- 9/7/2014
Approved | 1h 23min | Western, Action | 5 May 1951 (UK)
The sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Luke Short (novel), Irving Ravetch (screenplay)
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, John Ireland
The sons of a Colorado cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, resent one another and fight for control of their father's cattle empire.
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Luke Short (novel), Irving Ravetch (screenplay)
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, John Ireland
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00:00:57I got a story to tell, a yarn about cow country and cow punchers, cattle and men.
00:01:04I was working for the Strobey Ranch, learning my trade.
00:01:07Trade of worn leather saddle blisters and Brandon irons.
00:01:11Trade with some song, some fun, some luck.
00:01:15It was as good a job as a man could ask for.
00:01:18Lonely sometimes, or cold.
00:01:20So much distance you thought you'd never get back.
00:01:23But for me, a young kid, it was a fine time.
00:01:26Memories are mostly good.
00:01:29You're up there on top of the world, where the air was clear and thin.
00:01:33The only sound was the wind and the pines.
00:01:37We were in the business of growing beef.
00:01:39Always moving the cattle, looking for new feed.
00:01:43They were those new, bald-faced herefords.
00:01:46Not like the lawn boys, wild and spooky, but friendly critters.
00:01:51Gentle as a dog.
00:01:53Seasons melted away, peaceful from spring to summer, fall, then winter.
00:02:00Cows had to look out for themselves in the snow.
00:02:03The winter drift.
00:02:05Soon as a man on horseback could get around, they'd go out and locate the cattle.
00:02:10Spot them for the spring roundup.
00:02:13They'd come back from the winter drift, cold and worn out.
00:02:18Our foreman was Owen Daybright.
00:02:20He knew what he was doing.
00:02:22We all liked him.
00:02:24And there was his foster brother, Lee Strobey.
00:02:28Their father owned the ranch.
00:02:31The night they got back, the trouble began.
00:02:37Well, look what's turned up.
00:02:38Hiya, Cal.
00:02:39People still drink whiskey?
00:02:41Hiya, Lee.
00:02:42Beat down to my shoes.
00:02:44That's what comes from working for someone you've known too long, Lee.
00:02:52See my wife this winter?
00:02:53Jen come in town a couple of times with your old man.
00:02:56How'd Arch look?
00:02:57Oh, just fair, I'd say.
00:02:59Cold weather always seems to bother him.
00:03:01How'd Jen look?
00:03:02Way to find that out is go home and see for yourself.
00:03:06Can I borrow your razor, Cal?
00:03:08I don't want to scare her.
00:03:09In the back.
00:03:10Keeping you busy, Doc?
00:03:12I've been trying to get him all day for that girl that used to work at the Eaton house.
00:03:17Lily?
00:03:19I wouldn't know her name.
00:03:24What's her trouble, Doc?
00:03:25Oh, small variety.
00:03:27About that big.
00:03:29Arrived a couple hours ago, they tell me.
00:03:34You wouldn't go?
00:03:35That's right.
00:03:37I don't take calls like this until I hear from the father.
00:03:41And that isn't likely.
00:03:44There's a rifle on you, cowboy.
00:03:49Get down and walk over here so I can see where you are.
00:03:52Get down now.
00:04:00Owen.
00:04:02Is that you?
00:04:04Yeah.
00:04:05I'm here.
00:04:06I'm here.
00:04:07I'm here.
00:04:08I'm here.
00:04:09I'm here.
00:04:10Owen.
00:04:12Is that you?
00:04:13Yeah.
00:04:15Put that gun down.
00:04:16He's a friend.
00:04:31What are you doing here?
00:04:33Helping.
00:04:35Nobody else would come.
00:04:36So I heard.
00:04:39How's Lee?
00:04:41Wanted to see you.
00:04:43I'll be home as soon as she's asleep.
00:04:49Who's he?
00:04:51Her brother, Dick Fasken, from out of town.
00:04:54He spent the day looking for the man.
00:04:57Lily all right?
00:05:05You've got company, Lily.
00:05:08Come on.
00:05:15Hello, Owen.
00:05:16Lily.
00:05:23Pan size.
00:05:25And beautiful.
00:05:27Good color, too.
00:05:29Yes.
00:05:35The doctor wouldn't come.
00:05:37Jen came instead.
00:05:39Don't you even think about it, Lily.
00:05:40Not now.
00:05:43I'm really pretty lucky, Owen.
00:05:46I couldn't face up going back to the restaurant to work.
00:05:51Mrs. Burkoffer does work out at her place when I'm ready for it.
00:05:56We're grateful, too.
00:05:58Sounds queer to say it here and now, but...
00:06:02You'll have a good life, Owen.
00:06:06I'm sure he will, Lily.
00:06:10I'm sure he will.
00:06:12Coffee?
00:06:34Coffee?
00:06:38Thanks.
00:06:43Thanks.
00:06:49You've seen me before, Owen.
00:06:51There's been a change.
00:06:52Somebody washed your face and got you a new dress.
00:06:55Arch.
00:06:56And a tub in my own room.
00:06:58I bathe every day now.
00:07:00It's an improvement.
00:07:03How was the winter?
00:07:06Well, we stayed alive and we kept the cattle alive.
00:07:09It was snowing at the ranch.
00:07:11We lost our nearest neighbor in nearly five weeks.
00:07:15We missed you, Owen.
00:07:23I brought Lily some grub.
00:07:26Owen.
00:07:29Who was it?
00:07:32Good night, Jane.
00:07:35Hold it a minute.
00:07:43You live in these parts?
00:07:44Around here.
00:07:46Who's the father?
00:07:49That'd be Lily's business, wouldn't it?
00:07:51I'll find out.
00:07:52Sure.
00:07:53I'll find out if it takes me a lifetime.
00:07:55Fine.
00:07:56It's a nice country to live in.
00:08:04Come on.
00:08:28Who was that?
00:08:31Owen Daybright.
00:08:33Your husband's foster brother, ain't he?
00:08:35That's right.
00:08:38How much?
00:08:40Five hundred dollars.
00:08:42He brought this food, too.
00:08:44Why?
00:08:47You're wrong.
00:08:48He's good.
00:08:50And there's no one else around here like him.
00:08:56And again.
00:08:59He keeps his aces a kicker, and he draws to it every time.
00:09:02Three times.
00:09:04Mr. Kicker.
00:09:06It's a game of chance, boys.
00:09:12We'll play again sometime.
00:09:22I ran your errand.
00:09:24Thanks, Owen.
00:09:26Thanks, Owen.
00:09:28It's paid for.
00:09:29Like you pay for a coat.
00:09:31I appreciate it.
00:09:33This isn't the first time you saved my hide.
00:09:36Why don't you grow up, boy?
00:09:39Look, it happens.
00:09:41I sleep good.
00:09:44Your wife was there.
00:09:46She have any idea?
00:09:52Happened before I met Jen.
00:09:54Even so, she wouldn't understand it.
00:09:56You know what she's like.
00:09:58Why should I know what she's like?
00:10:00That's right, you don't.
00:10:03She's what all the others weren't.
00:10:06She's everything I ever wanted for myself.
00:10:10It's been a long time. Let's get back to the ranch.
00:10:13Stand where you're at, Daybright.
00:10:15You, move away.
00:10:24You brought Lily $500.
00:10:30That's right.
00:10:31Don't you need it?
00:10:33Not that kind.
00:10:35That wasn't grub money, it was get-out-of-town money.
00:10:39I'll ask you one time.
00:10:41Was it yours?
00:10:43Point that gun to the floor, son, and turn around.
00:10:54I'll be other times.
00:10:56You're a conclusion jumper, my friend. I don't like that.
00:10:58Quit it, Owen.
00:10:59I'll handle this myself, Con.
00:11:01Not as long as I'm sheriff.
00:11:03All right, Con.
00:11:09You've scared me twice tonight.
00:11:11Next time you point a gun at me, shoot it.
00:11:54Well, welcome home, boys.
00:11:57How are you, Arch?
00:11:58You look fit, son. How are you, Owen?
00:12:00Good. How's the leg?
00:12:01Got the misery, same as every winner for 20 years.
00:12:04Evening, boys.
00:12:05Hello, Mr. Willoughby.
00:12:06Hello, Mr. Willoughby.
00:12:07Thought you might want some hot coffee, Arch.
00:12:09Well, thank you, Mr. Willoughby.
00:12:11Same old dishwater?
00:12:14You don't want any, huh?
00:12:15Oh, no, I was just kidding.
00:12:17Watch your language.
00:12:19How's the back?
00:12:21Watch your language.
00:12:23How's the bad stomach?
00:12:25Owen, some days I doubt if I'll make it till sundown.
00:12:30Why don't you stop beating your own cooking?
00:12:32Oh, I'm stuck here. Can't help it.
00:12:41Arch, these cigars ain't from Pittsburgh.
00:12:43Kansas City.
00:12:47Place sure isn't going downhill fast.
00:12:52How'd it go?
00:12:54Asked the foreman.
00:12:56I just took orders.
00:13:00You got a wife waiting for you?
00:13:02I hadn't forgotten.
00:13:05I'll look in on her.
00:13:08Good night.
00:13:09Good night, son.
00:13:10Good night, Lee.
00:13:12Boy looks trim.
00:13:15Nobody could have worked harder this winter.
00:13:17He's got a lot to make up for.
00:13:20He'll come around.
00:13:22Maybe Jen has something to do with it.
00:13:25Anyway, you can handle it alone now.
00:13:27Well, it sounds like you're giving notice, Owen.
00:13:33Lee's married now.
00:13:34Jen's a fine daughter for you.
00:13:36I'm just crowding the place.
00:13:38Oh, if you're not comfortable here...
00:13:40I'm not forgetting, Arch.
00:13:42You've done everything you could to make me belong.
00:13:44When you picked me up, I was just a stray orphan.
00:13:47Foul-mouthed and flea-bitten 15 years ago.
00:13:50It's been a long time, a good time.
00:13:53Now it's time for me to go.
00:13:56You really mean it.
00:13:58I want to push on, try my own wings.
00:14:00Owen.
00:14:04How do I say this?
00:14:08When I took you, it was for Lee.
00:14:11I couldn't get around outside and raise my own boys,
00:14:14so I picked you to do it for me.
00:14:16What I didn't know then was...
00:14:18that I needed you too.
00:14:21Need you now.
00:14:29All right, Arch.
00:14:34I was just hitting you for a raise, anyhow.
00:14:39Night.
00:14:40Night.
00:14:43Jen, will you hurry up and come on out?
00:14:47I don't know why all of a sudden you can't get dressed in front of me.
00:14:51I'll be two more minutes, Lee.
00:14:53Looks like we've all waited. That's a long time.
00:14:56I know that.
00:14:57Better than you.
00:15:01You mean you've missed me?
00:15:03Of course.
00:15:17You're beautiful.
00:15:19Do you think so, Lee?
00:15:21Do you really mean it?
00:15:23The first time I saw you, you were wearing a pair of split breeches.
00:15:28And you helped me come out of the back country.
00:15:31You and Arch.
00:15:34This is the second Sunday dress I ever owned, Lee.
00:15:38First when I wore it at my mother's funeral,
00:15:40and then I used it to bury my father,
00:15:42and then I burned it.
00:15:44And now you're a lady of fashion, huh?
00:15:48Well, that's what it says in Godey's lady's book.
00:15:57I haven't done many smart things in my life,
00:15:59but marrying you is one of them.
00:16:02We'll be happy, Lee.
00:16:04Nothing can stop us, honey.
00:16:14Second and last call.
00:16:28Good morning, Wilbur.
00:16:31Morning, Mr. Willoughby.
00:16:32Morning, Owen.
00:16:33Nice to see a real man back again.
00:16:35Oh, thanks, Wilbur.
00:16:37I'm glad to see you.
00:16:39I'm glad to see you too.
00:16:41Nice to see a real man back again.
00:16:43Oh, thanks, Mr. Willoughby.
00:16:45Morning, real man.
00:16:47Did that nasty old noise wake you up,
00:16:49or were you waiting for the sun to hit your dumpling cheeks?
00:16:52You Sunday men haven't lost any sleep in so long,
00:16:55you've forgotten what you go to bed for.
00:16:57Mr. Willoughby's buttering the form, Mr. Willoughby.
00:17:01All right, all right.
00:17:02I slept late.
00:17:03Why is it, though, when a man's out on the range all by himself,
00:17:06and eating his own cooking, he looks forward to getting up for breakfast?
00:17:08Well, because when he's home, he lies there and has to figure out
00:17:10if it's worth the bell he ain't getting up for.
00:17:13You ain't under contract with the South Pedestrian League.
00:17:16Anytime my cooking gets so bad that you've got to go hungry,
00:17:19I shall give you your time before you know what gave you the miseries.
00:17:22That's telling them, Mr. Willoughby.
00:17:24No offense, sir.
00:17:25Mr. Willoughby accepts your apology.
00:17:27I do.
00:17:28Sure there's no hard feelings.
00:17:29How about another cup of coffee?
00:17:31Sure.
00:17:34I have to move you, sir.
00:17:36Taking the senses again?
00:17:37Yeah.
00:17:38I like to see who comes and who goes.
00:18:03Hello, Hub.
00:18:05I got your letter a week ago.
00:18:07You're a mongrel.
00:18:10How's Lily?
00:18:11She's doing all right.
00:18:15Who's that?
00:18:17The law.
00:18:26Brothers, ain't you?
00:18:28I'm going to kill a man before I leave here.
00:18:30Anybody special, or what I do?
00:18:32I don't know the man yet, but I will.
00:18:34Keep an eye on me. The name's Faskin.
00:18:37Where are the horses?
00:18:38Behind the depot.
00:18:58Faskin boys were looking for Lily.
00:19:02They heard she'd been taken in and given a home by a widow woman named Mrs. Burke,
00:19:06who owned a ranch nearby.
00:19:20They're looking for Lily. We're her brothers.
00:19:22I didn't know Lily had this much family.
00:19:24Never said a word.
00:19:26Maybe she's ashamed of us.
00:19:28Not Lily. She's not that kind.
00:19:30She's in her room.
00:19:33I'll call her.
00:19:34Never mind. That's the room.
00:19:44So you sent for him?
00:19:47The reason's over there.
00:19:55I didn't ask for you to come.
00:19:58I didn't ask for you to come to here.
00:20:00I didn't ask for you to come to here.
00:20:02We're this kind of family.
00:20:04We don't waste any love on each other.
00:20:06We've fought amongst ourselves. We've even shattered each other.
00:20:10We got one tie. We're blood relations.
00:20:13Go away, hub.
00:20:15Go away.
00:20:18You want to marry your own day bride, Lily?
00:20:21I don't want him and I don't want you.
00:20:23I'll manage myself without any help.
00:20:31No.
00:20:34No.
00:20:36No.
00:20:43Day bride knows something.
00:20:45If he can't talk when I get through with him, he'll write the name with his feet.
00:21:00No.
00:21:22Ride him.
00:21:25Scratch him, boy.
00:21:31Hey!
00:21:37Hey, Mr. Kicker, you dropped something.
00:21:40What he needs now is that poor face.
00:21:57You know that's no way to break a horse.
00:21:59Now, get on him and ride him like you were taught.
00:22:17Hey!
00:22:18Hey!
00:22:19Come on, boy.
00:22:20Hey!
00:22:21Come on, boy.
00:22:22Hold him.
00:22:23Hold him.
00:22:25Scratch him.
00:22:27Hey!
00:22:29Ride him.
00:22:41Did you have to use that whip?
00:22:43Oh, it's touchy.
00:22:46Stop being such a farmer.
00:22:48A good whipping never hurt any filly.
00:22:51Come on.
00:23:00All those authorizations come in?
00:23:02All but Mrs. Burks.
00:23:03I'll ride over.
00:23:06Cut me a horse, you.
00:23:07One for yourself.
00:23:29Hi, Lily.
00:23:30Hello, Owen.
00:23:32Hello, Huey.
00:23:34Good day, ma'am.
00:23:39How do you feel?
00:23:41Feel good.
00:23:43Why?
00:23:44I just wondered.
00:23:50That's mighty good to hear.
00:23:53Why, thank you.
00:23:55That's mighty good to hear.
00:23:58Why, thank you.
00:24:02Well, I just asked because...
00:24:04Because you look real fine, Lily.
00:24:13Just fine.
00:24:26Had your breakfast?
00:24:27Mr. Willoughby's best.
00:24:28I can outcook him with my two arms broken.
00:24:31Business first, then we'll trade recipes.
00:24:34Write me a note authorizing us to cut out your cattle at Roundup and bring them home.
00:24:37Been wondering if I was being snubbed.
00:24:39The only thing that could snub you is a mulch.
00:24:42I'll get paper and pen.
00:24:47Thanks, Owen.
00:24:48But I'm all right again.
00:24:50You look fine, Lily.
00:24:51Yeah, that's what Huey says.
00:24:54I wish I could find the words to thank you for bringing me the money, but I can't.
00:24:58Well, don't try.
00:25:01I hate to see you fronting for Lee.
00:25:05Well, I'm...
00:25:07I'm thinking of Arch.
00:25:08I know.
00:25:09You go on standing in front of Lee, protecting him, letting his dirt rub off on you.
00:25:14Maybe.
00:25:15And I'm thinking of Jen and all she's done for me.
00:25:19And that's why I can't tell.
00:25:22So we'll both keep it a secret.
00:25:25Lily, it ain't right that you should...
00:25:26Owen, I've been afraid of a lot of things this past winter.
00:25:30What people would say about me.
00:25:32How I'd raise a baby.
00:25:36How I'd keep us both alive.
00:25:39Well, now it's happened and I'm not afraid anymore.
00:25:44I'm not glad it happened.
00:25:45I'm not afraid anymore.
00:25:48I'm not glad it happened.
00:25:49I was wrong.
00:25:50I know that.
00:25:54I'm just not afraid of living anymore.
00:26:01Dave Wright here.
00:26:03In the house.
00:26:10Start walking to that shed over there.
00:26:13Why?
00:26:14You'll get hurt if you don't break for the house.
00:26:16Go on.
00:26:33What is this?
00:26:34You bought your ticket, you'll see.
00:26:36Sit down.
00:26:38Goodbye, ladies.
00:26:39See you after roundup.
00:26:53Dave Wright.
00:26:56So you're sent for Big Brother.
00:27:01Why don't I remind myself to pack a gun when I visit my neighbors?
00:27:04That money was yours, Dave Wright.
00:27:05Oh, it was, huh?
00:27:06That baby's going to need a name.
00:27:08Yours.
00:27:15You want another helping?
00:27:22Come on.
00:27:23Pull the trigger.
00:27:25First you shoot me and then you've got to shoot Huey because he saw you.
00:27:29Then you'll have to shoot myself.
00:27:30Well, come on.
00:27:31Pull the trigger.
00:27:32Put it on, he'll do it.
00:27:33I don't think he's got the guts.
00:27:38Put that down.
00:27:39Put that gun down, Big Brother.
00:27:41You won't use it.
00:27:42And I'll break your arm if you keep it.
00:27:50Don't!
00:27:53Don't!
00:27:55Don't!
00:27:57Don't!
00:28:00Don't!
00:28:24Get up, Hop!
00:28:25Dick, put that gun down.
00:28:28Well, go ahead, cut down on her.
00:28:29She's only your sister.
00:28:30You've got to kill somebody.
00:28:33Be careful who you poke in the belly.
00:28:35Huey, that's enough.
00:28:38Whatever you say, Lily.
00:28:39All right, Hop, this is still our dance.
00:28:41No, Owen!
00:28:44Haven't I made enough trouble for myself?
00:28:45For my baby?
00:28:47You want to add murder, too?
00:28:49Go and take them to the sheriff.
00:28:51If you need someone to sign the complaint, I'll do it.
00:28:53All right, Lily, you've got the right.
00:28:56Come on.
00:29:01Go on.
00:29:07Well, here are the lazy W's for sale.
00:29:10How much?
00:29:11Well, they're asking $35,000 cash for it.
00:29:14That reminds me.
00:29:15You owe me some money.
00:29:17I generally do, Arch.
00:29:18Joe Benson told me yesterday at the bank
00:29:20that you were overdrawn.
00:29:22Don't worry.
00:29:23The old man covered it for you.
00:29:24Thanks.
00:29:25Still trying to fill those inside straights, huh?
00:29:27I always forget what you told me.
00:29:29Hey, have you been spending our money?
00:29:31You know, that's a joint account.
00:29:34How much did he draw?
00:29:36$500.
00:29:37Said you drew it in gold.
00:29:39Makes a nice clink in the pocket of that.
00:29:43I'll see you later.
00:29:44I've got to get ready for work.
00:29:45Yeah.
00:29:46Is there some cream there, Jim?
00:29:51Excuse me.
00:30:04You don't believe that story about the 500, do you?
00:30:07No, I don't.
00:30:09Well, look, honey, there are certain things
00:30:11that you've got to understand.
00:30:13I don't like Arch knowing everything that's going on.
00:30:17Yes.
00:30:19And I can understand you're not wanting him to know.
00:30:22That $500 is a lot of money.
00:30:24I didn't like taking it out of the account either, but...
00:30:27Well, it...
00:30:29It was for a lady's honor.
00:30:30Stop it, Lee. Stop it.
00:30:32I know all about you and Lily.
00:30:38Oh, I know.
00:30:41Oh, I know what you're thinking.
00:30:44Oh, honey, that $500 was to help Owen out.
00:30:49I don't want Arch or anybody else to know about it.
00:30:52But now that the fat's in the fire,
00:30:54I guess I'll have to tell you the truth.
00:30:57You see, Owen got in trouble with Lily.
00:31:01And the least I could do to help him was...
00:31:03Well, you know how much I think of Owen.
00:31:06The least I could do to help him was to give him the money.
00:31:08You're a liar.
00:31:10You're a mean, contemptible liar.
00:31:29Hey.
00:31:32You're all alike.
00:31:33You and Arch and Lee.
00:31:34You could be a little clearer.
00:31:35You're all a pack of liars.
00:31:36Well, I'm through.
00:31:37I'm leaving.
00:31:39Slow down to a wall.
00:31:40That $500 you gave Lily.
00:31:42I know where it came from.
00:31:43Now, wait a minute, Jen.
00:31:44Protecting him again.
00:31:45Fighting with Lily's brothers.
00:31:47You've known all about her and Lee from the start.
00:31:49It's just a lot of talk.
00:31:50I'd pay it no mind.
00:31:51Owen.
00:31:53Why can't you be your own man?
00:31:58These misunderstandings happen.
00:32:00All married people have a quarrel once in a while, I guess.
00:32:04I hate him.
00:32:07Jen.
00:32:13You and I are kind of in the same fix.
00:32:16Arch is all the family we got.
00:32:18With him, we belong to something.
00:32:21Shouldn't we give him back a little bit in return?
00:32:30Owen, what can I do?
00:32:32What can I do?
00:32:34Stay around.
00:32:36I'll watch.
00:32:41All right.
00:32:44But all I'll do is stay.
00:32:57Morning, Mr. Ticker.
00:33:04Hey.
00:33:05Hey, Owen.
00:33:07What fell on you?
00:33:09A couple of hard cases.
00:33:10Brothers.
00:33:11Name of Fasken.
00:33:12Fasken?
00:33:15Two of them?
00:33:17Lily's clan is gathering.
00:33:25Do they know?
00:33:27You're still alive.
00:33:29Do you think they'll find out?
00:33:30Well, not for a while.
00:33:32Sheriff's got them locked up.
00:33:35How long?
00:33:36A week.
00:33:40They'll try again.
00:33:43Who'll tell them?
00:33:44Well, Lily might.
00:33:46She doesn't want to, but they're...
00:33:48They're kind of hard to handle.
00:33:49Well, what do I do?
00:33:52You wouldn't do it.
00:33:54Let's see.
00:33:56There's only one way.
00:33:58Take Jen and get out.
00:33:59Stay away from here.
00:34:00Begin all over again.
00:34:01Because you've won this place out and all your friends are with it.
00:34:04Sure.
00:34:05It's either that or get shot.
00:34:08With me gone, the ranch is yours.
00:34:15Nobody can stop you thinking that.
00:34:18But don't say it to me.
00:34:20All right.
00:34:24Hurt you?
00:34:27One day you'll belt me once too often.
00:34:29Now, you boys are going out on a big round-up.
00:34:32If you ride with a short or underfed string,
00:34:35you might as well be afoot.
00:34:37Now, here's a horse you can have cheap.
00:34:39A real Saturday afternoon bargain.
00:34:41Sound of limb and body.
00:34:43Rune, he's been burned so often,
00:34:44he looks like a brand book.
00:34:46Just give me an offer.
00:34:48I make out about 12 brands.
00:34:49What do you say, Lee?
00:34:50Oh, I'd say a good round doesn't.
00:34:52That means 12 unhappy customers.
00:34:54Oh, Rune, I pass.
00:34:56All right.
00:34:57Anything else?
00:34:58Take him away.
00:34:59Put him out to grass.
00:35:01All right, all right.
00:35:03I got the best cowhorses this side of K.C.
00:35:06I got a pedigree comes with this one.
00:35:08Name your price.
00:35:10Well, this looks more like it.
00:35:12Here, let me take it.
00:35:13Open the gate, boys.
00:35:29Ah!
00:35:53Good horse, Rune.
00:35:54Only trouble is, he's a whistler.
00:35:56He leaks air.
00:35:57Call that a leak?
00:36:01Owen, you know better than to ride a horse
00:36:03that way through town on Saturday.
00:36:05That team of Wilfons took after you
00:36:06and almost ran away.
00:36:08Well, don't blame me.
00:36:09Blame the horse.
00:36:10He whistles and everything follows.
00:36:12Hey, hold on.
00:36:13I ain't through yet.
00:36:14You sure are.
00:36:16Can't you hold your breath a minute?
00:36:19Put him away.
00:36:21I wonder if the Fasken boys are comfortable.
00:36:24Who cares?
00:36:26Let's go look in on them.
00:36:29Pick me up later at the saloon.
00:36:36Oh, Owen.
00:36:39All right, thanks.
00:36:41Quiet, John.
00:36:42Getting ready for roundup.
00:36:43Tough job.
00:36:44Why don't you like to sign on?
00:36:46No, thanks.
00:36:47Roundup.
00:36:48Tough job.
00:36:49How'd you like to sign on?
00:36:5030 a month in meals.
00:36:51Oh, not me.
00:36:53I sleep in a soft bed every night.
00:36:55Help you?
00:36:57I'm bringing the Faskens some cookies.
00:36:59Better push them into their cage with a stick.
00:37:03You're a troublesome pair.
00:37:11One inside?
00:37:12Might be catching.
00:37:18I understand the judge gave you boys a week.
00:37:21Judge?
00:37:22The stinking justice of the peace.
00:37:24Well, maybe next time we can arrange a real judge.
00:37:26Claw, hammer, coat and all.
00:37:28Next time will be different.
00:37:34Look.
00:37:37Lily's doing all right without you boys.
00:37:40Why don't you leave her alone?
00:37:42I don't see no missus in front of her name.
00:37:44Well, that happens.
00:37:45Not to a sister of ours.
00:37:47All right, act like jackasses and you'll be treated like them.
00:37:50When you get out, the sheriff will put you on the train.
00:37:52Himself.
00:37:53Show your faces after that and you'll be back.
00:37:55Right here.
00:37:56For six months.
00:37:58You scare me.
00:38:03Just say the word and I'll order some curtains for this place.
00:38:15By the way, I've decided to go on round up with you.
00:38:18Not so easy, Lee.
00:38:19There's some things and some people you can't run away from.
00:38:21Well, I'll think about that when I get back.
00:38:23You ought to think about it now.
00:38:24Hold it.
00:38:25There's a Cheyenne in that tree.
00:38:29Got him.
00:38:31Hey, that thing jumped in your hand.
00:38:33How did you get it so fast?
00:38:34Practice, son.
00:38:35You ought to try it.
00:38:36Haven't got the time.
00:38:37Lee.
00:38:39The old Cheyenne camp.
00:38:41Yeah.
00:38:42Remember the night we rolled the rocks down on them?
00:38:44I remember when Arch caught us and the licking we got.
00:38:46I'd sooner have been scarred by the Cheyennes.
00:38:48A couple of fool kids playing with Indians.
00:38:50We had our times, didn't we?
00:39:14Good morning.
00:39:34Good morning, Arch.
00:39:35Good morning, Lee.
00:39:36Morning.
00:39:38I'm getting too fat.
00:39:40Did you buy any horses yesterday?
00:39:42Well, Obie Roone tried to push a wind-broke gelding off on us, but Owen caught him up.
00:39:47Obie never quits trying.
00:39:49Arch, you know, I got to thinking last night...
00:39:51Come on.
00:39:52Tell me while you were walking.
00:39:54Come on, walk with me.
00:39:55Walk with me.
00:40:04What started me thinking was that I saw a horse in Roone's that I'd like to own.
00:40:08I began talking about price before I remembered that I'm strapped.
00:40:11Buy him. We always got money for a good horse.
00:40:13Oh, I don't care about the horse. I probably own too many.
00:40:16No, Arch. The point is that...
00:40:18a man my age, with a wife, with a father who owns half the county...
00:40:22has to hold off buying a horse because his wages won't let him afford it.
00:40:26Oh, listen, Lee.
00:40:28You haven't been able to trust me.
00:40:30Now, that's in the past, Arch. You were right, but it's done.
00:40:35I've been a good hand this winter, haven't I?
00:40:36Yes, you have.
00:40:37You think I know the cattle business?
00:40:39Maybe not as well as you were on, but well enough to make money at it, huh?
00:40:43Of course, if you need more money, you'll get it. Let me tell you.
00:40:46When you came home with Jen last fall, I thought it was another piece of foolishness like all the others.
00:40:51It wasn't.
00:40:52Jen was something else, something right.
00:40:55That's why I put you on the top hand's wages. I'll raise them.
00:40:58Oh, no, Arch. That's too easy.
00:41:01Either I'm your son, entitled to your trust with the ranch or anything else...
00:41:06or I'm not.
00:41:08It's one or the other.
00:41:10What do you want?
00:41:12I want to be part owner of the ranch, Arch.
00:41:14I want a share in it.
00:41:16I'm married and settled down now.
00:41:18Why, here's where I'll live and raise my kids and die.
00:41:22Here's where I'll help take over from you when you've...
00:41:26had enough of the business.
00:41:28I'm not just camping here for wages.
00:41:30I'm here to stay, Arch.
00:41:32I'm your son.
00:41:35I've been thinking about it, too.
00:41:37More than you. A lot more than you.
00:41:40You're my own blood. A man has a debt to that.
00:41:42Oh, you've got no debt to me, Arch.
00:41:45Yeah, it's an old one.
00:41:48Began the day your mother died.
00:41:50You got it coming to you, Lee, for doing without her.
00:41:53Well, we've managed, old-timer.
00:41:55Beginning to feel like one.
00:41:57I'll go in town tomorrow and draw up the papers.
00:42:00From now on, half the ranch is yours.
00:42:04My half will go to Owen when I die.
00:42:08Hamilton.
00:42:09Flying H.
00:42:10Neely.
00:42:11Dog Iron.
00:42:13Sands.
00:42:14Lazy S-00.
00:42:17Frank Peter.
00:42:18Box Pitchfork.
00:42:20Frank Martin.
00:42:21Let's see, Box F.
00:42:23Double F.
00:42:24That's right, Double F.
00:42:26What do you carry them in your head for?
00:42:28We've got 40 different brands. The biggest shuffle you ever saw.
00:42:30We'll have to move fast.
00:42:31Talk to you a minute, Owen.
00:42:32Sure, go ahead, Huey.
00:42:34I was back up in the mountains yesterday, looking for the last of the horses.
00:42:37Well, we finished a tally this morning. They're all in.
00:42:39There's a small jag of our cattle up there.
00:42:42Brands are still haired over, but I could tell they was ours.
00:42:45Couldn't stop because I was trying to turn the horses,
00:42:47and by the time we got them headed downhill, I was miles away.
00:42:50Do you want to pick them up today?
00:42:51Well, I aimed to this morning, but they're gone.
00:42:54Well, they've probably been rounded up by the other crew already.
00:42:57Nope, they was drove the other way.
00:42:59Did you travel them?
00:43:00As far as I could.
00:43:02Let's go try again, Huey.
00:43:03I'll come with you.
00:43:05Just happened to get my gun, Huey. Better get Owen's, too.
00:43:18Take a look at this shoe.
00:43:20You see the two clocks on the inside and how it's built up?
00:43:26This rider signed his name for us.
00:43:33Two horses and four steers.
00:43:36These tracks go straight for a while.
00:43:53Got dark on me here, and I turned back.
00:43:57Good place to cross.
00:43:58If they want to cross, you think like a cattle rustler.
00:44:01Let's look on the other side.
00:44:15Only one horse came out of the water here.
00:44:24I was right.
00:44:25I was right. This horse is a decoy.
00:44:27They either went up or downstream.
00:44:29Huey, you look below.
00:44:31Yeah.
00:44:51There ain't even been a horse down this way.
00:44:53There has been here, and they've been driving some steers ahead of them.
00:45:15Here's where they come out.
00:45:23That's Herb Backett's place.
00:45:25Yeah. Let's go over and have a look.
00:45:26Here he comes. Two of them.
00:45:57You looking for something?
00:45:59Four steers.
00:46:02Well, there ain't that water in charge.
00:46:04Their ears would stick up.
00:46:06Come here, Herb.
00:46:11Notice that cord.
00:46:13They're built up inside of that shoe.
00:46:15Who owns the horse that wears it?
00:46:17Never seen it before.
00:46:27There's another one.
00:46:29It's fresh.
00:46:36What about it, Herb?
00:46:38What about what?
00:46:41Whoever owned that horse drove four of our steers in here.
00:46:44Look, if you see your steers here, you can talk.
00:46:47If not, I ain't got nothing to say.
00:46:49I ain't got nothing to say.
00:46:51I ain't got nothing to say.
00:46:53I ain't got nothing to say.
00:46:54If you see your steers here, you can talk.
00:46:56If not, I ain't accountable.
00:46:58Get on your horse and get out of here.
00:47:00Herb, I figure you butcher that beef and bury the hides, but I can't prove it.
00:47:03So I'm going to do the next best thing.
00:47:05I'm going to show you what you buy into every time I track our cattle here.
00:47:25I always heard you were a pretty good saloon fighter, Herb.
00:47:28How are you without a bottle or a knife?
00:47:55Now we're going to take four of your steers.
00:47:57You licked him.
00:47:59Why go to jail for stealing his cattle?
00:48:01You talking as the new half owner?
00:48:03You've got a round up to go to, so have I.
00:48:05How are we going to make it if we're in jail?
00:48:08You'll get your pay, Herb.
00:48:10You'll get your pay.
00:48:12You'll get your pay.
00:48:14You'll get your pay.
00:48:16You'll get your pay.
00:48:18You'll get your pay.
00:48:20You'll get your pay.
00:48:22You'll get your pay.
00:48:24You coming, Huey?
00:48:26You're still foreman.
00:48:54You going to keep me from going to the sheriff?
00:48:58Think back a ways, Herb.
00:49:00Did I put a gun on you?
00:49:02Did I shoot the knife out of your hand?
00:49:04Am I driving off your steers?
00:49:08I got no part in this.
00:49:13He's your foreman.
00:49:15Sad but true.
00:49:17Put a good price on your beef, Herb.
00:49:20You can't buy me off, don't try.
00:49:21You can't buy me off, don't try.
00:49:23It wasn't a $250 beating, was it?
00:49:26It wasn't a $250 beating, was it?
00:49:28All right.
00:49:30It's a deal.
00:49:32But I ain't done with him yet.
00:49:34Long as I can look down a gun barrel, I ain't done with him.
00:49:40Come on in and turn with me.
00:49:42I'll get you the money.
00:49:44I can't sit a horse till I get this hand fixed and get it frank.
00:49:47All right.
00:49:56Ain't you dancing tonight, son?
00:49:58I'm drinking tonight, Mr. Willoughby.
00:50:00Careful of that apple jack, don't put your lights out.
00:50:03Seen Owen?
00:50:05He started bleeding again.
00:50:07Jen took him to the house.
00:50:17Too tight?
00:50:19The tighter, the better.
00:50:22You seem to be getting in a lot of trouble lately.
00:50:25Trouble?
00:50:27You don't have to, you know.
00:50:29You can stop them from saying those things about you and Lily.
00:50:32Oh, I don't mind.
00:50:34I happen to like Lily.
00:50:36There.
00:50:38I'll get you some water.
00:50:40I'll get you some water.
00:50:42I'll get you some water.
00:50:44I'll get you some water.
00:50:46Here, let me help you.
00:50:50Thanks, Jen.
00:50:53Owen.
00:50:55You can't make it up to Lily by yourself.
00:50:57Flea was half a man and...
00:51:04I want to see Jen alone.
00:51:09Wait, Owen.
00:51:11Stay.
00:51:13What do you want?
00:51:14I'm leaving in the morning, honey.
00:51:16Big round-up.
00:51:18I'll be gone a long time.
00:51:20I know that.
00:51:22Well, I've got to say goodbye, don't I?
00:51:24Well, goodbye then.
00:51:26Oh, no, not like that.
00:51:28Not anymore.
00:51:31Leave me alone.
00:51:38It's easy enough to lock one man out
00:51:40as long as there's somebody else to take his place.
00:51:41You're drunk, Flea.
00:51:43Drunk enough to see double,
00:51:45to see you here with Jen.
00:52:01I'm sorry you had to see that.
00:52:06I wish I could help, Jen.
00:52:07Just knowing you're around helps.
00:52:16There are things I'd like to say.
00:52:19What would you say, Owen?
00:52:27I'd say I haven't got the right to help.
00:52:30I'd say it's too bad.
00:52:33I wish I could help.
00:52:37I wish I could help.
00:53:08What do you want?
00:53:10I want to talk to you.
00:53:13How's the hand?
00:53:15Still sore.
00:53:17Still sore, huh?
00:53:19I guess you don't have much love for Daybright.
00:53:21My time will come.
00:53:26I hear the Fasken boys are getting out of jail soon.
00:53:29So I hear.
00:53:31And they'll still be looking for Papa.
00:53:33I got them figured
00:53:34Daybright will be dead in another few days.
00:53:36No, he'll be gone.
00:53:38Roundup?
00:53:40That ain't gonna be hard for them to find.
00:53:42Oh, a couple of saddle tramps like them
00:53:44would be picked up in no time at Roundup.
00:53:47No.
00:53:49In order for them to join,
00:53:50they'll have to have a letter of authorization
00:53:52from some well-known brand.
00:53:54Like yours, say.
00:53:56Daybright will try to keep them out.
00:53:58Sure, he will,
00:54:00if they try to join the Western Division.
00:54:02But if they ride to the Eastern,
00:54:04present your letter, they can get in.
00:54:06I'll be with the Eastern.
00:54:08Likely his wagon captain.
00:54:12East and West divisions meet,
00:54:14don't they, to finish up the Roundup?
00:54:17Yeah.
00:54:19To finish up.
00:54:22You know, Herb,
00:54:24I should have made that check much bigger.
00:54:26That was a bad beating you took.
00:54:28Yeah.
00:54:30An awful beating.
00:54:34Jones, Western.
00:54:39Huey, you're with me.
00:54:42Stu Miller, Western.
00:54:45Orv, you're Eastern.
00:54:53Hung over?
00:54:55I feel fine.
00:54:58How'd you make out with Packard yesterday?
00:55:00I bought the stairs.
00:55:02Good price?
00:55:04Just for cattle?
00:55:06Yeah.
00:55:11I've decided to take your advice, Owen.
00:55:13I'm getting out of the country after this Roundup.
00:55:16You?
00:55:18Starting all over again, working for a living?
00:55:20Yeah, just like that.
00:55:22What about Jen?
00:55:24I'll send for her when I'm ready.
00:55:26She'll join me.
00:55:28The nice morning the day we left,
00:55:30the sun warm on your shoulders,
00:55:32but we didn't feel good.
00:55:35This time there was something under your wishbone
00:55:37that said we were in for grief.
00:55:44Seems like they were just coming home
00:55:46from the winter drift.
00:55:48We turn around, they're off again.
00:55:50How do you feel about another month with me?
00:55:52Scare you?
00:55:54You'll wait for him alone.
00:55:55You'll wait for him alone this time.
00:55:57What's wrong, Jen?
00:55:59Something to do with Lee?
00:56:01I can't talk about it, Arch.
00:56:03Well, it sounds final.
00:56:05It is final.
00:56:10I was going to leave without telling you.
00:56:12Where are you, Jen?
00:56:14Can't I help you?
00:56:16You can't always make it up for him.
00:56:19I always have, till now.
00:56:20That's part of the trouble.
00:56:22Look, maybe it's my fault.
00:56:24Maybe it never could have worked.
00:56:26I'm restless here.
00:56:28I've been alone so long, I'm used to it.
00:56:31We've never lied to each other.
00:56:33We don't have to start now.
00:56:35Are you running away from Owen
00:56:37because he loves you?
00:56:41You're a good woman, Jen.
00:56:43Your life should be rich and peaceful.
00:56:45But if you run away from him,
00:56:47you'll never be happy.
00:56:48Wait till they get back.
00:56:52That's something like what Owen said.
00:56:54It's good advice, Jen.
00:57:04Spring Roundup is a cow hunt.
00:57:06In the winter, they drift.
00:57:08The aim is to catch them.
00:57:10They're not going to get away.
00:57:12They're going to get away.
00:57:14They're going to get away.
00:57:15In the winter, they drift.
00:57:17The aim is to get them back to the home range.
00:57:21Besides that, there's the calves.
00:57:24They make a tally, brand, crop, and dehorn.
00:57:31I was with Owen in the Western Division.
00:57:33We worked hard, and the hours were long.
00:57:36We didn't measure time by the day,
00:57:38but by the greening of the grass.
00:57:41It was all planned well,
00:57:43and the work went even and smooth.
00:57:45It was a good thing.
00:58:15What about our guns?
00:58:17Get inside. I'll throw them on the back platform
00:58:19after the train starts.
00:58:22You were going to kill a man, remember?
00:58:24I ain't through yet.
00:58:26Next visit?
00:58:28That's right. Now I'm worried.
00:58:46Sheriff tell you to stay out?
00:58:48What do you want?
00:58:50Be neighborly.
00:58:52Help you find the man you're looking for, Dave Wright.
00:58:54Why do you care?
00:58:56I run a business.
00:58:58It's the business of moving cattle
00:59:00fast over long distances,
00:59:02mostly in rainy weather,
00:59:04in the back of a truck.
00:59:06It's a good business.
00:59:08It's a good business.
00:59:10It's a good business.
00:59:12It's a good business.
00:59:13It's a good business.
00:59:15Mostly in rainy weather and at night.
00:59:17Dave Wright bothers me.
00:59:19Why don't you level on him then?
00:59:21That shouldn't bother a man like you.
00:59:23And hang? No.
00:59:25I'm looking for someone to shoot him
00:59:27who's got a right to.
00:59:29You found him.
00:59:31Here's the setup.
00:59:33Dave Wright's on Roundup.
00:59:35I can get you into it legally.
00:59:37Once you're there,
00:59:39you'll have no trouble finding him.
00:59:41Go on.
00:59:43We get off there.
00:59:45I got three horses waiting.
00:59:47Dave Wright will sure be surprised to see us.
00:59:50Yeah.
00:59:52Come on, here we are.
01:00:14On the other side of the mountain,
01:00:16Lee was with the Eastern Division.
01:00:32Lord!
01:00:38Cut out all Omar brand.
01:00:40It's local.
01:00:41Turn them over to Mr. Jenkins here.
01:00:43Right.
01:00:48Cut out Omar.
01:00:53Cut out Omar.
01:01:11Cut out Omar.
01:01:39Lee!
01:01:41Lee!
01:01:49Referee that brand.
01:02:07I read Omar.
01:02:09I take it back.
01:02:11He's yours, Jenkins.
01:02:26What brand?
01:02:27Omar.
01:02:29See that pair with the back horse behind Hardison?
01:02:36They brought this.
01:02:38Claimed to represent an outfit near you.
01:02:42Yeah.
01:02:44They're from our part.
01:02:46Know these two riders?
01:02:48Yeah, I've seen them.
01:02:50All right, I'll assign them to your wagon.
01:02:52No, no. Some of the boys have a very friendly feeling for that brand.
01:02:55Well, if they're wrong ones, I'll send them whistling.
01:02:58You can't do that. They got a right to their stock.
01:03:00We'll keep a close lookout at the stuff they cut out.
01:03:03Meanwhile, assign them to another wagon.
01:03:05Somebody who doesn't know them.
01:03:07I don't want them around me.
01:03:09Well, that's fair enough.
01:03:11Let's go.
01:03:21In Lee's division, the work was the same as ours.
01:03:24They'd make the comings,
01:03:26snake them out of the draws,
01:03:28gather them, push them toward the middle.
01:03:42Hey, first of our stock we've seen.
01:03:44Yeah, they've really wintered.
01:03:46Have you heard anything on the home range?
01:03:48Yeah.
01:03:50Looks like a bonus for all hands.
01:03:53Archer'll be a rich man.
01:03:56So will you.
01:03:58You're a partner now, ain't you?
01:04:01That's right.
01:04:03I'm a partner.
01:04:05I'm a partner.
01:04:07I'm a partner.
01:04:09I'm a partner.
01:04:11That's right.
01:04:13I was forgetting.
01:04:17Well, I got a half a summer's work laid out.
01:04:20I'm heading for Texas to restock.
01:04:22Are you gonna get your beef from Texas
01:04:24all the way home to Montana?
01:04:26Yeah, by the time you buy your herd,
01:04:28Kansas will come up with some new kind of fever
01:04:30and quarantine you out.
01:04:32If you move to New Mexico, the same thing will happen.
01:04:34I reckon you'll just have to stay put in Texas,
01:04:36and that's no life.
01:04:38Now, son, you must have heard of railroads.
01:04:39I'm just gonna lock my herd up
01:04:41in airtight boxcars,
01:04:43put a bag of that clean Texas air in each car
01:04:45and unload in Montana.
01:04:55Say, my name is Strobey.
01:04:57I don't think I got your name before.
01:04:59Dave Allard.
01:05:01I gather that you're sending your crew
01:05:03back to Montana with your strays
01:05:05while you head for Texas to restock.
01:05:07That's right.
01:05:09They're ready for sale at the end of roundup.
01:05:11Whew!
01:05:13In good shape?
01:05:15You're picking them up every day.
01:05:17Look at them. They've got our brand.
01:05:19What price?
01:05:2114.
01:05:23Laid down at Wet Mountain Meadow.
01:05:2514.
01:05:27We just made a deal.
01:05:29I'll have to find the nearest telegraph station,
01:05:31and it'll take a few days
01:05:33till I can cover a check for $42,000.
01:05:35That's all right.
01:05:39Let's go.
01:06:10Here's some hot coffee.
01:06:12Well, thanks, Mr. Willoughby.
01:06:14Why don't I save my money
01:06:16and buy a nice warm store I can sit in?
01:06:18I've seen them stores. They're drafty.
01:06:20It's washing away. It sure does.
01:06:24Come on in out of the weather, friend.
01:06:26What are you? East or West Division?
01:06:28West.
01:06:30Name's Allard.
01:06:32Dave Wright.
01:06:34Thanks. I needed this.
01:06:36I need a horse, too.
01:06:37I wanted to ride on through tonight,
01:06:39but mine's beaten.
01:06:41Huey, get the man a horse.
01:06:44Where you headed for?
01:06:46I left the East Division for a few days.
01:06:48I'm looking for a telegraph.
01:06:50Missed it in the rain, huh?
01:06:52A man could miss anything in this.
01:06:54I don't know whether I'm drowned or not.
01:06:56Well, there's a telegraph at our meeting place,
01:06:58the Wet Mountain Meadow.
01:07:00Huey, change the man's saddle
01:07:02while he finishes his coffee.
01:07:04Say, is that your brand?
01:07:07That's right.
01:07:09I just bought your herd.
01:07:11That's why I was looking for a telegraph,
01:07:13to get my credit in shape by wire.
01:07:15Bought?
01:07:17You must be mistaken, mister.
01:07:19Trobe own the brand?
01:07:21Yeah.
01:07:23That's it. 3,000 double winter steers
01:07:25delivered at the meeting place.
01:07:29Trobe is the owner, ain't he?
01:07:31He can sell them.
01:07:34Is there anything wrong?
01:07:35Not a thing, friend. Not a thing.
01:07:40Well, thanks for everything.
01:08:06I didn't think he could plan that far ahead.
01:08:08You reckon that's why Lee made his bid to be partner?
01:08:10That's why.
01:08:12Sell the beef and get the money to clear out.
01:08:15What's he running from?
01:08:19There's people he has to answer to.
01:08:23You always stand up for him, don't you, Holland?
01:08:30I don't know.
01:08:32When you're loyal to a man, Hugh,
01:08:34you're loyal to everything about him.
01:08:36Even his faults.
01:08:38Even his son.
01:08:42It's funny what you just said about Arch.
01:08:44I've been feeling that way a long time
01:08:46about somebody else.
01:08:51About Lily.
01:09:01I don't know.
01:09:31June 23, 1953
01:09:55Day by day and hour by hour,
01:09:57the two divisions push closer together.
01:09:59So did Owen and Lee.
01:10:01For the showdown.
01:10:06Only an hour away, Horn.
01:10:08Eastern Division's over the next hill.
01:10:32Go, go, go!
01:10:57Hiya, big fella.
01:10:58How do you do?
01:11:02How you feeling?
01:11:03I'll make it. Too many days in the saddle.
01:11:05I'll make it.
01:11:06Lee around?
01:11:07Yeah, Lee!
01:11:09Owen!
01:11:10How'd it go?
01:11:11How are you?
01:11:12Oh, spoons of silk.
01:11:14What's your count?
01:11:152,000, yours?
01:11:17Good, a little over 1,000.
01:11:19Well, that gives you Allard's 3,000 and some to spare.
01:11:24Who's Allard?
01:11:26The man you're gonna sell the herd to.
01:11:31That's right, so it is.
01:11:33There'll be news to Arch.
01:11:34Especially since he's planning to get out of the panhandle and buy more stock.
01:11:39The deal's going through.
01:11:41I'm Arch's foreman, Lee.
01:11:43And I'm a partner.
01:11:45I pay half your wages, remember?
01:11:47Give me half my orders?
01:11:49Your orders are to keep your nose out of my business.
01:11:51And let you steal Arch's cattle?
01:11:53I'm a little hard of hearing, Lee.
01:11:57Day after tomorrow we start for home.
01:11:58It's a big herd.
01:11:59The man in the white could get run over.
01:12:03You better tell Allard it was a mistake.
01:12:05To forget about it.
01:12:07Your orders are still to keep your nose out of my business.
01:12:10Wait a minute, Lee.
01:12:12I don't get it.
01:12:14You don't think you can pull this off with me around, do you?
01:12:29Let's get on with the cutting.
01:12:38Owen.
01:12:41Figure this one out.
01:12:42I was working down by the river past the last of the wagons.
01:12:45Don't make a sound.
01:12:47I want you to hear me.
01:12:49I want you to hear me.
01:12:51I want you to hear me.
01:12:53I want you to hear me.
01:12:55I want you to hear me.
01:12:56I want you to hear me.
01:12:58It doesn't make sense.
01:12:59What?
01:13:00Well, passing one of the wagons, I saw those two Faskins.
01:13:04You sure?
01:13:05No mistake?
01:13:06They've been on Roundup.
01:13:08Stood there talking with the rest of the crew.
01:13:09Needed a shave.
01:13:10They've slept in wet clothes like us.
01:13:14Lee knew it and didn't say anything.
01:13:17And he isn't worried like he should be.
01:13:25Owen.
01:13:29You know,
01:13:31I've been thinking about that deal I made with Dave Allard.
01:13:34Yeah?
01:13:36I admit I made a mistake.
01:13:38Like I always do when I haven't got you around to steer me.
01:13:41Well, I'm glad you see the light, Lee.
01:13:43Yeah.
01:13:44Yeah.
01:13:45Well, I'd better get down to the depot
01:13:47and stop Allard before he gets too involved in that deal.
01:13:49Fine, you go ahead.
01:13:51Will you come with me?
01:13:54I'm pretty busy here.
01:13:55Well, it'll be much more convincing with you around.
01:14:00All right, I'll tell Mead we're going.
01:14:09Lee and I are going over to the telegraph.
01:14:11We won't be long.
01:14:12All right.
01:14:26Remember now,
01:14:27we don't blast till Daybright gets to that boulder.
01:14:30Yeah, I'll remember.
01:14:36Looks like this is our last roundup together, Owen.
01:14:40Oh, I tried to pull a fast one on you
01:14:42by grabbing that Allard deal, but I couldn't.
01:14:45So I'm going anyway.
01:14:47Just like I always do.
01:14:49I'll see you later.
01:14:51See you later.
01:14:55Just like I told you I would.
01:14:56Fine.
01:14:58I'm leaving you to win right down the line, Owen.
01:15:00I'm leaving everything.
01:15:02Arch, the ranch,
01:15:04Jen, you.
01:15:07It's yours.
01:15:08The works.
01:15:10You sure you thought this out good?
01:15:12You've been trying to tell me for years
01:15:13how to do the right thing.
01:15:15You gave me the straight line
01:15:16about getting away from here
01:15:17and beginning all over again.
01:15:19I just kind of hate to do it, that's all.
01:15:22Maybe it's because
01:15:23we've had a lot of fun together.
01:15:26We have at that, huh?
01:15:28Remember that time in Kansas City
01:15:29when Arch took us to the Cattlemen's Convention?
01:15:31Yeah.
01:15:33I played cards with the big Texan.
01:15:35Yeah, I remember.
01:15:36You beat him on five cold poker draws.
01:15:38Right.
01:15:39That's when I found out what good a kicker was.
01:15:42Yeah, we sure had a lot of good times.
01:15:44That's what I'll miss.
01:15:46I'll miss him too.
01:15:49No matter how old you get,
01:15:50there's that part of growing up you never forget.
01:15:51I'm glad you said that, Owen.
01:15:53I'll remember that when I'm gone from here.
01:16:05Now.
01:16:22Now.
01:16:47Where's Owen?
01:16:48Went with Lee over to the telegraph.
01:16:51You hear that?
01:16:52Somebody's in trouble.
01:16:53Take some men and go see.
01:17:07Go around the other side.
01:17:08Try to sneak up behind him.
01:17:09I'll cover you.
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01:19:54Lee!
01:20:05I'm taking you in, Lee.
01:20:07We're going to settle up.
01:20:10Not a chance.
01:20:12We're going to face Arch and tell him the whole truth.
01:20:14For once.
01:20:17Come on out.
01:20:19You're forgetting.
01:20:21I still got my kicker.
01:20:24I always could outdraw you, Owen.
01:20:26I'll spot you then, but it won't change anything.
01:20:30Come on out.
01:20:32Or do I have to come in and get you?
01:20:49That's the whole story, Arch.
01:20:51All of it.
01:20:53It was in front of me for years, Owen.
01:20:56I refused to see it.
01:20:57I lied to myself.
01:20:58You lied.
01:20:59To make it easier for me.
01:21:01You didn't kill him.
01:21:03I did.
01:21:05A long time ago.
01:21:07The day I looked away and hoped he'd change.
01:21:10Hoped he'd work out.
01:21:11I'll have to tell Jen.
01:21:13I'd like to tell her myself.
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