Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
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00:01:38Old engineer
00:01:39Loses more steam
00:01:40When he gets in a cylinder
00:01:42Can't even pack a bearing
00:01:43I had to do it myself
00:01:45What are you doing?
00:01:46Still juggling those figures?
00:01:48I'm not juggling
00:01:48Have a look
00:01:49We'll make about 800 this time
00:01:51Is that all for all the work we did?
00:01:54I'm going dafty
00:01:55Carrying free up and down this river
00:01:58Dan
00:01:58Let's sell a Betsy and get into something else
00:02:01Well 800 may not be much
00:02:02But it's safe and sure
00:02:04Yeah
00:02:05At least we had some excitement
00:02:06When we owned the old Hattie T
00:02:08Was it your idea to swap her for this?
00:02:10Yeah but the whole setup has changed
00:02:12It was a war on
00:02:12A man could make some real money
00:02:14But don't you remember?
00:02:15Oh I remember all right
00:02:16I remember getting a broadside of midships
00:02:18From the Union gunboat
00:02:19Taking splinters out of my
00:02:21Hide for two weeks
00:02:23You got a hundred dollars for every splinter
00:02:26That's right
00:02:26And confederate money
00:02:28War's over Pax
00:02:29We can't start another one
00:02:30Just because you're restless
00:02:32Me
00:02:33I like the river
00:02:34Always so peaceful and quiet
00:02:49Oh hey
00:02:50Hey
00:02:51Austin
00:02:52Those are nice tender cows
00:02:54You must treat them tender
00:02:55Say lazy one
00:02:56Why those cows is not across the river huh?
00:02:59Those ranchos
00:02:59They catch us
00:03:00They will hang us by the neck
00:03:01Until they don't leave some more
00:03:03We got no time to die now
00:03:05Hey
00:03:05Allez
00:03:06Allez
00:03:06Allez
00:03:07Allez
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00:03:26Allez
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00:03:28Let it be. Nobody cares what time it is out here, except maybe the sand, please.
00:03:32Well, I care, because it's regulation.
00:03:34And if you'd ever sail before the mast, you'd know it.
00:03:37You see going there. I've sailed the baby straight.
00:03:39I've picked whole whales from Mindora to Madagascar.
00:03:42Now, sail away.
00:03:42I think I'll scuttle you.
00:03:44Now, don't.
00:03:46Sail away is off its course.
00:03:52Now, you undersized jellyfish, repeat after me.
00:03:55I'll never speak no more foul slander against my friend.
00:03:59He and that Ronnie are up there fighting again.
00:04:02Hey, sail away.
00:04:04Ronnie.
00:04:14But sail away, we don't have to...
00:04:17Come on.
00:04:19Speak.
00:04:23Oh, the port bow.
00:04:24School of sea cows. Look.
00:04:26You ain't getting out of this.
00:04:28Say it.
00:04:28Sea cows.
00:04:30Hey, I'll be my boat.
00:04:31You say it.
00:04:35Hey.
00:04:42You floatin' little living, don't you know better than to block a channel?
00:04:45Sail away, can't you, Mr. Sandbar, even in broad daylight?
00:04:47But it wasn't his fault.
00:04:49I've navigated the reefs of Nukaheva in a typhoon.
00:04:51I've sailed the shoals of...
00:04:53Never mind that.
00:04:53Why'd you run the ground?
00:04:54Oh, them mossy horned sea lions push me here.
00:04:57You'll need a better excuse than that if you can't get it off.
00:04:59Full speed astern.
00:05:00Aye, aye, sir.
00:05:01Full speed astern.
00:05:02Full speed astern.
00:05:10Pebler, you up there.
00:05:11I think maybe you thought she had stuck good.
00:05:15That man at the wheel should stay awake when the river ship ends.
00:05:18You blubbery knuckle joint.
00:05:26I'm sorry, my friend, but I don't like the haircut with those harpoons.
00:05:30Shut her off, Runny.
00:05:31Now that you've shown us your fancy shooting, how about getting us off this sandbar?
00:05:36You got us on.
00:05:37Maybe we do business.
00:05:39I come aboard.
00:05:41I got an idea.
00:05:43He's got a funny notion about business.
00:05:49Now, bring my bottom.
00:05:51Thirty years of floating, I'm wearing up high and dry on a Texas sandbar.
00:05:54You must have done your floating in the bathtub.
00:05:58I'll float you.
00:06:04Domenic Andre Ippoli St. Anne, just your service.
00:06:07That's quite a collection of handles.
00:06:09There is a costume in my Louisiana.
00:06:11And yours?
00:06:12I'm Paxton Bryce.
00:06:13This is Dan Taylor, my partner.
00:06:15What's your deal?
00:06:16Well, I am in quick hauling.
00:06:17You carry my cows and I will pull it off your boat.
00:06:21Somebody after you, huh?
00:06:22Looks like they're rustling.
00:06:24Ah, that is old fashioned.
00:06:25The wars here make enough cows for us all.
00:06:27What's a war got to do with it?
00:06:28Everything.
00:06:29The owners, they go away to fight.
00:06:30They stay four years.
00:06:32And these cattle travel all over Texas by himself and make plenty of little ones.
00:06:36These are what we call in French,
00:06:38libre comme l'air, like English, free like the air.
00:06:41They belong to no one.
00:06:42They got no brand.
00:06:43And finders is keepers, huh?
00:06:46Sortie more.
00:06:46Oh, I have a soft heart.
00:06:48I ask myself, Dominic, these poor cattle, they don't got no home.
00:06:51So I gather them together and I take them to live on my home.
00:06:54That's very kind of you.
00:06:55Why are you in such a hurry?
00:06:57Well, these ranchers, they want to keep all the wild cattle, so they chase me.
00:07:02Upon this sense, I am telling you the truth.
00:07:05Ah, that's good enough for me.
00:07:06What do you say, Dan?
00:07:07I guess it's all right.
00:07:09The Betsy Ann gets paid for what she carries.
00:07:11Oh, I am honest man.
00:07:13I wish to go to Mirio Landing on the Louisiana side.
00:07:16How many cows you got?
00:07:17About 1,000.
00:07:18Cost you a dollar a head.
00:07:19Eh bien, I will get my men started, huh?
00:07:21Tie a rope to the back of the boat.
00:07:22A bit.
00:07:22Hello.
00:07:23They're in cattle.
00:07:25It's plum degrading, Ronnie.
00:07:27It could have been goats.
00:07:30Hey, Dominic.
00:07:32I'd like to hear some more about those poor orphan cows.
00:07:52Ed, those cattle are worth a lot of money.
00:07:54All the fishermen had to do was pick them up.
00:07:56What's the matter, Jim?
00:07:57The bearing again?
00:07:58No, sir.
00:07:59But I just made eyes on who we're carrying.
00:08:00That's Dominic Mochard, the fellow that raided Parkville.
00:08:03Mochard?
00:08:03Well, he's the one who was men who sent me to Texas into a shooting gallery.
00:08:06Get below, Jim.
00:08:07We may need a full head of steam.
00:08:08We better get our money quick.
00:08:13Well, how about our money?
00:08:15There.
00:08:16Oh.
00:08:17Hi, babe.
00:08:21Later, when I get the money for the cows.
00:08:24Pay an hour or you don't take them off, Mochard.
00:08:26Oh, Bouchard, so you know me, huh?
00:08:29That is of no consequence.
00:08:30Boy, where are the cars off, boy?
00:08:32I say, I'll pay later.
00:08:35Pierre, get those cars off quick.
00:08:38And keep your eyes on the American.
00:08:41Billy, Henry, get the cattle off the boat, quick!
00:08:52Full speed ahead, full speed ahead.
00:09:07Oh, Bouchard!
00:09:08Haa, I'm gonna get out of here.
00:09:13Oh, Bouchard!
00:09:13Hey, you brass dimmicks!
00:09:13Why didn't you tell me something I don't know?
00:09:16Ooh!
00:09:22Hey, you brass dimmicks, why didn't you tell me something I don't know?
00:09:30Bouchard, your cows just about paid for our trouble.
00:09:33And we never give credit.
00:09:35Eh bien, monsieur, I still owe you something, but I always pay.
00:09:53Well, looks like we're in the cattle business.
00:09:55Sooner he'd handed us the money, though.
00:09:57He handed us an idea that's worth millions. We're way ahead.
00:10:01This whole end of Texas is full of cattle that don't belong to anybody.
00:10:05That's what increased during the war.
00:10:07We buy the land, all the cattle under their hours.
00:10:10Sounds like a great idea. It's too much for a gamble.
00:10:12Gamble? So it was running a blockade, but we made money, didn't we?
00:10:16Can't you see it, Dan? This beats any deal we've ever been in.
00:10:19We can take the money we've got, sell these cattle, end up at the end.
00:10:24We can buy land for the square mile, round up cattle by the thousands,
00:10:28sell them and buy more land.
00:10:29We'll have a ranch like nobody's ever seen before.
00:10:32It'll be like going in your own country, wouldn't it?
00:10:34It'll be bigger than that. It'll be like a... like an empire.
00:10:38An American empire.
00:10:42Well, if you're flying high, I'll clap along with you.
00:10:45We'll get the river before we'll go have a talk with the land agent.
00:10:48Then I think we ought to drink a couple of toast to a mighty bright future, don't you?
00:10:54Hi, I'm a man.
00:10:55You got it!
00:10:55Nobles!
00:10:55I want to finish the lumberhouse!
00:10:55I've got to finish theber!
00:10:57I've got the ground!
00:10:59Who! Who? Who! Who?! Whorop.
00:11:03We'll get him.
00:11:19Worse than a Nantuckers sleigh ride.
00:11:22I'll put the law on you.
00:11:24Oh, where's my customer?
00:11:26My customer!
00:11:50Hello, little fella.
00:11:52What a place to roost.
00:11:56You're the biggest prize I ever got in a grab bag.
00:11:59Is there any more in there like you?
00:12:00Isn't one victim enough, or do you gently run them down with a dozen?
00:12:04Let go of my hat.
00:12:09You ain't hurt, Mom.
00:12:10I'll live.
00:12:12Hey, did you bust the stadium, Skipper?
00:12:14Not a one, not a one.
00:12:15Get out of here.
00:12:17This ain't no corral.
00:12:21And you, mister, it will cost you a lot of money for this damage.
00:12:25All right, it'll cost me a lot of money.
00:12:26There you are.
00:12:27Take that and keep the change.
00:12:28All right, boys, show's all over.
00:12:30I'll see you down at the music hall.
00:12:31Hey, you've got a wonderful store here.
00:12:43Go ahead.
00:12:44Time for my luggage, too.
00:12:46I'm sorry, ma'am.
00:12:47Honest, I am.
00:12:48I mean about the whole thing.
00:12:50You ought to be sorry.
00:12:51A grown man playing horseback on a cow.
00:12:54I ought to call the police.
00:12:55You'll have to call awful loud because we're not blessed with him out here.
00:12:59That's too bad.
00:13:01You belong in jail.
00:13:02Missy, you're tacking way off your course because he's the finest little skipper that ever tried the deck.
00:13:08That's my compliments, ma'am.
00:13:10To cool you off.
00:13:14Little lady.
00:13:16My compliments.
00:13:18To hold in your temper.
00:13:20And may I compliment all.
00:13:21Oh, I've never seen finer specimens of drunken hoodlums.
00:13:25Ooh.
00:13:29Is she upset or something?
00:13:31Ha, ha, ha.
00:13:35Well, I've shivered and froze over half the Arctic Circle, hunting these here whale bones so women can hold up
00:13:42their reputations.
00:13:43What thanks do I get?
00:13:44Ha, ha.
00:13:45She reminds me of the Hattie T.
00:13:47Got the lines of a clipper and the disposition of a balky barge.
00:13:51I sure hope we don't sight her again.
00:13:54Ha, ha.
00:13:54Let's go back where we came from.
00:13:59Hey, Dan.
00:14:00Go, Dan!
00:14:01What in a Sam Hill?
00:14:02Where are you?
00:14:02What happened?
00:14:03I thought you were going to meet me after you got tied up.
00:14:05Well, something happened that kept me on board.
00:14:07Oh, did you miss a time?
00:14:08Yeah, sure.
00:14:09I guess you did the honors for both of us, huh?
00:14:11Better sleep at all.
00:14:11Oh, I don't want to go to bed.
00:14:13We're going back to the music hall.
00:14:14Hey, will you see the redhead I got lined up?
00:14:16Well, we'll make it some other night.
00:14:17What's the matter with you?
00:14:18Didn't you hear me?
00:14:19I said a redhead.
00:14:20She's even prettier than the one you sent the violence to in Galveston.
00:14:22I didn't have a girl in Galveston.
00:14:24Must have been stale away.
00:14:25Stale away, my eye.
00:14:26It was you she threw the lamp at.
00:14:32What's she doing here?
00:14:33You know we don't allow women on board.
00:14:35She's no woman.
00:14:36This is my kid sister, Abigail.
00:14:38Abby?
00:14:39This is Paxton Bryce.
00:14:40She arrived this afternoon and had a kind of an accident with a no-account drunk.
00:14:46Well, what's so funny?
00:14:48I was the accident.
00:14:49Well, she said that it was a low-down, no-good rowdy.
00:14:52I should have recognized you, Paxton.
00:14:54Well, I furnished so much amusement.
00:15:02How does she happen to cruise in?
00:15:03Did you send for her?
00:15:04Well, not exactly.
00:15:05That is, I might have mentioned in one of my letters that we had a lot of room on board.
00:15:08Oh, yeah, sure, sure, sure.
00:15:09And you also told her we're going to make her stab at Rearford.
00:15:12Holy smoke, Dan.
00:15:13We haven't got time to be a couple of nursemaids.
00:15:15Now, listen, Pepperpot.
00:15:16I did send for her.
00:15:17We probably hurt her feelings.
00:15:18That's too bad, but she can't stay.
00:15:25Poor kid.
00:15:25She's probably crying her eyes out.
00:15:27Fine reception we gave her.
00:15:29This country's no place for her.
00:15:30It's going to have to be.
00:15:32And my aunt, who she's been living with, died.
00:15:34Well, naturally, she feels that her place is with me now.
00:15:37I'm very sorry, but our plans don't include kid sisters.
00:15:41She's going back east.
00:15:42Give her any excuse you like, but you've got to get rid of it.
00:15:45Nothing doing.
00:15:45Now, it's up to me to look after, and she stays.
00:15:48Look, Dan, you know how bossy women are.
00:15:52Before you know it, she'll be telling us what to do.
00:15:54She has the whole place upside down.
00:15:55Well, if that's...
00:15:56You won't even know that she's around, and I promise you it won't.
00:15:59All right, see that I don't.
00:16:17I suppose I'll have to stand for some of these changes around, but the Hattie T stays right there.
00:16:23Sorry, I'm just going to put up something I like better.
00:16:25Well, maybe your brother doesn't mind if you make a parlor out of this cabin,
00:16:28but I'd appreciate it if you let my things alone.
00:16:30And where are the old curtains? I like them.
00:16:32Those are the old curtains. I just washed them.
00:16:35Would you mind telling me where my pipes are?
00:16:37Here they are.
00:16:38I washed them for you.
00:16:40You what?
00:16:40Don't get so excited. It's only soap and water.
00:16:43Only soap and water?
00:16:43All my...
00:16:45And with my shaving brush.
00:17:10So, I wasn't even going to know she was on board.
00:17:12In the last two weeks, she's overhauled everything with the engine.
00:17:14Oh, summer down, Pax. Personally, I like the way she's fixing things.
00:17:18And don't forget the good meals she's been cooking.
00:17:20Yeah, all the comforts are home.
00:17:21If I had enough, I'm going to show her and look at that acreage.
00:17:23Hey, the land agent said it might make a good starter for the ranch.
00:17:26Well, I'll go with you. I'd better get a couple of cans of beans.
00:17:28Why? Abby's cooked a nice rabbit stew.
00:17:32Hey, Sally, heave to the tab to the West Bank.
00:17:39Taylor, you and Runny stay behind and give Miss Abby a hand.
00:17:41That tub has turned into a cruddy old hen house.
00:17:44Price me for a one-eyed eel.
00:17:45I ain't no cabin boy, Mr. Taylor.
00:17:47Of course, you're on sail away.
00:17:48And all hands will rest when we take a look at Mr. Bryce's property.
00:17:52It isn't every day that you can catch a glimpse of an empire, is it?
00:17:55No, ma'am.
00:17:56Are we ready?
00:18:05There's the boundary marker.
00:18:06And the way up in those rolling hills is another marker.
00:18:09And everything in between is a...
00:18:10Is it the Bryce Empire?
00:18:14And is that the cattle that go with it?
00:18:18All right, Runny, man your station.
00:18:20We'll put the little critter in dry dock.
00:18:22I'll take the bow.
00:18:23You take the stern.
00:18:32Mr. Bryce! Mr. Bryce!
00:18:34I'll take a look at it.
00:18:38Run!
00:18:46Oh, it doesn't look bad at that.
00:18:49There are a lot of things to consider, Pax.
00:18:51We don't know anything about the cattle business.
00:18:53Well, we can learn, can't we?
00:18:55Look at that.
00:18:56I see that there's only one thing I can think of.
00:18:58How much yet and how many cows go with it?
00:19:01You're letting your imagination run away with you as usual.
00:19:03If it wasn't for my imagination, we wouldn't have a nickel.
00:19:05Why, we wouldn't have run cotton and we wouldn't have...
00:19:07Well, this time you're wrong.
00:19:08I think, Dan, that...
00:19:09I know you had to come along.
00:19:11Please don't bother thinking.
00:19:12I was just going to agree with you, Mr. Bryce.
00:19:15Oh.
00:19:15Oh.
00:19:16You were?
00:19:18Well, that's a little different.
00:19:20Then neither are using any common sense.
00:19:22Who's going to buy beef from us in these parts
00:19:23when they can get it for another?
00:19:24They won't here, but they will up north and back east.
00:19:27Where they're paying $10 a head in Abilene.
00:19:28And that fellow Chisholm proved that cattle can make the trip.
00:19:32That's a point.
00:19:34So why throw away money buying land
00:19:36when you can round up all the cattle you want?
00:19:37I won't always be like that.
00:19:39Someday all this land will be privately owned.
00:19:41Of course it will, Dan.
00:19:42The country's growing this way,
00:19:43and before long there'll be a new way of living.
00:19:45Law and order and property rights.
00:19:48There'll be no place for wild cattle hunters.
00:19:49You'll have to have your own range.
00:19:51And a lot of it.
00:19:53Well, Dan, we're two to one against you.
00:20:00So you two are pulling together for a change.
00:20:03Well, I know when I'm licked,
00:20:05we'll sell the Betsy Ann to that fellow in Riverford.
00:20:12Well, Javi, I guess I was a little bit wrong about you.
00:20:15It's getting to be a pleasure having you around here.
00:20:18It's the first nice thing you've said to me.
00:20:20Better be careful.
00:20:21Well, it might get to be a habit.
00:20:22You couldn't be.
00:20:23A habit is something you're not conscious of.
00:20:26Like that awful frown when you're mad?
00:20:27Well, that's self-defense.
00:20:31Begging your pardon, Skipper.
00:20:32What are we going to do now?
00:20:33You can swap that harpoon thing on.
00:20:35We're going to work.
00:20:37A harpoon on dry land?
00:20:39Why, that's plum loony.
00:20:40I'm going to get me a buffalo for a pen cushion.
00:20:42I'll clean him clean into it a hundred yards.
00:20:45Sail away.
00:20:45You're going to make a valuable man on a cattle ranch.
00:20:48The way you can throw the bull.
00:20:55I don't know.
00:20:59I don't know.
00:21:07I'll get you all ready.
00:21:10I don't know.
00:21:10I don't know.
00:21:21I'll tell you.
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00:23:33I didn't buy them, the sales lady must have put them in.
00:23:42I'll put the dress away so it won't get wrinkled.
00:23:50How about a little song, huh, Runty?
00:23:52Yeah, yeah.
00:23:53Come on, a little song.
00:23:54Come on, boys.
00:23:55You better stop that gal and she's got an earmarked.
00:23:57Earmarked?
00:23:58That lass has got him roped and off tied.
00:24:00She sure has.
00:24:05Oh, Pax, it's the loveliest present of all.
00:24:13It's all just beginning, Abby.
00:24:15There isn't anything the future won't give you.
00:24:17All I want and need is right here with me now.
00:24:21Oh, Pax, we'll build something fine together.
00:24:24Something we can be proud of.
00:24:26We can be married before I go to Abilene.
00:24:29Oh, and this makes such a lovely way.
00:24:32Certainly.
00:24:32What do you think I got it for?
00:24:35Pretty sure of me, weren't you?
00:24:36I never heard of such conceit.
00:24:38Well, I...
00:24:39It's just a question of you.
00:24:40I could say no.
00:24:41But I don't see how I can resist the trance.
00:24:45Give me some time to blow the man down.
00:24:48Oh, it's sailors and tinkers and tailors as men.
00:24:52Hey, hey, blow the man down.
00:25:00All right, but knowing I would have arrived sooner for our celebration.
00:25:03What do you want?
00:25:04Payment for your cattle?
00:25:05Oh, no, monsieur, but you have plenty cattle now, eh?
00:25:07Yes.
00:25:08Plenty.
00:25:09But they're all ours.
00:25:10Oui, oui.
00:25:11Ours, eh?
00:25:12Not yours.
00:25:12Ours.
00:25:14The old score is all settled.
00:25:15Oh, absolutely.
00:25:16Don Nick Bouchard always start clean with his new partners, eh?
00:25:20Well, what do you like?
00:25:21You use my ideas to go into business?
00:25:24Eh bien.
00:25:25My ideas, your money, eh?
00:25:27We are partners, no?
00:25:28No.
00:25:29You have no claim not even for a single hoof or horn.
00:25:32Yeah, but I have a different view.
00:25:34Listen, Bouchard.
00:25:35If we catch you or anybody else taking any of our cattle,
00:25:38we'll give you a dose of stomach pills you can't digest.
00:25:41We understand each other?
00:25:43I know how you feel, but I, too, have ideas like yours.
00:25:46I like a big ranch in my Louisiana where I can be a big man of much power.
00:25:50That's your affair.
00:25:52But when you're on this side of the river,
00:25:53you keep your eyes peeled for our boundary markers.
00:25:55Oh, I have seen them, but, eh, I don't believe little words on pepper.
00:26:02Bonsoir, monsieur.
00:26:03Monsieur.
00:26:04Madame.
00:26:05Au revoir.
00:26:08Au revoir.
00:26:12He wasn't bluffing.
00:26:14We can take care of him, all right.
00:26:15Think you ought to put off the drive to Abilene?
00:26:17Not by a jugful.
00:26:18We need all the money those cattle will bring.
00:26:20You'll have enough men to take care of, Bouchard.
00:26:22I'd relish doing it for a fact.
00:26:23Come on, Runny.
00:26:24Let's finish the song.
00:26:25Yeah, come on.
00:26:26Oh, sailors as tinkers and sailors as men.
00:26:30Oh, help blow the man down.
00:26:45Well, come on, Tex.
00:26:46Good luck.
00:26:47Thanks, Dan.
00:26:47So long.
00:26:48Bye, Mr. Price.
00:26:49Take care of yourself.
00:26:49Stay the way.
00:26:50Yes, stay the way.
00:26:51And take care of my husband.
00:26:53Mike is not here.
00:26:54Take care of me, ma'am.
00:26:56Well, come on, Runny.
00:27:00Promise you'll be careful, darling.
00:27:02It's such a dangerous trip, and if anything happened to you, I...
00:27:06Nothing will.
00:27:06Not when I have you waiting for me.
00:27:08I'll be back by Thanksgiving.
00:27:12Goodbye, honey.
00:27:13Goodbye.
00:27:57Goodbye, honey.
00:27:58I'll be back on the line.
00:27:58Just a minute, now.
00:28:00Just a minute.
00:28:01Just a minute.
00:28:02Come on.
00:28:02Come on.
00:28:03Oh, come on.
00:28:04Come on.
00:28:04Come on.
00:28:04Come on.
00:28:05You know what the hell wasn't?
00:28:07Tell you.
00:28:08You did.
00:28:08I'm running, you girl.
00:28:08Who's in my oven?
00:28:11Come back here, you buggered!
00:28:12Hello, who are you?
00:28:13Hello, what are you?
00:28:14All right, Mr. White.
00:28:15Everything all right?
00:28:17I know we'll have a real Thanksgiving show now.
00:28:20How about a piece of that good old apple pie?
00:28:22Pie's waiting, but don't you mess up my kitchen,
00:28:24because you know I know you, cowboys.
00:28:32Oh, Dax, I'm so glad you're home.
00:28:34You need better than I am.
00:28:40Let me get you the other day I sold the cattle.
00:28:42I went right out and bought you the finest present
00:28:44they had in Abilene.
00:28:48Bring it in, Sailor White.
00:28:49Wait till you see it.
00:28:57We missed you, Sailor White.
00:28:59Nothing like home port, ma'am.
00:29:00Where do you want it?
00:29:01We're right there.
00:29:03Just the only one in the world that had it made special.
00:29:08Well, there she be.
00:29:10And not a scratch on her hoe.
00:29:13You like it, honey?
00:29:15Like it?
00:29:16Oh, it's fit for a king.
00:29:19That's what he'll be someday.
00:29:21Oh, happy.
00:29:22He's going to make our future complete.
00:29:24Something to build for.
00:29:26What's the matter?
00:29:27Lately, I haven't been so sure of our future.
00:29:30I've been worried, Pax.
00:29:31Well, you get those notions right out of your head.
00:29:33We'll have the best doctor that...
00:29:34Oh, it isn't that.
00:29:35It's Dan and the ranch.
00:29:37Beauchard's been raiding us ever since you left.
00:29:39Why didn't you tell me in your letters
00:29:40I'd have come right back?
00:29:41Dan thought he could catch him,
00:29:43but he's managed to slip away every time.
00:29:45I guess I didn't take that hombre seriously enough.
00:29:48Where's Dan now?
00:29:49He's gone to Blue Rock Canyon.
00:29:51He put some cattle there to draw Beauchard.
00:29:53Oh, Pax, I'm afraid.
00:29:54Dan may be walking into a trap himself.
00:29:56Beauchard seems to...
00:29:58Now, if you don't stop that fretting,
00:29:58you won't have any appetite for that turkey dinner.
00:30:00I'll go give Dan a hand.
00:30:18Runny, hold it.
00:30:20Where do I start moving the herd?
00:30:23Augustine, you were a wise old fox
00:30:24to find so many cows in one place, eh?
00:30:26For that, I am going to promise you 100 gold pees, eh?
00:30:30Parisier, l'abete.
00:30:31All right.
00:30:32Peace.
00:30:34All right.
00:30:35All right.
00:30:37All right.
00:30:39All right.
00:30:39All right.
00:30:39All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:40All right.
00:30:41All right.
00:30:45I'm going to see you.
00:30:46Yes.
00:30:48Yes.
00:30:49What's wrong, Dominique?
00:30:51Hey, now I know why there are so many cows with the grass is so poor.
00:30:54I smell a mice behind a woodpearl someplace.
00:30:57This place is so good.
00:30:58Now we must go.
00:30:59Hello.
00:30:59Stop.
00:31:00Leave.
00:31:02All right.
00:31:06Stop.
00:31:07Stop.
00:31:07Stop.
00:31:07Stop.
00:31:09Stop.
00:31:10Stop.
00:31:12Stop.
00:31:12Stop.
00:31:13Stop.
00:31:21Let's go.
00:31:43Let's go.
00:32:14Let's go.
00:32:43Let's go.
00:33:10Let's go.
00:33:12Let's go.
00:33:14Let's go.
00:33:47Let's go.
00:33:47Take it easy, Pax.
00:33:48Abby will be all right.
00:33:52That squeal's pretty high.
00:33:53Must be a girl.
00:33:53It's got to be a boy.
00:33:54I made him a harpoon.
00:33:58Come on.
00:33:58Is she all right, Willie Mae?
00:33:59Fine.
00:34:00So's your son.
00:34:01You all be quiet.
00:34:06Come on.
00:34:08The cigars are on me.
00:34:16Let's go.
00:34:19Let's go.
00:34:31Let's go.
00:34:39Up south, boys.
00:34:39Thanks.
00:34:40And that, my mates, is how come I had the measles 14 times.
00:34:44How many times?
00:34:4514.
00:34:49Go on in, Pax, and meet your new boss.
00:35:11I can't tell you how much I love you.
00:35:17It's beautiful, Pax.
00:35:19He has your eyes.
00:35:33Musky little shaler, isn't he?
00:35:34Yes, sir.
00:35:35Awful husky.
00:35:36Nine pounds.
00:35:39Pax, Junior.
00:35:41For every one of those pounds, I'll get you 10,000 acres.
00:35:44And for every year after that, I'll double.
00:35:47We'll have one you,Ta'n once.
00:35:53That's my best friend.
00:35:53I'll999.
00:36:11And I'll give her so rapidement.
00:36:13I'll do it again.
00:36:14I'll give her so much.
00:36:17That's my boast.
00:36:29This way, two fingers.
00:36:30Now keep the elbows stiff.
00:36:32Put your weight on your right foot and bend your knees.
00:36:37Arch your blows!
00:36:39No, no, Pax, get some heft into it.
00:36:41Bet you I could rope it.
00:36:43Eh, what kind of sailing talk is that?
00:36:45Oh, gee, sailor, I don't want to be a whaler.
00:36:47I'm a cowboy.
00:36:48Listen here, young fella.
00:36:49Whaling's a noble profession, and you're going to be the greatest whaler.
00:36:52I don't have anything to say.
00:36:53Morning, Pop.
00:36:54I got up that surely for a ride, but you're gone, though.
00:36:56I went into town to get something for you.
00:36:58My pony?
00:36:59Where is it?
00:37:00Runny's got him.
00:37:01Oh.
00:37:04Sail away.
00:37:06I don't like to be at you all the time, but you've got to stop spouting that kind of talk
00:37:09to Pax.
00:37:10Well, bless my barnacles, Mr. Bryce.
00:37:12I hate to see the lad grow into a landlubber.
00:37:14He's not going to be a footloose windjammer.
00:37:15He's going to go up to be a solid, dependable man that the whole country can look up to.
00:37:19Aye, aye, sir.
00:37:20And I still say he ain't cut out for no cowpoo.
00:37:27Mom!
00:37:28Mom, look, my very old pony.
00:37:30Great, isn't he, Mom?
00:37:31Oh, I'm glad you like it.
00:37:33You haven't even noticed the saddle.
00:37:34Oh, it's wonderful.
00:37:36And just my size.
00:37:37Thanks.
00:37:38And a real lariat.
00:37:40Yep, made it special for you.
00:37:41You did?
00:37:42Thanks, Runny.
00:37:43Is it what you ordered, son?
00:37:44Oh, you're the best pop in the world.
00:37:46And you're the best mom.
00:37:48Well, up we go.
00:37:51How the stairs?
00:37:53They're just dry.
00:37:54Yahoo!
00:38:06You'll be out riding me in no time.
00:38:07Patch is awful smart, Pop.
00:38:09Chandler's easier than a sloop in a fair breeze.
00:38:12Wish you wouldn't pay quite as much attention to the sail away's yarn, son.
00:38:15Oh, I listen because I like him.
00:38:17Can I go on the next round up?
00:38:19Oh, that might be a good idea.
00:38:21It's about time you learned how a rancher's run.
00:38:24You just keep your eyes open and watch everything I do,
00:38:26because someday you're going to be the boss.
00:38:28Am I?
00:38:29If I watch you, will I be a real cattleman?
00:38:31Max, raising cattle's a mighty big job.
00:38:35It's probably the biggest job in the United States.
00:38:38You know, once Abraham Lincoln said,
00:38:40we must get beef to all the country, both north and south.
00:38:44He was taught cattlemen like you and me.
00:38:46He left his responsibility, so we'll have to live up to it.
00:38:50Golly, if you're going to feed everybody,
00:38:51we'll have to round up a lot of steers.
00:38:53Lucky I got my new lariat.
00:38:55I rode calves and helped ride herd.
00:38:58You always use a good hand, son.
00:39:00I guess we better get home.
00:39:02Want a race?
00:39:02All right.
00:39:03Come on.
00:39:06At the end of the trail, little pal,
00:39:12the sun disappears in the west.
00:39:16At the end of the trail, little pal,
00:39:21we will have real contentment and rest.
00:39:26If we should be parted by some trick,
00:39:32wait at the old corral.
00:39:36Why don't you go to work?
00:39:38You know, you may depend
00:39:40that you'll find me, old friend.
00:39:44At the end...
00:39:45These figures are impossible.
00:39:463,000 head less than last year.
00:39:49Every year your tallies have been off more each time.
00:39:51Well, I can vouch for the figures.
00:39:53We combed every inch of the range.
00:39:56I thought at first it was drought,
00:39:59freezing, normal straying,
00:40:00when you consider the size of the herds we're handling.
00:40:033,000 head is too much of a leak.
00:40:05I don't like to look up at myself.
00:40:07Pop, will you fix my lariat?
00:40:09Not now, Pax.
00:40:09I'm busy.
00:40:11There's only one answer, Ford.
00:40:12Other ranchers are driving our cattle to market
00:40:14alongside of their own
00:40:15and burning out our brands.
00:40:17There's a sure way to stop it.
00:40:19Close the range to everybody.
00:40:22That'll cause a peck of trouble, Mr. Bryce.
00:40:24Folks have always driven across each other's land.
00:40:27They're not going across mine anymore.
00:40:28Post no trespassing signs.
00:40:30I patrol the range
00:40:31to make sure everybody understands we mean it.
00:40:32Don't you think we'd better wait
00:40:33till Mr. Taylor gets back from Galveston?
00:40:35I gave you your orders, Ford.
00:40:42Pop, are Mr. Crowder and his friends
00:40:44stealing our cattle?
00:40:45Somebody is,
00:40:46and we're going to put a stop to it.
00:41:10Let's go.
00:41:19Let's go.
00:41:21Asian, eh?
00:41:22At St. Croc.
00:41:23You, but...
00:41:24With me, eh?
00:41:25Well, soon you will be the most rich man in Louisiana.
00:41:28Eh, well, the most rich and the most powerful, eh?
00:41:30Well, can I help it if my good partners
00:41:31are so careless with their cows, hmm?
00:41:45Eh?
00:41:46Why all the artillery?
00:41:48No outside herds allowed on the range.
00:41:51Mr. Bryce's orders.
00:41:52Some of the outfits are kind of hot,
00:41:54but so far they're just calling names.
00:42:05There you are.
00:42:06Now we'll run free without grabbing.
00:42:07Thanks, Pop.
00:42:09Max, what are you thinking of?
00:42:11Closing the rest to outside cattle.
00:42:13Well, you know all Texas' open range.
00:42:15Well, it's about time it wasn't.
00:42:16A man can't raise a decent herd
00:42:18with every scrub bull mixing with his stock.
00:42:20Puts out feet.
00:42:21You can't even run steers on your own land.
00:42:23Somebody grabs them.
00:42:24Just the same, you can't go around stepping on folks.
00:42:26Well, let them keep out of my way.
00:42:28Max, you don't have to push people against the wall.
00:42:30Well, if you make those ranchers
00:42:31drive the long way to market,
00:42:32there won't be any meat left on their cattle to sell.
00:42:35You'll force them out of business.
00:42:37This country was made for men
00:42:38that can stand on their own feet.
00:42:39If you want to survive, you have to fight.
00:42:41You can't be a sentimentalist.
00:42:43And you can't play lord and master.
00:42:46You forget it took the little man
00:42:47as well as the big one
00:42:48to make this country what it is.
00:42:51I can do without your lecture.
00:42:52You've gotten so puffed up with your own importance.
00:42:54Dan, please don't quarrel.
00:42:57I won't have it.
00:42:58Have it your own way.
00:43:00But remember, you can only push them so far.
00:43:05Pax, what's happened to you?
00:43:06You've changed so.
00:43:08You're hard and greedy.
00:43:10Hard and greedy?
00:43:12Because I'm fighting to keep what I have for my family?
00:43:14I'll see them and...
00:43:15Pop!
00:43:16Why is Uncle Dad so mad?
00:43:18Is it because you're turning people off our place?
00:43:20Mm-hmm.
00:43:22We can't let them keep on stealing our cattle
00:43:23when we have none left.
00:43:24So we have to keep them out, don't we?
00:43:26You bet you, Pop.
00:43:27And when I grow up, I'll help you fight it.
00:43:28Sure.
00:43:29Hush, Pax.
00:43:29Pax, you mustn't talk like that.
00:43:31What do you want him to be, a mollycoddle?
00:43:33Ready to fight for what's his?
00:43:34I want him to know there are two ways of putting out a hand.
00:43:37In a shake or a slap.
00:43:39You get back a hand to court him.
00:43:54Howdy.
00:43:54I'd like to see Bryce or Taylor.
00:43:59Pax, it is a mighty good notion getting this breed.
00:44:01Certainly built to pack a lot of beef.
00:44:03Look, Dad.
00:44:04She's got a pillow on her neck.
00:44:06That's a braver bull, Pax.
00:44:07We'll cross in with our longhorns,
00:44:09and that'll give us a higher percentage of beef.
00:44:11Bryce and Taylor are sure getting highfalutin'
00:44:13building a castle like this.
00:44:15I wouldn't mind being in their boots.
00:44:16Well, you could be if you pushed folks off the land
00:44:19the way they have to try to buy me out.
00:44:22I sent them packing.
00:44:24I told Bryce he wasn't trampling on me.
00:44:27Crowder's got a lot of nerve coming here
00:44:29after running you two-hand.
00:44:30I wonder what he wants.
00:44:31I don't know.
00:44:32Howdy, boys.
00:44:34Hello, Crowder.
00:44:36Hello.
00:44:38We came to, uh, well, Cabrima.
00:44:43Aren't Texas longhorns good enough for your outfit?
00:44:46We decided that improving our stock
00:44:48might encourage our neighbors to do likewise.
00:44:51Leading ranchers should set an example,
00:44:53or else how is the cattle industry in Texas going to grow?
00:44:56It was growing before you were born,
00:44:58and it'll be growing after you're gone.
00:45:01I'll shove it along while I'm here.
00:45:03My son will carry on where I leave off.
00:45:05I'm learning now, Mr. Crowder.
00:45:07I'm going to be Pop's right-hand man.
00:45:09Well, how about getting down to business?
00:45:11This is Mr. McCabe.
00:45:12He represents the Great Southwest Railroad Company.
00:45:14How do you do, sir?
00:45:15Mr. Bryce and Mr. Taylor.
00:45:17Mr. Bryce?
00:45:17How do you do?
00:45:18Mr. McCabe has a deal for you.
00:45:20It concerns every man here.
00:45:21Well, gentlemen, we might as well be comfortable.
00:45:29Sit down, gentlemen.
00:45:34Go ahead, Mr. McCabe.
00:45:37Well, gentlemen,
00:45:38our company proposes to build a line from Abilene to Riverford,
00:45:41and we're obtaining rights of way.
00:45:44So far, everyone along the route has given us permission,
00:45:47but we must have yours to complete the final link.
00:45:50Sorry, Mr. McCabe,
00:45:52but for my part,
00:45:53no railroad is going through our property.
00:45:55Well, you can't think of yourself all the time, Bryce.
00:45:59This will benefit the whole community.
00:46:01Make Riverford a great cattle center.
00:46:03Maybe.
00:46:04And it'll also bring in a tidal wave of settlers.
00:46:07Before you know it,
00:46:08they'll be demanding roads, town sites.
00:46:10They'll cut up the land and the farms.
00:46:12We cattlemen will be crowded out.
00:46:14Hold on, Fax.
00:46:16Maybe we can get on without a railroad.
00:46:18But I claim some of the smaller outfits
00:46:20are entitled to make a decent profit, too.
00:46:22And they can by freighting their cattle to Abilene
00:46:24instead of driving them.
00:46:26You're right.
00:46:26The cattle is right.
00:46:27You know the cattle industry needs range.
00:46:29Enormous range.
00:46:30And a railroad will kill it.
00:46:33I say it stays out.
00:46:35You've got your sights leveled on the wrong target, Fax.
00:46:38I guess there's nothing I can say that'll switch them.
00:46:41Mr. Bryce,
00:46:42don't you realize you're stopping development
00:46:44in this territory?
00:46:45McCabe,
00:46:46it's taken years to put this ranch together.
00:46:48Years of sweat, struggle, and fight.
00:46:51I'm not letting your railroad tear it down.
00:46:57I'm sorry we can't get together.
00:46:59So am I.
00:47:00Goodbye.
00:47:01Bye.
00:47:09Mr. Crowder,
00:47:10looks like our deal's off.
00:47:12None of the land's any good to us without theirs.
00:47:14Well, they're riding high now,
00:47:16but they won't ride on forever.
00:47:17But they're walking down Paradise Street.
00:47:23Hey, hey, blow the man down.
00:47:26A pretty young damsel that I chanced to meet.
00:47:30Give me some time to blow the man down.
00:47:34Where did you get my pet van?
00:47:35I borrowed it to cheer the flies off the patch.
00:47:38She growed a tail for that purpose.
00:47:40Not on her front end.
00:47:42You don't mind, do you, Mom?
00:47:44If anything should happen to it,
00:47:45I'll buy you another one.
00:47:46You could never replace it, darling.
00:47:49First present your father ever gave me.
00:47:51Oh, I'll be careful.
00:47:52I'll put it away as soon as we get home.
00:47:55A rabbit!
00:47:55Let's chase it!
00:48:06Bryce can drive off some of the smaller outfits,
00:48:09but he can't stop this drive.
00:48:10Not if we all stick together.
00:48:12Still in all, we'll be a trespassing.
00:48:13Well, how are we going to get our cows to market?
00:48:16Why, it'll take a week to circle their range.
00:48:18If we don't short cut,
00:48:19we have to cross the river
00:48:20and get on through the bayous.
00:48:21We can't drive stairs through mud that has no bottom.
00:48:27There's a gladden trying to cut across Dry Creek.
00:48:30Bryce Taylor, our pit shot 40 of his steers.
00:48:32Creased him in the shoulder.
00:48:33Well, they're clamping down on us,
00:48:35just like they planned all along.
00:48:37They won't be satisfied
00:48:37until they starve every one of us out.
00:48:39No sidewinder's going to keep me from making a living.
00:48:42Me neither.
00:48:42Just let them try to stop us.
00:48:51Come on, Mr. Crowder.
00:48:55Sorry, Mr. Crowder,
00:48:56but you can't cut across Bryce Taylor range anymore.
00:48:58Well, we've been doing it right along,
00:49:00and we don't aim to change now.
00:49:01Mr. Bryce says different.
00:49:02Ford, you keep out of the way.
00:49:04We're coming through.
00:49:05Crowder, turn those cows.
00:49:06We don't want trouble.
00:49:07Son, you've got it.
00:49:13All right, bring them in.
00:49:18All right, bring them in.
00:49:20All right, bring them in.
00:49:38All right, let's go.
00:49:39Right away from the railways.
00:49:43Stop.
00:49:44You can't come on our plane.
00:49:46My pops says no.
00:49:49Hello.
00:49:51Turn the cattle.
00:49:55The other way, Bryce.
00:49:56The other way.
00:50:02Stop.
00:50:02Pete!
00:50:05Stop.
00:50:09Pete!
00:50:12Pete!
00:50:12Oh, no!
00:50:39I...
00:50:41I tried to keep him out, Papa, like you said.
00:50:53Bye.
00:50:54Oh, no.
00:51:08Oh, Dad.
00:51:11Oh, my God.
00:51:12Oh, my God.
00:51:14Oh, my God.
00:51:41Oh, my God.
00:51:44Oh, my God.
00:51:54He hasn't talked to me three days.
00:51:56He's taken it pretty hard.
00:51:59That's a swine.
00:52:00Never wish they had...
00:52:01You're not responsible. You are.
00:52:04You pinned them in a corner. Drove them into going against you.
00:52:06They didn't have to kill my son.
00:52:09I'll keep them on this place. I'll fence the whole ranch.
00:52:11I'll put a bullet in the first one that sets foot on it.
00:52:14Then you'll do it alone.
00:52:17When we started this ranch, we wanted to make it something we'd be proud of.
00:52:21But you've turned it into a thing that reeks of greed and depression.
00:52:25A thing that all decent people hold against.
00:52:28It's already cost the life of an innocent child.
00:52:32What's happened, you know, in the beginning?
00:52:34There'll be more killings, more bloodshed.
00:52:37And for what?
00:52:39So you can have a few more miles of range, a few more cows?
00:52:42I can't stomach your notions any longer.
00:52:44You've gone soft. Well, I won't stop until...
00:52:47Pax, you've done enough.
00:52:49Stay out of this, Abby.
00:52:50I've had my craw full. I'm putting an end to this partnership.
00:52:52Good. I'll buy your interests. That suits me.
00:52:56Pax, listen. Hate and revenge will destroy you.
00:52:59It won't bring my son back.
00:53:01What kind of a mother are you?
00:53:03You want me to turn my other cheek?
00:53:05Well, I won't. That's not my way.
00:53:10Your way is to rule and trample those people.
00:53:12Grab for yourself at every turn.
00:53:15You taught it to Pax. Your very words sent him to...
00:53:17It's easy enough to blame me.
00:53:19But if I had it all to do over again, I'd still teach him to fight for what's his.
00:53:24Pax, you're blind and you'll stay blind.
00:53:27There's no place in your heart for love and understanding.
00:53:30I can't go on like this.
00:53:31That's up to you.
00:53:46I'll miss your spout, you big walrus. But Miss Abby will need me.
00:53:49And I...
00:53:57Goodbye, Sam.
00:54:01You've been awfully kind, Judy.
00:54:03Thanks, ma'am.
00:54:05Things won't seem shipshape around here without you.
00:54:10Bye.
00:54:15Abby.
00:54:24Still on set on leave?
00:54:27I'm sorry, Pax.
00:54:29Terribly sorry.
00:54:31We had something fine and beautiful.
00:54:34It wasn't enough for us.
00:54:37Ready, Abby?
00:54:47I'll have the money for you as soon as possible.
00:54:49Whenever is convenient.
00:54:50We'll be in Riverford.
00:54:53Bye, Abby.
00:54:56Goodbye.
00:55:16Mr. Bricey.
00:55:17Mr. Sailor, he told me to give you this.
00:55:25He ran out of me, too.
00:55:27I ain't running out on you, Mr. Bricey.
00:55:33Sir, you betcha.
00:55:34I tore right into them powers.
00:55:36I cracked them on their skulls so hard I busted all their toes.
00:55:40Bravo, bravo.
00:55:42Honored to meet you.
00:55:43Two honors to meet you.
00:55:45Sure.
00:55:45Why don't you stay here, Luciana, and come to work with me
00:55:49at the rancho up in the lobby?
00:55:51No.
00:55:52I'm going back to the sea.
00:55:53I hate ranchers.
00:55:55They change people.
00:55:56It makes them forget to be human.
00:55:58But my boss is almost human.
00:56:00He pays well.
00:56:02He got so many cows.
00:56:03You can hardly see the grass.
00:56:06We find them in Texas by the quantities.
00:56:09I don't care where you found them.
00:56:11From now on, cows is only stakes to me.
00:56:14All right.
00:56:15Have it to work.
00:56:16But honor me by meeting my boss.
00:56:18He like to meet men with courage like you.
00:56:21All right.
00:56:22We'll buy him a drink, huh?
00:56:23All right.
00:56:24And we'll drink it, and we don't care.
00:56:26Sure.
00:56:32Oh, you are, Betty.
00:56:34Hey, what's the matter?
00:56:35Are you sick?
00:56:37My liver.
00:56:38Is that your boss?
00:56:39Oui, monsieur.
00:56:40Come and meet him.
00:56:41I'll meet him later.
00:56:43Come on, meet him.
00:56:43My liver's turning the pedal.
00:56:45Oh, come on.
00:56:46Don't disappoint a friend.
00:56:48I like it.
00:56:49He's gone.
00:56:50Is that right?
00:56:51One, four, seven, three, four.
00:56:53Fourteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-four.
00:56:55Check.
00:56:56Mm-hmm.
00:56:58As soon as I can figure,
00:56:59Dan's share comes close to a half million dollars.
00:57:01If they raise that much cash,
00:57:03it'll leave us with a mighty small herd.
00:57:07Hi, Skipper!
00:57:08What are you doing here?
00:57:09You're supposed to be halfway to the go.
00:57:11I was, but I ain't.
00:57:13I don't want no shore leave when there's some fighting to do.
00:57:16You're drunk.
00:57:18But just the same my eyes and ears ain't.
00:57:21I found out where your cow's been going to.
00:57:23Yeah?
00:57:24Where?
00:57:25Mr. Beauchard Shanghai'd him.
00:57:27Beauchard?
00:57:27Now I know you're drunk.
00:57:30Sure.
00:57:31But just the same,
00:57:33I saw him just as plain as hapless light
00:57:35in a tavern across the river.
00:57:37Where you been all this time?
00:57:39Let's go.
00:58:13It's a neat job of working these brands over.
00:58:18Looks like they're all wearing them.
00:58:19We've lined up a couple of them. We'll take them along for evidence.
00:58:27One beller out of you and I'll tie your tongue to your tail.
00:58:50What an evening we have.
00:58:52Now we can dream of our sweetheart.
00:59:08Well, if it is not my old friend, why don't you let me know you was coming?
00:59:12I stay home to welcome you.
00:59:14I didn't want to put you to any trouble.
00:59:16Besides, this isn't a social call, Beauchard.
00:59:19In the last seven years, you've stolen 10,000 of my cattle.
00:59:22A normal increase would have raised that to about 50,000.
00:59:25That makes you owe me plenty of hard cash.
00:59:27It's what I will take my share of our partnership.
00:59:31I keep it.
00:59:33I have men both loyal and brave, and they will not let you take my cows from my ranch.
00:59:37There's more than one way of collecting a debt.
00:59:41If you kill me, my men will shoot you before you can go in mine.
00:59:45What you gain?
00:59:48I guess you're right.
00:59:50I hadn't thought about that.
00:59:52But what can you do about this?
01:00:03Dominic Beauchard, you've been found guilty of the charge of cattle stealing.
01:00:06The sentence of this court is that you be confined for the term of two to five years.
01:00:11That's just a vacation.
01:00:13Well, if I was skipping this here show, I'd stake him out on your door.
01:00:17Shh.
01:00:18Mr. Bryce, I understand you have filed suit in the Louisiana courts for the value of your stolen cattle.
01:00:24In view of this verdict, you should get your money quick.
01:00:29It's bad to lose the money, but it's bad.
01:00:32Stand up.
01:00:33Not through with you yet.
01:00:35There's another matter.
01:00:38You've been a thorn in the side of law and order in Texas for over 10 years.
01:00:43But the law always catches up with killers like you.
01:00:46For your raid on Clarksville, where you were responsible for the death of poor persons,
01:00:50and on Melford, which you burned to the ground at the cost of more lives,
01:00:54for your attack on half a dozen ranches,
01:00:57the order of this court is that you be remanded to the custody of the sheriff
01:01:00to stand trial for murder.
01:01:03Court dismissed.
01:01:11Thanks for everything, Bochard.
01:01:13It is too soon for thanks, monsieur.
01:01:15I promise you.
01:01:28You're very foxy.
01:01:29Foxy, yeah, but look, I am in here.
01:01:33That's a good one.
01:01:34That sure is a good one.
01:01:45What do you want?
01:01:46I have fresh clothes for monsieur Bochard.
01:01:48All right, come in.
01:01:51Let's have a look at them.
01:01:53Oh, oui.
01:01:53Oh, they are just handkerchiefs, socks, and the robe.
01:01:57That will keep him warm.
01:02:00Oh.
01:02:01The cord.
01:02:05Oh, uh, to tie around the middle to keep out the cold air, huh?
01:02:10All right, let him have them.
01:02:16Yes, same with you.
01:02:18Oh, oh.
01:02:19There.
01:02:32This time I am a fox, eh?
01:02:34Bonsoir, monsieur.
01:02:41Hey, so do you want to keep me away so many days?
01:02:43The police come to the ranch.
01:02:45We have to hide in the hills.
01:02:46And they have taken all the gold and put it in the bank at the Riviera Fort.
01:02:50Oh, that is most convenient.
01:02:51Here, please.
01:02:55Well, we'll be rolling east in about ten minutes.
01:02:57I suppose we'll ever get used to living there again, after all this.
01:03:00Oh, sure we will.
01:03:00Then it'll be better.
01:03:06Barb Weyer, consigned to the Bryce Taylor Ranch.
01:03:10Confound taxes, Heidi.
01:03:11He's just begging for trouble.
01:03:12Oh, Danny's so wrong.
01:03:14And the terrible part is, he believes he's right.
01:03:18Now, will you agree that we've got to clip Bryce's wings?
01:03:21That's the cruelest contraption ever invented.
01:03:23And he's using it to fence his whole range.
01:03:26It started coming in last night, and they've carted most of it away.
01:03:29They calls it barbed wire.
01:03:30Look at them barbed wire.
01:03:31It'll tear the cattle to pieces.
01:03:32We've got to drive them out of the country before he puts up a foot of them.
01:03:35Well, he's like jimson weed.
01:03:37He's choking us to death.
01:03:38Time for making a necktie, soldier.
01:03:40Now you're talking.
01:03:41We'll all meet tonight at Mesquite Flats, pass the word to the rest of the men, and get
01:03:45to every man in Riverford.
01:03:47Let's go.
01:03:48Let's go down here.
01:03:50Let's keep them.
01:03:50We'll have to get a hold of them.
01:03:52Dan, we'll have to warn him.
01:03:53They'll kill him.
01:03:56I thought I'd stop loving you.
01:03:58But I haven't.
01:04:00When it comes to Pax, changing our minds is a tailor habit.
01:04:04I'll ride out.
01:04:04You and Ruddy stay here at the hotel.
01:04:05This thing blows over.
01:04:09And they won't rest until you're swinging from a limb, Pax.
01:04:12Now, come on.
01:04:13Give up the idea of using barbed wire.
01:04:15I run this ranch as I see fit.
01:04:17No mob is going to dictate to me when I'm in the right.
01:04:19You're no more in the right than you were when you accused them of rustling.
01:04:23Now, admit it.
01:04:24I'm pulling your horns.
01:04:26Dan, my son died keeping them off this place.
01:04:28And as long as I live, they're going to stay off.
01:04:31If I have to turn Texas upside down.
01:04:33They'll pull this house apart brick by brick and...
01:04:36What do you care?
01:04:37It's not your property.
01:04:38You got your check.
01:04:39Now, go on before they show up.
01:04:42All right.
01:04:43I'll go.
01:04:45For 15 years, I've been sticking my neck out beside yours.
01:04:50Now I'm through.
01:04:58Grunty, where have you been?
01:04:59Dan hasn't come back yet, and I'm worried.
01:05:01I'm going to the ranch.
01:05:02As you can bet, I'll get you out of here.
01:05:04Riverford ain't going to be healthy.
01:05:05Why would you...
01:05:05Oh, nothing yet.
01:05:06I was down by the river and heard two Frenchie boatmen yammering.
01:05:09Bouchard and his pack of scutlers are coming in from La Cumbria,
01:05:12and they're going to sack the town.
01:05:14There's nobody here to stop them.
01:05:15Crowder and his men.
01:05:16I know all about it, Cal.
01:05:17Grunty and I'll try to stop them at the flat.
01:05:19We'll get all the women and children together and put them in the schoolhouse.
01:05:23Well, it looks like every man in town turned out.
01:05:26All right, men.
01:05:27All right, let's get your rivals from Mr. Rice on the porch.
01:05:42Your ammunition's there, too.
01:05:53Got an extra six-shooter for me?
01:05:56I was hoping you'd come back.
01:05:57The fight wouldn't seem natural without the two of us, did it?
01:06:00Well, that's the way I figured.
01:06:09They may have left the flats by now.
01:06:10You go on after them, and I'll short cut to the ranch and get help.
01:06:13Aye, aye, Skipper.
01:06:24Mr. Hacks, every man in town is gone.
01:06:28Only the old ones stayed there.
01:06:29Oh, certainly.
01:06:30Those ranchers, they make Monsieur Price pay for his sins.
01:06:33And while they do, Dominic Bouchard will collect.
01:06:40Hello, Montaigne, we march.
01:06:44Remember, the ranchers in the valley belong to you.
01:06:48And I give you the town also.
01:06:50But not the bank.
01:06:52That belong to me.
01:06:55Hello.
01:07:03Hold it.
01:07:04Hey, Skipper.
01:07:05It's Miss Abby.
01:07:06All over the gate.
01:07:07All over the mountain.
01:07:15I thought I told you to stay in town until this thing blows over.
01:07:18Well, she's that lost comfort.
01:07:19He's got hundreds of men.
01:07:20He's going to attack Riverford.
01:07:21Well, let him attack.
01:07:23But Pax, he'll wipe out the entire valley.
01:07:25Those women and children have...
01:07:26Let their men take care of them instead of using their mob rule on me.
01:07:29Well, Ronnie's gone after them, but I'm afraid he won't reach them in time.
01:07:32We can't let those women and children suffer, Pax.
01:07:34Your fight's not with them.
01:07:36She's right, Pax.
01:07:37Why should I worry about their families?
01:07:39They didn't worry about mine.
01:07:40Even so, we've got to help them.
01:07:42And while we ride to the rescue, that pack of wolves tears my ranch apart.
01:07:46Oh, no.
01:07:47Pax Jr. paid a big price for this place.
01:07:50I'm not letting it go for a noble gesture.
01:07:54It won't make it easier on you to bring agony on others.
01:07:57In spite of what those men have done.
01:08:00They love their families as much as we love Pax.
01:08:06Would you want them to go through it with me?
01:08:10Would you want them to go through it with me?
01:08:10No.
01:08:11I wouldn't.
01:08:23You'll be down to the old ranch house with Willie Mae.
01:08:26You'll be safer there.
01:08:32Well, Dan, I guess this is the end of our empire.
01:08:36Yeah, sure.
01:08:39But I've got a notion you're starting to build something better.
01:08:45Sail away.
01:08:46Boy!
01:08:47All you men, get your horses.
01:08:54Boshart's got us outnumbered.
01:08:55But from where he is, we'll have to go through bottleneck pass.
01:08:57We're a lot closer to it than he is.
01:08:59I've got a hunch we can even up the odds.
01:09:01You all ready, men?
01:09:11Come on, keep working.
01:09:29Make those anchor posts good and solid, men.
01:09:31If that firetrap doesn't hold them, this is barricade shut.
01:09:39Of course, we'll brush over it.
01:09:43Hey!
01:09:45Calder!
01:09:45Hey!
01:09:46Hey!
01:09:48You fellas better find it back to town,
01:09:50because Boshart's going to pounce on it.
01:09:51Well, you hold your shirt, Taylor.
01:09:52He's up in jail in Sabine.
01:09:54Taylor told me so himself.
01:09:56Well, this rabbit is just one of Bryce's men.
01:09:58It's a trick to stall us.
01:09:59It is not a trick.
01:10:00I'll tell you, Boshart is heading through the...
01:10:02You go back and tell your boss
01:10:03we're not giving him time to get set for us.
01:10:07Oh, listen, fellas.
01:10:10Hey, Calder, wait!
01:10:11Hey!
01:10:12Men lay low and wait for the signal.
01:10:23All right, men.
01:10:24Sit down.
01:10:50You want to spoil everything?
01:10:52When will they start coming back out?
01:11:04Come on, Ford.
01:11:06Start plugging that gap.
01:11:14Light up, men.
01:11:33What kind of trick is this?
01:11:35Yes, it is not good to play with fire.
01:11:37We go back.
01:11:38We take another way to the park.
01:11:39Hold up, hold back, hold!
01:11:52All right, let him go.
01:11:53Up to it!
01:12:32Let's go!
01:12:32That's it, Frank!
01:12:33Keep this gap raising!
01:12:34Where's going to come with me?
01:12:42We are left!
01:12:44When we get out!
01:12:45Follow me!
01:12:54Get ready, men!
01:13:04We'll start up the slope.
01:13:22Go, go, go, go!
01:13:24I'll find it.
01:13:24Go, go, go, go!
01:13:50Go, go, go, go!
01:13:51Sounds like it's coming from the bottleneck.
01:13:53Well, maybe Bryce sent some of these men to draw us off.
01:13:57That firing's too heavy. Bryce hasn't got that good again.
01:14:00I'm taking a look.
01:14:01Hey, we'd better all take a look, huh? Come on!
01:14:04Hey!
01:14:48Make it go for it!
01:14:49Bitch!
01:14:50Put the men down, Pax.
01:15:10Pickle the rocks!
01:15:28What are you supposed to know?
01:15:30Cactus wire, huh?
01:15:31Well, huh?
01:15:33Salt!
01:15:48Kill!
01:15:49Come on, put the men down!
01:16:12All right, let's go.
01:16:23Police!
01:16:24Police!
01:17:00We've got to play our ace, Pax.
01:17:02Sure, Skipper.
01:17:02Let's give it to him.
01:17:03Go ahead.
01:17:05Ah!
01:17:06Ah!
01:17:06Ah!
01:17:07Ah!
01:17:07Ah!
01:17:08Ah!
01:17:09Ah!
01:17:10Ah!
01:17:21Ah!
01:17:28Ah!
01:17:31Ah!
01:17:32Ah!
01:17:34Ah!
01:17:35Ah!
01:17:36Ah!
01:17:37Ah!
01:17:38Ah!
01:17:39Ah!
01:17:41Ah!
01:17:43Ah!
01:17:45Ah!
01:17:45Ah!
01:17:46Ah!
01:17:47Ah!
01:17:47Ah!
01:17:48Ah!
01:17:50Ah!
01:17:50Ah!
01:17:51Ah!
01:17:52Ah!
01:17:52Ah!
01:17:52Ah!
01:17:57Well, that blast's gonna stop them.
01:18:34Hold it, men!
01:18:36Round him up!
01:18:44He ain't sunk, but he sure do for dry, Doc.
01:18:47Bryce, from now on you can string as much of that bout wire as you want.
01:18:52And I'm going to help you.
01:18:54You fellas saved our families, and we won't forget it.
01:18:58I guess we've both been wrong, Crotter.
01:19:01I can't stop the railroads.
01:19:03You can stop fencing ranges.
01:19:05They're both here to stay because you both mean progress.
01:19:11Texas is...
01:19:12Dan, you better finish.
01:19:15Well, Pax means if we all pull together,
01:19:17we can make this the finest state in the Union,
01:19:20the cattle center of the country.
01:19:21So we're letting the railroad through.
01:19:24When we put up our fences, we're gonna leave.
01:19:27Plenty of gates for our neighbors.
01:19:36Gimme them pills, you big bunch of barnacle.
01:19:39You ain't giving these to the skipper, you little sand crab.
01:19:41Let go or I'll flatten you like a flounder.
01:19:43But the catalog says they're good for man or beast.
01:19:45Yeah, sure.
01:19:46I swallowed one this morning and my teeth still rattling.
01:19:48I don't dare give them to me.
01:19:50No!
01:19:51Gimme a...
01:19:57Here's the bottle.
01:19:58Eat one pill, it'll make you tie a knot in an octopus.
01:20:01Eat them yourself.
01:20:03Here's all the medicine I'll ever need.
01:20:06What's up?
01:20:20You can't get me.
01:20:21Come on, Mr. Sonson.
01:20:23I'll never leave.
01:20:23Oh, that's not a good thing.
01:20:23It's just a good thing.
01:20:23You can get me to the hospital.
01:20:24See you tomorrow.
01:20:24May we let you really do it.
01:20:24I will.
01:20:25That's a good idea.
01:20:29Oh, that's a good idea.
01:20:35The End
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