The Son Of Kong Page #2

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- Yes, sir.

Get that number two hatch off

and break out the cargo.

That won't take very long.

If we weren't so short-handed,

I'd get rid of that man.

He's a troublemaker.

Of course, Wong Ho would have to

ship his copra last week.

Well, let's see.

There's a couple of half-caste traders here.

We might see them tomorrow...

- ...and get a bit of a cargo.

- Look, Skipper. There's a show in town.

- I'll bet it's terrible.

- Don't be a crab, Skipper. It's a show.

We ought to see it.

- I want a drink and some dinner.

- There's plenty of time for that.

You don't mean to say you're going

to miss the sagacious seals?

Don't you want to laugh and thrill

with La Belle Helene?

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you.

Come, Bobby. Come, George.

Come, Fattima. In with you.

And now, La Belle Helene!

Sweet songstress who has appeared

before all the crowned heads of Europe...

will conclude the performance...

with one of her most popular songs.

La Belle Helene!

Oh, I've got the runaway blues

I want to wander away

Oh, I've got the runaway blues today

Don't want to stay

I know that trains are going somewhere

And steamers are sailing the blue

They go, but baby, what do I care?

'Cause none of them's going to you

Poor kid.

- You know, she's got something.

- It certainly isn't the voice.

Voice, who cares? She's got personality.

Somebody'd show her what to do with it.

I hear the steamer whistle crying

Whoo, whoo

It's just an echo when I'm sighing

Whoo, whoo

You ran away and never told me

What for, what for

And now your arms will never hold me

No more, no more

I don't want the train on the track

Don't want the ship on the sea

Why? 'Cause they ain't

bringing you back to me

Poor me

Thank you for your kind reception

of our efforts.

And remember, another big show here

tomorrow night.

Well, if that's your idea

of a pleasant evening, I...

It's interesting, Skipper.

I'll bet you could take a kid like that...

and put her over to the producer

of a musical comedy.

- But not to the captain of a freighter.

- Ha, ha.

Father, is that man coming again tonight?

Yes, he is. Any objection?

Can't I have a friend drop in?

- He isn't a friend.

- Well, he's a white man...

- ...somebody to talk to.

- Somebody to drink with.

That's enough. Shut up now and go to bed.

You can't get away from here. No money.

How you think you can get away

from here? Huh?

Your Dutchman will be here

in a couple of days, won't he?

Dutch magistrate? Ha!

What do you think he'll do for you?

He don't care what happens to you

and your rotten little show.

Not a rotten show.

I was ringmaster in the biggest circus.

Used to play Colombo, Singapore.

Sure, and you was rotten.

Who're you calling... Who are you?

- Rotten captain!

- You lay off me.

Rotten captain, lost ship.

Lost it on purpose, eh?

Tried to get the insurance...

- ...didn't you?

- Shut up.

Poor captain.

Lost ship, lost job.

Lost certificate.

Ah, dry up, you old tramp.

You're a tramp.

No certificate, no job.

You're no better than me.

And you just lay off my liquor, will you?

Give it back.

Father! Father!

Father!

Father, Father, tell me what happened.

Who did it?

Tony.

Tony, come down.

Tony.

Tony, please, come down.

Tony.

Tony.

- Tony.

- You'll never catch a monkey that way.

- Did you ever catch a monkey?

- Did I ever...? Ha, ha.

Lady, you'd be surprised.

They won't come back.

Oh, well, why should they?

Oh, uh...

I saw your show last night.

How'd the monkeys get away?

I had to let them out.

The tent burned.

Where's the man who owns the show?

He's my father.

He was hurt.

He's dead.

Well, what a tough break.

I'm sorry, kid.

My father used to be with World Wide.

- That's the biggest circus in the East.

- Yes, I know. What did you do?

I was in the ballet.

I wasn't very good.

What happened to World Wide?

Well, my father... Well, he sort of drank.

You know.

And...

They didn't want him anymore.

- So he started his own show.

- Yes.

Well, we just had a few monkeys.

It wasn't very good.

Say, that's no way to talk.

"I wasn't very good,

the show wasn't very good."

Cut it out! You want to tell everybody

how good you are.

Throw out your chest. Brag about yourself.

Oh.

So you're in the show business too.

No, I'm in the shipping business.

- I just put in with the cargo.

- Oh.

I thought maybe you had a show,

and I could...

No, I'm sorry.

Well, I've got a date.

Are you going to be all right?

I mean, have you got any money?

Yes.

Well, keep your chin up.

I'll be seeing you.

Miss, I heard about your father.

- If I could do anything...

- You've done enough.

You killed my father.

Killed? Why, what...?

The tent caught fire.

My father was beaten over the head.

He wasn't burned.

What do you think the magistrate

will say to that when he gets here?

You can't accuse me.

- You wasn't there.

- How do you know I wasn't?

Unless you were.

How do you know what my father

said to me before he...?

Before he died?

He... What did he say?

The magistrate will be here in a few days.

I'll tell him.

You better be careful.

What are you going to tell the magistrate?

You can just wonder about that

till he gets here.

- There isn't a pound of cargo for us here.

- What'll we do now?

Might pick up some business

in the Banda group.

It's a dull life, Skipper.

We need excitement.

Carl Denham.

Don't you remember me?

- Nils Helstrom.

- Well, for the love of Mike. Helstrom.

Sure, I remember you.

This is Captain Englehorn.

Captain Helstrom. Sit down.

Say, do you know who this is?

The man who gave me

the map of Kong's island.

And he wants to know

if I remember him. Ha-ha-ha!

Have a drink.

So, that was your ship came in last night?

Mine and Denham's.

I heard about you in Singapore.

How you'd captured the biggest animal

on earth and taken him back to New York.

Agh.

I'm down, Denham.

- Don't you think you owe me something?

- Ha, ha.

Well, sir, you certainly came

to the right man.

- How about a 50-50 split?

- You mean that?

Sure, I mean it. I'll give you half

of everything I made out of King Kong.

- How much would that come to?

- Well, let's see, 10...

no, 11 lawsuits and the privilege

of being indicted by the grand jury too.

- Ah. Then you're broke too?

- Broke? I'm shattered.

Well, then how about

giving me passage on your ship?

- I want to get away from here.

- Where's your own ship?

I lost her on the Banka reefs.

- Tough luck. No job since?

- Everyone is down on me.

It wasn't my fault.

You know what those waters are like.

Will you take me to some port

that isn't Dutch?

- What's the matter with the Dutch?

- I tell you, they're down on me.

I want to make a fresh start.

You realize how far we'd have to go

to land you out of Dutch, uh...

jurisdiction?

We can't run all over

the Indian Ocean carrying one passenger.

Sorry, old man. Have another drink.

But, Denham,

when you got Kong off that island...

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