funny.

I was only four years old once.

What'd he say?

Said he was only

four years old once.

Amazing.

And my aunt had a very

low-neck dress on.

What'd he say?

Said his aunt had on

a very low-neck dress.

Can't believe it.

And she sat right across the table

in front of me.

And I said,

"Auntie - I can see your knees!"

I wonder what's doing

in Portugal tonight.

Maybe I'd better do my match trick.

If you do match tricks, I'll recite.

Recite what?

- Poetry.

Whose poetry?

- My poetry.

You write poetry?

I'll send you a photograph

of my poetry.

Say, I wonder if there's anything

intoxicating in that.

Just what ARE your plans?

You'll have to watch that lad, Nikki.

He's a member of the Wandering Hands Society

and he has a groping good time.

Your behavior, sir, is unseemly,

unethical, indelicate and lousy.

Have I made myself clear?

All right. My mistake.

I'm sorry.

You'll have to watch out for him, Nikki.

He's just a licentious old man.

It's getting pretty late, isn't it?

Do you want to go home, Nikki?

I'll take you home.

Where do you live?

Hotel Carlton.

I'll take her home, too.

- So will I!

We'll match to see

who takes her home!

Nothin' doing!

We'll ALL take her home.

I saw her first.

It makes no difference.

She belongs to us all now!

Let him sleep.

What's your number?

Eighty-eight.

Here we are.

Goin' up!

Who's gonna pilot this craft?

I'll take her off.

Where's the throttle?

Got your safety belts buckled?

- Mm hmm.

Here it is.

Contact?

Contact!

We're off!

Shut her off!

Hold her nose!

She's headed for the hangar!

Hey, stop it, will ya?

We've gone an' passed my floor.

Gone an' passed your floor?

I'll fix that.

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