Take the Money and Run Page #5

Thank you all.

Everybody, take five.

Ohhh, don't tell me you are going

to use the shower now.

Virgil, why do you do this to me

every morning?

I just got in here.

Well, I'm going to be late

for the robbery.

So you'll be five minutes late.

They can start without you.

They can't start without me,

I'm the leader.

- I made you some coffee.

- Oh! Jesus!

Oh, Jesus! Every day I have trouble

getting into the bathroom.

For crying out loud!

Honey, what shirt

do you wanna wear?

What did you say?

- I said, what shirt do you wanna wear?

- I'm gonna wear my light blue.

No you're not.

It was dirty, I washed it last night.

Why did you wash it?

I was gonna wear it today.

I washed it because it was dirty.

- So what, I'm just gonna rob a bank.

- I have happened to

have ironed your beige shirt.

Do you wanna wear that?

No, I can't wear a beige shirt

- to a bank robbery.

- Why not?

Because it's light.

I'll be an easy target.

I think it is a perfectly

good shirt to wear.

No, it isn't a good shirt, it's beige.

Who wears beige to a bank robbery?

What are the other guys wearing?

I don't know... For crying out loud.

Why don't you call them up

and ask them?

Oh, no body is going to be wearing

beige to a bank robbery.

It's in poor taste.

June 16, 9 a.m.

The days of planning are over.

Virgil and his accomplices depart

from his hideout and proceed

toward their destination.

Everybody put your hands up,

this is a stickup!

Hey, what are you doing here?

- We're holding up the bank.

- We are holding up the bank.

Oh no, I'm sorry,

we are holding up the bank.

We're holding up the bank.

Oh no, we were here first.

Look could you come back tomorrow,

we'll be finished by then.

We've been planning this for months.

We're not going to have

it ruined by a jackass.

Alright, we'll take a vote.

How many people here would

like to be held up by this group?

Now how many people would

like to be held up by our group?

Now, beat it!

You call this a bank robbery?

I yelled action, five minutes ago.

Is that the way to pick up all it?

What's going on in here?

There's a million cops outside.

Let's get out of here!

Each member of the gang gets

five years for his part in the crime.

Virgil gets ten.

He is not taken to prison

this time but to a road gang

where his criminal behavior

will cost him dearly.

You men come here

because you committed crimes

rendering you unfit

to live in decent society.

That's too bad.

I think you gonna find you made

a mistake you're gonna regret.

Our job of mine and the boys

is to see that you get some civilization

so that when you leave here

you're gonna think twice

before you perform anti-social acts.

And my advice to you is

obey the rules and do your job.

If you have complaints,

you come to me.

Don't think anybody outside

is gonna help you.

Now we don't like complainers

and we don't like troublemakers.

If things get a little too rough

for you in here,

you just feel free to take off for Florida.

Show 'em in which direction

Florida is, boys.

Any questions?

Do you think a girl should pet

on the first date?

What?!

I... I mean if both parties involved

are mature and liberal.

Gonna see Ms Eliza...

gonna go to Mississippi...

Hey, do you think you gotta

good enough aim for that hammer

to knock these bracelets off me?

Look man, I don't want to

get into any trouble.

Nothing is going to happen.

You think you can do it?

I've never missed yet.

Alright, go ahead.

Sorry man, first time.

Food on a chain gang is scarce

and not very nourishing.

The men get one hot meal a day.

A bowl of steam.

Alright boys, who didn't give me

a good days of work?

Come with us Wilson.

What's the matter Starkwell,

can't you take it?

Come on, I want you to see this, so

you can know what to look forward to.

Just what in the hell

do you think your doing?

What do you mean?

Don't beat the sh*t out

of your damn fool, beat him.

Oh, him!

The time drags by an endless

grind of backbreaking labor.

Brutal discipline is common

under the hot sun.

The men aren't even permitted

to faint without written permission.

Virgil complains and

he is severely tortured.

For several days he is locked

inside a sweatbox

with an insurance salesman.

Hi, I'm Joe Green, I represent Ajax

and Widget Insurance Company.

I'd like to talk to you about a little

insurance... You're about 30, right?

I think the best thing to do is get

straight life then a little term... and...

How about dental and medical?

We got a great deal on dental

and medical deal.

At the end of each work day,

the men are chained to each other

by the ankle, by a group of six.

Making movement slow and painful.

And escape almost impossible.

Then one day, the impossible

is attempted.

See that field?

If we make it across that field,

we'd be out of here.

We can take him by surprise

and we all make a sudden break for it.

You're crazy.

That's right, I'm a paranoid

schizophrenic but I say we try it.

Ain't that right boys?

Right.

I'm not with them, I wanted to stay.

Alright, everyone split up!

My car broke down,

can I use your telephone?

Of course, come in.

O.K. Now, we're going to

get out of here.

I know a guy in town, he's got enough

tools to get us out of these chains.

Alright, now you act natural and

answer it or you're finished.

Who is it?

Patrol man Lynch, can I come in?

Well, not now.

It's an emergency. I'm afraid I have to.

We'd better untie her.

Tell him we're your cousins.

We are visiting you from out of town.

Alright, one false move

and you're finished.

What is it?

I hear there's been some trouble,

up at the prison.

I'm checking area for

anything suspicious.

These are my cousins.

They're visiting me for the holiday.

What holiday?

Have you ever heard of

St. Dabbernappy's Day?

No.

That's what we're here for.

Come here you.

Come here!

Do you think your cousin is

safe here living all alone?

Look how close we are to the prison.

Look out here, just a few miles

off down the road.

Come here!

I don't know... you sure can't be

secure if you live so close to a prison.

Hey, wait a minute!

Did I see something move out there

Couldn't have!

I'm sure I saw something move.

Quick! Everyone take one window

and check it.

If there's somebody out there,

we gotta have a chance to see him.

Guess it must have been

my imagination.

Now?!

Excuse us.

- They're escaped convicts.

- Really?

They've broken in...

didn't you notice how they

all moved together closely?

They're chained together at the ankles.

I thought they were just a close family.

O.k. Boys, the games up.

The old lady must of told him.

You're going back to that prison.

And this time, you're

going to stay there.

If we're gonna go, we need tools.

Let's get my wife

she'll help us out of this.

Oh Virgil. If you'd only listen to me

you'd of gone straight.

Honey, we needed the money

and I robbed a bank.

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