1 00:01:23,342 --> 00:01:25,386 (TRAIN RUMBLES OVER TRACK) 2 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:32,387 Come on! 3 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,726 (WOMAN SCREAMS) 4 00:04:04,670 --> 00:04:06,713 Come on. Keep moving. 5 00:04:37,286 --> 00:04:39,329 Come on. 6 00:04:48,255 --> 00:04:50,090 (MEN SHOUTING) 7 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:55,304 Keep looking. 8 00:04:57,931 --> 00:04:59,975 (WHISPERS) Stay down. 9 00:05:04,646 --> 00:05:07,065 Attaboy. Attaboy, sniff it out. 10 00:05:26,043 --> 00:05:28,420 Pick it up, boy. Pick it up. 11 00:05:38,430 --> 00:05:40,974 Come on. Come on. 12 00:05:49,566 --> 00:05:50,734 Lennie. 13 00:05:59,034 --> 00:06:01,078 Get down. 14 00:06:23,809 --> 00:06:25,852 Hurry up. 15 00:06:27,521 --> 00:06:29,564 Get up there. 16 00:07:05,809 --> 00:07:08,270 - George? - What d'you want? 17 00:07:08,395 --> 00:07:10,939 Where are we going? 18 00:07:11,064 --> 00:07:13,108 To get away from here. 19 00:07:15,318 --> 00:07:17,612 I'm all wet. 20 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:20,407 Come on, let's take off your coat. Come on. 21 00:07:21,908 --> 00:07:23,952 Come on. 22 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,957 Just lay down and get some rest. 23 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:45,890 George? 24 00:07:46,016 --> 00:07:48,018 Go to sleep, Lennie. 25 00:07:48,143 --> 00:07:50,186 I'm sleeping, George. 26 00:08:24,346 --> 00:08:28,475 - George, where are we going? - We're going to a ranch to work. 27 00:09:14,771 --> 00:09:16,981 DRIVER: Come on. You get off here. 28 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:20,860 George, wake up. 29 00:09:21,069 --> 00:09:23,488 You're in Soledad. 30 00:09:23,613 --> 00:09:25,698 We're going to the Tyler ranch. 31 00:09:25,824 --> 00:09:29,035 You gotta get off here. The ranch is down the road. 32 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,705 - How far? - Just down the road a stretch. 33 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,711 - GEORGE: Where the hell is it? - George? 34 00:09:38,837 --> 00:09:40,755 - Yeah? - Where are we going? 35 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,924 Jesus Christ, you're a crazy bastard. 36 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:45,468 I forgot, George. I tried not to, then I forgot. 37 00:09:45,593 --> 00:09:48,888 I spend all my time telling you things, then you forget 'em. 38 00:09:49,013 --> 00:09:51,057 I remember about the rabbits. 39 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:54,853 The hell with them rabbits. That's all you can remember. 40 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:59,440 Okay, listen. This time don't forget. We went into Murray and Ready's. 41 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:04,112 - They give us work cards and bus tickets. - George, I remember that now. 42 00:10:06,072 --> 00:10:08,825 But George, I ain't got mine. I must've lost it. 43 00:10:08,950 --> 00:10:12,704 I got both of 'em. You think I'd let you carry your own work card? 44 00:10:12,829 --> 00:10:15,331 I thought I had it in my own pocket. 45 00:10:15,456 --> 00:10:17,750 What did you take out of that pocket? 46 00:10:19,294 --> 00:10:21,546 There's nothing in the pocket, George. 47 00:10:22,005 --> 00:10:26,175 I know it ain't. You got it in your hand. Now, what you got in your hand? 48 00:10:26,301 --> 00:10:28,803 George, that's just my mouse. 49 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:32,307 But I didn't kill it, George. Honest, I found it dead. 50 00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:33,641 Oh, jeez. 51 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:36,060 - Give it here. - George, leave me have it. 52 00:10:36,185 --> 00:10:39,439 Give it here. What do you want with a dead mouse anyway? 53 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:43,484 I was just petting it with the fingers while we was walking along. 54 00:10:43,693 --> 00:10:47,488 Yeah, well, you ain't petting no mice when you walk with me. 55 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:51,326 You gonna give me that mouse, or am I gonna have to sock you? 56 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:54,495 Come on. 57 00:11:11,512 --> 00:11:14,182 Blubbering like a baby, a big guy like you! 58 00:11:17,685 --> 00:11:20,521 Lennie, I ain't taking it away for meanness. 59 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:25,360 That mouse ain't fresh, Lennie. 60 00:11:32,492 --> 00:11:35,328 Get another mouse that's fresh, I'll let you keep him. 61 00:11:35,453 --> 00:11:39,248 I don't know where there is no other mouse. 62 00:11:43,795 --> 00:11:49,425 The lady used to give me some, but that lady ain't here no more. 63 00:11:49,550 --> 00:11:52,011 Lady? 64 00:11:52,136 --> 00:11:54,806 Don't you even remember who that lady was? 65 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:59,018 That's your Aunt Clara. She stopped giving 'em to you. 66 00:11:59,143 --> 00:12:02,438 You was always killing 'em by petting 'em too hard. 67 00:12:06,484 --> 00:12:08,528 I'll tell you what I'll do. 68 00:12:09,570 --> 00:12:12,073 First chance I get, I'll get you a puppy. 69 00:12:14,325 --> 00:12:16,369 Huh? That'd be better than mice. 70 00:12:17,578 --> 00:12:19,622 You could pet 'em harder. 71 00:12:22,917 --> 00:12:24,961 Okay? 72 00:12:25,628 --> 00:12:26,963 Huh? 73 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:31,592 Hey. 74 00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:33,928 Hey! Hey! 75 00:12:38,141 --> 00:12:39,767 Son of a bitch! 76 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:41,936 What did you say, George? 77 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,606 I said "son of a bitch". 78 00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:51,362 The bus driver lied to us. Just too damn lazy to stop at the ranch gate. 79 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:56,242 - Son of a bitch! - LENNIE: Son of a bitch! 80 00:12:58,578 --> 00:13:00,955 Jesus Christ, George, I said it too. 81 00:13:01,789 --> 00:13:06,419 - Yeah, I heard you. - George, we wasn't supposed to say that. 82 00:13:06,544 --> 00:13:08,504 Yeah, why not? 83 00:13:08,629 --> 00:13:10,965 Aunt Clara don't like it. 84 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:13,134 Yeah, well, she's dead. 85 00:13:27,064 --> 00:13:29,108 Lennie. 86 00:13:29,817 --> 00:13:31,903 Don't drink so much. 87 00:13:33,571 --> 00:13:35,698 Hey. 88 00:13:35,823 --> 00:13:39,994 That's good, George. You have a drink. You have a good, big drink. 89 00:13:57,970 --> 00:14:00,640 It's nice here. 90 00:14:00,765 --> 00:14:04,810 I think we'll just spend the night and go to the ranch tomorrow. 91 00:14:06,896 --> 00:14:09,607 Ain't we gonna get no supper? 92 00:14:09,732 --> 00:14:13,778 Yeah, sure we are. I got three cans of beans in my bindle. 93 00:14:16,572 --> 00:14:18,616 I like beans with ketchup. 94 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:24,038 I like beans with ketchup. 95 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:26,207 We ain't got any. 96 00:14:27,708 --> 00:14:30,628 Go on. Go get some wood so we can build a fire. 97 00:14:35,299 --> 00:14:39,595 - We got enough beans here for four men. - I like 'em with ketchup. 98 00:14:41,138 --> 00:14:43,182 We ain't got any. 99 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:48,854 Goddamnit! 100 00:14:54,485 --> 00:14:57,822 Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. 101 00:15:00,783 --> 00:15:02,368 George? 102 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:04,704 George? 103 00:15:06,455 --> 00:15:09,542 - What d'you want? - George, I was only fooling. 104 00:15:09,667 --> 00:15:12,378 I don't... I don't want no ketchup. 105 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:15,923 If it was here, you could have some. 106 00:15:16,674 --> 00:15:19,593 George, I wouldn't eat no ketchup. 107 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:24,765 I'd leave it all for you and you could cover your beans with it. 108 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:26,934 I wouldn't touch none of it. 109 00:15:27,309 --> 00:15:32,022 When I think of the swell time I could have without you, phew, I go nuts. 110 00:15:32,857 --> 00:15:34,900 I never get any peace. 111 00:15:38,279 --> 00:15:40,489 If I was alone, I could live so easy. 112 00:15:42,616 --> 00:15:45,327 I could get a job and work and no trouble. 113 00:15:47,455 --> 00:15:50,708 And when the end of the month come, I could take my 50 bucks, 114 00:15:50,833 --> 00:15:54,295 I could go into town, I could get whatever I want. 115 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:56,714 I could stay in a cathouse all night. 116 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,303 What do I got? 117 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:04,096 I got you. 118 00:16:04,221 --> 00:16:07,600 You can't keep a job. Lose me every job I get. 119 00:16:08,893 --> 00:16:12,438 Keep me shovin' all over the country, all the time. 120 00:16:13,898 --> 00:16:15,941 That ain't the worst. 121 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:20,779 You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out all the time! 122 00:16:22,573 --> 00:16:26,160 Crazy son of a bitch, you keep me in hot water all the time. 123 00:16:33,584 --> 00:16:38,130 George, you... you want I should go away and leave you alone? 124 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,676 Where the hell would you go? 125 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:51,518 I could go... 126 00:16:53,395 --> 00:16:56,482 I could go off in them hills there and find a cave. 127 00:16:56,982 --> 00:16:59,610 Yeah? How'd you eat? 128 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:04,698 You ain't got sense enough to find nothin' to eat. 129 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:09,536 I find things. I don't need this nice food with ketchup. 130 00:17:11,413 --> 00:17:15,501 George, if you don't want me, I go off in them hills and get a cave. 131 00:17:17,878 --> 00:17:20,839 And I wouldn't get no mice stole off me either. 132 00:17:28,597 --> 00:17:33,519 Jesus Christ, your Aunt Clara wouldn't like you running off by yourself. 133 00:17:37,773 --> 00:17:39,817 Hey! 134 00:17:41,568 --> 00:17:45,239 Well, go get some wood so we can build a fire afore it gets dark. 135 00:18:03,674 --> 00:18:05,217 - George? - What? 136 00:18:05,342 --> 00:18:07,636 Tell me like you done before. 137 00:18:08,137 --> 00:18:10,764 - Tell you what? - About the... 138 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:14,435 - About the rabbits. - Not tonight. 139 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,689 Come on, George. Tell like you done before. Please? Please? Please? 140 00:18:18,814 --> 00:18:21,108 You get a kick out of that, don't you? 141 00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:25,070 Okay. 142 00:18:25,195 --> 00:18:27,239 I will. 143 00:18:28,782 --> 00:18:34,163 Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. 144 00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:39,543 They ain't go no family and they don't belong no place. 145 00:18:41,211 --> 00:18:45,549 - They got nothin' to look ahead to. - But not us, George. Tell about us now. 146 00:18:45,674 --> 00:18:48,010 Well, we ain't like that. We got a future. 147 00:18:48,135 --> 00:18:51,930 We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. 148 00:18:52,055 --> 00:18:55,851 If them other guys gets in jail, they can rot for all anybody cares. 149 00:18:55,976 --> 00:18:57,895 But not us, George, because I... 150 00:18:58,020 --> 00:19:02,399 See, I got you to look after me, but you got me to look after. 151 00:19:02,524 --> 00:19:04,985 But, George, tell about how it's gonna be. 152 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,236 Okay. 153 00:19:06,361 --> 00:19:08,405 Someday... 154 00:19:09,406 --> 00:19:13,076 we're gonna have us a little house and a couple of acres, 155 00:19:14,661 --> 00:19:17,789 - and a cow and a pig and chickens. - Pig and chic... 156 00:19:17,915 --> 00:19:20,876 We gonna live off the fat of the land, and have rabbits. 157 00:19:21,001 --> 00:19:22,586 And have rabbits. 158 00:19:22,711 --> 00:19:25,881 - George, tell what we got in the garden. - Okay. 159 00:19:26,006 --> 00:19:32,054 Then tell about the rabbits in winter, and about the stove and, uh... 160 00:19:34,765 --> 00:19:38,185 - how thick the cream was on the milk. - Yeah. 161 00:19:39,561 --> 00:19:42,564 - Go ahead, tell it. - Why don't you do it? You know all of it. 162 00:19:42,689 --> 00:19:46,443 George, no! George, no, it's not the same when I tell it. 163 00:19:46,568 --> 00:19:48,320 That's not the same. 164 00:19:48,445 --> 00:19:52,824 Tell, um, what... how I get to tend the rabbits. 165 00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:59,248 We're gonna have a big vegetable patch and we're gonna have a rabbit hutch. 166 00:19:59,373 --> 00:20:03,919 - And down in the flat, we'll have a... - ...little field of alfalfa for the rabbits. 167 00:20:04,044 --> 00:20:07,965 - And I get to tend the rabbits. - Yeah, you get to tend the rabbits. 168 00:20:08,090 --> 00:20:10,133 When it rains in the winter, 169 00:20:12,177 --> 00:20:14,680 we'll just say "The hell with going to work," 170 00:20:14,805 --> 00:20:18,934 and we'll just build a fire in the stove, and we'll just sit there 171 00:20:19,059 --> 00:20:21,103 and we'll listen to the rain. 172 00:20:44,793 --> 00:20:47,254 Lennie, I want you to look around here. 173 00:20:48,839 --> 00:20:52,300 If you get in any trouble, I want you to come right here. 174 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,680 - You hide over here in the brush. - Hide in the brush. 175 00:20:56,805 --> 00:21:01,518 You hide in the brush until I come for you. Can you remember that? 176 00:21:01,643 --> 00:21:04,938 Sure I can, George. Hide in the brush till you come for me. 177 00:21:05,063 --> 00:21:08,525 If you do get in trouble, I ain't gonna let you tend the rabbits. 178 00:21:08,650 --> 00:21:12,154 I'm not gonna get into any trouble. 179 00:21:13,238 --> 00:21:15,282 Okay. 180 00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:19,453 I can remember, by God. 181 00:21:20,203 --> 00:21:22,497 Let's get some rest. 182 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:31,882 It'll be nice sleeping here, 183 00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:35,886 just looking up at the leaves. 184 00:21:49,858 --> 00:21:51,067 George? 185 00:21:55,071 --> 00:21:56,907 What do you want? 186 00:21:57,824 --> 00:22:02,454 I... I think we should get them different color rabbits. 187 00:22:03,747 --> 00:22:05,790 Sure. 188 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:09,586 Red rabbits and blue rabbits and green rabbits. 189 00:22:42,827 --> 00:22:46,581 - Leave 'em alone. - Be quiet, dogs. Be quiet, goddamnit. 190 00:22:47,874 --> 00:22:50,043 Be quiet! 191 00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:53,672 Shut up, Smiley! Shut up. Smiley, down. 192 00:22:56,675 --> 00:23:00,136 - You fellas looking for something? - Yeah. We come here to work. 193 00:23:00,262 --> 00:23:03,139 - Where's the boss? - He's up at the ranch house. 194 00:23:03,265 --> 00:23:06,101 I'm Candy. Come on, I'll take you up there. 195 00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:08,561 He was expecting you last night. 196 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:11,856 He was sore as hell that you wasn't here to go out this morning. 197 00:23:11,982 --> 00:23:14,025 He come in when we was having breakfast. 198 00:23:14,150 --> 00:23:16,820 He said "Goddamnit, where the hell is them new men?" 199 00:23:16,945 --> 00:23:20,907 And he gives the stable buck hell too. You see, the stable buck's a nigger. 200 00:23:21,032 --> 00:23:24,494 Ah! There he goes. 201 00:23:24,619 --> 00:23:27,956 He got a crooked back where a horse kicked him one day. 202 00:23:28,081 --> 00:23:31,167 The boss gives him hell every time he gets mad. 203 00:23:31,293 --> 00:23:33,837 But the stable buck... (LAUGHS) 204 00:23:33,962 --> 00:23:37,173 The stable buck don't give a damn about that. 205 00:23:37,299 --> 00:23:39,384 Boss's office in here. 206 00:23:46,933 --> 00:23:48,018 (KNOCK) 207 00:23:48,143 --> 00:23:49,853 Come in. 208 00:23:53,773 --> 00:23:55,817 These guys just came. 209 00:24:14,377 --> 00:24:18,715 I wrote Murray and Ready... for two men to work this morning. 210 00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:22,469 Where's your work slips? 211 00:24:26,347 --> 00:24:28,391 Is my slip in there? 212 00:24:31,144 --> 00:24:33,188 It wasn't Murray and Ready's fault. 213 00:24:33,313 --> 00:24:37,192 Says right here you were supposed to be ready to work this morning. 214 00:24:37,317 --> 00:24:40,320 Bus driver lied to us. We had to walk ten miles. 215 00:24:41,738 --> 00:24:44,365 I don't give a damn about that. 216 00:24:44,491 --> 00:24:47,660 - What's your name? - George Milton. 217 00:24:47,911 --> 00:24:50,205 - What's yours? - His name's Lennie Small. 218 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:53,541 - Where you boys been working? - Up around Weed. 219 00:24:53,708 --> 00:24:55,752 - What about you? - Yeah, him too. 220 00:24:58,463 --> 00:25:00,423 He's not much of a talker, is he? 221 00:25:01,841 --> 00:25:07,305 No, no, he ain't. But he's a hell of a good worker. He's strong as a bull. 222 00:25:07,430 --> 00:25:09,474 Strong as a bull? 223 00:25:14,270 --> 00:25:17,690 Uh, he can do anything you tell him. He's a... 224 00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:23,905 He's a good skinner. He can wrestle grain bags, drive a cultivator. 225 00:25:24,030 --> 00:25:26,824 Cultivator. Ah, but... 226 00:25:27,617 --> 00:25:29,702 I ain't sayin' he's bright - he ain't. 227 00:25:29,827 --> 00:25:34,374 But he's a... he's a damn good worker. 228 00:25:36,084 --> 00:25:39,337 Say... what you selling? 229 00:25:41,381 --> 00:25:43,424 What's your stake in this guy? 230 00:25:45,051 --> 00:25:47,095 Are you taking his pay from him? 231 00:25:48,304 --> 00:25:50,348 Hell, no. 232 00:25:52,475 --> 00:25:58,356 He's my cousin. I told his old lady I'd take care of him. 233 00:25:58,481 --> 00:26:01,693 He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. 234 00:26:05,488 --> 00:26:06,656 All right. 235 00:26:08,741 --> 00:26:11,953 But you'd better not try to put anything over on me. 236 00:26:14,831 --> 00:26:17,417 Now catch your grain teams after dinner. 237 00:26:20,044 --> 00:26:23,506 Well, I wasn't kicked in the head with no horse, George. 238 00:26:23,631 --> 00:26:27,302 Be a damn good thing if you was. Save everybody a hell of a lot of trouble. 239 00:26:27,427 --> 00:26:29,804 You... you said I was your cousin. 240 00:26:29,929 --> 00:26:34,183 Well, that was a lie. If I was a relative of yours, I'd shoot myself. 241 00:26:38,354 --> 00:26:41,190 Come on, I'll show you the bunkhouse. 242 00:26:42,650 --> 00:26:44,694 Come on. Come on, boy. 243 00:26:45,945 --> 00:26:49,657 Come on, come on. You can take these two bunks right here. 244 00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:05,298 That's a hell of an old dog. 245 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,800 Yeah. 246 00:27:07,925 --> 00:27:11,929 And he's getting older too. I had him since he was a pup. 247 00:27:12,930 --> 00:27:16,142 God, he was a great sheepdog when he was younger. 248 00:27:22,857 --> 00:27:25,818 Hey... what the hell is this? 249 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:31,407 Says "Positively kills lice, roaches and other scourges". 250 00:27:31,532 --> 00:27:34,035 What the hell kind of beds are you giving us? 251 00:27:34,327 --> 00:27:37,497 Now, wait a minute there, young fella. Wait a minute. 252 00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:39,999 Let me see what you're talking about. 253 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,669 Oh, yeah, yeah. Now I remember. 254 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:46,214 Last guy that had this bunk was a blacksmith. 255 00:27:46,339 --> 00:27:49,425 He'd squirt this stuff around even if there was no bugs. 256 00:27:49,550 --> 00:27:54,055 He used to... he used to wash his hands even after he ate. 257 00:27:55,765 --> 00:27:58,392 Candy! 258 00:27:58,518 --> 00:28:02,605 - You seen my old man? - Yeah, he's up at the house. 259 00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:12,740 - You the guys the old man's waiting for? - Yeah, we just came in. 260 00:28:12,865 --> 00:28:16,619 - Let the big guy talk. - Suppose he don't wanna talk? 261 00:28:16,744 --> 00:28:19,163 What the hell you gettin' into this for? 262 00:28:19,288 --> 00:28:21,624 We travel together. 263 00:28:21,749 --> 00:28:26,254 - Oh. Oh. So it's that way. - Yeah, it's that way. 264 00:28:26,379 --> 00:28:29,215 And you won't let the big guy talk, is that it? 265 00:28:34,011 --> 00:28:36,055 We just come in. 266 00:28:46,899 --> 00:28:50,444 Yeah, well, next time you answer when you're spoken to. 267 00:29:04,792 --> 00:29:07,545 Say, what the hell? Lennie didn't do nothing to him. 268 00:29:08,838 --> 00:29:13,217 That's the boss's son. Curley's pretty handy with his fists. 269 00:29:13,342 --> 00:29:17,013 - Done a lot of fighting in the ring. - What's he got against Lennie? 270 00:29:17,179 --> 00:29:19,223 Well, I'll tell you what. 271 00:29:20,683 --> 00:29:23,352 Curley's like a lot of little guys. 272 00:29:23,477 --> 00:29:27,523 Hates big guys. Kinda like he's mad at 'em cos he ain't a big guy. 273 00:29:27,648 --> 00:29:31,527 Yeah, yeah. Well, he better make no mistake about Lennie. 274 00:29:31,652 --> 00:29:36,657 Lennie ain't handy. This Curley's gonna get hurt if he messes around with Lennie. 275 00:29:36,782 --> 00:29:38,159 Yeah, well. 276 00:29:38,284 --> 00:29:41,078 Hey, come here. I wanna show you something. Come on. 277 00:29:41,912 --> 00:29:45,624 Come on, boy. Come here, come here. I wanna show you something. 278 00:29:47,501 --> 00:29:50,379 - You see that glove on his left hand? - Yeah. 279 00:29:50,504 --> 00:29:53,632 - Well, that glove's full of Vaseline. - What the hell for? 280 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:57,136 Curley says he's keeping that hand soft for his wife. 281 00:29:58,262 --> 00:30:00,973 That's a real nice thing to tell around. 282 00:30:01,098 --> 00:30:03,142 Come on, boy. Come on. 283 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,604 Lennie. 284 00:30:07,021 --> 00:30:09,982 - Look. See that guy? - Yeah. 285 00:30:10,107 --> 00:30:12,610 - The one that was just in here? - Yeah. 286 00:30:12,735 --> 00:30:17,073 He figures he got you scared. He's gonna take a sock at you first chance he gets. 287 00:30:17,198 --> 00:30:20,951 George, I don't want no trouble. Don't let him sock at me. 288 00:30:21,077 --> 00:30:23,204 Just try to keep away from him, will ya? 289 00:30:23,329 --> 00:30:26,874 If he comes in the bunkhouse again, move to the other side of the room. 290 00:30:26,999 --> 00:30:30,753 George... George, you ain't mad at me, are you? 291 00:30:32,546 --> 00:30:38,010 No, I ain't mad. Just try to keep away from Curley. Don't let him pull you in. 292 00:30:38,135 --> 00:30:40,846 Sure. George, I wasn't gonna say a word. 293 00:30:41,388 --> 00:30:44,683 You get in any trouble, you remember what I told you. 294 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:48,229 If I get in any trouble, I don't get to tend them rabbits. 295 00:30:49,396 --> 00:30:51,357 No, that's not what I mean. 296 00:30:51,482 --> 00:30:55,194 Remember where we slept last night, down by the river? 297 00:30:59,323 --> 00:31:01,992 I'm looking for Curley. 298 00:31:02,118 --> 00:31:05,162 He was here a minute ago, but he went. 299 00:31:06,372 --> 00:31:08,415 Oh. 300 00:31:15,589 --> 00:31:17,633 Sometimes Curley's in here. 301 00:31:19,301 --> 00:31:21,345 He ain't now. 302 00:31:22,721 --> 00:31:26,642 Well, if he ain't, I guess I better look someplace else. 303 00:31:27,601 --> 00:31:30,563 If I see him, I'll tell him you was lookin' for him. 304 00:31:33,315 --> 00:31:35,901 Nobody can't blame a person for looking. 305 00:31:41,991 --> 00:31:44,034 See ya around. 306 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:51,792 - She's pretty. - Lennie... 307 00:31:52,001 --> 00:31:56,547 - Don't you think she's pretty? - Listen to me, goddamnit! 308 00:31:56,672 --> 00:31:58,716 - Don't you even look at her. - But... 309 00:31:58,841 --> 00:32:01,802 I don't care what she says or does, she's a rat-trap. 310 00:32:01,927 --> 00:32:04,388 But I wasn't doing nothing. 311 00:32:04,513 --> 00:32:09,810 When she was shoving her legs around, you weren't looking the other way neither. 312 00:32:09,935 --> 00:32:12,104 Keep away from her. 313 00:32:26,201 --> 00:32:28,245 I don't like this place. 314 00:33:00,069 --> 00:33:02,571 - You the new guys? - Yeah. 315 00:33:02,696 --> 00:33:05,366 I'm Slim. You're gonna be on my team. 316 00:33:05,491 --> 00:33:08,410 I'm George Milton. This here's Lennie Small. 317 00:33:09,828 --> 00:33:12,915 - You travel around together? - Yeah. 318 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:17,419 There ain't many guys travel around together. I don't know why. 319 00:33:17,544 --> 00:33:20,964 Maybe everybody in the whole damn world's scared of each other. 320 00:33:21,090 --> 00:33:22,841 Maybe. 321 00:33:22,966 --> 00:33:25,427 So, you ever bucked barley before? 322 00:33:25,552 --> 00:33:31,517 Hell, yes. I ain't nothin' to scream about, but... Lennie's strong as a bull. 323 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:33,394 Good. 324 00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:38,315 I got a pair of punks on my team, they don't know a barley bag from a blue ball. 325 00:33:43,445 --> 00:33:46,115 These guys just came. 326 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,035 I meant to ask you, Slim. How many puppies your bitch have? 327 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,455 Well, she slung eight of 'em. I drowned four right off. 328 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:57,584 She couldn't feed that many. I just kept the biggest. 329 00:33:57,709 --> 00:33:58,919 (DOG BARKS) 330 00:33:59,378 --> 00:34:02,965 Candy's dog is old and no good. 331 00:34:03,090 --> 00:34:08,053 You oughta get Candy to shoot that dog. Then you could give him one of the pups. 332 00:34:11,932 --> 00:34:12,933 All right. 333 00:34:14,184 --> 00:34:17,146 George, ask that man, can I have one of his pups? 334 00:34:17,271 --> 00:34:19,314 Yeah, I will. Don't worry. 335 00:34:23,277 --> 00:34:25,320 Come on, get up. 336 00:36:25,399 --> 00:36:27,692 You done real good today, Lennie. 337 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:29,861 You done real good. 338 00:36:29,986 --> 00:36:32,030 (MUMBLES) 339 00:36:34,116 --> 00:36:36,159 Okay, I'll ask him now. 340 00:36:37,869 --> 00:36:39,913 - Slim. - Yeah? 341 00:36:57,639 --> 00:36:59,683 George, can I have this white one? 342 00:37:02,018 --> 00:37:04,062 Well, if that's the one you want. 343 00:37:06,523 --> 00:37:08,859 Can he stay here and hold it awhile? 344 00:37:08,984 --> 00:37:11,027 Sure. 345 00:37:20,579 --> 00:37:24,457 Lennie, you can't take that pup out of here. 346 00:37:26,042 --> 00:37:30,046 - It's too young to leave the mother. - I ain't going to, George. 347 00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:41,808 Come on. 348 00:37:41,933 --> 00:37:44,436 Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma. 349 00:37:56,156 --> 00:37:58,617 That's it, take it easy. 350 00:38:13,423 --> 00:38:17,427 - You talking today? - Nah, he ain't. He's too busy working. 351 00:38:17,552 --> 00:38:19,804 - Is he a good worker? - Best I ever had. 352 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:22,557 - What about his partner? - What about him? 353 00:38:22,682 --> 00:38:25,435 Is he a good worker? My old man wants to know. 354 00:38:26,436 --> 00:38:29,272 Yeah, he's a good worker. 355 00:38:32,442 --> 00:38:34,486 Ha! Giddap. 356 00:38:50,460 --> 00:38:52,921 Come on, Violet. Come on, girl. 357 00:38:53,588 --> 00:38:57,801 George, this mule has a sore foot. Lead her back to the stable 358 00:38:57,926 --> 00:39:01,096 - and ask Crooks to give you another one. - Sure. 359 00:39:01,221 --> 00:39:03,723 - Go on, girl. - Come on, girl. Come on. 360 00:39:03,848 --> 00:39:05,892 Go on, now. 361 00:39:07,102 --> 00:39:08,311 Jake! 362 00:39:09,229 --> 00:39:11,356 Come on, girl. Come on. 363 00:39:12,482 --> 00:39:14,526 Attagirl. Come on. 364 00:39:18,446 --> 00:39:20,490 Come on, now. Come on. 365 00:39:30,291 --> 00:39:33,294 Come on. Come on! 366 00:39:36,464 --> 00:39:38,508 Crooks! 367 00:39:41,886 --> 00:39:44,055 Can I help? 368 00:39:46,307 --> 00:39:48,351 No. 369 00:39:49,686 --> 00:39:53,106 I'm looking for Crooks. This mule's got a hurt foot. 370 00:39:53,940 --> 00:39:56,276 He ain't here. 371 00:39:56,401 --> 00:39:58,820 Nobody's here but me. 372 00:39:58,945 --> 00:40:01,489 And now you. 373 00:40:07,287 --> 00:40:09,873 I feel so lazy today. 374 00:40:09,998 --> 00:40:12,375 You feel lazy? 375 00:40:13,751 --> 00:40:16,045 No. 376 00:40:21,926 --> 00:40:24,179 I could take a nap right here. 377 00:40:24,304 --> 00:40:27,223 It's nice and cool here in the barn, and quiet. 378 00:40:27,348 --> 00:40:30,560 Everybody out in the fields working in the hot sun. 379 00:40:31,936 --> 00:40:33,938 Here we are in a cool barn. 380 00:40:38,026 --> 00:40:41,029 I got a hurt foot too. 381 00:40:41,154 --> 00:40:46,242 I got mad at Curley last night, kicked at him and missed - kicked a chair instead. 382 00:40:52,290 --> 00:40:54,334 Let go of that old mule and talk to me. 383 00:41:04,594 --> 00:41:06,638 Are you from far away? 384 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,683 Pretty far. 385 00:41:13,228 --> 00:41:15,271 How far is far away? 386 00:41:17,982 --> 00:41:20,109 What's the town you came from? 387 00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:23,154 You wouldn't know it if I told you. 388 00:41:26,324 --> 00:41:28,368 You got a sweetheart back there? 389 00:41:31,204 --> 00:41:32,622 No. 390 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:36,918 Did you ever have a sweetheart? 391 00:41:39,963 --> 00:41:41,923 No. 392 00:41:43,049 --> 00:41:45,218 You never had a sweetheart? 393 00:41:49,305 --> 00:41:50,890 No. 394 00:41:52,725 --> 00:41:55,144 You're kidding me. 395 00:41:56,145 --> 00:42:00,566 A good-looking guy like you must have had a million sweethearts. 396 00:42:04,112 --> 00:42:06,572 Your name's George, ain't it? 397 00:42:19,377 --> 00:42:23,423 - What the hell you doing out here? - Nothing. Just trying to keep cool. 398 00:42:23,548 --> 00:42:25,842 - I ain't talking to you. - Who you talking to? 399 00:42:25,967 --> 00:42:28,094 - I'm talking to him. - His name's George. 400 00:42:28,219 --> 00:42:30,263 I know what his name is. 401 00:42:31,055 --> 00:42:33,266 What are you doin' out here? 402 00:42:33,391 --> 00:42:35,727 - Minding my own business. - Yeah. 403 00:42:39,063 --> 00:42:41,357 The last guy I caught out in the barn, 404 00:42:41,482 --> 00:42:44,986 I beat the hell out of him and kicked him off my ranch. 405 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,908 (HUMMING) 406 00:42:55,872 --> 00:42:59,125 - Get on back to the house. - You don't own me, Curley. 407 00:42:59,250 --> 00:43:01,294 Shut up. 408 00:43:02,086 --> 00:43:04,130 Get back in the house. 409 00:43:40,958 --> 00:43:43,961 ...very high. About 10,000, 12,000 feet. 410 00:43:57,266 --> 00:43:59,227 How do you like your pup, Lennie? 411 00:43:59,352 --> 00:44:02,688 I like that puppy. It's white, like I wanted. 412 00:44:04,899 --> 00:44:06,943 - Lennie. - Yeah. 413 00:44:07,735 --> 00:44:11,906 - I told you not to bring that pup in here. - George, I ain't got no pup in here. 414 00:44:12,031 --> 00:44:15,743 George, give... give... Give it to me! 415 00:44:15,868 --> 00:44:19,914 George, give it to me. George, I didn't mean no harm. 416 00:44:20,039 --> 00:44:23,167 George, please, I'll take it back to the barn. 417 00:44:23,292 --> 00:44:25,503 I just want to feel him a little bit. 418 00:44:26,295 --> 00:44:28,339 All right. 419 00:44:29,882 --> 00:44:31,926 Don't you take him out no more. 420 00:44:43,396 --> 00:44:45,815 Jesus. 421 00:44:45,940 --> 00:44:48,234 He's still just like a kid, ain't he? 422 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,261 Either of you guys got a slug of whisky? 423 00:45:16,303 --> 00:45:19,765 - I got a gut ache. - I ain't. I'd drink it myself if I had. 424 00:45:21,017 --> 00:45:23,060 I ain't got no gut ache. 425 00:45:26,313 --> 00:45:27,898 Come here. 426 00:45:29,191 --> 00:45:32,111 God Almighty, that dog of yours stinks, Candy. 427 00:45:32,236 --> 00:45:35,573 He's got no teeth. He's all stiff from rheumatism. 428 00:45:35,698 --> 00:45:39,076 He ain't no good to ya. Hell, he ain't no good to hisself. 429 00:45:39,660 --> 00:45:41,954 Why don't you just shoot him, Candy? 430 00:45:43,748 --> 00:45:45,374 Well! 431 00:45:45,499 --> 00:45:47,835 I couldn't do that. 432 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,379 I had him too long. 433 00:45:50,504 --> 00:45:53,048 I herded sheep with him. 434 00:45:53,174 --> 00:45:55,843 That poor old dog just suffers hisself all the time. 435 00:45:55,968 --> 00:45:58,596 No. No. 436 00:45:58,721 --> 00:46:00,765 Look. 437 00:46:03,893 --> 00:46:07,271 Take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head. 438 00:46:07,396 --> 00:46:09,315 Right there. 439 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,692 Hell, he'd never even know what hit him. 440 00:46:11,817 --> 00:46:13,652 Aw... 441 00:46:13,778 --> 00:46:15,988 I couldn't do that. 442 00:46:16,113 --> 00:46:18,532 I had him too long. 443 00:46:18,657 --> 00:46:21,911 I'll shoot him for ya. Then it won't be you that done it. 444 00:46:22,036 --> 00:46:25,456 - No. - Slim's bitch has got a litter right now. 445 00:46:25,581 --> 00:46:28,459 I'll bet you Slim would give you one of her pups to raise. 446 00:46:28,584 --> 00:46:32,171 Sure. You can have any one of them pups you want. 447 00:46:33,756 --> 00:46:35,633 No, no, no. 448 00:46:35,758 --> 00:46:37,676 Carlson's right, Candy. 449 00:46:37,801 --> 00:46:40,012 That dog ain't no good to hisself. 450 00:46:54,151 --> 00:46:56,487 Hey, Slim. Read this. 451 00:46:58,906 --> 00:47:03,827 "Dear Editor, I read your magazine for six years. It's the best in the market." 452 00:47:03,953 --> 00:47:05,996 "I like stories by Peter Rand." 453 00:47:07,206 --> 00:47:11,001 - What you want me to read that for? - Go on. Read the name at the bottom. 454 00:47:11,126 --> 00:47:14,547 - "Yours for success, William Tanner." - You met Bill Tanner? 455 00:47:14,672 --> 00:47:17,216 Yeah. Bald-headed guy, drove a cultivator. 456 00:47:17,341 --> 00:47:19,551 That's him. 457 00:47:19,677 --> 00:47:24,056 Candy, if you want me to, I'll put that old dog out of his misery right now. 458 00:47:24,181 --> 00:47:26,225 Won't hurt him at all. 459 00:47:31,063 --> 00:47:35,192 - Let's wait till tomorrow. - I don't see why. Let's get it over with. 460 00:47:35,317 --> 00:47:38,237 We can't sleep with that stinking dog in here. 461 00:47:38,362 --> 00:47:40,406 (WHIMPERS) 462 00:47:59,049 --> 00:48:01,093 All right. 463 00:48:02,553 --> 00:48:04,305 Take him. 464 00:48:05,848 --> 00:48:07,891 Come on, boy. Come on. 465 00:48:09,059 --> 00:48:10,936 He won't even feel it. 466 00:48:11,061 --> 00:48:13,188 Come on, boy. Come on. 467 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,323 Carlson... 468 00:48:24,908 --> 00:48:28,287 - Get a shovel. - Yeah. 469 00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:52,603 Candy. 470 00:48:53,353 --> 00:48:55,856 You can have any one of them pups you want. 471 00:49:06,909 --> 00:49:10,329 Uh... Does anybody wanna play a little rummy? 472 00:49:10,454 --> 00:49:11,705 Yeah. 473 00:49:31,725 --> 00:49:33,769 You deal. 474 00:50:04,550 --> 00:50:06,593 (GUNSHOT) 475 00:50:09,429 --> 00:50:11,473 (SOBS) 476 00:51:30,218 --> 00:51:32,179 Hey, hey. 477 00:51:35,515 --> 00:51:37,559 Hey, hey. 478 00:51:48,820 --> 00:51:50,447 - Slim? - Yeah. 479 00:51:50,572 --> 00:51:53,492 I can't keep up with that guy. It'll kill me. 480 00:51:53,617 --> 00:51:54,659 All right. 481 00:51:54,785 --> 00:51:56,328 - Jack! - Yeah. 482 00:51:56,453 --> 00:51:57,579 Take Mike's place. 483 00:51:57,704 --> 00:51:59,456 - Aw, Slim. - Just for a while. 484 00:51:59,581 --> 00:52:01,625 Mike, you take Jack's place. 485 00:52:03,335 --> 00:52:05,378 You're on there. 486 00:52:10,801 --> 00:52:13,970 So how long you and Lennie been together, George? 487 00:52:14,096 --> 00:52:16,264 A long time. A real long time. 488 00:52:16,765 --> 00:52:21,019 Really? Seems kinda funny, you two traveling around together. 489 00:52:21,978 --> 00:52:23,605 What's funny about it? 490 00:52:23,730 --> 00:52:27,359 Well, a cuckoo like him and a smart guy like you. 491 00:52:27,484 --> 00:52:32,072 Well, I ain't so smart or I wouldn't be bucking barley for my 50 bucks a month. 492 00:52:32,197 --> 00:52:33,824 I guess you're right. 493 00:52:38,954 --> 00:52:41,081 How'd you two meet up? 494 00:52:41,206 --> 00:52:43,250 Well, I knew his Aunt Clara. 495 00:52:44,584 --> 00:52:47,254 She took him when he was a boy. She raised him up. 496 00:52:47,379 --> 00:52:50,215 When she died, Lennie just come along with me working. 497 00:52:50,340 --> 00:52:51,716 Uh-huh. 498 00:52:53,593 --> 00:52:57,389 I used to play jokes on him cos he's too damn dumb to take care of himself. 499 00:52:57,514 --> 00:53:00,225 He'd do any damn thing I told him. 500 00:53:02,227 --> 00:53:04,521 Put that on back in here. 501 00:53:04,646 --> 00:53:10,026 One day, a bunch of guys standing around on the Sacramento River, 502 00:53:10,151 --> 00:53:13,071 I turns to him and I says "Jump in, Lennie." 503 00:53:13,321 --> 00:53:14,906 And he jumps. 504 00:53:15,323 --> 00:53:19,828 Couldn't swim a stroke. He damn near drowned before we could get to him. 505 00:53:19,953 --> 00:53:24,666 He was so damn nice to me for pulling him out, he forgot I told him to jump in. 506 00:53:26,459 --> 00:53:28,503 He's a nice fella. 507 00:53:31,464 --> 00:53:34,926 A guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella. 508 00:53:35,969 --> 00:53:38,013 Yeah. 509 00:53:38,138 --> 00:53:41,558 He gets in trouble all the time cos he's so goddamn dumb. 510 00:53:41,683 --> 00:53:44,519 Like what happened up north in Weed. 511 00:53:49,983 --> 00:53:52,152 What'd he do in Weed? 512 00:53:56,573 --> 00:53:58,617 He seen this girl, 513 00:53:59,659 --> 00:54:01,077 in a red dress, 514 00:54:01,202 --> 00:54:04,456 and the dumb bastard that he is, he just... 515 00:54:04,581 --> 00:54:09,669 He wants to touch everything he likes, so he reaches out to touch this red dress. 516 00:54:11,379 --> 00:54:14,758 So the girl starts screaming, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, 517 00:54:14,883 --> 00:54:18,011 so he holds on and he won't let go, 518 00:54:18,136 --> 00:54:20,889 cos that's the only thing he can think to do. 519 00:54:22,349 --> 00:54:24,392 So what happened? 520 00:54:26,561 --> 00:54:29,272 Well, she runs off across the field, screaming. 521 00:54:31,149 --> 00:54:33,943 So me and Lennie take off running. 522 00:54:34,069 --> 00:54:37,906 Pretty soon we hear a bunch of guys with dogs coming after us. 523 00:54:40,492 --> 00:54:44,329 Had to hide in the irrigation ditch until it was safe to get away. 524 00:54:45,955 --> 00:54:48,458 He didn't hurt the girl none? 525 00:54:50,418 --> 00:54:52,796 Hell, no. He just scared her. 526 00:54:55,423 --> 00:54:58,009 Well... he ain't mean. 527 00:54:59,469 --> 00:55:01,513 I can tell a mean guy a mile off. 528 00:55:02,764 --> 00:55:05,391 BOSS: Milton! 529 00:55:05,642 --> 00:55:07,852 I ain't payin' you to stand around. 530 00:55:09,020 --> 00:55:12,398 - Get back to work. - He just come over for a drink of water. 531 00:55:12,524 --> 00:55:17,070 You get back to work. You get these men moving. They're way behind. 532 00:55:20,031 --> 00:55:22,700 You men get moving here. Let's go. 533 00:55:49,853 --> 00:55:52,146 Goddamnit, stop that racket! 534 00:56:17,422 --> 00:56:19,632 Lennie. 535 00:56:19,757 --> 00:56:22,719 I told you not to bring that pup in here. 536 00:56:22,844 --> 00:56:24,888 I ain't got no pup. 537 00:56:40,820 --> 00:56:44,741 - Any of you boys seen my wife? - She ain't been here. 538 00:56:56,419 --> 00:56:59,339 - Where the hell's Slim? - Went out to the barn. 539 00:57:06,679 --> 00:57:10,933 Carlson, do you think he's gonna find Slim in the barn with his wife? 540 00:57:11,059 --> 00:57:13,519 Better not tangle with Slim. 541 00:57:14,062 --> 00:57:17,357 Curley's lookin' for a fight. I gotta see this. Come on. 542 00:57:17,482 --> 00:57:19,942 No, I'll stay here. Thanks. 543 00:57:30,536 --> 00:57:34,248 - Was Curley's wife in the barn? - If she was, I didn't see her. 544 00:57:43,132 --> 00:57:45,176 George. 545 00:57:46,135 --> 00:57:48,179 Both the ends is the same. 546 00:57:49,013 --> 00:57:53,768 - Why both the ends is the same? - It's just the way they make 'em. 547 00:57:53,893 --> 00:57:57,438 You sure she didn't come in the barn, like she come in here? 548 00:57:57,563 --> 00:57:59,524 No, she never. 549 00:57:59,649 --> 00:58:01,818 Give me a good whorehouse every time. 550 00:58:01,943 --> 00:58:03,986 A guy can go in, get drunk, 551 00:58:04,112 --> 00:58:07,115 get it all out of his system all at once, and no messes. 552 00:58:09,909 --> 00:58:12,412 - George. - Yeah? 553 00:58:14,330 --> 00:58:17,458 How long is it gonna be till we get the little place 554 00:58:17,583 --> 00:58:19,669 and live off the fat of the land? 555 00:58:21,337 --> 00:58:23,798 Gotta get some money together first. 556 00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:28,719 I know a little place where you can get cheap, but they ain't giving it away. 557 00:58:28,845 --> 00:58:30,763 Tell about that place. 558 00:58:35,601 --> 00:58:37,645 It's ten acres. 559 00:58:38,688 --> 00:58:42,525 It's got a windmill. Got a little shack on it, and a chicken run. 560 00:58:42,692 --> 00:58:44,360 Got rabbits, George? 561 00:58:44,485 --> 00:58:48,447 I could easily build a few hutches and you could feed 'em alfalfa. 562 00:58:48,573 --> 00:58:51,701 You're damn right. You're goddamn right I could. 563 00:58:51,826 --> 00:58:54,745 But, George, tell about the house. 564 00:58:55,246 --> 00:59:00,334 Well, we have a little house, and we have a room to ourself. 565 00:59:01,294 --> 00:59:05,923 And we have a little, fat, iron stove, and in the winter we keep a fire going in it. 566 00:59:06,048 --> 00:59:11,095 And rabbits, George. And that... But I tend 'em. How do I tend them rabbits? 567 00:59:11,220 --> 00:59:14,599 Well, you go out to the alfalfa field. You have a sack. 568 00:59:14,765 --> 00:59:19,186 You fill up that sack and you bring it in and you put it in the rabbit cage. 569 00:59:20,646 --> 00:59:23,608 You have a few pigeons that fly around the windmill, 570 00:59:23,733 --> 00:59:26,277 like they done when I was a kid. 571 00:59:26,444 --> 00:59:28,696 And it'd be our home. 572 00:59:28,821 --> 00:59:30,740 Nobody could can us. 573 00:59:30,865 --> 00:59:34,201 We don't like a guy, we just say "Get the hell out." 574 00:59:34,327 --> 00:59:36,621 If a friend come, we'd have an extra bunk. 575 00:59:36,746 --> 00:59:40,833 We'd say "Why don't you spend the night?" and, by God, he would. 576 00:59:41,584 --> 00:59:43,669 We'd have a dog and a couple of cats, 577 00:59:43,794 --> 00:59:47,632 but you got to make sure them cats don't get them rabbits. 578 00:59:47,757 --> 00:59:49,342 (MUMBLES) 579 00:59:49,467 --> 00:59:52,511 But... you just let them try. 580 00:59:52,637 --> 00:59:57,683 I'm gonna break them goddamn cats' necks. I smash them cats with a stick. 581 00:59:58,934 --> 01:00:00,978 You know a place like this? 582 01:00:05,399 --> 01:00:07,735 Suppose I do. What's it to you? 583 01:00:08,944 --> 01:00:11,322 How much they want for a place like that? 584 01:00:12,782 --> 01:00:15,493 - Could get it for 600 bucks. - 600. 585 01:00:15,618 --> 01:00:17,953 Old people that owns it is broke. 586 01:00:21,624 --> 01:00:24,293 I ain't much good with only one hand. 587 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:30,383 That's why they give me a job sweeping. And they give me $250 cos I lost my hand. 588 01:00:31,133 --> 01:00:33,552 And I got 50 more saved in the bank right now. 589 01:00:33,678 --> 01:00:35,721 That's, uh... 300. 590 01:00:36,806 --> 01:00:39,725 And I got 50 more coming at the end of the month. 591 01:00:42,728 --> 01:00:45,189 Suppose I went in with you fellas. 592 01:00:45,314 --> 01:00:47,817 That'd be $350 that I'd put in. 593 01:00:49,235 --> 01:00:51,570 Now, let me tell you something. I could cook, 594 01:00:51,695 --> 01:00:53,739 and I could tend the chickens, 595 01:00:53,906 --> 01:00:57,410 and I could hoe in the garden. Huh? 596 01:00:57,535 --> 01:00:59,870 - Now, how would that be? - Okay. 597 01:01:01,705 --> 01:01:04,708 I got to think about that. We was gonna do it by ourselves. 598 01:01:04,834 --> 01:01:07,128 We were gonna do it by ourselves. 599 01:01:07,253 --> 01:01:10,089 Well, now, wait a minute. I'll tell you what. 600 01:01:10,673 --> 01:01:15,469 I'd make a will and leave my share to you guys in case I kick off. 601 01:01:16,470 --> 01:01:18,764 I ain't got no relatives or nothin'. 602 01:01:18,889 --> 01:01:21,308 You fellas got any money? Maybe we can do it now. 603 01:01:21,434 --> 01:01:24,353 - We got ten bucks between us. - We got ten bucks. 604 01:01:24,478 --> 01:01:27,022 - Ten bucks. - Yeah. 605 01:01:32,445 --> 01:01:35,156 You seen what they done to my dog? 606 01:01:35,281 --> 01:01:38,075 They said he wasn't no good no more. 607 01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:41,203 I wish somebody'd shoot me when I ain't no good, 608 01:01:43,164 --> 01:01:45,541 but they won't do that. 609 01:01:45,666 --> 01:01:48,961 They'll can me, and I ain't gonna have no place to go. 610 01:02:10,441 --> 01:02:13,861 Look, if me and Lennie work a month and we don't spend nothin', 611 01:02:13,986 --> 01:02:16,780 we'll have 100 bucks. And you got 350? 612 01:02:16,989 --> 01:02:19,241 Yeah, and you can have every cent of it. 613 01:02:19,366 --> 01:02:21,410 That'd be 450. 614 01:02:22,244 --> 01:02:24,580 Jesus Christ, I bet we could get it for that. 615 01:02:24,705 --> 01:02:27,750 You two could get her started. I'd work and make up the rest. 616 01:02:27,875 --> 01:02:30,169 I'm gonna take that goddamn pup. 617 01:02:30,294 --> 01:02:32,713 Sure, sure, sure. You know what I'm gonna do? 618 01:02:32,838 --> 01:02:35,633 I'll write those two old people that we'll take it. 619 01:02:35,758 --> 01:02:37,760 Candy will send $100 to hold it? 620 01:02:37,885 --> 01:02:41,680 I sure will. I'll have 30 more dollars the time you guys is ready to quit. 621 01:02:41,805 --> 01:02:45,225 I get to tend the rabbits. Tell him, George. Tell him he can't do it. 622 01:02:45,351 --> 01:02:48,729 I'll get to hoe in the garden, even if I ain't no good at it? 623 01:02:48,854 --> 01:02:52,441 - They got a nice stove there? - Yeah, yeah. They got a real nice stove! 624 01:02:52,566 --> 01:02:54,568 But I bet that pup will like it there. 625 01:02:54,693 --> 01:02:58,822 We're gonna do it, goddamnit. We can fix up that little old place and live there. 626 01:02:58,948 --> 01:03:00,950 When we gonna do it? 627 01:03:02,910 --> 01:03:06,246 One month. Right smack in one month. 628 01:03:06,372 --> 01:03:07,873 (MEN TALKING OUTSIDE) 629 01:03:07,998 --> 01:03:09,917 Now, don't tell nobody about it. 630 01:03:10,042 --> 01:03:13,337 - Just us three and nobody else. - Don't tell nobody. 631 01:03:13,462 --> 01:03:17,675 George, I ought to have shot that dog myself. 632 01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:20,386 I should not let no stranger shoot my dog. 633 01:03:20,511 --> 01:03:23,222 - SLIM: Shut up. I'm tired of... - I just asked you! 634 01:03:23,347 --> 01:03:27,059 You've been asking me too often and I'm damn sick of it. 635 01:03:27,184 --> 01:03:29,812 If you can't look after your goddamn wife, 636 01:03:29,937 --> 01:03:32,523 what do you expect me to do about it, huh? 637 01:03:33,023 --> 01:03:35,067 - Lay off me. - Didn't mean nothing by it. 638 01:03:35,192 --> 01:03:37,986 - I said lay off. - Just thought you might have seen her. 639 01:03:38,112 --> 01:03:40,614 - Tell her to stay home. - You keep out of this. 640 01:03:40,739 --> 01:03:43,701 You goddamn punk. You're yellow as a frog belly. 641 01:03:43,826 --> 01:03:46,120 You may be the best welterweight in the country, 642 01:03:46,245 --> 01:03:50,124 - but I'll kick your goddamn head in. - (MAN IMITATES A CHICKEN CLUCKING) 643 01:03:55,754 --> 01:03:58,132 What the hell you laughing about? 644 01:03:58,257 --> 01:04:00,801 Huh? You! 645 01:04:03,721 --> 01:04:05,764 Come on, you big bastard, get up. 646 01:04:07,391 --> 01:04:10,394 No big son of a bitch is gonna laugh at me. Get up. 647 01:04:13,313 --> 01:04:16,066 - I'll show you who's yellow. - You got no cause for... 648 01:04:16,191 --> 01:04:17,985 Get up! 649 01:04:18,110 --> 01:04:20,529 - MAN: Come on, Curley! - Get up and fight. 650 01:04:20,904 --> 01:04:25,200 - He didn't do nothing. Leave him alone. - LENNIE: I didn't. 651 01:04:25,325 --> 01:04:27,369 MAN: Cut it out, Curley. 652 01:04:29,121 --> 01:04:31,415 - MAN: Fight back. - Make him stop. 653 01:04:31,540 --> 01:04:33,876 - Get him, Lennie. - (LENNIE CRIES) 654 01:04:35,210 --> 01:04:37,254 Get him, Lennie! Get him! 655 01:04:51,643 --> 01:04:54,188 Get him off of me! Get him off of me! 656 01:04:55,689 --> 01:04:57,274 Lennie. 657 01:04:57,399 --> 01:04:59,776 Slim, help me. 658 01:04:59,902 --> 01:05:02,821 - Lennie. - Oh, God! 659 01:05:04,489 --> 01:05:06,533 Lennie! Lennie! 660 01:05:08,035 --> 01:05:12,080 Lennie! Let go! Lennie! Let go of his hand. 661 01:05:12,539 --> 01:05:14,958 Let go. 662 01:05:16,210 --> 01:05:17,961 Jesus. 663 01:05:18,086 --> 01:05:20,881 You told me to, George. You told me to. 664 01:05:21,006 --> 01:05:23,300 I know, I know. Take it easy now. Calm down. 665 01:05:23,967 --> 01:05:26,220 We gotta get him to a doctor. 666 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:31,934 Carlson, get the wagon hitched up. We'll take him into Soledad to get him fixed up. 667 01:05:32,059 --> 01:05:34,728 I didn't wanna hurt him. I didn't wanna hurt him. 668 01:05:34,853 --> 01:05:36,438 I know. I know. 669 01:05:36,563 --> 01:05:40,317 It ain't your fault, Lennie. This punk had it coming to him. 670 01:05:40,442 --> 01:05:41,944 (CURLEY GROANS) 671 01:05:42,069 --> 01:05:45,822 Slim, is Curley's old man gonna can us now? 672 01:05:51,703 --> 01:05:53,997 Hey, you hear me? 673 01:05:54,122 --> 01:05:55,499 Huh? Hey! 674 01:05:55,624 --> 01:05:57,626 - You hear me? - Huh? 675 01:05:59,294 --> 01:06:03,131 I think you got your hand caught in a machine. 676 01:06:04,132 --> 01:06:08,011 Now, if you don't tell nobody what happened, we ain't going to. 677 01:06:08,136 --> 01:06:11,264 But you just tell, and try to get this guy canned, 678 01:06:11,390 --> 01:06:14,017 we're gonna tell everybody what really happened. 679 01:06:14,142 --> 01:06:17,771 - You got that? Huh? - Uh-huh. 680 01:06:18,271 --> 01:06:20,732 George, you and Whitt, give me a hand. Come on. 681 01:06:23,026 --> 01:06:25,195 Lift him up. That's it. 682 01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:27,364 Candy, get the door. 683 01:06:30,242 --> 01:06:32,744 Whitt, you go on into town with Carlson. 684 01:06:53,515 --> 01:06:55,183 George. 685 01:06:55,308 --> 01:06:57,352 Jesus, you look like hell. 686 01:06:58,770 --> 01:07:02,107 Do... do I still get to tend the rabbits? 687 01:07:05,819 --> 01:07:07,988 Sure, you ain't done nothing wrong. 688 01:07:14,953 --> 01:07:18,999 Thanks a lot. I didn't want no trouble. 689 01:07:24,713 --> 01:07:28,175 It's all right. I know you didn't. 690 01:07:33,430 --> 01:07:36,433 Come on. You be quiet so I can clean you up. Okay? 691 01:07:51,114 --> 01:07:53,241 Okay? 692 01:08:10,759 --> 01:08:12,802 Hi, boys. 693 01:08:16,223 --> 01:08:19,309 It's hot out here. Not cool like in the barn. 694 01:08:32,030 --> 01:08:34,658 I said it's hot out here! 695 01:08:36,451 --> 01:08:39,871 Why don't you go back to your house now? We don't want no trouble. 696 01:08:39,996 --> 01:08:42,165 I ain't giving you no trouble. 697 01:08:46,419 --> 01:08:49,631 Think I don't like to talk to somebody every once in a while? 698 01:08:49,756 --> 01:08:52,550 You got a husband. Go talk to him. 699 01:08:53,802 --> 01:08:57,847 Sure, I got a husband. Swell guy, ain't he? 700 01:09:08,566 --> 01:09:11,319 Say, what happened to Curley's hand? 701 01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:15,365 He got his hand caught in a machine. 702 01:09:17,367 --> 01:09:20,996 Baloney! What you think you're selling me? 703 01:09:30,213 --> 01:09:32,590 How'd you get them bruises on your face? 704 01:09:34,551 --> 01:09:38,221 - Who, me? - Yeah, you. 705 01:09:42,267 --> 01:09:44,477 Got his hand caught in a machine. 706 01:09:50,316 --> 01:09:52,652 Yeah, okay. 707 01:10:32,066 --> 01:10:34,402 GEORGE: Lennie. 708 01:10:35,862 --> 01:10:38,031 I'm gonna go into town with the guys. 709 01:10:38,740 --> 01:10:41,910 - Can I stay here? - Yeah, yeah. 710 01:10:42,035 --> 01:10:45,330 Just stay here for a while and then go back to the bunkhouse. 711 01:10:45,455 --> 01:10:46,998 Okay. 712 01:10:47,123 --> 01:10:48,792 MAN: Come on, George. 713 01:10:49,584 --> 01:10:51,753 Don't you get in no trouble. 714 01:11:25,161 --> 01:11:27,497 You ain't got no right to come into my room. 715 01:11:27,622 --> 01:11:30,959 Ain't nobody got a right to be in here but me. 716 01:11:31,292 --> 01:11:35,088 - I... I seen your light. - Yeah, well, I got a right to have a light. 717 01:11:35,213 --> 01:11:39,092 Now, I ain't wanted in those bunkhouses and you ain't wanted in my room. 718 01:11:39,217 --> 01:11:42,554 - Why ain't you wanted? - Because I'm black. 719 01:11:44,389 --> 01:11:47,809 They say I stink. Well, I'll tell you, all of y'all stink to me. 720 01:11:51,729 --> 01:11:53,982 Everybody went into town. 721 01:11:55,483 --> 01:11:59,779 - Well, what you want? - Nothing. I see... I... 722 01:11:59,904 --> 01:12:01,781 I seen your light. 723 01:12:03,992 --> 01:12:08,871 Well, come on in and sit awhile if you won't get out of here and leave me alone. 724 01:12:11,207 --> 01:12:13,251 Goddamn your soul. 725 01:12:31,185 --> 01:12:33,521 All the boys go into town? 726 01:12:33,646 --> 01:12:38,985 All but old Candy. He just sat in the bunkhouse, figuring about the rabbits. 727 01:12:39,318 --> 01:12:41,529 What rabbits you talkin' about? 728 01:12:41,654 --> 01:12:45,324 The rabbits we're gonna get, and I get to tend 'em. 729 01:12:47,368 --> 01:12:51,330 You're nuts. You're crazy as a wedge. 730 01:12:51,914 --> 01:12:55,626 I don't blame that guy you travel with for keeping you out of sight. 731 01:12:55,752 --> 01:12:59,922 No, every word is the truth. You can ask George. 732 01:13:00,631 --> 01:13:03,009 You travel around with George, don't you? 733 01:13:03,176 --> 01:13:05,553 Sure. Me and George go everywhere together. 734 01:13:05,678 --> 01:13:09,223 And sometimes he talk to you and you don't understand 735 01:13:09,348 --> 01:13:12,143 what the hell he's talking about. Ain't that so? 736 01:13:16,522 --> 01:13:19,400 How long do you think it's gonna be 737 01:13:19,525 --> 01:13:24,113 before them puppies are old enough to take away from its mother? 738 01:13:27,825 --> 01:13:29,410 Boy, I tell you. 739 01:13:29,535 --> 01:13:33,915 A guy can talk to you and be sure you ain't gonna go blabbing. Uh-uh! 740 01:13:34,040 --> 01:13:39,128 Just talking and you don't understand nothing. 741 01:13:41,631 --> 01:13:46,511 It don't make no difference if you don't hear or understand, you just... 742 01:13:46,636 --> 01:13:48,513 (BABBLES) 743 01:13:48,638 --> 01:13:50,681 ...talking. (GIGGLES) 744 01:13:52,683 --> 01:13:54,727 Just talking. 745 01:13:55,478 --> 01:13:58,856 Just being with another guy. 746 01:14:00,358 --> 01:14:02,401 That's all. 747 01:14:04,362 --> 01:14:06,405 Suppose... 748 01:14:08,533 --> 01:14:11,244 George don't come back no more. 749 01:14:11,369 --> 01:14:13,663 What you do then? 750 01:14:17,500 --> 01:14:19,418 What? 751 01:14:19,544 --> 01:14:23,130 I said suppose George go into town tonight 752 01:14:23,256 --> 01:14:25,550 and you never heard of him no more. 753 01:14:26,217 --> 01:14:28,844 George would never do nothing like that. 754 01:14:28,970 --> 01:14:32,473 Well, suppose he get hurt or killed and he can't come back. 755 01:14:32,598 --> 01:14:37,019 George can't get killed cos George is careful. 756 01:14:37,144 --> 01:14:40,982 Well, just suppose. Suppose he don't come back. What you do then? 757 01:14:41,107 --> 01:14:43,776 I don't know. Gee, why are you doing anyways? 758 01:14:43,901 --> 01:14:47,572 - That ain't true. George ain't hurt. - Shall I tell you what'd happen? 759 01:14:47,697 --> 01:14:51,784 They'd take you to the booby hatch and lock you up with a collar, like a dog. 760 01:14:51,909 --> 01:14:54,620 - Who'll hurt George? - (LAUGHS) Just supposin'. 761 01:14:54,745 --> 01:14:57,999 George ain't hurt. He's all right. He's gonna come back. 762 01:14:58,124 --> 01:15:00,334 - Then what you supposing for? - Oh, I... 763 01:15:00,459 --> 01:15:02,378 Ain't nobody talk no hurt to George. 764 01:15:02,503 --> 01:15:05,506 Just keep calm. Now, now, George ain't hurt. 765 01:15:05,631 --> 01:15:09,218 Ain't nobody talk no hurt to George. George'll be back. 766 01:15:09,343 --> 01:15:12,388 All right, all right, all right. Just sit down. 767 01:15:12,513 --> 01:15:14,557 Calm down. 768 01:15:16,517 --> 01:15:18,561 Go on. 769 01:15:35,328 --> 01:15:37,872 Maybe you can see now. 770 01:15:37,997 --> 01:15:42,168 You got George. Suppose you ain't got nobody. 771 01:15:42,376 --> 01:15:47,131 Suppose you can't go into the bunkhouse and play rummy because you's black. 772 01:15:47,256 --> 01:15:50,718 Suppose you have to sit out here with the mules and read books. 773 01:15:50,843 --> 01:15:52,887 Books ain't no good. 774 01:15:53,012 --> 01:15:55,723 A guy goes nuts, he ain't got nobody. 775 01:15:55,848 --> 01:16:00,102 I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely, he gets sick. 776 01:16:02,229 --> 01:16:06,275 Maybe George come back already. Maybe I better go see. 777 01:16:07,443 --> 01:16:10,154 I... I didn't mean to scare you. 778 01:16:10,279 --> 01:16:12,406 George gonna come back all right. 779 01:16:12,531 --> 01:16:16,077 I was just talking about myself, that's all. 780 01:16:31,133 --> 01:16:35,888 We're gonna get a little place of land and rabbits and windmill. 781 01:16:37,473 --> 01:16:39,850 You're nuts. 782 01:16:40,768 --> 01:16:42,269 GEORGE: Lennie! 783 01:16:42,394 --> 01:16:45,523 - That's George. George is back. - Yeah. 784 01:16:45,648 --> 01:16:47,691 I'm in here, George. 785 01:16:50,152 --> 01:16:52,154 You shouldn't be in here. 786 01:16:52,279 --> 01:16:54,990 Yeah, well, I told him, but he come on in anyway. 787 01:16:55,115 --> 01:16:57,701 - Why didn't you kick him out? - Well, I... 788 01:16:58,869 --> 01:17:01,372 I guess I didn't care much. 789 01:17:03,290 --> 01:17:05,334 Come on. 790 01:17:15,427 --> 01:17:17,137 Night. 791 01:17:24,019 --> 01:17:26,647 George, I thought you were gonna stay in town. 792 01:17:26,772 --> 01:17:29,817 - Well, why'd you think that? - That nigger told me. 793 01:17:29,942 --> 01:17:31,986 He tell you got hurt. 794 01:17:32,111 --> 01:17:34,613 CURLEY'S WIFE: Hey! 795 01:17:35,698 --> 01:17:38,325 Did you see Curley in town? 796 01:17:39,577 --> 01:17:41,287 No. 797 01:17:41,870 --> 01:17:45,499 He went into town. His old man went into town, too. 798 01:17:47,418 --> 01:17:49,378 GEORGE: Yeah. 799 01:17:49,503 --> 01:17:52,047 I couldn't even play my records tonight. 800 01:17:52,172 --> 01:17:54,758 I got no records left. I had four. 801 01:17:54,883 --> 01:18:01,807 "Am I Blue", "Little by Little", "Button Up Your Overcoat" and "Ten Cents a Dance". 802 01:18:03,392 --> 01:18:06,937 Curley got mad at me after supper, broke all my records. 803 01:18:23,537 --> 01:18:26,290 I know how you got them bruises on your face. 804 01:18:27,875 --> 01:18:30,669 And how Curley got his hand busted. 805 01:18:33,505 --> 01:18:35,841 He got his hand caught in a machine. 806 01:18:40,971 --> 01:18:43,098 Yeah. All right. 807 01:18:44,933 --> 01:18:46,977 If you say so. 808 01:18:50,898 --> 01:18:55,402 Someday I'm going into town, and no one's ever gonna see me again. 809 01:18:55,527 --> 01:19:00,282 Not Curley, not his old man, not a damn one of you bindle stiffs! 810 01:19:00,407 --> 01:19:02,451 (SOBS) 811 01:19:11,877 --> 01:19:13,921 George, she's crying. 812 01:19:15,255 --> 01:19:17,383 George, why is she crying? 813 01:19:22,262 --> 01:19:24,306 I don't know. 814 01:20:03,804 --> 01:20:06,974 - I finished the letter. - Oh, that's good. Good, that's good. 815 01:20:07,099 --> 01:20:09,268 Maybe we should send the binding money? 816 01:20:09,393 --> 01:20:11,687 No, no. Let's wait till we hear back from 'em. 817 01:20:11,812 --> 01:20:16,650 - Well, I hope they ain't already sold it. - Oh, don't you worry about that. 818 01:20:16,775 --> 01:20:21,321 George, I'll tell you what. I'd feel a lot better sending the money now. 819 01:20:22,155 --> 01:20:23,907 Well, let me think about it. 820 01:20:24,032 --> 01:20:29,162 You know, I could hardly sleep last night, thinking about us getting that farm. 821 01:20:32,124 --> 01:20:33,959 We'll be there before you know it. 822 01:20:36,044 --> 01:20:38,422 Come on, Crooks, put it in. 823 01:20:40,173 --> 01:20:42,134 Oh, good shot. 824 01:20:42,259 --> 01:20:44,303 That's the way. 825 01:20:44,428 --> 01:20:46,471 Still in there. 826 01:21:02,821 --> 01:21:04,865 (CRYING) 827 01:21:05,073 --> 01:21:07,117 Why did you get killed? 828 01:21:09,536 --> 01:21:12,289 You ain't seen so little as the mice. 829 01:21:14,916 --> 01:21:16,960 (MUMBLES ANGRILY) 830 01:21:19,504 --> 01:21:25,844 George is never gonna let me tend my rabbits if he finds out you got killed. 831 01:21:32,976 --> 01:21:35,020 Come on, George. 832 01:21:35,312 --> 01:21:37,356 Put that ringer on. 833 01:21:43,612 --> 01:21:45,656 One of 'em got very close. 834 01:21:47,449 --> 01:21:50,827 - Okay, Slim, come on. - Shut up, Smiley. 835 01:22:00,545 --> 01:22:03,006 - Ringer time. - Ringer time. 836 01:22:26,822 --> 01:22:28,865 What you got there, sonny boy? 837 01:22:38,417 --> 01:22:41,294 George says I ain't got nothing to do with you. 838 01:22:41,920 --> 01:22:45,549 George giving you orders about everything? 839 01:22:45,674 --> 01:22:48,051 I ain't gonna talk to you or nothing. 840 01:22:49,177 --> 01:22:51,638 The guys got a horseshoe tournament going on. 841 01:22:51,763 --> 01:22:53,807 None of them guys is gonna leave. 842 01:22:56,685 --> 01:22:59,980 Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. 843 01:23:02,023 --> 01:23:04,067 I get awful lonely. 844 01:23:05,610 --> 01:23:08,321 I ain't supposed to talk to you. 845 01:23:09,990 --> 01:23:13,493 You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley, 846 01:23:13,618 --> 01:23:15,662 or else he gets mad. 847 01:23:16,496 --> 01:23:18,790 How'd you like not to talk to anybody? 848 01:23:29,968 --> 01:23:32,345 What you got covered up there? 849 01:23:34,514 --> 01:23:36,558 I... 850 01:23:41,396 --> 01:23:43,023 That's the pup. 851 01:23:45,233 --> 01:23:47,152 That's the little pup. 852 01:23:50,530 --> 01:23:52,574 Why, it's dead. 853 01:23:58,955 --> 01:24:01,875 But I was just playin' with him. 854 01:24:06,463 --> 01:24:08,506 Don't you worry none. 855 01:24:09,215 --> 01:24:11,676 He's just a mutt. You can get another one, easy. 856 01:24:11,801 --> 01:24:17,349 Well, it ain't that so much, but George ain't gonna let me tend them rabbits now. 857 01:24:17,474 --> 01:24:20,810 - Why don't he? - Well, he said when... 858 01:24:22,354 --> 01:24:27,233 I did any bad things, then I wouldn't be able to tend them rabbits. 859 01:24:31,071 --> 01:24:33,365 Don't you worry about talking to me. 860 01:24:34,074 --> 01:24:37,410 Listen to the guys yell. They ain't gonna leave till it's over. 861 01:24:37,535 --> 01:24:41,915 I ain't supposed to talk to you. George said he'd give me hell. He told me this. 862 01:24:42,123 --> 01:24:44,459 Well, what's the matter with me? 863 01:24:44,584 --> 01:24:46,753 Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody? 864 01:24:47,462 --> 01:24:50,173 George says you get the people in a mess. 865 01:24:51,591 --> 01:24:53,635 Oh, nuts. 866 01:24:56,221 --> 01:24:58,181 What kinda harm am I doing to you? 867 01:25:03,103 --> 01:25:06,189 I tell ya, I ain't used to living like this. 868 01:25:06,314 --> 01:25:08,900 I could've made something outta myself. 869 01:25:09,651 --> 01:25:11,903 Maybe I will yet. 870 01:25:13,154 --> 01:25:17,909 A show come through Salinas, and I met one of the actors. 871 01:25:18,034 --> 01:25:20,078 He says I could go with the show. 872 01:25:20,745 --> 01:25:24,249 My old lady wouldn't let me, but this guy says I coulda. 873 01:25:25,041 --> 01:25:28,169 If I went, I wouldn't be living like this. You bet. 874 01:25:28,294 --> 01:25:32,048 Say, we were supposed to get a little place and then get rabbits. 875 01:25:49,607 --> 01:25:54,571 Another time, I met a guy - he was in the pictures. 876 01:25:54,696 --> 01:25:57,782 Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. 877 01:25:58,908 --> 01:26:01,619 He says he was gonna put me in the movies. 878 01:26:01,744 --> 01:26:03,788 He says I was a natural. 879 01:26:04,497 --> 01:26:08,751 As soon as he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it. 880 01:26:10,587 --> 01:26:12,630 I never did get that letter. 881 01:26:14,799 --> 01:26:18,178 I always thought my old lady stole it, too. 882 01:26:18,303 --> 01:26:20,346 She said no. 883 01:26:21,723 --> 01:26:26,311 So, um... I married Curley. 884 01:26:26,603 --> 01:26:30,315 Met him out at the Riverside Dance Palace that same night. 885 01:26:33,443 --> 01:26:35,612 - Are you listenin'? - Sure. 886 01:26:38,865 --> 01:26:41,075 I ain't told this to nobody before. 887 01:26:42,118 --> 01:26:44,162 And maybe I oughtn't to. 888 01:26:48,082 --> 01:26:50,126 I don't like Curley. 889 01:26:51,878 --> 01:26:54,422 He ain't a nice fella. 890 01:26:58,676 --> 01:27:00,970 I could've been in the movies. 891 01:27:01,095 --> 01:27:03,139 Had nice clothes. 892 01:27:04,307 --> 01:27:06,351 This guy said I was a natural. 893 01:27:08,394 --> 01:27:12,607 Maybe if you took this pup and you throwed him away, 894 01:27:12,732 --> 01:27:17,946 then George would never know and I'd get to tend them rabbits with no trouble. 895 01:27:23,326 --> 01:27:25,703 What makes you so nuts about rabbits? 896 01:27:25,828 --> 01:27:30,500 I like to pet nice things with the fingers. Soft things. 897 01:27:30,625 --> 01:27:33,127 Well, who don't? Everybody likes that. 898 01:27:34,796 --> 01:27:36,923 Do you like to feel velvet? 899 01:27:37,048 --> 01:27:39,968 You bet, by God. 900 01:27:40,093 --> 01:27:44,931 I had me some too. The lady give me some and then I lost it. 901 01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:49,686 You're nuts. 902 01:27:49,811 --> 01:27:52,063 But you're kinda a nice fella. 903 01:27:52,188 --> 01:27:54,232 Just like a big baby. 904 01:27:57,026 --> 01:28:01,739 Sometimes when I'm doing my hair, I just sit and stroke it cos it's so soft. 905 01:28:03,282 --> 01:28:05,326 Feel right here. 906 01:28:26,848 --> 01:28:29,350 That's nice. 907 01:28:29,475 --> 01:28:31,519 Like it, don't ya? 908 01:28:33,438 --> 01:28:35,773 I like it too. It feels nice. 909 01:28:35,898 --> 01:28:37,942 That's nice. 910 01:28:48,244 --> 01:28:50,371 That's nice. 911 01:28:50,913 --> 01:28:52,957 Don't mess it up. 912 01:28:57,920 --> 01:28:59,964 Look out now. You'll mess it up. 913 01:29:02,383 --> 01:29:04,552 Don't muss it up. 914 01:29:05,928 --> 01:29:07,763 Let go. 915 01:29:07,889 --> 01:29:10,224 Let go. You let go. 916 01:29:10,349 --> 01:29:12,435 - Don't. Don't. - Let go. 917 01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:14,020 - Let go! - Sssh! Sssh! 918 01:29:14,145 --> 01:29:17,231 - (SCREAMS) - Hey, no. 919 01:29:17,356 --> 01:29:19,066 Hey, don't do none of that. 920 01:29:19,192 --> 01:29:21,235 Please, don't you go yelling. 921 01:29:23,154 --> 01:29:25,198 Don't! Don't you go yelling. 922 01:29:26,240 --> 01:29:28,201 Don't! Don't! 923 01:29:28,326 --> 01:29:30,453 (SCREAMS) 924 01:29:30,578 --> 01:29:32,622 Don't yell! Don't do that! 925 01:29:34,207 --> 01:29:36,334 George is gonna be mad if you yell. 926 01:29:45,509 --> 01:29:49,138 Don't wanna hurt you, but you're gonna get me in trouble. 927 01:29:54,185 --> 01:29:56,229 You done a bad thing. 928 01:30:02,735 --> 01:30:04,779 I done a bad thing. 929 01:30:07,073 --> 01:30:09,784 I done a really bad thing. 930 01:31:19,061 --> 01:31:21,105 (CHEERING) 931 01:31:35,411 --> 01:31:37,538 Lennie! Lennie! 932 01:31:37,663 --> 01:31:40,249 Lennie, I got something here to show you. 933 01:31:43,627 --> 01:31:45,671 I didn't know you was out here. 934 01:31:51,844 --> 01:31:53,888 You oughtn't to sleep out here. 935 01:31:58,601 --> 01:32:00,644 Jesus Christ. 936 01:32:46,440 --> 01:32:48,484 Hey! 937 01:33:01,247 --> 01:33:03,290 Damn. 938 01:33:24,520 --> 01:33:26,814 What are we gonna do now, George? 939 01:33:31,110 --> 01:33:34,905 - We oughta tell the guys. - No, no. 940 01:33:35,030 --> 01:33:37,283 We oughta let him get away. 941 01:33:37,408 --> 01:33:39,952 You don't know that Curley. 942 01:33:40,077 --> 01:33:42,538 Curley's gonna wanna get him lynched. 943 01:33:50,879 --> 01:33:53,007 I ain't gonna let him hurt Lennie. 944 01:34:08,272 --> 01:34:11,567 All right, now, listen. The guys might think I was in on it. 945 01:34:11,692 --> 01:34:15,612 So I'm gonna go in the bunkhouse, and then you give me a minute, 946 01:34:16,405 --> 01:34:19,700 then you come out and tell the guys about her, 947 01:34:19,825 --> 01:34:24,371 and then I'll come along and make like I never seen her. Will you do that? 948 01:34:25,122 --> 01:34:27,166 Sure, George. 949 01:35:08,373 --> 01:35:10,042 (CHEERING) 950 01:35:10,167 --> 01:35:12,336 Slim! Slim! 951 01:35:13,045 --> 01:35:15,088 Something happened to Curley's wife. 952 01:35:15,214 --> 01:35:17,132 Come quick. Come quick. Come on. 953 01:35:17,257 --> 01:35:19,551 Come on, come on, come on! 954 01:35:19,676 --> 01:35:23,180 - What the hell's going on, Candy? - Let's go see. 955 01:35:23,305 --> 01:35:25,349 Come on. 956 01:35:32,356 --> 01:35:34,399 Move it. 957 01:35:42,157 --> 01:35:44,284 (MAN WHISPERS) She ain't moving. 958 01:36:03,929 --> 01:36:07,224 I know who done it. That little son of a bitch done it. 959 01:36:10,394 --> 01:36:13,146 I'm gonna get him. 960 01:36:13,272 --> 01:36:17,442 I'm gonna get my rifle and I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch myself. 961 01:36:19,361 --> 01:36:22,572 - I'll get my gun. - I'll go with you. 962 01:36:22,698 --> 01:36:24,741 Tom, let's get the horses. 963 01:36:33,917 --> 01:36:36,253 I guess Lennie done it, all right. Her... 964 01:36:36,378 --> 01:36:38,714 Her neck's bust. 965 01:36:38,839 --> 01:36:40,882 Lennie could've done that? 966 01:36:45,554 --> 01:36:49,599 - Well, I guess we gotta get him. - Couldn't you bring him in... 967 01:36:49,725 --> 01:36:51,810 and... and lock him up? 968 01:36:51,935 --> 01:36:54,479 He's nuts. He never done this to be mean. 969 01:36:54,938 --> 01:36:57,649 If we could keep Curley in, we might. 970 01:36:57,774 --> 01:37:00,235 But Curley's gonna wanna shoot him. 971 01:37:00,360 --> 01:37:04,948 And suppose they lock him up and strap him down and put him in a cage? 972 01:37:05,073 --> 01:37:07,492 That ain't no good, George. 973 01:37:08,201 --> 01:37:10,245 Come on, men. Let's get a move on it. 974 01:37:10,370 --> 01:37:12,748 That bastard stole my gun. It ain't in my bunk. 975 01:37:12,873 --> 01:37:15,125 Nigger's got a shotgun. Take his. 976 01:37:15,250 --> 01:37:18,253 Curley, maybe you'd better stay here with your wife. 977 01:37:18,378 --> 01:37:20,839 Oh, no, goddamnit. 978 01:37:20,964 --> 01:37:23,675 I'm gonna kill the son of a bitch myself. 979 01:37:23,800 --> 01:37:26,261 CURLEY: Come on, let's move! 980 01:37:26,386 --> 01:37:28,430 (DOGS BARKING) 981 01:37:47,616 --> 01:37:50,911 SLIM: Whitt, Mike, Carlson, you fellas ride with me. 982 01:37:54,247 --> 01:37:59,252 CURLEY: Anybody finds him, hold him till I get there cos I want the first crack at him. 983 01:38:00,462 --> 01:38:03,840 Slim! Take your men south. I'm gonna take my men north. 984 01:38:04,758 --> 01:38:07,093 Let 'em go. Come on, move out! 985 01:38:08,595 --> 01:38:10,806 Move it. 986 01:38:37,082 --> 01:38:39,125 Come on, let's go. 987 01:38:55,517 --> 01:38:58,436 What you gonna do? George? 988 01:38:58,562 --> 01:39:02,107 - Find Lennie before they get to him. - Are you gonna help him get away? 989 01:39:02,232 --> 01:39:04,985 I don't know. I don't know what I'm gonna do. 990 01:39:38,435 --> 01:39:40,478 (DOGS BARKING) 991 01:40:06,671 --> 01:40:08,715 Lennie. 992 01:40:09,549 --> 01:40:11,593 Lennie! 993 01:40:25,648 --> 01:40:28,109 Lennie! 994 01:40:33,323 --> 01:40:34,908 George. 995 01:40:35,033 --> 01:40:37,786 George, I didn't... I didn't forget, George. 996 01:40:37,911 --> 01:40:41,706 I didn't... I didn't remember where we was, but I didn't forget. 997 01:40:41,831 --> 01:40:43,917 - I just... I couldn't find it. - It's okay. 998 01:40:44,042 --> 01:40:46,086 - I couldn't find it. - It's okay. 999 01:40:47,754 --> 01:40:49,964 Okay? 1000 01:40:50,632 --> 01:40:52,675 I didn't forget what you told me. 1001 01:40:53,676 --> 01:40:55,470 It's okay. 1002 01:40:57,806 --> 01:40:59,641 It's okay. 1003 01:41:23,122 --> 01:41:25,166 George? 1004 01:41:26,334 --> 01:41:28,378 Yeah? 1005 01:41:30,255 --> 01:41:32,966 Ain't ya gonna give me hell? 1006 01:41:34,551 --> 01:41:36,678 Like... like you done before? 1007 01:41:36,803 --> 01:41:41,808 Like "If I didn't have you, I'd take my 50 bucks, go into a cathouse..." 1008 01:41:41,933 --> 01:41:43,977 Jesus Christ, Lennie. 1009 01:41:45,895 --> 01:41:48,982 You can't remember nothing that happens, 1010 01:41:49,107 --> 01:41:51,234 but you remember every word I say. 1011 01:41:53,194 --> 01:41:55,864 I thought you was mad at me, George. 1012 01:41:58,116 --> 01:42:00,159 No. 1013 01:42:03,204 --> 01:42:05,248 I ain't mad. 1014 01:42:06,958 --> 01:42:09,127 I ain't never been mad. 1015 01:42:11,045 --> 01:42:14,549 You ain't gonna leave me, George. I know you ain't. 1016 01:42:16,968 --> 01:42:19,012 Nope. 1017 01:42:21,556 --> 01:42:24,350 George, I done... I done a bad thing. 1018 01:42:31,399 --> 01:42:33,443 It don't make no difference. 1019 01:42:46,789 --> 01:42:48,833 George... 1020 01:42:54,047 --> 01:42:57,383 George, where are we gonna go now? 1021 01:43:01,387 --> 01:43:03,931 I don't know. 1022 01:43:05,141 --> 01:43:07,018 I... I like it here. 1023 01:43:12,982 --> 01:43:16,027 George, tell me like you done before. 1024 01:43:16,152 --> 01:43:18,696 About them other guys and about us. 1025 01:43:21,741 --> 01:43:23,576 (DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE) 1026 01:43:24,243 --> 01:43:26,788 George, tell it like you done before. 1027 01:43:29,040 --> 01:43:30,708 Okay. 1028 01:43:33,002 --> 01:43:35,046 Okay. 1029 01:43:37,256 --> 01:43:40,343 You look over there. Okay? I'll tell ya. 1030 01:43:41,552 --> 01:43:43,805 So you can almost see it. Okay? 1031 01:43:43,930 --> 01:43:45,598 - Where? - Over there. 1032 01:43:50,895 --> 01:43:53,022 - Okay? Over there. - Okay. 1033 01:43:54,899 --> 01:43:57,235 Guys like us, they got no family. 1034 01:43:59,987 --> 01:44:02,865 They ain't got nobody who gives a hoot in hell about 'em. 1035 01:44:02,990 --> 01:44:06,410 But not us, George. That's it, George. But not us. 1036 01:44:06,536 --> 01:44:08,579 Tell about us now. 1037 01:44:12,416 --> 01:44:14,460 - Not us. - Because... 1038 01:44:16,129 --> 01:44:18,172 - Cos I got you. - And I got you, George. 1039 01:44:18,297 --> 01:44:21,300 That's what gives a hoot in hell about us. 1040 01:44:21,425 --> 01:44:24,262 George, but tell now how it's gonna be. 1041 01:44:27,515 --> 01:44:29,559 We're gonna get a little place. 1042 01:44:30,893 --> 01:44:34,355 Okay. Yeah. We're gonna get a little place and we're gonna... 1043 01:44:34,480 --> 01:44:36,524 - We're gonna... - ...have... 1044 01:44:37,733 --> 01:44:42,530 We're gonna have a cow, and some pigs, and we're gonna have maybe a chicken. 1045 01:44:43,281 --> 01:44:46,868 - Down in the flat, we'll have a... - Field of alfalfa for the rabbits. 1046 01:44:46,993 --> 01:44:50,204 - For the rabbits... - And I get to tend the rabbits. 1047 01:50:22,578 --> 01:50:25,038 Visiontext Subtitles: Julie Clayton