White Heat - A Mother's Regret and a Son's Resolve
Ma Jarrett:
I'm the one to tell ya. It's Big Ed and Verna. They run out. It's my fault, Cody. I let you down. I said I'd take care of things. But I let you down. I saw it comin'. I didn't think he'd have the guts.
Cody:
Forget it, Ma, forget it. It was in the cards for Big Ed to make his try.
Ma Jarrett:
Don't you care?
Cody:
Sure. What's mine is mine. I ain't gonna have it make me sick. I'll take care of em when I get out.
Ma Jarrett:
That's what I told myself. And I'll help ya Cody, like always. You'll be out soon, back on top of the world.
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White Heat - Deciding the Next Step in a Crisis
Verna: [hiding out at a drive-in movie]
This is great, but where do we go after the second feature?
Cody:
You're staying put. I'm the only one goin anyplace.
Ma Jarrett:
Where, Cody?
Cody:
To give myself up.
Ma Jarrett:
What are you talking about? You haven't a chance. Four dead - it'll be the gas chamber for sure.
Cody:
You don't think I'm dumb enough to give myself up to the T-men, do ya?
Verna:
What's the difference? You walk into the cops and they turn ya over.
Cody:
I pulled that Springfield heist - not Scratch Morton. I'm goin up to Illinois and take a state rap. I'll get two years at the most...I couldn't be in both places at once, could I? Little thing I cooked up before we pulled the tunnel job.
Ma Jarrett:
You're the smartest there is, Cody.
Verna:
Sure it's smart, but what about me? What do I do for the next two years?
Ma Jarrett:
Same as ya did before he married you.
Cody:
You better not, baby. I'll be back.
Verna:
I'll be waiting for you, honey. You can trust me.
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White Heat - Struggles of Breath in Cold Mountains
Ma Jarrett: [about Cody's headaches]
It's these mountains, Cody. It's not good for ya. Cold all the time. Can't breathe air. Let's get out, Son.
Cody:
I'm all right now.
Ma Jarrett:
Is it going?
Cody:
Yeah.
Ma Jarrett:
Are you sure?
Cody:
Yeah....it's like having a red hot buzz-saw inside my head.
Ma Jarrett: [stopping him from walking out]
No, not yet, Son. Don't let em see you like that. Might give some of em ideas.
Cody: [sitting in his mother's lap]
You're always thinkin about your Cody, aren't ya?
Ma Jarrett: [She rises and pours him a drink of whiskey]
That's right. Top of the world, Son.
Cody: [He downs the drink]
Don't know what I'd do without ya, Ma.
Ma:
Better?
Cody:
Oh yeah.
Ma:
Now go on out. Show em you're all right.
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