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Jerry Wald
 CAST OF CHARACTERS

DA.NNY I<'RAZIER A hot-headed, sharp-witted,

lash-tongued young migrant.
Danny likes to eaI"n his ;10ney
qu:tck -- and work iii the shnrlr.:.

LANJ( TALBOT In contras t wi th Danny, his

pal, Lank is lean, easy c;o:lnc,
good natured. Though he is
caught up in the los t and aim-
less flux, with D&nny, one
dream motivates him: to own
an acre of rich, living land.

LOLA 'rODD. oe ••••••••••••••••••••• A jook 0"irl, with .'~.,jook blood"

in her veins. Root.less, wander-
i.ng, I i ving on the brea tl1 of' n
moment, Lola faces life wi til a
cynicism born of the road.
;l1C]( GARCOS ••••.. ' •••••• •••••••••.A middle-aged Greek farmer,
wholesome as the rich soil he
tills and as warm as the sun
wh).ch stirs his plants.

HEIiRY MADDEn •••.••••..•.•.••••••• A Glade pael'er and shipper.

Eo "i;::: sly, barr1, smart, but a
streak of yellow maxes him
sbunt his (1 irty worle to Cully.

CVLLY 00 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• • ~·~_adden's husky, brutish fOJ"Ei-

man. He ls crude and ruthless,
wi th a raucous sense of humor

idSTER JDS1' ••..••••••••.••.•••••. The qlliet, taciturn law of the

Cladelands. :Ii.3 seemine-.;lJ'
arrda.ble front cC'Dceals an alert,
tiger-like nature.

DeEIS ••••••.•••••.••••••••••••••• A seasoned jool{er, older than

Lola. ThollC" she is tart-
ton3lwd and touch, and has heen
around and seen plenty, she is
somewhat mellowed by the tOllch
of age.
TIITi •. : .•••••.••••••••••.••••••••She is small, birdlly:e, n8.ive,
destiued by her child-like
mind to be eternally exci~d
about life, mouthing her long-
ings and her wonderments with A-
broad, twangy Alabama accent.
ll~1UCKEYE" JOHN •..........•....••• Proprie tor of the "MUCl<"EYE ~l OOK ll •
He looks on the Ufo which
streums through bis doors,
drinks at his bar and jooles
on his floors with an eccentric,
distant, amused eye.
BONNIE MEARS A slim young migrant girl, who
works at Madden's packing
plant. She is at tho age when
girls learn they have charms,
and tries to work them.

ED HASKELL ••••..............•.•••As young and innocent as Bonnie,

whom he loves, and whose every
wandering flirtatious glance
gives him a pang of jealousy,
which he suffers moodily.
CLEM TA0GART ••••••.•••••••.•••••• A middle-aeed, wife-hounded
crop picker from the Oklahoma
dust bowl.
EMI,;Y TAGGART •.••.....••.•.•.•••••Clem' snagging "Okie" wife,
who has boen born to privation
and hard work.

FALEY •.••••••..•••.•••.••••.•••••A paunchy, rough-hewn whole-

saler in th8 Savannah produce
market.

Grrs station proprietor; colored gas station

attendant; farmers; crop pickers; packing
house employees; farm women; migrant Vlorkers;
jook girls; truck drivors; roughnecks; produce
dealers; policeman; detectjvos; police matron;
deputios, Negroes; et cetera.
FADE IN

CLOSE SHOT ~1AP OF FLORIDA

CENTERING on the fLake Okechobee l'egion. SUPERIMPOSED

OVER this SHOT are the vast stretches of the Everf,lade
farming lands -- hundreds of acres of tomatoes, cab-
bages, beans, carrots, etc., long rows merging into the
distance. AS CA~ffiRA MOVES IN CLOSER on the map, to a
point near "Glade" ......
f

DISSOLVE TO:

CLOSE SHOT A SIGN DAY

The sign, with an arrow, reads;

Highway 25

5 MILES TO GLADE, FLORIDA

Southern Farming Paradise

OVER this are the SOUNDS of heavy traffic and the

CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal the highway which is crowded
wi th shab'oy, dusty, rattle-trap itinerant traffic of
migratory workers on their way to begin the seasonal
vork on the farm. The travel-beaten cars are loaded to
capacity with mattresses, pots and pans, kids, men,
women and dogs, all hoading in the direction of the
arrow on the Sigll o

At an angle across tile road from the sign is a gas

station, and as the CAlflERA BEGINS MOVING SLOWLY toward
the s to. tiOD,

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. GAS STATIm! DAY

The station is battered and as vJeatherbeaten as the

passing cars. Its pumps need paint. A used parts lot
. of sorts is spread out in the bac}:ground, and there is
a barn-like Garac;e. The aI'proaches to the station arc
litterod with crudely lettered signs which proclaim:
FREE AIR AND WATER -- OIL, TEN CENTS A GALLON -- TNT
GAS, EIGI'T FOR c\ BUCK -- KEENO SUDDEil SERVICE, ETC.

(CONTnmED)
3 (Cont.)
An old sedan, laden with a family of migrant workers
is at the pumps being serviced, A negro attondant is
wiping the wind~hield as the white station proprietor
finishes gassing the tank and hangs the hose back on
the pump. He turns to the dr-ivor.. a middle -aged..
poorly dressed man
I
and sticks out his hand,
STATION OVINER:
(disgustedly)
Eight cents, Don't you pickers over
buy morcln a half gallon at a time?
DRIVER:
Shoulda bought only a pint. Don't
need more In that to get to Glade,
He hands ovor the eight cents and tl~ car lurohos off
toward tho highway, The proprietor snorts, goos into
the station to ring up the 'sale,
In the b,g, two young men can be seon as they turn off
the highway and COme toward the station.

MED. CLOSE MOVING SHOT DANNY AND LANK

DANNY FRAZIER is young, tough, scrappy-looking, while
his partner, LANK TALBOT is milder, leaner, easy-going.
They leok tired and dusty and have packs slunr, across
their shoulders.
DANNY:
(crustily)
My foet oughta have my hoad examined.
rANK:
We need jebs, don't we? From vlhat I
been told there's plenty of I em daVIn
here.

DANNY:
Yeah -- dirt pushin', I suppose, After
shaggin' my dogs this far, I wanta job
where I cnn sit -- in tho shade.

NIED. SJIOT EX~\ GAS STATION

Lank and Danny come up to tho pumps as the proprietor
comes out.

(CONTINUED)
5 (Cont,)
STATION OWNER:
(eyeing them cynically)
I suppose you ran outta gas and wanta
buy a. cupful?
DANNY,
Naw, fwo'll tank up.
(roaches for the water hose)
Dlya mind?
STATION OWNER:
Go ahead, drewn yoursolf for all I eare.
(jerks his thumb toward the
passing traffic)
The way they buy gas I'll be moasurin '
it out with an eye-dropper pretty soon.
He eXits toward the garage. In a few moments the clank
of a hammer against metal-is hoard. Danny and Lalli, put
down their bundles and begin drinking and washing tho
dust from their hands and faces at the water faueet.
The negro attondant is working around tIle pumps. Danny
calls to him,
DANNY:
(indicating the traffic)
Thoso folks suro got an itch. They
all crop-pickers?
NEGRO ATTENDANT:
Most of '0m, boes. Season's jost
startin f.
LANK:
Is it true they raiso tomatoes tho
sizQ of wutermelons o.round horo?
NEGRO:
(sceffs)
Watermelons? Semebody's bolittin'
yuh, IUsta'. Why, thoy raises 'em
so big one tomato makos one truckful.
They eain't sell 'em they's se big,
so wo jos' drives a spiggot in 'em
and drinks tomato juice instoadu
wntor.

L~'lNK ;
(smiles)
Big tomatoos liko that take big
boliovin' •
(CONTINUED)
5. (Cont,l)
NEGRO:
Yassul1, we gl~O\V anything.
(points off to a long
line of trees along
tho road)
Seo them trees? Man planted r om fa'
fonco posts, but they growed so fast
he couldn' reach up to nail his wire.
Yuh wanta know what ho done? Ho jes I
shoved his feet inta the grotm anI
his logs started tuh grew until' pretty
soon ho was high enough so's he could
uako him hin fenco.
rrho bO~lS langh" but tho darky romains sorious.
hUlK:
I nupposo ho had,to prune hlmsolf back
dovtn to size aftor he waS dono?

:NEGRO:
N0 1 sul~. He jest stayed that ",-';ay.
F'olh:s c0_11 him Long Smll. Funniest
folln ~'Uh evah seed. Got loa.vos
sproutin' Gutta his OQrs.

D"~fH'Y:
The Chamber of CrnmJoroo oughtn grnb
onto him.
PROPRIETOr" S 'JOICE:
(off scene)
Hoy, Job .. Girnmo D. hand r:ith this tircl
!,JEGI"i.O:
(tOSGOS ;:13 ide 'lis rnc;s and
sho.l:co hi[; head sadly)
Lone Sam ain I t \lith 118 no mo I • Yes tor...
day '10 \\I'[t.D pluntin l corn an' dropped
n seed accidentnl like. Bofe I he
c.ould gi t outtin' the way hit sprung
up and caught him riGht smo.ck in tho
seat of tho pantn and heisted him up
to t'lc sley ontil he plain distlppeL\red.
Jos' this ma~1nin' he dropped do~n a
nota sayin', "Passed throuGh lleaben
seven-fifteen sellin' ronstin f oars
tuh the an[';clsl".

The boys ahake their honds, laucrling fl.S tho colored

fcllo~ walks away.

(COnTINUED)
;:, (Cont.2)
LANK:
(smiles)
Sure is somo country _ .. tho wa)" ho
tollslit. ~
, (then he 1001;:s off
seriously)
MyoId man woulda ~ivon his loft arm
for a piooo of that land.
lIo nods off to',lard D. fiold bordorinG tho gas s ta tion.

c. LONG SHO'r FIELD OF' TOmATOES (PROM L:,1'1K'S ,'.NGLE)

As f"r "s tho oyo can soo stretch rows of tomato plants,
the bushes high as a man's, waist, a hundred acros of
thorn. Pickors move among thom ~ith Immpers.

7. TWO SLOT EXT. GAS ST.cTION

Danny glances at tho fiold without much intcrost.

D,\NlIY:
F'or nhat -- just so you cnn r;ot
your hooks fulla dirt?
1.'1'1K:
(honostly)
Dirt? Th~ttD earth, Dunny. A
sood'll uork itsolf silly to gr0\7
in that stuff onco you plant it.
D:.!TNY:
,ina you koop on pl,mtin' till thoy
plant yoU in it -- just liko you
did your-old man.

They have fininhod clonnin~ up ~nd nrc about to move on.

D:~NNY:
~'lhh,
1[1h"J don f t you wake up, Lo.nk?
Thoro 0.. in , t nny dough in fQrmip r 0'

L.~NI: :
(l7i th " half Groi 10),
Guoss uhon I sot to thinkin l of
o'owin I thincs I forgot all about
tho dough.
Tho SOUND of a oar is llEARD pulling into tho stution.
8. "NOTHEH .,NOT.£ EXT. O,\S ST,\TION
A car, not much better than the others seen passing,
dro.ws up to the pumps. At the wheel is LOL.' WILSON
and with her aire her two pals, DORIS MID TINY. Lola
is attractivo,;;, but she :b..a.s been around and her ayos
earry the srum~ hard, knowing look that Dannyts have.
Doris is toug~r, oldor, but hor toughnoss is somowhat
mellowed by age. Tiny, small, timid, blando, fits her
namo. She is obvious in her attentions teward men and
she speaks with a twangy Alabama drawl. The girls wear
print dresses ef a stylo whioh enhances their feminine
charms.

Befero Danny and Lank havo looked at the car, Lola givcc
a sharp blast on the horn. Lank glanees at her, then
away. but Danny remains standing. leaking at her with
interest.
LOL.\ :
Hey, Mister -- What do I do for gas?
DANNY:
(starts toward the car)
\Vhy don't you try bicarbonate?

Tiny Giggles. Lola looks at Danny coldly.

DORrS:
Sho cantt stena the noise.
LOL.l:
Don1t cncour~0o him. Hots tlill chwmny
,, tYIle.
DANNY:
(at the ear)
You gals travelin' on ploasurc or
busincss?
LOLll:
(with a flat look)
TllJ.~t dopends on your point of vim"l.

Danny glaneos at h0r shrewdly, typing her immediatoly.

DANNY:
(his eye drops casually.
. to Lola I s neckline)
The viow's not bad from hero.
L.'NK:
(uncomfortably from
the b.g.)
Hey, Danny---
(CONTINUED)
8 (Cant.)
DANNY:
(continuing)
Don I t tell me ;)'ou babes are down here
to p:llck crops.
DORIS:
No pockets,
'rINY:
(with her broad accent)
Doris, we are not!
LOLA:
(to Danny)
Look -- we've been thrOU~l these
routines at evory stop between here
and New Orleans, How about a little
of tho. t Keono' s ·Sudden Service?
(she indicates the sign)
DANNY:
(with mock politeness)
Comin' uP, malam•••
(takes a dusty bottle
of car polish and a
rag from a ·small shelf
on a post)
Today is ladies' day. With every
fivo gallons wo give a free body
polish.
TINY:
V1ha t if we don I t want five gallons?
DANNY:
Then 1 1 11 just touch up your bumpers.
Lola roacts. The proprietor cntorse

PROPRIETOR:
(to Danny)
All right -- you tVIO -- g 'wan
hit the road.
He takos the polish and rag from Danny and puts it back.
Danny grins nt Lola.
LOIA:
(indicating Danny)
Don't he work hero?
(CONTINUED)
 8.

e (Con t,l)
PROPRIETOR:
(cont empt uousl y)
Felle rs like him don't never work .
(rouc ho s for the ga.D hose)
Gas?
LOLA:
Yeah -- put in a gallo n.
PROPRIETOR:
(sarc astic ally, as he
moves away )
A gallo nl A whole gallo n. If busin ess
keeps picki n 1 up this way I'll [';0 broke .
(call s)
JebA
In a moment the negro enter s and. puts wate r in the
radia tor. Lank steps over to Dann y.

LANK:
Come on, Dapn y. We oueh ta get goin' •••
DANNY:
Wait .
(to girls )
How's abou t me and my pal hitch ln' a
ride into Glade ?
TINY:
(affa bly)
You can sit back hero with me-.

LOLA:
I don' t know . The lact guy we picke d
up had too much curio sity.

DORIS:
Yeah -- every timc he saw a sIgn,
"Soft Shou lder" , he wante d to prove
it.
LANK;
We've bCGn hikin l a lone; ways , MiSS,
and \,;0 rrG anxio us to ge!c to town.

LOLA:
All rJ.gll t, but try and keep your i'resh
frIen d unde r cont rol,
•
LANK:
Tha nl-rs ... 1I1i3 S.

(CONTINUED)
8 (Cont.2)
Tho boys turn to get their packs as the proprietor
comOS up.

PROPHIETOR:
Sixteen cents.
DORIS:
(pays him)
Here.
Danny leads the way as he and Lank COme around tho Car
to the other side, Lola starts the engine.

DANNY:
(to Lola)
I'm usually kinda nervous with a dame
drivin', so you gotta promise one thing.

LOLA:
What?

DANNY:
Use your will povror and Jeoep both
hands on the wheel.
(about to get in
beside her)

LOLA:
(Jl0tly)
You bet I Will, brotherS
She lets out the clutch 11ith a jerk just as Danny steps
onto the running board, Danny is sprawled on his
behind in the driveway and the ear speeds off. He
looks very much amazed. The proprietor and the nogre
laugh.

LANK:
(resignedly)
\'1011, you done 1 t ugain. Every time
VIO got But you tulk us out of it •...
(shifts his pack)
Let's walk.

Ho starts off as Danny ri~os und picks up his pack.

Danny sees tho proprietor still laughine and eives him
a shove, sonding him skiddinG on his roar,
DANNY:
(sourly)
Funny, huh? We 11, ke op laughin'll
He goos down tho ·drivoway after Lank.
DISSOLVE TO,
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10.
9. FULL SHOT :EXT. HIGH':iAY TI1UCl, DAY
A. smal l, metal -b(,lc k deliv ery truck carr' ies
tho name
"NICK GARCOS -- ~ROWER" print ed on its side. It
along the' hichw a¥, pass.'i.ng cars of tho picko rs. apoad s

:t"
10. nIT. NICK 'S mUCK (PROCESS) NICK, DAllNY AND LAIiK
Lank and Danny are sitti ng besid e, the drive r, NICK
a Greek , a cJlUnk y solid -look ing man wbo from appea GAI1COS,
is a farme r. Danny is chew ing a:n a toma to. ",Lank rance s
has one,
too, but he holds it in his hand , g\lzin g at it
with great
inter est. In the: truck behin d the seat can be
seen other
boxes of the frutt .

DAliHY:
Some toma toes too bad! have n't
Got a hang over.

It develo ps"1il l,1j!t lJick has piclce d up the boys

and is givin g them a '~cr'1 into Glad e. Lank is amaze d
by the qual ity of the toma toes which Nick grew
hims elf,
and we learn that Nick and Lank have a lot in
COH1m On,

love of the soil, of grow ing thing s, a feeli ng

which
Danny does not share .

11. FULL I,lOVIliG SHOT (F110'c TRUCK'S AI1GL£)

as it appro ache3 a larse sign readi ng:

YOU ARE rlOW EHTERIHG

GLADE, FLORIDA
The Larg est Vege table
Shipp inG Point
In the ''':or Id

(COHTIHUED)
 11.

11 (Cent.)
Glade is not a t01Jrn 80 :nuch as it ie a space

in Lbe jungle. The buii.(~in~',:s are ~:'ar:'1Shacl'::lc and jerry

built, ua if re(~ple do nut :wun to l.ive ht:ro for long.

'.' \'
I
Thero .lS a store]i, several flop hou[ws, and. 0. 13I'eat
~$
nlu1Ler of jooks ,(, iqldch oven at thl:-3 hour are crow;lcd

w1 th peoplo and jammed wi th th.e dii-i- of voice3 and the

though i t is day~igl>t', have n'ot been

turned off. Thciirg[iow

,. ""'1"
'strong sun.
-S:~iitl whi to s ::nixed,

crowd the s tr00ts;; d~'Bls,·d~zens of dogs,

as nondescript and :;3;ro the pnople.

Cars of all typos,

broken down so tho again, arn rark~ld

at angles alone into mucky field:;,

into thj jun.:.;lv it;>;.;lf'. Eur,w.nity so fills th,,:) town that

as bod shcltur'r:;, a:-td in Gevoral places thu r31gn of a

bonfirG and. tho r.l:J.l'l;:s of 1;;h r.H'o hod:toG have; :~1.0pt; ar(:

plainly v~sib10 on th0 Ground.

The richn0~·ls of the land haD t)von touched tho

pdople J i'or though they 3i-iCr:! slow spokon and unsy going J

th~2!r0 Is a strnng<:, nurvous favor> in their fac(~sJ 8.:1 1f

life IIwr~.l not socur~~J as If thr-,y arc int...::nt on livinL

fast and full 'bGfor',; som,u calamit~r tOSGon thum cff irJto

the juni;10.

(com'IIlUED)
 12.
11 (Cant.l)
As the truck ralls inta Glade, it passes a
number of weathqrbeaten pl,lcking houses on the roadside.
I
The signs, fade4 and rain washed, say PACKh~S ASSOCIATION,
but the house l~aks ns if they had boon long sbcnd0nod.
Tho walls heve been bonrded up, broken windows gapo into
the stroot.

INT. TRUCK

Say, l'
town?

Yahl

13. FULL SHOT ~H:"A.CJtIl'G nOUSE

Hore tho is humming and workors
nrc busy packing the crops thnt come from the surroundin~

fields. As tho new boxes ~re lauded, liddod and st0wed

neatly into box curs" the C£D~S themsolves nro shunted to
tho ico house whor,:), hir;h up, mon chock enormous blocks
of iCo, which move alone nlowly on n conveyor chain, into

the cooling comportments of tho cars, Farther olong, n

freight train is bUsy making up n North-1Jound manifest of
loa dod cara, shunting them in c long lino upon n siding,

--
A big sign on the p8.ckinc; houso rends "imply:
MADDEN - PACKER AND SHIPPER. Not ·00 simple nor medest
is the larGO portr[l.it of l',ludden which tops tho sign,

smilinG out over the stroot.

 13.
14. INT. NICK'S TRUCK if.NK, DANNY AND NICK
DANNY:
Ho's doin' 1\11 right.
NICK:
Yoah, him and l;woody eleJO. 1I0's
nomb~r wan no 000d. Talco everythlng
wo r~lse
, and pay us boans.
LANK:
One pneking house in town is bad.
You got to hnvo eonlpetition to get
good prices. What happened ttl the
PACKERS' ASSOCIATION? Soems to mo,
they'd troat you right.
NICK:
(rogretfully)
Yeah. Vf.hen they waS hero, they treat
us fine, but us farmers, wo too dumb
to know who's our friend. Madden como
here with pocket, full of monoy and we
run to him, borrowing right and left.
Pro tty soon he tic us up with contracts,
the Association enntt get no mora crops,
thoy c1080· ~p and now Madden, ho hnve
his ovm vmy.

Niok is at tho moment on his way to find

Maddon and havo ~ talk with him ••••••

15. EXT. STREET HI GLADE lUCK'S TRUCK

Ho pulls to a stop and Dnnny and Lanlc jump off. Lanlc
thanlcs Nick for tho lift Q.nd Vlishos him c;ood lucl,.
Tho truc)c drl va s on. Tho boys look o.round and sto.rt
dovIll tho stro e t •

16. CLOSE SHOT EXT. STREET DANNY AND LA Ill,

The feverish netivity ~nd 8xcitmont of the town touch
Dc.nny nnd Lank.
LANK:
Sure is plenty doin' -- for a
farmin' town.
(CONTINUED)

)
 13a.
16 (cant.)
DAmri:
Plenty doin', tqo, for a fightin '
toW1 •
He is looldng ,
01't;f e. Lank follows his gaze.
"
17. FULL SHOT EXT. STREET (FROl;, DANNY I S ANGLE)

Two men are fighting, going at e&ch oth":lr with fists.

A crowd Ls beginninG to collec t ~

18. MED. SHOT EXT. Sl'REET DANNY AND LANK

They hurry toward t:,., fight:

19. EXT. S TREE~'

;.'i
i',:.i'::;\
Danny and Lunk co~e \',¥latching the scrap vvl th intere,'] t.
Men nrc clw\:.lrinc;, ai ,.
th8ln on. Lank becomes awaro
of .'1 rnan \!ith tho b "" canins against D. post 'I.'latchlrl.~>
TIlis is j',lISTER JUST" ' :::'&d0 t s one dopu ty shoriff J r:liddle-
Q£icd, slotlch:tljf drossed and a::>P[trontl~1 a mild- tompl)T'ud
man. Lank is surprised that }le stands by as If uninter-
estod in the fif~11t.

LANK:
(curiously)
Pardon ma, :Mist0r but uin1t you
gonna stop tom?
(CONTIiiUED)
 14.
li1 (Cun t.)
~,IL JUST:
(with an ,:casy draw l)
Napa. Not as lone ~l::; t~1UJ.~ ficht
f'ulr. '.~1l8n SOT'llj r01k~~ ;;0 t n chip
Oll thmir shoul d0r it1s butto r to lut
IUl,l g:~t it outta thulr s~·st om.

t
't

Then onu of knocl wd to 'ohe

. ;roun d, draws a \knit'f,3
!.

spoed Gllo.t .is d~,c

novO ~auch slow6 rj t:FX:ax:r

.~-'!

in, d"'1un s tra tine', ~"oft: diGurL1D.man t.

,
Eo catch es th0 khli'e.:
[U'ld jorks t.h>.:; knife
t1w f'~.ght
is brol:o n Y:l'<'Jrl apolo gizin g
'J.nd sh,:kinJ~ hund s.
curio us.

".1.:.£.:' t' s to g top '1;;.1 fron pic1c in f up

;~'her'J they ll..:f't ().ff' SOQn 'lS thoy 'rc
!:~roun d. t:-,l.':) oorn..;r?

i;!~. JTJS11 :
(.3hnl{ Gs hIs ht)ud)
1}.1hoy '0'10 n't. Not \,·thc::.L they .shako hands
on it. Shnk in l J:..ttnds on :rour word hCl"O
is stron g1n sisnl n' a contr act.

LANK:
SB ems '.... funny Wn:I of do.i:il ' it.

;.:n. JUsrr:
It':oJ :::. funny torm.. Ii' Q nVln S~lJS 11<:,' '11
do you a f'o.vo r, Lu'l l do it. If.he s.'J.yG
he's gonna kill you, ho' 11 con(,:):~.'J.lly
do thQ t , too.

DA~;NY :
( intur 0st0d )
1,'.;id0 open, huh?

( CONT INUED )
 15.
19 (Cont.1)
LH. J\TS1':
Yap. ~.'lan can rind anyt':1.ing from a
fight to a fortunu around ht::re.
"P1entylof both •••
~
Mr. Just leaves.,

20. EXT. MAIlI 51'REm m GLADE (AliO'i:!lEH SECTION)

l\~i
,~

;;;

Th.l'muGh the strPl~;t 'roying

'!ii..
trucks

and men with meg~p~9n0s

; .'~,
w0rl~ L"'1 tho fieldS',~" to
~"

hop on tdlr(, a job.

Danny hirers that

tho y o.ro payinG ';YfU

(t.
Yo·a jn ,t ,10 th" t cop waB
.'3o.y.;_n l Dbo, :of:~t"Uh.o --. t.;w11,
t,w t:ts air ;>:,ain 1 t my ldoa of
dough.
(starts off)
COli10 on, 10t' s ~;rub some Java •••••

Th'3y turn iato u shacky barroom, w.hich carrius tho sien

across tho front: ~!lJCY.l.'YL JOOK.

21. INT. iIlllCKE;YE JOOK

Tho jook is !3. roolilY smok,::-filloa. place. Day

or night :::lak08 no dif.forcnce to it, for alwayn th0 placo

is erov:fdod. ThoP0 are always e.:;irls to come up and mooch

for drinks and to :3W0D. t t[-~-; drinlts aut of you by jooking

wi th you, so you vdll bu;:r mope dI·L1ks. Everythin3 has

its pr>ico. :Lo'or f:. :i.)rico you can buy drin};::;], .for anoth0r

price you can play tho jook box, whic~l is tho only orna-

montal piece in tho pl~cc, dominatinG thE.; room, i'6cuslne

(CONTINUED)
21 (Can t.)
all atton tion upon it::;; li:":;h t spanc lod .fr'on t, piQI~ cing

c.:urs with the shon t that bello ws f:t'om Ltn nLnlc

ul-tll ir:3ty
bl.i.rO:lt.And fori, f;till anoth ur p:l:':LcG, you ctl.l1 0V . H1 hav!.,
f
t.h,) girls , if th~y hav8 not pY'om
lsed t:~1ems81v(J3 Lo S<ll':1e-
:,,;
l'
onu 13130 , in whi¢l l ca.se you huvu GO dO,~.'lJnd Jour purch a:::o
wl th tho s tr'oko of' fl knit'o .
Here, too
, ,

impli ed thrGl it. 'Vi/on:- hi s name

, :::,. ,r·;-·;
from his oyste ry,! mtie.:!t~ -the' bar. Thick
armed and bull- n"icfc d" i1; he would
twist off' your nock
Ho w"ear's ridin g

abou t horse s is thn you bot Dn at

Trop ioal Pu-I'k .

A malic iouG , CliJo ful li,~}l'b CO:n88 in. to Danny IS

,
('y03 u.s thoy antor ~U1d ord,c r cofi'D d, fop ':t th", J"'0QP

of thG :"oom I.1u.ckeyo is quizz inc L018. , Doris :1nd

Tiny,
who arc apply inc for q job.
Danny stu.rt z me-ki ng ir'!isoc rL.ck.J [.lbou t LoIn I [l

runni nG ou t on th(H'l .2 t th-::~ gaf.; 3 t.]. ti on and 1..\.b0U t. tl1d

Girls l abili ty to lw.nd1 0 a "jook jot ll • Lola burns it
back at Danny unti l Muckuyu butts in.

r,1TJGIG:."'YE:
(te Lela)
Ho seems to know Y0U?

( CONI'IlIUED)
 17,
21 (Con t,l)
DANNY:
Sure; I know hur. I I va sean h.-.Jr in
ever t B joint from Los AnGo los to
soutl' . Chica Go. Sho gots you to buy
. her ~: drink and clips you two hits f'or
,a 811 .,t of cold too. -- and for anoth er
two bits she t 11 .••• call you Itnon8 Y".

LOLA:
(801'e )
And I know if p. Every
time '" 8 tri,ri (shak e tlhem-
no 1 VG~,8 g~i~Si/ :hopp lnc Gut
l ;L'k e 'a >."Wic'
"11'

(.chU ·
Hiro them ," be liko
hanai
c>
il l m:,t.t'
Muck eye shows his c 6:1i':: I):armjr by gi ving the girl s
a job. Thon hB in

on" thi goes on betwe en

us 1s s,t w1i:6$uoss. I don I t show
no fUTJoJ:>s< twan t nothi n l to
do with no 'Jd;dJF girl.

TINY:
( "lido -ey"d )
Don' t you ~ jock gi.r·ls ?

iJGCIC NE:
I got mixed up with one onco and. sInco
thon lim o~f or 'em.

TlrJY:

r:UCKBY:C :
(:;lum ly)
Sho mnrr ied me.

As soon 113 the girls are set Danny appro aches

Lola for ~ dance . She refus es. Danny appe als to Muck -
eye, remin ds Lola that sho is now tflOrk lng for tho
place ·
and itts h0r job ·to dance with th8 custo murs
us long as

(CONTINUED)
 18.
21 (Con t.2)
they have 8. nickl G for the jook box. Danny s~';cu res

thig nickl! ..' by borro1 ,;vin/ ~ it front Lank. 'riny tpi0D to

invoi glE. Lank ihto a dancQ und a drluk , but Lanl\:
.0 l, stall s
his way out of ttl to Tiny 's disap point ment . We soc
that· Doris h'lS alrea dy Gone back into h"rno ss and
has
taken on c. guy two inche s short( '}r ··;than she is.
Bll t nhu
r0mu rks th.'J.t she likQ8 can throw rom
quick er if theYigGt'P~~I~t;;J

D$1nyl" tB:'
a few hot "jGok~n;,fli s.-nr,ves to point
up Lola as a mako her
popu lar with .
1>.8 "~c} L l. as Buck eye.
Lolu r0for s to tho off Lank.

(n Lank)
'~VhD. t doo:.:~ for your
livin g?

DAllHY: .
r[n(:r'o d t:r::~ Gut that idea?

LOLA:
There mu~;t be somB roaso n for a popch -
climb cl" liko you tJo'in r up with a n.tco
fvllo w liko him.

DAl>ITTY:
Yeah? If It wasn 't f'or me Lank 'd
sturv ,~ to d0J:~ th. He needs n two-
fiste d ,.;uy lik0 m,:; to w:~ltc h OV~)r him.
LOLA:
(cont empt uousl y)
J~l:::t 0. t.0UC::-! ans iJ 1, huh? I INns ~."oncl.U:i"'­
illg whet th-:.. twas cock'. )d OVi)r yo'ur loft
o-:.,re. ro~',' I DUG - - lt l .'..: .c,11::.:.10 .....

( COH'I'INlnm )
21 (Cont.3)
Danny expresses his views nbout working --
that a guy who plays for omall stakes wins small sta),e,;\
,I:
He Is after the ~ie;ger pots. Lola 8.sks him what 118
expects to win them ~ith.

DANNY:
(flexes his bicep)
With this ••••
(he taps his head)
.\nd this.
LOLl\.:
(drily)
011 -- so ;rou Ire al:L muse-Ie.

Danny inquil:'.es of l<Iuckeye who handles the

pursestrinc;s in Glaq¢.,~., .Muckeye jerks his finger,

,.- "
pointing throuGh the pp~n door across the street.

22. LONG SHOT Hl\DDEE SIGN (AS SEF.N Tl:ROUGH JOOK DOOR)

It is the ,sn.mc s i[:n 3Gen before on the Madden l18.cking

ho'..lSC s.cross tile street.

INT. WIClilllTE JOQK GROUP

Lf~NK:
Yeah, V'Te :.lGard about hj.m.

DANNY:
(interested)
He IS doin' 0.11 right, ain I t he?

(nods)
Yo:?_ Just about. got this town zippered
up -- jook joints and all.
DannJ7 nods in .2 pprov;:~1.

(COIITINUED)
 20.
23 (Con t.)
DANNY:
T~~tls the baby for us.
(to Muck eye, indic at-
ing Lank)
Thts ~uy wants to \vork on a fa1"'n1
and h~rels Old Man Oppo rtuni ty block in'
with both fists . Oome on •••
1'hen as he start s out with Lank, he speak s over his
shou lder to Lola.

DANNY:
~hen Iget up to runn in' this town,
remin d me to f ire you ••. '.

WIPE OFF TO:

24. EXT. lflADDEN IS PAOKING HOUSE DAY

As Lank andfl anny come up they see Nick 's
truck parke d in fro*~~~t the loadi ng dock, stand ing
besid e huge eighteeti~~Xeeler refri gera tor truck s used
for shipp ing fresh produ ce to the north ern mark ets.
Along the side of each truck is the name, Madd en.
On this day lettu ce is being packe d and we
see the farm er's field truck s, loade d to the brim with
green lettu ce. Negro dockh ands, their bare tcrso s
wet
and glist enin g, are busy unloa ding the crop and carti
ng
it into the reces ses of' the packi ng house Wl1ich
is hum-
ming with activ ity. The dock floor , the truck ramp,
eVGn the road is litte red with lettu ce leave s.

Lo_nl' o.nd Danny vlade throu gh them to the steps

,and as they climb up they hear the Greek I s angry voice
,
shou ting.
 21,
25. EAT. ~,L~DIl EN I S PACKING IIOUSE LO.\DIH:1 DOCK
Madden is a capa ble, but conn ivinG -look ing busin
ess tJl8.n"
Shrew d-dea linS l~.s broug ht him to the posit ion he
holds = He smile s a lot, his tongu e is glib,
now
but his
lack of since rity is obvio us. He has in (lene ral
char acter istic G'of a first class snakc . Succe ss the
has
softe ned him and he relie s on his forem an, CULLY,
hand le his phys ical battl es for him. to

Lank and Danny come up, stand liste ning as Madd en

talks
to Nick. CULLY is aton e side glow ering . Nearb y
small croup of farme rs is also liste ning . , a

NIOK :
(fier cely )
I don't care -- I got to have more
mone yl You t4ink you make me happy
wi th n dolla r an\'! a 'luar t$r, but I
know what you get -- six dolla rs a
box l I go to Ptthok ee and see with
rl11 o:-,rn ears ,:What other packe rs are
payin e;. ~'~~:i:'1:oU think you are?

HADD EN:
(pJ("t!(~1:ingly)
lion, Nick,; ~.¢.iI't get all steam ed
up. Those quot ation s you eot are
just ror the fancy produ ce, You'r e
luck-J to get rid of the secon d grade
stuff you'v e boon Gro~i ng.

HICK:
(trium phan tly)
JiY ~).tuff is no secon d grade . I take
boxes of my toma toes with me" They say
it all fine -- best they ever see"

t:iADDEJI:
( s cOl/l ing)
m1at those other fello ws pay is their
bU8i ncss, He got n contr act, Hick.
I'm the GUy takes your crop and turns
it intc noney . I clcan it, pack it,
ship it, sell itl

JlICK:
And I grow it I

l1ADDEN:
Yeah -- witho ut me, ~our etuff 'd be
(3arba geJ

(CONTINUED)
25 (Con t.)

1/ICK:
You t~lk ~arba3e -- mnke your self
look :.big. Farm ers grovi crops and
you sJpi t ill his eyo.
; (shalr es his fino: er)
I [lo:J.lr1r: to sh0\1 you. I don It bring
you n~ more stuff witho ut I get more
money J

HADDEN:
A buck nnd a quar ter f $ my ~rice ....
take it or leave it.
Nick 11es1 ta tes a mome nt, llis f'ists clenc hed.

CULIjY:
You'r e ferge~tint s(om$t~intl Nick.
!,lCtybe i t does lOOk like Madd en here Is
maki n' a littl e money but cood seaso n
or 02d -- you get a p~ice.

lIADDE N:
(sW~~ ~dS his hand s)
That IS rig.1X'ljir;/l!iCk. I f you chang e
your mind' ; ;:t;tiLl take _ry box you'v e
got at a bgcm :and a quart or.

lUCK :
(with slo,; em)h asis)
I lot lem rot first .: •• J
He turns " brush os lJ2.st le.nI::: ,:'~nd Danny and down
of'f
pIC). tform . lank frown s, looks S~rmpD. theti cally towar the
Nick as he watch es the Greek start his truck Ctnd d
drive
off. Danny nudG es Lanl' [end jerks 11i.s thwnb in Nick
direc tion. 's

DANNY:
(sic,n Hica ntly)
Pict:' TG of 8. succ essfu l d.irt- push er
looki n h~ppyJ Still want some of
it, farme' r?

lank does n't answ er,

(COlIT IlHJED )
25 (Co:1 t,l)

Danny! at once acco sts Hadden 8.nd hits 11im

for r... jOb4 lIe p..ntr oducc s hims elf and Lank, o.nu 12.unche.s
intoe _ high-90w~r sales -talk abou t wh".t a "coup le
of
'Nalk in f buzz sav.Js lI tlley cJ.rc. Madden is about to
ic;nor e
them, vihon he is arres ted by Dann y's agg1 csslv enon
s.1

lIe becom es curio us' onoug h to ask a few ques tions

, then,
amuse d at Danny I,S cock iness , and ~nowinc:; Danny is

four- flusb ing, 110 calls to CULLY, the 111e.nt forom

e.n,
who is passi ns. Cully is 'r! big" husky , crudo lunlc, \'1ho
is incli ned to be rauco usly vicio us in his jokes
,
Madd en, with. a wink at Cully , tolls him that
Fraz ier is 2 Ii ve-v;frd,;\:',-the type of mon they nC!3d., and
for him to find somot 1il.ihg impo rtRnt for the boy",
to do.
Cully 1 nith mocl{ .'3ori ousne ss, tolls them to follo
w him •• II

DANNY:
(to Lank ~3 thoy [,0
tow~r d the 9ucki nS
,"0\)3 0)
TIlis 1s tho sido of the fonce to bo
on. iie Ire e:onnfl. bE:: ~:raddenl:-; good
right arm befor e: VIC I ro throu gh, and
tho rif,h t hand GOos into tllO pock et.
:"'Je fll get enOUGh cash out of him to
loaf for a :rear .

LA.UK:
(dou btful ly)
Sooms we're h:inua 1['. to
(indi. ca.tG 3 Cully
o.hOCld)
Looks liko !,Iadd en's al1'G8 .dy ! 'ot him-
solf a good riCht Rrm.

DANNY:
Loave him to me -- I'll take care of
t~~t 0110 or lard •••••
 24.
26. INT. OF PACKING PLANT
The inter ior of the packi n house is a mois t,
0
Ohad01Wd world . Wate r is ovory vihor o on the rlcor s,
,
dripp ing. from !lack s, and the men wear rubbe r boots and
apro ns. The wotnen WORr s19.clrs and rubbe r apron s, and
in addi tion 11ave rubb er be.lf sleev es slipp ed over their
arms .

The proce ss of lettu ce packi ng is ene inter -

locke d, noisy Pli'0c ess, with the lettu ce comin g in from
the field s, dirty , bushy with weatr hpred outer leavc s,
then being shorn of' these leave s" \'lash ed, clean ed,

grade d, and packe d in waxp aper- lined crate s, iced and

lidde d, in one endl ossru sh from field truck s to freig
ht
cars that Vlo.it to bq.<j)~f'ded on sidin gs.
CAI.iERA TRIIYKS,;wi th Cully as he takes Danny
and Lank throu gh tho p~cking hous e. He kids sugg cstiv
ciy
vri th the ";;om.on '.'1 orkcr s, issue s sharp ardor s to s orne of
the men, revea linG his off'ic ious, ~rrog ant natur e.

27. CLOSE SHOT AT GRADING RAC!, BONNIE

BONNIE If2:ARS, a sligh t a ttrD. cti ve young girl "i til a
flirt atiou s eye soos Danny comin g. Sho nudge s thc girl
besid e her Qt tho Gr~di n8 rack .

28. UED. SlIOT BONNIE

As CUlly passe s he snaps Bonn ie on the rump.
Bonn ie
whir ls on him, her eyes blazi ng.

(CONTINUED)
 25 .
28, (C ant .)
BONNE::
(an gri ly)
Say " \1h att a you thi nk I
lua tcr rne lon ? am -- a rip e

Cu lly chu ckl cp, rea cho s ou

duc ks and Cu llty pa sse s on, t to pi,n eh he r che ek. !Jo nni
e
by , aye s he r apDr~isingly. st ill ch uc kli ng . Danny comas
Ii' ..

DAN1!Y:
(gr ins )
Th at flO \li th tho job ~

EOl\'NIE:
No t wi th ~
ba ssi n' me , it ai n't .
And the n she sm ile s inv iti
and tho tV10 mo:vo on" )[1 th ng ly. w.nl1y win ks at L8.nk
Da nny sti ll, loo kin g b£cck
Bo nn ie ove r his sho uld er. at

29 . CLOSE SHOT AT HASHING RACK ED

ED r~SKELL, a you ng ~~ \la
jea lou sly of f tova~~1~pnnishi ng let tuc e, is loo kin g
fol lO \I Danny aer osi r0'e illc rooo. He sco~ls and his eye s
. m. .
30 . INT . PACKING PL~NT AT AUTOH1.TIC HAILER
Cu lly , Da nny and Lan k come
to tho au tom ati c
na ile rs at the end of' the
bui ~di nG. He ro tho \!fl xed
pap er is fol de d ove r the
eno'vrod ico , a slo .tt cd
lid is
be lli ed ov er the pac k and
na ile d de\ ln in one mo tio n
of
the no .ile r. Cu lly .. 0. glcQ i11 in his eye .. ask s Da nny
if' he
kno us how to run ono of
the m~c hin cs. Da nny sta lls ,
ob vio usl y do osn ' t Imorl, for he loe ks
at Lank he lpl ess ly.
Lan k sto ps to his res cue
-.

LANK:
~ou ge t the lid sat and ste p
lev er, on the

DANllY:
(cs tel lin g on)
Su re -- the re' s no thi ng
to it.

(CONTIN1JJ1:D)

---- -j
 26.
30 (Con t.)
Danny goes to the naile r o.nd takes over frem
tho m~an who is ~unni
, nG it. Crate s are tumb line down
from the icing tackS . Danny quick ly sots a lid on,
equar es tho erato and steps on the lover . He hold" out
his hands ,f as if to say" "Ther e you are, \I but when he
tries to step back , he rindc he has naile d his coat
to
the orate . BOJoos are comin g fast and he ho.s to carry
the erato to get out of the way. Cully rears Vlith
laugh ter and eVCn Lanl' smiln s.
Danny glare s at Cully , restr ainin G hims elf
from sHing ing on him,. and then he notic es that
Cully
is stand ing direc tlY;1 4~er the snm1 -iee chute . Sava gely
. .
Darm: 7 jerks the cord-i+hiL-ch relea ses an nvc.lv .ncho
of
sneVi into Cully 's l~u@hing face.
Cully floun ders, sput ters, thres hes his I:o.y
clear of tho snOH J 2nd with an angry roar is abou t to
pile into DEl.nny. 7.;~.on he stops short e.s he SODS Lhcldo n
st<'J.nding n08.r, f L1.ugh inc; J.t 11im. Danny grins 1 and than
Cully , not 'dO-ntin£; to make 0. fool of hims elf befor e
j\iaddOI1, force s a smile , \'Il~ich he mO.nagos to gone rate into
0. mirth less laugh .
Danny loo),s at Lc.nk and holds up his circl ed
finGe r in an iloko.yll sign e.s if to say, illf'/o'ro sot_"
•. lt

FADE OUT.
 27.
FADE IN
:31. CLOSEUP AT PAY ;:rl'fDOW DAY
A hand, the finr;e rs bruis ed and covor ed Vlith patch
of adhe sive, ree.rc hos in for P., pay envel opo 'which es
j.s
shove d acros s tho board . CAldERA PULLS BACK TO
A --

MED. SHOT '';;IT. PACKING !TOUSE PLATFORM DANNY

2.. 8 Danny comes away from t21G v;indo w coun ting his
mone y.
Behin d him a.t the. windo w .. getti ng 111s pay, is Cully
,
and no:;;:t in line is lank. Lone; lines of em91 oyoes
for tho men and one .for the VIODlO n, crond the;'· platf J one
orm.
Danny grins at Lank and o:xhi bits his money .iith
one
hand , and the other hand ,".Jith the :br:ul sed finge
rs.
DAlf.NY:
r1:his for this.
Cully comes from the y:indo Vl and L?,nk steps forwa
rd.
CULLY:
(indi, ea:tin g Dann)T I s
pay:) , :,
I~OVII d you Uk<i doub ling th<lt?

Voin ' nl1at?

CULLY:
Hot skin Game tonig ht over at Muck cycfs ,

DANNY:
Skin game is right -- y.'1 th J~ou in it ..
LP.NK:
(come s up)
Come on, Danny -- saint over to tho
shack to clean up?

CULLY:
(call s "f'tcr them)
Leave lim to me. rtll clean him up
goodJ
He laugh s loudl y ~t his O\1ll joke.
 28.

Bonn ie'tl eyes folloV I D2.nny and Ln.nl{ 2.r. they ~;o up th.c
stree t·,

BONNIE:
, (to 2.not her Girl)
Tl~.t IDunny suro Cets aroun d plent y.

GIRL:
Yeah -- \".'1 th both arms •
.

EXT. SIDE ROAD IN GLADE l.lOVING SHOT DANNY nm L~NK

The road ch/3.ngos as it leave s Glad?,;, The outsk

irts
of tho tovln are litteredwith,$;L~~:l'l,one"'ro'omsback
s,
in littl e group s in the dark glaqe .·grow th. The shack
are unpa inted and 11iCh set;' to keep them abeve the s
Groun d that resu lts 1'rom the torl'i d tropi cal rains mucky
como ec.ch summ er. Thoug h the house s are dirty nnd
tba t
cram ped-l ookin g" theya::':¥:(j Jnter estin e; and cozy in
proba bly becau se tlleYl \'i.re being lived in. A woman as!)o ct,
is
wD.s11ing clothe El in a:~"~Y:R,;~ kids arc rUlLY11ng aroun
boys 00 throu gh all ~J:t;if'gti tOVlard their shack in d. The
the rear,
LANK:
For 2 fellA h' t~t want s to save enoug h
dough to loaf a year , you Gotta fUlU1Y
way of Gain' ~bout it.

DAENY:
~n10said Qnyt hin~ abou t savin ' dough .
I said ITO ~oro Gonna get it.

LANK:
All "eelt you'v e boon hocl( lin' Cully
and gotti n' in hiB h2ir . You donlt
think he If] eonna CiV0 you 2. broak
in J. poker game , do you?

DAIlNY:
(con fiden tly)
I III make my m.'l1 brco. ks.

LAHK:
When it comos to skin polcor I hear
Cully t s get more trickf~ln u tl~oe­
tai led monkt:-:r.

DAnNY:
Igot a 1'e" trick s of my ovm ~- and
after bus.t in I my back all day I'm
not Goin ' to sit aroun d rcad in' the
Farm ers Jour nal.

(COWfIllUED)
 {'"

29.

34 (Can t.)
They turn towar d the entra nce to one of the shack s.
Lank pause s as he swing s open the door.

LANK:
(curi ously )
Is it; the poker game you'r e inter osted
in over at Muck ey's -- or is it one
of them jook girls ?
DANNY:
(with a short
scorn ful laugh )
You think I'm nuts? Falli n' for any
of them dames is like falli n' throu gh
a trap door -- with a rope aroun d
your neck• •••

As they go into the shack ,

DISSOLVE TO:

35. EXT. MUCKEYE'S JOOK NIGHT

It is dark now and Glade is afire with neon light s.
along the stree t peop le are milli ng abou t, boili ng All
aroun d, bent on haVin g a good time, and the night pots,
the jooks , are begin ning to claim their victi ms. All
along the stree t the signs mark in stead y glow the
tasti c name s: Tm: JE:EP, THE SILVER DOl-LAR, LITTLE fan-
VINEGAH BEND, WILD C"T' S HOLE, HllATSIE' SHOT spo'r, CUBA,
MUCKEYE JOOK. From each !lnd every one of them the and
boxes shrie k. jook

A drunk roels from Muck eyots place and near ly

bumps
lnto Ed and Bonn ie, argU ing at the dool~ way. The boy
is holdi ng the girl'A arm.

ED:
(plea ding)
A~# Bonn ie# vhat do you wanta go in
there for?
BONNIE:
I've been work in' hard. I'm tired
and I vmntu. relax .

ED:
A lot of relax in' you' ll do, throw in'
your leg outta joint jooki n. Let's
go for a walk.

(CONTIlIUED)
 30.
35 (Cant.)
BONNIE:
Don't try to boss me, Ed Haskel.
We t l'e not l:1urried yet, and I can
do anything I wantl
Lank and Danny appear along the street, heading for tho
d.oorway.

DANNY:
(grins)
That's tellin' tim, sister. Come on
in and I'll show you a good time.
ED:
(glares at Danny,
then makes a last
try)
Please, Borulie ••••
DANNY:
(to Ed)
What're you worryin' about? She'll
be in good hands.
ED:
That's what I'm afraid of.
Danny tokes Bonnie's arm, and with a toss of her head at
Ed, Bonnie goes into the jook with him, followed by
Lank. Ed stands for a moment, then wolks away along the
street.

36. INT. MUCKEYE JOOK NIGHT

From the end of the room tho jook box,
brilliant and squat, roars ita greeting to Danny,
Bonnie and Lank aa they enter, "Hey, Stop Kissin' My
Siaterl"
The jook is a bedlam misted with a rolling
fog of smoke. Girls, among them Lola, Doris and Tiny,
are Vlorking the men for drinks and 'juaic money. The
bar is jammed with men and women shouldering one another
for a place to drink, tho tables are filled, and couples
are dancing grotesquely on the floor, compelled ~Y the
grunting, shrilling jook box. There is an atmosphere
(CONTINUED)
 31.
36 (Cant.)
or run~bent riot.
Muckey, big and boonly, goes winding through
the mob patting this person on the back, rourinp, a
greeting to that one, stopping fights, shoving drunks
reeling out the door.
From this swirling mass of humanity u couple
of girls come out to greet Lank and Danny, then soeing

there is no chance with Danny who dancDs off w ith

Bonnie, turn their attentions on Lank, urging him to
buy them a drink. This Laru{ reluctantly does, taking
a beer for himself at the bar•••• a

37. INT. JOOK AT POKER TABLE

Lola is serving a drink to Cully who is
seated at the pokor t:1ble in the roar of the room.

He trieD to make hoI' sit down boside him.

LOT_A:
(w,,-rding him off)
Th"t 'II be tl/O dollars.
(she takas the money
off the table)
CULLY:
Two bucl,sl For ./hat?
LOLA:
Four bits for the liquor ond a
dollar and a holf for your hands.
CULLY:
VJho.t d 1 ya mean -. I vms only lookiu'?
(CONTINUED)
37 (Can t.)
LOLA:
Those long <1rIn king eyes of yours
are bad enoug h, but whon they start
reach Ing out- --
Shc wall<s away.

38. INT. JOOK DANCE FLOOR

As she cross es the room she runs into Danny "
who is danc ing wIth Bonn ie.

DANNY:
(grin s at her)
How l m I doln l ?

LOLA:
(dril y)
Ther e's plent y· of light In here.
You don' t have to feel your way
aroun d.
(Dann y reac ts;
Lola looko at
Bonn ie)
Nice child you have there . I didn 't
know you were a f~ther.
She goes on. Bonn io easps indig nantl y.

INT. JOOK AT POKER TABLf~

From the pokor ",.ble Cully spot" Danny and

cnlls to him to get in thQ c;c.mo. .Dann y gOBS to the
table ; at Bonn ie's insIs tonce loto her como along to
watch . Cull:\- iD drunk and grinD nt Danny throu gh
blenr y eyes. He has corne red Tiny nnd is holdi ng onto
her hnnd. Tiny tric3 to break away, but CUlly insIs ts
shc stick aroun d.

CULLY:
(to Tiny)
You bring me luck.
(CONTINUED)
 33.
39 (Can t.)
LOU:
{com ing up)
You'r e going to wear u chair aroun d
your neck for luck -- bad luck --
i f ypu don't let her gO;-
(and she looks at
, Danny as she adds)
Why ~on't you sharp shoo ters piek on
someb ody your own size?

Muckey passe s, urges the girls to get out on

the floor and keep thing s movin g -- the place is slowi
ng
dovm.

LOLA:
(as tho .girls exit)
Yeah -- to an earth quak el

The play at the table begin s, with Danny

and Cully surve ying one anoth er chall engin gly. There
are three other play ers. STEMINS and HANSHAW, fal'rl ors,
and TAGGART, a crop picke r. Tho ante is laid out and
CUlly begin s to doal ••••

40. INT. JOOK AT BAR

At the bal' Lola finds Lank, now alone . Loln
is more hone stly frien dly in her greet ing to Lank
than the other men. She coram ents on Dann y's fast
ideas , plung ing into a pokor game with a ·man like Cully
on his first woek 's pay. Lank is mild ly defen sive,
says that what Danny does is his busin ess. Lola asks

(CONTINUED)
 34.
40 (Can t.)
him why he ever teame d up with a wise hot-h ead like
Danny .

LANK:
Dann Y's all right -- long as I'm
aro..." d to keep him from losih ' his
temIi er too far. He sorta depen ds
on me.
(smil es)
Every body ought to have a littl e
of his pepp er, thoug h. If myoI d
man had had some of his l<lek in him,
maybe he'd been bette r off •••
LOLA:
I'm not so sure# farm er.
(brig hteni ng)
I'm suppo sed to ask you to bUy me
a drink , but how abou t switc hing
aroun d for a chang o and let me buy
you one?

LANK:
Than ks, but I guess I'll wand er over
and seo how Dann y's makin ' out.
He goes acros s the rOOm. Lola smile s, then turns to
rnnke frien ds with Madden who has just come in••• •

-- - --- -"- - -

Lank stro lls in} ctund s watch ing tho pIny at

the table . Thore is a tenCiG mome nt, then fJ..3 Cully
deals for the drc.w , Lank c:J.tch en some thing . He sees
that Cully is cheQ ting. But for the time being he
su.ys nothi ng.
Dann y loses , then as C1)ll~ T trium phan tly
begin s to rake in his vlinn ing, he catch es Lan)<' s eyes.
And Lank 's eyes tell him what he wants to know. Danny
nods,

It is then a thin, wild- eyod woman pushe s

•
throu gh tho orowd to thot uble and glare s viCio llsly

(CONTINUED)
 35.
40 (Cont.l)
at the crop-picker, Tage;<lrte

EMMY TAGGAHT:
(through her teoth)
You, Clem Taggart, git on outa therel
CULLY,
Pip~ down, lady, this is u game goin l
onl
EMMY:
Foolin' goin' on. yuh mean. Git on
up afore I snatch that braJ.nless
haid a yourn offen yore neck.
CLEM:
(apologetically)
Was jus' planning tuh git in a hand
or two,. Em.lTI.y.
.
EM!~Y:
(bitterly)
Git in my hand an' the younguns, yuh
mean. Gamin' away our shoe money,
our eats money,. our livin I' money.
Vlove along, now.

CULLY:
(irritated. stands)
Beat it, Lady. Q man's got a right
to have some fun if he wants.
EMMY:
(seeing the money piled
up in front of Cully.
snatches up tho deck
of c~rds and throws it
into CUlly's face)
Listen who's talkin'l Ain't hitched
or familied, like Clem; l{in lose his
money, gamin' anI sinnin l • But, you
Clem, you're comin l !
Emmy snatches a .fistful of money from the table and
jerks her husband from his soat. And as she slaps and
shoves him toward the door, Cully starts after her, but
Danny grabs him by the baok of tho pants and trips him
into his chair. Cully's rage focuses on Danny. but
Danny ~ards it off with a laugh.
(CONTINUED)
 36.
40 (Cont.2)
The farmers [l.re looking back to the door,

vIhorG the wQInun disnppor:.red vlith hor husband.. Hor

shrill voice can still be heard from the street.

FAR~ffiR STEMMINS:
He vitas only gambling with cards.
He dught to try land gambling, like
us.
FARl'.ffiR HANSHAW:
(grunts)
Somebody ougllt to slap E silly.

Cully shouts to Muckoye to toss them ovor

a new deck. Danny exchanges a look with Lank, then
his eyes go to the bar where Mo.dden is hD.ving a drink
while he talks to Muckeye.
To CUlly's surprise Danny invites Madden to
sit in the gurne. Madden comes to the table and good-
naturedly remarks that he'd.be pretty dull in a low-
limit g~m8 liko they are playing~

FARt~~R STEMMINS:
Come on, Madden, you might as Vlell
take our ITlonej" this wny as any other
-- your 11 get it anyhow.

Madden chuckles, takes T:..:.~gurtt.'J vactl.ted sent. He

hands a bill to Bonnie.

:':i.ADDEH:
Hey, kid -- rustle up a round of
drinks.

Bonnie exits and Danny tosses the net! deck of cardo to

Cully.
DANNY:
That last hand was a bad start.
Let's see you, do it a~ain.

Cully begins to riffle the cards in a flashy, confident

way.
(CONTINUED)
 3'1.

40 (Cont.3)
DANNY:
(cc,sually to Madden)
With you :Jittin l in" Mudden l wo
oUght a have a good square game,
eh, Cully?
CULLY:
(looks at Danny sharply)
A squnre game? Nobody's chentin'.
Madden glances at Danny, then looks directly at Cully.
MADDEN:
(pointedly)
There better not be.
Cully looks uncomfortable and his hands slow in the
shuffling of the cards. Very carefully he begins
dealing in a c'>TIservative, orthodox manner. Danny ex-
changes a grin with Lank, .then picks up hls carda.
DANNY:
I'll open••••
He tosses out a bill.

41. INT. JOOK GIRL SINGING }mAR DOOR

A Girl is singing a song to the rhythmic beat of the
j ook box. In a moment, through the open door bo side
her, the truck of Nick Garcos stops outside. Nick
gets Qut# looks around" then crosses to the door of
the jook and stands on tho threshold, looking about.
Then ho sees something off. He starts forward.

42. INT. JOOK AT POKER TABLE

Danny throws do\VD his curds and rakes in his winninga.
DANNY:
(grins at Cully)
See how casy it is, if you live honest.
Madden chucklen, then looks up, reacts slightly as he
sees Nick.

MADDEN:
Hi-ya, Nick wanta get in? Pull
up u chair.
·IHCK:
I don1t come to play. I come to
talk business.
(CONTINUED)
 38.

42 (Cant.)
MADDEN:
What's on your mind?
NICK:
(hositantly)
I think about it nnd I think maybe
you rlght. I got a load packed, nIl
readyfto go. I take a dollar and a
quarter, you take my load •.
MADDEN:
(indiff'erently)
You should have taken my of'f'er last
week, Nick. I got a report, Imperial's
beginning to ship tomatoes. I know I
got a contract with you and I've gotta
take your stui'f', but I couldn't pay
more'n sixty cents now,
NICK:
(astounded)
Sixty cents? I lose money.
MADDEN:
So do I •••
Nick tenses. Bonnie comes back with a tray of' dri.nl<s.
Madden picks up one of' the glasses and of'f'ers it to
Nick.
MADDEN:
(good naturedly)
Here, drink up and cool of'f'.
Nick knocks the glass from Madden's hand and the drink
splashes allover Madden's faco.
NICK:
That's how I cool 01'1'1

Madden's look of calm reserve has washod off

and he is flushed and angry as hc kicks back his chair
and comes humping around the tablc to take Nick. He
smashes him hard and the tough little Greek reels back,
then comes up raging. OVER the din of the jook box, men
(CONTINUED)
 39.
42 (Can t.)
begin shou ting. The;'l force a clear space in the midd le
of the floor . Let lem fight l

43. FULL SIIOT ~'NT. JOOK

,
'l1
Lola has crowd ed back towar d the bar with
the other girls . Muck eye Come s aroun d the end of the
'i/o
bar, yelli ng, inten t on ~top pihg t~e scrap , but Lank
prote sts.

'qugh , but Danny

i ,';

stops hi",. ,'1;s :watc hing the

braw l, drUn kenly . ~'9,;ys; s4!!Ue ,tlrlng toe ff e c t t ha t
,,",-
t~tef-f'ere, s1.nce Madden is
his boss. Hd up. ..
DANNY:
Go on in there t You'r e Madd en's
boy. Help him out.
The big forem an, flatt ered , squar es hims elf

and wi th drunk ,,!! brava do charg es acros s the floor .

But he succe ods only in Inter ferin g and givin
g Nick the
advan tage. Nick spill s ffiaduen to the floor . Cully
stand s watch ing the resu lts of his lntol' fer'en ce
stupi dl:i.
Danny steps in and grubs Nick by the shoul der

and spins him aroun d. Hd crack s thO Greek one and stuns
him, th~n hust les him out throu ~h the door.

Danny comes in and smile s at the situa tion he

has
creat ed D8tw een Cully and Mad4 en.

(CONTIJoT\JED)
 40.
43 (Con t. )
DANNY:
How you feelin', Boss?

i.IADDEN:
! (seeming to appre-
"- elate Danl1Y for
the first time)
thanks to you.
Then he turns on Cully and bawls him out.

- #;.

Lola,; at Greek strug-

ii'
gling to his f'e;!'t.>, :nble,d, crestfallen,
as he wobbles a turns back into
the room, her eyes

44. GHOUP SHOT INT

1$1;eX'minedly to Danny and

furiously jumps him for beating up an older man. All
the derision, vitriol, and scorn she can II1UstE;r is in
hEll' voice. Danny holds himself back for' a moment, his

unger mounting. Bonni0 tri0S to dofcnu Danny,

LOLA:
(contemptuously,
to Bonnie)
Go on home ~nd climb into your
cradle, you little idIot ••• !
Bonni0 £tlSpS, steps behind Danny glaring at

Lola. LD..'1k futilely tries to intercode. Muckeye is

becoming disturbed, jitt0ry OV8r a...'1.oth0r impending

fight. Danny voices his opinion of Lola sticking hbr

nose into something which doesn't concorn 11er.

(CONTINU~D) ,
 41.
44 (Con t.)

DANNY:
(hotl y)
I C011113 in h0l""0 to spend my dough
and ~ot to t,Jko a lot of gut f from
a daJ4e 1 ik0 you •.. 1
t
'< MuCKE.'YE:
l'IHlt tis righ t -- it I S bad for busi-
noss! : No ..uore i'igh ting. You, Lola
don I t start ,.,oUl in I ,,_ go out-
side till you q:alm d0~lt'
(to L"nlW "
You, 'felln ~teti->;h,e,:r out ~of h(;r~)
i,
Lank iurges ~;rt:h her throw ing a
1 as t sting ing t:il'q.; ie they loave Bonn ie
is cl ing ing to DQ.nn y,· :·ti3 -him ••..

( se
or'-':
Okay , av" ali have a
good ti in the
mach ine

floor again ,
us the jook box grind s out frenz iedly , "Papa I s
In Bed
With His Britc hes On" •.•.• •

DIS SOLVE TO:

45. EX'r. OuTSK lHTS OF GLADE LANK M'D LOLA !lIGHT

Lank and Lola h9. VD wul:{o d to tho edge of town
and here thu nigh t stret ch~s out into vast frog croak -
lng, crick et chirp ing dark ness. LoIn has coole d off.

LAj;;K:
You f re sure livin g in il hU.fl1 y, .
1

burni ng your self up, aren 't you?

LOLA:
(shru< !;s)
Evur ythin g I s in D. hurx' y, trw place s
I I ve been. ':rh,;;; ptJop lu I know spend
(CONTINUED)
 42.
4i.) (Cont.)
LOLA: (Cent.)
their monoy fast, naving a good
time and die young. Getting jook
bloop., the~{ call it around he re •

LANI,:
(after a moment)
lJ'!.e over.
Thist' countl"y kinda l{nocks
Thay rais e six crops in a ye ar.
Back home, we were lucky if we
could raise one.
LOLA:
( cur iouSly)
Where you from?

LANK:
Kansas. Evor he ar abo,ut the Ville at
fields in Kansas? Whe*t in the
S~rn8r, if the.drought,or the mQr~
ket or the i'loads don't get you,
and snow all Wintex-.
LOLA:
I come f7~~0Sweetwater, Texas, my-
self. Ij,GJj1""ss folkS farmed around
there, t~~},Ai~,):ih:'But I wouldn't know.
All I reW~w~er of tho place is I
was burnirig'to get out.
LANK:
And thut l s what you've boen doing
0v~r since, burning to get out of
ov~ryplaco yOU'V0 ba0D.

LOLA:
You knoli1 c:v".-;rytbing, don't you?

LAlm:
I know how live bc)l.3n feeling, over'
since I left hom~.

LOLA:
Home, that I s a Itlugh. Why don't
you go b':icl-::, if JOU'i'e;, so home sick?

LAHK:
Couldn I t So bQ.ck, if I tried. Home
is Ju.s t a. plaCe) you t}l.ink 2bout,
nft0r you bvat it. This place minds
of planting; thous!l. Y.ou t:ll<G n
l'rlG
s00dur ill1d run it ov~r a baru fiold
8.nd pr0tty soon the vJ'~nd I S rippling
the le~ves. My old m~ used to ssy,
'Makes"a man feel like God Almighty
to watch itt.
(CONTINUED)
 43.
45 (CooLl)
LOLA:
(smile s)
Mis to!', you I ro craz~r.

$ LANK:
Land i.!·I>.ZY, I "uess. I'd sure liko
.to WOj.k some of' this Glade land.

i " ,~Q}1Jt:
Y0U:f~:1 [br.o.a,k ·Y::O:9h,1:3. .
and' ondi .... ".. of'
the i iLi:irk
l

" ' '11,"::/:;}

,.

Lola

Thit:l

46. EXT. LOLA I S

Lank 8008 that tb.e':r'" ".. :;~~,~,::il'9:rrIb, _ ~r c:l:Us tur of snacks

in t,he jWlgl';.} gI·cwth. 'l'tlp,.,;:ftolJses loom, up in the
shadows all !).pound them.;;{ThELtte is a r~jrlLt)to lil;ht in
a window. filar' behi~\d t.hjh:.,' GladE; 1l1Hkes~ a soft puff of
light in the dUl>knJ8's. The wide, $tllI'ry night fills
the sky, and frogs ape b(;lly-chant:tng in the swmnp.
1'he open-topped jallopy Lula -(vas drivin.c.; that day by
th.;: gas station Is parkud al0l1(1:::~id~J ono of' the .stl.'~cks.

LANK:
Headin' on buck?
LOLA:
No, I thInk 1'11 quIt "ar1:y to-
.night.
(kidding)
W,..lnt to COUl..:: in ond hold l!-'y ~w.nd
a minuto?
LANK:
(hIs mInd on
otiwr thi.ngs)
I hj t tdl~ nike on b!lcl{..

(Co;n'INlJED)
 44.
46 (Cont.)
LOLA:
(wonderIng at
Lank's naivette)
Mist8r, you're a queer Que. I've
neverjhad to send out invitations
be for"!' •
LANK:
I've got to collar Danny, before
he gets hims0lf into wlother mess
of trouble.
LOLA:
(irked at mention
of Danny)
That I s too big a job 1'01' anybody'.
LANK:
I'd like to meet UP With Nick and
9.polo8,iz0 i'or Dtm.ny. He should'ta
dond v,;hat he did.

Lflnl( loo}{s !l t the car, as if' fie w~re considel'ing

some thine; •
LOI,A:
It I s too la',te' for' apologizing.

LA1~K:
It's navar too lat0.
(w i th ,m ida'~)
Would you. mind lrl.y borl'owin t your
car for !J. vrThilo?

LOL1~ :
It I.S not my C2r -- it I S Doris' --
but --
(looks at him '"
moment, then makes
0. decision)
Con~ on, Itll take you.

ThE.l~l start for the-; jalloPJ_

DISSOLVE 'EO:

47. MOONLIGHT NIGHT

The 1'arm sl·)eps in mooDstr8tchos 01' silance as Lola

and Lank driVe': up the l,....m c that leuds to the house.
Som8on0 Is 'i>lalking across the ~·ard, swaying a lantern
in his stride, cG,sting gr'otesqu~, now bulky, now lean
(CONTINUED)
 45.
47 (Cant.)
shudows into tl18 darkness. It 1s Nick. The farmer
stands caught in the car light, nis dal~k, Gre...::k face
intont, curious, wondaring who could b0 cOIJdng at
this hour.

48. CLOSBR SHOT

Lank stops the car and gets out. Nick comes up, his
eyes squinting from the bright light, trying to make
L~llk out. When he- S;;J6S who it is his f ace become s
stony.
NICK:
(grimly)
Go on you get out of here ~
He starts to s~ing ~~e lantert, at Lp~k, but Lank holds
his al'iU.

LANK:
T fL"ke it easy, Nick -- I I m 7lour
:friend.

l'lICK:
SUl'0t I to be good :friend
like you my tllroat.

Lola 6~tS out cf tho car and joins them.

She explains to Nick that Lank has come to apologize

for Danny's b~hll.vioY'. G-ruduo.l1y Nick's truculence

disappoars, but there still rem'J.ins a hot grinmess of

purpose in his :face.

NICK:
(a:fter a mom8nt) .
Okay, you sorry. But that don't
do me no good. I got to soll my
stuff.

H8 walks away across the y.'lrd, tIld lantE::!rn clea.ring a

yellow, dancing alley in the dark. Lola .ond Lank
follow him.
 46.
49. EXT. IIICK' S FA,l),lYARD ANOTHER SECTI ON
Lola and Lanle follo w Nic.k to the far end of the
where boxes of' tomat oe s are piled in bigh, tiere yurd
d
stack s. Nick 's old truck stand s noarb y, half- loade
Nick continue~ his loudi ng, ignor ing the prese d.
Lank and Lol~. nce of
Lank watch es Hick stpug gle with tho
heavy boxes . {Fin allY Lank ~ives him a hanu, but
does not voice his thank s. Alrea dy the truck 's Nick
.l:'GUr'
tires are flat from the load.

LANK:
(as they work; )
Gonna haUl your own stuff ?

NICK:
(emp hatic ally)
You betch a I haul! M~dde n or no-
body gorill a stop mel

·LANK :
That truc k'll stop you. First bad
road you come to your tires 'll blow.
Then where '11 you b,,?

, .. NICK:
Th~t's o/~~'itight whero I be. I be
tPyin g,t~q )t' s plent y enoug h. Man
not. goingi."j;-O si t down wai ting for
ths crop ',he grew to rot in front of
his t::yts .

LANK:
( thoug h tfull Y )
Yeah , I know •. ~.

HICK:
(blun tly)
Lot s you know about how I f081.

LOLA:
(step s forwo ."d)
His fath~ r was a farm er. He us ed
to be a furlli er, too -- he ought to
know .

NICK:
Yeah?
(hu picks up the lan-
tern, holds it to Lrunk 's
face and looks at him us
if seein g him for the
first time)
He look like farme r all righ t.

(CONTIJUED)
 47.
49 (GOllt,)
Suddenly Hick sticks out h..i.s 11and. Lola watches, us
i.n the lieh t of the lantern the youn f ; man and tho
elder become ft>:i.ends.

NICK:
(with new
enthusiasm)
I get this stoff to l~lrket and I
show that l~Iadden. h~aybe I show
ever·y farmer in the glade, too.
LANK:
(shakes his head)
You haven t t got a chance in that'
old truck. H~lf way to Carolina
it'll fold up,
NICK:
(strikes a box hard
with his· fist, al-
most savagely)
Well, what I going to do? Be-
for0 another day the stuff all
spoiL
LANK:
(d\\~srminedly)
You sit ~¥ght, Nick. I'm going
to "own, but I'll be right back".

NICK:
But I Got to be going soon, if I
want to save ovon u small load.

He grins at Nlck, thWY!ps him (mcQurugingly on Lh0

shoulder.

LAiJK:
¥ou'ru bonna b0 rolling plenty
soon -- and with D. big lond.

He exits wi th Lola. CA.~;:UtA i.~IOVES IN on Nlck aD he

stands in the lant6rn liLht looking after them. In
a rnOllknt the car is h0ard loaving the yard. Hick is
puzzlud, but his confidence is rising.

IJICK:
(half to hims~lf,
with an upproving
nod of ·his heud)
By golly, I think I do... ·, 1

DIS SOL\! E TO:

 18.
50. IN1'. LOLA'S SHACK DOH IJ 1'. ND 'I'INY NIGiiT

The interior of the shack is l"ou,:h :lnd squalid. A

singlo li:;ht cOl'd hDIlgs from the ctdlin;.,; and a nr.i.ked
t;lobD is the; qain source of' illumirw t lon. Three cots
take up mos t dr the l~oom. The only docorations Qrl:;: U
fow f'enJinin0 ldnick-knacks
;
spread about.
i
Tiny is in beef. Doris is cold-creaming her face nt
the table with a mirror proppod up in front of her.
Lola enters. Doris looks at her suspiciously.

DOllI S:
Sor.le-body bounce you with a moon-
beam? Wheretvo you been?

TINY:
(giggles)
She went out with Laaa\l:'lk". I "
liiike him!

LOLA:
(musingly)
The world',s full of crazy people --
md I hactitp meot thE> craziest onG •••
{'.

" TINY:
(i~qP:'15inglY )
I wish P'~,*eet up with somebody
who could dizzy me up lik~ you?

LOLA:
(flatly)
;liho':3 c..izzy?
DOHl:; :
(dyes her critically)
You watch out for them crazy guys -
thoy'll bump your h"art out of joint.

Lola smiles, starts undressing.

F'ADE 0(11' •

•
 40.
FADE IN
51, INT. MADDEN PACKING HOUSE DAY
Ma4den, Cully and Mister Just move tht'ough
the packing 1i'0u8e to where Danny is working. Madden
confronts D"rlny angrily.
MADDEN:
~nere's your buddy this morning?
DANllY:
(looks at Mister Just,
then back to Madden)
How should I know?
CJ,JLfJY;
~uitstallingl I was comin' outa
Muckeye's and.saw him heistin' the
rig our.ta the lot.

Danny looks blank.

MISTER JUST:
Better:'1i,~~Jl:, son. Somebody stole
one ofcl~aefl\ien' s refrigerator trucks
last n;;igIY\J/.
""".,, -

Dan~denies any knowledge of the truck and of Lank.

Then outside across the platform they see a huge truck

enter, roaring into the yard. lrhe brakef, squeal and

the back wheels buck to a stop, the grollild skidding

under the tires in n cloud of dust. Madden jerks his

head and leads the e;roup outside. Danny follows.

52. EXT. MADDEN PACKING PLAllT LOADIHG DOCK

Lank, tired and sleepy-looking gets out of
the truck and comes to the platform. .He greets Madden

confidently, good-naturedly. Madden jumps him, de-

mands what he is doing with one of his trucks. Mister

Just stands by without comment for the moment. Danny

tries to make light of thQ matter.
(CONTINUED)
 50.

52 (Cont.)
DA1INY:
(to T,,,nk)
Did you need. fl. who] B tpuc]{ -- just
t9 tak(; a n:=l.lTic rlding.
'.
LAN!\ :
, (calmly)
T'p.ere wasn I tallY dHr,i.8. I was riding
Nick's tomatoes -- 01ght hlli~dred
bOX6S of them.

Madden takes this .angrily, turns on Mistur

Just and demands that ho 8.rrc,st Lank --". char"e hi:,"

with theft. Darmy watches MistE;r Just approhensively.

Mister Just takes the affair in hand, slowly.

MISTER JUST:
(draWls)
I kinda hate to arrest him -- my
jail's pretty full right now •.•
Anyhow,l:1fo\ don't look like ~ croolc
to m,,:.!!/.!41d about the thaft chargo
-- yrt~"~";:':~!'lJ.CkIS settin' th(~re, aln't
it? 'L~q,wB morG like he just borrowed
it,~~~p'B!~ do y?U say, Lank?

LANK:
(pulls out a fistful
of mono7)
Borrov;ud j.t, is~ r'i[T,ht, and this ought
to Pf~Y for it. And ::.,hc's gas sod and
oiled, just likt; wbcn 1 Got h(:.r.

Maddon tries to V,'8,V,-~ off' th6n10ney, but

Mister Just advis6s him h~ had bettor take it L~;for0

Lank chane;es hls mind. Mad.den gl'Db~ thE-; monGY, Rnd

is finally persuaded to v.,iithdraw chnl"Ccs agr.::.iIl:Jt

Lank.. HI;;;: fnc6s Lank, tell shim the.t ii' he 1ik(:;3 l,he:

GrG8k l Nick Garcos I h<.: can go work foI' h1m ••••

LANK:
That's vdwt I aim to do.
MADDEN:
Yeah? '~~el1, you don I t know mE; if you
think youtre bonna haul any more loads
ont of Glade.
(C ONTINUED)
52 (ConLl)
LAm,:
I know you. all riCht, 'Iildcat Paclwr.
~herever a new thtn~ starts, GUYs
In~e you como crowdin' in, tryin' to
t~ce OV0r. You're liku w6Gds, chokin'
up the ground.
, (to Danny)
I Irq. goin I to the shack .'J.nd got my stuff.
Don't play any trick cards.

Danny frowns as Lank walks away. Mister Just remarks

that he had better be about his business and loavf:Js.

MADDEN:
(looking after Lank)
That monkey's liable to stir up a
lot of trouble -- giving these
dirt-eaters around here ideas.
CULLY:
(to Danny, warningly)
Better tell him to layoff if you
wontt want to SCB. him peeled.

Danny seems not to hear. He stands a moment I then

walks off in the direction taken by Lank.

53. INT. LANK I SAND DAUNY I S CABIN DAY

Lank is in th8 shac:c, gathering his bGlonging.s into

a roll as Da...."1n~l (,;,nt0rs and stands watchinG him.
Danny looks ut him 8. moment bE;f()(>,:- sp0aking, not
angry, but puzzled, tryinc to undorstand u friend.

DANNY:
VVhat 1 s happened? You Gone crazy
or something?

LANK:
(slowly)
I hauled" lo"d of tomatoes last night.
All thE:; wa.~; to markot, riding up, I
could smell t 8m gettin I into my head.

Di.NNY:
One whiff of tomatoes and you go bugs.
You know how the cards arE:; stacked.
fou can I t boat r';Js.ddon. 'Why don 1 t you
wise up?
(CONTINUED)
53 (Cont.)
LANl: :
I did -- th8t'·. vlhy I'm :::;ol.ng.

DA1nIY:
How you gonnn haul stuff 'I,il thout
trucks?
LANE:
"e got t.he t.rucks -- rented 10m
nOI·th. ,;e're takin t the l'6St of
the crop out tonlght.

Danny's va ice takes on an angry tone.

DANNY:
I oughta knock'" me sense inte that
konk of yours I Farmin 1 s like hit chin'
your we.gon to n dead horse 1

LANK:
(quietly after 8 moment)
You want your monuy rast, Danny. That's
your way. Oka·y, ;{OU stlck to Madden.
DANKY:
And you don't want anything but a lot
of dirt?

LANK:
(n"ds)
You said it. If I live dirt, sleep
clil't, e8.t dlrt, it':;.\ c;ood 8noush for
me.
Ll)nk p~lcks up his bun.dIe. D<:'.rlny soft'-;.;rw a little.

DANl;"Y:
(rfJ s isr10dly)
You caYJ. I t blc.,me JYJl, for' tryin' to
steer you ••• B8 sur-in' you around I
suppose?

LANK:
Sure, I'll be here and therB ••• ~

He grins at Danny~ pokos lie;htly at his chin and goes

out. Danny stands a moment frowning; then starts

slowly out of the cabj.n.

DI,-,SOLVE 'ro:
 53.
EXT. MADDEN PACKING HOUSE MADDElJ DAY

He ~tops Danny as Danny starts into the bUilding.

MADDEN:
How much of a pal is that guy
toiyou?

DANNY:
(dis[;usterlly)
Pal? I'd like to bust him Olto.

MADDEN:
They thinkin' of shippin' gnother
load soon?

DANrrl:
Yeah -- tonight. They rented somo
trucks.

. ~;ADDEN:
(decisively)
Okay. Go and br1.ng Cully into my
office. I,hen I get; through ,v1th
those chumps they'll wish they'd
never s·?;en a tomato~ •••
He walks away 1 with Danny looking after him. SuddrJnly
Danny makes up his mind and his faco takas on a set
look and he star·ts 01'1'.

DANNY:
(calling)
Hey, Cully •••• 1

DISSO LVE I'JiO:

55. EXT. NICK'S FARM NIGHT

Men arG bUsy loadinG two bie; truclLs with th0 ID.st of
his tomato crop. The trucks loom enormous in the
darkness, but thore arL lights in tho yard, catcllinl;
the men in postures of viGorous, hasty work, as tklny
heave box aftor box, in muscle-rippled smoothnf;s~i,.
from hand to hand, stacking thorn onto the opon ri8~.
The trucks art, half loaded and th6NJ is still quit"
a mass of boxes on the YQrd ground, where the packers
have piled them.

fl'hD tomatoes have been rour;hly pack~d in a makeshift

packinG shed. The crop is fancy, beautiful in the
yellow electric light that sprays down from atop tho
barn.
(CONTINUED)
 54.
55 (Cont.)
Nick comes :::trldin~ into tnE.: yal:'d. Ht) lookr< tired,
messed, but hi3 eyes sparklo Rnd he is feeling pretty
good. HB shouts f'or Lnnk. La'1.k co;nl;3 fro:'1 thc; pack-
ing shed.

NICK:
(ple~s0d)
HOiW she look?

LAliK:
Another half hour and \10 t 11 be
Y·t.,u!ly to roll. You Si..:un anybody
CO:;Ie up the road?

lJICK:
Nab -- but Ie t 'om com0 -- we Ire
roady for lem.
(grin~)
I cotta man rlown th6X'(;: w:.ltchtng.

One of the trucks is londed and it pulls into the

clear so thE: tsJ'P can be pulled OV0r the load and the
load tied. A whistle sounds frOlJ1 the darkness or the
road. A man, ani? of the workers, comes running into
the :rard.

NICK:
IIokay!
(yells to Ul(> men)
They car:1e, ~uh? ~:ie ~how them nornbcT'
\'\I'[:_Ti sp(';(;i::",,-llSt in muklng trQuble 1

56. FULL SHOT BXT. FAR~·lrtP.RD ( ..-,lIGOTING TO .~ARD ROAD)

'fhe roar of trucks is HEARD nrHi tr_rl.:;, of t.hn'll, crowder

wi th men, roar into the yal·d. They stop nnd n'811 pile
out J led b'Y D&.nnJ c.nd CUlly. They nPP1'0c.ch In a mob
toward th<·, ptlt:s of boxes.

57. MED. SHOT EXT. PARll"f'IARD

lTic.k and L..-~nk have gathurE;d thct:r worker's and Dt:.:::.nd .i.~
El solid phalanx blocking th,.j tomo.toes. DEnny and Cul'
stop a few f'1";)E;t fran: them.

NICK:
'\i',hut you want?

DA"NY:
,Ie come for Madden I::; crop of tomato"es.
-Do we .ge~ it Qr take it?

(CONTINUED)
 55.
57 (Conto)
NICK:
Madden's tomatoesl I plant them.
I grow them -- th(:y I re mino.

CULLY:
Yes,11, but when yot' got to sell 'em
th~ytre his. Hels got n contract
fon your seasJn's stuff.
NICK:
not when he try to cheat me.

CULLY:
(to his mob)
Okay boys -- looke. like We got to
take it:

The men surge forward in a rush, and the fight is on,

a rough and tu.",ble, hard-sluGging affaIr.

58. CLOSE SHOT DA}lNY AND LANK

U8 they confront each other.

LANK:
(contemptuously)
Just goes to show you, you've got to
know a man a long time bofore you can
really smell him.

DANNY:
Thet's &11 rieht -- but I'v0 got my
job to do and I'm doing it!

59. FULL SHOT EXT. FhRMYARD 'l'HE FrGH~

Already the men have surged past Danny,

and Lank and Nick. They SWBE.:p into tho yard shouting

and powlding. Tho trucks try to hurry out, but Danny

and Cully qUickly jerk the drivers from t hoir Stiuts.

In the ge.rish light, the fight rises to a

vicious sec,thing crescendo. Nicl' and Lp.nk try heart-

breakingly, breathlessly, to buck Madden's men, but it

(CONTINUED)
 56.

59 (Cont.)
is to no avail. The fisht is dlrty and wild and in a

short time Nick's men ~H'IJ I'olJ.tecl into the dark fi('llds.

Bu~ with victory in their grasp, Danny and

Cully do not' stop. Loads are dumped from the trucks,

the pack on the ground is tumbled and trample d into a

gory red mess.

Cully, curried by the lust of th" fight,

sets fir!~ to the packing shed.

60. MED. SHOT LANK AUD CULLY AT PACKING SHED

Lank rushes in to stop CUlly from firinG

the shed, but it is too lato. Cully, a murderous

look on his face, charges Lank und knocks him down.

Danny rushe 3 .en and c lips Cully to the ground.

DblIUY:
(n.ngri ly)
l'{:adl~f.;n didn I t tell us to burn the
place: up! Corne on, the job's doneJ

Lank gets to his fe'ct and in the light or

the burn1_ng building .stares cold-eyed at Danny.

Danny avoids his look and yells to tho mon still

milling around to ~et moving.

DANNY:
Let's gol
The men brenk up, run for the trucks.

61'. AT M~· ..DDEN 1 S TRUCKS

The men strnge;le in, climb aboard, and as

D~lny gets into the crrb he sees Lank helping Nick to

his feet, and as the trucks pullout the two'of them

are standing Q.lone there in the yard.

62. CLOSE SHOT LANK AND NICK
They stand in the shRmbles that Madden's mon
have made of the yard, dazedly watch the blli'ninc sh8d.
Behind them the roar of the trucks diminish as they
slide away into the darkness. Nick looks b0uten,
crest-fallen, but as Lank stares at the fire, his face
takes on a flushed look of seething anger •••
DISSOLVE TO:

63. INT. MUCKEYE JOOK NIGHT

The Muckeye Jook is still poundine with the
tumult of drinking and £unr!ing in the early morning
hour, as Madden and his men celebrate the successful
invasion of Nick' 3 .farm. Ther'(j are no girls around,
for it i3 far past the hour for sporting, but the mob
is drinking and shouting and having a good time.
Madden stands with Danny and Cully at the bar.
MADDEN:
( chuckling)
That ought to hold 'em down for
al,.vhile.
(glances at Danny)
\:;Jhat's stewing you, Frazier?
(pounds him affection-
ately)
You ought to be cheerlnet

CULLY:
(scoffine)
.':..ah" h6 lost his best fri.and.

Danny does not answer, only glares at him,

M;'DDEIJ:
Finish yom' drink -- that 'll make
you feGl good. You sure set your-
self in with me tonight, boy!

The three man raise their drinks, then Maddon slowly

lowers his glass as he Sf...;<;.S something offscene in
the doorway.
 58.
61. MED. SHOT DOOR NAY LANK
Lank seems to appeoT' from out of nowhere. His clothes
are half torn and his face is bleeding. CAlIfEH" TRUCKS
with him as he stalks dellbe:rately ucrOS3 the room to
Madden. Madiden seems unable to move. i,. chilled
silence is held for a moment.

IJ.NK:
(bitingly)
Here's one you missed --I
vii th this he plants a big tomato full in Madden IS
face, driving it home solidly, squashing every lost
grain of it into th0 packer's features. Then with 3.
sharp look around the room, as if challenging the men,
including Danny in this last frozen look, he turns
and goes out. No on~ movos to stop him ••••
Fl,DE OUT.
 59.
FADE IN

6.5. LONG SHOT NICK' S FAR~J DAY

The long stretc h.es of Nick 's farm lie broil
hot tropi cal sun,. In the dista nce a cloud ingof
under the
dust
from a caterpill~r tract or which is plowi ng an open rises
Besid e this fieLp . is anoth er field plant ed in snap field .
Smal l posts have( been drive n into the cente r of eachbeans .
and wire runs from post to post, mark ing the field vine
rows. in

66. FULL SHOT CATERPILLAR TRACTOR LANK

The powe rful "cat" comes bobbi ng and ducki ng acros s
open field , movin g swif tly and catli ke down upon the the
groun d, its powe rful moto r roari ng labor iousl y. on raw
steel seat is LaW{, sitti ng slouc hed half aroun d as the
watch es the gang plow, its mult iple share s diggi ng he
the jet Glade earth , tumb ling it in a black -cres ted into
behin d. wake

67. CLOSER MOVING SHOT LANK ON TRACTOR

The "cat" is a meta l gian t, with the hlue vapor s of
engin e e~1austing from the verti cal stand pipe. Lank, its
the tract or, seems no less gian t-lik e, mane uveri ng on
tract or prec isely , tight enin g his body again st the the
ing lever s, wres tling the mach ine as if he were
steer -
a part
of it,
Lank is cover ed with the Glade dust -- dust on
his ears, caked on his neck and face and wette dhis brow s,
into
in the swea ty cente r of his back. From head to toe, mud
Lank seems like an earth -gnom e, a chunk of soil
life, anim ated by the sun into warm th and breat h.come to
the rim of his mouth and the socke ts of his eyes areonly
clean , show ing the tanne d clear skin.
Off acros s the field Lank sees someo ne and waves chee
ly, the lines of his face crack ing into a grin. ri-

68 .• MED. SHOT EXT. SNAP B~AN FcELD HICK

Nick, walki ng throu gh the high, towe ring rows of beans
gestu res back to Lank in frien dly acknowledg~ent.,
he turns his atten tion to the plan ts.
Then
Here, the trail ers
wavin g again st the dazzl ing blue of the sky, seem alive
,
(CONTINUED)
 GO.

68 (Canto)
seem visibly to stretch and grow before the eyes. The
light that come3 down through the growth is soft and
green. The Ground tmder foot is hlack and mo18t.

Nick I S powerful arms thrust Into a bush and draw apart

the leaves, exposing the tender growth of b0ans dl1ngllnc.
from a million fstems.

69. CLOSEUP NI CK 'ls HArmS

as his thick fingers snap off a fistful of the lon[';
curling beans and examine them. It is a haavy, rich
crop, ripe for the harvest.

70. CLOSE SHOT EXT. BEAN FIELD NICK

His features break ;'nto a broad, pleased smile. OFFSCENT

the roar of the "cat" is heard closer, then the motor
is cut te idling. Nick looks off toward the field, then
walks in that direction, taking tn.e beans 'iii th' him.

71, !IIED. SHOT EXT. ~~IELD (NEAR ROAD)

Lank has stopped the "cat". He g0ts down, takes a steel

bar, Goes to the now-lIfted plm'lshares and is cleaning
them of the black SV;D.r.lp goil \'/hen he he ars :trick f s voice.

NISK'S VOICE:
Lank l

Nick comes into the scene from the bean field.

LAllI( :
(indicating his plowing)
Almost got her dono. We ought to
get the celery in by next week.

NICK:
( warmly)
You do fine job, Lank. Look -- I
think this !,1a~W you feel good.

He shows Lmllc the fistful of snap beans. Lank br8aks

one of them tn two and looks at it.

( CON1'INlillD)
 61.
71 (ConL)
LAlIK:
(incredulously)
You mean they'I'E:.: ripe?

NICK:
(nods)
Sure, kthees ground she push Tern
up ra$t. We gotta start to pick
tomor~ow or we lose the crop.
CAMERA MOVES with them as Lank leads the way tn a trance
to the edge or the bean rield near the fence.
LANK:
Gosh, only rorty days and we got
a stand or beans. Back home it
used to take oi£hty -- ir something
didn't happen to lem.
lie looks at the vines, almost lovingly.
NICK:
( chuckles)
We get in celery next, then maybe
carrots, ~~d prBtty soon some
tomatoes. We soll just onc big
crop -- then I pay orr Maddcn.
He don' stop us ~ ~.

The SOUND of illl approaching car is heard orfscene.

72. EXT. ROAD DAlmy'S CAR

Danny, driving a roadster '/lith the name "MADDEN PACKING"
on the door, pulls off tho road and stops near tho fence.
Danny is dressed in woll-made, l30rviceable clothes, neat
cord trousers, clGan shirt and new leather jacket -- a
decided contrast from tho Danny who untorod Glado a few
weeks before.
DANNY:
(hailing Lank)
Hi-ya, dirt-pusher 1

He gets out of the car and starts oVt';r to tho fence.

73. CLOSE SHOT NICK AllD LAHK

Nick glowers at Danny. Law< is restrained.
(CONTINUED)
73 (Cant.)
NICK:
(sourly to Lank)
Your ~tOd friend, Mister Poison.
I don see him -- I'm afraid maybe
I spit in his 8Y8.
He turns· a.nd ntfa.lks away along the row of bean plants.
Lank saunters o!\Ter to the fence.
,

74. EXT. FIELD DANNY AND LANK AT THE FENCE

There is restraint, evasiveness in the meeting of the
two men as they talk across the barb wire fence. As
thcy Come together the contrast between them is powerful
-- Danny, clean, smooth-shaven, and Lank in overalls,
grimy from the dirt of the mucklands.
DANIIT:
(offhand) ..
How's it gain', Lffi1k?
LANK:
Oh ••• fine.
(looks Danny over)
Looks like you're da1n' okay
walkin' around in lace pants
drivin' your own car •.•
(motions to Dunny's
white hand resting
on. the fence post)
Even lost the callouses on those
mitts of yours.

Danny looks at his hand thou3htfully, thon rubs them

together.

DANNY:
(~ith
a tlnge of egotism)
I don't have to take on the rough
v:ork any more. I'm handlin' most
of the pnckcrs now -- even tellin'
Cully what to do.

Danny hesitates, then cor,les out 'flith the

purpose of his visit. One thing's bc"n filling his craw
-- Lank. He tries to talk Lank iuto Giving up the farm

( COnTINUED)
 G3.
7-1 (Cant.)
and coming in with Madden. Danny is in a good spot now,
able to swing Lim], into a prett,{ good job. But Lank
only shakes his head. lie likos what he is doing
Danny seems plea~ed with his own progress. They both
'c

have what they wiant -- why not let it go at that?

Danny shrugs. He admits he hadn't much hope
that he could sway Lank, but thought he would try it.
He comments on the bean crop, remarks casually that
they'll get a fancy, number one pack out of it -- Lank
did all right.
LANK:
(shakes his head)
Not me -- the ground did it, A man
doesn't know what farming is until
he geta his hand into some of this soil.
We're Gonna start pickin 1 tomorrow.

Danny frowns, tries to conceal the note of concern in

his voice.
DANNY:
Got your pickers lined up?
LANK:
No, but that's a cinch. Glade's full
of pickers.
DANNY:
Well, I wish you luck, but you're
still plowin' in the wrong field.
You think plant in , and growin' is
all there is to farraing. Well,
there's more. You've got to cull
it and grade it and pack it; Then
you've got to haul it to market and
fenagle a deal that'll bring in good
hard cash. That's part of fa~in',
too •••

LANK:
Sure it's part of farmin' -- but
not the way Madden doe sit... Don't
you worry about me.
(CONTINUED)
74 (Cant.)
DANNY:
I ain't worryin' -- I'm just
tellin'. Anytime you get sick
of the taste of dirt in your
mouth, let me know.
• LANK:
You spw1d hard, Danny, but you're
not. ;
DANNY:
I'm hard enough in the right places.

He walks off toward the car.

75. WIDER ANGLE EXT. FENCE AND ROAD

Danny gets in the car and starts the motor.
DANNY:
(calls over to Lank)
I'll tell your friend I saw you.
LANK:
( puzzled)
Friend? Who?
DANNY:
Lola. She's your friend, isn't she?

He smiles slightly as he drives off. Lank looks after

him frowning.
NICK'S VOICE:
~mat he want here?

Lank turns around and CAt'ERA PAllS OV~;R TO HEVEAL !lick

coming toward him from the b~an field.

LANK:
Nothin' -- just a friendly visit.
NICK;
(unsold)
Yah -- I know all about his friendly
visits. You still trust him after
what he do last time?
LANK:
( slowly)
I don't know., •.

SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

 G5.
7G. EXT. MAIN STREET OF GLADE DAY
Glade is quiet when Nick and Lank drive in
t,o town in searc h of picke rs. Men are 10afin 13 in the
shade of trees and, insid e the jooks as Nick and Lank
cruis e slowl y a:i;ong the stree t, looki ng for a place
to
park and call for work ers. Behin d them, from Madd en's
truck lot, anoth er truck swine s into the stree t. It
is
a small truck fitte d with a publi c addre ss syste m.
A horn is moun ted over the cab, and withi n the cab
is
Cully , a micro phone in his hand •••

CULLY'S VOICE:
(over the speak er)
HAre they com.e, boys 1 -- coup le a
broke n down farm ers it-chi n f to do
:fOU a favor .

His voice rings out gian tlike .. shatt ering the quiet
of
the town.

In Nick 's truck Lank and Nick reac t, look off

and rfJal ize what is happ ening . Nick then gestu res towar d
the Madden packi ng hous e.

NICK:
Frien dly visit , huh? They 're gonna
make troub le.

77'. EXT. MADDEN PACKIHG HOlfSE PLATPORM

Madden and Danny stand on the packi ng house platf orm,
·watc hing. Madden is amuse d. Danny rema ins stoli d,
his
face seL
78. EXT. MUCKEYE JOOK
Lank says nothi ng, o~ly looks off coldl y at
Danny as he stops the truck . C'llly pull" in right be-
hind them. As , Lank climb s out of the cab, Cull y's
voice again booms
, out.

CULLY:
(over louds peake r)
Intro ducin ' Lank 1'alb ot, folks !
He's gonna get lIP on the platf orm
and give you a song and dance .

Someone laugh s from the shado ws as Lank climb s

upon to the rear of hIs t1'11ck. A few men strag gle out
from the jooks . Lola and Doris are among those who
appea r in the doorw ay of Muck eye's place . LDnk cups
his hands to his mouth to shout to the men in the stree
t,
bnt again Cully I s voice choke s }dm, shovi ng the
words
back down his throa t.

CULLY:
(over speak er)
Get set, folks , In about a minu te
you'r e Gonna hear the swee test voice
this side- a heave n. Sing it out,
Lank !
LANK PAUSBS, then shou ts ~ith all the migh t of his
lung s. His voice is puny in c:.->n trast to the thund or of
Cull y's. The crowd is grow ing.
LANK:
\7e got three hUll.d.:v-ed acres of snap-
beans -- rGady to go

CeLLY'S VOICE:
(over speak er)
He ain't loud, but he's funny l
(mock inGly )
He f s got three hlU1dl'ed ncres of
snap- bean s. Vfuy don't ya boil fem?
Come on., boys, ask him to sing!

(CON1'nnJED)
 67.

78 (Cant.)

In his truck" Cully starts a phonograph

record, and the r,1usic Goes screeching out over the

heads of' the c;rowd.

79. EXT. DOORWAY OF /,IUCKEYE JOOK LOLA AND DORIS

Lola's f'ace takes on an angry look and she starts f'or-

ward.

DORIS:
Where do you think you're going?

LOLA:
That portable jook box is cuttin'
in to our business.

80. EXT. tffiDDEN PACKING HOUSE DANlIT AND MADDEN

as they watch. Madden chuckles.

81. EXT. STREET LANK, NICK A:m CROWD

Angered by Cully"s persistent bal ting, Lank

is set on jl..unping dovm and settlinG things with Cully,

but Nick stops ~im. Nick tries to Qutshout the loud-

speaker, but the crowd is lau~hinb' and then Cully

breal{s in raucously.

CULLY'S VOICE:
It's a duet, boys. COTIe on, Hick,
what're you doln' on a farm? YDU
oughta be on the sta~e!

82. EXT. CULLY'S TRUCK CULLY AUD LOLA

Lola comes up Rnd leans into the truck.

(COilTINUED)
 68.

82 (Cant.)
CULLY:
Hi-ya" babe t
This greeting goes bellowing out over the speaker. LoL,

sces the amplifier in its rack atop the rear cushion.

LOLA:
Don't tell me that little thinG
makeS all that big noise?

CULLY:
(into mike)
Yep -- I talk into this whoosis
and she goes right through them
tubes and out through the horn.
Like this -- ~~ahoo!
As he shouts Lola picks up a crank from the cab floor

and calmly tosses it into the amplifier. The tllb08

break and instantly the speaker goes dead. Lola at one,

walks away. Cully yells at her angrily.

83. EXT. TRUCKS LOLA, LANK AlJD NICK

As Lola passes Lank she casually remarks that

he can GO ahead Ei.tld make his spiel now -- she just cut

Cully down to Larlli's size. Lank grins his approciation,

Again he begins talking to the r,len jammed about.

I,ANK:
Like I was sayin 1 1 - before that guy
started Hindin I up there" we got three
hundred acres of snap-beans ready to
be picked and ~elre lookin' for workers.
A hundred of 'er.1.,

NICK:
Sure -- anybody "ant a job, line up.

From the packinG house Madden sees that the

men ure interested and abruptly crosseS the street.' He
(CONTINUED)
 69.
83 (Con t. )
COmes in, talking and climbs up on the running bonrd
of Cully's truck.
MADDEN:
(shouts to the men)
Ask rim what he I s going to pay
you bff with -- lettuce leaves?
NICK:
(to the men)
We pay you good.
(points at Madden)
More than you get from him. Forty
cents an hour t
MADDEN:
But. - when? Go on, boys, ask him
when her8going to pay you. I'll
tell you when •• never. He hasn't
got a dime in cash to his name.
All the pay you'll get is a sore
back.
MAN'S VOICE:
(from crowd)
Yeah? -- We don't mind workin' but
we gotta have nickels I What do ya
say, Nick?
NICK:
You get paid all right -- when we
sell the crop.
Cully stops forward.
CULLY:
(derisively)
You ain't sellin' no crop, Greek I
(to tho men)
Don't be a bunch of suckers, you
guys. Make 'im show you the color
of his money, first~

The pickers set up a clamor, demanding that

Nick show them the money be foro they agree to work for
him, but Nick and Lank are unable to do this; It
lOOks bad and they know it. L~nk tries to hold the
men.

(CONTINUED)
 70.
83 (Con t.)
LANK:
We got 8 crop. We grGw it witho ut
Madden and we're gonna solI it
witho ut him. Suro, wo can't pay
ypu now, but later we'll pay you
mpre 'n you'v e been e~rning, if
, ll help us out.
you'

NICK:
(plea ds)
This is not only for us. This is
for the otho r farms and you, too.
We got this crop and Maddon choa t
nobod y again . We ~ll get good pay
and good times . What you say?
M;\DDEN:
(cutt ing in)
They say they 're not work ing froe.
(to the men)
You can't bU~ eats and cloth es and
drink s on wort hloss prom ises, boysL
The work ers begin to nod and talk among them selvo s.

A ,fORKER:
Sure, wa gotta eat. Mess in' aroun d
fo.rm in I 1 We u8et~ bo farme rs once --
now VIO fro l)'JOrkin I for cash.

LANK:
(dcspor~toly)
Listo n, you mon ---

j, VOICE:
(into rrupt ing)
il:w, go saw wood 1

The mon bogin to strag gle off. Nick and

Lank look defea ted. Mndden loeks over at thom and
chuc kles, then steps dmm from tho truck . Ho nods
to Danny to folIo\ '! end Koes back acrOs B tho stroo t.
D2nny, who has como over 2nd stood wvtc hing, pnuse s
near Lank 's truck .

(CONTINUED)
 71.
83 (Con t,l)
DANNY:
Canlt you see whot you'r o up
again st, Lank -- ?
LANK:
(flat ly)
You; fella s aron 't gonna win forov or.
So~d ay you' ll run out of trick s.

Danny looks at him a momont, then gats a cold staro

from Lola, who has como ovor to tho truck . He oxits
witho ut anoth er word. Lola watch os after him, thon
turns to Lank and Nick.

LOLA:
I could have told you -- you only
wasto your time tryin g to reaso n
with a bunch of dumb mcn ••.
Sho turns and oxits . Lank looks aftor hor, appa rentl
only half heari ng har. y

NICK:
(di scon solat ely)
Vmat we gonna do now, eh?
LANK:
Don' t look like thero 's much wo
cnn do .•••

QUICK WIPE
OFF TO:

84. EXT. ITINE R,'.NT V/ORKER r SCAM P

DAY
The woman in the eamp aro wash ing cloth es, hangi ng
them out on lines , cooki ng m0al s, doing their meni
house hold labor s. Ragge d kids play on the dirty al
groun ds. An Gtmo sphor c of mise ry and pove rty lays
over the camp.
Emmy Tagg art anD anoth er woman arc scrub bing
work ing over the open -topp ed five gallo n tins cloth
they
os,
usc for w~sht ubs. Emmy looks up, und her 0Y03
narro w,
then her voice twcng s out crisp ly.

El'llMY:
(unfr iendl y)
i-met do ya went , Jook girl?

85. ANOTHER i_NGLE EXT, ITINE RANT CAMP

Lola comes ~rom the lano leadi ng to tho main stroo t
and stops facin g tho women.
(CONTINUED)
85 (Con t.)
LOLA:
I want to talk to you about your
husba nds. ~!Gybe you cnn knock
some sense into 'om.

Ei'.!MY:
. (cold ly)
Yo~ loavo our men- folk be and go
tend to your jook in'.
SECOND WOMAN:
(stra ighte ns, wate r
dripp ing from her
hand s)
Yeah -- can' t gi t her any kinda
man and come s talki n' about ourn .
More women aro saun terin g from the shack s, among them
one who is fat and good -natu red. Other s look up from
their work . Lola looks aroun d at tho faces , seoin g
their anim osity . Sho squa res up to them.

LOLA:
And what 's moro I woul dn't want a
mnn who'd make me live the way you
do. Wash ing in cnns, cooki ng on
bonf ires, neve r havin g a plnce you
cun cull your own. Homo loss and
hung ry with your kids chasi ng uroun d
liko ". mess of wild eats. I'd shoot
tho Bun who mude mo live liko that.
EMiITY:
(cng rlly)
\'10 know· JOu, gal -- whore you como
from end what you do to mako your
livin ', and worre tolli n' you, worro
good folks who likG to work doce nt.
Lola sees the anger moun ting in tho shnrp fomd e focoo
uroun d hart

LOLA:
(plun ging on)
'Hork doca ntl I know how you run
from crop to crop, from state to
stato , letti ng every body work you
for noth ing. Sura, you'r e good
folks , you live hono st Qnd clban ,
but you'r e getti ng so you won' t
bolio vo it whon thor o's" ch"nc c
to make somo ~ monoy •. You
havo n't any brain s.

( CONTINUED)
85 (Con t.l)
Emmy Tagg art's ayes blaze and she steps forwa rd und
slaps Lola a sting ing blow acros s the cheek . Thoro
is n moment of tenso noss.

FAT WOMAN:
Yuh ,hadn 't ought tuh dono that,
Emmoy.
EMMY:
NobOdy asked her to como jnwin '.
(to Lola)
You git on outen here afore yeu
git in troub le.

FAT WOMAN:
( thoug htfu lly )
Wait a minu te, Emmy, maybe sho's
got somo thin' we ought tuh hear.
(to Lola)
What yuh tryin '··tuh say, Jook gal?
hll look expe ctant ly at Lola ••••

DISSOLVE TO:

86. EXT. GLi.DE HUN STREET NICK 'S TRUCK DAY

Lank and Nick are in the truck , about to drive off,
whon Clom Tagg art COmes up sheo pishl y. Behin
ere a few other mono Lank leaks at thorn puzzdled.
hiM

CLE/!J:
Yuh git your mon yot?
IJ,IIK:
(quie tly)
You'r o the Men -- you know whot her
wo got you or not.
CLEJc; :
Yell, yuh got mo, if you want mo.
I'll pick free.
NICK:
(usto unde d)
By golly , sho's £l miro. clo
some thing s happo n L

(CONTINUED)
 74.
86 (Can t.)
CLEM:
Some thinG hpppe ned all right .
That jook gal got our women in
Our hair. Thoy tol' us prope r.
We're ready to pick your crops
any time you say.
ANOTHER PICKER:
Ye~h -- guoss we was talki n' outta
our haids .

Cully hears this, reali zes the mon havo

all swung to Lank ond Nick, for they aro comin g up
fast, apply ing for jobs. CUlly tries to inter fere,
to stem the tide, but tho work ers squel ch him quick
ly.

CLEM:
(to Gully ).
Wo kin wag our own tongu es, Misto rt
You ain't gitti n' us inta troub le
wi th our women.

PICKER:
D"rn rights~ You don' t have to
live with 'om, but we're hitch od
good, ~~at they say goes t

Cully strea ks off to finel Madd en. It is

ogree d that the picko rs will ropo rt to Nick 's farm
to begin work oarly , ~ith Q good stort and onoug h
men the whole crop can bo picke d in two days. Nick
h"s alrea dy m"de r.,rr"n l;omc nts with an out-o f-sta to
truck ing firm and tha benn crop is to bo shipp ed
direc tly ~~om tho ferm •••

(CONTINUED)
 75.
86 (Cont,l)
Lank sees Lola standing in the doorway of
the jook, watching with a ploased expression on her
faco. Lank 'goes ovor to hor, worm, friondly.

LANK:
(gratefully)
Thanks, Lola. I don 1 t know how
you did it -- but it sure worke d.
LOLA:
(smiles)
The hand that rocks the cradle
must've clubbed some sense into
fern.

Then Lank, a little aw!<wardly, suggests

that if this venture comes off succossfully, that
they all aro going to colehrato and -- (ho doosn' t
know qUito how to put it) -- but will she bo thero?
••• with him? Lole says she w0uldn't miss it for nIl
tho snap bOuns in Florida. TI10n L~nk locvcs her,

his spirits high ••••

WIPE OFF TO:

87. INT. NICK'S TRUCK ON RO;.D ( PROCESS) DAY

Lank and Nick are olatod as the truck rolls tow~rd

tho farm.
NICK:
(onthusiastically)
By golly, that Lola girl she somo
smart woman ell right! If I be
young like you I marry her up
tight -- fifteen or twenty time.
Just to make sure I have her.
(CONTINUED)
 76.

87 (Cont.)
Li.NK:
(smiles)
Once'd be enough, but •• ,well,
I couldn't marry c girl like
Lola.
NICK:
(flares)
;/hassa "latter? She no good
onough for you, eh?
LbNK:
(disturbed that
Nick has mis-
interpreted)
Oh, no, that's not it. But
she's used to high living.
Sho wouldn't tio hersolf down
to a smooch li~e me.
NICK'
(disgustod)
Smuch, smuch -- what's theos
smuch? You prooty good guy for
Nicks. If I bo girl I marry
you qUick myself, you botchoo.
You and Lola got marriod, raise
a nico crop of koods somoday, oh?
Lj~NK:
(grins)
And no.mo rom all "Nick".
(shako" his hoad)
Huh - uh -- ShG'd havo to bG crazy
to marry mo.

NICK:
Sure she crazy -- about you.

L,'NK:
(glancos at Nick
quickly, then lots
out a slow breath)
Yeah? You s'poso she is?
(musingly, half
to hir.13elf)
\"lcmder if she would like ,. fqrm ••• ?

DISSOLVE TO:
 7'1.

88. INT. MUCKEYE JOOK DAY

Lola, Doris and 1'iny are at tho bar with
somo mon when Madden enters followed by Dill1ny.
Madden take S one look around then stridos over to
Muckoye, hi~ oyes angry. He jorks his thumb in

LOla's diroction and bluntly tells Muckeyo to fire

her.

Instantly the girls are on thoir feot.

Muckeye is astonished ~~ LOla is his bost girll
What has sho done? Mnddon ignores tho quostion,
repocts his domnnd.

Muckoyo apologetically turns to LoIn,

sympathotic, but thero is nothing he can do.
Lola looks contomptuously from j"iaddon to
Danny, thon facos Madden hoatodly, donanding to know
why he is picking on hor.

I'/i,,'.DDEN:
Yeu stuclc out your neCk, sistor
-- too far.
DORIS:
(ccnsolingly to Lola)
You should worry, thoro 2ro plonty
of other jooks in town.
l/iJ,DDEN:
Not for her, thoro urcn't.

Ho exits. Danny is hrlfway to the door when Lola

stops him.

LOLA:
(acidiy)
Of courso you didn't havo onytn1ng
to no with this bright idea, did you?
(CONTI1IUED)
 78.
88 (Can t. )
DANNY'
You'ro the one that gots tho
bright idoas. If you'd kept
your noso inside this jook whoro
it ~olongs I might've had n
chapce of bringin 1 Lank arDund.
LOLA:
Lank's all right whore ho is.
DLNNY:
He'd bo botter off working for
Maddon -- makin' cash.
(pointedly)
That's what you want out of him,
isn' t it?
LOLA:
You've got mo all figured, haven't
you?
DANNY:
Yeah, I got you all figured.
You'vo trampod around so long,
boon kickod in the tooth so
much you'ro just lookin' for
Q soft spot to land in. Woll,
maybe if you'd hook up with
tho right side you'd find it.
DORIS:
(odges in)
Moaning you, I supposo?
LOLA:
I'd get Qwful tired of holding
my nose.

Sho walks ~way. Danny's ayes follow her coldly, than

ho goos out.

DORIS'
I'll bet his mother led him
around on ~;. lensh .•. 1

Muckeyo is mournfully distressed about tho

. Whole thing, but Lola tolls him to forgot it. hccom-
ponied by tho &irIs, Doris and Tiny, she goos to
the b lOck room
(CONTINUED)
 '79.

88(Cont.)
to pack up the items she has collected there from
working in the jook.

88a. INT. BACK-RO~M OF MUCKEYE JOOK

This is a s art of a rough office, s tore room,

and "powder roomu for the jook girls. Greatly concernel

Doris and Tiny question Lola about her plans. There is

nothing left for her to do now but get out of town •••
she has to live. The two friends are inclined to
leave with Lola, but Lola won't hear of it. Glade is
a good town with plenty of money and nobody but a sap
would quit i t .

TINY:
(\lrith her broad
accent)
i].'hat DalU1Y' 3 a mean old palooka.

DORIS:
Somebody oughta poison his liquor~

LOLA:
(shrugs)
Maybe it's all for the best anyway.
DOIiIS:
(curiously)
Lank beginning to get ideas?
LOLA:
(nods)
Mibht be catching -- never Can tell.
DOHIS:
Running away iSh I t going to Cure hiri'l,
i-toney. When his kind bet it it takes
a major operation to straighten I em
out ••• But maybe you're right. Where
you thinkin' of going?

(CONTINUED)
 80.

88a (Cor,t.)
LOLA:
Over to Pahokee. I'll stick
around there until the season
clos~s. Then who knu'Ns •••
I

I DOHIS:
Tiny ~nd I'll drive you. But
you oUghta call Lank -- just to
say goodbye.

Lola looks at th8 t81~phQne on the wall by the door, ~

then "oe s to it. As CAI~SHA l~OVgS IN with Lola -

DISSOLVE TO:

89. CLOSEUP I,IeK'S TELEPHONE DAY

.
It is rino.inb. The stumping of' feet is heard and
then the CAllIERA PULLS BACK as Nick comes to the tele-
phone 9.11(1 answers it. We see the inside of Nick' oS horile.

The house is comfo~~#m~~, but it does not have the

light touch 01 a wo'fn$:!;\s hand. From its rouGh, badly
furnished interior:,q~e<Fcan see that only men .have lived
here, men too busy'#'¢:;;-79other with amenities. The one
table lias nothini!. but it coupre 01' dirty plates on it
and. the only a6coration is the awkwaru, mouLh-gaping
wall telephone.

N"ck holds the l"eceiver clumsily to his ear.

NICK:
( in to phone)
Halla -- hallot ••.• Lolal
(excitedly)
Yah, yah, yah -- JOGS wan rninutet
(yells off, his
hand over' the re-
ceiver - fOl'8;etting
the :i~outhpiece)
Lank -- she's Lolal By Golly,
now 1 s your cnance. You tell L.er
",../icJ{ say you marry her. You live
with Nick and grow beeg fancy pack
nWl1ber ·Nan crop of keeds ~

(n;TEHCUT is a CLOSEUP of Lola as she hear's "nd then

her' expression clouds.)

Li,NK:
(comi.ng to the phone)
Hey, t·ak8 it easy -- she ' l l hear
you.
(CONTINUED)
 01 . .
89 (Cant.)
NICK:
No, she don t hear noddinG. I
cover him up ..••
(as Lunk takes
. the phone)
You; tell her, huh? 'lie ha vc beec;
wed~inG after' we sell the crops.
j
LANK:
(lIs hh l s ll him and
speaks into the
phone)
Ht:i' ) •••• Lola?

Nick lis tens to the following conversation, reacting.

tryinlS to understand, his who~e earthy being respondinL

90. CLOSEUP LOLA ON TELEPHONE

LOLA:
I -- I called up to say goodbye,
Lank.

91. CLOSEUP LAHK ON TELEPHONE

LANK:
(reacts)
Good bye?
(oisturbed)
ifv:sll .•... INhere you ..:.:,oing?

92. CLOSEUP LOLA

LOLii.. :
I leaving towu -- but that's
not important. I just wanteu to
wish you luck. I hope you make a
million.

93. CLOSEUP LANK

LANK:
( anxiously)
But Lola -- listen I've got to
talk to you. 1 1 11 'oe riGht in~
 82.

94. CLOSE SHOT LOLl> ON TELLPhONlc

LOLA:
(gently)
It' sj no us e, Lank. I'll be i].one
by tpe time you get here •.• so long.

~\
95. INT. NICK'S HOUSE LANK AND NICK
i.:. LAl~K;
(into ph",ne)
Lola' -_ l .t, ',,"
(he hal1gs':,'uH'
~Jl_ow:'.f 't",:C,'",.:<'.",'.·

She ';s go;i1'\ ' 'Hi.. she

uidri't 'sa'Y; "q,uit ting
whe ri -we 'Wtl;

Well,
for?

Spurred to actio, hat and runs out

of the house.

DISSOLVE TO:

96. INT, MU~liEYL JOOK DAY

Throut,h the Dilen door Nicki s truck can lJe seen as it
stops out side. L-ank hops out and hurries into the
buildin6t looks quickly a~ouna, then boes to Muckeye
at the bar.
LiJ~'K:
(hurriedly)
Where's Lola? She was calling
from here a few minutes ago.
l'ilUC.. . . EyE:
Yuh got me. All I know is I hadda
fire her. She beat it out a here a
while ago with her friends.

LANK:
What did you have to fire her
for?
(CONT HIUED)
 G6(C OJlt.)
1,tUGKLYJi.:
(slll''' '';s)
Be t ter ask Jrour pal .i:·'ruz lc.t, that.

Lank 1 3 eye S . Dt;l.r row sru.:l. rply, tl"k:n he t11~(l.

-CU1'Df3 hlll'p ies
out of .. the jo~k.,
I
~~ .H?E OFF '1'0:

97. EXT. LOLA'S SHACK DAY

Lank s tops hi~_ truck, ,; to the uoor.
He knock s

Lolli, ~

1\he.c e is no EJ}~'t he do or but it

is locke d. l-.tzes th" t Dod s I
car is gone from ,:::~'l<H~lg·.
old woman is cle Nea!'b;yr an
cp,o:t andJ 'he looks over at
Lank" who is s:,t ,tar:l ly a't a los s as to W!!iIL
to do. "'.-0\

: ,0liD '\,0 [IIAN :

he' 't;1118? -- They
~.~. all throe of lem.
Lank climb s bacl, into trw truck , his face set and
angry
and SWing s it vicio usly -'.::.round.

WIP];,; Qj<'F' '1'0:

98. EXT. ciADDEN PhCKING aOUSE

CA.,IEBA ;;lOVES "'i th La'lk as 110 ,ot,'id es along
the plat-
forlil, from his truck towar d the offic es •• JJefor
c: one of
the doors (uar·ka c.l, "DAN FHAZ IER," he stops u mome
nt,
then jerks it open wide.

99. IWr. DAaNY1S OPFIC E

Dann y, at his desk, 1s talki ng 1!/ith Barmy l'lIcar

s, ant./. 81'11:
is "i",B li"b' But at the ,;'sOUND of the door openi ng both
of the41 look aroun d start led. Lank stand s for f!i. r.101I1ont
glarln &,. DamlY , s8nsi n6 troubl"~, gestu ras curtl
y to
the girl.

(COllTINJED)
 84.
99 (Con t.)
DANNY;
SdG ~ou later ••••

BONNI~ ",:
• (l'du ctan tly)
We:lll -- okay-_

She exits ttJ'QUgh al~other ciool' whtch leads :into Li"lEJ

inter ior of 11'18
packi ng house " Danny r1S8S slowl y,
as Lank shuts the dool' "nel comes to him.

What 'er
out-a

be I'i d

nicke l-
'>\i'- . " ; )
He clubs Danny (
wall. Danny sli
: 'f'in~s,:£~*,$t, ;:::ba cl~ again st the
$-"i;;:;~()Jn¢r# forwa rd 'want ing to
fic;ht back, bu hi,,· LLsts down. Lank slugs
him again and a '1f~ars into the COl'n er of
tbe room .

LANK:
WllJr den' t you :righ t!
Danny keeps cor:l.ir g back 2 still makin g no attem pt
to
defen d hiIilS t::lf" Twi co more Lank hi ts Danny ,
cl ilJpin t;
him acros s the face and jel'ki us his heaJ ar·oun
d. The
last blow knock s"-Da nnj to the l'looL ' whe.('{J .t6
remu lns.
LANK :
(yell s at hb,)
Get l.A.lJt

Danny malce s ;.10 move , only s i t s tL0!'O feeli ng

hi~; ,jaw
and starin d; unha ppily at Lank. Lank stand s OVbr
him
for a mOJIleut breat hing i1eav ily, ·then .be su.dd enly
turns
and exits from the ofric B. As he goes out, Bonn
ie
Comes runni ng in throu g,h th8 other door'.
DailllY bets
slowl y to his feet, starin e; Ctfte r Lank. Bonn ie cries
out as she sees Dann y's bruis ed face • .

BOlli; IE:
C,asp s)
DE.mn y - - darl :i.nz - - t

(CO},T IIIUED )
 85.
~9 (Cont.l)
As if he bad not l:.c ard her, Danny ITU,I,~bly walle::; to the
desl{, picks up his hat, goes slav.'ll toward tile door'.

BONj', IE:
( al arre d. )
D~hyl
, -- What' 3 ti'e matter?
,
Danny exits. l

DI~~OLVE
SLOWLY TO:

100. EXT. i,lAIN 51'REET I.N fAHOKEE NIGET

Pahokee is a town much like Glae,de and the jool's are

much 1 ike ducl~cye' s except ,for >t:,heir' names. The raucous
music which spills from., their insides is the srune.
Even the brawl ini:, drinking workers are like tho se in
Glade.

We see as ign aCl)o~:~ Gne of the jooks, "PAHOKEE REDS"

(which i(lentifie~i':.g1'!'.~ town). Next to i t is the
"JIGGING JOOK" a#tl:1'WJefore this Danny's car pUlls up
and stops. Dann~",:/:g;e)fl;s out, looks from one door to thu
other, then enterr-s;i::"up.e "Jii?gin,g Jook Tl •

101. INT. JIGGING JOOK

Danny C01a0 S in and looks around the .re otil, ilien CAiil1fii-\
l-ANS with hili. as hc 1I',,0.1k8 across the dance floor W}18re
Lola is duncing VJith one of the workers. Hl; takE..'s hold
of Lola'S a~m, stoppinG her. Lola eyes Danny coldly.

DANi1Y:
(bluntly)
Come on.

WOilKEl(:
(s taps in ant a-
go(,isti cally)
~VGit a !:!.inut8 -- I was ciancin l t

.,
DANlJY:
Dane e on this

He SOCK:;; the bUy on the' chin. 'The ,man goes down.

Ins tantly the l'oom is in a turmoil. Danny hurries
Lola out of the place.
 86.

102. EXT. JIGGING JOOK lJA.~~NY rlND LOLA

Danny hurritos Lola to his cal' and forces her to 1::,0t

in despitld her pl'Ot8stS.

LOL,,:
( ani'; ril y )
What's the idea -- Lbt go of me.
r
r DANHY:
Shut up and ~et int

Behind the1" n10n start lunging from the jook, intent

on Getting to D~lny. Danny leaps into the car and
slams it In gear, shoves one of 11i8 purSUlJrs 01'1' the
running board, and the car roars off dowb the street
into the darkness.
WIPE OFF TO:

103. IHT. DANNY'S CAil DANNY AND LOLA· (PROCESS) NIl;HT

Danny is driving s,wif'tly along the country roads.

LOLA:
(~l'.rning)
where ~i?e:i you taking me?
DANNY:
( tersely)
You'll know soon JDough.

LOLA:
I lion I t rlb.. Vo;J to GO with ;you.
She make s an at tGfiipt to o fr.m thu car' docl' 'f.' 1 th tho in·
tention of leaping out. Dan.ny forcibly 81:11it8 h,]I' bRC:
into th~ ~eat and holds hoI".
D.riNi'j·y:
iklux, will you. I had too
much troubl~ finding you to let
you smear yourself allover the
hii::"hwuy.

Lola .sits up, straightens her' dress Gnu rJl:lxes

51 i&1. tly.

LOLA:
(sarcastically -
aftur a ,.iom'cn t)
I,hat didya do -- rcp6nt? Or
wasn l t I far <.,;:nouGh out of town
for 'you?
(CO ilTINUED)
 87.
10o.(Cont.)
DAl;NY:
You're nlways outa town n~ f,:lI'
as Ifm concerned.

DISSOLVE TO:

104. EXT. COUNTHY ROAD DANNY'S CAR NIGHT

Danny's car pUlls to a stop and Danny reaches over
and pushe s the door open.

DANNY:
Okay -- get out l·
LOLA:
With pleasure!

As she starts to climb down~ Danny. gestures off.

DANlr'{:
(.i1fHotionlessly)
There h~0~S
.J .....".
-- go to him.
Lola looks off.

105. LONG "HOT NIG'K'S HOUSE (FHOlV! LOLA'S A NOLI:)

Across the field a l i 6 ht glows from one of the winuows.

106. EXl'. llOAD DMiNY .Jill LOLA

LOLA:
( surprised)
This is Nick's place.
DAt\l NY:
Yeah. Lank's in there eatin'
his heart out for you.

LOLA:
(stiffcms)
You seem Sur8 of it.

DANNY:
Sure I'm sure.
(he touches nis
bruised face)
How do you think I Got this?
(CONTINUED)
 88.
106 (Cant.)
LOLA:
(quiz2,icallY)
You have a crazy way of lil{ing
a, fellow.
I
1,
DANNY,:
GL all, boost him up -- "ive him
s~me thing to fight for.

LOLA:,
(sloWly)
I guess you ::,re!l.lly/(like that BUy
don I t y01;! 71, ."
, . ',-',

,:'·,:.i::';;'"
Yciu think'I.l; ,
tlhs ,qn ", "
He dri ve s of,i',,,ah~', ":tl§ of the carl s
motor fading ~n '~ ~t:f:~-' Lola stands a
moment watct~i~g;:; ~~rns her footsteps
toward the dls:t

DISSOLVE TO:

107. EXT. "I CK 'S E::J NIGHT

As Lola come s to eli.e c an see Lank through

the window, sitti:og at the table, a thoughtful,
worried expression on his features. For a HIOmiJnt
she watches him bl'oodi£1g, th,~n steps closer to the
glass.

LOLA:
L:;mk •..• ~

108. I:iT. NICK'S HOUSE LIVING ROO,~ LANK

H~ raises his head, looks around, recognizing Lola's

voice. Then thrOUgh the glass r!E; sees h0r face.
Joyously he goes to the window, raIses it and lifts
her into the room.

LANK:
Thought maybe I was sE:ain' things.

LOL" :
(lie;htlY)
Do you put str~ngcrs up for the
night -- or do they huvo to be
traveling salesmen?

(CONTINUED)
 89.

108 (Cont.)
LANK:
(grins)
SUJ;'o - - long as you want.
1 (curiously)
Ho~ did you cot here?
!
,t
I LOLA:
Dariny broui\h t mo.

LANK:
( surprIsed)
Danny ? r
V,,,

Lola !lods. "ciom0S into Lank IS

face and he '" 't:oward tho road.

Tllen Nick entiOJ1,~i'"

ballooning a~OUllQ

LoJ!a I

Ho f ·.Ii
:~,_Ef~,sho
tW(j )
make a man

FADE OUT.
 90.
FADE IN
109. EXT. NICK'S FARM DAY
(MONTP.GE AND PRODUCTION SCENES)
The next morning, the workers Swarm in the
. I

bean field, lilr~ locusts, harvesting the crop. Hands

&
I
pull apart the bean vines, pull down the beans and

hamper after hamper is loaded. As the men pass through

the rows, the vines behin~ them are torn and violated

and pulled to tqe ground, but the crdp is in, heavy and
green.
I"
Nick passes a'lOJ.).€itije~~~·ld, watching the
men buckle down, stripp."a.<to th" wl3.ist, loading the

swirling around his •

At the temporary shed, the packers are busy,

loading the stuff, lidding the hampers, cleaning out

leaf and muck, laying in the beans neatly, making a

neat pack.

Already in the yard the trucks that are to

haul the produce to market, stand waiting. These are

big trucks, heavily tired, with their sides marked with
the sign, Ttm~OIIT FAST FREIGHT - CAROLINA. As the
packers pack, the hampers are loaded onto the freighters,
EveryWhere men work hard at the back-breaking,
muscle-bending work, in a hurry, trying to get the crop
in as soon as possible.
( CONTINUED)
 91.
109 (Cant.)

Nick anv
t
Lank pause for a moment by Lola
who is watching t,e activity .. M,,],es a man feel like
1\
sanebody big to see that, Nick tells them, then he
and Lank plunge into the work again,', and Lola smiles

as she wa tches th~mj busy ~ ~iX9t:tep}~:,,~.

DISSOLVE TO,

110. EXT. MADDEN DAY

Late the ?If).bJ;if dr i ve s up

to the packing steps. He finds
Madden

CULLY:
They just about got the stuff ready,
boss. They'll be rolling in half
an hour.
MADDENl
(pleased)
Okay. Get the boys, Danny.
DANNY:
(frowns)
Count me out on this one, Madden.
You've got plenty of men "- you can
bust enough noses wi thou t me.

Madden glances at him curiously.

CULLY:
(maliciously, to Madden)
That pal of his gave him a shellackin'
the other day -- kinda slowed him up.
Danny ignores the jibe.
( CONTINUED)
 92.
110 (Cont.)
MADDEN,
All richt, Danny. I'll handle
it myself.
(grips slightly)
When ~e get through spreading that
stuffltheY'll tllink they raised
combi~ation salad.
,
He starts off w~th Cully.
CULLY,
(shows his fist
Yeah g~::f~;~l~ ~:,"rnn~
Glade
dre s sing on j j ' . P , P ' ; t : '
WIPE OFF TO:

Ill. EXT. ROAD APPROAC~IN~ DAY

Down the farm speeds a

truckload
Madden and Cully. with the truck as it
sweeps into the yar DISCLOSED as
empty Save for Lole who is leaning against the fence.
Mt,DDEN,
(to CUlly~
I thought you said t~ey were here?
CULLY:
( apologetically)
Well, they was -- and we been watchin'
the mn in highw'IY •

Both men turn on Lola who is smiling, question-

ing her ••..

LOLA,
( tauntingly)
Forgot about the back road, didn't you?

(CONTINUED)
 93.
111 (Cant.)
She points, off along a dirt road. The men
look and see a dust cloud moving along the road away
k
from them. Madd~n scowls, gets back into the truck,
/:
and the truck roirs out of the yard 'in pursuit of the
.;
cloud of dust.
Lola watches for a momeE't, thop runs across
;'.,'j

the yard to the jungle tpe farm,

112. EXT. JUNGLE GROW\llH

she shouts:

All rir,ht.

Out of the roar the great truoks --

six of them -- across the yard and toward the road,
turning in the opposite direction from that taken by
Madden.

The last truck is Nick's, with L8nk driving;

It pauses for a moment, Nick helps Lola into the cab.
Nick is laughing -- By golly they outsmart him\
The smaller truck follows the freighters
toward the highway.

113. EXT. DIRT BACK ROAD MADDEN'S TRUCK

Madden's truck plunges into the cloud of dust
which swirls and chokes them as they endeavor to reach
what they suppose are Nick's rigs. For a suffocating
(CONTI NUED)
 94.
113 (Cant.)
moment nothing ahead is visIble, then they break

through into th~ clear.

~;

But t~ere are no trucks, no loads. TIle dust

,I
generator is orray an old Ford pUlling a hay rack,
gouging the hooks into the powdery ground, raising

it in huge, billowing ClQ\lo's'. M~dd.en' s crew stare in

"
:;"jt:;:_:)~;':L,;<,_: -., .,' '",:,::::' ' , :'
astonishment as' Maddl'n' b.iI:\l;J;§t1<e ,'F,o;,ia to stoP. The
: : - - - "'''':::>:1''''",''.'' "';:'.:<..(J,"""
old negro at the "I.\t:"ill; 'icn surpri se.

(1)
Ah don' '::Qput no trucks,
suh. A ,M:li.;s'tah Lank
gave me . t to rake up dis
.',
01' road

Madden
FADE OU'f.
 95.
FADE IN

CLOSE SHOT A SIGN DAY

Tho sign, again qt tho wall of a build ing roads :
f
tLEY1 S PRODUCE

Larg~t Whol esale House

. In
Savan nah
A strea m of wa te!!' IlBlas ho the sign and CAMERA
PULLS BACK to Dr'SCLOiSE a ll' down the stone -
block ed surfa eo 'of ,tho' ,BoyonGl 111m is
the Paloy Prbd uc!,b ' " th!3p ro<'\u ce
distr iet. Here ,t ii" ,!1:~~"",~h() mark ot is
dese rted. w~;re ,!le" i!l~d'ianother , negro
is sweep ing out!: ,,' ·';!jJ;io<'\ in wi th
comm ission hous,e:~':', i ',wi th arehe d
entr,m ces lnt 0 thE!
"ill

Ins ide Paley ' s off~ci Drill ing pers ist-

ontly . Tho negro vt; Jinto the
shado wed inte1' io]>, ~Jl\'d shou ts.

Mista h

115. ANOTill::R ANGLE

A man's head, sleop y-Ioo king and gUlmny-cyod stick

head out of a secon d story windo w. s his

NEGRO :
Mista h Paley -- do 'phon o's ringi n' I

WOPfJANI S VOIC E:
(inci de room)
Lot it ring t
With a crow l of disgu st Paley pUlls his head back
tho into
room.

11G. INT. PALEY PRODUCE STAIR S

Paloy , ~ Imun chy, rough -hcwn man, with his hair touse
as if he had just a'ilak enod 'from Q sound nleep , elump led
dovn the sbedr s and scoop s up the tolep hone f1'om s
a shelf .
(CONT lNUED )
 116 (Can t.)
PALEY:
(imp ation tly into tho
f pYlOna )
Yoah .'•••• Paley Dpoo.kin t ••••
Ho ~lanpos ba~, to tho landi ng nour tho top of tho
stair s v!horo aj'"yo un r" b,r, oastY,~lOOking woman comos
and stand s sul,d ly loani ng ac;al nst tho raill n". down
Sho,
too, looks as i ;f'l'ho 11..",8 b:oon arpul '0d from deop sloop
~.:-. . .",. ,, ,
'. ,-.,
/t:; ".. ,,;',
. i

11'7.

In the off' y. Madd en

is on tho

banns off.
J5MUY;
(quio tlyj)
You' re u ~~rt guy~ ~addon ~- you cover
all tho ari[;l oo.
MA:;))}i;1:~:
(flat tered , missi ng tho
inain untio ~.1 in Danny I s
voioo )
I don!t miss l~ny~ •••

118. INT. PALEY'PRODUCE PALEY

Ao ho ronch es tho st::'.ir lO.l1.ding on his way up, tho young
worJ1Ctn trios to' circl e :i.is nock rri th 1101" nrmo . Paloy
pulls her arms d01."tn.

(CONT INUTI:D )
r,
 97.
118 (Cant.)
PALEY:
You'll hava to savo thnt for awhile.
I gotta dig a bolo for ono of thom
.' dumb farmors.
Bo goos on up, tuttoning his shirt. Tho girl pouts ••••
~ SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

119. FULL SllOT

Nick's floo " through

the nibht'~ 'iihe
• liGhts
of tho bif9

120. INT.

Nick is dl'i'lJ) ,on the tY/O

men. Ahead" l}<l:ing
ribbon. The "'I'! nre
silhouottod 11mos the
gloYling, ba , night spot,
its lights sinil;, noss, comes
up, wm j)S 1:>1 a" Oed rotiros
once more into 1 ;1 Thowhi to
lino in its cent ~¢~J'?suP. banging
tm.dor and sweepi ;:ao.;' :,stfioothy, snnko-
like ..
Lola stifles n yuvn1.
LOU:
Watching that titdtc line mn.kos
me sloopy.
~nCK:
You go to sloep.
ffiLA :
(" ft er Q momont)
You ImoYJ •••• th.'1t f S me.

UNK:
(becomos nware she h'1s
said something)
Huh? What I d you. say?

LOLA:
(hal f-kidding)
Tl1at linD -- it runs ovor bills and
through fields.; .from ci ty to city; •••
just keeps Going ~nd ~oing~ ••. it never
. s t6ps.. Like. mc • •~.
(CONTIl:lUED)
 os.
120 (Cont,)
NICK:
(snorts)
IIa.h t Somoday that \,rhito line gonne.
take 1I,,:,'eu into a 'garden, with a bceg
housewand' a coupln kids. Thon she
stop,~you botchao!
. l .
LoIn cyes aro~h$;:lf-OlOS"d, but~hO is not asloop for
's
in Q noment she I':
:smiiles,an<:1;;:muiPlllU:i!$,.
... ~:~,:}:--,'-?-";-'i(\':''''';''''''';'
''<'.

,
NOsl;1
I'-
~-
Nick chuckl ,I' too, has
fallen aEi, [;Lin"
"'i <.J
soft
f -:.-' ',. _.
and clcHd es'her ovcr
gently,oni;; ...rm down
ovor her" . girl
asleep, !11Il ank.

121. FULL SHOT

They rOar ontx' four
five six, ina;' rJ.ng -passage,
their red "ndb '~i',;C(IJVin the dark
highway. Then <:c" "1);11e road --
SAVANNAH 58 MI,

DISSOLVE TO:

122. EXT. SAVAHNMI STREmf) NIGHT

C'
The trucl{s aro Deon crm:.rliEG into tho cit:.;' 'which sloops
in the d..'lrknosD. Even ir-hc l1iF~ht lii3hts, oorio on
factory windous, contributoD ~J the city's smnnoloncc.
The trucks send ochoe8 clc_ttcr:i)~\:; fl"om tho buildings
which eanyon the way.
DISSOLVE TO:

CLOSIo'UP SIGNS ON A ConNER NIGHT

Ono sign reads T~uCE ROu~E, and another, PRODUCE
'TBRlUNAL, Ovor this is llCard the SOUIID of the passinG
truclcs and acrocc thc f"co of the signs arc neen the
successive flnnhes 01' ],ondlights,
DISSOLVE TO:
 99.
124. EX~. N~RKET TERMINAL TRUCKS NIGHf

As they mOvo undor tho "rched ontrance In to tho market.

DISSOLVE TO:

125. EXT. PRODUCE T!ml.'iINAL AT NICK'S TRUCK NIG·HT

Lola sits up, yawning and stretching and look-

ing around, awal{(3nod by tho sudden cutUng of tho trucl,'s
motor, and wondering ,nlere they are. Lank helps her
dovm.
The nurket, whIch was quiet only a few hours
before, with its deors puiled down, its streets bare,
is now awakening With 2ctivity. Commission houses are

open and pilos of produce arc mounted on tho sidewalks.

T~ucks arc unloading produc0 at tho various housos.

Piles of vegotablen, sacks of onions, potatoes, hampers,

boxed bunches of commedities stuff the mQrkot, like an
ovor-flowing horn of plenty. Already men with bro,m

canvns aprons uro buoy nt their work.

The Tinrr.1ony ~ruck drivors como over, and one

of tho~:1, a chunky mug, 'Clnl-::s 'INhere they arc to unlond.

Nick tolls tllem to ;:;0 i.n.,nd on t -- he'll be back very

soon and tell them vihore to ll."'11ond.

DnIVER:
(surly)
Well, don It Ciet any ideas you 're
paying off in bonns. Ti@nony ~aid
~l

Tho mon orOGO ('.nd enter thq Terminal

restaurant vlhich is januned Vii th rough, animal-liko men,

Vlho co.n bo seon tl,roui): the glaGo front wolfing their
food.

(CONTINUED)
125 (Cont.)
Nick is confident he can sell the load in a
few minutes. 'He lifts a hampcr down from the truc![ and
shoulders it. lank and Lola follow as he leads the way
past the Paley PrOduce house. Lanl, wonders why he
doesn't stop there ••• it looks pretty eood.
NICK:
(laughs scornfully)
Sure, good like a spider trap. He
Madden's best friend, and both of 'em
first class poison. He cheat us dO'1n
to our last button. There be plenty
other places.
They go on.

126. EX'l'. JOmrr S PRODUCE

John Travitti. a big burly Italian examines

Nick's beans with interest when Nick brings them in.
JOHN:
Looka pooty Jood. Where you grow
beans like tlmt?
?,T~CY ~
Glade, Plorida.

You name Nick?

HIv~T ;
( Durprisel'l,
Yeah l How you know?

JOliH:
All I know is, I no can fmndle your
stuff. You i';ot a contract with
Meester Madden.
WIPE OPF TO:

127. AtTOTHEj, DEALER

as he looks fl t the b,oans holds up a big fistful.
(CONTINUED)
127 (Cont.)
DEALER:
Garcos? Madden told me yonr crop
was consigned to Paley. He'll ~et
sore ,if he finds out you're tryinr; to
peddle out from under him.
WIPE OFF TO:

128, ANOTHER PRODUCE HOUSE

The answer is the same -- "Paley's your man,"

Lank stops the man and demands an explanation. They
have been allover the market and no one will touch
their load,
LANK:
What's the matter with you guys
can't you bUy your own stuff?
DEALER:
Beat it. 1 1 11 get in a jam if
anybody sees me talking to you.
Lank is tempted to sock him, but Nick stops him. Nick
picks up the hamper.
NICK:
(grimly) "
We go sce Paley.

129. EXT. PALEY PRODUCE

They talk to the floorman who refuses to let

them in. Nick asks why they can't sell their beans
when there are none in tho market. Tho "floorman tells
them they'll have to ask Paloy thflt -- he can be found
eve!' a.t the rrcrminal rostaurant ...
( COliTI NUED )
 102.
129 (Con t.)

They cross the stroe t. By now smal l retaU "rs'

truck s are en,ter inc; the llnrl, et tllrou gh the twe on
tranc ef'.

--- -- ...
At the entra nce to the cafe Nick tells Lola
tl~t there is apt to be troub le and Lola says she will
wa it in the truclc ••••

INT. 'EEHMINAL RESTAUBJ\;l-!T NIGIfE

The room is tight ly packe d and !oGB ed with tobae co
smok e. '!here is a grea t din of shou ting and ribal
d
la u€:l1t er and jokin g. }fick pnshe s throu gh the crowd
headi ng for the back luggir~ his l~mpor of boan ,
CM'J' ~A !,,:OVES WITH . ~ "
s,
He and Lalli' find Paley sitti ng
at a table , 'Eho " r l g head is tilte d bacl' , his
oyes close d, a h~~ i17 ~ist clutc hing a bnor mug,
his sight ob"cure~;. ,. 10 the mug as he gulps down
drink , As 3.1V lOlJ¢~;*i;ttlle elass he sees Nick and the
out a greet ing. ll~clr- pttts down his hamp er. bello ws

PALEY:
Hi, thoro , IUc], -- "hON ) ya boon?
Sm'o glr.d to SO" ';"ou!

(blun tly)
You surp rised to ': \' .ilCl ~ huh? Yah --
beog surp rise Q~,; "'::;1'0, Maybo Hadde n
don't cull you LC:" ~-ou. NiCk 's
-;._:..

comin g?

f.t~:sr::.Y~
(laug hs)
What 'ro you talki n' ~bout? Sure, I'm
Glad to soc you,
(rise s, puts a frien dly
urm on Nick 's shou lder)
How abou t a drink -- boor , whisk ey,
anytl llng you like?

IHCK :
(shak os off the arm)
All I want is te Boll my load. Sho
look Inca :rou Gonna buy it.

(CONTINUED)
 103.
130 (Cant.)
PALEY:
Sura I' 11 buy it. Be" p1 oa sure to
I~ndle your stuff. Givo you a good
price, too. \'Jhn t 'vc ya got?
Nick pulls the fmlllpor around.
NICK:
(watching Paley)
Beans -- raise lem mysolf. Fancy
pack -- first boans of the aeason.
How much?
Paley's loud roassuring talk has attracted the attention
of other men in the restaurant. Some of thero crowd
around, among thor" Thnuon:y's surly truck driver. At the
montion of' "beans" Paloyls expression changes. He looks
at the I~mpor casually, running some o~ the beans
through his fingers.
PALEY:
(shakos his hoad)
Boans, huh? That's too bad. Stuff's
just not mOVing, Nick. Hate to soe
you get stuck with your load.
T D!l!IIONY DR IVER :
Load, you mean. He's six of our trucks
tiod up wi th the stuf~. Told us he
could soll 'am in a hurry.
PALEY:
(shrugs)
Sure -- last wook. But this week's
dif~oront. Toll you wbat I'll dO,
Nick, 1 1 11 tQke 'OB on consignment
and payoff thEJ froight charge. I.hybe
I can solI '0m -- maybo I can't, but
I'll take n chanco for you --
lUCK:
(cuts in)
Yahl I go around tho mrrrkc t, I sec.
Not a boan in the place. People bUy
up my lo"d 'ltd ck. I vwn t 1'i ve dol lurs t
Paloy lauc;hs ;1flrd, contc·dptuously. Lank" cClnds back,
watchinG the play nlortly. Ti~~onY'D driver otops to
Nick.
DHIVER:
(l~rsh1y )
Wise up, G~cokl The squeozo is on.
We I ro canna dump tho s tuff and c olloct !
(shouts to tho othor
drivors)
Okay 1 guys •••

(CONTINUED)
 10,:.

130 (Cont.l)
Lank acts quickly.
LANK:
(oxcitodly)
Hold '10m back if you can, Nick --
I got nn idea!
NICK:
(decisivoly)
You betchoo I hold 'eml
Lank rushes out the door of the restaurant. Nick drunps
the hamper of boans over Paloy's head, then runs to tho
door and blocks the way, his thick arms braced across
the jamb as the othor men COme clmrging up,
IHCK:
(loudly)
Got back or I put my foots through
your stomach!
Ho sonds ono of the men sprawling back with a blow of
his hool,

131, EXT. 1IARlillT TERMINAL LANK

Ho racos to Ono of tho big roofors, piles in and kicks

over the motor. It is closo to Ono cnd of the markot
entrance. In a momont he has S\'TUng it across tho arch-
way, blocking tho traffic. Ho yanks out tho key and
runs for anothor truck. Ho'gots it coing, starts for
the athol' ond of tho markot.

132. INT. TERMINAL CAFE NICK AND MEN

Nick is fIghting for doar lifo, slu£;ging, jabbing,
kicking, yolling at tho non. Someone trios to hit him
wi th a' ellair, but ho catchos it and slams it back in
the man's face, Paloy looks through tho Window, soos
wha t Laru: is up to.
PALEY:
(shouts)
Lookit tha t guy 1
'Nick takos a quick look,
NICK:
(gloofUlly)
Nobody outsmart mO an' Lank, you botchool
 105.

133. EXT, OPPOSITE END OF LIARlillT

as Lank charges into the oponing and blocks the way.

Now, trucks oan,noither Got in nor out, He yanks out
the key "nd puts i t in his pccket. Horns bocin blast,l.ng,
drivers shouting angrily. Lank grins.

134, SHOT OF LOLA

as she cets out of Nick Is truck and runs toward Lank,

135. INT. TEIDflINAL CAFE THE FIGIrr

With a rush Paley and tho truckers swarm ever Nick and
into the street,

136. EXT. MARKET STREET LANK AT TRUCK

A cop is scowling at Lank who is theughtfully studying

the truck. Traffic is raising a clamer, demanding tho
way bo cloarod. Lola is noar Lank, on te tho schome,
LANK:
(seriously)
Sure like to eblige you, efficer, but
something's wrong. The air brakes
locked -- just like that,
OFFICER:
Yeah? Vloll call a tow car -- clear
the road.
LANK:
Sure take selC,e tow car to move that
trucl', Get nearly twenty tons ef stuff
on her.
Paley cQmes running up to the truck followed by the
drivers and other men, His clothes 0.1"0 torn and his
nese is flattoned. The big, surly driver, looks
roughed up, too, Behind them Nick comes up, no less
bruised and battered, but swaggering and Grinning
!;ulppily,
PALEY:
(angrily)
Get that thing outta tho way. What Ire
ycu tryin l to dO, stop business?
(CONTINUED)
 106.

136 (Cant.)
NICK:
(gloa tingly)
Trying! Whassa mnttor, Lank -- she
stock?
, LANK;
Stuck; tighter1n the skin on a sausago,
Gonna cost a lot of money to got rollin'
again, too -- and 1 1m broke,
PALb'Y:
(to the cop)
Move I em oU'l:;ta hore 1

OFFICER:
What do you think I am, a tractor?
VOICES FROM TRUCKS:
(shouting'ad lib)
Day's breakin'. If you don't open up
we're gonna have to leave! We can't
sit around all morning ~ Customelo's'll
be comin f to onr stores pretty soon 1 ate.

LANK:
How about it, Paloy?
PALEY:
(hesitates, then blurts
out)
All right -- I'm not dumbl I'll buy
your rotten land. Three bucks n hampor!
NICK:
(to Lank)
Yeu think three bucks unstiek tl~t
truck?
LANK:
I don't know seems to ma I keep
heur>iri ' her ss:y t five bucks and I'll
move' •
The other mon nrc boginning to onjoy wha t is going on,
COP:
Well senobody Get it sottlod er 'I'll run
in the lot otyol I gotta hunch you
brought this on yourself, Paley!
(CONTUWED)
 107.
136 (Con t,ll
PALEY:
Four bucks 1
(Gost urGs to¥tn rd
the traff ic)
I'm ll.osin i mOl1o'~r every minu to.

LANK:
So are we.

NICK:
I be Good fclle r, Paley -- four
and a btllf - to you.

PALIi.'Y:
(lick ed -- almo st
heart brok en)
All right -- I migh t as well cleso
up m~ join t. I,\l~ur and a half it is.
li9.! w'ill ~'ou Y:love?
NICK:
Shak, , hands ?

PALEY:
Isn ; my word good enoug h?
'
NICK:
I li~e your bund bette rl
They shake hard s. Lank grins at Lola and toss os
truek lwys over to the drive rs, They inune dl,ato the
ly GO
for thoir truc. ks. Pal cyl s face chnn gos. He is
not
the man to ho] d a grudG e lon[\ and he looks at his
hand,
PALEY:
Tha J ; sr1llko cost r·lO plen ty.
(thum ps Nick 's sheul der)
Oak] J Grc ek J you t oak r~O thi s . t irno J
but V!['~ telL -:,{our [I top next load,

NICK:
Fancy tornn toos comin g up next load.
YOlo "a tch eut I don' t catch you doub
le.
By pa.l..tn01" numb er ono ::;11.':'. r!~-shootor 1

'l'hey start o:"f tono.r d the Paley Predu ce Hous e.

DISSOLVE TO:
 108.

137. EXT. ANUSEMEllT PIER LANK AlID LOLA DAY

Opening en the scene we seo Lank hanging up-

side dovm, a look of desporation On his face, wind
bcating back h~s hair, and 1'10 hoar the roaring of a

];lotor. Then it is revealed that Lank is 1n a Link

trainor, but tUlable to keep it level. "Learn to Fly
251", a sign reads. Lola is laughing as the machine
whips Lank nrotmd.
He finalll gets out, dizzy, but grinning,
rom~rking that maybe lw isn't very good in tl~t thins,

but if they've Got a tractor arotUld he'll show 'or.1 SOme

real -criclcs 1

WIPE OFF TO:

138. EXT. A~WSEMENT PIER LAHK AND LO LA

Lank tries his rend cd; the base1x,ll gar.lO

where pigs slide dO':lll L:t C~lute if YOP. tbrow accurately

onou[).l, Lola tries to pull him fl'Nny, sho knows how

these concessionE:: take ~f01lr ~,\onoy, but Lank doesn't

care ~:O\7 much he spends tOd'1"J7 -- he I s got plenty of it

now with the salo of tho beans.

Lank finally ninD, D. miniaturo phonograph

which in reality is D. s~~ll music box and plays a tink-

ling b.rne \vhon tho lid is lifted. He presents it to

LoIn. She looks ,'1. t i t r,lusingly 11 "jook box ff --

she can't get cuny from leml

(CONTHfUED)
 109.
138 (Cant.)
They '",alk [\lon~ tho pier past tho mochanical
rides and the c0ncossion spielcrs oXhort:i,ne the pleasure

seokers to COmE:! ·in and sec the "grea.test show on earth".

Merry-go-round organs and loudspoalwrs blare out a

cacophony of tuneless rhythm.
Lola spoaks of Nick. shouting, saying ho
should ba vo como along. Lanl{ replioo tba t Nick told 'em
ho'd rathor be alono they oramped his stylo. Lola
cl008u ' t hour because of the noise. Lank leans closer,

repo~tinG, and a side-show barker, seeing them with

thoir heads closo togothor yolls at thorn, pointing to

the ond of tho pior.
BARKER:
Tako 'or back thero, buddy, whore it
ain I t sO crowdod!

The crowd laue;hs. Lank grins and moves off'

with Lola toward the end of tho pier.

139. EXT. END OF AMUSEUENT PIER LANK AND LOLA

Horo, far boyond the last concoosion~ tho

pier is quiet, wi tl~ only an occClsional old man or V/Or:lan

fishing, dozing besido thoir palos. The din ef the

cn.r~lival is SUbdued, a murmur in tho b12ckground. Tho

predominant sound now is tho soa, swooping in in lon~1

fonm"crostod bro~kcrDJ each wave breaking uGainst tho

pilings •••
(CONTINUED)
 110.
139 (Con t.)
In a seclu ded, sunny corne r Lank and Lola
sit down upon a bench to rest.

At first their talk is ligh t. Today they

have found conte ntme nt. Lank speak s of the farm, of
the futur e with Nick and all they hope to do. Then
Lank talks of crnnp leten ess, and awkw ardly , almo st
apol oget icall y he begin s to speak of Lola nnd the part
she has playe d in his life.
At first Lola is half amus ed, then she
reali zes that Lank is tryin~ to propo se to her. She
puts it in direc t word s for him. Lank 's eyes light
hope fully ,

LOLA :
(smil es)
I woul dn't play a dirty trick like
that on you •

... --- -.
In his simp le, hone st way, Lank tells her
he loves her. He Is neve r been much of a hand with
girls , but he knows Lola is the only woman for him.
Not excit ing, of cours e, the farm, but there 's a real
nIGH sure in it, the so] id nride of doinG somot h-tnC
you
feel is impo rtant . They can be marr ied as soon as
they get back to Glad e.
Lola looks p8ns ively at the music box, then
shake s her head .

LOLA :
(quie tly)
I'm not going back.

-- .. ---
(CONTINUED)
 Ill.
139 (Cont.l)
Lank stares at her in surprise, unbelieVing.

At first he misinterprets, coming to tho conclusion

that she doesn't care for him. Then Lola explains.
She's a jook girl, been one for a lOng tillle.
Maybe she III never stop being a wanderer, never r.ot

the jook blood out of her veins. What if she married

Lank, and then began to hate him because he hnd tJ.nd
her down? That would be no p,ood. Sure, she likes him,
more than any fellow she ever has met and if she eould
know that tomorrow she would like him as much as she
does at this moment, she'd marr~' him in a minute.
18nk kisses her and for a while she rests in
his arms. Eapnestly he again asks her to go back with

him; but Lola shakes her head.

No, she is goin(:; to stay in Savannah, away

from Glade and away from Lank, and after a while she'll
know. If she can't forget Lank, if he keeps coming
back into her mind until she ccn't stand it until sho
sees him again, thon she'll come punning and he'll
know sho'll stay for all time ••• o
But Lank will not 8i'l0 up. Maybe Nick c"n
convince her ••••

DISSOLVE TO:

140. EXT. TERldNAL l'::AllKET DAY

LolR and Lank, waitin~ at the entrance for

Nick, react as they look off.

(CONTINUED)
140 (Cont.)
Down the street swaggers Nick, but what n

NickI His hair is slicked, his moustache waxed, his

face glows clesnly with a fresh shave and he is wearinf,
" new hat and ~ new suit of shrieking pattern. The
vest will har&ly button across his fat paunch. Lank
and Lola are amazed as Nick exhibits himself proudly.
Lank sniffs -- something smellsl
LOLA:
Bay rum.
NICK:
(boastfully)
You betchoo -- the whole bayS

-- - ...
Nick suggests they had better start back to
Glade. Lank frowns. indicates Lola and tolls Nick
that Lola is staying in Savannah perhaps he can
talk her out of it. Nick stares at Lola, then tells
Lank to [jet the truck. You botchoo he talk her out of

Alone with Lola Nick asks her i f it J.s becauso

she doos not like Lank. That'D tho troublo. Lola tells
him she likes LanJ' too much. And for that reason
she is never coming back to Glade. A dame like her

would only jam up his lifo. 3ut she cannot tell Lank
that and she asks Nick not to say anythJ.ng. After
a while Lank will bogin to forgot her and it will bo
better that way ••••.
(CONTINUED)
 113.
140 (Cont.l)
Nick listens, nods tUldorstandinely. He knows
how sho feols -- it's a fine thIng sho does -- sho's
a fine gIrl, out she hO\s to do what she thinks is rIght.

Someday, mayb~, if she changes her mind, sho will know

whore to find them.

Lank returns with the truck, loarns that NIck's

argument has been of no nval1. But appArently Nick
approves of L01,£', stnying to thjnk it ovor" so he bEl-

comcs resigned. He is cortAin, however, that she will

come to him. iJick forces some money on Lola and the
men get in the truck and drive off.
Lan){ looks back, the CAlVlEEA DRAWING away from
Lola standing on the streot. Her figure becmnes smallor
and noarby a big sign looms into tho scone "BEER-..BEER--
BEER" and the sound of a jook box is heard.

A CLOSEUP of Lola shows hor waving to Lank,

thon wIth the truck rounding a cornor, Lola slowly
Imvors har hand, st:-::.nrJ::: thoughtfully for 0. momont, then

turns and wtlll{s ClWrJ.y through tho crowd. The boor nign

flashes on 2nd off Qnd tho jook box ncroamG ••••

FADE OUT.
 FADE IN
142, INT. MUCKEYE JOOK NIGHT
Nick has sot up a temporary busine ss ste.nd "t
one of the tables in the jook, Lank is wIth hIm, choc~{-

ing off names 1n a notehook us tho Greek pays off tho

crop workers who cooperc. ted with hIm, In his hand ho
has a thick roll of bills and as tho line of mon moves
in, Nick hands them thoir monoy, shakes their hands ond
vociferously thanks thom for the help they-have given.
Nick is wearing his new suit which is now well-rumpled.
The jook box responds to the flow of nickols,
tho girls circulate "nd many of the men start dancIng.
Others stroam to the bar.
But one of them, Clem Taggart~ looks hesitant-
ly a t the gamo of sJrin poker alroady under way, thon
with a smilo puts his monoy in his pocket and docidos
ho will GO homo, Nick slups him on tho back, luughs ~nd

culls him" good foller",

Nick then announcos that evorybody drink on
him big colebrationJ lack hr.s alrondy boen drinkinl3
nnd is gotting tight, He movos through tho orowd, jok-
ing, grinning, roarinG to Muckeye, Hustlo tho drinks'!
illuckoyo, oxcitod at the rush of businos;::" is
frnntic, shovinfj bottlos into ice, jerking off boor

Tiny draws L~nk into ~ donco,whioh ho doos

reluctantly" clumsily. Tiny romnrks that of courso

she isn't o.s good GS Lola, ~nd thon is piquod bocause

Lank says that nobody could bo as good as Lola, he
gUOSSG s •• _.
(CONTINUED)
 115.
142 (Cant.)
Nick, full of boisterous cheer, seizes Doris
and starts capering, gGlt@phlng to tho the®p of tho
music, laughing loudly, showing off. Doris has nIl sho
enn do to koep U"!D with him. Wrestling an elephant would
,
bo nothlng at nIl compared to this.
'rhe celobrants have cleared a space for Nick's
dnncin~ and nrc clapping hnnds in time to tho music,
eGging Nick on when Mudden und Danny enter •••
Madden's oyes roam tho gathering coldly. Nick
soos him, breaks off his dance and goes to Madden and
Donny. Ho wants" them to shh"re his happiness.

NICK:
(cxpansivoly)
Ho hard foolings now wO all be big
friends. You como havo drinl{ with me I

MADDEN:
Not unless you're drinking poison, Greekl

This makes Nick unhappy, hurts him. Ho makes

['.nothor pIon. Thoro nro L'a-rIner::; in tho group, too. Ono

of thom en s t s D. throCl tening noto 1 sponking so Niaddon cun

hoe:.r.
1fAN
I heer them other comnnniesirc gonno.
cane back in ~nd buck-Mudden.
ANOTHER MAN:
Yeah, and this time they'ro €lonna get
him for whet he's boen doin' to Nick,
Eaddon glares r-round, md{cs a retort and loaves.
HICK:
(disturbed, pouring
hi",solf a drink)
I try to toll him. Plenty a room in
this town for everybody. But he donI
listen.
(CONTINUED)
 IlG.
142 (Con t. 1)
Nicl-: pours hims elf 0. drink at the bar, still
upset over ~. i Qdden l s unfri endl iness .

DnnnYk has 'bouc1.1t hir:ls eli' il flY'ink , 'blJ i, ([1(<1(; flo

,I
overt ures to~;ar~ Lank. Lank boe:J OVG1' to hir.l, Lsl::.:: if
he can buy hir-. a [lpinl {. D:;'UlllJ"f refus es, says !lo.l':w thlnl3

wllat 11('; and BlcIr

f leu rc s 11e I S :3 "+.q./ the funce . L~\ilJ:

qUie tly repli .·,s

Danny think inG
like it ••.

the bar onto

which }lC;
dr'ink :

Ev e:.ryb 0 dy annou ncom ent to

r:w.l- 0. Ynh, to sa] 8ome thin.c .
( at t,{Hlt..; ion turns to 'Nick)
L>1I .k I
(Lank steps over to him)
rild s my 'frien d, Lank. Evor'y body know
llirt. nick' Garco s llt::.:V8; r Gut marr ied,
bu~:.; he Got kid ilovi -- sure;. Lank --
he's my boyt iiu worke d hard with mo,
help m(~ out. So I toll you from now
on ho 1eo ray l=mrt llGr. Evor-y thine I own
belon G to hir.l. I i'ix i t all up un
;lE..pO l' •
(tnkt.: 3 ~;Hp(;rS frOY,l ,;Jocl: :ct
and ShO~1S thom to the r.I8n)
I 1'i;;. hir:l up with la'nye r to{tay <l You
Llinl-; . I allOW you how to solI crop.
Y:::u thiru.: : I rai38 your pa",I. l'Jah --
Lank do it. SOMe day ho own hick 's
far;-.l ~~nG. run it, first clat::s -- 811
for- h.L:'l O\·m.
U~rins at· Lank, s'lapp ing
him sound ly on the '
shou lders )
I :ow you lil~o, ell, Lank?

(C01iJ'INVED)
 117.
14[: (Con t.2) - - - -

Lank i~i flltsh ed with 0ppr ecint ion, 't:r1io's to

tell Hick that if.O 1s cl~nz~r -- he shou ldn't be Joing u
,. f
.thin; .: Ii]{/";>- tld.s.* But the :Cilore IJ.e ppote s ts the l'lwro Hick
3 tnnds . f lrl~Jl. 11t 103,' hl::: boy now so he shO\..:.ld Bbu t up
I'
viL8n he's told 1

drinl{ . and
flush es

If:! eye,
and asks

SJ.e '11, ,
<it
~\t tid a •
With tf ". ':Ifh:ol,ill be
Lack he: S·jj'~lt_o you be-
.:':'01'6 Y01}( .,ppen eyd.

Lank ti,.;llten.n.~ ic nbou t to rep1JT , ',.'ho1'1 DanriY

la""t.: hs nne). 'li~~lks out of tilO pIfleo .

l;ich is drunk fiS David I D ~JJv;, ~dng.in,,:, a

\lvants tv r.:aLe a nli.:~LL oi' j,t. Lank tells him be alrea dy

td do on til(-; f,lOI"'ro v.;. iJ,jI Lh ,,;oud -no. tured persl. w s ion and

(COd'1 lJIUED )
 lW.
142 (Cont.IS).

force, Lank finally pull::; Llckl~; Lat over' his ~Iead. vi/lien

Nicl-: st~ll pro~ests, Lank pich:.~J him up, nnd with Nicl~
,
yellin2" wildl! ~at the to, pf hi~: 1W1i::S I 110 lugs him
i
out of the jool~ ovel' Lis sboulrler.

1116 mon in thE.: Jook vratch

[/'
from the uoor and

\'Jinc'iowc aECl S6G Lank

For a mo,"wnt it lo-oks The,y can't tell

, -\'.
whether it is serious the n6n 1"'0-

watch 0U.t

for- him •••• and outs

WIPE OFF TO:

143. DIT. NICK'S TRUCK NlcK (PROCESS) NIGHT

As down Glade's dark stre8t,

Nick t S alert eyes seE: a liLht burninc in ~iadden' s pac1~-

inc house. lINick don t I:i go hOYJo! V~·e GO over anti make

friends "iiith r.ladden. Nicl: friends vd.tll 8verybocly t"

i'omol'rOVI is ·300n enout~h, ls Lank's c or.rr;li..;rl t,

trios to p,t-e.p (jut. Lan:C grabs him Ly the sE:!at of tIlt)

pants and yanLs him bacl~ in the ~:leat. Hick looks at

LaEk, chucl..:lo s, a t Lank IS ppote c t i Vl; at ti tude •

.VlIl'E OI"F '£0:

144.
1
l:ick I shouse 12· e:--,1pty. '"i h(: sound of' truck

tires grits in th€: yard and t11c door opel':'ls. Lank helps

(CO;ITIIHJED)
 llG.

144 (Cont.)

Nick in to Lhe hQ!we anCi in to Nick t s bedroom. Hie!: 13

~ .
still pro·t~stin1 aboue Vlantint; co 30<; lI:adden. Lnnl~

dumps Nick on hiif' bed.

shal::.e

t)lle

,; unare ns e sand

(lGts into bed. lays back

on the :pilloVi 1

Datu, fallc a81eop.

In thu Gr{}ck's room, kick has [jotton up and

is lis Gunin b at t.he doo"r. :£110 long stf..:ad~l broathing

or LD.:'1j{ brine£: satisfact:i.on to 11i8 face. lie chuclclos

r.1Lsohlevously 1 like a prankish boy, tiptoes to the

w:i..n?-ow-, l:'G.iSE;C i t and qUietl:.,~ slips out into the yar-d ..

La'nrc tUl'nc. half around and crosses his arm

over ;-113 tJyr"S,. as outside ,til!->, truck 6i1G;in8 starts and

tIres scratch in the dirt. .Jut hl;j does not; IJ.we.kun.
DISSOLVE ~'O:
 120 .
14 5. EXT. MADDEN PACKING HOUSE
NIGHT
Ni ck 's tru ck com es up to
the loa din g doc k and Nic !c
ge ts dow n. He sta nd s tot ter ing , and
gri ns foo lis hly
at the lig ht s~i lli ng fro m the bac k off ice win
dow . He
s tar ts up the ? tai rs.

14 6. INT . MADDEN'S OFFICE

Ma dde n is bus y at his de

sk, wh en. the do or
slo wl y sw ing s ope n and he
loo ks 11p. Nic k is in the
do or.
The Gr eek com es stu mb lin
g int o the roo m, wi th his
arm
ex ten de d. Ma dde n ge ts up
, ref us ing the han d.
mADDEN I
( cu rtl y)
Be at itl
He tri es to pus h JIic k ou
t, bu t the Gr eek sho ves
him of f.
NIC K:
Yo u ma d, hah ? We ll, I do
n't wa nt you be
ma d. If tho se oth er pac
do n' hu rt yo u. Ju st kee ker s ope n up , tha t
p ho ne st. We al l
gon na ma ke mo ney . I com
e
sig n co ntr ac t, be fri en ds to sha ke ha nd s,
fee lin gs , hah ? . No ha rd

Ma dde n br ist les , thi nk ing

Nic k is mo cki ng him . He
gra bs
Nic k and the n sen ds him
stw nb lin g thr ou gh tho do
or int o
the pac kin g pla nt.

14 7. INT . PACKING PLANT (UNDERLIGHTED)

Nic k spr aw ls bac k to the
i'lo or and lie s the re, ha
lf
cro uch ed, loo kin g up .

NIC K:
(fo gg ily )
Wh at's a ma tte r --- you
don ' lik e be
fri en ds ?

lilADDEN:
You pU ll my pu cki ng ho use
ear s and exp ect me to be dow n ove r my
han ds and for ge t!· frl en ds . Sh ake
'Ne ll, I'm no t for ge tti ng .
Ge t ou t of he re!
(CONTINUED)
 121.
147 (Con t.)
Nick gets up. At last, Madd en's anger has
soake d throu gh his drink -num bed brain and he becom
o"
angry too.

NICK:
YOll don't want to be frien ds?
HOkay~! We be henem ies!

He swing s clum sily on M,,,ld en. Madd en defen ds hims elf,

frigh tened , coun ters with attac k.

The two fight vicio usly going throu gh the

plant in the darlm ess, knock ing down boxe s, bump
ing into
mach inery . They can hard ly be seen in the dim
glow of
one yello w nigh t light shini ng down from the timbe
red
roof. Then an arm swing s up, with a bar in it and
crash es down . It crash es down again •.•
Nick caIl be seon stum bling down . Madd en bends
to him and comes up with the roll of bills in his
hand.
lIe drops tho bills into his pocke t and grf1,ops Nick
by
the shou lders . "he Gree k'S powe rful body is limp, as
Madd en drags him to the back loadi n~ dock .

148. EXT. LOADING DOCK

In tho semi- dark ness, Madden heavQ s Nick 's
body into Nick 's truck . Then gets in. A moment later
the truck swing s away from the packi ng house and
dis-
appea rs in the darkn ess.

FADE OUT.
 FADE IN

149. INT. NICK I SHOUSE

Lank is asleep 'tlhen tho sound of urgent

knocking COntesa t tho door. He cra,"18 out or" biJd,

slips on his papts I),nd goes to r,he front cloor.

He reacts in surprise as he 80GS Mister' Just

,md a pair of deputios. Mister Just is casual 'cD he

looks rtround and asks for Nick.

Lank expl'dns that Nick colebrated a little

too heavily the night before and he hud put him to bod
and locked him in his room. He suppos"s that Nick is
still in there, sleeping it off.
One of the deputies goes over to Nick's door

and kicks it open without bothering to unlock it.

150. INT. NICK'S ROOM

1he breeze gently stirs the curtains at the

open window. Tho Y>J.en do not 880m surprised to find

the room empty. But Lank is puzzled and th0 grim,

purposeful wsy in which the T7\On look around o.rOUDOS

Lank's suspicions. Mister Just casually keeps his eyos

on Lank, von tehing his req ctions.

FIRST DEPUTY:
Bod nin't even bcon slept in.
SEC aND DE PUTY:
No sign he was ever hare a-tall last
night.
(CONTINUED)
 123.
·150 (Cant.)
LANK:
(dis turbed)
He must've got out the window.
FIFiST DEPUTY:
(with a short laugh)
Yeah.
LANK:
(becoming alarmed)
\Vhat's Nick done? Where is he?
MISTER JUST:
(quietly)
Oh, we've found Nick -- lyin' in the
swamp down the road a ways. He's dead.
Lank stares at the men unbelievingly.
LANK:
(shocked)'
Nick ••.• dead •.•• %
(shakes his head, takes
a step or two)
I should've known he was too drunk
to be left alone -- I oughta hung
onto him ••• 1

MIS~'ER JUST:
His fallin' in that swamp was no
accident. His head was caved in.
He was murdered.

LANK:
(stunned)
Nick -- murdered
(sip~s to n chair,
shaken)
Who could've dono i t'l'
MISTER JUST:
That's what we're tryin' to find out.
I'm holdin' a sort of inquest this
afternoon, and I wanted to mnk8 sure
you'll be thBre.

LANK:
(dazcdly)
Sure -- I'll be there.

~nSTER JUST:
Ed here '11 stick around and bring
you in.
(CON~'INUED)
150 (Can t.)
Lank looks up quick ly, his 8yea going from Miste r Just
to Ed, wond ering ly. li!ist8 r Just start s out.

DISSO LVE TO:

151. INT. SHEH If'F'S OFFIC E AND JAIL DAY

The build ing is of wood , cons istin g of a
comb inatio n offic e and waiti ng room, a door which
leads to a corri dor o1'f of which are the cells .
Gath ered in the room, in addit ion to Miste r

Just and his depu ties ar~ Lank, Muck eye, seve ral
farmo rs, jook girls inclu ding Doris ani Tiny, and
Danny and Madd en.
Madden co~os in frown ing, prote sting and
dema nding an expla natio n from Miste r Just as to why
he was asked to come to this inqu est. Miste r Just
tells him thJ.t he has askod eV0ry body he could find
who was at r.Iuck eyo f s when Nick was thero tho previ
ous
eveni ng. 110 nsks Madd on if he v:ill sit down , then
turns h:i.s ntton tion to tho cro'\;'1d in gene ral.

MISTF J~ JW3T :
(very infor mally )
Ihis isn't exuc tly an inque st folks ,
bocau s e we haven I t got a jury. But
thqre 's a lot o~ facts about the
death of Nick Garco s I got to bring
au t -- so I figur ed if we jus tall
got toget her and sort' ve talke d it
over wo might l-'::3.rn sOr.'J 0thin' .
(moti ons to a man)
You start it off, .Doc.

(CONT INUED )
 125.

151 (Cont.)
A man gets up, the local doctor, and almost

as informally as Mister Just r01ates how Nick Garcos

met death frem the blow of a blunt instrument which
smashed his skull. And said blow was delivered by
!
person oX' persons unknown.
Mister Just than questions Muckeye and the
farmers. Ihey all agree on the events of the past
evening at the jook, how Nick was drunk, celebrating
his successful sale of his crop, and how the last any
of them saw of Nick, Lank was putting him into the
truck. Mister Just seems intel'ested in the fact that
Nick had declared Lank in on his farm and had drawn
up a will leavIng everything to Lanl' in case of his
death.
Mister Just remarks that they will verify
that poInt lat0r through Nick's lawyer •.••
Next he ~8ks If thoro was any sign of ill

feeling botween Lank and Nick.

One of the men hes i ta tingly says tha t when
Lank was putting Nick in the truck, it looked to him
as though they V!8l'O having a lIfU88.1I

MISTER JUST:
How nbout that, Lank?

LANK:
All that was, Nick wD.s raisin' a row
because I insisted on takin' him
home. I said I'd clip him one if he
didn't quit yellin'.
Mls'rER JUST:
Maybe you better tell us what happened
after you got hIm in th8 truck.
(C ON TlNUED)
 126.
151 (ContJ.)
All watch Lank anxiously as he tolls of
the ride home and how he put Nick to bed, and locked
the door because Nick wanted to go back to town and
mak~ friends wi~h Madden.
Mister Just turns an inquiring eye on Madden.
MADDEN :
I was working late but he never
turned up at the plant. The last
I saw of Nick was at Muckeye's.
MISTER JUST:
How come Nick was so set on makin'
up with you?
MADDEN:
(shrugs)
You know drunks. They want to be
friendly with everyone.
LANK:
You sure weren't very friendly with
him.

MADDEN:
Why should I? Garcos was just another
chiseling farmer to me.
MISTER JUST:
(slowly after a moment)
'1hen it 'poars that Nick never camo
back to tovm last niglct -- if he
evor got homo in the firs t jiI"CG.
There is a strong reaction to this. Ihen they all
notice that Mister Just is looking levelly at Lank.
J.ANK:
What are you gettin' at?
MI STER JUST:
Nick's truck - the ono you were drivin' -
was parked outside his house -- and as
Doc here'll tell you, thore was blood
on the floorboards -- Nick's bloodl
LANK:
(tensely)
If you're tryin' to say I killed Nick,
you're crazy.
( CONTINUED)
 127.

151 (Cont. 2)
DANNY:
(hea tedly)
Lank wouldn't do a thing like tho. t!
And if he had he wmlldn't stay here
wait~n' for a rope to fall around
his neck.
MIs'rER JUSl':
I don't know •••• seems to me runn1n I
off'd be a dead give-away. He'd have
to stick around to koep himsolf in
the clear.
DANNY:
Lank had no reason to kill Nick!

Mistor Just says Lank had ten thousand dollars

worth of reason. They all saw Nick flashing his roll
at Muckeye's just before he left with Lank. He asks
Lank what happened to that money.

Lank says that the last ho saw of it it was

in Nick's pockot.
Ihen MistOl' .JU.9t says t.hat the money was not
on Nick when he v~as found. Thus, a clean motive for
Nic!<' s murder is as tablished. Again he asks Lank what
he did with tho money. Lank angrily replies that all
he knows about it is whnt he told them.

MADDEN:
(offhand -- to
Mister Just)
Maybe that jook girl friond of his
could he Ip you au t.
MISTER JUST:
Lola? .... yeah •.•.. that's right.
I understand she rode north with
you and Nick, Lank. Where 'is she?
(C ONTINUED )
 128.
151 (Cont. 3)
LANK:
Keep her out of this.
Danny's eyes begin to widen.
MISTER <TUST:
(to the girls)
Sure she didn't COme back here
to Glade?
DORIS:
If she had we'd seen her.
MISTER JUST:
Where'd you drop her, Lank?
IJ,NK:
I don't know where she is.
DANNY:
I'll tell you where she is. She's
in Savannah.
(Lank looks angrily at
Danny)
Wbat're you so sore about? If she
got you into this jam, maybe she
can get you out of it.
MISTER JUST:
(to Doris)
When you girls are driftin' around
the country how does anybody get in
touch wi th you? How did you get
your mail?
DORIS:
(flatly)
We don't get no mail.
lJ.1TI;fY:
(blurts out)
Ah always get my mail gon' 1 deli ver;y-l
Doris givos her a withering look. Mister Just nods in
satisfaction.
LANK:
(desperatoly)
Lola won't do you any good. She
doesn't know anything about this.
(CONTINUED)
 129.
151 (Can t. 4)
tnSTE R JU ST:
We'l l soc. ".
(rise s, motio ns
to his depu ties)
I'm kinda sorry to do this to you
Lank~ but ••.•• l gotta hold you for
Nick~ fS murd er ......

The mon move in to take Lank away. Madden smile s

sligh tly.

LANK:
(appa lled)
But I didn 't kill Nick!
MIS'fER JUS'I' :
(to the crowd )
Tha t' s all for noV{ folks . 'lhank s
for comin ' ovor ..
They nIl begin to file out, looki ng stran gely at Lank
"s they lead hinl back to the COlI s.

152. CLOSEUP DANNY

as he wntch os unha ppily after Lank, almo st unab lo to
belie vo th~t his pal is a kille r.

SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

153. INT. SAVANcAH POST OFFICE DAY

Lola enter s from the eutsi de and CAMEHA PANS hor to
windo w mark ed "Gen eral Deli very" . tho
She waits n moman t
until the shabb y looki ng perso n In front of her has
movod away; then sho steps to the windo w,

LOLA :
Don' t suppo se you'v e ~ot anyth ing
for Lola !J.'odd?

CLEHK:
(mum bling)
'ro dd •••• Todd .••
He turns away, reach es into the rf,ck and rIffl es throu
the lette rs. Fina lly he roach es a bulky onve lope. gh

(C 0 "TINUED )
 130.
153 (Can t.)
CLERK:
Lola Todd -- that you?
Lola nods and tho clerk tosse s her the enve lope. Lola
picks it up and' looks at it eago rly, then is puzzl ed
as shc sees the size of it.

154. INSERl' ENVELOPE IN LOLA'S HANDS

It is addre ssed to Lola in crude print ing, Savan nah,
Geor gia, care of Gene ral Deliv ory.

l[i5. CLOSE SHOT LOLA

Curio usly she tears open the envel ope and takes out
thick sheaf of bills . As she stare s in amaze ment a a
man's hand reach es in past her and takes the mono y
her finge rs. Lola whir ls aroun d and CAMERA DRAWS from
BACK to DISCLOSE Mist er Just and a city detec tive. QUICKLY

DETECTIVE:
(curt ly)
Como on, Lola .

FADE OUT.
 131,
FADE IN
156. CLOSEUP
The he "dlin es rE:ad:

(0 col.) JOOK GIRL AiID SoVEETIlEAHT

TRAPPED IN SBAMP MURDER
Gree] , Fa1"l'l er Clubb ed To Death
In IDog_ In-Ma nger I Hobb ery.

In a story of greed and treac hery ,

a migra nt work 0r an,,:' his I jook l girl
fianc ee, have been appre hende d ·and are
wa.it ing arrai gnme nt for the murd er of
Niclr Garc os. G-1ade farm er, •..• (etc, )
CMJERA PULLS BACK TO ••••

157. INT. GLADE JA 1L IJu"!KIS CELL DANNY AND LANK DAY

Lank stand s at tho bars looki ng dully at the pape
Beyon d the bars, in the corri dor, is Danny . r.

DArnJ:l :
( ang.r ily)
Did prett y good , didn 't you? Got
your name in every ~.oadlinc in the
coun try.

LANK :
(lowe rs the paper slowl y)
I didn 't sent that TIoney to Lola.
Some bo dy frame d me., .•

DANlr I:
Whotd wmta frame you?
(Lank shake ,: hi s he ad)
Lsn1~,you'r e in n spot -- up to your
ears. You'v e rratta talk. If you
know anyth ing, "pill it -- it'll
go easie r on you.

LANK:
(afte r f" mome nt)
You think I'", G-'.il ty, too, Danny ?

(CONr rNUED )
 1:.52.

157 (Cont.)
DA!!NY:
(evasively)
I don't care whother you arc or not.
BljIt you gotta quit tryin' to cover
ul? fa r tha t dalrE l
LANK:
(persistently)
I said ~~ you're sure I did kill
Nick, aren't you?
DANNY:
(bluntly)
It wruldn't be tffi first time a guy
blow hi s top over a no-good twi st ~

Lank stares at him, then clamps hls lips and walks

away from Danny to the other end oE the cell wh"rc It(;
remains with his backturne d. Danny he s Hat., s "
moment.

DANNY:
(uncomfortably)
.1011 ••. 1 1 11 be soein l '~rou, Lank.

LANK:
(without.turning)
Don't bothar •••

Danny turns away down tho corridor.

158. OFFICE

As Danny enters slowly, deputies look toward till' win-

dow at tho sound of ncar.

DEPUTY:
(to his partner)
Just l s br1ngin l her in now1

They look out the window. Danny moves OVer slowly,

also stands watching.

159. EXT. JAIL JUST, LOLA, t\ATHON AND CROWD

A crowd has gathered and others arc joining

the curious throng as Just's car stops. He gets out

and opens the back door and Lola stops down accompanied

by 11 matron.
(CONTINUED)
 133,
159 (Cant.)
Tho on-lookers shout, jeer, A woman, one

of the pickers' wives, laughs contemptuously,

IIOMAN:
Jook girll Shelll be jookin ' at
the and of a rope afore she 1 s
throughl

Lola, pale, frightenod-looking, stares at

them puzzled, Another woman shouts at her and Lola

tries to reply, but 1,er retort lacks sting, Doris

and Tiny pI' oss tho ir way through to Lola as Mister

Jus t c1 ears a 'iie':':I to the jail entrance. They arc

tearfully va icing their sympathy for Lola as tho girl

is led into tIE jail,

160, INT, JAIL GROUP

Dilllny watches from tho sido of the room,

unnoticed by Lola as she is brought in, Mister Just

indicates a small side room and tells th8 matron to

take the girl in there for a moment,

Then he; go·::;s to a deputy and says he wants

to bring out Tal bo t. lie wants to get thos e two to-

c;ether a minutG,

Danny r,ee s sl owl:; to the do or of the room

and stands looking in <it Lola ..

161, INT. SIDE noo iiI IU JAIL

Lola looks up ~t the sight of Danny,

(CONTINUED)
 134,
161 (Cant,)
LOLA:
(tigh t ly)
Where 1 g Lank?

DANNY:
Ri~ht where you put him, babyl
The matron looks urc und as Danny step s into the room.

DANNY:
(with growing anger)
Why didn't you stay away from him?
He was all right till you come along
and put ,ideas into hi s he ad,

LOLA:
Lank and I haven't done anything --

MATRON:
(to Danny)
Do you belong here?

DA1\JNY:
(ignoring her)
Doones like you are nothin' but
trouble. You get a simple guy hop-
ped up till he don't know what he's
doin' -- till he'lll even knock off
his m~ mother for you.
LOLA:
I didn't make Lank do anything, I
don't know what any 0 f this me ans,

Lank appo ars in the doorway behind Danny wit" Mis tor
Just,

DANNY:
Don't try to pos sum out of it, you
1 i t tIe tr::unp 1

He backhands her sharply across the cheek.

Lola cries out, Lank loaps forward, clawing at Danny,

trying to get his hands on his throat. Mister Just

and one of hi s men quickly pull the two apart. Mis ter

Just angrily orders Danny to get out and stay •..•

(CONTINUED)
 135.
161 (Cont o)
Danny sulle nly 10uv( ,s.

Mis ter Jus t then tells Lanl' and Lola thoy

can have a ninut e toget her becau se its tho last
chanc o
they arc go~ng to have. Ho motio ns the matro n nut,

thon goos to tho windo w ll.'1d stand s watch ing Lola

and
Lank,

Lola makes a try at light ness ,

, LOlA:
I - - I me an t to come bac!<, L811k
but no t this way _ ••••

L811k take s her in his arms , kis se s he r •

LANl,:
Don' t let i t get you down. It's
gorma be all righ t.

LOLA :
Wha tIs go ing to be all r igh t '!
Lank -- whD.t is this all about ?

LAllY.:
(grea tly surpr ised)
D idn' t the"' toll you?

LOL1:\:
Nobod y':3 told n~c .'myt hing. They
would n I t talk to liB, or c:xpla in
anyth ing. If ve boon c;o ing crazy •.. 1

'rhen L;mk tries to expla in, I.{bout Hick and

the money an<i t""t they think she consp ired with
him.
That she had talke d L811k into steal ing from Hick
and
runni ng off with her whon thing s coole d down.
And he
wond ers if sho bolie ves he kille d Nick.

(CONTINUED)
 l~->G •
161 (Cant.)
LOLA:
(desperately)
I know you didn't - I know you
didn't •.•. !

,
And then she begins to sob pitifully and

Lank holds onto her tightly, trying to calm hcr shllkinG

body in his urms •••••

162. nIT. MADDEN'S OFFI CE MADDEN

Madden stands at the window watching the

mob arollild the jail farther down the strr,et. Ilis eyes

carry a tense, nervous quality. Restlessly ho comes

back to his desk and pours himself a slug of whis][oy

fpom a bot tIe. As he drinks the door opens and ho

jerks apound startled. It is Cully.

CULLY:
(quizzically)
Since whcn'd you sturt hittin' tho
Cottle this time 11 day?

Madden ignor(:8 th'J remarks and asks Cully

about the murder CD-SO. He ju[',t S,'1W thurn bring in Lola,;

How long 13 Jus t [Co ing to koep tho p,lir in town? Cull:;

says he understands they I ro go ing to take them Ovor to

the County Seat for thDir prcliminary hearing in the

morning.

Madden begins talking, soeming ovorly dlcturb-

ed, which puzzles Cully. But as Mudd.en speaks it 1.s Gr;

if he were expressing hi~; OVil thoughts aloud, rather

than dIrecting the!!! to Cully.

(C ONTINUED)
 137.
162 (Cont.)
MADDEN:
County Scat, eh? In the morning ••••
they 111 put I em away quick •.••
(looks up)
Or ml1ybe they wo nIt ~ Look 11 t the pupe r
(indicHte8 the front
, page story on his desk)
it's allover the country. People are
going to get themselves worked up,
It'll be one of those sensational cases.
Big city lavlYers'll be movin' in tryin'
to horn in on the publicity. Thcre
might even be investigations -- they'll
all be wastin' time -- lettin"em live.
Something ought to be done about it
right herel

CULLY:
Personally I don't care what thGY do
with lem.

MADDEN:
(with savagory)
That's not the point. Peoplo like
that, coming to this COIDmlmity --
committing crimes -- then being taken
some place where we' va got nothing to
say a bout it.
(he stare S 0 ut the
window)
Those people out lhere -- they oughta
have a right to hand Ie it.

CULLY:
(his eye s glittering)
Sure they have - and maybe they will. ..•

He grins at M.'1ddGn while Mndden t as if .suddenly relievnd

pours himself a drink.
3LO# DISSO LVi!:
TO:

163. INT. MUCKEYE JOOK NIGHT

Tho jool,: is t6cming IN:th mon and women ",mo

fce 1 " quick fioPcD s timul3- tion Qxult inG thpough the ir

blood. People sta!1d in small, cU"organizcd groups,

talking about the case. The rc is the tinkle of e:lasses

and the jook box blares might ily into deaf Bars.

(COIlTINUED)
163 (Conto)
Bonnie appears in the doorway and, as sho

crosses the room, CAJlIIERA F'OLLO"v'iS her, picking up tho

facos of mon i, faces of GIl types, intont on the murder

talkc A grotlp is gath;) rod around Cully and his mouth

is work ing ih the grimaces or vigorous talk. fib anns

gesticulate, but not a word does Bonnie hear over th~

din of lIRoosters Lay Eggs In Kansas, n

Bonnie works her way through tho mass toward

a table in thn comer where Dm ny is sit ting alone. A

jook girl asks Dmny to buy h,n' a drink, but h" un-

pleasantly shakos her orr. Bonnie watche's Danny sIt-

ting tlE re, looking depressed. Then she sits beside

him.

BON1'IE:
You got the blu0s, Danny?

DAlTNY:
Blues? Sick to my stomach. Listen
to '0m talkin' ~ It shakes me to
think what's goin l to happon to Lan1.;:.

Bonnie tries to bo friendly, tells hiM. to

forget all about those folk::>, She'll cho':)r him up rm'.l

they'll have fun ••• 1 Danrl':r looks he rover, as 5_f soo-

ing her for the fir3t time, and flatly td 18 he r to

beat it. Bonnio stare~ at him, frightened, can't

understand. Sh~'s nGv~r soon him like th~t. Ho

scares her~

Scarod, huh? Stick arolmd mo and you'll

get half your liro scared out or you.
Don't you know I'm trouble's brother?
If you knOf/ YIDut I s good for you you III
run back to that boy friend or yours
!lIld hang onto him tight. He's saro I
(C alIT INUED)
 130.
16;'; (Cont.)
He gets up and sturts for tho bar.

ilOHi!lE:
Danpy~

She begins sn\iffling, then runs out.

At the bar Danny oVE:rhoars Cully inciting the;

gang around him, pourL~ it on about tho kind of a

town the:y're living in. Show folks they don't stand

for that stuff herd Men like Nick -- backbone of the

communityl itre they gonna get Lway with it? Get 'cml

Mak(J an example of tcm1 ,settle it now in thoir own wayl

Danny listens with gro,·ing anger to Cully ami

to tho crowd echoing him. Violenoo is in tho air.

DAN}iY:
(confro jt 3 Cully)
':':'incc· woon cUd. ~!OU start gettin 1
soft ubo11t lJick. One mir.l.'I.lt8 you're
oatin l the guy's leg off .tnd the noxt
minute: you I re for hi1;1.

CULLY:
1'1:1 for o.nytod:{ who gets m'lrdcrcc1
by n cauplrr rats.
(roars out)
'\·j~u.t ellyn sr::..y, Lays?

There 3.r,:..: shouts of approva~,. Danny tries to

dissuade thorn, to tlSll thf;m they cB.n't usc mob action

to meta out justice. LGTIk rrnd Lola have to be Givan Q

chance, no matter 'h'hat they hr,.vo done. '~u:!.ly be110ws

(CO I;TIllUED)
163 (Conto)
out to the gang to BO to the jail and get them --
round up the rest of the boysl
Danny is edged back. At the end of the bar
are Muckeye and' Doris looking worried.

DORIS:
(to Muckeye)
If he keeps feedin' them morons raw
meat nothin's goin l to hold 'em.
MUCKEYE:
(aside to Doris)
Beat it out the side and get Mister
Just.
Doris nods and eXits. Danny's face suddenly takes on
a determined look and he elbows his way roughly out
of the place.
WIPE OFF TO:

164. INT. MADD~TI'S OFFICE MADDEN !lIGHT

W~dden moves about nervously, strain showing
in his face. He keCIJS ~oing to the window" peering up
the brightly lig~tod street. He spins around as the
door is thrown open &nd Danny enters, Danny's eyes are

blazing with cold lif.ht.

Madden attempts to be at ease and business-
like, but Vlith nO effect on Danny.

DANJ.JY :
(bluntly)
You started something, Madden --
now you've got to stop it before
it's too latel

(CONTINUED )
 111.
164 (Cont.)
Madden tries to appear ignorant, not knowing
what he means, but Danny points at the mob forming
itself up theistreet. They can see torches baing
,
lighted. That's what he meansl -- Cully rousing tha
mob, staamin' 'em up, now th"Y're heading for the
jaill
Madden says whatever CUlly is doing is his
business ... and he's not concerned what happens to
Lank and Lola.
Danny demands Madden go out and talk to
those men, stop 'em. Suddenly Madden is unable to
hide his terror as he looks off at the mob. His
confronting that gang would do no good -- they wouldn't
listen to him.

DAlfNY:
(angrily)
They'll listen to you all right.
Come on!

He tries to take Madden by the arm. Madden

draws back, fright in his eyes, saying he won't go --
and for Danny to get out of his office.
Danny clouts 1fudden. Madden doubles,
clutching his face. Forcibly Danny drags him out
of the room •••

165. EXT. PACKING HOUSE DANNY AND lfiADDEN

As they come out there is a cry from the mob. They
look off.
 142 •.
166. LONG SHOT STRE£ T (FROM DAN!\ry'S ANGLE)
The men are on the marc h. Miste r Just I s old
car swing s
in and block s them. Miste r Just is SBen to get
the runni ng board and raise his arms , tryin g to out
stop
on
the mob. Then the crowd , yelli ng, swarm s past the
and Miste r Justi c"r
if, jerke d do·.;.;:n and swall owed by the
passi ng men ..

EXT, PACKING HOUSE DANNY AND MADDEN

Madden cries out in desp erati on.

MADDEN:
How do you expe ct me to stop 'em
when he can't :!

DANNY:
(deci sivel y)
yourr e gouna tryl
He rough ly jerkG Madden and with the packe r stum bling
besid e him, he hurri es off in the direc tion of the
jail.
QU ICK WIPE OFF TO:

168. INT,· JAIL OFFIC E NIGHT

Two armed dopu ties, wear ing expre ssion s of
deep conce rn, are watc hins from the windo w$. Bang
ing is
heard on the barre d door . One of tile men hurr ies to
open it. Danny comes into the room, push ing Madd en
ahead of him.

As they enter the depu ty asks abou t Just.

Danny quick ly tells t'.om whD.t ha" happe ned.

Sr.COND DEPUTY:
(at ,.,indo ",)
Broth er, I don' t like this. Get a
loada that [o.n 0 •
 16 9. LONG SHOT FROM JA IL WINDOW
The mo b, now 01' tre me ndo
the SOUND 01' the ir vo ice us siz e, is app rof lch ine ; ste ad ily ,
s gro win g lou de r, the dow
lig ht 01' the ir tor ch es gro nca st
tes qu ely illu mi na tin g the
ex cit ed an~ry fac es. ir
.

17 0. IN' £. JAI L GROUP

DEPUTY:
We be tte r try ge tti n' tho
se
ou tta he re and rus hin ' 'em pri so ne rs
the Co unt y Se at ton igh t. oV er to

MADDEN:
(ea ge rly )
Ye ah -- yea h -- ge t 'em
Ge t 'em aw ayl ou t 01' he rel

A dep uty run s to rel ea se

Lo la and La nk.

When Lo la and La nk are bro

ug ht fro m the ir
ce lls , gu ard ed by one of
the de pu tie s, the oth er
man at
the win dow tur ns to te ll
the m the y wo n't hav e a cha
nce
of ma kin g a bre ak now ,
Th e mo b's al l aro und the
bu ild ing o
Lan k loo ks at Da nny cy nic
all y.

17 1. EX T. JA IL MOB
The men seo m lile e br uta l
the ir tor ch es. Th ey sta gia nts in the we ird lig ht of
nd in a so lid bod y fac ing
ja il. the

CULLY:
( ye lls )
Sen d ou t thorn two ra ts, or
gon na tak e I em . we 1re

Th ere is no anS VIe r fro m

the jai l and cu lly tur ns
,!l ist er Jus t who is be ing on
hel d by a pa ir 01' me n.

(CONTINUED)
 144.
171 (Cant.)
CULLY:
(to Just)
Yell out and tell 'em to open upl
MISTER JUST:
(firmly)
No, si.1r that's sornethin' I can't
do, b~Oys.

CULLY:
(shoves him violently
back into the crowd)
Then we'll get 'em without you,
(shouts to the jail)
We're gonna burn down the joint if
you don't hand 'em out 1

172. INT. JAIL

Danny seizes Madden who is holding back,
staring with terror-stricken fascination toward the
window. Offscene can be heard the cries of the mob.
DANNY:
Go on -- tell 'emt What're you
afraid of? They'ro not after you.

He shoves Madden to the window. A brick

crashes through tho glass, smacks the packer in the
head and sends him reeling. Blood smears his face.

He is so terrified now that he starts babblinG about

being burned, killedl He tries to run, to hido, but
Danny grabs him,
DA~n.1Y ~
(viciously)
You stnrted tti.. YOll set CUlly to
talkL1 t thorn t~l;~r.:..: l.:;,! and now you'ro
gonna firld aut hon 1 t foe ls to face
a mob. If t',oy burn, you bourn -- and
if they hans, yOll hang!

(CONTINUED)
 145.
172 (Can t.)
Madden is an incoh erent , frigh tened anim al.
Danny , in disgu st, knock s him down and his hand gropo
s
and picks up a ,stove poke r. He lunge s it up over his
head .

DANNY:
So help me if you don't get up and
talk to 'em 1 m gonna split that
thick head of ' your sl

Madd en, stark with fear, raiso s his hand.

His oyes aro froze n on the uplif ted weap on.

MADDEN:
(hoar sely)
Don' t hit me with that, Danny
you could kill a man -- 1

Dann y, oaugh t with his arm uprai sed, reali zes

some thing stran ge has oomo over Madd en, that a chang
e
of expre ssion has come into tho pack or's faco. If
Madden was frigh tenod bGfo ro, now his faeo is oxpro
ss-
ing the vary ossen ee of fear. His dilat ed oyes soize
upon tho woap on, follo w it as Danny lower s it and looks
at it. Then the impo rt of the pack er's terro r hits
him,
but Lank has alrea dy got it. Ho takes a step forwa
rd
and loans down as the depu ties sansi ne the dram a, make
l

no attem pt to stop him.

U:fK:
(inte nselv )
Nick was with you that nigh tl

( CONTINUED)
 146.
172 (Cant .])
MADDEN:
No" he wasn 't. I didn tt see him.
I don't know an~lthinB about it -.:.

DANNY:
(yank s Madd en to
his feet; shaki ng
him fierc ely)
Open' that door I
The depu ties hesi tate. Lank strid es to the door.
LOLA. :
(frig htene d)
They 'll hurt you, Lank I Don I t
go out there t

Outsi de the mob's din is begin ning to close

in. Lola c overs her :face in horro r as Lank and Danny

carry Madd en from the jail.

173. EXT. JAIL

Outsi de the mob has start ed for the jail,

torch es wavin g when Danny and Lank step out with
Madd en.
A yell goes up and Madd en sh udder s at the mass of
men
who seem to focus their eyes upon him,. to threa ten
him.
Danny prods him, shout s at him to start talki ne ....F
or
a mome nt the mob has stopp ed in their surp rise.

MADDEN :
They didn 't do it. You Eot I"em
wron g. They didn I t kill Nick I

A VOICE :
Then who did?

DANNY:
(grim ly)
Tell I em, Madd en -- tell 'em t

(CO NT INUED )
 147.

173 (Cont.)
Then the thr'on~ is astounded as they hear

Mnc1.den, :eeluctantly, incor~erentlj~1 confessing that he

killod Nickhimself .... there was 8 fight ... it had

happened beforo he ~:ne\'l what he had done •••• The eyes

of the mob arc narrowing upon him, there is mumolinr;,

then a ponderous angry surge. Lank quickly steps to

the fore, lifting his hands in thut split second beforo
th C plen act.

LANK:
Wait a minute, fellows t Another
minute and you!a hurt a couple of
innooent people. You oUghta be
glad you found out before it was
too late.
The men hesitate and then slowly the mob begins to break
up. l1ister Just comes for'lil1ard •.
MIS.TER JUST:
As a bunch of judges you guys
would make good crop-pickers t
Sheenishly the men move off. Mister Just [';oos toward
Madden. Danny \latches as L',nlc turns eagerly back into
the jail.

174. lilT. JAIL LAHK AIm LOLA

Lola comes to Lank. With 8. sob she r.~oes into his armS.

FADE OUT.
 148.
FADE IN
1?5. EXT. HIGHWAY GriS STATION DAY
This is the same gas ~tution seen in the opening of the
picture, With ~he same oomplaining proprietor and the
snme colored hqndy~rnon. Along the road, but this time
away from Glade, the rattle-trap, heavily laden curs of
the migrant workers stream north for the season is
over.
The proprietor of the service station waves his hand
cheerily to a car pulling out of the station, as up
the driveway from the road walks Danny earnying a
suitcase.

1?6. CLOSER SHOT EXT. GAS STi,TION

Danny sets down his sui tense 1 looking curiously at the
proprietor who is whistling happily as he counts some
bills in his hands.
D;.I~NY:
What are you so cheorful about?
Last time I was through here your
face was draggin' your arches.
PROPRIETOR:
(beaming)
SCQsonrs over -- peopletre gain'.
They gotta tank up!
Di.NNY:
Mind if I tank up?
PHOPRIETOR:
(generously)
Go ahead -- help yourself. D1'lnk
, er dry.
Whistling, he exits into the station to ring up the snlc.
l~s Donny r·el1chos for the 'ltJn tor hose n dried plo.nting
from a field blows past the pumps. Danny looks off.

I?? • LONG SHOT FIELD (FROM Ddl/,'Y'S i,NGLE)

Now the fields are bare of vegetntion. Small dusty
·whirlwinds skim along the horizon.
178. EXT. GAS STATIOn DhUNY JlliD COLORED i,TTElfDJ.lJT

7he colored boy looks sleepily at the fields, thon

squints up at the s],y. Danny drinks from the hosc.
lillGRO:
Gonnra be a l'cal wind comin i soon.

DA1JfY :
Won't talm much of a wind to biovi
-
me out of here.

NEGRO:
(rarabling on)
'Member last year. Wind bloVfed
so hard it blowed a well up outta
the ~round~ Blowed a crooked road
straight. Blowed so hard it scattered
the days 0' the week, so that Sunday
didn't come til;!. late Tuesday mornine; •.
PROPRIETOR'S VOICE:
(off)
Jeb l

lillGRO:
yassuh •...•

He exits, with Danny givinG him the flat eye. As

Danny picks up his suitcase a car is heard coming in
behind him. Tires grind to a stop on the gravel.

LOLA'S VOICE:
What do you do for gas around here?
Danny turns sharply •.

179. ANOTHER i,NGLE EX'l'. GAS STi.TION

A station wae;on, with Lame at the wheel and Lola
beside him has pulled in. Lola is smiling •. Danny's
face sets ,.
LANK:
Vhere do you think you1re goin t ?

DANNY:
North -~ If I stick around here
another year I'll get donkey
ears, the way I been actin'.
(CONTINUED)
 150.
179 (Cont.)
LANK:
Don't worry about that -- I'll
trim 'em down to size.

DANNY:
(starting off)
Ye8.h\?
He exits toward the road, Lank looks at Lola, then
niles hurriedly out of the car.

180, EXT. HIGHWAY DANllY AllD LANK

Danny thumbs a passing car and as it slows he runs to

jump aboard. Lank races after him and as Danny leaps,
Lank brines him down in a flying tackle. They begin
rolling over and over, wi.th Danny trying to struggle
free of Lank's grasp.
DANNY:
(yelling)
Whatta ya think you're doin',
you dumb dirt-pusher?
QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

181. INT. LANK'S STATION WAGON DANNY, LOLA AND LANK

(FROG ESS)

Lola sits between Lank and Danny. Danny is rubbing

his jaw.

DANNY:
(protestingly)
\Vhere'll I be -- goin' back with
you?
LANK:
Vle'll be partner~ -- workin' Nick's
farm.
LOLA:
You'll be out in tho fields, grow-
ing crops, Danny.
DANHY: .
And I suppose you'll be growin'
crops, too?
(CONTINUED)
 151.
181 (Can t.)
LOLA:
(smil es)
I'll be grow ing crops all righ tl
Her eyes twink le as she loolcs at the two boys and
they both gri~. She slips her hands throu gh their
arms. CMAER~ PULLS BACK as the car moves away.

182. FULL SHOT EXT. llIGHVIAY

The stati on wagon is movin g towar d Glade , past the
outco ming traff ic. SUPERIMPOSED over the·· SHOT,
DISSOLVES IN A Lf.RGE CLOSEUP of Nick Garc os, his
dark, earth y face boom tng with laugh ter as he leans
back and roar s.

NICK'S VOICE:
You betch ool Fancy numb er wan
kind of crop •••• t
The music swel ls.

FADE OUT.

THE END