BASED ON THE NOVEL BY H.D. STACPOOLE
TRANSCRIBED BY KENDRA STEINER
Columbia Pictures
CREWMAN (OFF SCREEN): Fire!
CREWMAN (OFF SCREEN): Fire?
CREWMAN (OFF SCREEN): Ah! Ah! Fire! Fire!
THE COOK: Did somebody say fire?
[[[Out on deck, the captain is pulling on his jacket and barking orders at the crew.]]]
CAPTAIN: Man the pumps! Man the pumps!
THE COOK: Hurry
CAPTAIN [to the cook]: Button! Take the children and Mr. Lestrange well away from the ship!
PADDY: Aye. Aye sir. Come on.
CREWMAN: More water! More water!
CAPTAIN: Mr. Lestrange!
CREWMAN: Theres blasting powder in that hold, I saw them load it!
CREWMAN: Run for your life!
CREWMAN: Keep moving!
CREWMAN: All hands on deck! Get out here!
[[[The crew are pushing and shoving. Richard is separated from the cook, Mr. Button, and is shoved
to the deck by a wild-eyed sailor. Richard looks around in fear as the men push and shove,
desperately trying to save their own lives.]]]
THE COOK [BUTTON]: Come on will ya!
[[[He picks Richard up and brings him over to the dinghy. He lifts Emmeline in and then
Richard.]]]
THE COOK: Now, up ya go. Come on now.
EMMELINE: Uncle Arthur!
ARTHUR: Richard! Emmeline!
CAPTAIN: Come on, Lestrange!
ARTHUR: The children!
CAPTAIN: Ah, they’re safe in the dinghy. Follow me.
ARTHUR: Aye sir.
CREWMAN: There’s no more room!
CREWMAN: Lower away!
CREWMAN: Abandon ship!
CREWMAN: Well, that does it!
[[[Richard, Emmeline, and the cook are in the dinghy, rowing away from the ship,
towards the fog bank. They enter the outskirts of the fog bank and then stop.]]]
RICHARD: What’s happening? I can’t see. What was that?
THE COOK: The ship! Cover your faces!
ARTHUR: Richard? Emmeline?!
EMMELINE: Uncle Arthur!
CAPTAIN: There they are!
ARTHUR: Where?
CREWMAN: Captain over here!
ARTHUR: [dimly] Richard !
THE COOK: Hello! Hello!
ARTHUR: [dimly] Emmeline!
RICHARD: Father!
THE COOK: Don’t go shouting both at once, I wont know which way to steer! Long boat ahoy, where
are ya? Haaalloooo!!!
RICHARD: Father!
PADDY: Gone. Lord help us.