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Jason Bond hops a ride on a freight-train car, containing a saddled horse, Black Eagle, and some rifles. When the boxcar is placed on a railway siding in a Texas town, Jason meets Ginny Long, the sister of the horse-owner who is missing and has been murdered.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:45By 1900, our panic times were nearly over. Crooks were back to selling gold bricks and the Brooklyn Bridge, and
00:00:52farmers even took fresh hope and plowed our rich land again.
00:00:56It was a time when Texas horses were worth almost their weight in silver dollars. Horsepower, not yet in tractors
00:01:03and trucks and machines, but horsepower in the indispensable horses themselves.
00:01:09Horses to pull plows and harrows. Horses to plant fields of grain. Fields of wheat in Kansas. Fields of corn
00:01:16to the north.
00:01:18Homeless men came to the harvest on foot, in wagons, and of course by freight train. Roaming men eager and
00:01:25willing to work again.
00:01:29Hey, we're coming into the junction.
00:01:33Ah, two days to wait for a northbound freight.
00:01:37Two days in the middle of Texas when they need us so bad up in the Kansas wheat fields.
00:01:42Let's get off before we get into the yards.
00:01:45Where'd you say that camp was, chicken?
00:01:47There used to be one just up the hill.
00:01:48Here we go.
00:02:04You think all this country razed was dust.
00:02:07They raised more than that up in Kansas.
00:02:10You coming with us, Jason?
00:02:12You and Chicken travel around even more than hobos, don't you?
00:02:15But we're not hobos.
00:02:18Know if there are any freights going south, Chicken?
00:02:23Seems to be a number nine tonight.
00:02:27Through El Rey.
00:02:29And then on to the border.
00:02:30That's to Laredo.
00:02:33And then to Mexico.
00:02:36Or maybe a man can be let alone.
00:02:48It's all right.
00:02:56Howdy.
00:03:03I figured somebody would be here.
00:03:07Any grub to spare?
00:03:09Heavy enough for you.
00:03:10I tell you.
00:03:12I could hardly make it coming up that hill.
00:03:15Look at them feet.
00:03:17They're gonna smoke.
00:03:18What's wrong with riding the freights?
00:03:21Mister.
00:03:22Freights ain't leaving El Rey often these days.
00:03:26So you walk.
00:03:38Well, I feel a little more human.
00:03:41What seems to be the matter up at El Rey?
00:03:44That town is so near to boiling over, they even run strangers out.
00:03:50Why the sheriff had to declare a kind of martial law and take all the horse ranchers' guns away.
00:03:55What was that for?
00:03:57Everybody down there is scared his neighbor will start trouble.
00:04:00You can always count on your neighbors to do that.
00:04:04What's causing it?
00:04:05Low prices they offered to their horses?
00:04:08Oh, that don't make sense.
00:04:10Dallas and Fort Worth buyers are paying higher prices than ever.
00:04:13We just came from there.
00:04:14In El Rey they ain't.
00:04:16Down there, buyers are sticking the contract signed to panic prices.
00:04:20I don't understand it.
00:04:22That should draw the ranchers closer together.
00:04:25Not make them fight each other.
00:04:27Yeah, you'd think it would.
00:04:29And some of them want to sell.
00:04:31But others that fight them to stop them.
00:04:37What do you make of it, chicken?
00:04:38I guess it's that southbound freight.
00:04:40Number nine.
00:04:43I still think you ought to go with us to the harvest.
00:04:45Why?
00:04:46You can't be just a hobo.
00:04:48Why not?
00:04:49Now listen to me.
00:04:52Jason, every man's got to work.
00:04:54You've got to find a job and finish it.
00:04:56Then you've got to go on to the next one.
00:05:02You wouldn't be able to make me miss my train, would you, General?
00:05:07Don't forget, that freight goes through El Rey.
00:05:11That's right.
00:05:12I'm going right through with it.
00:05:13I'm going to find myself a nice, lonesome little hacienda somewhere.
00:05:39I'll take them guns out of El Rey, Ned.
00:05:41Do I have to beat you to death?
00:06:05Let's go.
00:06:44Let's go.
00:07:06Easy, boy, easy now.
00:07:11Whoa, now, whoa, boy, whoa.
00:07:16Hey, what you so nervous about?
00:07:19You're not trained shy, are you?
00:07:22Whoa, now, you know I wouldn't hurt you, don't you?
00:07:27Whoa, now, that's better.
00:07:30You know, I spend a lot of time with horses in my day.
00:07:36Hey, you're a beauty.
00:07:38Well-bred, too.
00:07:43What's the matter? Somebody run off and leave you?
00:07:46I don't mind a little company.
00:07:49Hey, better get you wiped down before you catch cold.
00:07:56Huh.
00:07:59Traveling library.
00:08:01That's fine.
00:08:08Nothing like a good book for these long, cold nights.
00:08:20So they let you down, huh?
00:08:24Well, like I was saying, can't trust people.
00:08:29Guy ran out on me once.
00:08:33Funny thing about people.
00:08:37Always getting involved.
00:08:40Somebody always getting hurt.
00:08:49The trick is to try and keep from getting involved.
00:08:55Take a tip from me.
00:08:57Stay away from human beings.
00:08:59I ought to know.
00:09:01I'm one myself.
00:09:24Howdy, Hank.
00:09:25Howdy.
00:09:26You got anything for me?
00:09:28Just a love note.
00:09:30How's the horse business look this year?
00:09:32Don't know yet.
00:09:33They're a little late coming in.
00:09:42What's new in Dallas?
00:09:43Money getting a little easier?
00:09:45Yeah, the panic's over.
00:09:47People say things are picking up all over the country.
00:09:49And the government's going to give us a sound dollar.
00:09:51I've heard that one before.
00:09:52Go on, Hank. You're just a pessimist.
00:09:54I'll see you on the pickup.
00:09:56So long, George.
00:09:57So long, Hank.
00:10:27I'll see you next time.
00:10:28I'll see you next time.
00:10:28Five.
00:10:28Five, five.
00:10:46Five, five.
00:10:46Hello, Black Eagle.
00:10:48Hello, there, boy.
00:10:49It's all right. It's me, Ginny.
00:10:54Matt!
00:10:56Who are you? What are you doing here?
00:10:57Take it easy.
00:10:58Where's Ned?
00:10:59I don't know any Ned.
00:11:00But he must have been here.
00:11:01Nobody's here but me and that horse.
00:11:02Well, didn't you see anyone?
00:11:03Nobody.
00:11:05What are you doing here?
00:11:07Look, lady, I don't even know where I am.
00:11:09I was headed south, but now it looks like we're sidetracked.
00:11:12Why isn't he here?
00:11:15Maybe you're lying.
00:11:17I'm not lying, lady.
00:11:18I'm telling the truth.
00:11:19I don't know Ned.
00:11:19Never heard of him.
00:11:21I just don't want any trouble.
00:11:23I don't want to get mixed up in anybody else's troubles.
00:11:25I'm making that my lifetime job, if you get what I mean.
00:11:39Let me help you.
00:11:41I'm a book lover myself.
00:11:57Here, Black Eagle.
00:12:06Do you always pick up your reading matter in the middle of the night?
00:12:09Thanks for the help, mister.
00:12:19Ha!
00:13:03You see what I mean about getting mixed up with people?
00:13:07Somebody's always getting hurt.
00:13:10Now take me, for instance.
00:13:13Easy, boy.
00:13:16It's only scratched you, but I've got to get it out.
00:13:20I had a good career in the cavalry.
00:13:23Love horses.
00:13:25Happiest days of my life.
00:13:31Yeah, now.
00:13:32See that?
00:13:35Take my advice and stick to horses.
00:13:38They're the nicest kind of people.
00:13:46All right, boy.
00:13:48Come on.
00:13:49All right.
00:13:50All right.
00:14:09Yeah, you're gonna be all right now.
00:14:12One moment.
00:14:28You got the wrong idea.
00:14:31You don't want to come with me.
00:14:34Go on now.
00:14:49By golly, it just goes to show you.
00:14:55Gee, I'd sure like to, big boy.
00:14:57It's been a long time since I...
00:15:00If they cut me riding you,
00:15:03you know what they do to horse thieves?
00:15:05And they don't wait to ask questions around here
00:15:07from what happened last night.
00:15:11All right, then.
00:15:12But just to the next junction.
00:15:14And then you and I are gonna part company.
00:15:17You understand?
00:15:18And then...
00:15:40Trigger happy fool.
00:15:44Did you have to go and kill him?
00:15:46All I sent you for was to keep him from getting those rifles down here.
00:15:50You didn't get the rifles.
00:15:51You killed a man.
00:15:53You took a shot at a hobo.
00:15:55You did a good day's work.
00:15:58What did you want me to do?
00:15:59Get those guns.
00:16:02That's what I sent you for.
00:16:06Well...
00:16:06So far, nobody's missed, Ned.
00:16:09Nothing's happened.
00:16:10Benji Lawton probably has those guns by now,
00:16:13and you say nothing's happened.
00:16:15For all the good you are to me, I might as well turn you in.
00:16:45Stay there!
00:16:46Hold on!
00:16:52Get down off of there.
00:16:53Why, sure.
00:16:58Where you goin' with that horse, mister?
00:17:00Well, I, uh, don't exactly know.
00:17:03Now, look, mister, you better give me a straight answer.
00:17:06That's one of my horses.
00:17:07If you're asking me if I stole him, I...
00:17:09That's exactly what I'm asking.
00:17:11There you are.
00:17:12You must be the man that Ned sent to help out.
00:17:15Ned sent?
00:17:16Sis, you know this fella?
00:17:17Ned said that if Uncle Lon wasn't feeling any better,
00:17:20he'd send a man up from Black Eagle to help out till he got back.
00:17:22I told me.
00:17:23How sick is the old man?
00:17:25Oh, Uncle Lon isn't very sick, is he?
00:17:28No.
00:17:29I'm sure he can't be too bad.
00:17:31Ned'll certainly be back in time to help deliver the horses.
00:17:35Did my colt give you much trouble?
00:17:37Not too much.
00:17:38Don't tell me he shied into a barbed wire fence again.
00:17:41Oh, it's just a scratch.
00:17:43What do you call yourself?
00:17:45Jason.
00:17:46Much experience with horses?
00:17:48A little.
00:17:49Where?
00:17:50Bet you could use some breakfast.
00:17:53I sure could.
00:17:54I'll take Black Eagle in.
00:18:12I don't know what to do.
00:18:14I don't know what to do.
00:18:14I don't know what to do.
00:18:15I don't know what to do.
00:18:15I don't know what to do.
00:18:15I don't know what to do.
00:18:15I don't know what to do.
00:18:15I don't know what to do.
00:18:16I don't know what to do.
00:18:17I don't know what to do.
00:18:17I don't know what to do.
00:18:17I don't know what to do.
00:18:19I don't know what to do.
00:18:19I don't know what to do.
00:18:21I don't know what to do.
00:18:22I don't know what to do.
00:18:27I don't know what to do.
00:18:49Well, what brings you out to these parts, Clancy?
00:18:52Ginny's coffee.
00:18:54I didn't think anything would drag you this far away from town.
00:18:56Oh, some things can.
00:18:58How are you, Mike?
00:18:59Anything happen?
00:19:01Oh, no.
00:19:01Everything is just as quiet as the lull before a tornado.
00:19:05I want to speak to you about your brother.
00:19:07Ned?
00:19:09Jason.
00:19:20Meet Clancy.
00:19:21Ned sent him up until Uncle Lon feels better.
00:19:24Oh, from Lon's place, huh?
00:19:27I'm glad Ned's out of town now.
00:19:29I got wind that he's been getting mixed up with that Benji Lawton crowd.
00:19:33That's what I come up here to talk to you about.
00:19:34Young fool, I'd like to beat those notions right out of his head.
00:19:37No, don't be too harsh on me.
00:19:39Most of the ranchers hereabouts feel the same way, you know.
00:19:42Don't like the idea.
00:19:44They sell their horses to $50 a head to this baroque here, and they're getting nearly three times as much
00:19:50for them, Dallas.
00:19:50Well, I don't like it any better than they do, but a bargain's a bargain.
00:19:53I'm a man believes in abiding by the law.
00:19:55That's the only way to stay out of trouble.
00:19:56You wanted to steady hands down in Lon's place?
00:19:59No, just temporary.
00:20:02Ned told you about what's been going on around here.
00:20:06Oh, yeah, he told me.
00:20:09Uh, you sign up for the season?
00:20:11Season's just about over, isn't it?
00:20:12Well, I guess it is, Ginny.
00:20:16Uh, Mike, uh, how about walking me out to my rig?
00:20:19Sure.
00:20:21Glad to have met up with a young man.
00:20:23Better get yourself a pair of boots if you're gonna work with horses.
00:20:26I can't figure Ned playing nursemaid to the old man at a time like this.
00:20:32Thanks for getting me in a mess.
00:20:34I saved your neck.
00:20:35Sure.
00:20:36Save your own.
00:20:37You didn't want me to spill about those guns.
00:20:40All right, so we're even.
00:20:42Thanks for the return favor.
00:20:43You're welcome.
00:20:44Now, if it's all right with you, I'm clearing out.
00:20:55Look, you know it took me three days going around the county
00:20:58to collect every gun on account of this trouble.
00:21:00But you still can't tell what the boys are liable to do.
00:21:03Some of them are pretty mad.
00:21:05Now, you're a level-headed man, Mike.
00:21:07And I know I can trust you not to use this unless you have to.
00:21:10Come on.
00:21:11Come on.
00:21:12Come on.
00:21:14Come on.
00:21:15Come on.
00:21:17Come on.
00:21:18Come on.
00:21:18Not going anywhere before you have your breakfast, are you?
00:21:22I, uh, I was just going around to take care of Black Eagle.
00:21:26Jenny took care of him already.
00:21:28What's bothering you?
00:21:30All right, I didn't think you really needed me.
00:21:33Just thought I'd head south, that's all.
00:21:36Ned sent you up here to help me with the horses, didn't he?
00:21:39Well, maybe he'll be back here with that time anyhow,
00:21:41and then you can go to Chile for all I care.
00:21:44Let's eat.
00:21:52You can wash up there. Jenny will have breakfast in a minute.
00:22:06See if he's fit.
00:22:12There's a razor there, too.
00:22:20I'm just as unhappy about the situation as you are.
00:22:22I knew that you had your horses rounded up, so I came to you first.
00:22:27Jason, meet Hayden.
00:22:28I had to make your acquaintance, Jason.
00:22:30For now.
00:22:32The cattle cars came in last night a day before I expected them.
00:22:36That means I'll have to ship by tomorrow noon at the latest.
00:22:39Did you hear anything from Johnson?
00:22:41I just got this from Dallas.
00:22:54Hayden, this isn't a square deal.
00:22:57I tried to convince Mr. Johnson.
00:22:59But you can see for yourself he won't go above $50 a head.
00:23:03The yearlings are getting $125 in Dallas.
00:23:05Oh, I realize that, Mike, but those are the terms of the contract.
00:23:08My orders are to see that you live up to it.
00:23:11Mr. Johnson has never done anything like this before.
00:23:13Why, he's held the contracts for years.
00:23:15When the prices fell, he paid less, but when they rose, he paid more.
00:23:18Why has he changed?
00:23:19We've been through some bad times, Ginny.
00:23:21Lots of things have changed.
00:23:23Mr. Johnson's a businessman.
00:23:25Mike, don't do it.
00:23:26If we all hold out, Johnson will have to listen to us.
00:23:29I never welched on a deal in my life.
00:23:31I'm not going to start now.
00:23:34My stock will be in town this afternoon.
00:23:37I don't relish the job, any.
00:23:38We all have to do some things we don't like.
00:23:41I hope to see you at the dance tonight, Ginny.
00:23:46Sis, I...
00:23:47Let's not talk about it.
00:23:50Come on, Ginny.
00:23:52Be sensible.
00:23:54We can't battle a law.
00:23:56Would you rather have our own people against you?
00:23:58I made a bargain.
00:24:01Oh, you're a stubborn fool.
00:24:02You're the stubborn fool.
00:24:03Clancy was just here telling me Ned's mixed up with that Benji Lawton bunch of hotheads.
00:24:07How do you like that?
00:24:07Good for Ned.
00:24:10Mob rule.
00:24:12Violence, is that what you want?
00:24:13Bloodshed?
00:24:14That's what our little brother's mixed up in.
00:24:15When everyone wants something, it's not mob rule.
00:24:18If the Martins and the Lawtons and the Jacksons and the rest of the ranchers are a mob,
00:24:22then I want to be part of that mob.
00:24:23That sounds like Benji Lawton talk.
00:24:26If he ever shows his face around here again, I'll break him with my own two hands.
00:24:30Wouldn't that be taking the law into your own hands?
00:24:32Never mind, Walter.
00:24:33Don't be telling me how to run my own ranch.
00:24:35Since when is it your ranch?
00:24:36As long as I'm running it, I'll run it my own way.
00:24:42We'll see about that.
00:24:57Well, we've got a long pull ahead of us.
00:24:59Better get started.
00:25:18She must be out of her mind.
00:25:20Jenny!
00:25:25Hey!
00:25:25Stop it, Jenny!
00:25:26Stop it, Jenny!
00:25:28Stop it, Jenny!
00:25:28Will you stop it?
00:25:31You're enough.
00:25:32Jenny, stop it!
00:25:33That's enough.
00:25:57Let me be.
00:25:58I intend to.
00:26:03Why does he have to go against everybody?
00:26:05Why not?
00:26:06The man's entitled to his own opinion.
00:26:09He's liable to get hurt.
00:26:10Sure.
00:26:12Throw any three people together,
00:26:14the two of them will start beating up on the third.
00:26:17All we have is our neighbors.
00:26:19They're going to hate us.
00:26:21And they'll be right.
00:26:23Stupid, you mean.
00:26:25Give them half a chance and I'll double-cross you.
00:26:27That's how people are.
00:26:28Not our people.
00:26:30All people.
00:26:31Don't try to fight it.
00:26:33You'll only tear yourself apart.
00:26:46Don't you believe in anything?
00:26:48Sure. Travel.
00:26:50Well, go ahead then. Travel.
00:26:51You've had your free meal.
00:26:52Sure like to.
00:26:53Well, what's keeping you?
00:26:54I don't think your brother believes my...
00:26:57our story.
00:27:00I'll help him in with the horses.
00:27:02That won't be as tough as trying to answer a lot of questions
00:27:04and not knowing the right answers.
00:27:06I didn't ask for this, you know.
00:27:09I didn't mean to get you into it.
00:27:12I'm sorry, Jason.
00:27:14That's all right.
00:27:19Do me a favor.
00:27:21Say it again.
00:27:23What?
00:27:24My name.
00:27:26A man gets hungry for the sound of his own name.
00:27:30All right.
00:27:32Jason.
00:27:50Hey, some people.
00:27:51I'll leave you home.
00:27:55I'll leave you alone.
00:27:58There's nothing in your mind.
00:28:00I can have your…
00:28:02You're a little bitch.
00:28:07Holl active.
00:28:14Officer, what are you looking at?
00:28:14Oh, my God.
00:29:08What's on your mind Benji Sam Morton me was down the south 40 pitching we saw your dust
00:29:14Let me through Benji nice lot of stock. You got there Mike taking them out to some fresh pastridge
00:29:20Taking them into town. You don't say what are you getting for him?
00:29:2550 same as everybody else stocking doing town till tomorrow
00:29:29You're jumping the gun a little extra acting kind of anxious. I deliver when I please
00:29:3550s are starving price speaking neighborly Mike you better turn around and go home now speaking neighborly at Benji
00:29:44Advise you to step out of my way. I'm coming through now. Listen Mike. I said I'm coming through
00:29:53Jason
00:29:54Jason
00:29:57Ah
00:29:59Ah
00:30:00Ah
00:30:00Ah
00:30:02Ah
00:30:03Ah
00:30:03Ah
00:30:06Ah
00:30:07Ah
00:30:31Clear out Benji your I'll kill you
00:30:39It's Clancy. Let's get out of here.
00:30:41Not until this is finished.
00:30:42Just what ride has he got to carry a gun?
00:30:44Come on, Benji. We can't do anything now.
00:30:47All right. I'll see you later, Mike.
00:30:50And your friend, too.
00:31:03How are you, Clancy?
00:31:04Late, as usual.
00:31:07Didn't look like you needed much help.
00:31:09Jason here is quite a scrapper.
00:31:11Heard from Hayden you're delivering today,
00:31:13just thought I'd drive out to meet you.
00:31:15Maybe it was a good thing you did.
00:31:18Of course, if you should identify them fellas,
00:31:20I'd have to take them to jail.
00:31:22Then the whole county would probably storm the jailhouse
00:31:25and no doubt somebody would get killed.
00:31:28I forgot the whole thing.
00:31:30Well, as the good book sayeth,
00:31:33the peace officer keepeth the peace.
00:31:35I'll just ride along with you.
00:31:52No.
00:32:19What a damn good book.
00:32:20That's his name.
00:32:25Come on!
00:32:54Oh, my God.
00:33:35Wait a minute.
00:33:36I'll be right back.
00:33:40That looks like him.
00:33:41Who?
00:33:43Hobo I was telling you about.
00:33:44When I took the shot at last night.
00:33:46You're crazy.
00:33:47He works for Mike.
00:33:49He's working for Mike he started this morning.
00:33:51I'm telling you, last night I saw him unloading rifles.
00:33:56Should I tell Clancy?
00:33:58Sure, and put your head in the noose.
00:34:00Dead isn't dead yet.
00:34:01Not till they find him anyhow.
00:34:03Put your...
00:34:03Oh, shut up.
00:34:11Do you have any trouble on the way, Mike?
00:34:13I'm here.
00:34:14You better go help with those horses.
00:34:16Boys will take care of them.
00:34:17The boys and you.
00:34:19Look, don't ride me too hard, Hayden.
00:34:22Don't forget.
00:34:23We're partners.
00:34:24In a way.
00:34:25All right, let it go.
00:34:26I want to settle up with Mike.
00:34:30What's the matter with him?
00:34:32Ever since he lost his ranch, he isn't worth the cussing.
00:34:35These days...
00:34:36Let's get it over with.
00:34:38You're a sensible man, Mike.
00:34:39Look at the position I'm in.
00:34:41I'm only Johnson's agent.
00:34:42If there's bloodshed, he'll blame me.
00:34:44I'll lose my job.
00:34:45You can always quit.
00:34:47Maybe you could talk to the men.
00:34:49I'll even add my own commission and make it 60 a head.
00:34:51I don't have to be paid for saying what I believe.
00:34:54What they do with their own horses is their own business.
00:34:56Don't get me wrong.
00:34:57Look, all I want is to get my money and get out of here.
00:35:06Horses, your regular trade?
00:35:07Used to be.
00:35:09Funny, you sort of struck me as being a silly fellow.
00:35:12Used to be.
00:35:14Looks like I'll have to go pump another well, huh?
00:35:46Get out of here.
00:35:59Easy now, boy.
00:36:00Easy, Gwanky.
00:36:01Take it.
00:36:22Let's go.
00:36:22Yeah, break it up, boys.
00:36:24Break it up.
00:36:25Yeah.
00:36:25What's the trouble?
00:36:26Come on, boys.
00:36:27Cool off.
00:36:28Keep your friends out of my way or they're going to get hurt.
00:36:30Nobody's going to hurt anybody.
00:36:32He even took a shot at me last night.
00:36:33That's a lie.
00:36:34Don't mind, Si.
00:36:35He's just talking crazy because he's mad.
00:36:37You know how he gets.
00:36:38Say, I heard a couple of shots last night.
00:36:40What shots?
00:36:42What's this all about?
00:36:43The boys are having a little disagreement.
00:36:45What's this talk about shooting?
00:36:46Sure, I heard them shots.
00:36:48Just after they shunned the cars off into the siding.
00:36:51Couldn't be anybody from around here.
00:36:52You took everybody's guns away.
00:36:54It would have to be a stranger.
00:36:56There have been rumors that guns are being brought in.
00:36:59I don't know if it's so or who's doing it,
00:37:02but nobody leaves town till those horses are all loaded.
00:37:05That goes for everybody.
00:37:06Now, look here, Clancy.
00:37:08Jason's all right.
00:37:10I'm not accusing anybody of anything yet.
00:37:12I just want him around in case there's
00:37:13some questions to be answered.
00:37:15Any time you want him, he'll be up to our place.
00:37:17Right, Jason?
00:37:20Yeah.
00:37:20Yeah, I guess that's right.
00:38:06Benji, I want you to.
00:38:07I claim the privilege of the first dance.
00:38:25Did you bring the guns?
00:38:28Benji, I don't see why we had to start all this.
00:38:30You haven't thrown in with Mike, have you?
00:38:32I see you brought his friend along.
00:38:34Oh, I told you I'd bring the guns.
00:38:36That was the plan, wasn't it?
00:38:37Yeah.
00:38:39You told me that wrangler that just walked in with you
00:38:40helped you carry the rifles off the train, too.
00:38:42Now, he was just helping Mike this afternoon.
00:38:46Benji, why did you have to do it?
00:38:47Why did you have to fight with Mike?
00:38:49I'm sorry Mike's your brother, Jenny.
00:38:52But we've got to protect ourselves the best way we know how.
00:38:54He wouldn't listen to reason.
00:38:57Besides, I don't have to like both your brothers, do I?
00:39:01You know, I'm worried about Ned.
00:39:03Why isn't he back?
00:39:04Yeah, I'm worried, too.
00:39:07Just what do you know about this Jason fellow?
00:39:09I told you, he helped me off the train with the guns last night.
00:39:13Yeah, well, he helped Mike this afternoon pretty good, too.
00:39:16I think we can trust him.
00:39:18I don't trust anybody I can't figure, not these days.
00:39:26If he doesn't declare himself tonight, he's able to get hurt.
00:39:29He knows too much about us.
00:39:31Oh, Benji, this isn't right.
00:39:33The whole thing's doing bad things to us.
00:39:35Well, do you think it's a good thing for Mike to hold a gun on us this afternoon?
00:39:38Did you know that?
00:39:40Where did he get it?
00:39:41Is that right?
00:39:43I don't know.
00:39:45Well, what are you afraid of?
00:39:46Go ask your friend.
00:39:47See what he says.
00:39:48See what side he's on.
00:39:50That doesn't prove anything.
00:39:51Well, does it prove anything that Mike can get guns and we can't?
00:39:55The next dance will be a tag dance.
00:40:10Pardon me, but this is a tag dance, isn't it?
00:40:13Look, mister, I tangled with you once today.
00:40:15Benji.
00:40:15No hard feelings.
00:40:16I just happened to be along.
00:40:18I have no stake in this fight.
00:40:20You're fooling yourself, mister.
00:40:22Down here, you're either for or against.
00:40:24And you better make up your mind before you wind up in the middle.
00:40:41Benji's right, you know.
00:40:42You have to take sides.
00:40:44Why?
00:40:45Well, it's not only a question of taking sides.
00:40:49It's everything we work for.
00:40:50We won't have enough money to buy feed for next year.
00:40:54It's our whole lives.
00:40:55Does that make it my life, too?
00:40:59Please, Jason.
00:41:01I know I got you into this, but...
00:41:04In a way, you got yourself into it, too.
00:41:06I'm afraid that...
00:41:09Well, you're here now.
00:41:10Help us.
00:41:13Benji's a good man.
00:41:13Talk to him.
00:41:15It's not my fight.
00:41:16In a way, it's everybody's fight.
00:41:18There's a right and wrong to everything, you know.
00:41:20Oh, yes.
00:41:21I remember now.
00:41:22The good fight.
00:41:25I'm sorry.
00:41:26I'm getting out tonight.
00:41:27I'm sorry.
00:41:29I know.
00:41:57I'm sorry I hear you.
00:41:57I'm sorry I'm sorry.
00:41:58I just got this.
00:42:04Well?
00:42:04I did a lot of things for you, Hayden.
00:42:06But this is murder, and I don't want to get mixed up in it.
00:42:09What makes you think you're getting mixed up in it?
00:42:12What are we gonna do?
00:42:12You better move now, Hayden. You can't blame this on me.
00:42:15All right.
00:42:16I'm not turning this one over. I'm giving this one to Clancy.
00:42:19I don't think you'd better.
00:42:20But I don't like this murder business.
00:42:22None of us like it.
00:42:24I'm gonna see Clancy in a few minutes.
00:42:25Everything will be settled satisfactory.
00:42:27You're gonna turn me in.
00:42:29Are you gonna let me handle this?
00:42:32What are you gonna do?
00:42:34Look here, Hank. We're all in this together.
00:42:36You'll have to take my word for it that nothing will happen to you.
00:42:39I'll let you deliver the telegram when I think it's best for all concerned.
00:42:43The most important thing now is for us to get those horses.
00:42:47After that, we can take care of everything else.
00:43:08Sorry to stop the dance, but I've got a speech to make.
00:43:14This is a writ of seizure.
00:43:17You folks made a contract to sell your horses to Mr. Johnson.
00:43:22According to the contract, Mr. Hayden's entitled those horses and I'm bound to see that he gets them.
00:43:33Now, this community has always been peaceful.
00:43:36And I hope it stays that way.
00:43:43This looks like a good time for me to leave.
00:43:46I know how most of you folks feel, but my hands are tied.
00:43:49Mr. Johnson wants your stock and I have to ship them tomorrow.
00:43:52I came here tonight to tell you that I'm ready to sacrifice half my own commission in the interest of
00:43:57peace
00:43:58and add it to the regular price.
00:44:00I have here the money to pay every man as he steps up. Cash.
00:44:05Cash on the barrel head.
00:44:22Evening, Ginny. Enjoying yourself?
00:44:24I came here to dance.
00:44:26Strike up a tune for me, won't you, Tom?
00:44:31Won't you oblige me with this dance, Benji?
00:44:34Glad to, Ginny.
00:44:42It's better than guns, Benji.
00:44:44I thought of it this afternoon when I saw Black Eagle hiding there.
00:44:47Oh, I don't know, Ginny. Somebody's bound to hear of it.
00:44:50Listen, you call the Paul Jones.
00:44:56Choose your partners for a Paul Jones.
00:45:01Everybody two-step.
00:45:06All join hands and form a ring and circle to the left with a pretty little thing.
00:45:11Looks like Benji still calls the turns around here.
00:45:15Ladies to the right and gents to the left.
00:45:18Plan to hide the horses later tonight. The Arroyo, my place.
00:45:21Meet your honey with an elbow swing.
00:45:25On to the next for the same old thing.
00:45:48The Arroyo, my place tonight. The horses, the Arroyo, my place tonight.
00:45:51The horses, the Arroyo, my place tonight.
00:45:53Let's all meet in the center of the hall, all the way back.
00:45:56Clear to the wall. Once again to the center of the hall.
00:46:00All the way back. Clear to the wall.
00:46:10You going someplace, mister?
00:46:13No.
00:46:14Don't you enjoy dancing?
00:46:16Sure.
00:46:18I've been watching you. I like the way you handle yourself with Si.
00:46:22Yeah?
00:46:22He's a frightened man. I can't depend on a man like that.
00:46:26That's too bad.
00:46:28With everybody losing their heads these days, I could use a man with a good hit on him.
00:46:33He interested?
00:46:34I've got a job. Excuse me.
00:46:38I need a man I can trust.
00:46:40What do you want?
00:46:42If a tramp rode in on somebody else's horse, and that somebody else was found dead, murdered,
00:46:50it might take a long time to explain if they would bother to listen.
00:46:55Especially if there were witnesses.
00:46:57Yeah. I guess it would.
00:46:59Or he might save himself all that time and trouble by just going to work for me.
00:47:05You mean you want a man you've got something, huh?
00:47:08That's the only kind I can trust.
00:47:10Even then, you can't trust them sometimes.
00:47:16All right. Let's go.
00:47:30Let's go.
00:48:15Go ahead, it'll help you think.
00:48:22You see, I'm not an unreasonable man.
00:48:24It's just a matter of expediency.
00:48:26I hope you'll forgive me.
00:48:28Now then, I'd like to know a few things.
00:48:31I thought you had all the answers.
00:48:33Oh, come now, let's be friendly.
00:48:35What do you want?
00:48:36Just tell me where the rifles are.
00:48:38What rifles?
00:48:39You know the ones I mean.
00:48:41The ones you brought up on the freight car.
00:48:43You seem to know an awful lot about it.
00:48:46Not as much as I'd like to know.
00:48:49You can help me a great deal.
00:48:52I don't know about any guns.
00:48:54Of course you do.
00:48:57Where are they?
00:48:59I don't know.
00:49:08What did you do with the guns?
00:49:11I don't know.
00:49:12Who did you deliver them to?
00:49:19Why don't you save us all a lot of trouble?
00:49:21Who has the guns?
00:49:23I don't know.
00:49:25You're working with Benji, aren't you?
00:49:27You helped Ginny Long take those rifles off the car, didn't you?
00:49:31Did they distribute them?
00:49:33What are their plans?
00:49:36Answer me if you know what's good for you.
00:49:38Look, do you want me to turn you over to the sheriff?
00:49:44You were in that boxcar, weren't you?
00:49:47Do you want to hang for murder?
00:49:50Answer me!
00:49:52What does Benji plan to do?
00:49:55Answer me!
00:50:20Answer me!
00:50:21Take it easy, Jason.
00:50:22I'm not gonna hurt you anymore.
00:50:26I didn't want to hit you he made me do it
00:50:34Yeah, drink this
00:50:44Feel any better
00:50:48Where's Hayden he's over to Clancy's get the posse together
00:50:54You know take the horses away a rid of seizure thing as soon as it gets light good for him
00:51:02You sure you feel all right, I mean you can walk okay, I don't know I haven't tried it yet
00:51:13What's it to me
00:51:17You know you're pretty rugged you didn't tell him a thing thanks
00:51:22Okay
00:51:25What I mean is who cares about us
00:51:29I'm a fella Hayden doesn't like maybe he decides to put a bullet through me
00:51:34You know who gets blamed
00:51:38You're a hobo you've got no friends you get hung and nobody cares they don't even ask questions
00:51:50You know Hayden's a smart guy
00:51:53He always plays one against the other
00:51:57Unless we both disappear
00:52:01It's time we got smart
00:52:04Like how
00:52:07Well I was lying in my bunk
00:52:11I had a dream
00:52:14I kept seeing you walk out of here
00:52:17You went down to the corral
00:52:21You got on a horse you rode away
00:52:26And tomorrow
00:52:28Did you dream that too
00:52:30Yeah
00:52:35Yeah
00:52:35Yeah Hayden came in here looking for you
00:52:40I told him you ran out
00:52:43He was satisfied
00:52:45No no no he was sore
00:52:48He's sore because he has nobody to play against me
00:52:52But what can he do about it?
00:53:01What's Hayden got on you?
00:53:04No more than I've got on him
00:53:28Just like I dream
00:53:31No no no no no
00:54:01Let's go.
00:54:34Let's go.
00:55:01Let's go.
00:55:19What's going on?
00:55:20What are you doing here?
00:55:22I sent him to check the horses.
00:55:24Who fired those shots?
00:55:26I don't know.
00:55:26There was a man on horseback.
00:55:28You see, they have been bringing in guns.
00:55:30If there's any trouble, you'll be responsible.
00:55:32I armed a posse for you.
00:55:34Did you see who it was?
00:55:36No.
00:55:36It was too dark.
00:55:38Since when are you working for Hayden?
00:55:40Since tonight.
00:55:41I told him we needed men to bring in the horses.
00:55:44Looks like you changed jobs in an awful hurry.
00:55:46Look, it'll soon be sunup.
00:55:48What's the sense of wasting any more time?
00:55:49We need everybody we can get for the roundup.
00:55:51Let's get started.
00:55:53All right, Jason.
00:55:54If you're in, you're in.
00:55:57Amo, get yourself a horse.
00:56:04Benji!
00:56:05Yes, Sam?
00:56:06How'd you make out?
00:56:07I didn't.
00:56:08Somebody took a shot at me before I got the horses out.
00:56:10Well, our horses are more important.
00:56:12We'll take care of those others later.
00:56:13Did you have any trouble?
00:56:14No, we got them all in.
00:56:15Now, let's get over to my place.
00:56:16Ginny will be waiting for us.
00:56:59Remember, no gunplay.
00:57:00This is a lawful seizure.
00:57:02I'll put that on my headstone.
00:57:04What's that?
00:57:04This man died of a lawful seizure.
00:57:28Well, well, this is a surprise.
00:57:31You're just in time.
00:57:32We're just about ready to take her out of the fire.
00:57:34You know, it's been a long time since we've had a good old-fashioned barbecue,
00:57:37but we had such a fine time at the dance last night,
00:57:39we decided to stay up all night and enjoy ourselves.
00:57:42These lean days take all the joy out of life.
00:57:45I'd say they'd want some hot coffee after that ride from town.
00:57:49I'm not here for your party, Benji.
00:57:50Aren't you?
00:57:51I want those horses.
00:57:53Oh, of course you do.
00:57:54Well, there's nothing I can do to stop you.
00:57:56Where are they?
00:57:58Around.
00:57:59Where?
00:58:01There.
00:58:01All you have to do is find them.
00:58:03That may take days.
00:58:05Weeks.
00:58:10I order you to make him tell me where he's hidden them.
00:58:13All I've got is a writ.
00:58:14You find your property, and I'll see if you get it.
00:58:18Benji?
00:58:19Looks like she's about done to a turn.
00:58:21Oh, yes, of course it is, Clancy.
00:58:23Eats, everybody.
00:58:24Eats.
00:58:25Let's get out of here.
00:58:27Come on, Si.
00:58:27You're not invited.
00:58:28I don't know.
00:58:29I've got news that may spoil their appetites.
00:58:32Hate to see all that good food go to waste.
00:58:34You found the horses.
00:58:35They saved us the trouble of rounding them up.
00:58:38Come on, boys.
00:58:43You, too, Jason.
00:58:45We buddies have got to stick together.
00:58:54There goes your friend.
00:59:28Let's go.
01:00:11So stay up there.
01:00:32Come on, Si, let's go!
01:01:08I'm going to give it here this time.
01:01:13Don't start down again!
01:01:45Come on, Si, let's go!
01:01:50My back...
01:01:54You're going to miss me, Jason.
01:01:56I'm your alibi.
01:02:00When I go, your alibi goes with me.
01:02:04I'm not going to miss your bad side.
01:02:07You won't be sneaking up behind me anymore.
01:02:10Funny.
01:02:16You are going to be my alibi.
01:02:20But you had to be caught dead.
01:02:25I don't have to worry about that anymore.
01:02:29Hayden will take care of you.
01:02:35You killed Ginny's kid brother, didn't you?
01:02:38I didn't want to do it.
01:02:42It was Hayden Swimple.
01:02:45He's going to make a fortune over our dead bodies.
01:02:51Ain't that right, Hayden?
01:02:59I think that's pretty close to the truth.
01:03:01What else did he tell you?
01:03:03Why didn't you ask him?
01:03:06I'm afraid it's too late for questions now, Jason.
01:03:09It's too bad for you.
01:03:16Black Eagle, no!
01:03:38I can't believe it.
01:03:42Ned, murdered.
01:03:45That man, Jason.
01:03:47Who is he?
01:03:48I can't believe it.
01:03:48I don't know.
01:03:49He came on Black Eagle, didn't he?
01:03:52Yes.
01:03:53How'd he get the horse?
01:03:55I don't know. I don't know.
01:03:57You got to tell me, Ginny.
01:03:59Please, Mike.
01:04:01It's our brother. He's been murdered.
01:04:06Ned was supposed to come in in those empty boxcars.
01:04:11I went to meet him.
01:04:13There was a tramp.
01:04:18He said he'd never seen Ned.
01:04:31You think he did it?
01:04:32Yes, Ginny. I do.
01:04:38But he didn't have to stay.
01:04:42He only did it to help me.
01:04:45Let's go.
01:05:10I had to see you alone. I've been watching the house for an hour.
01:05:12You killed my brother. You killed Ned.
01:05:14Crazy fool.
01:05:15Listen to what I've got to tell you.
01:05:16Get away from me.
01:05:17I didn't kill your brother, but I know who did.
01:05:19Oh, I don't believe you.
01:05:20Well, that makes it unanimous.
01:05:21Now, nobody believes me.
01:05:22Why should they?
01:05:23I didn't have to come back.
01:05:25What were you doing working for Hayden?
01:05:26He forced me into the job.
01:05:28I came back here to tell you Cy murdered your brother.
01:05:30Hayden must have sent him down to stop Ned from bringing in the guns.
01:05:33Now, Cy's dead, too, and the whole county's beating the bush for me.
01:05:35Why did you save them the trouble?
01:05:37Will you shut up and listen to me?
01:05:41What do you want?
01:05:43How did you find out about Ned?
01:05:51Who brought this to you?
01:05:54Clancy.
01:05:55When?
01:05:56Just now.
01:05:572 p.m.
01:06:00This must have come in yesterday.
01:06:03What does that mean?
01:06:05Hayden.
01:06:07Hayden's behind all this.
01:06:08I've got all the pieces, but I can't quite seem to put them together.
01:06:12Oh, what's the difference?
01:06:14You said yourself that nobody would believe you.
01:06:17I'll find a way to make them believe me.
01:06:19They'll shoot you on sight.
01:06:23You believe me?
01:06:24I...
01:06:27I believe you're a fool.
01:06:29Never was your fight.
01:06:32You said so yourself.
01:06:34Ginny, wait a minute.
01:06:36Get a saddle.
01:06:37When you come to the railroad junction, turn Black Eagle loose.
01:06:40He'll be all right.
01:06:41He'll find his way home.
01:06:43Ginny.
01:06:44Maybe I've been wrong.
01:06:47About people, I mean.
01:06:49No.
01:06:51No, you haven't.
01:06:53I have to get these rifles to Benji.
01:07:10Are the cars loaded yet?
01:07:11They're working as fast as they can.
01:07:13Tell the boys I'll give them a bonus if they'll hurry.
01:07:15I was never mixed up in anything like this, Hayden, and I don't like it.
01:07:18Well, never mind your feelings.
01:07:19What about the locomotive?
01:07:20Well, it's due any time now.
01:07:22I just heard from Clarkton.
01:07:23Well, what are you doing here?
01:07:24Get back to the office and get the manifest ready.
01:07:27And bring my satchel.
01:07:29Yes, sir.
01:07:33Hiya!
01:07:35Hiya!
01:07:36Hiya!
01:07:36Hiya!
01:07:37Hiya!
01:07:38Hiya!
01:07:38Hiya!
01:07:39Hiya!
01:07:42Hiya!
01:07:44Hello, Hank.
01:07:48I've got your gun.
01:07:49Take it easy.
01:07:51I'm not gonna hurt you.
01:07:53What do you want?
01:07:55I want your help.
01:07:56Nobody can help you, mister.
01:07:59You've lived here a long time, haven't you?
01:08:01Twenty years.
01:08:02I don't want you to help me.
01:08:03It's the town.
01:08:04All your neighbors.
01:08:06You'll help them, won't you?
01:08:08I always have.
01:08:10Listen.
01:08:11I got a hunch that Hayden hasn't been telling the people the truth.
01:08:14Hayden?
01:08:17Why was this delivered a day late?
01:08:19That, that, that was delivered on time.
01:08:21You're lying, Hank.
01:08:22No.
01:08:23How do you fit in with Hayden?
01:08:25You're barking up the wrong tree, mister.
01:08:27What were you doing at his place last night?
01:08:29Let me go.
01:08:29I don't know what you're talking about.
01:08:31I haven't got much time, Hank.
01:08:32You don't think I'd let Hayden get away with anything like that, do you?
01:08:36I'm already wanted for one murder.
01:08:37Another murder isn't gonna matter much.
01:08:39I didn't want to get mixed up in it.
01:08:41Hayden made me do it.
01:08:42Talk fast, Hank.
01:08:43Confession's good for the soul.
01:08:44I told Hayden he shouldn't have done it.
01:08:46Where is he?
01:08:47He's up in his office.
01:08:48I'm taking him the money.
01:08:49He's leaving on the train.
01:08:54If you want to save your rotten hide, you better tell everything you know about this.
01:09:18Let's go.
01:09:20Let's go.
01:09:40What's the meaning of this?
01:09:42Yes.
01:09:51Sit down.
01:09:57Where'd you get that?
01:09:58From Hank.
01:10:01Hank's a frightened man.
01:10:04What'd he tell you?
01:10:05Enough.
01:10:07What do you want?
01:10:09I haven't decided yet.
01:10:12There's plenty for all of us.
01:10:14What about the ranchers?
01:10:15What about them?
01:10:17Enough for them, too.
01:10:19What kind of a fool are you?
01:10:21I haven't decided that yet, either.
01:10:24What are they to you?
01:10:27Just people.
01:10:29Cattle, you mean.
01:10:30They're stupid.
01:10:31Give them a chance, they'll cut your throat for a nickel.
01:10:34Gotta beat them to it, eh, Hayden?
01:10:35Just look what they've done to you.
01:10:37You've been here less than 48 hours.
01:10:39They've accused you of being a horse thief.
01:10:40And a murderer.
01:10:42That's not all.
01:10:43Been forced into two jobs I didn't want.
01:10:46Shot at, beat up, called a liar.
01:10:49Those are your people.
01:10:51Nobody trusts you.
01:10:52I guess you're the only friend I got left, huh, Hayden?
01:10:56Maybe you're not so very wrong.
01:10:59You know, I was just thinking.
01:11:02If you try to straddle a fence, you get lumps from both sides.
01:11:06Why don't you get smart while there's still time?
01:11:09Didn't anybody ever tell you there's a right and a wrong to everything?
01:11:12I'm not in the mood for jokes.
01:11:15What's the matter?
01:11:17Losing your sense of humor?
01:11:20No, I just didn't know you were fooling.
01:11:25Maybe I'm not.
01:11:27What do you want?
01:11:28Maybe you've got some jokes to tell Clancy and the ranchers.
01:11:32Maybe they're losing their sense of humor.
01:11:34It's your word against mine.
01:11:35Clancy will believe me, not you.
01:11:37How far do you think he'll get before he catches up with you?
01:11:39Maybe he won't catch up with me in time to do you any good, Hayden.
01:12:00Don't try anything. You're covered.
01:12:02We're taking the horses.
01:12:22He's up there now. You better hurry before he gets away.
01:12:25Doesn't matter if he gets away.
01:12:27What do you mean it doesn't matter?
01:12:28He's a murderer. You're the sheriff, aren't you?
01:12:31That's right, Hayden.
01:12:43Benji.
01:12:58Hey, stop!
01:13:03We'll do it.
01:13:34Need any proof to add to what Hank's already told us?
01:13:37Here it is. Here's a statement from Johnson
01:13:38saying he'd pay the full price all along.
01:13:41Now listen to me.
01:13:43Jason, every man's got to work.
01:13:46You got to find a job and finish it.
01:13:48Then you got to go on to the next one.
01:13:54Well, get on your horse and get to Benji.
01:13:56Tell him to round up those stampeded horses
01:13:58before they scatter all over the country
01:13:59or we'll never get them back in time for shipping.
01:14:01Sure, they don't take a shot at me first.
01:14:03You, Bill, take GB and Jake.
01:14:06Go out to South Bend and start driving the horses this way.
01:14:08Let's go, boys.
01:14:09Joe, you and your boys come with me.
01:14:56Look at that full ride.
01:14:58Yeah, like somebody was chasing it.
01:15:03Hey!
01:15:05It's Jason!
01:15:07Jason!
01:15:08Jason!
01:15:08How's he going on today?
01:15:12Has he really stopped?
01:15:14Let's get back.
01:15:17He paid them for $10,000.
01:15:18He is just having trouble once vows.
01:15:18He is telling me.
01:15:37To decent place he is coming up is over.
01:15:48Who was chasing you?
01:15:50Somebody had to be to make you catch us northbound.
01:15:53Nobody was chasing me.
01:15:55I was chasing you.
01:15:57Still going after that week?
01:15:59What struck you?
01:16:01I helped some people finish a job.
01:16:03Didn't I tell you work had to catch up with you sometime?
01:16:05Catch up with me?
01:16:06They nearly murdered me, and I wasn't even looking for work.
01:16:09Doing what?
01:16:11I took the southbound, and the car I was in, they cut off in L.A.
01:16:15And there were some books on the car, only there weren't books.
01:16:17There were guns.
01:16:18And there was a girl.
01:16:20Oh, she was a beautiful girl.
01:16:21And I helped her take the guns off the car.
01:16:23And then we got mixed up with a man named Hayden,
01:16:26and got into a fight, and...
01:16:35You'd never believe me.
01:16:41You are so busy.
01:16:42You're so busy.
01:16:51I got all the crap on it.
01:16:53That's what we won't be.
01:16:53I will keep the shock cuma for the help of you.
01:16:57END
01:16:57For a
01:16:57girl, the atual boy... I could!
01:16:58And you don't
01:16:59know her 401'
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