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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

I'�VE GOT TROUBLES WALL TO WALL

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

YEAH

MUST BE AN ENDING TO IT ALL

OH

BUT HOLD ON

IT WON'�T BE LONG

JUST YOU BE STRONG

AND IT'�LL BE ALL RIGHT

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

THAT LUANN WAITING FOR YOU?

I DIDN'�T WANT YOU DRIVING ME TO WORK

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WE'�RE FOOLING?

QUITE A FEW-- SEVEN, MAYBE NINE.

GO AHEAD. GET GOING.

IF YOU'�RE TRYING NOT TO BE SEEN WITH ME,

YOU'�RE TOO LATE.

MAYBE A YEAR TOO LATE.

GOOD-BYE.

WELL...

I SURE DIDN'�T EXPECT A FUNNY LOOK FROM YOU.

WHAT DID THE LOOK LOOK LIKE?

I DON'�T GIVE LOOKS LIKE THAT. THAT'�S A WHITE LOOK.

MS. DeLONG, DON'�T LET THE MAN BOTHER YOU TOO MUCH.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

HIM BEING A WHITE SUPREMACIST.

I CAN'�T BLAME YOU FOR GETTING MAD.

HE CAN'�T PASTE POLITICAL FLYERS

ON THE WALL OF CITY HALL.

THAT'�S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

DON'�T I KNOW YOU?

YES, MA'�AM, YOU DO.

I'�M CASH COWAN'S SON HENRY.

YEAH.

I'�VE BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE.

LET ME TAKE THAT FOR YOU.

I'�LL THROW IT IN THE TRASH FOR YOU.

THANKS.

I'�VE BEEN IN, UH, PARCHMAN PRISON, MATTER OF FACT.

I'�M SORRY, HENRY.

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOURSELF?

WHAT I'�M DOING WITH MYSELF IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

FOR MYSELF TO DO.

I JUST GOT MY DRIVER'�S LICENSE

AND PERMISSION TO DRIVE TO ORLANDO FOR A JOB.

GOOD LUCK IN ORLANDO.

I SAW YOUR HUSBAND ONCE OR TWICE IN THE PRISON.

VIC AND I HAVEN'�T BEEN MARRIED FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY KEEP THE DEATH-ROW GUYS AWAY FROM US...

BUT I COULD SEE HIM THROUGH THE FENCE.

HE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

HE JOGS AROUND, EXERCISES.

THEY TELL ME HE'�S ALWAYS GOT HIS LAW BOOK OUT,

WORKING ON HIS CASE, TRYING TO SAVE HIMSELF.

I'�M LATE.

IF THERE'�S ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP YOU, CALL ME.

YES, MA'�AM. BYE, MS. DeLONG.

HEH HEH HEH.

WHY, YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER'�S REALLY HURTING.

LOOK AT HIM LIMP.

I'�LL, UH, SEE Y'�ALL LATER.

WHAT MADE CHRIS DO IT?

HE COULDN'�T STAND SEEING ME RIDING THAT MULE BAREBACK.

HAD TO BE AS GOOD AS ME.

POOR BOY.

35 AIN'�T NO BOY.

SHOULD'�VE HAD MORE SENSE.

HE'�S JUST A POOR CITY KID TRYING TO HAVE FUN.

CHRIS PASTORY ALWAYS COMPETES WITH ME--

IN LARGE WAYS, SMALL WAYS...

EVERY WAY.

HE SHOULDN'�T.

AND HE SHOULDN'�T TRY TO LIVE A SECRET LIFE.

CAN'�T BE DONE.

HE'�S A FOOL.

THAT OLD MULE THREW HIM

ABOUT 10 FEET UP IN THE AIR.

I DON'�T HAVE TO MENTION WHAT HE LANDED ON.

WE GOING TO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL?

WELL, THEY DON'�T WANT US TO HAVE IT,

BUT THEY CAN'�T KEEP US OUT OF IT.

THE MORE THEY TRY TO STOP US,

THE BETTER IT IS FOR US.

WE GOT TO BUILD OUR CONSTITUENCY--

PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF THE BLACK INTERESTS

TAKING PRECEDENCE OVER EVERYTHING LOCALLY,

ON A STATE LEVEL, ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

THEY KNOW I'�M THE ONLY ONE

WHO WANTS TO STOP IT,

AND NOTHING CAN MAKE THEM MADDER

THAN TO SEE THE BLACK INTERESTS

GANGING UP AGAINST ME.

MY FEELING IS THAT WE MUST NOT EVEN RISK

DOING ANYTHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THIS TOWN DOESN'�T WANT THAT MAN TO SPEAK HERE,

CERTAINLY NOT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

WE'�RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE POWER TO STOP THINGS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HEAR HIM.

VERY FEW. ARE WE LIVING IN A DEMOCRACY?

HAVE THINGS CHANGED SINCE I WENT TO BED?

WHY MUST THE MAJORITY BE FRUSTRATED?

WHAT'�S YOUR OPINION, DETECTIVE TIBBS?

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'�M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SECURITY

AND THE EXTRA MONEY IT'�S BOUND TO COST US.

YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND.

MR. COLLINS INVITED YOU HERE TO DO THAT.

I SAY--I SPEAK FOR THE CHIEF, TOO--

LET THE MAN TALK.

LET HIM GET THIS OVER WITH.

THE KLAN HAS HAD RALLIES

IN FRONT OF THIS CITY HALL.

THEY HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE HERE

IF THEY DIDN'�T INTERFERE WITH ANYONE'�S RIGHTS.

I SAY DENY HIM PERMISSION

AND KEEP DENYING HIM UNTIL THE COURTS OVERRULE US.

BY THE TIME THAT HAPPENS, HE MAY NOT BE HERE.

THAT'�S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MAN LEAVE.

HE'�LL PROBABLY STAY AND FIGHT,

GET A LOT MORE PUBLICITY,

AND MAYBE LEAVE WITH MORE SUPPORTERS

THAN WHEN HE FIRST CAME.

MR. CHRISTOPHER PASTORY IS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER

FOR MR. GEORGE DESCHAMPS.

DO WE KNOW WHERE PASTORY IS?

I CALLED ARB GENTRY'�S HOUSE.

A COUPLE OF FELLAS ARE STAYING THERE, BUT NOT PASTORY.

WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE'�S HIRED ANY SECURITY PEOPLE.

IF HE HAS, IT DON'�T MATTER.

WE HAVE TO PREVENT ANY VIOLENCE.

CORBIN, CAN YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

YEAH. IF I DO A GOOD JOB PROTECTING DESCHAMPS,

I WON'�T HAVE TO CHASE A BROTHER FOR KILLING HIM.

DIDN'�T THERE USED TO BE A WOMEN'�S STORE IN THIS SPACE?

THAT'�S RIGHT, CHIEF.

I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WINDOW USED TO BE FULL OF UNDERWEAR.

PRETTY UNDERWEAR, TOO.

WELL, HERE I AM. WHAT'�S DOING?

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS. IT'�S A STARLITE.

PAT, TELL THE CHIEF WHAT THIS THING'�S WORTH.

WELL, BEING NOT QUITE NEW,

I'�M PRICING IT AT 85.

THAT ALL FOR A SCOPE LIKE THIS?

NOT $85, CHIEF, 8,500.

I HOPE YOU'�RE NOT THINKING

ABOUT ORDERING SOME OF THESE FOR US.

POINT IS, A GUY PUT A DEPOSIT ON IT,

SAID HE WANTED THE BEST SIGHT FOR NIGHT SHOOTING.

THEN HE WANTED TWO SCOPE SIGHTS FOR DAY SHOOTING.

FELLA'�S NAME IS BUDDY YUNGER.

DIDN'�T WE HAVE A FELLA NAMED YUNGER

IN OUR JAIL A YEAR AGO?

YEAH. HE WAS SHOOTING AT BLACK FOLK ON A PICNIC.

YEAH.

WHERE DID ALL THE UNDERWEAR GO?

WENT TO A BETTER PART OF TOWN-- GLOVER'�S AVENUE.

OH.

THANKS, PAT.

O.K., LIEUTENANT.

RON DuBOIS AND BUDDY YUNGER

ARE GOING UP WITH A FLAT CARRYING CASE.

Gillespie: WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

WELL, IF IT'�S NOT A LONG BIRTHDAY CAKE,

IT'�S GOT TO BE RIFLES.

GET INSIDE.

THOSE ARE THE DAY SIGHTS,

IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THEM OUT.

WE OUGHT TO GO BACK TO THE NIGHT PLAN.

YOU MEAN WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM

LISTENING TO GEORGE?

THAT'�S GOOD.

THAT'�S REAL GOOD.

YEAH, THAT'�D BE GREAT PUBLIC RELATIONS--

KILL SOMEBODY.

WE DON'�T AIM TO KILL NOBODY.

YOU'�RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO HIT ANYBODY.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THE BULLETS

ARE SUPPOSED TO GO AT NIGHT?

ANYWHERE I WANT THEM TO GO.

[CLICK]

WELL, YOU CAN FORGET THAT.

NOW, WHEN I SET THIS BRIEFCASE DOWN ON THE FIELD,

THAT'�S YOUR SIGNAL.

I'�LL STEP TOWARDS GEORGE, YOU FIRE,

YOU MISS THE BRIEFCASE.

YOU PUT TWO SLUGS IN THE GROUND.

YOU GOT THAT?

OPEN THE DOOR.

SHOOTING'�S NO PROBLEM.

GETTING AWAY WILL BE TOUGH IN THE DAYTIME.

YOU WOULDN'�T MIND TAKING ME

TO THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE, WOULD YOU?

I GOT TO PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER.

HARRIET?

ANYBODY HOME?

WE'�RE BOTH HOME. WE'�RE BACK HERE.

OH.

SO THIS IS WHO YOU MEANT BY WE?

THE TV SAYS THAT THAT NAZI GUY WHO GOT HERE

REALLY WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.

YOU REALLY SHOULDN'�T LET THAT DOG ON THE BED.

YOU LET HIM ON THE BED.

THAT'�S BECAUSE I'VE LOST ALL CONTROL OF HIM.

NOW, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY

TO CHANGE SOME OF HIS WORST HABITS.

HOW YOU FIGURE THAT?

BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE,

YOU HAVE TIME WITH HIM, MORE TIME THAN I HAVE.

LOOKS LIKE WE AIN'�T GOING TO BE TOGETHER LONG.

WHY NOT? WHO'�S LEAVING, YOU, ME, OR HIM?

ME. MS. TIBBS SAID THAT ROOM IS READY.

OH.

WELL, NOW, THAT'�S NOT JUST A ROOM.

THEY GOT A WHOLE CARRIAGE HOUSE.

IT'�S NOTHING I AIN'�T GOT HERE.

IT'�S NOTHING YOU DO NOT HAVE HERE.

THAT'�S RIGHT. IT AIN'T.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RING]

YEAH. WHAT?

WELL, I--

WELL, UH, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE A WARNING

OF ANY KIND...

UNLESS THE WARNING ITSELF IS MALICIOUS,

AND WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME IS CERTAINLY. I--

[DIAL TONE]

HELLO?

[RING]

YEAH?

CHIEF! MM-HMM.

THAT'�S WHAT YOU GET

FOR PUTTING YOUR NUMBER IN THE PHONE BOOK.

YEAH, UM, SO YOU WANT US TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE?

O.K., CHIEF.

CHIEF SAID SOMEBODY CALLED HIM UP

AND SAID THAT GEORGE DESCHAMPS WAS GOING TO BE KILLED.

UNLESS WHAT?

WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE CALLER SAY

HE'�S GOING TO KILL DESCHAMPS UNLESS WHAT,

THE MAN LEAVES SPARTA?

ALL HE SAID WAS THAT DESCHAMPS WAS GOING TO BE KILLED

WHILE HE WAS HERE.

IF HE WAS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT KILLING HIM,

WHY IS HE CALLING US?

HE WANTS US TO STOP HIM?

OR HELP HIM.

THEY ARE BRINGING US IN ON THIS FOR SOME REASON.

THEY'�RE SETTING US UP FOR SOMETHING.

WOULD YOU VOTE FOR NEW FEDERAL TAXES?

WOULD I VOTE FOR NEW FEDERAL TAXES?

NO, NOT UNLESS WE WANT TO FIGHT ANOTHER WAR.

MAYBE AGAINST CASTRO.

I'�D RAISE TAXES TO PAY FOR THAT WAR,

NOT GO INTO DEBT.

DO I BELIEVE IN THE HEAD-START PROGRAMS? NO.

I DON'�T BELIEVE IN THEM FOR WHITES, EITHER.

THE BIGGEST HEAD START ANYONE NEEDS

IS BEING BORN IN THIS BLESSED UNITED STATES.

THERE'�LL ALWAYS BE EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT STUFF.

COLOR'�S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

ALTHEA, TURN THAT THING OFF, PLEASE.

I CAN'�T EVEN KEEP MY BREAKFAST DOWN.

I DON'�T BELIEVE IN MIXING...

AND MOST OF YOU COLORED AND BLACK PEOPLE

AGREE WITH THAT, TOO.

DO YOU FEEL THAT THE STATE GOV--

HONEY, WHY DON'�T YOU RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE?

SURE, BABY. WHEN SHOULD I START RUNNING? TODAY?

YES, TODAY, OR AT LEAST START PLANNING TODAY.

O.K. I'�LL QUIT LAW SCHOOL

AND GIVE THE CHIEF MY TWO-WEEK NOTICE

THAT I'�M LEAVING.

THOSE TWO THINGS I CAN DEFINITELY DO TODAY.

YOU'�D BETTER SEE HOW MUCH YOU GOT IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK I OUGHT TO START RUNNING FOR,

UH, SPARTA CITY COUNCIL,

UH, MISSISSIPPI STATE LEGISLATURE, OR...

U.S. SENATOR?

YOU COULD RUN FOR CONGRESS.

WHAT PARTY?

INDEPENDENT. YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM PARTIES.

GOOD. THAT'�S RIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE

WHO MIGHT RAISE MONEY

BECAUSE YOU DON'�T WANT THE TAINT OF MONEY

ON YOUR CAMPAIGN.

O.K.

AND YOU DON'�T WANT MONEY

TO PAY YOUR LAW-SCHOOL FEES OR HOUSEHOLD BILLS,

AND LORD KNOWS YOU DON'�T WANT MONEY TO CAMPAIGN ON.

WHAT YOU'�RE SAYING IS,

IF A MAN DOESN'�T HAVE HIS FAMILY OBLIGATIONS COVERED,

THEN HE CAN NEVER RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?

WELL...

THAT'�S THE WAY IT IS TODAY, BABY.

IT WAS THAT WAY YESTERDAY, TOO.

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STOP THESE PEOPLE

IS WITH POLITICAL STRENGTH.

YOU KNOW HOW WE DO THAT?

BY PRACTICING POLITICS!

IF THAT REQUIRES SACRIFICE,

LET'�S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HANDLE THIS.

BECAUSE, HONEY, IF YOU DON'�T, MAYBE I WILL.

SHE COULD HANDLE IT, TOO.

[BABIES CRYING]

AND WHO'�S GOING TO BE HANDLING THAT IN THE MEANTIME?

I DON'�T KNOW, BUT I'LL GO HANDLE IT NOW.

[KNOCK KNOCK]

SO TELL ME, IN YOUR EXPOSE OF MY HUSBAND,

WHAT DID YOU WRITE IN THERE ABOUT ME?

IT SAYS THAT YOU'�RE BEAUTIFUL...

MM-HMM?

AND IRRESISTIBLE.

MM-HMM?

I'�M NOT BEING TOO FORWARD, AM I?

I WOULDN'�T SAY FORWARD.

I'�D SAY...

RESPONSIVE.

TO WHAT?

MY DEEP DESIRE FOR YOU.

WHAT ELSE HAVE THEY GOT IN THAT MOTEL ROOM?

THEY ALL SEEM INTERESTED IN WEAPONS.

MAYBE THEY GOT A WHOLE LOT IN THERE.

NO DOUBT ABOUT BUDDY YUNGER?

NO, NOR ABOUT DuBOIS. I KNOW THEM BOTH.

SO YUNGER BOUGHT THOSE SIGHTS TO SHOW PASTORY?

YEAH, IT SEEMS.

WHY?

WELL, I DON'�T KNOW. UH...

THEY WOULDN'�T BE USING THOSE WEAPONS

TO PROTECT DESCHAMPS, WOULD THEY?

NOT LIKELY.

IT'�S ALL TOO CONFUSING STILL, CHIEF.

DEE, WE'�RE GOING TO NEED MORE.

YES, SIR. I'�LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

[HONK]

[HONK]

LET'�S GO.

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'�S THE MATTER?

LOOK WHO JUST ARRIVED.

THAT'�S GILLESPIE, THE OLD CHIEF, ISN'�T IT?

YEAH. LET HIM GET INSIDE.

I RECKON HE'�S HERE TO PROTECT DESCHAMPS.

YEAH, I RECKON.

YEAH, I'�VE SEEN THE CHIEF.

HE DON'�T HARDLY LOOK LIKE HE COULD PROTECT HIMSELF.

HE'�LL FOOL YOU.

O.K., LET'�S GO.

MS. TIBBS, CHIEF OF POLICE IS COMING.

IS THERE GOING TO BE TROUBLE AROUND HERE?

HOW WOULD I KNOW?

SHE TALKING ABOUT THAT GUY THAT'�S ANTI-BLACK

THAT'�S COMING HERE?

YES. WHY DO YOU GIRLS ALWAYS ASK ME

TO PREDICT THE FUTURE?

WHO IS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT?

WHEN IS IT GOING TO RAIN?

I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE IN ME,

BUT I DO NOT HAVE THAT SEEING POWER.

HAVE I COME AT A BUSY TIME?

THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WILL BE TROUBLE.

IF PEOPLE DON'�T MAKE IT, WE WON'�T HAVE IT.

YES, SIR, CHIEF.YES, SIR, CHIEF.

I'�LL GIVE YOU A NOT-TOO-FRESH CUP OF COFFEE.

THANK YOU.

WHY IS GEORGE DESCHAMPS COMING HERE?

IS HE GOING TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS,

OR WILL WE BE SPARED OF THAT?

HE'�LL BE SPEAKING AT YOUR STADIUM ON SATURDAY.

HE'�S HERE TODAY TO LOOK THINGS OVER.

DOESN'�T HE TROUBLE YOU, CHIEF?

WELL, HE ISN'�T GOING ANYWHERE

UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING TO PUSH HIM ALONG.

LIKE WHAT?

ATTACK HIM.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BOBBY JOHNSON.

HE SAYS YOU'�RE READY TO TAKE HIM IN.

IS THAT SO?

ANYTIME HE WANTS TO COME.

WELL, FINE.

I'�LL RUN HIM OVER THERE

AS SOON AS I GET A CHANCE.

ALL HE HAS WILL FIT IN MY CAR.

GOOD.

OH. LOOK HERE.

UH-OH.

HERE COME OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

WHY THE STADIUM?

DOES HE EXPECT THAT BIG OF A CROWD?

SEEMS SILLY, DOESN'�T IT?

I SUPPOSE HE'�D LIKE SOMEONE TO ATTACK HIM.

YEAH, BUT NOT TAKE A SHOT AT HIM.

WHO'�S GOING TO DO THAT?

I DON'�T KNOW WHO,

BUT SOME "WHO" CALLED ME ON THE PHONE,

SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO IT.

WHAT YOU WANT, HONEY?

OH, SORRY.

YOU LOOKING FOR CHRIS PASTORY?

NO.

THEN YOU'�RE IN THE WRONG ROOM, HONEY.

I BEG YOUR PARDON, MA'�AM.

THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT.

NOW WE'�RE ROLLING, ARB. NOW WE'�RE ROLLING.

THIS IS REAL RISKY-- GETTING AWAY FROM HERE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

I MOVED THE CARS CLOSER ALREADY.

GOOD.

HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU THINK THIS'�LL HOLD?

HUH?

WE CAN GET 3,500 PEOPLE IN HERE.

WATCH YOUR STEP THERE.

WE'�RE GOING TO NEED YOU.

HERE HE COMES NOW.

YEAH.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

SORRY ABOUT THAT, BOYS.

SUPPOSE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE TURN UP?

I'�LL DO WHAT ANY OLD COUNTRY PREACHER WOULD DO--

I'�LL WAVE THEM DOWN HERE AND TALK TO THEM.

I'�LL GET OFF THE STAND-- WE'�LL HAVE A STAND?

YES, GEORGE.

I'�LL COME DOWN HERE WITH MY MICROPHONE--

GET ONE WITH A NICE LONG CORD ATTACHED--

I'�LL WAVE THE FAITHFUL DOWN HERE AND MAKE MY REMARKS.

NOW, WILL THAT POSE ANY PROBLEMS FOR THE PO-LICE?

NOTHING THAT WOULDN'�T BE ANY PROBLEM, ANYWAY.

GEORGE, I'�D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE'�LL PUT THE SPEAKER STAND.

LET ME KNOW IF IT'�LL BE THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM THE CROWD.

WHAT ABOUT THIS OVER HERE?

UH, GEORGE--NOW WAIT A SECOND, GEORGE.

OH, MY GOD.

GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT!

LET'�S GO! GO! QUICK! QUICK!

MOVE! GO!

GET OUT OF HERE! GO WITH YOUR BOSS!

LUANN, CALL AN AMBULANCE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT HIM IN A CAR?

NO. NOW GO ON.

MOVE IT! MOVE IT!

HEY!

MR. PASTORY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU SEE ME?

YEAH.

WE GOT AN AMBULANCE COMING. JUST REST EASY NOW.

THEY...TURNED IT AROUND.

THEY WHAT?

THEY...TURNED IT ALL AROUND.

[SIREN]

WELL, I THINK I MESSED UP ON THIS ONE.

IF YOU'�D GONE UP THERE, YOU MIGHT'�VE CAUGHT A BULLET.

YOU KNOW, THOSE SHOTS SOUNDED DIFFERENT.

SAY WHAT?

TO MY EAR, THEY SOUNDED LIKE TWO DIFFERENT WEAPONS.

SAY AGAIN WHAT YOU SAW.

WELL, PASTORY SETS HIS BRIEFCASE DOWN.

DESCHAMPS WALKS AWAY FROM HIM,

WAVES PASTORY OVER.

PASTORY GETS A COUPLE OF STEPS-- BANG, BANG.

EXCUSE ME, CHIEF. GOT A MINUTE?

YEAH. SURE HAVE.

THIS YOUNG MAN SAW A BLUE VAN-- MAYBE A DODGE--

LEAVING REAL FAST FROM RIGHT UP THERE AFTER THE SHOTS.

WHO WAS IN IT?

I SAW A BLACK GUY DRIVING.

ANYBODY WITH HIM?

I THINK MAYBE A WHITE GUY.

WELL, THANK YOU, YOUNG MAN. YOU HELPED US.

YES, SIR.

COME ON.

PASTORY SAID, "THEY TURNED IT ALL AROUND"?

THAT'�S WHAT HE SAID.

WELL, IT SEEMS TO GO THIS WAY...

YUNGER BOUGHT A PAIR OF SCOPE SIGHTS,

AND DEE SAW HIM AND DuBOIS DELIVER THOSE

TO PASTORY'�S HOTEL ROOM.

THEN PASTORY TESTED ONE OF THEM ON A RIFLE.

DOES ANY OF THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?

MM-MMM.

NO, IT DOESN'�T MAKE SENSE TO ME, EITHER.

WELL?

PASTORY'�S IN INTENSIVE CARE.

VERY CRITICAL.

CRITICAL WITH HOPE?

NOT MUCH.

WE'�RE LOOKING FOR A BLACK GUY

THAT DROVE A VAN AWAY FROM THE SCENE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO DuBOIS AND YUNGER?

THEY'�RE...

LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WEREN'�T VERY FRIENDLY.

I CAN'�T RECALL.

YOU WEREN'�T EVEN POLITE, CHIEF.

I'�VE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE LAPSES.

WHERE WAS IT? ROTARY-CLUB LUNCH?

MAYBE SPARTA BOOSTERS DINNER?

YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS,

OR DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FRIEND?

DID MR. PASTORY RECOGNIZE Y'�ALL?

WE THINK HE DID.

WAS HE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?

NO, NOT A WORD. DIDN'�T EVEN TRY.

HE SAID A FUNNY THING TO ONE OF MY OFFICERS.

HE SAID, "THEY TURNED IT ALL AROUND."

CAN YOU HELP US WITH THAT, MR. DESCHAMPS?

NO IDEA WHATSOEVER.

WOULD YOU EXCUSE US, PLEASE?

CERTAINLY.

CERTAINLY.

MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MR. PASTORY HE WASN'�T EXPECTING.

SOMEBODY WAS EXPECTING IT, THOUGH.

MM-HMM.

OH, YEAH.

UH-HUH.

A VAN LIKE THE ONE THAT KID TOLD YOU ABOUT

WAS STOLEN YESTERDAY FROM BEHIND CITY HALL.

BUT NOT A BLUEDODGE VAN.

KIND OF BLUE. 1974 WITH LOCAL PLATES.

UH, BUBBA,

THE WORD I GOT IS THAT THE DuBOIS FELLA--

HE'�S JUST A VOLUNTEER CAMPAIGN WORKER.

BUT YUNGER-- HE'�S A FULL-FLEDGED PAID SECURITY MAN.

DIDN'�T WE HAVE HIM DOWNSTAIRS FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE?

YEAH, WE SURE DID.

DIDN'�T YOU SAY HE WAS BUYING SCOPE SIGHTS

AT PAT McKAY'�S LAST WEEK?

HE SURE WAS.

MA'�AM, WE'�RE LOOKING FOR MR. BUDDY YUNGER.

IS HE IN?

HE AIN'�T HERE NOW.

I'�M AFRAID WE'�LL HAVE TO COME IN AND LOOK AROUND ANYWAY.

WAIT. CAN Y'�ALL JUST DO THAT?

WE GOT A WARRANT RIGHT HERE.

O.K.

LUANN, CHECK BACK THERE.

YES, SIR.

WHAT YOU GOT AGAINST BUDDY?

ARE YOU HIS WIFE, CHERYL?

YES, SIR, THAT'�S RIGHT.

WHAT YOU WANT WITH HIM?

MA'�AM, WHERE'D YOUR HUSBAND KEEP HIS RIFLES?

WHAT?

WE'�RE LOOKING FOR GUNS.

BUDDY DON'�T KEEP NO GUNS HERE.

[THUMP]

I HEAR SOMEBODY MOVING AROUND IN THE BACK.

DON'�T WORRY ABOUT IT.

DON'�T WORRY? THERE'S SOMEBODY BACK THERE!

IT'�S ONLY US, MA'AM.

THESE HERE ARE .308s,

AND THERE'�S 12 MISSING OUT OF THE BOX.

WHERE'�D YOU FIND THEM?

UNDERNEATH A BED IN THE BACK.

ALONG WITH THESE TWO SCOPE BOXES.

ONE'�S A BURRIS, THE OTHER'�S A REDFIELD.

WHERE IS BUDDY, MA'�AM?

[BABY CRIES]

THESE OFFICERS GOING TO STAY WITH YOU A WHILE.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THIS HOUSE

OR WARN BUDDY BY PHONING HIM,

OR THEY'�LL HAVE TO ARREST YOU.

YOU AND YOUR BABY DON'�T NEED THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND?

MM-HMM.

YOU SURE?

MORNING.MORNING, CHIEF.

HI.HI.

HOW YOU DOING WITH THIS SHOOTING?

WE KNOW A YOUNG BLACK FELLA

WAS DRIVING A STOLEN VAN AWAY FROM THE SCENE.

I NEED TO SEE YOU.

THAT'�S THE WAY I FEEL ALL THE TIME.

I NEED YOUR ADVICE.

WELL, SAY WHEN.

TOMORROW AFTERNOON IS SOON ENOUGH, ABOUT 2:00.

CAN YOU MAKE IT?

SURE ENOUGH.

BYE.

CAN I HELP YOU, LADIES?

I HAVE TO EXPECT THIS SORT OF THING,

'�CAUSE MY INTENTION IS TO WRECK THE AMERICAN GRAVY TRAIN.

YES, MA'�AM. WRECK THE GRAVY TRAIN--

BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL.

SO I'�M GOING TO BE THE OBJECT OF HATRED

FOR PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY CAN'�T LIVE

UNLESS THE GRAVY TRAIN'�S RUNNING.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO BLACK PEOPLE MAINLY?

I'�M REFERRING TO ALL PEOPLE.

YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON A RACIAL BASIS,

DO IT YOURSELF.

LOOK AROUND.

SEE THE KIND AND THE COLOR

OF THE PEOPLE RIDING THAT GRAVY TRAIN.

YOUR EYES CAN TELL.

AND YOU THINK THAT THAT'�S A STRONG ENOUGH MOTIVE

TO SHOOT SOMEONE?

I KNOW THESE PEOPLE'�LL SHOOT YOU

FOR $200 OR $300

THE PUBLIC IS PAYING THEM EVERY WEEK IN WELFARE

BECAUSE THEY'�LL SHOOT A CITIZEN ON THE STREET FOR $1.00.

WHEN YOU SAY--

LET ME SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY HERE.

CHRIS PASTORY TOOK SOME BULLETS THAT WERE MEANT FOR ME.

BUT BULLETS ARE NOT GOING TO STOP THIS CAMPAIGN.

I'�M GOING ON WITH IT.

THIS STATE, THIS NATION,

HAS THROWN ASIDE TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM IN ALL MATTERS--

POLITICAL, SOCIAL, LEGISLATIVE,

SEXUAL, ENTERTAINMENT, THE ARTS.

WE NEED A REVIVAL OF THAT CONSERVATIVE TRADITION,

AND I AM THE MAN WHO WANTS TO LEAD THAT REVIVAL.

THAT'�S A CUT. THANK YOU.

GEORGE, THAT'�S TELLING THEM LIKE IT IS.

I SHOULD'�VE ASKED YOU, MR. DESCHAMPS,

HOW WILL YOUR MESSAGE BE RECEIVED

BY OUR BLACK CITIZENS, WHO MAKE UP 50% OF THIS STATE?

THE BLACK PEOPLE OF THIS STATE

MAKE UP A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE

OF THE PEOPLE ON WELFARE,

BUT ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTERS.

I'�M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.

AND I DON'�T THINK THE BLACK PEOPLE WANT ME WORRYING ABOUT THEM.

THE CHIEF SAYS MR. DESCHAMPS AIN'�T FROM AROUND HERE.

HE'�S FROM NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

THE DESCHAMPS HAD A POOR LITTLE OLD FARM IN COLLARD COUNTY

WHEN WE ALL HAD ONE.

WE DIDN'�T HAVE MUCH,

BUT THEY HAD MUCH LESS.

THEY USED TO RIDE AROUND IN THEIR OLD CAR

AND TALK TO US LIKE WE WERE STILL SLAVES ON SOMEBODY'�S PLANTATION.

ONE DAY, MY DADDY-- VIRGIL'�S GRANDDADDY--

WALKED OVER TO THE DESCHAMPS

TO SEE THIS MAN GEORGE'�S GRANDDADDY.

AND HE ASKED HIM HOW MUCH HE'�D TAKE FOR HIS FARM,

KNOWING FULL WELL IT WAS ABOUT TO BE FORECLOSED.

OLD MAN DESCHAMPS SAID,

"MY PLACE AIN'�T FOR SALE TO NO NIGRA.

"AND IF YOU EVER WALK ON MY PROPERTY AGAIN

"WITHOUT A WRITTEN INVITATION,

I'�LL BLOW YOUR DAMN HEAD OFF."

WHAT DID GRANDDADDY DO?

HE DIDN'�T DO NOTHING.

WE WAS USED TO THAT KIND OF TALK,

LIKE HEARING DOGS BARK.

YOUR GRANDPA JUST SMILED...

AND WALKED AWAY.

CHIEF GILLESPIE SAYS GEORGE DESCHAMPS IS A LEFTOVER MAN.

WHAT DID HE MEAN?

HE SAYS A LEFTOVER IS KIND OF STALE.

YOU DON'�T FIND TOO MANY PEOPLE WANTING IT.

DID THE CHIEF TELL YOU YOU CAN MOVE IN ANYTIME?

MS. TIBBS, I DON'�T THINK I'M READY TO MOVE YET.

WELL, THAT'�S O.K.

I STILL WANT YOU TO SEE THE ROOM.

LOOK, I'�M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS YOUR NIGHT OFF.

THE HOSPITAL CALLED.

PASTORY WAS CONSCIOUS FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN OUT AGAIN.

I'�M GOING THERE IN CASE HE TELLS WHO DID IT.

LIKE WHO?

LIKE THAT LEFTOVER MAN.

THAT'�S RIGHT, VIRGIL.

HE DONE IT!

WAIT AND SEE.