Rancho Notorious (1952) Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer | Hollywood Classics movie
After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
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00:00:00Oh, listen, listen well, listen to the legend of Chuck-A-Luck, Chuck-A-Luck, listen to the
00:00:28song of the gambler's wheel, a souvenir from a bygone year, spinning a tale of the old
00:00:39frontier and a man of steel, and the passion that drove him on and on and on.
00:00:52It began, they say, one summer day, when the sun was blazing down, t'was back in the early
00:01:06seventies in a little Wyoming town.
00:01:16So listen to the legend of Chuck-A-Luck, Chuck-A-Luck, listen to the wheel of fate, and
00:01:22it goes round and round with a whisper of sound, it spins, it spins, the old, old story
00:01:30of hate, murder, and revenge.
00:01:52There's nothing better than that to make a man feel agreeable.
00:01:55Especially in the middle of the day.
00:01:58Why'd you come in town?
00:01:59Kiss you.
00:02:00You oughtn't be away.
00:02:01The last cafe I had an iron on, he told me I could come.
00:02:05Burns.
00:02:06What?
00:02:07When we get married.
00:02:08Eight days.
00:02:12And when we get the ranch.
00:02:14Eight years.
00:02:16I found a name for it.
00:02:18Yeah?
00:02:19What is it?
00:02:20Lost Cloud Ranch.
00:02:22Pretty?
00:02:23Pretty as you.
00:02:25Oh, Burns.
00:02:27Came from Paris in France, the man said.
00:02:30Oh, it's beautiful for evening.
00:02:33Fine for stargazing.
00:02:36Hey, Beck, where's everybody?
00:02:38I was out in the back and the folks showed up coming, Tommy, and I couldn't make it right,
00:02:43Len.
00:02:44And they left.
00:02:45Everybody's gone.
00:02:46I got nothing to do.
00:02:48Well, do it outside, then.
00:02:50Go on, get out of here.
00:02:51Woof, woof, woof.
00:02:55Say, where is everybody?
00:02:56I rode through town.
00:02:57It's deserted.
00:02:58Didn't you hear?
00:02:59The Burden's over in Shady Range.
00:03:00They had triplets last night.
00:03:01Just about the whole town went over to see them.
00:03:03I told Dad to go on and I'd keep the store.
00:03:05Kids, we ought to have a lot of them.
00:03:08Yes.
00:03:09One every August.
00:03:17See you tonight.
00:03:46You wait outside.
00:04:02Hey, mister, can I hold your horse?
00:04:10Go on, get away from here.
00:04:12Hold on.
00:04:17Is there anything you'd like to see?
00:04:21Yeah.
00:04:23I want to see what's in the assailant's safe.
00:04:29Both of them.
00:04:31One over there, too.
00:04:35Yes.
00:04:36Yes, all right.
00:05:00Hey!
00:05:22Hey!
00:05:31Hey!
00:05:41Hey!
00:05:51Hey!
00:06:02Burn it!
00:06:18Vern, I saw him.
00:06:19He comes tearing out the store.
00:06:21Then the other one fired at me.
00:06:23He shot at me, Vern.
00:06:24Fellow with long white hair, clear down to here.
00:06:26What?
00:06:27The one that stayed outside.
00:06:47No.
00:06:50Vern, I don't know how to tell you this,
00:06:53but she wasn't spared anything.
00:07:01Sammy, give me a gun.
00:07:29It's empty.
00:07:30Just a girl in a store.
00:07:32Sure looked like an easy deal.
00:07:34Could have been if you wouldn't chase petticoats so much.
00:07:37It's none of your business.
00:07:39It is this time.
00:07:40The whole town will be after us.
00:07:41You made sure of that.
00:07:42Well, let's move then.
00:07:43We're in this together.
00:07:44Let's split it now.
00:07:45I'll take my chances alone from here on.
00:07:47Let's split it and suck a look and not be caught.
00:08:10Tracks lead right on south, Sheriff.
00:08:13That's Sioux country below here.
00:08:14Well, what of it?
00:08:15Let's go.
00:08:17I didn't mind being deputized, Hardy,
00:08:19but I don't mean to get saddled so I travel in the country
00:08:21let alone butchered by Indians.
00:08:23I'm turning back.
00:08:24That's my feeling, Sheriff.
00:08:26I got 50 head of cattle to burn tomorrow.
00:08:28Are you all worried about your rears?
00:08:30Are you all gutless?
00:08:32Come on, we're losing time.
00:08:33I'm sorry, son.
00:08:35I have no authority to head past this stream,
00:08:37but there'll be a warrant out for us.
00:08:38A warrant?
00:08:39For whom?
00:08:40What's his description?
00:08:41What if she was your wife or your daughter?
00:08:43This is as far as we go.
00:08:45We'll turn back then.
00:08:46I'll follow Malone.
00:08:47Don't be a downright fool, Kern.
00:08:49You're a raw hand with a gun.
00:08:51Never mind the advice.
00:08:52Go on back.
00:08:53You've all done your duty.
00:08:54You're burning to get home.
00:08:56Be sure to tell everybody how brave you were.
00:08:58Get extra drunk tonight.
00:08:59I hope you have good dreams.
00:09:07She hadn't yelled.
00:09:08I had to do it.
00:09:09That's all.
00:09:10I've told you a dozen times.
00:09:13What are you driving at?
00:09:15What are you after?
00:09:16Like I said before, I want my share now.
00:09:19And I said before we split it at Chuckaluck.
00:09:24Keep your mouth shut about the girl when we get there.
00:09:27Maybe I will, maybe I won't.
00:09:29I'll do what I please.
00:09:32Rattlesnake, look out!
00:09:35Oh!
00:10:00The man who was with you, where is he?
00:10:03Where is he?
00:10:06The man who was with you, where is he?
00:10:10Water.
00:10:12Water.
00:10:13Talk or you don't get a drop.
00:10:15Where'd he head?
00:10:17Where did he head?
00:10:20To Chuckaluck.
00:10:22Chuckaluck.
00:10:28Chuckaluck.
00:10:30Now, where and what is Chuckaluck?
00:10:33Chuckaluck.
00:10:35Nobody knows and the dead won't tell.
00:10:41So on and on relentlessly this man pursues his quest.
00:10:46Through autumn and winter, searching the great southwest.
00:10:53This thing that drives him like a whip will never let him rest.
00:10:59Night and day, early and late, he looks for a place or a town or a face.
00:11:06And deep within him burn the fires of hate, murder and revenge.
00:11:18Say, you're new around here, ain't you?
00:11:21Coming?
00:11:22No, just passing through.
00:11:23Do you ever hear of a place in these parts called Chuckaluck?
00:11:26Sure.
00:11:28Wheel of fortune.
00:11:30Ain't got one at the Royal Flush down the street.
00:11:32I don't mean a gambling game.
00:11:33You never heard of any other kind of Chuckaluck?
00:11:35No, I sure ain't.
00:11:37I'll tell you what.
00:11:39Why don't you try asking over at the courthouse?
00:11:41Barber, get another bowl of water.
00:11:43My face is dry.
00:11:44Water comes later.
00:11:45I want it now.
00:11:47Sure, yes.
00:11:48Excuse me.
00:11:53You on the dodge?
00:11:55What of it?
00:11:56I wouldn't talk about Chuckaluck so free if I were you.
00:11:59Why not?
00:12:01For one thing, Alder Keen wouldn't like it.
00:12:03And for another...
00:12:05Where did you hear about Chuckaluck?
00:12:06Why are you asking about it?
00:12:08I'm supposed to meet somebody there.
00:12:10Who?
00:12:11I don't know.
00:12:12It could even be you.
00:12:13Get back here, Barber.
00:12:15Yes, sir.
00:12:18You don't know so much, but you're sure trying to learn.
00:12:21I told you...
00:12:51Oh, how is he, Doc?
00:13:19Chuckaluck suffered lacerations, contusions, and concussions.
00:13:22His jugular vein was severed in three places.
00:13:24I counted four broken ribs and there was a compound fracture of the skull.
00:13:28To put it briefly, he's real dead.
00:13:32What makes you think he was an outlaw?
00:13:35The way he acted, the way he asked me if I was on the dodge.
00:13:37How do I know it was self-defense?
00:13:39I tell you, that stranger do.
00:13:40I saw his gun.
00:13:42Used to be the finest barber shop west of Baxter Springs.
00:13:45Hey!
00:13:47Could this be him?
00:13:48There's something around the eyes.
00:13:49Sure.
00:13:50That's him.
00:13:51That's him before I shaved his handlebars.
00:13:54Hmm.
00:13:55Ace McGuire, wanted by the state of Texas for robbery of a stagecoach out of El Paso, July 25th, 1873.
00:14:03Reward $300.
00:14:04Did it say July 25th?
00:14:06Yeah, July 25th.
00:14:08Then he couldn't have been in Wyoming early in August.
00:14:10No, he couldn't have.
00:14:12Apologies and congratulations, my friend.
00:14:14The $300 is yours.
00:14:16Sheriff, did you ever hear of something called chuck-a-luck?
00:14:18Oh, yeah.
00:14:19A saloon?
00:14:20Or a password, maybe?
00:14:23No.
00:14:25No, I never did.
00:14:27Here's your gun.
00:14:28About the reward, it'll be a few days before...
00:14:30Give it to the barber.
00:14:31Thanks.
00:14:32That's your kind of...
00:14:33Well, you did our job for us.
00:14:35The least I can do is to buy you a drink.
00:14:37Say, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:14:39Did any of you ever hear of someone called Alder Crane?
00:14:45Alder Crane.
00:14:46Oh, seems to me like I heard of a name like that.
00:14:50Or Keene, Alder Keene.
00:14:52Yeah.
00:14:53Yeah, I remember.
00:14:55If it's the person I'm thinking about,
00:14:57why, her name is Keene, not Crane.
00:15:00Alder Keene, yeah!
00:15:03What are you laughing at?
00:15:05Oh, that name takes me back a long time,
00:15:08when I was mining ore in a big boom town.
00:15:12Well, one night...
00:15:16It was a horse race, sort of.
00:15:18Only I was one of the horses and Alder Keene was my jockey.
00:15:25One, two, three.
00:15:38Come on, come on.
00:15:41Come on!
00:15:48Get up!
00:15:50Come on, get up!
00:16:10Come on!
00:16:41That's the only Alder Keene I know.
00:16:44They only made one like her.
00:16:46Well, what happened to her? Where is she now?
00:16:48I can't say. I never saw her after that.
00:16:50I've got to find her.
00:16:51Now, where would I look?
00:16:52Well, a little later, I heard she went to Virginia City.
00:16:55Try some of the saloons.
00:16:57She moved up there with a girl named...
00:17:00Dolly.
00:17:01Used to be a good friend of hers.
00:17:03I knew her well.
00:17:05When I first met Alder,
00:17:07she'd just come from the Eastern Seaboard.
00:17:10She was a singer, you know, Bucky.
00:17:15Sang only in the most elegant places.
00:17:19Loved horses.
00:17:21Always had a pair of white horses.
00:17:24And the men would all uncover as she drove by.
00:17:29The women?
00:17:31You know, women, Bucky,
00:17:33they'd have been happy for lightning to hit her.
00:17:37Let me tell you the kind of girl Alder was.
00:17:40Lots of men.
00:17:42Sure, that's her privilege.
00:17:45But she'd shut the door on a cattle baron
00:17:48if she had fancy for a cow puncher.
00:17:52Yes, she was a glory girl in those days.
00:17:56Yes, she was a glory girl in those days.
00:18:02Last I heard, she was in Tascosa.
00:18:06At Baldy Gunders' place.
00:18:10The only thing you'll find around here, young man,
00:18:12is just a shade of her.
00:18:14She left here six, uh, seven years ago.
00:18:19It was just after the night she met Frenchie Fairmont.
00:18:22Faster on the draw than a Mexican jackrabbit.
00:18:27I don't swear this is true because I wasn't here.
00:18:30But here's the way they tell it.
00:18:36The story runs that one night,
00:18:38Mr. Gunder didn't like the way she treated a patron.
00:18:43Alder put first things first.
00:18:45Alder didn't like the way the patron treated her.
00:18:48How could she leave her baby?
00:18:53How could she leave her bed and board
00:18:59and elope with Gypsy Davy?
00:19:12Last night, she slept in a goose feather bed
00:19:19in a goose feather bed
00:19:22at home with her lord and her baby.
00:19:29Tonight, she's sleeping...
00:19:40Alder, you don't smile enough.
00:19:43I'm sick of smiling.
00:19:45I pay you to entertain people, not to kick their teeth out.
00:19:48Get your hands off me, Baldy.
00:19:50Oh, sure, sure.
00:19:52Nobody's gonna touch you, Angel.
00:19:54And nobody wants you around, either.
00:19:56You're fired.
00:20:03Deductions for food and costumes, $27.
00:20:07Deductions for leaving early two nights, $10.
00:20:11And you haven't been chilling very good lately, either.
00:20:14I owe you $20 even.
00:20:17Don't look for yourself.
00:20:18Never mind.
00:20:19Your word's as good as your book.
00:20:21Oh.
00:20:22Here's your $20.
00:20:25Thanks.
00:20:26And lots of bad luck to you, Baldy.
00:20:29Get out of my way.
00:20:32Thank your bets.
00:20:34Is everybody down?
00:20:36We're ready to spin.
00:20:37Wheel is spinning.
00:20:38Wait.
00:20:48Spin the wheel.
00:20:49Wheel is spinning.
00:21:03Three fours on the red.
00:21:05And we have a winner.
00:21:12Here is a lady who is lucky.
00:21:14Everybody's lucky at shakalaka.
00:21:16Step up and make your bets.
00:21:23Is everybody down?
00:21:25Spin the wheel.
00:21:26Wheel is spinning.
00:21:38Three fours on rantlins again.
00:21:41Did the lady have that covered?
00:21:43Yes, she did.
00:21:45Yes, she did.
00:21:51Does that idiot think she's chilling?
00:21:53He didn't know you fired her.
00:21:54You should have shut up.
00:21:58Come here.
00:21:59Stop the game.
00:22:01When I tell somebody to get out, I mean it.
00:22:03I don't work for you anymore.
00:22:05I'm a customer.
00:22:06Don't lose your sense of humor, halter.
00:22:09I'll stay here as long as I like.
00:22:12All right, all right.
00:22:13We'll have one more spin and then close up for the night.
00:22:17Try your luck at shakalaka.
00:22:19Everybody wins.
00:22:21Is everybody down?
00:22:25Betting, halter?
00:22:30Sure.
00:22:42Let her spin.
00:22:43Wheel is spinning.
00:22:45I'll spin it.
00:22:46Why, it's Frenchie Fairmont.
00:23:05You win, ma'am.
00:23:11Just relax.
00:23:16Pay the lady, please.
00:23:24It's all right, pay her.
00:23:30This will help you carry it.
00:23:42Here you are, ma'am.
00:23:46May I be seeing you home?
00:23:49Yes.
00:23:50It's always a pleasure to meet a good loser.
00:23:56Frenchie Fairmont.
00:23:58They say you're the fastest draw in the West.
00:24:00The greatest ability, Miss Keene, often consists in not showing.
00:24:04You're wanted, aren't you?
00:24:06Yes, I am.
00:24:08Why did you do that back there?
00:24:10I'm sentimental.
00:24:15Why are you?
00:24:17I once saw three men fight a gun battle over you.
00:24:19You did?
00:24:20All three of them were killed.
00:24:21Abilene, wasn't it?
00:24:23Yes.
00:24:24And I was in Hays City once when you rode right through a hotel lobby on a white horse.
00:24:29Rode him straight to the end of the road.
00:24:31And I saw you.
00:24:32I saw you.
00:24:34You rode right through a hotel lobby on a white horse.
00:24:37Rode him straight up the stairs to the dining room.
00:24:40You must have had quite an important engagement that evening.
00:24:43It was with the mayor.
00:24:45Somehow, wherever I went those days,
00:24:48I seemed to see Alder Keene or hear about her.
00:24:52Why didn't you ever meet me?
00:24:54My engagements led me to other parts of the West, about Denmark or Mexico.
00:25:00I often wondered what had become of you.
00:25:05You can stop feeling sorry for me.
00:25:10You strike me as a wonderful woman, Miss Keene.
00:25:12Oh, stop it.
00:25:15What are you going to do with all this money?
00:25:20For a moment when I was winning, I thought,
00:25:25give it back.
00:25:27Why?
00:25:28I didn't think Baldy Gunder would let me out of town alive with it.
00:25:31This is my place.
00:25:33Don't give it back.
00:25:35There's a stage south all the way to Silver City in the morning.
00:25:38I'd be glad to offer you protection until it leaves.
00:25:45I know you would.
00:25:55All right.
00:25:58All right.
00:26:00Come in.
00:26:01I will, ma'am.
00:26:02In the morning at night.
00:26:04Just before the stage leaves.
00:26:07Good night.
00:26:13They say he stayed outside her place that night,
00:26:16just in case Baldy should show up.
00:26:20And the next morning he put her on the stage.
00:26:23Well, that's how Alder left here.
00:26:25And with her gone, business fell off at Baldy's Palace.
00:26:28Where did she go?
00:26:30Tell me, young man,
00:26:32why are you so interested in Alder Keene?
00:26:35I got to find somebody through it.
00:26:37Well, I wish I could help you, but I never heard of her anymore.
00:26:40I was told a story that some years later
00:26:42she met Frenchie again down near the border.
00:26:45And if you want to believe what you hear,
00:26:47there they might be now.
00:26:49The two of them, old and snug and warm.
00:26:52Of course, I don't know how much of it is true,
00:26:55but it sure sounds romantic.
00:26:57Frenchie ain't so snug today.
00:27:00The mail rider came through today,
00:27:02and in case you don't know it,
00:27:04Frenchie was caught and locked up
00:27:06over in gun sight last Thursday.
00:27:09And the best I hope for him is they hang him.
00:27:15Now the road that goes to Chuckaluck
00:27:20Leads to a western jail
00:27:22And behind the bars is an outlaw
00:27:25Who knows the Chuckaluck trail
00:27:28There's crooked politicians in the very next cell
00:27:31Safely locked away
00:27:33It's an angry town, all closed down
00:27:37To vote on election day
00:27:41But here's a man with a crazy plan
00:27:45A plan that will not wait
00:27:47He'll trick his way inside the jail
00:27:50To reach his goal of hate
00:27:54Murder and revenge
00:28:01Maybe you got a padded cell for this one, Sam.
00:28:03Shooting up the town on election day.
00:28:05Yeah, with a dozen deputies roaming the streets.
00:28:07How's the election coming?
00:28:09Law and order party's ahead.
00:28:10Say, why ain't you at the polls?
00:28:11What are you doing here?
00:28:12I'm making sure that this rack
00:28:15Don't turn those rats loose.
00:28:17Slade, what do you think?
00:28:18I don't know.
00:28:21Don't fret, gentlemen.
00:28:23It won't be the first time they've hung a few crooked politicians.
00:28:27It'll only take a minute or two.
00:28:29It's a clean way to die.
00:28:31And as quiet as eating a banana.
00:28:37You've got no right to keep us here.
00:28:39Sheriff, you've got to protect us.
00:28:40If law and order wins, they'll hang us.
00:28:42That's their plan for us.
00:28:43Shut up!
00:28:44All of you.
00:28:45Where do you want him put?
00:28:47Not with them.
00:28:48I don't like men who swindle the town so bad
00:28:50They've got the clothes of saloons and throw them out of office.
00:28:52That's just about what I was saying.
00:28:54I bet you could bribe them with a rusty nail.
00:28:58What are you doing?
00:29:00That's Frenchie Fairmont.
00:29:01You'd rather be with him?
00:29:02Sure, give me an outlaw to these thieves anytime.
00:29:05At least he takes his chances in the open.
00:29:10You are welcome, sir.
00:29:12Sheriff, there's a chance we might cash in our chips tonight.
00:29:16How about some whiskey up here?
00:29:18You can't deny that to them, Mr. Bullock.
00:29:20There'll be no lynching while I'm around.
00:29:22But it might make them act a little more like men.
00:29:24Send for three bottles.
00:29:25What kind of a law and order party is this?
00:29:28I get thrown in jail for trying to buy a drink on election day
00:29:30and they have it delivered to their door.
00:29:32You're right.
00:29:34Our party stands for everybody alike.
00:29:36Whiskey for all of them.
00:29:37Sheriff.
00:29:38Be sure it's my brand.
00:29:41Joe Gideon.
00:29:45It'll take a little time.
00:29:54All the way down from Wyoming,
00:29:55I heard that no jail had ever seen Frenchie Fairmont.
00:29:58I dropped into town to buy a piece of merchandise.
00:30:01Bottle of perfume.
00:30:02Bottle of perfume?
00:30:04Or a lady.
00:30:06And when I turned my back,
00:30:08the storekeeper hit me over the head with an axe handle.
00:30:11Are you from Wyoming?
00:30:13Yeah.
00:30:15You ever been in Wyoming?
00:30:18No, I haven't.
00:30:20And I wouldn't be surprised if I never will be.
00:30:23Why not?
00:30:25Well, if this law and order election gets out of hand,
00:30:28it may not be choosy.
00:30:31If they take our friends here,
00:30:32they might take us along, too.
00:30:35Just for a few extra laughs.
00:30:38That's a comforting thought.
00:30:40Isn't it?
00:30:52Had a fight with my ranch boss up home and quit.
00:30:55So I took my back pay and decided to see the landlord.
00:30:58Work your way down here?
00:30:59Yeah, a couple of weeks at a time.
00:31:02Trouble with me is I usually lose what I make at poker.
00:31:05But the other night, I was lucky.
00:31:07I closed my eyes,
00:31:09and I took my last $20 gold piece
00:31:11and threw it on a chuck-a-luck number.
00:31:13And so, help me, I hit.
00:31:15Yes, a man can get mighty fortunate
00:31:17at a chuck-a-luck wheel.
00:31:19Now, when I want to do a little skylarking,
00:31:21I come to a town that's shut up tight.
00:31:23You took a devil of a time about it.
00:31:25I couldn't find the particular brands you wanted right away.
00:31:28Town is...
00:31:29Never mind about that.
00:31:31Drink your whiskey. Be glad you got it.
00:31:39You better drink it fast, man. The final return...
00:31:41I told you, never mind.
00:31:56Oh, that dirty double-crossing shadow!
00:31:59Not a thing! Not a thing but whiskey!
00:32:01What'd you expect to find?
00:32:04Empty your bottles! Empty them fast!
00:32:06Empty it!
00:32:07Come on, cowboy! Empty your bottles!
00:32:09Empty it fast!
00:32:14That's it! That's it!
00:32:15There it is! There it is!
00:32:16Give it to me! Give it to me!
00:32:20Why wouldn't you say that was?
00:32:22I'd say it was a pick-up.
00:32:24I'd say it was a pick.
00:32:25The sheriff and these boys work real well together.
00:32:27Look, young man, can't we talk this over?
00:32:29How much you'll take for that?
00:32:30We'll let you out, Duke.
00:32:35Polls are closed.
00:32:36I have the latest count.
00:32:38Citizens Party, 119 votes.
00:32:42Law and Order, 1540.
00:32:46Dad says we all meet later at the Big Dipper Saloon.
00:32:54Gentlemen, say your prayers.
00:32:57Cowboy, I'll give you $1,000 for that pick.
00:32:59I'll double that!
00:33:00$3,000. $3,000. I'll hand it over. Give it here.
00:33:03You heard him. $3,000. $3,000!
00:33:07Let us out. $5,000. $5,000!
00:33:10$5,000! Do you hear me?
00:33:13Hey, they're all getting drunk over at the Dipper.
00:33:15What are you doing here?
00:33:16The election threw you out of office.
00:33:18Well, I just wanted to clean my desk out.
00:33:20Well, go ahead and then get out of here.
00:33:22Hey, they're talking Lynch over there.
00:33:24You gonna let that crowd take him?
00:33:26I'm not talking Lynch over there.
00:33:28I'm talking the Big Dipper Saloon.
00:33:30The Big Dipper Saloon?
00:33:32Hey, they're talking Lynch over there.
00:33:34You gonna let that crowd take him?
00:33:38All right, I'll go over and make a speech at him.
00:33:40But you stay here.
00:33:56Hey, Bill, help me with this drawer, will you?
00:33:58Stop!
00:34:02Oh!
00:34:14The horses are in the back.
00:34:15Watch out, Fairmont's loose!
00:34:21Come on.
00:34:33Both of you, put up your hands!
00:34:39That's very sensible of you.
00:34:42Go find the horses.
00:34:43Yeah.
00:35:03You'll just have to wait a minute, gentlemen.
00:35:11I'm afraid you'll have to walk out of town.
00:35:14But if you want my advice, you'll run.
00:35:18I'm afraid you'll have to walk out of town.
00:35:21But if you want my advice, you'll run.
00:35:40Wait, move!
00:35:41Wait here for me.
00:35:42What are you stopping for?
00:35:44What I came to town for.
00:36:15After the war, I decided to settle in Missouri.
00:36:18What brought you out west?
00:36:20A bullet.
00:36:21A bullet I put in a rancher.
00:36:23Another man who had his own personal sheriff.
00:36:26Cheated me out of a homestead and called it law.
00:36:29I met him in a corral.
00:36:31He had the jump, but I guess hate made me fast.
00:36:34He went down like a stone.
00:36:36I wasn't sorry, but I had to leave there in a hurry.
00:36:39Then I got a rep for being fast with a gun.
00:36:42I kept meeting up with cow punches full of booze.
00:36:45Or trigger-crazy gunfighters.
00:36:47I'd ride into a town and have to shoot my way out.
00:36:50Seems that's how it went.
00:36:53Must be a lonely trail.
00:36:55You don't make many friends.
00:37:02There'll be a warrant out for you, Vern.
00:37:04Ever been on the Dodge before?
00:37:06First time I ever had a warrant in my tail.
00:37:08First time I've ever been a horsey.
00:37:10Would you have a mind for a bed with springs on it tonight?
00:37:13They grow on cactus around here?
00:37:15Not exactly.
00:37:17Down there.
00:37:25If you're not headed anywhere particular,
00:37:27maybe you'd care to side with me for a while.
00:37:29Well, it's something I have to attend to.
00:37:32But I can wait till I'm ready. Lead the way.
00:37:41Hey there. Hiya, Frenchie.
00:37:43Hi, Harbin. Cranham.
00:37:46Rio. Gonzalez.
00:37:51Who is he?
00:37:55A friend of mine.
00:37:59You know him?
00:38:01Yeah.
00:38:03You know him?
00:38:05Yeah.
00:38:08Friend of mine.
00:38:13Gotta stick him in.
00:38:19Well, it's good to see you, Frenchie.
00:38:21Heard you were on your way an hour ago.
00:38:24Don't be surprised at anything around here.
00:38:26Well, the boss is waiting to see you.
00:38:34Hello, boss.
00:38:38Frenchie, you old mustang.
00:38:42Welcome back to Chuckaluck.
00:38:51Meet the boss of this ranch, Walter Keene.
00:38:55Look, I told me you had somebody with you.
00:38:57If not for him, I might be at the end of a rope this very minute.
00:39:00A little trouble up in gun sight. Use his head and use his guts.
00:39:07Uses his eyes too, doesn't he?
00:39:12What are you staring at? Shall I turn around?
00:39:16Well, to be honest with you, ma'am, I've heard so many different stories about you,
00:39:19I wasn't certain there was any Walter Keene.
00:39:21What do you think I was? Pipe dream?
00:39:23Guess so. It's the first time I ever met up with a real live pipe dream.
00:39:27Especially one with grease on her arms.
00:39:29It's sure unsettling.
00:39:31Well, settle down. Does he need to be out of sight for a while?
00:39:34Well, he helped me break jail. There's a warrant for any man who'd do that.
00:39:38I'm tired. It was a long ride.
00:39:40How many are staying here now?
00:39:42Nine, including the lookouts. Stark came in last week.
00:39:44He's very prosperous right now. He's wanted in three states.
00:39:49Any friend of Frenchie's is welcome at Chuckaluck.
00:39:51If he agrees to the rules.
00:39:53Hard to fancy anybody not agreeing with your rules.
00:39:58We don't do any fighting here. We don't ask any questions.
00:40:00And everybody does his share of work. And you'll be expected to do yours.
00:40:03Oh, sure. I'm pretty capable at all kinds of cattle work.
00:40:06This is a horse ranch.
00:40:10Come and get it!
00:40:12Come and get it!
00:40:15Well, that's good music, isn't it?
00:40:17I'll take him in. Come on.
00:40:19How do you want to be known while you're here?
00:40:21My name's Vern Haskell.
00:40:22Some of the others don't care to be called by their names.
00:40:24Vern'll do.
00:40:26All right.
00:40:29We've got a new man here tonight.
00:40:31He helped Frenchie out of a jam. He'll be here for a while.
00:40:34Goes by the name of Vern.
00:40:36Now, this is Star. He carried one once.
00:40:39Hiya.
00:40:40And this is Red.
00:40:41Doesn't touch a drop of liquor, but is deaf on candy.
00:40:44And here's Preacher. He claims he was one once.
00:40:47But who believes him?
00:40:48Send it with joyful countenance, son, for you shall find haven here.
00:40:51Preacher always reads over anybody he kills.
00:40:53What he means is, he's the best in town.
00:40:55Preacher always reads over anybody he kills.
00:40:57What he means is, he's the best hiding place you can find
00:40:59beside the moon, day or night.
00:41:01Meet Harbin.
00:41:02The war ones for him have rotted away long ago.
00:41:04Well, I don't mind. There'll be some more one of these days.
00:41:06And this is Comanche Paul.
00:41:08He's half Indian.
00:41:10The honest half.
00:41:12Meet Wilson.
00:41:13Look at that smile.
00:41:15He spends most of his time chasing the ladies.
00:41:17No girl is safe when he's around.
00:41:21Looks like one of them had some fight in her.
00:41:23Uh-uh.
00:41:25Bobcat made these.
00:41:26A real bobcat.
00:41:28Male or female.
00:41:30Don't forget what I said.
00:41:31No questions.
00:41:33Now, this is Kinch.
00:41:35He has a way with gold.
00:41:36He used to pan it, but now he just borrows it.
00:41:38Sit down over there.
00:41:40Where's Frenchy?
00:41:41He's eating with me.
00:41:47Mighty handsome filly.
00:41:54I think you'll like Vern.
00:41:56He seems to be all right.
00:41:58Outside of being a little fresh.
00:42:02Think you could find any use for this?
00:42:04Oh, Frenchy, I haven't had a bottle of perfume since I went to El Paso two years ago.
00:42:08I'm sorry, I haven't got anything else for your birthday order,
00:42:10but I ran into a little difficulty getting a hold of that.
00:42:12When they caught you, huh?
00:42:19Crazy Frenchy.
00:42:22Crazy Frenchy.
00:42:27Risking your life for a bottle of perfume.
00:42:31And don't ask me how old I'll be tomorrow.
00:42:33I'll ask you.
00:42:35That is another year, father.
00:42:37Every year is a threat to a woman.
00:42:40Crazy older.
00:42:42I've been riding alone some too long this time.
00:42:44It's good to be back.
00:42:52Yeah!
00:43:03He's pretty good, huh?
00:43:05Pretty young.
00:43:07You might have liked that kind of riding, say, 10 or 12 years ago.
00:43:16Mommy!
00:43:21Whoo!
00:43:43He can handle a horse all right.
00:43:45Ever seen him before?
00:43:47Certain? I never lose a face. I don't know him.
00:43:49He was sure looking strange at you last night.
00:43:51All through supper.
00:43:53Yeah, he sure does gander, doesn't he?
00:43:55He looks straight through a man.
00:43:57Fancy riding.
00:43:59Yeah, she's a cocky filly.
00:44:01Like a lot of women.
00:44:03Takes a lot of breaking before she comes along nice and even.
00:44:05You're dead right on that.
00:44:11Hey! Listen!
00:44:13Hi, Gary! Hi, Parker!
00:44:15Coming all at this party?
00:44:17Away from a marshal.
00:44:21Amigo, you're sitting on a horse more better than anybody.
00:44:23You let me say so, senor.
00:44:25They don't come any tougher than this one, even in Wyoming.
00:44:27Any of your horses from up there?
00:44:29Don't know.
00:44:31We are only paid hands here.
00:44:39Some of these fellas, they...
00:44:41They range pretty far from here, don't they?
00:44:43Used to be five paid hands at ranch.
00:44:45There was this one named Martinez.
00:44:47He worked on saddles and bridles.
00:44:49He began to talk a lot in town.
00:44:51He began to answer a lot of questions.
00:44:53No bridle on his tongue.
00:44:55Only four of us here now.
00:44:57We never know what become of Martinez.
00:44:59They say he...
00:45:03Well, maybe you know what they say.
00:45:05You see?
00:45:07Yeah.
00:45:09Yeah, I see.
00:45:11A dining car full of cattlemen was on a siding.
00:45:13We got one in and me in the other, and we met in the middle.
00:45:15Them boys were right obliging.
00:45:17Just emptied out their pockets.
00:45:19One of them tried to be brave, and we had to take care of him.
00:45:21That's what started the trouble.
00:45:23We've been one jump ahead of marshals halfway across Texas.
00:45:25What's your count on this?
00:45:27$4,800.
00:45:29That yours?
00:45:31That makes 480 for Chuckaluck.
00:45:33That's right.
00:45:35Care for any of that?
00:45:37No.
00:45:3910% of this would be, I should say...
00:45:41$50.
00:45:43$50.
00:45:49Well, we better keep our faces around here for a month or so.
00:45:51Before you do, let's see what's in that bag.
00:45:55Something called bonds.
00:45:57City of Austin bonds.
00:45:59They're worthless.
00:46:05$1,100 worthless.
00:46:07I take $110 in cash.
00:46:11Now.
00:46:13Now, wait a minute.
00:46:15How do you expect us to cash those in?
00:46:17That's your trouble.
00:46:19I don't ask you to stay here.
00:46:21That your price?
00:46:23That's always my price.
00:46:2510% of everything.
00:46:27You've been riding mighty high, Alder.
00:46:29Someday they'll...
00:46:31Someday what?
00:46:33Count it out, Jess.
00:46:37You have a chance to win it back tonight.
00:46:43You're mighty lucky.
00:46:45Are you mine for my birthday?
00:46:57I've been chasing this little filly,
00:46:59and she finally asked me in.
00:47:01And I said, but you got a husband or two.
00:47:03Where are they roaming tonight?
00:47:05And she said, I've got three husbands,
00:47:07but they're all down the cellar.
00:47:09I keep them locked up, but I'm not using them.
00:47:11Now, you're coming in or you're staying out?
00:47:17You'd do anything to get your arms around a girl, wouldn't you?
00:47:19Wouldn't you?
00:47:27I'm in.
00:47:31Isn't this worth staying for?
00:47:37Somebody get me something to drink.
00:47:45You still don't remember him?
00:47:47I've told you, I never lose a face.
00:47:49I've never seen him.
00:47:51Looks like a lot of men I've known.
00:47:53Yeah. What's bothering you, Kinsh?
00:47:55I can't put my finger on it,
00:47:57but you see the way he looks at you?
00:47:59Frenchie brought him here.
00:48:01That's enough for me.
00:48:03You're always right there when you're needed, aren't you?
00:48:17Hey, suspect.
00:48:19Blame my luck.
00:48:21Hand on.
00:48:25Too steep for me.
00:48:27Too steep for me.
00:48:33I see you.
00:48:37Three fives.
00:48:39Hold it. I don't want to see all her swindle on her birthday.
00:48:41Gary Bugg got the whole cart. I seen it.
00:48:43Boy.
00:48:45Say that again, Harbin.
00:48:47He cheated, I tell you.
00:48:49Of course I knew he cheated.
00:48:51That's why I stole his watch.
00:48:57I traded it for the pot.
00:48:59I'd call that a fair trade.
00:49:07Now, how about that song you promised me, Alder?
00:49:09That's right, Alder. Give us a tune.
00:49:11Somewhere it's written, there are three things
00:49:13that make a man a man.
00:49:15One, he's a man.
00:49:17Give us a tune.
00:49:19Somewhere it's written, there are three things a man really requires.
00:49:21Good mesquite, a bold song, and an honest woman.
00:49:23Oh, any woman.
00:49:25Take care of my money, Harbin.
00:49:27Well, I've had all kinds in my sights.
00:49:29I never found one fit to equal Alder.
00:49:31How do you feel about that?
00:49:33I wouldn't know about it.
00:49:35Maybe he's got a sweetheart.
00:49:37Come on, boys.
00:49:39Let's have a little music.
00:49:41Let's have some fun.
00:49:47A young man is reckless and ready.
00:49:49A young man is handsome and vain.
00:49:51He's young and intense,
00:49:53but hasn't the sense
00:49:55to come in out of the rain.
00:49:57Get away.
00:49:59Get away.
00:50:01Get away, young man.
00:50:03Get away.
00:50:05Get away.
00:50:07Get away, young man.
00:50:09Get away.
00:50:11Get away.
00:50:13Get away.
00:50:15Get away.
00:50:17Get away.
00:50:19Get away.
00:50:21Get away.
00:50:23Get away, young man.
00:50:25A young man is full of adventure
00:50:27and eager
00:50:29to do what he can.
00:50:31He may be a joy,
00:50:33but don't send a boy
00:50:35to do
00:50:37the work
00:50:39of a man.
00:50:41Get away.
00:50:43Get away, get away, young man, get away.
00:50:53A young man will come when you call him
00:50:57and leave when you tell him to go.
00:51:01But someday he'll guess
00:51:04a woman means yes
00:51:07whenever a woman says no.
00:51:11Get away, get away, get away, young man, get away.
00:51:19A woman is only a creature
00:51:23of notions and dimples and lies.
00:51:26So learn, if you can, this lesson, young man,
00:51:31and don't run off when she cries.
00:51:35Get away, get away, get away, young man, get away.
00:51:43Get away, get away, get away, young man, get away.
00:51:49Get away.
00:51:52If you can.
00:52:01Hold it! Hold it! Look out, coming!
00:52:05There's a bunch of riders coming through Dry Creek.
00:52:08Looks like a posse. They're headed for the ranch.
00:52:11Regular hands stay here.
00:52:13Everybody else, clear your gear out of the bunkhouse, all of it.
00:52:15Right to the ridge camp. Let's go!
00:52:17Luke, I'll go back to your post. Gonzales, Xavier, get the horses settled.
00:52:19You and you clean up this mess. Get rid of the bottles.
00:52:21Ola, would you like me to stay? No, Franchi, I can handle it alone.
00:52:24Miss Keene, they don't know my face. You go with the others.
00:52:26Get going! You heard the lady.
00:52:29Franchi, right to the ridge camp. Stay there until I send word.
00:52:32It's a day or a month.
00:52:35Everybody ready? Come on!
00:53:05Hello, Spinning Sea! Hello, the ranch!
00:53:32Anyone awake?
00:53:35Well, if it isn't Marshal Donaldson.
00:53:37We haven't seen you in months.
00:53:39Hello there, Miss Keene. You're up late.
00:53:41I was working on my books.
00:53:43We're hunting four men, Miss Keene.
00:53:45We got word that Franchi Fairmont
00:53:47and the man that helped him break jail, Vern Haskell,
00:53:50passed down this way a couple of days ago.
00:53:52A mixed-sheep herd or something.
00:53:54I'm afraid he's dead.
00:53:56I'm afraid he's dead.
00:53:58I'm afraid he's dead.
00:54:00I'm afraid he's dead.
00:54:02I'm afraid he's dead.
00:54:03This happened a couple of days ago.
00:54:05A mixed-sheep herd or something.
00:54:07And just this morning, two more men,
00:54:09Mark Gary and Jess Factor,
00:54:11wandered over in Texas for a train robbery.
00:54:13They were reported heading this way.
00:54:15Now that's mighty peculiar, isn't it?
00:54:17Yes.
00:54:20Unless they're all headed for the border.
00:54:22No sign of them here?
00:54:24Not a soul.
00:54:26Things are very peaceful these days.
00:54:30I don't like to do it,
00:54:31but I've got to ask you one thing more.
00:54:33Yes?
00:54:34There's a lot of territory to cover
00:54:35in between here and the border,
00:54:36and we'd like to breed our horses here
00:54:38and loan some of yours.
00:54:40Always glad to oblige the law.
00:54:42Will you, Gonzales, get five of our best horses?
00:54:44We'll help pull them out.
00:54:45And while you're waiting,
00:54:46would you like to come in and have a drink?
00:54:47All right.
00:54:48Well, I should keep my trigger finger steady,
00:54:49but it's a long night.
00:54:51It'll take a while before they get the horses.
00:54:54Hey! Hey!
00:54:57Whoa. Whoa.
00:54:58Whoa. Whoa.
00:55:12Vern.
00:55:14Where's Vern?
00:55:15Well, he stopped a ways back.
00:55:16Said his saddle was slipping.
00:55:18He'll never find this trail alone.
00:55:19I'll go back for him.
00:55:22The horses are ready, Marshal.
00:55:23Oh, would you like a drink?
00:55:25Oh, thank you.
00:55:27I hope we can repay you for this.
00:55:29You certainly can.
00:55:30If you ever hear of any eastern buyers
00:55:32looking for stock, let me know.
00:55:33I have a cousin up north
00:55:35that might be able to steer you some trade.
00:55:37That's nice.
00:55:38How many horses do you have now?
00:55:39Oh, about 42.
00:55:42Strange.
00:55:43I counted 33 in the corral.
00:55:47How did you happen to count them?
00:55:50Because I noticed tracks.
00:55:51Fresh tracks.
00:55:53Shoes fresh in the clay leading out of the corral.
00:55:55Tracks for eight or ten horses.
00:55:57I spotted those strays, ma'am.
00:56:01They're grazing in the Box Canyon across the valley.
00:56:04We can round them up now or in the morning.
00:56:06Are they safe there?
00:56:07I'd say so.
00:56:09Morning will do then.
00:56:10Mighty sorry I left the gate rope off, ma'am.
00:56:12Who are you?
00:56:13My new hand, Marshal.
00:56:15I thought you used only Mexicans on your ranch, Miss Keene.
00:56:18I needed an extra man.
00:56:19He's good at breaking broncs.
00:56:20A little careless sometimes.
00:56:26You wear your holster mighty high, mister.
00:56:28Don't have to reach as far that way.
00:56:31Let me see your hands.
00:56:32I bet they're not as soft as yours are.
00:56:34I don't earn my living as a gunslinger.
00:56:38Took years of cow punching to make them that rough.
00:56:42Sorry, son.
00:56:45I got a good man here too, but sometimes he's too careful.
00:56:49Thanks. Good night.
00:56:50I'll go with you.
00:56:52Wait for me.
00:56:53Yes, ma'am.
00:56:56Come on.
00:56:57A gate.
00:57:06Goodbye, Miss Keene.
00:57:07Come on, men.
00:57:21You're always standing in doorways.
00:57:23And you're always using your eyes.
00:57:26That way you see things you never expected to see.
00:57:28Yeah.
00:57:29Like stray horses in the valley.
00:57:30That was very clever of you.
00:57:31Thanks.
00:57:32I'm very grateful,
00:57:33but I expect the men who stay here to do as I say.
00:57:35Why aren't you with the others?
00:57:36I lost them on the way.
00:57:37Needed some directions.
00:57:39Figured I might be able to find what I was looking for back here.
00:57:42You expect me to believe that?
00:57:46That dress you had on tonight.
00:57:49Never saw it before.
00:57:50They must have made you out of salt and brass.
00:57:53Where'd those bracelets come from?
00:57:55And that brooch.
00:57:56Who gave them to you?
00:57:58I guess things have to be explained double to you.
00:58:01There are no questions here. None.
00:58:03You don't ask people who they are, where they came from,
00:58:05or where they're going,
00:58:06or if the sand is dry or the moon is yellow.
00:58:08And you blame, well, don't ask me where I get my jewelry.
00:58:11It's none of your business.
00:58:13The rules of Chuckaluck are meant to be kept.
00:58:16And I don't care where you get your jewelry.
00:58:18The rules of Chuckaluck are meant to be kept.
00:58:21And if you don't intend to keep them, you can clear out right now.
00:58:27It's hard for a man to look at you and keep any rules.
00:58:32Did you just think of that?
00:58:34No, I thought of that the first minute I saw you greasing off.
00:58:38Like heat lightning, I suppose.
00:58:40How'd you know?
00:58:41And every time you see me, you feel a little weak in the head.
00:58:45No, I feel sorry for myself.
00:58:47Sorry I never met you before.
00:58:49Sorry I never had a chance to give you a broach like that.
00:58:54You're as smooth on the ground as you are on the deck of a horse.
00:58:58Only when somebody irons me out.
00:59:01Like you do.
00:59:03Fern, when you come to a fenced range,
00:59:07do you always try to climb over?
00:59:09I always see if the gate's open first.
00:59:12But one way or another, though, you try.
00:59:18That was for trying.
00:59:21That was for trying too hard.
00:59:23It strikes me you're real unfair, ma'am.
00:59:25Why?
00:59:27Got two slaps, only one kiss.
00:59:47He's gone.
01:00:12Now you go and saddle my horse.
01:00:14I lead you up where you can't miss a trail.
01:00:17Weren't you?
01:00:19Beautiful night for chasing up and down the side of a mountain.
01:00:22Oh, sorry, I slipped behind and lost you.
01:00:24The only place I knew where to go was here.
01:00:27Not being a skeptical man, that's what I figured.
01:00:29Is everything all right?
01:00:30Marshal's posse was here.
01:00:31They're looking for you and Vern and Gary and Factor.
01:00:34They'll be through this way again in the morning.
01:00:36Then we better leave.
01:00:38I'll bring everybody back here tomorrow night.
01:00:40You can go to bed.
01:00:42Nobody will get lost this time.
01:00:47Good night.
01:01:13That's what I call threading a needle.
01:01:15You know, Bat Masterson called a good aim once.
01:01:17He shot the little toe off a fellow with his boot on.
01:01:19I'll be glad to duplicate anything Bat Masterson ever did.
01:01:22Stick out your foot.
01:01:23What's the matter with you, Frenchy?
01:01:24That wasn't anything personal.
01:01:25Harbin!
01:01:27Hang up another rain.
01:01:29Lately, I see you trying everything I do.
01:01:33He's getting good at that kind of a stunt, all right.
01:01:37I don't know how he'd be drawn against a man.
01:01:44I call that fair shooting.
01:01:46If I keep on, I might even be able to outdraw you someday.
01:01:50Don't ever try it.
01:02:03You've only stayed six weeks this time.
01:02:06Well, I came back empty-handed the last.
01:02:08I need some income.
01:02:09Good tonight?
01:02:11I'm riding to Clay Springs in the morning with Star.
01:02:13There's a bank over there I want to look over
01:02:15before going on to a couple of other jobs upstate.
01:02:18Hoping five or six men can handle it, but it may take more.
01:02:21I'll size it up, be back two or three days.
01:02:24That's what all the shooting was about, hm?
01:02:26Target practice.
01:02:27Grant's getting pretty handy with a .45.
01:02:31You're not taking him.
01:02:34And why not?
01:02:35He's...
01:02:41He's not...
01:02:42You mean he's not an outlaw?
01:02:46That never bothered you much about me.
01:02:49When I met you, you were chin deep in this kind of life.
01:02:52You couldn't go back.
01:02:53And even if you had wanted to, they wouldn't have let you.
01:02:55But he can.
01:02:56Maybe so.
01:02:57That's not the way he acts.
01:02:58He's worked on his daughterlies as fast as you find them.
01:03:00No matter how fast he is, there's always going to be
01:03:02someone a little faster.
01:03:03That's right, me.
01:03:05Then someday you won't come back from one of those trips.
01:03:08Or they bring you back full of lead.
01:03:11You're not talking about me.
01:03:14You're talking about him.
01:03:15No, Frenchy.
01:03:17I think you're lying.
01:03:23Maybe I am.
01:03:24Look, Older.
01:03:25Once in a lifetime, a woman means something to a man.
01:03:28I know, Frenchy.
01:03:29Time holds us together.
01:03:32And time's stronger than a rope.
01:03:42We buy your horses, work your ranch,
01:03:44wrestle our own beans half the time.
01:03:45Now this.
01:03:46That's right.
01:03:47Just be sure to send back my 10% of that bank robbery
01:03:50before you go on to your other jobs.
01:03:51Why the change in rules?
01:03:52The whole trip won't take us more than a month.
01:03:54Suppose you land in jail.
01:03:55I got nothing.
01:03:56You always took that risk before.
01:03:57Not now.
01:03:58Maybe it ain't that at all.
01:03:59Maybe it's just you don't trust us.
01:04:00Lately, it's-
01:04:00Lately what?
01:04:02You're all a jump.
01:04:03Maybe we ought to worry a little about trusting you.
01:04:05If you think that, find another chuck-a-luck.
01:04:08And that, my brothers, is like finding a potato tree.
01:04:12When will Frenchy be back?
01:04:13Later today.
01:04:14What has Frenchy got to do with it?
01:04:15We'll talk over these new arrangements with him.
01:04:19I'm the boss of this ranch, Kinch.
01:04:22I make the rules.
01:04:29I told you to saddle my horse.
01:04:30What's the other one for?
01:04:32For me, ma'am.
01:04:38All right, come along if you want to.
01:04:49That's who.
01:04:50That's who he is.
01:04:50I knew I'd seen him before.
01:04:52The way he climbs up on a horse.
01:04:53When they got him placed, huh?
01:04:55A little town up in Wyoming.
01:04:57What'd he do?
01:04:58Ain't what he did.
01:05:00Never mind.
01:05:01Take my word for something.
01:05:03The sooner he gets a bullet through his head, the better.
01:05:08I was working with this horse of yours yesterday.
01:05:11Give me a couple more days and he'll
01:05:12be able to read and write.
01:05:13Yes, I've been watching you.
01:05:15I don't want him to learn a lot of stupid tricks.
01:05:28I'm sorry, I'm moody these days.
01:05:31It's been a dry summer.
01:05:32The earth's baked hard.
01:05:34Gets people out of sorts, too, the weather does.
01:05:38My father told me that.
01:05:40How long do you intend to stay at the ranch?
01:05:44Oh, maybe till the rains come.
01:05:47If the girl won't blow out the candle for you,
01:05:49rain will douse it sometimes.
01:05:52Did your father tell you that?
01:05:53No, I just sort of made that up myself.
01:05:58Every time I should be angry at you, I laugh.
01:06:00I guess you think I'm pretty funny, huh?
01:06:02Yes, I do.
01:06:04And I only met one man in my whole life
01:06:06who didn't want something behind his pretty talk.
01:06:10What I want, if I were allowed to ask,
01:06:14is to know 1,000 things about you.
01:06:16Where you were born, how you came out west,
01:06:19where you got that dress you had on at the party,
01:06:22where you got your jewelry.
01:06:24What stories about you are true and what aren't.
01:06:28The dress is from New Orleans,
01:06:29and I can tell you a story that isn't true.
01:06:31I positively never wore green hair.
01:06:36Is it true they named a parlor car after you?
01:06:39The Kansas Pacific Railroad, the Alter King.
01:06:42And that diamond you had, famous in four states,
01:06:44big as a doorknob.
01:06:45That's right, but it wasn't real.
01:06:48The fellow who gave it to me was something like you,
01:06:51fresh and sort of honest looking around the mouth.
01:06:55Anyway, you've got a girl somewhere.
01:06:57No, I haven't.
01:06:58Then you've got five of them.
01:07:00No.
01:07:02No, I have no girl.
01:07:09I'd wish you'd go away.
01:07:12Come back 10 years ago.
01:07:23Go away, Vern.
01:07:24I don't want you there anymore.
01:07:26I mean it.
01:07:27Get off my ranch and leave me alone.
01:07:40Let's suppose this is the main street of Clay Springs.
01:07:45Right here is the bank.
01:07:47Next to the bank's a store, and next to that
01:07:49is the Primrose Theater.
01:07:51On the same side as the theater and down a bit's a saloon.
01:07:54Where's the sheriff?
01:07:55Asleep, I hope.
01:07:58But there's our worry.
01:07:59Right here, almost straight across from the bank,
01:08:02is the marshal's office.
01:08:04If anything goes wrong, there's a good chance
01:08:05some of us will get sawed off.
01:08:07How many men do you figure we'll need?
01:08:09Nine.
01:08:10Five in the bank, three in the street.
01:08:12And somebody who's not known in Clay Springs
01:08:14to go ahead and plant himself on the balcony
01:08:16of the Primrose Theater.
01:08:18From here, he can draw a bead right on the marshal's office.
01:08:24I never been in Clay Springs.
01:08:25I'll go in ahead.
01:08:26Right.
01:08:28You, Frenchy, Starr, Jess and me makes four more.
01:08:31That's five.
01:08:33Comanche?
01:08:34I go.
01:08:35I'd like to make it.
01:08:36Sorry, Harbin, it's no deal for anybody who can't
01:08:38move fast if he needs to.
01:08:39But I can.
01:08:40No, I'm heading out tomorrow myself.
01:08:42I've got a little matter of my own down in Mexico.
01:08:46Richard?
01:08:48A crave for mammon's always been my infirmity.
01:08:51I'll ride.
01:08:52I number eight.
01:08:53At least it's one shy.
01:08:54How about Vern?
01:08:55A gun like his would be worth a lot
01:08:56if we run into real trouble.
01:08:58No, he doesn't belong in this.
01:08:59Leave him here, huh?
01:09:00That won't make Walter unhappy.
01:09:06I get your point, but I'll make up my own mind.
01:09:10I forgive you for being so foolish,
01:09:11but not for being so wrong.
01:09:15Am I wrong, Walter?
01:09:17Frenchy, he's young and handsome.
01:09:19It's easy to take a fancy to him.
01:09:22He makes you remember yourself a long time back.
01:09:26But there's been nothing.
01:09:27Nothing.
01:09:29I told him to leave the ranch this afternoon.
01:09:32He's riding to Clay Springs with us tomorrow.
01:09:34Did he ask to go along?
01:09:35No, and I'm not asking him.
01:09:36I'm telling him.
01:09:38We need him, and he'll go along whether he likes it or not.
01:09:42Do you mind?
01:09:45No.
01:09:48I don't mind.
01:10:53You got me in the shoulder.
01:10:54Guard his head.
01:11:17I've never seen anything messed up this badly.
01:11:20I've never seen anything messed up finer.
01:11:22That first shot came from across the street.
01:11:24I saw it from the balcony.
01:11:25Didn't miss me by more than two inches.
01:11:26Nobody can blame Jess and me.
01:11:28We done our part just like Frenchy laid it out.
01:11:29Where is he, anyway?
01:11:30He knows we're meeting here.
01:11:31Don't worry about him.
01:11:33Frenchy'll get here.
01:11:35If the next job goes like this last time.
01:11:37Listen, we got what we went for, didn't we?
01:11:39All right, now let's settle who's going to take
01:11:40all this cut back to the ranch.
01:11:42If it was up to me, she'd get no cut.
01:11:43I'm fed up to the neck with her hiding my ways.
01:11:45Right.
01:11:46Oh, you want trouble with Frenchy?
01:11:47We've always been safe at Chuck Lock.
01:11:48You are here two hours.
01:11:49You don't talk to me.
01:11:50You don't bring me anything.
01:11:52When are you coming in to dance with me?
01:11:53Any minute, muchachito mia.
01:11:55And todos malditos.
01:11:56Ando pues, un minuto.
01:11:57In a minute, honey.
01:11:59Now, I say somebody's got to take Alder's 10%
01:12:00back to the ranch now.
01:12:02He can get there and back in five or six hours.
01:12:03Yeah, somebody.
01:12:04Not me.
01:12:05Me neither.
01:12:06I'm not riding half the night to cater to Alder.
01:12:09Well, I'm occupied here.
01:12:11I've got some dancing to do.
01:12:13That leaves you three.
01:12:16Low card fair?
01:12:17It's all right with me.
01:12:24King.
01:12:31Seven of diamonds.
01:12:36Five of diamonds.
01:12:46I expected you a little sooner.
01:12:50I knew you were coming.
01:12:52The lookout spotted you.
01:12:54I told you not to come back.
01:12:56No matter how many times you tell me, I'll come back.
01:13:00I expected you to.
01:13:03How did it go this morning?
01:13:04No difficulties.
01:13:06A few of us got the market.
01:13:07We got the money.
01:13:08We got the money.
01:13:09We got the money.
01:13:10We got the money.
01:13:11We got the money.
01:13:12We got the money.
01:13:13We got the money.
01:13:14We got the money.
01:13:15We'll go to Margaret's Saloon first.
01:13:17The rest will be along later.
01:13:19Tomorrow, we're all going to go to Lansky.
01:13:21Then what are you doing here?
01:13:22Well, somebody had to bring you your card.
01:13:24Why you?
01:13:25I happen to draw low card.
01:13:28You happen, huh?
01:13:29I'm lucky at cards.
01:13:34And I aim to get slapped again, if I can.
01:13:38I knew you would.
01:13:40Sometimes I like a man who doesn't
01:13:42believe what a woman tells him.
01:13:44I like a woman that's sometimes cold like ice,
01:13:47sometimes burning like the sun, a pipe dream in blue jeans
01:13:51or in a birthday dress.
01:13:55Now give me one wish, and I'd wish to see a rig like that
01:13:58again, shawl and jewels and all, just like that night.
01:14:09What are you going to do about it?
01:14:14You know what I mean?
01:14:29What is it, Vern?
01:14:32It's a pipe dream.
01:14:34You'll kiss me tonight and send me away tomorrow?
01:14:38Maybe.
01:14:40If that's the way you feel, where's
01:14:41the money you were bringing me?
01:14:43— Phwoar.
01:14:48— Darn.
01:15:09— Vince?
01:15:13I won't send you away tomorrow.
01:15:22You're very beautiful.
01:15:31And the jewelry Frenchie gave you.
01:15:38Men are funny and all men are jealous.
01:15:42Frenchie only gave me one of these.
01:15:44Which?
01:15:45The necklace.
01:15:47The other things I bought myself when I bought the dress.
01:15:51What about that?
01:15:53Who's that?
01:15:54It was part of my cut.
01:15:56Kinch gave it to me.
01:15:59Kinch?
01:16:01It was Kinch.
01:16:04Oh, what's the matter?
01:16:06Now the game is over and I can tell you what's been choking me every minute since I chased after you.
01:16:10I'll tell you who wore that brooch before you did.
01:16:12It was a girl.
01:16:13A girl that I was going to marry.
01:16:15A girl that last time I saw was lying on the floor outraged and butchered by the man who took that from her.
01:16:19And gave it to you for 10% of her life.
01:16:21That's right.
01:16:22Move back.
01:16:23She's right there on the floor right in front of you.
01:16:25And she's got blue, blue eyes.
01:16:27Do you feel them staring at you?
01:16:28Do you see the blood on the floor?
01:16:29Do you hear her screaming?
01:16:31Bern, Kinch didn't tell me.
01:16:32Kinch!
01:16:33Oh, I thought it was Wilson.
01:16:34Fact and Geary.
01:16:36I thought it was Frenchie.
01:16:37I thought maybe it was somebody who had been here and gone.
01:16:39Well, I'm glad it wasn't Frenchie.
01:16:41But it could have been.
01:16:43It could have been anybody who came to Chuckaluck to hide behind your skirts.
01:16:46Chuckaluck.
01:16:48Older Keen's place.
01:16:50Look around you, Older Keen.
01:16:52What do you see in there?
01:16:53A bedroom or a morgue?
01:16:54Look over here.
01:16:56Through that window, what's that?
01:16:57A courtyard or a graveyard?
01:17:01You think a dance hall girl was a dirty life.
01:17:03You ought to be proud of that compared to what you are now.
01:17:06Here's your cut.
01:17:09From yesterday's job.
01:17:12And there's payment for this.
01:17:15I'm buying it back from you.
01:17:24Let's get going, boy.
01:17:30His shoulder.
01:17:38Let's go.
01:17:58You ever seen a kinch?
01:18:00Touch it.
01:18:02Pick it up.
01:18:05You've seen a kinch.
01:18:07I saw it in a girl.
01:18:08Walter. Walter told you.
01:18:10I'm going to kill you, kinch.
01:18:11Wilson, get away!
01:18:15This is a private affair. Keep out of it.
01:18:21You got business upstate. Get out of town.
01:18:26Don't go. Walter gave me away. She's squealing on us.
01:18:29Get out.
01:18:38I'm going to kill you, kinch, but I'm not going to murder you.
01:18:42I'll give you an even chance.
01:18:45Now go ahead, draw.
01:18:47I've seen you working with a gun.
01:18:49You learn French, he's draw.
01:18:51You can't make me fight.
01:18:53Now go ahead, draw.
01:18:55I've seen you working with a gun.
01:18:57You learn French, he's draw.
01:18:59You can't make me fight.
01:19:07Draw!
01:19:14Draw!
01:19:17All right.
01:19:20Draw.
01:19:24Take your guns out and hold them at your sides.
01:19:26Do it!
01:19:34Bartender.
01:19:36When you say go, that's it.
01:19:38Maybe you'll have the guts to shoot with that edge.
01:19:41I didn't mean to do it. She yelled.
01:19:43If she hadn't yelled, everything would have been all right.
01:19:45She yelled, I tell you.
01:19:47Let's see how you like it, kinch, yell.
01:19:49Go ahead and yell. The longer you yell, the longer you live.
01:19:52Go on, let's hear you yell.
01:19:59What's the quarrel here?
01:20:03There's no shooting in my town.
01:20:05This man's wanted for murder.
01:20:07A girl named Beth Forbes.
01:20:10In a town called Whitmore in Wyoming.
01:20:12August 10th, last year.
01:20:14Is that true?
01:20:16I heard him admit it, Sheriff.
01:20:18Thanks, mister.
01:20:20I've got a special fondness for rats that kill women.
01:20:28I'll need you for a witness. You'll stay in town?
01:20:30Yeah.
01:20:32Come on.
01:20:46Come on.
01:21:17Now turn that man loose, Sheriff.
01:21:19And don't make any noise.
01:21:21This man is my prisoner.
01:21:23Yeah?
01:21:25We got business with somebody that squealed on him.
01:21:34Rio! Gonzales!
01:21:38Gonzales! Calvin!
01:21:47Alder!
01:21:52Alder!
01:21:55Alder!
01:21:57What's going on?
01:21:59Where's Harbin? Where are Gonzales and the others?
01:22:01I sent them away.
01:22:03Is your shoulder bad?
01:22:05Just bad enough to bring it back here instead of going on.
01:22:08What do you mean you sent them away?
01:22:10There isn't a horse in the corral. What happened?
01:22:12There's no horse in the corral.
01:22:14Hey, there isn't a horse in the corral. What happened?
01:22:16Their hands are taking them to Silver City.
01:22:18They're going to sell them there.
01:22:20There's a note for you.
01:22:22It's a deed for the ranch.
01:22:24All the money's in the safe.
01:22:26I'm leaving, Frenchie.
01:22:29Has Vern been here?
01:22:31Yes.
01:22:33You're doing this on account of him.
01:22:35Yes.
01:22:37You're not going away.
01:22:39You belong to me. You belong to every minute I've known you.
01:22:41You'll stay here.
01:22:43You don't care about anything, do you?
01:22:45No, I don't.
01:22:47There isn't much I've been able to keep.
01:22:49And if I lose you, I might as well turn myself into the nearest marshal.
01:22:51So get it out of your mind.
01:22:53You're not going to meet Vern.
01:22:55He wouldn't have me because I belong to you.
01:22:59Because I belong to you and everything you mean.
01:23:03You and the ranch.
01:23:05I don't believe you.
01:23:07I don't believe a word of you.
01:23:09I'm asking you, where are you going?
01:23:11I'm going away from here.
01:23:13To Baldy Gunders or the Golden Dollar or the Arkady or any saloon that'll have me.
01:23:15I'll kill you before you do.
01:23:19Hello, Frenchie.
01:23:23You and Alder been packing along?
01:23:27The place sure looks deserted.
01:23:29Looks like people are moving.
01:23:31What's going on?
01:23:33Both planning to leave?
01:23:35Nobody's leaving.
01:23:37Alder was going to take a trip, but she'll change her mind.
01:23:39She sold me out to Vern.
01:23:41Told him I gave her a brooch.
01:23:43Told him it came from his girl that I shot in the hold-up.
01:23:45No telling what other things she told him.
01:23:47About all of us.
01:23:49I told him where I got the brooch.
01:23:51That's all.
01:23:53I believe that.
01:23:55You're a reasonable man, Frenchie.
01:23:57You know once they start talking, they don't stop.
01:23:59A marshal from here to Kansas wouldn't pay for what she knows.
01:24:01We took a lot from you.
01:24:03You wiped your boots on us a long time.
01:24:05Too bad preacher ain't here to read over you.
01:24:09Forget her and me.
01:24:11But I tell you, some of you are going to die doing it.
01:24:15Here's why you're wrong, Frenchie.
01:24:17There's a rifle on that windowsill.
01:24:19And it's dead aimed at your back.
01:24:21And Wilson's behind it.
01:24:23If you think I'm going to turn around, you're mistaken.
01:24:25All right.
01:24:27You tell him.
01:24:33It's there, Frenchie.
01:24:35You can get one of us.
01:24:37Maybe two.
01:24:39But there'll still be three left to settle with her.
01:24:43You've got the odds.
01:24:45Let us clear out, and Chuckaluck's yours.
01:24:47Not a chance.
01:24:49We got the odds.
01:24:51We'll call the plays.
01:24:53The odds are changed.
01:24:57There is a rifle on the sill,
01:24:59but there's nobody back of it now.
01:25:01I hogtied Wilson.
01:25:03I was riding in the sun
01:25:05about 500 yards behind you.
01:25:07Looks like all of us were heading for the same spot,
01:25:09all with different reasons.
01:25:11When I saw you, I figured they did a job on the sheriff.
01:25:13But all your friends won't help you this time.
01:25:17The others are yours, Frenchie.
01:25:19I don't care what you do with them. That's up to you.
01:25:21I don't care whether you turn them loose or shoot them
01:25:23or hang them to a tree.
01:25:25From what I heard outside, shooting's better than they deserve.
01:25:27But before I hand them over to you,
01:25:29I want your word on something.
01:25:31Keep them here a while.
01:25:33I tried Kinch to jail personally.
01:25:37Give me an hour's start.
01:25:39Now, look, Vern.
01:25:41Maybe we can work out a deal.
01:25:43If you'll be willing to talk it over at Kinch.
01:25:53Watch out! The window!
01:26:03Stop! Stop shooting!
01:26:05Throw out your guns.
01:26:09Cavenchi.
01:26:15Go on, get started.
01:26:33Take your own direction and don't ever come back.
01:26:35Frenchie, the sheriff we got Kinch from,
01:26:37he's probably got a posse out by now.
01:26:39I can't fight.
01:26:41We'll be caught certain.
01:26:43That's your problem.
01:26:45Take your chances.
01:27:03Once the posse gets them,
01:27:05they'll come here for you.
01:27:07They're welcome to me.
01:27:09We all get taken sooner or later.
01:27:11But first there's a matter you and I have got to settle.
01:27:33Father.
01:28:03She stepped in front of that bullet to save you.
01:28:33For they died that day,
01:28:35so the legends tell.
01:28:37With empty guns
01:28:39they fought
01:28:41and fell.
01:28:43And so ends
01:28:45the tale
01:28:47of hate,
01:28:49murder
01:28:51and revenge.
01:29:03© transcript Emily Beynon