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I'm much obliged

It was stupid of me to bang into that stupid lamp-post

I must be off, she won't get to bed till I'm home

You've been married long?

11 years

I wish I were married, too

You sound sincere

I am

It has advantages

We nearly broke up

I'd watch her at breakfast

dying to get rid of her

I asked myself, What's putting such ideas into your head?

But I could think of no good reason

Freedom, maybe?

We met at a dance

It was hardly to break through

She's very na? Ve, you know Paris

I'd bet no town on earth has more virgins than Paris

Percentage-wise, at least

But that's not why I married her

Why did you?

I got used to her, she was fun

I don't know you, we may never meet again

But I might as well be frank

Sometimes, it helps to open your heart to a stranger

There's some truth in that

I finally grew fond of her; it had never happened to me before

We went together for a year

One fine day, I went out and bought the wedding ring

That's always the way

Not always

Then I really fell in love with her two years later

When our first kid came

I was standing by her bed

And somehow, I think it all started then

You've got many kids?

Three

The perfect number

They're great kids

I turn off here so I'll say good-bye

Take care, now!

I sure will, thanks, good luck!

Hi, Edward!

Call me Charlie, and wait outside

You're a cool guy, you haven't seen me for four years

and you greet me as if I just came back from a walk around the block

Yeah, It's so dark outside...

I bumped into a pole

Who's after you?

Not the cops, or I wouldn't get you involved

You and your deals! It's no go!

How's Fido? He must be big now

How are you? Money-wise?

I do alright, but don't count on my for anything!

I don't want to get involved, NOT involved!

How's the family?

Everybody is fine: Mom, pa...

And Richard?

Richard still in there pitching

But we miss you and Fido, so I was thinking...

All of a sudden, I was thinking...

When they started running after you?

Charlie, I'm in the soup

Help me, I'm in a jam

So you come here! Who's after you?

Two guys

We pulled this job, the two guys, Richard and me

They tried to play rough and gep us out of our share

So we kept all the loot and ditched them instead

What do they look like?

One wears a hat, the other a cap

They're not brothers but they look alike...

and they both smoke pipes

Hiya, Charlie, how are things?

What the hell are you doing here?

I say you're wasting your life away!

What a crazy set-up! You look great behind that tub!

When you rate a concert grand...

in a packed hall

with the crowd cheering! So what gives?

I can't be both places at the same time

What a laugh, a world-famous artist who can't afford a jalopy!

It just doesn't make sense!

Shut up!

Look at him, a concert pianist pounding out honky-tonk!

Cripes almighty, get this guy a piano!

A grand piano with tapers

Where are those tapers?

Hey pal, pipe down!

I want them to hear!

They're too busy with dancing

That's what's wrong with the world! Nobody wants to be bothered

Drop it, Plyne, he's sick!

Who is he, pal?

I already told you not to get chummy

Call me mister!

Okay, mister, who is he?

Maybe my dear brother is ashamed of me

He's a real artist, but not Charlie, his name's Edward

Be quiet!

He never told me he had a brother

Yeah, we're four brothers, all males!

What's Charlie paid for?

To play piano, of course!

So he's paid to play, not spill his gut

You want a guy to talk, it costs

It's like a well, the deeper you dig, the more you pay

Sometimes it costs so much

You quit

You're so alluring, I'm lured

I just decided to get married

I never proposed before

Who says I'm single?

It can't be! Who's your guy, the Abnominable Snowman?

We're through, but unofficially

And who are you, anyway?

Charlie's big brother

No kidding, they don't come any nicer

Couldn't you be fond of me?

It's too soon to tell

Pardon me, I've got customers

Is my breast so exciting?

To me? I'm a doctor!

It's pretty crummy here tonight

The other night was tops

Look at that!

Interesting, strangely interesting

See you later!

Cripes, they're here!

That's your problem

The back door, quick! Scram!

The dame was named Frances

We all called her...

The Raspberry

The sergeant was to blame

He was lame

In the brain

She served beer in a bar

Not far from the Loire

A tart, she was not

Beer was all we got

You'd have to have cheek...

to pinch her cheek

She was right from Antibes, what a blight!

A blight on the Berry

That's fate, tit for tat

She was native Antibean

Closer than Carribean

Closer than Caracas

Or the Congo?

I don't know

The barrier of language

My ardors assuaged

The wench

She knew French

Her eyes - they sizzled

My passion - it fizzled

I'm anti-Antibean

Despite me

What a blight!

A blight on the Berry

That's fate, tit for tat

Her measurements were meager

No wonder she was eager

To be adding extra padding...

at the Beauty Institute

By the Loire are beauticians

You can add to your bosom

No surgical dangers

in Angers

For old gents and pretty maids

Attributes are custom-made

But for those that can't rejuvenate

What a blight!

A blight on the Berry

That's fate, tit for tat

Seeing her new measurements...

added to my torments

Ogling her plunging neckline

I gave her the old line:

Permit me to keep abreast

Of what's on your chest

She ran away like a stranger

So I quit

I'm not fit for a dog

In a manger!

The moral?

A blight on tit for tat

And dame's fate is the berries!

They went out through the alley

They didn't look like killers, I'd say they looked ready to talk business

You can guess what kind

My brothers always make that one Chico, the fall guy

Get off before you get into any deeper

Good luck!

She's all eyes for you

Who is?

Lena, I thought I'd tell you

Thanks, anyhow

Too bad you don't care

But I wish it was me!

If you want, I can leave

Skip it, I'm not her type

Besides

I'm nobody's type

See you tomorrow

I'm a big mess!

And too dumb to make women forget it

Could be glands

No, not glands, just my ugly soul

Relax, dames are not poisonous

That's just talk!

They had you through the wringer, my boy, it's plain

So what?

I bet I even know what's eating you

You're timid

You're scared

Scared?

That's it

Scared

I'm scared

Damn it, Crud! I'm scared

Hey! You, what's wrong?

I'm scared

Those two guys before, who were they?

I don't know

I'm going to bed, it's better than not doing anything

Mr. Charlie...

I didn't want them to hear

Can you lend me something until tomorrow?

Here it is

Walk with me

I'm scared alone at night, Mr. Charlie

Just call me Charlie

All right, then call me Lena

Why Lena?

Helen, Helena, Lena

She'll think you're odd if you keep silent

Say something, anything

You act scared

She's no fool, she knows silence grows with romance

She's the quiet type, not stuck-up but serious

She seldom laughs, only when it's really funny

I'd take something really funny to make her laugh

What's so funny?

Your face

Listen...

You know those guys?

No, why?

They're following us

Look in here

Where are they?

They ducked in there

Lousy damn luck!

It's night, I'm going home

She didn't mind being touched by you

She's willing, for what?

Who knows?

Suggest a drink to gain time

Do it right... relax!

Let's hoist one, dear... I insist!

Be more subtle... I bet you're thirsty, me too

Want a drink?

Probably just as well

Think of Tatum, is he talented? Or Errol Garner...

Yes, Garner is talented

Or Junio Manse? You never heard him

It's me, Clarisse

You still sleep in the raw?

It's healthier

Like my carnival act... - the human skeleton...

That's how I started when I ran away from home

I lay inside the coffin, nearly naked!

They did it with mirrors

Even doctors fell for it, then I sprained an ankle

Show business is tough

Do I stay?

Your credit's good

No, thanks

I won't insist, I'm going

Don't be sore, take off that pretty dress

Close Fido's door

Isn's all of me pretty?

It's a good working dress

Not that I know-tow to the customers

"How much?" "Five, take it or leave it"

No sales talk, it's a free country

I'll undress here

Yes, I might get ideas

I prefer pretty clothes to sexy ones

Aren't all mine pretty?

Very

I just said it, very pretty!

All the girls admire them

Pretty, aren't they? And a bargain!

I'm no pantie expert

Are you nuts?

No, a prude

Not a prude, a prune! That's why you are

Not bad, huh?

Is my kitty-cat hurt? Is he mad?

Kitty-cat's not mad, just tired

I'm sleepy and I prefer lollipop panties

T.V. Is better than movie

You can enjoy it right in your own home

That's the way it is at the movies exactly like that

I saw a movie today "Alaska Torpedoes"

Any good?

John Wayne and the U.S.A. Want peace

Just like me, the Yankees

Don't make fun of me!

I never would, baby

Give me a taste

You bum! Who said you were shy?

The shy can try too, can't they?

Beat it before Fido gets up, hurry!

Sure, I'm only fit to cook his meals!

Don't start that! My pants!

What's out there?

Nothing

Zip me up

Go on home, I'll see you later!

Fido! It's time to get up!

You'll be late! Hurry up!

Hello, Charlie!

Do I know you?

I'm Ernest, he's Momo

We'll give you a lift

I'll walk

Don't bother

Show him

He's hep

Maybe no

Are you coming?

How do you like our pal? Momo

He looks tough

Yes, we think you're tough you give me this impression

Is 50000 enough or not? Quote a figure

I don't need it

Maybe he does not believe that we're loaded

Quite possible, show him the dough

I'd be scared to carry so much around

Cut the small talk, where were we?

He refused the money

Look, we only want to talk, we won't hurt him

Who?

Put it on the table, you know we mean your brother!

Make the connection, take us to the farm

He may be away

I doubt it

Get in back, here's our other friend

The doll's coming out

You might say Mrs. Charlie

No need to introduce you two, eh?

What now?

Ask your man

He's not!

We're visiting his brother

That man with the black eye?

First they find out he's my brother

Then they get our addresses

How?

I think I know how

We'll tell you

We had a drink with your boss this morning

The ugly ape made us paid through the nose

We paid 50 smackers, 25 each

Half for Charlie's, half for hers

He's a greedy slob, but suspicious

He stroked the wad! How can women go for him

Plyne the fat pig!

Ernest, watch out!

Who's driving? You or me?

You are, watch it!

True, true, we must keep our charming hostages safe!

You could have made it! Why didn't you overtake it?

Go on, hit her!

Stop it!

If I had the wheel!

Around your neck?

Temper, temper!

Shut up! If there's one thing I am good at

It's drive

I fear no one, I can make a car do anything I want

Except pass

I'll blow my top!

No, just keep your eyes off the dolls and on the road

Someday you'll be out of luck

You'll kill someone!

That would only avenge my father

He's a pedestrian killed crossing a street

He watched women, not cars

He looks at a short skirt and down he goes!

The old lecher!

I was always proud of him

I like him

I always know when to look...

a skirt flying up, legs climbing a bus

Shocked?

Not at all!

I've met dirt before

It's educational

I tell you

Whatever women say, they all want it!

Want what?

I agree they all want it

So, let 'em have it!

This being said, I'm not against women

I noticed

I love 'em all

For what they are

But they insist on talk before and after

Just when a man wants his privacy

Let me tell you what my father said about women

"See one, and you've seen them all!"

When I meet one, it's excited

I'm in love at the first sight, I want marriage, babies

But they start gabbing and I just want to lay 'em

And leave 'em!

A fine attitute!

But my very own...

I must say

You do everything to arouse us males

Why lip-stick? Nail polish?

Why tight-fitting bras? Why short skirts?

Why high heels? Why stockings? For what?

Why not socks like us?

A girl with knee-socks looks awful!

A real teaser!

When all my socks were in the Laundry

Once I tried on some of my sister's silk panties

What a reaction!

No wonder they always want it!

We men wear pants

But their thighs are always touching!

What about priests?

It must be torture for them!

They wear long drawers, dimwit!

Stop! A red light, hell!

Here comes a cop! We're good for it! We'll be here to play dumb

Anything wrong, Officer?

Cut the engine, and get out

Let me explain

Your licence?

He's a wild driver, Officer

He goes nuts in traffic!

Coming, dear?

We'll take the bus

I can't help it!

Good bye, Charlie!

See you later...

Sure, drop in some time... We'll be waiting for you!

See you soon!

"Soon", they said!

Don't you worry!

Not worry?

You think those were cap pistols?

She took your arm, this time, as if it was the most natural thing in the world

We're headnig for her place!

This way...

I'll go ahead

Don't stare at her legs! It isn't proper!

Watch your steps! But... if you don't look at the steps, you'll fall

Or watch the walls, they're dirty enough

Now Charlie is playing the piano at Plyne's, but he wasn't always

Was he, Edward?

In the past...

The past...

Miss, please...

Any caramel custard?

We're all out

Too bad... too bad

What time do you quit?

Miss, please!

Coffee, sir?

Here... this is for you!

It's too lovely!

But you thought: Much too little for two happy years

We're not allowed gifts from patrons, sir

When did he appear?

A few days ago

I've seen him somewhere...

You know what I would like?

I wish you'd quit your job at the Caf?

Oh! Edward! On your piano lessons?

Don't make fun of my teaching!

You once liked it

Oh yes... remember?

Mr. Edward, maybe I could learn, I'm stupid but...

Don't say that, Miss Theresa, you're very smart, it's only that piano...

Mr. Edward, I just love my lessons, it's such a nice way to spend the day

You do like the piano, Miss Theresa?

Yes, Mr. Edward

It's true that you wish I were always here with you?

It's a lot more than that, much more

Same here, and it gets stronger every day

Try the special, I'm sure you'd love it

Let me introduce myself, I'm a concert manager

Lars Schmeel

Edward Saroyan

You're a pianist, you came to see me at my office last year

That's true

I was too busy to see you, forgive me

It's all right

Life is frantic

Will you gentlemen order?

I should explain, she's my wife

Nice to meet you, Madam

We play this game... waitress and customer

A splendid game, you both win!

You lucky fellow!

You're very kind

Let me redeem myself, come to my office tomorrow

With whom did you study?

Old Zeleny

Why so moody?

Nothing

You were very gay in the car

Then you suddenly stop talking as if I had said something you didn't like

No, it's not anything you said, I shut up because you weren't listening

You make believe you do, but don't care, you think: He talks, so he is happy

Your mind's on the furniture, the house and your wardrobe...

I talk and talk, I try to tell you what I liked in the concert...

and suddenly I get the look in your eyes that says: Alright, Bud, go on talking!

Let me finish!

I'm fed up, this is no life for an artist!

I may not be the real thing but people must believe in me

But I have to believe it to get there damn it all!

Don't think it's such a picnic living with you either!

You have only one topic now

If people ask,"Do you like Hemingway?"

"I heard he collected my records!"

"So and so didn't like my last recital!"

"Joe told Jack that I was the tops

Does it sound as if I were refusing this or accepting this?

"What's John Doe's opinion of me?"

"Did the janitor watch me on TV?"

You repeat everything ten times!

I have to pretend it's new

Is this a pleasant life?

Isn't it becoming boring in the long run?

I'd rather you were smug and conceited

I'd have some peace!

Slight criticism crushes you...

Forgive me! It's my jealousy talking

Everything you say is true

I often reflect on it, too, but what can I do?

I'm wrong for you!

Don't say that, it hurts too much!

You lucky stiff! What a triumph!

You and your wife must be happy

But your press conference was a total flop!

The reporters all come running to see the rare bird, the talented pianist

And you don't open your mouth!

Timidity is a disease, but it can be cured

You're lucky, I have a good job for you, listen...

Schmeel, Saroyan's manager told us:

"I love beauty, regardless of sex"

"HOW TO CONQUER TIMIDITY"

"I DEFEATED FEAR"

See this, Edward? Now you will never escape me

Thanks to this masterpiece which I will be able to contemplate every day

How's Theresa?

Tired, she's always tired

Too much travel? This nomad life?

No, it's me

You quarrel?

We used to, at the beginning; now, it's much more serious

You can trust me, tell me everything

She's through with me!

You don't believe it, I couldn't either

It's as if she were fighting something

I can tell

For example, we may be talking, suddenly

she turns her back on me and walks out of the room

If I follow her, she locks herself in

That's where we are, it's over!

She told you?

She didn't have to

She despises me now that I've become a success

It's a misunderstanding

Bring her to the cocktail party today and I'll talk to her

I'll try

Thanks

Please... I want you to come to the party

Leave me alone! Go away!

I've had enough!

Why do you yell at me? You never used to!

I didn't mean to

It does not matter, after all, but you have a right to yell...

Don't I make you unhappy?

It's wrong, but I can't help myself

When we're lost in the night, you can't stop the shadows from closing in

It gets darker and darker...

And there's no way out, you don't know what to do

There's only one thing for me to do...

Say good-bye and go

I'll tell you...

You must know...

It's better to tell... to confess...

Confess?

I did something bad, something ugly

But now you're a famous pianist, and I'm glad

I gave you your chance

Lars Schmeel!

The week before you signed the contract...

He came to the coffee shop, not for coffee...

not for lunch...

On a business deal

I don't understand at first...

It's like a riddle

I ask him what he means

He looks at me as if to say...

"Think... You'll figure it out"

I can't sleep all night

Next day, he's back

He works like a spider...

cutting me in half

As if the heart were one thing... the body another

He didn't get Theresa...

Only her body

I wasn't there!

I was with you...

I was pushing you on a concert stage

He's rented a room near the caf?

One day you tell me...

the contract is signed!

Then... at the caf?...

He's just another customer... ordering a meal

I thought: "It's over, now you're Theresa again"

But it's strange...

What you did yesterday stays with you today

I look in the mirror...

Do I see Theresa? Your Theresa?

No Theresa...

Theresa is gone

Just a dirty old rag!

I won't let you touch it!

Not such filth!

Go to her, bow your head to her, get on your knees

Quick, before it's too late, think fast!

Don't go, don't leave her alone!

"WIFE OF FAMED PIANIST PLUNGES TO DEATH"

You disappear, your start over

Edward Saroyan becomes Charles Kohler

You go home and bring back Fido

Then one day you land at the bar at Plyne's

You're hired to sweep up

There's a beat-up wreck of a piano...

Hard as you may try, you can't stay away

One day, you ask Plyne...

Okay if I play?

I think I could...

As long as you make it music!

Who is Charlie Kohler?

We only know he's the piano man...

He has a kid brother and minds his own business

Your music brings in people who like to dance...

and the place made money

They hire more help and musicians

Victor on drums, with his grin all day long without knowing why

His brother Frankie on bass...

with the long, hairy hands

And me watching you, but you never noticed

On my birthday I kissed everybody

So I could kiss you

I saw you looking at me

I looked back

What were you thinking last night when you walked me home?

Did you like me right from the start?

Remember the night you said...

When I took your arm I was afraid you'd think me brazen

I was aching for you to hold my hand

By the way, I've got a feeling that Plyne is madly in love with you

Don't be silly! That's all I'd need

It's true, he told me

He's just a man, a man like any other

I love you because you aren't like the others

You don't throw your weight around, you don't act like a wolf, or a toughie

You're timid, you respect woman

Don't believe it

I'm just like the others

When I was a big shot, women recognized me in the street

I'd look at them insolently as if I'd undress them with my eyes

Mostly, they stared back and liked it

That made me even bolder

But when a decent one looked away

I felt ashamed

I'd never let anyone treat my mother like that, or my wife or my daughter

When there's a will there's a way, we'll resign!

We'll be free, and a team!

I'll wake you up, you'll be Saroyan again!

What for?

Not "what" for, "who" for

For me and you, for us!

I'm an orphan, so I'm a fighter

You'll work, audition, give concerts

Charlie's dead! Edward is back!

Please, get me some stockings if you want to be an angel

Then we'll go tell off that swine!

Get size 9 "Scandals"

My shade is light Tangerine

All I ask a man is to say "it's over" when it's over

Not one ever has

When you stop loving me, say so

I'll butter your bread

I only like the yolk, I don't like the white much

There's a customer for you, Miss Clarissa

Let him come back during hours

Or get somebody else

The streets are full of it! Such nerve!

He insists on having you, he made it plain

He's well-dressed, clean-cut and nice looking

Okay, I'll go

There're the sugar, yogurt and some fruits, but I'll be back before

That's the gentleman

I won't be long, Fido

Good morning, how do you do, Miss Clarissa, where is it?

This way, honey

Say, haven't you been up before?

No, Miss

Got dough?

Where are you going, Daddy?

Kidnappers!

Kidnappers!

My Cadillac

So, we're really quitting?

It's settled, let me handle him, just look at Plyne

Here they are!

You think you're on vacation?

I got up late

Yes, we went for a ride together and then a walk

Together?

Yes, together, you want a diagram?

Why not? I'm curious, he's usually by himself

He still is, even when he is with somebody, he walks alone

We came for our pay, we're quitting

That's the limit!

Crap from the customers and the help too!

You hear that?

Say, where you been hiding out?

Hello Charlie!

I looked everywhere for you, those guys last night had me worried!

Hide where? After you sold them our addresses!

I don't get it! I have nothing to do with this

Ask this joker you live with!

This is living?

Shit your trap!

Shut yours!

Those guys came here this morning

They shelled out for our addresses

You sold them?

And how! Allow me to present Plyne the double-crosser

Plyne was a louse but she tortures him!

He sees her every day, he desires her but she'll have nothing to do with him!

Even now, he can't tear his eyes away

She's going too far, what can I tell her?

He's not so bad

He's a poor slob who could never be somebody and didn't make it?

She won't listen

It's not your problem, nothing is

Kindly go back to your piano

You can't help him, or anybody!

You're so far out of it, nothing matters!

Take it back!

Shove it!

Feel my muscles, Lena, it's solid all man!

It's crap!

Hell, yes, it's pure crap!

"Hell", "Crap", all that filth in such a lovely mouth!

You keep your big mouth shut, you fat pig!

Look at me, Lena, I'm going to kill you!

I don't see you, you're too short

Quiet, you bitch!

Say, Charlie, are you sleep-walking?

Can't you leave her alone!

I can for now, it's you I'm after!

You bastard, you've touched her!

Admit you dirtied her, I'll break your neck!

Let's skip it!

You're not angry?

Do we drop it?

No, there has to be a winner!

Say I quit!

The women saw me run out

I can't back out now, I've got to show them

I don't want people to believe all she said!

I stopped loving Lena after those fool words

She has no soul, she's too coarse!

She's a slut!

She's no girl, she's no woman

A woman is pure, delicate and fragile

Woman is supreme, woman is magic!

To me, woman has always been supreme

Charlie boy, I hate to get familiar

But Charlie boy, you're about to die!

Go home, it's an accident

Listen! Someone's here, I forgot the damn light!

The police, I'll go

His eyes are open

Don't push, I've got legs

Then use them! Worse than a drunk

The knife?

I dropped it to prove it wasn't serious

Then he started choking me

I found the knife, I only meant to nick his arm to make him relax his hold

He moved and caught it in the back!

Want to bet?

They'll buy it!

The Law only buys evidence

There it is, I did it They won't be looking for excuses

You can explain

Sure, sure, I'll do it by mail

Get Fido before the cops do, before they get in the house

Fido! Fido!

What is it?

You scared me!

Sorry, but I'm looking for Fido Saroyan

Fido's gone, those two bastards kidnapped him!

You're drunk!

Damn those dogs!

Fido sounds like a dog's name

It means "faithful"

Not bad, your milk trick was fine but we won anyway

Never leave a door open!

Pa says "If you hear a knock, figure it's murder"

"If it's just robbery, you're happy"

How's school?

What's your favourite subject?

I like natural science

I was a dunce, work hurts my head

I'm paying for all my ancestors who over-worked

All those generations of hard-working men

Here

Thanks, I prefer snuff

You put tobacco in your nose? That's disgusting!

I love it, especially the first suniff before breakfast

The first pinch of snuff is always the best one

What's that?

A musical lighter

Show him your watch

That's not all, I also have an alarm clock when the parking time is up

What else?

A new-type Snorkel ball pen from America...

with automatic refilling and retractible point

A Hawaiian fibre belt

An air-conditioned hat

An English suit made of Australian wool

My Cairo leather shoes with built-in air-conditioning

I'm so stuffed with possessions

I could puke

My scarf's not silk, it's metal

But it's extra soft and pliablem, it's Japanese metal, feel it

No, it's not metal!

Yes, it is Japanese metal!

It's not even Japanese

I swear I'm saying the truth

If I am lying, may my mother drop dead!

Okay, I believe you

You should

It's me, Lena, come quietly

Oh, my head! Hell!

Wait, I'll go look outside

Damn it, the cops are still here!

And Fido?

I'll tell you later

All clear!

I borrowed a car

From whom?

The landlady's

She's generous to you!

No, she left the key in the car

Hang on!

It's true, Officer, just ask the neighbours

You know how it is one thing leads to another

The cops?

They asked all kind of questions, they're questioning the neighbours now

Take this, you may need it

I'll phone you later

And Fido?

I'll tell you later

Got the bottle?

Here

I'm parched

I was a prize jerk not to see it...

From Chicco... to me... to Fico!

The abnominable Saroyan brothers did it again!

She's conked out again

The third time!

What a crate! We'd go faster in a push-cart

What's the matter with it?

It acts to me like a hernia

Let's push

Are you all set?

Look where you're heading! Hold it straight

Go on... push!

Look out, you're pushing it sideways

Just what we needed!

The radio works?

I'll try it

Off to infinity... far from the violins...

Far from the shepherds too...

Shepherds arrived in knightly garb...

Forty jesters of the King...

Painted in brightest hue...

The angels over us hovering...

There on the horizon...

When my love burns to hate, you'll be sure to know

When my love turns to hate, I'll wear a cap as I go

When you have stopped loving me, I'll make it very plain

When you have stopped loving me, My hair will hang free

My love now wears her hair piled high

As he goes through the wind and rain, his head is bared for me

Stop!

I said stop!

What's up?

We split here, take the car back to your landlady

Look at me!

Parting would be easier if she had let you drink the whole bottle

Turn left at the fork on the road

Never mind, I know the way

Why don't you go?

She knows you want her to stay, only it's impossible!

Thanks for the ride

Hi, Richard

You here alone?

I heard a car

A friend brought me

We're holed up here on the alert

Some guys are gunning for Chicco to send him to Kingdom come

Chico must have told you he went to see you

He's here? When did he get here?

Today, and half-dead, he hitched and walked

Better now, he's sleeping

He ate enough grub for four

Where's Mom? And Pa?

We sent them to town

Are you nuts?

I didn't want to, I like them

They're a nice old pair - never bother anybody

But they're not bullet-proof!

No visitors?

No, not yet

We got here first

What a chucklehead, that Chico!

Don't you defend him, he's always botched anything he was mixed up with

If jackasses could fly he'd be an astronaut!

He was in a jam!

He's always in a jam and do you know why?

He's a jerk!

It's not his fault that I killed a guy!

What?

Yes, I did, it happened last night

What a squeeze!

Those guys snatched Fido, the cops are on your tail

Anyhow, I'm glad you're back

Likewise

Me too, like the English way

Isn't that coffee I'm smelling?

Damn it, boiled coffee, spoiled coffee!

I'll tell you, a guy gets stir-crazy on long run

When he can't budge

In the morning, you hate waking up, you feel like prisoner

At first we kidded around Chico and me...

It was like a kind of game

I'll wake Chico and tell him you're here

You here!

Yes, how's the shiner?

It's okay, doesn't hurt anymore

What's that?

The loot, that's why I went to Paris

They're new bills and the cops have the numbers

Unloading them will take fast footwork!

Richard and me, we'd gone straight and got a good, honest job...

On a change house

One day these two guys stick us up as we were making a transfer

We could teach them a thing or two about stick-ups!

We laugh

We're old hands

So they say: Then how's for a four-way split?

Richard looks at me...

Obviously it's a good opportunity

So we agreed and we go along with the two guys

We decided to lie low here

Right away in the car, they start giving us the business

That it's too far, too snowy

So, we ditched them and decided to keep the bundle

They're out for blood

We should have bumped them off first

Like Charlie, he just killed a guy

Well, hot damn!

If you must know, I'm glad...

Now, you're like us

Remember the slingshots?

Slingshots?

And the Cadillac? And those characters in the limousine who came for you?

The young prodigy! The 14-year old virtuoso!

To take you to that music school?

Yes, Zeleny, and as we're driving through the woods

You two fired rocks at the car

They didn't know who you were

But that dame in the car with the blue hair and dark glasses asked

I said: "They're boys, lady"

She said: "Not boys... beasts"

What did you say then?

"They're my brothers, lady"

She changed the subject hastily

She talk about the great teacher I'd have and all that jazz

And the rocks kept bouncing off the car

As if you were talking to me, you and Richard

As if telling me I was bound to come back some day for good

Back to the beasts...

Yes, you had to come back, Charlie...

We're all alike, and that includes Fido

Right, let's hit the day

You stay on guard, Chico, it's your watch

Go on to bed, I'm not sleepy, I want to smoke a bit

Ok, then, keep it

Man's best friend

Now you're a killer in a family of thieves, no more problems!

But there's one problem that kind of madness...

Where does it come from? You and your brothers?

Not Mom, not Pa, it skips a generation or two

Sometimes 100, 200 years, then it reappears

Way back, we'd find that the Saroyans wild, crazy, doing damnable things

And then hid out, like us now

It could make a poem, strictly for laughs

And this useless gun?

"Take it, man's best friend"

He says that to me, who hates guns

Where's Fido?

No news, we had it figured wrong

We're going, I'm taking you back

And the cops?

You're cleared, it's self-defence

The neighbours backed your story...

That you had thrown the knife away and Plyne tried to strangle you...

That you only meant to jab his arm, it was an accident

If I'd known, where's the car?

Over there, come on!

I have to tell them first, wait!

You'll come back? You swear?

You know "When love turns to hate, I'll wear a cap"

Hell, it's snowing!

Charlie!

Not like that, dear, if you do it like that, you'll break the glass

That's the way, put it down gently!

Charlie... meet the new waitress

Charlie... the piano player