The Newton Boys Page #2

the smaller banks.

WlLLlS:
But we're gonna get

the big banks...

'cause that's where

the money's at.

Now,the difference

is we gotta do it right.

Yeah,we gotta scout

our locations.

We gotta get the best cars,

gotta keep new tires on 'em...

and plan our routes.

I can take care of getting in

and getting out.

You got the nitroglycerin,

right?

GLASSCOCK:
Oh,yeah.

WlLLlS:
So that's where

you keep that stuff?

GLASSCOCK:
Yeah.

Avis is ratherfond

of keeping it under the bed.

Aren't you?

These look, uh, promising.

GLASSCOCK:

None of those are traceable.

I suppose

I could give you, uh...

seventy cents on the dollar.

-Ninety.

-Eighty.

And I promise never to tell

anybody where they came from.

GLASSCOCK:

Eighty would be good.

WlLLlS:

Eighty-five would be better.

We promise never to rob

your little bank.

-Deal.

-Deal.

[Chuckling]

BANKER:
You know, I'm retiring

next month, and...

I've got

some information here...

that might be valuable

to boys in your line of work.

It's a few square-door safes...

I know about

in this part of the country.

Of course, it'll mean a little

investment on your part.

MAN:
Thank you, ma'am.

[Cash register rings]

LOUlSE:
Can I help you?

WlLLlS:
I like that Red Cross

pin you got there,Avis.

-Thanks.

-You a nurse?

AVlS:

I was. That's how I met Brent.

One day he was just

another patient.

And then I ran off with him...

and here we are casing a bank.

WlLLlS:
You know how

he takes all them powders?

He ain't sick or nothing, is he?

AVlS:
Nah. It's just him.

I wear this for luck.

WlLLlS:
How's she look, Glass?

GLASSCOCK:
The list is genuine.

WlLLlS:
I knew that old man

was an honest criminal.

GLASSCOCK:

We can punch through the drum.

The box is an old rotten Packer.

WlLLlS:
Mm-hmm.

You can blow her

with the grease?

GLASSCOCK:
Oh,yeah.

Anything with a square door.

I'll take it off there

in one pop.

WlLLlS:
All right.

GLASSCOCK:

What else is on that list?

WlLLlS:
We got 41 banks here.

Now I figure we wait...

till these marks are flush

with that harvest money...

and then we take them

one by one.

GLASSCOCK:
That's good, huh?

AVlS:
Very good.

Who's gonna handle security?

WlLLlS:
Now,we need security?

GLASSCOCK:

While we're in the bank...

someone's gotta be outside

and watch our backs.

We'll find somebody.

[Starts engine]

I reckon I know some fellas

we can count on.

JESS:
Would you look at this?

JOE:
My goodness.

WlLLlS:
Welcome to Omaha, boys.

JOE:
Howdy,Willis.

WlLLlS:

What do you say, little brother?

JOE:
You look good.

WlLLlS:
Yeah? Feel good.

JESS:

Look at Willis the city slicker.

WlLLlS:
You like that, boy?

JESS:
Well,yeah.

WlLLlS:
What'd you boys bring

all that horse stuff for?

JOE:

You said you had a job for us.

WlLLlS:

I do have a job for you.

It's just not that type of job.

WlLLlS:
What do you think

of Omaha, boys?

JESS:
Looks good.

WlLLlS:
Everything looks good

from the seat of a Studebaker.

JESS:
Oh, my! Hello, darling!

Say good-bye to Daddy there

and say hello to me!

Oh, my goodness.

JOE:
Ay.

JESS:
I like this town.

JESS:
Look out!

[Honks horn]

WlLLlS:
Yep. It cost 1,900

off the showroom floor...

but this one's an even two

because of these custom wheels.

Think you can handle

a car like this,Joe?

JOE:
Couldn't do no worse.

WlLLlS:
Good.

That's part of your job.

Let's get you boys dressed.

JOE:
I don't know about this.

JESS:
Let's string him along

for a little while.

WlLLlS:
You're looking sharp.

Look at him.

Look at him.

CATHERlNE:

What do you do for a living?

JESS:

What do you do for a living?

CATHERlNE:
I'm a manicurist.

JESS:
You are a manicurist.

Well, all right.

What do you think

of these nails right here?

CATHERlNE:
You need to come in.

JESS:
Yeah,they need

some help, don't they?

Don't you look all spiffed up.

JOE:

Could say the same about you.

JESS:
Let me introduce y'all

to these two fine ladies.

This here is, uh, Catherine,

and this is Madeline.

This is Joe and Willis.

CATHERlNE:
So,what business

are you boys in?

JOE:

That's a mighty fine question.

Exactly what kind

of businessman are you,Willis?

WlLLlS:
Damn successful.

Now,y'all coming?

JESS:
Would you like

to join us for dinner?

-Um, sure.

-OK.

JESS:
Well, all righty.

[Light piano music]

JESS:
Now, I don't tell

a lot of people this...

but I am goodfriends

with Pancho Villa.

Now, it's the truth. It's true.

He comes into Texas

all the time.

I go down to Mexico.

We drink together.

He's always catching hell

in the papers.

I'm telling you

he's a great man.

Great man, Pancho Villa.

Friend of mine.

You ever had a steak so thick?

Mm-mmm.

No way,Willis.

I ain't never broke the law

in my life.

Saddle's hard,

but at least it's honest.

I ain't never broke the law

in my life, neither...

and they gave me three years

for it.

What about them watermelons

and chickens? That hog?

WlLLlS:

I ain't talking about that.

JOE:
You're talking about

taking people's money.

No, not people's money.

The bank's money.

Banks have been dealing

dirt to our people...

since before we was born,

little brother.

It's time we dealt some back.

Farmers got their money

in them banks.

lnsurance companies.

See, all the banks

is insured now.

And that's who takes the loss,

and, hell...

they're the biggest crooks

of them all.

We are just little thieves

stealingfrom the big thieves...

that's all.

[Jess whistling]

JESS:

You turn the little Baptist yet?

We've got two pieces of cake

over there...

and they do have a friend.

Just don'tfigure up to me,

that's all.

JESS:
Pa's been doing

his clean-living routine.

It's rubbing off on the kid.

WlLLlS:
Yeah.

Well,

if the kid ain't up for it...

It ain't like I'm afraid

or nothing.

JOE:
How's it look?

JESS:
Pretty dead.

JOE:
Yep.

Only an idiot would be out

on a night like this.

[Both chuckling]

JOE:
I don't know,Jess.

Somebody comes, I don't think

I can pull this trigger.

JESS:
Listen,Joe...

we're gonna do

what we talked about.

We're not gonna kill anybody.

That's why we got these

loaded up with birdshot.

Just gonna get this over with.

Then we'll get back

to that cake.

-All right?

-All right.

JESS:
All right.

GLASSCOCK:
You light the fuse

right after you pour it.

And you gotta pour it

very steady...

'cause if you get a gap

in that liquid...

it's gonna blow off crooked...

and jam up.

See, dynamite blows out

in all directions.

But nitro...

shoots straight out.

Anything that's not

nailed down in here...

is going right out that door

over there.

WlLLlS:

How long you been doing this?

GLASSCOCK:
Too damn long.

According to the odds

and the gods...

you only get to make

one mistake with this...

then they walk around

the edge of the crater.

And if they find a finger

or a toe...

well,that's what they bury.

We should probably leave now.

JOE:
What if they

blow themselves up in there?

JESS:
Well, I reckon

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