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King of the Pecos (1936)
54min | Western | 9 March 1936 (USA)
Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Bernard McConville (screenplay), Dorrell McGowan
Stars: John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall
54min | Western | 9 March 1936 (USA)
Texas cattle baron Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents ten years earlier. Now a lawyer, Clayborn tries legally to break up Stiles' water monopoly and rustling operation. When that fails he must use force.
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Bernard McConville (screenplay), Dorrell McGowan
Stars: John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall
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01:48Hey.
01:49♪♪
01:56How far have we come?
01:58Well, by the turn of the wheel,
01:59it tallies just 200 miles since we hit the Pecos.
02:03Hey, we're clear out of the United States.
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02:17By wagon tally, we've come 200 miles.
02:19Yeah.
02:21Boys, I claim this land by right of discovery.
02:28We'll locate here.
02:30Put the cattle on the bedding ground.
02:45Stiles.
02:47Stiles.
02:48Your right of discovery may not hold in the future.
02:51Being your lawyer, I suggest that you let me drop
02:54proper legal papers.
02:56You can buy up the land with a bail of dirt-cheap land script.
03:00We won't have to do that, Brewster.
03:02All we have to do is control the waterholes.
03:05You file on them, and Hatch and his men
03:07will hold the land for me with their guns.
03:09Here's a map of this Pecos River country.
03:12Here we are.
03:14Right here.
03:15Mm-hmm.
03:16What do you suppose our little empire will serve me?
03:19Oh, about a million acres.
03:22Hmm.
03:23Not bad for a start.
03:25How about the water?
03:27Main water control center's in the Pecos River, right here,
03:30with the creeks running into it.
03:32Mm-hmm.
03:33Hey, Sheriff.
03:34What were you telling me about Sweetwater?
03:36Well, I told you.
03:38Hey, Sheriff.
03:39What were you telling me about Sweetwater?
03:41Well, after the Pecos turns off there,
03:44you've got 60 miles of alkali desert
03:47before you come to Sweetwater.
03:49What you mean is that no herd could travel
03:51over the North Trail without water to Sweetwater, huh?
03:54That's plumb true.
03:56Put Sweetwater down, Brewster.
03:58When they start driving Texas cattle
04:00to the Kansas markets,
04:02that's gonna be the key to our empire.
04:04Might be trouble about Sweetwater.
04:06Yeah, my neighbor Claiborne's already settled there.
04:08Oh.
04:10Well, that's all right.
04:12I'll buy him out fair and square.
04:14What if he refuses to sell?
04:17Brewster, you learned your law from Blackstone.
04:20Ash learned his from Judge Colts.
04:23If Blackstone loses, I'm counting on Colts to win.
04:27Hmm.
04:36Well,
04:38this cotton wouldn't give you plenty of shade
04:40when it grows up.
04:44And you can build me a veranda,
04:46and the cabin will look like our old Claiborne home
04:48back in Tennessee.
04:59Big outfit moving up the Pecos, Pa.
05:01Heavy arms.
05:03There's two of them headed this way.
05:05They look peaceful-like,
05:07but you never can tell, John.
05:25Howdy, stranger.
05:27My name's Stiles.
05:29Howdy. I'm Claiborne.
05:31I'll give you $500 for your land
05:34and your shanty just as they stand.
05:36You can take your cattle and move on to a new range.
05:39This place ain't for sale, Stiles.
05:41I'll be more than fair.
05:43A thousand.
05:45I'm not selling.
05:47We're buying up this country with land, Scrip.
05:49You'd better take the thousand.
05:51I've held my homestead against Comanches.
05:53Reckon I can hold it against land thieves.
05:56Get out.
05:58Sorry, Claiborne.
06:00A thousand dollars ain't for money
06:02when all you've got to do
06:04is call your dog and move on.
06:32They must be done for.
06:34Come on. Let's rush them.
06:40This homestead is yours, John.
06:42Go to your grandpa in Austin.
06:44He'll help you.
06:46I'll go to my uncle's.
06:48I'll go to my uncle's.
06:50I'll go to my uncle's.
06:52I'll go to my uncle's.
06:54I'll go to my uncle's.
06:56I'll go to my uncle's.
06:58I'll go to my uncle's.
07:00I'm going to help you.
07:30The
07:50Germans are both done for.
08:20Well, Henry, I see the boy's still at it.
08:27What's he planning to be, a lawyer or a gunman?
08:31Looks like both.
08:33Ever since he came to me ten years ago, he's had one idea in mind, and I've never been
08:37able to change it.
08:38I guess you'll be an honesty good and slow, you're pretty quick now, eh, John?
08:42Yeah, when I pass my bar examination.
08:44Well, when you hang your tingle out, you can sure get my business.
08:49You ought to be right smart at collecting.
08:51Thanks, Bill.
08:53There's one case I've got to take care of first.
08:56John Claiborne versus Alexander Stiles.
09:18Yes, sir.
09:31Alexander Stiles owns the whole town of Cottonwood and a million acres back of it.
09:36In ten years, he's become the richest cattle king in the Pagos.
09:40I suppose he's got so much money, he had to bring that salamander safe all the way from
09:44St. Louis to keep it in, huh?
09:47Oh, Mr. Clay, you haven't told me your reason for leaving Austin to come out here.
09:51I'm going to hang out my shingle to practice law in Cottonwood.
09:55A wise move, young man.
09:58The railroad will soon be finished to Abilene and open up a big market for Texas beef.
10:02And mark my words, this Pagos River country will boom then.
10:26Well, there she is, boys.
10:28The only safe west of the Pagos.
10:30Ain't she a beaut?
10:31You see that?
10:32They call her a salamander because she can go through the hottest fire and never melt.
10:36Ain't got nothing on you, Stiles.
10:38I ain't never seen anything made you melt either.
10:41I says from now on, your name will be Salamander Stiles.
10:45Hooray for Salamander Stiles!
10:49Mr. Stiles?
10:50Yes?
10:51I'm Eli Jackson.
10:52Jackson?
10:53We corresponded about the purchase of some land.
10:55Oh, yes, Mr. Jackson.
10:56Well, I'm glad to know you.
10:57And this is my daughter, Belle.
10:59Well, welcome to Cottonwood, Miss Jackson.
11:02And here's a young man you ought to know.
11:03He's going to practice law in your town.
11:05John Clay.
11:06Oh.
11:07Lawyer, eh?
11:08That's right.
11:09Well, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong town, Mr. Clay.
11:12We already have one lawyer here.
11:13That's plenty.
11:14I'll take a chance on that.
11:17Come into my office, Mr. Jackson.
11:18I'll fix you up.
11:19Fine.
11:24You'll fix him up, all right, like you fixed us.
11:26What are you going to fix?
11:28I'll tell you later.
11:29Tell me what?
11:30Never mind.
11:32Don't forget you promised to call when we're settled.
11:34I will.
11:35Goodbye.
11:36Goodbye.
11:49You one of them law fellows?
11:51Yes.
11:52Well, me and Josh here have got a case for you.
11:54Case?
11:55Case of what?
11:56Oh, poison oak.
11:58Bar grease.
11:59Good for that.
12:00Come up to the shack.
12:01I want to talk to you.
12:05Now, let me get this straight.
12:07Stiles buys your cattle,
12:09pays you back with these notes which he refuses to honor.
12:13You're dang tootin'.
12:15The only way we can get anything out of him
12:17is discounting them half and taking that out
12:19and trade at a store.
12:21Why do you sell him your cattle?
12:23We gotta.
12:25He won't give us no more water.
12:28He owns every drop in the country.
12:31How many ranchers like you are there?
12:33Well, about 20.
12:3621 counting that new fellow Jackson
12:38and he'll get the same deal.
12:42Sounds like a polite form of cattle rustling to me.
12:47I'll take your case, Hank.
12:49Take it where?
12:50The court.
12:51Here's your bar grease.
12:55I can't fool with no subpoena, young fella.
12:58I got business over Casa Grande.
13:00In a hurry.
13:03Come on, Hank.
13:04We'll serve it ourselves.
13:06Dinged if you ain't grabbing a wildcat right by the tail.
13:09But I'm with you.
13:10Come on.
13:16How do you like your new home, Miss Jackson?
13:19Very well, thank you.
13:20And we want you to know we appreciate
13:22those 50 head of cattle you sent over.
13:24It was nothing at all.
13:25Always glad to help a new rancher get started.
13:33Did you give that fella Jackson 50 head of stock?
13:36He signed our usual sales contract.
13:39He has the utmost confidence in Mr. Stiles.
13:42Yeah, he's working for me now and doesn't know it.
13:46Hello, John.
13:47Well, hello, Belle.
13:48I've been wanting to see you.
13:50Why didn't you come over?
13:51Well, I've been pretty busy.
13:53Tell your father that I'm trying a case in court tomorrow.
13:56I'd like to have him there.
13:57He'll be there because I'll bring him.
13:59Good.
14:10What's this, young fella?
14:11Selling something?
14:12Serving your notice, Stiles.
14:14To appear in court.
14:16I'm afraid you're the victim of a practical joke, young man.
14:20Circuit judge doesn't get around this way very often.
14:23No cases for him.
14:24The cases start with this one.
14:26Oh, they do, eh?
14:27Then I'll give you a case right now.
14:28I hope it shoots straight.
14:30It's a right 40 gun.
14:33I may be back for it later.
14:36No need of that now, Ash.
14:44Thanks, Hank.
14:49I'm getting plum forgetful.
14:50I forgot to load the darn thing this morning.
14:54I'll get it.
14:55I'll get it.
14:56I'll get it.
14:57I'll get it.
14:58I'll get it.
14:59I'll get it.
15:00I'll get it.
15:01I'll get it.
15:02I'll get it.
15:03I'll get it.
15:04I'll get it.
15:05I'll get it.
15:06I'll get it.
15:07I'll get it.
15:08I'll get it.
15:09I'll get it.
15:10I'll get it.
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15:12I'll get it.
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15:14I'll get it.
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15:18I'll get it.
15:19I'll get it.
15:20I'll get it.
15:21I'll get it.
15:22I'll get it.
15:23I'll get it.
15:24I'll get it.
15:25I'll get it.
15:26I'll get it.
15:27I'll get it.
15:28I'll get it.
15:29I'll get it.
15:30I'll get it.
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15:33I'll get it.
15:34I'll get it.
15:35I'll get it.
15:36I'll get it.
15:37I'll get it.
15:38I'll get it.
15:39I'll get it.
15:56What are we waiting for?
15:57For the judge.
15:58Huh?
15:59The judge ain't here.
16:00Beer?
16:01What do you want beer for?
16:02Hello, Sheriff.
16:10Court's open.
16:16Court's adjourned.
16:19Wait a minute.
16:22Where's the judge?
16:23He wasn't able to get here.
16:32What?
16:40What happened? What's everybody leaving for?
16:43I'll tell you later.
16:52John, I'm sorry you turned out this way.
17:00What did she say?
17:02She said she was sorry.
17:03Sorry for what?
17:05Why didn't she hurt you or nothing?
17:11I'm sorry to hear that.
17:13I thought he was a nice young fellow.
17:14Oh, he'll learn.
17:20Don't be discouraged, Clay.
17:22This court may open most any time in the next 20 years.
17:26This court will be open Monday morning, Stiles.
17:30You'll be here.
17:43Keep walking.
17:44If they'd wanted us, they wouldn't have wasted a bullet on that lamp.
17:53Hank, get your boys together and tell them they've got a case against Stiles.
17:57It'll mean water and grass for their herds.
17:59Watch them. They'll come like a bunch of steers stampeding for water.
18:27Here he comes now.
18:30He's coming.
18:40Hello, Hank.
18:42They all here?
18:44Yes, we're all here.
18:50Men.
18:52For years you've been paying tribute to Stiles for the use of his waterholes.
18:56You let him sell your cattle for worthless notes.
18:59How long are you going to stand for it?
19:01How are you going to stop him?
19:03I'll tell you how.
19:04Stiles claims all the water rights around here.
19:07As a lawyer, I'm here to tell you that those claims wouldn't be recognized by any court in the Union.
19:12You mean to say that the water rights don't belong to Stiles?
19:16We can prove that they're in public domain,
19:18and open for you men to file on.
19:20Here's how we'll go about it.
19:27Isn't that Judge Dunlap?
19:29Yes.
19:38Monday morning, Stiles.
19:41Just what's your game, Clay?
19:43It won't take you long to find out if you'll step over to the courthouse.
19:46Yeah, this party's on us.
19:51Be right over, Salamander.
19:57I am thankful to you, citizens,
20:00for offering the court the protection it has lacked in the past.
20:03You have made it possible for me to render justice impartially.
20:11Take off your hat.
20:14Plaintiff will remove cigar.
20:18Plaintiff will remove cigar.
20:22Plaintiff will remove cigar, or deputy will remove plaintiff.
20:27He means you. You must be the judge.
20:30I'm not a judge.
20:33I'm a lawyer.
20:35I'm a lawyer.
20:37I'm a lawyer.
20:39I'm a lawyer.
20:41He means you. You must be getting dead.
20:49Order in the court.
20:53Now we will proceed with the business of the court.
20:56Hank Matthews and Josh Billings versus Alexander Stiles.
21:01Your Honor,
21:04I represent the independent cattle owners of this section.
21:08They've come here to petition the court for the right to water their herds.
21:13For years they've been paying toll to the defendant, Alexander Stiles,
21:18for the use of water which is in public domain.
21:22I wish to submit evidence
21:25proving the defendant has no ownership of these water rights.
21:28What is the nature of the evidence?
21:31If Your Honor will look over these documents,
21:33they'll explain themselves.
21:35I offer them as Exhibit A.
21:39Your Honor,
21:41it is regrettable that my serious young colleague here
21:45has gotten off on the wrong foot on his first case.
21:49But inexperience and errors go hand in hand,
21:52and I'm sure he will learn in time
21:56if he can secure enough cases.
21:59In rebuttal, I offer these documents
22:02as Exhibit B.
22:04In rebuttal, I offer these documents
22:07for the defendant, Alexander Stiles,
22:10showing that the aforesaid Alexander Stiles
22:13has filed on and is legal owner
22:16of said water rights in question before this court.
22:19May it please Your Honor to accept these documents as Exhibit B.
22:35Court will recess for two hours
22:37while evidence is being considered.
22:48There's no chance of losing this case, is there?
22:51Not a chance, Salamander, not a chance.
22:54You'd better be sure.
22:57I haven't lost yet, and I don't intend to start now.
23:01Oh, no, you're on the wrong track.
23:04I've run this territory for the last ten years fair and square,
23:08and there isn't a living soul that can say a word against me.
23:12That's right. Dead men tell no tale.
23:25I'm sorry.
23:28I don't approve of Clay's high-handed methods,
23:31trying a case at the point of a gun.
23:34It's just a crooked play of his to swindle me and you
23:37and all the rest of the ranchers out of our land.
23:49That's what I'd think of you!
23:52I'd think of you!
23:55You weren't slinging law, pirate.
23:58You haven't got the backbone to come out here
24:02and make a living like a man.
24:04You're nothing but a yellow-livered land shark
24:07that don't even carry a gun.
24:09I don't need one.
24:13No, you don't.
24:26What's the matter? Is your powder damp?
24:31Some other time.
24:41And the evidence before the court proves conclusively
24:45that while the defendant, Alexander Stiles,
24:48has filed on all these water rights,
24:51he is entitled to only one claim.
24:54In accordance with the homestead laws of the country.
24:57Therefore, it becomes the duty of this court
25:00to declare the aforementioned water rights
25:03are in public domain, open for firing.
25:13Come on, come on. We won the case.
25:16What case?
25:18The case about the water.
25:20They put in that in case it's due?
25:22I beat you in a civil case, Stiles,
25:25but I specialize in criminal law.
25:27Particularly murder.
25:35Ash, this calls for your kind of law now.
25:38Take the shortcut to Red Rock Canyon.
25:40You've got to pass through there to file on that water.
25:43Don't let anybody through but my men.
25:45I'll have them file on those claims with proxies.
25:48How will I know who to pick off?
25:50We're going.
26:03Now, you see what your print and play has done?
26:05If we don't get back to the ranch first, we lose it.
26:21Now, you all know what to file on.
26:23You bet your life we do.
26:25Wait a minute.
26:37Follow me.
26:51Shoot every rider that ain't barked.
27:09Where'd you get them?
27:11Never mind. I got them. Put them on.
27:13Never thought I'd see the day I'd ever meet you again.
27:17Never mind. I got them. Put them on.
27:19Never thought I'd see the day I'd ever be wearing a pair of these things.
27:47Oh, Dad, are you hurt?
27:49It's my leg.
27:51Well, I'll take one of the horses and ride on ahead.
27:53Come on. Let me help you.
28:17Come on. Come on.
28:30Keep going. I'll overtake you.
28:32Where's Belle?
28:34She's riding on ahead.
28:37And you reckon with me if she's molested by any of your land-grabbing outfit.
28:47Come on.
28:49Come on.
29:14Why, the whole shebang's got white armbands on.
29:20Yeah, and you can't tell who they are from here.
29:40Here comes a couple more of them.
29:45What are they doing now?
29:47Let me go. Leave me alone.
29:49I'm only trying to help you to cool down and listen.
29:52Help me? Help me lose my ranch, you mean?
29:55If you go out there without a white band on your arm, you may be killed.
29:58By one of your own men, I suppose. It's nice of you to warn me.
30:01You'd better turn around and go back to your dad.
30:03I'll write on and file on your ranch for you.
30:05You will not. I wouldn't trust you.
30:08All right, then.
30:18Go ahead.
30:28There comes one out with a white armband on.
30:40There comes the other one.
30:43That's that lawyer fellow.
30:48Got him. Get the horse.
31:13You go on.
31:17Don't let him get away.
31:47Pull into this cave.
32:18Wait a minute. Don't take any chances. We got him now.
32:21We'll smoke him out.
32:31We're safe in here.
32:33They'll smoke us out.
32:35Don't worry about that.
32:48Let's go.
32:50Go where?
32:51Out the other end. This cave's like a badger hole.
33:06If it wasn't for getting that arm of yours fixed,
33:08I'd sure sneak out there and give them poor cats a dose of lead.
33:13Pete, you and Steve get behind that rock.
33:15And when they come out, fill them full of lead.
33:21You let that kid Clay make a monkey out of you in court.
33:24Your blunderings cost me practically all my water rights.
33:28From now on, you and I are through.
33:31Go on. Get your stuff. Get out of here.
33:33That suits me fine.
33:35Now, about my cut.
33:46That enough?
33:51That's very fair.
33:53Good day, gentlemen.
34:16Style said to give you this.
34:18No. Wait a minute.
34:31All right, boys.
34:46Oh, why can't we go back to town?
34:48Not with your arm like that.
34:50You ain't in no condition to get into a shooting match.
34:53Did, uh...
34:55Miss Jackson get through all right?
34:57Well, now, uh...
35:01What you winking at me for?
35:03Doggone it, Josh. Can't you keep quiet?
35:05Why, you cantankerous old coyote.
35:07What are you up to?
35:09Wait and see.
35:11Why, Belle, what are you doing here?
35:13Are you badly hurt, Jones?
35:15Oh, only a scratch.
35:20Come on. Where are you going?
35:22We're going for a walk.
35:24But I don't want to talk.
35:26I want to stay right here with them.
35:28Come on, you old horned toad.
35:34Come on.
35:36Come on.
35:38Come on.
35:41I want to tell you how sorry I am, John, for what I said today.
35:45I realize now how wrong I was.
35:47Oh, that's all right. We all make mistakes.
35:50That's why we have lawyers.
35:52You certainly wasted a lot of good advice on me.
35:55Did you file on your land all right?
35:57I did, thanks to you.
35:59It would have been terrible to lose it.
36:01Yes, you made things so pleasant there.
36:05I've always enjoyed coming to see you.
36:08Then you won't let what happened change your feelings towards us?
36:11I should say not.
36:20What's the matter, Billings?
36:22Brewster's been killed.
36:23Killed?
36:24Ass-shotting.
36:39It's just as I predicted.
36:41Now, boys, our cattle are worth a fortune.
36:43It's been hard going.
36:45But I'm sure glad I stuck it out.
36:47I'm for us all getting together and making a drive to Abilene.
36:51That's right.
36:55Here's the best bit of news I've seen in many a day.
36:58Think of it. Cattle $20 a head instead of three.
37:01What good's it gonna do us?
37:03The law made you give back most of it.
37:05I just heard they was all going to drive their cattle through to Kansas.
37:08Good.
37:10They beat me in court, all right.
37:12But I've got them now.
37:14When they start driving their herds up to Abilene,
37:16they've got to hit Sweetwater.
37:18It's the only water after that 60 miles of desert.
37:21Yes, and we'll make them pay plenty, too.
37:24Round up every head of stock on the ranches I can still control.
37:28They don't want to give them to you?
37:30Take them.
37:32Load the salamanders safe on a wagon.
37:34I'm heading for Sweetwater.
37:50Where are you going with my cattle?
38:03Hey!
38:05Hey!
38:07Hey!
38:09Hey!
38:11Hey!
38:31What are you doing with my cattle?
38:33These ain't yours. They're Stiles.
38:35I paid for these. I've got a contract.
38:37Keep moving, boys.
38:41You and Stiles will answer to the law for this.
38:44Yes, and here's our ranch.
38:57Dad, what's happened?
39:05Stiles' men took our cattle and...
39:12When he protested,
39:14Ash shot him.
39:16The murderer.
39:22What are you going to do?
39:24I'm going to shoot a skunk.
39:26No, no, I mean Stiles.
39:28Well, you'll have to go a long way.
39:31What do you mean?
39:33He and his bunch left for Sweetwater this morning.
39:35How do you know? Huh?
39:37I say, how do you know?
39:39I got ears, ain't I?
39:41Why didn't you tell me before?
39:43I tried to, but you said I talked too much.
39:45Hank, you and Josh round up the ranchers and bring them here.
39:48They're getting ready for the big drive to Abilene.
39:51Tell them it's important.
39:53Come on. Where are you going?
39:55You can't write. You can't even read.
39:57Oh, come on.
40:02Stiles and his men are waiting for you at Sweetwater.
40:05They know that your cattle,
40:07after crossing 60 miles of desert,
40:09can't turn back.
40:11They've got to have water.
40:13Are you men ready to go through with this thing?
40:15Let's go.
40:17Sure, I'll go along.
40:19Will you lead us?
40:21I'll be with you.
40:23I'm heading that way on a private matter.
40:25We'll take care of it.
40:27Well, round up the herds and we'll get started.
40:29Let's go, boys.
40:31I got about 50 men.
40:33Come on, Johnny.
40:37Come on.
41:08There's Sweetwater Canyon right ahead of us.
41:10You sure know this country.
41:12Yeah.
41:14I'm right at home here.
41:33There's about 6,000 head coming up the canyon.
41:35Yeah? How many men driving them?
41:37Oh, I'd say around 20.
41:39You better go back and keep an eye on them.
41:41Charlie, go and close the gates.
41:43I'll go with Charlie.
41:45Here's where we do a little collecting.
42:06Drop that gun.
42:08Put your hands up.
42:12What do you want, Clay?
42:14Tell Stiles to meet me at the gate.
42:16I want to talk to him.
42:18Tell him to come unarmed and alone.
42:20And I'll be the same.
42:22Now get going.
42:24I'll be right back.
42:26I'll be right back.
42:28I'll be right back.
42:30I'll be right back.
42:32I'll be right back.
42:34I'll be right back.
42:45It's Clay and his men.
42:47He wants to have a talk with you at the gate.
42:49He says come alone, unarmed, and he'll do the same.
42:52You're not going to do it, are you?
42:54Certainly.
42:56He might be framing you.
42:58No, no. We'll beat him to it.
43:00We'll frame him first.
43:02I'll open the rocks where he can watch him while I'm talking to him.
43:06When I take my handkerchief out of my pocket, let him have it.
43:10Remember, no shooting until I take out my handkerchief.
43:20All right, men.
43:33What's on your mind, Clay?
43:35A couple of things.
43:37I want you to open this gate so our cattle can have water.
43:41I'll be glad to open it.
43:43For 50% of the herd.
43:45Stiles, you have no right to block this trail.
43:47No?
43:49Well, this is one piece of property I've got a legal deed for.
43:52I know how you got it.
43:54What do you mean?
43:56I'm John Clayburne.
43:58Stiles, I want you to open this gate.
44:01Stiles, I want you and Ash to surrender.
44:03You're going back to Cottonwood and stand trial for murder.
44:07Are you trying to be funny?
44:09Get ready.
44:11Don't give that signal, Stiles, or we'll both be dead.
44:17Watch.
44:19All right, Hank.
44:23See?
44:27What do you shoot for?
44:29We're partners, ain't we?
44:31You shoot, I shoot.
44:33Don't think I'd be fool enough to come out here without cover, do you?
44:37When I know the kind of a man I'm dealing with.
44:40I'll give you just three minutes to surrender.
44:43Or we're coming in after you.
44:59All right, boys, we're gonna take Sweetwater.
45:02Get into the rocks and undercover.
45:09It's young Clayburne, I tell you.
45:11Wyford? The kid?
45:13Yes. If we don't get him, he'll hang us.
45:16Here they come.
45:18Half the herd to you, men, if you'll wipe them out.
45:21Pete, you take some men and cover the pass.
45:29All right.
46:00That's one for me.
46:02One for me, too.
46:20That's three for me. I'm one up on you.
46:22No, two and a half. I said him two.
46:25I guess we're both missed.
46:56They're running out of phone cabs.
46:59Start sawing on that gate post.
47:01I'll see what I can do to drive them out of it.
47:04What do you think?
47:06We got to start shooting at the gate post.
47:08How high up?
47:10About as high as a rabbit.
47:12What kind of rabbit?
47:14Jack rabbit.
47:16Don't let them get near that gate, men.
47:47Fire at the cabin.
48:02Get my safe on the wagon, men. We've got to make a run for it.
48:17They're getting away.
48:19We'd better get our horses.
48:21What did you say? Wait for me.
48:46Halt!
49:16Halt!
49:46Halt!
50:17There goes Ash.
50:20I'll get him. You fellas take care of the herd.
50:22You ain't even going to go after him alone, are you?
50:24He'll get you in them rocks and lay for you.
50:26I'll take that chance.
50:46I'll take that chance.
51:16I'll take that chance.
51:46I'll take that chance.
52:16Shit!
52:46Ash.
53:17Put it up, Ash.
53:19I'm going to give you that chance you've been waiting for.
53:32Take your own time.
53:46Take your own time.
54:06And do you, John, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?
54:10I do.
54:12Aren't you?
54:14And do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?
54:18Not me.
54:20Well, ain't your man kind?
54:22There's your man.
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