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"[reading Bowie's letter to herself, as she walks back to her cabin] "Hello girl. I'm gonna miss you, but I got to do it this way. I'll send for both of you when I can. No matter how long it takes, I got to see that kid. He's lucky. He'll have you to keep him squared around. I love you, Bowie." [turns to look at Bowie's lifeless body on the ground, whispers] I love you."
"Hawkins: [Bowie has just asked Hawkins to arrange a passage to Mexico for Keechie and himself] Son, I'd sure like that money. I'm old, and money's a real comfort to an old man. And maybe I did help you before, but not now. I believe in helping people get what they want, as long as they can pay for it. I've married people 'cause there's a little hope that they'll be happy. But I can't take this money of yours. No, sir. In a way, I'm a thief just the same as you are, but I won't sell you hope when there ain't any."
"Cops or no cops I'm going through!"
"We're in a Jam!"
"Desperate... Hunted... Yet so in love! This is their story... The one the screaming headlines never told!"
"The headlines screamed their crime... but they told only half the story. Would YOU give these kids another chance?"
"WE'RE IN A JAM! You're crazy to stick to me... but I'd rather die than let you go!"
"Cathy O'Donnell - Catherine "Keechie" Mobley"
"Farley Granger - Arthur "Bowie" Bowers"
"Howard Da Silva - Chicamaw "One-Eye" Mobley"
"Jay C. Flippen - Henry "T-Dub" Mansfield"
"Helen Craig - Mattie"
"Will Wright - Mobley"
"William Phipps - Young Farmer"
"Ian Wolfe - Hawkins"
"Harry Harvey - Hagenheimer"
"Marie Bryant - Singer"
"Will Lee - Jeweler"
"James Nolan - Schreiber"
"Charles Meredith - Comm. Hubbell"
"Teddy Infuhr - Alvin"
"Byron Foulger - Lambert"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.