"¶ I keep busy taking' life easy ¶" "¶ Livin' one day at a time ¶" "¶ Ain't it something, happy with nothing ¶" "¶ Livin' one day at a time ¶" "¶ Don't worry about tomorrow ¶" "¶ 'Cause I don't care ¶" "¶ Long as I got that great big sun ¶" "¶ High up there ¶" "¶ I'm admitting', like to be sittin' ¶" "¶ Watching the world go along ¶" "¶ Don't need money, isn't it funny ¶" "¶ Give me a smile and a song ¶" "¶ It doesn't matter if I don't have a dime ¶" "¶ I keep busy taking' life easy ¶" "¶ Livin' one day at a time ¶" "Dear." "Hmm?" "What?" "Summer's going to be gone before we know it." "We still haven't decided what Leonora's going to do this fall." "Go to college or what?" "What do you think, dear?" "I think if business doesn't pick up," "I'm going to have to put on some kind of a sale or something." "Charles, are you talking about the store again?" "Of course, I was talking about the store." "I don't think I had five customers today." "But what about Leonora?" "What about her?" "Well, I just got through sa" "Charles, look." "Look, look." "A shooting star." "Charles." "Charles." "I see it, Nettie." "It" " It pointed right at you." "Do you think that means something?" "Oh, come on, Nettie." "Star!" "Where's the star?" "Well, it's gone now." "It went down over behind the Methodist church." "It shone right on your father." "Make a wish, Mom." "Oh, well, uh" "Leonora:" "I know what I wish." "I wish that someday I'll have a beautiful wedding with pink flowers." "You didn't see the star, Leonora." "Pop saw it." "So what do you wish, Pop?" "[buzzing]" "I wish these mosquitoes would let me alone." "Go on, Mom, make a wish." "I wish..." "No, I'm not gonna tell." "Come on, Ma." "Just tell us." "Please." "I wish..." "we could all go to Chicago and see the World's Fair." "What an idea!" " Yeah, Dad, how about it?" " Dad, please?" " Come on." " Could we, please?" "How I'd love to see that." "Oh, Charles, do you think we" "No, I guess not." "Daddy, why are you so dead set against taking Mom on a nice trip?" "Leonora, if there's one thing that's a bigger waste of time and money than a fair, I haven't heard of it." "Besides, there's a depression on, you know." "Don't these wishes ever come true, Pop?" "Rupert, there's only one way to get things in this world, and that's to work for them." "I think we ought to go in before these mosquitoes eat us alive." "What do you think you're doing, nutty?" "I'm wishing for Mom's wish to come true." "Didn't you hear what Pops said about that wishing junk?" "Well, I don't care." "Maybe he doesn't think about such things." "All he knows is work." "Good night, boys." "Good night, Pop." "Good night, Pop." "Good morning, ladies." "Yoo-hoo, Mr. Appleby." "Oh, good morning, Miss Partridge." "Good morning." "Now, Pierre, you be a gentleman." "I don't ever recall you having a sale before, Mr. Appleby." "Well, that's true, Miss Partridge." "But we've never had times like these before, either." "Oh, so true." "So very true." "Now, let me see if I understand this sale correctly." "I could buy this little green tea pot for, uh" "For the regular price:" "$2.00." "And then I would get the orange one for just a penny?" "That's right." "$2.00 for the green one and just one cent for the orange one." "Oh, that's very good." "That is a very ingenious sale." "That's $2.00, and one cent." "Oh, dear." "Something wrong, Miss Partridge?" "Uh, the green one is chipped." "Do you see that, Mr. Appleby?" "Oh, it is a little chipped, isn't it?" "Maybe I can find another one." "Oh, no, no." "Please don't bother." "I'll just take the orange one." "And here's your penny." "Good day, Mr. Appleby." "Come along, Pierre." "Miss Partridge." "Miss Partridge." "That isn't exactly the way it works." " Miss Pa-- - [telephone rings]" "Come on, Rupe." "It's time for it right now." "Come on!" "RadioAnnouncer:" ""TheRomance ofHelenTrent."" "Thewomanwhoproves thatromancecancome evenafter35 ." "[changes stations]" "SecondRadioAnnouncer:" "Hahaha !" "Yes,sir." "Weready,boysand girls?" "Wedon'thavemuchtime ." "Today,CaptainBob wasgonnatellyou  howtofinish yourCaptainBobkite." "Yesterday,wefastened ourstickstogether andtiedourstring allaroundtheframe." "Nowthen, howmanyof you haveyourflour andwaterpasteall mixed?" "Neatly,ofcourse." "Put your hand down, Rupert." "That'sfine." "Nowspreadyourpaper outonatable." "Table, table." "Anyoldtable willdo,of course." "Orthefloor woulddoevenbetter." "Ihopeyouremembered totakemy advice aboutusingtissuepaper, andnotwrappingpaper." "Darn it." "Come on, go, Rupe." "Go find some tissue paper." "I don't know where any is at." "Just find some!" "However,ifsomeofyou don'thappento have anytissuepaper aroundthehouse," "Iwouldsuggest yougorightahead anduseordinary wrappingpaper." "Don't eat that, Jigs." "That's glue." "Nowtakeagood, sharppencil, andthenlayyourframe onthetissuepaper orwrappingpaper..." "Pencil, where's the pencil?" "...anddrawaline allaroundit ..." "Hurry, come on." "The pencil." "Get it." "Haveyougotthatdone ?" "No!" "Good." "[laughs]" "Nowtake yourlittlescissors, butbeverycareful nottocutyourself." " Pencil." " Here." "I said pencil!" " Well, he said scissors." " Forget it." "CaptainBob wouldn'tlikethat." "Sotakeyourscissors, andcutalongthe lines, keepinga goodstraightedge." "Busted." "Takeyourtimesoyou doa nice,neatjob  likeCaptainBob wantsyouto do ." "Yes,sir ." "Areyoufinishedcutting?" "No!" "Wonderful." "Andnow it'stimeto paste." "Wait, we haven't finished cutting!" "Oh,my,that's themostfunofall." "You're getting it all over me!" "Well, he said paste." "...orMotherwillbe madatCaptainBob , andwedon'twantthat ,dowe ?" "No,sir." "Oh ,brother." "Rupert!" "Nowspreadathinlayer ofyourpaste alongtheedges verycarefully." "That'sit." "Nowfoldtheedges overthestrings, pressfirmly,andkazaam!" "There'syourCaptainBob  kiteallfinished." "Now,wasn'tthateasy?" "[laughs]" "Okay,now,boysand girls, let'sgetto thosebirthdays." "Jigs, no!" "Happybirthday toRandyFeckstetter..." "Boy, are we in trouble." "...TimmyGrossman, EloiseLudwig..." "Jigs!" "What are we gonna do?" "Boy, are we gonna get it when Mom gets back." "Let's clean up this place." "Hurry up." "My stars." "What are you doing?" "Making a kite, Mom." "A kite?" "It looks like a tornado." "Jigs." "Jigs, get off there." "Get off there." "Get off!" "Look at your father's chair." "Oh, thank goodness he's not coming home this evening." "You, get this mess cleaned up." "Jump!" "Well, this wouldn't have happened if Pop would help us build a kite like Frankie Gosset's dad did for him." "Don't blame it on someone else." "[telephone rings]" " What a mess." " I'll get it." "[rings]" "Hello?" "Oh, Leonora?" "Just a minute, I'll check and see if she's here." " Mom, I'm here." " Shh." "It's Ray Ferris." "You don't want to talk to him." "How do you know I don't?" "Your father doesn't like him." "When did Daddy say that?" "He doesn't even know Ray." "Well, if he did, he wouldn't like him." "Mother." "Hello, Ray?" "Well, this evening?" "Oh, nothing much." "Why don't you come over?" "Leonora, shh-shh." "No, no." "Just a sec." "What's the matter now?" " Derwood." " What?" "Derwood is coming over to see you this evening." "That doesn't matter." "Ray, listen." "You don't mind if Derwood's coming over tonight, do you?" "Oh, you do." "Oh, don't be silly, Ray." "Don't be silly." "That's silly." "Silly is right." "Okay, cookie." "See you later." "Bye-bye." "What's so wrong with Ray?" "I think he's cute." "I went with a boy who was cute once." "So, what happened?" "I married him." "[horn honks]" "Why don't you learn to drive!" "Think they own the road." "[horn honks]" "[horn honks]" "What are you, some kind of a cat with nine lives?" "What?" "You are number 476-9W-14, aren't you?" "I don't know who you are or what you're talking about, so will you just get off my car?" "I've had enough trouble today." "Now will you please get off my car?" "What's the matter with you, you loony bird?" "What's the idea of blocking the alley?" "Don't ask me, ask him." "Ask, uh" "Oh, you better go sober up, buddy, or they're gonna slap you in the booby hatch." "You'd better get off of there because I have to go to a lodge meeting." "Oh, no." "You have to come with me." "You'd better hang on." "[whistles]" "Sorry you're gonna have to miss lodge, Charley." "How do you know my name?" "No big deal." "Your basic facts are all here." "Meerschaum, hey?" "I had one like this." "You mind if I try it?" "Got a match, Charley?" " Well, uh" " Never mind." "[horn honks]" "Hey!" "Look at that." "Will you cut out this bunk?" "Who are you anyway?" "Don't you know?" "I'm your angel." "Oh, come on." "You expect me to believe that?" "Frankly, no." "It looks like the only thing you believe in is your cash register." "If your life actually has been as dull as this, you're probably glad it's over." "What do you mean, over?" "Your number is up, Chum." "What?" "I'm perfectly healthy." "We get lots of healthy ones." "In fact, if you had been standing an inch closer, that sledgehammer would have worked." "The sle-- Did you do that?" "Oh, no." "My job is just to deliver you." "Well, now, wait a minute." "You can't deliver me." "I'm not dead yet." "You got a point there, kid." "Look, I don't believe my number's up." "And I don't believe you're an angel." "You don't even look like one." "Oh, Charley." "You're such a pain." "All right, look over there." "Satisfied?" "Now then, let's get down to cases, Charley." "We know your number is up, so" "Look, I can't go with you now." "I'm not ready." "You birds never are." "Well, I've got to have more time." "More time?" "Are you kidding?" "You never learned how to use the time you've already had." "What do you mean?" "I've always made a good living for my family." "You call that living?" "Well, I couldn't afford to do all those exciting things." "How expensive is it to go out and play ball with the kids?" "Would a 50 cent bottle of cologne for your wife break you?" "That's all well and good" "As far as I know, there's no charge at all for a good sunset." "All you have to do is take time to look at it." "Uh, wait a minute." "Where are you going?" "This thing is so fouled up, I gotta go back and find out when and how they're gonna take you." "They've already tried three times." "Isn't that enough?" "Look, kid, when your number's up, it's up." "I've got to have more time." "There's so many things I have to do." "Well, you've got one thing in your favor." "You're still here." "Wait." "What do I do in the meantime?" "If I were you," "I'd drive more carefully." "Hello, dear." "[gasps] Charles." "What are you doing home?" "I thought I'd surprise you, honey." "Oh, you scared me half out of my wits." "The lodge hall burn down?" "Not that I know of." "Here." "Oh, where did you find those?" "I didn't find them, I bought them." "For you." "For me?" "Why, what have you done?" "I haven't done anything, Nettie." "Is it against the law for a man to buy his wife a few flowers?" "No, no." "Of course not." "They're lovely." "Thank you." "All right, Charles." "What happened?" "Why aren't you at the lodge?" "I decided not to go." "I'd rather spend the time here with my family." "Nettie, have you seen the sunset out there?" " The sunset?" " It's really something." "Come on out on the porch and look at it with me." "Charles" "Would you look at that sky, Nettie?" "What colors, huh?" "Makes you feel like, well, like there's something important going on up there, doesn't it?" "Yes." "A man should take the time to appreciate things like this." "Before it's too late." "What do you mean, too late?" "Oh, nothing." "But we just never know what might be around the corner for us in this great scheme of life." "Charles... let me smell your breath." "Come on, Nettie." "You know me better than that." "Well, let's go in." "I'm hungry." "We better get a man to fix that screen door tomorrow." "You've been saying that for months." "But this time I mean it." "No more putting it off." "In fact, I'm going to have the whole place fixed up for you." "I'll go and get washed up." "Just a minute, Rupert." "I don't think we've said grace yet." "Grace?" "You, Daddy?" "Well, of course." "Dear God, thank you for this food and all." "Take care of us in the days ahead." "And speaking of the days ahead, if you could see your way clear to stretching them out a little, I'd sure" "We'd sure appreciate it." "Amen." "Amen." "Well, now, what did you boys do today?" "We didn't do anything." "Honest." "Well, I wasn't accusing you." "I was just interested, that's all." "It was really Jigs' fault that the paste" "Everything was just fine." "Today, just fine." "Eat your vegetables, Rupert." "How would you all like to go to the movies tonight?" "The whole family?" "How does that sound?" "Tonight?" "I don't know what's playing, but I know it's bank night, so maybe we can pick up a little money." "Oh, well, maybe tomorrow night, huh?" "Well, I might not be able to make it tomorrow night." "Oh, well, I sort of have a date with Derwood tonight." " Oh." " And Ray, also." "You have a date with two boys?" "You'll never get a husband that way, Leonora." "Who said I was looking for one?" "[car horn honks]" "Oh, that must be Derwood." "Sorry, Daddy." "Maybe some other time." "Well, you haven't finished your dinner." "I'll be late." "[honks]" "I know Derwood, but who's the other fellow she mentioned?" "Oh, Ray." "Ferris." "Who's Ray Ferris?" "[other car horn honks] [honks]" "That'll give you an idea of who he is." " You ready to go?" " Uh..." "Great." "See you later, Derwood." "[engine doesn't start]" "Well, that doesn't mean the rest of us can't go, right boys?" "Um... to the movies, did you say, Pop?" "Weren't you listening, Willie?" "Boy:" "Willie, Rupert, come on, let's go!" "Go?" "Go where?" "Oh, no place, really." "We sort of promised Frankie Gosset that we'd go along with him." "You're going no place with Frankie?" "Frankie:" "Hurry up, guys!" "Dad's waiting to take us to the movies!" "Okay, Frankie." "We'll be right there." "You're-- You're going to the movies with Frankie's dad?" "Yeah, he takes us lots of places." "He's a keen guy." "Excuse us." "See you later, Pop." "Yeah." "Well, Nettie, old girl, I guess it looks like it's down to just the two of us, huh?" "Dear, maybe you could still get to part of your lodge meeting." "You mean you have some place to go, too?" "Only to Clara's." "Well, can't you go to your sister's some other night?" "Uh, not really." "On Thursday nights, I'm always a fourth." "A fourth what?" "A fourth." "At bridge." " Oh." " Just leave everything, dear." "I'll do the dishes as soon as I get home." "I'm running a little behind schedule." "Bye-bye." "[whines]" "Hello, Jigs." "Well, we have a few leftovers for you." "By the way, are you busy tonight?" "The first thing I want you to do, Pete, is fix that back screen door." "I want the whole place put in top shape." "You think you can handle that?" "More than likely." "And I may want the house painted." "Can you paint a house?" "What color?" "What difference does that make?" "Could make a lot." "Say I painted it orange, and you wanted it purple." "I want it the way it is." "Then why paint it?" "I mean, I want it the color it is." "Well, it's your house." "This is wild." "After all these years, he's actually fixing the place up." "What's come over Daddy, Mom?" "I wish I knew." "Oh, Pete, it seems to me I've heard some rumors." "Tell me, are you a drinker?" "Thanks, but not now." "It's too early." "I don't want to catch you drinking on the job." "Oh, you won't." "If I feel like drinking, I stop working." "All this to catch a poor little fish." "Zowie." "Whoops." "Sorry, Charley." "So, it's you, the pipe filcher." "Tell me, what did you find out?" "What are they going to do with me?" "I don't know." "Boy, they're sure making better reels than back in my day." "You don't know?" "What kind of an outfit are they running up there?" "Right now, a confused one, kid." "Why?" "What's the jam-up?" "They don't tell me anything, but near as I can figure, someone up there thinks you're worth salvaging." "Yeah?" "Why, I don't know." "But at least that's why you're still alive." "Then I do have a chance for more time?" "I wouldn't bank on it, kid." "Not with your record." "Look, if you're really my angel, help me." "I mean, tell me what I can do to improve my chances." "That's for you to learn, but whatever you do," "I'd sure do it in a hurry." "Would I have time to take Nettie and the kids to the World's Fair?" "Oh, come on." "You know you don't really intend to do that." "How do you know I don't?" "I suppose the minute I'm gone, you're gonna march right over to the bank and draw out money for the trip." "Well, I can't very well leave the store right now." "Oh, of course not." "I'll be seeing you." "Now, wait a minute, angel." "Look, I feel kind of silly calling you "angel"." "What's your name?" "Oh, I wouldn't remember that." "You don't remember your own name?" "No, you see, those earthly things sort of fade away." "Oh, sometimes you get flashes of the old life." "A tennis game with a strawberry blond." "A line from an old song." "How old are you anyway?" "Well, maybe this will give you some idea." "[plays like a ukulele]" "¶ Hello, my baby, hello, my honey ¶" "¶ Hello, my ragtime gal ¶" "¶ Send me a kiss by wire ¶" "¶ Baby, my hearts on fire ¶" "¶ If you refuse me, honey, you-- ¶" "Oh, Roy Zerney." " What?" " That was my name." "Roy Zerney." "Sort of popped in." "Roy Zerney." "Sounds kind of silly now." "¶ Hello, Roy Zerney ¶" "¶ Hello, Roy Zerney ¶" "¶ Let's go, my ragtime gal ¶ [pots chime like bells]" "¶ Send me a kiss by wire ¶" "¶ If you refuse me, honey, you lose me ¶" "¶ Then you'll be left alone ¶" "¶ Oh, baby, telephone ¶" "¶ And tell me I'm your own ¶" "¶ Tell me, tell me, dumpty-dum ¶" "Roy:" "I suppose theminuteI'mgone, you'regonnamarch rightoverto thebank anddrawoutmoney forthetrip." "[people shouting]" "Hey, give us our money!" " Robbers!" " Crooks!" " The bank's busted!" " I want my money!" "They won't give us our money!" "[shouting]" "What's happened?" "What's going on here?" " Bank's closed!" " The bank's busted!" "All my savings are gone!" "We can't get our money!" "Give us our money!" "Ernie, open up." "It's Appleby." "I've got to talk to you." "[knocking]" "Ernie, it's important!" "I can't talk to you now, Charley." "Ernie." "Ernie, I've got to have some of my money." "There's nothing I can" "Look, you're putting me in an awful spot." "Do you think I'm having a picnic in here?" "Now, look, Ernie, if you hadn't talked me out of putting my money in bonds" "I'm sorry about that." "You knew this was going to happen." "Charley, I am going to try and get the bank open again just as soon as I can." "Well, how soon?" "Well, I don't know." "It'll be a few weeks or months." "A month?" "I can't wait a month." "You'll have to, just like everybody else." "But, Ernie, you don't understand." "I" " I may not be around here too long." "From the sound of that crowd out there," "I may not be around too long, either." "Ernie" "Watch out for the string, Pop." "What are you trying to do, set a booby trap for me?" "No, we're making a telephone with Frankie." " Oh." " His pop showed us how." "Oh, he did, huh?" "Yeah, he teaches us lots of things." "Oh." "I wish you fellas would keep your bicycles out of the driveway." "Yoo-hoo, Charles!" "Don't walk under the ladder." "You might have bad luck." "I might?" "That's a hot one." "Boy." "Nettie:" "Oh, did you notice?" "Pete started painting the house today." "Looks more like he's painting the windows." "I guess I'm going to have to let him go." "Oh, no, no." "You can't do that." "Nettie, didn't you hear about the bank closing today?" "Well, that's exactly why you can't let him go." "What kind of logic is that?" "Well, I had to loan poor Pete $100." "You what?" "Well, he needed it because he said his cash was all tied up at the bank." "His cash?" "I'll bet he's never had a bank account in his life." "Well, anyhow, the only way he can pay it back is to work it off." "Nettie, when you have to start handling your own finances" "No, I don't intend to." "Well, you may have to." "Sooner than you think." "Testing." "Good evening." "I'll do the talking." "You just hold it." "Testing." "Good evening, Mister and Missus America, and all the ships at sea." "Let's go to press." "Frankie, could you hear me?" "Frankie:" "No!" "Talk louder!" "What?" "When I'm ready for the song," "I'll signal you like this." "You're supposed to hold it." "And don't forget the money." "Okay, Frankie, we won't forget." "Hey, listen, when Pop comes in, you gotta ask him." "Why don't you ask him?" "Because you're littler." "All right, Willie, what did you want to ask me?" "Oh, uh, we need two bucks, Papa." "Two bucks?" "When I was your age, I had to work a week for that." "What do you want it for?" "Uh..." "It's for a surprise." "Oh." "I'm glad you brought up the subject of money, because it's something I've been wanting to talk to you about." "Come over here and sit down, will you?" "Pop, we gotta practice a song that we're gonna sing on a telephone." "Well, that will wait, Willie." "Just sit down." "You know, boys, I'm" "Well, I'm not always going to be around for you to run to whenever you need money." "So I think you should start earning your own, learning the value of a dollar." "[doorbell rings]" "Now, don't go away." "I'm not through." "[rings]" "Mr. Appleby?" " Yes?" " I'm Ray Ferris." "Oh, you're" "Is Leonora in?" "No, I'm afraid not." "She's, uh" "Well, she's gone out with Derwood." "Oh." "Where'd they go, that miniature golf place?" "Well, it's pretty hard to keep track of where young people go these days." "Yeah." "Well, thanks." "Ray?" "I think you should know," "Leonora's going steady with a substantial young man, and I think we should leave it that way." "I can't say as Leonora gave me that impression." " Well, she wouldn't." " In fact, she told me" "Do you have a job?" "Well, no, sir." "Not at the moment." "Well, there, you see?" "Things are kind of tough right now, but I'm willing to work at anything I can get." "Uh-huh." "Well, good luck at it, Ray." "It's been nice knowing you." "Mr. Appleby?" "I don't give up easily." "Now, let's see." "We were talking about getting jobs, weren't we?" "Yes, sir." "Here, Pop." "What's this?" "It's for you." ""To our Dad, Happy Father's Day."" "Well, that's right." "Sunday is Father's Day, isn't it?" "We just thought we'd give it to you today." "You made this yourself, huh?" "Yeah, we made it at school." "Thanks, boys." "Thanks very much." "Hey, kids." "You guys get ready." "I'll give you the signal when to start." "Okay, Frankie." "Pop, we promise that we'll look for jobs, but right now, we gotta practice this song." "Come on, Rupert." "He's ready." "¶ Happy Father's Day to you ¶" "¶ Happy Father's Day to you ¶" "¶ Happy Father's Day, Mr. Gosset ¶" "¶ Happy Father's Day to you ¶" "Oh, about that money, Pop." "Oh, yeah." "I guess I can see my way clear to" "We're chipping in with Frankie for his dad." "Because he's been so nice to us." "Uh-huh." "Well..." " Thanks, Pop." " Yeah, thanks." "Happy Father's Day, Mr. Gosset." "[rooster crows]" "Leonora, I really ought to go home." "You can't go until I put something on your poor eye." "It'll be okay." "That big bully Derwood." "I never knew he had a temper like that." "Let's not talk about him, all right?" "I never want to see him again." "Ray:" "Shh." "Just don't talk." "[Charley mumbles] [gasps] It's Daddy!" "You better go." "Wait, wait, wait." "Ray?" "What are you doing here?" "I just brought Leonora home." "What time is it?" "It's 5 o'clock in the morning." " 5 o'clock?" " 5 o'clock." "How did you get the shiner?" "Oh, Derwood and I just had a little scuffle." "That took all night?" "Oh, no, no, no." "Leonora and I just stopped off at this little place on the way home." "What little place?" "Sadie's Place." "Sadie's?" "That's a roadhouse." "A bootleg joint." "Well, it's the only place in town where you can dance." "Ray, if that's the kind of a place you're going to take my daughter," "I don't want you going out with her anymore." "Mr. Appleby, we weren't doing anything wrong." "We just enjoy being together." "Well, don't you remember when you were young, how important it was to, well, to have someone care for you, and to be with them?" "You think that's only important to the young, huh?" "Well..." "Maybe when people get older, they just don't think about such things." "I guess I better go now." "Mr. Appleby, I love your daughter." "Nettie:" "Charles, aren't you ever coming to bed?" "I'll be up in a minute, Nettie." "Good morning, Charlie." "Roy." "Now where did you go?" "[whistling]" "What are you doing in there, Roy?" "Taking a bath." "First tub I ever saw with a faucet way up there." "That's a shower." "You just stand in front of it, let it squirt on you." "Well, what did they decide up about me, Roy?" "They're still arguing." "A couple of 'em are on the fence, but most of them think you're getting nowhere fast." "Well, they can say that again." "The more I try, the worse I mess things up." "My wife suspects everything I do, my daughter's ruining her chances for a good marriage, and the boys have thrown me over for a substitute father." "Yeah, it's tough." "I wish to heck you could get more time." "I'd like to see you win this thing, kid." "You would?" "I didn't know you were on my side." "I wasn't at first, with your record and all, but I don't know, I guess I always was for the underdog, and right now I'd say you're the underest dog I know." "Yeah." "Then you'll really get in there and pitch for me, huh, Roy?" "I need help from somewhere." "[knocking] Charles?" "Yes, Nettie?" "Is someone in there with you?" "What kind of a ridiculous question is that, Nettie?" "It sounded like you were talking to somebody." "It did?" "I guess I must've been talking to myself." "Oh?" "When did you start doing that?" "Uh, Nettie, would you mind if I finished shaving?" "I've got to get to work, you know." "Oh, yes." "Yes, dear." "Of course." "Charles." "What?" "Charles, Charles." "Will you ever learn to pick up your things?" "It seems to me I've just been picking up after you all my life." "You kids want to work, huh?" "Well, first thing I want you to do is clear all this junk out of here." "Just stack it off to the sides." "I want room so I can move cars in and out of here." "You got that?" "Move all this?" "You said you wanted a job." "Take it or leave it." "Pays ten cents an hour." "We'll take it." "Okay." "I'll keep track of your time." "Let's have an honest day's work now, huh?" "How are we supposed to learn the value of a dollar if we only make ten cents?" "Work overtime, I guess." "Come on, we better get this started." "Rupe, grab the other end." "One, two, three." "Boy, I'm pooped." "Let's rest up a few minutes, okay?" "Somewhere in the shade." "Come on, Rupe." "The car." "[both sigh]" "How much money do you think we earned by now?" "Ah, at least 20 cents." "[groans]" "I wonder if this clunker still runs." "Hey, look what I found." "Huh." "Hey, I wonder if Felix will let me have this." "Don't ask him now." "He'll see that we're not working." "Okay, okay, keep your shirt on, will you, Sadie?" "Look, I told you." "Bugs should be there any minute with the stuff." "[car engine starts]" "Say, look, I gotta go, Sadie." "Yeah, business." "Hey!" "Hey, cut that out, you kids!" "Stop playing around with the car!" "I'm planning on selling this one." "I'm sorry." "I didn't think it would start." "Yeah." "Can I please have this, sir?" "Yeah, who cares?" "Just leave the car alone." "And what are you doing in here anyway?" "You're supposed to be working." "Now get out and get to work." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey, Bugs, what are you doing?" "I'm getting rid of this load of booze, that's what I'm doing." "Not here, you idiot." "The cops have been tailing me." "They got the truck spotted." "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah." "But first, deliver this load to Sadie's Place." "They've been calling for it every two minutes." "You deliver it." "Oh, sure." "Smart." "If I get caught, you lose your front in this town." "[chuckles]" "If I get caught, the big boss will kill me." "Okay, okay." "Don't let's panic." "Just call Sadie on the phone and tell her." "Shut up, shut up." "I'm thinking." "I got it." "What?" "They're gonna deliver it." "Who?" "Them?" "Come on, they're just kids." "Hey, boys." "Come here!" "Hey, look, Felix, I don't understand." "I mean" "Nobody would suspect a couple of kids of running a load of hooch, right?" "No, but still" "Do me a favor." "Relax." "Let me handle this." "We were working." "Honest!" "Yeah, yeah." "Tell me, how good can you drive a car?" "Pretty good." "My pal's father let me drive with him a few times." "Would you like to make a little extra money?" "Doing what?" "Delivering a couple cases of cooking oil for Bugs." "This is Bugs." "Poor fellow's truck broke down here." "Yeah, but we don't have a car." "I'll tell you what." "You can use that car that you were playing around in back there." "Yeah?" "Where do you want the stuff delivered?" "Sadie's Place." "You know where that is?" " Sure." " Good." "You bring the car up here, and we'll load it for you." "Okay." "Shorty." "Listen." "This dame Sadie's gonna give you an envelope with some money in it." "For the cooking oil." "Yeah." "Now, when you get this envelope, you bring it right back to me." "You got that?" " Yes, sir." " Okay." "[car engine shakily starts] [car horn]" "Aren't you going to shift into second?" "That darn clutch is so far away." "All right." "Can just barely reach it." "[horn honking]" " Look out!" " Help!" "[tires screeching]" "You try shifting." "You've got a better angle on it." "Now." "[gears grind]" "Attaboy, Rupe." "Wanna try for high?" "Not now, I'm settling for this." "Stick your arm out." "We're gonna make a right at the next corner." "[honks horn] [brakes screech]" "[screams]" "Sorry, ma'am!" "Well, I never!" "Hello." "Coming." "Are you Sadie?" "Run along, kid." "We're busy." "Wait, don't you want your cooking oil?" "Cooking oil?" "You?" "We're delivering it for Mr. Bugs." "Wait here a minute." "Mack." "Look what Bugsy's pulled now." "Mack:" "Well, what are we gonna do?" "What can we do?" "Unload." "Hey, Bart." "How long ago they leave?" "Okay." "Thanks, Mack." "Half an hour ago, he said." "A half an hour ago?" "I knew we never should've trusted those kids with all that loot." "I knew it." "If I go back to Chicago and tell the big boss that I was hijacked by a couple of kids" "Hold it." "[car engine approaching]" "Okay, kid." "Where is it?" "Where's the envelope?" "Oh, yeah." "Gee, I hope I didn't lose it." "What do you mean, lose it?" "Oh, here it is." "Thanks." "Everything go okay?" "Nobody followed you?" "Like, maybe cops?" "Why would cops follow us?" "Well, uh, you're underage." "Oh, yeah." "No, nobody followed us." "Good." "We gotta get home." "We're late for supper." "So could we get paid that extra money, Mr. Felix?" "Oh, yeah." "Hey, wait a minute." "What is this?" "Fives?" "You got any more jobs like this?" "No, no, we got no more." "Possibly." "Very possibly, boys." "Thanks." "We'll see you later." " Come on, Rupe." " Bye." "What's with you, Felix?" "Come on." "You mean, the two of you made $10 for one day's work?" "Yep." "But that can't be." "There's something wrong here." "What in the world kind of work is Felix having you do anyway?" "Whatever it is, it's dirty work." "look at you." "You go upstairs and wash, and I'll warm up your supper." "Go on." "Come on." "Here, Mom." "Put this toward the World's Fair trip." "Oh, no, no." "That's yours, honey." "You earned it." "Mom, we want you to have it." "That's what we're earning it for." "For heaven's sake." "Can you imagine that?" "Isn't that something?" "Too bad we're not going." "I was hoping I could take you and the boys." "I still might make it if I can get a good price for the store, and if something else works out." "What did you say?" "I've put the store up for sale, Nettie." "You what?" "I'm selling the store." "Ed Jones is handling it." "How would we live?" "What would we do?" "Now, Nettie, believe me." "This is something that has to be done." "I'm doing this for your own good." "Cutting off our means of livelihood is for my own good?" "Charles, you'd better go see the doctor, dear." "Nettie, I do not need to see the doctor." "Well, getting notions, these peculiar notions" "I'm sorry I told you." "How would you plan for our" "Wait, come back." "Where are you going?" "I'm going to bed." "Oh." "My goodness." "Well, Roy, why don't you help me?" "How about it, Roy?" "Can you hear me?" "Are you up there?" "Can you hear me?" "Who are you looking for out there?" "Huh?" "Oh, I was looking for you?" "Roy, I want to know right now what's going to happen to me." "I wouldn't push my luck if I were you, kid." "But I just can't stand this not knowing." "Now, now, take it easy, Charley." "I want to wind this up as much as you do, because I should be moving on to other assignments." "I thought you were going to help me." "I am." "I put in a pretty good pitch for you today." "Well, did it do any good?" "I don't know." "Oh, fine." "But I can tell you this." "I think they're close to a decision." "They are?" "Boy, they're sure making these springier than when I was a kid." "Roy, will you stop that?" "All right, so they're close to a decision." "How close?" "I don't know." "Well, what do you think it'll be?" "I don't know." "That's all I get from you is "I don't know."" "This thing is driving me batty, Roy." "Roy, again." "How can I make any plans if I'm sitting on a trap door that's gonna spring any minute?" "Now, I want you to go up there and tell them" "Charles." "Relax, kid, she can't see or hear me." "Charles, dear, would you like for me to get you some hot milk?" "Hot milk?" "It might make you sleep better." "Oh, no." "No, thanks, Nettie." "I'm fine." "I just thought if" "Nettie, what are you doing?" " I'm getting undressed." " Well, don't do that." "Charles, I've had a hard day." "Charles, I'm going to bed." "Don't get undressed in here in front of" "You never know who's looking." "What are you talking about?" "Why don't you get undressed in the closet?" "In the closet?" "I never, Charles." "Charles." "Charles, that's enough." "That does it." "Tomorrow, you're going to the doctor." "Nettie, there's nothing wrong with me." " Oh, no?" " No." "Then tell me, who is Roy?" "Roy?" "Now, look, I don't expect you to believe this, but Roy is an-- An angel." "An angel?" "That's right." "Oh, Charles." "Really." "It's true, Nettie." "I swear it." "His name is Roy Zerney." "An angel?" "Named Roy Zerney." "That's right." "Now, you can't see him, but he's right over there on the bed, watching." "Oh, he's done it again." "Roy?" "Roy, where did you go now?" "Roy, do something to prove to her that you're here, will you?" "Roy?" "Are you under the bed?" "Roy?" "Oh." "Roy?" "Roy, will you give a sign or something?" "He was right here in this room." "I swear it, Nettie." "Roy?" "Don't do this to me!" "I don't know why I went through all this rigmarole." "There's nothing wrong with me." "Well, you seem to check out all right." "The only reason I came in to see you is so you could convince Nettie I'm okay." "Then why do you want to upset her with all this nonsense about angels?" "Oh, she told you about that, huh?" "Doc, I'm going to level with you." "There really is an angel." "Named Roy Zerney." "It's all true." "I swear it." "Come on, now, Charley." "What are you trying to pull?" "I'm not trying to pull anything." "You see, doc, my number's up, and this angel" "Well, you wouldn't understand." "Sure, I would." "Tell me all about him, Charley." "Nah, forget it." "You're all alike." "If I could just prove to somebody I'm telling the truth." "Where do you see this angel?" "Anywhere." "He popped up in my shower the other morning." "He could be right here in this office." "Roy, where are you when I need you?" "Charley, sit down." "I'm not through with you." "No, you've got nothing that can help me, doc." "Please, Charley." "Look, there's a very good psychiatrist right down the hall." "Fine." "Give him my regards." "Zerney." "Ed?" "Doc Sprague." "Listen, I understand Charley asked you to sell his store." "Don't do it, Ed." "Well, stall him." "He's a" "He's a very sick man." "Six cases go to Sadie's Place, and the rest goes to the Red Rooster." "You got that?" " Sure." " Good." "How come they use so much cooking oil?" "Well, uh, it's the new high grade thin oil." "Yeah, they use it up faster." "You guys better get going." "Oh, yeah." "Sure." "And don't forget to bring back the envelopes!" "I don't like this, Felix." "And I'll tell you somebody else who don't like it." "The big boss." "You tell the big boss I'm running this end of the operation, eh?" "But not for long, unless you find some way to cool the local cops." "You know, he's talking about sending Frankie Zuto in here to take over." "Frankie Zuto?" "I don't want that gangster coming in here." "Maybe you don't have a whole lot to say about it." "[humming]" "Oh." "[chuckles]" "Rupe:" "Willie, watch out!" "Turn, turn!" "[screams]" "Hello, Nettie." "Where have you been?" "I've been talking to Ed Jones." "Now all of a sudden, for some idiotic reason, he thinks he can't sell the store." "Dear, I talked to Dr. Sprague, and he thinks you really ought to see that psychiatrist." "Now, Nettie, let's not get into that again." "Oh, that Leonora." "I told her to take this, especially if she's going to be out late." "Where did she go?" "Well, I believe Ray said something about dancing." "Dancing?" "With Ray?" "That can mean only one thing." "He's taken her to Sadie's Place." "I told that lounge lizard not to take her there again." "Charles, where are you going?" "I'm going to bring my daughter home." "Follow me." "Mr. Appleby?" "Hi." "Oh, hello, Suzie." "Have you seen Leonora?" "Well, not tonight." "No." "Thanks." "What'll you have to drink?" "Oh, nothing, thank you." "Well, you have to pay for it anyway." "We have a minimum." "What would you like?" "The lemonade or the iced tea?" "Oh, lemonade will be fine." "Look, the only reason I'm here is to try to find a certain girl." "Got you, sport." "[laughs]" "Hi." "I understand you're looking for a little company." "No." "I think you have the wrong idea." "I don't care." "I'm no bargain." "I just happen to be here looking for my daughter." "Oh, does she work here, too?" "No, she doesn't work here." "You see, she has this boyfriend" "Oh, she's lucky." "[coughs] What do they put in there?" "Yeah, it is pretty cheap booze." "You know, they got a couple of kids that are delivering it now?" "I just don't know what kind of parents that would allow kids to do things like that." "[whistle blows]" "Run!" "It's a raid!" "Let's get out of here!" "[shouting]" "Hey, that's Pop." "Willie, look." "Pop's on the front page." "Oh, my gosh." "It is Pop." "Let me see this." "What's he doing with the cops?" "Sadie's place, raided for selling..." "bootleg whiskey?" "No wonder they could afford all that cooking oil." ""After staking out the roadhouse for two nights, the officers crashed the doors and rounded up the"" "All right, that's enough of that." "Pop is in the hoosegow." "Rupert, where do you pick up such language?" "Didn't you read where it says" "All right, now listen." "Your father is" "Well, he's not exactly himself right now." "When he comes down, the less said the better." "Understand?" "Who's that girl?" "Uh, sit down, boys." "I'll get your breakfast." "And don't say anything to make him feel worse than-- [door closes]" "Shh-shh." "Good morning." " Good morning, Pop." " Good morning, Pop." "Sure was a nice picture of you, Pop." "Picture?" "What picture?" "Girl's kind of pretty, too." "Who is she, Pop?" "Willie, you boys run up and tell Leonora that breakfast is on." "Doesn't take two of us to do that, Mom." "I said go." "Now go on." "Go." "Go." "What's it like in the clink, Pop?" "Rupert!" "Clara has already called about it." "Naturally." "Too bad you have to spread it all over the front page." "Nettie, I don't print the newspapers." "By the way, who is that girl?" "I don't know who she is." "Is that the angel you've been hobnobbing around with?" "Nettie, I explained the whole thing to you last night." "Now, if you want to make something different out of it." "Mom, Pop." "She's not upstairs." "I found this on her bed." "Where in the world could she be?" "Oh, no." "She's eloped." "My baby." "Eloped?" "Well, I'll be darned." " With Ray." " Ray!" "Well, don't just sit there." "Go after them." "Well, Nettie, I don't know where they've gone." "Besides, what good would that do?" "Well, we have to find them before something happens." "What do you mean, before something happens?" "What she means is" "Never mind what she means, Rupert." "What are you two doing in the house on a day like this anyway?" "Why don't you go out and play?" "We haven't finished our breakfast." "[telephone rings]" "I'll get it." "Oh, if that's Clara, don't tell her about poor Leonora." "Don't worry, Mom." "Ray's a keen guy." "Nobody asked your opinion, Willie." "Hello?" "Yes, I'll accept the charges." "It's Leonora." "Oh, it's Leonora." "Hello." "Hello, Leonora." "Are you all right, honey?" "Let me talk to her." "Let me talk." "Mad?" "Of course we're not mad, sweetheart." "Where are you?" "East Plankton?" "East Plankton?" "They've had an accident!" "No, no, they haven't." "They wouldn't be in East Plankton on purpose." "Do you have a place to stay, honey?" "Do you need any money?" "Well, we have a very lovely room, and Ray is getting a job, so we don't really need any money." "Except for maybe the first month's rent." "But only until he gets his first check." "How much is it?" "I'll send it right away." "Fine." "Now hang on." "I think maybe your mother wants to talk to you, Leonora." "Now, Nettie, don't carry on and cry." "Act as though you're happy for them." "I know what to do." "For heaven's sakes." "Hello, Leonora." "This is your mother." "And I'm so happy for you." "[sobbing]" "Boy, do these take me back." "I wonder if I could still" "I've been waiting half the morning for you, Charley." "Where have you been?" "I've been out trying to raise some money." "Roy, what's the decision?" " Well" " Hey, you're taller today." "Roller skates?" "Boy, you're fooling around while I" "Roy, what about the decision?" "Have they reached one yet?" "Well, Charley, the situation is-- [telephone rings]" "Your phone's ringing." "Roy, let me have it." "Your phone's ringing, Charley." "I hear it." "All right, don't you go away, now." "Appleby Hardware." "Yeah, what is it, Harry?" "I'm in kind of a rush right now." "Well, Charley, we got some" "Chicago bootleggers running loose around town." "They even took a shot at one of my men." "And we're checking out every lead we got to see if we can trap 'em." "Yeah, but why are you calling me about that, Harry?" "Well, uh, to tell you the truth, we got a tip that a couple of local kids have been making deliveries for these same bootleggers." "And, Charley, the descriptions fit your boys." "My boys?" "Harry, that's the most preposterous thing I've ever heard." "Don't leave, Roy." "How could they make a delivery?" "They don't even have a car." "I'm sorry I bothered you, Charley." "Okay, Harry." "Okay, Roy, let me have the bad news, if that's why you've been stalling." "Roy:" "Well, Charley, it's like this" "Mr. Appleby." " You've got a customer." " I know." "If it's about the one cent sale," "Miss Partridge, it's off." "Never mind that." "I'm here to inform you that I intend to sue you." "Sue me?" "What for?" "Don't play innocent with me, Mr. Appleby." "Excuse me, Roy." "And don't go away." "Miss Partridge, I don't know what you're talking about." "I'm talking about a broken lamp." "It was a very valuable antique lamp, and your boys broke it." "My boys broke it?" "Miss Partridge, just when did they do this?" "When they tried to run over me, in that old wreck of a car they drive." " [dog barking]" " A car they drive?" " [arf]" " Pierre." "Miss Partridge, are you positive it was my boys?" "Well, I'd know them anywhere." "What is that noise?" "Pierre, be quiet!" "No wonder Felix paid them all that money." "Pierre!" "What kind of a car were they" "I've got to find them." "Okay." "Okay, keep your shirt on, Sadie." "Hey!" "Hey, Bugs!" "Bugs, you crazy or something?" "Get that car out of here!" "Felix, we got trouble." "We got trouble." "Frankie shot a local flatfoot." "I know, I know, it's all over the radio." "Frankie, ain't you smarter than to take a shot at a cop?" "Button that big mouth of yours and get your car." "You're driving us out of town." "You're not mixing me up in this." "Oh, no?" "Hey, Frankie, we got a break." "Remember them two kids I told you about?" "They're here." "Now, they could drive us out of town." "Nobody suspects them." "Hey, leave them alone." "They're good kids, and I don't want them shot up." "You s" "Hey, kids." "Come here." "Hey, kids." "How you doing?" "Did you hear about the raid at Sadie's Place last night?" "Yeah, I heard." "Too bad." "Let's get going." "By the way, this is Frankie." "He's gonna go with us, all right?" "We don't want to make any more deliveries to Sadie's Place." "You don't have to." "We're gonna take a little ride." " Let's go" " Where to?" "You're just gonna drive us somewhere." "Don't worry about it." "Come on, let's go." "Okay, here we are." "Let's go." "What's he doing down there?" "Just shut up and drive us out of town." "You see any cops, you let me know." "Now get going." "Yes, sir." "Come on, come on." "Let's go." "[Felix groans]" "Felix?" "Good Lord, what happened to you?" "Your boys." "They took your boys." "Who took 'em?" "Frankie Zuto." "Chicago gangster." "Trying to get out of town." "They'll never make it in that old car." "Don't take that car." "You'll have every cop in town on your tail." "Uh-oh." "Frankie:" "All right, hold it, kids." "Slow down." "Pull in behind that car before they spot us." "Hey, what's with you, kid." "What are we gonna do, Frankie?" "Just sit here all day or what?" "No, we ain't gonna just sit here." "We're gonna pull out and go back the other way." "But we're gonna do it nice and easy so that we don't attract no attention." "Now move." "[tires screech]" " Easy!" "Easy!" " Where you going?" "Hey, our roof's come off!" "You got it?" "Yeah, yeah, I got it!" "Hey." "Hey, we're being followed." "Yeah?" "Who by?" "Our own car." "Must be Felix." "Couldn't be, not in his shape." "Aah!" "Hey!" "Shake 'em." "Cut through that alley." "Bugs, take the wheel." "This kid'll kill us." "Yeah." "Don't let go of the wheel, you idiot!" "[horn honking]" "[yelling]" "[horns honking]" "Won't nothing stop that jerk?" "Must be something here." "Don't stand out there." "Get in." "I'm hot on their trail, Roy." "Listen, Charley." "There's something I gotta" "Yeah, but don't bug me now, huh?" "[horn honking]" "Charley, you all right, kid?" "Help me, Roy." "My boys." "Radio:" "Callingallcars." "Suspect'sblackPackardsedan hasbeenreported drivinginvicinity of21ststreet ina highlyerraticmanner." "That's it, the bootlegger's car!" "Let's go!" "[siren wailing]" "There's nobody driving that car." "What do you mean, there's nobody driving that c" "Well, what are we gonna do?" "Tell him to pull over." "Tell who to pull over?" "I don't know, shoot out the tires." "Do something." "No wonder he wasn't driving." "He was ducking bullets." "Look at that windshield." "What happened?" "Where am I?" "Hey, it's the hardware man we picked up in the raid last night." "Appleby." "Well, what do you know?" "Who'd think a square like him would be running booze?" "Packing a Tommy gun." "Here." "Okay, Appleby, let's go." "It's all over." "Wait a minute." "My hat." "Thanks, Roy." "I'll see you." "Radio:" "Weinterruptthisprogram tobringyoualate bulletin." "Thepolicedepartment reportsithasapprehended thegunman'scar, anda suspectis in custody." "Good." "Keep him there." "Wenowreturnyou  toHarryHorlick andtheAP Gypsies." "[snoring]" "Roy." "Buck up, Charley." "You won't have to suffer much longer." "Get me out of here, Roy." "I can't get you out." "I can only get me out." "But I've got to go to my boys." "Simmer down, Charley." "There's something more important I" "Well, I just have to tell you." "Roy, I know now, nothing is more important than those boys." "I'm glad to hear you say that, but..." "Well, here it is, kid." "Your time is up tonight." "Tonight?" "You're kidding." "Sorry, Charley." "I know how you feel." "Wait a minute." "There must be something" "See you tonight, kid." "Now the whole town's surrounded." "Every road." "Where'd they get all those cops?" "Run for it." "Come on, let's go." "Yeah, but we ain't got it." "Besides, it's gonna be dark soon." "Hey!" " Rupe!" " Wait!" "Grab the little one!" "Okay, hold it, kid." "I wouldn't try that again, pal." "I don't like stoolies that could rat on us." "Yeah, there's already a reward out for" "Shut up, Bugs." "Now, I want you two guys to find us a place where we can hide out for a couple of hours." "We don't know any place." "I just wanna go home." "Hey." "That's it." "The kid's got it." "Where is your home?" "Over that way." "But my pop would never let you." "Don't worry about it, kid." "We'll take care of your old man." "Let's go." "Come on, here." "You're getting to be my best customer, Charley." "Listen, Harry." "My boys" "I mean, it's one thing to get picked up in a raid, but what were you doing driving a bootleg car?" "Never mind that." "The real bootleggers have kidnapped my boys." " How you do you know that?" " Because I followed them." " I almost caught 'em." " How'd you get the car?" "Would you just get some men on this so those hoodlums don't get out of town?" "Don't worry." "Nobody's gonna get out of town tonight." "Anything happens to Willie or Rupert" "I know, I know, we'll find them." "I promise you." "Come on, I'll take you home." "Just drop me off at the store." "One more thing." "Don't get any more foolish notions about chasing gangsters." "Leave that for us, okay?" "Okay." "This it?" "Willie:" "Yeah, this is it." "Well, come on, let's go-- [loud bang]" "Come on." "That ladder leads up to my sister's old room." "She doesn't use it now, so you could use it as a hideout." "Who's that?" "My mother." "Hey, shorty." "Go in and keep her occupied so she don't get nosey." "Remember, we got your brother upstairs with us, so don't go getting any big ideas about tipping anybody off." "You got that?" "Yes, sir." "Well, thank goodness." "Somebody's finally here." "I've warmed the liver up so many times, it's like shoe leather." "Where's Willie?" "Oh, he'll be in." "Hear about the big excitement?" "A shooting, police chasing bootleggers, I don't know what all." "Yeah, I believe I heard something about that." "I wish your father were here." "I worry about him now." "Go upstairs and wash, Rupert." "I'd rather do it down here." "Sit down, kid." "You ain't going nowhere." "Come on." "What in the world is Willie doing out there?" "I better call him." "Where have you been?" "Nettie, don't get excited, but" "Rupert, you're safe!" "How did you get away from the bootleggers?" " Bootleggers?" " How'd you know about that?" " I was chasing you." " That was you, Pop?" " Yeah." " What in the world" "Where's Willie?" "Have they still got him?" "No, he's-- He's upstairs, I think." "Upstairs?" "You said" "He must've gone in the front way." "Well, come on, Rupert." "We better call the police and give them all the information you've got." "I don't think we oughta do that, Pop." "We have to, Rupert." "I wish somebody would tell me what's going on." "Come on downstairs, Willie." "And hurry it up." "You, come here." "All right, go on down." "But don't try anything, pal." "You send your brother up here." "If he's not here in five seconds, we're coming down." "Will you please tell me what this is all about?" "Not now, Nettie." "Oh, Willie." "I'm calling the police." "I want you and Rupert to tell them everything" "Rupert, where are you going?" " Uh" " The bathroom." " Yeah, bathroom." " Well, hurry it up." "I want you to tell them everything you know about these birds." "Do you know where they are now?" "I think they're hiding out some place." "Where were you when you got away from them?" "[doorbell rings]" "Do you remember that?" "Mama!" "My baby!" "Leonora!" "Daddy, hi." "Oh, hello, Ray." "We're so pleased to see you." "Hi, Ray." "Well, then, this is a surprise." "Is everything all right?" "Isn't it wonderful to have them come for a visit so soon?" "Well, it's not exactly a visit, Mama." "Oh?" "All right, what's happened?" "Well, Daddy, you're not gonna believe this." "I think I'd better tell it." "Yes, Ray will tell." "Well, what happened was" "He got cheated." "He got cheated right out of that good job." "That big crook hired his own stupid brother-in-law instead." "And there we were." "Ray, take the bags up, dear." "No!" "What do you mean, "no"?" "He's right." "The room's a mess." "Let me run up and tidy it." "No, Ma." "I'll do it." "Just let me do it, okay?" " What's wrong with you?" " Let me go, Willie." "We have to make that phone call, you know?" "Believe it or not, we're trying to run down a couple of crooks." "Hey, yeah." "We had a dickens of a time coming through a police blockade." "What's going on?" "Well, you see, these two crooks from Chicago" "[Nettie screams]" "Charles!" "Charles, call the police!" "Call the police!" "All right, put the phone down." "Close the door." "All right, now get in here." "Come on, come on." "Charles." "Well, looks like a nice little family reunion." "I'd sure hate to spoil that." "How'd you get up in Leonora's room?" "Shut up, lady." "One thing I can't stand, it's a yakking broad." "Why, you're terrible." "That's right, lady." "Coming in to a nice home" "Nettie, take it easy." " Bugs?" " Yeah?" "Take the ol' lady in the kitchen, have her sack up some food." "Sure, sure." "Come here." "Don't you touch me." "Wait a minute." "Go ahead, Nettie." "Get 'em some food." "I'm not an old lady." "Hey, sweater." "You look like a hotshot with a hard-running car, right?" "What's it to you?" "Oh, we got a smart one, huh?" "Let's see if you're smart enough to hand me your car keys." "You may be smart, but your hearing's not too good." "I said toss me the car keys." "Do it, Ray." "Give 'em to him, Ray." "Catch on quick, pal." "Where's it parked, out front?" "Yeah." "Here." "You hang on to it, lady." "Bugs?" "Put your hat and coat on." "We're leaving." "And bring that other kid down here." "I'd like to keep the family together." "Here, take it." "No, you hang on to it 'cause you're coming with us." "What do you mean, she's coming with you?" "You're not taking my wife anywhere." "I ain't got time to debate it out with you, Dad." "Well, you'll take her over my dead body." "Okay, just remember." "You laid down the conditions, not me." "[screaming]" "Aah!" "Charles!" "Wait a minute, Nettie." "Wait a minute." "I'm not shot." "Howdy, folks." "Anybody" "Attaboy, Pop!" "Bugs, get him off me!" "Okay, hold it, Pop!" "Hold it!" "Hold him, Ray!" "Get off me, kid!" "Nettie:" "Now, don't get hurt!" "Willie:" "Come on, Ray!" "Frankie!" "[yelling]" "Well, aren't you gonna help them?" "They're doing just fine." "Oh!" "Come on, Leonora!" "[yelling]" "Charles:" "Attaboy, Ray." "Now, wait a minute!" "Wait a minute!" "[screaming]" "Ray!" "Ray!" "Willie:" "Get 'em, Pop!" "[shouting]" "Charles:" "The gun!" " Get the gun!" " The gun." "All right, mister." "Hold it right there." "Ung!" "Hey, Rupe, you missed all the fun." "All right, boys, take charge of these hoods and get 'em out of here." "Oh." "Oh." "Come on, Nettie." "There you go." "Thank you." "Oh, Charley." "Charley, you are a tiger." "You won't give up, will you?" "You know, Pop did it." "Pop whupped Frankie?" "Gun and all." "You should've seen him." "Did it to save Mom." "I tell ya, Rupe, we've got some pop." "Well, I, uh" "I had a little help, you know." "Okay, now hold that." "I think you moved." "Good." "Now, what do you plan on doing with the money?" " Money?" " What money?" "You don't know?" "For capturing Frankie Zuto." "Right, Chief?" "Right, Chicago has a standing reward of 5,000 bucks on him." "$5,000?" "[shouting]" "Miss Nettie?" "Miss Nettie?" " Uh, Miss Nettie?" " Yes, Pete." "Speaking of money, the reason I dropped by tonight" "Pete, we haven't got the money yet." "Besides, you haven't paid back the last loan." "Oh, Charles." "What do you think I'm trying to do?" "Here you are." "There's $100." "And there's your interest." "Thank you, Pete." "Charlie, the town has a little something for you, too." "Arnie?" "This is the best I could do on such short notice, Charlie, but you'll find your hotel reservations right in there." "And when you get there, just ask the clerk for your tickets to the World's Fair." "The World's Fair!" "Oh, Charles!" "Oh, Charles!" "And if you need any cash, the bank examiner's gonna let me open up tomorrow morning." "How about that?" "Fine." "All right, now, look." "Let's get out of here and let these people get some rest." "They've had a hard day." "Good night, Charlie, Nettie." "Nettie:" "Good night, Chief." "Goodbye!" "Bye." "I knew it, Pop." "I knew we'd go." "Yes, you were the believer, Rupert." "We wished on a star, didn't we?" "Pop made it happen, not the wishing." "I wonder." "Well, Leonora's wish for that big wedding never came true." "Who said it didn't?" "I wished for a beautiful wedding, not a big one." "And mine was the most beautiful wedding." "Well, I cried all the way through it, didn't I, Ray?" "Yeah, she sure did." "You know, we had better get some sleep 'cause we gotta get up early and go house hunting." "That's right." "Good night." "Good night, Leonora." "Good night, Ray." "Hey, we gotta go up and pack." "Oh, yeah." "Hey, listen, we gotta pack those baseball gloves." "You know, in case a foul ball comes our way when we go to see the Cubs." "Yeah!" "You boys get right to bed now." "It's late." "You can pack in the morning." "Oh, Charles." "This is all so wonderful." "I can hardly believe it." "Charles?" "Hmm?" "What's the matter?" "I, uh, I just remembered something, Nettie." "I don't know how I could've forgotten it, but with all this excitement, I did." "You forgot what?" "Come over here and sit down, Nettie." "Honey, I, uh, I have to go down to the store." "Well, tonight?" " Yes, I" " Oh." "I have an appointment with a fellow." "You're not still thinking of selling the store, are you?" "Oh, no, no." "I'm saving that for Ray and Leonora." "Good." "Nettie, promise me something:" "that no matter what, you and the boys will go to the fair, hmm?" "But, Charles, we're all going." "Would you like for me to pick you up one of those seersucker suits for the trip?" "No, no." "Nettie, I just want you to know one thing." "I think you're a fine woman." "Oh, what brought that on?" "If I had my life to live over again," "I'd do a lot of things differently." "But one thing I know," "I'd want to live it with you." "Don't stop." "I think I'll go up and see the kids for a minute before I go." "Think about that seersucker, Charles." "You'd look nice in it." "[Leonora and Ray laugh]" "Boys?" "[sighs]" "Well, Nettie, I guess I'd better go." "I wish you didn't have to go right now." "So do I, Nettie." "So do I." "You haven't kissed me like that since... since that night after the Air Force league picnic." "I know." "I should have done it more often." "I love you, Nettie." "[whines]" "Oh, there you are." "Boy, you sure picked a fine time for this." "Yeah." "Pull over to the curb." "Charley, why do you have to be so difficult?" "I don't know what you're talking about, Roy." "So let's get this over with, huh?" "Where's it gonna happen?" "It's already happened." "It has?" "Who do you think that gunshot was meant for?" "That was it." "It was?" "Roy, I don't understand." "He shot right at me, but there was no bullet." "Oh, yes there was." "You mean, you" "How did you do that?" "Well, I had to move pretty fast." "But why?" "Because I'm a soft-hearted boob." "As long as I can remember, that's always been my trouble." "What do I do now?" "If I were you, first thing I'd do is pick me up a seersucker suit." "Roy, wait a minute." "How will I know when my number's up?" "You won't." "You'll have to go on like everyone else, not knowing." "Except maybe you've learned how to live now." "So long, Charley." "[cows mooing]" "Oh, Charles." "You do look handsome in your seersucker suit." "Yeah, Pop, you sure look snazzy." "I guess it doesn't look too bad, does it?" "Oh!" "Charles, my hat!" "It's coming back." "Boy, that must be some wind." "Oh!" "For heaven's sake." "How could it do that, Pop?" "Uh, well, as you said, Willie, it must be some wind." "Who are you waving at, Pop?" "Oh, I was just waving goodbye to summer, Rupert." "I'll bet this is one we'll never forget." "¶ I keep busy taking life easy ¶" "¶ Living one day at a time ¶" "¶ It doesn't matter if I don't have a dime ¶" "¶ I keep busy taking' life easy ¶" "¶ Livin' one day at a time ¶" "¶ Livin' one day at a time ¶"