" What's that?" " The bus crashed." "Don't move, driver!" "Lovely mango from the country." "Got any more?" "It's for my mother." "Country boy, out of the way!" "Do you know the way to Milk Lane?" "If you have money you can go anywhere." "If you haven't money, you're fucked, you'd better stay at home." " How much?" " Fifty cents, and help me push." "A red light means stop, brother!" "That's why you country boys end up dead in town." "He owes me money, but he won't dodge me today" "That guy's sent me for his money." "Where's he got to?" "Ivan." "All right, come inside." " You're sick, Mama?" " Yes." "What about grandmother?" "What are you coming to town for?" "Grandma's dead." "Dead?" "How can she be dead and I never know?" "We tried to get you, but the telegram came back." "When will she be buried?" "She's buried already." "Buried already, and I never got to the funeral?" "What's happened to the place?" "Grandma sold the place before she died." "What happened to the money?" "She wanted a big funeral." "And I didn't even get to go." "Then all the money's finished?" " A little bit's left." " You have it?" "Only this left?" "How will you get back to the country tonight?" "Not going back." "You can't stay here, you know, because I can't help you." " I'm staying in town." " How are you going to live?" "I could make a record." "I can sing, Mama." "You take this for a joke?" "I can get a job, then." "What job, unless you turn criminal?" "Why say such a thing about me?" "Avoid the question, go back to the country." "Then I'll give you the name of a person who will try to help you." "If you behave, he may try to get a little job for you." " A preacher?" " He can help you." "You didn't even bring me a mango?" "The mango season was bad this year." "Did you find Daisy?" "Just come from the country?" "By bus?" "She's your old lady?" "You've sold up and come to live in town?" "You can call it that." "I'm not playing again until you pay me that fifty cents." "I can't pay till tomorrow." "Too much action around town to play with people who can't pay." " What's on at The Rialto?" " What do you know about The Rialto?" "I read about it." "You want to go to The Rialto?" "Well, come there now." "I'll go with you?" "Do you think the hero dies before the last reel?" "Let's try some beginner's luck." "Mr Hilton!" " What kind of work do you do?" " I cut doors." "Go and see Mr Jackson." " What can you do?" " Anything you want, sir." " Can you do carpenter's work?" " I never did it before, sir." "Bricklaying?" "Can you paint?" "What do you mean, give you a break?" "We want skilled people." " Give me a break." " Leave the place, man!" "I can do as well as the next man, sir." "Have you got ten cents?" "I watched your car for you." "No, the steward looks after my car." "He's not here all the time, sir." "If you want your ten cents, go home." "Hey, pretty boy." "Pretty hat." "Johnny Too Bad, bring me the hammer." " Can't you get it yourself?" " No, you bring it to me." "You have a pretty hat this morning." "You like it?" "You really look like Johnny Too Bad." "You only have to have a gun to look like Johnny." "But before you get a gun get the broom and sweep out the shop." "I'll see about the preacher's work." "Sweep out the shop, you're a little boy." "Mind how you play in preacher's garden." "Preacher has tended that cherry tree for a long time now." "When the fruit's ripe, if preacher don't pick it, I'll pick it." "Looks like it'll soon be ripe." "After Hilton cuts my supply of records, will you supply me?" "Mr Hilton doesn't want this played." "You can't sell the record without Mr Hilton." "We want money now." "They shot Pedro's wife this evening, sir." " Who shot her?" " The army." " She had grass on her?" " Pedro got away with that." "What must I tell the traders?" "Hold out for a couple of days." "But the traders pay me protection money - and one got shot." "What about Pedro's wife, sir?" "Rupert, your mother is dead, she can't help you again." "Come along." "What's happening, Jose?" "My song was just played, you know." "You're moving up." "You didn't come here to dance, then?" "I showed him around when he first came to town." "My singer friend here is standing the drinks." "I have to go somewhere, but don't worry, I'll soon come back." "You control things till I come back." " What's the big joke?" " What's the big worry?" "I have to get some money." "I like how you slid out of the bar." "You've learnt a lot in town, but don't try to fool me." " Where did you make that record?" " Hilton's." "I bet you didn't get 20 dollars for it." "Don't tell me a lie, I know the scene." "Even if it reaches Number One you won't get another cent." "Tell me, do you think you can handle big money?" "I think I can work up something for you, you know." "Pedro, there's a policeman ahead, what if he stops us?" "You ask too many questions." "Just enjoy the ride." "Rupert, have you been to school this morning?" "Don't go too near the fire, you might get sick again." "You didn't give Miss Elsa any trouble?" "You took your medicine?" " Something for me, Ivan?" " This is for Pedro." " Catch any fish today?" " No, the sea's rough." "You have a good girl." "She's cared for my Rupert since his mother died." "Go over to the bar with this." "Say we'll collect tonight." " How goes it this week?" " Not too bad, Pedro." "We split that." " Who's that for?" " Didn't Jose say how it works?" "Well, this is for Jose." "He gets something from everybody." "He collects from everybody?" "Everyone who makes more than one trip." "How come Jose's not rich?" "It's not just Jose, you know." "You ask too many questions." "Aren't you making out?" "All you do is give Jose 15 dollars a week, then everything is all right." "This is from me and the new brother." " You're new to this?" " Sort of." " You need some protection." " Like what?" "Twenty dollars for the pair." "Pedro, do you think I should take them?" "Are you out to kill somebody?" " No, I don't plan on killing." " Then leave it, man." "Serve them right!" "They held a plane in Florida loaded with ganja." "It came from here." "One hundred thousand dollars." "They say the US government will aid the army to clamp down on them." " Where's Pedro?" " I don't know." "Jose, read the newspaper?" "They caught a plane." "Two got through." "Someone's making plenty of money." "Not us." "I'm only getting splits." "Who's making all the money?" "Ask no questions, hear no lies." "We could sell some direct." "Your play." "Selling for export, we should get a little extra." "I'm the one who's taking the risk." "You want to split?" "I don't want to split, I just want more money." "You're making a living." "When I met you, your arse was hanging out." "I don't like what's going on." "Are you stoned?" "Finish that game out." "That's all we're getting this week?" "We'll be broke after paying Jose." "I owe the doctor, too." "Let Jose take our share from the money they make in America." "It's them that caused the army to burn the fields." "Jose, I can't pay all this week;" "my kid's ill." "That's not my concern." "I just deal with 15 dollars." "I don't want no soft words, just 15 dollars." "So it's just money you deal with?" "I'm paying five dollars this week." " Keep it till you come out." " From where?" "I'm not afraid of you, Jose." "You think it's me?" "The guy I got to help Pedro is giving me a lot of trouble." "Better lock him up a while and teach him a lesson." "Haven't I seen you with Jose somewhere before?" "Which Jose is that?" "The one who sent the policeman I shot." "You have a gun and you don't have any pants." "Give me a pen and paper." "Look what a fellow just brought in." ""I've made a record of..." You think the guy is serious?" "What are you doing there so long?" "Are you thinking?" "You mean you can't think of a story to fool me with tonight?" "Make up your story, man." "What a day when I catch you out and no story can help you." "That's the day I'm waiting for." "Give me a gun, sir." "I must find him in my area." "I gave him a bike, money, a place to live." "When I find him today he'll be dead and dead." "I'm going to shoot him." "I control this place from birth." "You're running, but I'll find you anywhere." " Anyone seen Jose?" " Must have gone underground." "Police protection." "Not coming for money?" "Ivan's fixed him for good." "Something new must happen now." "Whatever happens, Ivan is a boss." "Have you got his tune on the jukebox?" " Haven't you found the record yet?" " It was put here a long time ago." "You banned the record?" "You hadn't the courtesy to tell me?" "Why didn't you warn me they were coming?" " Elsa, how is Rupert?" " He's far gone." "If he doesn't lose more blood he'll be all right." "The doctor says he must have good food." "Why are the police raging?" "They're keeping up the pressure, we can't do a thing." "What about going fishing?" "To tell you the truth, the boat was sold long ago." "Even when Ivan was here?" "Have you heard from Ivan?" "I wonder how his shoulder is getting on." " What time's Jose coming?" " Soon." " What are we going to tell him?" " A dollar-fifty's not bad." "Resume as before." "What are they waiting for?" "They want something more." "They won't resume until they get Ivan." "Has anybody seen him?" "My belly's empty, my baby's belly's empty, too." "We couldn't give up Ivan like that." "Business is business, you know." "What do you say, Pedro?" "Won't you say anything?" "He's not under pressure yet." "It's supposed to drive away pain." "I hear some people say they catch me." "No news, man." "Pure propaganda." "I sent them a picture;" "how come they don't publish it?" "It's compulsory." "Everything's quiet." "I don't like it." "What's happening in the trade?" "Most of the boys are holding out, but I don't like what I hear" "Jose's offered some of the boys a raise." "Into export." "But that's what I was after." "Some of them will get that now." "Now they get what they want they might forget me." "Some of us are still backing you, to get rid of Jose." "But you'd better try to get away before it's too late." "I'm not running, Pedro." "Freddie got a job on a boat and can get you to Cuba." "You'll get a big welcome there." "Revolutionary to Ras." "Could get a doctor to fix my shoulder, too." "We'll go to the coast tomorrow and wait there." "The boat will pick you up." "But I have to see Elsa and Rupert before I go." "You'll see them." "I hope the ambulance will come soon, take him to hospital." "I can't stand hearing him cry, you know?" "When will the trade start again?" "They want Ivan, definitely." "The boys are ready to start." "The traders don't know where he is." "They'd tell me, they want to start." "They'll start without me and I won't be able to control them." "They're desperate, sir." "If they start without me I won't control them." "Criminals will come into the trade, not paying protection money." "You have a million and one policemen and you can't find him." "Do you think the hero dies before the last reel?"