Crazy in Alabama Page #4

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...but sometimes in your life,

that's just what you have to do.

You put everything you have

on one number.

Turns out my favourite game

is roulette.

It's so easy.

You put down your money

and watch this ball go around...

...and sometimes....

Oh, my God! I won! I won!

-$32,400.

-Thank you.

I can't begin to tell you

how nice everyone is.

When you win,

they give you a free room.

And the same nice man

comes to help you find it.

Anyway, I can't tell you about

all the adventures I'm having...

...but I love you.

Gotta go. Talk to you soon.

Hugs and kisses, Aunt Lucille.

Daggone it!

A white boy's been shot.

It's not safe to bury Taylor tomorrow.

Tell everybody to keep

their head down and stay off--

Is the boy dead?

Nobody knows.

Of course I hadn't been shot.

It was only that stupid lawn mower.

But nobody cared about the truth.

People were so jumpy around town.

The story grew fast as a weed

in the summer down there.

It was just the kind of thing

people wanted to believe.

Baby sister?

She was probably gonna tell me

she was off to...

... Wyoming or Alaska or somewhere.

But really she was getting all dolled

up for her big trip to Hollywood...

... where dreams come true...

... where the clock is always ticking

closer to midnight.

Your driver awaits.

You must be Norman.

-How'd you know my name?

-Gotcha!

Where are we headed, Miss Clay?

Hollywood, California!

And don't you slow down...

... till we get there.

Hollywood!

You a movie star or something?

I will be. Just give me a week.

You're more beautiful than any one

of them movie stars.

We are gonna get along just fine.

You don't look all that bad.

Yeah, sure.

The one-eyed monster.

Don't ever scare me like that, okay?

We all thought you were dead.

Neat-o.

They're finally gonna bury

Taylor Jackson today.

Well, then...

...we have to go.

You're crazy. We're not even

supposed to go downstairs yet.

Dove would kill us.

Well, you don't have to go...

...but I do.

I watched him die.

Would you look

at Miss High and Mighty...

...riding in her limousine?

Here we go again.

Well, now, let's see,

you won...

...a bunch of money and got

a bellboy to ring your chimes.

You running for Queen of the World?

You wanna know something wonderful?

The world is full of men

who are nothing like you.

Did you say something, Miss Clay?

Not me.

I guess Taylor Jackson was

a pretty important guy.

Friends, the other day,

my boy, Taylor...

-... came to this pool...

-Go home, n*gger!

...and he sat down

on that pavement yonder...

...and they killed him for that.

We buried him in the ground today.

Well, they can kill some of us...

...but they cannot kill us all.

And so we are here.

I come here...

... to finish what my boy started.

This pool...

...is a river of freedom, friends.

And I mean to swim this river.

This is for Taylor.

Hallelujah!

This pool is open for business.

Tell the world I'm gonna

Tell nobody but I

Couldn't keep it to myself

-But I

-Couldn't keep it to myself

I hate to do this, Nehemiah.

I don't know, sheriff.

I think you kindly enjoy it.

Put them on yourself.

They're coming!

Okay, come on!

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

Checking in?

What a woman!

We understand the protesters

were behaving peacefully...

...and were leaving

the demonstration...

... when you and your

deputies attacked.

-Is this true?

-You're wrong.

He was there.

He was right in the middle of them.

We didn't try and stop them.

We made one peaceful arrest.

Are you sure?

You have to be sure.

I'm sure. I saw him.

All I can tell you

is that the people of Industry...

...got no patience for uppity Negroes

or outside agitators.

There's a man we can talk to.

Somebody's gotta stop him.

Last thing Lyndon Johnson wants

is another Selma down here.

Your Judge Mead has kept

a lid on so far, but this...

...Sheriff Doggett is

completely out of control.

Well, I'll be honest, Mr. Murphy...

...I'm having big second thoughts.

We shouldn't even be talking to you.

Times are changing, Dove.

This whole way of life down here

is over.

We gotta move the sheriff out of

the picture. The boy must testify.

No, I don't want him involved.

This is dangerous stuff.

Uncle Dove--

He was at the pool both times.

He's the only one who saw

what happened to Taylor.

I think the grand jury

will believe him.

Peter Joseph, do you think

you could do that?

Tell the jury what you saw?

Yes, sir.

I don't know.

You bring me all the way out here,

and you don't know?

Why'd you call me?

-Because we want this killing to stop.

-So stop it!

You can't protect us.

No, sir, I can't. I cannot.

The only way that you can do that

is to put this man away.

Oh, my God!

I wanna remember you just like this.

Come on.

Come.

Don't move.

Alex...

...Joan, I want you to meet

the latest Harry Hall discovery:

Carolyn Clay...

...from Alabama.

Isn't she stunning?

Lovely, Harry.

What does she do?

Me? Oh, I'm an actress.

What have you done?

Well, just some things back home--

School plays, that sort of thing?

Well, yes, school plays

and that sort of thing, but...

...Harry's giving me a chance.

How ambitious of him.

Walter Shwegmann at Screen Gems

saw a photo of her...

...and fell completely in love.

Television, it's so...

...popular.

You should show her

to Hitchcock's people, Harry.

Alexander, you know

I'm up for that part.

Harry, it's been fabulous as always.

See you on Saturday.

And bring a date if you like.

Good luck in television.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

Promise me, when I make you

into a star...

...you won't become a rattlesnake.

Harry, do you think

I really have a chance?

If I didn't, sweetheart, you'd still

be back in Alabama, daydreaming.

Are you ready to work?

I've been ready my whole life.

I wouldn't have thought it possible...

...but you're even prettier

than your 8-by-10.

Why, thank you, Mr. Shwegmann.

So are you.

Thank you.

Excuse me, Harry.

This role only works

a couple of days.

But we feel that Samantha

needs a regular female...

...bte noire...

...juxtaposed against her usual

Midwestern sweetness.

So we're thinking of Lucille Fleur

as a recurring character.

Are you familiar with the show?

I watch it every week. It's clever.

But her name's Lucille?

Right.

Lucille...

...is a bombshell.

A real flirt.

I'll give you Darrin's lines.

Top of page 12.

Okay, you ready?

I was hoping you would say yes.

"Yes" is my favourite word

in the whole world.

Good. That's very, very nice work.

-Thank you.

-I wanna try it one more time.

"Peter J. Bullis.

Age 13. Injured in mysterious

shooting incident."

Look! Just look at this!

-What is this?

-Look at him!

Hugging a Negro

on the cover of Look!

I didn't know it'd turn out

like that.

You knew? You knew about this

and didn't tell anybody?

Who gave you permission

to be on the cover of Look?

Gosh dog, Peejoe, you're famous!

You might as well start packing now!

Go on, Dove.

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