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Pimples!

Pimples!

Pimples! Coming, Mr. Chicoy.

Sorry I was a little bit late this morning, Mr. Chicoy. Okay, you want to

inside and start her up?

Why do you suppose he got her up this morning?

Some kind of trouble like this. Come on, pimples, wake up, huh?

Always I'm kind of this way this early.

I know.

All right, try her once.

Go on.

Want me to clean the plugs, maybe?

I did an hour ago.

Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Chicoy.

Anything I can do?

I'd like you to put on a clean shirt, though. Mrs. Chakoy don't like to see

in a shirt like that.

Sunday, especially.

Yeah, but you know what I think?

She don't like me clean shirt or dirty.

No, that ain't it. A lot of passengers coming through this time of year.

She got a lot in her mind.

All right, try it again.

Chico won't have to worry about me.

School starts.

What are you going to do with the bus when the Great Fox Company takes over

run, Mr. Chico?

Sell her and go back to Mexico?

Mexico is not for my wife.

Hold still, can't you?

Because if you're aiming to sell her, sweetheart, there ain't much sense

a whole lot of work back into her.

You never did own a horse, did you? Animal any kind.

Oh, that's different.

Animals got feelings.

Pimples, you drive the same bus ten years. It's got feelings, too.

Mr. Chicoy.

What?

Mr. Chicoy, could we fix it? I mean, could you fix it so you don't call me

Pimples anymore?

What's your name?

First name.

Ed. Ed Carson.

When my old man was alive, he always told how we were distant relatives of

Carson.

That's so.

Okay, switch her off now.

Before I got all these pimples in grammar school, they used to call me

Better load up the tire chains and rope before the grave box gets in.

Might need them.

Form is up.

Okay, Kit Carson, grab yourself some coffee. Load up later.

Mr. Chicoy. Is Mr. Chicoy up yet?

I guess.

I'll fix my hair as soon as the coffee's ready.

Hey, Norma, see if you can get through the day without breaking a dish.

Don't do it on purpose.

Makes me nervous, that's all.

Hi.

Hi.

A piece of chocolate cake, please.

Cake for breakfast?

Bet Mr.

Robert Wagner doesn't start his day wolfing down chocolate cake.

How come you never woke me up?

I think a Sunday's a pretty busy day for you.

Use the sleep.

Sleep? Are you kidding? I should have been in there an hour ago.

When I woke up, I missed you.

Didn't even hear you get out of bed.

You got a good rest. You look good.

I'd like to see you that way.

If I looked good all the time, there'd be nothing done.

Come on.

Well, it's Sunday, and it's going to be a nice day.

Okay?

Okay. Nice day.

Good morning.

I was going to come back and wake you up.

Are you working outside?

Pretty much. Be a while before the gray fox gets in the house. Yeah, like five

minutes. Take ten.

The clock is fast at that. Give me a kiss. You're awful.

Come to think of it, you always are. What did you expect from an Irish

Nice day, remember?

Okay.

Nice day.

One of these days, Mr. Chicoy, you're going to kiss us right out of house and

home. Takes two to do it, though.

Don't. Come here.

Mrs. Chicoy!

What is it now?

Mrs. Chicoy, is it okay if Pimple...

Let him have it. Wait a minute. No!

It had a fly in it.

Come on, honey, forget it!

Where's the fly?

You had a fly in your cake yesterday. I think you carry flies in your pocket.

Why is it you never find a fly until the cake's half eaten already?

Okay, give him another piece. It's your idea, not mine.

It is not.

You're like me, Mrs. Chicoy.

We sure hate flies.

Who doesn't?

Other flies, I guess.

I thought I told you to wash those windows.

Well, it's going to rain. They'll get dirty again.

If they get dirty again, we'll wash them again.

People don't eat in dirty places.

Johnny?

Johnny?

Johnny?

That stuff ain't medicine, you know.

It's supposed to be fun.

With you, it ain't fun no more.

It's those kids.

That Norma and pimples.

Name is kid. K -I -T.

You keep on saying I don't look good anymore.

I said you did look good just a couple of minutes ago. I said it.

What happened to our day, huh?

The nice one.

We still got it.

It's still here.

No, it ain't.

It's shot.

It and a lot just like it.

Johnny, I don't feel very good today.

Then start feeling good.

You pull that one on me once too often.

Don't run it into the ground.

Get that straight.

Johnny.

Well, I'd be glad when you don't have to drive that bus into San Juan every day.

Oh, by the time I get there, I'm looking forward to coming back.

It'll be better when the new highway's open.

Four buttloads of greyhounds to feed every day, and you here to help. Yeah,

standing behind the cash register with a big belly.

You'll never get back.

Listen, you're too good -looking to be off by yourself without me.

Just remember, nothing ever happens on a 50 -mile bus ride to be jealous of.

It's famous.

The same.

I married you to be with you.

Because I couldn't keep my hands off you.

I still can, Johnny.

I'd die if you ever walked out on me.

Matter of fact, you wouldn't die.

You'd go looking for somebody else to pump gas and fill that cigar box of

with more money.

No!

I wonder if there'll be any important people on the bus today.

Important people don't ride buses.

I happen to know Marlon Brando does.

Incognito. That way he can study people.

Helps his acting. Marlon Brando.

Hey, you better get those curlers out of your hair.

Start trying to get a crush on a guy you actually know one time.

It's more fun.

Sorry, Mr. Chicoy.

It's the bus.

Johnny, I gotta go. Let him wait a minute. Let Norma look after him. Honey,

gotta get in the kitchen. I gotta get dressed.

You brought me to the end of the world, all right, didn't you, Mother?

Is that it? We're going to ride 50 miles in that?

Oh, it'll be fun.

Why, it's an adventure.

Let's leave the complaining to Mildred.

Hey, how about the luggage? Just a minute.

Hey, hey, Miss.

Is there one to get off here?

Rebel Corners for San Juan?

Oh.

No, thanks.

Mama!

Mama!

What can I get? Juice, sir, fresh orange juice.

Fresh frozen?

Well, California one, don't expect.

Whatever might I just take black coffee. Me too, and toast and fresh frozen

orange juice.

You'd better come fresh enough.

You look terrible.

Who to?

I wish you'd let me handle those things for you. Thanks. Can't afford a tip.

Oh, here. Let me help you.

Noticed you last night on the bus.

Didn't have you figured for the side trip, though.

Are you going to Mexico, too?

San Juan.

Oh, another tourist, eh?

No. I hear this mission at San Juan is very colorful. That's why we're taking

the side trip. Yes.

You know, I have the feeling I've met you someplace before.

I don't think so.

I've been living in Chicago.

Well, that's it. Must have been in Chicago.

What line of work are you in? Show business?

I used to do some things around a dental clinic.

Like, say, a receptionist, maybe?

No, no more like saying, spit out, please.

Hello, kiddo.

Hello. Something for you?

Just coffee. Black, please.

You're like me.

I like it black, too. Me, too.

With bacon and hotcakes.

Could it have been Dr. Lynch's office?

No? Oh, well, it'll come back to me sooner or later.

Elliot.

Come, darling. We'll sit over here.

You were kidding him about being from Chicago, weren't you?

All those Los Angeles labels.

No. L .A. is kind of my base of operations.

Oh, are you in the movie?

I know.

Now I'm not.

Television, then, I bet, huh?

Hey, miss.

I bet you've had all kinds of offers and turned them down, though, huh?

That's kind of true. Hey, miss! I got a friend who works in one of the big

studios in Hollywood.

Really? Is he influential?

He gets coffee.

I'm sorry.

I hate to interrupt your career, Miss Trapman, but that cup goes to number

I'm sorry.

This gentleman's a coffee, bacon, and hot cake.

No hot cake, sorry.

Too much to do before you got here.

Mind if I move up?

With free seat?

Thank you.

My name's Ernest Horton.

Easy name to remember because it sort of fits my personality.

Frank and Ernest. Do you get it? Frank, Ernest.

You're Miss, uh... Oaks. Miss Oaks.

Well, Miss Oaks, you and I are strangers at the moment.

Perfect strangers meeting in this desert cross place, right?

Sort of.

You'd be surprised how unlike strangers strangers can be when they aren't

strangers anymore, right?

Probably. Well, now, I've got a long way to go today, so who knows what might

happen. Mr. Horton, everybody knows what might happen. So for the 50 miles,

let's see if we can't just stay acquaintances.

Hmm? Think we could?

Well, now, you just might be surprised.

I always am.

The joy of my life.

Sorry.

Here, let me get you another cup of coffee. No, that's all right.

I've got to check the bus.

You the driver?

Yeah.

Mildred.

Yes, Mother.

Father and I are sitting over here, Mildred. You look good there.

Will you leave her alone, Bernice?

We've done enough as it is.

You know why she was talking to that bus driver, don't you? Because she spilled

his coffee. She was doing it to test us, to see if we care about her.

She's still a child looking for her father.

Then she'd better put on her bifocals because I'm right here. I'm quoting her

psychoanalyst.

Poppycock. Now, will you stop nagging and let her enjoy the trip? Heaven knows

it isn't easy.

Because you aren't making it easy.

Oh, when we get to Mexico, I'll sing, I'll dance, I'll weave hot tamales in my

hair. You'll see.

All this is for her sake, not mine.

She's the one who was getting herself talked about by that basketball coach.

Okay, okay, so we didn't like the basketball coach.

But the fact is the world is full of basketball coaches, even in Mexico. And

you don't know it, she'll prove it to you. Here is another bulletin on weather

conditions as they affect the extreme southern tip of California.

The following highways have been placed on the danger list.

Cabrillo, Ate, and San Juan.

Only emergency travel is recommended.

Bureau forecasts intermittent rain throughout the day.

The low -pressure area is moving slowly with clearing skies.

Look, when you get to San Juan, you better load up and head straight back.

You fool around too long, you won't have any passengers to make the trip back.

Not when that rain catches up with you. Make a nickel, make a dime, make a

dollar. It's not a dollar. It's 15, 20 bucks.

For the gas.

Hey, you popcorn poop!

Chicoy!

Yes, Mr. Van Brunt.

Listen to me, Chicoy.

I've got to be in the county registrar's office no later than three o 'clock,

understand? Well, if the river ain't too high beyond Breach Junction, you'll get

there by two.

Well, suppose it is too high. What do you do then?

Oh, I might turn around and come back again.

Don't try getting funny with me, Chicoy.

If we don't get to San Juan by three o 'clock, I'll be in trouble.

So will you.

I'll change my clothes now, Mr. Chicoy.

I don't know what to do.

Somebody was supposed to meet me at San Juan at one.

Oh, can I use your phone?

Go ahead.

I wonder what a girl like that wants to go to a crummy place like San Juan for.

I wouldn't want to discommodate you any, but... I mean, I'd hate to be a bother,

but would you do me a real big favor?

Take an envelope and give it to that friend of yours at the studio

Oh, gee, honey, he's very busy.

A break like that, please.

It wouldn't work.

It wouldn't change anything.

Okay, go get me the letter. It won't make any difference. Believe me.

Hello, Mr. Stanton.

This is Camille Lokes.

How do you do?

I hate to bother you at your office, but my bus doesn't get in till two.

Well, I'll be looking for you then at the bus station.

Hmm?

Well...

Friends want music and colored lights and that stuff. That's entirely up to

them.

What magazine?

Which number?

No, I didn't.

I'm glad you thought so.

That? That was strictly a frame -up.

Yeah, I'll see you later.

a word from our partner.

Why not lump all your debts in two?

What are you doing, Norma?

Oh, I just forgot something in my room.

Your invitation to the Academy Awards, maybe?

It ain't none of your business, Mrs. Chico. Are you supposed to want my

customers to think I've got a bunch of goons waiting on them?

Norma Trapp.

Bus 34, waist 22.

What am I running here, a girly show or something?

You can get that picture back or else. Don't you threaten me, Miss Movie Queen.

And just do your work and quit pretending you're somebody you're not.

You've got to stop making fun of me. Just do one honest hour's work. That's

I ask. Just one hour.

Don't you push me, Mrs. Chicoy. I'm going.

Ever since I came to work for you, you've been picking on me because you're

jealous. Not because of work, but because you're jealous.

Jealous? Of you, of me, and every other young girl who came to work here.

And frankly, Mrs. Chicoy, I can't blame you for being jealous one little bit.

Why, you... Cut it out.

You got the donuts. You got the customers. That's what you want.

Johnny?

I wonder if I sit with you, honey.

Oh, you want to be helped, but why don't you put these suitcases down there?

It's a privilege and a pleasure.

Sorry, was I bothering you?

If I was, I certainly didn't mean to.

A whistling girl and a crowing hen always come to some bad end.

That's what they taught me.

Okay.

You been driving this bus long?

Since you was in fifth grade, anyways.

I skipped fifth grade. I was smart.

Billy!

Mother, please.

You must get awfully tired driving this road every day.

Elliot, I wonder if you have any insight as to what your daughter's up to. I'd

say she's going full speed to the bus driver's stage.

Oh, you can be ugly sometimes.

I know. And you put things so prettily always.

Young lady, it's against the law to talk to the bus driver.

Mildred, the gentleman's quite right, Mildred.

When we flew to Honolulu last summer, you weren't allowed to talk to that

in the cabin, were you?

No, I waited.

What are you going to San Juan for?

Not if you want to see me there.

I sure wish you were taking the Gray Fox straight through to L .A. tonight.

I'm going to try and get a job at a drive -in.

I know you could just help me an awful lot.

The things I could help you with wouldn't do you any good at a drive -in,

You know those red velvet trousers they make you wear?

And do they stretch among time?

Do you pay for them?

Oh, no.

They'll lend you a pair. One size too small.

Gee, I'd hate that.

Even if I did get discovered.

Well, I'll tell you. There are two ways of getting discovered, honey. The coming

and going.

You better figure them both.

Maybe we could meet after you get to Hollywood.

And if it didn't work out for me at the drive -in, maybe I could learn to do the

same thing you do.

What do you mean, the same thing I do?

I don't mean at the same place. I'd work at a different den.

We could sort of share experiences.

Well, we'll see how it goes.

Are you married?

No. Never?

How come you never married?

The right guys had the wrong ideas.

How about if the right guy had the right idea?

This is none of your business, Mr. Horton. You don't even know my business,

you? Salesman.

And yours?

Miss Oaks is a dental nurse.

What do you sell besides you, Mr. Horton?

Oh, I travel on a very dignified line.

Move!

Would you mind sitting on that?

Careful!

What's going on?

It's a bestseller. Bought to get one for your mother -in -law.

What's that black satin? This? Oh, that's not a joke. That's an invention

own. It's a slipcover.

Fits over the lapel of a man's suit. Makes it into a tuxedo.

Hey, that's kind of a cute idea.

Ingenious. Yeah, now I got another line here. Let me get that. Oh, here.

I've got it.

It's okay. I've got it. Do you mind if I borrow this?

No, go right ahead.

Now I have a little article here which is truly one of the wonders of the

Would you like to take a guess what it is?

Go ahead.

Elephant? No.

Hurt reconvertible?

Nope. Racehorse?

No. But something that even the Queen of Sheba herself might envy.

And what's it made of? The platinum of today.

Plastic. Just as clear as a crystal and shiny as a diamond.

And I would like you to have it, my dear, with my compliments.

No, thank you.

Well, how about you, Norma?

No, I couldn't. Oh, go ahead, honey. Take it. He wants you to have it.

me, he does.

Why, sure she can tell when a guy's on the level, can't she, honey?

Oh, look, it's raining in here.

Forgot to tell you about that seat.

Better move to another seat, baby.

Let's see what he gave you, Norma.

Huh. Worth about 69 cents.

You.

I was reading where a man can take a correspondence course in electronics and

make $600 a month after.

I guess it can be done.

If you would date with me, and when I get into electronics, I'd buy you one of

those things made of silver.

Coming to Breed's General Store.

Comfort stop if necessary.

Keep on going. Nobody wants to stop.

Do you?

Anybody under pressure?

Well, I'll sacrifice myself to the general good.

Atta girl.

Elliot, we're never going to get there. Wherever it is, we're going.

This is how you wanted it. Off the beaten path.

Driver, are we on schedule?

Schedule? Mister, this ain't the champagne flight to Chicago.

Do you know where that wind's coming from?

Southwest. Do you know where those clouds are coming from?

Southwest.

Do you know where all our rain comes from, mostly?

Northeast? Yes, Doctor. No!

Southwest. Hey, why don't you take your own advice and shut up for a while, huh?

I wasn't talking to you, Chicoy.

I was addressing my fellow passengers.

I got the right.

I paid my fare.

Speaking about the weather, how about me buying you a nice wet drink and we get

to the end of the line?

You know, it was real nice of you giving the kid that comfort.

Well, I am nice.

And smart, too, I suppose.

If I was smart, I'd be settled down in marriage instead of peddling stuff

like this.

Hey, how about that? Harriet, you and me, huh?

Well, it's original, no question about it.

Simple as ABC.

S -E -X, you mean.

Look, you're a salesman, so am I.

We both know what the score is, it's even. So why don't we call it that and

quit, okay?

I didn't know you were a salesman.

Well, I am, and a good one.

How about that drink?

I don't drink.

All right, then I'll have two drinks. I'll drink to the both of us.

Fine, you do that. Now, why don't you leave me alone so I can catch up on

been happening to the rest of the world?

You know, as a salesman, you'll learn. See that, Chicoy?

I see it.

That helicopter belongs to the highway department, folks.

We're in trouble.

I was done!

Fox, you bet we've seen it. We've got to get that road blocked off.

Are you crazy, man? I was telling you to go back.

Is that the only slide?

There's about three more up above. It'll be a week before the road's clear.

Now look, Chicoy, I got business in the county courthouse before three o 'clock

today. Not a chance then, Brunt.

Wait a minute. How about that old washboard road down the canyon?

Is that still open? Nobody uses that no more except Old Joe and a couple of

sheep herders. Well, it's wide enough for the bus.

It's a good 15 -mile detour.

Nothing in your franchise says you have to make the run, Johnny. Not with

conditions bad like this. I know there ain't, Hal.

Is the phone line still open to the corners?

Don't know. I haven't tried it.

Operator, get me through to Rebel Corners, will you?

I'm not facing too hard, am I?

Yeah, I love it, love it, love it.

You take care of you all right?

Just fine.

Got a kind of burn out of this doll. All you need is a purple heart.

Got some mercurochrome in here somewhere.

Oh, no, honey, I don't want any mercurochrome.

My face is all red. Give me a Band -Aid. If you've got some brandy, my wife's

pretty badly shaken.

No liquor license.

I got some bourbon.

My case, will you, honey?

I sure appreciate this, young fellow. You're welcome.

You ought to stay still.

Say, do you carry any novelies here?

Like what?

Here, look.

You like candy?

Would you keep trying, please?

Johnny? I was okay.

How about yourself?

Look, I... I had not a love like that.

I was too rough on you.

I'm sorry, honey.

Well, you know, Johnny, sometimes we do things out of love that don't seem like

love at all.

You know what I mean?

It's all right, because I love you, even when you act like a stinker.

Even when I act like a stinker, that takes some doing.

So you just turn the old bus around and come back here double quick?

Yeah.

And you better cut down on that drinking double quick, too.

Why don't you go to bed, honey? Go to bed and take it easy today.

Look, I'll go to bed when... Hey, when are you coming back anyway?

Well, that's what I was calling about. There was a landslide and the road is

closed and I was... We was just... No, I... get it. What do you mean?

I mean all of a sudden the road is closed and you've got no place to go

back to mama.

Honey, that ain't it.

Gotta come back anyway so you make it sound like a pretty good deal.

Like you're sorry and I'm sorry and all those Danes are sorry and Norma's sorry.

I called you because I was gonna see you. And I was glad I was gonna see you.

And if you wasn't so drunk you'd know it was the truth.

Poor Johnny.

He tried to get away and couldn't make it.

Now you can't even cry on a blunt shoulder.

See you, Johnny.

I'll have some beans cooking or something. You don't have to worry about

dinner or any of that.

All right, everybody.

I'm taking the bus over the old road to San Juan.

What kind of a road is that?

It's a good road.

A washboard road.

Mister, if you don't want to come, you don't have to.

While the sheriff's off to San Juan to report those flights.

Mildred, your mother and I think we'd better hire someone to drive us back to

the main highway right away.

Lieutenant, we've come all this way to see the San Juan mission. No one ever

really wanted to see it anyway.

Elliot, how could you tell us such a thing?

I do want to see it. I've been told 21 times that it's for the good of my soul.

Too big.

Did you bring the shearer?

Here.

One thing's sure. I'm not going to spend one night under Mrs.

Cheekoy's roof again ever.

Can I ride next to you this time?

All the way, I mean.

Well, I don't know if I get a chance to be next to Miss Oaks, that's for sure.

She's not getting so old, she ain't been to Ditcher in the Mountains someplace.

You know, you was listening.

Alice can be an awful fool sometimes.

She ain't no fool.

She just don't care enough.

Not about me, anyhow.

You got a lot of woman here.

Better think twice, Johnny.

Charge this, same as usual?

Yep. Alice can pay for it.

Sweetheart, one tank full of gas.

That's all I'm taking.

Sounds like the G -coys was busting up.

Sure does.

Let's say we go back down the road a piece. Put up a couple of road closed

or rebel corners. We might even get a slice of pie from Alice.

What do you say?

Long since you had a permanent slob.

Look at that blouse.

It's clean.

And since you rubbed some delicious, exotic beauty cream

on that silly face of yours.

It costs too much.

So bad dog.

Because you got gas.

You got chicken.

You started funding and saving and penny -pinching.

Maybe it ain't too late, Johnny.

That landslide, you know.

Gotta come back.

Johnny, you've got to come back.

You've got to come back.

Watford Road.

Now I know what they mean.

Driver, how far is it this bad?

When we get to the bridge, how far is that?

Driver, I said, how far is that?

About eight miles.

Holy cow.

Do you know what you were saying about not spending another night under her

roof, Mrs. Chicoy's? And I meant it.

I know, but I've got a feeling Mr. Chicoy isn't going to spend another

under her roof either, ever.

I wouldn't if I was him.

I know, but I was thinking, if I was to marry someone, I don't see how

I'd be able to forget him.

Ever. Not once I loved him. Not even Mrs. Chicoy?

Well, what I want in a wife is to be true.

And Mrs. Chicoy is that all right.

How about you? You plan to be true, too?

Oh, sure.

If she's the right kind of wife, I will.

Suppose she isn't.

Well, then I'd show her a thing or two.

I'd show her two could play that game.

Like Cary Grant done in that movie.

You and Cary Grant.

Ha! Hey.

Yes, Mr. Chicoy? My eyes are shook loose. Get it out of here, will you?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Wasn't your fault.

Here, want one?

Oh, no, thanks.

I give up smoking.

Long ago.

How about you?

I could use one.

Here, I'll light it for you. Your hands are kind of busy.

Little lipstick on it. Hope you don't mind. I don't mind.

Who's that?

What? On the dial.

It's the Virgin.

Virgin Guadalupe.

What does she do?

When you ain't sure about something, you ask her.

And then she tells you?

Then you tell yourself.

You're Mexican?

My mother was Irish.

Handsome people, both sides.

No wonder you're not so bad.

And how old are you?

So old, I like being nice.

Make you feel better?

Nope.

I'm going to drop you off on the San Juan bus station in about 40 minutes.

A pity.

You'll never know.

Elliot, I'm afraid I'm going to be car sick.

You suppose they have any of those little cardboard containers that they

airplanes? Of course they don't.

Maybe if you'd close your eyes and try to relax, you'd feel better.

Elliot. Huh?

I can hear your teeth.

Don't you think you ought to take out your dentures? No.

You... Lean back. You'll be all right.

You know, I hope this bouncing doesn't open up your cusp.

Honey, forget it. It's nothing.

Camille, are you in love?

Huh? I mean, with anybody?

No.

You feel like being in love?

I don't know. I really don't quite know.

Wouldn't it be fantastic if we, what I mean, if you and I sort of possibly

wind up? Ernest, I'd like to ask you a highly personal question.

Sure, go ahead.

Quite honestly, why do you want me?

Oh, because you're a thrifty or a good cook and you hemstitch wirelessly.

No, I mean honestly.

Honestly?

Because you are probably the most fabulously attractive girl I have ever

to.

And?

And on the other hand, I'm a man who never spoke to Ava Gardner.

Well, that's honest.

You sure had me pegged for a fresh guy to make this morning, didn't you? I

I did.

And you know something?

You were absolutely right.

Scratch the surface just a little. You'll find out I'm really not just a

guy.

I have depth. I think I have.

Want to scratch the surface a little?

Mm -hmm.

Oh, boy.

Nice.

I haven't felt this good in years.

I mean, it's been years, too.

Well, I see you two are getting pretty chummy.

Young fella, you and I have some serious talking to do.

You're obviously a man of considerable talent. And that's something I like to

see in a young fella.

Look, I come to L .A. quite a few times a year.

You've got an apartment, haven't you? That's right.

I wouldn't be surprised if we could do some business together.

How's that?

But now look, Horton, I'm always on the look... I'm always on the lookout for

fellows with initiative who know the way around, you know?

Well, I have been giving some thought to settling down the regular job with a

proper firm. You may have come to the right man, my boy.

Maybe we can all get together in L .A. sometime and have some fun. Who knows,

huh?

There's the bridge, folks.

Hey,

keep on.

What did you bust weigh?

About 6 ,500 empty.

She was, isn't she?

Yeah, 1922.

All right, everybody has to go across on foot. Help me cross, kid.

Come on, Mother.

I can carry you, Norma. You watch out for yourself.

What about you, Batbrun?

Oh, quit showing off. That bridge is good and you know it.

I've got to be in San Juan by three o 'clock. Now quit talking and get moving.

All right, you ask for a ride. You're going to get it.

Let's go.

Okay, kid.

Timber just cracked, but it's behind us.

Got him!

Hurry up!

We'll keep going.

Get out!

Get out!

Jump!

Hold my hand right for me.

You're crazy!

I'm still Johnny, thanks to you, Mr. Carson.

Didn't throw your ticket away, did you?

Don't worry, I'll get you to San Juan. I'll get you there today.

There should have been more. Here.

Why don't you go down the road and put up the sign?

After that, you might do some work in your engine.

And, Bud, take your time.

You want to go eat that pie all by yourself?

That's right.

Okay, Bud.

I'll get you a cup of coffee afterwards.

After what?

Oh, calm down.

What are you taking a bath for in the middle of the day, anyhow? Get out!

Didn't answer my question.

Why a bath this time of day?

If you must know, I'm getting myself boiled out before Johnny gets back.

And what makes you think Johnny's coming back?

What are you talking about?

There's been a landslide. He had to.

When last seen, he and the bus were heading south over the old road.

That's why I'm here.

I thought you might need a good shoulder to cry on.

He said he was coming back.

You and him are no good for each other anyway.

I'll let you know about it.

Let him sweat it out.

He'll be back one day.

Back and sorry.

I don't want him sorry.

That's not the way I want him.

I'm the one that's sorry.

Get off that bed!

Get out!

Don't get me wrong, Alice.

I like Johnny.

Just stopped by for coffee and donuts.

Like fun you did.

Okay, then get out to the lunchroom.

Oh, Elliot, I'm frightened.

He's some kind of foreigner or something. Tell him not to drive so

man's had enough trouble for one day. Well, don't be afraid of what people

of you all the time. Go on, tell him. No.

What did you say? I said no.

Say it.

Open the brake hole.

There's something burning.

It's the brakes.

I say stop about it! Stop, do you hear?

Let the man drive, will you? Drive, have you gone crazy?

Sorry, folks.

Sorry?

By the purest luck, we didn't turn turtle.

Could have killed all of us.

I had you figured for a better man, Chief.

Better drive right away. Raffle?

He drove good, mister.

You drive that good with water in the brake drums. Why didn't you get him

Bringing us over this road was criminal negligence. It certainly was.

It isn't the road.

It's the equipment.

This old bus ought to have been condemned long ago.

The one ought to have been condemned is that fool bus driver. Yeah, it's a hard

way. You didn't have to come along. I told you that. We should have known

better, considering you weren't even born in this country.

Mother! There doesn't have to be a native son to get his brakes relined.

didn't he?

A very full report of this whole thing is going to be made to the Highway

Commission. Believe me.

Where do you think you're going?

Down the road.

Farmhouse about two miles away.

Get a tractor.

Hey, Chicoy!

Look here. You can't leave us just like that. That's not how I say so.

Not in the middle of a mud hole.

Elliot!

Want me to come see Johnny?

No, kid.

Stay and watch after the customers.

I broke his strap. Oh, get yourself a lawyer and sue.

Now he won't get there till dawn. I don't know what I'm going to do.

I wish you had your troubles.

There's a slip showing.

Thank you.

I had no idea Alice would take it so hard. One man dame.

She'll get over it.

Like he turns on the gas. Huh?

What are you talking about?

You're going up!

Up and over!

Do you mean it, Hal?

Do you really mean it?

You're gonna be what, scared? Probably throw up?

Get going!

Cowards!

I took a walk.

Usually wear these when the light isn't too good.

Sure.

Helps you see better.

I'm sorry.

About coming here?

No, about all those people.

My mother and my father, too.

I mean, the way they turned on you, you'd think that what happened was your

fault or something.

You come here to tell me that?

No.

I took a walk.

I saw your footprints and it was raining.

Yeah. Your coat's all wet.

Why don't you take it off?

So are my shoes and my stockings.

Pretty lonely type girl, ain't you?

What makes you say that?

I got eyes back on my neck.

You and your folks are not so good, huh?

Right, not so good.

Seems like kind of a nice trip they're giving you.

Giving me?

They're hauling me away from something they don't approve of.

What was wrong with him?

He's male.

My mother doesn't approve of males.

Kind of tough on your father.

Father stopped being a mail a long time ago. He's just a good provider.

Something I don't understand.

Why'd you come along?

They challenged me.

Said I didn't know my own mind.

Looks like they had a point.

I guess I always have to let them make their point.

Someday they're going to be sorry.

Someday?

Could be today.

Aren't you going to have one?

No.

Then I don't want any.

What do you want?

I don't know.

I guess right this second just to be here with you.

Aren't you going to make a pass at me?

You mean I'd fall into your lap anyway, so why bother?

I'll bother when you get through arguing with yourself.

Will you laugh at me? Do you care?

I do very much.

I talk too much.

I bet right at this second you're probably laughing at yourself saying,

doesn't she stop talking? Why don't you?

No place to land.

Oh, but you've got to land.

We'll land you a piece of pack.

Hey! I've got one.

I'll pay you $30.

Hey! He can't hear you, mister.

Hey!

Hey!

Thanks,

cousin.

I'm not going to worry about this.

Just walking in the rain gives some people what they call a Freudian

Oh, Bernice, face is back. She's probably with that bus driver right now.

Then I wish she was dead.

I don't.

I'm as ashamed of this as you are, but I don't put the blame on Mildred.

But we've done everything, haven't we?

You're a pure white angel, Bernice.

I think you hate it if I so much as touch your hand.

Always have. Elliot, how can you... Brought up in an atmosphere like that,

could Mildred develop any right human values?

Why, Elliot, we have the sweetest, cleanest marriage I know.

Yes, Denise, yes.

See if you can't get 40 weeks.

Look, that isn't poison ivy.

California holly. What?

California holly.

I grew up in Salinas.

I wish I'd known you then. I missed a lot of stops along the way.

They don't know me at all, they missed.

They don't know anything about me.

I don't have to know anymore about you.

Everything I said, I meant.

Did you really?

Can you doubt the word of a traveling salesman?

I was only kidding, sweetie.

Always make more than jokes, that's me.

It helps when you lack physical appeal.

What are you talking about?

I never won a beauty contest.

Why not?

Did you know those shoes you were going to lend me?

You know, when my vacation is over, we ought to get together.

I'd like to.

I've been watching you operate all along on this trip. I like your style of

approach.

How do you mean?

Well, for a guy in my position, those kind of dames are pretty tough to meet.

And even then, you're never sure which way they're going to jump.

I mean, you're professionals. You're b -girls. You're chorus -line blondes.

What professionals? What are you talking about?

You know, he's never even asked me one single thing about myself.

Why should he?

Remember when he said, why shouldn't we get married? Just kidding.

Well, he said it again.

For serious.

Really and truly.

Are you going to?

He's got a little apartment.

Spanish type.

And he's going to buy me the latest model self -timing electric stove. All

do is set it and when the steak's done, it plays tenderly. Oh, Camille.

Camille? Are you crazy?

Who's crazy?

You.

Just because a girl's got blonde hair and got a build on her, guys like you

think all you gotta do... Is that so? Well, I've got news for you, my pure

friend. Not only in the magazine, but I've seen her doing her act.

What magazine?

You... Pritchard, you never saw that girl before in your entire life. Don't

me. You know where it was?

It was at a convention in Chicago last fall, sitting in a big glass of

champagne. I knew I'd seen... Hey, are you kidding? Why, it was in your

magazine. That's when it came back to me.

What are you talking about?

You mean you didn't see it?

I thought that's why you were handing her that line of wool.

Thanks.

Hi.

Hi.

Gee, these are swell shoes. They must cost a fortune.

I think you're the lucky... Skip it, Norma.

I'll talk to you later.

All set?

No. What's the matter?

Oh, I lost one darn old earring.

Hey!

What you doing in my barn? I drive the bus from Rebel Corners. We're stuck down

the road a mile or so. Need your tractor.

It'll cost you.

Oh.

On quite a detour, ain't you, son?

Yep.

Move that, will you?

You're thinking so hard, Johnny, I can almost hear you. Don't listen.

Thinking about your wife?

Yeah.

I thought you loved her.

I did.

But as soon as I drop this busload in San Juan, I'm going to hightail it back

fast. You really love her?

Nobody else does.

Maybe that's why I do.

She drinks too much. She's money hungry.

But you know something?

When I'm in her arms, I'm the only guy in the world.

We've got to make this bus as light as we can. You ladies are just excess

weight. Come on out.

Hi, folks.

Mrs. Chicoy.

How did you get here?

By air.

Me? I get dizzy on the stepladder.

Where's Johnny?

Uh, he, uh, he... Went after the tractor.

Uh, leave this home if you could.

We... We had a little trouble.

The steward did.

Where's the blonde?

Right here.

Hi. Hi.

Hey,

Johnny. Is the driver coming up?

They're coming up. Soon as she finds her earring or some darn thing.

Who's she?

Girl with her.

What if you lose her earring?

In the barn.

Mildred, please.

I'm so humiliated. Let my daughter have her own regrets.

Mood sailing from now on.

Alice, I want to talk to you.

I've got to talk to you.

Oh, Chicoy, talk in your own time. Get us to San Juan pronto.

There's nothing to be said, Johnny.

How long are you going to stay in San Juan tonight?

All night.

Meaning what?

Exactly what you think it means.

I ever tell you I was a school teacher?

You could have told me about the magazine.

Fresh out of a pokey.

I wasn't trying to hide anything from you. I was going to break it to you

gradually.

What do you want me to do? Wear a sign on my back?

I'd still like to see you when we get to L .A.

For old times' sake.

Okay? Let me just give you a buzz sometime.

Who knows?

Mind if I sit here?

None of my business, but mind if I tell you what I did to a guy I was in love

with once?

Broke a chair over his head after I caught him kissing some dame at a party.

I didn't ever try that again.

Don't know. Never saw him after that.

But he's married.

Happily married.

And I make a living.

Believe me, breaking a chair over a guy's head can sure work miracles.

The kind of miracles that will laugh up your whole life.

Here we are, folks. Into the line.

We'll hit sign one in a couple of minutes.

Hand me that bag, will you, please? I hope she kept that county clerk's office

open. Who?

A lady of my acquaintance. We're going to get married.

Well, kitty fool.

You're three hours late.

Well, it rains so hard.

Bye, John.

Huh? Oh.

All right.

Norma?

You forgot your Saturday and Sunday.

Thanks, Mrs. Chicoy.

There's an extra ten in there for... I'm sorry, Norma.

Thanks a lot.

Alice, where are you going?

None of your business, Johnny. You've got to listen to me.

It's all over, Johnny.

Thanks for a nice long ride.

Alice! Hey, Chicoy!

Get moving!

You're blocking number six.

Get on your loading spot.

Reno, one -way single.

Out of ten?

There will be a short delay for the six.

Please listen for the announcement. Hello.

Chairman of our little entertainment committee.

Welcome. Thank you.

And I hope you're not too exhausted.

I'm ready to work, Mr. Stanley. Well, I was coming to that. You see, the actual

occasion, this little show we hired you for, isn't until tomorrow night after

all. So I thought we could... I see.

So you thought we might get together for a little talk, hmm?

Did you see my wife?

Yeah, she's over there.

Alice!

The change of the 40 cents... Alice! Alice, honey!

Listen!

The key range of the issued CV has been found.

Please inquire at the information desk.

That's an awfully long telegram, Mildred.

Look, when you tell a man that you're not only coming back, you should also

to marry him.

Yeah, I have.

It takes more than ten words.

You've gone into particulars in a telegram?

What do you expect?

Hospital San Diego, leaving at door number one.

All aboard, please. Elliot!

Just a minute for me. Hospital San Diego, leaving at door number one. There

are. All aboard, please.

You know, you should be grateful to me, Horton. I saved you from a bad mistake.

Where do those girls usually wind up? I mean, in the end.

You mean who marries them?

Yeah. Who knows?

What's more, who cares? I sort of do.

Are you kidding?

No, I'm not.

Nice.

Kind, even -tempered.

Sweet.

About the most attractive person I ever spoke to.

And you know something?

Physical attraction is a very important thing.

I do my act tonight or I take the first bus back to L .A. Camille, but we can't

tonight. Then you better start looking around for another gal for tomorrow

night, Mrs. Stanton.

But a night, too. But, Miss Oaks.

Can I speak to you for just a minute? It really is important.

Okay, it sure better be.

About our electric stove.

Electric stove?

For our new apartment?

Young man, are you picketing this place?

Norma!

Yes, Mr. Chicoy?

Alice is still in there.

Tell her if she don't come out, I go in.

Sure, Mr. Chicoy.

Knowing you.

Mrs. Chicoy.

Reno bus leaving from door number three.

Mrs. Chicoy.

Nobody else in here, dearie.

She's not there. There's another door.

Reno bus leaving from door number three. I'll bet that's her bus.

For where?

Reno.

The bus for Reno? Here it is. Good.

Alice?

What are you doing here?

It was the bus to Rebel Corners.