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Los Angeles to Reno.

Tough job, driving a truck.

Got any other hot news tonight?

I never realised

how tough it was before.

The tough part, you can take that.

It's the monotony that gets ya.

I've been thinking I'm gonna

get out of this trucking game.

Why don't you?

One of the neighbours told my wife

it's stylish to eat three meals a day.

- You married?

- Nope.

Go ahead and whistle.

- That thing bother you?

- What is it?

Here. Stick this wad

of paper in there, will ya?

It's a pretty good thing to have around,

one of these extinguishers.

I wouldn't be without one.

Now, take the other day.

A big truck

turns over right down here.

The gasoline catches,

and she goes up like a matchbox.

A friend of the

driver's gets caught in it.

If the driver hadn't had an extinguisher,

his pal would have been fried alive.

I didn't see it happen.

I never see anything happen.

I don't even hear about anything,

except what my wife tells me

she sees in the movie pictures.

That's the way she spends the money:

Movie pictures and new hats.

Buys a hat so she can go

to the picture show.

No, sir. I haven't got

anything to whistle about.

Where are you from, bud?

Uh... Los Angeles.

Tough. You work down there?

- Yeah. Well, I did.

- What doing?

I was working in an aeroplane factory.

I was wondering why

you weren't in the army.

Yeah.

They're particular

about the fellows they hire.

That's no more than right. They gotta

be careful they don't get blown up.

Yeah.

I understand if a fellow's

got a police record - no job.

- Is that right?

- Oh, I don't know.

Hey, buddy.

Hold the wheel a while, will you?

I'm a nicotine addict.

Hey, watch it, bud!

Stay on this side of the white line.

Where do you wanna get off

when we get to Springville?

It doesn't matter.

Drop me in the middle of town.

The minute you get to Springville,

you're in the middle of the town.

The next minute, the place is a memory.

Whole town isn't a city block long.

You going to one of those big ranches?

- Yeah.

- I'd be glad to drop you off.

That's it! Deep Springs Ranch.

Hey! Say, that's a whale of a big place.

Got a chance of a job there?

Yeah. I think so.

You ought to like it. Nice climate.

The police!

Maybe something's happened!

- I'd like to talk with you out here.

- Yeah, sure.

Stay here. I'll be right back.

Hey, bud! Come on. Everything's fixed.

Good night, Officer.

Can you imagine a thing like that?

Cop, sirens, the whole works!

One of my tail lights went out.

That's the trucking game

for you in a nutshell.

"Calling all highway patrolmen."

"Be on lookout

for a man named Barry Kane."

"Last seen on Highway 99.

He has dark brown hair, blue eyes,

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