- today
"The Stranger Trap" is a haunting psychological thriller about trust, manipulation, and survival.
When a group of seemingly kind children lures travelers into their secluded home, a dark and twisted plan begins to unfold.
Behind their innocent eyes lies a chilling truth that tests the limits of human kindness and fear.
Originally released in 1974, this suspenseful tale explores the dangers of misplaced trust and the unsettling power of innocence.
Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Full Movie – Digitally Enhanced
When a group of seemingly kind children lures travelers into their secluded home, a dark and twisted plan begins to unfold.
Behind their innocent eyes lies a chilling truth that tests the limits of human kindness and fear.
Originally released in 1974, this suspenseful tale explores the dangers of misplaced trust and the unsettling power of innocence.
Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Full Movie – Digitally Enhanced
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00My body is aching, but my spirit's learning to fly.
00:00:17I believe in love, though some lies put a hate in my mind.
00:00:23I try not to worry about the confusion in my mind.
00:00:32I'll live my life, my love, I'll live my life.
00:00:40And all of that snow on the White House, I haven't let it affect my sight.
00:00:48You don't have to be religious to know what isn't right.
00:00:55So I'm living my life, learning to love, trying to give a little more.
00:01:03Cause if you don't believe in love, tell me what, what, what are you living for?
00:01:13Looks like you got quite a load there.
00:01:27Would you like a lift?
00:01:28I ain't got far to go.
00:01:30How far are you going?
00:01:31There's a dirt road. About a mile, I expect.
00:01:34A mile? That's a long way. Come on, I'll give you a ride.
00:01:38Okay.
00:01:40Hey, I'll give you a hand.
00:01:43Boy, that thing sure is heavy. What have you got in there?
00:01:47Oh, just flour, salt, things like that.
00:01:51Here we go.
00:01:53Go ahead. It's all right.
00:02:06Where'd you get those groceries out there in the middle of nowhere?
00:02:09Pensboro.
00:02:10Pensboro?
00:02:12Is that that town I came through a ways back?
00:02:14Yes, sir.
00:02:15Must be five miles. You mean you carry that stuff all that way?
00:02:18It ain't so far.
00:02:20How old are you?
00:02:21Seven.
00:02:22When I was seven, I wasn't even allowed to cross the street.
00:02:26You're nice. What's your name?
00:02:28James Wheeler.
00:02:29Everybody calls me Jimmy.
00:02:31I got a brother named James. We call James James.
00:02:34My mother used to call me James.
00:02:36That's good. It's in the Bible, you know.
00:02:38James. Nobody calls him Jimmy.
00:02:41What do they call you?
00:02:42Gilbert. Gilbert Jenner.
00:02:44Gilbert?
00:02:46Hey, what's this?
00:02:48It's a camera. Now be careful. Don't put your finger on the lens.
00:02:51Are all these things cameras?
00:02:53Uh-huh.
00:02:54What do you do with them?
00:02:56I take pictures. That's my job.
00:02:58I take pictures and then I write stories to go along with them.
00:03:01I'm what they call a photojournalist.
00:03:03Hey, there it is. Right up there. On the right.
00:03:06On the right.
00:03:12Thanks a lot, Mr. Wheeler.
00:03:13Sure wish you could come and take some pictures of me and my folks sometime.
00:03:17Wait a minute.
00:03:23Okay, smile.
00:03:27There you go.
00:03:28What's this?
00:03:29Just keep watching it.
00:03:34How far down that road do you live?
00:03:36Oh, not more than a mile.
00:03:38Well, do you figure you're gonna catch a ride with a neighbor or something like that?
00:03:42Ain't got no neighbors.
00:03:43Hey, what's happening?
00:03:45Just keep watching it.
00:03:46I'll take you home.
00:03:59There you go.
00:04:25I thought you said it was a mile, Gilbert.
00:04:26I said so.
00:04:27yourself. Hey, look at this. It's me. Biggest life. Where do Peter see this? It's going to be dark pretty soon, Gilbert. I'm surprised your folks would let you come all this way by yourself.
00:04:40Look out!
00:04:44You've come over two miles, Gilbert. There's not even a road anymore. I'd take some shortcuts. I don't think I can drive much further. Your mother's going to be worried sick about you.
00:04:54Ain't got no ma. I'm sorry. It really ain't much further now. Peter, he's my big brother. He knows a better road back. It's longer, though. I'm sure if it doesn't rain. If it does, it won't even be able to get the top up.
00:05:09If I need it, just go straight ahead. Yeah.
00:05:24Is that what I think it is?
00:05:47That's the creek. Gilbert, nobody puts a road through the middle of a creek.
00:05:52Maybe the road was there first. It's only a few inches deep. Are you sure it's inches, not deep?
00:05:59It only gets high after rain. All creeks do that.
00:06:02Uh-huh. Come on, let's go.
00:06:17More to the left.
00:06:19More to the left.
00:06:27You're not locked now.
00:06:47Right back on the tree.
00:06:51We're going to beat the rain.
00:06:54Look at her go. This sure is a fine automobile, Mr. Wheeler.
00:07:15How did you feel, Mr. Wheeler?
00:07:16It was before that last mile. Come on, get in.
00:07:45Well, here we are, Gilbert.
00:07:52Listen, do me a favor. Ask your brother to come out here and show me the other road back.
00:07:56Aw, can't you come in just for a little while? Maybe take some more of these?
00:08:00Well...
00:08:01I found that you sure like it.
00:08:02I'd like to. I really would, but I'm afraid I can't. I've got to be on my way.
00:08:05Peter's probably out bringing in the cow. He'll want to show you till after supper. Come on!
00:08:10Come on!
00:08:40Come on!
00:08:41Come on!
00:08:42Come on!
00:08:43Come on!
00:08:44Come on!
00:08:46Come on!
00:08:49Come on!
00:08:55Come on.
00:08:57Come on.
00:09:01Come on.
00:09:15There's the family.
00:09:25There's Mr. Wheeler.
00:09:33It's here and my brother James, Mr. Wheeler.
00:09:35I told you about him.
00:09:37He's 11.
00:09:39Hello, James.
00:09:41Hello.
00:09:43Rita's 12.
00:09:45Hi, Rita.
00:09:47John's 15.
00:09:49John?
00:09:51That's Martha.
00:09:55She can't talk.
00:10:01Nice to meet you, Martha.
00:10:03Nice to meet all of you.
00:10:05This ain't all of us.
00:10:07Baby?
00:10:09This here's Baby.
00:10:11Ma died when he was born,
00:10:13so he didn't get no other name.
00:10:15Baby?
00:10:17Gilbert,
00:10:19you go bring Peter.
00:10:21He's seen us coming.
00:10:23I said go get him.
00:10:25That's all right, John.
00:10:27I saw him pull in.
00:10:35There's Mr. Wheeler, Peter.
00:10:37John, you want 10 of the livestock?
00:10:43Come on, you know what to do.
00:10:49It was nice to meet you, Peter.
00:10:51Listen, I was wondering if you could show me the road out of here.
00:10:55Martha?
00:10:57Pretend the baby's nose.
00:10:58You know he's catching a cold.
00:11:02I figured I'm having you join us for supper, Mr. Wheeler.
00:11:06Well, I'd like to.
00:11:07I really would, but I'm afraid I can't.
00:11:12I'd like you to have you stay.
00:11:14Driving Gilbert home and all.
00:11:16Well, I appreciate the invitation, but
00:11:18if you'll just show me the road out of here,
00:11:20that'll be thanks enough.
00:11:22Well, if you really gotta go.
00:11:24All right, I'll show you.
00:11:29So long, kids.
00:11:30Be good.
00:11:31Nice to meet you.
00:11:32Bye, Gilbert.
00:11:33Thanks for the ride, Mr. Wheeler.
00:11:34You bet.
00:11:46Go right at the barn.
00:11:50Turn left to the cornfields, and you'll see the road.
00:11:53Travel so the rain won't bother you none.
00:11:56All right, now.
00:11:57I go right at the barn.
00:11:58Left to the cornfields.
00:11:59And once I get to the road, which way do I go?
00:12:01Let go.
00:12:31Oh, my God.
00:13:01I just can't believe it.
00:13:096,000 miles, not even broken in.
00:13:11You got a telephone?
00:13:13No, sir.
00:13:14Looks like you'll be having supper with us now.
00:13:17We'll spend the night.
00:13:31All right, good.
00:13:32Hold it just like that.
00:13:33Okay.
00:13:35Smile.
00:13:36Hold it.
00:13:41Oh, there it is.
00:13:42It's all taken right there.
00:13:44Just keep your eyes on it.
00:13:48Isn't that me?
00:13:49There I am.
00:13:52Oh, look at you.
00:13:56I'm going all the way to California.
00:13:58The license plate, same New York.
00:14:02Well, my job takes me a lot of different places.
00:14:04Anywhere there's an interesting story.
00:14:06I read about California and New York.
00:14:09I'll be going there myself someday.
00:14:11New Orleans first, though.
00:14:14Mardi Gras.
00:14:18It sure must be something.
00:14:19Oh, it is.
00:14:20It's very exciting.
00:14:21Big carnival.
00:14:23You been there?
00:14:24Uh-huh.
00:14:24You got pictures?
00:14:25No, not with me.
00:14:28I read about it.
00:14:32Ma was a school teacher, you know.
00:14:36She had a lot of books and things.
00:14:42I'd sure like to meet your father.
00:14:46Pa's away.
00:14:50He took some hogs to market.
00:14:52Back come Sunday, I expect.
00:14:54Oh.
00:14:57Rita, take Mr. Wheeler to see Mama.
00:15:02Mama?
00:15:03Gilbert said...
00:15:04Gilbert talks a lot.
00:15:07Don't say nothing.
00:15:11Mr. Wheeler?
00:15:11Mama, this is Mr. Wheeler.
00:15:38He'll be having supper with us.
00:15:39Mrs. Chandler.
00:15:50Peter wants supper now, Mama.
00:15:52Baby's getting fancy.
00:15:53You can't be the mother of this tribe.
00:16:06They just call me that.
00:16:08I don't mind, really.
00:16:09It makes it easier for the little ones.
00:16:13Stepmother?
00:16:14Are you married to their father?
00:16:15I'm really happy that you can stay for supper, Mr. Wheeler.
00:16:21I'm not much of a cook, really, but I'm learning.
00:16:26Their mother left a lot of recipes.
00:16:30Look, the windows are nailed shut.
00:16:32And what's a boat doing on that door on the wrong side?
00:16:35I don't like the children under my feet while I'm cooking.
00:16:38The children say that you're very nice.
00:16:51They...
00:16:51They like you.
00:16:52Peter don't like his supper this late, Mama.
00:17:06Everything's ready with the biscuits.
00:17:08Tell the girls to dish up.
00:17:10Well, it's not really that late, boys.
00:17:11I mean, it's just the time of year.
00:17:13And then there's the rain.
00:17:15But I guess it's early to bed and early to rise on the farm, isn't it?
00:17:18Lots of chores to do.
00:17:20Especially with your father being away.
00:17:23It ain't so bad.
00:17:25It's a lot of fun sometimes, too.
00:17:27Oh, I'm sure it is.
00:17:28I'm sure it is.
00:17:29Particularly when you're young.
00:17:31But then, you know, Peter...
00:17:32Peter doesn't seem to be enjoying it too much.
00:17:35But I guess he'll be going away soon.
00:17:37Oh, no.
00:17:37Paula said the family sticks together.
00:17:40Like in the Bible.
00:17:44Peter told me to show you to the supper table.
00:17:54Now.
00:18:09God is great.
00:18:11God is good.
00:18:12And we thank him for our food.
00:18:16By his hand we must be fed.
00:18:18Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
00:18:20Amen.
00:18:24Gilbert.
00:18:25Now you try.
00:18:25It's my turn.
00:18:26It's your turn tomorrow night.
00:18:29Peter, you lost your turn because you hit James last week.
00:18:32Now, do you want to go to your room?
00:18:34Gilbert.
00:18:35Gilbert.
00:18:35God is great.
00:18:39God is good.
00:18:40And we thank him for our food.
00:18:42By his hand we must be fed.
00:18:45Give us, Lord, our daily bread.
00:18:47Amen.
00:18:47I don't want no fat.
00:18:49I ain't got no potatoes.
00:18:55Hey.
00:18:56James, you want that corn?
00:18:58Give it a bit of beans there.
00:18:59What?
00:19:01James.
00:19:02Look with your fingers.
00:19:04I kind of like carrots.
00:19:06Well, they're good for you.
00:19:07Have a few.
00:19:08I like blackberry jelly.
00:19:15Why ain't there no blackberry jelly, Mama?
00:19:18Because you went fishing yesterday instead of collecting the berries.
00:19:22Tomorrow, if the rain lets up, I'll expect two full boxes of big thimbleberries.
00:19:31Maybe Pa, I'd like...
00:19:32Maybe Mr. Will would like to go with you.
00:19:35You can kind of show him around a little.
00:19:38Hey.
00:19:39That'd be great.
00:19:41I know a patch where they're so big they're dragging the ground.
00:19:44Well, thanks anyway, but I'll be leaving tomorrow as soon as I get a tow truck out here.
00:19:47I figure I can catch a ride in the Pinsboro in the morning.
00:19:50Don't you just love ham, son?
00:19:53Peter.
00:19:54We butchered a beauty last fall.
00:19:56I bet he weighed in at over 800.
00:19:58He dressed down on my five.
00:20:01You like the mashed potatoes, too.
00:20:03We get fresh milk every morning.
00:20:04Peter.
00:20:05See how nice and fluffy they are?
00:20:06Butter is great, too.
00:20:07Mama turned just this morning.
00:20:10Gilbert, you put them biscuits back.
00:20:12I just wanted...
00:20:13Yeah, I know what you wanted.
00:20:14Now, how many times I got to tell you them dogs don't get nothing but meat?
00:20:17But they love biscuits better than anything.
00:20:20Mm-hmm.
00:20:21So they can get fat and soft and lazy.
00:20:23All we need around here is a pack of no-account hounds.
00:20:27They ain't no-account.
00:20:29They do anything we tell them.
00:20:30And we're gonna keep them that way.
00:20:33Dogs hunting biscuits ain't no good for nothing.
00:20:35Now, you drink your milk.
00:20:36Peter, when's your father coming home?
00:20:52Why don't you just suffer, Pa?
00:20:53Both their parents died five years ago.
00:21:03Five years ago?
00:21:06Come on, that person baby.
00:21:10Pa drank five gallons of his own makings and he fell off the roof.
00:21:15Five years ago?
00:21:17But what about the neighbors?
00:21:18People in town.
00:21:22Come on, now, everybody finish up.
00:21:23It's getting on bedtime.
00:21:25Wait a minute.
00:21:25I just can't believe this.
00:21:27Somebody must have known...
00:21:29Something.
00:21:32Party-long strangers.
00:21:33Nobody came around much.
00:21:35You was a good shot, Pa.
00:21:38I'm just like him.
00:21:40Right, Peter?
00:21:42You're getting there.
00:21:43What do you do for money?
00:21:48How do you pay the gas bills?
00:21:50And what about your schooling?
00:21:54Their mother was a qualified schoolteacher
00:21:56and she left instructions for their schooling.
00:22:01There's natural gas on the property
00:22:02and the company gives it to them free
00:22:04for as long as they...
00:22:06We've got plenty of money, too.
00:22:08Pa used to sell whiskey.
00:22:10You're gonna get a switching yogurt
00:22:11butting in like that.
00:22:13And I told you to drink your milk.
00:22:15I'm sorry, Peter.
00:22:17All right, Peter, look.
00:22:18Look, I want to get something straight right now.
00:22:20As soon as that tow truck gets out here tomorrow,
00:22:23I'm leaving.
00:22:24I don't know what this mom and papa stuff is about
00:22:27but I don't like games.
00:22:29She is not your mother.
00:22:32Just who are you?
00:22:35My name's Caroline Henderson
00:22:37and I'm...
00:22:39Well, it is a game, really.
00:22:41I'm their mama
00:22:44and...
00:22:45Peter, please tell him.
00:22:54I wish somebody would tell me something that makes sense.
00:22:57Caroline came to help us out, that's all.
00:23:02We was figuring maybe you'd like to help out, too.
00:23:04Young'uns need grown-ups.
00:23:09Somebody to teach them.
00:23:12Tell them what to do.
00:23:16Punish them when they need it.
00:23:24If you don't want to...
00:23:25Where's my bag?
00:23:29My camera equipment?
00:23:31I put it all in your room, sir.
00:23:33Upstairs, on the left.
00:23:34Thanks.
00:23:36I'll see that room.
00:23:38Then you'll stay?
00:23:45Till morning.
00:23:47Then you can take your funny farm and...
00:23:49Good night.
00:23:53Mama.
00:23:53Oh, my God.
00:24:23Wait a minute.
00:24:44What are you doing?
00:24:49Oh, that's all right.
00:24:50I'm only going to be staying to...
00:24:53I'm only going to be staying to...
00:25:23I'm only going to be staying to...
00:25:53I'm only going to be staying to...
00:26:23I'm only going to be staying to...
00:26:53Look, I don't know what's going on around here, and I don't care, but I'm leaving.
00:27:04But you said you'd stay till morning.
00:27:06That was before I got locked in my room.
00:27:09Now, do you want to stay in this menagerie, or do you want to go?
00:27:12Oh, we can't go now.
00:27:13I mean, they must have seen you come in here.
00:27:15They're downstairs singing.
00:27:17Well, Martha can't sing.
00:27:18Well, Martha can't sing.
00:27:18She's like a cat.
00:27:20She sees and hears everything.
00:27:21Look, they're just a bunch of weird kids with some crazy ideas their father pounded into them.
00:27:26I don't know.
00:27:26Maybe he wanted to protect his bootlegging business.
00:27:28How did you get mixed up in this?
00:27:32I picked up Gilbert just the same way as you did.
00:27:34There's a bunch of clothes in my room, different sizes, and things with different initials on them.
00:27:46We're not the first.
00:27:49There was another man, an older man.
00:27:51One morning he was gone.
00:27:54Peter said he went into the town to get a mechanic, but he never came back.
00:27:58And the car just disappeared.
00:28:02All right, look.
00:28:03We're just a mile and a half from the highway.
00:28:05The rain has slacked off.
00:28:06We are leaving right now.
00:28:07We can't go.
00:28:08Don't you understand?
00:28:09We're prisoners.
00:28:10They're just a bunch of kids.
00:28:12They're eyes and ears for Peter.
00:28:14And the dogs, you heard him, they're trained.
00:28:16A pack of hound dogs?
00:28:20Put it on.
00:28:21You heard him, they're trained.
00:28:27In all this days, in the sea of space, there's where we first begun.
00:28:37In all this days, in the sea of space, there's where we first begun.
00:28:44In the sea of space, there's where we first begun.
00:28:46My name is God to be.
00:28:50Sweet land of liberty.
00:28:53Of thee I sing.
00:28:57Land where my Father died.
00:29:00Land of the human sight.
00:29:04From every mountain sight.
00:29:07Every mountain sight.
00:29:09My name is God to be.
00:29:14Land of the noble please.
00:29:18Thy name I love.
00:29:21I love thy rocks and rails.
00:29:25Thy woods and temple hills.
00:29:28My heart with rapture thrills.
00:29:32Like that above.
00:29:34My heart with rapture thrills.
00:29:36When music swells the breeze.
00:29:39And we pop all the trees.
00:29:42We breathe our song.
00:29:45When mortal comes awake.
00:29:49Let all that little one take.
00:29:52Let all that little one take.
00:29:53Let all that little one take.
00:29:55Let all that little one take.
00:29:56Let all that little one take.
00:29:57Let all that little one take.
00:29:58Let all that little one take.
00:29:59Let all that little one take.
00:30:00Let all that little one take.
00:30:01Let all that little one take.
00:30:02Let all that little one take.
00:30:03Let all that little one take.
00:30:04Let all that little one take.
00:30:05Let all that little one take.
00:30:06Let all that little one take.
00:30:07Let all that little one take.
00:30:08Let all that little one take.
00:30:09Let all that little one take.
00:30:10Let all that little one take.
00:30:11Let all that little one take.
00:30:12Let all that little one take.
00:30:13Let all that little one take.
00:30:14Let all that little one take.
00:30:15Let all that little one take.
00:30:16Let all that little one take.
00:30:17Let all that little one take.
00:30:18Let all that little one take.
00:30:19Let all that little one take.
00:30:20Let all that little one take.
00:30:21We can't get 10 feet from this house.
00:30:36You'd better get some sleep.
00:30:38In the daylight, things will look a lot better.
00:30:41Come on.
00:30:45Good night, girl.
00:30:51By lunch and real, by woods and timber, my heart is left to drill like that above.
00:31:03Let music tell the breeze and ring the bell.
00:31:09Don't move.
00:31:20I wanted to do it, Peter.
00:31:35I was just getting a good aim.
00:31:37I told you not to mess with guns unless I'm showing you.
00:31:46I pity you didn't have to kill him.
00:31:48And I told you not to bring no more varmints into the house.
00:31:50He wouldn't have hurt nobody.
00:31:52I told you he wouldn't stand old Chewbac.
00:31:54Somebody must have let him out.
00:31:55Were you teasing him again?
00:31:57I never touched him.
00:31:58Every time I turned my back, he was a pecking on his fire.
00:32:01I did not.
00:32:02Did too.
00:32:02All right!
00:32:04Get out of here!
00:32:06Holly!
00:32:09Take that thing with you.
00:32:17That's right.
00:32:19It don't matter how it got loose.
00:32:22It won't happen again, sir.
00:32:24I can promise you that.
00:32:25No more varmints in the house.
00:32:31Now go to bed.
00:32:32All of you.
00:32:39Good night, Mom.
00:32:43Pa.
00:32:43Pa.
00:32:43Pa.
00:32:44Pa.
00:32:44Pa.
00:32:44Pa.
00:32:46Pa.
00:32:46Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:48Pa.
00:32:49Pa.
00:32:49Pa.
00:32:49Pa.
00:32:50Pa.
00:32:50Pa.
00:32:51Pa.
00:32:51Pa.
00:32:51Pa.
00:32:52Pa.
00:32:52Pa.
00:32:53Pa.
00:32:54Pa.
00:32:54Pa.
00:32:55Pa.
00:32:55Pa.
00:32:55Pa.
00:32:56Pa.
00:32:56Pa.
00:32:57Pa.
00:32:57Pa.
00:32:58Pa.
00:32:58Pa.
00:32:59Pa.
00:32:59Pa.
00:33:00Pa.
00:33:00Pa.
00:33:01Pa.
00:33:01Pa.
00:33:02Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:03Pa.
00:33:04Pa.
00:33:04Pa.
00:33:04Pa.
00:33:04Pa.
00:33:04Pa.
00:33:05Pa.
00:33:05Pa.
00:33:05Pa.
00:33:05Pa.
00:33:06Pa.
00:33:06Pa.
00:33:06Pa.
00:33:07Pa.
00:33:07Pa.
00:33:07Pa.
00:33:08Pa.
00:33:08Pa.
00:33:08Pa.
00:33:08Pa.
00:33:09Pa.
00:33:09Pa.
00:33:10Pa.
00:33:11Pa.
00:33:12Pa.
00:33:13Pa.
00:33:14Pa.
00:33:15Pa.
00:33:16Pa.
00:33:17Pa.
00:33:18Pa.
00:33:19What is right
00:33:21I promise
00:33:23To stay with you
00:33:26But now
00:33:27I want to leave
00:33:29And maybe
00:33:31Some kind stranger
00:33:34Will keep you
00:33:36Company
00:33:38If I'm here
00:33:44In the morning
00:33:46My mind
00:33:48Will be on the sea
00:33:50When the sun sets
00:33:55In the evening
00:33:56There's no telling
00:33:59Where I'll be
00:34:00I promise
00:34:03To stay
00:34:04With you
00:34:06But now
00:34:07I have to leave
00:34:09And maybe
00:34:11Some kind stranger
00:34:14Will keep you
00:34:16Company
00:34:17Cause mama said
00:34:22The day would come
00:34:24When the family
00:34:26Will live as one
00:34:29And all the kind
00:34:32Strangers
00:34:33Will keep us
00:34:36Company
00:34:37Company
00:34:38Caroline, Gilbert, Peter, anybody?
00:35:09Jimmy.
00:35:24I'm sure asleep late. It's almost 8 o'clock.
00:35:27Oh, I've been known to sleep as late as 8.30, 9 o'clock, especially after a night like last night.
00:35:31Caroline, my car is gone.
00:35:34I've got chores.
00:35:36Everyone's had breakfast.
00:35:38I could heat up some biscuits and ham.
00:35:40No, thanks. I'm sorry, but I don't eat before noon.
00:35:43And when my almost brand new $7,000 car just disappears after failing to start, I just might lose my appetite altogether.
00:35:50Well, the boys are going to fix it. They're very handy with machinery.
00:35:53Jimmy, please.
00:36:02That's all right. Just do your chores.
00:36:04I'm sorry. I'm not feeling very gentlemanly this morning.
00:36:06All right, John. Where's my car?
00:36:28Well, good morning. You better get some breakfast in you, Paul. Oh, Peter figured to clear some brush today.
00:36:39John, where is my car?
00:36:41And don't call me Paul.
00:36:42No, boys. Easy. Easy.
00:36:49Mom, you better turn me loose, Mr. Will.
00:36:52And just say something nice and low.
00:36:54Hello, boys. Take it easy now.
00:37:02Now, John, I want you to tell me where my car is or I'm going to give you a wallop and you are not going to forget.
00:37:07And that is only the beginning.
00:37:08Never try and punish us in front of the dogs, sir.
00:37:12Where is Peter, John?
00:37:14Look, it's not right to steal other people's property.
00:37:16Now, look, just tell me where Peter is and I'll talk to him.
00:37:18And after that, I'll decide whether or not you need a whippet.
00:37:21Oh, well, he's out at the swimming hole.
00:37:25I can't go till I finish old Beth here.
00:37:28She's a great old milking cow.
00:37:30Good for a full bucket, too.
00:37:32Which way to the swimming hole?
00:37:34Around the barn.
00:37:35Through the cornfield, past some trees.
00:37:38Oh, it's over here.
00:37:39Wait, you'll hear him.
00:37:42After morning chores, it's a whoop and holler time around here.
00:38:05What's up?
00:38:14What is it?
00:38:22What is it?
00:38:23What is it?
00:38:25What?
00:38:25What?
00:38:26Hold on!
00:38:31Hold on, hold on!
00:38:56I got it!
00:39:07I got it!
00:39:12You okay?
00:39:16Get it!
00:39:18I got it!
00:39:20I got it!
00:39:44I got it!
00:39:48All right, everybody out right now.
00:40:11Now, I want to know what you've done with my car.
00:40:14And I'm going to be very upset if you fooled around with that motor.
00:40:16We never touched the motor, sir.
00:40:19Peter?
00:40:20Can you swim, sir? The water's nice and warm.
00:40:23Peter, I don't have time to waste swimming.
00:40:26Now, I just want you to take me to my car, that's all!
00:40:29Yes, sir.
00:40:32James, give me a hand with the boat.
00:40:47You didn't drag it across the river, did you?
00:40:51Peter, listen, if you've gotten water in that gas tank up...
00:40:58Will this thing float?
00:41:01Get in.
00:41:01Aye, sir.
00:41:21Oh, my God.
00:41:51Oh, Peter, look at this thing.
00:41:52It looks like a sieve.
00:41:54My new $60 shoes, cow manure, mud, no swamp water.
00:42:01Keep ahead of it with this, sir.
00:42:08There you go, Peter.
00:42:10Is there anything wrong with that car?
00:42:12If there's any tears in the upholstery, any dents, any scratches,
00:42:14I'm going to report you to my insurance company as a vandal, the 0-4-18.
00:42:18It's your name that's going to be on that report, Peter.
00:42:21This is the deepest part here, son.
00:42:35You kids get on back now.
00:42:37It's dangerous out here.
00:42:38Hey, hey!
00:43:01Jimmy, Jimmy, you all right?
00:43:21My car.
00:43:23My car's at the bottom of the creek.
00:43:24What happened?
00:43:29John upset the boat.
00:43:31He did it as a prank.
00:43:32The other children pulled you out.
00:43:34They all swim like fish.
00:43:36I know what they swim like.
00:43:38I must have hit my head.
00:43:39Can you stay right down?
00:43:40They ran my new car right down to the bottom of the creek.
00:43:45And there was a red one down there and a blue one and a green one.
00:43:49Jimmy, they're going to vote.
00:43:52Vote?
00:43:53On us.
00:43:54Whether they keep us as parents or not.
00:43:56They're going to vote on us?
00:43:57This is like a bad dream.
00:43:58It's like a joke.
00:44:00If they vote no...
00:44:01Look, you said there were others.
00:44:03And they must have voted on them.
00:44:04And that explains those cars at the bottom of the creek.
00:44:07They like us.
00:44:08I know they do.
00:44:09And they'll vote yes.
00:44:10If they do, that'll give us the time to think of a way to get out of here.
00:44:13Caroline, I am not going to wait around to go on trial by a bunch of crazy kids.
00:44:18Would you mind getting me a pair of pants?
00:44:20I'm sure my size is in that closet.
00:44:23Where are they now?
00:44:25They're eating.
00:44:26Peter went to cut a willow switch for you to use on John for tipping the boat up.
00:44:30Oh, a willow switch.
00:44:31They want punishment.
00:44:33Well, I don't.
00:44:34I've had enough.
00:44:35I'm getting out of here.
00:44:35Jimmy.
00:44:36Look, I'll make my way to Pinsborough and I'll get help.
00:44:39You don't understand.
00:44:42They won't let you go.
00:44:44They'll kill you.
00:44:48Caroline, look.
00:44:50I've survived Vietnam, a rotten marriage.
00:44:53I'm indestructible.
00:44:55Now, would you please get me some pants?
00:45:04I'm not going to punish you for spilling the milk, John.
00:45:13I think you know that.
00:45:15But that business with the boat was something else.
00:45:18Somebody could have got hurt.
00:45:20You have to learn about jokes like that.
00:45:24Well, how is it just funny, sir?
00:45:25There's nothing wrong with that as long as everybody knows you're playing.
00:45:29But that's not the way it happened.
00:45:33Peter, you're going to have to take the dogs off somewhere.
00:45:37Well, they won't make no fuss.
00:45:38I'll see to it.
00:45:39Now, look.
00:45:41I don't want everybody standing around.
00:45:44You wouldn't want it that way if it was your turn.
00:45:47This is just between a father and a son.
00:45:54They could all use a switch and...
00:45:57They'd come near the deep water when I told them not to.
00:45:59We had to help Pop, Peter.
00:46:01I'd have took care of that.
00:46:03Peter, them was cars down there.
00:46:04I'd bet on it.
00:46:06That was junk metal, just like I told you.
00:46:09Pot-throated in there years back.
00:46:12If I catch you swimming near there again,
00:46:14you're going to get something you've never had before.
00:46:17Nobody's going to go swimming.
00:46:19It's too dangerous.
00:46:21Somebody might get a foot caught in...
00:46:23that old junk metal.
00:46:26Peter, you're going to have to take the dogs off.
00:46:32Caroline, you and the girls take care of the ironing.
00:46:35Let's go hunting, Peter.
00:46:40Dogs ain't had a real good run in a long time.
00:46:43Peter, if you want to, you could help pull those stumps out.
00:46:48And after you finish, maybe we could go hunting in a couple of days.
00:46:50Oh, come on, Peter.
00:46:52I don't want to dig up nowhere.
00:46:52All right.
00:46:54We'll hook up on back of the rig.
00:46:55All right, John.
00:47:17I want you to go inside that shed,
00:47:23and I want you to think about what you did.
00:47:25Try and figure out why it was wrong.
00:47:30Then you're going to switch me?
00:47:31I want you to think, John.
00:47:35Sometimes thinking's worse than a switching.
00:47:37Go on.
00:47:38I want you to think, John.
00:48:08I want you to think.
00:48:13Come on.
00:48:38Let's go.
00:49:08Let's go.
00:49:38Let's go.
00:50:08Let's go.
00:50:10All right, put the food down.
00:50:12I said, put your food down.
00:50:18We're not playing games anymore.
00:50:20I've decided to stay.
00:50:26But Caroline's free to go.
00:50:28Do you want to, Mama?
00:50:32If you stay, Jimmy, I will.
00:50:37Nobody's forcing you to stay.
00:50:41If I'm taking over this family, that's the way it's going to be.
00:50:43And there'll be no more locked doors.
00:50:47Is that understood, Peter?
00:50:51Peter?
00:50:52Yes, sir.
00:50:54All right.
00:50:55Well, you've got your parents now.
00:51:00You can finish your supper.
00:51:02I'll see you later.
00:51:03I'm going to be back.
00:51:05I'm going to be back.
00:51:10I'm going to be back.
00:51:41Ma, we cleaned up the supper dishes.
00:51:48Good night.
00:51:50Good night, Peter.
00:52:00Good night, Pa.
00:52:02Good night, Peter.
00:52:11Good night.
00:52:41Good night.
00:52:42Good night.
00:52:43Good night.
00:52:44Good night.
00:52:46It don't matter.
00:52:49I should have left a couple of dogs.
00:52:52Why don't we vote tonight, if they really want to go?
00:52:56There'll be time enough tomorrow.
00:53:03I didn't lock the doors tonight.
00:53:09But if they try to go off by themselves, the dogs!
00:53:12Remember that big red rooster we had?
00:53:15About to scratch the person's eyes out?
00:53:19Yeah.
00:53:21Well, what happened when we put that rooster in the hen house?
00:53:24Did it keep him pinned in the barn?
00:53:27He got fat and sassy and nice as pie.
00:53:33Let's just take another look at our rooster in the morning.
00:53:45Peter, I don't recollect Pa throwing no junk in the creek.
00:53:51You're just too young to remember.
00:53:53Yeah, but it looked like cars.
00:53:56We've all stayed together, ain't we?
00:53:58Like Pa said.
00:54:02Yeah.
00:54:03But I told you it'd be your turn soon.
00:54:05To shoot and all.
00:54:07Well, there's something else.
00:54:13When you're old enough.
00:54:16What, Peter?
00:54:17If we vote no one of these two tomorrow,
00:54:21there'll be time enough to tell you.
00:54:25Tell me what, Peter?
00:54:28Good night, John.
00:54:30Good night, John.
00:54:32They didn't lock the doors.
00:54:34It's gonna be a trick.
00:54:35Let's go.
00:54:36But you couldn't make it in the daylight alone.
00:54:51I panicked.
00:54:53It sounded like the dogs were everywhere.
00:54:55It's gonna be worse at night.
00:54:56I've got an idea.
00:54:58Come on.
00:55:06Have we got any more of this stuff?
00:55:12Collaborate?
00:55:13Get it.
00:55:24I don't understand.
00:55:26The dogs.
00:55:28Come on.
00:55:36Come on.
00:56:06Come on.
00:56:36Come on.
00:56:38Come on.
00:56:40Come on.
00:56:42Come on.
00:56:44Come on.
00:56:46Come on.
00:56:56Come on.
00:56:58Come on.
00:57:06Come on.
00:57:08Come on.
00:57:10Come on.
00:57:20Come on.
00:57:22Come on.
00:57:24Come on.
00:57:34Come on.
00:57:44Come on.
00:57:46Come on.
00:57:47Come on.
00:57:48Come on.
00:57:49Come on.
00:57:50Come on.
00:57:51Come on.
00:57:52Come on.
00:57:53Come on.
00:57:54Come on.
00:57:55Come on.
00:57:56Come on.
00:57:57Come on.
00:57:58Come on.
00:57:59Come on.
00:58:00Come on.
00:58:01Come on.
00:58:02Come on.
00:58:03Come on.
00:58:05Come on.
00:58:07Come on.
00:58:08Come on.
00:58:09Come on.
00:58:10Come on.
00:58:11Come on.
00:58:12Come on.
00:58:13Come on.
00:58:14Come on.
00:58:15Come on.
00:58:17Come on.
00:58:35Come here.
00:58:39Come on.
00:58:40Come on.
00:58:44Wait a minute.
00:58:49Listen.
00:58:51They're out.
00:58:53We'll head for the creek.
00:58:54You'll throw them off.
00:59:14Come on.
00:59:45I can't go on.
00:59:47Yes, you can.
00:59:48We got to.
01:00:14We'll head for the creek.
01:00:19We'll head for the creek.
01:00:24We'll head for the creek.
01:00:29We'll head for the creek.
01:00:49It wasn't right, Caroline, what you done.
01:01:01You lied just like him.
01:01:05That ain't no good way for parents to be.
01:01:07He wanted to get help, Peter.
01:01:11For all of you.
01:01:13We don't need no help as long as we stay together.
01:01:17You ain't gonna give us no more trouble.
01:01:18He's okay, Amy. He didn't mean nothing bad.
01:01:21Oh, he's fine.
01:01:24I got him tied up real good, Peter.
01:01:29All right.
01:01:32We vote now.
01:01:33Please, Peter, not yet.
01:01:36Let me talk to him.
01:01:38He won't try and run away again.
01:01:40I said we vote now.
01:01:45Yes, he stays.
01:01:47He's our pa.
01:01:47We'll do like he says.
01:01:51No.
01:01:53He goes.
01:01:55Just like the others.
01:01:59James?
01:02:00He keeps trying to run away.
01:02:04I vote no.
01:02:09Rita?
01:02:10I like him.
01:02:12I think Caroline's right.
01:02:14I vote yes.
01:02:16It's one yes and one no.
01:02:20Gilbert?
01:02:21I think he'd make a fine pa.
01:02:24I picked him.
01:02:25I vote yes.
01:02:28It's two yes and one no.
01:02:33Baby?
01:02:35Baby can't vote.
01:02:36He doesn't understand.
01:02:37He's family.
01:02:40He voted yes on you, remember?
01:02:43We all did.
01:02:46Baby, do you want Mr. Wheeler to stay or go?
01:02:50Go.
01:02:53It's two and two.
01:02:54John?
01:03:00Don't matter much to me, Peter.
01:03:02Whatever you say.
01:03:08John?
01:03:09You like him.
01:03:11You know you do.
01:03:14He didn't take the switch to you.
01:03:16He made you think.
01:03:18He gave you the chance to figure out right from wrong.
01:03:24Now, this is family, Caroline.
01:03:28I want you to hear it.
01:03:29But you got no right talking.
01:03:31You voted yes on me.
01:03:33You voted me, your mama.
01:03:36Yeah, but that's all different now.
01:03:38After what you've done.
01:03:41You see, you're with him.
01:03:43You showed us that.
01:03:46So, however the vote goes for him.
01:03:51All right, John's holding back his vote.
01:03:54Martha?
01:03:54Martha?
01:03:54Martha?
01:03:54Martha?
01:04:05Don't let Peter send him away.
01:04:13Caroline!
01:04:25All right.
01:04:27That's three yes and two no.
01:04:31Since John's going along with however I vote,
01:04:33it's four no.
01:04:37Three yes.
01:04:45In the morning, you're both gone.
01:05:03Martha, cut me loose.
01:05:21Listen to me.
01:05:23Peter does not care what happens to you and your family.
01:05:27He wants to leave.
01:05:28He wants you and John to stay behind and take his place.
01:05:32The other children don't even know.
01:05:33But you know.
01:05:37You know what happened.
01:05:38You know how those cars got to the bottom of the creek.
01:05:41Do you want to be responsible for that?
01:05:45Martha, cut me loose.
01:05:52Cut me loose.
01:06:03Martha?
01:06:12Martha?
01:06:14It was a fair vote.
01:06:30I'll go on and get some sleep.
01:06:40You better get some sleep too.
01:06:44You'll be leaving in the morning.
01:06:54Good night, Mr. Wheeler.
01:06:59Trey?
01:07:14Good night.
01:07:16Good night.
01:07:18Come here, honey.
01:07:21People rink.
01:07:24You're so blessed.
01:07:30I don't like a vic curve, man.
01:07:34Me.
01:07:35Where are they I don't know let's get out of here
01:08:05Goodbye, Mr. Wheeler
01:08:08Caroline
01:08:12It's all over, Peter
01:08:26All you had to do was stay
01:08:30Be our folks
01:08:32Wouldn't have been so bad
01:08:35You're like all the others
01:08:40Nobody cares
01:08:42I can't let you go, Mr. Wheeler
01:08:52It's not like the others, Peter
01:08:55Not this time
01:08:56Your brothers and sisters
01:08:59They'll know
01:09:00They'll believe what they're told
01:09:02Like always
01:09:03You're wrong, Peter
01:09:05I told you to go to the swimming hole
01:09:20Now go
01:09:24All of you
01:09:25It ain't right, Peter
01:09:26We voted to let them go
01:09:28Paul wouldn't want us to hurt nobody
01:09:30We'll get somebody else like we always done
01:09:32If they left, they'd send somebody to break us up
01:09:35I'm only doing it for you, don't you see?
01:09:38No, you're not, Peter
01:09:39You're doing it for yourself
01:09:41No
01:09:43How else are you going to get out of here?
01:09:46How are you going to keep from being stuck with those kids all the rest of your life?
01:09:49See all those places you've been dreaming about?
01:09:51California
01:09:51New Orleans
01:09:52Mardi Gras
01:09:53That ain't true
01:09:54Yes, it is true, Peter
01:09:56Whether you like it or not, it is true
01:09:57You're trying to confuse me
01:09:59I'm trying to help you
01:10:01I love those kids
01:10:06Do you?
01:10:09Then put that gun down
01:10:10Put it down, Peter
01:10:12Please
01:10:31When people stopped, I thought they'd help
01:10:49It ain't fair
01:10:53People should help other people
01:11:01If Peter done wrong
01:11:09You didn't mean it, Mr. Wheeler
01:11:12I know that, John
01:11:15Peter
01:11:17There are people
01:11:19Special people
01:11:21Who can help you
01:11:22They understand
01:11:25You will too, after a while
01:11:28Will we ever be a family again?
01:11:35That's up to Peter
01:11:36I think maybe we ought to take a walk into Pensboro, Mr. Wheeler
01:11:56Don't let nobody hurt him, Mr. Wheeler
01:12:24Don't worry, Gilbert
01:12:28I won't
01:12:29We love you, Peter
01:12:33Me and my dad
01:12:40We used to act
01:12:42Like we could live alone perfectly
01:12:46But if you're lonely
01:12:50It stays with you
01:12:53Even in your deep serenity
01:12:57I'm tired of dying lonely
01:13:01I'm gonna get what I need
01:13:05And maybe some kind stranger
01:13:10Will keep me company
01:13:13Because Mama said
01:13:18The day would come
01:13:20When the family
01:13:22Will live as one
01:13:25And all the kind strangers
01:13:28Will keep us
01:13:32Company
01:13:34There are circles
01:13:40There are circles to every story
01:13:42And two sides to every side
01:13:46Though I promise to stay with you
01:13:51Now I have to leave
01:13:54I hope that some kind of stranger
01:13:59Will keep you company
01:14:03You
01:14:09Any
01:14:12No
01:14:13Plenty
01:14:14Do
01:14:14There arme
01:14:14I
01:14:14And
01:14:15Do
01:14:16I
01:14:17Do
01:14:17I
01:14:19I
01:14:20Do
01:14:20To
Recommended
1:17:36
|
Up next
55:18
1:09:37
1:26:49
13:21
1:25:34
53:10
12:23
1:00:47
1:08:00
1:35:46
44:58