Goddamnit, stop that racket!
Lennie.
l told you not to bring that pup in here.
l ain't got no pup.
- Any of you boys seen my wife? - She ain't been here.
- Where the hell's Slim? - Went out to the barn.
Carlson, do you think he's gonna find Slim in the barn with his wife?
Better not tangle with Slim.
Curley's lookin' for a fight. l gotta see this. Come on.
No, l'll stay here. Thanks.
- Was Curley's wife in the barn? - lf she was, l didn't see her.
George.
Both the ends is the same.
- Why both the ends is the same? - lt's just the way they make 'em.
You sure she didn't come in the barn, like she come in here?
No, she never.
Give me a good whorehouse every time.
A guy can go in, get drunk,
get it all out of his system all at once, and no messes.
- George. - Yeah?
How long is it gonna be till we get the little place
and live off the fat of the land?
Gotta get some money together first.
l know a little place where you can get cheap, but they ain't giving it away.
Tell about that place.
lt's ten acres.
lt's got a windmill. Got a little shack on it, and a chicken run.
Got rabbits, George?
l could easily build a few hutches and you could feed 'em alfalfa.
You're damn right. You're goddamn right l could.
But, George, tell about the house.
Well, we have a little house, and we have a room to ourself.
And we have a little, fat, iron stove, and in the winter we keep a fire going in it.
And rabbits, George. And that... But l tend 'em. How do l tend them rabbits?
Well, you go out to the alfalfa field. You have a sack.
You fill up that sack and you bring it in and you put it in the rabbit cage.
You have a few pigeons that fly around the windmill,
like they done when l was a kid.
And it'd be our home.
Nobody could can us.
We don't like a guy, we just say ''Get the hell out. ''
lf a friend come, we'd have an extra bunk.
We'd say ''Why don't you spend the night?'' and, by God, he would.
We'd have a dog and a couple of cats,
but you got to make sure them cats don't get them rabbits.
But... you just let them try.
l'm gonna break them goddamn cats' necks. l smash them cats with a stick.
You know a place like this?
Suppose l do. What's it to you?
How much they want for a place like that?
- Could get it for 600 bucks. - 600.
Old people that owns it is broke.
l ain't much good with only one hand.
That's why they give me a job sweeping. And they give me $250 cos l lost my hand.
And l got 50 more saved in the bank right now.
That's, uh... 300.
And l got 50 more coming at the end of the month.
Suppose l went in with you fellas.
That'd be $350 that l'd put in.
Now, let me tell you something. l could cook,
and l could tend the chickens,
and l could hoe in the garden. Huh?
- Now, how would that be? - OK.
l got to think about that. We was gonna do it by ourselves.
We were gonna do it by ourselves.
Well, now, wait a minute. l'll tell you what.
l'd make a will and leave my share to you guys in case l kick off.
l ain't got no relatives or nothin'.
You fellas got any money? Maybe we can do it now.
- We got ten bucks between us. - We got ten bucks.
- Ten bucks. - Yeah.
You seen what they done to my dog?
They said he wasn't no good no more.
l wish somebody'd shoot me when l ain't no good,
but they won't do that.
They'll can me, and l ain't gonna have no place to go.
Look, if me and Lennie work a month and we don't spend nothin',
we'll have 100 bucks. And you got 350?
Yeah, and you can have every cent of it.
That'd be 450.
Jesus Christ, l bet we could get it for that.
You two could get her started. l'd work and make up the rest.
l'm gonna take that goddamn pup.
Sure, sure, sure. You know what l'm gonna do?
l'll write those two old people that we'll take it.
Candy will send $100 to hold it?
l sure will. l'll have 30 more dollars the time you guys is ready to quit.
l get to tend the rabbits. Tell him, George. Tell him he can't do it.
l'll get to hoe in the garden, even if l ain't no good at it?
- They got a nice stove there? - Yeah, yeah. They got a real nice stove!
But l bet that pup will like it there.
We're gonna do it, goddamnit. We can fix up that little old place and live there.
When we gonna do it?
One month. Right smack in one month.
Now, don't tell nobody about it.
- Just us three and nobody else. - Don't tell nobody.
George, l ought to have shot that dog myself.
l should not let no stranger shoot my dog.
- Shut up. l'm tired of... - l just asked you!
You've been asking me too often and l'm damn sick of it.
lf you can't look after your goddamn wife,
what do you expect me to do about it, huh?
- Lay off me. - Didn't mean nothing by it.
- l said lay off. - Just thought you might have seen her.
- Tell her to stay home. - You keep out of this.
You goddamn punk. You're yellow as a frog belly.
You may be the best welterweight in the country,
- but l'll kick your goddamn head in.
What the hell you laughing about?
Huh? You!
Come on, you big bastard, get up.
No big son of a bitch is gonna laugh at me. Get up.
- l'll show you who's yellow. - You got no cause for...
Get up!
- Come on, Curley! - Get up and fight.
- He didn't do nothing. Leave him alone. - l didn't.
Cut it out, Curley.
- Fight back. - Make him stop.
- Get him, Lennie.
Get him, Lennie! Get him!
Get him off of me! Get him off of me!
Lennie.
Slim, help me.
- Lennie. - Oh, God!
Lennie! Lennie!
Lennie! Let go! Lennie! Let go of his hand.
Let go.
Jesus.
You told me to, George. You told me to.
l know, l know. Take it easy now. Calm down.
We gotta get him to a doctor.
Carlson, get the wagon hitched up. We'll take him into Soledad to get him fixed up.
l didn't wanna hurt him. l didn't wanna hurt him.
l know. l know.
lt ain't your fault, Lennie. This punk had it coming to him.
Slim, is Curley's old man gonna can us now?
Hey, you hear me?
Huh? Hey!
- You hear me? - Huh?
l think you got your hand caught in a machine.
Now, if you don't tell nobody what happened, we ain't going to.
But you just tell, and try to get this guy canned,
we're gonna tell everybody what really happened.
- You got that? Huh? - Uh-huh.
George, you and Whitt, give me a hand. Come on.
Lift him up. That's it.
Candy, get the door.
Whitt, you go on into town with Carlson.
George.
Jesus, you look like hell.
Do... do l still get to tend the rabbits?
Sure, you ain't done nothing wrong.
Thanks a lot. l didn't want no trouble.
lt's all right. l know you didn't.
Come on. You be quiet so l can clean you up. OK?
OK?
Hi, boys.
lt's hot out here. Not cool like in the barn.
l said it's hot out here!
Why don't you go back to your house now? We don't want no trouble.
l ain't giving you no trouble.
Think l don't like to talk to somebody every once in a while?
You got a husband. Go talk to him.
Sure, l got a husband. Swell guy, ain't he?
Say, what happened to Curley's hand?
He got his hand caught in a machine.
Baloney! What you think you're selling me?
How'd you get them bruises on your face?
- Who, me? - Yeah, you.
Got his hand caught in a machine.
Yeah, OK.
Lennie.
l'm gonna go into town with the guys.
- Can l stay here? - Yeah, yeah.
Just stay here for a while and then go back to the bunkhouse.
OK.
Come on, George.
Don't you get in no trouble.
You ain't got no right to come into my room.
Ain't nobody got a right to be in here but me.
- l... l seen your light. - Yeah, well, l got a right to have a light.
Now, l ain't wanted in those bunkhouses and you ain't wanted in my room.
- Why ain't you wanted? - Because l'm black.
They say l stink. Well, l'll tell you, all of y'all stink to me.
Everybody went into town.
- Well, what you want? - Nothing. l see... l...
l seen your light.
Well, come on in and sit awhile if you won't get out of here and leave me alone.
Goddamn your soul.
All the boys go into town?
All but old Candy. He just sat in the bunkhouse, figuring about the rabbits.
What rabbits you talkin' about?
The rabbits we're gonna get, and l get to tend 'em.
You're nuts. You're crazy as a wedge.
l don't blame that guy you travel with for keeping you out of sight.
No, every word is the truth. You can ask George.
You travel around with George, don't you?
Sure. Me and George go everywhere together.
And sometimes he talk to you and you don't understand
what the hell he's talking about. Ain't that so?
How long do you think it's gonna be
before them puppies are old enough to take away from its mother?
Boy, l tell you.
A guy can talk to you and be sure you ain't gonna go blabbing. Uh-uh!
Just talking and you don't understand nothing.
lt don't make no difference if you don't hear or understand, you just...
. . talking.
Just talking.
Just being with another guy.
That's all.
Suppose...
George don't come back no more.
What you do then?
What?
l said suppose George go into town tonight
and you never heard of him no more.
George would never do nothing like that.
Well, suppose he get hurt or killed and he can't come back.
George can't get killed cos George is careful.
Well, just suppose. Suppose he don't come back. What you do then?
l don't know. Gee, why are you doing anyways?
- That ain't true. George ain't hurt. - Shall l tell you what'd happen?
They'd take you to the booby hatch and lock you up with a collar, like a dog.
- Who'll hurt George? - Just supposin'.
George ain't hurt. He's all right. He's gonna come back.
- Then what you supposing for? - Oh, l...
Ain't nobody talk no hurt to George.
Just keep calm. Now, now, George ain't hurt.
Ain't nobody talk no hurt to George. George'll be back.
All right, all right, all right. Just sit down.
Calm down.
Go on.
Maybe you can see now.
You got George. Suppose you ain't got nobody.
Suppose you can't go into the bunkhouse and play rummy because you's black.
Suppose you have to sit out here with the mules and read books.
Books ain't no good.
A guy goes nuts, he ain't got nobody.
l tell ya, a guy gets too lonely, he gets sick.
Maybe George come back already. Maybe l better go see.
l... l didn't mean to scare you.
George gonna come back all right.
l was just talking about myself, that's all.
We're gonna get a little place of land and rabbits and windmill.
You're nuts.
Lennie!
- That's George. George is back. - Yeah.
l'm in here, George.
You shouldn't be in here.
Yeah, well, l told him, but he come on in anyway.
- Why didn't you kick him out? - Well, l...
l guess l didn't care much.
Come on.
Night.
George, l thought you were gonna stay in town.
- Well, why'd you think that? - That nigger told me.
He tell you got hurt.
Hey!
Did you see Curley in town?
No.
He went into town. His old man went into town, too.
Yeah.
l couldn't even play my records tonight.
l got no records left. l had four.
''Am l Blue'', ''Little by Little'', ''Button Up Your Overcoat'' and ''Ten Cents a Dance''.
Curley got mad at me after supper, broke all my records.
l know how you got them bruises on your face.
And how Curley got his hand busted.
He got his hand caught in a machine.
Yeah. All right.
lf you say so.
Someday l'm going into town, and no one's ever gonna see me again.
Not Curley, not his old man, not a damn one of you bindle stiffs!
George, she's crying.
George, why is she crying?
l don't know.
- l finished the letter. - Oh, that's good. Good, that's good.
Maybe we should send the binding money?
No, no. Let's wait till we hear back from 'em.
- Well, l hope they ain't already sold it. - Oh, don't you worry about that.
George, l'll tell you what. l'd feel a lot better sending the money now.
Well, let me think about it.
You know, l could hardly sleep last night, thinking about us getting that farm.
We'll be there before you know it.
Come on, Crooks, put it in.
Oh, good shot.
That's the way.
Still in there.
Why did you get killed?
You ain't seen so little as the mice.
George is never gonna let me tend my rabbits if he finds out you got killed.
Come on, George.
Put that ringer on.
One of 'em got very close.
- OK, Slim, come on. - Shut up, Smiley.
- Ringer time. - Ringer time.
What you got there, sonny boy?
George says l ain't got nothing to do with you.
George giving you orders about everything?
l ain't gonna talk to you or nothing.
The guys got a horseshoe tournament going on.
None of them guys is gonna leave.
Why can't l talk to you? l never get to talk to nobody.
l get awful lonely.
l ain't supposed to talk to you.
You can talk to people, but l can't talk to nobody but Curley,
or else he gets mad.
How'd you like not to talk to anybody?
What you got covered up there?
l...
That's the pup.
That's the little pup.
Why, it's dead.
But l was just playin' with him.
Don't you worry none.
He's just a mutt. You can get another one, easy.
Well, it ain't that so much, but George ain't gonna let me tend them rabbits now.
- Why don't he? - Well, he said when...
l did any bad things, then l wouldn't be able to tend them rabbits.
Don't you worry about talking to me.
Listen to the guys yell. They ain't gonna leave till it's over.
l ain't supposed to talk to you. George said he'd give me hell. He told me this.
Well, what's the matter with me?
Ain't l got a right to talk to nobody?
George says you get the people in a mess.
Oh, nuts.
What kinda harm am l doing to you?
l tell ya, l ain't used to living like this.
l could've made something outta myself.
Maybe l will yet.
A show come through Salinas, and l met one of the actors.
He says l could go with the show.
My old lady wouldn't let me, but this guy says l coulda.
lf l went, l wouldn't be living like this. You bet.
Say, we were supposed to get a little place and then get rabbits.
Another time, l met a guy - he was in the pictures.
Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him.
He says he was gonna put me in the movies.
He says l was a natural.
As soon as he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it.
l never did get that letter.
l always thought my old lady stole it, too.
She said no.
So, um... l married Curley.
Met him out at the Riverside Dance Palace that same night.
- Are you listenin'? - Sure.
l ain't told this to nobody before.
And maybe l oughtn't to.
l don't like Curley.
He ain't a nice fella.
l could've been in the movies.
Had nice clothes.
This guy said l was a natural.
Maybe if you took this pup and you throwed him away,
then George would never know and l'd get to tend them rabbits with no trouble.
What makes you so nuts about rabbits?
l like to pet nice things with the fingers. Soft things.
Well, who don't? Everybody likes that.
Do you like to feel velvet?
You bet, by God.
l had me some too. The lady give me some and then l lost it.
You're nuts.
But you're kinda a nice fella.
Just like a big baby.
Sometimes when l'm doing my hair, l just sit and stroke it cos it's so soft.
Feel right here.
That's nice.
Like it, don't ya?
l like it too. lt feels nice.
That's nice.
Don't mess it up.
Look out now. You'll mess it up.
Don't muss it up.
Let go.
Let go. You let go.
- Don't. Don't. - Let go.
- Let go! - Sssh! Sssh!
Hey, no.
Hey, don't do none of that.
Please, don't you go yelling.
Don't! Don't you go yelling.
Don't! Don't!
Don't yell! Don't do that!
George is gonna be mad if you yell.
Don't wanna hurt you, but you're gonna get me in trouble.
You done a bad thing.
l done a bad thing.
l done a really bad thing.
Lennie! Lennie!
Lennie, l got something here to show you.
l didn't know you was out here.
You oughtn't to sleep out here.
Jesus Christ.
Hey!
Damn.
What are we gonna do now, George?
- We oughta tell the guys. - No, no.
We oughta let him get away.
You don't know that Curley.
Curley's gonna wanna get him lynched.
l ain't gonna let him hurt Lennie.
All right, now, listen. The guys might think l was in on it.
So l'm gonna go in the bunkhouse, and then you give me a minute,
then you come out and tell the guys about her,
and then l'll come along and make like l never seen her. Will you do that?
Sure, George.
Slim! Slim!
Something happened to Curley's wife.
Come quick. Come quick. Come on.
Come on, come on, come on!
- What the hell's going on, Candy? - Let's go see.
Come on.
Move it.
She ain't moving.
l know who done it. That little son of a bitch done it.
l'm gonna get him.
l'm gonna get my rifle and l'm gonna kill that son of a bitch myself.
- l'll get my gun. - l'll go with you.
Tom, let's get the horses.
l guess Lennie done it, all right. Her...
Her neck's bust.
Lennie could've done that?
- Well, l guess we gotta get him. - Couldn't you bring him in...
and... and lock him up?
He's nuts. He never done this to be mean.
lf we could keep Curley in, we might.
But Curley's gonna wanna shoot him.
And suppose they lock him up and strap him down and put him in a cage?
That ain't no good, George.
Come on, men. Let's get a move on it.
That bastard stole my gun. lt ain't in my bunk.
Nigger's got a shotgun. Take his.
Curley, maybe you'd better stay here with your wife.
Oh, no, goddamnit.
l'm gonna kill the son of a bitch myself.
Come on, let's move!
Whitt, Mike, Carlson, you fellas ride with me.
Anybody finds him, hold him till l get there cos l want the first crack at him.
Slim! Take your men south. l'm gonna take my men north.
Let 'em go. Come on, move out!
Move it.
Come on, let's go.
What you gonna do? George?
- Find Lennie before they get to him. - Are you gonna help him get away?
l don't know. l don't know what l'm gonna do.
Lennie.
Lennie!
George.
George, l didn't... l didn't forget, George.
l didn't... l didn't remember where we was, but l didn't forget.
- l just... l couldn't find it. - lt's OK.
- l couldn't find it. - lt's OK.
OK?
l didn't forget what you told me.
lt's OK.
George?
Yeah?
Ain't ya gonna give me hell?
Like... like you done before?
Like ''lf l didn't have you, l'd take my 50 bucks, go into a cathouse... ''
Jesus Christ, Lennie.
You can't remember nothing that happens,
but you remember every word l say.
l thought you was mad at me, George.
No.
l ain't mad.
l ain't never been mad.
You ain't gonna leave me, George. l know you ain't.
Nope.
George, l done... l done a bad thing.
lt don't make no difference.
George...
George, where are we gonna go now?
l don't know.
l... l like it here.
George, tell me like you done before.
About them other guys and about us.
George, tell it like you done before.
OK.
You look over there. OK? l'll tell ya.
So you can almost see it. OK?
- Where? - Over there.
- OK? Over there. - OK.
Guys like us, they got no family.
They ain't got nobody who gives a hoot in hell about 'em.
But not us, George. That's it, George. But not us.
Tell about us now.
- Not us. - Because...
- Cos l got you. - And l got you, George.
That's what gives a hoot in hell about us.
George, but tell now how it's gonna be.
We're gonna get a little place.
OK. Yeah. We're gonna get a little place and we're gonna...
- We're gonna... - . . have...
We're gonna have a cow, and some pigs, and we're gonna have maybe a chicken.
- Down in the flat, we'll have a... - Field of alfalfa for the rabbits.
- For the rabbits... - And l get to tend the rabbits.