Ace in the Hole Page #8
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- Year:
- 1951
- 111 min
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One of these days, I'll get
the facts and print them.
I think he's corrupt,
rotten, no good.
He's been good to me. So there'll be
one more crooked sheriff in the world.
Who cares?
I do. I don't make deals.
Not my paper.
Even if it does sell
8,000 more a day.
Hello. Who in Chicago?
Tell them Mr Tatum will be
ready to talk in half an hour.
Now then, Mr Boot, I sent
you a wire this morning.
- Apparently, you didn't get it.
- No, I didn't.
Because you could've
saved yourself the trip.
I've quit. I'm not working
for you any more.
I'm sorry to hear that, Chuck.
No, you're not. I'm not
your kind of newspaperman.
I don't belong in your office, not with
that embroidered sign on the wall.
- It gets in my way.
- Then it does bother you a little.
Not enough to stop me.
I'm on my way,
and if it takes a deal with a crooked
sheriff, that's all right with me.
And if I have to fancy it
up with an Indian curse
and a broken-hearted wife for
Leo, that's all right, too!
Not with me, it isn't. And not with
a lot of others in this business.
Phoney, below-the-belt journalism.
That's what it is.
Not below the belt. Right
in the gut, Mr Boot.
- Human interest.
- You heard me. Phoney.
For all I know, there isn't
even a Leo down there.
Yes, there is. Tatum
made sure of that.
Look, I've waited a long
time for my turn at bat.
Now that they've
pitched me a fat one,
I'm gonna smack it right
out of the ballpark.
Yes? What paper?
Tell Philadelphia to call
back in half an hour.
You know what, Chuck?
I had that medicine man
stage a whole ceremonial.
Hello, Mr Boot.
Come on, Herbie. Get your things
together. We're going back.
Tatum just hit a home run,
and the big leagues are calling.
Go ahead, Herbie. Maybe Boot's right.
Maybe you'd better go back with him.
But you said I could
stick with you.
Give him good advice, Chuck.
You can do it.
He's old enough to
make up his own mind.
Everybody in this game has
to make up his own mind.
I've made up mine.
Hello. Yes?
Sure, I'm ready to talk to
New York. Put them on.
Don't be so sorry for him.
Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin
is all that a kid
wants out of life?
What makes you think you
have all the answers?
They're out of date.
High-button shoes,
belt and suspenders,
they're not wearing them any more.
Look at the calendar, Mr Boot.
It's the 20th century,
the second half of it!
You don't expect the kid to stand still.
He wants to get going. Going!
Going where?
Hello. Who?
Mr Nagel? Not lover
boy himself. Well, well.
Tell me, Mr Nagel, did you ever
repair that ceiling in your office?
The one you hit the day you told me
my services were no longer required.
All right, Tatum. You're
a very comical guy.
And I promise I'm gonna laugh.
Hard! But not right now.
Yes, the weather's
fine in New York.
No, it's not raining.
Yes, she's still here.
Come on, Tatum. How much for
the Minosa story? Exclusive!
What? Don't you know there's
a war on somewhere?
I'll give you $1,000.
What do you think I got here,
a plane crash or a set of quadruplets?
This is a circulation builder.
It'll go another four days.
Some beautiful copy coming.
Speak up fast.
There's a waiting list.
So you think you've
got me over a barrel?
All right, maybe you have!
Give you $1,000 a day.
As long as it lasts.
Mr Nagel, you're not
getting the point.
It's not just $1,000 a day.
It's that desk of mine I
want back when this is over.
You heard me. The old
desk, the old job.
Here, here, lover boy,
watch that ceiling.
That's more like it.
Now put the contract on the wires.
You'll get the first story in an hour.
Oh, one more thing.
See that there's some flowers
on my desk with a little ribbon.
"Welcome Home."
This means you, too, fan.
We're rounding third.
I'm right behind you, Chuck.
We're coming, we're coming, Leo
So, Leo, don't despair
While you are in the cave-in
hoping We are up above you groping
And we soon will
make an opening, Leo
We're closer, we're closer, Leo
And soon you'll breathe fresh air
While you are in the devil's prison
Keep that spark of life a-fizzing
We'll soon have you
out of prison, Leo
Oh, Leo, Leo, Leo, Leo
Be steadfast and keep
your spirits high
We're coming, we're coming, Leo
I want to take this opportunity
the television audience
for the hundreds of letters and
telegrams that have been pouring in.
I only wish that I could reach right
out there and shake you by the hand,
each and every one of you.
But there's one thing
that I want to make plain
to you good people of
Los Barrios county.
When election day rolls around
I don't want what I'm doing here to
influence your vote one little bit.
Because all I'm doing here
is my duty as your sheriff.
We're coming, we're coming, Leo
Leo, don't despair
While you are in the cave-in
hoping We are up above you groping
And we soon will
make an opening, Leo
We're closer, we're closer, Leo
And soon you'll breathe fresh air
While you are in the devil's prison
Keep that spark of life a-fizzing
We'll soon have you
out of prison, Leo
Oh, Leo, Leo, Leo, Leo
Be steadfast and keep
your spirits high
We're digging, we're digging, Leo
We've come to set you free
We can look you in the eye
When you are free beneath the sky
Hey, how about some more ice here?
- Yes, Mr Tatum?
- Close that door.
- What can the management do for you?
- I'll tell you what you can do.
You can stop playing games
with those newsboys.
- They're nice fellows.
- They're sharpies.
They'll rope you into a
game of 20 questions.
And 20 questions take 20 answers.
And one of them may be the wrong one.
Don't worry, Mr Tatum. They just
want me to write something for them.
- Write what?
- My life with Leo, in three parts.
- I got them up to $750.
- Tell them you can't spell.
I told them I'm not
interested in their $750.
And you're not interested in $1,000,
$2,000 or $3,000, understand?
And I'm not interested in their
three-part story, either.
It's the fourth part
I'm thinking about.
After I get out of here, I'm
figuring on going to New York, too.
Maybe I'll run into you. Maybe
you'll buy me a couple of drinks.
Maybe you'll even take me
out for a big evening, huh?
How big?
You won't be ashamed of me.
I'm gonna buy me a new
trousseau and look real swell.
Why don't you wash that
platinum out of your hair?
This is radio station
KOAT, Albuquerque.
Bob Bumpas speaking
and bringing you
our 10:
00 p.m. Special eventsnewscast from Escudero.
This is the fifth night the
big drill has been pounding
and grinding its way toward Leo.
The rescue workers are
now only 26 feet away.
At the rate they are going, they should
reach Leo by this time tomorrow night.
So after 129 hours of being buried
alive, at last, freedom seems in sight.
Now put it on your right side, Leo.
Underneath your arm.
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