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And then we got
out of the car

and we got swept
down the stream.

And we caught
on a tree.

And my father-in-law
lost his footing

and asked me to
grab the little girl.

And she...
I grabbed for her,
and I went at that time.

The little girl, too.

And shortly after that,
the little boy, he went.

And...
And it wasn't
far after that

that my wife and
father-in-law and
the baby, they went, too.

(STAMMERS)

The three children
that were lost,
their ages...

The oldest was
six years old,

and the middle one
was four, and the
baby was three.

They haven't found the baby
and the oldest boy yet.

The little girl we have,
and that's all.

NARRATOR: To stop
the devastation, the waste,

the loss of life caused
by the Tennessee River
at flood,

the Congress of
the United States
on May 18, 1933,

created a vast new agency
called the Tennessee
Valley Authority

or TVA, and authorized it
to build a series of dams

at chosen points
along this river.

At the same time,
the Tennessee Valley Authority

had to buy up all the land
along the shore of the river

and all the islands
in the course of the river.

There were some people
who had lived on this
land for generations.

There were some people
who refused to sell

under any
persuasion whatsoever.

Garthville!

Hi. I'm Chuck Glover.

Oh. I'm Betty Jackson.
I was Mr. Biggs's
secretary.

Oh. Do I inherit
you, too?

Well, I don't know.

Mr. Biggs left so sudden,
he didn't say a thing.

You're inherited.
How do you do?

What...
What desk
should I use?

Well, that was
Mr. Biggs' desk.

Thank you.

What's the matter?

I just thought
they'd send
an older man.

No, they sent
a younger one.
Shall we get to work?

I'll get the folder
on Garth Island.

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

I gather getting
the old lady off
is quite a task.

Well, you're the third one
they've sent down here.

None of the others
could get around her.

Ella Garth
versus Washington.
Thank you.

Poor old Mr. Biggs
was really disgusted
when he quit.

I'll bet he was.
Maybe...

It could be he went
about it the wrong way.

That man did everything
anybody could do.

He begged with
that old woman.

He pleaded with her,
but she just won't
budge an inch.

That is the American
way of life.

Rugged individualism
is our heritage.

Three thousand people sell,
and Ella Garth won't sell.

We applaud that spirit.
We admire it.
We believe in it.

But we've got to get her
the hell out of there.

The dam is finished,
and once they
close those gates

and the water
starts to rise...

Well, we've not only
got to get her out
of there,

we got to get
the land cleared,

the houses down,
the trees down.

Be careful.

I guess I'm not
telling you anything
you don't know.

Betty, what... How would
you go about getting
her off the island?

I'd let her drown.

Well, that's one way.

How many...

Is that the island?

Look at it. Every one
of them bought up
except that one.

How many Garths are there
on the island?

Oh, there's a whole mess
of them, but that
old woman, she's it.

And all of them
have been told

that water is
gonna cover
the island?

About a million
times. That's all.
Mmm-hmm.

Well, I guess I go out
and talk to her.

You do that.

Well, it's not that
I think I can talk
any better than the others,

but I do think
we often underestimate
the intelligence of people.

We can talk to them,
and they will listen.

Well...

Well, what?

Let's just see
how you feel about it
in a few days.

Well, I'm off
to see the mayor.

He is in charge of
clearing the land,
isn't he?

That's right.

Wish me luck.

Have your cards and
your stamps in your hands
and be ready.

Sorry I'm late.

We've been waiting
for you, Mr. Davis.

Excuse me. Could you
tell me where I can
find the mayor?

In the barbershop.

Thank you.

(SINGING) Sing,
baby, sing...

Is the mayor
still in there?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, shut up,
dandy.

(MAN VOCALIZING)

Uh, Mayor Maynard?

Be with you
in just a minute.

Oh.

Right.

The only way you'll ever
get her off the island

is take the U.S. Marshal
out there and put her off.

Except, Mr. Maynard,
we can't use force.

We're having trouble enough
in Washington as it is.

Some senators
are even against

any appropriations
at all for these dams.

Hey, Tom, how long
you gonna be?

I can't take you
before tomorrow, Jack.

And we got to get
those Garths off
that island.

Bottled it Friday.

With no dispossess,
no marshals, no shotguns

and no incident that might
get into the papers.

You'll never do it.

I'll do it.

I mean, uh,
I'll try to do it.

There must be some way.
Don't you think?

Stay where you are.

There'll be 20 feet
of water right there.

We're a little behind
in our clearing,

but we'll make it
just before the
winter rains, I hope.

Well, if you're
behind, why don't
you get more men?

Can't, unless
we use colored.

Well?

You use colored,
and the whites would quit.

For a minute there,
I forgot where I was.

Here we are.

There's the island.

It looks deserted.

It's not deserted.
They're there.

They know
you're here.

I suppose
that means me.

Nobody else.

Well...

Here I go.
Good luck.

Thanks. After all,
what can they do
to me?

Just pole
yourself over.

And let me know
how you come out.

I will.

(MOUTHING)

MAN: (SINGING)
Every time I

Feel the spirit

Movin' in my heart

I'll pray

Hi, men.

Who that?
I don't know.

(SINGING)... in the pines
Where the sun...

(CAN CLATTERS)

Good afternoon.

I'm from the Tennessee
Valley Authority.

And...

Uh...

I saw your sign.

Unfortunately,
I had to disregard it.

I'd like to
talk to you.

Would you give me
a few minutes?

If I was you,
I'd go now.

Would you give me
a few minutes?

I have a problem.

See, we've just...
We've just built
this big dam downriver.

And pretty soon
this whole place
will be water.

Everywhere,
it's gonna be water.

Well, that's
wonderful.

What's your name?

Barbara Ann.

How old are you?
Five years old.

You're what?
Five years old.

You're not five.
You're six
if you're a day.

No, honest,
I'm only five.

CAROL: Barbara Ann?

Yes, Mama.

Barbara Ann, uh,
where are the men working?

Barbara Ann,
you come in here.

Yes, Ma.

Uncle Hamilton
and Uncle Cal
are in the slough.

You mean you get
catfish bigger
than that?

HAMILTON: Some are bigger.
Some are smaller.

Uh-huh.

Well, uh, about what
I came down here to
talk to you about.

Why don't you get
out of here, mister?

We don't want any
trouble from you.

Why should
there be trouble?

You're from the federal
government, ain't you?

Yes. Yes, I am.

Why don't you go on
about your business?

My business
is with you.

Ma says we wasn't
to talk to you.

Well, you have
to talk to me.

We do?

Look.

You know as well as I know
that you've got to
get out of here.

TVA has offered you
a fair price.

They've offered to get you
a new place just as good.

What do you...
What have you got
against the new place?

Too much work.

Well, you work
here, don't you?

No, sir.
CHUCK: Who does?

You mean, you don't
do any work at all?

No, sir.

How do you
manage that?

Just never started.

Mister, Ma owns this
property, and she
ain't gonna sell it.

Well, I...
Certainly I can understand
how a senile old woman

would have
sentimental attachment

to a place and not
want to leave it.

Perhaps she
doesn't understand
what it's all about.

Ma understands
what it's all about.

Well, if she understands
what it's all about,

then what is she doing?
These floods down here...

Ma knows all about
these floods down here.

Well, then I really
don't understand.

Now you just quiet
down, mister. You hear?
We ain't stupid.

I didn't say
you were.

Been reading
your mind.

Mister, Ma ain't selling.

Well, it's up to you
to make her sell.

What's the matter?
Are you all afraid of her?

Joe John.

Don't say nothing
agin Ma, mister.

What am I saying
against her?

I am saying that
if your mother is senile,

it's up to you to
make her understand

she's got to
leave this place.

But Ma ain't gonna.

She is gonna.
You know that
as well as I do.

Joe John. Mister,
you'd better go now.

Not until I talk
to your mother.

Come on.
Take me up there.

What's so funny?
(CHUCKLES)
What's senile?

Crazy.

He says
Ma is crazy?

I never saw so many men
afraid of one woman
in my whole...

Whoa, man,
what are you doing?
Hey! Hey, hey!

Let go!
Let go of me!

(SPUTTERING)

MRS. SLEDGE ON RADIO:
Wake up, Mr. Penner.
(MR. PENNER SNORING)

MR. PENNER: Huh?
What time is it,
Mrs. Sledge?

October, and you
haven't got a job yet.

Is that so?

(LAUGHING)

Wanna buy a duck?
I'll sell you
goo-goo-cheap.

(RADIO PROGRAM CONTINUES)

I've been swimming.

MRS. SLEDGE:
You'll probably
starve to death.

MR. PENNER:
I'm starving
already.

I'm so hungry,
I could eat
the grapes of wrath.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?
Hello. Hello, Glover?

Well, you sure got her off
in a hurry.

Now start getting
the land cleared.

What do you mean,
I sure got her off... Oh.

Well, what's
holding you up?

Look, I've been here
exactly one-half day.

Yes, except
for the possibility
that Biggs was right.

The only way
to get her off
may be by force.

Well, we can't
use force.
What?

I'm sorry.
I can't...
I can't hear you.

There are a couple
of senators up here

who've really got
their teeth into us.

They're just waiting
for something like this

to put on the docket,
and we're through.

Yes, I know
that. Um...

Why don't I call you
in a couple of days?

Right. Good-bye.

You wanted
to see me?

Too bad what
happened this
afternoon.

Old Joe John's
real unpredictable.

What do you want?

Ma says you got
an apology
coming to you.

Ma says she's sorry
about what happened today.

Cal's sorry.
Joe John's sorry.

Carol, she's sorry, too.

And me, I'm all
busted up about it.

Ma says if you was
to come tomorrow,
she'd talk to you.

You better hang
them things up.

They're gonna
get all crinkled
lying down there.

What time tomorrow?
Anytime. We don't
go no place.

Well, they say
that President
Roosevelt's got

some kind of new
government, you know.

It's called the New Deal.
Now, what do you think
of that?

You know anything
about Mr. Roosevelt, son?

Yes'm.
Yes'm. Well,
I'll tell you.

Mr. Roosevelt is
gonna flood
this island.

This island here,
you say?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

He's gonna take the
best piece of land
in these here parts

and put it right smack
under the Tennessee River.

Well, you know
these politicians.

They... Oh, they got
to get the votes.

Yes, they got to...
They got to get
the votes somehow.

So, the President,
you see, he sits up there

in that big white house,
and he says,

"This country," he says,
"is just going to the dogs."

And the only way
that he can figure
to do anything to stop it

is to put
my island underwater.

Now, what do you
think of that?

Now, I'm telling
you this

because our friend

in this end cabin here
just sneaked off last night.

Yes, sir, he...

He just left out
with his family

in the middle of
the night last night.

I ain't blaming him,
mind you.

I ain't blaming him

because nobody wants
to be put underwater
permanent.

But I'm telling you,
all of you right now,

don't go sneaking off
in the middle of the night.

Now, any of you
wanna go?

Any of you wanna
leave out, too? Huh?

Well, the ferry is
right down there
waiting for you

just anytime
you wanna go.

Well, there ain't
nobody keeping you here.

Hi.

You go off and
join the government.

As I understand,
they're gonna
put you on relief.

Well, now you just
go and get yourselves
relieved

anytime you want to.

Me, I ain't going.

(DOG WHINING)

Sam?

Yes, Miss Ella.
How...

How is Old Blue
running these days?

He's milling,
Miss Ella.
Uh-huh.

Well, you know what,
I decided I'm gonna
buy Old Blue, Sam.

What's that,
Miss Ella?

You heard me.
I said I wanna
buy Old Blue.

Now, uh, how much
you want for him?

Oh, I wouldn't wanna sell
Old Blue, Miss Ella.

Well, I didn't
ask you if you wanted
to sell him, did I?

I said I'm
gonna buy him.

I'm gonna give you...
Oh, I'll give you $15
for him.

What's the matter?
He ain't worth more
than that, is he?

No.

No, ma'am. He ain't
worth nothing, but
I ain't gonna sell him.

Well, you gotta sell
him, Sam, because
I'm gonna buy him.

Now, how am I gonna
buy him lessin' you
sell him?

I don't know,
but I ain't
gonna sell him.

Sam Johnson,
you're selling him,
and that's that.

No'm, I ain't
gonna sell him.
Old Blue is mine.

And I ain't gonna
sell him even to you.

You ain't got
no right to make me.

Well, now that's true,
isn't it, Sam?

Come to think of it,
I don't have the
right, do I?

You see, young man,
Sam and me,
we don't sell.

Sam don't sell his dog,
and I don't sell my land

that I poured
my heart's blood into.

Joe John.

Now, Joe John is
real sorry for what
he done yesterday.

Ain't you, Son?

That's all right,
Joe John.

Mrs. Garth,

uh,

sometimes it happens
that we can't remain
true to our beliefs

without hurting
maybe a great many people.

And I'm afraid this
is one of those times.

You're the only person
who hasn't sold
in this valley.

Well, that's
all right with me.

CAROL: Grandma?
Yes, Carol.

What?

Huh?

Nothing.

Young man, do you
know anything at all
about land?

I believe so, yes.
That's why I was
sent down here.

Oh. Well, when you
go back down
to that ferry,

you just pick up
a handful of
that soil.

That's real bottom.

And thousands of tons of it
are being washed away
every year.

(SIGHS)

Mrs. Garth, you don't
love the land,
you love your land.

You know the Tennessee River
has been a killer for years.

Year after year, it's taken
God knows how many lives.

Isn't it just plain
common sense to want
to harness it?

And do you know
what that will mean?

Today, 98% of the people
in this valley
have no electricity.

The dam will bring
them the electricity.

I expect that's
what you call
progress, isn't it?

And you don't?
No, sir, I don't.

Taking away
people's souls,

putting electricity
in place of them

ain't progress,
not the way I see it.

We're not taking
away people's souls.
Just the opposite.

We're giving them
a chance to have a soul.

And it isn't just dam.
It's dam after dam after dam.

We aim to tame
this whole river.

You do? Well,
I like things
running wild.

Like nature meant.

There's already enough dams
locking things up.

Taming them.

Making them go against
their natural wants
and needs.

I'm agin dams
of any kind.

Oh, you can get me off
by force, I reckon.

It won't take
much force.

But it will take some.

And that's the only way
you'll ever get me
off of here

because I ain't
a-going against nature.

And I ain't a-crawling
for no dang government.

Mrs. Garth, we don't want
to put you off by force.

What is going
to happen to you?

Me?

I'll show you.

You just come with me,
and I'll show you.

Now, read it out.

(CHUCK READING)

Now that one.

(CHUCK READING)

I stay right here
in this land.

The water would never
come up this far,
would it? Hmm?

No.

Young man,

my husband come
down this river
in a flat-bottom boat

when he was
nothing but a boy.

There wasn't even a road
anywhere hereabouts then.

He was looking for
an island, you know.

And he took this one.

Why, that near field there
was all trees, you know.

That one down there,
nothing but a dang swamp.

Well, he cleared it.

He drained the fields.
He cleared the brush.

He cut down them trees.

He worked hisself to death
just to make these fields.

And he told me
never to get off.

And I ain't.

I ain't.

I'm getting
a little tired.

Good-bye.

How come you haven't
gotten her off?
You know what's coming.

Don't look to me, mister.

I was born on this place.
I know what she's
talking about.

You better believe it.
If she has to leave this
island, it'll kill her.

People don't die
as easy as that,

not when you come
right down to it.

There's some people
who's like that.

We'll get her
a nice house.

She'll have a radio.
She'll have a modern kitchen.

You don't know her.

You love her,
don't you?

And you are
afraid of her.

Not really.

You know, I think
if anyone has a chance
of reaching her,

it would be you.

Was that your
little girl?

I have a little boy, too.

One of those men
isn't your husband?

My uncles.

Where is your husband?

I'm sorry.

How long have you
lived here with her?

Since my husband died.

Jim and I lived
on the other bank
in a little white house.

Did you notice?

Yes, I did. Yes.

Well, when he died,

I just locked the door

and took my two babies

and come over
here to Grandma.

How old were you
when he died?

Nineteen.
Nineteen?

And you had
two children?

I just plain gave up.

But Grandma wouldn't
have it. She doesn't
believe in giving up.

Yes, I kind of
gathered that.

She gave me what
little money she had.

Sent me on down
to Jennings College

to better myself.

I tried it a whole year,
but I just couldn't
keep my mind on it.

So, I come back here,

and I've been
here ever since.

Well, certainly...

Certainly you've
got a fellow.

Somebody who cares.
Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I got a fellow.
Well, then.

"Well, then."
What's that
supposed to mean?

I mean, if you
do have a fellow...

Oh, yeah? That's the
answer to everything,
if you have a fellow?

I gather you don't care
too much about him.

I'm gonna
marry him.

But you don't
love him.

My children.

Everything's so
confused. I don't...

Well, I can't wait
much longer.

He's getting
sort of impatient.

If you don't love him,
I wouldn't marry him.

You wouldn't?

You're a real romantic,
aren't you?

I'll walk you
to the ferry.

Come on.

CHUCK: You can't let
a tough break ruin
your whole life.

CAROL: I know you can't.

It's like they say,
you got to snap
out of it.

You got to take
an interest in things.

I know you do.

The most dangerous
erosion is not to land.

It's when your capacity
for living gets eroded.

What you
looking at, Sam?

Just measuring,
Miss Carol.

The water won't rise,
Sam, until they close
the gates of the dam.

How do they
get the electricity?

Is it in the water
all the time

and they just sort of
squeeze it out somehow?

Uh, no, Sam.
It's the fall
of the water.

The force of
water coming down
from the mountain.

Maybe someday you'd like to
come over to the dam,
and I'll show you. Okay?

Yes, sir.

What are all of you gonna
do when the water starts
covering the island?

Let the white
folk work.

We all gonna drown?

Of course not,
but you've all
got to get off.

Who's gonna
look after us?

Who looks
after you now?

Miss Ella.
She looks after us good.

Wouldn't you rather
look after yourselves?

I've got an idea.

Why don't all of you
come down

to the TVA office
in the morning?

We can talk about it.

Miss Ella won't like
us coming over there.

Well, think about it.

I'll be in the office
all morning.

I wanna
thank you, Mrs...

I don't know
your name.

Carol.
Okay, Carol.

Don't worry.
Everything's gonna
turn out all right.

Will it?

Sure. If we
help a little.

(MAN 1 EXCLAIMING)
MAN 2: There we go!

Do you mind if
I come with you?
CHUCK: No.

(EXCLAIMING)
Do you mind? Do you mind?

No.

I haven't talked to anyone
in so long.

I know.

The current will
carry us across.

Slowly.

WOMEN: (SINGING)
And he walks with me

Slowly.

And he talks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

What's that song?

It's just some old hymn.

(HUMMING)

(SINGING)
And he walks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

None other has ever known

You know,
I think it might work.

What?

What you was
talking about.

Will you come with me?
I wanna show you something.

Sure.

Would you
get me the key?
Sure.

MAN: (SINGING)
Hurry on sundown

See what tomorrow brings

Hurry on sundown

See what tomorrow brings

(MAN CONTINUES SINGING)

Oh, my.

You all right?

I'm all right.
Thank you.

This is...
Is this the first time
you've been back?

Oh, my. Oh, my.

I had someone come in
and straighten up in here
a few weeks after.

But since then...
Oh, my.

There's that river
out there.

Grandma loves
that river.

Oh, maybe she could
just come here

and set here
and just look at it.

How come you never
suggested it to her?

I just thought of it
coming over on the ferry.

You never thought
of that before?

I never thought
I'd get through
that door again.

You really loved
your husband,
didn't you?

Jim.

Oh, yeah.

Can I ask
you something?

Of course.

Well, when I told
you about Walter...

About who?

Walter Clark,
the man who
wants to marry me.

Oh, yes. Yes?

Well, you said that
I shouldn't marry him
if I didn't love him.

Yes, I said that,
but as a sort of...

You know, sort of
a general rule.

Is he a nice person?

Oh, yeah.

Well?

And I like him.

But...

(SIGHS) Oh, I...

Well, maybe I'd get to
love him after I was
married to him a while.

Do you think it
ever happens that way?

(SIGHS)

No.

But still,
if I married Walter,

I could come and live here
with the children.

And then maybe
Grandma would come.

Oh, God, she won't.
I know she won't.

She'll never
leave that island.

Oh. I don't know
what to do.

I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.

I just don't know.

Getting dark out.

Don't go.
Please don't go.

Don't go.

CAROL: (SINGING)
And he walks with me

And he talks with me

And he tells me
I am his own

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

And the joy we share
as we tarry there

None other has ever known

I don't understand.

You say you're behind
in clearing the fields

and yet here you have
12 able-bodied men
who want jobs.

They wanna work.

I also said that we...

Tom...
Not now, Jack.

I also said that we
can't hire Negroes.
The whites would quit.

That is a chance
we have to take.

Let's go out back.

I suppose you figure that
if you take all the Negroes
off Garth Island,

you'll leave
the old lady stranded,

and she'll have
to get off, too.

Is that it?

Well, Sheriff,
it might work out
that way.

I'm afraid you're
heading into trouble

with some of
the townfolk
if you do this.

The custom here...
Look, this is TVA.

We're new.
We don't have
any customs yet.

I'm gonna hire
those men

and every man,
black or white,
gets paid the same.

Well, Mr. Glover,
I predict your next visit
will be from a Mr. Moore.

We'd like a few words.
My name's Sy Moore.

Mr. Moore.

Come on in.
What can I do for you?

Thank you.

Now, Mr. Glover,
we've come here
to help you.

Mr. Todd here is
president of our bank.
Just fine.

And Mr. Thompson,
he's our undertaker.

Also runs
the furniture store.

Very highly thought of.

I'm just a plain
businessman.

Won't you sit down?
Well, thank you.

Telling you all this
just so you'll know

who you're having
this little chat with.

We're all, what you might
say, the responsibles
of the town.

I see.

And you're here
to tell me that if I...

If I hire Negroes,
the whites will quit.

Is that it?
Why, not at all.

What could possibly
make you think that?

Sorry.

Just a matter of
keeping them in
separate gangs.

Of keeping them...

In separate gangs.

(SIGHS) All right,
all right.
I will do that.

I'll do that.
MOORE: Well, we were
sure you would.

Now, Mr. Glover,
how much you plan
to pay these men?

What do you mean?
Well, I mean,
you're not planning

to pay them same
as a white man?

They're gonna do
the same jobs.

Now, Mr. Glover,
you look like
a reasonable man.

You do.

So, just think,
after this project
of yours is over,

we can't go on
paying these boys

the same money
a white man gets.

It would ruin
our whole economy
down here.

Uh, the federal government
can't make such distinctions.

MOORE: Well, just the same,
we'd a whole lot rather

you paid these boys
what they're used
to getting.

How much you pay
a white man
for the job?

$5 a day.

Well, now, you're not talking
about paying one of these
darkies $5 a day?

I'll go out myself
for $5 a day.

I'll get you any number
of the biggest, strongest,

best-looking bucks
in this country
for $2 a day.

Now, we're all for
the TVA, Mr. Glover,
and we wanna help you.

So if you'll just
go along with us on
this one little point,

I'm sure everything
will be satisfactory.

And if I don't
go along with you?

Well, now...

As I said, we're
the responsibles
of this town...

But there are
other type men here.
Yes, there are.

Men who aren't
so responsible.

We can control
them only to a point.

For instance,
old Bailey, he...

He runs the
gas station.

Yes, he's a very good boy.
Bailey wanted to
come over with us.

In which case,
the conversation

would have been
a whole lot
different.

MOORE: Well, we
said to Bailey...
Didn't we, Fred?

We said, "Let us go over
and talk to that boy."

TODD: Give him a chance.

And that was all
right with him.

We made it all right
with him.

We wanna help you,
but Bailey...

He's a hard boy
to reason with.

Yes, he is.
And there are a whole lot
just like him in this town.

Really?

We want you to know
just how we feel
about it, Mr. Glover.

I understand how
you feel about it.

I'd like to
think it over.

Betty, would you
ask them to come in, please?

Y'all come on in.

Come on in now.

CHUCK: I'll be
right with you.

Hi, Sam.

Well, here we are, boys.

Jerry, I think this
ought to do for you
and your family

at least until you find
something of your own.

Sure.

(LAUGHS)
Who in the world
ever thought of that?

MAN: Yes, sir. We'd have
trouble coming up
through that mud tonight.

I'll say.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Good night.
Good night. I'll see
you in the morning.

I got them all jobs.

They're leaving
in the morning. They're
leaving the island.

Carol?

It's beautiful here.

When it rains, too.

I don't blame her
for not wanting to leave.

You're shivering.

It's October.

I hate to see
the summer go.

Look at the
leaves falling.

Chuck.

Don't. Don't.
Don't, don't.

I don't wanna
kid myself or you.

I believe maybe
I'm in love with you.

Didn't think I'd
ever be in love
with anybody again.

But pretty soon all this
business here will be over
and you'll be leaving.

I got to protect
myself, Chuck.

I sort of feel
like living
again now.

I don't wanna
be hurt anymore.

Not by anybody.

Yes.

You wanna come in
a minute?

Oh, I've been working
in here all day.
And you know what?

I'm gonna paint every
room a different color.
Look. Look.

Oh, that's all
Jim's stuff.

Them boots and
that old shotgun.

I don't know
what to do with it.

Look, Chuck.

Look at this old sweater
Grandma knit.

Doesn't it look like
something I'd knit?

And these
silly old socks.

Just stop walking
around in front of me,
would you?

Just don't walk
in front of me.

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry.

You know what?
I'd like a drink.

Oh...

I'll look.

(EXCLAIMING IN PAIN)

What's the matter?
Wait a minute.
Let me see. Don't move.

(KISSING)
Oh.

CAROL: Don't.
Let go. Please.

Don't! Don't.

No.

I'm gonna go.

(PULLEY CREAKING)

(AXES CHOPPING)

(WAGON CLATTERING)

(EXCLAIMING)

(SPITS)

Carol?

Did you...

Did you know
about this?

Hmm?

I had hints.
Hints?

Carol, you remember
that yellow cat we had?

Come her season,
you know, we used to
let her out at night.

It was dawn when
she'd come back.

Now, a cat is
really quiet.

But I could
hear her at dawn,

sneaking back
into the house.

I know
I'm doing wrong.

I'm doing wrong.
I know it.
I know. I know.

How long has
Jim been dead now?

Three years.

Well, that's
a long time.

I remember when
I was a woman.

It's a long time.

But I just...
I just can't understand
going over to the enemy.

Grandma, he's right.
You can't stay
here any longer.

Stop looking at me
that way, Grandma. People
saying you're crazy.

Come with me. I fixed
up my house. We can
take the children.

We can't stay here
any longer either.

Then you
better go, too.

Grandma!
No, I want you to go!

No.
Tonight!

I won't.
Git!

All right, I'll go,
but I'm not going far.

I'm going over there
to that little house
of mine

and I'm gonna
wait for you.

Jim Junior,
Barbara Ann.

Well, what are you
setting there for?

Just resting
my bones.

Well, rest them, then,
and get going.

I changed my mind.
I ain't going.

Get up.

Get up!

Look at you.

Never did have no brains,
did you, Sam?

Don't you know
what's coming?

Yes, ma'am.

You get going, Sam.

I want you to go.

I ain't going.

Well...

The ferry pole.

Oh, Grandma.

We'd better go
get some groceries.

One gallon,
Mr. Bailey.

That'll be eight
gallons at 18�.
$1.44.

Bailey, how's Alice?

Why, Carol.
Why, she's just fine.

(HORN HONKS)

Oh, do you two
know each other?

R.J. Bailey,
Chuck Glover.

So you're Bailey.

R.J. Bailey.

No, I haven't
had the pleasure.

I'm happy to
meet the gentleman.

My, that's a nice,
ready-made family
you got, Mr. Glover.

"Glover."

(JACK SINGING)

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

Hey, did I read that
right? Carol Garth?

That's who I believe
I saw, too.

You think Walter Clark
knows somebody's
getting in his nest?

Well, I heard
he knew about it.

What do you expect
he'll do about it?

Well, now, he's so
scared of what Carol
thinks of him,

he just might
not do nothing.

On the other hand,
he might appreciate

a little help in
this situation.

And as for those jobs that
Mr. What's-His-Name
is handing out...

(CAR ENGINE TURNS OFF)

Mmm. They had a hard day.

Give them their supper
and put them to bed.

(SIGHS)

What's the matter, Chuck?
Afraid you're getting in
too deep?

I don't want you to
marry me. Does that
make you feel better?

You see...
Well, that is it.

I understand how you men
have to watch every step.

Can't be caught
saying anything
permanent sounding.

I'm not out to tie you
down. You don't even
have to say you love me.

No, it's...
It's not...

Now, will you
come on in?

(SIGHS)

It's just that I've...
I don't know.

I've been taking
a good look at
myself...

And you decided
that you're not
the marrying type.

No. No,
it's not...

You got so much to do
before you saddle
yourself with a wife?

Don't. Please.

Besides, let's
tell the truth.

We're different people,
Chuck, aren't we?

You're, I don't know,
everything different.

(SIGHS)

You ever really
need anybody?

(INHALES)

Shut up.

Come here.

Don't.

Chuck.

Chuck. Chuck.
(SHUSHING)

Hold still.
Hold still.
Hold still.

Anyway, now it's
wonderful. Right now.

You can't get enough
of me right now,
can you?

Tell me. Tell me.

I can't get
enough of you.

(MOANING)

Let's put the kids
to bed.

(CHUCK BREATHING HEAVILY)

Let's put
the kids to bed.

Jim Junior.
Wake up, honey.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hi. I love Chuck.

Little rabbit?

Little white rabbit?

Wake up.

Chuck, will you
carry me in?
Yes.

(CHUCKLING)

Jimmy!

(EXCLAIMING EXCITEDLY)

You got close,
my loving boy.

You got close.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Huh?

(LAUGHING)

Walter Clark.
What you doing here?

Just thought I'd help
on the cleaning up.

Hello, Jim Junior.

Well, aren't you
going to introduce me
to Mr. Glover?

I'm Walter Clark,
Mr. Glover.

Oh, I brought some eggs,
and milk, and some bread,

and some good coffee
for breakfast.

You didn't have
anything here.

Oh, we...
You didn't...

You see, Mr. Glover?
She takes all that
for granted.

No word of thanks.
CAROL: Oh, thanks, Walter.

WALTER: Oh, you don't
have to thank me.

It's a natural thing
looking after the girl
you're courting.

Carol. You better
get those kids to bed.
They look awful tired.

They slept in the car.

They look awful tired.

Will you sleep
with me, Chuck?

You going back to town?

Yes.

Would you drive me in?
I'll leave my car
here for her.

She'll need it
in the morning.

Do you mind?

No, not at all.

Well, then.
Say good-bye,
and let's go.

Good night.
Good night.

You get some rest,
too, Carol.
You look tired.

As soon as this Garth
business is settled,

you'll be leaving here,
won't you?

Yes.

And it ought to be
settled pretty soon,
oughtn't it?

It has to be.

That's right.
It has to be.

I'll tell you.
You just drive me in
to your hotel.

I'll walk home
from there.

You do have
my thought by now,
don't you?

I have your thought.

(CAR DOORS CLOSING)

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

You eat your cereal.

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

(DOG BARKING)

Well...

Which did you
say your room was?

I didn't say.
It's next to the end.

You left
your light on.

Well, good night.

And I want to pay
you a compliment.

Carol...
Carol could
do worse.

(DOG WHINING)

MAN ON RADIO:
Yowsa, yowsa.

Tonight, ladies and
gentlemen, we open
the jolly festivities

by singing the praises
of dear old Red Seal.

Good old Red Seal,
that gives you
the most of the best.

Hello, G-Man.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

What's the matter?

Don't go up there.

How many of them
are there?

Just one.
He said he had to
see you, and I...

Go on home.
Go home.

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

Turn on the light.

There is
only one of you.

Well, I didn't figure
I needed anyone else.

What do you want?

If you've forgotten
my name, it's
R.J. Bailey.

I run that
gas station.

Yeah, I remember.

I also work 400 acres
of cotton just outside
of town here.

I'd have come
to see you sooner,
Mr. Glover,

but we just begun
picking our cotton.
Mmm-hmm.

Yesterday, one of
my best hands, Ben,
real nice boy,

he took off and he
joined that new gang
you started, $5 a day.

When I heard about it,
I went back of the house

and I cut me
a stick about
so long,

about that thick.

And I went down to where
that boy was working.

I didn't even get
out the car. I didn't
wanna shame him.

I called him over
and said, "Ben,
get in the car."

When we got home,
I took him back
of the barn

and went after
him with the stick.

Oh, he's
all right now.

I mean, his thinking's
all right now.

Of course, he couldn't
work yesterday.
He couldn't work today.

Had to hire another boy
to do his job for two days.

Mmm-hmm.

So, I figure you owe me
what I had to pay
that extra hand.

Two times
$2 a day, $4.

Uh-huh.

Yep. Mr. Glover,
you owe me $4.

I don't see it
that way.

(WRAPPER RUSTLING)

Well, you need some time
to think it over.

I don't need time
to think it over.

You think it over.
Here. Do you want one?

You see, Mr. Glover,

if you go on stealing
our best field hands
at $5 a day,

you're gonna be
dealing with a lot
of my friends, too.

What's keeping you
here anyway, huh?

(BLOWS)

They tell me you're
down here to get an
old woman off an island?

(SCOFFS) Man, there's
nothing to that.

I'll go down
and get her off there
for you tomorrow.

I'll just go down.
I'll pack her up.
I'll get her off.

I'll do that
for you tomorrow.
Would you like me to?

I want you to mind
your own business.

Oh.

Now, I figured,
since you been
mixing in mine

that you wouldn't mind
if I just mixed in yours
a little bit.

But you're like me,
Mr. Glover.
You do mind.

Well, fella,
how about it? $4.

No.

Now, if you don't
give it to me,

I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to take it away from you.

You may have
some trouble.

(SIGHS)

Oh, man.

Good night,
Sully.

(BLOWS STRIKING)
(CHUCK GRUNTING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Was you there,
Charlie?

Then the air was
full of hamburger meat.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Our friend up in
Number Three needs
change for this here 10.

CLERK: I think
I have it.

I think you'll get
your girl all right
now, Walter.

And I think maybe
our friend upstairs
will be leaving town soon.

This is his change.

Now, I want you to
take this $4 of mine

and send that boy up
the best bottle of white
lightning you can find.

He needs it.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Okay, I am stubborn,
but I can't get it
out of my head

that there isn't some way
to reach that old woman.

After all, people
are human, aren't
they? I mean...

People are
human, right?

I don't know
if you could call
Ella Garth human.

I don't care what
you call Ella Garth.
She was born, wasn't she?

She's gonna die,
isn't she? All right.
She's human.

CHUCK: Mrs. Garth?

Mrs. Garth?

Mrs. Garth!

ELLA: Who's there?

It's me, Chuck Glover.

Who's that with you?

Who's that? That's
my friend, Walter Clark.

Been putting away
a little of that corn
liquor, ain't you?

I acknowledge I...
I had a drink, yes.

Appears to me
you can hardly stand up.

Mrs. Garth,
we've come here...

(STAMMERS)

We wanna talk to you
as one human being
to another.

Walter.
Yes, ma'am?

You'd better take
this lunatic home.

I'll take him home
in just a minute.

But first, there's
something I want
to say.

I understand you,
Mrs. Garth.

I know exactly what
you're fighting for.

It's your dignity.

I know.

I'm right?
It's your...

It's your everlasting,
ever-loving dignity.

It's your dignity.

That's it.
It's your dignity.

He's...

Yeah, he sure is.

(ELLA SCOFFS)

He looks smaller
than I thought.

That's right. They're going
to close the gates
of that dam Monday.

You've got exactly two weeks
to get that island leveled

before the water
starts rising.

But we haven't even got
the old lady off yet.

Take the U.S. Marshal
out there

and put her off
just as soon as you can.

Or sooner.
And get to
clearing that land.

But I thought
you were so anxious

to avoid the publicity.
What about that?

Publicity, he's worried about.
It'll be a lot
worse publicity

if she starts
getting wet.

Yes. I'll get to it
right away.

(SHUDDERING)

(SIGHING)

Why don't you have
another cup of coffee?

Mr. Glover.
Not now, please.

It's about Ma.

What's happened?

This here's
Mr. Armstrong,
our lawyer.

Mr. Glover,
we feel that
Mrs. Garth

is no longer really fit
to handle her own affairs.

And we feel
it's only right
for me and Cal

to declare her senile
and sell the property
ourselves.

CAL: You said yourself
she's incompetent,
mister.

You know, anybody
stays out there

when they know that
water's coming up
must be crazy.

All the rest of us
done got off.

Joe John and Mattie
got off yesterday.

And under the law,
we can have her
declared incompetent.

I'd rather have her put off
at the point of a gun.

I'll have the papers
ready in the morning.

I've known Miss Ella
since I was a boy.

I sort of hate
to do this.

You hate to do it?

I guess it all goes under
the general heading
of progress.

Yeah, that's
what they say.

I heard you had
a little trouble last night.
Any complaints, Mr. Glover?

It all goes under
the general heading
of progress.

Mrs. Garth?

I apologize for
the other night.

First and only time
I ever liked you.

Mrs. Garth?

Hamilton and Cal
came to my office
with a lawyer.

They plan to prove
you are of unsound mind

and consequently
unable to negotiate
the sale of your property.

Worthless.

Can you hear me?

They was always
worthless.

They may be able to
prove it. And if they can,
they can sell it.

This whole island
will be flooded
in two weeks.

This house is
coming down.

You can't stay here
any longer, Mrs. Garth.

Are you listening?

Marshal Hogue
has issued an order

for your eviction,
and tomorrow...

Tomorrow,
it will be executed.

Come with me now.

Mrs. Garth?

What are you
trying to prove?

Sam. All this is
gonna be underwater.

(URGING HORSES)

(INAUDIBLE)

I said a house
with a porch.

It's got to
have a porch.

So, keep trying,
will you?

ALL: (SINGING)
When other helpers fail

And comforts flee

Help of the helpless

Oh, abide with me

Jimmy learned
a new one.

Will you sing
it for me, Jimmy?

(SINGING) Jesus loves me

Yes, I know

For the...

Oh.
(JIMMY LAUGHING)

Hey.
Hi.

Hi, Chuck.
JIMMY: Hey, Chuck!

How is it?
Hi.

Huh? Oh.

Okay.

You look tired.

What you been
doing all day?

Trying to find
a house
with a porch.

JIMMY: (SLEEPILY)
Good night, Chuck.

Good night.

Oh. Frances, just put
him down for me,
will you?

Come on, Barbara.
Let's get to bed,
honey.

When I first came
down here, I thought,

"How could any one person
go against

"what's happening
in this country?"

There she's been,
sitting there for,
I don't know, 80 years,

and I was gonna get her
off the island in one day.

I was even
looking forward
to it. (SCOFFS)

Imagine.

And now, I have to
make sure I get
her off alive.

Good night, honey.

Good night.

You're getting awfully
human, aren't you, Chuck?

I was always human.
Wasn't I?

Then you'll be
leaving soon,
won't you?

Not for a couple
of weeks at least.

But I have to wait until
the land is cleared first,
and stuff like that.

A couple of weeks?

Maybe more.
Maybe a little longer.

A little longer.

I'm going now,
Miss Carol.

Oh, yeah,
good night,
Frances.

Good night, Frances.

Good night, Mr. G.
Here you are.

(WIND BLOWING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Chuck?
Yes, dear?

I hate to say this.

Say what?

I wanna say
something
I hate to say.

What?

When you go,

take me with you.

One day soon,
you're gonna
come to me

and you're gonna say,
"Carol, I have to go."

And there won't be time
to talk or to think
or anything.

And there'll be a car
waiting and then a plane.

And you'll say,
"Carol, honey,
I have to go."

Isn't that right?

Yes, that is right.

Take me with you.

(SIGHS)

Did I tell you what
happened the other night

after Walter took
you back to your hotel?

No. No.

Well, he come back here
in the middle of the night

and he nearly
broke my heart.

How?

I kept saying to him,
"Stop looking at me.

"I have nothing,
nothing special,
nothing to give any man.

"Except if I love him,
I have a lot to give him."

And?
He kept saying,

"He'll leave the first
day after his job's
done down here.

"But I'm forever
and forever."

He's right.
And I told him that...

Oh, I wish you
hadn't said that.

Oh, why did you say that
that way?

I know it's true,
but why?

Oh, I know it's...

(SOBBING)

I know.

I know

that.

I'm leaving here
with you or without you.

But I want you
to know something.

I'd be
a good wife for you,
a damn good wife.

I'm smarter than you
in some ways,

and I know what's
good about you

and I know what's bad,
and I'm not afraid
to tell you.

I have two children
who love you.

They love you,
and I love you.

And you're not easy
to love, but you do
need someone.

And I love you.

I love you. I love you.

It stopped raining.

Don't say anything.

Don't say a thing.

I'm afraid of
what you might say.

(STAMMERING) I don't
know what to say.

Oh, God.
That says it all.

That's not
what I meant.

It's what you
really meant.

What you finally
figure out to say
isn't what you mean.

I heard you.
I asked you,
and you said no.

I heard you.

Oh, Chuck!

Anything! Anything!

What do you want?
What do you want from me?

I'll do anything.
I'll do anything.
(FOOTSTEPS CLATTERING)

Walter Clark!
What are you doing?

I'm sorry to
break in this way.

I told you not
to come back.
I owe it to him!

You've got
no business...

Carol. Carol.
(VEHICLES APPROACHING)

What is it?

There are men here.

(MEN LAUGHING)

He's in there.
See him?

BAILEY: All right.
(SHUSHING)

Turn off those
lights. Elden?

Yes, sir.
Give me that rifle.

(SCREECHING)

(ALL SCREECHING)

Whose truck is
this, buddy?
Walter Clark's.

Get out!

(SCREECHING CONTINUES)

They'll break...

I don't know
what's happening.

(MEN SHOUTING)

Mama!

CAROL: I'm in here,
honey. I'm in here.

MAN: (CHANTING)
Round and round she goes
Where she stops, nobody knows!

(EXCLAIMING)

I got to pull
down that shade.

(GUNSHOT)

CHUCK: Walter! Walter!
(YELLING)

Walter,
what happened?

Are you all right?

BAILEY: Chuck! It's
your old buddy, Bailey!

(CHATTERING JUBILANTLY)

Come to give you
a farewell party!

Got you all packed.

(ALL CHEERING)

What are they
doing with my car?

Get away, Barbara.
Don't you dare go
out there.

BAILEY: Got your ticket
bought all the way to
Washington!

Got your traveling mate!
How'd you like to go
to Washington, boy?

What do you think?
They're just
having some fun.

There she goes!

(ALL CHEERING)

BARBARA: Mommy!
Mommy! Mommy!

Did you see that?

What are you
doing in my pickup?

Get out of there!
Get out!

Bailey, you damaged
my house, and you're gonna
get the bill for it!

Time to go,
Mr. Glover.

Bailey, you shot at me!
You shot at me!

BAILEY: I shot
at the lamp.

WALTER: You shot at me!

Well, old buddy.
Sure is nice to
see you.

Mr. Glover, it sure
has been mighty
fitting to meet you.

When are you
going home?

How's Eleanor
up there?

Who's Eleanor?

Eleanor Roosevelt.

(ALL CLAMORING)
...that pickup!
You did! You did!

I'll see you
to the train.

I'll see that
he gets there.
(BAILEY SHOUTS)

(CLAMORING STOPS)

Watch it, Chuck.

Bailey. There's
no way to scare me out.

I came down here to
do a job, and I...

CAROL: Oh!

Carol!

(ALL CLAMORING)

Bite his ear off!

Carol, let...

Bailey, what's the
matter with you?
What are you doing?

No, no! No, don't!

I'm gonna kill that...

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

You know what
you just did?
Don't hit a woman.

BAILEY: I don't want
a word out of you!
You just hit a woman!

I don't want a word...

Time to go
beddy-bye.

You just knocked a woman
right on the ground!

Don't hit a woman.
Don't hit a woman.

Who else is gonna
say a word?

Go on! Another word!
I wanna hear another
word out of someone!

Just say one word!

Sheriff.
How you getting along?

Oh, all right,
I guess.

I'm a little tired.

Why don't y'all
go on home?

(CAR ENGINES STARTING)

Anything I can do
for you, Miss Carol?

Get off my place now.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

You know,

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

I wish someday
I could win
maybe one fight.

You were wonderful
up there.

I don't care if
you ever win a fight.

Marry me?

I know I'll
probably regret it.

I'm sure
you'll regret it.

But...

Go get your hat.

Get a coat. Wash up.

All right?

All right.

And now, by the authority
invested in me by the state
of Tennessee

as a justice
of the peace,

I now pronounce
you as man and wife.

And what God hath
joined together,
let no man put asunder.

$5, please.

Anyway, it's got a porch.
I hope she likes it.

"...and it further
appearing to the court

"that you have
failed and refused
to vacate said property,

"you are therefore
hereby commanded to
immediately and forthwith

"vacate the real
estate, buildings,

"outbuildings
and appurtenances

"designated as Tract C49647,
and this you shall
in no wise fail to do

"under the fear and
penalty of the law.

"Signed, Allan R. Nealy,
District Judge."

Well, that's it.

Well, what are
you waiting for?

Hmm?

(CHOPPING INCREASES)

(BOAT ENGINE STARTING)

MAN: There she goes!

CHUCK: Well, this is it.

Grandma, you look...
You look kind of tired.

Don't you wanna go in,
lie down a minute?

Carol.

Yes, Grandma?

(SIGHS)

I owe Frank Zachary

16� for two pounds
of sugar.

You see that he gets it
next time you go in.

Yes, Grandma.

That's all I owe

anybody.

Chuck?

Oh.

Well, here she goes.

Grandma just died.

You had it to do.

There was nothing you could
have done different.

Looks like we're
ready to go,
Mr. Glover.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

Okay, Jerry,
go ahead.

MAN: Truly, truly,
I say to you,

she who believeth
hath life eternal.

(SINGING) In the pines,
in the pines

Where the sun never shines

And we'll shiver

When the cold wind blows

In the pines, in the pines

Where the sun never shines

And we'll shiver

When the cold wind blows

CAROL: Barbara Ann.

(INAUDIBLE)

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