Big Jake (1971) Best Movie Ever
Big Jake (1971) Best Movie Ever
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00:00:00Gentile civilization had come to England, the continent, and the eastern United States.
00:00:04New York rivaled London and Paris as one of the great metropolises of the world.
00:00:11Albert Einstein had expounded his theory of relativity back in 1905.
00:00:15And science had brought us the wonders of the modern world.
00:00:26Culture and refinement had arrived on the east coast of America.
00:00:29Caruso was singing Pagliacci at the Met.
00:00:31Arturo Toscanini was conducting.
00:00:34The Barrymores were performing.
00:00:36And a Ziegfeld girl was the rage.
00:00:391909 in the western part of the 46th United States was not so refined.
00:00:46The surviving Indian warriors were now being rounded up by the U.S. Army.
00:00:53In Washington, William Howard Taft, 300 pounds of pure Republican, was president.
00:00:57And life was comfortable.
00:01:00In other parts of the country, men were fighting each other and the elements.
00:01:08In the New York department stores, a lady could buy maxis and boots and live in style.
00:01:13Out west, they didn't think about style.
00:01:16Just living.
00:01:21Eastern empire builders had secured their fortunes.
00:01:24The Morgans, Vanderbilts, Carnegies.
00:01:27There were empires in the west, too.
00:01:29Such as the great McCandles Ranch.
00:01:34But these huge ranches were held together only by having enough men and guns.
00:01:42Notre Dame teams were playing football, with then Newt Rockne catching the forward pass.
00:01:48In the Arizona territory, another team, the Arizona Rangers, were busy just trying to keep the peace.
00:01:54Anna Pavlova, prima ballerina of the Russian ballet, was dancing Swan Lake.
00:02:02The dance hall girl in the Klondike Gold Rush Saloon was somewhat different.
00:02:09By 1909, still photographs had come to life.
00:02:12Motion pictures had been born with the great train robbery.
00:02:15While that make-believe drama was on the movie screens, nine men crossed the Rio Bravo into Texas.
00:02:27The turbulent years between the Civil War and the turn of the century brought out the best in some people.
00:02:32But in others, it brought out the worst.
00:02:35Example, O'Brien, a half-breed Apache born of a Chiricahua mother and Irish father.
00:02:40O'Brien, a half-breed Apache born of a Chiricahua mother and Irish father.
00:02:45A professional gunfighter, one of the last of his kind.
00:02:49Pop Dawson, rode with the James boys in Kansas and Missouri.
00:02:53Said to have murdered more than a dozen men, one for as little as seven dollars.
00:03:00Trooper, name unknown, a back shooter, considered a coward.
00:03:05Reputed to have been a cavalry soldier sometime in the past, but not to the personal knowledge of his Confederates.
00:03:10William Fane, younger of the Fane brothers, favors a shotgun, a greener, for its bloody killing effect at short range.
00:03:18James William Duffy, at age 14, killed his first man, who was an admirer of his prostitute mother.
00:03:24Dead shot with a rifle.
00:03:26William DeVries, young Billy, not quite 21.
00:03:31This raid was thought to have been his first outlaw act.
00:03:34Walt DeVries, his older brother by 20 years.
00:03:37He looks more like an Iowa farmer than a professional killer.
00:03:42John Goodfellow, maybe the worst of them.
00:03:45An indiscriminate killer, women, children, no consequence at all.
00:03:48Prefers to work close, favors a razor-edged machete.
00:03:53John Fane, sometimes peace officer and bounty hunter.
00:03:57Served with distinction during the Spanish-American War.
00:04:00Professional soldier thereafter, now between wars.
00:04:03Currently, banks, trains, killings, and responsible for organizing the infamous McCandles Raid.
00:04:24Morning, Pancho.
00:04:26Good morning.
00:04:32Good morning.
00:04:42Chow, you need to mail.
00:05:02Good morning, Chow.
00:05:32Good morning, Chow.
00:05:33Good morning, Chow.
00:06:01Time to get up, Mr. Jeff.
00:06:04Delilah, I'm naked.
00:06:06I seen you naked the day you was born and many times thereafter.
00:06:10Ride is coming.
00:06:19Is you getting up?
00:06:20Yes, ma'am.
00:06:34Grab his head. Grab his head.
00:06:36Hold him. Hold him.
00:06:41Chico!
00:06:45Chico!
00:06:47Chico!
00:06:49Hey! Hey!
00:06:50Come on!
00:06:54Now, I know you'd like to see Miss Stubby ride that bronc again,
00:06:57but go fetch me them eggs like I asked you to.
00:07:00Go ahead, now.
00:07:01Hurry up!
00:07:04Come on.
00:07:13Huh.
00:07:15Strange is coming.
00:07:34Mr. Jeff will be a little late.
00:07:36You make sure you have a half a dozen or so fresh eggs for him, Moses Brown.
00:07:39I've already done that, woman.
00:07:42Miss Martha.
00:07:43I'll take care of that boy.
00:07:47Yes, ma'am.
00:07:50This is ridiculous.
00:07:51Breakfast, Miss Martha, nice and hot.
00:07:53Thank you, Delilah.
00:07:54But it's hot.
00:07:56Just a minute, Delilah.
00:07:58Bert, this is 1909.
00:08:00There just can't be rustless.
00:08:02Can be, Miss McCandles.
00:08:04I'm 42 years old and I fought in the Lincoln County War.
00:08:07It's just not that long ago that...
00:08:10Why, it's just 15 years ago himself, Mr. McCandles hung...
00:08:15Your breakfast is getting cold, Miss Martha.
00:08:19There's some lovely flowers in the garden, Delilah.
00:08:21I wonder would you ask Maria to cut them for me?
00:08:25Yes, ma'am.
00:08:26You were saying, Bert?
00:08:28I'm just saying, Miss McCandles.
00:08:30We're close enough to that Mexican border to...
00:08:34Spit.
00:08:36Yes, ma'am.
00:08:37That close.
00:08:38And we're losing a lot of cattle.
00:08:41Let me think about it.
00:08:43All right, ma'am.
00:08:44Oh, Bert!
00:08:51There are some nice flowers in the garden.
00:08:54There are some men riding in.
00:08:56We could use some short help.
00:08:58If you like the look of them.
00:09:00Yes, ma'am.
00:09:24Whoa!
00:09:26Whoa!
00:09:28Whoa!
00:09:29Time again!
00:09:53Come on!
00:10:24Come on!
00:10:38A ranch sure is a deserted looking place during a roundup.
00:10:46Can I help you, men?
00:10:48We heard you was hiring.
00:10:50Was.
00:10:51But you're late.
00:10:54Too late?
00:10:56Right so.
00:11:01Now this place surely does bespeak of a great deal of money, don't it?
00:11:06Anything else I can do for you?
00:11:09Trouble with money, though, is that there's always somebody wants to take it away from you.
00:11:14I said, is there anything else I can do for you, mister?
00:11:17Still, that's the only problem with it.
00:11:20And ain't that the awful bloody truth?
00:11:24Ha ha!
00:11:26Billy, you stay close to me here. Real close.
00:11:36Help!
00:11:53Help!
00:12:10Run, little Jake, run!
00:12:13Miss McCandles, you want that kid alive?
00:12:17Don't you be a damn fool.
00:12:23Come on.
00:12:48Hey, sonny!
00:12:54Hey, trooper!
00:12:55Yeah!
00:13:19Hey, O'Brien!
00:13:20The boy!
00:13:23The boy!
00:13:54The boy!
00:14:05He means you.
00:14:06Breed!
00:14:10He's no good to us, Dad.
00:14:14I can wait.
00:14:18Fane, I don't like the name Breed.
00:14:21I'll try and remember that.
00:14:25Give me that! Come here!
00:14:51All right.
00:15:05Lay down! Come on! Let me down!
00:15:20Yeah!
00:15:22Yeah!
00:15:29Get the doctor, then find my son.
00:15:31And himself, your husband?
00:15:33I have no husband.
00:15:35Come on!
00:15:38Take him to my bed.
00:15:42Please, be careful with him.
00:15:50Come on.
00:16:21Oh, Mexico!
00:16:22There ain't nothin' they can do to us here.
00:16:24The Mexicans can.
00:16:36Jeffrey McCandles.
00:16:37I'm sorry.
00:16:38I'm sorry.
00:16:39I'm sorry.
00:16:40I'm sorry.
00:16:41I'm sorry.
00:16:42I'm sorry.
00:16:43I'm sorry.
00:16:44I'm sorry.
00:16:45I'm sorry.
00:16:46I'm sorry.
00:16:47I'm sorry.
00:16:48I'm sorry.
00:16:49Jeffrey McCandles, can you hear me?
00:16:54This fool doctor says you're going to die.
00:16:56But I say you are not.
00:17:05I taught you better manners than to make a liar out of your mother, Jeffrey McCandles.
00:17:15He's just sleeping, Martha.
00:17:16I know that.
00:17:19I know that.
00:17:29Delilah, there's a big red strong box in the attic.
00:17:33I want it.
00:17:35Yes.
00:17:50We are seeking permission from the Mexican government at the highest possible levels, Mr. McCandles.
00:17:55When we receive that permission, we are prepared to enter Mexico with howsoever many troops as are acceptable to the Mexican government.
00:18:03And to deliver the ransom, wherever and to whomever directed.
00:18:10I am told that there is one million dollars in the account.
00:18:15I am told that there is one million dollars in that box.
00:18:21Buck, what about you?
00:18:24Speaking for the Rangers or for myself?
00:18:27For yourself.
00:18:29I get ten of my best men with me.
00:18:31I'd like to go after the boy myself.
00:18:33If you say so, Martha, I'll take that box.
00:18:37I am grateful to you both.
00:18:40But I don't think this is a job for the Rangers, Buck.
00:18:43Nor for the Army, sir.
00:18:47It is, I think, going to be a very harsh and unpleasant kind of business.
00:18:53And will, I think, require an extremely harsh and unpleasant kind of man to see to it.
00:19:14No, sir.
00:19:17No, sir, I ain't.
00:19:19I haven't butted into anybody's business since I was 18 years old.
00:19:23At which time it almost got me killed.
00:19:26I ain't going to start that again.
00:19:29What's the matter?
00:19:35Oh, what do you have to go and do that for?
00:19:38Oh, what do you have to go and do that for?
00:19:42You got any last words, Scotsman?
00:19:45Aye.
00:19:46Give me my bonnet. My head's cold.
00:20:03All right, now, let's get on with the hanging.
00:20:09Howdy.
00:20:11Got you kind of surrounded, haven't they?
00:20:19This your business, mister?
00:20:21What, is he a murderer or a horse thief?
00:20:23He's a sheep farmer.
00:20:25Phew, that's where that horrible odor comes from.
00:20:30That's right.
00:20:32How about the boy? You going to hang him, too, or just beat him up some more?
00:20:37You shouldn't butt into something that's none of your business. You really shouldn't.
00:20:40I think you're right, friend.
00:20:42A man shouldn't butt into anything that ain't his own affair.
00:20:46Sheep farmer, you want to sell them sheep?
00:20:49Yes, sir.
00:20:53Well, let's see. I'll give you a hundred now and three hundred when I get them to market.
00:20:58That's highway robbery.
00:21:01Well, maybe you think you're going to get a better offer for them today.
00:21:05I'll take it.
00:21:06Yeah, with one proviso.
00:21:08What's that?
00:21:11I'll go with the sheep.
00:21:13Good.
00:21:15You're working for me.
00:21:17You go ahead.
00:21:19You go right ahead.
00:21:21If there's anything I enjoy more than hanging a sheep,
00:21:24it's hanging somebody who sticks his nose into my business.
00:21:27Go on.
00:21:29You try to cut that rope.
00:21:32No, you got me scared.
00:21:37You do it.
00:21:41Dog!
00:21:45Get him off! Get him off!
00:21:47Dog!
00:21:48Just who in the hell do you think you are?
00:21:51Jacob McCandles.
00:21:54Oh, I, uh...
00:21:57I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles.
00:22:00Not hardly.
00:22:02You gonna cut him down?
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:14Now his hands.
00:22:22Two hundred miles south.
00:22:24Bar M.C.
00:22:26Foreman's name's Gonzalez. Tell him I sent you.
00:22:29Take the boy with you.
00:22:31Thank you, sir. Come along, son.
00:22:37You follow him.
00:22:39I'll hunt you down and kill you.
00:22:41Every mother's son of you.
00:22:44Come on, Dog.
00:23:01Mr. McCandles!
00:23:06Hola, Chihuahua.
00:23:36All right.
00:24:03Here you are, Mr. McCandles.
00:24:05Thank you, Joe.
00:24:11Hank! She's in there, Mr. McCandles, waiting.
00:24:15What happened to your spurs?
00:24:17Oh, they don't work on these newfangled velocipedes.
00:24:21Oh.
00:24:23Well, see that they get my gear out of that car.
00:24:25Yes, sir.
00:24:36Martha?
00:24:41It's been a long time.
00:24:44It's good to see you again.
00:24:47You've changed, Jacob.
00:24:49Not you.
00:24:52You're as young and lovely as ever.
00:24:59I called you, Jacob, because I wanted to see you.
00:25:03I called you, Jacob, because your grandson has been kidnapped.
00:25:07You didn't know you had a grandson?
00:25:09You have, by your son Jeffrey.
00:25:11And Jeffrey has been badly wounded by the kidnappers.
00:25:13Well, he lived.
00:25:15This is the ransom note.
00:25:17The blood on it is Jeffrey's.
00:25:19Well, he lived.
00:25:20Yes. I will not contemplate otherwise.
00:25:33Do we have...
00:25:35Do you have a million dollars?
00:25:37Yes. And many times that.
00:25:39Hank!
00:25:41Yes, ma'am.
00:25:42Will you bring in the strongbox, please?
00:25:51Set it down here on the table.
00:25:53That's all.
00:25:55Yes, ma'am.
00:25:58That's all.
00:25:59Yes, ma'am.
00:26:09Is this the way you want it?
00:26:11Yes.
00:26:12They're very dangerous men.
00:26:14They've already killed ten people.
00:26:16Many of them you knew.
00:26:17Juan and his family.
00:26:19Tina and the little boy?
00:26:21Moses Brown.
00:26:23Oh, Moses.
00:26:25Well, he's a cook.
00:26:28Jacob.
00:26:29As I said, they're very dangerous and violent people.
00:26:32And I don't think we have any other choice than to give them what they've asked for.
00:26:36I agree.
00:26:38But you know that, pay or not,
00:26:40we run the risk of never seeing the boy again.
00:26:44I understand.
00:26:46Well, follow the map until met. That's easy.
00:26:50I'll need food for a week, water for ten days, three packhorses.
00:26:54A good meal.
00:26:55Waiting for you outside.
00:26:58Martha, you didn't have to think of my greeners.
00:27:01The double barrels.
00:27:17You brought Betsy.
00:27:19Pays to be careful.
00:27:21Well, now let's see if I've forgotten anything.
00:27:23Oh, I'll need a piece of clothing that the boy has worn recently.
00:27:31Is?
00:27:32Yes.
00:27:43Hank, who picked the mule?
00:27:44I did.
00:27:45Pack it.
00:27:46Yes, sir.
00:27:47Don't forget the rest of the gift.
00:27:48No, sir.
00:27:54Hello, Buck.
00:27:57Oh, you old horse thief.
00:27:59I thought you was dead for sure by now.
00:28:01That'll be the day.
00:28:03Think of taking a trip.
00:28:04Well, a million dollars is a lot of money, Jacob.
00:28:06I thought we might go with you.
00:28:07In those?
00:28:08They're faster than a horse.
00:28:10They'll go farther and last longer.
00:28:12It's 1909, Jacob.
00:28:14Meaning, in my ways, old-fashioned.
00:28:16Meaning, I'm offering my help if you'll have me.
00:28:18Well, thanks, Buck, but I'll go alone.
00:28:21Well, suit yourself, Jacob.
00:28:23What about me?
00:28:27James?
00:28:28Good morning, Daddy.
00:28:30It's been some time since I've seen you.
00:28:32Ten years, I think.
00:28:36Nine years and four months.
00:28:38But you're welcome to come along, son.
00:28:40I am moved by your faith in someone you haven't seen since he was 16 years old, Daddy.
00:28:48Daddy?
00:28:49Daddy?
00:28:50Daddy.
00:28:55Daddy.
00:28:59Well, son, since you haven't learned to respect your elders,
00:29:02it's time you learned to respect your betters.
00:29:20Hey, if you weren't my father...
00:29:23Go ahead. I give you leave.
00:29:30You're going with me.
00:29:31I hope you can use that hog leg better than you can fight.
00:29:35Does that suit you, Daddy?
00:29:40You can call me Father.
00:29:41You can call me Jacob.
00:29:43You can call me Jake.
00:29:44You can call me a dirty son of a bitch.
00:29:47But if you ever call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight.
00:30:05Makina?
00:30:06Sir?
00:30:08Tell Sam Sharp knows I want to see him.
00:30:10Tell him the same place as the last time and all he needs is his saddle.
00:30:15Get yourself a good horse.
00:30:19Oh, Tequina.
00:30:20Yes?
00:30:21Bring a horse back.
00:30:23Of course, sir.
00:30:28Where's your brother? He ought to be here with you.
00:30:31He'll be here.
00:30:44Come on.
00:30:51Watch out for that mule!
00:30:53Oh, no!
00:31:13I tried to tell you about them horses, Jacob.
00:31:16Now you take these here automobiles...
00:31:18Jacob, this is your son, Michael.
00:31:20Mother, good to see you again.
00:31:23He's a mite skittish, isn't he, Father?
00:31:31The little fella's still alive, Mother.
00:31:33Are you sure?
00:31:34I saw him.
00:31:35The kidnappers were in the Chilicote flatlands, 20 miles from Cuyamay Pass, five hours ago.
00:31:40Using the automobiles, I believe the Rangers can get to the pass long before the kidnappers and set a trap for them.
00:31:46You want a chance at, Mother?
00:31:48Buck?
00:31:50If that happens, I think they'll kill the boy sooner or later.
00:31:53I've got the best riflemen in Texas with me. That means in the world.
00:31:57With luck at, say, 200 yards, I think maybe we can kill every one of those animals...
00:32:00before they hear the shots that did it.
00:32:02I think it's worth a gamble.
00:32:05That's very daring.
00:32:07Yes.
00:32:08Yes, I'll chance it.
00:32:10What do you think, Jacob?
00:32:15Suit yourself, Martha.
00:32:21I was asking your opinion, Jacob.
00:32:24No.
00:32:25You made up your mind. You made your decision alone.
00:32:29You live it alone.
00:32:31I was wrong.
00:32:32You haven't changed, have you, Jacob McCandles?
00:32:36Not one bit.
00:32:40Do it!
00:32:45You still want me to take this box in?
00:32:48Yes.
00:32:49If they fail, it falls to you.
00:33:01You coming along?
00:33:03No. I'll go with them.
00:33:11Doc, let's go.
00:33:19Let's go.
00:33:49Let's go.
00:34:19Let's go.
00:34:49Let's go.
00:35:19Let's go.
00:35:50I hear him.
00:35:59Sam?
00:36:01Morning, Jacob.
00:36:11I dropped the saddle.
00:36:14There's no time to waste.
00:36:16Let's go.
00:36:19Here's your horse.
00:36:22Going hunting, Sam.
00:36:23Hunting for what?
00:36:24Men.
00:36:26I don't hunt Apaches.
00:36:29I don't hunt my own people. You remember that, Jacob.
00:36:32They kidnapped my grandson, Sam.
00:36:36I don't know what color they are.
00:36:38And I don't care.
00:36:44I have no gun.
00:36:47Close or far?
00:36:50Close. My eyes.
00:36:52No good.
00:37:00Me too.
00:37:49Let's go.
00:38:19Keep going.
00:38:39Keep going.
00:38:46Any sign of the kidnappers, son?
00:38:49Couldn't see anything moving for miles.
00:38:52Good. We must be ahead of them.
00:38:54There's a narrow pass at the end of the valley.
00:38:56I think it's a good place for us to trap them.
00:39:01I'm for it.
00:39:05Buck, not knowing where the kidnappers are, we can't chance that pass.
00:39:09They're young fools.
00:39:11And I'm an old one.
00:39:14But we're gonna get that boy.
00:39:19Let's go.
00:39:49We'll hide these machines up at the end of the canyon.
00:39:52This is a good place for the ambush.
00:40:20Jump!
00:40:34Police!
00:40:39Stop these damn things!
00:40:41Get out!
00:40:45Take cover!
00:40:50Take cover!
00:41:04Good place for an ambush, all right.
00:41:07And we're it.
00:41:20What happened to that crazy bicycle?
00:41:23I think he crossed into that canyon.
00:41:50Buck, let's get him out of here.
00:41:52Come on.
00:42:20Get out!
00:42:36Oh!
00:42:49They've had enough, John.
00:42:51They ain't gonna be able to follow us anymore.
00:42:54Let's sting them a little more.
00:42:56And they'll come through with the money.
00:43:14That crazy kid!
00:43:16Yeah, the horses!
00:43:17The horses!
00:43:19Everybody, get to them horses!
00:43:21Move it!
00:43:37Grab that kit!
00:43:47Stop! Let me down!
00:43:56Damn it, Pop.
00:43:58The next time I tell you to tie that kid up,
00:44:00don't be worried about hurting him.
00:44:17Get out of here, you!
00:44:47Woof!
00:44:49Woof!
00:45:03Buck.
00:45:17Buck.
00:45:40A boy?
00:45:42We don't know.
00:45:44My son, Michael?
00:45:47We don't know.
00:45:49There was an explosion southeast of here.
00:46:00Well, do you have any water?
00:46:04No.
00:46:06Well, I'll give you half of ours.
00:46:08As soon as I can, I'll telegraph that...
00:46:11you're walking in.
00:46:13Going south, there's gonna be some time
00:46:15before you get to a telegraph station.
00:46:17I'm gonna have to take one of your mounts,
00:46:19send for help. Some of my men are hurt bad.
00:46:21No, I'll need them.
00:46:23Anything else?
00:46:25No.
00:46:27No, you've been more than generous, Mr. McCandles.
00:46:32I think so, Buck.
00:46:34Fifteen years ago,
00:46:36I thought you were a good man.
00:46:38I should have killed you for risking my grandson's life.
00:46:41If I find him dead, I'll still kill you.
00:46:47You going along?
00:46:49Now, the last time I asked you that question,
00:46:52you said no,
00:46:54and you said it in a loud and clear voice.
00:46:56Now, I'm asking you a question.
00:46:58You coming along?
00:47:00You're damn right I am, Father.
00:47:06Throw a blanket on him.
00:47:08He'll die without a blanket.
00:47:10I'm not worried about your butt.
00:47:12It's his back.
00:47:16Come on.
00:47:31There's something down there. Is that it?
00:47:39That's it.
00:47:41Well, here, you take the mule down the long way.
00:47:44I don't want to lose him even by accident.
00:47:46You go with him.
00:47:48I'm going down there.
00:47:50You'll go where you're told.
00:47:58Do this, do that.
00:48:00I'll do as I damn well please.
00:48:02You do what your father tells you.
00:48:04Every time he tells you,
00:48:06you might come through this thing alive.
00:48:08Maybe even save the boy's life.
00:48:11Otherwise, you're going to get yourself killed.
00:48:14Don't matter to me,
00:48:16but you'll probably get him killed, too.
00:48:19That does.
00:48:38Let's go.
00:49:09Oh, Father.
00:49:11Am I glad to see you.
00:49:13You ain't dead?
00:49:15No.
00:49:17No broken bones?
00:49:19I don't think so.
00:49:21Take off your glasses.
00:49:23My what?
00:49:25Your goggles.
00:49:31That's for scaring me out of ten years of my life,
00:49:34which I can't spare.
00:49:36I had you.
00:49:38I had to be still.
00:49:40I didn't know who was moving around up there.
00:49:42You hurt?
00:49:44No.
00:49:51That's for risking my grandson's life.
00:49:54You do that again and I'll break every bone in your body.
00:49:57Father.
00:50:00The next time...
00:50:03Yeah?
00:50:05The next time,
00:50:06I won't take off my goggles.
00:50:21You all right?
00:50:24He was.
00:50:26For an old mule, he's got quite a kick, don't he?
00:50:29I think he was using brass knuckles.
00:50:32Better mount up before we lose him.
00:50:33I wonder what the hell he has in store for us next.
00:51:03You know, that's a dirty habit, if you ask me.
00:51:06Nobody asked you.
00:51:12Pa.
00:51:14Pa.
00:51:16Pa.
00:51:18Pa.
00:51:20Pa.
00:51:22Pa.
00:51:24Pa.
00:51:26Pa.
00:51:28Pa.
00:51:30Pa.
00:51:31Pa.
00:51:33Yeah?
00:51:35You need to wear glasses, do you?
00:51:38Just to see with.
00:51:40Pa.
00:51:45They say that Ma booted you out
00:51:47because you had a weakness for the ladies.
00:51:49Is that true?
00:51:52I mean, no offense,
00:51:54but I find that hard to believe.
00:51:58What do you find hard to believe?
00:52:00James.
00:52:02Cut it out.
00:52:04I mean, maybe before you got old,
00:52:06you was quite a lady...
00:52:11What's the matter with your leg?
00:52:13Nothing.
00:52:15You've been favoring it all day.
00:52:17What's the matter with it?
00:52:19I got hit by some buckshot, that's all.
00:52:21Take down your pants.
00:52:23Are you on the level?
00:52:25You gonna take down your pants
00:52:27or do I have to do it for you?
00:52:29You and who else?
00:52:31Dog.
00:52:36Boy, what a beautiful pattern.
00:52:38He must have been real close to you.
00:52:40Will you shut up?
00:52:42That's a deep one.
00:52:44Sam, you know what he did?
00:52:46Forgot the duck?
00:52:48He stuck his butt up.
00:52:50That's what he did.
00:52:52Boy, when you're in that kind of a gunfight,
00:52:54keep your butt down.
00:52:56That's a thing to remember.
00:52:57It's got enough sense of humor
00:52:59to shoot you there instead of in the head
00:53:01every time.
00:53:03How about a shot of whiskey?
00:53:05Yeah, where is it?
00:53:27That's it.
00:53:49Is that them?
00:53:51Yep.
00:53:53Maybe eight hours ahead of us.
00:53:55All of them?
00:53:57to cover their tracks that's for sure Sam I got a hunch we're being followed
00:54:02near or far well far I I feel it more than I know it I'll go see where'd you
00:54:11get those saddles
00:54:14found them
00:54:19all right you two grab yourself a saddle hurry it up wouldn't want to lose you
00:54:55three or four you see him no but I got close enough to hear him it's still a
00:55:00couple hours behind a couple hours you better cool off that horse Sam we'll
00:55:05take a break here
00:55:08give me a swig of that water feed of your horses first I'll take him
00:55:39what kind of a gun is that you got hanging around your belly Michael
00:55:43it's a Bergman 1911 1911 it's only 1909 pre-production model father we own some
00:55:51stock why is it so funny shape the shells let into a magazine father the
00:55:57magazine into the handle of the gun gas operator you see yes operated it shoots
00:56:03real fast well Michael can you shoot proficiently father well as many times
00:56:11as you can before this hits the ground like maybe once well Michael you were
00:56:19supposed to shoot with this it's a gun isn't it well yes of course well shoot
00:56:26it but father
00:56:36boy you need a keeper I wouldn't come out just yet Sam I want to offer my
00:56:42personal apologies you can get up now I'm not coming out not till you say I
00:56:47can shoot back he fired he's six shots ha stop interrupt
00:56:57put that thing away damn you if he busts up that box Michael you'll
00:57:09say you're used to the safety on this being dry you better help your father
00:57:13Oh father I proficient day
00:57:26now what was it you're trying to tell me that there were eight shots in that gun
00:57:42oh thanks give me a hand father there has been a misunderstanding when I said
00:57:49that I could shoot proficiently I meant with this by that yes sir make a target
00:57:58that tall tree there the edge of the small broken branch son that's over 400
00:58:04yards nearer five well if you can shoot that far quarter of a mile straight
00:58:11along the edge of my nose is a mountain buck shoot it I don't kill to make a
00:58:17point father Michael there's two reasons to kill survival and meat we need meat
00:58:27oh it's too late
00:58:37that's good shooting not bad father you want to try a shot scope set for 500
00:58:47yards son I couldn't see that far Sam give me a hand packing that mule Michael
00:58:57let me see that handgun it sure is something
00:59:17damn something wrong father yeah I can sleep cold eat raw meat even raw fish
00:59:34but come evening I sure miss my hot coffee open me up a can of them peaches
00:59:39hey what an improvement I'll bet you could almost get that fancy gun out of
00:59:46that fancy holster before some fast gentleman with an old-fashioned six gun
00:59:50blew a hole in you you know what I think a spring a spring at the bottom of the
00:59:57holster it might work sure spent a lot of time with this thing Michael do you
01:00:04really think that little Jake is still alive what did you call him he called him
01:00:08little Jake father mom insisted well I'll be damned you didn't know he was
01:00:14named after you did you know I didn't well I guess it's kind of hard to keep
01:00:19in touch I mean you run out on your family that way you never hear that at
01:00:23home you're short on ears and long on mouth
01:00:31well you ever learned to can it James well you sure are respectful of his
01:00:36feelings I'll say that for you me he was right
01:00:40yeah that's the trouble
01:00:51well thanks what's the boy like Michael he's like you and James pop like me and
01:01:01James still four or five of them yep but they haven't closed in yet they're
01:01:14being real quant how close maybe another hour there's one closer though right
01:01:21behind your head I don't know whether he's with them or not he sits his horse
01:01:27out there about 200 yards it waits he listens well what he wants I could kill
01:01:34him Jacob real easy in cold blood oh you're squeamish are you well between
01:01:43your brother's love of pretty toys and your high moral tone I hope you don't
01:01:47get killed before this thing's over we'll wait you won't have to he's coming
01:01:52in James come on
01:02:10hello the camp I come in come on in and welcome
01:02:22well I was open for a cup of coffee but you're running a cold camp here yep how
01:02:37about a peach no that hurts my teeth well I got hooked on these when I was a
01:02:43yonker could never get my fill hell mister you don't need that I'm not a
01:02:50damn fool I know you got three or four men out there watching me can I move my
01:02:55hand go ahead that's my bona fides well I hope that boy don't catch cold that
01:03:10would cause me great annoyance and displeasure mister that just scares the
01:03:15hell out of me I thought that you might be annoyed glad to hear that now did you
01:03:22come here to give me a message or just to pass the time of day from here you go
01:03:27to Escondera you wait there to hear from us you've been following us to maybe
01:03:32three days why did you wait so long I've been following you I've been waiting
01:03:39right here just like the map says oh hi that the money open her up I'd like to
01:03:53look at it help yourself just as soon as you bring in the boy who are you they
01:04:11say I work for the McCandles boy mean anything to you never laid eyes on him
01:04:16but I'm being paid to bring him back alive or you dead each and every one of
01:04:22you I'd rather bring the boy back that's easier but when it comes right down to
01:04:30it don't matter to me I'll earn my pay one way or the other now how about you
01:04:38are you the big chief or one of the little Indians well just a little Indian
01:04:43just a messenger boy well you've delivered the message that's all there's
01:04:48more I'm in here alone you've been followed like think you best stay right
01:04:54on your toes you'll be real tough real loose what you got in that box is too
01:05:00big to keep a secret and the thing is this you got to deliver that box to us
01:05:05you got to put it right in our hands you understand good intentions won't buy you
01:05:10nothing but that boy's corpse it's just as simple as that somebody takes that
01:05:16box away from you we won't be understanding we won't wait we won't try
01:05:21again I'll just send that boy's body back to you in a basket you understand
01:05:29mister I said do you understand me I understand
01:05:59Jacob what's the matter I make big mistake in that stand of trees there's
01:06:20two men they'll have heard where we're going kill him dog go with him
01:06:38bring in the horses and get that stuff packed
01:07:08well I'm getting older there were two men I killed one damn means they'll get
01:07:31us at Escondido for sure Escondido wherever I heard that name before boom
01:07:36town oil
01:07:39well I cuts it yeah must be a celebration
01:08:09I'll be loaded with strangers
01:08:39ain't this a little showy pa I mean that big red box and all the guns out I hate
01:08:55secrets never knew one to be kept they've all heard what's in that red box
01:09:01and they all want it what we're doing by this ostentious display is telling them
01:09:08they can't have it hell we may be saving some poor miscreant souls life by
01:09:15doing this maybe even our own
01:09:19well unpack the piggy bank and the rest of our gear hey Chamaco
01:09:25Kevin left the vials
01:09:38when they fiesta in this town they really fiesta what's the matter with you
01:09:49he's the one got away Jacob keep an eye on probably a lot more I'm gonna get me
01:10:13a big private room with a big soft bed one big room and one big bed for all of
01:10:18us no money doesn't grow on trees give us a room the dog is all right but we do
01:10:25not allow Indians he's with me no Indians ah they hold him back
01:10:33I'm getting old no I am no Indians sleep in the barn Lee Jacob McCandles that's
01:10:43right my apologies mr. McCandles I thought you was dead sir dead next man
01:10:49says that to me I'm gonna shoot so help me
01:11:13bring it up put it over there in the corner oh don't tell me it's that heavy
01:11:23it sure is I never knew money could weigh so much what time is it can't
01:11:30believe I got two sons who don't own a watch there are windows to throw it out
01:11:35we're near dark yeah five o'clock take a look at Babylon they're gonna have
01:11:45themselves a real party tonight I wish I could dance me a jig with a pretty lady
01:11:52why not oh because of the box yeah and the men who followed us in we're walking
01:12:00into trouble what do you do when cockroaches get in the woodwork Michael
01:12:05smoke them out that's right why not wait until they make a move because waiting
01:12:11is good for them and bad for us getting patient nervy careless maybe dead I've
01:12:17seen it besides you two children haven't had the experience for that sort of
01:12:22thing and I don't have the patience so we're gonna invite him here tonight now
01:12:27father I think that you think Michael your thinking's already cost us some
01:12:33lives I intend to hang on to mine your father got us this far cuz he knows what
01:12:38he's doing so for the next 24 hours why don't you both just keep your mouths
01:12:43shut and listen to him that's more words than I spoke since to know you gentlemen
01:12:49agreed all right Sam I want you to go down and take a look at the horses make
01:12:55yourself seen around the stables and tonight James you go out and have
01:12:59yourself a real good time when I leave this room Michael you'll be the sitting
01:13:05duck only you between them and that box they'll think it's gonna be like taking
01:13:11candy away from a baby tonight Sam there's gonna be a disturbance out on
01:13:15the street I want you to come over the roof and into the window you tell him
01:13:21not to shoot me not even by accident I heard him father you know what you're
01:13:27letting yourself in for there's a little eight-year-old boy somewhere out there
01:13:33scared lonely and probably wondering what's happened to his world we came
01:13:39here to find him and take him home alive if possible that's what I intend to do
01:13:47he's right about one thing he'll be all alone down there no sweat all right Sam
01:13:56you better pick up another shotgun a greener if possible now I'm gonna take
01:14:03myself a nap you wake me up nine o'clock for sure
01:14:07now you two young fools be careful tonight because if you get yourself
01:14:13killed your mother never let me hear the end of it
01:14:43I'm a go
01:15:02pardon me you were these oil drillers yep well could you tell me which one is
01:15:10the orneriest in your outfit oh that's easy mr. sweet that importantly
01:15:17filming right over there with the beard
01:15:20thank you mr. sweet yes may I
01:15:37you shouldn't have done that
01:15:43you were right
01:15:50you're a little overpassed aren't you you want some help no you better quit
01:16:07being unfriendly mister
01:16:10Sam's made it Paul well it's about time hold it minute friend I think there's
01:16:21been a mistake have you ever been to Nacogdoches
01:16:25Nacogdoches no strange pardon me
01:16:41but I ain't never been to Nacogdoches damn it mister I believe you
01:16:55you're next please sit down sir thank you say I was looking at do I rewrite
01:17:00oh yes sir genuine hot showers imported all the way from St. Louis the only one
01:17:07of its kind between Dallas and Mexico City huh I highly recommend it someday
01:17:13over there muchisimas gracias
01:17:25oh yeah how about it let's get out of here after we finish this dance yes ma'am
01:17:41take on the vodka
01:17:48make a lake take on then soda I can vodka tonsillada oh man I have one of
01:18:02these in every barbershop in the world pastante maestro be thrown a minute
01:18:09mister take your time mister man I smell as sweet as lilies in the valley
01:18:19right now I'm in no hurry friend you just take your time
01:18:23muchacha is it not me okay there's a canteen at the far edge of town named
01:18:34Sanchez you know it yes I know you go there and buy me a bottle of tequila
01:18:39but I can't even start you said where else mind you now they have a brand
01:18:43special for me now that's what I want you go fetch it well yes I'm finished
01:18:54you stay right where you are unless you want to hurry things take your choice no
01:19:02hurry don't worry at all but I could use those clothes over there
01:19:08getting a little cold you don't shut up and stay where you are a lot colder
01:19:15here protect yourself with this
01:19:45why don't you buy me a drink now I thought we was leaving
01:20:15no not at all hey you a fancy holster on yeah you you got my woman sorry that's
01:20:36my woman all right friend hey don't turn your back on me while I'm talking
01:20:47to you my apologies sir if I have a shut up yes sir
01:20:55well you sure don't row very easy Sonny you know something you are a coward
01:21:02yeah yeah you're a coward a live coward now let's hear you say it all right I'm
01:21:12a coward hey I think I finally said something around the boy sure did
01:21:33well friend that's it no hard feelings
01:21:49hell there ain't anybody hurt what's the matter shotgun blast broke the lock
01:22:15Jacob newspaper clippings I killed a man for newspaper clippings where's the money
01:22:25father where is it daddy you think I thought you think I stole up Michael tell
01:22:38the Indian to go for a walk over a walk Sam you sure Jacob sure take the dog with you go
01:22:46with him dog now what where's the money daddy you go to hell
01:23:16James now boys you know that's that's no way to treat your old daddy
01:23:46I come in now come on in
01:24:10well there ain't no money and never has been that's right never has been was your mother's
01:24:24decision and mine that we take the boy and not pay for him my mother's decision I don't believe
01:24:32you there were seven McCandles people killed one crippled your own brother shot maybe crippled
01:24:39maybe even dead and my grandson kidnapped I ain't gonna pay him for that neither's your mother
01:24:46thought I knew her not hardly can't be done pop they'll kill little Jake for sure not if we kill
01:24:54them first hey I Jacob just like new
01:25:20quiet dog
01:25:32are you snooping around for all right stupid I come to get you your horses are saddled out
01:25:46so let's go where to I'll take you there that's all you need to know something if you don't have
01:25:52the money or if I ain't back within 18 minutes from now or if somebody tries to follow us to
01:25:59the meeting place or tries to keep us from leaving after we get the money we'll kill that little boy
01:26:04well I ain't gonna give you the money till I get the little boy now are you gonna do it we'll have
01:26:11a rifle iron with a real fine sharpshooter behind one of them fancy new telescopic sight
01:26:18from the time you set eyes on him until one hour after we've a moose you won't know where our man
01:26:24is and we won't be able to tell him not to shoot even if we were so inclined something goes wrong
01:26:30that little boy's dead sure shoot well uh give us a couple of minutes to pull ourselves together
01:26:39well the front's being watched I'll be out and back myself
01:26:4418 minutes means they're close by James give me back my watch don't you ever return things
01:26:59you borrow full of pictures yeah Michael the sharpshooter is yours killing how
01:27:09well get lucky or better still pray that I get lucky and make him miss the first shot I'll give
01:27:15you about ten seconds to see his powder flare locate him and keep him from shooting again
01:27:22nothing to it
01:27:24well let's get where's the other one there's supposed to be for him he's dead we had to pay
01:27:44a price to keep that box for you and your friends I was told to bring in all of your or none of you
01:27:50so as we could keep an eye on you understand no loose ends well he's dead I want to see his body
01:28:07all right he's laid out with the rest of them done at the jailhouse jailhouse right over there
01:28:14yeah come on let's go see him we haven't got all night never mind any important
01:29:14you just getting a little nervous ain't you let's go
01:29:44Sam would you were a little later uh-huh pitchfork rain right now be in our favor
01:30:04lightning might help might hurt too
01:30:34hey what's that too late to do him any good
01:31:00there's another one inside he's dead to the night watchman hey you ain't looking too good
01:31:08sight of blood bother you or something only my own well this where everybody stops except you
01:31:16you take that box and along
01:31:19till we met at the other end
01:31:33well Sam they say that elk in Montana are big as Buffalo this year you gotta go hunt
01:31:45them when this is over I look forward to that I wish they were Buffalo yeah times change give me that mule
01:32:16James I see him
01:32:24dog
01:32:45so
01:33:01so
01:33:15so
01:33:46so
01:33:58good see you made it yeah we've had a full day
01:34:09oh yes he don't like anybody behind him neither do I
01:34:25all right that goes for you too fatty yeah where I can see it
01:34:39you must figure I'm a real dangerous man
01:34:44well come on down
01:34:54I told you to move fatty
01:35:01dog
01:35:08I wouldn't do that call your dog off dog
01:35:28now call off yours
01:35:41the box
01:35:58so
01:36:06open it up the boy
01:36:11well
01:36:27so
01:36:43open it up
01:36:47take that hood off like to see what I'm buying
01:36:58so
01:37:13I just saw something in your eyes I don't like I saw a foolish thought you understand me
01:37:22anything happens anything at all your fault my fault nobody's fault
01:37:26my little brother will blow that kid's head right off it's as simple as that no matter who
01:37:32else gets killed that boy dies a shotgun misses him it don't matter you already know about the
01:37:37rifle on him that won't be as messy as a shotgun at three feet but that boy will be just as dead
01:37:44you understand me
01:37:49say it I understand
01:37:51and now open it up
01:38:22so
01:38:30that's the stuff that dreams are made of
01:38:38what's a million dollars look like John
01:38:42so
01:38:46now you understand anything goes wrong anything at all your fault my fault nobody's fault
01:38:53it don't matter I'm gonna blow your head off it's as simple as that what do you say I can't hear
01:39:03no matter what else happens no matter who gets killed I'm gonna blow your head off
01:39:12something wrong John
01:39:21kill the boy
01:39:29oh
01:39:36come on little jake
01:39:48give me that shot
01:40:00oh
01:40:21well
01:40:26well
01:40:29he's dead
01:40:34I want a shotgun
01:40:43yeah
01:40:47put your finger there
01:40:48uh
01:40:59are you hurt no I'm scared
01:41:04so am I but don't let them know it
01:41:18so
01:41:27so
01:41:42jake yes sir
01:41:51you ever fire a gun no sir well use it if you have to yes sir now when I start firing
01:42:00you hightail it out there and find James yes sir
01:42:21uh
01:42:35ready yes sir go
01:42:45boys outside kill him
01:42:50so
01:43:07hear that they got the boy the hell they did that's my derringer
01:43:21James Uncle James
01:43:30Jake get out of here hide the stables that sound like a derringer
01:43:50so
01:44:02I wouldn't
01:44:05Ulster it
01:44:15raise your hands
01:44:16the other's broke that'll do just fine I'll turn around real slow
01:44:40I hear you killed two good men in a fair fight tonight
01:44:43two good men in a fair fight tonight is that right no three counting you prove it
01:45:14so
01:45:22so
01:45:39that sound like a boy screaming
01:45:43wonder how he's gonna get it with a bullet or a machete like the Indian did
01:45:52uh
01:46:01so
01:46:23oh
01:46:31so
01:46:40so
01:47:00I wouldn't
01:47:10oh
01:47:27you come close mister but no cigar
01:47:40so
01:47:44who are you Jacob McCandles
01:47:53I thought she was dead
01:47:57not hardly
01:47:58Michael that's the second time tonight you saved my life the first time I was a little slow you
01:48:13mean that it was nothing Jacob here took care of that didn't you yes sir sir yes sir are you my
01:48:22grandfather yes sir I sure am James dad sounds better let's go home
01:48:35good idea
01:49:05you