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Webster, a man with three daughters, thinks he's found gold. He's worried that feisty Doris, a woman with three sons, is going to take it away from him.
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00:00I promised you'd be a rich man, Webster.
00:12You're standing ankle deep in your treasure.
00:14Or would you rather be dead?
00:30It's a very interesting article in the Arizona Press.
00:51Ancient ruins uncovered in Yavapai Valley.
00:54Discovery increases likelihood that legendary Indian treasure might be...
00:58I should have listened to the warnings about you.
01:00Just when things are, well, most pleasant, you up and take some ridiculous trip.
01:07Apparently the discovery was made by a homesteader.
01:09There's been some trouble about it already.
01:12Legend has it that that tribe, which is no longer there, was enormously wealthy.
01:17And you called yourself a gentleman.
01:21Leaving me now is scarcely a compliment to me.
01:23Well, in a way, perhaps, it's the greatest compliment I could pay you.
01:34As Cicero said,
01:36omnibus in rebus voluptatumus maximus,
01:40fastidium finitimum est.
01:45Excuse me.
01:45Good morning, Mr. Paladin.
01:57Good morning, eh, boy?
02:00Oh, good.
02:08Hey, boy,
02:09I want this letter to go
02:11on the stage through Tucson.
02:15I think we can just make it.
02:18That's fine.
02:18And have my usual gear waiting for me.
02:22In front of the public library,
02:24I have some things to look up.
02:25"'Papa!'
02:26I told you them chickens and ducks eat better than I do.
02:38They're faster.
02:39There's a man coming, Papa.
02:43Maybe another newspaper man.
02:45Willodine, Carolyn, there's a man coming.
02:50You keep your jaws latched this time, here.
02:55My name's Paladin.
03:02If you're Bud Webster, you probably got a cardamom.
03:05You took a long trip for nothing.
03:07You know how these writer fellas get things all mixed up?
03:10They all chew loco weed.
03:12Well, this one came up with some remarkably accurate hallucinations.
03:16They all sort of fitted the Yavapai legend.
03:22Four stitch boots.
03:24Fancy clothes.
03:27Your business must pay pretty well.
03:30Married?
03:31On the contrary.
03:34I guess I forgot my manners.
03:37I'd like you to meet my girls.
03:40Jacqueline.
03:41This one can make chow bean soup taste like it came off a hog.
03:45Cooks just like her mama.
03:47God rest her soul.
03:49Jacqueline.
03:51Willardine.
03:52She can read.
03:54Tell jokes.
03:55Sing.
03:56Keep a man laughing day and night.
03:59Willardine.
04:01And Caroline.
04:03Ride like a man.
04:05Shoot the eyes of a jackrabbit of 50 paces.
04:07Caroline.
04:08How do.
04:10Why don't you go get Everett, Papa?
04:13Lunch is about ready.
04:14We'll entertain Mr. Paladin for you.
04:17Care to come in and set a spell?
04:19Good idea.
04:20Take me about an hour to walk up and fetch my boy.
04:22Well, as a matter of fact, there's probably no reason for me to stay since everything that was in the newspaper wasn't true.
04:29Well, the fact is, we get downright lonely, Mr. Paladin, especially the girls.
04:36Man rides past here once in a blue moon.
04:39But I understood there was a cattle town only five months from here.
04:43Nothing but cheats in that town.
04:45They charged me every cent I had for this no good dried out land.
04:48Now they expect me to share my, my daughters.
04:53You think I'd let my girls mix with that sort?
04:55They ain't all cheats, Papa.
04:58Take that young Herbert fella.
05:00Ever catch you talking to him again, I'll stop you good here.
05:03That goes for Sims and Waters, too.
05:06Their cattle looks like they were bags on bones.
05:09It serves them right, too.
05:10Well, this country is known for drought conditions.
05:13Well, why didn't they tell me so when they sold me this land?
05:16Raining like cats and dogs the day I bought it.
05:19Not a drop since.
05:22I should have stuck to shoemaking.
05:25It looks like I won't have to fetch Everett.
05:38More trouble?
05:39No.
05:40Meet Mr. Paladin.
05:42You saw his card.
05:45Pa, I gotta have more...
05:50I gotta have a better plow.
05:52I told you to go easy on it.
05:54Well, you know how hard the sun bakes those fields.
05:57It's like rock.
06:00Understand?
06:01Like rock.
06:03Now, maybe you can get some credit at the store.
06:06On your next crop.
06:09We can't take a chance.
06:10I can't work those fields with my bare hands.
06:17All right.
06:17Hits the wagon.
06:34Ladies, as Cicero once remarked, and I translate very freely, there can be too much even of a good thing.
06:43Well, I think I'd better accompany your father into town.
06:49Excuse me.
06:50Excuse me.
06:50Oh, my God.
07:20We heard Bud Webster was thinking of hiring a gun.
07:47Take a seat, huh?
07:50Come on.
07:51Come on.
07:52Come on.
07:53Come on.
07:54Come on.
07:55Come on.
07:56Come on.
07:57Come on.
07:58Come on.
07:59Come on.
08:00Service a drink, Gene.
08:01No hard feelings.
08:02No hard feelings.
08:03No.
08:04No hard feelings.
08:05Whatever gave you that idea.
08:07No hard feelings, whatever gave you that idea.
08:12I ordered drinks, Jane.
08:14And don't tell me how much I already owe.
08:17Perhaps I could...
08:18Keep your hands above the table, mister.
08:22My name's Doris.
08:23Doris Golliman.
08:27My family owned this valley since 32.
08:30I branded the first steer that walked this range.
08:33Built the first line of barbed wire.
08:36I buried two husbands.
08:37What do you think of that?
08:42You got a name?
08:46Paladin.
08:48It's Herb.
08:49It's Bob.
08:50Herb.
08:52Bob.
08:55And I just sent Bill Sims on an errand.
08:58You'll like him, too.
09:00Well, I'm sure I will.
09:01May I give you a piece of advice?
09:02Here's some advice for you, mister.
09:04Don't mix in.
09:05This time, we've had enough.
09:08Our cattle are so dry, their bones rattle when they walk.
09:12Just like this town here.
09:14Most folks long since run.
09:17Now, we got two choices.
09:19Deep wells, as far down as we got to go.
09:23Or we run, too.
09:25Start all over again.
09:27Either way, it takes money.
09:30You get the idea?
09:32I think so.
09:34But Bud Webster told me he hasn't found the thing.
09:38And even if he had, that's his property, isn't it?
09:40I get the mineral rights to this property when I sold in that land.
09:44I ain't that crazy.
09:45We wouldn't sell a dirt clot from around here without keeping the rights.
09:50There's a whole storehouse of Yavapai gold somewhere around here.
09:54Fabulous Yavapai Valley.
09:56Even the Aztecs heard of it.
09:58Sent a great expedition north.
10:01And there was a tremendous earthquake.
10:03I want to know what you learned.
10:05What did Bud tell you?
10:07Bud told me the names of his three daughters.
10:11Don't you say nothing about those Webster girls, mister.
10:14No, he don't mean anything.
10:18They're the only three marron gals left around here now.
10:21Take your grubby hands off me, Bill.
10:24He's trying to get credit for a load of blasting powder.
10:27Every place I go, they follow me.
10:29I'm hiring you as of now.
10:30You don't need a gunman, you stupid old claw buster.
10:34I offered to split with you.
10:35What rights you got to make offers?
10:36This is my valley.
10:38If it wasn't for me, none of you would be here.
10:40Just a minute, Adores.
10:40We got a share coming, too.
10:42You see, everybody would end up with some but me.
10:44I kept the mineral rights, splashed you.
10:46You can keep the mineral rights.
10:48This comes under treasure.
10:49Treasure's right.
10:51Have a look at what he was showing, try to get credit.
10:57Gold toad.
10:59Solid gold.
11:00Where'd you find it?
11:02The story was true, huh?
11:03You really did find an Indian ruin.
11:05Show us the way and we'll give you a hand.
11:09Put them away.
11:10Put them away!
11:13I'll have the law on you for this woman.
11:15I'm complaining to the sheriff at Tucson.
11:17No, you're not.
11:18Unless you want half this state digging with you.
11:20See?
11:20You're as stupid as you're ugly.
11:22Listen to who's talking.
11:23I've seen prettier features on a cobbler's bench.
11:26All you know about is shoes.
11:27At least they keep their tongues laced in place.
11:30Which is more than I can say about some other...
11:31All right.
11:33Pack your blasting powder.
11:36I'll catch up with you later.
11:37What's he paying you?
11:42I'll pay you double.
11:43Cut you in for one fifth.
11:46You people are going to end up killing each other over a treasure that may not even exist.
11:50Better chance than it does.
11:52All right.
11:52But why argue about dividing something that may be non-existent?
11:57Let him dig.
11:59Hey.
12:00Who's side you on, paladin?
12:02My own.
12:03At least you ain't a liar.
12:07I'll take a chance on you.
12:09Thank you, ma'am.
12:10But just in case I'm wrong, you follow Bud Webster to his diggins and don't let him shake you this time.
13:10Lots of them rocks around.
13:24They don't mean nothing.
13:30You sure got a funny way of helping us.
13:35Snooping around the valley.
13:37Digging holes while we work.
13:39Where'd you disappear to yesterday?
13:42Land office, Tucson.
13:43How's the blasting coming along?
13:45Well, pa thinks it's time you come over there.
13:48Give us some protection.
13:49Oh?
13:50We broke through to something.
13:51Alder of some sort.
14:12Place of worship.
14:13Was buried almost out of sight.
14:16Stumbled onto it while we was out rabbit hunting.
14:19Dugged down, found this here stone path at the base of it.
14:22Kept digging, found that path lead right into the mountain there.
14:26Right into the mountain?
14:27That's when we decided to dig that shaft there, follow that stone path right in.
14:32If we hadn't dug down ten feet, we found the gold dove.
14:35Indians must have had an opening there once.
14:37Yeah, till the mountain caved in on it.
14:39Till the gold mine is still in there.
14:42Or maybe a treasure store.
14:43Or maybe both.
14:48Mr. Paladin.
14:49Uh, you know how the rest of that story goes?
14:58They used to worship a dragon or something.
15:02An animal of some sort.
15:03Probably your gold image is a replica of it.
15:06Or possibly a giant toad.
15:08Their grandchildren would remember that as a dragon.
15:10Heard about a toad that was accidentally walled up for years.
15:14Was still alive when they tore down the building.
15:17How long you figure a big one might live?
15:21Guarding the treasure?
15:24Well, you won't think it's so funny when you go in there.
15:27You see, we ain't cut through that last few feet of stone slab.
15:30Because Everett once thought he heard something through that slab.
15:35Follow me, Mr. Paladin.
15:37Stay here, boy.
15:47Our last blast broke through to this.
16:07Must be part of the original Indian tunnel.
16:10You look how smooth those rocks.
16:12Let's try something there.
16:13Yeah.
16:14Come on.
16:24This is as far as we got.
16:26You can see where that block of sandstone slipped down years ago and blocked the passageway.
16:41Notice how it's all cracked up there?
16:43We go through this carefully by hand.
16:49But in about three feet, I'll be a rich man.
16:52That's very likely.
16:53If it's the devil himself you hear in there.
16:57Earthquake?
16:59Come on!
17:00Earthquake?
17:01Earthquake?
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17:29Earthquake?
17:30You're going crazy!
17:32Your boy shot at us first!
17:34You was coming in on me! Guns drawn!
17:36All we want is our share!
17:38You fight us and we'll take it all!
17:40That gold belongs to me, woman!
17:44Another step, Sims!
17:46You two, Herb, I'll shoot to kill!
17:48Now, hold it all of you!
17:50You stay out of this paladin!
17:52There's no way to kill you!
17:54You stay out of this paladin!
17:56There's no way to kill you!
17:58You're going to kill each other over something that doesn't even exist!
18:00I wouldn't trust any gunman of yours, Bud Webster!
18:02You give me three minutes and I'll show you what's inside that tunnel!
18:06Twenty-five!
18:12Twenty-five!
18:14Twenty-five!
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18:54Twenty-five!
18:55Twenty-five!
18:56We can work this out.
19:00All right.
19:02I'd rather have half a share than none.
19:07You got nerve, woman.
19:09I like that.
19:26Come on, woman!
19:56I got the fuse in half.
20:11You have 30 seconds to get out of here.
20:13I promise you, you'd be a rich man,
20:15or would you rather be a dead one?
20:1725 seconds!
20:19If we get out of here, I'm gonna kill you!
20:21Go on!
20:26Get out of my way!
20:28Get out!
20:34I'm gonna cave in.
20:40I said I wanted to be rich.
20:42I'm gonna cave in.
20:47I said I wanted to be rich.
20:49I'm gonna cave in.
20:51I'm gonna cave in.
20:55I said I wanted to be rich.
20:57I was wrong.
20:59All we wanted was a decent chance out of life just once.
21:02You took that promise.
21:21Let's have a look at that gold image.
21:35If you lived in a green valley,
21:37your whole life depended on water
21:38which flowed to you through stone aqueducts.
21:40If you were an Indian and wanted to pick one animal to worship,
21:43which one would you choose?
21:46It was the webbed feet and the long swimming muscles.
21:49A frog. A water frog.
21:50I thought I recognized these stone patterns.
21:53At one time, this aqueduct system
21:55probably crisscrossed that entire valley down there.
21:57I guess after the tunnel was closed up by the earthquakes,
22:00the Yavapai tribe just disappeared,
22:03almost as if they dried up,
22:04and I guess that's just about what happened.
22:06Well, this is the Yavapai wealth.
22:08It's the kind that brings you crops and cattle.
22:11You are standing ankle-deep in gold, Mr. Webster.
22:16It's flowing down clear through the valley.
22:19Nobody owns that land in between.
22:21I'm going to file on it.
22:22Nobody diverts my water.
22:24New owner filed on it two days ago in Tucson.
22:28If it's a slight charge for water shares,
22:29I think we'll all find it a very profitable arrangement.
22:33All that fancy talk.
22:34He's a crook.
22:36A fancy-talking crook.
22:37He's taking our water, and I'll bet you're in with him.
22:39Me?
22:40Boy.
22:42The Yavapai Water Company has a further announcement.
22:45In order to promote peace and increase the population in the valley,
22:49which, of course, will serve my interests also,
22:51additional water shares will be given each married family at no charge.
22:55I've got over 700 head to water.
22:59Your daughter's home, old man.
23:00I saw them there earlier.
23:01Let's go.
23:01I think I'll, uh, go pay a call on Wanda.
23:16That ain't fair!
23:18We've got the largest holdings of all.
23:19Nobody our age left in the valley.
23:21We need water.
23:22Lots of it.
23:23It's funny.
23:23I don't see any problem at all.
23:46Don't you come this way.
23:49Look, my wife and I,
23:50we figured up that water will bring you only about a thousand a year.
23:57That's pretty reasonable for a double-crossing crook.
24:01Well, a thousand here and a thousand there.
24:03We figured you might, uh,
24:06kind of like sort of a souvenir.
24:14I'm going to have real frogs.
24:16Shade trees.
24:18Corn.
24:20Well, this old woman,
24:22I might even have some more kids.
24:24Oh!
24:26Mr. Webster, in this country,
24:28fresh water works miracles.
24:30Oh!
24:30I've gone, will travel, reach the card of a man.
24:44I've gone, will travel, reach the card of a man.
24:48I've gone, will travel, reach the card of a man.
24:59A knight without armor in a savage land.
25:04His vast gun for hire, he's the calling wind.
25:07His vast gun for hire, he's the calling wind.
25:13A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin.
25:19Paladin, Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?
25:27Oh!
25:27Oh!
25:27Oh !
25:28Oh!
25:34Oh!
25:35You
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