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Thank you.

Good evening, Mr. Whitlock.

Don't know about this weather.

Fill her up, Lamb. Sure will.

I was afraid I wouldn't find you open. It's almost midnight.

Just about to close when you drove up.

Trouble, Sergeant?

Yeah. A convict broke out of state prison today.

A black one.

He killed a guard.

All these roads here are blocked off.

Watch yourself going home, Mr. Whitlock, and don't pick up no hitchhikers. All

right. Shouldn't be too hard spotting one of them.

No? Well, he stole some clothes from the prison workshop.

So just be careful, and if you see anyone that looks like him, steer clear.

Don't worry.

That'll be $3.

Betcha they bring that convict back dead.

Ain't none of them ever make it. Good night, Mr. Whitlock.

A man has to fight.

When a man's in the right, cause a man has to fight to be free.

Though his task may be great, he must fight greed and hate. We're all part of

the same family tree.

A man has to run when his time comes to run.

While the crowd screams revenge for his crime.

And his heart... must be strong as he struggles along he's a lost soul

who's fighting for time how lovely and beautiful the

world could be for life can be springtime for us all

but fate closes in and when it brings despair

the rains of the winter

A man has to stand when his time comes to stand, cause a man who stands

tall is a man.

Though his heart beats with pain and the past haunts his brain, he must save his

own skin while he can.

A man has to shout when his time comes to shout.

For a man when he shouts will be heard.

Oh, a man has to strive in the war to survive.

Cause the world will be moved by his word.

A man has to love when the time comes to love.

Cause a man when he loves reaches high.

If he fails in the fight and he falls in the night.

No!

Having a little trouble there, mister?

Where'd you come from?

Oh, I took a shortcut from the side road.

I'm trying to hitch a ride to Garnersville.

You know anything about motors?

Oh, yes, sir. I was a mechanic for ten years.

Maybe you can start this one.

I'll tell you what.

You get behind the wheel and start up when I tell you to.

All right.

Oh, I found it. It's the condenser wires. They're loose.

Try it now.

Nice.

Beautiful.

You do know about motors.

Can I hitch a ride, sir? I'm only going about ten miles.

Oh, that's good enough for me.

Okay.

Hop in. Thank you.

Over here.

Hurt your leg?

I just twisted it a little. Slight sprain.

How far are you going?

As far as you'll take me.

Must be pretty important.

What do you mean?

Keeping you up this late.

Got a date with a sassy gal?

Oh, no.

Got a job waiting for me in Garnersville.

Let's hear some music.

Okay.

That's Beethoven, isn't it?

No.

No? What is it?

Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor.

How do you know that?

I used to collect records when I was a kid.

You're a music lover.

I feel sorry for anyone that isn't.

You happen to know what that is?

Bach's Another.

Sure. Are you testing me?

Maybe.

What's a sonata?

A sonata is an instrumental piece in three movements.

I think you're a musician.

You know anything about the life of Bach?

Johann Sebastian Bach was a master of the fugue. He tried the sonata form.

The Bible was a profound influence in his life.

He was a church organist originally.

You don't say.

Why did you study him?

He reached me.

I began digging in his life.

He opened my mind.

In his 65 years, he wrote several hundred pieces of music.

I must be putting you to sleep.

I've been on the go all week.

Too many parties. Would you check the wheel?

I'd be glad to.

Turn off here.

That's my little place.

Not bad for a little place.

Well, I'm sorry I can't take you any further.

Oh, that's all right.

I'll get another hitch.

Thank you very much, sir. I don't think you will. You won't find many cars out

this late. Why don't you come inside, have a drink, get warmed up?

Maybe you're right. I know I am.

Sure, I'll get you back to the highway later.

I dig intellectuals. Come on.

Yeah. Let there be light.

Go on in.

Make yourself comfortable.

Sit down.

Storm.

Not a fit night out for man or beast.

I'll pour the scotch.

Sorry my wife isn't here.

She's at a dinner party with some of her friends.

She's an intellectual, too.

Educated in England.

You're not from the South.

You can tell.

Your accent.

It's Eastern.

I was born up in New England.

Lived here since we were married.

This place has been my wife's family for years.

I don't have the built -in southern prejudices.

He thinks I'll just protest too much.

Another quote?

William Shakespeare.

I was going to say Beethoven.

I'm cultured, too.

Where are you from?

I was born in the South.

Spent a few years in New York.

Couldn't make it and came back.

Folks still live here?

Yes. Mother, father, and brother.

You married?

No. And you have your greatest happiness ahead of you.

So they tell me.

That's my life.

That's Ellen.

Delicate sort of beauty. All wistfulness, all helplessness.

An exquisite child.

Look at the papers these days. Full of violence, murder, rape.

Jailbreak today.

You hear about it? No.

Some convict broke out of state prison.

Colored.

Colored.

Stupid of him.

Stupid of him to have killed that guard.

I suppose he must have been desperate.

You know, when they find him, they'll shoot him down like a proverbial dog.

I can feel for that poor bastard.

Imagine sitting in a cell night after night, turning to stone, all that jazz

him. And he's going from a young buck to an old lifer. What price has he got to

pay for freedom?

He's got to kill.

He's got to kill to be free.

That's a kind of philosophy.

Homegrown, Southern -style existentialism.

You haven't touched your drink.

No, I never cultivated a taste for good liquor.

Let me get you something else.

No, I've got to be going.

No, no.

I can't let you go yet.

My wife.

You have to meet my wife.

I was hoping I'd be home before you got here. It's all right, it's all right.

How was your dinner party?

Well, it was a bit stuffy.

Did you have a nice time at the club? Yes.

Darling, I wish you'd come with me. Everybody asked about you and all I

was to fumble for excuse.

Darling, I want you to meet somebody.

Oh, I'm afraid I've forgotten your name.

James. James Wallace.

Wallace?

Mr. Wallace is staying with us tonight.

What?

It's the least I could do for the gentleman.

After all, he saved my life.

He... What do you mean?

Well, I picked him up tonight. You know, gave him a ride, and I fell asleep at

the wheel, and... Well, if it hadn't been for James...

You'd be a widow now.

Well, thank you.

Nothing, ma 'am.

Fix him a room.

He probably wants to go home.

Yes, that's right. I've got to be going. The back room. He's staying over.

We don't have any servants right now. We just got home from Europe a few days

ago.

I want to thank you, sir, but I got to be going. My wife is preparing your

You tell her I said thank you and good night.

If you insist on leaving, let me get you a ride. Let me make a phone call.

This fellow's sure to give you a ride.

Uh, could I speak to the sheriff, please? This is Leslie Whitlock.

Sheriff, about ten minutes ago I saw a man walking down Rose Hill Drive that

looked remarkably like that convict James Lake.

Not at all.

Glad to do it.

Good night.

You're a real son of a bitch.

Within five minutes, there'll be prowl cars throughout the entire area.

Now, would you consider staying?

What?

What do you want from me, mister?

Sit down.

Why do you think I picked you up tonight?

The two of us are alike.

We're both of us murderers.

The only difference is, you had the moral courage, I didn't.

I need you, Jim.

She's going to divorce me.

If she does, if she does, I might as well be dead.

It's a game.

We're playing a game, and I'm going to win.

I'm not letting go of all this.

She's got the money.

I am not giving this up to some charming southern stud.

I loved her a long time.

And now it's over.

I'm not letting anybody else get in there.

I've been looking for a way for years.

And tonight I found it.

You.

You're my weapon.

You're gonna kill her for me, Jim.

I can't.

Well, you've dealt with killing before.

What did he do to you?

Give you a life sentence? You've already got life.

We haven't got capital punishment in this state. It's beautiful.

Sit down.

I'm now going to sweeten the pot.

I've had this money in here for years.

Ten thousand dollars.

It's yours as soon as you do the job.

Get the keys to my car.

You drive directly to the airport. You go to hangar three. Get in touch with my

private pilot, Walter Jackson.

He'll fly you to Mexico.

You'll be there in the morning.

And once in Mexico, you're a free man.

No, I won't do it. I won't. What the hell can you possibly lose?

My freedom.

My life.

Why were you sent to prison?

Perhaps it never occurred to you, but innocent men are sent to prison.

What about that guard you killed tonight?

They killed the guard.

They had to blame me.

In the eyes of the law, you're still a killer. I won't do it.

I just won't do it.

In that case...

Operator,

give me the state police.

Hang on.

Hang on, please.

Change of mind, Jim?

Let me think.

It's kill or be killed.

The world can be a very beautiful and exciting place, even for a man like you,

with $10 ,000 in his pocket.

And a place to spend it without jeopardy.

In Mexico, you can get lost.

Leslie?

Room's ready.

Is there anything I can get for you?

No, ma 'am.

Leslie, you look tired.

Yes, I guess I am a little tired.

Well, is anything wrong?

What could possibly be wrong?

Did you lose at poker?

You're looking at a winner.

I'm glad.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Where did I put my bag? Oh.

Now's the time.

She's in her bedroom.

Come on.

All right.

All right.

Give me the gun.

Use your hands Strangle her

Start walking

Walk

If you move in any direction other than towards my wife's bedroom,

I'll fire this thing right into you.

Operator! Operator!

Operator!

What do you want?

Please, you listen to me carefully.

I know you know who I am.

I'm here to help you.

Your husband has sent me here to kill you.

He won't come.

Listen to me.

He won't come to you. He won't come to you. Why?

Why? What have you done to my husband?

Nothing. He's downstairs with a gun in his hand waiting to kill me if I don't

kill you.

You're mad.

You're mad.

You've killed my husband, Leslie. Leslie.

Oh, Leslie.

Oh, Leslie.

Listen to me.

Listen to me.

Your husband offered me $10 ,000 and a chance to escape.

All right.

You want money? I'll give you my jewels.

There's money in it. I don't want your jewels.

I don't want your money.

I only want what he offered me. I only want my freedom, my life.

Help me!

Help me!

Help me!

No choice, lady.

Don't you!

Don't you!

Oh, no!

Ah! Ah!

Let me out of here.

Come on, let me out of here, man.

Man of my word, I keep my bargains.

Here's Keith's car.

You drive to the airport. If you're smart, you'll find Walter Jackson. You

him a thousand dollars, he'll fly you anywhere.

Now get moving, boy.

Move!

Hangar three.

He tried to kill me.

I couldn't help.

I couldn't help.

Are you all right? Yes.

He's gone.

He's gone. Are you sure? I think.

Leslie.

He tried to strangle me.

And I fought him, and I fought him, and I fought him.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Peter, Miss Whitlock, your husband called.

I thought I'd better come by in a second.

Sheriff, I'm glad you came.

That black man been here?

Yes.

He tried to kill my wife.

He robbed me of $10 ,000.

He tied me up. He beat me.

And then he went up to her bedroom.

And he tried to strangle me.

And then I fainted.

Well, shouldn't we head over?

Call the ambulance.

I'm all right.

Thank God.

How long ago did he leave here?

Two minutes ago.

He took my car.

I want a script for your car and your license number.

It's a Continental, G -O -O -J -3 -1 -8.

Get that out to the robot boys.

Sheriff, you're not going to leave us here alone.

Oh, no word, ma 'am. This is the last place he'd come back to.

You're sure?

Besides, we have five new roadblocks set up.

There's no way he can get out of this state.

Yes, but if he does come back, our phones are out of order. Well, we'll

the telephone company, and they'll fix it immediately.

Mr. and Miss Whitlock, I'm awful sorry.

Thank you, Sheriff.

We

interrupt this

program to bring you a news bulletin. James Lake, the escaped convict, entered

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock where he bound and gagged Mr. Whitlock and

robbed him of $10 ,000.

Lake attempted to molest Mrs. Whitlock.

Lake, however, escaped in Mr. Whitlock's car, a black Lincoln.

He is now headed north on Highway 201 where police have set up roadblocks in

surrounding area.

All citizens are cautioned to lock their doors and stay off the highways.

Lake is desperate and probably armed.

And now let's hear from Zeke Smith and his rock and rollers.

Jim?

Jim?

It's Lily.

I love you.

I love you.

So tired.

Listen to me, baby. Now I'm so tired.

Hear me talking, baby. Now I'm so tired.

Ain't a meaning maybe no more. I tell you that I'm really getting tired of

trying, baby, to give my love to you. You don't want what I'm offering.

nothing I can do but just cut out on you, baby.

So tired.

Listen to me, baby. Now I'm so tired.

Hear me talking, baby. Now I'm so tired.

Ain't a meaning maybe no more.

I tell you that I'm really getting tired of feeling feelings that make me feel

this blue.

It don't make no kind of sense when all I need is a little honest love from you,

baby.

Cause I'm tired.

me talking, baby, now.

I tell you that I'm, I'm cutting out on you, baby.

I'm gonna leave you, baby.

You better hurry up and give me some kind of sign that you're gonna do right.

Cause I'm about to tell you bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, baby, baby,

bye, bye, bye, bye, baby.

Just who the hell are you and who gave you permission to draw my picture? Oh, I

don't need your permission. This is my property.

Well, you're drawing me and I'm my property.

What do you think?

That's not bad.

Sit down.

Oh, come on, sit down.

How long have you been an artist?

How long have you been singing here?

A week.

That's how long I've been an artist.

I'm an auto mechanic on the side.

And you expect me to buy that from you. Is that your game?

No. I'd hope to give this to you for a present.

What's your name?

James Lake.

What's yours?

Now you know my name. It's on the marquee.

But in case you forgot, it's Lily.

Do artists make money?

Only when they die.

Then I'll keep this. You never know.

Thanks.

Wait a minute.

Where are you going?

Home.

Well, can I take you?

What for?

Well, I'd like to do an oil of you.

In the nude?

Now, that's a thought.

But I'd rather do a portrait.

And how much is this going to cost me?

Would you believe?

Oh, free.

Because nothing in this world is for free, Mr. Link.

Oh, that's your philosophy, Miss Lilly.

Not mine.

Come on.

Jim, what does it take to be a great painter?

60 cents worth of paint and $2 worth of canvas.

But this happens to be a pastel.

And it could be worth thousands, can't it?

Oh, Lily, I don't care about that. When I paint, I own the whole world.

And now you own me, don't you?

Lily, next week I'm leaving for New York.

What for?

There's a man there that owns an art gallery.

He thinks he can find me a sponsor.

And what about me?

I'll send for you, of course.

All the opportunities are in New York, Lily.

You don't want me to be a grease monkey the rest of my life, do you? Do you love

me, Jim?

Of course I do, Lily.

What made you ask such a silly question?

I think you like your canvases more than you like me.

Oh, Lily, if I don't try now, I'll be no good to nobody.

Not even myself.

Well, then take me with you, Jim. I just couldn't stand it here by myself.

Who's there? Police!

Open up!

Just a moment.

Yeah. Who's that boy?

Some slut.

Look in the closet.

She's no slut.

Oh, Johnny!

Jim!

Oh, please leave him alone!

Don't you hear him? Oh, Jim!

Look what I found, Lieutenant.

Come up here, boy!

Oh, please don't hit him anymore. Don't hit him.

Now you get dressed, nigger.

I said get dressed, nigger.

Is that the girl?

Yes. But I didn't kill her.

Don't kill my little girl!

Get them in there. I'll get them out of here.

It's incredible.

What a close call.

And I thought you were dead.

Do you know that he said that you wanted to kill me? Of course.

It's an interesting situation.

A Lady Lazarus.

And a man who's been living in hell.

In limbo.

In limbo.

But now we're free.

Kiss me.

You forgive us our trespasses?

I forgive you your lover.

Oh, darling, there was never anyone else.

You murder him.

cabin.

Good idea. Let's do it.

We'll go away.

We'll start again.

A new life.

A venture into the unknown.

You have a private practice, doctor, as well as being the county coroner?

Correct. And the deceased Sally Blair was your patient?

Yes. She came to my office in May.

When I examined her, I discovered she was pregnant.

She didn't want the baby, she said. It would be too horrifying for her, she

said. She wanted me to get rid of it for her. Of course I refused.

Of course.

Did she tell you who the father was?

No.

She did say she'd had relations with somebody she was ashamed of.

Are you hinting that she voluntarily had an affair with this colored man, and

then she went to him with the news of her pregnancy, and he killed her to

the whole thing up?

Objection! The prosecution is deliberately leading the witness.

But she did have sexual relation before she was strangled? Yes.

The coroner's report clearly showed that.

Did you see these mud samples?

The crime lab showed them to me.

Now, the coroner has testified that the mud on the soles and the heels of Lake's

shoes exactly matched these samples of mud that came from the creek area where

Sally's body was found.

I have no doubt the soil is one and the same.

Thank you, Doctor.

Your witness.

He was always making up to her, always pretending something wrong with her car.

and then I caught him at the gas station grabbing her hand.

What was wrong with it, Lane?

There's nothing wrong with the car, Miss Blair.

Why'd you bring it to me?

I wanted to talk to you.

What about this time?

You know there's nobody in this whole town who'll even listen to me.

Not even your own father?

Ever since my mother died, he's changed.

You seem to understand what it means to be lonely.

You know me better than my own people do.

Oh, don't be ridiculous, Miss Blair.

There's lots of nice boys here in town who'd be glad to talk to you.

Just not my kind.

Well, there must be somebody here that you like.

I wish I could find somebody like you.

You're so easy to reach out to.

I mean, if you're around at nine o 'clock, I could get out. We could go for

drive. I've got to talk to somebody.

No, thank you, Miss Blair.

I gotta go.

I guess I'm the wrong color.

You said it. I didn't.

More than anyone else, you know what it means when there's no one you can be

friends with. They don't pay much attention to you either, do they?

Hardly. Lake, I'm in trouble.

What kind of trouble?

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

I'm in the worst trouble of my life, Lake.

I'm going to have a baby.

Well, who's the man?

I can't say.

I can't say.

Please help me.

I don't know where to go.

You've got to help me.

No.

I'd be in worse trouble than you if I did.

You must understand that, Miss Blair.

You must know someplace we can get rid of it.

No, ma 'am, I don't.

Please, please.

What you doing with her, boy?

Nothing.

I saw you touch her hand.

You making up to her, boy?

Nothing like that. It was an accident.

You better keep your place in this town if you don't want any trouble.

You hear me, boy?

I've always tried to mind my own business.

Now, why don't you try minding yours?

Hey, come back here.

Oh, you're a spunky punk, aren't you?

I'm just trying to tell you like it is.

What were you talking about?

Her car.

Now, that's all you got to do.

You read me, boy?

Yeah.

That's a real nice girl, and we're going to leave her that way.

There are plenty of black women around for you.

You leave us alone.

You understand, boy?

I thought you would.

I wish I would have done what I wanted to do right then and there.

I might have saved Sally's life.

He came into the bar that afternoon, acted awfully nice to me.

He came in every afternoon for a drink. He always looked at my daughter kind of

funny -like ever since she had a car fixed at his shop.

Going to your dance lesson, Sally?

I learned a new routine, Harry.

Want to see it?

Yeah.

I'm not a bad girl I'm not a

good girl And people tell me That

I'm slow tonight But when you hear my

song

You know there's something wrong Can't make it with

the same man twice I'm not a

dumb gal I'm not a smart gal

I'm not the kind of gal

Scrub all the floors.

Do all the chores.

Have kids and do just as I'm told.

I'm not a cold, cold chick. I'm not a hot,

hot chick.

But till I...

He tells me you stepped out of line with her down at your shop.

I never stepped out of line with your daughter, Mr. Blair.

Now, excuse me.

You keep your distance, understand?

Yes, sir.

Now, I saw him touch her hand.

You what? It wasn't intentional.

I was just reaching for the handle of the door.

Don't you ever do that again.

Understand? Yes.

Now get out of here.

That man wanted her bad.

And he got her finally.

You've got to kill him.

Please kill him.

Kill him.

You'd better go back in the house, Thelma. I hope it's you who'll get them,

You know, I'm sure going to try.

The sheriff's deputizing 20 more men.

Can I go with you? You stay in the house. You got a shotgun in there. Keep

handy, yeah?

All right.

Hands up, you hear me?

Come on back.

Don't try running, boy.

You're him, all right.

And you haven't changed.

I lived in your town before we moved here.

Sally was my best friend.

Get going, toward the house.

Come on.

Come on

Please

miss you got to listen to me turn your back stand with your hands against the

wall

There's a woman in big trouble, a white woman.

Mrs. Whitlock, she's going to be killed.

Only one that's going to be killed is you.

You don't remember me, but I sure as hell remember you.

I went to your trial every day.

I saw you snickering in that courtroom and lying.

And I prayed every night that you'd get worse than what you gave to her.

And now I got you. You killed a saint, mister.

When I went to her funeral...

When I saw her lying in that coffin, I could have torn you to pieces.

She still looked pure.

I should kill you right now.

But I'm going to let them do it.

My daddy said they're going to shoot you.

No more trials.

Give me the sheriff, quick.

Hello, Sheriff?

Thelma Wilson.

Guess who I've got here.

That black convict.

No, no, don't worry.

I've got him against the wall.

If he's so much as blinks, I'll blow his head off.

Now, you better hurry, Sheriff, if you want him alive.

But he's mighty restless, and so am I.

Please don't hurt me.

If you let me go, I'll be nice to you.

Just do as I say and you'll keep what's left of your virginity.

Now you hand me them keys over there and be quick about it, Miss Virgin.

Now let's go.

Why? Why do I have to go with you?

I need to drive and I ain't got time to run an avenue table. Come on.

Let's move.

Out.

Why don't you give yourself up? They're real mean. They're going to kill you.

There's a police car following us.

Get rid of it.

And remember, I got the shotgun pointing at your head. You start any funny

business, girl, I'll blow your tongue off.

Thelma, what are you doing here in your father's truck?

I couldn't stay in the house by myself, Frank.

My daddy's out looking for that convict.

Well, you're heading the wrong way. He's back at roadblock number four. That's

seven miles down the road.

Now turn around and head straight back.

Okay, Frank.

There's going to be a policeman's ball Saturday night. You going to be there?

Well, sure.

Is anything wrong, Thelma?

Nothing. I'm just a little nervous.

Well, don't worry. We got him surrounded.

And one minute after we catch him, we're going to shoot him.

Well, it's what he deserves, Frank.

We'll see you Saturday.

Okay.

You did that all right.

Well, you heard what he said. We can't go this way anymore.

You just turn that truck around and stop at that turn back there.

Now get going.

But there's nothing there but woods and swamp.

I said pull over to the side.

You said you weren't going to do anything to me.

I want no part of you, Miss Virgin. So don't flatter yourself.

Take you a little while to get another one of these.

And that's all the time I need.

Why the hell are you going with that?

I didn't know you cared.

I'll tell you what.

I'll write you a letter and send you your shotgun back.

Why, you son of a bitch!

It's Tuesday, September 12th.

The night of the full moon.

And Lake can't account for his time during the two hours that Sally Blair

killed. And yet, like all murderers, he comes into this court crying, not for

mercy, but denying it all.

What kind of power does it take to murder and rape a young, helpless girl?

Like power?

I say to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have a solemn obligation

the people of this sovereign state to render a verdict.

commensurate with the enormity of this criminal offense.

Give it to him!

And be not afraid.

Should we make some sandwiches?

No, how the hell would we? Let's get something to eat on the road.

Come on.

Just a

second.

I'm going to take along some protection.

Leave that.

We'll take care of it when we get back.

Get back over there, lady.

I told you to drop it.

What

are

you doing back here?

Need you two to get me through the roadblock.

I'll be in the backseat of the car with this shotgun and a pistol pointing right

at you.

Got nothing to lose but your lives.

Now let's go.

I don't have the keys to my car. You took them. You weren't planning on

your car.

We're taking your wife's car.

Let's go.

Let's go.

When we get to the roadblock, you tell them you're going away for a little

weekend. I will, I will.

You don't sound convincing.

He'll do as you say.

He's better.

New roommate for you.

Hey, I know you.

What are you doing here?

I broke a couple of windows.

And you're the one that killed Sally Blair, right?

Wrong.

They hung it on me, man.

And they let you off too easy.

Too damned easy.

What happened to him?

He's asleep.

You ought to use the cot.

Man, he's kind of like the floor.

That's enough for today.

Oh, yeah.

But we're going to give him some more tomorrow.

We should be reaching a roadblock soon.

We'll all be ready, won't we?

Sure.

There's the roadblock.

Full of police.

Real easy, aren't we?

Answer him.

Of course.

Hello, folks.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock.

Where you going?

Well... We're going to our cabin at Pine Lake.

Any sign of that convict yet? Nothing yet, Mr. Whitlock.

We've got a police net around the entire area.

The FBI's been notified, too.

Are you and Mrs.

Whitlock all right?

Sure. Mr. Whitlock, we heard about your run -in with him.

We'll pay him back for that.

You folks go on through, but don't stop for any reason.

All right.

He stands in the back seat under a blanket.

Why didn't you shoot him? Because he had his gun pointed right at the back of

Mrs. Whitlock's head.

We line up three cars and follow him.

I'll go along with you.

Into the cars, everybody.

Followed about two miles.

We get to the cabin, we'll surround the place. Maybe we can take him alive.

Not very likely.

Well, if he resists, we'll do our job.

This is the sheriff at Roadblock 9.

The Whitlock car has just passed through, headed for Pine Lake.

Convict James Lake is in the back seat.

He is armed.

We're on our way to our cabin. Now, you don't want to go there with us. Why not?

Well, what do you have to gain?

When I get to the cabin, I'm taking your car and you, ma 'am.

Me? Wait a minute. I don't want you harming my wife. You leave her alone.

Oh, Whitlock, stop trying to keep up the front.

Don't you understand, lady? You're a lot safer with me than you are with him.

I read about you in the papers, how you raped and killed a young girl.

I didn't do it.

They have all the evidence.

They even found bits of her flesh under your fingernails. Very incriminating.

Sex degenerate.

Just turn on the radio.

Well, it is reported that James Lake managed to elude police roadblocks thus

far. Bloodhounds and deputies are continuing the search.

That is all the word we have to this moment.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.

Tchaikovsky, piano concerto.

Your brother sold two of your paintings.

He got $10 each for them. I left the money for you at the office.

Lily, there's something I have to say to you.

I don't want you to come back here anymore.

Why not?

I want you to forget me.

I want you to get married.

You can't wait.

Jim, I love you.

Lily, you're going to wait 50 years.

I'll be an old man.

I'll be dead before they let me out of here.

You can't come back here anymore. I won't see you.

Oh, but Tim, I've got to see you. No.

Go home.

Find somebody.

Build a new life.

And don't write.

Oh, God, look, stop that crying.

I can't help it.

Well, then get out of here and don't come back anymore. You understand?

No, Tim.

What do I have to do? I have to insult you? All right, you're a two -bit whore.

Get out.

God, get her out of here.

Get her out.

Go on, get out. I don't want you here anymore.

No, Jim.

Get out of here.

Don't come back.

Don't come back anymore.

Don't come back anymore.

Isn't it? Make yourself comfortable.

Look, why don't you leave?

I mean, you can take my car.

Give him the keys to the car. The keys are already in the car.

Sit down.

Sit down!

Sure.

What's that?

It's $10 ,000.

If I'm the criminal he says I am, why didn't I take the jewels you offered and

the money?

You're thinking for the first time, right?

Come on, use your head, lady.

He's hated you ever since the first day he married you.

All he ever wanted was your money.

Why did you not come up when I called you?

Oh, how could I? He tied me up, honey. You tied yourself up.

Why do you think I came back?

Because I didn't want you to get the same bum rap that I've got.

Leslie!

Beautiful.

Got you both now, haven't I?

Hastings gonna like you as well dead as he did in bed.

I've never had anything to do with Dick Hastings. Too late, too late.

Leslie, you're crazy.

Look, I'll give you the money. I'll give you anything you want.

I'll give you this.

No! No!

That's it.

Come on.

You're going with me.

What is it?

Stop worrying about him.

Lady, I helped you. You're going to help me. Now, come on.

It's the police.

They'll have the highway covered.

Is there another way out of here?

Yes, there's a side road over there. Come on.

Show me the way.

All right, men. Some of you go around the back.

The rest of you follow me.

All right, men.

Lake.

Sheriff Hawkins.

Got the cabin surrounded.

Throw your gun away.

Your hands up.

I'm out.

He got away.

Where'd he go? I don't know.

Kidnapped my wife. Probably took her car.

Get that other radio phone fast.

Come with us, Mr. Whitlock.

He probably killed her by now.

Sheriff, he went through that open field.

All cars, follow him.

He's walking right into our parlor. Come on, Mr. Whitlock.

The airport's a few miles ahead now.

I'm sure the police will be there.

It's my only chance.

I hope you'll make it.

I have my own worries now.

I'm joining the club.

He was a wonderful man when I met him.

I'm sure he loved me.

Then he began building up all sorts of fantasies of jealousy.

I couldn't reach him anymore.

It's funny how you can live with a person and not know how much he hates

Lady, you shouldn't have been messing around.

I was never unfaithful to him.

Well, he was convinced that you were.

Imagination. Now you know what it feels like to be a victim.

I tried to help him, but... I wish somebody would help me.

There must have been someone.

Oh, there was a girl.

But she couldn't do anything.

They even sent a man into prison to kill me.

They'd rather see me dead than reopen this case.

How can you change the evidence?

I don't want him to change the evidence.

I just want him to change the target.

And I found it.

There's the airport.

Jackson?

Who are you?

What do you want?

Mrs. Whitlock, what are you doing with him? I got a great big gun. Says you're

going to fly us a few hundred miles from here.

He won't hurt you, Walter. Do as he asks.

It's all right. We're together.

You're that convict.

It's all over the radio and television.

Our plane is over there.

But the police, they'll be waiting for us at whatever airport we land in. Who

said anything about landing at an airport?

Now, you just hurry up. You've got two minutes to get us off the ground before

start shooting. Now, let's go.

Keep moving.

They'll go into my home in Silver Grove, on the open fields.

We'll have no trouble landing there.

Five miles outside of Silver Grove.

That's close enough.

Let's go.

Look, do I have to go with you? I can't leave this plane unattended. You go on

back. Don't need you anymore.

And don't tell the police now.

Oh, Mrs. Whitlock, I don't understand you. This man's a fugitive. And I helped

him escape. That's breaking the law.

Don't you realize he's kidnapping you? He is not kidnapping me. I'm going of my

own free will. I want you to tell the police.

Because I want them around after I've done what I have to do.

Now, come on.

You're determined to solve your case alone?

Alone. But you can't be your own detective. Why don't you go to the

I've been to the police, and all I got was a prison sentence.

I guess I don't know very much, do I?

What kind of lives do you people live down here?

Born in a city with built -in bigotry? Your whole life planned out for you?

Right?

Yes, we did what our father told us to. We went to school on time, we went to

church on time. And hated on time.

No.

No, something worse.

Ignored. Where I came from, we were taught to care for each other.

And I was born with a wall around me.

And that was supposed to protect me.

It almost got you killed.

Tell me, why did you want to save me?

Why didn't you just look out for your own skin?

I wasn't thinking of saving you.

I'm thinking of saving me.

Then why did you come back to the cabin? We got you through the roadblock.

I really surprised myself.

I became involved with you.

I'm fed up with all this brutality.

In a way, you're my sister.

Can you believe that?

Yes.

Yes, I believe that.

I'll handle it.

Can you give me a ride?

Yeah.

Come in front.

What are you doing walking, ma 'am?

My car broke down.

This is Sam, my driver. He works for us.

Ah. I didn't see no car when I picked you up.

Oh, it's up the road a ways. We're looking for a repair station, and I

we'll walk the wrong way.

How far you been walking?

How far you going?

Twenty miles.

Amazing. That's how far we've been walking.

Jim, what are you doing out?

I broke out.

Who's this?

Mrs. Whitlock, shut the door.

Who is that, Bill?

Come on in here, Lily. We got a visitor.

Two visitors.

Come on, the world.

Jim.

Hello, Lily.

Jim.

Lily and I are married, Jim.

She gave up her career.

Good.

You did what I wanted you to.

Why should you have waited?

There was nothing else to do, Jim.

I know.

Well, I'm not exactly free.

They're going to catch me soon and take me back.

How's Mom and Pop?

Fine. They're working down at the Bairnside Estate.

Now, you listen to me.

In a little while, there's going to be police all over this place.

They're different cops.

But that doesn't matter.

Because they don't know you from me.

They think we all look alike anyway.

I want you to get arrested.

Me? What for?

I need the time.

But if they arrest me, it's all right.

They gotta let you go, don't you understand?

Yeah.

Jim, are you married to this lady?

No, Lily.

Mind your own business.

I'm glad I didn't marry you. You ask too many questions.

Now, I've got one purpose.

You remember the bartender, Harry?

Yeah. He just got a stir. They pardoned him.

Where is he now?

Working in town, Blair's Bar.

Loomia car it's in back. He's on the table

It's

the police where can I hide in the broom closet

No. Put the cuffs on him.

Your husband's on his way here now, ma 'am. You sure you're not hurt?

No.

You just wait in the car with these officers. You're going to be all right

Oh, I'd like to let you have it right here and now.

I guess that privilege is not going to be mine.

I'll take a look around inside and see who's in here.

What's your name?

Lily.

Lily what?

Lily, sir.

Anybody else in here? No.

I'm all alone.

It's safe now.

Does that car run? Good enough.

Jim, you will watch yourself.

Why should you care?

Do you think they'll hurt William?

As soon as the sheriff flies down to identify him, they'll let him go.

Which might give me enough time.

We're closed.

Can't you read the sign?

Selection day.

Oh, please, mister.

Come on, open up. There's somebody out here mighty sick.

Three times you tried to kill me in that monkey house.

Who sent you, Harry?

You better talk fast, boy.

Who sent you?

Carl Blair.

I was right.

I was going to marry Sally.

And a warden let you play convict.

He knows how I was framed.

You weren't framed.

Framed, baby.

Framed. Now, where is he?

He's over in the warehouse on Jensen Avenue.

You and he own this bar and the warehouse.

You can get me in there.

I can't.

He told me not to come.

He's doing some work.

Private.

Now, he'll just have to sit still for the interruption, won't he? Now, come

Hey, Whitlock.

I've been questioning that lake boy for an hour.

He won't admit to nothing.

Now, your husband and the sheriff are on their way over here now to pick him up.

No, I don't want to see my husband.

Hello, Sheriff.

Hello, Jim.

We got your prisoner. Caught him dead to ransom, Mrs. Whitlock. Fortunately,

she's unharmed.

Alan, you all right?

Bring the prisoner out.

Bring him out.

That's not Lake.

That sure as hell isn't.

He said his name was Lake, and he was with Mrs. Whitlock when we picked him

What's your name, boy?

William Lake.

I'm James Lake's brother.

Well, I'll be damned.

What were you doing with him?

Nothing.

Where's Lake?

I don't know. Mrs. Whitlock.

The pilot radioed that Lake had held you both at gunpoint and made you fly down

here. Lake ran away.

Madam, I just don't understand what you're doing in the company of that man.

Sheriff.

Sheriff, what am I going to do with him?

He's yours. We don't want him. Someone's pulled a cute one.

Jim, what kind of officers do you have here?

Boy, you sure pulled a fast one.

Obstructing justice.

Throw him back in the cooler.

It'll be a long time before you get out of this jail.

Bob, you get out on all points in class.

Mrs. Whitlock.

A lot of things I don't understand about this case, Miss Whitlock.

I'm sure you can help us clear up a few things.

Now, gentlemen, evidently my wife is, well, in a state of shock.

Jim, your entire police force is in a state of shock.

We never figured you for a sucker, Jim.

Sheriff, let's go into my office.

It's locked.

You got a key? Open it.

Can't you see it's empty?

Just keep moving.

Put that over there.

It's the warehouse.

And that door?

It's Blair's office.

Let's open it.

What are you doing here?

Sorry to interrupt your... Pleasure, Blair.

What'd you bring him here for?

Hey, he's got the weapon. That's right, girl.

You get your clothes on.

Come on, we'll wait outside.

Go try it, Harry.

Come on back.

I said get back over here.

You're going to stay here and listen to everything I have to say.

That's a convict.

Forget the police.

You got a hell of a nerve coming here.

I'm off a bundle of nerves. Get over there with him.

Hold it.

I'll put a bullet right through your head, Harry.

Your move, Blair.

Hold it, Harry! Get back over here. Get over here!

You dare come here after what you did to my daughter?

After what you did, don't you mean?

That's right, Harry.

He raped and killed his own daughter.

You're out of your mind.

You're lying to say anything like that. Then they got me drunk.

It was five o 'clock.

I'll never forget it as long as I live.

At the time I was saying to myself, then why is he giving me all this free

liquor? Had me unconscious.

Then he scratched my hand and put my skin under her fingernails.

Then he even had enough time to go back to my room and put a dress in it.

Came back and poured more liquor down my throat.

Went to the creek and got some mud and put it on my boots.

Then I sat in that... prison for five stinkin' rotten years.

Studying that testimony, trying to figure out why you lied. And now I know

you lied.

Well, you didn't remember.

It was Tuesday, September 4th. Quarter moon, Blair.

Not a full moon.

The prosecutor, he didn't care because he had me.

You had your pigeon.

Oh, you rotten degenerate.

And that's why you had me lie on the stage.

You told me to say that you were in a bar all afternoon.

She wasn't my real daughter, Harry.

My wife was married before.

You killed Sally.

The two.

I love her too, Harry.

You animal!

I don't want to kill you, Blair.

If Harry dies, I've lost a witness.

Officer, would you tell the sheriff that I'm taking my wife home?

No, I'm not going home.

You'll have to wait. The sheriff's in the meeting.

Liquid lock.

There are a few more questions we have to ask you if you don't mind.

Hey, Sire!

I saw him. Who? The killer. He's at Mr. Blair's warehouse.

They're having a gunfight. Better hurry.

All right, Sheriff, why kill him? I'm sorry, ma 'am, but he asked for it. I'd

like to finish him off myself, Sheriff, after what he did to my wife and me. You

stay here.

How can you behave like that when you... I was play -acting, trying to humor

him.

Easy.

Easy.

What is it?

What happened?

Hit that.

He's behind the boxes.

Wake. You're trapped.

Throw your gun down and come out. You get Blair to talk.

Get him to tell who killed that girl.

And then I'll come out.

Give him a blast.

I went to prison for?

Let him admit it.

He's lying.

Mrs. Whitlock, don't go in there. It's dangerous. They've got him trapped.

They're going to kill him without giving him a chance.

killed his own daughter?

He's innocent!

He's innocent!

He's innocent!

Stop them! You heard him! Stop them!

Hold your fire, men!

That man is innocent!

What's he talking about?

I don't know.

All right, Lake.

Come on out. We're holding our fire.

Put the cuffs on him. Let me go, you son of a... Sheriff, don't finish him off.

Damn fool had no right to be there.

Blake's gun has never been fired.

Don't you dare touch him.

I heard that man say that Blair killed his daughter.

That's right, Sheriff. I heard it too.

Get him out of here.

You'll get a new trial.

You'll still have to prove everything.

Whatever it takes.

I'm going to see that you'll be free.

A man has to fight when a man's in the right, cause a man has to fight

to be free.

Though his task may be great, he must fight greed and hate. We're all part of

the same family tree.

A man has to run when his time comes to run, while the crowd screams

revenge for his crime.

And his heart must be strong as he struggles along.

He's a lost soul fighting for time.

How lovely and beautiful the world could be.

For life can be springtime for us all.

But fate closes in and when it brings despair,

the rains of the winter... to start to fall

a man has to love when his time

comes to love cause a man when he loves reaches high if he fails

in the fight and he falls in the night