You Only Live Once Page #3

- I'll say so. This is some weather.

Just a minute, please.

Get back.

Eddie.

Any cops been around here?

Cops, why?

What are you doing with that gun?

Please, tell me what's the matter.

Oh, kid.

The bottom has dropped out

of everything.

Darling, what's happened?

Read this.

What's this got to do with you?

It's my hat,

look at the initials.

Your hat?

But, how could it be?

It is. Somebody stole it

when I was in Tony's Beanery...

they planted it to take the heat

off themselves and put it on me.

You believe me, Joan, don't you?

I do, Eddie, I do.

I took a chance on being blasted,

just to hear you say that.

I've got to make a run for it,

give me the keys to your car.

But, you didn't do it.

Give me them,

I've got to go.

You can't, there must be

some other way.

Do you want me to burn

for a job I didn't do?

Aren't you going to help me?

Eddie, you can't run. You'll never

be able to prove your innocence then.

What do you want me to do?

Give myself up?

Yes.

Are you crazy?

It's sensible. Anything else

will make you look guilty.

I'm a three-time loser. They're

looking for a goose to cook, I'm it.

You think they'll believe

I was out looking for a job?

If you love me,

stay here and face this.

If I do, it means the chair.

You're looking at it wrong. You're

innocent, you don't have to run away.

Try to make a jury believe that,

or anyone.

You can prove it, if you stay.

Run away, you'll never get a chance.

You must believe me.

Okay, kid.

We'll play it your way. But, you're

gambling with my life and if you...

I'm not wrong,

I know it.

Stick 'em up, Taylor,

or you're a dead man.

Don't, Eddie.

Let him.

Save the State the expense

of a trial.

Don't shoot.

He's giving himself up.

Think that jury will bring in

a verdict before our deadline?

That verdict

is our deadline.

Eddie.

Please, forgive me.

Please, forgive me.

Eddie.

Let's go.

Go ahead! Take a good look!

Monkeys! Have a good time!

Get a big kick out of it!

It's fun to see

an innocent man die, isn't it?

If you think I'll go to the chair,

you're crazy.

They're never gonna kill me

for a job I didn't do. Never.

Never. I'm innocent.

I didn't do it.

That's what they all say,

till the switch is thrown.

No, certainly I'm not

giving up the case.

I won't take the word of a jury who

convicted a man purely on his record.

I'm not that dumb.

Goodbye.

Be reasonable. You're not helping

Joan by keeping this case alive.

I think I am.

Stop acting like a 1936 Abraham

Lincoln and get some sense.

Eddie's been pounding on the door of

an execution chamber since birth.

Neither you nor anyone will

keep him from opening it.

What do you suggest I do?

Let him die, without a fight?

Yes.

The sooner he does, the sooner

Joan will come to her senses.

Stephen.

You forget, Joan's going

to be a mother.

I'm not forgetting anything.

If he dies, it'll just about kill

Joan too. I'm not going to give up.

He'll be on the other side

of this glass.

You talk through

these holes.

You mean well, father,

but I won't see her.

Eddie, open your eyes,

stop walking in the dark.

I tell you, I won't see her.

Leave me alone.

She's fighting for you

every minute.

There's nothing she wouldn't do

to help you. Believe me, nothing.

Okay, father.

Okay. I'll see her.

Thanks for seeing me.

I'd have died if you hadn't.

Say something.

Speak to me, please.

I'm going crazy,

thinking of you, here...

night after night,

days alone.

No matter how much you hate me, I

hate myself more for what's happened.

I love you,

I'll always love you.

Then why don't you

do something about it?

What can I do? Tell me,

I'll do anything in the world.

Put your head closer.

Get me a gun. A gun.

Get me a gun.

A gun?

Day after tomorrow, they let you

see me for the last time.

You can slip it to me then.

I can't, I can't.

You'll kill somebody.

What do you think

they're going to do to me?

Eddie.

Eddie.

He's gone, Mrs. Taylor.

Extra!

Governor refuses stay!

Taylor dies tomorrow!

Read all about it! Extra!

Taylor dies tomorrow!

Read all about it!

Governor refuses stay!

Extra! Taylor dies tomorrow!

Read all about it! Taylor

dies tomorrow! Extra! Extra!

Taylor dies tomorrow!

Will I see him

in his cell?

Yes, my dear.

Joan, it's going to take a lot

of courage to say goodbye.

You'll have to be

a good soldier.

Hello, father.

Hello, Dan.

All right.

Don't be afraid, we just passed

the electric eye which detects metal.

You'll have to come with us

to be searched.

I?

I'm the culprit, boys. I shoulve

left my pocket knife in my room.

- Well, you see...

- You're not packing a machine gun?

It was thoughtless of me,

we'll be right back.

Okay, father.

Come on, Joan.

Give me that gun.

But...

Give me that gun.

Now, let's go to him.

Father, I can't

disappoint him again.

When they take him,

will you be with him?

I'll be by his side

until the end.

Just before the end,

not before...

tell him I haven't forgotten

about the frogs.

He'll know what I mean.

Fine world. First, they kill the

chicken, Taylor eats the chicken.

Then, they kill Taylor.

If I wasn't crazy,

I'd worry about that.

Rogers.

I want to see my wife.

Too late now,

it's against the rules.

Would you do one favour

for me?

Anything that ain't

against the rules.

Tell her that I love her...

that I'm sorry I acted

like such a heel.

Tell her that, Rogers.

That's not against the rules.

Tommy.

- Chicken.

- I know it's chicken.

Look at this.

I'm not hungry.

Well, drink your coffee anyway.

It's good for you.

I don't want it.

Boy, it's going to be

foggy out tonight.

Smell that grub.

We've got a new cook.

A guy who poisoned

three of his customers.

- It was a great break for us.

- Put it down and get out.

You don't like your food, huh?

Call the hospital,

hurry!

You can't do it this way,

you've got to walk to the chair.

Nobody's going to make

a sucker out of me.

Hello?

Give me the hospital, quick.

Alright, bring him

to the hospital, immediately.

Prepare for a transfusion.

Will it be necessary to

postpone the execution?

What time is it now?

Five-thirty.

Get me Dr. Hill.

Yes, sir.

Doctor, it's the Warden.

Yes, Warden?

He's weak, but he'll be

strong enough by then.

I'll keep him here, where we can

watch him, until the time comes.

Thanks, Doctor.

The execution will go on

as scheduled, at 11 pm.

You saved his life, Rogers.

Is there anything else

I can do for you?

Sit on my lap

when they throw the switch.

- Put him on ward nine.

- Yes, sir.

Rats!

You're not gonna burn me!

You're just begging for

the isolation cell, aren't you?

What do I care?

Alright boys, put him in. No reason

why the others should be disturbed.

There's still time for the governor

to grant a reprieve.

No.

It's too late now.

- Tommy, let's have a look at him.

- Yes, sir.

Stick 'em up, all of you.

Back up.

And no noise.

Slide over and face the wall.

Hurry up.

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