The Rabbit Trap (1959)
72 min | Drama | June 1959 (USA)
Job or family? This perennial conflict portrayed in this drama about a draftsman, able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: J.P. Miller
Stars: Ernest Borgnine, David Brian, Bethel Leslie
72 min | Drama | June 1959 (USA)
Job or family? This perennial conflict portrayed in this drama about a draftsman, able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: J.P. Miller
Stars: Ernest Borgnine, David Brian, Bethel Leslie
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00:01:31Look it! Something's been stepping on the ground here.
00:01:34What?
00:01:35Look at here where something stepped.
00:01:38Oh, yeah.
00:01:40Deer tracks.
00:01:41There's a lot of them over here.
00:01:43Uh-huh.
00:01:44Well, if we take it easy going back up the hill, maybe we'll see some of them.
00:01:48They sure do have little feet.
00:01:50Uh-huh.
00:01:52Hey, Nevada, what do you say we put the trap over there?
00:01:55Think there's any rabbits around here?
00:01:57Oh, sure there are.
00:01:58There's been a lot of them around here.
00:02:00We must be at least a couple of miles from the cabin, so...
00:02:04I doubt if these rabbits down here have any opinions of people, one way or another.
00:02:10There, now we're all baited up. Come on.
00:02:16Hey, what do you say we put it right here?
00:02:19Think covered over with these pine needles and those bushes and...
00:02:22If you cover it up, how will the rabbits find it?
00:02:25Well, if a rabbit sees it, he won't go in.
00:02:27Rabbits aren't that stupid.
00:02:29We've got to make him think it's just a tunnel through the bushes.
00:02:33You know?
00:02:35What if the door hits him on the head?
00:02:38Well, no rabbit's long enough to be in the door and touch the bait at the same time.
00:02:43If there's any chance of hurting a rabbit, we wouldn't set the trap.
00:02:46All we want to do is make friends with him.
00:02:48Won't his family miss him?
00:02:50Oh, they'll miss him, I guess, but...
00:02:52Just think of all the stories you'll have to tell all the other rabbits when he gets home again.
00:02:56Hey, that looks pretty good, huh?
00:02:59Now, what do you say we get back up that hill and see if our squaw's got that grub rustled up yet?
00:03:03Okay.
00:03:06Come on, boy.
00:03:11I like vacations. Why don't we take a lot of them?
00:03:15You'd be satisfied with just this one, if you knew my boss, Mr. Spellman.
00:03:23Jerry, show up.
00:03:25Get hold of Eddie.
00:03:26Tell him I'm sorry, but he's got to come back.
00:03:29But Eddie's on vacation.
00:03:32Eddie's on vacation.
00:03:33I need Eddie here eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
00:03:35But he's just started his vacation. Couldn't you get...
00:03:38As soon as you get Eddie, bring me the file and the music.
00:03:40Then I'll pick him up and bring him to you.
00:03:42You've got to be kidding me.
00:03:44It's a long way up the mountain, anyhow.
00:03:48Mr. Spellman...
00:03:53What's the matter?
00:03:54You've been looking like a rat, all day.
00:03:57Really?
00:03:58I started this vacation. Couldn't you get...
00:04:00As soon as you get Eddie, bring me the file on Campbell Cherokee.
00:04:04They've only had enough time to get to Deep Springs is all.
00:04:08It isn't fair to ask him to come back. It's mean.
00:04:10It's business.
00:04:12Well...
00:04:13I need Eddie. Get him.
00:04:17I don't have his number.
00:04:19You didn't leave him?
00:04:21Not with me.
00:04:23All right. What's the name of the place they're staying?
00:04:26I don't know. It's...
00:04:28Just Deep Springs.
00:04:31You don't know?
00:04:33You ride to work with Eddie.
00:04:35Your daddy collects rent from him.
00:04:37Eddie's your upstairs neighbor.
00:04:39Saturdays you shop with his wife.
00:04:41You're close personal friends, but you don't know where they were going.
00:04:44They just said Deep Springs. They didn't say any place there.
00:04:47And if they did, I don't remember.
00:04:51Eddie recommended you for this job.
00:04:53One good turn deserves another, huh?
00:04:59You said you got a card from him.
00:05:02Where is it?
00:05:05I left it at home.
00:05:06Well, call home. Find out the name of the place.
00:05:10Yes, sir.
00:05:18You want me to hold the baby, Mama?
00:05:19I never said that.
00:05:23Will you wait a minute? It's too long.
00:05:31Hello.
00:05:33Judy.
00:05:35No, I think it's around here someplace, Lambchop.
00:05:38I think your papa has it in his pocket.
00:05:40Well, I see you're still holding the baby.
00:05:42I'll ask him, honey.
00:05:44That's wonderful. Find yourself a job.
00:05:46Oh, this guy's murdered. He's driving me crazy.
00:05:48Eddie's office. He's trying to get in touch with him.
00:05:50Have you still got that postcard they want to find out where he's staying?
00:05:53If he sees me, he would have thought to leave his address at the office.
00:05:56That would have been safety first, don't you know?
00:05:58Oh, here it says, uh, Crystal Cabins.
00:06:01Uh, Lambchop?
00:06:03It's Crystal Cabins.
00:06:05Okay, Mama, well, thank you.
00:06:08Bye.
00:06:11Well?
00:06:13She threw it away.
00:06:15You're lying.
00:06:16You want me to talk to your mother?
00:06:20Now, you're not going in there and pout.
00:06:30You and me, huh?
00:06:32That's a hot one.
00:06:35That's enough.
00:06:37Did I scare you?
00:06:40If I scared you, why did you hug me?
00:06:43I don't know.
00:06:44Well, you've got to stop it.
00:06:46First thing you know, we'll open a can of beans we can't eat, kid.
00:06:49I'm a married man.
00:06:50I've got a daughter and a son both older than you,
00:06:52and I've got a wife that makes me jump through a flaming hoop.
00:06:55Get yourself a boyfriend your own age.
00:06:59Now, where's Eddie?
00:07:05Crystal Cabins.
00:07:07It's Deep Springs, right?
00:07:20Come here.
00:07:26Boy, I'm beat.
00:07:28Go on up and get your mom.
00:07:30Tell her the rabbit trap has just collapsed.
00:07:32Okay.
00:07:38Hey, Mom.
00:07:41Look at the old bucket I found.
00:07:43Where's your dad?
00:07:44He said it just collapsed.
00:07:46Come on out here, honey.
00:07:47What are you doing?
00:07:48Just breathing, that's all.
00:07:50We're going to catch a rabbit.
00:07:52You are, huh? Where'd you set the trap?
00:07:54Out there someplace.
00:07:56About five or ten miles, I guess.
00:07:58Why so far?
00:08:00Well, because, well, Dad told me, but I forget.
00:08:05We want to catch a rabbit and get to be its friend
00:08:07and show them what nice people people are.
00:08:10And we didn't want to start with one who already has an opinion on the subject.
00:08:15Did you get lonely?
00:08:16Sort of.
00:08:18Hey, lay flat on your back and look straight up.
00:08:21You can actually feel the world turning.
00:08:27Boy, look at that.
00:08:29You can't see stars like that where we live.
00:08:34Duncan, go on and get ready for bed and then we'll have supper.
00:08:38Go on.
00:08:40Gee, seems like all I do is get ready for bed.
00:08:45Will you read me some Hiawatha?
00:08:48All right, maybe a couple of pages after supper.
00:08:50Now go on, hop into your PJs.
00:08:52Don't forget now.
00:08:55As if he'd let me.
00:09:02You know how I feel like right now?
00:09:04My old self.
00:09:06Like when I came back from Miami.
00:09:08You know, the vibration's gone right through me.
00:09:11Is it funny you saying that?
00:09:14This is the day you came home.
00:09:16The exact day, ten years ago.
00:09:20Well, son of a gun, so it is.
00:09:22The 12th.
00:09:26What made you think of that?
00:09:29I found this old dress in the trunk the other day.
00:09:32Remember, it's the one I wore that night.
00:09:36That ever-loving night.
00:09:38Look, remember I spilled sparkling burgundy all down the front?
00:09:44A red badge of courage.
00:09:48I was gonna wait till you noticed.
00:09:53But I felt like telling you now.
00:09:58These stars will do it to you.
00:10:02I planned a little celebration.
00:10:05A bottle of burgundy in the well getting cold.
00:10:08How'd you get that up here without me finding it?
00:10:10I smuggled it in in Duncan's suitcase.
00:10:14You're pretty great, you know that?
00:10:23You know, they say anything you want you can see in the stars.
00:10:28Probably the Big Dipper was discovered by some guy who was dying for a drink.
00:10:35When I was a kid, I used to see the outline of horses every time I looked up.
00:10:39Right up there, I can almost see...
00:10:44There she is!
00:10:46Huh?
00:10:48That's Kathy, can't you see?
00:10:50Who's Kathy?
00:10:52Kathy happens to be a baby.
00:10:57As a matter of fact, she's gonna be Duncan's sister.
00:11:00Oh, that Kathy?
00:11:01Mm-hmm.
00:11:03And you can see her up there?
00:11:05Mm-hmm.
00:11:06Isn't it about time we brought her down to Earth?
00:11:11Well, I mean, she's got a long life ahead of her.
00:11:15Well, frankly, I just can't see her.
00:11:20You will.
00:11:24Keep talking.
00:11:27Do I have to?
00:11:31You do.
00:11:32Do I have to?
00:11:51Hello in there!
00:11:53Yes, who is it?
00:11:54Who is it?
00:11:59I got a call for you, Mr. Colt, from Los Angeles.
00:12:01A Mr. Spellman?
00:12:03He doesn't know we're here.
00:12:04Well, he said to tell you that something came up and he needs you pretty bad back at the office.
00:12:08What? Did he say when?
00:12:09Eight o'clock tomorrow morning, he said.
00:12:11Tomorrow morning?
00:12:12Are you sure that's what he said?
00:12:14I brought the message.
00:12:16Here it is. I wrote it down.
00:12:24Thanks a lot.
00:12:25Good night.
00:12:26Good night.
00:12:30I didn't say where we were staying.
00:12:34I sent Judy a card. I guess that did it.
00:12:38Well, we can say we didn't get the message.
00:12:41But we did get it.
00:12:46Well, you could call him back and...
00:12:48Oh, honey, if he needs me, he needs me.
00:12:51I bet I need you worse than he does.
00:12:55If that man hadn't come in when he did, I think...
00:12:58I think I'd have talked you into inviting Kathy to join us right now.
00:13:03Money or no money.
00:13:06I must admit, for a minute there, I didn't know what time it was.
00:13:11I still don't.
00:13:24Hey, honey?
00:13:54Mom, do I have to take a bath?
00:13:57Yes.
00:14:17Honey, I...
00:14:19What?
00:14:21I...
00:14:23Honey, I...
00:14:29I've never gone into this with you before, but this time...
00:14:34Did you know how many weeks paid vacation you've had in eight years?
00:14:39Three.
00:14:40Including last week. In eight years.
00:14:43What does he think you are?
00:14:46What does he think we are?
00:14:49Last year and the year before that, he couldn't spare you at all.
00:14:55Well, I... I got a nice bonus.
00:14:58So did Jerry.
00:14:59So did Maddie and Pete. They got vacations, too.
00:15:01But this was a special deal.
00:15:03Special for them.
00:15:07Oh, I was so proud of you when you asked for this vacation and got it.
00:15:12Two weeks paid vacation. The beginning of a new era.
00:15:18That's a laugh.
00:15:22Well, there's such a thing as company loyalty.
00:15:24Company doesn't own you.
00:15:26But I gotta prove to him he can depend on me.
00:15:28He knows he can depend on you to lie down anytime he needs somebody to walk on.
00:15:31That's not true and you know it.
00:15:33I'm in line for project engineer any day now.
00:15:35Seems to be a mighty long line.
00:15:37All right, so he promoted Pete ahead of me, but Pete's got a diploma he can wave around.
00:15:42You know, you don't think you deserve to get ahead.
00:15:44Are you out of your mind?
00:15:46I think anybody with more education than you ought to be ahead of you.
00:15:49Look, if you haven't got a degree, you've got to depend on seniority.
00:15:53A rep...
00:15:55A reputation for dependability.
00:15:57That takes time.
00:15:59I know it does, Eddie, but it was ten years ago that we dreamed up Duncan and Kathy and a whole house full of kids.
00:16:06A house that was all ours, Eddie.
00:16:11So many plans we had.
00:16:14So many things we were going to do.
00:16:21I don't know, it just seems like everything stopped after Duncan.
00:16:27Never seemed to be able to get ahead after he was born, your job and all.
00:16:34Where are those plans now, Eddie? I'm 30 years old. I'm not 20 anymore.
00:16:44Oh, listen, honey...
00:16:46Go on.
00:16:48What?
00:16:53Eddie, you know how you used to wrap me up in your arms sometimes?
00:16:58And I'd say I wasn't afraid of anything on earth while you were holding me like that.
00:17:05I'm not afraid of anything.
00:17:07You'd say I wasn't afraid of anything on earth while you were holding me like that?
00:17:14Yes.
00:17:17You don't wrap me up like that anymore.
00:17:20And I don't say things like that anymore.
00:17:24Because we both know they wouldn't be true anymore.
00:17:29I would be afraid now.
00:17:32It's a horrible thing to have to say.
00:17:47If you think I've gotten so weak that I can't control my own family, get ready.
00:17:51We're going back to Los Angeles tonight.
00:17:54Eddie, when you act like this, it doesn't make you seem strong, it makes you seem weaker.
00:17:58I said get ready!
00:18:02Okay.
00:18:29There's Mike's heap in my garage again. He must be out of a job.
00:18:37Come on, Duncan.
00:18:42Let's try not to wake Hewlett.
00:18:46Come on, Duncan.
00:18:49Come on, Duncan.
00:18:52Come on, Duncan.
00:18:54Come on, Duncan.
00:18:56Come on, Duncan.
00:18:58Come on, Duncan.
00:19:18Say, say, Eddie.
00:19:19Oh, I'm sorry we woke you up, Hewlett.
00:19:21Wet paint went to Teddy in the kitchen.
00:19:23Oh, Abby, there's wet paint in the kitchen.
00:19:26All right.
00:19:27Well, Eddie, we had a little difference of opinion about whether you'd come back or not.
00:19:30Mike said you wouldn't, I said you would.
00:19:32So that's a quarter he owes me.
00:19:33I knew you'd do the smart thing.
00:19:35Be there when you need it, don't you?
00:19:36Sure.
00:19:37Like I always say.
00:19:38Good night.
00:19:42All right.
00:19:43Duncan.
00:19:44Come on.
00:19:45I'll hold the door for you, Daddy.
00:19:47I'll get your bed ready in a minute.
00:19:49Watch out for the wet...
00:19:51Oh, Duncan.
00:19:54That's wet paint, honey.
00:19:56Dry it out.
00:19:58Will it?
00:20:03Thanks, Neville.
00:20:04I'll get the rest of the stuff in the morning.
00:20:05Don't let the door slam.
00:20:08You've got to remember, it's one o'clock in the morning.
00:20:10People are trying to sleep downstairs.
00:20:12Now, you see what I mean?
00:20:14I forgot.
00:20:15You know, the way you go in this life, there's always somebody downstairs.
00:20:18Now, don't forget that.
00:20:19I won't.
00:20:20Can I have something to eat?
00:20:23How about a cookie?
00:20:24Good.
00:20:25You forgot to read me Hiawatha.
00:20:29Now, look.
00:20:30It's after one in the morning.
00:20:32You promised.
00:20:33Two pages.
00:20:35Ah, you're a hard man, Nevada.
00:20:37All right, sit down.
00:20:38We'll see where your mother put the book.
00:20:41Oh.
00:20:54Oh, here it is.
00:21:02All right.
00:21:04Now, let's see.
00:21:06We stopped where this fellow Iyugu, the storyteller,
00:21:08had just finished making a bow and some arrows for Hiawatha.
00:21:11And it was a real good bow.
00:21:13And the cord was made out of deer skin, remember?
00:21:15Uh-huh.
00:21:17Let's see. Oh, here we are.
00:21:18Read like Margie.
00:21:20Okay.
00:21:22Then he said to Hiawatha,
00:21:24Go, my son, into the forest,
00:21:26where the red deer herd together
00:21:28kill for us a famous roebuck,
00:21:30kill for us a deer with antlers.
00:21:33Don't we forget that burgundy in the well?
00:21:35Maybe that's where it belongs.
00:21:38Let's see.
00:21:45Forth into the forest straightway,
00:21:47all alone walked Hiawatha proudly
00:21:49with his bow and arrows.
00:21:51And the bird sang round him, o'er him,
00:21:53Do not shoot us, Hiawatha,
00:21:55sang the robin, the Opeechee,
00:21:57sang the bluebird, the Owasa,
00:21:59Do not shoot us, Hiawatha.
00:22:01Up the oak tree close beside him
00:22:03sprang the squirrel, Adjidomo,
00:22:05in and out among the branches,
00:22:07and when he chattered from the oak tree,
00:22:09laughed and said between his laughing,
00:22:11Do not shoot me, Hiawatha.
00:22:13And the rabbit from his pathway
00:22:15leaped aside and at a distance
00:22:17sat erect upon his haunches,
00:22:19half in fear and half in...
00:22:20Dad!
00:22:21Yeah?
00:22:22The rabbit trap.
00:22:23Well?
00:22:25We went off and left our rabbit trap.
00:22:29I say, that's right.
00:22:31We left it set.
00:22:33I guess we did.
00:22:35When the rabbit gets in there,
00:22:36there won't be anybody to get him out.
00:22:39Gee, that's kind of rough, I know,
00:22:41but I didn't even think of that.
00:22:44Well, we did have to leave, Hiawatha.
00:22:46Time for bed, young man.
00:22:47Mom, our rabbit's gonna get caught in our trap,
00:22:49and if we don't get him,
00:22:50he'll just have to stay there by himself.
00:22:52Now look, Hiawatha, you've got to understand...
00:22:53Darling, don't worry about it.
00:22:54Come on, say goodnight to your pop
00:22:56and get a good sleep,
00:22:57and tomorrow we'll take care of it.
00:22:58Tomorrow I've got to work.
00:23:01There must be some way.
00:23:02I tell you, there isn't.
00:23:04Darling, we'll do something.
00:23:05We can't do anything.
00:23:06Eddie...
00:23:07Look, we're not gonna lie to him.
00:23:08He's got to understand.
00:23:13Look, Hiawatha, here's the way it works.
00:23:17Food and clothing and...
00:23:19Well, things like paying for the rent,
00:23:20that takes money,
00:23:21and I've got to have a job to make that money
00:23:23because, well, other people like to have that job
00:23:27because they need money too.
00:23:29You understand?
00:23:31You see, I've got to be sure that my boss
00:23:33would rather have me than somebody else,
00:23:35so when he called for me,
00:23:37I knew I had to come.
00:23:40I've got to hold on to that job
00:23:41so I can take care of you and your mom and...
00:23:46Now do you understand?
00:23:50You said we wouldn't hurt that rabbit.
00:23:52You said we'd just make friends with it
00:23:54and then we'd let it go home.
00:23:56But now it'll die.
00:23:58That isn't a very nice thing for us to do, is it?
00:24:10Look, isn't there somebody up there
00:24:11we can call and describe where the trap is?
00:24:13I couldn't describe it in a million years.
00:24:15Well, if I drive up with Duncan...
00:24:17He'd never find it.
00:24:23Look, do you think I like the idea
00:24:24of an animal dying in a trap?
00:24:26You know me better than that.
00:24:27But will you please tell me how I can help it?
00:24:30You could ask for tomorrow off.
00:24:32Look, he wouldn't have called for me
00:24:33if he didn't have to have me.
00:24:35He'd think I was crazy.
00:24:37Maybe if you explained.
00:24:39Spellman is a businessman.
00:24:42It wouldn't hurt to ask.
00:24:44He'd die laughing.
00:24:46I think I'd take that chance.
00:24:47Well, you're not me.
00:24:51No.
00:24:57No.
00:25:20Duncan?
00:25:28Can I sit down for a minute?
00:25:30I'd like to talk to you.
00:25:32I've got a couple of things I'd like to say.
00:25:35David.
00:25:57Good night, son.
00:26:05Good night.
00:26:17Abby.
00:26:19Abby.
00:26:23Thanks.
00:26:26Just put those down in the bedroom.
00:26:28Yeah.
00:26:36He's still asleep?
00:26:38Well, it was pretty late.
00:26:41Yeah.
00:26:44I thought I'd let him sleep.
00:26:46Oh, sure.
00:26:50There's more coffee.
00:26:54Well, I thought I heard him in there.
00:26:56I thought maybe he was awake and just staying in there.
00:26:59I thought I heard him in there.
00:27:00I thought maybe he was awake and just staying in there.
00:27:02I thought maybe he was awake and just staying in there.
00:27:04I thought maybe he was awake and just staying in there.
00:27:06He was fast asleep when I got up.
00:27:08Oh.
00:27:10He wouldn't do that.
00:27:12No, I guess he wouldn't.
00:27:15Well, Judy's probably waiting.
00:27:17Well, have a nice...
00:27:21Have a nice day.
00:27:24I just wanted to tell you, I...
00:27:26I did some thinking last night and...
00:27:28Hello in there, all you nice people.
00:27:30I'm Michael O'Halloran, Jr. and I've come to see you.
00:27:33Yes, sir.
00:27:36I did quite a bit of thinking last night and so I decided that...
00:27:39Yes.
00:27:40Well...
00:27:41Good morning.
00:27:42Here comes the painter.
00:27:43Good morning, Eddie.
00:27:44Good morning, Eddie.
00:27:45Oh, thank you, Eddie.
00:27:46You got the baby, Mama?
00:27:48Yeah, too well.
00:27:49Eddie, just paint and job and get out of your way, Eddie.
00:27:51Maybe I'd better take him, huh?
00:27:53Oh, no, leave him alone. He's all right.
00:27:56You might as well have another cup of coffee, Eddie,
00:27:58because Judy's going to be a little late.
00:28:00Oh, thanks.
00:28:02Well, Eddie, Judy worked yesterday again.
00:28:05Oh.
00:28:06We don't like all that overtime, do we?
00:28:08No, we don't.
00:28:09No, we don't.
00:28:10After all, yesterday was Sunday.
00:28:11I don't approve of working on Sunday.
00:28:13Job's a job, saying goes.
00:28:15She got home early, though, for once.
00:28:17Man, well, he's only known her two months.
00:28:20Hardly had time to get a quick...
00:28:24Hi, Abby.
00:28:25Hi, Judy.
00:28:26Hi, Judy.
00:28:28I'm sorry they found you, Eddie.
00:28:30Yeah, me too.
00:28:33I wish I had a little boy like you.
00:28:37I'll meet you downstairs, Eddie.
00:28:39Okay, Judy.
00:28:40Mom, don't worry, Mom.
00:28:42I'll be home early.
00:28:44Goodbye, Pop.
00:28:45Bye, Judy.
00:28:53I couldn't talk in there.
00:28:55I know.
00:28:56We ought to go downstairs to their apartment.
00:28:58We have some privacy.
00:29:01We got to get a house.
00:29:02This is a joke, this dump.
00:29:05Well, I just wanted to tell you,
00:29:08I did a lot of thinking last night about Spellman.
00:29:12Well, I decided that even if he does laugh,
00:29:15I'm going to go ahead and tell him,
00:29:17and well, that's what I'm going to do.
00:29:20I'm sorry I acted the way I did.
00:29:22No, no, no.
00:29:23I get your point.
00:29:24You know,
00:29:26oh, he'll laugh.
00:29:27He'll probably get a big bang out of it.
00:29:31Well, anyway,
00:29:34I'll be seeing you.
00:29:38You didn't get much sleep last night, so
00:29:41eat a good lunch.
00:29:45Yeah.
00:29:48Bye.
00:29:49Bye.
00:29:50Say bye-bye to Eddie.
00:29:52Bye-bye, Eddie.
00:29:53Bye.
00:29:54Better not be late.
00:29:55Early bird gets the worm, Sam goes.
00:29:58Yep.
00:30:23Bye-bye, Eddie.
00:30:24Bye.
00:30:53Edouard!
00:31:21Hey, Edouard!
00:31:22Don't need the water. How's the boy?
00:31:23Oh, fine. How about you?
00:31:24You know how to pop a boy. I ain't suffering.
00:31:27You came here for the papers, huh, honey?
00:31:28Uh-huh.
00:31:29Once he's ready by six o'clock.
00:31:30I know.
00:31:31Where is he, by the way?
00:31:32He's on the phone with Cochran, getting his daily low blow.
00:31:35Woo!
00:31:35You ought to hear him holler.
00:31:37Should I wait?
00:31:38No, you better go on to the office. I may be a while.
00:31:40Eddie.
00:31:42I wouldn't tackle him right now, boy.
00:31:45I gotta talk to him.
00:31:46You better wait till the barometer's back to normal, huh?
00:31:50Eddie, good luck.
00:31:52Thanks, Judy.
00:31:53Bye.
00:31:54Bye.
00:31:54So long.
00:31:58Judy!
00:32:01Say, I haven't had much chance to talk to you.
00:32:04So?
00:32:05I mean, I've seen you around for a couple of months,
00:32:08but the boss has been taking up all your time.
00:32:11What's that supposed to mean?
00:32:12What do you think it means?
00:32:14You wouldn't kid hot papa, would you, honey?
00:32:20Well, these things are a lot. Some latitude, Cochran.
00:32:25I'll be here.
00:32:27Oh, hello, Eddie.
00:32:28Here's your minute.
00:32:30Sorry to call you back.
00:32:32Didn't expect you to come to the job, though.
00:32:34Gotta get drawings out on these other two floors the end of this week.
00:32:37Judy told me.
00:32:38Otherwise, I'd never have called you back.
00:32:40You understand.
00:32:42That's 8.35, Eddie.
00:32:44Didn't Judy tell you I wanted you to start on the board?
00:32:46Well, yes, she did, but I had something to talk to you about.
00:32:48Well, you could have got started on the board
00:32:50and talked to me later back at the office.
00:32:52May sound like a minor point, 30 minutes.
00:32:54Let me give you a quick free lesson in economics.
00:32:56Now, you spend a half hour getting here.
00:32:58A half hour is 1 16th of an eight-hour day,
00:33:00or it's better than 6%.
00:33:02Now, that's my profit on you for the day down the drain.
00:33:05Now, this isn't a reprimand or anything like that, Eddie,
00:33:07but it's something to think about.
00:33:09Now, what's on your mind?
00:33:12Well, I'd like to explain about coming out here.
00:33:14There's no need to explain, Eddie. It's done.
00:33:16I only mentioned it.
00:33:17Best thing is, forget it.
00:33:27Well, it's tied in with what I want to talk about.
00:33:29You see, I didn't want to give the impression
00:33:31I was going to work today and have people count on me.
00:33:34What?
00:33:35Well, I don't mean I don't want to work.
00:33:36That's what I want to talk about.
00:33:37Are you trying to tell me you don't want to work today?
00:33:39Well, no, no, I want to work, but...
00:33:41Well, what's the trouble? Are you sick?
00:33:42No, I...
00:33:43You know Duncan. He's my little boy, you know.
00:33:45Is he sick?
00:33:46Well, no, he's not sick.
00:33:47No, he's upset about this rabbit trap.
00:33:50You see, we built a rabbit trap up in Deep Springs
00:33:52and we put it out in the woods and, well, you know,
00:33:54got it all set to catch a rabbit.
00:33:56And then last night, after I got your message,
00:33:58we got ready in kind of a hurry and drove right down here
00:34:01and, well, we forgot all about the trap.
00:34:03Oh, that's my fault, Eddie.
00:34:05I'll have one of the fellas in the shop build a kid another trap.
00:34:07You can surprise him with it.
00:34:08Well, I appreciate that, but that's not quite what I meant.
00:34:11You see, we left it set.
00:34:13You're way ahead of me, Eddie.
00:34:15What bothers him is that if a rabbit does go in the trap,
00:34:18he'll just have to stay there and, well, who knows...
00:34:20Me here.
00:34:21Up there.
00:34:22Eddie, I know how kids are. I got two of my own, don't forget.
00:34:25They can drain a man dry, but rabbits?
00:34:27A dime a dozen.
00:34:28A dime a dozen? They're a nickel a million.
00:34:30I read in the magazine the other day
00:34:31the rabbits are about to take over Australia.
00:34:33They got the sheep industry on the run. Rabbits.
00:34:35Oh, I can understand how a kid can get sentimental about one,
00:34:38but if your kid wants a rabbit, you don't have to trap one.
00:34:41I'll buy him a rabbit. I'll buy him two rabbits.
00:34:43I'll put him in the rabbit business.
00:34:44You tell him that when you get home tonight
00:34:45and see how fast he brightens up.
00:34:46I know kids.
00:34:47Oh, this is pretty hard to explain.
00:34:49Look, Eddie, do me a favor.
00:34:50Don't try to explain it now.
00:34:51There's two weeks' work here to be done in one week.
00:34:53I'm interested in kids,
00:34:54and I'd like to talk to you about yours sometime.
00:34:56I'd like to talk to you about your rabbit trap too sometime,
00:34:58but not now.
00:34:59I think this is pretty important.
00:35:00I feel that...
00:35:01Hey, Pete!
00:35:02Pete!
00:35:03Yeah?
00:35:04Parker says we gotta rip out the petition on this entire floor.
00:35:06Well, we just finished.
00:35:07Get him started on it.
00:35:08I'll show you the new changes downstairs.
00:35:11Okay.
00:35:13How's the vacation, Eddie?
00:35:14Oh, swell, thanks, Pete.
00:35:17Mr. Spelman, I talked it over with my wife, and...
00:35:20Eddie, you've got a sweet wife.
00:35:22She has too much influence over you, but that's your problem.
00:35:24I say that for what it's worth.
00:35:26Now, I love my wife,
00:35:27but she doesn't put her nose in my business.
00:35:29That's our understanding.
00:35:30Not that everybody should be like we are.
00:35:32I don't say that,
00:35:33but it's something to think about.
00:35:35Jerry, if Cochran's man comes around here asking questions,
00:35:38don't tell him anything.
00:35:39Cochran just called and he chewed me up in little pieces.
00:35:41Eddie can help get the office today and tomorrow
00:35:43so you can leave Matty out here with Pete.
00:35:45Check.
00:35:46We'll talk later.
00:35:47Okay, Eddie?
00:35:53But, Mr. Spelman, I...
00:35:54Eddie, I don't like to cut you off like this,
00:35:56but there's a lot of work to be done back there.
00:35:58I can take care of it all right, but...
00:36:00Sure you can, Eddie.
00:36:01You're dependable.
00:36:03I like that.
00:36:04It means a lot to me.
00:36:06Does it, Mr. Spelman?
00:36:07Sure.
00:36:08Because I've been thinking...
00:36:10Well, I've been wondering lately if dependability is enough.
00:36:14What's that?
00:36:15I mean about promotions and all.
00:36:17Some guys like Pete, they've got the education,
00:36:19but I do have a lot of experience
00:36:21and nothing takes the place of that.
00:36:23You said that yourself.
00:36:24Now, listen...
00:36:25Like the time I was taking that course in night school.
00:36:27You said school is a great thing, but it isn't everything.
00:36:30I remember when you said that.
00:36:31You said you thought I ought to give it up
00:36:33and then quit missing out on that overtime, remember?
00:36:35Pete.
00:36:37The columns and beams in this area will have to be revised.
00:36:40You got the blueprints, Mr. Spelman?
00:36:42I'll have them for you tomorrow.
00:36:43Get started on it right away, will you?
00:36:44Right.
00:36:46If I had any idea it was going to work against me,
00:36:48I'd never have quit because...
00:36:49Well, then let's get all this done and get back to work.
00:36:51Okay?
00:36:53Okay.
00:37:01Looks like old steady Eddie got stirred up there for a moment.
00:37:04Never saw him like this before.
00:37:06Get me Franklin Buckley on the phone.
00:37:08I'll be down in a minute.
00:37:09You gonna get the Buckley, John?
00:37:10Call him.
00:37:11Right.
00:37:30You sure you don't want me to take you to the movies, huh?
00:37:34All right.
00:37:37Here's your bus fare.
00:37:40Here's a dime in case you want a cream soda at the Y.
00:37:43Here are your gym togs and your towel.
00:37:47You be careful swimming and come straight home, all right?
00:37:49All right.
00:38:05Bus now leaving for Bakersfield, Fresno, Stockton, and Sacramento.
00:38:30Chocolate?
00:38:31No.
00:38:32Chocolate?
00:38:34No, thank you.
00:38:35I thought all little boys loved chocolates.
00:38:37No, thank you.
00:38:47Traveling alone, are we?
00:38:49Yes, ma'am.
00:38:51Thank goodness you're a little one to be traveling all by yourself.
00:38:58Visiting relatives?
00:39:00No, ma'am.
00:39:03I have a little grandson about your age, but I must say he's never ridden alone on a bus before.
00:39:11Are your parents meeting you somewhere?
00:39:13No, ma'am.
00:39:15Not meeting anyone?
00:39:17But you must have a destination.
00:39:19Ma'am?
00:39:21Where are you going?
00:39:23I'm going to Deep Springs.
00:39:25Oh?
00:39:27I have an uncle there.
00:39:28I thought you said you weren't visiting relatives.
00:39:32He really isn't my uncle. I just call him uncle.
00:39:36I see.
00:39:38Does he live there?
00:39:39That's right.
00:39:42What does he do?
00:39:43Well, he hunts things.
00:39:47He's a hunter.
00:39:49Really?
00:39:50And he traps things, too.
00:39:52Is that so?
00:39:54He traps all kinds of things.
00:39:56He traps all kinds of things.
00:39:58Well, rabbits mostly, I guess.
00:40:02That's right. He's a rabbit trapper.
00:40:06Do your mother and father know you're on this bus?
00:40:09Well, my dad's a very busy man. I mean, with his job and all.
00:40:14Do they know?
00:40:16Well, sure. They sent me to visit my uncle.
00:40:27DEEP SPRINGS
00:40:50Near quitting time. Think you'll make it?
00:40:52Home stretch.
00:40:54Hey, you've been silencing Sam all day.
00:40:57Don't let him get you down, Eddie, huh?
00:41:02He's due to find out at five o'clock whether or not we got the buckley job.
00:41:07Say, did I ever tell you your neighbor's a doll?
00:41:10She was handing you about me.
00:41:12No, why?
00:41:14No reason.
00:41:18Why don't you pick on somebody your size?
00:41:21She is my size.
00:41:24Exactly.
00:41:27Judy, bring the memo pad in here.
00:41:31Now, you finished?
00:41:32Yeah.
00:41:33That's okay.
00:41:35Judy, take a memo to all employees.
00:41:37Spellman Architects and Engineers will begin installation, Franklin Buckley job, 15th July.
00:41:43Project engineer for this job will be Edward Colt.
00:41:46Sign my name.
00:41:47How about that?
00:41:48Memo to Edward Colt.
00:41:50Beginning 1 July, you will assume duties and responsibilities of project engineer
00:41:54with increase in salary of $10 a week.
00:41:57Congratulations, Eddie.
00:42:02It's a very nice thing to do.
00:42:12Sorry I couldn't give you more time this morning, Eddie, but that's the way she goes.
00:42:15Here, celebrate.
00:42:17Thank you, sir.
00:42:19Oh, boy!
00:42:21Eddie, I'm a man who appreciates loyalty.
00:42:23I work hard and want to see others work hard.
00:42:25I depend on that.
00:42:26I depend on you, Eddie.
00:42:27Thank you, sir.
00:42:28So, let's forget all this talk about your vacation, okay?
00:42:32Congratulations.
00:42:33Thanks a lot.
00:42:41You can't kid around with me like that, Judy.
00:42:44I didn't mean to do that.
00:42:45I want to give a week's notice.
00:42:49Okay.
00:42:50Come on in, Judy.
00:42:51We won't mind you.
00:42:52There you go.
00:42:53All yours.
00:42:54How about that?
00:42:55Cheers.
00:42:56Come on, fellas.
00:42:57Here we go.
00:42:58Here you are, sir.
00:42:59Thank you, Eddie.
00:43:00Great.
00:43:01Cheers.
00:43:02Cheers.
00:43:03Good luck.
00:43:04Well, let's separate the men from the boys, eh?
00:43:07Let's start with you.
00:43:08Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:43:09We'll go for all your ills.
00:43:10I've got to work this year.
00:43:11I've got to work this year.
00:43:42Hey, you.
00:44:10What do you think you're doing here, huh?
00:44:12Well, come on.
00:44:13Come on.
00:44:14Answer me.
00:44:15Answer me.
00:44:16He's running away from home.
00:44:17That's what.
00:44:18All right.
00:44:19Now, who are you?
00:44:20I drive that bus over there.
00:44:21This kid gets out of Los Angeles.
00:44:22I wasn't.
00:44:23Huh?
00:44:24I wasn't running away.
00:44:26I don't care what he's doing.
00:44:27Get him out of my truck.
00:44:28Look, boss.
00:44:29Don't yell at me.
00:44:30I didn't put him in there.
00:44:31You get him out.
00:44:32He's your passenger.
00:44:33It's your truck.
00:44:34I've got troubles of my own.
00:44:35You've got troubles.
00:44:36Oh, boy.
00:44:3720 minutes I lose with that flat tire.
00:44:3920 minutes behind schedule to L.A.
00:44:41And this punk little kid jumps my truck.
00:44:43Are you going to Los Angeles?
00:44:44If you ever get him out of here.
00:44:45Well, why don't you take the kid with you?
00:44:47Huh?
00:44:48Drive him back to Los Angeles.
00:44:49Are you crazy?
00:44:51Are you trying to be a wise guy or something?
00:44:53Well, it's either that or call the cops.
00:44:55All right.
00:44:56Call the cops.
00:44:57Call them.
00:44:58OK.
00:44:59Meanwhile, the kid stays right here.
00:45:00I'm not touching him.
00:45:01I ain't going to be sued by nobody.
00:45:02All right.
00:45:03Come on.
00:45:04Call the cops.
00:45:05Call them.
00:45:06Call them.
00:45:07Call them.
00:45:23Hey.
00:45:25I'm talking to you.
00:45:26Yes, sir.
00:45:27Do you have to make all this trouble for me, huh?
00:45:30I'm sorry.
00:45:31Oh, sure.
00:45:32You're sorry.
00:45:33It's a lot of help.
00:45:34Great help.
00:45:35You're sorry.
00:45:37Yeah.
00:45:47Hungry?
00:45:50Oh, come on.
00:45:52Come on and eat.
00:45:55Make you feel better.
00:46:08OK.
00:46:09OK.
00:46:10So I'm late.
00:46:12Come on.
00:46:13You eat, huh?
00:46:14Come on.
00:46:15Attaboy.
00:46:30Forget the cops, you.
00:46:31No cops.
00:46:33Crazy bus driver.
00:46:38Come on.
00:46:52Boy, am I glad you stayed there so you could drive.
00:46:56If I didn't drive the way I feel, I'd walk.
00:46:58If I could walk.
00:47:01I could walk.
00:47:02Not straight, maybe, but I could walk.
00:47:04I could get there.
00:47:05I knew where I was going.
00:47:09Oh, boy.
00:47:11Old Spelman made like a contest with that booze.
00:47:13Like...
00:47:14Like he wanted everybody to race, getting plastered.
00:47:16Like...
00:47:17Like he was sore about something, you know?
00:47:21I gave him a week's notice.
00:47:23Oh, you owe your dinner.
00:47:25A week's notice.
00:47:27Well, that's good.
00:47:29It's none of my business, but that's very good.
00:47:31And that's all I have to say on the subject.
00:47:33Daddy will have plenty to say.
00:47:35Didn't you tell him?
00:47:37Not yet.
00:47:42Boy, did that Spelman get cracked.
00:47:45But quietly cracked, you know?
00:47:48Strong, silent type.
00:47:50And the cracker he got, the stronger and silenter he got.
00:47:56You quit, huh?
00:47:58Well, Judy,
00:47:59I hear no evil, and speak no evil, and then see no evil, and...
00:48:03But I'm glad.
00:48:04I'm very glad you quit, and that's all I have to say on the subject.
00:48:09He was looking pretty mean there when we left.
00:48:12I'm glad he didn't get that way before I gave him my raise.
00:48:15Ten smackaroos!
00:48:23There he is!
00:48:24Hey, hey, hey!
00:48:25Hey, hey, hey!
00:48:26There he is!
00:48:27There he is!
00:48:28Hey, hey!
00:48:32Congratulations!
00:48:35Wonderful!
00:48:37How are you doing?
00:48:39Congratulations!
00:48:41Wonderful!
00:48:44Hey, where's Nevada?
00:48:46Still at the Y.
00:48:48After six?
00:48:49Swimming on Mondays, he's always late.
00:48:51Oh, yeah.
00:48:54Hey, Rick!
00:48:55Eddie, are we proud of you!
00:48:57Have you ever met a real, live project engineer?
00:49:00Hey, Pop!
00:49:02Thanks, Eddie.
00:49:03Boy, am I glad Judy was there to drive me home.
00:49:06Yes, Eddie's a project engineer, isn't he?
00:49:09How'd you do?
00:49:10Ultimatum?
00:49:11I tried to get you an ultimatum.
00:49:13Give me your raise right quick.
00:49:14Right, Eddie?
00:49:16Eddie's got more sense than that.
00:49:17He didn't have to give any what-do-you-call-it.
00:49:19He had a raise coming when the time came, he got it.
00:49:21You ought to take a lesson from Eddie, Mike.
00:49:23Work someplace until you get a little seniority.
00:49:25They find out you're steady, don't you know?
00:49:27Eddie, can I get something out of your apartment to show Mike?
00:49:30Oh, sure.
00:49:31Hey, hey.
00:49:32You know that guy, Jerry.
00:49:33Well, he's drinking to me, see?
00:49:35And his cup slips right out of his head, he doesn't even know it!
00:49:39Hey, Eddie boy!
00:49:41You did it.
00:49:42I know you did it.
00:49:43On account that he wouldn't have shook loose if you didn't.
00:49:46Right, Eddie boy?
00:49:47Come here, honey.
00:49:48Now listen to me, fella.
00:49:49I'm sick of your stuff, and I'm tired of your gut.
00:49:52You've been making a mat out of me for the last 99 years.
00:49:55I'm up to here with you and the whole cheesy operation.
00:50:01Now get this through that thick ivory skull of yours.
00:50:03Oh, um...
00:50:04Honey, I brought up the rabbit trap to Spellman, and...
00:50:08It's like I said, Spellman is a business man.
00:50:11It's all right.
00:50:12Or else.
00:50:13I understand.
00:50:14Hey, Ed.
00:50:15Is that about what you said, huh?
00:50:16Hey, hey, wait a minute, everybody.
00:50:18Abby and me, we got an announcement to make.
00:50:21We're gonna have a baby.
00:50:23Oh, a baby!
00:50:25A little girl named Kathy.
00:50:27Oh, when, Abby, when?
00:50:29That's a secret.
00:50:30Well, why didn't you tell us before?
00:50:32Well, we just found out.
00:50:35Well, what is it, seven months?
00:50:37Longer.
00:50:38Eight months?
00:50:39Nine, honey.
00:50:42That's what I call self-confidence, Ed.
00:50:46Mike, I want you to read what it says on here.
00:50:48The whole thing.
00:50:49It's right here.
00:50:50How to win your employer's respect.
00:50:52Hey, Nevada!
00:50:53Hey!
00:50:54Here comes Nevada!
00:50:56Come on, Nevada, high fly!
00:51:00Let me handle that.
00:51:07What's the matter, Nevada?
00:51:09I didn't see you.
00:51:11I was a wild throw anyway.
00:51:12Couldn't catch you with all that gym clothes, now could you?
00:51:16Come on.
00:51:18How was Hawaii, huh?
00:51:19Fine.
00:51:20How about a drink, Nevada Slim?
00:51:21No, thanks.
00:51:22Oh, come on, I got some grape soda just for you.
00:51:24Judy, I haven't had dinner yet.
00:51:25Oh, Dennis Slim, live a little.
00:51:27I'm not thirsty.
00:51:28You don't have to have any if you don't want some.
00:51:30Of course he does.
00:51:31Show me the boy doesn't like grape soda.
00:51:33Oh, who was it, Judy?
00:51:35I, uh, I have to go back to work tonight, so I better...
00:51:38No!
00:51:39No, you don't.
00:51:40Look, Mom, I still work there.
00:51:42You are not going back to that office tonight.
00:51:44Mother, I gave my notice, a week's notice.
00:51:47You what?
00:51:48You quit your job?
00:51:49You stay out of this now.
00:51:50What do you mean you quit your job?
00:51:51You don't just up and quit a job.
00:51:53A job is a job.
00:51:54Money is money.
00:51:55Look, Daddy, couldn't we talk about it some other time?
00:51:57I'll take the bus.
00:52:02Judy!
00:52:03You take the baby.
00:52:04Come on, little baby.
00:52:05Come on, little one.
00:52:06Come on.
00:52:07Judy!
00:52:08Now you listen to me.
00:52:09There's not any need.
00:52:11If you gave your notice, there's no call to do this kind of thing.
00:52:14Jobs don't grow on trees.
00:52:15Now, what is she...
00:52:16Judy!
00:52:19Judy!
00:52:20Let's just go upstairs, huh?
00:52:22Yeah.
00:52:23Come on, Doc.
00:52:24Pat, we gotta go upstairs and have dinner.
00:52:26She finally gave me the baby one time.
00:52:28Hey, wait a minute, Eddie.
00:52:29The party, honey.
00:52:30I'll be down later.
00:52:31Listen, send me up there.
00:52:32I'll be down.
00:52:33I'm gonna get drunk.
00:52:40Is he blind?
00:52:42You can't go down there with him.
00:52:43He's drunk.
00:52:44Don't you get it?
00:52:45They won't do any work.
00:52:48Work.
00:52:49Don't talk about it now, Eddie.
00:52:51Well, I just don't get it.
00:52:53Yeah, but just don't talk about it now.
00:52:56Well, Nevada.
00:52:57I'm glad to see the old YMCA's still doing business with the same old Stan.
00:53:01Now, let's see.
00:53:03Today's Monday.
00:53:04Now, what do they have on Monday, huh?
00:53:06Well, swimming.
00:53:08Oh?
00:53:09And basketball.
00:53:10Gym too, huh?
00:53:12Did you go swimming?
00:53:13Uh-huh.
00:53:15Well, how'd you get your hair so dry?
00:53:17Well, I just dried it.
00:53:20Duncan.
00:53:21I didn't exactly go swimming.
00:53:23I just watched.
00:53:25I thought you said you went in.
00:53:27Nothing wrong with not going swimming, darling.
00:53:29What made you say you did?
00:53:30I did.
00:53:31I just forgot.
00:53:33I hope you don't have the idea that you're supposed to do these things.
00:53:36It's because they're on the schedule.
00:53:38Today was basketball and swimming.
00:53:40It just means you can do those things if you want to.
00:53:42You don't have to.
00:53:44Did you play basketball?
00:53:45Uh-huh.
00:53:46Well, let me have your gym shorts.
00:53:47I'll put them in the wash.
00:53:54Duncan, you have more than these.
00:53:57I ironed them just before you left this afternoon.
00:53:59You haven't even had them on.
00:54:00Look.
00:54:02Did you go to the Y this afternoon?
00:54:06You didn't, did you?
00:54:07Where were you all afternoon?
00:54:10Duncan, what did you do this afternoon?
00:54:14Now, answer me.
00:54:16Well, come on.
00:54:17Answer your mother.
00:54:19Duncan.
00:54:20I was on a bus.
00:54:23A bus?
00:54:25You mean you rode around in a bus all afternoon?
00:54:28I don't get it.
00:54:29What's the idea?
00:54:31Where'd you go?
00:54:32No place.
00:54:34Well, what made you get on a bus for crying out loud?
00:54:37Riding around in a bus all afternoon?
00:54:39That's crazy, Nevada.
00:54:41Now, what made you do a thing like that?
00:54:47Well, now, wait a minute here.
00:54:50Let me talk to him a minute.
00:54:52He's never lied.
00:54:54He's never lied to me before.
00:54:56Now, why should he do a thing like that?
00:54:58Now, why?
00:55:12Who knows who might have picked him up?
00:55:13Who knows what might have happened to him?
00:55:16Riding around in a bus?
00:55:25Well?
00:55:28He was trying to get back to Deep Springs.
00:55:43Boy, I'm great.
00:55:53I'm just great.
00:55:56Daddy.
00:56:00You'll be all right.
00:56:10One lousy promotion in eight years, and this is what I've got to do to get it.
00:56:16Spellman gives me one lousy...
00:56:23You know what he did this morning when I asked him?
00:56:28He annihilated me.
00:56:32He started off by bawling me out for wasting 30 minutes to come out on a job.
00:56:36He said that was his profit on me for the day.
00:56:40I never heard it put that way, and it made me feel kind of silly.
00:56:50After I got out of there, I realized he wasn't supposed to be making a profit on me today.
00:56:53I was supposed to be on my vacation.
00:56:59But I didn't think of that while I was talking to him.
00:57:05Even if I had, I...
00:57:08I wouldn't have said it.
00:57:14I just crawled away.
00:57:24And this thing?
00:57:27Oh, brother.
00:57:29Shaped like a T-square.
00:57:31Now, isn't that a clever award?
00:57:34Citation to Ever Ready Steady Eddie Colt.
00:57:38Didn't miss a day's work or come in late for five years.
00:57:42I've been hating this thing ever since I got it, and I didn't even know it.
00:57:48Ever Ready Steady Eddie.
00:57:56Well, that does it.
00:57:58We're going back to Deep Springs.
00:58:01Eddie, listen to me.
00:58:02Now, listen to me.
00:58:03You've been drinking, and you're upset.
00:58:05Yeah, I'm upset.
00:58:07Eddie, we've got to think.
00:58:11Well, I'm taking him back.
00:58:12Please don't tell him now.
00:58:13I want him to know that.
00:58:14Eddie, please wait.
00:58:15I'm taking him back.
00:58:16I want him to know that.
00:58:17Please go in there.
00:58:18We can't hear you.
00:58:25Eddie, look.
00:58:26If you tell him you're going to take him back, you're just going to make things worse because we can't go back.
00:58:30Who says?
00:58:32We're going back, and not just for that rabbit either.
00:58:35We're spending the week, and if Spellman doesn't like it, he knows what he can do.
00:58:40Eddie, listen to me.
00:58:43Now, listen.
00:58:44I was wrong.
00:58:45I never dreamed Spellman would give you that promotion.
00:58:48I thought he was going to go on using you and taking advantage of you and giving you more citations, but he did give you that promotion just...
00:58:57just by being what you are.
00:59:01You got the raise, and...
00:59:03and we're going to have Kathy, we hope.
00:59:07We can plan things.
00:59:10And we know what we are and where we are.
00:59:14And what about him?
00:59:16Or doesn't it matter?
00:59:18As long as I get my lousy raise, who cares about him?
00:59:20Is that it?
00:59:22Oh, brother.
00:59:25Eddie, when you called this afternoon, when I found out we weren't going to Deep Springs, I cried.
00:59:35Not even the promotion could take that away.
00:59:37I was just as miserable as you are now.
00:59:42But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that somewhere along the line, we've got to start accepting ourselves for what we are.
00:59:51Either we're ordinary people or we're not, and we can't stay torn up all the time, can we?
00:59:59Eddie...
01:00:01Eddie Duncan wouldn't have run away if I'd backed you up last night.
01:00:06I should have made him face reality, not...
01:00:10I could have made him understand.
01:00:13Instead, I just made the whole thing a whole lot bigger, but...
01:00:18I was just awful, that's all.
01:00:21I didn't even try to understand. I just acted like a baby because everything wasn't going the way I wanted it.
01:00:31I ought to get down on my knees and thank God for what I've got instead of complaining all the time.
01:00:37Instead of tearing you apart.
01:00:42You're good.
01:00:45And you're kind.
01:00:48You work hard, you never complain.
01:00:55And I love you.
01:01:09Oh, please.
01:01:12It's not the end of the world.
01:01:32You don't have much to say today, do you?
01:01:35I didn't sleep too good last night.
01:01:40I know.
01:01:47Eddie...
01:01:50Huh?
01:02:10Eddie...
01:02:13Eddie, could we talk for just a second?
01:02:15Not now, I'm going up.
01:02:17Please.
01:02:22Is this what I am?
01:02:27I don't want to be this.
01:02:34Got a handkerchief?
01:02:37Got a handkerchief?
01:02:39Eddie...
01:02:42I'm not that kind of person.
01:02:44Oh, sure.
01:02:47I don't know what happened to me.
01:02:50Just...
01:02:51Oh, Judy...
01:02:52It's not like he was my boyfriend or anything like that.
01:02:55It wasn't anything he did.
01:02:59It's just...
01:03:02Eddie...
01:03:06I'd rather get hurt with somebody I feel good with...
01:03:11than just go along with nothing.
01:03:18With nothing, Eddie.
01:03:21Here, wipe your face.
01:03:25Sometimes people need somebody that they can go to.
01:03:29They just disappear when you try to get a hold of them.
01:03:34I know it's not right.
01:03:37And I wish I didn't go.
01:03:41But I do.
01:03:45I don't believe anything could hurt me when I'm with him.
01:03:52I just can't help it.
01:03:56Eddie...
01:03:59I need you to tell me what I should do.
01:04:02You...
01:04:03Judy, listen, I...
01:04:05I gave him my notice, but then...
01:04:08after last night...
01:04:11well, everything's all mixed up again.
01:04:16Eddie...
01:04:18tell me what I should do.
01:04:21Golly, Judy, I don't know.
01:04:23You'll have to decide for yourself.
01:04:28I know now what I've got to do.
01:04:48I can see that, French Parker.
01:04:50It's not, it's not, it's not.
01:04:52Cochran's here.
01:04:55What do you think I am?
01:05:01Lousy old bandit.
01:05:03You wouldn't accept our dimensions. We've got problems, Eddie.
01:05:06Jerry's gonna be a little late, but I can get you started on the new stuff.
01:05:09Get Pete on the phone. Come in here.
01:05:14I sent Jerry out to do something for me that'll give you quite a kick, Eddie.
01:05:18Now, let's see.
01:05:20You've got a column 32...
01:05:21Can I tell you something?
01:05:22What?
01:05:23I have to tell you something.
01:05:24All right, tell me.
01:05:25It's pretty important.
01:05:27More important than this?
01:05:28I think so.
01:05:29Well, I don't think so, but say it.
01:05:32I'm going back to Deep Springs.
01:05:35You're going back to Deep Springs?
01:05:37Yes, I'm going back to Deep Springs.
01:05:40I'm going back to Deep Springs.
01:05:43You're what?
01:05:44I'm going back to Deep Springs this morning.
01:05:47You're not going anywhere.
01:05:48I've got to.
01:05:50You've got a nerve.
01:05:51I'd like to explain.
01:05:52Explain?
01:05:53Did you see that man just walk out of here?
01:05:55He cut my throat from ear to ear.
01:05:57Cochran is bleeding me to death and you come in here again with some screwball talk about a rabbit.
01:06:01Well, I'd like to explain before I...
01:06:02Let me explain something to you.
01:06:04If you walk out on me in the middle of this job, you stay out for good.
01:06:09If you mean that...
01:06:10I do.
01:06:12If you mean that, I think you should make an effort to see my point of view.
01:06:16Why? Because suddenly you're a project engineer?
01:06:18Because I'm a person.
01:06:23Well, I guess I haven't given you much credit for that, have I?
01:06:27No.
01:06:29I could have listened to you to start with and we'd be done with it.
01:06:32All right, Eddie, what's your problem?
01:06:36Well, it's complicated.
01:06:38A lot of things enter into it.
01:06:41For one thing, Abby has always felt that I haven't had enough vacation time.
01:06:44Let's get to the main problem.
01:06:45Well, this is all tied in.
01:06:47It's hard to nail down to one thing.
01:06:50I guess the main thing is...
01:06:53I know you're going to laugh and...
01:06:56I hope I can make you understand.
01:06:58The main thing is the rabbit trap.
01:07:01We went through this.
01:07:02I didn't make it clear yesterday.
01:07:04You see, it's not only a matter of a rabbit being caught in a trap.
01:07:07It's also a matter of what Abby and Duncan think of me.
01:07:10What I think of myself.
01:07:13If I want Duncan to grow up with any kind of principles, I have to set the example.
01:07:18Eddie, one of the things I've always liked about you is you're sentimental.
01:07:22I'm sentimental myself about my own family.
01:07:25But take my word for it, Eddie.
01:07:27Kids don't know or care anything about principles.
01:07:30You give a boy a bag of marbles and he'll forget the biggest broken promise in the world.
01:07:34I know. I didn't raise two kids without learning a few things.
01:07:36But he thinks a rabbit is starving to death.
01:07:38He'll forget it. You'll take him something.
01:07:40I don't want him to forget it.
01:07:41Look, Eddie. Let's stop kidding each other, shall we?
01:07:44You're not going anywhere and you know it.
01:07:45You knew it when you came in here.
01:07:47Your wife's been putting you up to things again.
01:07:49I'm not dumb enough to be taken in by a sob gag like that.
01:07:52There's money at stake. Big money.
01:07:54Now, you know and I know you're not going to walk out on a new promotion and a raise
01:07:57just to get a lousy rabbit out of a lousy trap.
01:08:00Now, I'm a man of principle, too, up to a point.
01:08:03You tell your wife that going back to Deep Springs would have cost you your job.
01:08:06And if she doesn't believe it, tell her to call me and I'll confirm it.
01:08:10That ought to take you off the hook at home.
01:08:12Now, here.
01:08:15I want you to take these.
01:08:19I can't.
01:08:21I said take them, Eddie. I'm getting plenty sick of this.
01:08:24Guys like you are a dime a dozen.
01:08:26I'm not going to stand here all day and beg you to hold on to your job.
01:08:29If you don't want it, get out.
01:08:33I'm telling you for the last time, Eddie.
01:08:35Take these drawings and start sizing them up to standard.
01:08:37From 32 over to the shafts. Here.
01:08:41Big game hunters here.
01:08:43Now, let's forget we had a disagreement and try to get this job done, okay?
01:08:48Bring it in.
01:08:50I want you to see this, Eddie.
01:08:56It's for your kid.
01:08:57Be careful. He's frightened.
01:08:59Look at the color. It's engraved.
01:09:01The color?
01:09:02Well, what do you think, Eddie?
01:09:04Huh?
01:09:08Well, it's for you.
01:09:10I don't get it.
01:09:12Wait till your kid sees this, huh?
01:09:13Oh, you're cute.
01:09:15Is this some kind of a joke?
01:09:17I don't think this is funny. I don't think this is funny at all.
01:09:20Funny? What are you talking about?
01:09:22Four bucks for a rabbit, $6.50 for a cage, $3.50 for a collar?
01:09:26Look at this color. Look at it. Read what it says.
01:09:34Well, whose idea was this?
01:09:36It's a pretty stupid joke.
01:09:38Whose idea was it to name him that?
01:09:40A pretty warped sense of humor, if you ask me.
01:09:42Eddie.
01:09:43Wait a minute.
01:09:44Am I supposed to laugh?
01:09:45Am I supposed to think Eddie Colt is a funny name for a rabbit?
01:09:48Eddie, Eddie, Eddie. Hold the phone. You're all fouled up.
01:09:51What do you mean I'm all fouled up?
01:09:52That's what it says. Isn't that what it says?
01:09:54Eddie Colt.
01:09:55Well, that doesn't mean it's named Eddie Colt.
01:09:57The name on the collar is the name of the owner.
01:09:59That means it belongs to Eddie Colt.
01:10:01It's just a collar, like on a dog.
01:10:03In case your rabbit gets lost, don't you get it?
01:10:06It's got your address on there, too.
01:10:08It's like a license on a dog.
01:10:09Only this is no ordinary stamped-out piece of copper junk like on a dog.
01:10:13This is engraved, brother.
01:10:15I told you I'd fix it with your kid, didn't I?
01:10:20You beat that.
01:10:21Thought we named it Eddie.
01:10:23He's so scared.
01:10:26What made you think we named it Eddie?
01:10:31It was a...
01:10:35pretty funny mistake to make, wasn't it?
01:10:44I...
01:10:46I guess I'd better be going.
01:10:48You what?
01:10:51I'm going home.
01:10:54I'm taking Abby and Duncan back to Deep Springs.
01:10:58You walk out and you're through.
01:11:00When I say that, Eddie, I mean it.
01:11:04Yeah.
01:11:07I know.
01:11:09Yeah.
01:11:12I know.
01:11:15Eddie?
01:11:16He's flipped.
01:11:17He'll be back, hat in hand.
01:11:30Hello, honey?
01:11:32Uh-huh.
01:11:34I just wanted to tell you, I talked to him just now and...
01:11:37and you can go ahead and start packing because...
01:11:39yeah, that's right.
01:11:42Because he said he understood and...
01:11:44yeah, that's what he said and...
01:11:46we should go on up there and have a good time and not worry about a thing.
01:11:51So that's the story.
01:11:55I saw him on my way there, okay?
01:11:57Okay, honey, and...
01:11:58honey, tell Nevada, huh?
01:12:00Okay.
01:12:03Oh, for Pete's sake, Eddie, use your head.
01:12:05Eddie!
01:12:13Didn't think he had the guts.
01:12:18I'm proud of him.
01:12:22That wasn't an easy thing to do.
01:12:25Get on the phone and get me another man.
01:12:32Okay.
01:12:52Down that way, Nevada, over to the right.
01:12:57How long could it have been in there?
01:12:59It's been a couple of days, a good 48 hours if we caught one right away.
01:13:03You better stand back with Duncan just in case.
01:13:06Wait a minute, Nevada, wait for us!
01:13:09Eddie?
01:13:10Yeah?
01:13:11Why didn't you tell me?
01:13:12Huh?
01:13:13Spellman fired you, didn't he?
01:13:15How'd you know?
01:13:17I know you.
01:13:18When you were on the phone, you weren't telling the truth.
01:13:21Well, I thought you should have your vacation without worrying about...
01:13:24It's down here, over this way!
01:13:26Wait a minute, Nevada!
01:13:30You better let me take a look, Duncan.
01:13:32Duncan, stay here with me.
01:13:59What's the matter?
01:14:09What's the matter?
01:14:17What is it?
01:14:23What is it?
01:14:30There's nothing there!
01:14:45Well...
01:14:48Here we are.
01:14:50Out of a job and no rabbit.
01:14:55Are you afraid?
01:14:56Why, should I be?
01:15:00Not if I wrap you up in my arms, remember?
01:15:05I remember.
01:15:07What should I do with this thing?
01:15:10Hey, uh...
01:15:11You remember that apple tree we passed?
01:15:13Uh-huh.
01:15:14Well, why don't we all go up and pick some apples?
01:15:16I think that'd make a wonderful apple crate.
01:15:18Okay!
01:15:20You know there's still a bottle of burgundy in the well.
01:15:23Well, come on, what are we waiting for? Let's celebrate!
01:15:26Come on, sweetheart!
01:15:28I can't climb the hill with this thing!
01:15:30Well, you just wait for us, Nevada.
01:15:32Come on, boy! Here we go!