Meanwhile back in the bank prez's suburban nightmare tract home is where all of the fun is taking place. Johnny Cash is excellent as an unstable thug. Tormenting the wife by shooting at her, slapping her around a bit and serenading her with tunes like "I've Come To Kill" and "5 Minutes To Live." He tells her to go and slip into something more "comfortable" which she does as a means of distraction.

JC has great lines while doing all this such as: "I guess you gals are all alike when ol' Johnny steps on your starter." Meanwhile, the call that the robbery has gone off never comes, Derilla is busted and Johnny Cash is left alone holding the bag. The banker has stepped on a silent alarm and the police are descending as the hostage situation plays itself out.

To compound his problem, the son (Ronny Howard) of the Bank prez comes home from school for lunch. Taking him hostage JC makes a mad dash but is gunned down by the cops who've surrounded the joint.

A happy ending ensues as the prez & his wife happily reconcile their differences and head off together for a wild weekend in Las Vegas. What happens there is anyones guess as "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" right?

All in all, this is a pretty endearing bit of sleaze. Yeah, the plot is flimsy, directing almost non-existent in spots, but this is Johnny Cash vehicle all the way. At one point while JC is tormenting the wife she finally explodes & screams "Go on, kill me! I can't stand any more.... Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me!!!" Which basically echoes what most critics said when this first came out. But fuck them, as they didn't like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" either.

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