South Pacific

Where's that marine lieutenant? Lieutenant Cable!

Yes?

The captain wants to know if you'd like to sit up in the cockpit with him.

Sure. Thanks.

Ah, pull up a chair, marine.

I'm Buzz Adams. Glad to know you. Joe Cable.

Nice to meet you, Joe.

What are those islands over there?

Japanese. All of 'em?

Just a minute.

Yeah, they're unfriendly. Well, take it up! What's the idea?

It's all right. I just wanted to show the lieutenant.

Thanks. I'll take your word for it.

You gotta do something to break the monotony, Lieutenant.

If this war ever really gets started— It'll get started.

Sure, sure, it'll get started.

Yeah.

You, uh, ever hear of a French civilian down where we're going...

named Emile De Becque?

Yeah.

What do you know about him? Nobody knows much about him.

He's rich, got a big plantation on a hill, hunts, fishes.

What's he doing out here?

Story goes that he had to beat it out of France some 15, 16 years ago.

Nobody seems to know much why.

How 'bout taking me on your mission with you, Lieutenant?

Who says I'm on any mission?

My mistake? Your mistake.

Sorry.

Now, here we are.

You see over there? That's the fleet hospital where they keep the nurses.

That's where the Seabees play.

Here you are, Mary. Put 'em down, Professor.

These beautiful grass skirts...

were made by myself, the Professor and Stewpot and three other Seabees...

in half the time it takes your native workers to make 'em.

See? No stretch.

Look 'em over, sweaty pie, and give me a price.

- All hand-tied. - Now, what do you say, sweat-so. What am I offered?

Gee, pretty nice work.

Did you hear that? You can probably sell these to the chumps...

for five or six dollars apiece.

Now, let's make a quick deal. I'll let you have the whole batch for say, um, 80 bucks.

Give you 10 dollar. What?

Aah! Now, see here, dragon lady. You...

Hey, what's that you got there?

A boar's tooth bracelet.

Where'd you get that? Over there on Bali Ha'i?

You like?

Hey, come here. Come here.

You don't run into these things every day.

They're scarce as hen's teeth.

They're bigger too.

That darn Bali Ha'i.

Why does it have to be off-limits?

You can get everything over there...

shrunken heads, bracelets.

Only officers can sign out boats.

I'll get a boat, all right.

I'll latch on to some officer who's got some imagination,

who would like to see that boar's tooth ceremonial as much as I would.

It's a pip of a ceremonial.

Dancin', drinkin',

everything.

Why, you big phony. We all know why you wanna go to Bali Ha'i.

Yeah? Why? Because the French planters...

put their young women over there when they heard the G.I.'s were coming.

That's why. Just as if they didn't trust us.

The trouble with you is, ain't boar's teeth. It's women.

It is boar's teeth...

and women.

Hup, two, three, four. Hup, two, three, four.

Pick 'em up. Set 'em down. Hup, two, three, four.

Hup, two, three, four.

Pick 'em up. Set 'em down. Hup, two, three, four.

Hup, two, three, four. Hup, two, three, four.

Hup, two, three, four.

Hello.

Luther.

Luther.

Yes, Miss Forbush. Have you done what you promised?

Yes, Miss Forbush.

I did it all last night.

Uh, uh, you don't have to open it now.

Oh!

Why, you do beautiful work, Luther!

Gosh, I guess I'm just about the luckiest nurse on this island to have found you.

You're a treasure.

Hup, two, three, four.

She's a nice little girl. But some of them nurses, the officers can have 'em.

They got 'em. Well, they can have 'em.

Hup, two, three, four. Hup, two, three, four.

Hup, two, three, four.

Hup, two, three, four.

Hello.

You make trouble for me?

Huh?

Are you crummy major?

No, I'm even crummier than that.

I'm a lieutenant.

"Lootellan."

Lootellan.

Hiya, Lootellan. New on the rock?

Just flew in on that P.B.Y.

- Where from? - Little island south of Marie Louise.

Hey, Lootellan.

You sexy man.

Thanks. Uh, you're looking pretty, uh, fit yourself.

Sexy!

Who's she? Ah, nobody.

She's Tonkinese.

You got sweetheart?

Take home Chicago to sexy sweetheart.

Oh, no, she's a Philadelphia girl. I doubt that she'd quite appreciate.

What's that "Philadelia" girl?

What's that mean? No sexy?

You like, I give you free.

Free? You never give me anything free.

You no sexy like Lootellan.

Take.

No, thanks. Where'd you get that anyway?

Bali Ha'i.

There's your officer. Leave it to me.

Intriguin' little island, ain't it, Lieutenant?

Officers can get launches and go over there.

Bali Ha'i. What's that mean?

Bali Ha'i mean "I am your special island."

Mean "Here I am."

Bali Ha'i your special island, Lootellan.

I know.

You listen. You hear island call to you.

Listen. You no hear something?

You hear voice?