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the greatest mistake of your life.

I doubt it, Hunky.

I probably made bigger mistakes.

- But I'll still do all right by myself.

- By yourself's right.

Just take the name "Evans" off of

Markham and Evans and that'll complete it.

With pleasure. And that

won't take very long.

- Oh, Mr. Markham?

- Yes?

Mr. Malneck and some

other gentlemen are here to see you.

- What do they want?

- They didn't say.

Oh, I remember.

Have 'em come in.

- Come in, gentlemen.

- Thank you.

Hello, boys. What's up?

- It's the end of the quarter, Pittsburgh.

- Yeah?

We hadn't heard from you,

so we decided to drop around.

We come to look

at the books.

This is Mr. Smith and Mr. Carney,

the union bookkeepers.

So if you'll get hold

of your company accountant...

the sooner we get to work,

the sooner we'll know where we stand.

- I don't know what you're talkin' about, Joe?

- What did I tell ya?

Wait a minute. We had a promise that

we could look at the company books...

- the end of this quarter.

- Did I give it to ya?

- No, but Cash did, and he's your partner.

- He was my partner.

Get this, Malneck. I'm running

this company now, my own way, see?

That means nobody looks at the books

unless I say so, and I say no.

- Suppose we make you let us look at the books?

- Go right ahead, Johnny.

- Well, we got ways of making you-

- Take it easy, Johnny.

If he won't let us see the books,

there's no law says he must.

It's only fair to tell you, Pittsburgh.

The men aren't gonna like this.

That gang of moles don't know what they

like. Now how 'bout diggin' a little coal?

- I'll dig coal!

- Johnny, Johnny.

Come on, let's go.

I know you were

on the level, Cash.

I've been keeping the men quiet

only because of what you promised.

What I promised.

That's the tough part, Joe.

I should've known he'd cross you

the moment I left the company.

Labor will never forgive him for it,

even if nothing can be done about it.

There's something I can do about it.

I'll be right with you, Joe.

- What are you going to do, Cash?

- Never mind, Josie.

Stay away from him.

You'll only make more trouble.

- She's right, Cash.

- Are you afraid he'll get hurt?

- No.

- I'll let you in on a little secret, Josie.

That night I took you to Pittsburgh's party

I wanted us to prove something for keeps.

I wanted to prove that you could look

Pittsburgh in the eye and laugh at him.

That he could take you in his arms,

you could still laugh, and mean it.

We did prove it, didn't we?

What else can I do to make you believe it?

Stop worrying about what's

gonna happen to him now. Come on, Joe.

But it's you, Cash, not Pitt.

Cash! Oh.

You better stay here, Josie.

Oh, Doc, he doesn't understand.

- Who was the message from?

- I don't know, Mr. Evans.

I know. It was from that crazy Johnny.

We'd better get over to the mine quick.

First I heard of it.

If you think there's gonna be trouble...

- I'll call the shift off.

- And have 'em think I'm scared to go down in my own mine?

- Number 7. I'll handle it.

- Maybe I better go with you.

- I hear there's trouble down below.

- I wouldn't know.

You wouldn't know,

or you wouldn't tell me?

I understand there's somebody down here

wearin' a chip with my name on it.

- Know anything about it?

- You better ask Johnny.

Johnny, huh?

Where is he?

Up ahead.

I warned him not to go down alone.

He's the boss.

Johnny's bad medicine

with a pick in his hands.

- What's the matter with the automatic? Won't it run?

- Yes, but it's not safe.

Keep it slow.

A little thing I've been trying to get

Pittsburgh to fix.

- Johnny?

- Yeah?

- I wanna talk to you.

- You'll never get a better chance.

Pick up your pay cheque and beat it.

The rest of you men get back to work.

- What is this?

- I'll tell ya what it is, big shot.

Playin' us all for suckers

with a promise you never figured to keep.

Lettin' us break our backs

diggin' for more dough...

when you had the cards

stacked against us.

Well, the cards are still stacked,

only this time we're dealin'.

Look around ya, big shot.

See what the boys think of ya.

And when we finish with you this time,

you'll never gyp anybody again!

All right, break it up.

I said, break it up!

Rush him, fellas. We got him

where we want him now!

Hold it, Johnny! If you think

this guy's double-crossed you...

it's nothing to what

he's done to me.

If there's anything left

when I'm finished, you can have him.

This is one time you're

gonna do your own fighting!

- Trying to be a hero, huh?

- Get 'em up!

Giving yourself a build-up

in front of the men.

Go get him, Cash!

So tough he used to break a pick

handle with his bare hands.

And I can still break 'em.

And necks too.

You once stayed three minutes

for a hundred bucks.

I'll give you a thousand

if you can do it again.

- What are you backing away for?

- Go get him, Cash!

Shall I get you a pillow?

Fight him like a miner, Cash!

Anything goes!

- Where's Mr. Evans? Thanks.

- He went down to Number 7.

What happened?

Josie.

All right, back it up!

Back up here!

- Give 'em room.

- Give 'em room. Back up.

Back it up.

Come on, people.

Stand back there.

Come on, break it up now.

Clear out.

Move on out.

Better get some coffee.

No, Doc, I-

May be some time yet.

How is she?

She's in a very critical condition.

They're operating now.

I wish I could tell you

how sorry I am, Cash.

You're a little late

waking up to that, aren't you?

- You gotta listen to me.

- All your life there's only been one person, you.

Now you think you can clean up everything

that's been happening for years.

It isn't that easy. Even if you went back

to the beginning you couldn't change.

What do you mean, couldn't?

There isn't a thing I can't do.

That's what you used to tell Josie,

but she got wise.

She once told me you were

no good, not for anybody.

Funny how it's worked out, because

the one you're least good for is yourself.

All the mistakes

you've made have piled up...

and someday they're gonna come down

on you like a ton of slag.

If I live to be a hundred,

I hope I never see you again.

Come in.

Hello, Shannon.

Going out?

Yes, I'm having

dinner with Father.

Well, you're

a charming picture.

It appears that

for once in your life...

you ran into something

you couldn't talk your way out of.

Brawling like

a common coal miner.

I thought it'd be nice

if we had dinner together.

Just the two of us.

What a lovely idea, Charles.

It would be a novelty.

I'd like to make a new start

with you, Shannon.

The things

I've said and done-

I don't expect you

to forgive me, but-

Well, that's very

generous of you.

And I'm glad

you feel that way...

because I'll never

forgive you, Charles.

Shannon. I'm not trying to defend myself

for what I've already done...

but I'd like

to make things right.

Maybe we could go

away for a year.

- Take a trip around the world.

- Why have you changed so suddenly?

Is it because

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