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  • last year
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00:00 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:02 (ALL LAUGHING)
00:21 Well, 100 bucks. That was the price.
00:25 Oh, I don't suppose I could talk you into laying over for a day or so.
00:28 It'd be on Christmas tomorrow.
00:30 Yeah, we could round up a couple of strays, get up a poker game.
00:33 Well, that's a good idea, but I'm doing Butte tonight.
00:35 Oh, what's in Butte?
00:37 Turkey dinner and a girl named Phyllis.
00:40 Oh, I ask no more.
00:42 You know, you better scamper if you figure out getting there.
00:44 Those clouds are building up to something.
00:46 Avery, you keep these drinks going out here.
00:48 I don't want these boys to get cold.
00:49 (ALL LAUGHING)
00:50 One for the old man, too.
00:53 Well, thank you, friend. Thank you.
00:55 (CHUCKLES)
00:56 I'll see you down here.
01:02 Are you Mr. Randall?
01:03 Well, Eddie.
01:06 What are you doing here, son?
01:10 You don't know him?
01:11 That's Harmon Stone's kid.
01:13 His folks run a sheep ranch at the edge of town.
01:15 I'm Randall. What can I do for you, son?
01:17 What it is, I've been hearing how you do things.
01:21 Find people and all.
01:22 I only got eight cents.
01:24 It ain't much, I know, but it's what I saved all my life.
01:28 And I was wondering if you'd find someone for me.
01:32 Now, who would you want him to find for you, son?
01:34 Santa Claus.
01:35 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
01:37 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
01:39 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
02:06 (THUDDING)
02:07 Well, now, what's this about Santa Claus?
02:12 I know it's a lot to ask me on Christmas Eve,
02:15 and I wouldn't have come only...
02:17 It's all right, son. You go ahead and say it.
02:23 Well, there's something I wanted him to bring me awful bad,
02:27 ever since I can remember.
02:29 I write to him every year, begging him to bring it,
02:33 and I even tell him I want nothing else.
02:35 Just this.
02:37 But I don't know.
02:39 I guess he never gets the letters, 'cause it never comes.
02:42 (ALL LAUGHING)
02:44 Now, suppose you tell me, son, what you want so bad.
02:52 I can't, Mr. Randall. I can't tell no one. Only him.
02:56 Well, I've found a few people, but, uh...
02:59 He sure has, kid. Hundreds.
03:02 It wouldn't be nothing for him to find a little old fellow like Santa.
03:05 Far better.
03:06 Might take a little time.
03:08 What would you say, Randall, the rest of the day?
03:10 You can do it? You can find him?
03:13 Find him while he'll have mature place, bells and bible,
03:16 and ready for supper tonight.
03:18 Wait till I tell Mama what you said. Wait till I tell...
03:23 (ALL LAUGHING)
03:25 Did you see it? The look in the kid's face?
03:31 I saw it.
03:33 Well, why ain't you laughing?
03:35 I'm laughing.
03:36 Well, what are you looking at me like that for? All it was was a joke.
03:45 Ask the drunk.
03:46 Hey, Ben, now I ask you, didn't you think it was a panic, the look in the kid's face?
03:53 Get out of here.
03:55 Get out?
03:56 Yeah, you and your sheepdog, get out of here.
03:58 Oh, come on, Hal. We were just joking. Didn't I say it?
04:00 Yeah, you said it. You said it to me, you said it to Hafer.
04:03 Now, which one of you funny men are going to tell that boy?
04:05 Well, what about you, Harkrader? This was your bright idea.
04:12 It takes a certain kind of a mind to figure this out.
04:14 Would you like to look in his face?
04:16 Well, it'll be nothing compared to what it's going to be when you tell him what it was.
04:18 Just an old-fashioned joke.
04:20 Look, Randall, I wasn't the only one.
04:22 Oh, shut up.
04:29 You say he lives on a sheep ranch?
04:30 Yeah, such as it is.
04:32 Old Harmon, that's Laddy's pa, he really had the place working once.
04:35 No finer ranch you'd ever want to see. Not that now.
04:38 What got into it?
04:39 Wolves.
04:40 Moved in one summer and chopped up the whole flock.
04:42 It really changed the place. Harmon with it.
04:45 Well, where do I find it?
04:48 Oh, forget it, Randall. I'll take a ride on out.
04:50 North or south?
04:51 On your way south, there's a sign.
04:54 (FOOTSTEPS)
04:55 Randall, for what it's worth, I...
05:03 Yeah, I know. Well, Merry Christmas to you, too.
05:05 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
05:06 -Ms. Stone? -Yes?
05:34 I was wondering if I could speak to your boy for a minute.
05:35 Well, he's not here.
05:37 I mean, he was ten minutes ago, but his pa sent him after some strays.
05:40 -Oh. -He's not in any trouble, is he?
05:42 I mean, something I ought to know.
05:44 Oh, no, nothing like that. It's just that, uh...
05:45 Ms. Stone, my name's Josh Randall.
05:49 -Randall? -Something you wanted, mister?
05:52 It's the bounty hunter, Harmon.
05:56 He's come to see Laddy.
05:58 What's the matter, Mr. Randall?
06:00 Haven't you had enough fun with him already?
06:03 Look, Mr. Stone, I, uh...
06:04 -I know what you're thinking. -Oh, no. No, you don't.
06:09 But hang the fine about to give me a horse whip and show you.
06:12 -Well, I'd like to explain. -What's to explain?
06:14 That all it was was a little good-natured fun?
06:18 Well, that must have been something.
06:20 I'd like to have been there, seen his face light up
06:22 when you told him you'd find Santa Claus for him.
06:25 I wouldn't have told him a thing like that.
06:26 He seems to think you did.
06:27 Well, it was a couple of other fellas. They, uh...
06:31 -They told him I'd do it. -What others? Who?
06:33 A couple of clowns.
06:36 Hawk Raider? Vale?
06:39 Now, they didn't mean any harm. They were just being stupid.
06:42 Now, before I could explain to the boy, he...
06:44 -He left. -Oh, I don't know.
06:47 I guess the boy was wrong in the first place.
06:49 Wasting time from farm chores to go chasing after bounty hunters over some nonsense.
06:53 If we'd have told him the truth like I wanted.
06:56 -Harmon... -If we had, and why not?
06:58 This isn't a world of make-believe.
07:00 I never said make-believe. I never said that.
07:02 All right, then. Hope.
07:04 Isn't that the word you like to use? Hope?
07:07 Well, it isn't a world of that either.
07:09 Now, don't tell me no different, because I know.
07:12 It's a world of scrambling against things you can't win.
07:15 Wolves, cold, not enough food.
07:19 I'll tell you for fair this time, I'm not far from giving in to all three.
07:23 I got my sheep to tend to.
07:27 You can go in the house and wait for the boy.
07:29 He'll be back in an hour.
07:30 Give him some coffee, Hilda.
07:34 He looks near froze.
07:36 Much obliged.
07:38 Come on inside, Mr. Randall. There's a fire.
07:42 Would you like some more coffee?
07:53 Yes, ma'am, I would.
07:56 My husband, he hasn't always been so rough on people.
08:00 I remember when we first come here and Laddie was born and...
08:04 Then that was before the fire in the hills.
08:09 When the wolves come down and stayed down,
08:12 chewing our flocks to bits night after night.
08:15 Well, there ain't hardly half of them left.
08:18 I'm sure they'll be back.
08:22 Well, there ain't hardly half of them left.
08:23 I wish he had some way of fighting them.
08:28 And I wish he wouldn't be so hard on Laddie.
08:34 He's a good boy.
08:36 If I only knew what it was he wanted.
08:40 What it is he keeps writing Santa Claus for.
08:42 You mean you don't know?
08:44 No, he's never said in the two years he's been writing them letters,
08:46 sending them off to Santa Claus.
08:48 Of course, we've tried to guess.
08:51 Gotten him toys.
08:52 One year a fishing pole, the next year a knife.
08:55 It was hard enough getting Harmon to do that,
08:58 seeing the money was needed so bad in other places.
09:00 Whatever we got, it was always the wrong thing.
09:03 He'd come down on Christmas morning, look at that tree,
09:06 and his face would drop clear to his knees
09:08 'cause it wasn't the right thing.
09:10 Harmon says he's selfish.
09:12 Well, you can't blame him for thinking that way.
09:14 Of course, I think he's just being what he has a right to be.
09:18 A boy.
09:21 Mr. Randall!
09:22 Well, hello, Laddie.
09:25 Didn't you find him yet, did you?
09:27 Well, listen, Laddie,
09:29 well, there's something I've got to tell you.
09:31 What, Mr. Randall?
09:33 Well, it's the way this came up.
09:35 Well, it's not an easy thing to say to you, son.
09:38 What is it?
09:40 Well, my horse hasn't had any food since yesterday
09:42 and I was just wondering if...
09:44 There's hay in the barn.
09:46 Oh, well, hay would be fine.
09:49 I'll go feed him right away, right now.
09:50 Come on, Hay.
09:52 Miss Stone, uh,
10:12 now, I know it's not my place, but I've got an idea.
10:15 Now, I admit it's a wild one,
10:18 but I can't help feeling a little responsible about this.
10:20 Now, supposing I go into town and get somebody
10:22 to come out here and play Santa Claus tonight.
10:24 Like I said, it's a wild one.
10:26 But suppose I do.
10:28 Laddie can tell Santa Claus what he wanted for Christmas
10:30 and you and I can go into town and pick it up.
10:32 We've already...
10:34 I wouldn't worry too much about the money.
10:36 If it's a little high, I can help out there.
10:38 And if it's completely out of reason,
10:40 well, Santa can tell Laddie and I believe the boy would understand.
10:43 What about you?
10:47 You must have things to do.
10:48 Well, nothing can't wait.
10:50 I'll talk to my husband about it.
10:52 Uh, Miss Stone, I've got to move on this now.
10:54 What about it?
10:56 All right.
10:59 Set another plate and I'll see you for supper.
11:01 Mr. Randall,
11:07 you haven't told me yet why you're doing this.
11:09 I'd like to know.
11:11 Two reasons. First of all, the boy paid me to do it.
11:13 Second, uh,
11:16 I got the nerve to tell him.
11:17 Santa Claus? Me?
11:25 Well, you got me into this hole.
11:27 I figured the least you could do is get me out of it.
11:29 Well, I'd be glad to do it for you, Randall,
11:31 but look at me, I'm six foot four.
11:33 What about you, Vale?
11:36 Hmm? Oh, I...
11:38 I wouldn't know what to say. I...
11:40 I wouldn't know a thing.
11:42 The kid knows me.
11:45 All this and with a beard and a red suit on, he...
11:46 Mm-hmm. See right through it.
11:48 Mr. Randall.
11:50 Mr. Randall, I'm your man if you want a Santa Claus.
11:53 Hey, sure, old Ben.
11:55 Ben Hatch.
11:58 Kind of a handyman.
12:00 When he isn't holding up one end of my bar.
12:02 Oh, listen, I'm not that way now.
12:04 I'm sober as a judge. Look.
12:06 I don't know. I mean, do you think you can do it, Ben?
12:10 Sure I can do it.
12:12 You're taking a chance.
12:14 Ben gets near a bottle...
12:15 Oh, now, what are you saying?
12:17 I got plenty of will when I need it.
12:19 Ain't I got will, Mr. Harkrader?
12:21 Just loaded with it, Ben.
12:23 I'm just loaded with it.
12:25 I'd...
12:27 I'd sure take it kindly if you'd give me the job.
12:29 If you'd give me a chance to be something,
12:31 to somebody once.
12:33 Well, uh, what about the hair?
12:35 Oh, we could put flour in it.
12:37 He needs a beard.
12:40 Cotton.
12:43 He's got to have a coat.
12:44 A red coat.
12:46 Hey, I got just the thing.
12:48 My old hunting jacket and a pair of black boots.
12:50 I'll have to polish them.
12:52 And the pants, he can wear the pants he's got on.
12:54 He'll be fine, just fine.
12:56 Sure?
12:58 Looks like you're in business, Ben.
13:01 Well, come on, what are we waiting for?
13:03 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
13:04 (SNORING)
13:13 (DOG BARKING)
13:30 Shh.
13:32 Shh.
13:33 Ben, uh, put your arms up.
13:49 Huh? What do you mean? Oh, now, Mr. Randall.
13:52 I thought you trusted me.
13:54 I do, but just keep your arms up.
13:56 I'm gonna...
13:58 Ben, now, you know what to do.
14:01 Light the cigarette in the window.
14:02 What window?
14:04 Now, you watch that window right there.
14:12 Yeah, the one just left of the door.
14:14 All right. And you light the cigarette there,
14:16 and then I come in.
14:18 Just like we planned it. Now, you got it?
14:20 Sure, sure, I got it.
14:22 Now, now, look, don't... Don't worry.
14:25 I can see it right from here.
14:27 I couldn't possibly miss it, even if I was...
14:30 And I'm not.
14:59 (CHUCKLING)
15:00 Oh.
15:03 (SNIFFING)
15:04 (SNIFFING)
15:05 (SNIFFING)
15:34 Lottie, come back and finish your dinner.
15:35 I'm too excited to eat.
15:37 Come sit at the table.
15:39 It used to be such a nice dinner.
15:46 It's a shame nobody came.
15:48 I'll tell you, Miss Stone,
15:50 the way that snow's piling around out there,
15:52 a man would be a fool to go traipsing around in it.
15:54 Listen!
15:56 I heard something!
15:58 Did you hear it?
16:03 Like sleigh bells!
16:04 It was nothing, Lottie. Nothing yet.
16:06 But you said he'd be here at dinner!
16:10 He promised it!
16:14 Now, you listen here to me, all of you.
16:17 I've just about had my belly full of this thing.
16:20 Join me in a smoke, Mr. Stone?
16:22 No.
16:24 Well, uh, you don't mind if I do.
16:26 Half your cigarette, Mr. Randall.
16:33 (SIGHS)
16:34 (SIGHS)
16:35 (SIGHS)
16:36 (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
17:03 (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
17:04 Good evening, Sonny.
17:15 You mind if an old man caught out in the snow thaws out by your fire?
17:17 I was trying to make town,
17:19 but with the drifts piling up and hiding the road,
17:21 I saw the light from your house.
17:23 Come in.
17:25 I'll be no bother, ma'am. Just set by the fire.
17:32 Now, eat this cozy.
17:33 Uh, excuse me.
17:38 ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
17:53 ♪ Jingle all the way ♪
17:55 ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
17:58 Oh, man.
18:01 ♪ In a one-horse open sleigh ♪
18:02 Ben!
18:04 Oh, hello. You ready?
18:06 Oh, don't worry about a thing, Mr. Randall. I know my lines.
18:08 Now, listen.
18:10 Ho, ho, ho, Sonny.
18:12 Who do you suppose is here?
18:14 Your old friend, Plenty Sauce.
18:16 Plenty, boy. Plenty.
18:18 Yeah, well, he's your old friend.
18:20 -Huh? How's that? -Ben, snap out of it.
18:22 -Snap out of it, Ben. -Out of it?
18:24 I'm always out of it.
18:26 Everybody tells me.
18:28 I get out of it.
18:31 (DOOR SLAMS)
18:32 I don't know why I should all be...
18:34 Hey! Hey! Hey! What are you doing?
18:36 Now, listen, Ben.
18:38 Think of that boy in there. If he sees you like this...
18:40 Ben. Ben, think of me.
18:43 Well, I'm thinking of the minute.
18:45 I'm steady as a rock and I'm loaded with will.
18:47 Just the way we planned.
18:49 -Ben. -No, no, Ben. No, Ben.
18:51 I am Sandy Claus.
18:53 You see? Forward.
18:56 (DOOR SLAMS)
18:57 Well, now, I'd say that's right charitable, ma'am.
19:10 Offering a stranger a bed for the night.
19:12 You'd never get past the barn. Not in this store.
19:15 Oh, it's a snapper, right enough.
19:17 These Northers are. I've seen them bury a house in a ten-hour fall.
19:20 Lattie, come here.
19:21 How many?
19:24 You got nothing to say, Hilda.
19:26 Come here to me, son.
19:28 I should have told you this before, son.
19:36 But I'm telling you now, and I want you to listen.
19:39 And hear it like a man.
19:41 People...
19:44 People who live and dream,
19:46 they're not the ones who are living.
19:49 People who live and dream, son.
19:50 Who trust them,
19:52 believe in them,
19:54 they're just fooling themselves.
19:56 'Cause life, just not made up of dreams.
20:00 No more than I can dream them wolves won't come down on my sheep
20:03 or that I'll have some way to fight them.
20:05 -Do you understand what I mean, son? -No, sir.
20:09 Well, then.
20:12 To tell you hard.
20:18 Ho, ho, ho!
20:19 Look who's here.
20:21 Your old friend, Santa Claus.
20:23 Would you like to come and sit on Santa's knee?
20:27 I got your letters.
20:31 Every one of them.
20:33 But I was a little confused by what you asked for,
20:36 and so I thought maybe if you tell me,
20:40 if I could hear you.
20:42 You see, it's...
20:46 It's true that Santa brings things to little children and...
20:49 And he'd like very... I mean, I'd like very much
20:53 to bring you what you want.
20:55 You said you'd bring him!
21:02 You promised! You lied!
21:05 You promised! You lied!
21:06 Bye!
21:07 (DOOR OPENS)
21:08 (DOOR CLOSES)
21:09 (DOOR CLOSES)
21:11 (SIREN WAILING)
21:12 (SIREN WAILING)
21:13 (SIREN WAILING)
21:14 (SIREN WAILING)
21:16 (SIREN WAILING)
21:18 (SIREN WAILING)
21:19 (TIRES SCREECHING)
21:31 (SIREN WAILING)
21:32 (GUNSHOTS)
21:51 Mr. Randall!
21:54 I don't know what to say.
21:56 How did you do it? How did you know?
21:58 Huh? Know what?
22:00 You brought him! You brought him! Just like you said!
22:02 Would somebody please tell me what he's talking about?
22:06 On the porch! Come and see!
22:07 All right.
22:09 (GUNSHOT)
22:12 Guess what I wanted!
22:13 Two years I wanted it!
22:15 A rifle for Papa to fight out the wolf!
22:18 Good heavens, my Brad, I can smell it!
22:20 I'll go help you, Mama!
22:22 All right.
22:23 Mr. Randall, you'll never know how much I appreciate this.
22:29 I've got a lot of thought behind it and all, but...
22:30 I can't accept it.
22:32 You think I gave you that?
22:34 -But didn't you? -Sure as the devil didn't.
22:36 But who did?
22:38 I don't know.
22:40 I didn't.
22:42 Well, somebody did.
22:44 And everybody's here ex...
22:46 Except, uh...
22:49 Hey, old man, where is he?
22:53 Well, who's seen him? Hmm?
22:55 -Well, I thought he was... -Oh, in the other room?
22:58 He must be out back.
22:59 Well, there's no tracks out back.
23:01 There's no tracks out front either.
23:03 Well, you don't suppose he left in the middle of that snowstorm, do you?
23:05 He couldn't have.
23:07 I bolted both doors from the inside last night,
23:09 and they were still bolted when I got up this morning.
23:11 Well, now, he had to leave some way.
23:13 Now, how?
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23:46 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
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