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Not so many months ago,
the president asked the nation

for 60,000 planes, 45,000
tanks and 8 million tons of ships.

He asked this from the
hearts, minds and hands

of 130 million free men,
women and children.

He asked us to evolve

the greatest and most efficient
industrial system in history,

to turn our workshops
into mighty forges of war,

to out-build the aggressors in
every category of modern arms.

In his very words...

Only by this accomplishment can
we build the arsenal of democracy.

Planes, guns, tanks and ships have
begun to flow from our factories and yards.

The flow is accelerating from day to
day. The stream is becoming a river.

The river will become a torrent,

a torrent that will engulf
the totalitarian tyranny

which seeks to
destroy the world.

Our answer to the request of the
president, ladies and gentlemen,

flies from atop
our flagpole today.

The credit for its flying there
belongs to each and every one of you.

To my partner,
Pittsburgh Markham.

To your friend and mine, a
man, who many years ago

saw more in a lump of coal than
anybody else in the world, Doc Powers.

To your union leader,

as much responsible for the
maintenance of our production schedule

as any executive of
this firm, Joe Malneck.

But most of all,
it belongs to you.

For you are the partners
of our American boys

who are shedding their blood on
the stormy waters of the North Atlantic,

the desert wastes of Africa,
the rocky crags of the Aleutians,

the steaming jungles
of the South Pacific.

For all over the world
our partners are fighting

because they know as we know

that America is more
than a country, it's a cause.

A way of life that is given
even to the poorest man

more than he could dream
of anywhere else in the world.

What do you say we show those boys
we're behind them and get back to work?

To the three of us.

The four of us.

Don't forget Hunky.

To Hunky.

To Hunky.

You boys might've spent your lives in
darkness if it hadn't been for that girl.

I give her credit for my success,
too, for I came up with you.

Remember those days when I
was an old nut with ideas about coal,

and you two were gay
young blades of Coal Town?

'Coal Town was your oyster
then, filled with black pearls,

'but you couldn't see them.

'Maybe it was the sooty mist
hanging over the shabby streets

'that hid them from you

'as you marched with the
daily swarm of other men

'up the hill to
Wilson's colliery.

'A man does not see well when
he lives too long away from the sun.

'But like the power
in the coal you dug,

locked deep in the
earth for a million years,

'the force in you
still awaited release.

'And the stench and grime of Shaft
Number 7 was part of your heritage.'

♪ In a cavern in a canyon

♪ Excavating for a mine

♪ Lived a miner forty-niner

- ♪ And his daughter, Clementine ♪
- Hey, that's awful!

Hey, I ran into Joe Malneck this
morning, you know, that guy from the union.

Yeah?

He's gonna make a
deal for us with Wilson.

What kind of a deal, Johnny?

Starting next week, we
get six cents more a ton.

Six cents? We'll never
get fat on that kinda dough.

Well, it adds up to around
12 to 15 bucks a month.

That'll put a lot more grub on
our table, and I'm feeding seven.

What are you gonna do with
yours, Johnny? Buy a yacht?

Aw, go on and
laugh if you wanna.

It ain't much,
but it's a starter.

You guys have been shinin' them bug
torches in your eyes so long you're dizzy.

What are you doing, Pittsburgh?
Picking coal or posing for a statue?

Come on, get hot on that banjo.

How'd you like to have me play
a tune around your ears with it?

- Hello, fellas.
- Hiya, Joe.

Hello.

You hear about the deal we
put over with the company?

You're doing a swell job, Joe,
since you threw away your pick.

Yeah, terrific. First thing
you know, we'll be millionaires.

We'll be rolling in dough.

- Lend me five bucks, will you?
- Can't hear you.

- I said, five clankers.
- I got coal dust in my ears.

You were flush when we
left the room this morning.

Aw, all right. Here's
two bucks. It's all I got.

How do you expect me to
get anywhere on two bucks?

I don't. Don't even
expect to get it back.

All you do is spend my
dough on your hunky gal.

I'm through with
those bo-hunk babes.

This one's a classy, long-legged dame
that's got everything... and a Model "T".

I wonder where
we can get a drink.

Oh, at Barney's Speak
with my last two bucks.

I didn't say "buy a drink".

- Hey, Doc, where are you?
- Quiet!

He usually keeps that
prescription stuff in here.

What's that?

They still must be working
on Number 5 down there.

The tunnel's right underneath.

If they aren't careful, they'll
completely undermine the house.

Hello, boys.

- Hello, Doc.
- Hiya, Doc.

Somebody sick?

- Uh... yeah, it's Cash's stomach.
- My stomach?

Look at him, he's all bent over.

We didn't wanna bother you,
knowing how busy you are.

Well, I'm never too busy
to look out for my patients.

However, I don't keep the
whisky in that cabinet anymore.

Come in here, Cash.

He don't keep the whisky
in that cabinet anymore.

You know, Doc, I'm not
feeling so good myself.

You boys know Dr
Grazlich, my junior partner.

Hi, Junior.

- I'm feeling sicker than Cash.
- Here, down this.

I'll be glad when
prohibition's over.

- That stuff tastes like coal tar.
- It is coal tar.

At least it's a derivative
of coal tar. Cash?

Mm, not for me. I
feel all right now.

Go on, take it. It's
good for your stomach.

Mm. No, thanks, Doc.

- Much better for you than whisky.
- I'll take whisky.

A hundred years ago, they threw the
coal tar away when they made coke.

Then they realised it was good for
everything from munitions to medicine.

We have barely
scratched its possibilities.

- What are you looking for now?
- We don't exactly know.

- How do you know if you find it?
- Hmm!

Because it'll be something
new, something we haven't found.

You see, when scientists
find a waste in nature's gifts,

they accept that as a challenge.

And no gifts have been lavished
more profusely than in coal.

- Now, you take that one little piece.
- Mm-hmm.

You see, that's composed
of several elements

that have been combined and changed
by nature over thousands of years

into a mixture of very
complex compounds.

Now, our job is to split those compounds
and then recombine them to suit our needs.

Hundreds of compounds have been
made, but many others are still possible.

A hundred and fifty years ago,
a man put lumps of coal in water

and had the sick drink it.

He was burned at the stake.

Of course, the methods
employed then were very primitive,

but ever since then, scientists
have followed the same principle.

Oh, Dr Grazlich and I are
only two men out of thousands

who are going on with the work.

You can have that bottle, Pittsburgh.
You'd talk me out of it, anyway.

I love you, Doc. So
help me, I love you.

Well, a pint of whisky,
two bucks and a date.

Now all I need's a
decent suit of clothes.

- Come on, Cash. So long, Doc.
- Goodbye, Doc. So long, Junior.

For a ready-made suit, he
looks just like a "Breau Bummel"!

Such style, such class.

Believe me, I wouldn't
know my own merchandise.

- Figure it up, Shorty.
- With pleasure.

What are you gonna
use for money?

I don't know. Used to call you
Cash because you always had some,

but lately you've put me in
some very embarrassing positions.

I wonder how much it would
take to make him careless?

One suit at the
special price of $18.

There's buckram, there's
piping, there's lining.

And accessories
brings it up to $33.50.

Fine. Have a drink.

Oh, thank you, thank you.

- Expensive stuff.
- What's money?

Sure. Don't mean a thing.

Thanks all the same,
gentlemen, but I don't drink.

Now, what were you
saying about money?

About these duds, put
'em on the cuff, will you?

- Cuff? Whose cuff? What cuff?
- Your cuff, Shorty.

- My cuff?
- Play along with me, Shorty,

and one of these days I'll let you
make me nothing but custom-made suits.

Never mind that. The
custom today is cash.

You're not gonna swing
any pickaxe in my suit.

- Take it off or I'll call the police.
- Wait a minute.

Come back with my suit! I
told you, positively no credit.

You didn't even
give me a deposit.

You got nothing to worry about,
Shorty. Take a look at that sign.

"A hundred dollars in gold to any man
who can stay three minutes in the ring"

"with the heavyweight
champion, Killer Kane."

It's an invitation to your own
funeral. I sold the Killer a suit.

He's got a 48-inch chest, a
23-inch arm and a 19 neck.

And a six-inch skull.

- You'll do no fighting in my suit.
- Come on, Cash.

- Suppose he flattens you?
- He won't flatten me.

- Not in my suit!
- Nothing's gonna happen to your suit.

My suit! Look at my suit!

For a lead nickel, I'd
smash your teeth in!

Is anything wrong?

Plenty! I oughta pull...

Oh, you got your suit muddy.

His suit? My suit!

He walks outta my tailor
shop with a brand-new suit.

Then he wants to fight Killer
Kane in my suit. Now look at it!

- And he didn't even gimme a deposit!
- Quiet, Shorty.

It's nothing, Countess,
nothing at all.

I'm so very sorry.

- It's awful, awful!
- It's awful nice.

Good evening. Mr Brawley's
down front, right aisle.

Thank you.

How about your date with the
long-legged gal with the Model "T"?

I like this chassis better.

Tickets, please.

Uh, Shorty, you
forgot to buy the tickets.

I forgot to buy the tickets.

Three tickets, and I'm
not gonna like the show.

- Your coat.
- My suit! I'll be right back.

Hey, down in front.
Sit down, will you?

Find some place. I
wanna see the show.

- Where's your collar?
- I got it right here.

Put your neck in it.

Here.

Hey, down in front.
Will you park your body?

The clinch is on.

There you are.

The cost of the tickets
brings it up to $35 even.

He don't look so tough.

I'm glad that's not my
head he's punching.

Ladies and gentlemen, you've just witnessed
a masterful exhibition of bag punching

by the undefeated
marvel of the prize ring

and contender of the world's
heavyweight championship, Killer Kane!

Now, gentlemen,
one hundred dollars

for the man who'll remain on his feet after
three minutes of boxing with Killer Kane.

Bring 'im on! He
wants a fight, does he?

I'll fight him for
nothing! Come on!

Oh, no, you don't, mister.
You're plastered! Sit down.

Who'll be the first to challenge the
Killer to one round of exhibition boxing,

Marquis of Queensberry rules?

- I'm calling you, Butch.
- Come on, sucker.

Come on. A fella needs
a second, doesn't he?

- We'll fix his...
- Come on, sit down!

Please, boys,
don't fight in my suit.

Hello, Countess.

- Who is the challenger?
- Not me!

- Coal miners, eh?
- What's the matter with coal miners?

We carried four of
'em out this afternoon.

Yeah, well, here's one
you aren't gonna carry out.

Cash Evans. That right, boys?

You dirty double-crosser!

- What's the matter, you afraid of him?
- Afraid?

Why, I'll knock that big
palooka right in the countess' lap!

Sit tight, Countess, that big
palooka's gonna land right in your lap.

- Why aren't you fighting?
- Me?

I've been changing a lot
of my plans this evening.

- Friend of yours?
- No.

I'm gonna change that, too.

Who is he?

Nobody.

He seems awfully sure
of himself, doesn't he?

Who do you want us to
notify in case you're killed?

What if that coal slinger
throws a lucky punch?

He better not. I spent a lot of
dough building up that big baboon.

You're looking at the next
title-holder, baby. Champion Killer Kane.

And when that happens,
you're gonna have everything.

You already told
me I had everything.

Let's have a good
fight and don't dawdle.

Shake hands and go to your
corner and come out punching.

- Watch yourself. This guy's dynamite.
- You just think of that?

Keep that left
going, Cash! Attaboy!

That's it! Stick your left out!
You know what it means to me!

Let him have it!

What are you backing up for?

A right! Hit him with a
right! He's a big phoney!

Wise guy, eh?

- If that dummy loses this fight, I'll...
- You'll lose a hundred dollars.

Keep it up, Cash.
Two minutes to go.

- One, two...
- How am I doing?

- Not so hot. He just slipped.
- Three, four, five, six...

That's it! Go ahead! Go ahead!

You got him going,
Cash! He's groggy!

What's holding him
up? Keep that left going!

That's it, use the other hand!

Your right, your right!
In the breadbasket!

Keep it up, the
suit's almost mine!

Duck that light, Cash!

- Go on, get up!
- Get up! Get up!

- Get up, Cash, on your feet!
- Two...

- He didn't hurt you!
- Three, four...

- Come on, take him!
- Five.

Gimme that dough!

Come on, Cash,
here's your dough!

Get the cops!
Police! Get the cops!

There's your
boyfriend, Countess!

Nice company you keep, Countess.

It's me, it's me.
Congratulations, you won.

Here you are, Shorty.
Forty bucks and keep the tip.

Thank you, thank you.

It's a pleasure to do
business with honest men.

I'm glad you officers arrived.
It's terrible inside. It's a disgrace!

Some boisterous characters
started a fight in there.

Oh, they did, eh? Come on, boys.

Musical little
things, aren't they?

They're gonna do a Charleston
right down Barney's Bar.

I love you, Cash. So help
me, Hannah, I love you.

- Now, if we can only find the countess.
- Yeah, she's so sympathetic.

- What's the dope?
- Big cave-in at Eversville, Tunnel 5.

You hear that? Tunnel 5.

Holy smokes, that's
right under Doc's house.

Hey, buddy, run us out to
Eversville... There's no one here.

It's the countess's car.
Let's take it. Come on.

What's the big idea?

Uh-oh, the countess.

You'll get in plenty of
trouble stealing this car.

- Oh, cool off, Countess.
- There's a cave-in at the mine.

Look out!

- Hey, where do you think you're going?
- Get outta the way, O'Toole.

- We've got to find Doc Powers.
- Sure. Go ahead, Pitt.

Dr Grazlich!

Doc, I'm glad you're all
right. Where's Doc Powers?

His house didn't cave in?

No, the cave-in was underground.
Caught some of the night shift.

- But where is Doc?
- Down there some place.

- Hold that cage!
- Hey, Doc's trapped in Number 5.

We were on our way up
when the whole wall caved in.

We need more help.

This is no place for you,
Countess. You'll get your nose dirty.

Never mind about that.

Hey, Doc!

- Here, boys!
- Look out for that beam.

Stand back! This shoring's
apt to give away any minute!

Take it easy, Doc, we'll
have you out in no time.

I said, stand back!

It... It's my leg.

Steady, Doc,
you'll be all right.

Well, hello, Miss Nightingale.

OK, Pitt.

Drag him out!

Look out!

Don't worry, Tilda. Dr
Grazlich's a fine doctor.

Did your husband get hurt, too?

Bill!

Tilda, that thick skull you was
always talking about saved me.

You fool!

They'd like to break the
needle sewing him up.

Your man's OK.
You can go in now.

You boys wait here.

How is Dr Powers?

Got a busted leg.

Wouldn't let Grazlich work on him
till everybody else was taken care of.

You seemed to know what it was
all about down there, Countess.

Pitched in like a regular hunky.

That's what they used to call
me when I was a kid, "Hunky".

- My real name is Winiewitsky.
- Winiewi... What?

My father changed it to Winters.

He couldn't speak of word of English, but
he could dig more coal than any two men.

He could, eh?

He was killed over
there in Shaft 15.

Oh.

Sure had me
skipping rope tonight.

I thought you were the royal magoo.
Now you turn out to be just a hunky.

- Is that against me?
- No, you can't help it.

Oh, yes, I can help it.

I never meant to go
near a coal mine again.

Only tonight, seeing
that cave-in, I...

They say coal means
warmth and life.

All it means to people like us is
death if you stay around it long enough.

I'm after something
better than that.

So you tie yourself to
a cheap four-flusher.

Not for long.

- Aiming for the moon, eh?
- Yeah!

If you're gonna shoot for
something, shoot for something big.

Well, I ain't so little.

What I said about coal
goes for the miners, too.

Listen, I ain't always
gonna be slinging a pick.

- Yeah? What else can you do?
- I don't know yet.

But I know there ain't a thing in this
world I can't do once I set my mind to it.

The way you said that I
could almost believe it.

You're gonna hear a lot
about Pittsburgh Markham.

You're gonna remember
the night I told you that.

You're gonna remember tonight.

I'm your kind of a guy, see?
And you're my kinda gal.

- We were cut from the same chunk.
- Yeah, of dirt and smoke.

And sweat and
hunger and strikes.

And a life as black as the
bottom of one of those mines.

That's all I've known
since the day I was born.

Maybe that's what you
want, but I've got other plans.

Want me to drive
you back to town?

Not if I have to go through
that routine again with you.

If Pittsburgh couldn't get to first
base, I think I'll wrap up the bats.

Let's go.

You know, Pitt, this is the
first time I ever saw you fan out.

I told you, I took
her to the station.

She wasn't sure whether she'd
go to Philadelphia or New York.

- I said goodbye for you.
- That was nice of you.

- Where you been going nights?
- Over to Doc's.

- You're giving me the run-around.
- Ah...

You haven't been going
over to Doc's every night.

I sure have. I've been getting a load
of that coal tar stuff he's working on.

Guess I better drop
around and visit Doc, too.

What do you want
to do that for? I, uh...

I always say hello for you.

You sure been taking care
of my hellos and goodbyes.

Ah, you'd do the same
for me, pal, wouldn't you?

Or would you?

I brought this over to
liven things up for you, Doc.

- That's very thoughfful of you, Josie.
- How's that?

Huh! I feel like getting
up and shaking a leg.

You haven't seen Pittsburgh
around tonight, have you, Doc?

No, I haven't. I guess
he must be at Barney's.

What's this Barney's got

- that's so wonderful?
- Red-eye.

I sure have been fooling Pitt about Josie.
How long do you think I can keep it up?

Not for long, I'm afraid.

- Well all's fair in love and war.
- You said it, Doc!

Hello, Countess.

You should've come in through
the door, Pittsburgh. It's much easier.

I was afraid you'd
drop in, but not so hard.

What's the idea of lying
to me, your best friend?

So this is Philadelphia, or was
it New York you were going to?

This backbiter couldn't
decide just where you went.

What if I changed my mind?

- Who sent for you?
- My conscience.

I knew you'd want to see me
again, so here I am in the flesh.

Fellas like you make me
change my phone number.

Why don't you run along,
Pitt? You're wasting your time.

Wasting my time!

You should've heard that hyena

blistering his tongue, trying
to keep me away from you.

Too bad he didn't succeed.

Come on, Hunky,
get down off your stilts.

You got black dust in
your veins, same as I have.

Yeah, but I haven't got
it under my fingernails.

I don't know why
I take it from you.

I usually kiss 'em goodbye
and leave 'em crying.

I want to tell you
something, Hunky.

After the other night, I
woke up thinking about you,

and a week later,
I was still doing it.

No law against a miner thinking.

And I'm the thinking-est
miner you ever met.

And those big ideas I
was telling you about?

I been working on 'em.

Since you made a confession,
I'm going to make one.

Yeah?

- I did want to see you again, Pittsburgh.
- You did?

But now that I've seen you,
frankly, I'm disappointed.

Hey, wait a minute. Why?

Because you talk like all
the rest of the coal miners.

When they get up in the
fresh air, it makes them dizzy.

Hold on a minute, Hunky.

I'm not just talking, I'm
really gonna do something.

- When?
- Oh, one of these days.

Write me a letter about it
because I won't be around.

Listen, I'm through
digging coals, see?

But I can't go out and set
the world on fire tonight, can I?

You could start tonight.

How?

You're asking me, big shot?

Why don't you give up, Pitt?
I'll meet you later at Barney's.

- Can I use your phone, Doc?
- Why not?

Hello? Is this the foreman
of Shaft Number 7?

Oh, just a minute. Pittsburgh
Markham wants to quit his job.

She's crazy!

Sorry to have bothered
you. I guess I'm crazy.

Don't hang up.

You're not so crazy.

I am quitting, and
I'm not drunk, Kelly.

Sure, this is
Pittsburgh Markham.

I just call to tell you that me and Cash
Evans won't be working for you anymore.

Wait a minute! That's my
job you're talking about!

And you can tell Wilson I'm gonna
buy that mine from him one of these days.

So are you, Kelly!

I don't know what he called
you, but for me it goes double.

You boys may be
needing those jobs.

- Yeah, what are we gonna buy beans with?
- Beans are out.

From now on it's fancy roast
chicken and French champagne.

I've got an idea that's
worth a million dollars.

- Uh, good morning.
- Good morning.

- This is for Mr Prentiss.
- Leave it on the desk.

Well, I uh...

But the party who sent
it expects an answer.

Well, wait here, please.

- Mr Prentiss.
- For me?

The men who brought it
said an answer is expected.

Mm. This must be for you.

Well, what in the world...

Oh, no. I rather
think this is for you.

What sort of nonsense is this?

"How would you like coke of this quality
delivered to your mills at $3 a ton less

"than you can make your own?"
That's a good proposition, isn't it?

Very good, but, er...

- Maybe you'd better show them in.
- Yes, sir.

A friend of mine once refused to
see a young man named Henry Ford.

Mind if I stay, Father?

I'm rather interested in
men with ideas like this.

Mr Prentiss wishes to see you.

- Mr Prentiss.
- Gentlemen.

I'm Pittsburgh Markham.
This is Cash Evans.

- How do you do, sir?
- How do you do?

- This is my daughter.
- How do you do?

- Glad to know you, Miss Prentiss.
- Gentlemen, what's your proposition?

Go ahead and tell him, Cash.

Mr Prentiss, your company

is the biggest independent
consumer of coke in Pennsylvania.

You've been buying coal, paying
freight and coking at your plant.

If we coke at the mines, we
can save enough in freight

to sell it to you at $3 a ton
cheaper than you're getting it now.

It'll make a lot of difference
at the end of the year.

It'll make a lot of difference
at the end of a month.

Then how about a contract to
furnish your next year's supply of coke?

Can you keep those
furnaces going?

- Well, uh...
- Sure, we can keep 'em going.

Well, if that's the case,
we can talk business.

- What's the output of your mine?
- We haven't got one right now.

I see. You contract your coal.

What's the size of
your coking equipment?

We haven't any equipment
either, Mr Prentiss.

What? You come here without
a mine and with no equipment,

and expect me to
give you a contract?

We figured if you
give us a contract first,

then we could get
credit to set up the ovens.

Listen, Prentiss,

we'll put what we know about the coke
and coal business up against anybody,

and we're making
you a good proposition.

Certainly it's a good offer, and I'll be
very glad to sign a contract with you,

providing you can bring me
positive proof that you have the coal,

the equipment, and
the ability to deliver.

Roughly, that would
require a backing of...

oh, about a quarter
of a million dollars.

Quarter of a million dollars?

Well, I'm surprised that should
present a problem to you, Mr Markham.

Come on, Pitt.

Wait a minute. How long
are you gonna be here?

Till about six.

I'll be back at five.

Come on, Cash.

What are you up to?

Where'd you get that?

Prentiss sure doesn't
bother to dot his "I".

"Morgan Prentiss."

What're you gonna do,
Pitt? Forge a cheque?

Why, I wouldn't
do a thing like that.

I was just gonna sign his name to
a contract that says we have a deal

to deliver coke to
Prentiss Steel Company.

Then I suppose you're
going to the colliery

and flash it in front
of that pirate Wilson

and bamboozle him into
furnishing the cash and equipment?

No, I was gonna take it to
the bank. But your idea's better.

And to cinch it, I'll give him 50
per cent. Well, maybe only 40.

You know, there's no
telling where this'll end.

It'll run into the
thousands, maybe millions.

We'll be rolling in dough!

Would you gentlemen roll
me $4 on last week's rent?

Pay her off.

Cash, you wouldn't object to a
few thousand bucks, would you?

I wouldn't object to just four.

Two's all I can
spare, Mrs Higgins.

You millionaires oughtn't to have any
trouble digging up the other $2 by tonight.

Two bucks! Why, we'll be
smoking $2 cigars before long.

Maybe you will.

Count me out, Pitt.

What's the matter with you?
Wanna be a hunky all your life?

I just don't like it.

Maybe you're afraid.

Nobody's gonna get hurt.

If you weren't so selfish,

you'd stop thinking about yourself
and think what it'll mean to others.

What about the guys we'd be giving jobs
to, and paying a living wage for a change?

Free hospitalisation if they're
sick. Won't cost 'em a dime.

Look, Cash, you know what
this money can mean to us?

Doc Powers can have a new lab.

A place to develop all those drugs
and things he's been working on.

What do you say?

Where you going?

I said, where you going?

With you.

I love you, Cash.

- So help me, Hannah, I love you.
- Sing Sing, here we come.

Hey, Doc, where are you?

We did it, Doc. We put 'er over.
Show him the contract, Cash.

Get an eyeful, Doc.
Signed, sealed and delivered.

Oh, boys, I can't tell you
how happy I am for you.

And what we told you on the
telephone about the new lab goes.

You and Junior will have a joint
so big, you'll have to have a guide.

Bust open this bottle, Cash. The
fireworks is gonna start right here.

And finish in the biggest nightclub
in town. You're going along, Doc.

- Who, me? No.
- Yeah, wheelchair and all.

Gonna get all those chorus cuties to
autograph that plaster shank of yours.

Where's Hunky?
Isn't she here yet?

No, I... I don't
think she's coming.

- Not coming?
- Why not?

Well, that's something
you'll have to find out yourself.

You bet I will.

I'll go get her.
I'll be right back.

We put it over, Hunky. Prentiss
gave us the green light to go ahead.

- Where do you think you're going?
- Oh, I don't know.

- New York, Philadelphia, Chicago...
- Wait a minute.

You're part of this ouffit.

We're partners.

And we've got the brass
ring right in our hand.

There are no brass rings.

I know, I've been on too
many merry-go-rounds.

Believe me, I've tried to catch
them. There just aren't any.

There are on this one, Countess.

I tell you, we're on our way
up, and we're going up together.

You and me.

Why, I'd still be digging coal if
you hadn't sunk the spurs into me.

I need you. I'm crazy about you.

I've heard that before, too.

From now on we're gonna
be together, no matter what.

No matter what.

'It was wasn't easy,
those first days,

'but you both rolled up your sleeves
and went to work like two demons.

'You boys nursed
those coke ovens

'as though they were
new-born babes with the colic.

'And you went to bed at night

'proud in knowing that you'd
done an honest day's work.

'Markham & Evans
looked pretty good

'when those wagons started
rolling down the hill to the steel mill.

'Hard work meant
happiness and success.

'And when you got
your first cheque,

'you didn't forget that
you were all three partners.

'And now, instead of beans and red-eye,
it was champagne and fancy roast chicken.

'Of course, Mrs Higgins' rooming
house couldn't hold you now.

'Josie picked out a new
apartment for you and Cash.

'And I moved, too, into that new
laboratory you boys promised me.

'The company
couldn't stop growing.

'And you did that on only
50 per cent of the profits,

'for old Wilson at the colliery was
holding you to a strict accounting.

'Success like that was bound
to make changes in all of us.

'But the greatest change
was in you, Pittsburgh.'

- Good morning, Miss Fordham.
- Good morning, Mr Markham.

Mr Milgrane is
waiting to see you.

- Who?
- Mr Milgrane.

Oh, come on in, boys.

Good morning, Mr Prentiss.
Did I keep you waiting?

Yes, you did.

I don't want any third
assistants working on my duds.

Are you Migraine himself?

The name is Milgrane, Mr
Markham. Milgrane and Milgrane.

I'm both of them. Carlos.

These aren't the
terms we agreed on.

Our understanding when I
re-signed with you last year

was that I could renew
at the same figure.

You can.

The latest imported worsteds, Mr
Markham. Very smart this season.

- But I've already talked with Wilson.
- I've got to see him! It's important.

It's important!

And Wilson said you had no
right to make a proposition like that.

And he hasn't! I invested a great deal
of capital in this venture, Mr Prentiss.

And now I'm entitled to a
fair return on my money.

The price is up to you
and all the other companies.

Wilson, you've already made more money
than you ever made in your life before.

It's still cheaper than coking
your own coal at the mill.

I won't be held up!

Don't waste your breath on
this two-bit chiseller, Prentiss.

Our deal sticks.

Make me up six of
these in assorted colours.

Nice and conservative,
Mr Markham. Not too bright.

You shouldn't say things
like that about Mr Wilson.

The price is up to all other
companies, but not to you.

I don't understand.

Maybe your daughter
can explain it to you.

You haven't the power to
grant special favours, Pittsburgh.

For two cents, I'd squeeze
you out of this company!

You're a little late for that
because you're already squoze.

Or is it "squeezed"?

- Anyway, you're out.
- What?

You were so busy
counting your profits,

you didn't bother to find out who
owns all the shares you issued.

I started buying 'em up the
day we went into business.

An aspirin, Mr Wilson?

You can't do this to me,
Pittsburgh! I'll see about this!

How about a $2 cigar, Prentiss?

Mr Markham, please.
Miss Winters calling.

Hello, Hunky, how's tricks?

Hello, Pitt. You haven't
forgotten about tonight?

Doc Powers is going to be at my
apartment, and he wants you to be there.

He says not to fail,
because it's very important.

Well, uh...

all right, if it's important,
but I may be a little late.

- All right, goodbye, dear.
- What did he say?

He's coming, but he
said he might be late.

- Little business.
- What little business?

He didn't say.

- 'Night.
- Good night.

- Good night.
- Pittsburgh doesn't know what he missed,

the big lug.

I'm sorry to hurry along,

but I've some work to finish on
an experiment at the laboratory.

I hope it's a success, Doc.

Any problem can be
solved with patience.

Good night.

- Pour me a drink, will you, Cash?
- So soon after dinner?

I feel like it. And
anyway, I'm a hunky.

Hunkies are supposed to
have stomachs lined with slag...

and hearts of anthracite.

I doubt that.

You might feel better, Josie,
if you let your hair down.

I might not be able to get it pinned
up again. Let's leave it the way it is.

Pitt's all right.

This success he's having now has perhaps
gone to his head for a little while, but...

Pour me that drink,
Cash, will you?

I want to get out of here.
Would you take me out, Cash?

Sure.

I want to go to the
biggest speakeasy in town.

I've got a new dress.

The one I'd made for last New Year's
Eve, and then Pitt had to go to Harrisburg.

Never worn it.

I want to get all dressed up...
and I want to have a good time.

And I want to drink and dance!

We're dressed
up, we're dancing...

Having a good time.

And the drinks are on the table.

Cash Evans special, Mr Evans.
Only one permitted to a customer.

Now, just what kind of a
something is a Cash Evans special?

Long, strong and sneaky,

but tastes as innocent
as a milkshake.

One part Demerara rum, two
parts gold rum, one part light rum...

One lime juice and
with a dash of absinthe.

Cool gently with a blowtorch
and you're ready for danger.

Sounds like the sort of a drink
that can stand up and walk around.

Well, here's looking
at you while I still can.

Only one Cash Evans special
to a customer, Mr Evans.

You can't even feel 'em.

I hear you can't feel anything
when Jack Dempsey hits you, either.

Anyway, it gives you
that restless feeling.

Makes you want to
keep travelling for a refill.

Mm-hmm.

I think I'll put a cap on this and
send it out to get some more.

I bet over at Barney's they
serve three to a customer.

Hold still!

Only one pitcher of Cash
Evans special to a customer.

- Ah, it's nice to see you two again.
- Thanks, Barney.

We always used to
have a lot of fun here.

When you and Pitt got your first cheque,
this is where we celebrated, remember?

I remember. Excuse me.

- That's all right, Barney.
- Sure.

And they played
that same song, too.

Do you see who I think I see?

How quaint!

Well, well! Long time,
no see, Pittsburgh.

Hello, Barney.

- We're slumming tonight.
- Sure!

Same old Pitt. You've
come to the right place.

- Got a table for us?
- Sure. Over here.

Say, some friends of yours are here
tonight. Maybe you'd like to sit with them.

Yeah, who's that?

- Cash and Josie.
- The tired businessman!

I beg your pardon.

Isn't your name Markham... of
the monkey business Markhams?

- Would you like to sit here?
- Why, uh...

Of course, sit down.

Miss Prentiss, Miss Winters.

How do you do?

Oh, very nicely, thank you.

Now, Pitt didn't
introduce me properly.

I'm really the former Countess
Winiewitsky of the Polish nobility.

Our estates are
completely underground.

- How very amusing.
- Very.

Have you ever been down in
a mine tunnel, Miss Prentiss?

Why, no, I haven't.

Oh, you must come down
sometime and meet the boys.

Or do you like them
better out of the shaft?

Uh, would you care
to finish this dance?

Oh, yes, I'd love to.

Would you order me a drink,
please, Charles? Something mild.

- Small world, isn't it?
- Mm-hmm.

Small world, small people.

Is that the little business you
were giving me the business about?

Oh, no, that's big business.

I've been doing us a lot of good
through Prentiss and his daughter.

You make it sound so clear
when you say it that way.

Hey, you know me, Josie.
Business before pleasure.

Say, you're a little splashed
up tonight, aren't you?

What did you expect?

Find me waiting at the
telephone, holding my breath?

No, but I expected you to grow up in the
head along with your other improvements.

Waiting for the latest bulletins
about big shot Markham.

Oh, skip it.

Was there anything
really important

that you and Doc wanted
to see me about tonight?

No.

We were just going
to celebrate something.

It was a mistake
in the first place.

What's that?

Your birthday.

Oh.

- Here's your usual, Pittsburgh.
- Bring the lady something mild.

Oh, maybe she'd
like some punch, no?

Well, yes, I would like some.

Thank you.

Ooh, that's
delighfful. What is it?

Oh, just a little moonlight and rose
thorns. Harmless as molasses taffy.

- Shall we be going, Josie?
- Going, going, gone.

- Good night.
- Good night, Barney.

Goodbye, Miss
Prentiss. So long, Pitt.

- So long, Barney.
- So long, Cash.

One pitcher to a customer.

Keep your chin up, Josie.

Yes, up and out
where it can be hit.

If anybody hit that chin of
yours, he'd break his hand.

You're no china doll.

I was so crazy,
blindly in love with him.

You know, Cash,
he's great in his way.

He can do anything
he sets his mind to.

But he's no good now.

No good for anybody.

Well, who let you in?

That fancy pants with
an accent you call a butler.

I, er... just dropped around
to tell you something.

Yeah? What?

Your two-timing finally caught
up with you, didn't it, pal?

You mean about
tonight? That was nothing.

Wasn't it? You're through, brother.
You're washed up clear to the ears.

- You seem awfully happy about it.
- I am.

You had your chance,
Pitt, and made a mess of it.

Now here's where I step in.

You always did have an eye
for Josie, didn't you, Cash?

What are you trying to do?
Catch her on the rebound?

Something like that.

You don't care for her any more than
you do for that $2 cigar you're smoking.

But I do.

- Got it all figured out, haven't you?
- Sure.

Then why tell me about it?

I don't know why, but...

but for some cockeyed reason she
still thinks that she's in love with you.

But if she'll have me, I'm just
crazy enough to marry her anyway.

Oh, I know what you're thinking: "Shall
I step aside and give him a chance?"

"Or shall I run to her"

"and show him that the great
Pittsburgh is still the head man?"

You think you can take her away
from me any time you want to.

If you snap your fingers,
she'll run right into your arms.

Turn around.

From now on, keep that
charm under lock and key.

You'll do that, won't you, Pitt?

What are you laughing about?

Read the morning paper.

"'Coal marries steel."

'You were climbing up
in the world, Pittsburgh.

'But if you'd hit Josie
between the eyes with your fist,

'you couldn't have
hurt her worse.

'Naturally, it was a little too much to
expect that she would be at your wedding.

'It was the biggest wedding we'd
seen around here in a long time.

'Then do you remember at your
wedding reception afterward, Pittsburgh?'

Charles, I want you to meet
Mr Symonds and Mr Channing.

- It's a great pleasure.
- How do you do?

They're on the board
of Prentiss Steel.

Prentiss was just talking
to us about you, Markham.

Well, that's a
father-in-law's privilege.

Yes, as your wedding present,

I just suggested that the board
appoint you to a vice-presidency

of the Prentiss Steel Company.

Well, that'll suit me
fine... temporarily.

Are you a devotee of
the opera, Mr Markham?

I beg your pardon?

Are you a devotee of
the opera, Mr Markham?

Oh, uh, yes, indeed.

Oh, I think I see Mr Evans
leaving. Excuse us, please.

- Well, good night, Mr Prentiss.
- Good night.

- Cash, you're not leaving?
- I'm afraid so.

Sorry I have to go, Mrs
Markham. I had a wonderful time.

I want to wish you both
a great deal of happiness.

- Thank you, Cash.
- Good night. Good night, Pitt.

Cash! Excuse me.

You don't have to go yet.

I've been trying to get
you alone all evening.

I wanna tell you that I'm sorry I blew
my topper the night I barged in on you.

Oh, that's all right.

Say, Pitt, why didn't you tell me you
were gonna marry Shannon Prentiss?

You know me. Never tip
my mitt till the deal's closed.

Mm-hmm.

Stick around, will you? Don't leave
me alone with all these strangers.

I don't speak their language.

Sorry, Pitt, but this
is what you wanted.

And it looks like you got it.

Look, I know where there's a
nice quiet corner in this museum

where we can cut a few touches.

You mean sit on the red
plush and talk about old times?

Yeah!

No, thanks, brother. Good night.

Hey, buddy.

Hiya, Hunky.

What are you doing
here, Pittsburgh?

Got a little chilly uptown.

I thought I'd come down
here where it's warm.

Aren't you gonna invite me in?

- Are you out of your senses?
- When I look at you I am.

You really are a countess
in that ouffit. New?

What are you thinking
of, coming here tonight?

Oh, that gang'll never miss me.

Why didn't you
come to my wedding?

- You didn't even send a telegram.
- Congratulations.

I hope you'll both
be very happy.

Aw, you got it all wrong, Hunky.

Marriage with that crowd is a
business, like everything else.

I played my angles right
and made a solid deal.

But that's got nothing
to do with you and me.

- You and me?
- Sure!

Pittsburgh, remember?
A big name for a big guy.

And I'm gonna be as big
as this town, like I said.

And all because
you got me started.

You've done all
right, haven't you?

Oh, I'm not talking about money.
I'm talking about us, you and me.

We're still gonna see a lot of
each other, same as always.

Take your hands down, Pitt.

Oh, come on, Hunky.
You got the wrong slant.

You gotta see this
thing the right way.

For the first time, I
do see it the right way.

Why did you come here?

I'm not sure.

Guess I had the wrong slant.

You don't know
me at all, do you?

Now I realise you've
never known me.

A few minutes ago, I thought I
couldn't stand what you'd done.

Oh, I get all mixed up
when you're not around.

I don't wanna lose
you. I need you.

You should've
thought of that before.

- Listen, Hunky...
- I've been around a long time, Pitt,

and in my stupid mind there
was never anybody else but you.

And you could've had me forever.

But now I'm glad it has
worked out the way it has.

You picked the
kind of life you want.

So go back to it and to her.

And at least let me keep
a little respect for you.

Please go, Pitt.

OK, Hunky.

'Maybe you were
thinking of those long days

'when you sweated for old Wilson
in Shaft Number 7, Pittsburgh.

'Now you own that very mine.

'It gave you a
feeling of triumph.

'The name "Markham and
Evans" began spreading

out over the city
like a circus tent.

'It became a household word.

'Coal, coal tar
and its by-products:

'dyes, paints, asphalts,
varnishes, roof coverings.

'You made coal pay, Pittsburgh.
You were in the driver's seat.

'And coal to you meant
dollars, and dollars meant power.

'Enough power to take the leadership of
Prentiss Steel away from Morgan Prentiss.

'How you chuckled at
the stockholders' meeting

'when they announced
that you were elected.

'You made another
enemy that day, Pittsburgh.

'While to Cash Evans, it meant
something else than money:

'How could it best serve the
people who depended upon it?

'And somewhere in the
parade of years, Pittsburgh,

'you'd forgotten a promise you made to
Cash and Joe Malneck and his friends.'

Come on out!

We wanna talk to you, fella!

- Take it easy, boys, take it easy.
- Take it easy?

Be yourself, Joe. This
is me, Cash, remember?

Sure I remember, but I'm not
so sure you and Pittsburgh do.

I oughta bust you in
the nose for that crack.

Listen, men.

I know what Pittsburgh promised
you, and he meant every word he said.

More gab. What about
the new safety shafts?

What about the higher
wages we're supposed to get?

All's we get is gab, gab, gab!

Now wait a minute!

Our companies have grown fast, you
know that, and it takes money to expand.

It takes money for
these men to live, too.

Wait.

I'll give you my word.
At the end of the quarter,

Joe and anybody else you guys
name can examine the books.

If Pittsburgh is making
money, you'll get your share.

- Is that fair enough?
- What do we know about books?

All right, men, all right.
We'll let it ride this time.

Go on back to work.

Keep your eyes open, Joe.

Those boys are
tired of stalling, Cash.

You stuck your neck out this time.
I hope you don't get it chopped off.

- Thanks, Joe. Have a cigarette.
- Sure.

I don't care what you promised. I
don't show my books to anybody.

You will this time, Pitt.

I gave the men my word,
and you're gonna back me up.

Am I?

What about the
hospitalisation you promised?

- The schools you were going to build?
- Schools?

And make 'em as smart as me?

Sometimes I wonder if
you're smart or just plain lucky.

You're heading for
trouble, Pitt, big trouble,

if you don't change
your line of thinking.

My thinking's all
right. Leave it alone.

I'm warning you, Pitt.

My partnership in this ouffit gives
me some right to say what's done,

so I'm gonna keep my promise
to Joe Malneck, understand?

Hold on, you hothead!

We're pals, Cash, remember?

Do you?

All right, you win. If it
means that much to you,

I'll put the books on display
at the public library, how's that?

I'm a rat, Cash.

That's why I gotta have you
around, sorta keep me in line.

You oughta get a sharper knife.
You could slice it a little thinner.

- I love you, Cash. So help me, I love you.
- Yeah.

Say, don't forget that party tonight.
You haven't been around in a long while.

You oughta mix with the
big boys more. It pays off.

You should know.

By the way, uh, why
don't you bring Josie?

I haven't seen
her in a long while.

Maybe I will. It might amuse her
to see that mausoleum you live in.

You two set the date yet?

You'll know it when we
do. Is it bothering you, Pitt?

- Nice to be dancing with the host.
- Hmm?

Or am I dancing alone?

You're doing the steps all right, Charles,
but your mind seems to be elsewhere.

I can't understand what's happened
to Cash. He's usually right on time.

I'm worried about him.

You're, um... not worried
about Miss Winters, are you?

Well, your worries are over.

- Hello, Josie, Cash!
- Mrs Markham, Pitt.

Say, Josie, you look like
a real countess tonight.

Thank you.

- We're sorry we're late, Mrs Markham.
- Oh, that's all right.

- Hello, Cash.
- How are you, Cash?

- Glad to see you, Cash.
- Hello.

You haven't been
getting around much lately.

I wouldn't say that.

Oh, Miss Winters. Mr
Cooper, Mr Wilcox, Mr Drake.

- How do you do?
- May I have this dance?

- Not with him!
- Nor with him! With me.

- It's a host's prerogative.
- Excuse me.

Prerogative! I wonder if
he knows what it means?

You know, I just realised what's
been wrong with these parties.

- What?
- You.

You liven 'em up.

It's like a Christmas tree. It's
dead till you turn on the lights.

Thank you.

I really missed you, Josie.

Dancing with you again,
it's... it's like old times.

Old times are old times, Pitt.

What's the matter? You afraid?

You're the same old Pittsburgh.
But I'm not the same Josie.

- Miss Winters, it was my dance.
- How about me, Miss Winters?

Sorry, boys. She's gonna dance
with the guy what brung her.

Bulls and bears of
Wall Street are nothing

compared to the wolves
of the steel industry.

Shall we finish our
dance, Charles?

With pleasure, Mrs Markham.

I've never had a
better time in my life.

Naturally. You were out
with an old swell-time expert.

Never had any complaints
yet from the female clientele.

The first good time I've
had in a month of Sundays.

And I always remember firsts.

Like the first time I
rode on a streetcar.

- Or ate an ice-cream cone.
- Or the first long dress you wore.

Mm-hmm.

Don't you ever remember
the first good times in your life?

Mm-hmm.

My first long pants were too tight
and my first pay cheque too little.

The trouble with you, Josie,

you've been too near-sighted to
see the good times around you.

Too much Pittsburgh smoke.

Yes.

But now the atmosphere
is getting pretty clear, Cash.

Well, it's about time.

I never could understand what
you saw in that big lug anyway.

Why, I used to beat him at
everything from... from pool to poker.

I could dig more coal in two
hours than he could in two days.

I did all his talking for
him, and his fighting.

I used to lick him every once
in a while just for the exercise.

Take his dames away from him just to prove
that old stuff about mind over matter.

And why did you
stop taking his dames?

I didn't.

But when they were too dumb to
see straight, I wouldn't even bother.

But sometimes dumb girls get
smart, if you give them enough time.

- I've been learning a lot.
- For instance?

Oh, just that chinning yourself
on the moon isn't such a neat trick.

The man I want to marry must
have both feet on the ground.

About, uh... size 12?

Maybe.

I'm just an easy-going,
calculating guy.

But, sister, when I finally call
'em, they drop right in the pot.

What if this bird you've been
talking about doesn't even ask you?

I hope he will.

He will.

I'm sure he will, Josie.

The way you behaved.

I've never seen anything
so ridiculous in all my life.

- You and that woman.
- Oh, stop it, will you, Shannon?

I understand, Charles.

You love her. You always
have, and you always will.

Can't I have a laugh with an old
friend without you getting green-eyed?

Look in the mirror.

If ever I saw a short-fused
dynamite ready to explode...

I want a divorce, Charles.

For what? Because
Hunky and I were dancing?

No. Because you're
crude, rude and a bore.

You always will be.

You've ruined my father's life,
and now you're ruining mine.

That's right, Shannon.

- Then you'll give me my freedom?
- No.

But why do you
insist on keeping me?

Is it because in me, you have
some alleged social standing?

Or is it because you
and that hunky are after...

Stop it! That isn't true.

I know what you're thinking,

and I'm tempted to wring
your lovely little neck.

I'll let you go when I'm ready.

I hate you.

Oh, you'll feel
better in the morning.

It's not a fairy tale.
It's scientific history.

Breath-taking.
Taxing the imagination.

Out of coal tar came more
than 200 different substances.

Dyes, explosives, sulpha drugs.

These are the products that
come from a simple lump of coal.

Thousands of derivatives.

And here is the big factor I've been
telling you about, the sulpha compound.

Big? Why, the word isn't
big enough to describe it.

What Doc's been telling us is
so big it makes your head swim.

Did I hear somebody say "big"?

Brethren, you're
speaking my language.

I'm sure were are, Pitt.

That's why you're going to
be one of the main contributors

to the greatest gift that man
has received in modern times.

Is that so? What
am I giving away?

If it works, you'll
be saving lives.

You'll be doing away with a
lot of suffering in this world.

Remember Doc once
told us about a man

who thought coal was the
basis for a medical cure-all,

and that scientists have been
trying to prove it ever since?

Well, it looks like Doc
has finally found the trail.

I hope it's a short trail.

In my books, every time the clock strikes,
it oughta ring like a cash register.

- Go ahead, spill it, Doc.
- That's why we're here, Pitt.

Gonna take a lot of money
to carry on this research,

but I think we're pretty
close to the answer.

A sulpha-type compound
made of coal tar

that would check certain
bacterial growth in body fluids

and at the same time be
as harmless to take as water.

Hmm. Very interesting.

Look, Doc, why don't you stick
to your paints and varnishes?

Let somebody else worry
about this sulpha whatever-it-is.

But Pitt, this is something
that'll benefit all humanity.

Let's level on something that'll
benefit Markham and Evans.

You mean we're to drop our
medical research after all our work?

Medicine isn't up our alley. We're
in the coal business and that's that.

Wait a minute, Pitt.

If that's your verdict, I'm getting out of
the coal business. Doc and I are leaving.

- Why don't you think it over, Pitt?
- His time's too valuable.

You can have my interest in Markham
and Evans at whatever it's worth.

It's a deal. You
can start packing.

- Grazlich, you're in charge from now on.
- I'm leaving, too.

Pittsburgh, you're making
the greatest mistake of your life.

I doubt it, Hunky. I probably
made bigger mistakes.

- But I still do all right by myself.
- By yourself's right.

Just take the name "Evans" off of
Markham and Evans and that'll complete it.

With pleasure. And
that won't take very long.

- Oh, Mr Markham?
- Yes?

Mr Malneck and some other
gentlemen are here to see you.

- What do they want?
- They didn't say.

Oh, I remember.
Have 'em come in.

- Come in, gentlemen.
- Thank you.

Hello, boys. What's up?

- It's the end of the quarter, Pittsburgh.
- Yeah?

We hadn't heard from you,
so we decided to drop around.

We come to look at the books.

This is Mr Smith and Mr
Carney, the union bookkeepers.

So if you'll get hold of
your company accountant,

the sooner we get to work, the
sooner we'll know where we stand.

I don't know what
you're talking about, Joe.

- What did I tell you?
- Wait a minute, Pittsburgh.

We had a promise that we could look at
the company books the end of this quarter.

Did I give it to you?

- No, but Cash did, and he's your partner.
- You mean, he was my partner.

Get this, Malneck. I'm running
this company now my own way, see?

That means nobody looks at the
books unless I say so, and I say no.

Suppose we make you
let us look at the books?

Go right ahead, Johnny.

- Well, we got ways of making you...
- Take it easy, Johnny.

If he won't let us see the books,
there's no law in the land says he must.

It's only fair to tell you, Pittsburgh,
the men aren't gonna like this.

Ah, that gang of moles
don't know what they like.

Now how about
digging a little coal?

- I'll dig coal!
- Johnny, Johnny.

Come on, let's go.

I know you were
on the level, Cash.

I've been keeping the men quiet
only because of what you promised.

What I promised. That's
the tough part, Joe.

I should've known he'd cross
you the moment I left the company.

Labour will never forgive him for it,
even if nothing can be done about it.

There's something I can do
about it. I'll be right with you, Joe.

- What are you going to do, Cash?
- Never mind, Josie.

Stay away from him. You'll
only make more trouble.

She's right, Cash.

- Are you afraid he'll get hurt?
- No.

I'll let you in on a
little secret, Josie.

That night I took you to Pittsburgh's party
I wanted us to prove something for keeps.

I wanted to prove

that you could look Pittsburgh
Markham in the eye and laugh at him.

That he could take you in his arms,
you could still laugh, and mean it.

We did prove it, didn't we?

What else can I do
to make you believe it?

Stop worrying about what's gonna
happen to him now. Come on, Joe.

But it's you, Cash, not Pitt.

Cash! Oh.

You better stay here, Josie.

Oh, Doc, he doesn't understand.

- Who was the message from?
- I don't know, Mr Evans.

I know. It was from that crazy Johnny.
We'd better get over to the mine quick.

First I heard of it.

If you think there's gonna
be trouble, I'll call the shift off.

And have 'em think I'm scared to
go down my own mine? Number 7.

- Maybe I better go with you.
- I'll handle it.

- I hear there's trouble down below.
- I wouldn't know.

You wouldn't know,
or you wouldn't tell me?

I understand there's somebody down
here wearing a chip with my name on it.

- Know anything about it?
- You better ask Johnny.

Johnny, huh? Where is he?

Up ahead.

I warned him not to go down
there alone. He's the boss.

Johnny's bad medicine
with a pick in his hands.

What's the matter with
the automatic? Won't it run?

Yes, but it's not safe.

Keep it slow.

A little thing I've been
trying to get Pittsburgh to fix.

- Johnny?
- Yeah?

I wanna talk to you.

You'll never get
a better chance.

Pick up your pay
cheque and beat it.

The rest of you men,
break it up get back to work.

- What is this?
- I'll tell you what it is, big shot.

Playing us all for suckers with a
promise you never figured to keep.

Letting us break our backs
digging for more dough

when you had the
cards stacked against us.

Well, the cards are still stacked,
only this time we're dealing.

Look around you, big shot.

See what the boys think of you.

And when we finish with you this
time, you'll never gyp anybody again!

All right, break it up.

I said, break it up!

Rush him, fellas. We got
him where we want him now!

Hold it, Johnny!

If you think this guy's double-crossed
you, it's nothing to what he's done to me.

If there's anything left when
I'm finished, you can have him.

Baby, this is one time you're
gonna do your own fighting!

- Trying to be a hero, huh?
- Get 'em up!

Giving yourself a
build-up in front of the men.

Go get him, Cash!

So tough he used to break a
pick handle with his bare hands.

And I can still break 'em.

And necks, too!

You once stayed three
minutes for a hundred bucks.

I'll give you a thousand
if you can do it again.

- What are you backing away for?
- Go get him, Cash!

Shall I get you a pillow?

Fight him like a miner,
Cash! Anything goes!

- Where's Mr Evans?
- He went down to Number 7.

Thanks.

What happened?

Josie.

All right, back it
up! Back up here!

- Give 'em room.
- Give 'em room. Back up.

Back it up. Come on, people.

Stand back there.
Come on, break it up now.

Clear out. Move on out.

Better get some coffee.

No, Doc, I...

May be some time yet.

How is she?

She's in a very
critical condition.

They're operating now.

I wish I could tell you
how sorry I am, Cash.

You're a little late waking
up to that, aren't you?

You gotta listen to me.

All your life there's only
been just one person, you.

Now you think you can clean
up everything in a few minutes

that's been happening for years.

It isn't that easy. Even if you went back
to the beginning, you couldn't change.

What do you mean, "couldn't"?
There isn't a thing I can't do.

That's what you used to
tell Josie, but she got wise.

She once told me you were
no good, not for anybody.

Funny how it's worked out,

because the one you're
least good for is yourself.

All the mistakes you've
made have piled up,

and someday they're gonna
come down on you like a ton of slag.

If I live to be a hundred, I
hope I never see you again.

Come in.

Hello, Shannon. Going out?

Yes, I'm having
dinner with Father.

Well, you're a charming picture.

It appears that
for once in your life

you ran into something you
couldn't talk your way out of.

Brawling like a
common coal miner.

I thought it'd be nice if
we had dinner together.

Just the two of us.

What a lovely idea,
Charles. It would be a novelty.

I'd like to make a new
start with you, Shannon.

The things I've said and done...

- I don't expect you to forgive me, but...
- Well, that's very generous of you.

And I'm glad you feel that way,

because I'll never
forgive you, Charles.

Shannon. I'm not trying to defend
myself for what I've already done,

but I'd like to
make things right.

Maybe we could
go away for a year.

- Take a trip around the world.
- Why have you changed so suddenly?

Is it because Josie
Winters may die?

Is that why you've come
running back, to make sure of me?

If that's cruel of me,
I'm sorry, Charles.

All right, Shannon. You
can have your divorce.

I won't stop you.

Markham, as time
goes on, you'll realise

that retribution has a
way of overtaking people,

even as clever as you.

Come, my dear.

I'll never rest till I
break that fellow.

I'll put him back where he was
the day he came into my office

if it's the last act of my life.

This is Charles Markham calling.

Any news about Miss Winters yet?

She is?

If there's any change, will you have
Doc Powers call me, please? Thank you.

From now on, we're gonna
be together, no matter what.

No matter what.

I beg your pardon. Isn't
your name Markham?

Of the monkey business Markhams?

I really missed you, Josie.

Dancing with you again,
it's... it's like old times.

You picked the
kind of life you want,

so go back to it and to her.

And at least let me keep
a little respect for you.

- Hello?
- Hello, Pittsburgh.

Yeah, Doc Powers.

Yes, I heard you'd
called several times.

Well, I'm glad to be able to report
to you that Josie's out of danger.

Yes, but it will be many, many
months before she's fully recovered.

Thanks. Thanks for calling, Doc.

Thanks to guys like you, Pittsburgh,
who forgot the human element,

labour's gonna
be good and solid.

You're the father of practically
a thousand new unions

just because you
tried to be smart.

How do you like that?

How do you like being a
guardian angel left-handed

just because you
forgot to be human?

That's why I came here, to tell
you things are gonna be different.

Different?

I wouldn't believe a word you said
if you swore it on a stack of Bibles.

I'm going whole hog for the
miner. I'm gonna make Pittsburgh

the greatest town to
work and live in in America!

Nah. The boat sailed,
Pittsburgh, and you're not on it.

Nobody'll ever like
or trust you again.

We'll see about that.

I'll make 'em like me. I'll
cram it down their throats.

Even you'll be singing
my praises, Joe.

I don't have so good
a voice, Mr Markham.

So it's Mr Markham now, eh?

There you are, something new.

The model city of
Markham, Pennsylvania.

Markham, huh? Named after?

Joe Doakes. Look at it.

For the coal and
steelworkers of Pittsburgh.

Sunshine in every room. Movies.
A hospital. A recreation centre.

Practically rent-free.

The land is bought and paid for and
ready for occupancy in ten months.

- Right, Thornton?
- Yes, Mr Markham.

How do you like it, boys?

Where do you come in, Mr
Markham? What's your angle?

My angle? This is
all for the people.

A Christmas present from
Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh,

and no strings attached.

All you big guys are just alike.

The harder you are
when you're young,

the more you think of
heaven when you pass 35.

Now, if you gentlemen will excuse
me, I have another appointment.

I'll have that lug fired.
Did you hear what he said?

You don't fire
newspapermen, Mr Markham.

They always have the last word.

As long as you rook
everybody, they like it.

Treat 'em nice, and
they start wisecracking.

Beg your pardon.

What's this building
going up here?

That's the new hospital Charles
Markham is giving the city.

Charles Markham, the
big coal and steel man?

- I hear he's a great guy.
- That's what he says.

But believe me, he's so crooked,
he could hide behind a corkscrew.

Oh.

Well, I... hear he
does a lotta good.

Listen, mister, any guy that's
double-crossed all the people he has

can't be on the up-and-up.

Cigarette?

Thanks.

I may be needing this.

- Dinner is served, Mr Markham.
- All right.

May I wish you many
happy returns of the day, sir?

You certainly may. Thank you.

- Mike.
- Yes, sir?

Have I ever done
anything you didn't like?

Well, sir, I can, uh, I can only
speak of personal contact, sir.

In that respect you've lived
up to my highest standards.

Then you can honestly say, man
to man, that you actually like me?

Well, sir, speaking free and easy, and
man to man, I honestly would say it, sir.

You're a good, democratic guy,
Mike. I'm gonna ask a favour of you.

By all means, sir. What is it?

- Have dinner with me.
- But, Mr Markham!

I'll be darned if I'm gonna
celebrate my birthday alone!

'Cash told you once that all
the mistakes you had made

'were going to pile up and
someday fall on you like a ton of slag.

'Prentiss also knew it when
he promised to break you.

'And the day finally came
when Prentiss kept his promise.

'And that wasn't the end
of your bad luck, Pittsburgh.

'It seemed as though some special
kind of justice kept following you

'through the next years

'until at last you were counting
your assets with a minus sign

'and your friends on one finger.

'In all those years, you'd never
seen Cash and Josie again.

'In a way, I suppose,
they were grateful to you,

'for indirectly you had
brought them closer together

'than either of them
had ever dreamed.

'And as the parade
of years went by,

'you thought often of their
happiness and your troubles.

'Suddenly, one day all your little
troubles became less than nothing.

'The day the laughter
went out of the world.

'And in the weeks and
months that followed,

'the shadow of destruction spread its
darkness across the face of the earth,

'until what some people called
"the impossible" happened.'

I appreciate your coming down
here when I phoned you, Doc.

I'm all mixed up.

You gotta help me.

That sounds odd coming
from you, Pittsburgh.

I remember as though
it were yesterday.

I never heard a baby squawk
so loud and determined

as though he were shouting
for everybody to hear,

"There's nothing in
the world I can't do!"

That was a long time ago.

And yet there was one thing I
always felt you never learned.

- What was that?
- Humility.

You destroyed a great company

just because you wanted
to be the whole show.

Well, I've learned a lot of
things, but what can I do?

I guess I can still
fight, eh, Doc?

I wonder.

You haven't thrown a
decent punch in years.

Always promoting.

Why don't you stop
trying to be a skyrocket?

Come down to earth. Find a spot.

In what spot do you
think I'd do the most good?

Well, there are some
problems, Pittsburgh,

that every man has
gotta solve for himself.

So long, Pitt.

- Where you going, Barney?
- Oh.

I'm going over to a meeting of
the third district defence committee.

Here. I'm a senior
air raid warden.

See you later, Pittsburgh.

Report at eight
o'clock in the morning.

- Name?
- Charles... Ellis.

Charles Ellis.

Experience?

Coal miner.

'You thought no one would
know anything about Charles Ellis,

'but Josie, Joe
Malneck and I did.

'And we knew it was the
start of something good.

'That like black coal on
the way up to sunlight,

'you too were beginning
to work out of the darkness.

'No job was too hard
for you, Pittsburgh.

'You were down to earth,

'finding in honest work the first
real satisfaction you'd known in years.

'It felt good to work and
sweat again, didn't it?

'To match muscle and might
against a job that had to be done.

'Yes, it's good for the soul to
work with the hands, Pittsburgh.

'It cleans a man
all the way through.

'Matching your strength against steel,
you took on the strength of steel itself.

'Self-pity was forgotten,

'and as the weapons of war were forged,
so were you as a human being and a man.'

You have the figures in
front of you, gentlemen.

- The list calls for an all-out effort.
- I read the list very carefully, Mr Evans.

I say that you've committed
us to too great a quota.

We're committed to a war, Burns.

From now on it's planes, guns
and tanks. I've said we could do it.

- Yes, but...
- Hold on, Burns.

All we've been getting out of you for the
past month has been ifs, ands, and buts.

I'm sorry, Mr Evans. I'm not
trying to be unduly pessimistic.

I'll admit that I'm not a war expert.
I'm only your production manager.

You mean you were
my production manager.

Very well, sir, if
that's the way it is.

I know it's going to
be tough, gentlemen,

but the production race
is on, and we're in it.

Jones, can you get your men to
roll up their sleeves an extra notch?

I don't think they'll
let us down, Mr Evans.

Let's face the facts, gentlemen.
We're all in this together.

Every man and woman in our factory
should have the same goal as our soldiers.

Now, let's get back to the job.

Well, he finally got
around to firing Burns.

But how could he? He
can't carry the entire load.

Oh, Cash, don't you think you're
taking on about four jobs too many?

I can handle it, dear. And
stop worrying about me.

Who's gonna take
Burns' place, Cash?

Think any of the men in
that room are big enough?

- Well, I...
- I know a man who's big enough.

A man who's on your
payroll this very minute.

He started on the labour gang and
he saved you one day out of seven.

When he moved up to the assembly
lines, he cut one hour out of every ten.

With an idea for spot welding,

he gave you an extra
500 man hours a month.

Yesterday, I heard him cutting
costs in supply and procurement.

- Why haven't I heard of him before?
- I don't know,

but he's tougher than a
dozen red-hot, spitting wild cats.

Who is this man?

- His name's Charles Ellis.
- Send me Charles Ellis.

Josie, you better run along.
Apologise for me to the guests.

I won't budge from here
until you come with me.

Mr Charles Ellis, Mr Evans.

Send him in.

You win, Josie. I'll be right
with you. It'll take just a minute.

Ellis, I've been hearing
nice things about you,

and I've decided that
you're the right man for...

- What are you doing here?
- Don't ask me. You sent for me.

I sent for Charles Ellis.

Oh.

So you're the wonder boy
I've been hearing about.

I thought we had
an understanding.

We still have as far
as I'm concerned.

I didn't tell you to ask for me.

OK, so I asked for you.
Now I'm asking you to go.

Fine.

But after this, before you call
me off a job, be sure you want me,

cos I'm particular
how I waste my time.

If I ever call you off a job
again, it'll be for only one reason.

- To repeat what I once told you.
- Just a minute, Cash.

Josie, this is none
of your business.

I don't care whether
it's my business or not.

I have something to say to
you two, and I want you to listen.

This is no time to think about personal
feelings and personal grievances.

There's a greater, far
more important emotion.

The only emotion that should
guide each and every one of us today:

devotion to our country.

That's the only thing
you must think about.

You've got to forget
about everything else.

Now, Cash, if you can
use Pitt, use him. And

Pitt, you get that
chip off your shoulder!

- Oh, Josie, I...
- Let me finish!

I started you two on the
road that led to this very room.

You've said it so many times
that I finally believe it myself.

Now, this is an emergency.
You need each other.

Your country needs you.

What are you
going to do about it?

I need a production
manager, Pitt.

OK, you got one.

Put an order through right away.

There'll be a meeting
of all department heads

in Mr Evans' office
in exactly one hour.

Hello?

Hello? Who?

Mr Evans said you'd get
your equipment Thursday?

You'll get everything
Wednesday, Johnson.

My partner made a mistake.

"Partner"!

'So, once again you both rolled
up your sleeves and went to work,

'only this time it was for
something bigger than yourselves.

'You tore out or
converted the old tools.

'In some places
you put in new ones.

'And where articles of
luxury once poured forth

'now streamed the
guardians of our American life.

'It was happening not only in your
plants, but in thousands of others.

'It was machine guns
now, instead of typewriters.

'The work and material that made
lipstick cases now made cartridge shells.

'Plastic bomb noses
instead of lamps.

'And automobiles? No.

'It was planes, tanks, trucks,

'artillery and guns flowing
from the assembly lines.

'American industry
on the firing line.

'Labour and capital
planning, working side by side.

'Well, it takes a lot of muscle and
sweat to put over a job as big as this one,

'and that's where the
women of the nation came in.

'Josie Evans and
thousands of others like her,

'doing their part
wherever they could.

'And there were others who
found they could run a drill press,

'drive a 30-ton tank

'or run a stamping
machine as well as any man.

'Yes, millions of Americans, men
and women on the production line,

'to feed the supply lines to
the courageous Americans

'fighting on battle
fronts all over the earth.

'Fighting for a decent world.

'Fighting for the
survival of free nations.'

There's a reason in
my telling this story, Pitt.

I think it should be told to every
man and woman in America.

You two made a decision that
everyone in the land has to make.

That the most important word in
any man's language is "partners".

What's this? A war production
plant or old home week?

Where've you been, Josie?
You missed the ceremony.

Well, I was busy, but I heard
you over the loudspeaker.

Now, look.

This is the plan of the
recreation room for the workers.

And I've made arrangements
for the lunch-hour shows,

and for that we have
to enlarge the stage.

Now, we could do it easily by...
Oh, come on, I'll show it to you.

Maybe you have some better ideas,
although I don't think so. Come on.

Come on, Doc, let's have a look.

Doctor? Dr Powers?

Here it is, Doctor.

Well, what do you
know? A brand-new tyre.

Yes, made of synthetic
rubber. All from coal tar products.

All right, put it back on the
treadmill for another thousand miles,

- and we'll test it again.
- Yes, Doctor.

Say, uh, Doc, about those tyres.

Uh, my front ones are,
uh... How's chances?

- Pittsburgh.
- Will you listen to that chiseller?

I love you, Cash. So
help me, I love you!