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When Doug skips town for Florida without Claire, the reasons why are fairly clear:
A) Had Doug taken Claire to Florida with him, that would've been putting her life and safety at risk, since the Feds were still looking for him, which was evident when FBI Agt. Frawley said "We know what he (Doug) MacRay) looks like. We'll find him."
B) Doug is probably looking over his shoulder, since his days of hiding out down in Florida were more than likely numbered, and he'd eventually be caught (perhaps violently), and either brought to trial and made to serve a prison term for his crimes, or perhaps gunned down by the law.
C) Claire, I think, more than likely smartened up, realized that shackling up with a known violent criminal who the law was looking for was too risky, and was happy to go on in life without him.
I saw the Alternate Ending to "The Town" on a now-defunct youtube video, and far preferred that to the ending of the theatrical and extended versions of this film, because the Alternate Ending provided much more closure, plus it sends a far more concise, clear message: Escaping one's environmental and familial upbringing is far easier said than done.
Plus, I also think that Doug sort of got his comeuppance in the end, in that one, as his accomplices finally did.
Krista rats out Doug and his accomplices in crime to FBI Agt. Frawley, and tells him about the Fenway Park robbery that's about to take place. What Krista meant was that Doug was planning to go away to Florida (and with another girl (i. e. Claire), to boot.
I enjoyed "In the Heat of the Night", "To Sir With Love" and the recent TV airing of "The Defiant Ones", but I didn't much care for his film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
I liked "In the Heat of the Night", "To Sir With Love", and "The Defiant Ones" (which I also watched a couple of weeks ago).
I recently saw a 50th-year anniversary re-release of "In the Heat of the Night" at a local movie theatre, and, although I'd seen it when it first came out, I didn't remember much of it. It's still a good film, and, given what's been going on these days in real life, this movie's still very relevant, I think.
I also watched part of "To Sir With Love" on TV recently. I also saw that one when it first came out, also.
Oh, yes! West Side Story is admittedly my all-time favorite movie, hands down, but there are other films, both older and newer, that I've liked well enough to see more than once, while some films require only one viewing for me.
My list includes:
West Side Story
Sound of Music
Wizard of Oz
Bonnie and Clyde
Jaws
Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
Planet of the Apes
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Dirty Harry (the first one)
Good Will Hunting
Southie
Monument Avenue
Fantasia (the original 1940 film)
Fantasia 2000
A Hard Day's Night