The injured Tony makes his way back to the dock, where he and Gwyneth steal a boat, the Conch, and head out to sea. Furious at Thomas' order, Arnold goes after Tony and gives him a beating. ![]() Gwyneth then takes Tony to see her father, Thomas, a fair man who orders Arnold and his gang to pay Tony for the stolen sponges. While Tony wanders off to mourn, Arnold and Griff loot the Aegli, and another group of American fishermen scuffles with Tony's uncle Socrates "Soak" Houlis, and set the boat ablaze, nearly destroying it. Mike gets the bends from coming up too fast, and later dies. For the next expedition, Mike takes the Aegli to the Twelve Mile Reef, but tragedy strikes during a dive when Mike slips on the reef, loses compression and is propelled to the water's surface too fast. The Aegli crew eventually gets its revenge when Mike subdues Arnold and forces him to eat a cigar. Arnold becomes jealous, and during an ensuing brawl, Tony and Gwyneth sneak off to a nearby park, where they kiss. Meanwhile, Tony falls in love with Gwyneth Rhys, Arnold's sweetheart, and shares a dance with her. There, Mike and the rest of the Aegli crew go to a café and make believe that they are joining in the celebration of the day's great catch. Tony and the others comply with the demand, but later seek out the thieves at Key West. In the Keys, as the Aegli crew brings in a great catch of sponges, two American sponge fishermen, Arnold Dix and Griff Rhys, approach in their small boat, grab Mike's air line and threaten to cut off his air unless the Greeks give them their sponge catch. Believing that the waters around Tarpon Springs are no longer good for sponge fishing, Mike decides to break with tradition and take his boat out to Key West, a region unofficially designated off-limits to Greeks. Tony uses the victory to extract a promise from his father to let him dive on the next expedition. ![]() At a Greek Orthodox Church Epiphany festival held on boats anchored at Tarpon Springs, Tony receives a special blessing for himself and his family after winning an underwater diving contest. Mike and his crew are further disappointed when they learn that another boat, the Helios, is bringing in a profitable catch after sponge-fishing the dangerous Twelve Mile Reef. Also waiting for them at the dock is money-lender Demetrios Sofotes, who is eager to get a payment toward the money that he invested in the Aegli. Following another disappointing fishing expedition off the Florida coast, Greek-American sponge fisherman Mike Petrakis, his son Tony and the rest of the crew on board the Aegli return home to Tarpon Springs, where they are greeted by Mama Petrakis and Tony's sister Penny.
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