Big Trouble Page #2

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- Would you like a drink?

- No.

- Do you mind if I do?

- Nope.

Come on.

- Here's how much this means to me.

- It doesn't matter.

In order for me to earn the kind

of money you're talking about...

...I would have to sell about 250

of these in the next week or two.

I don't usually drink,

but my husband's gonna die.

He's a sweet guy.

It got to me because I could

never give him children.

I think I'm killing him

by not giving him children.

The doctor said he doesn't expect

him to live out the week.

Oh, my God!

Forgive my asking, but you do have

life insurance on him, don't you?

No!

- You don't have life insurance on him?

- No.

Well, why are you fooling

around with a homeowner's policy?

Because he's worried about it,

that's why.

He's worried about his home.

He's worried about my security.

He's not himself. Now he's in with the

Chinese. I don't know what he's doing.

- He's in with the Chinese?

- Never mind.

No, tell me, tell me.

Well, he has all these debts. I don't

know how much. Maybe a million.

He gambles. He's an adventurer.

I'm not complaining.

He's a lot of fun.

I've had my share of a heyday.

Why haven't you ever gotten

a life insurance policy?

That's what I thought I was

doing with you.

This is a homeowner's policy.

That covers the house.

The liability on the house,

things like fire.

What you needed

was a life insurance policy.

I don't know. You do it.

What am I supposed to do? Fill out

a policy and forge the doctor's name?

No! Look, I wish you'd leave.

I wish you'd leave because I'm trying

to tell you something about reality...

...and you're talking about stealing.

That's what that would be.

That would be stealing,

so I wish you'd just leave.

Does he know he's gonna die?

Yes.

Is he afraid?

I can't. I don't understand. I can't.

He wants me to kill him.

I wanna do it because his pain is so

great. I need to do it, but I can't.

He doesn't wanna know when it's

gonna happen. When I'm gonna do it.

I can't contend with that.

I just can't contend with that.

You wanted me to come so I'd figure

some way of writing insurance on him?

No. No, no.

- Let's just not talk about it anymore.

- Okay.

I'll think about it. I'll think.

I know that'll never happen,

but it was sweet of you to suggest.

I don't know what I can do. I'll think

about it and you think about it.

If somebody thinks of something,

then I don't know, I don't know.

That's my husband.

- His heart is surrounded by fat.

- He looks like a beautiful soul.

Okay. All right, all right, all right.

I'll get you out of the truck.

Come over here to the back of the

truck. Come on. That's right. Here.

I got something for you. Now, look.

I can't pay you now, fellows...

...because, you see, in America we

don't always pay with money.

But I got these. These are your W-2s.

Government, important.

The blue ones are individual

retirement accounts. There's plenty.

Hey, anybody interested

in a Mobil credit card?

In case you get a car, this is for the

gas. You hang on to the applications.

Be a winner. This is the Publishers

Clearing House sweepstakes.

Here's your chance

to make a quick buck.

And here, oh boy,

American Express Gold Card.

Now, fellows, are you hungry?

Hungry? Yeah? All right.

There's a McDonald's

down the way.

No McDonald's. Look, just hold on

a second, I'll speak to my wife.

I'll ask my wife if she can

rustle up something in the kitchen.

Okay? All right.

Darling, you're home early.

I'm in transit, sweetie. I gotta sell

these Chinese to the Hotel Sheridan.

This is Mr. Hoffman

from the insurance.

You're gonna help me with

my homeowner's policy?

That's right.

The Chinese, the Chinese.

Darling, the Chinese are hungry.

- Do you think Wanda could serve them?

- Of course, darling.

- Make them feel nice and comfortable.

- No problem. Of course.

- Okay.

- Wanda!

- Would you care to join us, Mr...?

- Hoffman.

- In the house to eat.

- Mr. Hoffman. It would be very nice.

They don't speak English,

but they're lovely.

No, thank you. 6:30 with

the family every night. Like a clock.

Here you go.

Okay, come on. Come on, come on.

All right, move it.

What? What is that?

No, it's all right.

It's all right. No, nothing.

Okay, all right, I'm fine.

- So you call me or I call you, okay?

- Yeah, we'll talk.

Thank you so much.

Sorry.

- I thought you handled it perfectly.

- He seemed like a very nice man.

Steve, you know we don't really

have anything to feed the Chinese.

Darling, everything's gonna be fine.

Hello?

I'm sorry, who?

Leonard? Okay.

Hold on just a second, please.

Some woman.

- Hello?

- Have I caught you at a bad time?

Who is it?

It's Blanche. The woman who doesn't

lie, calling the man who doesn't lie.

Hello.

Leonard?

I want you to meet me tomorrow at 10

at the Rexall drugstore in Canoga Park.

- Who was it?

- Wrong number.

We understand, Dad.

Sure. I mean,

we could always go to Polytech.

They have a pretty good

music department, don't they?

- Listen. Let's not talk about this.

- Yeah, Dad, don't let it bother you.

- We don't want you to go broke for us.

- You did the best you could.

We still love you. We know

you're not a Rockefeller.

I wanna make something very clear.

I'm not a criminal.

Do you think that I'm a criminal?

Do I look like a criminal?

Need some cards, honey?

Need cards?

Perfect. We needed these.

I want you to swear to me that

he's gonna die in six weeks.

I'll give you the number

of our doctor, Dr. Lopez.

I want you to call him.

Check me out with him.

Swear to me. Swear to me.

I asked you to meet me at the Rexall

drugstore. You said yes or something.

There's a deluxe accident policy.

It pays $2.5 million

for catastrophic accidents.

- There's something in the fine print.

- What?

There's a double-indemnity kicker.

It pays $5 million if the insured

happens to fall off a train and get killed.

Want some candy?

How about some candy?

We need a lot of stuff, but we don't

have any candy. You want candy?

No, thank you.

- We need Corn Nuts?

- No, not this week.

Okay, well, how about down here?

Mr. Sorenson, Mr. Sorenson.

Counter one.

First we have to...

First we have to...

- Kill him.

- Okay. First we have to...

Have to do that thing.

And I get on the train. I'm dressed

exactly like him, everybody sees me.

At a specific point, I jump off the

train. You're there. We drag his...

Corpse.

I have two copies of the policy.

The second one is the accident policy.

- That's it.

- That's it.

- Honey! Hi.

- He's here? Are you crazy?

I just asked him to come and pick

me up. Don't be so jumpy.

Darling, what a surprise. Well, not really

a surprise, I knew you were coming.

Do you remember

Mr. Hoffman from the insurance?

You won't believe this. Mr. Hoffman?

- I'm just so happy to see you.

- Yeah?

You know, I was up half the night

thinking about you. I trust you.

- Thank you.

- I trust your eyes.

You know, my health, it's...

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