The Great Man's Lady Page #4
- PASSED
- Year:
- 1942
- 90 min
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to cheat a man.
To take advantage
when he...
He was only
slightly, madam.
As a matter of fact,
I'm drunk, too.
Completely intoxicated
by the mere sight of
the loveliest little assassin
that ever had designs
on my heart.
Stop that silly talk
or I'll shoot.
I believe you might.
Then do as I say.
Madam, you're welcome
to the animals.
But as for the money...
I want that, too.
We need it.
It's all we have in the world.
It means we can go away.
I'll tell you what.
I won't give you the money,
but I'll play you for it.
Against what?
A kiss.
Just a little one.
Otherwise,
you'll have to
shoot me, I guess.
You deal.
I'm on the wrong side
of the table this time.
Wow.
Hannah.
Yes?
Aren't you gonna
say something?
Supper's almost ready.
Better wash your hands.
No, I mean,
aren't you gonna say
something about...
No.
Eat your supper, Ethan.
There's a lot of work to do
if we're going
to be leaving tomorrow.
We were as young as you
in those days.
All three of us.
Ethan and I
and Steely Edwards.
for eight long years.
The gambler?
The man.
He was the other man
in my life.
"Gambler."
Things don't turn out
the way you expect.
Just like we thought
we'd find that mountain
of gold
and come right back here
to Hoyt City.
But Senator Hoyt
discovered silver.
In a way he did
and in a way he didn't.
But that was
after eight years.
Eight wonderful,
terrible years.
Wandering up and down
the whole Pacific Coast,
wherever there was
a mountain.
Wonderful times,
when Ethan and I
were alone.
Terrible times
when he was away.
Every time he came home
there was Steely Edwards.
You mean
you and Steely Edwards?
Hold your horses, girl.
I don't deny
there were moments.
Hmm.
There was something
pretty nice about Steely.
But that's as far as it went.
That was when Ethan
was in the Washoe Mountains,
Yes, I was running
a boarding house
in Sacramento and...
I bought two tickets
for the concert.
I can't go, Steely,
but thanks.
That's what
you always say.
By this time
you ought to know
what I mean.
I don't know.
All I know is...
Do me a favor.
Anything.
Go down to the faro house
and leave me alone.
Thought you said
you didn't like gambling.
I don't call it
working for a living.
Thanks. I suppose Ethan
never gambled in his life.
He's got nothing
to do with it.
That's just
the point.
had anything to do
with anything but himself.
Except when
he comes home
for a bath or a...
Oh, Steely,
forgive me.
It's just that...
I'm not quite myself.
You see, Ethan and I,
we're going to
have a baby.
Take your hands
off my wife.
Ethan!
Steely, please go.
Not till
we settle this
once and for all.
That's all right
with me.
Ethan, please.
Every time
I come home...
You don't know
what you're saying!
I know
what I see.
I never
carry a gun,
friend.
Lucky for you.
Get out and stay out.
Go on, Steely.
Go on now, please.
Ethan,
come eat something.
In the morning.
I can't help
wondering.
About what?
Steely.
You know better.
I'm sorry.
But there's
something else.
Will it keep?
Mmm-hmm.
Well, then save it
till morning, will you?
I'm tired. Dog tired.
Got a spare bed for a miner
down on his luck, Mrs. Hoyt?
Mmm-hmm.
Fine.
Nothing?
Same old story.
A little gold,
but you can't get it out
of that blue stuff.
Sticky-as-pitch
blue stuff.
Some people
claim it's silver,
but they're crazy.
It just gets in the way.
Oh, look out.
It's all over my boots.
Strange country
up there,
Virginia City.
A black hill called
the Sun Mountain.
Like a beckoning
finger in the sky.
Sun Mountain.
Like a beckoning finger
in the sky.
Great Scott! It's silver!
Literally solid!
lt'll run $5,000 a ton.
We're rich.
We're rich!
We're rich!
We're rich!
Who is rich?
Steely!
Your humble servant.
Who's rich?
It's Ethan that's rich!
On his boots,
silver, gobs of it!
Big feet
but a small mind.
Steely, lend me
some money.
Why?
You know why.
For him?
For me.
I'll pay it all back.
Every cent
from the Hoyt House.
I'll cook, I'll scrub.
Oh, Steely,
I'll pay it all back.
You mean
you're going to
stay here?
Yes.
And he'll let you stay?
He doesn't know about me.
I couldn't tell him, not now.
Then he wouldn't go.
Not if he knew.
You wouldn't go, Steely.
No.
Oh, don't you see?
It's his big chance.
It's what
he's been looking for.
Grubbing and digging
his way through the mountains
for eight years.
He's got to go, Steely!
Alone.
You know, if some woman
felt like that about me,
and her name was Hannah...
Steely.
Oh, Steely!
Silver! Solid silver,
I tell you! Richest ore
I ever saw in my life.
Silver! Silver!
Who found it?
Ethan Hoyt.
His wife!
Silver! Silver! Silver!
Ethan!
Huh?
Ethan, wake up!
Hmm, what is it?
Silver.
That blue stuff
on your boots!
Solid silver!
Oh, Ethan, hurry.
Here, get out
the back way. Hurry!
What's that?
Money to buy mines.
Money to buy...
Where did you get it?
Hurry, don't argue.
Where'd you get it?
Steely Edwards.
That's what I thought.
You're coming with me.
No.
Why not?
I can't.
Why not?
I can't
tell you, Ethan.
Oh, you can't tell me, huh?
Or maybe I can guess.
Look at me.
Yes, Ethan.
Straight in my eyes.
Yes.
You can't tell me?
No.
Then I know.
Oh, Ethan, please.
You can't go like this
thinking what you do.
Well, what else
am I to think, Hannah?
Ethan, you have to go.
Answer me.
Oh.
All right, I'll go.
But I'll never come back.
Good luck, Ethan.
Why don't you go, too?
Like all the others,
over the next hill?
Because I've already
come over that hill, Hannah.
This is all I want.
Looks like everybody is
getting out of Sacramento
as fast as they can.
They're all going down
to the boat, Mr. Steely.
You better throw away
this horse and get back
to San Francisco.
Maybe you're right.
Go on back and
save my place on the boat.
Armor's Diggings,
Salmon Flats, Placerville
and Carson City!
Connections for
the Washoe stage, Cold Hill
and Virginia City!
Last stage out of
Sacramento, mister.
The flood's coming.
Do you connect
with the stage
for Virginia City?
Yeah, at Carson City.
Get in.
Not for myself.
For a lady
and two small babies,
for Virginia City.
Steely Edwards,
you're a Godsend!
Had no idea
it was this bad.
Here, take the babies.
Help us down to the boat.
Boat?
Yes, we're going
to San Francisco.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Well, come along.
You always said you wanted
to take me on a trip.
If you wait any longer,
it'll be too late. Come on.
It's been too late.
I met you, Hannah.
What do you mean?
You're not going
to San Francisco.
You're going
to Virginia City.
Oh, no, Steely.
No, I can't.
Why not?
Well, I've never
heard from him.
Look, Hannah, you love him,
that's all that matters.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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