All language subtitles for Stigma.1972.720p.BluRay.x264.AAC-[YTS.MX]

Let me have a bourbon of water.

Get down.

Hi, honey.

Lonely?

Am I who?

Lonely?

No, not at all.

Division of parole.

You just get out of the pen or
something.

I just saw the stupidest movie, Wet
Trash.

Oh, what a goddamn bore.

See, there was this broad in it, and
she's trying to get out of this little

goddamn town. She couldn't have been
more than 13. She's trying to get out

the river, which is frozen over with the
biggest goddamn ice cube she ever did

see.

Made me thirstier than hell.

Mind if I have a drink?

No, as long as you're paying for it. Son
of a bitch.

Hi, honey.

Lonely?

Not necessarily, dear.

I'll let you buy me a drink, okay?

Harriet, I'll have a double scotch on
the rocks.

usually bother with fags, you know.

They're, uh, too cushy.

These broads will rob you blind.

I can take care of myself.

Thank you.

At this rate, we'll both be back in the
city.

Bill Waco.

Hey, Captain Croft.

Hey, you just get discharged?

Yeah. Hey, me too.

What branch?

Federal Penn.

Grabs you, don't it?

So we both just got bailed out of
shithole. Congratulations. Yeah.

Why don't you go sit down and rest a
while? Let me get the car.

Can't hurt.

Hey, Sarge.

What's happened to our army?

How's that?

They broke from the war just cheap.

What do you mean?

I mean, I can't afford to get you boys
home while they won't.

No, we get traveling pay.

I just want to save mine. I'm going to
need it.

Oh. Hey, we got a car.

Then I take a ferry.

A ferry?

Yeah, to Stilford.

I'm from there.

Hey, you're from Stilford? I think
there's an echo back there.

How about that? You're from Stilford,
huh?

Hey, listen, if you're thinking of going
there, forget it.

It's a drop -off point.

Hey, well, drop me off.

No shit. You going to Stilford?

Yeah, I can hardly wait now.

And you know you look good?

You can keep it. I got no use for it
anymore.

Yeah, with my luck, I'll probably be
inducted or arrested.

Hey, what'd they get you on? I was a med
student.

I slipped up, though, huh? I performed
an illegal abortion for bread.

Chick died on the operating table.

You know, a couple years ago was heavy
on a blackboard scholarship.

And I do enjoy my chicken delights.

And this is a drop -off point?

It looks pretty good to me.

Well, the economy of Stilford depends on
the fishing.

And a catch in the hatches ain't what it
used to be.

You know what they call my home, man?
What's that?

A distress area.

Hey, well, look, I am the original
distressed area kid.

Hey, what did those bastards give you?
Four years.

My old professor, Dr. Kermit Thor, went
to bat for me.

Got me paroled in a year and a half.

In fact, I'm going to be working for him
on stooping on some project.

You know, I would just love to stay
here.

Just right here.

This is family.

See him? That's not a family. That's a
rally.

Can you tell me how to get to Dr. Thor's
house?

Hey, can you tell me how to get to Dr.
Thor's house?

You talking to me?

Yes. Do you know Dr. Thor?

I ain't seen him today. Well, do you
know where he lives?

Or how do I get to his house?

Well, I'd expect you won't.

Hey, sweetheart, could you tell me how
to get to Dr. Thor's house?

Hey, you, hold on.

What do you want with Thor?

Are you talking to me?

Say, would you happen to know the way to
Dr. Thor's house?

Thank you, but thank you!

Hey, Dr. Thor?

Hey, Doc, you up there?

It's Cal.

Better contact the mainland.

Get a doctor over here to determine the
cause of death.

Hey, look, it was a coronary.

The man's been dead for over 24 hours.

I'll be able to make out the report as I
explain, Sheriff. I am a doctor.

I mean a real doctor.

Well, the last time I looked, Mr.
Sheriff, I believe I was real. The right

to address me is Sheriff Whitehead. Oh,
that's nice.

Now, don't get funny, boy.

Nothing on this here island escapes my
notice.

You can't just move into a man's house
and take over. I have a legitimate right

to be here. I was sent for. What proof
do I have of that?

Well, you just have to take my word for
it, for the moment.

Sheriff Whiteback.

It's Whitehead. Excuse me.

Thor said nothing about getting an
assistant.

Yeah, well, he said nothing about being
dead in his house for 24 hours either.

That seemed to escape somebody's notice.

Well... Thor and me weren't talking.

We had some differences about a week
ago.

Well, might I know about those
differences?

That was between me and him. Well, it
might have something to do with my

for being here.

Look, around here, I ask the questions.

And I sure as hell would like to know
where you come from.

Well, I was working on some medical
experiments for the federal

Oh, you worked for the federal
government, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, you might say so.

Now, don't get me wrong, boy.

Thor was a good medicine man.

Yeah, well, correction, Sheriff.

He was a brilliant doctor.

And you were damn lucky to have him
here.

Good or bad, he didn't last very long.

Most doctors don't around here.

I wonder why.

We're very particular who we get here on
Stilford Island.

Are you here to see Dr. Thor?

Let me go.

Are you here to see Dr. Thor?

Who are you?

I'm Dr. Cross.

I'm here to assist Dr. Thor.

Where's Dr. Thor?

Wait. I can't see him.

My dear Cal, my heart is failing me, and
I might not last before

you arrive here.

Therefore, this message to you.

You're a fine doctor, Cal.

You made one mistake, but I have
confidence in you, and that is why I

for you.

Stilford will have to accept you with me
gone, Dr. Calvin Cross.

Is there only hope now?

Yours will be closed to you, Cal.

And it is this attitude of indifference
that is the real danger.

It is close to the level of an epidemic.

Okay, okay. What the hell is it?

With your new freedom, you will have the
opportunity to once again serve a

suffering.

A nigga in a white community, bigoted at
that.

Trying to find some mysterioso epidemic
I don't know the first damn thing about.

Shit. Am I ready for that?

We all sell cartons, just packs.

Well, I'll take ten of those packs on
the end.

Keep the change.

Are you just passing through?

Yeah.

En route to Africa, where you find the
rest of the swingers.

But this is such a warm, open -doored
community, I've decided to stay on.

Let me introduce myself.

I'm Dr. Calvin Crofts, and I'll be
taking over indefinitely for the late

Thor.

And as a special introductory offer,
There'll be no fee for physical

examinations.

I'll be open 24 hours.

You can make it, baby.

How well did he know Dr.

Thor?

Where'd he know him from, anyway?

Yeah. Look into that for me, will you,
Cy?

Come election time, I won't forget you,
boy.

Thanks again.

How much is it going to cost me this
time?

Can you give it for ten?

Sure.

Anything for my little honey, baby.

Bullshit. Look, I don't want to hear
that whore talk from you.

Bullshit. I said I don't want to hear
that talk from you.

Yes, Daddy.

And while we're at it, don't you go
getting too familiar with that Bill

Why the hell not?

Because I ain't settled up the score
with him yet for what his daddy done to

20 years ago.

He's going to find out it ain't so damn
easy around here.

And you remember this.

I rule this island. And I own that
cannery. And I control those fishermen.

And anybody that gives me a hard time or
any trouble is going to get their ass

strung up.

Bye, Art.

The Dr.

Calvin Cross.

Hello, D .D. He's one of the greatest
lifesavers in the world, man.

Yeah, I'm so great the last place I
served didn't want to let me go.

Get us a couple of beers, hon.

How goes it? Hey, man, I feel like I've
been drunk back in the time capsule.

I know how you feel.

Backwards and all, but you'll get used
to it. Sure, if I'm brainwashed and

whitewashed. At least the air is clean
and the water's not polluted. You're

wrong. There's plenty of pollution.

Pollution of the mind.

Have you met that pig, Whitehead?

Whitehead.

He's making it hard on me to get my
fishing license.

Hey, I heard about your doctor friend,
man. It's too bad.

But you're not going to split, are you?

Hey, man, I'm on parole.

Where else can I go?

One's for cow, Gordon.

Take this, Kyle. Stitch it out, will ya?

Has there been any siege of illness
around here, Waco?

Not that I know of. Like what?

Like typhoid, diphtheria, anything.

When I was a kid, about eight or ten,
Stilford had a bad epidemic of scarlet

fever and they were dropping like flies,
but that sort of thing's been taken

care of pretty much since penicillin,
hasn't it? Pretty much, except the

surveys show that a large percentage of
people have become immune or allergic to

penicillin. And in most cases, it's not
even efficacious in treatment.

Wow, what big words you use, doctor.

Hey, Cal!

Cal, look, man. If you're looking for an
epidemic on this island, forget it.

Everybody's so damn healthy.

Just breathe the air.

I don't like this.

Okay, what's mine?

What happened, man?

He fell overboard while I was in the
hatch.

And before I could get to him, he went
down again.

Okay, just calm down, man. Everything's
going to be all right.

What the hell is this?

Oh, please stop! Bring him back!

Keep going. Give him the mouth bit. Give
him the mouth bit.

I wasn't watching!

But others are...

Where am I?

In heaven?

Shut up, you little fake.

It's a miracle!

She's alive!

Let's say a prayer for our new doctor.

God bless our new doctor.

You saved his life. Oh, God, how can I
thank you?

Get crazy.

bastard. I don't dig being intimidated.

What intimidated?

Okay, I got a record, but I just happen
to be a damn good doctor. I worked hard

to get it up here. Oh, you gotta be on a
record. I don't need some half -ass

sergeant setting me up to try to prove a
point. Now listen, you.

I checked up on your doctor friend, and
he was a very important man, and he

could have had any one of a hundred
doctors up here.

So I know you've got to be good for him.
It's a single you out and go to that

trouble of springing you from the cooler
at that.

So will you have a beer and just cool
up?

You dirty dog.

Ain't you ashamed of yourself?

Of course, I ain't been around for a
while.

I like to remember it's a crazy old
lighthouse keeper out there.

Cal?

Cal?

Any way I can take a look at this?

What?

This. On VD.

Man, we had one in a service that scared
the living shit out of us.

Hey, well, I hope this one don't draw no
flies.

Hi, everybody.

I'm Cousin Bruce Morrow, and I'm here to
talk to you about...

Something very, very important. I want
to talk to the teenagers and your young

adults. We're going to discuss something
that might be considered a dirty word.

The cold, hard, ugly facts about V .D.,
venereal disease.

Now, to some of you, V .D. is a big
joke. You shrug it off. Who cares? So

Tomorrow I go to my doctor. I get a
quick shot of penicillin and it's all

No, it doesn't work like this. Not when
you realize it. You could call a shot on

that one.

Kids contract V .D. each day.

And the number?

The number is still rising.

One thousand die from this every single
month. Now, grab a hold of this fact.

The biggest increase in V .D. is among
you, the teenagers.

One out of ten of you are already
infected with syphilis and you don't

it. Now, some of you teenagers just
don't recognize its existence. You never

even heard of it. Now, on a recent
investigation... Any more beer left?

...interviewing one person at the early
stages of syphilis, the chain of

infection spread and spread until
eventually...

There were well over 200 different
people involved in this original case.

That shakes you up a bit, doesn't it? By
the way, with the advent of the pill,

people, I guess, are getting a little
more careless, and this is helping this

epidemic spread.

Now, there are several different kinds
of VD, of an aerial disease, each with

its own complications, its own symptoms.

And the most powerful, the ones that
spread quickly, the most quickly, are

syphilis and gonorrhea.

These diseases are spread from person to
person as a result of intimate...

Let's start off now with a discussion
about syphilis. It's the most serious of

all venereal diseases.

The syphilitic germ is capable, and they
do attack any tissue or any organ

in the human body.

The first symptom that syphilis has been
contracted is a sore. Now, this sore is

called... A chancre.

The chancre breaks out at the place
where the germ originally entered the

Now, the chancre itself looks ugly, but
it's painless and in due course, even

without medical attention, will
disappear.

But this does not mean that the disease
is cured. You see, the germs remain.

They multiply.

They spread to the entire body.

Now, in time, this results in the
secondary or the latent stages of

Kids, this is very heavy.

Syphilis. Left untreated during the
early stages results in the germs lying

unnoticed in the body. They stay there
for years, but they're always active,

doing untold damage.

And then suddenly the collapse of the
bridge of the nose.

The ugly expansion of the joints. It's
not a pretty sight, but quite possible.

Pregnant women who contract VD can
transmit the infection to their unborn

children unless very early treatment is
sought. If treatment is ignored or

overlooked. The child may be born
infected, deformed, or even dead.

So spread this ugly story around and
help me stop V .D. You enjoying

I may never get it up after this.

so I suggest you go home.

And look, you crazy son of a bitch.

Hey, what do you want?

Hey, where do you come from, huh?

Out there.

Out there?

Yeah, yeah. The lighthouse on the
island? Yeah.

Maybe you better come in.

What's so funny?

Abdominal pain.

Abdominal pain.

You better have a seat.

Did you roll over?

What's so funny, huh?

Now say ah. Ah.

Say ah.

Ah.

Have you suffered from repeated
vomiting?

Upchucking? Throwing up?

Ah.

You don't seem to be too unhappy about
it.

What do you think?

Jesus Christ.

What's your name, old man?

Jeremy. Jeremy what?

Burke. Burke, that's good.

Jeremy, I'm going to need a urine
sample.

Here.

No, you're pissing it, old man.

Yeah, go ahead. You can do that.

Okay, this may hurt a little bit, but it
won't for long. It's for a spinal fluid

test.

That's okay. Okay, you're a good
patient.

You have parenchymatous neurosyphilis.

In other words, late syphilis in its
most advanced stage with widespread

already indicated.

Hey, Jeremy, where in the hell do you
think you're going?

Hey, come back here, old man.

Jeremy? Jeremy?

Where do you think you're going?

Come back here, old man.

Look.

You've got to be sent away to the
mainland, old man.

Blindness and death, Jeremy, are the end
result.

No.

No, please.

Help me.

Now, if you want me to save you,

You've got to cooperate with me.

And do exactly as I say.

That's better, huh?

Now,

think hard.

And be honest with me.

I want to know the names of all the
people you've had physical contact with

the past two years.

Women, Jeremy.

Women you've had sex with.

Come on, you know damn well what I mean.

Who?

You've got to remember, General.

You want to go to a clinic?

Get rid of the pain, huh?

You're taken care of by pretty nurses.

Then give me the names of those women or
else I'll let you rot out in that

lighthouse. No.

No women.

Jeremy. Now, look.

You must have made it with a few old
bags.

No.

Come on, Jeremy. Now, look. I'm not the
law.

I'll protect you.

Yeah. Protect you, Jeremy.

Now, have you ever forced yourself on a
kid?

A young girl or a boy?

Nothing.

Listen, old man, we're not playing
games.

The community's at stake.

Jeremy.

Dip the wicks.

Ah!

Tassie! Tassie!

Oh, Jeremy?

Why, that crazy old bastard ain't been
able to get it up for 20 years. Yeah,

well, he's riddled with syphilis. And
he's been incubating it for at least two

years. Laugh that off. Now, hold up
there.

I want you to get the wrong idea.

That was a fine thing you've done,
saving the Waco boy's life.

Well, you sound still pretty grateful.
Look, I'm not looking for no pats on the

back. All I want from you is the
information about that. Now, they're

coming in here and reporting Jeremy's
condition.

You don't want to let that get out.

We'll take care of Jeremy.

See that he gets sent away. No, I'll
take care of Jeremy, if you don't mind.

All I want from you is the information
about Tassie.

Look, boy, we got a lot of Tassies.
Well, lots of Tassies, huh? Well, how

of them would associate with Jeremy?

That ought to boil it down a bit. Well,
damn it. One case ain't going to

contaminate the whole community. Yeah,
well, there can be no one case without

another. That is a simple fact. Oh,
don't give me that health department

This is a clean living community.

We're not filthy degenerates. I don't
give a damn how clean it is. You don't

it by sitting on public crappers, but
you do get it on personal contact.

And you don't have to be screwing your
head off to get it.

Well, I never heard that before.

I always thought you had to... Look,
you're in for a lot of surprises.

Now, hold on there.

We do have a tassie.

Good honest gal.

She runs a clean house for the
fishermen.

Church folks run her out of town a while
back.

Hey, well, that's the one I want. Where
can I find her? Well, I wish you

wouldn't go out there and cause trouble.

She minds her own business.

Forget it, Hank.

I'll find her myself.

I like it here, boy.

I'm trying to be nice about it.

But I'm telling you, you keep your black
nose out of our backyard.

And I'm telling you, Snowflake, if I
uncover anything unhealthy, your ass is

going to be a lot blacker than my nose.

We're a fine church -going community. We
don't need you poking into our

business. Shit, just one call to the
health authority.

One call will bring the wrath of God
down on this wasteland the likes of

it might never recover.

find tassie i'll give her your best
whatever that is

i sure hope you know what you're doing
cal an epidemic of

vd in vietnam yes but in the usa man
we're so damn sanitary and cellophane

wrapped yeah a lot of things don't
figure right in this country including

heads like whitehead and cat houses
country style ed tell you what i want

do

Pick up that crazy old Jeremy Burke.

Yeah. Bring him in here right away.

Then take Joe and go out to Tassie's
place.

That's right.

That Calvin Cross has been... You hit
the nail right on the head.

Okay, Ed.

Oh, my God. At this hour?

Must be a couple of eager beavers.

Go on, Jeannie. Go get yourself gussied
up.

Well, the baby ain't been fed yet.

Yeah,

you come to the right place.

You ain't made no mistake.

We ain't as grand as some of them New
Orleans houses, but we function the same

way.

Are you ready for that house?

Titty pink.

Uh -huh.

One lightning.

You bridge a lot of gaps around here.

It's all the same when the lights are
out anyway, eh?

Come on in. I'll start you boys off with
some breakfast.

We didn't come here for breakfast.

Hell, I know that.

You come to get your ashes hauled.

Go on.

I like to start you young ones off on a
full... stomach you bought

the new around here ain't you he is i'm
not i've been in service for four years

i'm billy waco

A couple of early birds here raring to
go.

This here is Rhoda, one of my girls.

Come on, smile pretty.

Say hi.

Remember what I told you.

This child loves peanut butter.

Would you believe she eats a jar a day?

Gives her confidence.

That's fine, honey. Now you go on
upstairs and you fix your hair. And

forget the ribbon.

The ribbon. Yeah.

Sometimes if I'm real busy, I come out
of retirement for some of my special

customers. You understand?

This is Jeannie, my star attraction.

No better body on Stilford.

How do you like that?

Ever see such peaches and cream skin
like...

five dollars more for Jeannie.

That's enough of a sideshow, honey. Go
get yourself dressed.

Do you believe that girl was knocked up
and screwed up when I got her?

I delivered that baby.

Got a lot to be grateful to me for, I
can tell you.

Come on, fellas.

Did you get a call from Sheriff
Whitehead? We don't have no phones out

Sheriff Whitehead send you boys out?

No, as a matter of fact, he tried to
stop me from coming.

Oh, he did, huh?

Well, I think I know why.

If those boys in town thought you was
getting into any of my girls, they might

not like it.

They can be a lousy bunch of bastards
sometimes.

Should I do my Spanish number now?

No, it's too early for that shit. Help
me get these boys fed.

Oh, yeah, sure. This is Kathleen.

Pleased to meet you, I'm sure.

Listen, don't worry about Whitehead.

What he don't know won't hurt him. And
if he starts giving me any trouble, I

a few things on him.

Such as?

Such as, with a loud mouth he is, he
sure suffers from a shortage.

from the South, too.

I understand.

Oh, we're not here for the reason that
you think, Tassie.

Nobody goes out here but for one reason.

I'm a doctor. So who's sick?

Well, I have reason to believe that
there's an outbreak of VD on Stillford.

And I'm here to inspect your girls.

That's a goddamn lie!

My girls are clean, and nobody but
nobody inspects them but me. Who put you

to this?

Oh, that church group.

That church group.

Moved all the way out here.

What more do they want?

Son of a bitches.

Now they think I'm spreading syphilis
all over the goddamn place.

Hey, look, nobody's accusing you of
anything.

There's a serious advance case in town,
and that means there may be more.

Well, that's in town.

old Jeremy Burke.

Hey, let me handle this, will you?

Oh, that crazy old coot. Well, has he
been out here?

Jeremy Burke? That filthy old thing, I
run him off this place.

Please, Tassie, just cooperate with me.
I want to take every precaution I can to

arrest this thing before it gets out of
control. We'd be in arrest if Tassie...

Shut up, both of you.

Supposing I ain't willing to cooperate.

Well, I could get the health authorities
to close you up.

Well, is that a business?

Okay. You just try.

But you have your proof when you do.

Now you take your friend and get out of
here.

Well, look, Tessie, you're only putting
up... Get out of here!

The road is falling down the stairs
again.

What harm can it do to let Cal inspect
the girls? What kind of an inspection?

It'll be a Wasserman test for each of
the girls.

That includes you too, Tassie.

Oh, no way. No way, brother.

Hey, they think we have a thief.

Inspect me. I'm just on a bath.

Oh, get your ass off that table. I don't
want to be venereal.

Oh, now look what you've done. You've
scared the shit out of Rhoda.

Tassie, maybe it would be a good idea if
we did let them inspect us. What?

Well, then at least we'd know.

Well, if you girls want it that way.

Why not? I'll go first. Hey, you, come
on.

All right, you go upstairs.

I'll get my bag.

Cassie. Upstairs. She'll be down in a
minute.

What's that?

Rhoda. Well.

What's she doing up there? Laughing.
What else?

Hey, would you like to sing my song in
tap?

Let me at what? None of your friggin'
business.

Come up to me, honey, not him.

Kathleen, you're next.

Oh, hi, Joe.

Listen, I'm sorry, boys. You're closed
today. House inspection. Who's up there

now, Tassie? Not that it's any of your
goddamn business, but it happens to be a

friend of mine.

You wouldn't be marked by any chance,
would you?

Ed, go see.

I killed him!

Look, I don't need a favor, Waco.

Cal, I done shed blood for you once
today already.

I gotta get these test cultures over to
the mainland.

Without Jeremy, they're the only proof
I've got.

Can you get over there in your boat?

As long as Whitehead doesn't try and
stop me.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'm here.

I expected another mind -blower.

Hey, look, are you coming back tonight
or in the morning?

I'd like to use your Jeep, man. I think
it's my responsibility to tell him.

Yeah.

Later.

Sorry, Taffy, for all the inconvenience
I've caused.

I'm not.

Proof's one thing. Country madams are
like country doctors.

The old -fashioned kind are still the
best.

Oh, here comes trouble. Morning, Taffy.

Morning, Ozzie. What do you want?

You might be needing a little help out
here.

Nothing I can't handle myself.

Has Carrick been harassing you?

Nope.

As a matter of fact, he just gave me the
good housekeeping seal of approval.

It's true. They got a clean bill of
health, all of them.

I was wrong.

Maybe you won't be so cocksure yourself
from now on.

I think you owe us an apology, boy.

You better listen to what he says,
Sheriff.

Remember, elections are coming up. He
don't take to strangers coming out here

spreading malicious rumors about us.

Especially black boys.

Prison records.

Oh, you know about that, huh? I told you
nothing escapes my notice.

I told you that, boy.

I think we're gonna have to beat a
little humility into you. You know a

Sheriff. But what you don't know is how
much I've found out about what you know.

Like what Doc Thor told you about four
weeks ago.

What are you talking about?

Shut up!

That's the trouble with you black boys.
You're always saying more on your

prayers. I bet it wouldn't come as a
surprise to your sheriff if he were told

that Jeremy Burke was dead.

Dead? Poor old Jeremy.

Well, he's probably better off.

He was crazy anyway.

He hung himself.

But I got a feeling that he was driven
to it. And what makes it worse is that

had a 50 -50 chance of being cured.

Now, do you want to talk or play games?

Okay.

Talk. Privately.

Joe, I want to talk to you.

Now look, Tassie, go ahead.

Come on, baby.

Joe! Nice! Let me see what you got here.

It's a sex convention.

A mass gangbang.

It's going on every day and every night.
The traffic out to that island is like

a freeway on Sunday afternoons. Now I
know why Jeremy got so nervous when I

asked him had he ever forced himself on
a young girl. It would have been simple

for him to rape one or two of those
girls, and all he had to do was infect

and she could have passed it on and on.
And this is really going to grab you by

the short hairs, baby.

Your daughter was right there in the
thick of it.

to your neck in grief.

You better get off this island fast as
you can swim, paddle, or float.

Good luck, baby.

Girls! I can't take it.

That's it, boys.

Relax and enjoy it.

When I left Jeremy Burke, he was hopeful
of being cured.

Why then would he take his own life
unless he was driven to it?

The answer is within whitehead.

We'll go to any length to keep this
quiet.

If he gets to me before you do, I'm
counting on you, Waco, to get this

the authorities.

It's...

You rotten bastard.

Yeah, that's what they all say.

How the hell do you happen to know so
damn much?

I just happen to be a naturally curious
cat.

You actually saw me out there last
night? Uh -huh. So why the hell did you

to go niggle -lip into Ozzie? Well,
maybe you've noticed that Sheriff

has a brick wall for a mind.

I was just trying to get across the
point, dig it? You didn't. I got the

Satisfied. Hey, your old man did that to
you?

He loves.

Nobody else I'd still put a dare like a
hand on. Well, let me have a look. Get

your groiny hands off me. Okay, child,
stop.

You want to tell me why you're here? And
while you are here, maybe you can tell

me something that's been bugging me.

Why did you come here that night to see
Dr. Thor? Because he asked me to.

That's why.

Said he wanted to see me about something
or other. Something or other, huh?

Well, what might that be?

Who knows?

Maybe the old bastard was horny for me.

How's that grab you?

It don't.

Seeing it's 70, Thor could only put his
hand on it and wish it well.

You gotta do better than that.

You didn't come here because Thor
requested your company.

More than likely, he knew something
about you.

Something you don't want to leak out.

Ozzy didn't want me coming here, and
that's the only reason I came.

And that's why you're making the scene
with Waco, because your old man don't...

Damn you! I ain't made it with Bill!

he is for you. You think you know so
damn much?

Spook!

Look, only came here to beg you not to
say anything to Bill about last night.

I'd do anything to keep him from finding
out.

He never made it with a black man
before, but... Unbelievable.

The face of an angel.

The mouth of a truck driver in the
crotch of a whore. What, 16 buttercup?

moving it straight on up the line. Some
prize package for Waco. No, that would

change. No shit? Like the little rump
last night?

Huh? The minute Waco isn't around,
you're somebody else. No, I don't...

He's the only one.

Well, what about Jeremy Burke?

Who?

Jeremy Burke.

He's crazy.

He saw everything.

Why do you think he's crazy?

Did he ever try to rape any of the
girls?

Jeremy Burke?

You've got to be kidding.

He was making some land.

We used to let him peek so he wouldn't
tell anybody.

Once on a dare, a couple of the girls
sat on his face.

But physical contact was made.

Look.

Bill's boat's coming back.

Are you going to tell on me or not?

I don't know. What about...

What about your proposition?

You know, hold me to that.

Well, you suggested it, Buttercup.

Come on, let's get it over with.

You, Dee Dee Whitehead.

What's wrong with your back?

It's a rash.

That's all.

Open your mouth.

Screw off! Open your mouth!

Hey!

I wouldn't touch you with a 40 -foot
flagpole.

Look, for Christ's sake.

For your own good, Dr. Thorne must have
recognized you. You tricked me. Look, he

must have told you about it. You tricked
me.

Didi.

You're going to pay for this, you black
mother.

Didi, don't be a fool.

Hey, what

are you doing?

Hey, please, Waco.

You've got to get me off this island and
back to the mainland.

Oh, come on, Cal.

I just got back. I've got a date with
Didi tonight. The health department told

me to give you this.

It's Didi I've got to talk to you about.

It's the same thing here.

Nobody can see it.

I can't even prove it yet.

But I know it's here festering.

What makes it so heavy, man, is that
nobody will admit to it. Nobody will

it. This is the real danger.

When I left Jeremy Burke, he was hopeful
of being cured.

Why didn't we take his own life? I don't
want to be alone with that spook

running loose.

Did you find him yet?

Not yet. I want to hear this.

I'm counting on you, Waco, to get this
report to the authorities.

It's...

That's what they all say.

How the hell do you happen to know so
damn much?

I just happen to be a naturally curious
cat.

You actually saw me out there last
night? Uh -huh.

Why the hell did you have to go needle
-lip into Ozzie?

I was just trying to get across the
point, dig it? You didn't. I got the

Satisfied. Hey, your old man did that to
you?

Well, nobody else on the stove would
dare lay a hand on you. Well, let me

look. Get your groiny hands off me.
Okay, child, stop.

You want to tell me why you're here?

And while you are here, maybe you can
tell me something.

Look, why did you come here that night
to see Dr. Thorne?

Because he asked me to.

That's why.

He said he wanted to see me about
something or other.

Something or other, huh?

Well, what might that be?

Who knows?

Maybe the old bastard was horny for it.

Look, Judy, a penis is a penis.

It's there for a reason. I know, I know.

I'm just not ready yet.

What did you come here for in the first
place? I told you I didn't want to come.

You always drop in like this.

Spread this ugly story around.

Sorry about the intrusion, but I gotta
warn you cats about something.

What about this?

You're a little behind the times,
brother.

Historical, I'd say. This went out with
the Boston Tea Party.

Yeah, and you were one of the bags they
threw over, huh?

Hey, look, I'm in trouble and I need
your help.

Who's a chick?

Look, it concerns all of you.

I don't seem to be able to get through
to the old folks.

It would just maybe, maybe I can reach
you cats.

But you've got to keep an open mind.

Yeah?

This better be good, man. I didn't roll
over here for no election.

Okay. You all know Jeremy Burke?

Yeah.

Well,

he's dead because of what I'm about to
tell you.

How does that grab you for a start?

It's a spirochete.

A tiny corkscrew of a germ.

And once it enters the bloodstream, it's
a real killer.

It's the number one communicable
disease. And that's no shit.

It makes no distinction to who you are.

Black, white, or plaid. Sinner?

Yeah, some of them too. Saints.

Look, even a president can get it. Start
combing the dune and the rock.

Pick up anybody you find.

Arrest them in my name.

Kids too.

They got no damn business being out
here.

Damn you.

Look, you get it once and you can get it
again.

And there's no immunity to it. It's
called the great pretender. Time and

many rashes and skin lesions have been
diagnosed as measles or chicken pox.

It's a real sneaky mother.

It can pass from mother to unborn child.

And if you live in a place like Stilford
with no hospital, it can go undetected.

Hold him there.

I'm going to check the lighthouse.

What's really heavy, man, is when it
enters the genitals, blocks the testes,

the sperm can't get through.

When a man can't become a father.

And there goes your manhood, baby.

Ain't nothing to be afraid of, little
girl. It's Sheriff Whitehead.

Come on down now.

Come on down, girlie.

Last night she was never to come out
here again.

So beat me up again, Ozzie.

Get all that hate out of that fat head
of yours.

Then sweep all the dirt under the rug
and forget about it.

Like you done to poor Mama.

Come on, girl, I don't give you none of
your lip.

You gave Mama a dose and then walked out
on her, didn't you? You're so quick to

walk away from anything you don't want
to hear.

Like when Mama died.

I guess she thought it all died with
her. Shut up, Denia, or I'm going to

you senseless.

Now what have none other girls brought
in here?

Come on down, Liz.

My fat old man won't dare touch you so
long as I'm here.

What's come over you, girl?

I don't care what happens to me anymore,
Ozzie. I want everybody to know I'm a

congenital syphilitic. And it all
started with you. Who the hell told you

that crap?

Dr. Thor.

And there are reports to prove it. Shut
your mouth, girl. You ought to read

those reports, Ozzie.

No. Here's the truth. For once, you
ignorant bastard!

Depending on the stage of the infection
at the time of pregnancy, the infected

newborn may appear normal at birth with
no manifestations until puberty. You

didn't know that.

Or maybe you did from Dr.

Thor. But you just didn't want to
listen.

Well, you're going to listen now.

Because here I am with all the
manifestations. Before I'm through, I'm

give it to every goddamn bastard I can,
including giving it back to you.

God, how I've hated you.

Every time I did something ugly, every
time I did it, even with old

Jeremy Burke.

I thought of you, Ozzie.

It was my way of spitting on you.

Now you know where your sheriff is
really at.

You've got a wide choice of
consequences.

Destroy your body.

Go blind or deaf.

Blow your mind, or if you're lucky, die.

Like old Jeremy Burke.

Man, you don't have to say any more. We
got the picture.

What the hell are we supposed to do
about it?

Whatever it is,

do it.

What he's telling you is true.

I've got it.

Well, I know some of you have.

Hey, where's your old man?

They're on the other side of the island,
near the lighthouse.

They're arresting anybody they find
here.

Are you kidding me? No!

No! Come on, let's get the hell out of
here!

It's Whitehead! I hope you know what you
did was pretty damn stupid.

That door filled me in.

I knew I was congenital.

What's it matter?

But did you know that late congenital
syphilis is never infectious?

But that doesn't mean you haven't
already reinfected yourself.

You come on.

Come on.

Hey, Whitehead!

Whitehead! You better come down here.
You got a lot of explaining to do. Son

a bitch. He knew about this all along.

I'll fix it.

You did it.

I'm glad you decided to go.

You'd be better taken care of over
there.