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Sarah Buchanan...

Lots have been drawn and according to the law,

you've been chosen.

Abraham...

You will do the Angels' vengeance.

I give you the weapon.

- Hasn't there been enough killing? - We did not start this.

It is written that we should love our enemies.

Your father gave us the law.

He told us to use it well.

Which I am doing.

You speak of my father...

The law is his.

It was handed to me for my son.

How do I give it into his hands?

Answer me, old man.

How do I give a dead boy the law?

The man who killed my son is still alive.

The Angels' vengeance will cut him down into the dirt.

The vengeance will be mine.

The man you seek was last known to be in the town of Copper City.

You're to find him.

Follow him.

Sarah Buchanan...

I do not expect to see you

until you carry the blood of Josh Randall on your hands.

ANGELS OF VENGEANCE

- You missed. - No, I got you right in the heart!

Bang! Right between the eyes!

I guess you did.

Did you get them shells I ordered?

Yep. Come in this morning.

They'll be around here somewhere.

Did you find that fellow?

No, he's pretty smart. I'll go after him first thing in the morning.

Hey... what's this here?

Peaches, extra fancy. Packed in heavy syrup.

All the way from St Louis.

Peaches in cans. Ain't that somethin'!

- Open up and try 'em. - Much obliged.

Don't get much call for fancy stuff but I like to keep 'em in stock.

A fella ought to be progressive.

- Pretty good. - Take some with you.

I'll be outside.

No, it's your turn.

OK, let Suzy be the Indian.

So she can scalp us.

- What can I do for you? - A shave.

You're new in town, aren't you?

- Figure to stay long? - No longer than I have to.

You might just look around. Anything you want, this is the place.

Good grazing land, the dirt'll grow anything. Look around.

Listen, I'm kinda in a hurry.

Right.

Listen, mister.

I know you're in there.

I don't know why you're shooting at me.

I think you got the wrong man.

I'm not gonna go sticking my head round the door to find out.

I'll be waiting for you when you come out.

So when you do, keep the rifle over the head.

Get up.

Come on, get on your feet.

Who are you, why'd you try to shoot me?

Fancy weapon you've got here.

Some more shells for this thing?

- Mr. Randall... - How do you know my name?

Maybe it would be easier...

if you did away with me now. I'd rather not wait.

- Wait for what? - Kill me, Mr. Randall, please, now!

Boy, you're really something.

First you try to shoot me, now you want me to shoot you.

You just like the noise or something?

I'd help you out if I knew what you wanted.

But I don't.

My name is Sarah Buchanan. I'm an Angel.

Yeah?

I never figured they'd be carrying guns.

Now... you gonna tell me about this?

In Copper City, a man by the name of Virgil Saxon was murdered.

Does that make it any clearer?

Now you listen to me.

When a man pulls a 44 and points it at me

ready to blow holes in me, I don't stand and argue.

It was either me or him. I shot him dead.

Is that true?

Well, I said it was. There are witnesses in town.

And there was a legal hearing.

It doesn't make any difference really.

Virgil was Abraham's son.

Who is he?

He's the leader of the Angels.

He called all the young people. I was picked.

That's the law of the Valley.

If harm is done to one Angel,

another is picked to administer justice.

If he fails, then another, until justice is done.

Suppose you run back and tell them they picked the wrong fella.

I can't set foot in the valley till you're dead.

Suppose you and I take a ride to this valley and talk to Abraham.

He'll kill us.

Well, let's hope not.

He's set on tracking me down so I'll save him the trouble.

I've got a few things to pick up in town.

Then we'll go out and take a look at this Valley of Angels.

Come on...

You must ride horses a lot.

We rode 8 hours, you don't even look tired.

Those are peaches in can.

They come from St Louis.

Go on a trip to kill a man, you oughta bring a sleeping roll.

They're kind of important out here.

You plan on using that on me?

I don't know.

I don't know!

There it is. The Valley of the Angels.

If you go down there, you'll never come out.

I know Abraham. He won't rest until you're dead!

Let's understand each other, lady.

I don't like being hunted down. When it's dark, we'll go down there.

We're gonna talk to that man.

Josh, do this for me.

See Mr. Rankin first, talk to him.

He's a good man. He was a friend of Abraham's father.

They founded that Valley together years ago.

He has no authority now, but...

Perhaps he can help us.

Here's Mr. Rankin's house.

Mr. Rankin, this is Josh Randall.

Come in.

Why are you here?

I told him what would happen but he insisted on coming.

Mr. Rankin, Josh didn't murder Virgil.

Tell him, Josh.

That's exactly what happened.

I rode out here to get this thing cleared up.

It was a mistake, Mr. Randall.

A well-intentioned one but a mistake.

Tell me something.

Does that make sense, me riding out to talk to him?

Oh yes.

However the logic of the world doesn't apply to the Valley anymore.

What have you told him of us, child?

I told him what I could.

We're a strange people, Mr. Randall.

In the beginning, it was not always so.

We were ordinary.

Except that we wanted to worship in our own way.

We had a little colony in the Eastern mountains many years ago.

But outsiders came to the colony.

Told us that our customs were wrong,

that our law was wrong.

And when we would not change our custom or our law,

they rose up against us.

Our leader, Nehemiah Saxon,

could have use force, but it was not his way.

He decided to go where we could live in peace.

After searching the land, he found this place

and called it the Valley of the Angels.

But still people would not let us live in peace.

As our towns grew,

marauders came to rob from us,

to cheat us, sometimes to murder us.

Nehemiah was forced to make the law.

When he died, his son Abraham made many changes.

He used the Angels' vengeance for his personal vendettas.

He excluded no one. Women, children, old people...

It gave him great power.

Why didn't anybody do something about him?

Because no one dares go against him.

You've been delivered, Mr. Randall.

Take him to the meeting house.

Notify the others.

Sarah Buchanan... come forward.

You were sent to serve the Angels' vengeance.

Have you done so?

The slayer of my son lives?

Answer, Sarah!

- He lives. - Why?

Who is this man?

It was such a weapon that finished my boy.

I killed your son, sir.

You admit you murdered him?

I didn't figure it was murder. The boy was drunk.

He wanted to prove he was faster than I was.

He drew on me.

You lie!

My boy never touched alcohol.

Like I said, the boy was drunk.

If he shot at you like you say, you'd be dead.

He was almighty fast with weapons. I taught him.

You taught him about guns.

You might have taught him there might be somebody faster.

If he hadn't have drawn the way he did, I wouldn't have killed him.

There was a court hearing and a town full of witnesses.

Outsiders?

You think I believe them any more than I believe you?

Abraham, give the boy a chance.

If he claims proof, at least we should investigate.

You're forgetting yourself, old man.

I'm the leader of the Angels, not you.

My word is law in this Valley.

You failed in your mission, girl.

The penalty is death.

But to prove I'm a just,

and merciful man, I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself.

What?

You do want to redeem yourself...

Kill him.

- Do you hear what I'm saying? - I hear.

Then do as I say!

Use it!

Let us get our vengeance against this murderer!

Stop this farce, it's gone far enough!

Still your tongue. You stood in the way of the law already.

No. We all knew about Virgil.

The kind of man he was.

We all believe the punishment given to him was just.

Sarah Buchanan...

I've given the law.

Kill him!

You...

Kill him.

I'm your leader!

Can you expect them to obey you anymore, Saxon?

You sent the girl out to kill

because she woudn't have anything to do with your son.

Now you ask decent people to commit murder.

Very well.

If there is no one with courage to see justice done,

I'll see to it myself.

May God forgive me.

I won't forget what you did for me.

No, it was wrong, Mr. Randall.

No man can decide another man's destiny.

Abraham almost decided mine.

Don't hate him.

He'd forgotten the path,

even as I did in that moment.

It's easy to forget.

Virgil's death blinded his soul.

Mr. Rankin...

I only know one thing.

If you hadn't done it, he would have killed me.

I'm much obliged to you.

Goodbye, sir.

- I'll miss you. - Maybe not.

I know my way back.

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