:29:01
Some roughnecks got to whoopin'
and hollerin' and fightin', and you yelled
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- "Hit him one for the Lord!"
- That's what I said.
:29:08
And that's exactly what I did.
I busted him one for the Lord.
:29:11
Oh, it was a lovely fight!
:29:18
When I saw you in Cato, I thought I was
seein' an ángel, and you haven't changed.
:29:22
- A very tired ángel.
- It's no wonder,
:29:25
givin' everybody else hope and courage,
nobody to lean on yourself.
:29:29
I suppose this is a generous offer
to let me lean on you.
:29:34
I wouldn't have the nerve, Sister.
:29:37
- Yesterday, Mr...
- Gantry.
:29:38
..you said you were a preacher.
:29:40
Well, uh, practically, yes. Uh, you see,
the semester I was to be ordained...
:29:45
They kicked you out of college.
:29:48
Well, it was a... a tragedy, kind of.
:29:51
A girl.
:29:54
Yeah. A girl.
:29:57
A girl named Lulu Bains.
:29:59
- Does she work for you, or you for her?
- We work together.
:30:03
Would it be unethical to ask just what
you'll write about Sister Sharon?
:30:08
- It would.
- Oh?
:30:10
- I'm sorry.
- She's brilliant.
:30:12
"Inspired" is a more appropriate word.
:30:15
- It means "touched by the hand of God".
- Precisely.
:30:18
Now, get the picture.
:30:21
It's Christmas Eve. God's pure snow
driftin' down, and joy in the air.
:30:25
I enter the Schoenheim church
late at night to pray for guidance.
:30:29
And what do I find, right behind the altar?
:30:32
Lulu Bains, my betrothed, my bride-to-be,
:30:35
half-naked, locked in the arms of
her lover, a cardsharp from Chicago.
:30:42
A couple of years later he was bumped
off in a gang war, God rest his soul.
:30:46
Well, that's it, I guess.
I lost all interest in religion.
:30:50
But when I saw you,
it was like a call from beyond.
:30:52
Could I see you again?
Have breakfast with me?
:30:54
What's your hotel room number
in Lincoln, hm? Tell me.
:30:58
You're so completely... so outrageous.
I... I think I like you.