The Ransom of Red Chief

Year Published: 1975

Country of Origin: United States

Description: 16mm Film - The Ransom of Red Chief - USA 1975 Directed by: Tony Bill Written by: Michael Kane, based on a short story by O. Henry Cinematography by: Michael A. Brown Music by: Ken Lauber Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Spinell, Robbie Rist, Burton Gilliam, Sondra Blake, Horace Irwin, Peter Bill An adaptation of the O. Henry short story of the same title, about two inept con men whose kidnapping venture of a small boy backfires when the boy's parents refuse to take him back. Verfilmung der gleichnamigen Kurzgeschichte von O. Henry, in der es um zwei ungeschickte Betrüger geht, deren Entführung eines kleinen Jungen nach hinten losgeht, als sich die Eltern des Jungen weigern, ihn zurückzunehmen.

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foreign [Music] Capital barely totaling 300 and what we needed is just two thousand dollars more to pull off a fraudulent Town lot scheme in Western Kentucky it was his build after it expressed it during a moment of temporary medal Insanity that this kidnap progress and at the time looked like a good thing little did we know [Music] [Music] looks like you just could use some water thank you kindly [Music] good around here there's a hand lay eggs as a chicken got teeth oh he's a daddy rabbit around here lives in that big house listen there is this to us at the sheriff around here too oh sheriff lives down the road next town [Music] those things are man respectable and tight banker and a rich Stern mortgage foreclosure who would gladly surrender two thousand dollars for the safe return of his one and only child [Music] it's beautiful [Music] let's do it right this time [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] what's your name [Music] how you feel like we didn't hear me yeah I think the lads scared to that we won't hurt you son there's no reason to fear from us yeah we're just going camping all right everybody did it right to the bottom settled in would found the perfect tide away that's an important thing to have [Music] a good thing no kidding that's because he filled up on me [Music] where you going Sam and have a few moments to myself and maybe I shouldn't have taken them for when I returned a strange transformation had taken place [Music] do you dare out of the camp with Red Chief real cheap huh they just scared the Daylights of them I read the chief how's it going Bill oh we're doing fine it's playing ending now yeah old Hank the Trapper a red team's captive enough to be scalped at Daybreak you are sneaker spy and my brains return from the war path I shall broil you with the stake at the rise of the Sun a quite an imagination the boy has found those turkey feathers in the woods the kids seem to be having the time of his life but fun of camping out and they didn't forget that he was a captive himself I like this fight and pet possum ones I need to go to school don't you yeah there's a trees are moving at the window I'm only five puppies please I don't like girls my father was lots of money well um red cheese thank you Father misses you now [Music] sure I don't have any fun at home I like staying out here with you guys you weren't taking me back home again snake guy will you no not right away you can stay with us for a little while if you want to I sure do all kinds of wild animals out there oh come on boys crazy why is he has a loom hey hey let's play blocks go no more player for me kid I'm so tired you can scrape it off with a stick yeah it's been a long day Red Chief let's all get some sleep all right you gotta get some sleep I thought we were gonna have some fun what kind of Trappers are you anyway tired ones yeah but [Music] [Applause] [Music] laughs [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey hey now listen to me I listen don't roll it kind of rolling and jumping up and down and let's all try to get some sleep try to be a good Indian for once okay just a boy it's a Savage [Music] Bill sure was being support about the whole thing but a few hours later the kid finally got his goat and that's not all he got [Music] I'm in school all right No More Mr Nice Guy I'm behind you Bill Bill took out after the kid and I took out of the bill but all we ever found was each other we combed him and nail Without a Trace finally at Sunrise we gave up the search and all hopes for our Fortune [Music] obvious oh my God look at that figures finally wore yourself out oh look at my bed oh I took my scalp what I'm gonna do now Sam get some sleep uh uh tired as I am I'm closing my eyes on him and I am turning my back on it no more ah tell you what y'all pain moves both of us going to sleep I think I'll just uh stay up a while and keep my eye on my little apartment you're alive Sam with you as you're afraid because you're supposed to be burnt at the stake at Sunrise and he'll do it too if he gets a chance that's right it's ridiculous let's tie him up don't time up [Music] with a contiguous vicinity [Music] foreign [Music] if you pay the money as demanded we set our demands two thousand dollars exceed to them no further communication will be attempted signed two two desperate man at the time I can just imagine the doors its reaction [Music] I almost felt sorry for them [Music] I don't want to upset the folks too much but they've got to understand we're just not pass it through on vacation did real good Sam real good well let's have some nice cup of hot coffees [Music] there's figures [Music] dog [Music] the red sheep but what he got paid for it you better beware you right now are the stars aren't poisonous look at it now you go without apologize to Old Hank right now [Music] I think I promise I'll behave if you don't take me home and I get a plane black Scout please relax please bill just play Within the rest of the day I've got business I got to take care of in town Sam don't leave me alone with him please look your friends now he's apologized everything's all right he's learned his lesson okay look I've got a tad more on my mind and worrying about you two all right Sam what happened [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] hooray [Music] back a little bit more back [Music] Alice will you listen to me all right I've got to go into town now I want you an old bill the whole Hank to play Black Scout while I'm gone like we agreed off okay what kind of game is this black Scout [Music] get on your hands and knees all right or four so I can ride you to The Stockade did you loosen up Bill and play the game with him we've got business in town all right all right Sam how far is it to the start cave 90 miles let's be gone hey Sam hurry back huh have a good time lads [Music] [Applause] [Music] parked on the Earth and slipped into town like a once the kid is kid and missed responded to likely source of information categories I've decided to use a subtle approach hey maybe I want to get in this game is in this game and played with The Four Lads instead of three foreign [Music] missing excuse me someone missing in the game I wasn't sure they were tides on there or not but it was a relief to find a kid that didn't talk I casually maneuvered onto the human handles clustered on the corner of the main street right imagine an 80 year old fuskerando fooling about with a girl before she you know all she saw was the dollars in his eyeballs excuse me ladies but I'm a stranger in town I was just wondering where all the disciples was about you're a stranger here it wouldn't interest you suspense of the impending Financial Showdown or getting two weeks speed was the essence I recruited one of the Marvel players to deliver the ransom note and sent a letter on his way it was only a matter of hours until the big payoff I couldn't wait to tell Bill that our troubles were over bill [Music] please Sam Sam [Applause] [Music] where's the boy Sam Sam I suppose you think I'm a renegade but I just couldn't help it I'm a grown man with masculine proclivities and having some self-defense no one no one can be subjugated it's a supernatural approaches what's happening Bill where is the boy I was road to 90 miles to Arcade and then when we rescue the settlers I was given oats to eat holy sand in a palatable substitute and for now I I had to explain why there's nothing in Holes and how Road runs both ways and why the grass is green I tell you Sam a human being can only stand so much Bill where is the boy oh the boy he's gone gone home I showed him the road and I kicked the main feet narrow there I'm sorry I'm sorry that we lost the ransom but it was either that or Bill Driscoll goes to the mad house [Music] is there any history of heart disease in your family no only chronic malaria and bad luck why [Music] I let the kid entertain himself while we anxiously waited for midnight but little did I know that even then the mighty Red Chief was selecting old Bill's monk made for the evening [Music] [Music] foreign foreign [Music] as a matter of fact your Paul has bought you a brand new hunting rifle and we're gonna pick it up real soon now first I'm gonna get me some sleep oh boy oh no no no babe got a lot of packing to do prepare for our uh impending departure I'm sorry I truly am well they set the wink in two days or two nights but during that time I've been both Scout kicked bit dragged Road drowned and hung by the neck yeah I've been a prisoner of war I've been a slave and I've been a horse and I haven't done all of that without any sleep and there's nothing more this kid can do to me nothing now you watch him because I'm gonna take a nap foreign [Music] just lie down there and get some sleep [Music] well I would bestow medals upon [Music] right Mr Bill [Music] how do you think the snake feel okay my father has lots of money myself [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] two desperate men gentlemen in regard to The Ransom you asked for the return of my son I think you are a little high in your demands and I I hereby make you encounter proposition you bring the boy home and pay me 250 and I agree to take him off your hand hey Pirates of Penzance very respectfully Ebenezer Dorset PS no authorities have been notified [Music] oh my thank you Sam what what's 250 after all we got the money now you ain't gonna let a big chance like this go by are you take the kid home straight around someone and make our getaways God bless you Sam um [Music] 150 I think we agreed upon sir 250 sir double kill nobody crosses red sheets and lives I'm not as strong as I used to be 250 I believe that's true hurry up I'll get you I swear I will bill was a good mile and a half out of town before I just catch up with him foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music]

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