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Bart tries to clear a friend of a murder charge, and winds up facing the barrel end of a 45-caliber.
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00:00you could yell but it won't do you no good mister you're a long way from town
00:08i wasn't planning to yell i just want to ask a question
00:24what goes on maybe you didn't listen to good friend
00:29i said those questions you're asking could get me lynched now you've had a nice friendly warning
00:39think it over while you walk the four miles back into town
00:44hello glad to see you again this week that other unpredictable maverick my brother bart
01:06gets involved in one of the most intriguing mystery stories ever to come out of the west
01:11it's called the naked gallows
01:14this is the town of bent spur a three-day ride south of the black hills and brother bart had
01:31just made that three-day ride looks a bit seedy you might say but nothing a bath a razor and a
01:38change of clothes won't cure
01:43now how many you figure you got there one hundred and forty seven and they're all beaver
02:06yeah you do buy beaver mr fall oh yes by almost anything provided the price is right and got
02:14value to begin with
02:15uh well i'm open to any reasonable offer well afternoon alec yeah you know june is a right late date for
02:25winter furs mister i ain't trying to tell you about your business but uh you would have done better
02:29three months back i know but i got banged up in a rock slide and it took me a little while to get over
02:34it hmm i'm barney fillmore don't recall seeing you in bent spur before my name is bart maverick sheriff
02:40that was my first visit trying to unload my catch but mr fall here didn't seem too eager to buy it
02:46alec fall wouldn't be eager to buy a hot stove in a blizzard hey that's a pretty sizable bunch of furs
02:53considering the kind of winter you had up in the hills yeah how many traps do you have out
02:57oh fifty sixty well i'll say this alec will pay a fair price that's more than you can say about
03:04most fur buyers north of here but then i guess you heard of that before seeing as how you come all
03:09the way down here to cash in that's only part of the reason sheriff a friend of mine lives in
03:14bent spur as long as i was heading south thought i'd look him up well that's fine what's his name milo
03:21ballard heard he was doing right well around bent spur afraid you heard wrong mr maverick
03:29milo didn't do so well here he was murdered
03:33about 11 months ago i'm sorry to hear that sheriff how'd it happen he was shot on his own doorstep
03:45at night and in the back he wasn't even wearing a gun
03:50well it's a pleasure meeting you mr maverick have a safe trip thank you sheriff
03:59any reason why i shouldn't hear the rest well pretty sore point for the sheriff town don't blame him
04:11but he can't keep from blaming himself for what well a young rancher named cleat overton was supposed
04:16to hang for killing ballard the only thing was somebody helped him break out of jail the night
04:20before nobody's seen hiding a hair of him since you ever learned who helped him break out no no
04:26uh don't know what you and your partner would consider a fair price i haven't got a partner
04:32you trapped 140 beaver all be yourself 147 mr fall you want to count them again
04:40yeah i'm i'm willing to pay four dollars a piece for the whole lot in gold
04:46what do you want well i want a room i was told this is the best hotel in town
05:04it's the only hotel that's what i meant
05:06that wasn't very nice of you sneaking up on me like that i guess you're right i beg your pardon
05:19bart maverick
05:23i don't have to scrub floors mr maverick the man who does it is sick and i'm just helping my father
05:31oh i see
05:33i'm annie haynes my father owns this hotel
05:41well it's a pleasure to meet you miss haynes
05:44what room do i get
05:48the first one on the left upstairs
05:51it's the nicest
05:53well i hope it has a big bathtub and a lot of hot water
05:56the bathroom's at the end of the hall
05:58i'll heat the water for you myself
05:59thank you
06:01i bet you look a lot nicer without all that
06:08maybe you're right
06:10i've been wearing it so long i've forgotten thanks
06:17annie
06:20who's that man annie
06:23some stranger pa he rented a room
06:29i saw how you looked at him
06:32your eyes were the eyes of jezebel when she enticed the men of jezreel
06:37how many times must i tell you to call me when anybody wants a room
06:41how'd i know where to find you
06:42you'll guard your tongue
06:45unless you want another touch of the strap
06:50now where are you going
06:52you want some hot water for a bath
06:55i'll tend to that
06:57you get back to your cleaning up in here
07:00if a man
07:08any man comes around
07:10you're just like your ma was
07:13are you trying to make me believe ballard wasn't even wearing a gun
07:30after overton threatened to kill him
07:32nobody knew then just what kind of a back shooting snake overton was
07:36a little careless of the sheriff letting overton break jail wasn't it
07:40wouldn't do for barney to hear you say that even if milo was a friend of yours
07:44your boys look a little thirsty
07:46well it's on the house
07:48oh much obliged virginia
07:50i was beginning to think of war out my welcome
07:52oh come on ben it's your type of man that keeps him in business
07:55mr maverick
07:56no thanks
07:57i've got so many vices i decided to pass that one up
08:00you must tell me about him sometime
08:03i'm virginia corey
08:05as a matter of fact i've been hoping to meet you
08:08any friend of milo ballard's would have to be a friend of mine
08:11we were partners here
08:12i didn't know that miss corey
08:15well as i was saying we should get better acquainted
08:17when you finish your game why don't you stop by my office
08:20and if you won't take a drink maybe i can offer you a cigar
08:24i'll take you up on that right now
08:25i was just going to drop out anyway
08:28maverick
08:35didn't expect to see you way out here
08:38how are you
08:38mike cardoza you remember me
08:41that game up in omaha about three months ago
08:44hardly forget a man that took three hundred dollars off me
08:47afraid it's your mistake mr cardoza
08:50three months ago i was trapping beaver in the black hills
08:52your name is not bart maverick
08:55i suspect you met my brother brett
08:57he spends a lot of time between st louis and omaha
09:00your twin brother
09:02no there's a strong resemblance
09:04well pleasure to meet you mr cardoza
09:06cardoza
09:09you uh make a mistake
09:14the name was bart maverick
09:17least wise i i think it was
09:21the best mr maverick fresh from cuba
09:26milo loved a good cigar
09:28like you he didn't drink
09:30but you were his friend you probably knew that
09:33well some things you forget
09:35if you notice them at all
09:36how long had it been since you saw him
09:38a month or two before he moved to bentspur
09:40oh then you lived in wichita
09:42oh a year or so
09:44on and off
09:45it's hard to believe he's dead
09:47it's even harder to believe he could have been so careless
09:50careless
09:51turning his back on the only man in town who hated him
09:54and not wearing a gun
09:56you make it sound like you don't believe
09:59cleet overton killed him
10:00is that your opinion
10:01i haven't got an opinion
10:04i'm looking for one
10:06well i'll do anything i can to help
10:09you see i was in love with milo ballard mr maverick
10:18the one thing in this world i want to see is the person who killed him punished
10:22to be very honest with you i was never satisfied they sentenced the right person
10:29milo didn't have any families i remember
10:32that's right
10:33who took over his partnership here
10:35that came to me mr maverick
10:37milo one did that
10:40can't be easy for a woman to run a place like this alone
10:44well it's no trouble
10:46as long as i keep the whiskey cheap
10:49and the game's honest
10:51the men think of me as one of the boys
10:54if you're just one of the boys i don't want to meet any girls
10:58i hinted for that compliment i got it
11:02thank you
11:03do drop in again mr maverick
11:06if you're going to be in town for any length of time
11:08thank you
11:09oh perhaps there's one thing i should tell you
11:13you know milo had his reasons for saying he came here from wichita
11:17truth is he had never been there in his life
11:20he came straight here from san francisco with me
11:22you never knew milo ballard
11:28what are you really after here mr maverick
11:34when i think of an answer to that one virginia i'll let you know
11:58you could yell but it won't do you no good mister
12:25you're a long way from town
12:27i wasn't planning to yell
12:33i just want to ask a question
12:36what goes on
12:39the words around you're looking for the man who killed milo ballard
12:43looks like he found me instead
12:47you're off your horse friend
12:49i didn't shoot ballard
12:51cleat overton's the man you want
12:54did you knock me on the head and drag me out here just to tell me that
13:01you come around asking questions
13:03maybe getting answers
13:04some of them leading to me
13:06that scares me
13:09so i aim to discourage you friend
13:13you're doing a pretty good job of that friend
13:16i want you out of town
13:18i want you out of town
13:18away out and stay out
13:19don't you get a bullet
13:21from a window
13:22a dark alley
13:24but you'll get it
13:26i ask why
13:27sure
13:28i'm glad to answer
13:30i'm the one that jerked overton out of jail
13:34ben spurs about forgot ballard's killing
13:37you go around stirring them up again they find out i'm the one got overton loose
13:41i could end up swinging from the gallows they built for him
13:45i'm trying to find the man that shot ballard
13:52if you didn't do it you got nothing to fear from me
13:55you expect me to believe that
13:57and maybe you didn't listen to good friend
14:01i said those questions you're asking could get me lynched
14:05now
14:07you've had a nice friendly warning
14:10think it over
14:12while you walk the four miles back into town
14:16mr maverick
14:26well i'm sure glad to see you when you didn't come back i
14:29your face what what happened
14:31not now annie
14:32well wait mr maverick
14:46mr maverick
14:48i'm ruth overton
14:50i'd like to talk to you
14:53alone if you don't mind
14:57it's quite important to both of us
14:59all right
15:01if you don't mind coming up to my room
15:03no thank you
15:16do you care to sit down
15:32no thank you
15:33i'll try not to keep you
15:35is it true what i hear
15:37that you're a friend of milo ballard's
15:39and you're trying to find out who killed him
15:40they told me who killed him mrs overton
15:45they told you a lie
15:47cleat was at home in bed the whole time
15:49i swore to that at the trial
15:50but they wouldn't believe me
15:51why did you come to me about it
15:53why not
15:54i thought you wanted to find out who killed him
15:57that's right
15:58all right then
15:59i'll tell you this
16:01it was somebody in bentspur
16:03and i'm positive that they're still around
16:04a man like you might be able to find out the truth
16:07if he really wanted to
16:09if you do mr maverick
16:15i'd like to help you
16:17that's why i came here
16:18i can take all the help that's offered mrs overton
16:21do you know what happened
16:22i mean the real story
16:24just this side of it
16:26didn't matter to milo ballard that i was married
16:31in love with my husband
16:32one day in town
16:36he made a remark to me
16:39deliberately loud enough for cleat to hear it
16:43it wasn't the first time
16:46but it was the first time that cleat was there
16:48and cleat told him
16:50that if he ever spoke to me again that he'd kill him
16:53and a lot of people heard him say it
16:55i guess that's just what ballard wanted
16:58because he told cleat
17:00never to come into town again without his gun
17:02with or without it
17:04he'd shoot him on sight
17:05you don't have to tell me anymore
17:08mrs overton
17:09i can figure out the rest myself
17:10no i want to tell you everything
17:12every word of the truth
17:13i knew that cleat planned to go back to town the next day with his gun
17:17just like i knew that if he did he wouldn't come home alive
17:21i guess he was the only one with courage in the family
17:26because he slept soundly all night
17:29and i just watched him
17:33i never closed my eyes
17:35because i was just so afraid that it was the last night that we'd have together
17:41and that was the night that milo ballard was killed
17:44but not by my husband
17:46it's any help
17:49i believe you
17:50you're the first person who has
17:53thank you
17:55i think you're right about the killer still being in bent spur
18:04in fact i'm sure of it
18:07i've already been told to stop asking questions
18:10and move out of town
18:11who told you that
18:13a man with a gun and a careless boot
18:16he didn't give me his name
18:17although i can think of a few that would fit
18:19may i ask you a question
18:22of course
18:24why is all this so important to you
18:26i hope i can answer your question real soon mrs overton
18:31is it just because milo ballard was a friend of yours
18:34i never saw milo ballard in my life
18:38but everyone says
18:42i intended they'd say it
18:44it's the only chance i'd have to get some questions answered
18:47but why would you
18:49that's as far as i can go right now
18:50i'm sorry
18:51thank you mr maverick
18:55i won't bother you anymore
18:56i won't bother you anymore
18:57i won't bother you anymore
19:02i won't bother you anymore
19:03i won't bother you anymore
19:04i won't bother you anymore
19:05i won't bother you anymore
19:06i won't bother you anymore
19:07i won't bother you anymore
19:08i won't bother you anymore
19:09i won't bother you anymore
19:10i won't bother you anymore
19:11i won't bother you anymore
19:12i won't bother you anymore
19:13i won't bother you anymore
19:14i won't bother you anymore
19:15i won't bother you anymore
19:16i won't bother you anymore
19:17i won't bother you anymore
19:18i won't bother you anymore
19:19i won't bother you anymore
19:20i won't bother you anymore
19:21i won't bother you anymore
19:22i won't bother you anymore
19:23i won't bother you anymore
19:24i won't bother you anymore
19:25change your shirt
19:31than a clean gambler man
19:34like you would
19:34what's the idea
19:35what are you trying
19:37that's smoke
19:54on the lantern
19:55you were holding on me
19:56last night
19:57I was a little careless
20:00why Brink
20:20why'd you kill him
20:21kill him
20:22kill who
20:23there haven't been
20:24that many murders
20:25in this town
20:25Ballard
20:27oh you're wrong
20:29friend
20:29sure
20:30I got Overton
20:31out of jail
20:32but
20:32he's the one
20:33killed Ballard
20:34you didn't kill him
20:36why'd you break
20:36over and out
20:36I was paid to
20:38I was paid plenty
20:39who paid you
20:41I'll make you a deal
20:44friend
20:45I tell you
20:48who hired me
20:49you don't let me
20:50you don't let anyone
20:51you don't let anyone
20:51else know
20:51like I said
20:54I don't want him
20:54stringing me up
20:55maybe the one
20:59hired me
21:01who was the one
21:01killed Ballard
21:02maybe they hated
21:05seeing an innocent man
21:06hang so they paid me
21:07to get him out
21:07did you ever think
21:10of that
21:10yeah I thought
21:11of it
21:11all right Brink
21:16you got yourself
21:19a deal
21:19who paid you
21:22his wife
21:25Ruth
21:26Overton
21:27I can check
21:34on that real quick
21:35wouldn't be smart
21:36of you not to
21:37can I ask you
21:39something
21:39yeah
21:40anybody can ask
21:42me anything
21:43there's 200 men
21:44in this town
21:45they all own shirts
21:46how'd you know
21:47that lantern smoke
21:48would be on mine
21:49don't lose
21:52any sleep
21:52over
21:53when a man's
22:06dealing cards to me
22:07I watch his hands
22:07pretty close
22:08the way I watched
22:10your hands
22:10at the blackjack table
22:11last night
22:13those hands
22:14stood out
22:14on that lantern
22:15like shoes
22:16on a snake
22:17looking for somebody
22:41neighbor
22:42you're back
22:48quick enough
22:48good news
22:49I'm afraid not
22:50Cleet
22:51let's talk about
22:52it over some food
22:53I'm starved
22:54you should let me
22:54know how to put
22:55the champagne on ice
22:56I figured Brink
22:58was telling me
22:58the truth
22:59all right
22:59but I checked
23:01with your wife
23:01anyway
23:01she hired him
23:04but even if she
23:05didn't know
23:05you were innocent
23:06she couldn't
23:06just stand by
23:07and watch him
23:08hang you
23:08hired him
23:09how Ruth
23:09didn't have
23:10that kind
23:10of money
23:10I asked her
23:11that
23:12she said
23:12she borrowed
23:12the money
23:13on your holding
23:14you didn't tell
23:18her about me
23:19the way things
23:20turned out
23:21I couldn't
23:21even if you
23:22hadn't asked
23:22me not to
23:23all right
23:24Bart
23:25you did what
23:26you could
23:26and I'm grateful
23:27I'm not aiming
23:29to hold you
23:29any longer
23:30you're all
23:32through trying
23:33you got a
23:34better idea
23:34only chance
23:37I had was
23:38to find out
23:39why Brink
23:40save my neck
23:40you came up
23:43with the answer
23:43to that
23:43so what's
23:45left to go
23:45on
23:46I'm not
23:49looking forward
23:49to running
23:49the rest
23:50of my life
23:50but I got
23:52no choice
23:52whoever shot
23:54Ballard
23:54smart enough
23:55not to leave
23:56a trail
23:56you found
23:58that out
23:58yourself
23:59that's about
24:00all I found
24:00out
24:01well I hope
24:03I didn't miss
24:03anything
24:04forget it
24:04I wasn't
24:05expecting
24:05any miracles
24:06anyway
24:06Cleet
24:08600 and gold
24:10for those
24:10beaver pelts
24:11what about
24:12you
24:13I picked up
24:14a fair-sized
24:14steak at
24:15one of
24:15Virginia
24:15Corey's
24:15blackjack
24:16tables
24:16you mind
24:19stopping off
24:20at Ben Spur
24:20again on
24:20your way
24:21out of
24:21here
24:21whatever
24:25you say
24:26Cleet
24:26let Ruth
24:28know I'm
24:28alive
24:29and that
24:30she's to
24:31sell the
24:32spread
24:32for whatever
24:32she can
24:33get
24:33and tell
24:35her to
24:35meet me
24:36in six
24:37weeks
24:37at the
24:37Hudson
24:37Hotel
24:38in St.
24:38Lily
24:38never make
24:40it
24:40Cleet
24:40hold it
24:41up with
24:42the hands
24:43sorry
24:45Cleet
24:45I looked
24:47over my
24:47shoulder
24:47every foot
24:48of the way
24:48I swear
24:49I wasn't
24:49following
24:49but yet
24:50Barney
24:51could trail
24:52an Apache
24:52through a
24:53dust storm
24:53folks back
24:54home been
24:55wondering
24:55what happened
24:55to you
24:56Cleet
24:56seeing as
24:57how you
24:57left without
24:58saying goodbye
24:59I dropped
25:03the bell
25:03turn around
25:12both of you
25:29you better check
25:56your friend
25:56you only
26:12creased him
26:12get him
26:13fixed up
26:14I can't get
26:15too sore
26:15at a man
26:15who tries
26:16to help
26:16a friend
26:16you try
26:18it again
26:18and you'll
26:19get shot
26:19is that clear
26:20there's a
26:23mountain
26:23lake
26:24sheriff
26:24my next
26:32sheriff
26:33after leading
26:34me straight
26:35to an
26:35escaped
26:35killer
26:36well I'm
26:37downright
26:37grateful
26:37to you
26:38maverick
26:38you really
26:39seem to be
26:40enjoying this
26:40film on
26:41you bet
26:41I'm enjoying
26:42it
26:42I don't like
26:43killers busting
26:44out of my
26:44jail
26:45you might
26:46say it
26:46sort of
26:47hurts
26:48my pride
26:48you're in
26:53here because
26:53I got a
26:54little careless
26:54Cleet
26:55I'll see you
26:56get out
26:56again
26:57one way
26:58or another
26:59till then
27:01I'll
27:01stay in town
27:02it's a good
27:03idea
27:04when a man's
27:05kicking at
27:06the end
27:06of a rope
27:06he's entitled
27:07to have his
27:07friends around
27:08to cinch
27:09Cleet here
27:09don't have
27:10many in
27:10bent spur
27:11Cleet
27:11Cleet
27:13Cleet
27:16out
27:36I figure you can be out of town by tomorrow afternoon.
27:50See that you are.
27:52A minute ago, you invited me to the hanging.
27:54I just changed my mind.
27:56You afraid I'll come up with the right answer, Sheriff?
27:59The jury beat you to it.
28:01They found Overton guilty, and he'll hang.
28:06What makes you so cock-sure he's innocent?
28:10I owe him a debt.
28:12He asked me to pay it off by coming down here and trying to find out who killed Ballard.
28:17Now, do you think a guilty man would want that?
28:19You mind telling me how this debt came about?
28:23Six weeks ago, I was in the Black Hills, headed for Fort Benton.
28:28Two prospectors held me up.
28:30They took every cent I had and put a bullet through my belly.
28:34When Cleet found me, I was as good as dead.
28:36The solid week before the fever broke, I don't think he got two hours sleep the whole time.
28:43Does that answer your question?
28:46Might be a better answer than you think.
28:48Might be.
28:50Maverick.
28:53By tomorrow afternoon.
28:56Don't forget.
28:56Thanks, Annie.
29:09I didn't hear your knock.
29:11I guess I forgot to.
29:14You have real nice shoulders.
29:17I use them to hold up my shirts.
29:18I felt real bad when Pa said you'd left town.
29:31Sure glad you come back.
29:34Thanks, Annie.
29:35Hardly any nice men ever come to Bent Spur.
29:38And even if they do, they don't stay long.
29:40Town this size must have a lot of young men.
29:42A lot of good that does.
29:46Pa is a fit if I even look at one.
29:48Of course, he can't watch me every minute.
29:51I like a man that dresses up once in a while and talks nice and knows how to treat a girl.
29:56Like maybe going for a buggy ride and things.
29:59Sounds like a lot of fun, Annie.
30:01Will you honest?
30:02Billy and me used to ride out to the old Carter place.
30:05Oh, you'd like it.
30:05Nobody lives there or anything.
30:07I'm pretty busy, Annie.
30:08You better run along now.
30:10Maybe we'll talk about it another time.
30:12I suppose you think I'm not old enough to...
30:13Are you up there, Annie?
30:16Please don't say anything.
30:18Please.
30:21Why?
30:21Nothing's wrong.
30:22There's no reason to hide.
30:23You don't know him.
30:25Please.
30:25Is my daughter with you, sir?
30:33Annie?
30:34What would she be doing in here?
30:36You're a man tall and well-favored with an easy grace.
30:41Such are the tools of Satan to entice a wayward child into the path of sin.
30:46I'm sorry, but the path of sin doesn't come through here.
30:48You better try next door.
30:49I must make sure.
30:50Stand aside, sir!
30:52I can't do it, Mr. Haynes.
30:54As long as I'm paying for this room, nobody gets in without an invitation.
30:58That includes you.
30:59Come out of there, Annie!
31:02You'll hear me?
31:03Pardon me for saying so, but I'm getting a little fed up.
31:06If you'll excuse me.
31:24He's your father, Annie.
31:30Why are you so afraid of him?
31:39Why did he do that?
31:42Because I'm evil.
31:45He told you that?
31:46I am evil.
31:49Just like my ma was.
31:51She went away with a man when I was just a little girl.
31:54It's ma's bad blood in me that makes me evil.
31:59You better go before he comes back.
32:00You will take me for that ride?
32:18Please, Bart?
32:19Goodbye, Annie.
32:20Goodbye, Annie.
32:22Goodbye, Annie.
32:24Goodbye, Annie.
32:26Goodbye, Annie.
32:28Goodbye, Annie.
32:29Goodbye, Annie.
32:30You need any help?
32:39Well, won't you come in, Mr. Maverick?
32:41Thank you, Virginia.
32:44Thought I'd like another one of these fine Cuban cigars.
32:47Help yourself.
32:48Your secret is safe with me, Virginia.
32:52At least that one is.
32:55I'm beginning to see a new side of you, Mr. Maverick.
32:58I'm not quite sure whether I like it or not.
33:00Don't tell me you've been drinking.
33:02I hear a man can get just as drunk on the truth as he can on whiskey.
33:06Now, maybe that's the answer.
33:08Because I know the truth about who killed Milo Ballard.
33:10You mean Cleet Overton finally admitted it?
33:12You know he didn't.
33:13I know it.
33:16A place I know in Kansas City runs a big game about this time of year.
33:20Trouble is, no limit poker takes a good-sized steak.
33:32Well, $5,000 would be enough, Virginia.
33:36You'd hardly miss that much.
33:37I hate being wrong about people, Mr. Maverick, and I was certainly wrong about you.
33:43Now, you cheap tin horn, get out of here.
33:46Funny how you can go around asking a lot of questions and get nowhere,
33:49and then bingo, when you least expect it, you hit the jackpot.
33:54Although that's hardly a kind word to call a lady.
33:57Let's make sure that I understand this.
34:04You found out that I killed Milo Ballard, right?
34:09You're willing to keep quiet about it?
34:16For $5,000?
34:18That's about the size of it.
34:22Well, this proof you've got, do I get to know anything about it?
34:26Why not?
34:27I get the money, you get the proof.
34:43I apologize, Mr. Maverick.
34:46You're not a cheap tin horn, after all.
34:50You're a good poker player pulling a big-time bluff, but...
34:54Now, if I had killed him, it might have worked,
34:56but, well, you did it that well.
35:01Since I didn't kill Milo,
35:03you don't get the $5,000.
35:08You play a pretty good brand of poker yourself, Virginia.
35:16You called my bluff, and I still haven't seen your hand.
35:21It's never happened to me before.
35:23I'll try not to let it happen again.
35:25I'll try not to let it happen again.
35:26I'll try not to let it happen again.
35:27I'll try not to let it happen again.
35:31Oh, good night, Annie.
35:59Don't go.
36:01Sit out here with me for a while.
36:06Pa went to a revival meeting.
36:08He won't be back for hours.
36:12Annie, I'm too old for you.
36:15I've been too old since I was 13.
36:17Now you leave me alone, you hear?
36:19I know why you're mad.
36:21It's because they're gonna hang your friend.
36:25When your father wears out that strap,
36:27you tell him I'll buy him a new one.
36:28I bet you I know something you'd like to know.
36:33It's about your friend.
36:35What about him?
36:36I'll ask you again.
36:41What about him?
36:42I won't tell you.
36:44You're not nice to me.
36:46All right, Annie.
36:54You win.
36:56I'll be nice.
36:58I will go for that ride out in the country.
37:00You promise?
37:01I can't promise, Annie.
37:03You haven't told me anything.
37:05She was there.
37:07I saw her.
37:08Who was where?
37:11Mrs. Overton.
37:13She was at Mr. Ballard's that night.
37:16Billy saw her, too.
37:18We were walking by Mr. Ballard's fence
37:19when she rode up to the house.
37:21What time was it?
37:23Well, it was real late
37:25because Billy didn't show up till after 12 and...
37:28Why didn't you tell the sheriff about this?
37:30And let my pa find out that I wasn't in my room?
37:32That I sneaked out?
37:33Besides, it wouldn't have made any difference.
37:37I didn't see her shooting.
37:39Maybe Mr. Overton did do it.
37:43Who's this Billy you were with?
37:45How can I find him?
37:47Billy Marco.
37:49He rode for a ranch west of town.
37:51Only he quit right afterward and went away.
37:54Are you sure this was Ruth Overton?
37:56I saw her as plain as day.
37:58She had a riding skirt and a man's hat.
38:01And her horse had a blaze under one eye.
38:03Annie, if you're lying to me, I'm gonna...
38:05I wouldn't tell you a lie.
38:08I like you.
38:10I like you a lot.
38:13All right, Annie.
38:14You did just fine.
38:16You better get to bed before your father shows up.
38:18He won't be back for hours yet.
38:34We could go for that ride now.
38:37Not now, Annie.
38:38Good night.
38:39Oh, Mr. Maverick.
38:58Come in.
38:59Is anything wrong?
39:20What's the matter?
39:21That mare out in the corral.
39:24The one with the blaze under its eye.
39:26Do you ride it?
39:29Yes, she's mine.
39:32Did you kill Milo Ballard?
39:36Why would you ask me something like that?
39:39Because someone told me you were there.
39:41Wearing a riding skirt, a man's hat, and riding that horse.
39:44You saw me.
39:56You're something new to me, Mrs. Overton.
39:58A woman who can kill a man and let her husband pay the bill.
40:02It's an experience I wish I missed.
40:04I went there.
40:09But I didn't kill him.
40:11I intended to.
40:13It was either kill him or let him kill Cleet.
40:17And I just couldn't let that happen.
40:21But when I got there, he was already dead.
40:24He was lying beside the bar in the same way they found him the next morning.
40:29I'm not the law, but I gotta know the truth.
40:31Did you kill him?
40:32No, I didn't.
40:34He was dead when I got there.
40:36Why did you tell him that at the trial?
40:37I didn't dare.
40:39Just say I was trying to protect Cleet.
40:41They could have said that he rode through the fields and got there ahead of me.
40:47You sure he didn't?
40:51No.
40:52I'm not sure.
40:54But I believe in my husband.
40:58I don't have any proof.
41:01Just faith.
41:02Faith that Cleet would never lie to me.
41:06Looks like I'll have to take your word the same way.
41:09On faith.
41:22Would you like some coffee, Mr. Maverick?
41:23No.
41:25No.
41:26No, thanks.
41:27I've got to get back.
41:29Oh, uh, how long have you known the sheriff?
41:33Well, about six years.
41:35Ever since I came to Bent Spur.
41:37Um, how well do you know him?
41:43Not well at all, really.
41:45We used to go to dances together.
41:48Then Cleet came along and we fell in love.
41:52What's Barney got to do with this?
41:55Oh, just, just a thought.
41:57Well, I'm sorry I broke into your sleep.
41:59I wasn't really sleeping, Mr. Maverick.
42:02Come to say goodbye, Maverick?
42:28Not just yet, Sheriff.
42:29I thought I'd ask you...
42:30Sorry.
42:31You can't see him.
42:34I thought I'd ask you a question.
42:37What do you know about a cowhand named Billy Marco?
42:40Never heard of him.
42:41He worked on one of the ranchers near here.
42:43And he left the day after Ballard was killed.
42:49If any cowhand had left here on that day, I'd know about it.
42:53Where did you hear the name?
42:55Around.
42:58Well, you tell him he's off his feed.
43:01There's never been any cowhand around here named Billy Marco.
43:07Thanks, Sheriff.
43:08Say goodbye, Maverick.
43:09I won't be seeing you again.
43:13Bye, Sheriff.
43:30I've been looking everywhere for you.
43:32Oh, Mr. Ramsey's having another one of his spells.
43:34Pa went there to drive out the spirit of the devil.
43:36Did he?
43:37He won't be back for hours.
43:40We could take that ride you promised.
43:43Sure, Annie, but first I want you to tell me something.
43:46Why did you lie to me about Billy Marco?
43:48I didn't lie about him.
43:49Sit down a minute, Annie.
43:51There never was a Billy Marco.
43:53Well, I...
43:54I just changed his name a little.
43:57From Milo Ballard.
43:58You were with Ballard that night.
44:02Who killed him, Annie?
44:04Did you?
44:04No, I didn't.
44:05You're a bad liar.
44:07I'm not lying.
44:08Not now.
44:10I was with Mr. Ballard.
44:12He asked me to come there.
44:14He said he had a present for me.
44:15He was waiting out behind his house.
44:18He said nice things to me.
44:21How pretty I was.
44:23He said I was real grown up.
44:24And he kissed me.
44:27Did you take his gun?
44:31Is that why he wasn't armed?
44:32He didn't have a gun.
44:34He was talking to me and then all of a sudden there was a shot.
44:37I ran into the barn and hid.
44:39For how long?
44:40I don't know how long.
44:41I hid in one of the stalls.
44:43When I saw Mrs. Overton ride up and then go away, I ran home.
44:48You do believe me.
44:51Yeah, sure, Annie.
44:53And you won't say anything about me being with him?
44:57No.
44:58No, I won't say anything.
44:59Then we can take the ride.
45:04You did promise.
45:07Sure, Annie.
45:08We'll make it a picnic.
45:10Can you pick something?
45:12I'll be ready in ten minutes.
45:13I'll get the buggy.
45:29It's nice here, isn't it?
45:35So quiet.
45:37Makes it feel like there's nobody else in the world but us.
45:41I don't feel lonesome like I usually do.
45:49You like me, don't you?
45:53Don't you?
45:54Oh, yes, Annie.
45:56I don't think you've heard anything I've said for the past ten minutes.
45:59Sure I did.
46:01Did you see a...
46:01What's the matter?
46:02Hold it.
46:11Come on down and join us, Mr. Haynes.
46:18No need to be frightened, Annie.
46:21There'll be no beating this time.
46:26Did you beat her the night you killed Ballard, Mr. Haynes?
46:29You see, I was waiting for you.
46:32I paid the boy a silver dollar to tell you just where we were.
46:36And my vengeance shall be the vengeance of the righteous.
46:40Three해� the mushrooms.
46:49Ah!
46:50Oh!
46:53Ah!
46:54Ah!
46:54Ah!
46:59Ah!
46:59Ah!
47:00Ah!
47:02Ah!
47:03Ah!
47:04Ah!
47:05Ah!
47:06Three days later, the town of Bentspur finally wrote an end to the story of Milo Ballard's murder.
47:21This time, an ending they didn't have to be ashamed of.
47:25Fire, Brick!
47:32As long as you're heading south, figured you might like some company.
47:35That is, if you don't mind associating with an ex-sheriff.
47:39An ex-sheriff?
47:40When a town does something it's ashamed of, it usually ends up blaming the authorities.
47:45Figured I'd leave before that had happened.
47:47It's not the only reason, is it, Fillmore?
47:50I saw the way you looked at Cleet when Ruth ran into his arms.
47:54Any chance you had with her ended when Haynes confessed.
47:57I gave you a reason, Maverick. It's the only reason you'll get.
48:02Fair enough, Sheriff. Let's ride.
48:05I got the family.
48:09I got the family.
48:11I got to run.
48:20I got the family.
48:21I got the family.
48:22If you need I got you.
48:22That's the nice big old version.
48:23I got to go.
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