Kiss Her Goodbye (1959) - full transcript
Low-budget psychological drama about an emotionally unstable young woman and her brother who drift from town to town. A sympathetic motel café waitress takes pity on the girl and becomes romantically involved with her brother.
(dramatic music)
(upbeat jazz music)
Hey Em, will you turn
off that blasted radio?
I can't hear myself think.
(somber music)
Having trouble, mister?
Oh, nothing serious.
Got overheated a little.
I stopped for a spell to
give it a rest.
Yeah, this weather's
tough on everything.
A lot of people would
rather drive at night
when it's hot like this.
There's a gas station down
the road in Cedar Creek
a couple miles, you want
me to send a tow truck?
Oh, no thanks, I'll manage.
Okay, mister, but watch
yourself on the road here,
the trucks start coming through
pretty heavy after sundown.
What's the matter, Ed?
Is there anything really wrong?
Yes there is, everything.
Get back in the car,
hon, I'll be right back.
I'm hungry.
All right, we're gonna
eat pretty soon.
(horn honking)
Hey kid.
How far's the nearest
garage from here?
About two miles.
What's the trouble?
Well the block is cracked.
She overheated and split
right open on me.
Hey, you take me into town?
I'll make it worth your while.
Well I just saw the sheriff there.
He'd have taken you in.
Well I guess he could
have, but I didn't realize
about the block till
after he'd gone.
How about it?
Well, my granny'd be
waiting supper.
Well I guess I could take you in.
Okay, that's fine, I'll
get our stuff,
and like I said, I'll
make it worth your while.
Nobody around here will bother it.
Okay.
Be just a minute.
(light jazz music)
(man whistling)
What's your name, son?
Kenny.
Kenneth Grimes.
That your father's farm
you're working?
Oh no sir, that's my farm.
[Ed] You're kinda young,
aren't you?
Family live in town?
I don't have any family.
Except my granny, I live with her.
The wages of sin
is D.
E?
Death.
The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God
is life eternal through
Jesus Christ our lord.
[Emily] I'm hungry, Ed.
Can we eat soon?
[Ed] Sure, we'll eat pretty soon.
Got a dove there, huh?
- Yep.
- Thank you.
Oh, here, got it.
All right.
Please, I'll take it.
Hold it now.
Here you go.
Mm-mm.
Oh, go on, take it.
You helped us out.
I appreciate it.
Well.
Thanks.
It was no trouble, though.
Thanks a lot.
Yeah, thanks.
I like your wagon.
Come on.
Let's see now.
What kind of a
license plate number
we gonna put on those two mules?
You know, the law says
we have to have a number.
Yeah, my car's conked
out up the road.
Number is B48131, Missouri.
Oh, you're a show me fella.
That's right.
Well what happened to the car?
Oh, we're gonna have
to get it pulled in.
Be fixed in a day or so.
Trouble, trouble,
toil and trouble.
Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble.
Won't have any difficulty
bubbling out there today, will it?
No, I guess not.
Well, you're not so badly off.
The garage is just across the way.
Oh, that's good.
What cabin you gonna put us in?
Oh, this cabin generally
costs $6 a day,
but since you're having problems,
I'm going to make it five.
Maybe you'll want to stay
around a while.
Cabin number 14, it's
right across the court.
You'll have plenty of time
to get settled.
Corey Sherman, who runs the
garage, is closed for supper.
Knowing his appetite,
and his father-in-law
being out of town, I'd
say you could count on
an hour, an hour and a half.
Right, we'll work it
out just fine.
Well, thank you, Mr. Wilson.
Call on us if we can do anything.
I sure will.
Thanks.
(upbeat jazz music)
Well, I see you got here.
(mumbling)
Yeah, but we'll take care of her.
Margery, I don't know
how you do it,
but every time, your
pie tastes better
than it did the time before,
and that's going some.
You know, you folks couldn't
have picked a better place
to stop, this is the best
food in this part of Florida.
You headed for Miami?
Yeah.
Your car's across the
street in the garage.
No, we had to leave it
sitting out in the road.
We had more trouble than we
thought when you stopped.
Oh, well now that's not so good.
Did you talk to Corey
over at the garage
about hauling it in?
No, he's not supposed
to be back yet.
That's right.
Since Johnny quit he has no help.
Closes up just for supper,
he oughta be back about 8:00.
We could call him, but I don't
suppose that'd do any good.
Think so Marge?
Corey will be back
when he's good and ready
and not before.
Well, seeing as it's
gonna take a little longer
than I thought, I think
I'd better run out
and plant a flare by
the car just to be safe.
Meanwhile if you do see Corey,
tell him to get it off the
road as soon as he can.
Yeah, thanks a lot.
Good night Marge.
Night Skinner.
[Skinner] See you later.
That's too bad about your car.
Yeah.
Are you comfortable in your cabin?
Yeah, thanks.
Guess I better try to call this...
Sherman, Corey Sherman.
You wanna use the phone
it's outside.
Okay.
Thanks.
Now honey.
Now you wait here.
Why can't we wait here, Ed?
Listen, just, I have to go
outside and make a phone call,
about the car, see?
And then after I make
the phone call,
after I make the phone
call, I'm gonna come in here
and we're gonna get the
food, and then we're gonna
go back to the cabin and
we're gonna be
very comfortable there.
Okay hon?
All right.
(upbeat jazz music)
# Just kiss her goodbye #
# Leave her or else
you will cry #
# Though she invites you
to love her, don't stay #
# Walk away #
# Walk away #
# She'll cling to your heart #
# Till she has torn it apart #
Hey Margie, look what I found.
(mumbling)
Come on, give it back, Jake.
You bust my kid's hoop,
I'll bust you.
I'm not gonna bust it,
I'm just gonna
show you how to use it.
Okay, okay, go ahead, throw
your spine out, you big clown.
But if you break that hoop,
I'll fix ya.
Hey Marge, look, I'm whirlybird.
[Man] Come on, give it back,
Jake, huh?
Give me one more chance, will ya?
[Man] You ain't got
the build for it.
You ain't got what it takes.
# For a petal #
# But you come up with a thorn #
Man, the things you see
when you ain't got a gun.
# Kiss her goodbye #
# While there is time
you must cry #
# Make her the memory
that you'll always miss #
# You must kiss her goodbye #
# Make her the memory
that you'll always miss #
# You must kiss her goodbye #
They let me have a turn.
Honest, it was nothing.
Okay honey, we better
get going now.
But Ed, don't you wanna see?
Later honey.
Later.
How much do we owe?
$2.80.
Here you go.
Anything else you need, hon?
How about a leash.
(laughing)
Come on.
Wait, your order.
Yeah.
Night.
Good night.
Hey Marge, how's about
some nice roast quail?
Yeah, I don't see it
on the menu here, Marge.
(laughing)
(muttering)
Well, Alberto, I've
seen 'em come with cars
and no luggage, but
never seen 'em come
with luggage and no car.
No, I think I'm right.
I think they're going to
wait until after they eat.
Wait?
What would they wanna
go do that for?
Because, my friend, one pleasure
traditionally heightens another.
Shh, baby, what are
you doing here, anyway?
I'm checking on you, Pop.
But the baby's sound asleep.
The baby was sound
asleep, lying in the middle
of the living room rug.
I don't know why I don't
go out and hire
a nursemaid for both of you.
Well I've been looking.
I've been checking,
haven't I been checking?
He's been checking,
it's gospel truth.
Mm-hmm.
He lies and you swear to it.
Oh, that's unjust, daughter.
Perhaps I'm not welcome.
Oh now, sit down, sit down.
You old roosters would
quit playing I spy out here
every time you get the chance.
What you fail to appreciate,
Margery,
is the meaning of the
human impulse to speculate.
Here we are, after all, marooned
in this bucolic backwater,
this cyanide of the seaboard,
when presto, fate deems fit
to reward us with a
miracle of pure loveliness.
(Marge laughs)
The classic and immortal
beauty of female pulchritude.
Oh, not that the lady is
to be compared with Helen.
The lady?
Oh, Pop.
Don't be too literal, daughter.
(light jazz music)
"Mr. E. Wilson and sister."
Just as I thought.
Ed.
Yeah, hon.
Aren't we even gonna say
good night to each other, Ed?
Yeah, sure.
(crying)
Oh now, Emily, we're a family,
you and I, you know that.
(crying)
Would you stop walking
around with that
awful look on your face,
and not talking to me,
and not looking at me either?
I know it's 'cause you're mad.
And you don't have
any right to be.
Because I tried.
Honest and truly, Ed,
I really, really did.
I know, baby, I know you did.
Didn't I come right
away in the restaurant
when you asked me?
Yes, honey, you came.
We don't have any
reason to be mad at all.
Oh Ed.
It's so pretty here.
The ocean's so pretty,
and everything's so quiet,
and you can hear things,
even the people talk
like they were whispering
in church or something.
And you can hear things,
like frogs and crickets.
All kinds of things.
I saw some too.
Frogs, I mean.
They were hiding by
those big leaves.
And you can't even see them.
And suddenly they jump,
like they were gonna jump
right in your lap or something.
Oh, I forgot.
Here, I read this.
"You will soon be living
near a large body of water,
"so prepare for a sudden
change that may mean much
"to your eventual happiness."
See, "be prepared for
a sudden change
"that may mean much to
your eventual happiness."
Oh, why not?
You said yourself, didn't you,
a sign can come from anyplace.
Oh, Ed.
Let's stay here.
Now Emily, which one
of us knows what's best?
You, Ed, you always know.
And what is best?
Well first of all,
to mind my own business
and not attract attention.
From anybody?
Mm-hmm.
But with men especially.
Why?
'Cause that's how we
always get in trouble, and...
And like what happened
in the restaurant tonight?
The restaurant?
But that didn't have
anything to do with men.
That was just because of the hoop.
I wanted to try the hoop.
Well you don't think that
I wanted to take it away.
No, honey.
All I know is that
something seems to happen
time after time after
time, it always happens
when I'm never around.
Come on, now just try and
get some rest now, huh?
Everything's gonna be all right.
Oh Ed.
Sometimes I love you so much.
[Ed] I gotta go now,
I gotta fix the car.
Oh, you're not gonna leave me, Ed?
Don't leave me.
Oh, honey, baby.
(light jazz music)
You got nothing to
worry about now.
You got the nightlight
on, and the radio's going,
and I'll lock the door
when I go out.
I'll just go to see about
fixing the car.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
Anyway, who'd I have to take
care of me if I left you?
(bird chirping)
Wait, now hold it, hold it,
hold it.
Hold it.
This is a sick automobile.
Okay, try it now.
(engine rumbling)
I told you it'd be okay.
Wait a minute.
(mumbling)
(phone ringing)
Hello, yes, yes.
Oh, Jim, yeah.
How are ya?
That's right.
55.
Uh-huh.
Oh, 70?
Well.
Yeah, uh-huh.
What about delivery?
Three days?
Okay, uh-huh, yeah.
Uh-huh.
Well I'm much obliged to you, Jim.
Yeah.
Okay, oh sure.
I've got a customer sitting
right in front of me.
Well.
How do you like that, eh?
Mr. Sherman, you
happen to need a mechanic
and I happen to be one
who's low on cash,
so I was thinking maybe
the best thing for us
to try to help out each other.
Now, I'm willing to stick
around here four or five days,
I'll take care of the
trade while you go out
scouting up somebody permanent,
and then when the block comes in,
I'll install it myself, and
I'll pay you for it at cost,
and we'll call it a deal.
Now how's that, that fair?
I don't know.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let's at least discuss
it for a second.
After all, how do I know
that you are a mechanic?
Anybody could've fixed that...
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Where?
Yes, yes, yes, put her on.
Please.
Hello Annabelle?
Hi baby.
Where you calling from?
Annabelle?
I thought you were supposed
to be home tomorrow.
Well, because that house
is like a mausoleum.
You know, all those empty rooms.
Especially the bedroom,
if you know what I mean.
Listen honey, please
try and get home
for a spell anyway, would ya?
Well sure, honey, I'm glad you
won, I'm proud of you, but,
after all, you just
finished playing at Dallas,
and now you want, listen,
Annabelle, I know.
Sure I'm proud of you, baby,
but, hello?
Annabelle?
Annabelle?
(dramatic music)
Hello, JC, hi.
No, I thought I was
still on with Annabelle.
Yeah, of course I'm
proud of her, yeah.
Well, if it means
that much to her.
I just miss her, that's all.
Oh, now JC, now why would
I be jealous of my own,
well I know how proud you
are, yes, you told me.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, it's just
that business is,
oh, no, no, no, it's so-so.
Yeah, the rents are
still coming in.
I've got to find a mechanic
to replace Johnny quick.
Well, matter of fact I
do have someone in mind.
Yes sir.
Oh, and listen, yes.
Would you give my love
to Annabelle?
I mean as soon as she gets
settled down in Jacksonville.
Yes sir.
Hello?
Goodbye.
Oh, Mr. Wilson, about
that proposition of yours,
I just think I might see
clear to go along with ya.
- That's fine, Mr.
Sherman, it oughta work out
good for both of us.
It's a good deal.
Let's shake on it.
I suppose I'll take
the tow truck now
and I'll pull in the car
and won't have to
bother with it tomorrow.
Then I'll go back and
get some rest
and I'll start in bright
and early tomorrow morning.
Perfect, Wilson, perfect.
You'll like it here.
There's always room for
one more fella,
if he knows his trade.
Here are the keys to the truck.
All right.
When you come back,
maybe I'll show you
a few of the tricks.
You do know how to work
that tow cable, don't you?
Yeah, I think I can figure it out.
I'll see you later.
(somber music)
(insects chirping)
(moaning)
(suspenseful music)
(screaming)
(banging)
Call the doctor!
(chattering)
(knocking)
[Man] Will you step outside,
please?
(Emily crying)
(Emily screaming)
Mr. Wilson, I had to let
myself in with the passkey.
When she screamed like that,
I didn't know what to do.
Next time you've got a
wildcat to treat,
you'd better call a vet.
What happened, Doc?
If you're here husband,
you'd better take care of her.
Well, I'd like to hear my
sister's side of the story.
I just reached out to
give her an injection
and she clawed me.
Well, I'd like to hear her
side of the story, I said.
I see.
Well you'd better go in
there and hear it.
All right, folks.
Go back now to your cabins.
Go on, it's all over.
Go on.
(crying)
Leave me alone!
Oh, sweetie, please.
Oh Ed.
Oh please, I love you.
(crying)
(somber jazz music)
Everything's gonna be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.
I had a terrible dream.
All right, honey.
We were going someplace, and
I wanted to stop and get out.
But I couldn't.
You wouldn't let me.
And then we came to the
water, and those big leaves,
I jumped out onto one of
those big leaves.
And the frogs, those frogs.
They were twice as big as I was.
And the leaves didn't
sink for them.
Only for me.
All right, honey.
And they just kept sinking down.
(mumbling)
And I woke up, and
everything was dark,
and you weren't there, Ed.
You left me.
You left me.
Oh baby, I'm here now.
I'm not gonna go anywhere.
Oh Ed, you won't ever
leave me, will you?
Oh baby, I'm never gonna go away.
I'm never gonna go away.
(crying)
We're gonna stay here
like the fortune said.
Yeah, baby, we're gonna
stay here for a while.
We have to stay here for a while.
(insects chirping)
Hi.
Do you have any beer?
Do you wanna take it out?
No, I'll have it here.
Well, okay, maybe I'll
have another cup of coffee
before I close up.
Oh, well no, look, I can
just as well take it outside,
if that's the case.
No, don't be silly, sit down.
Well, I...
No, it's all right, sit down.
Thanks.
Is everything all right?
Yeah.
Everything's fine.
You're worried about
your sister, aren't you?
Yeah, I suppose a little.
Has anything like, you know,
what happened with Doc Vincent,
has anything like that
ever happened before?
Yeah, a couple years ago.
[Marge] What?
(sighs)
Well, you see, Emily's
a full-grown woman,
but her mind is that
of a six-year-old kid.
And without her meaning it,
or without her thinking it,
or knowing it at all, she just,
well, just leads 'em on, and
they wanna lay hands on her,
and she thinks they're
gonna hurt her,
and then she turns on 'em, wild.
So a couple years ago,
about two years ago,
this teacher of hers back home,
she drove a pair of desk
shears through his hands.
Actually, through his right hand.
And by the time I got there,
he'd been to the doctor,
but he hadn't been to the police.
And he was talking about
bringing charges against Emily.
Talking about Emily
being dangerous.
But he didn't, 'cause he
was afraid of a scandal.
What are you gonna do about this?
I don't know.
Just gonna get the car
fixed and then move on.
Just gonna keep moving,
that's all.
I guess.
Good night.
(light music)
Can I borrow your
broom and dust bin thing?
Well there, I'm pleased to see
you're feeling better
this morning.
But for a more officious
reason than just that.
You don't have to clean
your own cabin.
Why, thorough and daily
cleaning of the cabins
is one of the standard
and outstanding services
of this roadside home
away from home.
Though I must admit, I'm
always pleased
to see the willing industry
of a young homebody.
A talent all too rare
and difficult to find
in this mixed up generation.
Thank you, Mister,
what's your name?
Well, for reasons that
escape me at the moment,
I'm called Tubbs, Mr.
Albert Tubbs, Esquire,
at your service.
Thank you, Mr. Tubbs.
(children chattering)
(whistle blowing)
(upbeat jazz music)
Well, well, look what
we have here now.
How you gonna score when you
can't even get in the game?
(laughing)
Please stop doing that.
Those men are watching
you, it's really indecent.
Boy, when I say she was
built, I mean she was built.
I think half of Main
Street was just lined up
drooling at her.
And talk about being top heavy.
(whistles)
You know, if I wasn't a
happily married man, why,
oh, who knows, who knows.
Well sir, Mr. Wilson,
looks like I hired myself
something more than a mechanic.
You didn't tell me
there was a Mrs. Wilson.
Very clever.
You didn't ask me.
Now that you have, there
isn't a Mrs. Wilson.
Girl happens to be my sister.
Well, you can't blame me
for trying to judge by looks.
Well, I guess her luck is
mine then, huh?
'Cause if you had her looks,
you wouldn't be working
as a mechanic, that's for sure.
(somber music)
(baby crying)
Marge.
Marge, the baby, it's missing!
The baby?
I left him sleeping!
Oh, Pop, can't you don't
anything right?
(suspenseful music)
(baby crying)
(cooing)
Emily.
Emily.
Emily.
Emily, you wanna hand me
the baby, Emily?
Wait, Emily.
Emily.
Emily, please.
We'll go back to the
house and, please Emily.
Please Emily, don't hold him over.
Just let me have him.
Please give me the baby, Emily,
please.
Just hand him to me, that's all.
Just let me have the baby.
Let me have the baby.
That's a boy.
That's a boy.
That's the best boy.
Okay, all right.
(baby crying)
No, no, no.
No, no.
That's the best boy.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I got him, I got him.
The baby, it was crying.
I called and called,
but nobody came.
So Annabelle, she goes
out and she wins
down at the riverside.
Then her daddy suggests
that she ought
to try for the regional.
And I'll be darned if she
doesn't win that one too.
So I said to her, honey, look,
I'm getting to be a
regular golf widower.
So she said well, honey,
why don't you go
and find yourself an
outside interest?
And I said honey, what
I'm interested in,
we'd both get arrested if we
start doing on the outside.
Oh JC, that's her father.
He practically built this town.
Excuse me.
Yes sir, everybody in
town knows JC.
He's getting old though.
Rheumatism, you know.
I'll tell you, (mumbling)
handling all of his real estate.
That's why I'm always
on the lookout
for a live wire when they
come to town, you know?
I'm gonna build a resort
right here in this town.
As far as local talent is
concerned, good riddance.
Speaking of talent,
what did you say
that sister of yours
was ailing with?
I didn't.
There must be something
the matter with her.
A gorgeous creature like that,
still living with her brother?
I'll be honest with you, Mr.
Wilson.
One of these days you're
liable to get arrested
for hoarding.
(somber music)
Anyway, how about the three of us
putting on a feedbag later, huh?
As long as I'm practically a
golf widower, so to speak, hey.
(waves crashing)
Hey Emily, who's your housekeeper?
Emily?
(waves crashing)
Hey Em!
Hi.
Hi.
Look at the shells.
Hey.
There's millions of 'em.
Yeah, you really had a
good time, huh?
There's millions of 'em all over.
We need to come down
here tomorrow.
We'll have a picnic, just
the two of us.
All right honey,
let's go back now,
we'll get ourselves a bite to eat,
maybe after that we'll go
to a picture show, huh?
Okay.
(somber music)
Hi.
[Marge] Hi.
How'd it go today?
Fine.
You want anything?
Yeah.
Cup of coffee.
Anything else?
No thanks.
What's up?
Where's your sister tonight?
Oh, she's sleeping.
We went to the movies and we
came back, she was bushed.
[Marge] I'll bet.
What do you mean?
I'll bet she was bushed, I mean.
You know she had
quite a day today.
I'm gonna tell you what happened.
This afternoon my baby was
found missing from his bassinet.
Your little sister had
taken him down to the docks.
Had him in one of those
little rental doreys,
and she was holding him
over the water,
jiggling him up and down, so
he could see his reflection.
Well, I'm sure she didn't mean...
Oh, I don't care whether
she meant any harm or not,
but the tide in that cove is
very treacherous, you see.
One big wave could've come
along and god knows what.
I'm sorry.
Well so am I, this thing
has got me out of my mind.
Look, let me get something
straight from you.
Maybe this is none of my business,
but something is really
wrong with her, isn't it?
It's just what I told you.
No no, I don't mean
just what you told me.
I mean wrong.
Not right.
Look, I'm sorry, I didn't...
I tell you what, you wait
for me, I'll lock up,
and I'll walk back with you.
Okay.
(somber music)
Look, I am sorry, I...
No, you don't have to be sorry,
I understand how you feel.
I just couldn't not
have said anything.
Of course you couldn't.
But she wouldn't have
done anything, really.
She wouldn't hurt anyone.
I know if you knew her,
she's got more love in her,
she never would've hurt your baby.
But I know how you feel, and
I'm the one that's sorry,
I'm sorry it happened.
What about your folks,
do you have any?
No, Mom and Dad died
five years ago
in an automobile accident.
After they died, I put
Emily in a foster home.
She was all right
there for a while.
Then she...
(sighs)
She got to be so lonely.
Well, every time I'd
come there and visit her,
I'd look at her and I'd think,
she'd be much better off
if I put her someplace
where people weren't being paid,
showing her love and affection.
And so I took her out of there
and she's been much better...
Are you married?
No, but I certainly
thought about it.
And?
Well, I thought that
before any woman
would wanna take on a
situation like this, she'd...
Oh, I don't know about
that, I married a man
I knew couldn't live very long.
Don't get me wrong, there
was no pity involved,
it was just that, well,
I loved him very much.
We grew up together, so when
he asked me to marry him,
there was no question
what we would do.
I guess what I'm trying
to say is that
when you love somebody
like a sister or a husband,
or anybody for that matter,
when they're in trouble
it makes you seem to want
to love them all the more.
Well, I've lived with
trouble all my life.
My mom died so long ago,
I don't even remember her.
Pops tried to be both
mother and father to me,
but he was only so successful.
He's all wound up with
this career business,
gonna be a big actor.
But I love him, I wouldn't
want him any other way.
Looks to me what your sister
needs is to maybe stop running.
And maybe you should
stop running too.
It's getting late, I
better be getting in.
You must be pretty tired yourself.
Good night, Mr. Wilson.
The name's Ed.
I sure appreciate your taking...
That's all right.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Good night, Ed.
Night.
Oh.
Hey.
Aww.
Now what's the matter with you?
Can't you see where you're going?
You're fouling up my lines.
Oh.
What do you call him?
It's not a him, it's a her.
Go away.
What?
Go on, go away.
What are you talking about?
Hey there, look now, I don't know
what you're trying to
prove, but that undertow
is pretty dangerous.
The water's bad.
And besides, you're gonna
cut your feet on those rocks.
(suspenseful music)
(screaming)
(somber music)
(coughing)
I told you to watch out.
This section of the
beach is dangerous.
Thanks for helping me out.
I was scared.
Yeah.
It's all right for fishing,
but it's bad for anything else.
Even the boats have to be
careful coming through here.
Are you all right now?
Yes, I'm all right.
Let's go over to my house,
and you can dry out there.
I want you to meet my
granny anyway.
All right?
Where's Tico?
Tico?
"Maketh me to lie
down in green pastures.
"He leads," Kenny!
Granny?
Who's that with you, son?
Granny, this is Emily.
You know, the girl I
was telling you about.
Don't keep going on like a
fool, Kenny, what's her name?
Emily.
I know that, what's
her other name?
What's your kinfolks' name, girl?
Wilson, my brother Ed's
my only family.
We're staying...
Are you saved?
Huh?
Granny, Emily's not
from around here.
I don't think she...
She ain't answered my question.
She saved or ain't she?
Saved?
Uh-uh, she ain't.
When people ain't you
can smell it about them.
Fire and brimstone, the
everlasting fire,
glory be to God, Amen.
Stretch out your hand, girl,
you hear me?
Where's her hand?
It's just to see what
you look like, that's all.
That's the way she sees,
with her fingers.
Well what about it, Granny?
Didn't I tell you the
truth about her?
Kenny, you come in here
now and help me get supper.
You gonna help me?
Don't you go gallivanting off.
Kenny!
Kenny!
You come back here, you hear me?
Kenny!
Lord have mercy on him.
Hi honey.
Where you been?
Oh, you know Mrs. Carson,
don't you?
[Marge] Hello Emily.
Hello.
Where you been?
You look like you got
a little wet.
What happened?
Oh, I fell in the
water down at the beach.
Ed, I went downtown today
and I picked out a dress,
all by myself.
You what?
A dress.
The lady says when it's
fixed it'll look like
it was made special for me.
Well we'll talk about it
a little later.
Right now I think we
oughta go over
and get ready for supper.
We're gonna go to the
carnival tonight.
Yeah, we're gonna go, and Mrs.
Carson's gonna go with us.
8:00 be all right?
[Marge] 8:00 is fine.
Good.
See you later.
- No, Operator, Mrs.
Corey Sherman.
C, that's right.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Don't thank me, please, just...
(sighs)
Boy.
They'll hire anybody these days
as long as they'll say thank you.
Hello, Annabelle.
Oh, hello JC.
I mean Dad.
Yes, JC, well I wanted to
speak to, what?
Two under par?
(whistles)
Well, that's fine.
Well I just wondered if
I could speak
to Annabelle for a few minutes.
Yeah.
Well, would you have her call
me when she gets through?
I'm at home.
Because business was kind
of slack tonight, J-Dad,
and I didn't see any, not yet, no.
This guy's helping me out, I
think if I can persuade him
to stay on, uh-huh, yeah,
I know, I know.
Yeah, JC, I know about that, yes.
Tonight?
Oh, now J-Dad, I don't
think that's necessary
for me to get down there just
for a couple of trucks, no.
I know.
I know, I know.
I know that, Dad.
Yes.
Okay, I'll go right on
down there, Dad.
Oh, you know I will, yes.
Okay, but would you
tell Annabelle,
when she finishes, to have
her call me, please, huh?
Yeah.
Two under par.
Okay Dad.
Two under par.
I make a special dinner
for you tonight, Mr. Corey.
Anything else I can do?
How do I look, Pop?
Tell me I look pretty.
Come on, Pop, tell me
I look pretty.
Thou art thy mother's
glass, and she in thee
calls back the lovely
April of her prime.
Except for the earrings.
You know some men don't
like earrings, Pop?
It's true, some men can't
stand the sight of earrings.
Would you like to hear the
piece I'm rehearsing, Marge?
What?
(sighs) Oh, Pop, just think of it.
What was the day before yesterday?
Only Monday.
I didn't much care if the
day came or not.
Boy, you never know, Pop,
you never know.
It's kind of frightening,
just supposing
his car didn't break
down just where it did.
You interrupted me, Marge.
I did what?
I was rehearsing, right
in the middle you barged in
without the slightest
consideration.
Oh, Pop, I'm sorry.
Well all right, come on now.
I'm ready, let's have it.
No, it's no use.
It's too late now anyway.
You wouldn't want to
keep Mr. Whosits waiting,
would we, on my account?
Aww Pop, I said I was sorry,
and I am.
I'm not sorry about being excited.
I'm not sorry about
meeting somebody
makes me wanna dress up a
little bit for a change.
How often is it you meet somebody
makes you wanna ride on
a Ferris wheel?
Don't fool yourself, Margery,
that's all your Mr.
Wilson does mean.
Oh, Pop.
I suppose you think
it's so satisfying
looking after you all the time.
If there's anything worse
than a finicky old woman
it's a finicky old man.
When am I going out,
when am I coming back.
Prattling all day long
about going on theater tours
when you know very well
you're never gonna...
It's not so!
I am going!
As soon as I can get the backing.
With my name?
Name, what name?
Fourth-rate summer stock companies
and fifth-rate productions?
Margery!
Pop!
You haven't got a name,
you never have had
and you never will have, and
you might just as well face it.
Stop.
Please.
Oh, Pop, I'm sorry I said
that, I didn't mean that.
Pop.
(somber music)
Well maybe I won't wear
these earrings after all.
Pop?
(sighs)
Got some that aren't
so noticeable.
(whistling)
Where you going, Kenneth?
Oh, I'm just going into
town to fool around a little.
Maybe go to the carnival.
Be better off to save the mules.
And save yourself.
Well I'm not gonna be long.
Besides, I'm not gonna
take those mules anyway.
(carnival music)
You mean you don't dream at all?
Not even ever?
Mm-mm.
Well I do, I dream
about everything.
Like last night I
dreamt about frogs.
But that was awful.
(laughing)
What's so awful about frogs?
I don't know, it just was,
that's all.
One time I dreamt about flowers.
One time I dreamt about
when I was grown up.
Hey, what do you mean, when?
Now what do you think
you're supposed to be now?
But Ed says that, anyway,
who cares.
Let's talk about something else.
All right.
What do you like best,
stuff that tastes sweet
or stuff that tastes sour?
Food?
[Kenny] Yeah.
Sweet.
Well, I'm gonna get me
some razor shells
on the beach tomorrow.
They're like clams, you have
to have a bucket, though.
They're kinda sweet.
There's a wash bucket I could use.
Okay.
I'll meet you on the
beach at 8:00.
That is, if he lets you.
Ed?
You said I was grown up.
All right.
Well.
Well then.
Good night, Emily.
Hey son.
That was mighty fine of you, son.
Mighty thoughtful.
Taking her out like that,
getting her mind
off things for a change.
I want you to know that I
really and truly appreciate it.
Well your sister's no
chore, Mr. Wilson, if...
Yeah, yeah, I guess she
told you the whole thing, huh?
I'm supposed to be her brother
and we're supposed to
be headed for St. Pete
to see cement and so
forth and so forth.
(sighs)
Yeah, well, I guess it
isn't her fault,
because you see, she's sick,
she's got kind of a weakness,
with men, that is.
And every place we been,
it's the same all over,
somebody gets a spark and
somebody winds up getting burned.
But I guess as long as you
know what to do
when she has spells,
I guess it's...
A spell?
Oh, nothing serious,
just fits and shouts,
nothing violent.
And no great harm done, so,
just, you know, when she has,
something happens to her, she's
got a little bottle of pills
that she carries
around in her bag,
and if you just remember that.
Now listen here, Mr. Wilson.
I know what you're trying to do.
But don't give me any stories.
Now just don't jump to any
conclusions now, just a minute.
Now you don't think I actually
like to do that, do ya?
I have to for his own good.
Because I want to stay here
now, and the only way I can
is if I chase trouble
before it chases me.
Marge?
Marge.
Marge?
(tense music)
You don't understand, Marge.
Marge?
You don't understand!
Yes, I know, Mrs. McCullum,
yes.
4:00.
Well I know we promised
to have it there,
but well as a matter of fact,
my mechanic
hasn't shown up this morning yet.
I thought we agreed you
were gonna stay home, Emily.
Well I changed my plan.
I don't care what your plans
were, you're gonna stay here.
I'm not gonna stay here!
I'm going to the beach and
dig clams like we planned.
Now Emily, I'm not
gonna stand around
arguing with you all day,
I gotta get back to work.
Now you're gonna stay here,
I'm gonna lock you in.
I'm not gonna stay here!
Now Emily, you're gonna stay here
and you're gonna behave yourself.
(door thuds)
Those kids are worthless.
They didn't even check
on your block.
- My block come in?
- Yeah.
Where?
It's in a crate in the garage.
Oh hang on, I want to talk
to you about something.
I'm gonna check you out
in the cash box.
So stick around, huh?
I promised Annabelle I'd
surprise her for a couple of days.
Soon as I get the car
fixed I gotta take off.
Huh?
You what?
(banging)
Maybe somebody should
say something.
For instance?
Oh, I don't know, anything.
Oh no, my friends, family quarrels
are the best kind to
keep your nose out of.
I heard she's been all around town
playing the weight machines
like they was slot machines.
And over at the school yard.
Hey!
Miss Wilson, please!
You can't!
That's hotel property,
you can't, please!
Miss Wilson!
(somber music)
Get out of here.
This room is private.
You're not gonna boss me
around and neither is he.
Oh Emily, I'm not
trying to boss you around.
It's just that I'm all alone here,
you've made a lot of
extra work for me.
Don't worry about the furniture.
I could pay for it.
I could get a job.
I could do a lot of things.
Well, if you're really
serious about working,
I mean, maybe you and I
could work something out
over at the restaurant.
- Working for you?
- Mm-hmm.
No, you're just saying
that, he told you to.
Now listen, Emily...
I don't wanna listen to you,
go away.
Don't call me Emily, either.
Only my very special
friends can call me Emily.
Well what would you
say if I told you
I'd like to be a very
special friend of yours.
You can't.
Your brother didn't mean any
harm, he loves you very much.
As far as the work is
concerned, he didn't say
a word about it, that's my idea.
I need the help, you could
wait on tables,
take care of the customers.
You mean I could be a waitress?
Mm-hmm.
Well, could I have a
uniform, and wait on customers?
Mm-hmm.
See, I used to have
waitresses a long time ago,
so I have some uniforms.
I'm sure I could find something
that would be just
perfect for you.
Okay.
I'd like that.
Yes, I'd really like that.
Does it have an apron?
Yes, Emily, it has an apron.
I'll go get one, freshen
up, and be right back,
and we'll get to work, okay?
Okay.
Then later on we'll
figure out your pay.
Okay?
All right.
What color is it?
It's blue.
I look nice in blue.
Can you hear it?
Huh?
(tinkling music)
Can you hear it?
How about that, ain't that
something, huh?
Oh Annabelle's gonna
explode when she sees this.
I know her, you know,
she's sentimental
about things like that.
Little new surprises, you know?
Except for how am I gonna
give it to her
if you don't change your mind?
I can't figure you out, Wilson.
Some guys know when
they got it made.
Here you been just two days,
two days,
I offer to check you out
of a cash box,
and leave you on your
own, and I'm offering you
a better deal than what I
offered Johnny.
Well don't you like the town?
Don't you like the town?
Yeah, I like the town.
Well then what?!
Good morning, Margery.
[Marge] Good morning Corey.
My, you look
beautiful this morning.
Just beautiful.
Well, my goodness, thank you.
To what do I owe the honor
of this special visit?
(chuckling)
Is that any way to speak
to a neighbor, uh-huh.
It's a rare chance I get
to have a cup of coffee
in the middle of the morning.
But now that I have a
responsible assistant,
I can just take off
without worrying.
So I'll have a cup of
coffee, cream, sugar.
That's good.
You know, this Wilson is
a very interesting fellow.
He's a good man.
He's a good mechanic.
Of course, he isn't the most
sociable guy in the world,
but I guess he could
grow on you, huh?
I was thinking that he could
really amount to something
around here if he'd just make
up his mind to settle down.
Too bad he's leaving.
Oh, he is leaving?
Huh?
Yeah, he's working on that
car of his now,
like it wasn't gonna
keep or something.
Figures to be out of
here by noon tomorrow.
Boy, I'm sure gonna hate
to see him go.
Well, here I am.
Emily, you look adorable.
Thank you.
Now wait a minute, here,
first off, take this rag
and go clean up all the tables
for me, will you do that?
Okay.
What was I saying?
Oh yeah, boy, I'm sure
gonna hate to see Eddie go.
Looks like somebody hasn't
heard the good news yet.
I don't guess that Eddie
will get lonesome, though.
(Corey whistling)
(men chattering)
[Man] Hi Marge.
Well all I was gonna say
was as long as you are leaving
and I can't stay, well, I
thought we all might want
to sort of celebrate tonight.
Margery hasn't had (mumbling)
for quite a long time now,
and I'm sure your sister
wouldn't mind.
You're not listening
to a word I say, Eddie.
If just once put your
mind on something
that really is serious,
why, you'll learn to like
what this town has to offer.
It's got some pretty good
things to offer.
(suspenseful music)
Ed!
Ed, it's Emily!
She's in trouble!
Ed!
I want my brother.
I want my brother.
I want my brother.
- I want my brother.
- Okay, baby.
Who are you?
- Go away.
- That's all right.
- I want my brother.
- You have him, honey.
I want my brother.
Go away, keep away from me.
Keep away from me.
Keep away from me!
[Ed] It's all right now, baby.
I want my brother, I
want my brother.
I want my brother!
(screaming)
I want my...
Honey.
Oh Ed.
I love you, Ed.
All right, baby, shh.
(crying)
Okay.
Corey?
[Corey] Yeah.
What are you doing,
closing up for supper?
[Corey] Yeah.
Where's your new helper?
I just stopped by to use
the telephone,
but if you're in a hurry, I
can go on down to the office.
No, no, that's all right.
Go ahead.
Just be sure and lock the
door when you go out, huh?
It's gonna be long distance,
but I'll settle with you later.
You don't think I remember
what you told me, do you?
Well I do.
Mind my own business, and
keep away from strangers,
and be a good girl, and
not get into trouble...
And to put some clothes on?
(sighs)
I just wish we could do
something fun for a change.
Just me and you.
(sighs)
Like we could go dancing tonight.
(sighs)
When are you gonna send
me to dancing school, Ed?
You promised.
Someday.
Someday I'm gonna be a movie star
and I'm gonna dance in the movies.
(light jazz music)
Care for a dance or two?
Just put some clothes on, I said,
and don't let this thing go
morning, noon, and night.
But I was only just...
You were only just.
(birds chirping)
Sure know better what
to do about my sister
than I do, don't ya?
I'm sorry, I only thought
it'd be worth a try if I...
If you what?
I thought if I game Emily
some feeling of importance,
something to do with herself,
like that job, I mean.
I think she has to be made to
feel she belongs someplace.
In your restaurant
with that uniform
with a bunch of guys pulling over?
Don't be silly, wait a minute,
I didn't know what she was
gonna do with that uniform.
I said I was sorry, I
only thought...
You only thought what?
I think this is a lot
better than what you're doing.
Dragging her from one
town to another,
one trouble after another.
Did I ask you to do anything?
No, nobody asked me
to do anything.
Then will you just stay out of it?
No, I won't.
You know, I think you're
all wrong about Emily.
What she needs is a home and love,
the kind of love a child
needs to grow on.
She has to be made to
feel that she can
just live in this world
just like it is.
You seem to think you can
give her everything you want,
well I'm telling you,
it's not enough.
And besides, I'm not
gonna stand by,
I'm not gonna let you
keep running.
You'll ruin her.
What does that have
to do with you?
Because I'm...
Because you're what?
Because I'm in love
with you, that's why.
(somber music)
Oh god.
(crying)
I only thought, I just was trying,
you told me, you said she
was gonna be so much better,
and look what I did to you,
I didn't...
I love you, I love you Marge.
I love you.
Don't you ever go away from me.
Don't you ever go away from me,
I don't want you to go away.
I don't want you ever to leave.
Ever.
(crying)
Granny?
You're gonna see that girl?
Now Granny, she's a nice girl.
She's trouble, I can smell
it, the walkin' wrath of God.
You can't smell it.
And you can't see it, you
don't even know
what you're talkin' about.
(somber music)
Whoa.
Whoa!
Where are you going?
I'm going away.
[Kenny] Well what'll
your brother say?
I don't care.
I'm going away, where
he'll never find me.
What happened?
Nothing.
He was mean.
Well where are you gonna stay?
Someplace.
But I'm not gonna stay
with him anymore.
I'll tell you what.
There's a place over by the cliff.
A cave.
You could stay there tonight.
Now you can't go no
place now anyway.
And maybe tomorrow, well I
could fix it up
so you could sleep.
A cave?
If you wait right here,
I'll go back
and get you a blanket.
All right.
Now I won't be long.
Now you wait right here.
Hyah!
Well look what we have here now.
Hi.
Hi.
Wanna go for a ride?
Well.
Maybe.
Wait, you ever to see a
little locket what plays music?
No.
Well I have one I'd like
to give to you.
Oh, that's very very nice of you
to want to give me a present,
Mr. Sherman.
But I have to get back right away
'cause my boyfriend's
gonna be waiting for me.
Oh is that so, huh?
Mm-hmm.
He's gonna meet me
right over there.
Is that right?
So if it won't take too long...
Oh no, just a couple minutes.
You can leave your things here.
Oh, I just love to get presents.
My brother Ed always says that,
but I don't have to do
what he says anymore.
Oh, you don't, well, that's fine.
Well do you want to come with me?
Okay.
(bird chirping)
I love you, and I deserve you.
I want you to stay with
me, for as long as I live.
I love you, Marge.
I love you.
Em?
I'm locked out, I
don't have my key.
(knocking)
Em?
(tinkling music)
(dramatic music)
[Skinner] The man's dead,
ain't he?
Any fool can see, so why...
Difference between you and me,
Skinner,
is I'm not just any
kind of a fool.
All right, Esmeralda,
tell us about it again.
Just like I told you before,
Sheriff.
I was coming home from my day off.
When I opened the door, I
found that man
bending over Mr. Corey,
holding that knife in his hand,
and looking at me
with a wild look,
like he might start coming for me,
so I just closed the door
and locked it,
and call in you, Sheriff,
just like I said.
Mr. Wilson?
Just type out the details.
I'll sign whatever you put down.
It seems to me that so
far you're the only one
that's got any of the details.
She found me, I'm responsible.
Whoever was
responsible (mumbling).
What I mean is, he's got
a bunch of nicks and cuts.
The one that did the real damage
was a nasty crack on
the back of the skull.
Coulda gotten it falling down.
You see, he was sliced at.
Something a child might do.
Or somebody not really
meaning anything major.
By the way, it happened at 7:55.
That's not medical detection,
his watch is busted.
Sheriff, I...
[Marge] What is this?
You'll have to wait a minute,
Marge.
Ed.
You can't do this.
Doc, will you give 'em
something to shut 'em up?
Like they say in the
detective stories,
we've got to get the evidence.
Now.
"Your weight is 113 pounds.
"Be prepared for a sudden
change that may influence your,"
can't read the rest,
there's too much blood.
How much did you say
you weighed, Mr. Wilson?
Margery, do me a favor,
read this, will you?
My eyes are a little strained.
"August 11th, Nashville,
Tennessee.
"police today released
Miss Emily Wilson
"to her brother's custody
after dropping
"assault and battery
charges stemming
"from Miss Wilson's alleged
attack on L.L. Rawlings,
"owner of the Wonderland
Bookshop on Snow Street.
"The charges were dropped
when it was learned
"that Miss Wilson was
a mentally retard..."
- Kenny!
(dramatic music)
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Sheriff.
I just... (sighs)
Look, Mr. Wilson, I'm a
law enforcement officer,
not a philosopher, not a preacher.
And a law enforcement
officer's gotta take
sort of a straightforward
view of things.
So now I think we'd
better go and talk
with your sister, Mr. Wilson.
(waves crashing)
(suspenseful music)
(somber music)
(upbeat jazz music)
Hey Em, will you turn
off that blasted radio?
I can't hear myself think.
(somber music)
Having trouble, mister?
Oh, nothing serious.
Got overheated a little.
I stopped for a spell to
give it a rest.
Yeah, this weather's
tough on everything.
A lot of people would
rather drive at night
when it's hot like this.
There's a gas station down
the road in Cedar Creek
a couple miles, you want
me to send a tow truck?
Oh, no thanks, I'll manage.
Okay, mister, but watch
yourself on the road here,
the trucks start coming through
pretty heavy after sundown.
What's the matter, Ed?
Is there anything really wrong?
Yes there is, everything.
Get back in the car,
hon, I'll be right back.
I'm hungry.
All right, we're gonna
eat pretty soon.
(horn honking)
Hey kid.
How far's the nearest
garage from here?
About two miles.
What's the trouble?
Well the block is cracked.
She overheated and split
right open on me.
Hey, you take me into town?
I'll make it worth your while.
Well I just saw the sheriff there.
He'd have taken you in.
Well I guess he could
have, but I didn't realize
about the block till
after he'd gone.
How about it?
Well, my granny'd be
waiting supper.
Well I guess I could take you in.
Okay, that's fine, I'll
get our stuff,
and like I said, I'll
make it worth your while.
Nobody around here will bother it.
Okay.
Be just a minute.
(light jazz music)
(man whistling)
What's your name, son?
Kenny.
Kenneth Grimes.
That your father's farm
you're working?
Oh no sir, that's my farm.
[Ed] You're kinda young,
aren't you?
Family live in town?
I don't have any family.
Except my granny, I live with her.
The wages of sin
is D.
E?
Death.
The wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God
is life eternal through
Jesus Christ our lord.
[Emily] I'm hungry, Ed.
Can we eat soon?
[Ed] Sure, we'll eat pretty soon.
Got a dove there, huh?
- Yep.
- Thank you.
Oh, here, got it.
All right.
Please, I'll take it.
Hold it now.
Here you go.
Mm-mm.
Oh, go on, take it.
You helped us out.
I appreciate it.
Well.
Thanks.
It was no trouble, though.
Thanks a lot.
Yeah, thanks.
I like your wagon.
Come on.
Let's see now.
What kind of a
license plate number
we gonna put on those two mules?
You know, the law says
we have to have a number.
Yeah, my car's conked
out up the road.
Number is B48131, Missouri.
Oh, you're a show me fella.
That's right.
Well what happened to the car?
Oh, we're gonna have
to get it pulled in.
Be fixed in a day or so.
Trouble, trouble,
toil and trouble.
Cauldron boil and cauldron bubble.
Won't have any difficulty
bubbling out there today, will it?
No, I guess not.
Well, you're not so badly off.
The garage is just across the way.
Oh, that's good.
What cabin you gonna put us in?
Oh, this cabin generally
costs $6 a day,
but since you're having problems,
I'm going to make it five.
Maybe you'll want to stay
around a while.
Cabin number 14, it's
right across the court.
You'll have plenty of time
to get settled.
Corey Sherman, who runs the
garage, is closed for supper.
Knowing his appetite,
and his father-in-law
being out of town, I'd
say you could count on
an hour, an hour and a half.
Right, we'll work it
out just fine.
Well, thank you, Mr. Wilson.
Call on us if we can do anything.
I sure will.
Thanks.
(upbeat jazz music)
Well, I see you got here.
(mumbling)
Yeah, but we'll take care of her.
Margery, I don't know
how you do it,
but every time, your
pie tastes better
than it did the time before,
and that's going some.
You know, you folks couldn't
have picked a better place
to stop, this is the best
food in this part of Florida.
You headed for Miami?
Yeah.
Your car's across the
street in the garage.
No, we had to leave it
sitting out in the road.
We had more trouble than we
thought when you stopped.
Oh, well now that's not so good.
Did you talk to Corey
over at the garage
about hauling it in?
No, he's not supposed
to be back yet.
That's right.
Since Johnny quit he has no help.
Closes up just for supper,
he oughta be back about 8:00.
We could call him, but I don't
suppose that'd do any good.
Think so Marge?
Corey will be back
when he's good and ready
and not before.
Well, seeing as it's
gonna take a little longer
than I thought, I think
I'd better run out
and plant a flare by
the car just to be safe.
Meanwhile if you do see Corey,
tell him to get it off the
road as soon as he can.
Yeah, thanks a lot.
Good night Marge.
Night Skinner.
[Skinner] See you later.
That's too bad about your car.
Yeah.
Are you comfortable in your cabin?
Yeah, thanks.
Guess I better try to call this...
Sherman, Corey Sherman.
You wanna use the phone
it's outside.
Okay.
Thanks.
Now honey.
Now you wait here.
Why can't we wait here, Ed?
Listen, just, I have to go
outside and make a phone call,
about the car, see?
And then after I make
the phone call,
after I make the phone
call, I'm gonna come in here
and we're gonna get the
food, and then we're gonna
go back to the cabin and
we're gonna be
very comfortable there.
Okay hon?
All right.
(upbeat jazz music)
# Just kiss her goodbye #
# Leave her or else
you will cry #
# Though she invites you
to love her, don't stay #
# Walk away #
# Walk away #
# She'll cling to your heart #
# Till she has torn it apart #
Hey Margie, look what I found.
(mumbling)
Come on, give it back, Jake.
You bust my kid's hoop,
I'll bust you.
I'm not gonna bust it,
I'm just gonna
show you how to use it.
Okay, okay, go ahead, throw
your spine out, you big clown.
But if you break that hoop,
I'll fix ya.
Hey Marge, look, I'm whirlybird.
[Man] Come on, give it back,
Jake, huh?
Give me one more chance, will ya?
[Man] You ain't got
the build for it.
You ain't got what it takes.
# For a petal #
# But you come up with a thorn #
Man, the things you see
when you ain't got a gun.
# Kiss her goodbye #
# While there is time
you must cry #
# Make her the memory
that you'll always miss #
# You must kiss her goodbye #
# Make her the memory
that you'll always miss #
# You must kiss her goodbye #
They let me have a turn.
Honest, it was nothing.
Okay honey, we better
get going now.
But Ed, don't you wanna see?
Later honey.
Later.
How much do we owe?
$2.80.
Here you go.
Anything else you need, hon?
How about a leash.
(laughing)
Come on.
Wait, your order.
Yeah.
Night.
Good night.
Hey Marge, how's about
some nice roast quail?
Yeah, I don't see it
on the menu here, Marge.
(laughing)
(muttering)
Well, Alberto, I've
seen 'em come with cars
and no luggage, but
never seen 'em come
with luggage and no car.
No, I think I'm right.
I think they're going to
wait until after they eat.
Wait?
What would they wanna
go do that for?
Because, my friend, one pleasure
traditionally heightens another.
Shh, baby, what are
you doing here, anyway?
I'm checking on you, Pop.
But the baby's sound asleep.
The baby was sound
asleep, lying in the middle
of the living room rug.
I don't know why I don't
go out and hire
a nursemaid for both of you.
Well I've been looking.
I've been checking,
haven't I been checking?
He's been checking,
it's gospel truth.
Mm-hmm.
He lies and you swear to it.
Oh, that's unjust, daughter.
Perhaps I'm not welcome.
Oh now, sit down, sit down.
You old roosters would
quit playing I spy out here
every time you get the chance.
What you fail to appreciate,
Margery,
is the meaning of the
human impulse to speculate.
Here we are, after all, marooned
in this bucolic backwater,
this cyanide of the seaboard,
when presto, fate deems fit
to reward us with a
miracle of pure loveliness.
(Marge laughs)
The classic and immortal
beauty of female pulchritude.
Oh, not that the lady is
to be compared with Helen.
The lady?
Oh, Pop.
Don't be too literal, daughter.
(light jazz music)
"Mr. E. Wilson and sister."
Just as I thought.
Ed.
Yeah, hon.
Aren't we even gonna say
good night to each other, Ed?
Yeah, sure.
(crying)
Oh now, Emily, we're a family,
you and I, you know that.
(crying)
Would you stop walking
around with that
awful look on your face,
and not talking to me,
and not looking at me either?
I know it's 'cause you're mad.
And you don't have
any right to be.
Because I tried.
Honest and truly, Ed,
I really, really did.
I know, baby, I know you did.
Didn't I come right
away in the restaurant
when you asked me?
Yes, honey, you came.
We don't have any
reason to be mad at all.
Oh Ed.
It's so pretty here.
The ocean's so pretty,
and everything's so quiet,
and you can hear things,
even the people talk
like they were whispering
in church or something.
And you can hear things,
like frogs and crickets.
All kinds of things.
I saw some too.
Frogs, I mean.
They were hiding by
those big leaves.
And you can't even see them.
And suddenly they jump,
like they were gonna jump
right in your lap or something.
Oh, I forgot.
Here, I read this.
"You will soon be living
near a large body of water,
"so prepare for a sudden
change that may mean much
"to your eventual happiness."
See, "be prepared for
a sudden change
"that may mean much to
your eventual happiness."
Oh, why not?
You said yourself, didn't you,
a sign can come from anyplace.
Oh, Ed.
Let's stay here.
Now Emily, which one
of us knows what's best?
You, Ed, you always know.
And what is best?
Well first of all,
to mind my own business
and not attract attention.
From anybody?
Mm-hmm.
But with men especially.
Why?
'Cause that's how we
always get in trouble, and...
And like what happened
in the restaurant tonight?
The restaurant?
But that didn't have
anything to do with men.
That was just because of the hoop.
I wanted to try the hoop.
Well you don't think that
I wanted to take it away.
No, honey.
All I know is that
something seems to happen
time after time after
time, it always happens
when I'm never around.
Come on, now just try and
get some rest now, huh?
Everything's gonna be all right.
Oh Ed.
Sometimes I love you so much.
[Ed] I gotta go now,
I gotta fix the car.
Oh, you're not gonna leave me, Ed?
Don't leave me.
Oh, honey, baby.
(light jazz music)
You got nothing to
worry about now.
You got the nightlight
on, and the radio's going,
and I'll lock the door
when I go out.
I'll just go to see about
fixing the car.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
Anyway, who'd I have to take
care of me if I left you?
(bird chirping)
Wait, now hold it, hold it,
hold it.
Hold it.
This is a sick automobile.
Okay, try it now.
(engine rumbling)
I told you it'd be okay.
Wait a minute.
(mumbling)
(phone ringing)
Hello, yes, yes.
Oh, Jim, yeah.
How are ya?
That's right.
55.
Uh-huh.
Oh, 70?
Well.
Yeah, uh-huh.
What about delivery?
Three days?
Okay, uh-huh, yeah.
Uh-huh.
Well I'm much obliged to you, Jim.
Yeah.
Okay, oh sure.
I've got a customer sitting
right in front of me.
Well.
How do you like that, eh?
Mr. Sherman, you
happen to need a mechanic
and I happen to be one
who's low on cash,
so I was thinking maybe
the best thing for us
to try to help out each other.
Now, I'm willing to stick
around here four or five days,
I'll take care of the
trade while you go out
scouting up somebody permanent,
and then when the block comes in,
I'll install it myself, and
I'll pay you for it at cost,
and we'll call it a deal.
Now how's that, that fair?
I don't know.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let's at least discuss
it for a second.
After all, how do I know
that you are a mechanic?
Anybody could've fixed that...
(phone ringing)
Hello?
Where?
Yes, yes, yes, put her on.
Please.
Hello Annabelle?
Hi baby.
Where you calling from?
Annabelle?
I thought you were supposed
to be home tomorrow.
Well, because that house
is like a mausoleum.
You know, all those empty rooms.
Especially the bedroom,
if you know what I mean.
Listen honey, please
try and get home
for a spell anyway, would ya?
Well sure, honey, I'm glad you
won, I'm proud of you, but,
after all, you just
finished playing at Dallas,
and now you want, listen,
Annabelle, I know.
Sure I'm proud of you, baby,
but, hello?
Annabelle?
Annabelle?
(dramatic music)
Hello, JC, hi.
No, I thought I was
still on with Annabelle.
Yeah, of course I'm
proud of her, yeah.
Well, if it means
that much to her.
I just miss her, that's all.
Oh, now JC, now why would
I be jealous of my own,
well I know how proud you
are, yes, you told me.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, it's just
that business is,
oh, no, no, no, it's so-so.
Yeah, the rents are
still coming in.
I've got to find a mechanic
to replace Johnny quick.
Well, matter of fact I
do have someone in mind.
Yes sir.
Oh, and listen, yes.
Would you give my love
to Annabelle?
I mean as soon as she gets
settled down in Jacksonville.
Yes sir.
Hello?
Goodbye.
Oh, Mr. Wilson, about
that proposition of yours,
I just think I might see
clear to go along with ya.
- That's fine, Mr.
Sherman, it oughta work out
good for both of us.
It's a good deal.
Let's shake on it.
I suppose I'll take
the tow truck now
and I'll pull in the car
and won't have to
bother with it tomorrow.
Then I'll go back and
get some rest
and I'll start in bright
and early tomorrow morning.
Perfect, Wilson, perfect.
You'll like it here.
There's always room for
one more fella,
if he knows his trade.
Here are the keys to the truck.
All right.
When you come back,
maybe I'll show you
a few of the tricks.
You do know how to work
that tow cable, don't you?
Yeah, I think I can figure it out.
I'll see you later.
(somber music)
(insects chirping)
(moaning)
(suspenseful music)
(screaming)
(banging)
Call the doctor!
(chattering)
(knocking)
[Man] Will you step outside,
please?
(Emily crying)
(Emily screaming)
Mr. Wilson, I had to let
myself in with the passkey.
When she screamed like that,
I didn't know what to do.
Next time you've got a
wildcat to treat,
you'd better call a vet.
What happened, Doc?
If you're here husband,
you'd better take care of her.
Well, I'd like to hear my
sister's side of the story.
I just reached out to
give her an injection
and she clawed me.
Well, I'd like to hear her
side of the story, I said.
I see.
Well you'd better go in
there and hear it.
All right, folks.
Go back now to your cabins.
Go on, it's all over.
Go on.
(crying)
Leave me alone!
Oh, sweetie, please.
Oh Ed.
Oh please, I love you.
(crying)
(somber jazz music)
Everything's gonna be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.
Everything's gonna be all right.
I had a terrible dream.
All right, honey.
We were going someplace, and
I wanted to stop and get out.
But I couldn't.
You wouldn't let me.
And then we came to the
water, and those big leaves,
I jumped out onto one of
those big leaves.
And the frogs, those frogs.
They were twice as big as I was.
And the leaves didn't
sink for them.
Only for me.
All right, honey.
And they just kept sinking down.
(mumbling)
And I woke up, and
everything was dark,
and you weren't there, Ed.
You left me.
You left me.
Oh baby, I'm here now.
I'm not gonna go anywhere.
Oh Ed, you won't ever
leave me, will you?
Oh baby, I'm never gonna go away.
I'm never gonna go away.
(crying)
We're gonna stay here
like the fortune said.
Yeah, baby, we're gonna
stay here for a while.
We have to stay here for a while.
(insects chirping)
Hi.
Do you have any beer?
Do you wanna take it out?
No, I'll have it here.
Well, okay, maybe I'll
have another cup of coffee
before I close up.
Oh, well no, look, I can
just as well take it outside,
if that's the case.
No, don't be silly, sit down.
Well, I...
No, it's all right, sit down.
Thanks.
Is everything all right?
Yeah.
Everything's fine.
You're worried about
your sister, aren't you?
Yeah, I suppose a little.
Has anything like, you know,
what happened with Doc Vincent,
has anything like that
ever happened before?
Yeah, a couple years ago.
[Marge] What?
(sighs)
Well, you see, Emily's
a full-grown woman,
but her mind is that
of a six-year-old kid.
And without her meaning it,
or without her thinking it,
or knowing it at all, she just,
well, just leads 'em on, and
they wanna lay hands on her,
and she thinks they're
gonna hurt her,
and then she turns on 'em, wild.
So a couple years ago,
about two years ago,
this teacher of hers back home,
she drove a pair of desk
shears through his hands.
Actually, through his right hand.
And by the time I got there,
he'd been to the doctor,
but he hadn't been to the police.
And he was talking about
bringing charges against Emily.
Talking about Emily
being dangerous.
But he didn't, 'cause he
was afraid of a scandal.
What are you gonna do about this?
I don't know.
Just gonna get the car
fixed and then move on.
Just gonna keep moving,
that's all.
I guess.
Good night.
(light music)
Can I borrow your
broom and dust bin thing?
Well there, I'm pleased to see
you're feeling better
this morning.
But for a more officious
reason than just that.
You don't have to clean
your own cabin.
Why, thorough and daily
cleaning of the cabins
is one of the standard
and outstanding services
of this roadside home
away from home.
Though I must admit, I'm
always pleased
to see the willing industry
of a young homebody.
A talent all too rare
and difficult to find
in this mixed up generation.
Thank you, Mister,
what's your name?
Well, for reasons that
escape me at the moment,
I'm called Tubbs, Mr.
Albert Tubbs, Esquire,
at your service.
Thank you, Mr. Tubbs.
(children chattering)
(whistle blowing)
(upbeat jazz music)
Well, well, look what
we have here now.
How you gonna score when you
can't even get in the game?
(laughing)
Please stop doing that.
Those men are watching
you, it's really indecent.
Boy, when I say she was
built, I mean she was built.
I think half of Main
Street was just lined up
drooling at her.
And talk about being top heavy.
(whistles)
You know, if I wasn't a
happily married man, why,
oh, who knows, who knows.
Well sir, Mr. Wilson,
looks like I hired myself
something more than a mechanic.
You didn't tell me
there was a Mrs. Wilson.
Very clever.
You didn't ask me.
Now that you have, there
isn't a Mrs. Wilson.
Girl happens to be my sister.
Well, you can't blame me
for trying to judge by looks.
Well, I guess her luck is
mine then, huh?
'Cause if you had her looks,
you wouldn't be working
as a mechanic, that's for sure.
(somber music)
(baby crying)
Marge.
Marge, the baby, it's missing!
The baby?
I left him sleeping!
Oh, Pop, can't you don't
anything right?
(suspenseful music)
(baby crying)
(cooing)
Emily.
Emily.
Emily.
Emily, you wanna hand me
the baby, Emily?
Wait, Emily.
Emily.
Emily, please.
We'll go back to the
house and, please Emily.
Please Emily, don't hold him over.
Just let me have him.
Please give me the baby, Emily,
please.
Just hand him to me, that's all.
Just let me have the baby.
Let me have the baby.
That's a boy.
That's a boy.
That's the best boy.
Okay, all right.
(baby crying)
No, no, no.
No, no.
That's the best boy.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I got him, I got him.
The baby, it was crying.
I called and called,
but nobody came.
So Annabelle, she goes
out and she wins
down at the riverside.
Then her daddy suggests
that she ought
to try for the regional.
And I'll be darned if she
doesn't win that one too.
So I said to her, honey, look,
I'm getting to be a
regular golf widower.
So she said well, honey,
why don't you go
and find yourself an
outside interest?
And I said honey, what
I'm interested in,
we'd both get arrested if we
start doing on the outside.
Oh JC, that's her father.
He practically built this town.
Excuse me.
Yes sir, everybody in
town knows JC.
He's getting old though.
Rheumatism, you know.
I'll tell you, (mumbling)
handling all of his real estate.
That's why I'm always
on the lookout
for a live wire when they
come to town, you know?
I'm gonna build a resort
right here in this town.
As far as local talent is
concerned, good riddance.
Speaking of talent,
what did you say
that sister of yours
was ailing with?
I didn't.
There must be something
the matter with her.
A gorgeous creature like that,
still living with her brother?
I'll be honest with you, Mr.
Wilson.
One of these days you're
liable to get arrested
for hoarding.
(somber music)
Anyway, how about the three of us
putting on a feedbag later, huh?
As long as I'm practically a
golf widower, so to speak, hey.
(waves crashing)
Hey Emily, who's your housekeeper?
Emily?
(waves crashing)
Hey Em!
Hi.
Hi.
Look at the shells.
Hey.
There's millions of 'em.
Yeah, you really had a
good time, huh?
There's millions of 'em all over.
We need to come down
here tomorrow.
We'll have a picnic, just
the two of us.
All right honey,
let's go back now,
we'll get ourselves a bite to eat,
maybe after that we'll go
to a picture show, huh?
Okay.
(somber music)
Hi.
[Marge] Hi.
How'd it go today?
Fine.
You want anything?
Yeah.
Cup of coffee.
Anything else?
No thanks.
What's up?
Where's your sister tonight?
Oh, she's sleeping.
We went to the movies and we
came back, she was bushed.
[Marge] I'll bet.
What do you mean?
I'll bet she was bushed, I mean.
You know she had
quite a day today.
I'm gonna tell you what happened.
This afternoon my baby was
found missing from his bassinet.
Your little sister had
taken him down to the docks.
Had him in one of those
little rental doreys,
and she was holding him
over the water,
jiggling him up and down, so
he could see his reflection.
Well, I'm sure she didn't mean...
Oh, I don't care whether
she meant any harm or not,
but the tide in that cove is
very treacherous, you see.
One big wave could've come
along and god knows what.
I'm sorry.
Well so am I, this thing
has got me out of my mind.
Look, let me get something
straight from you.
Maybe this is none of my business,
but something is really
wrong with her, isn't it?
It's just what I told you.
No no, I don't mean
just what you told me.
I mean wrong.
Not right.
Look, I'm sorry, I didn't...
I tell you what, you wait
for me, I'll lock up,
and I'll walk back with you.
Okay.
(somber music)
Look, I am sorry, I...
No, you don't have to be sorry,
I understand how you feel.
I just couldn't not
have said anything.
Of course you couldn't.
But she wouldn't have
done anything, really.
She wouldn't hurt anyone.
I know if you knew her,
she's got more love in her,
she never would've hurt your baby.
But I know how you feel, and
I'm the one that's sorry,
I'm sorry it happened.
What about your folks,
do you have any?
No, Mom and Dad died
five years ago
in an automobile accident.
After they died, I put
Emily in a foster home.
She was all right
there for a while.
Then she...
(sighs)
She got to be so lonely.
Well, every time I'd
come there and visit her,
I'd look at her and I'd think,
she'd be much better off
if I put her someplace
where people weren't being paid,
showing her love and affection.
And so I took her out of there
and she's been much better...
Are you married?
No, but I certainly
thought about it.
And?
Well, I thought that
before any woman
would wanna take on a
situation like this, she'd...
Oh, I don't know about
that, I married a man
I knew couldn't live very long.
Don't get me wrong, there
was no pity involved,
it was just that, well,
I loved him very much.
We grew up together, so when
he asked me to marry him,
there was no question
what we would do.
I guess what I'm trying
to say is that
when you love somebody
like a sister or a husband,
or anybody for that matter,
when they're in trouble
it makes you seem to want
to love them all the more.
Well, I've lived with
trouble all my life.
My mom died so long ago,
I don't even remember her.
Pops tried to be both
mother and father to me,
but he was only so successful.
He's all wound up with
this career business,
gonna be a big actor.
But I love him, I wouldn't
want him any other way.
Looks to me what your sister
needs is to maybe stop running.
And maybe you should
stop running too.
It's getting late, I
better be getting in.
You must be pretty tired yourself.
Good night, Mr. Wilson.
The name's Ed.
I sure appreciate your taking...
That's all right.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Good night, Ed.
Night.
Oh.
Hey.
Aww.
Now what's the matter with you?
Can't you see where you're going?
You're fouling up my lines.
Oh.
What do you call him?
It's not a him, it's a her.
Go away.
What?
Go on, go away.
What are you talking about?
Hey there, look now, I don't know
what you're trying to
prove, but that undertow
is pretty dangerous.
The water's bad.
And besides, you're gonna
cut your feet on those rocks.
(suspenseful music)
(screaming)
(somber music)
(coughing)
I told you to watch out.
This section of the
beach is dangerous.
Thanks for helping me out.
I was scared.
Yeah.
It's all right for fishing,
but it's bad for anything else.
Even the boats have to be
careful coming through here.
Are you all right now?
Yes, I'm all right.
Let's go over to my house,
and you can dry out there.
I want you to meet my
granny anyway.
All right?
Where's Tico?
Tico?
"Maketh me to lie
down in green pastures.
"He leads," Kenny!
Granny?
Who's that with you, son?
Granny, this is Emily.
You know, the girl I
was telling you about.
Don't keep going on like a
fool, Kenny, what's her name?
Emily.
I know that, what's
her other name?
What's your kinfolks' name, girl?
Wilson, my brother Ed's
my only family.
We're staying...
Are you saved?
Huh?
Granny, Emily's not
from around here.
I don't think she...
She ain't answered my question.
She saved or ain't she?
Saved?
Uh-uh, she ain't.
When people ain't you
can smell it about them.
Fire and brimstone, the
everlasting fire,
glory be to God, Amen.
Stretch out your hand, girl,
you hear me?
Where's her hand?
It's just to see what
you look like, that's all.
That's the way she sees,
with her fingers.
Well what about it, Granny?
Didn't I tell you the
truth about her?
Kenny, you come in here
now and help me get supper.
You gonna help me?
Don't you go gallivanting off.
Kenny!
Kenny!
You come back here, you hear me?
Kenny!
Lord have mercy on him.
Hi honey.
Where you been?
Oh, you know Mrs. Carson,
don't you?
[Marge] Hello Emily.
Hello.
Where you been?
You look like you got
a little wet.
What happened?
Oh, I fell in the
water down at the beach.
Ed, I went downtown today
and I picked out a dress,
all by myself.
You what?
A dress.
The lady says when it's
fixed it'll look like
it was made special for me.
Well we'll talk about it
a little later.
Right now I think we
oughta go over
and get ready for supper.
We're gonna go to the
carnival tonight.
Yeah, we're gonna go, and Mrs.
Carson's gonna go with us.
8:00 be all right?
[Marge] 8:00 is fine.
Good.
See you later.
- No, Operator, Mrs.
Corey Sherman.
C, that's right.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Don't thank me, please, just...
(sighs)
Boy.
They'll hire anybody these days
as long as they'll say thank you.
Hello, Annabelle.
Oh, hello JC.
I mean Dad.
Yes, JC, well I wanted to
speak to, what?
Two under par?
(whistles)
Well, that's fine.
Well I just wondered if
I could speak
to Annabelle for a few minutes.
Yeah.
Well, would you have her call
me when she gets through?
I'm at home.
Because business was kind
of slack tonight, J-Dad,
and I didn't see any, not yet, no.
This guy's helping me out, I
think if I can persuade him
to stay on, uh-huh, yeah,
I know, I know.
Yeah, JC, I know about that, yes.
Tonight?
Oh, now J-Dad, I don't
think that's necessary
for me to get down there just
for a couple of trucks, no.
I know.
I know, I know.
I know that, Dad.
Yes.
Okay, I'll go right on
down there, Dad.
Oh, you know I will, yes.
Okay, but would you
tell Annabelle,
when she finishes, to have
her call me, please, huh?
Yeah.
Two under par.
Okay Dad.
Two under par.
I make a special dinner
for you tonight, Mr. Corey.
Anything else I can do?
How do I look, Pop?
Tell me I look pretty.
Come on, Pop, tell me
I look pretty.
Thou art thy mother's
glass, and she in thee
calls back the lovely
April of her prime.
Except for the earrings.
You know some men don't
like earrings, Pop?
It's true, some men can't
stand the sight of earrings.
Would you like to hear the
piece I'm rehearsing, Marge?
What?
(sighs) Oh, Pop, just think of it.
What was the day before yesterday?
Only Monday.
I didn't much care if the
day came or not.
Boy, you never know, Pop,
you never know.
It's kind of frightening,
just supposing
his car didn't break
down just where it did.
You interrupted me, Marge.
I did what?
I was rehearsing, right
in the middle you barged in
without the slightest
consideration.
Oh, Pop, I'm sorry.
Well all right, come on now.
I'm ready, let's have it.
No, it's no use.
It's too late now anyway.
You wouldn't want to
keep Mr. Whosits waiting,
would we, on my account?
Aww Pop, I said I was sorry,
and I am.
I'm not sorry about being excited.
I'm not sorry about
meeting somebody
makes me wanna dress up a
little bit for a change.
How often is it you meet somebody
makes you wanna ride on
a Ferris wheel?
Don't fool yourself, Margery,
that's all your Mr.
Wilson does mean.
Oh, Pop.
I suppose you think
it's so satisfying
looking after you all the time.
If there's anything worse
than a finicky old woman
it's a finicky old man.
When am I going out,
when am I coming back.
Prattling all day long
about going on theater tours
when you know very well
you're never gonna...
It's not so!
I am going!
As soon as I can get the backing.
With my name?
Name, what name?
Fourth-rate summer stock companies
and fifth-rate productions?
Margery!
Pop!
You haven't got a name,
you never have had
and you never will have, and
you might just as well face it.
Stop.
Please.
Oh, Pop, I'm sorry I said
that, I didn't mean that.
Pop.
(somber music)
Well maybe I won't wear
these earrings after all.
Pop?
(sighs)
Got some that aren't
so noticeable.
(whistling)
Where you going, Kenneth?
Oh, I'm just going into
town to fool around a little.
Maybe go to the carnival.
Be better off to save the mules.
And save yourself.
Well I'm not gonna be long.
Besides, I'm not gonna
take those mules anyway.
(carnival music)
You mean you don't dream at all?
Not even ever?
Mm-mm.
Well I do, I dream
about everything.
Like last night I
dreamt about frogs.
But that was awful.
(laughing)
What's so awful about frogs?
I don't know, it just was,
that's all.
One time I dreamt about flowers.
One time I dreamt about
when I was grown up.
Hey, what do you mean, when?
Now what do you think
you're supposed to be now?
But Ed says that, anyway,
who cares.
Let's talk about something else.
All right.
What do you like best,
stuff that tastes sweet
or stuff that tastes sour?
Food?
[Kenny] Yeah.
Sweet.
Well, I'm gonna get me
some razor shells
on the beach tomorrow.
They're like clams, you have
to have a bucket, though.
They're kinda sweet.
There's a wash bucket I could use.
Okay.
I'll meet you on the
beach at 8:00.
That is, if he lets you.
Ed?
You said I was grown up.
All right.
Well.
Well then.
Good night, Emily.
Hey son.
That was mighty fine of you, son.
Mighty thoughtful.
Taking her out like that,
getting her mind
off things for a change.
I want you to know that I
really and truly appreciate it.
Well your sister's no
chore, Mr. Wilson, if...
Yeah, yeah, I guess she
told you the whole thing, huh?
I'm supposed to be her brother
and we're supposed to
be headed for St. Pete
to see cement and so
forth and so forth.
(sighs)
Yeah, well, I guess it
isn't her fault,
because you see, she's sick,
she's got kind of a weakness,
with men, that is.
And every place we been,
it's the same all over,
somebody gets a spark and
somebody winds up getting burned.
But I guess as long as you
know what to do
when she has spells,
I guess it's...
A spell?
Oh, nothing serious,
just fits and shouts,
nothing violent.
And no great harm done, so,
just, you know, when she has,
something happens to her, she's
got a little bottle of pills
that she carries
around in her bag,
and if you just remember that.
Now listen here, Mr. Wilson.
I know what you're trying to do.
But don't give me any stories.
Now just don't jump to any
conclusions now, just a minute.
Now you don't think I actually
like to do that, do ya?
I have to for his own good.
Because I want to stay here
now, and the only way I can
is if I chase trouble
before it chases me.
Marge?
Marge.
Marge?
(tense music)
You don't understand, Marge.
Marge?
You don't understand!
Yes, I know, Mrs. McCullum,
yes.
4:00.
Well I know we promised
to have it there,
but well as a matter of fact,
my mechanic
hasn't shown up this morning yet.
I thought we agreed you
were gonna stay home, Emily.
Well I changed my plan.
I don't care what your plans
were, you're gonna stay here.
I'm not gonna stay here!
I'm going to the beach and
dig clams like we planned.
Now Emily, I'm not
gonna stand around
arguing with you all day,
I gotta get back to work.
Now you're gonna stay here,
I'm gonna lock you in.
I'm not gonna stay here!
Now Emily, you're gonna stay here
and you're gonna behave yourself.
(door thuds)
Those kids are worthless.
They didn't even check
on your block.
- My block come in?
- Yeah.
Where?
It's in a crate in the garage.
Oh hang on, I want to talk
to you about something.
I'm gonna check you out
in the cash box.
So stick around, huh?
I promised Annabelle I'd
surprise her for a couple of days.
Soon as I get the car
fixed I gotta take off.
Huh?
You what?
(banging)
Maybe somebody should
say something.
For instance?
Oh, I don't know, anything.
Oh no, my friends, family quarrels
are the best kind to
keep your nose out of.
I heard she's been all around town
playing the weight machines
like they was slot machines.
And over at the school yard.
Hey!
Miss Wilson, please!
You can't!
That's hotel property,
you can't, please!
Miss Wilson!
(somber music)
Get out of here.
This room is private.
You're not gonna boss me
around and neither is he.
Oh Emily, I'm not
trying to boss you around.
It's just that I'm all alone here,
you've made a lot of
extra work for me.
Don't worry about the furniture.
I could pay for it.
I could get a job.
I could do a lot of things.
Well, if you're really
serious about working,
I mean, maybe you and I
could work something out
over at the restaurant.
- Working for you?
- Mm-hmm.
No, you're just saying
that, he told you to.
Now listen, Emily...
I don't wanna listen to you,
go away.
Don't call me Emily, either.
Only my very special
friends can call me Emily.
Well what would you
say if I told you
I'd like to be a very
special friend of yours.
You can't.
Your brother didn't mean any
harm, he loves you very much.
As far as the work is
concerned, he didn't say
a word about it, that's my idea.
I need the help, you could
wait on tables,
take care of the customers.
You mean I could be a waitress?
Mm-hmm.
Well, could I have a
uniform, and wait on customers?
Mm-hmm.
See, I used to have
waitresses a long time ago,
so I have some uniforms.
I'm sure I could find something
that would be just
perfect for you.
Okay.
I'd like that.
Yes, I'd really like that.
Does it have an apron?
Yes, Emily, it has an apron.
I'll go get one, freshen
up, and be right back,
and we'll get to work, okay?
Okay.
Then later on we'll
figure out your pay.
Okay?
All right.
What color is it?
It's blue.
I look nice in blue.
Can you hear it?
Huh?
(tinkling music)
Can you hear it?
How about that, ain't that
something, huh?
Oh Annabelle's gonna
explode when she sees this.
I know her, you know,
she's sentimental
about things like that.
Little new surprises, you know?
Except for how am I gonna
give it to her
if you don't change your mind?
I can't figure you out, Wilson.
Some guys know when
they got it made.
Here you been just two days,
two days,
I offer to check you out
of a cash box,
and leave you on your
own, and I'm offering you
a better deal than what I
offered Johnny.
Well don't you like the town?
Don't you like the town?
Yeah, I like the town.
Well then what?!
Good morning, Margery.
[Marge] Good morning Corey.
My, you look
beautiful this morning.
Just beautiful.
Well, my goodness, thank you.
To what do I owe the honor
of this special visit?
(chuckling)
Is that any way to speak
to a neighbor, uh-huh.
It's a rare chance I get
to have a cup of coffee
in the middle of the morning.
But now that I have a
responsible assistant,
I can just take off
without worrying.
So I'll have a cup of
coffee, cream, sugar.
That's good.
You know, this Wilson is
a very interesting fellow.
He's a good man.
He's a good mechanic.
Of course, he isn't the most
sociable guy in the world,
but I guess he could
grow on you, huh?
I was thinking that he could
really amount to something
around here if he'd just make
up his mind to settle down.
Too bad he's leaving.
Oh, he is leaving?
Huh?
Yeah, he's working on that
car of his now,
like it wasn't gonna
keep or something.
Figures to be out of
here by noon tomorrow.
Boy, I'm sure gonna hate
to see him go.
Well, here I am.
Emily, you look adorable.
Thank you.
Now wait a minute, here,
first off, take this rag
and go clean up all the tables
for me, will you do that?
Okay.
What was I saying?
Oh yeah, boy, I'm sure
gonna hate to see Eddie go.
Looks like somebody hasn't
heard the good news yet.
I don't guess that Eddie
will get lonesome, though.
(Corey whistling)
(men chattering)
[Man] Hi Marge.
Well all I was gonna say
was as long as you are leaving
and I can't stay, well, I
thought we all might want
to sort of celebrate tonight.
Margery hasn't had (mumbling)
for quite a long time now,
and I'm sure your sister
wouldn't mind.
You're not listening
to a word I say, Eddie.
If just once put your
mind on something
that really is serious,
why, you'll learn to like
what this town has to offer.
It's got some pretty good
things to offer.
(suspenseful music)
Ed!
Ed, it's Emily!
She's in trouble!
Ed!
I want my brother.
I want my brother.
I want my brother.
- I want my brother.
- Okay, baby.
Who are you?
- Go away.
- That's all right.
- I want my brother.
- You have him, honey.
I want my brother.
Go away, keep away from me.
Keep away from me.
Keep away from me!
[Ed] It's all right now, baby.
I want my brother, I
want my brother.
I want my brother!
(screaming)
I want my...
Honey.
Oh Ed.
I love you, Ed.
All right, baby, shh.
(crying)
Okay.
Corey?
[Corey] Yeah.
What are you doing,
closing up for supper?
[Corey] Yeah.
Where's your new helper?
I just stopped by to use
the telephone,
but if you're in a hurry, I
can go on down to the office.
No, no, that's all right.
Go ahead.
Just be sure and lock the
door when you go out, huh?
It's gonna be long distance,
but I'll settle with you later.
You don't think I remember
what you told me, do you?
Well I do.
Mind my own business, and
keep away from strangers,
and be a good girl, and
not get into trouble...
And to put some clothes on?
(sighs)
I just wish we could do
something fun for a change.
Just me and you.
(sighs)
Like we could go dancing tonight.
(sighs)
When are you gonna send
me to dancing school, Ed?
You promised.
Someday.
Someday I'm gonna be a movie star
and I'm gonna dance in the movies.
(light jazz music)
Care for a dance or two?
Just put some clothes on, I said,
and don't let this thing go
morning, noon, and night.
But I was only just...
You were only just.
(birds chirping)
Sure know better what
to do about my sister
than I do, don't ya?
I'm sorry, I only thought
it'd be worth a try if I...
If you what?
I thought if I game Emily
some feeling of importance,
something to do with herself,
like that job, I mean.
I think she has to be made to
feel she belongs someplace.
In your restaurant
with that uniform
with a bunch of guys pulling over?
Don't be silly, wait a minute,
I didn't know what she was
gonna do with that uniform.
I said I was sorry, I
only thought...
You only thought what?
I think this is a lot
better than what you're doing.
Dragging her from one
town to another,
one trouble after another.
Did I ask you to do anything?
No, nobody asked me
to do anything.
Then will you just stay out of it?
No, I won't.
You know, I think you're
all wrong about Emily.
What she needs is a home and love,
the kind of love a child
needs to grow on.
She has to be made to
feel that she can
just live in this world
just like it is.
You seem to think you can
give her everything you want,
well I'm telling you,
it's not enough.
And besides, I'm not
gonna stand by,
I'm not gonna let you
keep running.
You'll ruin her.
What does that have
to do with you?
Because I'm...
Because you're what?
Because I'm in love
with you, that's why.
(somber music)
Oh god.
(crying)
I only thought, I just was trying,
you told me, you said she
was gonna be so much better,
and look what I did to you,
I didn't...
I love you, I love you Marge.
I love you.
Don't you ever go away from me.
Don't you ever go away from me,
I don't want you to go away.
I don't want you ever to leave.
Ever.
(crying)
Granny?
You're gonna see that girl?
Now Granny, she's a nice girl.
She's trouble, I can smell
it, the walkin' wrath of God.
You can't smell it.
And you can't see it, you
don't even know
what you're talkin' about.
(somber music)
Whoa.
Whoa!
Where are you going?
I'm going away.
[Kenny] Well what'll
your brother say?
I don't care.
I'm going away, where
he'll never find me.
What happened?
Nothing.
He was mean.
Well where are you gonna stay?
Someplace.
But I'm not gonna stay
with him anymore.
I'll tell you what.
There's a place over by the cliff.
A cave.
You could stay there tonight.
Now you can't go no
place now anyway.
And maybe tomorrow, well I
could fix it up
so you could sleep.
A cave?
If you wait right here,
I'll go back
and get you a blanket.
All right.
Now I won't be long.
Now you wait right here.
Hyah!
Well look what we have here now.
Hi.
Hi.
Wanna go for a ride?
Well.
Maybe.
Wait, you ever to see a
little locket what plays music?
No.
Well I have one I'd like
to give to you.
Oh, that's very very nice of you
to want to give me a present,
Mr. Sherman.
But I have to get back right away
'cause my boyfriend's
gonna be waiting for me.
Oh is that so, huh?
Mm-hmm.
He's gonna meet me
right over there.
Is that right?
So if it won't take too long...
Oh no, just a couple minutes.
You can leave your things here.
Oh, I just love to get presents.
My brother Ed always says that,
but I don't have to do
what he says anymore.
Oh, you don't, well, that's fine.
Well do you want to come with me?
Okay.
(bird chirping)
I love you, and I deserve you.
I want you to stay with
me, for as long as I live.
I love you, Marge.
I love you.
Em?
I'm locked out, I
don't have my key.
(knocking)
Em?
(tinkling music)
(dramatic music)
[Skinner] The man's dead,
ain't he?
Any fool can see, so why...
Difference between you and me,
Skinner,
is I'm not just any
kind of a fool.
All right, Esmeralda,
tell us about it again.
Just like I told you before,
Sheriff.
I was coming home from my day off.
When I opened the door, I
found that man
bending over Mr. Corey,
holding that knife in his hand,
and looking at me
with a wild look,
like he might start coming for me,
so I just closed the door
and locked it,
and call in you, Sheriff,
just like I said.
Mr. Wilson?
Just type out the details.
I'll sign whatever you put down.
It seems to me that so
far you're the only one
that's got any of the details.
She found me, I'm responsible.
Whoever was
responsible (mumbling).
What I mean is, he's got
a bunch of nicks and cuts.
The one that did the real damage
was a nasty crack on
the back of the skull.
Coulda gotten it falling down.
You see, he was sliced at.
Something a child might do.
Or somebody not really
meaning anything major.
By the way, it happened at 7:55.
That's not medical detection,
his watch is busted.
Sheriff, I...
[Marge] What is this?
You'll have to wait a minute,
Marge.
Ed.
You can't do this.
Doc, will you give 'em
something to shut 'em up?
Like they say in the
detective stories,
we've got to get the evidence.
Now.
"Your weight is 113 pounds.
"Be prepared for a sudden
change that may influence your,"
can't read the rest,
there's too much blood.
How much did you say
you weighed, Mr. Wilson?
Margery, do me a favor,
read this, will you?
My eyes are a little strained.
"August 11th, Nashville,
Tennessee.
"police today released
Miss Emily Wilson
"to her brother's custody
after dropping
"assault and battery
charges stemming
"from Miss Wilson's alleged
attack on L.L. Rawlings,
"owner of the Wonderland
Bookshop on Snow Street.
"The charges were dropped
when it was learned
"that Miss Wilson was
a mentally retard..."
- Kenny!
(dramatic music)
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Kenny!
Sheriff.
I just... (sighs)
Look, Mr. Wilson, I'm a
law enforcement officer,
not a philosopher, not a preacher.
And a law enforcement
officer's gotta take
sort of a straightforward
view of things.
So now I think we'd
better go and talk
with your sister, Mr. Wilson.
(waves crashing)
(suspenseful music)
(somber music)