cracker? (chuckles)
- Where'd he come off getting 600?
- He killed Mr. Colbert.
You gone crazy out of your mind.
Now listen. Hear me good, Mama, please.
Don't make me have to send you to jail.
A lot you care!
There's white time in jail, and
coloured time. The worst kind you can do
is coloured time.
Child... you promise...
give me understanding.
I got used to better.
You won't take it away?
I won't take it away.
Well... I don't know his name.
But she's coming here tonight.
Get herself straight.
- Leave me alone! Let me go!
- (man) Let go of her!
- Let go of her!
- Let go of me!
Gonna teach you, boy!
No club this time, man?
A gun's not smart. The way
you killed Colbert was much smarter.
You killed Colbert?!
He's crazy. Crazy.
(horn blares)
(thug) OK, nigger. Your time, nigger.
Look in her purse.
- What's that mean?
- She's got $100 to pay for an abortion.
Listen to that. That's crazy.
Money she got from Ralph.
You gonna listen to him?
He got her to tell you
that Sam Wood did it.
He made a fool out of you, Purdy.
- Delores?
- Liar!
You stinkin' liar!
(Purdy) Gimme that purse!
You turned my little sister...
into a field slut?
(Delores screams) Lloyd! Lloyd!
- Hey, man, stay back!
- He's got a gun!
He's dead.
(Delores sobs)
When I left her house,
I was going to the diner.
Mr. Colbert drove by,
so I hitched a ride with him. That's all.
I said "I sure would like a job in
that new factory once you get started."
And he said "Sure." And I said
"Well, I wonder where it's gonna be."
He said that field we were comin' up to
was it, and he would stop and show me.
I said to myself "Man, he's askin' for it."
I said "Now, Ralph,
all you gotta do when we get out...
is just sneak up behind him
and just... tap him."
"And then just claim that somebody
jumped us from the bushes."
That's all.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Yeah.
All right, Courtney. That's enough.
All right. C'mon, Ralph.
(Ralph on tape) That's all.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Well, got your ticket?
Here you are.
Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Goodbye.
Virgil?
You take care. You hear?
Yeah.
("In the Heat of the Night"
by Ray Charles)
(guard) Board!
In the heat of the night
I've got trouble wall to wall
Oh yes, I have
I repeat
I repeat, in the night
Must be an endin' to it all
Hold on, it won't be long
Yeah, you be strong
And I'll be all right
In the heat of the night
In the heat of the night# ln the heat ofthe night
# Seems like a cold sweat
creepin' across my brow
# Yeah
# ln the heat ofthe night
# l'm feelin' motherless somehow
# Stars with evil eyes
# Stare from the skies
# All mean and bright
# ln the heat ofthe night
# Ain't a woman yet been born
# Knows how to make the mornin' come
# lt's so hard to keep control
# When l could sell my soul
# Forjust a little light
# ln the heat ofthe night
# ln the heat ofthe night
# l've got trouble wall to wall
# Oh yes, l have
# l repeat
# l repeat, in the night
# Must be an ending to it all
# But hold on, it won't be long
# Just you be strong
# And it'll be all right
# ln the heat ofthe night
Where you keepin' the pie tonight?
A man ate the last piece
just before you come in.
What's that little old orphan
sittin' right up there?
Marble cake.
Tell you what, Sam. Bein' she's
in there by her little old lonesome,
I'll let you have her for free.
I told you 'bout that "Sam" business,
didn't l? Hm?
Sorry, Mr Wood.
I mean, uh... Officer Wood.
(car starts)
(country music fades in)
# Well, a bow-legged Polly
and a knocked-kneed Paul
# A bow-legged Polly
and a knocked-kneed Paul
# A bow-legged Polly
and a knocked-kneed Paul
# They can't get together at all
# Just like the worm in the cornfield
said to his brother
# "Yeah, go in one ear and out the other"
(# singer hums)
# Well, a bucktoothed Clara
and a cross-eyed Clyde
# A bucktoothed Clara
and a cross-eyed Clyde
# Like old bow-legged Polly
and a knock-kneed Paul
(