Big Jule - Guys and Dolls JR.

NATHAN

(very ingratiating)

Why, how do you do, Big Jule.

BIG JULE

I came here to shoot crap. Let's shoot craр.

GROUP

...HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW,

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW

FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW...

BIG JULE (steps downstage center)

Which nobody cannot deny.

(BIG JULE slaps NATHAN on the back,

HARRY

Nathan, you are indeed a lucky fellow. A most beautiful doll

indeed. Do you agree, Big Jule?

BIG JULE

Let's shoot crap.

NATHAN

Canasta!

BIG JULE

(yelling to NATHAN as he is running off)

Wait a minute! I'm losing ten G's.

(BIG JULE runs off.

NICELY

This way.

(NICELY opens a manhole cover.)

SCENE ELEVEN: CRAP GAME IN THE SEWER

BIG JULE

Wait a minute. Where you all going? I came here to

shoot crap.

NATHAN

You see, Big Jule, the boys are slightly fatigued from weariness,

having been shooting crap for quite a while now, namely

twenty-four hours.

BIG JULE

I do not care who is tired. I am out twenty-five G's.

So nobody leaves.

(BIG JULE moves to NATHAN and pats his shoulder revolver

threateningly.)

NATHAN

Gentlemen, I begin to see the logic of Big Jule. It is not that

Big Jule is a bad loser; it is merely that he prefers to win. Right,

Big Jule?

BIG JULE

I will now play on credit. Give me the dice. I'm shooting two

thousand. And, Detroit, I am going to roll you, willy or nilly.

If I lose, I will give you my marker.

HARRY

You will give him cash.

NATHAN

Let me hear from Big Jule.

BIG JULE

You will give me cash. Put up your dough.

NATHAN

(looks at his watch)

I just remembered. I'm eloping tonight. Adelaide is waiting

for me.

(NATHAN starts to exit.

BIG JULE grabs him and pulls him back.)

BIG JULE

Get up the two thousand.

NATHAN

Wouldn't it be more convenient if I put it right into your pocket?

BIG JULE

Get it up!

(rolling)

Haaah: Eleven. I win.

NATHAN

That cleans me.

BIG JULE

(to the others, picks up dice and money)

Now I will play with you guys.

SKY

Good evening, gentlemen.

BIG JULE

(crosses to SKY)

Well, fresh blood. You looking for some action?

SKY

Not at the moment. I would like to talk to some of you guys.

BIG JULE

We ain't talking. We're shooting crap.

SKY

I am asking for only one minute.

(to the others)

It has to do with Miss Sarah Brown's Mission.

BIG JULE

Say, who is this guy?

HARRY

It's the fellow I was telling you - took the Mission doll

to Havana.

BIG JULE

Look, fellow, you're slowing up the action around here.

SKY

If you want action, would you care to make a small wager on a

proposition?

BIG JULE

What's the proposition?

SKY

Am I right-handed or left-handed?

BIG JULE

How would I know a thing like that?

SKY
I'll give you a clue.

(SKY socks BIG JULE with a right.

BIG JULE goes down. He

staggers to his feet, reaching groggily for his gun.

SKY

I will bet each of you a thousand dollars against your souls.

One thousand cash against a marker for your souls.

(BIG JULE rises.

SARAH

(slowly looks at them; takes her time)

I never saw them before in my life.

BIG JULE

There's a right broad!

NATHAN

Thank you, Miss Sarah... People, I also have a confession to

make, and I got to get it off my chest. We did shoot crap here

last night and we're all sorry. Ain't we, boys?

(NATHAN turns to the GAMBLERS - they mumble assents:

hanging of heads.)

BIG JULE

I'm really sorry.

SKY

Brothers and Sisters! Life is one big crap game, and the Devil is

using loaded dice!

BIG JULE
Where's the crap game?