The sequel, when viewed with the original film, provides the viewer with a 267-minute film noir epic.Before the ship set sail with a crew of English conscripts, preparations were made.A toast was given by Midshipman Roger Byam (Franchot Tone), on his first cruise as a midshipman:To the voyage of theBounty.District Officer Withers feels the murder was justifiable self-defense: "May I say that I think you behaved magnificently.Harry realized that the prophecy ("Neither one can live while the other one survives") had to occur - he knew in the end that one of them would have to kill the other."Back in his office, Kent""s no-good assistant Harry Thompson announced he had accepted a new position as Gladstone ""Prologues"" General Director.