BOLD VENTURE Adventure, intrigue, mystery, romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Together in the sultry setting of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean BOLD VENTURE Once again the magic names of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall bring you BOLD VENTURE and a tale of mystery and intrigue Ah Slate, you should have been with us. Laid up for repairs on a jewel of an island and the girls with a wild orchid Be gentle with me Joe, I'm a man of responsibilities now. I've got a boat and a hotel And me And her Every sea orphan to his own paradise, you've found yours And he'd better not stray from it or I'll beat him over the head with a wild kumquat You've got yourself a tigress this time, Slate Ah, a kitten You heard what the man said, a tigress Uh huh You signing on with the Tampa victory again, Joe? First mate on that stinking oil bucket? Oh no, no I don't need her anymore, we're done with each other, I just come off her for the last time All I need is right here in this little package wrapped in Shanghai silk I give it to you Why thanks, we didn't expect it, did we Slate? Uh, don't let the tears well up in gratitude, Mr. Valve, you're only to keep it for me till I come back for it Will you do that for an old sea mate? Sure In a good place where no one can touch a greedy finger to it, eh? Let's see, we got a safe, will that do? Slate keeps all his valuables in it, his necktie, his, uh, that does it, his necktie It's the best place we've got, Joe, how about it? Just remember that in this bit of silk you hold the rest of Joe Bishop's life I'll remember Then take it Hey, what's that combination again, sailor? Don't bother to answer him, honey, because he won't need it Who asked you, buster? Slate, be polite, he's got a gun You're cute, honey, hand it over you, the thing in your hand, give it to Tommy You'll not take it from him, you'll not You know something? I bet he's dead Anybody want to discuss it? Yeah Don't, Slate, he'll kill you too You'll read me, honey Throw it on the floor, Slate boy That's what you tell him, doesn't he, honey? Hold on to a man like that And now Tommy's going to go away with it Because right now Tommy doesn't want anyone else to die Mr. Cordovin, Mr. Cordovin Shut up But Mr. Cordovin, I brought the package, you said that My current suggestion to you, Thomas, is to shut up, sit down and watch Consider the beauty which surrounds you and savour it if you can Sit down, Thomas Chorus girls dancing, not supposed to send me? See how delicate, that one over there She's fat, Mr. Cordovin, she's tattooed Primitive goddess Primitive, doesn't it turn your blood to ice, Thomas, to realize we are here now beyond the reaches of civilization, a part of it? I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Cordovin This is a crummy walk-down joint in Havana with a 50 cent table cover charge Here's the package Thank you, Thomas Did you have any trouble? I killed a man Oh, I'm glad you did, Thomas Another life, another death added to the fabulous Tears of Siva Open the package, huh? Of course Thomas, gaze Uh-huh, how much are they worth? Tears of Siva, the priceless tears without flick of law, the treasure of the far Indies Gangers Khan laid a city to waste for these Look, all I see is two star sapphires and all I want to know is how much are they worth? They are priceless Observe them, pick one up and look at it, it will light up the whole room Go on, go on, Thomas, pick one up and look at it Sure I first saw these beauties after a picksticking with the Raja of Similou, he showed them to me This is pretty Raja of Similou played polo, the other one, the one with the wives Uh-huh This star sapphire doesn't light up nothing, Mr. Cordovin What did you say? It don't even show a star What? Maybe they're priceless because this Genghis character liked them, but from where I'm sitting they're dime store items Let me see What wild joke! Someone has bungled I'll have his head, do you hear? I'll have his head Funny, I knocked off a man for two marbles Forgive me for losing control, Thomas Yeah Someone will die for this Yeah To Mr. Slade come a man from sea Who dream of violence, say, do something for me Say, here is pocket, please put it away I come back to take it on another day Then in walk man with death in he hand Say, hand over pocket in voice so bland This seafaring man makes big protest Two bullets in chest, give him rest You think they did that, King? A man finds peace in many ways, Mr. Slade He only does not know when it is coming to him I didn't have to come to him that way Look, Slade, maybe Joe Bishop bought it that way Maybe he could He tasted wild fruit on a tropical island He didn't expect to end up on a slab in the police morgue The police will take care of it, Slade They'll find his murderer It's out of your hands Is it? Is that how you want it? Whatever you want, Slade Take your hand off my arm Let's go get your coat I want to talk to the skipper of the Tampa Victory Whatever you want Send him away, King, I'm not into anyone I'm afraid I heard that, Mr. Shannon One of my less exquisite vices eavesdropping Goodie, now I don't have to be polite Thank you, sir I have come to share your bereavement over the deceased Joseph Bishop And to ask if Joseph's dying song was for me It might have been We could make out the words Joe's pain gotten away And he had no message for me, for Junius Cordovin His intimate of many places and many memories No message The name of a part perhaps of a person, of a thing No name, try for a number I have consumed your priceless time Good day and may the goddesses of whatever be with you Maybe, indeed You know what's wrong with a roly poly man? He's going through life thinking he's skinny Okay, Mama Freud, just get your coat Do I have to, Slade? It's a warm night Well, we're going, it might turn cold Get it Hey, hey, where do you think you're going? Where's the skipper of this freighter? Can't see him Joe sent us Is that the way you say it, Slade? Now look, let me handle it, will you? Why Joe sent you? He's a friend of ours And Joe's a friend of the skipper's Now we're all friends Hi You got the makings? What is Frisco do, you seafaring man, you? He means the makings for cigarettes Oh, here they come all put together now Take one Thank you Tell me something, mate Nope About Joe Nope Take the pack Yep We're talking about Joe when I interrupted, mister Joe and the skipper friends? They're going to milk cows together You can't get a lot closer than that, Slade Real close, them two Since Port-au-Prince they pat each other on the back every time they pass How come since Port-au-Prince? Since then, that's all Since Haiti, since the checker game You can have my cigarettes too Let's start with the cows Nope Let's start with the checker game Joe went ashore in Port-au-Prince Didn't come back Skipper chewed his pipe stem and chewed neatly Tried to get another first mate, couldn't, called me Skipper and me went ashore and found Joe Playing checkers? With a lady What lady? Owns a sailor's rest in Port-au-Prince I can hardly wait till the part about the cows They're going to milk them, Joe and the skipper, in Pennsylvania Huh? Sure Since Port-au-Prince they decided to quit the sea Going to buy a farm in Pennsylvania And milk cows And milk cows Yep Something happened there in Port-au-Prince, mister A man who sails the sea decides no more sailing Something happened, changed them too Let's go talk to the skipper Nope, sleeping He'll wake up I tried to stop you, you'd knock me down, wouldn't you? Make you walk the plank They don't do that no more, they knock down Skipper's sleeping in his cabin Come on, sailor Try the door You want to handle this or you're going to let me? I'll try the door See? Hmm, skipper's not a tidy man Sextant off the wall Coffee stains on the charts And what a dusty compass Yeah Look at the skipper Huh? Come here, look at him Oh, you should have just told me about it Stabbed in the heart, dead Now let's get out of here We got enough fuel on Bold Venture to get to Port-au-Prince? No, not quite, why? Because that's where we're going We'll pick up some gas in Guantanamo The question's still hanging in midair, why? Look, two guys had a dream about owning a farm in Pennsylvania One of them was a friend of mine I've got a boat that can get me to Haiti That's not very far to go for a friend What makes you think the answers are in Haiti? That's where two sailors suddenly decide to become farmers Whatever brought them that decision also made them dead Let's go to Haiti, sailor Looks like they're about ready to shove off, Mr. Cordovin Give me the glasses, Thomas Here you are You might notice, Mr. Cordovin, that the boat and the girl make a pretty picture Shh, let me enjoy it That Shannon louses it, huh? Seems very efficient When you're wandering from the dock, did you find out the destination? Yeah, a character whispered to me, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Well, here's some money, Thomas, hire a plane Where to? Port-au-Prince, Haiti I want to give those two an interesting welcome Now, back to Bold Venture Our stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and the second act of our story You know what they say about this place, Slate? I know what seamen say What do they say? They say when Paris catches cold, Port-au-Prince sneezes Well, that's not the way I heard it The way I heard it, sailor, hmm, those jeans you wear keep throwing me Then buy me a Paris dress Maybe that'll make you remember Look, sailor, I... Mille pardon, Monsieur et Mademoiselle, you are young in Haiti, no? No Then follow me, ten dollars, the guided tour and you will grow old, but in ecstasy One buck, one buck for a sailor's rest run by a lady The place of Mademoiselle Denise, for one dollar? Do not insult me, Monsieur, I give you that for nothing Twelve roues, deux, trois Ah, where am I, respectable? And over water you too, sailor I'm going with you Ah, here's some money, check in at the Elise Hotel, I'll meet you there I'm going with you This is a sailor's rest, baby How are they going to get any if they see you walk in? Well, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me Come back in one piece, respectable Shannon That you, slave? No, honey, but better open up or we'll scream Remember me, honey? Yeah, you kill You're doing good, honey And me, do you remember me, Mr. Vowell? Ah, you're enchanting, Mr. Vowell You may shut the door, Thomas And you may go through all the feminine galaxy of reactions, Mr. Vowell Fright, terror, wonder, curiosity Which? Dibs on the last one Sheer delight you are, Mr. Vowell, isn't she, Thomas? Now, now, now, tear yourself away from us See the wine I could lean out the window and yell What's the French word for hell? Even if I told you it would never rise to your classic lips, Mr. Vowell This gun would bury it in your throat Now, now, let us just sit here In delicious contemplation of each other Until Mr. Shannon brings us the tears of Siva From there, I may improvise You run this place? Oui You want to play chess with Denise, no? No What do you want from Denise? I want to talk to you Sit down, talk We play checkers to prevent them from boring each other, huh? I'll take the black You know a man off the freighter, Tampa Victory, first mate, named Joe Bishop Who are you? Joe's friend Move a checker How do I know you're Joe's friend? He died in my arms Oui I look into your face, I see sadness Your friend Jump Yeah Two for one, you will lose Joe dead, huh? Uh-huh He was here, his captain came for him Captain who's knifed to death He has the jewels for the bad luck jewels I don't know what you're talking about The one's given to Joe by the mama lor I'm still not with you Mama lor, voodoo lady, in the hills outside of Perthaporn Why did this, whatever you call it mama, something give anything to Joe? Perhaps Mama lor liked you Can you take me to her? It's not allowed I didn't ask you that You wish to go to lady voodoo? That's the impression I'm trying to make Denise will take you later tonight Now move, Esheke I hope you know the way Quickly Leah, Leah is hot, go to her How about you? I'll wait here, go, Mama lor is expecting you What? How does she know I'm... Go Come in, Slate Shannon Yeah, you're... I am Tante Maria and you are Slate Shannon And you wish to know of Joe Bishop Those drums outside told you all that? The drums are the things Joe Bishop is dead as is his captain Maybe you can tell me who killed him Those who won the tears of Siva That doesn't mean anything to me Two sapphires that I want to give to a sailor Because I'm tired of rubbing them between my fingers He told me he would return for them Sapphires? Valuable? To me no longer To those who covet them the wealth of kings You've still got them? Here, in this pouch Take them my son Use them to find those who have struck down the sailor I'll do my best Leneith, Leneith where are you? Here my Sherry Waiting for you? Stop waiting I'll race you back to Port-au-Prince That would be your Mr. Shannon with the tears of Siva How do you know? It could be the housemaid with knees to match Await your dear woman Your life against his Let him in Go away Slade he'll kill you So unworthy of you Mr. Vowell Instead of frightening him away you have only Sailor what's the... You have only given him into my hands My compliments Mr. Shannon You are a galant I counted on that What are you doing here chubby? The tears of Siva Mr. Shannon You have them? Uh huh They cost me many tragic hours Mr. Shannon The hour when the seamen told me he had them would sell them to me The hours are waiting while Thomas killed him The desolate hour when I discovered Thomas had brought me worthless bottles of glass They will not suffer anymore such endless agonies Mr. Shannon Joe Devil crossed you huh? Was going to set a phonies while the real jewels were with a voodoo crone So we could grow sapphires on a Pennsylvania farm The tears of Siva Mr. Shannon Death Mr. Shannon like this gun You don't want them Slade give them to him Yeah I'll do that take them chubby I'll kill you I'll kill you You ought to die a chubby you're fat you're soft Exercise more like this You...you... Pick up the marble sailor You'll not get away Watch him sailor run I love your heads I love your heads Okay sailor take the wheel steady as she goes we're running without lights Tired Slade? Sure I'm tired I ran faster than the cops in Haiti ran as far as I know they're still looking for Cordovin Slade? Yeah? Do you think those sapphires will make nice earrings? You can get them away from the Port of Prince chief of police said he'd take care of them He'd send them back to that lovable old witch Hiiii! Oh Richard! That's Cordovin sailor give her the gun They're shooting at us Turn around sailor head right for them Are you crazy? Do what I tell you Okay steady We'll crash into them Get back a pass at them sailor come as close as you can we've got to take that chance What are you doing with that harpoon? I've sprayed a lot of fish with this maybe I can get me a Thomas Now sailor make a pass It's yours Thomas You've got good aim Slade now what do we do? Go back for the big fish Steady sailor I'm going to board her steady Glad to have you aboard Mr. Shannon you've made a mess of things you can redeem yourself by handing over those sapphires You think you can handle this tub with one hand on the wheel and one hand on a gun? Exquisitely You've got one shot after that I'll get to you if you miss me you're dead It's a lumpy sea too Well Cordovin Well You missed now it's my turn Don't don't So I can do this all night all night Only you give up too easy Sailor Everything under control? Ship shape I'm going to throw you a line Okay Got it? I've got it Secure Throw us in sailor We going home? We're going home Here put this on Slade What is it? I bought it in Haiti in a little shop I don't care where you bought it just tell me what it is Well this part is a love charm and this part is a long chain so it hangs over your heart What did you pay for it? What difference does it make? Put it on Anything to amuse you sailor? Now that you've got it on don't you feel anything? Nothing what's it supposed to do to me? Make you feel love it says so in the directions You better read the directions again Alright Oh yeah here it is in small print What is? I'm supposed to get inside that necklace with you I knew there was something wrong come on Now what does it do to you? Well we can take it from here Throw away the directions sailor And so our two stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall have brought to a close our latest bold ventures story Special music was composed and conducted by David Rose May we invite you to listen again next week at this time for another exciting adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall together in Bold Ventures
