Coast of Skeletons (1965) - full transcript

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-Well, I'm, uh, well, I'm
sorry I missed the party, sir.

[LAUGHING]

-Uh, thank-- Thank--
Thank you, very much, sir.

-Oh, it's nice of you
to drop in Hamilton.

-Yes.

Oh, yes!

Oh, there's a rhino making
towards the waterhole, sir.

He's bound to fall in the pit.



You'll never stop him, sir!

-No, but I can
try to divert him.

Tom, get the engine started.

[RHINO BELLOWING]

-OK, Tom.

Well, that was a near thing
for poor old Rodney Rhino.

-Well, at least that's one
rhino that won't finish up

as a stimulant for some
jaded oriental businessman.

-Yes, there's be black
flags in Hong Kong tonight.

Oh!

I nearly forgot, sir.

-All right, [INAUDIBLE]
see them back at the camp.

-I would imagine it's from the
high commissioner's office.

That is the new minister
for the entire area.



Extremely new!

Uh, orders, huh?

-Well, yes.

The final one for
us, I'm afraid.

Order of the boot.

-Excuse me, sir.

Aren't you Mr. Sanders?

-Yes, I am.

-I'm from "The Daily News".

I'd like to congratulate
you on your award

of being vested
here this morning.

-Uh, thank you, very much.

-Uh, may I ask,
sir, do you think

your dismissal from
Ghandra was fair?

-I'd rather not comment on that.

-And what are your plans?

-My major plans?

Well, I'm going to
Scotland to fish.

-And after that?

Retirement perhaps?

-Hardly.

I'll look for another
job, I suppose.

-In Africa?

Preferably.

-Then you do want to go back?

-I'd always want to
go back to Africa.

-Thank you.

-Excellent credentials.

-Thank you, Mr. Spyker.

-As I expected, you
fill the bill perfectly.

Are the conditions acceptable?

-Yes, I think so.

Um, I'd like to know more
about this man, though.

-AJ Magnus.

He's quite a personality.

Comes from Texas, I believe.

Started [INAUDIBLE], respected
for gold in New Guinea,

and finally moved to Africa.

This is where he operates.

Here.

-The Southwest coast of Africa.

-Base of the South
Atlantic Dredging Company.

Magnus' Company.

-Dredging for what, Mr. Spyker?

-Diamonds.

-Offshore diamonds?

-Magnus has a concession
along this strip of coast.

The Coast of Skeletons.

He uses a dredger.

-I've heard of diamond dredging.

How successful is it?

-The answer's in
the balance sheets.

Dull things, Mr. Sanders, but
necessary when a million pound

project is at stake, and a
large insurance coverage.

-Insurance?

-This office acts for
Western Marine Insurance.

AJ Magnus carries
considerable cover with us,

as he did in his first venture.

-Also diamond dredging?

-Yes.

Ended disastrously.

The dredger foundered
and sank in deep water.

Lost him lots.

-To the insurance company?

-Naturally.

-Well, how does
Magnus stand now?

I mean with you people?

-Delicately, Mr. Sanders.

We paid his claims in full.

And once Magnus
found fresh capital,

and fitted out a new
dredger at the Cape,

then he bought an escort
ship, "The Tigress".

Mr. Magnuss always was free
with other people's money.

-Well, what exactly do you
want me to do in Africa?

-First, protect my
client's interests.

Second, tighten
security on the site.

And third, find out what
happened to that first dredger.

-Well, as a security
officer, I'll

need some sort of
cooperation from him.

How does he feel about
having me out there?

-We're not deeply concerned
about Magnus' feelings.

In order to get insurance cover,
he had to accept our terms.

You are one of them.

-Who's this
Cornelius Van Houten?

-Was, Mr. Sanders.

Van Houten is no longer with us.

He was Magnus' partner
before the disaster.

I'm afraid the old boy
had neither Magnus' nerve,

nor his collateral.

And the insurance was
a Magnus' name only.

Faced with bankruptcy,
he shot himself.

-I see.

-It may pay you to
look up Van Houten's

son, Piet, when
you get out there.

He knew a lot about the dredger.

-Well, I can save time
and shoe leather on that.

Tom Hamilton happens to be
in Johannesburg right now.

-Hamilton?

-My former assistant in Ghandra.

I'd like to have
him with me on this.

-Hm, I think our
budget could stand it.

May I say, how
relieved we are to have

you watching our interests.

-I'm interested,
too, Mr. Spyker.

Especially in Magnus,
when do I get to see him?

-That's already been arranged.

He should be going on board
"The Tigress" this evening.

6 o'clock, Top O'road Docks.

Do give him my best regards.

-Right, I will.

Bye.

-And where do you
think you're going?

-I'm looking for AJ Magnus.

-He ain't here.

-Well, I'll wait.

-Not here you won't.

No strangers allowed.

-Where's your captain?

-He's below, and the gangway's
right behind you, mister.

Use it.

-Make me.

-You don't have to [INAUDIBLE]
[WHISTLES] Hey, Finn!

[YELLING]

[SPLASH]

-Better fish your friend out.

-Emil can swim.

Can you?

-That's enough, Finn.

Stop it.

Get him below.

[INAUDIBLE] nothing.

Get to your quarters.

I'm Captain Von Koltze.

Who the devil are you?

-My name's Sanders.

You've got a rough lot
on this ship, captain.

-I run this ship, I
didn't choose the crew.

Did you say Sanders?

-That's right.

I was told I'd find
AJ Magnus here.

-I'm afraid you won't.

But he left a
message for you, he

asked you to join
him tonight at, uh,

9 o'clock at the Dolphin Club.

-I see.

-A scratch crew.

You may not think so,
Mr. Sanders, but, uh, I

once had a German Navy command.

I could make some amends
by giving you a drink.

-Thanks, but I rather
think I'd better

go get cleaned up and changed.

9 o'clock, you said?

-Yes, 9 o'clock at the, uh,
Dolphin Club on the river.

I'll be there.

-By the way, who's Seton?

Your [INAUDIBLE]?

-Carlo? [LAUGHS] Thank heavens
he's not one of my crew.

He's Magnus' right hand man.

Personally, I would rather
trust a rattlesnake.

-Well, there's no
accounting for taste.

I'll see you later.

-All right.

-So here's to your
prospect, and prospecting!

-What do you think
of prospects, sir?

-At [INAUDIBLE]?

Excellent.

Wonderful!

You know, Sanders, I got
a real nose for gold.

-I thought it was
diamonds you were after.

-Hey, it is.

And they're all right, but gold!

It's something else.

Do you have a tingling
in your fingertips?

Do you ever have a fever?

-About seven
different varieties,

but never, ever gold.

-When I was five
years old, I was

convinced there was
gold in my back yard.

I went out and I got me a
little bucket and a shovel,

and I started to dig.

It took me 15 years to
find out how wrong I was.

Wasn't gold at all.

It was oil.

-Mr. Magnus, I'd like
to ask you a question.

-Go right ahead, and call me AJ.

-Where does Seton fit in?

-Carlo?

He's been with me for
a good many years.

On Coast, it's Carlo that told
me about the trouble we had.

Are you really sore at Carlo?

-No, I've an idea that he's the
one that's feeling pretty sore.

--[CHUCKLES] Yeah, you gave him
quite a beating, I understand.

It's all right.

He's had it coming
for a long time.

What's his job with you?

-Security, I suppose
you'd call it.

My security.

-Well, just so long as
he keeps to his own beat.

-He's all right.

Give him a little raw
meat every now and then,

he'll eat out of your hand.

And what do you
think of Von Koltze?

-Seems a good type.

But he puzzles me.

He tells me he's ex-German Navy.

-He is.

War hero and all that stuff.

I think that's part
of his trouble,

he never quite got over it.

Can't seem to settle down.

Got married not too
long ago to a girl

and she's gonna
settle him all right.

One way or another, you
draw your own conclusions.

Here she comes now.

-Hello.

-Well, glad you
could make it, Helga.

-Elizabeth, I hope
you'll enjoy yourself.

-I'm sure I will.

Why, uh, Mrs. Von
Koltze, I'd like

to have you meet Harry Sanders.

-How do you do?

-Harry's a man they assigned
to our ship to see that now one

walks off with the illicit
diamonds in their shoes,

or anywhere else.

-So you are coming
with us to Africa?

-We're all going together.

And I think you're
gonna find this

is not too bad of an assignment.

I'd like to have
you meet Captain

Von Koltze's sister, Helga.

-How do you do?

HARRY SANDERS: How do you do?

-Of course, I've heard
about you, Mr. Sanders.

-Hm.

Well, let's all sit
down and have a drink.

AJ MAGNUS: Well, we're
all one big, happy family.

All we need now is
Janny Von Koltze.

-No, he's got his hands
full with that crew of his.

AJ MAGNUS: Well, dredger
crews aren't exactly picked

for their
personalities, Sanders.

They're very touchy
about strangers.

-Good night.

-Good night.

What's your name?

-Singer, sir.

Charlie Singer.

-Well, the bag is ship-shape.

How did you get into this
crew of misfits, Singer?

-I just signed on, sir.

-Glad to have got one
abled seaman aboard.

-Oh, I've been at
sea for 25 years.

-Ever been to South
Africa before?

-I think we've both been to
South Africa before, Captain.

-What's the word
you'd give AJ Magnus?

Impressive?

-How about flamboyant?

-Well, he certainly
seems to have

made an impression on
your sister-in-law.

-Are you glad to be
going back to Africa?

-That's my main reason
for taking this job.

-I know.

Two years ago I feel
in love with Africa.

-As a tourist?

-Oh, certainly not.

I'll have you know that my
photographs have appeared

in the National
Geographical magazine.

-Tell me, are you the
official photographer

on this expedition?

-No, just going
along for the ride.

Actually, I'm on a long holiday.

But this chance is
just too good to miss.

-Here they are.

-This man dances divinely.

-Had to learn to
be fast on my feet

where I come from to
dodge bill collectors.

How're you making out, Sanders?

If you smile just
right, she may shoot ya.

With a camera, I mean.

[LAUGHING]

-Here's Von Koltze.

Welcome, Captain.

-Sorry to be so late.

-Nah, just in time.

Waiter!

Bring us some champagne!

-Miss me darling?

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

-Hello, Helga.

You look wonderful.

-My favorite big brother.

-AJ, tell him.

-Tell me what?

-Oh, we've had a
little change in plans.

You'll be leaving tomorrow
with your shake down crew.

-What's new about that?

-I won't be leaving
for about three days.

I'll fly out then,
and take Carlo,

and Helga, and
Elizabeth with me.

Sanders will come along a
couple of days after that.

-Elizabeth is sailing
with me in "The Tigress".

-Janny, you know I've been
dreading the [INAUDIBLE].

All that time on that old tub.

-I know, darling.

I know she's not a
luxury liner, but I

think she will be
comfortable enough.

-And you know I
always get seasick.

I want to fly!

-But you always told me
you don't like flying.

-Don't you see?

It would be so much
better all around.

And I could be waiting
for you in [INAUDIBLE],

at the other end.

-Sanders, I hope you
don't mind waiting

'til the end of the week.

I believe you said you
had some business you

wanted to get cleared
up here anyway.

-I can get away by then.

-Good.

Well, get [INAUDIBLE]
some dinner.

Anything you want,
you just ask for it.

-The only thing
I want is my wife

to sail with me to [INAUDIBLE].

-I'm flying with the others.

-Dance?

-Yes, love to.

-How about you, Elizabeth?

Like to dance?

-Mm-hm.

Do you mind?

-I don't mind.

As long as you are happy.

-One, big, happy family.

At least you and I
are good together.

-The thought was
very much in my mind.

-Mr. Sanders.

I'm Hajo Peterson.

Mr. Magnus asked me to meet you.

His plane's over on
the private strip.

-That's nice of Mr. Magnus.

Let's get through the
formalities shall we?

-Tired Mr. Sanders?

-No, quite the reverse.

Too glad to be back.

-Do you know this
part of Africa?

-No, my territory
was further north.

-Fabulous coastline,
it's worth a look.

Hundreds of miles of it,
all the way up to Angola.

The Coast of Skeletons.

Can even see the
bones down there.

-Stranded ships?

-Yeah.

Most of them torpedoed
during the war.

The sea [INAUDIBLE] back
a [INAUDIBLE] every year,

leaving them high and dry.

-That's a god-forsaken
spot, all right.

-Yeah, a man could be
lost down there for weeks.

If he lost it that long.

-There's one.

-She's a beauty.

I've seen [INAUDIBLE] before,
but never a complete ship.

-Might be worth a
closer look, sometime.

-Not in my plane, friend.

-You fly?

-Yes, I used to fly one
of these in Ghandra.

We had a flying
club in up there.

-How'd you like
to take this home?

-Fine!

-Uh, you got her.

-Some girl.

-Nice to come home to.

-You bet!

-I'll swap chauffeurs with ya.

-No, not a chance.

I'll see you later.

Thanks very much for the trip.

-Pleasure's all mine.

-Hello.

-Hello, there.

-Are you going to hold
that bag all day long?

-Ah, it's good to
see you, Helga.

-It's good to see you, sir.

I've got lots to show you.

How about a cheap cook's tour?

-I've had one, thanks.

-Ours are different.

-So are your guides.

All right, I'll put
myself in your hands.

-Doesn't this all scare you?

-Well, I'll hold tight.

-I'll drive like a mouse.

-You know, Carlo, I
rather fancied her myself.

-Well, stick around.

You never know your luck.

-Straight out of
the Rhine Valley.

-Well, it was a German
Colony, you know.

-Welcome, Sanders.

What do you think of this?

-Well, Baron Magnus got
himself a pretty good check.

-Are you trying to go
one better than Texas?

-I'm afraid nothing
goes better than Texas.

But seriously, I'm
glad you could make it.

Did it surprise ya?

-Nothing surprises
me in this setting.

-Go on, I'll show you
the rest of this ranch.

-A bit early to be changing
for dinner, isn't it?

-I got a headache,
I've been lying down.

-You really like
it hear, don't you?

-Well, who wouldn't?

If I had my way, I'd never go.

-That sort of life
wouldn't suit Janny.

-No, I don't expect it
would, but it suits me.

I'm so tired of being a
wife waiting for a ship

to come home.

As a matter of
fact, AJ has invited

me to stay here
as long as I want.

-On his conditions?

-No.

On my conditions.

Which, for your information,
is my business and not yours.

But if you want to
tell Janny, you may.

-Better tell him
yourself, Elizabeth.

You see, I'm only his sister.

You're his wife.

-Ay, steady on course.

-At this rate, we'll pick up
Cape Constance around midnight.

It's a piece of cake, sir.

-[INAUDIBLE] in 48 hours.

-Your wife will be
pleased to see you, sir?

I'm not a married man, myself.

But I hear it, uh, can
come out quite expensive.

-What are you
getting at, Singer?

-At our age, sir, wives
are a bit of a luxury.

Even a man like you, sir.

Captain of a
submarine, decorated

for bravery, a wartime hero.

In peacetime, these things don't
count much for the ladies, sir.

-You seem to know a
hell of a lot about me.

-I made it my business
to find out, sir.

-Why?

-I had good reason.

That's why I signed on.

-Well, now let's have it.

There's been nothing
since veiled hints

since we left the Port of Lund.

What's this all about, huh?

-I was waiting for the
chance to tell you, sir.

But I had to make sure, first,
that you'd be interested.

-Interested in what?

-In making both of us a fortune.

-It's a beauty, believe me.

She goes like a bump.

Magnus says you're too
use it while you're here.

-I'm touched.

-He's not such a
bad chap, you know.

Rather an odd guy, but a
nice bloke to work for.

-Would Van Houten's
son agree with you?

-Piet?

I wouldn't take any
notice of what he says.

-Why not?

He got to work for
Magnus, didn't he?

-He did.

Until his old man shot himself.

Piet was always rather highly
strung, then he went, well--

-Well, I'd rather
like to meet him,

do you know where he can found?

-I've no idea.

Honest.

I really can't help
you, Mr. Sanders.

-Can't?

Or won't?

[CAR REVVING]

-You're meeting up
[INAUDIBLE] aren't you?

Want a lift?

-Thanks, but I've got this.

Compliments of Mr. Magnus.

-Well, we are going
up in the world.

-Anyway, there's
no room for three

of us in that midget of yours.

-No problem.

I'll take this baby
into town for you.

Or better still, you take this
one, I'll drive with Helga.

-Oh, no, you take this one.

-Race you!

-Miss Magnus, he's dead.

Go back to the car.

Go on, go back.

The steering had failed.

Track rod was broken.

Might be hard to prove, but I'll
swear it had been cut through.

Helga?

Helga!

-It was meant for you.

-I'll have to phone the
house, and the police.

-Don't you see it
was meant for you?

-Yeah, I know.

-Hello, Louis, this is Magnus.

Has Carlo showed
up around there?

Go down to the dredge,
see if you can find him.

I know you're busy, so am I!

But you get down
there and find him,

and have him call me right away!

-I just heard about that nice
Peterson boy, is it true?

-Yes, it is.

Killed himself.

Went over the cliff in the car.

Police are screaming about it.

-Police?

-Yes, Sanders called.

When they got back to
the car it was on fire.

Must have started when
he went out to call.

-That's odd.

-That's what the
police captain said.

Sanders had told them that the
car had been fixed to where

it would've
deliberately crashed.

The fire destroyed any
evidence they might've found.

Where the devil is Carlo.

-What do you want him for?

-Because he usually
knows all the answers.

[PHONE RINGS]

-Hello?

Carlo!

It's you, Louis.

I thought I told you to
go down to the dredge

and see if you could find Carlo.

Well, you find him.

I don't care where
you have him, call me.

-I'm sorry you're [INAUDIBLE]

-Peterson, he was speed crazy.

He was a very nice fellow.

-Elizabeth, I've got a
lot on my mind right now.

Would you excuse me
for a little while?

-I'm sorry.

I know how you feel.

I wish there was something
I could do to help you.

-Hm, [INAUDIBLE] Um,
what about the police?

-I don't think we
can expect much help

there, not without more proof.

-Oh, it's, uh, it's
my round, isn't it?

Helga?

-Yes, please.

-I [INAUDIBLE], this is better
than selling encyclopedias.

-Is that what you were doing?

-Yes, I was.

Yes.

I was riding around in a very
unpleasant motor scooter,

trying to keep my bowler hat on.

Um, same again please.

-Why don't you have those on me?

I think I owe you something
for all the chasing

around I've cost
you, Mr. Hamilton.

-How-- How'd you know my name?

-I saw you last week in Jo-burg.

You didn't see me.

-I'm terribly sorry, but
I don't think we've met.

-At that miserable hotel
on Brown Lowe Street.

Too bad you just missed me.

I'm Piet Van Houten.

-Good lord!

-I don't know what
you were after,

but I strongly object to people
asking questions about me

in crummy little
hotels in Jo-burg.

They're the only
ones I can afford.

But I've still got my pride.

I think we've better have
a little chat with, um,

with Mr. Sanders.

-I've heard about him.

Policeman isn't he?

-No, not exactly.

-I've nothing to say to Sanders.

Just tell him to leave me alone.

-Do you know who that was, sir?

Piet Van Houten?

-Excuse me.

Look after Helga, will you?

-Yeah, well, be careful, sir.

-Stop.

Keep away from me.

-Piet Van Houten?

Hasn't Mr. Hamilton
told you who am I?

-Let's talk shall we?

First I'll take that gun.

-Ask Magnus to give you one.

He'll give you
anything you want.

Even a partnership.

-That's what I
want to talk about.

Your father, and his
association with Magnus.

-My father is dead.

What are you looking
for, Sanders?

-I'm looking for the truth.

And you can help me.

-Help you?

Help one of Magnus' people?

-Look, I'm not
working for Magnus.

-[CHUCKLES] That's a good lie.

-Well, you better believe
me, for your own sake.

Ah, let's start again, shall we?

-My father was a good man.

He was also a very foolish man.

He trusted AJ Magnus.

-And he lost
everything, didn't he?

-Magnus destroyed him.

Look, my father had a fine name.

He raised the money for
Magnus in this country,

mortgaged himself
to the armpits.

But the diamonds didn't
come up fast enough,

and the dredger went
down and stayed down.

You know the rest.

-Yeah.

I'm sorry.

-So am I. Magnus
will be sorry, too.

-Now, look, that's not
the way, Van Houten.

-There's no other way to
handle a crook like Magnus.

A bullet!

And even that's
too good for him!

-Look, I'm staying
at the [INAUDIBLE],

if you like talking some
more about it, let me know.

I'll come.

-[INAUDIBLE] with old Sanders.

-Done any more thinking, sir?

-Get that teaming, well ashore.

-I've told you all I know.

[INAUDIBLE] It back.

You and me and the
whole wide world

are the only one's who'll
know anything about it.

-Get back to your work.

-In the midst of our lives, we
can do just what we wanted to.

[INAUDIBLE] thought in it.

-We make good time!

-Janny!

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

-Good.

-Africa seems to agree with you.

-Home is a sailor.

Welcome to Luderich, John.

-Thank you, Mr. Magnus.

-You look beautiful.

-Oh, John.

-Oh!

Janny!

I-- I've just fixed my hair!

-You're a diamond.

-Oh, please Janny.

Must you stare at me?

-It's been a long time since
we were together like this.

-Will you zip me up, please?

-Oh, stop mauling me!

Now I suppose I look terrible!

-No, you don't.

You look beautiful!

-Believe me, I know
this part of Africa.

HARRY SANDERS:
How about quality?

Are they as good as diamonds
mined from the earth?

-Better, I think.

Providing you can dredge
up enough of them.

Here's a sample one.

-My goodness!

Gonna make a marvelous
engagement ring.

-Oh, Tom, I didn't know you
were going to get married.

-With a diamond lie that, you
wouldn't need to get married.

-That looks a beauty to me.

-There's plenty more
where that came from.

-Are you dredging
again tomorrow?

-No, Von Koltze will.

I have to go to Jo-burg.

To keep the stockholders
happy, you know?

HELGA VON KOLTZE: Daddy, call
[INAUDIBLE] up to go with him.

-And, um, suppose I will
tell you that you can't go?

-Then I will tell you that
you're an old, mean husband

and that I don't
love you anymore.

-If you love me
darling, don't go.

-But why shouldn't I?

-Because I forbid it.

-Really, Janny?

-Yes.

I do not want you flying all
over the country with that man.

-Stop making a complete
fool of yourself.

I'm just going, and that's it.

-No, we will have this out.

-Janny.

-Here and now.

-But you are hurting me.

-I'm sorry, darling.

What's his attraction Elizabeth?

Money, huh?

-I am just sick of always
being alone and broke.

Why shouldn't I have some fun
for a change and see some life?

All you have got to
show for your life

is a sea chest
full of souvenirs.

And an empty bank account.

-Is that what you
really think of me?

All right, Elizabeth.

If that's what you want,
I'll get it for you.

Just give me a chance.

And I'll give you more money
than you ever dreamt of.

-Really Janny, I nearly
took you seriously!

Really, come and let us
have some more champagne.

Hm?

-OK.

-Don't be frightened.

I want to talk to Sanders.

-He's inside.

-Get him out here.

Nobody else.

Just Sanders.

I'll wait over there.

Please.

-All right, I'll--
I'll tell him.

-Van Houten!

-He said he'd wait over there.

-Carlo.

You'll have to try to shoot me.

He hasn't got to defend himself.

-Well, you did a good job of it.

You've broken his neck.

I want a work with you.

-We can make it later.

-We'll talk now.

-Now let's get one
thing straight.

That Carlo was
just doing his job.

-Does his job include
killing Van Houten?

-No, of course it doesn't.

He's big and strong, and
he thinks with his muscles.

-Young Piet Van Houten, had a
grudge, and from what I know,

I don't blame him.

He was after you, and you
had him put out of the way.

-That's a lie.

Look, why are you attacking me?

-I've done everything in my
power to cooperate with you.

Even giving me a car
that was a death trap.

-You don't believe that.

I've been accused of
everything else in my life,

but I've never been
accused of murder.

-And Carlo?

What about him?

-Like I said, he's
big and he's strong.

And he's not very smart.

But he looks after my interests.

-What are you looking after?

-Me.

Number one.

Like always.

Is that being honest enough?

This business is no
different than any other.

Somebody's gonna win,
somebody's gonna lose.

Gotta look after yourself.

-Is that the rule you applied
to Cornelius Van Houten?

-No.

No, I didn't have to.

He was a born loser.

I didn't have to push him.

And you don't have
to push me either.

I don't like being pressured.

-That's too bad.

But I've got a job to do, too.

What happens from
now on is up to you.

-Good.

Now we understand each other.

-I'll look after my business,
you look after yours.

-You all clear now on what
you're supposed to do?

We work our way up the coast,
taking [INAUDIBLE] and samples,

and, uh, lining the [INAUDIBLE]
just south of Diamond Head.

-That's it exactly.

You know, Janny, we oughta
make a mint together.

Your knowledge of the sea,
and my general know-how.

There's a fortune to
be had in this ocean.

-So, I'm told.

And that's exactly
what I'm looking for.

A fortune.

-Good.

We're both looking for
the same thing, then.

-Hardly, Mr. Magnus.

Perhaps I'm looking
for something

that I know I've lost.

What you are looking for
you may not deserve to find.

-Well, you just bring us back
a barge full of diamonds.

We'll decide at that
point who deserve what.

I'll fly up the coast and meet
ya at the rendezvous point.

[INAUDIBLE]

-Same to you.

Whose idea was it to
bring Helga along?

-Mine.

A few pictures might
come in useful.

-I understand.

Just remember what
I told you, Sanders.

You look after
your own business.

-That's just what
I intend to do.

-Get those mooring ropes lashed.

-Time's running out.

You'll have to make a decision.

-You had better be
right about this.

-I am.

I stake my life on it.

-We'll see.

-All set?

-All set.

-Trust me?

-Mm-hm.

But I don't think Janny does.

-I don't think Janny should.

I don't think you should either.

-But I told you I do.

-We're miles off course.

-Are we?

-From, uh, Diamond
Head, here, we

go north, along the
continental shelf.

-That's off the [INAUDIBLE].

-It's got to be
somewhere along there.

-Along the watershed
[INAUDIBLE].

-Where the hell do you think
you're going, Von Koltze?

-I think you can safely
leave the navigation to me.

-We're too far off shore.

-The last time you went out
was on the old [INAUDIBLE],

wasn't it, Seton?

-What's that got to do with it?

-A matter of equipment.

We are not limited any
longer in short [INAUDIBLE].

-We've got the echo
sounder now, Carlo.

-And how do you expect to
find diamonds with that?

-By prospecting and
testing the seabed.

And now get out of here and
leave the running of the ship

to me!

-I still say we're too far out.

-And I say we're going further!

Is that clear?

-Don't make an enemy
of him, captain.

-He's making the pace.

But if he makes any
troubles, leave him to me.

-And Magnus?

--[INAUDIBLE] has begun,
listen for the echoes.

I'm going up to the wheelhouse.

-An absolutely marvelous day.

Oh, well it's, um, a matter
of opinion, I suppose.

Oh, yes, um, knit
one, pearl one.

-Huh, what did you say?

-Oh, nothing, nothing, no.

Just a little joke.

You know.

You been on this coast before?

-Once.

-Oh yes, with the first dredger?

-Who said I was on any dredger?

-No.

Um, no, I was just
curious, really.

Diamond dredging can be
absolutely fascinating,

can't it?

-If you say so.

-Were you on Magnus'
first dredger?

-No, I wasn't.

-I'm sorry, sorry.

No, I just thought perhaps
you might have been.

You know.

-I never worked
for Magnus before.

Get the point?

-Oh, yes.

Yes, I do, rather.

-What an old-fashioned
sailor you are.

Oh, well, off you go.

Just continuing my
investigation, sir.

-Your judo is getting
a bit rusty, Tom.

You were about two seconds
slow getting off the mark.

-Maybe I'll get some practice.

-Now don't look for trouble.

-No, sir, I won't.

-Nice chap, really.

If you like the type.

-Carlo's a bit worried about
the course we're making.

I wonder why.

-Oh, I'm sure Von Koltze
knows what he's doing.

-I hope so.

Rustle up some drinks,
old chap, will you?

-Yes, sir, something
tinkling in the long glass?

-That'll be perfect.

-Jolly good.

-How're we doing?

-No problems.

Everything's all right, sir.

-When do we stop dredging?

-When our equipment
gives us the green light.

-Do you, uh, plot a
course before hand?

-Naturally.

-Carlo seems to think there's
something odd about it.

-Carlo had better learn not to
question my orders on the ship.

That goes for you, too, Sanders.

-It's my job to
question everything.

-Janny?

-Helga, you came on
board against my wishes.

Now, please don't bother me.

-If you have something
on your mind,

you know you can trust me.

Harry and I are on your side,
and you can trust him, too.

-I don't trust anybody
in this Magnus set up.

-But you're working
for him, yourself!

-Not much longer.

-Janny, don't do
anything foolish.

-Don't worry, my [INAUDIBLE].

Why don't you go and take
some pretty pictures?

Huh?

[DREDGER PINGING]

[PHONE RINGING]

-Captain.

-Captain, I'm getting
an echo, something big.

-[INAUDIBLE] and standby.

Standby to anchor!

-Your instruments seem to
have done the trick, Captain.

Have you found what
you're looking for?

-Diamonds, Mr. Sanders.

Yes, I, uh, I believe there
may be a field down there.

-Do we start
dredging now, Janny?

-Not yet.

I'll need to make further tests.

SAILOR: Captain!

-I suppose, we seems to
have ground to a halt.

Is this Tiffany's?

-Von Koltze, the joke's over.

I don't know what your
echo sound picked up,

we can't dredge here.

We're in deep water.

-I am going to take samples.

Magnus didn't order
anything like this.

-Now away your anchor, and
get the hell outta here!

-I've had about enough of you.

Get below!

-You!

-Pack it up, Carlo!

-I could have handled him.

-I'm sure you could.

But you know he's
right about one thing.

You don't find diamonds
where an echo sounded.

Signal the men up
at the dredger,

so they can roll over,
and eat with the crew.

-You don't understand,
Mr. Sanders.

We are trapping the seabed.

Now, may I get on with my job?

-A fixed position, Captain.

Will be easy when we get
back without this bunch.

-Get the sampling gear ready.

-Eh?

I don't get you.

-We'll run the gear down.

-Chances are she'll foul.

-That's exactly what I want.

Don't you see, Singer,
this will give me an excuse

to go down myself to make
sure it's the right wreck.

-No, I read you, Captain.

-Good.

-I'll make sure she fouls.

You get your diving
equipment on.

-AJ, you're very
quiet, what's wrong?

-Bunch of armchair
tycoons, back at Jo-burg.

-The shareholders?

What happened?

-They got scared, and
pulled the plug on me.

-Does this change things?

-For me.

Don't you believe it.

I've toured my way
out of more bare

bits, than you've had birthdays.

Besides, Janny's
probably dredged us

up a whole bucket full
of diamonds by this time.

-Anyway, I don't
worry about you, AJ.

I'm sure you'll look
out for yourself.

-We found something
down below there.

-Captain!

-Let me help you.

-It's no use, we'll
only break the line.

We're gonna snags it.

CAPTAIN VON KOLTZE:
Don't pull on the line.

I'm going down.

[INAUDIBLE]

-Harry!

-I've got to find out
what he's up to, Helga.

--[INAUDIBLE] hold
up to something.

-Captain.

-I said, hold it up.

We won't be dredging here.

-What'd you find
down there, Captain?

-Water.

Water and fish,
and a sandy seabed.

What did you expect
me to find there?

-Nothing.

Let's go fishing for diamonds.

-What happened down there?

-Sanders saved my life.

-Janny!

Is he all right?

-Don't worry, we'll be back.

He is quite a man.

-Captain! for god's
sake, did you find it?

-No.

-But the [INAUDIBLE]
showed a [INAUDIBLE]

great object down there.

-A wreck, but not the
one we were looking for.

-Are you sure it's
the wrong one?

Did you look around properly?

These hogs are hard to identify.

-This one wasn't.

-Very good.

All right.

-Ah, I must go
diving more often.

-Janny told me.

Where is he?

-In the cabin.

-Helga, how would
you like to take

some underwater
photographs here?

-What kind of photographs?

-There's a wreck down there.

I think it's Magnus'
first dredger.

Tom, I want you to take
Helga and the equipment

over to our own dredger
and dive from there.

There's nobody on board,
and the fewer people

that know what we're
up to, the better.

-Yes, sir.

-What kind of
pictures do you want?

-I want to know how
that dredger went down.

Get me anything you
think might help.

Then I want comparison
shots of the same equipment

on board our dredger.

Tom, you can row her over.

-Yes.

Actually, I might be
better navigating.

-Come in.

-You are, Janny?

-Well, it takes a
crisis to make a man

see clearly through muddy water.

Thanks for what
you did down there.

-Oh, forget it.

-I don't intend to forget it.

I set rather a high
value on my old hide.

-How much of that wreck were
you able to see down there?

-I saw enough.

-Enough to identify it?

-I think what's down there
is Magnus' first dredger.

Am I right?

-Could be.

I'll soon know, and I'll
know why she went down.

-No wonder Carlo didn't want
me to work in this area.

He must have towed her out
to sea, and scattered her.

-We'll have to have
positive proof.

-I'd like I take a look
at that other dredger.

-To make comparisons?

-Well, you'll also
need to soundings.

The position was
fixed on the chart.

Singer marked it.

-Why?

-Why?

Because we were looking
for something else.

-And now that we're on the same
side, can you tell me of it?

-It's men like us who have
the dreams, isn't it, Sanders?

Not those who
have, uh, families,

and homes, and a steady job.

I suppose we are all tempted
at some time or other, like me.

I thought I saw a chance
to get rich very quick.

-Because of Elizabeth?

-I know she's, uh, I
know she's spoiled.

She's extravagant.

Call her anything you
like, but, uh, I love her.

And, uh, and I will do just
about anything for her.

I was looking for a ship
called "The Callidan Star".

I sank her off this coast
almost 20 years ago.

-During the war?

-Yes.

-What sort of a ship?

-An armed merchant [INAUDIBLE].

She was carrying war
supplies, and freights,

and, although I didn't know it,
a half million in gold bullion.

-Gold bullion?

On a freighter?

-Stolen gold.

The proceeds of the
[INAUDIBLE] Train Robbery.

There were six men in it.

They smuggled the bar
gold in ammunition boxes

aboard "The Callidan Star".

All six men were in the crew.

When she sank, five of
those went down with her.

Only one man survived.

Charlie Singer.

-The man with the deep voice.

-That was a deep secret
that he hid for years.

Then he found me,
the one man who

might remember exactly
where she went down.

-Exactly?

After so long?

-I remember the
night where we were.

"The Callidan Star"
strayed from her convoy,

and, uh, when I picked her
off, she was in shallow water.

-Over the continental shelf.

-Yeah.

Now, I can't
pinpoint her exactly,

but it must be
somewhere around here.

-Wait a minute, we're off the
Skeleton Coast, aren't we?

-Uh.

-Let's go and have a look at it.

How far would you say
we are from the coast?

Half a mile?

-Less.

What are you
getting at, Sanders?

-I know how this coast
shifts and changes.

It's notorious.

-I buried "The Callidan
Star" down there.

She's somewhere on the shelf
between here and Diamond Head.

-Well, she can't be.

The sea's left her.

It's receded.

The seabed is are those
sand dunes over there.

And there are the
bones of a ship there.

I've seen it.

I've flown over it.

My guess is that your "Callidan
Star" is now about eight miles

north of here, high
and dry on the sand.

-If you are right, there must
be a function sitting there.

Unless somebody has
got to it by now.

-Nah, it's no man's land, Janny.

Too desolate for anyone to
find that ship by chance.

CAPTAIN VON KOLTZE: It's Magnus.

He is going to
land on the beach.

The arrangement is to send
the boat aboard the shore.

-Before he gets back here,
I'd like to have a chance

to look over that other dredger.

-You had better take the dingy.

-I'll take the
dredger's, but I sent

Helga and Hamilton
over in the other one.

-I'm glad she's out of here.

-I'll get back as soon as I can.

-Fine.

-Carlo.

-Jump in the back, Elizabeth.

-Not the girl, Mr. Magnus.

Just you.

-What's the matter?

-I'll tell you on the way out.

-All right.

Wait here, Elizabeth.

-But I don't want
to wait here alone.

-You're gonna have to.

-AJ!

Will you hurry back?

-You in?

-Yeah.

-Well done.

How'd you get on?

-Wonderful!

Got some great shots!

I've even got some
shots of the sea cocks!

-Good.

You go and get changed.

-She's the same type.

-Same type as what, sir?

-The dredger I found underwater.

Mind you, she was helled over,
as if she'd turned turtle.

-Well, all the way to the top,
with all of those buckets.

-Yeah.

-Perhaps she turned
over because somebody

pulled the plug out on one side.

-That's probably
exactly what did happen.

-Yes, but I get these
brain waves sometimes.

-Let's check the sea
cock, see how they work.

-That's for being a wise guy.

-That's enough, Carlo.

-Well, Captain,
looks like you've

been making a few
discoveries on your own.

-That's my business.

-Then you'd better
stand by for a takeover.

It seems that you've
found what we want.

-What?

Is it Elizabeth?

-That's part of the takeover.

-You rat!

-Put him over on the
dredger with the others.

Soon as we're clear,
then we'll send

this boat on back to Luderich.

CARLO: I'll need some help.

-Singer, you go with him.

SINGER: It's a
deal then, Magnus?

-You've got a deal,
we'll look out for you.

All my life, I've looked
for the biggest dragon.

Well, this is it.

Get him out of here.

-You're a fool, Singer.

You can't cross these two men.

-You're the fool, Captain.

You've just chickened yourself
out of half a million.

-On this side, those two
valves were wide open.

-Sanders, it's Seton,
he's got a gun!

-Janny!

What happened?

-It's Magnus.

He's going after the gold
on "The Callidan Star".

-How did he find our?

-Singer.

[METAL BANGING]

-It's no good,
sir, it won't move.

-He must have opened the
sea cocks of the other hold.

If he has, we'll sink.

-Well, I'm afraid we're
in a bit of a spot, sir.

Unless anybody's
got a tin opener.

-Watch out everyone, I'm gonna
try and blow the lock off.

-Any luck, sir?

-No, it must be
bolted on the outside.

-There might be another way out.

If one of us could get up there.

That is an emergency hatch.

It shouldn't be passed down.

-Well, do you think
I could try, sir?

I spent my last
leave on the Alps,

and I rather fancied
myself on the Matterhorn.

It goes a ways up.

I'll be right back.

-Well, it's going
to be a long road.

-We'll head straight
for Diamond Head.

And we'll circle 'til
we see the [INAUDIBLE].

Come on, cheer up!

Cheer up!

-AJ, why did we
change our plans?

Where are we going?

-Don't you worry your
pretty little head about it.

We're heading for easy street.

-She's leaking like a sieve.

We are lucky to make it.

He is making for
[INAUDIBLE] Diamond Head.

-Well, if we're going
to go after him,

we'd better take the motor boat.

-And besides the wreck, will
he risk landing on the desert?

-He'd risk it, for
half a million.

-There's lots of
places he could land.

After that, the border's
only 100 miles away.

That's why we've gotta be quick.

I've got a score to
settle with Mr. Magnus.

-We don't know for sure that
Elizabeth is with him, Janny.

-I know Magnus.

Hamilton, how's that boat?

-It's no good, they've
emptied all the petrol away.

-Damn!

That boat could've
saved us a long walk.

-Are you all right, Tom?

-Yes, yes, I'm fine, thanks.

Just the wind, I think.

Um, what're we gonna do, sir?

-There's only one thing for it.

The safest way is to follow the
shoreline round Diamond Head.

The quickest way is to cut
straight across the desert.

-Well, we have no other choice.

-Don't worry, Janny.

-I'm sorry, Helga, to
drag you into this.

But I'll get you out of it.

-There she is!

-Better be sure
about this, Singer.

-Oh, I know it, Mr. Magnus.

-All right, we're going down.

-I'm all right, Harry.

-I say, I think this
coast is right for a spot

of development, don't you?

-Down here.

[INAUDIBLE]

Here's the cargo.

-What's this?

-What's it?

That's [INAUDIBLE] my money.

-What's this?

21 carat?

-[INAUDIBLE] We've found it!

We've found it!

-AJ, when are we going
back to the ship?

-We're not going back.

-But what about
Janny and the others?

-We're getting out
of here for good.

You're going with me.

-But AJ!

-Well, the sun is
to the west of us.

We must be on the right line.

-I can practically
hear the ice tinkling

in that long, cool glass.

-Oh no, Tom, don't.

I can't bear it.

-Sanders, I have
to get Helga back.

-Steady, mate.

-I have to!

Don't you see?

She must be with Magnus.

I'm going [INAUDIBLE],
before they take off.

-Hey!

-[INAUDIBLE]

-Tom!

-What's up, Tom?

What's the matter?

-I'm terribly sorry,
sir, but I think I--

I cracked a rib
back on the dredger.

-Oh, let me have a look.

-Helga, you can
you look after Tom?

You two stay here.

It can't be much further to go.

Blast him!

-Thank you.

-Can you hurry it
up a little bit?

-The last one [INAUDIBLE].

-Hey, watch it!

There's 20 year-old
dynamite in there.

Touch is a cranky one.

-There's a couple more
boxes of gold over there.

-We're gonna have to
leave it, I'm afraid.

We've got a weight problem now.

-Janny!

-What's the matter?

-It's Janny.

-It had to be, didn't it?

-How much do you weigh, Singer?

-About 13 stone, why?

-You're really worth your
weight in gold, aren't you?

-Helga, Helga, keep down!

-Maybe Henry's hurt!

-What was that shot?

-I just killed a rat.

-Well, we get real problems now.

You try to stall them 'til
we can get to the plane.

Singer!

Singer!

We're running out of time!

-He's trying to shoot Janny!

-That was just a warning shot.

You really do love
him, don't you?

-Yes, I do.

-Then why don't you
go and tell him that?

-Good bye, AJ.

-Good bye, Elizabeth.

-This damn thing
can't get the range.

I'll have to go in closer.

You wait here.

-I'm going in anyway.

-Don't be crazy!

[GUNSHOT]

[YELLS]

-He shot Janny!

-That'll hold him.

-You stupid idiot.

-Janny!

-Let me go!

-What the hell are
you doing here?

-Harry, I--

[EXPLOSION]

-What will happen to the ship?

-Well, she took 20
years to die, maybe

they'll let the old
girl rest in peace?

-Oh, all that gold
gone up in smoke.

-Oh, gold's hard to destroy.

So is the memory of
someone you love.

[MUSIC PLAYING]