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the Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand named Jimmy Chang (played by Guy Lee) who is accused of murder and terrorized by a manipulative mayoral candidate's henchmen. The candidate uses racial bigotry to stir up trouble against minority groups in Virginia City to further his campaign.
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00:05Not many men are so privileged as we are to see a new civilization born before our own eyes.
00:11There are times in the streets of Virginia City when I question the use of the word civilization.
00:16It is always that way with a new hop scene.
00:19A diamond before it is polished seems no more than a cloth of dirt.
00:30Is this the American way to toast on an American occasion?
00:35To your son on his 18th birthday.
00:38To my son Jimmy's American birthday.
00:41To the joining of the past and the present to create a finer future.
00:51You have honored my house and now there is much to do.
00:58You are fortunate to know the Cartwright family so well, Hopsing.
01:01It pleases me to know that here in America the affection and respect of the sons for the father is
01:07as strong as it is in the land of our ancestors.
01:09The Cartwrights have great respect for you, my uncle.
01:12And admiration for your son.
01:14I am happy that the younger sons will honor us with their presence at the birthday party.
01:19And do not worry, Hopsing.
01:21Your friend Hoss will be fed as well as if you yourself did the cooking.
01:46Hey, you.
01:48You speak to me?
02:05Yeah.
02:06You and me work good together, Billy Boy.
02:09We're going to have to clean a lot more of this dirt out of here before Virginia City is a
02:13fit place to live.
02:25We'll see you in the next week.
03:28I'm sick.
03:32Paul, Adam, come out of here, quick!
03:37I'm sick.
03:39What happened to your boy?
03:48Can you talk Hopsing?
03:50Looks like he's been in a pretty bad fight.
03:52Yeah.
03:52Paul, Paul, let me help him in the house.
03:55You forget about it.
03:56Hopsing all right.
03:57It's Chinese business only.
04:03What do you mean by that, Paul?
04:06You don't think he's tangled up in one of them tong things we heard about, do you?
04:10No, I don't, son.
04:11The tong is a protective organization composed of civilized people.
04:14I wonder how much more this has been going on.
04:16A lot of it.
04:17Particularly in the California gold mines.
04:20I didn't think anybody had spread over the mountains.
04:23Why would anybody want to do a thing like this?
04:26Because Hopsing is Chinese.
04:30That's the craziest thing I ever heard of, Paul.
04:34I feel like going in there and tearing that town apart board by board.
04:38No, you won't, son.
04:39You'll go to Jimmy Chang's birthday party tomorrow just as you planned.
04:41I suppose we just forget about the fact that somebody beat up on Hopsing.
04:44We're not going to forget about it, but we're not going to stir up more trouble for the Chinese than
04:47they already have.
05:17Hops, you sure you got enough money?
05:18Oh, yes, sir, Paul.
05:19We done paid for Jimmy Chang's present.
05:21We're just going to go pick it up.
05:22All right.
05:23We'll see you later.
05:29What was it you wanted, Lee Chang?
05:30Oh, today is birthday of my son.
05:32Oh, ain't that nice.
05:35I would like to buy 18 small American flags.
05:40All right.
05:42Why, you'll plumb out of them flags, ain't you, Hammond?
05:45Hmm?
05:46Oh, yeah.
05:47Yeah, that's right.
05:48I forgot.
05:50I don't have any American flags, Chang.
05:52I'm sorry.
05:53What are you sorry for?
05:58I don't have any.
05:59You'll have to go to some other place.
06:03I will try Campbell's on C Street.
06:05You don't have none either.
06:08And neither does anybody else in town.
06:27Please, John, my friend.
06:29Ah, Mr. Vernon.
06:31Mr. Adam.
06:32It would seem my unworthy nephew feeds the food to bring good health.
06:37Well, it would seem Hop Singh feeds my brother Hoss a few extra servings, too.
06:41Well, there's a big day in your life, Chang.
06:43You'd be mighty proud of that boy of yours.
06:45Mr. Cartwright, could I ask you a question, please?
06:48Well, of course.
06:49Anything you want, you know that.
06:50There are customs of your people I do not understand.
06:54I'd wish for my son an American birthday party.
06:57I wouldn't worry about it.
06:59Just give him a cake with candles.
07:01Oh, yes.
07:02It must be candles and not flags.
07:06What do you mean, Chang?
07:07I had thought to put American flags on the cake.
07:10But I understand it is not permitted.
07:12Who says so?
07:15Oh, it's no matter.
07:19Chang, did Hammond refuse to sell you American flags to put on Jimmy's cake?
07:24I did not understand.
07:25I do not wish trouble.
07:44Adam, Ben, it's good to see you.
07:46And what can I do for my favorite customers?
07:49We'd like to buy some American flags.
07:54I don't have any of them little ones, Ben.
07:56And how did you know we wanted some of those little ones?
08:00You know, maybe we wanted a great big one.
08:02Well, do you?
08:03You run in the store now, Jesse?
08:05No.
08:06No, I just take care of my own affairs, that's all.
08:10Well, then stay out of hours.
08:13You pack a grudge a long time, Adam.
08:17Well, how about it, Hammond?
08:19I'm just sure we don't have none.
08:21Now, why don't you take a nice, hard look?
08:29We're right here.
08:32Well, here's some of them.
08:35I didn't know I had any left.
08:37Let's see, that's three, four, five, six, eight.
08:41How many of them did you need?
08:43Eighteen.
08:44They're to be put on a birthday cake.
08:50There's a few extra.
08:51That'll be a dollar.
09:09Adam, you shouldn't let Jesse Tips get under your skin that way.
09:12I can't help it.
09:14Nothing but a cattle thief and a hired gun, and yet he walks around loose.
09:18He'll crap himself in time.
09:32Andy Fulmer.
09:33Boy, this town's getting pretty hard up for somebody to rent for mayor, isn't it?
09:36Adam, is Jesse Tibbs still foreman of that ranch that Andy Fulmer bought outside the Carson?
09:43As far as I know.
09:44Well, I'm seeing the business with the flags with Lee Chang.
09:51That sounds just about like the kind of tactics that Fulmer would use.
09:56First the Irish, and now the Chinese.
09:59America for the Americans.
10:01That's a pretty tired platform.
10:03Adam, do me a favor.
10:04Would you take these flags over to Lee Chang?
10:06Tell him that Hammond just misunderstood him.
10:09What are you up to?
10:11Somebody I want to talk to.
10:19Come in.
10:24Ah.
10:25And Cartwright, I'm rightly honored.
10:27To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, Mr. Cartwright?
10:29You don't have to go through any of the formalities, Mr. Fulmer.
10:32We've known each other for some time.
10:34Ah.
10:36What school did you get that from?
10:38School of hard knocks.
10:39Same one you went to, Ben.
10:42Only I don't call myself a lawyer.
10:44Folks get in trouble.
10:46They come to me for advice.
10:48Ain't nothing in the law that says I can't charge a fee for helping them.
10:52Now, just what did you have on your mind, Ben?
10:56Andy.
10:58I understand you're fixing to run for mayor.
11:02That's right.
11:04Andy, what's your platform?
11:08Virginia City for Virginia City.
11:10Short, sweet, and to the point.
11:12You like that?
11:14Well, it depends on what it means.
11:16It means Virginia City belongs to the folks that made it what it is.
11:19It means we don't want outsiders.
11:22Well, now, what's your definition of an outsider, Andy?
11:26Well, now, Ben, you live outside the city and you can't vote for me anyhow.
11:30Even if you would.
11:31But I'll be glad to spell it out for you anyway.
11:34It means our town's being overrun by foreigners who are willing to work for nothing.
11:38And they're taking the bread and butter out of the mounds of folks like us who built this country.
11:44Now, by foreigners, Andy, who do you mean?
11:47The Irish or the Welsh or the Chinese?
11:52Now, before you start giving me any of that high-flown talk about prejudice,
11:56you just stop and remember this camp's full of those same Irishmen and Welshmen and Cornishmen.
12:00And those are the very people I mean to protect.
12:02I wasn't going to give you any high-flown talk about prejudice, Andy.
12:05I just wanted to know where you stood.
12:10Yeah.
12:11Does that mean you're against me, Ben?
12:14Well, Andy, it means that if I find out that you or any of your boys had anything to do
12:21with beating up my cook,
12:23I'll tie a rope around you.
12:26I'll drag you up and down Main Street.
12:30Now, Ben, like I said before, you don't live in this city.
12:34And you can't vote for me no how.
12:37So why don't you just stay out of this campaign?
12:39I guess you just invited me in, Andy.
12:59Hoss!
12:59Little Joe!
13:00Don't go on that Jimmy chain.
13:02Just when I got a surprise birthday present, Ron, I'll do it after Ronny and Jay.
13:05I didn't expect to see you till tonight.
13:08You are coming to the party, aren't you?
13:10Sure we're coming, Jimmy.
13:11What's the matter, Hoss?
13:14Uh, we really going to eat Bird's Nest?
13:17My father said he felt the same way about the first piece of apple pie he ever saw.
13:22See you later.
13:22I got to get to the stable and get to work.
13:24Take it easy, Jimmy.
13:27He's a good kid.
13:28Yeah.
13:29Made up his mind to go to college and he'll do it, too.
13:32You reckon he knew this was his birthday present?
13:35If he couldn't figure that out, he sure has no sense going to college.
13:49Hey, good looking.
13:50You know better than to say a thing like that in public.
13:58You didn't seem to mind it so much last night.
14:00Why, Billy Wheeler, I wasn't even with you last night.
14:04Then who are you with, Sally?
14:06Tommy Gaines or Ned Wilkins or the Pierce Kid?
14:10Or maybe him?
14:14What if I was?
14:18I didn't know you was making fun.
14:19I'd slap your mouth.
14:21Let go of me.
14:25Suppose I told your daddy what you just said.
14:28What do you think old J.R. would do to you, huh?
14:33Now, you just be nice and I won't tell.
14:37Let go of her.
14:38Let go of her.
14:40Why don't you try and make me?
14:45Boy, you just made the biggest mistake of your life.
14:48Biggest mistake you'll ever make.
14:55Jimmy.
14:57Oh, let me look at that cut.
15:03That's all right, Miss Sally.
15:04Leave me alone.
15:06All I did was bathe your face.
15:08The girl would do that for anyone.
15:12Yes, anyone.
15:13I didn't mean it the way it sounded.
15:17That's all right.
15:18I'm used to it.
15:22Here, I'll put some more water on it.
15:27Sally.
15:28Father.
15:29Get into the house.
15:30But, Father.
15:31Did you hear me?
15:32Why, what have I done?
15:33You've disgraced my name, flouting yourself in front of this heathen.
15:37I was just helping Jimmy.
15:38Billy Wheeler hit him.
15:39And I thank Billy Wheeler for that.
15:41Father, how can you say that?
15:43Jimmy didn't do anything.
15:44You get into the house before I thrash you.
15:47I'm not afraid of you, Father.
15:48I haven't done anything wrong.
15:50Every time I look at a boy, you see evil.
15:52Shane.
15:53Sally.
15:54You keep away from her.
15:55You shouldn't have done that, Mr. Ridley.
15:57Why?
15:59Oh, Father, no.
16:00No.
16:00Father, no.
16:12You've killed her.
16:40I told you it was the biggest mistake you ever made.
16:44Boy, I sure told you.
16:56I wouldn't be too worried if I was you, Lee Chang, about Jimmy.
16:59He'll be around a minute.
17:00The old man Ridley probably gave him a few extra chores to do.
17:02You know, Mr. Ridley, he's tougher than nails.
17:04Oh, Jimmy, not mine.
17:05He work hard.
17:06He do what Mr. Ridley tell him.
17:11What do you think, Hoss?
17:12I don't know.
17:14That boy's so dang anxious to make his college money.
17:17He's done forgot his own birthday party.
17:19Yeah, he's almost an hour late.
17:24Jimmy!
17:25Jimmy!
17:26Jimmy, what happened?
17:28Okay, get some water and some towels, quick.
17:30What is it, my son?
17:32They were chasing me.
17:33Who was?
17:34I had to fight them off, Hoss.
17:36They wanted to kill me.
17:38Well, why?
17:38What did you do?
17:39Little Joe, I didn't do anything.
17:41Well, something must have happened.
17:42Sally Ridley is dead.
17:45Her father shot her.
17:46It was an accident.
17:47They think I killed her.
17:49Now, look, Jimmy, I want you to tell me the whole story right from the very beginning.
17:53It was an accident, Joe.
17:55I liked Sally.
17:56I wouldn't ever hurt her.
18:02We know he's in there.
18:04Send him out.
18:05Send him out or we're coming in to get him.
18:07Somebody will get hurt.
18:11Just keep calm.
18:12Ain't nobody going to hurt that boy.
18:15We'll handle this thing proper.
18:17Little Joe, you come cover me.
18:24First man that tries to come in this house is going to have to clam over me.
18:27We're not looking for any fight.
18:29We want the boy is all.
18:31Well, you ain't getting him.
18:33He killed somebody.
18:34And he's going to get what's coming to him.
18:36Now, that's a bit hasty, Billy.
18:37Billy, suppose we give him a choice.
18:40Either we take the boy in jail or we get a rope.
18:43What about it?
18:47You wait here.
18:58Will they take my son?
19:00No, Lee Chang.
19:01If anybody does any taking around here, it's going to be a little chill with me.
19:04But you believe, Jimmy.
19:06Look, don't worry, Lee Chang.
19:08Sheriff Halstead's a fair and honest man.
19:10He'll know the truth when he hears it.
19:11Father, in America, man is innocent until proven guilty.
19:15Isn't that right, Hoss?
19:20That's right, Jimmy.
19:21Go on.
19:22Let's go, Hoss.
19:27Hopsink?
19:28Adam's going to stop by for us.
19:29Tell him we're down at the jail.
19:45Why'd you let him have him?
19:46We could have strung him up.
19:48Billy, Billy, Billy.
19:50Don't you remember what Fulmer said?
19:53What we do is let it boil.
19:55We just let it boil.
20:05Now, you've told me the whole truth.
20:07You're sure you've left nothing out, son?
20:09I've told it just the way it happened.
20:13Well, I'm inclined to believe him.
20:15And how many other folks will is the question.
20:17Well, I believe him.
20:18I've known Jimmy and his family a long time.
20:20They're good people.
20:21Sure, they're good people.
20:22But that doesn't tip the scales.
20:24Not with some who have political ambitions.
20:27You mean Andy Fulmer.
20:29Yeah.
20:31He's been waiting for this kind of thing to happen ever since he declared for mayor.
20:36Come on, boy.
20:42Jimmy, everything's going to be all right.
20:49This is for your own protection, Jimmy.
20:51You'll be better off here than you will at home.
20:54I understand, Sheriff.
20:56See, Jimmy, this doesn't mean that you're guilty.
20:59Even an innocent man, if he's suspected of murder, can't be allowed to roam the streets.
21:04I know.
21:06You'll be all right here.
21:20All right, Billy, send him in.
21:30How are you, Mr. Ridley?
21:31Andy.
21:32Won't you sit down?
21:37All of our sympathies are with you, Mr. Ridley.
21:40We all want you to know how deeply we feel for you in this hour of your great loss.
21:45Thank you, Andy.
21:47It's a tragedy, Mr. Ridley.
21:49It's a real tragedy.
21:52And if we hadn't let the bars down in the first place, a thing like this couldn't ever have happened.
21:58Now, you know me, Mr. Ridley, I speak my mind plain.
22:02Your daughter went out with lots of American boys, didn't she?
22:06Sure she did.
22:07Pretty little thing like her.
22:09And did any of those American boys ever act any way other than decent with her?
22:13Of course not.
22:14Would an American boy have shot her down in cold blood?
22:18There's something I think you should know.
22:21That boy didn't kill my daughter.
22:25It was an accident.
22:26I had the gun.
22:28The gun went off.
22:30That boy didn't kill my daughter, Andy.
22:33I did.
22:35Now, you just sit there, Mr. Ridley.
22:37You had a very trying day.
22:42Jesse, haven't you got some work to do?
22:44Sure.
22:46Sure, Andy.
22:54You know, sometimes when a man suffers a great tragedy, it can affect his mind.
22:59You understand that, don't you, Mr. Ridley?
23:01Yes, yes, I understand that.
23:04And in his grief, he might forget things or even imagine things that never really happen.
23:12Yes, yes, that's true.
23:17Oh, I'm sorry to say this, old friend, but I see signs of that in you.
23:24In your eagerness to do what's right, you're willing to show her all the blame for Sally's death.
23:30Well, shouldn't I, Andy?
23:32Now, now let's face the truth.
23:35Didn't that boy, that James Chang, didn't he provoke whatever caused Sally's death?
23:45Ask the Lord as my judge, that boy caused Sally to die.
23:50Yes, and our city's overrun with these undesirables, and that breeds the sort of thing that happened to you.
23:55And every decent citizen in this town wants to see that that don't never happen again.
24:00Now, ain't that right, Mr. Ridley?
24:01Yes, yes, Andy.
24:04All right, then.
24:06Now let's you and me sit down and examine what's really right for Virginia City.
24:11You asked me to order members of our town to fight, if need be, to protect your son.
24:17My son has not killed anyone.
24:20He has committed but one crime.
24:23He is Chinese.
24:25Is James Chang Chinese?
24:27Has he not given up the ways of his ancestors?
24:31Has he not taken the dress and the custom of another people?
24:35He is ambitious.
24:37He desires to educate himself in this new land.
24:40He knows that one day the Chinese will take their place alongside other people who have come from many other
24:46places to make this great country.
24:48Young eyes can see great distances, and risk is the privilege of youth.
24:55Your son has accepted the new ways, and with this, he has accepted the risk.
25:02He is my son, and they talk in the streets of killing him.
25:06It is written, it is better to sacrifice one lamb than to cause the slaughter of the entire flock.
25:19Now, some men will fight, even to save a lamb.
25:27Order, order, please.
25:29Now, I don't want to have to remind you folks, this is an official inquest, and I expect order.
25:37Continue, Mr. Wheeler.
25:39Like I said, I've seen this Chinese boy carrying on with Sally Ridley.
25:44So naturally, I went and told her father.
25:46You know the rest.
25:48Now, Your Honor, aren't we taking an awful lot for granted here?
25:52Now, surely, Your Honor.
25:54Ben Cartwright's been around long enough to know the facts when he hears them.
25:58But this is not a trial, Andy.
26:00It's an inquest.
26:03Is that all, boy?
26:06Well, ain't that enough, Your Honor?
26:08Don't get smart with me, son.
26:10Now, you just get down, and let's have the next witness.
26:15This is Amanda Ridley.
26:24Now, Amanda, just tell us in your own words what happened last night.
26:29Jimmy Chang killed my sister.
26:33Order, order in the court, please.
26:36Order, order, please.
26:39Amanda, we're not passing judgment here.
26:41We're just trying to get the facts.
26:44Well, what did you expect?
26:45Everybody in town knows what kind of a girl my sister was.
26:48Always flaunting herself, fluffing her hair, and mincing around boys.
26:54What's the matter with her?
26:56She's jealous of her own sister.
27:02Please, Amanda.
27:03I know how hard this must be for you.
27:06But all we want to hear is what you saw.
27:09Well, I heard a shot.
27:11I ran to the stable.
27:13There was Jimmy Chang bending over my sister.
27:15There was a gun next to him.
27:18My poor father was standing there, just staring.
27:22And the gun was by Jimmy Chang?
27:24It was right by him.
27:25Right where he dropped it.
27:27Now, Your Honor, how do we know that was Jimmy Chang's gun?
27:30Now, who saw him drop it there?
27:32Ben, you're not trying to tell us that gun just fell out of the sky, are you?
27:37Ben Cartwright, I'm not going to put up with any more of your outbursts.
27:43All right, Amanda.
27:44That's all.
27:49Mr. Ridley, will you take the stand?
27:54Mr. Ridley, do you feel the testimony you've heard here is substantial of the way it happened?
28:05As the Lord is my witness, that boy caused the death of my daughter.
28:11Thank you, Mr. Ridley.
28:12You may step down.
28:16Jimmy Chang, stand up.
28:20It is the finding of this inquiry that you, Jimmy Chang, stand trial for the murder of Tyler Ridley.
28:27Inquest adjourned.
28:32I sure don't want to miss that trial.
28:35Well, hanging for sure, won't you, Mr. Fuller?
28:38That's hard to tell.
28:39Jury trial?
28:40Well, sometimes you just can't depend on a jury.
28:44Like I told you boys before, when I take over this town, I want it clean.
28:51Maybe, maybe we ought to see to it there.
28:54Ain't no trial, boss.
28:57Jesse, I sure like the way you think.
29:08We owe an obligation to this town, boys.
29:11Andy's right.
29:12We're all merchants.
29:13We all earn our living here.
29:14If we let the Chinese take over, our property would be worthless.
29:17I never spoke true or words, Cyrus.
29:20That's my way of thinking exactly.
29:22If it wasn't my way of thinking, I wouldn't be running for mayor.
29:28One thing, Andy.
29:29I ain't a man to jump into things, you know.
29:31Well, you ain't a man to stand by and watch your own house burn down without tossing on a pail
29:35of water either, are you, Cyrus?
29:37I don't know.
29:39Now, if we let that Chinaman get away with killing that white girl,
29:42it's just the same as saying we don't even care what happens to our own wives and daughters.
29:46Well, what do you think we ought to do, Andy?
29:50I think we ought to put a stop to it right now.
30:00Looks like you're a little off your game today, little Joe.
30:14Shut up.
30:16They're holding a meeting over at Hammond's store.
30:18I don't like the looks of it.
30:19Andy Fulmer in the height of his glory.
30:22So-called cause and a hot-headed audience to listen to his ranting.
30:26Where do you think it'll come to, Pa?
30:27I don't know.
30:28But if Fulmer can fire up that crowd enough, they'll sure enough try to break Jimmy out of jail.
30:32Well, don't you think we can hold him off, Pa?
30:35No, I've got no right to ask you cartwrights to get mixed up in this thing.
30:39You've got no help either, have you?
30:41Well, you want to get rid of me, Sheriff.
30:43You're going to have to throw me out.
30:44Uh, Jimmy Chang's a friend of mine.
30:48Well, Sheriff?
30:50Well, I won't lie and say that I'm not pleased, but...
30:54Well, to make this thing legal-like, I'd better swear you all in as deputies.
31:00That's good.
31:01Always did want to wear one of them deputy badges, anyhow.
31:17Ben?
31:22Looks like you were right.
31:25I don't think there's any more doubt about it, Sheriff.
31:33Look, there's only one way to avoid trouble, and that's by getting that boy out of town fast.
31:37But I can't rightly do that, Ben.
31:39Well, you can't rightly let them come in and lynch him either, can you?
31:42Ben, Jimmy Chang has been indicted for murder.
31:46That's my sworn duty to uphold the law, and it's also the sworn duty of you and your sons now.
31:51What are we supposed to do, sit here and wait?
31:52That's the way it is.
31:54Look, Pa, even if we get Jimmy out, we've got to get him past those men.
32:00Yeah, I suppose nothing would make Fulmer happier than to kill Jimmy Chang while attempting to break jail.
32:06Look, Ray, there's no law that says a deputy can't walk out of here, is there?
32:10No, there isn't.
32:12If you boys want to change your mind, I can release you from any obligations.
32:16No, that's not what I meant.
32:17I just don't like the idea of sitting around here while Andy Fulmer calls every turn.
32:21What's on your mind, son?
32:23Well, Pa, I can't help thinking about Amanda and the way she behaved on the witness stand.
32:27Now, I've known her a long time.
32:29I just don't believe she's turned that bitter.
32:31You think you might want to talk to her?
32:33I'd like to try.
32:35Oh, it's worth a chance.
32:38Maybe through her you could break down Ridley's story.
32:44I don't like the idea of you going out there, though.
32:47No, Horst and I could cover him, Pa.
32:49Oh, that'd be playing right into Fulmer's hands.
32:51And there'd be three less guns in here for him to worry about.
32:54I'll get through all right, Pa.
32:55Well, I wasn't thinking of you getting through, Adam.
32:58I was thinking of you getting back in.
33:00Don't sell Fulmer short.
33:02He's got Ridley on his side, and he's going to do everything in his power to keep him there.
33:05Well, I'm going to risk it.
33:09All right, Adam.
33:32What's the matter, Cartwright?
33:33The stink of that woman killer get too thick for you in there?
33:36You get out of my way.
33:40You sure are proddy, Adam.
33:42Ain't no law says we can't stand out here in the street.
33:45Yeah, why are you Cartwright so nervous?
33:47We ain't doing nothing.
33:49Well, just keep on doing it.
34:06May I come in?
34:08I suppose it'd be all right.
34:17My father isn't home.
34:19Well, it's really you I wanted to talk to, Amanda.
34:22Would you like to sit down?
34:27Well, all of us used to have some mighty good times in this house.
34:30We haven't entertained since Mother died.
34:35Seven years must get kind of lonely for you sometimes.
34:40I had obligations, and I assume those obligations.
34:45Have to be at such a high price.
34:49You think it's been easy keeping the household together with Mother gone?
34:54No, I don't.
34:55I watch my own father do it for years.
34:58Yes, but Sally did everything she could to make things difficult.
35:03Yeah, Pa had his moments with all of us, too.
35:05She had no respect for anything, not for me or for my father.
35:09Look, Amanda, stop feeling sorry for yourself.
35:11Life hasn't passed you by.
35:14Why can't you, Cartwrights, mind your own business and let us mind ours?
35:17Because it happens to be everybody's business when a boy's life's at stake.
35:20You can stand there and say that to me when my sister's been murdered.
35:24What do you expect me to do?
35:26Go over there to Jimmy Chang and tell him it was all a big mistake?
35:28If that's what it was, yes.
35:30Jimmy Chang said he didn't have a gun.
35:32And he said it was an accident.
35:33Now, look, Amanda, I've always admired you because you had the courage to stand up for what you thought was
35:37right.
35:39Sally was just exactly the way you used to be.
35:41No more, no less.
35:43You don't need to pretend with me, Amanda.
35:53Adam, I've been so alone.
36:01What should I do?
36:03Tell the truth.
36:05What are you doing in my house, Cartwright?
36:08There's no woman safe in this town.
36:10How dare you persecute my daughter?
36:13It's not your daughter that's being persecuted.
36:16There's a young boy over in that jail that's just about to face a lynch mob.
36:19My boy's a murderer and a heathen.
36:21He's been indicted for his crime.
36:23Indicted but not convicted.
36:25Why don't you think Jimmy Chang deserves a fair trial?
36:29James Chang will have a fair trial.
36:31Not unless you tell Andy Fulmer that's what you want him to have.
36:34Oh, Mr. Fulmer's an honorable man.
36:36He doesn't need me to tell him what to do.
36:39What's the matter, Mr. Ridley?
36:40You're afraid to face up to Andy Fulmer and the principles you value so highly?
36:51I fear no man.
36:52Well, then talk to him!
36:56I'll go with you, Father.
37:07What rights he got to stand trial anyway?
37:09He ain't even no citizen.
37:11We can all let those Cartwrights tell us how to run our town.
37:14They don't live in Virginia City.
37:15And this town is for us that lives here, for us Americans.
37:19There are only three Cartwrights in there.
37:21Adam left.
37:23And we'll see to it he don't get back in again.
37:25I say rush the jail.
37:27Sheriff Hulmer still will be on our side when he sees we mean business.
37:35What are you up to, Cartwright?
37:37We stopped for a walk with some friends of mine.
37:40It's not a Jesse, you seem nervous.
37:43Mr. Ridley, is Adam trying to force you to do something against your will?
37:47No man forces me against my will.
37:51I want to talk with Mr. Fulmer.
37:53You wanted to talk to me, J.R.?
37:57I've got to talk to you about everything.
37:59About those people out there.
38:01Why, certainly, J.R.
38:02Not a man in this town can't speak to me whenever he wants to.
38:04You come right on in.
38:05Miss Mander?
38:08Come on, J.R.
38:09Come on, J.R.
38:10Come on, J.R.
38:10Come on, J.R.
38:11Come on, J.R.
38:12Come on, J.R.
38:12Come on, J.R.
38:14Come on, J.R.
38:14Come on, J.R.
38:16Let's step into my private office.
38:18We can talk freely there.
38:20I'll wait out here.
38:32Why don't you sit down, Amanda?
38:35J.R.?
38:41Now, then.
38:44What was it you wanted to say to me, J.R.?
38:46I want those people out there to know the truth.
38:49I want to tell them what I told you this morning.
38:52And what did you tell me this morning, J.R.?
38:54Why, that Jimmy Chang is innocent.
38:56That my daughter's death was an accident.
38:59And what did I say then, Mr. Ridley?
39:02I just don't remember.
39:04Didn't I say that I wanted to help you?
39:06Didn't I say that the people of Virginia City were behind you 100%?
39:09Did you see all those people out there in that street?
39:13Why do you think they're there?
39:15They're there because they're your friends, J.R., just as I'm your friend.
39:19Because we both believe in the same principles.
39:22We believe in honesty and decency and the American way.
39:27Now, ain't that right, Mr. Ridley?
39:29Yes, I suppose so.
39:31Father, you...
39:32Now, you don't suppose.
39:33You know.
39:34Those people are out there because they're your friends.
39:37They're out there to honor you.
39:40They're there to honor a man who stood up in his hour of great tragedy.
39:45Not for his own sake, but for the sake of an entire city.
39:49Now, are you going to let them down, J.R.?
39:52Are you going to let your daughter die in vain?
40:04They're waiting for you out there, J.R.
40:14Well, Mr. Ridley?
40:17I have no right to stand in the way of my friends, the people here in Virginia City.
40:22Like I say, J.R., I like your ideas fine.
40:25You talk to me any time.
40:25The door's always open.
40:31What happened in there?
40:32Adam, it was horrible.
40:34It's as if my father has no mind of his own.
40:37Well, I'll change his mind.
40:39No, Adam.
40:40Let me do it.
40:41I can make him understand that he's got to tell the truth.
40:45All right, if you think you can.
40:47Remember, Amanda, Jimmy Chang's life depends on your father telling the truth.
40:52I realize that now, Adam.
40:54Come along, Amanda.
41:09Just where do you think you're going, Cartwright?
41:13Now, why don't you leave those folks alone?
41:23Boys, boys, what's going on here?
41:26Cartwright here seemed to be in a hurry.
41:28We figured he was planning to pester the Ridleys some more.
41:32You boys put those guns away.
41:34Jesse, you know we're not men of violence.
41:37You go right ahead, Mr. Cartwright.
41:39Just do whatever you like.
41:41I'll do just exactly that, Mr. Bowman.
41:46You sure you don't want me to stop him, boss?
41:49Why should you do that, Jesse?
41:51Just when we got things right where we want them.
41:59Well, Joe, do you ever taste anything like these jailhouse beans?
42:02Yeah.
42:04Remember, I'm trying not to remember it.
42:07What you mean, say, is you don't ever remember tasting anything as good, don't you?
42:13Yeah, that's what I mean.
42:14It's almost worth breaking a law to get this kind of chow.
42:19Jimmy, you ain't eat a bite of yours.
42:20Why don't you try to get some of that down?
42:23Thanks, Hoss.
42:23But I'm not hungry.
42:25Hungry?
42:26What's that got to do with it?
42:27You think the only time a man can eat is when he's hungry?
42:30Yeah, you haven't got any kind of fool idea like that to you, Jimmy.
42:34I didn't kill Sally.
42:36You believe me, don't you, Hoss?
42:40Jimmy, you ought to have more sense than even ask such a question.
42:44But there are some people in this town who think I did.
42:47How can they, Hoss?
42:51Jimmy, don't you worry, no.
42:52You got lots of friends in this town.
42:53Friends that aren't going to let you down.
42:55Here he comes.
42:56Let him in.
43:05I really thought they tried to stop you from getting you back in.
43:07Well, Fulmer's so sure of himself he figured he didn't have to.
43:10Well, what about Amanda?
43:11Did you find out anything from her?
43:12Oh, I sure did.
43:14Anyway, I've convinced her she should tell the truth.
43:16I thought we hadn't Ridley convinced, and then we got over to Fulmer's, and...
43:21I don't know, Fulmer's got some strange kind of hold on the man.
43:24He's like so much clay in his hands.
43:26Anyway, Amanda's still working on him.
43:29What, do you think she'll get anywhere with him?
43:31Well, if she doesn't, we've got a lynch mob on her hands.
43:37Father, how can I make you understand what I'm saying to you?
43:41I'm on the side of right.
43:43Right.
43:44You're just doing what Andy Fulmer wants you to do.
43:47That boy's going to die.
43:49Your sister died too, didn't she?
43:52Yes, she did.
43:54Until now, I...
43:55I don't believe I really cared.
43:58But now I know you don't care.
44:01How dare you speak like that to me?
44:04How dare you speak like that because it's the truth.
44:06Your sister brought disgrace on us.
44:10Sam, it isn't really Jimmy Chang you're trying to punish, is it?
44:14You're trying to punish Sally.
44:23Father,
44:26was her death really an accident,
44:28or did you pull that trigger on purpose?
44:33Is that why you're afraid to talk?
44:38Amanda,
44:39as God is my witness,
44:41it was an accident.
44:43Then go out there and tell them.
44:46Oh, Father,
44:47we both lied to ourselves.
44:50We never really believed the things we said about Sally.
44:53And if we let Jimmy Chang die,
44:56we'll really be condemning Sally.
44:59You and I, Father,
45:01we're the guilty ones.
45:12Now, boys,
45:14you all know where I stand.
45:16I'm just interested in doing what's right for our city.
45:20Are we going to let those cartwrights stand between us
45:21and what we know is right?
45:22I say let's rush them and get them out of that jail.
45:25Come on.
45:32Here they come.
45:37Let's put a few shots over their heads.
45:39That should scatter them.
46:02Here, stop that.
46:03Stop it, everybody.
46:04Stop.
46:05Ridley.
46:06Yeah, looks like she convinced him.
46:08Stop it.
46:09Stop it, everybody.
46:10Stop.
46:10Get in here, J.R.
46:11Those cartwrights will kill you.
46:13It isn't the cartwrights this town needs to fear, Fulmer.
46:15Ah, J.R.,
46:16we understand each other.
46:18That won't work again, Andy.
46:19I'm going to tell Sheriff Halstead the truth.
46:21We've been through this before.
46:23I'm going to tell him the truth.
46:29Get him.
46:37You fool.
46:38Why did you kill him?
46:39What?
46:40What are you saying?
46:41You told me to kill him.
46:43Murderer.
46:45You filthy murderer.
46:48Get him.
46:49He just killed my best friend.
46:54Jesse, stop the gun.
46:59Father.
47:02Father.
47:05Father.
47:07Father.
47:15My father wanted to tell you something.
47:17I know what it was because I was part of it.
47:21We lied on the witness stand this morning.
47:23My sister's death was an accident.
47:26Jimmy Chang didn't have any gun.
47:29My father killed Sally.
47:31That's what he wanted to tell you.
47:36Well, Fulmer.
47:38Three dead.
47:40You satisfied?
47:42Trying to make a murderer out of me, Ben?
47:44You try to murder this town.
47:47You still want this man for your mayor?
47:49No, no, no, no, no.
47:51Oh, now, wait a minute, folks.
47:52Hold it, hold it.
47:54This is a terrible thing that's happened here today.
47:58And we sure don't want anything like that to happen here again.
48:02Folks, folks.
48:04Listen, but you know how I stand.
48:06What I believe in.
48:22I'm afraid you're at liberty, Mr. Chang.
48:26Come on, Jimmy.
48:26Didn't you hear him?
48:27Or don't tell me you done got to where you like it in here.
48:30But, but what?
48:32But what?
48:32I thought you were the one who had the fine ideas about going to college.
48:35Yes, I do, but...
48:37Well, if you're going to go to college, Jimmy,
48:38you've got to bust out of this jail before you can start.
48:40It's all right, Jimmy.
48:42Come on.
48:44You can go home.
48:45It's all I want to know.
48:47Go on.
48:48Go on.
49:07Go on.
49:08Go on.
49:09Go on.
49:18Go on.
49:20Go on.
49:22Go on.
49:24Go on.
49:25Go on.
49:26Go on.
49:28Go on.
49:28Go on.
49:28Go on.
49:28Go on.
49:29Go on.
49:34Go on.
49:37You
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