- 11 years ago
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00Hurry up, Sam.
00:16I'm set, Mark.
00:17Let her go.
00:18Hurry up.
00:37This whole town ain't deaf.
00:51Well, it looks like we made it clean, Pardo.
00:53They sure sleep sound in Virginia City, don't they?
00:55Then let's go.
01:14Sam.
01:16Ponderosa's off in that direction.
01:18Well, I reckon I can find it.
01:20You know what you're gonna do when you get there.
01:22We've been over it 97 times, Pardo.
01:24Just once more.
01:26All right.
01:27I go to the Ponderosa and I hire on as a hand and I keep my ears open.
01:31And if a search party comes down this way, I let you know first.
01:34Especially if it's a platoon from the Army.
01:37Then what?
01:38Well, then when things quiet down, I come on back and we light out.
01:44Mark that big old dead tree.
01:47We'll be a mile and a half south of here.
01:49You'll see a big granite boulder.
01:51Leads into a box canyon.
01:53That's where we'll be waiting.
01:55You just let old Sam take care of it.
01:57You're my eyes and my ears.
01:59I'm dependent on you, Sam.
02:02Let's go.
02:17Sam.
02:18Cover up those hoof prints.
02:21They'll probably want to know where you came from.
02:24Tell them about that ranch you used to work on.
02:26That fella was always talking about the Ponderosa.
02:29That ought to convince them.
02:31What if it doesn't?
02:32What?
02:33What if somebody starts getting extra nosy?
02:37You got a gun, haven't you, Sam?
02:52Let's go.
03:11Let's go.
03:40Hey!
03:56Ride him, cowboy!
03:57Come on, stick with him, Adam!
04:00Come on, Adam!
04:01Come on, Adam!
04:03Fan him! Fan him!
04:05Come on!
04:11I told you he was too much horse for you.
04:15You're next, bronc buster.
04:17That's what they call me.
04:18Hey, Joe.
04:19You ain't been making no rash promises to Ellie McClure, have you?
04:22I ain't had a chance.
04:23You sure?
04:24Because there comes her pa and the sheriff right now.
04:33Hey, I wonder what they want.
04:35I don't know, but, uh, me, I always sort of went for June weddings with lots of apple blossoms.
04:40Hey, well, you know, a fella could do a lot worse than Ellie McClure.
04:44Boy, excuse me all the pieces.
04:48Well, are you gonna ride this thing or not?
04:50Coming up.
04:58If you'll excuse me, ladies, it's time for your riding lesson.
05:18Now we'll see some fun.
05:22Ride him, Joe! Ride him, Joe!
05:28Keep his head up, Joe!
05:30Ride him, Joe!
05:32Keep his head up!
05:33That's the way!
05:34That's the way!
05:35Get him!
05:37Come on, boy!
05:38Ride him!
05:39Stay with him, boy!
05:40Ride him!
05:46Soldier!
06:05Well, I'm glad somebody enjoyed it.
06:07I'm sorry. I didn't know it showed.
06:09What can we do for you?
06:11Well, you wouldn't happen to have an easy job in a cool place now, would you?
06:15Yeah, but my brothers and I take all of those.
06:17What else do you do?
06:19Well, I've accidentally managed to break a horse or two in my day.
06:24Yeah, well, we just happen to have one on hand.
06:27Yeah, well, I was hoping you'd take my word for it.
06:36Now, what's this?
06:37Cowboy wants to try his luck on that hammerhead.
06:41You ever busted any broncs before, Button?
06:44One or two, I guess.
06:46Well, if you ain't for sure, right now would be a real good time to back out.
06:50Well, no, I don't reckon I'd want to do that.
07:03You think we should let him do it?
07:04Well, it's his hide.
07:06Some fellers have to learn the hard way, Joe.
07:29That's what I call riding a horse.
07:56Well, you gotta admit I tired him out a little bit.
07:58You might as well face it, Joe.
08:00Some people are just better with horses than others.
08:09Nice ride, kid.
08:11I'm out of cart ride.
08:12Sam Kirby.
08:13These are my brothers, Hoss and little Joe.
08:15Hi.
08:16Hi.
08:17Pleased to meet you.
08:19You looking for a job, Sam?
08:20Well, Ed Lemp said you might be hiring some hands.
08:23Ed Lemp, your friend of his?
08:25Well, he ramrodded an outfit I worked for down in Arizona, the Barbie.
08:29I see.
08:30Ed give you a letter to show?
08:32Well, yeah.
08:33I got it packed in the saddlebag there, if you really want to see it.
08:38If you say you got it, you got it.
08:39How's old Ed in here?
08:41Oh, he's meaner than ever.
08:42Still thinks mighty high of the Ponderosa, though.
08:44Well, we pay 30 a month, bunk and beans.
08:47Well, you just hired yourself a hand.
08:54Now, as far as posses are concerned, we got them here, here, and up here.
08:59Looks like you're well covered.
09:01Now, I've been on the telegraph to every lawman in the territory,
09:04so I believe we got them pretty well sealed in.
09:06That is, within its general radius.
09:08Yeah.
09:09Oh, boys, come in, please.
09:11You know Mr. McClure, Sheriff Coffey?
09:13Yeah, sure.
09:14Sheriff, how you doing?
09:15Howdy.
09:16Hi, Mr. McClure.
09:17How are you getting all set for that birthday party Sunday?
09:19I'm hoping we'll be able to have a birthday party, little Joe.
09:23Well, why? What's the matter?
09:25Well, Mr. McClure's bank was robbed last night.
09:30I thought that bank was pretty near robber-proof.
09:33Yeah, so did I. How much did they get away with?
09:35Just about all there was.
09:37Right now, we'd be lucky if we could pay off five cents on the dollar.
09:41Boys, that information is not to leave this room.
09:44You mean the people don't know about it?
09:46Well, they know we've been hit, but they don't know how bad.
09:49We can't afford to have a run on the bank right now.
09:51If we can get that money back by the first of the month, we've got a chance to weather it.
09:55You'll be fine, Tom.
09:57Any idea who did it, Sheriff?
09:59Yeah, it could have been the John Potter bunch.
10:01He pulled a job just about like this up in Butte last year.
10:04Well, what are we waiting for?
10:06Now, wait a minute, Joe.
10:07The Sheriff has plenty of help up north.
10:09He's holding us responsible for the Ponderosa.
10:11Chances are they'll hold up for a while anyway till this thing cools down a bit.
10:15And we'll just see to it that they don't hold up on our land.
10:17Well, keep your eyes open for anything unusual.
10:19You know, smoke, tracks that hadn't ought to be there,
10:22drifters that got a lot more money than they ought to have.
10:25Anything like that.
10:26Well, we'll let you know if we see anything, Roy.
10:29Much obliged to you, Ben.
10:30More than likely, they won't come down this way at all.
10:32Better don't do no harm to make sure.
10:34Bye.
10:36Hello.
10:37Hi, Mr. McClure.
10:38I sure hope Ellie can have that birthday party.
10:40I hope so too, little Joe.
10:42We're waiting to hear from Fort McCade.
10:45We're trying to get help from the Army.
10:47Well, I'm sure they'll want to help. So do we, Tom.
10:54Ben, when I think about some of the small ranchers around here,
10:58I'm just not man enough to tell them that they've worked 5, 10, 15 years for nothing.
11:03It's a tough thing to face up to.
11:05Now, now, Tom, that's enough of that kind of talk.
11:08They'll find part of it in his outfit.
11:10You mark my words.
11:11I hope so.
11:12Thank you, Ben.
11:16So long, Ben.
11:18So long, Roy.
11:29Must have finished breaking those horses, Pop.
11:32No, forget about the horses for now.
11:35There's still time to do some looking before it starts getting dark.
11:38You boys saddle up and tell the horse and the men.
11:41Hey, Pop, I was just thinking about what the sheriff said about drifters.
11:45Huh? What about them?
11:47Well, we just hired one a little while ago.
11:49I just thought I'd mention it.
11:51Now, come on, Joe.
11:53Just because he outrode you doesn't mean he's a bank robber.
11:55Look, I told you to stop kidding me.
11:57Wait a minute, now. Wait a minute.
11:59What about this new man?
12:01Ed Lemp sent him. He's all right.
12:04Fell over there by the corral.
12:06Sam Kirby, in the gray shirt.
12:09Well, if Ed Lemp vouches for a man, that's good enough for me.
12:12Tell the horse and the men to saddle up.
12:26A couple more ground if we split up in twos.
12:29Joe, you take the Arroyo and everything east.
12:32Right, Pop.
12:33Horst.
12:34Yes, sir.
12:35You go down south as far as the wash.
12:37Adam and I will take the west part.
12:39All right, take a man and let's get busy.
12:41Okay.
12:42Yeah, let's bird dog him out of there.
12:44Come on.
12:45Okay.
12:46Got it.
12:47Got it.
13:10Whoa, whoa, whoa.
13:11I don't know about you, but I think I'm gonna stretch a little.
13:14Don't you think it's getting kind of late?
13:16Shouldn't we get back?
13:17Eh, after I work out a few skis.
13:25Wonder how the others are doing.
13:27I don't know.
13:29I hope they're doing better than we are.
13:44It's funny.
13:46You find something?
13:47Yeah.
13:49This bush here.
13:53It's been broke all fresh.
13:55You reckon how that comes out?
13:58Well, it's a stray, maybe.
14:03No, I don't see no tracks.
14:05It's peculiar, ain't it?
14:09Well, it's deer brush.
14:11Maybe some Indian took it for his fire.
14:13Maybe.
14:15Let's me and you take a look around in here.
14:27Puss!
14:39What's the trouble, Joe?
14:41Nothing, I guess.
14:43From back there, it looked like he was drawing down on you.
14:46Who, old Sam here?
14:48Well, I just heard somebody coming.
14:50I just wanted to be sure.
14:51Joe, you're letting this whole thing spook you, boy.
14:55Yeah, I guess so.
14:57I reckon he was right about that deer brush.
15:00Come on, let's get on in for supper.
15:12I'm sure we'll find supper tonight.
15:14I never had roast beef that good in my whole life.
15:17Got your gear stowed away?
15:19No, I better get to it.
15:22Want some help?
15:23No, thanks. I don't have that much.
15:26If you need anything, Sam, just holler.
15:33I'll be back in a minute.
15:35All right.
15:41Come on.
16:03Do you suppose it's something serious?
16:06I don't know. I think the cat's got his tongue.
16:10No, I was just thinking.
16:11About Ellie McClure, no doubt?
16:13No doubt.
16:16No, I was thinking about Sam Kirby.
16:18Well, now, you can't still be stewing about him breaking that horse this morning.
16:22I told you that had nothing to do with it.
16:24No, it's like I was telling you before supper.
16:26He's all bothered because he thought he caught old Sam drawing down on me out there in the wash.
16:30Forget that. Joe, he told you how that happened, didn't he?
16:33Yeah, he told me.
16:36What's the matter with you, then?
16:41I don't know. There's just...
16:43There's just something about him.
16:55Well, on Friday, we covered the south and the west part.
16:59Then yesterday, we took the east.
17:01And this morning, we split up and swept north.
17:03No luck, huh?
17:04Nah. Not unless Adam found something.
17:06I didn't.
17:08What kept you?
17:09Well, Sam saw some smoke up around Bitter Creek.
17:11Turned out to be Ollie Ludlow's posse.
17:13Ollie's been marching the Dayton Road.
17:18Don't I know you, son?
17:20I couldn't say, Sheriff.
17:22I don't think I know you.
17:24Roy, this is Sam Kirby.
17:26He's working for us now.
17:28Since when?
17:29Since Friday.
17:30Hard on Friday, huh?
17:32Where were you Thursday night, Sam?
17:34You mean the night the bank was robbed?
17:36Mm-hmm.
17:37I was on the trail.
17:38You can prove that, of course.
17:40Not unless you want to take the word on my horse.
17:43Sam's all right, Sheriff.
17:44He had limps in him up here from the barbie.
17:46Oh.
17:48How's old Ed?
17:50Meaner than a snake.
17:54Well, I guess, Sheriff...
17:55Sheriff!
17:56Got a message for you from Fort McKay.
17:58Thanks, Rudy.
17:59Get my glasses.
18:00Come to town for the picnic, Mr. Cartwright?
18:02Oh, you mean Ella McClure's birthday party?
18:05That was being called off, wasn't it?
18:07Looks like they called it back on again.
18:09You know about ladies and parties and such.
18:11They say it's gonna be a real do.
18:13Hot dogs, and that's what I call real good news.
18:16And here's some more good news.
18:19The Army's gonna bust loose with a whole troop of horse soldiers.
18:22Says they'll be here tomorrow afternoon.
18:24Tomorrow?
18:25Well, that is good news, Sheriff.
18:26That changes things considerably.
18:28Now we can organize a search that'll really mean something.
18:30Well, Tom McClure will be happy to hear about that.
18:33What's up, Rudy?
18:34Who's that young fella in there, Joe?
18:36That's the new hand we hired. Why?
18:38Well, nothing.
18:39I just thought maybe I saw him in town with two other men the night the bank was robbed.
18:43Are you sure?
18:45Well, he sure looks like the fella I seen.
18:48Maybe you ought to come in there and tell the Sheriff.
18:50Oh, no, wait a minute.
18:51I ain't that sure.
18:53Anyway, it was kind of a dark night that night.
19:03Well, I'll see you back at the Ponderosa, Mr. Cartwright.
19:05All right, Sam.
19:06Aren't you going to the picnic, Sam?
19:08No. No, I'm not much good at picnics.
19:10Well, you ain't never seen the kind of picnics we have around here.
19:13Well, I think I'll just ride on back to the ranch house.
19:15Oh, won't you come on. It'll do you good.
19:17Well, some other time.
19:19Old Joe and me are gonna look pretty silly packing you all the way over there, ain't we?
19:23Yeah, well, maybe he's got something better to do, huh, Sam?
19:26Well, I don't think so.
19:28All right, you win. I'll go.
19:30Well, I hope you've got some of that blueberry pie.
19:35Yes, sir. I sure relish a couple of them blueberry pies for supper.
19:59Down for the team of Adam Cartwright and Troy Fuller.
20:02Adam Cartwright. Come on, show him, Adam.
20:04I've nothing to worry about, Joe, baby.
20:06Get him in there.
20:07That's it.
20:08Get in there.
20:09Easy one. Easy one, Joe.
20:11Easy. Easy.
20:13Ah!
20:14All right, player. Come on, boy.
20:17Take care of that.
20:18See what you got here.
20:20Ah!
20:21Easy. Easy.
20:23All right, player. Come on, boy.
20:26All right, player. Come on, boy.
20:28Ellie, I wouldn't do all this work for just any girl.
20:31I hope you know how much I like you.
20:33You mean I'm the only girl you ever carried a picnic basket for, little Joe?
20:37Well, let's just say you're the only girl I'd carry one for now.
20:43Little Joe Cartwright. Right in front of all these people.
20:47Yeah, well, you know, we could go behind that wagon.
20:50All right. All right. I'll get the rest of the groceries.
20:55The pickle fork. Pickle fork. Where did I put that?
21:02Horse Cartwright!
21:04Ma'am, there was a great big old horse fly here, and I was just...
21:08I know what you was just.
21:10You Cartwrights.
21:12If it isn't one thing, it's the other.
21:14There'll be no refreshments served until after the games.
21:18Yes, ma'am.
21:20Yes, ma'am.
21:22Miss Ellie, ain't that your pickle fork over there?
21:26I don't see any.
21:28Horse Cartwright!
21:30Remember, ma'am, I'm just a growing boy.
21:35Hey, son.
21:37Hey, son. Come here.
21:43What you doing sitting off over there all by yourself?
21:46I'm just watching.
21:48That ain't no way to do at a picnic.
21:50You gotta get around here and meet some of these pretty gals.
21:53Oh, no, don't bother. I'm fine.
21:55Yeah, but you'll be a lot finer when you meet some of these gals.
21:58Come here. Miss Ellie, I want you to meet a friend of mine.
22:01This here's Sam Kirby.
22:03How do you do, Mr. Kirby?
22:05It's my pleasure, ma'am.
22:07You better be nice to Miss Ellie. Her father owns a bank.
22:10Is that so?
22:12Well, if you two will excuse me,
22:14I'm talking about shooting them horseshoes.
22:16Do you like picnics, Mr. Kirby?
22:19Well, I don't exactly know.
22:21You don't know?
22:23You see, this is the first one I've ever been to.
22:26Didn't they have picnics where you grew up?
22:29Not hardly.
22:31What kind of a place was that?
22:34I don't think you'd much want to hear about it.
22:37I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be inquisitive.
22:40It's my fault.
22:42I didn't mean to give you a short answer.
22:45That's all right.
22:49If you'll excuse me, I've got to finish setting this table.
22:52Is there anything I can do to help you?
22:57I didn't think I was going to have a party today at all.
23:00Is that so?
23:02You heard about the bank being robbed.
23:04Yeah, I heard.
23:07Papa's been awfully upset.
23:10And Mama and me, too, naturally.
23:12I guess you would be.
23:14So many people trusted Papa.
23:17The Wilsons and Ludlows.
23:19Even the Cartwrights.
23:21I think it would just kill Papa if they were to lose everything.
23:30Well, I don't see where it's his fault.
23:34He feels responsible to his friends.
23:37It doesn't matter now, anyway.
23:39We had some real good news today.
23:42I suppose you mean about the army coming in.
23:44Yes. Isn't that wonderful?
23:47Yeah. Wonderful.
23:49Ellie?
23:51Have you seen the napkins?
23:53Yes, Miss Shoemaker. They're in that basket over there.
23:55Well, come on, girl. The party can't wait all day.
23:58Mind setting them out?
23:59Of course not, Miss Shoemaker.
24:03It was nice meeting you, Mr. Kirby.
24:05I hope to see you again.
24:07Thank you, ma'am.
24:09Well, as a matter of fact, there's a dance next Thursday.
24:13It doesn't amount to much, but the Cartwright boys usually come.
24:17Why don't you come along with them?
24:20Well, thank you, ma'am. I think I'd like that.
24:23Thursday, then?
24:25Yes, ma'am.
24:28Oh, let me get that.
24:31What are you trying to do, Kirby?
24:36I wouldn't say I was trying to do anything.
24:39Now, little Joe, Mr. Kirby and I were only talking.
24:42Yeah, sure. I saw the way he was talking.
24:44It looked to me like he was trying to put his arm around you.
24:47Joe Cartwright!
24:49What business is this of yours, Cartwright?
24:52I'm making you my business, Kirby.
24:54Just because I've got on with you once is enough.
24:57It doesn't give you the right to think of me as your personal property.
25:00Now, you stay out of this, Ellie.
25:02There's a lot of questions I wanted to ask you, Kirby.
25:04Now's as good a time as any.
25:06Well, I'm not answering any questions.
25:08You know, you're gonna answer this one.
25:10Where were you Thursday night?
25:20Joe!
25:23Joe!
25:27Mr. Kirby, please!
25:43Break it up! Break it up! Break it up!
25:45Break it up!
25:47Break it up! I mean, break it up!
25:53Oh, hell, yeah.
26:00It's all right, folks. Everything's all right.
26:02The boys were just getting a little hungry, that's all.
26:04I think, uh, Mr. McClure would like us to adjourn to the tables for a little food.
26:08Yes, friends. Over here.
26:10We have fried chicken.
26:15Sam, we didn't mean no harm.
26:18We didn't know your back was scarred up like that.
26:23You suppose it'd be all right if I went along now?
26:26Well, where do you want to go, Sam?
26:28Back to the ranch, if it's all right.
26:32Of course it's all right.
26:35Sam.
26:38Little Joe didn't mean nothing.
26:40We just want you to have a good time, that's all.
26:43Of course.
26:48Sam.
26:51Put this on.
26:53It'll cover your back.
27:21Well, it wasn't much of a picnic for him.
27:24Paul, do you reckon it ought to do a man's back like that?
27:30But the only thing I could figure is a bullwhip.
27:51What are you all looking at?
27:53Oh, forget it, Joe. Ain't nobody looking at you.
27:57Well, all right. What was I supposed to do?
27:59You didn't have to poke him.
28:01Oh, I didn't have to poke him? Look, he's the one who threw the first punch.
28:04Come on, now. You've been down on him ever since he rode that horse.
28:08I told you that's got nothing to do with it.
28:10Well, what is it, then, Joe? What have you got against that boy?
28:14All right, I'll tell you what.
28:16Rudy told me he saw him in town Thursday night.
28:18I wouldn't be surprised if he had something to do with a bank robbery.
28:23Hey, Joe, that's going a bit too far, ain't it, boy?
28:26It's a pretty serious charge, Joe.
28:28Do you have any real evidence to support it?
28:33Rudy told me he thought he saw him in town.
28:35He thought he saw him in town.
28:37Now, do you call that real evidence?
28:40Yeah.
28:42I guess not.
28:45I'm sorry, Pa. I should have known better.
28:48All right.
28:50Look, maybe I'd better write after him, tell him I'm sorry.
28:53Yeah, good idea.
29:12Come on, Coach.
29:42It's me, Sam.
30:13Oh.
30:15Hello, Sam. How's the boy?
30:18He's fine, Pardo.
30:20Things quieting down?
30:22No.
30:24They're getting hot.
30:26There's an army troop of cavalry headed in from Fort McKay.
30:29They're? When?
30:31I don't know.
30:33They're going to be here any minute now.
30:35What?
30:37I don't know.
30:39There's an army troop of cavalry headed in from Fort McKay.
30:42They're? When?
30:44They're due in Virginia City tomorrow afternoon.
30:46What time?
30:48I'm afraid they didn't say that.
30:50Oh, well.
30:52We'll have plenty of time.
30:54Where are the posses?
30:56Well, I got them all spotted.
30:58Are you sure?
31:00I had a good long look at the map in the sheriff's office.
31:03Sheriff's office?
31:05They must have trusted you pretty good.
31:07Why?
31:09No reason.
31:11Where'd you get the new vest?
31:14Adam Cartwright.
31:16He, uh...
31:18He gave it to me.
31:20Gave it to you?
31:22I gotta hand it to you.
31:24You sure got away with this, Sam?
31:26Yeah.
31:28All right, we'll take out of here in the morning...
31:30before the cavalry pulls in.
31:34Now, what's so funny?
31:36That Cartwright fellow giving you his vest.
31:50Ramos!
32:07There's one thing still left for you to do, Sam.
32:11I want you to go back to Ponderosa.
32:14Spend a little more time with your friends.
32:17Why?
32:19Well, for one thing, you might want to return that vest.
32:22You're thinking of turning on me, Sam.
32:24You better forget it.
32:26Now, what makes you say that?
32:28I don't know. I just said it.
32:30Now, get back to that ranch...
32:32and find out which way the soldiers are coming in.
32:36Pardo, do I have to go back there?
32:38Yeah, you have to go back there.
32:48Where'd you find him?
32:50Looks like he was trailing Sam.
32:52Ramos and me thought you might be interested.
32:54You know him?
32:56Yeah. It's Joe Cartwright.
32:59It's a small world, isn't it, Kirby?
33:02It's a small world, isn't it, Kirby?
33:04I thought you said you had him fooled.
33:07No, not all of us.
33:09What's that mean?
33:11Nothing.
33:13Just keep him here. I'm going back to the ranch.
33:22Leave him alone!
33:26You going soft, Sam?
33:28What a time-up.
33:30Get on back to Ponderosa...
33:32before those Cartwrights get suspicious.
33:36And find out which way those horse soldiers are coming in.
33:39You hear?
33:41I hear you.
33:52Is that you, little Joe?
33:54No, it's me, Sam.
33:57I thought Joe would be with you.
34:01You thought wrong.
34:03It's funny. He rode out of town right after you did.
34:06He felt kind of bad about what happened at the picnic today.
34:10He went after you to tell you he was sorry.
34:13Oh?
34:16Well, you tell him I said not to lose any sleep.
34:19Sam, I haven't known you for very long,
34:22but I count you as a friend.
34:24Let me tell you something.
34:26A man's only got one friend,
34:28one guy in the whole world he can count on
34:30who'll go out on a limb for him,
34:32and that's himself.
34:34All right.
34:36The sheriff's inside.
34:38Sheriff?
34:40Wants to talk to you, Sam.
34:42Well, why me?
34:46Why don't you ask him that yourself?
34:55That Ed Lemp.
34:57I tried to convince him to stick it out in this territory, but...
35:00He never did think this country demounted much.
35:03Hired out to Arizona.
35:05Yeah, did pretty well out there.
35:07Had all that gold and silver right here under his feet.
35:10Yeah, and the lumber and cattle.
35:17Uh, Sam?
35:20You know the sheriff?
35:22Yeah.
35:24Sit down, Sam.
35:26No, thanks.
35:30Sheriff tells me he has some information about you.
35:34I thought you'd want to be here when he told us.
35:37It's nice of you, Mr. Cartwright.
35:40Seems Sheriff Coffey here got to worrying about you
35:43this morning after we left his office.
35:46Well, that was real nice of you, too, Sheriff.
35:49I sent a telegraph message about you down to Barbie Ranch.
35:52Old Ed Lemp.
35:54Here's the answer.
35:56It says they'll let you go more than six months back
35:59on account of your prison record in Texas.
36:04Did you check on that, too?
36:06Didn't have to.
36:08It's not the whole story.
36:10Funny thing about a prison record, Mr. Cartwright.
36:13They say you do your time and you pay your price.
36:17But don't you believe it.
36:20Sam, did you serve your time out?
36:23Eight years.
36:25And I was pardoned.
36:27I suppose they left that out.
36:29It's all there.
36:31Now, Roy, what's all this about?
36:33Since I was a kid, I've seen it all.
36:36It's all there.
36:38Now, Roy, what's all this about?
36:40Since when do we hound a man who's paid for his mistake?
36:44It wasn't exactly a mistake.
36:47Now, just what does that mean?
36:49He murdered his father in cold blood.
36:56Is what he's saying true?
36:58Yeah.
37:00Some.
37:02He was my stepfather.
37:04And he needed killing.
37:07Nobody needs killing.
37:09He did.
37:11I was six years old when my mother died.
37:14You know what he did when we come back from the funeral?
37:17He took a whip to me.
37:19Just to show you, he says.
37:21Just to show you things are gonna be different from now on.
37:24That was my stepfather.
37:28See?
37:30From then on, he beat me every day I can remember.
37:34Except when he was too drunk.
37:39And it was he who...
37:42who did that to your back.
37:44He did.
37:48So I waited.
37:50I waited till I figured I could handle him.
37:55And I waited till he was stone-cold sober.
37:59I wanted him to know what was happening
38:02and who was doing it.
38:04And that's premeditated murder?
38:06Yeah.
38:09And then one night, he came for me.
38:12And I was ready.
38:14And I killed him.
38:19I was 14 years old.
38:22And that's what you served your sentence for?
38:25For 10 years.
38:29I served eight.
38:32I think you better come along with me, boss.
38:34Sheriff, I'm not going anywhere with you.
38:38Kirby, you haven't got a chance against the four of us.
38:44Sam.
38:51Sam, put up your gun.
38:54Put it away.
38:57All right.
38:59Now, what's the charge against him?
39:01No charge. Don't need any.
39:03He can't prove where he was Thursday night,
39:05and he's got a prison record.
39:07That's enough to take him in.
39:09No, it's not enough to take a man off this ranch.
39:12Now, what does that mean, Ben?
39:14Roy, half the people in this territory
39:16couldn't prove where they were Thursday night.
39:18And as for a man having a prison record,
39:20once he's served his sentence,
39:22his debt is paid, and that's it.
39:24The boy stays here.
39:26You're refusing to cooperate with the law?
39:28I'm refusing to allow you to lock the boy up
39:30without a valid reason.
39:32No law in the world says you can do that.
39:34I could deputize some men.
39:37Well, Sheriff, I reckon you better
39:39get you a whole bunch of them.
39:43All right, Ben.
39:45But it's your responsibility.
39:47Ben, you're sticking your neck out a country mile
39:49because of this.
39:51Ben, you're sticking your neck out a country mile
39:53because if you've made a mistake,
39:55you're gonna have to account for it.
40:16Well, Sam, looks like little Joe and the rest of us
40:18owe you a new shirt.
40:20You go down and get the best one you can find, Sam,
40:22with pearl buttons and all.
40:24Sam.
40:27Now, what's been said here has been said,
40:29and that's the last of it.
40:31I want you to know that you have a home here in the Ponderosa
40:33for just as long as you want it.
40:38Uh, Pa, you'll have to excuse Sam.
40:40He, uh, has some theories
40:42about people going out on a limb.
40:44Guess they kind of fell apart, huh?
40:47That's where you're mistaken.
40:50Y'all just made me see how right I am.
40:54So I got a home in the Ponderosa, have I?
40:57Well, I can't use it!
40:59Sam.
41:01Now, look, what do we say that...
41:03Forget it!
41:05Just don't you do me any favors.
41:07And don't you expect any.
41:17Nope.
41:19What got into him?
41:21I guess he's not used to being treated like a human being.
41:23Hmm.
41:26I wonder why little Joe didn't come back with him.
41:29Oh, boy, he probably got halfway out
41:31and decided to go back and make up to Ellie.
41:34He should have been home hours ago.
41:37I don't know.
41:39I don't know.
41:41I don't know.
41:43I don't know.
41:46Strange boy, that Sam Kirby.
41:49Well, I guess that's what happens
41:51when you've never been given a helping hand.
41:54He got himself so far out on that limb,
41:56he didn't quite know how to get himself off.
42:00Well...
42:02It's been a hard day, Pop.
42:04Better get to bed.
42:06Don't worry about little Joe, Paul.
42:08He can take care of himself.
42:11Good night, Hoss.
42:13Good night, Adam.
42:15Good night.
42:17Good night, Paul.
42:19He's sure enough worried about Joe, ain't he?
42:21Yeah, well, you know how he always is about him.
42:26Hey, where are you going?
42:28I'll be right back.
42:30You think you'll need any help?
42:32No.
42:43Good night.
43:01Couldn't even wait till morning, huh?
43:04Why are you so touchy, Sam?
43:06No reason. I just want to get out of here.
43:09There's nothing my father said
43:11made any difference to you, huh?
43:13Why don't you Cartwrights leave me alone?
43:15I'm full up to here!
43:17And here's your vest.
43:19I don't want it!
43:21Sam, is it really the kindness that's killing you
43:23or is it something else?
43:25I just don't like a lot of people asking me questions.
43:28Why not?
43:30What have you got to hide?
43:32Who says I got anything to hide?
43:34Little Joe, right about you all along?
43:36Is that what's bothering you, Sam?
43:41Okay.
44:06Adam?
44:31Adam?
44:36Adam, you around?
44:46What's the matter?
44:48I got hit in the head.
44:50Kirby slammed into me and ran off.
44:52I guess he had his soul fooled.
44:54And particularly me.
44:56I think the sheriff is right about him.
44:58Little Joe, too.
45:01He might have the answer to Joe's whereabouts.
45:04Let's get horse and we'll get saddled up
45:06and pick up this trail as soon as it turns light.
45:17All right, once more.
45:19You're wasting your time.
45:21Which way?
45:29About time you were getting here. We got to get moving.
45:32What are you doing to him?
45:35What did you find out?
45:37Did you find out which way the horse soldiers were coming in?
45:39No. I didn't get a chance.
45:41Well, maybe we still have a chance.
45:44He probably knows which way they're coming in.
45:47Why don't we just have you make him tell us?
45:50Yeah, why don't you make me talk, Sam?
45:55Go on.
45:57After all, you're practically one of the family.
46:01What are you waiting for?
46:05You ask him.
46:07Living with the Cartwrights is making you go soft.
46:09It's his kind that put you in jail and took eight years out of your life.
46:12You forgetting that? No, I'm not forgetting that.
46:14But I know the Cartwrights well enough to know that he won't talk.
46:17If we stay here any longer, we'll never get out of here.
46:19Let's get going now.
46:21You'll never get out of here.
46:23When my pawn brothers find out I didn't come home all night,
46:25them and the cavalry will be all over the place.
46:27You're not going to make it.
46:29Maybe we won't.
46:31But you won't be alive to know it.
46:33Kill him. Hold it, Link.
46:35He just gave us the answer.
46:37Yeah? Yeah.
46:39Take him with us.
46:41Joe Cartwright, riding out there in front.
46:43Then if we get trouble from any of the other Cartwrights,
46:45he gets a bullet right in the back.
46:48Might work.
46:51Ramos, go get Andy.
46:53Saddle up the horses.
46:55Link, get the money out of the cave.
46:58All right, Pardo.
47:04Pardo!
47:19You sure waited long enough.
47:21You took ten years off my life.
47:23Well, I just hope I didn't take ten years off my life, too.
47:32Don't worry.
47:34You got friends now.
47:36Friends that'll stick by you.
47:39I know that.
47:41I'll be all right.
47:46What about those other two?
47:48Yeah, let's pick them up.
47:53Let's go.
48:24Looks like little Joe didn't wait for the army.
48:26Hey, he's got Sam with him.
48:28Looks like we was wrong about Sam, Paul.
48:30Yeah.
48:32Looks like we were all wrong about Sam Kirby.
48:54Yeah.
49:04Yeah.
49:23Yeah.
Recommended
0:42
|
Up next
1:57
0:15
0:21
0:45
1:59:00
1:59:00
1:47:40
2:59
1:28:39
1:58:03
1:20:13
1:54:35
1:57:30
1:23:17
0:45
1:37
1:49
1:05:42
1:25:19
5:47
Be the first to comment