A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970) - full transcript

♪♪

[men]
♪ A man's gotta work

♪ In the heat of sun

♪ A man's gotta stay
where others would run ♪

♪ Livin' and lovin'
among the wild ♪

♪ Many a-woman
gonna bear him a child ♪

♪ I started lovin' you
a long time ago ♪

♪ And now that I feel
a hard wind blow ♪

♪ You won't
see me run and hide ♪

♪ I'll be standing
by your side ♪

♪ I'm gonna
love you 'til I die... ♪



♪ I'm gonna love you
'til I die ♪

♪ We are young

♪ Wild and free

♪ But we know

♪ That makes it
better ♪

♪ Your mama said

♪ Ruby's
gonna love you ♪

♪ If you'll only
let her ♪♪

Well, you did it.

Mighty fine ceremony,
Reverend.

I got me a fine-looking
sister-in-law.

Now, you take
care of him.

I will.

I'm so happy
for you, honey.



I am too, mama.

What you
cryin' for, ma?

Hell, she thought she'd
never be rid of you.

Oh, Sam,
that's not true!

[man]
Every time I see

one of your weddings,
I say to myself,

Boy, you ought to leave that
big, old canvas tent of yours

and go study to be a real
ordained minister,

like Brother Maxwell.

That's what
I ought to do.

Oh, we'll be out to see you,
really, we will.

Bye.

Hey, Preacher.

Man and wife.

Lord, I wish I could've
been the one

that joined
you two together.

Oh, would you
listen to him?

Now, quiet down!

Quiet down.

We all know a wedding without
a party's no good at all.

[man]
That's right.

[crowd agreeing]

And a party without
refreshments ain't either.

[crowd cheering]

If we want a taste,
it ain't allowed here.

That ain't something
I forgot, brother.

But then, no one said
we had to stay here either.

[man]
That's right!

Let's go
to my place!

[cheering]

[men]
♪ ...in the heat of sun

♪ A man's gotta stay
where others would run ♪

♪ Livin' and lovin'
among the wild ♪

♪ Many a-woman
gonna bear him a child ♪

[horns honking]

♪ I started lovin' you
a long time ago ♪

♪ And now that I feel
a hard wind blow ♪

♪ You won't
see me run and hide ♪

♪ I'll be standing
by your side ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you
'till I die... ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you
'til I die ♪

♪ We are young

♪ Wild and free

♪ But we know

♪ That makes it
better ♪

♪ Your mama said

♪ Ruby's
gonna love you ♪

♪ If you'll only
let her ♪♪

[music changes]

What's the matter, honey,
you all right?

Yeah, I guess so.

You think anyone
can see my stomach?

Every time someone
looks at me,

I think they're
staring right at it.

It's only too
soon to show.

Anyway, it would've
been good.

It's our baby in there,
and we're married now.

Are you sorry
you had to?

I didn't have to,
I wanted to.

I love you, honey.

You got the rest of
your life to kiss Charles.

Come on with me.

♪♪

How about some
for you, son?

Chuck.

[music stops]

You want help?

[sighs deeply]

I don't think
it'll be any trouble.

Howdy, Jack, Ben.

Chuck, congratulations.

Real tasty food
you got here.

Nice party too.

Thank you,
enjoy it.

I aim to.

Go on, Ben,
there's plenty.

Thanks.

Very hospitable man.

Yeah.

Couldn't have been you who kept
our name off the invite list.

But it sure was strange that
nobody asked us to this party.

Seems I've known Chuck
a long time and uh...

I used to be real cozy
with the bride... Ruby.

Watch your mouth, Jack.

Yes, I'm a real bad memory for
you on your wedding day.

You're a bad memory
every day.

You better
get used to it.

Maybe it's you that
got to marry her,

but a couple of years back I was
enjoyin' all the privileges.

[blows landing]

You never touched her,
and you know it.

Now take it back!

I'll take...

[grunting]

I want
those words.

You go to hell.

[thud]

Now, you apologize
to my wife.

Apologize!

Jack, I can't
hear you!

Say it, say it!

I'm sorry,
I take it back.

[thud]

Jack.

Now, you two
get out of here.

You shouldn't
have done that.

I won't forget it.

I said, get up!

What are we
waiting for?

Yo, boys, let's get that music
started-- come on!

♪♪

[engine clattering]

Come on, dad,
we're home.

Excuse me, ma.

Come on, pop, we're gonna
put you to bed.

Chuck's got a bride
and a party to get back to.

[dad]
Here I am.

You're a good boy,
I'm proud of you.

Thank you, pa.

You're proud
of your son, ma?

Yes, papa, I am.

No, I don't
want to go inside.

Let's you and me
stay out here and talk.

You're gonna be moving out,
and this is our last chance.

Pop, come on,
go on.

[gunshot]

Sam!

♪♪

Dad.

♪♪

Sam!

[crying]

[birds chirping]

[wood cracking]

[stomping feet]

Chuck!

Won't do no good
to go out there.

Dad's lying on
the ground, dead.

He's walkin'
around free.

You heard the sheriff.

We need proof.

Everybody in this county
knows he did it.

I'm gonna make
him admit it to me.

Him and Ben will see you
comin' with that rifle.

What good's the truth
if you're dead?

Son!

You're the oldest,

so you think you got to settle
things for your papa.

Well, maybe you have.

Go over there
with that gun

and either you or him
is gonna be dead.

[man]
She's right, Chuck.

♪♪

[wood pounding]

Hey, Ben.

Was Jack alone or were
you with him too?

Come on,
Ben, look at me.

I don't have to say
anything to you.

[Jack]
That's a fact, boy.

We've got nothing to hide,
do we, Ben?

Not a thing.

Which one is it
you expect?

You want me to tell
the sheriff I killed your daddy.

Now, why would I want to go
and do a thing like that?

You gotta pay
for what you did.

Gotta pay?

I don't think
I owe a thing.

Seein' as how I got
your old man by mistake.

Shut up, Jack!

What are you
tryin' to do?

It don't matter.

Chuck's what I want.

Now, he's done me
a real favor by showin' up.

They're gonna call this a pure
case of self-defense.

You see, you come at me
with this here axe.

There I was,
just doin' my chores,

and you come up behind me
and I take it away from you

and plant the blade right in
the middle of your head.

Ain't that's what
happened, Ben?

Yeah,
that was it.

[clank]

[wood clatters]

[Ben]
Jack, Jack?

Jack, come on, now.

You're gonna be
all right.

Come on, now.

♪♪

Jack?

You killed him.

You saw
what happened.

He was just tryin'
to scare you.

That's all I saw.

He had the axe.

Now, you come over
here for trouble.

I didn't see
no axe.

It was
plain murder.

Murder.

You're gonna pay
for this, damn you!

♪♪

[car approaching]

[birds chirping]

Could be
a lot worse if I...

I could be in a cell
all the time.

At least this way I'll be
able to get out in the sun,

diggin' road.

It could be a lot easier
than working the farm.

Charles.

Car's here.

You ready?

Just give us a second,
yeah, sheriff?

I want, I want you to
promise me something, okay?

It's about the baby.

I want you
to promise...

give me a boy or a girl,
nothing else.

The Lord won't
forget you, Charles.

Neither will we.

You take care
of yourself.

[engine revving]

You got two women to look after,
and a baby pretty soon.

Now, you watch
over 'em.

Don't you worry.

Too sad to cry, son.

Bye, mama.

♪♪

[man]
♪ If you do wrong

♪ The world will say
good-bye ♪

♪ And if you do right,
who knows how hard you try ♪

♪ When you leave home

♪ The world's
gonna make you cry ♪

♪ And you can't come home
until the day... ♪

♪ You die

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪

♪ Into each life they say
some rain must fall ♪

♪ But it seems in mine
somehow I got it all ♪

♪ There will be no one
that I'm gonna call my friend ♪

[whistle blowing]

Three minutes.

♪ ...along to do...

♪ Me in

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪♪

You, uh, you're kind of rough on
equipment, ain't ya, Floyd?

You know, the state paid real
good money for that pick,

did you ever
think of that?

No, I guess not, you...

you're thinkin' about other
things, aren't you?

What do you want?

Nothing.

Just, uh, don't be so rough
on the equipment,

you might
break the handle.

I doubt it.

Oh, you doubt it.

You know, that's
a pretty poor attitude

considering the fact
you don't own that.

Now, from now on, I want you to
be real gentle with that, okay?

[sighs deeply]

Let it slide,
Charlie.

He ain't
worth hatin'.

When the boss man
blows that whistle,

I'm hightailin' it for
those trees over there.

I'm going
with you, Huddy.

Like hell you are.

I am--
you can't stop me.

Now, you
hear me, boy.

I'm doin' life.

They kill me or catch me--
either way, it don't mean much.

Now, you've already got
four down on six.

Don't be crazy.

I got a wife at home
and a boy.

You know
the way out.

Just let me run
with you.

[whistle blowing]

♪♪

[man]
We got a break.

[gunshots]

[men cheering]

[bullets ricocheting]

♪♪

Let's go
get the dogs.

How you
makin' out, Huddy?

[breathing heavily]

[dogs barking]

They're coming
with dogs.

Let's go!

They're too close.

Go on
and leave me.

You can make it
on your own.

Look, I don't go
without you.

Listen, you stubborn,
little bastard.

Gettin' caught
will cost you five years.

Think of your wife, that son
you want to see.

[dogs barking]

Now, you go to
that place I talked about.

You can stay there.

And don't go home
too soon because...

the cops will be there
waiting for you.

Now, get the hell
out of here.

Go on!

[dogs barking]

♪♪

[man]
♪ I can't run no more

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪

[gunshot]

♪ Into each life
they say some rain must fall ♪

♪ But it seems in mine
somehow I got it all ♪

♪ There will be no one
that I'm gonna call my friend ♪

♪ For I'll take no one
along to do... ♪

♪ Me in

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪♪

You know, if I ever came close
to lovin' any man,

it was him.

You want
some more?

No, thank you.

Well, he liked you,

and that's
good enough for me.

But I'm a business woman and my
place don't run on friendship.

All I want to do is get home
and see my family.

Oh, well, forget it.

You're too hot
to go home.

I don't have
any money to stay here.

You know, anybody else
without a dime,

I'd turn him out
into the street.

But you were Huddy's friend, so
I'll see that you get the money.

Oh, I don't mean a job like,
uh, sellin' ladies' shoes.

[woman]
Let go of my arm.

I said you're short.

Oh, and you're
full of bull too.

[smacking]

You pig!

[screaming]

Who the hell
are you?

He's Charles Floyd,

broke jail
with Huddy McGee.

Now, what's this
all about?

Well, according
to my account,

she's five off
on the take, Beryl.

Is that right?

Hell, no!

He's trying to cheat me out of
five lousy bucks.

I'm not through
with you yet.

Shut up, Wallace.

Give us a fair count.

This is our business.

Who the hell
needs him?

50.

Here, buy yourself
something nice.

Thanks.

These girls work hard
for their money

and it's not
always pleasant.

So take only
what's yours.

Charles, these two
are my brothers.

This here's Wallace
and that's William.

This is Helen,
and that's Betty.

Hello, Charles Floyd.

♪♪

[water splashing]

Beryl told me to see that you
got everything you needed.

Need anything?

No, I'm fine,
thank you.

Well, go ahead,
don't let me stop you.

Heard you were in prison
for four years.

Long time.

Whew!

It sure is hot
in here.

Beryl says you're
a married man.

Where's your wife?

Oklahoma.

I bet you miss her,
don't you?

I can tell.

She probably did all kinds of
nice, homey things for you.

Fix your breakfast, sewing your
buttons, mend your socks...

wash your back.

Like that?

♪♪

Bet your friend
Wallace wouldn't...

he wouldn't like
finding you here.

[chuckles]

He's running errands
for his sister.

Forget about him.

Hey...

You have
nice shoulders.

Well...

I thought he was supposed
to be a farmer.

You, uh, keeping him
for yourself, Beryl?

I might.

He's pretty enough.

A great couple.

You and Pretty Boy Floyd.

Don't call me that.

He's trying to tell us

he doesn't like the name
Pretty Boy.

Well, I don't see
anything wrong with it.

My name is
Charles Arthur Floyd.

We're only fooling,
Pretty Boy.

I said I didn't
like the name!

All right, farmer,
we'll drop it.

Just remember,
you're a guest here.

Don't wear out
your welcome.

Forget it.

Look, uh...

I've got some
good news for you,

about that money
you need.

Well, I'm going to introduce
you to a couple of boys

that are gonna
help you get it.

Easterners, Bo Samuels
and Harvey Groton.

You know, they kicked in
banks in seven states?

Right now they
need an extra hand.

You're it.

Hell, Bo,
slow down.

You're driving
wild again.

Stop worrying
how fast it is.

Oh, so wrap it around
one of these trees, then.

All right, smoke your
cigarette, I'll slow down.

[birds chirping]

[dog barking]

You didn't bust out
for this, did you, kid?

Leave him alone.

He's got enough
on his mind.

Look, kid...

You want to go home,
see your wife and the kid?

Grow radishes or whatever
the hell you do on a farm?

Well, that's fine,
only you can't now.

You're a fugitive,

and you're gonna be one
until you get caught.

I'm not going
back to prison.

Sure, me neither.

I thought you
were coming alone.

Not with this.

How in the hell
did you do that?

Last night, comin'
down the stairs.

I tried to
call you, but...

These your
partners?

Oh, yeah.

This is Bo Samuels
and Charles Floyd.

Ned Short.

I guess we'll have to
call it off, huh?

Well, if you three guys
want to take it without me,

it's not gonna hurt
my feelings any.

What do you think?

It's a matchbox.

You bring
the hardware?

Yep.

Wish I was going
with you boys.

Gonna be some
real easy money.

You ever use one of
these, Floyd?

No.

Blast off.

[gunshots]

[gunshots,
glass breaking]

♪♪

Nice, huh?

Watch the door.

Hell, there's
nobody here.

You better check.

Nobody out there.

Anybody here?

Hey, there's
customers out here.

[woman]
I'm coming, I'm coming.

There's only
a certain amount

that a person can do by
themselves, you know.

You mean
you're here alone?

Well, everybody took off for
the high school graduation.

I got stuck here.

I don't think
it's fair.

I think they should have closed
for the day, don't you?

Lady, I might
agree with you,

but I've got business
to transact.

Well, then, what can
I do for you?

You can fill this up.

This is a hold-up.

Oh!

Don't point
the gun.

[crying]

We came here
for money, right?

Let's get it.

[woman]
I can't do this.

Harv, let's go.

Oh!

[Harvey]
You did all right.

If Beryl leaves you
with anything.

I'm just
taking the usual.

I got something
for you.

A letter
from your wife.

When did it come?

This morning.

What's the matter, kid?

She leave you?

What the heck.

I guess things back there
have turned bad.

She says, uh, my brother
took my boy off to California.

He said he's trying to get
started something new.

It's the same
all over the country.

Everybody's going busted
or losing their jobs.

Maybe we're really the lucky
ones, you ever think of that?

OH, shut up.

[Charles]
No.

No, Bo.

Maybe he's right.

All I know is banks
still got money.

♪♪

[men]
♪ Got nowhere to go

♪ But I'm goin'

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪

[man]
♪ If you do wrong

♪ The world will say
good-bye ♪

♪ And if you do right,
who knows how hard you try ♪

♪ When you leave home

♪ The world's
gonna make you cry ♪

♪ And you can't come home
until the day... ♪

♪ You die

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪♪

[music changes]

♪♪

[engine idling]

[gunshot, groaning]

[gunshots]

[screaming]

[gunshots]

[tires skidding]

[gunshots]

[tires skidding]

[gunshots]

[machine gun firing]

[explosion]

[tires skidding]

[gunshots]

[crashing]

[background conversations]

Got anything?

We always have something for
somebody who's money's good.

Bo's gonna hang.

Harvey gets life.

Pretty Boy
gets 15 years.

Three good-paying
customers gone.

Stick with
the newspaper business.

Pretty Boy?

Who calls
him that?

It's a name
we gave him.

Care if
I print it?

I don't, but he
sure as hell would.

[smack]

[train whistling]

[train chugging]

Sit down,
Pretty Boy.

Hey, uh, Pretty Boy, I almost
forgot to tell you.

We're gonna be passing by
your hometown pretty soon,

and I asked
the engineer

if he'd blow the whistle
as we passed by,

sort of say hello
to everybody for you.

[laughing]

[steam hissing,
bell ringing]

[train whistle
blowing]

♪♪

[man]
♪ Ruby, Ruby

♪ You're so far
from me ♪

♪ 'cause a lot stands between us
that won't let us be ♪

[sheriff snoring]

♪ Lawmen, lawmen,
take a second look... ♪

Mind if I have one of your
cigarettes?

♪ You're making me feel
that I been mistook ♪♪

[snoring]

Oh, oh!

Stand up, son,
I'll get it for you.

[blows landing]

[woman screaming]

[gunshots]

Just sit down...

and everybody'll be
all right.

Give me the keys
to these cuffs.

I don't have 'em.

You better have.

Unlock 'em, ma'am.

Now, pick up his gun
and put it on the floor.

One move, and I'll
open up your chest.

[train rumbling]

[crickets chirping]

[birds chirping]

[hooves clopping]

Hello, Seth,
how about a ride?

Good Lord,
Charles Floyd.

Get in.

Giddy up.

Come on.

How are you,
boy?

Not bad,
considering.

We heard how
you jumped that train.

I think you come
to see Ruby.

Am I right?

There's a lot of law
around here.

They're expectin' ya.

I figured.

You can't
go home, boy.

You know that old cotton house
over near my place?

Well, it'd be real easy
for a body to slip in there

without me knowing
anything about it.

It's real
quiet there.

You, uh, remember
the place, don't ya?

[crickets chirping]

You're not gonna shoot me,
are ya, Chuck?

♪♪

I never thought
I'd get to hold you again.

Seth said
you were hurt.

I better tend
to it.

Yeah.

Oh, Jack's
a fine-looking boy.

Was I wrong
to let him go?

No.

How come
you didn't go?

Oh, I don't know.

California seemed like
a long way from you.

It's been hard
on you, hasn't it?

I got a place to live
and enough to eat.

Chuck, a lot of folks
we know don't even have that.

You know...

before I got caught,
I had a big bagful of money.

Stolen money.

It seems like all money
is stolen money.

[crickets chirping]

Chuck.

Chuck,
somebody's outside.

[leaves rustling]

[Chuck whispering]
Get out of the way.

Preacher.

Preacher.

Hey, Preacher.

I ain't a preacher
anymore.

The congregation's gone.

Wind took the soil,

banks took the farms.

I took up
the bottle.

How you been livin'?

I ain't been,
Charles.

Drink, work every now
and then, about all.

That's why I followed
Ruby to you.

Charles, when you
leave here,

I'd like to go along,
if you'll have me.

What makes you think
he's going somewhere?

He's home...

with me.

With the law
so close and all?

I know he can't
stay here.

I figured you'd be
heading somewhere.

Somewhere?

To do what?

Take other
people's money?

Kill again?

And you...

you're supposed to be
a man of God.

How in Heaven's name
can you think these things?

I don't know.

I prayed to the Lord
for the strength.

You pray-- how?

By lapping up mule
and chasing women?

That's enough, Ruby.

I'm sorry,
Charles.

No need, Preacher.

I am going.

You can come
if you want to.

But once you start,
there's no quitting...

ever.

Until they
kill you.

[background conversations]

Waitin' tables now,
Helen?

No.

It's my own drink.

Wallace,
what is this?

Keep quiet, Beryl.

You, uh, you planning on giving
them anything besides a drink?

Some women would do anything
to make a guest happy.

Isn't that
a fact, Pretty Boy?

You tell me.

I think you know
what I mean.

Don't you, Betty?

He knows about us.

I've been waiting for you
to show your pretty face.

It's right
in front of you.

I know.

And I'm making
some changes on it right now.

[glass breaks,
woman screams]

♪♪

[grunting]

Betty?

Ouch!

I mean, you have to
take care of it.

I have to
take care of him.

You just tried.

There's a $10,000 reward
attached to him,

and we ought to
collect it, now.

Will you shut up?

Oh, we may be a lot of things,
but we ain't stoolies.

You understand that?

I was only
talking.

For that
$10,000 reward,

we wouldn't need her, or this
house, or this lousy town.

[gunshots,
men screaming]

♪♪

Oh.

I'm sorry, Beryl.

I can't hate you,
Charles.

I guess it
wasn't your fault.

They were my brothers.

I think y'all better
get out of here.

Right now,
all of you.

[choking tears]

♪♪

[man]
♪ Got nowhere to go

♪ But I'm goin'

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪

Good morning.

♪ If you do wrong, the world
will say good-bye ♪

♪ And if you do right,
you know it's hard to try ♪

♪ When you leave home,
the world's gonna make you cry ♪

Fill it up.

♪ And you can't go home
until the day... ♪

♪ You die

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪

♪♪

[no voices]

♪♪

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪♪

♪♪

[man on radio]
And today, President

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
into law what,

in this reporter's opinion, was
the long-overdue congressional

legislation making
bank robbery a federal offense.

No longer will
the public enemies

be able to avoid
apprehension

by the crossing
of state lines.

This action by the Congress
could bring the outrageous

reign of terror brought
upon our great nation

by the marauding gangs
of Barrow, Dillinger,

Pretty Boy Floyd, to a swift
and final conclusion.

To implement this the Federal
Bureau of Investigation

has assigned
special investigator

Otto Hossler to be--

Well, are you gonna
answer my question?

I don't
like questions.

Why can't you ever talk
when it's about you and me?

Nothing to say.

Nothing?

You sleep with me
in that bed-- why?

Just because
I'm there?

Look at me.

Oh, Chuck.

We're two people.

You've got to have feelings
and thoughts about us.

Not what you
want them to be.

Sometimes
I feel that...

maybe you feel more than
just lust for me.

If that's true,
then tell me.

I got a wife, Betty.

I do love her.

I know that.

But I'm asking
about me.

♪♪

Oh, Chuck.

[background
conversations]

Oh, Mr. Hossler, word's out that
Pretty Boy's been located.

Will you confirm that?

No comment.

But you're not
denying it either.

I'm making no comment.

Hey, Mr. Hossler...

[overlapping questions]

Gentlemen, I can
tell you this much.

Floyd will be caught.

I promise you that.

Would you give us
any idea...

[overlapping questions]

Floyd!

FBI!

Over there.

[door creaks open]

All right,
let's move on.

♪♪

[no voices]

♪♪

♪♪

Floyd!

[bullet ricochets

[gunshots]

♪♪

[Preacher]
Charles, let's get

the hell out of here.

[tires skidding]

Mr. Hossler.

Yeah?

We have 'em holed up in a
tourist court

three miles
down the road.

You're sure this time.

We're positive,
Mr. Hossler.

Let's go.

What's so interesting that you
have to look at it for an hour?

You like me
to look good, don't you?

Well, was it worth
waiting for?

Yeah, I guess so.

[birds chirping]

Let's see if
they're ready.

[knocking on door]

You ready, Chuck?

You know, we got a lot
of money in these satchels.

We can divvy up
now and quit,

or keep pressing.

What do you say?

You getting
homesick?

All I wanted was
enough money to travel on.

The more money,
the further you travel.

What about you,
Helen?

Betty?

I don't
want to quit.

All right, then.

We'll do one more.

A big one.

Bank at
Groverton.

♪♪

[gunshots,
women screaming]

Preacher, pin 'em!

Ned!

Oh, oh, oh!

[screaming]

Ned!

[screaming]

[screaming]

I'm going
for the car.

[tires skidding]

[crying]

♪♪

Helen, Ned tore up
real bad.

Yeah.

Money's
with 'em too.

I guess we have to start
all over.

What do
you think?

They'll be waiting for us
to pull another job.

What else is there?

We're busted.

We do like
any hill rat does.

Sylvie?

♪♪

[birds chirping]

You ain't gonna have
much liver left,

the way you
swig that stuff.

It can't outlast
the rest of me.

And I got a feeling
that ain't far off.

[water lapping]

He makes love to you when you're
away from here, doesn't he?

I know you're not
Preacher's woman.

I see the way you hurt
when Chuck touches me.

I love him.

Do you hate me
for that?

No.

You shouldn't.

You're his wife
and he loves you.

We were kids
here together.

I've loved him since
I can remember.

You know,
love changes.

It's different now.

Like him.

Maybe you've
changed too.

I have.

Everything's changing.

♪♪

[dog barking]

[crickets chirping]

[vehicle approaching]

It's Seth.

[Seth]
Chuck.

The Feds got 300 men out
looking for you right now.

Here?

Yeah, they're combing the hills
over 'round Tillet.

What have you heard?

They think us hill folks
have been hiding Chuck.

They're coming down
mighty hard on all of us.

A couple of barns been fired
and a fence torn down.

I even heard that
somebody got shot

because they didn't stop fast
enough for the roadblock.

I reckon they're taking
the hate for you out on us.

Those bastards.

We're going north
in the morning.

That's stupid!

Why should we?

People here have
been hurt enough.

Losing farms,
kids going hungry.

All of them could've used
the reward on our heads,

but none of 'em
said a word.

Because they don't
know right where we are.

They know, Betty.

You can't keep
any secrets in this county.

What'll we do for
running money?

We're down to
our last chip.

We'll get some in the morning,
before we go.

Take care until
I get back, okay?

You think you should
come back.

What are you
talking about?

What I said about taking you
and the boy still holds.

We just need cash.

We need peace.

Time and quiet.

Oh, Chuck.

We need to sleep with our eyes
closed and no more guns.

We need to--

Shh.

[car horn honking]

We'll find quiet.

I know
you love me.

We'll get to it,
I promise.

I love you.

♪♪

[man]
♪ She don't hear me

♪ No more

♪ Such is life

♪ And love

♪ And in war

♪ All I know...

I love you.

♪ Was known before

♪ She'll be gone

♪ Tomorrow

♪ I'll be gone...

♪ Tomorrow ♪

How you today, boys?

Well, now, howdy,
Chuck, Preacher.

What y'all
doin' in town?

We're gonna
rob the bank.

I'll be damned.

About time you hit
this one.

[background conversations]

Don't mean to butt in like this,
only we're in kind of a hurry.

[woman]
No, no.

Jess, now, no one's
gonna get hurt.

Just take
good care of us, okay?

Fill it up, Jess.

Those big bills first.

We appreciate it.

What was you doin' in there,
Preacher, passin' the plate?

Yes, sir.

[chuckles]

[Charles]
Hey, Pete.

You tell the law
that's lookin' for us,

they can find us
up north.

[bangs car door]

[engine revving]

[steam hissing]

The water pump's blown.

You know that garage
outside of Malverne?

Ogee's?

Yeah-- if we take it easy
I think we can make it.

Police will be swarming
all over the place.

Can't walk
all the way up north.

We need the car,
let's go.

[kids playing]

[steam hissing]

Howdy, Ogee.

Chuck.

Chuck Floyd.

Hello, Chuck.

How ya doin'?

Fine.

Friend of mine,
Betty.

Hello, Betty.

You know Preacher.

Hi, Preacher,

[Preacher]
Ogee.

Last time I saw you
there weren't so many.

How's the Missus?

She's gone.

What's wrong
with this thing?

[kids playing]

Water pump,
can you fix it?

Yeah.

I'll have to go into
Malverne for a new one.

It'll cost you
50 bucks.

50?

Well, pump Ogee.

50's all right, but we need it
in a hurry, okay?

[Ogee]
It won't take long.

And if y'all are hungry, there's
some food in the house here.

Ogee.

I know things have been
kind of rough on you.

They're offering a mighty
big reward on our heads--

Chuck.

I need money bad enough
to gyp you on the car,

but not enough
to do that.

You've got
my word.

[tires squealing]

Maybe we better
go after him.

We do as
we're told.

We get to a phone
and tell 'em

we think we made
contact with Floyd.

[branch creaking]

[car approaching]

[tires skidding]

You're gonna have to
get out of here, right now.

Why, what is it?

The Feds.

They're comin'
down the road,

stoppin' and searchin'
every building they get to,

and they'll be here
pretty soon.

What's your
truck worth?

200, for real.

Here's four.

Thanks for
the warning.

I'm grateful.

Then do something
for me.

Can you hide Betty?

There's a place back in the
hills where she'll be safe.

You've got
to be kidding!

I can't stay here,
I won't!

Look, you've
got the truck,

come on, let's go
like we planned.

Betty.

We'll never make it.

Take this.

When they're gone,
use it to get north.

Forget it.

I stick with you.

It's no good
anymore.

Besides, you won't like
where I'm going.

Meaning what?

Meaning I'm going
back home.

Oh, but you're crazy.

The place is crawling
with cops by now.

There's cops everywhere.

Listen, I don't just blow away
like yesterday's paper.

I'm going home.

It's over.

You simple-minded fool,
you're still a hick!

You go back to
your lousy farmers,

and I hope they find you
and they kill you!

What about you,
partner?

It's my home too.

[engine clanking]

[tires skidding,
gunshots]

This ought to do
until night.

What then?

Run a block,
I guess.

Better sleep
'til dark.

Won't have
much chance after.

No, you go ahead.

Being asleep gives me
bad dreams.

I'll just stay up
with my sick friend here.

If we've got any
shooting to do,

that ain't gonna
help your aim any.

[engine clanking]

Spotted him again
down by Ralston.

Let's wait for the Feds
on up the road.

If that's him, I don't want to
be this close when he wakes up.

Earl...

We've got a chance
to take Pretty Boy Floyd

all by ourselves.

Well, we'd be in every
newspaper in the country.

I don't want to be
in any newspaper.

If you want your job,
follow me.

[moaning]

[gunshots,
Preacher groaning]

♪♪

[glass shatters]

What's the trouble?

Car-carburetor,
I think.

Try it now.

[engine turning]

You scared?

Don't be.

All I want
is a ride.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

I told the sheriff we should
have waited for you.

If we had,
it'd all be over now.

It'll be over,
soon enough.

[driver]
Mr. Floyd, would you mind

doing me a real,
great favor?

Well, you know
I'm gonna be

telling everybody
all about this.

Well, unless
I can prove it,

I think they'll
just laugh at me,

say I'd been out in the sun
too long, or something.

What I'm wondering is, would you
mind signing something for me?

Stop this thing.

You gonna
run that block?

Get out of here.

Get out of
here!

[gunshots]

[tires skidding]

[splashing]

[gunshots]

[screaming]

[gasping]

You're not
gonna make it.

You got anything you
want to say, Pretty Boy?

I'm... Charles Arthur...

[gasping]

[man]
♪ If you do wrong

♪ The world will say
good-bye ♪

♪ And if you do right,
who knows how hard you try ♪

♪ When you leave home

♪ The world
will make you cry ♪

♪ And you can't come home
until the day... ♪

♪ You die

♪ Got nowhere to go,
but I'm goin' ♪

♪ Got nowhere to stay,
but I'm stayin' ♪

♪ I can't
run no more ♪

♪ But the more I run,
oh, Lord ♪

♪ I see it's me
I'm runnin' from ♪♪