You remarkable pig.
You can Thank
whatever
Pig-God you Pray to
that you haven't
turned
Me into a Murderer.
Mates, there's only one thing missing : Captain Bligh.
Oh, yes. I'd give a leg or two
if he could see us now.
Eating away to our heart's content
without a care in the world.
Yeah, I like him better
where he is.
I like him going away
in his little boat,
with the hot sun
beating down
on his hot
little head.
Well, God grant
him a dry mouth —
Do You remember when
he bid us goodbye,
all blown-up like
a toad?
"I'll never leave you,
Mr. Christian. Not ever.
No matter where you go,
I'll always be at
your shoulder, with
a rope in Me-Hand."
Of course, he's a man of
His Word, is Captain Bligh.
So perhaps we ought
to set him a plate.
"Why, hello there.
Captain Bligh, sir.
Sit down, sir. Sit down.
Here have a bird wing or two.
And kindly explain why
you ain't here."
Christian :
There's no doubt about it --
Nobody's glad
to see A Captain
who comes Home
without His Ship.
You know, I'd give
a stick of tabaccy to
see his ruddy report.
Those Admiralty Lords
will look at him like
he was a piece of
rotten biscuit.
Christian :
I'm afraid your laughter is unwarranted, gentlemen.
Captain Bligh will be acquitted.
He'll be given another ship.
A larger cat-o'-nine-tails to run it with.
You're forgetting
there's mates of ours
went along with Bligh, sir.
They'll tell what the old pig did.
And they'll tell how he was out
to execute all of us, one by one.
Christian :
Sure. Your Friends are under
The Shadow of arraignment
themselves for Mutiny,
if Bligh chooses to charge that
They Failed to Rally
to His Calls,or to
Protect him properly.
Why should they
invite His Anger?
They won't be given any choice, sir.
They'll be asked questions,
and The Facts will speak
for themselves, right?
Christian :
The bare facts alone
will not indict Bligh.
It's The Privilege of
every Captain to decide
when An Emergency warrants the
reduction of water rations.
Who can deny there
was an emergency?
The Bounty carried breadfruit.
Vital to the Economic Life
of The British Empire.
Do you suppose it'll
be acceptable that
Bligh should return after
a two-year voyage with
His Ship laden with dead plants?
Better than with dead men, sir.
Christian :
You're forgetting The Traditional Answer, Mills :
Mission comes First, and
Lives of Men second.
Well, it's all the one to us now.
Let them make Captain Bligh
King of China if they want to.
We can forget him, Thank God.
And I move we start
forgetting him right now --
Bligh, Guilty, or Bligh, Not Guilty,
it makes no difference
to our lovely little island.
And if it did, we could
write out papers telling our side
of the story, seal them in bottles and
send them floating on the sea.
Hey, That's a Thought.
One of them might even bob along
and reach England ahead of Bligh.
That'd put a spike in his coffin.
Christian :
We can make certain that
his coffin is spiked.
What do you mean, sir?
Christian :
By returning to England ourselves.
Well, what the holy hell for?
You're not serious, Mr. Christian.
It's a joke he'll be after
having, that's all.
Well, it was a joke to
spoil me dinner.
Hold it, hold it -- Mr. Christian is
Meaning what he says, I'm afraid.
Christian :
Yes, I am, Mills.
Then I've got a better idea, sir.
Why don't we hang each other
from the yardarms in the morning?
It'll save us a trip!
Yes.
Christian :
Listen to Me for one moment, gentlemen, please --
I put it to you that we shall never
find contentment on this island.
Sir, it sounds like you've
gone Out of Your Mind.
There's no chance for people
like us to go back to England,
give Bligh a bad name and
walk free men ourselves.
And anyone who thinks otherwise
hasn't got the sense that
God gave geese!
Christian :
You're right, Mills.
We may all very well be hanged.
But Decency is worth fighting for.
You can't live without it.
And hiding here, shivering
like convicts, when we've a just case
to present to the courts,
is just another way of Dying.
And a far less bearable one.
I didn't know until
this moment, what
the rightful course to pursue was.
But I know it now.
Will You Trust Me?
Look, supposing Bligh's
been picked up already.
Supposing he's been
Tried and Acquitted
by the time we get there.
Let it Be So.
Our court martial will be
Bligh's court martial over again.
Our jeopardy will be Bligh's' jeopardy as well.
And our acquittal will be Bligh's defeat.
It'll mean no more Captain William Bligh
or any like him in His Majesty's Service.
We need only persuade
The British People
of something they
already know, that
Inhumanity is its
poorest servant.
Gentlemen, I beg you :
Help me to carry
that word back to England.
That's a big Thought for
People Like Us.
Do you mind if we take
the night to talk about it?
Christian :
Certainly.
