Bucktown Page #3

DUKE!

UGH!

AAH!

OOH!

SUCKER!

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

YOU TWO ARE A COUPLE

OF REAL SWEETHEARTS.

WHAT KIND:

OF JIVE ARE YOU:

TALKIN' ABOUT?

WHY WASN'T I TOLD

ABOUT WHAT'S COMING

DOWN HERE?

DUKE, I'M SORRY

ABOUT THAT.

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'

BECAUSE I DIDN' WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

ARETHA HERE FIGURED

YOU WERE GONNA GO ANYWAY

SO WHY SHOULD SHE

SAY ANYTHING?

THAT'S ALL THA WENT DOWN, MAN.

THE COPS STRONG-ARM

THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN,

DEALING IN PAYOFFS,

AND YOU DON'T TELL ME

NOTHIN' ABOUT IT?

I'M SORRY

ABOUT THAT, DUKE.

NO, YOU'RE NO SORRY, HARLEY!

WHAT DO YOU:

EXPECT US TO DO?

WE HAVE:

TO LIVE HERE!

OK. YOU TWO CAN EA THE CRAP THEY DISH OUT,

BUT NOT ME, BABY.

NO WAY.

OH, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE,

DUKE! DUKE!

OH, SHOOT,

HARLEY!

AW, DAMN!

[Duane]

HEY!

NOW, YOU GET THIS,

AND YOU GET IT STRAIGHT.

I AIN'T PAYIN'

OFF ANYBODY!

NOT YOUR FLUNKIES,

NOT YOU, NOBODY!

NOW, SETTLE DOWN,

MR. JOHNSON.

SETTLE DOWN.

NOW,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

NOW, YOU CAN JUS CAN THE BULL.

$450 WAS MY FIRS AND LAST PAYMENT,

CHUMP!

YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS...

BUT WE RUN A PRETTY

BUSY DEPARTMENT HERE.

PUBLIC SERVICE:

TAKES MONEY,

AND WE DON'T GET I ALL FROM WRITING

PARKING TICKETS, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE NOT A BIG TOWN

LIKE WHERE YOU'RE FROM,

BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF WORK

TO KEEP US BUSY.

FOR EXAMPLE...

TAKE YOUR:

BROTHER'S CASE.

WE'RE NO GIVING UP.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

"YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP"?

I THOUGHT YOU KNEW.

SOME UNKNOWN ASSAILAN BEAT HIM AND LEFT HIM

FOR DEAD.

I WAS TOLD HE DIED OF

NATURAL CAUSES. PNEUMONIA.

TRUE.

DUE TO EXPOSURE:

AND LOSS OF BLOOD.

NATURALLY, WE DID

WHAT WE COULD, BUT...

MR. JOHNSON...

YOU LOOK TO ME TO BE

AN INTELLIGENT MAN.

YOU'VE BEEN AROUND.

YOU KNOW THE ROPES.

AND YOU KNOW A SMART MAN

ALWAYS AVOIDS TROUBLE,

TRIES TO:

GET ALONG.

DOESN'T HE,

MR. JOHNSON?

IT'S A LITTLE WARM

OUT TONIGHT, MAN.

I THOUGHT YOU:

MIGHT WANT THIS.

COME ON IN.

YOU AND I HAVEN' GONE OUT OF OUR WAY

TO BE FRIENDS.

IT'S

ALL RIGHT.

FORGET IT.

HERE'S LOOKING

AT YOU, SWEETHEART.

THIS AIN'T AN EASY TOWN

TO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW.

YEAH?

WHAT TOWN IS?

WELL, WHAT I'M

TRYING TO SAY IS...

IS I WAS WRONG.

EVERYBODY PAYS THE MAN

IN THIS TOWN.

NOBODY TELLS ME.

HONKIES RUN THIS TOWN.

NOBODY TELLS ME.

MY BROTHER BEN IS FOUND

DEAD IN THE GUTTER.

NOBODY TELLS ME:

HOW OR WHY.

WELL, I'M NOT PROUD

OF THE FACT THA I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN'.

HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEBODY

THAT THEIR BROTHER

WAS BEATEN UP:

BY SOME GOONS A THE POLICE DEPARTMEN

AND LEFT TO DIE:

IN THE FREEZING RAIN?

I WANTED TO TELL YOU,

BUT--

BUT YOU GOTTA HUSTLE

JUST FOR A LIVING, RIGHT?

AND YOU WANT TO:

PLAY IT SAFE.

PLAY IT SAFE?

YOU DAMN RIGH I PLAY IT SAFE.

I'M TIRED OF LEADING

THE CHARGE.

YOU EVER HEARD:

OF PRIDE?

YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE

BEING TRAMPLED, BABY,

THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU

KNOW ABOUT SCUFFLIN'

AND HUSTLIN' AND

BREAKIN' YOUR BACK

FOR PEANUTS:

AND TAKING IT ALL,

BUT STILL GOIN' ON

LIVIN' AND HOPIN'

AND DREAMIN'?

WHAT THE HELL:

DO YOU KNOW:

ABOUT THAT?

YOU THINK:

YOU GOT A MONOPOLY

ON HARD TIMES?

I MEAN,

WHO PROMISED YOU

A FREE RIDE?

YOU THINK YOU'RE REALLY

SOMETHIN', DON'T YOU?

THE SUPER-SUCCESSFUL

YOUNG BROTHER.

EVERYONE:

KOWTOWING TO YOU.

BEN TOLD US ALL ABOU YOU TILL WE WERE SICK

OF HEARIN' IT!

I MUST BE SOME KIND

OF SIMPLE-HEADED FOOL

FOR COMIN' IN HERE

AND TRYIN' TO APOLOGIZE

TO YOU!

FOR MISJUDGIN' YOU,

THINKIN' YOU WERE JUS SOME KIND OF BIG CITY DUDE

COMIN' DOWN HERE

TO PARADE IN FRON OF US SMALL TOWN FOLK.

NOW YOU THINK:

DIFFERENT, HUH?

WELL, I SAW DIFFERENT!

I SAW YOU STAND UP

FOR YOUR RIGHTS:

AND SHOW THA YOU WERE YOUR OWN MAN!

AND WHAT DO I GET FOR IT?

JUST DUMPED ON!

WHAT DO YOU:

WANT FROM ME?

MY BLESSING...

OR THE KEYS:

TO THE CITY?

YOU BASTARD!

[Shotgun c*cks]

[Shotguns cock]

[Gunshot]

GET YOUR BLACK ASS

OUT OF TOWN, N*GGER!

WA-HOO!

GO GET 'EM, MERLE!

[Gunshots]

RIGHT ON.

HOLD IT, BOYS!

HOLD IT!

[Chief]

HEY, CLETE!

YO!

COME ON:

OVER HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT HIM

KILLED, DO WE?

WELL, WE MAY HAVE TO.

HE'S STUBBORN LIKE

HIS OLD BROTHER BEN.

BE EASY,

WOULDN'T IT?

NOTHIN'

TO IT.

HELL, WHAT'S ONE DEAD

N*GGER MORE OR LESS.

THAT'S JUS THE POINT, BOYS.

AFTER BEN, PEOPLE

MIGHT GET TOO CURIOUS.

ESPECIALLY UP IN THE CAPITAL,

AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

I JUST WANTED HIM

TAUGHT A LITTLE LESSON.

WE'LL SEE HOW WELL

HE'S LEARNED IT.

RIGHT, CHIEF.

GET OFF THE CAR.

YOU ALL RIGHT,

BABY?

YEAH, BUT, DUKE,

YOU GOTTA RUN.

THEY'RE GONNA KILL YOU.

I NEVER RAN FROM NOBODY,

AND I DON'T INTEND

TO START NOW.

BUT, DUKE, YOU CAN' DO IT BY YOURSELF!

PLEASE, DUKE,

YOU GOTTA RUN! PLEASE!

NO CHANCE,

BABY.

[Telephone ringing]

HA HA HA!

RIGHT? HA HA HA!

HA HA HA.

EASE UP.

EASE UP.

HA HA HA!

EXCUSE ME. YEAH?

DUKE! DUKE!

AW, MAN,

WHERE YOU BEEN?

LISTEN, MAN...

[Chuckles]

EVERYBODY'S BEEN SAYING,

"WHERE'S DUKE?

"WHEN'S HE COMING HOME?"

YEAH!

[Chuckles]

LISTEN, I GOT 2 OR 3

VERY SWEET PROPOSITIONS

WAITING FOR US:

WHEN YOU RETURN.

LIKE ALWAYS, HUH?

LISTEN TO ONE OF THEM HERE.

[Laughs]

ROY, MAN, I DIDN' CALL YOU UP TO JIVE

WITH YOU, BROTHER.

WE GOT TO TALK:

SERIOUS BUSINESS, MAN.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, MAN?

DON'T YOU

LAUGH ANYMORE?

LOOK,

FOCUS IN ON DETROIT.

REMEMBER?

YOU KIDDING?

WE WERE OUTNUMBERED,

WHAT, 3, 4 TO 1?

MAN, YOU WAS

SOMETHING ELSE.

WELL, THE ODDS HERE

ARE A LOT LONGER.

IT'S A JIVE TOWN

WITH A BUNCH OF CRACKERS.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

YOU REALLY:

ARE SERIOUS.

EXCUSE ME.

WHEN?

YESTERDAY,

BROTHER, YESTERDAY.

WELL, I OWE YOU ONE, BUDDY.

I'M ON MY WAY.

ROY...

BRING MUSCLE.

I'M LOOKING A A DEAD MAN.

[Train whistle]

BOY!

WHERE WOULD ONE FIND

THE CLUB ALABAM?

IT'S RIGHT--

IT'S RIGHT DOWN THERE

IN TOWN.

WHERE?

IT'S IN TOWN.

DO I TAKE A TAXI

OR A STAGECOACH?

CAB'S

BROKE DOWN.

FIGURES.

HEY,

THAT'S MY HAT.

KIND OF SLOPPY:

THERE, BOY.

[Josh]

I'VE SEEN BETTER LOOKING

PLACES IN THE SLAMS.

[T.J]

ROY, WHAT'S THIS CAT DUKE

GOT ON YOU ANYHOW?

HEY, FRESH MEAT?

WHAT YOU NEED?

GAMBLIN'?

GIRLS?

BACK OFF,

LITTLE KID.

YOU NAME IT!

POKER? PINOCHLE?

POONTANG?

HALF-PINT,

DIDN'T I TELL YOU

TO HAUL YOUR ASS--

HEY, HEY, EASE UP, T.J.

THE KID'S JUST TRYING

TO MAKE HIS HUSTLE.

I STARTED:

LIKE THAT, TOO.

HEY, DUKE,

I THINK YOU GO SOME COMPANY.

ROY?

HEY, ROY!

HA HA!

OH! HEY, MAN!

HOW YOU DOIN'?

THANKS:

FOR COMING, MAN.

HEY,

WHAT COULD I DO?

REMEMBER THE DUDE

I WAS TELLING YOU

ABOUT?

THIS IS HIM.

ROY.

HOW YOU DOIN',

MR. ROY?

HARLEY.

OH, UH,

THIS IS ARETHA. ROY.

ARETHA.

HI, ROY.

OH, EXCUSE ME, UM...

THIS IS JOSH,

HAMBONE, T.J.

HOW YOU DOIN',

FELLAS?

MAN, I HAVE NEVER SEEN

ANYTHING LIKE THIS AT HOME.

ME AND THIS CAT,

WE PRACTICALLY:

GREW UP TOGETHER.

MMM, WENT THROUGH

SOME REAL, REAL SCENES.

FROM THE STREETS

ALL THE WAY UP:

TO THE TOP.

YEAH, RIGHT ON.

BUT GOOD TIMES, RIGHT?

GOOD TIMES.

YEAH. COME ON.

LET'S HAVE A DRINK.

RIGHT.

[Roy]

MAN, YOU'RE REALLY

A SIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHA TROUBLE YOU GOT,

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