One Way Passage (1932) Movie Script
A garden of roses
for you and for me
just for you
if i had my way
you would never grow old
and sunshine i'd bring
every day
first door
to your left, dearie.
You would reign all alone
like a queen on a throne
if i had my way
i haven't made one of these
since the 4th of july.
I was making one
when the quake hit frisco.
Believe me, friend,
i wouldn't go
to all this trouble
for any of these foreigners.
Oop, oop,
you got to wait a minute
and let the oil sink in.
There you are, partner.
You can tell your grandchildren
about that one.
Say,
what in the name of -
why, i'm so sorry.
I'm so glad.
Such a beautiful
drink, too.
Yes, paradise cocktail.
Seem to be
a few drops left.
Always the most precious,
the last few drops.
That's luck.
Yes.
My name is dan.
Mine's joan.
Hello, joan.
Hello, dan.
May we, uh,
drink to our meeting?
We should.
Here's...
here's
hail and farewell.
Well, that seems
a bit ruthless.
Let's say -
- auf wiedersehen.
- Auf wiedersehen.
Auf wiedersehen.
Auf wiedersehen.
And so.
Please, shall i introduce you
to my friends?
I think not.
Luck has allowed us a few drops
of a paradise cocktail.
Another would have destroyed
the charm.
You're right.
Let's trust
luck will come again.
Known him long?
Ever so long.
Where?
I...
i can't quite remember.
Better skip a few cocktails,
darling.
Come on, everybody, how about
a little drink to joan?
Joan,
we're drinking to you.
To joan.
Cheers!
It's been
a long chase, dan.
Yes.
What detained you?
Never mind
the wisecracks.
Still on the garlic, huh?
Well, nevertheless,
it looks like you're out
of luck this time.
Apparently.
Come on!
Come out of it.
Okay, you win.
I always win.
If you try to pull another break
like that on me,
i'll deliver you
in a basket.
Let's go.
Well, now what?
A boat
and then, uh, san quentin.
Can i get my clothes?
Well,
they're on the boat.
Considerate.
Yeah.
You know, i thought
i'd ditched you
way back in berlin.
When i left frisco,
the chief said to me,
"steve,
don't come back alone,"
and he knew i wouldn't.
I'll be
a son of a sea cow.
Well, if it ain't
the light-fingered skippy.
- Hi, dan.
- Hello, skippy.
So this is
your hideout.
Hong kong
must be pretty soft.
I like it fine.
Yeah, well, you better walk
around that u.s.a. Of america
like it was a swamp.
It's getting so a guy
can't go nowheres nowadays
without bumping
into all sorts of people.
Butte wants you.
Detroit wants you.
Sacramento wants you.
I'm wanted everywhere
and welcome nowhere.
I'm just a vagabond.
Oh, that's too bad.
You can't win
all the time.
Come on.
Anything i can do
for you here, dan?
You might poison him.
Hey, flatfoot,
tell those bulls
i'm an alien!
The stateroom
is like a turkish bath.
Thanks for the outing.
Oh, i couldn't stand it
myself.
Thanks anyhow.
Hey, how long -
the cuffs?
I'm taking no chances.
They broke five of my pals
when you escaped.
Well, that wasn't right.
They did all they could.
They were shooting at me
for three blocks.
Yeah, well, it's lucky for you
i wasn't among them.
Yes.
Undoubtedly.
I may as well tell you now,
i'm not such a good sailor.
- Get seasick, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, you better enjoy
everything while you can -
good or bad.
I suppose that includes
being harnessed to you,
garlic and all.
Well, anyway, you better
stand it and like it.
I'm afraid i can't
agree to like it.
Suppose the ship
were to sink.
Imagine my embarrassment
to be found dead
anchored to you.
This ship
ain't gonna sink.
Oh, they've
been known to.
Well, listen, sucker,
when it does,
i'll make you
a little present of this.
When i was a kid, i used to swim
around a pier like that.
Remember your kid
swimming days?
No.
Didn't you ever have
a boyhood?
Can't you swim?
No.
Huh.
What's so funny?
I was wondering
what you would do
if you were a cop
in venice.
Is that supposed to be
a funny crack?
Well, it has
its humorous side.
Man overboard!
It's all right!
I've got him!
There you are.
Reach for the log.
Stop.
Hold on.
It's lucky for you
i knew where that key was.
Yeah, thanks.
Hey, you know, somebody must
have left that rail unfastened.
Leaning there, and all
of a sudden, we're in the ocean.
Yes.
We ought to sue
the company.
I still can't see
why you saved my life
with what's facing you.
Suppose
we don't discuss that.
Well, anyway,
l- i kind of feel like i ought to
do you a little favor.
What, for a little thing
like your life?
I'll tell you
what you can do.
What?
Those are
not particularly becoming
to the well-dressed man.
Besides,
once this ship's at sea,
there's no chance
for a getaway.
Kind of tough on both of us
to be ironed.
What do you say?
All right, then.
Thanks.
But if you try to pull
a fast one on me,
i'll knock you off cold,
is that understood?
Obviously.
I ain't kidding.
I couldn't suspect you
of that.
Well, it's kind of stuffy
in here.
All right
if i go on deck?
Sure.
But i'll go along
with you.
I have an important message
to deliver to her,
and like an idiot,
i forgot her last name.
Her first name is joan.
I'm sorry -
she's about, oh,
she's about so tall,
jet-black hair,
and large brown eyes.
Well,
without her last name,
it'd be awfully hard
for me to find her.
You must come and see us
sometime!
No more parties.
No more cigarettes.
No more dancing.
And no more cocktails.
You're cutting your months
into weeks,
your weeks into days.
My days into hours.
Is that it?
It is.
What you really mean,
and you're too kind to say,
is that if i stay
in my stateroom,
lie in bed,
deny myself everything,
even the -
the mildest diversion,
i may live to arrive
at that charming sanitarium.
You state it very cruelly.
It's not a pretty picture,
is it?
All right.
All right, doctor.
I'll do what you say.
Hmph.
Funny how we cling to life
even after it's worthless.
She's about so tall,
black hair,
and large brown eyes.
Her first name is joan.
Oh, no.
No, i was wrong.
I know now what i want.
I want to crowd all the intense,
beautiful happiness possible
into what life i've got left.
That's all living's for.
If it's only for a few hours,
i want to have it,
and i'm going to have it -
all i can get my hands on.
Joan, i -
now, doctor,
i am going on deck.
But, j-
goodbye!
I don't know.
She might have been in here,
but i didn't notice her.
Hmm.
Well, then she wasn't here.
You'd have noticed her.
Hello, dan.
Hello, joan.
The luck's come back.
This time,
in full glasses.
We mustn't lose a drop,
then.
Health.
Luck.
The day knows how to go out -
with a blaze of glory.
Forgive me
if i'm going poetic on you.
But life is wonderful, dan.
And its best moment
is when we find it out.
Now we must be going.
- Oh, countess!
- No, no, no, no.
You forgive me.
I'm very fatigued.
Some other time.
Oh, countess, are you
of the bavarian barilhauses?
The elder son.
I had the pleasure
of meeting them last summer.
Delightful. We must have tea
together sometime.
Countess,
you played divinely.
Shall i see you later,
countess?
Not tonight,
sir harold.
Tomorrow night,
i promise you.
I shall live
in anticipation.
Don't let the royalty
get you down.
Well, if it ain't -
play dead, chump.
Tail me to my joint.
Something
i can do for you, sir?
Buttermilk.
Yes, sir.
Say, pal,
will you do me a favor?
Yes, sir?
What do you call a countess
when you want to speak to her?
Hmm.
Madame la comtesse.
Thank you.
Say, don't you
ever breathe?
Ahh.
What's the idea of all
the landscape gardening?
Oh, straight
gin is so vulgar, my dear...
oh, boy,
are my pups growling.
Betty, don't they
ever get on to you?
You've been getting away
with this for years.
Who are you
supposed to be now?
Sucker, meet bettina.
La comtesse de barilhaus.
Oh, barilhaus.
Oh, i get it -
barrel house betty - barilhaus.
Sure. Ha ha.
Have you got anything
lined up?
Did you get a load
of that englishman
with the single cheater?
I did.
Full face, he looks
like the bank of england.
Look, i had an idea -
now, lay off.
No petty larceny on this one.
Say, if i make this touch,
i'm through.
I'm sick of jumping every time
there's a knock at the door.
You know, this sticky stuff's
bad for my scalp.
Hmm.
I guess i'm just tired.
You hustlers
are all alike.
Spend all your time
in a twilight sleep.
What do you got
on your mind?
Say, i'm a sucker,
just like the rest of them.
I want a chicken ranch.
Oh, sure,
i know that one, too.
All you need is 5,000 hens
and one rooster.
That's the setup.
Stop kidding yourself,
betty.
You'll be riding these tubs
till they count 10 over you.
I may fool you.
I hope you do.
Spray your throat.
Here's to the rooster.
Cluck, cluck,
cluck, cluck, cluck.
Say, who's the mug
with dan hardesty?
He's a copper,
and the toughest one
out of frisco.
Pinch?
Nothing else.
Tough rap?
The toughest.
Murder?
If you can call it murder
for croaking the dirtiest heel
that ever lived.
Well, any chance
to beat the rap?
No, no.
He's already been
sentenced.
Well, then how's he -
he broke.
He broke when they were
taking him to san quentin.
The rope.
He's a swell guy, too.
Tsk.
Gee, came to the front for me
in singapore
when i was in row.
And i was in row.
He took a long chance
for me.
I certainly wish i could
pay him back the same way.
Look.
He's got everything -
strength, youth, courage.
Everything that makes life
fit to live.
It's just a ghost.
Is it late?
Does it matter?
Not anymore.
The world and time...
seem somewhere else.
Death ain't tough enough.
He's got to fall in love.
Let's take a turn
around the deck.
I do 40 laps a day.
Keeps you in shape.
What's the percentage
of me keeping in shape?
Well, it's better than mooning
around the deck all night.
Oh, good morning.
Hello.
May i present mr. Burke.
Miss ames.
- How do you do?
- How do you do?
Mr. Burke
is an old friend of mine.
We're traveling
together.
How nice.
Yeah, we're together
all the time.
Practically inseparable.
Well, i'm taking him
for the afternoon.
Come along, dan.
Well,
that's all right.
Hey, you little tramp!
I ought to throw you
overboard!
Oh! Oh!
Isn't it possible
for a lady to go anywhere
nowadays
without bumping
into all sorts of people?!
If i had you
on shore, i'd -
oh, i'm so frightened.
Uh, nobody's
gonna harm you.
Oh, you are good.
So brave.
I am very, very grateful.
Aw, don't mention it...
madame la comtesse.
Oh, you know me, ah?
Who i am.
I have not the pleasure
to know you.
Well,
my name's steve burke.
Delighted.
Monsieur burke.
Now, come.
You sit down with me
for a few minutes, hmm?
Oh, that terrible man,
he might come back.
Nobody's gonna bother you,
not with me here.
You know,
i could not feel safer
if i thought
you were a policeman.
Say, now, listen, lady...
hey.
Oh, yes!
I almost forgot -
my change.
I beg your pardon, sir.
What was it you gave me?
I gave you a $5 bill.
Yes, sir.
I'm sorry, sir.
Sorry, sir.
Oh, oh, wait,
you only took out for one drink.
I had three.
Oh, thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Think nothing of it,
my good man.
Ah.
I beg your pardon.
After you, sir.
Say, how long
is this parade gonna last?
Oh, you won't talk, huh?
No, you don't.
No, you don't.
It's my turn now.
Well, you got away with it
that time,
but i know what you look like,
and it won't happen again.
Dan, dan, wait.
Oh, my dear.
What is it, joan?
I'm all right.
Let's -
let's go out on deck.
Why, yes, of course, dear.
Better?
Much better out here.
It is rather nice to get away
from people, isn't it?
Oh, dan, i'm so happy.
Tomorrow, honolulu.
I have the whole day
planned.
First, we'll hire a car,
drive across the pali.
Just we two, hmm?
Yes.
You don't sound
very enthusiastic.
Only because...
there's something that may
prevent my going ashore.
Oh, dan,
and i'd counted on it so.
Well, don't worry.
I'll get out of it somehow.
Sweetheart.
Think you can lose
your friend steve?
I'll make it
my supreme effort.
You know, i can't dance
with everybody,
but with you,
countess...
you know,
steven dances like a gigolo.
Well, i wouldn't say that
exactly.
You two ain't
so bad yourselves.
Why ain't you
going at it?
I'm saving my strength
for tomorrow in honolulu.
Dan's taking me
for a long drive.
Oh, so you're going
for a long ride, huh?
That's swell.
I think i need a lemonade.
Come, steven.
We'll see you later.
Au revoir.
What's the matter,
steven?
I wonder if that guy back there
thinks he's bullying me.
Why?
What about?
Well, i may as well
tell you now.
We ain't pals.
He's my prisoner.
What?
You are police officer?
Sergeant, first-grade.
Oh.
And i know what's going on
in that guy's mind
like i can open it
and look in it.
Oh, you're wonderful.
You know, i always wanted to
meet a detective.
Honolulu's the last stop.
That means it's his last chance
to make a getaway.
And that's what
that guy's thinking -
thinking every moment.
He's only wasting
his time.
Across the island,
i know the most divine spot.
I'll take you there
and have you all to myself.
Let him once
get near the shore,
and he'll risk his life
to make a getaway.
But if he makes
one phony move...
oh, you frighten me.
What are you going to do?
I'm gonna put him
in the brig.
Brig?
What is brig?
That's what they call
a jail on a ship.
Good night, dan.
Good night, joan.
Until tomorrow.
What's the matter?
From the copper's gun!
How'd you get 'em?
Now get this.
You go to dan hardesty.
You're slated for the brig
any minute.
I was afraid of that.
But look.
From burke's gun?
Yeah, betty
pulled his teeth.
That gives me a chance.
Hey, and here's a bankroll.
You'll need it.
Compliments of betty.
English money?
Well, that's the only kind
sir harold had.
What a girl.
Come on, dan, get going.
Thanks, skippy.
All the luck
in the world, pal.
I'll need it.
He won't get out
of there.
That's okay.
Can i help you
bring him down?
No, no.
I don't need any help.
I can handle him myself.
I'd like you to deliver this
to miss joan ames
in stateroom b-55...
about an hour after the ship
docks in honolulu.
Yes, sir.
You understand,
about an hour after we dock.
Not before that.
Very good, sir.
And don't disturb me
for a couple of hours.
I think i'll take a nap.
I'll ring if i want you.
Very good, sir.
Well, pal,
you look pretty smooth.
Going ashore?
Yeah, but i'm
sorry, pal.
You're going
in the brig.
That's a bit tough,
but i can't say i blame you.
Yeah, you know how it is.
A guy's got to do his duty.
Not bad.
And now, if you've
no serious objections, pal,
let's get going.
No objections.
All right, pal,
across the hall
and down
through the engine room.
Listen, sucker,
next time you take the shells
out of a smart guy's gun,
remember to put
some blanks back.
Dan is in the brig.
The copper's got the key here.
Oh.
Good morning.
I was just waiting for mr. Burke
to take me ashore.
Seen dan?
Uh, no.
No, but he'll be along soon.
Good morning, ladies.
Good morning,
mr. Burke.
Oh!
Doesn't he look handsome?
Have you seen dan
anywhere?
Why, no, i have-
i haven't.
We've got to go.
See you ashore.
Au revoir.
Gee, that was
a tough spot.
Poor kl-
le pauvre enfant.
Ha!
The cop and betty
have gone ashore.
Give them plenty of time
for a head start.
Dan!
Oh, dan.
Dan, i've been looking
all over for you.
I'm so sorry, but i -
it's all right,
now that you're here now.
Well, come on,
let's go, shall we?
Of course.
Wait till i get this up.
There we are.
Good morning,
mr. Hardesty.
Good morning, doctor.
Now, please be careful.
Not too strenuous today.
Don't you worry about me,
old dear.
Come along, dan.
Goodbye.
It happened so fast -
oh! Oh!
That terrible drunk again!
When you get to frisco,
i'll pop you in the can so fast,
you won't come out
till chinese new year!
Buddy, when i get back
to frisco,
you'll be tripping
over your beard.
Now, if you don't mind waiting
for just a couple of moments,
i have a little surprise
for you.
I'll wait.
So i've got to get
out of here today.
I see.
I've got the man.
Have you got
plenty of money?
There she is.
You can't miss it.
What time do we sail?
Just as soon
as it's dark.
We'll be ready to shove off
the minute you step aboard.
Good.
Oh!
Gardenias, pikake,
and camellia.
It's too beautiful.
Now, over the pali.
We're off.
I could stay here
forever.
I wonder.
I know it.
Would you be content to spend
the rest of your life with me
in some... faraway place?
Anywhere, dan.
Why so serious?
Joan, dear,
i've got to tell you this.
Dan, if it's serious,
i don't want to hear it.
But i must tell you this.
Not today.
But, my dear -
shh.
May i have a cigarette?
You're incorrigible.
Oh, boy, it's dark in there.
$4, please.
This is living,
isn't it, dan?
Could we ask for more?
Only...
that it would never end.
It won't end, will it, dan?
My dear,
whatever happens...
we belong to each other
always.
Hold me closer.
What's this, tears?
Oh.
I can't help feeling
a little bit sad.
It's been
such a happy day.
I guess we...
we ought to go back,
shouldn't we?
I suppose so.
The dock's
over there, dan.
Yes, it's still there.
The gangplank's there.
We can make it if we hurry.
Joan, dear...
dan, we'll have to hurry.
- I've got to tell you this.
- What?
You must go
the rest of the way alone.
What do you mean?
I've been trying to tell you
all day.
I'm not going back
on the ship.
You're...
not going back on the ship?
I can't go back, dear,
because i'm an es-
my dear?
Joan?
Dear?
Might i help you?
Yes. Will you turn
the car around
and keep
the engine going?
Yes.
Is she all right,
doctor?
I believe so.
Dan?
Yes, dear?
Dan...
don't leave me.
Poor guy.
What did you say?
Oh, i didn't
say nothing.
Aloha oe
aloha oe...
ah, you're a swell guy,
steve.
Get out of here
and never come back!
If you ever come back...
don't forget to write,
now, will you?
Don't you ever
come back here!
And the next stop, sucker,
is san francisco.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
It's you, doctor.
Oh, nothing's happened.
I just want to have
a little talk with you.
Well?
You're the only one
that can help me.
Her condition
is desperate.
She must have absolute
quiet and rest
if she's to reach
the mainland alive.
She survived this attack,
but it isn't humanly possible
for her to survive another.
The slightest excitement
might kill her.
A shock surely would.
Can i depend upon you?
Of course.
Thank you.
Now try and get
a little more rest.
Oh, doctor?
I've got to tell you this.
There is a shock coming,
and i don't know
how to avoid it.
When we reach
san francisco,
i'll be met by the police.
They're taking me
to san quentin...
for murder.
I'll play you
a game of pegs.
And i think
you'd better rest.
You're beginning
to even look like my doctor.
You shouldn't come here.
Oh, fine. Sue me.
I came to pay you
the money i owe you.
- Sir harold?
- Uh-huh.
I thought i told you
to lay off him.
Well, what was the use
of letting him go to waste?
You weren't using him.
I've been busy.
Ah, sure -
with that copper.
You know, i think
you're falling for him.
He's not such a bad guy.
Oh, sure.
Copper lover!
Falling for the law.
The fox falling in love
with the hounds.
I'm ashamed of you.
I tell you, that guy is no
good. Now, wait a minute.
His racket's on the other side
of the fence,
but he's playing it
on the up-and-up.
He's 100% copper, just the same
as you're 100% thief.
And you know yourself -
at the head of the class.
I wonder if i'm hearing
all this right.
Scram.
Good night, countess.
Quick, bartender,
get me a drink, quick.
Yes, sir. Quick,
before the fight begins.
Yes, sir.
Here you are, sir.
Good, give me another -
another one, quick.
Quick,
before the fight begins!
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
What fight?
The fight
between you and me.
I can't pay
for these drinks.
The golden gate.
I remember an old hymn.
How did it go?
Keep those golden gates
wide open.
Keep those gates ajar.
Yes, i remember that.
I was born here
in san francisco,
and when i was
a youngster,
i used to think they were
singing about this golden gate.
I thought
it was the only one.
I hope you were wrong.
I hope so.
Lovely, isn't it?
Voila.
Your san francisco, hmm?
Home.
Yeah.
Here, get a load of this.
Well, i've seen
some royalty in me time,
but i thought she was
the grandest of the lot.
Oh.
I hate to deliver it.
You know, i'm sort of tired
of being a copper.
Oh, i don't know.
L- i just sort of feel
that i won't enjoy
being the law anymore,
after what's happened.
And i was wondering
if you'd be willing...
well, i sort of...
i sort of thought that...
well, anyway,
i got a ranch half paid for.
A ranch?
Sure.
I got a chicken ranch
in petaluma.
Oh, i'd love it, steven,
but there's something
i have to tell you first.
Ah, you're a right guy,
and i'm gonna
come clean with you.
In the first place,
i'm not a count-
beg your pardon, sir.
You were saying?
I was saying, i'm not any
of the things you think i am.
I've been a long way,
and i've left
a wide trail.
If it's your past,
mine ain't been
no bed of violets.
What do you say
we forget about it?
Let's start
from scratch.
You on the level,
steve?
On the level.
What do you say,
countess?
Don't smear my bangs.
Remember our first?
We thought
it was our last.
You never can tell.
Four glorious weeks.
So many happy hours.
And there's
so many more, too.
Aren't there, dan?
Of course, dear.
We mustn't miss
one of them.
We won't, dear.
Where shall we dine
tonight?
Does it matter?
Not as long
as we're together,
but...
it's fun to plan ahead.
Let's see.
I'd like to be in caliente
for new year's.
Just a month, isn't it?
Well, then,
here's to agua caliente,
new year's eve.
Nothing can keep me away.
Nor me.
I'll finish packing
and join you.
All right, sweet.
Sorry, dan.
You have to use those?
I've got to deliver you
according to hoyle.
It's murder.
If we can get off the boat
without her seeing us...
i'll do my best.
Thanks.
Let's go.
You could have knocked me
down with a belaying pin.
And then, as nice as you please,
he put the handcuffs on him.
Where's mr. Hardesty?
I was just
telling her, miss -
right here, in front
of me very eyes,
his friend, his best pal,
as you might rightly call him,
takes out
a pair of handcuffs,
and snap, snap,
and he's a prisoner.
And with their hands
at their side, out they goes.
Dan?
The very same, miss,
and a nicer gentleman
you wouldn't wish to meet.
And him -
a red-handed murderer.
And he has me bobbing
in and out of here
with no thought of me own life,
turning me back on him.
Why, he might have cut my throat
from ear to ear.
Dan.
Joan!
Goodbye, dan.
Not goodbye, dear.
Auf wiedersehen...
until new year's eve.
Auf wiedersehen.
I'll be glad
when this thing's over.
You're telling me.
These holidays
are dynamite.
Hey, look out for them glasses
with your elbow.
I never touched
any glasses.
for you and for me
just for you
if i had my way
you would never grow old
and sunshine i'd bring
every day
first door
to your left, dearie.
You would reign all alone
like a queen on a throne
if i had my way
i haven't made one of these
since the 4th of july.
I was making one
when the quake hit frisco.
Believe me, friend,
i wouldn't go
to all this trouble
for any of these foreigners.
Oop, oop,
you got to wait a minute
and let the oil sink in.
There you are, partner.
You can tell your grandchildren
about that one.
Say,
what in the name of -
why, i'm so sorry.
I'm so glad.
Such a beautiful
drink, too.
Yes, paradise cocktail.
Seem to be
a few drops left.
Always the most precious,
the last few drops.
That's luck.
Yes.
My name is dan.
Mine's joan.
Hello, joan.
Hello, dan.
May we, uh,
drink to our meeting?
We should.
Here's...
here's
hail and farewell.
Well, that seems
a bit ruthless.
Let's say -
- auf wiedersehen.
- Auf wiedersehen.
Auf wiedersehen.
Auf wiedersehen.
And so.
Please, shall i introduce you
to my friends?
I think not.
Luck has allowed us a few drops
of a paradise cocktail.
Another would have destroyed
the charm.
You're right.
Let's trust
luck will come again.
Known him long?
Ever so long.
Where?
I...
i can't quite remember.
Better skip a few cocktails,
darling.
Come on, everybody, how about
a little drink to joan?
Joan,
we're drinking to you.
To joan.
Cheers!
It's been
a long chase, dan.
Yes.
What detained you?
Never mind
the wisecracks.
Still on the garlic, huh?
Well, nevertheless,
it looks like you're out
of luck this time.
Apparently.
Come on!
Come out of it.
Okay, you win.
I always win.
If you try to pull another break
like that on me,
i'll deliver you
in a basket.
Let's go.
Well, now what?
A boat
and then, uh, san quentin.
Can i get my clothes?
Well,
they're on the boat.
Considerate.
Yeah.
You know, i thought
i'd ditched you
way back in berlin.
When i left frisco,
the chief said to me,
"steve,
don't come back alone,"
and he knew i wouldn't.
I'll be
a son of a sea cow.
Well, if it ain't
the light-fingered skippy.
- Hi, dan.
- Hello, skippy.
So this is
your hideout.
Hong kong
must be pretty soft.
I like it fine.
Yeah, well, you better walk
around that u.s.a. Of america
like it was a swamp.
It's getting so a guy
can't go nowheres nowadays
without bumping
into all sorts of people.
Butte wants you.
Detroit wants you.
Sacramento wants you.
I'm wanted everywhere
and welcome nowhere.
I'm just a vagabond.
Oh, that's too bad.
You can't win
all the time.
Come on.
Anything i can do
for you here, dan?
You might poison him.
Hey, flatfoot,
tell those bulls
i'm an alien!
The stateroom
is like a turkish bath.
Thanks for the outing.
Oh, i couldn't stand it
myself.
Thanks anyhow.
Hey, how long -
the cuffs?
I'm taking no chances.
They broke five of my pals
when you escaped.
Well, that wasn't right.
They did all they could.
They were shooting at me
for three blocks.
Yeah, well, it's lucky for you
i wasn't among them.
Yes.
Undoubtedly.
I may as well tell you now,
i'm not such a good sailor.
- Get seasick, huh?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, you better enjoy
everything while you can -
good or bad.
I suppose that includes
being harnessed to you,
garlic and all.
Well, anyway, you better
stand it and like it.
I'm afraid i can't
agree to like it.
Suppose the ship
were to sink.
Imagine my embarrassment
to be found dead
anchored to you.
This ship
ain't gonna sink.
Oh, they've
been known to.
Well, listen, sucker,
when it does,
i'll make you
a little present of this.
When i was a kid, i used to swim
around a pier like that.
Remember your kid
swimming days?
No.
Didn't you ever have
a boyhood?
Can't you swim?
No.
Huh.
What's so funny?
I was wondering
what you would do
if you were a cop
in venice.
Is that supposed to be
a funny crack?
Well, it has
its humorous side.
Man overboard!
It's all right!
I've got him!
There you are.
Reach for the log.
Stop.
Hold on.
It's lucky for you
i knew where that key was.
Yeah, thanks.
Hey, you know, somebody must
have left that rail unfastened.
Leaning there, and all
of a sudden, we're in the ocean.
Yes.
We ought to sue
the company.
I still can't see
why you saved my life
with what's facing you.
Suppose
we don't discuss that.
Well, anyway,
l- i kind of feel like i ought to
do you a little favor.
What, for a little thing
like your life?
I'll tell you
what you can do.
What?
Those are
not particularly becoming
to the well-dressed man.
Besides,
once this ship's at sea,
there's no chance
for a getaway.
Kind of tough on both of us
to be ironed.
What do you say?
All right, then.
Thanks.
But if you try to pull
a fast one on me,
i'll knock you off cold,
is that understood?
Obviously.
I ain't kidding.
I couldn't suspect you
of that.
Well, it's kind of stuffy
in here.
All right
if i go on deck?
Sure.
But i'll go along
with you.
I have an important message
to deliver to her,
and like an idiot,
i forgot her last name.
Her first name is joan.
I'm sorry -
she's about, oh,
she's about so tall,
jet-black hair,
and large brown eyes.
Well,
without her last name,
it'd be awfully hard
for me to find her.
You must come and see us
sometime!
No more parties.
No more cigarettes.
No more dancing.
And no more cocktails.
You're cutting your months
into weeks,
your weeks into days.
My days into hours.
Is that it?
It is.
What you really mean,
and you're too kind to say,
is that if i stay
in my stateroom,
lie in bed,
deny myself everything,
even the -
the mildest diversion,
i may live to arrive
at that charming sanitarium.
You state it very cruelly.
It's not a pretty picture,
is it?
All right.
All right, doctor.
I'll do what you say.
Hmph.
Funny how we cling to life
even after it's worthless.
She's about so tall,
black hair,
and large brown eyes.
Her first name is joan.
Oh, no.
No, i was wrong.
I know now what i want.
I want to crowd all the intense,
beautiful happiness possible
into what life i've got left.
That's all living's for.
If it's only for a few hours,
i want to have it,
and i'm going to have it -
all i can get my hands on.
Joan, i -
now, doctor,
i am going on deck.
But, j-
goodbye!
I don't know.
She might have been in here,
but i didn't notice her.
Hmm.
Well, then she wasn't here.
You'd have noticed her.
Hello, dan.
Hello, joan.
The luck's come back.
This time,
in full glasses.
We mustn't lose a drop,
then.
Health.
Luck.
The day knows how to go out -
with a blaze of glory.
Forgive me
if i'm going poetic on you.
But life is wonderful, dan.
And its best moment
is when we find it out.
Now we must be going.
- Oh, countess!
- No, no, no, no.
You forgive me.
I'm very fatigued.
Some other time.
Oh, countess, are you
of the bavarian barilhauses?
The elder son.
I had the pleasure
of meeting them last summer.
Delightful. We must have tea
together sometime.
Countess,
you played divinely.
Shall i see you later,
countess?
Not tonight,
sir harold.
Tomorrow night,
i promise you.
I shall live
in anticipation.
Don't let the royalty
get you down.
Well, if it ain't -
play dead, chump.
Tail me to my joint.
Something
i can do for you, sir?
Buttermilk.
Yes, sir.
Say, pal,
will you do me a favor?
Yes, sir?
What do you call a countess
when you want to speak to her?
Hmm.
Madame la comtesse.
Thank you.
Say, don't you
ever breathe?
Ahh.
What's the idea of all
the landscape gardening?
Oh, straight
gin is so vulgar, my dear...
oh, boy,
are my pups growling.
Betty, don't they
ever get on to you?
You've been getting away
with this for years.
Who are you
supposed to be now?
Sucker, meet bettina.
La comtesse de barilhaus.
Oh, barilhaus.
Oh, i get it -
barrel house betty - barilhaus.
Sure. Ha ha.
Have you got anything
lined up?
Did you get a load
of that englishman
with the single cheater?
I did.
Full face, he looks
like the bank of england.
Look, i had an idea -
now, lay off.
No petty larceny on this one.
Say, if i make this touch,
i'm through.
I'm sick of jumping every time
there's a knock at the door.
You know, this sticky stuff's
bad for my scalp.
Hmm.
I guess i'm just tired.
You hustlers
are all alike.
Spend all your time
in a twilight sleep.
What do you got
on your mind?
Say, i'm a sucker,
just like the rest of them.
I want a chicken ranch.
Oh, sure,
i know that one, too.
All you need is 5,000 hens
and one rooster.
That's the setup.
Stop kidding yourself,
betty.
You'll be riding these tubs
till they count 10 over you.
I may fool you.
I hope you do.
Spray your throat.
Here's to the rooster.
Cluck, cluck,
cluck, cluck, cluck.
Say, who's the mug
with dan hardesty?
He's a copper,
and the toughest one
out of frisco.
Pinch?
Nothing else.
Tough rap?
The toughest.
Murder?
If you can call it murder
for croaking the dirtiest heel
that ever lived.
Well, any chance
to beat the rap?
No, no.
He's already been
sentenced.
Well, then how's he -
he broke.
He broke when they were
taking him to san quentin.
The rope.
He's a swell guy, too.
Tsk.
Gee, came to the front for me
in singapore
when i was in row.
And i was in row.
He took a long chance
for me.
I certainly wish i could
pay him back the same way.
Look.
He's got everything -
strength, youth, courage.
Everything that makes life
fit to live.
It's just a ghost.
Is it late?
Does it matter?
Not anymore.
The world and time...
seem somewhere else.
Death ain't tough enough.
He's got to fall in love.
Let's take a turn
around the deck.
I do 40 laps a day.
Keeps you in shape.
What's the percentage
of me keeping in shape?
Well, it's better than mooning
around the deck all night.
Oh, good morning.
Hello.
May i present mr. Burke.
Miss ames.
- How do you do?
- How do you do?
Mr. Burke
is an old friend of mine.
We're traveling
together.
How nice.
Yeah, we're together
all the time.
Practically inseparable.
Well, i'm taking him
for the afternoon.
Come along, dan.
Well,
that's all right.
Hey, you little tramp!
I ought to throw you
overboard!
Oh! Oh!
Isn't it possible
for a lady to go anywhere
nowadays
without bumping
into all sorts of people?!
If i had you
on shore, i'd -
oh, i'm so frightened.
Uh, nobody's
gonna harm you.
Oh, you are good.
So brave.
I am very, very grateful.
Aw, don't mention it...
madame la comtesse.
Oh, you know me, ah?
Who i am.
I have not the pleasure
to know you.
Well,
my name's steve burke.
Delighted.
Monsieur burke.
Now, come.
You sit down with me
for a few minutes, hmm?
Oh, that terrible man,
he might come back.
Nobody's gonna bother you,
not with me here.
You know,
i could not feel safer
if i thought
you were a policeman.
Say, now, listen, lady...
hey.
Oh, yes!
I almost forgot -
my change.
I beg your pardon, sir.
What was it you gave me?
I gave you a $5 bill.
Yes, sir.
I'm sorry, sir.
Sorry, sir.
Oh, oh, wait,
you only took out for one drink.
I had three.
Oh, thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Think nothing of it,
my good man.
Ah.
I beg your pardon.
After you, sir.
Say, how long
is this parade gonna last?
Oh, you won't talk, huh?
No, you don't.
No, you don't.
It's my turn now.
Well, you got away with it
that time,
but i know what you look like,
and it won't happen again.
Dan, dan, wait.
Oh, my dear.
What is it, joan?
I'm all right.
Let's -
let's go out on deck.
Why, yes, of course, dear.
Better?
Much better out here.
It is rather nice to get away
from people, isn't it?
Oh, dan, i'm so happy.
Tomorrow, honolulu.
I have the whole day
planned.
First, we'll hire a car,
drive across the pali.
Just we two, hmm?
Yes.
You don't sound
very enthusiastic.
Only because...
there's something that may
prevent my going ashore.
Oh, dan,
and i'd counted on it so.
Well, don't worry.
I'll get out of it somehow.
Sweetheart.
Think you can lose
your friend steve?
I'll make it
my supreme effort.
You know, i can't dance
with everybody,
but with you,
countess...
you know,
steven dances like a gigolo.
Well, i wouldn't say that
exactly.
You two ain't
so bad yourselves.
Why ain't you
going at it?
I'm saving my strength
for tomorrow in honolulu.
Dan's taking me
for a long drive.
Oh, so you're going
for a long ride, huh?
That's swell.
I think i need a lemonade.
Come, steven.
We'll see you later.
Au revoir.
What's the matter,
steven?
I wonder if that guy back there
thinks he's bullying me.
Why?
What about?
Well, i may as well
tell you now.
We ain't pals.
He's my prisoner.
What?
You are police officer?
Sergeant, first-grade.
Oh.
And i know what's going on
in that guy's mind
like i can open it
and look in it.
Oh, you're wonderful.
You know, i always wanted to
meet a detective.
Honolulu's the last stop.
That means it's his last chance
to make a getaway.
And that's what
that guy's thinking -
thinking every moment.
He's only wasting
his time.
Across the island,
i know the most divine spot.
I'll take you there
and have you all to myself.
Let him once
get near the shore,
and he'll risk his life
to make a getaway.
But if he makes
one phony move...
oh, you frighten me.
What are you going to do?
I'm gonna put him
in the brig.
Brig?
What is brig?
That's what they call
a jail on a ship.
Good night, dan.
Good night, joan.
Until tomorrow.
What's the matter?
From the copper's gun!
How'd you get 'em?
Now get this.
You go to dan hardesty.
You're slated for the brig
any minute.
I was afraid of that.
But look.
From burke's gun?
Yeah, betty
pulled his teeth.
That gives me a chance.
Hey, and here's a bankroll.
You'll need it.
Compliments of betty.
English money?
Well, that's the only kind
sir harold had.
What a girl.
Come on, dan, get going.
Thanks, skippy.
All the luck
in the world, pal.
I'll need it.
He won't get out
of there.
That's okay.
Can i help you
bring him down?
No, no.
I don't need any help.
I can handle him myself.
I'd like you to deliver this
to miss joan ames
in stateroom b-55...
about an hour after the ship
docks in honolulu.
Yes, sir.
You understand,
about an hour after we dock.
Not before that.
Very good, sir.
And don't disturb me
for a couple of hours.
I think i'll take a nap.
I'll ring if i want you.
Very good, sir.
Well, pal,
you look pretty smooth.
Going ashore?
Yeah, but i'm
sorry, pal.
You're going
in the brig.
That's a bit tough,
but i can't say i blame you.
Yeah, you know how it is.
A guy's got to do his duty.
Not bad.
And now, if you've
no serious objections, pal,
let's get going.
No objections.
All right, pal,
across the hall
and down
through the engine room.
Listen, sucker,
next time you take the shells
out of a smart guy's gun,
remember to put
some blanks back.
Dan is in the brig.
The copper's got the key here.
Oh.
Good morning.
I was just waiting for mr. Burke
to take me ashore.
Seen dan?
Uh, no.
No, but he'll be along soon.
Good morning, ladies.
Good morning,
mr. Burke.
Oh!
Doesn't he look handsome?
Have you seen dan
anywhere?
Why, no, i have-
i haven't.
We've got to go.
See you ashore.
Au revoir.
Gee, that was
a tough spot.
Poor kl-
le pauvre enfant.
Ha!
The cop and betty
have gone ashore.
Give them plenty of time
for a head start.
Dan!
Oh, dan.
Dan, i've been looking
all over for you.
I'm so sorry, but i -
it's all right,
now that you're here now.
Well, come on,
let's go, shall we?
Of course.
Wait till i get this up.
There we are.
Good morning,
mr. Hardesty.
Good morning, doctor.
Now, please be careful.
Not too strenuous today.
Don't you worry about me,
old dear.
Come along, dan.
Goodbye.
It happened so fast -
oh! Oh!
That terrible drunk again!
When you get to frisco,
i'll pop you in the can so fast,
you won't come out
till chinese new year!
Buddy, when i get back
to frisco,
you'll be tripping
over your beard.
Now, if you don't mind waiting
for just a couple of moments,
i have a little surprise
for you.
I'll wait.
So i've got to get
out of here today.
I see.
I've got the man.
Have you got
plenty of money?
There she is.
You can't miss it.
What time do we sail?
Just as soon
as it's dark.
We'll be ready to shove off
the minute you step aboard.
Good.
Oh!
Gardenias, pikake,
and camellia.
It's too beautiful.
Now, over the pali.
We're off.
I could stay here
forever.
I wonder.
I know it.
Would you be content to spend
the rest of your life with me
in some... faraway place?
Anywhere, dan.
Why so serious?
Joan, dear,
i've got to tell you this.
Dan, if it's serious,
i don't want to hear it.
But i must tell you this.
Not today.
But, my dear -
shh.
May i have a cigarette?
You're incorrigible.
Oh, boy, it's dark in there.
$4, please.
This is living,
isn't it, dan?
Could we ask for more?
Only...
that it would never end.
It won't end, will it, dan?
My dear,
whatever happens...
we belong to each other
always.
Hold me closer.
What's this, tears?
Oh.
I can't help feeling
a little bit sad.
It's been
such a happy day.
I guess we...
we ought to go back,
shouldn't we?
I suppose so.
The dock's
over there, dan.
Yes, it's still there.
The gangplank's there.
We can make it if we hurry.
Joan, dear...
dan, we'll have to hurry.
- I've got to tell you this.
- What?
You must go
the rest of the way alone.
What do you mean?
I've been trying to tell you
all day.
I'm not going back
on the ship.
You're...
not going back on the ship?
I can't go back, dear,
because i'm an es-
my dear?
Joan?
Dear?
Might i help you?
Yes. Will you turn
the car around
and keep
the engine going?
Yes.
Is she all right,
doctor?
I believe so.
Dan?
Yes, dear?
Dan...
don't leave me.
Poor guy.
What did you say?
Oh, i didn't
say nothing.
Aloha oe
aloha oe...
ah, you're a swell guy,
steve.
Get out of here
and never come back!
If you ever come back...
don't forget to write,
now, will you?
Don't you ever
come back here!
And the next stop, sucker,
is san francisco.
I'm sorry to disturb you.
It's you, doctor.
Oh, nothing's happened.
I just want to have
a little talk with you.
Well?
You're the only one
that can help me.
Her condition
is desperate.
She must have absolute
quiet and rest
if she's to reach
the mainland alive.
She survived this attack,
but it isn't humanly possible
for her to survive another.
The slightest excitement
might kill her.
A shock surely would.
Can i depend upon you?
Of course.
Thank you.
Now try and get
a little more rest.
Oh, doctor?
I've got to tell you this.
There is a shock coming,
and i don't know
how to avoid it.
When we reach
san francisco,
i'll be met by the police.
They're taking me
to san quentin...
for murder.
I'll play you
a game of pegs.
And i think
you'd better rest.
You're beginning
to even look like my doctor.
You shouldn't come here.
Oh, fine. Sue me.
I came to pay you
the money i owe you.
- Sir harold?
- Uh-huh.
I thought i told you
to lay off him.
Well, what was the use
of letting him go to waste?
You weren't using him.
I've been busy.
Ah, sure -
with that copper.
You know, i think
you're falling for him.
He's not such a bad guy.
Oh, sure.
Copper lover!
Falling for the law.
The fox falling in love
with the hounds.
I'm ashamed of you.
I tell you, that guy is no
good. Now, wait a minute.
His racket's on the other side
of the fence,
but he's playing it
on the up-and-up.
He's 100% copper, just the same
as you're 100% thief.
And you know yourself -
at the head of the class.
I wonder if i'm hearing
all this right.
Scram.
Good night, countess.
Quick, bartender,
get me a drink, quick.
Yes, sir. Quick,
before the fight begins.
Yes, sir.
Here you are, sir.
Good, give me another -
another one, quick.
Quick,
before the fight begins!
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
What fight?
The fight
between you and me.
I can't pay
for these drinks.
The golden gate.
I remember an old hymn.
How did it go?
Keep those golden gates
wide open.
Keep those gates ajar.
Yes, i remember that.
I was born here
in san francisco,
and when i was
a youngster,
i used to think they were
singing about this golden gate.
I thought
it was the only one.
I hope you were wrong.
I hope so.
Lovely, isn't it?
Voila.
Your san francisco, hmm?
Home.
Yeah.
Here, get a load of this.
Well, i've seen
some royalty in me time,
but i thought she was
the grandest of the lot.
Oh.
I hate to deliver it.
You know, i'm sort of tired
of being a copper.
Oh, i don't know.
L- i just sort of feel
that i won't enjoy
being the law anymore,
after what's happened.
And i was wondering
if you'd be willing...
well, i sort of...
i sort of thought that...
well, anyway,
i got a ranch half paid for.
A ranch?
Sure.
I got a chicken ranch
in petaluma.
Oh, i'd love it, steven,
but there's something
i have to tell you first.
Ah, you're a right guy,
and i'm gonna
come clean with you.
In the first place,
i'm not a count-
beg your pardon, sir.
You were saying?
I was saying, i'm not any
of the things you think i am.
I've been a long way,
and i've left
a wide trail.
If it's your past,
mine ain't been
no bed of violets.
What do you say
we forget about it?
Let's start
from scratch.
You on the level,
steve?
On the level.
What do you say,
countess?
Don't smear my bangs.
Remember our first?
We thought
it was our last.
You never can tell.
Four glorious weeks.
So many happy hours.
And there's
so many more, too.
Aren't there, dan?
Of course, dear.
We mustn't miss
one of them.
We won't, dear.
Where shall we dine
tonight?
Does it matter?
Not as long
as we're together,
but...
it's fun to plan ahead.
Let's see.
I'd like to be in caliente
for new year's.
Just a month, isn't it?
Well, then,
here's to agua caliente,
new year's eve.
Nothing can keep me away.
Nor me.
I'll finish packing
and join you.
All right, sweet.
Sorry, dan.
You have to use those?
I've got to deliver you
according to hoyle.
It's murder.
If we can get off the boat
without her seeing us...
i'll do my best.
Thanks.
Let's go.
You could have knocked me
down with a belaying pin.
And then, as nice as you please,
he put the handcuffs on him.
Where's mr. Hardesty?
I was just
telling her, miss -
right here, in front
of me very eyes,
his friend, his best pal,
as you might rightly call him,
takes out
a pair of handcuffs,
and snap, snap,
and he's a prisoner.
And with their hands
at their side, out they goes.
Dan?
The very same, miss,
and a nicer gentleman
you wouldn't wish to meet.
And him -
a red-handed murderer.
And he has me bobbing
in and out of here
with no thought of me own life,
turning me back on him.
Why, he might have cut my throat
from ear to ear.
Dan.
Joan!
Goodbye, dan.
Not goodbye, dear.
Auf wiedersehen...
until new year's eve.
Auf wiedersehen.
I'll be glad
when this thing's over.
You're telling me.
These holidays
are dynamite.
Hey, look out for them glasses
with your elbow.
I never touched
any glasses.