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WELL, HOW ABOUT HAVING

SUPPER WITH US TONIGHT?

NAH, YOU AND FAY

WILL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK OVER.

I GOT MY EYE ON THA DAME OVER AT BENNY'S.

I KNOW A SWEATER

THAT'D LIKE TO MEET HER.

AW, JOHNNY,

FORGET THAT HASH MAKER, WILL YOU,

AND GRAB SOME GRUB

WITH FAY AND ME, WILL YOU?

WE'LL HAVE

A LOT OF LAUGHS.

I'LL CATCH YOU

LATER, HANK.

I GOT TO GET MY:

STUFF PACKED.

[CAR ENGINE STARTING]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

HELLO?

LOS ANGELES CALLING

HANK McHENRY?

WAIT A MINUTE.

PUT HIM ON.

MR. McHENRY?

THIS IS SERGEANT FREEMAN

OF THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY PICKED UP:

A GIRL ON A RAID ON THE MIDNIGHT CLUB.

SHE SAYS SHE'S YOUR WIFE,

AND WE'RE CHECKING UP ON IT.

YEAH. YEAH,

THAT'S MY WIFE.

I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN

TO GET HER.

MRS. TAYLOR?

RELEASE FAY McHENRY.

MISTER,

I'M STRICTLY A BUSINESSMAN.

DON'T MISS

ANY PAYMENTS ON THIS LOAN,

BECAUSE I'LL

HAVE THE LAW ON YOUR SALARY

BEFORE YOU EVEN:

EARN IT.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

QUIT BEEFING ABOUT IT.

WHO BAILED ME OUT?

YOUR HUSBAND.

ALL RIGHT, LADY.

COME AND SIGN THIS.

I WAS SURPRISED:

TO SEE YOU HERE, JOHNNY.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?

WAS IT ON THE RADIO OR

SOMETHING? WHERE'S HANK?

DID HE COME WITH YOU?

IT WAS FUNNY THE WAY I

GOT CAUGHT AT SMILEY'S.

ALL THE TIME I WAS

WORKING THERE, I WAS NEVER PICKED UP.

TONIGHT I WAS:

ONLY IN THERE:

FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES

TALKING TO THE GIRLS,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

THE PLACE WAS FULL OF COPS.

I TRIED TO TELL THEM

I WASN'T WORKING THERE,

BUT YOU KNOW:

HOW COPS ARE.

SO YOU COULDN'T STAND

THE SMELL OF FRESH AIR.

YOU HAD TO CRAWL RIGHT BACK

IN THAT SEWER, DIDN'T YOU?

I SUPPOSE YOU DID I EVERY TIME HANK'S BACK WAS TURNED.

JOHNNY...

OH, DON'T TURN ON

THE WATERWORKS FOR ME.

IT DON'T REGISTER.

JOHNNY, I WASN' WORKING THERE.

I HAD YOU TAGGED RIGH FROM THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU--

A NICKEL-AND-DIME DAME

OUT TO PICK UP A FREE RIDE.

YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT TO--

AND THAT LINE YOU DISHED OU ABOUT BEING IN LOVE WITH ME.

SISTER, YOU REALLY HAD ME

THINKING ABOUT YOU,

WORRYING ABOUT THE WAY

I TREATED YOU.

I SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER.

I MEANT IT.

EVERY WORD OF IT.

YOU FORGOT YOUR SUITCASE.

THANKS.

WHAT'S THIS FOR?

I WAS WALKING OUT.

I WAS HEADING:

FOR CHICAGO.

A GUY CAN PICK UP

A MONGREL AND FEED HIM

AND GIVE HIM A PLACE

TO SLEEP AND HE'LL STICK,

BUT NOT YOU.

NO. NOT ME.

ALL RIGHT, GO ON.

HIT ME AGAIN:

IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER.

I'VE BEEN HI BEFORE AND HARDER.

THAT WASN'T ANYTHING

THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA BE SMACKED

IF I EVER CATCH YOU

OUT OF LINE AGAIN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HANK

LIKE HE ASKED YOU.

NO, I'M NOT.

OH, YES, YOU ARE,

AND WE'RE GONNA FORGE ALL ABOUT TONIGHT.

HANK'S NEVER GONNA

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU JUST MISSED:

THE EARLY BUS, YOU UNDERSTAND?

JOHNNY,

WHAT SATISFACTION CAN YOU GE

OUT OF SEEING ME

CAGED UP WITH HANK?

YOU'RE MARRIED TO HIM,

AIN'T YOU?

WELL, THAT'S WHERE

A WIFE BELONGS, WITH HER HUSBAND.

AND THAT'S WHERE

YOU'RE GOING.

FOR A CHANGE,

I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I WANT TO.

I'M NOT ASKING WHA YOU'RE GOING TO DO, SISTER.

I'M TELLING YOU.

GO PHONE THE SUBSTATION.

WE GOT TWO MORE:

WIRES TO CLAMP IN.

I'LL PHONE THEM AS SOON

AS IT'S READY TO SHOOT UP.

HEY, JUMBO,

LET ME SEE.

GO AWAY.

THAT WAS A FINE:

MANICURE I NEARLY GOT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DIDN'T GET A GOOD ONE?

WHY, THAT DAME

COULDN'T TRIM YOUR NAILS

WITHOUT BREAKING

YOUR ARM AT THE ELBOW,

AND I WAS JUST ABOU TO GET POLISHED OFF

WHEN THIS EMERGENCY CALL

CAME UP.

I WISH I'D WEN WITH JOHNNY.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING

TO BREAK IN A NEW SWEATER.

I WISH HE HAD TWO.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON,

YOU GUYS.

SHAKE A LEG.

START CLIMB.

[THUNDER]

Man:
NOW DO YOU WISH

YOU'D SAVED YOUR DOUGH?

Second man:
AW, WHA ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I JUST BOUGH TWO DEFENSE BONDS.

LET IT RAIN.

I DON'T CARE.

HEY, CHARLIE,

WHERE'S HANK?

THEY'RE ALL OUT ON

AN EMERGENCY ABOUT A HALF A MILE UP.

THANKS.

IT'S IN HERE.

YOU'RE HOME NOW,

SO START ACTING THAT WAY.

WHY ARE YOU DOING

THIS TO ME, JOHNNY?

I'M MAKING YOU STAY

WHERE YOU'RE BETTER OFF.

YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

IN A SOFTER SPOT IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

IS THAT BAD?

IF I WANT TO ROLL IN

THE GUTTER, LET ME ROLL.

THERE'S NO DIR ON YOUR COLLAR.

LOOK, YOU MARRIED

HANK FOR BETTER WORSE.

THERE'S NO REASON

WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE ALL THE BEST OF I

AND HE SHOULD TAKE

ALL THE WORST OF IT.

THAT'S A LAUGH.

I'VE BEEN TAKING

THE WORST OF EVERYTHING ALL MY LIFE.

WHAT HAVE I HAD?

A FATHER WHO QUI MY MOTHER AND ME

WITHOUT THE PRICE

OF A CUP OF COFFEE!

WHILE OTHER KIDS

WERE PLAYING,

I WAS NURSING:

A RIBBON COUNTER IN A FIVE-AND-TEN.

WHILE OTHER GIRLS WERE

GOING TO SCHOOL DANCES,

I WAS DANCING, TOO,

BUT FOR NICKELS:

AND DIMES!

OTHER GIRLS GO PROPOSALS.

I NEVER GOT ANYTHING

BUT PROMISES.

I CAN'T THINK OF

ANYTHING GOOD THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME,

EXCEPT MEETING YOU.

AND I WAS READY TO TAKE

THE WORST OF THAT, TOO.

I WAS RUNNING AWAY

FROM YOU:

BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS

AROUND,

AND I COULDN'T STAND

TO LOOK AT YOU ANYMORE

WITHOUT TOUCHING YOU;

BECAUSE I WAS GOING

CRAZY EVERY TIME I THOUGHT OF YOU;

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

AND BECAUSE YOU AND HANK

WERE FRIENDS,

I WAS SETTING MYSELF UP

BEHIND THE EIGHTBALL AGAIN.

AND I WAS GOING TO

TAKE THE WORST OF IT, AS USUAL.

WELL, THAT'S WHA I WAS GOING TO DO.

THAT'S WHA I TRIED TO DO.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T LET ME.

SO NOW, THIS IS WHA I'M GOING TO DO.

[THUNDER CRACKS]

COME ON,

HURRY IT UP THERE!

THEY'VE GOT TO SHOO THE LINE HOT!

OK ON YOUR CONDUCTORS.

THEY CAN SHOOT THAT JUICE

THROUGH WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

WELL, NOT ME, BROTHER.

I'M NOT GOING TO WORK

UP HERE IN THE RAIN

WITH NO 230,000 VOLTS

POPPING AROUND ME.

THEY CAN HAVE IT!

[HANK SHOUTING

INDISTINCTLY]

WHERE THE DEVIL:

HAVE YOU BEEN?

SORRY, HANK.

I HAD SOME BUSINESS.

WELL, YOUR BUSINESS

IS HERE.

THIS STORM:

HAS TORN OUT TWO OF THE MAIN LINES.

COME ON, GRAB

YOUR BELT AND GET UP THAT TOWER.

HEY, WHAT ARE YOU

DOING DOWN HERE?

I GOT ENOUGH.

I AIN'T GONNA

WORK UP THERE:

WITH ALL THAT JUICE

POPPING AROUND ME.

ARE YOU SUPPOSED

TO BE A LINEMAN?

YEAH,

A LIVE LINEMAN.

I'M SICK AND TIRED

OF YOU DECIDING:

WHEN YOU'RE GOING

TO WORK AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT!

NOW PICK UP YOUR

TIME AND GET OUT OF HERE!

THAT'S OK WITH ME!

I'M QUITTING TOO,

HANK.

YOU'RE WHAT?

I'M BLOWING,

CHECKING OUT OF THE CREW.

WHAT FOR?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I'M TIRED

OF BEING HOLED UP

IN A STALE JOB:

LIKE THIS.

THIS IS AS LONG AS

I EVER STAYED IN ONE SPO

SINCE I WAS OLD ENOUGH

TO BUTTON MY OWN SHIRT.

LOOK, JOHNNY,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BEEF IS,

BUT WHATEVER IT IS,

WE'LL FIX IT UP.

THE SUBSTATION NEEDS

THIS LINE TO CARRY THE LOAD.

NOW GET INTO THE SHACK,

GRAB YOURSELF A SLICKER,

AND START CLIMBING.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

ALL RIGHT, BUT THE MINUTE

THIS JOB IS FINISHED,

I'M STILL CHECKING OUT.

ATTABOY!

NOW WATCH YOURSELF!

IT'S GOING TO BE HOTTER

THAN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR UP THERE!

I'M GOING TO THE SHACK,

INFORM THEM:

TO SHOOT THE WIRES HOT!

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO!

LEAVE HER ON.

I'M GOING RIGHT BACK.

HELLO, BABY.

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