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In this episode, three U.S. Army prisoners escape from a harsh stockade and seek refuge on the Ponderosa, ultimately taking Adam Cartwright hostage. Ben Cartwright discovers that the army camp for "untrainable" soldiers is run by a friend, but the Captain (James Bolton) in charge of hunting them down is sadistic. Ben must intervene to save his son and ensure justice prevails against the ruthless Captain.
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00:14you take this bunch on in i'll look over that hill over there see if i can find any more
00:17give you along after that well if i don't find any i'm liable to be sitting by the fire by
00:21the
00:22time you get those in the corral take it easy right
00:32you'll never get that thing off why don't you quit
00:36we can try can't we much good as it'll do tyler he's slowing us down telling you bolton's picked
00:42up our tracks by now you ain't gonna leave me sudden we're not leaving yet they hadn't killed
00:48that guard bolton wouldn't have found out about us for another day i never meant to kill him i was
00:53just paying him back for something he done to me over to this friend's place where you're taking us
00:58maybe he'll have a chisel or something sure we'll just walk in and tell her you always go around
01:04wearing chains a girl
01:10what
02:41You heard when you're talking, you won't blow out in the house of cards here.
02:44Oh.
02:45You'll see, when I mean I'm proud of you, I mean I'm really proud of you.
02:52Goddamn it, little Joe.
02:59Oh, hiya, Pa. How are you?
03:02Oh, it's snippy out there.
03:03Yeah.
03:04What, did you collect them strays?
03:05Yeah, yeah.
03:06I got a couple of them and I checked them right off on the tow sheet.
03:09Good.
03:10You haven't got back, too?
03:11No, no, but he said he'd be right along.
03:13Good.
03:13Sit down, Pa.
03:14Glad to see you.
03:16You boys are riding the line out by the old ranch, weren't you, little Joe?
03:19Maybe Adam just decided to go by and pay Miss Netta a visit, Pa.
03:22You know, I wish one of you boys had sparked him, Miss Netta.
03:24She's a fine girl.
03:26She's a handsome one, too.
03:27Hey, Pa.
03:28Hmm?
03:29What about little Joe?
03:31Don't you think he'd make a nice husband for Miss Netta?
03:34And you could arrange it, too, couldn't you, Pa?
03:36That's not a bad idea.
03:38Hey, look, you're kidding.
03:39I don't want to get married, Pa.
03:40Well, she's a pretty girl, isn't she?
03:43Well, yeah, but...
03:44She's pretty, ain't she?
03:47Pa, I think she's one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen.
03:49Of course she is.
03:51And she's got the Macons, one of the finest little horse ranches in this country, ain't
03:54she, Pa?
03:54She certainly has.
03:55All paid for and clear, little Joe.
03:57Yeah, well, I don't care.
03:58I just, I just don't feel like getting married.
04:00Well, not for a couple of days, anyway.
04:03You know, Hoss, I think he's going to change his mind.
04:05I'm sure he will, Pa, and when he does, we're going to all be real proud, isn't he?
04:10Yeah, must be Adam.
04:12Sounds like more than one to me, Pa.
04:15He's out, Hoss!
04:17Soldiers.
04:19That's strange.
04:31Mr. Cartwright?
04:33Yes, that's right.
04:37Detail response.
04:38Stand to your horses.
04:42Captain James Bolton, provisional barracks, Fort Dayton.
04:45Well, Captain, please, come in.
04:47These are my sons, Hoss and little Joe.
04:48How are you, Captain?
04:52Well, Captain, I suppose you must have your hands pretty full these days, what with the
04:55Indian uprisings and all.
04:57Please, sit down.
04:58Fort Dayton has a casual's post.
05:00What's that?
05:02Place for troops deemed not fit for line duty.
05:06Well, the least we could do is get your men some coffee.
05:09It's pretty cold out there today.
05:11Hoss, see that hops and get some coffee after the men.
05:13Hold that.
05:15My men are on duty.
05:18Well, I ain't on duty, Captain.
05:20You all some coffee?
05:21No.
05:23I'm trailing three deserters that escaped from my stockade.
05:27Well, Captain, do you think they headed up this way?
05:32A trail into your land.
05:34Well, as I was riding the fence all morning, I didn't see anything.
05:38How about you, Hoss?
05:39Nope.
05:41No sign of tracks?
05:43Campfire?
05:43Trampled on brush?
05:44I didn't see anything.
05:46Well, that's odd.
05:47Captain, I don't see why that should be so odd.
05:49We have a pretty big piece of land here.
05:50Three men could very easily lose themselves on it.
05:54Perhaps.
05:55Who else is in the house with you now?
05:58Upsing, our cook.
06:00Our captain.
06:02Now, surely you don't think that those three men are hiding in this house?
06:05It's not within my province to think one way or the other, Mr. Cartwright.
06:10Then let me set you straight, Captain.
06:14Those men are not here.
06:16Then you'll have no objection to my men searching the area.
06:19Captain!
06:23I just told you.
06:26Those men are not in this house.
06:30Let me state the situation very precisely for you, Mr. Cartwright.
06:33We know that those three men came to this general area.
06:37It is also quite obvious they cannot evade detection without some outside help.
06:41Now, anyone aiding them in any way will be charged with and tried for obstructing military justice.
06:48Hoss!
06:50Will you be good enough to show the captain out?
06:52You bet you, Paul.
06:54Captain!
06:55We've got a man out here, Captain.
06:57Captain!
06:58Captain!
07:03Let him!
07:04My son, let him go.
07:06Let him go.
07:07Release him.
07:08Madam?
07:09What happened?
07:10I don't know, Pa.
07:11Just west of where me and Joe split up, I heard this noise turned around.
07:14Somebody jumped me.
07:15Did you see their faces?
07:17Come on, let's get them into the house.
07:18Joe, get the lindament.
07:19Okay, Paul.
07:20Let's go.
07:24Well, it's not as bad as I thought at first.
07:27The man that assaulted you.
07:28Could you tell them if there were three of them?
07:31I know there were at least two of them.
07:33I...
07:33Somewhere in the back of my mind, I heard them talking about whether they'd kill me or not.
07:37It could have been a third.
07:38Take it easy, Paul.
07:39Paul, it looks to me like this.
07:40Right now, time for some settling up to be done.
07:42Why don't we do the settling up?
07:45Move over.
07:46Now, Hoss, I want you to bandage Adam up and get him up to bed.
07:52Paul, I kind of figured I'm riding with you.
07:54Well, little Joe knows exactly where Adam and he were running up those strays.
07:58Now, here.
07:59Anytime you say, Paul.
08:00Yeah.
08:06These are the men I'm after.
08:07They belong to me.
08:08I think there's something we'd better strike now, Captain.
08:12This is my land you're on, and that's my son who's been ambushed.
08:15Now, if you want to ride along, fine.
08:18But you ride where I say, and you ride behind me.
08:21Otherwise, take your men and get off the Ponderosa.
08:25And if they are the men I'm after.
08:31Joseph?
08:51Uh, let's take a breather.
08:58Sutton, are you sure you know where you're taking us?
09:01Well, if you want to strike out on your own, go ahead.
09:04I'm not stopping you, am I?
09:09The ranch is over that way, I think.
09:14Yeah, I'm sure of it.
09:17Well, how, how do you know they're going to take us in?
09:21I told you I worked there when I was drifting west a couple of years back.
09:28I had to stay down, maybe, except the old man running that booted me off, because his daughter took to
09:33me.
09:36I always promised Nedda I'd be coming back for her.
09:40Just a little sooner than I figured, that's all.
09:44Ow!
09:45Shut up!
09:48Ow!
09:51Ain't nothing to hear us but hoot owls and crawlies.
09:55I don't like it neither.
09:57You ain't ever known anything better.
09:59Cut it!
09:59Cut it out, both of you!
10:01That's an order!
10:05That's an order.
10:07You hear it, Mertz?
10:10Only you ain't an officer no more, Tyler, so maybe you ought to forget about issuing orders.
10:17You know, I still don't figure you out.
10:26Mertz here was facing the gallows.
10:29Me?
10:30I still had five years left to serve.
10:33Hey, this cave, it's a pretty good place to hold up.
10:40You had about six months to do and you'd have been free.
10:44So why risk your neck breaking out?
10:47My reasons don't concern you.
10:51Maybe.
10:53Maybe not.
10:55Look, you two hole up here and I'll go see if it's clear at the girl's place.
10:59I'll just go with you if you don't mind.
11:03All right, but not him.
11:06Nedda scare off.
11:07She sees him parading up in them chains.
11:09You gonna leave me?
11:10Yeah, yeah.
11:11Yeah, he's right.
11:13You, uh, you lie low here till we get some, uh, other clothes and something to pry those chains off
11:18with.
11:19You coming back for sure?
11:21You give me your Bible word?
11:23You have my word.
11:25Well, if you're coming, let's get moving.
11:42There's no sign of them up there, Pa.
11:43They must have headed off in that direction.
11:45Yeah, probably kept to the creek bay on the other side.
11:48Journey dry now, but the bank should still be soft enough to leave prints.
11:51Yeah.
12:00...
12:05I don't know.
12:32Yeah, somebody came through here, Pa. Not too long ago.
12:48Hold it. Here they are again.
13:05Spread out. Search any spot that's big enough to hide any of them.
13:10If that's all right with you, Mr. Cartwright.
13:16I don't know.
13:20I don't know.
13:23I don't know.
13:49Put up your gun, Captain.
13:53All right, now.
13:55Where are those other two men that were with you?
13:56I charge and hereby arrest this man for known and specific crimes against the articles of war.
14:01Captain?
14:01He's a military prisoner now.
14:03I'll get your answers for you.
14:04Corporal, take the prisoner in charge.
14:06You better get those answers, Captain.
14:13All right, Mertz.
14:14Where are the other two?
14:19You put a blotch on my record, Mertz.
14:21And I intend to erase it.
14:27Where are they?
14:29Where are they?
14:29I don't know.
14:31We split off.
14:34That's the truth, mister.
14:35I swear it.
14:42Just get the answers, Captain.
14:46Maybe you're right.
14:48If he knew what the others were, he'd be pouring it out.
14:51Because he's scum.
14:53And scum always breaks.
14:55Isn't that right, Mertz?
14:56Or have you forgotten what it's like in the hot box?
15:03Someday, someday somebody's going to get you, butchered.
15:08Well, it won't be you, Mertz.
15:09I can assure you of that.
15:12No.
15:13No!
15:14No!
15:15No!
15:16I'd rather die than go into that hot box!
15:18No!
15:19No!
15:23The prisoner was attempting to escape.
15:25You're a witness to that.
15:27I'm also a witness to the fact that you deliberately tried to murder him.
15:33Bolton, I'm going to see to it that my good friend Colonel Metcalf at Fort Dayton
15:37gets to know exactly what kind of officer he has in his command.
16:09Nice ranch.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Where do you see the gal who lives on it?
16:14We better get cleaned up.
16:16First, we're scared of death walking this way.
16:19Scared?
16:19I guess you didn't listen good when I told you about her.
16:23We were real friendly.
16:25Neda and me.
16:28Hey, they're not worried about.
16:30It's her pa.
16:33The stable's over here.
16:44Don't close the door so we can hear if anyone's coming.
16:47Hey, there's what we want.
16:55Here.
16:56Put this on.
16:57Help you look human again.
17:09Good looking, Colt.
17:11His mother must have died.
17:13He needs care.
17:16This is a fine time to be fussing over horses.
17:20I sometimes prefer them to people.
17:26Well, what's that supposed to mean?
17:29Nothing.
17:29Just a thought.
17:34I'd sure like to see Butcher Bolton's face right now.
17:39He's probably chasing us halfway across the Sierra.
17:42Uh-uh.
17:43I doubt it.
17:45Bolton's a sadist, but he was one of the best Indian trackers in the army.
17:50We're not Indians.
17:53Besides, after we hole up here for a couple of days, they'll probably quit looking for us.
17:57Not Bolton.
17:59All right.
18:00Not Bolton, maybe.
18:01But the brass.
18:02They'll figure it's not worth the effort.
18:05You're an officer.
18:06You know how they'd think.
18:10I was an officer.
18:13About this girl of yours.
18:15You've been gone for two years.
18:17How do you know she hasn't married or something?
18:20I know.
18:23Yeah, and I'd like to make a little bet on it.
18:25You already have.
18:27Your life.
18:30Yours too.
18:33And don't you ever forget it.
19:02And don't you ever forget it.
19:12What are you doing to me?
19:23I told you I'd be coming back.
19:26I thought you'd forgotten me.
19:30You think I could ever forget you?
19:33Oh, Tyler, come here.
19:38This is my partner. I've been telling him all about you.
19:41Now he can see everything I said was true.
19:44Tyler, ain't you a beauty?
19:49Sutton, you never even got close.
19:54It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss.
19:57Tyler's my name. Paul Tyler.
20:00Miss, her name's Nita.
20:03Call her Nita.
20:04How do you do?
20:06Are you in the army with Jimmy?
20:09No, no, not exactly.
20:11You see, Nita, I left the army sometime back.
20:14Tyler and me have been doing a little prospecting.
20:18Why didn't you just come right on up to the house?
20:21What are you doing out here?
20:23Oh, we were covered with trail dirt.
20:25We wanted to wash up a bit before we barsed in on you.
20:27Now, is that fair? You get all prettied up and...
20:30Well, just look at me.
20:32Honey, you're wonderful.
20:34Just beautiful.
20:35I'm going to take a walk outside.
20:37Wait a minute, Tyler.
20:39Your pa's up in the house, I guess, huh?
20:42Oh, Jimmy, pa died over a year ago.
20:48Oh, that's a real shame.
20:51I'm sure sorry, honey.
20:57Who's taking care of the place?
20:59Oh, I have a hired hand, Charlie.
21:01He's in town for a week.
21:05That's awful, you being alone like this, honey.
21:16Oh, it sure is good to see you again.
21:21Why didn't you write to me?
21:22Oh, I couldn't.
21:23I was moving around a lot.
21:26You know how it is.
21:27Yes, I know how it is, but...
21:30Well, do you?
21:31Oh, Jimmy, after a while, I...
21:37I gave up hoping, and then...
21:40And then I just stopped dreaming.
21:42I didn't stop.
21:43That's the only thing that kept me going.
21:46And I'm going to make up all that last time to you.
21:49Jimmy, I don't think you can.
21:51I just don't think you can.
21:52Let me try.
22:02Ben, I've known you for a long time.
22:05But I can't accept these charges you make against Captain Bolton without proof.
22:10Well, what more proof do you want?
22:12Well, at the moment, it's your word against his.
22:14That's right.
22:16What did he tell you?
22:17That Mertz was trying to escape?
22:20That's what he says in his report.
22:23Well, have you spoken to Mertz?
22:25Have you heard his side of the story?
22:27I would have done so, of course.
22:29Unfortunately, Private Mertz is dead.
22:34Dead?
22:37He attacked a guard in the stockade last night.
22:39During the ensuing struggle, he was killed.
22:41And you believe that?
22:42You really believe that?
22:43Colonel, how many men have died in Captain Bolton's stockade?
22:46Captain Bolton is an officer with a distinguished record, Ben.
22:49Commended several times for bravery in action.
22:51Perhaps you noticed his hand.
22:52He was captured and tortured by the Sioux.
22:55The Sioux are savages.
22:57Captain Bolton, I presume, is a civilized, responsible person.
23:03Come in.
23:09The Colonel sent for me.
23:11You know Mr. Cartwright?
23:13Yes, sir, I do.
23:14Captain Bolton, Mr. Cartwright has made certain charges against you.
23:17I thought you should be here to defend yourself.
23:19I'm aware of Mr. Cartwright's charges.
23:21I'm sure the Colonel knows my behavior has been and always will be strictly according to army regulations.
23:27Colonel, I've never heard of any army regulations that cover the killing of prisoners.
23:32Mr. Cartwright, maybe you don't know whom you're defending.
23:35Private Mertz killed a fellow soldier in a brawl over a card game.
23:39As for Sutton, he attempted an armed robbery of an army payroll.
23:43Ben, this is a casual's post.
23:45I don't know whether you realize that it's made up of outcasts and misfits.
23:49They're still men.
23:51And as such, they're entitled to certain minimum standards of treatment.
23:56Ben, I respect your opinion and your judgment.
24:00But this is the army.
24:01And I have to stand behind Captain Bolton.
24:04What?
24:08Yes.
24:12Yes.
24:13Yes.
24:17I understand.
24:20Good day, Colonel.
24:24Good day, Ben.
24:29Thank you, sir.
24:34Captain, I chose my words carefully in front of Mr. Cartwright.
24:40But your conduct has been brought into question.
24:44If there's the slightest indication of any transgression of regulations on your part,
24:48I'll see that you're investigated.
24:51And that the facts so warrant court-martialed.
24:53Is that understood?
24:54Yes, sir.
24:55That's all.
24:56With the Colonel's permission, I beg leave to return to the Ponderosa with the detail of men.
25:00Well, that's private land.
25:00We can't search it without permission of the owner.
25:02Or an order from a civilian court.
25:05I have already obtained the required court order from the Federal District Court of this territory.
25:11Request granted.
25:13But if I were you, Captain, I'd remember that warning I gave you.
25:17I'd remember it very carefully.
25:20Sir.
25:26That was great, honey.
25:27Nothing like a good meal to make a man feel like he belonged.
25:31Well, you haven't touched your food.
25:34Oh, I'm...
25:34I'm sorry.
25:36I guess I've spent too much time eating army chow.
25:39Army chow?
25:40Well, he was in the army, too, before we started prospecting.
25:45Who's that?
25:46I don't know who it could be at this hour.
25:48Another, honey, would you do me a big favor?
25:50Sir, don't say anything about Tyler and me being here.
25:54Why not?
25:55Well, we just hit a big silver strike, maybe, and it's best nobody knows about it.
26:00Not yet.
26:01You understand.
26:10Good morning, Haas.
26:11Good morning, ma'am.
26:12You sure do look nice in your new dress and all.
26:15Ma'am, I don't want to worry you none, but Paul thought you ought to know about it.
26:18There's some army prisoners loose.
26:21Army prisoners?
26:22Yes, ma'am.
26:22There was three of them, but there ain't two now.
26:24One of them's already been caught.
26:26Oh.
26:28Well, uh...
26:29Well, thank you very much, Haas.
26:31Ma'am.
26:32Hmm?
26:32Everything's all right here, ain't it?
26:33I mean, there ain't been nobody around here.
26:36No.
26:36No.
26:37I'd ask him for coffee, but my stove, it...
26:40Well, it's not working right.
26:42Ma'am, I'll be having it.
26:43No, Haas.
26:44Uh, it's not broken.
26:45It's just hard to handle.
26:47Thank you very much, Haas.
26:49Ma'am.
26:50You're right sure everything's all right.
26:52Yes, Haas.
26:54Good morning.
27:08Is he going?
27:11You can never be sure about people, honey.
27:14We heard about them army prisoners, too.
27:16It might have been one of them.
27:20Might have been.
27:24Just exactly, where have you been prospecting?
27:29Well, uh, up in the other piece.
27:30Ain't that right, Tyler?
27:33Sudden.
27:39Yeah.
27:41Yeah, I guess it is, if you say so.
27:45Sure, it's right.
27:47What's got into you?
27:49Jimmy?
27:52Is it you they're looking for?
27:58Is it?
28:03I guess it is.
28:08But I was framed.
28:10Honey, you know me.
28:11I was wild, but I never did anything dishonest.
28:14And I tried to serve out my time.
28:17But, but you don't know what that, that staccade was like.
28:22Beatings.
28:23Starvation.
28:25There was a captain.
28:26Got his fun by kicking us around.
28:29You know what happened to him?
28:30He was in a sweat box for three weeks.
28:32When they brought him out, he was almost dead.
28:35Tell her!
28:36Tell her!
28:36Yeah, yeah, that part's true.
28:38Why didn't you tell me all this last night?
28:41I was going to.
28:43I was afraid.
28:45Of me?
28:47You were afraid of me?
28:49That's what Captain Bolton does to you.
28:51He makes you feel like an animal all the time.
28:53And you're scared.
28:56Let her.
28:57If you love me.
28:59Let her.
29:00If you love me, you help us.
29:03What can I do?
29:05Hide us out.
29:06Oh, Sutton.
29:09Why do you have to drag her into this?
29:11Why don't we just...
29:12Why don't we just get out while we can?
29:15To where?
29:15They got merch.
29:16That means Bolton thinks we're heading out of here.
29:18We're going to stay here.
29:19It's our only chance.
29:20Yes, you can stay here.
29:23Both of you.
29:24I want you to.
29:26I knew I could count on you.
29:29Thank you, Miss Netter.
29:37I don't know, Paul.
29:38She seemed all right.
29:40It was...
29:42Just that she was kind of nervous-like or something.
29:45You mean by her not letting you in the place?
29:47Well, that and...
29:49It was just a feeling I got.
29:50I don't know how to explain it.
29:52If I didn't know Miss Netter better,
29:53I'd think she was trying to get rid of me or something.
29:56Well, if things didn't seem right,
29:57why don't you have a good look around the place?
29:58I kicked myself all the way home
30:00for not doing just that, little brother.
30:03I think we'd all better take a good look around that place.
30:06Sounds to me fine.
30:07I'm getting tired of being an invalid.
30:09Adam, I...
30:09I'd rather you say to him.
30:11Oh, Pa.
30:11Oh, what?
30:12With Captain Bolton and those deserters still in the area?
30:15Can't leave the house unguarded?
30:18All right, I'll hold the fort.
30:24The colt will be needing this.
30:27You and that Tyler,
30:29you sure do a lot of worrying about that colt.
30:32I'll see you later.
30:33Where are you going?
30:35Scout around the area.
30:37Hey, that's army talk.
30:38Well, I guess it rubs off on you
30:40whether you like it or not.
30:59Here.
31:00Brought him some milk.
31:02He needs it.
31:03Is it warm?
31:04I think it's just right.
31:08Come on, little fella.
31:12Drink some milk.
31:18Poor substitute for your mama, huh?
31:25Where did you learn all about horses?
31:27I grew up with them.
31:29My father used to breed trotters back in Maryland.
31:32Well, you don't see many of those out this way.
31:42I love to watch them, the way they move.
31:47You ought to see them being trained.
31:49Oh, they...
31:50They fight you, make it tough,
31:52but once you have their trust,
31:54you can depend on them.
31:57I wish you could say as much for people.
32:03You've been hurt pretty bad, haven't you?
32:23Paul, there's something a little funny about this.
32:26I don't believe she left here about long enough, do you?
32:29I don't know.
32:30You fellas take a look out back.
32:31I'm going to look at the stable.
32:32All right, Pop.
32:33You know,
32:35I get a funny feeling about you.
32:40Like you don't care whether you
32:41get away or not.
32:45Oh, you're wrong, Netta.
32:47That's something I care about very much.
32:50Bolton's never going to get me back in that.
32:55Did they do that to you?
32:58Boy, that's terrible.
33:00That's just terrible.
33:04I'm sorry you had to see that.
33:07I'm not.
33:10Netta.
33:12Netta.
33:13Don't worry about me.
33:15I'm not worth it.
33:17I haven't known you very long,
33:19but I think you are.
33:29Oh, put it down, son.
33:30Okay, please.
33:31I'm sorry, Netta.
33:32I mean it, son.
33:34Put it down.
33:37Come on, put it down.
33:42And you drop that gun.
33:44Now, mister.
33:46I got the drop and I ain't going to miss from here.
33:47This is Ben Cartwright, don't you?
33:49Get out of the way, Netta.
33:58Great work, pal.
33:59What's great about it?
34:00I might have killed him.
34:04Will he be all right?
34:06I hope so.
34:09I hit him hard.
34:10Too hard.
34:12Ben Cartwright, huh?
34:14The way he was talking.
34:16He knows who we are, doesn't he?
34:18I'm afraid he does.
34:20Nothing to be afraid of.
34:22His hard luck, not ours.
34:24Netta, get away from him.
34:25No.
34:25Get away from him.
34:27Put it down, son.
34:33You, uh, you decided to start giving orders again, Lieutenant?
34:37I have no choice.
34:39You try killing him and you're dead.
34:41But what's got into you?
34:43You wishing to have Bolton beat you to death?
34:50All right.
34:51All right!
34:53We've got to get out of here before he comes to.
34:56Where are you going to go?
34:58Do you have another friend?
35:05All right, stay here.
35:12What's the matter, Sutton?
35:13You forget something?
35:19Netta, I can't leave you.
35:22Not with all the plans made for us.
35:24You and me, honey, we're going to make a great pair.
35:27Are we, Jimmy?
35:30Drop them, boys.
35:31Drop them.
35:35Right, get up.
35:40Move.
35:41Move over.
35:41Come on, get over there.
35:44You all right, Bolton?
35:46Yeah.
35:47I guess so.
35:48That was quite a walloping, man.
35:53What are you after?
35:55Give us a break.
35:56You can help us get out of the territory, but give us a break.
35:59That's all.
36:01Mister, you turn us back there and they're going to kill us.
36:04Yes, I saw the scars they got in the stockade.
36:06Please, Ben.
36:07Can't you help them?
36:10I mean, that it's an army matter.
36:12It's out of my hands.
36:14One of them was your son, Hoss or little Joe.
36:17Please, you've got to help them.
36:19Well, if they were my sons, I think I'd ask them to give themselves up.
36:25To the mercies of a Captain Bolton?
36:39Give me your name tags.
36:42What do you want them for?
36:44So I can convince the colonel that I've really seen you and that you are ready to give yourselves up.
36:49To Captain Bolton?
36:51I'll speak to the colonel.
36:52I'm sure he'll be as fair as he possibly can be.
36:55You ain't going to do it, mister.
37:02Do we have any choice?
37:05One thing, Mr. Cartwright.
37:06If Bolton comes for us, no matter what it takes, I'm not going back.
37:24Take care of them.
37:52I'm taking you into custody.
37:55On what grounds, Captain?
37:56For aiding and abetting the escape of an army prisoner.
37:59Search him.
38:00Yes, sir.
38:00You're stepping over that line, Bolton.
38:03I'll be the judge of that.
38:21Where are they?
38:27Which direction was he coming from?
38:29From the west, sir.
38:30Take your man in that direction and bring him along.
38:32Yes, sir.
38:42Lead on.
39:10Come on, little fellow.
39:12Come on, little fellow.
39:13Come on.
39:14Come on, try it.
39:16Up.
39:17Up.
39:18Up.
39:19Up.
39:19Come on.
39:20Come on.
39:21Come on.
39:25He's going to make it.
39:27It's funny what a thin line separates things.
39:31Yesterday, I wouldn't have given him much of a chance.
39:34Sometimes it can be the same way with a man.
39:37Yesterday, I might not have thought you were worth saving.
39:45Well, you saved Ben Cartwright's life.
39:57You know, we're going to be here for quite a while.
39:59Why don't you set yourself somewhere?
40:01I'm just stretching my legs.
40:03Well, I think you got all the kinks out.
40:04Sit down.
40:06All right, all right, friend.
40:08Don't get angry.
40:15You think quite a bit of that cold, don't you?
40:18Why not?
40:20He needed my help, and in a way, I needed him.
40:27Mr. Tyler, you don't have to answer this unless you want to.
40:34What did you do that got you into all this trouble?
40:42I was convicted of cowardice.
40:52I don't look so surprised, it's true.
40:56The actual charge read
40:58dereliction of duty,
41:00refusal to obey a command,
41:02and cowardice in battle.
41:11It was in the border campaign against the Apaches.
41:16My first command.
41:18The regiment was pinned down,
41:21and I was ordered to take my platoon
41:24and make a flank attack in the open.
41:2827 men against 400 Apaches.
41:34I refused.
41:38Maybe it was because I was afraid.
41:42All I know is that I...
41:43I couldn't bring myself to lead 27 men to their deaths.
41:47How come I want you to do that in the first place?
41:52That's the...
41:53the terrible part.
41:56I didn't know at the time
41:57that it was meant to be a...
41:59diversionary attack.
42:01The real attack was coming from the other flank.
42:06Well, they...
42:08they were thrown back and...
42:10half the regiment wiped out.
42:15Maybe my life and the lives of my men
42:17could have made the difference.
42:20But now I...
42:23I'll never know.
42:24It wasn't cowardice, Paul.
42:26How could you obey an idiotic order
42:27and commit suicide with all your men?
42:29You're wrong, Miss Netto.
42:31It wasn't an idiotic order.
42:33The army generally knows what it's doing.
42:35Well, what were they doing
42:36when they put scars on him?
42:39Ma'am, you can't judge the whole army
42:40by a man like Captain Bolton.
42:43But, friend,
42:44that's the man we gotta go back to.
42:46Pa told you he'd take care of that, didn't he?
42:48Look, your Pa's a good man,
42:49and maybe he's got good intentions,
42:50but he's never come up against anyone like Bolton before.
42:52I tell you he's gonna kill us!
42:55Oh, no, he ain't.
42:59Look, there's only one way to beat this.
43:02And that's if you fix it
43:03so we don't have to go back.
43:05Mister, we can't do that.
43:09Can't you?
43:10This morning, when I scouted the train,
43:12I left a buggy and a couple of horses up in a gully.
43:15All you have to do is turn your back
43:16for a couple of seconds,
43:17and me and Tyler and a girl will disappear.
43:19Save your breath.
43:29Look, look, you think a lot of Netta, don't you?
43:33Don't you want her to be happy?
43:36Well, all right,
43:36what do you think she's gonna feel like
43:37when she's watching him taking me away to be killed?
43:40She's been waiting for me all these years.
43:42Tell him, Netta!
43:44Tell him to let us go!
43:46I can't, Jimmy.
43:47I just can't.
43:50But why not?
43:57Hey.
44:00What's been going on in this stable
44:02besides taking care of sick colts?
44:13Okay, hold it!
44:19You take one step my way
44:21and I'll put a bullet in him.
44:23You do that, mister,
44:24and all the bullets that gun
44:26ain't gonna keep me
44:27from squeezing the life out of you.
44:29Don't you worry, nun, friend.
44:31I'll do it.
44:33I got nothing to lose now.
44:36Throw your gun on the floor.
44:38Come on!
44:39Come on!
44:43The other one.
44:49All right, you.
44:50Over there with him.
44:51Move!
45:00So long, lieutenant.
45:02You had your chance.
45:05And you...
45:08You're gonna have what's left of him
45:09after Captain Bolton gets through with him.
45:12Come on!
45:29Come on!
45:30Come on!
45:40Oh, my God.
46:07No! No, don't!
46:10Corporal, you're a witness. He was armed and dangerous.
46:13You too, Mr. Cartwright.
46:15I'll tell him that Paul's going to give himself up and that he doesn't have a gun.
46:19I'll tell him, Miss Nettie, but Captain Bolton ain't going to leave long.
46:24Well, just give us a minute.
46:27Yes, ma'am. Come on, Bill Joe.
46:32Come on.
46:32What? Where are you going?
46:34The back door. We can still make it to the gully.
46:35Oh, Nettie, Nettie.
46:37Bolton would shoot you down just as fast as he would me.
46:39I don't care. I don't want him to kill you.
46:42No, honey, I can't risk your life.
46:45Paul, I love you.
46:48Me?
46:51You love me?
46:52Yes.
46:53Oh, yes.
46:55I want to be with you.
46:58Then I can't run.
47:02I can't run.
47:08You ain't got a gun, Captain.
47:10Get out of the way.
47:13Corporal.
47:15This is army business.
47:16I'm taking that prisoner.
47:19Don't forget he hasn't got a gun.
47:21Take them aside, Corporal.
47:27Tyler!
47:45All right, Captain.
47:48Drop your gun, Tyler.
47:52I said drop your gun.
47:56All right.
47:59Cartwright, you're going to be sorry you interfered with the army.
48:10He's dead.
48:14You better get started back to the port, Corporal.
48:18We'll bring the captain in.
48:19Tyler?
48:20How long?
48:23I don't know.
48:25Well, I'll be here.
48:38Let's go, Corporal.
48:41Oh, my goodness.
48:53You better get started.
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