This film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel explores how a group of strangers stranded by dangerous weather on a bus journey across rural California are forced to confront their secrets, fears, and desires, ultimately revealing that personal growth and self-discovery emerge from honest communication and shared human experiences during challenging circumstances.
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Heat. Heat.
Heat. Heat.
Heat.
Heat.
Heat. Heat.
Pimples.
Pimples.
Pimples.
>> Coming. Mr. Chcoy.
Sorry I was a little bit late this morning, Mr. Chico.
>> Okay, you want to get inside and start her up?
>> Why do you suppose I got her out this morning?
>> Some kind of trouble, I guess. Come on, Pimples. Wake up. Huh?
>> Always. I'm kind of this way this early.
>> I know.
All right, try her once.
Go on.
Want me to clean the plugs? Maybe.
>> I did an hour ago.
>> Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Choy.
>> Anything I can do?
>> Like you to put on a clean shirt, though. Mrs. Chcoy don't like to see you in a shirt like that. Sunday especially.
>> Yeah, but you know what I think? She don't like me. Clean shirt or dirty.
>> Nah, that ain't it. A lot of passengers coming through this time of year.
She got a lot in her mind.
All right, try it again.
Well, after a day, Mrs. Chcoy won't have to worry about me. School starts.
>> What are you going to do with the bus when the Great Fox Company takes over this run, Mr. Chcoy? Sell her and go back to Mexico.
>> Mexico is not for my wife. Hold still, can't you?
>> Because if you're aiming a solo, sweetheart, there ain't much sense putting a whole lot of work back into her.
>> You never did own a horse, did you?
Animal any kind.
>> Oh, that's different. Animals got feelings.
>> Pimples. You drive the same bus 10 years. It's got feelings, too.
>> Mr. Chicoy, >> what?
>> Mr. Chicoy, could we fix it? I mean, could you fix it so you don't call me pimples anymore?
>> What's your name? First name?
>> Ed. Ed Carson. When my old man was alive, he always told how we were distant relatives of Kid Carson.
That's so okay. Switch her off now.
Before I got all these pimples in grammar school, they used to call me Kit.
>> Better load up the tire chains and rope before the gray fox gets in. Might need them. Norm is up.
Okay, kid. Carson, grab yourself some coffee. Load up later.
>> Oh, morning, Mr. Choy.
>> Morning. Mrs. Chcoy up yet?
>> I guess I'll fix my hair as soon as the coffee's ready. And Norma, see if you can get through the day without breaking a dish.
>> Don't do it on purpose.
Makes me nervous, that's all.
>> Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Piece of chocolate cake, please.
>> Cake for breakfast.
Bet Mr. Robert Wagner doesn't start his day wolfing down chocolate cake.
Hey, how come you never woke me up?
>> Figure Sunday's a pretty busy day for you. Use the sleep.
>> Sleep? Are you kidding? I should have been in there an hour ago.
When I woke up, I missed you. Didn't even hear you get out of bed.
>> Ah, you got a good rest. You look good.
>> Like to see you that way.
>> If I look good all the time, there'd be nothing done.
It's true.
>> Well, it's Sunday and it's going to be a nice day. Okay.
>> Okay. Nice day.
Good morning.
>> I was going to come back and wake you up.
>> You through working outside? Pretty much be a while before the gray fox gets in, though.
>> Yeah, like 5 minutes.
>> Take 10. The clock is fast at that. Give me a kiss.
>> You're awful.
>> Come to think of it, you always are.
>> What'd you expect from an Irish Mexican?
Nice day. Remember?
>> Okay. Nice day.
>> One of these days, Mr. Chico, you're going to kiss us right out of house and home. Takes two to do it though. Don't come here.
>> Mrs. Gcoy, what is it now?
>> Mrs. Gcoy, is it okay if Pimples has a second slice of cake?
>> Let him have it.
>> Wait a minute. No.
>> Had a fly in it.
>> Come on, honey. Forget it.
>> Where's the fly? You had a fly in your cake yesterday. I think you carry flies in your pocket.
Why is it you never find a fly until the cake's half eaten already?
>> Okay, give him another piece. It's your idea, not mine.
>> It is not.
>> You're like me, Mrs. Jakoy. We sure hate flies.
>> Who doesn't?
>> Other flies, I guess.
>> I thought I told you to wash those windows.
>> Well, it's going to rain. They'll get dirty again. If they get dirty again, we'll wash them again. People don't eat in dirty places.
Johnny.
Johnny.
Johnny.
That stuff ain't medicine, you know.
Supposed to be fun with you. It ain't fun no more.
>> It's those kids that norm and pimples.
The >> name is kid. K I T.
You keep on saying I don't look good anymore.
>> Said you did look good just a couple of minutes ago. I said it.
>> What happened to our day? Huh? The nice one.
>> We still got it. It's still here.
>> No, we ain't. It's shot it and a lot just like it.
>> Johnny, I don't feel very good today.
>> Then start feeling good. You pull that one on me once too often. Don't run it into the ground.
>> Get that straight.
>> Okay, forget it.
Come on.
>> Oh, well, I'd be glad when you don't have to drive that bus into San Juan every day.
>> Oh, time I get there, I'm looking forward to coming back.
>> Be better when the new highway's open.
Four bus loads of greyhounds to feed every day. You here to help?
>> Yeah. standing behind the cash register with a big belly.
>> You'll never get fat.
>> Listen, you're too good-look to be off by yourself without me.
>> Just remember, nothing ever happens on a 50-mi bus ride to be jealous of. It's famous.
>> Same. I married you to be with you cuz I couldn't keep my hands off you.
I still can't, Johnny.
die if you ever walked out on me.
>> Matter of fact, you wouldn't die.
>> You'd go looking for somebody else to pump gas and fill that cigar box of yours with more money.
>> Mr. Chicoy. Mr. Chicoy.
>> No.
>> Wonder if there'll be any important people on the bus today. Important people don't ride buses.
>> I happen to know Marlon Brando does incognito. That way he can study people.
Helps his acting.
>> Marlon Brando. Hey, you better get those curlers out of your hair and start trying to get a crush on a guy you actually know one time. It's more fun.
>> Sorry, Mr. Choy. It's a bus.
>> Johnny, I got to go. Honest. Oh, let him wait a minute. Let Norma look after him.
>> Honey, I got to get in the kitchen. I got to get dressed.
You brought me the end of the world. All right. Didn't you, mother?
>> Is that it? We're going to ride 50 mi in that.
>> Oh, it'll be fun.
>> Why is it adventure?
>> Let's leave the complaining to Mildred.
>> Hey, how about the luggage?
>> Just a minute.
Hey, hey, miss.
>> Still want to get off here? Rebel corners for San Juan.
>> Oh, sure.
>> Thanks a lot.
>> No thanks.
Mama.
>> Hi folks. What can I get? Do you serve fresh orange juice?
>> Fresh frozen? Well, in California, one does expect whatever that I just take black coffee. Me too. And toast and fresh frozen orange juice. You'd better come to freshen up. You look terrible.
>> Who too?
I wish you'd let me handle those things for you.
>> Thanks. Can't afford a tip.
Oh, here. Let me help you. Noticed you last night on the bus. Didn't have you figured for the side trip, though. Are you going to Mexico, too?
>> San Juan.
>> Oh, another tourist, eh?
>> No.
>> I hear this mission at San Juan is very colorful. That's why we're taking the side trip.
>> Yes.
>> You know, I have the feeling I've met you someplace before.
>> I don't think so. I've been living in Chicago.
>> Well, that's it. Must have been in Chicago. What line of work are you in?
Show business.
>> I used to do some things around a dental clinic.
>> Like say a receptionist, maybe?
>> No. No more like saying spit out, please.
Hello, kiddo.
>> Hello. Something for you. Uh, just coffee. Black, please. You're like me.
>> I like it black, too.
>> Me, too. With bacon and hotcakes.
>> Could it have been Dr. Lynn's office?
>> No. Oh, well, it'll come back to me sooner or later.
>> Elliot, come. Darling, we'll sit over here.
>> You were kidding him about being from Chicago, weren't you? All those Los Angeles labels. No. LA is kind of my base of operations.
>> Oh, are you in the movies?
>> I know. No, I'm not.
>> Television then, I bet. Huh?
>> I bet you've had all kinds of offers and turned them down, though, huh? That's kind of true.
>> Hey, miss. I got a friend who works at one of the big studios in Hollywood.
>> Really? Is he influential?
>> He gets coffee.
>> I'm sorry.
>> I hate to interrupt your career, Miss Trapma, but that cup goes to number two.
>> I'm sorry. Uh, this gentleman's a coffee, bacon, and hotcakes. No hot cakes. Sorry. Too much to do before you got here.
>> Mine of a move up.
>> Thank you. My name's Ernest Horton. Easy name to remember because it sort of fits my personality. Frank and Ernest. Do you get it? Frank. Ernest. You're Miss >> Oaks.
>> Miss Oaks. Well, Miss Oaks, you and I are strangers at the moment. Perfect strangers meeting in this desert crossways, right?
Sort of.
>> You'd be surprised how unlike strangers strangers can be when they aren't strangers anymore, right?
>> Probably.
>> You and I have got a long way to go today. So, who knows what might happen.
>> Mr. Horton, everybody knows what might happen. So, for the 50 miles, let's see if we can't just stay acquaintances.
Think we could?
>> Well, now you just might be surprised.
I always am. Story of my life.
>> Sorry. Here, let me get you in the car.
No, >> that's all right. I I got to check the bus.
>> You the driver?
>> Yeah.
>> Mild.
>> Yes, mother. Father and I are sitting over here. Mild, you look good there.
>> Will you leave her alone, Bernice? We've done enough as it is.
>> You know why she was talking to that bus driver, don't you? Because she spilled his coffee.
>> She was doing it to test us to see if we care about her.
>> She's still a child looking for her father.
>> But she'd better put on her bifocals because I'm right here.
>> I'm quoting her psychoanalyst.
>> Poppyccock. Now, will you stop nagging and let her enjoy the trip? Heaven knows it isn't easy.
>> Because you aren't making it easy.
>> Oh, when we get to Mexico, I'll sing.
I'll dance. I'll be hot tamali's in my hair. You'll see.
>> All this is for her sake, not mine.
She's the one who was getting herself talked about with that basketball coach.
Okay. Okay. So, we didn't like the basketball coach. But the fact is the world is full of basketball coaches, even in Mexico. And if you don't know it, she'll prove it to you.
>> Here is another bulletin on weather conditions as they affect the extreme southern tip of California. The following highways have been placed on the danger list. Cababrio, Até, and San Juan. Only emergency travel is recommended. Bureau forecasts intermittent rain throughout the day.
The low pressure area is moving slowly inland with clearing skies predicted early morning.
Now, time for another.
>> You hear it?
>> Yeah, I can make a boat though.
>> Look, when you get to San Juan, you better load up and head straight back.
You fool around too long, you won't have any passengers to make the trip back.
Not when that rain catches up with you.
>> Make a nickel. Make a dime. Make a dollar.
>> It's not a dollar. It's 15, 20 bucks.
There you are for the gas.
>> Hey, you popcorn poop.
>> Chicoy.
>> Yes, Mr. Van Brun.
>> Listen to me. Chicoy, I've got to be in the county registars's office no later than 3:00. You understand?
>> Well, if the river ain't too high beyond Breed's junction, you'll get there by two.
>> Well, supposing it is too high, what do you do then?
>> Oh, I might turn around and come back again.
>> Don't try getting funny with me, Chicoy.
>> If we don't hit San Juan at 3:00, I'll be in trouble. So will you.
>> I'll change my clothes now. Mr. Chicoy, >> I don't know what to do. Somebody was supposed to meet me at San Juan at 1.
>> Oh, can I use your phone?
>> Go ahead.
I wonder what a girl like that wants to go to a crummy place like San Juan for say I I wouldn't want to discommodate you any but I mean I I'd hate to be your bother but would you do me a real big favor take an envelope and give it to that friend of yours at the studio personally.
>> Oh, gee, honey, he's very busy.
>> A break like that, please.
>> It wouldn't work. Wouldn't change anything.
>> Okay, go get me the letter. It won't make any difference. Believe me.
>> Hello, Mr. Stanton. This is Camila LS.
How do you do?
I hate to bother you at your office, but my bus doesn't get in until 2.
Well, I'll be looking for you then at the bus station.
Well, if your friends want music and colored lights and that stuff, that's entirely up to them.
What magazine?
Which number?
No, I didn't.
Glad you thought so.
That That was strictly a frame up.
Yeah. I'll see you later.
And now a word from our sponsor. Why not lump all your debts into What are you doing, Norma? Oh, just forgot something in my room. Your invitation to the Academy Awards, maybe?
It ain't none of your business, Mrs. Chor. Are you supposed I want my customers to think I got a bunch of goons waiting on them?
>> Norma Trap, bus 34, waste 22.
What am I running here? A girly show or something? Give me that picture back or else.
>> Don't you threaten me, Miss Movie Queen.
And just do your work and quit pretending you're somebody you're not.
>> You've got to stop making fun of me.
>> Just do one honest hour's work. That's all I ask. Just one hour. Don't you push me, Mrs. Chicoy. I'm going. Ever since I came to work for you, you've been picking on me because you're jealous.
Not because of work, but because you're jealous. Jealous of you. Of me, and every other young girl who came to work here. And frankly, Mrs. Chico, I can't blame you for being jealous one little bit. Why?
>> Alice, cut it out.
>> I'm sorry, folks.
Johnny What are you doing?
Look, I'm sorry.
Something happened. I couldn't help it.
>> And we started out so good, too.
>> Johnny, you can walk out on me. I can't stand it here all alone.
>> You got the donuts. You got the customers. That's what you want.
>> Johnny Mind if I sit with you, honey?
>> Oh, you want to be helped, but why don't you put these suitcases down there?
>> It's a privilege and a pleasure.
Heat. Heat.
Sorry, was I bothering you?
If I was, I certainly didn't mean to.
A whistling girl and a crowing hen always come to some bad end. That's what they taught me.
>> Okay.
You've been driving this bus long >> since you was in fifth grade. Anyways, >> I skipped fifth grade. I was smart.
>> Mill, >> mother, please.
>> You must get awfully tired driving this road every day.
>> Elliot, I wonder if you have any insight as to what your daughter's up to.
>> I'd say she's going full speed to the bus driver stage.
>> Oh, you can be ugly sometimes.
>> I know. And you put things so prettily always. Young lady, it's against the law to talk to the bus driver.
>> Mildred, the gentleman's quite right, Mildred.
>> When we flew to Honolulu last summer, you weren't allowed to talk to that pilot in the cabin, were you?
>> No, I waited.
What are you going to San for? A lot of people want to see me there.
>> I sure wish you were taking the gray fox straight through to LA tonight. I'm going to try and get a job at a drive-in. I know you could just help me an awful lot.
>> The things I could help you with wouldn't do you any good at a drive-in, honey.
>> You know those red velvet trousers? They make you wear.
>> And do they stretch them on tight?
>> Do you pay for them?
>> Oh, no. They'll lend you a pair. One size too small.
>> Gee, I'd hate that. Even if I did get discovered.
>> Well, I tell you, there are two ways of getting discovered, honey. Coming and going. You better figure them both.
Maybe we could meet after you get to Hollywood. And if it didn't work out for me at the drive-in, maybe I could learn to do the same thing you do.
>> What do you mean same thing I do? I don't mean at the same place. I'd work at a different dentist. We could sort of share experiences. Well, we'll see how it goes.
>> Are you married?
>> No.
>> Never.
How come you never married?
>> The right guys had the wrong ideas.
>> How about if the right guy had the right idea?
>> This is none of your business, Mr. Horton.
>> You don't even know what my business is.
>> Salesman.
>> And yours?
>> Miss Oaks is a dental nurse.
What do you sell besides you, Mr. Horton?
>> Oh, I travel in a very dignified line.
>> Would you mind sitting on that?
>> Careful.
>> What's going on?
>> It's a bestseller. Other get one for your mother-in-law.
>> Oh, what's that black sat?
>> This? Oh, well, that's not a joke.
That's an invention of my own. It's a slip cover. Fits over lapel of a man's suit. makes into a tuxedo.
>> Hey, that's kind of a cute idea.
Ingenious.
>> Yeah. Now, I got another line here, some Oh, let me get that.
>> Oh, here. I've got it.
>> It's okay. I've got it. Do you mind if I borrow this?
>> No, go right ahead. Now, I have a little article here, which is truly one of the wonders of the world. Would you like to take a guess what it is? H, go ahead.
Elephant? No. Parker convertible? Nope.
Racehorse? No. But something that even the Queen of Sheba herself might envy.
And what's it made of? The platinum of today. Plastic. Just as clear as a crystal and shiny as a diamond. And I would like you to have it, my dear, with my compliment.
>> No, thank you.
>> Well, how about you, Norma?
>> No, I couldn't.
>> Well, go ahead, honey. Take it. He wants you to have it. Believe me, he does.
>> I sure can tell when a guy's on the level, can't you, honey?
>> Oh, look. It's raining in here.
>> Forgot to tell you about that seat.
Better move to another seat, baby.
>> Let's see what he gave you, Norma.
>> Huh? Worth about 69.
>> You >> I was reading where a man can take a correspondence course in electronics and make $600 a month after.
>> I guess it can be done. If you would date with me and when I get into electronics, I'd buy you one of those things made of silver.
Coming to breathe general store. Comfort stop if necessary. Keep on going. Nobody wants to stop. Do you? Anybody under pressure?
>> Well, I'll sacrifice myself to the general good.
>> That a girl.
>> Elliot, we're never going to get there.
Wherever it is we're going.
>> This is how you wanted it. Off the beaten path.
>> Driver, are we on schedule?
>> Schedule.
>> Mister, this ain't the champagne flight to Chicago.
>> Do you know where that wind's coming from? Southwest.
>> Do you know where those clouds are coming from?
>> Southwest. Do you know where all our rain comes from mostly?
>> Northeast.
>> Yes. North. No. Southwest.
>> Hey, why don't you take your own advice and shut up for a while? Huh? I wasn't talking to you, Chicoy. I was addressing my fellow passengers. I got the right. I paid my fair.
>> Speaking about the weather, how about me buying you a nice wet drink when we get to the end of the line?
You know, it was real nice of you giving the kid that compact.
>> Well, I am nice.
>> And smart, too, I suppose.
>> If I was smart, I'd be settled down to marriage instead of pedling stuff around like this.
>> Hey, how about that, Marion? You and me, huh?
>> It's original. No question about it.
>> Simple as ABC.
>> Sex, you mean? Look, you're a salesman.
So am I. We both know what the score is.
It's even. So, why don't we call it that and quit? Okay.
>> I didn't know you were a salesman.
>> Well, I am. And a good one.
>> How about that drink?
>> I don't drink.
>> All right, then. I'll have two drinks.
I'll drink to the both of us.
>> Fine, you do that. Now, why don't you leave me alone so I can catch up on what's been happening to the rest of the world.
>> You know, as a salesman, you'll learn.
See that, Chico?
I see it. That helicopter belongs to highway department. Folks, we're in trouble.
Back up. Back up. Keep going. Shut up.
Back up. Let's get out of here. See what's happening.
Have you seen Johnny's? You bet we've seen it. We got to get that road blocked off.
Are you crazy, man? I was telling you to go back.
>> Is that the only slide? It's >> about three more up above. It'll be a week before the roads cleared.
>> Now look, Chicoy, I got business in the county courthouse before 3:00 today.
>> Not a chance then, Brunt.
>> Wait a minute. How about that old washboard road down the canyon? Is that still open?
>> Nobody uses that no more except old Jaw and a couple of sheep herders.
>> Well, it's wide enough for the bus. It's a good 15-mi detour.
>> Nothing in your franchise says you have to make the run, Johnny. Not with conditions bad like this.
>> I know there ain't, Hal.
>> Phone line's still open to the corners.
>> Don't know. I haven't tried.
>> Operator, get me through the rebel corners, will you?
>> I'm not pressing too hard, am I?
>> I love it. Love it. Love it.
Take care of you. All right.
>> Just fine. Got a kind burn out of this doll. All you need is a purple heart.
>> Got some rurome in here somewhere.
>> Oh no, honey. I don't want a murochrome.
My face all red. Give me a band-aid.
>> Have you got some brandy? My wife's pretty badly shaken.
>> No liquor license.
>> I got some bourbon. My case, will you, honey?
>> Yeah.
>> I sure appreciate this, young. You're welcome.
>> You ought to stay still.
>> They uh do you carry any novellies here?
>> Like what?
>> Take a look.
>> You like candy?
>> Would you keep trying, please?
Hello, Johnny.
I was okay. How about yourself?
>> Look, I I hadn't left like that. I I was too rough on you.
I I'm sorry, honey.
Well, you know, Johnny, sometimes we do things out of love that don't seem like love at all. You know what I mean?
It's all right, cuz I love you. Even when you act like a stinker. Even when I act like a stinker. And that takes some doing.
>> So, you just turn the old bus around and and come back here double quick.
>> Yeah. And you better cut down on that drinking double quick, too.
>> Why? Why don't you go to bed, honey? Go to bed. Take it easy today.
>> Look, I'll go to bed when >> Hey, when are you coming back anyway?
>> Well, that's what I was calling about.
There was a landslide and the road is closed and I was Well, we was just >> Now I get it.
>> What do you mean?
>> I mean, all of a sudden the road is closed and you've got no place to go except back to mama.
>> Honey, that ain't it.
>> Got to come back anyway. So, you make it sound like a pretty good deal. like you're sorry and I'm sorry and all those dames are sorry and Nor is sorry.
>> I called you because I was going to see you >> and I was glad I was going to see you and if you wasn't so drunk you'd know it was the truth.
>> Poor Johnny >> tried to get away and couldn't make it.
Now you can't even cry on a blonde shoulder.
>> Well, I'll I'll see you, Johnny.
>> I'll have some beans cooking or something. You don't have to worry about your dinner any of that.
All right, everybody. I'm taking the bus over the old road to San Juan. What kind of a road is that?
>> It's a good road. A washboard road.
>> Mister, if you don't want to come, you don't have to.
>> Call the sheriff's office, San Juan.
Report those slides.
>> Children, your mother and I think we better hire someone to drive us back to the main highway right away. But Daddy, we've come all this way to see the San Juan mission.
>> No one ever really wanted to see it anyway.
>> Elliot, how could you tell us such a thing?
>> I do want to see it. I've been told 21 times that it's for the good of my soul.
Is this big enough?
Too big. You bring the shears.
>> One thing's sure. I'm not going to spend one night under Mrs. Chicoy's roof again. Ever.
>> Can I ride next to you this time? All the way. I mean, >> well, I don't know if I get a chance to say next to Miss Oaks. That's nice.
>> Sweetheart gut and soul aim in the ditcher in the mountain someplace.
>> You know you was listening. Alice can be an awful fool sometimes.
>> She ain't no fool. She just don't care enough.
>> Not about me anyhow.
>> Got a lot of woman there. Better think twice, Johnny.
>> Charge this. Same as usual.
>> Yep. Alice can pay for it.
>> Sweetheart, one tank full of gas. It's all I'm taking.
Sounds like the Jeep was busting up.
>> Sure does.
Let's say we go back down the road a piece, put up a couple of road clos signs of rebel corners. We might even get a slice of pie from Alice. What do you say?
Here's to you, kid.
You did it.
Smash.
Johnny, I don't know what to do, but she'll always be my darling.
Long since you had a permanent slob.
Look at that blouse and clean since you rubbed some delicious exotic beauty cream. That silly face of yours costs too much.
is not so bad, huh?
Hey, want to go dancing, kid?
Hey, wait a waiter. Another scotch and water music.
Johnny can't be true.
cuz you got scared.
You got chicken.
You started scrumping and saving and penny pension.
Maybe it ain't too late, Johnny.
with that landslide and all. You got to come back.
I'll sell the place. I'll never have another drink.
Oh, Johnny, you've got to come back.
You've got to come back.
Washboard Road. Now I know what they mean.
Driver, how far is it this bad?
Do we get to the bridge? How far is that?
>> Driver, I said, how far is that?
>> About 8 miles.
>> Holy cow.
>> Do you know what you were saying about not spending another night under her roof? Mrs. Chico? And I meant it.
>> I know. But I've got a feeling Mr. Chcoy isn't going to spend another night under her roof either. Ever.
>> I wouldn't if I was him.
>> I know. But I was thinking if I was to marry someone, I don't see how I'd be able to forget him ever. Not once I loved them.
>> Not even Mrs. Chicoy.
>> Well, what I want in a wife is to be true. And Mrs. Chico, is that all right?
>> How about you? You plan to be true, too?
Oh, sure. If she's the right kind of wife, I will.
>> Suppose she isn't.
>> Well, then I'd show her a thing or two.
I sure too could play that game. Like Carrie Grant done in that movie.
>> You and Carrie Grant.
>> Kid.
>> Yes, Mr. Chicoy.
>> Visa shook loose. Get it out of here, will you?
>> Oh, I'm sorry.
>> Wasn't your fault. Here.
Want one?
>> Oh, no thanks. I gave up smoking long ago.
>> How about you?
>> I could use one.
>> Here, I'll light it for you. Your hands are kind of busy.
>> Little lipstick on it. Hope you don't mind.
>> I don't mind.
>> Who's that?
>> What?
It's the virgin.
Virgin Guadalupy.
>> What does she do?
>> When you ain't sure about something, you ask her >> and then she tells you.
>> Then you tell yourself, you're Mexican.
>> Half and half. My mother was Irish.
>> Handsome people, both sides.
No wonder you're not so bad looking.
>> How old are you?
>> So old I like being nice as you feel better.
>> Nope.
I'm going to drop you off on the San Juan bus station in about 40 minutes.
>> Pity. You'll >> never know.
>> Elliot, I'm afraid I'm going to be carick.
>> Do you suppose they have any of those little cardboard containers that they have on airplanes?
>> Of course they don't.
Maybe if you close your eyes and try to relax, you'd feel better.
>> Elliot.
>> Huh?
>> I can hear your teeth rattling. Don't you think you want to take out your dentures?
>> No.
>> You'll lean back. You'll be all right.
You know, I hope this bouncing doesn't open up your cut.
>> Honey, forget it. It's nothing.
>> Really? You in love?
>> Huh?
>> I mean, with anybody?
>> No.
>> You feel like beer or not?
>> I don't know. I really don't quite know.
>> Wouldn't it be fantastic if we What I mean, if you and I sort of possibly could wind up.
>> Ernest, I'd like to ask you a highly personal question.
>> Sure. Go ahead.
Quite honestly, why do you like me?
>> Oh, because you're a thrifty or a good cook and you hemstitch marvelously.
>> No, I mean honestly.
>> Honestly, because you are probably the most fabulously attractive girl I have ever spoken to.
>> And >> And on the other hand, I'm a man who never spoke to Ava Carter.
>> Well, that's honest.
You sure had me pegged for a fresh kind of to make this morning, didn't you?
>> I guess I did.
>> And you know something.
>> You are absolutely right.
>> If you scratch the surface just a little, you'll find out I'm I'm really not just a fresh guy.
I have depth. Honest. I think I have.
Want to scratch the surface a little?
>> Mhm.
>> Oh boy.
Nice.
I haven't felt this good in years.
>> For me, it's been years, too.
>> Well, I see you two are getting pretty chummy. Young fella, you and I have some serious talking to do.
You're obviously a man of considerable talent, and that's something I'd like to see in a young fellow.
Look, I come to LA quite a few times a year.
You've got an apartment, haven't you?
>> That's right.
>> I wouldn't be surprised if we could do some business together.
How's that, Mr. Cricket? Now, >> look, Horton, I'm always on the look.
>> I'm always on the lookout for fellas with initiative who know the way around, you know.
>> Well, I have been giving some thought to settling down the regular job with a proper firm.
>> You may have come to the right man, my boy.
Maybe we can all get together in LA sometime and have some fun. Who knows, huh?
>> There's the bridge, folks.
I got to take a look around.
Hey, >> what does your bus weigh? About 6,500 empty.
>> So, you were in business?
>> Yeah. 1922.
>> All right, everybody has to go across on foot. Help across, kid.
>> Come on, mother.
I can carry you, Norma.
>> You watch out for yourself.
>> That was my only pair. What size are >> six? I've got an extra pair you can have.
>> What about you, Van Brunt? Oh, quit showing off. That bridge is good and you know it. I've got to be in San Juan by 3:00. Got to quit talking and get moving.
>> All right. You asked for a ride, you're going to get it.
>> Let's go.
>> Okay, kid.
Champ just cracked, but it's behind us.
>> Johnny, hurry up.
Keep going.
>> Get out. Jump.
Pull the hand right for me.
>> Hold it.
Come back. You're crazy.
Come on.
Where's that man? Kid Carson. Right here, Mr. Chicoy.
>> I'm still Johnny. Thanks to you, Mr. Carson.
Didn't throw your ticket away, did you?
>> Don't worry. I'll get you to San get you there today.
>> You should have been more careful.
Heat. Heat.
Why don't you go down the road and put up the sign? After that, you might do some work in your engine.
>> And bud, take your time.
>> You want to go eat that pie all by yourself?
>> That's right.
>> Okay, bud.
I'll get you a cup of coffee afterwards.
After what?
Alice.
Alice.
Alice.
Johnny.
>> Hi, Alice.
>> Get out of here. Get out.
>> Ah, calm down. What are you taking a bath for in the middle of the day anyhow?
>> Didn't answer my question. Why a bath this time of day?
>> If you must know, I'm getting myself boiled out before Johnny gets back.
And what makes you think Johnny's coming back?
>> What are you talking about? There's been a landslide. He has to.
>> When last seen, he and the bus were heading south over the old road.
That's why I'm here. I thought you might need a good shoulder to cry on.
>> He said he was coming back.
>> Hey, you and him are no good for each other anyway.
>> I'll let you know about it.
>> Let him sweat it out. He'll be back one day. back. I'm sorry.
>> I don't want him sorry. That's not the way I want him. I'm the one that's sorry.
Get off that bed. Get out.
>> Don't get me wrong, Alice. Like Johnny just stopped by for coffee and donuts.
>> Like fun you did. Okay, then get out to the lunchroom.
Johnny, Johnny.
>> Oh, Elliot, I'm frightened. He's some kind of foreigner or something. Tell her not to drive so fast. The men have enough trouble for one day.
>> Don't be afraid of what people think of you all the time. Go on, tell him.
>> No.
>> What did you say?
>> I said no.
>> Hope those brakes hold.
>> Is something burning?
>> It's the brakes.
Stop. I say stop.
>> Stop me here.
>> Let the man drive. Will you >> drive? Have you gone crazy?
Oh god.
Sorry folks.
>> Sorry. By the purest luck, we didn't turn turtle.
>> Killed all of us.
>> I had you figured for a better man. Keep going right.
>> He drove good, mister.
I didn't see you drive that good with water in the brake drums.
>> Why didn't you get them fixed?
>> Bringing us over this road was criminal negligence.
>> It certainly was.
>> It isn't the road. It's the equipment.
This old bus ought to have been condemned long ago.
>> The one ought to have been condemned is that fool bus driver.
>> Yeah, it's a hard duty to all.
>> You didn't have to come along. I told you that.
>> Well, we should have known better.
Considering you weren't even born in this country, >> mother doesn't have to be a native son to get his brakes line. Why didn't he? A very full report of this whole thing is going to be made in the highway commission. Believe me.
>> Hey, where do you think you're going?
>> Down the road. Farmhouse about 2 miles away. Get a tractor.
>> Hey, Chico. Look here. You can't leave us just like that. Nothing out our say.
Not in the middle of a mud hole. Elliot.
Want me to come here too, Johnny? Come >> stay and watch after the customers.
>> Oh, I broke a strap.
>> Well, get yourself a lawyer and sue.
>> Now we won't get there till dawn. I don't know what I'm going to do.
>> I wish you had your troubles. You're a slip shower.
>> Thank you.
Had no idea Alice had taken so hard. One man Dame. She'll get over it unless she turns on the gas. Huh?
What is it?
>> Another chance to talk to Johnny. Get dressed. Get your thing. What you need?
Better plan spending the night than one.
>> What are you talking about?
>> You're going up up and over.
>> They mean it. Hell, they really mean it.
You're going to be wet, scared, probably throw up. Get going.
Hey, coward.
I took a walk.
Usually wear these when the light isn't too good.
>> Sure.
>> Helps you see better.
>> I'm sorry >> about coming here.
>> No, about all those people.
My mother and my father, too. I mean, the way they turned on you, you think that what happened was your fault or something?
You come here to tell me that?
>> No, I took a walk.
>> I saw your footprints and it was raining.
>> Yeah, your coat's all wet.
>> Why'd you take it off?
>> So are my shoes and my stockings.
Pretty lonely type girl, ain't you?
>> What makes you say that?
>> I got eyes at the back of my neck.
You and your folks are not so good.
>> Right. Not so good.
>> Seems like kind of a nice trip they're giving you.
>> Giving me hauling me away from something they don't approve of.
>> What was wrong with him?
He's male. My mother doesn't approve of males.
>> Kind of tough on your father.
>> Father stopped being a male a long time ago. He's just a good provider.
>> Something I don't understand.
Why'd you come along?
>> They challenged me.
Said I didn't know my own mind.
Looks like they had a point.
>> I guess I always have to let them make their point.
>> Someday they're going to be sorry.
>> Someday.
Could be today.
>> Aren't you going to have one?
>> No.
>> And I don't want any.
>> What do you want?
>> I don't know.
I guess right this second just to be here with you.
Aren't you going to make a pass at me?
>> You mean I'd fall into your lap anyway, so why bother?
>> I'll bother when you get through arguing with yourself.
>> Will you laugh at me?
>> Do you care?
I do very much.
I talk too much.
>> I bet right at this second you're probably laughing at yourself saying, "Why doesn't she stop talking?"
>> Why don't you?
No place to land. But you got to land.
>> We'll land you a piece back.
I might send that one. I'll pay you $30.
Hey, >> he can't hear you, mister.
>> Hey, >> thanks. Caution.
I'm not going to worry about those.
>> Just walking in the rain gives some people what they call a Freudian release.
>> Open these face back. She's probably with a bus driver right now.
>> Then I wish she was dead.
>> I don't. I'm as ashamed of this as you are. But I don't put the blame on Mildred.
>> Well, we've done everything, haven't we?
>> You're a pure white angel, Bernice. I think you hate it if I so much as touch your hand. Always have. Elliot, how can >> brought up in an atmosphere like that?
How could Milildra develop any right human values?
>> Why, Elliot, we have the sweetest, cleanest marriage I know.
>> Yes, Bernice. Yes.
See if you can't get 40 weeks.
>> That isn't Poison Ivy.
>> California holiday.
>> What?
>> California holiday.
>> No.
>> I grew up in Selenus. Wish I'd known you then. I missed a lot of stops along the way.
>> You don't know me at all. I missed. You don't know anything about me.
>> I don't have to know anymore about you.
Everything I said I meant.
>> Did you really?
>> You doubt the word of a traveling sales.
I was only kidding. Sweetie, always make one of the jokes. That's me. It helps when you like physical appeal.
>> What are you talking about?
>> I never won a beauty contest.
Why not?
>> Yes, honey. I hate to bother you, but you know those shoes you were going to lend me?
I'm sorry. I'll be back.
You know, when my vacation is over, we ought to get together.
>> I'd like to.
>> I've been watching you operate all along on this trip. I like your style of approach.
>> How do you mean?
>> Well, for a guy in my position, those kind of dames are pretty tough to meet, and even then, you're never sure which way they're going to jump. I mean, your professionals, your bee girls, your chorus line blondes.
>> What professionals? What are you talking about?
>> You know, he's never even asked me one single thing about myself.
>> Why should he?
>> Remember when he said, "Why shouldn't we get married?" Just kidding. Well, he said it again. For serious, really and truly.
>> Are you going to?
>> He's got a little apartment, Spanish type, and he's going to buy me the latest model self-timing electric stove.
All you do is set it, and when the steak's done, it plays tenderly.
>> Oh, Camille.
>> Camille, are you crazy? Who's crazy?
you. Just because a girl's got blonde hair and got a build on her, guys like you think all you got to do >> so. Well, I've got news for you, my pure young friend. Not only in the magazine, but I've seen her doing her act.
>> What magazine? You, Richard, you never saw a girl before in your entire life.
>> Don't tell me you know where it was. It was at a convention in Chicago last fall, sitting in a big glass of champagne. I knew I'd seen Hey, are you kidding? Why? It was in your magazine.
That's when it came back to me.
>> What are you talking about?
You mean you didn't see it?
>> I thought that's why you were handing her that line of bull.
>> Thanks.
Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Gee, these are swell shoes. They must fortune.
>> I I think you're the luckiest.
>> Skip it, Norma.
>> Ernest, I >> I'll talk to you later, kid.
All set?
>> No.
>> What's the matter?
>> Oh, I lost one darn old earring.
>> Hey What you doing in my barn?
>> I drive the bus from Rebel Corners.
We're stuck down the road a mile or so.
Need your tractor.
>> It'll cost you.
>> Okay.
On quite a detour, ain't you, son? Yep.
Hey, move that, will you?
You're thinking so hard, Johnny. I can almost hear you.
>> Don't listen.
>> Thinking about your wife?
>> Yeah.
>> I thought you left her. I did.
But as soon as I drop this bus load in San Juan, I'm going to hightail it back so fast.
>> You really love her.
>> Nobody else does. Maybe that's why I do.
She drinks too much. She's money hungry.
But you know something?
When I'm in her arms, I'm the only guy in the world Hey Johnny got some tractor.
>> Everybody out. We've got to make this patch as light as we can. You ladies are just excess weight. Come on out.
Hi folks.
>> Mrs. Gcoy, how did you get here?
>> By air. Me that gets dizzy on a step ladder.
>> Where's Johnny?
>> Uh he uh he went after the tractor. Uh, believe so, Mrs. We had a little trouble. We sure did.
>> Where's the blonde?
>> Right here.
>> Hi.
>> Hi.
>> Is Johnny Is the driver coming up? They're coming up soon as she finds her earring or some darn thing.
>> Who's she? The >> girl with it.
>> Where did she lose her earring >> in the barn?
Are you a present, Johnny?
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Go ahead.
Hi.
>> Hi.
Mildridge, >> please.
>> I'm so humiliated.
>> Let my daughter have her own regrets.
Smooth sailing from now on.
Alice.
>> Alice, I want to talk to you. I got to talk to you.
>> Oh, Chico, talk in your own time. Get us to San Juan Pronto.
>> There's nothing to be said, Johnny.
I'm only going to stay in San Juan tonight.
>> All night. Huh?
>> Meaning what?
>> Exactly what you think it means?
>> I tell you I was a school teacher.
>> You got to tell me about that magazine on >> fresh out of a pokey.
>> I wasn't trying to hide anything from you. I was going to break it to you gradually. What do you want me to do?
Wear a sign on my back.
I'd still like to see you when we get to LA.
>> For old time's sake.
>> Okay, let me just give you a buzz sometime. Who knows?
Mind if I sit here?
None of my business. But mind if I tell you what I did to a guy I was in love with once.
Broke a chair over his head after I caught him kissing some dame at a party.
But he never tried that again.
Don't know. Never saw him after that.
But he's married. Happily married.
Did I make a living?
Believe me, breaking a chair over a guy's head can sure work miracles.
The kind of miracles that lasts up your whole life.
Here we are, folks. End of the line.
We'll hit sign one in a couple of minutes.
You can hand me that bag, will you, please?
>> I hope she kept that county clerk's office open.
>> Who?
>> A lady of my acquaintance. We're going to get married.
>> Well, Kitty Poo, >> you're 3 hours late.
>> Well, it rains so hard.
>> Bye, John.
>> Huh?
Norma, >> you forgot your Saturday and Sunday.
Thanks, Mrs. Chico. There's an extra 10 in there for I'm sorry, Norma.
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Alice, where are you going? None of your business, Johnny.
>> You got to listen to me.
>> It's all over, Johnny.
Thanks for a nice long ride.
>> Alice. Hey, Chico. Get moving. You're blocking number six. Get on your loading spot.
>> No. one way single out of 10.
>> There will be a short delay for the system bus.
>> Please listen for the announcement.
>> Hello.
>> Hello. Chairman of our little entertainment committee. Welcome.
>> Thank you.
>> And I hope you're not too exhausted.
>> I'm ready to work, Mr. Stanton.
>> Well, uh, I was coming to that. You see, the actual occasion, this little show we hired you for isn't until tomorrow night after all. So, I thought we could, uh, >> I see. So, you thought we might get together for a little talk? H >> you see my wife?
>> Yeah, she's over there.
>> Alice, >> your change.
Honey, listen.
>> CB has been found. Please inquire. The information says >> that's an awfully long telegram, Mildred.
>> Look, when you tell a man that you're not only coming back, you'd also like to marry him. Yeah, have you? It takes more than 10 words. You've gone into particulars in a telegram. What do you expect?
>> San Diego leaving at door number one.
All aboard, please.
>> Elliot, >> just a minute for me. San Diego leaving at door number one.
>> There you are.
>> All aboard, please.
>> You know, you should be grateful to me, Horton. I saved you from a bad mistake.
>> Where do those girls usually wind up? I mean, in the end.
>> You mean who marries him?
>> Yeah. Who knows? What's more, who cares?
>> I sort of do.
>> Are you kidding?
>> No, I'm not.
Nice, kind, eventerate, sweet, about the most attractive person I ever spoke to.
And you know something, physical attraction is a very important thing.
>> Mr. James Hollister, please report the information.
>> I do my act tonight or I take the first place back to LA.
>> But we can't tonight.
>> Then you better start looking around for another gal for tomorrow night, Mr. Staten. But a night, too.
>> But Miss Oaks, can I speak to you for just a minute? It really is important.
>> Okay, it sure better be. It's >> about our electric stove.
>> Electric stove for our new apartment.
Young man, are you picking this place?
>> Norma.
>> Yes, Mr. Chicoy.
>> Alice is still in there. Tell her if she don't come out, I go in.
>> Sure. Mr. Chicoy, >> knowing you.
>> Mrs. Gcoy, >> Reno bus leaving from door number three.
Mrs. Chcoy, >> nobody else in here. Derry, >> she's not there. There's another door.
>> Reno bus leaving from door.
>> I'll bet that's your boss.
>> For where?
>> Reno.
>> Re Hey, Mike.
>> Is that the bus for Reno?
>> Sure is, kid.
Alice, >> what are you doing here?
>> I thought this was the bus to Rebel Corners.
It sure is.
It sure is.
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