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(Plane engines droning)

(Man) 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.

(Applause)

(Whistle blows)

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

(Cheering, applause)

(♪Military band playing)

(Man) 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.'

(Men) ♪ In a cavern in a canyon

♪ Excavating for a mine

♪ Lived a miner forty-niner

- ♪ And his daughter, Clementine ♪
- (Man) 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.
- (Laughing)

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?

(Laughing)

- (Joe) 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.

(Pittsburgh)
I didn't say "buy a drink".

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

He usually keeps
that prescription stuff in here.

- (Drilling)
- 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 whiskey
in that cabinet anymore.

Come in here, Cash.

He don't keep the whiskey
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 whiskey.
- I'll take whiskey.

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.

(Laughing) I love you, Doc.
80 help me, I love you.

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

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

- Come on, Cash. So long, Doc.
- Goodbye, Doc. 80 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.

(Car horn blares)

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.

(♪ Orchestra playing,
audience cheering)

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

Find someplace.
I wanna see the show.

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

Put your neck in it.

Here.

(♪ Music continues,
indistinct shouting)

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.

(Whistling, hooting)

He don't look so tough.

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

(Grunts)

(Applause)

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!

(Applause)

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.

(Audience laughing)

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!

(Audience laughing)

- Coal miners, eh? (Chuckling)
- 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-Grosser!

- 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?

(Bell ringing,
indistinct shouting)

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?

(Cheering)

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

Keep it up, Cash.
Two minutes to go.

- (Referee) One, two...
- How am I doing?

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

(Indistinct shouting)

That's it! Go ahead! Go ahead!

(Pittsburgh) 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!

- (Pittsburgh) Get up, Cash, on your feet!
- ...two...

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

- Come on, take him!
- ...five.

(Women screaming)

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.

(♪ "William Tell Overture")

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.

(Indistinct shouting)

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.

- (Coins clinking)
- Musical little things, aren't they?

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

(Chuckles) I love you, Cash.
80 help me, Hannah, I love you.

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

(Siren wailing)

- 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.

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

(Engine starting)

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!

(Tyres screeching)

(Indistinct chatter, car horn blaring)

(Siren wailing)

- 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 someplace.

- 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!

- (Doc) Here, boys!
- (Man) 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!

(Creaking)

Look out!

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

Did your husband get hurt, too?

(Sobbing) 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.

(Cash) Let's go.

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

(Whistle blows)

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?

(♪ Instrumental music playing)

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

- (Doc) That's very thoughtful of you, Josie.
- (Josie) How's that?

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

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

(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.

(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.

(♪ Whistling)

What are you up to?

Where'd you get that?

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

(Cash) "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” 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.

(Chuckles)
I love you, Cash.

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

(Pittsburgh)
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 outfit.

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.

(Doc) '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.
- (Man) 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.

(Wilson) 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.

(Josie) Good night.

- Pour me a drink, will you, Cash?
- 80 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.

(Chuckling) 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!

- (♪ Instrumental music playing)
- 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?

(Chuckles) 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.

(♪ Jazz playing)

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.

(♪ Instrumental music playing)

- (Chuckling)
- 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?

(Laughing)

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!

(Chuckles) 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.
- (Cash) The tired businessman!

I beg your pardon.

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

- (Barney) 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.

(Laughing)

(Applause)

(♪ Piano strikes up)

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

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

Well, yes, I would like some.

(Miss Prentiss) Thank you.

Ooh, that's delightful. 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.
- (Josie) Good night, Barney.

(Cash) Goodbye, Miss Prentiss.
So long, Pitt.

- So long, Barney.
- (Barney) So long, Cash.

- One pitcher to a customer.
- (Snickering)

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?

(Laughs)

What are you laughing about?

Read the morning paper.

(Doc) '"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 Charming.

- 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.

(Buzzing)

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 outfit. 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.

(Doc) '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.'

- (Indistinct chatter)
- 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!
- (Crowd murmuring)

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

It takes money
for these men to live, too.

- (Crowd murmuring)
- 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?

(Indistinct murmuring, shouting)

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

- Go on back to work.
- (Murmuring)

(Johnny)
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 outfit 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 along 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 along 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?

(♪ Instrumental music playing)

- 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.

- (Men together) 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.

(Applause)

- 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.

(Laughing)

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.
- (Chuckling)

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.

(Doc) 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” 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.
- (Cash) 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.

(Speaking French)

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?

(Indistinct murmuring)

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!

(Cash) 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.

(Man) 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!

(Indistinct shouting)

Shall I get you a pillow?

(Indistinct shouting)

(Indistinct shouting)

Fight him like a miner, Cash!
Anything goes!

(Men shouting, indistinct)

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

Thanks.

(Screams)

(Crash)

(Miner) What happened?

(Indistinct murmuring)

Josie.

All right, back it up!
Back up here!

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

Back it up.
Come on, people.

(Cop) 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.

- (Knocking)
- 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.

(Phone ringing)

- 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!

(Snapping fingers)

(Doc) '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.'

(Air raid siren wailing)

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.

(Chuckles)
See you later, Pittsburgh.

Report at eight o'clock
in the morning.

- Name?
- Charles... Ellis.

Charles Ellis.

Experience?

Coal miner.

(Doc) '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 its, 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.

(Phone ringing)

Hello?

Hello? Who?

Mr Evans said you'd get
your equipment Thursday?

You'll get everything Wednesday,
Johnson.

My partner made a mistake.

"Partner"!

(Doc) '80, 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.
- (Muttering, laughing)

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!