Bucktown (1975) Movie Script
[Car horn]
HEY, CLETE, SAM.
[Sam chuckling]
HERE, COME OVER HERE.
[Police radio]
SAM, SAM.
THIS IS SAM.
NIGGER HUSTLER DONE RIPPED
OFF THE POKER PALACE.
[Sam]
SON OF A BITCH.
[Tires squealing]
[Siren]
[Siren]
[Train bell ringing]
[Tires skidding]
[Train brakes squealing]
[Clete] OH, YEAH.
[Chuckling]
YOU KNOW, BOY, CRIME JUST DON' PAY IN BUCKTOWN.
[Sam]
HEY, CLETE, YOU SURE DO
ENJOY YOUR WORK.
YEAH, YOU GO THAT RIGHT.
HEY,YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A REAL BAD CAT.
HE ALMOST KILLED
A COUPLE OF HIGH ROLLERS.
YOU GONNA BE
IN TOWN LONG?
WHY? ARE YOU THE
WELCOMING COMMITTEE?
HEY, WELL,
YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME
WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
[Sam]
BETTER GET HIS ASS
TO THE HOSPITAL.
YOU KNOW WHERE
THE CLUB ALABAM IS ?
YES.
SON, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?
YEAH, SURE.
WHY NOT?
THEN YOU'RE IN
THE WRONG PLACE.
[Chuckling]
WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL ME IT WAS CLOSED?
YOU DIDN'T ASK, DID YOU?
PLACE'S BEEN CLOSED
SINCE BEN DIED.
WHERE CAN I FIND A GOOD HOTEL?
WE AIN'T GOT ONE.
WELL, HOW ABOUT ONE
THAT CHANGES SHEETS
AT LEAS EVERY OTHER NIGHT.
HMM.
THAT WOULD BE
THE OLD DIXIE.
IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN.
I'LL TAKE YOU.
NO, THANK YOU.
I'LL WALK.
BABY,
IS THAT REALLY
ALL YOU?
SWEETIE, WHAT YOU SEE
IS WHAT YOU GET.
HA HA HA!
BUT FIRST I WAN TO SEE THE COLOR
OF YOUR GREEN,
AND I'LL SHOW
BOTH OF YOU A TIME
YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.
I'LL HELP YOU
WITH THIS, MISTER.
NO CHARGE.
I'M GLAD TO HELP.
BUT IF YOU WAN TO TIP ME
A HALF A BUCK,
I'LL TELL YOU
WHERE TO GE YOUR ACT TOGETHER
AND WHERE
TO GET IT ON.
OH, YEAH?
GET WHAT ON?
YOU NAME IT,
I GOT IT.
NAH.
NO, THANKS.
OKAY,
HOW ABOU CARDS?
IF YOU GO
TO DOC ANDERSON'S,
CHECK THE DEUCES
AND NINES.
THEY'RE MARKED.
LITTLE MAN,
I AIN'T INTERESTED.
OKAY, WOMEN.
THE BES IN TOWN IS SONORA
OVER AT RUBY'S.
BUT DON'T LET HER
GET ON TOP
OR SHE'LL BUCK
YOUR BRAINS OUT.
WHERE DO YOU GET ALL
THIS INFORMATION FROM, ANYWAY?
YOU SELL PENICILLIN, TOO?
THANKS, MAN.
SEE ARNETTA.
SHE'LL GET YOU
THE BEST ROOM
IN THE HOUSE
AND BE SURE AND TELL HER
STEVIE SENT YOU.
IS THAT YOURS?
YEAH. WHY?
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY
PIMP I EVER SEEN
THAT DRIVES A MOTORBIKE.
HEY.
I AIN'T NO PIMP.
I'M WALT DISNEY,
AND THIS IS
DISNEYLAND.
HA HA HA.
[Ding]
OOH.
GOT A ROOM?
HOW MANY NIGHTS,
HONEY?
JUST ONE.
THAT'LL BE $15
IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S ROOM 204.
YOU CAN TAKE THE STAIRS.
IT'S A LITTLE BI QUICKER.
THANK YOU.
SAY, BABY, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED,
I COULD TURN YOU ON
TO A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
NO, THANKS.
WELL, YOU KNOW
IT AIN'T MY BUSINESS,
BUT WHAT'S A FINE
BLACK THING LIKE YOU
DOIN' IN TOWN?
I'M JUST HERE TO BURY
MY BROTHER, THAT'S ALL.
[Woman]
OOH.
YEAH.
A FELLA JUST CHECKED IN
BY THE NAME OF JOHNSON,
DUKE JOHNSON.
DID HE
SAY ANYTHING?
NO, HE DIDN'T TALK
TOO MUCH,
BUT HE SAID HE'S HERE
FOR BEN'S FUNERAL.
I'M GLAD
YOU CALLED,
ARNETTA.
YOU TOLD ME
TO CHECK WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOIN'.
GOODNIGHT.
YEAH.
YOUR DINNER IS READY,
CHIEF PATTERSON.
ALMIGHTY GOD
IN HEAVEN ABOVE,
I THANK THEE FOR WHA YOU'VE SET BEFORE ME.
AND I GIVE...
[Minister]
UNTO YOU, O LORD,
THE SOUL
OF THIS GOOD MAN,
THIS HUMBLE MAN,
BEN JOHNSON,
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE,
ALL PEOPLE.
WHO ALWAYS HELD
HIS HAND OU TO HELP OTHERS,
WHO GAVE LIKE YOU
AND ASKED NAUGH IN RETURN.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN
IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE RESTORETH
MY SOUL.
SO WE KNOW,
ALMIGHTY GOD,
THAT YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO LOVE BEN
AS WE HAVE LOVED HIM.
TO EMBRACE HIM,
TO TAKE HIM INTO
YOUR KINGDOM THIS DAY.
AMEN.
IN THE NAME OF
THE FATHER, THE SON
AND THE HOLY GHOST.
[Duke]
THOSE WERE GOO
D WORDS, REVEREND.
THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
I'M WALDO HARLEY.
MIGHT YOU BE A FRIEND
OF OUR BELOVED BEN THERE?
YEAH.
I'M DUKE JOHNSON.
DUKE?
THAT'S JUST WHAT I FIGURED.
ARETHA. ARETHA,
YOU AND STEVIE SAY
HELLO TO THE DUKE.
THAT'S BEN'S BROTHER.
YOU REALLY DUKE?
BEN TOLD US ALL ABOUT YOU.
SAYS YOU'RE THE SMARTEST ONE
IN THE FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU'RE THE ONE.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW BEN?
NO.
IT WAS MORE LIKE 6.
SOME HOTSHOT BROTHER.
ARETHA, PLEASE.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN HE NEEDED
YOUR HELP?
WHAT KIND OF HELP?
THERE'S NOTHIN' YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT NOW
EXCEPT FOR TO FIND
THE TIME TO COME
AND BURY HIM,
AND COLLECT HIS STUFF
AND SPLIT!
[Harley]
ARETHA, NOW--
AREN'T YOU GONNA STAY?
NO, HE'S NO GONNA STAY,
HE WOULDN'T DIRTY
THAT SHOESHINE
IN THIS COW PASTURE.
WOULD YOU, MR. DUKE JOHNSON?
ARETHA, PLEASE.
DON'T MIND HER, DUKE.
BEN WAS GOOD TO HER.
HIS DYIN' KIND OF PUT A PAIN
OF GRIEF INTO HER.
DON'T MIND HER.
NO, I--
I CAN'T MIND A LADY
THAT SPEAKS HER MIND.
RIGHT, DUKE.
DUKE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
[Lawyer]
AND ACCORDING TO THIS WILL,
HE LEFT EVERYTHING TO YOU:
AN ESTATE CONSISTING
MAINLY OF A LO
AND FRAME HOUSE,
A HAND-TOOLED LEATHER WALLE CONTAINING $39.43
AND A SAVINGS ACCOUN PASS BOOK
IN THE NAME
OF BENJAMIN A. JOHNSON.
ALL OF BEN'S THING
S BELONG TO ME NOW, RIGHT?
TO SELL, USE, ANYTHING I WANT,
RIGHT?
IN ABOUT 60 DAYS.
MAN, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN'.
THAT'S THE STATE LAW.
IT TAKES THAT LONG
TO CLOSE AN ESTATE.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
STICK AROUND THIS RAT TRAP
FOR 2 MONTHS?
OF COURSE, WE COULD RELAX
THE RULES A BIT,
ALLOW YOU THE USE OF YOUR
BROTHER'S PROPERTY.
HOW MUCH?
UH, LET'S SAY YOU SIGN
FOR AN EMPTY HAND-TOOLED
LEATHER WALLET.
YOU RUN A NICE BUSINESS
AROUND HERE, DON'T YOU?
HI, DUKE.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THERE
WAITIN' FOR YOU
AND TELLIN' STEVIE HERE
ALL ABOUT IT.
YEAH, ABOUT WHAT?
OH, HOW YOU'RE GONNA
STAY ON, OPEN THE CLUB
AND EVERYTHING.
MAN, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM
GOOD TIMES START ROLLIN' AGAIN.
PLACE WAS REALLY LIKE A HOME
TO SOME OF US, YOU KNOW.
ESPECIALLY STEVIE HERE,
'CAUSE HE LIVES IN THE BACK.
YOUR BROTHER BEN
MADE A RIGHT SMAR LIVIN' FROM IT.
GONNA DO THE SAME THING
FOR YOU, DUKE.
I FIGURE LIFE OWES ME MORE
THAN JUST A LIVIN'.
ALL I WANT FROM THAT BAR
IS FOR SOMEBODY TO BUY IT.
LOOK, I'M GONNA BE
STUCK HERE 2 MONTHS,
YOU REALLY WAN TO HELP ME?
SURE, DUKE.
THEN YOU FIND ME A BUYER
FOR THE CLUB ALABAM
SO I CAN GET THE
HELL OUT OF HERE.
OKAY?
SURE, DUKE.
YOU TAKE CARE.
[Harley]
MR. DUKE.
MR. DUKE,
SIR.
IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE WALK
A PIECE WITH YOU?
WE THOUGHT YOU WERE COOL.
A WISE DUDE LIKE YOU.
SHOWS HOW WRONG
YOU CAN BE.
STEVIE, YOU SPEAK
FOR YOURSELF.
SOMETHIN' BOTHERIN'
YOU TWO?
OH NO, DUKE.
EVERYTHING IS
"EXPUBIDENT,"
EXCEPT THAT, IT'S GONNA BE
A LITTLE HARD
TO FIND A BUYER FOR THE CLUB
WITH THAT CLOSED SIGN
ON THE DOOR.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, BRO.
BUT IT DON'T HAVE TO BE.
REALLY, DUKE,
IF THE JOINT WAS OPEN,
PEOPLE WOULD BE HAVIN' FUN
AND PARTYIN' REAL GOOD
AND CATCHIN' GOOD.
WHY, A SUCKER
COME IN THEN AND
WANT TO BUY THE JOINT,
HE KNOW HE GONNA
HAVE TO GET DOWN
WITH SOME HEAVY BREAD.
YOU COULD BE
PLAYIN' SWEET MUSIC
ON THE CASH REGISTER.
YOU GUYS ARE
DREAMIN', MAN.
HEY DUKE,
WHY DO YOU THINK
THOSE TOURIST DUDES
COME OVER HERE
FROM ACROSS
THE RIVER?
IT'S 'CAUSE THEY KNOW
THEY CAN SWING
TILL BROAD DAYLIGHT.
SHH!
COULD GET 4 OR 5 TIMES
WHAT YOU'RE ASKIN'
IF THE CLUB WAS OPEN.
AND DON'T FORGE ALL THOSE ARMY RESERVERS
OVER AT THE ARMORY.
ONE NIGHT A WEEK,
AFTER MARCHIN'
AND DRILLIN',
THEY'RE HOT AND
THEY'RE THIRSTY,
AND WHERE DO
THEY HEAD FOR?
THE CLUB ALABAM
FOR SOME
"REEELAXATION."
[Laughs]
RELAXATION,
HUH?
YOU KNOW SOMETHIN',
LITTLE MAN?
YOU REMIND ME
OF ME WHEN I WAS
YOUR AGE.
TRYIN' TO BE SOMEBODY.
ALWAYS JIVIN' AND HUSTLIN'.
I AIN'T HUSTLIN'.
I'M JUST TRYIN'
TO GROW UP FAS IN A FAST TOWN.
[Harley]
AND ME?
I AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT AN OLD
FOOTBALL PLAYER, DUKE.
MAYBE DRINK TOO MUCH
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
BUT IF YOU OPEN
THAT CLUB,
IT SURE WOULD MAKE ME FEEL
LIKE I WAS SOMEBODY.
OPENIN' THE CLUB
CAN'T HURT, CAN IT?
YOU SAID YOURSELF
YOU'RE STUCK HERE,
SO, YOU AIN'T GO NOTHIN' TO LOSE,
DO YOU?
DO YOU?
I AIN'T SOME DUMB BROAD.
I GOT RIGHTS.
HONEY, WE TOLD
YOU BEFORE,
DON'T RIP OFF THE MARKS.
IT'S BAD FOR BUSINESS
IT AIN'T FAIR,
YOU MAKING ME SPEND TIME
IN THIS GODDAMN HOLE.
WE'VE GOT TO THINK
OF BUCKTOWN'S REPUTATION,
HONEY.
YOU KEEP CLIPPIN'
THE TOURISTS,
AND PRETTY SOON
NONE OF 'EM WILL BE COMIN'
ACROSS THE RIVER NO MORE.
BUT THAT FREAKY BASTARD
WANTED TO WEAR MY UNDERWEAR.
THIS PLACE
GOT A CHIEF?
YOU GO AN APPOINTMENT?
NO.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, BOY?
SOMEBODY PICK YOUR POCKET?
[Chuckles]
I'M HERE
ABOUT THE CLOSED SIGN
ON THE CLUB ALABAM.
OH, YOU MUST BE
BEN'S BROTHER.
EVERYBODY LIKED BEN.
HE WAS REAL PEOPLE,
WASN'T HE, MERLE?
SURE WAS.
"GOOD CITIZEN BEN."
WELL, THAT'S MIGHTY NICE
OF YOU FELLAS TO SAY THAT.
NOW WHAT ABOU THAT CLOSED SIGN?
NO PROBLEM.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS TAKE OU A CITY LICENSE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
HOW MUCH WAS THAT, MERLE,
FOR A CITY STICKER?
THAT WAS $400,
WASN'T IT?
MORE LIKE $450,
I THOUGHT.
DAMNED IF YOU'RE
NOT RIGHT.
[Duane]
I'LL MAKE SURE
THEY GET YOUR MESSAGE.
DO THAT, DUANE.
YOU JUST DO THAT.
YOU THE MAIN MAN?
YEAH.
HEY, NOW JUS A DAMN MINUTE.
YOU'RE THE ONE
I WANNA TALK TO.
DUKE JOHNSON?
YEAH.
COME IN.
YOU'RE NOT MUCH FOR
MANNERS, ARE YOU?
I GIVE WHAT I GET.
THIS WHA YOU WANT?
HOWEVER, NOTHING
IS FOR NOTHING.
I GUESS THOSE 2 CRACKERS
OUT FRONT WERE SERIOUS, HUH?
SAM!
[Sam]
YES, SIR.
WHAT'S THE CHARGE
FOR A CITY STICKER?
AMERICAN GREEN.
NOT ONE DROP IS POURED
IN THIS TOWN UNLESS EACH BOTTLE
HAS A CITY STICKER,
AND THE STICKER COMES
FROM THIS OFFICE.
NOW, BEN'S RENEWAL FEE WAS DUE
SO NOW IT'S
OVERDUE.
WHAT HAPPENS
IF IT ISN'T PAID?
PLACE STAYS
PADLOCKED.
AND IF I DECIDE
TO SELL IT?
WHEN I SEE
SOME DOLLARS
ON THIS DESK,
YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU LIKE
WITH THAT FLEA TRAP.
GOOD.
I LIKE DEALING
WITH A REASONABLE MAN.
[Warren]
I'D LIKE TO GET THA UGLY BITCH RUTHIE ALONE.
I'D TEACH HER
SOME MANNERS.
[Merle]
RIGHT. SHE ALWAYS
BEEN LIKE THIS?
SHE ALWAYS DID THINK
SHE WAS HOT SHIT!
SHE'S GOT A BUG
UP YOUR ASS.
YOU GOT IT?
I GOT IT.
GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!
IT'S GONNA BE
UNDERSTAND THAT, BOY?
ALL RIGHT.
SHIT! COME ON,
LOVERBOY, LET'S GO.
EVENING,
WOODROW.
[Ding]
WHOO!
HI, SWEETNESS.
CLEO, CLEO, HERE I COME!
[Knocking]
OH...
OH.
OOH.
GOD...
GODDAMN, CLEO, YOU
ALWAYS WAS MY FAVORITE.
[Moaning]
HEY, HEY, HEY!
EVERYBODY
HAVE A DRINK
AND BE SOMEBODY!
SAY, BOY,
PUT A QUARTER
IN THE JUKEBOX.
AND MAKE GODDAMN SURE
YOU PAY FOR
THOSE DRINKS, Y'ALL.
I AM PLEASED TO MAKE
THE ANNOUNCEMEN
THAT THE MAN
HAS DONE HIS THING,
AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
AS SOON AS HE GETS--
POO-PEROO-POM
LOOK OUT, GIRL!
WHAT YOU DOIN'?
HARLEY, WHAT YOU RUNNIN'
YOUR MOUTH ABOUT NOW?
I AM PLEASED TO MAKE
THE ANNOUNCEMEN
THAT THE CLUB ALABAM
IS NOW OPEN.
NO...
YEAH, IT IS.
SO HOW LONG
IS HE GONNA STAY?
THAT AIN' IMPORTANT.
HUH,
THAT'S WHA YOU THINK.
HE ONLY DID I SO HE COULD SELL I FOR A BETTER PRICE.
NO, NO.
HE LISTENED
WHEN I TOLD HIM
HOW GOOD BUSINESS
WAS GONNA BE
AND EVERYTHING.
HA! JUST BAI TO HOOK THE FISH
THAT'S GONNA BUY IT.
WHY YOU GO TO BE SO COLD?
EVERY TIME I MENTION
DUKE'S NAME, YOU
GOTTA PUT HIM DOWN.
BECAUSE HE'S JUST ANOTHER
BIG-CITY, JIVE-ASS SPOOK,
THAT'S WHY!
FORGET HIM!
THIS IS BEN'S BROTHER.
HE DESERVES A BREAK.
HARLEY, LISTEN, I'VE ME
TAKERS,
EVERY GODDAMN ONE OF THEM, AND
I GOT THE SCARS TO PROVE IT!
SHH. YOU DON' KNOW HIM.
THIS IS A DIFFEREN KIND OF MAN.
HARLEY, THERE AIN' NO DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN!
HEY,
SAM.
HEY, Y'ALL, CLETE, SAM.
HEY,
I'M TELLIN' YOU,
THERE AIN'T NO ONE
LIKE THA CLEO OF MINE.
MAN, SHE HAS GO A MOUTH SOFT AND SWEE AS AN OVERRIPE PLUM.
AND I'LL TELL YOU,
THAT TONGUE,
SWEET JESUS--
SHIT.
IF YOU WEREN' THE CHIEF'S COUSIN,
SHE WOULDN'T GIVE YOU
A SMILE FOR FREE.
HA HA.
AIN'T THA THE TRUTH.
YOU GO
TO HELL!
HEY, THE DUDE'S OPENED
THE ALABAM.
YOU THINK IT'S TIME
MR. JOHNSON
JOINED THE CLUB?
YEAH. YOU GO ON WITH SAM.
ME AND MERLE
GOT SOME BUSINESS.
OH, COME ON, CLETE.
LET ME GO WITH YOU. I ALWAYS
MISS OUT ON ALL THE FUN.
UH-UH.
LEAVE THIS ONE
TO THE MEN.
GET IN THE CAR,
WARREN.
DAMN!
LET ME HAVE
ONE OF THEM.
THAT TASTES LIKE
THAT BEEN FLUSHED
DOWN THE TOILET.
WHAT DO YOU THINK,
CLETE?
[Shattering]
WELL,
IF YOU, UH...
SMELL AND LOOK
LIKE A PIG,
I GUESS YOU GOTTA
ACT LIKE ONE,
DON'T YOU?
ALL RIGHT,
FELLAS, GET OUT.
YOU WANT ME
TO TELL HIM, CLETE?
NO,
I'LL TELL HIM, MERLE.
FACT IS,
I'M GONNA TELL HIM
REAL FRIENDLY.
I'M EVEN GONNA CALL HIM
BY HIS FIRST NAME.
NIGGER,
YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS
IN BUCKTOWN,
YOU GOTTA PAY FOR
THE PRIVILEGE.
WELL, YOU SEE,
I'VE ALREADY PAID.
HEY, THAT WAS JUS TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN.
HEY, HEY, HEY,
EVERYBODY DO THEIR THING!
[Clete] EVERY SATURDAY NIGH YOU COME UP WITH A $100.
COME SATURDAY,
YOU DON'T GIVE ME MY
SATURDAY MONEY,
I'M GONNA SLAP A SIGN
ON THAT DOOR.
THAT SIGN GONNA SAY,
"NIGGER, READ AND RUN.
YOU CAN'T READ,
RUN ANYWAY."
FIRST NIGGER TOUCH THAT SIGN,
FIRST NIGGER TRY TO
COME THROUGH THAT DOOR,
I'M GONNA KICK HIS HEAD
TILL HIS EYES POOCH OUT LIKE
AN EAGLE'S ASS IN A POWER DIVE.
YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M TALKIN'
ABOUT, BOY?
OH, YEAH,
I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S THAT CHEAP,
SMELLY, FUNKY CIGAR
YOU'RE SMOKIN'
THAT'S MAKIN' YOU
TALK SO FUNNY.
THIS BOY
HAS A MOUTH.
ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND
A HUMMINGBIRD ASS.
JUST LIKE HIS
OLD BROTHER BEN.
HE SURE IS STUBBORN
LIKE HIM.
YEAH,
DON'T KICK THIS BOY
IN THE HEAD, MERLE.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN' HURT NIGGERS WHEN
YOU KICK THEM IN THE HEAD.
ALL RIGHT,
CLOWNS...
YOU'VE HAD
YOUR LAUGHS.
NOW, EITHER GO OU THE DOOR OR THROUGH IT.
YOUR CHOICE.
STEP ASIDE, BOY.
I'M CHECKIN'
THAT CASH REGISTER.
THE PRICE YOU HAVE
TO PAY TO DO THAT,
CRACKER, AIN'T WORTH IT.
WHY YOU PALEFACES
ALWAYS TOGETHER?
YOU FAGGOTS?
YOU LITTLE SHIT.
UGH!
UGH!
AAH!
UGH!
[Crowd shouting]
AAH!
AAH!
DUKE,
LOOK OUT!
WATCH IT,
DUKE!
UGH!
AAH!
OOH!
SUCKER!
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU TWO ARE A COUPLE
OF REAL SWEETHEARTS.
WHAT KIND
OF JIVE ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT?
WHY WASN'T I TOLD
ABOUT WHAT'S COMING
DOWN HERE?
DUKE, I'M SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'
BECAUSE I DIDN' WANT YOU TO LEAVE.
ARETHA HERE FIGURED
YOU WERE GONNA GO ANYWAY
SO WHY SHOULD SHE
SAY ANYTHING?
THAT'S ALL THA WENT DOWN, MAN.
THE COPS STRONG-ARM
THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN,
DEALING IN PAYOFFS,
AND YOU DON'T TELL ME
NOTHIN' ABOUT IT?
I'M SORRY
ABOUT THAT, DUKE.
NO, YOU'RE NO SORRY, HARLEY!
WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT US TO DO?
WE HAVE
TO LIVE HERE!
OK. YOU TWO CAN EA THE CRAP THEY DISH OUT,
BUT NOT ME, BABY.
NO WAY.
OH, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,
DUKE! DUKE!
OH, SHOOT,
HARLEY!
AW, DAMN!
[Duane]
HEY!
NOW, YOU GET THIS,
AND YOU GET IT STRAIGHT.
I AIN'T PAYIN'
OFF ANYBODY!
NOT YOUR FLUNKIES,
NOT YOU, NOBODY!
NOW, SETTLE DOWN,
MR. JOHNSON.
SETTLE DOWN.
NOW,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
NOW, YOU CAN JUS CAN THE BULL.
$450 WAS MY FIRS AND LAST PAYMENT,
CHUMP!
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS...
BUT WE RUN A PRETTY
BUSY DEPARTMENT HERE.
PUBLIC SERVICE
TAKES MONEY,
AND WE DON'T GET I ALL FROM WRITING
PARKING TICKETS, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE NOT A BIG TOWN
LIKE WHERE YOU'RE FROM,
BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF WORK
TO KEEP US BUSY.
FOR EXAMPLE...
TAKE YOUR
BROTHER'S CASE.
WE'RE NO GIVING UP.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP"?
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW.
SOME UNKNOWN ASSAILAN BEAT HIM AND LEFT HIM
FOR DEAD.
I WAS TOLD HE DIED OF
NATURAL CAUSES. PNEUMONIA.
TRUE.
DUE TO EXPOSURE
AND LOSS OF BLOOD.
NATURALLY, WE DID
WHAT WE COULD, BUT...
MR. JOHNSON...
YOU LOOK TO ME TO BE
AN INTELLIGENT MAN.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND.
YOU KNOW THE ROPES.
AND YOU KNOW A SMART MAN
ALWAYS AVOIDS TROUBLE,
TRIES TO
GET ALONG.
DOESN'T HE,
MR. JOHNSON?
IT'S A LITTLE WARM
OUT TONIGHT, MAN.
I THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT WANT THIS.
COME ON IN.
YOU AND I HAVEN' GONE OUT OF OUR WAY
TO BE FRIENDS.
IT'S
ALL RIGHT.
FORGET IT.
HERE'S LOOKING
AT YOU, SWEETHEART.
THIS AIN'T AN EASY TOWN
TO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW.
YEAH?
WHAT TOWN IS?
WELL, WHAT I'M
TRYING TO SAY IS...
IS I WAS WRONG.
EVERYBODY PAYS THE MAN
IN THIS TOWN.
NOBODY TELLS ME.
HONKIES RUN THIS TOWN.
NOBODY TELLS ME.
MY BROTHER BEN IS FOUND
DEAD IN THE GUTTER.
NOBODY TELLS ME
HOW OR WHY.
WELL, I'M NOT PROUD
OF THE FACT THA I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'.
HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEBODY
THAT THEIR BROTHER
WAS BEATEN UP
BY SOME GOONS A THE POLICE DEPARTMEN
AND LEFT TO DIE
IN THE FREEZING RAIN?
I WANTED TO TELL YOU,
BUT--
BUT YOU GOTTA HUSTLE
JUST FOR A LIVING, RIGHT?
AND YOU WANT TO
PLAY IT SAFE.
PLAY IT SAFE?
YOU DAMN RIGH I PLAY IT SAFE.
I'M TIRED OF LEADING
THE CHARGE.
YOU EVER HEARD
OF PRIDE?
YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE
BEING TRAMPLED, BABY,
THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT SCUFFLIN'
AND HUSTLIN' AND
BREAKIN' YOUR BACK
FOR PEANUTS
AND TAKING IT ALL,
BUT STILL GOIN' ON
LIVIN' AND HOPIN'
AND DREAMIN'?
WHAT THE HELL
DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT?
YOU THINK
YOU GOT A MONOPOLY
ON HARD TIMES?
I MEAN,
WHO PROMISED YOU
A FREE RIDE?
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY
SOMETHIN', DON'T YOU?
THE SUPER-SUCCESSFUL
YOUNG BROTHER.
EVERYONE
KOWTOWING TO YOU.
BEN TOLD US ALL ABOU YOU TILL WE WERE SICK
OF HEARIN' IT!
I MUST BE SOME KIND
OF SIMPLE-HEADED FOOL
FOR COMIN' IN HERE
AND TRYIN' TO APOLOGIZE
TO YOU!
FOR MISJUDGIN' YOU,
THINKIN' YOU WERE JUS SOME KIND OF BIG CITY DUDE
COMIN' DOWN HERE
TO PARADE IN FRON OF US SMALL TOWN FOLK.
NOW YOU THINK
DIFFERENT, HUH?
WELL, I SAW DIFFERENT!
I SAW YOU STAND UP
FOR YOUR RIGHTS
AND SHOW THA YOU WERE YOUR OWN MAN!
AND WHAT DO I GET FOR IT?
JUST DUMPED ON!
WHAT DO YOU
WANT FROM ME?
MY BLESSING...
OR THE KEYS
TO THE CITY?
YOU BASTARD!
[Shotgun cocks]
[Shotguns cock]
[Gunshot]
GET YOUR BLACK ASS
OUT OF TOWN, NIGGER!
WA-HOO!
GO GET 'EM, MERLE!
[Gunshots]
RIGHT ON.
HOLD IT, BOYS!
HOLD IT!
[Chief]
HEY, CLETE!
YO!
COME ON
OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT HIM
KILLED, DO WE?
WELL, WE MAY HAVE TO.
HE'S STUBBORN LIKE
HIS OLD BROTHER BEN.
BE EASY,
WOULDN'T IT?
NOTHIN'
TO IT.
HELL, WHAT'S ONE DEAD
NIGGER MORE OR LESS.
THAT'S JUS THE POINT, BOYS.
AFTER BEN, PEOPLE
MIGHT GET TOO CURIOUS.
ESPECIALLY UP IN THE CAPITAL,
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
I JUST WANTED HIM
TAUGHT A LITTLE LESSON.
WE'LL SEE HOW WELL
HE'S LEARNED IT.
RIGHT, CHIEF.
GET OFF THE CAR.
YOU ALL RIGHT,
BABY?
YEAH, BUT, DUKE,
YOU GOTTA RUN.
THEY'RE GONNA KILL YOU.
I NEVER RAN FROM NOBODY,
AND I DON'T INTEND
TO START NOW.
BUT, DUKE, YOU CAN' DO IT BY YOURSELF!
PLEASE, DUKE,
YOU GOTTA RUN! PLEASE!
NO CHANCE,
BABY.
[Telephone ringing]
HA HA HA!
RIGHT? HA HA HA!
HA HA HA.
EASE UP.
EASE UP.
HA HA HA!
EXCUSE ME. YEAH?
DUKE! DUKE!
AW, MAN,
WHERE YOU BEEN?
LISTEN, MAN...
[Chuckles]
EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING,
"WHERE'S DUKE?
"WHEN'S HE COMING HOME?"
YEAH!
[Chuckles]
LISTEN, I GOT 2 OR 3
VERY SWEET PROPOSITIONS
WAITING FOR US
WHEN YOU RETURN.
LIKE ALWAYS, HUH?
LISTEN TO ONE OF THEM HERE.
[Laughs]
ROY, MAN, I DIDN' CALL YOU UP TO JIVE
WITH YOU, BROTHER.
WE GOT TO TALK
SERIOUS BUSINESS, MAN.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, MAN?
DON'T YOU
LAUGH ANYMORE?
LOOK,
FOCUS IN ON DETROIT.
REMEMBER?
YOU KIDDING?
WE WERE OUTNUMBERED,
WHAT, 3, 4 TO 1?
MAN, YOU WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, THE ODDS HERE
ARE A LOT LONGER.
IT'S A JIVE TOWN
WITH A BUNCH OF CRACKERS.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU REALLY
ARE SERIOUS.
EXCUSE ME.
WHEN?
YESTERDAY,
BROTHER, YESTERDAY.
WELL, I OWE YOU ONE, BUDDY.
I'M ON MY WAY.
ROY...
BRING MUSCLE.
I'M LOOKING A A DEAD MAN.
[Train whistle]
BOY!
WHERE WOULD ONE FIND
THE CLUB ALABAM?
IT'S RIGHT--
IT'S RIGHT DOWN THERE
IN TOWN.
WHERE?
IT'S IN TOWN.
DO I TAKE A TAXI
OR A STAGECOACH?
CAB'S
BROKE DOWN.
FIGURES.
HEY,
THAT'S MY HAT.
KIND OF SLOPPY
THERE, BOY.
[Josh]
I'VE SEEN BETTER LOOKING
PLACES IN THE SLAMS.
[T.J]
ROY, WHAT'S THIS CAT DUKE
GOT ON YOU ANYHOW?
HEY, FRESH MEAT?
WHAT YOU NEED?
GAMBLIN'?
GIRLS?
BACK OFF,
LITTLE KID.
YOU NAME IT!
POKER? PINOCHLE?
POONTANG?
HALF-PINT,
DIDN'T I TELL YOU
TO HAUL YOUR ASS--
HEY, HEY, EASE UP, T.J.
THE KID'S JUST TRYING
TO MAKE HIS HUSTLE.
I STARTED
LIKE THAT, TOO.
HEY, DUKE,
I THINK YOU GO SOME COMPANY.
ROY?
HEY, ROY!
HA HA!
OH! HEY, MAN!
HOW YOU DOIN'?
THANKS
FOR COMING, MAN.
HEY,
WHAT COULD I DO?
REMEMBER THE DUDE
I WAS TELLING YOU
ABOUT?
THIS IS HIM.
ROY.
HOW YOU DOIN',
MR. ROY?
HARLEY.
OH, UH,
THIS IS ARETHA. ROY.
ARETHA.
HI, ROY.
OH, EXCUSE ME, UM...
THIS IS JOSH,
HAMBONE, T.J.
HOW YOU DOIN',
FELLAS?
MAN, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS AT HOME.
ME AND THIS CAT,
WE PRACTICALLY
GREW UP TOGETHER.
MMM, WENT THROUGH
SOME REAL, REAL SCENES.
FROM THE STREETS
ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE TOP.
YEAH, RIGHT ON.
BUT GOOD TIMES, RIGHT?
GOOD TIMES.
YEAH. COME ON.
LET'S HAVE A DRINK.
RIGHT.
[Roy]
MAN, YOU'RE REALLY
A SIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHA TROUBLE YOU GOT,
BUT WE'RE HERE
WITH THE CURE.
[Girls laughing]
HOW YOU LIKE
THESE LITTLE
CUTIE PIES?
MAN, ARE YOU CRAZY?
GET RID OF THIS JAILBAIT.
SORRY, GIRLS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO PARTY LATER.
WE GOT TO TAKE CARE
OF SOME BUSINESS.
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
YEAH.
OKAY.
AND THE CHIEF.
THAT'S 5.
WHAT ABOUT THE GUY
WHO HIRED THEM?
HIS HONOR,
THE MAYOR?
NO, YOU WON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT HIM.
HE BROUGHT THE CHIEF IN
TO CLEAN UP THE TOWN
FOR THE TOURISTS.
[Duke]
AFTERWARDS, HE, UH, SAW
HE HAD A GOOD THING GOING
AND MOVED RIGHT IN.
SO HE'D BE THE HAPPIES OF ANYBODY TO SEE HIM
RUN OUT OF TOWN.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PROBLEM, DO WE?
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE
SITUATION WE HAD
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO?
YOU WAN TO WORK I THE SAME WAY?
WHY NOT, MAN?
NO SENSE IN
DRAGGING IT OUT.
BESIDES, I WANT TO SEE
IF YOU'VE, UH...
SLOWED DOWN
IN YOUR OLD AGE.
HUH. NO WAY.
[Chuckling]
HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
OUT THERE NOW.
[Hambone]
MAN, THIS CAT'S
GONNA GO BLIND
SQUINTIN' UP AT ME
WITH HIS BIG BLUE EYES.
DUKE, WHAT ABOUT THE BOSS
OF THESE TIN SOLDIERS?
WELL, AS FAR AS
I CAN TELL, MAN,
HE'S ALL
SPIT-AND-POLISH.
STILL THINKS WORLD WAR II
IS GOING ON,
BUT I WOULDN'T PLAY HIM
TOO CHEAP, MAN.
HE DIDN'T GET THIS FAR
BEING DUMB.
WANT TO CHILL HIM
FIRST?
NO, WE'LL HOOK THAT UP
AFTER WE GET THE LOCATIONS.
YOU SICK ANIMAL!
[Laughing]
WHAT THE HELL'S
WRONG WITH HER?
[Police radio]
THEY HAVEN'T BUDGED
FOR 4 HOURS.
NOBODY STAYS IN
THAT HOTEL THAT LONG.
WHERE'S DUANE?
HE'S OVER THERE.
THEY'RE TROUBLE, BRIAN.
THEY DON'T LOOK RIGHT.
YOU WORRY
TOO MUCH, SAM.
NO COON LOOKS GOOD
TO A DECENT MAN.
JUST REMEMBER,
WE'RE THE LAW.
GOD IS ON
OUR SIDE.
YES, SIR.
SEE YOU LATER,
SAM.
[Duke]
GETS OFF WORK
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
USUALLY MAKES A BEELINE
STRAIGHT FOR THIS PLACE.
THAT'S HIS OLD LADY
DANCING UP THERE.
HE USUALLY TAKES
HER HOME ABOUT 2:00.
THAT'D BE A GOOD TIME
TO NAIL HIS ASS...
IN THE SACK.
HA HA!
MAN, YOU GOT A MEAN STREAK
IN YOU, BROTHER.
TO THE BONE.
LIKE, YOU BABIES
WANT A LITTLE ACTION?
WE GOT EAC
H OTHER, MAMA.
HA HA HA HA.
UH, AHEM.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
MY NAME IS ROY WILLIAMS.
THIS IS DUKE JOHNSON.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW HIM.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE.
WE WERE JUST TAKING A STROLL
DOWN THE STREET HERE.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE I IF YOU WOULD JOIN US, HUH?
OH--OH, YEAH...
LIGHT.
NO, THANKS.
I DON'T SMOKE.
HA HA HA. THINK WE
SHOULD DITCH HIM?
NO. HE'S FAT ENOUGH.
LET HIM GET SOME EXERCISE.
[Chuckling]
GIVE HIM
A LITTLE NOD HERE.
[Duke]
SAM LIKES TO SPEND
EVENINGS OVER AT THE HOTEL.
THERE'S A BIG MONEY GAME ON.
HE GETS A PIECE OF THE TAKE.
BET 5.
YOU WANT TO CALL?
[Duke]
THEN THERE'S MERLE. LIVES
OVER AT RUBY'S WHOREHOUSE.
OWNS A CHUNK OF IT.
A BAD MOTHER.
THAT MERLE, HE GETS
HIS KICKS LEANING HEAVY
ON THE LADIES.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU
NOT TO BE LATE?
I SWEAR,
I WASN'T!
HONEST!
DON'T YOU NEVER
LIE TO ME,
YOU HEAR?
NEVER!
USUALLY
THIS TIME
OF NIGHT,
THERE'S ONLY ONE COP
MANNIN' THE FORT.
OH, YEAH?
WELL, THERE'S
NO SWEAT, HUH?
HE'S PROBABLY
SLEEPIN' ON THE JOB.
MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE WE OUGHTA TRY
TO MAKE IT PERMANENT.
PERMANENT?
DAMN, BROTHER,
YOU HAVE BECOME ONE
VIOLENT DUDE.
TRUE.
LOVER OF ALL
MANKIND, RIGHT?
[Duke] THE WAY I SEE IT,
FIRST THING WE GOTTA
DO IS TAKE THEIR RADIO OUT.
.RUE. LAST THING WE NEED IS
[Roy]
TSTATE POLICE SNOOPIN' AROUND.
SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK
THEY'D UNDERSTAND.
WELL, WHAT YOU THINK,
HOME?
IT'S COOL. LIKE STEALIN'
CANDY FROM A BABY.
OH, YEAH?
YEAH.
HEH, HEH, HEH.
[Whistling]
UGH!
MERLE! CLETE!
NO, NO, NO
! I'LL BREAK YOUR ASS!
DON'T HIT ME AGAIN!
DON'T HIT ME AGAIN!
PLEASE! I DON'T--
UGH!
[Sobbing]
PLEASE, GOD!
PLEASE, GOD!
I'M JUST LIKE YOU!
LIKE HELL!
[Woman]
HONEY, WHERE ARE
THE CIGARETTES?
THEY'RE ON
THE DRESSER, BABY.
[Gasps]
SHH.
SHH. SHH. SHH.
FIRE ESCAPE!
[Shotgun cocks]
LISTEN, YOU DUMB SAMBO,
I'M GONNA EXPLAIN I JUST ONCE MORE.
I DON'T WAN MY HAMBURGERS
WITHOUT MUSTARD.
I WANT THEM
WITHOUT KETCHUP,
BUT WITH MUSTARD.
NOW, GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
OR I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!
NOT AN INCH.
DON'T MOVE
AN INCH.
YOU KNOW ANY PRAYERS,
CRACKER?
SHAME ON YOU
IF YOU DON'T.
[Police radio]
YOU SHOULD
HAVE HAD THE KETCHUP.
I WANT TO CALL.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
GIVE ME A RAISE.
COME ON.
[Shouting]
KEEP THE MONEY!
I WANT HIM!
DROP THE GUN, DAMN IT,
OR I'LL BLOW HER HEAD OFF!
DROP IT!
DUKE!
I MEAN IT.
NOW, BACK UP!
BACK UP AND LET ME OUT!
I'M TAKING HER WITH ME!
MOVE BACK! MOVE BACK OR
I'LL BLOW HER HEAD OFF!
YOU STAY BACK!
YOU STAY FAR BACK,
YOU HEAR?
I MUST BE
LOSING MY TOUCH.
GOT TO HIT HIM WHERE
IT HURTS, MY MAN.
HA HA HA.
THAT'S A GOOD SHOT.
HA HA HA.
NO USE
WASTING GOOD AMMO.
[Woman laughing]
OH...
OH!
[Floor creaks]
[Gun cocks]
RISE AND SHINE, CHIEF.
THE WAR IS OVER.
HA HA HA.
COMPANY.
WELL,
WELL.
BUCKTOWN'S OWN
PRIVATE TIN SOLDIER.
ATTEN-HUT!
WHAT DO YOU THINK,
DUKE?
WELL, HOW ABOUT 10:00
IN THE MORNING?
WHY,
THAT'S TOO EARLY.
WELL, UH,
HOW ABOUT HIGH NOON?
WHAT,
AND SPOIL OUR LUNCH?
WELL, DAMN,
LET'S SHOOT HIM
AT 1:00, THEN.
HOW ABOU RIGHT NOW?
YOU'RE NO GONNA KILL ME.
NEWS TRAVELS FAST.
IT'S BOUND TO GE TO THE STATE TROOPERS.
IF THEY ASK
ANY QUESTIONS,
YOU'RE GONNA TELL
YOUR BLACK MAYOR
TO TELL THEM
THAT YOU'RE HOLDING
THE CHIEF OF POLICE
FOR BREAKIN'
THE LAW.
NO, YOU'RE GONNA
KEEP ME ALIVE,
'CAUSE I'M GONNA KEEP
YOUR BLACK ASSES
FROM BURNIN' IN HELL!
HA HA HA!
$1,432:
PROSTITUTION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU BOYS HAVE DON
E FOR OUR LITTLE OLD TOWN.
WE WERE ALL
BEING, UH...
WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE BEING, UH...
THE WORD IS
"SCREWED,"
MR. MAYOR.
EXACTLY.
JUST THE RIGHT WORD.
EXCUSE ME,
SISTER.
$2,848:
GAMBLING.
BEFORE
I FORGET...
THE BADGES FROM
YOUR USED-TO-BE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO
THANK YOU.
IF ONLY THERE WAS
SOME WAY TO THANK YOU,
I MEAN, UH,
FOR OUR TOWN
TO EXPRESS
OUR APPRECIATION
FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
THINK REAL HARD.
YOU'LL COME UP
WITH SOMETHING.
MR. MAYOR,
LAST NIGHT'S RECEIPTS
COME TO A TOTAL OF $6,319.
FINE.
A PARADE.
WHAT?
DOWN THE
MAIN STREET.
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND
AND OUR POMPOM GIRLS
AND BATON TWIRLERS
AND YOU AND YOUR BOYS
WAVIN' AND SMILIN',
AND BRINGIN' UP
THE REAR,
THE BUCHANAN VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO PARADE.
NO PARADE.
NO PARADE?
NO. NO PARADES.
I THINK I CAN SUGGES A BETTER WAY
FOR YOU TO SHOW YOUR
APPRECIATION, MR. MAYOR.
DUKE.
DUKE, WAKE UP.
GET YOUR
BUNS UP.
DUKE!
WHAT?
GET UP!
COME ON,
ALL RIGHT,
COME ON.
ANY TIME'S
THE RIGHT TIME.
COME ON.
DUKE, I DIDN'T COME HERE
TO GET IN YOUR BED,
I CAME TO GET YOU
OUT OF IT.
OUT OF IT?
IT'S TOO EARLY.
ROY DON'T LEAVE
TILL 12:00.
BUT, DUKE, THAT'S WHA I CAME HERE TO TELL YOU.
THE TRAIN'S LEAVIN',
BUT ROY AIN'T.
DUKE.
ROY? WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT?
THEY'RE ALL
STAYIN' HERE.
NOW, WHAT THEY GONNA DO
IN THIS HICK TOWN?
THEY'RE GONNA WEAR BADGES
IN THIS HICK TOWN.
BADGES?
ROY CONNED
THE MAYOR.
NOW HE'S WEARING
THE CHIEF'S BADGE.
JOSH, T.J., AND HAMBONE
ARE POLICEMEN.
HA HA HA HA.
I'LL BE DAMNED.
ALL 4 OF THEM, HUH?
YEAH.
AND ALL OF THEM
WITH A RAP SHEE A YARD LONG.
THAT OLD ROY IS REALLY
UP TO SOMETHING.
WELL, THAT'S NOT HARD
TO FIGURE OUT.
YOU WAN MY OPINION?
NO.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA
GET IT ANYWAY, DUMMY.
YOUR
BUDDY SAW WHAT A GOOD THING
THE CHIEF HAD GOIN' FOR HIM,
AND NOW HE
WANTS IT FOR HIMSELF.
NO. THEY'RE BROTHERS.
THE CHIEF AND HIS BOYS,
THEY WERE--
HONKIES.
WELL, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT PEOPLE,
BIG SHOT.
WHETHER THEY'RE WHITE, BLACK,
GREEN, YELLOW OR PURPLE,
WHEN THEY SMELL
A FEW DOLLARS,
THEY ALL ACT ALIKE.
OH?
MM-HMM.
GET UP.
I WON'T TELL YOU
ANYTHING.
BUCKTOWN'S
PURE GOLD,
CHIEF,
AND YOU'VE BEEN
SQUEEZIN' AND
MILKIN' IT DRY.
SO COME ON.
FOR THE LAST TIME,
WHERE'S THE DOUGH?
PAYIN' OFF
STREET SCUM
WAS EASY.
GIVIN' IN
TO 'EM...
IMPOSSIBLE.
A MAN
WHO WON'T TALK
DOESN'T NEED
HIS TONGUE.
HAMBONE?
HEY, PARTNER.
HA HA HA.
WELCOME TO
THE PROMISED
LAND, HUH?
HEY, BABY,
WHY DON'T YOU
GO AND, UM...
PUT SOMETHING ON
A LITTLE SWEETER,
HUH?
FOR MY MAN.
SURE, HONEY.
MMM.
WHAT IS IT, UH,
WE'RE GONNA BE
PARTNERS IN, BUDDY?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GONNA LEAVE TOWN, MAN.
WHAT HAPPENED?
CONSIDERABLE.
CONSIDERABLE.
MAN, LISTEN, WHEN I GO THE TELEPHONE CALL
BACK IN PHILLY
THAT MY PARTNER
NEEDED SOME HELP...
HA HA.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW
THAT HE WAS GONNA CUT ME IN
ON A SOFT TOUCH
THAT I HAD BEEN
WAITIN' FOR
ALL MY LIFE.
A TOUCH?
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN?
I JUST CALLED YOU
TO THIS TOWN
TO HELP ME GET RID OF
SOME JIVE CRACKERS,
THAT'S ALL.
ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW WHA THE GOOD BOOK SAYS.
"THE LORD HELPS THEM
THAT HELPS THEMSELVES."
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOIN', MAN.
WE'RE HELPIN' OURSELVES.
WE OWN
THIS TOWN.
AND THANKS TO
HIS HONOR,
WE EVEN GOT THE BADGES
HERE TO PROVE IT. HUH?
HERE'S YOURS.
NO, MAN.
THAT'S NO MY WAY, ROY.
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
MAN? HUH?
YOU DON'T LIKE
MONEY?
OR ARE YOU BEGINNIN'
TO FALL FOR THIS
SMALL TOWN JIVE?
HERE WE GOT A PO OF GOLD AT THE END
OF THE RAINBOW,
AND MY HOMEBOY'S
GOIN' SOFT ON ME.
OH, COME ON, ROY,
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
HOW DO I KNOW?
HOW DO I KNOW?
YOU DON'T EVEN
ACT LIKE THE CA I GREW UP WITH.
[Sighs]
MAN,
IT'S JUST THAT...
THIS IS
MY BROTHER'S TOWN, MAN.
HIS FRIENDS.
I MEAN, I WOULDN' FEEL RIGHT LEANIN'
ON HIS PEOPLE, MAN.
OH, YEAH?
OKAY, IF THAT'S THE WAY
YOU WANT IT,
THAT'S THE WAY
IT'LL BE.
NOW, I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT.
I WON'T LEAN
ON THEM TOO HARD.
JUST ENOUG
H TO PAY THE RENT.
YEAH! HA HA HA!
LIKE ROBIN HOOD!
ROB FROM THE RICH.
GIVE TO THE POOR.
ME. BUT YOU...
YOU JUST KEEP RUNNIN'
THAT LITTLE CLUB OF YOURS DOWN THERE, SEE?
AND WE'LL TAKE
YOUR SHARE OF THE MONEY
AND PUT IT IN THE SAFE
DOWN AT CITY HALL.
AND WHEN YOU
DECIDE YOU WANT IT,
IT'LL BE THERE
WAITIN' FOR YOU.
YOU'RE SERIOUS,
AIN'T YOU?
I'M SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK.
[Laughing]
OH, MAN,
I AIN'T GONNA BE
NO MORE TROUBLE THAN THE
TAX COLLECTOR.
COME ON, BROTHER!
SHIT, WE SUPPOSED
TO BE FRIENDS, MAN.
I COME ALL THIS WAY
TO HELP YOU OUT.
COME ON, HEY.
A TOAST, HUH?
HA HA HA HA.
TO BEAUTIFUL...
BUCKTOWN.
YOU'RE SHORT.
$300 SHORT.
LAST NIGHT WAS LOUSY.
YOU KNOW WHA ROY SAID.
HOW THE HELL
CAN I COME UP
WITH AN EXTRA 50 PERCEN
WHEN THE GIRLS
DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT?
JUST OPEN YOUR
PIGGY BANK, BABY.
NOW, EVERYBODY'S
GOTTA COME UP
WITH THE NEW DUES
OR YOU'RE DEAD.
MAN, THIS TOWN
IS SOMETHING ELSE.
LIKE EVERY NIGH IS BANK NIGHT,
YOU KNOW?
THE TOWN CLIPPIN'
THE TOURISTS AND US
CLIPPIN' THE TOWN.
THERE'S JUST ONE THING
WRONG. ROY'S FRIEND.
AH, YOU'RE TALKIN'
ABOUT DUKE?
YEAH. HE'S GOT A BIG HAND
IN THE MONEY,
AND HE DOESN' DO A DAMN THING
TO HELP US EARN IT.
NOTHING WE CAN DO,
'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY
ROY WANTS IT.
WELL,
MAYBE THERE IS.
I MEAN,
THEY'RE GOOD BUDDIES,
RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
WHAT SAY THEY WEREN' SUCH GOOD BUDDIES?
THEN WE COULD STEP IN
AND DO SOMETHING.
LISTEN, T.J., NO 2 DUDES
EVER BEEN CLOSER.
SO HOW COULD WE
CHANGE ANYTHING?
MAN, I ALREADY
GOT SOMETHIN' GOIN'.
[Laughs]
JOSH IS WORKIN'
IT RIGHT NOW.
I SAY YOU AND I
GOTTA GIVE HIM A HAND.
THEN I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW TO CHANGE THINGS,
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA
TRY TO EXPLAIN I TO YOUR "SATISFACATION."
NOW, THE QUARTERBACK
COME UP TO THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE.
YOU SEE, THEY'RE ALL
COVERIN' ON THE RIGHT,
SO HE CALLED
A COVERIN' COLOR,
WHICH IS GREEN.
SIGNALS 3, 45,
AND NUMBER 4 WAS
THE RIGHT HALFBACK
COMIN' OVER
THE RIGHT HOLE.
AND NUMBER 5
WAS MINE,
'CAUSE I'M
THE ONLY ONE
SOMEBODY CAN
TAKE OUT 2 MENS.
HARLEY HERE KEEPS
TELLING ME HE THREW
THAT KEY BLOCK
IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
EXPECTS ME
TO BELIEVE HIM.
BIG LYIN'
NUISANCE.
BIG PHONY.
YOUR MAMA'S
A NUISANCE.
SHE THE BIGGEST NUISANCE
YOU EVER MET.
I SAY YOU LYIN',
BIG MAN.
I AIN'T LYIN',
PUNK.
AND YOU A PUNK.
AND YOU,
YOU A SISSY.
AND YOU,
YOU SON OF A GUN,
YOU A PUNK
AND A SISSY!
LYIN' LUSH.
I SAY YOU'RE
A LYIN' LUSH.
BIG STAR
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
I TELL YOU I WAS THE STAR
OF THAT GAME, MOTHERFUCKER!
OW!
OW!
OH!
AAH!
HARLEY!
HARLEY. STEVIE.
HARLEY.
[Stevie]
HARLEY.
STEVIE. STEVIE.
STEVIE, LET GO.
STEVIE, NO.
STEVIE.
WE'RE GONNA
GO WITH HIM.
[Siren]
IF BUSINESS
GETS ANY BETTER,
WE'RE GONNA NEED
A BIGGER SAFE.
LISTEN, ADD THIS UP
RIGHT HERE.
NOW, ROY.
WHAT ARE YOU
WAITIN' FOR?
FOR YOU TO TELL ME
WHY YOU SENT YOUR GOONS
TO BEAT UP ON HARLEY.
WHY WOULD I DO
A THING LIKE THAT?
LISTEN. HARLEY IS
IN THE HOSPITAL, MAN,
AND IF HE
DON'T MAKE IT--
OH, COME ON, MAN,
COOL IT.
COOL IT.
YOU'RE MAKIN' A LO TO DO OUT OF NOTHIN'.
THE WAY I GET IT,
HARLEY WAS GETTIN'
DRUNK IN THE BAR.
RIGHT? HE WAS CAUSIN'
A DISTURBANCE.
THERE WAS
A COMPLAINT.
LOOK, WHAT ARE MY MEN
WEARING THOSE BADGES FOR
EXCEPT TO KEEP
THE PEACE?
OH, COME ON, ROY.
YOU KNOW THAT'S B.S.
YOU CALLIN' ME
A LIAR?
NO, MAN, I'M NO CALLING YOU A LIAR.
I'M JUST TRYIN' TO
FIND OUT THE TRUTH.
SO AM I.
WHAT'S WRONG, DUKE?
I MEAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I MEAN, AFTER ALL WE'VE
BEEN THROUGH, MAN,
WHY WOULD I WANNA LAY
OUR FRIENDSHIP ON THE LINE
BEHIND SOME BULLSHIT?
I'M NOT COMING
DOWN ON YOU, ROY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO
CONTROL YOUR CLOWNS,
THAT'S ALL,
BECAUSE IF THEY
PUSH MY PEOPLE
AROUND AGAIN
THEY GONNA HAVE TO
TANGLE WITH ME.
THAT'S ALL
I'M SAYING, MAN.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT DID
HAPPEN TO HARLEY?
HEY, MAN,
LIKE I TOLD YOU.
THE BIG MAN CAN' HANDLE HIS SAUCE.
WE WENT IN TO MAKE AN ARREST,
AND HE BEGAN THROWING
HIS WEIGHT AROUND.
SO IT TOOK 3 OF US
TO GET HIM OUT.
THAT'S ALL?
WOULD I LIE
TO YOU?
[Loudspeaker]
DR. EDWARD COLL,
PLEASE CALL YOUR ANSWERING
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.
OH, HARLEY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL,
WHAT HAPPENED?
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T STAR THAT FIGHT LIKE THEY
SAID YOU DID.
I DON'T RIGHTLY
REMEMBER, ARETHA.
I DO KNOW WE...
WE WAS ALL IN THE BAR
THERE, DRINKIN'.
I WAS TELLIN' 'EM
HOW...
I WAS THE STAR
OF THAT GAME.
AND THEY SAID
I WAS A LIAR.
YOU KNOW
SOMETHIN'?
THEY SAY...
IT TOOK 45 STITCHES
TO SEW--SEW ME UP.
THAT'S SOME KIND
OF RECORD, AIN'T IT?
YEAH, HARLEY, THAT'S
SOME KIND OF RECORD.
I'M SORRY,
ARETHA.
I FEEL LIKE
A STOMPED DOWN FOOL.
OH, HARLEY.
YOU MY NUMBER ONE.
[Mayor]
LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRIEND ROY
IS BUILDING UP AN ARMY.
POOR OLD BUCKTOWN.
THINGS WERE BAD ENOUGH
UNDER THE OLD CHIEF,
BUT NOW...
THEY'RE
THERE'S NO WAY THA WE CAN FIGHT 'EM.
NO WAY. NO WAY.
CAN I BUY YOU
A DRINK, LADY?
SUIT YOURSELF.
WHERE'S
YOUR MAN?
NOT HERE.
HE'S AT THE HOSPITAL
LOOKIN' IN ON HARLEY.
HOW IS HARLEY?
HE'S MAKIN' IT.
NO THANKS TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
MAYBE YOU COULD DO
YOURSELF AND YOUR MAN
A BIG FAVOR,
IF YOU, UH, WOULD.
LIKE HOW?
GET HIM TO
LEAVE TOWN NOW.
HUH. WHY SHOULD
HE LEAVE TOWN?
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
BIG REASONS
DOWN IN THAT VAUL AT CITY HALL.
HIS CU OF THE PIE.
YOU 2 COULD LIVE
REAL HIGH
ON HIS SHARE
OF THE MONEY, HUH?
FINE DIAMONDS.
JEWELRY.
HIGH LIVING.
SUPPOSE
I WANT TO STAY.
WELL, YOU GO A PRETTY NICE CHOICE
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU GO,
YOU GOT DUKE AND ALL
THAT HEAVY BREAD.
AND IF YOU DECIDE
TO STAY ON HERE
IN BUCKTOWN,
I'D BE WILLING TO, UH,
MAKE YOU A VERY SWEE PROPOSITION.
I MEAN,
SERIOUSLY.
WHAT IF WE BOTH
DECIDE TO STAY?
ME AND DUKE?
I DON'T THINK THAT'D
BE TOO PLEASANT.
[T.J.]
MAN, OH, MAN,
I'M GONNA ENJOY THIS.
NOW,
YOU'RE GOING ABOUT I THE WRONG WAY, T.J.
OH, MAN. DUKE'LL THINK
ROY SET IT ALL UP.
YOU WAIT HERE.
LA LA LA LA LA
AAH!
UGH!
FIRST, I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR ARMS.
THEN I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR LEGS.
UGH!
I'M GONNA STAR ON YOUR FACE.
UGH!
UGH!
DUKE, BABY.
WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS.
WE COME DOWN HERE
TO HELP YOU OUT.
YEAH, JOSH,
YOU CAN HELP.
YOU GET THIS IDIO OUT OF HERE
BEFORE I BLOW
HIS BRAINS OUT.
OH...
THIS IS JUS BETWEEN ME AND YOU.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, MAN.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SIT DOWN.
I WAN YOUR FULL
ATTENTION.
ALL RIGHT, MAN,
YOU'VE GOT IT.
I CALLED YOU HERE
TO DO ME A FAVOR,
AND YOU TAKE OVER
THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN!
YOU HAD BRIGHT IDEAS
RIGHT FROM THE START,
DIDN'T YOU,
OLD BUDDY?
AND I FELL
FOR ALL THAT CRAP
ABOUT YOU, UH,
NOT LEANIN' HARD
ON THE TOWN.
BUT IT'S WORSE NOW
THAN IT EVER WAS, MAN,
BECAUSE NOW
IT'S BROTHERS DOIN' IT!
SO WHAT GOOD DID IT DO
BRINGING YOU HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WELL, GO ON, MAN.
DON'T STOP TALKIN'.
I'M LISTENIN'.
YOU SEND YOUR PUNKS
TO BEAT HARLEY UP.
THEN YOU SEND THEM
AFTER ARETHA.
I DID WHAT?
NOW, YOU LISTEN,
'CAUSE I'M ONLY
GONNA SAY IT ONCE, ROY.
I WAN YOUR PUNKS GONE!
OUT OF TOWN!
OR I SWEAR, MAN,
I'LL PLANT THEM
IN THEIR OWN STINK.
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
EVER SINCE WE HELPED YOU
GET RID OF THAT CHIEF
AND THEM
GODDAMN REDNECKS,
YOU'VE BEEN ACTING
LIKE A GODDAMN FOOL.
YOU WON'T DO THIS,
YOU WON'T DO THAT.
YOU WON'T EVEN TAKE
ANY OF THE MONEY
WE'RE TRYIN' TO GIVE YOU.
AND NOW YOU
BUST IN MY PLACE
AND ACCUSE ME
OF PULLIN' ALL KINDS
OF WEIRD SHIT!
WELL,
I AM TIRED OF IT,
AND I AIN'T GONNA STAND
FOR NO MORE OF IT.
NOW, JUST GET THIS--
GET THIS IN THA HEAD OF YOURS.
I AM RUNNIN' THIS TOWN!
I'M RUNNIN' IT!
AND I GOT THE MAYOR
AND EVERYBODY ELSE
RIGHT BY THE BALLS
INCLUDIN' YOU.
AND IF ANYBODY'S
GONNA LEAVE,
IT AIN'T GONNA BE
OLD ROY.
IT'S GONNA BE YOU.
YOU DIG?
YEAH.
THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS, HUH?
YOU CALLED IT.
ALL RIGHT...BUDDY.
ALL BETS
ARE OFF.
GIVE ME
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
T.J., THIS IS ROY.
YOU WANTED ME TO SE AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS TOWN.
FROM NOW ON,
EVERYBODY PAYS,
SO LEAN ON HIM.
HEY, HEY, HEY!
EVERYBODY HAVE A DRINK
AND BE SOMEBODY
MAKE GODDAMN SURE
YOU PAY FOR IT.
LOOKIT, WE GOT SOME
WHITE PEOPLE IN THE JOINT.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME,
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
IT SURE IS GOOD
TO BE HOME, BOY.
HEY, ARETHA.
HOW YOU DOIN'?
THE DOCTOR SAID YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE RESTIN'.
AW, SHIT,
I'M TIRED OF RESTIN'.
I WANNA BE HERE
WITH MY FRIENDS.
RIGHT ON, MAN!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA
ARGUE ABOUT IT.
SAY,
WHERE'S THE DUKE?
UH...HE'S TAKIN'
CARE OF BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKIN'
FOR THE BIG SHOT.
HE AIN'T HERE.
WE CAME EARLY.
T.J.?
YEAH?
JOSH?
YEAH.
WE GOT A SPECIAL
MESSAGE FOR HIM.
GO GET WORD
TO DUKE.
WHERE IS HE?
[Hambone]
SHOW 'EM WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, T.J.
IT ONLY TAKES
ONE LITTLE MATCH.
YOU BASTARDS!
YOU CAN' WITHOUT A FIGHT!
AHH!
UGH!
IMAGINE THAT.
ASSAULTIN' A LAWMAN.
TAKE HIM IN.
HARLEY!
[Harley]
HEY, DON'T LET THEM!
HANG ON! YOU'LL GET OU SOON ENOUGH!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HELP ME!
HARLEY!
DON'T LET 'EM
TAKE ME!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HARLEY!
HARLEY!
WHAT THE HECK
ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
ARETHA SENT ME.
T.J., HAMBONE,
AND JOSH ARE OVER
AT THE CLUB ALABAM.
COME ON,
SHE NEEDS YOU.
HOW MANY OUT FRONT?
ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, KID.
HOLD IT.
UGH!
UGH!
OH, THANK GOD
YOU'RE HERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED
HERE?
ROY'S 3 HOODS
CAME IN HERE,
AND THEY TRIED
TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN.
HARLEY TRIED TO STOP THEM
AND THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT.
DRAGGED HIM WHERE?
TO JAIL!
YOU GOTTA TALK TO ROY.
MAKE HIM LET HARLEY GO.
ROY'S YOUR FRIEND.
NO, HE'S GONE
TOO FAR NOW.
IT'S TOO LATE
TO TALK.
NO, YOU CAN' FIGHT THEM ALONE.
THERE'LL BE 5 OR 6
OF THEM AT THE JAIL.
I'VE GOT A PLAN THAT SHOULD
EVEN UP THE ODDS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, DUKE, WHAT GOOD
IS IT GONNA DO HARLEY
GETTING YOURSELF KILLED?
DUKE!
STEVIE, YOU KNOW THAT ARMORY
YOU WAS TELLIN' ME ABOU ACROSS THE RIVER?
YOU KNOW WHERE
IT IS?
YEAH,
I CAN FIND IT.
COME ON,
LET'S GO.
ROY, I WANNA
TALK TO YOU.
PLEASE, ROY,
IT'S IMPORTANT.
GO AHEAD.
I'M LISTENING.
I'M ASKIN' YOU
TO LET HARLEY GO.
IT WASN' HIS FAULT.
HE JUST GO
T A LITTLE CRAZY
WHEN YOUR BOYS
CAME IN THE BAR
AND TRIED
TO BURN IT DOWN.
WELL, MAYBE YOU OUGHTA
BLAME DUKE FOR THAT, NOT ME.
WELL, DON'T TAKE I OUT ON HARLEY
BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS
FOR DUKE.
WELL, SINCE
YOU'RE POINTIN' FINGERS
FOR WHAT HAPPENED, WOMAN,
IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.
IT WAS HIS.
I MEAN, DUKE'S GOT HIS HEAD
IN A WEIRD KIND OF PLACE.
NO, NO. HE DOES NO
T WANNA GO AGAINST YOU.
HE SAYS
YOU'RE HIS FRIEND.
BUT, WE'VE
BEEN TIGHT.
BUT THAT COMES
WITH RESPECT,
AND RESPECT COMES
FROM KNOWIN' HOW IT IS
IN THE STREETS,
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
TO GET BY AND DOIN' I
AND DOIN' IT WELL,
DAMN WELL.
THAT'S WHA IT'S ALL ABOUT.
BUT IT DOESN' MAKE ANY SENSE!
IT'S JUST YOUR DAMN EGO!
EGO?
NO.
IT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE.
WELL, I WANT DUKE
TO SURVIVE.
I WANNA LOVE THAT MAN.
I DON'T WANNA BURY HIM.
YOU JUS DON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY, DO YOU?
YOU LISTEN, ARETHA.
YOU SHOW ME ANYBODY
WHO GIVES A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE,
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A FOOL,
A DAMN FOOL,
WHO'LL GO THROUGH LIFE
WITH THEIR HANDS OUT BEGGIN'
INSTEAD OF GRABBIN'.
DO YOU THINK ANYBODY
HERE IN THIS TOWN
IS ANY DIFFERENT?
THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHO GETS KILLED,
JUST SO LONG AS THE DICE
KEEP ROLLIN',
THE 'HOS KEEP 'HOIN',
AND THE MONEY KEEPS FLOWIN'.
IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND
THE BIG "G," BABY.
THE BIG GREEN.
EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE
IS SCRATCHIN'
FOR WHAT THEY CAN GET.
I'M JUST SCRATCHIN'
A LITTLE HARDER.
YOU POOR, SELFISH,
IGNORANT MAN.
HAVEN'T YOU EVER
HAD THE GUTS TO
LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?
MAYBE.
MAYBE I NEVER HAD A WOMAN
LIKE YOU TO FIGHT FOR ME.
MAYBE I EVEN
ENVY DUKE FOR THAT.
I'LL BE SEEIN' YA.
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
OH, MAN, THAT MONSTER COULD
OPEN UP THE GATES OF HELL.
WELL, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
WHERE'S T.J.?
T.J., I WANNA TALK TO YOU.
WELL, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN
TOO FRIENDLY WITH YOU,
AND I--I THOUGH I'D COME BY AND APOLOGIZE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH,
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I--
I NEED A FAVOR.
WELL, THEY COST.
WELL, YOU DO ME THIS
ONE LITTLE OLD FAVOR,
AND I'LL DO
ANYTHING YOU WANT...
AND SOME.
LIKE WHAT?
HARLEY.
HE'S JUST AN OLD DRUNK
THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR.
HE'S NO GOOD
TO ANYBODY.
LET HIM GO.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE IT YOUR WAY.
AFTER, UH...
NU-HUH.
BEFORE.
YOU LET HIM GO NOW,
AND IT'LL BE GOOD
BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
ALL THE WAY.
OKAY. WE'LL DO I YOUR WAY.
FOLLOW ME.
HARLEY.
HARLEY.
HARLEY.
UGH.
WHAT YOU DOIN' HERE?
THIS AIN'T NO PLACE
FOR A WOMAN.
SHH.
[Whispering]
I CAME TO KEEP DUKE
FROM GETTIN'--
DUKE?
SHH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE
LET HIM GO NOW?
I GOTTA GET HIM
TO A DOCTOR.
DUMB BROAD.
YOU COME HERE
TRYIN' TO DEAL.
I DON'T MAKE NO DEALS.
I TAKE WHAT I WANT.
AND THEN I'M GONNA
KILL DUKE. JUST LIKE THIS.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT ALL THA HONEY YOU PROMISED ME,
THAT SUGAR AND MILK?
BEG!
BEG!
COME ON, BEG.
I DON'T BEG FOR NOTHIN'!
AAH!
[Harley] NO MORE!
TIGHTEN UP, NIGGA.
NOW BEG! BEG!
NO!
BEG!
SON OF A BITCH!
NOW YOU FREEZE, NIGGA!
HARLEY!
YOU ALL RIGHT, ARETHA?
YES.
WHERE'S THE AMMO?
IN THE CHARIOT.
HAMBONE!
[Gunshots]
YOU TWO STAY BACK.
DID YOU GET 'EM ALL?
ALL EXCEPT ONE.
I ALWAYS KNEW MY BUDDY
WAS A...REAL MAN.
IF ANYBODY
HAD TOLD ME, ROY,
THAT WE WOULD BE
ON OPPOSITE SIDES,
FIGHTING EACH OTHER...
YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS...
BUT I NEVER LIED TO YOU.
I NEVER SENT ANYONE TO HASSLE
HARLEY OR ARETHA.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN, THEN, ROY?
T.J.
HE WANTED US TO TANGLE.
LOOKS LIKE HE DID
A GOOD JOB, DIDN'T HE?
IT'S DOWN TO ME
AND YOU NOW, RIGHT?
I DON'T WANNA
SHOOT YOU, ROY.
I JUST WANNA BEA THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
IT'S YOUR DEAL.
WINNER TAKE ALL.
LOSER GET OUT OF TOWN,
NEVER LOOK BACK.
DEAL?
DEAL.
UGH!
AAH!
AAH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
OOF!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
AAAH!
OOF!
AAH!
UGH!
AAH!
UGH!
[Wheezing]
AAH!
UGH!
UGH!
AAAAH!
AAAH!
UGH!
YOU'RE MY FRIEND,
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I DO
MY BEST FOR YOU
HEY, HEY, STEVIE.
COME HERE.
DUKE AND ARETHA
WANT TO BE ALONE
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
BESIDES, YOU AND I
GOTTA GO HOME AND
AND GET SOME SLEEP
SO WE CAN GET UP
AND GO TO SCHOOL
TOMORROW.
SCHOOL?
THAT'S RIGHT.
DON'T YOU WANNA GROW UP
TO BE SOMEBODY?
I AM.
WHAT?
A MAN.
OKAY, MAN.
WOMAN OVER THERE
IS MIGHTY FINE
SHE'S ALWAYS
ON MY MIND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I THINK I'M GONNA
HANG AROUND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
AND I WALKED RIGHT IN
ON THE SHERIFF
WHO HAD A HOLD ON THE TOWN
IT MIGHT TAKE A TANK
TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP
I MIGHT HAVE
TO TEAR IT DOWN
I DIDN'T COME
FOR A GOOD TIME
SINCE I'M HERE
I'LL GET MINE
WOMAN OVER THERE
IS MIGHTY FINE
SHE'S ALWAYS
ON MY MIND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I THINK I'M GONNA
HANG AROUND
HEY, CLETE, SAM.
[Sam chuckling]
HERE, COME OVER HERE.
[Police radio]
SAM, SAM.
THIS IS SAM.
NIGGER HUSTLER DONE RIPPED
OFF THE POKER PALACE.
[Sam]
SON OF A BITCH.
[Tires squealing]
[Siren]
[Siren]
[Train bell ringing]
[Tires skidding]
[Train brakes squealing]
[Clete] OH, YEAH.
[Chuckling]
YOU KNOW, BOY, CRIME JUST DON' PAY IN BUCKTOWN.
[Sam]
HEY, CLETE, YOU SURE DO
ENJOY YOUR WORK.
YEAH, YOU GO THAT RIGHT.
HEY,YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A REAL BAD CAT.
HE ALMOST KILLED
A COUPLE OF HIGH ROLLERS.
YOU GONNA BE
IN TOWN LONG?
WHY? ARE YOU THE
WELCOMING COMMITTEE?
HEY, WELL,
YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME
WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
[Sam]
BETTER GET HIS ASS
TO THE HOSPITAL.
YOU KNOW WHERE
THE CLUB ALABAM IS ?
YES.
SON, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?
YEAH, SURE.
WHY NOT?
THEN YOU'RE IN
THE WRONG PLACE.
[Chuckling]
WHY DIDN'T YOU
TELL ME IT WAS CLOSED?
YOU DIDN'T ASK, DID YOU?
PLACE'S BEEN CLOSED
SINCE BEN DIED.
WHERE CAN I FIND A GOOD HOTEL?
WE AIN'T GOT ONE.
WELL, HOW ABOUT ONE
THAT CHANGES SHEETS
AT LEAS EVERY OTHER NIGHT.
HMM.
THAT WOULD BE
THE OLD DIXIE.
IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN.
I'LL TAKE YOU.
NO, THANK YOU.
I'LL WALK.
BABY,
IS THAT REALLY
ALL YOU?
SWEETIE, WHAT YOU SEE
IS WHAT YOU GET.
HA HA HA!
BUT FIRST I WAN TO SEE THE COLOR
OF YOUR GREEN,
AND I'LL SHOW
BOTH OF YOU A TIME
YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.
I'LL HELP YOU
WITH THIS, MISTER.
NO CHARGE.
I'M GLAD TO HELP.
BUT IF YOU WAN TO TIP ME
A HALF A BUCK,
I'LL TELL YOU
WHERE TO GE YOUR ACT TOGETHER
AND WHERE
TO GET IT ON.
OH, YEAH?
GET WHAT ON?
YOU NAME IT,
I GOT IT.
NAH.
NO, THANKS.
OKAY,
HOW ABOU CARDS?
IF YOU GO
TO DOC ANDERSON'S,
CHECK THE DEUCES
AND NINES.
THEY'RE MARKED.
LITTLE MAN,
I AIN'T INTERESTED.
OKAY, WOMEN.
THE BES IN TOWN IS SONORA
OVER AT RUBY'S.
BUT DON'T LET HER
GET ON TOP
OR SHE'LL BUCK
YOUR BRAINS OUT.
WHERE DO YOU GET ALL
THIS INFORMATION FROM, ANYWAY?
YOU SELL PENICILLIN, TOO?
THANKS, MAN.
SEE ARNETTA.
SHE'LL GET YOU
THE BEST ROOM
IN THE HOUSE
AND BE SURE AND TELL HER
STEVIE SENT YOU.
IS THAT YOURS?
YEAH. WHY?
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY
PIMP I EVER SEEN
THAT DRIVES A MOTORBIKE.
HEY.
I AIN'T NO PIMP.
I'M WALT DISNEY,
AND THIS IS
DISNEYLAND.
HA HA HA.
[Ding]
OOH.
GOT A ROOM?
HOW MANY NIGHTS,
HONEY?
JUST ONE.
THAT'LL BE $15
IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S ROOM 204.
YOU CAN TAKE THE STAIRS.
IT'S A LITTLE BI QUICKER.
THANK YOU.
SAY, BABY, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED,
I COULD TURN YOU ON
TO A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
NO, THANKS.
WELL, YOU KNOW
IT AIN'T MY BUSINESS,
BUT WHAT'S A FINE
BLACK THING LIKE YOU
DOIN' IN TOWN?
I'M JUST HERE TO BURY
MY BROTHER, THAT'S ALL.
[Woman]
OOH.
YEAH.
A FELLA JUST CHECKED IN
BY THE NAME OF JOHNSON,
DUKE JOHNSON.
DID HE
SAY ANYTHING?
NO, HE DIDN'T TALK
TOO MUCH,
BUT HE SAID HE'S HERE
FOR BEN'S FUNERAL.
I'M GLAD
YOU CALLED,
ARNETTA.
YOU TOLD ME
TO CHECK WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I'M DOIN'.
GOODNIGHT.
YEAH.
YOUR DINNER IS READY,
CHIEF PATTERSON.
ALMIGHTY GOD
IN HEAVEN ABOVE,
I THANK THEE FOR WHA YOU'VE SET BEFORE ME.
AND I GIVE...
[Minister]
UNTO YOU, O LORD,
THE SOUL
OF THIS GOOD MAN,
THIS HUMBLE MAN,
BEN JOHNSON,
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE,
ALL PEOPLE.
WHO ALWAYS HELD
HIS HAND OU TO HELP OTHERS,
WHO GAVE LIKE YOU
AND ASKED NAUGH IN RETURN.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN
IN GREEN PASTURES.
HE RESTORETH
MY SOUL.
SO WE KNOW,
ALMIGHTY GOD,
THAT YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO LOVE BEN
AS WE HAVE LOVED HIM.
TO EMBRACE HIM,
TO TAKE HIM INTO
YOUR KINGDOM THIS DAY.
AMEN.
IN THE NAME OF
THE FATHER, THE SON
AND THE HOLY GHOST.
[Duke]
THOSE WERE GOO
D WORDS, REVEREND.
THANK YOU.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
I'M WALDO HARLEY.
MIGHT YOU BE A FRIEND
OF OUR BELOVED BEN THERE?
YEAH.
I'M DUKE JOHNSON.
DUKE?
THAT'S JUST WHAT I FIGURED.
ARETHA. ARETHA,
YOU AND STEVIE SAY
HELLO TO THE DUKE.
THAT'S BEN'S BROTHER.
YOU REALLY DUKE?
BEN TOLD US ALL ABOUT YOU.
SAYS YOU'RE THE SMARTEST ONE
IN THE FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU'RE THE ONE.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW BEN?
NO.
IT WAS MORE LIKE 6.
SOME HOTSHOT BROTHER.
ARETHA, PLEASE.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN HE NEEDED
YOUR HELP?
WHAT KIND OF HELP?
THERE'S NOTHIN' YOU CAN DO
ABOUT IT NOW
EXCEPT FOR TO FIND
THE TIME TO COME
AND BURY HIM,
AND COLLECT HIS STUFF
AND SPLIT!
[Harley]
ARETHA, NOW--
AREN'T YOU GONNA STAY?
NO, HE'S NO GONNA STAY,
HE WOULDN'T DIRTY
THAT SHOESHINE
IN THIS COW PASTURE.
WOULD YOU, MR. DUKE JOHNSON?
ARETHA, PLEASE.
DON'T MIND HER, DUKE.
BEN WAS GOOD TO HER.
HIS DYIN' KIND OF PUT A PAIN
OF GRIEF INTO HER.
DON'T MIND HER.
NO, I--
I CAN'T MIND A LADY
THAT SPEAKS HER MIND.
RIGHT, DUKE.
DUKE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
[Lawyer]
AND ACCORDING TO THIS WILL,
HE LEFT EVERYTHING TO YOU:
AN ESTATE CONSISTING
MAINLY OF A LO
AND FRAME HOUSE,
A HAND-TOOLED LEATHER WALLE CONTAINING $39.43
AND A SAVINGS ACCOUN PASS BOOK
IN THE NAME
OF BENJAMIN A. JOHNSON.
ALL OF BEN'S THING
S BELONG TO ME NOW, RIGHT?
TO SELL, USE, ANYTHING I WANT,
RIGHT?
IN ABOUT 60 DAYS.
MAN, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN'.
THAT'S THE STATE LAW.
IT TAKES THAT LONG
TO CLOSE AN ESTATE.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
STICK AROUND THIS RAT TRAP
FOR 2 MONTHS?
OF COURSE, WE COULD RELAX
THE RULES A BIT,
ALLOW YOU THE USE OF YOUR
BROTHER'S PROPERTY.
HOW MUCH?
UH, LET'S SAY YOU SIGN
FOR AN EMPTY HAND-TOOLED
LEATHER WALLET.
YOU RUN A NICE BUSINESS
AROUND HERE, DON'T YOU?
HI, DUKE.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THERE
WAITIN' FOR YOU
AND TELLIN' STEVIE HERE
ALL ABOUT IT.
YEAH, ABOUT WHAT?
OH, HOW YOU'RE GONNA
STAY ON, OPEN THE CLUB
AND EVERYTHING.
MAN, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM
GOOD TIMES START ROLLIN' AGAIN.
PLACE WAS REALLY LIKE A HOME
TO SOME OF US, YOU KNOW.
ESPECIALLY STEVIE HERE,
'CAUSE HE LIVES IN THE BACK.
YOUR BROTHER BEN
MADE A RIGHT SMAR LIVIN' FROM IT.
GONNA DO THE SAME THING
FOR YOU, DUKE.
I FIGURE LIFE OWES ME MORE
THAN JUST A LIVIN'.
ALL I WANT FROM THAT BAR
IS FOR SOMEBODY TO BUY IT.
LOOK, I'M GONNA BE
STUCK HERE 2 MONTHS,
YOU REALLY WAN TO HELP ME?
SURE, DUKE.
THEN YOU FIND ME A BUYER
FOR THE CLUB ALABAM
SO I CAN GET THE
HELL OUT OF HERE.
OKAY?
SURE, DUKE.
YOU TAKE CARE.
[Harley]
MR. DUKE.
MR. DUKE,
SIR.
IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE WALK
A PIECE WITH YOU?
WE THOUGHT YOU WERE COOL.
A WISE DUDE LIKE YOU.
SHOWS HOW WRONG
YOU CAN BE.
STEVIE, YOU SPEAK
FOR YOURSELF.
SOMETHIN' BOTHERIN'
YOU TWO?
OH NO, DUKE.
EVERYTHING IS
"EXPUBIDENT,"
EXCEPT THAT, IT'S GONNA BE
A LITTLE HARD
TO FIND A BUYER FOR THE CLUB
WITH THAT CLOSED SIGN
ON THE DOOR.
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, BRO.
BUT IT DON'T HAVE TO BE.
REALLY, DUKE,
IF THE JOINT WAS OPEN,
PEOPLE WOULD BE HAVIN' FUN
AND PARTYIN' REAL GOOD
AND CATCHIN' GOOD.
WHY, A SUCKER
COME IN THEN AND
WANT TO BUY THE JOINT,
HE KNOW HE GONNA
HAVE TO GET DOWN
WITH SOME HEAVY BREAD.
YOU COULD BE
PLAYIN' SWEET MUSIC
ON THE CASH REGISTER.
YOU GUYS ARE
DREAMIN', MAN.
HEY DUKE,
WHY DO YOU THINK
THOSE TOURIST DUDES
COME OVER HERE
FROM ACROSS
THE RIVER?
IT'S 'CAUSE THEY KNOW
THEY CAN SWING
TILL BROAD DAYLIGHT.
SHH!
COULD GET 4 OR 5 TIMES
WHAT YOU'RE ASKIN'
IF THE CLUB WAS OPEN.
AND DON'T FORGE ALL THOSE ARMY RESERVERS
OVER AT THE ARMORY.
ONE NIGHT A WEEK,
AFTER MARCHIN'
AND DRILLIN',
THEY'RE HOT AND
THEY'RE THIRSTY,
AND WHERE DO
THEY HEAD FOR?
THE CLUB ALABAM
FOR SOME
"REEELAXATION."
[Laughs]
RELAXATION,
HUH?
YOU KNOW SOMETHIN',
LITTLE MAN?
YOU REMIND ME
OF ME WHEN I WAS
YOUR AGE.
TRYIN' TO BE SOMEBODY.
ALWAYS JIVIN' AND HUSTLIN'.
I AIN'T HUSTLIN'.
I'M JUST TRYIN'
TO GROW UP FAS IN A FAST TOWN.
[Harley]
AND ME?
I AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT AN OLD
FOOTBALL PLAYER, DUKE.
MAYBE DRINK TOO MUCH
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
BUT IF YOU OPEN
THAT CLUB,
IT SURE WOULD MAKE ME FEEL
LIKE I WAS SOMEBODY.
OPENIN' THE CLUB
CAN'T HURT, CAN IT?
YOU SAID YOURSELF
YOU'RE STUCK HERE,
SO, YOU AIN'T GO NOTHIN' TO LOSE,
DO YOU?
DO YOU?
I AIN'T SOME DUMB BROAD.
I GOT RIGHTS.
HONEY, WE TOLD
YOU BEFORE,
DON'T RIP OFF THE MARKS.
IT'S BAD FOR BUSINESS
IT AIN'T FAIR,
YOU MAKING ME SPEND TIME
IN THIS GODDAMN HOLE.
WE'VE GOT TO THINK
OF BUCKTOWN'S REPUTATION,
HONEY.
YOU KEEP CLIPPIN'
THE TOURISTS,
AND PRETTY SOON
NONE OF 'EM WILL BE COMIN'
ACROSS THE RIVER NO MORE.
BUT THAT FREAKY BASTARD
WANTED TO WEAR MY UNDERWEAR.
THIS PLACE
GOT A CHIEF?
YOU GO AN APPOINTMENT?
NO.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, BOY?
SOMEBODY PICK YOUR POCKET?
[Chuckles]
I'M HERE
ABOUT THE CLOSED SIGN
ON THE CLUB ALABAM.
OH, YOU MUST BE
BEN'S BROTHER.
EVERYBODY LIKED BEN.
HE WAS REAL PEOPLE,
WASN'T HE, MERLE?
SURE WAS.
"GOOD CITIZEN BEN."
WELL, THAT'S MIGHTY NICE
OF YOU FELLAS TO SAY THAT.
NOW WHAT ABOU THAT CLOSED SIGN?
NO PROBLEM.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS TAKE OU A CITY LICENSE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
HOW MUCH WAS THAT, MERLE,
FOR A CITY STICKER?
THAT WAS $400,
WASN'T IT?
MORE LIKE $450,
I THOUGHT.
DAMNED IF YOU'RE
NOT RIGHT.
[Duane]
I'LL MAKE SURE
THEY GET YOUR MESSAGE.
DO THAT, DUANE.
YOU JUST DO THAT.
YOU THE MAIN MAN?
YEAH.
HEY, NOW JUS A DAMN MINUTE.
YOU'RE THE ONE
I WANNA TALK TO.
DUKE JOHNSON?
YEAH.
COME IN.
YOU'RE NOT MUCH FOR
MANNERS, ARE YOU?
I GIVE WHAT I GET.
THIS WHA YOU WANT?
HOWEVER, NOTHING
IS FOR NOTHING.
I GUESS THOSE 2 CRACKERS
OUT FRONT WERE SERIOUS, HUH?
SAM!
[Sam]
YES, SIR.
WHAT'S THE CHARGE
FOR A CITY STICKER?
AMERICAN GREEN.
NOT ONE DROP IS POURED
IN THIS TOWN UNLESS EACH BOTTLE
HAS A CITY STICKER,
AND THE STICKER COMES
FROM THIS OFFICE.
NOW, BEN'S RENEWAL FEE WAS DUE
SO NOW IT'S
OVERDUE.
WHAT HAPPENS
IF IT ISN'T PAID?
PLACE STAYS
PADLOCKED.
AND IF I DECIDE
TO SELL IT?
WHEN I SEE
SOME DOLLARS
ON THIS DESK,
YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU LIKE
WITH THAT FLEA TRAP.
GOOD.
I LIKE DEALING
WITH A REASONABLE MAN.
[Warren]
I'D LIKE TO GET THA UGLY BITCH RUTHIE ALONE.
I'D TEACH HER
SOME MANNERS.
[Merle]
RIGHT. SHE ALWAYS
BEEN LIKE THIS?
SHE ALWAYS DID THINK
SHE WAS HOT SHIT!
SHE'S GOT A BUG
UP YOUR ASS.
YOU GOT IT?
I GOT IT.
GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!
IT'S GONNA BE
UNDERSTAND THAT, BOY?
ALL RIGHT.
SHIT! COME ON,
LOVERBOY, LET'S GO.
EVENING,
WOODROW.
[Ding]
WHOO!
HI, SWEETNESS.
CLEO, CLEO, HERE I COME!
[Knocking]
OH...
OH.
OOH.
GOD...
GODDAMN, CLEO, YOU
ALWAYS WAS MY FAVORITE.
[Moaning]
HEY, HEY, HEY!
EVERYBODY
HAVE A DRINK
AND BE SOMEBODY!
SAY, BOY,
PUT A QUARTER
IN THE JUKEBOX.
AND MAKE GODDAMN SURE
YOU PAY FOR
THOSE DRINKS, Y'ALL.
I AM PLEASED TO MAKE
THE ANNOUNCEMEN
THAT THE MAN
HAS DONE HIS THING,
AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN
AS SOON AS HE GETS--
POO-PEROO-POM
LOOK OUT, GIRL!
WHAT YOU DOIN'?
HARLEY, WHAT YOU RUNNIN'
YOUR MOUTH ABOUT NOW?
I AM PLEASED TO MAKE
THE ANNOUNCEMEN
THAT THE CLUB ALABAM
IS NOW OPEN.
NO...
YEAH, IT IS.
SO HOW LONG
IS HE GONNA STAY?
THAT AIN' IMPORTANT.
HUH,
THAT'S WHA YOU THINK.
HE ONLY DID I SO HE COULD SELL I FOR A BETTER PRICE.
NO, NO.
HE LISTENED
WHEN I TOLD HIM
HOW GOOD BUSINESS
WAS GONNA BE
AND EVERYTHING.
HA! JUST BAI TO HOOK THE FISH
THAT'S GONNA BUY IT.
WHY YOU GO TO BE SO COLD?
EVERY TIME I MENTION
DUKE'S NAME, YOU
GOTTA PUT HIM DOWN.
BECAUSE HE'S JUST ANOTHER
BIG-CITY, JIVE-ASS SPOOK,
THAT'S WHY!
FORGET HIM!
THIS IS BEN'S BROTHER.
HE DESERVES A BREAK.
HARLEY, LISTEN, I'VE ME
TAKERS,
EVERY GODDAMN ONE OF THEM, AND
I GOT THE SCARS TO PROVE IT!
SHH. YOU DON' KNOW HIM.
THIS IS A DIFFEREN KIND OF MAN.
HARLEY, THERE AIN' NO DIFFERENT KIND OF MAN!
HEY,
SAM.
HEY, Y'ALL, CLETE, SAM.
HEY,
I'M TELLIN' YOU,
THERE AIN'T NO ONE
LIKE THA CLEO OF MINE.
MAN, SHE HAS GO A MOUTH SOFT AND SWEE AS AN OVERRIPE PLUM.
AND I'LL TELL YOU,
THAT TONGUE,
SWEET JESUS--
SHIT.
IF YOU WEREN' THE CHIEF'S COUSIN,
SHE WOULDN'T GIVE YOU
A SMILE FOR FREE.
HA HA.
AIN'T THA THE TRUTH.
YOU GO
TO HELL!
HEY, THE DUDE'S OPENED
THE ALABAM.
YOU THINK IT'S TIME
MR. JOHNSON
JOINED THE CLUB?
YEAH. YOU GO ON WITH SAM.
ME AND MERLE
GOT SOME BUSINESS.
OH, COME ON, CLETE.
LET ME GO WITH YOU. I ALWAYS
MISS OUT ON ALL THE FUN.
UH-UH.
LEAVE THIS ONE
TO THE MEN.
GET IN THE CAR,
WARREN.
DAMN!
LET ME HAVE
ONE OF THEM.
THAT TASTES LIKE
THAT BEEN FLUSHED
DOWN THE TOILET.
WHAT DO YOU THINK,
CLETE?
[Shattering]
WELL,
IF YOU, UH...
SMELL AND LOOK
LIKE A PIG,
I GUESS YOU GOTTA
ACT LIKE ONE,
DON'T YOU?
ALL RIGHT,
FELLAS, GET OUT.
YOU WANT ME
TO TELL HIM, CLETE?
NO,
I'LL TELL HIM, MERLE.
FACT IS,
I'M GONNA TELL HIM
REAL FRIENDLY.
I'M EVEN GONNA CALL HIM
BY HIS FIRST NAME.
NIGGER,
YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS
IN BUCKTOWN,
YOU GOTTA PAY FOR
THE PRIVILEGE.
WELL, YOU SEE,
I'VE ALREADY PAID.
HEY, THAT WAS JUS TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN.
HEY, HEY, HEY,
EVERYBODY DO THEIR THING!
[Clete] EVERY SATURDAY NIGH YOU COME UP WITH A $100.
COME SATURDAY,
YOU DON'T GIVE ME MY
SATURDAY MONEY,
I'M GONNA SLAP A SIGN
ON THAT DOOR.
THAT SIGN GONNA SAY,
"NIGGER, READ AND RUN.
YOU CAN'T READ,
RUN ANYWAY."
FIRST NIGGER TOUCH THAT SIGN,
FIRST NIGGER TRY TO
COME THROUGH THAT DOOR,
I'M GONNA KICK HIS HEAD
TILL HIS EYES POOCH OUT LIKE
AN EAGLE'S ASS IN A POWER DIVE.
YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I'M TALKIN'
ABOUT, BOY?
OH, YEAH,
I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S THAT CHEAP,
SMELLY, FUNKY CIGAR
YOU'RE SMOKIN'
THAT'S MAKIN' YOU
TALK SO FUNNY.
THIS BOY
HAS A MOUTH.
ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND
A HUMMINGBIRD ASS.
JUST LIKE HIS
OLD BROTHER BEN.
HE SURE IS STUBBORN
LIKE HIM.
YEAH,
DON'T KICK THIS BOY
IN THE HEAD, MERLE.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN' HURT NIGGERS WHEN
YOU KICK THEM IN THE HEAD.
ALL RIGHT,
CLOWNS...
YOU'VE HAD
YOUR LAUGHS.
NOW, EITHER GO OU THE DOOR OR THROUGH IT.
YOUR CHOICE.
STEP ASIDE, BOY.
I'M CHECKIN'
THAT CASH REGISTER.
THE PRICE YOU HAVE
TO PAY TO DO THAT,
CRACKER, AIN'T WORTH IT.
WHY YOU PALEFACES
ALWAYS TOGETHER?
YOU FAGGOTS?
YOU LITTLE SHIT.
UGH!
UGH!
AAH!
UGH!
[Crowd shouting]
AAH!
AAH!
DUKE,
LOOK OUT!
WATCH IT,
DUKE!
UGH!
AAH!
OOH!
SUCKER!
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU TWO ARE A COUPLE
OF REAL SWEETHEARTS.
WHAT KIND
OF JIVE ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT?
WHY WASN'T I TOLD
ABOUT WHAT'S COMING
DOWN HERE?
DUKE, I'M SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'
BECAUSE I DIDN' WANT YOU TO LEAVE.
ARETHA HERE FIGURED
YOU WERE GONNA GO ANYWAY
SO WHY SHOULD SHE
SAY ANYTHING?
THAT'S ALL THA WENT DOWN, MAN.
THE COPS STRONG-ARM
THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN,
DEALING IN PAYOFFS,
AND YOU DON'T TELL ME
NOTHIN' ABOUT IT?
I'M SORRY
ABOUT THAT, DUKE.
NO, YOU'RE NO SORRY, HARLEY!
WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT US TO DO?
WE HAVE
TO LIVE HERE!
OK. YOU TWO CAN EA THE CRAP THEY DISH OUT,
BUT NOT ME, BABY.
NO WAY.
OH, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,
DUKE! DUKE!
OH, SHOOT,
HARLEY!
AW, DAMN!
[Duane]
HEY!
NOW, YOU GET THIS,
AND YOU GET IT STRAIGHT.
I AIN'T PAYIN'
OFF ANYBODY!
NOT YOUR FLUNKIES,
NOT YOU, NOBODY!
NOW, SETTLE DOWN,
MR. JOHNSON.
SETTLE DOWN.
NOW,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
NOW, YOU CAN JUS CAN THE BULL.
$450 WAS MY FIRS AND LAST PAYMENT,
CHUMP!
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS...
BUT WE RUN A PRETTY
BUSY DEPARTMENT HERE.
PUBLIC SERVICE
TAKES MONEY,
AND WE DON'T GET I ALL FROM WRITING
PARKING TICKETS, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE NOT A BIG TOWN
LIKE WHERE YOU'RE FROM,
BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF WORK
TO KEEP US BUSY.
FOR EXAMPLE...
TAKE YOUR
BROTHER'S CASE.
WE'RE NO GIVING UP.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP"?
I THOUGHT YOU KNEW.
SOME UNKNOWN ASSAILAN BEAT HIM AND LEFT HIM
FOR DEAD.
I WAS TOLD HE DIED OF
NATURAL CAUSES. PNEUMONIA.
TRUE.
DUE TO EXPOSURE
AND LOSS OF BLOOD.
NATURALLY, WE DID
WHAT WE COULD, BUT...
MR. JOHNSON...
YOU LOOK TO ME TO BE
AN INTELLIGENT MAN.
YOU'VE BEEN AROUND.
YOU KNOW THE ROPES.
AND YOU KNOW A SMART MAN
ALWAYS AVOIDS TROUBLE,
TRIES TO
GET ALONG.
DOESN'T HE,
MR. JOHNSON?
IT'S A LITTLE WARM
OUT TONIGHT, MAN.
I THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT WANT THIS.
COME ON IN.
YOU AND I HAVEN' GONE OUT OF OUR WAY
TO BE FRIENDS.
IT'S
ALL RIGHT.
FORGET IT.
HERE'S LOOKING
AT YOU, SWEETHEART.
THIS AIN'T AN EASY TOWN
TO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW.
YEAH?
WHAT TOWN IS?
WELL, WHAT I'M
TRYING TO SAY IS...
IS I WAS WRONG.
EVERYBODY PAYS THE MAN
IN THIS TOWN.
NOBODY TELLS ME.
HONKIES RUN THIS TOWN.
NOBODY TELLS ME.
MY BROTHER BEN IS FOUND
DEAD IN THE GUTTER.
NOBODY TELLS ME
HOW OR WHY.
WELL, I'M NOT PROUD
OF THE FACT THA I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'.
HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEBODY
THAT THEIR BROTHER
WAS BEATEN UP
BY SOME GOONS A THE POLICE DEPARTMEN
AND LEFT TO DIE
IN THE FREEZING RAIN?
I WANTED TO TELL YOU,
BUT--
BUT YOU GOTTA HUSTLE
JUST FOR A LIVING, RIGHT?
AND YOU WANT TO
PLAY IT SAFE.
PLAY IT SAFE?
YOU DAMN RIGH I PLAY IT SAFE.
I'M TIRED OF LEADING
THE CHARGE.
YOU EVER HEARD
OF PRIDE?
YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE
BEING TRAMPLED, BABY,
THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT SCUFFLIN'
AND HUSTLIN' AND
BREAKIN' YOUR BACK
FOR PEANUTS
AND TAKING IT ALL,
BUT STILL GOIN' ON
LIVIN' AND HOPIN'
AND DREAMIN'?
WHAT THE HELL
DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT?
YOU THINK
YOU GOT A MONOPOLY
ON HARD TIMES?
I MEAN,
WHO PROMISED YOU
A FREE RIDE?
YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY
SOMETHIN', DON'T YOU?
THE SUPER-SUCCESSFUL
YOUNG BROTHER.
EVERYONE
KOWTOWING TO YOU.
BEN TOLD US ALL ABOU YOU TILL WE WERE SICK
OF HEARIN' IT!
I MUST BE SOME KIND
OF SIMPLE-HEADED FOOL
FOR COMIN' IN HERE
AND TRYIN' TO APOLOGIZE
TO YOU!
FOR MISJUDGIN' YOU,
THINKIN' YOU WERE JUS SOME KIND OF BIG CITY DUDE
COMIN' DOWN HERE
TO PARADE IN FRON OF US SMALL TOWN FOLK.
NOW YOU THINK
DIFFERENT, HUH?
WELL, I SAW DIFFERENT!
I SAW YOU STAND UP
FOR YOUR RIGHTS
AND SHOW THA YOU WERE YOUR OWN MAN!
AND WHAT DO I GET FOR IT?
JUST DUMPED ON!
WHAT DO YOU
WANT FROM ME?
MY BLESSING...
OR THE KEYS
TO THE CITY?
YOU BASTARD!
[Shotgun cocks]
[Shotguns cock]
[Gunshot]
GET YOUR BLACK ASS
OUT OF TOWN, NIGGER!
WA-HOO!
GO GET 'EM, MERLE!
[Gunshots]
RIGHT ON.
HOLD IT, BOYS!
HOLD IT!
[Chief]
HEY, CLETE!
YO!
COME ON
OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT HIM
KILLED, DO WE?
WELL, WE MAY HAVE TO.
HE'S STUBBORN LIKE
HIS OLD BROTHER BEN.
BE EASY,
WOULDN'T IT?
NOTHIN'
TO IT.
HELL, WHAT'S ONE DEAD
NIGGER MORE OR LESS.
THAT'S JUS THE POINT, BOYS.
AFTER BEN, PEOPLE
MIGHT GET TOO CURIOUS.
ESPECIALLY UP IN THE CAPITAL,
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
I JUST WANTED HIM
TAUGHT A LITTLE LESSON.
WE'LL SEE HOW WELL
HE'S LEARNED IT.
RIGHT, CHIEF.
GET OFF THE CAR.
YOU ALL RIGHT,
BABY?
YEAH, BUT, DUKE,
YOU GOTTA RUN.
THEY'RE GONNA KILL YOU.
I NEVER RAN FROM NOBODY,
AND I DON'T INTEND
TO START NOW.
BUT, DUKE, YOU CAN' DO IT BY YOURSELF!
PLEASE, DUKE,
YOU GOTTA RUN! PLEASE!
NO CHANCE,
BABY.
[Telephone ringing]
HA HA HA!
RIGHT? HA HA HA!
HA HA HA.
EASE UP.
EASE UP.
HA HA HA!
EXCUSE ME. YEAH?
DUKE! DUKE!
AW, MAN,
WHERE YOU BEEN?
LISTEN, MAN...
[Chuckles]
EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING,
"WHERE'S DUKE?
"WHEN'S HE COMING HOME?"
YEAH!
[Chuckles]
LISTEN, I GOT 2 OR 3
VERY SWEET PROPOSITIONS
WAITING FOR US
WHEN YOU RETURN.
LIKE ALWAYS, HUH?
LISTEN TO ONE OF THEM HERE.
[Laughs]
ROY, MAN, I DIDN' CALL YOU UP TO JIVE
WITH YOU, BROTHER.
WE GOT TO TALK
SERIOUS BUSINESS, MAN.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, MAN?
DON'T YOU
LAUGH ANYMORE?
LOOK,
FOCUS IN ON DETROIT.
REMEMBER?
YOU KIDDING?
WE WERE OUTNUMBERED,
WHAT, 3, 4 TO 1?
MAN, YOU WAS
SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, THE ODDS HERE
ARE A LOT LONGER.
IT'S A JIVE TOWN
WITH A BUNCH OF CRACKERS.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU REALLY
ARE SERIOUS.
EXCUSE ME.
WHEN?
YESTERDAY,
BROTHER, YESTERDAY.
WELL, I OWE YOU ONE, BUDDY.
I'M ON MY WAY.
ROY...
BRING MUSCLE.
I'M LOOKING A A DEAD MAN.
[Train whistle]
BOY!
WHERE WOULD ONE FIND
THE CLUB ALABAM?
IT'S RIGHT--
IT'S RIGHT DOWN THERE
IN TOWN.
WHERE?
IT'S IN TOWN.
DO I TAKE A TAXI
OR A STAGECOACH?
CAB'S
BROKE DOWN.
FIGURES.
HEY,
THAT'S MY HAT.
KIND OF SLOPPY
THERE, BOY.
[Josh]
I'VE SEEN BETTER LOOKING
PLACES IN THE SLAMS.
[T.J]
ROY, WHAT'S THIS CAT DUKE
GOT ON YOU ANYHOW?
HEY, FRESH MEAT?
WHAT YOU NEED?
GAMBLIN'?
GIRLS?
BACK OFF,
LITTLE KID.
YOU NAME IT!
POKER? PINOCHLE?
POONTANG?
HALF-PINT,
DIDN'T I TELL YOU
TO HAUL YOUR ASS--
HEY, HEY, EASE UP, T.J.
THE KID'S JUST TRYING
TO MAKE HIS HUSTLE.
I STARTED
LIKE THAT, TOO.
HEY, DUKE,
I THINK YOU GO SOME COMPANY.
ROY?
HEY, ROY!
HA HA!
OH! HEY, MAN!
HOW YOU DOIN'?
THANKS
FOR COMING, MAN.
HEY,
WHAT COULD I DO?
REMEMBER THE DUDE
I WAS TELLING YOU
ABOUT?
THIS IS HIM.
ROY.
HOW YOU DOIN',
MR. ROY?
HARLEY.
OH, UH,
THIS IS ARETHA. ROY.
ARETHA.
HI, ROY.
OH, EXCUSE ME, UM...
THIS IS JOSH,
HAMBONE, T.J.
HOW YOU DOIN',
FELLAS?
MAN, I HAVE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS AT HOME.
ME AND THIS CAT,
WE PRACTICALLY
GREW UP TOGETHER.
MMM, WENT THROUGH
SOME REAL, REAL SCENES.
FROM THE STREETS
ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE TOP.
YEAH, RIGHT ON.
BUT GOOD TIMES, RIGHT?
GOOD TIMES.
YEAH. COME ON.
LET'S HAVE A DRINK.
RIGHT.
[Roy]
MAN, YOU'RE REALLY
A SIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHA TROUBLE YOU GOT,
BUT WE'RE HERE
WITH THE CURE.
[Girls laughing]
HOW YOU LIKE
THESE LITTLE
CUTIE PIES?
MAN, ARE YOU CRAZY?
GET RID OF THIS JAILBAIT.
SORRY, GIRLS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO PARTY LATER.
WE GOT TO TAKE CARE
OF SOME BUSINESS.
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
YEAH.
OKAY.
AND THE CHIEF.
THAT'S 5.
WHAT ABOUT THE GUY
WHO HIRED THEM?
HIS HONOR,
THE MAYOR?
NO, YOU WON'T HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT HIM.
HE BROUGHT THE CHIEF IN
TO CLEAN UP THE TOWN
FOR THE TOURISTS.
[Duke]
AFTERWARDS, HE, UH, SAW
HE HAD A GOOD THING GOING
AND MOVED RIGHT IN.
SO HE'D BE THE HAPPIES OF ANYBODY TO SEE HIM
RUN OUT OF TOWN.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PROBLEM, DO WE?
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE
SITUATION WE HAD
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO?
YOU WAN TO WORK I THE SAME WAY?
WHY NOT, MAN?
NO SENSE IN
DRAGGING IT OUT.
BESIDES, I WANT TO SEE
IF YOU'VE, UH...
SLOWED DOWN
IN YOUR OLD AGE.
HUH. NO WAY.
[Chuckling]
HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE
OUT THERE NOW.
[Hambone]
MAN, THIS CAT'S
GONNA GO BLIND
SQUINTIN' UP AT ME
WITH HIS BIG BLUE EYES.
DUKE, WHAT ABOUT THE BOSS
OF THESE TIN SOLDIERS?
WELL, AS FAR AS
I CAN TELL, MAN,
HE'S ALL
SPIT-AND-POLISH.
STILL THINKS WORLD WAR II
IS GOING ON,
BUT I WOULDN'T PLAY HIM
TOO CHEAP, MAN.
HE DIDN'T GET THIS FAR
BEING DUMB.
WANT TO CHILL HIM
FIRST?
NO, WE'LL HOOK THAT UP
AFTER WE GET THE LOCATIONS.
YOU SICK ANIMAL!
[Laughing]
WHAT THE HELL'S
WRONG WITH HER?
[Police radio]
THEY HAVEN'T BUDGED
FOR 4 HOURS.
NOBODY STAYS IN
THAT HOTEL THAT LONG.
WHERE'S DUANE?
HE'S OVER THERE.
THEY'RE TROUBLE, BRIAN.
THEY DON'T LOOK RIGHT.
YOU WORRY
TOO MUCH, SAM.
NO COON LOOKS GOOD
TO A DECENT MAN.
JUST REMEMBER,
WE'RE THE LAW.
GOD IS ON
OUR SIDE.
YES, SIR.
SEE YOU LATER,
SAM.
[Duke]
GETS OFF WORK
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
USUALLY MAKES A BEELINE
STRAIGHT FOR THIS PLACE.
THAT'S HIS OLD LADY
DANCING UP THERE.
HE USUALLY TAKES
HER HOME ABOUT 2:00.
THAT'D BE A GOOD TIME
TO NAIL HIS ASS...
IN THE SACK.
HA HA!
MAN, YOU GOT A MEAN STREAK
IN YOU, BROTHER.
TO THE BONE.
LIKE, YOU BABIES
WANT A LITTLE ACTION?
WE GOT EAC
H OTHER, MAMA.
HA HA HA HA.
UH, AHEM.
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
MY NAME IS ROY WILLIAMS.
THIS IS DUKE JOHNSON.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW HIM.
HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE.
WE WERE JUST TAKING A STROLL
DOWN THE STREET HERE.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE I IF YOU WOULD JOIN US, HUH?
OH--OH, YEAH...
LIGHT.
NO, THANKS.
I DON'T SMOKE.
HA HA HA. THINK WE
SHOULD DITCH HIM?
NO. HE'S FAT ENOUGH.
LET HIM GET SOME EXERCISE.
[Chuckling]
GIVE HIM
A LITTLE NOD HERE.
[Duke]
SAM LIKES TO SPEND
EVENINGS OVER AT THE HOTEL.
THERE'S A BIG MONEY GAME ON.
HE GETS A PIECE OF THE TAKE.
BET 5.
YOU WANT TO CALL?
[Duke]
THEN THERE'S MERLE. LIVES
OVER AT RUBY'S WHOREHOUSE.
OWNS A CHUNK OF IT.
A BAD MOTHER.
THAT MERLE, HE GETS
HIS KICKS LEANING HEAVY
ON THE LADIES.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU
NOT TO BE LATE?
I SWEAR,
I WASN'T!
HONEST!
DON'T YOU NEVER
LIE TO ME,
YOU HEAR?
NEVER!
USUALLY
THIS TIME
OF NIGHT,
THERE'S ONLY ONE COP
MANNIN' THE FORT.
OH, YEAH?
WELL, THERE'S
NO SWEAT, HUH?
HE'S PROBABLY
SLEEPIN' ON THE JOB.
MAYBE, UH...
MAYBE WE OUGHTA TRY
TO MAKE IT PERMANENT.
PERMANENT?
DAMN, BROTHER,
YOU HAVE BECOME ONE
VIOLENT DUDE.
TRUE.
LOVER OF ALL
MANKIND, RIGHT?
[Duke] THE WAY I SEE IT,
FIRST THING WE GOTTA
DO IS TAKE THEIR RADIO OUT.
.RUE. LAST THING WE NEED IS
[Roy]
TSTATE POLICE SNOOPIN' AROUND.
SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK
THEY'D UNDERSTAND.
WELL, WHAT YOU THINK,
HOME?
IT'S COOL. LIKE STEALIN'
CANDY FROM A BABY.
OH, YEAH?
YEAH.
HEH, HEH, HEH.
[Whistling]
UGH!
MERLE! CLETE!
NO, NO, NO
! I'LL BREAK YOUR ASS!
DON'T HIT ME AGAIN!
DON'T HIT ME AGAIN!
PLEASE! I DON'T--
UGH!
[Sobbing]
PLEASE, GOD!
PLEASE, GOD!
I'M JUST LIKE YOU!
LIKE HELL!
[Woman]
HONEY, WHERE ARE
THE CIGARETTES?
THEY'RE ON
THE DRESSER, BABY.
[Gasps]
SHH.
SHH. SHH. SHH.
FIRE ESCAPE!
[Shotgun cocks]
LISTEN, YOU DUMB SAMBO,
I'M GONNA EXPLAIN I JUST ONCE MORE.
I DON'T WAN MY HAMBURGERS
WITHOUT MUSTARD.
I WANT THEM
WITHOUT KETCHUP,
BUT WITH MUSTARD.
NOW, GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME,
OR I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!
NOT AN INCH.
DON'T MOVE
AN INCH.
YOU KNOW ANY PRAYERS,
CRACKER?
SHAME ON YOU
IF YOU DON'T.
[Police radio]
YOU SHOULD
HAVE HAD THE KETCHUP.
I WANT TO CALL.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
GIVE ME A RAISE.
COME ON.
[Shouting]
KEEP THE MONEY!
I WANT HIM!
DROP THE GUN, DAMN IT,
OR I'LL BLOW HER HEAD OFF!
DROP IT!
DUKE!
I MEAN IT.
NOW, BACK UP!
BACK UP AND LET ME OUT!
I'M TAKING HER WITH ME!
MOVE BACK! MOVE BACK OR
I'LL BLOW HER HEAD OFF!
YOU STAY BACK!
YOU STAY FAR BACK,
YOU HEAR?
I MUST BE
LOSING MY TOUCH.
GOT TO HIT HIM WHERE
IT HURTS, MY MAN.
HA HA HA.
THAT'S A GOOD SHOT.
HA HA HA.
NO USE
WASTING GOOD AMMO.
[Woman laughing]
OH...
OH!
[Floor creaks]
[Gun cocks]
RISE AND SHINE, CHIEF.
THE WAR IS OVER.
HA HA HA.
COMPANY.
WELL,
WELL.
BUCKTOWN'S OWN
PRIVATE TIN SOLDIER.
ATTEN-HUT!
WHAT DO YOU THINK,
DUKE?
WELL, HOW ABOUT 10:00
IN THE MORNING?
WHY,
THAT'S TOO EARLY.
WELL, UH,
HOW ABOUT HIGH NOON?
WHAT,
AND SPOIL OUR LUNCH?
WELL, DAMN,
LET'S SHOOT HIM
AT 1:00, THEN.
HOW ABOU RIGHT NOW?
YOU'RE NO GONNA KILL ME.
NEWS TRAVELS FAST.
IT'S BOUND TO GE TO THE STATE TROOPERS.
IF THEY ASK
ANY QUESTIONS,
YOU'RE GONNA TELL
YOUR BLACK MAYOR
TO TELL THEM
THAT YOU'RE HOLDING
THE CHIEF OF POLICE
FOR BREAKIN'
THE LAW.
NO, YOU'RE GONNA
KEEP ME ALIVE,
'CAUSE I'M GONNA KEEP
YOUR BLACK ASSES
FROM BURNIN' IN HELL!
HA HA HA!
$1,432:
PROSTITUTION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU BOYS HAVE DON
E FOR OUR LITTLE OLD TOWN.
WE WERE ALL
BEING, UH...
WELL, YOU KNOW,
WE WERE BEING, UH...
THE WORD IS
"SCREWED,"
MR. MAYOR.
EXACTLY.
JUST THE RIGHT WORD.
EXCUSE ME,
SISTER.
$2,848:
GAMBLING.
BEFORE
I FORGET...
THE BADGES FROM
YOUR USED-TO-BE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO
THANK YOU.
IF ONLY THERE WAS
SOME WAY TO THANK YOU,
I MEAN, UH,
FOR OUR TOWN
TO EXPRESS
OUR APPRECIATION
FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
THINK REAL HARD.
YOU'LL COME UP
WITH SOMETHING.
MR. MAYOR,
LAST NIGHT'S RECEIPTS
COME TO A TOTAL OF $6,319.
FINE.
A PARADE.
WHAT?
DOWN THE
MAIN STREET.
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND
AND OUR POMPOM GIRLS
AND BATON TWIRLERS
AND YOU AND YOUR BOYS
WAVIN' AND SMILIN',
AND BRINGIN' UP
THE REAR,
THE BUCHANAN VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO PARADE.
NO PARADE.
NO PARADE?
NO. NO PARADES.
I THINK I CAN SUGGES A BETTER WAY
FOR YOU TO SHOW YOUR
APPRECIATION, MR. MAYOR.
DUKE.
DUKE, WAKE UP.
GET YOUR
BUNS UP.
DUKE!
WHAT?
GET UP!
COME ON,
ALL RIGHT,
COME ON.
ANY TIME'S
THE RIGHT TIME.
COME ON.
DUKE, I DIDN'T COME HERE
TO GET IN YOUR BED,
I CAME TO GET YOU
OUT OF IT.
OUT OF IT?
IT'S TOO EARLY.
ROY DON'T LEAVE
TILL 12:00.
BUT, DUKE, THAT'S WHA I CAME HERE TO TELL YOU.
THE TRAIN'S LEAVIN',
BUT ROY AIN'T.
DUKE.
ROY? WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT?
THEY'RE ALL
STAYIN' HERE.
NOW, WHAT THEY GONNA DO
IN THIS HICK TOWN?
THEY'RE GONNA WEAR BADGES
IN THIS HICK TOWN.
BADGES?
ROY CONNED
THE MAYOR.
NOW HE'S WEARING
THE CHIEF'S BADGE.
JOSH, T.J., AND HAMBONE
ARE POLICEMEN.
HA HA HA HA.
I'LL BE DAMNED.
ALL 4 OF THEM, HUH?
YEAH.
AND ALL OF THEM
WITH A RAP SHEE A YARD LONG.
THAT OLD ROY IS REALLY
UP TO SOMETHING.
WELL, THAT'S NOT HARD
TO FIGURE OUT.
YOU WAN MY OPINION?
NO.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA
GET IT ANYWAY, DUMMY.
YOUR
BUDDY SAW WHAT A GOOD THING
THE CHIEF HAD GOIN' FOR HIM,
AND NOW HE
WANTS IT FOR HIMSELF.
NO. THEY'RE BROTHERS.
THE CHIEF AND HIS BOYS,
THEY WERE--
HONKIES.
WELL, LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT PEOPLE,
BIG SHOT.
WHETHER THEY'RE WHITE, BLACK,
GREEN, YELLOW OR PURPLE,
WHEN THEY SMELL
A FEW DOLLARS,
THEY ALL ACT ALIKE.
OH?
MM-HMM.
GET UP.
I WON'T TELL YOU
ANYTHING.
BUCKTOWN'S
PURE GOLD,
CHIEF,
AND YOU'VE BEEN
SQUEEZIN' AND
MILKIN' IT DRY.
SO COME ON.
FOR THE LAST TIME,
WHERE'S THE DOUGH?
PAYIN' OFF
STREET SCUM
WAS EASY.
GIVIN' IN
TO 'EM...
IMPOSSIBLE.
A MAN
WHO WON'T TALK
DOESN'T NEED
HIS TONGUE.
HAMBONE?
HEY, PARTNER.
HA HA HA.
WELCOME TO
THE PROMISED
LAND, HUH?
HEY, BABY,
WHY DON'T YOU
GO AND, UM...
PUT SOMETHING ON
A LITTLE SWEETER,
HUH?
FOR MY MAN.
SURE, HONEY.
MMM.
WHAT IS IT, UH,
WE'RE GONNA BE
PARTNERS IN, BUDDY?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
GONNA LEAVE TOWN, MAN.
WHAT HAPPENED?
CONSIDERABLE.
CONSIDERABLE.
MAN, LISTEN, WHEN I GO THE TELEPHONE CALL
BACK IN PHILLY
THAT MY PARTNER
NEEDED SOME HELP...
HA HA.
HOW WAS I TO KNOW
THAT HE WAS GONNA CUT ME IN
ON A SOFT TOUCH
THAT I HAD BEEN
WAITIN' FOR
ALL MY LIFE.
A TOUCH?
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN?
I JUST CALLED YOU
TO THIS TOWN
TO HELP ME GET RID OF
SOME JIVE CRACKERS,
THAT'S ALL.
ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU KNOW WHA THE GOOD BOOK SAYS.
"THE LORD HELPS THEM
THAT HELPS THEMSELVES."
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOIN', MAN.
WE'RE HELPIN' OURSELVES.
WE OWN
THIS TOWN.
AND THANKS TO
HIS HONOR,
WE EVEN GOT THE BADGES
HERE TO PROVE IT. HUH?
HERE'S YOURS.
NO, MAN.
THAT'S NO MY WAY, ROY.
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
MAN? HUH?
YOU DON'T LIKE
MONEY?
OR ARE YOU BEGINNIN'
TO FALL FOR THIS
SMALL TOWN JIVE?
HERE WE GOT A PO OF GOLD AT THE END
OF THE RAINBOW,
AND MY HOMEBOY'S
GOIN' SOFT ON ME.
OH, COME ON, ROY,
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
HOW DO I KNOW?
HOW DO I KNOW?
YOU DON'T EVEN
ACT LIKE THE CA I GREW UP WITH.
[Sighs]
MAN,
IT'S JUST THAT...
THIS IS
MY BROTHER'S TOWN, MAN.
HIS FRIENDS.
I MEAN, I WOULDN' FEEL RIGHT LEANIN'
ON HIS PEOPLE, MAN.
OH, YEAH?
OKAY, IF THAT'S THE WAY
YOU WANT IT,
THAT'S THE WAY
IT'LL BE.
NOW, I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT.
I WON'T LEAN
ON THEM TOO HARD.
JUST ENOUG
H TO PAY THE RENT.
YEAH! HA HA HA!
LIKE ROBIN HOOD!
ROB FROM THE RICH.
GIVE TO THE POOR.
ME. BUT YOU...
YOU JUST KEEP RUNNIN'
THAT LITTLE CLUB OF YOURS DOWN THERE, SEE?
AND WE'LL TAKE
YOUR SHARE OF THE MONEY
AND PUT IT IN THE SAFE
DOWN AT CITY HALL.
AND WHEN YOU
DECIDE YOU WANT IT,
IT'LL BE THERE
WAITIN' FOR YOU.
YOU'RE SERIOUS,
AIN'T YOU?
I'M SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK.
[Laughing]
OH, MAN,
I AIN'T GONNA BE
NO MORE TROUBLE THAN THE
TAX COLLECTOR.
COME ON, BROTHER!
SHIT, WE SUPPOSED
TO BE FRIENDS, MAN.
I COME ALL THIS WAY
TO HELP YOU OUT.
COME ON, HEY.
A TOAST, HUH?
HA HA HA HA.
TO BEAUTIFUL...
BUCKTOWN.
YOU'RE SHORT.
$300 SHORT.
LAST NIGHT WAS LOUSY.
YOU KNOW WHA ROY SAID.
HOW THE HELL
CAN I COME UP
WITH AN EXTRA 50 PERCEN
WHEN THE GIRLS
DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT?
JUST OPEN YOUR
PIGGY BANK, BABY.
NOW, EVERYBODY'S
GOTTA COME UP
WITH THE NEW DUES
OR YOU'RE DEAD.
MAN, THIS TOWN
IS SOMETHING ELSE.
LIKE EVERY NIGH IS BANK NIGHT,
YOU KNOW?
THE TOWN CLIPPIN'
THE TOURISTS AND US
CLIPPIN' THE TOWN.
THERE'S JUST ONE THING
WRONG. ROY'S FRIEND.
AH, YOU'RE TALKIN'
ABOUT DUKE?
YEAH. HE'S GOT A BIG HAND
IN THE MONEY,
AND HE DOESN' DO A DAMN THING
TO HELP US EARN IT.
NOTHING WE CAN DO,
'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY
ROY WANTS IT.
WELL,
MAYBE THERE IS.
I MEAN,
THEY'RE GOOD BUDDIES,
RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
WHAT SAY THEY WEREN' SUCH GOOD BUDDIES?
THEN WE COULD STEP IN
AND DO SOMETHING.
LISTEN, T.J., NO 2 DUDES
EVER BEEN CLOSER.
SO HOW COULD WE
CHANGE ANYTHING?
MAN, I ALREADY
GOT SOMETHIN' GOIN'.
[Laughs]
JOSH IS WORKIN'
IT RIGHT NOW.
I SAY YOU AND I
GOTTA GIVE HIM A HAND.
THEN I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW TO CHANGE THINGS,
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA
TRY TO EXPLAIN I TO YOUR "SATISFACATION."
NOW, THE QUARTERBACK
COME UP TO THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE.
YOU SEE, THEY'RE ALL
COVERIN' ON THE RIGHT,
SO HE CALLED
A COVERIN' COLOR,
WHICH IS GREEN.
SIGNALS 3, 45,
AND NUMBER 4 WAS
THE RIGHT HALFBACK
COMIN' OVER
THE RIGHT HOLE.
AND NUMBER 5
WAS MINE,
'CAUSE I'M
THE ONLY ONE
SOMEBODY CAN
TAKE OUT 2 MENS.
HARLEY HERE KEEPS
TELLING ME HE THREW
THAT KEY BLOCK
IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
EXPECTS ME
TO BELIEVE HIM.
BIG LYIN'
NUISANCE.
BIG PHONY.
YOUR MAMA'S
A NUISANCE.
SHE THE BIGGEST NUISANCE
YOU EVER MET.
I SAY YOU LYIN',
BIG MAN.
I AIN'T LYIN',
PUNK.
AND YOU A PUNK.
AND YOU,
YOU A SISSY.
AND YOU,
YOU SON OF A GUN,
YOU A PUNK
AND A SISSY!
LYIN' LUSH.
I SAY YOU'RE
A LYIN' LUSH.
BIG STAR
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
I TELL YOU I WAS THE STAR
OF THAT GAME, MOTHERFUCKER!
OW!
OW!
OH!
AAH!
HARLEY!
HARLEY. STEVIE.
HARLEY.
[Stevie]
HARLEY.
STEVIE. STEVIE.
STEVIE, LET GO.
STEVIE, NO.
STEVIE.
WE'RE GONNA
GO WITH HIM.
[Siren]
IF BUSINESS
GETS ANY BETTER,
WE'RE GONNA NEED
A BIGGER SAFE.
LISTEN, ADD THIS UP
RIGHT HERE.
NOW, ROY.
WHAT ARE YOU
WAITIN' FOR?
FOR YOU TO TELL ME
WHY YOU SENT YOUR GOONS
TO BEAT UP ON HARLEY.
WHY WOULD I DO
A THING LIKE THAT?
LISTEN. HARLEY IS
IN THE HOSPITAL, MAN,
AND IF HE
DON'T MAKE IT--
OH, COME ON, MAN,
COOL IT.
COOL IT.
YOU'RE MAKIN' A LO TO DO OUT OF NOTHIN'.
THE WAY I GET IT,
HARLEY WAS GETTIN'
DRUNK IN THE BAR.
RIGHT? HE WAS CAUSIN'
A DISTURBANCE.
THERE WAS
A COMPLAINT.
LOOK, WHAT ARE MY MEN
WEARING THOSE BADGES FOR
EXCEPT TO KEEP
THE PEACE?
OH, COME ON, ROY.
YOU KNOW THAT'S B.S.
YOU CALLIN' ME
A LIAR?
NO, MAN, I'M NO CALLING YOU A LIAR.
I'M JUST TRYIN' TO
FIND OUT THE TRUTH.
SO AM I.
WHAT'S WRONG, DUKE?
I MEAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I MEAN, AFTER ALL WE'VE
BEEN THROUGH, MAN,
WHY WOULD I WANNA LAY
OUR FRIENDSHIP ON THE LINE
BEHIND SOME BULLSHIT?
I'M NOT COMING
DOWN ON YOU, ROY.
I JUST WANT YOU TO
CONTROL YOUR CLOWNS,
THAT'S ALL,
BECAUSE IF THEY
PUSH MY PEOPLE
AROUND AGAIN
THEY GONNA HAVE TO
TANGLE WITH ME.
THAT'S ALL
I'M SAYING, MAN.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT DID
HAPPEN TO HARLEY?
HEY, MAN,
LIKE I TOLD YOU.
THE BIG MAN CAN' HANDLE HIS SAUCE.
WE WENT IN TO MAKE AN ARREST,
AND HE BEGAN THROWING
HIS WEIGHT AROUND.
SO IT TOOK 3 OF US
TO GET HIM OUT.
THAT'S ALL?
WOULD I LIE
TO YOU?
[Loudspeaker]
DR. EDWARD COLL,
PLEASE CALL YOUR ANSWERING
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.
OH, HARLEY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
ALL RIGHT.
WELL,
WHAT HAPPENED?
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T STAR THAT FIGHT LIKE THEY
SAID YOU DID.
I DON'T RIGHTLY
REMEMBER, ARETHA.
I DO KNOW WE...
WE WAS ALL IN THE BAR
THERE, DRINKIN'.
I WAS TELLIN' 'EM
HOW...
I WAS THE STAR
OF THAT GAME.
AND THEY SAID
I WAS A LIAR.
YOU KNOW
SOMETHIN'?
THEY SAY...
IT TOOK 45 STITCHES
TO SEW--SEW ME UP.
THAT'S SOME KIND
OF RECORD, AIN'T IT?
YEAH, HARLEY, THAT'S
SOME KIND OF RECORD.
I'M SORRY,
ARETHA.
I FEEL LIKE
A STOMPED DOWN FOOL.
OH, HARLEY.
YOU MY NUMBER ONE.
[Mayor]
LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRIEND ROY
IS BUILDING UP AN ARMY.
POOR OLD BUCKTOWN.
THINGS WERE BAD ENOUGH
UNDER THE OLD CHIEF,
BUT NOW...
THEY'RE
THERE'S NO WAY THA WE CAN FIGHT 'EM.
NO WAY. NO WAY.
CAN I BUY YOU
A DRINK, LADY?
SUIT YOURSELF.
WHERE'S
YOUR MAN?
NOT HERE.
HE'S AT THE HOSPITAL
LOOKIN' IN ON HARLEY.
HOW IS HARLEY?
HE'S MAKIN' IT.
NO THANKS TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
MAYBE YOU COULD DO
YOURSELF AND YOUR MAN
A BIG FAVOR,
IF YOU, UH, WOULD.
LIKE HOW?
GET HIM TO
LEAVE TOWN NOW.
HUH. WHY SHOULD
HE LEAVE TOWN?
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF
BIG REASONS
DOWN IN THAT VAUL AT CITY HALL.
HIS CU OF THE PIE.
YOU 2 COULD LIVE
REAL HIGH
ON HIS SHARE
OF THE MONEY, HUH?
FINE DIAMONDS.
JEWELRY.
HIGH LIVING.
SUPPOSE
I WANT TO STAY.
WELL, YOU GO A PRETTY NICE CHOICE
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU GO,
YOU GOT DUKE AND ALL
THAT HEAVY BREAD.
AND IF YOU DECIDE
TO STAY ON HERE
IN BUCKTOWN,
I'D BE WILLING TO, UH,
MAKE YOU A VERY SWEE PROPOSITION.
I MEAN,
SERIOUSLY.
WHAT IF WE BOTH
DECIDE TO STAY?
ME AND DUKE?
I DON'T THINK THAT'D
BE TOO PLEASANT.
[T.J.]
MAN, OH, MAN,
I'M GONNA ENJOY THIS.
NOW,
YOU'RE GOING ABOUT I THE WRONG WAY, T.J.
OH, MAN. DUKE'LL THINK
ROY SET IT ALL UP.
YOU WAIT HERE.
LA LA LA LA LA
AAH!
UGH!
FIRST, I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR ARMS.
THEN I'M GONNA
BREAK YOUR LEGS.
UGH!
I'M GONNA STAR ON YOUR FACE.
UGH!
UGH!
DUKE, BABY.
WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS.
WE COME DOWN HERE
TO HELP YOU OUT.
YEAH, JOSH,
YOU CAN HELP.
YOU GET THIS IDIO OUT OF HERE
BEFORE I BLOW
HIS BRAINS OUT.
OH...
THIS IS JUS BETWEEN ME AND YOU.
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, MAN.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SIT DOWN.
I WAN YOUR FULL
ATTENTION.
ALL RIGHT, MAN,
YOU'VE GOT IT.
I CALLED YOU HERE
TO DO ME A FAVOR,
AND YOU TAKE OVER
THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN!
YOU HAD BRIGHT IDEAS
RIGHT FROM THE START,
DIDN'T YOU,
OLD BUDDY?
AND I FELL
FOR ALL THAT CRAP
ABOUT YOU, UH,
NOT LEANIN' HARD
ON THE TOWN.
BUT IT'S WORSE NOW
THAN IT EVER WAS, MAN,
BECAUSE NOW
IT'S BROTHERS DOIN' IT!
SO WHAT GOOD DID IT DO
BRINGING YOU HERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WELL, GO ON, MAN.
DON'T STOP TALKIN'.
I'M LISTENIN'.
YOU SEND YOUR PUNKS
TO BEAT HARLEY UP.
THEN YOU SEND THEM
AFTER ARETHA.
I DID WHAT?
NOW, YOU LISTEN,
'CAUSE I'M ONLY
GONNA SAY IT ONCE, ROY.
I WAN YOUR PUNKS GONE!
OUT OF TOWN!
OR I SWEAR, MAN,
I'LL PLANT THEM
IN THEIR OWN STINK.
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
EVER SINCE WE HELPED YOU
GET RID OF THAT CHIEF
AND THEM
GODDAMN REDNECKS,
YOU'VE BEEN ACTING
LIKE A GODDAMN FOOL.
YOU WON'T DO THIS,
YOU WON'T DO THAT.
YOU WON'T EVEN TAKE
ANY OF THE MONEY
WE'RE TRYIN' TO GIVE YOU.
AND NOW YOU
BUST IN MY PLACE
AND ACCUSE ME
OF PULLIN' ALL KINDS
OF WEIRD SHIT!
WELL,
I AM TIRED OF IT,
AND I AIN'T GONNA STAND
FOR NO MORE OF IT.
NOW, JUST GET THIS--
GET THIS IN THA HEAD OF YOURS.
I AM RUNNIN' THIS TOWN!
I'M RUNNIN' IT!
AND I GOT THE MAYOR
AND EVERYBODY ELSE
RIGHT BY THE BALLS
INCLUDIN' YOU.
AND IF ANYBODY'S
GONNA LEAVE,
IT AIN'T GONNA BE
OLD ROY.
IT'S GONNA BE YOU.
YOU DIG?
YEAH.
THAT'S THE WAY
IT IS, HUH?
YOU CALLED IT.
ALL RIGHT...BUDDY.
ALL BETS
ARE OFF.
GIVE ME
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
T.J., THIS IS ROY.
YOU WANTED ME TO SE AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS TOWN.
FROM NOW ON,
EVERYBODY PAYS,
SO LEAN ON HIM.
HEY, HEY, HEY!
EVERYBODY HAVE A DRINK
AND BE SOMEBODY
MAKE GODDAMN SURE
YOU PAY FOR IT.
LOOKIT, WE GOT SOME
WHITE PEOPLE IN THE JOINT.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME,
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
IT SURE IS GOOD
TO BE HOME, BOY.
HEY, ARETHA.
HOW YOU DOIN'?
THE DOCTOR SAID YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE RESTIN'.
AW, SHIT,
I'M TIRED OF RESTIN'.
I WANNA BE HERE
WITH MY FRIENDS.
RIGHT ON, MAN!
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA
ARGUE ABOUT IT.
SAY,
WHERE'S THE DUKE?
UH...HE'S TAKIN'
CARE OF BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKIN'
FOR THE BIG SHOT.
HE AIN'T HERE.
WE CAME EARLY.
T.J.?
YEAH?
JOSH?
YEAH.
WE GOT A SPECIAL
MESSAGE FOR HIM.
GO GET WORD
TO DUKE.
WHERE IS HE?
[Hambone]
SHOW 'EM WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, T.J.
IT ONLY TAKES
ONE LITTLE MATCH.
YOU BASTARDS!
YOU CAN' WITHOUT A FIGHT!
AHH!
UGH!
IMAGINE THAT.
ASSAULTIN' A LAWMAN.
TAKE HIM IN.
HARLEY!
[Harley]
HEY, DON'T LET THEM!
HANG ON! YOU'LL GET OU SOON ENOUGH!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HELP ME!
HARLEY!
DON'T LET 'EM
TAKE ME!
HEY, SOMEBODY!
HARLEY!
HARLEY!
WHAT THE HECK
ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
ARETHA SENT ME.
T.J., HAMBONE,
AND JOSH ARE OVER
AT THE CLUB ALABAM.
COME ON,
SHE NEEDS YOU.
HOW MANY OUT FRONT?
ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, KID.
HOLD IT.
UGH!
UGH!
OH, THANK GOD
YOU'RE HERE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED
HERE?
ROY'S 3 HOODS
CAME IN HERE,
AND THEY TRIED
TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN.
HARLEY TRIED TO STOP THEM
AND THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT.
DRAGGED HIM WHERE?
TO JAIL!
YOU GOTTA TALK TO ROY.
MAKE HIM LET HARLEY GO.
ROY'S YOUR FRIEND.
NO, HE'S GONE
TOO FAR NOW.
IT'S TOO LATE
TO TALK.
NO, YOU CAN' FIGHT THEM ALONE.
THERE'LL BE 5 OR 6
OF THEM AT THE JAIL.
I'VE GOT A PLAN THAT SHOULD
EVEN UP THE ODDS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, DUKE, WHAT GOOD
IS IT GONNA DO HARLEY
GETTING YOURSELF KILLED?
DUKE!
STEVIE, YOU KNOW THAT ARMORY
YOU WAS TELLIN' ME ABOU ACROSS THE RIVER?
YOU KNOW WHERE
IT IS?
YEAH,
I CAN FIND IT.
COME ON,
LET'S GO.
ROY, I WANNA
TALK TO YOU.
PLEASE, ROY,
IT'S IMPORTANT.
GO AHEAD.
I'M LISTENING.
I'M ASKIN' YOU
TO LET HARLEY GO.
IT WASN' HIS FAULT.
HE JUST GO
T A LITTLE CRAZY
WHEN YOUR BOYS
CAME IN THE BAR
AND TRIED
TO BURN IT DOWN.
WELL, MAYBE YOU OUGHTA
BLAME DUKE FOR THAT, NOT ME.
WELL, DON'T TAKE I OUT ON HARLEY
BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS
FOR DUKE.
WELL, SINCE
YOU'RE POINTIN' FINGERS
FOR WHAT HAPPENED, WOMAN,
IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.
IT WAS HIS.
I MEAN, DUKE'S GOT HIS HEAD
IN A WEIRD KIND OF PLACE.
NO, NO. HE DOES NO
T WANNA GO AGAINST YOU.
HE SAYS
YOU'RE HIS FRIEND.
BUT, WE'VE
BEEN TIGHT.
BUT THAT COMES
WITH RESPECT,
AND RESPECT COMES
FROM KNOWIN' HOW IT IS
IN THE STREETS,
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
TO GET BY AND DOIN' I
AND DOIN' IT WELL,
DAMN WELL.
THAT'S WHA IT'S ALL ABOUT.
BUT IT DOESN' MAKE ANY SENSE!
IT'S JUST YOUR DAMN EGO!
EGO?
NO.
IT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE.
WELL, I WANT DUKE
TO SURVIVE.
I WANNA LOVE THAT MAN.
I DON'T WANNA BURY HIM.
YOU JUS DON'T GIVE A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY, DO YOU?
YOU LISTEN, ARETHA.
YOU SHOW ME ANYBODY
WHO GIVES A DAMN
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE,
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A FOOL,
A DAMN FOOL,
WHO'LL GO THROUGH LIFE
WITH THEIR HANDS OUT BEGGIN'
INSTEAD OF GRABBIN'.
DO YOU THINK ANYBODY
HERE IN THIS TOWN
IS ANY DIFFERENT?
THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHO GETS KILLED,
JUST SO LONG AS THE DICE
KEEP ROLLIN',
THE 'HOS KEEP 'HOIN',
AND THE MONEY KEEPS FLOWIN'.
IT ALL REVOLVES AROUND
THE BIG "G," BABY.
THE BIG GREEN.
EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE
IS SCRATCHIN'
FOR WHAT THEY CAN GET.
I'M JUST SCRATCHIN'
A LITTLE HARDER.
YOU POOR, SELFISH,
IGNORANT MAN.
HAVEN'T YOU EVER
HAD THE GUTS TO
LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?
MAYBE.
MAYBE I NEVER HAD A WOMAN
LIKE YOU TO FIGHT FOR ME.
MAYBE I EVEN
ENVY DUKE FOR THAT.
I'LL BE SEEIN' YA.
ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?
OH, MAN, THAT MONSTER COULD
OPEN UP THE GATES OF HELL.
WELL, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
WHERE'S T.J.?
T.J., I WANNA TALK TO YOU.
WELL, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN
TOO FRIENDLY WITH YOU,
AND I--I THOUGH I'D COME BY AND APOLOGIZE.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH,
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I--
I NEED A FAVOR.
WELL, THEY COST.
WELL, YOU DO ME THIS
ONE LITTLE OLD FAVOR,
AND I'LL DO
ANYTHING YOU WANT...
AND SOME.
LIKE WHAT?
HARLEY.
HE'S JUST AN OLD DRUNK
THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR.
HE'S NO GOOD
TO ANYBODY.
LET HIM GO.
ALL RIGHT.
HAVE IT YOUR WAY.
AFTER, UH...
NU-HUH.
BEFORE.
YOU LET HIM GO NOW,
AND IT'LL BE GOOD
BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
ALL THE WAY.
OKAY. WE'LL DO I YOUR WAY.
FOLLOW ME.
HARLEY.
HARLEY.
HARLEY.
UGH.
WHAT YOU DOIN' HERE?
THIS AIN'T NO PLACE
FOR A WOMAN.
SHH.
[Whispering]
I CAME TO KEEP DUKE
FROM GETTIN'--
DUKE?
SHH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE
LET HIM GO NOW?
I GOTTA GET HIM
TO A DOCTOR.
DUMB BROAD.
YOU COME HERE
TRYIN' TO DEAL.
I DON'T MAKE NO DEALS.
I TAKE WHAT I WANT.
AND THEN I'M GONNA
KILL DUKE. JUST LIKE THIS.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT ALL THA HONEY YOU PROMISED ME,
THAT SUGAR AND MILK?
BEG!
BEG!
COME ON, BEG.
I DON'T BEG FOR NOTHIN'!
AAH!
[Harley] NO MORE!
TIGHTEN UP, NIGGA.
NOW BEG! BEG!
NO!
BEG!
SON OF A BITCH!
NOW YOU FREEZE, NIGGA!
HARLEY!
YOU ALL RIGHT, ARETHA?
YES.
WHERE'S THE AMMO?
IN THE CHARIOT.
HAMBONE!
[Gunshots]
YOU TWO STAY BACK.
DID YOU GET 'EM ALL?
ALL EXCEPT ONE.
I ALWAYS KNEW MY BUDDY
WAS A...REAL MAN.
IF ANYBODY
HAD TOLD ME, ROY,
THAT WE WOULD BE
ON OPPOSITE SIDES,
FIGHTING EACH OTHER...
YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS...
BUT I NEVER LIED TO YOU.
I NEVER SENT ANYONE TO HASSLE
HARLEY OR ARETHA.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN, THEN, ROY?
T.J.
HE WANTED US TO TANGLE.
LOOKS LIKE HE DID
A GOOD JOB, DIDN'T HE?
IT'S DOWN TO ME
AND YOU NOW, RIGHT?
I DON'T WANNA
SHOOT YOU, ROY.
I JUST WANNA BEA THE HELL OUT OF YOU.
IT'S YOUR DEAL.
WINNER TAKE ALL.
LOSER GET OUT OF TOWN,
NEVER LOOK BACK.
DEAL?
DEAL.
UGH!
AAH!
AAH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
OOF!
UGH!
UGH!
UGH!
AAAH!
OOF!
AAH!
UGH!
AAH!
UGH!
[Wheezing]
AAH!
UGH!
UGH!
AAAAH!
AAAH!
UGH!
YOU'RE MY FRIEND,
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I DO
MY BEST FOR YOU
HEY, HEY, STEVIE.
COME HERE.
DUKE AND ARETHA
WANT TO BE ALONE
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
BESIDES, YOU AND I
GOTTA GO HOME AND
AND GET SOME SLEEP
SO WE CAN GET UP
AND GO TO SCHOOL
TOMORROW.
SCHOOL?
THAT'S RIGHT.
DON'T YOU WANNA GROW UP
TO BE SOMEBODY?
I AM.
WHAT?
A MAN.
OKAY, MAN.
WOMAN OVER THERE
IS MIGHTY FINE
SHE'S ALWAYS
ON MY MIND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I THINK I'M GONNA
HANG AROUND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
AND I WALKED RIGHT IN
ON THE SHERIFF
WHO HAD A HOLD ON THE TOWN
IT MIGHT TAKE A TANK
TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP
I MIGHT HAVE
TO TEAR IT DOWN
I DIDN'T COME
FOR A GOOD TIME
SINCE I'M HERE
I'LL GET MINE
WOMAN OVER THERE
IS MIGHTY FINE
SHE'S ALWAYS
ON MY MIND
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I SEE THE PEOPLE
LAYIN' THEIR MONEY DOWN
THINGS ARE GETTIN'
BETTER IN BUCKTOWN
I THINK I'M GONNA
HANG AROUND