MAN 1 [IN MIND]:
It seems
I've been
on this crummy bus
for half my life
but I still think
it's worth it
because
in a couple of minutes...
Wake up, Moe,
we're getting there.
MAN [IN MIND]:
For the first time
in over a year
I'm going to see my brother
Berry-Berry.
MAN 2:
Next stop, Key Bonita, Florida.
We'll have
a 10 minute rest stop here.
Passengers, pick up your luggage
inside the terminal.
[BELL RINGS]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
What do you want?
Uh, sir, I'm looking
for my brother.
Who's your bother
happen to be?
Berry-Berry Willart.
I came all the way
from Cleveland to help him out.
Is that your brother?
Yes, sir. Is he here?
No. He ain't here.
He's in jail,
thank God.
Jail?
Well, what's he in jail for?
Look, you go down
to the Festival Bar,
out on the end of the pier.
Ask for a girl named Hedy.
Maybe she'll tell you.
Hedy?
Thank you.
[BAND PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]
Hi, Sweetie.
You want company?
[COUGHS]
I want a drink.
Well, I'm having
a champagne cocktail.
What about you, huh?
MAN 1:
I'll have the same.
Have you lost
your feeble mind?
He's till got
his baby teeth.
Well, it ain't my job
to check birth certificates.
Look, I'm no lush.
I just came in here
looking for Hedy.
What do you want with her?
The man
at the Tin Pot Arms Hotel
said she could tell me
what happened to my brother.
Berry-Berry Willart.
If Berry-Berry Willart
was my brother
I wouldn't go around
bragging about it.
Look, why is...
Why is everyone around here
so down on Berry-Berry?
He's really a great guy.
He's a rat.
He is not a rat.
Look, if you just knew him--
I'm Hedy.
Oh, heh.
That's why Berry-Berry's
in jail.
He threw me
clear across the room
and my head hit the corner
of the television set.
And I was unconscious
and they had to take me
to the hospital, heh
in an ambulance.
And the doctor had to take
nine stitches in my head.
Your brother ought to be
in a zoo somewhere.
Now you better disappear,
kid.
Huh?
b*at it.
Do you want me
to lose my license?
Well, what did I do?
Get out now.
Come on. Come on.
Get out. Get out.
What do you think this is,
a nursery school?
Out. O-U-T, out.
HEDY:
Hey, kid!
[COUGHS]
Hey.
[PANTS]
Hey.
Listen, you tell Berry-Berry
I'm not really sore. Huh?
Tell him that...
Ah, well, what the hell.
Tell him he can come back
any time he wants to.
You tell him that, will you?
Tell him I want him back.
Okay.
Now, go on, b*at it
before they haul me
in for hustling a minor, heh.
Gin.
MAN [OVER DISPATCHER]:
1-8-5-1 to control one.
Request make
on vehicle 2-7-9-3.
Something you want, boy?
MAN [OVER DISPATCHER]
1-8-5-1 to control on.
Yes, sir. Um,
I'm looking for my brother.
Yeah?
Berry-Berry Willart.
Ah, all right.
Sit down for a moment.
So you're his brother, huh?
Yes, sir.
Tell me?
Do you go around
b*ating up dames too?
No, sir.
You see,
I came all the way down
from Cleveland
to help him out.
I brought him the $200
he needs to start
a shrimp boat business.
You see, last summer
I worked all year round
in a Quick Bite Drive In.
Do you have $200 on you?
Yes, sir.
Well, that just happens
to be what we've set
your brother's bail at.
Two hundred dollars.
MAN 1: His bail?
OFFICER: Yeah.
Oh. Hmm.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Gee.
Spring him, Jess.
MAN [OVER DISPATCHER]
1-8-5-2 to control one.
Report suspect apprehended
at corner of First and Main.
Sign that.
Willart,
you're released from jail.
Considering the nature
of your offense
we are acting
with great leniency
in giving you your freedom.
Hi, Berry-Berry.
Hi, kid.
[CHUCKLES]
Now, get out of town.
And never come back.
And that goes
for the both of you.
Did you get
a return ticket home?
No. I don't wanna go home,
Berry-Berry.
I wanna stay with you.
I wanna live the way you do.
Gee, kid,
you can't stay with me.
Ah, please, Berry-Berry?
I won't be any trouble for you.
I promise.
I'm sorry.
You got any money left?
No.
[HONKING]
Why don't you come home
with me, Berry-Berry?
Yeah. No, heh.
Heh.
Do you think I'm
gonna come back there
and let old Annabel start
bossing me around again?
Aren't you
ever gonna come home?
Sure. I'll show up
some time.
I'll just breeze in some
day and say hello.
Come home for Christmas,
will you, Berry-Berry?
I might do that.
Will you really try?
Ugh.
Yeah, I'll try.
Hey, are you nuts?
It was a ride, wasn't it?
We can do better than that.
What're you thinking about?
Peanut butter.
Peanut butter, heh?
Do you still eat it?
Yeah, sometimes. Why?
You used to couldn't
get enough of it.
Remember the time Annabel
couldn't find it in the kitchen
and you had it upstairs
in bed with you?
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Ugh, you used to eat it
with your fingers.
Yeah, I remember.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[CAR APPROACHING]
Get in, stud.
Heh, oh, they ought
a stock the highways
with guys like you.
You cow.
I seen him first.
WOMAN:
But it's my car, though,
isn't it, doll?
Drive on, buck.
Hey, Clint, how's this?
Oh, man, this is living.
[CHUCKLES]
[PIANO PLAYING]
Hey, Berry-Berry,
don't you ever work?
Yeah. I was working
when I first left home.
I was picking oranges.
Heh.
You know what I found out?
What?
I found out if I worked
hard all day long,
made good money
I was too tired to go out
at night and spend it.
Who wants a life like that?
I think working's for the birds.
MAN:
Good evening, Mrs. Mandel.
Good evening, Tony.
Mind if I k*ll a few minutes?
MAN: Delighted to have you.
Won't you have a night cap?
Or brandy maybe?
MANDEL:
Yes, just a little, thanks.
Are you leaving
tonight?
Yes, we're, uh, going
on a cruise to the Bahamas.
My husband had a thought time
finding a crew today.
They all want such
enormous wages.
It's shocking.
Lady, if I had a yacht
I wouldn't complain.
Do you resent people
with yachts, huh?
No. It's just that I got
an old man at home that talks
about share the wealth
and all that.
Well, I'm perfectly willing
to share any of my possessions.
Perhaps you'd like
to join us?
You might enjoy the Bahamas.
How do you know
I'm not some dangerous maniac
that goes around k*lling
beautiful women like you?
[CHUCKLES]
In that case I won't have
to take a sleeping pill tonight.
Well, uh, these
are the only clothes I got.
I think
I can find a pair of trunks
that will fit you.
Oh, I got another
problem here.
My kid brother,
I gotta take care of him.
I need about 50 bucks
to get him home.
Be down on that pier
in half an hour.
If you don't come
I'm gonna have
to have you shanghaied.
Didn't I
hear you say you had a husband?
Oh, I do.
But I don't think he'd appeal
to you at all.
[CHUCKLES]
Berry-Berry.
Are you sure they
couldn't use a cabin boy
or something?
Take that. It'll get
you home in style.
Aren't you gonna need any money,
Berry-Berry?
I'm gonna make out.
[SIGHS]
Boy,
I sure am gonna miss you.
I'm gonna miss you too.
So long, Berry-Berry.
[JAZZ MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
MAN [ON TV]:
Did you get that,
ladies and gentlemen?
And now we go back
a few more years.
Stay with us and see if you can
"Guess that Song".
[PHONE RINGS]
Oh, Berry-Berry's just fine.
Oh, he's just traveling
[DOOR OPENS]
around the country,
seeing it.
We couldn't be
happier about it.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Clinton.
I'll call you
right back, Willidene.
Clinton.
My baby, heh!
Hi, Annabel.
Ralph. Clinton's back.
Ralph, come here.
Oh, I was just talking
to Willidene Proctor,
that pest.
RALPH: Clinton
She called up to check up
on Berry-Berry.
Clint, how are you, Clint?
Hi, Ralph.
Old kid, old kid, old sock,
huh, heh?
Come on, tell me.
Tell me, how's that old brother
of yours, the old rhinoceros?
Yes, tell us
all about Berry-Berry.
Is he all right?
Did he buy the shrimp boat?
No, not exactly.
Whoa, what do you mean?
He didn't buy the boat?
But that's what you went
down there for, wasn't it?
What happened, kid?
Clinton.
Nothing happened.
Berry-Berry's okay.
Nothing happened, that's all.
I don't feel very well.
You don't feel well?
Clinton, what's the matter?
Nothing's the matter.
I just wanna go to bed.
Ralph,
what do you suppose it wrong?
Oh, I bet
he's picked up malaria
or something down
in those swamps.
Stick out your tongue,
honey.
Oh, for crying
out loud
can't a guy
just go to bed around here
when he feels
like it?
Let him go to bed,
Annabel.
He'll be okay
in the morning.
We've got a right
to know what happened, Ralph.
Annabel....
A boy
drives thousands miles
to visit his brother
then comes home
and doesn't want to tell us
what happened.
Annabel...
I intend to know
what happened, Ralph.
Annabel...
Just let him go to bed.
He's tired.
He just doesn't take
an interest in anything.
Clinton hasn't been the same
since he got back.
I mean, did you have anything
of this sort with Echo?
Will you put your psychic powers
to work on my boys
and see
what you can find out.
Now, you tell that daughter
of yours the least she can do
is to pay us a visit
when she comes to town.
Now look, Bernice,
I'm gonna be furious
if she doesn't stay with us.
Yeah. Look,
I better hang up.
Ralph gets livid
when he has to pay
my long distance bills.
Look, take care of yourself,
Bernice.
Goodbye, Bernice.
Are you up yet,
Clinton or just dawdling?
I'm dawdling.
[BREATHS OUT]
Sleep until noon.
Make a servant of your mother.
I see you've pulled
your blanket out again.
I couldn't sleep a wink
if I thought my feet
were out in the cold.
[SIGHS]
You think your father's
going to let you
get away with this?
No, I don't think
Ralph really cares
whether I sleep with them
tucked in or not.
Smart.
What time is it?
Ugh, ten o'clock.
Hmm. You said it was noon.
Smart.
Clinton?
Hmm?
Are you in secret communication
with Berry-Berry?
No.
You wouldn't tell me
even if you were.
Look mister star boarder,
you're not getting away
with a thing.
I want to see you downstairs
in just a very few minutes.
Ralph, you're gonna have
to talk to Clinton.
Yeah, what about?
What about?
Do you realize that boy
Hmm?
hasn't set his foot
inside a classroom
in the past two months?
Maybe he doesn't like the school
he has to go to.
Maybe we should call
the school board
and ask them to start
a new school
just to please his majesty.
Ralph, will you talk to him?
I'm seriously considering
sending him to some sort of
a psychiatrist.
To a what?
ANNABEL: Some a counselor.
Now you listen to me,
Annabel.
There is nothing wrong
with Clinton.
Listen, Ralph.
This is very serious.
And very hard to explain.
You're gonna have to meet me
halfway.
Now all the time Clinton's
not been in school
do you know where he's been?
He's been sitting around
the Aloha Sweet Shop.
[SCOFFS]
And this is what
he's been doing.
Copying down conversations
he overhears.
Look.
This one is marked 142.
Now that means
that he has filled out 141
of these things, Ralph.
Now this is serious.
You remember
those very intelligent kids
they used to have on the radio
Hmm.
that know the answers
to all the questions?
One of them got put away
in a mental institution.
He went around memorizing
streetcar transfers.
They couldn't do a thing
with him.
Ralph, it's not normal.
Normal.
Normal?
Now what do you suppose
Victor Hugo did
when he was a boy?
Or Tolstoy
or Theodore Dreiser?
Well, how do we know
that Tolstoy was sane?
Oh, now....
Or Theodore Dreiser?
I mean these notebooks
are an obsession.
Clinton, are you up there
in that bathroom?
Eavesdroppers
never hear anything good
about themselves.
[WINDOW CLOSES]
Bernice told me Echo's coming
to Cleveland
for a convention
the week before Christmas.
Yeah, who's Echo?
ANNABEL:
Oh, Ralph, I've told you
a hundred times.
She's Bernice's daughter.
Oh.
I told her to make sure
she stays with us.
Oh, why with us?
Now look, Ralph.
You don't think
I'm gonna let the daughter
of my very oldest friend
go down and stay in
one of those hotels,
do you?
Where who knows
what might happen to a sweet,
unsuspecting young girl.
Yeah, who says
she's a young girl.
Why, she's not a day over 30.
I want to know, why does
she have to stay here?
CLINTON:
Aren't you scared
she'll get grease
all over your slipcover?
Isn't she some kind of
an automobile mechanic
or something?
She's nothing of the sort.
She's a receptionist in this
great big insurance office
in Toledo.
She just happens to be clever
with mechanical things.
She got this big old car
and taught herself
to take care of it.
It's sort of a hobby
with with her.
How did you find out about
that, Clinton?
Look, Bernice wrote me
that in a letter.
Do you read my letters too?
And write it all down in that
notebook of yours?
What are you doing
with raw cabbage and carrots?
Fixing breakfast.
Breakfast?
I've got perfectly
delicious pancakes.
Oh, those soft foods
don't build you up.
They're no good for you.
Oh, forever more.
Raw cabbage and carrots.
After I go through all the
trouble of...
Well, I don't ask to be
appreciated around here.
Look, Clinton.
Yes, Annabel?
I'll never get used to be
calling Annabel by you.
You know,
it was never my idea,
the first name thing
in this family.
You know, it's all part of your
contempt for the family unit.
You think mother's a dirty word.
Oh, Annabel.
No wonder everyone around here
thinks we're Communists.
Ah, wait a minute.
Just because I happen
to think that--
People around here think
we're absolute freaks,
Just because I hate to see
people starve and you tell me--
I don't know what people
say about us, Ralph.
Ralph?
Ralph?
[BLENDER WHIRRING]
Clinton,
I hope you don't think
every word your father says
is gospel.
I don't.
But on the other hand
you must always respect him
for what he was.
So don't think you can
poo poo your father
or be condescending
about him.
Oh, no, not by a long sh*t,
Mr. 16 years old
and don't you forget it.
I wasn't.
As he was as brilliant a man
as I ever met.
Before he started
committing su1c1de.
Hey, what are you talking about?
It's no secret.
Your father's been committing
su1c1de for the last 30 years.
Bourbon. Ever hear of it?
Clinton.
Families mustn't quarrel
amongst themselves.
About you sleeping with your
feet out, for instance.
That was just nervousness
on my part.
I mean if you're content to
sleep with your feet that way
it's none of my business.
I admit it.
Now will you sit down
for a minute
while I ask you something?
Just between friends.
No umbilical cords.
Whoo, what an awful word.
Clinton.
Do you honestly think
the only thing I care about
is Mother's Day presents?
Golly, how little
we understand each other.
Listen, baby.
We have love, don't we?
Now go on and eat your
breakfast. Or drink it.
[CHUCKLES]
How does it taste?
Great. Great.
[**]
[HORN HONKS]
ANNABEL: Echo?
Annabel?
ANNABEL:
You must be Echo.
[ANNABEL AND ECHO CHUCKLING]
Oh, we've been expecting you
for the longest time.
I didn't think
you'd ever get here.
But now that you are here,
I couldn't be happier.
When Bernice said you were
gonna stay in a hotel
I said I wouldn't hear of it.
She's gonna stay with us.
Oh, I really didn't expect.
You're gonna stay here with us.
Of course you are.
This is Ralph.
I've heard all about Ralph.
You know that snapshot
you sent of Ralph to Mama?
She said Ralph had the most
unusual shaped head.
And Mama knows
a lot about phrenology.
ANNABEL:
Oh, Bernice is psychic?
Well, she said that
Ralph's head shows
he's just as smart
as Albert Schweitzer.
You know, Schweitzer,
that went to Africa,
with the mustache.
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
French. Did you hear that?
Oh, you've made a real hit
with Ralph.
Have you got your bag?
ECHO:
Oh, I've got some bags
in the trunk.
RALPH :
Let me take them.
ECHO:
Oh, I really
wasn't expecting this.
I almost changed
my mind on the way.
But now I just feel like
I've known you my whole life.
Oh, Ralph.
Those bags are so heavy.
Heavy, these bags?
Lord no. What have you got in
them, cotton candy? Here.
[CHUCKLES]
So, where's Clinton?
I've heard so much about him,
he's the one I'm dying to meet.
He's my guy.
Hi, Clint.
I'm The Old Maid from Toledo.
[IN MIND]
You don't actually see her
quiver. You just feel it.
You know that inside she's all
alive and quivering.
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
The way Echo O'Brien makes me
feel is this.
I like to come up beside her
and just be with her.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Clint!
Here I am. Here.
Hi.
Did you get tired waiting?
No, no. I just got here.
Oh, it's the same old pep talk
we always get at the beginning
of the convention.
But it cheers me up somehow.
Did you get the car washed?
Yeah.
Yeah, and I got a job too.
I start work tomorrow,
washing cars.
Wonderful.
Now you can start saving your
money so we can get married.
You're a good driver.
You wanna know something,
Clint?
I can tell a lot about a man
by the way he drives a car.
You wanna know something else?
I don't think I could ever
go for a man
who wasn't a good driver.
You're my guy, Clint.
You really are.
Hey. Did we miss a turn?
Oh, gee, I'm sorry.
Heh, well, it's all right.
Just thought you were gonna
drive us off to the moon maybe.
[SIGHS]
Wouldn't you like to do that
sometimes, Clint?
Just get in a car
and drive off to the moon.
Leave all your worldly cares
behind.
MAN [ON RADIO]:
This is KWFJ in Miami, Florida.
Reminding you there are only
seven more shopping days
until Christmas.
[CAR ENGINE REVS]
[BELL DINGS]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR RADIO]
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, fill it up please.
You want high-test.
Yes.
You're new here?
I'm just helping out
for a while.
I wondered.
I trade here regularly.
I knew I hadn't
seen you before.
I think I would have remembered
you if I'd seen you before.
I, uh, mean you're not
the kind of young man
one expects
to see in a job like this.
Why is that?
Well, if I were a young man
and I were as good-looking
as you
I think I'd go to Hollywood.
Try and get in the movies.
Is that where you're headed?
No. I'm going to Louisville.
For my Christmas vacation.
I'm a teacher.
I have three weeks vacation.
I'm going Louisville.
I have a sister there.
Heh, I hate to drive all the way
to Louisville by myself.
I don't suppose
you know any young man
who'd drive me, do you?
Uh, somebody reliable?
Who'd be kind
of a companion too?
I don't suppose you'd like
to change your mind
by any chance
and go to Cleveland?
Cleveland?
I don't have any relatives
in Cleveland.
Well, what if this, uh,
young man
didn't have any, uh, bread
and he couldn't
afford a room?
Bread?
Didn't have any money.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, well,
teachers aren't ever rich.
But I'm sure I could afford
a room for him someplace.
As long as my vacation lasted
and provided
he'd drive me back.
And if he'd take me a few
places in Louisville.
My sister and her husband
don't go out very much.
And sometimes
I get very lonely.
You get yourself a driver.
Well, you can go? Heh.
Oh, my. You mean you can just,
uh, pick up and leave?
My goodness.
You can't just go right now.
And leave the station
without anybody left
to take care of the customers.
Look.
You want me or don't you?
Well, I'd be delighted
if you took the job.
But I don't want you to
inconvenience other people.
[**]
Gee, Echo.
You've got the nicest things.
Oh, thank you,
Annabel.
Echo, why is it a pretty girl
like you has never got married?
I don't know.
I really don't.
And you wanna know
something, Annabel
I would do anything
for a man if I loved him.
I would even go to Lapland
and live in a fish barrel
if he asked me to.
Isn't that crazy?
Well, an attractive
girl like you
must have had
oodles of chances.
Not really.
You know, sometimes I think
there's some sort of jinx on me.
Oh, honey, you've never had
a real sweetheart.
ECHO:
Oh, yes. Once.
[INDISTINCT DIALOGUE]
ANNABEL:
Well, go on.
Well, he and I went
together ever so long.
And he used to
take me many places
and bought me many
pretty presents.
And he and I had some
wonderful times together.
But he never wanted
anything of me.
What happened to him, Echo?
Oh, he started
drinking very hard.
You wouldn't put up with that.
It wasn't that.
I stayed with him
through all his problems.
He used to have to go to the
hospital sometimes
and get well.
And I would always go
and I'd just sit there.
He just liked having me there.
It's crazy.
How little we know about people?
People we think
we know very well
and then something happens
and we don't know them at all.
What happened, Echo?
Well, don't let it depress you
or anything, Annabel.
Because it's just water over
the dam. And I...
I don't think about it
myself anymore.
It was, uh,
more than a year ago.
And he locked himself in his
car, in his garage.
And he left the motor running.
[CRYING]
Damn it.
I just didn't think
I felt so bad about it.
And I'm just silly to be
crying about something
that happened
a whole year ago.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Mister, are you home?
Yeah.
ANNABEL:
Well, you might come up here
and get Echo's luggage
and take it down
to the car for her.
Oh, and ask Ralph to come up
out of the basement.
Oh golly, Annabel, you treat me
like I was royalty.
I wish you
didn't have to go, Echo.
Me too. But I've
stayed much longer
than I intended to already.
Hi, Clint.
Hi.
This all you got?
Mm-hm.
You know how I feel about
that Clinton.
I could just eat him up.
I mean it. He's a real peach.
Just you wait
until you meet Berry-Berry.
He's the lady k*ller
of the family.
You wanna know something?
I'm gonna miss that woman.
[ECHO AND ANNABEL CHUCKLING]
Gee, I've had the best darn
time visiting you folks.
Honest, I never thought
I'd find such wonderful friends.
RALPH: Don't go.
Heh, oh.
Oh, Echo, I wish
you didn't have to leave.
RALPH: She's right.
Will you come back soon?
RALPH: Stay for Christmas.
Yeah, stay for Christmas.
Berry-Berry will be here then.
Bernice said so.
Bernice is never wrong.
[**]
Darn. I don't know
why I always bawl
every time I say goodbye
to anybody.
Clint, I sure wish
you were going with me.
Goodbye, Echo.
You remember
you're still my guy, hmm?
[ENGINE REVS]
Anything wrong?
Do you want me to call the
garage?
[ENGINE REVS]
Just a little trouble
with the distributor.
Bye.
Merry Christmas.
[INSTRUMENTAL CAROL PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]
[BELL DINGING]
[ALARM WAILING]
[**]
Give me a bottle.
Why did you have to meet me
in this sordid place?
You know I don't have any
clothes for anything else.
It makes me sick.
Well...
[POLICE SIREN WAILING
IN DISTANCE]
I called your room all
afternoon. You didn't answer.
Where were you?
Went out for a walk.
You're trying to do everything
you can to cheapen me,
aren't you?
Why don't you shut up?
You're trying to cheapen me
and humiliate me.
You want me to beg for you,
don't you?
And I won't do it.
I've got some pride.
I come from a very fine family.
Oh, get lost, will you?
Don't you talk to me like that.
Where were you this afternoon?
I was with another damie,
the whole afternoon.
We had a ball.
I despise you.
Really? All right.
Here's the keys to your car.
Where are you going?
I don't know, lady.
That's the God's truth,
I don't know where I'm going.
You are a drifter and a sponger
and a parasite.
Lady, that's all
I'm gonna take off you.
You know what I mean? I'm gonna
do something I don't wanna do.
Now get out of the way.
Not unless you drive me
back to Miami.
You have to find another chump
for that.
Now, get out of the way.
I'm not gonna let you
leave me alone.
Enough, lady.
[YELLS]
You made me do it.
I didn't have any choice.
You made me do it.
I didn't have any choice.
[YELLING INDISTINCTLY]
I'm so happy.
Isn't the tree perfect?
I just wish Echo was gonna be
here to enjoy with us.
You know, Annabel,
I think all this crud's
gonna make
everyone feel lousy.
What did you say?
Well, this Christmas
decoration.
I think this family's reached
the point
where Christmas
will be a lot better
if we didn't do
so much about it.
Clinton, I can't
believe my ears...
Do you think I want all this
agony for myself?
Oh, please, just forget
I said anything.
Oh, you think it's smart
to make fun of Christmas.
That's young people today,
for you. No spirit.
Well, I'm ashamed of you,
I declare, I...
What I mean is all this...
Well, all this Christmas stuff
just reminds us all
of what a big fizzle
it is without...
Well, you know what I mean.
Doubting Thomas.
How do you know that your
brother isn't speeding
on his way home
this very minute?
Oh, Annabel.
All the world is full of you
doubting Thomas's,
I have no patience with you.
No patience at all.
Here Annabell.
For me?
Dare I open it?
You know, as a rule
I wouldn't open a stick of gum
till Christmas morning
just don't think
I can wait that long.
Shall I?
Here goes.
What are they?
CLINTON:
Well, they're ballpoint pens.
You're giving me
six ballpoint pens?
Mm-hm. I sent away to the
Disabled w*r Veterans for them.
Each one's got your name on it
and I thought maybe you could
use the different colors
for different outfits.
Well, I declare.
If you haven't got the
biggest darn heart
in the whole wide world.
That's the most thoughtful thing
I've ever got.
[PEOPLE SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
RALPH:
Gentlemen! Wait right here.
Annabell. Annabell.
Listen to me, Annabell
on our front porch
are three children of God.
Orphans of misfortune
whom I've invited to spend
this night under our roof.
Shut up.
Now, you are going to
stuff their gullets
with about half that
food that you have
stashed away in there.
And then we're going to
put them to bed
with a bottle
of whiskey a piece.
You keep still.
Keep still.
And in the morning you're gonna
give them some of this
this junk that you have
under this Christmas tree.
And if you betray
mine eyelash
that they're anything less
than welcome in the house
of Ralph Willart
I will b*at your rear end
until it's black and blue.
Yes, I will.
Gentlemen, the pleasures
of my humble house.
These three kings
will pause here tonight.
And tomorrow they will continue
their journey to Bethlehem.
I bow to the ground,
pretty lady.
For the warmness
of your house and heart.
Won't you be seated,
gentlemen.
Ralph, would you
excuse yourself
and come and help me to make
a drink for your friends?
Gentlemen, excuse me.
Has it never occurred
to you that your own son
might want to use his own room
on Christmas Eve?
And how many diseases
do you suppose
those men are carrying around
with them?
Berry-Berry isn't coming home
to use his bed tonight
or any other night.
How do you know? He could--
And just because
a man is jobless doesn't mean
that he's got diseases.
So why don't you stop being
an ignoramus, and...
You drink a glass of water
and think about
what it says in the bible.
Do you dare to quote
the bible to me?
There was no room at the inn.
Oh, you don't fool me for
one minute, Ralph Willart.
You don't care about those
tramps out there.
Why didn't you give them some
money and leave them alone?
Do you know how much it costs
to fumigate a house?
Money?
Look. They don't want money.
They want to spend
the night in a warm house
in a comfortable bed.
Ralph, put those glasses back.
Ralph, these glasses
were a wedding gift.
Please, put them back!
Some good food and drink
some good whiskey.
So you just get those
sheets and blankets
and put them on those beds.
And keep still.
Honored guests,
I would like to propose a toast.
In honor of the greatest man
who ever drew breath.
Uh-uh-oh-oh-oh.
For you.
Well, here I am surrounded by
one, two, three,
four, five handsome men.
Aren't I the luckiest stiff?
Now, listen, gentlemen.
We have this big old house
here just going to waste
so we'd just love to have
you all spend the night here
and enjoy Christmas dinner
with us too.
But only if you'd enjoy it.
Isn't that what you say, Ralph?
Well, I think I have here three
crisp, new ten dollar bills.
So you can have your choice.
[CHUCKLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Ralph...
It's never my intention
to go against your wishes,
but there are times when...
Oh, all right. Sulk then.
RALPH:
Oh, Annabell, keep still.
Well, I think
I'm about ready for bed.
It's a big day tomorrow.
What do you suppose is the
matter with that big rhinoceros?
The least that hyena
could do is drop us a card.
[PHONE RINGING]
RALPH:
Oh, what's that
telephone ringing at 4:00.
ANNABEL:
Very, very. I know it.
Hurry up. Answer it, Ralph.
All right.
Give me time will you?
Hello? Hello?
You'll have to speak up.
Who?
Yeah. I'll hold on.
Huh?
Who do we know in Louisville?
Yes. This is Ralph Willart.
Who wants me?
Who wants to speak
to Ralph Willart?
Well, put him on!
Naturally, I'll pay for it!
He's my son!
It's Berry-Berry!
Now, you keep still.
I wanna hear what this is all
about. Hello? Hello!
Yeah. Merry Christmas
to you you big guerilla!
Let me talk to him!
You what?
He wants to talk
to his mother!
Listen, I can't hear you.
Your mother's putting on
a show for us.
No. Shut up!
Yeah.
She's squawking her head off
and doing a fanny dance.
Yeah.
I'll see,
if I can't talk her into
shutting her damn big mouth!
Oh, such too language
on Christmas Eve.
Well, now, isn't that great.
You did, huh?
No, you are?
He's in jail.
Oh!
No, no, no.
I'm still here, son.
Uh-huh. Yeah. Okay.
Get me a pencil!
There's never a pencil
here when you need it.
Now you tell him.
They've made a mistake.
All right, now.
Where do I send it, son?
This is not a police state.
County Jail...
We have a Bill of Rights
and a Constitution.
No one can hold a perfectly
innocent young man
on Christmas Eve
when his mother is waiting--
You talk to him. Come on.
You talk to him.
Just say Merry Christmas now.
He doesn't wanna hear
about the Constitution.
Merry Christmas, son.
I knew you'd call.
And I had this truly amazing
letter from Bernice O'Brien.
Well, you tell those policemen
they can't do this to you.
This is not Russia!
You tell them!
You know they can't hold
a perfectly innocent boy.
Ralph!
He says he's not innocent.
RALPH:
Sure! That rhinoceros hasn't
been innocent
since the day he was born.
Well, just don't you worry,
son.
Yes. Your father
will take care of it.
Yes. He'll go straight down
to Western Union right now.
Just don't you worry.
Yes. Your brother
wants to talk to you. Yeah!
Hi Berry-Berry!
What are you in jail for?
Don't ask him too many
questions, Clinton.
Yeah?
I don't think
he did anything bad.
Okay. Sure.
So long Berry-Berry.
Come on!
Ride downtown with me.
Now, you put your clothes
on first, Clinton.
Ralph?
Ralph? I just wanna
say something.
And I don't want
any filthy answer.
I've always worshiped you
for the way you are in a crisis.
Always
the complete master.
And that's a very Christian
way to be.
Now, go ahead
and say I'm silly.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Come on, Clint!
You know that knucklehead's
got it in his brain
that Western Union
is some sort of bank.
And I'll tell you
what he's great at.
He's a colossal expert
at getting money
out of Western Union.
You know
what he went and did?
Didn't tell you,
huh?
You know who he took
a poke at? A woman.
Yeah.
You don't fool around
that big guerilla. No siree.
Some dame says something
he doesn't like...
Wham! Lays her out.
Heh.
And the old man carries
the gold down to Western Union.
[**]
I had a letter
from Bernice today.
She said Echo's feeling
much happier these days.
You know, she feels
she's got friends
and a place
to come to now.
I'm awfully glad about it.
I think she's a wonderful girl.
Don't you Ralph?
Mm-hm. Mm-hm!
[RALPH AND CLINTON CHUCKLE]
Oh, you boys.
All you see is a pretty face.
All right.
She's pretty.
But I think
she's a wonderful girl too.
Look at the way
Clinton woofed his food down
now that he's working.
How'd the work
go today, Mister?
CLINTON:
Okay.
ANNABELL:
Is that all you can say, "Okay"?
Well, I still think
you ought to go back to school
like other boys.
I don't care if you are
a genius of some kind.
I mean you belong
in school.
Of course, it wouldn't hurt you
to go to church either.
I guess
that's asking too much.
I don't know what
you young people want today.
I mean
you're just stubborn.
It's all that's the matter
with any of you.
You believe that--
No, wait a minute.
What?
ANNABELL:
Ralph? I'm getting goose flesh.
What is it?
Shh.
ANNABELL:
Are you trying to scare me?
Well, I'm a son
of a sea cook.
You old rhinoceros.
CLINTON: Hey! Berry-Berry!
BERRY-BERRY:
Good. All right.
I guess
maybe I surprised you, huh?
RALPH:
Get out the old fatted calf.
CLINTON:
Gee, I didn't think
you were ever coming back.
BERRY-BERRY: Bad penny, huh?
CLINTON: How'd you get here?
BERRY-BERRY:
What's the matter?
I'm here. Aren't I?
RALPH:
You old rhinoceros!
Wait till your mother
sees you.
BERRY-BERRY:
What? You know, the house
looks just the same.
[ALL CHUCKLING]
Nerves.
Yeah, nerves.
Terrible thing for a woman.
Can't help themselves.
She'll pull herself together
in a few minutes.
You're looking
damn good, Ralph.
You really look good.
Yeah? Are you kidding?
Yeah.
Listen. Take a look.
Not a blade.
What does a guy need
with a lot of hair.
You look damn good.
Ha, ha.
All right. If you say so.
Then I look damn good.
Okay. Thank you.
You look really great.
All right.
[ALL CHUCKLE]
Who's your friend here?
That little son of a g*n?
I don't know.
Somebody left him here
on the front porch.
I don't even, I'm not even sure
I know his name.
So what's your name,
kid? Huh?
[ALL CHUCKLING]
Hey, uh, Ralph.
Listen, I'm gonna whip around
the block
a couple of times.
Okay?
Uh, just for few minutes.
Yeah, sure, go ahead.
Wanna come with me, kid?
Yeah. Sure! Where?
We go around the block
a couple of times.
Five minutes.
Okay, Ralph?
What do you keep telling me
how long for?
Am I asking you
how long?
Go on! Get out of here.
Both of you!
Berry-Berry!
We love you!
He's gone already.
He's not home two minutes
and he's gone already.
Can't hold him here, Annabell.
Can't force him to stay.
What'd I do wrong
this time, Ralph?
It's my fault,
I suppose.
What'd I do wrong?
I'm not quite sure
I know.
[**]
CLINTON:
Hey, what's all this,
Berry-Berry?
You mean you've been right here
and never even called?
You want one of these?
Yeah.
They're sweet as hell
but you've got to look out
for the worms.
You want to know something
about me, Clint?
Yeah.
I hate life.
You do?
Yeah. I hate it.
You know something? I do too.
I hate life something awful.
[MOUTHS]
Yeah.
Hey, Berry-Berry?
Hmm.
What do we
live for?
BERRY-BERRY:
You mean what's the point
of everything?
CLINTON: Yeah.
Well...
Maybe that's the answer.
It's the only thing
I could ever figure out.
WOMAN:
Hi, Berry.
Hey. Hey. Hey.
Did you bring me
a present?
He's cute.
WOMAN: Sleep with me?
BERRY-BERRY: You want her?
You want her, kid?
Heh. I could take it
or leave it.
[CHUCKLES]
BERRY-BERRY:
Hey, Miss.
Listen. Would you do
something about yourself?
My name happens
to be Dorothy, thank you.
Well,
shave your legs then.
My partner, Vinnie.
My partner, Clinton.
Hi.
Hi kid.
He owns the orchard.
I keep him supplied
with booze
and leftover broads.
Hey, listen,
Berry-Berry.
Don't you think we ought to give
Annabell a ring?
You know it's been more than--
Come on. The hell with it.
Look, I guess you know
I hate her guts.
It's mainly
why I don't come around.
I'm always scared
I'm gonna do something rotten.
I'd keep the hell away.
I can find the string.
I may move out
of here soon.
It's not the kind of place
that I'm used to.
Do you think
I'm trapped here?
Because I'm not.
I wanna show you
something.
That's my freedom.
See, any time I want to,
I stick this stuff
in my pocket
and I take off,
like a big-tailed bird.
Me, I've got
my freedom here, okay?
Go ahead, look.
See this ring?
A couple of grand
at least.
Hey, you remember
that broad in Florida?
Wild things like that happen
to me all the time.
I don't
even understand why.
I don't know.
Next time, I think,
maybe I'll go out west.
I don't know any reason
why I shouldn't. Do you?
I never know
what I'm gonna do next.
I just follow
the breeze.
I just live for kicks.
[BERRY-BERRY CHUCKLING]
Hey, look.
Tell old Annabell and Ralph
I'll be back soon.
Maybe tomorrow
or something.
I've got a lot on the orchard
I've gotta get out of the way.
Okay.
Berry?
So long.
So long.
I'll see you Wednesday.
Take it easy.
Berry-Berry,
will you do me a favor?
Come into the house
for a minute.
Just for a minute.
Maybe have a cup of coffee
with them or something?
Well, it'll give them
something to talk about
for the next
couple of years.
Would you?
[CAR ENGINE STOPS]
[**]
I told you they'd be back!
Now look, Mister--
Shh. Berry-Berry is outside
and he's coming in.
Now don't go making
a big tailed fuss over him
or everybody
will just get nervous
and he'll run away again.
Shh. No, no, no. Sit down.
Now just sit here
quietly
in an everyday
natural kind of way
and have some coffee
with him.
Shh.
Well, if it isn't
that big rhinoceros? Ha, ha.
Won't you join us for a cup
of coffee, Berry-Berry?
I've got some pecan rolls here,
if you'd like one.
Good. Very good.
It's my second one.
Some eggs, maybe?
Yeah, why not?
They'd be good.
Tell me, um...
Berry-Berry, have you seen
Herbie lately?
Herbie who?
Her behind!
[CHUCKLES]
It's an old one but you bit
on it, didn't you? Ha, ha.
[ALL CHUCKLING]
I'm glad
you laughed.
[BERRY-BERRY CHUCKLES]
Mister, do you wanna
go upstairs
and see if your
girlfriend's ready?
Echo?
Mm-hm. Got in last night.
Boy, the way
that girl drives,
she made it
in under two hours.
[ECHO AND CLINTON TALKING
INDISTINCTLY]
ECHO:
Oh, talk about him
like some Greek God
off Mount Olympus
or something.
RALPH:
Hi there, Cleopatra! Ha, ha.
ANNABELL:
Echo?
This is Berry-Berry.
Hello.
Come and sit down
and have some coffee
with Berry-Berry.
Well, you've heard us
all talk about Berry-Berry--
Ahem. Would you like
some coffee, Echo?
Thank you.
* The bear went over
The mountain *
* The bear went over
The mountain *
* To see
What he could *
* To see what he could see
To see what he could see *
BOTH:
* The bear went over *
* The mountain *
* The bear went over
The mountain *
[CLINTON AND RALPH
TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
I forgot
the potato salad.
BOTH:
* The bear went over
The mountain *
* To see what he could see *
* He stuck his head
in a dark hole *
* He stuck his head
In a dark hole *
* Stuck his head
In a dark hole *
* To see what he... *
CLINTON AND RALPH CHUCKLE]
* To see what he could see *
* To see what he could see *
* To see what he could see *
That one to Berry-Berry,
wouldn't you?
* He stuck his head
In a dark hole *
* To see what he could see *
[RALPH AND CLINTON
TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
RALPH:
Okay, on the scale, next verse.
CLINTON:
Okay. Come on.
CLINTON AND RALPH:
* He sat upon a flag pole *
* He sat upon a flag pole *
* He sat upon a flag pole *
Now, you don't have to go making
him a drunk in two rounds.
Whom are you calling
a drunkard, Madam? Heh.
You never go anywhere
without that bottle.
You'd even take it
to church with you,
if you ever went to church.
If I ever went to church,
I'd have to take it with me,
heh.
ANNABELL:
Those are awful well done.
RALPH:
Oh, I like them that way too.
That looks awful well done.
Seconds?
Yeah, give it to, yeah...
Mm-hm.
[**]
Ralph?
Hmm.
What do you know about that?
Well, they didn't even bother
to say goodbye, huh?
Come here, old kiddo, son.
[MUTTERING]
Hey, hey, hey.
I gotta talk to you.
CLINTON:
What about?
Well, you had
a bad dream, huh?
CLINTON:
Yeah.
I want her, Clint.
She wants me.
I know it.
What do you think?
[SIGHS]
What do I think?
You saw her first, Clint.
Yeah. But I'm 16. She's 31.
Look, I won't look at her again
if you don't give me the word.
You love her, don't you?
Don't you?
Maybe.
Treat her nice, will you?
What do you think
I'm gonna do?
Well,
I didn't mean anything.
Thanks.
Thank you.
What do you got
to thank me for?
For telling me.
Good night, kid.
Good night, Berry-Berry.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[**]
[**]
Ralph, can I admit
something to you?
Sure. sh**t.
Ralph, it hurts me to realize
that Berry-Berry is in love.
Why should I feel so sad?
When my first born,
my boy's in love.
And with
a perfectly wonderful girl,
even though she is older
than he is.
I don't think it matters.
It's just that...
It's just that it hurts
when the boy you love
loves somebody else.
Good morning, one and all.
RALPH:
Good morning, heh.
How's Albert Einstein
this morning?
And how's Annabell?
Fine, Echo.
I feel so happy.
Do either of you realize
how happy this girl is? Do you?
I am happy, happy, happy
[CHUCKLES]
But I can't even remember
when I've been
this happy before.
Maybe never.
And I feel
a little guilty about it.
Isn't that crazy?
Guilty as though
I didn't really
have a right to be happy
You do have the right, Echo.
You deserve every bit
of happiness you can find.
Oh, what the hell.
We all do.
Ralph, you hit that nail
right on the head.
We all do.
Heh.
Now where's Clinton?
Where's my guy this morning?
Good morning. Hi.
Well!
Berry-Berry, I haven't
seen you up this early
since you were
in high school.
RALPH:
Before breakfast?
Must be love.
[RALPH CHUCKLES]
[CAR HORN HONKING]
Hi, Echo.
Hey, what are you doing here?
I came by to give my guy
a ride home.
Really?
Geez, thanks. Listen.
I'll check out
and I'll join you.
Just a minute.
I'm leaving now.
MAN [OVER RADIO]:
Finished that Mercury?
Yeah, it's finished.
Where's Berry-Berry?
Oh, just because
we're going together
doesn't mean I don't have time
for my other guys,
does it?
Clint, you wanna
see something?
CLINTON:
Yeah.
Wow.
Isn't that
the most beautiful thing
you've ever seen?
Berry-Berry give you that?
It's the nicest present
anyone ever gave me.
Clint, I guess you know
how I feel about him.
Yeah, I guess.
You wrote me a note once
when I first came to visit.
[CLEARS THROAT]
You thought I'd forgotten,
didn't you?
[CHUCKLES]
Well, about that note,
[**]
I just want you to know
it goes double.
I guess I was pretty crazy
to think I had a chance.
Just think of all the years
you have ahead of you
to fall in love
with beautiful young girls.
They'll make you lots happier
than an old woman like me.
Oh.
Anyway, you're still my guy.
[IN MIND]:
Au revoir, notebook,
old pal, old thing.
You have had it.
This is my last entry.
Berry-Berry can go straight.
So can I.
Now look, mister,
you can't study all night.
I brought you a snack.
Here.
Thanks.
Oh, we're one big happy family
now, aren't we?
Berry-Berry's still home.
Just think of it
there were times I thought
I would never see him again.
Has he said anything to you,
Clinton, about getting married?
No.
You sure?
Sure I'm sure.
Oh, you wouldn't tell me
even if he had.
I'll bet anything
they get married.
I'll bet anything.
Clinton, do you still write
in those notebooks of yours?
You write down the things I say,
don't you?
Sometimes.
Well, when you
read them over
do I sound
like a silly woman, Clinton?
Gosh no, Annabell.
Heh, I mean no.
[WHOOPS]
What's the matter, honey?
Nothing.
You're thinking of something.
I can tell.
All these people walking around,
leading everyday kind of lives,
guys with families and kids,
you think I'm getting to be
like one of them?
Don't you want to?
I don't know.
Do you think they're happy?
Well, I think they might be.
[**]
What's the matter?
Nothing.
You haven't been
talking much.
Well, I haven't wanted to.
You happy?
Yes.
You sound sad like
there's something wrong.
There's nothing wrong,
Berry-Berry. Honest.
BERRY-BERRY:
You sure?
Honest.
[**]
Well, there you are.
Have you had a good time?
Did you go
to the Ballad East room?
I hear
it's a wonderful place
with real oriental girls
to wait on you.
Lord, I wish I was young
and could go dancing again.
I never could get Ralph
to dance a step.
I guess he thought
dancing was capitalistic.
Annabell, I think
I'll go on up to bed.
Oh.
Oh, I was hoping you'd stay
and talk for a while.
Thanks for a wonderful time.
Good night, Annabell.
ANNABELL:
Good night.
Well, Berry-Berry, let's you
and I have a little talk.
Your father never talks
to you boys, not seriously.
So, as usual,
it's left up to me.
I think I'm going to bed in
a couple of minutes, Annabel.
Well, I just wanted
to tell you
how happy I am
about you and Echo.
I think it's time
you were settling down.
And I think Echo's just the girl
to do it with.
Maybe that will be
the best thing for you.
A woman who's a little older
than you are.
I'm sure there's plenty
of good jobs in town
for a boy like you.
You know, Berry-Berry,
your father has a lot
just down the street a ways
that I know
he'd be glad to give you.
Shut up!
[**]
RALPH:
Well, you and Echo
been out on the town?
Have a big night?
How about, uh, splitting
a night cap with me, huh?
No, thanks.
Anything wrong?
No.
Then, I guess, I'll just
follow Annabell to bed.
BERRY-BERRY:
Hi, kid.
CLINTON:
Hi, Berry-Berry. Where you been?
Out on the town.
Did you have a good time?
Yeah.
Did everybody stare at her?
Yeah, they always do.
Yeah, I don't blame them.
[SIGHS]
Me either.
I bet Echo's a good dancer,
huh?
Yeah.
Something wrong,
Berry-Berry?
I'd better go to bed.
What are you doing
down here?
I couldn't sleep.
Now don't worry about me,
Berry-Berry. Go on upstairs.
I'll be sleepy
in a little while.
Why are you pretending
to be so interested
in that stupid puzzle?
I'll stop.
Don't you have anything
to say to me?
No, baby, I don't.
I guess
I better have a drink.
Would you pour me one,
too, please?
Whee! Straight!
I wanna thank you
for tonight, Lover.
It was the best time
I ever had.
I mean it.
For the first time
in my life,
I danced all I wanted.
You know,
most men wanna quit
after two or three.
Has that been
your experience?
Mm-hm. I could go on
all night.
Could you?
Yes, I could.
Berry-Berry, the reason
I came downstairs was
so you could all
get some sleep.
Now, why don't you
go on upstairs,
for heaven's sake.
Why'd you tell me
you were a virgin?
Because you asked me, Honey.
And I was.
It just happened
to be the truth.
I'm not complaining about
my new status.
So why don't you just quit
worrying about it
and go on to bed.
Why is it
you never married anybody?
I guess I'm just backward.
Or never made out
with anybody?
You know, something tells me
not to answer that question.
Why?
Because you might get sore.
Am I right?
Well, would that be
so terrible,
if you made me sore?
I'd just rather skip it.
I wanna know why!
You know why.
Because you never loved
anybody else?
You're pregnant, aren't you?
Aren't you?
Well, whatever or not I am,
Berry-Berry,
it's none of your business.
Why is that? You're not ready
to spring the big news now?
You wanna wait
for a more dramatic moment?
Berry-Berry,
why don't you just stop
and think about
what you are saying?
I'm sorry.
Yes, I am pregnant.
[**]
Now, I've got a few things
I wanna say to you, handsome.
You have given me all
I expect from you. Do you hear?
Berry-Berry,
I wanna make this clear.
When you and I first
started seeing one another
and I knew
how I felt about you,
I decided to take a gamble.
And I did.
I took a gamble
that someday you would love me.
And I didn't say marry,
Berry-Berry,
I said love.
Berry-Berry, listen,
I know I've lost.
You are free as the day
God made you, Berry-Berry.
Do you hear me, Berry-Berry?
You're free!
Oh, God! Berry-Berry!
Berry-Berry! Berry-Berry!
[CAR ENGINE REVS]
Berry-Berry!
[PANTING]
[**]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
I've gotta leave, Clint.
Don't go, Echo.
Clint. No, I've got to.
Now, I want you to tell Annabel
not to worry.
And tell her
I'm gonna call her tomorrow.
Now, Clinton, do you wanna
help downstairs with my bags?
You're coming back,
aren't you, Echo?
You bet your boots I am,
Clint.
Gee, Echo, it's an awful
long way to Toledo in the rain.
I love to ride in the rain.
I love to.
[CAR ENGINE REVS]
Do you wanna give your old
girlfriend a kiss? Goodbye?
Clint.
Remember, Clint,
you're still my guy.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
RALPH:
Hello.
Yes, this is
the Willart residence.
ANNABELL:
Who is it, Ralph?
RALPH:
What?
ANNABELL:
Ralph!
RALPH:
What's that?
ANNABELL:
What is it? Who's calling?
Tell me!
RALPH:
What?
Ralph, what's happened? Ralph?
Where?
MAN [ON RADIO]:
About miles out on the highway,
the car smashed
through the fence
and crashed down
the embankment.
It's a bad curve.
I suppose the rain
ruined visibility.
[SIREN WAILING]
No. No, never had a chance.
I don't think
it was an accident.
She was too good a driver.
I just can't believe it.
Poor Bernice.
She wouldn't get into
an accident like that.
Not that girl.
What are you
talking about, Ralph?
Where is this rhinoceros son
of ours, huh?
Where is he?
Now, Ralph, don't go blaming
anything on Berry-Berry.
What do you know about this?
Huh?
It was an accident, Ralph.
Berry-Berry had
nothing to do with it.
He had something
to do with it!
Don't tell me
he had nothing to do with it!
You know what I'm beginning
to think?
I'm beginning to think that
our son is a real rhinoceros!
Stop it, Ralph!
Don't stop me.
He's a real k*ller!
That's what he is! A k*ller!
Why? We always used to
worship him
and think he was a holy priest
or something!
ANNABELL:
No! No! Stop! No.
No, I won't let you do it!
Go away!
I love him, do you hear?
I love him!
I don't care what he's done.
I'll love him
always and forever.
[**]
[GLASS BOTTLE TINKLES]
[DOOR CREAKS]
WOMAN:
Come on, Dad.
Look, I promise
I'll come up later.
Now, let me go.
[WOMAN GROANING]
Please.
Now look, Daddy, wait.
I think you're just the greatest
but when you're drunk...
You're hurting me! Help!
[WOMAN GRUNTING]
Oh, you dirty freak!
All you wanna do is hurt people.
That's all you wanna do.
You're nothing,
but a dirty freak!
[WHIMPERING]
Go ahead, blame me.
I'm used to it.
Clint, this particular case,
I may not be to blame.
You know, she did drive
like a maniac. She always did.
Maybe there was something
bothering her.
That's why I went down
the basement to talk to her.
She wouldn't say anything.
It could've been an accident.
Did that ever occur to anybody?
You know,
there are such things.
When did you find out?
I went back home.
What for?
I guess I wanted
to talk to her again.
Ralph told me,
then kicked me out.
[**]
Where are you going, Clint?
I'd better go home,
Berry-Berry.
Well, uh, you don't have to
go right now, do you?
I'd better, Berry-Berry.
Can't you stick around
have a cup of coffee
or something?
No, I really have to go.
Clint, why were you up here
waiting for me with a g*n?
I wanted to k*ll you.
I'm your brother, Clint.
Remember me?
Old rhinoceros?
She told you
she was gonna have a kid.
You were listening to us,
weren't you? You heard us?
You really do hate life,
don't you, Berry-Berry?
You know,
when you told me that before,
I went along with you,
because I wanted to be just
like you in every way I could.
But I like life,
Berry-Berry.
So long, Berry-Berry.
Kid. Kid.
All Fall Down (1962)
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