Walking Tall

Hey there!

Grandma!

Dwana! Oh, how you've grown!

Grandpa! Grandpa!

Mikey!

Grandpa!

Oh, Dwana, how are you?

Grandma! How are you?

Oh, that's my boy.

How are you? You...

Pauline.

Grandpa. Oh.

Papa! How are you?

Hey, you're looking good.

Grandpa, we're getting a house that doesn't move!

A regular house with a solid foundation.

Where?

Well, right around here somewhere

if you think you can tolerate us.

Oh, Pauline, is it true?

It is, Grandma

Are you trying to tell me that you've given up wresting?

Yes, Grandpa, Buford the Bull is officially retired.

Oh, Son, that makes me so happy.

Pauline, I'll bet you had something to do with this.

Mmm-mmm. It was Buford's decision as always.

I just agreed immediately.

It was a one-way street leading nowhere, Dad.

It was organized dishonesty.

It was a system.

You know, you win when they let you win,

you climb the ladder when they let you,

you breathe when they feel like giving you air.

I just got fed up with other people running my life their way.

Buford, it's all over now. Don't relive it.

It weren't worth it. Yeah, you're right.

Now, see what you did with your fool questions?

They've come home.

Nothing else is important.

Oh, don't worry, Mama. I'm not gonna fight with anybody anymore.

Buford's word.

By God, this calls for a drink

With you, just about everything calls for a drink.

Oh, well, anytime a man's son returns to his senses,

it's celebrating time.

I wanna go see the cows.

That's for first graders.

I wanna see Dad's solid gold football.

My granddaddy gave me this gun when I was 9 years old.

And when you're 9 years old, Mike, we just might talk about it.

Gee, I'm almost nine.

Grandma's making cookies downstairs.

I get the bowl!

I get the scraper!

Thank you.

Nothing wrong with guns, in the right hands.

You wondering why you ever left this place?

We all make mistakes.

Of course, the smart fella,

he don't make the same mistake twice.

Now you take Parker Forsythe.

You remember Parker?

He had 300 acres.

Only trouble was, he never did learn that gasoline

and white lightning just don't mix.

God reminded him one night,

right up there where state highway meets Route 7...

Now old Parker's allotted land is

back on the open market. $6,000 down.

House, nice house, almost new.

Furnished.

Got two catfish ponds on it.

The state even has a timber lease.

Now if a fellow was to get a partner,

and the partner had some logging gear.

Dad, what time did you tell the bank we'd come look at the place?

That does call for a drink.

Yeah.

There it is!

Oh, Buford

Look, I see them coming up! Do you?

The first thing we do

is sell the trailer so we won't ever be tempted.

Knew you were gonna say that.

That's why I sold it this morning.

For me? No, it's for us.

Oh, Buford! Oh.

I might just cry. Oh!

Watch the steps.

Honey, here's the deed and the mortgage to your home.

You happy?

Buford! It's Lutie

Oh.

It's Lutie McVeigh!

He played end on our football team. Remember, Mama?

I sure do.

Are you crazy, Lutie?

He drives them all fast and he's never caught,

but he's always good for laughs.

He's gonna stop.

Yeah.

Grandma and I have a lot of shopping to do.

You'd just be in the way.

Take your time. I'll go home with her.

You sure? Positive.

Come on, Grandma.

One thing, Buford. What?

If you look around town, you might see some changes

But pay them no mind.

They've got nothin g to do with us.

Yes, ma'am.

I heard it, but I didn't believe it.

"The old Forsythe place," they said.

"Nonsense," I said. "Buford Pusser," they said.

"Must be another Buford Pusser," I said.

"Nobody's gonna tame that wild bull dog. " No, sir.

Hey, Lutie!

Why, a man would have to be crazy to give up

all them faraway places with them strange-sounding dames.

You didn't, did you?

Afraid I did. I come home to roost.

The old lady, and a pretty one she is,

kinda leaned on you, huh?

Settle down, grow roots.

Her daddy ain't gonna have no more fun, she said.

Now, come on, you can level with old Lutie.

Nah, it ain't nothing like that.

I just got tired of being a trained animal in somebody else's circus.

Hey, come on, let's get a beer.

Only refused a drink once in my life

and that was offered over the telephone.

Hey, remember Amy Dalton? Yeah.

She's got seven kids now.

Two by her own husband.

Grady Coker, he's deputy sheriff,

in case you want a ticket fixed.

Where we going, Chuck and Babe's?

Man, you really are out of touch.

Why, that place is nothing but an old museum.

Strictly senior citizens.

Why, they even play checkers on the bar.

Buford, we're a big city.

We got our own sin, gambling, crime, vice, 24 hours a day.

A man like you'd feel right at home. Come on, let's go!

Look, Buford, look!

How about that, huh?

A shopping center for sinners.

You can lay a bet or a broad or a base for a three-day drunk.

Brought more business to town than anything since the cotton gin.

Mabel, how are you, baby?

How are you?

Come on, let's go. Come on, go, go!

Oasis for the weary traveler.

Home for the wicked.

Soothing balm for the frustrated husband.

And some of the gals even give trading stamps

to keep the old lady from waking up the kids when you come home.

Sodom and Gomorrah,here comes Buford, the Wild Bull!

No holds barred.

Mercy, mercy, look at the motor on that!

Wanna break training, gents?

Just slightly. Couple of beers.

Hiya, Lutie!

Hi, Margie Ann

Hello, baby!

What is this?

Tarzan?

Superman?

Or King Kong?

This here's my bodyguard, Buford.

There's enough here for three of us.

Only if he gets group rates, Margie Ann.

Bozo, these girls are tinder dry

Wet them down!

What's the matter, honey? Come on, come on.

Come here, baby! Oh, Lord!

A beer

That's on me, Bozo!

You got a light?

I don't smoke.

Looking's for free

What I mean is, looking don't cost nothing.

Settle down, girls, and drink your pacifiers.

I'll tell you when.

Now for the next stop on our tour.

Bozo, get the girls another drink.

Come on, Buford. Come on, come on!

Ain't this something?

Watch me build this into a big bundle!

Give me $10

There you go.

Once more.

That's it. That's it, that's it.

Come on, come on. Let it go!

Come on, come on!

Let's go! Come on, come on, come on.

I sure could use $50 until we get back to town.

Come on, don't worry!

All right. You're my partner.

Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on.