Across the Pacific

Man: The court is open.

Yes, sir.

Captain Leland,

this court has carefully considered your case

and has reached its conclusions based solely upon the evidence

introduced in open court while you were present.

At the close of the evidence, the court was closed,

and by secret written ballot

in which at least 2/3 of the members of the court concurred,

the court has reached its findings,

which are, of all specifications and of all charges, guilty.

And again by secret written ballot

in which at least 2/3 of the members

of the court concurred,

the court has decided upon your punishment,

which is that you be sentenced to dismissal

from the United States army

and to forfeit all pay and allowances

now due or to become due,

this subject to the approval of the reviewing authority.

Any further business before the court?

Man: No, sir.

Do I hear a motion for adjournment?

Man: I move that the court adjourn.

Second man: I second the motion.

Any objections? Apparently not.

Court is adjourned to meet at the call of the president.

How about a game?

All right, Hansen, but you and me

against Greer and Parsons.

Man: I'll take a cue.

Well, captain... Anything bothering you?

There used to be a custom in the British army

when a man disgraced his uniform.

Too bad we can't do it.

Come in.

Well, Rick...

An officer shouldn't associate with one

who's been dishonorably dismissed.

The regulations say so.

The adjutant gave his permission.

In spite of the evidence, I just can't believe.

Or if you did do it, you must have had a reason...

well, one that you thought was important.

Tell me. I'm your friend.

It's all in the testimony.

Rick, I could have loaned you the money, or part of it,

and there were others who would have been glad.

Oh, I just can't believe.

You, of everybody I know.

Well, I guess nobody ever really knows anybody.

What are you going to do, Rick?

I'll probably go up to Canada.

They need artillerymen there.

But, Rick...

Well, anyway, good luck.

Thanks.

Good-bye.

Man: Sit down.

I see you're an artilleryman, Mr. Leland.

Now what exactly is your experience,

and with what type of ordnance?

All types and calibers

of both fixed and mobile coastal guns,

including one year in an antiaircraft battery.

Now, where were you stationed?

Two years at fort MacArthur,

one year and 8 months Fort Totten,

one year and two months fort Kamehameha,

4 years in the Panama canal zone.

Your full name?

Richard Lomas Leland.

Richard Leland?

That's right, sir.

Why, I'm sorry, Mr. Leland,

but I believe at this time we have a full complement

of coast artillery officers of all ranks.

I thought the Canadian army needed men of experience.

Oh, regardless of his qualifications,

no one man is indispensable.

Maybe Chiang Kai-Shek won't be so particular.

I'm aware neither of the exact desperation

of the generalissimo's needs

nor how good are his sources of information.

Good day, Mr. Leland.

Man: Your baggage checks, miss Marlow.

The ship sails from pier 19.

Sailing time will be midnight,

but passengers be aboard by 11:00, please.

Marlow: Thank you.

What was that boat you were talking about?

The Genoa Maru, sailing tonight for Yokohama

by way of New York, the Panama canal, and Honolulu.

It's for me.

Excuse, please?

How much?

To port of final destination, $212.80.

Excuse, please.

I cannot promise passage on the Genoa Maru

unless we have cancellation.

However, there is possibility.

If you will leave name and address,

I shall inform you in time before sailing.

When is the next sailing?

Next Wednesday.

The Nakamura Maru bigger,

more passenger space. Same fare.

Try to make it Genoa mar...

I'll be packed and waiting.

We trust we can be

satisfactorily of service, Mr. Leland.

Man: Good night, Mr. Leland.

Night.

This is Mr. Leland speaking.

The N.Y.K. Steamship office call me?

You're sure?

Oh, thanks.

Yes?

Yeah.

Yeah, speaking.

Oh, the Genoa Maru it is, eh?

OK. You send the tickets over,

and I'll pay the messenger.

Right.

Passenger? Yes.

Bags, sir, shoulda be.

What time do we sail?

Soon. 10 minutes or half-hour, shoulda be.

It should.

Leland Richard.

No, Richard Leland.

Shoulda be.

Bed hard?

It's very hard.

Shoulda be.

My name Sugi.

Uh, I think I'll call you "shoulda be,"

if you don't mind.

Shoulda be.

For drink.

Wash hand.

Fan.

For read.

Anything else?

We're going to know each other eventually,

so why not now?

That seems reasonable enough.

I'm Alberta Marlow.

My name's Rick Leland.

Would you mind stepping into the light?

Please.

Oh, and a jap freighter, too.

You'd better pinch me.

I don't think I know you that well.

Pretty girl on a boat with no college boys,

no handsome officers,

no eligible men of any description...

Why, it's wonderful.

You've traveled a lot.

Some, but never so luxuriously.

This is my first time on a big ship.

Well, this is not a ship. This is a boat.

In medicine hat,

we wouldn't know about such things.

That where you come from?

How far you going?

Through the Panama canal to Los Angeles

and then back home by train.

Vacation? Mm-hmm.

I'll try to make the trip as pleasant as possible.

Thank you. Good night, Mr. Leland.

Oh, no. Don't go.

Let's go into the salon and talk.

Sorry. Hope I'll see you around again soon.

Oh, we'll probably bump into each other.

Good night.

Good night.

Thick night out. Yes, sir.

You can't open the liquor

till you get outside the 12-mile limit, can you?

That is so.

Silly rule, huh?

Yes, sir. Excuse, please.

Yes, sir. Yes.

I presume you're Mr. Leland. That's right.

I'm Dr. Lorenz. Not much chance of mistaking

one's fellow voyagers on this passage.

Not much.

May I inquire where you're bound for?

Across the pacific... the orient.

Excellent. I, too. The Philippines, that is.

I hold the chair of sociology at the university there.

My man. He doesn't speak English.

That would be "T. Oki" of the passenger list?

I take him everywhere.

The Japanese make great servants.