1. Hey, pipe down, you mugs.Copy !req
2. Sorry to break up the game, boys...Copy !req
3. but the old man's having bunk inspection
in an hour.Copy !req
4. Give me my bones!Copy !req
5. This man's army ain't been nothing
but just one inspection after another.Copy !req
6. If ever I get back to Texas
on that range again...Copy !req
7. the first man who says "inspection"
to me...Copy !req
8. he's going to be S.O.L.,
because he'll hear from my six-shooter.Copy !req
9. And I mean sure enough, too.Copy !req
10. There'll be no inspection where I'm going.Copy !req
11. Where's that?Copy !req
12. Why, back into vaudeville
with my old lion-taming act!Copy !req
13. I wonder if Oscar and Minnie will know me
when I step back into the cage.Copy !req
14. You better hope they do.Copy !req
15. I know what I'm gonna do.
Get me some kind of construction job.Copy !req
16. I didn't know that was your line, Sergeant.Copy !req
17. It wasn't, but it's going to be.Copy !req
18. Being in the Engineering Corps
has been swell experience...Copy !req
19. and I'm making the most of it.Copy !req
20. Well, we'll be reading about you
in the newspapers, I'll bet.Copy !req
21. "Mr. James Allen is building
a new Panama Canal." Or something.Copy !req
22. You can bet your tin hat Mr. James Allen
won't be back in the old grind of a factory.Copy !req
23. Do you think he'll be wearing his medal?Copy !req
24. Why, of course he will.Copy !req
25. - Mom!
- Jim!Copy !req
26. It's good to have you back.Copy !req
27. You're a little thinner, Jim.Copy !req
28. Your cooking will fix that up.Copy !req
29. Clint! Well, you haven't changed a bit.Copy !req
30. But, Alice, I wouldn't have known you.Copy !req
31. She's grown up, hasn't she?Copy !req
32. She certainly has.Copy !req
33. And you look different, too.Copy !req
34. I think it's the uniform I miss.Copy !req
35. It made you look taller
and more distinguished.Copy !req
36. I got a regular welcome-home party here,
haven't I?Copy !req
37. Mr. Parker, it's nice of you to be here.Copy !req
38. You have a lot to thank Mr. Parker for.Copy !req
39. That's nothing.Copy !req
40. He feels after all you've been through,
we owe you something.Copy !req
41. Mr. Parker is going to take you back
into the factory.Copy !req
42. I've saved your old job for you.Copy !req
43. You've done your bit
and your boss isn't going to forget you.Copy !req
44. Well, I have—Copy !req
45. I'm so glad to have you back.Copy !req
46. I guess we'd better go home,
don't you think?Copy !req
47. All right, I'll take this.Copy !req
48. I'll see you later, Jim. Goodbye.Copy !req
49. The old place hasn't changed a bit.Copy !req
50. Well, let's sit down and have a talk.Copy !req
51. Tell us all about the war.Copy !req
52. I won't live that long.Copy !req
53. What did you think
of Mr. Parker being at the station?Copy !req
54. Say, Clint. Speaking of Mr. Parker,
will you do something for me?Copy !req
55. Sure. What is it?Copy !req
56. Well, will you talk to him for me
and tell him I'm not going to take that job?Copy !req
57. And why should I tell him that?Copy !req
58. It's kind of hard to explain.Copy !req
59. But you see, the Army changes a fellow.Copy !req
60. It kind of makes you think different.Copy !req
61. I don't want to spend the rest of my life...Copy !req
62. answering a factory whistle,
instead of a bugle call...Copy !req
63. or be cooped up
in a shipping room all day.Copy !req
64. I want to do something worthwhile.Copy !req
65. Jim, how can you talk like that?Copy !req
66. He's tired, Mother. Excited.Copy !req
67. You don't know what you are saying.Copy !req
68. But tomorrow morning,
after a good night's sleep...Copy !req
69. you'll be ready to take up
where you left off at the factory.Copy !req
70. A soldier of peace
instead of a soldier of war.Copy !req
71. I don't want to be a soldier of anything.Copy !req
72. You see, Mom...Copy !req
73. I want to get out.Copy !req
74. Away from routine.
I've had enough of that in the Army.Copy !req
75. You found another job?Copy !req
76. Not exactly, Mom...Copy !req
77. but you see, I've been doing
engineering work in the Army...Copy !req
78. and that's the kind of work
I want to do now.Copy !req
79. A man's job.Copy !req
80. Where you can accomplish things.Copy !req
81. Where you can build, construct, create.
Do things!Copy !req
82. That sounds very nice.Copy !req
83. But after all...Copy !req
84. a job in the hand is worth two in the bush.Copy !req
85. I don't want to tell you what to do, Jim...Copy !req
86. but when you were in the war...Copy !req
87. every time I passed the factory...Copy !req
88. I was wishing for the day
my boy would be working there again.Copy !req
89. We've moved things around quite a bit.Copy !req
90. This is a lot nicer
than the old shipping room, isn't it?Copy !req
91. You'll sit by this window
and check the shipments.Copy !req
92. The job's just about the same.Copy !req
93. Before you know it, you'll be doing it again
with your eyes shut.Copy !req
94. They're excavating. I shouldn't think
that would scare you.Copy !req
95. I was looking for the nearest dugout.Copy !req
96. You'll hear lots of those explosions.Copy !req
97. They're building a new bridge over there.Copy !req
98. Better get busy
and file those bills of lading.Copy !req
99. Yes, sir.Copy !req
100. It might do some good
if you had another talk with Jim.Copy !req
101. I certainly intend to.Copy !req
102. Parker's given him a job anyone in town
would grab, and what does he do?Copy !req
103. Checks in day after day late from lunch.Copy !req
104. Loitering around that new bridge
for no reason at all.Copy !req
105. He'll come out of it...Copy !req
106. but it worries me, too.Copy !req
107. Is that you, Jim?Copy !req
108. It's me, Mom.Copy !req
109. Maybe you could speak to him now.Copy !req
110. - Hello, Clint.
- You're quite a stranger here.Copy !req
111. - Had your supper?
- No, I'm not hungry.Copy !req
112. - But you should have a bite of something.
- I can't, Mom. I don't feel like it.Copy !req
113. Well, anyway, sit down.
I want to talk to you.Copy !req
114. Jim, Mr. Parker's very disappointed in you.Copy !req
115. You haven't shown him anything.Copy !req
116. You know your duty is to your job.Copy !req
117. I know it, but I just can't help it.Copy !req
118. Maybe you're not well, dear.Copy !req
119. It isn't that, Mom. I'm all right.Copy !req
120. I try my best when I get there,
but I just can't concentrate.Copy !req
121. It's not the kind of work I want to do.Copy !req
122. I said so when I came home.
It's too monotonous.Copy !req
123. But you don't seem to realize—Copy !req
124. That's it, realize. No one seems to realize
that I have changed. I'm different now.Copy !req
125. I've been through hell.Copy !req
126. Folks here are concerned with my uniform,
how I dance.Copy !req
127. I'm out of step with everybody.Copy !req
128. All this while I was hoping to come home
and start a new life, to be free...Copy !req
129. and again I find myself under orders.Copy !req
130. A drab routine, cramped, mechanical.
Even worse than the Army.Copy !req
131. And you, all of you trying your darnedest
to map out my future...Copy !req
132. to harness me and lead me around
to do what you think is best for me.Copy !req
133. It doesn't occur to you that I've grown...Copy !req
134. that I've learned life is more important
than a medal on my chest...Copy !req
135. or a stupid, insignificant job.Copy !req
136. - Appreciation. Why, you've—
- Clint.Copy !req
137. What would you do, son?Copy !req
138. Where would you go?Copy !req
139. Somewhere. Anywhere, Mom,
just where I can do what I want to.Copy !req
140. If that's really in your heart...Copy !req
141. I think you certainly should follow it.Copy !req
142. I knew you'd understand.Copy !req
143. Before we know it,
he'll be leaving us again.Copy !req
144. That doesn't matter.Copy !req
145. He's got to be happy.
He's got to find himself.Copy !req
146. You're a peach, Mom.Copy !req
147. I know where there's a lot of construction
going on. Up in New England.Copy !req
148. Hey, Allen! Allen!Copy !req
149. Calling me?Copy !req
150. Yeah, knock off a minute.
I want to see you.Copy !req
151. - Well?
- Bad news for you.Copy !req
152. We're cutting down
and the new men will have to go. Sorry.Copy !req
153. All right.Copy !req
154. - You the boss here?
- Yep.Copy !req
155. Think you could use a good man?Copy !req
156. Last week I could have used you,
but I'm full up now.Copy !req
157. - You're new here, ain't you, buddy?
- Yeah.Copy !req
158. Just filling in for a couple of days.Copy !req
159. Believe me, I'm glad to be working.Copy !req
160. It's my first job in four months.Copy !req
161. What can I do for you?Copy !req
162. How much can you give me
for this Belgian Croix de Guerre?Copy !req
163. Come here, mister.Copy !req
164. Look.Copy !req
165. How about some poker
to see who bums the handout?Copy !req
166. No, I'm afraid not.Copy !req
167. I'm new in this town
and not on to the ropes.Copy !req
168. - Been on the road?
- Yeah.Copy !req
169. I took to walking the ties
when my Rolls-Royce broke down.Copy !req
170. - What's your name?
- James Allen.Copy !req
171. James Allen? That'll do, I guess.
Mine's Pete.Copy !req
172. - Glad to know you, Pete.
- Glad to know you, Allen.Copy !req
173. I'm hungry.
What would you say to a hamburger?Copy !req
174. What would I say to a hamburger?Copy !req
175. I'd shake Mr. Hamburger by the hand
and say:Copy !req
176. "Pal, I haven't seen you
in a long, long time."Copy !req
177. I think I can mooch a couple
in the lunch wagon down the street.Copy !req
178. The guy who runs it is a pretty soft egg.Copy !req
179. What do you say?Copy !req
180. Boy, I hope you ain't fooling.Copy !req
181. How about giving
me and my friend a handout?Copy !req
182. I was hoping you'd left town.Copy !req
183. No, I've incorporated. Meet my partner.Copy !req
184. Say, I've been laying off you
for a couple of days. Come on, be a sport.Copy !req
185. All right. You guys sit over there.Copy !req
186. What do I owe you?Copy !req
187. Fifteen cents.Copy !req
188. Business is pretty good?Copy !req
189. Yeah, pretty good.Copy !req
190. How good?Copy !req
191. Hey, what is this?Copy !req
192. Put your hands on that counter
and lean over like we're talking.Copy !req
193. Get that dough out of the register.Copy !req
194. - Listen—
- Go on, do as I say.Copy !req
195. Go on.Copy !req
196. How much is it?Copy !req
197. Around $5.Copy !req
198. There ought to be more. Where is it?Copy !req
199. No, that's all.Copy !req
200. Put it in your pocket and come on. Move!Copy !req
201. And don't start yelling for the cops.Copy !req
202. You don't have to yell, Mike.Copy !req
203. Put them up.Copy !req
204. Thought you'd get away?Copy !req
205. I didn't do nothing.Copy !req
206. - Oh, no?
- No.Copy !req
207. I see no reason for leniency since
the money was found on your person.Copy !req
208. Furthermore, upon detection,
you attempted to escape...Copy !req
209. which would, of necessity,
increase the seriousness of your offence.Copy !req
210. I therefore,
in accordance with the laws of this state...Copy !req
211. sentence you to 10 years of hard labor.Copy !req
212. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...Copy !req
213. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.Copy !req
214. A nice lucky number.Copy !req
215. What's this for?Copy !req
216. To put in your nose.Copy !req
217. All right.Copy !req
218. Follow me.Copy !req
219. All right, pick them up.Copy !req
220. Come on, pull them through.Copy !req
221. All right, turn off.Copy !req
222. That'll learn you to sit up
and hold on to this.Copy !req
223. All right, you guys, get going there.
Get those shoes on and get up.Copy !req
224. All right, come and get it.Copy !req
225. Come on, hurry it up.Copy !req
226. Pick up that chain.Copy !req
227. Come on, move on.Copy !req
228. Here, take that.Copy !req
229. Grease, fried dough, pig fat and sorghum.Copy !req
230. And you better get to like it...Copy !req
231. because you're going to get
the same thing every morning, every year.Copy !req
232. You can't get better food
on any chain gang in the state.Copy !req
233. Yeah, and you can go all over the world
and you won't find worse.Copy !req
234. How can anybody eat a mess like this?Copy !req
235. Why do you take that slime
if you're going to spit it out?Copy !req
236. I'm practicing.Copy !req
237. The last day of my year here,
I'll spit it right in the warden's kisser.Copy !req
238. Yeah? You'll blind him for life.Copy !req
239. Hurry up, come on, let's go.Copy !req
240. Come on, move on!Copy !req
241. - Come on, there. You, get in there.
- Get in that line.Copy !req
242. Hurry up. Come on, by me.Copy !req
243. Line up, there. Come on.Copy !req
244. All right, load the trucks.Copy !req
245. Come on.Copy !req
246. Hurry up.Copy !req
247. Get your rings up.Copy !req
248. Put them up.Copy !req
249. All right.Copy !req
250. Come on, get that ring up.Copy !req
251. All right, take them out.Copy !req
252. Are you up here for murder, kid?Copy !req
253. No.Copy !req
254. I heard that a guy that killed four people
was being sent up here.Copy !req
255. Nordine's always worrying
about losing his spot here as high man.Copy !req
256. He only killed three.Copy !req
257. More than anyone else
in this here chain gang.Copy !req
258. His wife, his sister-in-law,
and his mother-in-law.Copy !req
259. Killed them in one night with an ax...Copy !req
260. so as not to disturb the neighbors.Copy !req
261. What are you taking the rap for, kid?Copy !req
262. For looking at a hamburger.Copy !req
263. Come on, tell us. You're among friends.Copy !req
264. All right, let's go.Copy !req
265. On your feet. Come on.Copy !req
266. Stick them up.Copy !req
267. Hey, come on.Copy !req
268. Hey, you, get to work.Copy !req
269. Getting out here.Copy !req
270. All right, get out in there.Copy !req
271. What's the idea?Copy !req
272. He gets two minutes to brush his teeth.Copy !req
273. Look at that big buck swing that sledge.Copy !req
274. He never misses.Copy !req
275. You can lay down a nickel...Copy !req
276. and he'd knock the buffalo's right eye out.Copy !req
277. They like his work so much...Copy !req
278. they're gonna keep him here
the rest of his life.Copy !req
279. Come on, get up, quit your stalling.Copy !req
280. I was just wiping the sweat off my face.Copy !req
281. Well, you got it knocked off.Copy !req
282. That won't do no good.Copy !req
283. You got to ask their permission
to wipe the sweat off.Copy !req
284. Wiping it off!Copy !req
285. All right, Bomber, wipe it off.Copy !req
286. Like that.Copy !req
287. In the first place, you've got
to get their permission to sweat.Copy !req
288. Come on, get to work there.Copy !req
289. I gotta quit. My stomach is—Copy !req
290. You get to work or I'll kick that bellyache
up around your ears.Copy !req
291. Come on. Move on, there.Copy !req
292. Come on, get up.Copy !req
293. Pull it through.Copy !req
294. Six.Copy !req
295. Seven.Copy !req
296. Eight.Copy !req
297. Nine.Copy !req
298. Ten.Copy !req
299. Eleven.Copy !req
300. Spread them out.Copy !req
301. Twelve.Copy !req
302. Come on, get out of here.Copy !req
303. So this is the washroom?Copy !req
304. Yeah, come on, there's plenty of room.Copy !req
305. No, thanks. I forgot my bath salts.Copy !req
306. All right, boys, show me the men
that didn't give us a good day's work.Copy !req
307. Ackerman hasn't been
on the job today, Warden.Copy !req
308. Is that so?Copy !req
309. Come on.Copy !req
310. Anybody else?Copy !req
311. This guy, Red,
tried to pull a faint on us today.Copy !req
312. Pulling a faint?Copy !req
313. I don't care what you do to me.
It doesn't matter.Copy !req
314. So that's the way you feel about it?Copy !req
315. Take a look at that.Copy !req
316. The skunk.Copy !req
317. You're next.Copy !req
318. Take his stinking shirt off.Copy !req
319. A loudmouth?Copy !req
320. All right, let him out.Copy !req
321. Stand over there.Copy !req
322. Well, Barney's gone.Copy !req
323. Goodbye, Barney, old boy.Copy !req
324. Don't forget to write, kid.Copy !req
325. I'll see you in two or three years.Copy !req
326. Goodbye, kid.Copy !req
327. Don't forget to write, Barney.Copy !req
328. - So long.
- So long.Copy !req
329. See you soon.Copy !req
330. - Good luck.
- You need it.Copy !req
331. The lucky rat.Copy !req
332. At least it proves something.
You really can get out of here.Copy !req
333. Sure you can. And I'm counting the days.
They ain't gonna cheat me out of nothing.Copy !req
334. - When is your time up?
- I got it figured out exactly.Copy !req
335. Four days, two weeks, seven months
and 12 years.Copy !req
336. Let me see. Four weeks from 10 years.Copy !req
337. Nine years and 48 weeks.Copy !req
338. You can't count those away.Copy !req
339. Red's leaving today, too.Copy !req
340. All right, hurry it up.Copy !req
341. Let's go.Copy !req
342. Well, there's just two ways
to get out of here.Copy !req
343. Work out, and die out.Copy !req
344. Might as well grab a ride into town
with us.Copy !req
345. Yeah, I can't walk very good
without them chains on.Copy !req
346. Doesn't a man ever break loose?Copy !req
347. You mean, hang it on the limb?Copy !req
348. There's too many breaks against you.Copy !req
349. You've got to beat the chains,
the bloodhounds...Copy !req
350. and a bunch of guards
who'd just as soon bring you back dead.Copy !req
351. It's been done...Copy !req
352. but you got to figure out
some perfect scheme.Copy !req
353. You gotta watch.Copy !req
354. You gotta wait.Copy !req
355. Maybe one year, maybe two.Copy !req
356. Then...Copy !req
357. hang it on the limb.Copy !req
358. - Sebastian.
- Yes?Copy !req
359. Can you hit my shackles
hard enough to bend them?Copy !req
360. - You thinking about—
- Been thinking about it for months.Copy !req
361. If you can bend my shackles
just so I can slide them off my foot—Copy !req
362. I don't want to get in no trouble,
but I'd like to see you get away.Copy !req
363. The heat's got the guards down.Copy !req
364. - All right, you keep an eye on them.
- I am.Copy !req
365. I'll keep my foot here,
and you hit it whenever you can.Copy !req
366. You gotta promise not to yell,
no matter how it hurts...Copy !req
367. - or they'll give me the works for it.
- I promise.Copy !req
368. Hold still. If I hurt your leg,
your foot will drop off with the shackle.Copy !req
369. Again.Copy !req
370. Now the other one.Copy !req
371. Again.Copy !req
372. Once more.Copy !req
373. Five.Copy !req
374. Six.Copy !req
375. Seven.Copy !req
376. Eight.Copy !req
377. Nine.Copy !req
378. Ten.Copy !req
379. When you gonna do it?Copy !req
380. - Monday.
- That's good.Copy !req
381. You can rest up for it on Sunday.Copy !req
382. - Got any dough?
- A little.Copy !req
383. Here's $7.Copy !req
384. When you get to Stanton,
look up Barney. Here's his address.Copy !req
385. - He'll take care of you.
- Thanks, Bomber.Copy !req
386. - Nervous?
- A little.Copy !req
387. No matter what happens,
it's better than this.Copy !req
388. Get them over there.Copy !req
389. What do you think?Copy !req
390. Looks pretty good to me.Copy !req
391. Getting out here.Copy !req
392. All right, get out over in there.Copy !req
393. Hey, boss, we need some more help here.Copy !req
394. Some of you boys give Bomber a hand.Copy !req
395. All right, Allen. Get back to work.Copy !req
396. Bring those dogs over here!
He won't get far.Copy !req
397. Stand where you are.Copy !req
398. Where do you suppose he's gone?Copy !req
399. Let's try these woods over here.Copy !req
400. Come on. Go get him.Copy !req
401. Get him.Copy !req
402. You look like a new man.Copy !req
403. - Now show me something in a cheap hat.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
404. How did you get the scratches?Copy !req
405. Lumberjacking, up in the hills.Copy !req
406. Is that a fact?Copy !req
407. I know many of them fellows up there.
Funny I ain't seen you before.Copy !req
408. - Look out.
- I'm sorry.Copy !req
409. How do you do?Copy !req
410. Well, if it ain't old John Law himself.Copy !req
411. - How's the rheumatism?
- Good.Copy !req
412. If they don't take me off nights
and put me on days, I'm gonna...Copy !req
413. I'll... What's the use?Copy !req
414. What's new? Anything?Copy !req
415. Nothing.Copy !req
416. There was a break on the Merritt County
chain gang this morning.Copy !req
417. They say he's headed up this way.Copy !req
418. What's the guy look like?Copy !req
419. He's about 5'10", heavy black hair...Copy !req
420. brown eyes, stocky built,
around 30 years old.Copy !req
421. Name is Allen, James Allen.Copy !req
422. - Get us a hot towel, will you?
- Coming up.Copy !req
423. Hope it's hot enough for you.Copy !req
424. Those guys haven't got much chance
getting away with it, have they?Copy !req
425. No. We've got the depot
and all the highways out of town covered.Copy !req
426. They can get this far and no farther.Copy !req
427. Thanks. Come in again.Copy !req
428. How was it? Close enough?Copy !req
429. Plenty.Copy !req
430. So you hung it on the limb?Copy !req
431. It's good to see you, kid.Copy !req
432. - Well, how do you suppose I feel?
- What? How?Copy !req
433. Bomber tipped me off where you were.Copy !req
434. - All right for Bomber.
- Say, you got a place I can hide out?Copy !req
435. - Sure, come on. I'll fix you up.
- That's great.Copy !req
436. How are all the boys on the chain gang?Copy !req
437. No, but I had to keep my eyes open
every minute.Copy !req
438. Do you think I'll be safe here tonight?Copy !req
439. It's a cinch,
unless the cops pull another raid.Copy !req
440. But don't worry about that.Copy !req
441. They're probably too busy
looking for you to raid any joints like this.Copy !req
442. All I need is some sleep.
I'll lam out of here early in the morning.Copy !req
443. Make yourself at home.Copy !req
444. We got everything you dream about
in the chain gang.Copy !req
445. Here. I guess you still know
what this is good for?Copy !req
446. Thanks. I got a tough day
ahead of me tomorrow.Copy !req
447. Well, I got a tough night ahead of me.Copy !req
448. I got to beat it now, Jim.
But the place is yours.Copy !req
449. Wait a minute.Copy !req
450. I'll get somebody
to see that you're comfortable.Copy !req
451. Linda, come here.Copy !req
452. This is Jim Allen, a pal of mine
from the chain gang. He's just escaped.Copy !req
453. - Listen, never mind the advertising.
- It's all right with Linda.Copy !req
454. Take good care of him, babe.
He's my personal guest.Copy !req
455. - So long, Jim. I hope you make it.
- Thanks.Copy !req
456. You've got plenty of what it takes
to pull an escape from that place.Copy !req
457. I'm not safe yet.
Not until I'm out of the state.Copy !req
458. If there's anything I can do to help you,
just say the word.Copy !req
459. Thanks.Copy !req
460. There's nothing you can do.Copy !req
461. - How about a drink?
- No.Copy !req
462. - You don't mind if I take one, do you?
- No, go right ahead.Copy !req
463. Here's to you.Copy !req
464. A guy with your nerves
got the breaks coming to him.Copy !req
465. I know what you're thinking.Copy !req
466. I understand.Copy !req
467. You're among friends.Copy !req
468. You have about 35 minutes to wait.
The train is late.Copy !req
469. - You want everything on this one, too?
- Yeah, same as the first one.Copy !req
470. Well, look who's here.
Chief of police, in all his glory.Copy !req
471. Must be looking for somebody important.Copy !req
472. All right, boys, keep your eyes open.Copy !req
473. All aboard!Copy !req
474. There he is!Copy !req
475. Did I get your ticket?Copy !req
476. Here it is.Copy !req
477. Booneville? You must have got on
without me seeing you.Copy !req
478. They were chasing somebody.
I guess you were watching.Copy !req
479. - They were after an escaped convict.
- Catch him?Copy !req
480. No, the guy they caught
turned out to be a hobo.Copy !req
481. They're still looking for the convict.Copy !req
482. I guess we can use you. What's the name?Copy !req
483. - Allen.
- Is that the first or last name?Copy !req
484. Yeah, the first name.Copy !req
485. The full name is Allen James.Copy !req
486. - Report 8:00 tomorrow morning.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
487. Say, James...Copy !req
488. that's a swell idea you had
about the bend up there.Copy !req
489. - I told the boss it was your suggestion.
- You did? That's very nice.Copy !req
490. I don't think you'll be swinging a pick
much longer.Copy !req
491. This is the room that's for rent.Copy !req
492. Very nice room.
What are you asking for it?Copy !req
493. - $25 a month. And that's very reasonable.
- Very.Copy !req
494. But it's more than I feel I can pay.Copy !req
495. I'm sorry, because I like the location.Copy !req
496. It's not far from the bridge I'm working on.Copy !req
497. I'm sorry, too...Copy !req
498. because I'd like to rent this room
to a gentleman like yourself.Copy !req
499. But you don't know anything about me.Copy !req
500. I can tell. You look like you'd be friendly.
Not like a stranger around the house.Copy !req
501. - How much would you be willing to pay?
- Really, it's out of the question.Copy !req
502. Well, suppose I made it $20.Copy !req
503. That's silly.
You can easily get your price for it.Copy !req
504. I'm willing to let it go for $20. To you.Copy !req
505. Well, it's a mighty nice room.Copy !req
506. You'll like it.Copy !req
507. - Hello, honey.
- Hello.Copy !req
508. - All you do every night is study.
- I'll never get anywhere if I don't.Copy !req
509. Anyway, that's not so.
We were out last night.Copy !req
510. - I don't think you like me anymore.
- Of course I do.Copy !req
511. We can't always be playing around.Copy !req
512. Anyway, what's that got to do with it?Copy !req
513. I don't know,
but you don't act like you used to.Copy !req
514. - Now I don't seem good enough for you.
- You're imagining things.Copy !req
515. No, I'm not. When you were first here
you weren't this way.Copy !req
516. You've grown tired of me.Copy !req
517. I was silly enough to believe you
when you said you loved me.Copy !req
518. I said I loved you?Copy !req
519. Now, Marie, you know that's not so.
I never said that.Copy !req
520. You're just trying to put me in a spot.Copy !req
521. And you know it wasn't love
just as well as I do.Copy !req
522. So that's the way you feel?Copy !req
523. You can't make me out cheap
and get away with it.Copy !req
524. I know what I'm talking about, see?
And someday you're gonna be sorry.Copy !req
525. Come in.Copy !req
526. Well, so you really think you're leaving?Copy !req
527. I'm moving to a bigger place.
I can afford it now.Copy !req
528. In other words, that means
we won't see each other anymore.Copy !req
529. No, I guess we'll see each other sometime.Copy !req
530. You don't mean that.Copy !req
531. Marie, I appreciate all you've done for me,
but I couldn't love you.Copy !req
532. I can't change my feeling towards you
any more than...Copy !req
533. I can change the color of my eyes.Copy !req
534. I know I'm speaking bluntly, but frankly...Copy !req
535. this will save us both a lot of misery.Copy !req
536. And is that your only reason for leaving?Copy !req
537. - That's a pretty good one, isn't it?
- Not very.Copy !req
538. Of course, when a fellow wants
to ditch a girl he'll do most anything...Copy !req
539. providing it doesn't land him
back in the chain gang...Copy !req
540. where he probably belongs.Copy !req
541. Here.Copy !req
542. It's from your brother.Copy !req
543. - You wouldn't...
- I wouldn't tell...Copy !req
544. if I had a reason to protect you.Copy !req
545. - What do you mean?
- I wouldn't tell...Copy !req
546. if you were my husband.Copy !req
547. - Well, it means plenty of work.
- I'm used to that.Copy !req
548. Yes. On the other hand,
all work and no play...Copy !req
549. Makes Jack.Copy !req
550. How about knocking off
and having a little recreation?Copy !req
551. We're giving a party tonight
at the Club Chateau.Copy !req
552. How about joining us?Copy !req
553. - I'd like to, but—
- Fine. And that includes Mrs. James.Copy !req
554. Well, I don't know.
I'm not sure that she can come.Copy !req
555. - I'll ask her.
- Right.Copy !req
556. - Anyway, we'll expect you.
- Fine.Copy !req
557. See you later.Copy !req
558. Here's the revised budget
on the King's Highway Bridge.Copy !req
559. By the way, while you were out,
your wife called.Copy !req
560. Any message?Copy !req
561. She won't be home until Wednesday.
She's gone to the country with her cousin.Copy !req
562. I see.Copy !req
563. She also said her account was overdrawn.
About $600.Copy !req
564. She's got to stop it.Copy !req
565. The same thing happened last month.Copy !req
566. All right, make out a check
for the amount...Copy !req
567. and deposit it in her bank
when you go to lunch.Copy !req
568. Yes, sir.Copy !req
569. - Good night, Mr. James.
- Good night.Copy !req
570. Hello.Copy !req
571. Hello, yourself. Is Marie there?Copy !req
572. That's funny. Where do you think she is?Copy !req
573. She had a date with me
and she's giving me a stand-up...Copy !req
574. and it's the first dame
that ever gave me a stand-up.Copy !req
575. You can tell her that Sammy called...Copy !req
576. and you can tell her where she can go
with little Sammy's compliments.Copy !req
577. Tell her that, will you? And listen...Copy !req
578. not a word to her husband, understand?Copy !req
579. - Don't you dance?
- Not if I can get out of it.Copy !req
580. That makes two of us.Copy !req
581. I don't care much for dancing
in such a crowd.Copy !req
582. - I don't like crowds anywhere.
- What do you like to do?Copy !req
583. Build bridges, roads for people to use...Copy !req
584. when they want to get away from things.Copy !req
585. That sounds interesting.Copy !req
586. But they can't get away. Nobody can.Copy !req
587. You're a strange person.Copy !req
588. Don't pay any attention to what I say.Copy !req
589. You'd like to get away from here
right now, wouldn't you?Copy !req
590. You don't like this party.Copy !req
591. I like it better now.Copy !req
592. Well, I was on the verge of sneaking home.Copy !req
593. I'm not so sure I want to now.Copy !req
594. We might make a getaway.Copy !req
595. I don't think they'd miss us. How about it?Copy !req
596. Come on.Copy !req
597. Well, here we are.Copy !req
598. Tell me some more about your work.
It sounds fascinating.Copy !req
599. Why talk about work?Copy !req
600. That's what interests you, isn't it?Copy !req
601. No. There are other things
that interest me, too.Copy !req
602. Do you mind if we stay here a while,
or must you go home?Copy !req
603. There are no musts in my life.
I'm free, white and 21.Copy !req
604. - You're lucky.
- Why?Copy !req
605. You can go where you want,
when you want.Copy !req
606. Can't you?Copy !req
607. Yes. And no.Copy !req
608. You're a strange, moody person.Copy !req
609. You need somebody
to pull you out of those doldrums.Copy !req
610. Are you applying for that job?Copy !req
611. - I might consider it.
- You're hired.Copy !req
612. - When do I start?
- You've started, several hours ago.Copy !req
613. Don't you see, Marie?Copy !req
614. If you get a divorce,
I'll give you anything you want.Copy !req
615. I swear I will.Copy !req
616. What's the use of arguing?Copy !req
617. I told you I was satisfied
with the way things are.Copy !req
618. - Can't you see that neither of us is happy?
- I'm happy!Copy !req
619. I'm taking no chances of letting you go.Copy !req
620. Listen. You're going to be a big shot
some day, with plenty of sugar...Copy !req
621. and I'm going to ride right along. Get that?Copy !req
622. I'm no fool.
I'd be a sucker to let you go now.Copy !req
623. But I'm in love with another woman.Copy !req
624. That's just too bad.Copy !req
625. Why don't you play the game square?Copy !req
626. Square? So that you and your sweet
mama can give me the grand go-by?Copy !req
627. Be yourself.Copy !req
628. If you don't listen to reason,
I'll find some way.Copy !req
629. You do, and you'll serve out your time.Copy !req
630. It's no worse than serving out my time
with you.Copy !req
631. You'll be sorry you said that!Copy !req
632. Now, listen.Copy !req
633. You've held a sword over my head
about long enough.Copy !req
634. It's about time you called it quits.Copy !req
635. You've been bluffing me, and I've been
fool and coward enough to fall for it.Copy !req
636. You filthy, good-for-nothing convict!Copy !req
637. A bluff? You'll see.Copy !req
638. - You'll see.
- Put that down.Copy !req
639. - Give me the police station.
- Put that down!Copy !req
640. You don't think you'll stop me, do you,
now that I've made up my mind?Copy !req
641. We'll only take a minute of your time,
Mr. James.Copy !req
642. In view of your marvelous achievement
on the new Stevens Bridge...Copy !req
643. the Chamber of Commerce would like you
as their principal speaker at their banquet.Copy !req
644. Thank you very much.Copy !req
645. I feel highly complimented.Copy !req
646. There's two detectives coming through,
Mr. James.Copy !req
647. I told them you were busy
but they wouldn't wait.Copy !req
648. I'm sorry.Copy !req
649. I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me.Copy !req
650. Mr. James or Mr. Allen
or whatever your name is...Copy !req
651. I have a warrant for your arrest.Copy !req
652. - And we can quote you literally?
- Certainly.Copy !req
653. Everything I've said are facts.Copy !req
654. I want this rotten
chain-gang system exposed.Copy !req
655. Print it all!Copy !req
656. How about a special signed story
for our Sunday supplement?Copy !req
657. Sure, I'll write it. Gladly.Copy !req
658. How long were you
on the chain gang before, Mr. Allen?Copy !req
659. Governor Baxter has not yet
signed the extradition papers.Copy !req
660. Until he does, I cannot turn Mr. Allen
over to the custody of your state.Copy !req
661. In view of Allen's record here
since his escape...Copy !req
662. our state has authorized us
to assure you...Copy !req
663. that if he'll return voluntarily...Copy !req
664. and pay the state
the expense it's been put to...Copy !req
665. he'll be pardoned in 90 days.Copy !req
666. Why is it necessary
for my client to return at all?Copy !req
667. Why mete out punishment to a man
who has proven himself a useful...Copy !req
668. and honorable citizen?Copy !req
669. Merely a technicality.Copy !req
670. No prisoner is eligible for pardon
until he's served 90 days.Copy !req
671. Does that mean
that I'll have to serve 90 days?Copy !req
672. - Back on the chain gang?
- No.Copy !req
673. You'll be given some clerical job
in one of the camps.Copy !req
674. Well, it rests entirely with my client...Copy !req
675. but I'd advise him to stay right here.Copy !req
676. Gentlemen, there's someone else
I'd like to consult on the matter...Copy !req
677. - if you don't mind.
- Certainly.Copy !req
678. They've promised me a full pardon
within 90 days if I go back.Copy !req
679. Can you trust them?Copy !req
680. I don't see why not.Copy !req
681. I'm giving myself up voluntarily.Copy !req
682. Besides, I want to get it
all cleaned up now...Copy !req
683. so that nothing will stand in the way
of our happiness.Copy !req
684. I think it best, darling.Copy !req
685. Why, they can't fail to pardon you.Copy !req
686. And then, when you come back,
you'll be free. For always.Copy !req
687. And we'll be together. Always.Copy !req
688. These stories you've been hearing,
gentlemen, are absurd.Copy !req
689. Why, our chain gangs are beneficial
to the convicts...Copy !req
690. not only physically, but morally.
I can cite you—Copy !req
691. Gentlemen, I've decided to go back.Copy !req
692. Voluntarily.Copy !req
693. On your assurance of a pardon.Copy !req
694. And you won't regret your decision.Copy !req
695. I presume, Mr. Allen,
your Chicago attorneys informed you...Copy !req
696. that I would be in complete charge
of your case down here?Copy !req
697. Yes, he did.Copy !req
698. Let's get the financial end
straightened out first.Copy !req
699. Your capture and return cost the state...Copy !req
700. $350. My fee will be $2,500.Copy !req
701. $1,000 now,
and $1,500 when you get your release.Copy !req
702. This is for the state.Copy !req
703. You know, of course...Copy !req
704. that you'll have to go to a prison camp
for 90 days.Copy !req
705. - There's your check.
- Thanks, Allen.Copy !req
706. There's no reason to believe
that after the 90 days...Copy !req
707. I won't get my pardon then, is there?Copy !req
708. This is a funny state
and the Governor's a little peculiar.Copy !req
709. You see, all that publicity you gave out
about the conditions here...Copy !req
710. didn't help any.Copy !req
711. But I'll get my pardon?Copy !req
712. They'll give you the pardon.Copy !req
713. But that clerical job they promised you
isn't so definite.Copy !req
714. They might want you to work
for about 60 days.Copy !req
715. This is the guy
that all that fuss was about.Copy !req
716. And if he tries to escape this time,
shoot him!Copy !req
717. Escape? I'm supposed to be a trustee here.Copy !req
718. Haven't you had orders
from the Prison Commission?Copy !req
719. Sure, I got orders...Copy !req
720. that if you get away from here this time,
I lose my job.Copy !req
721. And that goes for all of you. Get me?Copy !req
722. - Now take him out of here.
- Come on.Copy !req
723. Go on. Find yourself a bunk.Copy !req
724. Go on down the line.Copy !req
725. How did you get
to this little bit of heaven, kid?Copy !req
726. It's a long story.Copy !req
727. Sit down, make yourself at home.Copy !req
728. If you can.Copy !req
729. Boy, if you think
those other chain gangs are tough...Copy !req
730. wait till you get a load of this joint.Copy !req
731. These are the guys that were too tough
for the chain gangs.Copy !req
732. Now give us the story.
How'd they snatch you back?Copy !req
733. They didn't. I came back.Copy !req
734. He just got lonesome.Copy !req
735. They promised me a pardon
if I'd come back for 90 days.Copy !req
736. What's a pardon?Copy !req
737. These boys up here
ain't never heard that word.Copy !req
738. Neither has the Prison Commission.Copy !req
739. What'd you do
to get sent up here, Bomber?Copy !req
740. I decided to hang it on the limb,
so I socked a guard with a sledge.Copy !req
741. I aimed at the rat's head, but I missed.Copy !req
742. I can't figure
a guy walking back into this...Copy !req
743. just because they promised to spring him
in 90 days.Copy !req
744. They just wanna make it tough on me,
I guess.Copy !req
745. But I'll get the pardon, all right—Copy !req
746. Listen, kid, they ain't thinking of handing
out pardons when you land in here.Copy !req
747. This is the last word.Copy !req
748. You might say it's "it."Copy !req
749. Come on, get to work down there!Copy !req
750. The case of James Allen.Copy !req
751. - Is Mr. Ramsey present?
- Ready, Your Honor.Copy !req
752. Please be brief. We have a great many
of these cases this afternoon.Copy !req
753. I should first like to introduce...Copy !req
754. the convict's brother,
the Rev. Robert Allen.Copy !req
755. Your Honor...Copy !req
756. I shall leave the legal technicalities
of the case to Mr. Ramsey...Copy !req
757. and shall present the story of James Allen
as a human being.Copy !req
758. A man of essential fineness
and integrity of character.Copy !req
759. A man who was decorated for bravery
in the World War.Copy !req
760. A man who committed a crime...Copy !req
761. but only when forced to
at the point of a gun.Copy !req
762. His first and only offence.Copy !req
763. A man who showed his true character
by rising from less than nothing...Copy !req
764. to become a prominent
and honored citizen.Copy !req
765. and in conclusion,
I need not remind you...Copy !req
766. that James Allen has kept
his part of the bargain.Copy !req
767. He has returned voluntarily to this state...Copy !req
768. and has paid
all the expenses demanded of him.Copy !req
769. I cannot believe,
in the light of all this evidence...Copy !req
770. and in the name of justice...Copy !req
771. that you will bring yourselves
even to consider any other alternative.Copy !req
772. First, I feel it is my duty...Copy !req
773. to answer the malicious and unwarranted
attack upon the chain-gang system...Copy !req
774. which we have heard here this afternoon.Copy !req
775. Crime must be punished.Copy !req
776. The men who commit crime
are hard men...Copy !req
777. and their punishments must be hard.Copy !req
778. But the brutality of which we hear
is a gross exaggeration...Copy !req
779. born of the fancy of the misinformed.Copy !req
780. The life of a convict in a chain gang
is one of hard labor.Copy !req
781. The discipline is strict...Copy !req
782. but there is no brutality.Copy !req
783. The purpose of prison
is not only to punish crime...Copy !req
784. but to discourage it.Copy !req
785. And there is less crime in this state...Copy !req
786. in proportion to her population...Copy !req
787. than in 40 other states in this Union.Copy !req
788. Finally, as evidence
of the chain gang's value...Copy !req
789. as a character-builder,
I have but to present to you...Copy !req
790. the very case that has been presented
to us here today...Copy !req
791. the case of James Allen...Copy !req
792. who entered the chain gang
as a worthless tramp...Copy !req
793. and who left it
to become one of a great city's...Copy !req
794. most worthy and respected citizens.Copy !req
795. The Commission will take the case
of James Allen under consideration.Copy !req
796. Five minutes, Allen.Copy !req
797. They refused to pardon you.Copy !req
798. They refused?Copy !req
799. The state's promise didn't mean anything.Copy !req
800. It was all lies!Copy !req
801. They just wanted to get me back...Copy !req
802. so they can have their revenge.Copy !req
803. To keep me here nine more years!Copy !req
804. Why, their crimes are worse than mine.Copy !req
805. Worse than anybody here!Copy !req
806. They're the ones that should be in chains,
not me!Copy !req
807. You don't have to stay here nine years.Copy !req
808. The Commission voted that if you were
a model prisoner for one year...Copy !req
809. they would concede that you had paid
your obligations in full.Copy !req
810. It's only nine months, Jim.Copy !req
811. Nine months of this torture?Copy !req
812. I won't do it!Copy !req
813. I won't do it, I tell you!Copy !req
814. I'll get out of here!Copy !req
815. Even if they kill me for it!Copy !req
816. It's still better to be honorably free.Copy !req
817. And in those nine months,
we'll be working for you night and day.Copy !req
818. But you've been working night and day!Copy !req
819. It didn't do any good.Copy !req
820. But, Jim, we'll have the whole country
behind you then...Copy !req
821. and the state will be forced to release you.Copy !req
822. All right.Copy !req
823. I'll wait nine more months.Copy !req
824. I'll be a model prisoner...Copy !req
825. if it kills me.Copy !req
826. Finally, not only has James Allen
been a model prisoner...Copy !req
827. patient and uncomplaining
for a whole year...Copy !req
828. but we have presented letters
from countless organizations...Copy !req
829. and prominent individuals...Copy !req
830. beseeching you to recommend his pardon.Copy !req
831. I think it only just, Your Honors...Copy !req
832. that he be given his freedom
while there is still time...Copy !req
833. for him to regain
his former position in society...Copy !req
834. of prominence and universal respect.Copy !req
835. We've just had a final report
on your new hearing.Copy !req
836. Well?Copy !req
837. They've suspended decision. Indefinitely.Copy !req
838. - Which one did you say it was?
- This one here.Copy !req
839. Get up, you lazy skunk!Copy !req
840. - Driver!
- What's on your mind?Copy !req
841. - You better come take a look back here.
- I gotta get to the quarry.Copy !req
842. You'll never make the quarry in this truck.
Your spring's broken.Copy !req
843. Spring's broken?Copy !req
844. - Where?
- There it is.Copy !req
845. Thief! He's stealing my truck!Copy !req
846. Stay where you are!Copy !req
847. Keep driving, boy.Copy !req
848. Throw that box out.Copy !req
849. Nix, it's full of my favorite candy.Copy !req
850. We're making it, Jim.Copy !req
851. We'll make it yet.Copy !req
852. Rip it, boy. Go on.Copy !req
853. Keep going, kid.Copy !req
854. That's once I didn't miss.Copy !req
855. Getting out here.Copy !req
856. Helen.Copy !req
857. Jim!Copy !req
858. - Why haven't you come before?
- I couldn't.Copy !req
859. - I was afraid to.
- But you could have written.Copy !req
860. It's been almost a year since you escaped.Copy !req
861. But I haven't escaped.
They're still after me.Copy !req
862. They'll always be after me.Copy !req
863. I've had jobs, but I can't keep them.Copy !req
864. Something happens, someone turns up.Copy !req
865. I hide in rooms all day and travel by night.
No friends, no rest, no peace.Copy !req
866. - Oh, Jim!
- Keep moving, that's all that's left for me.Copy !req
867. Forgive me, Helen.Copy !req
868. I had to take a chance to see you tonight.Copy !req
869. Just to say goodbye.Copy !req
870. - It was all going to be so different.
- It is different.Copy !req
871. They've made it different.Copy !req
872. I've got to go.Copy !req
873. I can't let you go like this.
Can't you tell me where you're going?Copy !req
874. Will you write? Do you need any money?Copy !req
875. But you must, Jim. How do you live?Copy !req
876. I steal.Copy !req