If most people had my opportunities,
They'd jump.
Everybody's out for what they can get.
You're sure about that?
Well, take you for instance.
Now, I come to you for lessons so that mr. Slade
Will come through, but I'll bet you something.
All the time you've been talking grammar,
You've been thinking just what every other man thinks about.
Now, don't you deny it, because I can tell.
All you needed was the opportunity too.
Narrator:
Starring david janssen as dr. Richard kimble.
An innocent victim of blind justice,
Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife,
Reprieved by fate when a train wreck
Freed him en route to the death house.
Freed him to hide in lonely desperation.
To change his identity.
To toil at many jobs.
Freed him to search for a one-armed man
He saw leave the scene of the crime.
Freed him to run
Before the relentless pursuit
Of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.
The guest star in tonight's story:
Laura devon.
And special guest star paul richards.
Announcer:
The chinese sunset motel,
Situated on a tarnished hyphen called the sunset strip
That separates los angeles from beverly hills.
For richard kimble, working as man-of-all-jobs
Under the alias of jack fickett,
It is a welcome bit of limbo.
Well, hello, there.
This is one of our loveliest suites.
Just moving in?
You'll like it here.
Get the point?
How'd you do?
Zero.
He's cheatin' again.
Oh, sam... Me?
I'll hit you right in the mouth.
Will you shut up and play?
I'm out.
Frankie,
Looks like you're gonna have a little competition
Around here from now on, huh?
Who? Oh, her?
Oh, come on, uncle sam, you got to be kidding.
Oh, alice. Oh, hi, sam.
You know that guy looks real familiar.
Oh, his name is slade.
Edward slade. Slade, eh.
And the girl, it says in the registry,
Is his secretary.
Edward slade.
Looks like we fell into a nest of penny-ante hustlers.
Of what?
Scroungers.
They looked okay to me.
No, they're penny-ante hustlers. I can tell.
It's just that some are better than others.
Oh, shoot.
I should have bought another pair of flats.
Now, listen,
I'm gonna, uh-
I'm gonna go see gordie schiller right away.
Now, he'll come through for us, I know he will.
And then I'm gonna take my little jelly apple
And we're gonna move back up into the winner's circle again.
Now, I'm not complaining.
If a place is clean, it's got closets.
I know.
Now, there's a- there's a coffee shop outside.
If I'm not back in time I want you to eat there, understand?
Don't worry about me, sweetheart.
Just go about your business as though I wasn't here.
All right. And you watch out for the wolves, huh?
See you.
Kiss-kiss.
Oh, you're a bird.
You want to see sophia loren?
Nah.
I'm not in the mood for subtitles.
Besides, I don't think she wants to see me.
Don't move.
Just a teeny bit longer.
I got your nose, but your chin keeps getting away from me.
Take your time. I don't have to be back
To the switchboard for 15 minutes.
I thought you was the porter.
Well, yeah, I'm the porter, the relief switchboard operator,
The, uh, pool maintenance engineer.
Sort of a general factotum.
What's that?
What, "factotum"?
Well, that's sort of an all-around helper.
It's a very nice way of putting it.
You a professional artist?
Oh. Oh, no.
It's just a hobby I took up.
I better warn you before you look at this.
I'm just a beginner.
You know what they say, uh,
"a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
You know, that's true.
Did you just make that up?
No, I, uh,
Had an english professor that never left a cliché unturned.
Professor? That means college, I guess.
Yeah.
Hey, can I see it?
Down where my home is we got a saying,
"a girl with looks don't need books."
Good saying.
Personally, I- I never went past the fourth grade,
But I bet you I'm doing better
Than most of them college kids.
Take these here earrings.
They're three carats apiece.
Perfect blue-white, cut by hand.
'course everybody hasn't had my opportunities.
Oh, I guess it's, uh,
Just a matter of what you want.
What do you mean?
Well, I meant it's a question of values.
Is something wrong with my values?
No, no, I didn't mean there was
Anything wrong with your values. I just meant-
I don't think that you should go around
Thinking remarks about people
Just because they can't turn over a cliché
Or whatever it is that you said.
Well, uh, no, you see, I-I'm sorry-
Waitress.
Would you charge that
To mr. Edward slade's room, please?
You want to sign this and write your room number down?
There.
Congratulations.
Is he awake?
He was.
He goes in and out.
Gordie.
Hey, gordie, it's me, eddie slade.
What happened?
Freeway.
He went on an off ramp.
Truck stopped him.
When did you get out of jail?
Oh, you're up.
Yeah, I'm up.
I got out about a month ago.
I tried calling you.
But maxie took over for you in new orleans,
And won't give back, right?
You heard, huh?
So you come down here for a little financing, huh?
Well,
I figured since I cut you in on a slice of new orleans
That you might like to return the favor.
Listen, eddie, the cops know
We were partners in new orleans.
These l.A. Police are murder.
Now, gordie, I got a big deal cooking in st. Louis.
I'll pay you back in a year.
That had you on the scan 20 minutes
After you crossed the city line.
A hundred thousand is all.
You kidding? A hundred grand.
I can't afford a lousy manicure.
I'm up to my insurance policies
On this big deal I'm financing.
It's big international stuff.
Okay.
All right, I got a couple of other friends in the area.
Y- you're not going to stay in the area, eddie.
The cops tie us in together.
And right now I can't afford the attention.
I got too much invested.
A couple of weeks, gordie.
Now, I'm desperate.
The west coast is my last chance.
Now, you owe me a favor.
Hey, gordie.
All right,
You got two weeks, eddie.
Two weeks, but stay away from me.
You won't even know I'm around.
Two weeks, eddie.
Strictly enforced and no extensions.
Say, what kind of people they got staying here, huh?
Nice bunch.
Well, that's good.
See, making friends is my business.
I'm a salesman by profession.
Well, right this way, sir.
I might be gone a week, maybe more.
I got this guy up in portland and another one in seattle.
Did she go to college?
Who?
Who we talking about? Your ex-wife.
Oh, not again. Forget her.
I bet she at least went to high school.
You wouldn't have married no dunce, would you?
Penelope, will you stop it?
"boo," said the bogeyman.
Look, you-you just draw your pictures
And get lots of sun and-
And you better go fix me a drink.
What do you think I am, a factotum?
Where'd you pick that up?
Don't look so surprised.
There happens to be a lot more where that came from.
I don't believe it.
Yes, sir.
Yes, I'll have a cab right here mr. Slade.
Get one for me too, will ya?
Will you send a couple of cabs
Up to the chinese sunset motel, please?
Frankie, you look gorgeous.
Oh, just my old working clothes.
Wow. Well, I've got to run.
I'm gonna be late. What's your hurry?
You got a date? Uh-huh.
With a double feature.
You know, I haven't been to the movies in months.
No one ever asks me.
Maybe you're not the movie type, frankie.
Well, you never know till you ask.
My cab here yet?
Be here in just a minute.
You watch out for the wise guys, huh?
And you have good luck, you hear?
Don't miss me too much.
I will.
Come on.
Hey, don't take my cab.
Hi.
I'm awfully sorry about what happened earlier.
Well, so am I.
I was wondering if I could talk to you for a little bit.
What time do you get off from work?
Two o'clock.
Could you meet me in the coffee shop around 2?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Yeah? Yes, sergeant bragin.
Anything on slade?
Yeah, he just left in a cab.
License number u92271.
Had a suitcase with him.
He'll probably be back, though,
Because the girl's still here.
Right.
Yeah.
Well, stick with the girl.
Maybe you can learn something from her.
Sam... Please stop it.
Hi. Hi.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Oh, that's okay.
It's just a funny idea I had.
I don't know if you're gonna cotton to it, anyway.
Try me.
Well, see his first wife was very educ-
Uh, whose?
Mr. Slade's. My boss.
Oh.
His first wife was very educated.
All around, kinda. Not like me.
It isn't that I didn't have the opportunities.
My daddy was all for education, always.
My mama was too.
I think that's about the only thing
They saw eye-to-eye on.
That and kids.
There's 11 of us. Eleven?
I guess that's a houseful then.
I was always the best-looking.
Especially after I started developing, you know.
Yeah.
There was this beauty contest back home
And I won it just as easy as jam.
That's when I first discovered
That men like to do things for good-looking girls.
That was an education in itself, I can tell you.
Maybe I can't read or write so good,
But I can sure tell a lox from a sport a mile away.
A "lox"?
You know, that's the bird that goes to vegas
And plays the nickel machines all night.
Oh.
'course I stopped noticing other men
When I met mr. Slade.
It's been almost three years now.
I-I seem to have lost you someplace.
Uh, what does this have to do with that funny idea of yours?
Oh, well, I'm getting to that.
See, I've got to get me some kind of quick education
And I was thinking you're so smart,
And you talk so nice and what with your college and all,
I was wondering if you couldn't teach me some things.
Me?
Well, you know, how to read better
And when to turn on the manners,
And when to say the right thing.
Uh, well, just a minute.
I, uh- I'll pay you for your time.
Well, I'm very flattered, but I-
All you have to do is give me some pointers.
I'm very quick. I really am.
I think it's nice that you want to improve yourself,
But I'm not a qualified teacher.
Besides, I've got my hands full here with this job.
Look.
I'm gonna be 24 next month
And for mr. Slade that's old,
And I've got to get him married quick.
I mean, to me.
I don't want him turning around and looking at me someday
And saying, "what am I doing with this dummy?"
Well, I'm sorry, miss-
You think I got too much to learn, is that it?
I admit that I got some to go,
But you got to remember,
"a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."
I did say that.
"'well,' said the cunning fox,
"'if you don't come with me
"I will certainly devour-
Devour you on the spot.'"
Pretty good.
Now try reading it just for the sense of it.
Doesn't matter if you miss a word.
I know what you mean.
Let me try it.
"'well,' said the cunning fox,
"'if you don't come with me
"I will certainly devour you on the spot.'
"a mule that had grown fat and wanton,
"on too good an allowance of corn
"was one day jumping
And kicking about-"
What about the, uh, cunning fox?
Oh, well,
He never kept his word like he said he was gonna.
Like, to help farmer jones get his old chickens back.
How could he?
He was eatin' 'em
And he darn near ate the ducks too,
Except when farmer jones come at him with his rifle.
If you ask me,
This jones guy ain't much of a brain.
"isn't."
Isn't.
Isn't much of a brain.
And it-
It isn't no use.
"any." any.
Any use.
What I mean is remembering
Not to use double negatives and not to say "ain't"
Isn't really going to make any difference.
I mean, I'm still gonna look like a dunce, aren't I?
Whatever you learn, you'll be that much further ahead.
But is eddie going to know?
He will.
Thing is, I don't want to change,
But I want to look like I've changed, you know.
You want to quit?
Do you?
No.
Well, I guess if-
If you could stand it so could I.
Yeah?
Thank you.
Thank me for what?
Well, you were telling me today when you should say thank you,
Like if somebody does you a favor or something
And I was just sitting here thinking
About who does me favors and I thought of you.
So thank you.
Uh, you don't suppose
It could have waited till morning, do you?
Oh, I would have forgot by tomorrow.
Yeah.
Uh, uh, you're welcome.
Something bothering you, honey?
Yes. I don't like the position
You're putting uncle jack in, cousin.
Well, I'll just notify you when it becomes your business.
Your old man's liable to get rough with him.
I wouldn't like that.
You know, it seems to me I've heard them chimes before.
It couldn't be that you just might be jealous
Of me and mr. Fickett, could it?
Oh, no, not me, cousin.
I know when I'm beat.
It's very obvious.
I'm not ignorant enough for him these days.
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
I'd say that you were just about as ignorant as anybody.
It's just that you don't have nothing to back it up with.
That's all.
Nice day for a swim, huh?
Why don't you go for a swim then?
Bragin's my name.
Fred for short.
What's yours?
That's my business, thanks.
Why don't you just please move out?
I live here.
Don't you think you were a little rude to him?
I said please and thank you.
Yes, I know.
Oh, he's a lox anyway.
I think there's a more gracious way to turn a guy down.
You mean a lady would have been more polite, anyway.
Now that you mention it.
Well, what'd I do wrong?
It's a matter of other people's feelings.
Oh, well, shoot.
I'm getting sick and tired of always being told I'm wrong.
You know I was doing pretty good before I met you
And I'll probably go on doing pretty good
After I leave this dump.
Probably.
But what?
I didn't say anything.
It was there, just the way you said "probably."
Penelope, there's more to growing than just learning
How to read books and say thank you.
Well, aren't you the fine one to talk.
Look where all your growing has got you.
At least I've got something to show for my way.
I happen to have 27 pairs of shoes,
Two mink coats,
And three and a half carats on each ear
Which I will probably be turning them in
For double the size one of these days.
Now, that's what I call growing.
We received a report this morning
That slade left portland.
He met with the cooley brothers up there this afternoon.
Nice circles he moves in.
Well, if he returns to the chinese sunset,
I'll be there to greet him and in the meantime
I'm gonna concentrate on this guy fickett.
He stays pretty close to that girl.
Who knows, maybe she cries on his shoulder.
Listen, why don't we, uh-?
Why don't we run a routine name check on jack fickett.
Okay? Yes, sir.
I don't know what it is, something about the guy.
He's- he's got too much class for the kind of job he does.
Hi.
I come to apologize for the way I talked today.
Well, there's no need to apologize.
Could I come in?
Yes, sure.
Sit down.
I, uh-
I'm no one to be giving advice
On how to succeed.
Well, at least you're not a hustler
Like the rest of them around here.
Is that what they are?
That's what mr. Slade says.
And he's almost never wrong.
He says they're penny-ante hustlers.
I guess some are.
He says everybody.
Everybody dreams of making a quick buck,
But not everybody's willing to take a shortcut.
You say shortcut like it was a dirty word.
Let me tell you something.
If most people had my opportunities,
They'd jump.
Everybody's out for what they can get.
You're sure about that?
Well, take you for instance.
Now, I come to you for lessons
So that mr. Slade would come through,
But I'll bet you something.
All the time you've been talking grammar,
You been thinking just what every other man thinks about.
Don't you deny it,
Because I can tell.
All you needed was the opportunity too.
What's the thing?
Aren't you turned on even a little teeny bit?
Yes. Sure I am.
Well, then what is it?
You don't take money for learning me.
What do you want out of this?
Maybe I just get a kick out of watching you learn.
Would you tell me again about shortcuts and all that?
Sell me a cigarette will you, rita?
My last one.
No. No news here.
I can't get close to that girl.
Listen, you got anything on jack fickett yet?
Yeah.
Well, I'll just try to feel him out for myself then.
Hey, hold it.
Yeah, it's him in person.
Just this one message, mr. Slade.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
You're eddie slade, aren't you?
Yeah.
I read about you in that magazine last month.
So? Oh, no offense.
It's just been bothering me where I know you from.
King of the bookmakers, they called you.
Hey, must be a lot of money in that business.
What I can drop on the ponies alone...
Uh, hey, we're having a little party tonight, eddie.
Be happy if you and the little lady care to join us.
Yeah, thanks.
Catch anything?
No luck.
Use live bait.
Did you miss me, huh?
Prodigiously.
What? That means lots.
Now, listen, baby. Well, I might as well tell you.
It's bad news all over.
I really struck out.
Not a single old buddy would come through.
Look at this.
Twelve midnight.
That's not even fair, eddie.
When gordie says get out, he's not playing games.
Well, don't you worry.
We can always get jobs.
What kind of talk is that?
Well, that's what people do.
How do you know what people do?
That's one of the things I'm learning.
From who?
"whom." from whom.
Anyhow, from jack.
Jack? Who's jack?
Jack, my teacher.
See that guy cleaning the pool over there?
He's my teacher.
Okay.
Uh, what have you been learning, huh?
Come on, tell me.
You mean, just like that?
Well, sure you're so smart, I want to know.
What are you learning?
Well, when you just ask me right out like that I can't-
Now, you see?
Now, just shut up, will you? And-and come on-
Come on over here.
No. Come on.
No.
You asked me and I'm gonna tell you.
First of all, take the folks that live here.
They aren't hustlers like you said.
Oh, they're not, huh?
No.
Just because they- they took the straight route.
No crummy shortcuts for them.
They worked hard all their lives
And they got values.
You take sam over there,
He made his being an agent for actors,
He knows a lot of big stars,
But his wife divorced him after 21 years
And he moved in here.
And then there's rita.
She's a very important script girl.
She's the highest paid in hollywood.
And she's in great demand.
Every director in town wants her.
And then there's orin, he's a lawyer.
And he's very important too.
He's made a lot of money in his lifetime.
Nice day for a suntan, huh?
Don't get too much.
Say, you know, I got a pretty good ear for accents,
But I can't quite place yours.
What is it? Midwestern or something?
It's a little bit of everything, I guess.
We moved around a lot.
Oh, yeah?
Where'd you go to school?
All over.
Excuse me.
Say, did you ever make college?
I took a few courses.
Yeah? Out here, california? No, back east.
Let me ask you something. What's a guy like you, uh,
Doing work like this for?
Gives me time to think.
Don't get too much sun.
"bartender wanted, no experience necessary.
Five, four-" that's enough of that.
You understand? Hey.
I was just trying to show you how good I can read.
Where are you going?
I want to talk to you.
Yes, sir?
What's the idea of fooling around with my girl?
I think you're mistaken. She told me.
She couldn't have told you that.
That girl has what you might call a-
A beautiful innocence of mind
And I don't want her thinking,
And I don't want her educated,
So let me give you a warning, mister.
Now, you stay away from her.
Believe me, it's not a friendly warning either,
Because if I catch you hanging around her again
You're gonna find yourself hurting. Bad.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
If you want my opinion,
You're wrong about penelope.
Oh? She has a lot inside of her.
You might call it a drive to grow.
That type of energy is hard to stop.
Um, just you stay away from her.
And don't you worry about her energy.
No doubt about it.
There's $50,000 out there.
Not that that's any big answer for us,
But at least it could buy us some time back east.
In canada maybe.
Hey, you want to learn something educational, jelly apple?
All right, I'm gonna show you human nature, how it works.
What do you mean?
Come on. You'll see.
Hey, uh, your earrings I bought you- the diamonds.
That's the first time I forgot to put them on since I got them.
Yeah, well, go put them on. We're going to a party.
Do you think that maybe I-I forgot to put them on
Because I'm starting to shine all by myself like jack said?
Now, listen, I told you to cut that out.
I'll go put them on.
I promise you, this time it won't be double exposed.
Oh, jack, would you please get some more ice, huh?
Thank you.
No, no, woody. No house in the hill for me, I had that.
Uncle sam, have you seen uncle jack?
I've got his picture. Uncle jack- no.
There he is. Pardon me.
Hi, sam. Good of you to come.
Nice to see you, mr. Slade.
The drinks are right inside.
Why don't we come in and get one?
Hey, make way for mr. Slade and his lady.
Give him a chance to catch up with the rest of us.
Oh, this is great.
Hey, hey, hey. That's for my scrapbook.
I'll take another one for you later.
Now, you just watch eddie in action.
Uh, say, uh, could we have
A couple of scotch and waters please.
Sure.
Yeah, uh, my business here is just about done
So we're going to be heading east soon.
Oh, were you working here on some kind of deal?
Oh, thank you.
Bookmaking, huh? Ah.
Here you go, honey.
Thank you.
That must pay plenty on an investment.
Oh, about, uh, 20 for every dollar invested, yeah.
Uh, the first year.
Well, that's plenty all right.
I suppose you're all financed though.
Oh, no problems.
Anything open?
No, not a thing. At least, uh-
Well, not much. There's 50,000,
But I expect to have that by tomorrow morning.
Fifty thousand.
Uh-huh. Penny, why don't-?
Why don't we get some air. Oh. Oh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute, mr. Slade.
You particular where-? Where this comes from?
I mean, say if I could raise what you need tonight.
Tonight, well-
Look, I tell you, um, sam, right?
Right. Well, no offense, sam,
It's just that I just don't like dealing in amateur money.
You see, uh, they always want to have
Their say so, you know and-?
The little guy, that is.
And the trouble is they don't know what they're talking about.
But you-you-you wouldn't have to explain anything.
I mean, I could do all the explaining.
Well, I don't know. It-it would be strictly
A deal between me and you.
I'll tell you what I'll do.
If you can come up with the money before my other source-
You know, no promises, all right?
But, uh, I'll talk to you.
Well, thanks. That's- that's great, eddie.
You know, right now, your good friend sam
Is telling all those other good people in there
All about the big opportunity.
Now, some of them won't fall for it.
At least not at first.
It isn't gonna work.
Some people just don't go for shortcuts.
You don't think so, huh?
You want to make a bet with me?
Do you?
Okay.
Now, if you're right,
I'm gonna buy you a diamond ring
To go with those diamond earrings
And if I'm right, you throw away your books
And you stop talking grammar. Deal?
What kind of ring?
Just a ring.
The kind you put on your finger.
Any finger.
That a deal or not?
Deal. Okay.
You go back in there and watch.
Old eddie's just gonna go in there and lie down,
Let mother nature do his work for him.
Go on.
But how illegal is it actually?
Wait a minute, rita.
Let's get ourselves a little privacy.
That's it, folks, party's over.
Hope you all had a good time.
See you later.
Sure was lovely of you to ask me, sam.
Oh, alice.
Good night. Good night, dear.
As a lawyer I can tell you
There'd be a lot of complications.
Just the income tax, for example.
Well, that's the beauty of it. There'd be no income tax.
And we wouldn't have to sign any papers.
Now, wait a minute.
Jack...
I'd like to talk to you.
Sure. Come on in.
Well, uh, maybe we better go to the coffee shop.
I've got some coffee. Come on in.
I- I don't think we'd better.
Okay.
What are you getting on your money now?
Six percent if you're lucky?
I'm talking about $20
For every dollar you put up.
Listen, this kind of a break is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
You'll never get this kind of an opportunity again.
It just doesn't happen twice.
What else am I gonna tell you?
You know how my ex wiped me out,
Yet I'm willing to put up every last cent I got left.
Eleven thousand bucks.
Now, you all know me.
Would I put myself out on the hook like that
If I wasn't sure that this is maybe the last big break?
The last chance I get to buy myself
A first-class old age?
And that goes for you too.
Remember, 20 bucks
For every one you put up.
Figure even half of that.
What do you say, rita?
Well, if orin went in, I might consider it.
I don't know.
You could figure if there was no risk
And it was entirely legal,
A small investor couldn't get in.
The big banks would be in there.
Now you're thinking straight.
Who is it?
Saul.
Say hello to kenny.
Hello, kenny.
It's almost midnight.
We're here to help you keep your word to gordie.
I got 20 minutes yet.
Now, you're not gonna hold me to that.
Saul, I'm on the brink of getting my bankroll.
It could be here any minute.
If it's here any minute, you got no problem.
So maybe it's a few more seconds.
A few more seconds is too late.
I'll call gordie.
Gordie can't be disturbed.
I should have known eddie was right.
Boy, if you could have only seen the way sam bit.
Human nature.
I guess you're the only person I ever saw could beat that rap.
If you want to know the truth,
I'm beginning to think maybe you're a sucker for it.
Maybe.
Well, it's none of my business.
Maybe you'll never learn,
But they sure will.
Does that mean they're not going to get their money back?
I wish I'd never started to draw your picture.
No.
That ain't true- that isn't true.
I could never be sorry for knowing you.
That's the awful part about it.
Well, you better go and save those decent people of yours.
They're gypping themselves.
The whole thing is something eddie just made up.
No, you've got to tell them, penelope.
Are you kidding me?
You think I'd double-cross eddie?
I'm no fink.
It's bad enough I told you.
I thought you were learning something.
All about the cunning fox.
Except I think I knew him already.
You won't tell them?
All right.
They make you up a positive?
Yeah, just came back from the lab.
I've been living with this guy every day now
For two weeks, but it wasn't till I saw that
That something started to click.
I can't put my finger on it.
Wait a minute.
Yeah, I know.
Seen his face on a card or on a want or something,
But I can't remember.
Hey.
Come on.
As I said, it's none of my business.
I don't know what you're up to, jack,
I only know what he said.
I tell you, slade didn't even approach me.
I approached him.
I'm not even sure at this minute he'll even take our money.
I'm only going on the assumption
That we can get our money in first.
There is no other money, sam.
How do you know? Sam swears it's true.
wait, wait, wait.
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Are you just repeating something you heard?
A rumor? How do you know?
'cause I told him.
And I'm practically the horse's mouth.
What made you tell us?
Ask the professor here.
He figured you hustlers deserved a break.
Me, I think I'm cuckoo to tell you anything.
I'm sorry, fellas.
Oh, narrow escape, sam. That was close,
But not your fault, sam.
Will you come on and let go of me?
What you did in there-
What I did in there
Was to prove myself a first-class lox.
No.
Are you putting me on?
Did you see them in there all turned on for an easy buck?
Just like mr. Slade said.
Everybody's hustling. Not everybody.
Look, would you do me a favor
And admit you were wrong about those people?
Then I can go back to believing you were wrong about everything.
All I said was not everybody's hustling.
You just proved that.
You told them the truth.
Oh, that's great. Now, I'm a fink.
No, it just means you're growing up fast.
I'm not sure I like it.
You will when you get there.
Now.
Oh, saul, come on, now, give me a break.
You know how- now.
I think he went through that window...
Somebody get a doctor.
Eddie. Oh, eddie.
Oh.
Where's fickett?
I don't know.
I was so worried about you.
I would just die if anything happened to you.
Listen, you better stick around, see?
You'll be all right.
I need a drink, how about you?
You be careful with him.
You looking for fickett?
Yeah.
So's every policeman on the strip.
What for? Murder.
His real name's kimble.
He's wanted in indiana for killing his wife.
Are you kidding me?
No, I'm not kidding.
Well, I'll bet you my diamond earrings
Against your tin badge that he never done- did it.
Well, you stick around here.
I gonna want a statement from you.
Anyway, maybe he could come back and clear hisself.
It's a long way back.
Well, you know what they say,
"a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
What?
It's just something an old professor of mine used to say.
A fleeting moment,
To laugh, to be warmed,
To contemplate what could have been.
An hour ago he was jack fickett.
Now, he must find a new name, a new place.
A man who must lose himself
In order that someday
He might again find himself.
Richard kimble,
Fugitive.