Adventure in Iraq (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Drama | 27 September 1943 (USA)
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writers: George Bilson (screenplay) (as George R. Bilson), Robert E. Kent (screenplay)
Stars: John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Drama | 27 September 1943 (USA)
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writers: George Bilson (screenplay) (as George R. Bilson), Robert E. Kent (screenplay)
Stars: John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas
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00:01:00I'm going to set it down at the first place it looks inhabited.
00:01:08What's wrong, Doug?
00:01:09I don't know.
00:01:10Sounds like we're running out of gas.
00:01:11It might be a cracked cylinder head.
00:01:12What's the matter?
00:01:13No gas.
00:01:14Hold on, we're going to try for a landing.
00:01:15Don't land here.
00:01:16Try and find a place with some civilization.
00:01:17We haven't much choice.
00:01:18If you can't land in a place like this, we'll crack up.
00:01:35We'll crash, I tell you.
00:01:36We'll crash.
00:01:37Brace yourself.
00:01:38Here we go.
00:01:39It's going to be all right, it's going to be all right, it's going to be all right.
00:02:06Watch your step, Tess.
00:02:18Take it easy, George.
00:02:27Where are we?
00:02:28Well, unless I missed my guess, we're in Iraq, about a hundred miles from the trans-Jordan
00:02:33border.
00:02:34Stuck out in the middle of nowhere, eh?
00:02:36Well, thank heavens we're only stuck.
00:02:37If it hadn't been for Doug, we might have been killed.
00:02:38I was pretty lucky.
00:02:39I'm glad you weren't hurt, Tess.
00:02:40I'm glad none of us were hurt.
00:02:41That's not what he said.
00:02:42Don't be blind to his chivalry.
00:02:43Well, that goes for you too, George.
00:02:44Thanks.
00:02:45Try and get Cairo on the radio and give him our position.
00:02:46I'll check the engines.
00:02:47George Towne's calling Cairo, George Towne's calling Cairo, come in Cairo, come in.
00:03:17Just as I thought, a few lines broken in half and there's a cracked cylinder head
00:03:22too.
00:03:23Oh, Doug, what are we going to do?
00:03:24Don't worry, Tess, I've been in much tougher spots than this, but I always manage to get
00:03:27back to my base.
00:03:28I'll get you back.
00:03:29Can you hear me, Cairo?
00:03:30This is George Towne's calling Cairo.
00:03:31Tell me, Doug, why did you quit the Flying Tigers?
00:03:32Why'd you ask me that?
00:03:33Oh, I just wondered.
00:03:34Well, most of my buddies were assigned to different units and...
00:03:35Well, in that case, I'd better forget about getting to Lisbon in time for the clipper.
00:04:02I think you'll make it.
00:04:03I just probably contacted Cairo by now.
00:04:05I can get a plane out here in a few hours.
00:04:08Don't worry, Tess.
00:04:09Hello, Cairo.
00:04:10Come in, Cairo.
00:04:11Come in, Cairo.
00:04:12What's the matter?
00:04:13Can't you hear me?
00:04:14You getting anything?
00:04:15Not a squeak.
00:04:16These radio tubes are cold.
00:04:17Have you any spares?
00:04:18No.
00:04:19Totally unprepared, not even spare radio tubes.
00:04:20What are we to do now?
00:04:21Stay here and rot, I suppose.
00:04:22Oh, wait a minute.
00:04:23I remember a group of buildings about 10 miles back.
00:04:24One of them looked like a castle.
00:04:25A castle here?
00:04:26Probably a mirage.
00:04:27Well, it looked like one big building with a lot of little buildings all around it.
00:04:28Maybe a settlement of some kind.
00:04:29Maybe.
00:04:30It's certainly worth looking into.
00:04:31Now, please, Everett, stop kidding yourself and stop kidding us.
00:04:32You know perfectly well there couldn't be a castle in this God-forsaken wilderness.
00:04:33All we can hope for is to sit here and wait for a storm.
00:04:34A storm.
00:04:35A storm.
00:04:36A storm.
00:04:37A storm.
00:04:38A storm.
00:04:39A storm.
00:04:40A storm.
00:04:41A storm.
00:04:42A storm.
00:04:43A storm.
00:04:44A storm.
00:04:45A storm.
00:04:46A storm.
00:04:47A storm.
00:04:48A storm.
00:04:49A storm.
00:04:50A storm.
00:04:51A storm.
00:04:52A storm.
00:04:53We're going to sit here and wait for a slow and nasty death.
00:04:56In the meantime, I'm going to get tired.
00:04:58Now, listen, we're going to start moving and you're going to help us.
00:05:01Hand me that parachute, will you, Tess?
00:05:03Yes.
00:05:04Of course, it would simplify matters if you and Tess wandered off and left me here trying to get Cairo.
00:05:10We've got a pair of scissors in your handbag, Tess.
00:05:13Will you get them for me, please?
00:05:14Uh-huh.
00:05:24George, must you be so rude to Doug?
00:05:27Oh, he gets on my nerves, always hanging around you like a lovesick puppy.
00:05:31You've no right to say that.
00:05:33Haven't I?
00:05:34Well, at least he might wait until we're divorced.
00:05:54What are you doing?
00:05:56I'll need about a dozen strips as long as we can get them and about 18 inches wide.
00:05:59Here, give me your hand.
00:06:01Without a military secret, do you mind my asking you what you intend doing with these strips?
00:06:05I'm going to lay out a code design.
00:06:07The Air Force has a series of designs for the ground forces to communicate with the flyers.
00:06:11If one of our planes pass over, they'll see the message and send help.
00:06:14Give me the scissors, Tess.
00:06:16If one of our planes passes over, I don't suppose there's been a plane over here for months.
00:06:21You might lay out a signal for a couple of cases of scotch for me.
00:06:34Well, I guess that ought to do it.
00:06:36What does it mean?
00:06:37Send help 10 miles to south.
00:06:39I hope you're right about that castle.
00:06:41I'd like to see some human beings, any human beings.
00:06:43Well, the natives to the northwest are definitely pro-Axis.
00:06:46This part of the desert's full of devil worshippers.
00:06:48What are they?
00:06:49A friend of mine in the Tigers told me about them.
00:06:51They're tough Arab tribes that live in the foothills and come out only to rob and kill.
00:06:55They mistrust all Europeans.
00:06:57They can be pretty nasty customers, so you better keep your eyes open.
00:07:00Wait here, I'll get my gun.
00:07:03If I knew I'd have something to eat and drink so I wouldn't die of thirst.
00:07:09Here's your hat.
00:07:12We got a long, hard hike, so let's get going.
00:07:35Look over there.
00:07:36You were right.
00:07:38That looks like a castle.
00:07:40Probably a whole settlement.
00:07:43Let's hope the natives are friendly.
00:07:45Let's go.
00:08:09Let's ask that fellow where we are.
00:08:10I wonder what sort of language they use.
00:08:12Let's try French.
00:08:13All the French I know is a few phrases I picked up in the last war.
00:08:15You know, promenade avec moi.
00:08:18Où sommes-nous?
00:08:20Gatsi, gatsi, gatsi, gatsi.
00:08:24What's he gatsing about?
00:08:26Gatsi malik.
00:08:27Sheik, sheik.
00:08:29He's muttering something about a sheik.
00:08:31Sheik.
00:08:33I gather he's on his way.
00:08:35Well, the only thing we can do is to await developments.
00:08:48Hey, what are you doing?
00:08:52If you lay your hands on me again, I'll punch you right in the beard.
00:08:55Take it easy.
00:08:57This is some sort of a sacred building and you're probably sitting on one of their guards.
00:09:01The fellow seems to be a priest.
00:09:04See, he's begging the god's pardon.
00:09:06If I knew his language, he'd be begging my pardon.
00:09:09Be careful, George.
00:09:12Devil worshippers.
00:09:13Devil worshippers?
00:09:14See the figure of the serpent carved in the wall?
00:09:17It's supposed to be the image of Satan.
00:09:19They regard the devil as the agent of the supreme god and worship him as the creator of evil.
00:09:23Come on, let's get out of here.
00:09:34Well, what's this, a May Day parade?
00:09:41That's the high priest.
00:09:43You see the bronze peacock he has on his staff?
00:09:46Devil worshippers believe that the peacock admitted the devil to the Garden of Eden
00:09:49and as a punishment was given a rasping voice but allowed to keep his feathers.
00:09:55The devil worshippers believe that the peacock admitted the devil to the Garden of Eden
00:09:58and as a punishment was given a rasping voice but allowed to keep his feathers.
00:10:04Look at those native girls. They seem to be in a trance.
00:10:07They've been hypnotized.
00:10:10Hypnotism's part of their religion.
00:10:11They've developed it to a perfection no white man's ever been able to approach.
00:10:14How long will they stay that way?
00:10:16For years, ma'am.
00:10:17What?
00:10:18More until their parents have made certain sacrifices to the church.
00:10:20Then the high priest will bring them on.
00:10:33Salam alaykum.
00:10:51Salam alaykum.
00:10:54Salam alaykum.
00:10:55Salam alaykum.
00:11:01I am Sheikh Ahmed Belnor.
00:11:03Welcome to the kingdom of Ghazi.
00:11:06That's what our friend was Ghazi-ing about.
00:11:08I'm afraid we haven't heard of Ghazi before.
00:11:11It would give me the greatest pleasure to acquaint you with it.
00:11:13You speak excellent English, your highness.
00:11:16And French and German and occasionally a little Italian.
00:11:19Since many nations covet my country's oil, I thought it wise to be prepared.
00:11:23At present, the English have control.
00:11:25Then we are in Iraq.
00:11:26Yes.
00:11:27I apologize for landing uninvited in your territory.
00:11:30Uninvited, but I assure you, not unwelcome.
00:11:33I'm George Torrance. Allow me to introduce my wife.
00:11:36Delighted, madame.
00:11:38And this is Douglas Everett.
00:11:40I'm honored.
00:11:42Your uniform, sir.
00:11:44Its identity escapes me.
00:11:45The Flying Tigers.
00:11:47Ah, yes.
00:11:49The Flying Tigers.
00:11:50I've heard of their exploits, as dramatic as they are daring.
00:11:53Those, I suppose, are your bodyguards.
00:11:56A few of my household troops, sir.
00:11:58A relic of barbarism, I know.
00:12:00I can quite understand the contempt with which you are at this moment regarding them.
00:12:04But I'm not.
00:12:05The Tigers weren't much to look at either.
00:12:08They're well armed.
00:12:09Share preparedness.
00:12:11I cling to the fashions of my fathers, but I also like to move with the times.
00:12:15But about yourselves, I presume it's some misadventure.
00:12:18A most fortunate misadventure for me.
00:12:21It has carried you so far into the wastelands of Iraq.
00:12:23We were flying to Alexandria when our plane ran out of gas.
00:12:27Perhaps you could provide us with transportation to take us back to Sylt.
00:12:30I mean, the nearest big city.
00:12:32To civilization, you are about to say?
00:12:34Why hesitate, my dear sir?
00:12:36We know very well that we are barbarians.
00:12:38We're quite reconciled to the fact.
00:12:40We've had some 5,000 years to accustom ourselves to it.
00:12:43This sword is a barbarous weapon compared with your revolver.
00:12:47But Madame is standing all this time.
00:12:49Demmons!
00:12:54Your Highness.
00:12:55What are you thinking of?
00:12:56Horses for our guests.
00:12:58Your Highness.
00:13:00I trust you'll accept the hospitality of my poor house.
00:13:03And transportation will be forthcoming later?
00:13:06Time enough to talk of that, Monsieur Torrance.
00:13:08When you've rested and recuperated from your adventure.
00:13:11You will do me the honor of dining with me this evening?
00:13:13I hope you may find us not altogether.
00:13:16Your Highness, not altogether uncivilized.
00:13:18I'm afraid Your Highness will have to excuse our clothes.
00:13:22I think perhaps we can take care of that.
00:13:24Devins.
00:13:29Your Highness.
00:13:30You are in the confidence of our mistress of the robes?
00:13:32How does our wardrobe stand?
00:13:34Well, shipments from Europe have been kind of slow on account of the war.
00:13:37But in spite of that, up to date, Your Highness.
00:13:39Up to date.
00:13:40Good.
00:13:41Then I hope, Madame, you may find among them some rag that you will dare to wear.
00:13:45I never hoped to find modern gowns in the middle of the desert.
00:13:48I sometimes have the pleasure of entertaining European ladies in my solitudes.
00:13:52And I find there is nothing like a new gown to mitigate the terrors of exile for them.
00:13:56As for civilization, you know, I always have at my elbow one of its most finished products.
00:14:02Devins.
00:14:04You will recognize in Devins a representative of a ruling race.
00:14:07I assure you he rules me with an iron hand.
00:14:09Not always in a velvet glove.
00:14:11Eh, Devins?
00:14:12Your Highness will have his little joke.
00:14:14And now, Devins, the horses.
00:14:15We've kept our guests waiting much too long.
00:14:17Your Highness.
00:14:19Madame.
00:14:25The horse, Madame.
00:14:26Yes, sir.
00:14:31You were speaking of transportation, Mr. Tollens.
00:14:33Is your plane beyond repair?
00:14:34Completely unrepaired.
00:14:35Most unfortunate.
00:14:36However, I'll have your baggage sent for.
00:14:39Your marks, gentlemen.
00:14:45My home, Madame.
00:14:46Gentlemen.
00:14:47Three hundred years old, but quite modern, despite that.
00:14:50I had always imagined a sheik would live in a tent.
00:14:52I believe that my ancestors, several times removed, realized even then that a tent in
00:14:57a desert would prove a little drafty.
00:15:00It's only the beginning.
00:15:01That's why we're going to take you.
00:15:04Oh, thank you, Father.
00:15:05And I, thanks to you, we can go back home and finish our travels.
00:15:07It's a wonderful place.
00:15:09Yes.
00:15:10It's all right.
00:15:11Please, gentlemen.
00:15:12We're leaving.
00:15:13Yes, Your Highness.
00:15:14And be careful.
00:15:15There's no one else who can go with you.
00:15:17No need, Your Highness.
00:15:18I'm sure there will be some people with you.
00:15:21I'm sure there will be.
00:15:22I'm sure there will be.
00:15:23The horses will leave, too.
00:15:24But I don't want to leave the plane.
00:15:25Where to?
00:15:26Well, you think I'm impressed, Your Highness.
00:15:56You're quite right.
00:15:58Oh, Devins.
00:16:02Timar will prepare Madame's bath.
00:16:04Do we see that the gentlemen are sufficiently refreshed?
00:16:07Yes, sir.
00:16:07My home is yours.
00:16:10I trust you'll be comfortable.
00:16:12Until later, then.
00:16:24Madame, the servants are waiting through the harchway.
00:16:27The last entrance to the left.
00:16:39Gentlemen, this way, please.
00:16:44How about those refreshments?
00:16:46Very good, sir.
00:17:01Oh.
00:17:04Oh, I've read about rooms like this.
00:17:08In the Arabian Nights.
00:17:13Wow.
00:17:16Oh, it's so beautiful.
00:17:25What an exquisite perfume.
00:17:28Take a lot of ladies a long time to use all these.
00:17:31Yes.
00:17:33Many ladies.
00:17:35Many wives.
00:17:36Oh.
00:17:37His Highness has quite a family.
00:17:42Now, uh, Timar, what about those Paris frocks?
00:17:49Dress.
00:17:51Dresses.
00:17:54Will bring many.
00:17:56Oh, that's wonderful.
00:17:58Then I'll have a choice.
00:18:05Oh, I'm sorry.
00:18:06I didn't mean to disorganize the rituals of the bath.
00:18:12I feel so helpless.
00:18:16Oh, here you are.
00:18:18Oh, hello.
00:18:19Nothing like a cold shower to buck you up.
00:18:21I feel like a new man.
00:18:24Quite a place he's got here, eh?
00:18:26Palace and fortress all in one.
00:18:28Yeah.
00:18:30Must have been tough to knock over before the days of the airplane.
00:18:34That's a pretty good flying field he's got down there, too.
00:18:37And I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he had a couple of measuresmiths hidden away someplace.
00:18:41What's down there?
00:18:42Well, it's his parade ground for reviewing his troops.
00:18:45Yeah.
00:18:49What's going on down there?
00:18:58Looks like they're getting together for a meeting of some kind.
00:19:02Must be evening prayers.
00:19:06It's too late for evening prayers.
00:19:08Must be something special.
00:19:10I like the looks of it.
00:19:12What's the matter with you, Everett?
00:19:13You're always so suspicious about everything.
00:19:15Hey, look, the sooner we get out of here, the better.
00:19:17Those fanatics are after our hides.
00:19:19I feel it.
00:19:20Nonsense.
00:19:21Come on, have a drink.
00:19:29Where's Tess?
00:19:30I don't know.
00:19:31I've no idea where they marched her off to.
00:19:33Yeah, well, we'd better find her, and don't let her out of your sight.
00:19:35Oh, don't get excited, Everett.
00:19:36Our host seems a perfect gentleman.
00:19:38You don't seem to be very worried about Tess.
00:19:40I couldn't follow her into the women's quarters.
00:19:42Now could I?
00:19:43Besides, what business is it of yours?
00:19:45It's any man's business to be concerned for the safety of a woman.
00:19:48I just...
00:19:48Oh, stop behaving like a boy scum.
00:19:50His Highness shall be down presently, sir.
00:19:54Your pleasure, sir.
00:19:55A large scotch and soda.
00:19:56Yes, sir.
00:19:57And you, sir?
00:19:57Hey, look, Devons, where's Mrs. Torrance?
00:20:00Mrs. Torrance is complete in her bath, sir.
00:20:02Well, it's taken her a long time.
00:20:04Now, make your mind easy, sir.
00:20:06The lady ain't going to meet any undesirable characters.
00:20:08I gave strict orders to the female what took charge.
00:20:12Can you trust her?
00:20:13Absolutely, sir.
00:20:14She happens to be my wife, sir.
00:20:17Mrs. Devons, huh?
00:20:18Yes, sir.
00:20:19A little brandy, sir, or a glass...
00:20:20Hey, look, Devons, can you tell us exactly where we are?
00:20:23They call this place Gottsy, sir.
00:20:24Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that.
00:20:26But where is Gottsy?
00:20:27They tell me this is the Syrian desert.
00:20:29But it's in Iraq, east of the Euphrates River, sir.
00:20:32We don't need a lesson in geography, my good man.
00:20:35What Miss Everett wants to know is how far are we from civilization?
00:20:39Well, I really don't know, sir.
00:20:40Not so very far, I dare say, as the crow flies, sir.
00:20:44Unfortunately, we're unable to fly with the crow.
00:20:47How long does the journey take?
00:20:48To where, sir?
00:20:50How far is Baghdad?
00:20:51Well, as the crow flies, sir, they tell me about three weeks.
00:20:54As the crow flies, they tell you.
00:20:56You remember how long it took you, don't you?
00:20:58No, sir.
00:20:59I've never been to Baghdad, sir.
00:21:01Now, if you'll excuse me.
00:21:06That guy's a liar.
00:21:08Did you notice how he hedged?
00:21:10As though he'd had orders not to tell us anything.
00:21:13Oh, don't be ridiculous.
00:21:14Everett, I wish you'd settle down.
00:21:15You make me nervous.
00:21:17Just the same.
00:21:18I don't like him.
00:21:20You wish you weren't here, Roy?
00:21:23Yes, sir.
00:21:24Oh, Roy, would you please let me join you?
00:21:26I need to talk to a friend of mine.
00:21:28He'll show me around.
00:21:30I think we need repair money, sir.
00:21:33Yeah, sure, sir.
00:21:34Sorry to cost you all some time.
00:21:36Wonder where your guard is, dear?
00:21:38Rolex, but you're in cahoots with a barber, sir.
00:21:40See, I am, but it's just the guy's hair.
00:21:45Oh, let him in.
00:21:46You'd better check his HA and BAND manners.
00:21:48♪
00:22:09Dress.
00:22:10Only one?
00:22:11Well, that's not much choice.
00:22:13Yes, I must pick dress.
00:22:15Oh, he did.
00:22:16Quite a complete service.
00:22:18Well, Tima, I'm afraid I'm, uh, not the type.
00:22:22He's a lady look awfully good in dress.
00:22:25Well, that's very kind of him, but, uh,
00:22:27I'm afraid you'd better bring me something, uh,
00:22:29more conservative.
00:22:31Conservative?
00:22:33Ha ha.
00:22:34Your sheet knows a lot about women, doesn't it, Tima?
00:22:37Ha ha ha.
00:22:38♪
00:22:56I feel a little chilly.
00:22:57There is an edge to the air when the sun begins to set.
00:23:00You'll find this room quite pleasant.
00:23:02To tell you the truth, I use it only on state occasions,
00:23:05like the present.
00:23:07Let me find you a comfortable seat.
00:23:11Mr. Torrance, Mrs. Everett.
00:23:13♪
00:23:17I trust my mistress of the robes
00:23:18furnished you with all you require?
00:23:20Everything, thank you.
00:23:22I'm glad.
00:23:23I had hoped that perhaps your choice
00:23:24might have fallen on something more, uh...
00:23:26But no, I was wrong.
00:23:28Madame's taste is irreproachable.
00:23:32Now, are you all quite comfortable?
00:23:34Quite.
00:23:34Perfectly, thanks.
00:23:35Never felt better, Your Highness.
00:23:37Then, we'll go into committee upon your position here.
00:23:40Fine.
00:23:42I'm afraid you may find it rather disagreeable.
00:23:45Transportation bad, eh?
00:23:46Difficult journey in Stouffers?
00:23:48A long journey, I fear, but not exactly difficult.
00:23:51As I said earlier, the British army
00:23:53is presently in control of Iraq.
00:23:54That shouldn't be an obstacle.
00:23:56Perhaps not.
00:23:57But it seems you have dropped from the skies
00:23:59at a most opportune moment.
00:24:00For me, that is.
00:24:02You see, a very special event took place in Mosul
00:24:05only a few hours ago.
00:24:07A trial presided over by the most august officers
00:24:09of the British army.
00:24:10Court-martialed?
00:24:12Precisely.
00:24:13Three of my subjects, accused of spying,
00:24:15have been sentenced to death.
00:24:17Did Your Highness know these men?
00:24:19Oh, yes.
00:24:20They are my brothers.
00:24:22You mean, uh, they are some of your tribesmen?
00:24:25Not at all.
00:24:26They are sons of my father, not of my mother.
00:24:29Oh, I'm sorry we had to intrude upon you at such a time.
00:24:32Oh, please, don't apologize.
00:24:35Believe me, your arrival has given
00:24:38me the greatest satisfaction.
00:24:40Evidently, your brothers were working for the Nazis.
00:24:43To port they believe is right, sir.
00:24:45My brothers are fanatics.
00:24:47But there is no fanaticism in me.
00:24:49How do you happen to be so different from your brothers?
00:24:52I was my father's oldest son.
00:24:54I was educated in the best schools of Europe.
00:24:56I shared all my prejudices and became an open-minded citizen
00:25:00of the world.
00:25:01My brothers, on the other hand, turned to their native culture.
00:25:05The religion of my people has always been a primitive
00:25:06idolatry and superstition.
00:25:08They worked themselves up to a high pitch of frenzy
00:25:11against the exploitation of Iraq.
00:25:14You knew this spy business was dangerous.
00:25:16Why didn't you stop them?
00:25:18I suppose I might have imprisoned them
00:25:20or had them strangled, the traditional method
00:25:23of ending disagreements in our family.
00:25:25But why should I?
00:25:26Some of their arguments were quite excellent.
00:25:29In other words, you're working for the Nazis.
00:25:31Not entirely.
00:25:32But we have been offered an unusually attractive treaty
00:25:35by Herr Hitler, an agreement which
00:25:37might justify giving our full support to the Nazi movement.
00:25:40Don't you know yet that Hitler's treaties aren't worth
00:25:42a paper they're written on?
00:25:44I won't argue the point.
00:25:45The fact is, his offer at the moment is the most attractive.
00:25:50Then the quicker we get out of here, the better I like it.
00:25:53How soon can we get transportation?
00:25:55That is just where the difficulty arises.
00:25:57What are you getting at?
00:25:59Materially, it might be managed.
00:26:01But morally, I fear it is, excuse the colloquialism,
00:26:04madame, no go.
00:26:06You mean you won't help us?
00:26:08Would Your Highness be good enough to explain?
00:26:10Well, since the news has spread that you three have dropped
00:26:13from the skies precisely at the moment
00:26:15when three princes of the royal house are threatened with death,
00:26:18my subjects have got into their heads
00:26:19that you've been personally conducted here
00:26:21by the evil one, whom they worship under the sign
00:26:23of the brass peacock.
00:26:25In my eyes, of course, your arrival
00:26:27is the merest coincidence.
00:26:29A charming coincidence.
00:26:31But my people hold primitive views.
00:26:34Then the upshot of this is that we're
00:26:36going to be held as hostages to be
00:26:38exchanged for your brothers.
00:26:40A typical Nazi trick.
00:26:42That is not quite the idea, my dear sir.
00:26:44The fact is, my priests do not hold
00:26:47that an exchange is what the evil one decrees.
00:26:50Nor, to be quite frank, would it altogether suit my book.
00:26:53Not to get your brothers back again?
00:26:55You may have noted in history, madame,
00:26:58that family affection is seldom the strong point of princes.
00:27:02My sons are quite young.
00:27:03Were I to die, we are all mortal.
00:27:06There might be trouble about the succession.
00:27:08In our family, uncles seldom love nephews,
00:27:11nor kings their brothers.
00:27:13So you'd let your brothers die.
00:27:15That is not my only reason.
00:27:17Suppose it were possible that I could
00:27:19bully the British government into giving them up.
00:27:22Do you think it would sit down quietly under that humiliation?
00:27:25No, no, no, dear lady.
00:27:27Assuredly, we should have a face-saving expedition.
00:27:30It would cost thousands of lives and millions of money.
00:27:34It wouldn't suit me at all.
00:27:36Surely you don't mean...
00:27:38Though I have absolute power over my subjects,
00:27:40if I defied their prejudices, evil though they may be,
00:27:44they would upset my throne tomorrow.
00:27:47What's that?
00:27:49Come, let me show you.
00:27:57It's the chant of vengeance.
00:27:59The promise to the evil one
00:28:01of an appeasement offering from the sacrificial altar.
00:28:04You see, my people's religion has not yet emerged
00:28:08from the mosaic stage of development.
00:28:10Let's cut the fancy talk and get to the point.
00:28:13The point?
00:28:15The point is, they demand that I, for instance,
00:28:17give them up to the British government.
00:28:20The British government?
00:28:22Yes, the British government.
00:28:24The point is, they demand that I, for an eye,
00:28:27a tooth for a tooth,
00:28:29a life for a life.
00:28:32You mean to say...
00:28:34Unfortunately, I do.
00:28:36You will kill us.
00:28:38Not I, mother. My people.
00:28:40And if your brothers are shot, as they certainly will be,
00:28:43we're going to be killed in cold blood.
00:28:45Oh, not in cold blood, monsieur.
00:28:47There is nothing cold-blooded about the emotions of the worshippers
00:28:50when white goats, as their phrase goes,
00:28:53are to be sacrificed to the serpent.
00:28:55You'd let them kill a woman?
00:28:57Well, as to that point, they might not be too exacting.
00:29:00If madame will be so gracious
00:29:03as to favor me with her society.
00:29:06I gather that you do not so please.
00:29:09Well, I scarcely hoped you would.
00:29:11I won't press the point, but the suggestion remains open.
00:29:14That's enough.
00:29:16Do we get out of here peacefully or do we have to shoot our way out?
00:29:19Oh, no, monsieur Everett. I've had your teeth drawn.
00:29:23That precaution was taken while you were at your bar.
00:29:26Besides, that wouldn't help a bit.
00:29:28You'd only be torn to pieces instead of...
00:29:31Your Highness, forgive me.
00:29:42This is interesting.
00:29:44If you'll excuse me for a few minutes,
00:29:46I think I may have some news for you.
00:29:54To think that we were saved this morning only for this.
00:29:56There must be some way out.
00:29:58It's worse than a prison.
00:30:00This appearance of freedom,
00:30:02this manner of politeness and hospitality, it's unbearable.
00:30:05Like a cat playing with a mouse.
00:30:07Cat? More like a tiger.
00:30:09What can we do? What can we do?
00:30:10Doug, George, you must think of something.
00:30:12We might try and bribe Devins.
00:30:14Offer him every penny we have in the world.
00:30:16I'm afraid his price for his services will be a pretty stiff one,
00:30:18if they're for sale.
00:30:19But at least we can try.
00:30:20I wouldn't trust him.
00:30:23Let's see, it's about 10 o'clock London time.
00:30:25Let's see if we can get the BBC news.
00:30:35And the convoy continued on its way without further incident,
00:30:38according to the Admiralty's official communique.
00:30:41There is still no news of the plane overdue at Cairo.
00:30:44Airport officials believe Everett's plane
00:30:46was either attacked by enemy pilots
00:30:48operating from secret aerodromes in Iraq,
00:30:50or was forced down by mechanical trouble
00:30:52somewhere in the vast stretches of the Syrian desert.
00:30:55No news of sending out planes to look for us.
00:30:57Meanwhile, from British headquarters at Mosul
00:31:00comes news that the three Arab spies
00:31:02are awaiting tomorrow morning's firing squad with fanatical calm.
00:31:05These spies are believed to be...
00:31:09What's that?
00:31:10It's a wireless.
00:31:12Someone's sending a message.
00:31:14And the transmitter must be in this house.
00:31:16I can't make it out.
00:31:17What were they saying, George?
00:31:18I don't know. It's in code.
00:31:20Probably in communication with his agents in Mosul.
00:31:23If I could only get my hands on that wireless set for five minutes,
00:31:27I'd make His Highness laugh out of the wrong side of his beard.
00:31:31Where do you suppose it is?
00:31:33Well, the beard room's in there.
00:31:35That's the main room.
00:31:37Probably upstairs.
00:31:40It stopped.
00:31:41He'll be back soon.
00:31:42Don't let out we know anything.
00:31:45Now, listen.
00:31:46The Sheik fell for you hook, line and sinker
00:31:48the moment he set eyes on you.
00:31:50So you've got to try and keep him out of this room
00:31:52while Doug and I get to work on Devins.
00:31:54We may be able to send a message out.
00:31:56But suppose Devins won't help us?
00:31:57Don't bother your head about that. Leave him to us.
00:31:59Uh-oh. Here he comes now.
00:32:04I told you I might have some news for you.
00:32:06It has come.
00:32:07What news?
00:32:08The execution of my brothers is fixed for tomorrow.
00:32:11Then tomorrow...
00:32:12Yes.
00:32:13At sunrise.
00:32:15Meanwhile, I hope you'll regard my poor house as your own.
00:32:18I should advise you not to attempt to pass the palace gates
00:32:21for my brothers are very popular
00:32:23and my people most vindictive.
00:32:25Besides, there are 300 miles of almost impossible country
00:32:28between you and the nearest British post.
00:32:30Then how did you happen to hear this news?
00:32:32Does that puzzle you? You don't guess?
00:32:34I thought it might be a shortwave radio or a wireless.
00:32:37You observed nothing to confirm that idea?
00:32:39No.
00:32:40I may tell you then that your guess was correct.
00:32:42I am in communication with distant cities by wireless.
00:32:46Then you have a wireless expert here?
00:32:48Devins again. That invaluable fellow.
00:32:51He is my operator.
00:32:52And with whom do you communicate?
00:32:54Do you think that quite a fair question, Mr. Everett?
00:32:57Does it show your usual tact?
00:32:59I have my agents. I can say no more.
00:33:02And now, madame, shall I ring Fortima to see you to your room?
00:33:05If you please.
00:33:07No. Just a minute.
00:33:09Just a minute.
00:33:11Won't you please bring about an exchange?
00:33:14Your brother's lives for ours.
00:33:16I'm sorry, madame, but that is impossible.
00:33:18No whisper of your presence here must ever reach the British army
00:33:21or, again, excuse the vulgarism,
00:33:24my goose is cooked.
00:33:26What you really mean is that you are afraid to defy these devil worshippers.
00:33:30You haven't the courage.
00:33:32You abuse the privilege of your sex
00:33:34in order to taunt me with cowardice.
00:33:36Besides, you can't read my mind.
00:33:38I may be only playing a little joke on you.
00:33:40I hope you've observed that I have a sense of humor.
00:33:42It's a pity your intentions don't match your charm, your highness.
00:33:46Good night, George.
00:33:47Good night.
00:33:50Good night, madame.
00:33:55Good night.
00:34:00Your highness, the high priest is waiting.
00:34:03Oh, show him in.
00:34:06Gentlemen, I want you to have the pleasure of meeting our high priest.
00:34:10He is, in a manner of speaking, my archbishop.
00:34:17Your highness, the high priest.
00:34:22This is the high priest of the Serpent God.
00:34:27Enam.
00:34:28His grace reminds me of some arrangements for tomorrow's ceremony.
00:34:31Allow me to introduce you.
00:34:34Adol Rajal Nel Shaitan.
00:34:36Mr. Torrance.
00:34:38Mr. Everett.
00:34:39His grace.
00:34:44What's bothering him now?
00:34:45He asked about the lady.
00:34:47I told him her fate has not yet been decreed.
00:34:49Please excuse his manners.
00:34:51He regards you, I regret to say, as unclean creatures.
00:34:54Perhaps it would be best if I bid him farewell.
00:34:57No.
00:34:59His grace says, au revoir, until tomorrow.
00:35:12What did he say?
00:35:14He says that tomorrow our brothers will be avenged.
00:35:17You don't know how my faithful subjects are looking forward to tomorrow's ceremony.
00:35:21I can't stand this cat and mouse business any longer.
00:35:23Why, you dirty smooth-tongued...
00:35:25Dignity, my dear fellow, dignity.
00:35:27There's no reason why we shouldn't behave like civilized beings.
00:35:31How would you like to pass the time?
00:35:33I'm sorry I can't offer you any shooting.
00:35:35What do you say to a game of billiards?
00:35:38No?
00:35:39Then good night.
00:35:41If there's anything you want, just ring for Devons.
00:35:43Good night.
00:35:56Tima!
00:36:07Yes, madam?
00:36:08That dress His Highness selected for me.
00:36:10Dress?
00:36:11I'm going to put it on.
00:36:13Well, bring it, the dress.
00:36:15Oh, His Highness' dress.
00:36:17Yes, madam.
00:36:25Good night.
00:36:42Devons.
00:36:44Devons.
00:36:50Your Highness.
00:36:51I think it would be wise to keep a close watch on our friends.
00:36:54A man who's flown with the Flying Tigers is likely to take chances.
00:36:57Very good, Your Highness.
00:36:58But if they try to corrupt me, sir,
00:37:00with money, sir, shall I let on and take the bait?
00:37:03Bribe you?
00:37:04In that case, you may do as you please.
00:37:06I have the most implicit confidence in you, Devons.
00:37:09Thank you, sir.
00:37:10I know that anything they might offer you
00:37:12would have to be paid in English currency,
00:37:14and you dare not show your face among the English.
00:37:17You have a very comfortable position here.
00:37:19I'm most grateful, Your Highness.
00:37:21And you don't want to give the hangman a job.
00:37:24No, sir.
00:37:25So I rely entirely on your discretion.
00:37:28Your Highness.
00:37:49Come in.
00:37:54All the fair ladies who have graced this room.
00:37:58You are the most exquisite.
00:38:01Is it too much for me to hope
00:38:02that you are wearing this gown at my suggestion?
00:38:05I'm wearing it for my husband.
00:38:07I wanted our last night together to be as perfect as possible.
00:38:11If you'll excuse me.
00:38:12Spare me a few moments.
00:38:13I want to speak with you seriously.
00:38:15I want to speak with you seriously.
00:38:17I want to speak with you seriously.
00:38:19I want to speak with you seriously.
00:38:21I want to speak with you seriously.
00:38:23I'm afraid we have nothing to talk about.
00:38:26I feel for you, madame.
00:38:27I do indeed.
00:38:28I would do anything.
00:38:30Anything.
00:38:31But help us.
00:38:33Why should I have the will to say,
00:38:34Monsieur Torrance, he is your husband.
00:38:37That doesn't recommend him to me.
00:38:39And from my observations,
00:38:40I venture to guess it doesn't greatly recommend him to you.
00:38:44Monsieur Everett, on the other hand,
00:38:46is the heroic type.
00:38:48And yet, if I may add without indiscretion,
00:38:50the interest you show in him,
00:38:52the most friendly interest, I'm sure,
00:38:54doesn't recommend him to me either.
00:38:56After all, you could hardly expect me to show favor
00:38:59to a man who holds the attention of a woman
00:39:03with whom I've become infatuated.
00:39:13As you see, my people have taken full precautions.
00:39:16However, they will find no objections
00:39:19as long as you're in my escort.
00:39:40Pardon me, chance.
00:39:43Oh, Devins.
00:39:44Yes, sir.
00:39:45I take it you can guess what we have on our minds.
00:39:48I ain't no hand at guessing, sir.
00:39:49I'd rather you put it plain.
00:39:51You know what's in store for us in the morning.
00:39:54I've heard a few things, sir.
00:39:56You're not going to stand by
00:39:57and see three of your own people murdered.
00:39:59My own people?
00:40:00What has my own people ever done for me?
00:40:02The first thing what England ever done
00:40:03was to put me in a reformatory
00:40:05for pinching a silver rattle
00:40:06off a young aristocrat in a pramulator.
00:40:09You can't blame England because you're a thief, Devins.
00:40:11The old lady would have bashed me blinking face
00:40:13if I'd ever come home empty-handed.
00:40:15Might have saved somebody else the trouble.
00:40:17Now look here, you ain't no one
00:40:18to be passing any insulting remarks.
00:40:20He doesn't mean it, Devins.
00:40:22We only thought you might be willing to help us.
00:40:24I guess we were wrong.
00:40:25Yes, I guess you was, sir.
00:40:26If you took me for a VC hero,
00:40:28what I'd lay down my life for England home and beauty.
00:40:31I get your point, Devins.
00:40:32But the question now is,
00:40:36how much do you want for getting us out of here?
00:40:39To get you what?
00:40:41Why, if you was to offer me millions.
00:40:43How could I do that?
00:40:44By sending this message to Cairo.
00:40:46Oh, so that's your game, eh?
00:40:50Do you know what you're risking?
00:40:53If his highness ever suspected
00:40:54as you was getting word through to Cairo,
00:40:57by 10 to 1, he'd wipe you off the slate,
00:40:58just like that, without waiting for tomorrow.
00:41:01But why should he suspect?
00:41:04Well, um,
00:41:07how much have you gents got to offer?
00:41:09Well, we don't have much cash with us.
00:41:11We could give you the balance in IOUs.
00:41:13How do I know you'll pay them?
00:41:15There are people in the world
00:41:16who keep their word, you know.
00:41:18Even to a rat like you, Devins.
00:41:20I'd advise you to keep a civil tongue in your head,
00:41:23Mr. Everett.
00:41:24Don't forget I have you in the hollow of me hand.
00:41:26And the hollow of your hand is a very nasty place to be in.
00:41:29That's why we're willing to pay to get out of it.
00:41:31Come on, come on, what'll it be?
00:41:33Well, um,
00:41:35how about a little first installment in cash?
00:41:38Be it ever so humble.
00:41:46Never mind the chicken feed, is this all you've got?
00:41:49It's all we have with us.
00:41:50How about the lady?
00:41:51She has a little jewelry.
00:41:53I'll take it.
00:41:54Every little helps, you know.
00:41:55Now, how about the balance?
00:41:57Would 1,000 apiece do?
00:41:591,000 apiece?
00:42:003,000 pounds?
00:42:02Why, you're joking, Mr. Torrance.
00:42:04What good would 3,000 pounds be to me in England?
00:42:07Why, I'd have to start the balloting again.
00:42:09I know.
00:42:10If he wants me to do this job,
00:42:12I've got to have enough money to make a gentleman out of me.
00:42:15I'm afraid it would take more than that
00:42:16to make a gentleman out of you, Devin.
00:42:18Well, if you ain't the queerest lot,
00:42:20your lives is hanging by a hair,
00:42:22and you're passing insulting remarks.
00:42:24All right, we'll double the bid.
00:42:252,000 apiece.
00:42:27You'll have to make it more, sir.
00:42:29Double it again.
00:42:31I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:42:33If you signs a high OU,
00:42:35for 5,000 pounds,
00:42:37which I, as the heir, already made out,
00:42:40I'll see what can be done.
00:42:42Well, if you are at the most.
00:42:44Well, if your lives ain't worth 5,000 pounds apiece,
00:42:46nothing doing.
00:42:47Look at the risk I'm taking.
00:42:49I ain't charging you for that, you know.
00:42:51We appreciate your generosity, Devin.
00:42:53Yes, sir.
00:42:54Now, if you'll sign, sir.
00:43:01Not so fast.
00:43:04Not so fast.
00:43:05You'll get it after you've sent the message.
00:43:07Where's the wireless room?
00:43:08Upstairs, sir.
00:43:09Let's go.
00:43:10We'll watch you send it.
00:43:11Oh, no, sir.
00:43:12That's impossible.
00:43:13I couldn't take a chance of being seen with you,
00:43:15not for millions.
00:43:17This has to be done secret-like.
00:43:19Now, wait a minute.
00:43:20How do we know you'll send the message?
00:43:22My word as a gentleman, sir.
00:43:23You'll have to trust me.
00:43:24Otherwise, the whole thing is wharf.
00:43:26As one gentleman to another, Devin,
00:43:28you don't mind being paid after you've done the job.
00:43:31I'm very sorry, sir, but I do.
00:43:36You know the code letters for Cairo?
00:43:38Yes, sir.
00:43:39I know them.
00:43:40All right.
00:43:41You've got the message.
00:43:42Now, get busy.
00:43:43We'll be waiting when you come back.
00:43:44Watch your heart, sir.
00:43:46Oh, uh, don't forget the jewelry.
00:43:53You don't know how my faithful subjects
00:43:55are looking forward to tomorrow's ceremony.
00:43:57Seems to me you're taking advantage of the war
00:43:59to even up a few personal hates.
00:44:01The war will be over someday, and you will regret this murder.
00:44:05That's very unfair, madame.
00:44:06Why hold me responsible for your predicament?
00:44:09Who else is responsible?
00:44:10Chance, fate, gods, providence,
00:44:13whoever or whatever pulls the strings.
00:44:15Did I force your plane to crash?
00:44:17And once you set foot here,
00:44:18it was utterly beyond my power to save you.
00:44:20If I raised a finger to thwart the determination of my people,
00:44:23it would be the end of my rule, perhaps of my life.
00:44:26No, no, madame.
00:44:27I cannot risk it.
00:44:28You cannot risk it?
00:44:30You dare not.
00:44:31You're a coward.
00:44:33Forgive me if I smile at your tactics.
00:44:36You want to goad me into chivalry.
00:44:39You are a brave woman.
00:44:41You have the courage to die.
00:44:43Why not have the courage to live?
00:44:45Not as the wife of a dissipated husband,
00:44:47but as the absolute queen of an absolute king.
00:44:51Please.
00:44:54I don't speak to you of romantic love.
00:44:56I respect you too much
00:44:57to think you're accessible to silly sentiment.
00:44:59But you would be my first and only queen.
00:45:02Your son, if you gave me one,
00:45:04would be the prince of princes.
00:45:06All my other sons would bow down to him and serve him.
00:45:09From the blending of the flower of the east
00:45:11with the flower of the west
00:45:13would be born the man of the future,
00:45:15the man who would possess the strength,
00:45:17the wisdom, the courage to rule the destiny of the world.
00:45:22I beg of you to answer.
00:45:25Wonderful words, Your Highness.
00:45:28The devil must have put them in your mouth.
00:45:41He's sending.
00:45:44He's sending.
00:45:48He's sending.
00:45:53Does he have the call letters for Caro?
00:45:56He's double-crossing us.
00:45:59He's not sending any message at all.
00:46:02For now, we are stuck here.
00:46:04Wait a minute.
00:46:06If those tubes will fit the radio in the plane...
00:46:10We got the hot.
00:46:13Yeah, they'll fit all right.
00:46:15Now if we can get out of here.
00:46:17Yeah, but how about Devins? He'll be back for his jewelry.
00:46:19Here he comes now.
00:46:27I've done it, sir. I've sent the message.
00:46:29Are you sure it got through?
00:46:31Yes, sir. Straight through to Caro, as clear as a bell.
00:46:33Now about paying me off.
00:46:35Pay you off?
00:46:38Oh, no, you don't.
00:47:03Ah!
00:47:07Well, we'd better get out of here.
00:47:09Well, is that a fine test?
00:47:31I'll hit him high, you hit him low.
00:47:33Hey!
00:47:38Are you ready?
00:47:40Yeah.
00:47:59Don't touch me! Take your hands off me!
00:48:01Let me go!
00:48:03George! George!
00:48:05It came from the other side of the wall.
00:48:07George! George!
00:48:09Take your hands off me! Let me go!
00:48:11Doug! George!
00:48:35Let me go!
00:48:47Let me go!
00:48:49Let me go!
00:48:53Which way is the plane?
00:48:55I think we came from that direction.
00:48:57No, we didn't. It was over there.
00:48:59We came from the west. There's a north star.
00:49:01That way.
00:49:06They won't get very far at night.
00:49:10Of course, there'll be water!
00:49:36How much further is it?
00:49:38I don't know, but we gotta keep moving. It shouldn't be far.
00:49:41Can you make it, Tess?
00:49:43I'm all right.
00:50:05Tess, the plane!
00:50:08We made it!
00:50:35We made it!
00:50:40We better make this radio work quick.
00:50:42George!
00:51:04Georgetown's calling Carol.
00:51:06Georgetown's calling Carol.
00:51:08Can you hear me, Carol? Come in, Carol.
00:51:10Come in, Carol.
00:51:12Did you get him?
00:51:14Only a buzz. A faint buzz.
00:51:16Wait a minute.
00:51:18No, it's nothing.
00:51:20Can't you hear me, Carol?
00:51:22Come in, Carol. Come in, Carol.
00:51:28You keep on trying. I'll try to hold them off.
00:51:34Get back out of sight, Tess.
00:51:41No!
00:51:53Escaped from Sheik's palace.
00:51:55Awaiting help.
00:51:57Ten miles west of Gazi.
00:51:59Please hurry.
00:52:01Can you hear me, Carol?
00:52:11There's too many of them. We might as well give up.
00:52:13There's no use getting you shot.
00:52:35So, most inconvenient.
00:52:37Foolish on your part, my gallant friend.
00:52:40He's in the cabin.
00:52:50Did you get your message through?
00:52:52Answer me. Did you get your message through?
00:52:55No.
00:53:04The most noble but unfortunate sacrifice.
00:53:06Mr. Torrance has laid down his life in vain.
00:53:08George!
00:53:10We'll adhere to our program without further delay.
00:53:12Hassan!
00:53:36Allah is the greatest.
00:54:06He's my honour.
00:54:08I don't want to return,
00:54:10I don't want to go back.
00:54:20You are cursed!
00:54:22You will be cursed!
00:54:26You will be cursed!
00:54:36Haskathoom.
00:54:40Atoom.
00:54:44Shru-El-Azba.
00:54:47Alo-Ait-Aya.
00:54:55Wah.
00:55:02Well, Mr. Everett, you've come to the last lap.
00:55:04It had to be run sometime, you know.
00:55:06And this is it, eh?
00:55:07This is where the final rites begin.
00:55:10Don't be alarmed about Madame Torrance.
00:55:12She'll be here in due time.
00:55:14If you want to save your neck, you better not go through with it.
00:55:17I cannot deny my people the pleasure of a double vengeance.
00:55:20No. I have a long score against you swaggering lords of creation.
00:55:24And by all the gods, I mean to see some of it paid.
00:55:35They're bringing Madame Torrance.
00:55:59Haskathoom.
00:56:05Alo-Elza.
00:56:16Wah.
00:56:24I apologize, Madame, for manners of my people.
00:56:27Their fanaticism is beyond my control.
00:56:29How much time have we left?
00:56:31Until the great gong sounds.
00:56:33Then you will be led to the sacred enclosure outside.
00:56:35And, oh, by the way, you need have no fear of the ceremony being protracted.
00:56:39It will be brief and, I trust, painless.
00:56:42My people are not incapable of cruelty.
00:56:44But I have resolutely set my face against it.
00:56:47But forgive me.
00:56:54I am for the moment not a king, but a priest.
00:56:57You must observe a certain dignity.
00:57:00Wakfu.
00:57:05Must I do violence to my feelings by including you in the approaching ceremony?
00:57:09There is still time.
00:57:12Immovable?
00:57:15So be it.
00:57:19Wakudu.
00:57:22Aji.
00:57:24Aji.
00:57:26Aji.
00:57:28Aji.
00:57:37Chivalrous and ill-advised, Monsieur Everett.
00:57:39You have laid impious hands upon their chief.
00:57:41My colleagues insist upon subjecting you to a process of expiation.
00:57:45A most interesting but painful ritual.
00:57:48It's too bad that you must suffer these indignities, Monsieur Everett.
00:57:51But after your sudden outburst, death alone will not appease the fury of my people.
00:57:55I myself have always been opposed to bloodshed.
00:57:57But this medieval punishment has been created by my priests to...
00:58:09Wainsworth.
00:58:12Merely reconnaissance, I think.
00:58:14Two minute climb.
00:58:22We autocrats are very badly brought up.
00:58:25We're not accustomed to having our desires resisted.
00:58:29It's not too late, even now, to consider my offer of yesterday.
00:58:39This is it.
00:58:42We're going on in. Proceed with flight plan.
00:58:55Proceed with flight plan.
00:59:19They're coming back.
00:59:26My God.
00:59:40My guard informs me that one of the planes has landed.
00:59:43So, Monsieur Torrance outwitted us.
00:59:45He lied like a gentleman. I didn't think he had it in him.
00:59:48If you've done anything to Mr. Everett, they'll...
00:59:50Oh, yes, Monsieur Everett. I'll have him brought back.
00:59:53Well, what goes on? You, come. What are you waiting for?
01:00:23Detail, halt.
01:00:25Douglas Everett's your name?
01:00:27Boy, am I glad to see you. This is Mrs. Torrance.
01:00:30Captain Carson, United States Army Air Forces.
01:00:33Where's the man who sent that message?
01:00:35He was shot while transmitting it.
01:00:37Ah, yes, the most unfortunate affair.
01:00:39Who are you?
01:00:45I am Sheikahmit Belnor, Emperor of Gazi,
01:00:48Lord High Commander of the Daznids.
01:00:50I'm Captain Carson, United States Army Air Forces.
01:00:53I understand you're holding these people.
01:00:55I demand their immediate release.
01:00:57Demand? Are you prepared to discuss terms?
01:01:00It's the policy of the American government never to bargain with gangsters.
01:01:03Our terms are unconditional.
01:01:05I'm afraid, Captain, I'm not impressed.
01:01:07Is that so?
01:01:09Very well, Sergeant.
01:01:12Captain Carson calling squadron commander.
01:01:14Captain Carson calling squadron commander.
01:01:16Proceed with attack. Proceed with attack.
01:01:21I see. Bombs.
01:01:23Yeah, and they'll blow this place to bits in no time.
01:01:26That was a warning.
01:01:28I'll give you just three minutes to release these people.
01:01:31Otherwise, we'll destroy your palace.
01:01:33Are you suggesting that I should surrender, Captain?
01:01:35I didn't quite catch your name.
01:01:37Captain Carson.
01:01:39Ah, yes, Captain Carson.
01:01:41Why on earth should I surrender?
01:01:43No doubt you know why, Captain.
01:01:45I'm not going to surrender.
01:01:47Captain Carson, why on earth should I surrender?
01:01:50No doubt your comrades can destroy my palace.
01:01:53They can drop their thunderbolts directly on this temple.
01:01:55But if they do, not only I, but all of us here
01:01:58will be escorted to our last abode in fragments.
01:02:01I doubt whether that prospect will be alluring
01:02:03either to you or Monsieur Everett.
01:02:05Or Madame.
01:02:07No, Captain Carson. I call your bluff.
01:02:10The last bomb fell in the ravine.
01:02:13The next one will be closer.
01:02:15Proceed, Sergeant.
01:02:17Captain Carson to squadron commander.
01:02:19Captain Carson to squadron commander.
01:02:21Proceed with attack. Proceed with attack.
01:02:37Wakfu!
01:02:39Now!
01:02:43My priests and my people have a superstitious dread
01:02:45of these eggs of the flying goddess.
01:02:47They fear injury to the sacred image.
01:02:49I bow to superior force.
01:02:51You may, if you wish, signal your commander.
01:02:53Then you accept our demands unconditionally.
01:02:56I'm afraid I must confess, Captain, that my game is up.
01:02:59I give in.
01:03:01This comes with falling behind the times.
01:03:03If I'd only had anti-aircraft guns...
01:03:05You're mighty lucky you hadn't.
01:03:07Proceed with attack.
01:03:09Captain Carson calling squadron commander.
01:03:11Captain Carson calling squadron commander.
01:03:13Withhold further attack. Withhold further attack.
01:03:15Acknowledge.
01:03:17Command given and acknowledged, sir.
01:03:19And now if you'll assign us an escort through the crowd.
01:03:21Certainly.
01:03:23Askri. Rahum ahum.
01:03:25Mrs. Torrance. Mr. Everett.
01:03:29Now it only remains for me to speed my parting guests.
01:03:31I hope we shall one day renew our acquaintance
01:03:33and talk over old times.
01:03:35Oh, not here.
01:03:37I plainly foresee that I shall join the other kings next time.
01:03:39Yeah, well, if you ever get to Texas, be sure and look us up.
01:03:41We'd like nothing better than to return your hospitality, wouldn't we?
01:03:44It would be a pleasure.
01:03:46Thank you. We'll be at home as soon as we wipe your friend Hitler off the map.
01:03:49My ex-friend.
01:03:51Au revoir, madame.
01:03:53As I said before, Your Highness,
01:03:55it's a pity your intentions don't match your charm.
01:03:58Let's get out of here.
01:04:06How you doing back there?
01:04:08Well, it's the first time I've ever flown as a passenger,
01:04:10but this back seat driving is okay.
01:04:20She would probably have been a blasted nuisance anyway.
01:04:35THE END