The Kingfisher Caper (1975) - full transcript

(slow music)

(beeping)

(birds squawking)

(beeping)

(kissing)
(triumphant music)

(announcer speaking
foreign language)

- [Driver] Thank you.

- Hey!

Tracy!

- Johnny!

But how did you know it
was going to be here?



- I didn't.

What brings you back so quick?

- (sighing) I'm
home again, Johnny,

for keeps this time.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Should I say that?

- No, not really.

No point.

- Does the old man know?

- Not yet.

How is he?

- Lots of wear and tear.

I'm glad you're
back, for his sake.

- And you?
- Me?



I'm off, up to Cartridge.

Look, why don't you come
along, just for the ride.

What do you say?

Then you can tell
me all about it.

- Is there time for me
to change into jeans?

- Yeah.
(upbeat music)

- Where the hell have you been?

- I had business at the bank.

- Did you?

Just what do you
do all day long.

Johnny works his off,

and my son fits around--

- Oh, not old Hero-Boy
again, please.

- He happens to be the best
diamond man in the business.

- Yes, and the sun shines
out of his backside,

and I'm sick to death
of hearing about it.

Now, where's the brandy?

I told you yesterday
there wasn't any brandy.

- It isn't brandy
you need, it's work.

Now, stop playing about.

Playboys don't make
good diamond men.

- Well then, get rid of
him, give me a chance.

That is, if you really
want to know what I can do.

(plane rumbling)

- Well, here we are again.

How does it feel?

- Out of this world, Johnny.

Just like old times.

- Do you remember that
house we built in the trees?

- The one brother Benedict
had to pull to pieces?

- Right.

And then told your
dad he'd done it

because he's caught us
playing mommies and daddies.

- (giggling) Yes.

- What a beating I got.

I was black and blue for days.

If only it'd been true,
it would've been worth it,

but what kind of an orgy
can you have when you're 11?

(laughing)

- Johnny?
- Yeah?

- How about Ruby?
- How about her?

- How come you married her?

- Long story.

Little boys who think
they're big boys

do some pretty odd
things at times.

- Little girls, too.

- Yeah.

Look.

Down there, Thunderbolt Gap.

The most beautiful
sight in the world.

- [Tracy] It's okay,
but I don't see

what makes it that beautiful.

- Because roughly a
million years ago,

rivers to the south
were spitting diamonds
into the ocean.

Because those rivers dried up,

the tides have been
moving the diamonds

northwards ever since.

And because down there,
you see that reef?

In gullies on that reef is where

a hell of a lot of them
must have got stuck.

- Well, then why don't
you just go and get 'em?

- Because, my little historian,

when we took over the mandate

for the Germans
after World War One,

our government decided
to grant the concession

for mining Thunderbolt
to the big company.

- We're still out working
it by the look of things.

- They will in time.

When you've got so much, you
can afford to wait, can't you?

But I'll tell you, Tracy,
I've got the same feeling

as a water divider.

There are millions of carats
of diamonds stuck on that reef,

I know it, I can
smell 'em almost.

I can see the shine of them
through 160 feet of water.

If only I could put
Kingfisher into that lot.

(plane rumbling)

(ticking)

- I want the truth.
(sad music)

- Three, four months, perhaps.

I'm sorry, Hendrich.

- Thank you.

(engines rumbling)
(exciting music)

- Look, Tracy, the
old way of getting

diamonds off the beach.

I got the idea of pulling
them out of the sea

when I was studying in America.

I'm replacing all that
with my boat, Kingfisher.

I don't like it, Rez.

Come on, you know every trick
in the book, let's stop.

- Our workaround is all coming.

I'm gonna replace the
ships and mix up the crews.

- Good, I think you should.

And restrict access to the
plant, especially at night.

- Right.

- Tracy and I will go
and check the perimeter.

(beeping)

Now, that's strange.

What the devil's
old Sampson doing

along this stretch of the
beach, playing with a toy boat?

- Why don't you ask him?

Perhaps he'll let you
play with it, too.

- (chuckling) I will.

Hey, Sampson!

Grab that boat.

(engine rumbling)

Come on.

(engine sputtering)

(groaning)

All right, you!

Start singing!

How much, how long, who for?

Bury you, I swear it.

Who for!

- All right then, I'll tell you.

(slow music)

- [Benedict] There.

How 'bout that.

- For me?

- God, you're a greedy.

You can't get enough, can you?

Never satisfied.

- You don't do too badly.

Pretty well, I'd say.

Just keep on trying.

(door slamming)

- Benedict!

- It's Johnny.

- [Johnny] Benedict!

- Why?

- [Johnny] Come on,
Benedict, where are you?

- You.

- He never knew.

I swear it.

- [Johnny] Benedict!

- Well, you wait here,
and you keep out of sight.

- Where are they?

- Good evening.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

(punching)

(groaning)

Johnny, Johnny.

Johnny, you won't tell
the old man, will you?

- What?

And tell him he's being
robbed by his own son?

I'll spare him
that, but not you.

(yelling)

(splashing)

(onlookers chattering)
(birds squawking)

(boats honking)

(honking rapidly)

(cheerful music)

- Bonjourno, Johnny!

I arrive, Caporetti is here!

- Bonjourno, Capitano.

(crew speaking Italian)

- [Crew member] Caporetti.

(kissing)

- The man's got style.

- Yeah, and a built in compass.

He's the best there is.

- Santa Maria, she
look like hell.

We don't shave off
one, two years.

- It's finished, Cappy,
this is just frosting.

- Hey, Johnny, I'll
wait for you to call.

Everyday my wife, she scream,

I drink more, more, I
come, and she not finished.

- It is finished, I told you.

Let me show you.

- You wanna show me?

I've seen this ship before.

- Not like this, you haven't.

- (chuckling) If
she float, I sail.

- I'm sorry I'm late, I
got caught in traffic.

I thought this was just family.

- It is.

- Well, shouldn't--
- Now, sit down.

I want him here.

Right.

The Van Der Byl Diamond Company.

I'm splitting it up three ways.

One third yours,
one third yours,

and the remaining third for you.

- Mine?

- That's what I said.

You're not deaf.

- But sir, I wasn't expecting--

- You weren't expecting
anything, were you?

Not a damn thing.

But that's why you've been
creeping and crawling for years.

Now you've finally made it.

- I've sweated out a lifetime
putting this show together,

and I don't need you to tell
me how to dispose of it.

There's just one thing.

Your third is in Kingfisher,

and the dredging
concessions only.

- That'll do me, sir.

- Every other asset
of Van Der Byl,

mines, properties, beaches,

has been put into a separate
trust for my son and Tracy.

You will be chairman, managing
director, and executor.

- But when?

- I signed the
documents this morning.

Here, see that he gets them.

You always wanted authority,
power, responsibility.

Now it's over to you.

Right.

Finished.

- [Man] If you could spare
me a moment, Mr. Benedict,

I'd like your signature
on this please.

These documents, can we?

- Yes we can, we will.

Thanks, father.

Glad to have your confidence.

- [Tracy] Let me get
you a drink, Dad.

- Oh, stop fussing, girl.

I'm just tired, that's all.

- Why are you doing this, Dad?

- About time I chucked
it in, retired.

- Leave it with your
last breath, not before.

- That's about it.

- So, what about Kingfisher?

- [Hendrich] Well?

- She's not finished.

- I've sunk a couple of million

in that diamond barge of
yours, and now it's up to you.

- But what does he do for money?

- He goes to the bank,
the loan still stands.

They'll give him more
time if he needs it.

- But now you've made
Benedict the boss.

- Sir, it's never going
to work, I wish it could.

- Now, you listen to me.

The bank's your
boss, not Benedict,

not until that
loan's been repaid.

- The loan was for
Kingfisher, the company.

- On your personal guarantee.

You believe in that
floating fortune, don't you?

- I think it's going to be

the biggest thing
you ever started.

- One third's yours.

- Look, you took me
in when I was a kid,

you raised me, you taught me,
you beat the hell out of me.

But in the end I was a
good diamond man, your man.

And you don't owe me anything.

- I owe my son, Johnny.

I owe him a chance.

- Well, if that's
how you feel, Dad.

But I can't help thinking, it's
you who's taking the chance.

- Dammit, there must
be enough of me in him

to make it come good in the end.

And I have other reasons.

- Sure.

- So, the pair of you...

Get the hell out of here.

You've got more work than time

before that bank loan's repaid.

- (kissing) See you later, Dad.

You know, for a
man who's retired,

you certainly know how
to keep things moving.

(horn blowing loudly)

Are you gonna sign me
on, Johnny, or not?

- What as?

- Now look, I'm not just
a dumb blonde, you know?

I did get a degree in South
African history, remember?

- Sure, big deal, but that's
digging the past, Tracy,

and this is today, and
we're digging for diamonds.

- Now listen, for start,
you're not gonna get

any help from Benedict.

- That's as sure as hell.

- So you're gonna need
a tough guy like me.

I mean, mentally tough.

- Okay.

You tell me, how, where?

- Right, on the
end of a telephone,

bashing a typewriter,
stalling the creditors,

keeping an eye on my
one third and yours.

Helping you to float this
damn dream boat of yours.

- You really do
think that I can't

manage without you, don't you?

- You're darn right I do.

- Well I'll tell you something.

You sold me, partner.

Shake.

- (gasping) Hooray!
(laughing)

- Come on.

- [Tracy] Oh!

- No, this way.

Right around.

Oh, skipper, we've
got a new crew member.

Cappy, Tracy.

- Oh, very nice Johnny, but
where she gonna sleep, then?

- As sure, Cappy, as sure.

Come on.

- Very good, but doesn't
make no harm in asking, do I?

- There, look at that.

It's my vacuum cleaner.

- [Tracy] What does it do?

- Well, we stick an
extension on the end,

reach down 100 fathoms,
blast away the seabed,

and suck up what's
lying underneath.

It's a pretty fancy
vacuum cleaner.

- The beginning,
let's have a look-see.

(whirring)

You know what that is?

- A concrete mixer?
- Not quite.

I call it my cream
separator, same principle.

Takes the gravel from the pipe,

spins it, and then spews all
the waste back into the sea.

- And what happens to the cream?

- It gets dried in
hot air in here,

gathered onto a belt, a
conveyor belt inside here,

and then, at the
bottom of this chute,

passes into the X-ray room.

- For diagnosis?

- Diamonds show up very
sharply, fluoresce, under X-ray,

you probably know that.

It pinpoints every one.

So, when the X-ray machine
reports the presence

of diamonds to my
computer up top,

where they're blown,
sucked, screen-separated,

dried, and discovered
all on one ship

in once process at one time.

(whistling)

Also where they're spent
two and a half million.

- Well, the way you
tell it, Johnny,

it sounds cheap at the price.

(upbeat music)

- Costs are close
to 100 an hour.

- [Benedict] 118.

- All right, 118.

We worked at the
beach for 60 hours

for just around 200 carats.

I think the beaches
are drying up.

- Well, what do you
suggest we do about it?

- We're doing it.

We're finishing up
Kingfisher just as fast

as we bloody well can, but
it's still one heck of a job.

- Yes, well, you
don't sound too sure.

- Oh, I'm sure.

But Kingfisher is new.

It's something that's
never been tried before,

there are problems,
complications,
new ones everyday.

But we're meeting
them, beating them,

all we need is time.

- The interest on the
bank loan becomes to you

in three weeks, how much is it?

- Just over 200,000.

- Where will you get it?

- No problem.

The old man fixed it.

The ship's going
to be worth over

two and a half million finished,

that's damn good collateral,
the bank will extend.

- But the bank's out of it.

- I don't get you.

- Well, the bank has
nothing to do with it.

- Then who has?

- Me.

As managing director of
the trust, of course,

I've relieved them, I've...

I've taken over the loan.

- Meaning?

- When payment becomes
due, I can't give you

an extension of time.

- So, that's it.

- Well, I have to protect
the old man's half a million,

for my little sister, of course.

We can't go throwing good
money after bad, can we?

- Got you.

- Good.

So, you pay on the
dot, or I take over

the Kingfisher for myself.

Is that clear?

- You're not doing
this for me, Benedict.

- But I am, as your executor.

- No.

You're doing this
for you, as usual,

not only despicable,
but utterly pathetic.

(knocking)

Oh, come in, darling,
it's lunch time,

and I've quite an appetite.

- Oh, hello, Johnny.

- Well, that's one thing I do

have to thank you for, Benedict.

You're welcome.

(birds squawking)

(laughing)

I'm glad you could
make it, fellas.

- Okay, Johnny,
I'll take that now.

- Yeah.

Don't be late
tomorrow, will you?

- But Johnny, there was
a whole lot of aggro.

- Don't give me
any of your crap.

If I can be here at eight,
you can be here at eight.

- Okay, Johnny.

Thank you.

- Hey, Johnny.

Hold it down to work
to work, or no dames.

Push push.

You got two weeks.

- Yeah.

Two weeks.

(slow smooth music)

- It just didn't work out the
way I planned it, that's all.

- Nor for my dear husband.

How's he going to raise 200,000?

- Yes, but, but he
believes he can.

That's the point.

I know he does.

- Listen, Benedict.

You've got the company,
you've taken his wife,

and in three weeks
you'll have his ship.

- Yes.

But taking his wife away
from him seemed to be

the one thing that
gave him any joy.

- Thanks.

Don't start drinking, darling.

- And don't start giving
me orders, do you hear?

I'm not taking orders
from anyone anymore.

Not ever.

(machine whirring)

(workers chattering)

- Right.

You promise delivery tomorrow,
and I promise you C-O-D.

Well, we're not exactly
broke, you know?

- Not exactly but
as near is, dammit.

- Bye.

We're right on schedule, Johnny.

Come on.

Glazed eye and a
stiff upper lip.

- 17 more days,
still not operating,

the loan to pay, and almost
clean out of cash, skint.

So, you tell me, tough
guy, what do we do?

- Money, that's what I need.

- Well, that's no problem.

You're the right person
in the right place,

a bank, just tell me how much.

- 230,000.

- Tracy, child, that's
an awful lot of money.

- Against my share of the
estate, Phillip, surely.

- Your share's in trust.

You'll get the income,
can't touch the capital,

not unless the executor agrees.

Have you asked Benedict?

- No.

- But it's my money.

What right have you to say no?

- Every right.

To safeguard the estate,
protect your interest,

and to stop you making
a fool of yourself.

- Why do you hate so much?

Make everything so ugly?

You have everything
you ever wanted now.

- No, no, not quite, not yet.

- You're still a
child, aren't you?

Trying to get even for
things you only imagine.

- Are we finished?

- Oh no, not yet.

Not by any means.

But don't you understand
what he's trying to do, Dad?

To Johnny, to me, to all
your plans for Kingfisher.

- Yes, I think I do.

- But is this what you
thought, what you intended,

when you put him there
and told him to take over?

The Kingfisher won't be
a loser, he knows that,

but he's going to make certain
that we lose Kingfisher.

Unless you do something
about it, Dad,

you are the only one who can.

- Father, I appreciate
your concern,

I really do, but
whether right or wrong,

the decisions now are mine.

- I put you there, son.

- Yes, and if I may remind you,

very late in the day.

- Why are you so bitter,
so twisted up, boy?

- Am I?

Could it be from having to grow

from the roots of a
very large tree, Father?

In the shadows.

- Johnny managed it.

- Well yes, he would,
but that's where

all the nourishment, wasn't it?

Not even your own blood.

- I'm sorry you
should feel that.

- Oh, don't be.

We shall manage a
happy end, somehow.

- Benedict, I'm asking you.

- You're asking me, Father?

- Because I'm a sick man.

- Yes, I think you are.

- I've told no one
else but you, only you.

- Well, that makes
my responsibility

all the greater, doesn't it?

You're not fit,
you're not well enough

to know what's best
for the company.

Go home, rest.

And don't worry...

I promise you, I
won't let Johnny Lance

get away with a thing.

(crickets chirping)

(slow music)
(clock ticking)

- [Hendrich Voiceover]
My darling Tracy,

please try and forgive me.

It is not the pain I fear,

but the burden I know
I shall be to others.

The box is for you, Tracy.

Inside you'll find
every diamond,

every piece of jewelry
I gave your dear mother.

Keep one piece in
her memory in mind.

We both loved you very much.

Sell the rest, they belong
to the past, my past.

Kingfisher is the future,
yours and Johnny's.

They should bring
you more than enough

to meet the interest
on the loan.

God bless you.

Your loving father.

- [Young Benedict] What's
Johnny doing here, mommy?

Why did daddy bring him home?

- [Mother] He's part of
the family now, darling.

Another brother
for you and Tracy.

You must be kind,
dear, love him.

- [Young Benedict]
But I don't love him!

I hate him!

I don't want him here!

- [Young Tracy] That's a
horrid thing to say, Benedict.

I want him here, I
want him here always.

- [Young Benedict] But
he's not our real brother!

- [Young Tracy] No,
and he's not unkind

and spiteful like you.

You're just jealous,
that's what you are.

- [Mother] Now, stop
it, both of you.

Johnny and Benedict are
going to get on fine.

You'll see.

- [Young Benedict] But I told
you, I don't want him here!

I hate him!

I hate him!

Hate him!

Hate him!

Hate him!

Hate him!

I hate him!

Hate him!

Hate him!

Hate him!
(echoing)

(screaming)
(crashing)

- [Hendrich] What's
your name, boy?

- Johnny.

- [Hendrich] Well, you'd
better come with me, Johnny.

- Knowing you for the
man you are, Johnny,

I'm expecting you to be against

Tracy selling her
mother's jewels.

So, for the last time, I'm not
asking you, or telling you,

I'm giving you an order.

You see it's carried out.

One more thing...

I want you to know,
you've made me...

Very proud of you...

As a diamond man, and as a son.

(priest mumbling in
foreign language)

Your loving father.

- The house and all
its possessions,

I leave to my esteemed
and dutiful son, Benedict,

who will pay me the
elementary respect

of not converting
it into a brothel

until my body is quite cold.

Ruby!

Ruby, where are you?

What have you been doing?

Pricing the goods in the shop?

Not bad, eh?

- You know, you're
the kind of a man

that makes a woman
feel really good.

- You think I can't?

- Come here.

Darling.
(slow music)

It's another way to keep warm.

- Slow, slow,
slow, slow it down!

Treat it with love!

Good!

Nice height!

Okay, bring it across.

Good.

Okay now, easy, easy.

Slow, slow, slow it down.

Get down here.

- That was one hell of a thump.

- Open this up right away, Bob.

Get the computer boys to
check this out for damage.

- Aye aye.

- Hey, I'm sorry, Johnny,
it was an accident.

- How long have you been
doing this job, Joe?

- Long enough.

- That's how I figured it.

- And my name ain't Joe, okay?

- Whatever your name,
go to the office,

get your money, and
get off this ship.

- I was hired for the
whole of the refit.

- And now you're
fired for the whole

of the refit, so beat it.

- [Man] Watch out, Johnny!

(intense music)
(groaning)

(groaning)

- You know, this is
no accident Johnny.

It was deliberate,
I'd like a word

with the man who
paid him to do it.

- That's quite a rig.

- You can not
imagine. (chuckling)

The man say it cause
a revolution for
the diamond mining.

- And how's the work going?

- Sometimes fast,
sometimes slow.

It all depend.

- Well, when do you
expect to be out at sea?

- Maybe two days,
maybe two weeks.

Sometimes I think
maybe two years.

I'm just the capitano,
I can not tell you.

(mysterious music)

- Yes, it's a very fine
collection, Ms. Van Der Byr.

- They belonged to my mother.

- It's a pity you have
to part with them.

- I wish I didn't.

How much are they worth to you?

- I'm afraid more
than we can offer you.

Shall we say, 250,000?

- Couldn't we say
300,000, Mr. Stanley?

- Ms. Van Der Byr,
I knew your father,

it was impossible
to argue with him,

so I do not intend
to bargain with you.

300,000, and it's a deal.

- Thank you.

(woman yelling)

(people chattering)

- Caporetti?

Caporetti?

- Capitano Caporetti.

- Excuse me, please, Capitan,

you are a very famous man.

Kingfisher, no?

- Si.

- Working for Mr. Lance?

- With Mr. Lance.

Always Caporetti
works for himself.

- I would very much
like to drink to that.

And for the lady, too.

You must be a very
rich man, Capitan.

- You say rich?

I've got a nagging
wife, bambinos,

I like the wine,
and too many woman.

You tell me how I can be rich?

- You should be, you could be.

- Could be, could
be Rockefeller.

- That I think
not, but rich, yes.

- Ciao, baby, I see
you maybe later, okay?

- Tell me, how much you
think I can be rich?

- Capitan...

Do you tell me...

20, 30, 40,000?

(upbeat music)

(buzzing)

- I don't know,
Cappy, I'm worried.

Where the hell is Tracy?

- Santa Maria, 20 times
you ask me, I don't know.

- Why did she take off
with all that money?

- Maybe she go to beauty parlor?

You know woman, eh, Johnny?

- Look after things,
I'll be right back.

- Look after things?

I'm gonna sell the boat!

- Yes, sir?

- Ms. Van Der Byr, please.

- She's out, sir.

- How do you know?

- Her room key's here, sir.

- Would you, could you call
her on the telephone, please?

Check her room.

- Sorry, sir, no answer.

- Thank you.

If you see her, would
you leave a note

and say that John Lance
was here looking for her?

- Certainly, sir.

- 100 to win on Snowflake,

and then the De
Villiers handicap.

It's 250 each way.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Yes, put him on.

- Benedict, have you seen Tracy?

- Where did you get the money.

Where were we?

(exciting music)

(phone ringing)

- Hello.

- [Tracy On Phone]
Hello, Johnny.

It's me.

- Tracy.

Where the hell are you?

- [Tracy On Phone] I'm at
the hotel, no questions,

just come right over, okay?

- In two shakes of
a duck's bottom.

(knocking)

Where the hell have you been?

- Sit down, Johnny.

- [Johnny] I don't
want to sit down.

- I poured you a
whiskey and soda.

- And I don't want
your whiskey and soda.

- I think you're going to.

- I'd like to know why,
without a word to me.

- And I'd like to tell
you, in my own way,

if you'll let me, please.

- Right.

And this had better be good.

- Now...

Remember the day you
flew me over Thunderbolt?

- I do.

- And I asked you if they'd
worked it for diamonds

when it was German territory.

- Well?

- Well, that
started me thinking.

- That reads a 21 gun salute.

- About history.

- You've already
told us, Professor,

you took a degree.

- Now, don't go selling
it short, Johnny.

And don't keep interrupting.

Now, here is a translation
of a German proclamation,

dated May three, 1899.

For a period of 999 years,

and for a consideration
of 10,000 marks,

Mrs. Farbon Hendricks Mosental

of Windhoek Guarna
Merchants are granted sole

and exclusive
rights to mine Win--

- Look, what the heck
is all this about?

- Thunderbolt, Johnny.

- Thunderbolt?

But didn't I also tell you that

when South Africa took
over from the Germans--

- Our government
immediately confirmed

and ratified all
concessions already granted.

You never told me that.

- Didn't I?

I mean, did they?

- Thunderbolt still belongs

to Mrs. Farbon
Hendrickson Mosental.

- Not if they sold out
to the big company.

- But they didn't.

- Then how come years
later, the big company

is given the rights?

- Impossible, illegal, invalid.

- But who says so?

- The law, I've checked.

- My god.

Then where does
all this take us?

- I'll tell you
where it took me.

Over some of the worst roads

in Southwest Africa to Windhoek,

to one very old man, a son of
the original Mr. Hendricks.

What's left of
that firm, he owns.

- Then what?

- I bought it, Johnny.

Lock stock and barrel.

He asked 20,000, I gave him 40.

Plus, it will send it
once we're in profit.

- There's got to be
a hit some place,

I just can't believe it.

- That's what he said when
I talked about diamonds.

He said he was too
old to care anyway.

But you can believe
this, Johnny.

Signed by me as a
director of Van Der Byl,

the deeds to Thunderbolt.

- Holy cow.

- [Tracy] Still don't want?

- Oh yeah, gimme.

Wow.

Tracy Van Der Byl,
you're too much.

You're too dusty,
you're too dirty,

you're too wonderful,
and I love you!

(laughing)

(romantic music)

- What was that, Johnny?

- I love you.

- Say it again, Johnny, please.

- I guess I always have.

- Oh, Johnny.

- Everything's gone
wrong, every damn thing.

- For the moment.

- Well, how many moments do
you think we have left, stupid?

He's paid the interest, and
handed Thunderbolt on a plate.

And Kingfisher's
almost equipped.

So, when it's
equipped and running,

how do we make it fail?

- But you own one
third, does it matter?

- Of course it matters,
it's all that matters.

I want Kingfisher 100%.

Mr. Johnny Lance crawling, bust.

So, how do we make it fail?

- That little Japanese gentleman
you were telling me about.

- The one who made the
little electric boat?

- Wouldn't he help you?

- Osaki.

(cheering)

- [Man] Congratulations, man!

(laughing loudly)

- [Man] Ah, we've done it!

(crew speaking over each other)

- [Cappy] Oh, Johnny
(muffled) sail my boat, eh?

- Hey, Johnny, terrific.

Congratulations,
congratulations.

- Yeah, but will it work?

- I only make things that work.

Like the boat, it worked.

This one work, too.

How will you get me on the ship?

- Well, how much
time will you need?

- Hard to say.

- How much time will you need?

- Mr. Benedict...

This is very dangerous
work I'm doing for you.

- So?

- You must make it
more worth my while.

Perhaps another
5,000 grand more?

- Yeah, you'll get it.

- I'll need six hours.

(horn blowing)

(door closing)

(horn blowing distantly)

- [Man] See you, man.

- Night.

(groaning)

(punching)

- So, tomorrow, you start
laying on provisions and stores.

- Hey, Johnny, what's the
work going on underwater?

- There isn't any.

Don't we look busy enough?

- Well, there was a guy who
came up the side just now.

- No guy came over
the side just now.

- I tell you, I saw him.

- Maybe his father Neptune, no?

- Not maybe, in a
black diver's outfit.

- Wait a minute, something
doesn't smell good.

Cappy, get some of
the boys together.

Search, start
forward and work aft.

(smooth electric music)

Mack, we've got
visitors, uninvited.

You take the engine room,
I'll take the postal.

- [Mack] Hey!

(groaning)

(punching)

(explosion)

- [Man] Take him.

Easy, easy, yeah.

Okay, push him more.

- [Johnny] Let me get
in with him, you drive.

- Thank you, Matron.

And give him our love.

Yes, I'll tell him.

Goodbye.

- Well?

- [Tracy] (sighing) They
operated this morning.

- The arm?

- They had to.

- Dammit.

Mack, of all people.

- He'll have to lose
more than an arm

before they'll get him down.

Apparently, directly
he came 'round,

only one thought, a
message for Johnny Lance.

Here's a rough translation
of Matron's Gaelic.

Do not fuss yourself, man,

it's only a wee small scratch.

And keep cracking on Kingfisher.

- Scotland forever.

But he's right, we
gotta keep cracking.

- So, what do you say?

We losing more time, eh?

- Looks like it.

- I no like it.

Caporetti grow
tired from waiting.

- It's the same for
all of us, Cappy.

- But it's not the same.

I'm on half pay 'til
Kingfisher sail.

(bright music)

Tell me.

When Johnny, he want
to punch your behind,

what he do?

- Pinch my behind?

But he doesn't.

- Ah, that is what
I was thinking.

You must eat more
spaghetti, more pasta, huh?

I promise you,
presto, in short time,

you got a behind to pinch.

- What?

- Johnny, I have to
rebuild six circuits.

- How long?

- Tomorrow lunch time.

- I've got to have
it by tonight.

- But I can't do it.

- Can you try?
- I'll do my level best.

(smooth slow music)

- Let's circle the fleet.

Cup of coffee for you.

Come on.

(beeping)

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Welcome aboard.

I'll buy you a martini
next time I see you.

Thank you very much,
I appreciate that.

- [Benedict] Well?

- The interceptor
is in position.

No diamond of any
size will get through.

- And the computer
will register negative,

you're sure of that?

- Quite.

- Hmm.

It's quite a view.

- And a meeting
place to conclude

a successful transaction,
Mr. Van Der Byr.

You have a soul of a poet.

- I'm just security
minded, that's all.

I hate taking chances.

- You have my consideration?

- Naturally.

He'll settle with you.

(yelling)

(smashing)
(cheering)

- Let's go to work, men!

(triumphant music)

- It feels good, no, Johnny?

I'm a Caporetti again,
Caporetti the Capitano.

Bridge?

- Hey, Johnny, you start
the full log, okay?

- Engine room?

Okay.

What do I say?

(Caporetti speaking Italian)

- Hello, Chief?

Johnny Lance.

May I have the main
engines, please?

Starboard clutch, please.

Is that all?

Okay, Chief.

I'll see you at Cartridge
Bay, three days!

- [Tracy] I'll be there!

- Don't be late!

It's gonna be kinda lonely.

- [Tracy] You've got
your computer, and Cappy.

- Yeah, but I don't fancy them!

- Good luck, Johnny!

(upbeat music)

- Darling?

- Hmm?

- [Ruby] What happens after?

- After?

- You've scuppered dear Johnny.

- Ah.

- I was thinking of us.

- Well don't.

- [Ruby] Why not?

- I am not suitable soil
for the clinging vine.

- You're talking in riddles.

- Am I?

Well listen, we
had a deal, right?

Well, I proved I could have you,

I proved I could take
you away from him.

I mean, that's what
it was all about.

As it happened, it seemed
he didn't give a damn,

but well, that took the
icing off the cake for me,

but you've got yourself some
nice diamonds, a mink coat.

- That's very generous.

- Yes, that's what I thought.

I mean, that's pretty good
pay for services rendered.

- You don't give a damn, do you?

You don't.

You can't feel
anything for anyone.

- Oh, don't go
taking it personally.

You're good, I must
say that for you.

Really good, tops.

But too much of a
good thing can be bad.

- Cappy, what's your position?

- H-74,

H 52.5.

- We're in position,
lay your anchor.

- Let go starboard anchor.

We're here, Johnny.

- Start praying.

(exciting music)

(beeping)

Cappy, move to grid
reference 0.23.

- [Cappy On Phone] No bullseye
first time, eh, Johnny?

- Right.

(beeping)

(sighing) Two day's work
for a handful of crap.

Doesn't make sense.

- What I can say, Johnny?

- Well, fold it up for today.

We'll start again tomorrow.

- Ms. Van Der Byl.

- Yes?

- I'd like to talk
to you if I may.

- Do we have anything
to talk about?

- You may think so when you
have what I hear to say.

- I'm sorry, I don't
think I want to.

- Please.

For your sake, and Johnny's.

- Very well.

(dinging)

- Cappy.

Cappy, wake up.

Come on, hey.

You awake?

- It's three o'clock.

- Cappy, we're going
to Thunderbolt now.

- Now?

What you talking?

- We're going to
Thunderbolt right now.

I know there are diamonds there.

- You crazy, I cannot
take my ship there.

I know that place,
bad current, no!

- I'll divert the
current with explosives.

- You'll divert the current.

You think you're God?

- Cappy, it's Thunderbolt, now.

(crickets chirping)

(slow music)

(match lighting)

- [Benedict] Cold, Ruby?

(gasping)

- No.

- Thought you'd gone, forever.

- I'm going.

- Yes.

- I came to collect my things.

- Come here, Ruby.

- What for?

- Come here.

Kneel down.

- Why?

- I said kneel down!

Now, tell me what
you've been doing.

Where you've been.

- To see your sister.

- You did what?

- She's on her way to
Cartridge Bay, Benedict.

She'll be there tomorrow.

- What did you tell her?

- Everything, about Osaki,

a little machine you
fit into the Kingfisher,

everything Johnny
would want to know.

So, you're not going to
win, are you, Benedict?

Johnny's going to
beat you again.

He always will.

(slapping)

(breathing heavily)

(groaning)

No.

No, don't.

No.

Please.

- Why did you!

I have to now, don't I?

- No, don't.

- I have to.

- Don't, Benedict!
(gun firing)

(birds squawking)

(whirring)

(explosion)

- Let's move into the gap.

(ominous music)

- Kramer!

Take me out to the
Kingfisher, quick!

I've got to get out to her.

- More mad.

Why have you to go?

- Now look, don't
waste time, man.

Someone's blown it, Johnny
Lance knows everything.

- Knows what?

- About the diamonds,
the bugging, the lot.

- God.

- And there's only one
person to handle him,

and it has to be me.

Now, will you get moving?

- Cast off.

I didn't know you were
part of the setup.

- What?

My little brother, manage
our fortune on his own.

You must be joking.

(engine starting)

(horn blowing)

Johnny.
- What the hell's going on?

- I've got to talk to you.

- What?

- I've had a long
talk with Ruby,

there's some kind
of a deal going on.

They're out to break you.

They've put a
device onboard ship.

- What kind of a device?

- [Tracy] I don't know,

but it's for collecting
the diamonds.

- Collecting diamonds?

But where could it be?

Where have they put it?

- She didn't say,
she didn't know.

- It's got to be between
the recovery room

and the sort tanks, right?

- If you say so.

- Well, it's got to be.

Come on, this is the sort
tanks room down here.

(muffled speaking on radio)

You okay?

- [Tracy] Yeah, fine.

- Good.

No, everything's okay here.

Okay, scope tunnel is next.

(squeaking)

(honking)

(honking rapidly)

- Good afternoon, Mr. Benedict.

You can't take that in here.

- Oh.

(crashing)

(machine whirring)

(beeping)

- What is it?

- I don't know,
let's take a look.

Here, hold this.

Fantastic.

It's some sort of
an electronic device

- Are you sure it isn't
part of the system?

- Oh no, not this.

Must be an interceptor.

- Kramer!

- Well, what went in there?

I can't see it.

(squeaking)

(gasping)

- My.
- My god, unbelievable.

Look at this.

Just look at this!

- Enough to pay the
bank five times over!

- Unbelievable.

So much for Mister
bloody Benedict.

- So much for Kingfisher.

She's done it, she's done it!

- [Benedict] When I get on
board I'll scuttle the ship.

- And then what?

- We'll go across the boarder.

You pick off Caporetti.

- And the diamonds.

(knocking)

- That's funny,
did you close it?

- No.

- Hello.

Hello.

Come on.

I can't wait to see
your brother's face

when he realizes
we've out-foxed him.

Hello.

That's funny, I
can't raise anybody.

Hello, Cappy?

- Where's Johnny?

- In the sort tanks room.

- And my sister?
- She's with him.

(ominous music)

But you leave that with me.

- It stays with me.

Where are the diamonds?

- First you tell me your plans,

then I show you the diamonds.

- You better show some sense,
I'm scuttling this ship, now.

- Huh?

And my crew?

Johnny and the girl?

- Your crew will be all right,

they'll get their payout.

Now get it moving, and fast.

- [Cappy On Speaker] This
is your captain speaking.

Abandon ship!

Abandon ship!

Abandon ship!

This is your captain
speaking, abandon ship!

Abandon ship!

(banging)

- It's Benedict!

Benedict!

- [Tracy] What's he doing?

- By the look of it, he's
going to blow t he feeder.

- What will that do?

- Pump her full of water.

- What do you mean?

Sink her?

- And us.

- Benedict!

Benedict don't!

Please, don't!

Benedict!

(gun firing)

(explosion)

- Johnny, can you hear me?

Go to the front of the
boat manhole cover,

I open it for you
now, Johnny, okay?

- What do we do?

- Come on!

- The diamonds!

(snapping)

(muffled whispering)

- We've got to get
to the computer room

and cut the feeder motor.

(groaning)

(yelling)
(splashing)

(gun firing)
(yelling)

Cappy?

Cappy?

- Sorry, Johnny.

Diamonds drive Caporetti crazy.

You eat pasta, Tracy, okay?

(sad music)

- Come.

(boat creaking)

(exciting music)

- Mayday, mayday, mayday.

(gun firing)

This is Kingfisher,
this is Kingfisher.

(gunshots)

(gunshots)

Benedict!

Benedict!

(slow music)