All language subtitles for Summer.Heat.1987.1080p.BluRay.x265-RARBG

ROXY: I was born Roxanna Stanton
in Tarboro, North Carolina,

when tobacco was king.

During market time,

the warehouses were full of
cured, bright-leafed tobacco,

and any little breeze would
fan that sweet, strong smell,

and seal it over the center
of town like a jar lid.

Daddy owned the funeral home.

He used to say, "There's two
things for sure in Tar County."

"Tobacco brings
money and people die."

When I married Aaron Walston,

we moved out to
his tobacco farm.

It was about ten miles
outside of Tarboro.

And I have to say,

the isolation of that little farm
was something I had not known before.

By the time I was 20, our
baby, Patty Estelle, was two.

And we worked hard getting
that crop out every year.

I didn't think much about whether
there would be anything else for me.

But then, the summer of 1937
changed my life forever.

At that time, I didn't understand
all the things that happened,

but I knew they
were irrevocable.

(PLAYING)

When my grandmother,
Georgeanna, died,

I was as lonely as I
ever'd been in my life.

Georgeanna had raised me
ever since my mother died.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Sorry about your grandmother.

Thank you.

Are you gonna stay at her house?

No. I'm scared to
stay there by myself.

Well, what about
livin' at your daddy's?

His wife, Ruth,

is my mother's younger sister.

I know.

Well, I feel kind
of funny about that.

What are you doin'?
Is Baby asleep?

Yeah, Baby's asleep.

I wanted to last night and
you just shrugged me off.

I had to get up at the
crack of dawn.

Aaron...

Sometimes I think
you're just doin' this,

'cause you can't think
of anything better to do.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

ROXY: Daddy hired boys from
all over eastern North Carolina

to work at the funeral home.

When his friends couldn't think
of what to do with their boys

they sent 'em to
Mr. Will for a job.

What do you say, boys?
Good mornin', Will.

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

I got that Clark Gable
picture at the theater.

Where he don't
wear no undershirt?

(CHUCKLES)

STROTHER: You won't see that
one, will ya, Will? WILL: No.

BASS: How do you expect me
to keep the theater running?

Here comes a fella lookin' for a job, Will.
What you wanna bet?

No, I got too many boys
here now, Strother.

Don't matter.

They know ya all over
eastern North Carolina

for havin' a soft heart.

(CHUCKLES)

I don't have any work, and
room upstairs is plumb-full.

BASS: He ain't from Tar County.

STROTHER: I bet you he's
a walk-away from the CCC Camp.

I'm looking for Mr. Will.

Ask inside.

I don't work here.

Thank you.

What are you doin'?

Just waitin' here like
you told me.

Aaron!

Your folks are here.

Hello, Mr. Ta tie.

Hi there, Roxy. Aaron.

We're gonna ride over to,
uh, Eureka, see Aunt Sally.

Thought some of y'all might want
a ride back to Tarboro with us.

I believe I'll just stay here.

I got my new seedlings
just getting started.

But y'all come in.

Roxy why don't you
and Baby go on in?

Maybe we'll do that.

There's your grandpa over there.

There's your grandma.

Yeah.

Baby, you look like
a cat under a collard.

(LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Well, look who's here!

We're just waitin'
for your daddy.

Come here, Baby.

Come here.

We're just waitin'
for your daddy.

There was a wreck out at
the crossroads last night,

and he had to stop by.

Come on, Roxy. I have something
important to tell ya, come on!

ROXY: What? It's
important, come on.

ROXY: I grew up playing
in the backyard there.

So what happened to the
coffin for the Mr. Master doll?

Well, we haven't
played in those coffins

since Raider tried to
sail off the top.

(LAUGHS) He did?

CALLIE: Daddy's gonna have
him hauled away. ROXY: Aw.

ROXY: I had copied the design
for my playhouse

out of my weekly reader.

And then built it
out of old coffins.

Main thing my friends at
school wanted to know was,

had I ever seen anybody dead?

Boo! BOTH: Raider!

Hey you.

Callie and me finally
saw a dead person.

We heard at school
this man that got burned up

that they had him down here.

We pushed the door
open real fast,

there was this little thing
lying up on the table

like a log out of the fireplace.

We went flying up to
the front of the house,

and then saw somebody sitting
on the stairs watching us.

He wasn't like the other
funeral home boys.

He said, "You must
be Mr. Will's girl."

I told him I was his littlest girl.
Roxy is his biggest girl.

He said, "If she's any prettier
than you, she must be real pretty."

CALLIE: I couldn't believe
I was standing there

talking to a grown
man like that.

Who you got in there, Will?

Old Fate Renfroe.
You remember him?

Poor old fella. He got hit,

broadside with a freight train
over here at the Golden Weed.

Tear him up much?

Oh, yeah, he looks bad.

And I worked on
him near all night,

that boy, Jack, came
in and helped me.

He's good.

With his hands, you know?

He's cool about it too.
He was eatin' a...

Bit-O-Honey bar
10 minutes after we quit.

You gonna keep him?

Oh, I can't.
I can't, Strother, I...

He'd be a natural, you know...

A real natural but, you know, I
got too many boys workin' here now.

Jack's a right smart fellow.

He, he reminds me
of somebody, but...

I can't think who.

(SCREAMS) What the hell?

It's just Renfroe,
giving you a goodbye.

(LAUGHING)

STROTHER: What's he doin'
sneaking up on me like that?

What's he doin' over there?
(WILL AND BASS LAUGH)

Go on, you shaggy-headed rascal.

Go on!

If you think you can get past
them gals down at the hotel.

(STROTHER LAUGHS)

STROTHER: That boy's a...
RUTH: Roxy!

I believe you could use dose
of Mr. Applewhite's Capudine.

You always look like you'd be
afraid to say "Boo!" to a goose.

ROXY: Two weeks later,
in the middle of March,

the old hearse
pulled up our drive.

At first, I thought it was
Daddy comin' to see me.

But it was Jack Ruff in.

I'm Jack Ruff in. Hey.

Wanna draw?

What do you want?

I'm sorry. I thought
you knew I was coming out.

All I know is you're somebody
I've never seen before in my life.

Well, Mrs. Walston,

if your husband didn't
tell ya, I guess I will.

I've come to help out.

Your daddy run the funeral home?

Mr. Will Stanton?

He's the one who
sent me over here.

That was Neb just
dropped me off.

JACK: Mr. Will said you might be
able to use some help out here.

That's right, I sure could.

Come on.

ROXY: I had seen
Jack Ruff in before.

He was with Georgeanna,

in a dream.

AARON: Roxy?

I'm driving Jack back to town.

But supper will be ready soon.

I'll be back soon.

(BANJO MUSIC ON RADIO)

(DOOR OPENS)

Well, dinner's not
fit to eat now.

Don't worry about it.
(TURNS RADIO OFF)

I got me a hot dog in town.

Jack Ruff in's coming
out next Saturday.

Why don't you cook
us up a chicken stew?

Chicken stew?

When did you get to know
this Jack Ruff in so good?

Fixing the well.

We're gonna check on it Saturday

and he's bringing his guitar out,
we're gonna pick a few songs.

Well...

You hardly ever see a soul.

I didn't know you knew him.

Well, I didn't know him
before this mornin'.

He gave me this mandolin string.

Had it right there in his suitcase.
He just gave it to me.

(BABBLES)

ROXY: The wind was blowing hard
the night Jack came for dinner.

And I couldn't help thinking
about Georgeanna's superstitions.

GEORGEANNA: You know, every time
somethin' bad's happened to me in my life,

it's happened to me
in the month of March.

It's like a big, black
cloud that just hangs there.

There's somethin' in the wind.

Aaron?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

AARON: Hey. JACK: Hey.

How are you? Real good.

So, how do you
like North Carolina?

I like it.

Well, how many boys does
Mr. Will have over there now?

Too many.

It must be pretty stuffy in that...
(TEAPOT LID CLATTERS)

Hmm.

Excuse me. Watch your fingers.

Excuse me.

(BABY COOS)

What's your baby's name?

It's Patty Estelle.

But everybody just
calls her "Baby."

Except Aaron's mother, Estelle.

She calls her "Es-telle," like
every syllable's just nailed down.

(BABY CRIES)

BABY: Mom!

Excuse me.

JACK: This is good.

This is really good.

AARON: Here, here. Have some more.
We got a lot.

Hey, Jack!

Hey, can you, uh, plan
on coming out tonight?

Yeah. Just got me some
new strings this morning.

Listen, Neb wanted to
come out, if that's okay.

Well, uh...

I don't want it to turn
into a get-together.

Okay.

I'll see you tonight.

(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)

Nah, I can't talk to you
about this stuff.

You're a married man
with a family to boot.

Besides, you don't want to
hear about my date with Ava.

I got news for you, Jack.

Me and Ava Chisholm went
steady in eighth grade.

Is that so?

AARON: In fact, I'll never
forget one Saturday afternoon,

Ava and I were over
at her sister's house.

I was sittin' on the couch...

(SPITS)

Ava had her head in my lap.

All of a sudden,
she shifts around,

she says, "Aaron, your belt
buckle's hittin' me in the head."

I said "Ava, I'm not
wearin' a belt."

(BOTH LAUGHING)

AARON: Her sister looked
at me real embarrassed.

I don't think Ava knew
what was going on.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

So where did you day
your parents are?

My parents are dead.

AARON: I'm sorry.

It's all right.
It was a long time ago.

Well, I made you
all a pecan pie.

We'll be up there in a minute.

Come on, Baby.

Let's go. Yeah. (COOS)

Whoa! Hello, Jack. Um, Aaron's not
here right now. (CLEARS THROAT)

(WHISPERING) Pretty.

JACK: Hi, Aaron.
Some weather, huh?

Yep. (STRAINS)

How's this gonna be
for the seedlings?

This is perfect. That's what this is.
This is perfect for the seedlings.

You know how muddy
the roads will be.

I don't know why you
just don't stay out here.

You can just make yourself
a bed in the spare room.

I guess it would be a lot easier
if I was just eta yin' out here.

Why don't you bring your
clothes and things on out?

You know I could use the help.

I know you could.

JACK: I'll tell Neb to bring
my things out now and just...

Not go back.

As soon as it quits rainin',

we'll have plenty to do then.

Roxy, why don't you
clean out that chifforobe

in the spare room so Jack
can put his things in it.

She's only got her sew in"
stuff in there now.

Okay.

Turn it in.

Lower it down.

(EXHALES)

We might as well
get on to bed early.

We're gonna need this rest
when it comes time to prime.

(SIGHS)

Soon as that sun ever
comes back out,

"it'll get to grow in" real fast.

It's quit raining.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Come on in.

Quit raining.

AARON: Yeah, it sure did.

Well... I guess I'll get
on back to town, now.

See ya. See ya.

See you in the morning.

See you in the morning.

Phew!

You wanna pick a little tonight?

Nah, I think we're gonna
go on to bed early.

But you know where the keys are.

I mean, if you need
the truck to go in

and see Ava or
anything like that,

(CHUCKLES) you go
ahead and use it.

(JACK CHUCKLES)

(DOOR CLOSING)

(TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)

Neb came by last night.

Uh-huh.

Needed some help with a wreck
out by Johnson Crossroads.

Old preacher
and his wife swerved

in a ditch, hurt pretty bad.

Roxy,

Ray says, Daddy needs
me to come over

to help him start to
fix that back fence.

Horses go out again last night.

I gotta get over there.

Sorry, I can't watch Baby today.

Well, do you think you
can take Baby to Daddy's?

Yeah, I can do that.

Come on, pretty Baby.

You're gonna go see Callie.

Here you go, Baby.

You wanna go for a ride
in that big black car?

That's where we're goin'.

BABY: Bye.

Why don't you get
that hot hair cut off?

Roxy.

I thought you were
halfway to Raleigh.

I just wanna say that I appreciate
every one of y'all out here.

I have a real good feelin'
about the crop this year.

Treat every leaf as special.

Don't let the littlest
leaf burn up in the sun.

We gotta eat.

Roxy's got fudge!

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

ALL: ♪ Come by here, good Lord
Come by here

♪ Oh, Lord, come by here

♪ Somebody needs you, Lord
Come by here

♪ Somebody needs you, Lord
Come by here

♪ Somebody needs you, Lord
Come by here

♪ Oh, Lord, come by here

♪ Come by here, good Lord
Come by here

♪ Come by here, good Lord
Come by here

♪ Come by here, good Lord
Come by here

♪ Oh, Lord, come by here I

(SIGHS)

(BOTH SIGH)

Here you go, Jack.

You don't get much sleep
with tobacco curing, do you?

Can't afford it.

Two years ago
I lost my best barn.

Burned up.

Well, you want me to
stay down here tonight?

No, I'll stay down here tonight.

You stay down here
tomorrow night, okay?

(SIGHS)

Honey,

you have to
move a little faster.

You're movin'
like you're sleepwalkin'.

Whoa!

Oh, boy. MAN: Raider,
you been fishin' lately?

- RAIDER: - Not much.
- You wanna pass me some more of those string beans?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

MAN: Has your roof
got a hole in it, Raider?

Gonna need patching?

Well, let's get back, boys.

I think it's fixin' to get
real warm this afternoon.

Sure is. Listen, we ought
to get those mules first.

Okay, they're gonna
need some water.

(GURGLING)

I think we ought to get on over
to Haws Landing for that barbecue.

You know, the only reason I didn't
go sit up with 'em last night

to help 'em cook that pig was...

That's my best barn
curio' out there.

I just wanted to see it.

I just don't care
a thing about goin'.

Not go?

I don't see why.

I'm just not goin'.

I feel like I'm in
the way over there.

Now, Roxy,

you know my family
thinks so much of you.

And they love to see Baby.

Aaron,

there's somethin' about
the Fourth of July

that just tears my
nerves all to pieces.

It's all those loud noises and

firecrackers and all. And...

Those folks drivin' around in
those fast pickup trucks, drunk!

Look, it's just too hot.

And everybody's crazy.

They're expectin' us, Roxy.

No.

Excuse me. I can't hear you. No.

Well, you do
what you please, then.

(DOOR CLOSING)

GEORGEANNA: Long life line,

long crooked double love line.

I got you a present. Hmm.

Okay. Can you just
wait a minute?

Mmm-hmm. I gotta change Baby.

I'm sure her diaper's
about ready to fall off.

Please.

Just a second. Okay?

Now.

(LAUGHS)

That's Mom. (LAUGHING) Momma.

That's good. That was good.
(LAUGHING) Okay, Baby.

Now, then, you wanna take
a picture of me and Baby?

No. Now, we're gonna
try a little trick.

(GRUNTS)

Stay right there.

(WHIMPERING) Mom.

What's the matter? Mom.

(LAUGHING)

Whoa!

You ready? This is going
to be some picture.

(SHUTTER CLICKS) (CLATTERING)

(BABY CRYING)

Baby!

Jack! Help!

I'll get the truck.

(CRYING)

I was cookin' some peas, and
Baby turned 'em over on herself.

Where is she?

(VOICE BREAKING)
She's with the doctor.

Hello, Doctor.

You can take her home now.

Okay.

Keep her quiet.

And keep her in bed.

Oh, and if she should
happen to wake up tonight,

you might rub her
with some more of this.

Okay.

I'll come out and, uh,
check on her in the morning,

see how she's getting on.

Are there gonna be scars?

DR. BEST: Probably. Yes.

How's Baby?

Where's the Kodak?

I hid it.

Aaron, where's...

Can't you take care
of your own family?

Let me take her.

(WHISPERING)
Okay, is it better, Baby?

Is it better?

Roxy?

There's somethin' Daddy wants
me to talk to you about.

Daddy mentioned somethin'
about Jack eta yin' here.

It might be better...

He said we ought to get
the first 'bacco to market,

and then give him some
money and send him off.

I've already told him.

I told Jack that

after the opening sale we'll
be able to manage without him.

Why don't you tell him, too?

Somebody at the church
mentioned to the folks that

it didn't look right with you and
Jack eta yin' in the same house.

Talk to Jack about it.

(SCREAMS)

Jack! (LAUGHS)

(GIGGLING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Jack, I've got to talk to you.

Shh. Shh.
I've gotta talk to you.

I've gotta... I've
gotta talk to you, Jack.

I've gotta talk to you.

I love you, Roxy.

You're prettier than any Ava.

Don't worry.

He's not comin' down here.

I came down here to tell you.
Jack, you have to go.

I'm married.

I have a baby.

You could run off with me.

I'm married, Jack.

Did you talk to Jack?

Yes.

(SLAMS DOOR)

MAN: $5!

(AUCTIONEER CHANTING)

MAN: $5!

(AUCTIONEER CHANTING)

MAN: $7!

How're they biddin'?

They're biddin' a little low.

Yeah, I heard that.

They'll pick up.

MAN: $4!

They better.

Sta yin' out of trouble, Jack?

Yes, sir. All right.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(AUCTIONEER CHANTING)

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

MAN: $25!

Help me out.

(AUCTIONEER CHANTS)

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(DOOR OPENING)

Got us hot dogs
from the Greek's.

First day of market, 1937.

(SIGHS) I never
thought I'd get a...

10.

Mmm-hmm. Oh!

I never thought I would.

Hell, I mean... I mean, she's
worth it and all... I just...

I never thought I'd get it.

They're havin' a dance down
at Wainright's this year.

I do see why we can't go.

You get Baby up early.

We can go on in, take in
the whole festival.

Jack can take care
of things around here.

I'll see ya tomorrow.

Al right.

(PARADE MUSIC PLAYING)

ROXY: Jack still
had a pull for me.

And I thought then that
maybe he always would.

But I had to make a choice.

All I hoped was that Aaron and I could
forget everything that had happened

and start over.

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

Did y'all enjoy
yourself last night?

Oh, the pageant was beautiful.

The whole family was there,
and it was just, uh...

It was wonderful.

Nice festival?

Oh, it sure was.

Listen, I need you to ride
over with me to Daddy's.

I wanna get that new truck
I bought from him

before we go down
to Carolina Beach.

You can drive it back here.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(BEES BUZZING)

You're gonna get stung.

God damn it, Roxy.

Come on down back
of the barn, Aaron.

I wanna show you something
I killed down there today.

I don't know what it is.

Somethin' strange.

Some strange kind of animal.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(DOOR OPENS)

Aaron, Baby's...
Aaron's not here.

(PANTING) Put some
clothes on Baby.

We gotta go.

Go where? Don't ask me that.

Just get your clothes...

Put some things in your suitcase.
We gotta go. Now!

Get her blankets.

Where's Aaron?

Get in the car.

Jack, where is Aaron?

You don't really
wanna know, Roxy.

Just get in the car.

I'll tell you about it later.

(DUCKS QUACKING)

You got any rooms?

Jack...

Jack, I just...
I need to go home.

After you see what's on my
overalls, you won't wanna go home.

I, I can't keep
it in any longer.

I hit him, not too
far from the hole.

What hole? I hit him
at the hole, Roxy.

(CRYING) What hole?
The hole I dug.

I dug... Is Aaron okay?

Roxy...

I hit him twice... Why?

At the hole.
I dug the hole, Roxy.

I dug a hole behind the barn.

Saturday, while y'all
were in town.

And I sat out there and
I looked into it all day

and all night.

I called him out there and I...

Hit him, and I...

Covered him up.

(SCREAMING) You!

(ROOSTER CROWS)

We better be leaving here.

Roxy,

I'll treat you right.

Now, say you'll be ready to go.

Come on. Say it.

Kiss me now and say.

We've got to go.

Got the bus tickets
to Birmingham.

I know somebody
we can stay with.

I don't know why...

I don't know why I ever
thought you'd go with me.

I'll come back for you
as soon as I can.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

(CAR RECEDING)

(INAUDIBLE)

We picked up Jack Ruff in when
he was getting on the bus.

He told us where
he buried your husband.

We called up to Tarboro,

and some of your people went
out there and they dug him up.

He made a full confession.

Says you two
planned it together.

You never saw those bloody
overalls till yesterday?

(WHISPERING) No, sir.

You're sure about that?
Yes, sir.

You're real sure? Yes.

I believe we can
go on home, now.

She be arraigned
on Monday morning.

She's gonna be arraigned, Roger?

(SIGHS)

I don't know how to say
this to you, Roxy,

but I want you to know a
little about what it was like.

You know. I'm used to that phone
ringing at all times of the night.

But this time it, I just
didn't know what to think.

I mean, it had to be
somebody crazy.

But it did finally
get through to me

that they were saying the
sheriff in Georgia had called,

and that Aaron was probably dead

and you and Jack
were off somewhere.

I called Ruth to come to the phone
and try to make some sense out of it,

but she...

Was just as bad as me, at first.

I told them
I'll be right on out there,

and they said it's no use.
But, of course, I went.

I couldn't get to
the farm fast enough.

Somehow, I thought
you might be there.

Even though they said
you were in Georgia.

When got out there,

they had already gone
right to the grave,

a sorry hole not any way
from the barn.

Anybody could have found it.

Anybody could have
found that hole.

What was the matter
with that boy, Jack?

What could he have
been thinking of?

What was I thinking of?

(SOBBING)

You've got to see him, Roxy.

Got to make yourself
look right at him.

(SOBBING)

Oh, Roxy.

You hold tight to that baby, Roxy.
She misses her mama.

Don't you worry.

You daddy wanted to buy you one

but I told him
I wanted to pick it out.

Nearly everybody in the world's
got some kind of secret,

but everybody
doesn't get found out

and have their pictures
put in the paper.

We're gonna do the best we can.

When you walk in there tomorrow,

you stand up straight
and hold your shoulders back.

(CROWD TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

Okay, okay, make way, make way.

REPORTER 1: Mrs. Walston!

Are you in love
with Jack Ruff in?

Why didn't you go to
your husband's funeral?

Are you really in love
with that guy, Jack Ruff in?

REPORTER 2: Please,
can we get a picture?

Let my wife through, please.

REPORTER 3: Did you
murder your husband?

(WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)

(SOBBING)

(CROWD MURMURING)

(GAVEL POUNDS)

Bailiff, please read
the confession.

(CLEARS THROAT)

"I stayed home all day Saturday and
Sunday while the Walstons were gone."

"I dug the grave on Saturday,
about 3:00 in the afternoon."

"I used the shovel which I
got from the Walstons' house."

"I left the shovel at the hole."

"I hit him in the back of
the head with the shovel."

"Knocked him out the first lick."

"He was lying down on his face"

"when I hit him the second time."

"I had been sleeping with her."

"No use to say I love her,
and will die loving her."

"I had intercourse
with her from June."

"In a way, she knew I killed him.
In a way, she didn't."

"She wanted to run off with me,"

"but she couldn't,
because of her husband."

"So, I killed her husband."

Now, Mrs. Walston, would you
tell the gentlemen of the jury

how you met and got
to know Jack Ruff in?

He came out to help
my husband with the well.

And then he started helping
with the tobacco crop.

Aaron told him
to come on and move in.

Aaron would go down
to the barn one night,

and Jack would go down the next.

I got up while Aaron
was still sleeping

and I went down to the barn.

And then I got back
before he woke up.

Now, Mrs. Ruff in, I'm gonna ask you a little
bit about those nights down in the barn.

I'm Mrs. Walston.

But those nights down in the barn
were your idea, weren't they?

He asked me to come down there.

But they were your idea,
weren't they?

I wanted to go.

So you were in no way forced to go down
into that barn were you, Mrs. Ruff in?

I am Mrs. Walston.

Now, please describe to
the gentlemen of the jury

just what happened on the first
occasion you had intercourse with him.

You heard the question, ma'am.

Please describe to the
gentlemen of the jury,

the first occasion on which
you had intercourse with him.

My husband had gone off,

and it happened in the garden.

In the garden.

And the next time?

I don't know.

It might have been the next day.

And these relations did occur
every day thereafter, did they not?

Sometimes I was sick.

But, when your husband was
gone, and you weren't sick,

it happened every day,
didn't it?

Please, let the record reflect that the
witness has nodded the answer, "Yes."

For him, for the State,

and for everybody else, for
God's sake, don't turn him loose.

But a life sentence in prison would
constitute a far more severe punishment

than the death penalty.

Whatever damnation
comes out of this case,

she is the foundation for it.

Now, gentlemen, you have
heard the evidence.

After a comparatively short time,
this man was living in the house

with more freedom
than the woman's husband.

She has been unfaithful
to her child,

unfaithful to her husband

and unfaithful to her God.

Not in the annals of the
history of North Carolina,

have we had a murder of such
brutality as to compare with this one.

Gentlemen, I want you to
return a verdict of guilty.

I want you to send Jack Ruff in

and Roxanna Walston
to the gas chamber.

(CROWD MURMURING IN CONCERN)

No!

Wait.

She never did say
she'd run off with me.

I pushed her into
the car that night.

She didn't know what happened.

And when [ finally told her,
she ran away from me and hid.

They said yesterday
that I do not have a heart!

I do have a heart,

and there's grief
in my heart at the bottom.

(CROWD GASPS)

Will, hold her up here.
I'll get her some water.

Watch your head.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: We have a verdict
in the Walston murder case.

The jury went out at 11:25
and they were back at 12:05.

They found Mrs. Roxanna Walston

not guilty of
conspiracy to murder,

and they found Mr. Jack Ruff in

guilty of murder
in the first degree,

with no recommendation
for mercy.

Handkerchiefs fluttered as the
judge intoned the death sentence.

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

WILL: I know Kate would be
happy to have her.

RUTH: That sounds just like
something a man would say.

That's half her trouble now.

Listening to ghost stories,
all her life,

and always doing something some
man thought she ought to do.

How can she go to
Virginia, or anywhere else?

She needs to learn
to do something first.

WILL: Could you
lower your voice?

You know, this was
your mother's bed.

That's why I brought
you in here.

There's no better medicine in this whole
world than lying in your mama's bed.

It was our mama's bed, too.

I lay right here myself when I
wasn't much older than you are,

talking to Mama.

When I was in that tourist
camp in Georgia with him,

I didn't know how to say,
"No, I can't go with you."

I never said "no"
to anybody in my life,

except for Aaron
on the Fourth of July.

Different things happen
to different people, Roxy.

Don't think you're the only one

something bad ever happened to.

What really matters
is how you behave

after it's over.

And it is over.

Daddy, I'd like to
go to the farm today.

You gotta get your
driving license sometime.

I'm going to.

And then, I think you
and me and Ruth ought to...

We ought to talk about
you getting on a train

and heading up
to Fredericksburg,

to stay with Aunt Kate
for a while.

Daddy, I know I won't stay
in Tarboro for my whole life.

But right now my child
needs her family.

She needs a stable home.

I'm gonna stay right here
and I'm gonna ride it out,

just the same as you.

And Ruth,

and our whole family.

♪ Now that I'm all alone

♪ All I am livin' on

♪ Is every memory I've had

♪ Of you

♪ I know the love will never die

♪ While there's someone to cry

♪ When does the heart come home?

♪ I know the heart
must have a home

♪ For going to and comin' from

♪ And someday I'll see

♪ Where my heart wants to be

♪ And I'll be glad
and I'll be home

♪ I know the heart
must have a home

♪ I know the heart
must have a home

♪ We guess at who we are

♪ And what we're living for

♪ We hope our heart
and soul will see us through

♪ I don't care how far I must go

♪ As long as I can know

♪ My heart will have a home

♪ I know the heart
must have a home

♪ For going to and comin' from

♪ And someday I'll see

♪ Where my heart wants to be

♪ And I'll glad and I'll be home

♪ I know the heart
must have a home

♪ I know my heart
must have a home

♪ Mmm

♪ Mmm-hmm ♪