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For the rich folks,

the heavenly court and the high judge.

For you and me, police magistrates.

For the rich, fine music

and chubby little angels.

- Won't we have any music?

- Not one blasted note.

All we'll get is justice, and

there'll be plenty of that for you and me.

Say. Come on. Let's play some cards.

It'll pass the time.

We'll play twenty-one. I'll bank.

What'll you bank? I ain't got any money.

You can play on credit. I'll deduct it.

- From what?

- From your share of the money.

If you win, you can

deduct it from my share.

Bascombe'll have 3,000 on him.

That's what he usually brings

to the captain,

only tonight the captain don't get it.

We get it. 1,500 to you, 1,500 to me.

Go ahead and deal. I'll bet 50.

Make it 100.

Nothin'.

Twenty-one.

- This time, double or nothin'.

- Double or nothin' 'tis.

I got enough.

- Twenty-one.

- Are you cheatin'?

Do I look like a cheat?

- 500.

- Say, you're a plunger, ain't you?

Yes, sir.

I'll take another.

Ah, too much.

- Uh, that makes 700 you owe me.

- $700?

Double or nothin'.

- I'll stand.

- Twenty-one.

A natural.

Why you... You stinkin' crook.

You are cheatin' me.

- I oughta...

- Billy! Billy! Bascombe!

Go, go! The time! The time!

Excuse me?

Say, excuse me, sir.

Could you, uh, tell me the time?

Gimme that money and be quick!

- Look out. He's got a gun.

- Don't move, either one of you.

Drop that knife.

Ahoy there, on the Nancy B!

Captain Watson! Captain Watson!

Stop, you!

There's another bullet in here for you.

Look behind you. What do you see comin'?

- Two policemen.

- You wanted to know what time it was?

I'll tell you.

For you, it'll be 10 or 20 years in prison.

They ain't gonna put me in no prison.

Where do you think

you're escaping to? The sky?

That's one of them.

The other one escaped up Maple Street.

Hey, you! Come on. Get up.

You all right, Mr. Bascombe?

Yes, Captain Watson.

- Yes, I'm all right.

- Come on. Come on. Get up.

Why, those fools. Those silly fools.

They tried to rob me.

They didn't notice that

I was comin' from the ship, not to it.

Say, this man's hurt bad.

He must have fell on his knife.

The money they tried to kill me for

is locked up in your safe.

- Fools.

- You. Get a doctor.

Get somethin' to put under his head.

- What's that?

-

Folks comin' back from the clambake.

June is bustin' out all over

- Stay back, please.

- All over

- I wish you'd go the other way.

- What happened?

We had an accident. A man was hurt.

- Who is it?

- Billy Bigelow. Please go back.

- Billy Bigelow? Billy Bigelow was hurt.

- Billy?

Billy!

- Where is he?

- Please. Please stay back.

He's my husband!

Billy!

Billy.

Julie.

Little Julie?

- Yes.

- There's somethin' I wanna tell you.

I couldn't see anything ahead, and Jigger...

Jigger told me how we could get

a hold of a lot of money, see?

And maybe... Maybe go to San Francisco.

Yes.

Tell the baby, if you want...

That I had this idea about San Francisco.

Yes.

Hold my hand, tight.

I am holding it, all the time.

Tighter. Still tighter.

Oh, Julie. Julie.

- Sorry, lady.

- Where is he? I must see him.

Oh, please. Please.

Sleep, Billy.

Sleep.

Sleep peaceful, like a good boy.

There's something I... I never told you.

Scared you'd laugh at me.

I'll tell you now.

I love you.

Nettie.

What am I gonna do, Nettie?

What am I gonna do?

Do?

Why, you gotta stay here with me

so I can be with you

when you have the baby.

The main thing is to keep on living.

To keep on caring what's gonna happen.

Do you remember that

sampler you gave me?

Do you remember what it says?

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high

And don't be afraid

Of the

When you walk through a storm

Hold your head up high

And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm

Is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song

Of a lark

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

Though your dreams

Be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on

With hope in your heart

And you'll never

Walk alone

You'll never

Walk

Alone!

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

So, that's the way it was.

Yeah.

When you first got here, you had

the right to go back for one day,

and you didn't.

Wasn't there anything

you wanted to do down there?

Yeah.

Yeah, I wanted to break Jigger's head.

As a matter of fact, it's still a good idea.

You won't find Jigger down there anymore.

- You mean he's here?

- No, no.

He didn't even get this far.

Hey, tell me. What do you got him doing?

That's not your concern.

Bigelow, you left your wife

havin' a baby comin'

with nothing to support 'em.

Why'd you do that?

I... I couldn't get work.

And I... I couldn't bear to see her...

To see her...

You couldn't bear to see her cry.

Why don't you come right out and say it?

Why are you afraid to use the right words?

Why are you ashamed you love Julie?

- I ain't ashamed of anything.

- Then why did you beat her?

I didn't beat her.

- I hit her.

- Why?

Well, we'd argue.

She'd say this. I'd say that.

And she'd be right.

So I hit her.

Are you sorry you hit her?

I ain't sorry for anything.

Look, I told you before.

I ain't no special case.

If I can't go back, just say so.

I didn't say you can't go back.

No, but you didn't say I could either.

You're... You're just

trying to make me sweat.

No, I...

I'm just trying to figure out what good

you could do if I let you go back.

You know, your daughter's down there.

She's unhappy. She needs help.

My daughter?

My baby... Is a girl? My baby's a girl?

No, she isn't a baby anymore.

She's 15 years old.

And she ain't happy, huh?

No, she ain't, Billy. She's...

You know, she's a lot like you.

That's why I think

maybe you could help her.

Do you... Do you wanna take a look at her?

Could I... Could I see her from here?

Sure, you can, if you want to.

Nah. If she ain't happy, I don't wanna look.

Well, right now, she appears to be

having a fine time.

Yes, sir. There she is

running along the beach there,

got her shoes and stockings off.

- Like I used to do, huh?

- Yeah.

Don't you think you better take a look?

Well, what do I have to do to see her?

Just look and wait.

And the power to see her will come to you.

Is that her?

Pretty, ain't she?

My little girl, huh?

Let's go, Billy.

All right, Billy.

- Look, can she see me?

- Only if you want her to.

My father bought me my pretty dress.

My father would've bought me

a pretty dress, too.

He was a barker on a carousel.

Your father was a thief.

Shame on you. Shame on you.

- Shame on you. Shame on you.

- Oh, no.

- No!

- Shame on you. Shame on you.

Shame, shame, shame, shame!

Shame, shame, shame, shame!

I hate you.

I hate all of you.

Why did I have to look?

Poor kid. I know what she's going through.

Something like what happened to you

when you was a kid, ain't it?

- What did I come down here for?

- To help her, ain't that so?

Come on.

Julie managed all right, I guess.

Yep, she had to.

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