The Wayward Bus (1957) Movie Script
Pimples!
Pimples!
Pimples!
Coming, Mr. Chicoy.
Sorry I was a little bit late this morning,
Mr. Chicoy.
Okay, you wanna get inside
and start her up?
Why do you suppose
they got her out this morning?
Some kind of trouble, I guess.
Come on, Pimples, wake up, huh?
Always I'm kind of this way this early.
I know.
All right, try her once.
Go on.
Want me to clean the plugs maybe?
I did an hour ago.
Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Chicoy.
Anything I can do?
I'd like you to put on a clean shirt, though.
Mrs. Chicoy don't like to see you
in a shirt like that.
Sunday specially.
Yeah, but you know what I think?
She don't like me clean shirt or dirty.
No, that ain't it. Lot of passengers come in through
this time of the year.
She got a lot on her mind.
All right, try it again.
Well, after today Mrs. Chicoy won't have
to worry about me then.
School starts.
What are you going to do with the bus
when the Grey Fox Company takes over this run, Mr. Chicoy?
Sell her and go back to Mexico?
Mexico is not for my wife.
Hold still, can't you?
Because if you're aiming to sell ol' Sweetheart
there ain't much sense putting
a whole lot of work back into her.
You never did own a horse, did you?
Animal, any kind?
Oh, that's different. Animals got feelings.
Pimples, you drive the same bus ten years
it's got feelings too.
Mr. Chicoy.
What?
Mr. Chicoy, could we fix it...
I mean, could you fix it
so you don't call me Pimples anymore?
What's your name? First name?
Ed. Ed Carson.
When my old man was alive he always told how
we were distant relatives with Kit Carson.
That so?
Okay, switch her off now.
Before I got all these pimples in grammar school
they used to call me Kit.
Better load off the tire chains and the rope
before the Grey Fox gets in.
Might need 'em.
A storm is up.
Okay, Kit Carson. Grab yourself some coffee.
Load up later.
Good morning, Mr. Chicoy.
Good morning. Is Mrs. Chicoy up yet?
I guess.
I'll fix my hair as soon as the coffee is ready.
And Norma, see if you can get through the day
without breaking a dish.
I don't do it on purpose.
Makes me nervous, that's all.
Hi.
Hi.
A piece of chocolate cake, please.
Cake for breakfast?
I bet Mr. Robert Wagner doesn't start his day
wolfing down chocolate cake.
Hey, how come you never woke me up?
I figure Sunday is a pretty busy day for you.
Use the sleep.
Sleep? Are you kidding?
I should have been there an hour ago.
When I woke up I missed you.
Why didn't you get me out of bed?
Ah, you got a good rest.
You look good.
I like to see you that way.
If I looked good all the time
there'd be nothing done.
Come here.
It's true.
Well, it's Sunday and it's gonna be
a nice day, okay?
Okay. Nice day.
Good morning.
I was gonna come back, wake you up.
Are you through working outside?
Pretty much.
Be a while before the Grey Fox gets in though.
Yeah, like five minutes.
Take ten.
The clock is fast at that.
Give me a kiss.
You're awful!
Come to think of it, you always are.
What do you expect from an Irish-Mexican?
Nice day, remember?
Okay, nice day.
One of these days, Mr. Chicoy, you're gonna kiss us
right out of house and home.
It takes two to do it though, don't it?
Come here.
Mr. Chicoy.
What is it now?
Mrs. Chicoy, is it okay if Pimples
has his second slice of cake?
Let him have it.
Wait a minute, no!
He said it has a fly in it.
Come on, honey, forget it!
Where's the fly?
There was a fly in your cake yesterday.
I think you carry flies in your pocket.
Why is it you never find a fly until the cake's
half eaten already?
Okay, give him another piece,
It's your idea, not mine.
It is not.
You're like me, Mrs. Chicoy.
We sure hate flies.
Who doesn't?
Other flies, I guess.
I thought I told you to wash those windows.
Well it's gonna rain.
They'll get dirty again.
If they get dirty again, we'll wash them again.
People don't eat in dirty places.
Johnny.
Johnny.
Johnny.
That stuff ain't medicine, you know.
It's supposed to be fun.
With you it ain't fun no more.
It's those kids.
That Norma and Pimples.
His name is Kit.
K-I-T.
You keep on saying I don't look good anymore.
I said you did look good
just a couple of minutes ago.
I said it!
What happened to our day, huh?
The nice one.
We still got it. It's still here.
No, it ain't. It's shot.
It and a lot just like it.
Johnny, I don't feel very good today.
Then start feeling good.
You've pulled that one on me once too often.
Don't run it into the ground.
Get that straight.
Johnny.
Okay.
Forget it.
Come here.
Come on.
Boy...
Will I be glad when you don't have to drive
that bus into San Juan every day.
By the time I get there I'm looking forward
to getting back.
It'll be better when the new highway's open.
Four busloads of Greyhounds to feed every day...
and you here to help.
Yeah...
standing behind the cash register with a big belly.
You'll never get fat.
Listen, you're too good-looking
to be off by yourself without me.
Just remember, nothing ever happens
in a 50-mile-bus ride to be jealous of.
It's famous.
All the same, I married you to be with you.
Because I couldn't keep my hands off you.
I still can't, Johnny.
I'd die if you ever walked out on me.
As a matter of fact you wouldn't die.
You'd go out looking for somebody else to pump gas
and fill that cigar box of yours with more money.
Mr. Chicoy!
Mr. Chicoy!
No!
I wonder if there'll be any important people
on the bus today.
Important people don't ride buses.
I happen to know Marlon Brando does.
Incognito. That way he can study people.
Helps his acting.
Marlon Brando.
Hey, you better get those curlers
out of your hair.
And start trying to get a crush on a guy
you actually know one time.
It's more fun.
Sorry, Mr. Chicoy. It's the bus.
Johnny, I got to go, honest.
Oh, let 'em wait a minute.
Let Norma look after them.
Honey, I gotta get in the kitchen.
I gotta get dressed.
You brought me to the end of the world
all right, didn't you, mother?
Is that it?
We're going to ride 15 miles in that?
Oh, it'll be fun.
Why, it's an adventure.
Let's leave the complaining to Mildred.
Hey, how about the luggage?
Just a minute.
Hey, hey, miss.
Still want to get off here?
Rebel Corners for San Juan?
Oh... sure.
Thanks a lot.
No, thanks.
Norma!
Norma!
Hi, folks. What can I get you?
Do you serve fresh orange juice?
Fresh frozen.
Well, in California one does expect...
Never mind, I'll just take black coffee.
Me too. And toast and fresh frozen
orange juice.
Mildred, you'd better come and freshen up.
You look terrible.
Who to?
I wish you'd let me handle those things for you.
Thanks, can't afford a tip.
Oh, here, let me help you.
Noticed you last night on the bus.
Didn't have you figured for the side trip though.
Are you going to Mexico too?
San Juan.
Oh, another tourist, eh?
No.
I hear this mission at San Juan is very colorful.
That's why we're taking the side trip.
Yes.
You know, I have the feeling I've met you
some place before.
I don't think so.
I've been living in Chicago.
That's it. Must have been in Chicago.
What line of work are you in?
Show business?
I used to do some things around a dental clinic.
Like, say, a receptionist, maybe?
No, no more than like saying,
"spit out, please."
Hello, kiddo.
Hello.
Something for you?
Just coffee. Black, please.
You're like me.
I like it black too.
Me too. With bacon and hot cakes.
Could it have been Dr. Lintz's office?
No?
Well, it'll come back to me sooner or later.
Elliot. Come darling, we'll sit over here.
You were kidding him about being
from Chicago, weren't you?
All those Los Angeles labels.
No. L.A. is kind of my base of operations.
Are you in the movies?
No, no, I'm not.
Television then, I bet.
Hm-hmm...
Miss...
I bet you've had all kinds of offers
and turned them down, huh?
That's kind of true.
Hey, miss!
I got a friend who works
in one of the big studios in Hollywood.
Really? Is he influential?
He gets coffee.
I'm sorry.
I hate to interrupt your career, Miss Trapman,
but that cup goes to number 2.
I'm sorry. This gentleman's are coffee,
bacon and hotcakes.
No hotcakes, sorry.
Too much to do before you got here.
Mind if I move up?
It's a free seat.
Thank you.
My name is Ernest Horton.
Easy name to remember
because it sorta fits my personality.
Frank and earnest, get it?
Frank, Ernest.
You're miss er...
Oakes.
Miss Oakes.
Well, Miss Oakes, you and I
are strangers at this moment.
Perfect strangers meeting in this
desert crossways, right?
Sort of.
You'd be surprised how unlike strangers
strangers can be when they aren't
strangers anymore, right?
Probably.
You and I have a long way to go today
so who knows what might happen.
Mr. Horton, everybody knows what might happen.
So for the 50 miles let's see
if we can't just remain acquaintances, hm?
Think we could?
Well now, you just might be surprised.
I always am.
Story of my life.
Oh, sorry!
Here, let me fix you another coffee.
That's all right.
I gotta check the bus.
You the driver?
Yeah.
Mildred.
Yes, mother.
Father and I are sitting over here, Mildred.
You look good there.
Will you leave her alone, Bernice.
We've done enough as it is.
You know why she was talking
to that bus driver, don't you?
Because she spilled his coffee.
She was doing it to test us...
to see if we care about her.
She's still a child looking for her father.
Then she'd better put on her bifocals
because I'm right here.
I'm quoting her psychoanalyst.
Oh, poppycock. Now will you stop nagging
and let her enjoy the trip?
Heaven knows it isn't easy.
Because you aren't making it easy.
When we get to Mexico I'll sing, I'll dance,
I'll weave hot tamales in my hair...
You'll see.
All this is for her sake, not mine.
She's the one that was getting herself
talked about with that basketball coach.
Okay, okay, so we didn't like the basketball coach.
But the fact is the world is full of basketball coaches
even in Mexico.
And if you don't know it, she'll prove it to you.
Here is another bulletin on weather conditions
as they affect the extreme southern tip of California.
The following highways have been placed
on the danger list.
Only emergency travel is recommended.
The forecast is of intermittent rain throughout the day.
The low pressure area is moving slowly inland...
with clearing skies predicted for early morning.
Now time for another warning.
Did you hear it?
Yeah, I can make it though.
Look, when you get to San Juan you better
load up and head straight back.
If you fool around too much, you won't have
any passengers to make the trip back.
Not when that rain catches up with you.
Make a nickel, make a dime, make a dollar.
It's not a dollar, it's 15, 20 bucks.
There you are.
For the gas.
Hey, you nincompoop!
Chicoy!
Yes, Mr. Van Brunt.
Listen to me, Chicoy.
I've got to be in the County Registrar's office
no later than 3 o'clock, understand?
Well, if the river ain't too high beyond Breed's Junction
you'll get there by two.
Suppose it is too high, what will you do then?
Oh, I might turn around and come back again.
Don't try getting funny with me, Chicoy.
If we don't get to San Juan by 3 o'clock,
I'll be in trouble.
And so will you.
I'll change my clothes now, Mr. Chicoy.
I don't know what to do.
Somebody was supposed to meet me
at San Juan at one.
Oh, can I use your phone?
Go ahead.
Wonder what a girl like that wants to go
to a crummy place like San Juan for.
Say, I wouldn't want to discommodate you any, but...
Hm?
I mean, I'd hate to be a bother,
but would you do me a real big favor?
Take an envelope and give it to that friend of yours
at the studio personally?
Gee, honey, he's very busy.
A break like that, please!
It wouldn't work. Wouldn't change anything.
Okay, go get me the letter.
It won't make any difference, believe me.
Hello, Mr. Stanton.
This is Camille Oakes.
How do you do?
I hate to bother you at your office,
but my bus doesn't get in till two.
Swell. I'll be looking for you then
at the bus station.
Well...
If your friends want music
and colored lights and that stuff
that's entirely up to them.
What magazine?
Which number?
No, I didn't.
Glad you thought so.
That? That was strictly a frame-up!
Yeah, see you later.
And now a word from our sponsor.
Why not lump all your debts into...
What are you doing, Norma?
I just forgot something in my room.
Your invitation to the Academy Awards, maybe?
It ain't none of your business, Mrs. Chicoy.
Do you suppose I want my customers to think
I've got a bunch of goons waiting on them?
Norma Trapman, bust '34, waist '22.
What am I running here,
a Girlie show or something?
Give me that picture back or else.
Don't you threaten me, miss movie queen!
Just do your work and quit pretending
you're somebody you're not.
You've got to stop making fun of me.
Just do one honest hour's work,
that's all I ask, just one hour!
Don't you push me, Mrs. Chicoy, I'm going!
Ever since I came to work for you
you've been picking on me because you're jealous.
Not because of work but because you're jealous.
Jealous of you?
Of me and every other young girl
who came to work here.
And frankly, Mrs. Chicoy, I can't blame you
for being jealous one little bit.
Who are you...
Alice! Cut it out!
I'm sorry folks.
Johnny.
What are you doing?
You're...
I'm sorry.
Something happened that...
I couldn't help it.
And we started out so good.
Johnny, you can't walk out on me...
I can't stand it here all alone.
You got the doughnuts, you got the customers,
that's what you want.
Johnny.
Mind if I sit with you, honey?
Oh, you want to be helpful why don't you put
these suitcases down there?
My dear, it's a privilege and a pleasure.
Here.
Sorry, was I bothering you?
If I was, I certainly didn't mean to.
A whistling girl and a crawling hand...
always come to some bad end.
That's what they taught me.
Okay.
You been driving this bus long?
Since you were in fifth grade anyways.
I skipped fifth grade. I was smart.
Mildred.
Mother, please!
You must get awfully tired driving
this road every day.
Elliot, I wonder if you have any insight
as to what your daughter is up to.
I'd say she's going full speed
to the bus driver stage.
Oh, you can be ugly sometimes.
I know, and you put things
so prettily always.
Young lady, it's against the law
to talk to the bus driver.
Mildred!
The gentleman's quite right, Mildred.
When we flew to Honolulu last summer
you weren't allowed to talk to that pilot
in the cabin, were you?
No. I waited.
What are you going to San Juan for?
A lot of people want to see me there.
I sure wish you were taking the Grey Fox
straight through to L.A. tomorrow.
I'm gonna try and get a job at a drive-in.
I know you could just help me an awful lot.
The things I could help you with
wouldn't do you any good at a drive-in, honey.
You know those red velvet trousers
they make you wear?
I do. I stretch them all the time.
Do you pay for them?
Oh, no. They'll lend you a pair.
One size too small.
Gee, I'd hate that.
Even if I did get discovered.
Well, I'll tell you. There are two ways
of getting discovered, honey.
Coming and going.
You better figure them both.
Maybe we could meet after you get to Hollywood.
If it didn't work out for me at the drive-in,
maybe I could learn to do
the same thing you do.
What do you mean the same thing I do?
I don't mean at the same place.
I'd work at a different dentist.
We could sort of share experiences.
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Are you married?
No.
Never?
How come you never married?
The right guys had the wrong ideas.
How about if the right guy had the right ideas?
This is none of your business, Mr. Horton.
You don't even know what my business is.
Salesman.
And yours?
Miss Oakes is a dental nurse.
What do you sell besides you, Mr. Horton?
Oh, I travel in a very dignified line.
Would you mind sitting on that?
Careful!
What's going on?
It's a bestseller.
Ought to get one for your mother-in-law.
What's that in black satin?
This? Oh, that's not a joke.
That's an invention of my own.
It's a slip cover.
Fits over the lapel of a man's suit.
Makes it look like a tuxedo.
Hey, that's kind of a cute idea.
Ingenious.
I got another one lying here some... Oops!
Let me get that.
Here, I got it.
It's okay, I've got it.
You mind if I borrow this?
No, go right ahead.
Well, I have a little article here which is truly
one of the wonders of the world.
Would you like to take a guess what it is?
Hm? Go ahead.
An elephant? No!
Mercury convertible? Nope.
Racehorse? No.
But something that even the Queen of Sheba
herself might envy.
And what's it made of?
The platinum of today.
Plastic.
Just as clear as a crystal and shiny as a diamond.
And I'd like you to have it, my dear,
with my compliments.
No, thank you.
Well, how about you, Norma?
No, I couldn't.
Go ahead, honey, take it.
He wants you to have it, believe me, he does.
Why, sure. She can tell when a guy's
on the level, can't you, honey?
Look, it's raining in here.
Forgot to tell you about that seat.
Better move to another seat, baby.
Let's see what he gave you, Norma.
Worth about 69 cents.
You.
I was reading where a man can take
a correspondence course in electronics
and make $600 a month after.
I guess it can be done.
If you'd date with me
and when I get in to electronics...
I'd buy you one of those things made of silver.
Coming to Breed's General Store.
Comfort stop if necessary.
Keep on going. Nobody wants to stop.
Do you?
Anybody under pressure?
Well, I'll sacrifice myself to the general good.
Atta girl.
Elliot, we're never going to get there
wherever it is we're going.
This is how you wanted it.
Off the beaten path.
Driver, are we on schedule?
Schedule? Humph.
Mister, this ain't the champagne flight to Chicago.
Do you know where that wind's coming from?
Southwest. Do you know where those clouds
are coming from?
Southwest.
Do you know where all our rain comes from mostly.
Northeast?
Yes, Northeast... No!
Southwest!
Why don't you take your own advice.
Shut up for a while, huh?
I wasn't talking to you, Chicoy.
I was addressing my fellow passengers.
I got the right.
I paid my fare.
Speaking about the weather,
how about me buying you a nice wet drink
when we get to the end of the line?
You know, it was real nice of you
giving the kid that compact.
I am nice.
And smart too, I suppose.
I don't know.
If I were smart I'd be settled down and married
instead of peddling stuff around like this.
Hey, how about that, marrying?
You and me, huh?
It's original.
No question about it.
Simple as A-B-C.
S-E-X you mean.
Look, you're a salesman. So am I.
We both know what the score is.
It's even.
So why don't we call at that and quit?
Okay?
I didn't know you were a salesman.
Well, I am. And a good one.
How about that drink?
I don't drink.
All right, then I'll have two drinks.
I'll drink for the both of us.
Fine, you do that.
Now why don't you leave me alone so I can...
catch on to what's been happening
to the rest of the world.
You know, as a salesman you learn...
See that, Chicoy?
I see it.
That helicopter belongs to the Highway Department, folks.
There's trouble.
Back up! Back up!
Keep going!
Shut up!
Come on, back up!
Ernest!
What's the matter here?
Can't you see what's happening?
Have you seen Johnny's bus?
Of course we've seen it.
We gotta get that road blocked off.
Are you crazy, man?
I was telling you to go back.
Is that the only slide?
About three more up above.
Be a week before the road's clear.
Now look, Chicoy. I got business
in the County Courthouse before 3 o'clock today.
Not a chance, Van Brunt.
Wait a minute. How about that old
washboard road down the canyon?
Is that still open?
Nobody uses that no more except old Joab
and a couple of sheep herders.
Well it's wide enough for the bus.
It's a good 15 mile detour.
Nothing in your franchise says
you have to make the run, Johnny.
Not with conditions bad like this.
I know there ain't, Hal.
Phone line still open to the Corners?
I haven't tried.
Operator, get me through
to Rebel Corners, will you?
I'm not pressing too hard, am I?
I love it, love it, love it.
Taking care of you all right?
Just fine.
With a kind nurse like this doll
all you need is a purple heart.
Got some mercurochrome in here somewhere.
Oh, no, I don't want any mercurochrome.
It'll get my face all red.
Give me a Band-Aid.
Have you got some brandy?
My wife's pretty badly shaken.
No liquor license.
I got some bourbon.
Give me my case, will you, honey?
Here you are.
I sure appreciate this, young fella.
You're too welcome.
You ought to stay still.
Say, do you carry any novelties here?
Like what?
Take a look.
Do you like candy?
Would you keep trying, please?
Hello!
Johnny?
I was okay. How about yourself?
I hadn't oughta run off like that.
I was too rough on you.
I'm sorry, honey.
Well, you know, Johnny,
sometimes we do things out of love...
that don't seem like love at all.
You know what I mean?
But that's all right, because I love you
even when you act like a stinker.
Even when I act like a stinker,
and that takes some doing.
So you just turn the old bus around
and come back here double quick.
Yeah, and you better cut down
on that drinking double quick too.
Why don't you go to bed, honey?
Go to bed and take it easy today.
Look, I'll go to bed when...
Hey, when are you coming back anyway?
Well, that's what I was calling about.
There was a landslide and the road is closed
and I was... we was just...
Now I get it.
What do you mean?
I mean all of a sudden the road is closed
and you've got no place to go except back to mama.
Honey, that ain't it.
You gotta come back anyway
so you make it sound like a pretty good deal.
You're sorry, and I'm sorry
and all those dames are sorry
and Norma's sorry.
I called you because I was gonna see you.
And I was glad I was gonna see you.
And if you wasn't so drunk
you'd know it was the truth.
Poor Johnny. You tried to get away
and couldn't make it.
Now you can't even cry on a blond shoulder.
Well, I'll see you, Johnny.
I'll have some beans cooking or something.
You don't have to worry about your dinner
or any of that.
All right, everybody.
I'm taking the bus over the old road to San Juan.
What kind of a road is that?
It's a good road. A washboard road.
Mister, if you don't want to come,
you don't have to.
Call the Sheriff's office in San Juan
and report those slides.
Mildred, your mother and I think
we'd better hire someone
to drive us back to the main highway right away.
But, Daddy, we've come all this way
to see the San Juan mission.
No one really wanted to see it anyway.
Elliot, how could you tell her such a thing?
I do want to see it. I've been told 21 times
it is for the good of my soul.
Is this big enough?
Too big.
Did you bring a shear?
Here.
One thing is sure. I'm not going to spend
one night under Mrs. Chicoy's roof again ever.
Can I ride next to you this time?
All the way, I mean.
Well, I don't know.
If I get a chance to sit next to Miss Oakes...
All set?
Just a minute.
You got her getting so old
you aiming to ditch her in the mountain some place?
You know. You was listening.
Alice can be an awful fool sometimes.
She ain't no fool.
She just don't care enough.
Not about me, anyhow.
You got a lot of woman there.
Better think twice, Johnny.
Charge this, same as usual?
Yep, Alice can pay for it.
Sweetheart, one tank full of gas.
That's all I'm taking.
Sounds like the Chicoys was busting up.
Sure does.
What say we go back down the road a piece
and put up a couple of road-closed signs
in Rebel Corners.
We might even get a slice of pie from Alice.
What do you say?
Here's to you, kid.
You did it.
Smash!
Johnny...
I don't know what to do.
You shall always be my darling.
How long since you've had a permanent?
Slob.
Look at that blouse.
It's never been cleaned.
How long's it been since you rubbed some...
delicious, exotic beauty cream
on that silly face of yours?
It costs too much.
The figure's not so bad though.
Hey, wanna go dancing, kid?
Hey, waiter!
Waiter, another scotch and water.
Music!
Well done!
Johnny.
It can't be true.
It is though.
'Cause you got scared.
You got chicken.
You started scrimping, and saving,
and penny-pinching.
Maybe it ain't too late, Johnny.
With that landslide and all,
you gotta come back.
I'll sell the place!
I'll never have another drink...
Oh, Johnny, you've gotta come back.
You've gotta come back.
Washboard road.
Now I know what they mean.
Driver, how far is it this bad?
Till we get to the bridge.
How far is that?
Driver, I said how far is that?
About eight miles.
Holy cow!
You know what you were saying about not spending
another night under her roof?
Mrs. Chicoy's?
And I meant it.
I know, but...
I've got a feeling Mr. Chicoy isn't gonna spend
another night under her roof either.
Ever.
I wouldn't if I was him.
I know.
But I was thinking.
If I was to marry someone,
I don't see how I'd be able to forget them.
Ever, not once I loved them.
Not even Mrs. Chicoy?
What I want in a wife is to be true.
And Mrs. Chicoy is that, all right.
How about you?
You planning to be true too?
Oh, sure!
If she's the right kind of wife, I will.
Suppose she isn't.
Well, then I'd show her a thing or two.
I'd show her two could play that game.
Like Cary Grant done in that movie.
You and Cary Grant, ha!
Kit!
Yes, Mr. Chicoy?
The blind has shook loose.
Get it out of here, will you?
Oh, I'm sorry.
It wasn't your fault.
Here, want one?
Oh, no, thanks.
I gave up smoking long ago.
How about you?
I could use one.
Here, I'll let it for you.
Your hands are kinda busy.
Little lipstick on it. I hope you don't mind.
I don't mind.
Who's that?
What?
The medallion.
It's the Virgin.
The Virgin of Guadalupe.
What does she do?
When you ain't sure about something,
you ask her.
And then she tells you?
Then you tell yourself.
You're Mexican?
Half and half.
My mother was Irish.
Handsome people both sides.
No wonder you're not so bad looking.
How old are you?
So old I like being nice.
Make you feel better?
No.
I'm gonna drop you off at the San Juan
bus station in about 40 minutes.
Pity.
You never know.
Elliot, I'm afraid I'm going to be carsick.
Do you suppose they have those little
cardboard containers they have on airplanes?
Of course they don't.
Maybe if you close your eyes and try to
relax you'll feel better.
Elliot.
I can hear your teeth racking.
Don't you think you ought to take out your dentures?
No!
You lean back. You'll be all right.
I hope this bouncing doesn't open up your cut.
Honey, forget it. It's nothing.
Ever been in love?
I mean with anybody?
No.
You feel like being or not?
I don't know.
I really don't quite know.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if we...
what I mean, if you and I sort of...
possibly could wind up?
Ernest, I'd like to ask you a highly
personal question.
Sure, go ahead.
Quite honestly, why do you like me?
Oh, because you're thrifty, you're a good cook
and you hem stitch marvelously.
No, I mean honestly.
Honestly?
Because you are probably the most fabulously
attractive girl I've ever spoken to.
And?
And on the other hand because I'm a man
who never spoke to Ava Gardner.
That's honest.
You sure had me pegged for a fresh guy
this morning, didn't you?
I guess I did.
And you know something?
You were absolutely right.
But if you scratch the surface just a little
you'll find out I'm really not just a fresh guy.
I have depth, honest.
I think I have.
You want to scratch the surface a little?
Oh, boy... Nice.
I haven't felt this good in years.
For me it's been years too.
Well, I see you two are getting pretty chummy.
Young fellow, you and I have
some serious talking to do.
You're obviously a man of considerable talent.
That's something I like to see in a young fellow.
Look, I come to L.A. quite a few times a year.
You've got an apartment, haven't you?
That's right.
I wouldn't be surprised if we could do
some business together.
How's that, Mr. Pritchard?
Well now, look Horton, I'm always on the look...
I'm always on the lookout for
fellows with initiative
who know their way around, you know?
Well, I have been giving some thought to settling down
in a regular job with the proper firm.
You may have come to the right man, my boy.
Maybe we can all get together in L.A. some time
and have some fun, who knows, huh?
There's the bridge, folks.
I'm going out and take a look around.
Hey, Chicoy!
What does your bus weigh?
About 6,500 empty.
You're in business.
Yeah, 1922.
All right, everybody has to go across on foot.
Hop across, kid.
Come on, mother.
I can carry you, Norma.
You watch out for yourself.
That was my only pair.
What size are they?
Six.
I've got an extra pair you can have.
What about you, Van Brunt?
Oh, quit showing off. That bridge is good
and you know it.
I've got to be in San Juan by 3 o'clock.
Quit talking and get moving.
All right, you asked for a ride,
you're gonna get it.
Let's go!
Okay, kid.
Timber just cracked but it's behind us.
Johnny! Hurry up!
Look, Chicoy!
Hurry up!
Get out!
Jump!
Pull the hand brake for me.
Pull it!
Come back, you're crazy!
Hold it!
Go on!
Where's that man, Kit Carson?
Right here, Mr. Chicoy.
I'm still Johnny, thanks to you, Mr. Carson.
Didn't throw your ticket away, did you?
Don't worry, I'll get you to San Juan.
I'll get you there today.
You should've been more careful.
Why don't you go down the road
and put up a sign?
After that you might do some work in your engine.
And, Bud, take your time.
You want to go eat that pie all by yourself?
That's right.
Okay, boss.
I'll get you a cup of coffee afterwards.
After what?
Alice!
Alice!
Alice.
Johnny?
Hiya, Alice.
Get out of here! Get out!
Oh, calm down.
What are you taking a bath for
in the middle of the day anyhow?
Get out!
Didn't answer my question.
Why a bath this time of day?
If you must know, I'm getting myself boiled out
before Johnny gets back.
And what makes you think Johnny's coming back?
What are you talking about?
There's been a landslide. He has to.
When last seen he and the bus
were heading south over the old road.
That's why I'm here.
I thought you might need a good shoulder
to cry on.
He said he was coming back.
You and him were never good
for each other anyway.
A lot you know about it.
Let him sweat it out.
He'll be back one day.
Back and sorry.
I don't want him sorry.
That's not the way I want him.
I'm the one that's sorry.
Get off that bed!
Get out!
Don't get me wrong, Alice.
I like Johnny.
Just stopped by for coffee and donuts.
Like fun you did.
Okay, then get out to the lunch room.
Johnny.
Johnny.
Elliot, I'm frightened.
He's a kind of foreigner or something.
Tell him not to drive so fast.
The man's had enough trouble for one day.
Don't be afraid of what people think
of you all the time. Go on, tell him.
No.
What did you say?
I said no.
Really!
Hope those brakes hold.
Is something burning?
It's the brakes.
Stop, I say, stop the bus.
Stop it, you hear!
Let the man drive, will you?
Have you gone crazy?
Oh, God!
Sorry, folks.
Sorry?
Why, the purest luck we didn't turn turtle.
Could have killed all of us.
I had you figured for a better man, Chicoy.
Where did he get his driver's license, a raffle?
Chicoy's good, mister.
I'd like to see you drive that good
with water in the brake drums.
Why didn't he get them fixed?
Bringing us over this road was criminal negligence.
It certainly was.
It isn't the road. It's the equipment.
This old bus ought to have been condemned long ago.
The one who ought to have been condemned
is that fool bus driver.
Think of the harm he could have done
to all of us.
You didn't have to come along.
I told you that.
You should have known better,
considering you weren't even born in this country.
Mother!
A man doesn't have to be a native son
to get his brakes realigned. Why doesn't he?
A very full report of this whole thing
is going to be made
to the highway commission, believe me.
Say, where do you think you're going?
Down the road.
Farmhouse about two miles away.
Get a tractor.
Hey, Chicoy!
Look here, you can't leave us just like that,
not unless I say so.
Not in the middle of a mud hole.
Elliot!
Want me to go with you, Johnny?
No, kid.
Stay and watch over the customers.
Oh, I broke a strap.
Get yourself a lawyer and sue.
Now we won't get there till dawn.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
I wish I had your troubles.
Your slip's showing.
Thank you!
I had no idea Alice would take it so hard.
One man dame.
She'll get over it.
Unless she turns on the gas.
Alice!
Alice!
What is it?
You want a chance to talk to Johnny?
Get dressed. Get your things.
What you'll need. Better plan on spending
the night in San Juan.
What are you talking about?
He's going up. Up and over.
Do you mean it, Hal?
Do you really mean it?
You're gonna be up soon.
Gonna probably throw up. Get going!
Hey, Joe!
Joey!
I took a walk.
I usually use these when the light isn't too good.
Sure. Helps you see better.
I'm sorry.
About coming here?
No, about all those people.
My mother and my father too.
I mean it.
The way they turned on you you'd think
that what happened was your fault or something.
You come here to tell me that?
No.
I took a walk.
I saw your footprints and it was raining.
Yeah...
Your coat's all wet.
Why don't you take it off?
So are my shoes and my stockings.
Pretty lonely type girl, ain't you?
What makes you say that?
I got eyes on the back of my neck.
You and your folks are not so good, huh?
Right, not so good.
Seems like a nice trip they're giving you.
Giving me? They're hauling me away
from something they don't approve of.
What was wrong with him?
He's male.
My mother doesn't approve of males.
Kind of tough on your father.
Father stopped being a male a long time ago.
He's just a good provider.
Something I don't understand.
Why did you come along?
He challenged me.
Said I didn't know my own mind.
Looks like they had a point.
I guess they always have to get
to make their point.
Some day they're going to be sorry.
Some day?
Could be today.
Aren't you going to have one?
No.
Then I don't want any.
What do you want?
I don't know.
I guess right this second just to be here with you.
Aren't you going to make a pass at me?
You mean I'd fall into your lap anyway,
so why bother?
I'll bother when you get through
arguing with yourself.
Will you laugh at me?
Do you care?
I do, very much.
I talk too much.
I bet right at this second you're probably...
laughing at yourself saying
why doesn't she stop talking.
Why don't you?
No place to land.
But you've got to land.
We'll land at the Assisi Path.
Fly me to San Juan!
I'll pay you 30 dollars!
Hey!
He can't here you, mister.
Thanks, Carson.
I'm not going to worry about Mildred.
Just walking in the rain gives some people
what they call a Freudian release.
Oh, Bernice, face the facts.
She's probably with the bus driver right now.
Then I wish she was dead.
I don't. I'm as ashamed of this as you are.
But I don't put the blame on Mildred.
We've done everything, haven't we?
You're a pure white angel, Bernice.
I think you'd hate it if I so much
as touched your hand.
Always have, Elliot, how can...
Brought up in an atmosphere like that,
how could Mildred develop any right human values?
Why, Elliot, we have the sweetest,
cleanest marriage I know.
Yes, Bernice, yes.
See if you can get forty winks.
I hope it isn't poison ivy.
California holly.
What?
California holly.
How do you know?
I grew up in Salinas.
Should have known you then.
I missed a lot of stops along the way.
You don't know me at all, Ernest.
You don't know anything about me.
I don't have to know any more about you.
Everything I said I meant.
Did you really?
Can you doubt the word of a travelling salesman?
I was only kidding, sweetie.
Always making jokes, that's me.
It helps when you lack physical appeal.
What are you talking about?
I never won a beauty contest.
Why not?
Camille!
Camille!
Yes, honey?
I hate to bother you, but you know
those shoes you were going to lend me?
Gee, I'm sorry.
I'll be back.
Say, Horton...
You know, when my vacation is over
we ought to get together.
I'd like to.
I've been watching you operate all along on this trip
and I like your style of approach.
How do you mean?
Well, for a guy in my position...
those kind of dames are pretty tough to meet
and even then you're never sure
which way they're gonna jump.
I mean, they're professionals, chorus line blondes...
What professionals?
What are you talking about?
You know, he's never even asked me
one single thing about myself.
Why should he?
Remember when he said
why shouldn't we get married, just kidding?
Well, he said it again.
For serious. Really and truly.
Are you going to?
He's got a little apartment, Spanish type.
And he's going to buy me the latest model
self-timing electric stove.
All you do is set and when the steak's done
it plays "Tenderly".
Oh, Camille.
Camille? Are you crazy?
Who's crazy?
You!
Just because a girl's got blonde hair
and got a build on a guy...
Is that so? Well, I've got news for you,
my pure young friend.
Not only in the magazine
but I've seen her doing her act.
What magazine?
Pritchard, you never saw the girl before
in your entire life.
Don't tell me. You know where it was?
It was at a convention in Chicago last fall
sitting in a big glass of champagne.
I knew I'd seen h...
Are you kidding? It was in your magazine.
That's when it came back to me.
What are you talking about?
You mean you didn't see it?
I thought that's why you were handing her
that line of wool.
Thanks.
Hi!
Hi.
Gee, these are swell shoes.
They must have cost a fortune.
I think you're the luckiest...
Skip it, Norma!
Ernest, I...
I'll talk to you later, kid.
All set?
No!
What's the matter?
Oh, I lost one darn old earring.
What're you doing in my barn?
I drive the bus from Rebel Corners.
We're stuck down the road a mile or so.
Need your tractor.
It'll cost you.
Okay.
On quite a detour, ain't you, son?
Yep.
Hey, move that, will you?
You're thinking so hard, Johnny,
I can almost hear you.
Don't listen.
Thinking about your wife.
Yeah.
I thought you left her.
I did.
But as soon as I drop this busload in San Juan
I'm gonna hightail it back so fast...
You really love her?
Nobody else does.
Maybe that's why I do.
She cranks too much, she's money hungry...
but you know something?
When I'm in her arms...
I'm the only guy in the world.
Hey, Johnny's got us a tractor.
Everybody out.
We gotta make this bus as light as we can.
You ladies are just excess weight.
Come on out.
Hi, folks.
Mrs. Chicoy!
How did you get here?
By air.
Me, that gets dizzy on a stepladder.
Where's Johnny?
Uh, he, uh... he went up to the tractor.
I believe so, Mrs. Chicoy.
We... we had a little trouble.
We sure did.
Where's the blonde?
Right here.
Hi.
Hi.
Is Johnny... is the driver coming up?
They're coming up. As soon as she finds
her earring or some darn thing.
Who's she?
The girl with him.
Where did she lose her earring?
In the barn.
Brought you a present, Johnny.
Go ahead, go ahead...
Come on, keep moving.
Hold it!
Hi.
Hi.
Mildred...
Please!
I'm so humiliated.
Let my daughter have her own regrets.
Smooth sailing from now on!
Alice!
Alice, I want to talk to you.
I gotta talk to you.
Aw, Chicoy, talk on your own time.
Get us to San Juan pronto.
There's nothing to be said, Johnny.
How long are you gonna stay
in San Juan tonight?
All night.
Meaning what?
Exactly what you think it means.
I ever tell you I was a school teacher?
You could have told me about
that magazine article.
Fresh out of a pole key.
I wasn't trying to hide anything from you.
I was going to break it to you gradually.
What do you want me to do?
Wear a sign on my back?
I'd still like to see you when we get to L.A.
For old times' sake?
Okay, I may just give you a buzz some time.
Who knows?
Mind if I sit here?
Go ahead.
It's none of my business,
but do you mind if I tell you what I did
to a guy I was in love with once?
I broke a chair over his head after I caught him
kissing some dame at a party.
I bet he never tried that again.
Don't know. Never saw him after that.
But he's married. Happily married.
And I make a living.
Believe me, breaking a chair over a guy's head
can sure work miracles.
The kind of miracles that louse up
your whole life.
Here we are, folks.
End of the line.
Pull in at San Juan in a couple of minutes.
Hand me that bag, will you, please?
I hope she kept that County clerk's office open.
Who?
A lady of my acquaintance.
We're gonna get married.
Well, Kitty Pooh!
You're three hours late!
Well, it rained so hard...
Bye, Johnny.
Bye.
Norma!
You forgot your Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks, Mrs. Chicoy.
There's an extra ten in there for...
I'm sorry, Norma.
Thanks a lot.
Alice.
Where are you going?
None of your business, Johnny.
You gotta listen to me.
It's all over, Johnny.
Thanks for a nice long ride.
Alice!
Hey, Chicoy!
Get moving!
You're blocking Number 6!
Get on your loading spot.
Reno, one-way single.
Out of ten?
Hello.
As chairman of our little
entertainment committee, welcome.
Thank you.
I hope you're not too exhausted.
I'm ready to work, Mr. Stanford.
Well, I was coming to that.
You see, the actual occasion,
this little show we hired you for...
isn't until tomorrow night, after all.
So I thought we could uh...
I see...
So you thought we might get together
for a little talk, hm?
Did you see my wife?
She's over there.
Alice!
Your change! I owe you forty cents...
Alice, honey!
Listen!
That's an awfully long telegram, Mildred.
Look...
when you tell a man
that you're not only coming back
but you'd also like to marry him,
or have you...
it takes more than ten words.
You've gone into particulars in a telegram?
What do you expect?
Elliot!
Just a minute, Bernice.
There you are.
You know, you should be grateful to me, Horton.
I saved you from a bad mistake.
What do those girls usually wind up?
I mean in the end.
You mean who marries them?
Yeah.
Who knows? What's more, who cares?
I sure do.
Are you kidding?
No, I'm not.
She's nice, kind, even-tempered.
Sweet, about the most attractive person
I ever spoke to.
And you know something?
Physical attraction is a very important thing.
I do my act tonight or I take
the first bus back to L.A.
Camille!
But we can't tonight.
Well, you better be looking around for another gal
for tomorrow night, Mr. Stanton.
And for tonight too.
But, Miss Oakes...
Camille, can I speak to you for just a minute?
It's really important.
Okay, it sure better be.
About an electric stove.
Electric stove? For our new apartment?
Young man, are you picketing this place?
Norma!
Yes, Mr. Chicoy?
Alice is still in there.
Tell her if she don't come out, I go in.
Sure, Mr. Chicoy.
Knowing you!
Mrs. Chicoy.
Mrs. Chicoy.
Nobody else in here, dearie.
She's not there. There's another door.
I bet that's her bus.
For where?
Reno.
Reno?
Hey, Mike!
Is that the bus for Reno?
Sure is, kid.
Alice?
What are you doing here?
I thought this was the bus to Rebel Corners.
It sure is.
It sure is.
Pimples!
Pimples!
Coming, Mr. Chicoy.
Sorry I was a little bit late this morning,
Mr. Chicoy.
Okay, you wanna get inside
and start her up?
Why do you suppose
they got her out this morning?
Some kind of trouble, I guess.
Come on, Pimples, wake up, huh?
Always I'm kind of this way this early.
I know.
All right, try her once.
Go on.
Want me to clean the plugs maybe?
I did an hour ago.
Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Chicoy.
Anything I can do?
I'd like you to put on a clean shirt, though.
Mrs. Chicoy don't like to see you
in a shirt like that.
Sunday specially.
Yeah, but you know what I think?
She don't like me clean shirt or dirty.
No, that ain't it. Lot of passengers come in through
this time of the year.
She got a lot on her mind.
All right, try it again.
Well, after today Mrs. Chicoy won't have
to worry about me then.
School starts.
What are you going to do with the bus
when the Grey Fox Company takes over this run, Mr. Chicoy?
Sell her and go back to Mexico?
Mexico is not for my wife.
Hold still, can't you?
Because if you're aiming to sell ol' Sweetheart
there ain't much sense putting
a whole lot of work back into her.
You never did own a horse, did you?
Animal, any kind?
Oh, that's different. Animals got feelings.
Pimples, you drive the same bus ten years
it's got feelings too.
Mr. Chicoy.
What?
Mr. Chicoy, could we fix it...
I mean, could you fix it
so you don't call me Pimples anymore?
What's your name? First name?
Ed. Ed Carson.
When my old man was alive he always told how
we were distant relatives with Kit Carson.
That so?
Okay, switch her off now.
Before I got all these pimples in grammar school
they used to call me Kit.
Better load off the tire chains and the rope
before the Grey Fox gets in.
Might need 'em.
A storm is up.
Okay, Kit Carson. Grab yourself some coffee.
Load up later.
Good morning, Mr. Chicoy.
Good morning. Is Mrs. Chicoy up yet?
I guess.
I'll fix my hair as soon as the coffee is ready.
And Norma, see if you can get through the day
without breaking a dish.
I don't do it on purpose.
Makes me nervous, that's all.
Hi.
Hi.
A piece of chocolate cake, please.
Cake for breakfast?
I bet Mr. Robert Wagner doesn't start his day
wolfing down chocolate cake.
Hey, how come you never woke me up?
I figure Sunday is a pretty busy day for you.
Use the sleep.
Sleep? Are you kidding?
I should have been there an hour ago.
When I woke up I missed you.
Why didn't you get me out of bed?
Ah, you got a good rest.
You look good.
I like to see you that way.
If I looked good all the time
there'd be nothing done.
Come here.
It's true.
Well, it's Sunday and it's gonna be
a nice day, okay?
Okay. Nice day.
Good morning.
I was gonna come back, wake you up.
Are you through working outside?
Pretty much.
Be a while before the Grey Fox gets in though.
Yeah, like five minutes.
Take ten.
The clock is fast at that.
Give me a kiss.
You're awful!
Come to think of it, you always are.
What do you expect from an Irish-Mexican?
Nice day, remember?
Okay, nice day.
One of these days, Mr. Chicoy, you're gonna kiss us
right out of house and home.
It takes two to do it though, don't it?
Come here.
Mr. Chicoy.
What is it now?
Mrs. Chicoy, is it okay if Pimples
has his second slice of cake?
Let him have it.
Wait a minute, no!
He said it has a fly in it.
Come on, honey, forget it!
Where's the fly?
There was a fly in your cake yesterday.
I think you carry flies in your pocket.
Why is it you never find a fly until the cake's
half eaten already?
Okay, give him another piece,
It's your idea, not mine.
It is not.
You're like me, Mrs. Chicoy.
We sure hate flies.
Who doesn't?
Other flies, I guess.
I thought I told you to wash those windows.
Well it's gonna rain.
They'll get dirty again.
If they get dirty again, we'll wash them again.
People don't eat in dirty places.
Johnny.
Johnny.
Johnny.
That stuff ain't medicine, you know.
It's supposed to be fun.
With you it ain't fun no more.
It's those kids.
That Norma and Pimples.
His name is Kit.
K-I-T.
You keep on saying I don't look good anymore.
I said you did look good
just a couple of minutes ago.
I said it!
What happened to our day, huh?
The nice one.
We still got it. It's still here.
No, it ain't. It's shot.
It and a lot just like it.
Johnny, I don't feel very good today.
Then start feeling good.
You've pulled that one on me once too often.
Don't run it into the ground.
Get that straight.
Johnny.
Okay.
Forget it.
Come here.
Come on.
Boy...
Will I be glad when you don't have to drive
that bus into San Juan every day.
By the time I get there I'm looking forward
to getting back.
It'll be better when the new highway's open.
Four busloads of Greyhounds to feed every day...
and you here to help.
Yeah...
standing behind the cash register with a big belly.
You'll never get fat.
Listen, you're too good-looking
to be off by yourself without me.
Just remember, nothing ever happens
in a 50-mile-bus ride to be jealous of.
It's famous.
All the same, I married you to be with you.
Because I couldn't keep my hands off you.
I still can't, Johnny.
I'd die if you ever walked out on me.
As a matter of fact you wouldn't die.
You'd go out looking for somebody else to pump gas
and fill that cigar box of yours with more money.
Mr. Chicoy!
Mr. Chicoy!
No!
I wonder if there'll be any important people
on the bus today.
Important people don't ride buses.
I happen to know Marlon Brando does.
Incognito. That way he can study people.
Helps his acting.
Marlon Brando.
Hey, you better get those curlers
out of your hair.
And start trying to get a crush on a guy
you actually know one time.
It's more fun.
Sorry, Mr. Chicoy. It's the bus.
Johnny, I got to go, honest.
Oh, let 'em wait a minute.
Let Norma look after them.
Honey, I gotta get in the kitchen.
I gotta get dressed.
You brought me to the end of the world
all right, didn't you, mother?
Is that it?
We're going to ride 15 miles in that?
Oh, it'll be fun.
Why, it's an adventure.
Let's leave the complaining to Mildred.
Hey, how about the luggage?
Just a minute.
Hey, hey, miss.
Still want to get off here?
Rebel Corners for San Juan?
Oh... sure.
Thanks a lot.
No, thanks.
Norma!
Norma!
Hi, folks. What can I get you?
Do you serve fresh orange juice?
Fresh frozen.
Well, in California one does expect...
Never mind, I'll just take black coffee.
Me too. And toast and fresh frozen
orange juice.
Mildred, you'd better come and freshen up.
You look terrible.
Who to?
I wish you'd let me handle those things for you.
Thanks, can't afford a tip.
Oh, here, let me help you.
Noticed you last night on the bus.
Didn't have you figured for the side trip though.
Are you going to Mexico too?
San Juan.
Oh, another tourist, eh?
No.
I hear this mission at San Juan is very colorful.
That's why we're taking the side trip.
Yes.
You know, I have the feeling I've met you
some place before.
I don't think so.
I've been living in Chicago.
That's it. Must have been in Chicago.
What line of work are you in?
Show business?
I used to do some things around a dental clinic.
Like, say, a receptionist, maybe?
No, no more than like saying,
"spit out, please."
Hello, kiddo.
Hello.
Something for you?
Just coffee. Black, please.
You're like me.
I like it black too.
Me too. With bacon and hot cakes.
Could it have been Dr. Lintz's office?
No?
Well, it'll come back to me sooner or later.
Elliot. Come darling, we'll sit over here.
You were kidding him about being
from Chicago, weren't you?
All those Los Angeles labels.
No. L.A. is kind of my base of operations.
Are you in the movies?
No, no, I'm not.
Television then, I bet.
Hm-hmm...
Miss...
I bet you've had all kinds of offers
and turned them down, huh?
That's kind of true.
Hey, miss!
I got a friend who works
in one of the big studios in Hollywood.
Really? Is he influential?
He gets coffee.
I'm sorry.
I hate to interrupt your career, Miss Trapman,
but that cup goes to number 2.
I'm sorry. This gentleman's are coffee,
bacon and hotcakes.
No hotcakes, sorry.
Too much to do before you got here.
Mind if I move up?
It's a free seat.
Thank you.
My name is Ernest Horton.
Easy name to remember
because it sorta fits my personality.
Frank and earnest, get it?
Frank, Ernest.
You're miss er...
Oakes.
Miss Oakes.
Well, Miss Oakes, you and I
are strangers at this moment.
Perfect strangers meeting in this
desert crossways, right?
Sort of.
You'd be surprised how unlike strangers
strangers can be when they aren't
strangers anymore, right?
Probably.
You and I have a long way to go today
so who knows what might happen.
Mr. Horton, everybody knows what might happen.
So for the 50 miles let's see
if we can't just remain acquaintances, hm?
Think we could?
Well now, you just might be surprised.
I always am.
Story of my life.
Oh, sorry!
Here, let me fix you another coffee.
That's all right.
I gotta check the bus.
You the driver?
Yeah.
Mildred.
Yes, mother.
Father and I are sitting over here, Mildred.
You look good there.
Will you leave her alone, Bernice.
We've done enough as it is.
You know why she was talking
to that bus driver, don't you?
Because she spilled his coffee.
She was doing it to test us...
to see if we care about her.
She's still a child looking for her father.
Then she'd better put on her bifocals
because I'm right here.
I'm quoting her psychoanalyst.
Oh, poppycock. Now will you stop nagging
and let her enjoy the trip?
Heaven knows it isn't easy.
Because you aren't making it easy.
When we get to Mexico I'll sing, I'll dance,
I'll weave hot tamales in my hair...
You'll see.
All this is for her sake, not mine.
She's the one that was getting herself
talked about with that basketball coach.
Okay, okay, so we didn't like the basketball coach.
But the fact is the world is full of basketball coaches
even in Mexico.
And if you don't know it, she'll prove it to you.
Here is another bulletin on weather conditions
as they affect the extreme southern tip of California.
The following highways have been placed
on the danger list.
Only emergency travel is recommended.
The forecast is of intermittent rain throughout the day.
The low pressure area is moving slowly inland...
with clearing skies predicted for early morning.
Now time for another warning.
Did you hear it?
Yeah, I can make it though.
Look, when you get to San Juan you better
load up and head straight back.
If you fool around too much, you won't have
any passengers to make the trip back.
Not when that rain catches up with you.
Make a nickel, make a dime, make a dollar.
It's not a dollar, it's 15, 20 bucks.
There you are.
For the gas.
Hey, you nincompoop!
Chicoy!
Yes, Mr. Van Brunt.
Listen to me, Chicoy.
I've got to be in the County Registrar's office
no later than 3 o'clock, understand?
Well, if the river ain't too high beyond Breed's Junction
you'll get there by two.
Suppose it is too high, what will you do then?
Oh, I might turn around and come back again.
Don't try getting funny with me, Chicoy.
If we don't get to San Juan by 3 o'clock,
I'll be in trouble.
And so will you.
I'll change my clothes now, Mr. Chicoy.
I don't know what to do.
Somebody was supposed to meet me
at San Juan at one.
Oh, can I use your phone?
Go ahead.
Wonder what a girl like that wants to go
to a crummy place like San Juan for.
Say, I wouldn't want to discommodate you any, but...
Hm?
I mean, I'd hate to be a bother,
but would you do me a real big favor?
Take an envelope and give it to that friend of yours
at the studio personally?
Gee, honey, he's very busy.
A break like that, please!
It wouldn't work. Wouldn't change anything.
Okay, go get me the letter.
It won't make any difference, believe me.
Hello, Mr. Stanton.
This is Camille Oakes.
How do you do?
I hate to bother you at your office,
but my bus doesn't get in till two.
Swell. I'll be looking for you then
at the bus station.
Well...
If your friends want music
and colored lights and that stuff
that's entirely up to them.
What magazine?
Which number?
No, I didn't.
Glad you thought so.
That? That was strictly a frame-up!
Yeah, see you later.
And now a word from our sponsor.
Why not lump all your debts into...
What are you doing, Norma?
I just forgot something in my room.
Your invitation to the Academy Awards, maybe?
It ain't none of your business, Mrs. Chicoy.
Do you suppose I want my customers to think
I've got a bunch of goons waiting on them?
Norma Trapman, bust '34, waist '22.
What am I running here,
a Girlie show or something?
Give me that picture back or else.
Don't you threaten me, miss movie queen!
Just do your work and quit pretending
you're somebody you're not.
You've got to stop making fun of me.
Just do one honest hour's work,
that's all I ask, just one hour!
Don't you push me, Mrs. Chicoy, I'm going!
Ever since I came to work for you
you've been picking on me because you're jealous.
Not because of work but because you're jealous.
Jealous of you?
Of me and every other young girl
who came to work here.
And frankly, Mrs. Chicoy, I can't blame you
for being jealous one little bit.
Who are you...
Alice! Cut it out!
I'm sorry folks.
Johnny.
What are you doing?
You're...
I'm sorry.
Something happened that...
I couldn't help it.
And we started out so good.
Johnny, you can't walk out on me...
I can't stand it here all alone.
You got the doughnuts, you got the customers,
that's what you want.
Johnny.
Mind if I sit with you, honey?
Oh, you want to be helpful why don't you put
these suitcases down there?
My dear, it's a privilege and a pleasure.
Here.
Sorry, was I bothering you?
If I was, I certainly didn't mean to.
A whistling girl and a crawling hand...
always come to some bad end.
That's what they taught me.
Okay.
You been driving this bus long?
Since you were in fifth grade anyways.
I skipped fifth grade. I was smart.
Mildred.
Mother, please!
You must get awfully tired driving
this road every day.
Elliot, I wonder if you have any insight
as to what your daughter is up to.
I'd say she's going full speed
to the bus driver stage.
Oh, you can be ugly sometimes.
I know, and you put things
so prettily always.
Young lady, it's against the law
to talk to the bus driver.
Mildred!
The gentleman's quite right, Mildred.
When we flew to Honolulu last summer
you weren't allowed to talk to that pilot
in the cabin, were you?
No. I waited.
What are you going to San Juan for?
A lot of people want to see me there.
I sure wish you were taking the Grey Fox
straight through to L.A. tomorrow.
I'm gonna try and get a job at a drive-in.
I know you could just help me an awful lot.
The things I could help you with
wouldn't do you any good at a drive-in, honey.
You know those red velvet trousers
they make you wear?
I do. I stretch them all the time.
Do you pay for them?
Oh, no. They'll lend you a pair.
One size too small.
Gee, I'd hate that.
Even if I did get discovered.
Well, I'll tell you. There are two ways
of getting discovered, honey.
Coming and going.
You better figure them both.
Maybe we could meet after you get to Hollywood.
If it didn't work out for me at the drive-in,
maybe I could learn to do
the same thing you do.
What do you mean the same thing I do?
I don't mean at the same place.
I'd work at a different dentist.
We could sort of share experiences.
Well, we'll see how it goes.
Are you married?
No.
Never?
How come you never married?
The right guys had the wrong ideas.
How about if the right guy had the right ideas?
This is none of your business, Mr. Horton.
You don't even know what my business is.
Salesman.
And yours?
Miss Oakes is a dental nurse.
What do you sell besides you, Mr. Horton?
Oh, I travel in a very dignified line.
Would you mind sitting on that?
Careful!
What's going on?
It's a bestseller.
Ought to get one for your mother-in-law.
What's that in black satin?
This? Oh, that's not a joke.
That's an invention of my own.
It's a slip cover.
Fits over the lapel of a man's suit.
Makes it look like a tuxedo.
Hey, that's kind of a cute idea.
Ingenious.
I got another one lying here some... Oops!
Let me get that.
Here, I got it.
It's okay, I've got it.
You mind if I borrow this?
No, go right ahead.
Well, I have a little article here which is truly
one of the wonders of the world.
Would you like to take a guess what it is?
Hm? Go ahead.
An elephant? No!
Mercury convertible? Nope.
Racehorse? No.
But something that even the Queen of Sheba
herself might envy.
And what's it made of?
The platinum of today.
Plastic.
Just as clear as a crystal and shiny as a diamond.
And I'd like you to have it, my dear,
with my compliments.
No, thank you.
Well, how about you, Norma?
No, I couldn't.
Go ahead, honey, take it.
He wants you to have it, believe me, he does.
Why, sure. She can tell when a guy's
on the level, can't you, honey?
Look, it's raining in here.
Forgot to tell you about that seat.
Better move to another seat, baby.
Let's see what he gave you, Norma.
Worth about 69 cents.
You.
I was reading where a man can take
a correspondence course in electronics
and make $600 a month after.
I guess it can be done.
If you'd date with me
and when I get in to electronics...
I'd buy you one of those things made of silver.
Coming to Breed's General Store.
Comfort stop if necessary.
Keep on going. Nobody wants to stop.
Do you?
Anybody under pressure?
Well, I'll sacrifice myself to the general good.
Atta girl.
Elliot, we're never going to get there
wherever it is we're going.
This is how you wanted it.
Off the beaten path.
Driver, are we on schedule?
Schedule? Humph.
Mister, this ain't the champagne flight to Chicago.
Do you know where that wind's coming from?
Southwest. Do you know where those clouds
are coming from?
Southwest.
Do you know where all our rain comes from mostly.
Northeast?
Yes, Northeast... No!
Southwest!
Why don't you take your own advice.
Shut up for a while, huh?
I wasn't talking to you, Chicoy.
I was addressing my fellow passengers.
I got the right.
I paid my fare.
Speaking about the weather,
how about me buying you a nice wet drink
when we get to the end of the line?
You know, it was real nice of you
giving the kid that compact.
I am nice.
And smart too, I suppose.
I don't know.
If I were smart I'd be settled down and married
instead of peddling stuff around like this.
Hey, how about that, marrying?
You and me, huh?
It's original.
No question about it.
Simple as A-B-C.
S-E-X you mean.
Look, you're a salesman. So am I.
We both know what the score is.
It's even.
So why don't we call at that and quit?
Okay?
I didn't know you were a salesman.
Well, I am. And a good one.
How about that drink?
I don't drink.
All right, then I'll have two drinks.
I'll drink for the both of us.
Fine, you do that.
Now why don't you leave me alone so I can...
catch on to what's been happening
to the rest of the world.
You know, as a salesman you learn...
See that, Chicoy?
I see it.
That helicopter belongs to the Highway Department, folks.
There's trouble.
Back up! Back up!
Keep going!
Shut up!
Come on, back up!
Ernest!
What's the matter here?
Can't you see what's happening?
Have you seen Johnny's bus?
Of course we've seen it.
We gotta get that road blocked off.
Are you crazy, man?
I was telling you to go back.
Is that the only slide?
About three more up above.
Be a week before the road's clear.
Now look, Chicoy. I got business
in the County Courthouse before 3 o'clock today.
Not a chance, Van Brunt.
Wait a minute. How about that old
washboard road down the canyon?
Is that still open?
Nobody uses that no more except old Joab
and a couple of sheep herders.
Well it's wide enough for the bus.
It's a good 15 mile detour.
Nothing in your franchise says
you have to make the run, Johnny.
Not with conditions bad like this.
I know there ain't, Hal.
Phone line still open to the Corners?
I haven't tried.
Operator, get me through
to Rebel Corners, will you?
I'm not pressing too hard, am I?
I love it, love it, love it.
Taking care of you all right?
Just fine.
With a kind nurse like this doll
all you need is a purple heart.
Got some mercurochrome in here somewhere.
Oh, no, I don't want any mercurochrome.
It'll get my face all red.
Give me a Band-Aid.
Have you got some brandy?
My wife's pretty badly shaken.
No liquor license.
I got some bourbon.
Give me my case, will you, honey?
Here you are.
I sure appreciate this, young fella.
You're too welcome.
You ought to stay still.
Say, do you carry any novelties here?
Like what?
Take a look.
Do you like candy?
Would you keep trying, please?
Hello!
Johnny?
I was okay. How about yourself?
I hadn't oughta run off like that.
I was too rough on you.
I'm sorry, honey.
Well, you know, Johnny,
sometimes we do things out of love...
that don't seem like love at all.
You know what I mean?
But that's all right, because I love you
even when you act like a stinker.
Even when I act like a stinker,
and that takes some doing.
So you just turn the old bus around
and come back here double quick.
Yeah, and you better cut down
on that drinking double quick too.
Why don't you go to bed, honey?
Go to bed and take it easy today.
Look, I'll go to bed when...
Hey, when are you coming back anyway?
Well, that's what I was calling about.
There was a landslide and the road is closed
and I was... we was just...
Now I get it.
What do you mean?
I mean all of a sudden the road is closed
and you've got no place to go except back to mama.
Honey, that ain't it.
You gotta come back anyway
so you make it sound like a pretty good deal.
You're sorry, and I'm sorry
and all those dames are sorry
and Norma's sorry.
I called you because I was gonna see you.
And I was glad I was gonna see you.
And if you wasn't so drunk
you'd know it was the truth.
Poor Johnny. You tried to get away
and couldn't make it.
Now you can't even cry on a blond shoulder.
Well, I'll see you, Johnny.
I'll have some beans cooking or something.
You don't have to worry about your dinner
or any of that.
All right, everybody.
I'm taking the bus over the old road to San Juan.
What kind of a road is that?
It's a good road. A washboard road.
Mister, if you don't want to come,
you don't have to.
Call the Sheriff's office in San Juan
and report those slides.
Mildred, your mother and I think
we'd better hire someone
to drive us back to the main highway right away.
But, Daddy, we've come all this way
to see the San Juan mission.
No one really wanted to see it anyway.
Elliot, how could you tell her such a thing?
I do want to see it. I've been told 21 times
it is for the good of my soul.
Is this big enough?
Too big.
Did you bring a shear?
Here.
One thing is sure. I'm not going to spend
one night under Mrs. Chicoy's roof again ever.
Can I ride next to you this time?
All the way, I mean.
Well, I don't know.
If I get a chance to sit next to Miss Oakes...
All set?
Just a minute.
You got her getting so old
you aiming to ditch her in the mountain some place?
You know. You was listening.
Alice can be an awful fool sometimes.
She ain't no fool.
She just don't care enough.
Not about me, anyhow.
You got a lot of woman there.
Better think twice, Johnny.
Charge this, same as usual?
Yep, Alice can pay for it.
Sweetheart, one tank full of gas.
That's all I'm taking.
Sounds like the Chicoys was busting up.
Sure does.
What say we go back down the road a piece
and put up a couple of road-closed signs
in Rebel Corners.
We might even get a slice of pie from Alice.
What do you say?
Here's to you, kid.
You did it.
Smash!
Johnny...
I don't know what to do.
You shall always be my darling.
How long since you've had a permanent?
Slob.
Look at that blouse.
It's never been cleaned.
How long's it been since you rubbed some...
delicious, exotic beauty cream
on that silly face of yours?
It costs too much.
The figure's not so bad though.
Hey, wanna go dancing, kid?
Hey, waiter!
Waiter, another scotch and water.
Music!
Well done!
Johnny.
It can't be true.
It is though.
'Cause you got scared.
You got chicken.
You started scrimping, and saving,
and penny-pinching.
Maybe it ain't too late, Johnny.
With that landslide and all,
you gotta come back.
I'll sell the place!
I'll never have another drink...
Oh, Johnny, you've gotta come back.
You've gotta come back.
Washboard road.
Now I know what they mean.
Driver, how far is it this bad?
Till we get to the bridge.
How far is that?
Driver, I said how far is that?
About eight miles.
Holy cow!
You know what you were saying about not spending
another night under her roof?
Mrs. Chicoy's?
And I meant it.
I know, but...
I've got a feeling Mr. Chicoy isn't gonna spend
another night under her roof either.
Ever.
I wouldn't if I was him.
I know.
But I was thinking.
If I was to marry someone,
I don't see how I'd be able to forget them.
Ever, not once I loved them.
Not even Mrs. Chicoy?
What I want in a wife is to be true.
And Mrs. Chicoy is that, all right.
How about you?
You planning to be true too?
Oh, sure!
If she's the right kind of wife, I will.
Suppose she isn't.
Well, then I'd show her a thing or two.
I'd show her two could play that game.
Like Cary Grant done in that movie.
You and Cary Grant, ha!
Kit!
Yes, Mr. Chicoy?
The blind has shook loose.
Get it out of here, will you?
Oh, I'm sorry.
It wasn't your fault.
Here, want one?
Oh, no, thanks.
I gave up smoking long ago.
How about you?
I could use one.
Here, I'll let it for you.
Your hands are kinda busy.
Little lipstick on it. I hope you don't mind.
I don't mind.
Who's that?
What?
The medallion.
It's the Virgin.
The Virgin of Guadalupe.
What does she do?
When you ain't sure about something,
you ask her.
And then she tells you?
Then you tell yourself.
You're Mexican?
Half and half.
My mother was Irish.
Handsome people both sides.
No wonder you're not so bad looking.
How old are you?
So old I like being nice.
Make you feel better?
No.
I'm gonna drop you off at the San Juan
bus station in about 40 minutes.
Pity.
You never know.
Elliot, I'm afraid I'm going to be carsick.
Do you suppose they have those little
cardboard containers they have on airplanes?
Of course they don't.
Maybe if you close your eyes and try to
relax you'll feel better.
Elliot.
I can hear your teeth racking.
Don't you think you ought to take out your dentures?
No!
You lean back. You'll be all right.
I hope this bouncing doesn't open up your cut.
Honey, forget it. It's nothing.
Ever been in love?
I mean with anybody?
No.
You feel like being or not?
I don't know.
I really don't quite know.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if we...
what I mean, if you and I sort of...
possibly could wind up?
Ernest, I'd like to ask you a highly
personal question.
Sure, go ahead.
Quite honestly, why do you like me?
Oh, because you're thrifty, you're a good cook
and you hem stitch marvelously.
No, I mean honestly.
Honestly?
Because you are probably the most fabulously
attractive girl I've ever spoken to.
And?
And on the other hand because I'm a man
who never spoke to Ava Gardner.
That's honest.
You sure had me pegged for a fresh guy
this morning, didn't you?
I guess I did.
And you know something?
You were absolutely right.
But if you scratch the surface just a little
you'll find out I'm really not just a fresh guy.
I have depth, honest.
I think I have.
You want to scratch the surface a little?
Oh, boy... Nice.
I haven't felt this good in years.
For me it's been years too.
Well, I see you two are getting pretty chummy.
Young fellow, you and I have
some serious talking to do.
You're obviously a man of considerable talent.
That's something I like to see in a young fellow.
Look, I come to L.A. quite a few times a year.
You've got an apartment, haven't you?
That's right.
I wouldn't be surprised if we could do
some business together.
How's that, Mr. Pritchard?
Well now, look Horton, I'm always on the look...
I'm always on the lookout for
fellows with initiative
who know their way around, you know?
Well, I have been giving some thought to settling down
in a regular job with the proper firm.
You may have come to the right man, my boy.
Maybe we can all get together in L.A. some time
and have some fun, who knows, huh?
There's the bridge, folks.
I'm going out and take a look around.
Hey, Chicoy!
What does your bus weigh?
About 6,500 empty.
You're in business.
Yeah, 1922.
All right, everybody has to go across on foot.
Hop across, kid.
Come on, mother.
I can carry you, Norma.
You watch out for yourself.
That was my only pair.
What size are they?
Six.
I've got an extra pair you can have.
What about you, Van Brunt?
Oh, quit showing off. That bridge is good
and you know it.
I've got to be in San Juan by 3 o'clock.
Quit talking and get moving.
All right, you asked for a ride,
you're gonna get it.
Let's go!
Okay, kid.
Timber just cracked but it's behind us.
Johnny! Hurry up!
Look, Chicoy!
Hurry up!
Get out!
Jump!
Pull the hand brake for me.
Pull it!
Come back, you're crazy!
Hold it!
Go on!
Where's that man, Kit Carson?
Right here, Mr. Chicoy.
I'm still Johnny, thanks to you, Mr. Carson.
Didn't throw your ticket away, did you?
Don't worry, I'll get you to San Juan.
I'll get you there today.
You should've been more careful.
Why don't you go down the road
and put up a sign?
After that you might do some work in your engine.
And, Bud, take your time.
You want to go eat that pie all by yourself?
That's right.
Okay, boss.
I'll get you a cup of coffee afterwards.
After what?
Alice!
Alice!
Alice.
Johnny?
Hiya, Alice.
Get out of here! Get out!
Oh, calm down.
What are you taking a bath for
in the middle of the day anyhow?
Get out!
Didn't answer my question.
Why a bath this time of day?
If you must know, I'm getting myself boiled out
before Johnny gets back.
And what makes you think Johnny's coming back?
What are you talking about?
There's been a landslide. He has to.
When last seen he and the bus
were heading south over the old road.
That's why I'm here.
I thought you might need a good shoulder
to cry on.
He said he was coming back.
You and him were never good
for each other anyway.
A lot you know about it.
Let him sweat it out.
He'll be back one day.
Back and sorry.
I don't want him sorry.
That's not the way I want him.
I'm the one that's sorry.
Get off that bed!
Get out!
Don't get me wrong, Alice.
I like Johnny.
Just stopped by for coffee and donuts.
Like fun you did.
Okay, then get out to the lunch room.
Johnny.
Johnny.
Elliot, I'm frightened.
He's a kind of foreigner or something.
Tell him not to drive so fast.
The man's had enough trouble for one day.
Don't be afraid of what people think
of you all the time. Go on, tell him.
No.
What did you say?
I said no.
Really!
Hope those brakes hold.
Is something burning?
It's the brakes.
Stop, I say, stop the bus.
Stop it, you hear!
Let the man drive, will you?
Have you gone crazy?
Oh, God!
Sorry, folks.
Sorry?
Why, the purest luck we didn't turn turtle.
Could have killed all of us.
I had you figured for a better man, Chicoy.
Where did he get his driver's license, a raffle?
Chicoy's good, mister.
I'd like to see you drive that good
with water in the brake drums.
Why didn't he get them fixed?
Bringing us over this road was criminal negligence.
It certainly was.
It isn't the road. It's the equipment.
This old bus ought to have been condemned long ago.
The one who ought to have been condemned
is that fool bus driver.
Think of the harm he could have done
to all of us.
You didn't have to come along.
I told you that.
You should have known better,
considering you weren't even born in this country.
Mother!
A man doesn't have to be a native son
to get his brakes realigned. Why doesn't he?
A very full report of this whole thing
is going to be made
to the highway commission, believe me.
Say, where do you think you're going?
Down the road.
Farmhouse about two miles away.
Get a tractor.
Hey, Chicoy!
Look here, you can't leave us just like that,
not unless I say so.
Not in the middle of a mud hole.
Elliot!
Want me to go with you, Johnny?
No, kid.
Stay and watch over the customers.
Oh, I broke a strap.
Get yourself a lawyer and sue.
Now we won't get there till dawn.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
I wish I had your troubles.
Your slip's showing.
Thank you!
I had no idea Alice would take it so hard.
One man dame.
She'll get over it.
Unless she turns on the gas.
Alice!
Alice!
What is it?
You want a chance to talk to Johnny?
Get dressed. Get your things.
What you'll need. Better plan on spending
the night in San Juan.
What are you talking about?
He's going up. Up and over.
Do you mean it, Hal?
Do you really mean it?
You're gonna be up soon.
Gonna probably throw up. Get going!
Hey, Joe!
Joey!
I took a walk.
I usually use these when the light isn't too good.
Sure. Helps you see better.
I'm sorry.
About coming here?
No, about all those people.
My mother and my father too.
I mean it.
The way they turned on you you'd think
that what happened was your fault or something.
You come here to tell me that?
No.
I took a walk.
I saw your footprints and it was raining.
Yeah...
Your coat's all wet.
Why don't you take it off?
So are my shoes and my stockings.
Pretty lonely type girl, ain't you?
What makes you say that?
I got eyes on the back of my neck.
You and your folks are not so good, huh?
Right, not so good.
Seems like a nice trip they're giving you.
Giving me? They're hauling me away
from something they don't approve of.
What was wrong with him?
He's male.
My mother doesn't approve of males.
Kind of tough on your father.
Father stopped being a male a long time ago.
He's just a good provider.
Something I don't understand.
Why did you come along?
He challenged me.
Said I didn't know my own mind.
Looks like they had a point.
I guess they always have to get
to make their point.
Some day they're going to be sorry.
Some day?
Could be today.
Aren't you going to have one?
No.
Then I don't want any.
What do you want?
I don't know.
I guess right this second just to be here with you.
Aren't you going to make a pass at me?
You mean I'd fall into your lap anyway,
so why bother?
I'll bother when you get through
arguing with yourself.
Will you laugh at me?
Do you care?
I do, very much.
I talk too much.
I bet right at this second you're probably...
laughing at yourself saying
why doesn't she stop talking.
Why don't you?
No place to land.
But you've got to land.
We'll land at the Assisi Path.
Fly me to San Juan!
I'll pay you 30 dollars!
Hey!
He can't here you, mister.
Thanks, Carson.
I'm not going to worry about Mildred.
Just walking in the rain gives some people
what they call a Freudian release.
Oh, Bernice, face the facts.
She's probably with the bus driver right now.
Then I wish she was dead.
I don't. I'm as ashamed of this as you are.
But I don't put the blame on Mildred.
We've done everything, haven't we?
You're a pure white angel, Bernice.
I think you'd hate it if I so much
as touched your hand.
Always have, Elliot, how can...
Brought up in an atmosphere like that,
how could Mildred develop any right human values?
Why, Elliot, we have the sweetest,
cleanest marriage I know.
Yes, Bernice, yes.
See if you can get forty winks.
I hope it isn't poison ivy.
California holly.
What?
California holly.
How do you know?
I grew up in Salinas.
Should have known you then.
I missed a lot of stops along the way.
You don't know me at all, Ernest.
You don't know anything about me.
I don't have to know any more about you.
Everything I said I meant.
Did you really?
Can you doubt the word of a travelling salesman?
I was only kidding, sweetie.
Always making jokes, that's me.
It helps when you lack physical appeal.
What are you talking about?
I never won a beauty contest.
Why not?
Camille!
Camille!
Yes, honey?
I hate to bother you, but you know
those shoes you were going to lend me?
Gee, I'm sorry.
I'll be back.
Say, Horton...
You know, when my vacation is over
we ought to get together.
I'd like to.
I've been watching you operate all along on this trip
and I like your style of approach.
How do you mean?
Well, for a guy in my position...
those kind of dames are pretty tough to meet
and even then you're never sure
which way they're gonna jump.
I mean, they're professionals, chorus line blondes...
What professionals?
What are you talking about?
You know, he's never even asked me
one single thing about myself.
Why should he?
Remember when he said
why shouldn't we get married, just kidding?
Well, he said it again.
For serious. Really and truly.
Are you going to?
He's got a little apartment, Spanish type.
And he's going to buy me the latest model
self-timing electric stove.
All you do is set and when the steak's done
it plays "Tenderly".
Oh, Camille.
Camille? Are you crazy?
Who's crazy?
You!
Just because a girl's got blonde hair
and got a build on a guy...
Is that so? Well, I've got news for you,
my pure young friend.
Not only in the magazine
but I've seen her doing her act.
What magazine?
Pritchard, you never saw the girl before
in your entire life.
Don't tell me. You know where it was?
It was at a convention in Chicago last fall
sitting in a big glass of champagne.
I knew I'd seen h...
Are you kidding? It was in your magazine.
That's when it came back to me.
What are you talking about?
You mean you didn't see it?
I thought that's why you were handing her
that line of wool.
Thanks.
Hi!
Hi.
Gee, these are swell shoes.
They must have cost a fortune.
I think you're the luckiest...
Skip it, Norma!
Ernest, I...
I'll talk to you later, kid.
All set?
No!
What's the matter?
Oh, I lost one darn old earring.
What're you doing in my barn?
I drive the bus from Rebel Corners.
We're stuck down the road a mile or so.
Need your tractor.
It'll cost you.
Okay.
On quite a detour, ain't you, son?
Yep.
Hey, move that, will you?
You're thinking so hard, Johnny,
I can almost hear you.
Don't listen.
Thinking about your wife.
Yeah.
I thought you left her.
I did.
But as soon as I drop this busload in San Juan
I'm gonna hightail it back so fast...
You really love her?
Nobody else does.
Maybe that's why I do.
She cranks too much, she's money hungry...
but you know something?
When I'm in her arms...
I'm the only guy in the world.
Hey, Johnny's got us a tractor.
Everybody out.
We gotta make this bus as light as we can.
You ladies are just excess weight.
Come on out.
Hi, folks.
Mrs. Chicoy!
How did you get here?
By air.
Me, that gets dizzy on a stepladder.
Where's Johnny?
Uh, he, uh... he went up to the tractor.
I believe so, Mrs. Chicoy.
We... we had a little trouble.
We sure did.
Where's the blonde?
Right here.
Hi.
Hi.
Is Johnny... is the driver coming up?
They're coming up. As soon as she finds
her earring or some darn thing.
Who's she?
The girl with him.
Where did she lose her earring?
In the barn.
Brought you a present, Johnny.
Go ahead, go ahead...
Come on, keep moving.
Hold it!
Hi.
Hi.
Mildred...
Please!
I'm so humiliated.
Let my daughter have her own regrets.
Smooth sailing from now on!
Alice!
Alice, I want to talk to you.
I gotta talk to you.
Aw, Chicoy, talk on your own time.
Get us to San Juan pronto.
There's nothing to be said, Johnny.
How long are you gonna stay
in San Juan tonight?
All night.
Meaning what?
Exactly what you think it means.
I ever tell you I was a school teacher?
You could have told me about
that magazine article.
Fresh out of a pole key.
I wasn't trying to hide anything from you.
I was going to break it to you gradually.
What do you want me to do?
Wear a sign on my back?
I'd still like to see you when we get to L.A.
For old times' sake?
Okay, I may just give you a buzz some time.
Who knows?
Mind if I sit here?
Go ahead.
It's none of my business,
but do you mind if I tell you what I did
to a guy I was in love with once?
I broke a chair over his head after I caught him
kissing some dame at a party.
I bet he never tried that again.
Don't know. Never saw him after that.
But he's married. Happily married.
And I make a living.
Believe me, breaking a chair over a guy's head
can sure work miracles.
The kind of miracles that louse up
your whole life.
Here we are, folks.
End of the line.
Pull in at San Juan in a couple of minutes.
Hand me that bag, will you, please?
I hope she kept that County clerk's office open.
Who?
A lady of my acquaintance.
We're gonna get married.
Well, Kitty Pooh!
You're three hours late!
Well, it rained so hard...
Bye, Johnny.
Bye.
Norma!
You forgot your Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks, Mrs. Chicoy.
There's an extra ten in there for...
I'm sorry, Norma.
Thanks a lot.
Alice.
Where are you going?
None of your business, Johnny.
You gotta listen to me.
It's all over, Johnny.
Thanks for a nice long ride.
Alice!
Hey, Chicoy!
Get moving!
You're blocking Number 6!
Get on your loading spot.
Reno, one-way single.
Out of ten?
Hello.
As chairman of our little
entertainment committee, welcome.
Thank you.
I hope you're not too exhausted.
I'm ready to work, Mr. Stanford.
Well, I was coming to that.
You see, the actual occasion,
this little show we hired you for...
isn't until tomorrow night, after all.
So I thought we could uh...
I see...
So you thought we might get together
for a little talk, hm?
Did you see my wife?
She's over there.
Alice!
Your change! I owe you forty cents...
Alice, honey!
Listen!
That's an awfully long telegram, Mildred.
Look...
when you tell a man
that you're not only coming back
but you'd also like to marry him,
or have you...
it takes more than ten words.
You've gone into particulars in a telegram?
What do you expect?
Elliot!
Just a minute, Bernice.
There you are.
You know, you should be grateful to me, Horton.
I saved you from a bad mistake.
What do those girls usually wind up?
I mean in the end.
You mean who marries them?
Yeah.
Who knows? What's more, who cares?
I sure do.
Are you kidding?
No, I'm not.
She's nice, kind, even-tempered.
Sweet, about the most attractive person
I ever spoke to.
And you know something?
Physical attraction is a very important thing.
I do my act tonight or I take
the first bus back to L.A.
Camille!
But we can't tonight.
Well, you better be looking around for another gal
for tomorrow night, Mr. Stanton.
And for tonight too.
But, Miss Oakes...
Camille, can I speak to you for just a minute?
It's really important.
Okay, it sure better be.
About an electric stove.
Electric stove? For our new apartment?
Young man, are you picketing this place?
Norma!
Yes, Mr. Chicoy?
Alice is still in there.
Tell her if she don't come out, I go in.
Sure, Mr. Chicoy.
Knowing you!
Mrs. Chicoy.
Mrs. Chicoy.
Nobody else in here, dearie.
She's not there. There's another door.
I bet that's her bus.
For where?
Reno.
Reno?
Hey, Mike!
Is that the bus for Reno?
Sure is, kid.
Alice?
What are you doing here?
I thought this was the bus to Rebel Corners.
It sure is.
It sure is.