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00:03:10FOOT
00:03:11DESTROYER
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00:03:15OUT FOR IT
00:03:16WHERE IS
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00:03:19THERE
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00:03:27Well, I'm sure we're located, sir.
00:03:29You don't just lose the destroyer escort.
00:03:32Admiral, I don't have to tell you that if this is a sample of naval housekeeping,
00:03:37it may have considerable effect on the forthcoming appropriations bill.
00:03:43Will ten days be sufficient to find out?
00:03:47Oh, plenty, sir, plenty. We'll get right on it, sir.
00:03:50Good. Meeting adjourned.
00:03:53We're in trouble.
00:04:04If we don't find the cornblot, that...
00:04:07Where's this officer stationed?
00:04:11Fourth Naval District, Akron.
00:04:13Get him here right away. And don't tell anyone what it's all about.
00:04:16Aye, aye, sir.
00:04:17Look at that face, Joe.
00:04:19Behind those soft baby eyes, that friendly smile,
00:04:23there could lurk the cunning brain of a master criminal.
00:04:27Oh, just wait till I get my hands on...
00:04:30The happiest man in the world today.
00:04:32Oh, Poochie Pie.
00:04:37Sweetie face, to us.
00:04:46Yeah, Mr. Steckler is a lieutenant in the Navy.
00:04:49Really very nice.
00:04:51My daughter couldn't have done better.
00:04:54Our first wedding cake.
00:04:57Mm-hmm.
00:04:59For Judge Whipple, Poochie.
00:05:01Yes, darling, for Judge Poochie, Whipple.
00:05:03Mm-hmm.
00:05:07Isn't this fun?
00:05:09Someday you'll get married, too.
00:05:11I hope it's someone like you, Admiral Steckler.
00:05:14Admiral?
00:05:15The child called...
00:05:16A lovely wedding.
00:05:17A lovely wedding.
00:05:20And Prudence is a beautiful bride.
00:05:23Just beautiful.
00:05:24Well...
00:05:26Uh, uh, uh...
00:05:32Should we sneak out now, Ducky Poo?
00:05:47I think this would be a perfect time.
00:05:49Plus the fact, I can't wait till we're alone, sweetheart.
00:05:52Come on. Just think.
00:05:53Two weeks alone at Lake Wanapauwawa.
00:05:57Fishing, canoeing, rowing.
00:05:59And everything.
00:06:01You...
00:06:01Yeah, everything.
00:06:05Come on.
00:06:08John.
00:06:08Mother.
00:06:09John, take care of my little girl.
00:06:12I will, Mother. I'll take care of her.
00:06:14Just like her father took care of you.
00:06:16That monster. Don't mention his name.
00:06:19I'm sorry.
00:06:19Goodbye, Mother.
00:06:20Goodbye, Mother.
00:06:21Goodbye, Mother.
00:06:22Happy Honeymoon, Daddy.
00:06:26Happy Honeymoon.
00:06:28Off, march.
00:06:31And...
00:06:32March.
00:06:34Whoa!
00:06:48That's our man. Follow him.
00:06:50Lieutenant Steckler.
00:07:05Yes, sir. The 7th.
00:07:06I'm Lieutenant Commander Farber.
00:07:07I hate to do this to you, old man, but you're wanted in Washington immediately.
00:07:10What?
00:07:10Red phone call. Special orders. Deliver you no later than 1,500 today.
00:07:13But you can't.
00:07:14We're just leaving on our honeymoon.
00:07:16Wait, sweetheart. Let me explain. I don't think you're in the stand, Commander. You see, we were just married.
00:07:22We're going on our honeymoon.
00:07:24I'm on leave.
00:07:25It's been canceled.
00:07:26Who canceled it?
00:07:26Admiral Blood.
00:07:27Admiral Blood.
00:07:28His plane is waiting for you at the airport.
00:07:30But we've got the honeymoon cottage at Lake Winnipeg for two weeks.
00:07:34Wait, wait, sweetheart. Prudence, please.
00:07:35Oh, dear. Let me handle this. Commander, what would the Admiral want with me?
00:07:39I don't know, but here are your orders.
00:07:43It is the Admiral.
00:07:44What does he want?
00:07:45Well, it doesn't say, but that's his signature.
00:07:48Gee, my old commander.
00:07:50The top destroyer man in the Navy.
00:07:51Lieutenant, I hate to rush you.
00:07:53Yeah, well...
00:07:55Blood or no blood?
00:07:56Admiral or no?
00:07:57Well, although it might be a decoration.
00:08:01You know, there was that skirmish...
00:08:02Can he mail it to you?
00:08:05No, dear.
00:08:06If I'm going to get a medal, I think the least we can do is go to Washington and pick it up.
00:08:10A medal.
00:08:12My hero.
00:08:13Now we can have our honeymoon in Washington, just like George and Martha.
00:08:21Lieutenant, if you...
00:08:22You know, I'm going to get a medal, but I'm going to get a medal.
00:08:52mission accomplished sir lieutenant john paul steckler the seventh this way please
00:09:22uh lieutenant john paul steckler the seventh reporting is ordered sir so you're the man
00:09:33i i guess so sir amazing how did you do it oh it was nothing nothing well what i mean to say
00:09:43tell us son did you do this on your own or were there others well sir uh is anyone ever really
00:09:50on their own i mean what i'm trying to say sir is doesn't everything always depend on the men you
00:09:57serve with their cooperation their loyalty see what i told you joe nerves of steel but lucky there's only
00:10:05one missing so you admit you had help oh yes sir and everything i did sir after all i had a shining
00:10:13inspiration i served under admiral blood are you trying to pin this on me oh no sir i thought you
00:10:18were gonna pin it on me as a matter of fact i wish you would because my wife is excuse me sir
00:10:23are you mad at me mad at you why nonsense
00:10:28all i want is a full confession confession sir as representative of the judge advocate general
00:10:39i request lieutenant steckler be formally advised of the charges against him
00:10:44the charges did you say charges certainly why do you think you were called to receive a medal
00:10:51well very honestly sir i did think i was maybe a little one i've never seen anyone like him go ahead
00:11:00commander read the charges lieutenant john paul steckler the seventh sir lieutenant john paul steckler
00:11:08the seventh my brother was supposed to be the seventh but he turned out to be my sister
00:11:14you see they were expecting a boy and read the charges
00:11:18lieutenant during world war ii some government property charged out to you and for which you're
00:11:27therefore responsible was not turned in it's still missing well just a minute commander sir i never took
00:11:34anything in my law what's the matter lieutenant nothing nothing sir it's just that i i never thought
00:11:42it'd be missed everyone was taking souvenirs weren't they but wouldn't you say you went just a little
00:11:48too far lieutenant no i don't think so sir i mean it wasn't important stuff well it was my compass
00:11:57sextant and patented spam opener wasn't there something else lieutenant all right i'm not gonna lie
00:12:07i'm guilty and i and i think that the best thing for me to do is just pay up and get this thing over
00:12:13with so if you'll tell me how much it is i'll i'll pay tell him commander the total amount comes to
00:12:21five million four hundred and fifteen thousand nine hundred and twenty five dollars
00:12:29i think he's trying to ask you something
00:12:44what did i take one fully equipped seaworthy and battle ready destroyer escort
00:12:57come now son your government doesn't want to be tough on you just tell us what did you do with
00:13:05the uss cornblatt i didn't take it i didn't take her i haven't got her
00:13:11i haven't got her i'm pinky swear scouts are worried about i haven't got her i didn't
00:13:18got her honest
00:13:20with me
00:13:35five million dollars how can i ever pay five million dollars even if they took thirty
00:14:00dollars a month it would take nine hundred and fifty thousand months thirty dollars into
00:14:07nine hundred and fifty thousand oh i forgot to carry the one five million even if they start
00:14:17with this month the thirty dollars i don't think i have enough it's twenty nine dollars for the bus
00:14:24tickets let me see how much maybe
00:14:29five million i got hear that he thinks he's got five million dollars in small change
00:14:37yeah the old insanity gimmick well he's not going to get away with it shall we question him again sir
00:14:43lieutenant steckler the seventh oh
00:14:47yes sir i must confess that until this moment i thought you might have snatched the cornblatt
00:14:55that behind a facade of innocence was the shrewd calculating brain of a crook or a master spy and
00:15:03pay of some foreign oh just a minute sir if you don't mind sir i am i am not a spy i mean i've goofed
00:15:09and all that but i am not a traitor i mean the navy is my whole life before i was in the navy i was
00:15:15just john paul steckler the meatball but now lieutenant john paul steckler the meatball
00:15:24steckler i'm beginning to feel sorry for you thank you i've seen enough scared young men to know that
00:15:30you're another but you're in a whale of a lot of trouble yes sir nobody really wants to kick you out
00:15:38of the navy throw you in jail see you wind up in disgrace but the last name the cornblatt was
00:15:46checked out to was ensign john paul steckler we've got to pin it on somebody
00:15:50sir how about him sir steckler
00:15:58give up the ship i haven't got her sir well then find her yes sir you've got 10 days yes you better
00:16:07come back with something yes sir commander yes sir get the duplicate records of all ships turned in
00:16:13pacific fleet 1945 to date all of them yes sir steckler i want you to spend the next 12 hours
00:16:21sifting through those records we've got to find the cornblatt and we're starting tonight tonight but i
00:16:26had plans tonight cancel all plans yes sir if we don't come up with a cornblatt inside of 10 days the
00:16:33navy stands to lose four billion dollars in appropriations this is vital steckler as america's
00:16:39first line of defense i who's ducky pooh hello everything comfy cozy dear ducky pooh i've been waiting
00:16:56three hours and i can't wait to see you sweetie face i don't speak to everyone that way sir i hope you
00:17:04don't think so just my wife hang up that phone i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm i'm i have to hang up now dear
00:17:10tell me you love me love you love you love you love you love you hang up yes sir love you
00:17:20the record sir good thank you steckler get at those right away yes sir i will sir i'm sorry sir
00:17:33oh excuse me i'm i'm very sorry sir my cap sir
00:17:39and be back here at zero nine hundred tomorrow morning yes sir zero nine hundred tomorrow morning
00:17:51it's a tough break sir having this happen right in the middle of his honeymoon honeymoon
00:17:56he was married this morning sir oh no the honeymoon will have to wait see that he's checked into
00:18:02bachelor officers quarters for the night i'll arrange it sir all right gentlemen that's all
00:18:06will there be anything else oh you'd better bring another bottle of champagne pink pink yes
00:18:14oh you missed me honey yes what in the world now i got the
00:18:44san diego de's all mixed up with the breminton cevs what are these duckie pool
00:18:49oh admiral blood gave them to me instead of a metal there is no metal no metal no and there's
00:18:56no cornblatt either what's a cornblatt honey don't you remember i used to tell you
00:19:02about during the war i i commanded the uss cornblatt well that's a cornblatt and it's missing
00:19:10they said i took it you well what would you do with a battleship what would anybody do with a
00:19:17battleship no honey she's not a battleship it's a destroyer escort you see and and although i didn't
00:19:24take it i'm responsible for well let's not worry about a silly old boat not tonight anyway
00:19:32nope not tonight
00:19:39honey should i wear the white pajamas with the black stripes and the black pajamas with the white
00:19:47stripes oh either one sweetie all right i'll mix them up who needs like when a pawwawa
00:19:54any place is heaven when you're with your poochie pie
00:19:59prudence you're absolutely beautiful it's about time you noticed well i noticed right from the
00:20:12start sweetheart i just didn't want you to think that i was stuck on you
00:20:16oh champagne caviar pheasant under glass
00:20:23oh is this a way to spend a wedding night
00:20:29wait till you see the dessert dessert where it's not over there lieutenant
00:20:41i love you prude i love you darling
00:20:52but i'm in big trouble
00:20:55you are if you turn that light on again my itsy bitsy baby
00:21:00well now to work see work see work see work see yes sweetheart i promised the admiral that i'd go
00:21:10through these records on our honeymoon well i'm going to help you it's a wife's duty
00:21:15yes you help me now let's see i might i might as well start back in 1945
00:21:21oh here's here's something very interesting
00:21:24106,210 tons of ships in dry dock oh you have the cutest little ears
00:21:31ears and dry darling i can't concentrate now honey i've got work to do you certainly have
00:21:40let me explain dear you see there's this congressman mandeville now now he's the head of the house appropriations
00:21:49oh you say the sweetest things well the navy needs money for new ships see and he's looking for an excuse to turn them down
00:21:58now the corn
00:21:59black now if the navy can't keep track of the ships that it has then he's not going to let congress give the navy any more money to buy new ships and that's why admiral blood is out to drink mine
00:22:12you are in trouble yeah i'm very big trouble that's why i feel so bad bringing you all the way to
00:22:21washington thinking i was going to get a medal the night's young yet maybe you still will
00:22:26i love you i love you darling
00:22:30what's that i didn't hear anything
00:22:36oh it's the champagne
00:22:38i can hear it fizz
00:22:40it's the waiter with more champagne
00:22:42more champagne
00:22:45more champagne
00:22:48i hope it's pink champagne
00:22:52it is
00:22:53goody goody goody
00:22:55what do you say
00:22:55goody goody goody
00:22:57lieutenant steckler
00:22:59the seventh
00:22:59but this room is occupied
00:23:01here you man just a minute you're out of bounds
00:23:05orders from the admiral sir
00:23:06got a staff car waiting
00:23:07you're to come with us
00:23:08come with you
00:23:09wait just a minute darling
00:23:10i'll take care of this
00:23:11i don't think you understand gentlemen
00:23:12you see we were just married this morning
00:23:14lots of luck
00:23:14thank you
00:23:15sir
00:23:15now if you'll get ready sir
00:23:17we'll drop you off at boq
00:23:18boq
00:23:19bachelor officers quarters ma'am
00:23:21is this all the navy has to do
00:23:23run around breaking up honeymoons
00:23:25why aren't you men out sailing ships
00:23:27darling please i'm sorry
00:23:28but they're just following orders
00:23:30that's all
00:23:30but you're not a bachelor
00:23:32tell them
00:23:32well technically i am
00:23:34i'm no i'm not a bachelor
00:23:36there i told them
00:23:37sorry mrs steckler
00:23:38orders are orders
00:23:38and you wasted all this time talking
00:23:41well honey
00:23:42i mean no she's honey
00:23:43sweet
00:23:43sweet
00:23:44i'll tell sweet
00:23:45would you wait
00:23:46i'm
00:23:46honey just
00:23:47i'm
00:23:48excuse me men for a sec
00:23:49i just
00:23:49dear
00:23:50let me explain dear
00:23:52is it my fault that the cornbladder is missing
00:23:54we've got to snap it up
00:23:55and on the double
00:23:56here we go
00:23:58honey really please bear with me dear
00:24:00this is a pro
00:24:00thank you very much dear
00:24:01please honey
00:24:02i'm awfully sorry
00:24:03but this is not my fault
00:24:04these are orders dear
00:24:05oh don't feel bad sweetheart
00:24:07because this is just something that has to be
00:24:09you just relax
00:24:09and i'll call you with ace bells
00:24:11keep it on ice
00:24:17i'm stumped steckler
00:24:24i don't really believe you could lose a ship like the cornbladder
00:24:27because i don't believe you would ever be put in command of the cornbladder
00:24:30but if you were
00:24:32then you could
00:24:33oh i was
00:24:34but i didn't
00:24:35you didn't what
00:24:36i mean i didn't sir
00:24:38we're not giving up
00:24:40report to the office of naval intelligence immediately
00:24:44i've assigned one of the best young officers to help you out
00:24:46yes sir
00:24:48ensign benson
00:24:49yes cracker jack mine
00:24:51smart as a whip
00:24:51remember steckler
00:24:53we have only nine days
00:24:55no more
00:24:55all right
00:24:57now batten down the hatches
00:24:58full speed ahead
00:24:59patten down the hatches
00:25:00full speed ahead
00:25:01yes sir
00:25:01um
00:25:02oh excuse me sir
00:25:04may i make a call
00:25:06i promised a little woman
00:25:07shut up
00:25:08yes sir
00:25:09how did we ever win
00:25:22top secret airy
00:25:30what is it
00:25:53who are you
00:25:55come come man speak up
00:26:07lieutenant steckler
00:26:09i told you it was a secret
00:26:16the ensign is expecting you
00:26:18this way
00:26:19how do you do lieutenant
00:26:47and
00:26:50ensign benson
00:26:52that's right
00:26:53lieutenant john paul stellman
00:26:58paul john stellet
00:27:00paul paul
00:27:03stauffer
00:27:04steckler
00:27:04steckler that's it harry steckler
00:27:06no
00:27:06sit down lieutenant
00:27:08please make yourself comfortable
00:27:10thank you
00:27:12thank you
00:27:13they let you keep secrets
00:27:17of course
00:27:18why
00:27:18oh
00:27:20oh nothing
00:27:20it's it's just that you look like a girl that has nothing to hide
00:27:23hmm
00:27:24no
00:27:25i don't
00:27:26what i mean to say is
00:27:27that if the cornblatt were built anything like you they'd have never lost it
00:27:30uh
00:27:31no
00:27:32what i'm trying to say is
00:27:33i don't know what they're putting together over there in russia
00:27:35but whatever it is we're way ahead of them
00:27:37lieutenant i know you're the victim of one of the biggest boo-boos in the history of the u.s navy
00:27:47yeah i am
00:27:48i've looked over your record and it's spotless
00:27:50you've always had the utmost concern for government property
00:27:52well i always did try my best
00:27:55except maybe just that one time
00:27:58when i painted my sea bag all red
00:28:00and cut the two holes in the bottom for my feet
00:28:02your feet
00:28:03well it was a halloween party
00:28:04you see i went as a skinless frankfurter
00:28:06as a skin
00:28:07i see
00:28:08lieutenant
00:28:10i won first prize
00:28:11how nice
00:28:12it was a case of skinless frankfurters
00:28:14that was a coincidence
00:28:15i was very lucky
00:28:17uh now lieutenant let's review the facts
00:28:20anything
00:28:20we're going to be working pretty closely together and i
00:28:24that that's all well and good ensign
00:28:27it's very nice and i might like that but
00:28:29i'm married
00:28:30i know what i meant was
00:28:32how is prudence
00:28:35who
00:28:36prudence your wife
00:28:38oh oh the one i'm married
00:28:40oh prudence she's fine
00:28:42thank you
00:28:42well
00:28:44what i started to say was
00:28:46we'll be working pretty closely together
00:28:48and i thought perhaps we might dispense with usual formalities
00:28:51thank you very much ensign
00:28:52that's a very good idea
00:28:54you can relax that way
00:28:55you can call me john
00:28:57and i can call you
00:28:59ensign benson
00:29:01rita
00:29:02rita
00:29:03oh that's nice
00:29:04i once had a parrot i called rita
00:29:06it hated me
00:29:08its real name was frank
00:29:10frank
00:29:12say ensign
00:29:18it's strange but how do you know so much about my wife prudence and myself
00:29:23oh i know lots of things about you john
00:29:26practically everything
00:29:28everything except what happened to the cornblatt
00:29:32why don't you fill me in
00:29:34can we talk
00:29:36yes
00:29:37rita
00:29:46if i knew anything
00:29:48wouldn't you be the first to tell me
00:29:50well since you put it that way
00:29:53well we'll see
00:29:55now if you'll just come with me lieutenant
00:29:57we can get started
00:29:58where we going
00:30:01operation snaggle
00:30:03there now
00:30:11do you like waltzes
00:30:13oh yes i love them but i'm too upset to dance
00:30:16this is therapy john
00:30:20just to soothe you
00:30:21get you relaxed
00:30:22uh-huh
00:30:23comfortable
00:30:24yes very
00:30:26you can take your shoes off if you like
00:30:28oh thank you
00:30:31i won't be as tall though
00:30:33i just want you to be completely relaxed
00:30:36now stretch out
00:30:37anything you say
00:30:41not on the floor john
00:30:46in the chair
00:30:47in the chair
00:30:49i'm sorry
00:30:50thank you
00:30:51you're very kind
00:30:53say this is peaceful
00:30:56i've never been this comfortable
00:30:59before
00:31:00relax john
00:31:02yes
00:31:03relax
00:31:04how's that
00:31:07oh yummy
00:31:09now
00:31:11i want you to tell me
00:31:12everything you can remember
00:31:14about the cornblatt
00:31:15everything
00:31:15now
00:31:17concentrate
00:31:18yeah
00:31:19go back
00:31:20back
00:31:21far
00:31:22far
00:31:23far
00:31:23far
00:31:23far
00:31:24back
00:31:24yeah i'm going back
00:31:25back
00:31:26back
00:31:27back
00:31:28far
00:31:29far
00:31:29far
00:31:30far
00:31:30back
00:31:30what ship are you on
00:31:31i'm on the
00:31:32good
00:31:33ship
00:31:35yes
00:31:36lollipop
00:31:37i'm in a bathtub
00:31:38not that far back
00:31:56concentrate on the cornblatt
00:31:59the uss cornblatt
00:32:02i'll concentrate
00:32:04i'll concentrate
00:32:06it's coming back
00:32:07to me now
00:32:08yeah
00:32:10i can see it
00:32:11the cornblatt
00:32:14gliding through the blue pacific
00:32:16trim
00:32:18and beautiful
00:32:19bulging in just the right places
00:32:22no wonder she was known to us aboard
00:32:24as the pin-up girl of the fleet
00:32:26the uss maryland cornblatt
00:32:29it was vj day
00:32:32end of the war in the pacific
00:32:35who's he
00:32:47you remember sir
00:32:49ensign stuckler
00:32:50came aboard about a month ago
00:32:51you said to put him to work in the engine room
00:32:53oh yes
00:32:55which he nearly blew up
00:32:56oh yes
00:32:58so now he's helping out in the communication shack
00:33:00what do you got there mister
00:33:05a message from singpac sir
00:33:07well read it
00:33:08yes sir
00:33:09tiddly boo tiddly bang
00:33:10clippity clop chap clang
00:33:12poughkeepsie
00:33:12not in code
00:33:14let me read that
00:33:15now hear this men
00:33:19we're to proceed to pearl harbor
00:33:21where all officers and men with enough points
00:33:23will be flown to the mainland
00:33:24for immediate discharge
00:33:26very easy
00:33:30now what did you do that for
00:33:47well
00:33:48hey
00:33:53hey
00:33:54hey
00:33:55hey
00:33:56hey
00:33:57hey
00:33:58hey
00:33:59hey
00:34:00hey
00:34:01hey
00:34:02hey
00:34:03hey
00:34:05hey
00:34:06hey
00:34:07hey
00:34:08hey
00:34:09hey
00:34:10hey
00:34:11hey
00:34:12hey
00:34:13hey
00:34:14hey
00:34:15hey
00:34:16hey
00:34:17hey
00:34:17hey
00:34:17hey
00:34:18We finally put in at Pearl Harbor
00:34:23and lined up for final inspection.
00:34:26As we stood there, everyone had only one thought in mind.
00:34:30H-O-M-E.
00:34:33Girls.
00:34:37Now hear this.
00:34:39Men, I'm proud to have served with every one of you.
00:34:43I'd like to shake every man's hand,
00:34:45but that would only be wasting precious time.
00:34:48All reservists with enough parts for discharge take off.
00:34:51And that's an order.
00:34:57Well, I go where my men go.
00:35:00Congratulations, Bill.
00:35:01As the new commanding officer, the USS Cornblatt is all yours.
00:35:06Joe, congratulations on your new job.
00:35:09Who is going to sail the Cornblatt to the mainland?
00:35:13The commander handed over the ship to the lieutenant commander.
00:35:16The lieutenant commander passed her along to the lieutenant.
00:35:20The lieutenant turned her over to the lieutenant J.G.
00:35:23The lieutenant J.G. passed her on to Ensign Roberts,
00:35:27and Roberts gave her to Steckler.
00:35:31And Steckler got stuck.
00:35:33All right, you men.
00:35:41Now hear this.
00:35:43I'm the new skipper of this ship.
00:35:46Set the special C in anchor detail.
00:35:48Stand by to get on the way.
00:35:52Leave your quarters.
00:35:53Say, haven't we met someplace before?
00:36:18Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, the Army and Navy game?
00:36:21Wachinski, sir. Stan Wachinski.
00:36:23I'm your chief Boltson's mate.
00:36:24We just met the dock an hour ago.
00:36:26Oh, that's right.
00:36:29Um, oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
00:36:31I never forget a face.
00:36:33I should have known.
00:36:34Say, uh, chief, um,
00:36:37how long you been in the Navy?
00:36:38Over 20 years, sir.
00:36:3910 years with the flat tops,
00:36:405 years with the battle wagons,
00:36:42the rest of the time on D.E.'s.
00:36:43Good, because I'd like to ask you a question.
00:36:46What's that, sir?
00:36:47Um, how do you back this thing out of here?
00:36:52How do you back this?
00:36:54It's all right, kid.
00:36:57I mean, sir.
00:36:59If you'd excuse me, sir,
00:37:00I'd have to go after and load the popsicles on
00:37:02for the snack bar.
00:37:03What's this?
00:37:04Well, you want to calibrate the sexton, don't you?
00:37:07I have a better idea, chief.
00:37:08Uh, you calibrate the sexton
00:37:10and I'll load the popsicles.
00:37:16Let's see if we know our business here.
00:37:18It is a dry round.
00:37:20All hands, stand by to get underway.
00:37:25You men forward, taking the guideway.
00:37:27You men half, lightboat practice
00:37:29in a starboard lightboat.
00:37:31Wait a minute.
00:37:31Let's change that.
00:37:32Men half, not in lightboat.
00:37:33Men forward, stand by.
00:37:35Men half, taking the guideway.
00:37:36Ready to get in the way.
00:37:39That goes for you two in the engine room.
00:37:41See an anchor detail.
00:37:42Stop to it.
00:37:43Forward, aft stations.
00:37:44Men half, forward stations.
00:37:46No, no.
00:37:46Forward, forward, aft.
00:37:47I mean, aft, aft, forward, forward.
00:37:49You're still confused.
00:37:50Look, one of us has to run this ship.
00:37:53I'm the leader.
00:37:54I'm the leader?
00:37:55Yeah.
00:38:02Now hear this.
00:38:04Now hear this.
00:38:06I want a tight ship.
00:38:10I want an efficient ship.
00:38:12Because an efficient ship is a happy ship.
00:38:15And a happy ship is a tight ship.
00:38:17And I want everyone to be efficient, happy, and tight.
00:38:21There'll be no drinking.
00:38:23That's all.
00:38:25Next stop, San Diego.
00:38:27All stations report in.
00:38:32Engines manned and ready.
00:38:34All stations report in.
00:38:36All engines manned and ready, sir.
00:38:39Stand by to answer all bells.
00:38:41Stand by to answer all bells.
00:38:43Engines ready to answer all bells, sir.
00:38:46Right stand at rudder.
00:38:48Port engine ahead, one third.
00:38:51Starboard engine back, one third.
00:38:52Right stand at rudder, sir.
00:38:56Admiral Halsey couldn't have done it any better.
00:38:59All astern, one third.
00:39:01Oh, I missed the part about taking in the lines.
00:39:26We were finally on our way, ten feet out from Pearl Harbor.
00:39:31And only 2,327 miles to the mainland.
00:39:35My worries were almost over.
00:39:37So there I was in command of the cornblatt.
00:39:59I was doing everything by the book.
00:40:01And the book was doing fine.
00:40:03Then on the third day out,
00:40:04I had to take a sight to check our course
00:40:07where Chinsky was waiting in the wheelhouse.
00:40:10Now hear this.
00:40:12Now hear this.
00:40:14Stand by to change course.
00:40:1785 degrees, left rudder.
00:40:20Wait in further order, sir.
00:40:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:40:40Coming up.
00:40:41Oh, there we are.
00:40:52Yeah.
00:40:5344 and a half degrees, left rudder.
00:40:56No, make that 44 and a third.
00:41:0062 and two-fifth, right rudder.
00:41:02Are you sure you're reading, sir?
00:41:04Diagonal abuse of signet-toxile forward mark.
00:41:09That doesn't sound right to me.
00:41:12Maybe now's a shortcut.
00:41:16Oh, please.
00:41:17We were sailing a straight and true course for San Diego.
00:41:29Well, almost a straight course.
00:41:31I will admit we skidded a few times.
00:41:32Well, things were perfect.
00:42:02Pretty mixed up for a while.
00:42:04Lucky there wasn't much traffic.
00:42:06Five days out, we spotted land ahead.
00:42:09An island uncharted on any map.
00:42:11We had just made an important discovery.
00:42:14We were lost.
00:42:15I realized I'd made a boo-boo,
00:42:17so I named our discovery Boo-boo Island.
00:42:20All engines ahead, one-third.
00:42:29What happened?
00:42:30I didn't say stop.
00:42:31I said all engines ahead, one-third.
00:42:33That might be a little tough, sir.
00:42:34You see, we're on a reef.
00:42:36On a reef?
00:42:39Maybe we let a radio for help, sir.
00:42:42Radio for help?
00:42:43And have a blot on our record?
00:42:44No, sir, not on your life.
00:42:46We'll sit right here and wait for that tide to come back in.
00:42:49That's it.
00:42:50Wait for the tide.
00:42:51Could it have gone very far out of the tide, do you think?
00:42:54Life jacket, sir.
00:42:55Life jacket?
00:42:56But the tide didn't come back.
00:42:58So I decided to investigate the island.
00:43:01Maybe there were people on it,
00:43:02and they could tell us where we were.
00:43:04when I knew how it was,
00:43:23there was a lie.
00:43:24I didn't feel free,
00:43:25but there was some food for you.
00:43:27I couldn't even know how you had one accident.
00:43:28I didn't know how how would you come back.
00:43:29Oh, my God.
00:43:59It's awfully quiet here, ain't it?
00:44:12Don't be scared, Skip, but the war's over.
00:44:15Come on, Brown. You take the right flank, I'll take the left flank.
00:44:19I'll wait in the boat for you, fellas.
00:44:22Okay?
00:44:25Fellas?
00:44:28Fellas?
00:44:29Fellas?
00:44:52Make some noise, birdies. It's too quiet.
00:44:54After all, what have we got to...
00:44:58Help, help!
00:45:05Wachinski!
00:45:07Help, help!
00:45:09Go out!
00:45:11Help, help!
00:45:13Wachinski!
00:45:15Help!
00:45:16Help, help!
00:45:18What are you yelling about? I'm the one that's in trouble.
00:45:27Help, help!
00:45:28What's your thing?
00:45:29That way, Chief. Go ahead, go ahead.
00:45:32Help!
00:45:34Help!
00:45:36Help!
00:45:37Help!
00:45:38Stop.
00:45:39Help!
00:45:40Help!
00:45:41Help!
00:45:42I thought you'd get here!
00:45:49Thanks, Machinsky. Thanks, Brown.
00:45:54Machinsky?
00:45:57Brown?
00:46:00All right. Okay. Here you are. Here it is.
00:46:04No, you're making a mistake. You don't understand.
00:46:08Wait a minute. Will you wait?
00:46:10Well, let me explain. You don't understand. The war is over.
00:46:14Here, nobody's mad at nobody.
00:46:17We're friends. You friend, me friend. How?
00:46:23Wait a minute. What are you charging?
00:46:30What does that mean?
00:46:33What's he want to speak to me? They don't understand that the war is over.
00:46:36Oh! Oh!
00:46:37American Sera boy.
00:46:40Welcome to island of Yannakushma.
00:46:43Thank you. It's a very...
00:46:44You are prisoner of Colonel Genzo Takahashi.
00:46:47Well, thank you, Colonel, but I don't like to sound contradictory.
00:46:51But if anybody's prisoner of anybody, you're my prisoner.
00:46:55You see, the war is over.
00:46:56Who win?
00:46:58Who win?
00:46:59Well, I hope you don't get mad, but we win.
00:47:02Who win, American Sera boy?
00:47:05You win?
00:47:07Haven't you heard? The war is over.
00:47:09Silence!
00:47:10When war is over, we hear about it.
00:47:12Yeah, but I swear.
00:47:13You lie, American Sera boy.
00:47:15Because you lie, you die.
00:47:17Die!
00:47:18Oh! Wait!
00:47:19I die?
00:47:20Oh!
00:47:21You're making a mistake!
00:47:22They're making a mistake!
00:47:23They're making a mistake!
00:47:24In the war!
00:47:25It's over!
00:47:26You shouldn't kill a bison when it's over!
00:47:29I can swear it came from here.
00:47:30Wait a minute, here's some footprints.
00:47:38Oh, no.
00:47:39Poor Steckler.
00:47:41He was only an ensign, but underneath it he was a real good Joe.
00:47:43I don't see his body.
00:47:48Washed out to sea.
00:47:51He would have liked that.
00:47:54Let's go back to the corn blood.
00:48:02You don't lie, I told him the war is over, but you gotta stay awake.
00:48:06Oh, I'll stay awake.
00:48:09I'm just half, let me sleep just half asleep.
00:48:11One?
00:48:12No, all the way.
00:48:13All right.
00:48:15I got willpower.
00:48:17You gotta have willpower.
00:48:18Strong.
00:48:19Be strong when you don't...
00:48:21Oh, that wasn't very good willpower.
00:48:26I'm tired.
00:48:27No idea.
00:48:31The noise will keep you from falling asleep.
00:48:36Get some...
00:48:37I know shit.
00:48:38I know shit.
00:48:44Hello!
00:48:48Look at all.
00:48:58Wake up!
00:48:59Wake up!
00:49:00Wake up!
00:49:01Wake up!
00:49:06Good morning.
00:49:07Sunrise.
00:49:08Time will you die.
00:49:10Before breakfast?
00:49:11All right.
00:49:12All right.
00:49:18No.
00:49:20Let me just get...
00:49:22Come in!
00:49:23Let's go.
00:49:24Let's go.
00:49:26Shut up!
00:49:45Are you still content for the Japanese fighting squad?
00:49:47Oh, no, I don't. It's just I'm very slow.
00:49:53What's that?
00:49:55Prepare the prisoner for extrication.
00:49:57Wait, the war is... You don't understand.
00:50:01Hey, just a minute. You're making a mistake.
00:50:17I can't kill a man in his sleep. Wake up! Wake up!
00:50:31Tagayashi Taisho! Tagayashi Taisho!
00:50:34Tagayashi Taisho!
00:50:35I'm here.
00:50:36The war is over?
00:50:55Ah, American sailor boy, you are right. War is over. You are right.
00:51:02Wake up. Wake up!
00:51:06No!
00:51:11You're right. War is over.
00:51:14You didn't shoot me?
00:51:16No. Are you gonna?
00:51:18No. We lose. We surrender. We are prisoners.
00:51:21Oh, well, I don't want any prisoners. Thank you very much.
00:51:25The corn blood. Give my regards to all your friends.
00:51:29Witch! It's me!
00:51:36Oh, my God.
00:51:42My ship! Where's my ship?
00:51:44Colonel Tagayashi!
00:51:46We are prisoners of American sailor boy.
00:51:48Colonel Tagayashi!
00:51:49Colonel Tagayashi! Where's my ship?
00:51:51Surrender arms of American sailor boy!
00:51:54No, wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't want any guns. Wait. Whoa! I don't want any arms. Wait. I don't want any prisoners. I just want my ship.
00:52:03Oh, it's gotta be around here someplace.
00:52:06Lieutenant!
00:52:07Colonel Tagayashi!
00:52:09You're not Colonel Tagayashi. You're too pretty to be Colonel Tagayashi. You're Ensign Benson.
00:52:19Was that the last you saw of the corn blood?
00:52:22I'm telling the truth, Ensign. I never saw the corn blood again.
00:52:27Then why did you sign out for her one month later in San Diego?
00:52:31For the simple reason that when I showed up, I was signing papers for three days. Everything and anything they put in front of me, I was signing.
00:52:39As a matter of fact, I'm still making payments on a Quonset hut in the Aleutians.
00:52:43You signed out for a ship without even knowing she existed?
00:52:47Who cared? The war was over. The corn blood was decommissioned. Don't you understand?
00:52:51Anyhow, I should have gotten a medal for capturing an entire island all by myself, single-handed.
00:52:56Then when I went back to Pearl Harbor, I heard Wachinski checked her in in San Diego.
00:53:00There's no record of that.
00:53:01There's no record of it. It's seven o'clock. Could I go? My wife is waiting.
00:53:05Run along. We'll get together in the morning.
00:53:07What do you think? Do we have a chance?
00:53:10Before we find the corn blood, it seems to me we'll have to come up with a bosun's mate named Wachinski.
00:53:15Yeah, we'll have to find him.
00:53:18Oh, Lieutenant.
00:53:19Yes?
00:53:20If you get a chance tonight, give this matter some thought, will you?
00:53:25If I'm lucky, I won't get a chance.
00:53:33Well, here we are.
00:53:36Here we go.
00:53:37I promised I would carry you across the threshold and I'd keep my promise.
00:53:43Oh, Poochie.
00:53:45The key.
00:53:48In my pocket. No, dear. It wouldn't be this.
00:53:50No?
00:53:51No? Try the...
00:53:52No, not here either.
00:53:53Tickless, dear. Try down below in that pocket.
00:53:55No, not here either.
00:53:56Well, the other side.
00:53:57Oh, here.
00:53:58Do you feel anything there?
00:53:59No. No, it's not here.
00:54:00Look, just give me your arm, dear. Try the back pocket.
00:54:03Do you have it?
00:54:04No, it's not here either.
00:54:05Try the other side.
00:54:06Oh, here it is. Here it is.
00:54:07Oh, wait a minute.
00:54:08Oh, here it is.
00:54:09Here it is. Yes.
00:54:10Where is it, dear?
00:54:11Well, let me have it, honey.
00:54:12Here, here.
00:54:13That's fine.
00:54:14Just try and relax, dear, because...
00:54:15You're a little head.
00:54:16All right.
00:54:17Here we go, dear.
00:54:18I got it now.
00:54:19Well, darling, alone at last.
00:54:22Alone?
00:54:23Oh!
00:54:24Mother!
00:54:25What are you doing here?
00:54:26Well, Pruvens called and said you were staying at some navy place.
00:54:29I thought you'd be doing it.
00:54:30Oh, dear.
00:54:31Oh, dear.
00:54:32Oh, dear.
00:54:33Oh, dear.
00:54:34Oh, dear.
00:54:35Oh, dear.
00:54:36Oh, dear.
00:54:37Oh, dear.
00:54:38Oh, dear.
00:54:39Oh, dear.
00:54:40Oh, dear.
00:54:41Oh, dear.
00:54:42Oh, dear.
00:54:43Oh, dear.
00:54:44I thought you'd be delighted to have someone to keep you company.
00:54:47I am.
00:54:48Him.
00:54:49Well, now that you're here, Mom, and now that we're here...
00:54:54Yes.
00:54:57Here we all are.
00:55:00Anyone for aspirin?
00:55:01John, you don't look at all well.
00:55:04I can't say married life is agreeing with you.
00:55:07I can't say it myself.
00:55:09I wouldn't know.
00:55:10Well, I certainly didn't mean to barge in on your honeymoon.
00:55:13I'll just get the hotel to move me to another room for the night.
00:55:16Oh, no.
00:55:17I'll do it, Mother.
00:55:18I'll run right down, and I'll talk to the room clerk.
00:55:20You can phone him.
00:55:22Oh!
00:55:23No, but I don't mind.
00:55:24Really.
00:55:25The exercise will do me good.
00:55:26I'll talk to the room clerk myself, and I'll sign the name so that we're sure that you have your room.
00:55:29My head is just a little stuck.
00:55:30I'll get it.
00:55:31The arm.
00:55:32Help me with the arm.
00:55:33There we are.
00:55:34Lieutenant.
00:55:35Across the hall from us.
00:55:37I'm sorry, sir.
00:55:38It's all we have.
00:55:40Well, it's better than having her in the apartment with us.
00:55:44There he is.
00:55:50Let's tell him.
00:55:51I hope he don't go into shock.
00:55:55You're welcome.
00:55:56Oh, hi, fellas.
00:55:57You're a little early.
00:55:58I'm not due with BOQ till midnight.
00:56:01Sorry, Lieutenant.
00:56:02That's been changed.
00:56:03It's Betty by at 9.
00:56:05Admiral's order, sir.
00:56:06What you don't understand?
00:56:07My wife is upstairs waiting for me.
00:56:09Yeah, I guess you ought to say good night to her.
00:56:12Mrs. Steckler, please.
00:56:14But why can't I go up and say...
00:56:16Hello?
00:56:18Prudence?
00:56:19Guess what?
00:56:22Oh, no.
00:56:24But Ducky Poo, this is our...
00:56:27Poo?
00:56:28Your Navy.
00:56:29Yes.
00:56:30I'm a Navy wife.
00:56:32I understand.
00:56:34Good night, darling.
00:56:38They're taking him away again.
00:56:41What are you crying about, child?
00:56:44I'm here.
00:56:45Oh.
00:56:46There, there.
00:56:48Mother will take care of everything.
00:56:58I can tell you this, Congressman.
00:56:59We're making remarkable progress.
00:57:01Remarkable.
00:57:03As soon as we process certain incontrovertible facts
00:57:06and eliminate all dubious inconsistencies,
00:57:09we'll be able to arrive at an inescapable conclusion.
00:57:12In other words, you're right back where you started from.
00:57:15Well, you might put it that way.
00:57:18I'll see you at the hearing.
00:57:20Ensign Benson, sir.
00:57:25Hello?
00:57:26Hello, hello!
00:57:27She's here, sir.
00:57:28Oh?
00:57:29Oh!
00:57:30Why aren't you out finding the Corn Black?
00:57:32Well, as a matter of fact, sir, we're making remarkable progress.
00:57:33And we're now in possession of certain incontrovertible facts that eliminate all dubious possibilities.
00:57:45Oh, please!
00:57:46I've already been through all that.
00:57:47So you don't know where it is, huh?
00:57:49Well, no.
00:57:50But we know where it isn't.
00:57:52Oh, great.
00:57:53This man is the shrewdest, cleverest undercover agent we've ever been up against.
00:57:58But, sir, I think he's too dumb to be that smart to play it that stupid.
00:58:05Say that again.
00:58:06What I mean is his story is just too fantastic not to be true.
00:58:10I believe him.
00:58:11Ensign Benson, I don't have to remind you what's at stake here.
00:58:15Navy pride, Navy honor, Navy appropriations.
00:58:18Four billion dollars, man.
00:58:20That's real Navy.
00:58:22For you, sir.
00:58:23For me?
00:58:24Excuse me, sir.
00:58:25Something just came in.
00:58:26You found the Corn Black?
00:58:27No, but we found Wychinski.
00:58:29Oh, great.
00:58:30Who's he?
00:58:31Well, according to Steckler, he's the man who brought the Corn Black into port.
00:58:34We've located him in Miami, Florida, care of the Starlight Grove.
00:58:37You and Steckler take my plane.
00:58:38Contact him at once.
00:58:39Well, get moving.
00:58:40Aye, aye, sir.
00:58:41I'll have the shore patrol pick up Steckler, sir.
00:58:48Sorry, excuse me.
00:58:49I beg your pardon.
00:58:50Excuse me, please.
00:58:51My key.
00:58:52I can't remember the room.
00:58:53What room is my key in?
00:58:541105, Lieutenant.
00:58:55Yes, sir.
00:58:56But you don't need a key.
00:58:57I believe Mrs. Steckler is waiting for you.
00:58:58Oh, she is.
00:58:59Oh, thank you.
00:59:00Thank you very much.
00:59:18Yes?
00:59:19I brought you the wrinkly cream, Mother.
00:59:20Come on in.
00:59:26Hey, come on with you!
00:59:28What are you doing?
00:59:33Yes?
00:59:35I brought you the wrinkly cream, Mother.
00:59:37Come on in.
00:59:43Hey, man, what are you doing?
01:00:03What are you doing?
01:00:17Prudy!
01:00:19John!
01:00:23Sweetheart!
01:00:25Darling!
01:00:27Babyface!
01:00:29Angel!
01:00:31Luffy, doll.
01:00:33Oh, honey.
01:00:35Pooch.
01:00:37Hi.
01:00:39Not again.
01:00:41Sorry, sir. Admiral's orders.
01:00:43Yeah, well, I'm coming through.
01:00:45No, I'm not going!
01:00:47I'm not going!
01:00:49Gone!
01:01:01That's him!
01:01:03That's Wachinski!
01:01:05Come on!
01:01:07Hey, Wachinski!
01:01:09You!
01:01:11It's you!
01:01:13You!
01:01:14You remember me, John Paul Steckler?
01:01:15The salmon!
01:01:16I thought you were dead.
01:01:17I wish I was.
01:01:18We'd like to talk to you.
01:01:19Don't you?
01:01:20Yeah, any time, Lieutenant.
01:01:21Excuse me.
01:01:22Stan!
01:01:23Stan!
01:01:24Now, what's on your mind, pal?
01:01:25Well, Stan, there are some questions that only you can answer.
01:01:27You see, now, first of all...
01:01:28Excuse me.
01:01:29Oh!
01:01:30Oh!
01:01:31Oh!
01:01:32Oh!
01:01:33Oh!
01:01:34Oh!
01:01:35Oh!
01:01:36Oh!
01:01:37Oh!
01:01:38Oh!
01:01:39Oh!
01:01:40Oh!
01:01:41Oh!
01:01:42Oh!
01:01:43Oh!
01:01:44Oh!
01:01:45Oh!
01:01:46Oh!
01:01:47Oh!
01:01:48Oh!
01:01:49Excuse me.
01:01:50Oh!
01:01:51Oh!
01:01:52Oh!
01:01:53Oh!
01:01:54Oh!
01:01:55Oh!
01:01:56Oh!
01:01:57Oh!
01:01:58Oh!
01:01:59Oh!
01:02:00You sure you ain't dead?
01:02:01Oh!
01:02:02I mean, what's...
01:02:03What can I do for you?
01:02:04Mr. Wachinski, we're trying to find a destroyer escort.
01:02:06The USS Hornblast.
01:02:07Yeah, do you remember, Stan?
01:02:08No!
01:02:09Stan!
01:02:10Wachinski!
01:02:11We just wanna find if you remember.
01:02:12Stan!
01:02:13Stan!
01:02:14We wanna know if you remember.
01:02:18Hey, Stan, you remember the Kornblad, don't you?
01:02:23Remember it. How could I forget it?
01:02:25Watch it, will you? I'm talking to my friends.
01:02:28Excuse me. Ooh, excuse me.
01:02:31Wait, wait, Wachinsky, wait, wait, Wachinsky, Wachinsky.
01:02:35Listen, Wachinsky.
01:02:37Do you remember signing all the decommissioning papers?
01:02:40I think so.
01:02:43Well, Wachinsky, the big question is,
01:02:45what have you turned the Kornblad over to?
01:02:48Who did you...
01:02:51I remember, we turned the ship over to Lieutenant J.G.
01:02:55Yeah, what was his name? Wachinsky!
01:02:57I forget.
01:02:58Hit him again.
01:03:03Watch it!
01:03:05That hurt!
01:03:07Whose side are you on, anyhow?
01:03:10Well, I'm on your side, Stan. I was just telling...
01:03:12Wait a minute.
01:03:13I just remembered!
01:03:15He remembers!
01:03:16Yeah, go ahead. Wait, he's remembering.
01:03:17You heard him.
01:03:18All right.
01:03:19Who? You said he remembers.
01:03:20Now I forgot again!
01:03:22He had it. He had it.
01:03:24And you made him forget it!
01:03:26Oh!
01:03:27Oh!
01:03:28Oh!
01:03:29Oh!
01:03:30Oh!
01:03:31Oh!
01:03:32Oh!
01:03:33Oh!
01:03:34Oh!
01:03:35Oh!
01:03:36Oh!
01:03:37Oh!
01:03:38Oh!
01:03:39Oh!
01:03:40Oh!
01:03:41Oh!
01:03:42Oh!
01:03:47Oh!
01:03:48Oh!
01:04:00Oh!
01:04:03Oh!
01:04:04Yeah!
01:04:05Oh!
01:04:06Oh!
01:04:07Well, it looks like a bad one.
01:04:21The weather boys say it's going to get worse.
01:04:23Not a chance, huh?
01:04:25No, I'm afraid you're grounded, Lieutenant.
01:04:27Grounded? What for?
01:04:29It's a beautiful night out. There is a cloud in the sky.
01:04:32Oh, there's a little breeze.
01:04:34Uh, it's wet and damp, a little, but I just got to get to Washington tonight.
01:04:38Isn't there any way...
01:04:39No, not in the air.
01:04:40Not in the air.
01:04:41Well, there is a train leaving from downtown in about, oh, 40 minutes.
01:04:45It's generally pretty jammed, though.
01:04:47Will you try to get us on it?
01:04:48Well, sure thing.
01:04:49Peggy, see what you can do about getting them on the train.
01:04:52Yes, ma'am.
01:04:54I'd like to call my wife. May I use your phone?
01:04:56Sure, go ahead.
01:05:00Hello, operator.
01:05:01I'd like to call Washington, D.C., please.
01:05:08Mrs. Steckler?
01:05:09Yes, this is Mrs. Steckler.
01:05:11Mr. Steckler calling.
01:05:13Oh, put him on.
01:05:16John, I just knew you'd get away from bachelor quarters.
01:05:20I never got to bachelor quarters, dear.
01:05:23Where are you?
01:05:24Florida.
01:05:25Florida?
01:05:25And I had mother move into another room.
01:05:30Honey, I can't...
01:05:31There's a slight hurricane here.
01:05:35A hurricane.
01:05:37They're trying to get Benson and me out on the train tonight.
01:05:39You're all set, Lieutenant.
01:05:41Oh, did you hear that, dear?
01:05:42I'm all set.
01:05:43You got the last available accommodation.
01:05:45Oh, that's well, thank you.
01:05:46You and the ensign will be sharing the bedroom.
01:05:48Fine.
01:05:49Honey, Benson and I will be sharing...
01:05:52What?
01:05:52Benson and I, but Benson's a...
01:05:56Hello?
01:05:57Hello, Prudence?
01:05:58Prudence, you still there?
01:05:59Honey, can you hear me?
01:06:01Why can't you share a bedroom with Benson?
01:06:05Hello?
01:06:06Hello, operator?
01:06:07I'm sorry, madam.
01:06:09Your party's been disconnected.
01:06:10My party never got started.
01:06:15Hello, operator?
01:06:17Operator?
01:06:18Prudence?
01:06:19She hung up on me.
01:06:20Help.
01:06:21No, she didn't.
01:06:22Look, all the wires are down.
01:06:23If you can explain it all to her tomorrow right now,
01:06:25we've got a train to catch.
01:06:27Here, Lieutenant, take these.
01:06:28You'll need them.
01:06:31We'll send them back to your old press
01:06:32when we're through using them.
01:06:33What's the matter, Lieutenant?
01:06:48Can't you sleep?
01:06:51What's the matter, Lieutenant?
01:07:02Can't you sleep?
01:07:03Oh, yeah.
01:07:04I'm waiting till she's undressed.
01:07:06Just married?
01:07:07Uh-huh.
01:07:08Oh, yeah, but I mean, no, you don't understand.
01:07:12Count to three, John.
01:07:13Then you can come in.
01:07:14Oh.
01:07:15I think I'd better go out and count some more.
01:07:33Get to bed, Lieutenant.
01:07:35Here.
01:07:36Don't be so concerned.
01:07:38We're Navy men.
01:07:39Uh-huh.
01:07:41Okay.
01:07:42Okay.
01:08:08Ensign Vanson?
01:08:09Yeah?
01:08:11I never thought I'd be sharing a bedroom with you.
01:08:14Uh, I mean...
01:08:15I know what you mean.
01:08:17She and I had everything perfectly arranged.
01:08:21I was gonna spend the night with Prudence.
01:08:25That's my wife.
01:08:27I know.
01:08:29Well, cheer up. You'll be back with Prudence in the morning.
01:08:35You know what's strange?
01:08:37Here I am in my shorts.
01:08:39That is strange.
01:08:41No, what I mean is here I am in my shorts with you before I'm in my shorts with her.
01:08:46What?
01:08:47Well...
01:08:48Oh!
01:08:49Oh, I'm sorry.
01:08:52Well, I'm trying to explain, see...
01:08:54Oh, never mind, John. Just hurry up and get in a bed.
01:08:58Well, that's what I mean, see? Here I am hearing you say that before I ever heard her say it.
01:09:06You mean you never...
01:09:08Never!
01:09:09It just isn't fair to have this happen to a sweet, decent guy like you.
01:09:16I'm not so sweet and I'm not so decent.
01:09:19I am human.
01:09:21And I've taken just about all I can stand.
01:09:24Now remember, John, we're Navy men.
01:09:27Do you know what I have on my mind?
01:09:30Navy men.
01:09:31Do you know what I would like to do?
01:09:34What?
01:09:35I would like to just walk into that hearing and tell them all to go jump in a lake!
01:09:46Well, what's so funny?
01:09:48Nothing.
01:09:49Nothing, really.
01:09:51You know something, mister?
01:09:53Your wife is a very, very lucky girl.
01:09:58Now go to bed.
01:10:05I will go home and walk.
01:10:06Come on.
01:10:07I'm going to go home and walk.
01:10:08Come on, John.
01:10:09I'm going home and walk.
01:10:10What are you doing?
01:10:11I am home and walk away.
01:10:14Blue, dog, son!
01:10:15Eight.
01:10:16Seven o'clock, folks.
01:10:17One hour to Washington.
01:10:23One hour.
01:10:26Three.
01:10:27Seven o'clock, folks.
01:10:28One hour to Washington.
01:10:35It's seven o'clock, John.
01:10:51Seven o'clock.
01:10:52Okay, Poo, seven o'clock.
01:10:54I'm up.
01:10:55Isn't that Poo?
01:10:58Isn't that Poo?
01:11:13Oh, never mind.
01:11:14Here it is.
01:11:15I've got it.
01:11:28Ducky Poo!
01:11:35Prudence!
01:11:36Mom!
01:11:37Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
01:11:39I didn't think you'd get up this early.
01:11:40I haven't been able to sleep a wink since you left.
01:11:43So you really were in Florida.
01:11:45Well, of course.
01:11:46Where did you think?
01:11:47I was...
01:11:48Oh, this must be Prudence and her mother.
01:11:51It must?
01:11:52I mean, it must.
01:11:53It is.
01:11:54Well, John, aren't you going to introduce us to the lovely lady?
01:11:57Oh, she's not a lovely lady.
01:11:58She's an ensign.
01:11:59She's Ensign Benson?
01:12:00Why, yes, sweetheart.
01:12:01This is the ensign that was working on me.
01:12:03I mean, I was working on her.
01:12:04What I mean to say is we were working together.
01:12:06Well, it hasn't all been drudgery, has it?
01:12:09So, you're Ensign Benson.
01:12:11John has told me so, so nothing about you.
01:12:14Well, he's told me a lot about you.
01:12:16And he'll be all yours before long.
01:12:19I'll phone our report in to Admiral Blood.
01:12:24What has she got?
01:12:25A twitch?
01:12:26Why does she keep winking?
01:12:27Well, honey, she's just being friendly, that's all.
01:12:31You're a good guy, that Benson.
01:12:34Well, what do you say we go have some breakfast?
01:12:37Goodbye, Lieutenant.
01:12:38It certainly has been a pleasure having you and the missus aboard.
01:12:41Missus?
01:12:42You mean you two actually did share a bedroom?
01:12:45Oh, sweetheart, let me explain.
01:12:46It was the only accommodation we can get.
01:12:48Don't you understand?
01:12:49This is a top military project.
01:12:51We just can't...
01:12:52If I close my eyes, I can see your father standing here.
01:12:55But he never told me a pip like this.
01:12:57John, how could you?
01:12:59It wasn't easy!
01:13:00I've heard quite enough, Prudence.
01:13:02I'm going back to Ackron.
01:13:05Oh!
01:13:06And I'm going with you!
01:13:07Prudence!
01:13:08She was in a lower, I was in an upper.
01:13:10I swear!
01:13:11Two different...
01:13:12Well, it's...
01:13:13Has happened!
01:13:14You're telling me.
01:13:15Congressman Manville has found out that the Admiral's been hiding you from him,
01:13:18and he's as mad as a hornet.
01:13:19He's moved the hearing up to today, 10 a.m.
01:13:22Come on!
01:13:23Oh, what more could happen?
01:13:26What more?
01:13:27More!
01:13:40Now, son, I'm taking Ensign Benson's word on your character.
01:13:44And don't worry, I'll stick by you.
01:13:46Oh, thank you very much, sir.
01:13:48But it's not going to do you any good.
01:13:49No?
01:13:50Mandeville's out for your blood.
01:13:52During the war, he never got higher than,
01:13:54ships cook third class, and he'll never forget it.
01:13:57We'd better get inside, sir.
01:13:58Lieutenant, one last briefing.
01:13:59Yes, sir.
01:14:00When you face the committee, whatever you do,
01:14:02don't get flustered and don't panic.
01:14:04No, sir, I won't.
01:14:05I can handle it.
01:14:06I won't pluster or fannic.
01:14:08Easy, son.
01:14:09Face it like a man.
01:14:11Remember, you're Navy.
01:14:12Yes, sir, I'm Navy, and I won't pluster or fannic.
01:14:15How do you say that?
01:14:16It's simple.
01:14:17Pluster or fannic.
01:14:18Fannic or plus...
01:14:19Never mind how you say it, just don't.
01:14:21No, I won't.
01:14:22Let's get in, then.
01:14:23Good luck, John.
01:14:25Keep a stiff upper lip.
01:14:26Yeah, I will.
01:14:27I can't talk too good that one,
01:14:29but if that's the way you want it, I'll keep it.
01:14:33I'm sorry, but the key isn't here.
01:14:35Have you called the room?
01:14:36I called the room, and there's no answer.
01:14:38I'm telling you, I gotta talk to Mrs. Steckler.
01:14:40Pardon me a moment.
01:14:42Mother, I...
01:14:44I know I'm making the wrong decision.
01:14:46John loves me.
01:14:47If he did, he'd have followed you here.
01:14:49There she is now, with her mother.
01:14:51Oh, thanks a lot.
01:14:54Mr. Steckler?
01:14:55Yes?
01:14:56Phew.
01:14:57I'm Stan Wachinski.
01:14:58I was with your husband on the ship that's missing.
01:15:00The Kornblad?
01:15:01Yes, ma'am.
01:15:02That's what he came down to Florida to see me about.
01:15:03Then it was Navy business.
01:15:05Oh, you bet.
01:15:06Only last night, I couldn't remember where it was.
01:15:08And then when I did remember, he had left.
01:15:11So I beat it up here, and now they won't let me in at the hearing.
01:15:14What hearing?
01:15:15Down at the Capitol.
01:15:16I figured you're his wife so you could get a message to him, you see?
01:15:19A message about what?
01:15:21The Kornblad.
01:15:22I think I know where it is.
01:15:24Mr. Wachinski, you're a doll.
01:15:26Come on.
01:15:27Open the side door.
01:15:28This way.
01:15:29The hearing will come to order.
01:15:35First, I would like to point out that this is not a trial nor a court martial.
01:15:40It is merely an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a United States naval vessel.
01:15:47A destroyer escort.
01:15:49Or was it subversion?
01:15:51Espionage?
01:15:52A foreign agent threatening our nation's security?
01:15:55I ask you, is that the face of an honest man?
01:16:01I ask you.
01:16:09I ask you.
01:16:11That is what we are here to find out in free and democratic process.
01:16:16Do you want to come clean, Lieutenant?
01:16:25Gentlemen, I'm convinced that Lieutenant Steckler is telling the truth.
01:16:37And that he's just the victim of unfortunate circumstances.
01:16:40Miss Benson, are you quite sure this is the Navy officer talking and not the woman?
01:16:45Yes, sir.
01:16:46Isn't it true that you and Lieutenant Steckler shared a compartment coming back from Florida?
01:16:51Well, yes, but what's that got to do?
01:16:55That will be all, Miss Benson.
01:17:06I promise you, Admiral, I won't rest till I see this man Steckler behind bars.
01:17:13Get rid of those things. They're driving me crazy.
01:17:16That's the way the ball bounces.
01:17:25This is no laughing matter, young man.
01:17:28I want the United States protected from your kind of criminal negligence.
01:17:32Now, see here, Congressman.
01:17:34Lieutenant Steckler is a naval officer, and I want him treated as a naval officer.
01:17:37If the chief himself hadn't ordered me to cooperate with this committee, I'd have hung up on your very first phone call.
01:17:48Don't take my part, sir.
01:17:52Are you sure that's where the cornblatt is?
01:17:54Well, I think I'm sure.
01:17:57I mean, what's the difference? What have we got to lose?
01:18:01It's a long shot, a gamble, but you're right. What have we got to lose?
01:18:07I'll see if I can get an adjournment.
01:18:08Good deal.
01:18:09I consider it my sacred duty to dig through all the lies and evasion until I get the truth.
01:18:20Congressman, I'd like to request an adjournment for 48 hours.
01:18:25Rudeen!
01:18:26Where are you going?
01:18:27Oh, it's my wife.
01:18:28You see, we got to fight this morning.
01:18:29Who let those people in here?
01:18:30This is a crime.
01:18:31You want to fight for that, don't you?
01:18:32This is my wife.
01:18:33You want to fight for that, don't you?
01:18:35This is my wife.
01:18:36For �n't it, for �n't it, for �n't it, for �n't it!
01:18:37And I'd like to shake her hand.
01:18:40I'm sorry I asked.
01:18:42Hearing adjourned for 48 hours.
01:18:45BWA!
01:18:47OOOOOH!
01:18:48OOOOOH!
01:18:49OOOOOH!
01:18:51OOOOOH!
01:18:52All I remember is this Lieutenant J.G. says to me
01:19:04they'll be using the old girl for target practice.
01:19:07She's going to a watery grave.
01:19:08Yeah, well, according to these old bombing records,
01:19:11we ought to be right in the area.
01:19:13Uh, Zay Coxon, head due west.
01:19:17East?
01:19:18Uh, I meant east.
01:19:22Even if we do find a ship down there,
01:19:35we still need evidence it's the cord black.
01:19:38Uh-huh.
01:19:52Uh-huh.
01:19:57Uh-huh.
01:20:01Uh-huh.
01:20:05Uh-huh.
01:20:20What are you doing down the head down there?
01:20:35Get your head out of there!
01:20:39Get your head out of there!
01:20:42Uh-huh.
01:20:46Ah!
01:20:50Uh-huh!
01:20:51All right.
01:21:21All right.
01:21:51All right.
01:22:21All right.
01:22:51All right.
01:22:52All right.
01:22:53All right.
01:22:55All right.
01:22:57All right.
01:22:59All right.
01:23:01All right.
01:23:03All right.
01:23:05All right.
01:23:07All right.
01:23:09All right.
01:23:11All right.
01:23:13All right.
01:23:15All right.
01:23:17All right.
01:23:21All right.
01:23:23All right.
01:23:25All right.
01:23:29All right.
01:23:31All right.
01:23:33All right.
01:23:35All right.
01:23:37All right.
01:23:39All right.
01:23:41All right.
01:23:43All right.
01:23:45All right.
01:23:47All right.
01:23:49All right.
01:23:51All right.
01:23:53All right.
01:23:55All right.
01:23:57All right.
01:23:59All right.
01:24:01All right.
01:24:03All right.
01:24:05All right.
01:24:07All right.
01:24:09All right.
01:24:11All right.
01:24:13All right.
01:24:15All right.
01:24:17All right.
01:24:19All right.
01:24:21All right.
01:24:51All right.
01:25:21All right.
01:25:23All right.
01:25:29And I submit this bell, gentlemen, as definite proof that the coinblatt has been found.
01:25:35Yes.
01:25:36It's all beginning to come back to me now.
01:25:39Congressman, may I borrow your phone for a moment?
01:25:41Oh, certainly.
01:25:42I think the chief himself might know something about this.
01:25:47Admiral Blood, priority number 320, put me through to the chief.
01:25:50Chief, Lieutenant Steckler came through.
01:25:54We found the coinblatt.
01:25:57Well, right where you left it, sir.
01:25:58The deep six.
01:26:00Chief, weren't you in charge of that joint gunnery operation some years back?
01:26:04Yes.
01:26:05I thought so.
01:26:06What's that?
01:26:07Yes, sir.
01:26:08Just a moment.
01:26:09Lieutenant.
01:26:10Yes, sir.
01:26:11He wants to talk to you.
01:26:12Me?
01:26:13The chief?
01:26:15How do you do, sir?
01:26:16Lieutenant John Paul Steckler the seventh on this end.
01:26:19How's everything on your end?
01:26:20Lieutenant.
01:26:21Oh, he's laughing, sir.
01:26:23Uh, yes.
01:26:24What's on your mind, sir?
01:26:26Yes, sir.
01:26:28Mandeville was?
01:26:31He really was?
01:26:33He was what?
01:26:34I was what?
01:26:36Well, yes, that is.
01:26:37That's quite amusing, sir.
01:26:38Yes.
01:26:39More or less, as they say, rib tickling.
01:26:42Yes, sir.
01:26:43Well, my very best of the family.
01:26:44Yes, sir.
01:26:45Goodbye.
01:26:46And you, Congressman.
01:26:47Yes?
01:26:48Yes?
01:26:49Yes?
01:26:50When you were in charge of the emergency crash committee in 46, you told the chief to take
01:26:59just any old ship and use it for target practice and blow it up and hang the red tape.
01:27:05Well, uh, yes.
01:27:06Now that you mention it, I did say something like that, didn't I?
01:27:10Now, we wouldn't want this to get out into the press now, would we?
01:27:14Oh, no.
01:27:15Oh, no.
01:27:16No.
01:27:17And we don't want to cut Navy appropriations either, do we?
01:27:20Never.
01:27:21No.
01:27:22Oh, say, by the way, Admiral, uh, do you think four billion is enough?
01:27:25Bloody, Lieutenant.
01:27:26Bloody.
01:27:27Why don't we just tack on another mill for contingency?
01:27:30Oh, of course, of course, of course.
01:27:33Uh, the, uh, hearing is adjourned.
01:27:36He...
01:27:37Ooh.
01:27:38Oh, careful.
01:27:40Well!
01:27:41Congratulations!
01:27:42Police!
01:27:43Oh!
01:28:00Darling.
01:28:01Oh!
01:28:02Sweetie fates.
01:28:03Poochie pie.
01:28:05Here's the moment we've been waiting for.
01:28:07Oh, no!
01:28:08Don't you worry, honey.
01:28:09Nobody's gonna stop us this time.
01:28:11I guarantee you, not you guys again!
01:28:15Uh-uh.
01:28:16Just want you to know that the Navy always takes care of its own.
01:28:23Sweetheart.
01:28:24Darling.
01:28:25Champagne, caviar, and pheasant on the glass.
01:28:29Wait till you see the dessert.
01:28:31Mmmmm!
01:28:33Mmmmmmm!
01:28:46Logo XD