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Silver Lode (1954) is a tense psychological Western directed by Allan Dwan, unfolding almost in real time. The story centers on Dan Ballard (John Payne), a respected citizen of the town of Silver Lode who is preparing to marry Rose Evans (Lizabeth Scott).
The celebration is interrupted when Marshal Ned McCarthy (Dan Duryea) arrives with three deputies, accusing Ballard of murder and robbery. Though Ballard maintains his innocence, McCarthy manipulates the townspeople, turning suspicion against him. As Ballard flees to uncover the truth, Rose and her friend Dolly (Dolores Moran) stand by him.
The film explores mob mentality, corruption, and how quickly trust can collapse under pressure, all while delivering classic Western suspense.
Main Cast:
John Payne as Dan Ballard
Lizabeth Scott as Rose Evans
Dan Duryea as Marshal McCarthy
Dolores Moran as Dolly
Emile Meyer as Sheriff Wooley
Robert Warwick as Judge Cranston
The celebration is interrupted when Marshal Ned McCarthy (Dan Duryea) arrives with three deputies, accusing Ballard of murder and robbery. Though Ballard maintains his innocence, McCarthy manipulates the townspeople, turning suspicion against him. As Ballard flees to uncover the truth, Rose and her friend Dolly (Dolores Moran) stand by him.
The film explores mob mentality, corruption, and how quickly trust can collapse under pressure, all while delivering classic Western suspense.
Main Cast:
John Payne as Dan Ballard
Lizabeth Scott as Rose Evans
Dan Duryea as Marshal McCarthy
Dolores Moran as Dolly
Emile Meyer as Sheriff Wooley
Robert Warwick as Judge Cranston
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00:02:09I'M LOOKING FOR DAN BALLARD
00:02:11HOW ABOUT YOU, MAN?
00:02:17CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND MR. BALLARD?
00:02:21I'M A FRIEND OF DAN'S
00:02:23OH, YOU MIGHT TRY DOWN IT. WOULD YOU LIKE A GLASS OF COLD BARLEY WATER?
00:02:35THAT MAN'S EYES, FRIGHTENING.
00:02:47HOWDY, MISS? YOU KNOW DAN BALLARD?
00:02:49YOU KNOW DAN BALLARD?
00:02:51YEAH, I MIGHT. WHAT'S IT TO YOU?
00:02:53WHERE IS HE?
00:02:55HE'S TAKING GOOD CARE OF HIMSELF
00:02:57IN A NICE, SOFT SPOT.
00:02:59SPEAK UP. WHERE'LL I FIND HIM?
00:03:01COOL OFF, MR.
00:03:03WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN TO TAGGET'S FOR A DRINK?
00:03:05YOU'LL FIND ME THERE.
00:03:07GET YOUR DODLE.
00:03:15JUST PRACTICSING THE PARADE.
00:03:17HEY, STRANGERS, COME FOR THE PICNIC?
00:03:29RIGHT NICE OF YOU FELLOWS TO HELP US CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
00:03:31WHERE DO I FIND BALLARD?
00:03:33DAN?
00:03:35IF YOU ASK ME, DAN'S RIGHT BUSY JUST ABOUT NOW.
00:03:49WHERE IS HE?
00:03:51BALLARD'S OVER TO ZACHARY EVANS HOUSE.
00:03:53WHERE IS THAT?
00:03:55YOU TURN LEFT BACK AT THE CROSSING THERE.
00:03:57YOU CAN'T MISS IT. BIGGEST HOUSE AROUND THESE PARTS.
00:03:59YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD HIM.
00:04:01WHY NOT?
00:04:03GUNFIGHTERS IF I EVER SAW ANY.
00:04:06HMM. FRIENDS OF BALLARD'S IF YOU ASK ME.
00:04:15THAT MUST BE THE PLACE.
00:04:17LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT COMPANY.
00:04:18NOW DON'T LET BALLARD GET THE DROP ON YOU.
00:04:20REMEMBER HE'S FASTER THAN A SIDEWINDER.
00:04:33FRIENDLY STRANGERS ARE WELCOMING SILVER LOAN.
00:04:43I'M LOOKING FOR DAN BALLARD.
00:04:45MIND IF I ASK WHY?
00:04:47WHO ARE YOU?
00:04:48NAME'S WOOLEY.
00:04:50JOB AS SHERIFF OF THIS COUNTY.
00:04:52WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH DAN BALLARD?
00:04:54I WANT TO SEE HIM DEAD.
00:04:57I'M ALL RIGHT, BITCH.
00:04:59DAN BALLARD, I'VE KNOWN YOU ONLY A SHORT TIME.
00:05:02YET YOU'RE AS MUCH A PART OF OUR TOWN AS OUR OLDEST SETTLER.
00:05:05I'VE KNOWN ROSE SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
00:05:08THE JOINING TOGETHER OF YOU TWO YOUNG PEOPLE IS THE HAPPIEST TASK OF MY MINISTRY.
00:05:11COME ALONG, LET'S PROCEED.
00:05:13PLACES, EVERYONE.
00:05:14PLACES.
00:05:15OK, CHINA.
00:05:17TAKE A LOOK AT THESE, SHERIFF.
00:05:37IF YOU WILL TAKE THE BRIDES' HAND IN YOURS.
00:05:41THANK YOU.
00:05:45DO YOU, DANIEL BALLARD, TAKE ROSE EVANS TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE?
00:05:49TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH, FOR BETTER OR WORSE?
00:05:54IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, TILL DEATH.
00:05:57DEATH, YOU DO NOT DO.
00:05:59I THINK IN THE LAST WHTE IS ALREADY FOR A WEDDING SHELP.
00:06:02YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK IN THE LAST SON.
00:06:03DID YOU GIVE IN A WEDDING SHOES?
00:06:05WHAT IS WORKING ON THE LEFT?
00:06:06I'M NOT MOST.
00:06:07YOU WON'T BEINGловY.
00:06:08YOU WON'T.
00:06:09I'M BEEN IN A WEDDING SHERIFF.
00:06:10THIES ARE LISTENTIAL.
00:06:11ARE YOU.
00:06:13Remember me?
00:06:16I remember you, McCarty.
00:06:18It's been two years.
00:06:21Hello, Sheriff.
00:06:22Looks like I found the right man.
00:06:24See here, mister, if this is your idea of a wedding joke.
00:06:27It's no joke, Mitch.
00:06:30I'm sorry, Rose.
00:06:31Zachary, I...
00:06:34This is United States Marshal McCarty.
00:06:37He has a warrant for Dan's arrest.
00:06:40Dead or alive.
00:06:41The government doesn't care which.
00:06:45Last time I heard of you, McCarty, you were on the run
00:06:48for rustling cattle.
00:06:49A cattle rustler doesn't get to be a United States Marshal.
00:06:53And an innocent man doesn't run away.
00:06:55I swore I'd find you, Ballard.
00:06:58I figured you'd be carrying a gun.
00:07:00What's the charge?
00:07:01Murder!
00:07:03Dan, I don't believe it.
00:07:05If you're a Marshal, show your credentials.
00:07:07Then, look those over.
00:07:09Sure, Dan, sure.
00:07:11Well, Dan, as a lawyer and as a friend, I advise you not to say anything that can be held against you.
00:07:16These seem in perfect order.
00:07:17You're my prisoner, Ballard.
00:07:18Try to escape if you want.
00:07:19It'll make it easier for me to gun you down like you did my brother.
00:07:21In the back!
00:07:22You're a liar.
00:07:38like you did my brother, in the back.
00:07:45You're a liar.
00:07:48Let him have it, McCarty. Let's get it over with.
00:07:51Well, shooting a helpless man is murder.
00:07:53Believe me, he isn't worth the trouble.
00:07:58I see you've made a lot of friends, Ballard.
00:08:01Probably bought your way with the money you stole from my brother.
00:08:05I've known Dan for two years.
00:08:07He's one of the finest men I've ever met.
00:08:08I'm proud to call him friend.
00:08:10My brother was a fine man, too.
00:08:11He left a young bride like her.
00:08:15Go on with your wedding, Ballard.
00:08:17Then you can leave a bride.
00:08:19Unless the young lady's changed her mind.
00:08:21I haven't changed my mind.
00:08:24We're ready, Reverend Field.
00:08:30We better postpone the ceremony, Rose.
00:08:32Go on with the wedding, Dan.
00:08:34You're a member of the family, Dan.
00:08:35You see, nothing has changed.
00:08:38In sickness and health, he'll have to wait.
00:08:43It's your wedding, Ballard.
00:08:46Or should I say funeral?
00:08:48It's a long ride back to discovery.
00:08:51Get moving.
00:08:52You can't take him like this.
00:08:54There must be something you can do.
00:08:57Easy now, Marshal.
00:08:58He's entitled to a hearing.
00:08:59I'll see Judge Cranston and apply for a writ of habeas corpus.
00:09:02You stay here, lawyer.
00:09:04Aren't you exceeding your authority, Marshal?
00:09:06I said stay here.
00:09:08Pa, you stand by Dan.
00:09:10Go on fast.
00:09:12Go see Judge Cranston.
00:09:16I've wasted enough time with you and your interfering friends.
00:09:19Get moving.
00:09:21Move!
00:09:22Have you no concern for human life?
00:09:25An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
00:09:27That's in the Bible, Reverend.
00:09:28But I say unto you that whosoever shall smite thee on their right cheek,
00:09:31turn to him the other also.
00:09:32That's in the Bible, too.
00:09:35Get moving, Ballard.
00:09:40You don't.
00:09:41You can't believe Dan is guilty.
00:09:46That Marshal seems to know more about Ballard than we do.
00:09:49After all, we've known him only two years.
00:09:51I'm sure Dan can explain.
00:09:52Then why didn't he, dear?
00:09:57You know why I'm here, Ballard.
00:09:58Talk or you'll be dead in an hour.
00:10:07There's no reason for this indecent haste.
00:10:09Marshal, I respect your authority,
00:10:11but I must insist you wait for Judge Cranston's answer.
00:10:14When a judge makes up his mind, send someone after us.
00:10:16We'll be on the way to discovery.
00:10:18If you don't want to walk or be dragged,
00:10:20tell one of your friends to lend your horse.
00:10:23All right, now, wait a minute.
00:10:29Hold it, Curt.
00:10:30Are you gonna clear the way, Sheriff, or do I have to?
00:10:35Dan, no matter how we feel about this situation,
00:10:38the Marshal here does represent the law.
00:10:42If you can keep those peace officers
00:10:43from shooting up the town,
00:10:44I'll go over to Giffords and get my horse.
00:10:46Now you're making sense.
00:10:49Take it.
00:10:50Put the gun away. We'll handle it legally.
00:10:52What do you want me to do, Dan? Just tell me.
00:10:55When you kill one man,
00:10:56it's not so hard to kill the second.
00:10:58The third one's easy.
00:11:08The most wonderful wedding party I ever did see.
00:11:33Yeah. Looks like Bell, it's passed. It's come to town.
00:11:46All of you, go on home. I'm telling you to go home. You're just asking for trouble.
00:11:51In our town, people are used to going where they like.
00:11:54Bring the bell, round the town.
00:12:01Pull the bell, round the town.
00:12:22Oh, Dad, they're taking Dan away.
00:12:24Not if I can help it.
00:12:25They're there for murder.
00:12:31Considering Ballard came to town two years ago looking like a saddle tramp, he's done
00:12:38all right for himself, latched on to a ranch, latched on to the richest girl in town.
00:12:44Rumor is around that Ballard shot the marshal's brother on the back.
00:12:48Well, looks like the honeymoon's in a cliff.
00:12:52Dolly, you're either plain jealous or just plain mean.
00:13:01Whatever it is, Dan, we're with you.
00:13:03Right or wrong, we'll see you get a fair trial.
00:13:07We should have continued the ceremony, Dan.
00:13:10It's better this way.
00:13:11Well, we'd be married and l'd be your wife then.
00:13:14A widow.
00:13:28Thought this was Dan Ballard's wedding day.
00:13:30Looks more like a funeral.
00:13:31Yeah.
00:13:32Might have to bury a stranger.
00:13:33Four strangers.
00:13:34Ha!
00:13:35A hometown hero.
00:13:37We're gonna have more trouble than we expected.
00:13:40You're being paid to do a job.
00:13:41With the law, remember?
00:13:42If anybody starts anything, shoot to kill.
00:13:45You hinted that you might have trouble bringing your prisoner in alive, Marshal.
00:13:52So I swore on a posse to make sure he doesn't escape.
00:13:59We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:00All the way to discovery.
00:14:04We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:05All the way to discovery.
00:14:11We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:12We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:13All the way to discovery.
00:14:16We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:17All the way to discovery.
00:14:18We're with you, Marshal.
00:14:19All the way to discovery.
00:14:21What goes on here, Dan?
00:14:22Boy, get Ballard's horse.
00:14:23You got legs, Mr.
00:14:25Or Tom, don't you want to give us a good custodial clothes.
00:14:26What?
00:14:31What goes on here, Dan?
00:14:48Boy, get balance, horse.
00:14:50You got legs, mister.
00:14:53Go on, Tom. Settle my horse.
00:14:55Hurry up!
00:14:57It's a hot day, mister.
00:14:59Go on, kid!
00:15:01Daniel, the, uh, Williams sisters and I have appointed ourselves as a delegation on your behalf to counsel with you along the way to intercede for justice.
00:15:15Now, look here. This Dan Ballard may be a hero to you, but to me in the law, he's nothing but a murderer.
00:15:22Get your horse, Ballard.
00:15:22Thanks, Tom.
00:15:34Dan, some of them seem to think...
00:15:37Why didn't you explain?
00:15:41Didn't do any good, Rose.
00:15:44I did kill his brother.
00:15:45But you called him a liar.
00:15:47When he said I shot him in the back.
00:15:52Try and trust me, Rose.
00:15:55I don't have to try, Dan.
00:15:58Very touching.
00:16:02Now, kiss the lady goodbye and we'll start moving.
00:16:04Well, a man comes to a wedding, seems he ought to have a shave.
00:16:27Me and the boys feel like doing a little barbering, Dan.
00:16:30What about it?
00:16:32Can't shoot a marshal.
00:16:33It's happened.
00:16:37This man's accused me of murder.
00:16:39No, no!
00:16:41I thank all of you for standing behind me, but I don't want anyone hurt.
00:16:42Thad Taylor's over the judges now asking for a hearing.
00:16:43The marshal shouldn't object if his warrant's in order.
00:16:44Dan, you're right.
00:16:45We'll make the marshal wait.
00:16:46Sheriff Woolley, this man shot my brother in the back, stole $20,000 from him, and rode
00:16:47out.
00:16:48Now, why don't you call me a liar?
00:16:49I'm not a liar.
00:16:50I'm not a liar.
00:16:51I'm a liar.
00:16:52I'm a liar.
00:16:53I'm a liar.
00:16:54I'm a liar.
00:16:55I'm a liar.
00:16:56I'm a liar.
00:16:57I'm a liar.
00:16:58I'm a liar.
00:16:59I'm a liar.
00:17:00I'm a liar.
00:17:01I'm a liar.
00:17:02I'm a liar.
00:17:03I'm a liar.
00:17:04I'm a liar.
00:17:05I'm a liar.
00:17:06I'm a liar.
00:17:07Stole $20,000 from him and rode out.
00:17:10Now, why don't you call me a liar, Ballard?
00:17:12Call him a liar!
00:17:13We're behind you, Dan.
00:17:15Dan did deposit $20,000 in my bank the day he arrived in town.
00:17:18I wonder if he re...
00:17:20I'm taking my prisoner.
00:17:23Get out of my way.
00:17:25Give us a word, Dan.
00:17:26We'll gun him.
00:17:30Your move, McCarty.
00:17:37This citizen wants his rights.
00:17:40All right.
00:17:41No law officer should let his personal feelings run away with him.
00:17:45If I've been overzealous in my duty, I apologize.
00:17:50Sheriff, where does the judge live?
00:17:53I'd like a few words with him.
00:17:55Right down the street.
00:17:56I'll take him.
00:17:58I'll take him.
00:18:06Dan.
00:18:07I was so worried.
00:18:08I was, too.
00:18:09Not only for Dan.
00:18:10I thought there was going to be a massacre.
00:18:12There still could be.
00:18:15Dan.
00:18:16You didn't shoot anyone in the back, did you?
00:18:20No, Tom.
00:18:21If you did, I'd never believe anyone again.
00:18:25Well, you haven't made any denials.
00:18:26Just what do you expect from Judge Cranston?
00:18:28Time, sir.
00:18:32I appeal to you, Judge,
00:18:33not only as a lawyer for his client,
00:18:35but as a man for his friend.
00:18:37Now, we will admit that Dan Ballard
00:18:39may have erred grievously in the past.
00:18:42Who amongst us is without a blot on his escutcheon?
00:18:45But this alleged crime was committed in another state.
00:18:50And all I plead for is a stay of extradition.
00:18:53For enough time to communicate with the authorities
00:18:55at Sacramento
00:18:56and verify the seriousness of Marshal McCarty's charges.
00:18:59Thad, you're a rascal.
00:19:02Every time you defend a client in my court,
00:19:04I have to sit back and listen to you
00:19:05wind the jury around your eloquent little finger.
00:19:09But I'm not the jury.
00:19:11This warrant has a language more eloquent even than yours.
00:19:16I'm afraid I can't grant you a writ of habeas corpus.
00:19:20Come in.
00:19:24Judge Cranston?
00:19:25This is Marshal McCarty from California.
00:19:28How do you do, Marshal?
00:19:29Fine, Judge.
00:19:30But I find it hard to convince the citizens of this community
00:19:32that there's anything on the books but mob law.
00:19:36I thought perhaps we could discuss my problem quietly
00:19:38and without the aid of legal counsel.
00:19:42Would you mind, Thad?
00:19:43No, not at all, sir.
00:19:44I have the deepest respect for your judgment.
00:19:46Sit down, gentlemen.
00:19:53Marshal?
00:19:54No, thanks.
00:19:55Sheriff?
00:19:58Well, Marshal?
00:20:00What's the problem?
00:20:02I rode into this town with a warrant for Dan Ballard's arrest.
00:20:05My problem is making it stick.
00:20:07Has there been trouble, Sheriff?
00:20:08Well, Judge, does seem that Dan's friends
00:20:12have had considerable resentment to the Marshal here.
00:20:15But being the Fourth of July and Dan's wedding day and all,
00:20:19you can see why they got kind of out of hand.
00:20:22A little, that is.
00:20:23My job's a dirty one at times, Judge.
00:20:26I don't like busting in on a wedding ceremony or a Fourth of July jamboree
00:20:30any more than I'd want somebody busting in on me.
00:20:32But I've ridden 200 miles to get Ballard.
00:20:36And it just happens I connected with him today.
00:20:39Well, 200 miles in the saddle seems rather odd with, uh, railroads available.
00:20:45Well, my trail led me through places that are far away from the railroads.
00:20:50And Ballard cut a cow path from Discovery to Silverload.
00:20:57This warrant is for a murder committed in California.
00:21:00And for the theft of $20,000.
00:21:03You're unusually zealous.
00:21:05Is there a personal factor involved in this?
00:21:08The murdered man was my brother.
00:21:10Oh, that's most unfortunate.
00:21:12The possibility of vengeance presents itself.
00:21:17How do you propose to transport your prisoner?
00:21:19We'll go back the way we came, in the saddle.
00:21:21But an accident on the trail might defeat justice.
00:21:24There'll be no accident on the trail, Judge.
00:21:27I'm riding with him.
00:21:29No, it's a matter for the courts.
00:21:34Perhaps it might be better if I refuse to waive extradition.
00:21:38Are you gonna do that, Judge?
00:21:43I don't know.
00:21:45But mine's a federal warrant.
00:21:47But a California murder charge isn't necessarily a federal matter.
00:21:49But the theft and transportation of $20,000 is.
00:21:54Yes.
00:21:56It's quite true.
00:22:00It looks bad, Dan.
00:22:02I wasn't able to get anywhere with the judge.
00:22:06Bye, wait. Let's shoot our way out.
00:22:08Don't touch that gun.
00:22:10Put it away.
00:22:14Ballard, you know Judge Cranston.
00:22:16He has a few things to say to you.
00:22:18Dan, I'm sorry about this.
00:22:20I've always believed in you.
00:22:22It's taken a long time to build law and order in this town.
00:22:24We can't throw it over now.
00:22:26The marshal's papers are all in order.
00:22:28You'll have to go with them.
00:22:30Give me two hours, Judge.
00:22:32Two hours.
00:22:33Get going, Ballard.
00:22:34What do you say, Dan?
00:22:36Dan, I don't want any of our people dead in the street.
00:22:40When a man's life is at stake, two hours is such a short time.
00:22:44This darling won't help you.
00:22:46Judge, I appeal to you, in the name of the people of this town,
00:22:48can't you order a stay?
00:22:50No, I can't order it.
00:22:51But I can suggest that you do.
00:22:53In the name of decent humanity.
00:22:57All right.
00:22:58You've got two hours.
00:23:00But if you make one false move, I'll kill you.
00:23:03For two hours, Sheriff.
00:23:05I'm sure these good citizens will mind their own business.
00:23:08And we'll mind our own.
00:23:10And Sheriff, if you still think that I need help,
00:23:14I'll be leaving with my prisoner.
00:23:16In two hours.
00:23:18You haven't much time, Ballard.
00:23:20You may as well make the most of it.
00:23:24Well, Sheriff.
00:23:25Looks like law and order is back in control.
00:23:29Law and order, he says.
00:23:31I'm not going back to Discovery.
00:23:32Those men waiting like vultures.
00:23:33They tried to take you.
00:23:34I'll be right with you.
00:23:35Look, Mitch.
00:23:36Go over and get Paul Herbert.
00:23:37Tell him to open up his office.
00:23:38Hurry.
00:23:39Right.
00:23:40We're so fond of Dan, we're inclined to forget that we don't know very much about him.
00:23:45Yes, it'd be easier to have doubts, wouldn't it, Prescott?
00:23:46Then we wouldn't have to do anything for him.
00:23:47We're so fond of Dan, we're inclined to forget that we don't know very much about him.
00:23:48Yes, it'd be easier to have doubts, wouldn't it, Prescott?
00:23:49Then we wouldn't have to do anything for him.
00:23:51Come on, I'll be right with you.
00:23:53Do you want me to know your friends?
00:23:54I'll be right with you.
00:23:55I'll be right with you.
00:23:56Look, Mitch.
00:23:57Go over and get Paul Herbert.
00:23:58Tell him to open up his office.
00:23:59Hurry.
00:24:00Right.
00:24:01We're so fond of Dan, we're inclined to forget that we don't know very much about him.
00:24:05Yes.
00:24:06It'd be easier to have doubts, wouldn't it, Prescott?
00:24:08Then I wouldn't have to do anything for him.
00:24:20Take care of the horses. I'll handle this.
00:24:27Little here wants to buy my ranch.
00:24:29Oh, but you can't sell the ranch. It's going to be our home.
00:24:32Dan will need the money to hire a lawyer.
00:24:35Ten thousand. Cash.
00:24:37Get back to the barbecue, Walt. Stop looking for bargains.
00:24:40Dan's a long way from being licked.
00:24:50Now, Dan, what can I do for you?
00:24:55I have two wires going to Discovery, California.
00:24:58First, I'm going to Sheriff Tom Harper.
00:25:01Second, I'm going to Willie Keene, care of the Discovery Gazette.
00:25:05Same message, both.
00:25:07Got them.
00:25:08Fred McCarty here in Silverload claiming to be U.S. Marshal with warrant for my arrest.
00:25:15Wire confirming or denying the above.
00:25:20Signed Dan Ballard.
00:25:21Why don't you send a wire to San Francisco?
00:25:24That's where the federal marshals are listed.
00:25:26You picked a good day. National holiday.
00:25:29All the federal offices are closed.
00:25:31Tough.
00:25:35Send the same wire to the U.S. Marshal in Frisco.
00:25:38When you're through, I want to send a message.
00:25:40When I'm through.
00:25:43No hurry.
00:25:51What's the matter?
00:25:53Wire is dead.
00:25:59The wires have been cut, haven't they, McCarty?
00:26:02Stop it, Dan!
00:26:07Didn't you ever have trouble with the wires before?
00:26:10Wind blow them down or a cattle barge into a pole?
00:26:12Yeah, but...
00:26:13Then you know how to fix it.
00:26:14Well, if there's miles of wire, I'll miss the picnic.
00:26:17You don't want them to take Dan, do you?
00:26:19Of course not.
00:26:20I'll get my gear.
00:26:21Rose?
00:26:22Dan, they're waiting for you at the school.
00:26:23You promised you'd be judges.
00:26:24It might be better if just Rose came.
00:26:25Well, Dan, some of the mothers.
00:26:26That is.
00:26:27I'll get my gear.
00:26:28Rose?
00:26:29Dan, they're waiting for you at the school.
00:26:44You promised you'd be judges.
00:26:46It might be better if just Rose came.
00:26:48Well, Dan, some of the mothers, that is.
00:26:51Well, under the circumstances, we have enough judges.
00:26:55I see.
00:26:56Not all of us feel like she does.
00:26:58I'm not going without Dan.
00:26:59That's all right.
00:27:00I've got some business to attend to.
00:27:01But...
00:27:02Don't worry.
00:27:03Mitch will be with me and the Sheriff and Marshal McCarty.
00:27:05Come on, dear.
00:27:11Have a drink with me, Sheriff?
00:27:13I never drink on duty, Marshal.
00:27:18What'll it be?
00:27:19Whiskey.
00:27:20What?
00:27:21Hello, Mitch.
00:27:22Glad to see you, Dan.
00:27:25Hey, where's your funny bone, mister?
00:27:26Get Dolly for me, will you?
00:27:27Dolly!
00:27:28Don't go away.
00:27:29I got another.
00:27:30Good, Dolly.
00:27:31See you later.
00:27:32Well, hiya, Marshal.
00:27:33I see you made it.
00:27:35What do you want?
00:27:36Hello, Mitch.
00:27:40Glad to see you, Dan.
00:27:43Hey, where's your funny bone, mister?
00:27:47Get Dolly for me, will you?
00:27:49Dolly!
00:27:51Don't go away. I got another.
00:27:53Good, Dolly. See you later.
00:27:57Well, hiya, Marshall. I see you made it.
00:28:00What do you want?
00:28:06Well, if it isn't the groom himself, all polished up and very pretty.
00:28:20Aren't you afraid to be seen with me?
00:28:23People might remember we used to be seen together a lot.
00:28:36I need your help, Dolly.
00:28:41Yeah, you must. To come slumming on your wedding day.
00:28:45Drowning man grabs at straws.
00:28:48Straws?
00:28:51Those three men over there.
00:28:53They're supposed to be deputy marshals.
00:28:55Supposed to be?
00:28:57Oh, I get it.
00:28:59And you want me to give them the business, is that it?
00:29:01I want you to help me buy one.
00:29:03Look, friend, you made your choice.
00:29:07I can't say I blame you for latching on to the richest girl in town.
00:29:14But let her help you.
00:29:18For what it's worth, the one in the end, Johnson's the weak sister.
00:29:21I know men.
00:29:24And with agree, I do.
00:29:26Right now, he's wishing he were somewhere else.
00:29:28Can you get him out of here?
00:29:30Ha! Get him yourself.
00:29:33She used to be very persuasive.
00:29:39I thought you were through with her.
00:29:41What are you trying to do?
00:29:43I'm playing a long shot.
00:29:51Whatever McCarty's paying you, I'll double it.
00:29:53You trying to bribe a United States Marshal?
00:29:57A thousand dollars to the man who talks.
00:30:05Where to now, Mr. Ballard?
00:30:07The courthouse.
00:30:08I'll be there.
00:30:15Johnson, you worry me.
00:30:17The way Williams used to worry me.
00:30:22I need another drink.
00:30:28Watch, Johnson.
00:30:39What rights McCarty got hounding Dan?
00:30:40Well, of hand, I'd say a legal right.
00:30:44So he's got you buffaloed, too.
00:30:46Nobody's got me buffaloed.
00:30:48And nobody's starting any trouble.
00:31:01Johnson.
00:31:11Hey, Joe, I'll be right back.
00:31:16Where do you think you're going?
00:31:18To the courthouse to hear the speeches.
00:31:20When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political plan, which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth. To separate...
00:31:44Really, this is so uncalled for, interrupting the speaker.
00:31:47I'm sure Mr. Ballard didn't intend to disturb us.
00:31:50Continue with your speech, Clarice.
00:31:52When in the course of...
00:31:54When in the course of human events...
00:31:56When in the course of the humanists...
00:31:58When in the course of...
00:31:59When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to...
00:32:06I'm sure Miss Darley didn't intend to disturb us.
00:32:10That's all right, Clarice.
00:32:11I'd feel the same way if I had to speak before a crowd of murderers, outlaws, gunmen, and...
00:32:17I don't want you to speak, Clarice. We're going home.
00:32:23What in the world did I come to you?
00:32:25My son's got a good speech and I want him to give it.
00:32:28Let's not make accusations we can't prove.
00:32:29I've had enough of it in my celebration.
00:32:32Come on.
00:32:44Where's Ballard?
00:32:48You're in this. Where is he?
00:32:50Now, Marshal, don't tell me about your man.
00:32:52No, no.
00:33:00Sheriff, you better warn these people they're aiding and abetting a criminal.
00:33:04Johnson!
00:33:08Johnson!
00:33:13So that's it.
00:33:19Easy with the gun.
00:33:20You got something to tell me?
00:33:23Enough to hang McCarty.
00:33:25But it'll cost you $5,000.
00:33:27It's a deal.
00:33:29For cash?
00:33:30When? Where?
00:33:32Livery stable.
00:33:34Half hour.
00:33:36You're too late, McCarty.
00:33:38Your bird dog caught up to me.
00:33:40Who you calling a bird dog?
00:33:45All right, Ballard.
00:33:47Outside.
00:33:50Uh, don't get the wrong impression, folks.
00:34:04Ballard wasn't trying to run away.
00:34:06Like he says, he's innocent.
00:34:08He was just looking for a quiet place to think.
00:34:11That's right, isn't it?
00:34:13Ballard sure don't act innocent.
00:34:14He was probably trying to think up some cock and bull story to tell Judge Cranston.
00:34:19Sheriff, we must let Ballard keep on trying to prove his innocence.
00:34:22I wouldn't want anybody in town to have any doubts.
00:34:25And where are we going now?
00:34:27I'm going to take Miss Evans home.
00:34:29Go on with the speeches, folks. I'm sorry for the interruption.
00:34:32Did you ever hear the fable of the interfering cat?
00:34:38Yeah. She hated rats.
00:34:41How much did he offer you? You haven't got the guts.
00:34:47Boys, we got a hero in our midst.
00:34:51Yes, sir?
00:34:52When Ballard tried to escape, Johnson here stopped him single-handed.
00:34:55Well, what do you know?
00:34:57Wicked, take him over to Tiger Saloon and buy him a drink.
00:35:00This hero stuff makes a man thirsty.
00:35:03And nervous.
00:35:04Like a dead Williams, remember?
00:35:07Kirk, you come with me.
00:35:08The Evans house has got a back and a front door.
00:35:15What goes on between Dan and that creature, I'd like to know.
00:35:19The nerve of her coming here amongst respectable people.
00:35:22Do you call yourself respectable?
00:35:23I certainly do.
00:35:25Then I'm certainly glad I'm not.
00:35:27Mrs. Elmwood, a little charity at this time would be appropriate.
00:35:30It's a charity of blindness, Reverend,
00:35:32to forget that Dan's brought the threat of bloodshed to this town.
00:35:35If he was truly innocent, he would have left with a volunteer posse
00:35:38instead of trying to stir up a riot.
00:35:40Reverend, I'm afraid some of your flock need delousing.
00:35:46I'm not going to have my son killed
00:35:48and let an innocent man be shot down in cold blood.
00:35:50Zachary, you're acting like a child.
00:35:51If Dan has to leave for discovery, I'm riding with him.
00:35:54I'm taking Mitch's place.
00:35:56In all my years in the legal profession, I've never heard of a marshal
00:35:58being escorted by friends of the prison.
00:36:00In all my years as a frontiersman, I've never heard of a marshal like McCarty.
00:36:03He's a mad dog, Thad, a killer obsessed with one idea.
00:36:06His hatred of Dan.
00:36:08If anyone's obsessed, it's you.
00:36:09This determination to protect Rose and Mitch from reality is...
00:36:13Dad!
00:36:16Oh, you won't need that gun. No one will.
00:36:18And Dan won't have to leave town.
00:36:20Look, what have you youngsters cooked up now?
00:36:22Tell them, Dad.
00:36:23I just had a talk with Johnson, one of McCarty's deputies.
00:36:26Seems like a good many reasons why McCarty should hang.
00:36:29I know it. I told you that.
00:36:31It'll cost a lot of money to make him talk.
00:36:33Any amount. How much do you want?
00:36:35Five thousand.
00:36:36That's worth the price if his evidence indicates you.
00:36:39You better take your arm away if you want Dan to have that money.
00:36:42Dan, if what you're attempting doesn't work, you'll just be hanging yourself.
00:36:47It's gotta work. McCarty's got a noose around my neck now.
00:36:49It's more like my neck.
00:36:52Why yours?
00:36:53For obstructing a United States Marshal.
00:36:55He's not a Marshal.
00:36:56His papers say he is.
00:36:58Dan, drop this scheme or I'll have to jail you.
00:37:02Thirty minutes ago, Dan could have called for lynching.
00:37:04People would have been killed.
00:37:05Willie, you owe me a few favors.
00:37:08I want Dan to go through with his plan, is that clear?
00:37:11But if anything goes wrong, I'll be responsible.
00:37:14If Johnson doesn't talk...
00:37:15He'll talk.
00:37:16I can get him away from the others.
00:37:19Hold McCarty here as long as you can.
00:37:20Then get over to Judge Cranston's.
00:37:21I'll meet you as soon as I get the evidence.
00:37:22Come on, get you.
00:37:23Hold it.
00:37:24Hold it.
00:37:25Hold it.
00:37:26Oh.
00:37:27Hold it.
00:37:28Hold it.
00:37:29Hey!
00:37:30Hold it, sheey!
00:37:31Get over with Judge Cranston's. I'll meet you as soon as I get the evidence.
00:37:34Come on, Judge.
00:37:46Hold it.
00:37:57You can't get past him, Dan.
00:37:59I'll go out and distract him. You take my gun.
00:38:01No, by the way, stand by here. When I give you the nod, open that door fast.
00:38:22Marshall's coming in now.
00:38:24Where's my prisoner?
00:38:28He's with my brother.
00:38:30I mean...
00:38:32Well, did you find him?
00:38:46What happened to you?
00:38:52Ballard, he jumped me.
00:38:54You thought you were doing your friend a favor.
00:38:56Well, all you did was turn him loose so I can shoot him.
00:39:00Not unless he shoots first. He's got my gun. You know how fast he is with one.
00:39:06Johnson.
00:39:08What do you know about Ballard?
00:39:12What does anybody know about Ballard?
00:39:14He's only been here about two years.
00:39:16And what was he before that?
00:39:18And you can defend Ballard all you want.
00:39:20Sure, I know he hasn't packed a gun since he's been here.
00:39:23But how do we know what he used to do?
00:39:25You ever ask him if he was a gunman?
00:39:27Certainly not. I don't want to get shot.
00:39:29You better shut up.
00:39:30Drink up, Johnson. It's the 4th of July. Good a reason as any.
00:39:41I, uh, I better go see about the horses.
00:39:45The horses are all right. Sit down.
00:39:47Well, uh, mine has a loose shoe. I better fix it.
00:39:50We'll be riding out of here in a little while.
00:39:52All right. I'll go with you.
00:39:54Uh, how about doing me a favor, huh?
00:39:56Anything for a lady.
00:39:59This little buzzer's got us all confused about Dan Ballard.
00:40:03How about you setting us straight?
00:40:05Hey, fellas, the marshal here's gonna give us the real lowdown on Ballard.
00:40:08I heard this fella telling you he thought Ballard was a gunman.
00:40:12Well, if he wasn't handy with a gun,
00:40:14there wouldn't be four of us here to arrest him.
00:40:16Yeah, well, what'd he do?
00:40:17Well, as I heard, he shot a guy over a poker game.
00:40:20Maybe the guy was cheating?
00:40:21Well, boots on the other foot. Ballard did the cheating.
00:40:25Go ahead, good-looking. You're doing fine.
00:40:27Well, there was five of them in the game.
00:40:29The stake was $20,000.
00:40:31Ballard come up with four kings.
00:40:33Well, this guy said he was cheating.
00:40:35Turned around to call the sheriff.
00:40:37Ballard drilled him right between the shoulder blades.
00:40:41They were going to kill him right between the two kings.
00:40:42Five thousand.
00:40:43Count it.
00:40:44What am I buying?
00:40:45McCarty's no marshal.
00:40:46I'll need proof.
00:40:47I can show you where we cut the telegraph lines.
00:40:50Go on.
00:40:51The sheriff was Ballard's friend.
00:40:52So they called it self-defense and turned him loose.
00:40:54Where am I buying?
00:40:55McCarty's no marshal.
00:40:58I'll need proof.
00:41:01I can show you where we cut the telegraph lines.
00:41:04Go on.
00:41:05And the sheriff was Ballard's friend.
00:41:07So they called it self-defense and turned him loose.
00:41:10And where does the marshal fit in?
00:41:12The marshal? Oh, the marshal.
00:41:14Well, it took place up in Discovery, California.
00:41:17Fred McCarty heard about the shooting.
00:41:19You see, the dead man was his brother.
00:41:22Well, Fred got himself made U.S. Marshal and went looking for Ballard.
00:41:26But Ballard and the 20,000 vamoose to parts unknown.
00:41:30Took McCarty two years to locate Ballard.
00:41:33But in the meantime, gathered evidence, witnesses, got out a warrant,
00:41:37swore us in, and here we are.
00:41:40Making a 4th of July speech, wicker?
00:41:42No, I was just telling you.
00:41:43Now, Marshal, don't tell me you've lost your man again.
00:41:46Where's Johnson?
00:41:47Well, he's right here.
00:41:49Say, he must have gone down the livery stable.
00:41:51Said he had to shoe his horse.
00:42:03There's a man named Williams.
00:42:05Buried in a ditch in California.
00:42:07Yeah.
00:42:08McCarty killed him.
00:42:10Williams is the one that forged the warrant, the credentials.
00:42:13McCarty didn't need him anymore.
00:42:15I'm next.
00:42:16I know it.
00:42:17I want protection.
00:42:18I got a wife and two kids.
00:42:20I want to live to see him again.
00:42:30Stay low.
00:42:31Ballard!
00:42:32Come out or I'll burn you out.
00:42:34If you open that door...
00:42:35Sheriff Woolley out there?
00:42:36I'm here, Dan.
00:42:37Then you're under arrest.
00:42:38Hey, Sheriff!
00:42:39Let Marshal McCarty handle this.
00:42:40That's not a bad idea.
00:42:41Get a hold of Judge Cranston.
00:42:42Johnson taught.
00:42:43I'll get the judge.
00:42:44We've got about five minutes.
00:42:45That ought to be enough.
00:42:46Wicker, watch the back door.
00:42:47If he tries to come out here, get him.
00:42:49Hey, this is my job, Sheriff.
00:42:50Hey, this is my job, Sheriff.
00:42:51I'll get him.
00:42:52Hey, Sheriff.
00:42:53Let Marshal McCarty handle this.
00:42:54That's not a bad idea.
00:42:55Get a hold of Judge Cranston.
00:42:56Johnson taught.
00:42:57I'll get the judge.
00:42:58We've got about five minutes.
00:43:02That ought to be enough.
00:43:03Wicker, watch the back door.
00:43:06If he tries to come out here, get him.
00:43:16Hey, this is my job, Sheriff.
00:43:18I know your arm, Ballard.
00:43:19Drop the gun and surrender.
00:43:48You're resisting arrest, Ballard.
00:43:49Ballard just shot Johnson.
00:43:50I'm going after him.
00:43:51I'm going after him.
00:43:52I'm going after him.
00:43:53I'm going after him.
00:43:54I'm going after him.
00:43:55I'm going after him.
00:43:56I'm going after him.
00:43:57I'm going after him.
00:43:58I'm going after him.
00:43:59I'm going after him.
00:44:00I'm going after him.
00:44:01I'm going after him.
00:44:06I'm going after him.
00:44:07I'm going after him.
00:44:08I'm going after him.
00:44:13I'm going after him.
00:44:20I'm going after him.
00:44:26You came here to talk, Ballard.
00:44:28Make your speech.
00:44:30$20,000 worth.
00:44:34Come on, talk.
00:44:38You know I won that money from your brother?
00:44:40Yeah.
00:44:43You know, he drew first, too.
00:44:45Yeah.
00:44:47You're not talking to a judge now.
00:44:50I tell you, Ballard's a killer or he ought to be lynched.
00:44:52You be still.
00:44:53Look, this is my town.
00:44:55Marshal or no marshal, I'm taking charge.
00:44:58I came here to make a deal or kill you.
00:45:04Or both.
00:45:06Don't you trust me?
00:45:08What's the deal?
00:45:10You're not that dumb.
00:45:12I want the money.
00:45:15You can't put 5,000 head of cattle in your pocket.
00:45:19You've done pretty well here.
00:45:22I'll trade your life for the spread.
00:45:25I like the way you live.
00:45:27I'd like to marry a pretty girl.
00:45:30Maybe your girl.
00:45:32Don't do anything foolish, Dan.
00:45:34I've got him covered.
00:45:35Don't move, McCarty.
00:45:37I guess I've heard about enough to clean this thing up.
00:45:40Get out of that loft or I'll let Ballard have it.
00:45:42Hold it, fellas.
00:45:44Dan, open up.
00:45:46Judge Creston's here.
00:45:47Drop them guns, Ballard.
00:45:51Hold it, stranger.
00:45:53Point it down.
00:45:56Send for the doctor.
00:45:57to the infer.
00:46:03Drop them guns, Ballard.
00:46:05Hold it, stranger.
00:46:06Point it down.
00:46:14Send for the doctor.
00:46:15You, you dead fellas, you killed my husband.
00:46:45And you wanted two hours for this?
00:46:52No, Judge, no.
00:46:55These aren't my guns. This is Johnson's. This is McCarty's.
00:47:00He's lying. He killed the sheriff and shot me.
00:47:04Ask Johnson who did the shooting.
00:47:07This man is dead. And I suppose I shot my own deputy.
00:47:15Why should I kill the sheriff? He was my friend.
00:47:21Look, I've lived with you people. I've dealt fairly with you.
00:47:27Isn't my word good for anything?
00:47:29There are two dead men here.
00:47:35Man's gotta believe his eyes. We heard the shooting.
00:47:38What have you got to say for yourself, Dan?
00:47:40Speak up, man. Yeah. Why'd you shoot the sheriff?
00:47:43If you're guilty, Dan, you better give yourself up.
00:47:46You're all a pack of cowardly hypocrites.
00:47:49Dan Ballard's never hurt any of you.
00:47:51And some of you owe him a lot of gratitude.
00:47:53Are you going to take McCarty's word against his?
00:47:55We're sorry for you, Rose, but we've got to look at the facts.
00:47:59I think we've horsed around long enough, don't you, Judge?
00:48:02Better let my deputies and me take Ballard out of here
00:48:05before somebody else gets hurt.
00:48:07Better surrender peacefully, Ballard.
00:48:10These good folks can't stand much more of you.
00:48:13If a man shoots his friend, he don't even deserve a trial.
00:48:16Help, Dan! Help, Dan!
00:48:18Stop it, Rose.
00:48:19You can't do Dan any good and you might do yourself a lot of harm.
00:48:22Dan, I've tried to help you.
00:48:23For your own sake, for Rose's sake.
00:48:25Don't cause any more trouble.
00:48:27Better surrender, Ballard, while you've still got the chance.
00:48:30Don't move, McCarty.
00:48:35Keep your hands up.
00:48:37I'm going out.
00:48:39Move!
00:48:40Move!
00:48:41Move!
00:48:42Move!
00:48:43Move!
00:48:44Move!
00:48:45Don't move!
00:48:46Keep your hands up.
00:48:54I'm going out.
00:48:57Move!
00:49:05Move!
00:49:16I'll kill him for what he's done to her.
00:49:21It's what you've done to him that matters, you and this Tom.
00:49:33Better have the doctor look at that headwind, McCarty.
00:49:36I'll take over.
00:49:37Thanks, Judge.
00:49:39Bring him in alive, if possible.
00:49:42But bring him in.
00:49:46Let's go.
00:50:01Did you get those wires fixed?
00:50:02Safe. What in the devil?
00:50:07Sure, they're fixed.
00:50:08Did you send my messages?
00:50:09I'm just getting back.
00:50:10Send them!
00:50:16Run!
00:50:17Run!
00:50:18Run!
00:50:19Run!
00:50:20Run!
00:50:21Run!
00:50:22Run!
00:50:23Run!
00:50:24Run!
00:50:44Run!
00:50:45Come on.
00:51:15I'm getting me a gun.
00:51:20Ballard's on the loose and killing everyone he meets.
00:51:22He's just got Mitch Evans and the two deputies.
00:51:45Come on.
00:52:15Come on.
00:52:26Who invited you in here?
00:52:28Shut up.
00:52:35Some nerd. Do you want me to get shot?
00:52:37They don't want you. They're looking for me.
00:52:39So you are a gunslinger.
00:52:41The whole town against you, those are tough odds.
00:52:45You're quite a guy.
00:52:48Yeah. With lots of friends.
00:52:51Like Mitch Evans?
00:52:55Afraid that breaks you up with Rose. Kind of permanent.
00:52:58Me, I'm different.
00:53:00I wouldn't care if you gunned my own man.
00:53:02Come to think of it, somebody should have.
00:53:05Stay here till it's dark.
00:53:07I'll take good care of you, honey. You'll be okay.
00:53:12Dolly, open the door.
00:53:16Dan Ballard's hiding around here somewhere.
00:53:18All right. So go find him. I'm busy.
00:53:25I'm looking for Ballard.
00:53:26Keep your nose out of my bedroom.
00:53:28Who you got in there?
00:53:29Nobody. He just went out.
00:53:31Who was it?
00:53:32I didn't get his name, but it wasn't Ballard.
00:53:35Well, he's around here someplace.
00:53:37We'll let Marshal McCarty handle you.
00:53:39Come on. We'll find the Marshal.
00:53:45Look, Dan. I can get you out of this jam.
00:53:47How?
00:53:48Tonight, after dark. I can get horses.
00:53:50Steal some grub from Taggart.
00:53:52We can make a getaway and give this town the boot.
00:53:54We?
00:53:55I'm not going anywhere.
00:54:00If you don't, you're gonna be a real dead cowboy.
00:54:03Oh, listen, honey.
00:54:04Nobody else in this town wants to see you anything but dry gulched.
00:54:07And that goes for Rose, too, since you gunned her brother.
00:54:11You're all right, darling.
00:54:12I'm sorry it had to be this way.
00:54:14How long do you think you're gonna last on the street?
00:54:16Not long enough to say your prayers. And for what?
00:54:18You're a woman. You oughta know.
00:54:22For Rose?
00:54:23A girl with her pride isn't sidin' up with any gunfighter.
00:54:27With respectable females, a lot of things come before their man.
00:54:32I'm sorry, darling.
00:54:34Okay, Jughead.
00:54:36If you got to, I guess you got to.
00:54:40Open up!
00:54:41Who is it?
00:54:42Marshal McCarty.
00:54:43Marshal McCarty.
00:54:46Go shine, you star. I'm busy.
00:54:48Are you gonna open up or do I have to bust my way in?
00:54:51Yeah, just a minute, as soon as I get my dress on.
00:54:57I'm coming in now!
00:55:02Make yourself at home.
00:55:08You're sure impatient.
00:55:10For a big boy with a gun, you're in an awful hurry.
00:55:12Where is he?
00:55:13Where's who?
00:55:14Ballard!
00:55:16Well, look under the rug.
00:55:17I might have swept him there.
00:55:43We nailed it up to keep out the rats.
00:55:50Seems it didn't work.
00:56:12What do you think this is, a French farce?
00:56:23If he isn't here, you know where he is.
00:56:26Tell me.
00:56:27Real tough, aren't you?
00:56:31Go on, try it again.
00:56:32If I knew anything, I wouldn't tell you.
00:56:34So let's settle for that.
00:56:36You got spirit.
00:56:38I like women with spirit.
00:56:40If I had more time, I'd...
00:56:41If I had more time, I'd...
00:56:47It's all right now.
00:56:48Everyone's out front getting drunk on free liquor, so the place downstairs ought to be deserted.
00:57:03McCarty could be inside.
00:57:04Come on, I'll go ahead and take a look.
00:57:06I'm getting my...
00:57:07I'm getting my 40-40, I ain't using years.
00:57:08I saw a hangin' once horse seat, dancin' in the air, like a Punchin' Judy show.
00:57:14You see the bullet holes in them two deputies?!
00:57:15Right between the eyes?
00:57:16Man, I know I'd love you, but I know I've loved you.
00:57:18It's almost over about 40 years.
00:57:21The one is, I'd love you.
00:57:22You see the moment.
00:57:23You see the bullet holes in them two deputies?
00:57:24I'm getting my .44 now. I ain't used it in years.
00:57:30I saw a hangin' once horse seat,
00:57:32dancin' in the air like a punchin' Judy show.
00:57:33You see the bullet holes in them two deputies?
00:57:35Right between the eyes.
00:57:36Man, that's what I call shootin'.
00:57:38I guess Miss Evans ducked. He only got it in the hand.
00:57:40I said there ain't nothin' bad enough for a man that shoots his best friend.
00:57:43Well, looks like we need more glasses.
00:57:44Come on, Paul. Give me a hand.
00:57:49Ain't you joinin' the party, Dolly?
00:57:51Yeah. What's the celebration for now?
00:57:53Started out for Dan Ballard's wedding.
00:57:54Huh. Now it's his funeral.
00:57:56Don't tell me he's dead.
00:57:57Not yet, but soon.
00:58:00The man who gets him can add all Ballard's notches to his gun.
00:58:02Be a regular bad man.
00:58:04And me, frying my brains out in the hot sun,
00:58:06fixing wire for a stinkin' murderer.
00:58:08Oh, your brains were fried before that.
00:58:10You know what I think?
00:58:11With what?
00:58:12I think that Dan Ballard cut those wires himself.
00:58:14Oh, they were cut all right. I saw that when I fixed them.
00:58:16Yes, sir.
00:58:18He was bluffin' when he asked me to send.
00:58:20Send what?
00:58:21The telegrams to Discovery.
00:58:22Well, why don't you send them and prove he's bluffing?
00:58:25Oh, I don't have to send them.
00:58:26I know I'll bluff her when I see one.
00:58:28Yeah, you should.
00:58:29Hey, Paul.
00:58:30Give me a hand with those glasses down at the end of the bar.
00:58:32You know, your company's not gonna like it
00:58:33when they find out you refuse to send.
00:58:35Oh, I ain't supposed to send on the 4th of July.
00:58:37Only, uh, in case of an emergency.
00:58:42What's funny?
00:58:43I was just thinking what your wife would say
00:58:46if she knew you were in here all alone with me.
00:58:49I...
00:58:50I gotta get me a drink.
00:59:01Thanks, Dolly.
00:59:02Takin' off me.
00:59:10I'm sorry, Al.
00:59:11I cut it on this.
00:59:14It's a lot, sucker.
00:59:15Marshal, Kirk and Wicker are dead.
00:59:31I know.
00:59:32Listen to me, folks.
00:59:35Ballard can't get away.
00:59:37The roads are blocked, and I'm deputizing every man in this town.
00:59:40Go home and get your guns.
00:59:42Marshal, men, listen to me.
00:59:45Mob violence is the death of any town.
00:59:48Let Ballard surrender.
00:59:53You've seen what Ballard is.
00:59:55There's only one way to deal with them, and the sooner the better.
00:59:59We'll search for them house by house.
01:00:01Keep your women and children off the streets and stay sober.
01:00:04Tracking down a man like Ballard is dangerous, dirty work.
01:00:08Now get moving.
01:00:08All right, come on.
01:00:09It's just a flesh wound.
01:00:22Keep it clean.
01:00:22Keep it quiet.
01:00:23I'll look at it again tomorrow.
01:00:26Come on.
01:00:27He's around here somewhere.
01:00:31Let's search the barn.
01:00:32I'll get Ballard for this.
01:01:01Stop it, Mitch.
01:01:03It was all your own fault.
01:01:23Rose.
01:01:23How's Mitch?
01:01:27He's all right.
01:01:29It's just a flesh wound.
01:01:33I came to tell you how sorry I am.
01:01:36I suppose you could have killed him.
01:01:39I ought to be grateful.
01:01:44Dan, why don't you give yourself up?
01:01:46Shooting and killing more people hasn't helped.
01:01:48And you haven't explained it.
01:01:51Give myself up.
01:01:54What chance do you think I'd have?
01:01:56You think anybody would believe me now?
01:01:58You heard what the judge said.
01:01:59He said McCarty's papers were genuine.
01:02:03Even you seem to think that.
01:02:05I've tried to believe you.
01:02:09Rose, you've got to trust me.
01:02:11My only chance is to stay here till I can clear myself.
01:02:15I've got to get a hold of Paul Herbert.
01:02:17I've got to make him send those wires
01:02:18and sit on the telegraph keys till he gets an answer.
01:02:23I'm innocent, I swear.
01:02:25But remember, I've got to prove it.
01:02:28I do believe you, Dan.
01:02:31Please be careful.
01:02:33I thought so.
01:02:35Haven't you done harm enough already?
01:02:40I did what I had to do.
01:02:42You've taken my daughter.
01:02:44You've tried to kill my son.
01:02:46You've destroyed the peace and quiet of a decent town.
01:02:49Now I'm turning you over to the law.
01:02:54I'm leaving.
01:02:57If you open that door, I'll kill you.
01:03:02Father!
01:03:05Don't move your gun, Mr. Evans, or it'll beat her life.
01:03:16Now turn around.
01:03:21Walk into the other room.
01:03:22If you see McCarty, tell him I'm not here.
01:03:24Stalled till I get away.
01:03:28What was that shot?
01:03:31It was killing my gun.
01:03:33Fired by accident.
01:03:35Ballard's in there, isn't he?
01:03:46He's got you covered.
01:03:55Hide in the barn.
01:03:56I'll send the doctor to you.
01:03:57I've got to get to the telegraph office.
01:03:59Now everything depends on his wires.
01:04:17You look tired, Rose.
01:04:19Better get some rest.
01:04:20That's right.
01:04:21I'll rest.
01:04:22While they hunt Dan down.
01:04:23Well, maybe I'll doze a little while they kill him.
01:04:26Or until he has to kill Mitch or my father.
01:04:29Don't you doctors ever make sense?
01:04:31What the hell are you doing?
01:04:33Well, let's help.
01:04:34Mr. Evans, you know.
01:04:37Come on, pigeon.
01:04:38If you take what...
01:04:38but I watch.
01:04:40I want torek.
01:04:41Do it, brother?
01:04:42I please help him out.
01:04:43I listen.
01:04:44A little fool will watch him.
01:04:45Take a meet-up sleep.
01:04:46Olar, come on.
01:04:48Mother Gesellschaft.
01:04:49Time to remember, girl...
01:04:51M
01:04:54He?
01:04:56Do you Hitler,'re...
01:04:56What'll it happen?
01:04:57It's been a wonderful month.
01:04:58Don't know why you got this.
01:04:59Let's go.
01:05:29Let's go.
01:05:57Pa!
01:05:58Paul, open up!
01:06:05They'll shoot to kill, Diane. You better surrender to me.
01:06:09Hold you fast.
01:06:11I want you alive, Ballard!
01:06:13But it's your choice.
01:06:17Stay where you are.
01:06:21We're gonna take a walk, Judge. Move.
01:06:28Let's go.
01:06:30Let's go.
01:06:32Let's go.
01:07:02Come on!
01:07:32Let's go.
01:08:02Reverend, I'm going into your church.
01:08:20Commit murder?
01:08:21That's Ballard's choice.
01:08:22He is unarmed.
01:08:23Then tell him to surrender.
01:08:25It's not for me to judge him.
01:08:26No, I can take care of that.
01:08:28I have faith that Dan Ballard wants only justice.
01:08:32Don't go in there, Mitch.
01:08:33An hour ago, Sheriff Woolley was alive.
01:09:00An hour ago, Wicker, Kirk, and Johnson were alive.
01:09:05Four good men, family men.
01:09:08Now they're dead.
01:09:09But the maker of widows and orphans is alive and safe.
01:09:14Safe in there.
01:09:17Dad, where's Paul Herbert?
01:09:19You go home, Rose.
01:09:20This is no place for a woman.
01:09:21And it's no place for a man.
01:09:23Step aside, Reverend.
01:09:27Dan Ballard sought sanctuary in this church.
01:09:29What sanctuary was there for those men that Ballard murdered?
01:09:33Come on.
01:09:34We're going in.
01:09:40Ladies, get us with strong order.
01:09:43There's vengeance and destruction in your faces.
01:09:45We don't want any speeches.
01:09:46We just want one ballard.
01:10:02Look in there.
01:10:06Let's stay out here.
01:10:06Then if he tries to escape, we can pick him off.
01:10:09Paul.
01:10:09Paul, did you send Dan's messages?
01:10:11No, and I'm not going to.
01:10:12I won't help a murderer.
01:10:13He's not a murderer.
01:10:14Do what the lady says, Paul.
01:10:16How dare you talk to me?
01:10:17What do you mean?
01:10:18I'll talk to you anyplace.
01:10:20Listen, you better send Ballard's messages
01:10:21or else your wife's going to find out
01:10:23a lot more than really happened.
01:10:24It's not true.
01:10:25It's a lie.
01:10:25Yeah, I know it is.
01:10:26But who'd believe you?
01:10:27Who believed Ballard?
01:10:29Come on, Paul.
01:10:29Come on, let's hurry.
01:10:32Not in there.
01:10:33The back door?
01:10:33Locked for the inside.
01:10:34Marshall!
01:10:35There's a trail of blood that leads up the stairs.
01:10:43I'll get him.
01:10:45No, you won't.
01:10:46I waited two years for this.
01:10:53Remember the commandment, thou shalt not kill.
01:10:55Thou shalt not kill.
01:10:58Oh, it's no use.
01:11:00I can't raise them.
01:11:01Keep tapping, Paul.
01:11:02Keep tapping.
01:11:03Oh, hurry, please, hurry.
01:11:25There he is.
01:11:26Look, there, there he is.
01:11:29Ow!
01:11:31Ow!
01:11:32Ow!
01:11:32Ow!
01:11:33Ow!
01:11:33Ow!
01:11:34Ow!
01:11:34Ow!
01:11:35Ow!
01:11:35Ow!
01:11:36Ow!
01:11:36Ow!
01:11:37Tell him to cut out that firing!
01:11:39Hurry, Paul.
01:11:40I can't do it.
01:11:41I tell you, it ain't legal.
01:11:42Right or else.
01:11:42Go on.
01:11:43Wait.
01:11:43Wait.
01:11:44Wait.
01:11:45Wait.
01:11:46Wait a minute.
01:11:47I think we...
01:11:48Your friends are trying to kill you, Ballard.
01:11:49If you want to live, you better make a deal.
01:11:50I can still get you.
01:11:51I can't do it.
01:11:52I tell you, it ain't legal.
01:11:53Right or else.
01:11:54Go on.
01:11:55Or else.
01:11:56Go on.
01:12:03Wait.
01:12:04Wait a minute.
01:12:05I tell you, we...
01:12:06What do you want?
01:12:07What do you want?
01:12:08The whole layout.
01:12:09Your land, your cattle, and your money.
01:12:12You got it.
01:12:13How are you going to get me through that crowd?
01:12:15There's got to be a deed of transfer, you know.
01:12:16I don't know.
01:12:17There's got to be a deed of transfer, you know.
01:12:18I don't know.
01:12:19If you want to live, you better make a deal.
01:12:20If you want to live, you better make a deal.
01:12:22I can still get you out of this.
01:12:23I'll deal.
01:12:24What do you want?
01:12:25The whole layout.
01:12:26Your land, your cattle, and your money.
01:12:28You got it.
01:12:31How are you going to get me through that crowd?
01:12:42There's got to be a deed of transfer, you know.
01:12:44I'll get us through.
01:12:46I'm still a U.S. marshal.
01:12:48Now get around here.
01:12:49Let's get started.
01:12:50Judge Cranston.
01:12:54Judge Cranston, read this.
01:12:59McCarty, not what he represents himself to be.
01:13:03Wanted for murder and cattle rustling.
01:13:07Dan Ballard, innocent of charge.
01:13:09You fixed it.
01:13:11But I won't do you any good.
01:13:12McCarty was lying all the time.
01:13:14McCarty, we're coming up.
01:13:18Nobody's coming up.
01:13:19Stay down there.
01:13:22Go back out of range.
01:13:24Hold your fire.
01:13:25He's got to come down this way.
01:13:27Looks like they're waiting for you now, McCarty.
01:13:32No matter what happens, I'll get you first.
01:13:34That's it.
01:13:36Shoot them all.
01:13:37How many bullets you got left?
01:13:38Two, three?
01:13:39Ow!
01:13:40Ow!
01:13:45Ow!
01:13:58McCarty's dead.
01:14:00A bullet through the heart.
01:14:01A bullet through the heart.
01:14:03But Ballard had no gun.
01:14:18Bullet ricocheted off the bell.
01:14:22Killed him.
01:14:26An act of God.
01:14:28Dan, there isn't much that I can say.
01:14:31But I think I can speak for all of us.
01:14:33We're sorry.
01:14:34You're sorry?
01:14:38A moment ago, you wanted to kill me.
01:14:42You forced me to kill.
01:14:44To defend myself.
01:14:45To save my own life.
01:14:48You wouldn't believe me.
01:14:49You wouldn't believe what I said.
01:14:51A man's life can hang in the balance.
01:14:54On a piece of paper.
01:15:01And you're sorry.
01:15:03And you're sorry.
01:15:04You're sorry, Mr.
01:15:05Look.
01:15:06You're sorry.
01:15:07Look.
01:15:07Come on.
01:15:27How do we know that telegram is real?
01:15:32Oh, we'll all wind up in jail for this.
01:15:34You just can't fool around with government business.
01:15:37Calm down, Polly.
01:15:38Unless you want your wife to find out what a gay blade you really are.
01:15:42Yeah, and she'd probably believe you, too.
01:15:44Oh, what a mess a man can get himself into.
01:15:47Well, divorce or no divorce, I'm going out there and tell them the truth.
01:15:52That those telegrams were fake and that you forced me to write them.
01:16:07It's a message for Dan.
01:16:10From Sheriff Harper of Discovery.
01:16:17Yeah, yeah, what does he say?
01:16:19Fred McCarty wanted.
01:16:25Murder and rustling.
01:16:31U.S. Marshall on way to silver load.
01:16:40Hallelujah!
01:16:42Oh, yeah.
01:16:43Oh, yeah.
01:16:44Oh, yeah.
01:16:45Oh, yeah.
01:16:47work with!
01:16:51Oh, yeah.
01:16:52By Larry.
01:16:56Oh, yeah.
01:16:59Oh, yeah.
01:17:00Oh, yeah.
01:17:02Oh, yeah.
01:17:04Oh, yeah.
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