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REPORTER: Hey, Carter, one more year
and you graduate.
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- What's waiting for you out there?
- CARTER: Don't know, Nate.
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Get a job, make a couple bucks,
maybe even buy your paper.
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- Will you miss football?
- Heck, yeah, I'll miss it,
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- but what are you gonna do?
- Beats me.
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- Nothing much you can do.
- You could always go pro.
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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(MEN GRUNTING)
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(MAN YELLS)
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(EXHALES)
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(GRUNTS)
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You know, Stump,
there are several time-tested methods
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for diverting the defence
from the ball carrier.
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Throwing your body in front of them
with a certain amount of force.
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- What, you mean blocking?
- Sounds kind of rough.
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- You know, that could hurt, Dodge.
- Yes, it could.
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Frank? You got to get me a blocker.
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I've been thinking the same thinking, Dodge,
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and I'm looking
at this high school kid over at Penrose.
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- High school?
- Yeah, but he's mature for his age.
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Like Bug over there?
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57, 11...
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(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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No, forget the water bucket, Bug.
Go and get that ball!
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It's the only ball we got.
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Get rid of it.
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- We're down to the third?
- Yeah.
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Let's give them the Rin Tin Tin.
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(MAN SHOUTING)
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(HOWLING)
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(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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OFFICIAL: Okay, Coach,
we need another ball.
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Well, ask them other fellas, why don't you?
That's the only ball we have.
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Well, then, you better find one, and fast,
or you're gonna have to forfeit.
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Forfeit?
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- We're creaming these mutts.
- The home team provides the game ball.
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You don't have another ball,
you forfeit the game. That's the rules.
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- DODGE: Where's that written?
- It ain't written. It's just the rules.
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- Well, I never heard of it.
- Maybe you're going deaf, old man.
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(GRUNTING)
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Dear, there must be better ways
to promote the starch business.
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Tough loss there, Dodge.
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Hate to end a home stand like that
on a technicality.
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- You ever heard of that rule?
- Me? No. I never heard of any rules.
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My point exactly.
Goddamn rules are ruining the game.
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Goddamn rules.
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MAN: Bug, when you're done with the water,
grab my shaving kit from my suitcase.
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BUG: Grab your own damn shaving kit!
DODGE: For Christ's sake, Frank,
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how much can a football cost?
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FRANK: You think footballs are grown
out of thin air?
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So, you get a few simoleons
from the Starch King.
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Hey, Dodge, do I feel hot to you?
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- No more than the next man.
- Fever runs in my family, you know.
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Everything runs in your family, Ralph,
except your feet.
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Look what you made me...
I have to start again.
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It's no big joke.
You'll make us miss the train to Milwaukee.
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- Milwaukee? What about Akron?
- Akron team folded day before yesterday.
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- We gonna play Milwaukee instead.
- I can't go to Milwaukee.
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- I got a wrestling match tonight.
- Get out of it.
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- It pays $100.
- We'll see you when you get back.
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- That's okay. I got this kid coming.
- The high school kid from Penrose?
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Yeah. He can only practise after class,
but wait till you see him.
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- When's he coming?
- He's gonna meet us
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at the Waterford station
when the train stops.
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- Hey, I got an extra fin coming my way.
- You lost that last game.
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I did not. Dodge, didn't I have this tooth
today when we started the game?
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Curly, I learnt long ago
never to stare directly into your face.
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FRANK: Show me the lost tooth,
I'll give you the 5.
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CURLY: If I had it, it wouldn't be lost.
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- Ready, Suds?
- Yeah, shoot.
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DODGE: The Duluth Bulldogs
lost to the Toledo Bullets today
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in a dirty game
of professional league football,
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where a new and dangerous element
has been creeping in, rules.
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- Goddamn rules.
- The lone moment of glory came...
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LEXIE: Say, Joe.
JOE: Nice hat, Lexie.
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LEXIE: Thanks, I just bought it.
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Listen, can you get me in a room
with Hank Kelly at the comptroller's desk?
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- He won't talk to reporters in fancy hats.
- Hey, Lexie. You going hunting?
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It's a very expensive hat,
your whole year's salary.
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Harvey wants to see you in his office.
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I'd take that mack off before you go in there.
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- You would, would you?
- He might think there's an air raid.
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(LAUGHS) Good, boys, complete sentences.
Next week, let's try paragraphs.
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- Say, Pete, see about Hank Kelly, will you?
- He doesn't talk to reporters.
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- Say, Harvey.
- Nice piñata.
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- Don't you start.
- Pull up a chair.
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Best seat in the house. Who are you, Sarge?
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Mack Steiner. Lieutenant.
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Lexie, I got one for you.
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You ever hear of Carter Rutherford,
"the Bullet"?
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Football boy? War hero football boy?
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Good-looking war hero football boy.
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HARVEY: Took time out
of college to fight the war.
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Got a whole platoon of Jerries to surrender.
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Just dropped their guns
and gave up from the sound of his voice.
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You ought to hire him.
Get rid of this pack of geniuses.
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- We're gonna do a story on him.
- LEXIE: What's your angle?
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- It ain't true.
- It's all a crock.
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The kid's doing radio shows
and advertisements.
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He's hired a promoter named CC Frazier
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to put himself
on the cover of every magazine.
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LEXIE: I like those razors.
HARVEY: Sure. Who doesn't?
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So what's the story, Mack?
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I served with him.
I was there in the Argonne. He ain't no hero.
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You're gonna meet with Carter and CC.
He's gonna be in town next month.
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And you're gonna do a story
on the virtues of the Bullet.
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The many virtues!
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And then we're gonna break the myth
of the War Hero Bullet.
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Listen, you got fellas
who'd be perfect for this.
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Three Knickerbockers out there,
for instance,
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who'd trade their high school diplomas
for a crack at it.
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- It's not my kind of story.
- Lexie,
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CC Frazier wants the Chicago Tribune
to do a story on his protégé.
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We're gonna oblige him,
and you're gonna do it.
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Can I talk to you alone for a minute?
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Captain, would you excuse us?
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It's Lieutenant. I'll wait in the hall.
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Thanks, Lieutenant.
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Why me?
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Because it's a big story and you're the best.
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Thought you'd say
it's 'cause I have the best legs in the office.
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No, Joe does.
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Okay, Harvey, I'll make you a deal.
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If I throw some facts together
about this Bombshell...
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- Bullet.
- Bullet.
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- And we chop down his apple tree...
- You get the assistant editor's desk.
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Okay, Chief.
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You get Mack's story,
and I'll get you your Bullet.
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BAKES: "The lone moment of glory
came in the 4th quarter,
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"when Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
lateraled to Bakes Davis,
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"who ran through a trio of open-field tackles
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"and into the Duluth end zone.
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"And whereas the hotly disputed contest
will go down in the books
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"as a Toledo victory,
the hearts and minds of all who witnessed
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"the classic gridiron confrontation
were clearly won by the Duluth Bulldogs."
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(ALL CHEERING)
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- Awfully good, Suds.
- Sure is a great thing to read, Suds.
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When the muse strikes, who am I to resist?
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It's almost like
you were playing the game yourself.
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What I try to achieve in my prose
is a sense of flight.
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Now that's a crowd, ain't it, Dodge?
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Sure is. We didn't have crowds
like that when I was in school.
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- BAKES: You went to college?
- Colleges.
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(WHISTLE SOUNDING)
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CONDUCTOR: Waterford! Waterford next!
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Waterford next!
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Waterford!
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(LAUGHING)
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FRANK: Is that Big Gus Schiller?
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- (LAUGHING) How you doing, boy?
- Hey, how you doing?
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FRANK: Here, get in this car.
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Boys, I want you to be meeting
our newest player.
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This is Big Gus Schiller
from Penrose High School.
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Hi. How you doing? How's it going?
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- So you're in high school, are you?
- Yeah.
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Got held back, did you?
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No.
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(BAND PLAYING)
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(MEN CHATTERING)
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Hey, kid, what position did you play
in high school?
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Kicker.
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- Kicker?
- What the hell?
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Coach thought it'd be
the best position for me.
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- Who's your coach?
- Math teacher.
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Huddle up.
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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
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Hooked it.
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17, 32, 24, hike!
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(SCREAMING)
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God! Right in the...
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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Gus, look. You stand over here, next to him,
and you hit anybody that comes near him.
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Anybody that comes near him!
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41,
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33, 37, hike!
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(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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(WHISTLE CONTINUES BLOWING)
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Oh, I like him.
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Dodge, I need to have a speech with you.
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What do you mean folded?
Milwaukee can't fold.
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They're broke, is what.
Like Akron. No money, no team.
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We're broke, too.
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- We're broke now? Our season just started!
- Look, we're broke, I'm telling you.
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If you got no money to pay salaries,
no money to buy train tickets,
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no money to rent a field, then you're broke.
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It's over, Dodge.
It's time to pack it up and go home.
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The Starch King is gonna sell us
51% of the team as soon as he can.
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What's gonna happen to these guys?
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I don't know.
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And I thought the Milwaukee game
would turn it around,
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what with Big Gus coming on board for us.
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Milwaukee got Joe Washburn
playing good, but...
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Now there's no Milwaukee game.
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It's finished.
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Half these guys will probably end up
back in the mines.
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This isn't exactly the cream
of America's work force.
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They don't have a lot of options.
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Shit!
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FRANK: I'll read you what he had to say.
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"I regret to inform you that Perennial Starch
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"is hereby terminating our sponsorship
of the Duluth Bulldogs."
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So that's it, fellas.
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It's the end of the line for us.
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This will be your last paycheque.
From here on out, you're on your own.
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But I want to say
what a privilege it's been to coach you boys.
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What you've done on the field
has been amazing.
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Big Gus, I want to say to you, son,
thank you for coming.
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- Name?
- Connelly.
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Dodge Connelly.
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- Age?
- 38.
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39?
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(SCOFFS) 45. Skill?
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How do you mean?
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Are you a welder or a machinist
or a pipe fitter? You know, skills.
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I got you.
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Did you serve in the war?
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- Yes.
- Well, you must have learnt a trade there.
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Not one you'd like.
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(SIGHING)
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Mr Connelly, if you have no trade skills,
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how have you made a living
in the last 20 years?
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(EXHALES)
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(MAN ANNOUNCING ON RADIO)
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- A cup of coffee. How much is coffee?
- 10 cents.
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Here's 15. You keep it.
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Now I can buy that house I always wanted.
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ANNOUNCER ON RADIO: And while
only halfway through the Princeton season,
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Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford
has piled on a whopping 14 touchdowns
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and 720 yards.
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We spoke to the Medal of Honor winner
after the game.
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- Carter, how you feeling?
- CARTER ON RADIO: Feel pretty good, Mac.
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Their defence just kept coming at you,
but I figured I might get around them
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if I just put my mind to it.
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Guess I've learnt something
from dodging those Jerries.
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ANNOUNCER: And that's the kind of
bravery on display every Saturday, folks.
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The kind of fearlessness
that brings in those fans by the thousands.
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Some 40,000 people on hand
just last Saturday.
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Now here's a little ditty
I'm sure you'll all know.
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40,000 people?
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(TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE GOOD-BYE
PLAYING ON RADIO)
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I'm trying to reach CC Frazier.
Do you know how...
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(WOMAN CHATTERING ON TELEPHONE)
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(LAUGHS) Well, why can't you tell me?
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Listen, my name's Connelly.
It's about football.
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I've never heard of you, either, Miss.
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00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,152
No, what I... Hello?
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Sheez!
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- 'Cause I said I liked your dress?
- Stop saying that!
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00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,068
- It's true.
- It's boring.
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00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,152
- It's all I wanted to say.
- I'm starting to think it's all you can say.
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- What's your name?
- Leonard.
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Leonard, you better run along
before my fiancé gets here.
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He's far less tolerant
of your existence than I am.
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00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,474
There's no reason to be angry.
I was simply paying you a compliment.
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Stop it. You're just acting like a big baby
'cause you miss your mother's bosoms.
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00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,677
- My mother's what?
- Her bosoms, you goof!
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You're substituting my bosoms
for your mother's.
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- What? No, I'm not.
- Why not? What's wrong with my bosoms?
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(WHISPERING) Honestly, Miss Littleton,
we're in public. The rules of etiquette apply.
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Leonard, it's 1925. There are no rules.
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Except that boys like you are tedious
until they're 40,
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at which point
they become unbearably tedious.
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- I didn't come over here to be insulted.
- No? Where do you usually go?
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And don't think
just 'cause you haven't said anything
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that I don't know what you're up to.
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I'm talking to you, behind the magazine.
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Don't you know I could have you arrested
for eavesdropping?
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- Excuse me?
- Or are you really an avid reader
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- of Ladies' Home Journal?
- I never miss an issue.
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I see.
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- Waiting for someone?
- I'm sorry, were you speaking to me?
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No, just practising my American accent.
Of course I was speaking to you.
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As a matter of fact,
I was waiting for someone.
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- Who?
- A business associate.
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A business associate. So cryptic. So manly.
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Clearly beyond the comprehension
of a feeble female.
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If you say so.
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What I want to know is why you chose
to come in here from the lobby,
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where you obviously had business,
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to sit next to me
and listen to my conversation?
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Tell me. Or are you afraid to say?
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I'm not afraid to say it.
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I'm in love with Leonard.
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Go ahead and laugh, everyone does.
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We had something beautiful
until you came along.
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You think you can just toss him away
like a sack of flour.
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00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,037
- (LAUGHING) That's funny.
- Hey, haven't you done enough?
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00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,997
No, really, who are you?
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- What's your name?
- I'm Dodge.
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- Dodge Connelly of Duluth, Minnesota.
- Lexie Littleton. Champaign, Illinois.
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00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,314
Hey, Lexie, what are you doing for dinner?
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You're a lot of fun, Mr Connelly,
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and I'm sorry
I'm not gonna get to know you better,
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but you should leave
before my fiancé gets here. He's kind of big.
295
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,509
- I can handle myself.
- No, really, Mr Connelly.
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Mr Connelly is buried next to my mother.
I'm Dodge.
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- Dodge, it'd be better if you go.
- Better for whom?
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Don't get familiar, Mr Connelly.
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00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,069
Just because we had a laugh
doesn't mean you know me.
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00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,117
- My apologies.
- Apology accepted.
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But I do know you.
302
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,757
- You think so?
- Oh, yeah.
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00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:33,875
- Really?
- Yeah.
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You're the kind of cocktail
that comes on like sugar,
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but gives you a kick in the head.
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00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,791
The only thing you hate worse
than a guy making a play
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is when a guy doesn't make a play.
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Were you making a play? I hadn't realised.
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00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,476
It might work on my Aunt Lurleen.
She's a little near-sighted.
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00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,109
There's an article on peach-canning in here
that I'm dying to get back to.
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00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,232
Well, I know you, too, Dodge Connelly.
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You think you're the slickest operator
in Duluth, and maybe you are,
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but being the slickest operator in Duluth is
kind of like being the world's tallest midget,
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- if you ask me.
- It's too bad we know each other so well.
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00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:01,999
- We might have gotten along.
- Well, I'll live.
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Alone.
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CC: Lexie?
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Mr Frazier, Lexie Littleton.
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I do apologise for keeping you waiting.
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00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,432
- So, where is this cute boyfriend of mine?
- Well, I thought he was behind me.
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There he is now.
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)
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(LAUGHING) He finds it very difficult
moving around in public.
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Carter.
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Say, CC!
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He loves his fans.
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Carter, this is Miss Littleton of the Tribune.
She's doing a piece on you.
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00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,958
Well, that'll be fine.
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00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,315
- A pleasure, Mr Rutherford.
- Carter, Miss Littleton.
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00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,719
Lexie, Carter.
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00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,956
- Say, CC...
- There you are.
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00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,991
Could you bring the car around?
We're ready to leave.
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00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,389
- I don't think this gentleman works here.
- No?
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00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,755
He certainly looks like the retrieving type.
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00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,068
(LAUGHING)
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00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:54,438
- Do you work here, Dodge?
- No, CC, I came to talk to you.
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00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:59,150
Yes, well, I'm afraid we're going to dinner.
Come, let's find a real valet, shall we?
338
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,517
I have $20,000
that says you might want to talk.
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00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,391
So if I understand you correctly,
Mr Connelly,
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00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,517
it's your intention
to legitimise professional football?
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00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,431
- That's right.
- Well, let me say straight off,
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00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,875
there's no such beast
as professional football.
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00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,874
There's only miners and farmers and
shell-shocked veterans of the Great War,
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smashing each other's skulls together
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in a million turnip fields
from Duluth to East Jesus.
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00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,472
Now I ask you,
how do you intend to legitimise that?
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00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,309
By keeping it alive, by investing in a team.
348
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,790
Well, you see, there's the catch.
I'm not interested in investing.
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00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,670
I'm more of a 20-percenter.
New talent, new ideas interest me.
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00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,156
Professional football
does not attract new talent,
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00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,596
and investing in a professional
football team is not a new idea.
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00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,673
Dodge,
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00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,479
we had some laughs a few years ago.
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00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,869
- You had some laughs.
- (CHUCKLING) Yes.
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00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,671
Yes, I guess I did.
356
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,589
- So...
- Okay.
357
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,232
How about this for a new idea?
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00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,119
Carter Rutherford leaves Princeton
to play for the Duluth Bulldogs.
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00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,872
- What?
- Hear me out.
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00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:10,757
Carter, you're a pretty remarkable guy,
aren't you?
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00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,836
- I just play football.
- You don't have to be modest with me.
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00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:13,989
I know your story.
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00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,117
How you put your education on hold
to serve your country, to fight in the war.
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00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,474
I was just doing what I thought was right.
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00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,152
DODGE: The President
gave you a medal for bravery.
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00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,231
CARTER: I was just in
the right place at the right time.
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00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,471
That's not what the papers said.
They called you the hero of the Argonne.
368
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,438
Then, when you went back to school,
you turned out to be a football hero, too.
369
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,511
- Mr Connelly, I'm just a guy...
- Carter.
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00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,349
Do kids chase you down the hallway
at school?
371
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:34,429
Sometimes.
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00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,397
Follow you around?
Ask you for an autograph?
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00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,119
It happens, yeah,
but you can't take that stuff too seriously.
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00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,839
You feel like sometimes
everybody wants something from you?
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00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,871
And how are you compensated for living
your life under that kind of public scrutiny?
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00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,839
By paying tuition to Princeton.
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00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,592
Let me ask you a question.
Do you like playing football?
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00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,268
I love playing football.
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00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,113
Good. You got one more year and that's it.
That's all she wrote.
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00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,919
What are you gonna do then?
381
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,430
Actually, I've already been accepted
to Yale Law School.
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00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,431
I have a position waiting for me
at Hager, Danes and Upton
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00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,078
when I get my law degree.
384
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,197
It turns out, I'm not too bad a student,
when I put my mind to it.
385
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,116
You... That's good. It's good.
386
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,557
And all of that will be waiting for you,
no question about it.
387
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,312
But the world's full of good lawyers.
388
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,709
In football,
there's only one Carter Rutherford.
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00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,678
You don't need any more teaching
to be what you are out on the field.
390
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,833
You ought to be playing football, and
you ought to be rewarded for your talent.
391
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,110
Makes sense. Sort of.
392
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,549
So did bloodletting at the time.
393
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,470
CC: You're very passionate, Mr Connelly.
What exactly do you have in mind?
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00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,830
Carter Rutherford takes a temporary leave
from Princeton to play for Duluth,
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00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:58,631
and in exchange
he is guaranteed $5,000 a game.
396
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,393
Let's you and I have another drink,
Mr Connelly.
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00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,799
You're the boss.
398
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,269
Why don't you two run along,
conduct your interview,
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00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,517
whilst Mr Connelly and I
thrash out your future?
400
00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,793
Come on, Carter.
401
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,071
Carter Rutherford wouldn't sit on a bench
for that kind of money.
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00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:27,513
Did I say 5? I meant 10.
403
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,318
I assume you'll be paying this
out of the gate receipts?
404
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,118
- That's right.
- Of course, I'll want it in the form
405
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,919
of a guarantee.
Plus I get a percentage of the overages.
406
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,070
Of course. In the neighbourhood of 5%.
407
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,072
I was thinking a little more uptown.
408
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,190
- 10?
- 25.
409
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:47,157
I'll understand if you decline.
Most teams would.
410
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,670
Most, but not all.
411
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:00,953
DODGE: Sudsy? Listen up.
412
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,713
Carter Rutherford's gonna be playing
for the Duluth Bulldogs starting Sunday.
413
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,110
We're... What? No, just listen.
We're taking a Pullman to Duluth tonight.
414
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,555
We're gonna get there in the morning.
Round up everybody you can.
415
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,837
Get the word around. I want a nice
welcoming committee when we pull in.
416
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,276
What? Just trust me. Thanks, pal.
417
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,112
Harvey, change of plans. I'm taking a train
with these knuckleheads to Duluth.
418
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,590
What? No, I haven't been drinking!
It's a long story.
419
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,513
Just give me a few days.
Hey, how'd it go with Mack Steiner?
420
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,512
So don't use his name.
421
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,558
Believe me, Harvey, by the end of the week,
this kid will cook his own goose.
422
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,633
I got to go.
423
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:47,195
(WHISTLES)
424
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,713
MAN: Hey, what are you doing?
425
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,315
Sorry.
426
00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,519
(WHISTLES)
427
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,392
CARTER: You know, truth be told,
I was a better baseball player.
428
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,835
But college baseball isn't too popular.
429
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,915
What about the war?
Where'd all that courage come from?
430
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,151
I don't know about courage.
431
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,119
A platoon of German soldiers
surrendered to you.
432
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,557
Quite a few have made a lot
out of much less.
433
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,671
Let's talk about something else.
434
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,830
Like, how did Miss Lexie Littleton
get so curious
435
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,993
- she worked her way up a newspaper room?
- Not really the homemaker type.
436
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,710
Depends on the home, I guess.
437
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,635
(CHUCKLES)
438
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,479
(LEXIE LAUGHS)
439
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:46,953
This is me.
440
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,399
- An eventful day, Mr Bullet.
- Good night, Lexie.
441
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,357
Bright and early, Bullet.
You got a big day ahead.
442
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,514
Hey, Lexie,
443
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,678
you think I did the right thing
about this Duluth deal?
444
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,517
LEXIE: I think you did the right thing
about the Duluth deal.
445
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:12,794
Well, I'm glad.
446
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,551
I'm happy you're glad.
447
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:20,554
Good night.
448
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,872
I'm glad you're glad.
449
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,909
You've got a lot of moxie!
450
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,356
I didn't know it was your berth.
I would have armed myself.
451
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:32,715
I'm calling the porter.
452
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,155
- I'm not decent.
- Well, there's an understatement!
453
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,275
Neither are you.
454
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,271
- (GASPING) You looked?
- I glanced.
455
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,552
- Need help with that hook?
- No.
456
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,119
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
457
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,159
(EXHALES)
458
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,909
- Good evening.
- Yes, it is.
459
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,639
You know, this may seem a little awkward
460
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,518
coming from the man
who only promotes the man of your dreams,
461
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,192
but I've had a little thought.
462
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,513
- Perhaps it can wait till tomorrow?
- Probably, but that's not my style.
463
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,150
You see, Miss Littleton,
Carter is very important to me.
464
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,310
I want to make sure you treat him fairly
in your newspaper.
465
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,789
- I resent the implication that I wouldn't.
- Lexie,
466
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,917
Carter is good for the country.
He's a war hero.
467
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,396
Good for the Tribune, they sell newspapers.
Good for me.
468
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,119
- Good for you.
- (SPEAKING SOFTLY) Lexie...
469
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,076
I'm having a conversation
with a rather beautiful woman,
470
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,437
and she and I were wondering
if you'd care to join us for a nightcap?
471
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,988
- Good night, CC.
- Good night, Lexie.
472
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,758
- What?
- I think I'll sleep up here tonight.
473
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,075
You most certainly will not!
474
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:45,759
Really?
475
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,270
"Believe me, Harvey, by the end of the week,
this kid will cook his own goose."
476
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,398
- You were spying on me!
- I was observing.
477
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,995
- So, you want to play dirty?
- Maybe later. I'm a little tired right now.
478
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,033
So here we are.
479
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,958
- Not sure what the next move is.
- It happens.
480
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,959
- It's the first time for me.
- They all say that.
481
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,199
- I'm sure you snore.
- Attagirl!
482
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,432
Listen, I'm sorry
if what I said today upset you.
483
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,234
Don't be.
484
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,958
- Which part?
- The "kick in the head" part.
485
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:28,793
It's forgotten.
486
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,675
- I'm sorry if what I said today upset you.
- DODGE: Don't be.
487
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,477
- Which part?
- The "tallest midget" part.
488
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,472
What about the "I know you" part?
489
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,477
- I still mean that.
- Then I'm still upset.
490
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:00,989
(INAUDIBLE)
491
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,468
(INAUDIBLE)
492
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,796
(INAUDIBLE)
493
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,513
FAN 1: You're the tops!
FAN 2: Hey, Carter!
494
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,199
(CAR HONKING)
495
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,074
Carter! Carter!
496
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,311
It's a three-ring circus
with Carter as the dancing bear.
497
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,152
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
Wonder what that makes us.
498
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,277
(LAUGHS) Dodge, look, look!
Welcome to show business!
499
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,874
Hi!
500
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,192
REPORTER: When's the last
Princeton game, Carter?
501
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,872
I guess I already played it.
502
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,871
So, you going to shake up the team?
Anybody you want fired?
503
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,430
No, no, no, of course not. I'm not the coach.
Besides, they're a great bunch of players.
504
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,158
Hey, where the hell is everybody?
505
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:25,073
CC moved practise over to Ennis Field,
at the university.
506
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:26,389
What?
507
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,395
Why?
508
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,237
(INAUDIBLE)
509
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,354
Is it illustrated?
510
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:12,759
- You're late.
- Says who?
511
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:14,319
It's 8:30. You're late.
512
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,789
- How's your story coming?
- Swell, thanks.
513
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,313
Cooked his goose yet?
514
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,637
You get crowds like this
when you practised?
515
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:22,950
- By the thousands.
- Yeah, I'll bet.
516
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,029
FRANK: Dodge!
517
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,120
You saw the crowd? For a practise!
518
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,154
I tell you, our shit has really come in!
And look at this!
519
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,792
(LAUGHS EXCITEDLY)
520
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,633
- That must make you happy, huh?
- It must.
521
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,392
(FRANK LAUGHING)
522
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,712
- Hey, Dodge, you see the new uniforms?
- Can you believe it?
523
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:44,789
Yeah.
524
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,916
Hey, Dodgie, look at this thing!
525
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,877
- Brand spanking new!
- Nice.
526
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,712
- Say, Dodge.
- Hey, Dodge.
527
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:51,989
Hey, fellas.
528
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,115
CARTER: Say, Dodge,
you missed callisthenics.
529
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,918
- Thank God!
- Couple of plays we ran at Princeton.
530
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,638
- A couple?
- Now, I was thinking,
531
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,153
we should switch
to the Single Back Formation
532
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,196
rather than sticking with the Wing.
What do you think?
533
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,430
Well, the Single Back's good,
but, see, the way we ran the team...
534
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,990
- Which one is me?
- That's you, right there, behind the guard.
535
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,355
I guess I should get a couple of diagrams
of the plays we run.
536
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,513
Sure. Yeah. These are a lot like your plays,
only a little more effective.
537
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,115
- Well, a lot of our plays are pretty strong.
- Some yes, some no.
538
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,920
But all that matters is that we win.
We want to win, don't we, boys?
539
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,479
PLAYER 1: Yeah!
PLAYER 2: You said it, Carter!
540
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:22,629
(CAR HONKING)
541
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,598
Hey, they're here! Come on, fellas!
542
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,718
- You're a 10.5, right, Dodge?
- 11.
543
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,999
ANNOUNCER ON RADIO:
Well, today's the big day, folks.
544
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,799
Princeton's Carter Rutherford is playing
his first professional game,
545
00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,838
and it's right here at Ennis Field
with Duluth's own Bulldogs.
546
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,433
People have been coming in
to town all week
547
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,432
from locations as far as Akron, Ohio
and Lexington, Kentucky
548
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,080
just to get a glimpse of the 6'3" phenom.
549
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,836
Tickets are 75 cents adults
and 25 cents for the rascals under 12.
550
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:15,911
And if you're a Huskers fan, it's $10.
551
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,991
Just kidding, gang.
We love those Cleveland fans.
552
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,112
See you at the game.
553
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,555
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
554
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,792
Come on, folks! Root for Carter!
Go, Bulldogs!
555
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,910
They're calling for rain today, boys.
556
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,512
- Hey! What's a girl doing in the press box?
- Rutherford says she knows her stuff.
557
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,194
Yeah? I'm thinking maybe he knows
her stuff.
558
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:58,918
(BOTH LAUGHING)
559
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,399
- Who you write for, honey?
- Tribune, fatso.
560
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,269
- Since when do they cover pro football?
- Since I decided to write about it.
561
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,915
- You planning on taking notes?
- No. Got a mind like an elephant.
562
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,675
It's like the Library of Congress up there.
Nothing gets lost. Nothing gets stolen.
563
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,239
- Ain't that right, Bob?
- Bill!
564
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:20,514
Here we go.
565
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,715
(CROWD CHEERING)
566
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,952
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
567
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,551
OPPOSING TEAM PLAYER: 2, 34, hike!
568
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,198
(CROWD CHEERING)
569
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,033
(CROWD EXCLAIM)
570
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:05,917
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
571
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,150
That Carter is really something, huh?
572
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,711
PLAYER 1: Great catch, Dodge.
PLAYER 2: Nice, Dodge.
573
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:13,798
23, hike!
574
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,152
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
575
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:44,837
CROWD: 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,
576
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:49,158
4, 3, 2, 1!
577
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:50,349
Bulldogs!
578
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:51,629
(GUNSHOT FIRES)
579
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,312
(CROWD CHEERING)
580
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,392
See you, boys.
581
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,876
DODGE: "In his eagerly awaited debut
as a professional football player,
582
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,714
"Carter 'the Bullet' Rutherford
ran for an astonishing 162 yards.
583
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,158
"Given his reported salary,
that's nearly $100 a yard.
584
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,038
"But the fleet-footed newcomer
earned every penny.
585
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,998
"Unstoppable, unbeatable and uncatchable,
586
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,836
"the Bullet has arrived, and pro football
587
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,912
"will never be the same."
588
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,879
Well, he had a little help out there, Dodge.
You sure you want me to write it like that?
589
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,599
- We didn't fold, did we?
- No, we didn't fold, Dodge.
590
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,200
- He's a hell of a player.
- Yeah.
591
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,079
- And what do you get out of all this?
- 10% of your gross income.
592
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:54,715
10% of our...
593
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,713
It's very little, when you consider
how much I can increase your salary.
594
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:03,436
Well, just ask Carter.
MGM wants to sign him to a contract.
595
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,238
ZOOM: You think that
I could be in the movies?
596
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,515
MAN: (LAUGHING)
Sure, Zoom. Just buy a ticket.
597
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:11,115
Now, I want you to peruse
this diet and exercise plan,
598
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,760
which Carter has evolved
for aspiring athletes.
599
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:19,360
The Rutherford Diet, patent pending,
is based on scientific research.
600
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:22,788
(BANGS)
601
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:26,918
(CARTER CHATTERING)
602
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,433
(BOTH LAUGHING)
603
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:40,075
So, tell me,
where could I find a Lexie Littleton?
604
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:45,114
- Chicago, I guess. There are a lot of us.
- Well, then I'm going to Chicago.
605
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:48,874
How old are you?
606
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,837
- A gentleman doesn't ask...
- I'm not a gentleman.
607
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,639
I'm a football player. Are you 30?
608
00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:54,709
(CHUCKLES)
609
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,476
I'm just shy of that mark, thank you.
How old are you? 24?
610
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,438
Just past that mark, thank you.
611
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,350
- That's a lie.
- Yes, it is.
612
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,990
- I'm 31.
- Yup.
613
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,952
(MEN SHOUTING)
614
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,194
MAN 1 ON RADIO: Do you have a question?
615
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,998
MAN 2 ON RADIO: Pro football's got
a completely different style, Carter.
616
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,514
They play two, three games a week.
How do you plan on adjusting to that?
617
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,319
CARTER ON RADIO: Well,
maybe they'll kind of adjust to me.
618
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,711
MAN ON RADIO: There goes the gun.
Is it possible, folks?
619
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,598
With this young man, well, yes, it is!
Touchdown!
620
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,308
LEXIE: You ready, Mickey? Okay, flash.
621
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,789
"With another eye-opening display
of canny passing
622
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,872
"and superb broken-field running,
Carter 'the Bullet' Rutherford
623
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,359
"led the Bulldogs to victory
624
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:47,829
"over an increasingly forlorn
Pottsville team.
625
00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:51,118
"The choice that awaits these teams is
to imitate the college techniques
626
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,191
"that Rutherford has transplanted
to the pro game
627
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,158
"or to fall hopelessly behind
in the standings.
628
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,153
"What is certain are the crowds
that this Duluth team is attracting.
629
00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:02,437
"And the gate receipts that are rolling in
should open every team's eyes
630
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,238
"to the fact that Rutherford's Bulldogs
631
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,232
"have launched a new era
in professional football."
632
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,195
That ought to hold them.
633
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,191
I'll get back to you tomorrow
after the Panther game.
634
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,351
- Okay, Lexie.
- HARVEY: Give me that.
635
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:15,549
Lexie.
636
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,709
- I know, Harvey.
- It's been four weeks. Where's my war hero?
637
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,712
Everyone's a little coy.
This story will loosen them up.
638
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,119
Just give me a little more time.
639
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,272
I just don't want another sports fan
writing a love letter.
640
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,351
Dust off that editor's desk, Harvey.
641
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,032
Assistant editor.
642
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:33,752
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
643
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,238
Stump, feel like crashing a gin mill or two?
644
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,880
No, thanks, Dodge. Some other time, maybe.
645
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,878
Hey, what do you say, Curly?
Feel like hitting the town?
646
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,030
No, I'm hitting the hay instead, Dodge.
Sorry.
647
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:59,117
Zoom, you old lounge lizard,
what do you say?
648
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:01,589
Gee, Dodge, I can't. There's a curfew.
649
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,995
A curfew? Since when?
650
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:05,752
We voted on the train.
651
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:07,194
Where was I?
652
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:08,999
Asleep.
653
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,635
- LEXIE: I would have left you, too.
- Was that a bad move? I sent her flowers.
654
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:43,280
(LAUGHS) Well, then all is forgiven.
655
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:45,912
Yes, it is.
656
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,870
Why don't you like to talk
about the Argonne?
657
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,550
- Who's asking?
- Just me.
658
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,710
Stories get bigger over time.
659
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,077
- You never went to France.
- No, not that big.
660
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,119
Everything they say happened, happened.
661
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,796
It's just that the telling of it gets
a little better.
662
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:14,713
How much better?
663
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:20,471
We were pinned down in a gully.
664
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,479
We were there about three days, I guess.
665
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,030
It had been raining for about a week.
666
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:29,912
So some of the fellas and I,
667
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,596
we hunkered down in a foxhole,
and we just waited for the weather to break.
668
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,639
A writer from The Times was with us.
669
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:41,278
Now, you know I never drink,
but it was so cold and so wet.
670
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,071
(CHUCKLES) I started to
take a few slugs off a flask.
671
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,310
Easy there, Carter.
That stuff will melt your teeth.
672
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:47,709
Ja! Sehr gut.
673
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,270
- Tell me again. Ich gebe surrender?
- Auf.
674
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,478
Ich gebe auf. If you have no way out,
you lay down your rifle
675
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,518
and yell, "Ich gebe auf,"
otherwise they'll shoot you.
676
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:00,678
Ich gebe auf!
677
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,318
We were nearly out of ammo,
we were down to about nine fellas,
678
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,868
and we had this plan
that we were gonna speak enough German
679
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,555
to get us out of there.
Take our chances in a war camp.
680
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:14,395
All through the night the fighting continued,
until we were all out of ammo.
681
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:19,192
Sitting ducks.
And we had been up for 36 hours.
682
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,752
That, and the drinking...
683
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:24,400
JACK: Okay, fellas,
we ain't taking this spot any time soon.
684
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,391
So let's call it a night and try again.
685
00:47:40,240 --> 00:47:42,390
CARTER: I don't know how long I was there.
686
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:44,199
But it had to have been a few hours,
687
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,794
because by that time,
the Jerries had taken the foxhole.
688
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,759
But I was so covered up, they never saw me.
689
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:51,353
And I never saw them.
690
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:53,872
(GUNSHOTS FIRING)
691
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:56,477
(BULLET RICOCHETING)
692
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,312
(GUNSHOTS FIRING)
693
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:07,512
I knew we were goners, so I jumped up,
and I yelled, "Ich gebe auf!"
694
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:13,230
- Ich gebe auf!
- Ich gebe auf!
695
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,957
CARTER: They thought I was one of them,
so they just dropped their weapons.
696
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,830
They just gave up.
697
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,359
Ich gebe auf! I'm unarmed!
698
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:31,115
CARTER: And it was right about then
that I started to have a really bad feeling.
699
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:32,709
Carter?
700
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,119
CARTER: When it was all sorted out,
701
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,953
the Lieutenant thought it was best
if we all just kept our mouths shut.
702
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,473
One for The Times, Private.
703
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,710
CARTER: Let the chips fall where they may.
704
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:44,310
And then the story got bigger.
705
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,232
The President gave you a medal.
706
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,154
I would have made liars out of all the fellas.
707
00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:50,389
We were stuck.
708
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,109
That's a lot of responsibility
for a young man.
709
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,672
I grew up pretty fast.
710
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:00,872
It's quite a story.
711
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:02,953
And now you know.
712
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:07,433
Are we still friends?
713
00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:21,516
There's this one joint off of Halstead
that's at the bottom of a meat locker.
714
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,036
Hey, Mikey. And you have to walk
through all this meat,
715
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,556
like hanging beef, like beef, like bacon beef.
716
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,200
And by the time you get in there,
you smell like a brewery.
717
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,191
DODGE: Butcher shop.
WOMAN: Butcher shop.
718
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,238
Mr Ziegfeld says that I'm the best dancer
in the line-up.
719
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:37,548
- You don't say.
- Yeah.
720
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,074
My kicks are so high
that I almost knock myself out.
721
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,991
DODGE: That's dangerous.
WOMAN: Yeah, well...
722
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:43,593
And I'm super flexible, too.
723
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,148
I can arch my back
so that my head hits my heels.
724
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:47,878
DODGE: Watch yourself there.
725
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:51,640
Is Carter Rutherford very tall?
'Cause he looks really tall.
726
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:53,278
But maybe that's just because
you're kind of short.
727
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:54,349
Hey.
728
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,239
(LAUGHING)
729
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,430
- Hiya, Dodge. Come on in.
- Hey, Sully.
730
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,397
(BAND PLAYING THE MAN I LOVE)
731
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:22,559
- Evening, Dodge.
- Mr Mayor.
732
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:24,634
You know the Mayor?
733
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,228
I ought to. I voted for him five times
in the last election.
734
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:28,833
(LAUGHING)
735
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,993
Well, if it isn't Dodge Connelly,
middle-aged boy wonder.
736
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,879
Why, Lexie Littleton, breaking curfew.
737
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:37,952
I won't tell if you don't.
738
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,478
Let me introduce you
to Miss Belinda Whippleworth.
739
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:44,113
- A pleasure.
- Charmed.
740
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:45,952
I have to pee.
741
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:52,392
Enchanting girl. I thought you had to be 21
to get into a place like this.
742
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:53,834
She is 21.
743
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:55,069
I meant her IQ.
744
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:56,912
I wasn't planning on running her
for Congress.
745
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,679
No? What were you planning
on doing with her?
746
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:01,239
You know, the usual.
747
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,199
Put her in shoulder pads and a helmet,
and knock her brains out?
748
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:05,833
I think somebody beat me to it.
749
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,069
She'll do well in Congress.
750
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,390
You're only as young
as the women you feel.
751
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:14,152
How quiet it must be at the Algonquin
with you here in Duluth.
752
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,270
So, are you flying solo,
or is the Bullet casting about?
753
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,794
What do you care?
You're here to entertain Miss Nipplewidth.
754
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,713
It wouldn't look good for you
to get caught in a place like this.
755
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,634
I'd dare say it wouldn't look good
for anyone to be caught in a place like this.
756
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,552
Come on, let's dance.
757
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:52,869
Hey.
758
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:56,793
Come on.
759
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:40,272
What happened tonight?
760
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,828
Our boy's taken a liking to yours truly.
761
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,150
Seems mutual, if you ask me.
762
00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:49,958
So much so
763
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,670
that he felt compelled to clear his
conscience on his Sergeant York routine.
764
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,555
You mean he didn't take out a whole platoon
with a bow and arrow?
765
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,029
(DOOR BANGS)
766
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,111
MAN: It's a raid! Let's go!
767
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,430
Everybody beat it! Get out of here!
768
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:43,078
(POLICE WHISTLING)
769
00:53:58,160 --> 00:53:59,434
DODGE: Wait, wait, wait!
770
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:02,752
(THUDDING)
771
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:09,835
Go, go.
772
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,834
Would you have someone bring a bottle
of whisky and some ice to Room 404?
773
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,433
I'm sorry, sir, we don't...
774
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:39,590
Of course, sir. Excuse me for one minute.
775
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:40,999
(PHONE RINGING)
776
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:43,637
Ambassador Hotel.
777
00:54:43,720 --> 00:54:44,835
Excuse me?
778
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,351
I'm sorry,
Miss Littleton is out for the evening.
779
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:48,873
May I take a message?
780
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,599
And who shall I say is calling?
781
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,033
Harvey?
782
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,350
Yes. From the Tribune.
783
00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:00,475
Yes, "Boy Wonder." Right.
784
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,150
Yes. "Cook his..."
785
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,678
I'm sorry, how do you spell that?
Oh, "goose."
786
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:08,557
Yes, good. All right.
787
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,631
Thank you... Thank you, Harvey.
788
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:15,000
Stop, you two! Stop or I shoot!
789
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:17,237
- (GASPING) He says he'll shoot!
- He always says that.
790
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:18,309
(GUNSHOT)
791
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:19,515
(LEXIE SHRIEKS)
792
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:21,238
(GASPING) I thought
you said he always says that!
793
00:55:21,320 --> 00:55:23,231
DODGE: He does, just before he shoots.
794
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,592
(POLICE WHISTLING)
795
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:34,148
Give me that.
796
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:47,672
MAN: Don't do it!
797
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:53,075
We got your mother here.
She wants to talk to you!
798
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,189
Johnny, come on down, Son!
799
00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:58,398
Let's talk about this!
800
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:00,869
I don't want to live any more!
801
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:02,593
(DOOR BANGING)
802
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:09,432
Johnny, please come down!
803
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:10,915
No!
804
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:13,791
All right, follow my lead.
805
00:56:14,920 --> 00:56:16,512
We don't want to live any more, either!
806
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:19,511
(CROWD GASPING)
807
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,192
Who are you?
808
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,673
What difference does it make?
We're going to kill ourselves!
809
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:29,435
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Don't do anything drastic!
810
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,034
It's too late!
811
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:32,235
Come on.
812
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:35,112
Goodbye, cruel world!
813
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,189
(SCREAMING)
814
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:37,952
MAN: Here they come!
815
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:39,589
(MAN EXCLAIMS)
816
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,193
DODGE: Thanks, fellas!
817
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:42,958
(PEOPLE CLAPPING)
818
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,070
Hey, look, there's two more!
819
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:47,912
(PEOPLE GASPING)
820
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:53,474
(SOFTLY) Mom?
821
00:56:58,560 --> 00:56:59,788
Say, CC.
822
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:01,518
Did you say anything
to Miss Littleton tonight
823
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,955
that might compromise your service record?
824
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,076
- No.
- She's a reporter, Carter.
825
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,071
No, nothing she'd repeat.
826
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:10,996
- Let me buy you a drink.
- I don't drink.
827
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:12,195
You will.
828
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,629
(WHISPERING) So then he jumps up
and he yells, "I give up!" in German,
829
00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:30,109
and the Jerries think he's one of them,
because of the rain and the mud.
830
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:31,599
You got a little soot in your eye.
831
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:35,036
So you see, he's not this big war hero, but...
832
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:36,835
I don't know.
833
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,673
Ich gebe auf. Do you know what
that means? Ich gebe auf?
834
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,399
"I give up" or something.
Here, close your eye.
835
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:43,789
Let me see.
836
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:47,753
Now let me see.
837
00:57:53,600 --> 00:57:54,874
That's got it.
838
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:06,471
You know that sad Sunday night feeling
you'd get
839
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,279
when you knew the next day
you'd be back in school?
840
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:13,560
I've got that feeling right now.
841
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:17,675
Listen.
842
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,797
You wouldn't be surprised to hear
that I'm nuts about you.
843
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,432
You got guys telling you...
844
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:45,716
- I've got some decisions to make.
- In a minute.
845
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:00,072
Come on, I'll walk you.
846
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:19,919
(GIGGLING)
847
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,598
CC tells me you're printing that story.
848
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:27,115
I haven't decided.
849
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:30,715
- You're not a reporter. You're a liar.
- Slow down there, Kaiser.
850
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:33,633
If you just wanted a story, then why
didn't the Trib send one of their hacks
851
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:35,358
with a cigar stuffed in their snout?
852
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:38,159
But, no,
they sent you to snuggle up and play nice.
853
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,959
I never was much for cigars,
but if it'd make you feel better...
854
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,429
Maybe I should just leave $20
on the bed stand.
855
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:44,669
(GASPING)
856
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:45,909
(GASPING)
857
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:47,228
Take it easy, Carter.
858
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:49,072
I thought you liked me.
859
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:50,957
Look, she's too old for you.
860
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:53,600
What? Well, you're too old for me!
861
00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:55,318
You got me on that one.
862
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:56,992
Why I ever let you...
863
00:59:57,600 --> 00:59:59,352
Wait. Where were you two?
864
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:02,552
- Out.
- Nowhere.
865
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:03,834
Did you kiss her?
866
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:05,956
- Now, wait a minute!
- I want answers!
867
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:09,794
Yeah, I kissed her! On the mouth, twice!
And I liked it a lot.
868
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:11,472
- You did, did you?
- Yeah.
869
01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:12,879
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
870
01:00:12,960 --> 01:00:15,428
Okay, well, we can do this right here,
or we can go outside.
871
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:16,509
Get him, Dodge.
872
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:17,635
- We got a game in five days.
- What?
873
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:19,312
- What, you think you're gonna hurt me?
- I might.
874
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:21,277
- Did you hear what he just called me?
- He's a little drunk.
875
01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:23,590
(SCOFFS) I am not drunk, you coward!
876
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:25,033
Really? 'Cause your sleeve's on fire.
877
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:26,678
Really?
878
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:28,318
(SCREAMING)
879
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,510
You two are a pair.
880
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:46,109
You've created quite a stir, Lexie.
881
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,192
I'm just getting started.
882
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:53,675
You know, you have many qualities that
I like, not the least of which is intelligence.
883
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,438
If you write that story, I'll have your job.
884
01:00:57,760 --> 01:00:59,079
You wouldn't be very good at it.
885
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:01,833
- You're quick, too.
- And I got great legs.
886
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:03,512
First thing I noticed.
887
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:08,991
The story runs tomorrow.
888
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,512
See you tomorrow, Lexie.
889
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:20,073
(EXHALING)
890
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:28,316
- Let's get this over with.
- Yeah.
891
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:32,393
(CLEARS THROAT)
892
01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:33,754
Outside.
893
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:53,351
Go ahead. Throw one.
894
01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:55,670
No, you're the injured party.
You get the first punch.
895
01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:00,588
That's not bad.
896
01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:04,474
Now when I get up,
I'm going to punch you back.
897
01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:05,834
I just want to say,
898
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:08,073
stay away from my right knee.
899
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:10,794
Watch my left shoulder.
900
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:13,034
I will.
901
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:16,349
Also my right hindquarter.
902
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:19,432
Behind my right thigh, but really,
the whole hindquarter.
903
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:25,552
Well, you wouldn't punch me in the back,
would you? Because I got a bad back.
904
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:26,755
No, never.
905
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:32,960
- Let's just go for the face.
- Me too, just hit me in the face.
906
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:36,428
(GRUNTS)
907
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:46,552
LEXIE: Say, Harvey, I'm coming home.
908
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:47,629
HARVEY ON PHONE: Did you get him?
909
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:50,075
I got him, but you're not gonna like it.
910
01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:54,314
It's going to read, "We wanted a war hero
so badly, we went out and got one."
911
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:57,279
HARVEY: You did your job.
Now, come on home and write it.
912
01:02:57,760 --> 01:03:02,072
LEXIE: You know something, Harvey?
Sometimes this job stinks.
913
01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:05,837
HARVEY: A lot of times, kid.
See you tomorrow.
914
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:08,230
LEXIE: Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.
915
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:28,632
That ought to hold you.
916
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:32,993
How's your hand?
917
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:35,990
I didn't mean to hurt it with my face.
918
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:53,513
I think I'll play for Chicago.
919
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:00,032
I thought you should know.
920
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:04,873
Good team.
921
01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:06,234
When you going?
922
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:09,594
Tomorrow.
923
01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:15,273
We play Chicago Sunday.
924
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:17,755
I know.
925
01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:23,190
Well, then we'll just have to beat you.
926
01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:28,313
Not likely.
927
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:00,718
(PEOPLE MURMURING)
928
01:06:03,400 --> 01:06:05,072
This ought to be good.
929
01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:06,434
Nice turnout.
930
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,032
Gentlemen, thank you very much
for coming out this morning.
931
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:21,192
I will be brief. Two days ago, the Tribune
932
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:25,432
made a salacious and quite outrageous
accusation that my client,
933
01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:27,715
Carter Rutherford, a great war hero,
934
01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:30,519
was less than truthful about
his service to his country.
935
01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:32,591
They produced one witness.
936
01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:37,993
Anonymously. One man, who'd served
alongside Carter on the frontlines.
937
01:06:38,080 --> 01:06:40,594
The only other corroborating story
came from
938
01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:44,639
Miss Lexie Littleton,
who claimed that Carter confessed to her
939
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:47,553
that his war story was a lie.
940
01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:49,835
However, I have with me today
941
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:53,549
Mr Mack Steiner, a veteran of the Great War.
942
01:06:53,640 --> 01:06:55,710
Mr Steiner, please.
943
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,915
(CLEARS THROAT) Hello.
My name is Lieutenant Mack Steiner.
944
01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,309
I am a veteran of the Great War.
945
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:09,915
I also served with Mr Rutherford in that war.
946
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,072
And I think what would be
of most interest to you
947
01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:17,631
is that I am the source the Tribune
has quoted in its damning article.
948
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:22,110
All I can tell you is that article,
written by Miss Littleton,
949
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:26,557
is filled with half-truths
and exaggerated facts.
950
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:28,232
(AUDIENCE MURMURING IN SURPRISE)
951
01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:30,311
The whole truth
952
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:33,995
is that Mr Rutherford is a war hero.
953
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:35,991
I was honoured to serve with him!
954
01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:40,275
So who got to you, Mack?
How much you getting paid?
955
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:41,515
Once again we...
956
01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:43,989
How much are you getting paid, huh, Mack?
957
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:45,479
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
958
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:48,552
We demand that the Tribune
issue an apology
959
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:51,359
and recant this story immediately!
960
01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:53,398
Come back, Miss Littleton!
961
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,357
Come back and face your critics!
962
01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:57,317
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
963
01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:00,676
Ladies and gentlemen.
Ladies and gentlemen!
964
01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:01,829
(PEOPLE BECOME SILENT)
965
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:05,708
Good morning, folks.
My name is Pete Harpen.
966
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:08,394
I was a prosecutor
for the State of Wisconsin
967
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:10,311
until 10:00 a.m. this morning.
968
01:08:10,400 --> 01:08:14,871
At that time, Congress appointed me
the Commissioner of Professional Football.
969
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:17,753
This new job will start immediately,
and my first charge
970
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:21,435
will be to get to the bottom of this scandal,
and then move on.
971
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:26,833
That means rules adhered to,
codes of ethics, owners, players.
972
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:31,630
Everything pertaining to football
will now have me to answer to.
973
01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:35,872
And that means right now
the Chicago Tribune has me to answer to.
974
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:39,475
So, fellas,
I think this press conference is concluded.
975
01:08:39,560 --> 01:08:41,312
(ALL CLAMOURING)
976
01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:45,199
It doesn't matter. You're writing a retraction.
977
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:48,192
- But I didn't make it up. The story's true.
- That part doesn't matter.
978
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:50,077
There must have been nine or ten
other soldiers there.
979
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:51,275
Give me a chance to round them up.
980
01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:54,318
Mickey already found five or six.
Private Mike Stone, Private Henry Maggio...
981
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,436
- They all say none of them will talk.
- Little more time, Harvey.
982
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,432
Well, I'll get somebody.
I'll find a couple of those krauts if I have to.
983
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:01,078
We don't have the time, God damn it.
984
01:09:01,160 --> 01:09:02,798
We're cutting our losses and getting out.
985
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:05,269
I'm not gonna write it. You can grab
one of these clowns if you want to,
986
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:07,032
but I'm the one getting my wings clipped.
987
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:08,792
Sorry, Harvey.
Lexie, there's somebody here to see you.
988
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:10,711
- Who?
- Dodge Connelly.
989
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:14,392
(WHISPERING) Tell him I'm not here.
990
01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:15,833
DODGE: I heard that!
991
01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:17,669
(SNARLS)
992
01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:19,352
God damn it.
993
01:09:20,480 --> 01:09:23,836
You know, Dodge, you've got a knack
for showing up at the perfect time.
994
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,639
- Some call it a skill.
- Did you come to gloat?
995
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:29,917
- I was just in the neighbourhood.
- Chicago. Just out for a stroll?
996
01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:36,872
- Can I talk to you in private?
- Fine.
997
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:40,833
LEXIE: So, ready for the big game Sunday?
DODGE: Not really.
998
01:09:40,920 --> 01:09:43,957
Queer, you saying that.
I've never known you to quit before a game.
999
01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:45,672
Well, we got ourselves
a new football commissioner.
1000
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:46,875
He doesn't like the way we play the game.
1001
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:48,791
I know your new appointee.
1002
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:52,919
I've been called to the carpet. I got to go
in tomorrow and lay before the king.
1003
01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:55,560
- You get to keep your job?
- If I play by their rules.
1004
01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:59,389
So play by their rules. It's fourth down.
Punt, you'll get the ball back.
1005
01:09:59,480 --> 01:10:00,799
- Punt?
- That's what I'd do.
1006
01:10:00,880 --> 01:10:01,995
You would, would you?
1007
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:03,638
You get him again next Sunday.
1008
01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:06,518
You go find the rest of the soldiers,
and you get the real story.
1009
01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:09,672
We called them all.
None of them will go on the record.
1010
01:10:09,760 --> 01:10:13,594
So now what, Mr Newspaper Man?
Statue of Liberty play?
1011
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:17,195
- Quit.
- Quit? And do what, Dodge?
1012
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:20,793
- Get married.
- There's a fine idea.
1013
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,348
Can't make it in the big tough man's world,
so get out.
1014
01:10:23,440 --> 01:10:24,839
And who should I marry, Dodge?
1015
01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:27,309
- A farmer? Be a milkmaid?
- Nothing wrong with football players.
1016
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:29,118
Nothing wrong with them?
There's nothing right with them.
1017
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:30,918
Grown men in tights and headgear.
1018
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:32,479
Is that what you came down here for,
Dodge?
1019
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:35,120
To sweep me away from all of this
dull newspaper stuff to get married?
1020
01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:37,953
- As a matter of fact it was.
- Well, tomorrow I've got to...
1021
01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:41,874
It was?
1022
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:46,789
Lexie, Carter Rutherford on the line for you.
1023
01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:51,954
HARVEY: Lexie?
1024
01:10:57,760 --> 01:10:59,512
MICKEY: Should I tell him you're busy?
1025
01:11:07,200 --> 01:11:08,474
You're busy.
1026
01:11:18,280 --> 01:11:19,474
(SIGHS)
1027
01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:22,711
Oh, nuts.
1028
01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:32,033
This better be good.
1029
01:11:34,720 --> 01:11:36,392
Sure is a mess.
1030
01:11:37,480 --> 01:11:39,198
Gonna get worse.
1031
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:40,554
CARTER ON PHONE: For somebody.
1032
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:42,232
Is that what you wanted to say?
1033
01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:46,753
Probably not.
1034
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:50,637
I'll see you at the hearing, Carter.
1035
01:11:50,720 --> 01:11:52,790
I'm sure you'll get everything you want.
1036
01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:55,673
Probably not.
1037
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:13,992
A shot of whisky, please.
1038
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:15,399
(PIANO PLAYING)
1039
01:12:17,240 --> 01:12:18,559
(EXHALING)
1040
01:12:19,960 --> 01:12:21,234
What do you think?
1041
01:12:22,280 --> 01:12:23,554
About?
1042
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:26,949
We got a shot at beating Chicago now?
1043
01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:30,871
You kidding?
We had them beat when we pulled in.
1044
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:32,075
Yup.
1045
01:12:33,440 --> 01:12:36,955
How about that Lexie?
Who'd have thought it?
1046
01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:39,153
Not me.
1047
01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:41,992
I liked her, too.
1048
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:43,593
MAN: Stand ready, boys.
1049
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:45,432
(MEN CHATTERING)
1050
01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:49,989
(LAUGHS)
1051
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:53,914
Say, Mac. Give me some beers
and a bottle of your second-finest bourbon.
1052
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,078
(SOLDIERS LAUGHING)
1053
01:12:57,760 --> 01:12:58,749
Thank you.
1054
01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:02,233
SOLDIER 1: A toast! A toast!
1055
01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:04,470
To the greatest football team in the world!
1056
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:07,474
- Chicago!
- SOLDIERS: To Chicago!
1057
01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:11,192
To the Bulldogs!
1058
01:13:11,280 --> 01:13:12,269
(ALL LAUGHING)
1059
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:14,920
To the greatest game in the world!
1060
01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:23,198
Get the hell off me, shit for brains!
1061
01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:26,877
DODGE: Put the boy down, asshole.
1062
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:29,359
(SIGHING)
1063
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:34,433
We were just horsing around.
1064
01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:38,477
There's no need to call
people names, Grandpa.
1065
01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:40,039
(PIANO STOPS)
1066
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:54,789
Now, I appreciate that
you fellows are in uniform,
1067
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:58,668
so I'm going to give you an opportunity
to extract yourself from this situation.
1068
01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:01,718
- To do what?
- Back off the throttle, kid.
1069
01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:05,110
I sure do hate to hit an old man.
1070
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:08,873
(PIANO PLAYING)
1071
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:10,552
(GLASS SHATTERING)
1072
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:11,959
(GRUNTING)
1073
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:31,589
(GRUNTS)
1074
01:14:31,680 --> 01:14:32,954
Sorry, Dodge.
1075
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:38,232
Hey, Dodge!
1076
01:14:39,800 --> 01:14:40,789
Eddie?
1077
01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:43,155
Jesus, it's been years. You look great!
1078
01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:45,192
You do, too. You still in uniform?
1079
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:46,872
I'm a sergeant now. No more taking orders.
1080
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,669
Hey, Frankie, this is Dodge Connelly.
We fought in France together.
1081
01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:53,558
- You don't say. Nice to meet you.
- You, too.
1082
01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:54,829
Yeah.
1083
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:56,952
So, what are you doing in town?
1084
01:14:57,040 --> 01:14:59,270
We're off to China in a week.
Thought we'd hit the town.
1085
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:00,588
This is the best spot.
1086
01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:01,669
(CRASHING)
1087
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:05,469
ALL: Over there, over there
1088
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:09,594
Send the word, send the word over there
1089
01:15:09,960 --> 01:15:14,431
That the Yanks are coming
The Yanks are coming
1090
01:15:14,520 --> 01:15:18,399
The drums rum-tumming everywhere
1091
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:20,550
So prepare
1092
01:15:20,640 --> 01:15:22,312
When you shipping out?
1093
01:15:22,400 --> 01:15:25,517
Friday. We're gonna hit all the joints
and try to get in the game in the morning.
1094
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:29,030
You know, Eddie, I play for the Bulldogs.
1095
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,429
I know, Dodge. Everybody knows.
1096
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:33,909
They do? What do they say about me?
1097
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,798
They like you, but the game's changing.
1098
01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:39,235
Yeah. For the better?
1099
01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:43,871
Don't know. I do know we like the Bullet.
He plays for us now.
1100
01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:47,157
Yeah. He's a hell of a player.
1101
01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:49,390
And a war hero, no thanks to the Tribune.
1102
01:15:49,480 --> 01:15:53,359
ALL: We'll be over, we're coming over
1103
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:59,959
And we won't come back till it's over
over there
1104
01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:01,514
What time is it?
1105
01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:03,753
6:00 a.m.
1106
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:07,871
Eddie, you want to get your boys
in the game this afternoon?
1107
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,029
Do I?
1108
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,157
Can I borrow something from you fellas?
In exchange for front-row seats.
1109
01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:16,357
Depends. Just what do you want to borrow?
1110
01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:20,076
ALL: The drums rum-tumming everywhere
1111
01:16:20,560 --> 01:16:24,633
So prepare, say a prayer
1112
01:16:24,960 --> 01:16:29,192
Send the word, send the word to beware
1113
01:16:29,760 --> 01:16:34,754
We'll be over, we're coming over
1114
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:41,354
And we won't come back till it's over
over there
1115
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:44,753
(GLASSES TAP)
1116
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:51,350
Mr Harpen will see you now.
1117
01:16:53,320 --> 01:16:55,390
Funny how things work out.
1118
01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:58,032
New set of rules today.
1119
01:16:59,480 --> 01:17:01,710
Why was this woman put on the story?
1120
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,509
Harvey, I think that question is for you.
1121
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:08,033
She's the best.
1122
01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:09,394
Is that right?
1123
01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:11,832
Miss Littleton, are you the best?
1124
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:14,391
You want me to answer that?
1125
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:16,993
We'll get back to you.
1126
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:21,197
Mr Rutherford, the story of your
accomplishments smells of legend.
1127
01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:23,919
CC: Mr Commissioner,
the men who served with Carter back up...
1128
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:25,718
Back his story? That's fine.
1129
01:17:25,800 --> 01:17:28,553
There were many fine men
who served in this war.
1130
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:30,870
Let's say you just sit there, CC.
1131
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:33,433
I know you.
1132
01:17:37,480 --> 01:17:39,710
Harvey, I want that retraction in your paper.
1133
01:17:40,760 --> 01:17:42,352
Front page.
1134
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:47,432
Miss Littleton, you're going to write it,
or I'll run you out of this town on a rail.
1135
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:49,158
- It's going to run tomorrow morning.
- I'll resign.
1136
01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:50,309
That's fine.
1137
01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:52,470
Mickey Patterson from the Metro desk
can write it.
1138
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:56,269
And may I just add that although
you cannot un-tell a lie,
1139
01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:59,636
I hope the Tribune will bend over backwards
to restore the reputation of my client.
1140
01:17:59,720 --> 01:18:00,789
(RECEPTIONIST SHOUTING)
1141
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:02,598
We have many lucrative contracts...
1142
01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:04,272
I'm sorry, Mr Harpen. He just barged in!
1143
01:18:04,360 --> 01:18:05,839
It was important for me to be here,
1144
01:18:05,920 --> 01:18:08,480
- since it's my player that's been traded.
- PETE: It's all right, Bonnie.
1145
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:10,835
Mr Connelly, the Chicago trade
is not one of the subjects...
1146
01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:12,148
Hey, Carter, how's tricks?
1147
01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:13,832
Don't you have a game today?
You look like hell.
1148
01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:15,433
That's because I've been up
drinking all night.
1149
01:18:15,520 --> 01:18:16,555
Say, Lexie!
1150
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:17,914
(WHISPERING) Say, Dodge.
What are you doing?
1151
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:19,433
Here's the skinny.
1152
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:21,511
So, I'm out all night at a joint called
The Green Room,
1153
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:22,635
where they serve liquor.
1154
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,199
Which is illegal, last time I checked.
1155
01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:27,511
Right you are, Pete,
and a young cocktail waitress named Ya Ya
1156
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:31,673
said to send you her best,
which from what I hear, is miraculous.
1157
01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:34,354
Not key to this story. My point is, I was out
1158
01:18:34,440 --> 01:18:36,715
drinking and celebrating
with a bunch of Chicago fans
1159
01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,360
who also happen to be veterans
of the Great War.
1160
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:41,396
As what goes on at a place like this,
we get to talking,
1161
01:18:41,480 --> 01:18:44,074
and you come to find out that
six or seven of these fellas
1162
01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:46,913
served with Carter
when he beat the Kaiser single-handedly.
1163
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:51,755
PETE: Well, Mr Connelly, we've established
that Mr Rutherford's war record is intact.
1164
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:53,239
Right you are, Pete.
1165
01:18:53,320 --> 01:18:55,754
So I tell these guys
that I'm playing with Carter later on today,
1166
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:59,435
and they tell me that they really
want to see their buddy face to face.
1167
01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:02,712
PETE: To thank him, I would suppose.
1168
01:19:02,800 --> 01:19:05,268
I can't think of any other reason.
Can you, Carter?
1169
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:09,791
So here's the fun part. I say to myself,
1170
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:11,598
I say, "Dodge, what the hell!
1171
01:19:11,680 --> 01:19:14,956
"Carter's just down at the courthouse.
These fellows can see him right now!"
1172
01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:18,191
They flipped. They jumped into the back
of the truck. They're down here right now,
1173
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:21,113
in the pouring rain,
waiting to see their buddy.
1174
01:19:21,200 --> 01:19:22,952
Carter, they really wanted to see you.
1175
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:25,395
There's this one fellow,
I don't remember his name.
1176
01:19:25,480 --> 01:19:28,313
Little guy, he's got dark hair, he's...
1177
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:29,674
Private Maggio?
1178
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:31,273
Maggio, yeah. He's a lieutenant now.
1179
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,432
And then another guy,
big, stocky fellow with a crew cut.
1180
01:19:34,520 --> 01:19:36,317
He's bulky, kind of heavy-set.
1181
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:37,992
- Stone?
- Mike Stone?
1182
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:40,150
Mike Stone! Mike Stone.
Yeah, he's put on a lot of weight.
1183
01:19:40,240 --> 01:19:43,073
Pete, come on, let's do a little something
nice for our boys in the uniform.
1184
01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:46,470
Well, let's make it quick. Bonnie,
send those soldiers up, if you would.
1185
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:49,916
Hey, boys! Come on up here!
He's dying to see you!
1186
01:19:51,840 --> 01:19:53,671
- What did he say?
- SOLDIER 1: He wants us to go up.
1187
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:55,193
SOLDIER 2: Come on, we got to go.
1188
01:19:57,600 --> 01:19:59,192
CC: Let's go down and meet them.
They don't have to walk up.
1189
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,077
PETE: CC, I'd like to thank
those fellows for their service.
1190
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:04,197
CC: They shouldn't come in here.
It would be a mistake for them to come here.
1191
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:05,633
PETE: What are you talking about,
mistake?
1192
01:20:05,720 --> 01:20:06,755
CC: Because these soldiers,
1193
01:20:06,840 --> 01:20:08,478
they've been up all night at a speakeasy
with some gal named Ya Ya.
1194
01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:10,596
What do you say we just stop?
1195
01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:13,069
- No...
- CC, stop.
1196
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:26,157
It's my fault. I should have put an end to it.
1197
01:20:26,840 --> 01:20:28,432
Put an end to what?
1198
01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:35,954
It's all true.
1199
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:38,311
Lexie's story.
1200
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:40,516
And the soldiers down in that truck,
they know it.
1201
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:44,958
That's why CC doesn't want these fellows
to come up here.
1202
01:20:48,160 --> 01:20:50,230
What about Mack Steiner's story?
1203
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,750
I guess CC paid him off.
1204
01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:06,072
Sit down, all of you.
1205
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:17,312
It's funny how things work out.
1206
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:21,671
Lexie, you and Harvey can go.
1207
01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:24,391
You're not going to write a retraction.
1208
01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:27,517
I thought you'd see it our way,
Commissioner. I'll get my hat.
1209
01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:32,149
HARVEY: Lexie.
1210
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:36,314
LEXIE: Thanks, fellas.
1211
01:21:40,760 --> 01:21:42,034
See you, Lex.
1212
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,030
Be seeing you, Dodge.
1213
01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:49,559
(DOOR CLOSING)
1214
01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:54,156
I'll be with you in a second, Mr Connelly.
1215
01:21:58,400 --> 01:22:01,915
Mr Rutherford, you got one play here.
1216
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:03,879
You go to the press and tell them
1217
01:22:03,960 --> 01:22:07,748
you were part of a great group of boys
who fought for their country,
1218
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:09,751
and you got too much credit.
1219
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:14,312
You think that will settle it?
1220
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:19,833
That, and you're gonna donate 50%
of your earnings to the American Legion.
1221
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:23,398
- Is that before or after commissions?
- Before.
1222
01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:26,549
But that's not gonna matter
a whole hell of a lot.
1223
01:22:29,360 --> 01:22:31,590
Got a new book of rules.
1224
01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:38,993
"All agents and representatives of players
will be licensed by the state."
1225
01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:40,877
I'm the state.
1226
01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:43,758
I'm the one who approves your licence, CC.
1227
01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:45,353
You're out of football.
1228
01:22:46,760 --> 01:22:48,398
I'll fight you in court.
1229
01:22:48,480 --> 01:22:50,630
You get your lawyer, I'll get mine.
1230
01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:58,633
Good day, gentlemen.
1231
01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:23,520
It is funny how things work out.
1232
01:23:24,080 --> 01:23:25,638
Do you know Chicago bookmakers
1233
01:23:25,720 --> 01:23:29,633
are betting on the game of professional
football not lasting a year?
1234
01:23:29,720 --> 01:23:31,472
Even with Carter.
1235
01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:35,197
And then where will all the little boys
who won't grow up go?
1236
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:41,272
There's always baseball.
1237
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:50,356
How much longer you think
you might be playing?
1238
01:23:50,440 --> 01:23:51,589
Why?
1239
01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:56,873
The game of professional football
has come of age.
1240
01:23:56,960 --> 01:24:00,157
Now we got to abide by
a uniform set of rules.
1241
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,678
It's too much, too much money now.
1242
01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:08,077
No more hiding footballs under your jersey.
1243
01:24:08,160 --> 01:24:11,994
No more Pig in the Poke.
No more Crusty Bobs.
1244
01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:17,512
No more all-nights in a speakeasy
with my friend Ya Ya.
1245
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:20,990
It's time for you to retire, Dodge.
1246
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:25,272
But you can't make me.
1247
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:27,674
No.
1248
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:31,757
But I can fine the hell out of you
till you're broke.
1249
01:24:32,960 --> 01:24:36,475
And if you pull a stunt today,
I'll kick you out.
1250
01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:39,030
- You got that much gas?
- Try me.
1251
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:45,158
Have a good game today, Dodge.
1252
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:47,992
Have a good, clean game.
1253
01:24:58,120 --> 01:24:59,269
(SIGHING)
1254
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:00,475
Thanks, fellas.
1255
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:02,949
- SOLDIER 1: It doesn't seem fair.
- We never played any game clean.
1256
01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:05,998
- We played Wabash clean last year.
- SOLDIER 2: They only had nine men.
1257
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,672
Yeah, but still...
1258
01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:19,119
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
good afternoon and welcome.
1259
01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:23,034
It is a fine day for professional football
here in Chicago.
1260
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:26,954
Rain has been coming down in buckets
but, at least for the moment, has subsided.
1261
01:25:27,040 --> 01:25:28,792
That's making for some muddy conditions
1262
01:25:28,880 --> 01:25:31,917
as the league-leading Chicago team,
with their new star
1263
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:33,513
Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford,
1264
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,910
hosts the Duluth Bulldogs,
who are out for revenge.
1265
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:38,718
Field conditions are simply horrible.
1266
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:41,268
That should favour
the ground game of Chicago.
1267
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:43,078
But the real story today is the match-up
1268
01:25:43,160 --> 01:25:45,958
between the Bullet
and old team-mate Dodge Connelly.
1269
01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:48,998
And we're proud to bring you
all the action live on the radio.
1270
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:52,550
Joining me in the broadcast booth
is Saul Keller, our sound engineer.
1271
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:55,473
And we remind you that our programme
is brought to you in part by
1272
01:25:55,560 --> 01:25:57,835
Coca-Cola, "Delicious and refreshing,"
1273
01:25:57,920 --> 01:26:00,480
and Standard Motor Gasoline.
1274
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,238
(BAND PLAYING)
1275
01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:03,833
(CROWD BOOING)
1276
01:26:16,320 --> 01:26:18,550
Go home, you bums!
1277
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,957
I hope Big Gus didn't stretch
your uniform out too bad, Eddie.
1278
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:28,314
Lose this one for us, will you, Dodge?
1279
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:30,793
We just might.
1280
01:26:30,920 --> 01:26:32,478
(BAND PLAYING)
1281
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:11,956
Never thought I'd see the day.
1282
01:27:12,040 --> 01:27:13,314
Times are changing.
1283
01:27:13,440 --> 01:27:15,078
It's a hell of a thing.
1284
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:16,912
You can't say "hell" over the radio.
1285
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:18,795
Why not?
1286
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:20,552
Those are the rules.
1287
01:27:20,640 --> 01:27:21,755
Jesus.
1288
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:23,831
You can't say "Jesus," either!
1289
01:27:33,200 --> 01:27:35,509
- Say, Sudsey.
- Hiya, doll.
1290
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:38,439
Hell of a crowd.
1291
01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:40,033
Are you two related?
1292
01:27:43,200 --> 01:27:45,350
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well,
we are ready for the coin toss.
1293
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:49,353
The two captains, Connelly and Rutherford,
are going to head to the 50-yard line.
1294
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:53,274
And who wouldn't want to be down there
on the field for this exchange?
1295
01:27:59,800 --> 01:28:01,233
PETE: Dodge.
1296
01:28:01,320 --> 01:28:02,753
- Fellas.
- PETE: Carter.
1297
01:28:02,840 --> 01:28:05,638
Okay, so, the winner of the coin toss
1298
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:07,950
gets to determine which side of the field
they want to play on.
1299
01:28:08,040 --> 01:28:11,555
For example, Dodge,
if you want to play from this end zone...
1300
01:28:12,880 --> 01:28:13,995
(SIGHING)
1301
01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:15,991
Jimmy, what happens after that?
1302
01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:18,992
It's a new rule.
1303
01:28:25,080 --> 01:28:29,039
Oh, yeah. Okay. Then the opposing team,
that would be you, Carter,
1304
01:28:29,120 --> 01:28:31,031
you decide whether you want to kick off
or receive.
1305
01:28:31,120 --> 01:28:33,714
And that's all determined by the coin toss.
1306
01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:34,994
Who calls that?
1307
01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:37,108
(SIGHING)
1308
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:40,472
Hell, I don't care.
1309
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:43,916
Carter, you call it. You're the home team.
1310
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:45,911
Write that down. That's a good one.
1311
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:47,715
Heads.
1312
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:55,115
It's heads.
1313
01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:56,235
We'll take the ball.
1314
01:28:57,720 --> 01:28:58,835
(CROWD CHEERING)
1315
01:28:58,920 --> 01:28:59,989
We'll take that side of the field.
1316
01:29:00,080 --> 01:29:02,913
PETE: Okay, well,
then let's get this damn thing started!
1317
01:29:05,560 --> 01:29:07,232
It's a whole new game.
1318
01:29:07,880 --> 01:29:10,519
- I'll try not to hurt you.
- CARTER: Yeah, you do that.
1319
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:18,994
RADIO ANNOUNCER: And here we go, folks.
Duluth is set to kick off to Chicago.
1320
01:29:19,080 --> 01:29:21,435
Hardleg Hansen boots the ball in the air.
1321
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:23,238
And Rutherford snags it.
1322
01:29:23,320 --> 01:29:26,551
He's to the 10, the 20.
Look out, he's at the 30!
1323
01:29:26,640 --> 01:29:28,835
Side-stepped Ralph Banning.
Look at him go!
1324
01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:31,718
He's at the 40, the 50!
He's got one guy to beat.
1325
01:29:31,800 --> 01:29:34,473
Yes, folks, it's number 7, Dodge Connelly!
1326
01:29:34,560 --> 01:29:37,916
Connelly brings down Rutherford
at the Bulldogs' 49-yard line.
1327
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:41,709
Chicago fans are on their feet.
Now, that's how you start a game!
1328
01:29:41,800 --> 01:29:42,915
Wow!
1329
01:29:46,440 --> 01:29:49,637
CHICAGO PLAYER: 18, 24, hike!
1330
01:29:50,760 --> 01:29:53,957
RADIO ANNOUNCER: The ball is handed
off to Rutherford at the line of scrimmage,
1331
01:29:54,040 --> 01:29:58,352
and he's slammed to the ground by
Big Gus Schiller from Penrose High School.
1332
01:30:01,400 --> 01:30:02,674
CHICAGO PLAYER: It's a run.
1333
01:30:10,040 --> 01:30:11,155
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
1334
01:30:11,240 --> 01:30:13,470
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well,
after three very safe plays,
1335
01:30:13,560 --> 01:30:15,869
Chicago is finding itself facing a fourth down
1336
01:30:15,960 --> 01:30:17,473
with 8 yards to go.
1337
01:30:17,560 --> 01:30:21,075
They'll line up for a field goal and hope
to walk away with just three points here.
1338
01:30:21,400 --> 01:30:24,198
That is some well-played defence
by the Bulldogs.
1339
01:30:24,280 --> 01:30:25,315
(CROWD BOOING)
1340
01:30:25,400 --> 01:30:27,834
It's all right, fellas.
We're just going to wear them down.
1341
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:31,435
Let's take three and put them
back on their heels, all right? Let's go.
1342
01:30:32,520 --> 01:30:37,310
Hauser is lined up for the kick.
The snap is down and the kick is...
1343
01:30:38,440 --> 01:30:40,192
Good!
1344
01:30:40,280 --> 01:30:41,918
It only took six minutes into the first quarter
1345
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:43,956
to get on the board,
and Chicago has done it.
1346
01:30:44,040 --> 01:30:45,359
They lead, 3 to nil.
1347
01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:47,874
Legs Hauser is set to kick off for Chicago.
1348
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:50,076
Sudsey, can I have
a shot of your giggle water?
1349
01:30:50,160 --> 01:30:52,958
Yeah, but don't drink it all. I'm in need.
1350
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:58,832
Word is the new commissioner told Dodge
he had to play the game clean
1351
01:30:58,920 --> 01:31:00,831
or he'd kick him out of football.
1352
01:31:00,920 --> 01:31:02,399
Clean?
1353
01:31:02,480 --> 01:31:05,552
No Pig in a Poke? No Chasing the Cattail?
1354
01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:07,392
Not even a Crusty Bob.
1355
01:31:09,160 --> 01:31:10,593
Christ!
1356
01:31:12,480 --> 01:31:13,754
Sorry.
1357
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:16,511
Can he win like that?
1358
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:18,670
Without question, he cannot.
1359
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:21,633
But the worst part is...
1360
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:22,789
Boring.
1361
01:31:23,320 --> 01:31:25,515
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well, with 10
minutes left to go in the second quarter,
1362
01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:30,116
Chicago still leads, 3 to nothing.
Neither team seems to be moving the ball.
1363
01:31:30,200 --> 01:31:33,795
The Bulldogs with just 48 yards
of total offence.
1364
01:31:34,120 --> 01:31:35,712
(WHISTLE BLOWING)
1365
01:31:38,200 --> 01:31:40,316
All right, how many yards did we get,
seven?
1366
01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:41,389
Two.
1367
01:31:41,480 --> 01:31:43,391
- Really?
- One-and-a-half.
1368
01:31:43,480 --> 01:31:46,153
- What down is it, second?
- Third. Third.
1369
01:31:46,240 --> 01:31:48,390
- All right, let's throw the ball down the field.
- Okay.
1370
01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:51,392
Curly, you run down the sideline,
and you beat that dwarf to the 40, okay?
1371
01:31:51,480 --> 01:31:52,515
- Okay, Dodge.
- All right.
1372
01:31:58,240 --> 01:32:01,437
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well, the first half has
ended pretty much the way we started here,
1373
01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:03,317
3 to nil, Chicago.
1374
01:32:03,400 --> 01:32:04,879
And after two quarters of play,
1375
01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:08,111
I guess you could blame
the low-scoring game on field conditions.
1376
01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:09,679
That's all right, Ralphie.
1377
01:32:09,760 --> 01:32:11,239
We can win this.
1378
01:32:11,320 --> 01:32:14,630
They just want to wear us down,
but we can win this!
1379
01:32:14,720 --> 01:32:16,790
Come on. Tell them, Dodge.
1380
01:32:17,720 --> 01:32:19,995
- We can win this.
- FRANK: Yeah!
1381
01:32:20,080 --> 01:32:22,958
Yeah, Bulldogs! Come on, guys.
1382
01:32:24,160 --> 01:32:26,151
Put it down with the Bulldogs. Come on.
1383
01:32:26,240 --> 01:32:28,117
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Gone are the big plays.
1384
01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:31,237
Gone are the on-field antics
that have made this Duluth team
1385
01:32:31,320 --> 01:32:33,231
so successful up to now.
1386
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:36,909
So far, the big match-up between
Dodge Connelly and Carter Rutherford
1387
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:39,719
seems to be little more
than a wrestling match in the mud.
1388
01:32:40,280 --> 01:32:44,876
BULLDOGS PLAYER: 57, 20 and hike!
1389
01:32:52,520 --> 01:32:54,351
RADIO ANNOUNCER: It looks
like Lake Michigan out there
1390
01:32:54,440 --> 01:32:56,476
and certainly seems to
be affecting both teams.
1391
01:33:04,640 --> 01:33:05,914
Go on in.
1392
01:33:12,600 --> 01:33:14,192
What? I've never heard of that!
1393
01:33:14,280 --> 01:33:15,474
You can't block a man in the back!
1394
01:33:15,560 --> 01:33:18,518
You got to be kidding me!
Not even at his knees?
1395
01:33:20,200 --> 01:33:23,670
Pall Mall for that smooth, go anywhere taste.
1396
01:33:29,680 --> 01:33:31,398
(GASPING)
1397
01:33:31,480 --> 01:33:33,311
RADIO ANNOUNCER: And as
we head into the fourth quarter here,
1398
01:33:33,400 --> 01:33:37,473
the scoreboard still reads
Chicago 3, Duluth 0.
1399
01:33:37,560 --> 01:33:41,269
Today's match-up not exactly
the offensive showdown we'd hoped for.
1400
01:33:41,360 --> 01:33:43,669
More like a muddy snooze fest so far
1401
01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:46,274
as Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford has
a grand total of about 300 yards...
1402
01:33:46,360 --> 01:33:47,952
I can't tell who's who.
1403
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:50,838
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well, folks, with just
under a minute left in the fourth quarter,
1404
01:33:50,920 --> 01:33:53,673
Duluth is pinned down on their own 35.
1405
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:55,352
It's fourth down at four yards to go.
1406
01:33:55,440 --> 01:33:58,079
The Bulldogs really have no choice
but to go for it.
1407
01:34:01,240 --> 01:34:04,437
Connelly takes a lateral from Zoom,
and look out, he's at the 45!
1408
01:34:04,520 --> 01:34:07,318
The 50! Rutherford tailing him!
He's at the 45!
1409
01:34:07,400 --> 01:34:09,960
Rutherford hot on his heels!
He brings down Connelly
1410
01:34:10,360 --> 01:34:13,033
on the 38-yard line of Chicago!
How about that?
1411
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:14,109
(CROWD BOOING)
1412
01:34:14,200 --> 01:34:17,397
Time-out on the field now,
and these fans are not happy.
1413
01:34:17,480 --> 01:34:20,119
And they're letting Rutherford
and his boys know.
1414
01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:25,317
- How many time-outs we got left?
- ZOOM: Two.
1415
01:34:25,400 --> 01:34:27,675
Two? Good. We got time for two more plays.
1416
01:34:27,760 --> 01:34:28,829
We're gonna take it down the right side,
1417
01:34:28,920 --> 01:34:30,990
we're gonna get it out of bounds
and stop the clock.
1418
01:34:31,080 --> 01:34:34,038
Get about 8 more yards,
then Hardleg can tie this thing up.
1419
01:34:38,680 --> 01:34:39,954
What?
1420
01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:43,230
Let's just beat them now, Dodge.
1421
01:35:21,880 --> 01:35:23,632
You guys having fun?
1422
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:26,114
(BULLDOGS PLAYERS LAUGHING)
1423
01:35:26,200 --> 01:35:27,474
ZOOM: Heck, yeah.
1424
01:35:31,880 --> 01:35:35,316
Okay, God damn it. Let's beat them now.
1425
01:35:35,400 --> 01:35:38,517
I got a new play.
It's called the Sergeant York.
1426
01:35:54,280 --> 01:35:56,589
BULLDOGS PLAYER: Listen up, watch
the wing. Nobody gets out of bounds.
1427
01:35:56,680 --> 01:35:58,477
(BULLDOGS PLAYER SHOUTS)
1428
01:35:58,560 --> 01:36:01,438
BULLDOGS PLAYER: 15, 33, hike!
1429
01:36:03,160 --> 01:36:05,628
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Bulldogs run
a sweep to the right side of the field,
1430
01:36:05,720 --> 01:36:07,915
and that's not fooling anyone.
1431
01:36:14,680 --> 01:36:16,716
(CHICAGO PLAYER CHATTERING)
1432
01:36:24,040 --> 01:36:25,234
- Stretcher!
- Stretcher!
1433
01:36:25,320 --> 01:36:27,629
RADIO ANNOUNCER: And there
seems to be an injury on the field.
1434
01:36:27,720 --> 01:36:30,109
A Duluth player,
can't quite make out which one.
1435
01:36:30,200 --> 01:36:32,430
They're gonna bring
the stretcher out to pick him up,
1436
01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:34,829
but, boy, you hate to see that,
especially so late in the game.
1437
01:36:34,920 --> 01:36:36,831
Just 15 seconds left to go here.
1438
01:36:36,920 --> 01:36:40,469
That's bad luck for Coach Ferguson, too.
He's down to just 10 players.
1439
01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:41,879
You need another player.
1440
01:36:42,280 --> 01:36:44,794
Well, that's all we got. We'll go with 10.
1441
01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:47,633
RADIO ANNOUNCER: And that's
going to cost him one of his time-outs.
1442
01:36:47,720 --> 01:36:49,950
See if you can see which player that is.
1443
01:36:51,240 --> 01:36:52,673
Where's Dodge?
1444
01:36:52,760 --> 01:36:55,593
No time on the clock!
Watch that line. Nobody gets out of bounds!
1445
01:36:55,680 --> 01:36:57,830
Watch that line. Nobody gets out of bounds!
1446
01:37:01,640 --> 01:37:02,789
BULLDOGS PLAYER: Nine!
1447
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:05,435
Twenty-one!
1448
01:37:07,160 --> 01:37:09,879
Here we go! No time left! This is it, boys!
1449
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:18,998
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Zoom takes
the snap. And here comes Chicago.
1450
01:37:19,080 --> 01:37:21,594
He looks down the field. He's still looking.
1451
01:37:21,680 --> 01:37:23,557
All the receivers are well covered.
1452
01:37:23,640 --> 01:37:26,359
Zoom slides left,
almost gets tackled by his own player!
1453
01:37:26,800 --> 01:37:30,475
Rutherford has him in his sights!
There's the gun! No time left!
1454
01:37:32,680 --> 01:37:34,671
Zoom throws up a Hail Mary!
1455
01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:36,478
The ball's in the air.
1456
01:37:37,240 --> 01:37:38,275
And...
1457
01:37:41,560 --> 01:37:45,030
It popped right out of the hands
of Bakes Davis!
1458
01:37:45,120 --> 01:37:49,398
I can't tell. The ball is somewhere down
in a pile of some four or five players.
1459
01:37:50,160 --> 01:37:52,833
The referee is pulling them apart, and...
1460
01:37:54,360 --> 01:37:55,839
It's...
1461
01:37:57,560 --> 01:38:00,120
It's intercepted! It's intercepted!
1462
01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:04,558
Chicago wins!
My, oh my, oh my, what a finish!
1463
01:38:04,640 --> 01:38:09,270
Chicago has intercepted and blanked the
Bulldogs today, and this crowd is loving it!
1464
01:38:09,480 --> 01:38:10,469
Yeah!
1465
01:38:28,440 --> 01:38:30,635
- Where's Dodge?
- What?
1466
01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:40,034
RADIO ANNOUNCER: Wait a minute. There
seems to be some confusion on the field.
1467
01:38:42,080 --> 01:38:44,310
Ich gebe auf!
1468
01:38:45,480 --> 01:38:47,311
Ich gebe auf!
1469
01:38:48,720 --> 01:38:50,472
Ich gebe auf!
1470
01:38:54,520 --> 01:38:58,354
RADIO ANNOUNCER: It's a touchdown,
not an interception! A touchdown!
1471
01:38:58,600 --> 01:39:01,478
Dodge Connelly has caught the ball
in the end zone with no time left!
1472
01:39:01,560 --> 01:39:04,757
Duluth has stunned this crowd!
The Bulldogs won!
1473
01:39:04,840 --> 01:39:06,558
They won! They won!
1474
01:39:06,640 --> 01:39:08,995
The Bulldogs have beat Chicago, 6 to 3.
1475
01:39:09,080 --> 01:39:12,436
It's a Bulldog victory! Fantastic finish!
1476
01:39:12,520 --> 01:39:13,794
(BOTH WHOOPING)
1477
01:39:21,600 --> 01:39:25,115
Dodge caught the ball!
Dodge caught the ball!
1478
01:39:33,240 --> 01:39:34,593
Shit.
1479
01:39:55,160 --> 01:39:57,594
They're going to kick you out
for that one, Dodge.
1480
01:39:58,040 --> 01:39:59,473
Yes, they will.
1481
01:40:00,760 --> 01:40:01,795
It was fun.
1482
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:10,034
Take care, Carter.
1483
01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:12,675
Dodge.
1484
01:40:17,720 --> 01:40:19,870
I'm going to confess everything tomorrow.
1485
01:40:21,160 --> 01:40:22,832
The whole story.
1486
01:40:28,080 --> 01:40:29,308
(SIGHS)
1487
01:40:31,320 --> 01:40:32,309
Yeah.
1488
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:39,911
I was with Sergeant York that day that
he took out 30 Germans single-handedly.
1489
01:40:40,720 --> 01:40:43,280
He got a lot of them. I got a few myself.
1490
01:40:45,080 --> 01:40:47,469
We like our heroes, Carter.
1491
01:40:50,680 --> 01:40:52,591
- You just made that up.
- Yes, I did.
1492
01:41:02,440 --> 01:41:03,475
Be seeing you.
1493
01:41:36,680 --> 01:41:38,989
So, I'm working on my lead story
for tomorrow.
1494
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:41,594
Headline's something about
1495
01:41:41,680 --> 01:41:44,638
a single man taking on
an entire team by himself.
1496
01:41:44,720 --> 01:41:47,393
Well, there were other players on my team.
1497
01:41:47,480 --> 01:41:49,232
I was talking about Carter.
1498
01:41:50,040 --> 01:41:51,632
So you're a sportswriter now.
1499
01:41:52,280 --> 01:41:53,599
Why not?
1500
01:41:53,680 --> 01:41:55,671
Well, certain jobs are always
going to be done by men.
1501
01:41:56,320 --> 01:41:59,198
Big, strapping men? What else?
1502
01:41:59,640 --> 01:42:01,870
Auto mechanics, plumbers...
1503
01:42:02,360 --> 01:42:03,952
Motorcycles?
1504
01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:06,113
You want to drive?
1505
01:42:06,840 --> 01:42:09,718
Hop on, Mr Connelly.
I'll buy you a soda pop.
1506
01:42:20,520 --> 01:42:22,158
(ENGINE STARTING)
1507
01:42:30,720 --> 01:42:32,551
Worried about your reputation?
1508
01:42:36,320 --> 01:42:38,072
As a matter of fact, I am.
1509
01:42:52,120 --> 01:42:54,350
The trick is to hang on.
1510
01:43:00,040 --> 01:43:03,112
LEXIE: What will become of us, Dodge?
1511
01:43:03,200 --> 01:43:06,715
Ride off into the sunset?
Live happily ever after?
1512
01:43:07,160 --> 01:43:09,230
- Well, marriage.
- Of course.
1513
01:43:09,320 --> 01:43:12,039
- Kids, I suppose.
- Naturally.
1514
01:43:12,440 --> 01:43:14,510
I guess some sort of scandal.
1515
01:43:15,800 --> 01:43:18,109
- Taxes, maybe.
- Lose all our money.
1516
01:43:18,200 --> 01:43:19,758
The family home?
1517
01:43:19,840 --> 01:43:21,432
Then, after a brief turn in jail...
1518
01:43:21,800 --> 01:43:23,233
LEXIE: You'll like it there!
1519
01:43:23,320 --> 01:43:24,753
DODGE: Not me, you.
1520
01:43:25,080 --> 01:43:26,195
(LEXIE LAUGHING)
1521
01:43:26,280 --> 01:43:28,271
LEXIE: Quickly followed by dementia.
1522
01:43:28,360 --> 01:43:29,713
DODGE: What was your name, again?
1523
01:43:30,120 --> 01:43:32,429
- My friends call me Lexie.
- Fine.
1524
01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:34,750
You can call me Miss Littleton.
1525
01:43:35,160 --> 01:43:38,038
That'd be nice. Well, Miss Littleton...
1526
01:43:38,520 --> 01:43:43,007
You should be warned that the way
you're holding me now, you're choking me.
1527
01:43:42,560 --> 01:43:44,152
(LEXIE LAUGHING)
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