Don't Give Up the Ship Page #3

dollars in small change.

Oh, the old "insanity" gimmick.

- Well, he's not going to get away with it.

- Shall we question him again, sir?

Lieutenant Steckler.

The seventh.

Oh.

Yes, sir.

I must confess that until

this moment I thought

you might have snatched the Kornblatt.

That behind the facade of innocence was

the shrewd, calculating brain of a crook.

Or a master spy in pay of some foreign...

Oh, just a minute, sir. If you

don't mind, sir. I am not a spy.

I mean I've goofed and all

that, but I am not a traitor.

I mean the navy is my whole life.

Before I was in the navy I was just...

John Paul Steckler.

The meatball.

But now, Lieutenant John Paul Steckler!

The meatball.

Steckler...

I'm beginning to feel sorry for you.

Thank you.

I've seen enough scared

young men to know that...

you're another.

- But, you're in a way of a lot of trouble.

- Yes, sir.

Nobody really wants to

kick you out of the navy.

Throw you in jail.

See you wind up in disgrace.

But, the last name the Kornblatt was checked

out to was enson John Paul Steckler.

We've got to pin it on somebody.

Sir?

How about him, sir?

Steckler!

Give up the ship!

I haven't got her, sir.

- Well, then find her!

- Yes, sir.

- You've got ten days.

- Yes, sir.

- And you better come back with something.

- Yes, sir.

- Commander.

- Yes, sir.

Get the duplicate records

of all ships turned in.

Pacific fleet 1945 to date.

All of them?

Yes, sir!

Steckler?

I want you to spend the next 12 hours

sifting through those records.

We've got to find the Kornblatt!

And we're starting tonight.

Tonight? But, I had plans tonight sir!

- Cancel all plans!

- Yes, sir!

If we don't come up with the Kornblatt

inside of ten days, the navy

stands to lose four billion

dollars in appropriations.

This is vital, Steckler. As America's

first line of defense, I...

Who's ducky poo?

Hello. Everything comfy cozy, dear?

Ducky poo, I've been waiting three hours.

And I can't wait to see you, sweetie face.

I don't speak to everyone that way, sir.

I hope you don't think so. Just my wife.

Hang up that phone!

I'm a have, I'm a have, I'm a

have to hang up now, dear.

Tell me you wuv me.

Wuv you, wuv you, wuv you, wuv you.

- Hang up!

- Yes, sir!

Wuv you.

- The records, sir.

- Good.

Thank you.

Steckler, get at those right away.

Yes, sir. I will, sir.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Excuse me.

I'm very sorry, sir.

My cap, sir.

Thank you, sir.

And be back here at 0900 tomorrow morning.

Yes, sir! 0900 tomorrow morning!

That's a tough break, sir, having this

happen right in the middle of his honeymoon.

Honeymoon?

He was married this morning, sir.

Oh, no. The honeymoon will have to wait.

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