- 5 weeks ago
A refined married couple from Boston trying to make a go of a frontier ranch. Trouble is established rancher (De Santis) thinks he's entitled to Townes' land.
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00:00I can stop this brutality. I can stop it right now, but if I do, he won't be worth anything to you or himself for the rest of his life.
00:30I can stop it.
00:37I can stop it.
00:42I can stop it.
00:49I can stop it.
00:54You're in, Andy.
01:01Stop that. Stop that at once.
01:05You're in, Henry.
01:10You're in, Henry.
01:21There he is.
01:22Fresh fruit for everyone.
01:35Party's over, gentlemen. Time for everybody to leave.
01:37What business is it of yours?
01:40Henry's an old friend of mine.
01:42Friend of yours?
01:43That's right. We once had the same tailor.
01:46Now, are you leaving or would you like to try another apple?
02:01You're welcome.
02:02What did you mean?
02:04About my tailor.
02:05Well, it is Brooks Brothers, isn't it?
02:08Yes.
02:09But...
02:10In my youth, Henry, I was the best dressed bouncer in Scully Square.
02:14Scully?
02:16Remarkable.
02:17Well, I'm surprised you recognize it.
02:19I would have placed you more in the area of Back Bay Station.
02:22You'd be right.
02:24The ancestral home is there.
02:26I traveled around a bit in Scully.
02:28Rudio's, Kelly's, Monaghan's.
02:30Well, I'm delighted to have recognized a friend.
02:33Well, I'm surprised that you could recognize anything under this disguise.
02:37I must look like a snow sculpture of John Quincy Adams.
02:40This sort of thing happen often.
02:42Only as often as I come to town.
02:45Can you keep coming?
02:46I have to.
02:48Not that I'm specially brave.
02:50My wife and I have to eat.
02:52Well, why don't you go back to Boston?
02:54I've been exiled by my family.
02:56I committed a very great crime.
02:58They've never forgiven me.
03:00Well, Henry, I'm very happy to have met you.
03:06Give my regards to Mrs...
03:13You know, I don't even know your last name.
03:15Here's my card.
03:17Do come and visit us if you're going to be in the area for a while.
03:20We'd be delighted to have you any time.
03:22Henry Prince, Long Valley Ranch.
03:24That's right. Just follow the road west out of town.
03:26Well, since we're exchanging cards...
03:29You are...
03:43A businessman, Henry.
03:45I see.
03:47But does it mean that when you helped me, you were just...
03:49passing out a free sample of your work?
03:51No.
03:52I helped you because you were badly outnumbered.
03:55And because we once had the same tailor.
03:57Good.
03:59Do come and visit us.
04:00Thank you, I will.
04:02Paul, what was the grave crime you committed?
04:06I married an actress from the Brattle Theatre.
04:09It's a lovely girl. I think you'd like her.
04:12Yeah.
04:31Got a match?
04:35I think so.
04:42Here, try one of mine.
04:48That's a good cigar.
04:50Anything go with it?
04:51Just a little advice.
04:53I watched you break up that celebration around Henry.
04:57That was a big, hardy thing to do.
04:59Oh?
04:59The trouble is, some folks around here are not going to understand your reason.
05:03But you do.
05:04Sure I do.
05:05I would have done the same thing if I'd just written up.
05:08But you can't know the whole story from the way things look on the top.
05:11Suppose there was a reason for what you saw going on.
05:15All right, I'll suppose that.
05:17Suppose you had worked hard all your life ranching.
05:20And you had your eye on a little place that you thought was the only thing you wanted.
05:24And suppose this place came up for sale.
05:26And I'll suppose that.
05:27Suppose some little fellow came out from the east.
05:31Didn't savvy anything about ranching.
05:33Nothing but a lot of money.
05:35And he bought this place out from under you by offering twice what it was worth.
05:40Wouldn't you get mad?
05:42I suppose I would.
05:43Now, you take Bill Whitney.
05:46The fellow you shot the apple out of his hand.
05:48He's a tough customer.
05:50He don't forget things like that.
05:52Oh?
05:53If I know Bill Whitney, he's in the saloon behind us right now looking down your neck.
05:58Bill Whitney, is he the rancher that lost the place he wanted?
06:01No.
06:02No.
06:03I am.
06:04Whitney's my foreman.
06:06And if I just raise my hand, he'll blow your head off.
06:11Now, I advise you to get out of that two o'clock stage.
06:15I see.
06:18Now, could we do a little more supposing?
06:20Go ahead.
06:23Suppose you started to raise your hand.
06:26That's possible.
06:27And suppose this Derringer went off.
06:30You might be injured quite severely.
06:34Looks like I wasted a good cigar.
06:36Some good advice.
06:38Would you like to call it a stalemate?
06:41Go out back to the ranch, Whit, and take the boys with you.
06:46I'm going to run Henry Prince off that ranch.
06:50I suppose that means I'm going to see more of you.
06:56I suppose so.
07:00Just because we live among savages doesn't mean we have to adopt their morals.
07:04I'm so tired of being beaten up and bullied by Bryant's men.
07:09That you'd hire someone to kill Bryant.
07:11Of course not.
07:13I'm sorry.
07:14I'm sorry I even considered it for a minute.
07:16Oh, I know this hasn't been easy for you.
07:22You're the one who has to take the punishment, not me.
07:25It's all right.
07:26Bruises heal.
07:27How do you do, Mrs. Prince?
07:43How do you do?
07:46Do I know you?
07:47I don't believe so, but I know you.
07:49I once had the privilege of witnessing your performance as Ophelia in the Brattle Theater.
07:55Ophelia.
07:56Well, that's longer ago than I care to remember.
08:00Won't you come in, Mr.
08:02Paladin.
08:09Paladin.
08:09How could you possibly know anything about the Brattle Theater?
08:31I come from a very large family.
08:34My relatives and their friends seem to control the social life in every city in the East.
08:38They regarded me as something slightly less than a case of typhoid.
08:43Anyway, we decided to come out west and we bought this ranch.
08:48We had no idea that Bryant even wanted it.
08:51Would you like some coffee?
08:53Please.
08:55We can't find any friends.
08:56We can't even hire any help.
08:59I have 500 head of young cattle arriving soon and I don't know how I'm going to look after them.
09:03Do you have any crew at all?
09:05Well, I have one Mexican hand, Guillermo.
09:08He's out mending the fence for me.
09:11Would you like to take the job as my foreman?
09:13You can name your own price.
09:16Well, I'm sorry, Henry.
09:17That's not exactly in my line.
09:19I'm not a rancher.
09:20I'm a businessman.
09:20A strange kind of business, Mr. Paladin.
09:26We may have our troubles, but we don't sanction killing.
09:32Well, I don't care much for it either.
09:35I try to avoid it whenever possible, but there's always that risk.
09:41We'd have to be pushed awfully hard to take that risk.
09:44Get over by the fireplace.
10:00It's Guillermo.
10:02What's happened to him?
10:03He's been tarred and feathered.
10:05Henry!
10:05I think we suddenly need someone in your business.
10:12You're hired, Mr. Paladin.
10:13Do you suppose I'll ever be able to do that?
10:29Henry, anyone can learn to shoot coins.
10:31A man's heart is larger, but it's a more difficult target.
10:34Why so?
10:35Well, it takes a certain kind of nerve to draw on another human being.
10:39No offense, Matt, but I doubt that you have it.
10:41All your training and background are against you.
10:45Well, Gloria and I have decided that I must learn.
10:47We've no choice.
10:49All right.
10:52Try this for a starter.
10:57Hang it, Fredo.
10:58Any time you're ready.
11:20This is a new gun.
11:21Maybe the sights are set wrong.
11:23Oh?
11:24I guess my sights are set wrong.
11:40Well, I've got to learn.
11:42I must.
11:43All right.
11:44We'll try another lesson.
11:49I want you to draw on me.
11:51Draw on fire.
11:52Come on, Henry.
11:52Hold on to think.
11:54Draw.
11:55Fire.
12:02Now, how many chances do I have to kill you?
12:04Three.
12:05More?
12:06That gun's not even loaded.
12:07Pull the trigger.
12:09You must always count your shots.
12:13I have a great deal to learn.
12:15Henry, I don't think you're going to have time to learn it all.
12:17Henry!
12:17Henry!
12:17Henry, Mr. Paladin, Guillermo's awake.
12:23He said that last night he overheard Bryant's men saying they were going to burn our lower pasture.
12:27When?
12:27He thinks it may be tonight.
12:29Henry, who can't tell him.
12:29Henry, who is your guy?
12:30Henry.
12:30Henry, you and Guillermo.
12:34He's the one that's going to be in the middle of his head.
12:38Henry, Henry.
12:38Henry, Henry, Henry.
12:42Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry.
12:47Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry.
12:55Henry, Henry, Henry.
12:58Drop that, and you're dead, Brian.
13:14Blow it out.
13:16Henry.
13:18Your ammo, move in.
13:22Run for it!
13:23Get out!
13:24Pink!
13:24Wait for me!
13:30Drop, drop.
13:31Hey!
13:32Hey!
13:33Hey!
13:33Hey!
13:35Hey!
13:37Hey!
13:54Are they both dead?
14:25My fault.
14:27All my fault.
14:31It's all my fault.
14:32No, it isn't, Henry.
14:34Whatever fault there is must be shared by a number of people.
14:36You, Bryant, Bryant's men, me.
14:39Well, you don't understand.
14:40It's my fault that Guillermo's dead.
14:41I could have killed Bryant's man before he even lifted his gun, and...
14:45I couldn't pull the trigger.
14:47Well, I'm not surprised.
14:49Before you came west, the most violent thing you'd ever been involved in was a pillow fight in a Harvard dormitory.
14:53This is a different world.
14:55Are you saying that we don't belong here, Mr. Paladin?
14:58No, Mrs. Prince.
14:59I'm saying that you both have a very painful adjustment to make.
15:02Well, it's true.
15:03We don't belong here.
15:05I don't want to kill.
15:05I don't want to be killed.
15:07I've had enough.
15:08Now, Henry, don't get upset.
15:11Every time I go to town, I get run out.
15:14I'm expecting 500 head of cattle, and I can't even hire a man.
15:19I'm facing arsonists and gunfighters.
15:21Now, I've had enough.
15:23I'll sell out to Bryant for anything that he offers.
15:26Henry, I'm not going to run anymore.
15:29What do you expect me to do?
15:31We've been running ever since we were married.
15:35No more.
15:40But you don't understand.
15:42In the East, it was just unpleasant.
15:45Out here, it's impossible.
15:46I can't be what I'm not.
15:47And I'm not a gunfighter.
15:49It's your choice to make, Henry.
15:53If you give in to Bryant, I'll leave you forever.
15:57Perhaps I'd rather be a live bachelor than a dead husband.
16:04What's that?
16:07Looks like 500 head of cattle arriving.
16:14Gloria, looks like tomorrow's going to be a busy day.
16:27My advice is to put them in the lower pasture land.
16:35All right.
16:36We'll have to ride the fence first to be sure Bryant's men haven't cut it.
16:40And the next job you'll have will be finding some men to ride herd on them.
16:49Those are Bryant's men.
16:50We'll have to stop them.
17:00No, it's too late for that.
17:01Now all we can do is get ahead of the herd and turn them when they tire cut.
17:03We'll have to go!
17:13We'll have to go!
17:24Hey, Bryant!
17:26Pick!
17:26Hey!
17:27Hey, you資產!
17:28Hey, Bryant!
17:30Hey!
17:31Hey!
17:32What are you going to do about this, Mr. Paladin?
17:49Well, what do you suggest I do, Mrs. Prince?
17:55We got the cattle back.
17:56I suggest that you don't have the cattle back on you.
18:01I suggest that you retaliate.
18:04How else are we going to stop them?
18:05You're a beautiful woman, Mrs. Prince.
18:07A beautiful woman and a very talented actress.
18:11But you're also a very demanding wife.
18:14You don't like violence, but you don't like to give in.
18:18You want to fight, but you don't want anyone to be hurt.
18:23Is that all?
18:24You married Henry because he was cultured and charming,
18:27and now you're impatient with him because he can't be hard and ruthless.
18:31You don't want him to be like me.
18:33You want to use me, and yet you have no respect for my profession.
18:37You're a very difficult woman to please.
18:42The issue is, Mr. Paladin,
18:45that a band of ruffians are tormenting us immorally and illegally.
18:51We have engaged you to protect us,
18:55and instead you evade your responsibility by criticizing us,
18:59by making us think that we are wrong.
19:02Right and wrong are not that easy to decide.
19:06You bought this land out from people who bled and sweat and died for it.
19:13You did not take those people into consideration.
19:16You laid down your inherited money,
19:18moved in, and expected them to like it.
19:20You will have to look a little deeper for right and wrong here.
19:28Henry, do you have anything to say about this?
19:35Why don't you consider the possibility that Mr. Paladin is right?
19:39I don't think he's gone.
19:58Do you really think she's leaving?
20:02That sounded like it.
20:08I love her very much, you know.
20:10I'd do anything to keep from losing her.
20:13Well, let her go into town tonight. She can stay in the hotel.
20:16Shouldn't I try to stop her?
20:17She can't get a stage out until tomorrow afternoon.
20:20By then, she will have been able to realize that if she leaves, she'll miss you.
20:24Well, now what am I supposed to do?
20:26Now you're supposed to hire a crew to take care of your herd.
20:28Tomorrow, I want you to put a notice up in town offering to hire men at a higher wage than Bryant's paying.
20:35Bryant won't like that.
20:36No, he won't.
20:37But you're going to put the notice up, and you're going to keep it up just the same.
20:41What you said to Gloria just now about my opponents,
20:44I never realized they had so much right on their side.
20:50That's not an unusual circumstance, Henry.
20:53They think you have no right on yours.
20:58How's it going to be?
21:00I'm going to be here.
21:08Could you tell me please, where does the stagecoach leave for the east?
21:13...where does the stagecoach leave for the East?
21:16...But you don't tear up aé•· SAP, oh, listen.
21:20...And the old hiking runner,
21:21well tell us,
21:22...I order to ‑‑
21:22let me see you.
21:24Check it out.
21:25...
21:25Could you tell me, please,
21:27where does the stagecoach leave for the East?
21:29Sure, honey.
21:30Come right along with me.
21:31We'll find it sooner or later.
21:32You filthy habs.
21:33all E!
21:35Going to be trouble down with the post office
21:36around the East.
21:37Ha, ha, ha.
21:47Men wanted for Long Valley Ranch.
21:49Foreman, $50 a month.
21:51Cow hands, $35 a month.
21:54Awful high wages.
21:55You'll figure to steal my crew.
21:58We'd tear it down.
22:01Clint, he ain't gonna get nobody in anyhow.
22:04I said tear it down.
22:07Good.
22:09Come on!
22:16Come on, Ed.
22:18Come on, Ed.
22:19Come on, Ed!
22:20All right, Whit.
22:21Make them remember.
22:28Ah, no, John.
22:30Let's go.
22:34Oh, John.
22:36Finish him.
22:38He's had enough. Let him alone.
22:40You're fired.
22:56All right, Mr. Bryant. Now you put it up.
22:59Put it back up!
23:06Let's go.
23:26Now, I think it's time you two gentlemen met on some more reasonable basis.
23:29This is Mr. Whitney, who I understand is looking for a job.
23:33This is Mr. Prince, who I hear is looking for a foreman.
23:53We're indebted to you for all you've done.
23:57I hope this check is adequate.
23:59I'm sure it's more than adequate.
24:01Gentlemen.
24:09There is one more thing I can do.
24:11I see that you're not barred from the Stock Exchange Club.
24:14Don't bother, Henry.
24:16I'm the president of the San Francisco chapter.
24:31See you soon.
24:32See you soon.
24:33See you soon.
24:35We'll see you soon.
24:36Oh, my God.
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