King Solomon's Mines Page #2
- PASSED
- Year:
- 1950
- 103 min
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- But I can guess.
...better than anyone else, you see.
- But that's exactly why we want him.
That, and because I can see
you'd be fair and honest with us.
Well, thank you, but...
I'm sorry I can't undertake it.
My advice is to take your sister
back to England...
...and both of you pray that eventually
It's nice to have met you.
- Bye, Eric.
- Bye, Allan.
Sorry I couldn't have been
more help to you.
Mrs. Curtis, I believe.
Won't you come in?
Oh, excuse me.
Now, this is Lulu.
- Lulu, this is Mrs. Curtis.
- Oh, she's enchanting. She's a charmer.
She knows it. And she makes use of it.
Lulu and I enjoy having visitors,
but I ought to warn you...
...you've come on a hopeless errand.
- My brother told me your reasons.
- There's one argument he neglected to use.
- Oh, what was that?
Money.
That's a very good argument.
I'm willing to pay anything.
- Beyond reason, of course.
- Why are you so determined?
I understand planning before you knew its
dangers, but your brother must've told you.
Are you sure you aren't
exaggerating the dangers?
With proper equipment and your services,
we should manage.
- I'm not afraid.
- Your courage does you no credit.
It's the result of ignorance.
What is your usual fee
for a safari, Mr. Quatermain?
Two hundred pounds and all expenses.
I wouldn't undertake this one for 500.
Would you for 5000?
- That's a great deal of money.
- I mean it.
More than I could save in a lifetime.
- Would you pay, win or lose?
- Of course.
Even if you back out...
...before we've gone a tenth of the way?
- Yes.
- You expect me to back out, don't you?
- Frankly, yes.
I'll pay the 5000 in advance and a bonus of
500 at the end, whether I back out or not.
You're weakening, aren't you?
You half-decided to go.
And my reasons are entirely mercenary.
Nobody's been in the region
beyond the Kaluanas before...
...but I'm willing to try
for cold, hard cash.
Apparently you're not certain after all
that we'd never return.
- I'm just as certain as ever.
- And yet you'd go?
Mrs. Curtis, the average life of a man in
my profession is approximately eight years.
Now, I've been at it for 15.
So you see I'm living on borrowed time.
My wife died here six years ago.
Sooner or later, an animal or an unfriendly
native or a tropical disease will get me.
I have a son in England...
...but there'll be very little money
for him if anything should happen to me.
The money you're offering would provide
for him until he can take care of himself.
- I see.
- So I'll take on your safari.
But before we leave, I'd like to send
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