William, don't be so pessimistic
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Sam 'Slick' Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"):
William, for a quick, safe return on your investment - you simply cannot beat kidnapping. I regard it as even a sounder proposition than swindling widows and orphans. And that is particularly true down here in this peruna-and-chitlins country, for the natives down here share one outstanding weakness: they love their children. William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"):
It's too risky. Suppose you kidnap an orphan? Who pays to get him back? Sam 'Slick' Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"):
William, don't be so pessimistic
William, for a quick, safe return on your investment - you simply cannot beat kidnapping. I regard it as even a sounder proposition than swindling widows and orphans. And that is particularly true down here in this peruna-and-chitlins country, for the natives down here share one outstanding weakness: they love their children. William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"):
It's too risky. Suppose you kidnap an orphan? Who pays to get him back? Sam 'Slick' Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"):
William, don't be so pessimistic
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William for a quick safe return on your investment
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you simply cannot beat kidnapping
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I regard it as even a sounder proposition than swindling widows and orphans
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And that is particularly true down here in this Peruna and chitlins country
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for the natives down here share one outstanding weakness
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They love their children It's too risky
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Suppose you kidnap an orphan Who pays to get him back
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William don't be so pessimistic
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Movie Summary
John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
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William Smith (segment "the Ransom Of Red Chief")
