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Synopsis: Young Matt Masters, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence. Still, Matt does not quite trust Howitt.....
Director(s): Henry Hathaway
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
APPROVED
Year:
1941
98 min
562 Views


a letter to the bank

where I have my money,

tellin' them to... to pay cash

to whoever has that letter.

Is it honest?

Yes, if you have the money

in the bank.

All right,

I'd like to see you do it.

Hello, Hank!

Hello, Sammy.

Let's see, Mrs. Palestrom.

Hello, Mrs. Kundy.

I got Coleby's Cholera Tincture,

Miss Wassop's Soothing Syrup,

Kittredge's Salve and Wahoo Tonic.

Could be she might

be needin' worm cakes.

Nope, 'tain't that. I put a dried tater

chip and two crawdad legs in her bed,

but she's still got that seldom feelin',

complainin' from head to heel.

How much is them?

I'm gettin' tired of soakin'

sugar s-s-sops.

Better do somethin' about

that neck rash you got there.

'Tain't rash. It's the dye

from off my shirt.

I didn't souse it enough in lye water.

You oughta see our young'uns

just like a passel of pure redskins.

Them's 30 cents.

The mouthpiece is for nothin'.

Thirty cents!

Howdy, Sammy.

Been wantin' to meet your cousin.

Hello, Mr. Howitt.

How do you do, sir?

He wants to cash a check... one of them letters

to where he's got money in the bank.

How much do you reckon

to want, Mr. Howitt?

Well, if it's convenient,

I could use a hundred dollars.

You could use a hundred dollars?

Yes, if it's convenient.

Well, uh...

I have letters of

identification here.

Well, uh, Sammy's say - so

is all right with me.

I... I'll look around.

Smart.

Twenty-five, 30, 35, 40.

Forty-five.

It's Confederate.

Forty will do me fine.

I didn't dig into my real reserves.

They ain't here.

There you are, sir.

Thank you very much.

Look out, Al.

You know about them

city telephone machines for talkin'?

Yeah. What about 'em?

Seems foolish to me.

Ain't nobody in the Ozarks don't know

you got a hundred dollars right now.

Remember now, you keep shut.

I'll do the talkin'.

Anything you say, Sammy.

It ain't gonna be so pleasant,

on account of Aunt Mollie, it ain't.

She always looks at ya

like a sheep-killin' dog.

How 'bout Old Matt?

Oh, him?

When he finds out you got a hundred dollars, his

eyes will get bigger than buckets of hog lard.

Don't open it.

They'll shoot ya

clean back to the valley.

Hello!

Hello, there!

He ain't totin' no gun.

Come on.

I told you afore you ain't wanted here.

Where's your woman?

Down by the hog scald.

So you're the cousin, eh?

What do you want?

He wants to buy some dirt land.

Go on in.

I'll fetch my woman.

While I worry him,

you head for the house.

He's ornery, just like

them he watches for.

He ain't educated to city talk.

You gotta twist him around a pole

or somethin' to get what you want.

You see?

Yes, I do.

Friends, Pete.

Won't nobody hurt ya.

That's Pete.

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Grover Jones

Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 104 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publisher and prolific short story writer. Jones was born in Rosedale, Indiana, grew up in West Terre Haute, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California. He was the father of American polo pioneer Sue Sally Hale. more…

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