Take the Money and Run Page #5

He becomes a model prisoner

and is put to work in the laundry.

Visitor Starkwell.

For me?

I'm not with the Philharmonic.

I know.

I'm sorry.

It's O.K. Virgil. You don't mind

I came to see you, do you?

No, I'm more than happy to see you.

But how did you find out I was here?

I called your landlady.

She told me where you were.

She said that...

Virgil, did you rob a bank?

I did not rob a bank. If I robbed a bank,

everything would be great.

Well, what did you do?

I tried to rob a bank,

I think is what happened.

And uh, they got me.

I misspelled a note.

Virgil.

Can you bake?

I need a cake, a big cake.

A chocolate cake.

Virgil, you're allergic to chocolate.

I need a cake with a gun in it.

I'll bake you a cake

and put a gun in it.

I need a dozen chocolate chip cookies

with bullets in each of them.

How long are you going to be here?

Oh, well, uh,

I estimate a neighborhood of...

What's today, Monday?

Tuesday... Wednesday... 10 years.

Virgil!

Is it possible you can wait for me?

Yes, if you want me to.

With Louise to inspire him,

Virgil works hard

and becomes more optimistic.

She comes frequently

for the next few months.

He complains about the food,

and she brings home-cooked meals.

Louise's impact on Virgil is discussed

here by Dr. Julius Epstein,

a one time prisoner psychiatrist,

who recalls Virgil.

Louise meant a great deal to Virgil

from a psychiatric point of view.

His love for her was

the healthiest thing in his life.

It was genuine and clean.

Not like some patients I know.

She ain't gonna wait Virgil.

They think they can,

but they never do.

You know I become eligible

for parole in a year and a half.

Yeah, well that's nice.

With any luck, maybe two or three

years you'll get out of here, yeah.

Could be a lot shorter.

What do you mean?

Means we got this proposition

we want to talk over with you.

What kind of proposition?

Like next week five of us are

going to make it out of here.

Now we need another man.

It's all set. By next week,

we can be miles away from this zoo.

You guys gotta be kidding.

We'll never get out of here.

They'd kill us.

We've got out of rougher places

than this.

Why don't you just think

about it, alright?

Ain't no broad gonna wait around

for years for you.

No matter what she tells you

in prison and all.

Well, I think the conflict

in this personality,

uh, sorta started from

his formative years.

I think it gives evidence

in his choice of the cello.

For instance, studying the cello

at the age of six.

Is just coming out of

the formative years,

but the conflict is there in his choice.

Because it is generally assumed

the cello is a phallic symbol,

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