The Defiant Ones Page #5

like you're better rigged for that than us.

All right, that's enough.

Solly, get goin'.

You've been rushin' my dogs since

early this mornin'! They're bushed!

I'm tired of your complaining

about your dogs!

Will you get goin'!

Wait, Max. How about us?

We're dead tired on our feet.

- Max, have a heart.

- It'll be dark soon.

You wanted to be deputies, didn't you?

Well, you're under orders,

so get ready to move out!

Come on, come on.

Call Cumberland. Tell them

I want every man they can spare.

These men better be field-equipped.

It'll be dark before they can get started.

I don't care when they start!

You get them movin'!

All right, Sheriff.

All right.

You know that's the first time

I seen him smile?

Yeah.

- Where is he?

- Shh!

- How long I been asleep?

- Couple of hours.

- Where's the kid?

- In the other room.

- I'd better wake Cullen.

- No.

Don't go yet.

- You're feverish. You got plenty of time.

- What time is it?

About two o'clock.

- You been sittin' here all night?

- Mm-hm.

Why don't you go and get some sleep?

I want to stay.

What is it?

I was thinkin' of the last time somebody

sat up all night takin' care of me.

Your wife?

No.

A skinny old man with a moustache.

He had red eyes and a torn T-shirt.

He was an orderly in the prison hospital.

I had a sunstroke from

workin' on the road gang.

I ain't married.

What's it like?

- What's what like?

- You know. Prison.

How you gonna explain it?

Is it lonesome?

Yeah.

What happened to your old man?

He run off... eight months ago.

I been stuck here.

Must get pretty lonesome for ya.

It's like that in jail, ain't it?

Yeah. It's like that.

- Does it ever get really bad?

- Mm-hm.

No. No, I mean...

I mean so bad that you just feel

kinda empty inside. You know?

Like a big empty thing, and all you

wanna do is fill it up with tears.

I'll tell you somethin'.

You fill it up with tears and you're a goner.

What can you do?

I fill it up with dreams.

You gotta know about somethin'

before you can dream about it.

No, you don't.

Look, I was born 20 miles from here.

And I just don't know nothin' else.

You don't have to know.

All you have to do is want.

Then you make up a million pictures

in your own head.

- Pictures?

- Mm-hm.

- What kind of pictures?

- All kinds of pictures.

Different things, different places,

different people.

All the things you ever wanted,

but you ain't gonna get.

Sometimes it's music and

bright lights and paper streamers,

and I'm dancin' in the streets.

Like the Mardi Gras?

Mm-hm. Just like the Mardi Gras.

And sometimes...

Sometimes I'm on a boat, a long boat,

and... I'm goin' far away.

I'm goin' to places

that I never seen before.

White sand.

Hot sun.

And tall buildings.

All tall buildings...

reachin' way up into the sky.

Tall buildings made of glass.

And there's always somebody waitin'.

Somebody clean,

and warm,

and nice.

Is she beautiful?

I better get Cullen.

Is she prettier than me?

It's been so long.

I get the dreams mixed up

with the real thing.

It's real now.

Don't go away.

I ain't goin' anywhere.

Don't go away.

(insects chirping)

(birds singing)

Hi.

- Mornin'! You're up early.

- Uh-huh.

- I'll change your dressin'.

- It's OK.

That's great.

Thank you.

- I made you some breakfast.

- Fine.

- What's that? That your old man's?

- Mm-hm.

You're just about the same size.

You're a good-lookin' woman.

He must've been crazy to leave.

Oh, this place is no good. It needs a man.

- He'll be back one day.

- Yeah? Well, I won't be here.

- Where you figure on goin'?

- Where do you?

- I'm bound for Rio.

- Listen...

- I ain't got time.

- Wait a minute.

- You like me, don't you?

- Yeah, I like you. I like you a lot.

Take me with you.

- Law's on my tail. I'm runnin' scared.

- I don't care. Take me with you.

- You gonna ride the freights with me?

- We don't have to. I got a car.

- A car?

- In the shed, in back.

Wait a minute! It's busted! It won't start!

- Get in and try it!

- Well, it won't start.

- How long's it been here?

- Three weeks.

All right, hit it.

- Try it again. Try it again!

- I am!

- It's the battery. You got a crank?

- I don't know. Do I?

- Put it in neutral.

- It's in neutral.

OK?

(engine starts)

- I gotta get Cullen.

- We can't take him!

- Why not?

- They'll recognise you!

- They're gonna spot us anyway.

- No, we'll travel as man and wife.

What about Cullen?

What's the difference if they're

followin' one or two of you?

What about Billy?

We can drop him off at my brother's,

then go south.

We're goin' too fast. I gotta think.

Honey, there ain't no time to think.

Will you come on?

All right. All right, get packed.

We'll leave in a couple...

(engine still running)

Nice shirt.

We're goin' south.

- We?

- Me and her.

- In this?

- Yeah, it runs.

Yeah? You're wastin' your gas.

(engine off)

They'll be watchin' the roads.

They'll be watchin' where

the dogs are goin'.

That kinda makes me the bait, don't it?

Cullen, travellin' together we're like

a sign that says "come and get us".

He's too weak to travel on foot anyway.

You got the same chance alone.

Maybe better.

I'll fix you somethin' to eat.

You got it all figured out.

Hey, you better go and get washed, Billy.

How far is it to that railroad?

About 12 miles,

if you go through the hills.

I'm fixin' sandwiches.

There's coffee there.

If I go through the hills?

Or you can short-cut through the swamp.

Swamp?

Save you a couple of hours.

Make it harder for the dogs.

You can find it easy.

Which way is that?

Go right up here by the shed.

You'll see a path.

Follow that till you get to the swamp.

You'll see a great big cypress over on

your left about half a mile. Follow that.

Then what?

Then nothin'. The rest is easy.

Just head for the railroad, that's all.

Thanks for the grub.

Hey, Cullen.

Yeah?

So long.

So long, Joker.

Here, I'll burn that.

Not now, honey, please...

We got plenty of time. Suppose...

We're goin' on a trip to Cumberland.

- Now?

- Now.

- Go and take your clothes off the line.

- Cumberland? With him?

Yeah.

You like him, don't you?

Sure. He's all right.

Well, go on.

You better talk to that kid.

On the way. He's a smart kid.

I wonder what they'll do

to Cullen if they catch him.

Don't worry, they won't.

- What makes you so sure?

- Look, will you quit worryin'?

They ain't gonna catch him, cos he ain't

never gonna get out of that swamp alive.

What? Didn't you tell him right?

There ain't no right.

It's all bogs and quicksand.

Why'd you do it?

Well, suppose they caught him?

What if he told 'em?

What if he told 'em what?

What if he told 'em what?

What could he tell 'em?

So they wouldn't come lookin'.

So we could have time.

- Time for what?

- Time! Time for us to get away!

To get to a city - a big city,

so big they could never find you!

Oh, look! Look, I got $400

insurance money saved up.

We could live good.

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