Maybe you could do better
if you'd crawl on your hands
and knees! Come on!
Someday I'm going to sock that guy
right on the beak.
Hey, you, Dink, lay off of that stuff.
If there's any fighting in this family,
your old man is going to do it.
Alley-oop.
How much further is it to Tijuana?
About 3 miles.
Go on now, or I'll run on top of you.
Want me to carry you?
No. What do you think I am, a sissy?
Say, Dink,
if them promoters get me that fight,
I'm going to buy you a horse.
Gee, a real horse?
Certainly.
What do you think it is, a wooden horse?
Oh!
Hey, what happened
to the atch-pay I sewed on the anny-fay?
Gee, I must have lost it.
Does it ow-shay?
Well, I guess it's your underwear.
It'll give you plenty of air
through there anyway.
Whew!
Oh, gee, I think that's enough for today,
don't you, huh?
You've done swell, Champ. Ain't he, Jonah?
Say, let me tell you something.
Them promoters ain't got a chance
of turning me down tonight, have they?
No. They'll grab you up.
Here. Feel that muscle.
It's getting big. Ain't it, Jonah?
Look at those punch muscles
in the back, huh?
I'm just as good right now
as I was in the old days.
You betcha.
You know I am. Tell you what you do...
You stay here
and play with Jonah a little while.
I'm going to run over and play a little
of that there Kelly pool, huh?
Aw, Champ, you had enough exercise
for today.
Oh, this ain't exercise.
This is just a little letdown,
a relaxation, you know?
Hey, Champ!
Champ, wait a minute.
Oh, no.
You know I wouldn't.
Did I tell you I wasn't going to drink anymore?
I haven't had a drink for 3 weeks,
and you know I wouldn't take a drink
going to meet them promoters tonight, don't you?
Good-bye.
Champ!
There ain't no pool tables
in that place!
Doggone if I didn't forget that.
This one shows him wearing the diamond belt.
Looks great, don't he?
Here he is right after the bout
with Battling Kelly.
Look at him. Not even a scratch.
Sure, he was the greatest fighter
in his day.
Now, here he is...
How did that get among these?
Now, this one here
shows you his muscular development.
All there, ain't he?
Hey, Sommers!
Have you seen the Champ?
Nah. He ain't been over here.
All right, gang.
Wait here, gang.
Hey, come on.
Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
Give me another drink, Louie.
Nix, Champ. Look at him, Louie.
Well, if it ain't the little spitwad.
Go ahead, Louie.
Those promoters from Los Angeles
are up at the place waiting for you.
Oh, darn it, I forgot.
You can't let them see
you've been drinking.
Get some ice and tell Curly
to open you a can of tomatoes.
Ok.
They've been there for over an hour.
Gosh, why did you have to go
on a binge tonight?
Listen to him bawling me out.
I'm going to be good from now on, Dink.
Honest, I am.
You said you'd behave.
Aw, gee whiz.
Rub his neck with the ice.
Come on, Champ.
Drink. It'll do you good.
Drink? Sure.
Oh, that ain't what I ordered.
Oh, you got to straighten up.
I'm all right! I'm all... brrr!
Ohh! It's dribbling down my back.
He's coming around now.
Ok.
See if you can stand up.
Oh, I can stand up all right.
I'm all right.
Your old man is ok.
I'm always...
I'm always ok.
You guys better scram now.
I got him, Jonah.
Ok, Dink.
Beer just makes you feel bad,
doesn't it, Champ?
No. I feel good.
Put your feet out one after another.
That is a good idea.
Ain't no more than fair.
We can do better than that.
Only, seeing you guys
came all they way from Los Angeles...
Live and let live. That's my motto.
Sure.
Hi, boys.
Hi, Andy. Hi, Andy.
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
Business.
Hello there.
Hi, big boy.
Hi. Hello.
How are you?
Ok.
There you are, Champ.
What's your proposition?
How's your condition, Andy?
He's tiptop, better than he ever was.
Sure. He ain't stopped training
a minute, hardly.
We got him doing roadwork,
skipping a rope, shadowboxing.
Only last week, he tore up 3 punching bags.
Certainly. We could have matched him
with Gene Tunney if Gene hadn't quit.
Hmm. Yeah?
Something I ate.
Mm-hmm?
Booze fighting and box fighting
don't mix. You know that.
I don't get you.
Why, you're cockeyed right now.
What do you mean, I'm cockeyed?
Just like you were
the night you lost the championship.
Yeah?
Ah, sit down.
You big palooka.
Of all the nights,
you would pick tonight to get stinkered.
Yeah...
Aw, lay off of me,
will you?
Go on. Scram.
You, too, Sponge.
Get out of here.
You don't believe
what they said about me being drunk
the night I lost the championship,
do you, Dink?
No.
All right.
Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
I'm going to lay off the booze.
Word of honor.
I'm not going to gamble anymore.
Did you hear what I said, Dink?
Yeah, I heard you, Champ.
You ain't mad at me, are you?
No, I ain't mad.
Well...
Good night, Dink.
Good night, Champ.
Oh, boy.
Uh...
Oh.
Ohh!
If the Champ wins this fight,
he says he's going to buy me a horse.
Hey, Kadinkus.
Kadinkus.
Hey, Dinky.
Here.
Spit on it for luck.
Attaboy.
♪ Oh, the monkeys have no tails ♪
♪ in Rango-pango ♪
♪ They were bitten off by whales ♪
You know that cartwheel
that you spit on for good luck?
Well, it brought it. I made 14 straight passes
and doubled up each time, and was Joe sore!
Oh, boy, he was sore!
Oh, he's burnt up.
Get a load of this.
It's yourn.
Thanks, Champ.
Hey.
Genuine stetson.
Feel the felt.
That's yourn, too.
Thanks, Champ.
Hey, Dink.
Come here and have a look.
Could you go for that?
You mean the...
The horse! Sure!
It belongs to you. It's yourn.
Where'd you get it?
I won it from Joe.
You did?
Yeah! All right!
Gee! Mine?
Sure he's yourn, just like I said.
Ha ha! Look at that. Ain't he swell?
He's a racehorse, ain't he?
Well, he... he was in a race once.
What's his name?
They call him Butterfly.
Butterfly? Yeah.
That's a heck of a name for a swell horse like this.
We got to change it. I tell you...
We'll call him Little Champ, after you.
That ain't a bad idea, huh?
And we can enter him in a race soon.
Sure. We can fix him up,
can't we, Tim?
I should hope to tell ya.
Gee, can I sit on him?
Well, I guess he's
been sat on before.
Alley...
Upsy-daisy! Hey!
Hey, give me my hat.
Ha ha! Isn't he a swell horse?
Yeah. Oh, he's swell.
Gee. Oh, don't do that.
Somebody might be looking.
Oh, what do we care whether they look or not?
I bet he can go a mile in...
in 20 minutes.
I bet he can go a mile in just like that.
How are you?
Hello, beautiful baby.
Well, well, well!
Hello. Oh, don't you do that to your mama.
How is he? All right.
Baby is going to run a big old race.
Don't you do that.
- Mr. Carlton. - Yes.
I'm from the Herald Examiner.
Would you and Mrs. Carlton mind
posing for a picture with Blue Boy?
- Not at all. - Thanks.
- Linda. - Yes, darling?
We're going to have our pictures taken.
Well, well! Come on, Blue Boy.
Blue Boy belongs to Mrs. Carlton,
- doesn't he? - Yes, he does.
A birthday gift from my husband.
I see he's the favorite today.
Who, my husband?
No, Blue Boy.
My husband is the favorite every day.
Just a little closer.
Nice smile.
That's it. Fine. That's good.
Say, lady!
I wouldn't bet on that horse if I was you.
You wouldn't?
No. If you got any money,
you better stick it on my horse here.
Is this your horse?
Sure, it's my horse.
He's a pretty good-looking animal.
Pretty good-looking my eye.
He's going to win the race today.
I think if you know,
I'll just have to put some money on him.
What's his name?
Little Champ.
Little Champ? Hmm.
What's your name?
Dink. What's yours?
Linda.
Hi, Linda.
Well, I think Dink is a pretty name.
Linda ain't a bad name, either.
Tony.
This young man says that his horse
is going to win this race.
Well, now, that may be a good hunch.
What's the name of the horse?
Little Champ.
Little Champ, eh?
Yep.
I'll tell you what I'll do...
I'll bet $50 on him.
$50?
Gee, that's a lot of money.
How about it, Dink? Is that a safe bet?
Plenty safe.
I bet my last 2 bits on him.
Hey, Dink,
I don't think I've met your little friend.
This is Jonah, my pal.
Meet Miss Linda.
Glad to know you, Miss Linda.
How do you do, Jonah? I'm glad to meet you.
So am I.
He's colored.
So he is.
Kind of a pretty color.
Yeah. Ain't it, Jonah?
Sure.
Hi, Dink.
Hey, Sonny, come here.
Hey, now, listen.
Little Champ is fit to run, see?
As fit as we can make him.
Now, when you start off,
get him up on top, see?
And then give him his head
and let him roll,
and if he starts loafing on you,
well, you just give him the gun, see?
Andy, the guy was right in the next stall to me.
Who was with him? Linda?
Yes. There he is now.
Hello, Andy.
I thought you never came west.
We're spending the winter in California.
Meaning, uh...
Linda and I.
Yeah.
Ok.
The nerve of that guy.
What'd he say?
Aw, nothing.
Can you b-b-beat that?
They're coming out for the fifth race.
Number one is Chester Queen.
Number 2... Phillip Ramble.
Number 3... Romp. Number 4... Captain Gilbert.
Number 5... Blue Boy. Number 6... Little Champ.
Come on! Line up that horse!
What's the matter with you?
Chester Queen goes through the barrier...
Did you place the bet?
Yes.
They're getting set. They're moving in.
Little Champ is fractious...
Tony, dear, you...
you look as if you'd seen a ghost.
Now they're lining up once again.
I have.
They're getting set. They've lined up evenly.
They're off! There they go!
Going past the grandstand the first time,
Captain Gilbert leads by a head.
Blue Boy is second by a head.
Little Champ is third by a half a length.
Blue Boy leading easily by one length.
Captain Gilbert second by a length.
And then in fourth by a half a length,
Little Champ jumping back into the pack.
Swing around the turn into the back stretch,
Captain Gilbert creeping up on Blue Boy
for the lead.
They're well out in front.
And now Little Champ is moving up on the leaders!
It looks like Little Champ has a chance yet.
...but Little Champ moving up fast.
He's moving up fast!
What a race!
Little Champ is now coming right out in front.
He's out to win! He's out to win!
Thank you! Whoo-hoo!
Wow! He stumbles!
What a shame. He had the race won.
There they go, past the finish.
Blue Boy wins,
Captain Gilbert second, and Romp is third.
Are you all right, Sonny?
No, no, no, Dink.
He's all right. He's all right.
He's dead!
No. He's all right. He's all right.
Here. Here. Keep your chin up.
Oh, he's killed! I know it!
No. He's all right.
They're going to shoot him.
He's broke his leg!
No. His leg is all right, Dink.
He's going to shoot him!
No. Keep your chin up. He's all right.
He's all right, Dink. There you are.
Dink, look.
He's all right.
He just fell and lost his wind.
There. Look at that. Ha ha!
He's all right. Sure.
Go on and pet him. Attaboy.
Hey, how are you, Little Champ?
Gee whiz.
See? I told you the horse was all right.
Sure. I told you!
Aw, I told you.
Aw, you're crazy.
Ow! I told you.
Tony!
Look at that man with... Dink.
Yes, Linda.
It's Andy.
I thought so.
Then Dink is...
Possibly.
Oh! Oh, Tony, let's go and see.
You stay here, dear. I'll find out.
Gee, Dink, that sure was tough.
Is he hurt?
He didn't break his leg, did he?
Of course not.
Gee, I was supposed
to buy groceries
with them 2 bits I lost.
What'd you do, lose 2 bits?
Yes.
All right. Now, don't go gambling anymore.
- Thanks! - You're welcome.
Now go on. Take him over to the stable.
Gosh, that's too bad.
Sure tough on the kid.
Not so good on us, neither.
We're flat again.
Yeah, well, we've been broke before.
Yeah.
Andy.
Yeah?
Alone.
All right.
Is Dink Linda's child?
Well, if I remember correctly,
she had something to do with it.
She'd like to see him, Andy.
No. She washed the both of us up
a long time ago, didn't she?
Your marriage to Linda was a mistake.
There was no love in it.
Oh, at that time, you were world's champion...
Glamorous, important.
She was fascinated.
I wasn't in her class. That was the mistake.
You came along, and she gave me the gate.
Well, that's done with, Andy.
Let Linda see the boy.
No. The court gave me the custody of the kid,
and I'm keeping it.
You got a kid of your own, ain't you?
Yes, we've got a little girl,
but Dink is Linda's child, too.
No. She's got you and a new kid.
I got Dink, and we remain as is.
She'd give anything in the world
to talk to him, Andy...
Money, if you needed it.
If I needed it? Heh heh!
Gee, I'm just crawling with money.
I'm round-shouldered
from carrying it around, Tony.
Here's 100 now.
Bring him to the hotel in the morning,
and there'll be another 100.
Well...
I'm not very crazy
about doing this, Tony.
When a fella's got a lot of bad breaks,
things are tough,
why, he'll do things that he won't do
when everything is flush, you know?
I'll bring him over.
Thanks a lot, Andy.
Ok.
Now, let's see how you look.
Turn around, front.
Uh-oh. There's one of those tags.
Now, listen, when you go up there,
I want you to act like a gentlemen,
just like your father is.
Do you wish something?
Do you have to wish for something
around here?
Now, you're all set. All right.
All right, Sponge.
You take him up there,
and don't let him out of your sight,
and don't forget that other 100,
you hear?
You leave it to me, b-b-boy.
Ain't you coming?
No. I'm going to wait here.
Come on.
W-wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You got another one of those things
right there on you.
Oh, gosh.
Can you b-b-beat that?
Now, let's see. Turn around.
Take off your hat.
Ow!
I thought I told you
to wash them this morning.
Well, I washed my ears good enough.
No, you didn't wash in back.
Now, go up there and be a gentleman,
just like I am.
Don't forget that other
100 bucks. Go on.
Everything will b-b-be all right, Andy.
I got to go in and collect
the dough first. You wait here.
Like to see Mrs. Carlton, please.
Come right in. She's expecting you.
Thank you.
♪ Ask her if the new ♪
♪ kisses are divine ♪
♪ Ask... ask her if they thrill ♪
♪ just as much as mine ♪
♪ But don't tell her ♪
♪ what's happened to me ♪
♪ I'll ask her if the new... ♪
Oh, some gum.
Gee.
Think I'll take 3 more.
I better not leave any there.
Huh, and some candy.
Think I'll take some.
♪ Dum dee dee, dee dee ♪
♪ Dum dee dee, da da ♪
♪ Dum dee dee, dee dee ♪
What's in here?
Cigarettes.
Boy, I think I'll bring some home for the Champ.
♪ Dum da dum, da dee ♪
♪ Dum da dum, da da ♪
Guess that's enough.
♪ Bum ba bum, ba bum ♪
♪ Ask her if the new kisses are divine ♪
♪ Ask if her if they thrill ♪
♪ just as much as mine ♪
♪ But don't tell her what's happened to me ♪
Ooh.
♪ Ask her if the new ♪
♪ kisses are divine ♪
♪ Ask... ask her if they thrill ♪
Hiya, Champ! Whoo-hoo!
Hey! Champ!
What are you doing up on that roof?
Get down from there!
Come on, before I knock your ears off!
All right.
Hello.
♪ But don't tell her what's happened to me ♪
Do you like fairy tales?
No.
Have you read the one about the sleeping beauty?
Uh-uh.
It's about a princess
that slept a thousand years.
That's a lot of hooey!
How could anyone sleep a thousand years?
It's only a fairy tale.
I'll say it is,
and all the time she was sleeping,
didn't she ever eat?
It doesn't say anything about that.
Did you ever try going without breakfast?
Try it sometime and see how empty you get,
and this princess goes for a thousand years
without even eating a sandwich?
Bushwa!
I'm awfully glad you're my brother.
The dame's nuts.
Come here.
How far can you spit?
I don't know.
You watch me.
See?
Ok, Dink, inside.
Come on.
Oh, hello, Linda.
Hello, Dink.
My, I'm glad to see you.
Say, I'm awful sorry
about you losing your dough yesterday.
Oh!
Oh, that was all right, Dink.
Won't you sit down?
Ain't that the reason why you wanted to see me?
No, that's not the reason.
Ain't it, Linda?
Gee, this ain't a bad dump
you got here, you know that?
You like it? I'm glad you do, Dink.
Yeah, the Champ and me
ain't fixed up as swell as this,
but our joint's more lively.
It's right above the Greek saloon, you know?
And I like to listen to the piano playing
when I'm waiting
for the Champ to come home nights.
Does he leave you alone at night much, Dink?
No. He takes me pretty near
every place he goes,
especially when he shoots dice.
I'm good luck to him.
But when he goes on a binge,
I wait up in the room till he comes home.
Then I have to put him to bed.
Hmm. Yes, I know.
You do?
Dink...
You're awfully fond of your father,
aren't you?
I mean, you like him an awful lot.
Like him?
Gee, the Champ's the greatest guy
in the whole world!
Gee, you ought to meet him sometime.
I'm telling you... you'd like him.
I have met him, Dink.
You have?
Hasn't your father told you who I am?
Hmm. I don't know.
He says you're some dame with a lot of Jack.
Has he ever talked to you
about your mother?
Well, you see,
she kicked the bucket before I was born.
Did he tell you that?
Uh-uh.
I heard it someplace.
Dink...
I'm your mother.
What are you trying to do... kid me?
No, Dink.
I really am your mother.
Cross my heart.
Well, then why ain't you living
with the Champ and me?
Well, you see, we disagreed...
And I'm married to Mr. Carlton now.
That little girl you were talking to
is your little half-sister.
Well, then you ain't married
to the Champ anymore.
Well, then I guess you're not my mother.
What are you crying about?
Oh, Dink!
Dink, I am your mother!
Nothing that ever happened
between your father and me
can alter that.
Well, you don't need to cry about it.
I like you.
Do you, Dink? Do you?
Sure.
Dink...
Wouldn't you kiss me?
Oh, no, Linda.
I don't kiss dames.
Oh, please, Dink?
Just one.
Well, what's the good in it?
Oh, it would make me
awfully happy if you would.
Well...
Well, they wanted that one thing very b-b-b...
w-well, they wanted it,
and that was all there was too it.
Ok, Sponge.
All set? Yeah.
Bye.
So long. Say, come down to Tijuana sometime,
and I'll show you around.
Thank you.
So long. So long, Dink.
Well, Tony, good-b-b-b... so long.
Come on.
I'm coming.
Good-bye, Dink!
Good-bye.
Oh, Tony, Tony, we can't let that baby
stay in that atmosphere another minute
now that we've found him.
Oh, I'll never forgive myself.
Oh, we've got to get him away from it, Tony.
We've got to.
Will you leave it to me, Linda?
Hey, where did you get them cigars?
Oh, uh, she sent them to you.
She di...
No, don't, Champ.
Please. I swiped them.
Well, that's different then.
She make any cracks about me up there?
Uh-uh.
Well, she's got a swell joint.
Smells nice.
She's got pretty flowers
in the garden, too.
Yeah, I guess you were around
smelling them all, huh?
Uh-uh. All I'd did was spit at 'em.
I suppose our place will look like a dump
after seeing that place of hers.
Uh-uh.
Well, did you get it?
Well, what are you holding out for?
Here, Dink. Spit on it for luck.
We'll run that up to a million.
Attab-b-b... ok, Champ.
Say, boy,
what are we going to do with all that Jack?
First of all,
me and Dink's going to get a new room.
That joint down at the Greek's...
that don't smell so nice.
Maybe we'll leave Tijuana.
Travel?
Well, maybe, perhaps. You never can tell.
I'm dying on my feet, Champ.
Listen, we can't quit when we're going so good.
I'll quit in a minute.
Hit 'em, baby. 10.
I'll show you how to make a 10.
There you are... 6.
What do you want, a 10?
Oh, that's a cinch.
There's a 10. There he comes.
There he comes... 6!
Andy.
Here. You shoot them,
but use your own dough.
One buck.
Well?
Spill it.
Linda and I have a proposition
to make you, Andy.
Yeah?
Give us Dink for 6 months.
We want to do something for the boy.
Like what?
Well, send him to school.
Give him a different environment.
He's got plenty of environment
right here.
I know you love him, Andy,
and Dink loves you, but this sort of...
Oh, give the boy a chance.
Let Linda have him.
I thought she'd pull something like this.
I've got to keep counting
to keep from smacking you down.
I've got close to 3,000 bucks
on that table.
I'm going to send that boy to school,
and I'm going to be
the one to dress him up.
He and me's going to travel.
If, uh, we wanted to be nasty,
we could take the boy away from you.
You know...
You're not a very good father.
You better go on
while the going's good.
Shove off.
Give me them dice.
I'll shoot 100 bucks.
Let's go home, Champ.
There's a natural 7.
Don't you want me to spit
on the dice for luck?
You? You'd give them halitosis.
Aw!
Ok, Andy, sign it.
Gee, it's...
It's Dink's horse, Whitey.
I must have gone nuts to gamble him away.
Dink will die if he finds it out.
I'll tell you what I'll do.
If you can raise the money
within a couple of days,
I'll let you have him back.
We won't say nothing, Andy.
Good night, boy.
Yeah.
Dink.
Hey, Dink.
We're heading for home.
What time is it, Champ?
Morning.
Come on.
You want me to carry you?
No. I got legs.
Did you have bad luck?
Yes.
Well, tomorrow's another day.
Cheer up.
Good night, Andy.
So long.
Come on.
No, I can do that, Dink.
Here. You're all tired out.
Give me your hoof.
You ain't feeling sick,
are you, Champ?
No.
I feel fine.
I got to get up early this morning.
I got to go over to the track
and see Little Champ.
You know, I ain't seen that guy
since day before yesterday.
Well, you... you...
You better sleep late this morning.
Growing kids need a lot of sleep, Dink.
Come on, hop in.
Ain't you coming to bed, Champ?
Sure, in a little while.
Well, good night, Champ.
Good night, Dink.
And that's McGonnigle. He won yesterday's race.
Little Champ wasn't running. Hey, now watch, gang.
Hey, Little Champ!
Hey, what's the matter with you, you old hay-burner?
Ain't you got any sense to stick your head out
when your master's voice calls you?
Where's he at?
Hey, look!
Gee! Hey!
Hey, Champ!
Champ!
Hey, Champ, you know what they did?
They just took Little Champ away
just now.
Yeah. I saw them.
I... I lost him last night, Dink.
I'll win him back.
Just as soon as I can get some dough,
I'll get him back.
Now, listen, Dink,
don't... don't... don't take it hard.
I didn't... I didn't know...
Know what was going on,
and he went so quick that...
Well, you know, those things happen,
and, gosh, I'm... I'm sorry about it.
We're going to get him back.
Aw, come on. Get your chin up.
Come on, be a big fella and get your...
Go on, get that lip up before you lose it.
Come on, up with the ippy-lay.
Come on, up with the lip.
Come on, now. Give us a smile.
Come on, come on, little smile.
Attaboy.
I'm going to get Little Champ
back for you, now,
just as soon as I can get a hold
of some money.
Are you?
Sure, I am. Sure. Now, wait a minute.
I got a little old 4-bit piece here
you can spit on for luck.
I got...
No, I don't guess I have.
Well, here.
Spit in my hand just for luck, huh?
Attaboy!
Now we're going to get a bankroll, you hear?
And we'll get Little Champ back and...
Thanks, Linda.
Andy, wait.
Andy, won't you reconsider letting us have Dink?
Oh, can't you see the advantages
we could give him?
A good home, a decent environment, friends.
Oh, we could send him to a good school.
Oh, Andy, he's old enough to decide for himself.
Perhaps he'd like to live with us.
Andy, won't you ask him?
Well...
That's fair enough, Linda.
I'll ask him.
We'll see what he says.
Will you, Andy?
Sure I will.
Promise?
Yeah. I'll ask him.
Thanks.
Eak-stay?
Oh-nay. Orn-cay.
Orn-cay?
Mm-hmm.
Here.
Utter-bay and alt-say.
Utter-bay?
Yeah.
Here. Alt-say and epper-pay.
Yeah. No epper-pay.
- No epper-pay? - No.
- OK. - Anks-thay.
You're... you're old enough
to make up your mind
of what you want to do, ain't you?
Sure.
Sure. You wouldn't like
to go to military school, would you?
What's it like?
Well, it's just like a prison.
Everybody has to dress in uniforms,
and they have to drill all day,
and you wouldn't like that, would you?
No.
You wouldn't like to live
in a great big home, would you?
One of those great big barns.
Nothing cozy like, uh...
Well, like our joint, for instance...
and you have to be dressed up all day
and wash all over 3 or 4 times every day.
You wouldn't like that, would you?
Wash 3 or 4 times a day?
Yeah.
All over?
Yeah.
Nothing doing.
You got plenty of environment
right here, ain't you?
Sure. I'm full up.
Full up. So am I.
Well, I've got your horse back.
You did?
Little Champ?
Uh-huh.
Where is he?
Down in my barn.
Gee, that's swell. Wait a minute.
Ha ha ha!
Come on, Stinky!
Little Champ's back!
Ha ha ha!
Well, have you got my money, Andy?
Oh...
Oh, yes.
Oh, sure, yeah.
How much was that?
You know how much it was.
300, wasn't it?
Sure, that's right. Guess you're right.
50...
150, 200...
250, 300...
Wait! Wait! Don't rush me.
Don't push me, now. Wait a minute.
Let me figure this thing out.
Let's see if you can guess
the number of the bill. Odd or even?
You starting that game again?
Well, I...
Who's starting...
Who's doing what here?
You keep out of this, will you?
Odd or even? Odd or even?
I want my dough!
Well, wait a minute. Let's go take a drink,
and then we can talk it over.
Sure. That's what we want is a d-d-d...
Oh, go on to the bar. Come on, odd or even?
I want that dough.
Gee, don't Little Champ look great?
Yeah.
Boy, Sponge says he looks like man o' war,
only he can't run as fast yet.
All he needs is practice.
It's a beef!
Let's go see!
Somebody's pinched!
Let's go to the jail and find out who. Come on!
Last one there's a sissy!
Come on, kill him!
Come on! Come on!
Give him the raspberry, Dink!
Ok.
Champ, drunkenly: I ain't going to
stand for no guff!
Oh, nuts!
Look like your pappy...
He done it again.
Yeah.
Ahh...
Ain't you slept?
I been thinking.
Thinking?
Holy mackerel, what a joint.
You'd think a respectable bedbug
would have better sense
than to stay in a dump like this.
Hey, who started that beef, anyway?
Oh, I remember.
You started gambling
and lost all the dough for the kid's horse.
Then you accused Whitey of using loaded dice,
and then that made Whitey sore,
and then you slugged Whitey.
Whoo! Boy, then things started.
Mm!
Oh, I'd never do a thing like that...
use loaded dice.
I got caught too many times.
I'm giving Dink to his mother.
What?
Oh, I ain't no good.
He'll be better off with her.
You'll have a tough time getting rid of him.
I'll get rid of him, all right.
Maybe he'll forget me.
Kids are like that.
Yeah, I know they are.
I had a swell old man,
and a couple years after they hung him,
I forgot all about him.
Champ.
Well, Andy, in again, huh?
Brought you something to eat, Champ.
I'm not hungry.
You take that kid over
and pack up his clothes
and then...
Bring him over to the hotel
to his mother.
What for?
Because I said so. You're going to stay
with your mother from now on.
Oh, no, Champ.
I want to stay with you.
You do?
Well, that's tough,
because you're just not allowed.
You're not going to.
What am i going to do with her?
Well, you're going to go to school
and learn something
and grow up to be somebody.
I'm tired of feeding you.
Let her feed you for a while.
I don't like you anymore.
You're hanging around
every place I go,
and I don't like you, that's all.
I won't eat so much, Champ...
And I won't hang around you.
I'll stay up at the Greek's
and wait till you come home nights.
No. No.
I wish you wouldn't send me, Champ.
Gee, I'd go to school here.
The father's asked me a lot of times.
I could grow up to be somebody...
Somebody like you.
No, no, no, no.
You're... you're going to go to your mother's.
I'm not going to have any sniffling around.
You're going to stay with her,
and I'm not going to have any more back talk
from you now. That's all.
No, sir, Champ! I ain't going to go.
I'm telling you, I ain't going to go.
I'm telling you...
You're going to go!
You're going to your mother's now.
I want to stay with you. Please!
You're not going to!
You're going to your mother's, Dink.
But I want to stay with you!
No, no, no, no!
Ok, Champ.
I'll go if you don't want me.
Go on.
Scram out of here.
Cut it out, Champ!
What are you trying to do?
Oh, gee, I hit my kid.
You're breaking your hand.
Don't do it, Champ!
What's the matter? You gone crazy?
Time to go to bed, youngster.
I've got good news for you, Dink.
I pulled a few strings today,
and your father's home again.
You mean, you got him out of jail?
Mm-hmm.
Thanks a lot.
You know, Dink,
I think you're going to like New York.
You'll like school, too.
We thought it would be nice
if you went to the same school I attended for years.
You'll get riding and drilling
and target practice.
Was he all right?
Who?
Oh, yes. Yes. Yes, he was fine.
Well, did he...
Did he...
Yes, yes. Yes, he did.
And I told him you were getting along fine.
Well, that's what you'd want me to tell him...
Isn't it?
Oh, sure.
Say good night to Mary Lou.
Good night, Mary Lou.
Good night, Dink.
Sleep tight.
Father, come and kiss me good night.
All right, dear.
Good night, son.
Good night.
Hello, Dink.
Just thought I'd help you get settled.
There's your toothbrush and toothpaste.
Could I help you, darling?
Aw, I can undress myself.
Got kind of a little cold, haven't you?
Yeah, you know?
My eyes and nose, well,
they've been running something awful,
you know?
That's too bad.
Yeah.
Let me help you.
No. I can do that.
Could I take the other one off?
All right.
There we are.
Oh, Dink, you don't know how happy I am
to have you here.
Well...
You know... Well,
uh, I think you'd better go now.
Oh. All right, Dink.
I'll go and see
how Mary Lou's getting on.
Then I'll come back and tuck you in, huh?
San Diego.
Stop in 15 minutes.
Are you all undressed, dear?
Just about.
Are you nearly ready to be tucked in?
I'm already tucked in already.
Gosh, I'm tired.
See you in the morning, dear.
Ok.
Good night.
You gotta snap out of it, Andy.
Now that we got you
that fight with those promoters,
you're laying down on it.
You should be doing some heavy training.
Oh, what's the use?
I don't need to train.
All I need is some sleep.
Well, I could only get a little shut-eye, I'd...
We know what you're going through, Andy,
and we're with you, no kidding.
But we got to grab this chance.
We may never get another one.
Why, if they come up here
and find that you're not up and doing...
Oh, what do I care?
That don't make any difference.
Let 'em find me.
Let 'em take the fight away from me.
What's the difference?
I don't care whether I fight or not.
Hello.
Well...
Thought I'd come and see how you was.
You... you... you got a cold, ain't you?
No, I'm just sort of crying.
No. No, you ain't.
Gee.
Boy, but you look swell.
Ain't much life to a suit of clothes,
but it ain't so bad.
Ohh.
Oh, oh, oh.
Why, you had a manicure.
What happened to your hand?
Oh, I just scratched it a little bit.
You been feeling all right again?
Sure, I'm feeling fine.
Gee, I'm feeling great.
I haven't had a drink since I got out of jail.
Yeah?
And I don't shoot dice no more.
Gee, that's swell.
Tomorrow I'm going into training.
No kidding?
Yeah. Feel the muscle.
Gee, it's like iron.
Just like steel. Feel the stomach.
Hit it!
Hit it hard!
Ah.
Hey, did you know I had a fight all lined up?
No!
Sure. All set. Ready to go.
Gee, that's swell!
See, there ain't no reason why I can't come back.
Is there? No.
If I do, why, I'll get us a girl
that'll follow us around and do nothing
but look after our fingernails, huh?
Think we can get a couple of men
to do that?
Sure. We can get us 4 men.
And I'll get you a new suit
and a pair of rubber boots.
Real rubber?
Real rubber boots. And a shotgun.
Say, a shotgun that goes kaplooie, and...
Oh, boy! That's swell!
We can travel,
and we can go down to Paris, Georgia...
Hot boy!
And Des Moines, Missouri.
Won't that be swell?
Yeah. Boy!
Oh, gee!
You broke the window.
Oh, what do we care?
Oh! Ha ha!
Come on. Don't...
Get your chin down there. Come on.
Boy. Ha! Come on!
Hit him in the... the... the... the...
chin!
That's what I s-s-s-said.
Andy, you ain't sh-showed a thing yet.
Look at that!
Oh, you look at it. I've seen it.
Gee, that guy's good.
Boy, look what he's doing
to his sparring partner.
Dink's old man ain't got a chance.
Gee, look at his left. It's faster than lightning.
Yeah.
Well, what do you think of the Mexican now?
Come on, Jonah.
That guy didn't look so good to me.
His footwork was terrible.
I don't think he could fight at all.
Not at all.
Gee, Champ ain't got a chance.
But this is a fight he's going into, Tim.
Yeah.
Come on, lop ears. Hot groceries.
Hiya, Dink.
Hello, Dink.
You tired, Champ?
Well, I'm a little tired.
I got a lot of catching up to do,
but I'm doing it, all right.
I want to talk to you about that.
About what?
Well, about this here fight racket.
I don't seem to like it.
How come? I thought you were strong for it.
Well, I've been thinking it over.
You know, Champ,
I like you lots better
when you're not training.
Yeah? Yeah.
Well, for instance,
when you got a couple of drinks in you,
you're a lot of fun.
Ha ha! I thought you didn't like me
drinking. Ha ha ha!
Well, I was wrong, Champ.
And now that you quit gambling,
I got practically nothing to spit on.
Well, when I was gambling,
I lost all of our dough, and I lost the horse.
I think we're better off now that I've quit.
We used to have a lot of fun.
And now you're training
most of the time,
and we don't get to see much of each other.
Hey, now what are you getting at?
Well, you was the world's champion once.
Everybody knows that.
What do we care
about you being Champ again?
Fighting this Mexican
ain't going to get you much.
Well, if I win, it'll get me 20 grand.
Oh, who cares about that?
I do. With that dough,
why, I can send you to school,
and I can get Little Champ,
and you and me can travel.
Oh, I don't have to go to school.
You didn't go to school, I bet.
No, I know that,
but that's the reason that you have to go to school.
Hey, listen.
You ain't trying to get me
to throw this fight, now are you?
No, Champ.
All right.
Come on. Let's go get some grub.
No thanks, Champ.
I ain't hungry.
I'll see you later.
Oh, gee.
Oh, gee whiz.
Well, what do you say, doc?
Everything all right?
I guess you'll get by all right,
but you don't want to work too hard at first.
You know, you've got to be mighty careful.
That old heart isn't any too strong.
Aw, what do you mean?
Well, it's working pretty hard.
Say, listen, the last championship fight,
that old heart was doing nip-ups.
Everything was all right. Come in!
Well!
Hello, Tony.
Hello, Andy.
Where did you come from?
Linda and I came down to see the fight.
Good. Good.
Now remember, Andy, what I told you.
Take it easy.
Aw, say, listening to you doctors
make those undertakers rich.
Yeah? Yeah.
I know.
Well, Tony.
Well, I suppose you're back
to try and get the kid again, huh?
Oh, no. No, we know we can't
do the impossible.
We can't separate you and Dink,
so we're not going to try anymore.
Now you got a lot of sense.
Say, this is going to be some fight.
I'm going to make an enchilada
out of this big palooka and eat him!
Say, it's a cinch.
Linda and I have been
talking things over, Andy.
We don't want you to take any chances.
Chances? Say, I wouldn't have
that kid see me lose for anything in the world.
Dink's going to be proud of his old man.
I'm going to win that fight tonight.
Everything is going to be ok.
Hi.
Hello, Dink!
Hello there. Say, when'd you get back?
Oh, couldn't stay away. Just had to see this fight.
You put any money on it?
Did he? I'll say he did.
Yeah, you're going to clean up.
Andy, will you let's go? We're on next.
Oh, quit your squawking, kewpie. I'll be there.
Come on.
Good luck, Andy.
All right.
Hello, gang.
Hiya, boys!
Good luck, Andy.
Thanks.
Oh, it's ok.
Attaboy, Andy.
What about the horse?
Waiting outside.
You got him outside? I'll have the dough
for you right after the fight.
For the love of Mike, Andy. Come on.
Ladies and gentlemen.
The main event of the evening.
10 rounds of boxing.
Introducing, at 210 pounds,
the former heavyweight champion of the world,
Andy Purcell!
At 205,
the heavyweight champion of Mexico,
Manuel Caraca!
Bob Perry, referee. Let's go!
Take your time, boy. Let him fight himself out.
I'll tell you when to commence.
Look at him go.
Oh, attaboy! Attaboy.
Attaboy!
Keep that guard up, Andy!
Up! Keep it up. Come on!
You're doing swell, Andy.
Keep it up, and the fight's yours.
I've given him everything that I've got.
You got plenty left, Andy.
He hit me a couple of terrible wallops here.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
What'd you say, Champ? What's the matter?
Everything's ok. Everything will be ok.
Now is the time. Let him have it!
Don't give him an inch. Let him have it quick!
I don't think he can take them in the middle, Andy.
Keep working on that stomach.
Now tear in and let him have it from both sides.
Go to it, boy. Stay with him now.
Right in the stomach, Andy!
1... 2... 3...
4... 5...
6...
1... 2... 3... 4...
5... 6... 7...
Go on! Take it to him! That's the stuff!
Hang on, Andy! Save yourself!
1... 2... 3...
4... 5...
Ring that bell!
Time!
You're doing fine, Manuel.
You really knocked him out. The bell saved him.
It's all right. Take your time.
Give me that smelling salts.
Hey, here's the water, Frankie.
Is he hurt?
Is he... is he unconscious?
Come on. Spit.
I'm all right.
What's the use, Andy?
What's the use of going on?
Let's quit, will you?
No. I can whip him.
The odds are too big, Andy.
I can... I can whip him.
Daddy, daddy!
I'm scared of what he's doing to you.
I don't want you to go in.
I'm all right, Dink. Don't.
I'm going to throw in the towel.
No, don't! No!
No.
I... I'm surprised at you.
Oh, don't, Champ. Please.
Get him out, Tim. Get him out of here.
Spit on that for luck.
Go on. Please spit on it for luck.
Go on. Spit on it, Dink.
Please. Just for luck.
Shoot the works. That's right.
Champ!
Andy, Andy! Into the neutral corner!
He's down! They're counting him out!
Get in the corner!
5... 6... 7...
8... 9... 10.
Out!
Well, I'd better go easy, huh?
Not as good as he used to be.
Great fight, Andy. I'm proud of you, boy.
Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Oh, just one second.
You got the horse?
Sure. Take a look.
Oh, yeah. Oh, Dinkus.
Look at that.
Little Champ!
Yeah. He's yours, this time for keeps.
Go and get him.
Hooray! Whoopee!
Hello there, Little Champ.
How are you, huh?
Gee, I ain't seen you in such a long time.
Gee, I'm... I'm glad he got that horse.
I am, too, Andy.
Come on. Let's go.
Let's get in that dressing room.
All right, Champ.
Hey. Champ!
Andy! What's the matter?
Frankie, get the doctor!
What's the matter, old boy?
Come on. You can't...
Where is he? Frankie.
Doc, he flopped outside.
What's the matter?
What's happened?
Nothing, Dink.
All of a sudden, I turned sissy
and fainted dead away.
The ground came up and socked me
right square in the face.
I won the fight, didn't I, Dink?
I'll say you did.
Ain't you proud of your old man now?
Well, gee, Champ, I always was.
And you was going to throw that towel in
and stop the fight.
Ain't you ashamed of yourself?
Uh-huh.
Champ!
Keep your chin up.
Don't cry.
Come on. Give the old man a smile.
Keep it...
Champ! Champ!
Open your eyes, eh? Look at me! Champ!
Champ!
It's little Dink. Don't go, please.
Open your eyes. Look at me.
Doctor, what's the matter?
What's the matter with him?
Come on now, Dink.
You've got to be brave, son.
Why is the Champ acting that way?
He never has before. Why didn't he talk to me?
Well, but the Champ is just tired.
You understand.
No, that ain't so. No!
Oh, God!
Oh, no!
I want the Champ.
I want the Champ!
Tim understands.
Champ's gone on a trip.
No, no.
Go away. Let me go!
I want the Champ! The Champ!
Steady, Dink. I'm your pal.
Oh!
I want the Champ!
Don't worry, Dink.
We'll have a lot of fun from now on.
Oh, that's all right.
Oh, I want the Champ!
Dink, be a brave little boy, will you?
Be a brave boy.
Ok.
Oh, but I want the Champ!
Dink, Dink, Dink.
Everything will be all right, Dink.
Oh, Tony. Yeah.
But you... oh, go away.
Go on! I want the Champ!
I want the Champ!
Mother?
Mother. Yes.
My baby.
The Champ is dead, mama.
There, there.
Oh, sweetie.
You'll be all right with mommy.