The Defiant Ones Page #2

It won't break.

Need a chisel and a hammer.

- Come on, let's go.

- Go where?

- Pineville.

- Pineville's south. I don't go south.

I knew a girl in Pineville.

We'll get this broke.

Then what? A strange coloured man

in a white South town.

How long before they pick me up?

Get off my back!

I ain't married to you! Come on!

You married to me all right,

and here's the ring.

But I ain't goin' south on no

honeymoon. We goin' north.

- Through the swamp?

- We go around it.

I used to work a turpentine mill

There's a train come to pick up

the turpentine every day.

It come out of the swamp and cross

the line to the paint makers in Ohio.

Now we try for that train.

- How long you been in jail?

- Eight years.

And the train's still runnin'?

- I don't know.

- You don't know?

Askin' me to go 60 miles with you

and you don't even know!

What are you invitin' me on?

A long walk off a short pier?

Nothin' doin'! Now come on!

Come on, damn you!

Come on!

- You're Charlie Potatoes, uh?

- Yeah.

You gonna dance down the street with

a gal on one arm and this on the other?

You gonna grab a boat to Rio,

pullin' your own anchor?

We can get this broke.

What you gonna do?

Bite it through with your teeth?

Maybe your head's hard enough!

The time's gonna come, Joker.

The time's gonna come.

But if you want it to be right here,

right now, that's OK with me.

You got the advantage of me -

tough to see if the light ain't good.

But you can hear me, Joker, so listen

good. Either we go north together,

or together we gonna go them 10 miles

right back onto Dead Street!

You're right, boy. You're right.

The time is gonna come.

It's sure gonna come.

All right. Now north is up that way.

( rock'n'roll)

All right, men, we're ready to move out.

The sheriff is in charge. I'm second in

command. You take your orders from us.

You will deploy into two groups,

pivotin' around the headquarters group,

which consists of the sheriff and myself.

You. Douse that radio.

One more thing.

This may take a couple of days.

Maybe more.

So all check your gear.

Your rations. Ponchos.

You new deputies,

you check with the troopers.

Keep your lines dressed. Don't fall behind.

Just one minute.

- Anythin' you'd like to add, Sheriff?

- Negative.

Deploy.

Let's move out.

( rock'n'roll)

I almost... swallowed half that river.

Thanks.

- What for?

- For pullin' me out.

Man, I didn't pull you out.

I kept you from pullin' me in.

( rock'n'roll)

What is it?

- You didn't approve of dogs.

- I got nothin' against dogs.

They're man's best friend, aren't they?

What are you lookin' for? Lipstick?

All right, Solly, get goin'.

Sheriff, I can't run my dogs

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