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I especially liked the part about the police raid

posted 16 years ago by nomad472002
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It warmed the cockles of my heart to see the police in action, defending common decency, democracy, and law and order. Arresting all those criminals who believed they had a God-given right to drink and dance the night away, and in general have a good time. Those degenerates.

BTW: I was called out of the room for a moment, so I missed something. I understood that the drinking boat was believed to be outside the twelve-mile limit, but that it had been "drifting" for some time before the raid. I got the impression that this "drift" was somehow engineered by the authorities, so that the raid could take place. Was that impression correct?

nomad

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] nomad472002 16 years ago

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, a few rounds from the fifteen inch guns on a battleship would have done the trick.

Funny, that raid scene looked so familiar. Like that sort of stuff is still going on today.

[–] tkrolak 15 years ago

The movie was seen by me today and I can't recall a battleship. But the pleasure boat had to drift back into illegal waters for the plot. A picture is taken of a disheveled Ann in the saloon just after the raid. The villain Frank
bribes the head agent not to arrest them. He uses the photograph later to try and blackmail Ann.