Kill the Messenger -SD
Kill the Messenger -SD
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00:09:00I'll bet you General Morgan and his sorry band of rebels wish they'd never crossed the Ohio.
00:09:05Yeah!
00:09:06Lord knows those sorry bastards would love to get back.
00:09:09He got away with a few stragglers, but we rounded up most of them, thanks to Lieutenant Hatcher's men.
00:09:14Speaking of Hatcher, where is that devil?
00:09:16I'm not sure, sir.
00:09:17Eh, no matter.
00:09:19We have just one more thing to do.
00:09:21Get drunk as a skunk.
00:09:23Yeah, whiskey's as scarce as hen's teeth, sir.
00:09:26All right, all right, pipe down. I know you boys deserve it, but first things first.
00:09:30I say we have a victory photograph taken to send back to the President.
00:09:35Where's Benjamin?
00:09:37Mr. Harris?
00:09:39Mr. Harris?
00:09:41Yes, sir?
00:09:43Gather up your things and set up over by my tent.
00:09:47Private, go help the photographer.
00:09:50Yes, sir.
00:09:56Do you know how to walk, Private?
00:09:59Am I in your way?
00:10:02Salute!
00:10:06Hatcher, get over here, you old dog!
00:10:13Good Lord, man, isn't that contraption ready yet?
00:10:17Just now, sir.
00:10:18Let's get the show on the road, Ben.
00:10:20Make your boss, Mr. Brady, proud.
00:10:31All done.
00:10:32Thank you, sir.
00:10:38Men, tonight you'll be delighted to hear that we are sparing the usual inedible heart attack.
00:10:47Some of the lovely ladies from Pomeroy come bearing homemade venison stew.
00:10:52And that's all they're bringing, so keep your grubby paws off them.
00:10:57Also, there are two other armies camped nearby, so you're going to see a lot of strange faces.
00:11:02But just remember, old Morgan himself is known to stroll into town disguised as a man in blue.
00:11:07So keep your wits about you.
00:11:09Dismissed!
00:11:18Private, excuse me.
00:11:20People don't pay me much never mind around here, but I did want to do this properly.
00:11:26My name is Benjamin.
00:11:28Daniel.
00:11:29Nice to meet you.
00:11:30So Benjamin, when do we get to see this?
00:11:33I'm just getting ready to develop it now, gentlemen.
00:11:35Up to it, Ben. This war's almost over.
00:11:37Yes, sir.
00:11:45Ah!
00:12:01Damn.
00:12:07Lieutenant.
00:12:08Yes, sir.
00:12:10Come on.
00:12:22Don't worry, Drake.
00:12:24I found him.
00:12:26I'm just waiting for an opening.
00:12:28Then all I have to do is hop on a boat and sail right back to Kentucky.
00:12:33You'll be okay.
00:12:37I hope so.
00:13:37Damn if the captain wasn't right.
00:13:44Yeah, didn't you say they caught them rebs down there going through our supply tent?
00:13:48Yeah, some nerve of them.
00:13:49Well, they thought they could get away with it, getting all gussied up in blue.
00:13:53That didn't work at all.
00:13:54You know yourself.
00:13:55You can smell a reb anytime, anywhere.
00:13:57That smells like your grits.
00:13:59You want to smell something powerful, you wait until you smell them rebs hanging from the trees in the morning sun.
00:14:04Who caught them anyway?
00:14:06That was Lieutenant Hatcher.
00:14:07You know, that man's got a nose.
00:14:09He can smell them varmints every time, anyplace.
00:14:11Well, I'll be damned.
00:14:37Oh, say, could you please give me a hand with this?
00:14:40Sure, sure.
00:14:42Thank you.
00:14:43Let me get the plates out.
00:14:45Courier just brought me this.
00:14:47Says here that some of the dispatches we've been finding on Morgan's spy message warns of the rebellion going forward.
00:14:54Courier just brought me this, says here that some of the dispatches we've been finding
00:15:14on Morgan's spies contain false information meant to mislead us, but that does not discount
00:15:21the value of you capturing them, Lieutenant.
00:15:24A spy is a spy no matter what they're carrying.
00:15:27Well, thank you, sir.
00:15:33You're unusually quiet tonight, Lieutenant.
00:15:35You feeling yourself?
00:15:36I'm fine, Captain.
00:15:37I just have a lot on my mind.
00:15:44First I take a solution of pyrogallic acid and I wash the whole plate in it and swish
00:15:51it around and then after a few seconds the image appears.
00:15:57You know, I still don't understand how an image can be pulled out of thin air and put
00:16:01on a piece of glass.
00:16:04You know, I used to carry around a picture of my ma, but I lost it somewhere.
00:16:10Where are you from?
00:16:13Kentucky.
00:16:15I'm glad I'm from here.
00:16:17Well, originally, but I moved my dear wife and I to New York so that I could get into
00:16:23the picture-taking business and work for Matthew Brady.
00:16:26Is she there now?
00:16:29Well, her name is Rachel.
00:16:35She was the smartest, prettiest woman I ever knew.
00:16:39We were at the first battle of Bull Run.
00:16:42We went out there with all the other picnickers and everyone to see the spectacle from atop
00:16:46the hill.
00:16:47There was a band, children played, and all the politicians were there to toast the supposed
00:16:53first victory of the Union Army.
00:16:55Rachel insisted that we leave, but I couldn't.
00:16:59I was hired to photograph the whole affair.
00:17:03She seemed to sense the danger.
00:17:05I was desperate trying to earn enough money because I wanted to buy her a proper wedding
00:17:09ring.
00:17:10What about that cheap piece of tin she wore around her finger?
00:17:13Well, it wasn't long until the merriment soon turned to horror.
00:17:17The rebs charged right at us.
00:17:19The people began to stampede off into the woods.
00:17:22Pitnick baskets were smashed, wine goblets were shattered.
00:17:26In the chaos, my dear wife hit her head on a rock.
00:17:31By the time I found her lying there in the ivy, she'd already breathed her last sweet
00:17:36breath.
00:17:38That's the last picture I ever took of her.
00:17:43It's all I've got to remember her by.
00:17:47I keep it with me always.
00:17:50Um, would you like to try putting some varnish on a plate?
00:17:56Sure.
00:17:57Um, oh, I must have left it in my other case.
00:18:04I'll be right back.
00:18:34Lieutenant Hatcher had that fellow moved!
00:19:04My brother Daniel's got it.
00:19:22Where is he?
00:19:23In camp someplace.
00:19:24Then why don't I have it?
00:19:25I'm sure he's got his reasons.
00:19:28Reasons.
00:19:29Tell me what he looks like.
00:19:32Short, blue eyes and reddish hair.
00:19:35Where the hell were you two in Kentucky?
00:19:38Your army moved.
00:19:39We couldn't help it.
00:19:41This whole thing's Morgan's fault.
00:19:43Conceited jackass.
00:19:44He's an exemplary soldier.
00:19:46Son of a bitch got the shit kicked out of him today.
00:19:48This is unacceptable that you gave the letter to your brother.
00:19:51I did what I had to do.
00:19:52The whole operation depended on this letter and I can't depend on either one of you two.
00:19:58I had gotten shot.
00:20:00I gave it to my brother to take to you.
00:20:03Don't worry yourself, Nun.
00:20:04My brother can be trusted.
00:20:05He's dedicated this out just like I am.
00:20:07My life's on the line and I don't appreciate complications.
00:20:11This whole thing better go smooth as a baby's ass or we'll both be swinging by our necks.
00:20:16What are you in this for?
00:20:17Money.
00:20:18Why else?
00:20:19You're a true patriot, sir.
00:20:21Don't judge me, you snake.
00:20:23This whole war's a sham and you know it.
00:20:26I'm taking care of myself.
00:20:33Good evening, Captain.
00:20:35Lieutenant, what the hell is going on here?
00:20:37I needed some quiet so I left the party.
00:20:40Well, I heard it all.
00:20:42I'm sorry, sir.
00:20:43I'm giving you one chance and one chance only to explain what you just said in that tent there.
00:20:49Captain, I assure you, you need not worry about me.
00:20:55I know how it must have sounded, but I'm no traitor.
00:20:59Go on.
00:21:00Earlier, I discovered that soldier in there is a spy.
00:21:04Instead of tossing him in the prison compound, I decided to trick him into believing that I was on his side.
00:21:10He claims he has knowledge of a very important Confederate letter.
00:21:14That's quite a tale, Lieutenant.
00:21:16It's true, Captain.
00:21:18Have I ever let you down?
00:21:21This is a very important matter.
00:21:23I can't afford to be ill-informed.
00:21:25Never keep me in the dark like this again.
00:21:28I'll take it from here.
00:21:30Captain, what do I get for my part?
00:21:34Your part.
00:21:36For bringing this to your attention.
00:21:38Good night's sleep, knowing you've served your country well.
00:21:41You and I both know my rank advancement is long overdue.
00:21:45You'll serve where you're needed and I need you here.
00:21:49I've tolerated your bull-headed incompetence long enough, old man.
00:21:54If you won't promote me, I'll take matters into my own hands.
00:22:07Who's there?
00:22:08Don't worry. It's me, Daniel.
00:22:12Come here. Now you listen to me.
00:22:15I got that letter, so help me God, I'll gut you like I just gutted a captain here.
00:22:25Captain!
00:22:26Help! Someone help!
00:22:45What happened?
00:22:46The captain's been stabbed.
00:22:48What's going on here?
00:22:50The captain's been murdered.
00:22:51Who found him first?
00:22:53Benjamin.
00:22:54Seize him!
00:22:55But sir, he doesn't even have a weapon.
00:22:57This is no time to question orders, lieutenant, while our captain lies drenched in his own blood.
00:23:02I'm assuming command.
00:23:04And I intend to use all my power to bring this murderer to justice.
00:23:08Take him away!
00:23:16I believe Mr. Harris is another gutless rebel spy trying to infiltrate our camp.
00:23:21My sources indicate he's not acting alone either.
00:23:24Therefore, I'm ordering a search for a small red-headed soldier.
00:23:28Bring him directly to me and do not search him.
00:23:34Do it now.
00:23:35Yes, sir.
00:23:46Gentlemen, there's a spy in camp. Let's capture him.
00:23:49Private, check the first tent. Corporal, with me.
00:23:55Where?
00:23:56Where?
00:23:57Nothing. Let's move.
00:23:59I swear, sir, I am not responsible for this murder.
00:24:04I am not responsible for this murder.
00:24:07I am not responsible for this murder.
00:24:10I am not responsible for this murder.
00:24:13I swear, sir, I am not responsible for this awful crime.
00:24:17I could never do anything like that.
00:24:21Circumstances change a man, Benjamin.
00:24:24With the proper motivation, any one of us is capable of amazing acts.
00:24:29Even terrible ones.
00:24:31Sir, the murderer is still out there.
00:24:34What did he do that upset you so much?
00:24:37He didn't do anything.
00:24:39You killed him for no reason?
00:24:41I didn't kill him, sir. I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:44I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:46I tell you, I'm innocent.
00:24:48Shut up!
00:24:55Lovely.
00:24:57Your wife?
00:25:01Is she good in bed?
00:25:04She's dead.
00:25:06Oh, then. In the morning, you'll both have something in common.
00:25:11Guard!
00:25:25Psst! Benjamin, it's Daniel.
00:25:28Daniel?
00:25:30What are you doing out there?
00:25:32I want to help you out. I know you're innocent.
00:25:35I saw the killer.
00:25:37Who is it?
00:25:38Lieutenant Hatcher.
00:25:40He knows I saw him, so he's gunning for me.
00:25:42I can't believe it.
00:25:43And no one's going to believe me either.
00:25:45So I've got to get you out of there so we can both make a run for it.
00:25:48Turn around.
00:25:55Hold on.
00:25:58Hey, fellas, it's Private Gibbons.
00:26:00Daniel, is that you?
00:26:01You guys can break loose.
00:26:02All you have to do is knock over this shoddy Yankee handiwork.
00:26:05There's only two guards over there.
00:26:07All you have to do is push really hard.
00:26:08I know you Southern boys can do it.
00:26:10One, two, three!
00:26:12Hey!
00:26:19Come on, Ben, let's go! Let's go!
00:26:32Oh.
00:26:37I was a dead man.
00:26:38You and me both.
00:26:40Thank you.
00:26:42Hey, uh, you got your wife's picture?
00:26:45Yeah, right here.
00:26:47Now, what are we going to do?
00:26:50I know a place, but I'm not quite sure how to get there.
00:26:54Do you know where it is?
00:26:55Nelsonville.
00:26:56I've been there. It's about a three-day journey from here.
00:26:59Good. Look, I need to let you in on something,
00:27:01but you've got to promise to keep quiet about it.
00:27:03Daniel, you can trust me.
00:27:06I'm delivering a letter for the Union,
00:27:08and Lieutenant Hatcher wants it awful bad.
00:27:10Bad enough that he killed the captain for it.
00:27:12What is it?
00:27:14I don't know, and I couldn't say if I did,
00:27:16but if you help me get it to a farmhouse,
00:27:18the country should be grateful, and you'd get your good name cleared.
00:27:21Well, I'm with you, Daniel, and I'll tell you,
00:27:23I can't wait to see that Hatcher hang for what he's done.
00:27:29Let's go.
00:27:53Look at that.
00:27:55Huh. I wonder where that came from.
00:27:58It looks like a lady's bonnet.
00:28:02Where'd it come from?
00:28:03I don't know.
00:28:05My wife had one that looked like that, though.
00:28:08Huh.
00:28:14Oh, it sure feels nice.
00:28:16You know, yesterday Lieutenant Allen let the Rebs
00:28:20bathe in the same river with the Yanks,
00:28:23and I was sitting there watching them swim in the water.
00:28:27They were all mixed up together.
00:28:29You know, I got to thinking,
00:28:31you really couldn't tell one side from the other.
00:28:37You must be baking in that coat.
00:28:39Yeah, it's pretty hot.
00:28:46It sure is beautiful out here.
00:28:58Get up.
00:29:07Let's keep heading north.
00:29:09You best be certain.
00:29:11Look, if we keep a course, we'll be all right.
00:29:13That little bastard better be on that farm.
00:29:16You mind your mouth when you're talking about my brother.
00:29:19I don't care about your brother.
00:29:21I don't care about you.
00:29:23I don't care about you.
00:29:25You mind your mouth when you're talking about my brother.
00:29:29I don't give a shit about either one of you two.
00:29:55Let's go.
00:30:26What the hell's he got ice skates for in the middle of summer?
00:30:30Must be a gift for her.
00:30:32And that hat we seen too.
00:30:35Must be one of Morgan's men.
00:30:37You know, those boys will steal anything they can get their hands on.
00:30:41What's he got in there?
00:30:43Uh, not much.
00:30:46Some powder.
00:30:48Some flint.
00:30:50Not much.
00:30:51Some powder.
00:30:53Some flint.
00:30:55Some jerky.
00:31:08Anything else?
00:31:10Um...
00:31:13A compass.
00:31:15Hey, my brother used to have a compass just like this.
00:31:18At least we'll know up and down.
00:31:20He might have something good on him.
00:31:24Ah!
00:31:26Shit!
00:31:34Damn little pecker!
00:31:40I don't know anything about snake bites.
00:31:42Oh, I wish Drake were here. He'd know for sure.
00:31:44Hey, you there!
00:31:46You're on my property.
00:31:48Get on off now.
00:31:50I'm sick of you bandits. Come on, get off!
00:31:52Don't you point that thing at me, boy.
00:31:54Sir, this man's been injured.
00:31:56You shouldn't be here.
00:31:58I can be anywhere I want. You color blind?
00:32:00Damn little shit.
00:32:02Get on off so I don't have to look at you no more.
00:32:04Come on, let's go.
00:32:06I ain't leaving Jessica as some damn negro says so.
00:32:12We don't have much choice.
00:32:14Come on, let's go.
00:32:16Come on.
00:32:18Daniel, come on.
00:32:24Let's get him over to my place.
00:32:26I got some herbs that'll help him out.
00:32:28I've been bit a few times out here myself,
00:32:30but none of these snakes is poisonous.
00:32:32Your boy's just in shock.
00:32:34My back ain't no good no more.
00:32:36You have to get him up yourself.
00:32:38Easy does it.
00:32:40Come on, boy.
00:32:42At least you can count yourself lucky
00:32:44than that fella down there.
00:32:46Come on.
00:33:12So, what's this farmer's connection?
00:33:14Liberty. Old Campbell's an avid supporter
00:33:16of Clement Vallandingham.
00:33:18Last I heard, Old Vallandingham was arrested
00:33:20and sent to rot in Tennessee.
00:33:22Not no more. He's up in Canada.
00:33:24He's got to run for governor of Ohio.
00:33:26Campbell's up there with him right now.
00:33:28Still trying to stick it to old Lincoln.
00:33:30Why the hell not?
00:33:32Who's minding the farm?
00:33:34His daughter, Caroline.
00:33:36She's been my contact for a while now.
00:33:45Boy, you sure got a lot of fine furniture in there.
00:33:48Where'd it all come from?
00:33:50Comes from right here.
00:33:52Well, you're mighty gifted.
00:33:54No, I'm just blessed. Name's Ethan.
00:33:56I'm Benjamin. The boy in there, he's Daniel.
00:33:58He your kin?
00:34:00Nah, I'm just helping him out.
00:34:02He saved my life.
00:34:04I see.
00:34:06Uh, I want to apologize to you
00:34:08for what he said back there.
00:34:10Don't say my sorries for me.
00:34:12I ain't sorry at all.
00:34:14You shouldn't be here.
00:34:16My brother always said
00:34:18never trust a darky.
00:34:20Believe me, I don't want you here neither.
00:34:22I got me enough trouble with the horse thieves
00:34:24without you two being around.
00:34:26Well, I'm sorry. We can go.
00:34:28No, don't worry about it.
00:34:30But just scoot in the morning.
00:34:32We're going right now.
00:34:34Go lie down and quiet yourself.
00:34:38Don't tell me what to do.
00:34:42You're not from around here, are you?
00:34:44No, not originally. No, sir.
00:34:46Alabama. And you?
00:34:48Well, I grew up around Cincinnati.
00:34:50Then we moved to New York.
00:34:52My family was blacksmiths.
00:34:54But I, I don't know, I wanted to look
00:34:56for something different to do with my hands
00:34:58and looked around and
00:35:00wound up in the picture-taking business.
00:35:02Well, a body's gotta be
00:35:04someplace, I suppose.
00:35:06And it's always the other place that looks better
00:35:08than the one you're in.
00:35:10I moved up north.
00:35:12Ain't made much of a living at it, though.
00:35:14Tell you, if it didn't have my hands,
00:35:16I'd have nothing.
00:35:18Some folks still think of me
00:35:20as dirt.
00:35:22Hatred don't know no borders.
00:35:24It don't know no north or south.
00:35:34Want a bite of this squirrel?
00:35:36I don't feel much like eating.
00:35:38Too damn hot near this fire.
00:35:40There's cutting to be done
00:35:42before that leg goes gangrene.
00:35:44Wound's already spitting out pieces of bullet
00:35:46the threads from your britches.
00:35:48Time for us to finish the job.
00:35:50You ain't coming near me with that knife.
00:35:54Eh, go to hell, then, for all I care.
00:35:58Just so you remember,
00:36:00you stay alive long enough to get me that letter.
00:36:02Don't worry.
00:36:04I'm Kentucky blood.
00:36:06We don't go to ground until the last drop of whiskey's
00:36:08left our lips.
00:36:10You'll get your money.
00:36:12Soon, you'll be in a hot bath in Louisville
00:36:14with a nickel whore licking you clean.
00:36:16Well, I best get what I deserve.
00:36:20There's not a god in heaven or in hell
00:36:22that you can hide behind.
00:36:30Boy, you sure know how to bring out
00:36:32the soul in a piece of wood.
00:36:34Keeps me occupied.
00:36:36Keeps me from remembering how bad things have worked out for me.
00:36:38Oh, they really put you
00:36:40through the works.
00:36:42I didn't have to worry about the chains
00:36:44or rip too much.
00:36:46My daddy was an old man feister.
00:36:48He lived on a plantation with my mother and her two sisters.
00:36:50Sort of an arrangement life.
00:36:52To some, there's not much
00:36:54difference between colors.
00:36:56But still, I was a slave boy.
00:36:58But I only had to tend the sheep.
00:37:00What you complaining about?
00:37:02Lord, it sounds like you were treated like a damned prince.
00:37:04A slave's a slave.
00:37:06Man's still a piece of property.
00:37:08That's what my daddy always used to preach.
00:37:10Your daddy sounds like a good man.
00:37:12He's a dead man.
00:37:14He was an abolitionist minister
00:37:16down in Kentucky.
00:37:18Stirred up a whole bunch of trouble.
00:37:20Got himself hanged.
00:37:22My mama killed two.
00:37:24Left me and my brothers as orphans.
00:37:26For that, I can never forgive him.
00:37:28That's why you hate us so much?
00:37:30When I was little,
00:37:32I used to side with my daddy all the time.
00:37:34But after all that happened,
00:37:36my brother Drake was all that
00:37:38I had left.
00:37:40He used to say that my daddy
00:37:42should not have made such a fuss.
00:37:44He said that my daddy should have minded his own
00:37:46damn business and left well enough alone.
00:37:48Drake's real smart, too.
00:37:50Went to West Point and everything.
00:37:52I know you've got
00:37:54a great deal of love for your brother, but
00:37:56you can't always be listening to what
00:37:58he has to say.
00:38:00What you talking about?
00:38:02You don't even know my brother, so why don't you just shut up?
00:38:04I don't know what you're
00:38:06talking about.
00:38:10I almost forgot.
00:38:12Remember when you told me you do pictures?
00:38:14Yeah.
00:38:16My daddy was keen on dogs. He even took pictures of them.
00:38:18Here's one
00:38:20of a Labrador in a Confederate uniform.
00:38:22Look at this.
00:38:24That's funny.
00:38:26You ever took pictures of dogs?
00:38:28I can't say that I have.
00:38:30Leave it to crack of dawn.
00:38:32Get some sleep.
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00:40:48Hurry, get the horse!
00:40:55Ethan, are you okay?
00:40:59Yeah, just go.
00:41:02Hurry up.
00:41:18Look what we've got here.
00:41:37You didn't teach us that at West Point.
00:41:41Makes my stomach turn.
00:41:43I learned the geometry of the cannon shot at Point.
00:41:46It was the war that taught me the calculations for getting the truth from a man.
00:41:53My brother must have taken the letter with him.
00:41:55Any money in there?
00:41:57Would you shut up about your damn money?
00:41:59Listen, Sonny.
00:42:01This army doesn't give a damn about the retirement of its command.
00:42:04It's every officer for himself.
00:42:06Look at you. Judas of the North.
00:42:08Selling yourself for a few pieces of gold.
00:42:10This war is about rights.
00:42:12Rights?
00:42:13This war is about power.
00:42:16You lose the Negroes, everything will go to hell down there.
00:42:20We ain't gonna lose.
00:42:21Not with that letter.
00:42:22Everything's gonna change.
00:42:24You'll see.
00:42:31Ben, stop!
00:42:32What? Why?
00:42:34We're going the wrong way.
00:42:35You have to turn around, Ben.
00:42:37Ben!
00:42:48Drake!
00:43:05What happened to you?
00:43:07I'm okay.
00:43:09Is Daniel here?
00:43:10No, I haven't seen him.
00:43:11He's got the letter.
00:43:13And you don't know where he is?
00:43:14I thought you did.
00:43:16Just let me think.
00:43:18Oh, you must be the Copperhead lieutenant.
00:43:20Captain.
00:43:22I'm no Copperhead, ma'am.
00:43:23In fact, it looks like I won't be seeing Copper anytime soon.
00:43:26What's going on here?
00:43:27He'll be here.
00:43:28This isn't what I agreed to.
00:43:29Me neither.
00:43:31We'll just have to sit tight.
00:43:33I don't want to sit tight!
00:43:35You made the arrangements with your friend.
00:43:38So blame him!
00:43:39No, he'll be dealt with.
00:43:41Soon enough.
00:43:48Who's the little girl?
00:43:51We better get you up inside the barn.
00:43:53I don't want anybody seeing you out here.
00:43:54Come on.
00:44:06I'm guessing about a few more hours.
00:44:08You really think Hatcher will be in the same place?
00:44:11I ain't sure.
00:44:13But I wouldn't be surprised.
00:44:16Could have tricked my brother into helping him.
00:44:18I thought your brother was such a clever fellow.
00:44:21He is.
00:44:23It's just that I've seen Hatcher in action.
00:44:27Telling sweet lies like maple syrup.
00:44:29What's your brother got to do with this, Daniel?
00:44:33Look, it don't matter.
00:44:35We've just got to be prepared.
00:44:41You know, I never even touched a gun until today.
00:44:46I never had a reason to.
00:44:50Good.
00:45:10Where's my coffee?
00:45:12In a moment, sir.
00:45:14You miserable bumpkins.
00:45:17You've really boxed this one up good.
00:45:19I beg your pardon?
00:45:21For two years I've been running messages with my friend without a single hitch.
00:45:24Then you people get involved, bang!
00:45:27The whole thing goes to hell.
00:45:29I'm sure that they're doing the best that they can.
00:45:31That's the problem.
00:45:33This is the best they're capable of.
00:45:49I got the horse hid.
00:45:51Good.
00:45:52So you think this is the place?
00:45:54Yep.
00:45:55Drake always used to talk about the big elm tree in front of the barn.
00:45:59Now, they don't know I've got company, so you better stay here.
00:46:03Okay.
00:46:04Hey, you think Hatcher might be in there?
00:46:08I don't see his horse, but I'll go in to make sure.
00:46:12Be careful.
00:46:23Honey, I'm so sorry.
00:46:25Don't be.
00:46:28At least I'm here.
00:46:30With you.
00:46:32And my family.
00:46:34I love you, Daddy.
00:47:04You Campbell?
00:47:29Yeah, I'm Caroline.
00:47:32Daniel?
00:47:38I'm so glad you're here.
00:47:39Drake's hurt bad.
00:47:40He's held up in a Yankee camp.
00:47:41No, he's not.
00:47:43He's right upstairs.
00:47:45He is?
00:47:46No, wait!
00:47:47Drake!
00:47:48Wait, Daniel!
00:47:49Drake!
00:47:51Brother!
00:47:54You made it!
00:47:55Yeah, I did.
00:47:56How'd you get here?
00:47:58Me.
00:48:09Get in there!
00:48:11Hand it over.
00:48:14I ain't giving you nothing.
00:48:16Daniel, just give him the letter so that we can be rid of him.
00:48:19You don't understand.
00:48:21You better listen to her.
00:48:22No!
00:48:23Daniel!
00:48:24Shut up.
00:48:26Give me the letter, or you're dead.
00:48:28Just like the Captain, huh?
00:48:30What are you talking about?
00:48:32I saw him trying to turn the letter over to North just to get promoted.
00:48:36And then the Captain refused and killed him.
00:48:38He doesn't give a shit about the South.
00:48:40Just himself.
00:48:42Are you finished yet?
00:48:44My friend's expecting his letter.
00:48:46Damn you!
00:48:47And damn your friend!
00:48:49I'll make it simple for you.
00:48:51Give me the letter, or your brother dies.
00:48:55Daniel, if he wants the money that badly, he'll deliver it, friend or not.
00:48:59We ain't got any choice in the matter now.
00:49:10Good boy.
00:49:21No!
00:49:39Get the horse, hurry!
00:49:41I can't.
00:49:42She's gone, Daniel.
00:49:49How could you do that?
00:49:51You had one simple job to do.
00:49:52One job.
00:49:53And you couldn't do that.
00:49:54And now he's dead.
00:49:56Who?
00:49:57Who's dead?
00:49:58My brother, Drake.
00:50:00He's dead.
00:50:20Oh, my God.
00:50:36Annabelle's asleep now.
00:50:41I don't have any nightmares.
00:50:49Daniel, we're your family now.
00:50:56Drake was Annabelle's daddy.
00:50:58He didn't know until today.
00:51:01It's been some years since I've seen him.
00:51:06I knew that there was gonna be a war.
00:51:10And I knew that he was gonna be such good use to the South.
00:51:16He wouldn't have wanted to go if he would have known.
00:51:21Ann, did you say the South?
00:51:26Yes, sir.
00:51:30Daniel, what is all this?
00:51:33What have you gotten me into?
00:51:37That letter...
00:51:39That letter wasn't for the North.
00:51:41You lied to me.
00:51:43I had to.
00:51:44You've been using me all along.
00:51:46I did what I had to.
00:51:48Had to?
00:51:49I trusted you.
00:51:51You would have been dead if it wasn't for me.
00:51:53Did you forget that?
00:51:54At least I would have died with some dignity.
00:51:57Now look at me.
00:51:58I'm being charged as a traitor.
00:52:01And I find I've been aiding and abetting the enemy all along.
00:52:05So that's what you think?
00:52:07We're enemies?
00:52:08Yes!
00:52:10Aren't we?
00:52:13Do you know what it's like to have Lincoln, the great emancipator, tell you your way of life is wrong?
00:52:21We need slaves to run our plantations and our slaves need us.
00:52:24Is that how you really feel or is that your brother still talking?
00:52:28My brother is dead.
00:52:31You remember that negro, Ethan.
00:52:35He saved your life.
00:52:37He didn't need you.
00:52:38You needed him.
00:52:39That ain't the point.
00:52:41I promised my brother that I would...
00:52:43You fulfilled that promise.
00:52:45It's time for you to grow up and be your own man.
00:52:47I am!
00:52:52Daniel, it's not about your brother and secret messages and politics anymore.
00:53:02Right now.
00:53:06All I know is that Hatcher is a son of a bitch.
00:53:10And I'm going to kill him.
00:53:14I want my face to be the last he ever sees.
00:53:25You say your company is chasing Morgan's men.
00:53:28Well, General and his boys just rode through here this morning and we just missed them.
00:53:36I got separated from the others when I was scouting for a way to cut him off.
00:53:41According to our reports, they got him pinched.
00:53:43Well, we've got you a cot.
00:53:45There's a little deer meat and some beans if you need it.
00:53:48Thanks, Major.
00:53:50But I'll be staying at the hotel.
00:53:52Very well, Sergeant.
00:54:11I've never admired another soul on this earth as much as I did my brother, Drake.
00:54:17When we was boys, we used to run around in my mama's garden and pelt each other with crab apples.
00:54:23And this one time, he walled me real good and clean knocked me out.
00:54:28But he still carried me home, even though he knew he'd get a whooping from our daddy.
00:54:34I wish that was the only worrying we ever had to do, Lord.
00:54:38Amen.
00:54:47I'll come back. I promise.
00:54:50I guess I'm your family now.
00:54:52Thank you.
00:54:58Need a hand?
00:55:26No.
00:55:38Now we need to take it easy.
00:55:40He could be anywhere if he hasn't left yet.
00:55:42The sooner we find that barber Caroline mentioned, the better.
00:55:45Yates, right?
00:55:47Maybe that's what she said.
00:55:57Looks like you've seen some action.
00:55:59More like a distraction.
00:56:01You mind telling me about it?
00:56:03I trusted the wrong people.
00:56:10Can I help you, fellas?
00:56:12Joseph Yates?
00:56:13That's me.
00:56:14Caroline sent us.
00:56:16Oh, really?
00:56:18And who is the dear?
00:56:20She said you could help us.
00:56:22Wow.
00:56:24I'm Drake's brother.
00:56:26Oh, sure. What you need?
00:56:28Revenge.
00:56:32That friend I'm going to visit, I've known him for a few years.
00:56:36I met him at the hanging of that abolitionist rabble rouser, John Brown.
00:56:41My friend joined the army just to see him die.
00:56:45It's pretty morbid.
00:56:48He's a strange duck, all right.
00:56:50But then, most of those theater types are.
00:56:53What's his name?
00:56:56It's none of your concern.
00:56:59Where's your post office?
00:57:03Well, I removed a slug from a Yankee fella just last night.
00:57:06A big man.
00:57:08Hatcher.
00:57:09Yeah?
00:57:10Where's he now?
00:57:11A hotel, I reckon.
00:57:12He didn't like the sound of an army cod.
00:57:14Do you think he's left yet?
00:57:15No, I don't think so, or I haven't seen him.
00:57:17I've been looking out my window all morning.
00:57:19Son of a bitch.
00:57:21Now, hold on just a minute.
00:57:22We can't go running out there without some sort of plan.
00:57:29Good morning, sir.
00:57:31My name's Captain Derek Hatcher, and I'm staying at the inn.
00:57:34If I receive any messages, contact me immediately.
00:57:37Yes, sir.
00:57:39Will this do you?
00:57:42Perfect.
00:57:45What's wrong?
00:57:47Well, I'm just sorry it had to all come to this.
00:57:49Hey, he's coming back out.
00:57:55Marion Holstead.
00:57:57She likes to get friendly with the soldiers.
00:58:01Yankee whore.
00:58:05Damn, they're going off together.
00:58:08I'd say that's to your advantage.
00:58:09How do you figure?
00:58:11We're heading for the hotel.
00:58:13Now, this will be your chance to catch him with his pants down.
00:58:18Perfect.
00:58:22You remind me of a girl I once knew in Virginia.
00:58:25Really? Just as pretty?
00:58:27Every bit.
00:58:28The old Johnny Skelter.
00:58:38Wish I had my knife.
00:58:39I'd sink it into his fat throat.
00:58:41You need to keep your head.
00:58:43If you get that letter, give it to me first.
00:58:44That's not why I'm helping you.
00:58:46You gotta, in case he gets away.
00:58:50Quite a sight that was.
00:58:52Nothing but a red tangle of hair and flesh.
00:58:55Ew. He cut off all the hair on her head?
00:58:58He had a whole bag full of scalps.
00:59:00We sold them together.
00:59:02All to this sack of Yankee hair.
00:59:04That's repulsive.
00:59:06Made him into fine wigs and sold him throughout the union.
00:59:09Nobody ever knew the difference.
00:59:12I'm not gonna swing from a tree for this.
00:59:14You won't.
00:59:15Can't we at least wait? It's broad daylight.
00:59:17There's no time.
00:59:36I feel better than I was.
00:59:56What's wrong?
01:00:05Get out, boys.
01:00:06Let go of me!
01:00:07Shut up!
01:00:13Get the letter.
01:00:20Got it.
01:00:22Now go downstairs.
01:00:23Make sure no one's coming.
01:00:28Wait a second.
01:00:30You wouldn't hurt a man, would you?
01:00:53Go away.
01:01:12I just got a bunch of red apples from my mom.
01:01:14Sure is nice of her to go to all the trouble.
01:01:17Thomas, it ain't like we're on the front lines or nothing.
01:01:20Your mama only lives five miles away.
01:01:22I bet you boys are just starving.
01:01:24Not for them road apples.
01:01:26Hey, he's got a problem with his mama's produce.
01:01:28Look, why don't you boys just carry on?
01:01:30I bet he thinks your mama's apples are just chock full of worms.
01:01:33You call my mama's apples rotten?
01:01:35He didn't say that.
01:01:38I wouldn't eat none of your shitty Yankee apples if my life depended on it.
01:01:42Since he don't like apples, maybe he'd like a taste of some Yankee leather.
01:01:45Captain Hatcher says you're too murderin' Johnny Spies.
01:01:48How about a little rope?
01:01:50Get him up there.
01:01:51Hey, leave him alone now.
01:01:52Come on, boys.
01:01:53He didn't mean nothing bad.
01:01:54Let him down.
01:01:55Come on.
01:01:56Let him go.
01:01:57Get him up there.
01:01:58They're killing us in here.
01:01:59Dammit, shut up.
01:02:00Ain't nobody gonna kill for a life.
01:02:01Hey, help us out of here.
01:02:02They're killing us.
01:02:03Dammit, shut up.
01:02:04I'll hold your tongue.
01:02:12You pathetic apes.
01:02:14Get him down from there.
01:02:18Go.
01:02:23Leave him here.
01:02:28Get out of here.
01:02:34Sit down.
01:02:37Or I'll make you.
01:02:45Where is it?
01:02:47I don't know what you're talking about.
01:02:50Where is it?
01:02:53I don't have it.
01:02:54Bullshit.
01:02:55You searched us yourself.
01:02:56Yeah, you probably hid it somewhere.
01:02:58I ain't even seen it.
01:03:00I'm the only man that can save your life, Benjamin.
01:03:07Where's your brother when I need him?
01:03:09I'll kill you, you piece of shit.
01:03:11You hear me?
01:03:12I'll kill you.
01:03:16Is it really worth losing your life over this?
01:03:19You don't owe that kid a thing.
01:03:21I don't owe you nothing either.
01:03:26I'm not gonna ask you again.
01:03:30Go to hell.
01:03:34You're gonna be in slow pain before you leave this world, boy.
01:03:39Hey, leave him alone.
01:03:40He don't know nothing.
01:03:42Matter of fact.
01:03:43I have it.
01:03:48Where is it?
01:03:49It's in my inside best pocket.
01:03:56Hell, that's nothing but a picture.
01:03:58On the other side, underneath.
01:04:06Sir?
01:04:07What is it?
01:04:08Major Pierce would like to see you right away.
01:04:10Fine.
01:04:12Lock him up.
01:04:28What were you doing with my prisoners?
01:04:30With all due respect, those are my prisoners.
01:04:33This is my jurisdiction.
01:04:34You have no right to order my soldiers around.
01:04:37Do you understand me?
01:04:38The situation is under control.
01:04:41Is it?
01:04:44Well, then maybe you can explain why this telegram was addressed to you.
01:04:48We're in a state of war, so I have all telegrams relayed to me, just as a precaution.
01:04:54That telegram is my business.
01:04:56Well, now it's my business.
01:04:57This is a secret code written by General Morgan.
01:05:00Explain to me why the General is sending you love letters.
01:05:19Why didn't you give it to me?
01:05:21I knew he would find it.
01:05:23You should have told me at least.
01:05:25I didn't want you to have it.
01:05:27What?
01:05:29I was going to destroy it.
01:05:30After all this?
01:05:31Look, we both want Hatcher dead, but I wasn't going to let that letter get through.
01:05:37I've got to protect my country's interests.
01:05:39Then why didn't you give it to him?
01:05:43Because he was going to kill you.
01:05:46So you'll sell out your country to save an enemy spy?
01:05:50I couldn't let him do that to you.
01:05:52Well, now he's still alive and he's got the letter.
01:05:54He wins all the way around.
01:05:56Your message got through, and that's what your brother would have wanted.
01:05:59He'd want me to do it.
01:06:01What does it matter to the South?
01:06:03It don't.
01:06:05But it matters to me.
01:06:07Well, we've got bigger problems right now.
01:06:10We're both going to hang in the morning.
01:06:13I suppose it doesn't matter quite so much to me anymore, but to you.
01:06:18You've got a woman and that little girl to take care of.
01:06:23I know.
01:06:25What is this?
01:06:26Stop that.
01:06:27I said what is this?
01:06:28I said stop that.
01:06:29Excuse me.
01:06:30Give me that, you little...
01:06:37You're finished.
01:06:54You're a disgrace to the uniform.
01:06:57Sir, the traitor's escaped.
01:07:00Hold him here.
01:07:05Go, go, go!
01:07:12Turn around.
01:07:24Go, go, go!
01:07:34Turn around!
01:07:53Take it. Go, go. I'm okay.
01:08:12Get down, get down.
01:08:14It's Hatcher.
01:08:16Where's he going?
01:08:17I don't know, but we have to follow him.
01:08:23Come on.
01:08:42Damn it.
01:08:44Let's go.
01:08:53Let's go.
01:09:13Come on.
01:09:15I've got to rest, Daniel. I'm tired.
01:09:18But we're so close.
01:09:21Okay.
01:09:28To be or not to be, that is the question.
01:09:32Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
01:09:39But alas, poor Hatcher.
01:09:41I knew you well.
01:09:43But what is this?
01:09:44Your countenance is one of discontent.
01:09:48Evening, Booth.
01:09:54No! Where is he?
01:09:57There's a playhouse over there.
01:10:00Ah, Lieutenant Hatcher. It's been too long, old friend.
01:10:03It's Captain Hatcher, Booth. I've climbed up in the world.
01:10:07We haven't spoken since 61. Is that not right?
01:10:10Back when I helped you smuggle quinine in horse collars.
01:10:13We've come a long way since then, old friend.
01:10:15We've gone from trying to save the lives of men to saving the life of the South itself.
01:10:22Join me in a glass of whiskey.
01:10:24I'm not in a drinking mood.
01:10:26What kind of mood are you in?
01:10:28A negotiating mood.
01:10:30I've got a piece of fool's cap that's worth a thousand dollars.
01:10:48Ah, there's the man I used to know.
01:10:51Nothing changes. Always to the point.
01:10:54However, it was five hundred dollars we agreed on.
01:10:58There were unforeseen circumstances. Unexpected costs.
01:11:02Much blood was spilled. Some of which was my own.
01:11:07But we had a contract, sir.
01:11:09After all, it's for the cause. The liberation of the South from that tyrant, Lincoln.
01:11:15I don't give a damn about the North or the South, Booth.
01:11:19To me, those words are as useless as a busted tin compass.
01:11:23Are you not a patriot?
01:11:25Patriotism?
01:11:26Is that going to put food on your table when you're old and feeble?
01:11:30Dining on weeds?
01:11:32Spitting out your last split tooth?
01:11:34I've risked a magnificent career in the theater to devote myself to our plans.
01:11:39And I've risked my neck.
01:11:41So give me my money so I may go.
01:11:44Very well, friend.
01:11:47But a letter of credit will have to do.
01:11:50Your letters of credit? Your politics? They don't mean a thing to me.
01:11:54You have $1,000 with me.
01:11:56I can give you $500 now, and the rest will be sent to you. You have my word.
01:12:00Well then, I'm sure the North will be happy to see what I have
01:12:04and find out who it was intended for.
01:12:07One of us will be wearing the hangman's cap to the gallows because of this.
01:12:12Those gallows won't be a prop on a theater stage.
01:12:15I implore you, sir, to reconsider your position.
01:12:19Do I have to speak in iambic pentameter so you can understand?
01:12:23You are a cur, sir.
01:12:26So you would see the darky overrun our country.
01:12:30You would see Lincoln ruling as Caesar.
01:12:33He guarantees he doth bestride the world as Colossus.
01:12:38Look at my hand.
01:12:40When I was young, a gypsy woman read my palms.
01:12:44She said I was destined for greatness, that I would turn the tides of the world.
01:12:50She also said that I was doomed for an early death.
01:12:54But so be it!
01:12:56If I must, I shall play Brutus.
01:13:01What do you think's going to happen when this war is over?
01:13:04Do you think the South is going to applaud you,
01:13:07throw posies at your feet, watch you take a thousand bows?
01:13:12I had to kill a kid's brother for this piece of paper.
01:13:16And by God, I'm going to make it worth the blood on my hands.
01:13:20So, you killed the messenger as planned?
01:13:24Yes.
01:13:26Good.
01:13:28We needed a martyr for the Copperheads to rally around.
01:13:32It's unfortunate that Drake had to die for the cause.
01:13:35But he shall be remembered as a loyal patriot always.
01:13:39The South shall be victorious.
01:13:42He was no greater loss than losing the village idiot to a cliff.
01:13:46Catch him!
01:13:52Drop the gun, giant, or die!
01:13:58Now come up here!
01:14:06Who are you?
01:14:09I'm the brother of a dead patriot.
01:14:13You fool! You were followed!
01:14:15I thought he was dead.
01:14:17Hatcher, you are useless!
01:14:19Give me the letter, now!
01:14:21Now!
01:14:29Can I at least have the 500 we agreed on?
01:14:33Not so greedy now, are we?
01:14:36All right.
01:14:39If it'll get you out of my sight.
01:14:47Wait!
01:14:49I want to make sure I got what I paid for.
01:14:55What is this?
01:14:57This is nothing but a maudlin love letter.
01:15:00It's supposed to be a passage from Henry V with the time and dates
01:15:04of the southern gun shipment to Indianapolis.
01:15:07I can't rally copperheads with this!
01:15:10It was the letter I was given.
01:15:12My dearest Benjamin, I long to feel your touch, to see your eyes.
01:15:16To hear the sound of her voice.
01:15:19Who in God's name are you?
01:15:21I'm the one that's going to destroy your precious letter.
01:15:25Give it to me, if I swear to you.
01:15:32Don't move!
01:15:34It's too late.
01:15:35No!
01:15:40I hope you enjoy hell.
01:16:05No!
01:16:35No!
01:17:06No!
01:17:19Benjamin!
01:17:23Hatcher?
01:17:25Is he dead?
01:17:27Yeah.
01:17:30Good.
01:17:36I will see you soon, my sweet angel.
01:17:40Love to thee, Benjamin.
01:17:47So where's the real letter?
01:17:59He destroyed it himself.
01:18:03Daniel, you've got a chance for a new beginning.
01:18:08Take it.
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