(dramatic orchestral music)
- Well, kanpai ex-partner.
- Kanpai.
When are you leaving Hong Kong?
- Oh, no hurry.
I don't have to be in Manila 'til the end of the month.
- [Mr. Puan] What does Marissa say about it?
- Haven't told her.
- A good girl that one.
I like her.
- Yeah, she's a good girl.
I'm gonna feel bad about leaving her,
but I'm leaving just the same.
- I think you're making a big mistake, Stuart.
You don't even know if Philippinel Ranch will take you.
- We'll see.
- What are you really looking for, Stuart?
- A fella named Stuart Allison.
He's been gone a long time.
If I don't start looking for him pretty soon, I may...
- What's the matter?
(expression in foreign language)
- Marion?
(boat horn blowing)
(whistles blowing)
(intense orchestral music)
(footsteps)
- Making us another little visit, I see.
The usual thing, eh?
Drunk.
- [Stuart] I didn't start it.
- Of course not.
Still.
It does happen to you with almost haikuic regularity,
doesn't it?
- Hearing on Friday, 10:00 a.m.,
municipal court, room 16.
- A few parting words if you don't mind.
We have treated you rather decently thus far
under the circumstances,
but we really don't like smugglers
even if they happen to be Americans.
I'm afraid we are bound to great more
and morals as time goes by.
Most unfortunate.
- Well don't sweat over it,
I just went out of business today.
- Really?
How did that happen?
- I was offered a job in Manila.
Sold my interest in a boat.
- So Mr. Puan now takes over
sole management of the firm?
- I'm going into the fishing business, Inspector.
- No doubt about it.
Well, good luck to both of you.
So nice to have had this little chat.
(daunting orchestral music)
(footsteps)
- Bourbon.
(bouncy orchestral jazz music)
(coin clanking)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic orchestral bursts)
(thudding)
(footsteps)
- Hey what's going here?
- [O'Hara] No, no, no.
They did not get anything.
- American?
- Officer, they went that way.
I think you can still catch them.
- Who?
- The robbers.
Two of them.
And they were hidden in the dark.
And as I past them, they jumped me.
Fortunately, this gentlemen came along.
They did not get my wallet.
- What did they look like?
- They were bigger than me.
It was so dark,
and it happened so suddenly.
- [Voiceover] Hey, come on here.
- You wait here.
- You wanted to talk?
I'm listening.
- Do you like chestnuts?
- No, and I wouldn't like to Tango
with you again, but I will have to.
- My name is Casimir O'Hara.
It's not really a strange name.
It just happens to be Chinese, Filipino, Irish.
- Why were you following me all day?
- You're looking for a woman named Marion Kramer.
Is that correct?
- You know where she is?
- What do you know about Ms. Kramer,
and what do you have to do about her?
- Just this, she just doesn't happen to be Ms. Kramer,
she's Mrs. Stuart Allison.
(laughing)
- Try again Mr. Allison.
I have been acquainted at Ms. Kramer
for almost five years now.
- And she walked out on me six years ago.
I was a flyer in the Korean War.
I left her in Tokyo.
When I got back she was gone.
Just disappeared.
She could've been dead for all I knew.
Can't you understand?
She just vanished, walked out on me.
I was only married to her two months
when I got called back in service,
and I knew her a couple of weeks before that.
Her going off like that came out of left field.
All I could do was look for her.
Spent every dime I had.
Even begged, borrowed, and stole.
Only thing was important was gettin' her back.
And now I don't know what for.
- Would you kill her?
- [Stuart] What?
- It's a reasonable question.
A man can store up a great deal of hate in six years.
Is that the way you feel about her?
- No.
- All right, Mr. Allison.
I will tell you where to find her
on one condition.
- What's that?
- That you meet me at the lobby of your hotel tomorrow,
and tell me all about your meeting with her.
- What's your angle?
- I cannot answer that for the time being.
You will have to take me on trust.
- OK.
- You will find her at this address tonight.
It is sort of an exclusive place,
but they will let you in if you show this note
to the man at the door.
About our meeting tomorrow.
Do not approach me or show any recognition of me
until I've come to you.
- Is Marion in any kind of trouble?
- We might talk about that tomorrow.
One thing more, Mr. Allison,
I would suggest that from now on,
you proceed with extreme caution,
as if your life were in grave danger.
That is all I can tell you now.
(daunting orchestral music)
(door slamming)
(engine purring)
(crowd chattering)
- All done.
(door shutting)
Sorry sir, private room.
- Is the manager's office in there?
- That way.
(thudding, rustling)
- Taklo, this is a friend.
Hello Stu.
Did you come looking for me?
- Let's get out of here.
- You want to?
- We've got a lot to talk about, don't you think?
- All right.
(footsteps)
(slow orchestral music)
Don't turn on the lights, Stu.
I like quiet, dark places.
Something so soothing about them.
Something so present
you could almost touch it.
Do you know that about me, Stu?
You always thought I was a little crazy, didn't you?
How long has it been?
Five years, six years.
A long time ago in a different world.
Sometimes when I look back,
it's like it happened to two different people.
- It happened to us, Marion.
- Yes I know.
Give me a cigarette.
(slow, romantic orchestral music)
Do you hate me?
Do you?
- No.
I don't know if that answers your question though.
- You haven't changed at all have you, Stu?
- I've changed.
- All means nothing to you now?
- I don't know.
- I thought about you a great deal.
You don't know how many times
I've wanted to come back to you.
- But you always managed to talk yourself
out of it, didn't you?
- Does it have to be like this?
Couldn't you just believe me once?
Try to understand that I--
- Understand?
How do you expect me to understand?
Marion, for three years lookin' for you was my whole life.
I gave up everything that meant anything to me.
I didn't know what made you go.
I didn't know why you disappeared.
You could've been forced to
or you could even be dead.
All I could do is look for you.
I kept that up as long as I could.
But I couldn't keep it up forever.
And after a while, even that didn't make any sense.
- We had a good thing, didn't we?
- [Stuart] You want the truth?
I don't remember.
- Don't hate me, Stu.
Help me.
I'm all alone.
Please help me.
- Why did you do it, Marion?
- Don't ask me any questions.
Just be with me.
(orchestral music)
- Marion?
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Who is it?
Just a minute.
He says it's your travel agency.
How'd they know you were here?
- Yes?
Yes but I--
No, I didn't.
No.
Yes, all right.
- Who was that?
I have to go, Stu.
I am here on business, you know.
And there's some important things
I have to attend to.
- I'm coming with you.
- No.
It's just something I have to do by myself.
- You're not going anywhere without me, Marion.
- Get out of my way.
- Now listen to me.
I just want to help you.
I know you're in some kind of trouble.
- I don't want any help from you.
Now let me go.
Please Stu,
I know I've never given you any reason to trust me,
but it's important that I leave here alone.
Please don't ask me why.
I'm not in any trouble, I swear it.
- I don't believe you.
Last night when I found you
you were full of--
- It won't take me long.
I'll just go do what I have to do.
Then I'll go back to the place where I'm staying
and pick up some things.
I'll meet you there tonight if you like.
- Where?
- 143 Alvero on the north side.
I'll be ready at ten.
Please Stu, it's just for today.
Tonight I'll be with you.
I'll go with you wherever you'd like.
- And you won't tell me anything now?
- Tonight I will.
I'll never ask you for anything else again.
Please.
Thank you, Stu.
Ten o'clock.
- And she told you nothing at all about
her business up here?
Not even indirectly?
- Not a thing.
All I know is she's in trouble.
You know what she's mixed up in,
don't you O'Hara?
- Trouble seems to be her business, I think.
Some persons are born that way.
- O'Hara I have got to know.
- Keep your voice down please.
I hardly know you Mr. Allison,
but I wish you no ill.
Therefore, this is my advice.
Forget your wife.
Get out of Macao as soon as possible.
Her illness is incurable.
I say this without malice.
Her addiction is only a symptom.
- I tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna meet her tonight,
and tomorrow I'm goin' to Hong Kong with her.
- Then I can only wish you good luck.
(church bells ringing)
(daunting orchestral music)
(knocking)
- Hello?
Anybody home?
Marion?
(daunting orchestral music)
- I'd stay right where you are if I were you.
Dee, come into the front hall.
- [Stuart] Say look, there's been a mistake.
And I'm quite sure.
- Put your hands on your head
and walk in there.
Slowly.
Straight ahead.
- [Stuart] Say look, my name's Allison.
I can show you my identification.
- Keep your hands where they are.
- Now look, I can explain.
I was looking for my wife.
Your door was open.
- What might your wife's name be?
- [Stuart] Marion A--
Marion Kramer.
- You'll have to do much better than that ole boy.
I've never heard of either name.
- Look, I don't care what you think.
I'm telling you it's a mistake.
Now if you don't believe me, call the police.
- I'm afraid it won't be as simple as that, Mr. Kramer
or whatever your name may be.
You see, the police in this part of the world
are inclined to treat Americans with kid gloves.
I rather fancy they think the tourist rate will suffer
if they do otherwise.
I think he and I can take care of this ourselves
very nicely, thank you.
Sit down.
- What is this a frame?
I suppose Marion's got something to do with it?
(daunting, dramatic orchestral music)
(smacking)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(boat horn blowing)
(baby grumbling)
- Good morning, Mr. Allison.
(man speaking in foreign language)
Just something for your headache, that is all.
You are fortunate.
You might have had a concussion.
Chew it.
- You found me?
- This is the home of a cousin of mine
who works in the Custom's Bureau.
- Did you know it was a trap?
- No, but you could call it an educated guess.
Your wife returned to Hong Kong on the ferry this morning.
Don't be foolish, my friend.
You are in no condition to go anywhere.
I am sure Mrs. Allison will remain in Hong Kong
for a little while yet.
In fact, I'm gambling on it.
I think I'd better tell you my little story.
Have you ever heard of a Chinese Nationalist
General named Wu Tra Lin?
- Wasn't he in command of the Hunan Army
in the last days of government on the mainland?
- You have a good memory.
(whining baby)
As you can imagine,
the atmosphere prevailing at the time
was one of utter confusion and panic.
All hopes of victory were abandoned.
The only remaining hope was to get out of the province,
out of the country all together.
Hong Kong.
Macao.
Singapore.
Taipei.
Manila.
The government of course was moving to Formosa.
General Wu was given the task
of supervising the evacuation
of government and personnel and property in his area.
And this matter, acquitted himself brilliantly,
which is more than can be said of his military activities.
Fortunately, several months later in Formosa,
when the government auditors had had sufficient time
to take stock of things, it was discovered
that somewhere along the line,
General Wu or some members of his staff
had mislaid some highly negotiable
foreign government bonds and treasury certificates
worth about three million U.S. dollars.
Of course an investigation was made,
several members of General Wu's staff were imprisoned,
some were shot.
But the bonds were never found.
The General was permitted to resign from his commission.
- What's all this got to do with Marion?
- After he resigned,
he went and lived in Japan.
He met Mrs. Allison there
about two years ago.
They have been very close friends ever since.
- That hardly proves she had anything to do
with stealing the bonds
or getting 'em out of the mainland.
- No one claims that.
As a matter of fact, it has been satisfactorily established
that the bonds never left the mainland.
- So?
- I have reason to believe that the bonds
were smuggled to Macao from the mainland very recently.
I have reason to believe that Mrs. Allison
came here to pick the things up.
The General has disappeared from his residence in Kobe.
And Mrs. Allison, a woman known to be without
any visible means of support
has to Hong Kong and Macao
with no apparent purpose than to purchase
some very expensive articles of oriental art.
An old hobby of hers, Mr. Allison?
- I never noticed particularly.
You seem to be pretty well posted on this business.
- Not as well as I would like it to be.
There are some very puzzling questions.
Why did General Wu wait for eight years
to get the bonds out of the mainland?
It is now a much riskier affair than it was eight years ago
when the People's Government Secret Police
was not so well organized.
Another puzzle.
What caused Mrs. Allison to throw in
her lot with General Wu?
- That's pretty obvious.
- The bonds?
I don't think so.
- What do you care O'Hara?
All you want to do is get your hands on the bonds.
- You don't know that for a fact.
I have told you all this
in the hope that I might persuade you
to join forces with me.
- I'm not interested.
- But you are still determined to get your wife out of this?
- Yes.
- Then you really don't have any choice
in the matter, do you?
(upbeat, bouncy orchestral music)
- Oh Mr. Allison, I forgot.
Mr. O'Hara is waiting for you upstairs.
(bouncy exotic music)
(slow jazz music)
- How's the head?
- Fine.
Headache's all gone.
Have you found her?
She's staying at the Astor Hotel
under her maiden name.
She lives alone.
She's had no contact worth investigating
ever since her arrival.
The curios she bought from Macao
are now in the Manzi's Storage Company
in Gilman Street.
- Do you think the bonds might be there?
- Yours is as good a guess as any.
- And this Chinese General you said disappeared,
do you think he might be dead?
- If he is dead, someone has killed him.
And that someone has dealt himself
into our little game.
In any case, I refuse to believe
that she's playing a lone hand.
- Well now, what do you propose
we do about it?
Just sit and wait.
- We can't afford to do that.
We have to stir things up a little.
And see what happens.
I want you to telephone her.
Insist on seeing her.
Make an appointment with her.
Tomorrow.
Away from her hotel.
- What's the idea?
- A shot in the dark.
She might panic.
And try to get to her people.
Or if not.
I could go over her room
while she's out meeting with you.
Call her up.
It's only a five minute walk to her hotel.
- Just one thing O'Hara.
I won't set her up to be patsy for you
or anybody else.
Now you understand that?
- There's no need for petty speeches, Allison.
We are going to work as a team
as long as it both suits us.
You know what I am.
I am a skip,
a lonely scavenger if you wish
like your wife and her friends.
You are an idealist.
The world that I know, believe me,
that word is just as dirty.
My country has survived for 4,000 years
until it was strangled by idealists.
- Is he there?
- Yes.
Thank you very much for the use of your--
- Hello?
I'd like to speak to Ms. Marion Kramer, please.
Hello Marion, this is Stu.
I didn't think you knew what happened to me.
- I just heard about it from a friend.
No Stu, No.
It wouldn't do either one of us any good.
I can't meet you.
It's out of the question.
(finger snapping)
All right, three o'clock.
I'll be there.
- So, you found her.
Now I know why you sold the boat.
- No, I didn't know about it then.
- What are you going to do, Stuart?
- I don't know.
I really don't know.
She's sick, she's in big trouble.
- And you're still in love with her after all?
At least you're not apologizing.
I think I'd kill you if you apologized.
(birds chirping)
(engine roaring)
- What do you want with me, Stu?
- That's a funny question to ask, isn't it?
- Oh for heaven's sakes.
Let's not start that faithful husband routine again.
It's the wrong time of day for it.
- All right, let's talk about Macao.
You knew I was gonna get worked over there
the other night, didn't you?
- What difference does it make?
I only came here for one reason, Stu.
For your own good, leave me alone.
I can't mean that much to you.
You know what I am.
Is it worth getting killed for?
- I don't plan on getting killed.
I know what you are.
I want you back.
I don't know if we can still work things out,
but we can try.
- I don't want to come back to you.
Don't you think I would've a long time ago
if I'd wanted to?
That night in Macao...
I didn't know what I was saying.
- That night in Macao, you were yourself.
You just stopped being frightened for a while, that's all.
Now listen to me, Marion,
I know what you're mixed up in.
You're playing with dynamite.
In the shape you're in, it's liable to blow up in your face.
Now I could help you out of it if you let me.
- So that's it.
I might have known.
- I don't want the bonds.
I just want to get you out of this mess.
Now look, I got a job in Manila.
We can be there tonight.
There's a plane leaving.
- Stay away from me, Stu.
I won't tell you again.
(car engine buzzing)
(bouncy jazz music)
- You dance very well, Ms. Marissa.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much.
- [Stuart] Are you sure he couldn't have
come in while I was out?
- I couldn't be sure, Mr. Allison.
All I know is, he hasn't come to the bar
at any time tonight.
- Then I'm gonna go look for him.
If he shows up, tell him to wait, will you?
(car engine buzzing)
(daunting orchestral music)
(knocking)
Hello?
O'Hara?
(dramatic, bouncy orchestral music)
What are you doing here?
- O'Hara gave me his address too and they told me--
- Look come on, let's get going.
- What's wrong, Stuart?
(dramatic, suspenseful orchestral music)
(gunshots firing)
(thudding, banging)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- Hello?
Oh hello Mr. Allison.
I've been trying and trying to reach you.
Your friend has been in an accident.
He is in a municipal hospital.
He's asking for you.
(footsteps)
- You're a little late.
He is still in there if you want to see him.
(dramatic orchestral music)
Hit and run.
He wasn't killed instantly.
Did you know him well?
- Met him a few days ago.
- That's odd.
He seemed to wanted to talk to you very badly.
- Had a business proposition.
We were gonna meet tonight.
- [Man in Turban] What kind of a business proposition?
- Were gonna talk about it tonight.
- I see.
And there is nothing you can tell me
that might be of some help?
- No.
- You couldn't have known then
that he was an agent of the Chinese Nationalist Government?
You don't really believe it was an accident,
do you Allison?
- Look, if you want a statement
on where I've been since I got her--
- They've already looked into that.
- What about funeral arrangements?
- The Chinese community's going to take care of it.
He had a family in Singapore.
A wife and three sons.
I thought you were leaving Hong Kong.
- I am.
- Soon?
Very wise of you, I think.
He was a highly trained person's line of work.
An expert you might say.
And yet...
(dramatic orchestral music)
- It could've been an accident.
You don't really know that she had anything to do with it.
- I'm sorry I got you in with this.
- It wasn't your fault, Stuart.
- It never is.
It's the kind of guy I am.
O'Hara had me pegged from the start.
Get back in quick.
- [Marissa] Why, what's the mat--
- Turn around, we're going back.
(dramatic orchestral music)
- What's wrong?
- We can't go back to the club.
Not after what happened tonight.
They're probably waiting for us.
- But what am I going to tell them?
I promised I'd be back.
- Baby, can't you understand they'd try to kill us?
They're not through trying.
- What are we going to do, Stuart?
Hong Kong isn't big enough to hide us forever.
- You're right.
Maybe we can do more than just hide.
(car engine running)
(footsteps)
- Hello Mr. Allison.
Help you?
- I have a friend of mine staying here,
Ms. Marion Kramer.
- Oh yes, she's in 518.
I'll give her a call and--
- Don't bother Jimmy.
I'm sure Ms. Kramer won't mind.
- OK.
(footsteps)
(knocking)
- [Marion] Who is it?
- It's me, Stu.
- [Marion] Stu. Wait.
(banging)
(melancholy orchestral music)
- What did he do?
- He beat me with a belt.
He said next time he'd kill me.
- Why'd he do it?
- He said he would if he caught me again.
Oh Stu, help me.
He took it away.
Get me some.
It'll be the last time, I promise.
- What is it, cocaine?
- Don't you understand, I'm all twisted up inside.
And frightened.
- How long have you been on it?
- Oh Stu, you were so right.
Take me back, I need you.
I'll be whatever you want me to be.
- I'm getting you out of here.
- Will you help me?
- Yeah I'll help you, but you better change.
You think you can manage?
- Yes I'll go right now.
Oh thank you, Stu.
You'll never be sorry, I promise.
Gotta go before he comes back.
(footsteps)
(daunting orchestral music)
- It's past supper time, are you hungry?
- You think something might have gone wrong?
- I'm trying not to think.
I suggest you do the same.
(car engine buzzing)
Were you followed?
- Unless you would follow without headlights.
- Oh Stu is it--
Have they got it?
- Let's go downstairs.
- [Voiceover] I'll be in the front room.
- Where is he going?
I thought he had it down here.
Did he--
- He hasn't got any Marion.
- You promised me, Stu.
You said you'd help me.
- I'll help you.
But not get another fix.
Not now or ever again.
- What did you bring me here for?
- To get you away from your friends
and ask you a few questions.
- [Marion] Let me go.
You dirty hypocrite.
You think you can get away with it?
They're gonna run you down and kill you
and I'm going to watch 'em do it.
You're gonna get the same thing
that sneaky little friend of yours got.
- So you figured O'Hara?
(smacking)
You're a murder too on top of everything else,
you're a murderer.
- [Marion] Oh Stu, I didn't mean that.
- Get up.
- [Marion] I didn't know they were gonna kill him.
- Get up.
- Oh Stu! I didn't know until--
(incoherent murmuring)
- The guy who was with you tonight.
- He said it had to be done.
He said O'Hara found out where the bonds were.
- Inside one of your crates at the warehouse.
(gasps)
- You know?
- Sure, that's why he wanted to have me killed.
- Stu believe me, I didn't know.
They just said they were gonna
throw a scare into you.
- Where's General Wu, Marion?
- I'll tell you anything you want to know.
Only please help me.
I've gotta have it, I beg you.
- Where is General Wu?
- Taggert thinks he's dead.
He said we'd keep the bonds for ourselves.
I never wanted to have anything to do with him.
But they made me work with him.
- How did they make you?
- The same way you're making me talk right now.
Oh Stu.
Stu, please.
We were sent here separately.
Taggert was supposed to watch me,
but never be seen with me
unless it couldn't be helped.
After I'd picked up the bonds,
we were supposed to wait for a contact.
Oh Stu.
Please, don't punish me like this.
You want me to die?
- You won't die.
You better get some rest.
- Stu, wait!
I'll tell you everything.
There's more.
I'll tell you anything you want to know.
Do you want the bonds?
They're yours.
All of them.
Please!
Don't leave me here.
Let me out!
Help me.
That's a laugh, ha.
Fine, straighten me out.
Wipe out all the last six years.
I've known a lot of men since I left you, Stu.
Did you know that?
The General and Taggert too.
Did you know that?!
Let me out, let me out!
(crying)
(slow orchestral music)
- I've been very happy with you, Stuart.
I'm sorry I can't help you now.
(footsteps)
(door shutting)
(slow orchestral music)
- Marion, there's something I want to tell you.
I never really had a chance to know each other.
I knew that when I married you.
When you left me I gave myself a lot of reasons
to go on looking for you.
I suppose I would've kept on believing in them
if I hadn't found you, but I found you.
And know why I had to.
You said it yourself, we had a good thing once.
But you always wanted more than I could give you.
And now you got your big chance.
But you're not well.
These people you're mixed up with are killers.
Playing over your head.
So I'm gonna help you Marion.
I'm gonna help you beat 'em at their own game.
You're gonna have everything you ever wanted.
- All for me?
- For both of us.
From now on we'll be together.
I've thrown away six years of my life and I want 'em back.
- What do I want, Stu?
Do you know?
Once I thought I did.
But you could look so long.
So hard.
But you forget.
Do you love me?
- I love you.
- Hold me?
Stu, I'm so tired.
I'd give anything in the world if I could just
stop running for a little while.
You'll stay with me, won't you?
Promise me, you'll stay with me?
- [Stuart] I won't leave you.
- I love you, Stu.
I love you.
(footsteps)
- Hello, Mr. Allison.
- [Stuart] Ms. Kramer call you?
- Yes sir, I've sent the maid up to pack up her things.
We've been keeping this for her.
I hope Ms. Kramer wasn't unhappy here.
- Oh it's not that, Jimmy.
It's just that some friends came in from out of town.
She had to leave all of a sudden.
- [Jimmy] I see.
What about the luggage?
Would you like to wait for them
or shall we send them over where she's staying?
- I might as well wait, Jimmy.
I'll pick 'em up later, Jimmy.
- Any time, Mr. Allison.
- If you have a moment,
I'd like to have a little chat with you.
I think the bar would be rather more private, all right?
By the way, my name is Taggert.
Mike Taggert.
Beer for me.
Allison?
- What's the deal?
- That's strange.
I was just about to ask you the same thing.
- Don't you know?
- Allison, you're surely not stupid enough
to think that you can get away with this?
- I don't know.
I've been doin' pretty good so far.
- We are a very efficient and well connected organization.
These bonds you see,
they're sort of a fee for eight years
of very hard and confidential work.
- Very legitimate.
Like setting up dope outlets for the Chinese Reds.
- That sort of wild thinking can get you
into a lot of trouble.
I sincerely advise you to stop as fast you can.
- That's a very nice thing to have, a sincerity.
- I'm a businessman, Allison,
and as a businessman, am prepared to make you
a very generous offer.
I do not want to see this deal
get into a bigger mess than it's in now.
And so therefore, I will offer you $10,000 cash
for that claim check that you have in your pocket.
And furthermore, I'll throw Mrs. Allison into the bargain.
- And a safe passage for the both of us out of Hong Kong?
- [Taggert] Naturally.
- I don't know what you do for General Wu,
but it's plain to see you don't do his thinking.
Only a fool would expect me to go for
a tired bill of goods like that.
- I have the cash here.
- Well then hire another native gunman.
That'd make more sense.
And don't stop being sincere.
You can't afford to let Marion and I run around.
We know too much.
Even more than O'Hara.
- Don't underestimate me, Allison.
I don't make too many mistakes.
I will admit that bringing a junkie like your wife
into this organization was rather stupid.
But then, you should know better than most people
that she can be a barrel of fun
when she wants to be.
I don't think we have anything more
we need to talk about.
- I've met a lot of guys in your business.
But never have I met anybody who's enjoyed
it as much as you.
You've had your kicks with me, Marion, and O'Hara.
I think it's time you paid us a small down payment.
(dramatic music)
(groaning)
Don't make any noise or I'll--
May get the police down on us
and we'll have a lot of questions to answer.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(slow orchestral music)
- Stu, I've been thinking.
Are the bonds really very important to you?
- Why do you ask that?
- Well it's just, they don't know where we are now,
but they'll stop looking for us.
If we stay here much longer--
- We're not gonna be here much longer.
We're getting out tonight.
- Why can't we leave right now this morning?
- Without the bonds, you mean?
- It doesn't really matter, does it?
The important thing is the two of us get away from here.
Get someplace where they'll never find us.
- Marion, I don't understand you.
It's only at your account that I got myself into this thing.
- I know, I know.
But what seemed so terribly important to me
just a short time ago
doesn't mean anything anymore.
All I want is you.
I know that now.
I need you, Stu.
I'll never leave you again.
- You never give up, do you?
- Don't you believe me?
- How can I?
Have you ever given me one reason
to believe you?
We need the bonds.
We need the money to get as far away
from Wu and his bunch as we can.
They'll never stop looking for us.
- It's not worth it.
- I didn't make the choice, you did.
- [Marion] Nothing's changed then?
- Just one small difference.
We'll be together.
And Marion'll make two phone calls.
One to her hotel to tell them to deliver
her luggage to the Chief Steward
of the President Tyler.
The other to the storage company
to tell 'em to do the same thing with the crates.
And the President Tyler doesn't start loading
cargo until early morning so I don't think
the crates will be there before that.
Then I go downtown and I get two first class tickets
on Philippine Airlines.
Before I do that, I make sure I'm being followed
by one of Taggert's crowd.
- The idea of course is to make them think
that you're going to be on the plane?
But I don't follow.
- Let me finish.
We're not going out on the Tyler.
And we're not going out on Philippine Airlines.
We're leaving tonight on your boat
and board the Boston at Macao.
We meet your boat at China Bay at 1:00 a.m.
That'll be your chore for this evening.
- What about embarios?
- Well that's the tough part.
We have to break into the storage house.
They've only got one night watchman.
I've already checked that.
And the back lock in the place
shouldn't be too tough to break.
It'll be a risk all right.
- Not too much for Puan.
Storage houses at the bank.
Sounds full proof to me.
- Well let's hope so.
We'll meet tonight at 10:30 at Wing Wu Street.
I don't want you girls to leave the house while I'm out.
- Sorry, I guess I'm still a little weak.
- Maybe you'd better get some rest.
- I think I will.
You take care of yourself.
(daunting, dramatic orchestral music)
(man speaking in foreign language)
- OK let's get started.
I want you two girls to sit up front.
Now if you see anything suspicious,
even a patrol car, I want you to give
three short blasts on the horn.
I'm gonna be in there about a half hour
so don't panic.
- Stu, I want you--
- What is it Marion?
- Nothing.
Please be careful.
- Try not to worry.
We'll be out in a short while.
(dramatic orchestral music)
(popping)
(engine running, whistling)
(daunting, suspenseful orchestral music)
Wait here.
(dramatic burst)
(bouncy, suspenseful music)
- Stuart?
(gunshot)
(suspenseful music)
- We'll have to walk back to the car.
(dramatic orchestral music)
We've got to get you to a doctor.
You're not going--
- No.
House, get to house.
- But there's a 20 minute drive to your house.
You're losing a lot of blood.
- The house.
Like Roscoe and my brother.
(dramatic music)
- Hello, American cigarettes.
Buy eight pounds, $2.10.
(man speaking foreign language)
- No, no.
- No, cheaper and special quality.
Very good Scotch whisky.
Have good Scotch whisky.
Cheaper than store, same quality.
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(doors slamming)
- Please go on into the house, Mr. Allison.
The key, please.
Put down that telephone.
- [Stuart] This man is seriously wounded.
He needs help right away.
- It will have to wait, I'm afraid.
Stand over there by the stairway.
(speaking in foreign language)
(footsteps)
You have probably guessed that I'm General Wu, Mr. Allison.
You have caused me no end of trouble.
Where's Mrs. Allison?
- She's not here.
- That is not what I asked you.
- I don't know where she is.
She ran out on us at the warehouse.
- You won't gain anything by lying to me.
- I'm not lying.
She left some things in the car.
You can see for yourself.
- The chase never ceases.
It has been eight years now for me.
Ambition.
Imagination.
Daring, are never enough.
One needs patience.
Infinite patience.
(footsteps)
(men speaking in foreign language)
It was a mere stroke of luck my finding you.
When Mrs. Allison disappeared from her hotel,
you were the main suspect of course.
But you were nowhere to be found.
It was only late this evening that I learned
of your friendship with a gentlemen there.
I came only to interrogate him.
Think of that.
If you had found the bonds tonight,
I very likely would never have caught up with you.
- Glad you got the bonds now.
- But I don't have them.
- [Stuart] What are you telling me?
I saw your men at the warehouse.
- That was the ambitious Mr. Taggert
living up to my expectation of him.
A pathetic waste of effort.
- What?
- The bonds are not in those crates, Mr. Allison.
As an avid student of diversionary tactics,
you should have expected that.
Although I needed their services,
I never felt able to trust Mr. Taggert or Mrs. Allison.
Therefore when I sent them here,
I give them a complex set of instructions
designed to make them believe
that the bonds would be concealed
among a collection of curios that I had instructed
Mrs. Allison to buy at an auction in Macao.
But the plan was actually much simpler than that.
Before Mrs. Allison left Japan,
I gave her a small going away present.
A travelling trunk.
Unknown to her, the trunk was equipped with
a cleverly devised secret compartment
just large enough to accommodate the bonds.
The bonds were placed in the compartment
while she was away from her hotel in Macao.
So you see Mr. Allison, no one has the bonds yet.
They are waiting in a trunk at the Astor Hotel.
You will help me get them.
You will call up the room clerk at the Astor,
and tell him you are sending someone
to fetch Mrs. Allison's luggage right now,
if you please.
- Hello, this is Stuart Allison.
I'm calling regarding Ms. Kramer's luggage.
There's been a change of plans and it--
What?
Could you repeat that please.
- Ms. Kramer has returned here, Mr. Allison.
We have sent all her luggage up to her room.
- Thank you.
- Never underestimate a woman, eh Mr. Allison?
And I was so sure she did not know.
Well, one step further.
I have never enjoyed violence for its own sake.
But I am an old soldier,
and I have seen many wars.
Sometimes, it is the only sensible recourse open.
(speaking in foreign language)
Goodbye Mr. Allison.
(dramatic music)
(man speaking in foreign language)
Girl, bad.
(gunshot)
- [Stuart] The gun!
(gunshot)
(door slamming)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(glass shattering)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(gunshot)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(gunshots)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshots firing)
(dramatic, suspenseful music)
- [Marissa] He was your friend and you killed him.
You killed him.
- You stay here, I won't be long.
- This is as far as I go, Stuart.
I'm not going with you.
- You can go or you can stay, it's up to you.
- Goodbye Stuart.
(door shutting)
(footsteps)
(suspenseful orchestral music)
(dramatic burst)
- I didn't want to run out on you, Stu.
I just couldn't take anymore.
He found the bonds in the trunk.
I tried to tell him I didn't know they were there
but he didn't believe me.
You don't believe me either, do you?
- You better get dressed before the police get here.
- Leave me alone, Stu.
Take the bonds, you've earned them.
- What are you trying to pull?
- Would you believe me if I told you?
- You better get dressed and come with me.
- No.
(clanking)
Better hurry, Stu.
I've already made my escape.
- Why Marion?
- Just found out what it was
I've been looking for all these years.
- But they got a doctor here.
We can send for him right away.
- Stu, listen to me.
This is important.
If all you knew love.
It never ran out on you.
Ever soul charge.
She never existed,
and if she did,
I never had anything to do with her.
Let go of me, Stu.
Let go of me.
(thudding)
(intense orchestral music)
- Stuart?
I can't leave you, Stuart.
I love you.
(intense, dramatic orchestral music)