Thunder Bay Page #5

with combat fatigue

if you don't give them

some rest.

Mr. Martin.

Well, what're you doing around

here without your local army?

l am a peaceful man, Mr.

Martin. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

This is Mr. Parker

from the Department

of Wildlife and Fisheries.

We just got in

from the state capitol.

This, Mr. Martin, is a

cease-and-desist injunction

against the dynamiting you've

been doing in these waters.

lt supersedes

any permits you have.

l see.

You know,

fish and shrimp

are among Louisiana's

chief natural resources.

We plan to launch

a thorough investigation

to determine if any damage has

been caused by your dynamiting.

Of course, that'll

take about two months.

You're a little late.

How're we late?

l finished dynamiting

at 1:
00 this morning.

We've picked out

a drilling site.

So, in the future,

l hope you'll give us the

same conscientious protection.

Because, as l recall,

oil is also one of this

state's great natural resources.

Hmm?

There you are.

Hey, Steve!

Gambi, there's your crew.

Hey, Gambi,

what do we do first?

Bail out the gulf

so we can get our rig up?

No, no, ain't you heard?

They're using a submarine.

Any likely dames

in this burg,

or shall we send home

for our own?

You mugs.

Well, Mac, hello.

Gambi,

glad to see you.

What will happen

to us now?

Progress is not

without faults, my friend.

Hey, Mac!

Well, l wasn't expecting you.

Kind of rough down here

for an office man, isn't it?

You wouldn't think so if you had

to face that board every morning.

They tell me you and l are

ruining the company. Are we?

Don't you believe it. l've

got something to show you.

l got something to show...

All right, get them

started on that pipe, Gambi.

All right, boys.

You asked for work, and believe

me, you came to the right place.

Take them down

to the shack, Bob,

and let them

drop their gear.

Hey, we're with you, Gambi!

You're sure getting your

money's worth out of that one.

He's driven the seismograph

crew day and night,

and here we go again.

Be honest with me, Gambi.

Do you think we can do it

with less than 60 days to go?

Oh, l'm not gonna

pull out on him.

l'll stick as long as

there's a chance.

Well, he's fighting a lot

of things in this town.

lf there aren't

any more delays

and if he gets a few

good breaks for a change,

and if he doesn't

kill himself,

along with a few of the

rest of us, he might make it.

Come on, Gambi!

Quit stalling!

See what l mean?

We got ourselves a location.

Here, l'll show you

what we're gonna do.

Gambi seems to think you got

a slim chance of making it.

What do you mean,

slim chance?

Making it's right on the last

page of this schedule of ours

right there

in black and white.

Now, look, we're gonna start

out with two 12-hour shifts.

Now here's the...

Hey, wait a minute there!

Don't run away.

l'll be right down.

Gambi, come on, step it up!

Step it up!

Who do you think

you're talking to?

l've been working

my heart and soul out all day.

MacDONALD:

l'm proud of it, Steve.

You, Gambi, the whole crew

have done a whale of a job.

This is one time

l'm gonna enjoy

walking into

a board meeting.

This time

they'll listen to me.

Seems like we ought to

bust a bottle over her bow

or something like that.

Somebody ought to

break one over your head.

All you've accomplished

is the impossible.

Don't you think

we deserve a celebration?

Now you listen to me.

Way down below here, maybe 8,000

feet, there might be some oil.

We got 26 days to find out.

There's a drilling crew waiting

at the dock. You go get them.

l'll celebrate

by watching them work.

Why don't you let down

for a few hours?

All right, now, you know

where the pay office is,

but just before you resign,

you get somebody else

to bring that crew out, huh?

l'm not too far from

resigning at that, pal.

Come on, Mac.

You coming in?

You're not losing a friend, are you?

Who, Gambi?

l only worry about him

when he stops beefing.

Have a good trip.

So long, Steve.

Here, Gambi.

A hurricane warning.

Just came in.

A hurricane?

Why, that's the greatest news

l've had in two months.

Tie her up, boys.

A big wind's on the way.

No shift going out.

Take the night off.

You're not going out

for Steve?

Look, if it took

an act of God

to get a night off

on this job,

l'm not gonna

mess around with it.

Well, but will

he be all right?

Why sure. Besides, do you

think he'd pass up a chance

to ride out a blow

on that baby of his?

You couldn't drag him

off with a winch.

Come on, boys!

With an early start,

we'll out-howl

that hurricane!

Hey, Louis!

Yeah?

l'll have whiskey.

How does the sky look?

We'll have the wind

by midnight.

Did you find Francesca?

She wasn't at home

or on the boat.

What about Dominique?

Doesn't he know where she is?

l didn't have to ask. l

know where she is all right.

Teche, this year

l wish we have the

biggest wind in the world.

Ah, don't say that!

Big enough

to blow those oil men

and their steel and their

boats right out of here.

Louis!

Why don't you drown yourself

out in the gulf?

lt would be cheaper.

Hey, bartender, bring us

the tallest beer you got!

Phillipe, wait.

He's making

a cheap tramp out of her.

Baby, l'll get you a drink.

What do you drink?

Johnny, look out!

Let me through!

Antoine! Antoine! Antoine!

l'm ruined. Antoine!

Antoine, wake up,

l'm being wrecked.

Come on,

act like a sheriff.

Don't you hear the noise?

Would you let me

to be wrecked forever?

What's going on?

What's going on?

Don't you hear?

Those oil men downstairs

are wrecking my place up.

Come on, get down there

and stop them. Come on.

Hey, wait, wait! Your badge.

How can you be sheriff

without your badge?

Hey, knock it off!

Here comes the sheriff!

Now,

l think we've had just about

enough trouble from you oil people.

We came in here for a drink

and a little relaxation.

ls there any law

against that?

OlL MAN:
Your people

started it, not ours.

We didn't ever have this kind

of trouble before you came.

l'm holding you responsible

for all this here destruction,

and l'm going to

keep you in jail

until my cousin, here,

gets his money.

You mean you're gonna

arrest us for this?

Yes, l am.

Now get marching

out of here.

You can't do this,

Antoine.

They didn't start it.

Phillipe did.

Keep out of it,

baby.

He said get marching

out of here.

He's losing his patience.

Well, what's the matter?

You guys act as though you'd

never been in jail before.

Let's go.

Come on, let's go!

You don't win all the time,

huh? Foreigner!

Francesca...

Get away from me.

l never want to

see you again.

l hate you,

and all the rest of you.

That's all right,

Phillipe.

She might change her mind,

and if she does she won't

let you drink with me anymore.

Hey, Louis! On the cuff.

NEWSCASTER..

And the entire coastline

from Galveston to Mobile

has been alerted.

All shipping has been advised

to avoid the area,

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