Herbie Rides Again
- G
- Year:
- 1974
- 88 min
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What a location!
Si. The mighty Coliseum.
The glory of Roma.
Doesn't it stir your...
your imagination?
You bet it does, baby!
a shopping centre we could put there?
Plenty of parking, too.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the world's highest
office building! Hawk Plaza!
130 stories of man-made glory!
In a few hours, Hawk Enterprises
will break ground on this project.
''How did it happen?'' you ask.
Here's the man who made it possible.
Thank you, friends. Thank you.
My heart is too full to speak.
You see?
You've brought a tear
to this flinty old eye.
So, all I can say is thank you.
Thank you for allowing me to share
a moment of your precious time.
before they drink all my booze.
Alright, everyone, to my office,
- Hello?
- Mr. Barnsdorf, sir.
Hello, Barnsdorf.
When can we start digging?
What are you talking about?
That building site's as clean as a...
What's that?
I thought we got rid of
that crummy firehouse months ago!
A little hold-up. Old lady Steinmetz
won't sign the papers.
One little beat-up old lady
makes monkeys of the most
overpaid lawyers in the country.
C'mon, boys! I expect action.
I'd better get it or else!
She doesn't seem to trust us.
Well, of course she doesn't!
Look at yourselves.
Your own mothers wouldn't trust you.
What we need is someone
so nauseatingly innocent,
so stomach-churningly helpful
and so dumb,
Mr. Willoughby Whitfield for you.
He says he's your nephew.
Whoever he is, throw him out.
And don't bother me again!
Say, wait. Is he the dumb-looking
kid of my sister's from back east,
goes to law school or something?
He finished law school.
He's a full-fledged lawyer.
He's a full-fledged lawyer!
Send him in!
Mr. Hawk will see you now.
Thank you.
Come in, boy. Come in!
Isn't he beautiful?
Uncle Alonzo, I hereby present you
with the Furze Law College
Humanitarian of the Year Award.
Well, well, well.
Humanitarian of the Year, eh?
That's right.
Award committees
give out humanitarian awards
to a lot of strange ducks,
but why me?
- I was the award committee.
- You put in the fix?
You took care of your Uncle Alonzo.
Smart boy.
how to use juice properly.
Juice?
Yes, juice.
How to use muscle, influence.
How to bend things his own way.
Oh, no. Goodness, no.
It wasn't done dishonestly.
I thought it over and couldn't
think of anyone any more deserving.
How come?
Mother has never tired of saying
what a great man her brother was.
Replacing dirty old buildings
with shiny new ones,
sending us fruit at Christmas.
You were her idol.
Can't you clowns get out of here?
I'd like to have a nice talk
with my... favorite nephew.
When I look into your eyes
and see the shining light of idealism
aglow there,
and ready for battle!
- Battle?
- Yes, battle!
It has never been easy
for us idealists.
And now I am going to
give you a chance
to put that idealism into play
on your very first job.
Picture, if you will,
living in a rundown,
rat-infested firehouse,
standing in the way of
There may be builders
who could find it in their heart
to be vindictive to this old lady.
They might say that
she feeds on the misery of the poor
in that forsaken neighborhood.
That she rolls drunks,
teaches small children to steal,
and make them bring
most of the take to her,
Would I, Alonzo Hawk,
Humanitarian of the Year,
stoop to such tactics?
On the contrary. I would do
everything in my power
to help that tough,
no-good little old lady.
I'd give her a large sum
for that worthless property
and provide, at special price to her,
a lifetime lease in Eternity Towers,
that beautiful new haven
for helpless old people like her.
It has a gymnasium, a sauna,
and old Rudolph Valentino,
Sessue Hayakawa movies.
A beauty parlor, a hobby centre,
and instead of
cooking her heart out
over a hot stove,
automatic machines in every hall
will lavish her with everything
from pizza to hot chili.
Wouldn't it make your whole being
happy to be part of all that?
- When can I start?
- Here's the address. Get moving.
- Here.
- Thanks, pal.
Isn't it breathtaking?
Yeah, it's a mess alright.
That guy Hawk ought to be hung.
What?
I'm coming!
Mrs.. Steinmetz?
I'm Willoughby Whitfield.
- I'd like to discuss some business.
- Come in, won't you?
I can't. This car
has rolled onto my foot.
Oh, dear.
I guess you forgot to set the brake.
Herbie, aren't you ashamed?
Get off Mr. Whitfield's foot!
Herbie protects me.
Herbie?
But I am capable
of taking care of myself.
I was about to make myself
a nice cup of tea.
- Come in and have one with me.
- Thank you.
I have to humor Herbie.
He used to be a famous racing car.
But his driver went to Europe
so he's a little sensitive.
- You can understand that.
- Yes. To get down to business,
people are worried about you living
in this firetrap, so I came to...
Firehouse, young man, not fire trap.
Firehouse, yes. Be that as it may,
the least we can do...
Stop that! That's downright rude.
Do you know what he was playing?
Do Not Trust Him, Gentle Maiden.
Nothing personal.
- He's a friend of Herbie's.
- A friend of Herbie's?
So is Old 22. You may as well meet
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