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[dramatic music]
George.
What do you want?
Where are we going?
Forgot that already, did you?
Oh, I forgot.
I tried not to
forget, honest I did.
OK, OK, I'll tell you again.
I've got nothing else to do.
Might as well spend my
time telling you things.
You forget them and
I'll tell you again.
I tried and I tried
but it didn't do no good.
I remember about
the rabbits, George.
Oh yes.
- The only thing you can - Remember is them rabbits.
Don't you remember us going into
Johnson and Beattie's in Frisco
and they give us the bus
tickets and our work cards?
Oh, sure, I remember that now.
George.
What?
I ain't got mine.
I must have lost it.
[laughs]
You never had none.
I got them both here.
Think I'd let you carry
your own work card?
I thought I put it right
here in my side pocket.
I think we're getting to it.
I'm gonna ask the driver.
How far to number
three ranch, bud?
Didn't I take you guys to
Weed just a short time ago?
Don't strain your memory.
Just answer my question.
OK, OK, don't get sore.
It's just a little
stretch down the road.
You'll do better if
you get off here.
Come on, Lennie.
Ranch number three.
10 miles?
Soledad Land Company.
10 miles.
- It's just a little stretch - Up the road, he says.
10 miles and the
hottest day we've had.
- If I ever see that bus - Driver again, I'll bust his...
Lennie.
Hey, Lennie.
- Hey Lennie, don't - Drink so much water.
You're gonna be sick.
Lennie, do you hear me?
You're going to be sick.
Lennie.
That's good, George.
You drink some too.
You take a good, big drink.
I ain't sure it's good water.
Looks kind of scummy.
Tastes all right.
It don't seem to
be running though.
You never ought to drink water
when it ain't running, Lennie.
- You'd drink out of a - Gutter if you was thirsty.
What'd you take
out of your pocket?
I ain't got a thing
in my pocket, George.
I don't you ain't. You got it in your hand.
What do you got in your hand?
- I ain't got nothing in - My hand, George, honest.
Come on, give it here.
It's only a bird.
A bird?
A live bird?
No, just a dead bird.
I didn't kill it though. I found it.
I found it dead.
All right, give it here.
Oh, let me have it, George.
Give it here.
What do you want
with a dead bird?
Last week it was a mouse.
I was just petting him with
my thumb while we walked along.
You ain't petting no bird
while you're walking with me.
Oh.
- Well, why ain't we going to - The ranch to get some supper?
They got supper at the ranch.
No reason at all.
I just like it here.
Lennie.
Tomorrow we'll be going to work.
Busting our backs lifting
up them barley bags.
Tonight I'm just going
to lay here and look up.
Tonight there ain't a grain
or a boss in the world.
Well, ain't we
gonna have no supper?
Sure we are.
If you gather up some
dead willow sticks.
Lennie, I got three cans
of beans here in my bindle.
- You get that fire ready - And I'll give you a match
And we get the sticks together.
We'll heat up these
beans and have supper.
I like beans with ketchup.
We ain't got no ketchup.
Now go on, get them sticks.
Don't you fool
around none neither.
Gonna be dark soon.
I guess they're about done.
Ready?
We got enough beans
there for four men.
I like them with ketchup.
I told you we ain't got none.
Whatever we ain't got,
that's what you want.
If I was alone, I
could live so easy.
- The end of the month, I - Could take my 50 bucks
And go into town,
get whatever I want.
- A gallon of whiskey, - Sit in a pool
Room, play cards or shoot pool.
And what do I got?
I got you.
You just keep me shoving all
over the country all the time.
And that ain't the worst.
You do bad things.
You get in trouble all the
time and I have to get you out.
Like what you done up in Weed.
They'd have lynched you
if they'd have caught you.
You just wanted to touch
that girl's dress 'cause
it looked so nice and soft.
Just wanted to pet it like
it was a bird or a rabbit.
- And what'd you hold - On for when she
Started yelling her head off?
Why didn't you let go?
I wasn't gonna hurt her.
- I wish I could - Put you in a cage
- With about a million - Rabbits and leave
You there and let them pet you.
You want I should go
away and leave you alone?
Where could you go?
Aw, I could...
- I could go right - Up in them hills
And some place find a cave.
All right.
How'd you eat?
You ain't got sense enough
to find nothing to eat.
I'd find things.
I don't need no nice
food with ketchup on it.
I could lay out in the sun.
Wouldn't nobody hurt me.
I've been mean, ain't I?
Ain't I?
Well, if you don't want me,
you only just got to say so.
I can go right up in them
hills and live by myself.
And I won't get no
bird stole from me.
Somebody'd shoot you for a
coyote if you was by yourself.
Better stay with me.
George.
GEORGE: What?
Tell me like
you've done before.
Tell you what?
About the rabbits.
- Now, you ain't putting - Nothing over on me.
No George, please, tell
me like you've done before.
- You get a kick out - Of that, don't you?
Uh-huh.
All right, I'll tell you.
Go ahead and eat your beans.
LENNIE: Go on, George.
Well, guys like us
that work on ranches
is the loneliest
guys in the world.
They come to a ranch, they work
up a stake, they go into town,
they blow in that state, and
then the first thing you know,
- they're pounding their - Tail on another ranch
Because they got nothing
to look ahead to.
That's right. But not us.
Not tell how it is with us.
Well, with us it
ain't like that.
We got a future.
We've got somebody to talk to
that gives a hoot about us.
We don't have to sit in no
bar room blowing away our Jack
because we've got
no place else to go.
Because if them other
guys get in jail,
they can rot for
all anybody cares.
But not us.
And why?
Because, because
I got you to look
after me and you got me to
look after you and that's why.
Go on, George.
Why don't you do it yourself?
You know it all by heart.
Oh, please.
I forget some of the stuff.
Go on, George.
Tell how it's gonna be.
Well, someday we're going
to get the Jack together
and we're gonna
get a little house
and a couple of acres,
a cow, chickens, pigs.
And rabbits.
Go on, George.
- Tell about the - Rabbits in the cages
- And the rain in the - Winter and the stove
- And the cream on - The milk so thick
- You can hardly cut - It with a knife.
Tell about that, George.
- I don't know why you - Don't do it yourself.
You know it all.
Oh please, it ain't
the same if I tell it.
Go on, George.
Tell about the rabbits and
how I get to tend them.
Well, we're going to
have a big vegetable
patch and some chickens
and a rabbit hutch.
And we can live on
the fat of the land.
We can live on
the fat of the land.
And in the winter
when it rains, we're
going to say skip the work.
We're gonna light a
big fire on the stove
and we're gonna sit around
and listen to the rain
coming down on the roof.
I ain't got time for no more.
Let's hit the hay.
Look, Lennie, what are you
going to say tomorrow when
the boss asks you questions?
Huh?
I ain't gonna say a word.
Good boy.
Say, that's fine.
Look, Lennie, I want for
you to look around here.
Do you think that you
can remember this place?
Sure, George.
I can remember here.
Didn't I remember about
not saying a word?
Yeah, of course you did.
Now look, Lennie,
Lennie, if you just
happen to get in trouble like
you've always done before,
I want for you to come back
here and hide in the brush.
Hide in the brush.
Hide in the brush
until I come for you.
Now, can you remember that?
Sure George, I can remember.
- I'll hide in the - Brush till you come.
Till I come.
But you ain't gonna
get in no trouble.
Because if you do, I ain't going
to let you tend them rabbits.
Oh, I ain't gonna get
in no trouble, George.
I ain't gonna say a word.
You got it.
At least I hope so.
All right, let's hit the hay.
Boy, it's gonna be
nice sleeping here.
Looking up.
And the leaves.
Boy, you sure feel free
when you ain't got a job.
If you ain't hungry.
Let's have different
color rabbits, George.
Sure we will.
Red and blue and
pink ones, Lennie.
Millions of them.
Furry ones, like I seen
at the fair in Sacramento.
Furry ones.
Course I can just as
well go up in them hills
and find a cave if
you don't want me.
Oh, shut up.
George.
What?
I'm shutting up, George.
[knocking]
Come in.
Them new guys has come, boss.
Bring them in.
Got your work slips?
Yeah.
I see it isn't Johnson
and Beattie's fault.
- Says right here - In your work slips
- You should have been here - Last night ready to go
To work this morning.
- Bus driver give - Us a bum steer.
We had to walk 10 miles.
- I had to send the main - Wagons out shy two buckers.
What's your name?
My name's George Milton.
George.
GEORGE: Milton.
Milton.
And yours?
His name's Lennie Small.
Lennie Small.
Let me see.
This is Friday the 20th.
It's about 1:35.
- Be half an hour yet - Before you get to work.
We'll make it 2 o'clock.
Where you boys been working?
Around Weed.
You too?
Yeah, him too.
- He ain't much of - A talker, is he?
No. He's a good worker, though.
He's strong as a bull.
I'm strong as a bull.
What can you do?
He can do anything.
Listen, Small,
what can you do?
Anything you like.
He's a good skinner.
- He can wrestle grain - Bags, drive a cultivator,
Anything you like.
Just give him a try.
Then why don't
you let him answer?
What are you trying to put over?
I don't say he's bright. He ain't.
But I say he's a good worker.
He can put up a 400 pound bale.
Say, what are you selling?
What?
- What stake you - Got in this guy?
You taking his
pay away from him?
Course I ain't.
- I've never seen - One guy go to so
Much trouble for another guy.
I'd just like to know
what your percentage is.
He's my cousin.
I told his old lady
I'd take care of him.
- He got kicked in the head by - A horse when he was a kid.
He just ain't bright.
But he'll do anything
you tell him.
All right.
- I guess it don't take much - Brains to buck barley bags.
But don't try to put
anything over, Milton.
I've got my eye on you.
Why did you quit in Weed?
Job was done.
What kind of job?
Digging a cesspool.
All right.
But don't try to
put anything over.
I've seen wise guys before.
- Show these guys the bunk house, - And then take them out to Slim.
Yes sir.
Candy.
Yes sir?
Don't forget to tell them
what a nice guy the boss is.
- I wasn't gonna - Say nothing, boss.
Hi, Crooks.
What you got there?
Boss bust his saddle.
Them two is the new stiffs.
I know.
- Didn't the boss raise enough - Cane with me when they
Didn't show up this morning?
He sure did.
[laughs]
The boss always takes it out
on Crooks when he gets mad.
Yeah?
Got that crooked back
when a horse kicked him.
He reads a lot.
Got books in his room.
Yeah?
All right, what kind
of a guy is the boss?
Come on, come on.
What's he like?
Well, he's a pretty
nice fellow for a boss.
Yeah?
He gets mad sometimes,
but he's pretty nice.
You know what he done Christmas?
What?
- Brung a gallon of whiskey - Right in the bunkhouse and he
Says to drink hearty, boys.
Christmas comes but once a year.
A whole gallon, huh?
Oh by golly, we had fun.
What were you saying?
They let Crooks
come in that night.
Yeah?
Well sir, a little
Skinner named Smittie
takes after the black boy.
The guys wouldn't let him use
his feet, so Crooks got him.
The guy says on account of the
black man got a crooked back,
Smittie can't use his feet.
I see.
- After that, the - Guys went into town
And they tore it to pieces.
I didn't go in there.
I ain't got the steam no more.
[whistles]
That's a pretty old dog.
- Had him ever - Since he was a pup.
He was a good sheep
dog when he was young.
Over here.
You can have them
two beds there.
I see.
All right.
I'll take that top one.
- I don't want you - Falling down on me.
What's this?
CANDY: Hm?
What's this?
I don't know.
No?
Says positively kills fleas,
lice, and other scourges.
What kind of bed you giving us?
No, no, I'll tell you what.
- Last guy had that - Bunk was a blacksmith.
As clean a fellow
as you want to meet.
He used to use to wash his
hands even after he ate.
Then how come he
got pillow pigeons?
- Well, he's the - Kind of fellow put
- That stuff around even - If there wasn't no bugs.
- Now, he'd peel his - Boiled potatoes
- And he'd pick out every - Little speck before he ate it.
And if it was a red blotch on
an egg, he'd scrape it off.
And then he finally quit.
I bet he did.
About the food.
That's the kind
of guy Whitey was.
Clean.
- If I find a single - Pillow pigeon in his bed,
You're going to hear from me.
OK.
Now you two fellows get set
and I'll come back in a minute
and take you to Slim.
Seen my old man, Candy?
- Just left him up at your - House a little while I ago.
I'll try to catch him.
- You the new guys my old - Man was looking for?
Yeah, we just come.
Let the big guy talk.
Suppose he don't want to talk.
He's got to talk
when he's spoke to.
- What are you shoving - Into this for?
Him and me travel together.
- And you won't let the - Big guy talk, is that it?
- Listen, he'll talk if he - Wants to tell you anything.
We just come in.
- Well, next time answer - When you're spoke to.
- What are you - Picking on him for?
He ain't done nothing to you.
Are you drawing
cards this hand?
I might.
Well, I'll see you
get a chance to ante.
What's he got on his shoulder?
- Lennie didn't say - Nothing to him.
Well, I tell you what.
- Curley's like a - Lot of little guys.
He hates big guys.
- It's kind of like - He's mad at them
Because he ain't a big guy.
- You seen lots of - Little guys, ain't you?
Always scrappy.
This Curley sounds
like a skunk to me.
I hate mean little guys.
It seems to me like
Curley's worse lately.
Got married a couple months ago.
- His wife lives over there - In the boss's house.
- Seems to me like Curley's - Worse since he got married.
Like he's sitting on an anthill.
Maybe he's showing
off for his wife.
You just wait till
you see Curley's wife.
MAE: One, two, one, two.
Whee!
[laughs]
- The two new buckers - Showed up, Curley.
I seen them, dad.
Don't like their looks much.
- Well, I'm not going to - Hold that against them.
- We wouldn't have - A man on the place
- If I waited for you to - Like somebody's looks.
- And if I didn't watch him - Like a hawk every minute,
We wouldn't have a place.
[laughs]
Seen Mae?
Oh, let her
alone for a minute.
Why do you keep pestering her?
She ain't doing no harm.
How do I know that?
You know, maybe if Mae
had some women to talk to.
- It ain't women - I'm worried about.
Oh, stick to your job and
forget your wife for an hour.
You sure trust me,
don't you Curley?
As far as I can spit.
Who's in there with you?
There ain't nobody in there.
You punch drunk pug.
I ain't even seen the boy.
He must have just come in.
Get out of here.
Next time they'll carry you out.
This'll happen to any
guy I catch with you.
- What did I ever do - That gives you the right
To treat me like I was a...
Nothing.
But I ain't taking no chances.
You've got a home.
You've got a husband.
- You've got no business - Messing around.
Sure I got a home.
- You think all I want to do is - Sit in that two by four just
Waiting for you?
I want to see somebody.
To see them and talk to them.
I tell you, I just want
to talk to somebody.
You got me to talk to you.
Yeah.
I lead with my left twice, see.
Then I bring in the
old right cross.
One, two.
One, two and he's down.
One, two.
I can hear it even in my sleep.
Where'd you get that pup?
He was given to me.
- Slim gave him - To you, didn't he?
What if he did?
No guy's giving
my wife presents.
You're giving that pup back.
Oh yeah?
- If you're not giving it back, - Slim's gonna take it back.
No he won't.
Slim ain't afraid of you.
We'll see whether
he is or not.
Wait till he tastes
the old one, two.
One, two.
Hey, Slim.
Come on down here.
Looks like we're
gonna have fun.
- I know you're the best skinner - My old man's got in the place.
- And I know he won't - Let me can you.
- But he can't stop me - From tangling with you
If you don't lay off my wife.
- What is it this - Time, Mr. Jackson?
You gave her one of your pups.
And?
- I don't want no ranch hand - Giving my wife presents.
And?
- She won't give it up, so - You've got to take it back.
Curley ain't never
going to tangle with Slim.
Not with Slim, he ain't.
After work, Slim.
- I'll give it to you - On your own time.
Hey, Slim.
I'm riding over to the barn.
I'm going to make sure you've
got no more pups to give away.
[whip cracks]
[laughs]
Holy smoke.
That guy tried to kill us.
He was aiming at Lennie.
It's like I told you.
He hates big guys.
Well come on, you fellas.
This here's Slim, fellas.
What Slim says goes around.
Ah, lay off, Candy.
Candy's right.
- Boss tells you what - To do, but if you
- Want to know how - To do it, you've
Got to ask the mule skinner.
My name's George Milton.
- This is my partner - Here, Lennie Small.
You fellas travel
around together?
Yeah, we kind of look
out after each other.
There ain't many fellas
travel around together.
Go on, George, ask him.
What's eating him?
- He heard Curley talk - About your pups, see.
Now he wants one of them.
A brown and a white one.
OK, big boy.
- When we get back to the - Barn, I'll give you one.
A brown and white one.
You guys ever bucked any barley?
I'll say.
I'm nothing to scream
about, but this big guy.
Watch this, mister.
You all right?
All right, Lennie.
Let her go.
Hey Slim, Slim, get this.
Get out from under that wheel.
- He won't drop it - Until I tell him.
Unless the supper bell rings.
There you are.
All right, Lennie, let it down.
Easy now.
Easy, boy.
OK.
You sure was right about him.
I never seen such a strong guy.
Give us the word, Slim. We'll show you.
MAN: Hey Slim.
OK boys, let 'em buck.
There's Curley's wife now.
You know what I think?
I think Curley's married
himself a pack of trouble.
There's plenty done that.
- But you look her over, mister, - You see if I ain't right.
You're the new fellas
that just come, ain't you?
Yes.
What Candy says about her right.
Curley has got a
pack of trouble.
Gosh, she's pretty.
Now you listen to me.
Don't you even look at her.
Aw, I never done
nothing, George.
No, you never.
- But when she was - Standing here, you wasn't
Looking the other way neither.
I never meant no harm, George.
Honest, I never.
She was so pretty
and she had a pup.
Well you keep away from her.
If she is poison, let
Curley take the rap.
He let himself in for her.
I don't like this place.
This ain't no nice place.
I don't like this place.
Listen, I don't like
it no better than you.
But we gotta keep her
until we get a stake.
- Come on, George. - Let's go.
Let's get out of here.
It's mean here.
Shut up and get to work.
Here comes that skunk again.
You seen a girl around here?
Get back to work.
Couple of minutes ago maybe.
What was she doing?
I didn't ask her.
Which way did she go?
I don't know.
I didn't watch her go.
[laughs]
You know, Lennie, I'm
scared I'm going to tangle
with that palooka myself.
I hate the sight of him.
You ain't mad, George.
I ain't mad at you.
I'm mad at this Curley.
You keep away from him.
Sure I will.
I won't say a word.
Don't let him pull you in.
But if he takes a sock
at you, let him have it.
Let him have what, George?
Never mind.
Look, you get in
any kind of trouble,
do you remember what I told you?
If I get in any trouble.
You ain't gonna let
me tend to rabbits.
That ain't what I mean.
You remember where
we slept last night?
Down by the river?
Oh sure, I remember that.
I go there and hide in
the brush till you come.
That's it.
Hide till I come for you.
Now say that over.
Hide in the
brush by the river.
Down in the brush by the river.
If you get in trouble.
If I get in trouble.
That's it.
Hide in the
brush by the river.
Down in the brush by the river.
Hide in the brush by the river.
[bell ringing]
I'll take them, Slim.
I was just giving those
pups some milk, Slim.
She's feeling fine.
Thanks, Candy.
- Curley ain't been messing - Around with the pups, has he?
I ain't seen him, Slim.
How are you, Slim?
How'd it go today? Pretty good.
Got two good men now.
That so?
Glad to know you.
My name's Carlson.
My name's George Milton.
This here's my
partner, Lennie Small.
He ain't very small.
No, he ain't small at all.
[laughs]
There you go, Lennie.
A brown and white one.
[laughs]
- How many pups - You got left, Slim?
- Well, I gave this - One two Curley's wife.
I got two left.
Gonna keep them both?
I don't know.
Got to keep them a while
to drink Lula's milk.
You know, Slim, that
old dog of Candy's,
he's so old he can hardly walk.
- Every time Candy brings - Him in the bunkhouse,
I can smell him for
two or three days.
- Why don't you get Candy - To shoot the old dog
And give him one of
them pups to raise up?
[bell ringing]
Come on.
Let's wash up.
- There'll be nothing left - To eat in a few minutes.
Kind of put you
on the spot, huh?
- Lennie, put that - Pup back a while.
Come on wash up.
Aw, I'm coming, George.
- Sure nice of you to - Give Lennie that pup.
Aw, that wasn't nothing.
You don't have to
thank me for that.
Well, it wasn't much to you,
maybe, but it's a lot to him.
- I don't know how we're - Going to get him to sleep
In the bunkhouse tonight.
- He'll want to stay right - Out here in the barn.
- You're going to - Have trouble keeping
- Him from getting right in - That box with them pups.
What do we do? Catch a shower?
- You can catch a - Shower any time.
They only dish up
that grub once.
Lennie.
You sure were right about him.
I never seen such a worker.
- I thought he was going to - Kill you bucking that barley.
You just Lennie what
to do and he'll do it
if it don't take no figuring.
- Funny you and him - Stringing along together.
What's so funny about it?
I don't know.
Just seems kind of funny.
Cuckoo like him and
a smart guy like you.
He ain't no cuckoo.
He's dumb but he ain't crazy.
- And I ain't so smart neither - Or I wouldn't be bucking
Barley for my 50 and fun.
If I was bright, if I was
even a little bit smart,
I'd be having a place of my own,
be bringing in my own crops.
Instead of doing all the
work and not getting what
comes up out of the ground.
Yeah, I'd like to do that.
- I sometimes like to - Cuss out a string
Of mules that was my own mules.
Sure.
It ain't so funny about me
and Lennie traveling together.
We grown up together.
At first I made fun of Lennie.
- I used to play jokes on - Him because he was too
Dull to take care of himself.
- He was too dumb - To even know when
Jokes was being played on him.
Yeah.
I had fun.
It made me seem smart
alongside of him.
Yeah, I seen it that way.
I tell you what made
me stop playing jokes.
There was a bunch of us standing
alongside the Sacramento River.
I was feeling kind
of show off, see.
So I turns to Lennie
and I says, jump in.
What happened?
He jumps.
He couldn't swim a stroke,
so he nearly drowns.
And he was so nice to me
because I pulled him out.
See, he'd clean forgot
I told him to jump in.
I never done anything
like that since.
It makes me feel kind
of sick talking about.
Lennie.
I'll go wash up
pretty soon, George.
- You'll go now or - I'll tell Slim here
Not to let you have that pup.
I'm going.
Just like a kid, ain't he?
Yeah, there's no more harm
in him than a kid neither.
Except he's so strong.
He ain't got enough sense
to take care of himself.
That's all right.
Nice fella.
Guy don't need no sense
to be a nice fella.
Now, Lennie is a
nuisance most of the time.
- But you get used to - Going around with the guy
And you can't get rid of him.
You want to get rid of him?
Well, he gets in
trouble all the time.
Like he done at Weed.
- You wouldn't tell - Nobody, would you?
What'd he do in Weed?
You wouldn't tell
nobody, would you?
No, of course you wouldn't.
What'd he do in Weed?
Well, there was this girl
come along in a red dress.
Here he comes.
I'll tell you later.
I done just like
you told me, George.
All right, that's fine.
Go on and eat your supper.
He's brown and white,
just like I wanted.
[upbeat music]
Ain't you gonna
take me to the movies?
Like you promised?
- CURLEY: I seen it the other - Night with some of the boys.
[dramatic music]
[men chattering]
Hello, Slim.
Hello, George.
- Don't neither of you - Play any horseshoes?
I don't like to
play every night.
Either of you guys
got a slug of whiskey?
I've got a cramp.
I ain't.
If I had, I'd drink it myself.
I ain't got no cramp neither.
Cabbage give it to me.
- Knew it was gonna - Before I ever ate it.
You ought have seen that
stable buck, [inaudible]..
He never give nobody
a chance to win.
Man alive, that dog smells.
Candy, get him out of here.
I don't do nothing smells
as bad as old dogs does.
I've been around him so much
I never notice how he smells.
- Well I can't - Stand him in here.
That smell hangs around
even after he's gone.
Look at him, Candy.
The old fella's all
stiff with rheumatism.
He ain't no good to you.
Why don't you shoot him?
I tell you what, Mr.
Carlson, I had him so long.
I herded sheep with them.
You wouldn't think it
to look at him now,
but he was the best darn
sheep dog I ever seen.
I know'd a guy in Weed had an
Airedale that could herd sheep.
Learned it from the other dogs.
This old fella just
suffers himself all the time.
Now, if you was to take
him out and shoot him
right in the back of
the head, right there,
why, he'd never
knew what hit him.
So you won't shoot him?
No.
I couldn't do that.
I had him too long.
But he don't have
no fun no more.
Besides, he smells bad.
Tell you what I'll do.
I'll shoot him for you.
- Then it won't be - You that done it.
Aw, let him alone, Carl.
It ain't a guy's
dog that matters.
It's the way a guy
feels about his dog.
Me, I wouldn't trade my
mutt here for one of them
field trial pointers.
Candy ain't being nice
to him leaving him alive.
Listen, Slim's hound's
got that litter now.
I bet you he'd give you one
of them pups to raise up.
Wouldn't you, Slim?
Yeah, you can have a pup.
Carl's right, Candy.
That poor dog ain't
no good to himself.
I wish somebody would shoot
me if I get old and crippled.
Maybe it'd hurt him.
I don't mind taking care of him.
CARLSON: He'd be
better off dead.
- The way I'd shoot him, - He wouldn't feel nothing.
Say, hey, did
you guys see this?
Right here, read that.
I don't want to read nothing.
- It'll be over in - A minute, Candy.
Come on.
Did you see it, Slim? What is it?
Read that.
Read it out loud.
Dear editor?
Yeah.
I've been reading your
mag for the past six months.
- I think it's the - Best on the market.
I like stories by Peter Rand.
I think he is a wingding.
- What do you want - Me to read out for?
Well, read the
name at the bottom.
Yours for success,
William Tanner.
- What'd you want me - To read that for?
- You don't remember - Bill Tanner worked
Here about three months ago?
Oh, sure.
- Carl, you remember him? - A little guy.
- Drove a cultivator. - Yeah, that's him.
That's the guy. What do you know about that?
Got his name in the paper.
- Look, Candy, if - You want me to,
- I'll put the old fellow out - Of his misery right now.
- There ain't nothing - Left for him.
Can't eat, can't see,
can't hardly walk.
You ain't got no gun.
Yes I have.
- I got a Luger right - Here in my bag.
The way I'll shoot him,
he won't feel nothing.
Maybe tomorrow.
Let's wait till tomorrow.
I don't see no
sense in waiting.
You know, I got no
hankering for this.
I'm a doing it for you.
What do you say, Candy?
Candy.
You better let him go.
All right.
You can take him.
[somber music]
One of my lead mules
has got a bad hoof.
Gotta get some tar on it.
I bet Lennie's out there
in the barn with his pup.
Bet he won't never come back in
here now that he's got a pup.
[laughs]
Anybody like to
play a little rummy?
I'll lay out a few with you.
What's taking him so long?
- Lay out some cards, - Why don't you?
We ain't gonna get no
rummy played this way.
[gunshot]
[somber music]
[upbeat music]
I'm working.
[dog barking]
Hey Slim, I think I
better get that other brush.
Hey Lennie.
- You better quit petting - That pup for tonight.
It ain't good for him.
- Put him back with his mother - And run over to the bunkhouse.
I'll do whatever you say
that's good for the pup,
you bet.
I'm going right now.
- Thanks, Slim, for - Sending the big guy out.
I got to talk to you.
You got nothing to say to me.
Please, Slim.
I gotta talk to somebody
or I'll go crazy.
Please let me.
I ain't meant to live like this.
I'd leave this place
only I got no money.
My mother won't take me back.
I only married Curley because
I wanted to get away from her.
Maybe I oughtn't to say this,
but I don't like Curley.
No you oughtn't.
You oughtn't to be here.
- You ought not talk to me - Or any guy on the ranch.
- Go on back to the - House where you belong.
I don't want to listen
to your troubles.
You got no troubles except
what you bring on yourself.
Come on, [inaudible].
[crying]
Poor kid.
I should have let her talk.
Any of you guys seen my wife?
She ain't been here.
Where's Slim?
He went out to the barn.
Said he had to put some
tar on a split hoof.
How long did he go?
Oh, five, 10 minutes.
I don't know.
I think I might
like to see this.
Let's all take a look.
Curley must be spoiling or
he wouldn't start for Slim.
Curley thinks Slim's
with his wife, don't he?
Yeah, looks like it.
Course Slim ain't.
At least, I don't think Slim is.
Come on.
Did you see Slim
out there in the barn?
Yeah.
He told me not to put
that pup no more tonight.
Did that girl come in there?
You mean Curley's girl?
Yes, Curley's girl.
Did she come into the barn?
Yeah.
I seen her.
OK.
I guess them guys ain't
gonna see no fight.
Lennie, if there
is any fighting,
are you gonna get out
of the way and stay out?
I ain't gonna say.
Lennie.
Both ends the same.
Why is both ends
the same, George?
- Guess they just - Built them that way.
George.
What do you want?
How long is it going to be
before we get that little place
and live on the fat of the land?
I don't know.
Got to get a big
stake together first.
I know a little place
we can get cheap.
But they ain't giving it away.
Tell about that place, George.
No, Lennie, I just
told you just last night.
Aw, please.
Tell again.
All right.
Well, we have a couple
of acres and there'll
be a little windmill, a little
shack on it, and a chicken run
and it's got a kitchen
orchard and cherries,
apples, peaches, cotts, nuts.
Got a few berries.
- There's a place for alfalfa and - Plenty of water to flood it.
There's a pig pen.
And rabbits.
- I could easy - Build a few hutches
- And you could feed - Alfalfa to them rabbits.
Now there.
They'd nibble and they'd
nibble like I seen them do.
- And you know that - We wouldn't have
To sleep no bunkhouse no more.
And nobody could fire us
in the middle of a job.
Tell about the house, George.
Yeah, all right.
We'd have a little house
and a room to ourselves.
And when we put
that crop in, we'd
be there to take that crop up.
And what else?
Go on, George.
You know something else.
All right.
Now wait a minute.
Yeah, I know.
You know what?
We could have a few pigeons
to fly around the windmill.
Like they done when I was a kid.
And it would be our own and
there couldn't nobody can us.
And if we didn't like
a guy, we can say get.
And he'd have to do it.
- But if a friend come, - We'd have an extra bunk.
And you know what we'd say?
Huh?
We'd say, hey, why don't
you spend the night?
And by golly, he would.
We'd have a setter dog and
a couple of striped cats.
But you'd have to watch
out them cats didn't
get after your little rabbits.
Oh.
You just let them try.
I'll break their necks.
I'll smash them cats
right with a stick.
That's what I'll do.
- You know where there's - A place like that?
What?
- You know where's - A place like that?
I suppose I do?
What's that to you?
- You don't have to - Tell me where it's at.
It might be anyplace.
Yeah, that's right.
Boy, he couldn't find
that in 1,000 years.
How much do you want
for a place like that?
I can get it for 600 bucks.
The old people that
own it are flat bust.
The old lady needs meds.
Say, what's that to you?
You got nothing to do with us.
I know I ain't much
good with only one hand.
I lost my hand right
here on the ranch.
They give me a job swamping.
And they give me $250
because I lost my hand.
And I got 50 more saved up.
That 300.
And I've got 40 more
coming end of the month.
Tell you what.
Suppose I went in with you guys?
That'd be $340 I'd put in.
How'd that be?
No.
I gotta think about that.
We was always gonna do it
by ourselves, me and Lennie.
I never thought
about nobody else.
I'd make a will.
Leave my share to you
guys in case I kicked off.
Maybe we could go
there right now.
You guys got any money?
Sure.
We get 10 bucks between us.
Now look, if me and
Lennie work for a month
- and we didn't spend nothing - At all, we'd have 100 bucks.
That'd make 440.
I think we could
swing her on that.
And maybe you and Lennie could
go and get us started and I'd
get a job and make up the rest.
I think we could swing it.
I got hurt four years ago.
They'll can me pretty soon.
Just as soon as I can't
swamp out no bunkhouses,
- they're putting - Me on the county.
- Maybe if I give - You guys my money,
- You'll let me hoe - In the garden even
After I ain't no good at it.
And I could wash dishes and
do chicken stuff like that.
- But it'd be on - Our own place nice
And I'd be left to
work on our own place.
You seen what they
done to my dog tonight.
He says he's no good to
himself and nobody else.
When they can me, I wish
somebody would shoot me.
But they won't do
nothing like that.
I won't have no place to go
and I can't get no more jobs.
We'll do her.
By golly, we'll do her.
Yes.
- We'll fix up that little old - Place and we'll go live there.
- And look, if there's a - Carnival or a circus come
To town or a ballgame
or anything like that,
well, we'll go to it.
- We wouldn't ask - Anybody if we could.
- We'd just say, we'll - Go to it, and we would.
- And we'd milk the cow - And we'd take the grain
- And sling it to the - Chickens and we'd go to it.
- And put some grass - To the rabbits.
I wouldn't forget to do that.
When are we going
to do it, George?
One month.
Right smack in one month.
- And you know what - I'm going to do?
- I'm going to write those old - People that own the place
And we'll take her.
- Maybe Candy will give us - 100 bucks to bind her?
I sure will.
I got it right here.
They got a good stove there?
- Oh yes, it's a - Nice stove, isn't it?
It burns both coal and wood.
You can have a
whole 300 right now.
I'm going to take my pup.
Bet by gosh he likes it there.
Now wait a minute.
- Now don't tell - Anybody about this.
Just us three and nobody else.
Now you got that?
- Because they're liable to can - Us and we won't get no stakes.
- See, we'll just go as though - We're going to buck barley
For the rest of our lives.
- And then one day all - Of a sudden, bang,
We'll grab our pay
and we'll scram.
And there's $300 right there.
- And we won't tell - Nobody, George.
You bet we won't.
We won't tell nobody.
35, 40, 45.
George.
GEORGE: Yeah?
I shouldn't oughta let
no stranger shoot my dog.
I oughta shot my
dog myself, George.
All right, now you know.
Well, I just asked you.
- You don't have to - Get sore about it.
I ain't sore about it.
I don't want any more
questions, that's all.
I just don't want
any more questions.
- Well, I didn't - Mean nothing, Slim.
I just asked you.
- Well you've been - Asking too much
And I'm getting sick of it.
- You can't look after - Your own wife, what do
You expect me to do about it?
You lay off of me.
- Well, I'm just trying to - Tell you I didn't mean nothing.
- I just thought you - Might have saw her.
- Why don't you tell her - Stay home where she belongs?
- You let her hang around - The bunkhouse, first thing
- You know, you'll have - Something on your hands.
You stay of this this.
Unless you want to step aside.
- Why, you palooka, - You're as yellow
As a the bottom side of a frog.
You ever come me at
me, kick your head off.
- He tried to throw - A scare into Slim too
And he couldn't make it stick.
We seen him.
Yeah, I seen him.
What do you think
you're laughing at?
Get up on your feet.
No big lug's gonna laugh at me.
I'll show you who's yellow.
[grunting]
Put up your hands, Lennie.
Fight him back.
Leave me alone.
Don't let him do it. Get him, Lennie.
Fight back, Lennie.
- You'll kill him - If you fight back.
George, make him stop.
Put your hands up, Lennie.
Hit him, why
don't you, Lennie?
George.
Fight him, Lennie.
Get him, Lennie.
I said get him.
Don't let him do
that to you, Lennie.
Get him, get him.
- Let him go. - Lennie.
Lennie, that's enough.
Let him go.
Let go of him, Lennie.
Let go.
Let go of his hand, Lennie.
Get some water, Whip.
You told me too, George.
I heard you tell me to.
Got a knife?
Looks to me as if every
bone in his hand is busted.
Carlson, get out the buckboard.
- We'll have to get him - In town to see a doctor.
Right.
I didn't want to.
I didn't want to hurt him.
Shh.
All right, Lennie.
Wasn't your fault, Lennie.
He sure had it coming to him.
Slim, George and Lennie
gonna get canned now?
Curley's old man
gonna can them now?
I don't know.
You got your senses
enough to listen?
Then you listen.
- I think you got your - Hand caught in a machine.
If you don't tell nobody
what happened, we won't.
But if you do tell and try
to get this guy canned,
we'll tell everybody.
And then will you get to laugh.
I won't tell.
Whoa, Nelly.
[upbeat music]
Say, this is a swell joint.
What'd I tell you?
- You can get a shot - Here for only 15 cents.
- And no water in - The whiskey either.
Hiya, Whit.
Aw, Susie.
Get your coats on, girls.
It's the sheriff.
[laughter]
- Hey George, shake - Hands with Susie.
She's a card.
Always cracking jokes.
Hello.
Sit down.
Come on, sit down.
Take the weight off your feet.
You boys know Pops.
I'll pop you.
This one here is
Marlene Dietrich.
- Come on, now, Susie, - You know I don't
Look so much like Dietrich.
- You don't look - Nothing like her.
And that's Hedy Lamarr.
And that's Greta Garbo.
I want to be alone.
[laughter]
She wants to be alone.
What'd I tell you, George?
Ain't she a laugh?
She can keep it up all night.
What's that?
[laughter]
A posey for getting nosy.
What's so funny?
Why don't you take a walk.
Nobody's talking about you.
Drink up, pie faced pal.
Be sure you don't.
What's eating him?
- Say, I bet he came - Down here special
- To see that nobody talked - About what happened last night.
What did happen?
Oh, nothing.
- He won't be satisfied till - He slugs somebody tonight.
- He didn't do so - Good the last time.
- He ain't even gonna - To get a chance at me
Because I ain't staying long.
Why?
What's your hurry?
Lennie's on the ranch.
- I don't like to leave - Him alone very long.
You got no right
to come in my room.
- I ain't wanted in - The bunkhouse and you
Ain't wanted in my room.
Well why ain't you wanted?
'Cause I'm black.
They play cards in there, but
I can't play because I'm black.
Everybody's gone to town.
George says I gotta stay here
and not get in no trouble.
I seen your light.
Don't see what you'd
do in the bar anyway.
My pup.
I just come in to see my pup.
Come on in and sit a while.
Long as you won't get
out and let me alone,
- might as well come - In and sit down.
All the boys gone to town, huh?
Everybody but old Candy.
He just sits in the bunkhouse
sharpening his pencils.
Sharpening and figuring and
sharpening and figuring.
Figuring?
What's Candy figuring about?
About the rabbits.
Your bunkhouse.
What rabbits you talking about?
Bout the rabbits
we're gonna get.
And I get to tend them.
That's baloney.
I don't blame the guy you travel
around with for keeping you out
of sight.
You think it's a lie,
but we're going to do it.
We're going to get
in a little place
and live on the fat of the land.
You can ask George.
- You been traveling around - With that guy a long time,
Ain't you?
Sure.
Sometimes George talks
to you and you don't
know what he's talking about.
Ain't that so?
Yeah.
Sometimes.
George knows what he's about.
Just tells you things
and don't matter to him
that you understand or not.
It's just having
someone to talk with.
- It's just being - With another guy.
That's why he travels
around with you.
Sure.
- Him and me goes - Every place together.
Suppose George didn't
come back no more.
Suppose he took a run out of
powder and ain't coming back.
What did you do then?
What?
- Suppose George - Went to town tonight,
You never heard of him no more.
Just suppose that.
He won't do that.
George won't go leave me.
He'll come back.
Don't you think he will?
You want me to tell
you what had happened?
They take you to a booby hatch.
They'll tie you up with
a collar like a dog.
Then you'd be just like me.
Living in a kennel.
Who hurt George?
I was just supposing. George ain't hurt.
What you supposing for?
Ain't nobody going to
suppose no hurt to George.
Of course they ain't.
But maybe you can see now.
You got George.
You know he's coming back.
Suppose you didn't have nobody.
- Suppose you couldn't - Go in the bunkhouse
And play rummy
'cause you're black.
Suppose you had to sit
out here and read books.
Books ain't no good.
A guy needs somebody
to talk to him.
I tell you, you get too
lonely, you get sick.
Well, George won't
go away and leave me.
I know George won't do that.
CANDY: Lennie.
[whistles]
Lennie.
Oh look, Lennie, I been figuring
something out about the place.
You can come on
in if you want.
Oh, I don't know.
Of course, if you want me to.
Oh, come on in.
Everybody is coming in.
You might just as well.
Getting to be like a race track.
Nice cozy little
place you got here.
Must be nice to have a room
all to yourself this way.
Sure.
And a dung heap under my window.
All to myself.
About the place.
You said about the place.
I've got it all figured out.
We can make some real
money on them rabbits
if we go about it right.
But I get to tend them.
George says I get to tend them.
You guys just
kidding yourselves.
You'll be a a swamper her till
they take you out in a box.
I've seen hundreds of guys come
by on the road knowing ranches.
Figures on the back and the
same fool thing in their head.
Everyone's got a little
piece of land in his head
and never a one of them gets it.
Well, we are too.
It's just like heaven.
Nobody ever gets to heaven.
And nobody gets no land.
Well, we're going to do it.
George says we are.
He's got the money right now.
He's got the money?
- Yeah, well, he's - Got most of it.
- It's just a little - Bit more to get.
And George has got a
land all picked out too.
Now, you take 12 rabbits.
I never seen a
guy really do it.
I seen guys most crazy
with loneliness for land,
but every time a dame
or a blackjack game
took it away from them.
Well, they ain't
gonna get it this time.
Let's go to Chuck's Roadhouse.
I got 20 bucks left.
Whatever I got
there goes for me too.
Monday starts another month.
Yippee!
12 rabbits.
And in six months.
If you guys would
want my hand to work
for nothing, just for his
keep, I'd come and lend a hand.
I ain't so crippled I can't
work like the mischief.
Well, all right.
But we gotta talk to
George about that.
Now, you take 12 rabbits.
12 rabbits.
Different color rabbits.
Sure, sure, sure.
12 rabbits.
And in six months time.
I've got it right here.
- For a second there, George, - I thought that little place
You told me about was a goner.
She's off.
There ain't nothing
gonna stop us now.
(SINGING) There's a
meeting here tonight.
There's a meeting here tonight.
I know you by your daily walk.
There's a meeting here tonight.
I know you by your daily walk.
There's a meeting here.
- I told them they - Hadn't ought to be here,
But they come in anyhow.
- Couldn't go to bed like I - Told you, could you, Lennie?
No, you have to
get out in society
and flap your big mouth.
I never done nothing
bad, George, honest.
Look George, George, I've
been figuring and figuring.
- I even got it doped - Out how we can make
Some money on them rabbits.
I thought you wasn't
gonna tell nobody.
Well, I didn't tell
nobody but Crooks.
What'd you tell him for?
Look George, Crooks says if
we let him come in with us...
Get out of here, both of you.
- But George, - Crooks says he'll...
Maybe you'd better go.
- I ain't sure I want - You in here no more.
Now listen, Crooks.
It ain't nothing against you.
It's just that we said we
wouldn't tell nobody else.
I know.
- Them guys coming in here - Set and made me forget.
- I suppose you're - Looking for Curley.
Well Curley ain't here.
I know Curley ain't here.
It's Saturday night, ain't it?
Got his arm in a sling
and he went anyhow.
I come to ask Crooks something.
You don't wanna
ask me nothing.
Saturday night.
Everybody's out doing something.
What am I doing?
Standing here talking to
a bunch of bindle stiffs.
You ain't wanted here.
We told you you ain't.
- You ain't got sense enough - In that chicken head
To see we ain't stiffs.
You don't know that
we got our own ranch
to go to and our own house.
We ain't gotta stay here.
We got a house.
We got chickens.
We got fruit trees.
We got a place 100
times better than this.
And we got friends too.
That's what we got.
We got friends.
You old goat.
If you had two bits, you'd
be in town getting a drink
and sucking the
bottom of the glass.
I know you guys.
- Maybe she'll ask Crooks - What she come to ask
And then get home.
What happened
to Curley's hand?
So it wasn't no machine.
- Curley didn't act like - He was telling the truth.
Come on, Crooks, what happened?
I wasn't there. Didn't see it.
What happened?
I won't let on to Curley.
He says he caught it in a gear.
Who done it?
Nobody done it.
So you done it.
Well, he had it coming.
- I didn't have no - Fuss with Curley.
Maybe now you ain't
scared of him no more.
Maybe you'll talk
to me sometimes now.
Everybody was scared of him.
I say I didn't sock Curley.
- If Curley had any trouble, - It's none of our affair.
Ask Curley about it.
Look, I'm going to try
to tell you something.
- I tried to tell you to get out, - But that didn't do no good.
So I'm going to try to
tell you in another way.
You see, us guys got something
that we're going to do.
- But if you stick around, you're - Going to gum up the works.
It ain't your fault. But
look, if a fella steps
on a wrong pebble and he falls
down and breaks his neck,
it ain't the pebble's
fault. But the guy
wouldn't have done it if the
pebble hadn't been there.
What you talking
about pebbles for?
If you didn't sock
Curley, who did?
Nobody socked Curley.
He caught his hand in a machine.
Where'd you get them
bruises on your face?
He caught his
hand in a machine.
So it was you.
Well, maybe you're dumb
like they say you are.
And maybe you're the only
guy on the ranch with nerve.
You're a nice fella.
- Listen, I tried - To give you a break,
- But I'm not going to let you - Mess up what we're going to do.
- Now you let that guy alone - And you get out of here.
- You ain't telling - Me what to do.
- I got a right to talk - To anybody I wanna.
Milton.
You couldn't hardly
wait for your pup
- to get home from his - Night's drunk so you
Could snitch on me, could you?
But you didn't tell him
what know to tell him.
Who bust your hand, Curley?
- I told you, I caught - It in a machine.
I saw that machine last night.
They told you?
- Why didn't you tell your - Old man so he could can them?
Double crossing...
I'll tell you why.
Because you was scared if
you'd talk they'd talk too.
You were scared you'd
get the horse laugh.
Like I'm giving you now.
[laughs]
There's the pug with
a crippled hand.
[laughs]
I ain't even gonna slug you.
No go on upstairs
and pack your junk.
You're getting out of here.
You and me are through.
One, two.
The old one, two.
[laughs]
Toothpick?
- That sure was a good - Breakfast, George.
- GEORGE: Probably the last - One we'll get in this place.
- George. - GEORGE: What?
- Slim says to tell - You not to worry.
He went to talk to the boss.
- If you'd only stayed in - Your place like I told you.
George, did you send
off the money when
you was in town last night?
- How many times do - I have to tell you?
You guys drive me nuts.
- Now, now, don't - Get sore, George.
I only asked you.
George.
What?
Did you have fun in town?
I just sat around.
Susie was cracking jokes.
Guys was just starting out
to raise a little puny cane.
- I never been like - This in my life.
You know, I was just pushing
out a dime and a nickel
to buy a drink when I
think what a lot of carrot
seeds you could get for $0.15.
Not in them little envelopes,
but bulk seeds you sure can.
Seeds, seeds, I can't
think of nothing else.
Well, a guy's
gotta have some fun.
I was to a dance hall
in Bakersfield once.
What a place.
Went upstairs on a red carpet.
There's big pictures
on the wall.
Sat around in big, soft chairs.
There were cigarettes on
the table and they was free.
Pretty soon a chap comes
in with drinks on a tray
and them drinks was free.
You take all you want.
Pretty soon a girl comes in.
Says she was hostess.
She was so polite and
nice and quiet and pretty.
Made me scared to
ask her for a dance.
That was a long time ago.
You say all this was free?
Right up till I was leaving.
[laughs]
And then how much them
soft chairs set you back?
15 bucks.
You had a
cigarette and a drink
and a look at a pretty dress
and it cost you 15 bucks?
You just shot a week's pay
to walk on that red carpet.
A week's pay, sure.
But I worked weeks all my life.
I don't remember
none of them weeks.
But this nearly 20 years
ago, and I remember that.
Girl I met was named Arlene.
Had on a pink silk dress.
Well, it's OK.
You guys ain't gonna get canned.
You sure, Slim?
Lucky for you, the boss
has got to move that grain.
- I'll bet Curley's wife - Catches it though.
I was clear through the
gate when I remembered
your foolish little face.
You're coming with me.
[crying]
What you covering up there?
Just my pup.
Just my little old pup.
He's dead.
He was so little.
I was just playing with
him and he made like he
was going to bite
me and I made like I
was gonna smack him and...
And then he was dead.
Oh, don't worry none.
He was just a mutt.
You'll get another one easy.
- The whole country's - Full of mutts.
It ain't that so much.
George says if I done
any more bad things.
Wait a minute.
Where are you going?
I ain't gonna have
nothing to do with you.
George says I ain't to
talk to you or nothing.
Don't worry about
talking to me.
- Hear those guys - Yelling out there?
They got a tournament.
- None of them ain't gonna - Leave till it's over.
It ain't gonna be
over till dark.
Well, I ain't supposed to.
George sees me talking to
you, he's going to be mad.
He told me so.
What's the matter with me?
Ain't I got a right
to talk to nobody?
George says you're
gonna get us in a mess.
What harm am I doing to you?
Seems like there ain't none of
them cares how I gotta live.
Confidentially, I'm
going away from here.
I'm gonna make something
out of myself yet.
I ain't used to
living like this.
I come from Salinas.
Come there when I was a kid.
- There was a show - Coming through once
And I met one of the actors.
We're going to have a
little place and rabbits.
- He says he was going - To put me in the movie.
Says I was a natural.
- Soon as he got back - To Hollywood he
Was going to write me about it.
You listening?
I never got that letter.
I always thought my
old lady stole it.
- But I wasn't gonna - Stay no place where
- You couldn't get nowhere or - Make something out of yourself.
Where they stole your letters.
I asked her if she stole
it too and she says no.
So I married Curley.
Met him out in the Riverside
Dance Palace that same night.
I hope George ain't going to
be mad about that there pup.
I don't like Curley.
I'm leaving him.
I'm going to thumb
a ride to Hollywood.
LENNIE: We're going away
from here pretty soon.
This ain't no nice place.
I'm going to get in the movies
and wear all them nice clothes.
All them nice clothes
like they wear.
- And I'll sit in - Them big hotels and
They'll take pictures of me.
- When they have them opens, - I'll go and talk on the radio
And it won't cost me nothing
because I'm in the picture.
All them nice clothes
like they wear.
Because this guy
says I'm a natural.
We're going away.
Far away from here.
Course when my old lady
hears I run away from Curley,
she won't never
speak to me no more.
She'll think I ain't decent.
That's what she'll think.
Well, we ain't really
decent, no matter
what my old lady tries to hide.
My old man was a drunk.
They put him away.
One night when I was just a
little kid him and my old lady
had a terrible fight.
They was always fighting.
- In the middle of the - Night, he come into my room
And he says, let's
you and me run away.
And he says, we're
going to live together.
- We're going to live - Together because you're
My own little girl.
Why, you'll bake
little cakes for me
and I'll paint pretty
pictures all over the wall.
Then in the morning they
caught us and put him away.
Oh, I wish would have went.
They locked him up for drunk
and in a little while he died.
Maybe if I took that there
pup and throwed him away,
George wouldn't ever know.
Then maybe I could tend the
rabbits without no trouble.
You're goofy.
No I ain't.
George says I ain't.
I just like to pet nice things.
Smooth things.
Well, who don't?
Everybody likes that.
I like to feel silk and velvet.
You like to feel velvet?
You bet, by golly.
I had some too.
A lady give it to me.
Aunt Clara, she
give it right to me.
About this big a piece.
I wish I had that
velvet right now.
I ain't seen it for a long time.
I must have lost it.
You're goofy.
But you're kind of a nice fella.
Just like a big baby.
A person can kind of
see what you mean.
Sometimes when
I'm doing my hair,
I just sit there and stroke
it because it's so soft.
Some people got
kind of course hair.
You take Curley.
His hair is just like wire.
Mine's soft and fine.
Here, feel.
Right here.
Don't you muss it up.
You're mussing it. Let go.
Stop it. Let go.
Please don't.
Please don't yell.
- George is gonna say - I done a bad thing.
[screams]
Don't do that.
- You're going to get me in - Trouble just like George,
Just like George says you will.
[dramatic music]
CANDY: Lennie.
Lennie.
There you go.
Up we go.
Up.
George is gonna to be plenty
mad at him taking that pup out.
Slim says I can have
one of you guys.
I'll ask him.
Oh Slim.
It's OK, Candy.
Your old dog wouldn't mind.
It's lonesome for a guy
to be without a dog.
- He could have a lot of - Fun on our little place.
Sure he could.
You seen Lennie in the barn?
His pup wasn't there.
- He must be out playing - With him someplace.
Now don't be mad
with him, George.
- I got to get him or he won't - Remember to get any supper.
Candy.
Did that dog follow
you out of the barn?
Come on.
What done it?
George, what done it?
I should have know'd it.
I think way back in
my head maybe I did.
- What are we going - To do now, George.
What are we going to do no?
We can't let him get away.
CANDY: No.
We ought to let him get away.
You don't know that Curley.
- Curley going to want - To get him lynched.
Curley get him killed.
Yes, that's right.
Curley will and the
other guys will.
But George.
You and me can get that
little place, can't we George?
You and me can go
there and live nice?
Can't we, George?
Can't we?
It's all off, I know.
It's all off.
He was such a nice fella.
I didn't think he'd
do nothing like this.
- Lennie never done - That in meanness.
- All the time he done bad things - And he'd never done one of them
Mean.
- I ain't gonna let - Them hurt Lennie.
Listen, listen, I'm going
over to the bunkhouse.
- Then in a minute, you come out - And tell the guys about her.
- I'll come along and make - Out like I never seen her.
Will you do that?
Sure, George.
I'll do that.
- Give me a couple of minutes - And you come running out
- And yell like you - Just found her.
OK.
You done it, didn't you?
I suppose you're glad.
Everybody know'd
you'd mess things up.
You wasn't no good.
And you ain't no good now.
I could have hoed in
the garden and washed
the dishes for them guys.
Could have had
pigs and chickens.
And in the winter,
the little fat stove.
And the wind and rain coming.
And us just sitting there.
Hey.
Hey, you guys!
- Someone's murdered - Curley's wife.
What?
I know who done it.
That big guy done it.
I know he done it.
- While everyone else was out - There playing horseshoes.
Hey, my Luger's gone.
It ain't in my bag.
Maybe you lost it?
- No, no, I seen that - There this morning.
It's been took.
Then he's armed.
- Listen, Mr. - Jackson, the poor guy
Didn't know what he was doing.
Tell them not to shoot him.
Not shoot him?
- He's got Carlson's - Gun, ain't he?
Sure I'm gonna shoot him.
I'm going to get myself.
Here they are, Mr. Jackson.
Here.
- I suppose we couldn't - Let him get away?
Not a chance.
- Couldn't we bring him in - And they'll lock him up safe?
If we could only
keep Curley here.
But you heard him.
He's still mad about his hand.
Supposing they catch him.
They'll bring him
back, strap him down,
and then lock him up in a cage.
That ain't no good, George.
I know.
You got any idea where
he might have went?
I think there's only one way
to get Lennie out of this.
[somber music]
[dramatic music]
You want I should go away?
I'll be close by.
Lennie.
See, George?
- I come right back here - Just like you told me to.
You wasn't gonna go away and
leave me, was you, George?
- I heard them guys walking - Through the woods.
What was them guys doing
in the woods, George?
Hunting.
Oh.
Well, why don't we go with them?
I like hunting.
Is it because I've
done a bad thing?
That don't make no difference.
Is that why we can't go
hunting with them guys?
That don't make no difference.
George.
Ain't you gonna ball me out?
Ball you out?
Sure.
Like you always done.
Like if I didn't have you,
I could take my 50 bucks.
Len.
You can't never remember
nothing that happens,
but you remember every
word I say, don't you?
Ain't you gonna say it?
Go on, George.
Say it.
If I was alone, I
could live so easy.
Could get me a job.
Never have no mess.
And when the end
of the month come.
When the end of the month
come, take my 50 bucks.
[whistles]
Go on, George.
Tell how it's gonna be.
Lennie, I want for
you to sit down there.
And I want for you to
look across that river.
- 'Cause I'm going to tell you - Like you could almost see it.
Uh huh.
Go on, George.
Gonna have a little place.
We gonna have a little place.
We're gonna have a cow,
pig, and some chickens.
And then down on the flat, we're
gonna have a field of alfalfa.
For the rabbits.
And I get to tend the rabbits.
Tend the rabbits.
And we could live off
the fat of the land.
Let's keep looking
across that river.
Like you can really see it.
Where?
Right there.
Can't you almost see it?
Where, George?
Hey, keep looking.
Just keep looking.
I'm looking, George.
I'm looking.
It's gonna be
nice there, Lennie.
There ain't gonna be no trouble.
No fights.
There ain't gonna be nobody mean
and nobody to steal from you.
It's gonna be nice.
Yeah. I can see it.
Right over there.
George, I can see it.
[gunshot]
[dramatic music]