End of the Line (1987) - full transcript

Good morning.

Man: I raise my hand...

Who else has raised
his or her hand?

Get up, man!
You're a fool.

Hey, hey!
What happened?

You pretty near bought the farm,
you drunken old son of a bitch!

Ha!
The hell I did.
Ha ha ha!

You lay around
on them railroad tracks

and you'll have no legs,
by golly!

Well, at least I would have
a matched set!

Ha ha ha!



Hey, Haney.
Whatcha say?

Hot enough for you?

Yo, Haney.
How you doin'?

Hey, Leo.
You're not going
to eat?

I'm practicing.

Here.

Give me this.
I'll catch a few.

I just about
got my nut for today.

Well, don't throw
your arm out.

All right,
right down the pike.

Rose made me damned
deviled egg sandwiches again.

Tell her
you didn't like 'em?

She's kind of sensitive.
You know that.

Ha ha.
Well, we're just talking



about a sandwich here,
for Christ's sake.

Tell her you don't like 'em.
Tell her to make you
what you want.

You been married to her a year.
You ought to be able to
get away with that.

I'm thinking about
making my own--

peanut butter and jelly.

They're good for you,
easy to make.

You better rub some of that
on your elbow.

It'll keep you loose.

Chester, you think you got
enough chicken there?

Want to play cards tonight?

Yes, sir.

Jeannie taking them
salmon patties out of
the freezer just like clockwork.

She sure knows
how to cook 'em, don't she?

Makes 'em taste
just like fish.

Now, boys,

don't any of you take
last night's game
as a bad sign.

Your luck's gonna turn around
real soon.

Who we got tonight, Alvin?

We got the Dodgers by three.

Right, the house
has the Dodgers, fellas.

But St. Louis has got
a good pitcher on the mound.

Damn, I think
I'd bet on him myself.

How come we don't have
St. Louis, Alvin?

Well, that's 'cause we want
to give everybody a chance

to win their money back.

Aw, that sure is
a Christian attitude.

Won't you help us,
Haney?

You'd better
get that away from me, Alvin.

Ho ho!

Okay, boys, come on!
Who wants St. Louis?

- They're looking good!
- You don't think much
of your money,

do you, Leo?

They got that Dominican kid
going tonight.

Well, hell, that ought
to interest you, Gonzalez.

Yes, sir!

Hell, Gonzalez
is from Mexico.

He ain't no Dominican.

Leo, I remember
when all you done in here

was eat your goddamn lunch!

- How about St. Louis?
- Better get out of my way, son!

My man!

- Alvin: Come on, fellas!
- Okay, Spoon, what're we
talking here?

Haney, you ain't going
to let 'em get to you, are you?

Piss on him!

I hate that dirty lowlife
son of a butt, Leo.

I don't want him around me.
He upsets my bowels.

Yeah, I know
what you mean.

Rose's bowels was upset
all last night.

Had the Hershey squirts.

Well, tell her to eat
plenty of Bran Flakes.

Maybe a little jack cheese.

There you go.

Leo:
I don't mean to meddle
with your business.

I never seen you drink
three bottles of beer before,

long as I known you.

You ain't been listening
to all this B.S. we've heard

about the Southland turning
into an air freight company,
are you?

They can't
shut this line down.

Hell, I got payments to make
on the trailer and everything.

What little bit Rose does,
that ain't enough

to contribute nothin'
towards something like that.

They're not gonna
shut it down, Leo.

They can't.

- Wanna go
bird hunting this weekend?
- I can't do it, partner.

I'm gonna take
my grandchild fishing.

I bought some new lures
last Saturday--

big old purple worms
about like that.

Ain't had a chance
to try 'em yet, of course.

It was too hot to fish
up till now,

but it could be
a nice trip.

- You might want to go?
- If you're askin'.

Children:
Grandpa! Grandpa!

Grandpa! Grandpa!

Get out of the car!

Haney:
Hey, what's going on here?

Hold it, hold it.

- What's going on here?
- All: Grandpa! Grandpa!

Where are you taking me?

Grandpa, look at him go!
Look at him, Grandpa!

Well, here, looky here!
There you go.

- Girl: Knock him off!
Knock him off!
- What's this?

Look out!
What'd you do that for?

Hey, he can ride!

Grandpa, why don't you
get on it?!

- Not me, sir. I don't--
- All: Yeah!

- No, no, no, no!
- Yeah, yeah!

- No, no, no, how about you?
- Man: Hey, Daddy.

How about a beer?

So the big rodeo
came to town, huh?

Up in Little Rock.
I got you and Mama
tickets for Saturday.

Honey,
you want some cheese?

I'll take some prunes
if you got 'em.

I went to the store.
Billy?

Prunes are fine.

There you go, sir.

Well now, big shot,

what are you gonna enter?

Daddy, this is what they call
a permanent cast.

I can't rodeo.

So then why
do you keep going?

All my friends rodeo.
I love it.

I see.

Well, it's a good thing
I didn't only do what I love,
isn't it?

People around here might have
starved right to death.

Don't you think it's time
you came down to the yard

and see
if you can't get on?

I heard in the papers
where Southland's going
air freight.

Where you been?

I had to buy gas.

Well, let's go inside.

I can't.

Man on TV:
It's got a good dance beat.

And there's no drum machines
or anything like that.

It's really us
playing the music.

I know that's the kind of thing
people want to hear.

So let me put this song
on for you.

Leo:
Mmm! Yes, ma'am!

I've been dreaming
about salmon patties
all day long.

You make 'em the best, baby.
You really do.

Thank you, thank you.

Jeannie?

Bring the roll of paper towels
in here to your grandma.

And shug,
would you turn down that music?

That rock junk
just rattles my brains.

Jean:
Turn it off, honey.

- Oh, it's so good.
- Thank you. Thank you, darlin'.

- Come here, baby.
- Here, Rose.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

I better shuffle
these cards up.

Don't want
to get grease everywhere.

You boys have a lot
of catching up to do.

Haney:
Sure, we do.
Your partner's keeping score,

and she's not
adding it up right.

You see, you girls
don't have that many points.

Well, let me look at it.

You're cheating again,
ain't ya?

Hell, Haney,
she's cheating.

She's good at it too!

- I'm not cheating!
- Of course not.

If you don't like the way
I'm adding it up,

just do it
your damn self.

Well now, let's don't
get offensive about it.

Where you been?

I had to work late.

Jeannie, get your stuff.

And you, sir,
what are you doing here?

Me and Charlotte are gonna
get married again.

Is that a fact?

Well, I do hope you two
have grown up a little bit
this time.

Uh, well,

we were thinking
about moving to Tulsa.

Everett knows a guy
who works on the oil rigs.

They get paid
a lot more than railroad.

Don't be dumb, son.
Them oil rigs come and go.

I said we were thinking,
that's all.

Charlotte:
Look, I got you, um...

some, uh...

of these nose pads
for your glasses.

Thank you.

They won't leave.

I needed these.

- Cicadas keeping you awake?
- No, my darling.

I was just sitting here
thinking.

About what?

Well, I don't even know.

Isn't that something
about Charlotte and Everett?

Yeah.

I don't know what I'll do
if Southland goes
into air freight.

You know, it ain't like
I can go

to some other railroad
and get a job.

I can't.

Your boy's too old.

You are worrying yourself
about nothing.

Maybe we could take a trip.

- A trip?
- Sure.

Wouldn't you like
to just go somewhere?
Hell, I would.

I mean, just go.

I could
get us a camper.

Where would we go?

Ha, could go anywhere we want.
It wouldn't matter.

I mean, that's the good thing
about having a camper.

Everything's going
to be all right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Come on, Will.

Come on.
Come to bed. Come on.

I'll be along in a minute.

I'll be along.

Man:
Can't believe they...

What does it say?

It says, "Find yourself
some other freakin' job."

Where's Leo?
Has anybody seen Leo?

I don't want to move
away from here, Haney.

My mama's buried here.

Well, I know, Chester.

Ain't nobody gonna have to
move away from here.

Surely there's more
to this thing than
this sign here.

I hope so.

"This company
has accumulated debts.

It is more feasible
to suspend operation..."

I'm a son of a bitch.

It's a lot of big words.

They've done her to us, son.
They've done her to us.

Hey, son,

why don't you
come on over tonight?

Hey, hold up.
Hold up, man.

We gotta figure out
where we gonna move.

Yo, we can't break up
our bookie business.

I tell you, this is just
the excuse I need

to get out of this
rat's asshole of a town.
I can't wait.

Hey, come on, man.
What is it?

Lighten up.
This ain't no big deal.

It is a big deal, okay?

I mean, this--
this sucks!

I got a lot of family here,
you know?

I got a lot of family
to think about.

I got bills too--
a lot of 'em.

Yeah.
Wait, wait, wait, wait!

You got a bill with me.

Now don't forget,
you owe me $575 I loaned you
for this car.

Man, you're gonna
have to just write that off
as a loss, okay?

No, no, hold up.
Hold up, man. Hey, hey!

I ain't writing off shit,
pal.

You owe me that money.
You gonna pay me that money.

I need it for the move.
Now come on, I got a kid.

I got three damn kids!
My car's on the blink--

- I don't give a damn, man.
- Get the hell off.

I need that damn money.
Now where you goin'?

- Hey, you hold on.
I'm still talking to you.
- Get off.

Hey, I'm talking to you!

God damn you!

I'm gonna find you!

I'm gonna find you
and get your damn--

And I think she
goes down there 'cause
they have air conditioning.

'Cause it sure ain't
how they do her hair.
It looks terrible.

Okay. Where is that--

Haney?

Come here a second, shug.
Come here.

Leo's coming back
for those damn dogs.

I want you to do me a favor
and take them this.

Maybe it'll shut 'em up.

Give them this.

Those things drive me crazy
morning and night.

We might as well have a kid.

Lord, you did not
hear me say that.

Leo:
Come on, girls.
Come on.

Come on, Blue Bell.
Come here, girl.

- Hey, Leo?
- Yo.

Your wife sent this
back to you.

How much do you feed 'em,
anyway?

These dogs?

I don't really know.

I'd have to say a lot.
They do eat a lot.

I bet Rose knows exactly.

I'll bet she does.

Why wasn't you
at work?

Shop's closed.

Everybody else showed up.
How'd you know it was closed?

I just had a feeling.
You know how that is, Haney.

Fella gets a feeling
something's wrong.

He don't know how he got it,
but he knows something's wrong.

What are you thinking
we ought to do?

What you want to do
about the money, Everett?

- Man: Miss Pat?
- Miss Pat: What'll you have?

Get me a longneck, please.
Two.

All right, everybody,
listen up.

We got some figuring
we got to do.

- Everybody listen up.
- Hey, y'all.

Haney's got a plan
he wants to tell you about.

Yeah, I got a plan too,

about how I'm gonna
take $575

out of some
non-Caucasian's ass.

Caucasian this, my friend.

- Come here!
- Hey, hey, hey!

Man:
Hey, hey, hey!

Haney:
Get off! Get off, damn you!

You son of a bitch!
I'll kill you!

That's enough!
Enough!

All right, all right,
let me go!

Easy now!
You want to fight
like a couple of goddamn kids,

just take it on outside!

Y'all listen,
Haney's got a damn plan here.

Alvin:
Yeah, yeah, go on,
tell us, Haney!

What brilliant plan
is going to get the president
of Southland

to reopen this shop?

We gonna tell Mr. President
that we can handle more freight

than any air freight outfit
he's got in his mind.

- Tell him?
- Yeah.

You gonna tell him?

The man is in Chicago, Haney.
We ain't gonna tell him shit!

We are if we go
to Chicago.

Man:
Oh, that costs money, Haney!

- There's a plan.
- That's a stupid plan.

The hell it is.

We're gonna get out of here
tomorrow in this train yard

and we're gonna
put a couple of cars
on that switch engine

and we're gonna
go to Chicago.

And we're going to tell
Mr. Thomas Clinton

that we're ready to work
here in Clifford, Arkansas.

Farmers did it.

Aw, come on, man!

- Farmers.
- Man: Hell, they're
in worse shape than we are.

But see, I didn't work here
for over 38 years

to have some son of a bitch
tell me not to come back
tomorrow.

- Man: That's right.
- I want my job back.

And I'm going
to let him know about it.

Now you boys
do what you want.

I'll be at the yard
at 6:30 rarin' to go.

You show up
if you feel the same.

Man:
I don't reckon
it'd hurt anything.

Man #2:
I'll go, man.

Man:
Give it a try.
What do we got to lose?

Hey, Haney?

I was goin' if I had
to drive all the way
to St. Louis and head you off.

I got us some beer
and lunch meat there
at the 7-Eleven.

Hell, it's just like
they say-- open up at 7:00,
shut down at 11:00.

I was afraid
I was gonna miss y'all.

- Aw, hell, Haney.
- That's right, boss.

Not a one of 'em.

Not a goddamn one of 'em
showed up.

That's pitiful.

Dumb idea
in the first place.

Well, what do you think?
Should we just go to Denny's

and have a cup of coffee?

Hell, no.
I say we go.

You and me.

It might work better.

Hell, yes.
We can handle it.

You bringing your gun?

Dumb-ass idea, wasn't it?

No, sir.
I brought mine.

Did you bring a necktie?

Yes, sir.
Brought two of 'em.

Got a long one
and a bow tie--

just depend
on what mood I'm in.

What's the whiskey for?

- I got to keep
the old arm loose.
- All right, let's go.

Go on.

Aw, my car is like this
every morning.

Takes a while
to warm it up.

They say them Japanese cars
run like a clock,

start better than a Ford
with a hand choke.

Yeah, my niece's neighbor
had one of them little "Hondos"

or "Subunus" or something.

18-wheeler
mashed it like a grape.

Couldn't see it.

Killed her, of course.

Yes, sir,

some sad singing
and some slow walking.

Yeah, there she goes.

Chicago-bound.

Haney:
I guess this is as far away
from home as I ever been.

Puts me in mind of when
I was a boy

and I used to take
my dad's pickup truck.

A couple of buddies and I,
we'd go out

and see this bootlegger
I used to know.

Leo:
You drink that old
buzz-skull whiskey?

Haney:
I did.

I didn't like
the taste of it much,
but I drank it anyway.

Leo: You know, we used to have
to take Grove's Chill Tonic
every spring.

That was the awfulest thing
I've ever had--

my own opinion,
of course.

Haney:
None of that stuff
tastes very good.

Serves a purpose.

This is living, Leo.

You know, Haney, I was taking
a shower the other day

and I was trying to remember
the Pledge of Allegiance.

You know,
the American one.

And, hell, I couldn't get it
to come to me.

Well, grade school
was a long time ago.

It's no wonder.

Yes, sir.
That's what kept me
out of high school.

"I pledge allegiance
to the flag

of these United States
of America..."

And then there's a little--
little more there.

Yeah, something there
about God, I think.

Amen.
That's important.

Might be the most important.
I don't know.

Leo:
"I pledge allegiance
to the flag

of these United States
of America.

And-- and God bless America,
for which she stands."

Haney:
God bless America.

Leo:
Yes, sir.

Gives you-- gives you
a kind of a chill, don't it?

Hello?

Rose?
Hi, it's Jean.

Well, hi, honey.

Did I wake you?

No, I'm just cleaning up
around the house.
You know men.

Yes. Listen, I was
just wondering if you'd like
to go shopping today.

Well, sure.

Hold on a second.

Shut up!

Jean?
Didn't Haney and Leo say

- that they were going
bird hunting?
- Yes.

Well, if they did,
they didn't take those
damn dogs with them.

- Shh.
- Maybe they don't
need the dogs.

Well, if--

if they don't need them,
I certainly don't need them.

- I'm gonna turn 'em loose.
- You are?

No, I am.
I'm gonna turn 'em loose.

He is in for a big shock
when he gets home.

I'll see you later, honey.

Bye.

Shit!

Shit, shit!

Charlotte:
You sure you don't mind
watching Jeannie?

I mean, I just think we ought
to see what Tulsa's like.

No, I'm glad
for the help.

I just wish you might have
picked somewhere

a little bit closer.

I know I can find a job
in Tulsa.

I don't know
about anywhere else.

You won't know
till you try, will you?

That was Rose
on the phone?

Uh-huh.
She's wondering why Leo
and your dad

didn't take the dogs with them
when they went hunting.

I must say, I think
it's a little strange too.

- Why?
What time did they leave?
- Early.

You know, I bet
those two old goats
went out looking for work.

What?

What? Well, well,

we had a meeting down
at the Iron Horse last night.

And they were talking
about some stupid plan

to steal a train.

Yeah!
Steal a train?

Yeah. Yeah.

But wasn't nobody
gonna go with 'em.

Aw, hell, they're probably
down at Denny's drinking coffee

and cussin' about it.

Why were they
gonna steal a train?
Where were they gonna go?

They were--

they were gonna go
to Chicago.

Now I don't think
they're going.

Chicago?

Well, then we just
gotta go down to Denny's
to make sure.

I mean, what if they did go?
Now we gotta go look for 'em.

Baby, where are we gonna
go look for 'em?

Yeah, all right, baby.
Okay.

It's all right.
I'll go look for 'em.

Okay? Don't y'all
worry about a thing.

I'll see y'all.

Leo:
You know, Rose's birthday
is coming up pretty quick.

You know
how she loves dogs.

I'm gonna call
old Harley Fencer

and get him to pick her out
a real pretty puppy--

something we can make
a house dog out of.

That'll tickle her,
won't it?

I'll tell you about it
as soon as you wake up.

Oh, shit!

Leo:
You know, I went down
to South Arkansas last year.

Some old boys down there
wanted to go catfish-hogging.

They went down
to a damn slough,

worse than a creek.

And they know the logs
that's in the damn thing.

They get a boat, all of 'em
hang their arm in that boat,

ease along through
that old scummy water--

damn snakes,
turtles everywhere.

They got up on that damn log

and they know
every knothole in it,
everything about it.

One of them guided one end
and one of them guided
the other,

and they got
a knothole man there.

Mutt Kagle had an army belt
in his teeth.

Reached inside
that damn thing

and he tickled
that damn catfish,

got him started toward
the big end.

And Mutt Kagle grabbed him
right in his damn jaws,
like that,

and held his ass
inside that log.

He started dancing.

Took that army belt
out of his teeth

and stuck it in his mouth
and back out through his gills,

brought it around,
put it back through the buckle

and tied it
around his hand one time.

Then he pulled the fish out.

We had
some sportsmanship then.

And a hell of a hurry.

You want to go this year?

You'll enjoy this
when you wake up.

Aw, hell,
they're long gone.

Their cars
are in the yard.

Well, we gotta find 'em.

Hell, honey,
they could be anywhere.

Please, Ev, now you
gotta be with me on this.

Now, no-- Daddy is in trouble.
Now please go find him.

Pick some of the places.

Baby, don't worry.

Those boys are big enough
to take care of themselves.

They'll get hungry
and come home, sure as
the world.

- What are you having?
- A Bud.

You want a mug
or a longneck?

Pitcher.

How many glasses?

Miss Pat?

I'm gonna give you
a piece of advice.

I wouldn't serve people
don't pay their debts.

Bad for business.

How many times you want
to settle this shit, man?

Okay, you cut this shit out

or I'll throw your ass outside
and call the police.

I mean it now.

You want to hear
something funny?

Those two old assholes
really did it.

They stole a train
and headed for Chicago.

What?

Yeah.

Yeah, they even
took their shotguns.

Bullshit.

No, man.

No, I'm not shitting you.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Can you see them walking
into one of them big old
Chicago offices,

"Haney and Leo
to see Mr. So-and-So."

Aw, man!

Those two dudes ain't
gonna get the time of day!

Here you go.

♪ And that's why
things go wrong ♪

♪ And I fall in two

♪ I'm all right

♪ When I'm a-drinking

♪ Till I start
to thinking ♪

♪ 'Bout you...

Leo: You think we can find us
a greasy spoon here
in Flat River?

Haney:
Maybe we can.

I bet you
Mr. Thomas Clinton,

chairman of the board
of Southland,
is a good man.

Of course we ain't
working for him now,

but we're going
to do something about that,
right?

You're darn right we are,
boss.

Where you think
we can sleep?

Well, I was thinking about that,
and I don't know why

we don't just crawl up
in one of them boxcars.

Them hobos do it
and they say you can't beat 'em.

It's kinda like
being outlaws, huh?

Out here roughin' it around
like Bonnie and Clyde.

Leo,

who you gonna be?

Bonnie or Clyde?

You a damn mess, Haney.

Take you back to Arkansas.

♪ And that's when
things went wrong ♪

♪ And I got the blues...

Haney:
You know, Leo,
I really ain't looking forward

to sleeping in that boxcar.

Leo:
Can't say I am either.

Why don't we take a room?

Can we afford it?

Well, just the once.

Well, let's just get one room.
We ain't on vacation, right?

Right.

Hello there.

You want to watch
a little TV?

All right tonight, boss.

It's in color.

I know,
but I'm just whipped.

You don't mind
if I watch some, do you?

No, sir,
you go right ahead.

You know, Haney,
I been thinking.

You know up in Pittsburgh
and lots of them steel towns

where they've shut down
the shops?

I was reading
in the newspaper
where them boys got together

and they bought it
away from the company.

Now they run things
themselves.

Maybe we could do
something like that.

Say everybody kick in
$5 a man

and just take it over.

If we all threw in
$5 a man,

we couldn't raise $600.

Yeah.

I guess we would be
a tad shy, wouldn't we?

Charlotte.

What the hell you doin'?

Ah ah ah!

- Damn!
- Mama's going to the police.

Well, hey, I looked
for your daddy, baby.

I-- I couldn't find him.

- Ain't that right, Alvin?
- Shut up, Alvin!

I needed you last night,
you bastard.

- I needed you.
- All right, come on, baby.

Don't-- don't do that.

Oh, boy, here it comes.

- Listen, Charlotte--
- Save it, save it.

Hey, we're going home.

- Okay. Okay.
- Move it. Move it.

Get out of the car, Alvin.
Get out--

- Hey.
- Oh!

I think we gonna
be going now, man.

Later.

Oh!

Okey-dokey.

Here you go, ladies.

- Jean: Aw, thank you.
- Yeah.

Sorry I ran out of milk.

That's all right.
Thanks.

We're sorry to get you here
so early, Maxie.

Oh! Now let's see,

what can I do
for this little cutie
right here?

I'm president
of the county Razorback Club
this year

and I get all this stuff
to give away.

- Oh!
- There you go,
little britches.

- See that?
- It's kinda piling up.

Look how cute
that looks on you.

Now I just got
one question for y'all.

Why in the world
would Haney and Leo

want to go
and steal a train for?

Because they flipped
their damn lids, that's why.

Now, they didn't steal
the train.

No, they didn't
steal a train.

Now, ladies,

well, I--

I've got very few options

as to how to get
your menfolk back to you.

Oh, well, listen,
don't put yourself out.

Now, it wasn't
that big a thing.

Now...

in this particular
situation,

well, I can only think

of one legal option.

Since they stole a train...

Both:
They didn't steal a train!

I'll put out an APB on 'em
for grand theft.

Aw, shit.

Better back her up.

Aw, shit.

Haney, I don't think
I'll do too well in jail.

We ain't gonna go
to jail, Leo.

- We're gonna go to Chicago!
- Leo: Oh, boy!

Sir, I think the vehicle
is picking up speed.

They'll stop.

You better slow up.
They ain't moving.

Aw, they'll move.

Is there any seat belts
in these things?

Sir, I think we'd better
move our vehicle before--

They'll stop.

- Ha ha!
- Oh, boy!

Oh, boy!

Boy!

We showed them.

We did that.

This old train
ain't dead yet, Leo.

Just wait till we get a hold
of Mr. Thomas Clinton.

Haney, you think they'll make us
pay for that police car?

Man:
There's a new flag flying
over Southland.

It reads: Air Freight.

We're moving out of the past
and into the future.

Hey, Southland,

America thinks
you're okay!

Well, this is--
it's awful, Les.

I mean, this is--
it's terrible.

Who else has seen this?

- Mr. Gerber, you see--
- I thought you guys understood
what we wanted.

I mean, right now Southland
has a bad public image

because of all the people
we laid off.

We want to have
a good public--

this commercial gives us
a bad public image.

Woman: Mr. Gerber?

No calls, Sharon.

It's your daughter.

All right, put her on.

Hi, sweetie!

Yeah, what is it?
Honey, Daddy is very busy
right now.

Uh-huh, well,
go show Mommy.

I love you, pumpkin.
Yes, bye-bye, sweetie.

Les, if you guys
can't give us what we want,

we will find
someone else who can.

I want to get this company
off on the right foot.

This is my company.
This is my idea.

I don't want anything
to screw this up.

Right now the old man
doesn't know anything
about this.

So when he does finally
figure out what's happening,

- I want everything
to be in its place--

- --and operating smoothly.
- Mr. Gerber?

Sharon, no calls.

Sorry, Mr. Gerber,
but there's a policeman
on the phone.

He says one of our trains
has been stolen

by two men
who lost their jobs.

He says they're heading
for Chicago.

Well, you see, Les?
This is exactly what
I'm talking about.

This is incredibly bad P.R.

Put him on.

I just hope to God
they haven't taken any hostages.

Oh, Jesus.

We gotta be getting close
to St. Louis.

Yeah, they're going to be
waiting on us, ain't they?

Haney:
Well, what do you think, boss?

- Turn it around?
- Leo: Yeah, I guess.

Damn, I hate to think
we didn't get to talk
to Mr. Thomas Clinton,

chairman of the board
for Southland.

We could've changed his mind,
that's for sure.

You're damn right
we could have.

You thinking
what I'm thinking?

Yeah.

How many police you think
we'll have to cut through?

Officer, I want those tracks
clear and open for that train

all the way to Chicago.
No problem.

I'll take full responsibility
for that police car. Bye-bye.

Why did you tell the police
to let them go?

That was a mistake.

Because Southland
does not forget its own.

And because
it's damn good P.R.

Haney:
This is damn foolishness.

We ain't breaking no law.
We run these trains every day.

They're just as much ours
as Southland's.

Leo: Let's do it.
We ain't got a damn thing
to lose.

It can't get no worse.

What the hell
have we accomplished, Leo?

I can't say.

Jesus Christ,
we're sitting out here
in the middle of nowhere,

we got nothing to eat,
the laws are after us.

And our train's out of gas.

I don't guess
we've accomplished much.

I would say not.

Looks like we've hit
the end of the line.

No, sir.

The end of the line
is jail.

We're in a hell of a mess.

I used to think
the railroad

was probably the best thing
a man could do for himself.

Back when we started,
it was.

I always figured

as long as there was
a United damn States of America,

there'd be a railroad
in Arkansas a man could work on.

Haney, you remember that time
that me and you and all the boys

took a picture out in front
of that old steam engine?

I do.

Everybody said
back then

that that was the death
of the railroad,

'cause we switched
over to diesel.

Might have been.

You reckon they're
trying to kill us off
like them old steamers?

They may be, Leo.

They just might be.

♪ One more shot
for old times ♪

♪ One last stand

♪ One more hit
ought to do it ♪

♪ Then we'll quit
while we can. ♪

You know, all of my life,

I set around
and I let somebody else

decide things for me.

Well, I'll tell you something,
old friend.

Ain't no son of a bitch
gonna decide

when or how I die.

And I ain't gonna die
in no jail cell.

What about Jean
and the babies?

I'm no good to them now.

They need a man
with a job, see?

They don't need
no convict.

Well, Rose ain't gonna wait
for me to get out of jail.

She's a free spirit.

You sure this
is the right way to go?

Be an accomplishment.

It'd be our own decision.

You sure we don't want
to sleep on this?

I don't think sleep
would change a thing.

Do you?

I reckon not.

All right.

Stand right over there.

Right there.

I'll be down here.

Now on the count of three,

we'll just blow
our damn heads off.

All right.
One...

A man works
his whole life, Leo,

and they turn
their back on him. Two!

I hope the good Lord's
gonna let us in heaven, Haney.

Aw, I bet He will.

We've been hard workers
all our life.

And we got a lot of people
who loves us.

Jeannie thinks I'm the picture
on every dollar.

- Let's don't do it, Leo.
- Three!

Well, what the hell
are you doing?!

I shot just like you said.

- But you missed.
- But you didn't even shoot.

If I had, I'd have hit you.
That would've done it!

And then I wouldn't
only go to jail for
stealing that train,

they'd throw in murder
to boot!

Well, at least you'd be alive.
I'd be dead.

What the hell
you doin', Haney?

You gone nuts?

What do you want to do
about gas?

'Morning.

'Morning.

You do have diesel fuel?

We got anything you need.

Leo:
Well, that's good, ain't it?

Well, what do you need?

We need about 500 gallons
of your diesel.

500 gallons?

I tell you,
we sure do appreciate this!

Boy:
Well, this is great.

Somebody will probably
write a book about you guys
someday.

A book about us, Haney!

Rose would get a kick
out of that.

Haney:
I don't think it'll ever
make the best-seller list.

Well, I'd buy a copy.

Outlaws.

God damn!

Haney:
Maybe them St. Louis police
ain't looking for us after all.

Leo:
Maybe.

St. Louis is a town
I always wanted to visit, Leo.

Maybe I'll come back here
one of these days.

I'd like to bring Rose
up here and show her
that brewery they got.

That'd be real nice.

There's something
on the track up ahead.

- Where?
- Right there!
Shut her down!

Hold it! Hold!

Hey, Old Crow in a bottle,
Prince Albert in a can.
Let 'em out!

I think I told you one time
not to lay out

on these damn railroad tracks.

Now we very near
cut you in half.

Hey, I know you.
You took my bottle.

Are you still trying
to get to Chicago?

- Oh, yeah.
- Well, sir, you're in luck.

We're going to take you.

- Are you?
- Yes, sir.

For once, my horoscope
was correct.

Haney:
My, Landon, in your life
did you ever see such a sight?

Leo:
How in the world do they
take care of all of it?

Well, they just got to have
a lot of boys to help them,

wouldn't you think?

I guess so.

I want the cops
into your vehicles, please.

Right away.
And photographers assemble,
please.

- Warren! Warren! Warren!
- Right away, photographers.

Warren, they're here.
I saw them from the tower.
They're here.

All right, all right,
let me see those lights.

Police-- very nice.
Band, assemble right away.

Let's do it.
Lively, band!

I want to see a lot of pep.
You're looking a little still.

Well, old horse,
you see them lights, don't you?

I see 'em.

I reckon we're home.

Maybe we can turn it around
and back out of here.

I don't think so.

Looks to me like they want us
to come on in.

Well, Rose is gonna
find out about this,

and I sure dread it.

My God, they're coming.

Louder! Louder, band!
Full expression, please.

Do I look all right, Les?

Oh, Warren,
you look fine.

I want to use this footage
in the commercial.

Don't worry,
you look terrific.

Oh, there they are.
Right there, right there.

- I see them.
- Ha ha! This is terrific.

John Johnson live...

Nice.
Very good, band.

Chicago!
I love this crazy town.

No pictures.
No, no, there'll be other
photo opportunities later.

That was a close one.

I guess we pulled
a fast one, huh?

Think we should have
brought our shotguns?

No, sir, I don't believe
we need 'em.

We're away from the train now
and on the street.

We look just like
everybody else.

You know, I ain't never
seen the ocean,

but I bet it don't look
a hell of a lot different
than this right here.

Rose saw a gulf one time
down in Mississippi.

She said that
was a real pretty sight.

You want to hear
something funny?

I ain't never even been
to Mississippi.

We don't get out often,
do we?

That's it, ain't it?

Yes, sir.

Pretty big.

Aw, shit, it ain't that big.
It's just a building.

You take the shine off of it
and boil all the bullshit down,

the fellas in there running that
ain't no different than us.

I bet we could do it
just as good as they are.

We sure could.

It's just a damn shame
we couldn't open up
our own little shop

back in Clifford.
I know we could handle that.

We been handling that
all along, Leo.

Shit, I'm glad we came,
ain't you?

You mighty right.

We gonna get them jobs back
for everybody too.

God Almighty, do you know
it's after 11:00 o'clock?

We gotta find us
a place to stay.

Ladies?
Can I get some ladies for you?

- Do you need some ladies?
- Hey, mister.

Haney:
I bet we can afford
that one.

Man, I hope so.

Pimp:
Ladies.
Can I get some ladies for you?

Do you need some ladies?

Give us a double room.

Sure feels good
to lay down.

It sure does.

There, Mr. Thomas Clinton.

I'm ready for you.

Hey, Haney?
Hold this just a second.

You look sharp.

Hello there.

Oh, how can I help you?

Well, you could
direct us to the offices
of Mr. Thomas G. Clinton.

I don't suppose you gentlemen
have an appointment?

No, sir, we don't
have an appointment.

We've come a long way
and we sure would like
to see Mr. Clinton.

Chairman of the board
for Southland Railroad.

Look, guys, if you don't
have an appointment
with anyone,

I'm going to have to ask you
to leave the premises.

You don't seem
to understand, sir.

We've come a long way.

We've come all the way
from Arkansas

and we aim to see
Mr. Clinton.

Are you the guys
from Arkansas?

We're from Arkansas.

But are you the railroad guys
from Arkansas?

Hey, hey, wait a minute, fellas!
Wait, wait! Hang on!

It's right this way,
gentlemen.

These are the guys
from Arkansas. I found 'em.

Leo:
We're from Arkansas.

- Mr. Gerber, they're here.
- Who's here?

The men from Arkansas.
They're here.

Gerber:
They're here?!

Tell him
security guard Travers
found them.

Gentlemen.

Oh, gentlemen!
Warren Gerber,

president
of Southland.

- How do you do, sir?
- Oh, this is--

'Morning.

Well, please, will you come
right this way?

Oh, it is so nice to see you.
We'll have a seat.

We'll rest your feet
for a moment.

I found 'em, Mr. Gerber.
Travers-- security!

See, over here--

Uh, Travers.
Herbert Travers.

Come in!

Come in, please.
Southland and I welcome you

and have a seat, please.
Won't you both have a seat?

Now, I set up
a little reception committee
for you yesterday,

Mr. Haney?

- That's me.
- And you must be Leo.

- I'm Leo.
- But somehow we missed you.

Now I understand that you want
to talk to me about something.

To tell you the truth,
Mr. Gerber,

we come to speak
with Thomas Clinton,

the chairman of the board
of Southland Railroad.

No, you want to speak to me.
I'm the president.

Well, if you're the head man,
we have a couple things
we need to discuss.

And so we shall, Mr. Haney.
So--

I'm just so excited
that you're here.

I want you to know
that Southland thinks
you men are heroes.

And that is
a very, very rare thing
in this country today.

You gentlemen are a credit
to the country, to this company.

I really mean this.
I mean, Southland was built

by men like you.
You are real men--

American men.

These men set out
on a mission

to save their little town.

They set out
in a locomotive,

just the two of them,

against all odds,

to challenge
what they believe to be

a large,
impersonal company.

And here they are.

But, Mr. Haney...

- and Leo--
- Leo Pickett.

- --you're--
- Clifford, Arkansas, local.

Mr. Leo Pickett!

You were wrong.
We're not impersonal.

Southland does not
forget its own.

Welcome to our lovely city

from so far away.

Let's have
a famous Arkansas smile.

Looks like Mr. Pickett's
having a good time there.

I think they're very happy.
I think it's going very nicely.

I like the check,
but the printing
isn't big enough.

Old Gerber ain't too bad
a fella after all, huh?

Man:
In the past,
when America was young,

we used these men
to move freight--

Southland engineers.

Today,
stepping into the future,

we use these men and women--
Southland pilots.

And here's the man
responsible.

Hi.

I'm Warren Gerber.
I'm president of Southland.

We're moving into the future.

Once engineers
carried freight by rail.

Now pilots
move it by air.

Les:
Cut, cut, cut!

Cut!

- Cut, cut, cut, cut!
- What is this?

- I'm sorry, Mr. Gerber.
- What's going on here, Les?

Mr. Haney,
you're not wearing your cap.

That's right.
I ain't gonna wear that cap.

Well, you see, Mr. Haney,

the gist-- the gist
of this campaign

is that Southland used to
depend on quality engineers

to move freight.

But you see,
now we're using pilots.

You see,
in this commercial,

we have to see you,
the engineer,

passing the gauntlet
on to the pilot.

- To Leo.
- I ain't an engineer.

You know, Vernon Tarver's
the engineer-- good one too.

No, no.

See, you're just pretending
to be an engineer.

You don't really actually
have to be an engineer.

Oh, I understand
what you're saying, fellas.

You want me to say
that I'm an engineer

and tell everybody
that I'm an engineer.

Well, I ain't.

I'm a brakeman.

Well, you see, sir,

pilots and engineers

are-- are parallel.

Brakeman wouldn't work.
I mean, what the hell
is a brakeman?

Do you know that you
actually drove a train up here?

So it's not stretching the truth
to call yourself an engineer.

It's a goddamn lie.

I think you fellas
ought to go get ya an actor

that does this all the time.

And I think you and me
ought to have that little talk
we come up here to have.

- Good.
- Now!

Okay, fine, very good.
Let's have a little break, Les.

I think we're all getting
a little bit tired right now.

So we'll just
take a very little break.

Okay, five minutes,
everybody.

Five minutes.
I'll be right back.

Les, what is the--

- Call the studio
and book more time.
- Okay.

What do you say,
Mr. Engineer?

I don't like the way
this is going, Leo.

I didn't come up here
to make no television
commercial and neither did you.

No, sir.

We come up
to see Thomas Clinton
about getting them jobs back.

And we ain't seen him.

I don't feel much
like a hero, Leo.

Haney?

Let's take the stairs.

How far up?

Well, ordinarily,
the head man is clear
to the top.

Has anyone checked
the ladies' room?

- I checked.
- Warren, they're not here.

Ooh, ooh!
Call security down at Southland.

Have somebody check
at the rail yard.

I want those two found
and brought back immediately.

Get out of here! Move!

How's your ticker?

She's wound out.

How you holding up,
partner?

Well, I'm still breathing.

Now listen, if I was
to blow a gasket here,

you keep going.

One of us has got to
get to this Clinton fella.

Now don't talk like that,
Haney.

We can make
a couple stairs.

Security. Travers.

- This is Warren Gerber,
president of Southland.
- Yes, sir.

Have you seen those
two strange railroad men
from Arkansas?

Uh, no, sir.
But if they come through
this way, I'll see 'em.

You make sure you do
or don't bother reporting
to work tomorrow.

- You got it?
- I'm on the job, sir.
I'm right here.

Haney:
You know, if I was to fall over
dead here in Chicago,

old Jean would be
so goddamn mad, she wouldn't
even come after me.

She'd just tell 'em,
"Put the old fool

in a cardboard box
and roll him in a ditch."

Leo:
Aw, she wouldn't do
no such thing.

But if she did,
I'd make sure you got
a proper burial.

Thank you.
Thank you a lot.

Ma'am, we come here
to see Thomas Clinton.

We got no appointment.

But we come
a long ways to see him,
to speak our mind.

Now we need
five minutes of his time,

and by hell,
we aim to get it.

And please
excuse my language.

Woman:
Mr. Clinton?

Mr. Haney and Mr. Pickett
are here to see you.

He doesn't hear
too well anymore.

You'll have to speak loudly.

- Mr. Clinton?
- Oh, come on in. Come on in.

Mr. Haney and Mr. Pickett
are here to see you.

Well, get yourself some--
a couple of cigars
off my desk there.

They're real Cuban cigars.
You should have one.

Thank you, sir,
but I don't smoke.

No, thank you.

Well, that's a damn shame.
They're hand-rolled.

Now you don't have to shout.
I'm not as deaf as
she thinks I am.

- I'm Tom Clinton.
- Will Haney.

- Hi.
- Pleased to meet you, sir.

I don't know
what's wrong with this thing.

This boxcar-- it won't--
it won't stay on the track.

Do you mind
if I have a look at it?

Sure, help yourself.

Oh, yeah.

These front wheels
have spread out

and they're wider
than the back ones.

And that's why they keep
going off the track on you.

Not much.
Here, try that, sir.

Yeah.
Yeah, you're right.

I need some glasses.

You know your way
around a boxcar, don't you?

Some.

You railroad men?

Uh, yes, sir.

You work for me?

Yes, sir.

What do you do?

- Well, I'm a brakeman.
- I knock cars.

Oh, well,
those are two fine jobs.

Have a seat.
Have a seat.

I knocked cars myself
a long, long time ago.

Now, what can I do
for you, boys?

Well, sir, we've come
a long way to talk to you.

We've got to try
and change your mind.

Change my mind?

Yes, sir, about your
shutting down the railroad.

Gentlemen, what the hell
are you talking about?

Mr. Clinton, we come up here
to try and save our jobs.

The railroad is closed?

Yes, sir.

Say, what the hell kind
of a chairman of the board
are you?

They close
your goddamn railroad down

and you don't know
nothin' about it?

Fellas, I got to tell you
how it is.

I'm the chairman of the board
of this company,

but that's about it.

My son-in-law,
Warren...

Warren Gerber.

Gerber!

He actually runs it.
He's the president.

Hell, I just sit up here
in this office

and I work
my train set.

Keeps me occupied.

My wife died...

a few years ago.

I'm sorry.
Sorry to hear that.

At any rate,
I haven't kept up

with company operations
for quite some time now.

Sharon, have we heard
from security?

No, sir.

Wait a minute!
I know where they are.

Les, I bet half your salary.
Where's my mind?

I'm sure Warren had good reason
for closing the railroad down.

You know, he's--
he's made more money
for this company

than I ever did
when I was running the show.

And he's a damn good
businessman.

And he's a member
of the family.

So I have to respect
his decisions.

But I would like
to help you boys if I could.

Mr. Clinton?

That little shop
in Clifford, Arkansas,
means our lives.

It's all we got, sir.

We come here
to get it back.

And we don't know
a doggone thing about
the air freight business.

What did you say?

I said we don't know
a dadgum thing about
the air freight business.

Southland...

is going into air freight?

- Yes, sir.
- That little son of a bitch.

He knows how I feel
about airplanes.

I hate the sons of bitches,
always have.

The day the airplanes
went into commercial business,

I knew right then
it was the disease

that would kill
the great railroads!

I gave the little
son of a bitch this company
when he married my daughter.

Now he's going to throw it
back in my face.

See there, Haney,
everybody's got
son-in-law problems.

It's the same all over.

He was going to slip
this transaction by me

to show that
this is his company now.

I wanna tell you something,
Mr. Clinton.

I don't really give
a good goddamn about
your family squabbles.

Hell, we all have that.
But yours cost our jobs.

And we do have a plan
if you're interested.

Fellas, I'm damn interested.

Lucy, these gentlemen
are kidnapping me.

Don't call the police.
Just tell Warren
what's happened.

Mr. Clinton?!

Hey, taxi!

- Mr. Gerber! Gerber,
there they are-- right there!
- Shit!

Shit! This is a nightmare.

- Southland air freight
is going to be a joke!
- Les: Stop!

Don't let anybody
find out about this.

You think they'll go back
to Kansas?

Arkansas, Les-- Arkansas.

Hey, I've got a baby
on board!

Can't you drive
any faster?

We can walk
faster than this.

That's a good idea.

- Where's the other one?
I need the other one.
- You've got mine.

We get down to Arkansas, Tom,
you ain't never gonna
want to leave.

Best hunting, fishing
in the world. Ain't it, Haney?

- Yes, sir.
It is for a fact, boss.

I can't--
where's the thing?

Say, what in the world
would that be?

Why, fellas,
that's a sculpture

by Pablo Picasso.

- Huh.
- Yeah, imagine that.

No, this isn't--

- You all right?
- This is terrible.

This is terrible.

- Thomas: Hey, this is great!
- Yes, sir.

Haney:
You ever drive
one of these things?

Thomas:
No.

You want to try it?

You think I could?

I'll get around this bend,
get this track straightened out,

and we'll have you drive
for a little.

Good.

There's your directional
indicator.

Of course, we're going forward
and you won't have to
change that.

There's your throttle.

Yeah, pull back
when you want to go faster.

That's right,
and push it forward
when you want to go slower.

And there's--
there's your indicator

that tells you how much fuel
you're feeding your engine.

And here, of course,
your ground speed up here.

And right here,
that's the brake.

- Brake. Forward to stop.
- Yes, sir.

- That's right.
- Yes, just a touch.

Now watch,
we'll slow down. Watch.

See, put a little air
on her.

- See, feel her slow down?
- Yeah.

Like a big
Buick Roadmaster, Tom.

Now we'll get our ground speed
down to a reasonable area here,

and then I'll just turn her
over to you, Tom.

- Okay, okay!
- Of course, if you're
gonna drive it,

here, you'd better
have this official...

railroad engineer's hat.

Son of a gun,
look at that.

Okay.

- That all right?
- Yes, sir.

Now you won't have to
change anything.

Just sit here
and drive your own train, sir.

- Brake...
- Yes, sir.

Yeah.

- Now...
- Can I speed-- can I
speed it up a little bit?

Well, I wouldn't.
You see, we're going around
a pretty good bend here.

I'd just kind of hold her
where she is and--

I got it.

Ha ha ha!

Don't even have to guide it,
do you?

No, no, them tracks
do that. See, they're--

they hold it
in a straight line.

Well, you're kind of
a natural.

Yeah, I think so.

I was in the shower
the other day,

trying to remember
the Pledge of Allegiance.

You know,
the American one?

And I couldn't remember it.

I couldn't remember
half of it.

"I pledge allegiance
to these United States
of America..."

"To the republic..."

- "...to the republic..."
- "...for which it stands..."

"...for which she stands."
Yes, sir.

"With liberty
and justice for all."

Well, you got a little
ahead of yourself there.

Which one is that?

- "One nation..."
- "One nation..."

God bless America,
for which she stands!

"Under God!"

♪ We got banjoes
walking in the night ♪

♪ And the prettiest women
in the world ♪

♪ We've got the best
of the human race ♪

♪ Got every blue boy
and girl ♪

♪ I tell you that God

Both:
♪ Must have blessed America

♪ For us to have
so many, many things ♪

♪ We've got each
and every kind ♪

♪ All together
at one time ♪

♪ You know, God,
he must have blessed us all. ♪

Getting close now.

I can tell
about where we are.

Gonna come across
a slough around here
a little ways

that's just
chock-full of moccasins
and snapping turtles.

Yeah.
What happened to Leo?

Look at him yonder.

Oh, he's sound asleep.
He could sleep anywhere.

He can smell
his home country, see?

And he dreamed he died
and went to heaven.

Last stop!

End of the line!

Come on, old horse,
wake up!

Boy, Haney,

you know how it feels
when you've been away
from home a long time,

can't wait to get back?

I can't hardly feel it
at all.

Come on, make a move.
Let's go.

Hey, fellas,
looky here.

Thomas:
Well, there he is--
the sky king!

Haney? Leo?

Don't make me shoot you down
in front of your loved ones.

I don't want a riot
on my hands.

So you just drop them guns,
put your hands on your head.

Lord, Maxie,
these guns is empty.

We ran out of shells
a long time ago.

And we're putting 'em down.

I'd like to have
a word with you.

You boys come on up here.
Let's talk about this.

Come on.

Take it easy.

Take it slow.

That's it.

That's it.

You don't recognize us?

I recognize you.

I recognize you
real well.

So how was your trip?

It was just fine.

You ought to go up there
with us next time.

Sheriff, I want you
to arrest these men.

Haney, Leo,
y'all are under arrest.

- For what?
- What for?
I'll tell you what for.

Grand theft
of a Southland engine,

possession of stolen property,

destruction
of Southland property,

and if that doesn't put you away
for the rest of your lives,

there's the little matter
of kidnapping a Southland
executive.

Haney:
Say, come back here, sir.

Please, Mr. Gerber?

Come back here.

You know, if you're going
to make accusations at me,

you ought to have the decency
to stand there while
I answer them.

Now, I never stole
a goddamn thing-- not since
I was a little boy.

We did borrow that engine,
Maxie.

But we give it back to Tom here,
and he owned it all the time.

Now for the kidnapping--

you help me through this, Maxie,
'cause I ain't a lawyer.

But I think
to kidnap somebody,

you gotta take 'em away
somewhere against their will.

- Don't you?
- Sure.

Well, see,
we ain't done that.
Have we, Tom?

Warren:
Of course you did.

Ha!
Mr. Gerber,

I can't see where these men
have broken the law.

I'd be hard-pressed
to arrest them.

Well, it's illegal
to trespass, isn't it?

This place
is illegal to enter
for Southland employees!

I want you to arrest
these people for trespassing.

- Arrest them!
- Eh, you got me there, Haney.

There is a law
against trespassing.

Good.

Then lock him up.

What?

I own the ground
you're standing on, feller.

And I own that shop.

So you see, hotshot,

you're trespassing.

Oh, you--

This property would cost
hundreds of thousands of doll--

Man:
Go home, Mr. Southland!

I'm sorry,
you could not afford this.

I guess maybe I got
a hell of a deal, then.

'Cause I bought
the whole shiteree
from Tom here for $1.

Please shut up.

You know something,
Mr. Gerber?

All of my life
I've stood back

and let office pinkies like you
make decisions for me.

Well, big boy,
you ain't making this one.

I bought this shop,

I'm gonna keep it open,

and I'm gonna do
my goddamnedest to run it.

Gentlemen, I think
you've missed the point.

You should have kept
the cars and the checks.

I mean, it would have been
a lot easier for you.

You're pushing this thing
very far.

And if I wanted to pursue
this thing legally,

I could just drag your asses
through the court for years

and you would still
never own this place.

But that's--
that's not the point.

I mean, well, the point
is that you can just
have this shop.

I mean, I'll give you
your dollar back.

But that's also
not the point.

I mean, what I'm--

what I'm trying
to say is...

this shop is dead.

This town is dead.
It will never be the same.

That is why I got out.

So, Mr. Haney,

you can turn this
into an independent rail yard
if you want to.

But you are just going
to be wasting your time.

Sheriff, I'm dropping
all charges.

Now you think
about this, Mr. Haney.

It's up to you.

Let's go, Dad.

Thomas:
Not on your damn airplane,
Warren!

All right,
have it your way.

Haney, what the hell happened?
What about our jobs?

Huh?

Well, we got two choices.

We own this place now,
lock, stock and barrel.

We can either stay here
and try to make a go of it

or go off somewhere else
and try it again.

No guarantees
either way.

I know what I'm gonna do.

I'm staying.

Right now I'm going
to take my family and go home.

Come on, son.

Good to have you back,
Daddy.

Come on, Jean.

Up you go.

You can come
if you like.

Man:
Way to do it, Haney!

All hail
the conquering hero!

Boys, you did it.

You're in control now.

By golly,
I guess so.

Was it all worth it?
I think so too!

That's a good one.

Here you go, Daddy.

- Thanks, honey.
- Daddy, Ev wants
to ask you something.

Go ahead.

I want to
marry Charlotte again.

Ask him.

Can I marry Charlotte again?

Look at the ring, Daddy.

Daddy?

That's the very same ring
you had last time.

It is.

But he had it cleaned.

All right.

But if you hurt her,

or if you sadden her
one more time,

I'll find you, young man,
and I'll beat you

till your head's
soft and mushy.

Everett:
Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

You sure look good
in uniform.

Chicago turned me
into a clotheshorse.

How's my dogs?

Well, it's a pretty interesting
world out there,

but we don't
have it too bad right here.

Does this mean we're not
going to get that camper?

Grandpa, look what
Aunt Rose found.

What have you got there,
Short Round?

Haney, where'd you get
that old thing?

I never saw that before.

Aw, well, that's been
hanging on the wall for years.

They don't make 'em
like that anymore,
do they, Haney?

That's a fact, boss.

That's a fact.