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[ Woman Sobbing ] Mitch! Mitch!
Oh, please, Mitch. Hurry. [ Sobs ]
Maybe we better wait a bit before trying to get to a town.No, Mitch. Please.
The more you're jostled around, the quicker the baby comes.
I don't care, Mitch. Please hurry.
All right, then.
[ Sobs ]
Let me help you, Ellie. Here.
That's the girl.
You'll have a doctor in a few minutes.
[ Kicks Desk Loudly ]
[ Continues Kicking ]
All right, all right. Now stop that racket.
Sorry, mister. My wife's very sick.What's the matter with her?
I-It's her time. Could we have a room, please?
Oh, now don't get your tail flappin'. She's not the only woman ever to birth a baby.
Room 8, upstairs to your right.Oh, thanks.
That'll be two dollars.I'll pay you later, after I get her to bed.
You'll pay me now. Rules of the hotel.
Mitch!It's all right, honey.
[ Coins Clatter, Hit Counter ]
Please get me a doctor.I can't leave the premises.
Doc Seltzer lives up the street, the other side.
Come on, honey.
Oh, Mitch. [ Gasps ]
[ Moans Quietly ]
Mitch.
Try to rest. I'll get the doctor.
Be right back.
[ Man ] She's a real sick girl, mister.
You go wake Sam Giller at the general store...
and get this medicine.Yes, sir.
[ Ellie Moaning, Gasping Quietly ]
[ Stifling Moans ]
Y'all feel like yellin', ma'am, you go right ahead and yell.
Don't even try to hold it back.
This town's too quiet anyway.[ Sobs ]
Or maybe-- Maybe if we talk, it'll help.
You like to talk, ma'am?[ Whispers ] Yes.
Hurry, mister, please hurry. She's very sick.
And they say, "Haste makes waste."
Never truer than a situation like this.
Have to pour real careful like...
or no tellin' what's goin' to happen.
You realize that?Yes, but hurry, please.
I'm comin', comin'.
That'll be $1.87.Sure.
The hotel took all my money. I'll pay you tomorrow.
Oh, no. Wakin' me out of bed, expecting credit...
when I never even saw you before in my whole life?
I'll pay you tomorrow on my word of honor.
Can't feed my family on a stranger's word of honor.
You tell Doc Seltzer, if he wants credit, let him come in and ask for it.
Look, I've got a pair of mules down there and a wagon in front of the hotel.
You keep 'em till I pay you.Mules and a wagon for $1.87?
Where did you steal 'em, Reb?
Give me that medicine.Yeah, sure. Of course.
Didn't mean any offense. Here. Take it.
Help! Sheriff! Sheriff!
[ Sam ] Stop him, Sheriff. Help!
Hold on there, mister!
This medicine. It's for my wife.
He's got a gun, Ole. A gun.
Please, Sheriff. Please don't. My wife--Go on inside. Go on, move!
Move before I put a hole through ya.
He robbed me, Ole. He held a gun on me.
This medicine-- The doctor sent me for it.
Simmer down. Now get over to these posters so's I can get a good look at ya.
What else'd he take, Sam?Taking it at the point of a gun. That's the main thing.
Nobody's got a right--I meant no harm. My wife is sick at the hotel.
She's gonna have a baby. Please, Sheriff, let me go.
I gotta get this medicine to her.
All right. Let's go have a look.Thank you.
You walk in front of me.Thank you.
George?Oh.
This man stayin' here?Woke me up and checked in a while ago. Room 8.
All right. Go on.What'd he do?
Well, he threatened Sam with a gun, for one thing.
[ Breathing Heavily ] The sheriff stopped me. Here's the medicine.
Sorry. Medicine's no use now.
She died a couple of minutes ago.
[ Door Closes ]
A dollar and...
87 cents.
[ Sobs ] Ellie!
God, Ellie.
"All the way from Atlanta," she said.
They were burned out in the war.
The two of them--
should've been three--
wanted to start a new life.
Came all the way west, here, to us.
To us, my hospitable friends--
That's a long way to come... just to lay down and die.
[ Bell Tolls In Distance ]
I'll see her grave's looked after, Mitch.
Thank you.
Why don't you stay here, Mitch? Give the town another chance.
Yeah. Same chance they gave Ellie.
Sure, sure. I know. I don't think your wife would feel that way.
Maybe she might rest more peacefully if she knew you were settling down--
Save your preaching, will you?That's not preaching.
That's not my kind of thing, Mitch. I'm just trying to make sense.
Now the town's offering you a choice of jobs:
anything from banking to store clerking to deputy sheriffing.
You're-- You're wasting your time.
So look, I got-- I got lots of it to waste.
You see, Mitch, I want you to change your mind.
I want folks around here to have another chance from you.
I like them. I like this town. Now you can't blame me for that, can you?
No, I'm not blaming you for anything.
This is a fine place to light, Mitch.
Where else would you get a choice of jobs?Yeah, I know.
Now, uh, personally, I'd, uh--
I'd recommend between bank and sheriff. They pay about the same.
But it's a matter of whether a man likes sittin' down while he's working...
or movin' around where there's more excitement.
[ Sheriff ] "That I will uphold the laws of Arizona Territory at all times"--
That I will uphold the laws of Arizona Territory at all times--
So help you God.So help me God.
There you are, Deputy Barrett.Congratulations, Mitch.
That's fine. Wonderful.[ Others Affirming ]
Anything I can do for you at any time, boy, let me know.[ Mitch ] Thank you.
Sure wish you'd taken that job with me, Mitch.This is fine, Mitch, just fine.
Ole.Mark.
Mitch. [ Mitch ] Right away.
Coffee?Had my rations a while back.
Shake hands with our bread and butter, Mark Dobbs.
Buys all our cattle. This is my new deputy, Mitch Barrett.
Nice to meet you, Barrett.Well, thanks.
Sure bought yourself a handful of cattle this trip.
More than $80,000 worth. I'm making your town healthy rich.
[ Men Whistling, Shouting Commands ]
Be back as soon as we lock up this loot in the bank.
See you in September, Barrett.
[ Cattle Mooing In Distance ]
[ Cattle Mooing Louder ]
Hello.
Hi, Frank.Hi, Mitch.
Been keepin' you busy, Mitch?You tell 'im, Mitch.
How's it goin', Mitch?[ Chuckles ]
Hot and dusty.
Would-- Would anybody want their picture sketched?
Four bits. That's all.No, thanks.
Hit the trail, panhandler. Draw your pictures somewhere else.
Listen. I gotta have a drink. I just gotta.
I got money. I'll pay you later.
You don't get nothin' unless I see some money sittin' on that bar.
Money. But I tell ya, I got money. I got two years' lieutenant's pay comin' to me.
I was a lieutenant in the Virginia 44th.
I fought.
Did you fight? [ Chuckles ]
Any of you? Did any of you fight?
Took everything we had-- our homes and our land-- everything.
But did any of you fight? Oh-ho, no. You didn't fight.
Money? Huh.
Why you're just nothin' but poor white trash to me.
I had 50 better than you plowin' my fields. Fifty!
I'm gonna bust your head wide open.
[ Soldier ] Come on. Come on! Nobody chases me.
I made the Yankees back up at Manassas and again at Shenandoah.
But nobody makes meback up. Come on.
You hear me? Come on.
You yellow-bellied hunk o' trash.
Better go sleep it off, soldier.
You make a lot of noise for one drink.
Whiskey and a glass.
The war is over.
Well. How about this?
Thank you.
Take a look, everybody. We have a gentleman among us.
All right, sir. I'll drink this to you,
then I'll take care of your yellow-bellied friend.
What does he owe you?A bottle of whiskey.
We'll keep him jugged until he pays up.
He's pretty good.
Come on, Scotty. Help me, will ya?
That's it. Up, boy. Let's go.
Don't make practical sense, Mitch.
Can't go gettin' soft for every saddle tramp drifts into town.
Yeah, but he's different. He's got talent.
Yep, for drinkin'.
You mean that you're really gonna put up two bucks of your own money...
for that stew bum in there?
Maybe so. I'll see.
All right, Santa Claus. I'm goin' down to Sam Giller's,
see if he's got a shipment of them new repeatin' rifles.
[ Mutters ]
You know, I told the sheriff I'd pay your freight out of jail.
You see, I was at Manassas and Shenandoah too.
Third Cavalry.[ Chuckles ]
Hoorah for our side.
Hoorah, hoorah, hoora-a-ah!
[ Raspberry ][ Chuckles ]
Virginia, 44th.
They used a lot of liquid fire, didn't they?
We burned more Yankee bottoms than you can count. [ Chuckles ]
Y-You got a drink on you, mister?
[ Sighs ]
You know how to put it together?
What?Liquid fire.
How do you think I got to be a lieutenant in the 44th?
What are you gonna do when you get out of here?
Me?
I'm gonna buy me a railroad. [ Chuckles ]
No, no. No, no. No railroads for me. [ Slapping Thigh ]
I'm gonna-- I'm gonna build me a whole herd of boats--
lots and lots of boats in little, little bottles--
Big, big boats in little, little bottles. [ Laughing ]
Ah, this place stinks.
You hear me? It stinks-- dirty, rotten, filthy stink.
[ Shouting ] Hey, everybody! Hey, this place stinks!
[ Laughs Loudly ] You hear me, everybody? It stinks!
[ Continues Laughing ] It stinks!
Keats.Yeah?
[ Sobbing ]
[ Whimpering ]
Lots of good men had it tougher than you, but they went on living.
[ Continues Whimpering ]They didn't lay down and try to die.
Don't you preach to me, mister. I don't cotton to no preachin'.
My folks worked their lives out tryin' to make something out of a lot of worn-out dirt...
nobody else would spit on.
They farmed that land with their hands because they didn't have tools.
And they built a home too, and a good 'un.
They didn't rest until they had a place that people would point to...
and say, "That there's the Keats' place."
You know what was left of that place when I come back from the war?
It was right back to dirt again.
Not a piece of wood there that-- that was not burnt.
And there wasn't a crop there left standin', not-- not one little thing--
not so much to show for 30 years of work and sweat.
So don't you start preachin' to me, mister,
because I don't want nobody preachin' to me!
I'm not preaching, Keats.
You know, I had a farm like yours once, before the Yanks came in.
So,
while I'm not preaching,
did you ever dream of rebuilding your place...
so the grass is green, the color back in the ground?
[ Scoffs ]
When you got enough whiskey, you don't have to dream...
about things not worth dreamin'. [ Scoffs ]
You know, I read something a long time ago:
"Follow the rainbow, but don't wait for the gold at the end."
"Look for the silver in between."
Yeah, I know. I went to school once too. [ Scoffs ]
So what are you? Are you some kind of a do-gooder or somethin'?
You wanna save my soul, mister?No, I want a few men...
with anger and guts enough to follow that rainbow and grab a pot full of gold--
not petty silver in between.
Gold enough to... build five farms.
What kind of a pitch is this?
You talk too much crazy talk, mister.
Oh, no. What I gotta do, I'm gonna do myself, my own way.
Please, just leave me be, will you, mister? Get outta here.
Sure, I'll do that.
But it's Yankee gold. [ Key Rattles In Lock ]
When they burned your farm, what'd they do-- burn your guts out too?
W-Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You're wasting my time.Did you say, "Yankee gold"?
Yes, $100,000's worth. Right in this town.
That's kinda funny talk from a lawman-- tryin' to take his own town.
Now look who's preaching.
Wearing this tin star doesn't change my feelings about this town.
What are you tellin' me all this for?Because I need help.
I need somebody who can sketch-- make detailed plans--
and somebody who knows how to put together liquid fire.
Somebody who can give and take orders.
Tryin' to make me feel important, mister?
You've got to feel important, or you're no use to us. Are you with us or not?
I don't know. I never figured on anything like this.
What do you figure on? Getting your place back or...
rotting here in jail and feeling sorry for yourself?
Shut up.You know any better way to get healthy...
than by using Yankee money?
No, I reckon not.
What about it? Do I buy you out of here or no?
Well,
mister,
you just hired yourself a man.
Sofa's yours.
Well.
Who's the gal?
It's my wife.
You didn't say there's a Mrs. Barrett.
She's dead.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Doesn't happen to be a...
small drink around here anyplace, does there?
In the cabinet.
Ride into town whenever you have to. Study Main Street--
every window, post-- everything.
That's easy enough.
But stay out of the saloons.
Who, me? Oh, home drinkin' just suits me fine.
Just be reasonable.
Sure.
Soon as you can, get me a list of what you need for liquid fire.
Kerosene, percussion caps, bottles-- That's all.Fine.
I'll pick 'em up in easy stages at Grand Forks and Hempstead.
You know somethin'?
The way you plan things-- sort of slow and careful--
you must want that money awful bad.
[ Mitch ] Not as much as I once wanted $1.87.
[ Door Opens ]
[ Man ] Rustled them right from under my nose. Six of my best.
[ Mitch ] Not long ago. They drove 'em for the pass.
Let's go.Won't need you, Sim. You stay and tend to your chores.
I ain't a-scared to go along.Last thing in the world we'd be thinkin'.
Only two rustlers in on this.
Hardly enough for Mitch and me to do.
We'll be seeing you right quick.
Night's movin' in pretty fast.We got 'em, Ole.
Tracks are fresh as daisies.
Come on, boy.
[ Sheriff ] All right, boys. Stand up and come out high!
[ Gunfire ]
How 'bout you, mister? You ready to come out?
Soon be dark enough for him to break out.
I'm gonna climb down. Keep him busy.
[ Gunfire Continues ]
All finished, Ole.
Don't let killin' them two upset you none. They had a rope waitin' for 'em anyway.
I'm not bothered about them.
I was just thinking about my first night in Blue Springs.
No sense thinkin' about the past.
I try not to, but it doesn't put me to sleep.
Mitch,
I can't tell you how many times I've been ashamed of that night.
Every time I used to go to the graveyard, I'd tell Ellie how ashamed you and...
Giller and Caldwell were.
That ain't fair.
If there was anything I could do to change things, don't you think I would?
Oh, sure.
But you should've known her.
She was so pretty. She loved to laugh.
You know, I loved every minute of being with her.
She wanted that baby so bad.
Mitch, you gotta stop talkin' that way.
This happened a long time ago. You gotta try and forget.
I aim to... the only way I know how.
[ Cocks Pistol ]Yeah, but Mitch, you--
Mitch, don't. You're crazy.
You don't know what-- You don't know what you're doin'.
Ellie screamed. Why don't you scream?
[ Rooster Crows In Distance ]
No. Oh, no.
The horses are hobbled in Mesa Canyon.
No horses are worth this. Nothing is worth this.
It's our job. You'd better take a shovel. I didn't bury the rustlers.
Sorry, Mitch. I know how you felt about Ole.
No, I don't think so.
Nobody will ever know that.
[ Mitch ] That I will uphold the laws of Arizona Territory at all times--
"So help me God."So help me God.
Congratulations, Sheriff.
[ Doc ] You're gonna do a wonderful job. [ Others Affirming ]
This is the sketch you wanted me to draw for you, Sheriff.
[ Sam ] Caught me lookin' my natural best.
How's about letting it hang in my store, Mitch?No sale.
[ Others Chuckle ]Say, young fella,
what'll you charge to do a picture of me-- just me alone?
Oh, no, I couldn't do that, Mr. Giller. I don't think folks would stand...
for two likenesses of you in one town.[ Others Laughing ]
You see? Now you can't just lob it in there soft like.
You gotta slam it in there real hard.
Watch.
You try one.
[ Horse Whinnies ]
Fine job, Dan.
Good enough for a drink or two?Sure, in my saddlebag.
Well, everything's set on this end. Now we tie up the other end.
[ Grunts ] Where's that? The border-- Royce City.
That hellhole? There's nothin' there but lice.
That's what we're lookin' for, isn't it? Human lice?
Present company not excepted. [ Chuckles ] Right.
You take the wagon and paintings, and I'll meet you in four days in Royce City.
Here's to present and future company.
♪♪♪ [ Fiddle Dance Band, Fast ][ Crowd Whooping, Chattering ]
♪♪♪ [ Band Continues ] [ Chattering Continues ]
♪♪♪ [ Piano, Tinny, Fast ]
♪♪♪ [ Piano Continues ][ No Audible Dialogue ]
Hey, how's about keepin' me company, honey?
No company and no "honey" till I hear your money clank.
Clank, clank. [ Laughs ]
Say, Ed, send a bottle this way.
Yours?Beer.
Came all the way from Durango to be in the shoot-out.
Lightning draw. Nobody quicker.
I'm looking for a friend of mine called Dan Keats.Wouldn't know him.
He wears a reb uniform.
Draws pictures?Yeah.
Empty belly for whiskey?Afraid so.
Try upstairs.Thank you.
I'm looking for a friend of mine, Dan Keats.
Your name Dan Keats? [ Man ] Nah.
[ Snoring ]
Wake up, you slob.[ Muttering ] No. Julie--
Wake up.What's the matter, Julie? I like you. Don't you like me?
[ Muttering ]Come on!
[ Woman ] That's no way to treat a partner.
- You Julie? - Why?
- I asked you a question. - And I asked you one. Why?
- He mentioned your name. - Why not?
Every once in a while, I make an impression on somebody.
- Before or after you get them drunk? - [ Scoffs ]
Now, when it comes to drinking, your friend doesn't need any help, Mr. Barrett.
I don't recall meeting you.That's right.
This is our first hello, Sheriff.
Who are you?Me?
I'm the girl you told folks about back in Blue Springs--
the bride you're bringing back from St. Louis.
My friend has dreams when he's drunk.
You'd be surprised at the dreams I hear and the offers I get.
You're wasting your time listening to this one.
I wonder if they'd think so back in Blue Springs?
I mean the people who run the bank.
All right, how much? How much to forget you listened to him?
Mm-mmm. I'm a partner-- a full partner. One-fifth, isn't it?
Mm, Sheriff, don't even give it a thought.
The last time a man used a six-shooter up here,
he didn't even get past the bottom of the staircase.
You're right. That's not gonna solve anything.
But quit shoving. It isn't gonna work.Look, Mr. Barrett,
I happen to need this break badly enough to do anything to get it.
Anything.
I have to have a chance to get enough money together to leave places like this.
And when it's over, I'll head east. I promise you that.
I dream too, Mr. Barrett.
Someday I'll start living brand-new...
in a place where no one ever heard of Julie Reynolds.
Find some other way.
Why? You need a woman for this job, don't you?
Why be sore because hefound one?I'll do my own hiring.
Fair enough.
You shop around if that suits you.
But you won't find anybody able to handle this job better than me.
All right, I'll do that. I'll shop around.
Meanwhile,
sober up this.
Come on--If I told you once, I told you 50 times.
I don't make the rules. We ain't allowed to waste time on stiffs.
Particularly at this bonanza period of the annum.
- [ Man ] Now who was talkin' to you?- Proper question,
but hardly an answer to the lady's complaint.
- [ Woman ] You said it. - Now look here. I wasn't bellyachin', was I?
All I said was, you could drink a mite slower...
instead of gulpin' 'em down like-- like they was bein' bought by the house.
Harry, give us another refresher.Bravo.
Merely an endorsement of your hospitality.[ Sighs ]
Look, uh, can't we drink someplace private?
A little later, honey. There has to be at least five of us girls on the floor at all times.
Fine. I never saw a house with so many rules.
Hey!You're all elbows, my dear fellow.
- [ Man ] Get your paws off of me!- With the greatest of pleasure.
Madame, a very good evening to you.
Hey. Hey, you! You with the fancy hat.
You stole my poke, you dirty crook!I beg your pardon.
You gonna give me my poke or ain't ya?Dear fellow, you're intoxicated.
Search him, Pete!Make him hold still for a search.
Lay a hand upon my person, and I shall be forced to react accordingly.
[ Man ] Call him, Pete. [ Man #2 ] Call the dude's bluff.
We're backin' your play, Pete.You gonna hold still and let me search ya?
At your peril, sir.
You lost your poke?Didn't lose it. This dude stole it.
You're wrong, mister. I found this poke at the bar.
Say, that's mine.
How do I know it is?Well, look see. There's a "P.K." on it.
Hmm. "P.K." is right.
[ Chuckles ]You owe him an apology.
Yeah, I sure do. Say, uh,
the least I could do is buy you a drink, mister.
Your apology is accepted.
However, I see no reason for us to mix socially.Does that mean a yes or a no?
Sir, I bid you good evening.Oh. Uh, sorry.
Well, thanks to you, mister. [ Laughs ]
Fortunate thing you happened by, sir.I'd say so.
I might have had to kill the fellow.With a barrage of words?
Hardly. A lethal little gadget when properly used.
May I now introduce myself? Sir Harry Ivers of the Lancaster Iverses.
My name is Mitch. Mitch Barrett.
Have you ever had to use that little gadget?Only when necessary.
You know, you have a talent I could use, Ivers.
And the remuneration? Large or small?
Big.You need say no more, Mr. Barrett.
I'm an infallible judge of human character.
Let us retire to a table and seal our bargain, hmm?Why not?
[ Crowd Chattering ]
All right. All right now, all right.
- Settle down, folks. Settle down. - [ Crowd Quiets ]
Well, here it is, folks.
Here's what you've been waiting for.
For $500 in gold,
Stu Christian of Durango...
against Clark Boyd of Sioux City.
Get set, up there. We're gonna start.
Now, there's one thing I want you both to keep in mind:
Anybody who tries beating my count of 10 gets his head blown off by my boys.
That your widow over there?
All right. Let's stand together, gents, back-to-back.
[ Stu ] Too bad you won't be here to see your baby.
Ready? One, two,
three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine,
10!
- [ Crowd Groans ] - [ Screams, Sobs ]
[ Sobbing ]
How about the money?Sure,
as soon as you saddle up to leave town.
You tryin' to run me out?Me?
Not me, mister. I don't have to try.
I got boys who handle my chores for me.
Let me know when you're ready to go, then you can pick up the prize money.
- We don't want you around. - That's all right.
I never stay for the funerals anyway.
My name is Mitch Barrett. I'd like to talk to you.Don't recall askin' to listen.
You'll listen and be glad you did for $20,000 in gold.
Mister, when you talk, you talk big.
I came 300 miles to hire the winner of this shoot-out.
Two weeks of your time, $20,000 in gold. Interested?
Might be.Where can we talk in private?
I've got myself a room at the hotel.Fine.
♪♪♪ [ Piano, Tinny, Fast ]
I'd like to see you a minute, Dan.
C-Couldn't care less. Beat it.Manners, Lieutenant. Manners!
You keep out of this. Go on. Take your business someplace else.
Hey, soldier boy, that ain't no way to talk to Julie.
You fixin' to change my words?Yeah.
Yeah, that's what I aim to do.Luke. Hey, Luke, never mind. Come on. He's not my type.
Not like me, huh, Julie? Full of money and romance?
Sit down and pour yourself a shot, Julie.Thanks.
Hey, here he is, everybody. The fastest gun in the world.
Dan Keats, Harry Ivers.
I'd like a drink.
What do you have to do around here to get a drink?Sure you're old enough?
Here you are, Stu. Help yourself.
Well now, ladybird, since you asked--
[ Liquid Splashes ]I sure am.
And I'm old enough and big enough.
I don't like trigger-cold fingers anywhere near me.
Julie, don't talk like that to him. You gotta be special nice to him.
I told her to be special nice to ya.Thanks, fat boy.
Mind if ladybird sits with me?I mind.
Come on, Julie. Do what he wants. Anything he--Take your greasy hands off me!
Look, who do you think you're talkin' to? Your pa and me were real good friends, remember?
Yeah. We used to go over her house--Shut up!
All right, then, you show some-- ♪♪♪ [ Piano Stops ]
Quick draw, ladybird. Come here.
You touch me again, and I'll put your eyes out.
♪♪♪ [ Resumes ]I better go make sure she's all right.
Never mind. You talk too much. I'll go.
Yeah? Julie, it's Mitch Barrett.
You know, I like a woman who doesn't run away from trouble.
I stopped running a long time ago.
One fifth interest, Mrs. Barrett.
You won't be sorry.
We'll leave tomorrow, after we're married.[ Scoffs ]
Married? I could play Mrs. Anybody without using a preacher.
Uh-uh. I wanna hear the man say the words.
Back in Blue Springs, people hang their marriage certificates on the wall.
We gotta have ours up there in case we have company.
[ Mitch ] Put it down.
Let me have it.What for? You're not talkin' to a schoolboy.
Look. You drowned yourself in Royce City for the last time.Well, maybe so,
but it turned out sugar-sweet for you, didn't it?
Congratulations.
Looks like a real rough trip for you, don't it, gray belly? No whiskey, no women.
I'll bet when you were a kid you were tops in your town--
you know, with a crayon, drawing dirty things on nice, clean walls?
Felicitations, Lieutenant. An outstanding piece of repartee.
No, thanks.
This is a business partnership, not a honeymoon.
What's the matter? Too cold inside for you?
Get some sleep. We'll pull out at sunup.
[ Dan ] And everything's done to scale measurement--
the street and the buildings, the windows, the posts-- everything.
Along here, this street measures exactly 107 yards...
from that north end of the hotel here all the way down...
to the very south end of this here general store. [ Exhales ]
It's the same system we used in the army.
Rather a good job.Thanks.
I was hopin' somebody would notice it.
Mark Dobbs, the cattle buyer, will come in from this direction.
He has a couple of riflemen as escorts.
He'll come to the jail,
and I'll escort him to the bank with the money. [ Ivers ] Admirable arrangement.
[ Mitch ] You'll have six days to learn to be perfect in the use of liquid fire.
More than ample.
Now the cattle'll come in from this direction,
past the house I rented a month ago.
Julie, you'll drive the wagon with the liquid fire.
Go behind the hotel and then to the rear of the bank.
The rest of you pick up Julie at 10 minutes to 9:00.
But if what if somebody recognizes her and remembers her later?
She's Mrs. Barrett, the sheriff's wife.
She's a housewife. She's waiting for the cattle to get out.
Sound logic.Any questions?
- When do we get some sleep? - Right now. You can bunk here or out on the porch.
[ Footsteps Approaching ]
- Who's that? - Thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep.
Sleep is always tough for me...
till I've had a little help. [ Chuckles ]
Drink?No.
I thought Mitch got rid of those.
He did, only I happen to carry a spare.
Dependable Dan.Yeah. Always depend on Dan...
to get drunk before and after sundown.
[ Scoffs ] That shouldn't bother you any.
You've been around drunks before.
[ Scoffs ] And you've been nice to 'em too.
Keep away from me. You got whiskey in every pore.
You know you're a cheap, lousy drunk? [ Laughs ]
Well, look who's talking.
What are you, the schoolmarm type or something?
Back home where I come from, I wouldn't even be seen talking to a woman like you.
Good. Keep it that way.You know what's the matter with you?
You just can't stand to have a man near you.
Somethin' happens to you every time you're near a man...
and you feel his hand--
[ Laughing ]
Well, at least you touched me.
Julie! Julie. Julie, please don't go.
I only wanna talk to you.
Look. Look, Julie. Look.
I'm gonna stay right here where I am.
I won't move from this spot. I won't go across this line.
I won't even touch ya. I swear I won't. Cross my heart.
Julie, please, talk to me. Hmm? Please.
I-- I can't stand being by myself.
I swear, I just can't.
You don't know what it's like feeling lonesome all the time.
- You couldn't possibly know that. - Maybe I do.
Maybe I know how it feels, but there's--
there's no sense in feeling lonely.
At least when you do, you've gotta stand up to the feeling. Fight it down.
Tell yourself a couple of lies till the feeling goes away.
[ Chuckles ] You do that too?
Sometimes.
What are you trying to do to yourself?
Isn't there something you want out of life more than drinking yourself to death?
Mm-hmm. I want a new world.
[ Chuckles ] [ Chuckles ]
Or maybe even this old world, but I--
I want somethin' that-- that is mine.
Maybe Mitch'll get it for you.
For me too. Maybe.
[ Sighs ]
Anyway, that's what I'm prayin' for... and hopin'.
Got nothin' else to lean on but that.
[ Laughing ]
It's not funny, Dan. Oh-ho, yes it is.
Everything's funny--
You, me, everybody. [ Chuckles ]
Except Mitch.
No, he ain't funny.
I'll tell you somethin' about him, Julie.
He hates. I mean, a deep, crazy kind of hate.
He's burnin' up his insides--I don't wanna hear talk like that.
[ Sighs ] We both happen to owe Mitch an awful lot, Dan.
Oh, me, maybe, but not you.
[ Gunfire ][ Riders Hooting ]
Mitch is back!Here comes Mitch!
[ Hooting ]
[ Gunshot ]
♪♪♪ [ Harmonica: "Bridal Chorus" ]
[ Man ] Howdy, Mitch. It's good to have you home again.How was St. Louis?
[ Man #2 ] Howdy, Mitch.Oh, she sure is pretty, Mitch.
This is Julie.How do you do, Mrs. Barrett?
Hello. [ Man #3 ] Welcome to Blue Springs, Miss Julie.
Nothing like St. Louis, is it, Mrs. Barrett?
Aw, forget St. Louis, Sam.
She'll feel the same way about this town as I do.
Right, honey?Absolutely.
That's a wrong way to start a marriage, Mrs. Barrett.
Mustn't agree with him that easy.
[ Laughter ]After all this advice, let's go see the house.
Now hold it, Mitch. Hold it. Tell him, Doc.
You bet I will. It's a happy moment for me.
Mitch, when you went off to collect your bride,
folks began figuring how we could prove to her...
she was marrying the most popular fella in Blue Springs.
Well, here's the proof, Mrs. Barrett.
No more rent on that house down the street.
You and Mitch own it. It's our wedding present to you both.
All free and clear.[ Woman ] It's a very pretty house.
[ Woman #2 ] And not a penny of mortgage left on it.
[ Man ] All fixed up, spick-and-span.
I don't know what to say. I'm not good at speeches.
[ Doc ] Aw, never mind trying, Mitch.
By now, we know how you feel.
Well, thank you. Thank you very much.
♪♪♪ [ Harmonica: "Camptown Races" ]
♪♪♪ [ Continues ]I don't understand it.
Understand what?You, these people.
How can you rob your friends, Mitch?
Friends? Calling them "friends" is funny.
Come on, boy.
♪♪♪ [ Continues ]
Been to the well again.Yep.
Only this time, I brought the well back with me. [ Whistles ]
Don't drown yourself, gray belly.
How long you figure it's gonna take Mitch to melt Julie down?
Why don't you shut your dirty mouth?
- You talkin' to me, gray belly? - Yeah. Right smack up to you.
You don't scare me no more than a cockroach--
not now with your guts spread out all over this table, you don't.
Now what are you gonna do about that, huh?
Now just what do you figure on doin' about that?
I'm gonna rip your head off, gray belly.
That'll be all! Drop it, Stu.
- I said, drop it. - [ Loud Thud ]
Looks like you're taking sides, Mitch.
I don't take sides with trash against trash.
As far as I'm concerned, you can kill each other.
But not until this job is finished.
I've risked too much to end up at the end of a rope.
My lieutenant. My Southern gentleman lieutenant.
- Where's the rest of the rotgut? - That's all there was.
He's telling you the gospel, Mitch. There were three. This was the last.
You get on your horse and go to my place.
[ Sighing ]
Lieutenant.
You and me are gonna get together again real soon.
I'll be lookin' forward to that.
How much longer we gotta wait?
Until Saturday. Four more days.
I want you to rehearse until you know all the answers.
The big one's all that matters to me:
When do we divvy the 100,000?
When it's safe, in about a week...
and when I've convinced the posse the chase is hopeless.
After the robbery, you go to the miner's cabin up over the ridge...
and wait for me.
Harry, you go the hotel in Basin City.
And get out of that clown outfit.
Anybody could spot ya.So you're a ruddy fashion expert too.
I'm anything and everything I have to be to get this job over with.
What about the money? Who becomes custodian?
It'll be here with Julie, Dan and myself.
Why here? [ Horse Galloping ]
Because anyplace I own, the posse won't look.
I've got a picture for you to study. Be right back.
Well, if nothing else, we're becoming art students.
What difference does it make? What he says goes.
He's smart.Madmen frequently are.
Him mad? I should be that crazy.
Wouldn't surprise me at all.
Don't mention this one to Keats.
Some things he hasn't any stomach for.
Yeah. Lots of things. I aim to find out what they are.
You do what you like after this is over. That's your business.
This is a painting he made of a sketch when I was sworn in.
Stu, this is your man.
He's the hotel man, Caldwell.
I want you to get to know his face as well as you know your own gun.
This one's your study, Harry: Sam Giller, runs the general store.
You haven't too much time. The cattle have been rounded up and are heading toward town.
[ Cattle Mooing In Distance ]We wait 10 minutes and then we move in behind the bank.
[ Cattle Mooing ]
[ Men Shouting Commands ]
[ Shouting, Indistinct ]
[ Cattle Continue Mooing Loudly ]
Good morning, sir.Good morning.
Well, what can I do for you, mister?Just passing through.
I promised my sister I'd give her a gift. A gun.
Sure thing. You came to the right place.
You were recommended by your sheriff.Mitch?
One of my closest friends.Really? Amazing. Simply amazing.
Something smallish. My sister has a certain delicacy.
Mm-hmm. Got a dandy.
Here you are. Sixteen dollars.
Hmm. That'd be $16 plus $1.87, won't it?
What?Your close friend, Mitch Barrett,
asked me to pay what he's owed you for so long-- ever since the death of his wife.
One dollar and 87 cents, wasn't it?
[ Loud Mooing Continues ]
[ Loud Mooing Continues ] [ Men Continue Shouting Commands ]
What are you doing that for, mister?Hand sweat.
Oh.Nice-lookin' beef.
Yeah, we raise the finest in the country. The noisiest too.
I guess we'd yell some too if we was headin' for the slaughterhouse.
That's right. Never thought of that before.
Wish I had time to hear you yell.
Stampede!Come on!
Let Harry in the back door.
- Don't do it, Mitch. Don't. - A hundred thousand dollars. Town's bread and butter.
Best kind of swap I could make for $1.87.
We got it all.All right, boys.
Give me the liquid fire stuff.
Hightail outta here.
Stu! You forgot something.
Oh yeah. Gotta make you look like a hero for the neighbors.
So long, Mitch.
How long you gonna be with us, Mr. Lancaster?
As briefly as I find endurable.
Have the saddlebags moved to my quarters while I seek some refreshments.
Before I swear the posse in, there's a couple of things I wanna say.
This town has been hit hard. We're broke. And four men are dead.
Any man who's in this just for an exciting day or two can step out.
I don't want him.
All right. Let's get on with it. Raise your right hand.
[ Door Opens ]
Do you have to come bargin' in like that?
What do you want me to do, whistle six bars of "Dixie"?
I'm sorry. I--
I guess that all waitin' and no whiskey is makin' Dan a dull boy.
I got the best cure in the world for that.
Oh, you do?
What?In the shed.
You pick up that ax, start chopping some wood,
and then I can iron those clothes.
[ Sighs ] Okay, Doctor. Anything you say.
[ Door Closes ]
Ho!
Ho.Ho.
Take half the men, Doc. We'll meet you on the other side.
Search all the caves and anything that looks like a hideout.
All right, boys. Come on. Follow me.
Bye, Doc.Good-bye.
Eating time! [ Dan ] I'm on my way!
How much are you gonna chop? We already have enough to last a month.
[ Laughing ] Why this is just like old times.
I used to chop maybe about one or two cords at a time back home.
Mmm! Smells good.
What is it?Wash up and find out.
Hey! You're dripping water all over the clean floor.
I'm sorry.
Did I get you wet?No.
Put your shirt on. No gentleman comes to the table half-dressed.
Just brushing up on some manners I used to have.
While I'm on that subject, I--
There's something else.
That-- That cheap talk that I made to you a while back...
about your-- about your not being a lady.
I know what I am.
Well, I was drunk as a skunk.
And a lot meaner.
This isn't why I brought it up now,
but I just wanted to say to you that...
I have never known any girl...
that's much of a lady as you are, Julie.
Not anytime or anyplace.
That's a very nice thing for you to say.
No nicer than you.
Look, we better eat. Thing's will get cold.
The men are pretty beat.
Yeah. It's kinda rough on 'em.
It's rougher on you with a...
bride waitin' at home.
Oh, excuse it. I-- I didn't mean to make smart talk.
Doc.
About Julie and me.
She doesn't like the house. She doesn't like the town. She doesn't like anything.
Including me. She's threatening to go back east.
I-- I'm real sorry to hear that, Mitch.
Maybe, uh-- Maybe you want me to talk to her.
No.
No, I don't want that.
I don't want her to change her mind...
because somebody talked her into it.
I-I just couldn't live with it, Doc.
I know.
Well, maybe she'll come around in a little bit.
Yeah.
If she does, I'll--
I'll be waiting.
[ Horses Trotting ]
[ Knocking ]
What's that for?Habit, I guess.
Posse quit?
Almost.
They're searching the ridge.Here?
Nah, there's nothin' to worry about.
When I lead them this way, you'll be over the ridge and back to my cabin.
Coffee hot?
I don't like riding these hills with a posse loose.
Too bad your mind isn't as quick as your gun.
If anybody catches up with you, you're a trail rider.Yeah. I guess that figures.
Then get started. I'll cover your tracks and join the posse.
Gray belly at your place?
Yeah, with Julie.
I wanna keep him in one piece until we split the money.
A hundred thousand dollars.
That's a nice thought to keep me company on the ride across.
Get goin'.
[ Doc ] Mitch! Mitch!
You shouldn't have taken this chance.
Only way I could be certain he was one of them.
And he sure hits hard.Here. Let me take a look at ya.
Hurry up, Doc. He's still alive.
[ Gasping ]Who are the others with you?
Come on, boy. Square yourself. Tell the truth.[ Gasping ]
What?
Basin City? Who's there?
Who?It's no use, Mitch. He's dead.
Too bad.
Thought he was gonna tell us more.
All right. We'll comb Basin City tomorrow.
You know somethin', Julie?
These past few days,
bein' here with you--
[ Chuckles ] they've been good days.
I know.
I was hopin' they'd never end.
We'd better be gettin' back. Mitch might be coming.
Don't run away from me, Julie.
Please, don't.
What's the crazy sense of talkin', Dan?
It's too late for that or anything else.
No! It isn't.
We been runnin' away all our lives.
Runnin' from other people, from ourselves.
When are we gonna stop?
Not till I get far enough away so that nobody'll know me, anything about me.
That's all I want, Dan.
I don't believe that, Julie.
I think what you want is what we've had right here together.
You've been happy. I know you've been happy.
It'll be over soon. That's the way it's gotta be.
Julie, listen to me.
Look at me, Julie.
I-I haven't had a drop of liquor since I've been here, have I?
And I didn't mind it a bit, did I?
That's just because of you.
It's because I wanted to be right with ya.
I wanted to be with ya.
I love you, Julie. I love you.
And I know that past anything else in the world, I love you.
Aw, Dan. Stop it, will you?
[ Sighs ]
Listen to me and try to understand something.
Being here with you is probably...
the only true happiness that I've ever known.
Dan, you don't really love me.
Julie, now youstop.
Stop being ashamed for what's past.
I wanna have a new life with you.
Just you and me.
Well, there's some things you don't scrub off.
Do you remember that night in Royce City when that man, Luke, grabbed me?
Do you remember he started to say something about my father?
Well, I never saw my father one sober day of his life. Not one.
When he didn't have money for liquor, then he needed me.
[ Chuckles ] It's nice to be needed.
He brought his friends to the house.
And they liked me. [ Sobs ]
Honey. Honey, don't.
Don't. Julie, Julie.
I love you. I love you.
Listen. Listen to me.
Back home where I come from-- that's-- that's deep in Virginia--
I still got a piece of land there.
I'm gonna work that piece of land with my two hands.
And I want your two hands with me, workin' it with me.
We'll turn that earth, plow, and we'll plant.
And we won't stop until we have a place that we can be really proud of--
a place that folks'll look at and say, "There's the Keats' place."
We're together now for always and always.Yes. Yes.
I'm gonna ride into town and talk to Mitch.
What we gotta do now, we can do for ourselves.
We're gonna start fresh and clean.
We'll let the others keep the money.
You don't want the money, do ya, Julie?
Oh, no. I've got what I've always wanted...
all my life, right here.
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Man ] Just got two of 'em. [ Man #2 ] Who gunned 'em, Jonesey?
Mitch. Went in after 'em single-handed while we backed him up.
A couple of you men, uh, take 'em around to the rear.
Say, Doc. Where's Mitch?Runnin' down the hideout of the others.
Look, I told you. He went to town.
I told both of you to stay put.
But why are you so upset? He'll be back.
You think so?I know so.
Probably on his way to Virginia by now.
That's not very funny, Mitch.No, it isn't.
And it won't be funny for him when I catch up with him.
Look, I told ya he'd be back, all right?
You sound like a protective mother.
Or is "mother" the wrong word for it?
We're in love. That's what he went into town to tell you.
When he finds out that you're not there, he'll come back, Mitch.
He'll find out other things too.
Stu and Ivers are dead.
Dead? How?
With you leading the posse, Mitch, how?
With me leading the posse.
Oh, Dan.
He can't hear ya.He'll come back.
He'll come back, Mitch.His kinda people never change.
[ Horse Galloping ]
I told you. I told--
One sound out of you and I'll kill him from here.
[ Julie ] Dan! Dan, stop! Mitch is--
[ Mitch ] Throw your gun out, Keats, or I'll kill her right now.
Now come on in.
That's far enough.
You must've drunk a pint of guts to ride up here.
The money's all yours, Mitch. We don't want a penny of it.
The money's not yours to want.
At least let Julie go. She can't hurt ya any.
That's not what I planned.
She was tired of living, just as you were tired.
I hired a lot of tired people. The scum of the earth.
What about after us, Mitch?
You didn't tell us about wanting to kill all those people in town.
Innocent people. Good people.
You got rid of everybody that ever touched you,
everybody that loved ya, that wanted to help ya.
How you gonna live now? How you gonna live without anybody to hate?
I got $100,000.
I don't need anybody.
All the money in the world isn't gonna help you, Mitch.
Everything you ever had, ever really wanted, is dead--
is buried in that cemetery up on the hill!
Shut up. Killin' us isn't gonna change things, Mitch.
Your wife is dead and she's not gonna come back, and you've got nothin'.
Nothin'!I said, shut up!
Let Dan go, Mitch. I'll stay with you here. Anywhere you ask.
I'll be good to you, Mitch. I'll make you forget her.
I swear to you, I'll make you forget her.You--
You cheap tramp, you. Make me forget Ellie?
[ Loud Slap ]
[ Gunshot ]
[ Gun Hits Floor ]
[ Sobbing ]
[ Sobs ]Oh, honey. Don't cry, honey.
You didn't have any choice.
You had no choice at all.
[ Dan ] So we figured by comin' here and tellin' you everything that happened,
we'd run much less risk of a lynchin' party.
We're not a lynching town, son.
I can't tell you how...
important this money is to the town.
Difference between security and panic, I guess.
You and Julie will be tried in court,
fair and square--
if you're still here after I get back with Judge Swain.
We'll be here.
Could take three, four hours for me to find the judge.
Couple of horses could be long gone by that time.
No, Doc, we're through with runnin'.
Could take two, three, maybe as much as five years out of your lives.
We're expecting it.
I've been, uh, braggin' for a long time about my town,
my neighbors being kindly and understanding folks.
I sure aim to prove it to you both.
Dan.
[ Sighs ] Tell me about Virginia again, Dan.
What'll it be like?[ Chuckles ]
That's gonna take time, Julie.
A lifetime.
Not even Doc Seltzer can walk that slow.