My Name Is Bill W.

How's Dr. Bob, Lizzy?

He didn't touch a thing.

Since Anne died, he just doesn't care.

At this rate, he's not going to last long.

Well, I wish we didn't have to leave.

Thank you, Lizzy, for everything.

All loaded up.

Time to say goodbye?

Yeah.

Well, smitty,

I'm finally getting my man out of town.

Way out.

You have a wonderful trip, Lois.

You've earned it.

Thank you for spending these few days with me.

I'll send you a whole bunch of postcards.

I promise.

Thank you again, smitty.

For everything.

Nah. You got that backwards, Billy.

I owe you the debt.

Remember that very first day?

"Make it snappy," you said.

"I'll give you 15 minutes."

I talked for six hours.

How far we've come together.

Brought a lot of people along with us.

Over 100,000, last reckoning.

It's been a bumpy trip at times.

I'd take it again in a minute.

So would I, smitty. So would I.

When I think how much our lives have changed

just because we didn't drink.

No matter what, we just don't drink.

It's that simple.

That's what we've got to remember, Billy.

Keep it simple. Always keep it simple.

None of that freudian stuff, right?

Right.

Keep putting one foot in front of the other.

One day at a time.

Goodbye, smitty.

Goodbye, old friend.

You're going to miss him.

Yeah. Smitty's always been my anchor,

and now he won't be around.

Well, you'll always have the fellowship.

And me.

I've always needed you, lo.

Now more than ever.

But when smitty goes,

I just don't know how I'm going to...

Bill Wilson!

One day you can stand up at an a.A. Convention

and mesmerize thousands, and the next,

you're still wondering if it'll all work out.

You, the man who, by his own admission,

won the world war all by himself.

I want you to know I did just that.

I know.

No, I did. I did.

You were my conquering hero.

* pack up your troubles in your old kit bag *

* and smile, smile, smile

hey, bill! Bill, thanks again.

You're leaving?

Say hello to Mrs. bill Wilson.

Ward t. Hogg, ma'am.

Your husband saved my life.

Let's stay in touch.

Brooklyn's not far from new Jersey.

He just got married.

Bill, I'll sure miss you.

How's your dad gonna keep you down on the farm

now that you've seen paree?

Hey! We did it.

We won, and I'm back with the two people

I love the best in the whole world.

Now it really begins.

* what's the use of worrying *

* it never was worthwhile *

* so pack up your troubles in... *

what?

I just realized.

I won't get saluted anymore.

Did you like that?

I loved being an officer...

Being a leader, giving orders.

I was good at it. My men liked me.

I understood how they felt...

Away from home, alone and afraid.

It was the first thing

I was ever really good at.

Oh, not so.

Oh, yeah?

Here we are. Third floor.

You like it?

It's great.

Real cozy.

It's nice.

Bill... Wait.

I was expecting when you went overseas.

I didn't find out until you were gone.

I wanted to write. I tried to.

I lost the baby three months into the pregnancy.

It's all right, lo.

We'll have a dozen kids. You just wait.

What if...

You...

You're all I need.

You're more than I ever deserved.

You're the most...

Can't believe you turned them down.

That's right.

You came out top in the exam.

You won the prize.

Let's conduct this conversation

in more civilized surroundings.

You're crazy to turn down a job with Thomas Edison.

Why'd you do it?

Thomas Edison is top banana in that outfit.

I'm going to be top banana in my own outfit.

How will you do that?

Where's the real money being made?

Right here.

Ha! In a speakeasy?

Not here, dummy. Wall street.

I've made the world safe for democracy.

Time to stop fooling around and get on with it.

But I need your help.

Sure. How?

Put in a word for me with Frank Shaw

at the brokerage firm. He's a partner, right?

All I need is a start.

One break, and I'm on my way.

May you die with the teeth you were born with. Ha!

Telephone, 85 1/2.

Big steel, 59 1/4.

Jersey oil, 177.

General auto, 119 1/4. Unchanged.

Chicago pacific, 55 1/4. Unchanged.

Northwest, 78 5/8.

So he says, "Mr. Wilson, we button our collars"

at rice & company."

Buttoned collars, high socks, no smoking.

It's dumb. It's not what's important.

It's the industries, the companies,

the stocks, the missed opportunities.

You haven't been there that long.

Writing numbers on a chalkboard.

This is definitely not for me.

Bill, I have something to tell you.

I've got more ideas in my behind

than they got in the whole company.

I... i saw the doctor today.

If I could just get Frank Shaw's ear.

I've got this project

that could change wall street.

Bill, the doctor says I'm pregnant again.

Hey. That's great.

I'm so frightened.

I burst into tears when the doctor told me.

I'm just so afraid of being happy now

and then losing it again.

It can't happen again, can it?

Absolutely not.

The second time's a charm.

Wow.

Me, a father.

Oh, wow.

Lois, I just had a couple of beers.

I'll be home in an hour. I got to sell this guy.

Honest. Absolutely. I promise.

Ok. Yeah. Yeah, me, too. I got to go. Bye.

Sorry. Had to talk to the wife.

She's not feeling good... pregnancy.

If you need to get home...

No. This can't wait. It's too important.

We're in New York

guessing about what's happening.

We don't know those companies.

We only hear what they want us to.

Companies go belly-up like northeast metals...

General fasteners. Exactly.

A guy in the field could've seen that coming.

Let me go there. Get on the inside and report.

How would you travel?

As inconspicuously and as cheaply as possible.

It's a great idea, right?

A great idea.

It's an interesting thought,

but it's a little too unorthodox for my blood.

Thanks for thinking of me. I wish you luck.

Ebby, give my best to your dad.

Hey, wait a minute.

Bill.

Frank!

What's the matter? Why didn't you bore in?

To hell with that guy. To hell with all of them.

If they don't have the eyes to see,