Mr. and Mrs. North, starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning.
And so the keeping beauty awoke, married the fairy princess and they lived happily ever after.
The end.
Put it in about 150 pages and I'll get it out in time for the Christmas trade.
Oh darling.
Oh, they're flying away half the night and sleeping half the day.
It's got to stop.
This will do it.
These are very potent sleeping pills.
Take one at night and sleep like a baby.
Quote on quote.
Dr. Mitchell.
What happens if I take two of them?
It's not recommended.
He says you might not have time to put the cap back before you collapse.
Yeah, I'm impressed.
Just let me go through these and I'll be right with you.
Wow.
Well, Jerry, what is it you acted as though someone had just given you all the rights to Shakespeare?
Oh, this may not be Shakespeare, but I'll guarantee it'll sell 2 million copies.
Get me Warden Haines at the State Penitentiary.
Penitentiary?
Is this offered?
One of the biggest racketeers in the country, until he forgot to pay his income tax.
Dave Gerard.
Dave Gerard?
He's a writer?
A writer and not in basic English or Sanskrit.
His memoirs will be the hottest item ever to hit the market.
His memoirs?
Oh, Jerry, they'd put half the crooks in the country back in jail.
Damn, this will be dynamite.
Oh, I just can't wait to see Mr. Dave Gerard.
Let's go.
Match me, somebody.
Miss Gerard's a match.
He smokes too much.
Hey, what do I get, says Big Shot, you smoke too much.
Smart guy, aren't you, Baldi?
Outside, I wouldn't let you shine my shoes.
You ain't outside now, Mr. Gerard.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Oh, how you caribou.
Get lost, Big Shot.
Get real lost.
I'll show you jerks.
All of you.
Soon, too.
Oh, I'm real scared.
Then you really think Gerard means to blow the whistle on all his friends?
Blow the whistle?
Crime talk.
Magazines.
Oh, yes, well, I'm sure that he does, but I wouldn't call them his friends.
It's all set up, Warden.
Gerard's in the business with you now.
Good.
We had to be sure that your interview was private.
If the other comms found out what Gerard's up to, we'd have a riot on our hands.
Or worse, this way, please.
Sure.
Show it to the police, Mr. North.
I kind of figured they'd be pretty good customers for it.
Maybe we can charge them a little extra.
Very well.
The warden has agreed to relieve you of your duties for as long as it takes you to finish
the rough draft of the material.
Well, now that's mighty nice of the warden.
Glad to see he appreciates my talents.
And I want my name on the cover in big letters, you understand?
Dave Gerard.
And maybe my picture, too.
With or without a gun in your hand.
Huh?
Now, will you be able to start right away?
Yeah.
Somebody's making a break.
May I put you right?
This way, folks.
You better get out of here.
All right.
Out you go.
Come on.
All right.
You too.
I don't want in on this yard.
You're right on a fixer to move him.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Hold on.
All right.
That's far enough.
What are you taking?
Hospital kitchen.
Get on.
Cold red for all cell blocks, 13 and 3 on the east wing, second division on the wall.
That's right.
And hurry while that PA extension.
They're barricaded in the kitchen with the Norse and Gerard.
And you were supposed to see that they were guarded.
You're a fine yard captain.
Why the devil didn't just stay in Texas with those blasted mavericks?
Richie.
Yes, sir?
You know I didn't mean that.
Sure.
I reckon you've got a right to blow your top.
Come on.
We got work to do.
The delivery truck is gone.
We'll never get out now.
All right.
Take it easy.
We ain't through yet, not as long as we got these two.
You're crazy.
They'll never let you escape.
Oh, lady, you better pray that they don't.
Get back there, you stupid screw.
Look at him go, go.
He sounds like a duck.
Oh, look, we're going to wait for taxpayers' money.
You think bullets was free?
Come on, come on.
Sit down, you two.
Over there.
I don't think that warden wants to see either of you two get hurt.
Well, it's a nice bit of fluff.
You know, you've got good taste, pal.
Take your hands off my wife.
Oh, listen.
Y'all, let me out of this.
You got no reason to get out.
All right, Chad.
What would you fire if you want to kill those innocent people?
Y'all, tag it.
This is the warden.
It's about time.
Let those people go, y'all.
Come out with your hands up.
You're wasting your breath.
You want those friends of yours to go on living.
You park your car in the middle of the yard with the motor
and leave them gates open.
I'm making no deals, guard.
You're only chances to give yourself up.
You're friends are only chance for us to go free.
You better think that over.
It's all in, sir.
It'll be dark before long.
Maybe we can figure out a way to get in there.
Can I have a little time to decide?
Take all the time you want, warden.
Or no tricks.
Or they get it.
There goes the last of the soup.
Cookie'll sure be mad about that.
They're going to laugh to the soup.
Cookie will sure be mad about that.
What a dope soup sounds like you stupid huh who are you calling stupid I got plenty
of brains in which head you want to say things like that to me all right all right
easy pal I'll keep your cork in with your troubles enough sure whatever you say
you are and a boy tax
that means okay huh fine just dandy you speak when you spoke to Jack
oh honey you don't be scared of me it's that get there you got to look out for
he's the dangerous one you mean he's a few bricks short of a full load yeah he's
got some kind of a grudge against James give it over to those hands is for James
strangled and what a pair of mitts one twist is all shut up what's the matter
I frightened the little one what she needs is a man to console oh Jack you're
beginning to annoy me stand up once we don't hear good either huh I said stand
up oh
Come here, I'll put it in for you.
Diara, stop him!
Taggart, no, get back!
Taggart, no, get back!
Always hurting somebody.
But I can stop you.
I can stop you with my hands,
just like I did the others.
I'll put you up here.
No, no, no, no, no!
Go take care of your old man.
You're a very, very dark man.
You hit me.
Why did you hit me?
Taggart, I had to.
You understand, I had to.
Believe me, I wouldn't slug you if I didn't have to.
But you was acting kind of...
He wasn't listening to me.
Oh, yeah, I was kind of mad.
That's it.
You ain't sore at me.
Oh, go on, why would I be sore?
Come on, knucklehead, we gotta keep these windows covered,
otherwise the screws will be in...
Oh, good for you, big shot.
I didn't think you had it in you.
Don't push your luck.
Do you think the warden will give in?
Yeah, he can't just let two killers lose, Pam.
Mr. Yar.
Huh?
Thank you.
For what?
For the rescue.
Save your thanks.
I only stopped them because I need you to bargain with.
You all right, knucklehead?
Yeah.
I'm hungry.
So it's yourself.
Would you like me to make some coffee?
Get an awful handful of a Sunday.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
I'm hungry.
Getting awful helpful all of a sudden, ain't you?
No, I don't want a coffee.
Here, take some.
Thanks, Yar.
Some wrong one?
Huh?
Oh, it's just that, well, taking this stuff is kind of like stealing.
What?
I ain't never stolen nothing before, Yar.
It don't seem right taking what don't belong to you.
Yeah, Tag.
Yeah, but food's different. You got supper coming to you.
That's right. I forgot.
Yeah.
Getting dark.
Yeah, I pretty sure won't be able to see out there.
I...
I hate to dark.
Yar, let's hear it, Richie.
The warden's not around right now.
Where is he?
Keep your britches on.
He's making moments at this call.
Trying to get some cable that you all go.
That takes time.
That's better not take too much time.
Yeah, it's getting awful dark.
Can we turn on the lights?
That doesn't do.
Solid steel doors.
Now they've got tables blocking the windows.
First timing.
Lights, Yar.
I sure love lights.
Oh, that's not so tight.
Try and be brave.
You know what a good story this will make.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
It'll be great for my book.
Book?
What book?
He was telling me about a book he's been reading.
Huh?
It sounded like one he was writing.
Me?
Oh, that's silly, isn't it?
Sure it isn't.
It's a real joke.
We're a guy like me right about.
All right.
Well, what a guy like you right about Bigsure?
Nothing, Yar.
Nothing, I swear.
About your pals, huh?
About what they used to do?
And how?
And where?
No wonder he was asking all those questions after me, Yar.
I should have known.
No.
No, you're crazy.
Stolen pension.
Dirty stinking stolen.
You said your buddy's up the river just for a couple of lousy bucks, huh?
No, it wasn't for dough.
I was sore.
But I wouldn't have gone through with it.
All right.
Take that.
In your life, you told it first.
All right.
All right, David, keep those beams moving on the kitchen.
I wish we knew what that's got, man.
I wish we just knew how to get a man in there.
The one thing we can do, Matthews,
tell him to cut the master power switch that feeds the kitchen.
Yes, sir.
Yeah, in the dark, maybe the Norse will have a chance to make a break.
Thanks, Yar.
The lights.
Yar, they turned out the lights.
All right.
It's that easy.
Yar, all right.
Over here.
Just making sure we don't lose our prisoners.
Don't leave me like that again.
I can't stand being alone in the dark, Yar.
Somebody get a look out the windows.
All right.
I'll do that.
You watch out for these two.
All right.
But close.
No rules.
Okay.
Hey, Richie.
Turn the lights back on.
Sorry, Yar.
We can't.
It's a power failure.
You're lying.
Okay, you tell the warden one more hour to come through.
After that, I'm killing the Norse.
Don't do it, Yar.
You'll burn for it.
Okay.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
I'll do it, Yar.
You'll burn for it.
I'll burn anyway.
Hey, Richie, it's up to the warden.
You tell him that.
Tell him when they go.
He'll be pulling the trigger.
He'll be the killer, not me.
There is a way to get a man into that kitchen.
What?
How?
You know that old ventilating shaft leading into the kitchen?
It's big enough for a man to be let down through it with a rope.
Are you afraid?
I'm dying.
Well, that and all the things, the lack of things afterwards, the endless unknowns.
Are you afraid of that?
Candidth!
You two talk like a couple of undertakers.
I'm sorry.
You're going to talk about dying.
Don't talk.
Sure is dark in here, isn't it?
I hate the dark.
It's always so full of things.
What about you?
What kind of things?
Bad things.
Things that hate you.
I know.
That's why I can't sleep without a light.
They tried to make me sleep in the dark, but I ain't open.
Want some coffee?
Coffee might taste good right now.
Coffee might taste good right now, isn't it?
Yeah, go ahead and make some.
I knew there was a place for a string bean like me.
It's a perfect fit.
Richie, I award you, me too.
Easy doesn't tell us.
Unless I yank the rope, don't you waste no time getting me up.
Because if you do, I'll likely be sharing this ventilator with a herd of bullets.
Thirty minutes left!
Smells good.
I'll get some bread.
Oh, here we are.
Take this to Yer.
He's just going to bring it to you.
Well, don't you want it?
You'll drink this shit before me know it.
Sure.
Why not?
Oh, it's hot.
It's one thing about Pam.
She sure can make good coffee.
That's right. Can I have some more?
It is good.
He was up.
Looks like that was the last cup of coffee for all of us.
Oh, we call the warden once more, please.
But for he's only stolen.
What's the matter with you?
Come on, come on, wake up.
You got the rest of your life to sleep in.
Come on, wake up.
You too.
Here I'll leave.
What's something in that coffee?
Well, there you are.
Drink both those killers and the drinkin' it, huh?
It was a brave thing to do.
I was scared green.
A jelly.
My husband, he was really the brave one.
Yeah?
Well, it made him.
There he is.
Hi, Mr. North, how about a steak?
Mr. and Mrs. North is directed by Ralph Francis Murphy,
a John W. Loveden production,
produced by Federal Telefilms,
starring Barbara Britton and Richard Denning,
featuring Francis DeSales.
This has been a film presentation.
