Time and a Half on Christmas Eve

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And he ends up spending Christmas Eve with Harry Martin (Ernest Borgnine), a garrulous cabdriver estranged from his family and laughing his way through a lonely life. With Charles McGraw as Sam, Melanie Alexander as Jeannie, Richard Bull as Jameson Dudley, Ray Montgomery as Mr. Hendrix, Adele Claire as Helen Hendrix, Craig Hundley as Stevie, G. D. Spradlin as Mr. Perkins, Shannon Farnon as the Stewardess, Elmer Modlin as Mr. Carson</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="490"><div> Episode 44</div> <div> Season 2 - #14</div> <div> First broadcast on</div> <div> December 19, 1966</div> <div> Teleplay by A. Martin Zweiback</div> <div> Story by Daniel L. 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TITLE="Life Among the Meat Eaters">Life Among the Meat Eaters</A></div> <div> <A HREF="exchange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Exchange">The Exchange</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="819" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a01902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Shannon Farnon and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The hostess tells Paul he's the only one left</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> The Plot:</div> <bR> <div> Paul is flying to San Francisco to spend Christmas with his former fiancée Kate Pierce when the plane has engine trouble, and is forced to land at a small airport in the town of Bolton. The passengers are rattled, but they manage to make  arrangements for themselves for the night or onward transport.</div> <bR> <div> Only the hostess remains in the terminal when Paul gets back from phoning Kate, but a taxi arrives to take him to the hotel, and he uses the opportunity to have an alternate Christmas Eve celebration.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 327 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a02902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Ernest Borgnine, Melanie Alexander and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Harry asks Jeannie to dance for them all</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Harry, the cab driver, takes Paul to a bar where he is known, and gets the waitress, Jeannie to do a go-go dance to entertain Paul. She throws herself into the dance, and ends up barefoot on the bar. Paul orders champagne as a treat for her performance, and before long Harry, and the bartender, Sam, start pushing and hitting one another.  It all seems done in neutrality, but gets pretty rough before Paul finally separates them, and makes them shake hands.</div> <bR> <div> Sam reveals, to Harry's surprise, that he has a large family, when Harry didn't even realize he was married.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 306 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a1890180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Ben Gazzara and Ernest Borgnine in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul says Harry should visit his family for Christmas</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> After leaving the bar, to continue creating a Christmas party for Paul, Harry takes him to a number of night spots, and when they've gone through what the town has to offer, Paul asks Harry about a remark Jeannie made about taking a trip up north for Christmas. Harry reveals that he was married for three years, and his child and former wife, a school teacher live in a town 50 miles north of Bolton.</div> <bR> <div> Paul persuades him to drive up to make an impromptu visit with his family whom he hasn't seen in seven years.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 327 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a04902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="G. D. Spradlin and Ben Gazzara in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mr. Perkins leaves his home to open the toy store</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Harry points out that it would be necessary to bring presents, but has no money.  Paul offers to pay, but then they can't find any stores open. But they follow up on an after-hours sign, and a merchant leaves the decorating of his tree at home to open his store for them, and they fill the back seat with toys for Harry's son Steve.</div> <bR> <div> When they reach the pleasant location where Harry's son and former wife live, there is a party going on. Harry approaches the door, then hurries back to the cab, telling Paul that his family no longer live there, and the name on the house is now Hendrix.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a1990180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Ray Montgomery and Craig Hundley and in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Paul receives a warm reception from the Hendrix family</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Paul thinks it would be sensible to knock at the door, and find out if the new people might know the new address of Harry's wife, but Harry doesn't want to disturb their party.  Believing it's only a matter of cold feet, Paul takes it upon himself to inquire.</div> <bR> <div> Mr Hendrix answers the door, and asks his wife about the address of the people from whom they bought the house. She says that she'll be glad to check, and Paul recognizes her immediately from the photo Harry showed him of his wife. Quite obviously she is now Mrs. Hendrix.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 327 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a05902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Ernest Borgnine and Craig Hundley and in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Stevie admires the toys in the back seat</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Not knowing that her ex-husband is outside, she invites Paul in for a hot toddy, but he says he has a cab outside, and she suggests bringing him in too. Stevie runs out to invite the taxi driver. The boy is friendly, and admires all the toys in the back seat, and asks if they are all for the people who used to live in his house. Harry says they're for his son.</div> <bR> <div> Probably knowing already that Stevie is his own son, he asks the boy's name, and discovers he's called Steve Hendrix now. His mother calls him to come in from the cold, and he wishes Harry a merry Christmas.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div>  <IMG SRC="1a1a90180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Ernest Borgnine and Melanie Alexander and in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Harry cycles around the bar</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Harry is rather embarrassed when Paul returns to the car, it appearing that Harry knew all along about his wife's remarriage, but he makes light of it, and asks what they should do next. Paul suggest driving 50 miles south.</div> <bR> <div> Then Harry wonders what to do with the toys, but Paul - with a touch of chagrin - says that a man with Harry's imagination will figure something out.  Harry laughs uproariously, and drives away singing Jingle Bells. He heads directly for Sam's bar, riding in on the bike Paul bought for Stevie at the toy shop.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a07902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Ernest Borgnine and Melanie Alexander and in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Harry puts Jeannie up on the handlebars and rides around</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> Eventually he falls down, and Paul enters laughing. Harry then puts barmaid Jeannie up on the handlebars, and begins cycling around the room again.</div> <bR> <div> He then orders drinks, but Sam says they'll have to be on the house as he's closed the cash register, it nearly being midnight closing.</div> <bR> <div> They finish their drinks, and Paul says he has to go to his hotel, having an early plane to catch.  Harry calls after him, “it was a great night!” After he's gone, Harry invites Jeannie out to a nightclub.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 305 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a1b90180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Ernest Borgnine and Melanie Alexander and in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Harry is surprised Jeannie has a boyfriend</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div> but she says Sam's going to drive her home to make a late-night supper for her boyfriend who is a musician. As he was surprised that Sam has children, Harry is shocked to learn that Jeannie has a boyfriend.</div> <bR> <div> Harry is still leaning disappointedly on the bar when Sam turns out the lights, and asks him about taking out the bike. Harry offers it to Sam for one of his children, and Sam receives the gift with elation, and says his kids will go nuts about it.As Sam and Jeannie depart, Sam invites her to bring her boyfriend to his home for Christmas dinner. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 326 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a09902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALT="Melanie Alexander, Sam McGraw and Ernest Borgnine in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sam locks up, talking about the bike</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="401"><div>  Harry watches them go with sadness, and gets into his cab.</div> <bR> <div> He picks up some of the toys in the back seat, and handles the spy kit that his son Stevie had admired especially. He touches all the items in a very reflective mood.</div> <bR> <div> Then, all of a sudden, Paul breaks the sombre atmosphere, calling out and saying  that he never paid Harry the fare for the evening, then adds that the night is too short to sleep, and the two of them should go back on the town and celebrate Christmas Eve some more.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Notes & Comments:  An offbeat Christmas story with no happy ending about a man perpetually deluding himself, and covering up his loneliness with laughter has a bit of a parallel with Paul's situation, and reference to this is even made in an oblique exchange between himself and Harry.</div> <bR> <div> The second theme is about people who are acquainted, and see each other often, but no nothing about one another - expanding on the theme of isolation - a state into which Paul seems to be sinking deeper and deeper himself.</div> <bR> <div> The one little note against this tide is his plan to spend Christmas with Kate.  A light in the darkness - or better, a place of quiet amongst the noise with which he surrounds himself as a perpetual defense against staring at reality.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://run4.us/journal/24december65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://run4.us/journal/24december65.htm"><IMG SRC="170f242c0.jpg" border=0 width="804" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> watch a video clip from this episode on the same page</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="835" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 270 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0d8adc0.jpg" border=0 width="138" height="220" ALT="Ernest Borgnine in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ernest Borgnine</div> <div> as Harry Martin</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a13a0dc0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="220" ALT="Charles McGraw in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles McGraw</div> <div> as Sam</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a1297ca0.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="202" ALT="Melanie Alexander in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Melanie Alexander</div> <div> as Jeannie</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0c99dc0.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="220" ALT="Richard Bull in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Richard Bull as</div> <div> Jameson Dudley</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a149cdc0.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="220" ALT="Ray Montgomery in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ray Montgomery</div> <div> as Mr. Hendrix</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="822" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 270 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a1099dc0.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="220" ALT="Adele Claire in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Adele Claire as</div> <div> Helen Hendrix</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0f9bdc0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="220" ALT="Craig Hundley in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Craig Hundley</div> <div> as Stevie</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a119ddc0.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="220" ALT="G. D. Spradlin in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> G. D. Spradlin</div> <div> as Mr. Perkins</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0e9bdc0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="220" ALT="Shannon Farnon in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shannon Farnon</div> <div> the Stewardess</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0b9fdc0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="220" ALT="Elmer Modlin in Run For Your Life" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Elmer Modlin</div> <div> as Mr. Carson</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Next Episode:  <A HREF="shockofrecognition.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Shock of Recognition">The Shock of Recognition</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dc96450.png" border=0 width="150" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>