One more word out of you
I'll squash your Adam's apple like a goddamn grape.
Well, I didn't even think
you were breathing there for a while.
What you in for, blabbermouth?
I turned over a couple of liquor stores.
Kill anybody?
Nope.
But in the last one, the clerk fainted.
The guy fainted?
Hell, you ain't even dangerous.
I've been dangerous since I was 14.
How old are you?
I don't know.
They lost the records.
By the time they lost my record, I killed eight guys at least.
They're just now finding out about it.
Wait till they see what I done lately.
What have you done lately?
I killed a lot of guys in my mind.
That's why I'm still dangerous.
You gotta keep that in you.
Or you'll fall asleep..
...and when the morning comes, somebody's broke in your pants
and stole your heat.
You're pretty tough, kid.
But you ain't very dangerous yet.
- Yeah.
You got any to spare?
We don't offer nothing we can't spare.
'Veldini going for his fifth crash of the day.'
'He's heading for Duval Jax, number 76.'
'He is closing in, he's got him.'
'Six and one half seconds.'
'But, Oh-oh, here comes Tooey Mendoza'
'and look out, you're in trouble now, Veldini.'
'Jesse Veldini, you've shown a dangerous disregard'
'for society's standards'
'by continually flaunting the authority of this court'
'as well as by breaking the laws of this state.'
'Your contempt for property, especially someone else's'
'is reflected in your crimes'
'as well as your choice of more legitimate profession, to wit'
'destroying automobiles in demolition derbies.'
'The need to steal in order to support your compulsion'
'to crash cars in such events'
'has brought you once again before this bench.'
'Apparently, you haven't learned much'
'from your previous experiences here.'
'It is therefore my duty and responsibility to remand you'
'to the state men's correctional facility at Red Wing'
'for a period of not more than six years'
'nor less than 18 months.'
Was a weapon used in the robbery?
- Yes. Yes, there was.
What'd you think of the game last night?
Was a good one.
The associate warden called.
Your brother's getting out around 11:30.
You want to meet him?
- Have him come to my office.
Bill, this is not a master criminal we're dealing with.
'I know that, Frank.'
I don't wanna make this official.
But you might check to see who does meet him though.
Anyway, what've you got on Eagle Thornberry?
Not much.
He's been in a nuthouse up in Millikin
for the last couple of months.
'I'm glad somebody finally locked him up.'
' - 'Yeah, I'm sure it's today.'
Want me to sign you out on a checkout list?
Yeah, yeah, I'd appreciate that.
When should I say you'll be back?
I don't know. What do you usually put?
- At the right time. - That's good, put that.
'Take care of yourself, Rocky.'
I'll be back at the right time.
'Committed himself. Circus cut him loose.'
'Guess he had nowhere else to go.'
Well, tell them not to release him without notifying us.
'Well, these voluntary commitments'
'can pretty much come and go as they please.'
'Well, however he comes and goes, it'll be dramatic.'
'Now, don 't worry, Frank, he seems harmless enough.'
'Not when he's with my brother.'
What you gonna do about your little brother?
- Yeah, he's still there.
Try again in a couple of hours.
'Think Thornberry or one of 'em might've got in touch with him?'
'Come on, Bill, he's gotta know Veldini's getting out.'
Why don't you just call him, tell him to sit tight?
He doesn't listen to reason.
Picked that up from Veldini.
- Thinks it's smart. - Forget him, then.
Well, somebody's gotta look out for him.
'If I let the kid connect with Veldini'
'he's gotta end up in trouble.'
'Christ, one turkey's enough for any family.'
'Yeah.'
How do you want me to handle Iris Caine?
I'll take care of her. She'll be alright.
How can you trust a hooker?
Look, I got her bag now. She owes me.
If I help Frank keep Veldini straight, I'm off the hook.
Where does that leave Veldini, then?
Out on the street. For a while, anyway.
Come on, Frank's a cop.
Can take care of him, he used to be a John.
Was he any good?
I cut him off when I found out he's Veldini's brother.
She's coming up in the world. She might forget.
She won't forget. I can pull her protection anytime.
' - No.
I think I got him covered now.
Ready, Veldini?
* One is a driver
* He stays alive
* Than the people he sees
* The men finally freed him
* His friends really need him
* To show them how it's gonna be *
* Back together
* Man, it's been a long long time *
* Back together forever
* Being different ain't never been a crime *
* Another is his brother
* Plays for the other
* You never know who he's gonna be *
* He keeps on changing
* Always re-arranging
* The things that he wants you to see *
* Back together
* Man, it's been a long long time *
* Back together forever
* Being different ain't never been a crime *
* The lady on the stands
* Nobody never ever insane
* She keeps on livin'
* Takin' and givin'
* Her name into shame
* When there's no one to blame
* Back together
* Man, it's been a long long time *
* Back together forever
* Being different ain't never been a crime *
* Being different..
'Oh, savage. Oh, oh...yes'
'Oh, you're so savage.'
Hey, hey, get the hell out of here.
- Get the hell out.
'Take it easy, fella.'
What are you, some kind of crazy guy?
Alright, fella, this is a stick up.
Put your thing on the table, put your hands up in the air
and get over there against the wall. Lady..
Don't come any closer, you hoodlum.
Get your valuables out onto the bed.
Quick. Up against the wall. Press yourself against the wall.
There, I got my gun pressed into your back like that.
You feel it? Make a move and you'll get killed.
Okay, lady. Prepare to part with your valuables.
You could've waited five minutes.
With him, even 30 seconds would've done it.
I been gone two years. Is that all you can say?
'Goddamn it, Veldini, that's the fire commissioner.'
'He's the best customer I've got.'
'Seen Duval lately?'
'Yeah, he's got a place--'
Alright, buddy, raise them high.
Iris, call the police.
Uh, Iris, don't call the police.
Keep them right up there, buddy. No quick movements.
Keep your hands above your head, you son of a bitch
or you're gonna look like that mirror.
Ha!
Iris, you really get some savages in here.
Veldini, are they after you again?
No, not yet. They just let me out.
For good?
- Yeah. Maybe.
They let me out for good last time.
Sometimes they lie.
What are you covered up like that for?
Who do you think I am, Veldini?
You pull a dumb stunt and come back after two years
and think I'll leap into bed with you?
- I'm not starting again.
Better than being poor.
What would happen if I just took you?
You'd owe me $100.
You're crazy. It was 20 when I left. Nobody pays 100.
Want to see the list?
- Just get out of here, Veldini.
- My God, he's waking up.
Okay, just go away, please. I don't wanna see you.
- 'On Saturday. Now, go on.'
Just get out of here.
'Francis, I'm so scared.'
Oh..
- Okay.
Okay.
She treated me like I was a bum, Eagle.
Well, look at your neighborhood.
I'm a demolition-derby driver.
Weren't no flies on me before.
Maybe she still feels for you, but..
...she's got something to lose now.
Hanging around with you would not be smart for her career.
Hundred dollars.
It's safe and steady and she's not getting younger.
She acted like I didn't count for nothing.
I'll lay you odds, she'll come around.
Well, that better be good odds.
- Better. I forgot to go.
Did you see the cherry '53 Merc over here?
No. Yeah?
Yeah?
'Remember when I creamed Charlie Ruffudo'
in that yellow '53?
Yeah.
You drove the candy-mauve Dodge. You should've been there.
Spectacular crash.
Had a sort of a Peach Melba feeling.
You're not gonna start that demolition
What do you expect me to do, kid? One car left.
You're just gonna use up all your money
and gonna have to stick some guy again.
One car, that's all, a '50 Stude.
When I get that
I'll have demolished every American car ever built
between 1940 and 1960.
Not many guys can say that, kid.
Not many guys have been in jail three times either.
I can name you loads. What do you want me to do, drive a bus?
Want me to call Frank and tell him you'll be a little late?
- Nope.
He's your brother too.
You know I'd just get into a hassle with him.
I got a battery I gotta recharge.
Hey, Veldini.
Look, take it easy in there.
You don't have to win everything the first time, see?
Something's gonna come up, something always does.
Eagle, I got it all under control.
I'm gonna tell him my future plans.
I'm gonna smile a lot.
I got it all covered.
It's good to see you again, Jesse.
- Sit down. - No, thanks, Frank.
I've been sitting ever since the last time I saw you.
I wanted to get down and visit more, but you understand.
Looks like you've been doing okay in spite of me.
Didn't have no pictures on the wall last time I was here.
The kid tells me he read somewhere
you might running for attorney general?
- Yeah, for a while.
- I guess till he splits.
Well, we'll see.
- Yeah.
' - Good.
I need to talk over a couple of things with you.
No.
- Yeah, for a while.
Thought I'd get my old job with the wrecking crew back first.
Do some straight work for a while
till I get enough to open my own pack.
Then you're gonna see something, Frank.
Not just your average small-time fender-denting, hell, no.
We're gonna do real demolition.
And we're not gonna just limit ourselves to cars, no, sir.
We're gonna bring in campers.
Tractors.
Dump trucks, school buses.
Grain threshers. Anything you want.
And then, when we get going good
then we're bringing in the best of all.
Mobile homes.
Can't you see those two mashing into each other?
Goddamn it, Jesse, sit down.
Now, look, Jesse. Listen.
I'm sorry, but the wrecking job is out.
See, you're not allowed any access to explosives.
That's for my parole officer to decide.
I am your parole officer, and I already got you a job.
See, you'll still have the other guy back for official purposes
but everything clears through me.
I didn't want to do it this way
but neither of us could afford to have you screw up again.
- That's friendly of you, Frank. - Well, I had no choice, Jesse.
You broke the law and if you do it again
you go right back in the joint forever.
Just try to keep that in mind.
Well, there's just really not much to it.
See that iron gate?
Over there on the right.
'Yeah.'
'Well, behind it, there's a little room with food in it.'
And when that gate opens, the animal should go in there.
But you'll see that in just a second.
Now, when that gate closes and only after that gate closes
now, after that gate is closed, you're in the clear.
That's the signal for being in the clear.
Now, important thing to remember
is to work fast so we can bring the animals back.
After all, that's what people come to see, isn't it?
'The animals.'
'There we go.'
Well, that's it.
Here's the key.
Well, you can go in now.
'Come on, Jesse.'
'You heard what the man said. It's important you do it fast.'
'Okay.'
Yeah, that's right.
- He'll work out just fine. - I hope so.
Trust me, Mel.
You're lucky to get this place, you know.
Sure is swell, Frank.
'What do you think?'
- It's great, even has a window. - 'Yeah.'
There's a shower and a kitchen down the hall.
Get a vacuum from the desk.
Why do you keep this up, Frank?
I mean, you know I'm not gonna stay here.
It's not bad if you give it a chance.
- I can always get evicted. - That'd be stupid.
I'd just get you the place back again.
I own this building.
Listen, Jesse.
If it's that you don't like the job, you'll get a better one
as soon as you show me you can take care of it.
Till then, you start from the bottom just like the other cons.
Listen, after you worked up a little bit, well
you can get your own place.
You hear me, Jesse?
'Now, look, Jesse..'
Stop throwing the goddamn thing, you're marking up the walls.
Ah!
If I'd two shots, I wouldn't have missed.
Yeah. But you don't have two shots, do you?
- Traffic held me up.
Yeah, how much did they get?
How come Veldini didn't let me know he's gettin' out?
Because you don't have an address, Duval.
Hey, hey, I need a beer.
He's alright, ain't he? He's doing alright?
Look, uh, that's what I came to talk to you about, pal.
We got a little problem there.
You see, Frank wants to keep the lid on Veldini real bad
and that's the fastest way to make him blow.
Yeah, we're used to that.
As long as Iris don't throw too many hips in Veldini's direction
Frank's gonna stay happy enough.
That's not gonna do it this time, Duval.
I got the chaser.
Look, there's more in Frank's craw
than just getting dumped out of Iris' bed.
The only way to keep Veldini out of trouble
is to keep him out of town.
- We convince him.
How you gonna do that?
With your airborne flying home.
Well, that don't even work yet.
We'll make it work.
- Eagle, you crazier than hell. - Only when it counts, pal.
Hey.
Airplanes, huh?
These all belong to Duval?
Only if possession is still nine-tenths of the law.
- Goddamn, good to see you. - Veldini, good to see you.
How are you?
You did it. Jesus Christ.
Hey, wait. Stay for lunch.
- I can't, I gotta go. - I got Cold Duck for you. Stay.
Hang a few wires and wings, you got an aerial act with a twist.
Sure beats living in a small foreign car.
I figured it was my turn for a little upward mobility.
So you been spending money on airplanes and nothing on cars.
You ever realize what you can do with one of these things?
Man, we could go to London, to Paris, to Rome, to Pittsburgh.
To all those places.
There's not one goddamn demolition derby
or ship launching or building under construction
that we couldn't get to.
'This thing even lands on water.'
Now, there ain't no car in that league, pal.
Listen, I'm doing you a favor working on this plane.
Every time I start wanting something..
...I end up in trouble.
If...if I start wanting it.
The people who own it are willing to sell it for $2500.
If we get steady work, we can make it in three months.
It'll take you longer to buy your own track.
And it lands on water.
This airplane business is bound to turn out bad.
The right engine's almost ready to go.
We need some left engine and a few instruments
and maybe not even that.
What about the electricity and all that?
Where's the kid gonna plug in and play?
We'll make a special outlet for him.
And then, we get sick of it.
We could always just crash it into a locomotive or something.
We could even go some place where there ain't no jails.
- Eagle'd have to be captain.
Well, he don't fly, for one thing.
I can still radio the tower and all that.
I could do most of the wiring.
- 'That's right.' - Iris could do the decorations.
And you and me can rebuild that other engine.
What do you say?
Okay.
Let's see how it goes for a while.
Good.
'You listening to me, Eagle?'
Don't worry, Veldini's going straight this time.
Not if he needs money to buy his plane, he's not.
It's not just his, we're all gonna help pay for it.
What are you worried about?
How are you gonna do that? You don't even have a job.
Well, the circus ain't hiring lately.
Not much call for human flies.
I guess people don't wanna be entertained anymore.
I got a John that has an ambulance service.
Doesn't pay to hire loonies.
I sure as hell wouldn't.
'You could be a driver.'
They get a uniform for that, don't they?
'Yep.'
You can go fast as hell.
You don't even have to stop for lights.
Who works the siren?
Sounds like a job for...the Eagle.
Yeah.
Hm..
I'll take it, Iris.
Everything's gonna be alright.
As long as Veldini doesn't mind having a plane that's paid for.
He's not against paying for it if he has the money.
Yeah, he just doesn't like having money, that's all.
Give him a break, Iris.
You might not have another chance.
Eagle-e-e.
- I got a doorbell, you know. - Well, you look terrific, Iris.
You look terrible. Where have you been?
Was helping a friend tunnel out of jail.
Why don't you try to be a little cooler, Veldini?
Don't get righteous with me, Iris.
If you gotta live outside the law
at least be sure you're covered, that's all.
Another parade of rinky
Don't you be righteous with me.
Moussaka. He ordered it.
Thought you were the lady who didn't like to cook.
'I'm lucky to get a piece of celery.'
I got a big overhead.
Yeah, because you keep paying off the man.
That's no different than being in the joint, you know.
Is that what you came over to tell me?
Nope.
I just sort of came over.
You wanna help with the plane?
I thought I'd already been assigned to it.
- Still got time to volunteer.
Use your head, Veldini. What am I gonna do?
You can help with the welding.
- Boy, that really goes back. - Iris.
It's not just for me.
It's gonna take all of us.
- See you later. - Wait a minute. We need you.
You're not gonna get me by rattling my Johns.
Goddamn it, Veldini, you just cost me $100.
Listen, Veldini. If you don't get him back here
I'm not ever gonna come near your damn plane again.
Help!
Help! Help!
* I wonder how long
* The lady was alone
* Wonder how many strangers
* Called her up on the phone
* Wonder did she ever go
* Back to the place to be
* And I wonder if she's happy
* With her brand new family
* We're so glad she came for the ride *
* It was lonesome
* Livin' outside
* Nowhere ain't no place to be *
* We all really missed her
* She's our love, friend and sister *
* Hope she's happy with her brand new family *
'Oh, look here, Veldini, things are coming right along.'
'That fuselage is solid, all the flaps are still working.'
- 'All we need's little power.' '
'About 170. Of course, that's flat out.'
- 'Cruising speed's about 115.' '
'I had a Dodge that could do better than that.'
'How many Dodges you got with a ceiling of 14,000 feet?'
How much longer is it gonna take to finish?
Well, that's hard to say. A month maybe.
Soon as we get some lights, we can work more at night.
'Hell, we already been working weekends.'
* Nowhere ain't no place to be *
* And we all really missed her
* She's our love, friend and sister *
* Hope she's happy with her brand new family *
* Easy babe
* Everything is alright now
'Duval Jax.'
'Seven pickpocket arrests, no convictions.'
Did 18 months for income tax evasion.
We've got enough to pick him up if you want.
I don't want to make any noise, just wanna know where he is.
Oh, he's living in a junked airplane.
About six miles out of town on interstate 80.
Right about here.
900 miles of highway, and he's gotta live six miles from me.
- Yeah.
It's the manure I've been collecting.
- The bag's over there.
Lion and polar bear, mostly.
There's some rhino in there too, though.
- I'll move it. Got enough now.
Figured I'd dump some on Frank's house on the way out of here.
Ain't nobody gonna be safe once we get up there, Duval.
Jesus, why don't you learn to shoot that goddamn thing?
Up yours, Kraut.
- Hey, you missed me. - I made you miss me.
'Oh, come on, Red Eagle.'
- 'There you go.' - Gobble, gobble, gobble.
Hey. Cops.
'Hold it right there.'
- I do, he doesn't.
A guy robbed a store across the street.
Somebody saw him come in here.
Looks like you got him outnumbered. You got a warrant?
- You work pretty fast. - Fast enough.
You wanna go sit down some place and stay out of the way?
What do you got over there? No, the thing over there.
Take a sniff of this.
What do you think this is?
Let me see.
'Take a look over and behind those boxes.'
You all live in this thing?
What thing?
- This airplane. - No.
Well, then, what are you doing out here?
We own the store across the street.
- Hello, Miss Caine. - Hello, Bill.
- Oops. Sorry, captain.
I have friends.
Business friends or hangers
- Friends. - Friends.
I hope this isn't one of them.
I'd hate to get any of mine mixed up with his.
I'm not the only one, boy.
There's a lot of guys ahead of you.
Well, thank you very much for your cooperation.
I'll see you later, Iris.
What are you gonna do now?
I don't know. This changes things.
You were gonna steal the plane, weren't you?
No, I wasn't.
And what the hell do you care anyway?
Because you always get caught, somebody has to look after you.
Not this time. This time, I'm gonna do it right.
I'm not coming if you steal the plane.
I never thought you would. You'd lose your dealership.
Who'd sleep with the police department?
Go and steal your plane. I'm not gonna try to help you anymore.
You told Frank where I was, didn't you?
I didn't tell Frank anything that he didn't already know.
Looks like you're getting your touch back.
It's coming. I can feel it getting quicker.
In a few days, I'll be as good as I ever was.
Here's your crown jewels.
'I been teaching him how to pick pockets.'
Guitar players pick it up quick. He'd make a hell of a cannon.
Are you sure--
You're gonna start again, are you?
Hell yes! Frank ain't gonna cool out now.
And when he starts to pressure, we're gonna need money, fast.
You don't need to stick your neck out, Duval.
I can take my own chances.
I ain't doing it just for you, Veldini.
Just thought I'd ask.
[tuba and guitar music continues]
Come on, Cadillac.
'Come on.'
Go on.
Come on. Cadillac!
Easy, Cadillac.
Good boy.
Stay, boy.
Come on, cool it.
'Does he work here?'
Stay, Cadillac.
Stay.
[people chattering and laughing]
'Excuse us, please. Thank you, thank you.'
'Get back, back!'
Veldini, get the hell out of there!
'Get out!'
'Veldini, do you hear me?'
I said get out of there now!
'Leave that cage!'
Veldini, get the hell out of there!
'Get out!'
'You're fired. Now, get out of that cage.'
- 'He didn't have to do that'. - Son of a bitch!
What the hell do you think you're doing?
That was hostile.
What do you mean you fired him?
Yeah.
While the lion was still in there?
I'll make it right with you, I promise.
I'll take care of my brother too, Mel.
You can count on that.
Uh, listen, Mel..
...can you keep this under your hat?
Thanks, Mel.
I'll take care of him.
* Dear let me drive again I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
* I told the judge I was sorry *
* I caused all those terrible accidents *
* Women and children screamed, the radiator steamed *
* Yes and everybody spared the bend *
* Dear let me drive again I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
What's the matter?
There's a '50 Stude out there, Eagle.
Goddamm it, there's a '50 Stude out there.
I know it's a '50 Stude.
'Will you look at that beautiful body?'
Yeah, it's a '50 Stude, alright.
Look like somebody run into the right side
with a '58 Dodge ice-cream truck from the scratches.
'Number 59 Zebra, Stan Brown.'
'Number 69, Chucky Vales.'
'Number 69 love, Bucky Murphy.'
Cool!
'Number 88, Paul Horner.'
'And number 99, the all-time high-point man, Nick Caniti.'
'Once again, if you are scoring the events'
'please do keep in mind the car must participate'
'as well as survive.'
Why the hell did you do that, Eagle?
- Yeah.
I just wanna hear what you gonna say.
Don't worry, we'll fix it later.
* Dear let me drive again I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Let me drive again
* Dear let me drive again I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Let me drive again
Hi, Frank.
Come on, get up.
All the charges have been dropped
just like you knew they would be.
I don't do any time just to ruin your life, Frank.
I told you to get up.
Really going all out, aren't you?
I'm tired of you pushing the rules at my expense, Jesse.
I could forget it if we weren't brothers.
Why don't you leave me alone for a while?
Maybe I'd move away somewhere, stop losing you votes.
You think what you want, but from now on you're
not gonna do nothing unless I say so.
I'm gonna find you a new job, a new place to live.
Blow it, I'll turn you in and at least get credit for that.
I've done all the time I'm gonna do, Frank.
Horse shit, you got no choice. Not any.
Only because you got the two of them.
Hello, Iris.
- No, I'm closed.
- Just came to talk, not to buy. - There's nothing to talk about.
Well, there is, if you want to stay in business.
'I've had a hard day, Frank. Let's make it quick.'
Alright.
- Look a little ragged tonight. - 'Your boys paid me a visit.'
Like a drink to settle down?
'I owe you nothing, I've paid for my protection.'
Relax, Iris, this isn't a shakedown.
Get on with it, Frank. I'm tired.
Well...Jesse hasn't been at his place for a week.
I need to know what he's up to.
So you can help him again? Make sure everything's legal?
I don't wanna see Jesse get set up for good.
You tried that one last time, Frank.
I don't know anything you wanna know.
- No.
Who did, then?
'One of your officers, got a little carried away.'
- 'Give me his name.' - 'He works for you, Frank.'
' - 'Just trying to be friendly.'
'We stopped being friends a year ago.'
'We can always start again.'
- 'You'll have to pay for it.' - 'Didn't have to, a year ago.'
A year ago, I didn't know you were Veldini's brother.
You're a fool, Iris.
What's his price?
The old 20?
Take that and you'll be glad I didn't make it less.
- Veldini never paid. - Then you'll do it for free.
Let's see whose side you're on.
Aah..
Oh-oh!
Duval Jax?
Yeah, why?
Mr. Jax, my name's Hartwell.
County Health Department.
Oh!
I'm afraid, we got a little bad news for you.
It seems, the spot check conducted during
police operations showed your residence to be in violation
of several public-health ordinances.
Health? Yeah, we haven't had time to take care of that
but we're gonna get on it real soon.
Back, back, back. Down, sir.
Get back in there. Heel.
He's a police dog, see. He thinks you're a cop.
'I'm afraid we can't allow Sinclair Aviation'
to continue renting to you under these conditions.
Why don't you talk to them then? It's their apartment.
They ought to put in the bathroom.
We did. And they decided it would be easier
if the planes were sold into scrap
and...the area cleaned up.
We did manage, however, to talk them into a 10-day grace period.
'We know this is a little sudden'
'but enforcing the ordinances, we protect you, too.'
'No way.'
- 'It's gotta be.' - There ain't no way, Veldini.
We can't possibly earn enough in 10 days
to buy a whole electrical console.
Well, then we gotta pick bigger pockets.
We still couldn't order all the parts in time.
Take them two weeks to even get here.
Maybe there's another PBY around.
There's one. Over at Naval Air Station.
But it's usually locked up in a hangar.
How do you know that?
- I used to fly it.
When I was in the Navy.
Well, I figure Eagle seems to be doing all right so far.
What are the chances of lifting the console?
Well, if everything goes just right, about 100-to-1.
- 'Well, that ain't bad.' - Oh, that's just lovely.
You want this plane, Duval?
- Yeah.
Sure, if I get a decent crew.
'Zero hours in the air, and he's worried about a decent crew.'
Maybe you'd like to try flying a plane, smart-ass.
I'm not dumb to think I can fly a plane after reading one book.
I've read three or four lousy books, you nit.
Cut it out. We still don't have a plane.
We'll need some time to get that thing out of the Navy job.
- Sure.
'But, we'll need at least ten people to do it.'
- We'll take care of the rest. '
'I think we ought to be able to figure something out.'
[Mike Bloomfield singing "Make The Headlines" ]
* We got to get a gang together *
* We need all of our good friends *
* To come out of hiding
* To help us again
* We got a little job all lined up *
* That only you can do
* And we'll all make the headlines when we're through *
* The kettle is boiling
* The pressure sure stays on
* There just ain't no kind of way *
* To keep the lid on
* The cops are gonna be everywhere *
* They'll try to stop our play
* But we'll all make the headlines *
* The next day
* We're gonna make the headlines *
Eagle?
It's all set for Sunday night. Will you be ready to go?
Hell, yes, I'm gonna be ready to go.
Think I can't do it?
Christ.
All right. Gotta get some gear together, though.
That hangar door is a 40-foot climb.
I don't know nothing about climbing.
Except onto broads and motorcycles.
So get yourself another boy.
Look..
...you want me to snuff your brother?
Just say the word, and I'll take care of it.
- Come off that shit, Eagle.
I said come off the tough-guy act, I'm not in the mood for it.
Better watch it, Mac.
You could get pounded out.
You don't even look like a hood.
I gotta hand it to you for the hair, though.
Never got mine to look that good.
Oh, grease a pencil, huh?
Argh!
Sorry, Eagle. My fault.
Veldini.
I heard about your chick, and I'm sorry.
What?
The cops busted her apartment house last week.
And, uh, she was the only one they got.
- I don't know where he is.
Alright, you find out where he is.
You wanna sit on your ass, fine. But do your work, understand?
Or you'll be back on the street.
- I'm doing the best I can. - Just find him.
I wanna know where he is every minute.
But we got other things to do.
* I know I've got my problem *
* Always leadin' with my right
* This is one time baby
* I don't wanna fight
* Gonna walk these streets all night long *
* Chase you like a croakin' hound *
* We're gonna get together
* On common ground
* I don't like looking for trouble *
* My baby must be found
* I'm gonna find her and lead her *
* Lead her to some common ground *
* We can get together
* On some common ground
* On common ground
'Good evening.'
Why didn't you answer my marble?
You forgot your boot.
'Hey.'
Can you stop off at the next corner?
Yes, ma'am. Sure will.
'Gonna get you, Iris.'
* Sometimes I sit and wonder why I love him at all *
* Every time I hold him up, he begins to fall *
* He hasn't changed, he's just the same *
* Like all the other men
* He needs a woman's love this woman's love *
* To pick him up again
* He laughing sweet lies in my ear *
* But it's just the same old song *
* Telling me about a place somewhere *
* Where right is never wrong *
* Should I go or should I stay at least just to not give him *
* A woman's love, this woman's love *
* To try to make it right
* A woman's love ain't easy she can't depend upon a man *
Aah..
* I want you to come play with me just like you used to do *
* To make sure everything's alright *
* And really see me through
* I know you're not a little girl *
* I'll play with you this game
* Give me your woman's love
* Woman's love
* To make things right again
* It did good just be yesterday *
* When all of us were young
* Times when nothing mattered hanging out and having fun *
* Now I know you're a woman with a woman's hopes and fears *
* With the woman's love
* Woman's love
* To ease away my pain
* If I could just get it off my mind *
* And just lay down my bed
* Everything would workout fine and I'll have no fear *
* But I know that I'm woman, sometimes weak *
* Sometime strong. With a woman's love *
* Woman's love to keep right from getting wrong *
Where the hell are we, Veldini?
Water and power plant.
It's where we used to come. We used to steal change
from the rich kids going to school over there.
And then hide in here.
Ten
We had a lot of class, Iris.
Eagle would sit over there and read out loud to us.
He's the best goddamn reader I ever heard in my life.
He read the long version of "Outlaws of the Border".
Four hundred and seventy seven pages.
Took our names from that.
He was "Bittercreek" Newcomb.
Duval was Grant Dalton.
- No.
I always hated the name Jesse.
Frank was Jesse James. I was Billy the Kid.
I never played those kind of games when I was a kid.
I couldn't find anybody, I wanted to be.
I sure tried hard enough, though.
Is this all you bought?
The stores aren't open this early on a Sunday.
Got it in an orchard.
Veldini, when are you gonna..
...stop thinking that being a criminal is romantic?
I'm not a criminal, Iris.
I'm an outlaw.
- I don't know.
When I got out of the joint this time, Iris
I made a decision to go straight.
I can't do it.
They stuck me in jail, Frank had two cops hold me
against the wall and he beat the shit out of me.
- He didn't like my attitude.
Certainly gets around. He busted me for the same thing.
Now he's trying to give me six months.
Okay, this shows the Utilities Squadron Hangar.
Now, just for laughs, they put an electrified fence around it.
- Ruth, take care of that. - Sure.
- Easy, Ray, he'll be here.
Are you sure you got this worked out?
It's never gonna work.
- Leave that to me.
Okay.
Now, when we all get inside, three of you get the console
out of the plane as fast as you can.
Yeah, but not too fast. One bad cut, we blow the whole deal.
Without that console, we don't fly.
This thing is never gonna work.
The truck hits the hangar about 10:30..
...on the route we're traveling now.
The guard knows us, so that's okay.
- Yeah. '
- No guns. - We don't want nobody hurt.
Keep the truck on the line of sight..
...between the exit door and the guardhouse.
- Because we need that cover.
- Yeah.
Incredible.
Alright, look, use John. We got to go with family.
'Okay?'
'You sure you got this thing worked out?'
Now, Veldini will fill you in later.
Will you wait for me while I'm in prison?
We're leaving tomorrow, Iris.
You're gonna steal the plane, right?
No. We're gonna take it, because it's ours.
Stealing's what they're gonna do to you.
You coming with us?
I don't know yet.
You wanna go to jail?
They might let me off.
You're worried aboutwhat they might do, then they got you.
'Now, what about it?'
Don't dare me, Veldini. I'm not gonna go if you dare me.
You're tough, Iris, but you're not very dangerous.
I don't belong to anybody.
Terrific, that makes five of us.
- You're a loser. - You're a whore, Iris.
- Don't push me. - Push back.
- You're a bum. - Right. You're fantastic, Iris.
'Okay, you got 80 seconds.'
'The sentry's out, keep down.'
'Keep your heads down.'
'Okay.'
- Ready...go. - Up.
Peel, peel.
Faster, faster.
- Yeah.
Okay, move out.
How does he do that, Rocky?
Have you ever been in a circus?
- No. - I can't tell you.
Oh, Christ.
'Just take it easy.'
Aah. Woo-hoo-hoo.
Wow, look at it.
There it is.
There's the console.
- Let's get to work. - Yeah.
You be the guard.
'Hey, Iris, come over here.'
It's smaller than we thought. Its about 2 by the 4 by the 8.
'Hang it close to the wall.'
Do that whole perimeter there, okay?
Duval, you wanna check that out?
Yeah.
Okay?
Yeah, not bad. Except the Navy's got the wiring all wrong.
- Fifteen, twenty minutes.
Are you comfortable?
Don't be afraid , we're on the side of freedom and justice.
We could just quick disconnect this thing.
You gotta give me a lot of leeway for cutting.
You gotta cut off these wires behind the panel.
- Okay.
Look behind that bulkhead there.
Is there a steel plate back there?
Yeah.
- 'Right.' - Okay, take it off.
- The shore patrol just passed. - Check.
Let's stick it out here.
' - 'Right on schedule.'
'That blue wire's critical.'
- 'That's for the data control.' - Okay.
I can't get this number five bundle here.
Could you push it more? Just a little more?
- I am. - Come on, Ruth.
I'm trying.
- Here. - I got it.
- 'I got it.' '
'We're about finished, wanna check it?'
- 'Yeah.' - 'All we need is a top .'
Let's go.
'Come on, we're running out of time.'
'Okay.'
That's great.
'Don't twist it.'
'Easy, don't drop it.'
'Hey.'
'Guard.'
'Hey, stop him.'
Hey, Veldini.
Christ...stop.
- 'No.' - 'Stop.'
'No, stop.'
'Stop.'
The fuse.
'Hey, get him.'
Are you looking for something?
I just wanted to see where you were at.
I guess we both know.
- Everything's ready. Let's go. - Quick.
Quick.
Eagle, go to the fence and signal us when it's clear.
Kid, take the signal.
Eagle?
- We're cutting it close.
Oops!
SPF by the fence.
There's a hole in the fence. You seen anybody?
- No one's been through here. - 'Let me through.'
- I got a great idea. - Wait a second.
We're gonna go with the console.
That was my idea.
What about Eagle?
There's nothing we can do for him.
I mean, he's gonna make it okay by himself.
Alright, follow me.
Come on, get up in there.
Yes, sir.
Move it, move it.
'Hi, Ray.'
Hey, how you doing there, Bill?
You seen anybody strange on the field tonight?
Me? No, I didn't see anybody strange tonight.
I seen two sailors heading towards the fence last night.
' - 'No, too dark .'
We'll get them coming back in.
Yeah, you'll probably get them coming back in, then.
- Hasta la vista. - Yeah, you be good, now.
- Eagle will get away. - Yeah, sure.
Maybe Eagle didn't get away.
One more minute.
'Veldini?'
'Look, we better get going.'
When your brother finds that hanger's been robbed
this is the first place he's gonna look.
'Yeah, Duval.'
'Here we go.'
- Master switch. - Check.
'Fuel pump?'
Check.
Ignition on?
'Check.'
Engines primed?
'Check.'
Starters engaged.
Number one engine in.
Number two engine.
Goddamn horse-shit American equipment.
If the goddamn Japanese won the war.
'We wouldn't be having this problem.'
Number two engine in.
Okay.
Okay, let's see where we are.
' - '15 psi.'
- 95 psi.
- Four hundred degrees.
Okay, that's all.
You sure there ain't something else?
Altitude.
- Well, just read it off.
'We gotta know it works.'
Thirty-four inches.
Ain't there nothing else we can do?
No. Take it out.
Go ahead.
'Iris.'
'Keep watching for him.'
Do you hear me, Jesse?
We know about the hangar, Jesse.
Yeah, Frank.
Now, cut the engines and come out and I'll see you get a deal.
- Peachy.
Leave them.
Leave them till I figure something out.
'Okay, Jesse, you got 30 seconds left.'
'Don't make me blow you out of there.'
Okay.
'Jesse, you'll never make it off the road.'
'Come on out, Jesse, and I'll call down the guns.'
'Okay, look alive over there.'
Sure they got cars where we're going?
Yeah, that's what Eagle said.
Where are we going, Veldini?
'Some place where there ain't no jails, Duval.'
'That's what you said.'
There ain't no such place, you know?
Yeah, I know.
Okay, let's go.
'Hold your fire.'
Will you look at that.
Hold your fire.
Get the binoculars on that guy. Give me the goddamn binoculars.
'It's a goddamn costume party.'
'Son of a bitch.'
It's the best one he's ever done.
It's better than Grant Dalton or Jesse James.
Kid, go get that black box we took from the Navy.
Quick, now.
Wire it up for two minutes.
I don't know what he's up to.
- I'm getting in their way.
'Just stay alert back there.'
- We gonna ride. - You bet your sweet ass, Duval.
You're looking good, Eagle.
- I mean this one, Veldini. - We all mean this one, Eagle.
Eagle, how long we gonna be on these things?
I never rode one before.
Just until we can get to the helicopter.
What helicopter?
The one I got parked beyond those trees.
Let's get the hell out of here.
* Dear let me drive again
* I feel alive again Dear let me drive again *
'Jesse!'
Veldini!
* I caused all those terrible accident *
* Women and children screaming
* Radiator steaming
* Yes everybody spared the bend *
* Not to mention the telephone pole *
* That fell on the nitro truck and blew a big hole *
* Right across the free will
* And all I could do was sigh and cry *
* As the near by dam went bust and washed the town away *
* Dear let me drive again
* I feel alive again
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again
I feel alive again *
* Dear let me drive again *