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Bonanza S1E20 The Fear Merchants
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00:00Is this the American way to toast on an American occasion?
00:12To your son on his 18th birthday.
00:15To my son Jimmy's American birthday.
00:18To the joining of the past and the present.
00:21To create a finer future.
00:24You have honored my house.
00:26And now there is much to do.
00:32You are fortunate to know the Cartwright family so well, Hobson.
00:35It pleases me to know that here in America,
00:37the affection and respect of the sons for the father
00:40is as strong as it is in the land of our ancestors.
00:43The Cartwrights have great respect for you, my uncle.
00:46And admiration for your son.
00:48I am happy of the younger sons.
00:50I am happy of the younger sons
00:52who honor us with their presence at the birthday party.
00:55And do not worry, Hobson.
00:57Your friend Hoss will be fed
00:59as well as if you yourself did the cooking.
01:21Hey, you.
01:23Are you talking to me?
01:40Yes.
01:41You and me, we're good together, Billy boy.
01:44I'm going to have to clean a lot more of this dirt out of here
01:47before Virginia City is a fit place to live.
02:18Hey, yeah.
02:19No, no, no...
02:44Well, Joe.
02:46Well, Joe, is it sure enough true we're going to have bird's nest for dinner at Jimmy Chang's birthday party?
02:52That's what Adam told us.
02:54I ain't for sure I'm going to like that.
02:57Well, it's something to eat. You'll like it, all right.
03:01I'm sick.
03:05Pa, Adam, come out here, quick!
03:11I'm sick.
03:12What happened to your boy?
03:16Can you talk Hopsing?
03:18Looks like he's been in a pretty bad fight.
03:20Yeah. Pa, Pa, let me help him in the house.
03:23You forget about him. Hopsing all right.
03:26It's Chinese business only.
03:32What do you mean by that, Pa?
03:34You don't think he's tangled up in one of them Tong things we heard about, do you?
03:39No, I don't, son.
03:40The Tong is a protective organization composed of people who can't be trusted.
03:43No, I don't, son. The Tong is a protective organization composed of civilized people.
03:47I wonder how much more this has been going on.
03:49A lot of it. Particularly in the California gold mines.
03:53I didn't think any of it would spread over the mountains.
03:56Why would anybody want to do a thing like this?
03:59Because Hopsing is Chinese.
04:03That's the craziest thing I ever heard of, Pa.
04:07I feel like going in there and tearing that town apart board by board.
04:10No, you won't, son. You'll go to Jimmy Chang's birthday party tomorrow just as you planned.
04:14I suppose we just forget about the fact that somebody beat up on Hopsing.
04:17We're not going to forget about it, but we're not going to stir up more trouble for the Chinese than they already have.
04:41Are you sure you've got enough money?
04:43Oh, yes, sir, Pa. We done paid for Jimmy Chang's present. We're just going to go pick it up.
04:47All right. Well, we'll see you later.
04:53What was it you wanted, Lee Chang?
04:55Oh, today is the birthday of my son.
04:57Ain't that nice.
05:00I would like to buy...
05:02I would like to buy...
05:04I would like to buy...
05:06I would like to buy...
05:08I would like to buy...
05:10an 18 small American flag.
05:13Mmm?
05:16You're plum out of those flags, aren't you, Hammond?
05:19Hmm? Oh, yeah, that's right. I forgot.
05:24I don't have any American flags, Ching. I'm sorry.
05:27What are you sorry for?
05:32I don't have any. You'll have to go some other place.
05:35Thank you. I'll try cambels on c-streak.
05:38He don't have none either.
05:41And neither does anybody else in town.
06:00Lee Chan, my friend.
06:02Ah, Mr. Vernon. Mr. Adam.
06:06It would seem my unworthy nephew feeds food to bring good health.
06:10It would seem Hop Singh feeds my brother Hoss a few extra servings, too.
06:14There's a big day in your life, Chang. You'd be mighty proud of that boy of yours.
06:18Mr. Cartwright, could I ask you a question, please?
06:22Of course. Anything you want, you know that.
06:24There are customs of your people I do not understand.
06:27I'd wish for my son an American birthday party.
06:31I wouldn't worry about it. Just give him a cake with candles.
06:34Oh, yes. It must be candles and not flags.
06:39What do you mean, Chang?
06:40I had thought to put American flags on the cake, but I understand it is not permitted.
06:46Who says so?
06:48Oh, it's no matter.
06:52Chang, did Hammond refuse to sell you American flags to put on Jimmy's cake?
06:57I did not understand. I do not wish trouble.
07:05Adam, Vance, good to see you.
07:08What can I do for my favorite customers?
07:11We'd like to buy some American flags.
07:16I don't have any of them little ones, ma'am.
07:19How did you know we wanted some of those little ones?
07:22Maybe we wanted a great deal of them.
07:25I don't know, sir.
07:27I don't know, sir.
07:29Adam, how did you know we wanted some of those little ones?
07:33Maybe we wanted a great deal of them.
07:35Well, do you?
07:37Do you run the store now, Jesse?
07:39No, I just take care of my own business, that's all.
07:43Well, stay out of ours.
07:46You have a long time, Adam.
07:50How about it, Hammond?
07:52I'm sure we don't have any.
07:55You take a nice, hard look.
08:02There were right here.
08:05Well, here's some of them.
08:08I didn't know I had any left.
08:11Let's see, that's three, four, five, six...
08:14How many of them did you need?
08:16Eighteen.
08:18They're to be put on a birthday cake.
08:22There's a few extra.
08:24They'll be a dollar.
08:40Adam, you shouldn't let Jesse's tips get under your skin that way.
08:45I can't help it.
08:47Nothing but a cattle thief and a hired gun, and yet he walks around loose.
08:51He'll trap himself in time.
09:05Andy Fulmer.
09:07Well, this town's getting pretty hot up for somebody to run for mayor, isn't it?
09:10Adam, is Jesse Tibbs still foreman of that ranch that Andy Fulmer bought out South of Carson?
09:16As far as I know.
09:20I'm seeing business with the flags with Lee Chang.
09:24That sounds just about like the kind of tactics that Fulmer would use.
09:28First the Irish, and now the Chinese.
09:32America for the Americans.
09:34That's a pretty tired platform.
09:36Adam, do me a favor. Will you take these flags over to Lee Chang?
09:39Tell him that Hammond just misunderstood them.
09:42What are you up to?
09:44Somebody I want to talk to.
09:52Come in.
09:57Ah, Ben Cartwright. I'm rightly honored.
10:00To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, Mr. Cartwright?
10:02You don't have to go through any of the formalities, Mr. Fulmer.
10:05We've known each other for some time.
10:10What school did you get that from?
10:12Harvard, Knox. Same one you went to, Ben.
10:15Only I don't call myself a lawyer.
10:18Folks get in trouble, they come to me for advice.
10:21Ain't nothing in the law that says I can't charge a fee for helping them.
10:25Now, just what did you have on your mind, Ben?
10:29Andy?
10:31I understand you're fixing to run for mayor.
10:35That's right.
10:38Andy, what's your platform?
10:41Virginia City for Virginia City.
10:43Short, sweet, and to the point.
10:45You like that?
10:47Well, it depends on what it means.
10:49It means Virginia City belongs to the folks that made it what it is.
10:52It means we don't want outsiders.
10:55Well, now, what's your definition of an outsider, Andy?
10:59Well, now, Ben, you live outside the city and you can't vote for me anyhow.
11:03Even if you would. But I'll be glad to spell it out for you anyway.
11:07It means our town's being overrun by foreigners who are willing to work for nothing.
11:11And they're taking the bread and butter out of the mouths of folks like us who built this country.
11:16Now, by foreigners, Andy, who do you mean?
11:20The Irish? The Welsh?
11:23Or the Chinese?
11:25Now, before you start giving me any of that high-flown talk about prejudice,
11:29you just stop and remember this camp's full of those same Irishmen and Welshmen and Cornishmen.
11:33And those are the very people I mean to protect.
11:35I wasn't going to give you any high-flown talk about prejudice, Andy.
11:39I just wanted to know where you stood.
11:42Yeah. Does that mean you're against me, Ben?
11:46Well, Andy, it means that if I find out that you or any of your boys
11:52had anything to do with beating up my cook,
11:56I'll tie a rope around you.
11:58I'll drag you up and down Main Street.
12:00Now, Ben, like I said before, you don't live in this city.
12:04And you can't vote for me no how.
12:07So why don't you just stay out of this campaign?
12:10I guess you just invited me in, Andy.
12:31Hoss! Little Joe!
12:33Don't call that Jimmy Chang.
12:35Just when I got a surprise birthday present run out to him,
12:37we lit up to run into him.
12:39I didn't expect to see you till tonight.
12:41You are coming to the party, aren't you?
12:43Sure, we're coming, Jimmy.
12:44What's the matter, Hoss?
12:47Uh, we really going to eat bird's nest?
12:50My father said he felt the same way about the first piece of apple pie he ever saw.
12:54See you later. I got to get to the stable and get to work.
12:57Take it easy, Jimmy.
13:00He's a good kid.
13:01Yeah.
13:02Made up his mind to go to college and he'll do it, too.
13:04You reckon he knew this was his birthday present?
13:07If he couldn't figure that out, he sure has no sense going to college.
13:22Hey, good looking.
13:23You know better than to say a thing like that in public.
13:31You didn't seem to mind it so much last night.
13:34Billy Wheeler, I wasn't even with you last night.
13:37Then who were you with, Sally?
13:39Tommy Gaines or Ned Wilkins or the Pierce kid?
13:44Or maybe him?
13:48What if I was?
13:51I didn't know you was making fun. I'd slap your mouth.
13:54Let go of me.
13:57Suppose I told your daddy what you just said.
14:00What do you think old J.R. did to you, huh?
14:05Now you just be nice and I won't tell.
14:09Let go of her. Let go of her.
14:12Why don't you try and make me?
14:17Boy, you just made the biggest mistake of your life.
14:20Biggest mistake you'll ever make.
14:27Jimmy.
14:29Oh, let me look at that cut.
14:35That's all right, Miss Sally. Leave me alone.
14:38All I did was bathe your face.
14:41A girl would do that for anyone.
14:43Yes, anyone.
14:46I didn't mean it the way it sounded.
14:49That's all right. I'm used to it.
14:52Here. I'll put some more water on it.
14:57Sally.
14:58Father.
14:59Get into the house.
15:00But Father.
15:01Did you hear me?
15:02Why, what have I done?
15:03You've disgraced my name.
15:05Flouting yourself in front of this heathen.
15:07I was just helping Jimmy. Billy Wheeler hit him.
15:09And I thank Billy Wheeler for that.
15:11Father, how can you say that? Jimmy didn't do anything.
15:14You get into the house before I thrash you.
15:17I'm not afraid of you, Father. I've enough of you.
15:20I'm not afraid of you, Father. I haven't done anything wrong.
15:23Every time I look at a boy, you see evil.
15:25Hey.
15:26Sally.
15:27You keep away from her.
15:29You shouldn't have done that, Mr. Ridley.
15:31Why?
15:32Oh, Father, no. No.
15:34Father, no.
15:45You've killed her.
15:51No.
15:53No.
16:11I told you it was the biggest mistake you've ever made.
16:15Boy, I sure told you.
16:20I wouldn't be too worried if I was you Lee Chang about Jimmy. He'll be around a minute.
16:32That old man Ridley probably gave him a few extra chores to do.
16:35You know Mr. Ridley, he's tougher than nails.
16:37Oh, Jimmy not mine. He work hard. He do what Mr. Ridley tell him.
16:40What do you think, Hoss?
16:45I don't know. That boy's so dang anxious to make his college money, he's done forgot his own birthday party.
16:51Yeah, and he's almost an hour late.
16:56Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy, what happened?
17:00Hops, get some water and some towels, quick.
17:02What is it, my son?
17:04They were chasing me.
17:06Who was?
17:07I had to fight them off, Hoss. They wanted to kill me.
17:10Why? What did you do?
17:11No job. I didn't do anything.
17:14Something must have happened.
17:16Sally Ridley is dead. Her father shot her. It was an accident.
17:20They think I killed her.
17:22Look, Jimmy, I want you to tell me the whole story right from the very beginning.
17:26It was an accident, Joe. I liked Sally. I wouldn't ever hurt her.
17:35We know he's in there. Send him out.
17:38Send him out or we're coming in to get him. Somebody will get hurt.
17:44Just keep calm. Ain't nobody gonna hurt that boy.
17:48We'll handle this thing proper. Little Joe, you come cover me.
17:57First man that tries to come in this house is gonna have to clam over me.
18:00We're not looking for any fight. We want the boy is all.
18:04Well, you ain't getting him.
18:06We'll find somebody and he's gonna get what's coming to him.
18:09That's a bit hasty, Billy. Suppose we give him a choice.
18:12Either we take the boy in jail or we get a rope. What about it?
18:20You wait here.
18:31Will they take my son?
18:33No, Lee Chang. If anybody does get taken around here, it's gonna be Little Joe and me.
18:37But you believe, Jimmy.
18:39Look, don't worry, Lee Chang. Sheriff Halstead's a fair and honest man.
18:43He'll know the truth when he hears it.
18:44Father, in America, a man is innocent until proven guilty. Isn't that right, Hoss?
18:52That's right, Jimmy. Go on.
18:54Let's go, Hoss.
18:59Hopsink, Adam's gonna stop by for us. Tell him we're down at the jail.
19:18Why'd you let him have him? We could've strung him up.
19:21Billy, Billy, Billy. Don't you remember what Fulmer said?
19:25What we do is let it boil. We just let it boil.
19:36Now, you've told me the whole truth. You sure you've left nothing out, son?
19:40I've told you just the way it happened.
19:44Well, I'm inclined to believe him.
19:46How many other folks will is the question.
19:48Well, I believe him. I've known Jimmy and his family a long time. They're good people.
19:52Sure, they're good people, but that doesn't tip the scales.
19:55Not with some who have political ambitions.
19:59You mean Andy Fulmer.
20:01Yeah. He's been waiting for this kind of thing to happen ever since he declared for mayor.
20:07Come on, boy.
20:13Jimmy, everything's gonna be all right.
20:21This is for your own protection, Jimmy. You'd be better off here than you will at home.
20:25I understand, Sheriff.
20:28Jimmy, this doesn't mean that you're guilty.
20:31Even an innocent man, if he's suspected of murder, can't be allowed to roam the streets.
20:36I know.
20:37You'll be all right here.
20:52All right, Billy, send him in.
21:01How are you, Mr. Ridley?
21:03Won't you sit down?
21:09All of our sympathies are with you, Mr. Ridley.
21:11We all want you to know how deeply we feel for you in this hour of your great loss.
21:16Thank you, Andy.
21:18It's a tragedy, Mr. Ridley. It's a real tragedy.
21:23And if we hadn't let the bars down in the first place, a thing like this couldn't ever have happened.
21:29Now, you know me, Mr. Ridley. I speak my mind plain.
21:33Your daughter went out with lots of American boys, didn't she?
21:37Sure she did. Pretty little thing like her.
21:40And did any of those American boys ever act any way other than decent with her?
21:44Of course not.
21:46Would an American boy have shot her down in cold blood?
21:50There's something I think you should know.
21:53That boy didn't kill my daughter.
21:56It was an accident.
21:58I had the gun. The gun went off.
22:02That boy didn't kill my daughter, Andy. I did.
22:07Now, you just sit there, Mr. Ridley. You had a very trying day.
22:13Jesse, haven't you got some work to do?
22:16Sure. Sure, Andy.
22:26Sometimes when a man suffers a great tragedy, it can affect his mind.
22:31You understand that, don't you, Mr. Ridley?
22:33Yes. Yes, I understand that.
22:36And in his grief, he might forget things or even imagine things that never really happened.
22:44Yes. Yes, that's true.
22:49I'm sorry to say this, old friend, but I see signs of that in you.
22:55In your eagerness to do what's right, you're willing to shoulder all the blame for Sally's death.
23:01Well, shouldn't I, Andy?
23:03Now, now let's face the truth.
23:06Didn't that boy, that James Chang, didn't he provoke whatever caused Sally's death?
23:16As the Lord is my judge, that boy caused Sally to die.
23:21Yes. And our city's overrun with these undesirables.
23:24And that breeds the sort of thing that happened to you.
23:27And every decent citizen in this town wants to see that that don't never happen again.
23:31Now, ain't that right, Mr. Ridley?
23:33Yes. Yes, Andy.
23:36All right, then.
23:38Now let you and me sit down and examine what's really right for Virginia City.
23:43You asked me to order members of our Tong to fight, if need be, to protect your son.
23:49My son has not killed anyone.
23:52He has committed but one crime.
23:54He is Chinese.
23:56Is James Chang Chinese?
23:59Has he not given up the ways of his ancestors?
24:02Has he not taken the dress and the custom of another people?
24:06He is ambitious.
24:08He desires to educate himself in this new land.
24:11He knows that one day the Chinese will take their place
24:14alongside other people who have come from many other places to make this great country.
24:19Young eyes can see great distances.
24:22And risk is the privilege of youth.
24:26Your son has accepted the new ways.
24:29And with this, he has accepted the risk.
24:33He is my son.
24:35And they talk in the streets of killing him.
24:37It is written,
24:39It is better to sacrifice one lamb than to cause the slaughter of the entire flock.
24:49Some men will fight even to save a lamb.
24:57Order. Order, please.
25:00Now, I don't want to have to remind you folks.
25:03This is an official inquest.
25:06And I expect order.
25:08Continue, Mr. Wheeler.
25:10I said.
25:12I've seen this Chinese boy carrying on with Sally Ridley.
25:15So naturally, I went and told her father.
25:18You know the rest.
25:19Now, Your Honor.
25:21Aren't we taking an awful lot for granted here?
25:23Now, surely, Your Honor.
25:25Ben Cartwright's been around long enough to know the facts when he hears them.
25:29But this is not a trial, Andy.
25:31It's an inquest.
25:34Is that all, boy?
25:37Well, ain't that enough, Your Honor?
25:39Don't get smart with me, son.
25:41Now, you just get down and let's have the next witness.
25:46Miss Amanda Ridley.
25:55Now, Amanda.
25:57Just tell us in your own words what happened last night.
26:00Jimmy Chang killed my sister.
26:04Order. Order in the court, please.
26:07Order. Order, please.
26:10Amanda, we're not passing judgment here.
26:13We're just trying to get the facts.
26:15Well, what did you expect?
26:17Everybody in town knows what kind of a girl my sister was.
26:20Always flaunting herself.
26:22Fluffing her hair and mincing around boys.
26:26What's the matter with her?
26:28She's jealous of her own sister.
26:33Please, Amanda.
26:34I know how hard this must be for you.
26:37But all we want to hear is what you saw.
26:40Well, I heard a shot.
26:42I ran to the stable.
26:44There was Jimmy Chang bending over my sister.
26:46There was a gun next to him.
26:49My poor father was standing there just staring.
26:53And the gun was by Jimmy Chang?
26:55It was right by him.
26:56Right where he dropped it.
26:58Now, Your Honor.
26:59How do we know that was Jimmy Chang's gun?
27:01Who saw him drop it there?
27:02Ben, you're not trying to tell us that gun just fell out of the sky, are you?
27:07Ben Cartwright, I'm not going to put up with any more of your outbursts.
27:14All right, Amanda. That's all.
27:20Mr. Ridley, will you take the stand?
27:23Mr. Ridley, do you feel the testimony you've heard here
27:27is substantial of the way it happened?
27:29As the Lord is my witness,
27:32that boy caused the death of my daughter.
27:35Thank you, Mr. Ridley. You may step down.
27:40Jimmy Chang, stand up.
27:44It is the defendant's testimony.
27:47Jimmy Chang, stand up.
27:51It is the finding of this inquiry that you, Jimmy Chang,
27:54stand trial for the murder of Styler Ridley.
27:58Inquest adjourned.
28:03I sure don't want to miss that trial.
28:06They'll hang him for sure, won't they, Mr. Fulmer?
28:08That's hard to tell.
28:10A jury trial?
28:12Sometimes you just can't depend on a jury.
28:15Like I told you boys before,
28:17when I take over this town, I want it clean.
28:21Maybe...
28:23Maybe we ought to see to it there ain't no trial, boss.
28:28Jesse, I sure like the way you think.
28:38We owe an obligation to this town, boys.
28:40Andy's right. We're all merchants.
28:42We all earn our living here.
28:44If we let the Chinese take over, our property will be worthless.
28:47I never spoke truer words, Cyrus.
28:50That's my way of thinking exactly.
28:52If it wasn't my way of thinking,
28:54I wouldn't be running for mayor.
28:58One thing, Andy. I ain't a man to jump into things, you know.
29:01You ain't a man to stand by and watch your own house burn down
29:04without tossing on a pail of water either, are you, Cyrus?
29:09We let that Chinaman get away with killing that white girl.
29:12It's just the same as saying we don't even care
29:14what happens to our own wives and daughters.
29:17What do you think we ought to do, Andy?
29:20I think we ought to put a stop to it right now.
29:30Looks like you're a little off your game today, little Joe.
29:35Huh?
29:43Sheriff.
29:45They're holding a meeting over at Hammond's store.
29:47I don't like the looks of it.
29:49Andy Fulmer in the height of his glory.
29:51So-called cause and a hot-headed audience to listen to his ranting.
29:54Where do you think it'll come to, Pa?
29:56I don't know.
29:58But if Fulmer can fire up that crowd enough,
30:00they'll sure enough try to bring Jimmy out of jail.
30:02Don't you think we can hold them off, Pa?
30:04I've got no right to ask you cartwrights
30:06to get mixed up in this thing.
30:08You got no help either, have you?
30:10Well, you want to get rid of me, Sheriff,
30:12you're going to have to throw me out.
30:14Jimmy Chang's a friend of mine.
30:17Well, Sheriff?
30:19Well, I won't lie and say that I'm not pleased, but...
30:24Well, to make this thing legal-like,
30:26I'd better swear you all in as deputies.
30:29That's good.
30:31Always did want to wear one of them deputy badges anyhow.
30:41Dad?
30:45No.
30:47Looks like you were right.
30:50I don't think there's any more doubt about it, Sheriff.
30:59Look, there's only one way to avoid trouble,
31:01and that's by getting that boy out of town fast.
31:03But I can't rightly do that, Ben.
31:05Well, you can't rightly let them get away with it.
31:07But I can't rightly do that, Ben.
31:09Well, you can't rightly let them come in and lynch him either, can you?
31:12Ben, Jimmy Chang has been indicted for murder.
31:15That's my sworn duty to uphold the law,
31:17and it's also the sworn duty of you and your sons now.
31:20What are we supposed to do, sit here and wait?
31:22That's the way it is.
31:24Look, Pa, even if we get Jimmy out, we got to get him past those men.
31:30Yeah, I suppose nothing would make Fulmer happier
31:33than to kill Jimmy Chang while attempting to break jail.
31:36Now, look, Ray, there's no law
31:38that says a deputy can't walk out of here, is there?
31:40No, there isn't.
31:42If you boys want to change your mind, I can release you from any obligations.
31:45No, that's not what I meant.
31:47I just don't like the idea of sitting around here
31:49while Andy Fulmer calls every turn.
31:51What's on your mind, son?
31:53Well, Pa, I can't help thinking about Amanda
31:55and the way she behaved on the witness stand.
31:57Now, I've known her a long time.
31:59I just don't believe she's turned that bitter.
32:01You think you might want to talk to her?
32:03I'd like to try.
32:05It's worth a chance.
32:07Maybe through her you could break down Ridley's story.
32:14I don't like the idea of you going out there, though.
32:17Horse and I could cover him, Pa.
32:19They'll be playing right into Fulmer's hands,
32:21and there'll be three less guns in here for him to worry about.
32:24I'll get through, all right, Pa.
32:26I wasn't thinking of you getting through, Adam.
32:28I was thinking of you getting back in.
32:30Don't sell Fulmer short.
32:32He's got Ridley on his side,
32:34and you've got to keep him there.
32:36Well, I'm going to risk it.
32:38All right, Adam.
32:47Good luck, Adam.
33:01What's the matter, Cartwright?
33:03Did the stink of that woman killer get too thick for you in there?
33:06You get out of my way.
33:10You sure are proddy, Adam.
33:12Ain't no law says we can't stand out here in the street.
33:15Yeah, why are you Cartwright so nervous?
33:17We ain't doing nothing.
33:19Well, just keep on doing it.
33:34May I come in?
33:36I suppose it'd be all right.
33:45My father isn't home.
33:47Well, it's really you I wanted to talk to, Amanda.
33:50Would you like to sit down?
33:55Well, all of us used to have some mighty good times in this house.
33:58We haven't entertained since Mother died.
34:02Seven years?
34:04Must get kind of lonely for you sometimes.
34:06I had obligations, and I assumed those obligations.
34:12Not to be at such a high price.
34:15You think it's been easy keeping the household together with Mother gone?
34:20No, I don't.
34:22I watched my own father do it for years.
34:25Yes, but Sally did everything she could to make things different.
34:28Yeah, Pa had his moments with all of us, too.
34:30She had no respect for anything.
34:32Not for me or for my father.
34:34Look, Amanda, stop feeling sorry for yourself.
34:36Life hasn't passed you by.
34:38Why can't you Cartwrights mind your own business and let us mind ours?
34:42Because it happens to be everybody's business when a boy's life's at stake.
34:45You can stand there and say that to me when my sister's been murdered.
34:49What do you expect me to do?
34:51Go over there to Jimmy Chang and tell him it was all a big mistake?
34:54If that's what it was, yes.
34:56Jimmy Chang said he didn't have a gun. He said it was an accident.
34:59Now, look, Amanda, I've always admired you
35:01because you had the courage to stand up for what you thought was right.
35:04Sally was just exactly the way you used to be.
35:07No more, no less.
35:09You don't need to pretend with me, Amanda.
35:19Adam, I...
35:22Adam, I...
35:24I've been so alone.
35:30What should I do?
35:32Tell the truth.
35:34What are you doing in my house, Cartwright?
35:36There's no woman safe in this town.
35:39How dare you persecute my daughter?
35:41It's not your daughter that's being persecuted.
35:44There's a young boy over in that jail that's just about to face a lynch mob.
35:47That boy's a murderer and a heathen.
35:50He's been indicted for his crime.
35:52Indicted but not convicted.
35:54Now, don't you think Jimmy Chang deserves a fair trial?
35:57James Chang will have a fair trial.
36:00Not unless you tell Andy Fulmer that's what you want him to have.
36:03Oh, Mr. Fulmer's an honorable man.
36:05He doesn't need me to tell him what to do.
36:07What's the matter, Mr. Ridley?
36:09You afraid to face up to Andy Fulmer and the principles you value so highly?
36:14I fear no man.
36:16Well, then talk to him!
36:20I'll go with you, Father.
36:32What rights has he got to stand trial anyway?
36:34He ain't even no citizen.
36:36We can all let those Cartwrights tell us how to proceed.
36:40There are only three Cartwrights in there.
36:42Adam left.
36:44And we'll see to it he don't get back in again.
36:46I say rush to jail.
36:48Sheriff Halstead will be on our side when he sees we mean business.
36:55What are you up to, Cartwright?
36:57Just out for a walk with some friends of mine.
36:59I've got some business to take care of.
37:01I've got some business to take care of.
37:03I've got some business to take care of.
37:05I've got some business to take care of.
37:07Just out for a walk with some friends of mine?
37:09What's the matter, Jesse? You seem nervous.
37:12Mr. Ridley, is Adam trying to force you to do something against your will?
37:16No man forces me against my will.
37:21I want to talk with Mr. Fulmer.
37:23You wanted to talk to me, J.R.?
37:27I've got to talk to you about everything.
37:29About those people out there.
37:31Why, certainly, J.R. Not a man in this town can't speak to me whenever he wants to.
37:34You come right on in.
37:35Miss Mander?
37:46Let's step into my private office. We can talk freely there.
37:49I'll wait out here.
37:52Why don't you sit down, Amanda?
37:54J.R.?
38:00Now then.
38:02What was it you wanted to say to me, J.R.?
38:05I want those people out there to know the truth.
38:07I want to tell them what I told you this morning.
38:10I want to tell them what I told you this morning.
38:13I want to tell them what I told you this morning.
38:15J.R., I'm sorry.
38:17I wanted to tell you something.
38:19I want to tell them what I told you this morning.
38:22And what did you tell me this morning, J.R.?
38:24Why, that Jimmy Chang is innocent,
38:27that my daughter's death was an accident.
38:29And what did I say then, Mr. Ridley?
38:32I just don't remember.
38:34Didn't I say that I wanted to help you?
38:36Didn't I say that the people of Virginia City
38:38were behind you 100%?
38:40Did you see all those people out there in that street?
38:43Why do you think they're there?
38:45They're there because they're your friends, J.R.,
38:48just as I'm your friend,
38:50because we both believe in the same principles.
38:52We believe in honesty and decency
38:56and the American way.
38:57Now, ain't that right, Mr. Ridley?
38:59Yes, I suppose so.
39:01Father, you...
39:02Now, you don't suppose, you know.
39:04Those people are out there because they're your friends.
39:08They're out there to honor you.
39:10They're there to honor a man
39:12who stood up in his hour of great tragedy,
39:15not for his own sake,
39:17but for the sake of an entire city.
39:20Now, are you gonna let them down, J.R.?
39:23Are you gonna let your daughter die in vain?
39:34They're waiting for you out there, J.R.
39:45Well, Mr. Ridley?
39:48I have no right to stand in the way of my friends,
39:50the people here in Virginia City.
39:52Like I say, J.R., I like your ideas fine.
39:55You talk to me any time. The door's always open.
40:01What happened in there?
40:03Adam, it was horrible.
40:05It's as if my father has no mind of his own.
40:08Well, I'll change his mind.
40:09No, Adam. Let me do it.
40:12I can make him understand that he's got to tell the truth.
40:15Try it if you think you can.
40:17Remember, Amanda, Jimmy Chang's life
40:20depends on your father telling the truth.
40:22I realize that now, Adam.
40:24Come along, Amanda.
40:39Just where do you think you're going, Cartwright?
40:42Why don't you leave those folks alone?
40:51Boys, boys, what's going on here?
40:53Cartwright here seemed to be in a hurry.
40:56We figured he was planning to pester the Ridleys some more.
40:59You boys put those guns away.
41:01Jesse, you know we're not men of violence.
41:04You go right ahead, Mr. Cartwright.
41:06Just do whatever you like.
41:08I'll do just exactly that, Mr. Bowman.
41:12You sure you don't want me to stop him, boss?
41:15Why should you do that, Jesse?
41:17Just when we got things right where we want them.
41:24Little Joe, did you ever taste anything like these Jailhouse beans?
41:28Yeah.
41:30Never. I'm trying not to remember.
41:32What you mean to say is,
41:34you don't ever remember tasting anything as good, don't you?
41:38Yeah, that's what I mean.
41:40It's almost worth breaking the law to get this kind of chow.
41:44Jimmy, you ain't eat a bite of yours.
41:46Why don't you try to get some of that down?
41:48Thanks, Hoss, but I'm not hungry.
41:50Hungry? What's that got to do with it?
41:52You think the only time a man can eat is when he's hungry?
41:55Yeah, you haven't got any kind of fool idea like that, do you, Jimmy?
41:59I didn't kill Sally.
42:01You believe me, don't you, Hoss?
42:05Jimmy, you ought to have more sense than he, Massa.
42:08But there are some people in this town who think I did.
42:11How can they, Hoss?
42:15Jimmy, don't you worry. You got lots of friends in this town.
42:18Friends that aren't going to let you down.
42:20Here he comes. Let him in.
42:29I really thought they tried to stop you from getting back in here.
42:32Pullman was so sure of himself, he figured he didn't have to.
42:35What about Amanda? Did you find out anything from her?
42:37Oh, I sure did.
42:39Anyway, I've convinced her she should tell the truth.
42:41I thought we had Ridley convinced,
42:43and then we got over to Fulmer's, and...
42:46I don't know. Fulmer's got some strange kind of hold on the man.
42:49It's like so much clay in his hands.
42:51Anyway, Amanda's still working on him.
42:53What, do you think she'll get anywhere with him?
42:56If she doesn't, we've got a lynch mob on our hands.
42:59Father, how can I make you understand what I'm saying to you?
43:03I'm on the side of right.
43:05Right. You're just doing what Andy Fulmer wants you to do.
43:09That boy's going to die.
43:11Your sister died, too, didn't she?
43:14Yes, she did.
43:16Until now, I...
43:18I don't believe I really cared.
43:20But now I know you don't care.
43:23I don't believe I really cared.
43:26But now I know you don't care.
43:29How dare you speak like that to me?
43:31I dare speak like that because it's the truth.
43:34Your sister brought disgrace on us.
43:38Is it really Jimmy Chang you're trying to punish, is it?
43:42You're trying to punish Sally.
43:50Father...
43:53Was her death really an accident?
43:55Or did you pull that trigger on purpose?
44:00Is that why you're afraid to talk?
44:05Amanda, as God is my witness, it was an accident.
44:10Then go out there and tell them.
44:13Oh, Father, we've both lied to ourselves.
44:17We never really believed the things we said about Sally.
44:21And if we let Jimmy Chang die, we'll really be condemning Sally.
44:26You and I, Father.
44:28We're the guilty ones.
44:40Now, boys, you all know where I stand.
44:43I'm just interested in doing what's right for our city.
44:47Are we going to let those Cartwrights stand between us and what we know is right?
44:50I say let's rush them and get them out of that jail.
44:56Pop...
45:00Here they come.
45:04Let's put a few shots over their heads. That should scatter them.
45:20Here, stop that! Stop it, everybody! Stop!
45:23Ridley.
45:25Yeah, looks like she convinced them.
45:27Stop it! Stop it, everybody! Stop!
45:29Get in here, J.R. Those Cartwrights will kill you.
45:31It isn't the Cartwrights this town needs to fear, Fulmer.
45:34Ah, J.R., we understand each other.
45:36That won't work again, Andy.
45:38I'm going to tell Sheriff Halstead the truth.
45:40Now, we've been through this before.
45:42I'm going to tell him the truth.
45:44I'm going to tell him the truth.
45:46I'm going to tell him the truth.
45:48Get him.
45:54You fool.
45:56Why did you kill him?
45:58What? What are you saying? You told me to kill him.
46:01Murderer.
46:03You filthy murderer!
46:06Get him!
46:08He just killed my best friend!
46:10I'm going to tell him the truth.
46:12I'm going to tell him the truth.
46:14I'm going to tell him the truth.
46:17Get him! He just killed my best friend!
46:22Jesse, drop the gun.
46:27Father!
46:31Father!
46:43My father wanted to tell you something.
46:46I know what it was because I was part of it.
46:49We lied on the witness stand this morning.
46:52My sister's death was an accident.
46:54Jimmy Chang didn't have any gun.
46:57My father killed Sally.
46:59That's what he wanted to tell you.
47:05Well, Fulmer, three dead.
47:08You satisfied?
47:10Trying to make a murderer out of me, Ben?
47:13You try to murder this town.
47:16You still want this man for your mayor?
47:19Wait a minute, folks. Hold it, hold it.
47:22This is a terrible thing that's happened here today.
47:26We sure don't want anything like that to happen here again.
47:30Folks, folks.
47:32You know how I stand and what I believe in.
47:46I'm afraid you're at liberty, Mr. Chang.
47:49Come on, Jimmy. Didn't you hear him?
47:51Don't tell me you done got to where you like it in here.
47:54But what?
47:56But what? I thought you were the one who had the fine ideas about going to college.
48:00Yes, I do, but...
48:02If you're going to go to college, Jimmy, you got to bust out of this jail before you can start.
48:06It's all right, Jimmy. Come on.
48:09You can go home. It's all over now.
48:12Come on.
48:16Come on.
48:46Come on.