Private Duty Nurses (1971) - full transcript

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, how are ya?

More gifts from Dewey.

Let's go see the apartment.
-Thank you.

Let's go, ladies.

Come on, hurry up.

You'll notice this is
very fine wood, here.

Very nice steps, and all
stuck on an old building.

Oh, excuse me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.



I'm so clumsy every time.

Always just, uh-- let's
go through this, here.

I want you all to know that,
uh, there are absolutely

no spots in this room.

Now, isn't it nice?

Why don't you look around, and,
uh, make yourselves at home?

Uh, you know,
there was a-- there

was a woman that used to live.

And she absolutely
swore-- I mean,

she absolutely swore that she
could see the ocean from here.

Of course, we'll not
argue with a lady.

You can walk to
the bars from here.

We'll take it.

Wait a minute.



There's only, uh, two bedrooms.

How much?

Well, you see, this is a--
this is a really magic place.

I mean, I-- I don't
know if you've ever

even been in a magic place.

Yeah, right.

How much?

Well, just double
that in the summer.

Well, we do medical
field work in the summer,

so we won't be here.

Well, it's the best
I've seen yet, Spring.

-I think it's beautiful.
-Yeah?

Yeah, well, listen, uh, don't
make any hasty decisions, now.

Just, uh, talk amongst
yourselves, and let me

know later, OK?

Tell you what we'll do-- you
all meet me tonight at, uh,

Shlumfeller's.

We'll, uh-- blow on
that and make it spin.

We'll meet tonight
at, uh, Shlumfeller's,

and then you can tell me what
you want to do with it, OK?

[CAR HORN]

I, uh, think I hear
the call of the wild.

But I'll, uh-- I'll see
you guys tonight, OK?

I just want you to remember,
now, this is a magic place.

Right?
Magic.

WOMAN: Patient Arnell,
please return to your room.

Dr. Sutton is an
extremely busy man,

but he's taking this
time to welcome you.

Oh, one word of caution, though.

If at any time he asks
you any question--

Ask if the rule about
doctors dating student nurses

can be repealed.

That's one rule that's
never bothered you before.

This way.

Through here.

There's the chief
administrator of this hospital.

Allow me to extend an
official welcome to you.

You're part of a pilot
innovative nursing program

here, and your
participation here

is beyond the scope of the
usual nursing curriculum.

And I'm a fundamentalist
when it comes

to hospital administration.

I'm quite satisfied with
such established procedures

as nurses wearing dresses.

I have total confidence in
Nurse Brandt when she tells me

that your training will
begin in earnest tomorrow.

May I suggest that you
get a good night's rest?

We like to see our
nurses bright eyed

and, uh-- are there
any questions?

Dr. Sutton, I--

Dr. Sutton, I-- I'd like
a few moments of your time.

I have nothing further
to say to you, doctor.

-Dammit, I--
-Nothing further!

OK, you guys.

Lynn and I will flip a
coin, and, uh, the winner

gets her own bedroom.

Well, what about me?

Well, if you have your own
bedroom, that's segregation.

Wait a second, Spring.

If she's not included,
then you and I

are flipping to see who
doesn't sleep with her,

and that's discrimination.

What'd I tell ya?

There was no simple solution.

Your papers, please?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BUZZER]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi.
Hi.

Listen, I don't want
this to sound unreal.

And I really mean this,
this is not a line,

but where your wildest
fantasies leave off

is where I want to be begin.
OK?

I'll catch you later.

OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Excuse me.

What's this?

Compliments of Dewey.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Let's hear a big South
Bay welcome for Sky.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

(SINGING) How's that
treating your mouth, babe?

Well, does it feel real good?

How's that treating
your mouth, babe?

Well, does it feel like
you know it should?

-Hi, new nurse.
-Hi.

Remember me?

Yeah.

Uh, you, uh, want to dance?

Excuse me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You know, it's
like I was saying.

You see, we take this big bus,
and we all get in the back,

we sing all the old songs--
you know, all out of tune.

It's-- it's a terrific time.

It's just like-- it's
like taking this place,

you see, taking
Shlumfeller's to Tijuana.

Shlumfeller's?
Does that mean anything?

Yes.

It means horny turtle.

-Oh, come on.
-In Bavarian.

It means--

(SINGING) Don't
get hung up calling.

I'm here where I oughta be.

Don't they give me children?

You can have a ball with me.

How's that treating
your mouth, babe?

Oh, does it feel real good?

How's that treating
your mouth, babe?

Oh, does it feel like
you know it should?

Not here, Dewey.

Nobody cares now.

[APPLAUSE]

I was looking at
you, it was very fake.

I mean, I could-- you probably
thought in your head that I--

oh, that was look number
119, but it wasn't.

219, or 119.
-Dewey.

-No, really.
-Dewey.

-What?
-I wouldn't say that.

Oh, wow.

Is that a waterbed?

Yeah.

Have you ever seen one?
-No.

I've heard about them.

I tell ya--

Oh, my gosh.

It looks like it's alive.
Look at that.

It is.
It is alive.

-Right.
-Oh, it is.

I'm telling you.

You think it's funny?

Yeah, I really do.

Yeah, well, come
see how funny it is.

This is really stupid, though.

I was going to tell
you this earlier,

but I decided that, uh, I
wasn't going to tell you at all.

And then I decided that if
we came back here, maybe

I would tell you.

And now I've decided definitely.

So tell me.

Between what you're
taught where you're caught,

with an accent on the
latter, you realize

it's like you always thought.

Only moments matter.

Between what you are
and what you're not.

Dewey.

No.

I--
-Dewey.

You, uh, realize it's like you
always thought, those moments

matter, I'll tell ya.

Cosmopolitan
magazine, the guy has

trouble with the girl's zipper.

What do you do, you know?

Hey, let's have a look at you.

Ah, no, listen, you
uh-- you have really-- I

tell you what, I take it back.

I mean, you feel
better than this does.

I mean, and that
feels like skin.

I mean, you can imagine
how you feel, you know?

Think of your pleasure,
and I'll do the rest.

Whatever is your bidding.

Let me slip out of
my work clothes.

Dewey?

Dewey?
-Shh.

Dewey, slow down.
MALE VOICE: Dewey!

Phew.

I needed that.

Dewey, what are you doing?

Huh?

What are you doing?

Oh, I-- kinda--

Where are you going?

(SINGING) Today you
say the one who loves

you has turned into a bore.

This town and all the people
bug you, and now you want more.

[SINGING]

Nobody cares, Lynn.

[SINGING]

(SINGING) But you're
not enough for LA.

Listen, uh-- don't you ever
let anyone tell you that, uh--

That?

You know, with
some-- some Vitamin E,

or-- kind of a thing
they always say that,

uh, with a little
lead in your pencil--

but, uh, don't you ever let
anyone tell you that-- you--

you really get it on.

Now listen, I-- where
are your clothes?

Uh, why don't you just
kind of get your stuff,

and I'll just drive you
back, and, uh-- listen,

I'll probably see you again.

The wound was cleaned of bullet
and bone fragments in Vietnam,

and I performed a cranioplasty
here about three months ago.

I put a plastic
plate in his head.

The operation itself
is not nearly as

serious as the recovery period.

Until he's completely
healed, any blow,

any fall-- any complication
could be fatal.

Well, doctor, I don't
completely understand

why you asked for me.

As a patient, Domino's
been a problem.

I was hoping maybe you
could talk to him for me.

Maybe.

Thank you.

All right, look, why
don't you bring him in,

and, uh-- thank you again.

I'll be in the bomb shelter, OK?
-OK.

WOMAN: Dr. Selton, telephone.

Dr. Selton, telephone, please.

Good morning, Domino.

Would you like to
follow me, please?

Domino?

You know, I'm glad
I wore this today.

When I came here,
the sky was falling.

If you'll remove your
clothes and put this on?

Dr. McClintock will be
with you in a minute.

Um-- you may change
in the examining room.

No, this is fine.

Well, if you're shy,
you can turn your back.

Not at all.

I understand you
were in Vietnam?

Yeah.

What, do you want to see
my snapshots of Bob Hope?

How far do you think
you're going, huh?

I think that's far enough.

You know, you may think that
was a very hip number you just

pulled, but as far
as I'm concerned,

you're just like all
the other little nurses.

You're cold.

Domino, I'd like to help you.

Yeah?

Well, I don't need any help
from a bedpan stewardess.

Well, Domino, how are we?

We?
We, doctor?

How long have you
had double vision?

Hi.

I'd like to speak to Dr.
Elton Sanders, please?

He's in there.

Thank you.

All right.

Hey, now that's a big boy.

Dr. Sanders?

Hm?

Oh, you're welcome.

Now, he's going to need a
booster in about six months,

OK?

All right.

OK, now what's your problem?

Doctor, I'm a student
nurse, and I was wondering

if you could use some help?

Us?

Well, I had you
figured for a BB kid.

Well, when can you start?

Um--

Lola.

I'm a student
nurse at South Bay.

At South Bay, huh?

Black nurse at South Bay?

Why did they ever let you in?

I lied about my color.

Them bastards have been lying
to me for about two years now.

I know.

I saw you in Dr.
Sutton's office,

but I don't think
you noticed me.

Well, I certainly would
have remembered if I did.

Black beauty in the snow.

You know, there isn't a
black inter or resident

anywhere at that place.

My application's been turned
down three times already.

Why?

Well, it's as simple as this.

At South Bay you're black
first, and a doctor second.

Hey Elton, listen,
I've got work to do.

Mm-hm.
All right.

Just go ahead in.
I'll be right with you.

Hey, look, I'll give you
a buzz at the hospital,

and we'll work out your
hours for you, all right?

Mm-hm.

Hey, and thanks for coming.

-Thanks for being here.
-Wow!

What's that?

Come here!

Look at this!
Hurry!

[SIREN]

OK, Roger, bring the stretcher.

Let's get him out of here.

I've been working on this
beach for nearly a year now.

Guess I should be used to it.

What was that all over him?

Oil?

Looked like oil.

Hi.

I didn't know you were a biker.

Is that yours?

Just finished rebuilding it.

Hasn't been ridden
since before I was--

Did you used to,
uh, race motorcycles?

Still do.

Getting ready for my
triumphant return to Ascot.

Look, what are
you trying to do?

Kill yourself, or something?

Come here.

I've been waiting
a long time to ride

this thing back into the world.

When it starts, the first kick.

[ENGINE REVVING]

Why don't you come up and, uh,
watch me practice some time?

Hey, Randall, how
did you do this?

I guess I fell down on my ass.

Hey, Elton, Malcolm's hurt.

Yeah, he breathed.

ELTON: Well, what happened, man?

We were playing in
the old Preston house,

and-- and he fell
through the boards.

You coming, man?
ELTON: Yeah.

Yeah, come on.
Get my bag.

OK.
Tell me what happened, Len.

I don't know.

Look, now, if you want
me to help the man,

you gotta tell me, or he's
going to die right here.

Me and Malcolm was playing
war, and he hit me with a stick.

So I hit him back in the throat.

We've gotta perform a
tracheonomy right now.

Now, move.

Go call an ambulance.

He's still drawing blood.
-Keep swabbing.

Tubing.

[GASPING]

Hey, he's going to
be all right, man.

Covering Vinny with
still smoking gat,

he thrust his meaty
paw into her dress,

and ripped out the
miniature microphone.

Never taking his light grey
eyes from her smoldering lips,

he cooed to the mic,
the game is over, Lefty.

Up against the wall.

Excuse me, Mrs. Reagan.
I'll be right back.

I talked to the medical
examiner's office this morning.

Uh, the cause the death of the
man on the beach was drowning.

Drowning?

Still unidentified.

What about the
oil on the water?

Lynn, have you ever
been out on the water?

No, not there.
No.

Well, I have this
boat at the marina.

I was wondering, maybe we could
go out, and I could show you--

Um-- well, doctor,
I'm very busy.

Strictly medicine.

Well, um--

Think about it.

OK, I will.

Excuse me.

Now, let me see, Mrs.
Reagan, where were we?

The game is over, Lefty.

Up against the wall.

Oh, right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hi.

[INAUDIBLE] here.

The hell did you
bring me in here for?

We're celebrating.

We saved a boy's life, remember?

Next time, how
about bringing me

some place where I
can be more at home?

-I'll try to remember.
-Lola.

How are ya?

Who's your friend?

Elton, this is Dr. McClintock.

Hi, how are ya?

What do you do, Elton?

Uh, I'm in medicine.

I'm a doctor.
-I'm sorry.

I can't hear ya.
-I said, I'm a doctor.

That so?
Where?

How about a dance, Lola?

Make yourself at
home, Miss Lola.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

(SINGING) One boy,
holding you closer.

One girl, squeezing you tight.

One child, younger and older.

One love, beautiful sight.

One love, beautiful sight.

One love, beautiful sight.

One love, beautiful sight.

[APPLAUSE]

Practice makes perfect.

If I'd hit on this
before, I would have won.

That's what helped
keep me alive in Nam.

That's all part of
Domino's post war boom.

Well, while you were
away, we all got stoned.

Oh, yeah.

Things like that that
made it all worthwhile.

For the same reasons you were
getting loaded in Vietnam.

Christ, don't try to
cop in now, Spring,

now that we're back.

I hate the ones who
stayed home and hid, man,

just as much as I hate the ones
who sent us over there to die.

I stayed home.

Well, we were alone over
there, and that's just the way

it's going to be back here.
-Yeah.

Just a boy and his bike.

You know, if I'd
lived through Vietnam,

I think I'd find some
nice, quiet beach house

somewhere, and never move.

I tried that.

I need this.

When I ride this bike,
I know I'm alive.

Even when you're one
mistake from death?

Well, on a bike I can keep
from making that mistake.

I know how.

Racing motorcycles?

Spring, that's an
incredible rationale.

Your responsibility
is to Domino.

You're close to him.

Use that closeness
to convince him.

I can't if I don't believe.

In his head, that motorcycle
is the only way that-- that he

can readjust to this world.

I wish I had the power
to hospitalize him,

and keep him in this world.

I don't think Domino
needs us to protect him.

He's a symptom, not a disease.

And the cure, doctor?

That bike.

I want him to want to live.

Spring-- Spring, you're
gambling with Domino's life.

I hope that you can live
with the consequences

if you're wrong.

I've come to talk with you.

Why did you leave me?

Well, Shlumfeller's just
isn't what's happening for me.

That's all.

Why do you feel you have
to keep hiding yourself

in the ghetto all the time?

I'm not hiding, honey.

I go where I'm happy.

If you're happier in the white
man's world, that's cool.

Don't give me that
blacker than thou crap.

I paid my dues.

Well, you have a way of
showing your ethnic pride

a bit differently, that's all.

I'm black, but
I'm also a woman.

A woman of the whole world.

And I intend to
be part of it all.

Now, don't go.
Don't go.

Stay a while.

Going away makes
coming home nicer.

So that's why you
went away, huh?

So you could come
back as a nurse?

No.

I've come back a nurse
because they wouldn't

let me come back a doctor.

As a what?

I applied for medical school
in my first year of college.

I had the grades.

I suspect that I somehow
got by the quota Now,

there's a quota on
black doctors, you know?

I think that's why
they turned you down.

I thought it was
because I was a woman.

Mm-hm.

A black woman.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Santa Monica Bay, serving
as a cesspool for the sewage

treatment plant, a percolator
for the power generating

station, a grease pit for the
oil companies, and a bilge

dump for the coastal tankers.

I read that the
government splits

the fines paid by companies
convicted of pollution.

We can retire from the
fines on this bay alone.

Um, Doug, with all the stuff
they're pouring in the water,

how do we know when
the ocean's safe?

Well, they have, uh,
governmental agencies

that keep watch on that.

Yeah, well, the government's
the biggest polluter of all.

I mean, who watches them?

I tell you what, why don't
we go down to the beach,

and we'll do a little
testing by ourselves?

How's that sound?

Um-- fine.

Where are you going?

Probably spend the summer
following the Grand National

Circuit around the country.

Oh, will you come
anywhere near the Dakotas?

There's a race in
Peoria, Illinois.

Why?

Well, I spend
part of my summers

on a Sioux reservation
in North Dakota.

Yeah, doing what?

Helping the medicine man?

No.

I work on a mobile clinic with
some other student nurses.

And you don't even
get a draft deferrment?

You know, the Indians-- they're
like the soul brothers in Nam.

They'd rather help themselves.

Who needs a missionary?

How, now I'm not a missionary.

A missionary peddling
white, middle class America.

Use my soap and
be clean like me.

Cook your food like me.

Oh, and hey, chief, here's
some of my old clothes.

Be sure and dress like me.

It's the same old bullshit.

Well, it's not bullshit to me.

I'd like to see
children smile again.

A mother and baby
live, and maybe

a grandfather-- come on, now.

What's wrong with that?

You want to do
something useful?

I'll lend you my garage.

You can start making bombs.

Well, if I wanted to make
bombs, I'd use my own garage.

Yeah, you're right, Spring.

Don't listen to anybody.

I don't.

Well, your example has
been an inspiration to me.

Mm-hm.

You see that, Lin?

Yeah.

See how the water's
turning a little yellowish?

Yeah.
Just barely.

That's because there's a
slight bit of [INAUDIBLE].

And if there was more, it
would be a definite yellow.

What does it mean?

It means that's, uh, a little
higher than it should be.

Even dangerous.

Not toxic.

You mean it couldn't
kill anybody.

Yet.

-Morning.
-Hi.

Get you anything?

No, just water.

Whatcha doing?

Uh, we're, uh, checking
the seawater out

for, uh, pollutants, poisons.

Why is that?

Well, a dead man was found
up on the beach last week,

and was covered with
some sort of oil, and--

Are you with the city?

We're doing this ourselves.

Maybe I could give
you a bit of advice.

See, this city depends on
people who come to the beach

every summer.

People who spend a lot of money.

Now, what do you suppose
would happen to all that money

if some ecology nut started
a rumor that our waters were

covered with oil, and
chemicals, and poisons,

and our beaches were littered
with dead seagulls, and fish?

Won't be long until
that becomes a reality.

Already starting rumors.

That's dangerous.

Just what the hell do you want?

I want you out of
Manhattan Beach.

I can make it very
unpleasant for you.

You son of a bitch.

Accidents happen.

You're dripping.

I just cannot
figure something out.

There's a crying need
for doctors at South Bay,

and he won't even talk to me.

Well, maybe by the time I
get around to my internship,

he'll be a little
more enlightened.

Your what?

I've considered reapplying
for medical school.

No, no.

One doctor in the
family is enough, honey.

I'm going to start a
hospital down here,

and I'll need a good nurse.

What about two good doctors?

Lola, you know the
problems in a hospital.

I'm going to need somebody to--

Make beds, pick
up bedpans, clean.

No, no, no.

That's not what I mean.

I know what you're
talking about.

But there are a lot of
black doctors out here

who have just about
got a foot in the door.

And it's up to black women
to help us make it first,

and then you.

I still don't see why--

Look, Lola, I need you, honey.

I need you desperately,
but I'm not taking

anymore shit from South Bay.

They can fuck themselves.

Now, I don't know how, and
it probably won't be me,

but there's going to be a black
doctor on the staff of South

Bay before I'm through.

Now, are you with me?

-Of course.
-Outta sight.

I can feel your heart beating.
Normal.

I like you this way.

Better enjoy you while I can.

Don't.

Don't say it.
Whatever it is.

Hey.
-Hey!

Come on!

-Can I say it now?
-Well, yeah.

Yeah, now you can say it.

Would you close
the door, please?

Where were you last night, Don?

Last night I spent a
week at the [INAUDIBLE].

You'd better get some sleep.

I will.

I'll see you later, doctor.
-Right.

Cholera?

Why did you give me this?

Well, it's a public
health bulletin.

Mm-hm.

A case was reported
in Santa Barbara.

Read the symptoms.

Severely wrinkled
skin, sunken eyes.

That's like the
man on the beach.

-Look, it's a possibility.
-Hm.

I don't know.

I asked the, uh, medical
examiner for a picture

of the man on the beach.

I think we ought
to go down there

and find out if
anyone else knows him.

Do you think there
could be an epidemic?

That's not likely.

But you know, someone
could have been

exposed to the same source.

They could be in trouble.

No.

Doesn't look familiar.

Hey, babe.

Hi, Dewey.

Well, where you been?

Where have you been?

I said to myself, where is Lynn?

I said, how come she
hasn't come over?

How come I haven't
heard from her?

I was even gonna-- I was
even gonna say to myself--

now, I must lie.

I must tell a lie, and
pretend to come over and fix

your sink, or something.

Would you want me to do that?
-So it's come to that.

No.

Huh?

Well, show him the picture.

You know that man?

Yes.
Uh, yes.

I feel like I've seen him
at, uh, Shlumfeller's,

and some of the bars around.

Hi.

This is some decent
material, there.

[INAUDIBLE] very nice fabric.

Listen, you're
looking good, babe.

So are you.

You come over and
see me, you hear?

Any time you want to do it.

Listen, keep it up, babe?

OK.

Looking good.

Looking good.
Really.

I only went out with him once.

[KNOCKING]

WOMAN: They forced their way in!

All right, doctor.

What is it this time?

You'll begin to reprocess the
applications of black doctors

immediately.

I see.

We're not leaving until
there's a black doctor

on the staff of this hospital.

What makes you think
that this is necessary?

Because you've
consistently refused

to consider the application
of any black doctor

for internship or residency.

I wasn't aware of
any discrimination.

Get up.

Do we have to play
these silly games?

This is not a game to me.

Out.

A sit in, doctor?

Isn't that just a little passe?

You think anyone
really cares anymore?

We'll soon see
about that, won't we?

Now get out.

Have you ever
applied here, doctor?

You know very well I have.

Well, don't bother to reapply.

I don't have to, doctor.

I have my own hospital now.

Well, that's [INAUDIBLE], huh?

Code of hospital ethics.

Gentlemen, shall we
retire to the ballroom?

ANNOUNCER: And in the third
spot in the second row,

number 26, Edward.

Next lane also, number 32, from
Vermosa Beach, Domino Cole.

And the flag drops.

It's a race!

Oh, we have a rider down in
the first lap. [INAUDIBLE] OK.

They're charging
far on the outside.

It's 32 R. Domino Cole
has found a spot in

the dangerous secondary groove.

And the leaders,
again, are Ray Demarco,

Edelson, Greetins, and Domino.

Domino continues his
pursuit of the leaders,

passing Greetins and Edelson.

He's pulled out all
the stops, and is

at the number 74 Kawasaki
mounter, named Goodman.

[INAUDIBLE] and
continues his narrow run.

And Domino passes
Goodman in the air,

as they flash over the
jump right in front of us.

One down, six to go.

Domino continues to ride that
dangerous outside groove,

charging at the leaders as
they gear down for a turn.

Oh, we have a leader down.

Looks like Demarco--
Ray Demarco, hands up?

Thet're all right.

And we have a new leader, number
77-- With two laps remaining,

the riders are flying.

Flying.

A tight match between 94,
Bill Greetins of Latvia,

and 24, Mike Shaw.

Oh, and there goes a rider.

The other rider--

No!

ANNOUNCER: It's 32R, Domino.

His hand is not raised.

And the black flag is out.

They've stopped the race.

Let's have the
ambulance, turn one.

Let's have the
ambulance to turn one.

The ambulance, please.

Right away.

Now that there's a
break in the action,

may I invite you to sample
the goodies at the snack bar?

Ice cold beer.

Ambulance!

Ambulance!
Ambulance!

Looks like we're gonna have
to operate again, Spring.

The crash caused the
plastic plate to slip.

Pressure on the occipital
lobe, and hemorrhaging

of the old wound.

Will he be all right?

I don't know.

It's a serious complication.

It's the operation, the
cranioplasty-- very difficult.

We'll just wait a few days
until the bleeding subsides,

and then--
-Can I help?

Of course.

Oh, god, I thought
this was the right way.

I'm so sorry.

[INAUDIBLE].

Maybe between the
two of us, we can

put him back together again.
All right?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

There's a problem.

(SINGING) There once
was a [INAUDIBLE].

Should it be of, or
about, or possibly about?

-Let me make a suggestion.
-No.

MAN: Oh, yeah, yeah.

He used to come in
here all the time.

I don't know his name, though.

Well, was he with anybody?
A girl?

A girl?

No.

A curly head guy.

Always wore sunglasses,
day and night.

Well, do you know
where he lived?

No, I don't.

I'm sorry, Lynn.

But I'll ask around.

If I find out anything,
I'll, uh, let you know.

OK.
Thanks, Dave.

Well, hello.

What do, Dewey?

Listen, um-- first of all, I
want to say to you that I am--

I'm sorry, forever and ever.

And that the next time,
I promise you that, uh,

you can spend the whole night.

Dewey, you are a
sexual epileptic.

If I got up on that bandstand
and told everyone what

a lousy lay you were,
you would have to move

all the way to West Covina.

Shut up!

Now, first of all, you
have no sense of humor.

That's for openers.

You, um-- think that
I am full of shit.

I am full of shit!

But so is everyone in
this room, and at least

I'm honest about it.

Now, you take your lads
from the university, see,

and their world, and you
can take that whole thing,

because that is changing.

See, I bring mine with me.

My man.

Come on.
Now, you come with me, OK?

Dewey, that isn't
even tempting.

Let go of me.

OK.

TV: Television network
presents Doctor's Hospital.

Dr. Jeff Cotty has just learned
that his ex-wife, Margaret, has

been admitted to the psychiatric
wing of Doctor's Hospital,

and he is rushed to
the office of the head

of psychiatric research,
Dr. Judson Taylor.

MAN ON TV: How is she, doctor?

MAN ON TV: It's
hard to say, Jeff.

She's been through a lot lately.

I was worried the divorce was
a strain, but I had no idea--

MAN ON TV: Look, Judd,
we're old friends.

Lay it out to me as
straight as you can.

Is she capable of maintaining
a proper home for--

[GASP]

Oh my god.

What are you doing here?

[GASPING]

No!
No!

No!

[SCREAMING]

Stop!

[SCREAMING]

No!
No!

No!

You won't play detective again.

No!

[SCREAMING]

By the way, doctor, Elton and
I have a responsibility here.

We're black doctors.

But why are you here?

Well, I always go
with the winner, baby.

You know.

But tell 'em, Elton.
Really.

Why?
-Oh, uh, it's like this, man.

I-- I promised him an
honorary nigger card.

-Oh.
-I'm Dr. Wasp.

Nice to meet you.
Long.

Long.

Oh, I get ya.

How about you, baby?

Now we got it.

Hold on.
It's locked.

I'll open it.

Doug!

Oh my god.

Calm down.
Calm down.

Take it easy.

We're going to the police.
-No.

Not the police.

Then there wouldn't be any
reason for us to be together.

But is there a reason for
us ever to be together?

Yes.

Lynn, I have been totally
dishonest with you.

And-- and every time
that we-- every time we

try to get together, we--
we just don't connect.

And that's my fault. I
think about us always.

I think about making
love with you.

And sailing.

But every time I think about
when I-- when I thought I

was making love, and I wasn't.

There can be time for us.

Time for honesty.

And maybe even time for
us to sail together.

I don't want you
to do anything.

That's the Chicago game,
playing right into their hands.

Just sit tight.

That way we won't have any
newspaper or TV men down here.

They'll get bored and go
away as soon as they realize

that nobody cares anymore.

MAN: Right.

You know, what I
can't understand

is why any young girl wants to
hang around a place like this.

Hospitals are prisons.

Morgues.

Why do you really think
I hang around here?

I don't want to
play any mind games.

Because a hospital is a
place of life, not death.

You see death in everything.

Why not life?

Part of my military training.

Oh, come on.

I declare the war is over.

Well, it's not for me.

It's not for me and my buddies
who were over there with me.

The snob vets are gonna
run this country someday.

Just like the vets did after
World War I, and World War II.

One stoned killer from Nam
on TV is worth 10 million

old timey vets.

Stoned killer?

That's right.

Screw the hard hats.

Screw the hippies,
stoned killers.

Baby, the only thing that
killers bring is death.

Whether they're stoned or not.

Death-- forget death.

I love you.

I really love you.

Please live.
For me?

[KNOCKING]

OK, OK.
All right.

Now, what's happening?

Nothing.

Nothing?

Sutton says you'll
get tired of playing

when you realize nobody cares.

Nobody cares?

Hear that, man?

Nobody cares.

All right.

Let's do a little PI work.

I want you to get
on these phones,

and I want you to
call every newspaper,

every radio station, every
TV station within 100 miles.

All right?

Hey, uh, Lola?

Are you staying?

Well, I guess I can
handle a few phone calls.

Woo hoo!

Give me another shot
of whatever that was.

[INAUDIBLE].

May I have 419, please?

Can I have some more?

Suction, please.

Here.

Keep monitoring the
vital signs, Charles.

Right.

How much damage do we have?

Extensive.

The plate turned
nearly 180 degrees.

It may be impeding the
flow of blood to the brain.

(SINGING) There once was a
trail of an old country man.

And Cindy is beautiful.

He found her one day,
with the shoemaker's son,

and there in the
greenbriar's [INAUDIBLE].

And there in the
greebriar's [INAUDIBLE].

Hey, are these
kids terrific, Doug?

Really packed the place.

Guess how many beers
we poured last night?

Look, Dave, I really don't
have the time or the patients

to play games.

Who the hell is he?

All right, Doug.
OK.

If it means that much to you.

I think his name is Ahmed.

He lives in that corner house
on 6th Street and Manhattan.

Thanks.

Where are you going?

I'm going to Ahmed's.

[KNOCKING]

Ahmed?

You Ahmed?

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNFIRE]

[CRYING]

Right away.

My name is Kirby.

I'm with the Federal
Narcotics Bureau.

We've been watching Ahmed
and Sulef, the dead man,

ever since they
returned from Turkey.

They're narcotics smugglers.

Sulef contracted cholera
on the last trip and died.

Ahmed dumped him in
the ocean to eliminate

the connection with Turkey.

I've been watching you two
for the last couple of weeks.

I didn't you think
you'd get this far.

My name is Kirby.

My name is Kirby.
Kirby.

I'm with the Federal
Narcotics Bureau.

Federal Narcotics Bureau.

Why couldn't you tell
us what was happening?

Why did you have to
play your cop number?

We wanted to ask you
about the three doctors

who are up in your office.

Pease, it's all a
misunderstanding.

-But doctor--
-Excuse me.

I'll have a statement
for you later.

Are there any nurses
is in there with you?

Please.

All right.

Let's get this little
exercise in sociology

settled before it
goes any further.

You know the
conditions, doctor.

I met with the
board of directors,

and we're prepared to guarantee
that a black doctor will be

added to the staff of this
hospital within one month,

provided--
-Oh.

Provided, huh?

Provided.
You hear that?

Here it comes.

Provided that you label
this entire incident

a misunderstanding, and say
nothing else to the press

about it.

Mm-hm.

I don't know about that, doctor.

Listen, I've gone as far
as I can with this guerrilla

theatre script of yours.

You do as I say, or--

Goddamnit.

You're in no position to
dictate anything to anyone.

You understand that?

We've got what we came for.

We're not here to punish him.

WOMAN ON INTERCOM:
Dr. Sutton, please

report to the emergency room.
Code 99.

All right.

Elvin, you were
beautiful, baby.

-Thank you.
-Beautiful.

30 days, baby.

30 days.

Come on.

Oh.
Oh.

Oh!

Thank you, and--
you've been beautiful.

Operating room one, doctor?

Well, the clinic's got
a cranioplasty there.

Take him to four.
Come on, get him out of here.

Who shot him?

I don't know.

Hold that right there.

Shot [INAUDIBLE].

He was with who?

Lynn.

-Is Lynn here now?
-Let's get this--

Has anybody told Angela?

I think she's on
her way over here.

First I'll need the forceps.

Is that the bullet?

That's it.

It looks like it may have
pierced the left ventricle.

Jesus Christ.

Plant nurse, more nectin.

That's three, doctor.

The bullet pierced a ventricle.

Prepare for an
emergency throacotomy.

Hemostat, please.
Thank you.

How's that pressure?

He's holding his own.

Scalpel.

Anybody hear anything
on Doug's condition?

Extremely critical.

Dr. Sutton himself is operating.

Bandage, please.

-All the rest is up to you.
-God!

Oh, thank you.

All right, they're
coming out now.

[INAUDIBLE].

It's really a mess.

Yeah, this is a bad one, here.

My god.
Take his pressure.

The pressure's dropping.

The blood loss from the
bullet entering the ventricle

has collected, and it's
blocking the pericardial sac.

Blood pressure
and pulse negative.

More nectin?

Too late for that.

There's no blood flow
to the rest of the body.

If we can drain the
sac, there's a chance.

-Are you Lynn?
-Yes.

I understand you were with
my husband when he was shot.

Angela?

I'm afraid Dr. Selvin died
on the operating table.

DOUG (VOICEOVER): There
can be time for us.

Time for honesty.

Maybe even time for
us to sail together.

You'll make a
great lady doctor.

A great doctor.

OK, doctor.

Hey, OK.
OK.

I'm convinced, I'm convinced.

When women are women
instead of ladies,

then men can be men,
instead of gentlemen.

OK, OK, doctor.

Welcome home.

Wait, let me see if I got that.

Now, when women are men-- no,
when girls and boys-- uh, no.

Hey.

You laughed.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh-- I'm coming out of the
fog, I think. you know?

I'm starting to
feel things again.

Hey.

Are you still
racing this summer?

Nah.

Nah, I thought I'd, uh, go see
some Indians, or something.

North Dakota?

I've saved you.

Yeah.

See, I told you you
were a missionary.

I'm not converted
yet, but I think

maybe there's some things I
missed while I was out of town.

Maybe.

[MUSIC PLAYING]