Congo Crossing (1956) Movie Script
1
Well, David,
I didn't expect to see you
for another two weeks.
Hello, doctor.
Who is this?
Arneau.
Fever hit him about a week ago.
I don't know
what's kept him alive.
He's very sick.
And I don't have
any drugs to help him.
The last shipment
again, David,
it arrived in Congotanga
but never reached me here
at the hospital.
Well, if he's strong enough,
maybe the fever
will burn itself out.
You promised me.
I will not die
in this devil's land.
I'll go back
to French prison and die,
but not in Congotanga.
We'll leave tomorrow morning.
You'll be on that plane, Arneau.
We'll get him
into the hospital.
I'll do what I can.
What can I do?
Rittner knows
others in the town.
There's no way
of fighting them, David.
There are 5,000 people
in these jungles
who depend on me.
I can't give them medical
care without proper drugs.
Leo, I promised you that
when the survey at the river
was finished I'd help you
fight that gang of thieves.
I could've finished
it this trip
but Arneau got the fever.
I can't do it alone.
It seems we have
similar problems.
You're fighting
to finish a job,
and I'm fighting
to continue one,
and the both of us
trying to do it alone.
I still can't understand
why the Belgian mining syndicate
wants the survey.
Every curve and sounding
on that river
is on records they had
They must have
some reason
for sending you here,
David.
I wish they'd
let me in on it.
But my contract
doesn't say
I have to know
what I'm doing.
Leo, if I can find someone
tomorrow in that pesthole
who needs money
badly enough to help me,
I'll be able to finish
in a couple of weeks.
And then we'll do something
about your drugs.
Well, the next
shipment isn't do
for another month vet.
Until then,
prayer alone will have
to do the healing.
Hello, Carr.
Help me get him
into the office.
Huh?
Hey, how long has
he had the fever?
Hit him about a week ago.
Huh? Week ago?
See that he gets on the plane,
Arragas, will you?
All right.
Another load of outcasts
to join Rittner's hoodlums.
Well, dear people,
welcome to the sovereign
state of Congotanga.
Oh, please, madam,
be comfortable.
My name is Colonel
John Miguel Orlando Arragas.
I am, by misfortune,
the Minister of Interior
and Chief of Police
of the most wretched
strip of jungle
in all West Africa.
Now, I am very, very happy
to tell you that
we of modern Congotanga
love nothing too much
as peace and contentment.
But there are those
who come to us
because they are pursued
by the police
of other countries.
Oh, we have no
extradition laws,
So they are safe.
I personally,
I share their delight
in freedom.
But to less,
I'm also the custodian
of the law.
So, you have to behave,
my children,
or I'll have you shot.
Pompala.
Ah, Mr. Carr,
such a long three weeks.
We have missed you.
- Any mail?
- No.
Pompala, so good
of you to return.
What's the trouble, Rittner?
This dog works for me.
He didn't like
your work habit.
Then I would like
to take him down river.
You're a very
emotional man, Mr. Carr.
Just nervous
for the heat.
Pompala, finish your job.
This way, Ms. Whitman.
Oh, you mustn't
be frightened, miss.
They're people just
like yourself, you see?
Even another woman
for you to talk over
the dainty things
to light.
How do you do?
An important man,
Mr. Rittner,
very rich,
very powerful.
Ms. Whitman,
I'd like you to meet
a gentleman over here.
Mr. Carr.
You know, we have all kinds
of people around here.
Even an honest man.
I supposed we're
the only American.
And there's another.
Oh, what do we do?
Form a club?
I wouldn't count on it.
Thank you.
That's very hospitable.
Nothing personal.
We just don't run
on the same set.
Sure. Anyone can see that
you're the high class type.
They are marks
of my last virtue.
What was your particular
fall from valor?
Me?
I'm just a tourist.
It's harmless.
Nobody answered
that door.
You are Bart O'Connell?
Yes, I remember
your newspaper pictures.
You got a good memory.
You're one of the no ones?
Not exactly.
I'm taking the plane
out again.
Back to that big
outside world.
There's no such place.
You aren't
So sure of it.
I've been in this
place five years,
counting and hearing myself sweat.
And you had to come in
and tell me
what a guy I used to be?
Man, you shrink
in this country.
That's the truth.
I'm shorter.
An inch shorter than
I was when I came.
Well, what do you want?
My name is Mannering.
I represent
a private interest.
I've been commissioned
to offer you a solid money.
A thousand now,
twenty thousand more
when you perform
a certain service.
Not to take you
out of here.
With this much,
I'm sure there are other places,
shall we say,
a bit more desirable
than Congotanga.
What do you want done?
A matter
of assassination.
You could have asked
any of the others.
They'd do it for kicks.
Who is it?
She checked into
the hotel today.
A woman?
Her name
is Louise Whitman.
Whitman, huh?
She looks over that
You're well informed.
It's a professional
interest.
She must have
got out of France,
went jump ahead
of this Gendarmes
guy's yacht
where it happened.
Albert
he is a rich man, really
lots of jack, huh?
No more questions.
I'll be back in the next
plane in two weeks.
How do you know
I'll take the deal?
You don't like the deal?
I'll be seeing you,
Mannering.
Come in.
Just put it by the bed.
Onh, I ordered
some ice water.
- I thought you--
- There's no ice in Congotanga,
Ms. Whitman.
So...
you have suffered your
first disappointment.
If you pardon me,
I'll finish dressing.
You'll
Well, suit yourself.
You must be prepared
for many disillusions.
I lost my illusions
when I found out
ice cream cones
were hollow.
You do not yet understand
where you are, Ms. Whitman.
Do you know
how long it has been
since we've seen
a desirable woman?
Suppose we get
to the point.
And the point is
that you will be
in perpetual danger
unless you're wise enough
to choose a protector.
Like you for instance?
A man strong enough
to cherish at your...
softness.
The next time you touch me,
Mr. Rittner,
you're going to get cut.
Do you have
other questions?
As I said, Ms. Whitman.
You do not yet appreciate
where you are.
My. Don't you look nice?
Oh, come off it.
Why don't you sit down
and be gracious?
Oh, I suppose
I'd have to be grateful
for the opportunity.
Oh, Is that again?
The situation you're in.
Figures you have
to choose somebody, okay.
My contempt for
the guest of this hotel
is exceeded only
by my admiration
for your neckline.
I hear, Carr,
you're always gallant.
To the fingertips.
I might even offer you
a little bit of advice.
I'll settle
for the drink.
First rule around here
is watch your money.
Once it's gone,
there's no way
to get it back.
Once these people
are broke,
they'll play
for your bankroll.
Just like home.
There's a Dr. Leopold Gorman
that runs a hospital
in the jungle
about halfway down
the Rio Morte.
He needs help.
- Don't we all?
- Respect him, lady.
He's running that
hospital on hope.
- You met Rittner yet?
- I met him.
He takes his cut
out of everything,
including some of Gorman's
drug shipments.
I thought that
policeman ran things.
What's his name?
Col. Arragas.
Talk tough enough.
He'd like to be tough.
Anyway, Gorman's short
on everything.
He could use an
extra pair of hands.
How about it?
No, it doesn't figure,
not for me.
Around here,
you either work or rot.
I'll be starting down
the river tomorrow.
I could drop you off.
Hello, Carr.
Louise Whitman,
Bart O'Connell.
I don't think your friend
will ask me to join you,
may 1?
Please.
You've got the wrong place,
Mr. O'Connell.
It doesn't match
your reputation.
You're very frank.
Oh, I've been taking
lessons from the maestro.
Louise is here to study
our quaint customs.
O'Connell drops In
because Miami
is full up
this season.
I've offered him a job,
but he's independently
wealthy.
Now that we've been
so carefully introduced,
Ms. Whitman,
have you had our local tour?
Just the lecture.
Would you like to look?
Oh, would you excuse us?
Be my guest.
Once, there was
a casino here.
Before that,
a state market.
Now the hotel.
Tell me about David Carr.
He's an engineer
working here.
He's under contract to
a Belgian mining syndicate.
Interested?
Just in passing.
I'm getting out of here
on the next plane.
Gee, I made a mistake.
I guess I figured
a tropic paradise
with tea dances
by the pool
and I don't know,
but I certainly
didn't bargain
for this.
That plane flies
to Khartoum.
In two weeks, the police there
will have a report on you.
They'll be waiting.
Give them time to forget.
How long?
Two, three years
if you're lucky.
What?
The man you killed,
were you in love with him?
It's over there.
In that crucifix?
Relics, Ms. Whitman.
Relics are for lost glory.
Now, they only emphasize
our own putative.
Once, great dreams
were dreams you made,
but then a dream
was broken,
found themselves
forgotten,
so did I.
For us, there's
nothing but the ruins
and an illusion,
illusion to escape.
Haven't deprived your walk,
Ms. Whitman, huh?
No, I was just going.
I'm very tired.
Good night.
Mr. Carr asked me
to give you this.
Oh, thank you very much.
Hey, wait a minute.
Maybe that's the reason
for them to survey.
Come in.
Oh.
Well, are you all right,
professor?
I got slugged and rolled.
See who did it?
Somebody waiting in my room.
When I woke up,
my purse was gone.
Let's have a look.
Does that offer to take me
out of here still hold?
If you want.
Yeah, you're all right,
just bruised.
Oh, sure, fine.
Every dime
I own was in that...
Wait. You rotten crook.
Sit down and listen.
I took that money when you
bounced out with O'Connell.
All you had to do
is ask for it
and grow enough brains
not to carry it
around with you.
You expect me to believe that?
No.
I expect you to
believe I slugged you.
Count it,
it's all there.
Thanks,
you did me a favor.
I guess that doesn't
happen much around here.
Oh, I'm sorry
about this.
I'm not really
that tough.
I'm taking the boat
down to Gorman
as soon as I find
another assistant.
The invitation
still goes.
What do you
get out of it?
Will that pay
for my boat ride?
That's for nothing,
and so is the boat ride.
I'll let you know
when we leave.
The things we learn
about each other.
You still looking
for a helper?
That's right.
Well, I'm applying
for the job.
Why now?
Now, I need the money.
You know what it's like
down there?
Oh, I can guess.
You can't even imagine.
Why not so?
Good morning.
Lovely morning, Mr. Carr.
Bart said we were
ready to go.
You're pretty quick.
I said we wouldn't
shove off
until I find a helper.
Louise.
I think
the doctor's hospital
is such a worthwhile activity.
Don't you, Mr. Carr?
I've been meaning for ever
so long to help out.
Now with Louise going,
I thought, well,
what a splendid opportunity
for companionship.
With your permission,
of course.
You get your permission
from Dr. Gorman.
[ Just run the boat.
Oh yes, yes.
Pompala,
Who was he, Louise?
Hmm?
Who was he?
Who?
That guy in the Riviera.
A man named
Howard Sullivan.
Boyfriend?
Paper said so.
They got pretty
lurid about it.
Lurid Playgirl
Slays Lurid Playboy
on Lurid Weekend Cruise."
Alberts yacht,
do you ever hear of him?
The guy
with the gold bed?
Gold-plated.
He had a lot
of gold-plated friends, too.
It's quite a party.
Well, how did it happen?
Say, you don't wanna
give me the edge
for anything, do you?
Maybe I had a reason.
How good a reason
do I need?
You tell me.
Maybe I was framed.
Would that help?
Well, I wasn't.
When it's hot,
drink hot.
Tea?
Thank you.
Mr. O'Connell?
No, I'll skip it.
Well, I'm glad those
awful stories
haven't bothered
you, my dear.
What stories?
Why, those people
they say I poisoned.
Sugar?
NO, thanks.
[, uh, brought you
some help.
Louise Whitman,
Amelia Abbott?
Dr. Gorman.
You're more than
welcome here.
Doctor?
Ms. Whitman?
You accept us
very easily, doctor.
No questions, no fears.
Perhaps to the police
of certain counties,
you are fugitives.
I'm a physician,
not a policeman.
Here, only your work
is important.
And what about
Mr. Carr's work?
Everyone wonders
what your company
had you looking for
in this dreadful jungle.
I don't know.
Same survey
was done years ago.
You mean you really don't
know why you're out here?
I took a job
in the Belgian Congo,
the mining syndicate
sent me to Congotanga,
I do what I'm told.
Like looking for something
when you don't even
know what it is?
That's right.
You'll find the night
here most pleasant.
I advise you
not to wander far.
I think I'll take
a walk around.
Interested?
No thanks.
I think I'll just sit here
and feel typically tropical.
Are you suggesting
I move my hospital?
I'm suggesting
we move the boundary.
The boundary?
Look here.
This is my survey
as far as it's gone.
Last night, I found
something interesting.
Here's Congotanga,
Belgian Congo,
Congo River,
here's our river,
the Rio Morte.
You told me yourself
the rainfall
around here
is fantastic.
The Morte is always
shifting, all right?
It is shifting.
I won't know how much
until I finish my survey.
But the boundary?
They get this
border by measuring west
30 miles from the meeting
of the two rivers here.
Like this.
And supposing the two
rivers meet here,
for instance.
Now measure west 30 miles.
Then the new boundary
would fall about...
here.
And all this...
would become
Belgian Congo.
Say, I bet its way
past your bedtime.
If the river
has shifted far enough,
then half of Congotanga
would fall
under Belgian control.
And the Belgian police,
if they'd come in?
Just try to keep
them out.
For years,
they've been screaming
about a criminal calling me
on their doorstep.
That's why the Belgians kept
it a secret even from me.
Hmm, there is something
worth doing that, too.
Cut out a cancer,
help your neighbors,
save your hospital.
Come on, let me see what you got
behind your back.
Dr. Gorman.
Dr. Gorman.
Dr. Gorman,
take a look at his hand.
We'll take care of it
with a surgery.
Okay, handsome.
We'll complete
your indoctrination tomorrow.
Thank you, doctor.
Rittner.
Rittner, at the hotel.
Rittner?
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, money.
Here and this.
Now, he must get the letter
before the sun rises.
Yes, ma'am.
I run all way.
All right, go on.
Go, go.
It's funny.
You snip a bandage,
make a kid laugh,
and suddenly,
you feel respectable.
Ha, you wanna hear
the topper?
When I was a kid,
I wanted to be a nurse.
What got in the way?
Well, I...
matured early.
Had new dreams of glory.
So I started at the top
and worked my way down.
Only I took
the international route.
Big time model,
part-time model,
no-time model,
but a great girl
for a party,
like that
weekend wingding
on Alberts yacht
and, brother,
suddenly you're nowhere.
Maybe this is somewhere,
here at this hospital.
Don't figure it more solid
than it is, Lou,
things can change here, too.
Everything changes.
Any of your people
have guns?
No, David.
She's dead.
Leo, you better have
your people check outside.
Yes.
I heard a shot,
is everything...
Amelia.
What about
it, O'Connell?
You're the only one
unaccounted for.
Wanna take another
look for the gun?
Oh, come on,
use your head.
If I wanted
to kill her,
I would've done it
back in town,
clean, no fuzz,
no bother.
Anybody could've
been hiding out there.
The whole town
is capable of murder.
If you really wanna
play cops and robbers,
I'll give you
my professional opinion.
Somebody made a mistake.
Amelia was killed and Louise
is roaming in the dark.
I think Louise was the target.
- Me?
- Did you make any enemies
back at the hotel?
Oh, Rittner, I suppose.
The others,
the way they looked,
I don't know.
If what Mr. O'Connell's
says is true,
then Ms. Whitman
is still in danger.
Well, she can't
Sit here
waiting to get
shot at again.
It's either here,
or at the hotel,
or she can take her chances
down the river with us.
It's up to you.
Doctor, I've got
a question for you.
How many times
do you have to run away
before you're
a professional coward?
Discretion is always a budget equipment,
until it costs too much.
Maybe, I'll come back
some time,
if you let me.
Of course,
Ms. Whitman.
We're set, Leo?
You ready?
Not really.
Well, goodbye,
Dr. Gorman.
Goodbye, Ms. Whitman.
Oh, say,
that little boy
with an injured hand,
maybe he'd like this.
Figure a dame like that.
Are you in love
with her, David?
Don't get clinical on me,
doctor, it's too hot.
If you prove
the fugitives
are in Belgian territory,
then she'd be arrested
along with the others.
That's right.
I can't change her life
for her.
Then it would be unkind
to offer hope of happiness.
Unless you plan
on playing tennis,
you'd better
change your shorts.
I'm perfectly comfortable,
thank you.
We got insects
around here,
the experts haven't even
heard about it.
They're gonna love
those legs.
David.
So, we wait.
Wait for what?
Not if they'd escaped.
Mr. Carr,
we want only your maps.
David, it's Rittner.
Stay down.
- What's it all about?
- Pompala?
You take the boat on,
I'll try to get around
behind them.
Help or not,
it's up to you.
You charmed men would all
set up shop here.
Give me a few minutes.
I'll be back
but no guarantees.
Mind telling me
what I got shot for?
For being with me.
Great little round robin
we've got here.
Emilia gets shot
for being in my room,
we got shot out
for being with you,
and nobody knows anything.
We know Rittner
wanted your map.
He wanted me dead.
Why? What does
he got against you?
When you get back,
you can ask him
all about it.
You wouldn't wanna try
to guess
why he was still
SO anxious
about those maps.
I wouldn't guess.
We'll put ashore
and bury him.
Pompala.
You could've got yourself
killed back there
helping me.
Had to.
You're half our army.
It's a pretty
gruesome thought
people trying
to kill people
and nobody knows why.
Yeah, it's a pretty
lousy thought.
Beat a drum half the day
and they think it makes
the world different.
Well, I've seen
Worse ways
to get rid
of your personal devils.
That great magic
we've got,
little pieces
of green paper.
Everybody thinks that
if they get enough of it
and the world
would be different.
Only the trick
never works.
Works fine, Lou,
if you're a good enough
magician.
And that's how come
you're living
in a penthouse
at the Ritz.
Say, Bart,
why did you hire on
with David?
Money.
Enough to make it
worthwhile?
I thought so when I started.
Back at the hotel,
you think you'd do anything
to have enough money
to escape.
And now?
Now, it isn't like that.
Well, maybe we'll find
a pot full of diamonds
at the end of the river
and we'll all live
happily ever after.
No, only Carr would.
Look, I'm only kidding.
Well, I'm not.
There's something
worth having down there.
Rittner doesn't know it
and neither is Carr.
- We're the fools.
- But you'r wrong, Bart,
he does his job.
And he doesn't know
why he's mapping this river
or what he's looking for?
He doesn't know
why Rittner wanted his maps
All right, you guess.
Whatever there is
down there can save me.
Why shouldn't
we take our share?
I need money, Louise,
you don't know how bad
I need it.
You could help me.
I'm sorry, Bart.
Don't mix yourself up
with any fancy ideas.
All that matters here
is what you can
touch and take.
That's all
that keeps you alive.
We're out
of the shallows.
Okay.
What's the matter?
Tsetse flies,
breeding ground
is just ahead.
We bundle these nets
till we pass the club
You wouldn't
be interested.
I'm fascinated.
Well, don't waste
your enthusiasm.
All you got paid for
is holding the rod.
Better get
under the nets.
My union says I got to know
what I'm working for.
At the end of the river.
Then I'm writing
a new deal,
one half the risk,
take half of the profit,
that's the way I see it.
I'll take it up with
the board of directors.
Bart.
What is it, Carr?
What's down there?
Well, what about it, partner?
What are we in business for?
You've got about one minute
before tsetse flies get.
They'll blow you up
like a balloon.
- You'll die of screaming.
- I wouldn't wanna die guessing.
Louise,
get under the nets.
This is what
you wanted to see.
Take a look at it.
Whatever we find,
O'Connell,
you'll get your share.
We'll be back
for dinner, duchess,
don't get lonesome.
I think I'll have
the girls then for 'Bridge'.
You know
what you're gonna do?
You're gonna sit here
and wonder about Carr and me,
whether we're both
be coming back,
what it would be like
with just you and him
or just us?
Every day,
you're gonna wonder.
Pompala,
if anything
should happen to me,
take this to Dr. Gorman.
Tell no one else
and keep it safe.
You understand?
Dr. Gorman?
That's right.
I'll see if I can get us
some fresh meat for dinner.
Yeah, do that.
We'll celebrate
at the end of the river.
You'll be out of this soon.
Sure.
Back to town.
Different game,
same odds.
Take whatever chance
you've got
with the French police.
Get out of Congotanga.
Uh-uh.
I hate to see
lovely ladies work.
I'm the independent type.
Water.
Oh.
Get back to the tent.
We can't just
leave him there.
Carr's been digging
our graves
every foot
of the way.
Get inside.
Some intuition
you got.
Two to choose from
and I'm the boogeyman.
Well, you listen to me.
You ought to be
dead by now.
I could've killed you
for money,
20,000 dollars' worth.
That Mannering guy
on the plane
threw in to make me a deal
only I didn't do it, did I?
That's a lot of cash
I gave up for you.
I could've killed you.
Maybe I should've.
But I need you
to finish this survey
and you're gonna
finish it with me.
Now there's only
one rifle left that'll shoot.
From here on end
it'll be pointed at you,
if you get out of line.
I'll leave your corpse here
for the jungle ants.
I read the note, Carr.
You'll have to watch me
day and night
and I won't do a thing
but wait for you to keel over
all by yourself.
- David?
- Yeah.
O'Connell
told me something.
He said somebody
hired him to kill me.
What?
Yup. Cash on the barrel head.
Produce one body
of Louise Whitman
and collect accordingly.
Why?
- Who would--
- Oh, I can guess.
Anyway, he changed his mind,
you got to give
the girl confidence.
Dead, I'm worth
20,000 to him.
Alive, in the flesh,
I'm a more valuable item.
I don't suppose
you're ready to make a bid.
We could make
the payments easy.
You have to keep this
for practically nothing.
Oh, David.
Well, with me,
you can only get hurt.
We could have a great time
going for each other.
Don't think I wouldn't enjoy it.
But the way things are
we don't mix so good,
right people,
wrong place.
I know I love you.
Look.
The river has changed
its course.
A lot of things
changed with it.
What does that
have to do with us?
My map will show
that some of Congotanga
shifted into
the Belgium Congo,
the town,
everybody in it.
The Belgian Police.
They'll come all right.
All this time,
this is what
you've been doing
knowing what
it would mean to me.
Since we left Gorman's.
Why?
To help Gorman
do a decent job,
knock that town
out of business,
and save his hospital.
Why did it have to be you?
He's sick, Lou,
real sick.
Finally made it,
finished the survey,
make your way
out of Congotanga,
you go together.
David, oh.
He'll die if he doesn't
get to the hospital.
Bart, help me,
I'll do anything you want
just help me.
I followed him this far
for nothing,
now I'm going back alone,
and collect my pay
for a job I haven't done.
Then I'm gonna get on that plane
and start living again.
If you could get out
of Congotanga,
get enough money,
you wouldn't care about David,
or me, or the maps, right?
That's right.
Here, I've got money,
almost $9,000,
enough to get you anywhere.
Just help me
get him to Dr. Gorman.
So I take it.
How do you know
I still won't earn
my 20 grand?
Suppose we try
and spend this together,
you and me.
I said anything you want.
You made a deal, Lou.
Dr. Gorman.
Rittner.
There must be something
in one of these books
that tell us what to do.
Oh, Dr. Gorman.
- David where is he?
- He's on the boat
Sick and unconscious.
We brought him to you
as fast as we could.
His crisis
is closed.
One more day
Of delay and--
Now, he'll be
all right?
I don't have
many tools.
What hit you
doctor?
They came
from the town.
I don't know how many
there were.
It's your
hospital, why?
Because
the good doctor
knows about
the river.
I escaped
to the jungle,
my friends helped me.
We came back every day
waiting for you.
The river up there
is being watched.
The village is just
a few miles from here,
we're taking him there.
SO, you have your proof?
Now I'm wondering
if you have the right
to use it
against Ms. Whitman.
She's still
sleeping?
She never closed eyes
until you opened yours.
Even then she--
My, you're really back,
aren't you?
Guaranteed,
not to spoil,
-all I'm--
- Uh-uh.
If you try to move,
you'll fall apart.
You need to rest,
you understand?
Pure crystal.
Oh...
good for you.
Price of this came
pretty high,
I wouldn't
toss it around.
You helped get it
this far
that makes you
a full partner.
I'll be leaving
before the Belgium police
get here.
And just for the record,
I didn't kill anyone.
What?
Oh, the newspapers had all
the rest of it right.
A man was killed
only Vivian did it,
that's an educated guess.
And it was a frame?
Vivian offered me
$10,000 cash
and a plane ticket
to Congotanga
and 2,000 a month
as long I stay here.
All I have to do
is disappear.
That way, I kind of
framed myself.
I am frightened
and I wasn't exactly
proud of my life
the way it was.
It sounded like
a good proposition
to a guy
down on a luck.
Why didn't you tell me?
It's part of the deal
not to tell anybody
anything.
And later on,
I figured you'd have
to take me
for what I was.
I guess you did
when you gave me this.
Only it's a
little late.
No.
Not if we go back
together
without handcuffs.
- David--
- Lay it out for the police.
David, there's
something else.
Uh-uh,
ladies never tell
and gentlemen
can only guess.
Your rights
ran out on you, Carr,
meet the new owner.
David, it isn't what--
Ah, go on and get out.
Now, cards do change.
Hello.
I remember you.
How's your hand, huh?
Oh, it's all healed,
that's good.
Well, it is--
it's been fun.
I've been thinking
I've had a few years
to cool off around here.
You're still a hot item
with the police.
Sorry to disappoint you doll,
but I got to go alone.
Louise.
You shouldn't be up.
Good day
to you people.
Good day.
Very happy
to see you.
No, I--
I'm terribly unhappy.
You've given me a very
difficult game Mr. Carr.
My men searching
for you,
Carl Rittner
waiting for you,
it was a question
who gets you first,
but...
you see, I won.
You're welcome here
Colonel,
it isn't necessary
to hold us at gunpoint.
I'm very sorry, Doctor,
but that's who am I?
I'm only the servant
of the state.
I'm in charge
with the function
to preserve the status
of Congotanga,
which I agree,
we all despised
boldly but,
alas, it's all
we've got.
Please, Mr. Carr,
the maps.
Sorry, Arragas,
no deal.
No deal?
In the name
of my country,
I command you
to give me the maps.
Col. Arragas.
Silence.
This man has been healed.
He has?
You.
You Mr. O'Connell,
you give me
the maps.
I just carried
the rug.
Sorry, Ms. Whitman,
my sincere regrets.
Dear Colonel,
take nothing
of it.
Thank you.
The plane
comes in tomorrow.
We wanna get out
on it.
You do?
Look, Mr. Carr,
I'm a tired man,
I am.
How can I permit
such a monstrous thing
to happen,
I cannot permit you
to turn my Congotanga
over to the Belgians,
I have to demand
cooperation.
If not?
Not?
If not?
And you forced me,
you understand?
You forced me, I--
Well, I have to
make it hard for you
to leave the country.
Colonel Arragas,
we're going
to that plane.
You are?
You're a policeman,
an officer,
and you deny us
your protection?
No, you forced me.
If we go back there alone
Rittner's gang will shoot us
- in the streets.
- Oh, yes.
You want it
that way?
No, but how can I
control that these gang
with my handful
of soldiers, huh?
All right.
I'm still the law
around here.
Tomorrow then
we leave.
Today I say this,
tomorrow I may
promise nothing.
Ah!
The delights of a
motorized vehicle.
Well, now we can
drive into town.
This could take us
right to the plane.
Arragas?
It could.
Well, how about it?
Well I have
no objection
only of course
it will be necessary
to examine
Mr. Carr's passport.
Here comes
the token.
It's back at the hotel.
SO you see in any case
I suspect it represents
some technical
difficulties,
all of which could be
overcome very quickly
if Mr. Carr
produce the maps.
Well, what are you
standing around for?
Your airport taxi
is waiting.
Onh, David, I can't
leave without you.
- Don't make me beg you.
-I can't.
- I haven't got it in me.
- I won't.
It's the way back,
No handcuffs,
remember?
A man named Mannering,
he was due in
on the last flight,
did he get here?
Mannering, huh?
He's at the hotel.
I wouldn't allow
to disappoint him.
Well, let's go
to town.
Hey, hey, hey,
I give the commands
around here.
Let's go into town.
You...
Mr. Carr.
Now, look Mr. Rittner,
he's under
my protection,
under the protection
of Colonel John Miguel
Orlando Arragas,
you understand?
For frighten men Colonel.
You made
a brave speech, huh?
Now, should we be
realistic?
We both desire
the maps.
I think we shall make
an alliance
you and I.
Well?
She's dead.
Where?
The jungle.
I'm not in a habit
of paying for him
to stay here.
Look, she had almost
9000, this is it,
there's the money.
Going after the plane?
As fast as I can,
there's something crazy
going on around here.
Hey, hand me
that bag, huh?
Brandy.
Can you give me
a little something
on the bill now, huh?
Soon you don't need
the money anyhow.
First things first, Mr. Carr,
now that Colonel Arragas
has reconsidered his position,
you have no hope,
please recognize that.
I'm now prepared to pay you,
simple negotiation.
You're leaving us?
Yeah, that's
the general idea.
I explore the possibility
that you carry a message
by your friend,
Carr.
He's no friend,
go on search me.
Look the boundary is shifting,
if the Belgians find out
they can move in
that's all I know.
You're here with him,
where are the maps?
With escape so close,
you are a stupid man.
The girl has the maps,
she's with Gorman
at the airport.
We have no
proper use for Mr. Carr.
Sure,
we wouldn't
want to embarrass
the chief
of police.
Hmm?
Serves you right,
serves your right
if you trust people
like me.
The Belgians
will try again
and one day
they'll get the truth
and they'll come.
What are you gonna
tell them then?
What?
Same thing
as I'm telling you,
the greatest wisdom
is to recognize
one's own helplessness.
Move out.
Hey, you there.
Hey wait, wait.
Wait.
It occurred to me
the Belgians,
gave me the chief
of police, too.
Let's take the Jeep.
He's now permitted
to board the plane,
takes off
in five minutes.
Dr. Gorman,
I don't wanna run,
not this time.
He'll find you, dear,
he'll catch up
with you.
Come on,
Ms. Whitman.
Bring him.
Mr. O'Connell,
you're most untrustworthy man
and since we share a secret.
Stop the plane.
Of course.
Be ready to clear out
if that gasoline goes.
Keep firing
everything you got.
Louise.
Hey, Mr. Carr.
Mr. Carr.
Mr. Carr.
Come on, Leo.
My hospital,
we will wait
for the Belgians.
Bye,
bye, Colonel.
Goodbye, Mr. Carr.
Good luck.
Well, David,
I didn't expect to see you
for another two weeks.
Hello, doctor.
Who is this?
Arneau.
Fever hit him about a week ago.
I don't know
what's kept him alive.
He's very sick.
And I don't have
any drugs to help him.
The last shipment
again, David,
it arrived in Congotanga
but never reached me here
at the hospital.
Well, if he's strong enough,
maybe the fever
will burn itself out.
You promised me.
I will not die
in this devil's land.
I'll go back
to French prison and die,
but not in Congotanga.
We'll leave tomorrow morning.
You'll be on that plane, Arneau.
We'll get him
into the hospital.
I'll do what I can.
What can I do?
Rittner knows
others in the town.
There's no way
of fighting them, David.
There are 5,000 people
in these jungles
who depend on me.
I can't give them medical
care without proper drugs.
Leo, I promised you that
when the survey at the river
was finished I'd help you
fight that gang of thieves.
I could've finished
it this trip
but Arneau got the fever.
I can't do it alone.
It seems we have
similar problems.
You're fighting
to finish a job,
and I'm fighting
to continue one,
and the both of us
trying to do it alone.
I still can't understand
why the Belgian mining syndicate
wants the survey.
Every curve and sounding
on that river
is on records they had
They must have
some reason
for sending you here,
David.
I wish they'd
let me in on it.
But my contract
doesn't say
I have to know
what I'm doing.
Leo, if I can find someone
tomorrow in that pesthole
who needs money
badly enough to help me,
I'll be able to finish
in a couple of weeks.
And then we'll do something
about your drugs.
Well, the next
shipment isn't do
for another month vet.
Until then,
prayer alone will have
to do the healing.
Hello, Carr.
Help me get him
into the office.
Huh?
Hey, how long has
he had the fever?
Hit him about a week ago.
Huh? Week ago?
See that he gets on the plane,
Arragas, will you?
All right.
Another load of outcasts
to join Rittner's hoodlums.
Well, dear people,
welcome to the sovereign
state of Congotanga.
Oh, please, madam,
be comfortable.
My name is Colonel
John Miguel Orlando Arragas.
I am, by misfortune,
the Minister of Interior
and Chief of Police
of the most wretched
strip of jungle
in all West Africa.
Now, I am very, very happy
to tell you that
we of modern Congotanga
love nothing too much
as peace and contentment.
But there are those
who come to us
because they are pursued
by the police
of other countries.
Oh, we have no
extradition laws,
So they are safe.
I personally,
I share their delight
in freedom.
But to less,
I'm also the custodian
of the law.
So, you have to behave,
my children,
or I'll have you shot.
Pompala.
Ah, Mr. Carr,
such a long three weeks.
We have missed you.
- Any mail?
- No.
Pompala, so good
of you to return.
What's the trouble, Rittner?
This dog works for me.
He didn't like
your work habit.
Then I would like
to take him down river.
You're a very
emotional man, Mr. Carr.
Just nervous
for the heat.
Pompala, finish your job.
This way, Ms. Whitman.
Oh, you mustn't
be frightened, miss.
They're people just
like yourself, you see?
Even another woman
for you to talk over
the dainty things
to light.
How do you do?
An important man,
Mr. Rittner,
very rich,
very powerful.
Ms. Whitman,
I'd like you to meet
a gentleman over here.
Mr. Carr.
You know, we have all kinds
of people around here.
Even an honest man.
I supposed we're
the only American.
And there's another.
Oh, what do we do?
Form a club?
I wouldn't count on it.
Thank you.
That's very hospitable.
Nothing personal.
We just don't run
on the same set.
Sure. Anyone can see that
you're the high class type.
They are marks
of my last virtue.
What was your particular
fall from valor?
Me?
I'm just a tourist.
It's harmless.
Nobody answered
that door.
You are Bart O'Connell?
Yes, I remember
your newspaper pictures.
You got a good memory.
You're one of the no ones?
Not exactly.
I'm taking the plane
out again.
Back to that big
outside world.
There's no such place.
You aren't
So sure of it.
I've been in this
place five years,
counting and hearing myself sweat.
And you had to come in
and tell me
what a guy I used to be?
Man, you shrink
in this country.
That's the truth.
I'm shorter.
An inch shorter than
I was when I came.
Well, what do you want?
My name is Mannering.
I represent
a private interest.
I've been commissioned
to offer you a solid money.
A thousand now,
twenty thousand more
when you perform
a certain service.
Not to take you
out of here.
With this much,
I'm sure there are other places,
shall we say,
a bit more desirable
than Congotanga.
What do you want done?
A matter
of assassination.
You could have asked
any of the others.
They'd do it for kicks.
Who is it?
She checked into
the hotel today.
A woman?
Her name
is Louise Whitman.
Whitman, huh?
She looks over that
You're well informed.
It's a professional
interest.
She must have
got out of France,
went jump ahead
of this Gendarmes
guy's yacht
where it happened.
Albert
he is a rich man, really
lots of jack, huh?
No more questions.
I'll be back in the next
plane in two weeks.
How do you know
I'll take the deal?
You don't like the deal?
I'll be seeing you,
Mannering.
Come in.
Just put it by the bed.
Onh, I ordered
some ice water.
- I thought you--
- There's no ice in Congotanga,
Ms. Whitman.
So...
you have suffered your
first disappointment.
If you pardon me,
I'll finish dressing.
You'll
Well, suit yourself.
You must be prepared
for many disillusions.
I lost my illusions
when I found out
ice cream cones
were hollow.
You do not yet understand
where you are, Ms. Whitman.
Do you know
how long it has been
since we've seen
a desirable woman?
Suppose we get
to the point.
And the point is
that you will be
in perpetual danger
unless you're wise enough
to choose a protector.
Like you for instance?
A man strong enough
to cherish at your...
softness.
The next time you touch me,
Mr. Rittner,
you're going to get cut.
Do you have
other questions?
As I said, Ms. Whitman.
You do not yet appreciate
where you are.
My. Don't you look nice?
Oh, come off it.
Why don't you sit down
and be gracious?
Oh, I suppose
I'd have to be grateful
for the opportunity.
Oh, Is that again?
The situation you're in.
Figures you have
to choose somebody, okay.
My contempt for
the guest of this hotel
is exceeded only
by my admiration
for your neckline.
I hear, Carr,
you're always gallant.
To the fingertips.
I might even offer you
a little bit of advice.
I'll settle
for the drink.
First rule around here
is watch your money.
Once it's gone,
there's no way
to get it back.
Once these people
are broke,
they'll play
for your bankroll.
Just like home.
There's a Dr. Leopold Gorman
that runs a hospital
in the jungle
about halfway down
the Rio Morte.
He needs help.
- Don't we all?
- Respect him, lady.
He's running that
hospital on hope.
- You met Rittner yet?
- I met him.
He takes his cut
out of everything,
including some of Gorman's
drug shipments.
I thought that
policeman ran things.
What's his name?
Col. Arragas.
Talk tough enough.
He'd like to be tough.
Anyway, Gorman's short
on everything.
He could use an
extra pair of hands.
How about it?
No, it doesn't figure,
not for me.
Around here,
you either work or rot.
I'll be starting down
the river tomorrow.
I could drop you off.
Hello, Carr.
Louise Whitman,
Bart O'Connell.
I don't think your friend
will ask me to join you,
may 1?
Please.
You've got the wrong place,
Mr. O'Connell.
It doesn't match
your reputation.
You're very frank.
Oh, I've been taking
lessons from the maestro.
Louise is here to study
our quaint customs.
O'Connell drops In
because Miami
is full up
this season.
I've offered him a job,
but he's independently
wealthy.
Now that we've been
so carefully introduced,
Ms. Whitman,
have you had our local tour?
Just the lecture.
Would you like to look?
Oh, would you excuse us?
Be my guest.
Once, there was
a casino here.
Before that,
a state market.
Now the hotel.
Tell me about David Carr.
He's an engineer
working here.
He's under contract to
a Belgian mining syndicate.
Interested?
Just in passing.
I'm getting out of here
on the next plane.
Gee, I made a mistake.
I guess I figured
a tropic paradise
with tea dances
by the pool
and I don't know,
but I certainly
didn't bargain
for this.
That plane flies
to Khartoum.
In two weeks, the police there
will have a report on you.
They'll be waiting.
Give them time to forget.
How long?
Two, three years
if you're lucky.
What?
The man you killed,
were you in love with him?
It's over there.
In that crucifix?
Relics, Ms. Whitman.
Relics are for lost glory.
Now, they only emphasize
our own putative.
Once, great dreams
were dreams you made,
but then a dream
was broken,
found themselves
forgotten,
so did I.
For us, there's
nothing but the ruins
and an illusion,
illusion to escape.
Haven't deprived your walk,
Ms. Whitman, huh?
No, I was just going.
I'm very tired.
Good night.
Mr. Carr asked me
to give you this.
Oh, thank you very much.
Hey, wait a minute.
Maybe that's the reason
for them to survey.
Come in.
Oh.
Well, are you all right,
professor?
I got slugged and rolled.
See who did it?
Somebody waiting in my room.
When I woke up,
my purse was gone.
Let's have a look.
Does that offer to take me
out of here still hold?
If you want.
Yeah, you're all right,
just bruised.
Oh, sure, fine.
Every dime
I own was in that...
Wait. You rotten crook.
Sit down and listen.
I took that money when you
bounced out with O'Connell.
All you had to do
is ask for it
and grow enough brains
not to carry it
around with you.
You expect me to believe that?
No.
I expect you to
believe I slugged you.
Count it,
it's all there.
Thanks,
you did me a favor.
I guess that doesn't
happen much around here.
Oh, I'm sorry
about this.
I'm not really
that tough.
I'm taking the boat
down to Gorman
as soon as I find
another assistant.
The invitation
still goes.
What do you
get out of it?
Will that pay
for my boat ride?
That's for nothing,
and so is the boat ride.
I'll let you know
when we leave.
The things we learn
about each other.
You still looking
for a helper?
That's right.
Well, I'm applying
for the job.
Why now?
Now, I need the money.
You know what it's like
down there?
Oh, I can guess.
You can't even imagine.
Why not so?
Good morning.
Lovely morning, Mr. Carr.
Bart said we were
ready to go.
You're pretty quick.
I said we wouldn't
shove off
until I find a helper.
Louise.
I think
the doctor's hospital
is such a worthwhile activity.
Don't you, Mr. Carr?
I've been meaning for ever
so long to help out.
Now with Louise going,
I thought, well,
what a splendid opportunity
for companionship.
With your permission,
of course.
You get your permission
from Dr. Gorman.
[ Just run the boat.
Oh yes, yes.
Pompala,
Who was he, Louise?
Hmm?
Who was he?
Who?
That guy in the Riviera.
A man named
Howard Sullivan.
Boyfriend?
Paper said so.
They got pretty
lurid about it.
Lurid Playgirl
Slays Lurid Playboy
on Lurid Weekend Cruise."
Alberts yacht,
do you ever hear of him?
The guy
with the gold bed?
Gold-plated.
He had a lot
of gold-plated friends, too.
It's quite a party.
Well, how did it happen?
Say, you don't wanna
give me the edge
for anything, do you?
Maybe I had a reason.
How good a reason
do I need?
You tell me.
Maybe I was framed.
Would that help?
Well, I wasn't.
When it's hot,
drink hot.
Tea?
Thank you.
Mr. O'Connell?
No, I'll skip it.
Well, I'm glad those
awful stories
haven't bothered
you, my dear.
What stories?
Why, those people
they say I poisoned.
Sugar?
NO, thanks.
[, uh, brought you
some help.
Louise Whitman,
Amelia Abbott?
Dr. Gorman.
You're more than
welcome here.
Doctor?
Ms. Whitman?
You accept us
very easily, doctor.
No questions, no fears.
Perhaps to the police
of certain counties,
you are fugitives.
I'm a physician,
not a policeman.
Here, only your work
is important.
And what about
Mr. Carr's work?
Everyone wonders
what your company
had you looking for
in this dreadful jungle.
I don't know.
Same survey
was done years ago.
You mean you really don't
know why you're out here?
I took a job
in the Belgian Congo,
the mining syndicate
sent me to Congotanga,
I do what I'm told.
Like looking for something
when you don't even
know what it is?
That's right.
You'll find the night
here most pleasant.
I advise you
not to wander far.
I think I'll take
a walk around.
Interested?
No thanks.
I think I'll just sit here
and feel typically tropical.
Are you suggesting
I move my hospital?
I'm suggesting
we move the boundary.
The boundary?
Look here.
This is my survey
as far as it's gone.
Last night, I found
something interesting.
Here's Congotanga,
Belgian Congo,
Congo River,
here's our river,
the Rio Morte.
You told me yourself
the rainfall
around here
is fantastic.
The Morte is always
shifting, all right?
It is shifting.
I won't know how much
until I finish my survey.
But the boundary?
They get this
border by measuring west
30 miles from the meeting
of the two rivers here.
Like this.
And supposing the two
rivers meet here,
for instance.
Now measure west 30 miles.
Then the new boundary
would fall about...
here.
And all this...
would become
Belgian Congo.
Say, I bet its way
past your bedtime.
If the river
has shifted far enough,
then half of Congotanga
would fall
under Belgian control.
And the Belgian police,
if they'd come in?
Just try to keep
them out.
For years,
they've been screaming
about a criminal calling me
on their doorstep.
That's why the Belgians kept
it a secret even from me.
Hmm, there is something
worth doing that, too.
Cut out a cancer,
help your neighbors,
save your hospital.
Come on, let me see what you got
behind your back.
Dr. Gorman.
Dr. Gorman.
Dr. Gorman,
take a look at his hand.
We'll take care of it
with a surgery.
Okay, handsome.
We'll complete
your indoctrination tomorrow.
Thank you, doctor.
Rittner.
Rittner, at the hotel.
Rittner?
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, money.
Here and this.
Now, he must get the letter
before the sun rises.
Yes, ma'am.
I run all way.
All right, go on.
Go, go.
It's funny.
You snip a bandage,
make a kid laugh,
and suddenly,
you feel respectable.
Ha, you wanna hear
the topper?
When I was a kid,
I wanted to be a nurse.
What got in the way?
Well, I...
matured early.
Had new dreams of glory.
So I started at the top
and worked my way down.
Only I took
the international route.
Big time model,
part-time model,
no-time model,
but a great girl
for a party,
like that
weekend wingding
on Alberts yacht
and, brother,
suddenly you're nowhere.
Maybe this is somewhere,
here at this hospital.
Don't figure it more solid
than it is, Lou,
things can change here, too.
Everything changes.
Any of your people
have guns?
No, David.
She's dead.
Leo, you better have
your people check outside.
Yes.
I heard a shot,
is everything...
Amelia.
What about
it, O'Connell?
You're the only one
unaccounted for.
Wanna take another
look for the gun?
Oh, come on,
use your head.
If I wanted
to kill her,
I would've done it
back in town,
clean, no fuzz,
no bother.
Anybody could've
been hiding out there.
The whole town
is capable of murder.
If you really wanna
play cops and robbers,
I'll give you
my professional opinion.
Somebody made a mistake.
Amelia was killed and Louise
is roaming in the dark.
I think Louise was the target.
- Me?
- Did you make any enemies
back at the hotel?
Oh, Rittner, I suppose.
The others,
the way they looked,
I don't know.
If what Mr. O'Connell's
says is true,
then Ms. Whitman
is still in danger.
Well, she can't
Sit here
waiting to get
shot at again.
It's either here,
or at the hotel,
or she can take her chances
down the river with us.
It's up to you.
Doctor, I've got
a question for you.
How many times
do you have to run away
before you're
a professional coward?
Discretion is always a budget equipment,
until it costs too much.
Maybe, I'll come back
some time,
if you let me.
Of course,
Ms. Whitman.
We're set, Leo?
You ready?
Not really.
Well, goodbye,
Dr. Gorman.
Goodbye, Ms. Whitman.
Oh, say,
that little boy
with an injured hand,
maybe he'd like this.
Figure a dame like that.
Are you in love
with her, David?
Don't get clinical on me,
doctor, it's too hot.
If you prove
the fugitives
are in Belgian territory,
then she'd be arrested
along with the others.
That's right.
I can't change her life
for her.
Then it would be unkind
to offer hope of happiness.
Unless you plan
on playing tennis,
you'd better
change your shorts.
I'm perfectly comfortable,
thank you.
We got insects
around here,
the experts haven't even
heard about it.
They're gonna love
those legs.
David.
So, we wait.
Wait for what?
Not if they'd escaped.
Mr. Carr,
we want only your maps.
David, it's Rittner.
Stay down.
- What's it all about?
- Pompala?
You take the boat on,
I'll try to get around
behind them.
Help or not,
it's up to you.
You charmed men would all
set up shop here.
Give me a few minutes.
I'll be back
but no guarantees.
Mind telling me
what I got shot for?
For being with me.
Great little round robin
we've got here.
Emilia gets shot
for being in my room,
we got shot out
for being with you,
and nobody knows anything.
We know Rittner
wanted your map.
He wanted me dead.
Why? What does
he got against you?
When you get back,
you can ask him
all about it.
You wouldn't wanna try
to guess
why he was still
SO anxious
about those maps.
I wouldn't guess.
We'll put ashore
and bury him.
Pompala.
You could've got yourself
killed back there
helping me.
Had to.
You're half our army.
It's a pretty
gruesome thought
people trying
to kill people
and nobody knows why.
Yeah, it's a pretty
lousy thought.
Beat a drum half the day
and they think it makes
the world different.
Well, I've seen
Worse ways
to get rid
of your personal devils.
That great magic
we've got,
little pieces
of green paper.
Everybody thinks that
if they get enough of it
and the world
would be different.
Only the trick
never works.
Works fine, Lou,
if you're a good enough
magician.
And that's how come
you're living
in a penthouse
at the Ritz.
Say, Bart,
why did you hire on
with David?
Money.
Enough to make it
worthwhile?
I thought so when I started.
Back at the hotel,
you think you'd do anything
to have enough money
to escape.
And now?
Now, it isn't like that.
Well, maybe we'll find
a pot full of diamonds
at the end of the river
and we'll all live
happily ever after.
No, only Carr would.
Look, I'm only kidding.
Well, I'm not.
There's something
worth having down there.
Rittner doesn't know it
and neither is Carr.
- We're the fools.
- But you'r wrong, Bart,
he does his job.
And he doesn't know
why he's mapping this river
or what he's looking for?
He doesn't know
why Rittner wanted his maps
All right, you guess.
Whatever there is
down there can save me.
Why shouldn't
we take our share?
I need money, Louise,
you don't know how bad
I need it.
You could help me.
I'm sorry, Bart.
Don't mix yourself up
with any fancy ideas.
All that matters here
is what you can
touch and take.
That's all
that keeps you alive.
We're out
of the shallows.
Okay.
What's the matter?
Tsetse flies,
breeding ground
is just ahead.
We bundle these nets
till we pass the club
You wouldn't
be interested.
I'm fascinated.
Well, don't waste
your enthusiasm.
All you got paid for
is holding the rod.
Better get
under the nets.
My union says I got to know
what I'm working for.
At the end of the river.
Then I'm writing
a new deal,
one half the risk,
take half of the profit,
that's the way I see it.
I'll take it up with
the board of directors.
Bart.
What is it, Carr?
What's down there?
Well, what about it, partner?
What are we in business for?
You've got about one minute
before tsetse flies get.
They'll blow you up
like a balloon.
- You'll die of screaming.
- I wouldn't wanna die guessing.
Louise,
get under the nets.
This is what
you wanted to see.
Take a look at it.
Whatever we find,
O'Connell,
you'll get your share.
We'll be back
for dinner, duchess,
don't get lonesome.
I think I'll have
the girls then for 'Bridge'.
You know
what you're gonna do?
You're gonna sit here
and wonder about Carr and me,
whether we're both
be coming back,
what it would be like
with just you and him
or just us?
Every day,
you're gonna wonder.
Pompala,
if anything
should happen to me,
take this to Dr. Gorman.
Tell no one else
and keep it safe.
You understand?
Dr. Gorman?
That's right.
I'll see if I can get us
some fresh meat for dinner.
Yeah, do that.
We'll celebrate
at the end of the river.
You'll be out of this soon.
Sure.
Back to town.
Different game,
same odds.
Take whatever chance
you've got
with the French police.
Get out of Congotanga.
Uh-uh.
I hate to see
lovely ladies work.
I'm the independent type.
Water.
Oh.
Get back to the tent.
We can't just
leave him there.
Carr's been digging
our graves
every foot
of the way.
Get inside.
Some intuition
you got.
Two to choose from
and I'm the boogeyman.
Well, you listen to me.
You ought to be
dead by now.
I could've killed you
for money,
20,000 dollars' worth.
That Mannering guy
on the plane
threw in to make me a deal
only I didn't do it, did I?
That's a lot of cash
I gave up for you.
I could've killed you.
Maybe I should've.
But I need you
to finish this survey
and you're gonna
finish it with me.
Now there's only
one rifle left that'll shoot.
From here on end
it'll be pointed at you,
if you get out of line.
I'll leave your corpse here
for the jungle ants.
I read the note, Carr.
You'll have to watch me
day and night
and I won't do a thing
but wait for you to keel over
all by yourself.
- David?
- Yeah.
O'Connell
told me something.
He said somebody
hired him to kill me.
What?
Yup. Cash on the barrel head.
Produce one body
of Louise Whitman
and collect accordingly.
Why?
- Who would--
- Oh, I can guess.
Anyway, he changed his mind,
you got to give
the girl confidence.
Dead, I'm worth
20,000 to him.
Alive, in the flesh,
I'm a more valuable item.
I don't suppose
you're ready to make a bid.
We could make
the payments easy.
You have to keep this
for practically nothing.
Oh, David.
Well, with me,
you can only get hurt.
We could have a great time
going for each other.
Don't think I wouldn't enjoy it.
But the way things are
we don't mix so good,
right people,
wrong place.
I know I love you.
Look.
The river has changed
its course.
A lot of things
changed with it.
What does that
have to do with us?
My map will show
that some of Congotanga
shifted into
the Belgium Congo,
the town,
everybody in it.
The Belgian Police.
They'll come all right.
All this time,
this is what
you've been doing
knowing what
it would mean to me.
Since we left Gorman's.
Why?
To help Gorman
do a decent job,
knock that town
out of business,
and save his hospital.
Why did it have to be you?
He's sick, Lou,
real sick.
Finally made it,
finished the survey,
make your way
out of Congotanga,
you go together.
David, oh.
He'll die if he doesn't
get to the hospital.
Bart, help me,
I'll do anything you want
just help me.
I followed him this far
for nothing,
now I'm going back alone,
and collect my pay
for a job I haven't done.
Then I'm gonna get on that plane
and start living again.
If you could get out
of Congotanga,
get enough money,
you wouldn't care about David,
or me, or the maps, right?
That's right.
Here, I've got money,
almost $9,000,
enough to get you anywhere.
Just help me
get him to Dr. Gorman.
So I take it.
How do you know
I still won't earn
my 20 grand?
Suppose we try
and spend this together,
you and me.
I said anything you want.
You made a deal, Lou.
Dr. Gorman.
Rittner.
There must be something
in one of these books
that tell us what to do.
Oh, Dr. Gorman.
- David where is he?
- He's on the boat
Sick and unconscious.
We brought him to you
as fast as we could.
His crisis
is closed.
One more day
Of delay and--
Now, he'll be
all right?
I don't have
many tools.
What hit you
doctor?
They came
from the town.
I don't know how many
there were.
It's your
hospital, why?
Because
the good doctor
knows about
the river.
I escaped
to the jungle,
my friends helped me.
We came back every day
waiting for you.
The river up there
is being watched.
The village is just
a few miles from here,
we're taking him there.
SO, you have your proof?
Now I'm wondering
if you have the right
to use it
against Ms. Whitman.
She's still
sleeping?
She never closed eyes
until you opened yours.
Even then she--
My, you're really back,
aren't you?
Guaranteed,
not to spoil,
-all I'm--
- Uh-uh.
If you try to move,
you'll fall apart.
You need to rest,
you understand?
Pure crystal.
Oh...
good for you.
Price of this came
pretty high,
I wouldn't
toss it around.
You helped get it
this far
that makes you
a full partner.
I'll be leaving
before the Belgium police
get here.
And just for the record,
I didn't kill anyone.
What?
Oh, the newspapers had all
the rest of it right.
A man was killed
only Vivian did it,
that's an educated guess.
And it was a frame?
Vivian offered me
$10,000 cash
and a plane ticket
to Congotanga
and 2,000 a month
as long I stay here.
All I have to do
is disappear.
That way, I kind of
framed myself.
I am frightened
and I wasn't exactly
proud of my life
the way it was.
It sounded like
a good proposition
to a guy
down on a luck.
Why didn't you tell me?
It's part of the deal
not to tell anybody
anything.
And later on,
I figured you'd have
to take me
for what I was.
I guess you did
when you gave me this.
Only it's a
little late.
No.
Not if we go back
together
without handcuffs.
- David--
- Lay it out for the police.
David, there's
something else.
Uh-uh,
ladies never tell
and gentlemen
can only guess.
Your rights
ran out on you, Carr,
meet the new owner.
David, it isn't what--
Ah, go on and get out.
Now, cards do change.
Hello.
I remember you.
How's your hand, huh?
Oh, it's all healed,
that's good.
Well, it is--
it's been fun.
I've been thinking
I've had a few years
to cool off around here.
You're still a hot item
with the police.
Sorry to disappoint you doll,
but I got to go alone.
Louise.
You shouldn't be up.
Good day
to you people.
Good day.
Very happy
to see you.
No, I--
I'm terribly unhappy.
You've given me a very
difficult game Mr. Carr.
My men searching
for you,
Carl Rittner
waiting for you,
it was a question
who gets you first,
but...
you see, I won.
You're welcome here
Colonel,
it isn't necessary
to hold us at gunpoint.
I'm very sorry, Doctor,
but that's who am I?
I'm only the servant
of the state.
I'm in charge
with the function
to preserve the status
of Congotanga,
which I agree,
we all despised
boldly but,
alas, it's all
we've got.
Please, Mr. Carr,
the maps.
Sorry, Arragas,
no deal.
No deal?
In the name
of my country,
I command you
to give me the maps.
Col. Arragas.
Silence.
This man has been healed.
He has?
You.
You Mr. O'Connell,
you give me
the maps.
I just carried
the rug.
Sorry, Ms. Whitman,
my sincere regrets.
Dear Colonel,
take nothing
of it.
Thank you.
The plane
comes in tomorrow.
We wanna get out
on it.
You do?
Look, Mr. Carr,
I'm a tired man,
I am.
How can I permit
such a monstrous thing
to happen,
I cannot permit you
to turn my Congotanga
over to the Belgians,
I have to demand
cooperation.
If not?
Not?
If not?
And you forced me,
you understand?
You forced me, I--
Well, I have to
make it hard for you
to leave the country.
Colonel Arragas,
we're going
to that plane.
You are?
You're a policeman,
an officer,
and you deny us
your protection?
No, you forced me.
If we go back there alone
Rittner's gang will shoot us
- in the streets.
- Oh, yes.
You want it
that way?
No, but how can I
control that these gang
with my handful
of soldiers, huh?
All right.
I'm still the law
around here.
Tomorrow then
we leave.
Today I say this,
tomorrow I may
promise nothing.
Ah!
The delights of a
motorized vehicle.
Well, now we can
drive into town.
This could take us
right to the plane.
Arragas?
It could.
Well, how about it?
Well I have
no objection
only of course
it will be necessary
to examine
Mr. Carr's passport.
Here comes
the token.
It's back at the hotel.
SO you see in any case
I suspect it represents
some technical
difficulties,
all of which could be
overcome very quickly
if Mr. Carr
produce the maps.
Well, what are you
standing around for?
Your airport taxi
is waiting.
Onh, David, I can't
leave without you.
- Don't make me beg you.
-I can't.
- I haven't got it in me.
- I won't.
It's the way back,
No handcuffs,
remember?
A man named Mannering,
he was due in
on the last flight,
did he get here?
Mannering, huh?
He's at the hotel.
I wouldn't allow
to disappoint him.
Well, let's go
to town.
Hey, hey, hey,
I give the commands
around here.
Let's go into town.
You...
Mr. Carr.
Now, look Mr. Rittner,
he's under
my protection,
under the protection
of Colonel John Miguel
Orlando Arragas,
you understand?
For frighten men Colonel.
You made
a brave speech, huh?
Now, should we be
realistic?
We both desire
the maps.
I think we shall make
an alliance
you and I.
Well?
She's dead.
Where?
The jungle.
I'm not in a habit
of paying for him
to stay here.
Look, she had almost
9000, this is it,
there's the money.
Going after the plane?
As fast as I can,
there's something crazy
going on around here.
Hey, hand me
that bag, huh?
Brandy.
Can you give me
a little something
on the bill now, huh?
Soon you don't need
the money anyhow.
First things first, Mr. Carr,
now that Colonel Arragas
has reconsidered his position,
you have no hope,
please recognize that.
I'm now prepared to pay you,
simple negotiation.
You're leaving us?
Yeah, that's
the general idea.
I explore the possibility
that you carry a message
by your friend,
Carr.
He's no friend,
go on search me.
Look the boundary is shifting,
if the Belgians find out
they can move in
that's all I know.
You're here with him,
where are the maps?
With escape so close,
you are a stupid man.
The girl has the maps,
she's with Gorman
at the airport.
We have no
proper use for Mr. Carr.
Sure,
we wouldn't
want to embarrass
the chief
of police.
Hmm?
Serves you right,
serves your right
if you trust people
like me.
The Belgians
will try again
and one day
they'll get the truth
and they'll come.
What are you gonna
tell them then?
What?
Same thing
as I'm telling you,
the greatest wisdom
is to recognize
one's own helplessness.
Move out.
Hey, you there.
Hey wait, wait.
Wait.
It occurred to me
the Belgians,
gave me the chief
of police, too.
Let's take the Jeep.
He's now permitted
to board the plane,
takes off
in five minutes.
Dr. Gorman,
I don't wanna run,
not this time.
He'll find you, dear,
he'll catch up
with you.
Come on,
Ms. Whitman.
Bring him.
Mr. O'Connell,
you're most untrustworthy man
and since we share a secret.
Stop the plane.
Of course.
Be ready to clear out
if that gasoline goes.
Keep firing
everything you got.
Louise.
Hey, Mr. Carr.
Mr. Carr.
Mr. Carr.
Come on, Leo.
My hospital,
we will wait
for the Belgians.
Bye,
bye, Colonel.
Goodbye, Mr. Carr.
Good luck.