Bonanza S1E32 Death at Dawn
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00:00Hey, hey, now, why don't you look where you're going?
00:09I'm sorry I didn't see you.
00:10Well, you don't sound half sorry to me.
00:12Look, I said I was sorry.
00:14Why don't we leave it at that?
00:15If you don't mind, we'll call the shots.
00:16Now, suppose you use the other side of the street.
00:18Joe, Joe, come here.
00:24Your daddy's calling you, little boy.
00:30All right, I'll take you one at a time.
00:32Joe!
00:36What's the matter, Joe?
00:37Did you hear me calling you?
00:44You see what they were trying to do?
00:45Yes, I saw what they were trying to do.
00:47I also saw the half dozen men across the street
00:49ready to back them up.
00:50Well, I don't care how many there are.
00:52Look, what's got into this town?
00:53You can't walk down the street anymore.
00:55We're just going to stand by and let them get away with it.
00:57Look, do you think that walking into a trap
01:00they've deliberately set for you and getting your head broken
01:02is going to stop them?
01:06Get along to Mr. Cameron's store and help
01:07Horst load the supplies.
01:09I'll round up Adam and join you.
01:10All right, Cameron, what's your answer?
01:26You know my answer.
01:28I won't back down for you or Sam Bryant or any of the gang.
01:34Well, now that's just plum too bad.
01:38No.
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05:59But it might be a real good idea.
06:02Not this time, Bryant.
06:04Judge Scribner's in town.
06:06He says he'll hold a hearing on Farmer Perkins down at Town Hall
06:09just as soon as he can get there.
06:11You know something?
06:12I sure hate to see outsiders like the judge
06:15get mixed up in our private affairs.
06:18I think outsiders ought to tend to their own business.
06:21And that goes for you Cartwrights, too.
06:26See you later, Sheriff.
06:29Gentlemen.
06:35Order!
06:38Order in the court!
06:40Hey, wait!
06:41I'm thirsty!
06:42Come on!
06:44Order!
06:45Order!
06:47Order!
06:49Order in the court!
06:52Order in the court!
06:54Please be seated!
06:56Please be seated!
06:57Order!
06:58Order!
07:00All right.
07:02Sit quiet now.
07:04You want to see Farmer Perkins get a fair hearing now, don't you?
07:08Well, you'll know!
07:10All right, now sit down, everybody.
07:15We're right ahead, Your Honor.
07:18Are the witnesses present?
07:21Two of them are right here, Your Honor.
07:23Your Honor, before you start,
07:25I think you should know these two didn't say a thing.
07:27Are you acting as lawyer for Mr. Perkins?
07:30Well, Your Honor, I'm acting like just what I am,
07:33Farmer Perkins' friend.
07:38I'll not have any more of these outbursts.
07:45All right, Mrs. Cameron.
07:47Is Mrs. Cameron present in the court?
07:50Your Honor, if I may.
07:52Yes, Doctor?
07:54Mrs. Cameron is in no condition to testify at the present time.
07:57Yes, but she was an eyewitness to the alleged crime.
08:00Do you measure emotions by the clock, Your Honor?
08:03This woman just saw her husband shot down in cold blood!
08:11Doctor, you please resist passing judgment.
08:14I ask you if Mrs. Cameron is present in this court.
08:17No, she is not.
08:19She's in my office, a very sick woman.
08:21May I ask the nature of her illness?
08:23You certainly may.
08:25It's the same sickness that afflicts this entire town.
08:28Fear!
08:35Can we now hear from the other witnesses?
08:38Well, sure, we're all witnesses, everyone.
08:44Your Honor, these here are my character witnesses.
08:48Best money can buy.
08:54I'll not have a travesty made of my court!
09:00I'll testify, Your Honor.
09:03My brother and I were outside of Cameron's store when we heard the shot.
09:07We ran in and found Farmer Perkins.
09:09Mr. Cameron was on the floor dead and his wife was standing over him.
09:12That's exactly the way it happened.
09:14But you did not see the actual shooting?
09:20No, Your Honor, we did not.
09:23All right, Mr. Perkins.
09:27Well, now, Your Honor, my good friends here, the Cartwright boys,
09:31they've already said all I know.
09:33It was the same thing with me, exactly.
09:36I heard a shot, I ran in, and that was poor Mr. Cameron
09:41and that right pretty wife of his.
09:45Don't suppose she shot him, do you?
09:47She must have!
09:50She must have done it!
09:56Are there any other eyewitnesses to the alleged shooting?
10:00I mean, other than Mrs. Cameron.
10:02Judge, you know as well as I do what kind of man Farmer Perkins is.
10:07At this moment, Mr. Perkins' character is not on trial.
10:11Due to the failure of our only eyewitness to appear,
10:14I must adjourn this hearing.
10:20I said adjourn it!
10:22Only until Mrs. Cameron is available to testify.
10:26Meanwhile, the suspect is to remain in the custody of the sheriff.
10:30Hey, now, what's he talking about?
10:33Just a minute.
10:35He's subject to bail, isn't he?
10:37I mean, he hasn't been charged with anything yet.
10:43I'm already drawing up the paper, Your Honor.
10:47Hey, what was he talking about?
10:52All right, Ben. You saw it.
10:54All legal, right down the line.
10:56I could have told you that it happened.
10:58Well, I just don't know what's gotten into the people of this town.
11:01They're just gonna stand by and watch them get away with a cold-blooded murder,
11:05because that's all it is, a cold-blooded murder.
11:09Oh, I'm not sure the people of this town care one way or the other.
11:13Now, what you're saying is that this case is closed. Is that it?
11:16Well, you saw what happened.
11:18I arrested Perkins, I had a hearing, and he's out there walking around.
11:22Look, Sheriff, if you want to do something,
11:24why don't you start by arresting Sam Bryant? He's the head man.
11:26On what charge, son?
11:28Associating with bad company?
11:30Keeping order in the mines?
11:32That's what he was hired for? That's what him and his men do?
11:35Now it's gone a lot further than that, Sheriff.
11:37They've taken over the whole town.
11:40So they have.
11:42Well, you could have stopped it before it went that far.
11:44By myself? With no deputies? Not a soul to back me up?
11:50What is it you expect me to do?
11:52I don't know what to expect of you, but I know what I'm gonna do.
11:55I'm gonna get Beth Cameron to testify.
11:58And if she does,
12:00the judge is gonna reopen the hearing and set a trial immediately.
12:04And if that's done, will you rearrest Farmer Perkins?
12:09I'm a practical man, Ben.
12:11And a sociable one.
12:14I don't like taking chances on my life.
12:17But if I'm going to,
12:20I won't come at him.
12:26Now, I got the right to swear in deputies.
12:29And deputies is what I want before I go after Farmer Perkins again.
12:38Now, you made the complaint, Ben.
12:41Now, I've offered the same chance to half the people in this town.
12:53I know Beth Cameron will testify.
12:57There was a hearing a while ago.
13:00You were needed at that hearing.
13:03You weren't there.
13:05What do you want me to do?
13:08Isn't one killing enough?
13:10My husband's dead, isn't he?
13:14My husband tried to stand up to Sam Bryant and they killed him.
13:18And if I try to stand up to them, they'll kill me.
13:21Is that what you want?
13:23No, of course not.
13:25And it won't happen.
13:28Suppose my sons and I promise to protect you.
13:31Would you testify then?
13:33Can you promise to protect all of Virginia City?
13:35And the judge?
13:37Can you promise to keep Perkins in jail?
13:39That he won't go free or break out and come after us?
13:46All right, Mrs. Cameron.
13:49Let's just say that your husband died for nothing.
13:58Ben, wait.
14:06Please, help me.
14:13Judge Scribner will be in town for a few more hours only.
14:20He says he'll hold a trial.
14:22If he can have witnesses.
14:28Will you come for me, Ben?
14:30You can depend on that, Mrs. Cameron.
15:00I never lost him!
15:03You just ran out of luck.
15:08Go on, farmer, you can take him.
15:22All right, boys, leave them right where they are.
15:25You wouldn't want to spoil all the fun, would you, boys?
15:28The trial's going to resume at one o'clock.
15:30Trial? Again?
15:33That judge sure is a glutton for punishment, ain't he, boys?
15:36Yeah, what trial are you talking about? That trial's over.
15:39All right, boys, don't get excited.
15:41We're going to have a repeat performance.
15:43Come on down to the courthouse with me.
15:45Yeah, don't worry about it.
15:48Take care now.
15:51Will you answer the question, please, Mrs. Cameron?
15:58Farmer Perkins threatened to wreck our store
16:03unless my husband paid him for...
16:07for what he called protection.
16:10My husband said he'd never back down.
16:14He said he'd never back down.
16:16Farmer Perkins drew his gun and...
16:21shot my husband.
16:24Thank you, Mrs. Cameron.
16:38The defendant will please rise.
16:41Since you waive trial by jury,
16:44it becomes my sworn duty to pass sentence on you.
16:49I hereby find you guilty of murder as charged.
16:53Oh, wait a minute.
16:55Let me get that.
16:57I'm sorry.
16:59I'm sorry.
17:01I'm sorry.
17:03I'm sorry.
17:05I'm sorry.
17:07I'm sorry.
17:10Mr. Perkins,
17:13I sentence you to hang by the neck until dead.
17:17The execution is to take place in the yard of the town jail
17:21tomorrow at dawn.
17:24This case is closed.
17:33You hold the top cards temporarily,
17:37and that fellow...
17:39I promise you, Cartwright, you'll never live to see
17:41that he had Farmer Perkins hanged.
17:58I've never seen a jail cell before.
18:01Well, this isn't a cell, Mrs. Cameron.
18:03This is a sheriff's room.
18:06Do I have to spend the night here?
18:09Yeah, I'm afraid so, ma'am.
18:11See, we haven't got enough men to watch your house,
18:13and Pa thought you'd be a lot safer in protective custody.
18:19What are they doing?
18:22You can't have a hanging without a gallows, ma'am.
18:27Killings and beatings and...
18:30now a hanging.
18:33Won't we ever have a decent town to live in?
18:37That's what we're trying to get, Mrs. Cameron.
18:41You have to believe that.
18:56Well, Judge, all I can say is that the example you set us today
18:59was a very necessary one, and I can assure you
19:01that by the time you get back here next month,
19:03things will be a lot more peaceful around here.
19:05Thank you very much, Ben.
19:07Please don't wait around. The stage will be leaving in a few minutes.
19:09Your boys will be needing you at the jail.
19:11As a matter of fact, Judge,
19:13those boys can get along without me very well,
19:15although I wouldn't want them to know that.
19:17But we are a bit shorthanded.
19:20Good night, sir.
19:22Good night, Ben, and good luck.
19:24Yeah.
19:31Good night.
20:02Let me go!
20:18Over there.
20:24Tie his hands. Keep an eye on him.
20:28Norton, take a couple of the boys and circulate around out there.
20:31Let me know if you hear anything.
20:33Right, Sam.
20:35That's all, boys. Game's over.
20:37You've got some writing to do.
20:58You sure that gallus is gonna be ready on time?
21:00What time is dawn?
21:02Five o'clock. A little before five.
21:04But I've got the hanging set for five o'clock sharp.
21:07We won't keep the farmer waiting.
21:20What is it, Sheriff?
21:22What's the matter?
21:28Hey, sir, where's your hurry?
21:30You running for re-election?
21:34Where's your dad?
21:36What's keeping him?
21:38He ought to have been here a half hour ago.
21:40I know. I'm getting worried about him.
21:42The judge has probably trapped him into some long-winded discussion of the law or something.
21:46Not tonight.
21:48I just wanted to make sure this was no crazy man's idea of a joke.
21:52Read that.
21:58Hang Farmer Perkins, and we hang Ben Cartwright.
22:05Set Farmer Perkins free, give him a horse and a half-hour head start,
22:09and we'll send Cartwright back to you.
22:16Shut up, Perkins!
22:18You'll still hang.
22:23Or will he?
22:27I don't want to rub it in, but you boys got us into this.
22:31Now, if you've got any suggestions for getting us out...
22:34Have you?
22:36Just this. Before you three go off half-cocked, let me give you a little advice.
22:41There's only one sensible way to get out of this mess.
22:45What's that?
22:47Let Farmer Perkins go.
22:51We don't see it your way, Sheriff.
22:54No, we don't.
22:58All right.
23:00You boys think you're a match for old Sam Bryant?
23:04One of the toughest, smartest gunmen that ever shot up a mining camp?
23:09Him and his men outnumber us five to one.
23:12He's got this whole town in his grip that's scared of him.
23:18Has he got you scared too, Sheriff?
23:21I got just one life, Joe.
23:23It's against my principles to bet it wildly.
23:27Now, if you boys want to play games with your father's life as the prize...
23:34You got the authority.
23:36Now, let's see if you can come up with a practical plan.
23:41We got six hours. We ought to be able to come up with something.
23:44Like what?
23:46Like a search.
23:48Search every house till we find Pa.
23:50How do you know he's in town?
23:52Maybe they've got him hidden in a mine or someplace.
23:55Besides, we got neither the time or the men for a search.
23:58Sheriff, let me ask you something.
24:03What would happen if we went right ahead with the preparation for the hanging just like nothing happened?
24:08Then they never would know whether we got that message or not.
24:10They'd just send another messenger.
24:12That's right. And we'd be waiting for him.
24:14And we'd jump him.
24:16No. We'd follow him.
24:18We'd follow him right to where they were holding our Pa.
24:20Now, that's the first good suggestion I've heard tonight.
24:23Adam, you stay here.
24:25I'll take the boys.
24:27Stake them out so we can keep an eye on anybody that might come around.
24:30Let's go.
24:41Howdy, Doc.
24:43There's some of us you can count on, Sheriff.
24:45We're spotted around watching the jail in case Sam Bryant and his men try to rush it.
24:49Well, that's not Sam Bryant's way of thinking.
24:52But I'm much obliged to you anyway, Doc.
24:54All right.
24:55Hey, Doc.
24:56Yes.
24:57We're expecting a caller.
24:58Don't stop him.
24:59Just keep out of sight.
25:00We'll do that.
25:03Hoss, over there by those stairs.
25:06Joe, get back here in the alley.
25:09Right.
25:10Keep your eyes sharp.
25:22All right.
25:52All right.
26:22All right.
26:23All right.
26:52All right.
27:22Let's go.
27:29I'm still with Sheriff here.
27:52Let's go.
28:22We sure needed that one alive.
28:34There was nothing I could do.
28:36Not if I wanted to stay alive myself.
28:38Let's see what we can do for the Sheriff.
28:44Joey's hit pretty bad.
28:45You go get the Doc and I'll get him over to his house.
28:47Right.
28:53All right.
29:19What's happening?
29:20What was that shooting going on out there?
29:22How should I know?
29:23Can't see a thing from here.
29:36It was Alan.
29:38They shot him down.
29:40He got the Sheriff.
29:41How far away?
29:43They didn't see you come here?
29:44No.
29:45They didn't see me.
29:47Sam, why don't we give it up?
29:50They got guns guarding that jail.
29:53I'm giving up nothing.
29:55I'm getting Farmer Perkins out of that jail.
29:58And I'll still be running this town.
30:00I like the way you talk, Sam.
30:03I'm with you.
30:04You can count on me.
30:05Good boy.
30:20I'm with you.
30:51Hey!
30:52Stop that gun-blasting hammering out there!
30:55How do you expect me to go to sleep?
31:10I sure hope the Sheriff makes it.
31:13The Doctor's doing everything he can for him, Adam.
31:16Besides, it's our Paul we ought to be worried about.
31:18Well, we already tried one scheme,
31:19and all we did was kill the messenger
31:20that might have led us back to him.
31:21You talk like we might as well give up.
31:23What are you figuring on doing?
31:24Just sitting there?
31:25Well, now, if you've got any ideas,
31:26I'd like to hear them.
31:28Well, I'm with Hoss.
31:29We've got to do something.
31:30Well, just exactly what?
31:31Well, we could at least go around to the saloons
31:33and see if we couldn't pick up something.
31:35Look, Sam, Brian's got his spies all over the place.
31:37You'll only pick up what he wants you to pick up.
31:39You sure think he's smart, don't you?
31:41Yes, I do, because he is.
31:44I'm beginning to feel the key lies in Brian's mind.
31:47What do you mean?
31:48A couple hours ago, when the Sheriff was all set
31:50to let Farmer Perkins go,
31:52you were both against it.
31:54Now, do you still hold to that?
31:58Well, Adam, that was a couple hours ago.
32:02We still thought we could find Paul by dawn.
32:05And now you're not so sure?
32:07Well, I don't know.
32:08I don't know.
32:09We thought we could find Paul by dawn.
32:12And now you're not so sure?
32:14Well, you're not making it any easier
32:15the way you're going about it.
32:16Look, all I asked was
32:17if you're still intent on hanging Farmer Perkins.
32:19I don't know.
32:20I don't want to stand here
32:21and play question-and-answer games.
32:22They got my father out there
32:23and they threaten to kill him.
32:25Maybe you forgot that, brother, but I haven't.
32:27Joe, I feel the same way about it you do.
32:30I done told you that.
32:32But Paul sure wouldn't want us all
32:33fighting among ourselves.
32:35All right, then let him start making sense.
32:37If you give me a chance, maybe I will.
32:45Now, look at it this way.
32:47What would Bryant do
32:49if, say, come dawn,
32:52we simply went ahead and hung Farmer Perkins?
32:55Regardless of what Sam Bryant said he'd do to our Pa.
32:59Regardless.
33:01Now, what would you do if you were wrong, Adam?
33:04Would you go out to my father's grave and say,
33:06I'm sorry, Pa, I made a big mistake?
33:09Joe, he's my father, too.
33:13Adam.
33:16I sure hope you're right in your thinking.
33:18Because I don't like the sound of it anymore than Joe does.
33:23Look.
33:25If we let Farmer Perkins go,
33:26then Sam Bryant has proved
33:27that you can get away with murder in this town.
33:29And he'll have no qualms
33:30about going ahead and hanging Pa anyway.
33:33You still haven't told me
33:34how we're going to get Pa away from him.
33:35On the other hand,
33:36we go ahead and hang Farmer Perkins
33:37and we show that we punish murderers.
33:40And Sam Bryant will see
33:41that his only chance is to let Pa go.
33:43Oh, come on, Adam.
33:44First you stand there and tell me
33:45how smart you think Sam Bryant is,
33:46then you say he's going to back down.
33:48He's never been afraid of the law in this town.
33:50No, but he's never been charged with murder either.
33:53And once Sam Bryant knows
33:54that he's facing a murder charge,
33:57I figure he'll be smart enough to back down.
34:01And that's why we've got to go ahead
34:02and hang Farmer Perkins.
34:06I'm sorry, Adam.
34:07I can't go along with this.
34:08It's too big a gamble.
34:10Adam,
34:12you go right ahead thinking like that
34:13if you want to.
34:15But you're going to have to do it alone.
34:18We're going to go find Pa.
34:19Come on, Joe.
34:21Try her one more time,
34:23only shorten the rope a bit.
34:26That farmer's a tall one.
34:27Don't want his feet to touch the bottom.
34:35Old Gomstock's staying up for the hanging.
34:38He's got no time.
34:39We've got to do it all.
34:40Come on.
34:41Come on, Joe.
34:42Come on.
34:43Come on, Joe.
34:44Come on.
34:45Come on.
34:46Come on.
34:47Come on.
34:48Come on.
34:49hanging. Yeah there's no lack of people. Not one a single lead on par. Come on
34:58little Joe, we still got lots of looking to do.
35:09What you looking at? I just wanted to see exactly what kind of a life I'm putting
35:14in the balance with my father's. Before you let me go, huh? What makes you think
35:19I'll let you go? You don't worry me none. Brown will get me out of here. He's
35:30smart. And besides, what kind of son would swap his own pa's life for mine? You got
35:3890 minutes left. You want to talk to a preacher?
35:42What's so funny? I killed a preacher once. Back in Kansas I think it was. What for?
35:52For preaching at me.
36:11What's your writing up? To whom? To your sons. Tell them I'm running out of patience.
36:26Pat off. Don't let Farmer Perkins go. One hour the father will be wearing a new
36:49necktie.
37:08I raise my sons to make their own decisions.
37:19408. Time's run out for looking anymore. They've got him out there somewhere. Yeah,
37:34if we just knew where. But even if we knew, three of us against ten or more of
37:38them. It's a risk I'd be willing to take, Adam, for what we got at stake. All right,
37:42so would I. But in a wild gunfight, who'd be sure and get killed? One of Bryant's
37:46men will take it out on Pa first. Come on in here. Where are you going? Guilt Saloon. I'm
37:56gonna announce exactly where I stand so it'll be sure and get back to Bryant. Well,
38:01if you can convince that bunch over there, you can convince me. Just remember, a lot of Bryant's
38:07men will be there to stir the mob up against me. Lock the door after us. You better hurry
38:12back. The hangin's at five. Bring cart right over here. Sorry we couldn't build you a fancy
38:32house like the town. We'll just have to make do. Get up on the table. Ain't you gonna wait to
38:47see if they hang the farmer? Sure, just want to see if the noose is high enough. What's the matter
38:56with you, Norton? Something bothering you? No, nothing. I'll hang him. I like doing it. Whether
39:06they hang my friend Farmer Perkins or not, I'll enjoy it. Perfect fit. God rights, you never looked
39:27so good to me. Get out. Now I want Sam Bryant and all of you to understand the following. From
39:46now on, all murders will be hanged in Virginia City. And the first hanging to take place will
39:51be that of Farmer Perkins this morning at 5 a.m. is scheduled. And any future murderers will also
39:57be hanged. And if Sam Bryant wants to escape hanging, he'll let my father go. I know Bryant,
40:05kid, better than you do. He don't fool around. You're signing your Pa's own death warrant.
40:10That badge, that stinking badge. Is it the badge? Is it the law, the principle? It's only part of it.
40:39Well, that's the way Pa would think. And it's all a matter of your thinking that you know Bryant's
40:45mind. That you can out bluff him in this little poker game you're playing. Yeah, I guess it comes
40:52down to that. But Adam, it's Pa's life you're gambling with. What if you lose? Don't you think
41:01I thought of that?
41:24Got right. Your son Adam's now acting sheriff. Says he's going to go ahead and hang Farmer
41:31Perkins regardless. Then leaving it up to me whether or not you swing. Good, good for him.
41:39He's bluffing. You think so? You know how stubborn we Cartwrights can be, if we want to be? Yeah,
41:49stubborn, but not stupid. Still time to write him a note, bring him to his senses. Why? He's doing
41:58exactly what I'd do. Then hang. Then you'll hang. Because that'd be the last straw this town would
42:12need to bring it to its senses. Tell me Bryant, how do you think it'll feel to hang? In about 30
42:21minutes you're going to find out Cartwright. Remember that's my rope over there. 30 minutes.
42:36I'm getting out of here Sam. Norton! If you make another move toward that door I'll kill you. No
42:43you won't Sam. You ain't got the guts to do your own killing. And don't you do it for him McNeil.
42:53One shot and that'll bring a crowd running in here. And you'll be the one that's gonna hang
43:00for killing me, not him. Now I stick by Sam and he sticks by me. He's sticking by the farmer ain't he?
43:05Well he ain't gonna let the farmer hang is he? I don't know McNeil. Why don't you wait and see.
43:12And when you find out, you come and let me know. I'll be around.
43:42Where's Hoss and little Joe? They're outside watching things. Adam I know what it's like to
43:54lose someone. Do you? And to know that you're the cause of it? Adam Ben Cartwright's worth
44:0610,000 Farmer Perkins. There's still time. Let Perkins go. Come on, get up.
44:27Put the noose around his neck.
44:36All right, get down.
44:44Come here, I want to show you something. Get on down the corner, you can see the jail from there.
44:57Now when they turn Perkins loose, come on back here and let me know. What difference does it
45:02make? We're gonna hang Cartwright anyway, ain't we? Just get down there and let me know. Okay, I
45:07just wanted to be in on the fun, that's all. You know there wasn't any need to send the boy,
45:16because they'll hang Perkins all right. And after they do, they'll be coming here for you.
45:25Let them come. They've been after me before. They haven't got a thing they can prove against me.
45:35They will have, after you hang me. Shut up, Cartwright. Shut up or I'll yank this table
45:44out onto you right now.
46:14You'll never go through with it.
46:16What's so funny? Old Ben Cartwright. I bet he ain't so hot-minded with a rope around his neck.
46:45Let go of me! Come on, let go!
47:00We found him down by the corner. McNeil, one of Bryant's men.
47:06What'd you do with my pa? Where is he?
47:10It's five o'clock.
47:14You hung him. You hung the farmer. We told you we was going to, boy.
47:34All right, all right, you want to know where your pa is? I'll tell you where he is. He's down at the
47:39old stable hanging on the end of a rope. You thought you'd back Sam Bryant down,
47:43well you go down there and see.
47:57Listen to me, all of you. Look, I brought Ben Cartwright back. I didn't do nothing. Now look,
48:05I'm giving him back his girl. You done right hanging farmer Perkins.
48:10You turn yellow. You let the farmer down. You're just like Norton said you was.
48:18You let other people do your killing for you.
48:32You all right, pa? Yeah, I'm all right. It's fine. You know something? You boys look awful good to me.
49:32you