Don't Come Knocking Page #2

Dogs pee on it.

Just isn't right.

Gentlemen, I can shoot

around Howard for

another day or two--

That doesn't solve

the problem, Anthony.

Well, you know,

Mr. Daily, sir...

I, uh, I don't see exactly

how the director, or any

of us, for that matter,

can be held totally

accountable for

Howard's actions.

Well, somebody has

to be held accountable,

don't they, Jim?

I mean, Mr. Daily's

company's insured us

for 30 million dollars.

Thirty-two-point-five.

Yes, of course, but

Howard has a long history

of this kind of behaviour.

I don't think he's ever

completely disappeared

before, though, has he?

No, no.

He's never done that before.

We gave the guarantee

of completion, didn't we?

Yes, we did, Mr. Sutter.

Well, then, we'll find him.

There's no question,

we'll definitely find him.

What kind of trouble

are you in, Howard?

Trouble?

Oh, it's nothing, Mom.

I mean, I might end up...

owing them a little

bit of money, is all.

I don't--

I don't mean that.

Then what?

Well, a man doesn't

go off for nigh 30 years

without a word...

then show up at

his mother's door

unless there's some

kind of serious trouble.

No, I just-- I just

needed to see you.

Well, I understand that part.

I mean, I thought it'd do me

some good to come back here

and just stay for

a while, you know.

You been doing all that

stuff what they said about

you in the magazines?

What stuff?

You know, that stuff.

No, I don't.

Like carousing around.

You know the magazines

are just full of gossip.

I don't give two

hoots about it,

I'm just curious.

No, I haven't been

doing anything. I haven't

been doing any of that stuff.

Because if you were doing

all that stuff, it's no wonder

you're not feeling so hot.

I feel fine.

I mean, just the

sheer exhaustion of it.

I wasn't doing anything.

It's just that-- That--

That things came up

and they kind of

snowballed and--

What

Well, you know, opportunities.

Opportunities are supposed

to be a good thing,

aren't they?

Yeah, but not always.

Sometimes--

What the hell are

you staring at?!

Come on, Mom,

let's get out of here.

Well,

I haven't finished my coffee.

I just gotta get some air.

You'll have to excuse my son,

he's lost his manners.

That happens sometimes

when people stray too

far from home, Susie.

Don't worry about it, Lulu.

I don't know why

you're so upset

about this, Mom.

Rudeness is one

thing I've never

been able to tolerate, Howard.

I mean, I--

I don't understand rudeness.

I know, Mom.

I mean,

it's nothing, it's over.

The man was staring at me.

It's rude to stare.

Well, so be it, you didn't

need to take his head off.

Well, I apologize.

Well,

it's embarrassing, Howard.

Just embarrassing.

Well, I'm sorry. Sorry.

So I--

I prepared a room

for you downstairs.

I hope it'll

fit you, I just...

I just don't

have all the space

we had in the old ranch house.

No, it'll be fine, Mom.

Mm-hmm.

It'll be fine.

Well,

it's handy to the kitchen,

and there's a bivvy right

Where do you sleep?

Just down the hall.

Hmm.

So if you need anything,

you just holler.

Well, thanks, Mom.

Yeah, sure.

Good night.

Night.

Oh, where is the basement?

Right through the kitchen.

Okay.

Nighty-night.

Night.

MAN 1 :

Here's the wind-up.

And the pitch. Ball two.

--and the pitch.

There's a smash up

the middle.

Off Garrett's glove,

fielded by Scott near

the bag, the throw.

They got him.

MAN 2:

What a play by the

second baseman, Craig.

There was no way

to make that play.

But what are you gonna say?

He showed you

why he's regarded

as being the best

in the business.

I tell you, it was amazing.

You know, I thought that...

Do you believe...

Hey, Ma?

Think I'm gonna go out

and get some air, all right?

Have a nice time.

MAN :

Fly ball,

way back, to the wall.

And it's gone, a home run.

[SLOT MACHINES WHIRRING

AND RINGING]

[CASSANDRA WILSON'S

"LOST PLAYING]

What'll it be, buddy?

Um...

Let me have a Coke, please.

Hey! Hey!

Are you in the movies?

My friend says

you're in the movies.

MAN 1:
Let's see your hand.

DEALER:
Change for a hundred.

Let's see your hand.

What's that

MAN 2:

All right, knock it off.

Let's go. Outside.

Let's go.

DEALER:

And no more bets.

No more bets, please.

Anything for you?

Uh, let me have a

Jim Beam on the rocks.

I'll be right back.

DEALER:

Thank you, sir.

What is so goddamn

fascinating about me?

Howard! Howard!

Why do you keep

dogging me around?

Howard, Howard, it's me.

It's me, Cliff. Cliff Ormsby.

Cliff Ormsby?

Yeah. Yeah.

Plains High, 1959.

1959?

Yeah, don't you remember me?

I don't remember anything!

Nothing that happened

back then happened to me.

Okay?

All right.

Goddamn it.

Hey, I was looking for you.

There you are. I thought

you may have

skipped out on me.

WOMAN :

Mr. Spence seems

to have done a good job

cutting himself off completely

from family and friends.

I have no traces to immediate

family except his mother.

She lives in Elko, Nevada.

That's very good, Ms. Rontz.

Thank you, sir.

That's excellent work.

Thank you.

Mothers are always

the last refuge, aren't they?

Sure are, sir.

Just a tick.

Uh, sir, are you there?

Are you still there

And you can contact

the car rental company

and tell them we've located

Mr. Spence's car.

Very good.

At the Rio

Grande bus terminal.

Rio Grande. Where's that, sir?

In Salt Lake City.

All right.

I'll be back in touch shortly.

[CASSANDRA WILSON'S

"LOST" PLAYING]

Bah!

AUTOMATED VOICE:

Round one.

All right.

I'm ready. Are you ready?

Get ready.

I'm ready. Ready? All right.

Fight!

Uppercut. Left hook.

Uppercut. Jab. Jab.

Come on.

Right. Right jab.

Left hook. Uppercut.

Get up! Get up!

What's the matter with you?

What do you

think you're doing?

Get up!

Take it easy. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

GUARD:

Hey. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

Hang on!

What, this second?

GUARD:

Give me your arm.

Goddang it!

GUARD:
Give me your arm.

HOWARD:

Just hang on a

second, would you?

I need to take a pee.

You can pee at the station.

I've been having

to pee for a long time.

All right. Wait, wait.

Morning, Charlie.

Morning, Mrs. Spence.

What's happened to Howard?

Well, he was having

a little too

much fun last night.

Weren't you, Howie?

Hmm.

You keep an eye on him, now,

Mrs. Spence.

LULU:

Oh, I will. Don't you

worry about that, Charlie.

CHARLIE:

To tell you the truth,

I didn't hardly

recognize him at all.

I haven't seen

him in so long.

Of course, I guess

we've all gotten

a bit little longer in

the tooth, now, haven't we?

I guess so, Charlie.

It happens.

Bye-bye.

Yes, it happens.

Did you have any fun

out there last night?

Fun, yeah.

Nah.

Girls? Drinking

and gambling?

No, Mom.

Well, it's supposed

to be fun, isn't it? I mean,

that's what they claim.

People come from miles

around to have fun.

That's what I thought

it was, anyway.

It's just designed

to be fun.

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