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- San Diego, 19 miles, Tijuana Mexico 31 miles.

We're gettin' close, huh?

We're gettin' close, huh?

[guitar playing]

- Come on.

- Come on.

Don't think I can't? I'll show ya.

[laughing]

Okay, come on.

Okay, come on.

Ole!

- More of your bullfight crowd, amigo?

- More of your bullfight crowd, amigo?

- They know as much about bullfighting

- They know as much about bullfighting

as a fly walking across a Rembrandt knows about art.

as a fly walking across a Rembrandt knows about art.

Now why don't you forget Caliente and come

with me this afternoon and find out for yourself?

with me this afternoon and find out for yourself?

- Uh uh.

Why pay three hard earned dollars to sit in the sun

Why pay three hard earned dollars to sit in the sun

when any progressive slaughterhouse

will let you come in and get your kicks for nothin'.

will let you come in and get your kicks for nothin'.

They got variety, too.

Pigs and calves.

Sheep.

Sheep.

- How do you know there isn't more to it than that?

- How do you know there isn't more to it than that?

- And thou felt what, Pablo?

Only the bigness of my fear, for the bull was a good one.

Only the bigness of my fear, for the bull was a good one.

Sonny, I was smuggling Hemingway into PS107

when you were still swingin' with Anne of Green Gables.

when you were still swingin' with Anne of Green Gables.

But I wonder if the bull understands what a big,

But I wonder if the bull understands what a big,

philosophical deal it is.

philosophical deal it is.

Him being Mr. Death and all that.

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Some cat won it three times.

Some cat won it three times.

So when you come out of that broken down bull ring,

that blood lust cool for a while,

that blood lust cool for a while,

I'll be sittin' in the parking lot with 90 thou

I'll be sittin' in the parking lot with 90 thou

sticking out of all of my pockets.

[laughing]

[laughing]

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- No, no.

Forbidden.

Uh, what do you say in German?

Uh, what do you say in German?

- I speak English.

- I speak English.

The first mate just told us we are quarantined.

For how long?

For how long?

- Until they find out what's wrong with

that guy in sick bay.

- But then there would be no time.

- But then there would be no time.

We will be an hour away again.

Our next stop would be a thousand miles from here.

Our next stop would be a thousand miles from here.

- That's life, son.

- That's life, son.

- But I have to leave the ship.

Only for two hours.

Only for two hours.

- If it's meningitis, in two hours

you could infect half of California.

Whoever she is, she'll wait for a good looking kid like you.

Whoever she is, she'll wait for a good looking kid like you.

[speaking German]

[speaking German]

[speaking German]

[speaking German]

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[slow orchestral music]

[splashing]

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- See, parlaying it that way, for $12

- See, parlaying it that way, for $12

I could play six times as many combinations.

I could play six times as many combinations.

That gives me...

72 horses.

Now, if I shoot the whole row, I've got...

Now, if I shoot the whole row, I've got...

That's 240 horses working for me.

That's 240 horses working for me.

Can that be right?

Can that be right?

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[upbeat orchestral music]

- [Truck Driver] Out, punk.

Couldn't ask for a lift like a man, could ya?

Couldn't ask for a lift like a man, could ya?

I oughta bust you wide open.

- [Tod] Easy.

That's a fresh wax job.

That's a fresh wax job.

- Punk.

- 44th street and eighth avenue.

- 44th street and eighth avenue.

- Excuse me?

- Excuse me?

Where are you from?

- Near Stuttgart.

- Germany?

Ha.

Ha.

How 'bout that.

I thought we were gonna have a big neighborhood reunion.

I thought we were gonna have a big neighborhood reunion.

The stick ball tournament, you know, a block party.

- Excuse me?

- Skip it.

- Skip it.

Reminds me about 50 guys I know.

Reminds me about 50 guys I know.

Hell's Kitchen elite.

Look at him.

He's like a stainless steel spring.

He's like a stainless steel spring.

Ready to split your skull or run for his life,

Ready to split your skull or run for his life,

just like that.

- I don't understand.

- Sure you do.

[police sirens blaring]

[police sirens blaring]

Come on, let's be on our way.

- You in some kind of trouble, kid?

- You in some kind of trouble, kid?

- No, no.

I have no trouble.

I have no trouble.

- Okay.

- Wait.

I...

I...

I...

I jumped the ship at the harbor.

I jumped the ship at the harbor.

I...

Signed on in Hamburg only to reach this place.

Signed on in Hamburg only to reach this place.

I come to see my father.

Only for an hour, then I go back again.

Only for an hour, then I go back again.

- Why wasn't he at the ship?

- Why wasn't he at the ship?

- [Eric] He doesn't know I've come.

- Where is he?

- Where is he?

- Here, wait.

Here.

His name and address are on back.

His name and address are on back.

- [Tod] Ralph Vincent, Chula Vista, California.

That's around here somewhere, isn't it?

That's around here somewhere, isn't it?

- How long has it been since you've seen him?

- Never.

It's wrong to blame him.

It's wrong to blame him.

Since the war, he has had so much bad luck.

It's like a curse.

It's like a curse.

Nothing turns out right.

Once he even bought a ticket to come to us

Once he even bought a ticket to come to us

and two days before he was to leave,

and two days before he was to leave,

an old war injury sent him to a

veteran's hospital for almost three years.

veteran's hospital for almost three years.

- And your mother just patiently waits?

- And your mother just patiently waits?

- No.

- No.

My mother died many years ago.

Yet not a week goes without letters from my father.

I learned English most of all so I could read his letters.

Always there's a little money in the envelope.

Always there's a little money in the envelope.

As much as he can spare.

As much as he can spare.

Except for photographs,

he has never seen me.

he has never seen me.

But, the letters have such warmth.

But, the letters have such warmth.

I know he has a father's love.

I know he has a father's love.

If they pick me up, it's back to the ship.

If they pick me up, it's back to the ship.

How many more miles will pass?

How many more miles will pass?

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What are they doing?

What are they doing?

- [Buz] Hey!

- What's with him?

- Beats me.

- Beats me.

He's just some kid we picked up a few miles back.

- We're trying to keep the teenagers

who aren't with adults out of Tijuana.

who aren't with adults out of Tijuana.

The Mexican authorities think it's a good idea,

The Mexican authorities think it's a good idea,

so we cooperate with them.

This is the only road, so your friend's

out of luck, go ahead.

out of luck, go ahead.

- Right.

Look what he left behind.

- You know, he fed us a lot more bull

then you'll see in that ring this afternoon.

then you'll see in that ring this afternoon.

- Buz.

- Oh, don't Buz me.

I've done that routine I don't know how many times.

And better.

And better.

They start teaching it to you the day

they kick you out the crib to make room

for the next one.

for the next one.

You know, if they can't kick your teeth out,

win their hearts.

win their hearts.

- Maybe there's some identification in here.

We oughta try to this back to him.

We oughta try to this back to him.

- I'll bet you right now there are six year old kids

weighing 50 pounds soaking wet

weighing 50 pounds soaking wet

who could make that kid look like nothin'.

And that bit he gave you about the veteran's hospital.

And that bit he gave you about the veteran's hospital.

Come on.

I mean, around my neighborhood,

I mean, around my neighborhood,

that wouldn't be worth a bowl of matzo ball soup.

that wouldn't be worth a bowl of matzo ball soup.

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[slow, tense orchestral music]

A little something from mother.

A little something from mother.

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[slow, tense orchestral music]

So this is the poor man that had

such bad luck after the war?

such bad luck after the war?

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[slow orchestral music]

- Hey, is this the Ralph Vincent place?

- Oh, he won't be back 'til day after tomorrow.

- Oh, he won't be back 'til day after tomorrow.

On his honeymoon.

On his honeymoon.

- Well, did a kid come by a little while back?

Blonde with a German accent, about 18.

Blonde with a German accent, about 18.

- Oh, that kid.

- Oh, that kid.

If he wants to be a picker, he's gonna have to

get a social security number like everybody else.

get a social security number like everybody else.

- A picker?

Didn't he ask to see his...

Didn't he ask to see his...

See Mr. Vincent?

- No, I told you.

- No, I told you.

He's on his honeymoon.

42 years a bachelor,

42 years a bachelor,

ain't he entitled to two weeks?

- He left his duffel bag with our car

- He left his duffel bag with our car

and we'd like to give it back to him.

- Well he's over in the bunkhouse.

- Well he's over in the bunkhouse.

- [Manuel] Something wrong?

- The only thing that's wrong is it's almost six o'clock

- The only thing that's wrong is it's almost six o'clock

and my friend here missed death in the afternoon

and my friend here missed death in the afternoon

and I blew 90 grand.

Come on, innocence, we'll give him his bag

Come on, innocence, we'll give him his bag

and be on our way.

- Say, where are we going that's so urgent?

- To Yuma, ranching for wages.

- To Yuma, ranching for wages.

- Wages right here.

- Wages right here.

- No.

- No.

- Don't you have any curiosity?

- Buddy, you got the wrong cat.

- Buddy, you got the wrong cat.

- Well they have the same races next Sunday,

- Well they have the same races next Sunday,

240 horses, that's 90 thou stickin' out of your pockets.

240 horses, that's 90 thou stickin' out of your pockets.

Hey mister, could you uses a couple of more pickers?

Hey mister, could you uses a couple of more pickers?

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

[speaking Japanese]

[speaking Japanese]

- Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

- Sake Suki.

- Sake Suki.

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

[upbeat mariachi music] [clapping and cheering]

- Hi.

- Hi, we meet again.

I'm pleased you found me.

I'm pleased you found me.

Everything I have is in here.

You're good to bring it.

You're good to bring it.

- Look, my buddy here's an easy sell.

You see him coming and you start looking

You see him coming and you start looking

for the large numbers on the cash register, but not me.

You and I have the same blood, buddy.

You and I have the same blood, buddy.

You've met a brother, so knock off with the con.

You've met a brother, so knock off with the con.

Verstehen?

- I beg your pardon?

- Translate.

- Oh that.

I don't need it anymore.

I don't need it anymore.

- Why did you tell us you were going

for a reunion with your father?

for a reunion with your father?

- So you would help me.

[man speaking Japanese]

[man speaking Japanese]

- [Tod] No thank you, we've already eaten.

- They don't understand one word of English.

- They don't understand one word of English.

They have all just come from Japan

and you will hurt them if you refuse what they offer.

and you will hurt them if you refuse what they offer.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- I underestimated this kid and he's

got the charm of an easy credited bomber.

got the charm of an easy credited bomber.

- Where did you get the name of the man who owns this place?

- Where did you get the name of the man who owns this place?

- From a label on a case of canned

tomatoes in the ship's galley.

tomatoes in the ship's galley.

- Then why all the lies?

- Then why all the lies?

- You don't dig this kid.

Lies, truth, they're words totally without meeting.

Lies, truth, they're words totally without meeting.

- Nothing I can say will please him.

- Nothing I can say will please him.

- Where'd you get the picture?

- Where'd you get the picture?

- In Germany, there are many millions

of little pictures with American soldiers

of little pictures with American soldiers

with their arms around German girls.

You can find one in any garbage can.

You can find one in any garbage can.

- Why were you so afraid of the police?

- Why were you so afraid of the police?

- What I told you about jumping ship, that is true.

- What I told you about jumping ship, that is true.

I wanted to live in America for as long as I can remember,

I wanted to live in America for as long as I can remember,

but, do you know how long it would take me

to save money for fare?

To wait for turn on quota?

To wait for turn on quota?

I would be an old man.

- Why the gun?

- Why the gun?

- All my life I have needed a weapon to defend myself.

If you think that is a lie, you are foolish.

If you think that is a lie, you are foolish.

- I'm tellin' ya, I recognize pieces of myself in this cat.

- I'm tellin' ya, I recognize pieces of myself in this cat.

My warning lights are going a mile a minute.

My warning lights are going a mile a minute.

[man speaking Japanese]

[man speaking Japanese]

- Well we might as well eat something.

- Well we might as well eat something.

- But it looks like octopus.

- So?

Be worldly.

Be worldly.

[people talking]

[people talking]

[slow acoustic guitar playing]

[slow acoustic guitar playing]

[speaking German]

[speaking German]

- [Eric] Where is my father?

Where is my father?

Where is my father?

Where is my father?

Where is my father?

Where is my father?

- [Tod] Eric?

[yelling]

[yelling]

[people exclaiming] [crashing]

[people exclaiming] [crashing]

[hitting]

- [Buz] Go on, grab his feet.

- [Buz] Go on, grab his feet.

[people talking]

[people talking]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[light slapping]

[light slapping]

[light slapping]

Well?

Well?

- I can only understand about one word in 10.

It seemed like he was revenging an attack on his mother.

It seemed like he was revenging an attack on his mother.

He kept saying, "where is he?

"Where is my father?"

"Where is my father?"

[light slapping] [groaning]

[Eric speaking German]

[Eric speaking German]

- What?

What happened to me?

- I took three years of German in college.

- I took three years of German in college.

- I took three years of German in college.

- So...

I killed my father again.

I used to do it, over and over again, every night.

I used to do it, over and over again, every night.

I have not done it for long time.

Once I smashed a hole in the wall and broke three fingers.

Once I smashed a hole in the wall and broke three fingers.

[people talking outside]

[people talking outside]

[people talking outside]

Do they all know?

- Oh, they think you had a nightmare from

- Oh, they think you had a nightmare from

too much to drink.

- Why it's always called a nightmare?

- Why it's always called a nightmare?

For me it's a wonderful dream.

For me it's a wonderful dream.

I wake up feeling jubilant.

I wake up feeling jubilant.

- Okay that's it.

- Okay that's it.

Get your duffel bag and let's go.

- Where?

- We're driving you back to the town at the bus station.

- We're driving you back to the town at the bus station.

- And where do you think I will go?

- And where do you think I will go?

- Back to San Diego on your ship.

- The first time the bus stops I will start back for here.

- The first time the bus stops I will start back for here.

- Oh, wait a minute.

- What are complaining about?

It's the first time he's telling the truth.

It's the first time he's telling the truth.

In that case, we take you to the police.

- I'll get away from them.

- I'll get away from them.

- Don't count on it.

- I'll find a way to kill him.

- I'll find a way to kill him.

- You okay?

No more sake you hear?

Coco, buttermilk, ice tea, beer on birthdays.

Coco, buttermilk, ice tea, beer on birthdays.

Comprende?

Comprende?

- Comprende.

Beer on birthdays.

Beer on birthdays.

When I was 11 years old, I could drink as much as any man.

When I was 11 years old, I could drink as much as any man.

I would wake up in basements.

I would wake up in basements.

Do you still think we are brothers?

Do you still think we are brothers?

- How old are you now?

- How old can I be?

- How old can I be?

My father was an American soldier.

My father was an American soldier.

A conqueror with a gun.

And my mother...

She was no older than I am now.

She was no older than I am now.

- We'll take him back to San Diego

and deposit him with the captain of the ship.

- Will you be here next year when I come back?

- Will you be here next year when I come back?

- Listen you, killing someone around here is a big deal.

- Listen you, killing someone around here is a big deal.

They're pretty sticky about it.

They're pretty sticky about it.

- Eric.

The war's been over 18 years.

The war's been over 18 years.

- 18 years isn't so long.

People are still being killed by land mines

and hand grenades from the first world war.

and hand grenades from the first world war.

You don't think a war ends just because somebody says so.

You don't think a war ends just because somebody says so.

- Then when does it end?

- Then when does it end?

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[car honking]

- [Manuel] Hey, look who's here!

- [Manuel] Hey, look who's here!

[laughing]

[laughing]

Hey!

- Manuel!

- You've been home two days earlier instead

- You've been home two days earlier instead

of three weeks late like we figured.

[laughing]

[laughing]

- [Ralph] I had to come back to keep you

from robbin' me blind.

from robbin' me blind.

How much you got stashed away already?

Am I bankrupt?

Am I bankrupt?

- Hey, grab the bags, ay?

- Everybody.

- Everybody.

How do you think the child bride looks now, huh,

you wolves?

you wolves?

- [Manuel] Just like she looked when she was

plain Norma Fisher.

plain Norma Fisher.

- No change at all, huh?

Not even for the worst, maybe?

Not even for the worst, maybe?

[laughing]

[laughing]

- Can you let us through?

- Can you let us through?

- Oh.

- Oh.

Yeah.

Yeah, honey, move the car, will ya?

Move the car.

Move the car.

- [Manuel] Come on, let's get these bags moved, come on.

- [Manuel] Come on, let's get these bags moved, come on.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- Stop.

Save yourself the trip.

Save yourself the trip.

I'm going back to my ship.

I'm going back to my ship.

In my dreams, it was simple to kill my father.

In my dreams, it was simple to kill my father.

I must get away from here.

I must get away from here.

- Hey! - Let him go, Buz.

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[people talking]

[people talking]

- It's got to be the third time tonight they woke me.

- It's got to be the third time tonight they woke me.

Are they really havin' themselves a ball?

Are they really havin' themselves a ball?

Did you notice the old man?

He hasn't changed much, has he?

He hasn't changed much, has he?

Still digs young girls.

Still digs young girls.

- Let's get some air.

- Let's get some air.

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[slow, tense orchestral music]

- While you slept, I took it out of your bag.

- While you slept, I took it out of your bag.

- While you slept, I took it out of your bag.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- Give it back, kid.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- I was in the truck.

- I was in the truck.

It was taking me back to my ship.

I thought, "fool, where are you going?"

I thought, "fool, where are you going?"

Came back here.

I took the gun, I went to his house,

I took the gun, I went to his house,

I stood at the open window.

He was never further away than from me to you.

He was never further away than from me to you.

Once he even pressed against the window, so near to me I...

Once he even pressed against the window, so near to me I...

Once he even pressed against the window, so near to me I...

I could see each little design on his shirt and I,

I could see each little design on his shirt and I,

I could have killed him easier than you kill a fly.

- Why didn't you?

- Why didn't you?

- Why does God play such games with us?

- Why does God play such games with us?

Why does he hide something in our hearts that we

Why does he hide something in our hearts that we

don't even know is there until it betrays us?

don't even know is there until it betrays us?

I see this hated man after so many years,

I see this hated man after so many years,

and the word father

rushes to my lips and,

rushes to my lips and,

and almost chokes me.

Father.

How is that possible?

How is that possible?

- [Buz] Why don't we go over and say hello?

- No.

- Why not?

- Why not?

- Have pity on him.

Give him tonight to enjoy himself without

Give him tonight to enjoy himself without

thinking of the past.

[people laughing outside]

Listen to him.

When he laughs, you can hear it a mile away.

When he laughs, you can hear it a mile away.

He is a giant, my father.

He is a giant, my father.

And yet with her, his new wife, he's like a baby with a toy.

And yet with her, his new wife, he's like a baby with a toy.

And yet with her, his new wife, he's like a baby with a toy.

Near the window he held her arm so tight, so possessively.

Near the window he held her arm so tight, so possessively.

"You're hurting me," she said and he took his hands away

"You're hurting me," she said and he took his hands away

and there were the marks of his fingers.

and there were the marks of his fingers.

Such a man has so much love to give.

Such a man has so much love to give.

To fling me in there tonight like a live chicken,

no, that would be wrong.

no, that would be wrong.

- I got a nervous feelin' this chicken is winging again.

- I got a nervous feelin' this chicken is winging again.

- I feel strange.

Let me stay here for a while and get used to him.

Let me stay here for a while and get used to him.

How are you not understanding for how I feel?

How are you not understanding for how I feel?

I didn't come to love him, I...

I didn't come to love him, I...

I come to kill him.

I come to kill him.

[slow orchestral music] [sniffling]

[slow orchestral music] [sniffling]

- Buz.

- Tod, come on, at the age of six, I could cry a river

- Tod, come on, at the age of six, I could cry a river

for a purple jelly bean.

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

Oh, alright.

Oh, alright.

Come on, you better get some sleep.

Come on, you better get some sleep.

It's gonna be a hard day tomorrow

and this place is large with vegetables.

and this place is large with vegetables.

[sniffling] [slow orchestral music]

[sniffling] [slow orchestral music]

[upbeat orchestral music]

[upbeat orchestral music]

So after you founded the Red Cross

So after you founded the Red Cross

and you got the Salvation Army started,

and you baked all those Girl Scout cookies,

and you baked all those Girl Scout cookies,

what did you do for an encore?

[upbeat orchestral music]

[upbeat orchestral music]

[people laughing]

[people laughing]

[upbeat orchestral music]

[upbeat orchestral music]

If I win that 90 grand this Sunday,

If I win that 90 grand this Sunday,

the first thing I do is shop around

for something swinging in sacroiliacs.

for something swinging in sacroiliacs.

- Oh.

- Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[people talking]

[people talking]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- [Ralph] What happened, Manuel?

- I told everybody to take salt tablets.

- I told everybody to take salt tablets.

I guess he didn't.

Nobody else got sick.

- [Ralph] You okay, son?

- [Ralph] You okay, son?

- Yes, I'm better now.

- Yes, I'm better now.

- Okay.

You worked for me last summer, didn't ya?

In August?

In August?

- No, no, no, no sir.

- No, no, no, no sir.

- Well you've worked for me before.

I never forget a face.

I never forget a face.

- Down the hatch, handsome.

- No, I'm fine.

- No, I'm fine.

- Come on, do as I say.

Come on.

- Hey, you've got a little German accent.

Do you sprechen sie deutsch?

Do you sprechen sie deutsch?

Huh? - Yes, sir.

- Well I don't.

I spent three years over there,

but I never learned the language.

You don't happen to come from any

You don't happen to come from any

place around Stuttgart, do you?

- What are you doin'?

- What are you doin'?

The kid's out on his feet and you're

gonna start talkin' about your war experiences?

gonna start talkin' about your war experiences?

- It's just that,

I guess I saw so many skinny, blonde kids over there,

I guess I saw so many skinny, blonde kids over there,

every time I...

Come on, what is this?

Come on, get back to work.

What do you think this is, a floor show or something?

What do you think this is, a floor show or something?

Back to work!

[Manuel speaking Spanish]

[Manuel speaking Spanish]

- He's always seein' people he thinks he's seen before.

- He's always seein' people he thinks he's seen before.

Sign of old age.

You still look pale.

- No.

- No.

No, I'm fine now.

Thank you.

- So well, how are feeling now mein herr?

- So well, how are feeling now mein herr?

- Oh, I can go back to work now.

- Now nothin' doin'.

- Now nothin' doin'.

I'm not gonna have you keelin' over every 20 minutes

and stoppin' all the work.

and stoppin' all the work.

You know, this work is a snap, if you're used to it.

But you ain't.

But you ain't.

Why, you're a bag of bones.

- Well I can do my work, sir.

- No.

- Please I must stay.

- Please I must stay.

- Who said anything about firing you?

Hey, can you drive a car?

Hey, can you drive a car?

- [Eric] Yes.

I've drove in Germany.

- I think maybe I'll get my missus in the kitchen

- I think maybe I'll get my missus in the kitchen

where she belongs.

[chuckles] Be a couple of weeks before this is all well.

[laughing]

[laughing]

I think she's sick and tired of being my chauffeur anyway.

- That's no lie.

- That's no lie.

And don't look for sympathy from me.

And don't look for sympathy from me.

Drunks and accidents go together, hm?

Drunks and accidents go together, hm?

- You check him out in the car.

- You check him out in the car.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- Tod?

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

- Sorry to wake you up but where's the German kid sleep?

- Sorry to wake you up but where's the German kid sleep?

- Sorry to wake you up but where's the German kid sleep?

[slow, tense music]

- What's up?

- What's up?

Anything wrong?

- You guys go back to sleep.

- You guys go back to sleep.

You need your rest.

Tell you the truth, I don't know whether

Tell you the truth, I don't know whether

anything's wrong or not.

First I thought it was one of my friends

First I thought it was one of my friends

from town, you know the way they horse a guy around

when he's just been married?

when he's just been married?

But my wife's gone, too.

You're the one that owns that sports car, ain't ya?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Could you drive me somewhere?

- Where?

- I'll tell you where.

- I'll tell you where.

I could call a taxi, but it's three in the morning

and it'll take him all night to get here.

and it'll take him all night to get here.

- Yeah, okay, I'll take you.

- I guess I could wake up Manuel, but,

- I guess I could wake up Manuel, but,

I gotta live with Manuel while you guys'll

only be here a few more days.

only be here a few more days.

Then you'll be on your way and

I'll never see you again, right?

- What makes you think Eric's mixed up in this?

- What makes you think Eric's mixed up in this?

- Sounded like him.

And he gave it to me cold turkey.

"You want your wife, she's with me in the packing shed."

"You want your wife, she's with me in the packing shed."

Then he hung up the phone.

Why would he phone me like that?

Why would he phone me like that?

Come on, let's go.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- What do you think?

- I'd hate to tell you what I think.

- I'd hate to tell you what I think.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?

- I'm gonna bust both their necks,

- I'm gonna bust both their necks,

that's what I'm gonna do.

- Did you ever stop to think why

- Did you ever stop to think why

a kid like Eric would do somethin' like that?

a kid like Eric would do somethin' like that?

- I was young once.

All a good lookin' girl's gotta do

All a good lookin' girl's gotta do

is bat those big, blue eyes, and that does it.

is bat those big, blue eyes, and that does it.

- Then why phone?

- Then why phone?

I mean even you yourself said that didn't make any sense.

Is it just possible there could be another reason?

Is it just possible there could be another reason?

- Buz?

- [Ralph] Like what?

- [Ralph] Like what?

- Like hate.

- Hate?

- Hate?

Me, why?

I get my job, didn't I?

I get my job, didn't I?

He'd know me because I was a G.I.

He'd know me because I was a G.I.

An enemy of his country, but that happened

long before he was born.

long before he was born.

- Not much before.

[train tracks bell ringing]

[train tracks bell ringing]

Here, open that up, go on, take a look.

Here, open that up, go on, take a look.

It's a picture, right there.

It's a picture, right there.

Right behind my wife's picture.

Take it easy, it's falling to pieces.

Take it easy, it's falling to pieces.

That one right there.

You think that girl looks like my wife?

You think that girl looks like my wife?

- There's some resemblance.

- There's some resemblance.

- Yeah.

But you can't make somebody into somebody else, can ya?

But you can't make somebody into somebody else, can ya?

Boy, I'm a case, aren't I?

Boy, I'm a case, aren't I?

Here I am going to see what kind of

a mess my wife's gotten herself into

a mess my wife's gotten herself into

and all I can do is think of a little dead girl

that I knew for five days in a chopped up

that I knew for five days in a chopped up

German village I can't even pronounce.

Easy with that.

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

- Easy?

It's only a picture, Mr. Vincent, what about the girl?

- You forget about the girl.

- You forget about the girl.

- You just said a moment ago she's all you can think about.

You married Norma because she reminded you of her.

You married Norma because she reminded you of her.

- What are you, some kind of a

- What are you, some kind of a

district attorney or somethin', kid?

- No, I'm just one of those two bit amateur psychologists

- No, I'm just one of those two bit amateur psychologists

who thinks that mainly what you're suffering from is guilt.

who thinks that mainly what you're suffering from is guilt.

- Take it easy.

- Guilt?

You know, I looked for 18 years for that girl.

You know, I looked for 18 years for that girl.

I got a file in my office that weighs a ton.

I got enough cables to paper a room.

I got enough cables to paper a room.

- That's great.

You make it sound like a business deal.

You make it sound like a business deal.

If she was so important to you,

why didn't you go to that little chopped up

why didn't you go to that little chopped up

German village and find her yourself?

- Well that's exactly what I did

- Well that's exactly what I did

as soon as the war was over, but she was gone.

as soon as the war was over, but she was gone.

And all I got was doors slammed in my face

and shutters closed with a bang,

and shutters closed with a bang,

like I was still in uniform with a carping in my hand.

like I was still in uniform with a carping in my hand.

And her house was empty, boarded up.

But six weeks ago, I got a call from

But six weeks ago, I got a call from

International Red Cross from West Germany.

International Red Cross from West Germany.

I was on the phone, while the overseas operators

I was on the phone, while the overseas operators

talked in three languages and then some guy,

talked in three languages and then some guy,

I'll never forget his voice.

He squeaked, like he was a violin with a busted string

He squeaked, like he was a violin with a busted string

He squeaked, like he was a violin with a busted string

and he had an accent right out of the Katzenjammer Kids

but he had all the dope, from A to Z.

but he had all the dope, from A to Z.

Name of the cemetery, number of the grave,

what was written on the gravestone.

What could they write on a gravestone

for a kid that was dead at 20?

for a kid that was dead at 20?

I don't remember to this day putting the phone down.

I don't remember to this day putting the phone down.

I wonder how long he talked before he realized

I wonder how long he talked before he realized

there was nobody at the other end.

there was nobody at the other end.

Then I bought a bottle.

And I went down on a cliff by the sea

and I killed a bottle and then I threw it

and I killed a bottle and then I threw it

as far as I could, and then I yelled.

as far as I could, and then I yelled.

I don't know what, but I just yelled.

And then I lost my balance and I fell.

And I remember thinking is,

And I remember thinking is,

as I was falling, "please, God, you can

"forget the wings and the harp.

"forget the wings and the harp.

"Just have Lisa waiting there for me."

"Just have Lisa waiting there for me."

[train tracks bell ringing]

[train tracks bell ringing]

And when I came to, I was looking at an old man.

And when I came to, I was looking at an old man.

He'd been fishing down in the beach.

He'd been fishing down in the beach.

Well what are you waiting for, go on.

Well what are you waiting for, go on.

[slow orchestral music]

Go on!

Go on!

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- That's the last of it.

- That's the last of it.

And I don't feel any better at all.

And I don't feel any better at all.

[chuckling]

So it's home to papa, huh, sonny boy?

So it's home to papa, huh, sonny boy?

What are you doin' over there, huh?

You know what you are?

You are a spook.

You go out and buy us a nice bottle of happy juice,

You go out and buy us a nice bottle of happy juice,

and you let me drink it all by my lonesome.

and you let me drink it all by my lonesome.

You don't say boo,

you don't try to make a pass so I can slap you down.

you don't try to make a pass so I can slap you down.

You are definitely a spook.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- Poor little Norma.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- Don't go.

- Don't go.

Vincent, please, huh?

Vincent, please, huh?

- Mr. Vincent, he's your son.

He's your son.

He's your son.

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

- What took you so long?

- What took you so long?

- Who are you?

- Who are you?

- You know who I am.

- You know who I am.

- Ralph.

I swear, nothin' happened.

I swear, nothin' happened.

[slow, tense orchestral music]

[slow, tense orchestral music]

You know nothin' happened.

You know nothin' happened.

Ralph!

Ralph!

Ralph!

- Why didn't you do him a favor

and use the gun on him instead?

- Eric.

- Eric.

Go tell him, go tell him.

- What are you?

- What are you?

- My father's son.

- No.

- No.

No.

- He tore the world apart for 18 years

trying find your mother.

trying find your mother.

- Why?

So she would forgive him so he could go to heaven.

So she would forgive him so he could go to heaven.

- Forgive him for what?

They gave each other more love in five days

They gave each other more love in five days

than most people know in a whole lifetime.

- He knew her for less than an hour.

- He knew her for less than an hour.

- That's not true.

- What do you know?

- The photograph you showed us when we picked you up.

- The photograph you showed us when we picked you up.

- I was told what happened by those who were there.

- I was told what happened by those who were there.

By those who knew.

- Such as?

- My uncle, my cousin.

- My uncle, my cousin.

- They lied to you so they could protect the family name.

How could a nice girl from a respectable family

How could a nice girl from a respectable family

fall in love with one of the invaders?

fall in love with one of the invaders?

No, they had to make it more shocking.

I'll bet you on a clear night you can still

I'll bet you on a clear night you can still

hear their tongues clattering.

All you have to do is play a little

All you have to do is play a little

something from Wagner and brush up on your schfunus

and you've got it made.

- No.

- No.

- Where did you get the picture?

- It doesn't do anything.

- Where did you get it?

- Where did you get it?

- They found it in my mother's purse when she died.

- They found it in my mother's purse when she died.

Died in a filthy little room by herself

giving birth to me, by herself.

giving birth to me, by herself.

- Well if she hated him, if she hated him,

why did she keep the picture?

why did she keep the picture?

- Because she loved him.

Why do you think I gave Ralph such a hard time?

Why do you think I gave Ralph such a hard time?

Why do you think I even looked at you for five seconds?

Why do you think I even looked at you for five seconds?

Because on the night we were married,

Because on the night we were married,

he made me feel like two cents.

he made me feel like two cents.

I loved him so much.

My heart was skippin' beats

My heart was skippin' beats

and poundin' so fast inside of me.

and poundin' so fast inside of me.

I thought I'd die.

Then on the most...

Then on the most...

The most beautiful night of my life,

The most beautiful night of my life,

my new husband...

Whispered her name.

Not mine.

Her name was Lisa

Her name was Lisa

wasn't it?

wasn't it?

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[upbeat, tense orchestral music]

[upbeat, tense orchestral music]

- Ah!

[upbeat, tense orchestral music]

[upbeat, tense orchestral music]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

- Let me through, I'm his son.

[slow orchestral music]

- He ran 'til he was dead.

- Father.

[slow orchestral music]

[slow orchestral music]

[upbeat jazzy music]

[upbeat jazzy music]

- [Narrator] This has been a Screen Gems film presentation,

- [Narrator] This has been a Screen Gems film presentation,

Herbert B. Leonard, executive producer.

Herbert B. Leonard, executive producer.

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