The Hunter (1980) Movie Script
He's gone.
Look out there, move!
Watch it!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Maybe he thinks it's a bumper car.
What you trying to do, fool?
Park it.
Sorry.
Park on the street, not on my car!
Come on, man. That don't even
make no sense.
I'm ain't gon' start nothing
ain't already been started.
What do you want?
Been
That'll be a dollar.
Is there anything else?
Tell Tommy price somebody's here
to see him.
What?
Tommy price.
- Tommy.
- It's almost there, auntie.
Kiddo, make tracks.
You see, it's your service system.
But don't worry, I got it.
There's a cracker
out front looking for you.
- A cop?
- I don't think so.
Who is he?
You want me to go out and ask him
for his driver's license?
Take care, momma.
Are you Tommy price?
Yeah.
My name's Ralph thorson.
My friends call me papa.
But you call me Mr. Thorson.
Now, you're not gonna complain
if I put this gun away, are you?
Well, frankly, Mr. Thorson,
I'd be tickled pink.
You're not gonna try to run, are you?
'Cause it's too hot,
and I don't wanna have to chase you.
And I don't wanna have to shoot anybody.
We understand each other, right?
Yes, sir.
Let's go.
So, what do you want me for?
Well, you did jump bail on the 16th.
Well, kinda.
Well, I got to kinda take you back
to Los Angeles.
- Are you a cop?
- Nah.
Well, this shit's gotta be illegal.
Not really.
Punk!
Are you crazy?
That's a 1970 Cadillac
that you're running into!
Hey, man, what's wrong...
That's my... are you crazy?
You... you shithead!
Hey, don't fool with it.
I don't want you to bust it.
Hey, you know,
I know a kidnapping when I see one.
And I'm seeing one now,
because I'm being kidnapped.
Here, read it.
Supreme court decision, 1872.
"When bail is given, the person
or persons putting up said bail
may exercise their rights
in person or by agent.
They may pursue principal
into another state,
may arrest him on the sabbath,
if necessary,
may break into his home."
Man, that's chickenshit.
Man, that's a law.
Your head... your heads need adjustment.
- Hey, don't fool around.
- Hey, I fix this kinda stuff all the time.
It cost me 64 bucks
and I don't want you to bust it.
- I'm very mechanical.
- Oh, you're electrician or something?
Can you fix it?
I can fix it.
I fix this kind of stuff
all the time, right?
I'm very mechanical.
I'll fix it, pappy.
Hey, how did you find me?
Somebody put their house up
for collateral for your bail.
Peany?
She turned me in?
Didn't want to lose her house, I guess.
What a rip-off.
Well, that's life, ain't it?
Will I go to jail, pappy?
I don't know.
Who taught you how to drive?
Leon spinks?
Hey, what's the matter with you?
Sure you know
how to drive that thing, boy?
There ain't even enough room here.
Not enough room.
Shit!
Come here.
Don't go away.
No shit!
- Billie Joe face.
- Yeah.
- On what charge?
- Assault, Grand Theft Auto.
Jumped bail, five weeks ago.
Got any papers?
Certified copy of the bail bond.
Well, is he armed?
- He is armed.
- Roger, I'm checking on the dic.
I think you better talk
to sheriff strong about this.
Give me a man, I'll go pick him up.
I've got the address.
You wait right here.
Yes, sir.
Sheriff wants to see you.
Now.
Thank you.
Heard a lot about you, Mr. Thorson.
It's all bad!
They tell you I have a glass eye?
No, they didn't.
It's the one with a gleam
of intelligence.
This one.
Just look at the two of us.
An old sheriff and a bounty hunter.
Here in all this modern turmoil.
We were just born a century too late,
Mr. Thorson, that's our problem.
Nothing's changed.
Good guys and the bad guys.
Maybe.
Now, what can I do for you, Mr. Thorson?
Well, I came to pick up Billie Joe face
and take him back to Los Angeles.
So I hear.
My recommendation to you, Mr. Thorson,
is to get out of town.
Yeah, I will.
Tonight.
I don't think you understand me,
Mr. Thorson.
I want you out now,
and without this Billie Joe.
I can't do that, sheriff,
I've come a long ways.
I'm going to take him back with me.
- Oh, no, you ain't.
- Oh, yes, I am.
Don't argue with me, Mr. Thorson.
Now, look, sheriff,
I've come over 1,500-
goodbye, Mr. Thorson.
Goodbye, sheriff.
Because he's my nephew, Mr. Thorson.
You sure are greedy, you know that?
You already got me
and you have to go for a bonus.
Hey, pappy, what the hell is that thing?
Stun gun.
- Well, what does it do?
- Ruins their day.
Hey, what do I do?
Sit.
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
Get him, Billie Joe!
Get him, Billie Joe! Get him!
Get him! Hit him where it hurts,
Billie Joe!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Get him, Billie Joe! Hit him harder!
Beat him up! Get him, Billy Joe!
Hey, that ain't fair.
You pudhead!
Billy Joe, Billy Joe.
Wake up, Billie Joe. Wake up.
Billie Joe, wake up!
Yes.
Ralph thorson on line one.
Damn well better be long distance.
- Hello?
- Hello, sheriff, it's me again.
I just wanted you to know
I took your advice and left town.
Well, good for you, Mr. Thorson.
I kind of figured you would.
Except for one thing,
I took your nephew with me.
Wanna say hello?
Uncle John?
Nephew, seems like
you're in a little hot water.
Yes, sir, I am.
Put Mr. Thorson back on.
Yeah?
You did a pretty damn good job,
Mr. Thorson.
You've done your duty,
and I was protecting my kin.
Next time you're down Houston way,
stop in and say hello, why don't you?
Yeah, sure I will.
Bye-bye.
Who is this crazy guy?
Good lord! Look at that!
The big guy,
here's the key, okay? Sit.
Hey, gunslinger!
Hello, spota.
Thought you were having a sale,
two for the price of one?
I need the money.
He's as big as a house,
you ought to get paid by the pound.
Listen, he almost killed me.
Anytime you want a respectable job.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Hey, you got to stop wearing
those baggy pants!
Here you go.
You ever been in the joint before?
No, I haven't.
Now, look, whatever you do...
When you get in front of thatjudge,
just don't you smart off.
Tommy price.
On your feet.
Here's the key.
And when he ask you,
you tell him you got a job working for me
and here's the address.
- Here you go, papa.
- Thank you.
Hey, hey, hey b.D.
Hey, papa!
How are you doing, boy?
With an eight, with a nine.
Two tens. pair of queens.
Five dollars left.
- I'm out.
- I'm out.
I'm out.
- Hey, papa!
- Hey, pops?
Hey, how are you doing?
- Sitting in?
- I don't think.
- Hey, how are you feeling?
- Tired. Tired.
- Hi.
- Morning.
- Who are you?
- I live here.
Make yourself at home.
Thank you.
It's you again, O'Brian.
Pair of eights.
That's five bucks
- into that possible flush.
- Oh, I see that.
And I see that.
Hey, Francis, you been boosting again?
No, I scored at the track.
- Yeah.
- Sure.
Hey, papa, come on in. Plenty of room.
- Hey, we need another sucker.
- Dotty wouldn't like it.
Come on, papa, one hand.
Sit down and play!
You better not.
Better not.
Five-card stud, fellas.
Good morning.
Hi, baby.
You smell good.
You don't.
Are you hungry?
Horny.
The doctor said it was okay.
Hey, brought you a present.
You did?
What did you get me? Let me see.
You'll see.
Shit.
Well, that's an original buck Rogers
rocket patrol.
And it's very rare.
I don't know why I love you so much.
Thanks.
No wonder you're horny. No school?
Helen Ryan has taken my class
to the museum.
Poor museum.
How long will they let you work?
Another couple of weeks.
As long as I want.
There's a lamaze class tonight.
Come on, don't start that again.
Ignoring it ain't gonna make it go away.
It might. It's worth a try.
Not funny!
Pregnant ladies are supposed
to crave ice cream and pickles.
It's important to me, Ralph.
And mushrooms.
Natural childbirth.
Listen,
I'm thinking maybe I'll have to move in
with my sister for a while.
No, wait a minute.
If you go to your sister's
I wanna be...
She's done lamaze
with all three of her kids.
She's a pro, okay?
I need you here.
Do you have to leave town right away?
Got to pick up Winston blue later today.
Winston? That's three times this month!
"Crazy Winston."
Clear the street here, folks.
You have to clear the street now
for your own safety.
Please, get up on the sidewalk now.
Please, we have to clear the street.
Excuse me, sir, you'll have
to move that car and clear the area.
- Who's in charge here?
- Sergeant werblow.
Sir, I live in that building.
How do I get in that building?
Hey, come back here!
W-20 Adam.
The parameter has been secured
and it's confirmed that the suspect
is inside the building.
W-20 Adam, Roger.
Yeah. W-20 Adam...
- Are you werber?
- Sergeant werblow.
- Who the hell are you?
- Thorson.
And that's my pick-up.
Who the hell do you think
you got in there? The sla?
We got an armed fugitive up there.
- Bullshit!
- W-20 Adam,
we're not requesting
any additional units...
- Hey, Winston! It's papa.
- Hey, what the... hey, listen!
I don't know who
you think you are,
but you better get your ass outta here.
This is police business.
Don't make such a fuss for heaven's sake.
He's dressing.
Dressing?
1A-11. 1A-11.
See the man, 459 investigation.
659 south Broadway.
Look at that!
- Here he comes.
- He's coming down the elevator.
Hey, Winston! That was the plan?
Hey, people, I mean,
where are the flashbulbs?
I want to see the flashbulbs popping.
There you go. All right!
Hands high!
I know the procedure, baby.
Walk toward me.
Yeah!
Yeah.
Farenough.
Hands behind your head.
Beautiful.
I know that.
Until your boyfriend
shows in court.
But I need my car for work!
And I need it for collateral.
I'll give you my pink slip.
I don't want your undennear,
I want your car.
No car, no bond.
Now, what's so difficult?
My son, Anthony,
he's a good boy.
I mean, maybe he's a little mixed-up,
you know, but...
He's going to come back.
- Look, he means well.
- Listen, this is the first time...
No, no. The first time
he took a hostage in a liquor store.
Mr. Bernardo, Mrs. Bernardo, can I...
Can I talk honestly to you?
Yeah, sure, of course.
Your son is a rat.
He's holed up somewhere
and he ain't ever coming back.
Because if he does,
he knows he's going to jail.
And he's been there enough times
to know he doesn't like it.
Now, you and me, the three of us,
we have a problem,
which is that if your Anthony
doesn't show in...
18 more days...
Then I'm out 100,000,
and your restaurant belongs to me.
And I don't want another restaurant.
I already got two of them.
You mean...
We lose the restaurant?
If the son were only as smart
as the mother.
I worked 26 years of my life
to build up that restaurant.
And the buildings, the parking lot...
- I can't lose that place now.
- Mr. Blumenthal,
what can we do?
We've got to get somebody to go out
and find Anthony
and bring him back.
You mean like a detective?
No, no, no. The man I have in mind
is more of a specialist in this line.
Mr. Thorson is a bounty hunter.
My god!
No, please. I'm sorry.
It's either that,
or your restaurant.
So, you two put your heads together
and decide.
A bounty hunter,
you see what you started?
I told you to keep your mouth shut,
let me talk.
You owe me 800 for price
and 1,000 for Billie Joe face.
Oh, papa, please. Enough already. Coffee.
You did a good job.
You're the best in the world.
- That's a dollar seventy-five.
- Eighteen hundred.
Thank you.
- Papa, can I talk to you?
- No. You can't talk to him.
I'm talking to him, so get out of here.
- What do you got, Mike?
- Well, I got an assault
on a police officer.
He's heading down to Mexico,
and I'm gonna take
a substantial loss on this.
Great! Now, take a walk, you gonnif!
We ain't interested.
I'm interested.
When is the baby due?
Soon.
You should marry the school teacher.
Eight years is enough already.
She's been married,
she didn't like it.
Eight years, she don't trust you yet?
Why don't you mind your own business
and pay your debts?
Please, not while I'm eating.
What's this?
A baby present from me to you.
Tony Bernardo.
It's a piece of cake.
"Assault, attempted murder,
armed robbery."
A very bad boy.
He's a good boy,
he's a little mixed up, maybe.
And he's a shooter, too.
He really wants to come in.
He... you'll see how happy
he'll be to see you.
You'll talk, you'll make friends.
If he's so easy,
why don't you bring him in?
Believe me,
you don't think I would, I would,
but at my age,
I'm not supposed to eat airline food.
Papa, I'm into this for a hundred grand.
I'll make it worth your while.
Not Bernardo, he's too dangerous.
I'll take the branch brothers.
The branch brothers?
My cocker spaniel can bring me
the branch brothers!
Hey, Ralph, lunching with the last
of the big spenders, I see.
- Hello, Pete.
- Yeah, captain spota. Always a pleasure.
- See you later at the house.
- See you at the house.
Have you heard any talk about him?
What kind of talk?
Nothing.
Papa, telephone!
Yeah?
Thorson.
My name is Mason. Remember me?
- No.
- Well, you will.
I'm gonna kill you.
I've been watching you, thorson.
I'm gonna kill you.
I don't know what you're using, Mason,
but it's no good for you.
All right, all right,
I'll take the branch brothers.
- Three grand.
- Forget it!
Three branch brothers, $3,000.
There are only two branch brothers.
Bob blew himself up.
It's still 3,000, and that's that.
They're children. They're little boys.
They don't even shave yet.
Hey, they're the wild bunch.
Everybody takes advantage,
so why shouldn't you?
All right. All right.
Three-thousand.
- One of your people.
- What is wrong with my people?
I'm Cuban, baby,
I don't what you're talking about.
Hey, papa, you know,
the judge let me off
when I mentioned your name.
What are you doing with my TV set?
Your picture's no good, man.
That picture was perfect.
No, see, the color was off.
I'm fixing it.
- Watch it on the radio?
- So I made a mistake.
Names.
I'm Cuban. You go out in a radio
and watch it, all right?
What do you know
about a guy named Mason?
Mason, Mason...
Let's see.
There's a tiny Mason, a pimp.
- A Billy Mason, the dealer.
- He's dead.
Rocco Mason. that's the one!
Yeah. Speed freak.
When they sent him to San Quentin,
they had to submerge him in thorazine.
He got out about a month ago.
Why?
The name just popped
in my head, thanks.
Okay.
- Can we watch the set in the bedroom?
- No!
Hi, honey.
I gotta catch a red-eye to Nebraska.
Oh, no!
Buck. A job.
You said you'd take me
to the lamaze class.
I will. When you take me
to the airport, okay?
All right.
Hey, look...
I got kind of a weird phone call.
May be something,
maybe nothing, I don't know.
But... you remember
how to shoot this, right?
Yeah.
Okay, it's got a full clip.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Okay?
I'll be okay.
- I don't want...
- We might as well.
- No! I wanna watch the game, guys.
- Come on.
- Hi, Ralph.
- How you doing?
- Hi, dotty.
- How long you been here?
A few minutes.
God, that perfume, I love it!
Say, Ralph,
when you gonna make an honest woman
out of this girl?
Yeah, why ruin a good relationship?
When are you due, honey?
Pretty soon.
Gonna be different in this house
with a kid around.
Different life.
I don't know why.
I'm already running an orphanage.
What's one more?
You'll see.
Dotty! Telephone.
Okay.
What are you, a troublemaker?
What's the matter with you,
are you scared or something?
Yeah, I'm scared.
What happens if I get popped?
What happens to Dorothy
and the kid?
Gonna end up with a house full of toys,
a mean dog, and a '51 Chevy.
I'm getting too old for this shit.
That's a lousy excuse and you know it.
She's a terrific girl and she loves you.
It's gonna be wonderful.
You're gonna be a father, Ralph.
You think you've got troubles.
Ralph, we're in a hurry.
Yeah.
- I'll talk to you, Pete.
- Yeah, I'll see you.
Bye-bye, Pete. bye-bye, dotty.
You're gonna love lamaze, Ralph,
if you'll just give it half a chance.
And a lot of the guys in the class
were just as hesitant as you are...
Hey, honey, why are you riding
behind this slowpoke?
The fast Lane is clear.
You could just pass him.
Every guy in that class
has come around a hundred percent
- since they've been in there.
- There's a faster car behind you.
- Will you shut up and let me drive?
- Okay.
Are you gonna sit there
or you coming in?
Don't be so squirrelly!
Squeeze her leg firmly, coaches,
building in intensity
like a real contraction.
Building to a peak now.
Forty seconds.
Okay, only fifteen seconds to go.
Easing off a little now.
Check for relaxation.
Five seconds to go.
And contraction ends.
And relax.
I'm so pleased you're here to help dotty.
It's always a lot more difficult
when a woman has to do this alone.
I got a bad back.
I know, it's always difficult
the first time.
If you... if you can squeeze her,
it will really help her a lot.
If she can practice relaxing through pain,
it'll make her a lot more secure
about handling labor.
Having a baby is one of the most
beautiful experiences in life.
You wouldn't wanna be excluded,
would you?
Mister.
Thanks. Come to mama.
Hi, you guys.
Nice to see you.
It's brand-new. 78 miles.
Thank you.
Don't you have an older car that's more...
Hey, teach.
Who is that?
Howard, is that you?
Violets are blue,
roses are red.
There's no school today...
Whoever you are, you're a jerk!
Because teacher's...
Dead.
Listen, buster,
this isn't funny, anymore!
I could kill you.
I really could!
Teacher thinks I'm gonna kill her.
Go away, please!
I'm not gonna kill the teacher.
I'm gonna kill papa!
Who are you?
Open up the door,
and see who's trying to kill papa.
Tell papa, Mason said, "soon."
Real soon.
Branch brothers? Sure.
Crazy bastards.
Dumb as shit and mean.
Went to school with John,
the bigger one.
We was on the basketball team.
- Yeah, all I need is a direction.
- All in the lord's time, son.
I made a mistake.
John branch put dynamite
in locker room urinals.
Blew the whole damn gym,
halfway across to Canada.
Yeah, well, look.
I'm gonna take these two guys
back to la with me.
Now, all I need is a direction's
and a couple of your guys
to help me bring them in, okay?
I'll give you direction,
but ain't giving you any of my men,
not with those crazy bastards.
And you're a crazy bastard
for going after them.
Okay, that should do it.
We'll check around the neighborhood.
If anything turns up, we'll let you know.
Thank you.
I'm sure it was just some nut.
Thank you.
Dotty, I think I should call
for a substitute
to handle your class for the day.
No, I'm okay.
I don't wanna make a big deal
out of this.
God knows what Ralph would do
if he found out.
We just can't handle any more trouble,
not now.
Well, have it your way,
but try to relax, all right?
Shit!
Damn! Where did he come from?
- It's hot.
- That crazy son of a bitch.
Get in front of him, Matthew.
Don't be telling me how to drive,
you dumb Turkey!
Faster, he's trying to run us over!
- Look what I found!
- We'll get that son of a bitch.
- Here, Matthew.
- Get that son of a bitch away from me!
Here.
Now we flying!
That son of a bitch,
we got him this time!
I'd like to see the look on that son
of a bitch's face.
- Look out!
- Shit!
Where did he come from?
- The dynamite!
- Look out!
- The dynamite!
- What dynamite?
- Back there!
- What are you talking about?
Come on!
- Hey, dotty, wait up.
- Hey, dotty!
I'll take you now!
Come on! I'll take you to la.
Hey, daddy, don't smoke that!
Hey, romero.
Hey, dotty.
When are you due?
Two weeks.
- Hi, baby.
- Hi, honey.
I'll get the water.
- Ralph...
- I'm sorry.
Go to another lamaze class today?
Yup.
How'd she go?
You don't wanna know.
Yeah, I do.
- You don't.
- I really do.
Okay.
We talked about transition.
And we talked about the coach,
and how important he is.
- The coach?
- Yeah.
In lamaze, we say
that birth is like a game.
Mother's the team,
the father's the coach.
How the game turns out
depends a lot on the coach.
There's this woman
in our class named Edith.
She said with her first baby,
she started pushing too soon.
So, you're not supposed to push
until you're completely dilated.
The baby's head is just right down there.
But you feel like you have to,
so you blow instead.
Like that.
Well, Edith wasn't dilated,
but she started pushing anyway.
So her husband took her face in his hands,
and he said, "blow, Edith!"
And he started blowing himself,
right to her,
willing her to do it with him.
Yeah, like that.
And she was able to stop pushing
because he did that.
Don't you think that's beautiful?
You're such a sucker
for inspirational moments.
You ought to let your hair grow out.
It looked a lot better when it was longer.
I'm too old for that.
You like old things,
it's all you care about.
You don't like anything
that's new, Ralph.
New things are no good.
Give them a chance to prove themselves.
You know they will, in time.
I love you.
Shit!
- Hey!
- Hello, Pete.
Come on in, Ralph!
Just the guy I wanna see.
What you need is a drink.
There we go.
- Hey, why don't you let me...
- Come on, come on, come on.
Bang! Bang! Bang! You're dead.
You see that house?
That's Hyatt, frank b.
Male Caucasian, five foot nine,
a hundred and eighty pounds.
Come on, Pete.
Hand over the gun.
Good, Ralph, very good.
Talk to the subject.
Calm him down.
You know, that bastard
sells dope to school children,
and he lives in that house.
He looks up here and he sees me,
and he laughs his head off.
He throws pebbles up.
I swear, he throws pebbles up at me.
Find them on the deck
when I come home at night.
Is that right?
Come on, I'm asking you, is that right?
Well, that's the way it is, pal.
That's what I am.
A pebble.
Well, guess what the pebble did.
I took a little for myself.
Just a couple of bags
from the inventory room.
So I got tired of being a pebble.
And I sold some, and somebody got busted
and somebody talked.
And guess who they're coming after.
Come on, Ralph. Be a pal.
Guess who they're coming after.
Would you go?
No. So I figured I'd do the right thing.
I'm going to blow
Hyatt frank b's head off...
Then I'm going to do me in.
Come on, Pete, that's the booze talking.
- You're drunk.
- Sure, sure, I'm drunk.
You think I could kill myself
if I was sober?
Come on, Ralph, there's another bottle
over there on the couch somewhere.
Let's finish it off, then you go away.
Please, Ralph, you know I'm right.
I can't go in the slammer.
You know what they do to cops.
I put half of them in there
for Christ's sake.
Let's get shitfaced, then...
You leave me alone.
Jackie, rocky, a pair ofjacks.
- All right.
- Come on, I've got 10 bucks.
Ten dollars?
All right, with a six.
- All right, this is the dead lead.
- Dead lead, right, okay.
Hi, papa.
- Hey, pop!
- Papa, come on in.
- Come on.
- Come on, deal.
Room for one more, papa.
Come and join us.
We got all night, let's go!
But you had to repeat each card...
- Please leave.
- Come on in.
Hey, it's early, man!
You just go on home.
- Okay, fine. Come on. Let's just...
- I'm going back.
King, three, highjack...
Get out!
- Frank, can I get a ride with you?
- Yeah, you can get a ride with me.
- I'll drive you home.
- Goodnight, dotty.
- Can we come back tomorrow?
- Pap, I almost got the set fixed.
- Goodnight, dotty.
- Goodnight.
What the hell's the matter
with you, Ralph?
Make some coffee.
Are you okay?
Is it a contraction?
It's just a cramp.
It's over.
You better get used to the idea, Ralph,
it's almost time.
Don't you think I know that?
I think you know it.
I don't think you accept it.
I think you got to be crazy to bring
a kid into this garbage can world.
You should've had it aborted.
I begged you and I pleaded with you.
It wasn't your decision, it was mine.
Well, both of us
should've been involved in the decision.
Both of us don't get an abortion, Ralph!
Both of us don't have to climb up
on that table.
Yeah, all right.
Go ahead and have your kid.
Our kid!
Yeah.
Tom.
Hey, papa.
She just told me
it came over the radio upstairs.
Spota just killed himself.
Look, Tommy...
I came here to drink, not to talk.
Gotcha.
Hey, pappy.
What are you doing here?
I thought I kicked you out.
I knew you didn't mean it.
What are you doing to the toaster?
I'm fixing it.
Well, fix the TV set first.
Did you see it out there?
It's almost done.
Where's dotty?
She's in the bedroom.
All right, look. I know you're mad,
but...
Let's not fight, okay?
I heard about spota.
That doesn't make what you said okay.
I was out of line.
I'm tired of your crap, Ralph.
You don't want me,
you don't want the baby?
Well, we don't want you.
Papa!
Wake up!
Who is it?
It's me, ritchie!
Come on, get out of bed,
open the front door!
Ritchie...
Go away.
Get out of bed and open the door!
Shit.
What time is it?
It's 2:20.
What day is it?
It's a beautiful day.
Up and at 'em, papa. Come on!
I'm tired.
Shit!
I don't know why I break my back
trying to help you.
Hey, you got a kid coming,
all kinds of bills.
- She's gone.
- What? What happened?
- What'd you do to her?
- Nothing.
She was nuts about you,
she's the best thing
that ever happened to you.
She's a pain in the ass.
I'm coming in.
That's a nice way to talk...
Papa.
Look, papa...
A Chinese philosopher said,
"with money, the world goes round.
Without it, it goes flat."
He also said...
Who said that?
He was a cook.
Look, it takes a lot of money
to get a woman back.
Believe me.
And I'm here to offer you
a lot of money.
Anthony Bernardo.
You met his parents.
$8,000.
I don't want her back.
You don't want to hear this,
but you're gonna hear this.
A grown man
is no more than his family.
Your kids, your old lady...
Headaches maybe,
but they're who you are.
You... maybe you have a job,
maybe you don't,
what does it matter?
Who does it matter to?
Tell me! Nobody.
Like litter in the streets.
Yeah!
Dotty made this place make sense.
She made you make sense.
You don't need that?
I'll get Bernardo.
He's living in Chicago.
A toddling town.
Okay, how would you define a great man?
Would you say that Napoleon was as great
a man as Lincoln, for instance?
Anybody? Kelly?
Lincoln was a much greater man
than Napoleon.
Why would you say that?
Well, Lincoln freed the slaves.
He kept the union together.
He was just a great man.
Okay, but did Napoleon
do some pretty good things for Europe?
Yeah, but he made himself dictator,
he'd made himself king...
All right. Don't go crazy.
I'll be right back.
Yes?
I gotta go to Chicago.
I did the shopping.
You interrupted my class.
I'll be back in a few days.
Well, I may not be there.
All right, all right.
Will you give me a break?
Okay, let's get back to Lincoln now.
Kelly?
When I tell you to come home,
I want you home!
Now, you're not gonna see them
across town...
Look at that shit. Look at that shit.
Can you believe that shit? I don't.
Come on, Jackie!
I'll open, I'll open! The door's open!
First down, first down.
I wanna pass this time.
- Hey, watch it, man!
- Sorry.
Why don't you tell us
a little bit about yourself?
Well, I'm an attorney from Oklahoma.
Divorced. Two kids.
And...
I'm here to make a little money.
Now, what do you think
about that, fellas?
All right, Bernardo,
it's time to come home.
I guess I got my work cut out for me.
Now, what is the first thing
you'll do to your victim?
- He's gonna kill himself!
- No way!
Look at that!
Hey, what are you doing?
Hey, what's going on?
Don't you take him!
I'm gonna get you!
I'm gonna get you!
Hey, sucker!
Watch out!
Watch out!
Watch it!
Hey, hold that door, hold that door!
Don't stop, man!
Don't stop at stations
and don't slow down,
or I'll kill the kid and I'll kill you!
Maggie! Maggie!
Open that door!
Mommy!
You stay there.
You stay there!
Just do what he says!
No, please, Maggie!
Mom, come get me!
Let go!
Maggie!
Back off, fool!
Back off, or I'll blow her head off!
Oh, god! Is it ever gonna end?
Mama!
What are you doing?
Hey, you son of a bitch!
Bring back my car!
Hey, you damn fool, what are you doing?
Somebody, come on!
That was my car he stole.
Get him!
Hey, wait a minute!
Come on back here!
- How much?
- Thirteen seventy-five.
- How much?
- Thirteen seventy-five.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
- Good night.
- Yeah, have a good evening.
Dotty?
Dotty?
Here.
Papa.
- What happened?
- I don't know.
He hit me with a rifle.
- Who?
- I don't know, some crazy guy.
He took dotty.
He said "school."
I'm sorry, papa, but I tried to stop him.
You did good. You did good, Tommy.
Keep away from her!
Up against the wall. Move, move!
Come on, move against the wall! Move!
Throw out your gun.
I'm clean.
Turn your pockets inside out. Come on!
Inside pockets. Stuff your hand in it!
Stuff it in there!
The other side. Now, move!
Take your coat off.
Come on, move. Move! Turn around.
Hands up!
All the way around. Come on! Come on!
Pick up your pants leg.
Come on, pick it up!
Shut up, teach.
Come on, move, pick up the pants leg!
Other one. Get it up!
Throw it against the wall.
Throw it against the wall!
Why don't you let her go?
She's got nothing to do with this.
I'm gonna kill you,
and she's gonna watch.
They sent you to prison,
I just picked you up, pal.
What the hell is going on...
Papa!
I'm gonna kill you!
Papa!
It's all right, honey. It's over.
Is it the baby?
Take it easy.
Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
We gotta get out here.
God, I gotta push!
Blow! Blow!
- Breathe through the pain.
- Jesus!
- It's coming.
- No!
We're almost there. Almost there.
It's too late.
No, it's not.
Now, this is your coach.
Relax! Relax!
Easy. Easy.
Easy.
Now, hold on.
I need a doctor!
My girlfriend's having a baby.
You'll have to fill out this card first.
She's having it out in the car!
- Oh, my god.
- Hurry!
I'll get the doctor.
Doctor Martin? Doctor Martin?
There's woman out there
in a car is having a baby.
Nurse, bring the boa kit.
You take care of him.
I'll take care of the mother.
Are you all right?
The baby's just fine.
Ralph?
Are you the father?
God bless you.
Look out there, move!
Watch it!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Maybe he thinks it's a bumper car.
What you trying to do, fool?
Park it.
Sorry.
Park on the street, not on my car!
Come on, man. That don't even
make no sense.
I'm ain't gon' start nothing
ain't already been started.
What do you want?
Been
That'll be a dollar.
Is there anything else?
Tell Tommy price somebody's here
to see him.
What?
Tommy price.
- Tommy.
- It's almost there, auntie.
Kiddo, make tracks.
You see, it's your service system.
But don't worry, I got it.
There's a cracker
out front looking for you.
- A cop?
- I don't think so.
Who is he?
You want me to go out and ask him
for his driver's license?
Take care, momma.
Are you Tommy price?
Yeah.
My name's Ralph thorson.
My friends call me papa.
But you call me Mr. Thorson.
Now, you're not gonna complain
if I put this gun away, are you?
Well, frankly, Mr. Thorson,
I'd be tickled pink.
You're not gonna try to run, are you?
'Cause it's too hot,
and I don't wanna have to chase you.
And I don't wanna have to shoot anybody.
We understand each other, right?
Yes, sir.
Let's go.
So, what do you want me for?
Well, you did jump bail on the 16th.
Well, kinda.
Well, I got to kinda take you back
to Los Angeles.
- Are you a cop?
- Nah.
Well, this shit's gotta be illegal.
Not really.
Punk!
Are you crazy?
That's a 1970 Cadillac
that you're running into!
Hey, man, what's wrong...
That's my... are you crazy?
You... you shithead!
Hey, don't fool with it.
I don't want you to bust it.
Hey, you know,
I know a kidnapping when I see one.
And I'm seeing one now,
because I'm being kidnapped.
Here, read it.
Supreme court decision, 1872.
"When bail is given, the person
or persons putting up said bail
may exercise their rights
in person or by agent.
They may pursue principal
into another state,
may arrest him on the sabbath,
if necessary,
may break into his home."
Man, that's chickenshit.
Man, that's a law.
Your head... your heads need adjustment.
- Hey, don't fool around.
- Hey, I fix this kinda stuff all the time.
It cost me 64 bucks
and I don't want you to bust it.
- I'm very mechanical.
- Oh, you're electrician or something?
Can you fix it?
I can fix it.
I fix this kind of stuff
all the time, right?
I'm very mechanical.
I'll fix it, pappy.
Hey, how did you find me?
Somebody put their house up
for collateral for your bail.
Peany?
She turned me in?
Didn't want to lose her house, I guess.
What a rip-off.
Well, that's life, ain't it?
Will I go to jail, pappy?
I don't know.
Who taught you how to drive?
Leon spinks?
Hey, what's the matter with you?
Sure you know
how to drive that thing, boy?
There ain't even enough room here.
Not enough room.
Shit!
Come here.
Don't go away.
No shit!
- Billie Joe face.
- Yeah.
- On what charge?
- Assault, Grand Theft Auto.
Jumped bail, five weeks ago.
Got any papers?
Certified copy of the bail bond.
Well, is he armed?
- He is armed.
- Roger, I'm checking on the dic.
I think you better talk
to sheriff strong about this.
Give me a man, I'll go pick him up.
I've got the address.
You wait right here.
Yes, sir.
Sheriff wants to see you.
Now.
Thank you.
Heard a lot about you, Mr. Thorson.
It's all bad!
They tell you I have a glass eye?
No, they didn't.
It's the one with a gleam
of intelligence.
This one.
Just look at the two of us.
An old sheriff and a bounty hunter.
Here in all this modern turmoil.
We were just born a century too late,
Mr. Thorson, that's our problem.
Nothing's changed.
Good guys and the bad guys.
Maybe.
Now, what can I do for you, Mr. Thorson?
Well, I came to pick up Billie Joe face
and take him back to Los Angeles.
So I hear.
My recommendation to you, Mr. Thorson,
is to get out of town.
Yeah, I will.
Tonight.
I don't think you understand me,
Mr. Thorson.
I want you out now,
and without this Billie Joe.
I can't do that, sheriff,
I've come a long ways.
I'm going to take him back with me.
- Oh, no, you ain't.
- Oh, yes, I am.
Don't argue with me, Mr. Thorson.
Now, look, sheriff,
I've come over 1,500-
goodbye, Mr. Thorson.
Goodbye, sheriff.
Because he's my nephew, Mr. Thorson.
You sure are greedy, you know that?
You already got me
and you have to go for a bonus.
Hey, pappy, what the hell is that thing?
Stun gun.
- Well, what does it do?
- Ruins their day.
Hey, what do I do?
Sit.
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait a minute!
Get him, Billie Joe!
Get him, Billie Joe! Get him!
Get him! Hit him where it hurts,
Billie Joe!
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Get him, Billie Joe! Hit him harder!
Beat him up! Get him, Billy Joe!
Hey, that ain't fair.
You pudhead!
Billy Joe, Billy Joe.
Wake up, Billie Joe. Wake up.
Billie Joe, wake up!
Yes.
Ralph thorson on line one.
Damn well better be long distance.
- Hello?
- Hello, sheriff, it's me again.
I just wanted you to know
I took your advice and left town.
Well, good for you, Mr. Thorson.
I kind of figured you would.
Except for one thing,
I took your nephew with me.
Wanna say hello?
Uncle John?
Nephew, seems like
you're in a little hot water.
Yes, sir, I am.
Put Mr. Thorson back on.
Yeah?
You did a pretty damn good job,
Mr. Thorson.
You've done your duty,
and I was protecting my kin.
Next time you're down Houston way,
stop in and say hello, why don't you?
Yeah, sure I will.
Bye-bye.
Who is this crazy guy?
Good lord! Look at that!
The big guy,
here's the key, okay? Sit.
Hey, gunslinger!
Hello, spota.
Thought you were having a sale,
two for the price of one?
I need the money.
He's as big as a house,
you ought to get paid by the pound.
Listen, he almost killed me.
Anytime you want a respectable job.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
Hey, you got to stop wearing
those baggy pants!
Here you go.
You ever been in the joint before?
No, I haven't.
Now, look, whatever you do...
When you get in front of thatjudge,
just don't you smart off.
Tommy price.
On your feet.
Here's the key.
And when he ask you,
you tell him you got a job working for me
and here's the address.
- Here you go, papa.
- Thank you.
Hey, hey, hey b.D.
Hey, papa!
How are you doing, boy?
With an eight, with a nine.
Two tens. pair of queens.
Five dollars left.
- I'm out.
- I'm out.
I'm out.
- Hey, papa!
- Hey, pops?
Hey, how are you doing?
- Sitting in?
- I don't think.
- Hey, how are you feeling?
- Tired. Tired.
- Hi.
- Morning.
- Who are you?
- I live here.
Make yourself at home.
Thank you.
It's you again, O'Brian.
Pair of eights.
That's five bucks
- into that possible flush.
- Oh, I see that.
And I see that.
Hey, Francis, you been boosting again?
No, I scored at the track.
- Yeah.
- Sure.
Hey, papa, come on in. Plenty of room.
- Hey, we need another sucker.
- Dotty wouldn't like it.
Come on, papa, one hand.
Sit down and play!
You better not.
Better not.
Five-card stud, fellas.
Good morning.
Hi, baby.
You smell good.
You don't.
Are you hungry?
Horny.
The doctor said it was okay.
Hey, brought you a present.
You did?
What did you get me? Let me see.
You'll see.
Shit.
Well, that's an original buck Rogers
rocket patrol.
And it's very rare.
I don't know why I love you so much.
Thanks.
No wonder you're horny. No school?
Helen Ryan has taken my class
to the museum.
Poor museum.
How long will they let you work?
Another couple of weeks.
As long as I want.
There's a lamaze class tonight.
Come on, don't start that again.
Ignoring it ain't gonna make it go away.
It might. It's worth a try.
Not funny!
Pregnant ladies are supposed
to crave ice cream and pickles.
It's important to me, Ralph.
And mushrooms.
Natural childbirth.
Listen,
I'm thinking maybe I'll have to move in
with my sister for a while.
No, wait a minute.
If you go to your sister's
I wanna be...
She's done lamaze
with all three of her kids.
She's a pro, okay?
I need you here.
Do you have to leave town right away?
Got to pick up Winston blue later today.
Winston? That's three times this month!
"Crazy Winston."
Clear the street here, folks.
You have to clear the street now
for your own safety.
Please, get up on the sidewalk now.
Please, we have to clear the street.
Excuse me, sir, you'll have
to move that car and clear the area.
- Who's in charge here?
- Sergeant werblow.
Sir, I live in that building.
How do I get in that building?
Hey, come back here!
W-20 Adam.
The parameter has been secured
and it's confirmed that the suspect
is inside the building.
W-20 Adam, Roger.
Yeah. W-20 Adam...
- Are you werber?
- Sergeant werblow.
- Who the hell are you?
- Thorson.
And that's my pick-up.
Who the hell do you think
you got in there? The sla?
We got an armed fugitive up there.
- Bullshit!
- W-20 Adam,
we're not requesting
any additional units...
- Hey, Winston! It's papa.
- Hey, what the... hey, listen!
I don't know who
you think you are,
but you better get your ass outta here.
This is police business.
Don't make such a fuss for heaven's sake.
He's dressing.
Dressing?
1A-11. 1A-11.
See the man, 459 investigation.
659 south Broadway.
Look at that!
- Here he comes.
- He's coming down the elevator.
Hey, Winston! That was the plan?
Hey, people, I mean,
where are the flashbulbs?
I want to see the flashbulbs popping.
There you go. All right!
Hands high!
I know the procedure, baby.
Walk toward me.
Yeah!
Yeah.
Farenough.
Hands behind your head.
Beautiful.
I know that.
Until your boyfriend
shows in court.
But I need my car for work!
And I need it for collateral.
I'll give you my pink slip.
I don't want your undennear,
I want your car.
No car, no bond.
Now, what's so difficult?
My son, Anthony,
he's a good boy.
I mean, maybe he's a little mixed-up,
you know, but...
He's going to come back.
- Look, he means well.
- Listen, this is the first time...
No, no. The first time
he took a hostage in a liquor store.
Mr. Bernardo, Mrs. Bernardo, can I...
Can I talk honestly to you?
Yeah, sure, of course.
Your son is a rat.
He's holed up somewhere
and he ain't ever coming back.
Because if he does,
he knows he's going to jail.
And he's been there enough times
to know he doesn't like it.
Now, you and me, the three of us,
we have a problem,
which is that if your Anthony
doesn't show in...
18 more days...
Then I'm out 100,000,
and your restaurant belongs to me.
And I don't want another restaurant.
I already got two of them.
You mean...
We lose the restaurant?
If the son were only as smart
as the mother.
I worked 26 years of my life
to build up that restaurant.
And the buildings, the parking lot...
- I can't lose that place now.
- Mr. Blumenthal,
what can we do?
We've got to get somebody to go out
and find Anthony
and bring him back.
You mean like a detective?
No, no, no. The man I have in mind
is more of a specialist in this line.
Mr. Thorson is a bounty hunter.
My god!
No, please. I'm sorry.
It's either that,
or your restaurant.
So, you two put your heads together
and decide.
A bounty hunter,
you see what you started?
I told you to keep your mouth shut,
let me talk.
You owe me 800 for price
and 1,000 for Billie Joe face.
Oh, papa, please. Enough already. Coffee.
You did a good job.
You're the best in the world.
- That's a dollar seventy-five.
- Eighteen hundred.
Thank you.
- Papa, can I talk to you?
- No. You can't talk to him.
I'm talking to him, so get out of here.
- What do you got, Mike?
- Well, I got an assault
on a police officer.
He's heading down to Mexico,
and I'm gonna take
a substantial loss on this.
Great! Now, take a walk, you gonnif!
We ain't interested.
I'm interested.
When is the baby due?
Soon.
You should marry the school teacher.
Eight years is enough already.
She's been married,
she didn't like it.
Eight years, she don't trust you yet?
Why don't you mind your own business
and pay your debts?
Please, not while I'm eating.
What's this?
A baby present from me to you.
Tony Bernardo.
It's a piece of cake.
"Assault, attempted murder,
armed robbery."
A very bad boy.
He's a good boy,
he's a little mixed up, maybe.
And he's a shooter, too.
He really wants to come in.
He... you'll see how happy
he'll be to see you.
You'll talk, you'll make friends.
If he's so easy,
why don't you bring him in?
Believe me,
you don't think I would, I would,
but at my age,
I'm not supposed to eat airline food.
Papa, I'm into this for a hundred grand.
I'll make it worth your while.
Not Bernardo, he's too dangerous.
I'll take the branch brothers.
The branch brothers?
My cocker spaniel can bring me
the branch brothers!
Hey, Ralph, lunching with the last
of the big spenders, I see.
- Hello, Pete.
- Yeah, captain spota. Always a pleasure.
- See you later at the house.
- See you at the house.
Have you heard any talk about him?
What kind of talk?
Nothing.
Papa, telephone!
Yeah?
Thorson.
My name is Mason. Remember me?
- No.
- Well, you will.
I'm gonna kill you.
I've been watching you, thorson.
I'm gonna kill you.
I don't know what you're using, Mason,
but it's no good for you.
All right, all right,
I'll take the branch brothers.
- Three grand.
- Forget it!
Three branch brothers, $3,000.
There are only two branch brothers.
Bob blew himself up.
It's still 3,000, and that's that.
They're children. They're little boys.
They don't even shave yet.
Hey, they're the wild bunch.
Everybody takes advantage,
so why shouldn't you?
All right. All right.
Three-thousand.
- One of your people.
- What is wrong with my people?
I'm Cuban, baby,
I don't what you're talking about.
Hey, papa, you know,
the judge let me off
when I mentioned your name.
What are you doing with my TV set?
Your picture's no good, man.
That picture was perfect.
No, see, the color was off.
I'm fixing it.
- Watch it on the radio?
- So I made a mistake.
Names.
I'm Cuban. You go out in a radio
and watch it, all right?
What do you know
about a guy named Mason?
Mason, Mason...
Let's see.
There's a tiny Mason, a pimp.
- A Billy Mason, the dealer.
- He's dead.
Rocco Mason. that's the one!
Yeah. Speed freak.
When they sent him to San Quentin,
they had to submerge him in thorazine.
He got out about a month ago.
Why?
The name just popped
in my head, thanks.
Okay.
- Can we watch the set in the bedroom?
- No!
Hi, honey.
I gotta catch a red-eye to Nebraska.
Oh, no!
Buck. A job.
You said you'd take me
to the lamaze class.
I will. When you take me
to the airport, okay?
All right.
Hey, look...
I got kind of a weird phone call.
May be something,
maybe nothing, I don't know.
But... you remember
how to shoot this, right?
Yeah.
Okay, it's got a full clip.
Bang, bang, bang, bang. Okay?
I'll be okay.
- I don't want...
- We might as well.
- No! I wanna watch the game, guys.
- Come on.
- Hi, Ralph.
- How you doing?
- Hi, dotty.
- How long you been here?
A few minutes.
God, that perfume, I love it!
Say, Ralph,
when you gonna make an honest woman
out of this girl?
Yeah, why ruin a good relationship?
When are you due, honey?
Pretty soon.
Gonna be different in this house
with a kid around.
Different life.
I don't know why.
I'm already running an orphanage.
What's one more?
You'll see.
Dotty! Telephone.
Okay.
What are you, a troublemaker?
What's the matter with you,
are you scared or something?
Yeah, I'm scared.
What happens if I get popped?
What happens to Dorothy
and the kid?
Gonna end up with a house full of toys,
a mean dog, and a '51 Chevy.
I'm getting too old for this shit.
That's a lousy excuse and you know it.
She's a terrific girl and she loves you.
It's gonna be wonderful.
You're gonna be a father, Ralph.
You think you've got troubles.
Ralph, we're in a hurry.
Yeah.
- I'll talk to you, Pete.
- Yeah, I'll see you.
Bye-bye, Pete. bye-bye, dotty.
You're gonna love lamaze, Ralph,
if you'll just give it half a chance.
And a lot of the guys in the class
were just as hesitant as you are...
Hey, honey, why are you riding
behind this slowpoke?
The fast Lane is clear.
You could just pass him.
Every guy in that class
has come around a hundred percent
- since they've been in there.
- There's a faster car behind you.
- Will you shut up and let me drive?
- Okay.
Are you gonna sit there
or you coming in?
Don't be so squirrelly!
Squeeze her leg firmly, coaches,
building in intensity
like a real contraction.
Building to a peak now.
Forty seconds.
Okay, only fifteen seconds to go.
Easing off a little now.
Check for relaxation.
Five seconds to go.
And contraction ends.
And relax.
I'm so pleased you're here to help dotty.
It's always a lot more difficult
when a woman has to do this alone.
I got a bad back.
I know, it's always difficult
the first time.
If you... if you can squeeze her,
it will really help her a lot.
If she can practice relaxing through pain,
it'll make her a lot more secure
about handling labor.
Having a baby is one of the most
beautiful experiences in life.
You wouldn't wanna be excluded,
would you?
Mister.
Thanks. Come to mama.
Hi, you guys.
Nice to see you.
It's brand-new. 78 miles.
Thank you.
Don't you have an older car that's more...
Hey, teach.
Who is that?
Howard, is that you?
Violets are blue,
roses are red.
There's no school today...
Whoever you are, you're a jerk!
Because teacher's...
Dead.
Listen, buster,
this isn't funny, anymore!
I could kill you.
I really could!
Teacher thinks I'm gonna kill her.
Go away, please!
I'm not gonna kill the teacher.
I'm gonna kill papa!
Who are you?
Open up the door,
and see who's trying to kill papa.
Tell papa, Mason said, "soon."
Real soon.
Branch brothers? Sure.
Crazy bastards.
Dumb as shit and mean.
Went to school with John,
the bigger one.
We was on the basketball team.
- Yeah, all I need is a direction.
- All in the lord's time, son.
I made a mistake.
John branch put dynamite
in locker room urinals.
Blew the whole damn gym,
halfway across to Canada.
Yeah, well, look.
I'm gonna take these two guys
back to la with me.
Now, all I need is a direction's
and a couple of your guys
to help me bring them in, okay?
I'll give you direction,
but ain't giving you any of my men,
not with those crazy bastards.
And you're a crazy bastard
for going after them.
Okay, that should do it.
We'll check around the neighborhood.
If anything turns up, we'll let you know.
Thank you.
I'm sure it was just some nut.
Thank you.
Dotty, I think I should call
for a substitute
to handle your class for the day.
No, I'm okay.
I don't wanna make a big deal
out of this.
God knows what Ralph would do
if he found out.
We just can't handle any more trouble,
not now.
Well, have it your way,
but try to relax, all right?
Shit!
Damn! Where did he come from?
- It's hot.
- That crazy son of a bitch.
Get in front of him, Matthew.
Don't be telling me how to drive,
you dumb Turkey!
Faster, he's trying to run us over!
- Look what I found!
- We'll get that son of a bitch.
- Here, Matthew.
- Get that son of a bitch away from me!
Here.
Now we flying!
That son of a bitch,
we got him this time!
I'd like to see the look on that son
of a bitch's face.
- Look out!
- Shit!
Where did he come from?
- The dynamite!
- Look out!
- The dynamite!
- What dynamite?
- Back there!
- What are you talking about?
Come on!
- Hey, dotty, wait up.
- Hey, dotty!
I'll take you now!
Come on! I'll take you to la.
Hey, daddy, don't smoke that!
Hey, romero.
Hey, dotty.
When are you due?
Two weeks.
- Hi, baby.
- Hi, honey.
I'll get the water.
- Ralph...
- I'm sorry.
Go to another lamaze class today?
Yup.
How'd she go?
You don't wanna know.
Yeah, I do.
- You don't.
- I really do.
Okay.
We talked about transition.
And we talked about the coach,
and how important he is.
- The coach?
- Yeah.
In lamaze, we say
that birth is like a game.
Mother's the team,
the father's the coach.
How the game turns out
depends a lot on the coach.
There's this woman
in our class named Edith.
She said with her first baby,
she started pushing too soon.
So, you're not supposed to push
until you're completely dilated.
The baby's head is just right down there.
But you feel like you have to,
so you blow instead.
Like that.
Well, Edith wasn't dilated,
but she started pushing anyway.
So her husband took her face in his hands,
and he said, "blow, Edith!"
And he started blowing himself,
right to her,
willing her to do it with him.
Yeah, like that.
And she was able to stop pushing
because he did that.
Don't you think that's beautiful?
You're such a sucker
for inspirational moments.
You ought to let your hair grow out.
It looked a lot better when it was longer.
I'm too old for that.
You like old things,
it's all you care about.
You don't like anything
that's new, Ralph.
New things are no good.
Give them a chance to prove themselves.
You know they will, in time.
I love you.
Shit!
- Hey!
- Hello, Pete.
Come on in, Ralph!
Just the guy I wanna see.
What you need is a drink.
There we go.
- Hey, why don't you let me...
- Come on, come on, come on.
Bang! Bang! Bang! You're dead.
You see that house?
That's Hyatt, frank b.
Male Caucasian, five foot nine,
a hundred and eighty pounds.
Come on, Pete.
Hand over the gun.
Good, Ralph, very good.
Talk to the subject.
Calm him down.
You know, that bastard
sells dope to school children,
and he lives in that house.
He looks up here and he sees me,
and he laughs his head off.
He throws pebbles up.
I swear, he throws pebbles up at me.
Find them on the deck
when I come home at night.
Is that right?
Come on, I'm asking you, is that right?
Well, that's the way it is, pal.
That's what I am.
A pebble.
Well, guess what the pebble did.
I took a little for myself.
Just a couple of bags
from the inventory room.
So I got tired of being a pebble.
And I sold some, and somebody got busted
and somebody talked.
And guess who they're coming after.
Come on, Ralph. Be a pal.
Guess who they're coming after.
Would you go?
No. So I figured I'd do the right thing.
I'm going to blow
Hyatt frank b's head off...
Then I'm going to do me in.
Come on, Pete, that's the booze talking.
- You're drunk.
- Sure, sure, I'm drunk.
You think I could kill myself
if I was sober?
Come on, Ralph, there's another bottle
over there on the couch somewhere.
Let's finish it off, then you go away.
Please, Ralph, you know I'm right.
I can't go in the slammer.
You know what they do to cops.
I put half of them in there
for Christ's sake.
Let's get shitfaced, then...
You leave me alone.
Jackie, rocky, a pair ofjacks.
- All right.
- Come on, I've got 10 bucks.
Ten dollars?
All right, with a six.
- All right, this is the dead lead.
- Dead lead, right, okay.
Hi, papa.
- Hey, pop!
- Papa, come on in.
- Come on.
- Come on, deal.
Room for one more, papa.
Come and join us.
We got all night, let's go!
But you had to repeat each card...
- Please leave.
- Come on in.
Hey, it's early, man!
You just go on home.
- Okay, fine. Come on. Let's just...
- I'm going back.
King, three, highjack...
Get out!
- Frank, can I get a ride with you?
- Yeah, you can get a ride with me.
- I'll drive you home.
- Goodnight, dotty.
- Can we come back tomorrow?
- Pap, I almost got the set fixed.
- Goodnight, dotty.
- Goodnight.
What the hell's the matter
with you, Ralph?
Make some coffee.
Are you okay?
Is it a contraction?
It's just a cramp.
It's over.
You better get used to the idea, Ralph,
it's almost time.
Don't you think I know that?
I think you know it.
I don't think you accept it.
I think you got to be crazy to bring
a kid into this garbage can world.
You should've had it aborted.
I begged you and I pleaded with you.
It wasn't your decision, it was mine.
Well, both of us
should've been involved in the decision.
Both of us don't get an abortion, Ralph!
Both of us don't have to climb up
on that table.
Yeah, all right.
Go ahead and have your kid.
Our kid!
Yeah.
Tom.
Hey, papa.
She just told me
it came over the radio upstairs.
Spota just killed himself.
Look, Tommy...
I came here to drink, not to talk.
Gotcha.
Hey, pappy.
What are you doing here?
I thought I kicked you out.
I knew you didn't mean it.
What are you doing to the toaster?
I'm fixing it.
Well, fix the TV set first.
Did you see it out there?
It's almost done.
Where's dotty?
She's in the bedroom.
All right, look. I know you're mad,
but...
Let's not fight, okay?
I heard about spota.
That doesn't make what you said okay.
I was out of line.
I'm tired of your crap, Ralph.
You don't want me,
you don't want the baby?
Well, we don't want you.
Papa!
Wake up!
Who is it?
It's me, ritchie!
Come on, get out of bed,
open the front door!
Ritchie...
Go away.
Get out of bed and open the door!
Shit.
What time is it?
It's 2:20.
What day is it?
It's a beautiful day.
Up and at 'em, papa. Come on!
I'm tired.
Shit!
I don't know why I break my back
trying to help you.
Hey, you got a kid coming,
all kinds of bills.
- She's gone.
- What? What happened?
- What'd you do to her?
- Nothing.
She was nuts about you,
she's the best thing
that ever happened to you.
She's a pain in the ass.
I'm coming in.
That's a nice way to talk...
Papa.
Look, papa...
A Chinese philosopher said,
"with money, the world goes round.
Without it, it goes flat."
He also said...
Who said that?
He was a cook.
Look, it takes a lot of money
to get a woman back.
Believe me.
And I'm here to offer you
a lot of money.
Anthony Bernardo.
You met his parents.
$8,000.
I don't want her back.
You don't want to hear this,
but you're gonna hear this.
A grown man
is no more than his family.
Your kids, your old lady...
Headaches maybe,
but they're who you are.
You... maybe you have a job,
maybe you don't,
what does it matter?
Who does it matter to?
Tell me! Nobody.
Like litter in the streets.
Yeah!
Dotty made this place make sense.
She made you make sense.
You don't need that?
I'll get Bernardo.
He's living in Chicago.
A toddling town.
Okay, how would you define a great man?
Would you say that Napoleon was as great
a man as Lincoln, for instance?
Anybody? Kelly?
Lincoln was a much greater man
than Napoleon.
Why would you say that?
Well, Lincoln freed the slaves.
He kept the union together.
He was just a great man.
Okay, but did Napoleon
do some pretty good things for Europe?
Yeah, but he made himself dictator,
he'd made himself king...
All right. Don't go crazy.
I'll be right back.
Yes?
I gotta go to Chicago.
I did the shopping.
You interrupted my class.
I'll be back in a few days.
Well, I may not be there.
All right, all right.
Will you give me a break?
Okay, let's get back to Lincoln now.
Kelly?
When I tell you to come home,
I want you home!
Now, you're not gonna see them
across town...
Look at that shit. Look at that shit.
Can you believe that shit? I don't.
Come on, Jackie!
I'll open, I'll open! The door's open!
First down, first down.
I wanna pass this time.
- Hey, watch it, man!
- Sorry.
Why don't you tell us
a little bit about yourself?
Well, I'm an attorney from Oklahoma.
Divorced. Two kids.
And...
I'm here to make a little money.
Now, what do you think
about that, fellas?
All right, Bernardo,
it's time to come home.
I guess I got my work cut out for me.
Now, what is the first thing
you'll do to your victim?
- He's gonna kill himself!
- No way!
Look at that!
Hey, what are you doing?
Hey, what's going on?
Don't you take him!
I'm gonna get you!
I'm gonna get you!
Hey, sucker!
Watch out!
Watch out!
Watch it!
Hey, hold that door, hold that door!
Don't stop, man!
Don't stop at stations
and don't slow down,
or I'll kill the kid and I'll kill you!
Maggie! Maggie!
Open that door!
Mommy!
You stay there.
You stay there!
Just do what he says!
No, please, Maggie!
Mom, come get me!
Let go!
Maggie!
Back off, fool!
Back off, or I'll blow her head off!
Oh, god! Is it ever gonna end?
Mama!
What are you doing?
Hey, you son of a bitch!
Bring back my car!
Hey, you damn fool, what are you doing?
Somebody, come on!
That was my car he stole.
Get him!
Hey, wait a minute!
Come on back here!
- How much?
- Thirteen seventy-five.
- How much?
- Thirteen seventy-five.
- There you go.
- Thanks.
- Good night.
- Yeah, have a good evening.
Dotty?
Dotty?
Here.
Papa.
- What happened?
- I don't know.
He hit me with a rifle.
- Who?
- I don't know, some crazy guy.
He took dotty.
He said "school."
I'm sorry, papa, but I tried to stop him.
You did good. You did good, Tommy.
Keep away from her!
Up against the wall. Move, move!
Come on, move against the wall! Move!
Throw out your gun.
I'm clean.
Turn your pockets inside out. Come on!
Inside pockets. Stuff your hand in it!
Stuff it in there!
The other side. Now, move!
Take your coat off.
Come on, move. Move! Turn around.
Hands up!
All the way around. Come on! Come on!
Pick up your pants leg.
Come on, pick it up!
Shut up, teach.
Come on, move, pick up the pants leg!
Other one. Get it up!
Throw it against the wall.
Throw it against the wall!
Why don't you let her go?
She's got nothing to do with this.
I'm gonna kill you,
and she's gonna watch.
They sent you to prison,
I just picked you up, pal.
What the hell is going on...
Papa!
I'm gonna kill you!
Papa!
It's all right, honey. It's over.
Is it the baby?
Take it easy.
Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
We gotta get out here.
God, I gotta push!
Blow! Blow!
- Breathe through the pain.
- Jesus!
- It's coming.
- No!
We're almost there. Almost there.
It's too late.
No, it's not.
Now, this is your coach.
Relax! Relax!
Easy. Easy.
Easy.
Now, hold on.
I need a doctor!
My girlfriend's having a baby.
You'll have to fill out this card first.
She's having it out in the car!
- Oh, my god.
- Hurry!
I'll get the doctor.
Doctor Martin? Doctor Martin?
There's woman out there
in a car is having a baby.
Nurse, bring the boa kit.
You take care of him.
I'll take care of the mother.
Are you all right?
The baby's just fine.
Ralph?
Are you the father?
God bless you.