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Come on down!
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There's no place to go.
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A QM production.
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Starring David Janssen
as Dr. Richard Kimble.
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An innocent victim of blind justice,
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falsely convicted
for the murder of his wife,
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reprieved by fate
when a train wreck freed him
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en route to the death house.
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Freed him to hide
in lonely desperation,
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to change his identity,
to toil at many jobs.
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Freed him to search
for a one-armed man
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he saw leave
the scene of the crime.
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Freed him to run
before the relentless pursuit
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of the police lieutenant
obsessed with his capture.
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The guest stars in tonight's story:
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Laurence Naismith,
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Antoinette Bower,
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Paul Mantee.
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For some people,
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a railroad terminal
is a way station on a journey.
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For Richard Kimble, the fugitive,
every escape route can be a trap,
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every move an unforeseen step
toward capture.
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- Morning.
- Morning.
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How much for this?
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Three dollars and a half?
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- For a razor?
- What do you usually pay?
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- Well, not much more than a dollar.
- A dollar it is, then.
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I'd Like a bar of soap
and a couple of towels.
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Uh, couple of those chocolate bars.
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- How much will all that be?
- Dollar 25 cents.
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How Long have you worked here?
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I'm just minding the place
for my brother.
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He don't usually get anybody
at this hour.
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All right, tell you what. I'll give you $3
for all of this. Is that okay?
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Sounds about right to me.
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Here you go.
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If you're interested
in the want ads, try The Courier.
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The print's bigger.
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- I already have a job.
- Too bad.
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I'm Looking for a handyman.
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Ten days' work at $10 a day,
and all you can eat.
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Thank you,
but I'm on my way to Oregon.
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From where?
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Olympia.
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- You took the Long way around?
- I wanted to see some of the country.
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Well, you've come
to the right locality for that.
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That's one thing we have miles
and miles of.
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I'll take this. Uh...
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- It's marked $10.
- Ten dollars it is, then.
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- Morning, Miss Cross.
- Morning, Sam. Any mail?
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Oh, you got a whole week's worth.
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Uh, I'll give you a ride to the bus stop
in Edgemont,
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if you don't mind stopping by
my place for a moment.
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- All right.
- Why the hesitation?
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Are you afraid to accept a ride
from a strange woman?
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Or is it because you're wondering why
I'd give a ride to a strange man?
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- A little of both, I guess.
- Well, I trust my judgment.
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I don't think you'll get out of Line,
because you're a gentleman.
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And you can't rob me,
because I'm poor. Ha, ha.
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- Thanks, Sam.
- Uh-huh.
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Thank you.
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Gas, electricity, New York lawyer,
New York mother.
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I really do need help.
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I'm opening an exhibition
of my ceramics a week from Saturday,
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and I can't get the place
in shape by myself.
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How about it?
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- When do I start?
- Tomorrow morning.
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I'll drive you out there now,
give you dinner and an advance,
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and you can come back in
and get a room at the Pinedale Hotel.
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All right, it's a deal.
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Good. Sam, would you
ask your brother to call me
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when he gets the new tile?
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Oh, yes, ma'am.
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We're pretty far from civilization
up here,
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but if you wanna get away
from smog and traffic
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and getting Lost in the crowd,
it's not a bad place to be.
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Isn't it Lonely?
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I've been alone in the big city
all my Life.
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- Married?
- Mm-hm.
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Four years. That was the loneliest.
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Do you have a family in Portland?
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No, just a job.
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Did you ever have a family?
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- Yes.
- What happened?
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She died.
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You have company.
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What are you doing in my house,
Robert?
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Your door was unlocked.
One day, you're gonna come home
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and find everything gone
but the wallpaper.
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They're welcome to that too,
if it'll make them happy.
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You were supposed to come down
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and get your business license
renewed.
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Come on, Robert,
this isn't an official visit.
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You're driving your own car,
you're out of uniform,
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so you're off duty.
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- Uh, this is my friend--
KIMBLE: Ben Lewis.
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Ben Lewis, Deputy Robert Howe.
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- You a stranger in town?
- I just got here.
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Got business here in town?
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Robert, stop asking
so many questions.
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Mr. Lewis is a friend of mine.
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He's going to help me out
on the house.
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Okay. Be seeing you.
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He's jealous, but he'll get over it.
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I'll send him a birthday card, I think.
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It isn't really for two weeks,
but he's so wrapped up in being a cop,
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he won't notice the difference.
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I, uh, don't think I should stay.
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Are you afraid of him
because he's a cop?
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No.
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Well, then Lets have something to eat,
and I'll show you what's to be done.
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How do you Like your cocoa?
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I'll take it straight.
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- You're a brave man.
- Yeah, well...
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It's made from clean, uncut Brazil bean
and has a kick Like a mule.
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I cut mine with a dash of cognac.
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Well, you're a very, uh, hardy soul.
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- Try to be stoical.
- Stoical.
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Will you be able to drive me
to the Pinedale Hotel?
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No such place.
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Uh, the nearest hotel is in Bellman,
which is a hundred miles away.
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You can stay right here
in the living room.
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Why the story
about the Pinedale Hotel?
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I was afraid I'd scare you
if I invited you into my house right off.
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Some people have ideas
about these things.
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- And you don't?
- I have my own ideas.
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- But they're kind of different.
- For example?
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Life is short, for one,
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and you have to trust yourself
and what you feel about people.
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- Andrea--
- No.
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Uh, I know, I think,
what you're going to say:
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that you're not what I think you are,
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and that I don't know
anything about you.
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Have you ever watched children
at play?
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How they can take to each other
at first glance
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and stay friends forever.
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But we're not children, though.
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That's a pity.
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Drink your cocoa. It's bedtime.
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Do you think
you can tuck yourself in?
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I'll manage it.
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Well, then I'll see you
in the morning.
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Night.
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Andrea?
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Shh. You'll wake everyone.
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What time is it?
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It's 2:00.
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The rain woke me.
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It's nice, isn't it?
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Yes.
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Do you want me to Leave?
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No.
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A five-state alarm has been issued
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for the apprehension
of Richard Kimble,
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a convicted murderer.
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The fugitive is thought to be
making his way
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toward the Pinedale-Edgemont
area.
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The fugitive,
wanted for the murder of his wife,
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is 6 feet, 160 pounds, dark hair,
medium complexion,
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and was last seen wearing
a white shirt and brown slacks.
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In one moment,
the local weather picture.
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Ben, are you Richard Kimble?
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I heard it on the radio just now.
They're Looking for you.
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Is it...?
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Is it true what they said you did?
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I was convicted for it.
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- Is it true?
- No.
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- What can I do?
- Nothing.
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They know you're here.
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They know you're in
the Pinedale-Edgemont district.
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Robert-- Deputy Howe will be back.
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- There a way out of here?
- Yes.
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There's a road winding up
into the mountains that leads to a Lake.
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You can take my car.
About a mile into the mountains,
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you'll come to a turnout
over a 500-foot drop.
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Send the car over the side.
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By the time they get down there
to investigate, you can get away.
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I can't do that to your car.
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Be tough.
You've got to get out of here.
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- Thanks, Andrea.
- Good Luck.
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Calling Deputy Robert Howe.
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This is Howe. What's up?
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Kimble is believed headed
toward Ridge Road.
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South entry blocked.
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Continue to North entry
and establish block. Out.
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Easy. Easy. Back. Back.
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Easy.
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Take it easy.
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Relax.
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Here Drink this.
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Go on, drink it all.
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- It was a hunting accident.
- Yeah. Sure.
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And after you shot yourself,
you Lost your gun in the woods.
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Then, to make quite sure
you bled to death in style,
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you took off your hunting clothes
and put on a white shirt and tie.
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Looks Like a .38 caliber
police special.
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Any good reason
why I shouldn't turn you in?
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- Are they still after you?
- I don't know.
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Why are they after you?
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Don't Lie to me, sir.
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I found you on my Land.
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- Why do they want you?
- If I'm intruding--
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Oh, you're intruding, all right.
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I'm just trying to figure out
the easiest way to get rid of you.
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If you'll just show me
how to get off your Land...
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After all the blood you've Lost,
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you'd fall flat on your face
within a hundred yards,
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and shall have to haul you
back here again.
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I guess I should be grateful
that you're such a humanitarian.
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There was a rabbi named Akiva,
a great Hebrew scholar.
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Lived around about the time
of the second exile.
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A lesser rabbi
named Ben Zoma wrote,
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''When I die and go up to heaven,
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God will not ask me,
'Why are you not Akiva?'
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He will ask me,
'Why are you not Ben Zoma?'''
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So I don't try to be a humanitarian
or anything else I'm not.
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- Now what happens?
- Nothing happens now.
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When your wound is healed,
you'll Leave.
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Here
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What is it?
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Chockahaw stew.
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Home-grown barley, wild berries,
thyme, thistle,
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and a shot of corn liquor.
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You're the first man besides myself
that has ever tasted it.
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How come?
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What you said
about my being an intruder.
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You've been alone up here
for a Long while.
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I made myself free of you
and your kind.
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Free of the world.
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Can you understand that?
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I haven't laid eyes on a man
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for 1 4 years.
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Are you sure you covered
that whole canyon?
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All right.
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No. Leave it there. We'll have the
laboratory man down in the morning.
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Come in.
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Hi, Robert.
Got here as fast as I could.
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Mr. Jensen gave me a ride.
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The wreckage crew got down
to your car, and Kimble wasn't in it.
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Good for him.
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- Kimble is a convicted murderer.
- Well, now that you know he's alive,
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you can hunt him down
and bring him to justice.
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Andrea, we're not dealing
with Robin Hood.
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- This man murdered his wife.
- I don't believe that.
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How could you possibly know?
You only knew him for one day.
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Sometimes that is enough.
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Yes, I guess it depends on how well
you got to know him.
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Oh, Look, Robert,
you brought me down here.
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- Where was Kimble heading?
- I don't know.
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- You gave him your car.
- He took it.
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Are you willing to swear
at a theft charge?
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Oh, Robert, don't be silly.
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If you wanna test my feelings for him,
well, just ask me.
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Your feelings
are none of my business.
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Evans Gambit.
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Not bad.
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Well, there's no way out.
You're beaten.
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Well, the game's just begun.
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That's the difference between
your world and mine.
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Down there,
in what you call the real world,
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you don't know
that Life is running out on you.
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You waste what God gave you,
always thinking,
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''It's just begun. It's just begun.''
And then it's ended.
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And what did you ever have
or see or feel
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or touch that's real?
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There are many ways to Live.
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Oh, I know. I know all about that.
I've Ivied those ways for 40 years.
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And what did you do?
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I've forgotten those years.
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- There's nothing you miss?
- I don't miss anything.
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How can you miss something
when it's no Longer remembered?
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What about companionship?
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I've got all the companionship
I need.
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Birds, the wild deer, my dogs,
forest, the mountains.
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When I was young, I would've laughed
and thought a man crazy
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who told me he talked to the trees
and the stones.
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But I talk to them, and I Listen,
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and they talk to me.
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And what they have to say to me
is fresh and different each day.
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Read Thoreau.
He'll tell you all about it.
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And even Thoreau
didn't Leave the world forever.
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He was in Walden for two years,
then he came back.
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He wouldn't have done that today.
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He Ivied in a world that was still made
for men and not machines.
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Do you think he would've allowed
himself to become a slave to his car,
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to his Lawyer,
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to the 101 things that run a man's Life
from sunup to sundown?
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For 40 years, I was one of them,
alone among them.
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Then I came up here
and was born again.
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I'm very grateful
for what you've done for me.
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Don't thank me.
I didn't want you here.
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I'll be Leaving tomorrow.
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Well, uh, it's a Long...
It's rough country where you're going.
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Besides, your arm isn't healed yet.
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You shouldn't be Leaving
for a day or two.
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Well, I can't wait.
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- There are things I have to do.
- That's what I mean.
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You set yourself on the treadmill,
and you can't get off,
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not even when your life's
in the balance.
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You get caught up in the world
and its ways,
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and you Let it ride you
right up to the end.
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You Look at your watch,
and you see time flying,
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and you ignore eternity
all around you.
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It would take a very unusual man
to be able to handle
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something as big as eternity.
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I want you to know
I appreciate what you did for me.
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No more than I'd do for a bird
with a broken wing.
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Well, the bird would be grateful.
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Thank you.
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- Thought you were going.
- I was. Could you call off your dogs?
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Certainly.
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What's the matter with you?
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Mr. Lewis has got a Long way to go,
so you better get out of the way.
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Well, I don't know
what's bothering them.
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What's that?
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Oh, I see. They want you to stay.
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They don't want you to Leave
until your wound's healed.
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When they feel as strongly as that
about anything,
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even I don't cross them.
So we better get inside.
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What are you trying to do?
Keep me prisoner here?
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Well, now,
that's Looking on the negative side.
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- Well, what's the point, John?
- I told you, you're not fit to travel.
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When you're ready to go,
you'll go by night
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and be five miles past my place
by daybreak.
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Go now by day, and,
weak as you are, you'll get caught.
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- I'll take that chance.
- Well, I won't.
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If you're caught near here,
they'll start asking questions,
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and sooner or Later,
they'll come to me.
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Then I shall have to go down there
with them.
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- Do you know what that means?
- That--
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- The end of my Life.
- Doesn't make any sense, John.
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The Longer I stay in this county,
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the Longer they'll be able
to track me here.
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What are you gonna say
if they find me here?
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- I'll worry about that.
- I'm sorry. It's my decision.
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All right, go ahead.
As a matter of fact,
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we were going to get some rabbits
for dinner.
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Well, if I'm too sick to travel,
I suppose I'm too sick to go hunting.
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Wrong on two counts, Mr. Lewis.
Didn't say we were going hunting.
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I trap my food.
My gun is mainly for self-defense.
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- You said two counts.
- Ah, yes.
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That's right.
When I said we were going,
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I meant the dogs and myself.
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Of course, I shall expect you
to be here when we get back.
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In case you've forgotten,
we've, uh, got a chess game to finish.
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Kimble must be Long gone
out of our territory by now.
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I think we're wasting our time.
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Do you have something more pressing
on your mind?
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I mean, have we got
a Local crime wave
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that I haven't heard anything about?
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Call the main station in Edgemont.
Have them maintain their patrols
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on our side of the mountain
for another few days.
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Edgemont. Edgemont station.
This is Pinedale.
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Looks as though Ben has Left us.
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And after you telling him not to Leave
till his wound was healed.
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Well, we better go
and bring him back.
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Easy, now! Take your time.
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There's no hurry at all.
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Pepper.
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Come on down!
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There's no place to go.
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Why did you take me in
in the first place?
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Because you needed help.
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Why didn't you give me that help
and then send me on my way?
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I had my reasons.
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The reasons are that you're Lonely,
Mallory.
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For someone to talk to,
anyone to talk to.
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I never needed anyone but myself.
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And Look what you've become:
a stir-crazy old man
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chasing another human being
around the countryside
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with a shotgun
because you can't stand to be alone.
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There's planting to do tomorrow.
You can help me if you Like.
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Do you good to get down to the earth,
plant your own food.
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This cold night air.
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You can do me a favor.
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Take some of the smoked meat
out to the dogs.
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Thanks. That'll get me fixed up
in no time.
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You're running a high fever, Mallory.
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I ran a temperature of 106 once.
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Got it down in a night.
Hot water and elderberry herbs.
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Your thermometer
was probably out of whack.
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You're a sick man. You have
a severe pulmonary infection.
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You need a doctor.
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I've got nothing but a cold.
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Besides, no doctor's gonna make
any house calls up here.
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- Then I'll go get some medicines.
- And run off?
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You'll have to think of something
better than that.
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Mallory, you're a 65-year-oId man.
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That infection's worse
than it was Last night.
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It'll be even worse tonight.
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- How do you know so much about it?
- I'm a doctor.
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Police don't go chasing doctors
through woods.
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They do
when they're wanted for murder.
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That means nothing to me.
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What it means is
I'm putting my Life in your hands.
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I've seen things Like this before.
I know what I'm talking about.
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You need medicines,
new medicines.
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Medicines you know nothing about.
If you don't get them, you'll die.
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That's a fine story.
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When I feel better,
you can tell me another.
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MALLORY:
Ben.
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Yes?
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Sounds Like the dogs are hungry.
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You been feeding them on time?
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Yeah, I've been feeding them
on time.
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I don't know what's got into them.
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I don't know.
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I can't see the truck from here.
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Ben. Ben.
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I'm here.
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- That's cold.
- It'll make you feel better.
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It's cold. Get the fire going.
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Mallory, Let me get
those medicines.
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You sure you've been feeding
those dogs?
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Yes.
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You're a good fella, Ben.
You're a good fella.
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Go make yourself some herb tea.
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It'll save you from catching cold.
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We'll go fishing tomorrow.
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Fishing.
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Ah, I-- I know where...
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I know where...
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Nellie?
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Nellie?
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I know...
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Come in.
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What are you doing here?
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- I need a doctor.
- What happened? You didn't go over
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- the side with the car?
- It's not for me.
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For who?
You should've been over the mountain
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and halfway to California by now.
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I sort of got detoured, and I ran into
this old man in the mountains.
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He's sick. He needs help.
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- You ran into old Mr. Mallory?
- Yeah.
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From the stories I hear,
you're Lucky to be here.
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- He saved my Life.
- What do you wanna do?
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- Get a doctor up there.
- Oh, boy.
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You've chosen a bad time.
We haven't got a doctor in Pinedale.
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The one we have rides circuit
over the whole country.
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He's in Bellman now.
That's a hundred miles away.
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Is there a pharmacy here?
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Well, Kugler's won't open
for another few hours.
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Mr. Kugler Lives
in the back of the store.
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- What's the address?
- I'll come with you.
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- Well, what's the emergency?
- I'll Let him tell you.
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Mr. Mallory, the old man
that Lives up in the hills, he's sick.
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Well, he's running a high fever.
I think it's a pulmonary infection.
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He won't come out
of the mountains.
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If he doesn't get antibiotics,
I think he might die.
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Doctor's off at Bellman.
Should be back Monday or Tuesday.
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Mr. Kugler, we can't wait
until Monday or Tuesday.
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- That's why we came to you.
- What do you want me to do?
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Take the drugs up there to him.
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It's against the Law.
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Mr. Kugler, you're the closest thing
we have to a doctor,
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and a man's Life is in danger.
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All right, I'm willing to Let you have
the medicines, if you'll sign for them.
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But nobody's gonna get me
to go up there.
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That old hermit's touched in the head.
Everybody knows that.
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Can't get near the cabin.
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Last year, the Frederickson boy
strayed up there,
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and those dogs nearly killed him.
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You give us the drugs,
and I'll take it up to him.
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Ben, I'll go. Is that all right?
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Well, if you're fool enough.
It's none of my business.
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Andrea, he's right.
It's too dangerous. Uh, you stay here.
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- What about you?
- The dogs know me.
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- They won't hurt me.
- Not unless Mallory tells them to.
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He won't tell them to.
He's a sick man.
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What about the police?
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They Lost you once. They're not going
to Let you get away again.
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He saved my Life. I can't Let him die.
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Here are some antibiotics.
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Give him two pills right off,
and one every three hours.
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I put in something for the pain.
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I'm really sticking my neck out.
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- I'll need your signature.
- I'll sign it.
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- Would you put them on my account?
- Yeah.
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Thank you, Mr. Kugler.
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I wish you'd Let me go with you.
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I won't be coming back, Andrea.
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I don't believe that.
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I'll expect to have you
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come pounding at my door someday
at 5 in the morning.
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I told you I'd track you down.
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You didn't track me down.
I was in town. I came back.
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You're Lying.
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You tricked me,
and you did the same for my dogs.
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Now I'm gonna turn them Loose.
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Wait a minute.
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Here
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Medicine.
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Why?
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Why didn't you keep going on?
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The same reason you helped me.
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All right. All right.
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Robert. Glad you could come.
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- Where is he, Andrea?
- Who?
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Got a call from Kugler this morning.
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Said a man
answering Kimble's description
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came in for some medication.
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- He must be ill.
- Well, then maybe he'll die,
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and you'll have
all your problems solved.
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Kugler said he told some wild story
about needing the medication
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for old man Mallory.
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That's silly, isn't it?
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No one can get near
the old man's cabin.
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Maybe it's not so silly.
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Maybe he was telling the truth.
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- Are you going up there?
- Yes.
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- I'm going with you.
- No, you're not.
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If he's there, there may be trouble.
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If you don't take me,
I'll go on my own.
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Okay.
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Take one of these three times a day
until the fever's completely gone.
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Which means you're Leaving?
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Well, if you want to go,
I can't stop you.
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The pharmacist
may have called police.
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If he did, they'll be coming up here.
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There are a hundred places
I could show you.
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They'd never find you.
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I have an appointment to keep.
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You want to clear yourself, eh?
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For what?
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The good opinion of men?
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- I want to stop running.
- That's where you're wrong.
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You'll find another excuse.
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You'll never stop running.
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You'll be Like the rest of them,
on the treadmill until you die.
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Here, you could have beauty
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outside your own door.
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Fulfillment in every grain of wheat
you plant and harvest.
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A chance to be at peace
with your own soul.
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- And Loneliness.
- Yes.
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And Loneliness.
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But it's a small price to pay.
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There's somebody coming.
Hand me my boots.
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You stay where you are, sheriff.
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We're going into your cabin,
Mr. Mallory.
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Pull your dogs aside.
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The only place you're going
is back to where you came.
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It's no use, Mallory.
We know he's in there.
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There's no one in there.
I'm a mad hermit, sheriff.
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Mad hermits
don't have house guests.
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- By definition.
- Then why not Let us in?
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What are you protecting in there?
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My privacy.
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Mr. Mallory, I don't wanna hurt you
or your dogs,
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but we're going into that cabin.
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I've told you, sheriff,
he didn't give me his Life story,
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and he didn't Leave
a forwarding address.
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Ah, what about you, Andrea?
You knew he was a fugitive.
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The first time,
you told me he was an old friend.
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- What's your story this time?
- Robert, you're not being a gentleman.
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I'm a Law officer.
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Then you ought to change professions,
because it's making you a bore.
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There is nothing boring
about murder
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or about helping a murderer
escape justice.
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What do you wanna do,
send me to jail?
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Would that satisfy
your sense of justice?
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All right, Let's go into Bellman
and get the doctor. Andrea.
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You go. I'll wait here for the doctor.
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I know you mean well, young lady,
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but I've always managed
to Look after myself.
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- Thank you.
- Mr. Mallory, I've always been a girl
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who knows when she's not wanted,
and it's never stopped me.
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Robert.
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Now, Mr. Mallory,
where do you keep your cocoa?
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A fugitive is a man in exile.
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A woman's love
can remain with him
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only long enough
to remind him of his loss.
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For Richard Kimble,
it is the price of freedom.