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If the bust goes down, you got your money.

Police officers! Freeze! Get 'em over there! Get em!

- You lousy snitch. - Please.

- Larue Collins. - Right. Waste her.

- What are you so steamed up about? - It's my fault she came here.

- Where are you? - You don't care.

I care. You understand? I care about you and your right to live.

Police officers. Let me through.

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?? [Soft Instrumental]

This here buyer, he's a little nervous anyhow, you know.

You're sure there won't be no slipup?

We don't make no slipups, Max. Just be sure he pays off when we deliver.

You're responsible. We're layin' out a lot of bread for this operation.

The guys are comin' in from Detroit and Cleveland.

A little around the left kidney, huh, baby?

Hey, that hurts.

That ain't your kidney. That's your liver, Angie.

You bettor lay off that vino "russo."

Rosso. Rosso's red. Russo's my cousin.

[Laughs] Hey, that's pretty good, Larue.

Either you're gettin' better, or I'm gettin' used to your feet.

No later than Saturday night. Remember, after that, my buyer's long gone.

You worry too much, Max. You know that? What about a pizza?

Fehhh. Here's for you, baby.

I'll settle up with that old bag out front. Thanks.

[Woman Singing On P.A.] ? And feelin' good was good enough for me ?

? Good enough for me and Bobby McGee ?

You and me, let's, uh, get together. Okay?

What do you have in mind?

? From the coal mines in Kentucky ?

? To the California sun ?

Uh-huh. [Mouthing Words]

? Bobby shared the secrets of my soul ?

Uh... Well, how about it?

Joe? Sorry, pal, I'm a police officer.

You're under arrest. How about it? Why, you lousy...

Hi. Larue, what do you want?

I gotta see you. I got some hot information. Not here. I'm working.

Can't you tell? But it's the biggest thing I've ever come up with.

It's the wrong time, the wrong place. Call me tomorrow.

Pepper, I said it's big. Please.

[Pepper] All right.

Well? Whatcha you think? Big, huh?

Yeah.

Like, uh, worth maybe a couple of hundred?

'Cause I sure do need it.

I'll phone in the information, and if the bust goes down, you've got your money.

I need it now.

Larue, that's not how we operate, and you know it.

I'll phone it in, and if everything goes okay, you got it.

[Chuckles] Look, if you're trying to say that, uh,

my batting average hadn't always been perfect,

well, uh, okay... I'm no Joe Namath.

You always right?

? Feeling good was easy, Lord ?

- You okay? - Yeah, fine.

- Your boy, he okay? - How'd you know about him?

You showed me his picture once, around last Christmas.

He's a beauty. Yeah.

He's okay. He's just about the only good thing I got left.

? Feelin' good was easy, Lord when he sang the blues ?

? Feelin' good was good enough for me ?

? Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee ?

?? [Vocalizing]

Those are good up there. Take those.

Come on. Move faster.

Okay, those. Get these over here.

Back there. Hurry up.

[Bill] Police officers! Freeze! All right, let's go.

- Put your hands on top of your head. - Nobody move a muscle.

Billy? Dick? Hustle the other guys over.

Mark, get 'em in the center over there. Move! Move!

Hey, move it! Get over there. I got 'em.

On the table.

Get 'em over there. Get 'em. Shake 'em down, Pete. On the table.

Larue Collins.

Right. Waste her.

? Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin' ?

Uh, do you have a phone I could use? No.

Well, suppose somebody was trying to call me?

- Who? - Somebody.

The people who come here, their wives are dead, their friends are dead.

Who's gonna call 'em? Their rotten kids?

Let's get out of here, huh?

By the way, if a lady comes here lookin' for me,

would you tell her that I'll see her at her place later on, okay?

And also tell her that I said please to have the money ready.

Now, don't forget I said "please."

You wanna leave your name?

She knows my name.

? Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose ?

Taxi!

- [Tires Squealing] - [Head Thuds Against Car]

Larue? Hey, what happened?

Nothin'. Well, are you okay?

Yeah. I just tripped and fell is all.

Looked to me like somebody took a shot at you, lady.

Why don't you mind your business, huh?

Well, then how come that wood's smashed over there?

Look, you wanna make some bucks or do you wanna stand there beatin' your gums?

Go on. Get in the cab. It's your funeral, lady.

Hey, you!

Hey, you! Police!

Uh, listen, Alma, I don't think I'll be coming up right now, okay?

Why not? I gotta see somebody. I'll call you later.

Is it about those men who took a shot at you?

What men?

Hey, you been dreamin' again?

You haven't had a bite of lunch. I was gonna

fix you a real nice tuna salad sandwich.

I'm really not hungry right now. You're never hungry.

Where do you get your energy? I'm a living doll.

Didn't you know that? You just wind me up once and take away the key.

Larue. Larue, listen. Are you okay?

I'm fine. Top of the world.

Like it says in that song: ? I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday ?

It's today, and I'm top of the world.

See you later, okay?

Alma, here.

Uh, we'll have a late lunch, okay?

You call and have them send up some delicatessen.

Okay.

Friends?

You know we are.

Girl, you all right?

[Police Radio Chatter]

About all I can tell you for a fact is that she was not Chinese.

She was just some kind of a... Well, just a blonde.

She just complained. Complained? Complained about what?

The tea, the service, everything. You wanna know anything else?

No, not right now. Thank you very much.

[Chattering]

That's 9.75, lady. Just keep the meter running. I'll be right back.

Now, I don't want any more of those silly jokes...

about hoosegow and calaboose and all such foolishness.

These men are your friends, just as much as the firemen...

or the street cleaner or the man who fed the lions at the zoo.

Excuse me. Children, come over here when I walk over here.

Excuse me. I'd like to see Sergeant Anderson, please.

What's your name?

Uh, just tell her that Larue wants to see her on a personal matter.

She's not here right now. Oh, Bill.

Sgt. Crowley will talk to you. What time do you expect her back?

Well, now, if you've got a problem, Sergeant Crowley will handle it.

Sergeant Anderson is out on a case.

Can I help you? Uh, no.

It's a personal matter between me and Sergeant Anderson.

Well, why don't you come with me? It's okay.

What I want my children to get out of this...

is that the policeman is not a symbol of punishment.

Not a bogeyman who will come and lock them up if they're naughty.

Yes, ma'am.

What's your name?

Larue Collins.

I don't remember Sergeant Anderson ever talking to me about any Larue Collins.

Look, Larue.

Have you got something for us, or did you just come in here to warm your hands?

Uh,

well, what I'm trying to bring out is, uh...

Sergeant Anderson and me, we, uh, usually had sort of an agreement.

Like, how much is it worth?

Well, I tell ya, that depends on what you got to sell.

Actually, I need about $250.

You see, it's sort of a matter of life and death when you come right down to it.

Well, Sergeant Anderson never paid you any $250,

unless she paid you out of her own pocket.

'Cause you see, I okay all the bills here,

and I never okayed any $250 for Larue Collins ever.

Look, I know you guys got a lot of pull downtown.

But even so, you still need to come up with results, right?

Arrests, convictions? Well, who do you think has been feeding her all this time?

Those apple stealers on the beat?

Go ahead. I'm listening.

Well, you, uh... How would you like to know, uh...

Do you remember that job at the Cloverdale Bank last winter?

How'd you like to know who masterminded the whole thing?

The entire operation.

- That's worth about 250, isn't it? - It could be.

Well, you pull in a guy by the name of Joe Caryk.

You get him in here and you twist him a little bit, you see?

And you'll hear an earful all right.

He can't stand pain. I know. I worked on him.

Joe Caryk?

Joe Caryk has been in the Nevada pen for the last three months.

You just made that up.

If that's all you got for us, Larue, I'll tell ya.

We're wasting each other's time.

Hey, Pete, you wanna show this lady downstairs?

Let me tell you something.

You're just lucky you didn't try to pull this on Sergeant Anderson.

Mr. Cop. Sir.

You just killed a girl.

Right this way.

? Busted flat in Baton Rouge ?

? Waitin' for a train ?

? And I was feeling nearly as faded as my jeans ?

? Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained ??

[Chattering]

[Boy Making Gunshot Sounds]

Hey, lady. Hey, lady, you a crook or a cop?

A little bit of both, I guess.

[Child Crying] [Woman] Stop crying.

You stop that right now. Come on. You don't know when you're well off.

Thank you. Come on, children.

Come on. Let's all keep up together.

[Coin Clatters]

Mrs. Gucciares?

This is Larue Collins. Yeah?

Listen, have you seen anybody around the house?

You know, somebody looking for me that might look a little suspicious?

Looking for you? No, Larue, not that I've seen.

Well, look, I've gotta go away on business for a while,

and I wanna come and pack a couple of things, but, uh...

You sure you haven't seen anybody?

You know, maybe a cop or a tough guy?

Nobody I've seen.

- Okay. Thank you. - Yeah, good-bye.

Keys to her apartment.

Bill! What?

- Why did you let her leave? - Let who leave?

What are you talking about?

You should have realized if she came here, it was urgent.

What are you talking about? Larue Collins.

I'll tell you how urgent that was.

Some crazy broad comes in here I've never seen in my life,

asks me for 250 bucks and tells me a

cockamamy story a five-year-old wouldn't buy.

- That was some urgent. - Why didn't you contact me?

Hey, wait a minute. What are you so steamed up about?

What's the matter with you? Well, I was supposed to meet her.

I've got the money right in my purse. It's my fault she came here.

Wait a minute, Pep. Was she your snitch on the fur bust last night?

- Yeah. - The one you call "Apple Annie"?

Yes. How the hell am I supposed to know?

- I should have told you. - You're damn right you should have told me!

How did I know she was gonna come here?

I had a dentist appointment, and he said it would take less than an hour.

Yeah, and it took two, right? Oh, God, I don't know.

All I know is, she must really be in trouble.

'Cause you know as well as I do that no informer...

is ever gonna let herself be seen...

walking into a police station unless she's desperate.

So, I'm sorry, Bill, but I'd better go find her before somebody else does.

Pepper, I don't... Don't start lecturing me about getting personally involved.

Because sometimes I do, just like you.

Pete, listen, get your coat. We gotta get to the Ah Choy Restaurant.

All right. But what's up? I'll tell you.

Joe? Yeah?

What time was this shooting? About 1:15. Why?

Mm-hmm. The woman that was shot at,

she didn't report it, did she? Not to my knowledge, she didn't.

Mm-hmm. Larue Collins came in here about 1:30 all steamed up.

Somebody's already started shooting at her. Says who?

This happened just 15 minutes before Larue came in here.

Do you know anybody else who would duck two bullets and not report it?

- Did you get a description of the woman who got in the cab? - Come on. At a shooting?

You know, everybody wants to help, nobody wants to help,

so therefore you end up with nothing.

Okay, Pep.

Let's go find her.

[Mouthing Words]

[Mouthing Words]

[Door Slams]

[Mouthing Words, Gasps]

So, will you leave me alone? I'm all right.

A lousy bloody nose, and you're gonna take me to the hospital.

Let's give her another shot. [Pepper] Okay.

I don't want to.

Well, let us put it this way.

You have no idea why these two men were looking for her?

I told you. Now, believe me, Officer.

I was in no mood to ask them no stupid questions.

Can you give us a description of these two guys?

Doesn't this cat know that around here,

if you wanna ask questions like that, you don't do it out in the open?

I'll tell you what they looked like. They looked like two guys.

One of them was a little taller. One of them was a little fatter.

At first I thought they were cops.

Only the one of them, well, he was too well dressed.

If I hear anything, I'll send you a postcard.

[Doorbell Rings]

Why, Larue, come in.

Mrs. Fontaine? How you doing?

What is it?

Why, I heard so much about your place, I thought I'd like to come up and see it.

Like? Oh, yes. It's real grand.

I asked... What do you want?

My money.

Your money? For all those johns I've been sending over here.

Well, $10 a head, and there were 12 of them. You see right there?

So that's $120 you owe me. Remember, that was our deal.

What are you perspiring about?

Look at you.

Bet you haven't even taken a shower this morning.

You're probably crawling with bacteria.

You don't know nothin'. You're just fishin'.

There ain't nothin' bothering my conscience.

Then why all this excitement?

Well, to tell you the plain truth,

I have to go out of town for a little while.

My mother called me long distance,

and, well, she's gettin' kind of old now, and she wants me to come home.

You see, it's my kid.

- He misses me and... - Really?

I'd like to see him too.

Well, now, tell me, how do you plan to support him?

I mean, I don't imagine there are very many massage parlors in Arkansas.

Oh, I got a trade... in my hands.

In a manner of speaking.

Oh, no, I have a diploma from the Hollywood Hair Styling School.

I graduated.

What about your other work?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't have no other job.

I ain't no hooker if that's what you mean.

You're trying to welsh out of paying me, aren't you?

You figure if you stall long enough, I'll be dead,

and then you won't have to pay me my money. Dead?

Now, really, Larue, don't tell me you have enemies.

You know any other jokes?

Now, Larue, you know if I had the cash in my hand, I'd give it to you, wouldn't I?

Now, please. Get out of here.

Call me later. What time?

Larue, will you please stop nagging me? Can't you see I'm trying to concentrate?

All right, I'll call you later.

Mrs. Fontaine?

You wouldn't blow the whistle on me, would you?

I mean, I really am kinda up against the wall. You know what I mean?

I know that she's in trouble.

Someone tried to kill her outside that restaurant, th-that Chinese place.

- How do you know that? - I was with her.

- Did you see who it was? - No.

Did Larue have any idea who it might have been?

She pretended...

- Pretended what? - That it didn't even happen.

When was the last time you saw her?

- A little while after that. - Then?

She split. And she said to me, "I will be back in a little while."

Well, it's been several hours.

[Clears Throat] Oh.

Here. You want some water? Yes. Thank you.

So, I thought that you must know something.

Um, Larue was here.

- Oh, she's okay? - She split again.

Well, didn't you try to help her?

Uh, well, I wasn't... I didn't see her.

Well, for goodness sakes, what were you doing?

I was here. She didn't tell me why she came.

Well, someone's trying to kill her. That's why she would come here.

Alma, uh...

How long have you known her? Two years.

We were, uh, in detention together a couple of months.

And you've been friends ever since?

Oh, yes. In our way.

What does that mean, "in our way," Alma?

I mean, she's a friend of mine. She's probably my best friend.

But I don't know too much about her.

I mean, she talks to me,

and she holds back at the same time.

I don't know how else to explain it to you.

I know she's into gambling, kind of heavy gambling.

That's her sickness, I guess.

And she's got a mother somewhere.

And a kid. A kid. Is she married?

Oh, no.

What about boyfriends? Has she got a boyfriend?

She talks about a few guys from time to time, you know.

Uh, one was from back home,

wherever that was, when she was very young, of course.

And once in a while,

there was a guy that she had known here,

and she would start to talk about him.

And then she'd stop, you know,

as if she just didn't want to remember things.

What was his name?

Ta... Oh, I can't remember.

[Clears Throat] Listen, I'm gonna pull that file, okay?

Yeah, okay. Great.

Uh, okay, Alma, let's try to piece this together.

Okay.

[Knocking]

[Knocking]

Who is it? It's me... Larue.

Donny, please.

Hi.

Crap game don't start till 6:00.

[Chuckles] I'm not here for that.

I'm not into that stuff anymore.

I'll bet.

Is your mother home? My mother's working.

She's working to support me in the style to which I'm stuck.

You makin' this for your brother?

It's something to do. What do you want?

Uh, I hear you got a new girlfriend.

I just wanted to tell you I hope she appreciates you.

You know, I've always been afraid to go on one of these things,

ever since I was a little kid.

I've been missing you, Donny.

I want you to know that.

You lousy lying tramp.

Donny, please.

You lousy snitch.

Oh, come on. You're not gonna start that again, are you?

I stopped comin' to see you in the hospital...

'cause you was always startin' up with that fantasy.

You fingered me to those cops.

I did not. You fingered me.

How could I? I didn't even know you was into pushing junk.

How could I? Why?

- You mean, that's just my fantasy? - Yes.

That they made a move on me and crippled me?

Crippled me good. That's my fantasy.

Because you had a gun, and you shot at them.

And then you ran.

Why did you run?

Because I wanted to come back.

I wanted to come back to you... and grab you.

Take you in my arms.

Like the nice times.

The nice times.

And ask you, how much did they pay you?

- Stop it. - Will you get out of here?

What do you want?

I feel safe here.

Get out of here. Leave me alone, will ya? Donny?

I'm in a little bit of trouble, and I need some bread.

You've gotta be kidding.

I'm not.

I need maybe just $200.

A loan, Donny. I'll get it back to you. I swear. Please.

Please?

Please? I gotta go home.

Even if I had the money,

even if I had $200 in my pocket, do you know what I'd do?

I'd take it out, and I'd hold it up high.

I'd hold it up right under your snitch nose.

And then...

I would take this lighter, and I would burn it.

I would burn... burn the money,

right under your damn snitch nose.

I should have killed you.

I should have killed you. And you're asking me for bread?

Donny, they're gonna push me off the top of the Ferris wheel.

Tell them to push extra hard, will ya, for me?

Now, will you get out of here?

Anything else, Alma?

Well, I don't know if this will be of much help, Sergeant Anderson.

Anything is liable to be of help at this point.

Well, once she asked me to go with her to a pan parlor,

where they play cards, you know.

Spanish rummy or something like that.

Did you go? No. I don't like cards.

They don't like me either. But Larue went quite a bit.

Yeah. When she needed money, you know.

She made out pretty good, I think.

Thank you. I'll be right back.

Pete, I want you to get out and check all the pan parlors...

in Larue Collins's neighborhood, okay?

There must be at least two dozen of them, Pep. Well, then, check two dozen.

Three, if you have to. Please?

Okay. Here's her mug shot.

Larue's file.

Alma, I'm gonna read some names to you,

and I want you to tell me if they mean anything, okay?

- What sort of names? - Just, uh, guys, women.

People, you know, we've arrested over the years.

Well, what does this have to do with Larue?

You wanna help her? Just tell us if any of the names register.

Okay. Okay.

Ray DeCamp.

Anything? No.

[Coin Clatters]

I wanna make a collect call to Smackover, Arkansas.

[Ringing]

Hello.

Uh, yeah, Operator, I'll accept the call.

- Mama? - Larue?

Yeah. How's everything?

What do you want?

Uh, Larry, he's all right, isn't he?

He's fine. Now, what do you want?

I wanna come home.

I wanna be there for his birthday on Sunday, you know.

Oh, that's just fine. You only missed four of 'em.

Well, I wanna come back.

I wanna be with him. I wanna stay with him, take care of him.

Like last time?

I'm talkin' about this time, Mama.

Look, I need you to do me a favor.

I need you to send me $200 for the bus.

You wire it to me, okay?

I wanna buy him some things.

Oh, I see. It's gonna be that kind of homecoming, just like Christmas.

Only we never did see you get off the bus.

And you never did bring him anything.

- Look, Mama... - Listen. I'm sorry, but I've got some ladies here visiting.

And besides, the boy will be home soon from school and want his snack.

All right, Mama. Look, you tell Larry...

that I said that I'm comin' straight home.

Mr. Lincoln? Yes?

You got anybody looking for a game?

Question is, uh, can you buy any chips?

How about a little loan, huh? Just $10 is all I need.

I'm feelin' really lucky today. I'm just bustin' with luck.

- Forget it. - How about this? Huh?

Is it gold? Well, sure it's gold.

I'm sure it's worth at least 20 bucks.

- I'll give you 10. - Okay.

You're crazy.

She didn't try to come here and borrow some money?

No.

We're crazy. She wasn't here.

Okay. She stopped by.

I gave her $200 because she wanted it.

She wanted to go home... Arkansas.

You know, home.

She's probably on the plane right now.

[Grunting]

Here, what about this one?

Erica Tarn. T-A-R-N.

Anything? Does that sound like anything to you? No.

- Donald Haas? - No.

Wait. Oh, wait. Steven...

Wait a minute. Her boyfriend, her old boyfriend.

She used to call him Donny.

Yeah. And Haas,

that sounds a little familiar to me.

It does, huh?

Pep, what's the address you got on that?

Uh, 780 Martinson.

I think I'll just pick up Joe and we'll check that out.

And that is it. Another game?

[Man] Yeah, I'd like one. Hey.

Are you all right, dear? It isn't the end of the world.

Ten dollars.

She wanted money. I told her to get out.

And these two guys who came... Do you know who they were?

I-I don't know. Two creeps.

You never saw them before? No.

Do you know where Larue is now? I don't know. No.

- Here. Why don't you... - No, no. Just leave me alone.

Well, then let's get you to a doctor.

Get outta here.

[Coin Clatters]

[Phone Ringing]

Crowley's office.

[Gasps] Where are you?

Everywhere. Nowhere.

Baton Rouge. Kentucky.

? California sun ?

Larue, just tell me where you are right now, and I'll come and get you.

No. I just wanna rest for a little while.

- Talk some. - We'll talk.

We'll talk. Was I so wrong?

Everything I've done. Was I so rotten and wrong?

Helping us? Is that what you mean? Helping me?

Yeah.

Honey, it's the way we operate. We get half of our jobs done that way.

No, you didn't do wrong. You did great.

Donny.

Did I ever talk to you about him?

- No, no, you didn't. - I didn't mean for it to happen.

I swear it. I didn't mean for him to wind up like he did.

Alive but dead really.

- And now I'm gonna die. - Honey, you're not gonna die.

Not if you tell me where you are and let me come and get you.

You don't care.

You sit in a big fat office, collecting fat cop pay.

And I'm on the telephone botherin' you.

You wanna know something? I care.

I care. You understand? I care about you and your right to live.

Now, where are you?

I'm gonna need some bread.

- I'll get it. - Two hundred dollars.

I'll bring it. I've got it. I'm in a phone booth.

Sixth and Soto.

I'll be there... five minutes.

That's all I can wait is five minutes.

Somebody's after me, and they're gonna kill me.

Oh, my God, I'm so scared.

Five minutes.

[Footsteps Approaching]

[Knocking]

[Coin Clatters]

[Tires Skid] [Horn Honks]

[Indistinct Yelling]

Oh, no. Hey, can you move it?

I need it. I need it bad and I need it now. My money.

I know.

I got a call a little while ago.

Oh, I mean, I get lots of calls, but this one was about you.

How a couple of cats are after you.

Mrs. Fontaine, if you don't give me my money, I'm gonna kill you.

I mean that. I got off the bus.

There's that park there.

I looked for and I found...

this.

And I'll use it on you.

I'll bash it through your skull.

I know you've got that money, and it's mine.

And what are you gonna do with it?

I'm gonna get as far away from here as I can.

I loathe you.

You know that, don't you? Everybody loathes you.

You, your kind. You're filthier than the dirt that rock sat in.

Do you know that? Now, you just tell me that you know that.

I wanna hear that!

You?

With what you do here, in this place?

You want me to say that?

Yes!

All right.

I'm filth.

Now gimme my money.

[Woman On P.A.] Attention, please.

[Continues, Indistinct]

[On P.A.] ? Nothing left to lose ?

? And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free ?

?? [Continues]

Excuse me. I want a ticket to Little Rock.

? And feelin' good was good enough for me ?

- ? Good enough for me and Bobby McGee ? - Thank you.

Excuse me. I wanna buy a toy.

For a boy or girl? A boy. He's gonna be six.

A very big handsome six. I like this one.

Would you like it gift wrapped, sort of?

No, just put it in a bag. That'll be fine. Okay.

That'll be 4.12.

Have a nice trip now, hear? I will.

[Woman On P.A.] Attention, please.

The southwestern bus is now leaving from Gate 2 for Phoenix,

Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma City,

Little Rock and Atlanta.

Miss. Miss. Somebody get a doctor.

Excuse me. Police officer. Let me through.

Fellas. Hey, Larue.

Hey, it's me, Pepper.

You're gonna be all right. You know that.

Tell Larry...

I was comin' home.

My little boy?

Okay?

Yeah, okay.

I'll tell him you're gonna be there soon.

Home... and healthy... and free.

Freedom.

Just another word.

Better make it fast.

Pep, two guys. I got a description from the news lady.

With this M.0., they'll be in our file. She said she'll make positive identification.

I wanna be there when you move in on 'em. You will be.

[Man] Officers. What's the matter?

- She's dead. - Oh, no.

Let's go.

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