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>> He comes to us as one unknown, without a name as of old. By the river, He came to
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those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word. Follow thou me and sets us
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to the tasks that He has to fulfill for our time. He commands and to those who obey whether they be wise
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or simple, He will reveal himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings that they shall pass through.
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And as an ineffable mystery, they shall learn who He is. Here on the great prairie, we
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are keenly aware of the turning of the seasons. As autumn turns to winter and winter to spring, so do
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the seasons of our lives turn. And in each season of life, there are certain tasks which
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must be accomplished if we are to grow into the next unimpeded and unimpaired. And if by circumstance or
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neglect, we do not resolve the issues of one season of life, these unattended issues will
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attach themselves to us and haunt us from one season to the next until they are resolved
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in some manner. St. Paul suggests in First Corinthians another season around the bend in the river
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of life which we call death. While we do not presume to understand the full meaning of
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death, we do see that there are vast inequalities in life, unless there is a life beyond
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death in which God will square things. In life, we see through a glass darkly, but then after life,
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we shall see face to face, understand each other as we long to be understood, know each other
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as we long to be known. Only upon the point of death shall the great mystery be revealed to us, and when we
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die, we shall leave behind all that we have and take with us all that we are. For the true and the righteous,
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death should not be feared, but welcomed as we welcome the first rays of glorious sunshine
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glistening on the river which flows through all our seasons for all eternity. >> ♪ I come to the garden ♪
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♪ Alone ♪ ♪ While the dew ♪ ♪ Is still on the roses ♪ ♪ And the voice I hear ♪ ♪ Falling on my ear ♪
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♪ The Son of God discloses ♪ ♪ And He walks with me ♪ ♪ And He talks with me ♪ ♪ And tells me I am His own ♪
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♪ And the joy we share ♪ ♪ As we tarry there ♪ ♪ None other has ever known ♪ [ knock on door ]
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[ pounding on door ] [ pounding ] >> All right, hold your horses. I'm coming.
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>> Hope you're feeling lucky, Perry. Today's the last day you're gonna be poor.
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>> You ever consider wearing an eye patch, Dick? >> Get dressed. Come on, get dressed.
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We got shopping to do before we hit the road. >> Where you been? >> With my kids.
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Went to see my kids. >> Ah, your kids, right. Come on. >> I'm trying so hard to be
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good, but I just can't help myself. But you mustn't tell anybody, will you, Tom?
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>> No, I won't. Indeed, I won't. >> I love you. >> Now it's all over
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but the kiss. [ crowd murmurs ] Oh, ain't this fun? Why, me and Amy Lawrence
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down by the-- >> Amy Lawrence? [ crowd laughs ] Oh, Tom, how could you? [ crying ]
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[ crowd laughs ] >> Roof's almost finished, Perry. >> We gonna be rich, Dad?
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>> You bet your sweet ass, kid. We're gonna be loaded! Hyah! >> I'm gonna need one of these
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hunting vests. How's it look? >> Yeah, looks good. >> Do I look good?
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>> Yeah. >> Can you zip that up for me? Just give it a zip. Don't worry.
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I don't bite or nothing. Oh, would you look at your hands? Those are pretty hands.
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They're soft, too, huh? >> Yeah. >> Soft as a baby's you know what, huh?
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>> [ laughs ] >> You do the dishes? >> Uh, no. >> I got a secret for you.
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Give me your right hand. Got it? >> Yeah. >> Slip it right in there.
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>> No! No! No! Get away from me! >> Are you buying that? >> Knock-knock. Excuse me, sir.
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We've been out hunting. We got ourselves lost. Could we kindly use your phone,
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sir? [ laughs ] >> What did you do to her, Dick? >> What do you mean?
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>> That girl. She was acting funny. >> Yeah? Didn't notice. [ applause ]
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>> How about that, huh? >> Mrs. Hodgkiss! Come here. [ cheers and applause ]
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>> Hello, Herb. >> Bess. >> Hi, there, Herb. >> Sadie. >> Oh, wasn't that a swell job
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of acting? You know, I never cared a plugged nickel for Becky, not in the book. But I sure liked that girl
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of yours tonight. An inspiration is what she was. Don't you think so, Bonnie?
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>> What happened to that good strong arm of yours, Sadie? >> Got herself clobbered by one
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of them sacks of mail flies off the train 100 miles per. What got into her she wants
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that job, I don't know. >> I'm the only one in town gets to work in a federal
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building is what. >> Did you hear that? She's calling that outhouse a federal building.
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>> The stamps work, don't they? And back where I work, it's real cozy.
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>> Herb? >> Good evening, ladies. Son? >> What you said was, we wouldn't need any money
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after tomorrow. >> That's what I said on account it's the truth. This guy's loaded.
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Most successful farmer in Kansas. 10 grand a week is what Floyd said. He gets that much out of the
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bank just to pay his hands. 10,000 bucks. >> Dick, nobody keeps $10,000 just lying around the house.
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>> Sure, they do, baby. They stash it nice and neat in a private safe. Why you carry all this junk
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around with you everywhere? >> What junk? This book cost me 30 bucks. It's got every song
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I ever wrote in it, Dick. Plus all the maps we'll ever need. Kaiser Mill, Dick.
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Now that's a place where a man can shed his clothes, put on a relaxed grin and live like
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a Rajah and have all the women he can do for 50 bucks a month. Cocos Island, Dick.
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That's where the Spaniards picked up tons of treasure. A lot of their ships sunk, too.
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Eldorado, man. All we gotta do is get there, buy us a boat, and, ooh, follow the map.
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>> Dad. >> Nancy, please wait for me in my office. [ engine starts and revs ]
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>> But I don't wanna date other boys, Daddy. Bobby's my best friend.
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>> Honey, all I'm suggesting is that it might be easier on you when you go off to K State
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next year if you resolve this. >> I know Bobby's family being Catholic and us being Methodist
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means that there's no chance that we'll get married. >> I know, honey, I know.
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I'm not asking you to cut off all contact. A gradual break is all I'm saying, honey.
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It's for your own peace of mind. Don't you understand? All right. Go get some sleep now.
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[ crying ] >> No witnesses. >> The last time I spoke to the parole guys, they told me I
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better never set foot in Kansas again, and they meant it. Where were you, anyway?
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I waited at that bus stop over an hour. >> 'Cause the old man was around, I didn't want him to see
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me take a gun out of the house. Christ, and he knowed I wasn't telling the truth.
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>> Known. "You knowed" isn't English. Anyway, what'd you
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finally tell him? >> Like we said. Said we'd be gone tonight and tomorrow night.
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Said we were going to Ft. Scott to visit your sister on account of she's holding $1,500
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for you. [ engine starts ] Ooh. >> So is your daddy sore? >> Sore? Why would he be sore?
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>> 'Cause he hates me. So does your mother. I can tell the ineffable way
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they look at me. >> Hell, they just don't like me seeing anybody from inside
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the walls. You know, anybody that wears the old fraternity pin. You understand. >> I understand, I do.
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You knew good people. She's a real sweet person, your mom. ♪ Every April ♪ ♪ Flights of parrots ♪
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♪ Pass on over me ♪ ♪ Red and green and tangerine ♪ ♪ Colors bright and free ♪ ♪ I hear them high and late ♪
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♪ Flying by ♪ ♪ I listen to their song ♪ ♪ Singing parrots ♪ ♪ Bringing April spring ♪
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♪ Singing parrots ♪ ♪ Bringing April spring ♪ >> Parrots don't sing. Talk maybe, holler, but they
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sure as hell don't sing. >> Hey, know what I wish? I wish you wouldn't be
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so damn literal. >> You better watch out. You're gonna become an aspirin junkie.
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>> I been one for seven years. I got the habit in the hospital. >> Doctors.
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>> Yeah, they butchered my legs after a motorcycle accident. >> Doctors and lawyers,
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what do they care? You ever see a millionaire fry in an electric chair? >> Hell, no.
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>> Hell, no. Two kinds of laws, baby. One for the rich and one for the poor.
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What do you mean, I should wear an eye patch anyway? >> Well, you're gonna have to
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hide that eye, Dickie, in case somebody recognizes you. >> Ain't nobody
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gonna recognize us. No witnesses, remember? >> Black stockings, that's what we need.
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Like nuns wear. You can't recognize a man with a black stocking over his face.
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Black is foolproof. [ baby cries ] >> Thank you, Jake. >> Alfred, I need you in here,
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honey. >> Morning, Mr. Clutter. >> Morning, Alfred. How you doing? >> Well, we got a sick one,
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the baby. Me and the Missus been up and down with her all night. You have some particular work
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in mind for today? 'Cause I been thinking about carrying her to the doctor, if that's okay with you.
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>> Oh, of course. You take the morning off. >> Oh, thank you, sir. >> Let me see that map
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you and Floyd drew of that Clutter guy's place. Okay, now where's the office?
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>> Here. That's where the safe is, a wall safe. >> Do you know how to...
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>> Crack the safe? >> Mm-hmm. >> Hell, no. Do you? >> Uh-uh.
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>> We don't need to know how to crack it, honey. He'll do it for us,
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Mr. Herbert W. Clutter. He'll open it. His combination. [ laughs ] Tell me about that nigger
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you killed in Vegas, Perry. I like that story. You think maybe they got some black stockings
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like they threw on for us? Is that what you're thinking? [ laughs ] >> They're a bad luck bunch,
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nuns, like snakes in a dream, black spiders, only worse. >> No such thing as bad luck
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in my economy. It's either a well laid out plan or it ain't. >> What can I do for you?
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>> Fill it. >> Yes, sir. >> It's no good letting ourselves get superstitious.
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We got something we can bring off beautiful here, a cinch, a perfect score. Oh, we don't need no black
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stockings covering our faces neither 'cause we ain't gonna leave no witnesses, remember?
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No witnesses. >> No witnesses. [ telephone rings ] >> I'll get it.
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[ ring ] [ ring ring ] >> Hello? >> Hi, Nancy. >> Oh, yes. Good morning,
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Mrs. Ketchum. >> Nancy, would it be too much of an imposition to ask you to help Jolene with a pie
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this morning, 'cause she-- >> Uh, Mrs. Ketchum, will you hold the line for a moment,
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please? I just have to check with Daddy on something. >> Fine, dear. >> Kenyon. I smell smoke,
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Kenyon. Dad? >> Morning, honey. What's the matter? Is your mother-- >> No, she's sleeping. I checked
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before I came downstairs. It's just Mrs. Ketchum. She's on the phone and asked if
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I could teach Jolene how to bake a cherry pie...now. >> That's what you get
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for winning all those ribbons. >> No, but if I say yes to Jolene, I'll miss
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the 4H meeting, Dad. And I won't be able to come even for the last part 'cause I
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have clarinet and then I have student council and I just don't know what to tell her.
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>> Well, it's up to you, honey. >> Hello? >> Hello? >> Hi. That'll be fine,
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Mrs. Ketchum. You can bring Jolene right over. >> Oh, you are dream. Thank you so much, my dear.
00:24:04
>> Oh, you're more than welcome. >> Bye. >> Bye. >> Kenyon, Nancy's gonna stay
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here and teach Mrs. Ketchum's daughter how to bake a cherry pie, which means you and me
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are gonna go to 4H. So you better get dressed. Oh, Kenyon, what's 4H stand for?
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>> Head, heart, hands and health. Why'd you ask? You know. >> Well, I was just making sure
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that you know. That must mean you also know that smoking's no good for any of them, right?
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[ telephone rings ] >> Nancy? Come to the phone. >> Coming! Hello? >> So tell me.
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>> We went to the movies and we held hands. >> Was it scary? >> Holding hands with Bobby?
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Are you out of your mind? >> No, the movie. >> Well, Bobby didn't think so,
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but you know me. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. >> Are you having breakfast?
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>> No, why? >> You're eating your fingernails and I can tell. What's wrong?
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>> It's Daddy. When I got home last night, he started that crap again.
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>> Gosh, I wish he could understand that you love Bobby. Can't he understand that?
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>> I think he knows. It's just when I say anything to him, he looks like maybe I
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don't love him anymore and then all I wanna do is be a good daughter and do what he wants.
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[ car door closes ] I'm sorry, Susie, I gotta go. It's Mrs. Ketchum and her daughter.
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I gotta teach her how to bake a cherry pie. Bye. [ doorbell rings ] >> Nancy.
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Oh, it's so nice of you to do this. I been telling Jolene that you'd been the Old Comanchero
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Pie Champion for two years now. >> Everyone knows that, Mama. >> We saw you in "Tom Sawyer"
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last night, Nancy. I don't know how to tell you how lovely you looked. And that part when you thought
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Tom was engaged to somebody else? Those were real tears in your eyes. As good as anything on TV.
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>> Well, Jolene and I better get started. >> I've got some shopping to do.
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I'll be back around lunchtime, okay? >> That'll be fine, Mrs. Ketchum.
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I might have to go when we're done, but my mom will be here. Somebody anyway.
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>> What about us buying a boat? Something cheap, but sturdy. Then we can go to Japan.
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>> I thought you wanted to go diving for treasure. What happened to that idea?
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You just remember you can't swim? >> Yeah, we could sail all the way across the Pacific.
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Thanks. It's been done. Thousands of people have done it. I'm not conning you, Dick.
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You'd really go for Japan. >> How do you know? >> I was there on R&R from
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the Korea War to the-- >> Bronze Star. >> Yeah, beautiful, gentle people, the Japanese,
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with manners. They're really considerate. Not just out for your dough like they are here.
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And the women? Oh, Dick, the women. Man, you never had a real woman-- >> Yes, I have.
00:28:09
>> Not like I'm talking. There's these baths in Kyoto. There's this one called
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the dream pool, and you go in there and you stretch out and these beautiful knock-out type girls,
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they come scrub you from head to toe. >> Yeah, yeah. You told me all about it back
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in grad school. >> So? I can't repeat myself? I know what I'm thinking is
00:28:42
what we're gonna do with all that dough, you know? >> Diapers, Perry. Diapers!
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Is that what you want so you can do this until you're a grown man? Lazy, that's what you are.
00:29:49
Too lazy to get up. Every night you end up doing in your bed what the filthiest animal wouldn't do
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where it sleeps. Come here! We're going to clean you up. [ boys laugh ] >> He's getting a whipping.
00:30:16
>> What's the matter now? What is it, honey? Tell me. >> Where is she?
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>> Who? Where's who? >> ♪ My yellow bird ♪ ♪ Taller than Jesus ♪
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♪ Brighter than the sun ♪ ♪ She folds me in her wings ♪ ♪ And lifts me up to paradise ♪
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♪ My amazing angel ♪ >> You been dreaming, Perry. You just been off in one of
00:31:01
them dreams you carry around in that wild Indian head of yours. What was it? >> Can I get y'all
00:31:09
some homemade pumpkin pie? >> Just the bill, sweetheart. >> You're not going anywhere
00:31:26
with me, are you? You don't wanna go to Mexico, do you? You don't wanna buy a boat
00:31:35
and I know you don't wanna go to Japan, do you? Hell, you don't even know
00:31:47
where we're headed at. Holcomb, Kansas. So where the hell is Holcomb, Kansas, Dick?
00:31:55
You don't know. You don't know this farmer or where he keeps his money. Hell, you don't even know
00:32:04
if he has any damn money. All you know is what some con told you back at the walls,
00:32:13
what he scribbled on some silly-ass map. Floyd. Floyd Wells. >> Wrong. Wrong on all counts, honey.
00:32:31
I know what I'm doing and I know the man's rich and I know we're gonna score
00:32:37
this time and score big. And then we're going to Mexico, baby. We'll buy us a boat.
00:32:46
We'll sail the damn thing across the Pacific Ocean all the way to Japan if that's what
00:32:50
you want, okay? >> Y'all come back now. >> Who was you really looking
00:33:03
for, Perry? >> Were. Who were you looking for? Never mind. It was just a dream.
00:33:21
Just a useless dream. [ ding ] >> Let's eat it right now. Forget letting it cool
00:33:55
and stuff. Let's both have a slice, and you, too, Mrs. Clutter. >> Well, I can't.
00:34:01
I have to be at Roxy Lee's. Oh, Lord, I had to be there for her clarinet solo
00:34:04
10 minutes ago. I'm sorry, Jolene. >> Well, you go, dear. I'll keep Jolene company
00:34:09
till her mother gets back. >> Bye. >> Bye. >> Mr. Clutter, you know,
00:34:19
travels a great deal. Seems like he's never at home sometimes. But wherever he goes, he always
00:34:25
remembers how I dote on tiny things. You set yourself down right here. This one, he brought back
00:34:33
from San Francisco. It only cost a penny, but isn't it pretty? >> Uh-huh.
00:34:39
>> Now, little things, they really belong to you. They don't have to be
00:34:44
left behind ever, and they're easy to carry. So you always have something of your own with you, something
00:34:54
that's really yours in case you never do come back. You know, it's only a penny
00:35:06
thing, but I think it's pretty. >> Me, too. >> You keep it. >> Well, thank you,
00:35:14
Mrs. Clutter. >> You're welcome, dear. [ doorbell rings ] >> Hello?
00:35:19
Anyone home? >> Mama, look what Mrs. Clutter gave me. >> Oh, isn't that adorable.
00:35:25
She gave that to you? >> Yeah. >> Oh, how funny. >> Well, Herb Clutter.
00:35:53
My goodness. To what do we owe this honor? >> Well, now you're gonna have
00:35:57
to take that up with Al. He's the one who's bringing me here. >> Good afternoon, Alvin.
00:36:03
>> Bess. Cherry or apple today? >> Rhubarb, and it's good. You about pie and coffee?
00:36:11
>> Yes, ma'am. >> I'd offer you some coffee, but I know you don't drink it.
00:36:15
Could I get you something else? >> Milk, and I'm gonna have a piece of that pie, too, Bess.
00:36:23
>> Herb, I guess I'm talking to you on a somewhat official capacity. On the other hand, I'm not
00:36:31
really supposed to be telling you this. >> Well, whatever we're talking
00:36:34
about, Al, if you wanted to keep it in confidence, perhaps we should have chosen
00:36:38
another place. >> Well, Herb, how'd you like to be Methodist Layman of the Year?
00:36:51
Try and contain that wild enthusiasm of yours. >> Well, I'm grateful. I am.
00:36:59
The Bishop? >> That's next week's meeting. I just wanted to give you
00:37:03
some warning. >> Well, then there's still time to give it to someone else.
00:37:08
You, for instance. >> Well, not me. Besides, the bureau wouldn't approve.
00:37:14
>> Oh, come on. >> Oh, Mr. Hoover approves the religion all right. Just not of any of any of his
00:37:19
agents making big show-offs of ourselves. >> Well, it's the same deal with me, Al.
00:37:23
You and I, we helped to build God's house to praise Him, not to ennoble ourselves.
00:37:29
>> Exactly what I told them you'd say, which is why I wanted to save everybody
00:37:33
the embarrassment, why I wanted to check with you first. >> Thank you. >> Well, being that you're
00:37:44
standing there, why don't you just go and tell us what you think? >> Herb Clutter, false modesty
00:37:51
doesn't suit you one bit. Now you done us real proud when Eisenhower appointed you
00:37:57
to that Farm Board deal. Why don't you let 'em give you a dinner over at the church?
00:38:01
Hell, they wouldn't even have a building it if wasn't for you. >> The reward I seek is not
00:38:06
of this earth, but in God's kingdom. >> Amen. Now which disciple said that?
00:38:14
I know it. It's on the tip of my tongue. >> Darned if I know. >> [ laughs ]
00:38:53
>> Make sure you got the clutch all the way to the floor before you shift.
00:38:57
>> Yes, sir. I'm trying. >> All right, yeah. All the way to the floor.
00:39:02
Attaboy. Doing fine. Come on, son. Clutch all the way to the floor. There you go.
00:39:09
Easy, easy, easy. Okay, now get ready to apply the brakes, all right? Now easy, easy.
00:39:22
Kenyon? Kenyon? Kenyon, wait a minute. Kenyon! Just running away from something because it scares you
00:39:37
does not make it go away. >> It doesn't scare me. I just get nervous sometimes.
00:39:41
>> Well, I know. You wanna do well and that's natural. Everybody gets nervous
00:39:48
sometimes. >> You don't. >> I don't? Well, of course, I do. >> Yeah? When?
00:39:56
>> Well, I don't know. I'm not too fond of getting up in front of folks
00:40:04
and making a speech. >> At church? Come on, Dad. You can stand up there and talk to hundreds of people.
00:40:11
Just nothing scares you. >> ♪ I come ♪ ♪ To the garden alone ♪ ♪ While the dew ♪
00:40:33
♪ Is still on the roses ♪ ♪ And the voice I hear ♪ ♪ Falling on my ear ♪ ♪ The Son of God discloses ♪
00:40:53
♪ And He walks with me ♪ ♪ And He talks with me ♪ ♪ And He tells me I am His own ♪
00:41:06
♪ And the joy we share ♪ ♪ As we tarry there ♪ ♪ None other has ever known ♪ >> Hey! Quit your billy
00:41:21
graham cracker hooey, will you? >> You know, the trouble with you, Dick, the only song
00:41:32
you know how to sing is Dick's phooey. The only way you know is Dick's way.
00:41:38
And what the hell am I doing here anyway? >> You say you just wanna sit there and sing about Jesus?
00:41:42
>> Well, what would you like me to do, Dick? Huh? Sit around all day and think of
00:41:46
the perfect score? Plan that well laid out plan, huh? Hey, Dick! I'm talking to you, Dick.
00:42:00
Okay, what are we gonna find when we get there? Who we gonna find when we get there?
00:42:04
What are we gonna do with who we find when we get there? >> How the hell should I know
00:42:07
who and what we're gonna find? >> You damn well better know before dark, Dick, before we
00:42:15
get there or else it won't be anything like the well laid out plan, now, will it?
00:42:23
>> You wanna know how many people there gonna be? Is that it? >> Yeah, for one.
00:42:27
And I wanna know if there's neighbors and how far they live from the house. I mean, you didn't get much
00:42:34
from Floyd except that crude floor plan. Hell, he didn't even tell you where the damn safe is.
00:42:42
And the ineffable happens, you know, Dick? It does. >> There's gonna be him, her,
00:42:48
the kid and a girl. >> A girl. How old is the girl? >> Sweet 16, sugar.
00:43:02
Pretty as a fresh-picked flower is what Floyd says. Nancy Clutter, kind of kid makes a boy's heart kind of
00:43:10
hurt is what he said. [ laughs ] >> You're not a boy, Dick. >> Okay, okay. Let's see.
00:43:19
It's Saturday, so the two older girls, two women, sisters probably visiting.
00:43:28
They're married, I think. That makes eight and they might have company. 12. The only sure thing
00:43:43
is no witnesses, right? Ain't that what I promised you, honey? No witnesses.
00:43:50
Plenty of hair on them walls. >> Those walls. Yeah. [ doorbell rings ] >> Bob.
00:44:03
>> Herb. >> Come on in. >> How are you today? >> I'm good.
00:44:07
We can convene in my office to the left. >> All righty. That'd be fine.
00:44:11
>> Bonnie is the only one who drinks coffee in our house. I can make you some
00:44:17
or you could have some water. >> Oh, water's fine, Herb. Thank you. >> There you go.
00:44:25
>> Well, here it is, what we call a solemn moment. >> Yes. [ chuckles ]
00:44:31
>> You know, it's a time when a man can look back on his life and take measure of all that
00:44:36
he's accomplished. I like to compare it to signing a will. It's a crossroads in some ways
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except there's a long road ahead for you, Herb. >> Well, a lot of thought's
00:44:46
gone into this, Bob, as you well know. >> Yes, sir. It was almost a year ago today
00:44:50
you first came to see me. [ chuckles ] A year ago. Of course, I knew about Herb Clutter even then.
00:44:57
You know what someone told me today? The day haircuts went to $1.50, Herb Clutter writes the barber
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a check. [ laughs ] It's what they said. >> It's the only way to do business, in my opinion.
00:45:10
Those tax fellows come poking around, a cancelled check is a man's best friend.
00:45:14
Cash money, I've heard tell, is for tips and that is a fact. Now, I've got plenty to be
00:45:23
grateful for in this life, Bob. Wonderful things. Take the kids. I've been lucky there.
00:45:34
Here. These are my older daughters. This is my eldest, Evana, and this is Beverly.
00:45:46
Evana's married to Don Jarchal, and I can't tell you how much I think of that boy.
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And, Vern English, the man that my Beverly had the good sense to settle on, if anything were
00:46:00
to ever happen to me, I could trust those boys to take full responsibility. >> Oh, hell, Herb,
00:46:06
you're a young man. 48 is young. No, from the looks of you and what the doctors are saying,
00:46:13
I reckon we'll have you around for a few weeks longer. >> Well, to tell you the truth,
00:46:17
Bob, I feel pretty good. [ laughs ] Optimistic. I got an idea a man could make some real money around here
00:46:24
in the next few years. Well, speaking of money, I've got the first payment on your
00:46:31
policy and here's the check that you've been dying to-- Oh, I won't say it.
00:46:39
[ both laugh ] I won't say it. There you go, Bob. >> Hey. >> Something to drink?
00:47:46
>> Yeah. >> Yeah? Here, let me help you out. >> Oh, thanks. >> Perry, come on in.
00:50:09
My angel. My handsome little angel. >> Come on. You get to play with your mama all the time.
00:50:17
It's my turn now. >> It's okay, Perry. You go now, okay? Go on. Go now!
00:50:25
>> Come on, let's go. >> Go home, Perry. Now! You whore! [ arguing ]
00:50:58
[ fighting and screaming ] >> Oh! Stop! Get off! What are you doing? What's the matter with you?
00:52:28
>> You been swimming that horse in the river, girl, again? >> Sure have, Mr. Stocklein.
00:52:33
Babe's gotta have a bath, too. Look at how happy she is. I heard your baby crying before.
00:52:39
>> Yeah, she's been sick for two days now. >> I'm sorry to hear that.
00:52:45
I'll bring you some apple juice from the orchard after church tomorrow. Daddy just made some.
00:52:49
>> Well, thank you, Nancy. >> Good night, Mr. Stocklein. >> Good night.
00:53:01
>> You want a drink? >> What is it? >> Fruit and vegetable mix.
00:53:05
Potato and orange juice. >> Mm. Vodka. >> Yeah, vodka. One more, save the rest.
00:53:14
We might could need it soon on account of we're near the end of the damn rainbow.
00:53:44
>> Is mama gonna come down for supper tonight? >> No, honey, mama's resting.
00:53:47
>> Didn't she look good last night? >> Where you been? >> I was taking Babe for a swim.
00:53:52
>> Honey, Babe won't mind the cold, but-- >> Babe's too fat to feel cold.
00:53:58
>> You go upstairs and change before you get pneumonia. >> Daddy, what about tonight?
00:54:10
>> No. No more going to the movies, no more parties. Not till after Thanksgiving.
00:54:18
You can ask Bobby Rupp to come over and listen to the game if you like. >> Okay. I'll call him as soon
00:54:34
as I get some dry clothes on. [ turns on radio ] >> Kenyon? [ turns off radio ]
00:54:55
Thank you, son. >> ♪ There's a race of men ♪ ♪ Who don't fit in ♪ ♪ Their spirits ♪
00:55:13
♪ Can't sit still ♪ ♪ They break the hearts ♪ ♪ Of all they can ♪ ♪ And roam the world at will ♪
00:55:29
♪ They range the field ♪ ♪ They row the flood ♪ ♪ And climb ♪ ♪ The mountain's crest ♪
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♪ 'Cause they got the curse ♪ ♪ Of the gypsy's blood ♪ ♪ And don't know how to rest ♪
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♪ If they just went straight ♪ ♪ They might go far ♪ ♪ 'Cause they're strong ♪
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♪ And brave and true ♪ ♪ But they quickly tire ♪ ♪ Of things that are ♪ ♪ And crave what's strange ♪
00:56:19
♪ And new ♪ >> Yeah, that's us, brave and true. But you forgot the rich part.
00:56:31
♪ Tired of being poor ♪ ♪ The craving to be rich ♪ ♪ And get a whole lot more ♪ [ laughs ]
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>> I've missed the best years, Lord, the children, everything. I am a ghost, Lord, a ghost.
00:57:00
>> Mama, don't say those things. Don't even think 'em. >> Oh, baby, it's true.
00:57:06
I'm too nervous to go downstairs in my own house. I don't know what's wrong.
00:57:12
I just can't seem to keep up with any of you. >> Came to the play last night
00:57:17
and you looked so beautiful. Everybody was saying so. You're getting better.
00:57:23
Even Kenyon can tell. We're just gonna listen to the game. Bobby's coming over,
00:57:28
so it's just the five of us. Why don't you let me help you get your robe on?
00:57:31
>> No, no, no, honey. I'm tired, really. >> I'll make some coffee
00:57:35
for you. Bobby likes you and you know it, and you like him. Please, mama? [ vehicle approaches ]
00:57:42
[ car door shuts ] >> Is daddy being spiky about Bobby Rupp, baby? Is that what's bothering you?
00:57:51
[ doorbell rings ] He doesn't mean to, you know. The last thing daddy wants is to get in the way of anybody
00:58:02
over anything. He just can't help himself sometimes. Go on. You go downstairs
00:58:15
and enjoy yourself. >> Good night. I love you, Mama. [ thunder ] [ honk honk ]
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[ honk honk honk ] >> Fill 'er up? >> Yeah. Check the oil and water.
00:59:18
>> You all right, mister? >> Hey, kid? You gonna fill it this year? >> Yeah, right away, sir.
00:59:29
>> Oh, man. >> You getting a case of blood bubbles all of a sudden, honey?
00:59:39
>> Here. Hold this. >> Is that what it is? We're close enough to smell the damn money.
00:59:50
Now you think it's time that you can help us? I'm talking to you, Perry.
00:59:55
>> Dammit, I'm talking to you. Don't you ever do that again. Nobody lays a hand on me,
01:00:03
not you, not anybody. You understand? [ groaning ]