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Ranchers are being killed, cattle stolen, and even after former U.S. Deputy Marshal Denver McKee sends posses after the suspects, they are never found. Meanwhile, McKee suspiciously has plenty of money to take care of his daughter and her schooling back East.
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00:38I'm grateful we got you out of trouble before it happened.
00:40Well, you know what I think?
00:41Well, it couldn't be much. It takes brains for thinking.
00:44Yeah, well, I think you're jealous.
00:47Just because I find the only pretty gal in town who's not wearing some man's brand.
00:52Didn't I tell you he's short on brains?
00:54Ah, but she was wearing some man's brand, Casanova.
00:57And he was rounding up a few of his friends.
00:59And they were fixing to take you apart.
01:01But there was no talk about putting you back together again.
01:04And me and Adam being the charitable fellas we are,
01:06we just decided your hide might be worth saving.
01:08Not that we care, but Pa might have been a little upset.
01:14It's a .45.
01:16Sounds like it came from old Pete Redmond's place.
01:18Well, he don't know no .45.
01:36Pete.
01:39They got everything.
01:41Three years' work gone.
01:44Pete, did you get a good look at him?
01:48He was wearing masks.
01:51One of them was a big redhead.
01:55A redheaded man?
01:57Uh, hat fell off.
02:01There was four of them.
02:05Pete, don't you worry.
02:07We're going to get a doctor for you out of Virginia City.
02:09How is he?
02:19He's just fine.
02:22Old Pete ain't hurting no more.
02:27He's just fine.
02:28Good job.
02:39Come on.
02:40Come on.
02:42Then he's doing so.
02:46Okay.
02:46Good job.
02:53I'm out.
03:04THE END
03:24Ah, hello, Miles.
03:26Well, noon, Mr. Cartwright.
03:28Denver around?
03:29Yeah, inside.
03:31Walking about six foot off the ground.
03:33Nervous as a rustling church.
03:37He hasn't had this buggy out since that schoolteacher left.
03:40Now, don't tell him he's getting married.
03:42No.
03:43Ain't gonna get married.
03:44Don't have to.
03:45Gonna have a woman around the place again.
03:48Connie's coming home.
03:49Yeah.
03:49By golly.
03:51More o'clock stage.
03:52Yeah?
03:52Tell you, Mr. Cartwright, that man's scared to death.
03:57I know, reckon, since she's been back to that eastern school going on four years,
04:00he figures she's the Queen of England.
04:04Well, you know, she's going to see a lot of changes in this place.
04:08Yeah.
04:08Denver's done a good job with it in four years.
04:15Move for the love of Zachary P. Taylor.
04:17That you, Denver?
04:18Yeah.
04:19That's me, Denver.
04:27Where are you preaching?
04:28Nowhere.
04:29Well, I wish I was.
04:31Behind a pulpit.
04:32I could take off these doggone gators.
04:36Ben, you think a man's feet keep on growing?
04:40Well, I've heard that when a person gets older, his body shrinks.
04:44I don't know about feet, though.
04:45Well, I haven't had these gators on since the Harrelson wedding, but I swear, either they're
04:50a size smaller and my feet are a size larger.
04:55Ben, you think I look all right?
04:58Well, you know, if I didn't know better, I'd swear you were a senator.
05:01I'm going in to meet Connie.
05:03I know.
05:03I know.
05:03Milstead?
05:04Yeah, he told me.
05:05Sure, I told him.
05:07I ain't forgot how to talk.
05:09Doesn't seem like four years, does it?
05:11It does to me.
05:12I tried to get the house fixed up so Connie'd have a decent place to come home to.
05:17I don't know.
05:18You think she'll like it?
05:19Oh, it looks real nice.
05:20I had some new curtains made for a room, some kind of lace.
05:24They're real pretty to me.
05:26Well, then it is real pretty.
05:28Now, what are you worried about?
05:29That little girl won't even know the place.
05:30I know.
05:31I know.
05:31But she's grown up now.
05:32Oh, 18, her last birthday.
05:34You make it sound like she's an old maid.
05:36Once she left here, she was a kid.
05:38What do you know about it, you old goat?
05:40Who's an old goat?
05:41I ain't more than two years older than you are.
05:43That makes you an old goat.
05:45Two cents, I'd quit.
05:46For two cents, I'd fire you.
05:48Now, hold on, you two.
05:49How long have you known each other?
05:51Too dang long.
05:52Since before Connie was born.
05:54That's long enough.
05:55Well, Denver, if I were you, I'd hold on to Miles as a foreman.
05:58You give me one good reason why I should.
06:00Well, if you don't, Connie will have you hide.
06:09You better get going, Denver.
06:11That stage lab will be early.
06:12Well, it hasn't happened yet, but I suppose it could.
06:16Ben, you wouldn't want to ride in with me, would you?
06:19Well, no.
06:20You two have a lot to talk about.
06:22Yeah, I guess you're right.
06:24Four years is a long time.
06:27Well, you sure I look all right, Ben?
06:29Well, I told you.
06:30Yeah, like a senator.
06:32Ben, you can't lie worth a hoot.
06:35Well, and, uh, like a state senator, then.
06:40Oh, there is one thing.
06:41Yeah, what's that?
06:42Well, you know, I was thinking, uh, it's a little short notice, I know, but this is Saturday night, and,
06:47uh...
06:48Connie coming home, I thought I'd like to give a little welcome home party for Connie at the Ponderosa tonight.
06:53Well, that's fine, Ben.
06:54If I can get these gators broke in by that time.
06:57Well, uh, if you want to, you can come barefoot.
07:00Thanks, Ben.
07:02Connie will like a party.
07:07Well, I guess I'd better get along home and have the boys spread the word around about the party.
07:15Well, I, uh, won't be able to make the party, Mr. Cartwright.
07:19Somebody's got to watch the store.
07:20Oh, I'm sure about that, Miles.
07:29That's all we found on him, Paul.
07:33We followed the four men until we lost their trail, and then we went back and buried Pete.
07:38Not very much to leave after a lifetime of hard work, is it?
07:42What could anybody expect to get, robbing old Pete Redford?
07:45Well, I don't know, Adam.
07:48Some people say Pete did fairly well with that mine of his.
07:51He could have had some money stashed away somewhere.
07:53Paul, this seemed to me like it's a, like it's an organized outfit.
07:56This is the third robbery in less than a month.
07:58No, it's the first killing.
08:00Pete was killed because he got a good look at one of the men.
08:03Oh, that's so?
08:05What'd he say about him?
08:05Well, not much, except, except he had red hair.
08:10Hmm.
08:12Well, I'll talk to Denver McKee.
08:14He might be able to pick up the trail you boys lost.
08:16Yeah, he's probably good at that.
08:17Old Denver's about half-bloodhound anyhow.
08:20No, meantime, you go ahead and pass the word around about the party.
08:25I don't think Pete would want to spoil Connie's homecoming.
08:29You keep quiet about this. I'll talk to Denver.
08:31Right, Pop.
08:56Hey, is that you I smell, little brother?
08:59Well, it couldn't be you or Adam. You two smell like horses.
09:02Smells a bit like the Wednesday afternoon ladies' society, don't you think?
09:06Yeah, or maybe, maybe Walsh's livery stable.
09:09Hey, will you fellas take a long walk, like to China?
09:11Well, our little brother, we'd be happy to, but we gotta hang around here to take care of your hide.
09:15Well, I'll tell Connie McKee to be sure to thank you.
09:18Oh, uh, Joe, uh, remember, don't mention anything about Pete Redfern at the party, okay?
09:23Yeah, right. Did he have any kin?
09:25No, no.
09:27According to Paul, his wife died a few years back, and that's how come he's out here mining.
09:31Hmm.
09:32Well, you boys see a red-headed man at the party tonight.
09:34Be sure to shoot first and talk about it later.
09:36Hey, wait a minute.
09:37Josh Perkins is coming to that party tonight.
09:39He's red-headed and the best dang barber in Virginia City.
09:42Hey, I sure wouldn't want to shoot him.
09:44Oh, you know, I would if I were you.
09:47Look at the haircut they gave you.
10:00Here you are, Charlie.
10:06Wonder what's keeping Denver McKee and that daughter of his, they're late.
10:10Now, listen, Fleming, have you ever taken a woman anywhere and be untied?
10:14Little Connie McKee, you know, the way she used to ride that horse, I thought she'd break her neck before
10:17she got a chance to go to school.
10:19Wonder whether she changed the East or the East changed her.
10:21I guess the East rubbed some rough spots off her, but I imagine she's still the same girl she was.
10:26At least I hope so.
10:27For Denver's sake, he was shaking like a leaf when he went to pick her up at the stage.
10:32Here's to Denver McKee, the greatest sheriff Colorado ever had.
10:35Here's to Denver McKee, the best Indian scout in the U.S. Army.
10:39Here's to Denver McKee, the most frightened father in Nevada.
10:45Oh, there they come.
10:55It's got to be Connie, because she's with old Denver.
10:58I don't know.
10:59It don't look like Connie to me.
11:03Howie, you want to know something, fellas?
11:05I don't really care who that is.
11:09Welcome home, Connie.
11:10Hello, little Joe.
11:10It's so nice to see you.
11:12Hey, wait a minute.
11:14Is that a way to say hello to an old friend?
11:21In the East, that's the way we treat freshmen.
11:23Looks like you two are going to take up just where you left off four years ago, still fighting.
11:28Hello, Haas.
11:29It's so good to see you.
11:30Hi, Connie.
11:31Doggone it.
11:31We like not even recognize you.
11:33You wait right here.
11:34We got a real big surprise for you.
11:35All right.
11:36Adam, how are you?
11:38Oh, Connie, you have changed.
11:40Not so you could notice.
11:42You still got that same old sweet temper.
11:44Hello, how are you?
11:45Welcome home, Connie.
11:47I didn't expect a welcome home party like this.
11:49It's so wonderful.
11:50Oh, I'd forgotten how beautiful the Ponderosa is.
11:53Well, she put on her best party dress for you.
11:56Denver, she's your daughter.
11:57You better introduce her to the guests.
11:59Thanks, Ben.
12:01Folks, most of you remember my little girl.
12:04But for those who don't, Connie McKee.
12:08Welcome home.
12:09All right.
12:09Come on, Connie.
12:20Oh, it's beautiful.
12:22But it's a shame to cut it.
12:23Well, we can't eat it until you do.
12:25Well, just make a wish first and then blow.
12:33She's a real beauty, Denver.
12:35She sure is, Ben.
12:37I can say that, because I can't take any credit for it.
12:40She's the spitting image of her mother.
12:42Yeah.
12:43I only hope I've done right.
12:46About what?
12:47Connie.
12:48How do you know about girls, Ben?
12:51You see, I didn't want her to grow up here like a wild bronco, marry the first saddle tramp that
12:56asked her.
12:57Or get tired of the ranch and head for San Francisco to twist the town by the tail.
13:02Well, I wanted to give her what you've given your boys, security, background.
13:08I wanted to have a chance to see something besides steers and horses and a kitchen stole.
13:15Well, you've done it, and I know it hasn't been easy.
13:22Here's a little peace offer.
13:23Why don't we call it a truce?
13:25Well, seeing as you started the war, I accept.
13:27There'll be another war, little Joe, if you try to hog the guest of honor.
13:30Uh, Connie, why don't we go somewhere where we can draw up a peace treaty?
13:33I have a better idea.
13:34Let's have some punch.
13:35Hey, that is a good idea.
13:36Why don't you two go ahead?
13:38Well, come on, fellas.
13:40Connie and I are old friends.
13:41But Connie wants to make new friends, don't you, Connie?
13:44Since you've been east, little Joe is a changed man, Connie.
13:47He doesn't seem any different to me.
13:49That's just on the surface.
13:51Underneath, he's Wilder and the Loco'd Steer.
13:53Right, Mort?
13:54Wilder sometimes.
13:55In Virginia City, they have what they call the Girls' Protective Association.
13:59When little Joe comes into town, all those mamas flew into action.
14:04Why, little Joe, I had no idea.
14:06Miss Connie, would you care to meet some of my friends?
14:08Yes, I'd love to.
14:10Well, Connie, I...
14:15I hope she isn't really mad at little Joe.
14:18Oh, no, she's not mad at Joe.
14:20She's trying to show him that he isn't the only man in Nevada.
14:24Do him good.
14:30What's the matter, little brother?
14:31You having trouble?
14:33She looks like I got typhoid fever or something.
14:35What's the matter with me, anyway?
14:37Uh, got a couple hours, I'll tell you.
14:40Oh, never mind.
14:41She's not the only girl in Nevada.
14:43She's the prettiest.
14:49Oh, come on.
14:51You're not going to really eat the rest of that.
14:52It's too good a cake to let go of waste, Joe.
14:55Thanks so much for everything, all of you.
14:58That even includes you, little Joe.
15:03Thanks, man.
15:04For a while there tonight,
15:06you made me forget Connie'd ever been way at all.
15:20Well, the short straw stays.
15:22The rest of us get Denver,
15:23see if we can pick up the trail of the killers.
15:28Well, guess who's got it.
15:30Guess you stay, Joe.
15:34I still don't see why we all can't go.
15:36Well, somebody has to stay here.
15:39Make yourself useful, Joe.
15:41Help number one cousin with the dishes.
16:01That's pretty good shooting there, Denver.
16:03We use this way to spend money, Ben.
16:05I just started wondering if I still had the touch.
16:09Well, I guess it's a little like swimming.
16:11Man never forgets.
16:12You ready to go?
16:13Yeah, I'm ready.
16:14I guess we better get started.
16:16Get started where?
16:17Connie, I didn't want you to be bothered with any of this,
16:20but you see,
16:21yesterday, an old prospector named Pete Redfern
16:25got killed, his life-saving stone.
16:27Oh, that's terrible.
16:29Well, it's more than that.
16:30Last night, two men got killed
16:32and a Silverado mine payroll was taken.
16:36We're just going out, Scott,
16:37around and see what we can find out.
16:39I see.
16:41But why do you have to go?
16:43Well, Connie, I just told you,
16:45three men have been killed.
16:47I'd almost forgotten about the violence in the West
16:50and the fact that nobody is immune
16:52or wants to be.
16:55We mean to try to put a stop to this
16:57before there's any further violence.
16:58Do you?
17:00Or do you enjoy it?
17:03We're just trying to do what we feel we have to do.
17:06We'll leave my dad out of it.
17:09He spent most of his life with violence.
17:12It wasn't a game with him.
17:13It was his business, and he's retired.
17:15Can't you leave him alone?
17:17Connie, these are neighbors asking me to help
17:20because I know about these things.
17:22Connie,
17:23last year, 200 head of steer vanished,
17:26completely without a trace.
17:28And 50 men couldn't find him.
17:30Now we're looking for four men.
17:33Now, the sheriff needs all the help he can get.
17:36Now, if we find the men, and I hope we do,
17:40well,
17:42it's not going to make us feel good.
17:45Not going to make us feel big and brave.
17:50That's right, Connie.
17:52None of us get any joy out of this.
17:55Just something has to be done.
17:58I'm sorry, Mr. Cartwright.
18:01You will be careful, won't you, Dad?
18:06I didn't get this old being careless.
18:18Connie, you try not to think about it.
18:21Where'd you leave little Joe?
18:22Back at the Ponderosa?
18:24Oh, he's got a few chores to do.
18:26Not too many.
18:28Nice day for a ride.
18:30If little Joe wants to see me,
18:32he knows where I am.
18:33The only trouble is,
18:34he can't leave the ranch.
18:36Well, let him stay there.
18:38I certainly have no intention of running after him.
18:55Are you late?
18:57Don't tell me you were expecting me.
19:00Well, Pa didn't tell you had to stay here
19:01and do a few things around the house, huh?
19:03I really don't remember,
19:04because I really don't care.
19:06Oh.
19:08Well, in that case,
19:08you probably wouldn't be very interested
19:10in a little present I was fixing up for you.
19:11A present for me?
19:13Mm-hmm.
19:14Yeah, if you don't care,
19:15there really isn't much point to it.
19:18Did I say that?
19:19Yeah, well, didn't you?
19:20Well, I may have,
19:21but that was before you mentioned a present.
19:24Oh.
19:25Well, they really taught you a lot
19:26in that girl's go-back case,
19:28how to be mercenary in one easy lesson.
19:30You're so wrong, little Joe.
19:32No woman alive needs that lesson.
19:35She's born that way.
19:37Oh, I just didn't know they admitted to it.
19:39But since you did,
19:42how do you like him?
19:46Oh, little Joe,
19:47he's beautiful.
19:52Well, if that's the way you say thanks,
19:53it'll just take me a second
19:54to rustle up about a dozen more
19:56just like him.
19:57Never mind.
19:58One beautiful horse like this
19:59is enough for anybody.
20:00Maybe so,
20:01but I don't hardly think
20:02one kiss is enough for anybody.
20:03I don't think so.
20:39Why, little Joe, I thought you had to stay back at the ranch.
20:43I know when I have something better to do, like kissing my best girl.
20:48You mean kissing girls, don't you? Any girl?
20:52Well, now, where in the world did you get that notion?
20:54It wasn't hard. Almost everyone at the party last night volunteered that information. And more.
21:00Oh, you're not going to believe them.
21:02Well, why shouldn't I?
21:03Well, because they're lying.
21:05You mean there's no such girl as, uh, Joan Curry?
21:09Well, sure, there's such a girl as Joan, but she's a...
21:12And, uh, how about, uh, Carol Childress and Judy Polk and, uh, Sally Putnam?
21:22How do you do it?
21:23You haven't been back 24 hours and you know every girl I've ever talked to.
21:26I have only mentioned four. Would you like me to tell you the rest of the list?
21:31No, never mind.
21:33Of course, uh, you didn't do anything when you were back east.
21:36Except maybe knit socks.
21:37Oh, you know very well I went to a girl's school.
21:40Mm-hmm.
21:41Yeah, only the way I heard it, there was a boys' school right down the block.
21:45How long's your list?
21:47You'll die wondering, little Joe.
21:50Look, Connie, those girls didn't mean anything to me.
21:52They were just...
21:54Girls?
21:56Yeah, that's right. They were just girls.
21:58Well, that's exactly what I am.
22:00A girl.
22:02Uh-uh.
22:03Now, you're a very special girl.
22:14There was something I wanted to ask you.
22:17Are you going back east?
22:18Well, I'm not sure. Why?
22:21I just don't want you to go back, that's all.
22:23Well, that's hardly reason enough.
22:26Because I think you're very beautiful.
22:28That still isn't much of a...
22:29I just don't like you very much.
22:37I've only been back for 24 hours, little Joe.
22:41Tell me the same thing in 24 days.
23:09Now, if we cut across the Rimrock,
23:12and we can come in through the brakes.
23:18All right, how come you three are back, Sassel?
23:20We lost a trail.
23:22Four horses? How'd you lose a trail like that?
23:24It wasn't easy.
23:27They went into the Flint Canyons up near the timber line.
23:29Rocks so hard there,
23:30you can drive a thousand head of cattle through that part
23:33and never leave a sign.
23:34They've got to be up here in the Sierra somewhere.
23:36Of one of those high meadows, probably.
23:38They've got to have grass and water.
23:39Yeah, but Adam, there must be a hundred places like that up there.
23:42We could ride for a year and not find them all.
23:44Oh, you could find them the first day.
23:46They've had all the brakes so far.
23:47It's about time we had one.
23:49We'll ride out at dawn.
23:52Uh, Pa?
23:54Hmm?
23:56Yeah, I'm sorry.
23:57I can't go with you.
23:58Oh?
24:00You mean there's, uh,
24:01there's something you prefer to the High Sierras?
24:05Well, no, it's just that, uh...
24:07See, I didn't expect you'd be back so soon,
24:09so I promised Connie I'd take her into Virginia City.
24:13Hmm?
24:13Hey, Joe.
24:15Ain't you afraid you might be over-courting that little gal?
24:18I mean, you keep on like this,
24:19and she's liable to think you want to marry her.
24:21Uh, Joe.
24:24I think you ought to ride up into the mountains with us.
24:27It, uh...
24:28Well, there's a lot of snow up there,
24:29and, uh, maybe it'd cool you up.
24:33Yeah, what's your big rush anyhow, Joe?
24:35You done without that little gal for four years.
24:36One more day ain't gonna hurt nothing.
24:38Pa, you want me to ride with you?
24:40I will.
24:41No, you go ahead with your plans with Connie.
24:49You know?
24:51I think our little brother's coming down
24:53with a real bad case of lovitas.
24:55Mm-hmm.
24:56Well, never mind the lovitas.
24:57Let's get back to this.
24:59Now, look.
24:59We'll get up through the high meadow.
25:09Oh, I'm getting about half tired of this canyon.
25:12We must have been up here seven or eight times.
25:14I'm not only tired of the canyon,
25:16I'm just plain tired.
25:18All right, this is how Denver lost the trail,
25:21so this is where we start hunting.
25:22Start and finish.
25:24Above here, there's a half a mile of flint
25:26and wash rocks, four canyons,
25:27and all the points of the compass to choose from.
25:30Paul?
25:31Hmm?
25:32What if they ain't up there at all?
25:34What if they just come this far
25:35to make us think they're going up there?
25:37With us behind them,
25:38they'd have to head for high country.
25:40Just a minute now, Adam.
25:41What do you got in mind, boy?
25:43Well, sir,
25:43a fox will double back on a hound, won't it?
25:45How come a man can't?
25:47I mean,
25:47they could lead their horses across the rocks
25:49and get over into
25:50Little Branch Canyon
25:51and go all the way back down the valley
25:52and then leave us hunting up here
25:54in the big country.
25:56Yeah.
25:58That might be just worth looking into.
26:00Come on.
26:16Four or five horses, Paul.
26:17They did double back.
26:29Well, one sure way to cover up your tracks
26:31is a ride down the busiest road you can find.
26:34They did take quite a chance, though.
26:35They might have been seen.
26:37Yeah.
26:38Well, I'm thinking that they just didn't care
26:39if they were.
26:40What do you mean, Paul?
26:42It means that the killers aren't strangers.
26:45That's right.
26:46They could afford a double back.
26:48I'd begin it to think that
26:50they could even be one of our neighbors.
26:55Come on!
27:08You can't keep your finger off that trigger.
27:10It wasn't my fault
27:11one of them saw us coming.
27:12It can still be easy.
27:14I'll throw enough lead into them
27:15to keep them busy.
27:17Brennan can work around
27:17back of the cabin
27:18and drop a torch on the roof.
27:40Come on, leave it!
27:56Let's go, boss.
28:03Corey!
28:07Here, sit in this barrel.
28:09Easy.
28:13Come out of nowhere.
28:15One minute it's quiet as church.
28:18The next minute,
28:20Jess is down and
28:21bullets her.
28:22Whizzing like bees that are swarming.
28:26Did you get a look at any of them?
28:28Saw four of them.
28:30All masked but one.
28:32Hat on the
28:33the back of his head.
28:36Red hair, Sean.
28:38I
28:39never seen him before,
28:40but
28:41I'd know him if I'd ever seen him again.
28:44That was no use, Pa.
28:46They had fresh horses.
28:47Ours were done when we got here.
28:49What about the others, Corey?
28:51Mask, like I said.
28:52But there was one.
28:54Clothes, maybe, or
28:55the way he moved.
28:57I
28:57I
28:58couldn't put a name to him,
28:59but I
29:00I
29:00I
29:01swear I've seen him a dozen times.
29:03Looks like he was right about him being our neighbors, Paul.
29:05Yeah.
29:07Let's get Corey to a doctor,
29:08and then we'll make a few social calls.
29:11Easy, Corey.
29:13Easy, this.
29:34Well, the boys seem happy.
29:37How about you?
29:39I don't like the way things are going.
29:42Why?
29:43What's wrong?
29:44There went to be no killings.
29:45We decided that when we started all this.
29:48Well, look, when you point a gun at a man,
29:50sometimes he has to go for his own.
29:53When that happens,
29:54he's got to pull the trigger.
29:56If I learned one thing as a sheriff,
29:59it was that.
30:00You never learn to shoot no man in the back.
30:07Harley's killing those two payroll guards.
30:09Got this whole valley steered up.
30:12Well, maybe Harley was a little hasty.
30:15Don't happen again.
30:15I'll take care of that.
30:18Meantime, we've got a posse on our necks.
30:20Why worry about that?
30:22I've let other posses around in circles.
30:25Till they got dizzy and quit,
30:26I can do it again.
30:27This ain't other posses.
30:29This is Ben Cartwright and his boys.
30:31They ain't gonna quit.
30:32It was simple, honest cow, man.
30:34From sun up till dust.
30:35Just chasing strays out of the drawers.
30:39Stand for them, not strays.
30:43Any good cow man rides by,
30:46he's gonna see you just drifting a few hair
30:48up and down the valley.
30:50Now, we've been in this a long time.
30:52How come you're getting a sweat up about it now?
30:57I'm thinking of Connie like we both was when we started.
31:00Miles, I know you love that kid like she was your own daughter.
31:05I know you're worried about her finding out she won't.
31:10A couple of more jobs like the last one,
31:12we'll have everything we ever wanted for her.
31:17I don't figure it that way.
31:20Now, wait a minute.
31:21You getting ideas about quitting me?
31:24They both thought I quit, Denver.
31:28But I don't think we can.
31:30What are you getting at?
31:31First it was just you and me.
31:33Then you sent me out to the Colorado Badlands.
31:36Pick up a lot of hard cases.
31:38Give them big talk about big pickings.
31:42Hey, they've had a taste of it.
31:45You can't expect them to let go now.
31:47I can call this thing off any time I want to.
31:51Can you?
31:53Harley!
31:54Brennan!
31:55All of you!
32:02We heard talk about some of you boys wanting to pull out.
32:05Where'd you hear that?
32:07With the payroll we've piled up, we've bet them $30,000 now.
32:11That's nothing of what we're going to do.
32:13We've got more men coming in.
32:14Good men.
32:17Denver here was wondering how you men felt about a man quitting with his share if he wants to.
32:23Why, nobody better even think of pulling out.
32:26We've come here to clean up.
32:27That's real good with me, and that's what I'm aiming to do.
32:33Not the way you feel about it, boss?
32:37Sure.
32:39Miles and I just wanted to see how you felt.
32:42Don't worry, boss.
32:43The first man tries to run out on us, I'll kill.
32:45Don't worry, boss.
33:16Trouble?
33:18Well, they jumped Winkley and Corey.
33:23You know, they put up a fight.
33:26Winkley got killed and Corey got hit.
33:29Bad?
33:30Well, not too bad.
33:32Thanks.
33:34Got on the shoulder.
33:35He'll be all right.
33:36Did he recognize any of them?
33:39Nope.
33:41Luckily, ran across the trail of one of them before.
33:44A redhead.
33:45That redhead had to be the one that killed old Pete Redfern.
33:48Ran across the trail of another one of them.
33:50Corey tells me that he's seen him before, recognized him by his walk instead of his shoulders.
33:56Corey says he must have seen him a dozen times somewhere.
33:58Without his mask, he'd be somebody we know.
34:01Might even be a neighbor.
34:02A neighbor?
34:04I find that hard to believe, Ben.
34:07Well, I didn't want to believe it either, but we picked up that trail today.
34:12They doubled back on their tracks right down the main road.
34:17Didn't have to worry about being seen because he's seen there every day.
34:20More killings every day.
34:22That's why we're here, Denver.
34:24I spent the better part of my life as a peace officer, Ben.
34:27I was lucky.
34:29Only caught one bullet.
34:31You got it, Sheriff.
34:32You got all the men you need.
34:33Don't ask me to press my luck.
34:36You pressed it when you went out with us the other day.
34:38We're all taking the same chance.
34:40Not according to the odds.
34:42I've been riding a streak of luck for 30 years.
34:45I don't intend to press it any further.
34:47So far, they've only hit the miners and the mine payrolls.
34:51They might decide to branch out.
34:54You could be helping to put out a fire in your own house.
34:57My own house?
34:58All right.
34:59About time I started taking care of my own house.
35:02Taking care of other people's houses for 20 years.
35:04What the devil would ever get me?
35:07A hundred dollars a month.
35:08A lot of plaques on the wall.
35:10A pat on the back and a bullet on the shoulder.
35:22Denver?
35:25I had no idea you felt this way.
35:26Well, now you know.
35:28I'm sick and tired of taking care of other people's troubles.
35:32Don't you think I owe something to my own kid?
35:38Oh, well.
35:39I guess you got it right to your own way of thinking.
35:43Not going to press you.
35:47But we're going out after those killers.
35:49Come on, boys.
36:12Hey, where'll I put these?
36:18Well, it's a good thing she ran out of money.
36:20You'd have to send in the hay wagon.
36:21Oh, little Joe, you know perfectly well I needed every one of these things.
36:24I'm sure you did, Connie.
36:26Stay to supper?
36:27No, thanks.
36:28I'd better show my face around the Ponderosa.
36:30I'm going to forget I'm a member of the family and start charging me room and board.
36:33He'll change his mind.
36:34I'm going to put these things upstairs, then I'll be down to cook supper, Dad.
36:37You'd better stay, little Joe.
36:40She's a pretty good cook.
36:46Hey, you got a wonderful girl there, Mr. McKee.
36:49That's what I always wanted her to be.
36:52I, uh...
36:53I wanted to talk to you about Connie and me.
36:56Well.
37:01What's on your mind?
37:04What, sir?
37:05Connie and I have known each other for a long time.
37:09Haven't we, sir?
37:10Yes, you have.
37:11Quite a long time.
37:13And I know you've probably heard a lot of stories about...
37:17all about me and those Virginia City girls,
37:19but I just wanted you to know that they didn't mean a thing to me, not any of them.
37:22I hope you didn't tell them that at the time.
37:25Well, uh...
37:25No, no, sir, not at the time.
37:28I...
37:29Well, I'm...
37:30Anyway, that's not the way it is with Connie and me.
37:33I am very fond of her, sir.
37:35Oh, I do.
37:37And if Connie will have me, I...
37:41What I'm trying to say is, sir, I'd like to ask her to marry me.
37:46Well.
37:49I don't think there's any way I can keep you from asking her.
37:54Does that mean you'd rather I wouldn't?
37:56I don't mean that at all.
37:59All I ever wanted was for Connie to be happy.
38:03Have the chances other girls have.
38:07Sir, that's what I mean to offer her.
38:10Suppose I knew all along this had happened.
38:13I should have known.
38:15I should have known.
38:21I'm sorry I upset you, sir.
38:27You're getting on home now.
38:30Tell Connie I'll see you soon.
38:46Little Joe gone?
38:48Yeah, he just talked to me.
38:53I was hoping he would.
38:56Like that, is it?
38:58Yes, it's like that.
39:01He mentioned marriage.
39:04One thing at a time, Dad.
39:06First you fall in love.
39:08I thought you'd done that already.
39:10Uh-huh.
39:11But you have to give it time to grow.
39:14To build dreams.
39:16To be so filled with happiness and the wonder of it that you're about ready to explode.
39:20And then you get married.
39:22You're all that we talked about.
39:24Selling all this.
39:25Heading east.
39:26You were so dead set on that when you first got here.
39:28I know, but I didn't realize then.
39:31You thought you couldn't be happy out here.
39:33I didn't think so either.
39:34That's what I didn't realize.
39:36That geography has nothing to do with happiness.
39:40Oh, Dad.
39:42I know why you were talking about selling out and going east.
39:47And I'll always love you a whole lot more because you were doing it for me.
39:51But now, you know.
39:55I know.
39:58Baby, all I ever wanted for you was happiness.
40:12Well, all right.
40:12Go ahead and say it.
40:14What do you want us to say?
40:15Oh, come on, Adam.
40:16You've been walking around it like it was a rattlesnake.
40:18All right.
40:19It's somebody we know.
40:20A neighbor.
40:23Well, come on.
40:24Say the rest of it.
40:25You think Denver McKee had something to do with it?
40:27Now, nobody said that, Joe.
40:28Nobody's even thinking it.
40:29Oh, no?
40:30Now, why don't you tell me what Denver said about not wanting to help?
40:33Then you drop it so fast I could hear the thud when it hit.
40:36The only thud you hear is your heart when somebody mentions the name of McKee.
40:47Pa, what do you really think?
40:49Well, I'd stake my life that Denver had nothing to do with it.
40:53Well, I hope you're right, Pa.
40:54But we have to face the truth.
40:57There was only one man that wasn't at Connie's party the night the Silverado payroll was stolen.
41:01That's right.
41:02Miles Briscoe.
41:03Yeah.
41:04You know, when I was telling Denver about the party, Miles was with him.
41:08He said he couldn't go to the party because he had to look after things at the flying end.
41:11All right.
41:11So he wasn't at the party.
41:12Does that prove anything?
41:14No.
41:15Of course it doesn't, Joe.
41:18But it's worth looking into.
41:20Horse, why don't you ride out to the McKee place?
41:24Have a look around and if Miles leaves the ranch, trail him.
41:29How long you only stay, Pa?
41:30No.
41:31One of us will relieve you in the morning.
41:39Now, come on.
41:40Don't look so worried.
41:44Don't look so worried.
42:03Dad, hurry, Joe.
42:06That just scared me to death.
42:07You must be half-engineer.
42:08You've come up on me before I'm yet.
42:10I ain't seen anything?
42:11Not a thing.
42:12I think we wasted our time.
42:14Well, we're young, brother.
42:15We got plenty of time.
42:16Maybe so, but as slow as it went last night, I feel like I'm 90 years old already.
42:21I'm going to go get me some sleep.
42:22All right.
42:22Breakfast already.
42:23It is?
42:24Uh-huh.
42:24Then sleep's going to be the sad thing, I guess.
42:28Hey, Hux.
42:33Take a look at that.
42:40That's a red-headed man.
42:42Stranger, Miles in Denver.
42:46Go.
42:47Let's go get Paul, man.
42:48All right.
42:50I'm telling you for the last time.
42:52Don't you come around this ranch anymore.
42:55That red hair is like a lantern.
42:57You've been seen twice.
42:59Don't make any difference.
43:01The two that see me ain't done any talking.
43:03Well, you're wrong.
43:04Pete Redfern identified you before he died.
43:09And Corey, the miner you shot yesterday, he's still alive.
43:13Well, I must be out of practice.
43:15You're not out of practice.
43:16You're just out of brains.
43:17I think we ought to lay low for a while.
43:20Things quiet down.
43:21You fellas sound like you're getting a streak up your backs.
43:24You set up this play, Denver.
43:26The rest of us have been taking all the risks.
43:28Sure, we had to do a little shooting.
43:30I want you to clear out of here.
43:32You think I want my daughter to see you?
43:34No, I don't think much about your daughter one way or the other, Mr. McKee.
43:37And I'm tired of sleeping up in those rocks.
43:39You got a bunkhouse back there.
43:41I mean to use it.
44:34Good morning, Ben.
44:36Morning, Denver.
44:40You know this man?
44:41Sure he knows me, Ben.
44:43What about it?
44:44We've been looking for a red-headed man.
44:46You're the only red-headed man in the area.
44:48Other than a barber in Virginia City.
44:50Since when is being red-headed a crime?
44:53Since we found out that a redhead killed two men.
44:56Maybe two others.
45:00Do you figure to do anything about it?
45:20Dad!
45:20Dad!
45:31You take Connie back into the house
45:42Now put away your guns, boys
45:44You won't need them
45:48You're taking a lot of chances, aren't you, Ben?
45:51I could out-shoot you any day you live
45:54Maybe so
45:56There's no reason for it to come to that
46:01Denver, why?
46:03At a stake in my life, it had nothing to do with this
46:06Why?
46:07That's very simple, Ben
46:08I ran out of money
46:11I did what I had to do
46:13And I'm not backing down from it
46:15There are other ways
46:17What other ways?
46:19I did a good job as a marshal
46:22When I needed money, I turned to what I knew best
46:26I did a pretty good job at that, too
46:30Denver
46:32I'm gonna have to take you in
46:37Give me a gun
46:38No, no, Ben
46:42You got to take it
46:43Oh, he means it
46:45Yeah, Ben, I mean it
46:52No, Denver, no
47:03Denver
47:05Now, don't you go blaming yourself, Ben
47:08The man pulls a gun on you
47:10You gotta draw your own
47:13You got to pull the trick
47:32He could outdraw me any day of his life
47:38And he could shoot a lot straighter than that
47:59You sure you want to go?
48:00I have to go, Joe
48:03I have to get away
48:05I need time to think
48:07And time to forget
48:14I understand
48:18I love you
48:27I don't know
48:30I know
48:31You know
48:41THE END
49:14THE END
49:35THE END
49:45This has been a color presentation of the NBC Television Network.
49:49The END
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