1. Now, you remember, children,
how I told you last Sunday...Copy !req
2. about the good Lord going up into
the mountain and talking to the people...Copy !req
3. and how he said,
"Blessed are the pure in heart...Copy !req
4. for they shall see God"...Copy !req
5. and how he said
that King Solomon in all his glory...Copy !req
6. was not as beautiful
as the lilies of the field?Copy !req
7. And I know you won't forget,
"Judge not lest ye be judged"...Copy !req
8. because I explained that to you.Copy !req
9. And then the good Lord went on to say...Copy !req
10. "Beware of false prophets...Copy !req
11. "which come to you in sheep's clothing...Copy !req
12. "but inwardly they are ravening wolves.Copy !req
13. Ye shall know them by their fruits."Copy !req
14. Five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,
35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60...Copy !req
15. 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100!Copy !req
16. Here I come, ready or not!Copy !req
17. What's wrong?Copy !req
18. Hey! Hey!Copy !req
19. "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.Copy !req
20. "Neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit.Copy !req
21. Wherefore, by their fruits
ye shall know them."Copy !req
22. Well, now, what's it to be, Lord?Copy !req
23. Another widow?Copy !req
24. How many has it been? Six?Copy !req
25. Twelve?Copy !req
26. I disremember.Copy !req
27. You say the word, Lord,
I'm on my way.Copy !req
28. You always send me money
to go forth and preach your word.Copy !req
29. A widow with a little wad of bills
hid away in a sugar bowl.Copy !req
30. Lord, I am tired.Copy !req
31. Sometimes I wonder
if you really understand.Copy !req
32. Not that you mind the killings.
Your Book is full of killings.Copy !req
33. But there are things you do hate, Lord.Copy !req
34. Perfume-smellin' things...Copy !req
35. lacy things, things with curly hair.Copy !req
36. There are too many of them.Copy !req
37. You can't kill a world.Copy !req
38. You driving a touring car
with a Moundsville license?Copy !req
39. Harry Powell,
for the theft of that touring car...Copy !req
40. you will spend 30 days
in the Moundsville Penitentiary.Copy !req
41. Uh, Preacher Harry Powell.Copy !req
42. A car thief,
picked up where you were —Copy !req
43. a man of God?Copy !req
44. Harry Powell.Copy !req
45. Hold Miss Jenny still.Copy !req
46. Stand still, Miss Jenny!Copy !req
47. There. What's so hard about that?Copy !req
48. Daddy!Copy !req
49. - Where's your mom?
- Out shoppin'.Copy !req
50. - You're bleedin', Dad.
- Listen to me, John.Copy !req
51. This money here —
we gotta hide it before they get to me.Copy !req
52. There's close to $10,000. Where?Copy !req
53. Under a rock in the smokehouse?
No, no.Copy !req
54. Under the bricks in the grape arbor?
No, no. They'd dig for it.Copy !req
55. Sure. That's the place.Copy !req
56. - That's him.
- He probably still has that gun.Copy !req
57. Listen to me, Son. You've gotta swear.Copy !req
58. Swear means promise.
First, swear you'll take care of little Pearl.Copy !req
59. Guard her with your life, boy.Copy !req
60. Then swear you won't never tell
where the money's hid, not even your mom.Copy !req
61. - Yes, Dad.
- You understand?Copy !req
62. - Not even her?
- You got common sense. She ain't.Copy !req
63. When you grow up, that money will belong to you.Copy !req
64. Now stand up straight and look me in the eye.
Raise your right hand.Copy !req
65. Now swear —
"I'll guard Pearl with my life."Copy !req
66. I will guard Pearl with my life.Copy !req
67. - "And I won't never tell about the money."
- And I won't never tell about the money.Copy !req
68. And you, Pearl — you swear too.Copy !req
69. Ben Harper.Copy !req
70. I'm goin' now, children. Good-bye.Copy !req
71. Drop that gun, Harper.
We don't want the kids hurt.Copy !req
72. Just mind what you swore, Son.
Mind, boy.Copy !req
73. Don't.Copy !req
74. Don't!Copy !req
75. Dad.Copy !req
76. Ben Harper,
it is the sentence of this court...Copy !req
77. that for the murder
of Ed Smiley and Corey South...Copy !req
78. you be hanged by the neck
until you are dead.Copy !req
79. And may God have mercy on your soul.Copy !req
80. I got you all buffaloed.Copy !req
81. Ain't none of you gonna get it outta me.
None of you.Copy !req
82. Where, Ben? Where?Copy !req
83. - Where?
- "And a little child shall lead them."Copy !req
84. Now, come on, boy. Tell me.Copy !req
85. Ben, I'm a man of God.Copy !req
86. - Tryin' to make me talk about it in my sleep.
- No, Ben. No.Copy !req
87. What'd I say?
What? What? What? What?Copy !req
88. You was quotin' the Scripture, Ben.Copy !req
89. You said, "And a little child shall lead them."Copy !req
90. Ha!Copy !req
91. - You killed two men, Ben Harper.
- That's right, Preacher.Copy !req
92. I robbed that bank
'cause I got tired of seein'...Copy !req
93. children roamin' the woodlands
without food...Copy !req
94. children roamin' the highways
in this here depression...Copy !req
95. children sleepin' in old abandoned car bodies
and junk heaps.Copy !req
96. And I promised myself I'd never see the day
when my young 'uns would want.Copy !req
97. With that $10,000,
I could build a tabernacle...Copy !req
98. make that Wheeling Island tabernacle
look like a chicken house.Copy !req
99. Will you have free candy for the kids, Preacher?Copy !req
100. Think of it, Ben —
with that cursed, bloodied gold.Copy !req
101. How come you got that stick knife
hid up in your bed blankets, Preacher?Copy !req
102. The Lord blinded mine enemies
when they brought me in this evil place.Copy !req
103. I smuggled it in right under the noses
of them guards.Copy !req
104. I come not with peace...Copy !req
105. but with a sword.Copy !req
106. You, Preacher?Copy !req
107. This sword has served me through
many an evil time, Ben Harper.Copy !req
108. What religion you profess, Preacher?Copy !req
109. The religion the Almighty and me
worked out betwixt us.Copy !req
110. I'll bet.Copy !req
111. Salvation is a last-minute business, boy.Copy !req
112. Keep talkin', Preacher.Copy !req
113. If you was to let that money
serve the Lord's purpose...Copy !req
114. he might feel kindly turned towards you.Copy !req
115. Keep talkin', Preacher.Copy !req
116. Now, don't you think the Lord
might change his mind if you was to —Copy !req
117. Lord...Copy !req
118. you sure knowed what you was doin'...Copy !req
119. when you put me in this very cell
at this very time.Copy !req
120. A man with $10,000 hid somewhere...Copy !req
121. and a widow in the makin'.Copy !req
122. - Any trouble?
- No.Copy !req
123. He was a cool one, that Harper.
Never broke.Copy !req
124. He carried on some, kicked.Copy !req
125. They say he left a wife and two kids.Copy !req
126. I never heard.Copy !req
127. - He never told about the money?
- No.Copy !req
128. What do you figure he done with it?Copy !req
129. He took the secret with him
when I dropped him.Copy !req
130. That you, Bart? Supper's waitin'.Copy !req
131. Mother, sometimes I think it might
be better if I was to quit my job as guard.Copy !req
132. You're always this way
when there's a hangin'.Copy !req
133. You never have to be there.Copy !req
134. Sometimes I wish
I was back in the mine.Copy !req
135. And leave me a widow
after another blast like the one in '24?Copy !req
136. Not on your life, old mister.Copy !req
137. Are you going to buy it, John?Copy !req
138. Aw!Copy !req
139. So your mommy's keepin' you
out of school these days.Copy !req
140. How is your poor, poor mother?Copy !req
141. She's at Spoon's ice cream parlor.Copy !req
142. Say, did they ever find out what your father
done with all that money he stole?Copy !req
143. Pearl and me, we have to go.Copy !req
144. - You better not sing that song.
- Why?Copy !req
145. 'Cause you're too little.Copy !req
146. Can we get some candy?Copy !req
147. No.Copy !req
148. Willa Harper, there are certain
plain facts of life that adds up...Copy !req
149. just like two plus two makes four,
and one of them is this —Copy !req
150. No woman is able to raise
growin' youngsters alone.Copy !req
151. The Lord meant that job for two.Copy !req
152. Icey, I just don't want a husband.Copy !req
153. Ain't a question of wantin' or not wantin'.
You're no spring chicken.Copy !req
154. You're a grown woman
with two little young 'uns.Copy !req
155. It's a man you need in the house,
Willa Harper.Copy !req
156. Tell me a story, John.Copy !req
157. Well, once upon a time...Copy !req
158. there was a rich king...Copy !req
159. who had himself
a son and a daughter.Copy !req
160. They all lived in a castle over in Africa.Copy !req
161. Then one day this king
got taken away by some bad men.Copy !req
162. And before he got took off...Copy !req
163. he told his son to kill anyone
who tried to steal his gold.Copy !req
164. And before long,
the bad men came back and —Copy !req
165. Good night, Pearl. Sleep tight
and don't let the bedbugs bite.Copy !req
166. Good night, Miss Jenny.
Don't let the bedbugs bite.Copy !req
167. She don't put in Cresap's Landin' no more,
but she still blows as she passes.Copy !req
168. Come on in
and have a cup of coffee, boy.Copy !req
169. Ain't nobody stole Dad's skiff.Copy !req
170. Ain't nobody gonna neither
as long as Uncle Birdie's around.Copy !req
171. First day my joints is limber enough,
I'll haul her out and give her a good caulkin'.Copy !req
172. Ain't seen ya in a coon's age, boy.Copy !req
173. I've been mindin' Pearl.Copy !req
174. Shucks. Ain't it a caution what a woman
will load onto a man's back...Copy !req
175. when he ain't lookin'?Copy !req
176. Excuse me, cap, while I —
while I sweeten my coffee.Copy !req
177. Dead and gone these 25 year
and never takes her eyes off me.Copy !req
178. Man of my years needs a little snort
in the mornin' to heat the boilers.Copy !req
179. Yeah.Copy !req
180. I was talkin' to this stranger
up at the boardinghouse.Copy !req
181. - He knowed your dad.
- Where'd he know Dad?Copy !req
182. I'll not hide it from you, boy.
He knowed him in the Moundsville Penitentiary.Copy !req
183. I gotta go now, Uncle Birdie.Copy !req
184. Well, you just got here, boy.Copy !req
185. I told Mom
I'd be back to Spoon's for Pearl.Copy !req
186. "God works in a mysterious way,
his wonders to perform."Copy !req
187. Yes, I was with brother Harper
right up to the end.Copy !req
188. Now that I'm no longer employed
by the penitentiary...Copy !req
189. it is my joy to bring this small comfort
to his loved ones.Copy !req
190. It's a mighty good man
would go out of his way...Copy !req
191. to bring a word of cheer
to a grievin' widow.Copy !req
192. - So you ain't with the state no more?
- No, brother. I resigned only yesterday.Copy !req
193. The heartrendin' spectacle of them poor men
was just too much for me.Copy !req
194. Ah, little lad, you're starin' at my fingers.Copy !req
195. Would you like me to tell you
the little story of right hand, left hand...Copy !req
196. the story of good and evil?Copy !req
197. H-A-T-E.Copy !req
198. It was with this left hand
that old brother Cain...Copy !req
199. struck the blow
that laid his brother low.Copy !req
200. L-O-V-E.Copy !req
201. You see these fingers, dear hearts?Copy !req
202. These fingers has veins that run straight
to the soul of man.Copy !req
203. The right hand, friends —
the hand of love.Copy !req
204. Now watch and I'll show you
the story of life.Copy !req
205. These fingers, dear hearts, is always a-warrin'
and a-tuggin', one again' t'other.Copy !req
206. Now watch 'em.Copy !req
207. Old brother left hand.Copy !req
208. Left hand hate's a-fightin'.Copy !req
209. And it looks like love's a goner.Copy !req
210. But wait a minute. Wait a minute.Copy !req
211. Hot dog! Love's a-winnin'.Copy !req
212. Yes, sirree!Copy !req
213. It's love that won.Copy !req
214. And old left hand hate
is down for the count.Copy !req
215. I never heard it better told.Copy !req
216. I wish every soul in this community
could get the benefit.Copy !req
217. Oh, you've just got to stay
for our picnic Sunday.Copy !req
218. No, I must wend my way downriver
on the Lord's business.Copy !req
219. You ain't leavin' in no hurry
if we can help it.Copy !req
220. John, mind your manners.
Take that look off your face. Act nice.Copy !req
221. Why, he don't mean no impudence,
do you, boy?Copy !req
222. Do ya, boy?Copy !req
223. Ah, many's the time poor brother Ben
told me about these young 'uns.Copy !req
224. What'd he tell ya?Copy !req
225. Why, he told me what fine little lambs
you and your sister both was.Copy !req
226. Is that all?Copy !req
227. Why, no, boy.
He told me lots and lots of things.Copy !req
228. - Nice things, boy.
- Thank you.Copy !req
229. My, that fudge smells yummy.Copy !req
230. It's for the picnic.Copy !req
231. And you don't get a smidgen of my fudge
unless you stay for the picnic.Copy !req
232. Don't he have the grandest singin' voice?Copy !req
233. John! Pearl!
Run along and play, you two.Copy !req
234. - Where?
- Down by the river! My goodness.Copy !req
235. That feller's just achin' to settle down
with some nice woman...Copy !req
236. and make a home for himself.Copy !req
237. Icey, it's awful soon after Ben's passing.Copy !req
238. If ever I saw a sign from heaven.Copy !req
239. - John don't like him much.
- Pearl dotes on him.Copy !req
240. The boy worries me.Copy !req
241. I know it's silly, but it's like there's
somethin' still between him and his dad.Copy !req
242. What he needs is a dose of salts.Copy !req
243. - No, there's somethin' else.
- What?Copy !req
244. - The money.
- I declare, Willa Harper.Copy !req
245. You'll let that money haunt you
to your grave.Copy !req
246. Icey, I would love to be satisfied...Copy !req
247. that Harry Powell don't think
I got that money hid somewhere.Copy !req
248. You come right out
and ask that man of God.Copy !req
249. Mr. Powell!
Clear that evil mud out of your soul.Copy !req
250. John! Pearl! Come along here
and get some fudge.Copy !req
251. - I don't want no fudge.
- You do what you're told!Copy !req
252. - You go set down by the river.
- Oh, Icey, I'm a sight.Copy !req
253. Get along with you.Copy !req
254. You!Copy !req
255. That young lady better look sharp...Copy !req
256. or some smart sister between here and Captina
is gonna snap him up right from under her nose.Copy !req
257. She's not the only fish in the river.
Now, you two stay put.Copy !req
258. Shilly-shallying around.Copy !req
259. A husband's one piece
of store goods you never know...Copy !req
260. till you get it home and take the paper off.Copy !req
261. Did Ben Harper ever tell you
what he done with the money he stole?Copy !req
262. My dear child, don't you know?Copy !req
263. She's moonin' about Ben Harper.Copy !req
264. That wasn't love.
That was just flapdoodle.Copy !req
265. Have some fudge, lambs.Copy !req
266. When you've been married
to a man 40 years...Copy !req
267. you know all that don't amount
to a hill of beans.Copy !req
268. I've been married to my Walt that long...Copy !req
269. and I swear, in all that time,
I just lie there thinkin' about my canning.Copy !req
270. John!Copy !req
271. John!Copy !req
272. A woman's a fool to marry for that.
That's somethin' for a man.Copy !req
273. The good Lord never meant
for a decent woman to want that.Copy !req
274. Not really want it.Copy !req
275. It's all just a fake and a pipe dream.Copy !req
276. John, Mr. Powell
has something to tell you.Copy !req
277. Well, John,
the night before your father died...Copy !req
278. he told me what he did
with that money.Copy !req
279. That money's at the bottom
of the river...Copy !req
280. wrapped around
a 12-pound cobblestone.Copy !req
281. Thank you, Harry.Copy !req
282. Shh.Copy !req
283. I feel clean now.Copy !req
284. My whole body's just a-quivering
with cleanness.Copy !req
285. John, come here.Copy !req
286. Your tie is crooked.Copy !req
287. - When'll Dad's skiff be ready?
- Can't hear you, boy!Copy !req
288. When'll the skiff be ready?Copy !req
289. Have her ready inside a week.
Then we'll go fishing.Copy !req
290. - How's your ma?
- Oh, she's all right.Copy !req
291. - How's your sister, Pearl?
- Just fine.Copy !req
292. - You leavin', boy?
- Yep. Gotta watch out for Pearl, Uncle Birdie.Copy !req
293. Well, good night, boy.
Come again anytime.Copy !req
294. And mind, boy...Copy !req
295. I'll have your pa's skiff shipshape
inside a week.Copy !req
296. Somebody there?Copy !req
297. Anybody there?Copy !req
298. Anybody here?Copy !req
299. Good evenin', John.Copy !req
300. I had a little talk
with your mother tonight, John...Copy !req
301. and your mother decided it might be best
for me to let you know the news.Copy !req
302. Your mother told me she wanted me
to be a daddy to you and your sister.Copy !req
303. We're gonna get married, boy.Copy !req
304. Did you hear what I said, boy?Copy !req
305. - Hmm?
- Married.Copy !req
306. We're goin' to Sisterville tomorrow,
and when we get back —Copy !req
307. You ain't my dad.
You'll never be my dad.Copy !req
308. When we get back,
we're all going to be friends...Copy !req
309. and share our fortunes together, John.Copy !req
310. You think you can make me tell!
But I won't! I won't! I won't!Copy !req
311. - Tell me what, boy?
- Nothin'.Copy !req
312. We're not keeping secrets
from each other, are we, little lad?Copy !req
313. No, no.Copy !req
314. Well, no matter.Copy !req
315. We've got a long time together, boy.Copy !req
316. Wave your hands. Great sakes.Copy !req
317. Now, you wait here
while I get your night things.Copy !req
318. - Now can I tell?
- Hmm?Copy !req
319. When Mr. Powell's our daddy,
then can I tell him about —Copy !req
320. - You swore, Pearl.
- John, don't.Copy !req
321. You promised Dad you wouldn't tell.Copy !req
322. I love Mr. Powell lots and lots, John.Copy !req
323. Men.Copy !req
324. Harry?Copy !req
325. Fix that window shade.Copy !req
326. - Harry?
- I was praying.Copy !req
327. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know.
I — I thought —Copy !req
328. You thought, Willa, that the moment
you walked in that door...Copy !req
329. I'd start to pawin' you
in that abominable way...Copy !req
330. that men are supposed to do
on their weddin' night.Copy !req
331. - Ain't that right now?
- No, no, no.Copy !req
332. I think it's time we made one thing
perfectly clear, Willa.Copy !req
333. Marriage to me represents a blending
of two spirits in the sight of heaven.Copy !req
334. Get up, Willa.Copy !req
335. - Harry, what —
- Get up.Copy !req
336. Now, go look at yourself
yonder in that mirror.Copy !req
337. Do as I say.Copy !req
338. Look at yourself.Copy !req
339. What do you see, girl?Copy !req
340. You see the body of a woman —Copy !req
341. the temple of creation and motherhood.Copy !req
342. You see the flesh of Eve
that man since Adam has profaned.Copy !req
343. That body was meant
for begettin' children.Copy !req
344. It was not meant for the lust of men.Copy !req
345. Do you want more children, Willa?Copy !req
346. I —Copy !req
347. No.Copy !req
348. It's the business of this marriage
to mind those two you have now...Copy !req
349. not to beget more.Copy !req
350. Yes.Copy !req
351. All right, you can get in bed now
and stop shiverin'.Copy !req
352. Help me to get clean...Copy !req
353. so I can be what Harry
wants me to be.Copy !req
354. Meanest, orneriest, sneakingest critter
in the whole river, boy.Copy !req
355. A gar.Copy !req
356. - Here are your can of hooks, Uncle Birdie.
- Pshaw, boy.Copy !req
357. Ain't a hook in the land
strong enough to land Mr. Gar.Copy !req
358. What a feller needs is mother wit
and a horsehair.Copy !req
359. Golly. Won't it bust it, Uncle Birdie?Copy !req
360. Nah, a horsehair will hold
a lumpin' whale.Copy !req
361. - You mind my cussin', boy?
- No.Copy !req
362. Well, the reason I ask,
your step-pa bein' a preacher and all —Copy !req
363. Never was much of a one
for preachers my own self.Copy !req
364. I don't know what's wrong
up at your house...Copy !req
365. but always remember, cap...Copy !req
366. if you're ever in trouble,
holler and come a-runnin'.Copy !req
367. Uncle Birdie's your friend.Copy !req
368. There! There, you slimy, snag-toothed,
bait-stealin' so-and-so!Copy !req
369. - Amen! Amen!
- Amen!Copy !req
370. Amen!Copy !req
371. - You have all sinned.
- Yes! Yes!Copy !req
372. Which one of you can say,
as I can say...Copy !req
373. that you drove a good man to murder?Copy !req
374. Because I kept a-houndin' him
for perfume...Copy !req
375. and clothes and face paint!Copy !req
376. And he slew two human beings!Copy !req
377. And he come to me, and he said...Copy !req
378. "Take this money and buy yourself
the clothes and the paint!"Copy !req
379. - Yes! Yes!
- But, brethren —Copy !req
380. Brethren,
that's where the Lord stepped in!Copy !req
381. - That's where the Lord stepped in!
- Yes!Copy !req
382. "Ye," said the Lord to that man...Copy !req
383. "you take that money...Copy !req
384. and you throw it in the river!"Copy !req
385. - In the river!
- In the river!Copy !req
386. Now, you're John, and you're Pearl.Copy !req
387. Pearl? Pearl?Copy !req
388. You'll get awful mad, John.
I done a sin.Copy !req
389. - Pearl!
- I didn't tell no one.Copy !req
390. Pearl, oh, Pearl.Copy !req
391. It's all here.Copy !req
392. - John.
- Oh — Yes?Copy !req
393. - What are you doing, boy?
- Gettin' Pearl to bed.Copy !req
394. - What's taking you so long about it?
- Nothing.Copy !req
395. What's that you're playin' with?Copy !req
396. Uh, Pearl's junk. Mom gets mad
when she plays out here and don't put it away.Copy !req
397. Come on, children.Copy !req
398. Off to bed with the both of you.Copy !req
399. Come here, John.Copy !req
400. Your mother tells me you tattled on me.Copy !req
401. She said you told her
I asked where that money was hid.Copy !req
402. That wasn't very nice, boy.Copy !req
403. Have a heart.Copy !req
404. Yeah.Copy !req
405. Well, it doesn't matter.
It's your word against mine.Copy !req
406. It's me your mother believes.Copy !req
407. Were you impudent again
to Mr. Powell, John?Copy !req
408. Mom, I didn't mean it.Copy !req
409. What were you impudent about?Copy !req
410. He asked me about the money again, Mom.Copy !req
411. John, you always make up that lie.Copy !req
412. There is no money.Copy !req
413. Why can't you get that through your head?Copy !req
414. The boy's as stubborn
and as mulish as a sheep.Copy !req
415. - It's a shame.
- Good night, Icey.Copy !req
416. - Good night, honey.
- Good night, Walt.Copy !req
417. Good night, Willa.Copy !req
418. Plan on a longer visit next time.Copy !req
419. You hardly get settled
before you're frettin' to get home again.Copy !req
420. I'm needed to keep peace
and harmony betwixt them.Copy !req
421. It's my burden,
and I'm proud of it, Icey.Copy !req
422. - Where's the money hid?
- I don't know.Copy !req
423. She thinks that money's
at the bottom of the river.Copy !req
424. But you and me, we know better,
don't we, little lad?Copy !req
425. I don't know nothin'.Copy !req
426. Well, never mind, boy.
The summer's young yet.Copy !req
427. Pearl?Copy !req
428. Come here.Copy !req
429. John's a fella likes to keep secrets.
I'll tell you a secret.Copy !req
430. Yes?Copy !req
431. I knowed your daddy.Copy !req
432. And you know what your daddy told me?Copy !req
433. He said,
"You tell my little girl Pearl...Copy !req
434. that there's to be no secrets
between her and you."Copy !req
435. - Yes?
- All right. Now it's your turn.Copy !req
436. What secret shall I tell?Copy !req
437. Oh, uh, what's your name?Copy !req
438. You're just fooling.
My name's Pearl.Copy !req
439. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Well, I reckon I'll have to try again.Copy !req
440. Uh, where's the money hid?Copy !req
441. Pearl, you swore you wouldn't tell!
You swore! You swore! You swore!Copy !req
442. You hit Daddy with a hairbrush.Copy !req
443. Oh.Copy !req
444. Now, you see? We just can't have
anything to do with John.Copy !req
445. You and me are goin' down
to the parlor, Pearl.Copy !req
446. John was just plumb bad
through and through.Copy !req
447. - John's bad.
- Yes, John's bad.Copy !req
448. Tell me another secret about my dad.Copy !req
449. Oh, no. Your turn.Copy !req
450. All right. What secret shall I tell?Copy !req
451. Mmm. Where's the money hid?Copy !req
452. - John's bad.
- Where's the money hid?Copy !req
453. You tell me, you little wretch,
or I'll tear your arm off!Copy !req
454. - Icey, I'm worried about Willa.
- How do you mean?Copy !req
455. Well, I'm figurin' how to say it
so as you won't get mad.Copy !req
456. Say what, Walt Spoon?Copy !req
457. - There's something wrong about it, Mother.
- About what?Copy !req
458. - About Mr. Powell, all of it.
- Walt!Copy !req
459. Now, Mother, a body's
got a right to their feelings.Copy !req
460. May the Lord have mercy on you,
Walt Spoon.Copy !req
461. Now, Mother, I was just —Copy !req
462. Amen.Copy !req
463. Are you through praying?Copy !req
464. I'm through, Harry.Copy !req
465. You were listening
outside the parlor window.Copy !req
466. - It ain't in the river, is it, Harry?
- Answer me.Copy !req
467. Ben never told you he throwed it
in the river, did he?Copy !req
468. The children know where it's hid.Copy !req
469. John knows. Is that it, Harry?Copy !req
470. Then it's still here amongst us...Copy !req
471. tainting us.Copy !req
472. You must have known about it
all along, Harry.Copy !req
473. But that ain't the reason
why you married me.Copy !req
474. I know that much.Copy !req
475. Because the Lord just wouldn't let it be.Copy !req
476. He made you marry me...Copy !req
477. so you could show me
the way and the life...Copy !req
478. and the salvation of my soul.Copy !req
479. Ain't that so, Harry?Copy !req
480. So you might say that it was the money
that brung us together.Copy !req
481. The rest of it don't matter.Copy !req
482. Walt! Come quick!Copy !req
483. - What's wrong, Mother?
- Shh! He's in there.Copy !req
484. - Who?
- Mr. Powell.Copy !req
485. Willa has run away.Copy !req
486. I'll be switched. Just went?Copy !req
487. She took out some time in the night
in that old Model "T."Copy !req
488. - Oh, is he hit pretty bad?
- All to pieces.Copy !req
489. - There's a little peach brandy in here.
- Walt!Copy !req
490. - A man of the cloth?
- Well, just a sip.Copy !req
491. Walt Spoon, that's for sickness in the house!Copy !req
492. - Well, what can we do, Mother?
- I thought if you went and talked to him —
you know, another man.Copy !req
493. - Oh, no, now, Mother, please.
No, I'm no good at —
- Get in there.Copy !req
494. - Mr. Powell?
- A strange woman is a narrow pit.Copy !req
495. Amen. Amen.Copy !req
496. She lieth in wait as for prey
and increaseth the transgressors among men.Copy !req
497. Oh, my dear, dear friends,
whatever would I do without you?Copy !req
498. Mr. Powell!Copy !req
499. Well, if there's anything —
anything we can —Copy !req
500. No, it's my shame. It's my crown of thorns.
I must wear it bravely.Copy !req
501. What could have possessed that girl?Copy !req
502. - Satan.
- Ah!Copy !req
503. Didn't you have no inklin'?Copy !req
504. Yes, I did from the very first night.Copy !req
505. - First night?
- Our honeymoon.Copy !req
506. How's that?Copy !req
507. She turned me out of the bed.Copy !req
508. No.Copy !req
509. - Well, what do you figure to do?
- Do?Copy !req
510. Why, just stay right here
and take care of them kids.Copy !req
511. Maybe it was never meant for a woman
like Willa to taint their young lives.Copy !req
512. - Mmm. Mmm.
- It's mighty brave of you, Preacher.Copy !req
513. Oh, I reckon it was just ordained
that way, brother Spoon.Copy !req
514. Didn't — Didn't she leave no word?Copy !req
515. A scrawl on a notepaper on the bureau.Copy !req
516. I burned it.Copy !req
517. Tore it up and burned it.
It stank so strong of hellfire.Copy !req
518. Amen.Copy !req
519. The pitcher has went to the well
once too often, friends.Copy !req
520. Oh, she'll come draggin' her tail back home.Copy !req
521. She'll not be back.
I reckon I'm safe in promisin' you that.Copy !req
522. - Maybe she's just run off on a spree.
- No, no.Copy !req
523. - Well, there's no harm in hopin'.
- Ain't no sense in it neither.Copy !req
524. I figured somethin' like that was brewin'
when she went to bed last night.Copy !req
525. How?Copy !req
526. Well, she tarried around in the kitchen
after I'd gone up...Copy !req
527. and when I went downstairs
to see what was wrong —Copy !req
528. What?Copy !req
529. Well, she'd found this jar
of dandelion wine...Copy !req
530. that the husband — this Harper —
had hid somewheres in the cellar.Copy !req
531. - She was drinkin'.
- Oh!Copy !req
532. I tried to save her.Copy !req
533. I know you did, Mr. Powell.
I know how hard you tried.Copy !req
534. But the devil wins sometimes.Copy !req
535. Can't nobody say
I didn't do my best to save her.Copy !req
536. Children!Copy !req
537. Children.Copy !req
538. Children.Copy !req
539. Pearl?Copy !req
540. Careful. Here.Copy !req
541. Why do we have to hide, John?Copy !req
542. Children.Copy !req
543. - Where's Mom?
- She's gone to Moundsville.Copy !req
544. - To see Dad?
- Yes, I reckon that's it.Copy !req
545. Now, listen to me, Pearl.
You and me is runnin' off tonight.Copy !req
546. - Why?
- Children.Copy !req
547. If we stay here,
something awful will happen to us.Copy !req
548. - Won't Daddy Powell take care of us?
- No.Copy !req
549. That's just it. No.Copy !req
550. - Where are we going, John?
- Somewheres. I don't know yet.Copy !req
551. I'm hungry, John.Copy !req
552. - We'll steal somethin' to eat.
- It'll spoil our suppers.Copy !req
553. Pearl.Copy !req
554. I can hear you whisperin', children,
so I know you're down there.Copy !req
555. I can feel myself gettin' awful mad.Copy !req
556. I'm out of patience, children.Copy !req
557. I'm coming to find you now.Copy !req
558. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
559. Mr. Powell.Copy !req
560. Well, well, Mrs. Spoon.Copy !req
561. Where are the children?Copy !req
562. They're down there in that cellar
playin' games...Copy !req
563. and they won't mind me when I call them.Copy !req
564. I'm at my wit's end, Mrs. Spoon.Copy !req
565. Oh. Tsk, tsk. John? Pearl?Copy !req
566. John! Pearl!Copy !req
567. Shake a leg.Copy !req
568. Well, well, well. What's that?Copy !req
569. Just a little hot supper
I fixed for you and the children.Copy !req
570. It seemed the least we could do.Copy !req
571. I won't have you worrying
poor Mr. Powell another minute.Copy !req
572. Just look at you —
dust and filth from top to toe.Copy !req
573. Want me to take 'em up
and wash 'em good?Copy !req
574. No. No, thank you, dear Icey.
Thank you.Copy !req
575. I'll tend to them. Thank you.Copy !req
576. Don't be too hard on 'em, Preacher.Copy !req
577. Poor motherless children.Copy !req
578. Remember now, Mr. Powell,
don't be afraid to call on us.Copy !req
579. Good-bye.Copy !req
580. Good-bye, Miz Spoon,
and thanks again.Copy !req
581. Now, weren't you afraid, little lambs,
down there in all that dark?Copy !req
582. They'll think it was me.Copy !req
583. They'll say it was poor old Uncle Birdie.Copy !req
584. Aw, if you could've seen it, Bess.Copy !req
585. Down there in the deep place...Copy !req
586. with her hair wavin' soft and lazy, like...Copy !req
587. meadow grass under floodwater.Copy !req
588. And that slit in her throat...Copy !req
589. like she had an extra mouth.Copy !req
590. You're the only human mortal
I can go to, Bess.Copy !req
591. If I go to the law...Copy !req
592. they'll hang it on me.Copy !req
593. Sweet heaven, save poor old Uncle Birdie.Copy !req
594. - I'm hungry.
- Sure.Copy !req
595. And there's fried chicken, sweet potatoes,
corn bread and apple cobbler.Copy !req
596. - Can I have my supper, please?
- Naturally.Copy !req
597. - Can I have milk too?
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
598. But first, we'll have a little talk —
about our secrets.Copy !req
599. - No.
- And why not, pray tell?Copy !req
600. 'Cause John said I mustn't.Copy !req
601. Never mind what John said!Copy !req
602. John's a meddler.Copy !req
603. Now stop that sniveling.Copy !req
604. Look a-here.
You know what that is?Copy !req
605. Wanna see something cute?Copy !req
606. Now looky.Copy !req
607. How about that?Copy !req
608. This is what I use on meddlers.Copy !req
609. John might be a meddler.Copy !req
610. Eh-eh! No, no.Copy !req
611. No, no, little lamb. Don't touch it.Copy !req
612. Don't touch my knife.
That makes me mad.Copy !req
613. Makes me very, very mad.Copy !req
614. Now, just tell me.
Where's the money hid?Copy !req
615. But I swore.
I promised John I wouldn't tell.Copy !req
616. John doesn't matter!Copy !req
617. Can't I get that through your head,
you poor, silly, disgusting little wretch?Copy !req
618. There now. You made me lose my temper.Copy !req
619. I'm sorry. I am real sorry.Copy !req
620. Now just tell me.Copy !req
621. - Where's it hid, honey?
- I'll tell.Copy !req
622. I thought I told you
to keep your mouth shut.Copy !req
623. It ain't fair to make Pearl tell
when she swore she wouldn't.Copy !req
624. I'll tell.Copy !req
625. Well, I declare.Copy !req
626. Sometimes I think poor old John
might make it to heaven yet.Copy !req
627. All right, boy, where's the money?Copy !req
628. In the cellar,
buried under a stone in the floor.Copy !req
629. It'll go hard if I find you're lyin', boy.Copy !req
630. I'm not lying. Go look for yourself.Copy !req
631. All right.Copy !req
632. Come along.Copy !req
633. What?Copy !req
634. Go ahead of me, the both of you.Copy !req
635. Down those stairs.Copy !req
636. You don't reckon I'd leave you,
do you, boy?Copy !req
637. Well, don't you believe me?Copy !req
638. Why, sure, boy. Sure.Copy !req
639. All right. Where now?
Mind, no tricks now.Copy !req
640. I can't abide a liar.Copy !req
641. Yonder.Copy !req
642. Oh, no, you don't.Copy !req
643. - Now, where, boy? Where?
- Under the stone in the floor.Copy !req
644. This is concrete.Copy !req
645. John made a sin.
John told a lie.Copy !req
646. The Lord's a-talkin' to me now.Copy !req
647. He's a-sayin'...Copy !req
648. "A liar is an abomination
before mine eyes."Copy !req
649. Speak, boy. Where's it hid?Copy !req
650. Speak.Copy !req
651. Speak, or I'll cut your throat
and leave you to drip...Copy !req
652. like a hog hung up in butcherin' time.Copy !req
653. Pearl, shut up. Pearl, you swore.Copy !req
654. You could save him, little bird.Copy !req
655. It's in my doll! It's in my doll!Copy !req
656. The doll.Copy !req
657. Why, sure.Copy !req
658. Last place anybody'd think to look.Copy !req
659. Uncle Birdie Steptoe.Copy !req
660. Open that door!Copy !req
661. You spawn of the devil's own strumpet!Copy !req
662. Uncle Birdie! Uncle Birdie!Copy !req
663. - Uncle Birdie.
- Don't.Copy !req
664. Hide us, Uncle Birdie.
He's a-comin' with his knife.Copy !req
665. It's me — John Harper and Pearl.
You told me to come.Copy !req
666. - Johnny?
- Uncle Birdie. Oh, please.Copy !req
667. Please! Wake up!Copy !req
668. I swear on — on the Book.
I never done it. I —Copy !req
669. I never —Copy !req
670. There's still the river.Copy !req
671. The skiff is under the willow.Copy !req
672. Children!Copy !req
673. Children!Copy !req
674. "Dear Walt and Icey...Copy !req
675. "I bet you been worried
and gave us up for lost.Copy !req
676. "Took the kids down here with me
for a visit to my sister Elsie's farm.Copy !req
677. "Thought a little change of scenery
would do us all a world of good...Copy !req
678. - "after so much trouble and heartache.
- Hmm.Copy !req
679. "At least the kids will get
a-plenty of good home cookin'.Copy !req
680. Your devoted Harry Powell."Copy !req
681. Now, ain't you relieved, Walt?Copy !req
682. Sure. But you was worried too, Mother.Copy !req
683. Takin' off with never a word of good-bye.Copy !req
684. You know, I got to figurin' maybe them Gypsies
busted in and done off with all three of 'em.Copy !req
685. You and your Gypsies.
They've been gone a week.Copy !req
686. Sure. But not before one of 'em
knifed a farmer and stole his horse.Copy !req
687. Never caught the Gypsy
nor the horse.Copy !req
688. Such times when young 'uns run the roads.Copy !req
689. Go away, children.Copy !req
690. Hungry, I suppose.Copy !req
691. - Well, I can't spare you
more than one potato apiece.
- Come on.Copy !req
692. - Where're your folks?
- Ain't got none.Copy !req
693. Oh, go away. Go away.Copy !req
694. An ungrateful child
is an abomination before the eyes of God.Copy !req
695. The world is fast goin' to damnation because of
impudent young 'uns a-flyin' in the face of age.Copy !req
696. They make soup out of them...Copy !req
697. but I wouldn't know how
to go about gettin' 'em open.Copy !req
698. We're gonna spend the night on land.Copy !req
699. Shh.Copy !req
700. Don't he never sleep?Copy !req
701. Pearl! Wake up!Copy !req
702. Come on! Pearl!Copy !req
703. You two youngsters
get up here to me this instant.Copy !req
704. Get on up to my house.Copy !req
705. Mind me now.
I'll get me a switch.Copy !req
706. - Don't you hurt her!
- Hurt her, nothing.Copy !req
707. Wash her is more like it.Copy !req
708. Ruby! Clary! Mary!Copy !req
709. Yes, Miz Cooper!Copy !req
710. Bring your baskets.Copy !req
711. Nicely picked, Clary.Copy !req
712. Mary, put the big ones on top.Copy !req
713. Oh, Ruby. Most of them
ain't fit to go to market.Copy !req
714. Well, put your baskets down.Copy !req
715. Ruby, run to the house and fetch the tub
and put it by the pump.Copy !req
716. Clary, uh, Mary, run up
and fetch a bar of laundry soap.Copy !req
717. - Yes, Miz Cooper.
- And a scrub brush.Copy !req
718. Come on up to the house, children.Copy !req
719. Gracious! If you ain't a sight to beat all.Copy !req
720. Where you from?Copy !req
721. Where're your folks?
Come on, speak up now.Copy !req
722. Gracious. So I've got
two more mouths to feed.Copy !req
723. Howdy, Miz Cooper.
What happened to my milk supply?Copy !req
724. Price of milk what it is,
not on your life.Copy !req
725. Do better making butter with the cream,
sell it retail.Copy !req
726. Make smearcase for the children,
feed what's left to my hogs.Copy !req
727. - She talks to herself.
- All the time.Copy !req
728. - Your ma's funny.
- She ain't our ma.Copy !req
729. We just live at her house.Copy !req
730. - Where are your folks?
- Someplace.Copy !req
731. My daddy's in Detroit.Copy !req
732. Mary!Copy !req
733. Honey.
Good morning, Miz Cooper.Copy !req
734. Guess what.
I'm saving up to buy you a charm bracelet.Copy !req
735. Never mind the gewgaws.Copy !req
736. Don't forget your visit this Sunday,
and come to church with us.Copy !req
737. See ya Sunday, love.Copy !req
738. Take your baskets in, children.Copy !req
739. Women is fools.Copy !req
740. All of 'em.Copy !req
741. Look a-there.Copy !req
742. She'll be losing her mind
to a tricky mouth and a fool moon.Copy !req
743. And like as not,
I'll be settled with the consequences.Copy !req
744. Here's what you owe me.Copy !req
745. One, two, three, four, five —
Where's the other basket?Copy !req
746. - Where's Ruby?
- She went.Copy !req
747. John, you go find Ruby.Copy !req
748. Big Ruby's my bothersome girl.
She can't get eggs without bustin' them.Copy !req
749. But she's got mother hands with the young 'uns,
so what are you to say?Copy !req
750. How about tonight, Ruby?Copy !req
751. - What gives?
- The old lady's around.Copy !req
752. How about Thursday?Copy !req
753. The old gal thinks she comes in
for sewing lessons on Thursday.Copy !req
754. Miz Cooper wants you.Copy !req
755. And will you show me
your dolly, little lady?Copy !req
756. I see you got two more peeps in your brood.Copy !req
757. Yeah, and ornerier than the rest.Copy !req
758. How's your own boy, Miz Cooper?Copy !req
759. Haven't heard from Ralph
since last Christmas.Copy !req
760. Don't matter though.
I've got a new crop.Copy !req
761. I'm a strong tree
with branches for many birds.Copy !req
762. I'm good for somethin' in this old world,
and I know it too.Copy !req
763. Now, old pharaoh,
he was king of Egypt land...Copy !req
764. and he had a daughter.Copy !req
765. And once upon a time...Copy !req
766. she was walkin' along by the riverbank...Copy !req
767. and she seen somethin' bumpin' and scrapin'
along on a sandbar down under the willows.Copy !req
768. - And you know what it was, children?
- No.Copy !req
769. Now, it was a skiff, washed up on the bar.Copy !req
770. And who do you reckon was in it?Copy !req
771. Pearl and John.Copy !req
772. Not this time.Copy !req
773. There was only one young 'un —
a little boy babe.Copy !req
774. - And you know who he was, children?
- No.Copy !req
775. It was Moses — a king of men.Copy !req
776. Moses, children.Copy !req
777. Now off to bed with you.Copy !req
778. John, get me an apple.Copy !req
779. And get one for yourself too.Copy !req
780. John, where are your folks?Copy !req
781. - Dead.
- Dead?Copy !req
782. Where are you from?Copy !req
783. Upriver.Copy !req
784. Well, I didn't figure you'd rowed that skiff
all the way up from Parkersburg.Copy !req
785. Tell me that story again.Copy !req
786. Story? What story, honey?Copy !req
787. About them kings...Copy !req
788. and the queen found down on the sandbar
that time on the skiff.Copy !req
789. Kings? Why, there was only one king, honey.Copy !req
790. I mind you said there was two.Copy !req
791. Well, shoot now.
Maybe there was.Copy !req
792. Yes, come to think of it,
there was two.Copy !req
793. Must be Thursday.
Here comes Ruby.Copy !req
794. Here I go.Copy !req
795. Why, you're Ruby.
Ain't you, my child?Copy !req
796. - Can I have this?
- Surely.Copy !req
797. I'd like to talk to you, my dear.Copy !req
798. - Will you buy me an ice cream?
- Of course.Copy !req
799. - Watch out, Preacher.
- Why, Preacher.Copy !req
800. Shut your dirty mouths.Copy !req
801. Ain't I pretty?Copy !req
802. Why, you're the prettiest thing
I ever seen in all my wanderin'.Copy !req
803. Ain't nobody never told you that, Ruby?Copy !req
804. No. No one never did.Copy !req
805. There's, uh, two new ones
out your place, ain't there?Copy !req
806. Uh-huh.Copy !req
807. - What's their names?
- Pearl and John.Copy !req
808. Ah, yeah. Is there a doll?Copy !req
809. Only they don't never
let me play with it.Copy !req
810. Ah!Copy !req
811. Did you ever see such pretty eyes
in all your born days?Copy !req
812. Don't let him get away, sugar.Copy !req
813. He ain't like you all. Next time, I won't
even ask him to buy me an ice cream.Copy !req
814. I've been bad.Copy !req
815. Ruby, you didn't have money
to buy this.Copy !req
816. - You'll whip me.
- When did I ever?Copy !req
817. - This man at the drugstore, he gave me —
- The drugstore?Copy !req
818. Miz Cooper, I never been
to sewin' lessons all them times.Copy !req
819. What you been up to, Ruby?Copy !req
820. I been out with men.Copy !req
821. Child.Copy !req
822. Oh, my God.Copy !req
823. You were lookin' for love, Ruby,
in the only foolish way you knew how.Copy !req
824. We all need love, Ruby.Copy !req
825. I lost the love of my son.Copy !req
826. I found it with you all.Copy !req
827. You're gonna grow up
to be a strong, fine woman...Copy !req
828. and I'm gonna see to it that you do.Copy !req
829. This gentleman weren't like them.Copy !req
830. He just give me a book
and buy me an ice cream.Copy !req
831. - Now, who was this?
- He didn't ask me for nothin'.Copy !req
832. What'd you talk about?Copy !req
833. Pearl and John.Copy !req
834. John and Pearl?Copy !req
835. - Is he their pap?
- I don't know.Copy !req
836. Wonder why he hasn't
been to the house.Copy !req
837. Oh, Miz Cooper! Miz Cooper!Copy !req
838. - What?
- The man! The man!Copy !req
839. Good mornin', ladies.Copy !req
840. How do?Copy !req
841. Why, you're Miz Cooper, I take it.Copy !req
842. It's about that John and that Pearl?Copy !req
843. Oh, them poor little lambs.Copy !req
844. To think I never hoped
to see them again in this world.Copy !req
845. Oh, dear madam, if you was to know
what a crown of thorns I've borne...Copy !req
846. in my search for them stray chicks.Copy !req
847. Ruby, go fetch them kids.Copy !req
848. Oh, madam,
I see you're lookin' at my hands.Copy !req
849. Would you like me to tell you
the little story of left hand and right hand —Copy !req
850. the tale of good and evil?Copy !req
851. It was with this left hand that old brother Cain
struck the blow that laid his brother low —Copy !req
852. Them kids is yours?Copy !req
853. My own flesh and blood.Copy !req
854. Where's your missus?Copy !req
855. Uh, she run off with a drummer —
during prayer meetin'.Copy !req
856. - Where's she at?
- Down the river somewheres.Copy !req
857. Parkersburg maybe or Cincinnati —
one of them Sodoms on the Ohio River.Copy !req
858. She took them kids with her?Copy !req
859. Oh, heaven only knows
what unholy sights and sounds...Copy !req
860. them innocent little babes has heard in
the dens of perdition where she dragged 'em.Copy !req
861. Right funny, ain't it, how they rowed
all the way upriver in a 10-foot johnboat.Copy !req
862. Are they well, Miz Cooper?Copy !req
863. A sight better than they was.Copy !req
864. Gracious, gracious.
You are a good woman, Miz Cooper.Copy !req
865. How you figurin' to raise them two
without a woman?Copy !req
866. The Lord will provide.Copy !req
867. The Lord is merciful.Copy !req
868. Oh, what a day this is.Copy !req
869. And there's little John.Copy !req
870. - What's wrong, John?
- Come to me, boy.Copy !req
871. - What's wrong, John?
- Didn't you hear me, boy?Copy !req
872. John, when your dad says come,
you should mind him.Copy !req
873. He ain't my dad.Copy !req
874. No. And he ain't no preacher neither.Copy !req
875. Just march yourself yonder
to your horse, mister.Copy !req
876. March, mister! I'm not foolin'!Copy !req
877. All right, but you haven't heard
the last of Harry Powell yet.Copy !req
878. The Lord God Jehovah
will guide my hand in vengeance.Copy !req
879. You devils!Copy !req
880. You Whores of Babylon!Copy !req
881. I'll be back when it's dark!Copy !req
882. Shame on you, Ruby...Copy !req
883. mooning around the house
after that mad dog of a man.Copy !req
884. Merciful heavens!Copy !req
885. Ruby, go get the children out of bed
and bring them down here.Copy !req
886. Women are such durn fools.Copy !req
887. It's a hard world for little things.Copy !req
888. Now, there was this sneakin',
no-account, ornery King Herod.Copy !req
889. And when he heard tell
of little Jesus growin' up...Copy !req
890. he figured, "Well, shoot, there won't
be no room for the both of us.Copy !req
891. I'll just nip this in the bud."Copy !req
892. But he wasn't sure which of all them
babies in the land was King Jesus.Copy !req
893. So that cruel old King Herod figured
if he was to kill all the babies in the land...Copy !req
894. he'd be sure and get little Jesus.Copy !req
895. And when little King Jesus' ma and pa
heard about this plan...Copy !req
896. what do you reckon
they went and done?Copy !req
897. - They hid in a broom closet.
- They hid under the porch.Copy !req
898. No. They went a-runnin'.Copy !req
899. Well, now, John, you're right.
That's just what they done.Copy !req
900. And little King Jesus' ma and pa
saddled a mule...Copy !req
901. and they rode all the way down
into Egypt land.Copy !req
902. Yeah. And that's where the queen
found 'im in the "billy rushes."Copy !req
903. Oh, no. That wasn't the same story at all.
That was little King Moses.Copy !req
904. But just the same, it did seem
like it was a plague time for little ones...Copy !req
905. them olden days, them hard, hard times.Copy !req
906. Figured I was gone, huh?Copy !req
907. Run! Hide in the staircase!
Run quick!Copy !req
908. Ruby! Git!Copy !req
909. - What do you want?
- I want them kids.Copy !req
910. - What do you want them for?
- That's none of your business, madam.Copy !req
911. I'm giving you to the count of three
to get out of here.Copy !req
912. Then I'm comin' across the kitchen shooting.Copy !req
913. Miz Booher? Rachel Cooper.Copy !req
914. Get your state troopers out to my place.Copy !req
915. I got somethin' trapped in my barn.Copy !req
916. I'll go see to Pearl.Copy !req
917. I'll make coffee.Copy !req
918. She's all right.Copy !req
919. John, you know, when you're little...Copy !req
920. you have more endurance
than God is ever to grant you again?Copy !req
921. Children are man at his strongest.
They abide.Copy !req
922. Why didn't you call us before now?Copy !req
923. Didn't want your dirty shoes
trackin' up my clean floors.Copy !req
924. - Is that him, ma'am?
- Yes.Copy !req
925. Mind where you shoot, boys.
There are children here.Copy !req
926. Harry Powell, you're under arrest
for the murder of Willa Harper.Copy !req
927. Drop that knife, Powell.Copy !req
928. Don't.Copy !req
929. Don't!Copy !req
930. Don't!Copy !req
931. - Here! Here!
- John! John!Copy !req
932. Take it back, Dad! Take it back!
I don't want it, Dad!Copy !req
933. It's too much! Here!Copy !req
934. Here!Copy !req
935. Lynch him! Lynch him!Copy !req
936. Bluebeard!Copy !req
937. - Twenty-five wives!
- And he killed every last one of 'em!Copy !req
938. - The people of Marshall County —
- Bluebeard!Copy !req
939. Lynch him! Lynch him!Copy !req
940. Will you identify the prisoner?Copy !req
941. Please, little lad.Copy !req
942. Won't you look yonder
and tell the court...Copy !req
943. if that is the man
that killed your mother?Copy !req
944. It's all right, Mrs. Cooper.
You can take the little fellow away.Copy !req
945. Merry Christmas to you and yours,
Mrs. Cooper.Copy !req
946. And what's Santa Claus going
to bring you for Christmas, little man?Copy !req
947. Oh-ho.Copy !req
948. Bluebeard! Bluebeard! Bluebeard!Copy !req
949. Bring out that bluebeard!Copy !req
950. There's Pearl!Copy !req
951. Get your coats.Copy !req
952. Them's her orphans!Copy !req
953. - Where's Ruby?
- She went.Copy !req
954. Them poor little lambs!Copy !req
955. Them is the ones
he sinned against, my friends!Copy !req
956. Go out the back door.Copy !req
957. Don't just stand around. Come on.
They're bringing him out.Copy !req
958. Ain't we goin' to the bus depot?Copy !req
959. Draggin' the name of the Lord
through the evil mud of his soul!Copy !req
960. String that bluebeard
up to a pole!Copy !req
961. He's Satan hidin' behind the cross!Copy !req
962. Come on!Copy !req
963. I love him.Copy !req
964. You think he's like them others.Copy !req
965. You were so mad, you shot him.Copy !req
966. - Hey, Bart.
- Yeah?Copy !req
967. We're savin' this bird up for you.Copy !req
968. This time, it'll be a privilege.Copy !req
969. I'm glad they didn't send me nothin'.Copy !req
970. Whenever they do, it's nothin' I want...Copy !req
971. but just something to show me how fancy
and smart they come up in the world.Copy !req
972. Brrr! Brrr! Mmm!Copy !req
973. Can we give you
your Christmas presents now?Copy !req
974. Shoot. You don't mean to say
you got me a present?Copy !req
975. Shoot now.Copy !req
976. Ruby.Copy !req
977. A potholder.Copy !req
978. And it's much neater
than last year, Ruby.Copy !req
979. Clary.Copy !req
980. Another potholder.
Now, ain't that thoughtful?Copy !req
981. I'm always burnin' my hands.Copy !req
982. Oh, this doesn't look basted.Copy !req
983. This looks made.Copy !req
984. Oh, and you finished the edge
with a chain stitch.Copy !req
985. Oh, that's just dandy, Clary.Copy !req
986. Another potholder?Copy !req
987. Oh, now, did you two
make this together?Copy !req
988. You helped us some.Copy !req
989. That's the richest gift
a body could have.Copy !req
990. And your presents are in the cupboard
under the china closet.Copy !req
991. Ruby.Copy !req
992. This is yours.Copy !req
993. Oh, look what you've got!Copy !req
994. Lord save little children.Copy !req
995. You'd think the world would be ashamed to
name such a day as Christmas for one of them...Copy !req
996. and then go on in the same old way.Copy !req
997. My soul is humble when I see the way
little ones accept their lot.Copy !req
998. Lord save little children.Copy !req
999. The wind blows, and the rains are cold.Copy !req
1000. Yet they abide.Copy !req
1001. That watch sure is a fine loud ticker.Copy !req
1002. Be nice to have someone around the house
who can give me the right time of day.Copy !req
1003. This watch
is the nicest watch I ever had.Copy !req
1004. Well, a fella just can't go round
with rundown, busted watches.Copy !req
1005. They abide, and they endure.Copy !req