Oiltown, U.S.A. (1953) - full transcript
Christine Manning returns to her father's home in Texas for the summer. She soon realizes that her father, oil millionaire Les Manning, is disliked and feared as a ruthless businessman by the people around him. Les Manning has always relied on himself to become successful and has never trusted in God. But he may have to change his ways...
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♪ OILTOWN! ♪
♪ OILTOWN! ♪
♪ OILTOWN, USA! ♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ EVERYONE KNOWS THAT
IT'S GREAT ♪
♪ IT'S THE PRIDE AND JOY
OF THE LONE STAR STATE ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪ OIL WELLS ♪
♪ PUMPING THAT OIL
NIGHT AND DAY ♪
♪ WELL, SHE'S SHOOTING HIGH
IN THE TEXAS SKY ♪
♪ IN OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪ COWBOYS, CATTLE ♪
♪ COWBOYS, CATTLE ♪
♪ SHIPS ON THE GOLDEN GRAIN ♪
♪ MOVING, MOVING
♪ SKYSCRAPERS MOVING ♪
♪ HIGH ON THE TEXAS PLAIN ♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ QUEEN OF THE ROLLING ♪
♪ SOUTHWEST ♪
♪ YOU WILL FIND HER NAME ♪
♪ UP AMONG THE BEST ♪
♪ LONDON, PARIS ♪
♪ NEW YORK, HOUSTON ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ QUEEN OF THE ROLLING ♪
♪ SOUTHWEST ♪
♪ YOU WILL FIND HER NAME ♪
♪ UP AMONG THE BEST ♪
♪ LONDON, PARIS ♪
♪ NEW YORK, HOUSTON ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN ♪
♪ USA! ♪
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HOW DID THIS CHECK
FOR FLORESCENTS?
THERE'S A PRETTY
GOOD SHOW,
MR. MANNING.
I DON'T PROFESS TO BE
ANY GEOLOGIST,
BUT THE SHOOTING PICTURE
ON THAT ADJOINING CRACK
SURE LOOKED GOOD TO ME.
IT'S YOUR NAME
ON THAT DIPLOMA
OVER THERE, HILLMAN,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
THAT TYLER TRACK
LOOKS VERY GOOD.
THE HIGH SEEMS
TO BE RUNNING
IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE
SAID ABOUT
THE SPANNING LEASE.
UNTIL 15,000 FEET
OF DRY HOLE
TOLD US OTHERWISE.
WELL, I'LL RISK IT.
SEE THE LANDOWNER
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
RIGHT.
[woman's voice over intercom]
MR. MANNING?
YES?
YOUR DAUGHTER AND
HER FRIEND
ARRIVED IN TOWN
A FEW MINUTES AGO.
WOODS IS TAKING THEM
TO THE HOUSE.
CALL THE HOUSEKEEPER
AND TELL HER I'M LEAVING
FOR HOME IMMEDIATELY.
OH, JOHNSON,
REMEMBER, THE MANNING
OIL COMPANY HAS THE REPUTATION
OF BEING THE SHREWDEST
TRADER SINCE SPINDLETOP.
SEE THAT THIS REPUTATION
IS MAINTAINED.
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DID YOU HEAR
WHAT HE SAID?
YEAH, THE SHREWDEST
TRADER SINCE
SPINDLETOP.
NO, NO, JACK,
I MEAN CHRISTINE
MANNING,
THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER
IS HOME FROM COLLEGE.
OH, THAT.
DIDN'T HER OLD MAN SAY
SHE HAD A FRIEND?
OH, GET WITH IT, TED.
AFTER ALL, IT'S YOUR NAME
ON THAT DIPLOMA.
[chuckling]
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THANK YOU,
WOODS.
OH, CHRIS, I NEVER
DREAMED IT WAS
SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
DAD WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY.
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OH, CHRIS,
JUST THINK--
TWO FULL MONTHS
OF PARADISE!
PARADISE?
THIS IS HOUSTON,
TEXAS, JANE.
REMEMBER THAT.
NO, NOT PARADISE...
THINGS GET SO,
OH, I DON'T KNOW,
SO KIND OF DIRTY
OUT IN THE OIL FIELDS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY DAD
HAS ALWAYS SENT ME
UP NORTH TO GO
TO SCHOOL.
EVER SINCE I CAN
REMEMBER.
HMM... SOUND'S
EXCITING, CHRIS.
NOW, SEE HERE
JANE HUGHES,
I PROMISED YOUR MOTHER
THAT IF I...
OH, CHRIS,
I'LL BE GOOD!
AND MOM AND DAD
WILL BE PROUD
OF ME, TOO.
EVEN DEAR HARVEY.
[clears throat]
WELL, UHM, YOU NEEDN'T
GO THAT FAR.
[chuckling]
COME ON, JANE,
LET'S GO
FRESHEN UP.
I THINK DAD'LL
BE HOME SOON.
MISS CHRISTINE.
OH, SALLY, IT'S GOOD
TO BE HOME AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, IF SCHOOL
HADN'T ENDED,
I THINK I'D HAVE
COME ANYWAY
JUST TO TASTE ONE
OF YOUR PIES AGAIN.
OH, MISS CHRISTINE.
SALLY, THIS IS
MY FRIEND FROM SCHOOL,
JANE HUGHES.
SHE'LL BE SPENDING
THE SUMMER WITH US.
HOW DO YOU DO?
HELLO, SALLY,
I'M SO HAPPY
TO KNOW YOU.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
DOES DAD KNOW
WE'RE HOME, SALLY?
OH, YES, MA'AM,
MR. MANNING CALLED US
A LITTLE WHILE AGO
FROM THE OFFICE.
HE SAID HE'S ON
HIS WAY HOME
AND WANTS ME TO SERVE
DINNER EARLY.
HE FIGURED YOU'D ALL
BE POWERFUL HUNGRY
AFTER YOUR TRIP.
(Chris) YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
YOU KNOW THEY GAVE US
A SNACK ON THE TRAIN
BUT THAT'S JUST ABOUT
ALL IT WAS
(voices fade,
music begins)
...YOU BETTER WATCH OUT...
(Sally) I'LL TAKE CARE
OF HER... [chuckling]
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MY MOTHER,
JANE.
YOUR MOTHER?
OH, CHRIS,
I CAN'T GET OVER
HOW MUCH YOU
LOOK LIKE HER!
I DON'T REMEMBER YOU
EVER MENTIONING HER.
WELL, I'VE NEVER REALLY
KNOWN TOO MUCH ABOUT HER.
ALL I HAVE ARE A FEW
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
A BIG HOME IN DETROIT,
A GOVERNESS
TO LOOK AFTER ME.
MOTHER WAS VERY ILL.
I ONLY SAW HER FOR...
MAYBE A FEW MOMENTS
EACH DAY
WHEN THE NURSE WOULD LET ME
INTO THE SICK ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY
WHAT SENT HER
TO AN EARLY GRAVE.
DAD JUST WON'T DISCUSS IT.
RIGHT AFTER THE FUNERAL,
HE SOLD EVERYTHING
AND MOVED HERE TO HOUSTON
TO SORT OF
START ALL OVER AGAIN.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT
IS THE PORTRAIT.
PLUS WHATEVER MEMORIES
HE HAS LOCKED INSIDE.
(father) SALLY?
WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?
IN THE LIBRARY, DAD!
LIBRARY?
HAVEN'T YOU HAD ENOUGH
BOOKS FOR A WHILE?
OH, DAD.
WHY, YOU'VE GROWN
AN INCH SINCE CHRISTMAS!
DO YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, TOO.
NONSENSE.
THIS SUIT NEVER DID
FIT ME WELL.
AND THIS IS
JANE HUGHES.
WELCOME TO TEXAS,
JANE.
FOR ILLINOIS,
AREN'T YOU?
SPRINGFIELD.
WELL, YOU JUST SHOW
ENOUGH FORTITUDE
TO LIVE IN TEXAS
FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AND YOU'LL GO
DOWN IN HISTORY
AS A TEXAN.
[laughter]
NOW I SUPPOSE...
[voice trails off]
[music begins]
I SUPPOSE YOU GIRLS
WILL WANT TO
FRESHEN UP
AFTER YOUR TRIP.
CHRISTINE,
SHOW JANE TO HER ROOM.
I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY
YOUR STAY WITH US, JANE.
IT'S GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL,
MR. MANNING.
WE'LL BE DOWN
IN A FEW MOMENTS,
DAD.
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[meat sizzles]
♪ YOU LAID YOUR HAND,
MIGHTY LORD ♪
♪ ON THE RANGE ♪
♪ LAID YOUR WONDERFUL HAND
ON THE PRAIRIE ♪
♪ LORD, YOU POURED FORTH
THE FOUNTAINS ♪
♪ RAISED UP THE MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ O LORD,
KEEP YOUR MIGHTY HAND ON ME ♪
♪ YOU TOUCHED YOUR CLOUDS,
MADE THEM RAIN ♪
♪ FROM THE RAIN,
MADE THE SEA ♪
♪ FROM THE SEA,
FORMED THE CLOUDS ♪
♪ TO GIVE US LIFE
ABUNDANTLY ♪
♪ YOU HAVE THE EARTH
AND THE SKY ♪
♪ IN YOUR COMMAND, LORD ♪
♪ O PLEASE, KEEP YOUR PRECIOUS
HAND ON ME ♪
[phone rings]
HELLO?
THIS IS KATHERINE TYLER.
WHO?
THE MANNING OIL COMPANY?
WHY, I GUESS SO.
MY BROTHER AND I'LL BOTH
BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
WE'LL MAKE IT
AT 10 O'CLOCK.
WHAT'D YOU SAY
YOUR NAME WAS?
BOB JOHNSON.
ALL RIGHT, MR. JOHNSON,
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW
AT TEN.
GOODBYE.
♪ YOU TOUCHED YOUR CLOUDS,
MADE THEM RAIN ♪
♪ FROM THE RAIN,
MADE THE SEA ♪
♪ FROM THE SEA,
FORMED THE CLOUDS ♪
♪ TO GIVE US LIFE
ABUNDANTLY ♪
♪ YOU HAVE THE EARTH
AND THE SKY ♪
♪ IN YOUR COMMAND, LORD ♪
♪ O PLEASE, KEEP YOUR PRECIOUS
HAND ON ME ♪♪
JIM, I DON'T THINK
I WANT TO BE
A MILLIONAIRE.
WELL, YEAH, I GUESS
THAT COULD GET
KINDA COMPLICATED.
WHO WAS THAT CALL
A WHILE AGO?
FORT KNOX?
GETTING A LITTLE
OVERCROWDED?
IT'S NOT GOLD, JIM,
IT'S OIL.
RIGHT HERE
ON THE RANCH...
MAYBE.
WHO CALLED, KAY?
IT WAS UH...
SOME OIL COMPANY.
WELL, WHAT'S THE NAME
OF THE COMPANY?
ISN'T THAT AWFUL?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
BUT THEY'RE COMING
OUT HERE IN
THE MORNING, JIM.
THE LAND AGENT
FOR THE COMPANY.
SAID IT'D BE
WELL WORTH OUR WHILE
TO TALK TO HIM.
WELL, THERE'S ONE THING
I'M SURE OF...
OUR STEAKS ARE
GETTING COLD.
COME ON, LET'S EAT.
LET'S EAT!
NOW YOUR SIGNATURE,
MISS TYLER.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
THERE'S OIL UNDER HERE?
WELL, THE ODDS ARE
ABOUT 8 TO ONE
AGAINST IT.
EIGHT TO ONE?
YEAH, THERE WERE OVER
6,000 WILDCAT WELLS
DRILLED LAST YEAR,
AND MORE THAN 5,000
OF THEM DRY HOLES.
SOUNDS LIKE
MONTE CARLO.
WELL, NOT QUITE.
THE INDUSTRY STILL
FOUND MORE OIL
LAST YEAR
THAN ANY YEAR
IN ITS HISTORY.
ANY IDEA WHEN YOU'LL
START DRILLING,
MR. JOHNSON?
WHEN LANCE MANNING
SMELLS OIL,
HE'S A VERY
IMPATIENT MAN,
MISS TYLER.
YOU CAN EXPECT
THE RIG TO ARRIVE
MOST ANY DAY.
MATTER OF FACT,
HE'LL PROBABLY EVEN
BEGRUDGE THE TIME
IT TAKES ME TO GET
THIS LEASE BACK
TO HOUSTON.
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LOOKS GOOD, BUDDY!
HOW 'BOUT THAT?
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WELL, THIS IS IT,
GIRLS.
RIGHT UP THIS WAY.
WELL, HI!
SIS, I WANT YOU
TO MEET CHRISTINE
MANNING.
HELLO, CHRIS!
HELLO, MISS TYLER.
OH, JUST KAY.
AND HER FRIEND,
JANE HUGHES.
HI!
HELLO, OH, I JUST
LOVE YOUR RANCH, KAY.
OH, WELL, THANKS,
I THINK YOU'LL LIKE INSIDE
BETTER WHERE IT'S COOLER.
COME ON IN.
YEAH, LET'S GO IN.
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♪ WHO MADE THE MOUNTAINS? ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE TREES? ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE RIVERS
FLOW TO THE SEA? ♪
♪ AND WHO HUNG THE MOON
IN THE STARRY SKY? ♪
♪ SOMEBODY BIGGER
THAN YOU AND I ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE FLOWERS
BLOOM IN THE SPRING? ♪
HOW YOU FOLKS
GETTING ALONG?
YOU GETTING
ENOUGH TO EAT?
IT'S WONDERFUL,
JIM.
I SURE WISH
YOUR DAD
COULD BE HERE
TO HELP US
CELEBRATE, CHRIS.
OH, SO DO I, JIM.
HE'D PLANNED ON IT,
YOU KNOW BUT...
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED CAME UP
AND HE HAD TO FLY TO DALLAS
FOR THE WEEKEND.
I KNOW,
HE SENT HIS REGRETS
ALONG WITH GALLONS
OF ICE CREAM.
ICE CREAM!
OH NO!
WHERE WILL I
PUT IT?
DON'T STOP NOW.
I'VE SEEN MANY
A WELL COME IN,
BUT NEVER WITH
VITTLES LIKE THIS!
WELL, THIS IS
THE CHRISTINE
NUMBER ONE, JACK.
OH, BOB,
IT COULD HAVE BEEN
THE MAZIE NUMBER 14,
AND WE'D STILL
HAVE CELEBRATED.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
THE NAME'S A PRETTY
IMPORTANT THING.
OH, RUBBISH!
I HEARD A DRILLER
CALL THE WELL
A LOT OF NAMES
THE OTHER DAY.
OH, YOU DID?
YES, I DID.
[laughter]
JIM, WHY DON'T YOU
LET THESE FOLKS
EAT IN PEACE.
OH, I WISH YOU'D
HAVE INTERRUPTED US
A LOT SOONER.
WELL, I CAN
HARDLY BREATHE.
TIME TO SING
FOR YOUR SUPPER, JIM.
YOU MEAN?
REMEMBER WHAT
WE SAID?
WE'VE BEEN HIDING
OUR LIGHT UNDER
A BUSHEL LONG ENOUGH.
OH, GO ON, JIM,
LET IT SHINE.
WELL, OKAY...
YOU PRAY FOR ME.
AND REMEMBER, KITTEN
YOU'RE NEXT.
JUST A MINUTE, FOLKS.
IF ANY OF YOU
ARE STILL HUNGRY,
WE'VE GOT ABOUT A QUARTER
OF BEEF LEFT OUT IN THE KITCHEN.
[crowd moaning]
YOU KNOW, MY SISTER KAY AND I
THOUGHT THIS LITTLE GET-TOGETHER
WOULD BE A GOOD THING
BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SO MANY
NEW FRIENDS HERE
ON THE DIAMOND-T
THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU FOLKS
HAVE ADDED SOME OF NEW WORDS
TO YOUR VOCABULARIES, TOO.
FOR INSTANCE, YOU'VE LEARNED
THAT A ROUGHNECK
ON A DRILLING CREW CAN
BE A PRETTY SWELL GUY.
AND THAT A WELL IS ONLY A HOLE
UNTIL IT COMES IN,
LIKE THE CHRISTINE NUMBER ONE
DID THIS WEEK.
SO, FOR ALL OF OUR
NEW FRIENDS,
AND ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR GUEST OF HONOR,
AND BECAUSE THIS KIND OF
BENEFITS ALL OF US,
I'D LIKE TO SING
A LITTLE SONG FOR YOU.
A SONG THAT TELLS
MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN
JUST HOW I FEEL.
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♪ WHEN I LEFT HOME
I SOUGHT POPULARITY ♪
♪ I RODE BUCKIN' HORSES
TO FAME ♪
♪ SOMEONE ELSE MADE THE MONEY ♪
♪ ALL I GOT WAS APPLAUSE ♪
♪ MY FORTUNE WAS ALL
IN MY NAME ♪
♪
♪ SO I THOUGHT GOLD COULD BUY
PEACE AND HAPPINESS ♪
♪ I FOUGHT FOR EACH KIND
I COULD FIND ♪
♪ BUT THE WHITE GOLD
OF COTTON ♪
♪ AND THE BLACK GOLD
OF OIL ♪
♪ COULD NEVER BUY ME
PEACE OF MIND ♪
♪ AND THEN I TOOK CHRIST
AS MY PARTNER ♪
♪ GAVE HEART, LIFE AND SOUL
BACK TO HIM ♪
♪ FOR HE BOUGHT ME,
YOU KNOW ♪
♪ ON A CROSS LONG AGO ♪
♪ IN HIS LIGHT,
WORLDLY PLEASURES GROW DIM ♪
♪ YES, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS MY PARTNER ♪
♪ I'M FOLLOWING HIM
NIGHT AND DAY ♪
♪ LIFE'S A WONDERFUL RIDE ♪
♪ WITH CHRIST AS MY GUIDE ♪
♪ HE'S LEADING
EACH STEP OF THE WAY ♪♪
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WE MISSED YOU
AT OUR LITTLE PARTY
THE OTHER EVENING,
MR. MANNING.
FROM WHAT I HEAR,
IT'S JUST AS WELL
I WASN'T THERE.
WHY, UH,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
TYLER, IF YOU
KNEW ME BETTER,
YOU WOULDN'T TRY
TO ROPE ME IN ON
ANYTHING RELIGIOUS.
RELIGION AND
LANCE MANNING
HAVE NOTHING
IN COMMON,
UNDERSTAND?
I'M BEGINNING TO.
AND THAT GOES
FOR MY DAUGHTER
CHRISTINE, TOO.
I MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO SPEAK FOR MY CREWS
WHEN THEY'RE ON
THEIR OWN TIME,
BUT I'M CERTAINLY
GIVING THE ORDERS
AS FAR AS CHRIS
IS CONCERNED.
WHY, FOR DAYS SHE AND
HER HOUSEGUEST
HAVE BEEN MOPING AROUND
TALKING ABOUT GOD
LIKE A COUPLE OF
OLD LADIES AT
A PRAYER MEETING.
YOU OUGHTA BE GLAD
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM
INSTEAD OF MOCKING HIM,
LIKE A LOT OF YOUNGSTERS
THEIR AGE.
TYLER, I WON'T HAVE MY DAUGHTER
EMOTIONALLY UPSET
BY A LOT OF SUPERNATURAL
TOMMYROT.
FOR TWENTY YEARS,
I'VE DONE MY BEST
TO SHIELD HER
FROM SUCH HYSTERIA.
AND I WILL NOT
BE THWARTED THIS
LATE IN THE GAME!
MR. MANNING, FOR A MAN
WHOSE LIVING COMES FROM
THE VERY HAND OF THE CREATOR,
YOU HAVE A STRANGE
PHILOSOPHY.
"THE HAND OF
THE CREATOR."
HOGWASH!
NO MYSTICAL BEING EVER
HELPED ME GET WHERE I AM TODAY!
THERE'S MY GOD!
TWO STRONG HANDS,
A MIND TO DIRECT THEM,
AND A FEW STRONG BACKS
TO DO THE DIRTY WORK!
DO YOU KNOW ANY BETTER
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS?
YES, I BELIEVE I DO.
YOU'VE MADE NO ROOM
FOR THE HEART.
A HEART CONTROLLED BY LOVE.
IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE
MY DAUGHTER
THAT I'M TRYING TO SPARE HER
ALL THIS FUTILITY!
I USED TO TALK THAT WAY.
THEN GOD LET ME TUMBLE
FROM MY LITTLE PINNACLE...
SO HE COULD TALK TO ME!
THINGS LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER,
MR. MANNING.
[scoffs]
I DON'T INTEND
TO EVER FIND OUT.
I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE.
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NO MORE, SALLY.
I DECLARE,
MR. MANNING.
AIN'T NONE OF Y'ALL
EATING ENOUGH
TO KEEP A BIRD ALIVE.
MISS JANE?
MISS CHRISTINE?
THANK YOU, SALLY.
WELL, I DO DECLARE.
THERE'S SOMETHING MIGHTY
STRANGE GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE
AND YOU CAN BELIEVE ME!
I WAS OUT AT
THE CHRISTINE
NUMBER ONE TODAY.
AND I RAN INTO
YOUR FRIEND,
JIM TYLER.
OH, YES, DAD.
CHRIS...
I DON'T WANT YOU
GOING OUT THERE.
WHY, DAD!
NOW, CHRISTINE,
I DON'T WANT TO
DISCUSS IT FURTHER.
THE TYLERS ARE JUST NOT
THE SORT OF PEOPLE
I WANT YOU GIRLS
SPENDING TIME WITH.
BUT DAD, KAY AND
JIM TYLER...
NOW, CHRISTINE,
WE'LL DISCUSS IT
SOME OTHER TIME.
NOW IF YOU GIRLS
WILL EXCUSE ME,
I HAVE SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO WHICH WILL
PROBABLY KEEP ME OUT
UNTIL VERY LATE.
UHM...
I'VE INSTRUCTED
CAPTAIN STARR
TO HAVE THE YACHT READY
FOR YOU GIRLS
ANYTIME YOU MAY
WISH TO USE IT.
JUST CALL HIM
DOWN AT THE HARBOR.
WELL... GOOD NIGHT.
CHRIS, I THINK
I'M GOING TO CALL JACK
AND TELL HIM THAT
I HAVE A HEADACHE, TOO.
NOW, JANE,
YOU'LL DO NOTHING
OF THE KIND.
GO ON AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
I NEED SOME TIME
TO THINK, ANYWAY.
WELL, ALL RIGHT THEN.
I GUESS I'D BETTER GO UP
AND GET DRESSED.
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT IS WRONG
WITH EVERYBODY?
NOW SALLY, AREN'T
THE MANNINGS
ENTITLED TO
AN OFF NIGHT?
WELL, I SUPPOSE SO,
MISS CHRISTINE.
I JUST HATE TO SEE
YOU AND MISS JANE
LOOKING SO BLUE.
SALLY...
DAD ISN'T OFTEN HOME EVENINGS,
IS HE?
OH, NO MA'AM.
HE'S NEVER HOME
AFTER DINNER.
ALWAYS SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HE'S A MIGHTY
BUSY MAN,
HE CERTAINLY IS.
WHAT DO PEOPLE
THINK OF HIM?
WELL, MA'AM,
THAT'S A FUNNY THING.
YOU SEE, HE AIN'T...
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT YOU ASK A QUESTION
LIKE THAT FOR?
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO PUMP ME, THAT'S WHAT.
AND I AIN'T GONNA
SAY NO MORE, NO MA'AM.
THE IDEA!
ASKING A QUESTION
LIKE THAT ABOUT
YOUR OWN DADDY!
I DECLARE!
NEVER MIND, SALLY,
I'LL GET IT.
IT'S SOMEONE FOR JANE.
HI, CHRIS.
HELLO, JACK.
COME ON IN.
JANE WILL BE DOWN
IN JUST A MINUTE.
OH, THANKS.
FROM BOB.
HE SAID, IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND,
GIVE HIM A CALL.
HE'LL BE HOME
ALL EVENING.
HOW THOUGHTFUL.
(Christine)
WELL!
HELLO, JACK.
HI, JANE.
DO I LOOK
ALL RIGHT,
CHRIS?
SILLY GIRL!
I'LL GIVE YOU
MY SENTIMENTS LATER.
SHALL WE GO?
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE
OF HER, JACK.
MRS. HUGHES
WOULD WANT THAT.
STOP WORRYING,
GRANDMA!
HAVE FUN,
YOU TWO.
'BYE, CHRIS,
SEE YOU LATER!
'BYE.
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(thinking) SALLY...
DAD ISN'T OFTEN HOME EVENINGS,
IS HE?
(Sally) OH, NO MA'AM.
HE'S NEVER HOME
AFTER DINNER.
ALWAYS SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HE'S A MIGHTY BUSY MAN,
HE CERTAINLY IS.
(Christine)
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF HIM?
(Sally) WELL, MA'AM,
THAT'S A FUNNY THING.
YOU SEE, HE AIN'T...
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT YOU ASK A QUESTION
LIKE THAT FOR?
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO PUMP ME, THAT'S WHAT.
AND I AIN'T GONNA
SAY NO MORE, NO MA'AM.
THE IDEA!
ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT
ABOUT YOUR OWN DADDY!
(Christine) I DON'T KNOW
TO THIS DAY
WHAT SENT HER TO
AN EARLY GRAVE.
DAD JUST WON'T DISCUSS IT.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT
IS THE PORTRAIT.
PLUS WHATEVER MEMORIES
HE HAS LOCKED INSIDE.
I'VE GOT TO KNOW!
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BOB?
THIS IS CHRIS.
GUESS WHAT?
MY HEADACHE'S GONE.
I COULD BE READY
IN TWENTY MINUTES.
GOODBYE.
♪
[piano music plays]
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO
THINK YOU JUST WANT TO
BE WITH ME TONIGHT,
I KNOW DIFFERENT.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
I'VE NEVER TRIED
TO KID YOU, BOB.
PLEASE... GRANT ME
THE SAME COURTESY.
WELL, SURE.
I WANT SOME ANSWERS.
AND BOB, IF YOU
WON'T GIVE THEM TO ME...
TAKE IT EASY,
KIDDO.
AT THESE PRICES,
WE CAN AFFORD TO
STAY HERE ALL EVENING.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S ABOUT DAD.
FOR THE LAST
TWO OR THREE YEARS,
I'VE HAD A STRANGE
FEELING ABOUT HIM.
OH, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN QUIET
ABOUT THE PAST,
ABOUT MY MOTHER AND
WHAT BECAME OF HER...
BUT AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER,
AND ESPECIALLY
ON THIS TRIP, BOB,
I'VE BEGUN TO FEEL THAT...
WELL, THAT I DON'T
REALLY KNOW HIM AT ALL.
I SOMETIMES THINK HE'S OPPOSED
TO EVERYTHING THAT'S DECENT.
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, TONIGHT.
HE FORBAD
JANE AND ME
TO GO BACK TO
THE TYLER RANCH
AGAIN.
HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
THE TYLERS NOT BEING
THE KIND OF PEOPLE
HE WANTS US TO
ASSOCIATE WITH.
OH, BOB, YOU KNOW
THERE AREN'T
TWO FINER PEOPLE
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
THAN KAY AND JIM TYLER.
YES, I KNOW.
SOMETHING TO DRINK?
NO, THANKS,
THIS IS ALL.
I'VE BEEN PUTTING
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.
LITTLE THINGS
PEOPLE SAY.
THINGS I OVERHEAR THAT...
...THAT JUST AREN'T MEANT
FOR LANCE MANNING'S
DAUGHTER TO HEAR.
I LEARNED HE'S NEVER
HOME AT NIGHT.
OH, I KNOW, BOB,
I'M ONLY HIS DAUGHTER,
AND I'M AWAY AT SCHOOL
NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, BUT...
HE'S ALL I'VE GOT.
A GIRL WANTS TO BE...
TO BE PROUD OF HER DAD, BOB.
CHRIS, I BET I KNOW
A THOUSAND HOUSTIANS
WHO'D TRADE PLACES WITH YOU
AT THE DROP OF A HAT.
SO YOUR DAD'S
A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS.
SO WHAT?
I'M TIRED OF
MYSTERY, BOB!
LOOK, I'LL BE OUT
OF SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.
I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE I'M GOING.
YES, AND WHERE
I'VE COME FROM, TOO.
LOOK, BOB,
FORGET FOR THE MOMENT
THAT HE'S MY FATHER.
I WANT IT STRAIGHT.
JUST WHO IS
LANCE MANNING?
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
LANCE MANNING IS ONE
OF THE SHREWDEST OPERATORS
IN THE OIL BUSINESS.
HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS
AND AT HIS PRICE.
IF ANYBODY GETS IN HIS WAY,
HE EITHER WALKS ON THEM
OR BUYS THEM.
HIS GOD IS GOLD,
BLACK GOLD.
AND HE CAN FIND IT
EVEN IF IT'S THREE MILES
STRAIGHT DOWN.
THE NAME OF MANNING
IS LEGEND OUT IN THE FIELDS.
IT'S A NAME
MANY MEN FEAR.
AND A LOT OF THEM HATE.
SOCIALLY, I...
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
BUT WHAT I HEAR.
AND NONE OF IT'S
FIT TO REPEAT.
WELL, MAYBE NONE
OF IT'S TRUE,
FOR THAT MATTER.
WELL, I...
I MUST SAY
I ASKED FOR IT.
MUST HAVE BEEN
PRETTY HANDY FOR DAD
NOT HAVING A DAUGHTER AROUND.
EVEN A BLUEBEARD
WOULD HAVE A CONSCIENCE
ABOUT THAT.
CHRIS, I'VE
BEEN A FOOL.
YOU'VE NOT BEEN
A FOOL, BOB.
COME ON, LET'S
GET OUT OF HERE.
♪
I'M SORRY, SIR,
THIS IS A PRIVATE CLUB
FOR MEMBERS ONLY.
OH, WELL, MY NAME IS
JOHNSON.
I WORK WITH
THE MANNING
OIL COMPANY.
AND THIS IS
MR. MANNING'S
DAUGHTER.
OH, I'M SORRY, MISS MANNING,
I DIDN'T REALIZE.
THANK YOU.
[indistinct chatter]
I THINK IT'S BOUND
TO PAY-OFF.
TWENTY-THREE ON THE RED.
♪
TWENTY-ONE BLACK.
WELL! WE'VE GOT
COMPANY, LANCE.
♪
♪
TAKE HER HOME!
IMMEDIATELY!
I'LL SEE YOU
AT THE OFFICE
IN THE MORNING.
LET'S GO, CHRIS.
♪
♪
CHRIS...
PLEASE, BOB,
DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
GOOD NIGHT.
♪
♪
(Jane) WHY, CHRIS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
JANE, I...
WHAT'S HAPPENED,
CHRIS?
I'LL TELL YOU
ON THE WAY
OUT TO THE TYLER
RANCH, JEAN.
BE A GOOD GIRL
AND PACK
A CHANGE OF CLOTHES.
AND HURRY UP, JANE.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND
A MINUTE LONGER THAN NECESSARY
IN THIS HOUSE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT,
I'LL ONLY BE
A MINUTE.
♪
♪
KAY, YOU'RE
AN AMAZING PERSON.
NOTHIN' AMAZING
ABOUT ME.
HERE JANE AND I
GET YOU UP AT TWO A.M.
WELL, YOU'RE AS COMPOSED
AS IF IT WERE TWO
IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
YOU WERE TOO SURPRISED
WHEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT DAD.
CHRIS, WHEN A MAN FIGHTS GOD
ALL HIS LIFE,
LIKE LANCE MANNING HAS,
HE'S CAPABLE OF MOST ANYTHING.
NO, I WASN'T SURPRISED.
YET I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP
HOPE EITHER.
JIM AND I HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR YOUR FATHER
EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY
WE MET HIM.
AND YESTERDAY
WHEN HE TOLD JIM
HE DIDN'T WANT YOU AND JANE
COMING HERE TO THE RANCH,
I KNEW GOD WAS
SPEAKING TO HIM.
I DON'T BELIEVE
I UNDERSTAND, KAY.
SURELY, GOD COULDN'T
BE PLEASED WITH,
WITH HIS LIVING.
NO, BUT YOU SEE,
THE VERY FACT THAT
HE'S SO TERRIBLY MISERABLE,
SO UPSET WHEN ANY OF US
SPEAK OF CHRIST
AND WHAT HE MEANS TO US,
THOSE ARE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE
GOING ON INSIDE.
I WISH THERE WERE
SOMETHING I COULD DO.
THERE IS, CHRIS.
THERE'S ONE CRACK
IN YOUR FATHER'S ARMOUR.
ONE SPOT OF TENDERNESS
IN HIS HEART...
HIS LOVE FOR YOU.
OH, HE SHOWS IT
IN STRANGE WAYS.
AND I EVEN THINK
HE HATES HIMSELF
FOR THAT ONE WEAKNESS.
BUT IT MAY BE
THAT GOD INTENDS
TO REACH HIM
THROUGH YOU, CHRIS.
THROUGH A TESTIMONY
TO THE POWER OF GOD
IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
I'M BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT--
WHAT YOU AND JIM MEANT
THE OTHER NIGHT
AT THE BARBEQUE, KAY.
ABOUT THE LONELINESS
OF A LIFE
WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR SAVIOR.
SUDDENLY, I'M SICK
OF THE PAST.
[sobbing]
I WANT TO--
I WANT TO BE--
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO SAY IT, KAY.
"IF THOU SHALT CONFESS
WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS
"AND SHALT BELIEVE
IN THINE HEART
"THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM
FROM THE DEAD,
"THOU SHALT BE SAVED.
JANE!
I WANT CHRIST, TOO, CHRIS.
NOT JUST BECAUSE
OF ME, JANE.
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE
MY BEST FRIEND.
NO, CHRIS.
I WANT HIM TO FORGIVE MY SINS
AND TO BE MY SAVIOR.
(Kay) LET'S KNEEL
RIGHT HERE...
♪
(woman's voice on intercom)
MR. JOHNSON IS HERE,
MR. MANNING.
SEND HIM IN.
WHERE IS SHE!
WHO?
CHRISTINE?
YES, CHRISTINE!
WHY, DIDN'T SHE...
NO, SHE DIDN'T
COME HOME!
NEITHER ONE
OF THE GIRLS
SPENT THE NIGHT
AT THE HOUSE.
WELL, NOW, LOOK,
MR. MANNING,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU MAY THINK,
I TOOK CHRIS
STRAIGHT HOME FROM
THE CLUB LAST NIGHT.
I SAW HER GO INTO
THE HOUSE BEFORE
I DROVE AWAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU
TOOK HER HOME.
SMALL RECOMPENSE
FOR HAVING BROKEN
HER HEART.
DISILLUSIONED HER
ABOUT HER OWN FATHER!
I DISILLUSIONED HER?
JOHNSON,
I'VE MADE YOU.
I PICKED YOU UP
FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE
WHEN YOU DIDN'T KNOW
A CROWN BLOCK
FROM A ROTARY TABLE.
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
ABOUT OIL,
I TAUGHT YOU!
SURE, YOU MADE ME.
AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT
ANY BETTER THAN I DO.
YOU'VE POURED ME INTO
YOUR ROTTEN MOLD UNTIL
I CAN HARDLY
TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOUR SHADY,
BORDERLINE PRACTICES
AND DECENT METHODS!
YEAH, I LEARNED
THE OIL BUSINESS HERE--
AT THE EXPENSE OF HAVING
EVERY HONORABLE CITIZEN
LIFT AN EYEBROW WHEN
THEY HEAR THAT I WORK FOR
THAT SHYSTER LANCE MANNING.
YOU'RE THROUGH,
JOHNSON!
GET OUT!
DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF!
I QUIT LAST NIGHT!
AS FOR CHRISTINE
LEAVING HOME,
IT MERELY CONFIRMS
MY CONVICTION THAT
THAT SHE HAS MORE
SELF-RESPECT
AND DECENCY
IN HER LITTLE FINGER
THAN YOU HAVE IN
YOUR WHOLE BODY!
JOHNSON!
I'LL BLACKBALL YOU
WITH EVERY COMPANY
IN TEXAS!
SO HELP ME, YOU'LL NEVER
WORK ANOTHER DAY IN OIL!
STAND BACK,
JOHNSON.
I'D SAY IT WAS
SELF-DEFENSE
AND YOU WOULDN'T
BE THERE TO DENY IT.
DON'T BE A FOOL,
MANNING.
HOW DID YOU
GET IN HERE?
I HEARD YOUR VOICES
OUT IN THE RECEPTION ROOM
AND THOUGHT IT WAS TIME
SOMEBODY USED A LITTLE
HORSE SENSE.
YOU'D BETTER GO, BOB.
I WANT A WORD
WITH MR. MANNING...
IN PRIVATE.
COMPARED TO YOU, MANNING,
I'M JUST A SMALL LANDOWNER.
YOUR NAME MAY CARRY
A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT
OVER IN AUSTIN, OR UP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. THAN MINE,
BUT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH
MONEY OR INFLUENCE
IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE PLACES
TO BUY JIM TYLER.
OH, THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE LIKE ME
AROUND.
THE ONLY TROUBLE IS
YOU JUST DON'T
ASSOCIATE WITH MANY.
AND YOU WON'T ALLOW
ANY OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU TO EITHER.
WITH YOUR MILLIONS,
YOU'VE BUILT YOURSELF
A FORTRESS.
THERE YA SIT.
DEFYING THE WORLD,
AND EVEN SHAKING
YOUR FIST AT GOD
AND HIS HEAVENS.
WELL, UNLESS I MISSED
MY GUESS, MANNING,
YOUR CASTLE IS
BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE.
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS
IN GALATIANS 6:7,
"BE NOT DECEIVED,
"GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
"FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH,
THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP."
OH, THERE'S SOMETHING
AWFUL PITIFUL ABOUT A MAN
WHO'S HAD A LOT
AND LOST IT ALL.
I IMAGINE YOU'VE SEEN
QUITE A FEW LIKE THAT
IN YOUR DAY.
AND I HAVE A STRANGE FEELING
THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE
YOUR DESTINY, TOO.
I DIDN'T HAVE
THE GOOD FORTUNE
TO KNOW CHRISTINE'S
MOTHER.
BUT IF YOU
CHEATED HER,
LIKE YOU'RE
CHEATING CHRIS,
IF YOUR WICKEDNESS,
IF YOUR DOUBLE LIVING
BROKE HER HEART,
LIKE IT'S BREAKING
CHRISTINE'S...
GET OUT, TYLER.
WAIT A MINUTE,
MANNING.
I WANNA HELP.
YOU'VE SAID ENOUGH.
GET OUT...
WILL YOU, MAN?
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT I REALLY CAME TO SAY
IS THAT CHRIS AND JANE
ARE OUT AT THE RANCH.
THEY SPENT THE NIGHT
WITH KAY.
♪
♪
♪
♪
(woman's voice
over intercom)
MR. MANNING?
YES?
YOUR DAUGHTER
IS ON THE PHONE.
HELLO?
NO, NO, NO, NO...
I'M ALL RIGHT,
MY DEAR.
DAD... I WANTED YOU
TO KNOW THAT...
JANE AND I WILL BE
HOME TOMORROW.
WELL, WE MAY BE JUST
A LITTLE LATE
BECAUSE I PROMISED JANE
WE'D SPEND THE DAY
ON THE YACHT
IN GALVESTON BAY.
I THOUGHT I'D SHOW HER
ALL THOSE STORAGE TANKS
MARKED "MANNING"
DOWN AT TEXAS CITY.
YES, YES, I'VE ALREADY
CALLED CAPTAIN STARR.
DAD...
SOMETHING...
SOMETHING VERY WONDERFUL
HAS HAPPENED
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT IT WHEN I SEE YOU.
WELL, GOODBYE, DAD.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M GLAD I CALLED,
KAY.
IT SEEMED TO DO HIM
SOME GOOD.
♪
♪
(Sally)
WHY, MR. MANNING!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
STAYING AT
THE CLUB TONIGHT?
I CHANGED MY MIND,
SALLY.
OH, UH, SALLY,
WHY DON'T
YOU TAKE THE REST
OF THE EVENING OFF?
IF I GET HUNGRY,
I'LL GET A SNACK
OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR.
AIN'T MISS CHRISTINE
AND MISS JANE
COMING HOME?
NO, NOT UNTIL
TOMORROW NIGHT.
NOW, YOU RUN ALONG
AND I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE MORNING.
WELL, IF YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
DON'T YOU WORRY
ABOUT ME.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
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FIRST OF ALL,
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AND A BRIGHT SUN
TOMORROW AND OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE HIGH TOMORROW
A SIZZLING
97 DEGREES,
TOPPING TODAY'S 95.
THE LOW TOMORROW NIGHT,
72 DEGREES,
AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
TOMORROW STILL HIGH
AT 89 PERCENT.
YOU'LL GET SOME COOLER
WEATHER TONIGHT.
SEVENTY-ONE DEGREES
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THE TIDES TOMORROW--
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♪ SINCE I'VE FOUND IN HIM
A FRIEND SO STRONG AND TRUE ♪
♪ I WOULD TELL YOU HOW
HE CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY ♪
♪ HE DID SOMETHING THAT
NO OTHER FRIEND COULD DO ♪
♪
♪ NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME
LIKE JESUS ♪
♪ THERE'S NO OTHER FRIEND
SO KIND AS HE ♪
♪ NO ELSE COULD TAKE
THE SIN AND DARKNESS FROM ME ♪
♪ OH, HOW MUCH HE CARED
FOR ME ♪♪
♪ OH, HOW MUCH HE CARED
FOR ME ♪♪
♪
THIS WONDERFUL TRUTH
ABOUT WHICH BEV SHEA
HAS BEEN SINGING
IS PROCLAIMED TO US
IN THE WORD OF GOD
FOR WE READ IN I PETER 5:7:
"CASTING ALL YOUR CARE
UPON HIM
"FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU.
AND NOW,
HERE IS BILLY GRAHAM.
ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
IN ALL OF THE UNIVERSE
IS THAT GOD LOVES US.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
IS INTERESTED
IN EVERY DETAIL
OF OUR LIVES.
HE HAS THE HAIRS
OF OUR HEAD NUMBERED.
HE SEES THE SPARROW FALL.
HE'S INTERESTED IN YOU--
YOUR PROBLEMS,
YOUR DIFFICULTIES.
THE THINGS THAT INTEREST YOU
ALSO INTEREST
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
THERE'S A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
HERE IN I CORINTHIANS
THAT I WAS READING
A FEW MOMENTS AGO
THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
HERE IT IS.
"WHO DELIVERED US
FROM SO GREAT A DEBT
"AND DOTH DELIVER:
"IN WHOM WE TRUST
AND HE WILL YET DELIVER US."
I WANT YOU TO SEE
IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
THREE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE
ARE APPLICABLE TO US TODAY.
THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU
TO SEE IS THAT
CHRIST FORGIVES
AND FORGETS OUR PAST.
YOU SAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
OUR PAST?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
DID YOU KNOW THAT
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT EVERY ONE OF US ARE
SINNERS?
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE A SINNER,
I'M A SINNER.
THE BIBLE SAYS
WE WERE BORN IN SIN.
WE'RE SINNERS BY NATURE
AND INHERITANCE.
WE'RE SINNERS BY CHOICE.
AND WE'RE ALSO SINNERS
BY PRACTICE.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS
BEEN INFECTED
WITH THE DREADED
DISEASE OF SIN.
AND GOD SAYS THE RESULT
OF OUR SIN IS DEATH,
DESTRUCTION,
SEPARATION FROM GOD,
AND HELL.
NOW, HOW DO WE BECOME
SINNERS?
WE BECOME SINNERS
NOT ONLY BY BIRTH,
BUT ALSO BY BREAKING
THE MORAL LAW OF GOD.
NOW YOU'RE GUILTY OF BREAKING
GOD'S MORAL LAW.
THE MORAL LAW OF GOD
WAS SUMMED UP
IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
AS GIVEN TO MOSES
ON MOUNT SINAI.
ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, SAYS,
"THOU SHALT HAVE
NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
NOW ANYTHING THAT
COMES BETWEEN
YOU AND YOUR GOD IS
ANOTHER GOD.
ANYTHING THAT YOU LOVE
MORE THAN YOU DO GOD,
THE BIBLE, PRAYER, AND CHURCH
AND SPIRITUAL THINGS
IS YOUR GOD.
IT MAY BE MONEY.
IT MAY BE SOCIAL PRESTIGE.
IT MAY BE PLEASURE.
THE BIBLE SAYS
IT IS IDOLATRY!
AND GOD HATES IDOLATRY
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SIN,
AND MANY OF YOU ARE GUILTY
OF THE SIN OF IDOLATRY.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME
OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN."
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF YOU
THAT ARE GUILTY OF PROFANITY.
GOD HATES THAT SIN!
BUT THERE ARE OTHERS OF YOU
THAT MAY NOT BE
ACTUALLY PROFANE
AS THE WORLD CALLS
PROFANITY,
BUT YOU'VE TAKEN
THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PRAY
A PRAYER IN JESUS' NAME
AND DO NOT MEAN IT
FROM A SINCERE HEART,
THEN GOD SAYS
YOU'RE GUILTY OF THE SIN
OF TAKING HIS NAME IN VAIN.
THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT KILL."
YOU SAY, WELL, BILLY,
I'VE NEVER BROKEN THAT ONE.
AH, YES,
THERE IS A WAY TO KILL,
THERE IS A WAY TO MURDER,
MORE THAN STABBING IN THE BACK
AND SHOOTING WITH A GUN.
YOU CAN KILL YOUR WIFE
BY NEGLECT.
YOU CAN KILL YOUR WIFE
BY UNFAITHFULNESS.
YOU CAN KILL
YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER
BY THE WAYWARD AND WICKED
LIVES THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT
COMMIT IMMORALITY."
YOU CAN COMMIT IMMORALITY
BY A THOUGHT,
BY A LOOK,
OR BY AN ACT.
THOUSANDS OF YOU ARE GUILTY
OF COMMITTING IMMORALITY.
GOD CALLS IT SIN!
I COULD GO ON DOWN THE LINE.
BUT THAT'S ENOUGH
TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT EVERY ONE OF US
HAS BROKEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
NOW SUPPOSE YOU'D ONLY
BROKEN ONE COMMANDMENT.
THEN THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU'RE GUILTY OF ALL!
"HE THAT OFFENDETH
IN ONE POINT," SAYS JAMES,
"IS GUILTY OF ALL."
NOW THAT MEANS THAT
YOU ARE A SINNER.
EVERY ONE OF US
STANDS BEFORE A BROKEN LAW.
WE STAND UNDER
THE CONDEMNATION OF GOD.
GOD IS A RIGHTEOUS GOD.
GOD IS A HOLY GOD.
GOD'S EYES ARE TOO PURE
TO LOOK UPON INIQUITY.
THEREFORE, GOD SAYS THAT
EVERY ONE OF US ARE CONDEMNED!
WE ARE LOST.
WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD.
WE ARE BOUND FOR DESTRUCTION.
WE ARE BOUND FOR A PLACE
THAT JESUS CALLED HELL!
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT IS YOUR POSITION
RIGHT NOW AS A SINNER!
YOU SAY, BUT BILLY,
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY SINS?
I AM GUILTY!
I'M GUILTY OF ALL KINDS OF SINS,
WHAT CAN I DO?
WHICH WAY CAN I TURN?
SHALL I REFORM?
SHALL I TURN OVER A NEW LEAF?
NO, THERE'S NOTHING
THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT,
HUMANLY SPEAKING.
THE BIBLE SAYS,
"FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED,
THROUGH FAITH,
"AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES.
"IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD,
NOT OF WORKS,
"LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."
YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GOODNESS
THAT YOU COULD DO
TO SAVE YOURSELF
BECAUSE YOU'RE GUILTY OF
BREAKING THE LAW OF GOD.
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
THAT CAN BE DONE,
AND THAT IS TO TRUST
JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
NOW WHEN JESUS CHRIST
DIED ON THE CROSS,
HE DIDN'T DIE BY ACCIDENT.
HE DIED BY DESIGN.
IT WAS PLANNED BY GOD
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION AND
YOUR SALVATION.
WHEN JESUS CHRIST
WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS,
I WANT YOU TO SEE HIM.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
THE SPIKE THROUGH HIS FEET.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THE CROWN
OF THORNS UPON HIS BROW.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR HIM
AS HE SAYS,
"MY GOD, MY GOD,
WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?"
BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,
WE CATCH A GLIMPSE
OF THE AWFUL SUFFERING
THAT JESUS WENT THROUGH
FOR OUR SINS.
BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,
GOD TURNED HIS BACK
ON HIS ONLY SON.
JESUS WAS SEPARATED
FROM THE FATHER.
AND IN THAT MOMENT,
JESUS ENDURED THE PANGS OF HELL
AND DESTRUCTION AND JUDGMENT.
AND BY HIS STRIPES,
WE ARE HEALED!
IT IS THROUGH THAT DEATH
THAT WE CAN FIND
FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
JESUS TOOK YOUR PLACE
AS A SUBSTITUTE.
NOW GOD SAYS,
REPENT OF YOUR PAST SINS!
BELIEVE IN HIM,
TRUST IN HIM,
COMMIT YOUR LIFE,
SURRENDER YOUR SOUL TO HIM,
AND THOU SHALL BE SAVED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY
OF YOU EVER GETTING TO HEAVEN
UNLESS YOU COME THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST.
THERE IS NO SALVATION
FOR YOUR ETERNAL SOUL
EXCEPT YOU BE CONVERTED
AND COME TO CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
THEN THERE'S A SECOND THING
IN THIS PASSAGE
I WANT YOU TO SEE--
CHRIST PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP
FOR THE PRESENT.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU
THAT HAVE PROBLEMS,
AND BEWILDERMENTS
AND PERPLEXITIES.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY IN YEARS.
DOWN INSIDE,
IT'S FULL OF TURMOIL AND STRIFE
AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS
CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS.
HE CAN LIFT YOUR BURDENS.
HE CAN WIPE THOSE TEARS AWAY.
HE CAN GIVE YOU INWARD PEACE
AND JOY AND HAPPINESS
THAT YOU NEVER DREAMED EXISTED.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE?
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO START
LIFE WITH A CAPITAL "L"?
THEN COME TO CHRIST.
LIFE DOESN'T BEGIN AT FORTY.
LIFE BEGINS
WHEN YOU FIND CHRIST.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING
IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
CHRIST GIVES ASSURANCE
AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
NOW THE BIBLE SAYS
IT'S APPOINTED TO MAN
ONCE TO DIE.
EVERY ONE OF US
IS GOING TO DIE.
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
DO YOU KNOW CHRIST?
HAS HE GIVEN YOU ASSURANCE
AND HOPE THAT THE MOMENT YOU DIE
YOU GO INTO THE PRESENCE
OF CHRIST?
THE BIBLE SAYS:
"TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY
"IS TO BE PRESENT
WITH THE LORD."
AND GOD WARNS,
"PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD."
GOD WARNS TIME AFTER TIME,
"SET THINE HOUSE IN ORDER
"FOR THAT SHALT DIE
AND NOT LIVE."
ONE OF THESE DAYS,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN
TO THE GRAVEYARD,
BUT YOUR SOUL WILL HAVE GONE
INTO ETERNITY--
HEAVEN OR HELL.
AND YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN
IS ONLY THROUGH
A KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
YOU SAY, WELL, BILLY,
I WANT ALL OF THAT.
I WANT MY PAST FORGIVEN.
I WANT CHRIST TO HELP ME IN
MY PRESENT STATE OF CONFUSION.
AND I ALSO WANT HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT CAN I DO?
WHICH WAY CAN I TURN?
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW,
TURN FROM YOUR SINS,
AND TURN TO CHRIST.
REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
CONFESS THAT YOU'RE A SINNER.
YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT WHERE
YOU ARE, RIGHT NOW!
AT THIS MOMENT.
YOU SAY,
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
JUST A MOMENT,
THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE.
AND IF YOU WILL,
I WANT TO PRAY
FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO
BOW YOUR HEAD,
RIGHT NOW,
AND LET ME LEAD YOU
IN A WORD OF PRAYER,
WILL YOU?
THAT'S RIGHT,
GO AHEAD,
BOW YOUR HEAD.
AND I'M GOING
TO PRAY FOR YOU.
OUR FATHER AND
OUR GOD,
WE PRAY IN THE NAME
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THAT THAT PERSON
WHO IS BEWILDERED,
CONFUSED AND
CONVICTED OF HIS SIN,
MIGHT TURN FROM SIN
TO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
FROM DARKNESS
TO LIGHT,
FROM DEATH TO LIFE,
AS THEY LET CHRIST
COME INTO THEIR HEARTS.
WE PRAY THAT THERE
MIGHT BE MANY THIS NIGHT
THAT WILL BE BORN AGAIN
AS THEY ACCEPT CHRIST
AS LORD AND SAVIOR
AND MASTER.
FOR WE ASK IT
IN HIS NAME.
AMEN.
[organ music plays]
[telephone rings]
YES?
YES, THIS IS LANCE MANNING.
HELLO?
[ominous music plays]
WHAT'S THAT!
HELLO, ROGERS.
WHAT HAPPENED
AT TEXAS CITY?
THE WHOLE TOWN, ROGERS?
MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND
WENT OUT ON MY YACHT
THIS MORNING
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM!
I'M COMING DOWN THERE!
WHAT?
OH, DON'T WORRY,
I'LL GET THROUGH.
♪
[sirens blare in background]
♪
[siren blares]
[siren blares]
BOB, I'M LOOKING
FOR CHRIS AND JANE.
DO YOU...
OH, I KNOW HOW
YOU MUST FEEL,
BUT THIS IS
NO TIME FOR HATE.
THIS IS
AN EMERGENCY!
I NEED HELP!
YOU NEED HELP?
WELL, LOOK AROUND YOU.
SO DO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT
BEFORE THEM?
BECAUSE YOU'RE
LANCE MANNING?
THIS IS ONE PLACE
YOUR NAME'S NOT
GONNA DO YOU ANY GOOD.
THERE'S NOTHING
TO BUY HERE!
WELL, YOU CAN RELAX.
THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.
[sighs]
OH, THANK GOD.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM?
YES, THEY CAME ASHORE
RIGHT AFTER
THE FIRST EXPLOSION.
THEY'RE OVER HERE
HELPING THE RED CROSS.
THEY'RE IN THE BASEMENT
OF A CHURCH
GIVING FIRST AID
TO THE INJURED.
BOB...THE PAST
FEW DAYS...
I'VE BEEN THINKING.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW TO SAY THIS BUT...
OH, FORGET IT,
LET'S FIND 'EM.
[baby cries]
(man) HOW DO YOU FEEL?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
[baby cries]
NOW, FOR THE PEOPLE
COMPLAINING OF PAIN,
GIVE THEM TABLETS.
AND IF ANYONE
SHOULD REQUIRE IT,
YOU CALL ME AND
I WILL ADMINISTER
MORPHINE.
NOW THERE'S PLENTY
OF FIRST AID EQUIPMENT
OVER HERE ON THE TABLE.
AND AS SOON AS
THE AMBULANCES ARRIVE, YOU...
ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR ANYONE, SIR?
DAD!
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
EXCUSE ME.
OH, DAD!
WHERE DID YOU
FIND HIM, BOB?
HE WAS WANDERING
AROUND THE STREET
LOOKING FOR YOU
AND CHRIS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM
SO UNNERVED BEFORE.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S FUNNY...
YESTERDAY I HATED
THE GROUND
HE WALKED ON.
BUT TODAY, I...
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE PART OF
THE MIRACLE, TOO.
WHAT?
THAT'S WHAT IT IS,
BOB.
A REAL, LIVE MIRACLE.
CHRIS, HOW CAN GOD
USE A WASTED LIFE
LIKE MINE?
OH, BUT HE CAN, DAD.
JUST THIS MORNING,
I WAS READING IN THE BIBLE
ABOUT THE GOOD SHEPHERD,
HOW HE LEFT THE NINETY AND NINE
AND WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR
THE ONE LOST SHEEP.
THE PAST DAY OR TWO...
I'VE BEEN LOOKING
INTO A MIRROR.
OH, WHAT AN AWFUL
PARADE OF WICKEDNESS.
MY LIFE, CHRIS.
IT'S A WONDER GOD
DIDN'T STRIKE ME DOWN
YEARS AGO.
OH, BUT DAD...
HE TOOK CARE OF
ALL THAT
OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO
ON THE CROSS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO NOW
IS ACCEPT WHAT HE DID.
OH, DAD...
COME ON HOME.
YOU'VE BEEN WANDERING
SO LONG...
AND SO FAR.
I FEEL VERY CLOSE
TO YOUR MOTHER, CHRIS.
MAYBE AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS,
HER PRAYERS ARE
ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.
OH, DAD...
YOU HAVE TO TELL ME
ALL ABOUT HER SOMEDAY.
I BETTER GO HELP NOW.
THEY MIGHT NEED ME.
TEXAS CITY WILL
REMEMBER PEOPLE
LIKE CHRIS AND JANE
FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, I GOTTA BE
GETTING BACK.
MORE AMBULANCES
WILL BE ARRIVING
AND THEY'LL NEED HELP.
IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS
SINCE I'VE BEEN
INSIDE A CHURCH.
TWENTY YEARS.
BOB, I WONDER IF
A FEW MINUTES
SPENT IN HERE
MIGHT NOT HELP ME
DO A BETTER JOB
OUT THERE.
YOU GO AHEAD,
BOB.
♪
♪
♪ I WANDERED FAR AWAY FROM GOD ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪
♪ THE PATH OF SIN
TOO LONG I'VE TROD ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪
♪ COMING HOME,
COMING HOME ♪
♪ NEVERMORE TO ROAM ♪
♪ OPEN WIDE
THINE ARMS OF LOVE ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪♪
♪
♪
♪ OILTOWN! ♪
♪ OILTOWN! ♪
♪ OILTOWN, USA! ♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ EVERYONE KNOWS THAT
IT'S GREAT ♪
♪ IT'S THE PRIDE AND JOY
OF THE LONE STAR STATE ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪ OIL WELLS ♪
♪ PUMPING THAT OIL
NIGHT AND DAY ♪
♪ WELL, SHE'S SHOOTING HIGH
IN THE TEXAS SKY ♪
♪ IN OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪ COWBOYS, CATTLE ♪
♪ COWBOYS, CATTLE ♪
♪ SHIPS ON THE GOLDEN GRAIN ♪
♪ MOVING, MOVING
♪ SKYSCRAPERS MOVING ♪
♪ HIGH ON THE TEXAS PLAIN ♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ QUEEN OF THE ROLLING ♪
♪ SOUTHWEST ♪
♪ YOU WILL FIND HER NAME ♪
♪ UP AMONG THE BEST ♪
♪ LONDON, PARIS ♪
♪ NEW YORK, HOUSTON ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN, USA ♪
♪
♪ OILTOWN ♪
♪ QUEEN OF THE ROLLING ♪
♪ SOUTHWEST ♪
♪ YOU WILL FIND HER NAME ♪
♪ UP AMONG THE BEST ♪
♪ LONDON, PARIS ♪
♪ NEW YORK, HOUSTON ♪
♪ THAT'S OILTOWN ♪
♪ USA! ♪
♪♪
♪
HOW DID THIS CHECK
FOR FLORESCENTS?
THERE'S A PRETTY
GOOD SHOW,
MR. MANNING.
I DON'T PROFESS TO BE
ANY GEOLOGIST,
BUT THE SHOOTING PICTURE
ON THAT ADJOINING CRACK
SURE LOOKED GOOD TO ME.
IT'S YOUR NAME
ON THAT DIPLOMA
OVER THERE, HILLMAN,
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
THAT TYLER TRACK
LOOKS VERY GOOD.
THE HIGH SEEMS
TO BE RUNNING
IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE
SAID ABOUT
THE SPANNING LEASE.
UNTIL 15,000 FEET
OF DRY HOLE
TOLD US OTHERWISE.
WELL, I'LL RISK IT.
SEE THE LANDOWNER
AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
RIGHT.
[woman's voice over intercom]
MR. MANNING?
YES?
YOUR DAUGHTER AND
HER FRIEND
ARRIVED IN TOWN
A FEW MINUTES AGO.
WOODS IS TAKING THEM
TO THE HOUSE.
CALL THE HOUSEKEEPER
AND TELL HER I'M LEAVING
FOR HOME IMMEDIATELY.
OH, JOHNSON,
REMEMBER, THE MANNING
OIL COMPANY HAS THE REPUTATION
OF BEING THE SHREWDEST
TRADER SINCE SPINDLETOP.
SEE THAT THIS REPUTATION
IS MAINTAINED.
♪
DID YOU HEAR
WHAT HE SAID?
YEAH, THE SHREWDEST
TRADER SINCE
SPINDLETOP.
NO, NO, JACK,
I MEAN CHRISTINE
MANNING,
THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER
IS HOME FROM COLLEGE.
OH, THAT.
DIDN'T HER OLD MAN SAY
SHE HAD A FRIEND?
OH, GET WITH IT, TED.
AFTER ALL, IT'S YOUR NAME
ON THAT DIPLOMA.
[chuckling]
♪
♪
THANK YOU,
WOODS.
OH, CHRIS, I NEVER
DREAMED IT WAS
SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
DAD WOULDN'T HAVE IT
ANY OTHER WAY.
♪
♪
OH, CHRIS,
JUST THINK--
TWO FULL MONTHS
OF PARADISE!
PARADISE?
THIS IS HOUSTON,
TEXAS, JANE.
REMEMBER THAT.
NO, NOT PARADISE...
THINGS GET SO,
OH, I DON'T KNOW,
SO KIND OF DIRTY
OUT IN THE OIL FIELDS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY DAD
HAS ALWAYS SENT ME
UP NORTH TO GO
TO SCHOOL.
EVER SINCE I CAN
REMEMBER.
HMM... SOUND'S
EXCITING, CHRIS.
NOW, SEE HERE
JANE HUGHES,
I PROMISED YOUR MOTHER
THAT IF I...
OH, CHRIS,
I'LL BE GOOD!
AND MOM AND DAD
WILL BE PROUD
OF ME, TOO.
EVEN DEAR HARVEY.
[clears throat]
WELL, UHM, YOU NEEDN'T
GO THAT FAR.
[chuckling]
COME ON, JANE,
LET'S GO
FRESHEN UP.
I THINK DAD'LL
BE HOME SOON.
MISS CHRISTINE.
OH, SALLY, IT'S GOOD
TO BE HOME AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, IF SCHOOL
HADN'T ENDED,
I THINK I'D HAVE
COME ANYWAY
JUST TO TASTE ONE
OF YOUR PIES AGAIN.
OH, MISS CHRISTINE.
SALLY, THIS IS
MY FRIEND FROM SCHOOL,
JANE HUGHES.
SHE'LL BE SPENDING
THE SUMMER WITH US.
HOW DO YOU DO?
HELLO, SALLY,
I'M SO HAPPY
TO KNOW YOU.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
DOES DAD KNOW
WE'RE HOME, SALLY?
OH, YES, MA'AM,
MR. MANNING CALLED US
A LITTLE WHILE AGO
FROM THE OFFICE.
HE SAID HE'S ON
HIS WAY HOME
AND WANTS ME TO SERVE
DINNER EARLY.
HE FIGURED YOU'D ALL
BE POWERFUL HUNGRY
AFTER YOUR TRIP.
(Chris) YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
YOU KNOW THEY GAVE US
A SNACK ON THE TRAIN
BUT THAT'S JUST ABOUT
ALL IT WAS
(voices fade,
music begins)
...YOU BETTER WATCH OUT...
(Sally) I'LL TAKE CARE
OF HER... [chuckling]
♪
♪
MY MOTHER,
JANE.
YOUR MOTHER?
OH, CHRIS,
I CAN'T GET OVER
HOW MUCH YOU
LOOK LIKE HER!
I DON'T REMEMBER YOU
EVER MENTIONING HER.
WELL, I'VE NEVER REALLY
KNOWN TOO MUCH ABOUT HER.
ALL I HAVE ARE A FEW
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
A BIG HOME IN DETROIT,
A GOVERNESS
TO LOOK AFTER ME.
MOTHER WAS VERY ILL.
I ONLY SAW HER FOR...
MAYBE A FEW MOMENTS
EACH DAY
WHEN THE NURSE WOULD LET ME
INTO THE SICK ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY
WHAT SENT HER
TO AN EARLY GRAVE.
DAD JUST WON'T DISCUSS IT.
RIGHT AFTER THE FUNERAL,
HE SOLD EVERYTHING
AND MOVED HERE TO HOUSTON
TO SORT OF
START ALL OVER AGAIN.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT
IS THE PORTRAIT.
PLUS WHATEVER MEMORIES
HE HAS LOCKED INSIDE.
(father) SALLY?
WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?
IN THE LIBRARY, DAD!
LIBRARY?
HAVEN'T YOU HAD ENOUGH
BOOKS FOR A WHILE?
OH, DAD.
WHY, YOU'VE GROWN
AN INCH SINCE CHRISTMAS!
DO YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, TOO.
NONSENSE.
THIS SUIT NEVER DID
FIT ME WELL.
AND THIS IS
JANE HUGHES.
WELCOME TO TEXAS,
JANE.
FOR ILLINOIS,
AREN'T YOU?
SPRINGFIELD.
WELL, YOU JUST SHOW
ENOUGH FORTITUDE
TO LIVE IN TEXAS
FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AND YOU'LL GO
DOWN IN HISTORY
AS A TEXAN.
[laughter]
NOW I SUPPOSE...
[voice trails off]
[music begins]
I SUPPOSE YOU GIRLS
WILL WANT TO
FRESHEN UP
AFTER YOUR TRIP.
CHRISTINE,
SHOW JANE TO HER ROOM.
I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY
YOUR STAY WITH US, JANE.
IT'S GOING TO BE
WONDERFUL,
MR. MANNING.
WE'LL BE DOWN
IN A FEW MOMENTS,
DAD.
♪
♪
[meat sizzles]
♪ YOU LAID YOUR HAND,
MIGHTY LORD ♪
♪ ON THE RANGE ♪
♪ LAID YOUR WONDERFUL HAND
ON THE PRAIRIE ♪
♪ LORD, YOU POURED FORTH
THE FOUNTAINS ♪
♪ RAISED UP THE MOUNTAINS ♪
♪ O LORD,
KEEP YOUR MIGHTY HAND ON ME ♪
♪ YOU TOUCHED YOUR CLOUDS,
MADE THEM RAIN ♪
♪ FROM THE RAIN,
MADE THE SEA ♪
♪ FROM THE SEA,
FORMED THE CLOUDS ♪
♪ TO GIVE US LIFE
ABUNDANTLY ♪
♪ YOU HAVE THE EARTH
AND THE SKY ♪
♪ IN YOUR COMMAND, LORD ♪
♪ O PLEASE, KEEP YOUR PRECIOUS
HAND ON ME ♪
[phone rings]
HELLO?
THIS IS KATHERINE TYLER.
WHO?
THE MANNING OIL COMPANY?
WHY, I GUESS SO.
MY BROTHER AND I'LL BOTH
BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
WE'LL MAKE IT
AT 10 O'CLOCK.
WHAT'D YOU SAY
YOUR NAME WAS?
BOB JOHNSON.
ALL RIGHT, MR. JOHNSON,
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW
AT TEN.
GOODBYE.
♪ YOU TOUCHED YOUR CLOUDS,
MADE THEM RAIN ♪
♪ FROM THE RAIN,
MADE THE SEA ♪
♪ FROM THE SEA,
FORMED THE CLOUDS ♪
♪ TO GIVE US LIFE
ABUNDANTLY ♪
♪ YOU HAVE THE EARTH
AND THE SKY ♪
♪ IN YOUR COMMAND, LORD ♪
♪ O PLEASE, KEEP YOUR PRECIOUS
HAND ON ME ♪♪
JIM, I DON'T THINK
I WANT TO BE
A MILLIONAIRE.
WELL, YEAH, I GUESS
THAT COULD GET
KINDA COMPLICATED.
WHO WAS THAT CALL
A WHILE AGO?
FORT KNOX?
GETTING A LITTLE
OVERCROWDED?
IT'S NOT GOLD, JIM,
IT'S OIL.
RIGHT HERE
ON THE RANCH...
MAYBE.
WHO CALLED, KAY?
IT WAS UH...
SOME OIL COMPANY.
WELL, WHAT'S THE NAME
OF THE COMPANY?
ISN'T THAT AWFUL?
I DON'T REMEMBER.
BUT THEY'RE COMING
OUT HERE IN
THE MORNING, JIM.
THE LAND AGENT
FOR THE COMPANY.
SAID IT'D BE
WELL WORTH OUR WHILE
TO TALK TO HIM.
WELL, THERE'S ONE THING
I'M SURE OF...
OUR STEAKS ARE
GETTING COLD.
COME ON, LET'S EAT.
LET'S EAT!
NOW YOUR SIGNATURE,
MISS TYLER.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
THERE'S OIL UNDER HERE?
WELL, THE ODDS ARE
ABOUT 8 TO ONE
AGAINST IT.
EIGHT TO ONE?
YEAH, THERE WERE OVER
6,000 WILDCAT WELLS
DRILLED LAST YEAR,
AND MORE THAN 5,000
OF THEM DRY HOLES.
SOUNDS LIKE
MONTE CARLO.
WELL, NOT QUITE.
THE INDUSTRY STILL
FOUND MORE OIL
LAST YEAR
THAN ANY YEAR
IN ITS HISTORY.
ANY IDEA WHEN YOU'LL
START DRILLING,
MR. JOHNSON?
WHEN LANCE MANNING
SMELLS OIL,
HE'S A VERY
IMPATIENT MAN,
MISS TYLER.
YOU CAN EXPECT
THE RIG TO ARRIVE
MOST ANY DAY.
MATTER OF FACT,
HE'LL PROBABLY EVEN
BEGRUDGE THE TIME
IT TAKES ME TO GET
THIS LEASE BACK
TO HOUSTON.
♪
♪
LOOKS GOOD, BUDDY!
HOW 'BOUT THAT?
♪
♪
WELL, THIS IS IT,
GIRLS.
RIGHT UP THIS WAY.
WELL, HI!
SIS, I WANT YOU
TO MEET CHRISTINE
MANNING.
HELLO, CHRIS!
HELLO, MISS TYLER.
OH, JUST KAY.
AND HER FRIEND,
JANE HUGHES.
HI!
HELLO, OH, I JUST
LOVE YOUR RANCH, KAY.
OH, WELL, THANKS,
I THINK YOU'LL LIKE INSIDE
BETTER WHERE IT'S COOLER.
COME ON IN.
YEAH, LET'S GO IN.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪ WHO MADE THE MOUNTAINS? ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE TREES? ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE RIVERS
FLOW TO THE SEA? ♪
♪ AND WHO HUNG THE MOON
IN THE STARRY SKY? ♪
♪ SOMEBODY BIGGER
THAN YOU AND I ♪
♪ WHO MADE THE FLOWERS
BLOOM IN THE SPRING? ♪
HOW YOU FOLKS
GETTING ALONG?
YOU GETTING
ENOUGH TO EAT?
IT'S WONDERFUL,
JIM.
I SURE WISH
YOUR DAD
COULD BE HERE
TO HELP US
CELEBRATE, CHRIS.
OH, SO DO I, JIM.
HE'D PLANNED ON IT,
YOU KNOW BUT...
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED CAME UP
AND HE HAD TO FLY TO DALLAS
FOR THE WEEKEND.
I KNOW,
HE SENT HIS REGRETS
ALONG WITH GALLONS
OF ICE CREAM.
ICE CREAM!
OH NO!
WHERE WILL I
PUT IT?
DON'T STOP NOW.
I'VE SEEN MANY
A WELL COME IN,
BUT NEVER WITH
VITTLES LIKE THIS!
WELL, THIS IS
THE CHRISTINE
NUMBER ONE, JACK.
OH, BOB,
IT COULD HAVE BEEN
THE MAZIE NUMBER 14,
AND WE'D STILL
HAVE CELEBRATED.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
THE NAME'S A PRETTY
IMPORTANT THING.
OH, RUBBISH!
I HEARD A DRILLER
CALL THE WELL
A LOT OF NAMES
THE OTHER DAY.
OH, YOU DID?
YES, I DID.
[laughter]
JIM, WHY DON'T YOU
LET THESE FOLKS
EAT IN PEACE.
OH, I WISH YOU'D
HAVE INTERRUPTED US
A LOT SOONER.
WELL, I CAN
HARDLY BREATHE.
TIME TO SING
FOR YOUR SUPPER, JIM.
YOU MEAN?
REMEMBER WHAT
WE SAID?
WE'VE BEEN HIDING
OUR LIGHT UNDER
A BUSHEL LONG ENOUGH.
OH, GO ON, JIM,
LET IT SHINE.
WELL, OKAY...
YOU PRAY FOR ME.
AND REMEMBER, KITTEN
YOU'RE NEXT.
JUST A MINUTE, FOLKS.
IF ANY OF YOU
ARE STILL HUNGRY,
WE'VE GOT ABOUT A QUARTER
OF BEEF LEFT OUT IN THE KITCHEN.
[crowd moaning]
YOU KNOW, MY SISTER KAY AND I
THOUGHT THIS LITTLE GET-TOGETHER
WOULD BE A GOOD THING
BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SO MANY
NEW FRIENDS HERE
ON THE DIAMOND-T
THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU FOLKS
HAVE ADDED SOME OF NEW WORDS
TO YOUR VOCABULARIES, TOO.
FOR INSTANCE, YOU'VE LEARNED
THAT A ROUGHNECK
ON A DRILLING CREW CAN
BE A PRETTY SWELL GUY.
AND THAT A WELL IS ONLY A HOLE
UNTIL IT COMES IN,
LIKE THE CHRISTINE NUMBER ONE
DID THIS WEEK.
SO, FOR ALL OF OUR
NEW FRIENDS,
AND ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR GUEST OF HONOR,
AND BECAUSE THIS KIND OF
BENEFITS ALL OF US,
I'D LIKE TO SING
A LITTLE SONG FOR YOU.
A SONG THAT TELLS
MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN
JUST HOW I FEEL.
♪
♪ WHEN I LEFT HOME
I SOUGHT POPULARITY ♪
♪ I RODE BUCKIN' HORSES
TO FAME ♪
♪ SOMEONE ELSE MADE THE MONEY ♪
♪ ALL I GOT WAS APPLAUSE ♪
♪ MY FORTUNE WAS ALL
IN MY NAME ♪
♪
♪ SO I THOUGHT GOLD COULD BUY
PEACE AND HAPPINESS ♪
♪ I FOUGHT FOR EACH KIND
I COULD FIND ♪
♪ BUT THE WHITE GOLD
OF COTTON ♪
♪ AND THE BLACK GOLD
OF OIL ♪
♪ COULD NEVER BUY ME
PEACE OF MIND ♪
♪ AND THEN I TOOK CHRIST
AS MY PARTNER ♪
♪ GAVE HEART, LIFE AND SOUL
BACK TO HIM ♪
♪ FOR HE BOUGHT ME,
YOU KNOW ♪
♪ ON A CROSS LONG AGO ♪
♪ IN HIS LIGHT,
WORLDLY PLEASURES GROW DIM ♪
♪ YES, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS MY PARTNER ♪
♪ I'M FOLLOWING HIM
NIGHT AND DAY ♪
♪ LIFE'S A WONDERFUL RIDE ♪
♪ WITH CHRIST AS MY GUIDE ♪
♪ HE'S LEADING
EACH STEP OF THE WAY ♪♪
♪
WE MISSED YOU
AT OUR LITTLE PARTY
THE OTHER EVENING,
MR. MANNING.
FROM WHAT I HEAR,
IT'S JUST AS WELL
I WASN'T THERE.
WHY, UH,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
TYLER, IF YOU
KNEW ME BETTER,
YOU WOULDN'T TRY
TO ROPE ME IN ON
ANYTHING RELIGIOUS.
RELIGION AND
LANCE MANNING
HAVE NOTHING
IN COMMON,
UNDERSTAND?
I'M BEGINNING TO.
AND THAT GOES
FOR MY DAUGHTER
CHRISTINE, TOO.
I MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO SPEAK FOR MY CREWS
WHEN THEY'RE ON
THEIR OWN TIME,
BUT I'M CERTAINLY
GIVING THE ORDERS
AS FAR AS CHRIS
IS CONCERNED.
WHY, FOR DAYS SHE AND
HER HOUSEGUEST
HAVE BEEN MOPING AROUND
TALKING ABOUT GOD
LIKE A COUPLE OF
OLD LADIES AT
A PRAYER MEETING.
YOU OUGHTA BE GLAD
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM
INSTEAD OF MOCKING HIM,
LIKE A LOT OF YOUNGSTERS
THEIR AGE.
TYLER, I WON'T HAVE MY DAUGHTER
EMOTIONALLY UPSET
BY A LOT OF SUPERNATURAL
TOMMYROT.
FOR TWENTY YEARS,
I'VE DONE MY BEST
TO SHIELD HER
FROM SUCH HYSTERIA.
AND I WILL NOT
BE THWARTED THIS
LATE IN THE GAME!
MR. MANNING, FOR A MAN
WHOSE LIVING COMES FROM
THE VERY HAND OF THE CREATOR,
YOU HAVE A STRANGE
PHILOSOPHY.
"THE HAND OF
THE CREATOR."
HOGWASH!
NO MYSTICAL BEING EVER
HELPED ME GET WHERE I AM TODAY!
THERE'S MY GOD!
TWO STRONG HANDS,
A MIND TO DIRECT THEM,
AND A FEW STRONG BACKS
TO DO THE DIRTY WORK!
DO YOU KNOW ANY BETTER
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS?
YES, I BELIEVE I DO.
YOU'VE MADE NO ROOM
FOR THE HEART.
A HEART CONTROLLED BY LOVE.
IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE
MY DAUGHTER
THAT I'M TRYING TO SPARE HER
ALL THIS FUTILITY!
I USED TO TALK THAT WAY.
THEN GOD LET ME TUMBLE
FROM MY LITTLE PINNACLE...
SO HE COULD TALK TO ME!
THINGS LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER,
MR. MANNING.
[scoffs]
I DON'T INTEND
TO EVER FIND OUT.
I WOULDN'T BE TOO SURE.
♪
NO MORE, SALLY.
I DECLARE,
MR. MANNING.
AIN'T NONE OF Y'ALL
EATING ENOUGH
TO KEEP A BIRD ALIVE.
MISS JANE?
MISS CHRISTINE?
THANK YOU, SALLY.
WELL, I DO DECLARE.
THERE'S SOMETHING MIGHTY
STRANGE GOING ON IN THIS HOUSE
AND YOU CAN BELIEVE ME!
I WAS OUT AT
THE CHRISTINE
NUMBER ONE TODAY.
AND I RAN INTO
YOUR FRIEND,
JIM TYLER.
OH, YES, DAD.
CHRIS...
I DON'T WANT YOU
GOING OUT THERE.
WHY, DAD!
NOW, CHRISTINE,
I DON'T WANT TO
DISCUSS IT FURTHER.
THE TYLERS ARE JUST NOT
THE SORT OF PEOPLE
I WANT YOU GIRLS
SPENDING TIME WITH.
BUT DAD, KAY AND
JIM TYLER...
NOW, CHRISTINE,
WE'LL DISCUSS IT
SOME OTHER TIME.
NOW IF YOU GIRLS
WILL EXCUSE ME,
I HAVE SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO WHICH WILL
PROBABLY KEEP ME OUT
UNTIL VERY LATE.
UHM...
I'VE INSTRUCTED
CAPTAIN STARR
TO HAVE THE YACHT READY
FOR YOU GIRLS
ANYTIME YOU MAY
WISH TO USE IT.
JUST CALL HIM
DOWN AT THE HARBOR.
WELL... GOOD NIGHT.
CHRIS, I THINK
I'M GOING TO CALL JACK
AND TELL HIM THAT
I HAVE A HEADACHE, TOO.
NOW, JANE,
YOU'LL DO NOTHING
OF THE KIND.
GO ON AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
I NEED SOME TIME
TO THINK, ANYWAY.
WELL, ALL RIGHT THEN.
I GUESS I'D BETTER GO UP
AND GET DRESSED.
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT IS WRONG
WITH EVERYBODY?
NOW SALLY, AREN'T
THE MANNINGS
ENTITLED TO
AN OFF NIGHT?
WELL, I SUPPOSE SO,
MISS CHRISTINE.
I JUST HATE TO SEE
YOU AND MISS JANE
LOOKING SO BLUE.
SALLY...
DAD ISN'T OFTEN HOME EVENINGS,
IS HE?
OH, NO MA'AM.
HE'S NEVER HOME
AFTER DINNER.
ALWAYS SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HE'S A MIGHTY
BUSY MAN,
HE CERTAINLY IS.
WHAT DO PEOPLE
THINK OF HIM?
WELL, MA'AM,
THAT'S A FUNNY THING.
YOU SEE, HE AIN'T...
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT YOU ASK A QUESTION
LIKE THAT FOR?
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO PUMP ME, THAT'S WHAT.
AND I AIN'T GONNA
SAY NO MORE, NO MA'AM.
THE IDEA!
ASKING A QUESTION
LIKE THAT ABOUT
YOUR OWN DADDY!
I DECLARE!
NEVER MIND, SALLY,
I'LL GET IT.
IT'S SOMEONE FOR JANE.
HI, CHRIS.
HELLO, JACK.
COME ON IN.
JANE WILL BE DOWN
IN JUST A MINUTE.
OH, THANKS.
FROM BOB.
HE SAID, IF YOU
CHANGE YOUR MIND,
GIVE HIM A CALL.
HE'LL BE HOME
ALL EVENING.
HOW THOUGHTFUL.
(Christine)
WELL!
HELLO, JACK.
HI, JANE.
DO I LOOK
ALL RIGHT,
CHRIS?
SILLY GIRL!
I'LL GIVE YOU
MY SENTIMENTS LATER.
SHALL WE GO?
YOU TAKE GOOD CARE
OF HER, JACK.
MRS. HUGHES
WOULD WANT THAT.
STOP WORRYING,
GRANDMA!
HAVE FUN,
YOU TWO.
'BYE, CHRIS,
SEE YOU LATER!
'BYE.
♪
♪
(thinking) SALLY...
DAD ISN'T OFTEN HOME EVENINGS,
IS HE?
(Sally) OH, NO MA'AM.
HE'S NEVER HOME
AFTER DINNER.
ALWAYS SOME BUSINESS
TO ATTEND TO.
HE'S A MIGHTY BUSY MAN,
HE CERTAINLY IS.
(Christine)
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF HIM?
(Sally) WELL, MA'AM,
THAT'S A FUNNY THING.
YOU SEE, HE AIN'T...
MISS CHRISTINE,
WHAT YOU ASK A QUESTION
LIKE THAT FOR?
YOU'RE JUST TRYING
TO PUMP ME, THAT'S WHAT.
AND I AIN'T GONNA
SAY NO MORE, NO MA'AM.
THE IDEA!
ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT
ABOUT YOUR OWN DADDY!
(Christine) I DON'T KNOW
TO THIS DAY
WHAT SENT HER TO
AN EARLY GRAVE.
DAD JUST WON'T DISCUSS IT.
NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT
IS THE PORTRAIT.
PLUS WHATEVER MEMORIES
HE HAS LOCKED INSIDE.
I'VE GOT TO KNOW!
♪
♪
BOB?
THIS IS CHRIS.
GUESS WHAT?
MY HEADACHE'S GONE.
I COULD BE READY
IN TWENTY MINUTES.
GOODBYE.
♪
[piano music plays]
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO
THINK YOU JUST WANT TO
BE WITH ME TONIGHT,
I KNOW DIFFERENT.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
I'VE NEVER TRIED
TO KID YOU, BOB.
PLEASE... GRANT ME
THE SAME COURTESY.
WELL, SURE.
I WANT SOME ANSWERS.
AND BOB, IF YOU
WON'T GIVE THEM TO ME...
TAKE IT EASY,
KIDDO.
AT THESE PRICES,
WE CAN AFFORD TO
STAY HERE ALL EVENING.
I'M SORRY.
IT'S ABOUT DAD.
FOR THE LAST
TWO OR THREE YEARS,
I'VE HAD A STRANGE
FEELING ABOUT HIM.
OH, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN QUIET
ABOUT THE PAST,
ABOUT MY MOTHER AND
WHAT BECAME OF HER...
BUT AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER,
AND ESPECIALLY
ON THIS TRIP, BOB,
I'VE BEGUN TO FEEL THAT...
WELL, THAT I DON'T
REALLY KNOW HIM AT ALL.
I SOMETIMES THINK HE'S OPPOSED
TO EVERYTHING THAT'S DECENT.
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, TONIGHT.
HE FORBAD
JANE AND ME
TO GO BACK TO
THE TYLER RANCH
AGAIN.
HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT
THE TYLERS NOT BEING
THE KIND OF PEOPLE
HE WANTS US TO
ASSOCIATE WITH.
OH, BOB, YOU KNOW
THERE AREN'T
TWO FINER PEOPLE
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
THAN KAY AND JIM TYLER.
YES, I KNOW.
SOMETHING TO DRINK?
NO, THANKS,
THIS IS ALL.
I'VE BEEN PUTTING
TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.
LITTLE THINGS
PEOPLE SAY.
THINGS I OVERHEAR THAT...
...THAT JUST AREN'T MEANT
FOR LANCE MANNING'S
DAUGHTER TO HEAR.
I LEARNED HE'S NEVER
HOME AT NIGHT.
OH, I KNOW, BOB,
I'M ONLY HIS DAUGHTER,
AND I'M AWAY AT SCHOOL
NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, BUT...
HE'S ALL I'VE GOT.
A GIRL WANTS TO BE...
TO BE PROUD OF HER DAD, BOB.
CHRIS, I BET I KNOW
A THOUSAND HOUSTIANS
WHO'D TRADE PLACES WITH YOU
AT THE DROP OF A HAT.
SO YOUR DAD'S
A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS.
SO WHAT?
I'M TIRED OF
MYSTERY, BOB!
LOOK, I'LL BE OUT
OF SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.
I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE I'M GOING.
YES, AND WHERE
I'VE COME FROM, TOO.
LOOK, BOB,
FORGET FOR THE MOMENT
THAT HE'S MY FATHER.
I WANT IT STRAIGHT.
JUST WHO IS
LANCE MANNING?
ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
LANCE MANNING IS ONE
OF THE SHREWDEST OPERATORS
IN THE OIL BUSINESS.
HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS
AND AT HIS PRICE.
IF ANYBODY GETS IN HIS WAY,
HE EITHER WALKS ON THEM
OR BUYS THEM.
HIS GOD IS GOLD,
BLACK GOLD.
AND HE CAN FIND IT
EVEN IF IT'S THREE MILES
STRAIGHT DOWN.
THE NAME OF MANNING
IS LEGEND OUT IN THE FIELDS.
IT'S A NAME
MANY MEN FEAR.
AND A LOT OF THEM HATE.
SOCIALLY, I...
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
BUT WHAT I HEAR.
AND NONE OF IT'S
FIT TO REPEAT.
WELL, MAYBE NONE
OF IT'S TRUE,
FOR THAT MATTER.
WELL, I...
I MUST SAY
I ASKED FOR IT.
MUST HAVE BEEN
PRETTY HANDY FOR DAD
NOT HAVING A DAUGHTER AROUND.
EVEN A BLUEBEARD
WOULD HAVE A CONSCIENCE
ABOUT THAT.
CHRIS, I'VE
BEEN A FOOL.
YOU'VE NOT BEEN
A FOOL, BOB.
COME ON, LET'S
GET OUT OF HERE.
♪
I'M SORRY, SIR,
THIS IS A PRIVATE CLUB
FOR MEMBERS ONLY.
OH, WELL, MY NAME IS
JOHNSON.
I WORK WITH
THE MANNING
OIL COMPANY.
AND THIS IS
MR. MANNING'S
DAUGHTER.
OH, I'M SORRY, MISS MANNING,
I DIDN'T REALIZE.
THANK YOU.
[indistinct chatter]
I THINK IT'S BOUND
TO PAY-OFF.
TWENTY-THREE ON THE RED.
♪
TWENTY-ONE BLACK.
WELL! WE'VE GOT
COMPANY, LANCE.
♪
♪
TAKE HER HOME!
IMMEDIATELY!
I'LL SEE YOU
AT THE OFFICE
IN THE MORNING.
LET'S GO, CHRIS.
♪
♪
CHRIS...
PLEASE, BOB,
DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
GOOD NIGHT.
♪
♪
(Jane) WHY, CHRIS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
JANE, I...
WHAT'S HAPPENED,
CHRIS?
I'LL TELL YOU
ON THE WAY
OUT TO THE TYLER
RANCH, JEAN.
BE A GOOD GIRL
AND PACK
A CHANGE OF CLOTHES.
AND HURRY UP, JANE.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND
A MINUTE LONGER THAN NECESSARY
IN THIS HOUSE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT,
I'LL ONLY BE
A MINUTE.
♪
♪
KAY, YOU'RE
AN AMAZING PERSON.
NOTHIN' AMAZING
ABOUT ME.
HERE JANE AND I
GET YOU UP AT TWO A.M.
WELL, YOU'RE AS COMPOSED
AS IF IT WERE TWO
IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK
YOU WERE TOO SURPRISED
WHEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT DAD.
CHRIS, WHEN A MAN FIGHTS GOD
ALL HIS LIFE,
LIKE LANCE MANNING HAS,
HE'S CAPABLE OF MOST ANYTHING.
NO, I WASN'T SURPRISED.
YET I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP
HOPE EITHER.
JIM AND I HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR YOUR FATHER
EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY
WE MET HIM.
AND YESTERDAY
WHEN HE TOLD JIM
HE DIDN'T WANT YOU AND JANE
COMING HERE TO THE RANCH,
I KNEW GOD WAS
SPEAKING TO HIM.
I DON'T BELIEVE
I UNDERSTAND, KAY.
SURELY, GOD COULDN'T
BE PLEASED WITH,
WITH HIS LIVING.
NO, BUT YOU SEE,
THE VERY FACT THAT
HE'S SO TERRIBLY MISERABLE,
SO UPSET WHEN ANY OF US
SPEAK OF CHRIST
AND WHAT HE MEANS TO US,
THOSE ARE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE
GOING ON INSIDE.
I WISH THERE WERE
SOMETHING I COULD DO.
THERE IS, CHRIS.
THERE'S ONE CRACK
IN YOUR FATHER'S ARMOUR.
ONE SPOT OF TENDERNESS
IN HIS HEART...
HIS LOVE FOR YOU.
OH, HE SHOWS IT
IN STRANGE WAYS.
AND I EVEN THINK
HE HATES HIMSELF
FOR THAT ONE WEAKNESS.
BUT IT MAY BE
THAT GOD INTENDS
TO REACH HIM
THROUGH YOU, CHRIS.
THROUGH A TESTIMONY
TO THE POWER OF GOD
IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
I'M BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT--
WHAT YOU AND JIM MEANT
THE OTHER NIGHT
AT THE BARBEQUE, KAY.
ABOUT THE LONELINESS
OF A LIFE
WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR SAVIOR.
SUDDENLY, I'M SICK
OF THE PAST.
[sobbing]
I WANT TO--
I WANT TO BE--
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO SAY IT, KAY.
"IF THOU SHALT CONFESS
WITH THY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS
"AND SHALT BELIEVE
IN THINE HEART
"THAT GOD HATH RAISED HIM
FROM THE DEAD,
"THOU SHALT BE SAVED.
JANE!
I WANT CHRIST, TOO, CHRIS.
NOT JUST BECAUSE
OF ME, JANE.
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE
MY BEST FRIEND.
NO, CHRIS.
I WANT HIM TO FORGIVE MY SINS
AND TO BE MY SAVIOR.
(Kay) LET'S KNEEL
RIGHT HERE...
♪
(woman's voice on intercom)
MR. JOHNSON IS HERE,
MR. MANNING.
SEND HIM IN.
WHERE IS SHE!
WHO?
CHRISTINE?
YES, CHRISTINE!
WHY, DIDN'T SHE...
NO, SHE DIDN'T
COME HOME!
NEITHER ONE
OF THE GIRLS
SPENT THE NIGHT
AT THE HOUSE.
WELL, NOW, LOOK,
MR. MANNING,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT
YOU MAY THINK,
I TOOK CHRIS
STRAIGHT HOME FROM
THE CLUB LAST NIGHT.
I SAW HER GO INTO
THE HOUSE BEFORE
I DROVE AWAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU
TOOK HER HOME.
SMALL RECOMPENSE
FOR HAVING BROKEN
HER HEART.
DISILLUSIONED HER
ABOUT HER OWN FATHER!
I DISILLUSIONED HER?
JOHNSON,
I'VE MADE YOU.
I PICKED YOU UP
FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE
WHEN YOU DIDN'T KNOW
A CROWN BLOCK
FROM A ROTARY TABLE.
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
ABOUT OIL,
I TAUGHT YOU!
SURE, YOU MADE ME.
AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT
ANY BETTER THAN I DO.
YOU'VE POURED ME INTO
YOUR ROTTEN MOLD UNTIL
I CAN HARDLY
TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOUR SHADY,
BORDERLINE PRACTICES
AND DECENT METHODS!
YEAH, I LEARNED
THE OIL BUSINESS HERE--
AT THE EXPENSE OF HAVING
EVERY HONORABLE CITIZEN
LIFT AN EYEBROW WHEN
THEY HEAR THAT I WORK FOR
THAT SHYSTER LANCE MANNING.
YOU'RE THROUGH,
JOHNSON!
GET OUT!
DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF!
I QUIT LAST NIGHT!
AS FOR CHRISTINE
LEAVING HOME,
IT MERELY CONFIRMS
MY CONVICTION THAT
THAT SHE HAS MORE
SELF-RESPECT
AND DECENCY
IN HER LITTLE FINGER
THAN YOU HAVE IN
YOUR WHOLE BODY!
JOHNSON!
I'LL BLACKBALL YOU
WITH EVERY COMPANY
IN TEXAS!
SO HELP ME, YOU'LL NEVER
WORK ANOTHER DAY IN OIL!
STAND BACK,
JOHNSON.
I'D SAY IT WAS
SELF-DEFENSE
AND YOU WOULDN'T
BE THERE TO DENY IT.
DON'T BE A FOOL,
MANNING.
HOW DID YOU
GET IN HERE?
I HEARD YOUR VOICES
OUT IN THE RECEPTION ROOM
AND THOUGHT IT WAS TIME
SOMEBODY USED A LITTLE
HORSE SENSE.
YOU'D BETTER GO, BOB.
I WANT A WORD
WITH MR. MANNING...
IN PRIVATE.
COMPARED TO YOU, MANNING,
I'M JUST A SMALL LANDOWNER.
YOUR NAME MAY CARRY
A LITTLE MORE WEIGHT
OVER IN AUSTIN, OR UP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. THAN MINE,
BUT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH
MONEY OR INFLUENCE
IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE PLACES
TO BUY JIM TYLER.
OH, THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE LIKE ME
AROUND.
THE ONLY TROUBLE IS
YOU JUST DON'T
ASSOCIATE WITH MANY.
AND YOU WON'T ALLOW
ANY OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU TO EITHER.
WITH YOUR MILLIONS,
YOU'VE BUILT YOURSELF
A FORTRESS.
THERE YA SIT.
DEFYING THE WORLD,
AND EVEN SHAKING
YOUR FIST AT GOD
AND HIS HEAVENS.
WELL, UNLESS I MISSED
MY GUESS, MANNING,
YOUR CASTLE IS
BEGINNING TO CRUMBLE.
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS
IN GALATIANS 6:7,
"BE NOT DECEIVED,
"GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
"FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH,
THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP."
OH, THERE'S SOMETHING
AWFUL PITIFUL ABOUT A MAN
WHO'S HAD A LOT
AND LOST IT ALL.
I IMAGINE YOU'VE SEEN
QUITE A FEW LIKE THAT
IN YOUR DAY.
AND I HAVE A STRANGE FEELING
THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE
YOUR DESTINY, TOO.
I DIDN'T HAVE
THE GOOD FORTUNE
TO KNOW CHRISTINE'S
MOTHER.
BUT IF YOU
CHEATED HER,
LIKE YOU'RE
CHEATING CHRIS,
IF YOUR WICKEDNESS,
IF YOUR DOUBLE LIVING
BROKE HER HEART,
LIKE IT'S BREAKING
CHRISTINE'S...
GET OUT, TYLER.
WAIT A MINUTE,
MANNING.
I WANNA HELP.
YOU'VE SAID ENOUGH.
GET OUT...
WILL YOU, MAN?
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT I REALLY CAME TO SAY
IS THAT CHRIS AND JANE
ARE OUT AT THE RANCH.
THEY SPENT THE NIGHT
WITH KAY.
♪
♪
♪
♪
(woman's voice
over intercom)
MR. MANNING?
YES?
YOUR DAUGHTER
IS ON THE PHONE.
HELLO?
NO, NO, NO, NO...
I'M ALL RIGHT,
MY DEAR.
DAD... I WANTED YOU
TO KNOW THAT...
JANE AND I WILL BE
HOME TOMORROW.
WELL, WE MAY BE JUST
A LITTLE LATE
BECAUSE I PROMISED JANE
WE'D SPEND THE DAY
ON THE YACHT
IN GALVESTON BAY.
I THOUGHT I'D SHOW HER
ALL THOSE STORAGE TANKS
MARKED "MANNING"
DOWN AT TEXAS CITY.
YES, YES, I'VE ALREADY
CALLED CAPTAIN STARR.
DAD...
SOMETHING...
SOMETHING VERY WONDERFUL
HAS HAPPENED
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT IT WHEN I SEE YOU.
WELL, GOODBYE, DAD.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M GLAD I CALLED,
KAY.
IT SEEMED TO DO HIM
SOME GOOD.
♪
♪
(Sally)
WHY, MR. MANNING!
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
STAYING AT
THE CLUB TONIGHT?
I CHANGED MY MIND,
SALLY.
OH, UH, SALLY,
WHY DON'T
YOU TAKE THE REST
OF THE EVENING OFF?
IF I GET HUNGRY,
I'LL GET A SNACK
OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR.
AIN'T MISS CHRISTINE
AND MISS JANE
COMING HOME?
NO, NOT UNTIL
TOMORROW NIGHT.
NOW, YOU RUN ALONG
AND I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE MORNING.
WELL, IF YOU THINK
YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
DON'T YOU WORRY
ABOUT ME.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
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A SIZZLING
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TOPPING TODAY'S 95.
THE LOW TOMORROW NIGHT,
72 DEGREES,
AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
TOMORROW STILL HIGH
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♪ SINCE I'VE FOUND IN HIM
A FRIEND SO STRONG AND TRUE ♪
♪ I WOULD TELL YOU HOW
HE CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY ♪
♪ HE DID SOMETHING THAT
NO OTHER FRIEND COULD DO ♪
♪
♪ NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME
LIKE JESUS ♪
♪ THERE'S NO OTHER FRIEND
SO KIND AS HE ♪
♪ NO ELSE COULD TAKE
THE SIN AND DARKNESS FROM ME ♪
♪ OH, HOW MUCH HE CARED
FOR ME ♪♪
♪ OH, HOW MUCH HE CARED
FOR ME ♪♪
♪
THIS WONDERFUL TRUTH
ABOUT WHICH BEV SHEA
HAS BEEN SINGING
IS PROCLAIMED TO US
IN THE WORD OF GOD
FOR WE READ IN I PETER 5:7:
"CASTING ALL YOUR CARE
UPON HIM
"FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU.
AND NOW,
HERE IS BILLY GRAHAM.
ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
IN ALL OF THE UNIVERSE
IS THAT GOD LOVES US.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
IS INTERESTED
IN EVERY DETAIL
OF OUR LIVES.
HE HAS THE HAIRS
OF OUR HEAD NUMBERED.
HE SEES THE SPARROW FALL.
HE'S INTERESTED IN YOU--
YOUR PROBLEMS,
YOUR DIFFICULTIES.
THE THINGS THAT INTEREST YOU
ALSO INTEREST
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
THERE'S A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
HERE IN I CORINTHIANS
THAT I WAS READING
A FEW MOMENTS AGO
THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
HERE IT IS.
"WHO DELIVERED US
FROM SO GREAT A DEBT
"AND DOTH DELIVER:
"IN WHOM WE TRUST
AND HE WILL YET DELIVER US."
I WANT YOU TO SEE
IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
THREE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE
ARE APPLICABLE TO US TODAY.
THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU
TO SEE IS THAT
CHRIST FORGIVES
AND FORGETS OUR PAST.
YOU SAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
OUR PAST?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
DID YOU KNOW THAT
THE BIBLE SAYS
THAT EVERY ONE OF US ARE
SINNERS?
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE A SINNER,
I'M A SINNER.
THE BIBLE SAYS
WE WERE BORN IN SIN.
WE'RE SINNERS BY NATURE
AND INHERITANCE.
WE'RE SINNERS BY CHOICE.
AND WE'RE ALSO SINNERS
BY PRACTICE.
EVERY ONE OF US HAS
BEEN INFECTED
WITH THE DREADED
DISEASE OF SIN.
AND GOD SAYS THE RESULT
OF OUR SIN IS DEATH,
DESTRUCTION,
SEPARATION FROM GOD,
AND HELL.
NOW, HOW DO WE BECOME
SINNERS?
WE BECOME SINNERS
NOT ONLY BY BIRTH,
BUT ALSO BY BREAKING
THE MORAL LAW OF GOD.
NOW YOU'RE GUILTY OF BREAKING
GOD'S MORAL LAW.
THE MORAL LAW OF GOD
WAS SUMMED UP
IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
AS GIVEN TO MOSES
ON MOUNT SINAI.
ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS,
FOR EXAMPLE, SAYS,
"THOU SHALT HAVE
NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
NOW ANYTHING THAT
COMES BETWEEN
YOU AND YOUR GOD IS
ANOTHER GOD.
ANYTHING THAT YOU LOVE
MORE THAN YOU DO GOD,
THE BIBLE, PRAYER, AND CHURCH
AND SPIRITUAL THINGS
IS YOUR GOD.
IT MAY BE MONEY.
IT MAY BE SOCIAL PRESTIGE.
IT MAY BE PLEASURE.
THE BIBLE SAYS
IT IS IDOLATRY!
AND GOD HATES IDOLATRY
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SIN,
AND MANY OF YOU ARE GUILTY
OF THE SIN OF IDOLATRY.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME
OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN."
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF YOU
THAT ARE GUILTY OF PROFANITY.
GOD HATES THAT SIN!
BUT THERE ARE OTHERS OF YOU
THAT MAY NOT BE
ACTUALLY PROFANE
AS THE WORLD CALLS
PROFANITY,
BUT YOU'VE TAKEN
THE NAME OF GOD IN VAIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PRAY
A PRAYER IN JESUS' NAME
AND DO NOT MEAN IT
FROM A SINCERE HEART,
THEN GOD SAYS
YOU'RE GUILTY OF THE SIN
OF TAKING HIS NAME IN VAIN.
THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT KILL."
YOU SAY, WELL, BILLY,
I'VE NEVER BROKEN THAT ONE.
AH, YES,
THERE IS A WAY TO KILL,
THERE IS A WAY TO MURDER,
MORE THAN STABBING IN THE BACK
AND SHOOTING WITH A GUN.
YOU CAN KILL YOUR WIFE
BY NEGLECT.
YOU CAN KILL YOUR WIFE
BY UNFAITHFULNESS.
YOU CAN KILL
YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER
BY THE WAYWARD AND WICKED
LIVES THAT YOU'VE BEEN LIVING.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS,
"THOU SHALT NOT
COMMIT IMMORALITY."
YOU CAN COMMIT IMMORALITY
BY A THOUGHT,
BY A LOOK,
OR BY AN ACT.
THOUSANDS OF YOU ARE GUILTY
OF COMMITTING IMMORALITY.
GOD CALLS IT SIN!
I COULD GO ON DOWN THE LINE.
BUT THAT'S ENOUGH
TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT EVERY ONE OF US
HAS BROKEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
NOW SUPPOSE YOU'D ONLY
BROKEN ONE COMMANDMENT.
THEN THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU'RE GUILTY OF ALL!
"HE THAT OFFENDETH
IN ONE POINT," SAYS JAMES,
"IS GUILTY OF ALL."
NOW THAT MEANS THAT
YOU ARE A SINNER.
EVERY ONE OF US
STANDS BEFORE A BROKEN LAW.
WE STAND UNDER
THE CONDEMNATION OF GOD.
GOD IS A RIGHTEOUS GOD.
GOD IS A HOLY GOD.
GOD'S EYES ARE TOO PURE
TO LOOK UPON INIQUITY.
THEREFORE, GOD SAYS THAT
EVERY ONE OF US ARE CONDEMNED!
WE ARE LOST.
WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD.
WE ARE BOUND FOR DESTRUCTION.
WE ARE BOUND FOR A PLACE
THAT JESUS CALLED HELL!
NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THAT IS YOUR POSITION
RIGHT NOW AS A SINNER!
YOU SAY, BUT BILLY,
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY SINS?
I AM GUILTY!
I'M GUILTY OF ALL KINDS OF SINS,
WHAT CAN I DO?
WHICH WAY CAN I TURN?
SHALL I REFORM?
SHALL I TURN OVER A NEW LEAF?
NO, THERE'S NOTHING
THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT,
HUMANLY SPEAKING.
THE BIBLE SAYS,
"FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED,
THROUGH FAITH,
"AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES.
"IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD,
NOT OF WORKS,
"LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."
YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GOODNESS
THAT YOU COULD DO
TO SAVE YOURSELF
BECAUSE YOU'RE GUILTY OF
BREAKING THE LAW OF GOD.
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
THAT CAN BE DONE,
AND THAT IS TO TRUST
JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
NOW WHEN JESUS CHRIST
DIED ON THE CROSS,
HE DIDN'T DIE BY ACCIDENT.
HE DIED BY DESIGN.
IT WAS PLANNED BY GOD
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION AND
YOUR SALVATION.
WHEN JESUS CHRIST
WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS,
I WANT YOU TO SEE HIM.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
THE SPIKE THROUGH HIS FEET.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THE CROWN
OF THORNS UPON HIS BROW.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR HIM
AS HE SAYS,
"MY GOD, MY GOD,
WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?"
BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,
WE CATCH A GLIMPSE
OF THE AWFUL SUFFERING
THAT JESUS WENT THROUGH
FOR OUR SINS.
BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT,
GOD TURNED HIS BACK
ON HIS ONLY SON.
JESUS WAS SEPARATED
FROM THE FATHER.
AND IN THAT MOMENT,
JESUS ENDURED THE PANGS OF HELL
AND DESTRUCTION AND JUDGMENT.
AND BY HIS STRIPES,
WE ARE HEALED!
IT IS THROUGH THAT DEATH
THAT WE CAN FIND
FORGIVENESS OF SIN.
JESUS TOOK YOUR PLACE
AS A SUBSTITUTE.
NOW GOD SAYS,
REPENT OF YOUR PAST SINS!
BELIEVE IN HIM,
TRUST IN HIM,
COMMIT YOUR LIFE,
SURRENDER YOUR SOUL TO HIM,
AND THOU SHALL BE SAVED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY
OF YOU EVER GETTING TO HEAVEN
UNLESS YOU COME THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST.
THERE IS NO SALVATION
FOR YOUR ETERNAL SOUL
EXCEPT YOU BE CONVERTED
AND COME TO CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
THEN THERE'S A SECOND THING
IN THIS PASSAGE
I WANT YOU TO SEE--
CHRIST PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP
FOR THE PRESENT.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU
THAT HAVE PROBLEMS,
AND BEWILDERMENTS
AND PERPLEXITIES.
THERE ARE MANY OF YOU THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY IN YEARS.
DOWN INSIDE,
IT'S FULL OF TURMOIL AND STRIFE
AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT JESUS
CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS.
HE CAN LIFT YOUR BURDENS.
HE CAN WIPE THOSE TEARS AWAY.
HE CAN GIVE YOU INWARD PEACE
AND JOY AND HAPPINESS
THAT YOU NEVER DREAMED EXISTED.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE?
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO START
LIFE WITH A CAPITAL "L"?
THEN COME TO CHRIST.
LIFE DOESN'T BEGIN AT FORTY.
LIFE BEGINS
WHEN YOU FIND CHRIST.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING
IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE,
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
CHRIST GIVES ASSURANCE
AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
NOW THE BIBLE SAYS
IT'S APPOINTED TO MAN
ONCE TO DIE.
EVERY ONE OF US
IS GOING TO DIE.
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
DO YOU KNOW CHRIST?
HAS HE GIVEN YOU ASSURANCE
AND HOPE THAT THE MOMENT YOU DIE
YOU GO INTO THE PRESENCE
OF CHRIST?
THE BIBLE SAYS:
"TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY
"IS TO BE PRESENT
WITH THE LORD."
AND GOD WARNS,
"PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD."
GOD WARNS TIME AFTER TIME,
"SET THINE HOUSE IN ORDER
"FOR THAT SHALT DIE
AND NOT LIVE."
ONE OF THESE DAYS,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN
TO THE GRAVEYARD,
BUT YOUR SOUL WILL HAVE GONE
INTO ETERNITY--
HEAVEN OR HELL.
AND YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN
IS ONLY THROUGH
A KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST
AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
YOU SAY, WELL, BILLY,
I WANT ALL OF THAT.
I WANT MY PAST FORGIVEN.
I WANT CHRIST TO HELP ME IN
MY PRESENT STATE OF CONFUSION.
AND I ALSO WANT HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT CAN I DO?
WHICH WAY CAN I TURN?
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW,
TURN FROM YOUR SINS,
AND TURN TO CHRIST.
REPENT OF YOUR SINS.
CONFESS THAT YOU'RE A SINNER.
YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT WHERE
YOU ARE, RIGHT NOW!
AT THIS MOMENT.
YOU SAY,
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
JUST A MOMENT,
THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE.
AND IF YOU WILL,
I WANT TO PRAY
FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO
BOW YOUR HEAD,
RIGHT NOW,
AND LET ME LEAD YOU
IN A WORD OF PRAYER,
WILL YOU?
THAT'S RIGHT,
GO AHEAD,
BOW YOUR HEAD.
AND I'M GOING
TO PRAY FOR YOU.
OUR FATHER AND
OUR GOD,
WE PRAY IN THE NAME
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
THAT THAT PERSON
WHO IS BEWILDERED,
CONFUSED AND
CONVICTED OF HIS SIN,
MIGHT TURN FROM SIN
TO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
FROM DARKNESS
TO LIGHT,
FROM DEATH TO LIFE,
AS THEY LET CHRIST
COME INTO THEIR HEARTS.
WE PRAY THAT THERE
MIGHT BE MANY THIS NIGHT
THAT WILL BE BORN AGAIN
AS THEY ACCEPT CHRIST
AS LORD AND SAVIOR
AND MASTER.
FOR WE ASK IT
IN HIS NAME.
AMEN.
[organ music plays]
[telephone rings]
YES?
YES, THIS IS LANCE MANNING.
HELLO?
[ominous music plays]
WHAT'S THAT!
HELLO, ROGERS.
WHAT HAPPENED
AT TEXAS CITY?
THE WHOLE TOWN, ROGERS?
MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND
WENT OUT ON MY YACHT
THIS MORNING
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM!
I'M COMING DOWN THERE!
WHAT?
OH, DON'T WORRY,
I'LL GET THROUGH.
♪
[sirens blare in background]
♪
[siren blares]
[siren blares]
BOB, I'M LOOKING
FOR CHRIS AND JANE.
DO YOU...
OH, I KNOW HOW
YOU MUST FEEL,
BUT THIS IS
NO TIME FOR HATE.
THIS IS
AN EMERGENCY!
I NEED HELP!
YOU NEED HELP?
WELL, LOOK AROUND YOU.
SO DO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT
BEFORE THEM?
BECAUSE YOU'RE
LANCE MANNING?
THIS IS ONE PLACE
YOUR NAME'S NOT
GONNA DO YOU ANY GOOD.
THERE'S NOTHING
TO BUY HERE!
WELL, YOU CAN RELAX.
THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.
[sighs]
OH, THANK GOD.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM?
YES, THEY CAME ASHORE
RIGHT AFTER
THE FIRST EXPLOSION.
THEY'RE OVER HERE
HELPING THE RED CROSS.
THEY'RE IN THE BASEMENT
OF A CHURCH
GIVING FIRST AID
TO THE INJURED.
BOB...THE PAST
FEW DAYS...
I'VE BEEN THINKING.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
HOW TO SAY THIS BUT...
OH, FORGET IT,
LET'S FIND 'EM.
[baby cries]
(man) HOW DO YOU FEEL?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
[baby cries]
NOW, FOR THE PEOPLE
COMPLAINING OF PAIN,
GIVE THEM TABLETS.
AND IF ANYONE
SHOULD REQUIRE IT,
YOU CALL ME AND
I WILL ADMINISTER
MORPHINE.
NOW THERE'S PLENTY
OF FIRST AID EQUIPMENT
OVER HERE ON THE TABLE.
AND AS SOON AS
THE AMBULANCES ARRIVE, YOU...
ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR ANYONE, SIR?
DAD!
EXCUSE ME, PLEASE,
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
EXCUSE ME.
OH, DAD!
WHERE DID YOU
FIND HIM, BOB?
HE WAS WANDERING
AROUND THE STREET
LOOKING FOR YOU
AND CHRIS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM
SO UNNERVED BEFORE.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S FUNNY...
YESTERDAY I HATED
THE GROUND
HE WALKED ON.
BUT TODAY, I...
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE PART OF
THE MIRACLE, TOO.
WHAT?
THAT'S WHAT IT IS,
BOB.
A REAL, LIVE MIRACLE.
CHRIS, HOW CAN GOD
USE A WASTED LIFE
LIKE MINE?
OH, BUT HE CAN, DAD.
JUST THIS MORNING,
I WAS READING IN THE BIBLE
ABOUT THE GOOD SHEPHERD,
HOW HE LEFT THE NINETY AND NINE
AND WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR
THE ONE LOST SHEEP.
THE PAST DAY OR TWO...
I'VE BEEN LOOKING
INTO A MIRROR.
OH, WHAT AN AWFUL
PARADE OF WICKEDNESS.
MY LIFE, CHRIS.
IT'S A WONDER GOD
DIDN'T STRIKE ME DOWN
YEARS AGO.
OH, BUT DAD...
HE TOOK CARE OF
ALL THAT
OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO
ON THE CROSS.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO NOW
IS ACCEPT WHAT HE DID.
OH, DAD...
COME ON HOME.
YOU'VE BEEN WANDERING
SO LONG...
AND SO FAR.
I FEEL VERY CLOSE
TO YOUR MOTHER, CHRIS.
MAYBE AFTER
ALL THESE YEARS,
HER PRAYERS ARE
ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.
OH, DAD...
YOU HAVE TO TELL ME
ALL ABOUT HER SOMEDAY.
I BETTER GO HELP NOW.
THEY MIGHT NEED ME.
TEXAS CITY WILL
REMEMBER PEOPLE
LIKE CHRIS AND JANE
FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL, I GOTTA BE
GETTING BACK.
MORE AMBULANCES
WILL BE ARRIVING
AND THEY'LL NEED HELP.
IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS
SINCE I'VE BEEN
INSIDE A CHURCH.
TWENTY YEARS.
BOB, I WONDER IF
A FEW MINUTES
SPENT IN HERE
MIGHT NOT HELP ME
DO A BETTER JOB
OUT THERE.
YOU GO AHEAD,
BOB.
♪
♪
♪ I WANDERED FAR AWAY FROM GOD ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪
♪ THE PATH OF SIN
TOO LONG I'VE TROD ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪
♪ COMING HOME,
COMING HOME ♪
♪ NEVERMORE TO ROAM ♪
♪ OPEN WIDE
THINE ARMS OF LOVE ♪
♪ LORD, I'M COMING HOME ♪♪