Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) Movie Script

(GUN FIRES)

(HORSE WHINNIES)

WOMAN 1: I bet she

thinks she hot shit.

She been here one day

and already she's looking

around for something else.

She kind of young

to be at what we at.

Ah, she ain't that young.

Hey! New girl.

You never told us

where you was from.

I'm from a lot of places.

Where you from?

I was born and raised

right here in this town.

My folks helped build it.

I see they left you

a part of it.

Hmm. I bet your folks

was from Texas.

There's something about you

that brings Texas to mind.

I didn't have no

mama and daddy.

A farmer found me in a pig pen

when I was just a couple

hours old.

He said the hogs couldn't

make up their mind whether

to have me for dinner,

or just lick the blood off me.

Hello, it's washing time.

Mr. Chin don't like

nobody to be late.

WOMAN 2: Well, she didn't

have no parents.

Generally sit around with

your legs spread wide open

like that, little honey?

It depends on what

I'm looking for.

What you looking for?

What you got?

Come on, get up,

little honey. Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Not out here.

Come on in here.

You got pretty skin.

Sure are a pretty

little thing.

Yes, sir.

Soft and pretty.

Strong, too.

Hold on, now.

Gonna be hurting me

with your big, strong self.

Oh, I ain't gonna hurt you,

honey.

Wait a minute.

We ain't talked no money yet.

Now, how much

you gonna pay me?

I'm gonna pay you nothing

until I feel your body, huh?

(GROANS IN PAIN)

Oh, God!

Let's go see how much

you really got now,

Mr. Dodsy.

Ho, ho, ho.

Well, look what I've got.

Ah, Miss Thomasine.

Thomasine. Hmm.

Now just supposing,

just supposing...

I was to let you drift on

in there forever. Hmm?

Maybe I ought to throw

Dodson in there with you.

I wish I could show you

your face.

You know, them big eyes,

they just look like

they're gonna

pop right out of your head.

I just wanted to show you

that you ain't as smart as

you thought you might be.

That's all.

Now, you come on out.

Damned if you ain't

the best-looking bounty hunter

I ever did see.

I want my money.

Oh, yeah, your money.

Your money.

You gotta sign for it.

Right there.

I know where to sign.

All right.

You been doing this long?

Long enough.

(SIGHS)

There's a lot of money

for one man.

Sure wish I could've

been the one to collect it.

That ain't been collected yet.

He's still alive?

Oh, yeah.

He's still out there

somewhere.

Trouble is, you can't

get nobody to talk

about him.

Not just yet.

Is he really alive?

Yeah, every so often I hear

about him spooking up

some place.

Any notion which way

he was heading?

I wish I did. I want him.

You want that $1,000,

don't you? Hmm?

Well, you know, it don't

make no difference to me

who collects that money.

I just want his ass

back here in this jail.

(WHOOPING

AND HOLLERING)

(WHINNYING)

Easy, baby.

Easy, easy, easy, easy.

See how that was?

Easy, baby. Easy, baby.

(WHINNYING)

Easy, easy, easy.

Attagirl, all right.

Good horse.

That's a good horse.

Atta horse, good.

Easy, baby. Easy, easy, easy.

That's the way you're supposed

to break a horse.

Hold it, sonny! Just hold it.

You ain't got to be acting

crazy on me.

What can I do for you?

I just want to look at you

up close.

I been hearing about you

since you was a little

bitty thing.

Running around

with them circus people.

In fact,

some folks say

you can't even die.

I'm sorry I scared you

with my gun.

Oh, don't worry about it.

You didn't scare me!

You just made my heart

go to sleep for a couple

of minutes!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

What do they call you?

Well, now,

they call me a lot of things.

But my name is Nathaniel.

And you wanna know

something else?

You the first person

who done asked my name

in a long time.

Well, there are not

too many of us around.

I just thought it might

be nice to know in case

I run into you again.

(EXHALES) You know,

that's a nice thought, son.

Anyway,

it's a pleasure meeting you.

It ain't often that I get

a chance to talk to

somebody like you.

Take care now.

You take care.

I'm gonna pray for you.

Nathaniel,

you ever hear tell

of Adolph Smith?

Sometimes calls himself

"Adolph the Butcher"?

Phew. Yeah.

I heard it.

I heard he laughs

while he's killing people.

Good evening, sir.

Kindly fill those up with

some of that green stuff

you're growing back there.

Get around and make sure

he doesn't leave anything

stuck in the ground.

I hope they put you in a cage.

Because you're trash.

Filthy trash.

(WHIMPERING)

Come on.

You want a name.

I never heard nothing, mister.

Please don't hurt me.

I wouldn't harm you.

You've got a gentle face.

Won't you turn around

so my partner can search you?

Come on, turn around!

(GROANS)

Come on, Adolph,

let's get out of here!

(ENGINE STARTS)

(PIANO PLAYING)

(CHATTERING)

(LAUGHING)

Ante up.

You still not doing so good,

are you, bucky boy?

You talking to me?

Yeah! (LAUGHS)

There were two young boys

hanging from a tree

just outside of town.

Anybody here know who did it?

We seen them

when we come in.

Somebody probably having

a little fun.

(LAUGHS)

Cards?

Two.

Where'd you learn

to play poker,

in the outhouse?

I'm still waiting.

Where are you from, boy?

I want my cards, dealer.

We don't want you

infecting our cards

with your

nappy-headed hands.

(CHUCKLES)

I want to see the color

of your money,

Negro.

(GROANS IN PAIN)

(PIANO STOPS)

(STUTTERING)

I didn't mean anything,

fella.

I was just joking.

MAN: Come on.

Give him a break.

He didn't mean nothing.

DEALER: You lucky, Clinton.

That's H.P. Bushrod you

almost got shot by.

You lucky he had something

else on his line too.

Oh, uh, Mr. Bushrod?

I let somebody in your room.

I wouldn't have normally

done it, sir,

but she said she was

your wife.

What are you talking about?

Well, I asked her if

I should fetch you,

but she said you didn't

like to be bothered while

you was gambling.

What's she look like?

I haven't seen her

in a long time.

Oh, well, if you don't mind

me saying it, sir,

she's the most prettiest

colored woman I've ever

looked at.

Thank you, Ricky.

How you do,

Mr. Bushrod?

I knew he wouldn't stop me

if I said I was your wife.

Keep shaking your head

like that and it's gonna

fall off.

I ask you,

how you do?

I do fine, Thomasine,

I do fine.

I just never thought

I'd see you again.

Here I am.

And you look good.

Damn, you look good.

Come on in.

Got a lot to talk about.

Anyway, um,

I been a whole lot of places

since I seen you last.

I bet you have.

Kind of beginning to feel like

a hopping bug.

So when this...

This guy came along,

he kind of gave me

something to lean on.

He's the one who's coming

in on the stagecoach

tomorrow, right?

Yep, that's him.

What does he do?

Well, what difference

does it make?

I just wanted to know,

that's all.

You know, up until

a few days ago I thought

you were dead.

How'd you find out I wasn't?

I met a marshal who

was looking for you.

His name was Bogardie.

You met old Bogardie, huh?

Mm-hm.

I did something to him once.

Something that made him

look like a fool in front

of a lot of people.

He's been wearing me

to death ever since.

That's another reason

I've been so tired.

That, and the fact that

there's somebody out there

I been looking for.

Somebody out there

I gotta kill.

I heard about it.

I'm really sorry

about what they did

to your sister.

So am I.

Hey.

Look at this.

You wanna see something?

All of them are you.

Where'd you get this?

Well, every time I'd hit

a new town, I'd go

to the jailhouse,

and blink my eyes

at the sheriff.

Soon as he turned his back,

I'd just snatch them

off the wall.

You know I almost

broke my neck trying

to get those things?

One time he turned around

too fast, and I was

running out the door,

and I ran smack into

one of them new

riding machines.

You ran into an automobile?

Mm-hm. (LAUGHS)

You know, there's some places

east of here

where you can find four or

five of them in the same town.

You know, sometimes

I feel sorry for horses.

It must make them feel

real sick to see

one of those monsters rolling

along carrying four and five

people at the same time.

Well, one thing, though,

you never have to worry about

a horse running out of gas.

(CHUCKLES)

Whoever called this place

the Last Town sure knew

what they were talking about.

Don't talk so much.

I'm so glad

you're still alive.

Well...

Looks like this one

might be even easier

than the last one.

There won't be nothing to it.

Yeah. It's gonna be a while

before it gets open,

so I'm gonna see if

we can scrape up

a couple of drinks.

Damn good idea!

Adolph!

I have no protection.

You won't shoot

an unarmed man, huh?

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

I don't care

what you do to me, you savage.

It ain't gonna bring back

your ill-bred sister.

(MUTTERING)

Now, don't make us

kill you, son.

Just drop your gun

real easy like.

That man out there

is Adolph Smith.

He's wanted for murder.

You better go

take a look at him.

Hold on, sheriff.

Don't you move, Bushrod.

Been thinking about you,

Bushrod.

Ever since you broke

out of jail.

You know, there was a woman

asking about you

the other day.

Just made me want to

come out and start looking

for you again.

U.S. Marshal Bogardie.

Fella's wanted for murder,

Sheriff.

He have anything to do

with that over there?

SHERIFF: Looks like it.

Why don't we just do

the government a favor

and get rid of him right here?

You'd be making

a mistake, Sheriff.

That post is no good anymore.

He's lying!

Well, we gotta at least

check his story out!

It won't take but

a few minutes.

It only took a few minutes

for him to kill those men

over there, sheriff.

Now, you good people,

you got to listen to me.

You got to remember

that this is your town,

and you can't let nobody

come in here and

break your laws!

You got to take another look

at them bodies on the ground

over there,

and think about your children.

You owe it to them

to help me eliminate

this vicious killer!

Now look, you can't do this

to my town. I won't allow it.

Sheriff, if you just...

Get your gun on him!

Now, when he comes to,

he's gonna realize that we...

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Drop it, drop it!

Leave it down! Leave it down!

I'm really sorry

I got you into this mess.

Ain't anything to be

sorry about.

I knew what I was doing.

The only problem is,

what are we gonna do now?

Maybe I can get some work

breaking horses.

And how much does that pay?

If I really work at it,

maybe two,

three dollars a day.

(LAUGHS)

Two or three dollars a day?

I mean, what are we going

to sleep on, the horses?

I don't think that's funny.

What the hell you

laughing at?

Hey, baby, I'm not

laughing at you.

What you laughing at then?

Ain't nobody else here

but the fish!

Well, it's gonna take

a lot more than that!

Look, I don't know what

you been used to

living off of,

but $3 a day

is a lot of money

if you handle it right.

Okay, baby. I mean,

but before, I mean, there was

just one of you,

and it was enough.

But now there's two of us.

You know.

I'd like a house, and horses.

A little piece of land.

I mean, wouldn't you like

to be breaking your

own horses?

How do you feel breaking

those horses and just never

seeing them again?

Okay, Thomasine.

Whatever we have to do

to stay alive,

I don't care what it is,

we'll do it, all right?

And everything that you want...

I'll get it for you.

I promise.

Okay.

You know I ain't never had

a family before, so

I'm holding you to that.

Why don't you just go in

the water and wash yourself?

You're the dirtiest.

You go first.

Try it!

* Thomasine and Bushrod

"Last seen in the company

of an unidentified

colored girl"?

Unidentified colored girl

my ass.

I'll show them how

unidentified I am.

What's that in your hand?

Nothing.

I went by the stable to

see if I could get work.

They didn't have anything

for me to do.

We don't want to stay

in this old town anyway.

-Let's get outta here, then.

-Let's go in.

I want us to take

a picture together.

Baby, you must be going batty.

We ain't got no time

to be doing no posing!

There's 200 people out here

looking for us!

It ain't gonna take no time.

We ain't never had a picture

together.

We want to take

a picture together.

How long is it gonna take?

Shouldn't take too long.

Okay, um,

where do you want us

to stand?

Over there, under the light.

Now just relax for a minute,

and we'll be ready.

Hey, wait a minute.

What can I do for you now,

young lady?

I wanna know, what side

do I have to be on

to come out on the left

of the photograph?

Well, now.

Do you mean on the left side

of the actual photograph,

or the left side of

the person looking at it?

We'll go again.

Okay, this is the way

I wanna be.

Ready?

When are we gonna

get the picture?

Well, it's just not gonna

drop out.

Come back in a couple

minutes, it'll be ready.

I just asked you

a simple question,

now don't you go be

making fun of me, now.

Come on.

You gotta learn how to control

that temper of yours.

I didn't like the way

she was talking to me.

Bushrod...

Ain't that pretty?

-Is that a car over there?

-Yeah.

-Let's go look at it.

-Okay.

Look at this!

I want a car just like

this one.

This car,

where do you think

he got it from?

I'm a horse man,

I don't know anything

about cars.

Hey, hey, hey...

You don't have

to be afraid, boy!

I ain't gonna hurt you!

I know it ain't every day

your gal gets to rub on

a pretty car like that.

Would you children

like to go for a ride?

Leave them alone, honey,

they didn't mean anything.

Quiet, Charlotte!

You know what old

Abe Lincoln said.

We gotta be nice

to our negroes.

What you do for a living,

mister?

My name's Tyler, son.

I own this town and

everything in it.

Including this here bank!

(STAMMERING) Look, mister,

we got a little money saved.

You think maybe it would

be safe if we put it

in your bank?

You wait right here,

Charlotte, I'll be right back.

Open it up, Farley!

We've got a couple of visitors

who want to look around.

We got the best

safety record in the country.

Why, our security measures

are one you won't

find anywhere.

That means our money

will be safe in here.

MR. TYLER: Oh, absolutely.

We've got over

$2 million in assets.

All in there?

-Why, we couldn't keep

that much money in there.

-Oh.

Get the money.

You're not seriously thinking

of robbing us, now, are you?

Farley?

This boy's from one

of those minstrel shows?

Ah!

I think you'd better

stop moving if you wanna

stay alive. Get over there!

I guess you and that gal are

smarter than I thought, boy.

Get the money.

Step aside, baby.

No!

Get in there! Get in there!

Get over there!

Sit over there, quick.

-That's all the cash we have.

-Well, what's in there?

There's just trust deeds

and papers in there!

They wouldn't do you any good!

Make him open those drawers.

There's just writing papers

in there!

Then open the damn drawers.

I wanna write a letter.

Open the drawers!

You made me look like

a fool in front of my woman.

Before I've finished with you,

you're going to be sorry

you ever saw me!

Now get out of here!

THOMASINE:

If you try to follow us,

we're gonna kill your husband.

-I gotta go get our pictures.

-Come back here.

What are you doing?

Come back here!

(ENGINE STARTS)

-You ain't gonna get away

with this, boy!

-We'll see about that.

Got a lot of friends

around here.

Maybe Abe Lincoln

will help you.

You'll be sorry

the day you tried this.

Come on!

Why don't we leave him here?

No, no, we got some talking

to do.

THOMASINE:

You really look good

in that coat!

BUSHROD: You really think so?

THOMASINE: Yeah!

Hey, why don't we get us

some fancy clothes?

-What?

-Why don't we get us

some fancy clothes?

That's good. Maybe I can shave

this beard off, and people

won't recognize me.

Hey, my man wants to

shave his face.

What you think about that,

Mr. Tyler? (LAUGHS)

-Hey, why's he mad at us?

-I can't hear you,

what'd you say?

Why's he mad at us? Yeah!

Why's he mad at us?

'Cause Abraham Lincoln

lied to him!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(CHOKING)

(PANTING)

Baby, baby, baby...

Baby...

Wait for me.

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(SOBBING)

Baby, baby, baby...

Baby, baby...

It's my fault. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I told you to leave

that man in town.

Look, I said I was sorry!

That's all I've been hearing

since I've been with you.

Well, I'm sick and tired

of your sorrys.

And I'm tired of having

to tell you what to do

all the time!

Let me tell you something.

I'm tired of you trying to tell

me what to do all the time!

The only reason I haven't

kicked your ass to China

is because I know what

you must have gone through

trying to stay alive

by yourself.

Don't you think you're doing

me favors.

I was making it by myself

before you came prancing

into my life

with all your mystery shit!

If you don't like

my so-called mystery shit,

you should have

stayed in that town

and waited for that guy

on that stage.

And while we're

talking about it,

the only reason

I put up with your

trying to be a man.

Trying to be a man?

(GROANS)

I'm sorry.

I love you.

I love you too, baby.

I love you too.

It's gonna be all right.

Okay?

Come on, come on.

Come on.

I guess she wanted to be

on the left side so her

name would come first.

Was Bushrod against

her name coming first?

I don't think he knew

about it.

How do you know that?

Well, he was out in the car

holding onto Mr. Tyler.

He didn't say much

in the bank, either.

It looked to me like she was

running the show.

He went along with

everything she said, huh?

MAN: Well,

there was one time

when he gave her

a kind of crooked look.

What the hell

is a crooked look?

Well, I mean, it was something

she did he didn't like.

Try to remember what it was,

now, it might be important.

Of all the things I could

think of, I'd never picture

them robbing a bank.

Lady, hush.

Yeah, that was it.

I remember now.

It was when he wanted

to do something,

and she told him

to do something else.

Now, that's when the

crooked look came in.

You've all been very helpful.

WOMAN: Oh, where are you

taking the poster?

Oh, I'm just taking it back

to the sheriff's office.

Well, uh, tell Sheriff McCullers

to save me the poster.

You know,

just in case they get famous.

I plan to have them inside

a couple of weeks, lady.

What the hell makes you think

they're gonna live long enough

to become famous?

Well... They're so bold.

I mean, look at what they did.

Negroes don't do

things like that.

Negroes sing and dance

and steal chickens.

They don't rob banks.

(BELL DINGS)

Good morning, folks.

My name is Mr. Bushrod.

This pretty young lady here

is Miss Thomasine.

We're here to rob this bank.

(GUNS FIRING)

Hi, hi, how you doing?

(ALL CHATTERING)

Juan, como esta,

como esta, eh?

(WOMAN THANKS IN SPANISH)

BUSHROD: Yo, Rudy!

Como esta, eh?

THOMASINE: There must be

someone who could...

How's your wife?

And your baby?

We gotta get going now,

so move back now.

Move back.

We don't want to hit you.

Bye! Bye! Bye!

Bushrod.

Bushrod, get up.

It's time to go to work.

Come on, baby.

All right, all right,

I'm up, I'm up.

I'm up.

I had a bad dream.

You didn't dream

we got caught, did you?

No, no, no...

That's good.

'Cause I'd really hate

to read what they write

about us then.

You still reading

that newspaper?

Yeah.

Let me read what they wrote

about us today.

"And while robbing the bank

over in Terryville..."

Terryville?

That's what it says.

"...she again tried to

force him.

"Only this time, he viciously

slapped her in the face."

They're really trying

to get us, aren't they?

Oh, wait, but listen

to this one now.

I know it made them sick

to have to print this.

"In spite of their fighting

all the time,

"the public follows

their every move

with some kind of

strange fascination."

"Strange fascination"?

"Among the less fortunate,

they have also

become folk heroes."

"The less fortunate"?

Look at it!

That's what it says.

I guess that's another word

for poor folks.

Hey, baby. Look at that.

Front page.

"Thomasine and Bushrod."

At least that picture's

a little clearer.

You know, that last one

was so dark, you couldn't

even see us.

You know, that's really

something.

I mean, they got us

robbing banks that we

haven't even seen before.

You know, there's

someone out there

who really wants

us caught awfully bad.

Well, look, we both know

who it is, right, so...

Why don't we just

get ourselves together

and get on out of here?

(GUNS FIRING)

BUSHROD:

* If I was a coyote

* Living on a prairie

* Find me a girlie

* By the name of Mary

* La, la, la, la, la...

Dammit!

* La, la, la

What'd you do,

burn your hand again?

What does it look like

I'm yelling for?

I don't know. You been

yelling so much recently,

it could be anything.

Well, I wouldn't be

complaining so much

if you'd stop giving away

all our money.

Before we go further,

let's just get

something straight.

No, you need to get

something straight.

(SIGHS)

Now, I'm just as tired

of my yelling as you are.

But I'm even more tired

of the fact

that we're barely staying

alive while those poor people

you're helping

are living and eating

better than us.

But one thing would help

for sure in this,

if you'd stop running your

mouth and learn to cook.

I mean, you burned

over half of the meat

we brought home.

Would you get it through

your thick head that this

is not a cotton-picking home?

Now, all you have to do

is just lay up against

that tree,

and all of a sudden

it becomes your rocking chair.

Now, see...

Now, that's why we didn't

stay together the first time!

We're back at that again, huh?

I can't even talk to you,

can I?

You just don't even

listen to me.

-Where are you going?

-I'm getting away from you,

because I got some

thinking to do.

Be careful.

Don't go too far.

(SCOFFS)

You really think

I can't make it without you,

don't you?

Just be careful.

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

MAN: How is Bushrod?

He's okay.

He's at home.

WOMAN: Hello, Thomasine.

I'm so glad to see you.

I'm glad to see you too.

How you doing?

I'm glad you're out of bed.

WOMAN: Bushrod! Bushrod!

It's Thomasine!

They got her in

the old church.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

-There's no sense in it.

-Right.

Yeah. Different systems.

So that's what we do.

(THUDDING)

I think we ought to

check on Thomasine.

There's no reason for it.

She's tied up in

the confessional.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

I still think we ought

to check on her.

Fine.

(PUNCHING)

* All y'all knows

That Jesus saves *

* Jesus saves

* All y'all knows

That Jesus saves *

* All y'all knows

That Jesus saves *

* All y'all knows

That Jesus saves *

(INAUDIBLE)

THOMASINE:

Where the hell

are all the people?

BUSHROD:

It's probably just

one of those sleepy towns.

THOMASINE:

The way our luck

has been running,

the banker won't even

get out of bed this morning.

Something's wrong, baby.

I feel it.

(BOGARDIE YELLING)

(FIRING)

(CONTINUES FIRING)

THOMASINE: Hope these

cliff people are friendlier

than the folks we just left.

BUSHROD:

I got a funny feeling

I've been here before.

THOMASINE:

Now, look, don't start talking

that other world stuff.

It's scary enough

just being up here.

BUSHROD:

I keep forgetting

you're afraid of heights.

I think we can go

right up here.

THOMASINE:

Oh, Christ.

What is it?

What's wrong, Seldon?

Tell me.

BUSHROD:

There's nothing wrong, ma'am.

We just stopped

to get some water.

Oh, we don't have

no water to spare.

I think you better just

move on.

Seldon,

take me to them.

Tell me,

what is your name?

My name is Bushrod, ma'am.

This is my wife, Thomasine.

Bushrod.

Seldon, water.

Back around one of them caves.

It's probably where

they've been hiding all along.

We can't go up there

with guns. The cliffs

are like holy grounds.

I don't care nothing

about no holy park.

Probably got a friend

up there.

It's the only road

out of here, right?

-Yep. They gotta come

this-a-way.

-All right.

Now, you take the car

and you go back to town.

And you bring me some men

who ain't afraid to go

up there. You hear me?

Yep.

All right.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Spark off!

Is Seldon your... Your son?

Seldon is my eyes.

I have no children.

How long have you

been traveling?

Ever since Seldon

was six years old.

I really don't know how long.

You know, we was just talking,

we're on our way to Boley

to join the rest of

our people.

The going is hard,

but we're gonna make it

anyhow.

You know,

it'd be a lot easier

if folks like y'all

would join us.

We might join you later on.

Yeah, I understand.

Pecolia,

you said earlier that

you knew my parents.

I knew them

when they were killed.

Yeah, Pecolia's father

was chief of the

Comanche Nation.

Your mother was also Comanche.

Her name was Laure.

When she was only a seed,

she rode with her father

in raids against

the intruders.

Your father was tall,

straight like tree,

strong and blacker

than the great buffalo.

Pecolia, we'll have to go now.

You love each other,

don't you?

You must watch

the wheels of your home.

Be careful of your brother.

Go to her.

You don't have much time.

SELDON: I'll show you

the way out now.

(SIGHS)

God, I hope it's empty.

I'm tired of sleeping

in this truck with all

these holes.

I don't see any signs

of life or horses or anything,

so why don't we just

go to look at it?

THOMASINE:

I don't see any movement.

THOMASINE:

* Our house, we got a house

You sound happy.

We got a house!

* We got a house

Hmm.

I'm think I'm going

to hide this reward.

How does that look, baby?

Yeah, that's good.

Won't you put those guns

down sometime?

I gotta keep them oiled.

I mean, just in case

we use them.

Here, have some wine.

It'll relax you.

I already...

I already drank half of it.

Drink some more.

Oh, now.

You sure are proper.

It ain't like we just met,

you know.

What you think

you gonna catch?

You changed your mind

or something? Huh? Huh?

(LAUGHING)

He was--

He was halfway right.

What you mumbling

about now?

-That boy on the desk,

back in the Last Town?

-Mm-hm?

He said, um,

you were the most prettiest

colored lady he had ever seen.

But what he meant to say,

was that you were

the prettiest thing

he'd ever seen.

Period.

You told that blind woman

that I was your wife.

Doesn't it make you

feel kind of funny

to say that?

I thought we weren't

gonna talk about Pecolia.

It's okay.

I'm all right now.

Um, because

if you can't trust

your brother,

then you can't trust nobody.

That's right.

And if you can't trust nobody,

there ain't no sense

having a word called trust.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Where are you going?

Come back here.

Wow, you...

You got a loud stomach!

I wonder how it'd feel

to hear a little Bushrod,

you know, moving around

inside.

We ain't got time for that.

It's hard enough just

keeping us alive.

Yeah.

I guess you're right.

Well. Anyway.

We got a house,

at least for a little while.

Don't sound so sad.

Don't be so sad.

There you go.

You got enough shells here

to shoot a moose!

You must be planning

a lot of hunting.

We're gonna rob a bank.

CLERK: You're gonna

rob a bank, huh?

Well, just be careful

you don't get caught.

Oh, we're gonna try not to.

How much do I owe you?

No. You can pay me

for it later,

if you don't have

the money now.

I never did like

no bank owners anyhow.

That's nice. That's nice.

You make a move,

and I'll blow your friend's

eyeballs all over that

nice, clean dress.

And don't be making

no fast moves.

My name?

Mr. Jomo.

Drop your gun

or you gotta go.

Jomo.

Hey, you look good!

You look good!

You look good too, guy!

Would you two stop

hugging and let's

get out of here!

She got a point.

Come on, Jomo. Come here.

I gotta get my horse, man.

You don't need no horse.

You can get a horse anytime!

What, are you crazy?

What kind of man leaves

his horse in his right mind?

-We gotta go.

-Go ahead, man,

I catch up with you!

Go! Go!

Get the old buggy out of here!

(GUNS FIRING)

(WHINNYING)

Come on, let's get out of here.

(WHOOPING)

First time I ever tasted

onion soup that tasted

like peas.

(LAUGHING)

So after that, man...

Let me see. I go down

to Texas for a while.

Everybody there,

they're putting up barbed wire

all over the place.

So I had to giddy up and go.

All that time you never

thought about going back

to your homeland?

Jamaica.

Man, I told you,

I in that town because

I had no money.

I was looking

for something to steal.

Now, how you think

I'm going to get a ticket

back to Jamaica, huh?

Isn't it funny,

how we always bump

into each other

at just the right time?

It's just me magic

working, man.

It's just me magic.

I know who shot you.

What I want to know

is something about him.

What did he look like?

Did they call him by name?

Jenkins, now come on,

don't you go and die

on me, boy!

Not yet!

Not till we know something

about the one that put

the bullet in your backbone!

What's the matter with

the way I speak English?

(IMITATING)

"What's the matter with

the way I speak English?"

I think you both need help.

(CHUCKLING)

Let's get into something.

(PLAYING BLUES TUNE)

* See, I started out in Boley

* I rob a train

For meat and bread *

* I got all shot up in Waco

* And everybody

Think Jomo dead *

(ALL LAUGHING)

* But I keep me lucky hat

Glued to me head *

* And I ain't never had

No problems *

* Till I met a woman

Who made me stop, whoo *

Oh, man.

Man, she had pretty

brown eyes.

And her color

was a teasing tan.

And she smiling.

She smiling the prettiest

smile you ever want to see.

Then she leave Jomo

for another man.

Hey, wait a minute,

wait a minute,

wait a minute, man.

Weren't you supposed

to be singing happy songs?

Don't be singing

all those sad songs like that.

Hey, Bushrod, you can't

be happy all the time.

Hey, you just sing

what you want to.

Wait a minute,

you don't be telling him

what to sing!

When my friend comes

to my house, he sings

what I want him to sing!

THOMASINE:

Oh, hush. Hey, you just sing

what you wanna sing.

Hey, look, don't start

no argument 'cause of me.

And in the first place,

I can never be the friend

of nobody

who play the guitar

bad as you, man.

-Oh!

-And in the second place...

In the second place...

No, you got to listen

to the second place!

The second place, man,

this ain't your house.

No, if my memory

serves me correctly,

the law call it, uh...

Porching?

Yeah, porching!

(JOMO LAUGHING)

(ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)

See the chip? Knock the chip

off my shoulder.

Knock the chip

off my shoulder.

Knock the chip off?

Off my shoulder.

The wind, the wind!

The wind knocked it off

that time.

You got one more time.

You just knock the chip off...

Oh, knock the chip

off your shoulder!

-Don't make me knock the chip

off of both your shoulders!

-(CLAMORING)

The man need a whipping

for playing the guitar

so badly!

Don't hurt him!

BUSHROD:

Wait, wait, wait...

She's doing all this talking

about I can't play,

and you can't sing,

and all that kind of stuff.

Let's see her do a song.

-Come on.

-Yeah!

She has done all this

running of the mouth.

Come on, let me see

that hoe dance that you

tell me about.

The hoe dance now?

A hoe dance, yeah.

Come on.

Yeah, that's right, Thomasine.

(COUGHS)

What are you talking

about, Jamaica?

Was he wearing a long,

funny-looking hat?

Did he wear two long

pearl-handled guns?

Huh?

Can't be nobody else but him.

His name

was something like...

Jomy, or Joho.

Jomo.

Jomo J. Anderson.

Thomasine and Bushrod.

Like a wild stallion,

he'll be making

a mistake soon enough.

How you doing?

Hi.

The truck's gone.

Where's Jomo?

He said he had to go

in town to do something.

He took off right after

you left.

You mean he's riding that

truck around in town with

all those bullet holes in it?

Who you worried about,

him or the truck?

What kind of stupid

question is that?

I... I didn't mean

anything by it.

Forget it.

Well then what

are you talking about, then?

What's wrong with you anyway?

You been moping around

the last couple days.

I don't know how to tell you.

Tell me what?

We're gonna have a baby.

Gonna what?

You're not...

Are you serious?

You're not mad at me, are you?

Let me look at you.

Turn around, turn around.

It's too soon.

You can't feel anything.

How long has he been in there?

Just started.

Are you serious?

You're really gonna

have a baby?

You're squashing me.

You're not mad at me, are you?

No.

I been wanting a baby

ever since I was a baby.

You know, we have to make sure

that this next job

is the last one.

We'll go across the border

and get us a little ranch.

And we'll just stop running.

You know?

And you and Jomo can have

all the horses you want,

like we talked about, huh?

Yeah. Yeah, maybe.

Yeah. That will work,

that will work.

Hey, I got some rabbits.

I got two rabbits today.

So why don't we go inside

and get you outta the sun?

I gotta take care of you now.

Well, I'm gonna have to

eat enough for two, now.

Okay, well get your peas

over there and let's go.

Okay.

(JOMO SINGING)

Hey now, hey now, hey now!

* And never had no problems *

Ah! Homeboy!

Homegirl!

-Come here!

-(HONKING HORN)

Homeboy! Homegirl!

Come see what Jomo got.

Where'd you get it, Jomo?

Oh. I tell you the whole

story later, man.

Get in!

Where'd you get the car, Jomo?

It's a present from me to you.

You can pay me back when

we start selling horses, huh?

Jomo, where did you get it?

Oh, what's the matter?

Oh.

Oh, you don't have to worry.

Nobody follow Jomo.

Are you sure?

Little sister,

when Jomo say

nobody follow Jomo,

nobody follow Jomo.

Okay?

Okay, and tell us

where you got it.

Ah!

Bushrod.

This old, nasty man

on the side of the road,

so we stop to have

a conversation.

But then he started

getting very nasty,

you know, I guess he figured

that I'm just a dumb

Jamaican boy.

So then finally I get

tired of playing around,

I said to the man, I say,

"Look.

"Mister, you better be afraid.

"Because Jomo, he bad.

Jomo shoot your babies."

You said,

"Jomo shoot your babies"?

(LAUGHING) I tell the man!

I say, "Mister, I'm angry!

And I got to take

this car to me family."

What's the matter,

you no Jomo's family?

Hey, Jomo.

You're our family.

You're the only family

we've got.

And we love you, man.

We love you.

Jomo,

where did you put

the old truck?

I hide it, man.

I hide it good.

Nobody find the old truck.

Okay?

Get in! We go for a ride.

MAN: I'd have never seen it

if it hadn't been for

that wheel sticking out.

BOGARDIE: Good thing

you came out here.

-It's always good hunting up

here after the rain.

-BOGARDIE: Mm-hm.

MAN: You know, those rabbits

can't run so fast in that mud.

When's the last time

you was out here?

Oh, it must've been

about a week ago,

and it wasn't down there then.

In fact, I shot the biggest

rabbit you ever saw

right in that same spot.

All right, let's go!

There's a narrow meeting place

in the center of town.

And watch yourself, because

it's always crowded with

a lot of people.

Plus, we don't want to be

hurting nobody when we

get outta there.

Yeah. Don't worry, homeboy.

I don't care how little it is,

or even if it's in the back

of a store,

I mean, if there is a bank

to be found in that town,

I will find it, huh?

It's small, and it's

well-guarded.

And it's got

a lot of money in it.

You know,

when I first started stealing,

it's because I was hungry

and had to.

And then I think...

I think I begin to like it.

Just a little.

But what really troubles me,

is that now I think

I might miss this way of life.

I won't miss it, Jomo.

I really won't miss it.

Let me show you

something, man.

This is your latest post on

you and sister Thomasine.

You see,

"$4,000 reward,

"dead or alive,

Thomasine and Bushrod."

That's you.

"Known to have many friends

among the Indians,

"Mexicans, poor whites

"and other colored people.

"Wanted for murder,

bank robbing,

"and other acts

"against the peace

and the dignity

of the United States."

Like I said, Jomo,

I won't miss it, man.

I better giddy up and go now.

(HORSE NEIGHS)

(JOMO RIDING AWAY)

This place has been

good to us.

Hmm.

Wonder what history's

gonna say about us.

I guess it just depends on

who writes it.

I'm ready to...

I'm ready to tell you

what I was doing

before I met you.

I already told you,

it doesn't matter.

I want to tell you anyway.

I was a bounty hunter.

And?

That's it!

I was a bounty hunter.

That's what you were

ashamed to tell me?

I also, um...

I also made up the story

about the guy coming in

on the stage.

Because I didn't want you

to think I was easy to get.

I been meaning to tell

you something too.

Don't tell me it's bad.

My sister, she say to me,

she say,

"Brother Jomo," she say...

She always call me

"Brother," you know, she say,

"Brother Jomo,

you just make sure that

the fine young tender

is not

the sheriff's daughter."

I say, "With the magic I use?

"With the magic I use,

I might come back

with the banker's daughter!"

Anybody out there

the banker's daughter? Huh?

You're the banker's daughter,

lady with the

pretty red shawl?

No? (LAUGHS)

Anybody know

where the bank is?

Little cousin, come here,

help me out.

You people don't wanna

help me, huh?

You know, uh...

You know the banker's daughter

personally?

Well, then, do you know

where the bank is, personally?

Uh-huh.

Well!

You want to try on

me magic hat, huh?

Bring you luck. But just

try it on for a minute,

'cause you gotta give it back

you know!

BOGARDIE: How you doing,

chicken thief?

(JOMO LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

Bogardie!

Man, you must be going

soft in the mind in your

old age, huh?

Oh, you forget what Jomo

do to you last time?

Oh, no.

No, I didn't forget.

Well, then, that's too bad.

This time, you're gonna

have to die.

You know, 'cause Jomo is bad.

Jomo shoot your babies, hmm?

Pick him up.

(INDISTINCT)

Cut me down!

I'm gonna ask you one

more time.

You tell me where they are

and I'll let you go.

Bogardie, Bogardie,

Bogardie, Bogardie!

Bogardie!

What the hell is

the matter with you?

I don't know.

I don't know, I don't know!

(JOMO YELLS)

(SCREAMING)

Don't make no difference.

They'll probably come

looking for him anyway.

Goodbye, chicken thief.

Maybe, um...

Maybe he just went

someplace and got drunk.

You know better than that,

Thomasine.

I wonder what we'd be doing

if Jomo had never come into

our lives.

Doesn't make any difference.

He came.

And he's family.

And he might be in trouble.

So we gotta go get him.

(COCKS RIFLE)

Me and the baby...

(SIGHS)

...love you very much.

I love you too.

Don't you think we should

let the townspeople

know what's going on?

Just in case they do come.

Well, we can't take

that chance.

You see, people all over

the country love

Thomasine and Bushrod.

Matter of fact, somebody

right here in this town

wrote a song about them.

But people might get hurt.

It can't be helped.

Now we gotta show them

that you can't break the laws

and get away with it,

don't we?

Now you've gotta get

ahold of yourself.

Let's go over here now.

What do you think?

I think we ought to

name the baby after Jomo.

Now. You gonna help

your woman get up, or what?

Come on, Bushrod!

(YELLING)

Hit him!

(ECHOING) Hit him!

(FIRING CONTINUES)

* Thomasine and Bushrod

* Were more

Than just two names *

* But why and what

They wanted *

* Is not hard to explain

* Now if you want

To judge them *

* I'd like to know your name *

* When Thomasine and Bushrod

* Were riding on the plain

* They had a love, love, love

Love, love *

* But it was so very strange

* With money

Love and happiness *

* They couldn't be ashamed *

* They had a love, love, love

Love, love *

* But it was more

Than a game *

* Once Thomasine and Bushrod

* Just turned that into pain

* Thomasine and Bushrod

* Went looking for a home

* Two guns in between them

* They really weren't alone *

* They grew so big a legend

* Some thought

They couldn't die *

* But for

Thomasine and Bushrod *

* Who could only ask the sky

Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) - full transcript