WEBVTT 00:01:16.355 --> 00:01:18.355 (music playing) 00:01:46.555 --> 00:01:50.305 Channels here on the chart, all right. And so are the marking lights. 00:01:50.425 --> 00:01:52.177 Then what's wrong with them? 00:01:52.975 --> 00:01:56.205 Those lights don't seem to be in just the right place. 00:01:56.325 --> 00:01:58.488 They're both a bit out of position according to this. 00:01:58.565 --> 00:02:01.885 Two light boys mean a safe channel between the world over. 00:02:02.005 --> 00:02:05.085 Safe between the world overs doesn't go in these waters. 00:02:05.205 --> 00:02:09.365 Look here You'll see the water shoals on the island side 00:02:09.485 --> 00:02:12.238 while the deep soundings run to the mainland. 00:02:12.358 --> 00:02:14.545 Have any of you seen the captain today? 00:02:14.665 --> 00:02:16.165 No, he wasn't down for dinner. 00:02:16.285 --> 00:02:20.145 No, and he wasn't down for lunch He hasn't left 00:02:20.263 --> 00:02:22.590 the bridge since you decided to come through the channel. 00:02:22.665 --> 00:02:24.167 What are you driving at? 00:02:24.287 --> 00:02:28.085 Ever since you gave him those orders yesterday to cut through these waters. 00:02:28.205 --> 00:02:31.685 He's had the jitters There's something wrong. 00:02:33.145 --> 00:02:34.772 I'm getting nerves myself. 00:02:34.892 --> 00:02:38.465 Doc, what do you recommend for nerves? Give him a shot of scotch. Good. 00:02:38.585 --> 00:02:42.965 Give him the whole bottle. No, I've got nerves too. Here you are, Doc. 00:02:44.385 --> 00:02:45.574 Just what you need. 00:02:48.125 --> 00:02:50.445 Well, maybe you're right. 00:02:52.623 --> 00:02:56.565 Good evening, Captain. Good evening, sir. May I speak with you? 00:02:56.685 --> 00:02:57.624 Why, certainly. 00:02:58.865 --> 00:02:59.765 Go ahead. 00:02:59.885 --> 00:03:03.045 We're heading straight for the channel between Brank Island and the mainland. 00:03:03.165 --> 00:03:04.065 Good. 00:03:04.185 --> 00:03:07.385 But the lights are just a bit off, according to the chart. 00:03:07.505 --> 00:03:08.845 But charts are never up to date 00:03:08.920 --> 00:03:11.854 in this part of the Pacific. You know that. I know, sir, but... 00:03:12.913 --> 00:03:16.605 Doesn't Brank Island mean anything to you? Well, not a lot. 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.904 Well, perhaps if I could talk with Mr. Rainsford, he... But Bob's not a sailor. 00:03:19.965 --> 00:03:23.965 He's a hunter. He's made many of these trips. He's young, but he has judgment. 00:03:24.085 --> 00:03:25.274 I'll call him. him. 00:03:26.325 --> 00:03:27.225 Oh, Bob. 00:03:27.705 --> 00:03:31.645 Bob. What is it? Come up here, will you? Just a minute. 00:03:31.885 --> 00:03:33.762 What's bothering you, Captain? 00:03:34.030 --> 00:03:35.845 There are no more coral reef, 00:03:35.965 --> 00:03:39.282 shark -infested waters in the whole world than these. 00:03:39.705 --> 00:03:41.645 Boy, just take a look at these. 00:03:41.765 --> 00:03:44.905 You didn't turn out so hot as a hunter, Doc, but oh, what a photographer. 00:03:44.982 --> 00:03:47.390 Say, if we'd had you to take pictures on the Sumatran trip, 00:03:47.465 --> 00:03:48.905 they might have believed my book. 00:03:49.025 --> 00:03:53.125 If you'd had me on the Sumatran trip, you'd never had me on this one. 00:03:53.245 --> 00:03:56.311 Say, here's a swell one of the ship, Skipper. 00:03:56.535 --> 00:03:57.845 Well, what's the matter? 00:03:57.965 --> 00:03:59.925 These old sea dogs tell yarns to kid each other 00:04:00.045 --> 00:04:01.865 and end up believing it all themselves. 00:04:01.940 --> 00:04:03.736 Well, I think that Mr. Rainsford should know 00:04:03.786 --> 00:04:06.705 that the channel lights aren't just in the position given on the chart. 00:04:06.825 --> 00:04:07.725 Oh. 00:04:07.845 --> 00:04:09.605 Well, what do you think, fellas? 00:04:09.725 --> 00:04:14.145 I think we should turn back and take the outside course. Oh, no, no, no. 00:04:14.265 --> 00:04:16.185 We'll go ahead. 00:04:17.805 --> 00:04:20.105 Very well, sir. It's your ship. 00:04:24.475 --> 00:04:28.025 It was the schooner Hesperus, and she sailed the wintry sea. 00:04:28.145 --> 00:04:30.505 Now, wait a minute, fellas. Let's talk this over. 00:04:30.625 --> 00:04:32.505 There's no use taking any chances. Chances? 00:04:32.625 --> 00:04:34.145 That's fine talk coming from a fellow 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:37.917 who just got through slapping tigers in the face. Here, get a knife full of this. 00:04:38.745 --> 00:04:40.873 And he talks about taking chances. 00:04:40.993 --> 00:04:44.405 Here's the doc charging the enemy with an unloaded camera. 00:04:44.525 --> 00:04:48.105 Get the expression on doc's face, Bill. He looks more frightened than the tiger. 00:04:48.225 --> 00:04:49.125 He is. 00:04:49.905 --> 00:04:52.408 Just what do you have on your mind, doc? 00:04:52.528 --> 00:04:54.645 I'll tell you what I had on my mind. 00:04:54.765 --> 00:04:57.905 I was thinking of the inconsistency of civilization. 00:04:58.025 --> 00:05:02.225 The beast of the jungle killing just for his existence is called savage. 00:05:02.345 --> 00:05:06.425 The man killing just for sport is called civilized. Yeah, yeah. 00:05:06.545 --> 00:05:09.365 It's a bit contradictory, isn't it? Now, just a minute. 00:05:09.476 --> 00:05:11.190 What makes you think it isn't just as much 00:05:11.265 --> 00:05:13.865 sport for the animal as it is for the man? 00:05:13.985 --> 00:05:15.985 Now, take that fellow right there, for instance. 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:19.325 There never was a time when he couldn't have gotten away. But he didn't want to. 00:05:19.375 --> 00:05:21.288 He got interested in hunting me. 00:05:21.408 --> 00:05:23.845 He didn't hate me for stalking him any more 00:05:23.965 --> 00:05:26.285 than I hated him for trying to charge me. 00:05:26.405 --> 00:05:28.505 As a matter of fact, we admired each other. 00:05:28.625 --> 00:05:31.879 Perhaps, but would you change places with the tiger? 00:05:33.125 --> 00:05:34.385 Well, not now. 00:05:37.025 --> 00:05:40.605 Here comes that bad luck lady again. Third time tonight. 00:05:40.775 --> 00:05:45.224 Here, let me shuffle them. Wait a minute. Don't evade the issue. 00:05:45.344 --> 00:05:50.365 I asked you a question. chance. You did? I forgot. No, no, you didn't. 00:05:50.485 --> 00:05:53.723 I asked you if there'd be as much sport in the game 00:05:53.843 --> 00:05:56.505 if you were the tiger instead of the hunter. 00:05:56.625 --> 00:05:59.291 Well, that's something I'll never have to decide. 00:05:59.725 --> 00:06:01.227 Listen here, you fellas. 00:06:01.347 --> 00:06:05.145 This world's divided into two kinds of people, the hunter and the hunted. 00:06:05.265 --> 00:06:08.519 Luckily, I'm a hunter. Nothing can ever change that. 00:06:21.515 --> 00:06:25.385 Hello. Hello, down there. Hello, engine room. The dynamo's flooded. 00:06:25.505 --> 00:06:27.820 If water ever hits those hot boilers. 00:07:17.305 --> 00:07:18.205 I'm drowning! 00:07:24.565 --> 00:07:27.065 Where are the others? See anybody? 00:07:28.605 --> 00:07:32.185 Nobody left but us two and... and that fella. 00:07:37.985 --> 00:07:42.045 Chuck! Help! Look! Chuck! 00:07:45.805 --> 00:07:47.625 Oh, he got me! 00:10:45.185 --> 00:10:46.465 Hello, anybody here? 00:10:57.005 --> 00:10:58.445 Anybody around, I say? 00:11:03.185 --> 00:11:04.085 Oh, hello. 00:11:04.785 --> 00:11:05.974 Is this your house? 00:11:10.255 --> 00:11:12.985 I'm not trying to break in but I've been in a wreck 00:11:13.105 --> 00:11:18.485 Our yacht just sunk with all hands. I got ashore 00:11:18.605 --> 00:11:25.645 and found your place here by accident I'm not trying to intrude 00:11:25.725 --> 00:11:30.705 but I'm in sort of a jam don't you understand 00:11:30.825 --> 00:11:35.085 any English? Ivan does not speak any language. 00:11:35.405 --> 00:11:38.745 He has the misfortune to be dumb. Oh, hello. 00:11:39.485 --> 00:11:41.685 Are you the owner here? Yes. 00:11:42.845 --> 00:11:44.597 Welcome to my poor fortress. 00:11:45.605 --> 00:11:50.285 Fortress? It once was, built by the Portuguese centuries ago. 00:11:50.565 --> 00:11:53.805 I have had the ruins restored to make my home here. 00:11:54.665 --> 00:11:59.605 I am Count Zaroff. My name's Robert Rainsford. Glad to meet you. you. 00:12:01.685 --> 00:12:02.585 Very glad. 00:12:03.865 --> 00:12:05.425 Ivan is a Cossack. 00:12:05.545 --> 00:12:10.200 I am afraid, like all my fellow countrymen, he is a bit of a savage. 00:12:10.425 --> 00:12:11.425 Smile, Ivan. 00:12:14.785 --> 00:12:22.785 [speaking Russian] 00:12:26.725 --> 00:12:29.545 Sure, it was me. But how appalling. 00:12:30.071 --> 00:12:33.439 And you mean to say that you were the only survivor? 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:34.459 Yes. 00:12:34.885 --> 00:12:36.085 I'm afraid I am. 00:12:37.885 --> 00:12:38.925 You're certain? 00:12:40.775 --> 00:12:44.890 Well, I'd never left the spot if I hadn't been. The swellest crowd on earth. 00:12:45.010 --> 00:12:46.025 My best friends. 00:12:46.825 --> 00:12:50.105 It's incredible. Such things are always incredible. 00:12:50.725 --> 00:12:53.166 Death is for others, not for ourselves. 00:12:53.855 --> 00:12:56.734 That is how most of my other guests have felt. 00:12:57.008 --> 00:13:00.361 Your other guests? You mean this has happened before? 00:13:00.481 --> 00:13:05.605 My dear fellow, we have several survivors from the last wreck still in the house. 00:13:05.725 --> 00:13:08.445 It would seem that this island were cursed. 00:13:09.205 --> 00:13:11.329 That's just what the captain said. 00:13:11.449 --> 00:13:13.605 Only he thought it was uninhabited. 00:13:13.725 --> 00:13:16.565 We Cossacks find our inspiration in solitude. 00:13:17.265 --> 00:13:20.832 Well, it's a break for me anyway. My house is yours, sir. 00:13:21.337 --> 00:13:25.405 Oh, by the way, you'll want to change those wet rags immediately. 00:13:25.525 --> 00:13:27.778 Yes, they look about the way I feel. 00:13:28.605 --> 00:13:31.285 Yes, I have some loose hunting clothes, 00:13:31.505 --> 00:13:35.135 which I keep for my guests that you can possibly get into. 00:13:37.185 --> 00:13:39.876 Ivan will show you to your room. Thank you. 00:13:42.585 --> 00:13:45.005 You'll find a stiff drink there also. 00:13:46.025 --> 00:13:48.045 Thanks a lot. Proshu. 00:13:48.825 --> 00:13:51.825 All pleasure is mine. 00:13:53.895 --> 00:13:55.895 (music playing) 00:14:18.145 --> 00:14:20.945 Come in. 00:14:24.565 --> 00:14:26.129 Ready, Raceford? All set. 00:14:29.295 --> 00:14:31.491 I'm afraid we have finished dinner, 00:14:31.611 --> 00:14:34.435 but I have ordered something for you. Thanks. 00:14:34.555 --> 00:14:38.445 I don't feel like eating. Oh, dear, dear. Well, perhaps later. 00:14:39.465 --> 00:14:44.205 Now then, what do you say to coffee and most charming company? 00:14:49.219 --> 00:14:52.514 It is hard to forget your comrade's fate, I know. 00:14:52.634 --> 00:14:55.525 But our feminine guest is easily perturbed. 00:14:56.525 --> 00:14:59.904 If I could beg you to put a good face upon the matter. 00:15:00.965 --> 00:15:05.471 Assume a cheerfulness you may not feel. Why, sure, of course. Thank you. 00:15:12.935 --> 00:15:17.385 Miss Trowbridge, may I present Mr. Robert Rainsford, Miss Eve Trowbridge. 00:15:17.505 --> 00:15:21.305 How do you do? How do you do? And her brother, Mr. Martin Trowbridge. 00:15:21.425 --> 00:15:23.785 How are you, old chap? Pretty well shaken up, I guess, huh? 00:15:23.905 --> 00:15:28.974 Coming out of it now, thanks. We know just how it feels, don't we? Indeed, we do. 00:15:29.024 --> 00:15:33.125 Perhaps Mr. Rainsford would like some hot coffee. Oh, yes, of course. 00:15:33.245 --> 00:15:37.625 Mr. Rainsford, please sit here. Oh, thank you. [speaking Russian] 00:15:38.143 --> 00:15:39.645 Vodka, that's the stuff. 00:15:39.765 --> 00:15:43.005 One shot will dry you out quicker than all the coffee in Java. 00:15:43.125 --> 00:15:45.525 Have to toss it off, though, like this. 00:15:45.645 --> 00:15:48.094 Now, Martin, you don't have to drink it all tonight, do you? 00:15:48.205 --> 00:15:53.211 Don't be ridiculous, sis. We are victims of circumstance. Same as Mr. Rainsford. 00:15:53.331 --> 00:15:57.225 And if anyone has a right to his liquor, it's a victim of circumstance. 00:15:57.345 --> 00:15:58.705 Isn't that so, comp? Of course, 00:15:58.825 --> 00:16:00.905 yes. You were in the shipwreck, too, I understand. 00:16:01.025 --> 00:16:05.718 Yes. Our lifeboat was the only one saved. My brother and I and two sailors. 00:16:05.838 --> 00:16:09.585 The Count found us on the beach with nothing but the clothes on our backs. 00:16:09.705 --> 00:16:11.765 Those channel lights must have been shifted. 00:16:11.885 --> 00:16:13.465 I wonder it hasn't been reported. 00:16:13.585 --> 00:16:16.845 We will report them, just as soon as we get back to the mainland. 00:16:16.965 --> 00:16:21.805 You see, the Count has only one launch. And that's under repair. 00:16:24.765 --> 00:16:27.018 Russians are not the best mechanics. 00:16:28.766 --> 00:16:32.145 I'm afraid we'll have to be patient a few days longer. 00:16:32.265 --> 00:16:33.925 That's all right with me. I feel 00:16:34.045 --> 00:16:36.585 as if I were living on borrowed time right now. 00:16:36.705 --> 00:16:40.365 Speaking of that, perhaps now you'll tell us a little bit about who you are. 00:16:40.485 --> 00:16:45.125 Just sketchily, you know. Born, married, why I left my last job. No, no, no, no. 00:16:45.245 --> 00:16:50.625 One moment, please. Mr. Rainsford need never explain who he is in my house. No? 00:16:50.745 --> 00:16:54.445 No, we entertain a celebrity, Miss Trowbridge. Wait a minute, wait a minute. 00:16:54.565 --> 00:16:56.317 Don't tell me. Let me guess. 00:16:58.665 --> 00:17:04.945 I know. Flagpole sitter. I know. He wrote some books. No, he lived some books. 00:17:05.311 --> 00:17:06.567 If I am not mistaken, 00:17:06.687 --> 00:17:10.576 this is Mr. Robert Rainsford who hunts big game so adventurously. 00:17:10.696 --> 00:17:13.747 Huh? Yes, sir. I've lugged the gun around a little. 00:17:13.867 --> 00:17:17.705 Why, you've lugged the gun around a little. No, I have read your books. 00:17:17.825 --> 00:17:21.345 I read all books on hunting. A papirosso? Thank you. 00:17:23.525 --> 00:17:28.031 Only in yours have I found a sane point of view. What do you mean, sane? 00:17:28.665 --> 00:17:32.640 Cigarette? Yeah, thanks. You do not excuse what needs no excuse. 00:17:32.760 --> 00:17:34.996 Now, let me see, how did you put it? 00:17:35.116 --> 00:17:39.340 Hunting is as much a game as stud poker, only the limits are higher. 00:17:39.565 --> 00:17:42.506 You have put our case perfectly, Mr. Rainsford. 00:17:42.950 --> 00:17:46.917 Well, then you're a hunter yourself. We are kindred spirits. 00:17:47.037 --> 00:17:48.425 It is my one passion. 00:17:49.685 --> 00:17:52.065 He sleeps all day and hunts all night. 00:17:52.185 --> 00:17:54.865 And what's more, Rainsford, he'll have you doing the same thing. 00:17:54.985 --> 00:17:58.465 We'll have capital sport together, I hope. Don't encourage him. 00:17:58.585 --> 00:18:02.365 You know, he's had our two settlers so busy chasing around the woods 00:18:02.485 --> 00:18:06.365 after flora and fauna that we haven't seen him for three days. 00:18:08.665 --> 00:18:10.229 But what are you on here? 00:18:12.465 --> 00:18:13.365 I'll tell you. 00:18:14.185 --> 00:18:18.425 You will be amused, I know. I have done a rare thing. 00:18:19.245 --> 00:18:21.248 I have invented a new sensation. 00:18:22.025 --> 00:18:23.342 And is he stingy 00:18:23.462 --> 00:18:27.425 with it? What does this sensation count? Mr. Rainsford. 00:18:27.545 --> 00:18:32.885 God made some men poets, some he made kings, some beggars. 00:18:33.405 --> 00:18:34.965 Me, he made a hunter. 00:18:37.165 --> 00:18:40.805 My hand was made for the trigger, my father told me. 00:18:42.665 --> 00:18:44.927 He was a very rich man, with a quarter 00:18:45.047 --> 00:18:48.525 of a million acres in the Crimea and an ardent sportsman. 00:18:48.645 --> 00:18:52.863 When I was only steer up high, he gave me my first gun. Good for him. 00:18:52.983 --> 00:18:55.123 My life has been one glorious hunt. 00:18:55.243 --> 00:18:59.705 It would be impossible for me to tell you how many animals I have killed. 00:18:59.825 --> 00:19:02.644 But when the revolution played up... Look out! 00:19:03.305 --> 00:19:04.205 [speaking Russian] 00:19:07.265 --> 00:19:08.165 I'm so sorry. 00:19:09.145 --> 00:19:12.900 Count Zarif was so interesting, I didn't realize the danger. 00:19:15.395 --> 00:19:19.367 Oh, it's all right now. What were you saying about the revolution, Count? 00:19:19.487 --> 00:19:22.685 Oh, merely that I escaped with most of my fortune. 00:19:23.605 --> 00:19:26.905 Naturally, I continued to hunt all over the world. 00:19:28.105 --> 00:19:31.585 It was in Africa that the Cape Buffalo gave me this. 00:19:31.845 --> 00:19:36.185 That must have been a close call. Yes, it still bothers me sometimes. 00:19:36.825 --> 00:19:40.204 However, in two months, I was on my way to the Amazon. 00:19:40.545 --> 00:19:44.049 I'd heard that the jaguars there were unusually cunning. 00:19:44.745 --> 00:19:47.625 No, no, no. No sport at all. 00:19:47.915 --> 00:19:51.205 Well, conditions are bad everywhere these days. 00:19:51.325 --> 00:19:55.665 One night as I lay in my tent with this head of mine, 00:19:56.445 --> 00:19:59.745 a terrible thought crept like a snake into my brain. 00:20:00.925 --> 00:20:03.565 Hunting was beginning to bore me. 00:20:04.484 --> 00:20:06.925 Is that such a terrible thought, Count? 00:20:07.045 --> 00:20:11.738 It is, my dear lady, when hunting has been the whip for all other passions. 00:20:12.385 --> 00:20:16.445 When I lost my love of hunting, I lost my love of life. 00:20:18.445 --> 00:20:19.485 Of love. 00:20:22.492 --> 00:20:25.245 Well, you seem to have stood it pretty well. 00:20:25.365 --> 00:20:28.807 I even tried to sink myself to the level of the savage. 00:20:29.225 --> 00:20:33.465 I made myself perfect in the use of the tartar wobble. 00:20:34.845 --> 00:20:35.745 Tartar what? 00:20:36.865 --> 00:20:39.925 Tartar war bow. That one up there. 00:20:44.345 --> 00:20:45.245 That's cute. 00:20:46.548 --> 00:20:49.783 Even to this day, I prefer to hunt with it. But alas, 00:20:49.903 --> 00:20:51.385 even that was too deadly. 00:20:51.505 --> 00:20:53.685 What I needed was not a new weapon, 00:20:55.265 --> 00:20:58.665 but a new animal. A new animal? 00:20:59.925 --> 00:21:00.965 Exactly so. 00:21:02.125 --> 00:21:03.545 You found one? 00:21:05.165 --> 00:21:06.065 Yes. 00:21:08.065 --> 00:21:14.345 Here on my island, I hunt the most dangerous game. 00:21:15.885 --> 00:21:17.685 The most dangerous game? 00:21:19.305 --> 00:21:20.306 You mean tigers? 00:21:21.005 --> 00:21:21.965 Tigers? No. 00:21:23.625 --> 00:21:27.385 The tiger has nothing but his claws and his fangs. 00:21:30.365 --> 00:21:34.933 I heard some queer beast howling back there along the water. Was that it? 00:21:42.265 --> 00:21:45.005 It's no use, Rainsford. He won't tell. 00:21:46.025 --> 00:21:48.653 He won't even let you see his trophy room. 00:21:49.305 --> 00:21:54.625 till he gets ready to take you on the hunt of the great Watson. My one secret. 00:21:55.285 --> 00:22:00.425 I keep it as a surprise for my guests against the rainy day of boredom. 00:22:00.545 --> 00:22:03.522 Listen, old boy, you let me in on that game, 00:22:03.642 --> 00:22:05.740 and I'll bet you I'd go for it. 00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:07.078 You know, Rainsford, 00:22:07.198 --> 00:22:11.125 he hasn't failed yet. If he says the thing is good, it is good. 00:22:11.504 --> 00:22:14.508 He's a judge of liquor, wizard of the contract, 00:22:14.628 --> 00:22:16.865 plays the piano, anything you want. 00:22:17.465 --> 00:22:18.705 He's a good host. 00:22:19.192 --> 00:22:23.385 I'm a good scholar, eh, Count? Yes, yes. You want me to go hunting? 00:22:23.505 --> 00:22:25.845 All right, you just say the word. We're pals. 00:22:25.965 --> 00:22:28.525 We'll have a big party, get cock -eyed, and go hunting. 00:22:28.645 --> 00:22:32.045 A completely civilized point of view. Listen, I'll tell you what you do. 00:22:32.165 --> 00:22:35.545 You come to my place in the Adirondacks sometime, see? 00:22:35.665 --> 00:22:39.385 We'll have a private car, liquor and gals on the trip, 00:22:39.545 --> 00:22:42.305 and the guides will make the deers behave. 00:22:43.825 --> 00:22:46.266 I think we'd better change the subject. 00:22:46.705 --> 00:22:48.985 All right. Send it to the subject. 00:22:49.705 --> 00:22:52.845 Oh, I know. Play the piano, huh? If you wish. 00:22:54.225 --> 00:22:58.355 Good idea. Play the piano. Leave it to me and I'll fix everything. 00:22:58.605 --> 00:23:01.046 Perhaps the Count doesn't want to play. 00:23:01.975 --> 00:23:05.803 Now, there you go, sister. I call water. Now, leave me alone. 00:23:05.923 --> 00:23:08.925 I know where the piano is. I'm perfectly sober. 00:23:09.765 --> 00:23:11.205 A charming simplicity. 00:23:12.335 --> 00:23:14.265 Completely civilized, did you say? 00:23:14.385 --> 00:23:17.639 He talks of wine and women as a prelude to the hunt. 00:23:17.865 --> 00:23:20.534 We barbarians know that it is after the chase 00:23:20.654 --> 00:23:23.165 and then only that man revels. 00:23:23.285 --> 00:23:26.705 It does seem a bit like cocktails before breakfast. Of course, yes. 00:23:26.825 --> 00:23:29.325 You know the saying of the Ugandi chieftains. 00:23:29.445 --> 00:23:33.825 Hunt first the enemy, then the woman. That's the savagest idea everywhere. 00:23:34.165 --> 00:23:37.345 It is the natural instinct. What is woman? 00:23:37.905 --> 00:23:42.665 Even such a woman as this, until the blood is quickened by the kill. 00:23:44.085 --> 00:23:46.365 Oh, I don't know. Oh, I don't know. 00:23:47.345 --> 00:23:48.645 You Americans. 00:23:49.425 --> 00:23:51.428 One passion builds upon another. 00:23:52.165 --> 00:23:53.065 Kill. 00:23:53.985 --> 00:23:55.145 Then love. 00:23:56.205 --> 00:23:59.885 When you have known that, you will have known ecstasy. 00:24:02.945 --> 00:24:04.145 Oh, Martin. 00:24:07.745 --> 00:24:12.445 Introducing Zaroff, the keyboard king, in his Branca Island Hour. 00:24:12.709 --> 00:24:17.739 Come on, Count, now you're shown. What do you suggest? Oh, just a good tune. 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:22.425 But not highbrow like last night. Just a good tune, see? I see. Yeah. 00:24:23.895 --> 00:24:25.895 (music playing) 00:24:48.845 --> 00:24:52.224 Oh, it's hunting dogs. Keep your voice low and listen. 00:24:52.344 --> 00:24:54.665 It isn't true about the launch needing repairs. 00:24:54.785 --> 00:24:58.105 I heard it leave the boathouse last night. It returned this morning. 00:24:58.225 --> 00:25:02.105 You mean he's keeping you from returning to the mainland? Yes. 00:25:03.569 --> 00:25:08.325 Well, perhaps he enjoys the company of two very charming people. Two, maybe. 00:25:08.445 --> 00:25:12.513 There were four of us a week ago. The other two have disappeared. 00:25:13.145 --> 00:25:14.209 What do you mean? 00:25:14.396 --> 00:25:19.465 One night after dinner, the Count took one of our sailors down to see his trophy. 00:25:19.585 --> 00:25:21.650 At the foot of those stone steps. 00:25:23.265 --> 00:25:27.207 That iron door? Yes. Two nights later, he took the other there. 00:25:28.505 --> 00:25:30.257 Neither has been seen since. 00:25:31.369 --> 00:25:36.125 Have you asked him about them? He says they've gone hunting. Oh, be careful. 00:25:36.245 --> 00:25:37.309 He's watching us. 00:25:38.085 --> 00:25:40.964 Will you smile as if I'd said something funny? 00:25:41.925 --> 00:25:44.804 Now, look here, you must be mistaken. Not now. 00:25:46.305 --> 00:25:47.205 Applaud. 00:25:51.245 --> 00:25:52.685 Ah, boy, ah, boy. 00:25:52.805 --> 00:25:56.965 Thank you. Well, I tell you, smack some in ivory, eh, Rainsford? 00:25:57.085 --> 00:25:59.025 It was splendid. Don't stop, please. 00:25:59.145 --> 00:26:03.265 Now, I'm afraid we have failed to hold the full attention of our audience. 00:26:03.385 --> 00:26:06.585 Well, I expect it's rather difficult for Mr. Rainsford 00:26:06.705 --> 00:26:08.950 to concentrate on anything after all he's been through. 00:26:09.045 --> 00:26:11.865 Oh, my dear lady, you are pleading for yourself. 00:26:11.985 --> 00:26:15.365 I can see the drooping of those lovely eyes. 00:26:16.325 --> 00:26:17.225 Excuse me. 00:26:17.455 --> 00:26:21.978 [speaking Russian] You know, the Count's worse than a family governess. 00:26:22.098 --> 00:26:26.706 Every night he sends us off to bed like naughty children. Oh, no, my dear, no. 00:26:28.625 --> 00:26:29.751 Charming children. 00:26:33.098 --> 00:26:34.725 There. You hear that, sis? 00:26:34.845 --> 00:26:38.125 Now, trot along upstairs and don't bother us grown -ups anymore. 00:26:38.245 --> 00:26:43.145 Well, after that, I guess... I guess I'll have to go. Good night, Mr. Rainsford. 00:26:43.265 --> 00:26:46.165 Good night. We'll be seeing each other at breakfast. 00:26:46.285 --> 00:26:48.705 Good night. Good night. Good night, sis. 00:26:48.825 --> 00:26:51.516 We won't be seeing each other at breakfast. 00:26:55.046 --> 00:26:58.264 Oh, my dear Rainsford, I have been most inconsiderate. 00:26:58.384 --> 00:27:02.675 You must be feeling the need of sleep, too. Yes, I am just about all in. 00:27:02.795 --> 00:27:05.000 Then Ivan will show you to your room. 00:27:09.785 --> 00:27:10.685 Martin, 00:27:11.685 --> 00:27:13.305 turn in early, please. 00:27:14.005 --> 00:27:17.447 Don't worry. The Count will take care of me, all right. 00:27:18.965 --> 00:27:20.145 Indeed I shall. 00:27:37.565 --> 00:27:41.305 Well, good night. Good night, sir. Sleep well. 00:27:52.185 --> 00:27:57.485 Oh, well, here's long life. A long life. 00:27:59.385 --> 00:28:05.505 Tell me, Mr. Trowbridge, are you also fatigued? Tired? Me? 00:28:05.785 --> 00:28:10.505 You know I'm not. You know, Rainsford, we two are just alike. 00:28:11.125 --> 00:28:13.305 Up all night and sleep all day. 00:28:14.265 --> 00:28:15.329 Well, good night. 00:28:17.945 --> 00:28:20.135 Well, what are we going to do, huh? 00:28:24.505 --> 00:28:25.757 What's the big idea? 00:28:26.465 --> 00:28:34.465 I thought that perhaps tonight you would like to see my trophy room. 00:28:34.585 --> 00:28:41.585 Your trophy room? I'm sure you will find it most interesting. 00:28:42.865 --> 00:28:48.565 Say, that's a great idea. Now we're pals. No more secrets now, huh? 00:28:48.685 --> 00:28:52.596 We'll make a night of it. I hope so, Mr. Trowbridge. 00:28:52.716 --> 00:28:57.545 Well, just you and I, pals, we'll have fun together, huh? Precisely, yes. 00:28:59.465 --> 00:29:04.245 Fun together. Ah, boy, Connie, old boy, old boy, Connie. 00:29:44.305 --> 00:29:45.682 Please let me come in. 00:29:46.165 --> 00:29:48.981 I'm sorry to disturb you, but I'm frightened. 00:29:49.672 --> 00:29:51.925 What was it, those dogs? My brother. 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.705 I've been listening for hours for him to come upstairs. I've just gone to his room. 00:29:55.825 --> 00:29:58.945 He isn't there. Oh, he's probably somewhere with a count. 00:29:59.065 --> 00:30:00.545 That's just what I'm afraid of. 00:30:00.665 --> 00:30:04.357 Count Zarath is planning something about my brother and me. 00:30:04.407 --> 00:30:07.085 You don't really think anything's happened to your brother? 00:30:07.205 --> 00:30:11.147 Oh, I don't know, but we've got to find him. Won't you help me? 00:30:11.465 --> 00:30:13.342 Well, of course I'll help you. 00:30:13.865 --> 00:30:17.244 Where do you think he's gone? Where did the others go? 00:30:19.285 --> 00:30:20.385 The iron door. 00:30:21.965 --> 00:30:25.219 I'll meet you downstairs in five minutes. Thank you. 00:30:55.425 --> 00:30:57.177 That's queer. It's unlocked. 00:31:53.485 --> 00:31:56.505 Zerah, he's coming down. Back here, quick! 00:32:08.545 --> 00:32:10.425 Horosho! 00:32:33.365 --> 00:32:36.645 Where's my brother? Where's my brother? 00:32:52.985 --> 00:32:54.545 You killed him. 00:32:56.405 --> 00:32:58.805 You killed my brother. 00:32:59.805 --> 00:33:02.045 No! Dennis! Who are you? 00:33:23.145 --> 00:33:28.026 Come, come, my dear Rainsford. I don't want to treat you like my other guests. 00:33:28.265 --> 00:33:30.065 You and I, we are hunters. 00:33:33.165 --> 00:33:35.355 So that's your most dangerous game. 00:33:36.055 --> 00:33:39.385 Yes, my dear fellow, I intended to tell you last night. 00:33:39.505 --> 00:33:42.505 But you know, Miss, Miss Trowbridge... You hunted him like an animal. 00:33:42.625 --> 00:33:44.365 I know what you think, but you are wrong. 00:33:44.485 --> 00:33:47.676 He was sober and fit for sport when I sent him out. 00:33:47.796 --> 00:33:51.505 An hour or two strapped up in here, brought him to his senses. 00:33:51.625 --> 00:33:52.865 You raving maniac! 00:33:53.785 --> 00:33:57.085 Yes, yes, yes. I'll take it off when we finish. 00:33:57.205 --> 00:34:01.798 The stupid fellow tried to escape through the swamps of Fog Hollow. 00:34:02.084 --> 00:34:05.025 You see, when I first began stocking my island, 00:34:05.145 --> 00:34:07.586 many of my guests thought I was joking. 00:34:07.925 --> 00:34:10.053 So I established this trophy room. 00:34:10.805 --> 00:34:13.371 I always bring them here before the hunt. 00:34:14.485 --> 00:34:19.366 An hour with my trophies. And they usually do their best to keep away from me. 00:34:19.505 --> 00:34:21.695 Where do you get these poor devils? 00:34:22.565 --> 00:34:26.185 Providence provided my island with dangerous reefs. 00:34:27.125 --> 00:34:30.316 But there are light buoys to mark the safe channel. 00:34:31.005 --> 00:34:36.505 They do not always mark it. You shifted them. Precisely right. 00:34:36.805 --> 00:34:41.349 Too bad your yacht should have suffered. But at least it brought us together. 00:34:41.469 --> 00:34:44.597 You take half -drowned men from ships you've wrecked. 00:34:44.717 --> 00:34:48.553 And drive them out to be hunted. I give them every consideration. 00:34:48.845 --> 00:34:53.745 Good food, exercise, everything to get them in splendid shape. 00:34:53.965 --> 00:34:56.844 To be shot down in cold blood. Oh, no, no, no. 00:34:57.145 --> 00:34:59.523 Oh, I admit with this annoying fellow. 00:34:59.665 --> 00:35:02.685 But usually I give them hunting clothes, 00:35:02.965 --> 00:35:05.622 a woodsman's knife, and a full day's start. 00:35:05.742 --> 00:35:10.438 Why, I even wait until midnight to give them the full advantage of the dark. 00:35:10.558 --> 00:35:14.760 And if one eludes me only till sunrise, Otherwise, he wins the game. 00:35:16.585 --> 00:35:18.765 Suppose he refuses to be hunted. 00:35:21.685 --> 00:35:24.205 Ivan is such an artist with these. 00:35:26.705 --> 00:35:28.332 Invariably, Mr. Rainsford. 00:35:28.965 --> 00:35:32.465 Invariably, they choose to hunt. And when they win? 00:35:38.345 --> 00:35:40.825 To date, I have not lost. 00:35:41.534 --> 00:35:44.797 Oh, Rainsford, you'll find this game worth playing. 00:35:44.917 --> 00:35:48.949 When the next ship arrives, we'll have gorgeous sport together. 00:35:49.069 --> 00:35:52.205 You murdering rat, I'm a hunter, not an assassin. 00:35:52.525 --> 00:35:55.605 Come, Rainsford, say you'll hunt with me. 00:35:57.345 --> 00:35:58.245 Hunt men? 00:36:00.125 --> 00:36:01.745 Say you'll hunt with me. 00:36:08.265 --> 00:36:09.585 No. No? 00:36:10.825 --> 00:36:12.264 What do you think I am? 00:36:13.325 --> 00:36:18.269 One I fear who dare not follow his own convictions to their logical conclusion. 00:36:19.605 --> 00:36:25.605 I'm afraid in this instance, Mr. Rainsford, you may have to follow them. 00:36:27.625 --> 00:36:28.765 What do you mean? 00:36:30.265 --> 00:36:32.455 I shall not wait for the next ship. 00:36:34.405 --> 00:36:37.105 Four o 'clock. The sun is just rising. 00:36:39.765 --> 00:36:40.665 Ostechniki 00:36:42.685 --> 00:36:45.025 Mr. Rainsford. Let us not waste time. 00:36:59.845 --> 00:37:00.745 Come on. 00:37:03.225 --> 00:37:04.125 Genghis. 00:37:07.165 --> 00:37:09.545 Your fangs and claws, Mr. Rainsford. 00:37:10.785 --> 00:37:11.685 Bob! 00:37:12.125 --> 00:37:13.545 Bob! Bob! 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:33.128 Bob, what am I going to do? I'm going to be hunted. Oh, no. No, Miss Trowbridge. 00:37:33.248 --> 00:37:34.148 Outdoor chess. 00:37:34.885 --> 00:37:38.665 His brain against mine. His woodcraft against mine. 00:37:40.765 --> 00:37:41.685 And the prize? 00:37:43.245 --> 00:37:46.665 The prize? You may recall what I said last evening. 00:37:48.145 --> 00:37:53.605 Only after the kill does man know the true ecstasy of love. 00:37:55.105 --> 00:37:56.445 Suppose you lose. 00:37:58.225 --> 00:38:01.136 If I do not, what shall I say, 00:38:01.256 --> 00:38:08.145 find you between midnight and sunrise tomorrow Freedom for both of you. 00:38:08.305 --> 00:38:09.745 I'm going with you. No. 00:38:10.505 --> 00:38:14.635 He'll kill you too. Not at all. One does not kill a female animal. 00:38:14.925 --> 00:38:18.885 If you lose, I can easily recapture her alive. All right. 00:38:19.125 --> 00:38:23.193 I'll take her with me then. We'll set him a trail he'll remember. 00:38:23.575 --> 00:38:25.575 (music playing) 00:38:27.845 --> 00:38:30.849 It's only fair to advise you against Fog Hollow. 00:38:34.165 --> 00:38:35.980 Outdoor chess, Mr. Rainsford. 00:38:50.545 --> 00:38:51.922 Don't lose your nerve. 00:38:52.245 --> 00:38:55.445 We beat this thing. The others didn't. We will. 00:39:05.565 --> 00:39:07.129 Come on, let's get going. 00:39:36.365 --> 00:39:39.405 It seems as though we'd come miles. Yeah. 00:39:39.652 --> 00:39:44.400 Three hours doesn't take you far in this jungle. Come on, let's keep going. 00:39:44.520 --> 00:39:45.420 Come on. 00:39:54.225 --> 00:39:57.542 Just a little more of this, then easy downhill going. 00:39:57.805 --> 00:39:58.705 Soon be safe. 00:40:23.845 --> 00:40:28.365 No wonder he was so sure. This island's no bigger than a deer park. 00:40:29.165 --> 00:40:30.065 Oh, Bob. 00:40:32.165 --> 00:40:33.305 Come on, now. 00:40:35.225 --> 00:40:36.727 What are we going to do? 00:40:37.106 --> 00:40:41.730 We didn't each live through a shipwreck to let this crazy manhunter worry us. 00:40:41.850 --> 00:40:45.994 I shouldn't have come with you. You might beat him if you were alone. 00:40:46.114 --> 00:40:48.696 Alone? And leave you here with that savage? 00:40:49.445 --> 00:40:50.385 Not a chance. 00:40:52.536 --> 00:40:55.665 Now, we've got to think of something to worry him. 00:40:55.785 --> 00:40:58.914 Oh, you'd never get near him. He'd shoot on sight. 00:40:59.045 --> 00:41:01.548 Weapons aren't everything in the jungle. 00:41:02.105 --> 00:41:05.171 Say, did you notice that leaning tree down there? 00:41:05.465 --> 00:41:09.658 The one we just passed? Yes. Come on, I want to show you something. 00:41:13.085 --> 00:41:13.985 You see? 00:41:14.105 --> 00:41:16.105 If that supporting branch were cut away, 00:41:16.225 --> 00:41:18.705 this fallen tree would make a perfect melee deadfall. 00:41:18.825 --> 00:41:20.285 A melee deadfall? What's that? 00:41:20.405 --> 00:41:25.098 A man -killing contraption that natives use to stop that madman, all right. 00:41:25.218 --> 00:41:27.785 Trouble is, it takes quite a few hours to build. 00:41:27.905 --> 00:41:30.805 He said he wouldn't follow till midnight. That's right. 00:41:30.925 --> 00:41:35.806 If you help me, I think we'll have time. Come on, we'll cut some strong vines. 00:41:40.265 --> 00:41:44.958 there almost ready bracelet of yours makes a fine guide ring for my necktie 00:41:45.525 --> 00:41:49.825 he'll have been on his way almost an hour now look out don't touch 00:41:49.945 --> 00:41:52.125 that trip line you'll have a two -ton tree 00:41:52.245 --> 00:41:54.765 down on your back jungle wood's as heavy as iron 00:41:54.885 --> 00:41:57.365 will it really work I've never known a living 00:41:57.485 --> 00:42:00.385 thing to get by one yet. Look here. You touch 00:42:00.505 --> 00:42:05.245 that trip line you'll pull that trigger Once that's loose, 00:42:05.365 --> 00:42:08.305 there's nothing to keep the log from coming down. 00:42:08.425 --> 00:42:11.091 It'll crash down and kill anything underneath it. 00:42:14.625 --> 00:42:15.525 Look. 00:42:21.525 --> 00:42:23.152 We're ready, let them come. 00:42:32.065 --> 00:42:34.065 (music playing) 00:42:40.825 --> 00:42:42.014 Give me that knife. 00:43:43.985 --> 00:43:47.365 Come out, Rainsford. Why prolong it? 00:43:48.165 --> 00:43:51.685 I'll not bundle this shot. You'll never even feel it. 00:43:53.207 --> 00:43:55.585 But surely you don't think that anyone 00:43:55.705 --> 00:43:59.335 who has hunted leopards would follow you into that ambush? 00:44:05.725 --> 00:44:09.025 Oh, very well. If you choose to play the leopard, 00:44:09.185 --> 00:44:12.525 I shall hunt you like a leopard. 00:44:18.345 --> 00:44:20.345 (music playing) 00:44:32.325 --> 00:44:33.889 Wait. Maybe it's a trick. 00:45:10.425 --> 00:45:11.785 Why did he go? 00:45:12.745 --> 00:45:16.750 He's playing with us, like a cat with a mouse. What do you mean? 00:45:16.870 --> 00:45:19.405 You heard him say he'd hunt us as he'd hunt a leopard. 00:45:19.525 --> 00:45:22.865 It means he's gone for his high -powered rifle. His rifle? 00:45:22.985 --> 00:45:26.677 Oh, Bob, we must get away from here. Run, quick! Eve, wait! 00:45:47.665 --> 00:45:48.854 No, I tell you, no! 00:45:49.445 --> 00:45:51.185 Don't stop! No! Wait! 00:45:51.945 --> 00:45:53.447 That's Fog Hollow ahead. 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:56.665 Fog Hollow? The swamp where he caught the others. 00:45:56.785 --> 00:45:59.245 We haven't a chance of keeping ahead of him there. 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:02.096 But there's no place else to run. That's just what he's counting on. 00:46:02.146 --> 00:46:05.945 We've got two hours till dawn. We've got to use our brains instead of our legs. 00:46:06.065 --> 00:46:07.565 But he'll have his rifle. 00:46:07.685 --> 00:46:09.688 And we'll have a man trap. Look. 00:46:10.865 --> 00:46:11.765 Oh! 00:46:12.525 --> 00:46:13.651 It makes me drink. 00:46:21.765 --> 00:46:22.766 Cover this over. 00:46:23.325 --> 00:46:27.205 When Mr. Zorro falls down there, he'll be all through hunting. 00:46:27.325 --> 00:46:31.080 Quick, gather some leaves and grass. I'll cut some branches. 00:46:34.395 --> 00:46:36.395 (music playing) 00:48:19.545 --> 00:48:26.185 Yes, very good, Rainsford, very good, you have not won yet. 00:48:27.825 --> 00:48:33.805 Look at your watch, are you looking at it? 00:48:35.045 --> 00:48:37.007 Still half an hour till sunrise. 00:48:37.127 --> 00:48:40.498 Swamp or no swamp, we can keep ahead of them that long. 00:48:40.618 --> 00:48:44.112 No, as you are doubtless saying, the odds are against me. 00:48:44.405 --> 00:48:48.565 You have made my rifle useless in the fog. 00:48:49.365 --> 00:48:52.485 You cannot blame me if I overcome that obstacle. 00:49:00.545 --> 00:49:02.545 (music playing) 00:51:16.075 --> 00:51:18.075 (music playing) 00:52:46.285 --> 00:52:48.285 (music playing) 00:54:48.035 --> 00:54:50.035 (music playing) 00:56:49.225 --> 00:56:51.225 (music playing) 00:57:04.325 --> 00:57:06.885 Achmed 00:57:07.005 --> 00:57:11.945 Miss Trowbridge, bring her here. 00:57:13.365 --> 00:57:14.765 Now! 00:58:10.625 --> 00:58:13.745 My dear Rainsford, I congratulate you. 00:58:21.685 --> 00:58:23.425 You have beaten me. 00:58:26.025 --> 00:58:30.085 Not yet. Oh, but of course I insist. Insist. 00:58:37.305 --> 00:58:38.205 Why, you're... 00:58:39.905 --> 00:58:41.407 You're not even wounded. 00:58:42.225 --> 00:58:46.230 You hit the dog, not me. I took a chance and went over with him. 00:58:48.545 --> 00:58:50.172 A clever trick, Rainsford. 00:58:51.165 --> 00:58:52.792 I cheerfully admit defeat. 00:58:56.545 --> 00:58:58.548 Here's the key of the boathouse. 00:59:00.065 --> 00:59:02.005 The door is in the trophy room. 00:59:02.725 --> 00:59:05.945 You and Miss Trowbridge may leave at once. So! 01:00:49.665 --> 01:00:51.045 The boat, quick! 01:00:54.615 --> 01:00:56.615 (music playing) 01:01:47.665 --> 01:01:50.465 Impossible.