Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) - full transcript

(GUN FIRES)

(HORSE WHINNIES)

WOMAN 1: I bet she
thinks she hot shit.

She been here one day
and already she's looking
around for something else.

She kind of young
to be at what we at.

Ah, she ain't that young.
Hey! New girl.

You never told us
where you was from.

I'm from a lot of places.

Where you from?

I was born and raised
right here in this town.

My folks helped build it.



I see they left you
a part of it.

Hmm. I bet your folks
was from Texas.

There's something about you
that brings Texas to mind.

I didn't have no
mama and daddy.

A farmer found me in a pig pen
when I was just a couple
hours old.

He said the hogs couldn't
make up their mind whether
to have me for dinner,

or just lick the blood off me.

Hello, it's washing time.

Mr. Chin don't like
nobody to be late.

WOMAN 2: Well, she didn't
have no parents.

Generally sit around with
your legs spread wide open
like that, little honey?

It depends on what
I'm looking for.

What you looking for?

What you got?



Come on, get up,
little honey. Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Not out here.

Come on in here.

You got pretty skin.

Sure are a pretty
little thing.

Yes, sir.

Soft and pretty.

Strong, too.

Hold on, now.

Gonna be hurting me
with your big, strong self.

Oh, I ain't gonna hurt you,
honey.

Wait a minute.
We ain't talked no money yet.

Now, how much
you gonna pay me?

I'm gonna pay you nothing
until I feel your body, huh?

(GROANS IN PAIN)

Oh, God!

Let's go see how much
you really got now,
Mr. Dodsy.

Ho, ho, ho.

Well, look what I've got.

Ah, Miss Thomasine.

Thomasine. Hmm.

Now just supposing,
just supposing...

I was to let you drift on
in there forever. Hmm?

Maybe I ought to throw
Dodson in there with you.

I wish I could show you
your face.

You know, them big eyes,
they just look like
they're gonna

pop right out of your head.

I just wanted to show you
that you ain't as smart as
you thought you might be.

That's all.

Now, you come on out.

Damned if you ain't
the best-looking bounty hunter
I ever did see.

I want my money.

Oh, yeah, your money.

Your money.

You gotta sign for it.

Right there.

I know where to sign.

All right.

You been doing this long?

Long enough.

(SIGHS)

There's a lot of money
for one man.

Sure wish I could've
been the one to collect it.

That ain't been collected yet.

He's still alive?

Oh, yeah.

He's still out there
somewhere.

Trouble is, you can't
get nobody to talk
about him.

Not just yet.

Is he really alive?

Yeah, every so often I hear
about him spooking up
some place.

Any notion which way
he was heading?

I wish I did. I want him.

You want that $1,000,
don't you? Hmm?

Well, you know, it don't
make no difference to me
who collects that money.

I just want his ass
back here in this jail.

(WHOOPING
AND HOLLERING)

(WHINNYING)

Easy, baby.

Easy, baby.
Easy, easy, easy, easy.

See how that was?
Easy, baby. Easy, baby.

(WHINNYING)

Easy, easy, easy.

Attagirl, all right.

Good horse.
That's a good horse.
Atta horse, good.

Easy, baby. Easy, easy, easy.

That's the way you're supposed
to break a horse.

Hold it, sonny! Just hold it.

You ain't got to be acting
crazy on me.

What can I do for you?

I just want to look at you
up close.

I been hearing about you
since you was a little
bitty thing.

Running around
with them circus people.

In fact,

some folks say
you can't even die.

I'm sorry I scared you
with my gun.

Oh, don't worry about it.
You didn't scare me!

You just made my heart
go to sleep for a couple
of minutes!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

What do they call you?

Well, now,

they call me a lot of things.

But my name is Nathaniel.

And you wanna know
something else?

You the first person
who done asked my name
in a long time.

Well, there are not
too many of us around.

I just thought it might
be nice to know in case
I run into you again.

(EXHALES) You know,
that's a nice thought, son.

Anyway,
it's a pleasure meeting you.

It ain't often that I get
a chance to talk to
somebody like you.

Take care now.

You take care.

I'm gonna pray for you.

Nathaniel,

you ever hear tell
of Adolph Smith?

Sometimes calls himself
"Adolph the Butcher"?

Phew. Yeah.

I heard it.

I heard he laughs
while he's killing people.

Good evening, sir.

Kindly fill those up with
some of that green stuff
you're growing back there.

Get around and make sure
he doesn't leave anything
stuck in the ground.

I hope they put you in a cage.
Because you're trash.
Filthy trash.

(WHIMPERING)

Come on.

You want a name.

I never heard nothing, mister.

Please don't hurt me.

I wouldn't harm you.
You've got a gentle face.

Won't you turn around
so my partner can search you?

Come on, turn around!

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

Come on, Adolph,
let's get out of here!

(ENGINE STARTS)

(PIANO PLAYING)

(CHATTERING)

(LAUGHING)

Ante up.

You still not doing so good,
are you, bucky boy?

You talking to me?

Yeah! (LAUGHS)

There were two young boys
hanging from a tree
just outside of town.

Anybody here know who did it?

We seen them
when we come in.

Somebody probably having
a little fun.

(LAUGHS)

Cards?

Two.

Where'd you learn
to play poker,

in the outhouse?

I'm still waiting.

Where are you from, boy?

I want my cards, dealer.

We don't want you
infecting our cards

with your
nappy-headed hands.

(CHUCKLES)

I want to see the color

of your money,
Negro.

(GROANS IN PAIN)

(PIANO STOPS)

(STUTTERING)
I didn't mean anything,
fella.

I was just joking.

MAN: Come on.
Give him a break.
He didn't mean nothing.

DEALER: You lucky, Clinton.

That's H.P. Bushrod you
almost got shot by.

You lucky he had something
else on his line too.

Oh, uh, Mr. Bushrod?

I let somebody in your room.

I wouldn't have normally
done it, sir,

but she said she was
your wife.

What are you talking about?

Well, I asked her if
I should fetch you,

but she said you didn't
like to be bothered while
you was gambling.

What's she look like?

I haven't seen her
in a long time.

Oh, well, if you don't mind
me saying it, sir,

she's the most prettiest
colored woman I've ever
looked at.

Thank you, Ricky.

How you do,
Mr. Bushrod?

I knew he wouldn't stop me
if I said I was your wife.

Keep shaking your head
like that and it's gonna
fall off.

I ask you,
how you do?

I do fine, Thomasine,
I do fine.

I just never thought
I'd see you again.

Here I am.

And you look good.

Damn, you look good.

Come on in.

Got a lot to talk about.

Anyway, um,

I been a whole lot of places
since I seen you last.

I bet you have.

Kind of beginning to feel like
a hopping bug.

So when this...
This guy came along,

he kind of gave me
something to lean on.

He's the one who's coming
in on the stagecoach
tomorrow, right?

Yep, that's him.

What does he do?

Well, what difference
does it make?

I just wanted to know,
that's all.

You know, up until
a few days ago I thought
you were dead.

How'd you find out I wasn't?

I met a marshal who
was looking for you.

His name was Bogardie.

You met old Bogardie, huh?

Mm-hm.

I did something to him once.

Something that made him
look like a fool in front
of a lot of people.

He's been wearing me
to death ever since.

That's another reason
I've been so tired.

That, and the fact that
there's somebody out there
I been looking for.

Somebody out there
I gotta kill.

I heard about it.

I'm really sorry
about what they did
to your sister.

So am I.

Hey.

Look at this.
You wanna see something?

All of them are you.

Where'd you get this?

Well, every time I'd hit
a new town, I'd go
to the jailhouse,

and blink my eyes
at the sheriff.

Soon as he turned his back,
I'd just snatch them
off the wall.

You know I almost
broke my neck trying
to get those things?

One time he turned around
too fast, and I was
running out the door,

and I ran smack into
one of them new
riding machines.

You ran into an automobile?

Mm-hm. (LAUGHS)

You know, there's some places
east of here

where you can find four or
five of them in the same town.

You know, sometimes
I feel sorry for horses.

It must make them feel
real sick to see

one of those monsters rolling
along carrying four and five
people at the same time.

Well, one thing, though,

you never have to worry about
a horse running out of gas.

(CHUCKLES)

Whoever called this place
the Last Town sure knew
what they were talking about.

Don't talk so much.

I'm so glad
you're still alive.

Well...

Looks like this one
might be even easier
than the last one.

There won't be nothing to it.

Yeah. It's gonna be a while
before it gets open,

so I'm gonna see if
we can scrape up
a couple of drinks.

Damn good idea!

Adolph!

I have no protection.

You won't shoot
an unarmed man, huh?

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

I don't care
what you do to me, you savage.

It ain't gonna bring back
your ill-bred sister.

(MUTTERING)

Now, don't make us
kill you, son.

Just drop your gun
real easy like.

That man out there
is Adolph Smith.
He's wanted for murder.

You better go
take a look at him.

Hold on, sheriff.

Don't you move, Bushrod.

Been thinking about you,
Bushrod.

Ever since you broke
out of jail.

You know, there was a woman
asking about you
the other day.

Just made me want to
come out and start looking
for you again.

U.S. Marshal Bogardie.

Fella's wanted for murder,
Sheriff.

He have anything to do
with that over there?

SHERIFF: Looks like it.

Why don't we just do
the government a favor
and get rid of him right here?

You'd be making
a mistake, Sheriff.

That post is no good anymore.

He's lying!

Well, we gotta at least
check his story out!

It won't take but
a few minutes.

It only took a few minutes

for him to kill those men
over there, sheriff.

Now, you good people,

you got to listen to me.

You got to remember
that this is your town,

and you can't let nobody
come in here and
break your laws!

You got to take another look
at them bodies on the ground
over there,

and think about your children.

You owe it to them
to help me eliminate
this vicious killer!

Now look, you can't do this
to my town. I won't allow it.

Sheriff, if you just...

Get your gun on him!

Now, when he comes to,
he's gonna realize that we...

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Drop it, drop it!
Leave it down! Leave it down!

I'm really sorry
I got you into this mess.

Ain't anything to be
sorry about.

I knew what I was doing.

The only problem is,
what are we gonna do now?

Maybe I can get some work
breaking horses.

And how much does that pay?

If I really work at it,
maybe two,

three dollars a day.

(LAUGHS)
Two or three dollars a day?

I mean, what are we going
to sleep on, the horses?

I don't think that's funny.
What the hell you
laughing at?

Hey, baby, I'm not
laughing at you.

What you laughing at then?
Ain't nobody else here
but the fish!

Well, it's gonna take
a lot more than that!

Look, I don't know what
you been used to
living off of,

but $3 a day
is a lot of money
if you handle it right.

Okay, baby. I mean,

but before, I mean, there was
just one of you,
and it was enough.

But now there's two of us.
You know.

I'd like a house, and horses.

A little piece of land.

I mean, wouldn't you like
to be breaking your
own horses?

How do you feel breaking
those horses and just never
seeing them again?

Okay, Thomasine.

Whatever we have to do
to stay alive,

I don't care what it is,

we'll do it, all right?

And everything that you want...

I'll get it for you.

I promise.

Okay.

You know I ain't never had
a family before, so
I'm holding you to that.

Why don't you just go in
the water and wash yourself?

You're the dirtiest.
You go first.

Try it!

* Thomasine and Bushrod

* Thomasine and Bushrod

"Last seen in the company
of an unidentified

colored girl"?

Unidentified colored girl
my ass.

I'll show them how
unidentified I am.

What's that in your hand?

Nothing.

I went by the stable to
see if I could get work.

They didn't have anything
for me to do.

We don't want to stay
in this old town anyway.

-Let's get outta here, then.
-Let's go in.

I want us to take
a picture together.

Baby, you must be going batty.

We ain't got no time
to be doing no posing!

There's 200 people out here
looking for us!

It ain't gonna take no time.
We ain't never had a picture
together.

We want to take
a picture together.

How long is it gonna take?

Shouldn't take too long.

Okay, um,

where do you want us
to stand?

Over there, under the light.

Now just relax for a minute,
and we'll be ready.

Hey, wait a minute.

What can I do for you now,
young lady?

I wanna know, what side
do I have to be on

to come out on the left
of the photograph?

Well, now.

Do you mean on the left side
of the actual photograph,

or the left side of
the person looking at it?

We'll go again.

Okay, this is the way
I wanna be.

Ready?

When are we gonna
get the picture?

Well, it's just not gonna
drop out.

Come back in a couple
minutes, it'll be ready.

I just asked you
a simple question,

now don't you go be
making fun of me, now.

Come on.

You gotta learn how to control
that temper of yours.

I didn't like the way
she was talking to me.

Bushrod...

Ain't that pretty?

-Is that a car over there?
-Yeah.

-Let's go look at it.
-Okay.

Look at this!

I want a car just like
this one.

This car,
where do you think
he got it from?

I'm a horse man,
I don't know anything
about cars.

Hey, hey, hey...

You don't have
to be afraid, boy!

I ain't gonna hurt you!

I know it ain't every day

your gal gets to rub on
a pretty car like that.

Would you children
like to go for a ride?

Leave them alone, honey,
they didn't mean anything.

Quiet, Charlotte!

You know what old
Abe Lincoln said.

We gotta be nice
to our negroes.

What you do for a living,
mister?

My name's Tyler, son.
I own this town and
everything in it.

Including this here bank!

(STAMMERING) Look, mister,
we got a little money saved.

You think maybe it would
be safe if we put it
in your bank?

You wait right here,
Charlotte, I'll be right back.

Open it up, Farley!

We've got a couple of visitors
who want to look around.

We got the best
safety record in the country.

Why, our security measures
are one you won't
find anywhere.

That means our money
will be safe in here.

MR. TYLER: Oh, absolutely.

We've got over
$2 million in assets.

All in there?

-Why, we couldn't keep
that much money in there.
-Oh.

Get the money.

You're not seriously thinking
of robbing us, now, are you?

Farley?

This boy's from one
of those minstrel shows?
Ah!

I think you'd better
stop moving if you wanna
stay alive. Get over there!

I guess you and that gal are
smarter than I thought, boy.

Get the money.

Step aside, baby.

No!

Get in there! Get in there!

Get over there!
Sit over there, quick.

-That's all the cash we have.
-Well, what's in there?

There's just trust deeds
and papers in there!

They wouldn't do you any good!

Make him open those drawers.

There's just writing papers
in there!

Then open the damn drawers.
I wanna write a letter.

Open the drawers!

You made me look like
a fool in front of my woman.

Before I've finished with you,
you're going to be sorry
you ever saw me!

Now get out of here!

THOMASINE:
If you try to follow us,
we're gonna kill your husband.

-I gotta go get our pictures.
-Come back here.
What are you doing?

Come back here!

(ENGINE STARTS)

-You ain't gonna get away
with this, boy!
-We'll see about that.

Got a lot of friends
around here.

Maybe Abe Lincoln
will help you.

You'll be sorry
the day you tried this.

Come on!

Why don't we leave him here?

No, no, we got some talking
to do.

THOMASINE:
You really look good
in that coat!

BUSHROD: You really think so?

THOMASINE: Yeah!

Hey, why don't we get us
some fancy clothes?

-What?
-Why don't we get us
some fancy clothes?

That's good. Maybe I can shave
this beard off, and people
won't recognize me.

Hey, my man wants to
shave his face.

What you think about that,
Mr. Tyler? (LAUGHS)

-Hey, why's he mad at us?
-I can't hear you,
what'd you say?

Why's he mad at us? Yeah!

Why's he mad at us?

'Cause Abraham Lincoln
lied to him!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(CHOKING)

(PANTING)

Baby, baby, baby...

Baby...

Wait for me.

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(SOBBING)

Baby, baby, baby...

Baby, baby...

Baby, baby...

It's my fault. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I told you to leave
that man in town.

Look, I said I was sorry!

That's all I've been hearing
since I've been with you.

Well, I'm sick and tired
of your sorrys.

And I'm tired of having
to tell you what to do
all the time!

Let me tell you something.

I'm tired of you trying to tell
me what to do all the time!

The only reason I haven't
kicked your ass to China

is because I know what
you must have gone through

trying to stay alive
by yourself.

Don't you think you're doing
me favors.

I was making it by myself
before you came prancing
into my life

with all your mystery shit!

If you don't like
my so-called mystery shit,

you should have
stayed in that town

and waited for that guy
on that stage.

And while we're
talking about it,

the only reason
I put up with your
trying to be a man.

Trying to be a man?
Trying to be a man?

(GROANS)

I'm sorry.

I love you.

I love you too, baby.
I love you too.

It's gonna be all right.

It's gonna be all right.

Okay?

Come on, come on.

Come on.

I guess she wanted to be
on the left side so her
name would come first.

Was Bushrod against
her name coming first?

I don't think he knew
about it.

How do you know that?

Well, he was out in the car
holding onto Mr. Tyler.

He didn't say much
in the bank, either.

It looked to me like she was
running the show.

He went along with
everything she said, huh?

MAN: Well,
there was one time
when he gave her

a kind of crooked look.

What the hell
is a crooked look?

Well, I mean, it was something
she did he didn't like.

Try to remember what it was,
now, it might be important.

Of all the things I could
think of, I'd never picture
them robbing a bank.

Lady, hush.

Yeah, that was it.

I remember now.

It was when he wanted
to do something,

and she told him
to do something else.

Now, that's when the
crooked look came in.

You've all been very helpful.

WOMAN: Oh, where are you
taking the poster?

Oh, I'm just taking it back
to the sheriff's office.

Well, uh, tell Sheriff McCullers
to save me the poster.

You know,
just in case they get famous.

I plan to have them inside
a couple of weeks, lady.

What the hell makes you think
they're gonna live long enough
to become famous?

Well... They're so bold.

I mean, look at what they did.

Negroes don't do
things like that.

Negroes sing and dance
and steal chickens.

They don't rob banks.

(BELL DINGS)

Good morning, folks.
My name is Mr. Bushrod.

This pretty young lady here
is Miss Thomasine.

We're here to rob this bank.

(GUNS FIRING)

Hi, hi, how you doing?

(ALL CHATTERING)

Juan, como esta,
como esta, eh?

(WOMAN THANKS IN SPANISH)

BUSHROD: Yo, Rudy!

Como esta, eh?

THOMASINE: There must be
someone who could...
How's your wife?

And your baby?

We gotta get going now,
so move back now.
Move back.

We don't want to hit you.

Bye! Bye! Bye!

Bushrod.

Bushrod, get up.
It's time to go to work.

Come on, baby.

All right, all right,
I'm up, I'm up.

I'm up.

I had a bad dream.

You didn't dream
we got caught, did you?

No, no, no...

That's good.

'Cause I'd really hate
to read what they write
about us then.

You still reading
that newspaper?

Yeah.

Let me read what they wrote
about us today.

"And while robbing the bank
over in Terryville..."

Terryville?

That's what it says.
"...she again tried to
force him.

"Only this time, he viciously
slapped her in the face."

They're really trying
to get us, aren't they?

Oh, wait, but listen
to this one now.

I know it made them sick
to have to print this.

"In spite of their fighting
all the time,

"the public follows
their every move

with some kind of
strange fascination."

"Strange fascination"?

"Among the less fortunate,

they have also
become folk heroes."

"The less fortunate"?

Look at it!
That's what it says.

I guess that's another word
for poor folks.

Hey, baby. Look at that.
Front page.

"Thomasine and Bushrod."

At least that picture's
a little clearer.

You know, that last one
was so dark, you couldn't
even see us.

You know, that's really
something.

I mean, they got us
robbing banks that we
haven't even seen before.

You know, there's
someone out there

who really wants
us caught awfully bad.

Well, look, we both know
who it is, right, so...

Why don't we just
get ourselves together
and get on out of here?

(GUNS FIRING)

BUSHROD:
* If I was a coyote

* Living on a prairie

* Find me a girlie

* By the name of Mary

* La, la, la, la, la...

Dammit!

* La, la, la

What'd you do,
burn your hand again?

What does it look like
I'm yelling for?

I don't know. You been
yelling so much recently,

it could be anything.

Well, I wouldn't be
complaining so much

if you'd stop giving away
all our money.

Before we go further,
let's just get
something straight.

No, you need to get
something straight.

(SIGHS)
Now, I'm just as tired
of my yelling as you are.

But I'm even more tired
of the fact

that we're barely staying
alive while those poor people
you're helping

are living and eating
better than us.

But one thing would help
for sure in this,

if you'd stop running your
mouth and learn to cook.

I mean, you burned
over half of the meat
we brought home.

Would you get it through
your thick head that this
is not a cotton-picking home?

Now, all you have to do
is just lay up against
that tree,

and all of a sudden
it becomes your rocking chair.

Now, see...
Now, that's why we didn't
stay together the first time!

We're back at that again, huh?

I can't even talk to you,
can I?

You just don't even
listen to me.

-Where are you going?
-I'm getting away from you,

because I got some
thinking to do.

Be careful.
Don't go too far.

(SCOFFS)

You really think
I can't make it without you,
don't you?

Just be careful.

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

MAN: How is Bushrod?

He's okay.
He's at home.

WOMAN: Hello, Thomasine.
I'm so glad to see you.

I'm glad to see you too.

How you doing?

I'm glad you're out of bed.

WOMAN: Bushrod! Bushrod!
It's Thomasine!
It's Thomasine!

They got her in
the old church.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

-There's no sense in it.
-Right.

Yeah. Different systems.

So that's what we do.

(THUDDING)

I think we ought to
check on Thomasine.

There's no reason for it.
She's tied up in
the confessional.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I still think we ought
to check on her.

Fine.

(PUNCHING)

* All y'all knows
That Jesus saves *

* Jesus saves

* Jesus saves

* Jesus saves

* All y'all knows
That Jesus saves *

* All y'all knows
That Jesus saves *

* All y'all knows
That Jesus saves *

(INAUDIBLE)

THOMASINE:
Where the hell
are all the people?

BUSHROD:
It's probably just
one of those sleepy towns.

THOMASINE:
The way our luck
has been running,

the banker won't even
get out of bed this morning.

Something's wrong, baby.

I feel it.

(BOGARDIE YELLING)

(FIRING)

(CONTINUES FIRING)

THOMASINE: Hope these
cliff people are friendlier
than the folks we just left.

BUSHROD:
I got a funny feeling
I've been here before.

THOMASINE:
Now, look, don't start talking
that other world stuff.

It's scary enough
just being up here.

BUSHROD:
I keep forgetting
you're afraid of heights.

I think we can go
right up here.

THOMASINE:
Oh, Christ.

What is it?

What's wrong, Seldon?

Tell me.

BUSHROD:
There's nothing wrong, ma'am.

We just stopped
to get some water.

Oh, we don't have
no water to spare.

I think you better just
move on.

Seldon,

take me to them.

Tell me,
what is your name?

My name is Bushrod, ma'am.

This is my wife, Thomasine.

Bushrod.

Seldon, water.

Back around one of them caves.

It's probably where
they've been hiding all along.

We can't go up there
with guns. The cliffs
are like holy grounds.

I don't care nothing
about no holy park.

Probably got a friend
up there.

It's the only road
out of here, right?

-Yep. They gotta come
this-a-way.
-All right.

Now, you take the car
and you go back to town.

And you bring me some men
who ain't afraid to go
up there. You hear me?

Yep.

All right.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Spark off!

Is Seldon your... Your son?

Seldon is my eyes.

I have no children.

How long have you
been traveling?

Ever since Seldon
was six years old.

I really don't know how long.

You know, we was just talking,

we're on our way to Boley
to join the rest of
our people.

The going is hard,

but we're gonna make it
anyhow.

You know,

it'd be a lot easier
if folks like y'all
would join us.

We might join you later on.

Yeah, I understand.

Pecolia,

you said earlier that
you knew my parents.

I knew them
when they were killed.

Yeah, Pecolia's father
was chief of the
Comanche Nation.

Your mother was also Comanche.

Her name was Laure.

When she was only a seed,

she rode with her father

in raids against
the intruders.

Your father was tall,
straight like tree,

strong and blacker
than the great buffalo.

Pecolia, we'll have to go now.

You love each other,
don't you?

You must watch
the wheels of your home.

Be careful of your brother.

Go to her.

You don't have much time.

SELDON: I'll show you
the way out now.

(SIGHS)
God, I hope it's empty.

I'm tired of sleeping
in this truck with all
these holes.

I don't see any signs
of life or horses or anything,

so why don't we just
go to look at it?

THOMASINE:
I don't see any movement.

THOMASINE:
* Our house, we got a house

You sound happy.

We got a house!

* We got a house

Hmm.

I'm think I'm going
to hide this reward.

How does that look, baby?

Yeah, that's good.

Won't you put those guns
down sometime?

I gotta keep them oiled.
I mean, just in case
we use them.

Here, have some wine.
It'll relax you.

I already...
I already drank half of it.

Drink some more.

Oh, now.

You sure are proper.

It ain't like we just met,
you know.

What you think
you gonna catch?

You changed your mind
or something? Huh? Huh?

(LAUGHING)

He was--
He was halfway right.

What you mumbling
about now?

-That boy on the desk,
back in the Last Town?
-Mm-hm?

He said, um,

you were the most prettiest
colored lady he had ever seen.

But what he meant to say,

was that you were
the prettiest thing
he'd ever seen.

Period.

You told that blind woman
that I was your wife.

Doesn't it make you
feel kind of funny
to say that?

I thought we weren't
gonna talk about Pecolia.

It's okay.

I'm all right now.

Um, because

if you can't trust
your brother,

then you can't trust nobody.

That's right.

And if you can't trust nobody,

there ain't no sense
having a word called trust.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Where are you going?
Come back here.

Wow, you...

You got a loud stomach!

I wonder how it'd feel

to hear a little Bushrod,
you know, moving around
inside.

We ain't got time for that.

It's hard enough just
keeping us alive.

Yeah.
I guess you're right.

Well. Anyway.

We got a house,

at least for a little while.

Don't sound so sad.

Don't be so sad.

There you go.

You got enough shells here
to shoot a moose!

You must be planning
a lot of hunting.

We're gonna rob a bank.

CLERK: You're gonna
rob a bank, huh?

Well, just be careful
you don't get caught.

Oh, we're gonna try not to.

How much do I owe you?

No. You can pay me
for it later,

if you don't have
the money now.

I never did like
no bank owners anyhow.

That's nice. That's nice.

You make a move,

and I'll blow your friend's
eyeballs all over that
nice, clean dress.

And don't be making
no fast moves.

My name?

Mr. Jomo.

Drop your gun
or you gotta go.

Jomo.

Hey, you look good!
You look good!

You look good too, guy!

Would you two stop
hugging and let's
get out of here!

She got a point.

Come on, Jomo. Come here.

I gotta get my horse, man.

You don't need no horse.
You can get a horse anytime!

What, are you crazy?
What kind of man leaves
his horse in his right mind?

-We gotta go.
-Go ahead, man,
I catch up with you!

Go! Go!

Get the old buggy out of here!

(GUNS FIRING)

(WHINNYING)

Come on, let's get out of here.

(WHOOPING)

First time I ever tasted
onion soup that tasted
like peas.

(LAUGHING)

So after that, man...

Let me see. I go down
to Texas for a while.

Everybody there,
they're putting up barbed wire
all over the place.

So I had to giddy up and go.

All that time you never
thought about going back
to your homeland?

Jamaica.

Man, I told you,
I in that town because

I had no money.
I was looking
for something to steal.

Now, how you think
I'm going to get a ticket
back to Jamaica, huh?

Isn't it funny,
how we always bump
into each other

at just the right time?

It's just me magic
working, man.

It's just me magic.

I know who shot you.

What I want to know
is something about him.

What did he look like?

Did they call him by name?

Jenkins, now come on,
don't you go and die
on me, boy!

Not yet!

Not till we know something
about the one that put
the bullet in your backbone!

What's the matter with
the way I speak English?

(IMITATING)
"What's the matter with
the way I speak English?"

I think you both need help.

(CHUCKLING)

Let's get into something.

(PLAYING BLUES TUNE)

* See, I started out in Boley

* I rob a train
For meat and bread *

* I got all shot up in Waco

* And everybody
Think Jomo dead *

(ALL LAUGHING)

* But I keep me lucky hat
Glued to me head *

* And I ain't never had
No problems *

* Till I met a woman
Who made me stop, whoo *

Oh, man.

Man, she had pretty
brown eyes.

And her color
was a teasing tan.

And she smiling.

She smiling the prettiest
smile you ever want to see.

Then she leave Jomo
for another man.

Hey, wait a minute,
wait a minute,
wait a minute, man.

Weren't you supposed
to be singing happy songs?

Don't be singing
all those sad songs like that.

Hey, Bushrod, you can't
be happy all the time.

Hey, you just sing
what you want to.

Wait a minute,
you don't be telling him
what to sing!

When my friend comes
to my house, he sings
what I want him to sing!

THOMASINE:
Oh, hush. Hey, you just sing
what you wanna sing.

Hey, look, don't start
no argument 'cause of me.

And in the first place,
I can never be the friend
of nobody

who play the guitar
bad as you, man.

-Oh!
-And in the second place...

In the second place...

No, you got to listen
to the second place!

The second place, man,
this ain't your house.

No, if my memory
serves me correctly,

the law call it, uh...

Porching?

Yeah, porching!

(JOMO LAUGHING)

(ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)

See the chip? Knock the chip
off my shoulder.

Knock the chip
off my shoulder.

Knock the chip off?

Off my shoulder.

The wind, the wind!
The wind knocked it off
that time.

You got one more time.
You just knock the chip off...

Oh, knock the chip
off your shoulder!

-Don't make me knock the chip
off of both your shoulders!
-(CLAMORING)

The man need a whipping
for playing the guitar
so badly!

Don't hurt him!
Don't hurt him!

BUSHROD:
Wait, wait, wait...

She's doing all this talking
about I can't play,
and you can't sing,

and all that kind of stuff.
Let's see her do a song.

-Come on.
-Yeah!

She has done all this
running of the mouth.

Come on, let me see
that hoe dance that you
tell me about.

The hoe dance now?

A hoe dance, yeah.

Come on.

Yeah, that's right, Thomasine.

(COUGHS)

What are you talking
about, Jamaica?

Was he wearing a long,
funny-looking hat?

Did he wear two long
pearl-handled guns?
Huh?

Can't be nobody else but him.

His name
was something like...

Jomy, or Joho.

Jomo.

Jomo J. Anderson.

Thomasine and Bushrod.

Like a wild stallion,

he'll be making
a mistake soon enough.

How you doing?

Hi.

The truck's gone.
Where's Jomo?

He said he had to go
in town to do something.

He took off right after
you left.

You mean he's riding that
truck around in town with
all those bullet holes in it?

Who you worried about,
him or the truck?

What kind of stupid
question is that?

I... I didn't mean
anything by it.
Forget it.

Well then what
are you talking about, then?

What's wrong with you anyway?

You been moping around
the last couple days.

I don't know how to tell you.

Tell me what?

We're gonna have a baby.

Gonna what?

You're not...

Are you serious?

You're not mad at me, are you?

Let me look at you.

Turn around, turn around.

It's too soon.
You can't feel anything.

How long has he been in there?

Just started.

Are you serious?

You're really gonna
have a baby?

You're squashing me.

You're not mad at me, are you?

No.

I been wanting a baby
ever since I was a baby.

You know, we have to make sure

that this next job
is the last one.

We'll go across the border
and get us a little ranch.

And we'll just stop running.
You know?

And you and Jomo can have
all the horses you want,
like we talked about, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, maybe.
Yeah. That will work,
that will work.

Hey, I got some rabbits.
I got two rabbits today.

So why don't we go inside
and get you outta the sun?

I gotta take care of you now.

Well, I'm gonna have to
eat enough for two, now.

Okay, well get your peas
over there and let's go.

Okay.

(JOMO SINGING)

Hey now, hey now, hey now!

* And never had no problems *

Ah! Homeboy!

Homegirl!

-Come here!
-(HONKING HORN)

Homeboy! Homegirl!
Come see what Jomo got.

Where'd you get it, Jomo?

Oh. I tell you the whole
story later, man.

Get in!

Where'd you get the car, Jomo?

It's a present from me to you.

You can pay me back when
we start selling horses, huh?

Jomo, where did you get it?

Oh, what's the matter?

Oh.

Oh, you don't have to worry.

Nobody follow Jomo.

Are you sure?

Little sister,

when Jomo say
nobody follow Jomo,

nobody follow Jomo.

Okay?

Okay, and tell us
where you got it.

Ah!

Bushrod.

This old, nasty man
on the side of the road,

so we stop to have
a conversation.

But then he started
getting very nasty,

you know, I guess he figured
that I'm just a dumb
Jamaican boy.

So then finally I get
tired of playing around,

I said to the man, I say,
"Look.

"Mister, you better be afraid.

"Because Jomo, he bad.

Jomo shoot your babies."

You said,
"Jomo shoot your babies"?

(LAUGHING) I tell the man!

I say, "Mister, I'm angry!

And I got to take
this car to me family."

What's the matter,
you no Jomo's family?

Hey, Jomo.

You're our family.

You're the only family
we've got.

And we love you, man.
We love you.

Jomo,
where did you put
the old truck?

I hide it, man.

I hide it good.

Nobody find the old truck.

Okay?

Get in! We go for a ride.

MAN: I'd have never seen it
if it hadn't been for
that wheel sticking out.

BOGARDIE: Good thing
you came out here.

-It's always good hunting up
here after the rain.
-BOGARDIE: Mm-hm.

MAN: You know, those rabbits
can't run so fast in that mud.

When's the last time
you was out here?

Oh, it must've been
about a week ago,

and it wasn't down there then.

In fact, I shot the biggest
rabbit you ever saw
right in that same spot.

All right, let's go!

There's a narrow meeting place
in the center of town.

And watch yourself, because
it's always crowded with
a lot of people.

Plus, we don't want to be
hurting nobody when we
get outta there.

Yeah. Don't worry, homeboy.

I don't care how little it is,

or even if it's in the back
of a store,

I mean, if there is a bank
to be found in that town,

I will find it, huh?

It's small, and it's
well-guarded.

And it's got
a lot of money in it.

You know,

when I first started stealing,
it's because I was hungry
and had to.

And then I think...

I think I begin to like it.

Just a little.

But what really troubles me,

is that now I think
I might miss this way of life.

I won't miss it, Jomo.

I really won't miss it.

Let me show you
something, man.

This is your latest post on
you and sister Thomasine.

You see,

"$4,000 reward,

"dead or alive,

Thomasine and Bushrod."
That's you.

"Known to have many friends
among the Indians,

"Mexicans, poor whites

"and other colored people.

"Wanted for murder,
bank robbing,

"and other acts

"against the peace
and the dignity

of the United States."

Like I said, Jomo,

I won't miss it, man.

I better giddy up and go now.

(HORSE NEIGHS)

(JOMO RIDING AWAY)

This place has been
good to us.

Hmm.

Wonder what history's
gonna say about us.

I guess it just depends on
who writes it.

I'm ready to...

I'm ready to tell you
what I was doing
before I met you.

I already told you,
it doesn't matter.

I want to tell you anyway.

I was a bounty hunter.

And?

That's it!
I was a bounty hunter.

That's what you were
ashamed to tell me?

I also, um...

I also made up the story
about the guy coming in
on the stage.

Because I didn't want you
to think I was easy to get.

I been meaning to tell
you something too.

Don't tell me it's bad.

My sister, she say to me,
she say,

"Brother Jomo," she say...

She always call me
"Brother," you know, she say,

"Brother Jomo,
you just make sure that
the fine young tender

is not
the sheriff's daughter."

I say, "With the magic I use?

"With the magic I use,
I might come back
with the banker's daughter!"

Anybody out there
the banker's daughter? Huh?

You're the banker's daughter,
lady with the
pretty red shawl?

No? (LAUGHS)

Anybody know
where the bank is?

Little cousin, come here,
help me out.

You people don't wanna
help me, huh?

You know, uh...
You know the banker's daughter
personally?

Well, then, do you know
where the bank is, personally?

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Well!

You want to try on
me magic hat, huh?

Bring you luck. But just
try it on for a minute,

'cause you gotta give it back
you know!

BOGARDIE: How you doing,
chicken thief?

(JOMO LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

Bogardie!

Man, you must be going

soft in the mind in your
old age, huh?

Oh, you forget what Jomo
do to you last time?

Oh, no.

No, I didn't forget.

Well, then, that's too bad.

This time, you're gonna
have to die.

You know, 'cause Jomo is bad.

Jomo shoot your babies, hmm?

Pick him up.

(INDISTINCT)

Cut me down!

I'm gonna ask you one
more time.

You tell me where they are
and I'll let you go.

Bogardie, Bogardie,
Bogardie, Bogardie!

Bogardie!

What the hell is
the matter with you?

I don't know.

I don't know, I don't know!

(JOMO YELLS)

(SCREAMING)

Don't make no difference.

They'll probably come
looking for him anyway.

Goodbye, chicken thief.

Maybe, um...

Maybe he just went
someplace and got drunk.

You know better than that,
Thomasine.

I wonder what we'd be doing

if Jomo had never come into
our lives.

Doesn't make any difference.

He came.

And he's family.

And he might be in trouble.

So we gotta go get him.

(COCKS RIFLE)

Me and the baby...

(SIGHS)

...love you very much.

I love you too.

Don't you think we should
let the townspeople
know what's going on?

Just in case they do come.

Well, we can't take
that chance.

You see, people all over
the country love
Thomasine and Bushrod.

Matter of fact, somebody
right here in this town
wrote a song about them.

But people might get hurt.

It can't be helped.

Now we gotta show them

that you can't break the laws
and get away with it,
don't we?

Now you've gotta get
ahold of yourself.

Let's go over here now.

What do you think?

I think we ought to
name the baby after Jomo.

Now. You gonna help
your woman get up, or what?

Come on, Bushrod!

(YELLING)

Hit him!

Hit him!

(ECHOING) Hit him!

(FIRING CONTINUES)

* Thomasine and Bushrod

* Were more
Than just two names *

* But why and what
They wanted *

* Is not hard to explain

* Now if you want
To judge them *

* I'd like to know your name *

* When Thomasine and Bushrod

* Were riding on the plain

* They had a love, love, love
Love, love *

* But it was so very strange

* With money
Love and happiness *

* They couldn't be ashamed *

* They had a love, love, love
Love, love *

* But it was more
Than a game *

* Once Thomasine and Bushrod

* Just turned that into pain

* Thomasine and Bushrod

* Went looking for a home

* Two guns in between them

* They really weren't alone *

* They grew so big a legend

* Some thought
They couldn't die *

* But for
Thomasine and Bushrod *

* Who could only ask the sky