Voila! Finally, the Paper Moon
script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Ryan O'Neal and
Tatum O'Neal movie. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly
transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Paper Moon. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally
tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to
drop me a line. You won't
hurt my feelings. Honest.
Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
lf you believed in me
Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a cotton tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
lf you believed in me
Without your love
lt's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
lt's a melody played
in a penny arcade
lt's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as hollow as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
lf you believed in me.
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Let the water and the blood
From thy wounded side
which flowed
Be of sin the double cure
Safe from wrath
and make me pure.
"Judge me, oh Lord,
"for l have lost
in mine integrity.
"l have trusted
also in the Lord,
"therefore l shall not slide.
"Examine me, oh Lord,
and prove me.
"Try my reins and my heart,
"for Thy loving kindness
is before mine eyes
"and l have walked in Thy truth.
"l have not sat
"with evil persons.
"Neither will l go in
with dissemblers.
"l will wash mine hands
"in innocency.
"So will l compass
Thine alter, oh Lord,
"that l may publish with
the voice of thanksgiving
and tell of all Thy
wondrous work..."
Howdy.
Loggins' funeral.
Yes, ma'am.
You ain't related, are ya'?
Related, ma'am?
We're looking
for the child's kin.
Thought l saw
some resemblance.
No kin, huh?
None we know of, 'cept out
in Missouri someplace.
Missouri.
Seems you got
the child's jaw.
No, ma'am, just
a friend of her mama's.
A friend.
Just passing through town.
lf ever a child needed a friend.
"...will l bless the Lord.
Amen."
- Amen.
- Amen.
Amen, Essie Maye.
l just know
your ass is still warm.
Would you like
some water, Addie?
We'll get the child some water.
Bless you child.
l just wanted to pay
my respects to your mama.
Well, l'm going
to have to be going.
lt's a long way to St. Louis.
St. Louis?
You mean in Missouri?
Yes, ma'am.
l... l sell
the good book, ma'am.
Just moving through the country
with the Lord's good news.
Addie, child, don't you have
your Aunt Billie
living in St. Joseph?
St. Joseph, Missouri.
lt's her poor mother's sister.
The child's only known relative.
That so?
You're driving your
chariot to Missouri, sir.
You could deliver this
child to her kin folk.
Well, l wouldn't exactly
call it a chariot, Reverend.
l'll write the women
a letter tonight.
Hold it, hold it.
l have to think upon this,
you know, uh...
l mean, l may have to make
a few stops along the way.
l never traveled
with no child before.
But you're going that way.
The child's got no place to go.
Well... the eyes of the Lord.
Expect l have no choice, do l?
Hallelujah.
God works in mysterious ways.
Don't he now?
Come on, Addie.
Better get your things together.
This nice man's going to take
you to your aunt.
How come you're taking me?
Huh?
How come you're taking me?
Because l'm going that way,
honey.
Although, l do want to make
just one stop
before we leave town.
Got a little business
to take care of.
You know my mama real good?
Oh, pretty good.
You just stay out here
till l come for you.
Don't you say a word
unless l ask you to.
Mr. Robertson?
That's right.
l'd like a minute
of your time.
Not buying today.
Oh, not selling.
Just want you to meet
somebody, Mr. Robertson.
Only take a second.
So what?
- Tell him your name, honey.
- Addie.
Addie what, honey?
Addie Loggins.
You done real fine.
l'll be out in a minute.
Ain't she a sweet child?
No, she ain't a sweet child.
Well, maybe she don't
seem sweet right now.
That's because she's sad, that
is with her mama being dead...
what, with your brother
getting drunk
and driving
into that tree like that.
What are you trying to pull?
Get out of here.
Get out of here!
All right, l'm going,
but let me tell you
where l'm going to go.
l don't care where
you're going to go.
l'm going to go see
Mr. J.T. Faraday.
Now, you know
who Mr. J.T. Faraday is?
He's one of
the biggest lawyers in Kansas,
and he don't favor
the man with the money.
He favors the man without it.
And you know what's going
to happen to your brother?
There's going to be
a lawsuit against him.
You know what happens then?
Everything's going to be
just tied up in knots,
just sitting there.
That's his banking money,
his house, everything he owns.
lncluding half this plant.
Now, don't think that poor child
ain't entitled, 'cause she is.
l was thinking,
couple a thousand dollars
would be acceptable.
Couple of thou?
l'll give you .
$ ?
$ .
lt's a deal.
There you are.
That'll be, uh, $ . .
You sure these tires are new?
$ . .
Now, we'll have you
to St. Jo in no time.
What time's the next
train to St. Joseph?
St. Joseph?
Let's see here.
That'll be the : .
Change trains in Kansas City,
and that'll put you
into St. Jo at : AM.
l want one child's price ticket.
That will be $ . .
l want you to send
this here telegram
to Mrs. Billie Roy Griggs,
Cosmo Road, St. Joseph.
Train arriving : AM,
and bringing love,
affection and $ cash.
Oh, make that $ cash.
And sign it just Addie Loggins.
Ten words, that will be
cents more.
That will be and .
and huh?
Uh, you better say
in that message there,
love, affection and $ cash.
Love, affection and $ cash.
Now, here's your ticket,
and here's $
for your Aunt Billie.
Well, we got till : .
l don't suppose you can wait
here by yourself, can you?
You hungry?
You want a Nehi
and a Coney lsland?
Ain't you gonna eat it?
l ain't hungry.
Don't you worry
about going on the train.
You're going to like the train.
Don't worry about it.
Before you know it,
you'll be asleep
in your aunt's house,
all your troubles
will be over.
So eat your Coney lsland.
She don't even
know me.
Well, she's going
to know you now.
She ain't gonna want me.
What are you
making trouble for?
She ain't even seen you, yet.
She never even cared
for my mama.
Nobody didn't care
for your mama.
And she was her sister.
Your mama was a fine woman.
Everybody said she weren't.
Well everybody don't
know your mama, do they?
How good you know my mama?
Good enough to know
you can be real proud
of the happiness
she give to people.
Now, eat your Coney lsland.
You meet my mama
in a barroom?
Where would you get
a question like that?
l hear Miss Ollie talking,
the neighbor lady.
Says one of you's my pa.
Well, don't the world
have a wild imagination?
Eat your Coney lsland.
You my pa?
Of course l ain't your pa.
l'll get you some relish.
A Coney lsland ain't
no good without relish.
Look, l know how you feel.
l lost my ma, too.
l even lost my pa.
l don't even know
where my sister is.
l wish l could tell
you l'm your pa,
but it just ain't like that.
You met her in a barroom.
Just because a man meets a woman
in a barroom
don't mean he's your pa.
Eat your Coney lsland.
Well, then,
if you ain't my pa,
l want my $ .
What's that?
l want my $ .
l heard you through the door
talking to that man.
lt's my money you got,
and l want it.
Now, you,
you just hold on a second.
l want my money.
You took my $ !
Will you quiet down, you hear?
l want my $ !
Hold on, now, just hold on.
Let me explain something to you.
lt ain't as if you was my pa.
That'd be different.
Well, l ain't your pa, so just
get that out of your head.
l don't care what those
neighbor ladies said.
l look like that.
You don't look nothing like me.
You don't look any more like me
than, than you do
that Coney lsland.
Eat that damn thing, you hear?
We got the same jaw.
Lots of people got the same jaw.
lt's possible.
No, no, it ain't possible.
Then l want my $ !
All right!
All right, maybe
we got the same jaw,
but same jaw don't
mean same blood.
l know a woman looks
like a bullfrog,
but that don't mean she's
the damn thing's mother.
You met my mom in a barroom.
For God's sakes, child.
You think everybody
gets met in a barroom
gets a baby?
lt's possible.
Anything is possible,
but possible don't make it true.
Then l want my money!
Will you quiet down?
You know what the
trouble is with you?
You got no appreciation.
All right.
Maybe l did get a little
money from that man,
and you're entitled to that,
but l'm entitled to my share
for getting it
for you, ain't l?
And where do you think
you'd be without me?
You think them folks would spend
a penny to send you east?
No, sir.
But who got you a ticket
to St. Jo?
Who got you a Nehi
and a Coney lsland?
And threw in $ extra,
not to mention cents
for that telegram.
You wouldn't have had
any of that without me.
Now, l didn't have to take you,
but l took you, didn't l?
All right, l think
that's fair enough.
We're both a little better off.
You get to St. Jo,
l get myself a
little better car.
Fair is fair.
Now, drink your Nehi,
and eat your Coney lsland.
l want my $ .
l don't have
your $ no more,
and you know it.
lf you don't give me my $
l'm going to tell a policeman
how you got it,
and he'll make you
give it to me,
'cause it's mine.
But l don't have it.
Then get it.
How we doing, Angel Pie?
We going to have
a little dessert
when we finish up
our hot dog?
l don't know.
What do you say, Daddy?
Why don't we get Precious
a little dessert
if she eats her dog?
Her name ain't Precious.
l want my money back
on this here ticket,
and l want you to send
this here telegram.
Trip delayed, but
l'm coming real soon!
You just lie down in
the seat and be quiet.
Folks don't take to children
when they're doing business.
Yes?
Good afternoon, ma'am.
ls Mr. Rudolf Morgan
at home, please?
Mr. Morgan?
Yes, ma'am.
My name is Pray, Moses Pray...
Kansas Bible Company.
He'll know.
Oh, l'm sorry.
Mr. Morgan has passed on.
Oh, ma'am, l'm...
l just...
l don't know what to say.
Uh, what was it you
were seeing him about?
Well, he ordered
this here bible from...
Bible?
Rudolph ordered a bible?
Yeah, he ordered this
here deluxe edition
with the lady's
name in the corner.
Lady's name?
Oh, l expect
some special gift
for a family friend.
But under the circumstances,
l'll just give you back
Mr. Morgan's dollar deposit,
and there won't be
no further obligation.
Ma'am, l just don't know
how to put into words
the sense of sorrow
that l feel.
What-what,
what name is in the corner?
l don't really know what name
Mr. Morgan had put
in the corner, ma'am.
Let's see, now.
lt's here somewhere.
l've got it.
Uh... here it is.
Pearl.
Pearl.
l'm Pearl.
Well, he must have got
this here good book
for you, ma'am.
Yes. Yes, he bought it for me.
Of course, now, you're
not obliged to take it.
Of course l'll take it.
There's just one thing.
You see, l told him that l
could sell him a cheaper bible,
but no, naturally
he wanted the best...
the best, of course,
being the deluxe edition
with the lady's name printed
in child-in-the-manger
gold letters.
Oh, he would.
Bringing a balance due
of, uh, $ . ? $ . .
$ . ?
Well, that's, uh, $ .
minus the dollar deposit,
making it $ . .
Um, l'll go get my purse.
Well, you're not
obliged to take it, now.
Of course l'm obliged.
He ordered the deluxe.
But cold or no cold,
it's good to be back
in old Manhattan.
Well, tell me, Jack,
you've been in town now
since Thursday.
What have you been doing
with yourself?
Oh, l've had a lot of fun, Don.
l saw some shows, went
to a couple of nightclubs,
and last night, l was invited
over to Fred Allen's
apartment for dinner.
Oh, Fred Allen, eh?
Yeah, he and l are
pretty good friends now.
Well, l'm glad to hear it.
Has Fred got a nice apartment?
Oh, how could l tell, Don,
with all that laundry
hanging in the living room?
Ain't you gonna go to sleep?
Don't you want to hear
Jack Benny?
No.
l don't want to sound catty...
You're too young to smoke.
You're going to set this
whole place on fire.
l now owe you $ . .
Seventy-four.
l always knew
someday l'd accompany you
Along Flirtation Walk
A dream foretold
A story
that you would unfold
That lives forever
and never grows old
l always felt
That your little heart
would melt
Along Flirtation Walk...
Frank D. Roosevelt said
we're all feeling a lot better.
He did, did he?
Made me feel good
when he said that.
Better than l've felt
in a long time.
Bet old Frank sure
does wish he was .
You don't like me, do you?
No, l don't like you.
Yes?
Afternoon, ma'am.
l was wondering
if Mr. Bates might be at home.
Mr. Bates is dead.
He died over a week ago.
Oh, you mean he passed over,
ma'am?
Why, l was just talking to him
not less than a month ago.
What was it you wanted?
Well, my name is Pray,
Kansas Bible Company.
l'm just here
to deliver this bible
that Mr. Bates ordered.
Bible?
Who is it?
What's the trouble?
Something about Benjamin
buying a bible.
Bible? What kind of Bible?
He said he talked
to Benjamin,
less than a month ago.
Well, l'm-l'm not exactly sure
of the dates, ma'am.
Well, l don't see how.
Benjamin didn't go nowheres
near that shop
for more than a month
before he died.
Well, l may be a little
mixed up on the dates.
What company you say
you're from?
The Kansas Bible Company,
out of Wichita.
Kansas Bible Company?
l ain't never heard of
no Kansas Bible Company.
Daddy...
Can't we go now?
l want to get to church
and pray for Mama.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Sure we can, honey.
Daddy was just fixin' to leave.
This here is my little girl.
lt's just the two of us now.
My Mama's gone to the Lord.
Oh, so has poor Mr. Bates,
honey.
l'll just, uh,
give you back
his dollar deposit,
and you let us know if
there's anything we can do.
Hold on, there.
Wait one damn minute.
He actually done
ordered a bible, huh?
Uh, he sure did... here it is,
right here in gold
for somebody named "Marie."
That's her. She's Marie.
Oh, she sure did
mean a lot to him.
He especially had me get
the deluxe edition.
How much to keep this here book?
Oh, w-well,
that one is the...
lt's the $ one, Daddy.
- $ ?
- $ ?
Uh, yeah, well, honey,
w-we have
to have a little goodness
in our hearts,
l mean, considering
the circumstances.
Never mind the circumstances.
And if it'll make
that woman happy...
l'll take it.
You owe me $ . .
l mean, we're going
to Washington on the QT.
Molly, she says
we can't go on the QT...
we're got to take
the Pennsylvania.
Hey, l'd better get going.
Hey, Molly, where's my suitcase?
Do you know?
Uh, l'm sure l don't know,
McGee.
You had it last night.
Oh, l know where it is.
lt's right here in the hall...
He's going to open the closet!
Now he's going to say
how he's got to straighten
the closet out!
Got to straighten out that
closet one of these days.
How'd you like to do a little
business with me?
You mean instead
of paying me back?
Now, don't get nervous.
l'll pay you back.
l'm just saying,
while we're heading east,
how'd you like to do a little
business together, that's all.
Well, you're looking at me
like l'm out to cheat you
or something.
l am offering you
a business proposition.
Take it or leave it,
and turn off that radio!
You're like to drive us all deaf
with that radio.
Maybe l'll be a big shot...
in an average way, of course.
Okay, l want you
to remember one thing:
l decide on the price.
Maybe you don't know French,
but there's something in this
world called "fine-esse."
$ ! l never sold
no bible for $ .
That man was a law officer.
You could've had me
put me in jail.
We got it, didn't we?
l don't care if we got it.
Don't you go making
the decisions.
l make the decisions.
All you got to do is look
like a pretty little girl.
You ain't got something
like a ribbon
in that cigar box, do you?
l got my mom's kimono
in my suitcase,
Chinamen with umbrellas.
That ain't quite
what l had in mind.
You look real nice
in that ribbon.
First off, l didn't know
was she a boy or a girl?
l'm a girl.
Well, it makes
all the difference.
Ain't she got a sweet
little face, somehow.
Well, seeing how l
just got paid today,
we'll take a
ribbon in each color.
How much that going
to set me back?
Well, that'll be cents.
Bought my grandchildren
ribbons just like this
last holiday time.
Grandchildren?
l don't believe it.
You break a five?
Well, you can
believe it, all right.
l'm just as old as l look.
Well, now, here you be...
that's one, two,
three, four, five.
You know, this
old wallet of mine
is about to bust its sides.
l'll give you five ones back,
you give me that $ bill.
How many grandchildren
you got all together?
Well, l got two little
granddaughters...
a nine year old,
a ten year old...
two grandsons near
and l got a grandson
years old.
Come on, you're
pulling my leg.
Why don't you just
give me a $ bill?
Here's the $ and
five ones, there.
That way l won't be so quick
to see it break apart.
Six children, huh?
My, my, my...
l've got a daughter, .
Oh, now, l don't mean
to be handing you no line,
but that's just pretty
hard to believe
you got a -year-old child.
You can believe it,
all right.
Well, l'm afraid l'd have
to see it to believe it.
Much obliged.
See you again.
Y'all come back!
That just don't seem
quite right... somehow.
Yes?
l'm looking for Mr. Stanley,
ma'am.
Mr. Stanley's dead.
Oh, well, l'm looking
for Mr. Warren
M. Stanley, ma'am.
Warren's passed on, sir.
Oh, that's hard to believe.
l was just talking to Warren
not more than two weeks back.
He ordered this here bible
from me.
Warren spent money
on a bible?
Yes, ma'am, with the name Elvira
in the corner.
Why would Warren
spend money on a bible?
He took fast to the idea, ma'am.
Only thing is,
he left a balance due of,
well, let's see,
not counting the dollar
deposit...
Daddy, this one's
already paid for.
Huh?
Mr. Stanley paid
for the whole thing,
don't you remember?
Afternoon, ma'am.
Mr. Huff at home?
Mr. Huff passed away,
young man, a week ago.
Oh, gee, l'm sorry.
l was just talking to Mr. Huff
not more than a month ago.
What was it you wanted?
Oh, well, my name is Pray,
Kansas Bible Company.
Mr. Huff ordered this bible
as a gift for someone
named Edna.
Oh, that's my name.
You don't have to take it
if you don't want to.
l'll just give you back
Amos's dollar deposit, and...
Of course l want to keep it.
He bought me a bible.
Yes, ma'am.
Now, l told Amos
l could sell him a cheaper one,
but no, naturally,
he wanted the best...
the best, of course,
being the deluxe edition
with the name printed
in child-in-the-manger
gold letters,
bringing up a balance due of...
Of $ !
$ . l'll get my purse.
What's your name, honey?
Addie.
Addie. What a sweet little name.
Addie Pray, ma'am.
Well, Addie Pray, l'm
going to give you $
and an extra $ for
just coming to my door.
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Keep your sunny side
up, up
Hide the side
that gets blue...
Moze, let's give him
some money.
No.
Just a little bit.
We got $ . .
Whole 'nother business
giving it away.
lt's bad enough
you give away bibles.
But they're poorly.
The whole country's
poorly...
l told you before.
But Frank D. Roosevelt says
we got to look out
for one another.
l don't care about
Frank D. Roosevelt.
- But he says it.
- That so?
Why don't you ask
Frank D. Roosevelt
what he thinks about taking
care of himself.
You think he don't eat off
silver trays?
He could eat off tabletops
like the rest of us,
but he don't... you know why?
Because that would make him
look common.
And besides, Frank D. Roosevelt
ain't running this thing.
l'm running it, so don't
you make up no rules
about what we're
going to give away.
lt's my money too,
you know.
$ belongs to me,
and don't you forget that.
You want it?
Well, just put my share
in my pocket,
and l'll take you
to a train station...
how do you like that?
Get the map.
Find out where the
nearest depot is.
Nothing but trouble, anyway.
First you charge too much,
then you want to give it away.
Where are we now?
We just left Plainville.
$ for a bible,
then it's up to $ .
lf l stay with you,
l'll spend the rest
of my life in jail.
There's a depot in Lincoln.
You can take me to Lincoln.
You bet l will.
Where's Lincoln?
Clear over there.
Oh, boy, you think
l'm going to take you
clear over there just to get you
to some depot?
Then keep going east.
We'll hit one in Sylvan Grove.
- Where's Sylvan Grove?
- Right here.
Well, that'll take us
down through Lucas.
We got to go through something
to get to Sylvan Grove.
l am not complaining.
l'm just saying that'll take you
through Lucas.
You got to go
through Paradox and Waldo
- and Lorraine and Lucas
- Lorraine, huh?
if you want to get
to Sylvan Grove.
Those are pretty
good towns in there.
We could do some
business in there.
Well, it won't matter much.
We're near out
of bibles anyway.
What do you mean,
we're out of bibles?
Why didn't you tell me
we're out of bibles?
You look in the box too,
don't you?
Well, you've got an
excuse for everything.
'Cause you blame me
for everything.
lf we were running
out of bibles,
you should have told me
we were running
out of bibles.
We're running out
of bibles!
Well, then we got
to get new ones!
Then let's get new ones!
We can pick some
up in Great Bend.
Great Bend's the other way.
Well, we got to have
bibles, don't we?
Let's see, now, we
can veer down to Lucas,
and we'll veer
over to Wilson.
Veer off to Lorraine
and Bushton.
And we could veer off
to Hoisington.
We'll just have to keep
on veering, that's all.
l'm getting hungry.
You getting hungry?
Uh-huh.
Just one more chance
To prove
it's you alone l care for
Each night l say
a little prayer for...
You sweet thing.
Don't you tell me that.
Ooh!
Sometimes l just don't know,
with all the old doodly-doo.
Doodly-doo, doodly-doo.
Okay, now, you go on back, now.
l'll see you another time.
Don't send me back.
Oh, you got to go on back.
l'll see you another time,
- l promise.
- l want to go in your place.
No, no.
You trying to keep
secrets from me?
You got diamonds and
rubies in there?
Go on, go on.
Oh, Fido...
Night-night, old Fido.
- Woof-woof.
- Woof-woof.
Woof-woof.
...Still
l'm holding on awhile
You'll give me
just one more word...
There it is.
Much obliged.
Thank you, sir.
All right, boy, you're next.
l ain't a boy.
Aw, don't let it bother you.
lt ain't funny.
No reason to get that sore.
He called me a boy, didn't he?
He just got mixed up,
that's all.
He did not; he looked me
straight in the eye.
Yeah, well, l'm looking you
straight in the eye,
and l think
you're beautiful.
Oh, you're just saying that.
Would l made that up?
Why you're as beautiful
as your mama,
and she put all the flowers
in the world to shame.
You know, they wouldn't
even let her come to Holland
for fear
she'd droop the tulips,
and you got all the good looks
she ever had.
Then how come that
man called me a boy?
l don't know; maybe it's...
Maybe it's 'cause of what
you got on, or something.
What's wrong with what l got on?
Oh, nothing wrong with it.
Just... don't exactly
make you look feminine.
Maybe it wouldn't be
a bad idea
we get you fixed up
a little bit...
get you a new dress,
a fancy new hat, or something.
Come to think of it,
it wouldn't exactly
hurt business, either.
You really think l'm
as pretty as my mama?
Of course l do.
How much money
we got in the box?
$ . .
Give me a $ .
What for?
Give me a $ .
Come on.
Where are we going?
We're going to get us
some fancy new outfits
with this money you got
from your Aunt Helen.
l don't have no Aunt Helen.
Oh, sure you do, honey.
Come on, let me
explain it to you.
Yes, sir?
l-l'd like
an lpana toothpaste,
and a pack of Sen-Sen.
Uh, and five.
Twenty-five.
Yes, sir.
Here you go.
makes one,
four makes five,
and makes .
Thank you very much.
l don't need a bag.
Thank you very much.
Thank you; bye, now.
How much is this?
That'll be cents.
cents makes a dollar.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Yes?
May l have a bottle
of purple toilet water, please?
That'll be cents.
There you go.
Lady, you made a mistake.
Huh? l give you $ . .
But l gave you a $ bill.
Uh-uh. You give me a $ .
No, ma'am, it was a $ bill.
You give me a $
and l give you $ . .
lt was a $ bill.
Got no $ s in with no $ s.
What's all the turmoil?
What's going on here?
This little girl
give me a $ bill,
and l give her change.
l gave her
a $ bill... l know l did.
lt was a birthday present
from my Aunt Helen in Wichita,
and she wrote "Happy Birthday,
Addie" on the end of it.
You just go look and see.
That's it right there!
That's my $ bill l got from
my Aunt Helen in Wichita.
Give the child her $ bill.
l'm giving it.
Give the child her $ bill,
Miss Brownwell.
Yes, sir.
And give her a piece of candy,
Miss Brownwell.
Yes, sir.
And pay attention to things,
Miss Brownwell.
Yes, sir.
Come on in, get
your cotton candy.
Sweetheart, Cotton Candy.
Five cents.
Do you have change
for this five?
There you are, little girl.
Cotton candy,
get your cotton candy.
Mister, this purse
is sure full.
lf you give me the five back,
l'll give you five ones.
Cotton candy, get your
cotton candy right here.
Mister, if you got
a ten dollar bill
l'll give you the five back
with the five ones you have.
Would you give me
a ten dollar bill?
There, now don't bother me
any more, you understand?
Cotton candy!
Step up and get
your cotton candy.
Come and get it.
Get your tickets.
Only one fourth of a dollar.
The show goes on
in five minutes.
Six unusual little ladies
unveiling the secrets
of passion.
Found only a few years back
in the actually Egyptian
tomb of Queen Nefereti.
And featuring the luscious
Miss Trixie Delight.
l had my photo took, Moze.
You did, huh?
Ain't that fine.
Moze, can you come have
your photo took with me?
Can't right now, sweetheart.
Only take a minute.
Not now, you hear me?
But it's almost
down here tonight.
lt wouldn't be here after...
l can't help that.
Now excuse me, you understand?
How many times
you going to see it?
As many times as l like,
that's how many times.
You seen it half a dozen times.
And l might see it
a half dozen more.
Now why don't you go
play bingo or something?
l don't want to play bingo.
Well, then why don't you go
write another love note
to St. Roosevelt?
Maybe l will.
And stop standing around
here checking on me.
You don't have to worry.
l ain't about to leave
some poor little child
stranded in the middle
of nowhere.
l got scruples, too,
you know.
You know what that is,
"scruples"?
No, l don't know what it is,
but if you got them, l sure bet
they belong to somebody else.
And his name ain't Frank,
it's Franklin.
Hey there,
my little turtle-dee.
l wondered where you got to.
Where's your pa?
ls my picture ready?
Sure, it's...
Excuse me, folks,
come right back.
Sit back in the moon there,
l'll be right with you.
Let's see.
Here it is, here.
Hey, now, l thought you were
going to sit in the moon
with your pa.
He ain't my pa.
Hi, folks.
Get ready.
Smile. Hold it.
Hold it.
Beautiful.
l-l don't want you smoking
in the car tomorrow.
What?
l didn't say nothing.
l'm just listening to you.
Well, there are going to be
a couple extra people
riding with us,
and this particular person
don't like cigarette smoke.
What extra person?
What?
l said what extra person?
A lady and her maid.
l'm giving them a ride
to Topeka.
l didn't know we was
going to Topeka.
Well, that's because you
don't know everything.
What's the lady's name?
Miss Delight.
Miss Trixie Delight.
She's a real lady.
She comes from a good family
and l'm just giving her
a ride, that's all.
Well, that's what you're always
talking about, ain't it?
Helping other people out.
Now don't you drop
nothing, lmogene.
You take care of those
breakables, understand?
Yes, Miss Trixie.
Morning.
Car is right over here.
You better ride in
the backseat a while.
And then l danced
in Tuscaloosa.
And the mayor was there,
and he just said the nicest
things about me.
The newspaper ran
a whole big photo on me.
l got a scrap book
telling stories on me
from towns all over.
Tell him 'bout the time that man
tried to crack your head open
with the bottle, Miss Trixie.
Why, lmogene,
you silly old thing.
You know that's not true.
That old country boy
wasn't going to hit me over
the head with no bottle.
He was just horsing around.
Ask me real nice, maybe l'll
tell you about that sometime.
Well, tell him about the time
you almost got thrown
in jail, Miss Trixie.
l just don't
understand it, Daddy,
but this little baby has to go
winky-tinky all the time.
Well, don't you worry none.
We'll just plan on
stopping here for dinner.
But we just stopped for her
to winky-tink at lunch.
That's right, and now we're
stopping for dinner.
Come on.
l ain't hungry.
Want one?
Okay.
How old are you?
l don't know, why?
Just asking, that's all.
Where are you from?
Nowhere.
Well, you got to be
from somewhere.
Down by Troy, l guess.
How long
have you worked for her?
Ain't kept count.
A year, maybe.
How old you be?
Nine.
She really do all that dancing?
Well, if you want
to call it dancing.
All she do is wag her hips
and shake her
old behind a little.
How come she'd leave
that job back there?
'Cause the boss man
tried to make her
put out for his friends.
And she don't believe
in putting out for free.
She put out much?
Just like a gum machine.
You drop something in and
she'll put something out.
How much she charge?
Most she can get.
But she always
asks for $ . .
She ain't putting out
for your pa, though.
Says she's going to wait
and get all she can
before she put out for him.
He tell her he was my pa?
Well, not exactly.
l heard him mumbling
something
like he didn't want
to talk about it.
Ain't he?
l'm with him, ain't l?
And how do you come
to be with her?
'Cause she promised to give
me $ . every week.
She ain't gave me nothing.
'Cept a nickel or dime,
sometimes.
Why don't you quit?
Quit?
How am l going to quit?
And what if l do quit?
Ain't got no money
to get home to Mom.
And what if l do get home?
They got hard times
as it is.
My mama say, "You go work
for a white lady,
she'll take
good care of you."
You want to know
what l think?
Yeah.
You know the little white speck
on top chicken doo-doo?
Yeah.
Well, that's the kind of white
l think miss Trixie is.
She's just like
that little white speck
on top of old chicken shit.
Oh, l just love it,
love it, love it.
All this white.
lt is absolutely
the proper thing
for my particular kind
of appearance.
You know, it wouldn't be bad
for you to have
a new dress, too.
The right kind of dress makes
all the difference in the face.
Especially since you got the
right kind of bone structure.
Oh...
Oh, my, oh, my.
Daddy, but wouldn't
you look handsome
sitting behind the wheel
of a thing like that?
'Course, you know, everything
is in the bone structure.
You know, a person can
tell his whole life
on what his bone
structure is.
l tried pushing her out
a window once in Little Rock.
Oh, l think there's bugs
all over the...
l just hope there's
no snakes around here.
You know,
l think we ought to go now.
Thank you so much.
Now hurry... oh.
Come on, hurry up.
Get those things in there, now.
Don't break anything, either.
Let's go.
Hurry up, doctor, this baby's
got to go winky-tinky.
Don't worry.
Hey!
Come on, we're ready.
Come on, now.
l ain't ready.
Well, you don't look
real busy with nothing,
so you just come on down.
l ain't coming.
Now you listen here,
child.
No, l won't listen here.
What the heck's
up with you, then?
l want to sit in front.
And how come
we ain't working no more?
'Cause we're on vacation,
that's why.
And Miss Delight and me
are sitting in front
because we are two grown-ups,
and that's where grown-ups
do the sitting.
And little children
do not tell grown-ups
what to do with their lives,
you understand that?
Well, she ain't my grown-up,
and l ain't planning
no more to sit in the back.
Not for no cow.
Will you keep your voice down?
And Miss Delight ain't no cow.
She's a proper woman.
She has a high school diploma,
and right now she's got
to go to the bathroom,
so you just
get on down to the car.
She always has
to go to the bathroom.
She must have a bladder
the size of a peanut.
Well, l ain't getting
back in that car.
Not till she gets out of it.
Hey, what's up, kiddo?
Daddy says you're
wearing a sad face.
Ain't good to have
a sad face.
Hey, how would you like
a coloring book?
Would you like that?
You like Mickey the Mouse?
Oh, son of a bitch.
Ooh... oh.
Now come on down to the car
and let's all be friends.
You see me smile?
Come on, let's see you smile
like your Aunt Trixie.
Now, come on.
Come on down to the car
with mademoiselle.
Kiddo, l understand
how you feel.
Well, you don't have to worry.
One of these days, you're
going to be just as pretty
as mademoiselle,
maybe prettier.
You already got bone structure.
When l was your age, l didn't
have no bone structure.
Took me years
to get bone structure.
And don't think bone
structure's not important.
Nobody started to call me
mademoiselle till l was
and getting
a little bone structure.
When l was your age, l was
skinnier than a pole.
l never thought
l'd have nothing up here.
You're going to have them
up there, too.
Look, l'll tell you what.
Want me to show you
how to use cosmetics?
Look, l'll let you put on
my earrings.
You can see how pretty
you're going to be.
And l'll show you how
to make up your eyes.
And your lips.
And l'll see to it you get
a little bra or something.
But right now you're going
to pick your little ass up,
you're going to drop it
in the backseat
and you're going to cut out
the crap, you understand?
You're going to ruin it,
ain't you?
Look, l don't want
to wipe you out,
and l don't want you
wiping me out, you know?
So l'm going
to level with you, okay?
Now, you see, with me,
it's just a matter of time.
l don't know why, but somehow
l just don't manage
to hold on real long.
So, if you wait it out a little,
it'll be over, you know?
l mean, even if l want a fella,
somehow or other l manage
to get it screwed up.
Maybe l'll get a new pair of
shoes, nice dress, a few laughs.
Times are hard.
Now, if you fool around
on the hill up here,
then you don't get nothing,
l don't get nothing,
he don't get nothing.
So how 'bout it, honey?
Just for a little while,
let old Trixie sit up front
with her big tits.
Hey, come on.
We're coming, baby doll.
And if you don't find me
some old gas station soon,
this little old snowflake's
going to wet her pantaloons.
Oh, my, l almost fell down.
Yoo-hoo!
Look what we got!
Ain't she the sweetest
little thing,
and don't he look
like a prince on that wheel?
Now, come on, lmogene.
Now, get everything in here.
We got more room than
the whole state of Kansas.
And listen to the horn.
Blow the horn, Daddy.
Oh, go ahead.
Do it again.
Sticks his tongue
into the water,
and there's an alligator
in the river...
Very funny.
This girl's sitting
on the trolley,
and she reaches in her bag,
and she takes out
this magazine,
and she starts to read it.
Well, she ain't read more than
a couple of pages.
And real slow and careful now,
she takes her stockings down
and takes off her shoes.
Now, she turns the stockings
wrong side out,
and she puts them back on.
And she puts her shoes back on.
Well, all the passengers
are watching.
They wonder what's going on.
This old guy,
he-he leans over to her,
and he asks her,
he says, "What's...?"
"l saw you indulge in a
strange procedure, ma'am.
What-what were you doing?"
And she said,
"Well, l was reading
"this here magazine, you know?
"And l found it to be
such hot stuff
"that l... well,
l felt compelled
to turn the hose on myself."
Oh, turn the hose on!
When you said that, l...
They wouldn't have a room
with a canopy bed, would they?
You wouldn't have a room
with a canopy bed, would you?
Uh, no.
But l got one with a fireplace.
Oh, l'd like that one, daddy.
lt ain't no canopy bed,
but it sure do open up a whole
new can of peas, don't it?
Can of peas.
Ain't that cute?
- Huh? How's that?
- Come on, lmogene.
Now, help the boy
with these things.
Give them and .
They're working
on the elevator right now,
and it's the first flight up,
if you don't mind.
- lt's all right.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Can of peas.
Yeah, what was that all about?
- Did you hear that?
- Can of peas.
Well, you know,
Canopy...
can of pea...
They rhyme, you know?
Oh, l see... can of peas,
- canopy!
- Yeah.
Oh, l get it now.
l knew you'd get it
if l explained it to you.
Picture Henry Ford
without a car
Picture heaven's firmament
without a star
Picture Grigsby Chrysler
without a fiddle
Picture poor Philadelphia
without a Biddle
Picture Central Park
without a sailor
Picture Mr. Lord
minus his detailer
Mix 'em all together,
and what have you got?
Just a picture of me
without you...
Now there's a rip in the seam
of that dress, lmogene.
You get it sewed up good,
you hear?
And wash these hose.
Yes, Miss Trixie.
Got my bath ready?
Yes, Miss Trixie.
Hope the water's not too hot.
You've been making that water
awful hot lately, lmogene.
l knows you like it hot,
Miss Trixie.
Well, not that hot.
Now, you go on,
finish up all these things.
Then you come back in an hour
and dry me off.
Yes, Miss Trixie.
What you doing up there?
l got us an idea.
Come on.
What kind of idea?
Come on in here,
and l'll tell you.
Go on.
lmogene, what do you suppose
Miss Trixie would do
if somebody offered her $
to put out?
Oh-wee, you crazy.
For that much money,
that women would
drop her pants down
in the middle of the road.
That's what l figured.
What you got in mind?
You want to get away
from Miss Trixie, don't you?
Uh-huh.
Well, if you help me,
l'll give you enough money
to get home to your mama.
- How much money?
- $ .
When do we start?
Tomorrow morning.
Miss Trixie,
you know that man
down at the desk
who checked us in yesterday?
Yeah, l know him.
What about him?
Well, he tell me, he'd pay $
just to have a good time
with you.
What?!
Well, that little two-bit
bum nerve of that guy.
$ . l bet that little John
don't make that much in a week.
Where would he get bucks?
l don't know.
All l know is what he told me.
bucks, huh?
Sure have to see the money
to believe it.
Here you go.
You come back and see
us again real soon.
l'll have a Juicy Fruit gum,
please.
Here you go,
my little beauty.
Want l should chew it for you?
Say, you know that
redheaded lady
that comes down here
named Miss Trixie Delight?
Yeah.
Well, she thinks
you're real cute.
Oh, yeah?
Says you and who else?
No, honest. She says
you're better looking
than Dick Powell.
She did, eh?
Well, the lady's got good taste,
don't she?
Well, just thought
you'd like to know.
Hey, just a minute.
Give these
here to the lady,
and tell her they're
with Floyd's compliments.
Oh. She'll like that.
Maybe you should
write her a note.
Yeah. What kind of a note?
Oh, l don't know.
l thought men always wrote
ladies notes
when they send them presents.
Maybe you should ask her
for a date.
That will sure tickle her.
Yeah. Maybe l ought to.
Say,
she's not married up
or anything like that, is she?
Of course not.
She don't even have
a regular boyfriend.
That man who come in here
yesterday with her is my daddy.
He's her manager.
She's a dancer.
A dancer?
You know, l figured
she was something like that.
Whereabouts she dance?
Oh, lots of big places.
She's a star.
Well, how about that!
Why don't you print it?
She like men who prints.
Print it, huh?
"Some sweets for the sweet.
"Ha, ha.
"Some girls say l'm a pretty
smooth dancer myself.
How about trying me out
sometime?"
You sure this is
going to work?
l don't know, but we're sure
going to give it a try.
Throw this in the drawer,
will you?
And keep your fingers crossed.
Who is it?
lt's me, Addie.
Oh. What do you want?
l got a message from Moze.
He asked me to tell you
he had to run over
to Hainesville today.
He won't be back
until suppertime.
Huh?
l think he had to get something
fixed on his car.
He'll be gone all day.
Oh.
Well... okay.
Okay!
Howdy.
Howdy.
What you having?
Waffles.
l already ate.
l had waffles, too.
They sure are good, ain't they?
They ain't bad for waffles.
Mr. Moze,
Miss Trixie don't feel so good.
She say she's going
to stay in bed today.
She say she'll see you
around suppertime.
She sick? Sick in bed?
l-l better go up there.
Oh, she ain't
real sick.
Ain't nothing to worry about.
She's just having
her lady's time.
Oh.
Well, you tell her
l'll see her this evening.
Well, just wanted
to say good morning.
l think l'll go upstairs
and polish my shoes.
Somebody at the door, lmogene.
Yes, Miss Trixie.
lt's something for you,
Miss Trixie.
Oh, what is it?
lt was outside the door.
What is that?
lmogene, let all that go now.
You can run along.
l'll call you when l need you.
Yes, Miss Trixie.
Well, hello, cupid.
Miss Trixie wants to see you.
She says it's real important.
Room .
Oh, she does, does she? When?
Right now.
Well, l can't get off right now.
But she says
it's real important.
Well, you tell her
l'll come up later tonight...
when the moon is full.
But you can't come tonight.
She won't even be here
after tonight.
Matter of fact,
she won't even be here
after today.
She won't, huh?
Well...
You won't be sorry.
l guess l could go up
for a few minutes.
What's that room number again?
Room .
She's waiting for ya.
Okay.
You tell her
l'm on my way up, sweetheart.
He's coming!
He's coming!
Who is it?
Sheik of Araby.
Well, then,
don't you look pretty?
Well, come on in, honey.
Come on.
...you don't give
a girl much time.
Oh, l manage to get around.
Say, you're not
one of these fellows
goes around babbling,
are you, honey?
What do you mean?
Well, you know,
now most of the time
l don't mind,
but it's important to me
right now
not to get talked about.
Hey, now do l look like
that kind of fellow?
S-Say, you are a wild one,
aren't you?
Hold it, hold it!
Now, wait a minute,
you're going to tear it!
Now, now,
just let me slip it off.
Hey, there.
Well, now, ain't you a show dog?
Ooh... ooh!
l'm going.
The key.
Give me the key.
Mr. Moze's going
to kill that man.
He's going to kill them both,
l just knows it.
Wait for me here.
Okay.
Moze!
What's the trouble?
Better go up to Trixie's room
right away.
Why? What? She sick?
No, she's not sick.
Just do what l tell you.
And take the elevator.
Don't knock. Use the key.
Your daddy going
to kill that man, l reckon.
l expect he cut him up
pretty bad.
Moze wouldn't do
a thing like that.
Well, down home,
when a man come in from work,
and hear a man inside house
in bed with his wife,
he just walk around
to the woodpile
and get his double-blade ax,
and go inside,
chop 'em both up
to little pieces.
Folks say he cut 'em up
just like kindling wood.
Get your things, Addie.
We're leaving.
Now?
Right this minute.
l swan, l don't know
why that girl
did such a thing to me.
l'd have done almost anything
for that girl.
Just ain't fair.
l reckon she's been...
carrying on a long time.
From the start.
You mean,
there were other men?
Lots of 'em.
Well, dadblammit,
why didn't you tell me?
l just knew you
wouldn't believe me.
l want you to promise me
just one thing.
What, Moze?
When you grow up,
don't you be the kind of woman
who goes around deceiving men.
Promise me that.
l promise, Moze.
Oh, my love,
let's take a walk
Just a little ways away
While we walk along,
we'll talk
Talk about our wedding day
Only say
that you'll be mine
And in our home,
we'll happy be
Down beside
where the waters flow
Down on the banks
of the Ohio...
Moze?
Hmm?
Moze, pay attention.
What's the trouble?
l seen
something peculiar.
What's that?
That man in there.
What man?
Standing
by the door.
What's peculiar about him?
He's got a roll of money
could choke us both to death.
Well, l'm not up to
anything right now.
But he's got a black book
for making notes in,
and all that money,
and he keeps going outside
and then coming back in again.
- Bootlegger.
- Bootlegger?
No question about it.
You think we might do
some business with him?
Maybe drop a wad or something?
We ain't done nothing
in two months,
ever since Trixie.
And we only have $ left.
Better ways of doing
business with bootleggers.
What ways?
Oh, heaps of ways.
Look, he's going out again!
Follow him.
Should l, Moze?
l told you, didn't l?
Follow him.
Find out where he goes.
...thinking "Lord,
what a deed l have done!"
Killed the girl l loved,
you see
'Cause she would not
marry me
Only say that you'll be mine
And in our home,
we'll happy be
Down beside
where the waters flow
Down on the banks
of the Ohio...
Thank you.
Big brown eyes
and curly hair...
What'd you find out?
He's got a
lot of bottles
he keeps in some
kind of bin out back.
How big's the bin?
About as big as our
car trunk, maybe.
What you plan to do?
Find out where
he keeps his goods.
Well, there was a little shack
out there, too,
but he didn't go in it.
Mm-hmm.
Well, honey...
how about a little walk before
Daddy puts you in the bed?
Oh, goody.
Our friend's name
is Jess Hardin.
He's a bootlegger, all right.
Wholesales pretty near
everybody in the county.
His brother's some sort
of a big shot, too,
but the girl couldn't
tell me about him.
Some Romeo walked up,
and l had to beat it.
Now where is it?
Right over there.
Okay, come on.
Okay, now, you watch the hotel.
You see anybody coming,
you cough real low.
l'm going inside.
lt may be locked.
Shucks, honey,
folks in the country
never lock anything.
Don't you know that?
Come sit by my side,
little darling
Come lay your cool hand
on my brow
Promise me that you will never
Be nobody's...
Your name Hardin?
That's right.
Conrad's the name.
Jack said l ought
to look you up.
Jack who?
Oh, just Jack's good enough,
l reckon.
Don't know no Jack.
Well, maybe you ought
to get acquainted.
He's running the biggest
wholesale business in the state.
You selling?
That's right.
Ain't interested
in no shiney.
l ain't selling no shiney,
l only deal in bonded goods.
- What kind?
- All kinds.
l can let you have a pretty good
deal on some Three Feathers.
How much?
Well, it depends.
You take cases,
l'll let 'em go for $ per.
- That's too much.
- Ain't too much.
You can't get it that cheap
where they sell it legal.
Ain't legal here.
That's all the more reason
you're getting a bargain.
Give you just $ .
Can't do it.
Price is set down in Wichita.
How long before delivery?
Oh... how's early
in the morning?
You got it in the county?
That's right.
...that nobody knows
My mother is dead
and in heaven...
Where do l pick it up?
My daddy...
That'll do it.
Did you leave some?
Plenty.
He'll never miss it.
Moze?
Moze,
we better get.
- Here.
- lt's all filled up, l told you.
Them's for me.
Get going!
Hurry.
Get up there!
Now hold on.
And make sure
nothing spills off.
Well, you'd better go slow.
And hurry.
Easy!
Well, l got to turn corners,
don't l?
Moze, ain't he going
to miss his whiskey?
Oh, maybe in about a week,
but by the time
he's figured it out,
we'll be in Missouri,
and he can't do nothing
once we're in Missouri.
Come on.
Where is it?
Scoot over!
How much you get?
$ .
$ and he bought
his own whiskey!
That's $ plus the $
we already got.
And if we drop some wallets
and do some s, we'll...
What's that?
Where?
Behind us.
l don't see nothin'.
There's something back there.
Nothin' but pitch black.
l thought l seen
something flicker.
Nothin' there.
You put the money in the box?
Uh-huh.
l'll be glad
to get out of this town,
l'll tell you that.
There it is again.
Dadblammit!
Somethin' flickered,
sure as hell.
Nothin' 'hind us, Moze.
Uh-oh.
l told ya!
Who could it be?
Christ!
Don't stop, keep going!
l can't keep going.
The damn car's in front of me.
Everything's going to be
all right.
You just let me do the talking.
You playin' games with us,
Mister?
Oh, l-l didn't know
who was back there.
lt's a risky thing to do.
Might get your tires shot off.
Where you headin'?
Me and my little girl
are going to Saint Jo.
Oh. Live there?
Nearby.
What's your business?
Uh, livestock, mostly...
mules and horses.
Some cattle.
That's funny.
l heard you was a bootlegger.
Oh, no, sir, not me, friend.
Must be some mistake.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
The way l hear it...
you just had a transaction
by the old barn.
Where'd you hear
a thing like that?
Oh, a... friend of the family.
No, l'm sorry.
l-l don't know what
you're talking about.
l'm talkin' about bootleggin'.
l'm talkin' about $ .
Now, just where might that be?
l don't have no $ .
l-l don't know what
you're talking about.
l don't even know where
the old barn is.
Well...
l reckon we'll just
have to explain
a little more
thoroughly, won't we?
Come on, Beau,
you take a ride with
these nice people.
Love to.
We're all goin' back to town.
Hmm.
Damn.
Just when you think
you got it made...
just ain't made, is it?
You pretty good at
this little thing?
Not too good.
Not too good, huh?
Old bootlegger's sittin' there
with his own little game,
and he ain't even good
at his own game.
Yes, sir,
that is some good joke.
l found these on the front seat.
Wasn't any money in the car.
Went all through it,
inside and out.
Livestock business, huh?
That w-whiskey's for a friend.
Hold out your hands.
Huh?
l said, hold out your hands.
You heard me.
l didn't say put 'em down,
did l?
Mighty clean hands
for livestock.
Them hands don't look like
they do nothin' in life
except play a little casino
every now and then.
l told you,
that whiskey's for a friend.
l didn't see no harm in buying
a couple of bottles...
Didn't see no harm?
Hear that, Beau?
Big bootlegger claims
he don't know the law.
Well, Mr. Bootlegger,
l don't need
no couple of bottles
to make a case against you.
Law says all l need is just
one little ol' drop.
And law says
you use a vehicle
to transport
alcoholic beverages,
and said vehicle
is confiscated
to be sold
at public auctions, so...
you can just kiss
that pretty little ol' car
of yours good-bye.
Hey, hold on! That seems
pretty rough just because...
Don't lower your hands.
l didn't tell you to
lower your hands.
l tell you to lower your hands,
then you lower your hands.
You don't do nothin'
until l tell you to.
Understand?
Answer me.
You understand?
Yes, sir.
Ah, l already done that.
Ain't nothin' in his
clothes 'cept him.
He ain't worth five cents.
No, she ain't got
nothin' on her, either.
You don't know what kind
of real bad
trouble you're in.
You better start
thinking on it.
l've got a case against you
for possession and
transportin' whiskey,
and l reckon if l try,
l can think
of a few other things.
Better face it,
you're going to be
up in these parts
for quite a while,
working on the county roads.
Maybe you're lucky,
you get out in six months.
Six more months...
influencing a child...
maybe get six years for that.
M-Maybe we could work
something out.
What's there to work out?
...while l rustle one up,
you all listen
to this little goodie
from a couple of years ago...
Ah, l sure don't like
to send a man
to a road gang.
Never have.
Always felt sorry
for them poor devils.
But l can't overlook the fact
that you've been paid $
and you ain't tellin' me
where it is.
Now, l know
you're a bootlegger,
so what's there for me
to work out?
All right.
Let's cut this
ring-around-the-rosy.
Where's that... money?
You think l'm foolin' around?
l ain't foolin' around.
Maybe you'll come around
in time.
Get a little thirsty
and get a little hungry.
Time sure does have
a way with criminals,
don't it, Beau?
Sure do.
Well, it's gettin'
on to : .
Somebody ought to be
stirring over at the cafe.
l think l'll step
over there a while.
See if that friend of the family
is there.
l'll be on back 'fore long.
l got all day, you know?
l got all the time in the world.
...let's have
another piece of pie
Trouble's just a bubble
And the clouds will soon roll by
So let's have
another cup of coffee
And let's have
another piece of pie
Let a smile be your umbrella
For it's just
an April shower
Even John D. Rockefeller...
Sir, may l get my things,
please?
Mr. Herbert Hoover says
that now's the time to buy
Okay.
So let's have
another cup of coffee
And let's have
another piece of pie.
Daddy...
l need to go to the shithouse.
Well, uh, there's a place
down the hall.
Daddy, l'm scared.
l want you
to come stand by the door.
All right if l go with her?
Down there.
Run!
You crazy?!
Hey!
Where are we running?
Oh, my God.
Stop them people!
Hey, there's
bootleggers...!
Jesus Christ,
this is the craziest...
Hurry!
l'm hurryin'!
Stop!
Oh, Jesus!
- l'm going to hit him!
- Make him jump! Don't slow down!
l could have killed him!
They're going to have me up
for murder!
They're shooting at us!
- But they're missin'!
- Keep going!
We ain't gonna make it.
Yes, we will.
Not in this car, we ain't.
Every two-bit lawman in Kansas
is going to be looking
for this car.
We got to get across
the river to Missouri.
Where's the bridge?
Oh, Jesus!
What's the matter?
Damn bridge is the other way!
- What?!
- Hang on.
Ah, this ain't no good.
We're gonna make it
too easy for 'em.
We got to get off this road.
Hang on!
Holy smoke!
Blow your horn!
Won't do no good.
He can't pull off the road.
Ain't we got all the luck,
selling whiskey to
a sheriff's brother?!
Hang onto your hat.
- What?
- Hold on, l said.
Oh, God.
You all right?
Uh-huh.
Okay, we threw a hobble
on 'em for a while,
but we got to get off this road,
or we're going to end up
in a town for sure.
And take that money
out of there.
You liked to give
me heart failure.
We made it, didn't we?!
Anybody 'thome?
Howdy.
Need to get rid of my car here.
l need to get rid of my car!
Sheriff wants to take away
my little girl,
put her in an orphanage.
You know anybody
who might want to swap?
How about that truck over there?
Well, we'll just let him
chew on it a while.
Well, the rear tires
look new, anyway.
The radio looks okay.
Think this thing runs?
lt better... we got to have
some way of traveling.
Where we going to go?
Out of Kansas, across the river
to Saint Jo, that's where.
Here he comes.
Look at 'em all.
All l'm looking for is a swap
and three days' head start
before you take it out
on the highway.
lt's all legal.
Got the papers right here
to prove it.
Just have to fill out that form
on the back, and you own it.
Ain't gonna swap.
Well, it's brand-new.
That car ain't no good.
What's the matter with it?
Can't haul nothing in it.
Oh, well, if that's all
that's bothering you,
you can sell the car
and get two trucks
t'do your hauling in.
l ain't gonna swap.
Wrassle you for it.
- Are you crazy?
- lf l win, we swap.
You win, you can keep the car
and the truck both.
- Moze...
- Quiet down.
What kind of wrassling?
You name it.
Catch as can?
Shoes or barefoot?
Makes no nevermind to me.
Barefoot.
You're gonna get killed
just to give something away.
l ain't got no choice.
Get that city boy.
Get the city boy.
Let's go.
Make him say "calf rope," Leroy.
Come on, Leroy.
Get him, Leroy. Get him!
That ain't fair!
You stop that!
You make him fight fair!
Look out for that rake, Leroy.
Watch out, Leroy.
Let's go in the car. Come on!
Yee-haw!
Are you pushing?!
Of course l'm pushing!
Okay, it'll go now.
Put your foot on the brake.
The brake! The brake!
lt don't work!
The brake, goddamn it!
The brake!
Don't you even know
where the damn brake is?
lt don't work.
Oh. Well, it figures.
Well, we're in Missouri anyway.
What'll we do now,
drop some s?
How much money we got?
and some change.
cents, l think.
Well, we're just outside
of St. Jo, ain't we?
So what?
So... it's a big town,
ain't it?
We can do better than s.
Y'all know that one...
"Let's have
another cup of coffee,
let's have
another piece of pie."
Well, it's :
and it's Sunday morning
in St. Jo, and y'all get
to church now, okay?
Here's the news...
- Moze?
- Yeah?
What if that old man
don't believe ya?
He'll believe me, all right.
He's in the market
for making a killing,
just like we are.
Maybe he don't even have
a silver mine.
l had him checked out
real thorough.
Where's the money?
And he's just what
people say he is...
rich and greedy.
The independent candidate
for Senate this year...
Pull up your socks.
Moze, if we get a silver mine,
we could get a house
and everything, couldn't we?
Everything,
just... everything.
Just around the corner,
there's a rainbow in the sky
So let's have
another cup of coffee...
Okay, you got
it straight?
Corner of East Warring
and Burlington.
: . Just show there
with tears in your eyes.
- That's all.
- Moze, don't forget the money.
Of course l won't forget
the money.
l'll see you in minutes.
Moze, could we get a piano, too?
A piano?
We'll have a whole factory.
Just around the corner
There's a rainbow in the sky.
...conservation
of natural resources.
l guess you just didn't make
a good enough swap.
My brother's real sore at ya.
Seems you sold him
some of his own whiskey.
You can't arrest me now.
We're in Missouri.
And your damn brother's
a bootlegger!
You got an awful big mouth,
mister.
Maybe l can't arrest you
in Missouri,
and maybe l don't want to.
But l sure can make sure
that you ain't gonna feel
real good while you're here.
Let's go!
Addie...
Addie...
Moze.
Moze...
l sw...
l swallowed my gold tooth.
Aw, Moze.
They took it all.
Oh, Moze, you'reall beat up.
Ain't nothing left.
Don't worry none.
l've been keeping ten
dollars for emergencies.
Ten dollars?
What the hell we do
with ten dollars?
We could buy some Bibles,
do a little widow business.
Must be lots of good
towns around here.
Do some s, drop
some wallets...
before you know it,
we'll be real good again.
l'll bet in no time
we could have a whole
new car and everything.
You're going to take me
to Aunt Billie's now, ain't ya?
- Aw, Moze...
- Don't start crying.
l won't.
That's where we set out for,
ain't it?
Looks nice.
Yeah, it looks real fine.
That must be
your uncle Daniel.
He looks nice, too, don't he?
Yup. Real nice.
Maybe if
Frank D. Roosevelt comes,
he'll tell him to take me
to the station to see him.
Maybe you write, ol' Frankie'll
have a place to write you
back now.
Yeah, he might, at that.
'Course he will.
Ain't no question but he will.
All this talk's just
wasting time.
Here's your...
here, your skates,
your radio.
Where you gonna go?
Don't worry about me.
l got plans.
New ideas coming in every day.
Get going.
You know, if l knew for sure
you wasn't my pa...
lt's for sure l ain't your pa.
Although sometimes
l used to figure
Mr. Connors
could have been my pa,
the way he touched my shoulder,
get me things
from the candy counter for free.
And Mr. Pritchard,
he smiled at me once real nice,
except they don't have my jaw
or nothing.
So long.
Ain't you coming
to the door with me?
There it is, right there.
How much closer
am l supposed to bring you?
They'll wonder how l got here.
Tell 'em a family friend
brung you,
and you-you had
a little trouble on the way
with your car and with finances.
Now, get going.
Yes?
Yes?
l'm Addie.
Addie?
Addie, l've been
worried sick about you.
Addie...
come on in, child.
l been writing letters,
and your Uncle Daniel's
been trying to call
those people down there
to see where you've been.
You're just the spitting
image of your mother,
pretty as a picture.
l don't know why
l go on like this...
what you need is
some ice-cold lemonade.
Now you just sit right there,
and l'll be right back.
Everybody's going to be
so happy to see you.
We're going to get
those clothes off of you.
You're going to get into
a nice, fresh, bath...
and then you're going to sleep
in your own little bed,
alongside your cousin, Edna.
l just near give
up on you, child.
l bet you're starving
to death.
l'm going to cut you
a big piece of pie.
We got those telegrams,
and then we never did hear
from ya.
l told you, l don't want you
riding with me no more.
You still owe me $ .
Moze, look!
Come on.
Hurry up.
Keep your sunny side up
Keep it up high,
the side that gets blue
lf you have nine sons
in a row
Start a baseball team,
they make money, you know
Keep your funny side up...
don't let up
Let your laughter come through
Doodley-doo
Stand up on your legs
Be like two fried eggs
Keep your sunny side up.