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Here's the guarantee.

You're to deliver 1 ,100 head of cattle to Kansas City within three weeks.

No delays.

If you're late, you pay me a penalty of $1 per day per steer. It's all in the

contract, which I've already signed.

It's also in the contract that you're to put 20 % down in cash.

In the saddlebags, $3 ,300.

Count it.

I trust you.

Not to steal anything small, that is.

My men will commence the dive in the cuttle down tomorrow.

See that you're ready.

We'll be ready.

Charming fellow to do business with, huh?

You're looking at a month bare old and enough left over to pay our timber bill.

Ben.

Ben, did you read this thing?

Every period and comma.

With all these penalty clauses, non -performance, deadline.

This isn't a contract, it's an act of war.

The knife cuts both ways.

We can also make a lot of money if we deliver.

If? How do I meet the schedules?

We've got to rebalance roadbed. I can think of two bridges that need bracing.

I've got all the confidence in the word in you, Dave.

And I'm looking forward to a long and prosperous association with Mr. Royal

McLintock.

Never did care for that bridge anyway.

So, one of your bridges fell down, eh?

It was smashed down by a few hundred tons of rock.

Isn't that a general risk now, part of the railroad business?

Yes, it is. Then I do not see what we're here to discuss.

Well, it's a matter of this simple agreement.

Signed before witnesses.

Since the PPSD is fresh out of miracles, the only way we can get your cattle

from here to Kansas City is through Angel Gorge.

Without a bridge, I'm afraid they'd have to learn to fly.

Then I suggest Calhoun.

You set about learning ways and means of training them very quickly before the

penalty clauses go into effect.

They go into effect in three weeks.

You're quite accurate.

A desirable quality in an engineer.

But it'll take us two months to get that bridge rebuilt.

Aye. Figured in roughly that'll put you about 40 days behind schedule.

Plus the 20 or so days to make delivery.

60 days.

And that $1 ,100 a day penalty, that makes $66 ,000.

That's a lot of money.

Yes, a very substantial sum.

Disastrous is a word that comes to my mind, a ruinous.

And you've come down here today about ways and means of getting out of your

contract.

The fact is, I must hold you to it.

All right.

What's your deal, McLintock?

Deal?

In my experience, when a man has you bound, gagged, got a knife in your ribs

he's still smiling, there's usually a deal pending somewhere.

What's yours?

It's true.

I'm a sympathetic man.

So I'll offer to stand the loss of goodwill on making a late delivery and

the penalties.

What do we do?

You give me a wee incentive.

To be specific, a wee share in your railroad.

How wee?

100 %? Oh, no, not at all.

51.

51%. Complete control.

You'll find me a friendly and cooperative partner.

I'll solve a lot of your problems. Money, for example.

The answer is a simple one.

No. I don't see you have any choice, Calhoun.

And I won't hold the offer open too long.

Let me put it to you another way, McLintock.

You're a vulture, coyote, and you're about as honest as a snake.

Very well, Calhoun.

You sit in your railroad, and in 60 days I'll collect my penalties.

I'll break you either way, but I'd rather it was slow and hard.

That's what I've been waiting to see.

The sunny side of your disposition.

Get off my property!

Glad to.

And now I'm going to remind you of the terms of our agreement.

You have your cattle at the railhead the first thing in the morning.

Well, I won't deliver them to you. In that case, you're in violation of your

contract, and my attorneys will be calling on you.

Good day. Wait a minute!

Mr. McClinick didn't give you permission to leave.

Move.

Throw your gun away.

Now I'm going to give you some more advice, Lieutenant.

Next time you hire a gunman, hire a good one.

See you in court.

Be careful, Mr. McClintock. I get very nervous around now.

Calhoun! I think we've said all there is to say, Mr. McLintock.

I'll see you at the railhead in the morning with your cattle.

You ready, Dave?

I'm ready.

deals and say, good fight, huh?

Ben, what are we going to do with 1 ,100 cattle?

We'll deliver them, of course.

You know the BPS &D never welches on a deal.

That Calhoun, he's mad.

He's planning to drive the cattle to Kansas City.

Don't worry.

There isn't a good cowhand for hire within 20 miles of here.

If Calhoun's going to drive those cattle, he's going to be all by his

self.

One.

Fifty -two. Now make that another fifty -two.

Is the tally all right? Yeah. Two over.

Seven hundred and two head.

Well, our garden was though they were mouth.

I suppose in a way they now are.

Seven hundred and two head of cattle to drive where we want, when we want, and

how we want.

Right.

Directly into bankruptcy, I hope.

Oh, it may cost me considerable.

But this little gumball won't lose you your railroad.

We've got a great deal of confidence, Mr. Clinic, that if any man gambles long

enough and the stakes are high enough, he always stands a chance to lose

everything. And this time, it just might be me.

In the meantime, you made a bargain. I want to see if you stick to it. You're

not even a trail crew.

I'll invent one.

What if it gets me, Lancer?

Man, they're railroad men. The closest any of them ever come to cattle was

repairing the cow catcher.

I'm not going to let this railroad get tied up in a lot of legal machinery.

Then we have got a few experienced men.

I was trail cook for Colonel Goodnight once.

See what I mean?

You want to know why it was only once?

I think you've said enough. We'll find out the rest as we go along.

It's irrational.

It's a wild gamble spun right off the cuff. Your favorite sport.

Well, I figured you wanted to stay here.

What? Are you trying to keep me off this drive?

You said that it was a wild gamble.

Yes, exactly.

Speaking as a stockholder, you need one sane human being along.

That's me.

Speaking as a majority stockholder...

Who do you think is going to run this railroad?

Not to mention repairing the bridge.

Well, speaking as a stockholder of me.

Roy Hoy, listen, he wants to go right on the line.

Roy Hoy, I told you before, you can't... No, no, no, no, never.

Mr. Calhoun.

Dave, this is Hobie Trill.

Found him underneath the saloon table and scalp lock and hired him on the

What's your problem?

Mr. Calhoun, go away.

Oh,

no. Never in my wildest dreams have I ever seen a Chinese cowhand.

Beasons like that can't be overlooked.

He goes, Hey!

And

I'm

about ready.

Hello, Ben. Hello, Dave.

I'm not too late.

You want to go on a cattle drive?

Yeah, you bet.

How do you know about cows?

Since I was a little boy, they'd be our farmers.

Yeah, I have milked many cows.

Yeah, well, the only thing wrong, these are steers.

All right, you can go, but do me a favor.

Don't try milking any of them.

Okay, Ben.

Quite a crew of men, huh?

Yeah, we've got ourselves a Swedish dairyman.

An Irish gang boss,

a Cuyahoga cattle thief, an expert Cuyahoga cattle thief, and Barclays.

Can't tell if he's an executive vice president or not.

Slightest chance that you might finish that bridge in less than two months?

Maybe. I've been working on an idea.

What is it?

Nothing to give me a greater pleasure than to shove that hex down that

Scotchman's throat.

Now, hold it, then. I said maybe.

Now, I'm talking about a slim chance, not a sure thing.

I can't rebuild that bridge inside of two months.

The whole railroad cars.

But I think I can rebuild enough of it so we can drive cattle over it.

And then we have the cars brought up from Buffalo Pass.

Load the cattle on the other side and we're right back on schedule, huh?

I said if.

Well, if you get it finished, you get word to me and I'll turn the cattle

and we'll cross them over to Angel's Gorge. I should know in a week. I'll

you down a messenger.

If you don't hear from me. If I don't hear from you, then I'll head due south.

It's a gamble, Dave, but what have we got to lose?

Outside of our railroad.

Take care of yourself.

Good luck then the crew like that. You'll need it.

We're watching for your message All

right,

you are offenders we're moving out Remember to move them slow.

Don't want to run the weight off of them.

Let's go

I want you to stick close, small wolf.

Oh, come on. What's he know?

Everything you do.

So you stick with him.

Yes, sir.

Got him moving.

Aye.

We're a trail crew of clowns that'll fall apart in the first day.

Did you block the canyon?

Yes, sir. He ain't gonna drive no cattle through there.

Good. That'll end this nonsense.

I want Calhoun wrecked.

It's not a little thing, Gage, but whoever owns that railroad runs this

region. You'll have it, Mr. McLintock.

I took this job for $10 ,000 hard cash.

Now I got a personal interest.

I'm going to skin Ben Calhoun.

I'm going to stuff his hide.

I'm going to give him to you to mount on your wall.

I'll be well satisfied with simply ruining him.

But I'll settle for naught less.

Well, what's more exciting than breathing dust 12 hours a day, drinking

water, and eating... Well, now, I ain't going to small about my own cooking.

You have fun?

Yes, sir, Mr. Calhoun. Well, then you're shirking, so get back here and ride the

drag with Paul.

Yes, sir.

Is it getting more exciting, sir?

Yeah.

Okay. At noon break, I want a hot coffee and a hot meal. No cold beans and hard

jack, you understand?

Yes, sir, Mr. Calhoun.

You get back inside there and quit the plane.

Come on, let's step it up, huh? All right, double time up there!

the estranged I've ever moved.

That Calhoun is a certified maniac.

Not a doubt of it.

So what are you doing here?

I'm another.

Giddyap or whatever it is you say.

We got trouble.

Rock slide at the pass.

Locked solid.

Cattle can't climb.

I'm sorry, Mr. Calhoun. The only way around is a 12 -slot, and we might lose

maybe a quarter of a herd.

I am a cowhand. Well, we're not.

Donnelly, go break out the dynamite.

Can't climb over, we'll blast our way through.

We could just get the dynamite under the boulder.

Sometimes I forget.

What's he doing?

Cattle can't climb over cliffs.

He's going to dynamite that rock slide and blow it out of the way.

Let him.

The explosion will scatter the herd over 50 miles.

It should be a very expensive stampede.

All he needs is a baby in a pen.

All right, you two clear out.

Ben,

if you have explosion here, those dumb cows will never stop running.

Oh, yes, they will.

If we go about 100 yards, the boys will be dropping sticks of dynamite.

That'll turn them and stampede them right back through this pass where we

them to go.

Yeah.

Calhoun is a resourceful man.

Gage, ride to Angel's Gorge and see how they're coming with the repairing of

that bridge.

Where will you be?

Following the very inventive Mr.

Calhoun.

I tell you a thing, Calhoun.

This one could learn to become a good cattle thief.

There you are, Barnabas.

That's an expert's opinion.

Well, if I could live this kind of life, Mr.

Calhoun, I might consider taking it up.

It is a good life.

The sky is big out here.

Gives a man room to grow.

Come back to air in the morning, the morning.

Come back, Garoon, to the land of the bird.

Come back to air in the...

Leave

your side, Connolly.

Look like a south end of a northbound freight.

Well, it's a comfort to me. And the beasties don't mind.

Rubbish, you surprised the complaint.

Meet public.

Here, Jack, take a look.

That's amazing.

Hey, Stud, you got another cup of that stuff? Oh, yeah, yeah.

Ah, hello, Ben.

Jolly, Mr. Calhoun.

Thank you.

It's good so far.

Just like smorgasbord.

Mr.

Calhoun, we're about parallel to Angel's Gorge now.

How about if I ride and see how Mr. Tarrant's coming along?

He'd have gotten word to us if he'd have gotten finished.

We can't be too sure.

Maybe not.

You can't keep dreaming with your eyes wide open, Barnabas. He didn't finish

Just to make you happy, we'll wait over till tomorrow morning. If we haven't

heard from him, then we head south to Buffalo Pass.

Well, I wouldn't mind, you know.

It's kind of fun.

Well, here's to innocence.

You should lose yours about tomorrow.

Mr. Tant! Mr.

Tant! Raising timbers all in!

Wonderful shot!

Cut him in!

Come here.

Now, you get to Mr.

Calhoun and tell him he can turn those cattle north. Tell him he can count on

using this bridge before the end of the week. Then get your hide back here. Yes,

sir. Right away, sir.

Notify Calhoun.

What about it, Mr. Calhoun?

Either we head up Angel's Gorge or we go south.

No, we haven't heard from Dave, so evidently the bridge isn't finished.

We'll go south.

Start turning himself!

Turn towards Buffalo Pass, Mr. Calhoun?

That's right.

The big gamble.

We'll make it.

We'd better.

We run into any more delays, we run out of time.

Wind up shy of one railroad.

Ha! He's turning in them.

That will do it for Calhoun. A hard drive to a dead end.

The shoring's finished, but I... I'm sorry, John. You're going to have to do

best you can. Pettyman should have been back by now.

Unless that Ben's got him driving those cattle.

They should be just about halfway here right now.

You took your time.

Well, I was being careful because the bridge... Doesn't matter.

Calhoun's turned the herd.

That's the end of it for him.

He's just about at the ravine now.

He must be real unhappy.

Aye, with reason.

That's the end of it for him.

We'll let him sit there quietly and say goodbye to his railroad.

Too steep to climb, too wide to jump.

We can detour to the south, but I believe it's quite a ways.

Well, if we can't go around, we'll just have to cross over.

You just said it ain't possible.

No.

I said it wasn't possible for the cattle to climb it or jump it.

Nothing to keep them from walking over.

I bring my axe, but for what?

For a shortcut.

That's good. I beat her at that.

Well done, Rocky.

Good job.

That

ought

to hold.

Oh, yeah. It will hold. I know it, and you know it.

Those cattle don't know it.

Find out yeah, now we get one started across the rest of them should follow

shall see You

see

seek out

Her stare just ain't about to cross over.

Let's get the rest of the beasties. Yeah, Connolly.

Will you look at that?

I am.

And it's a thoroughly unpleasant sight.

To drive 1 ,100 head of cattle with our railroad crew.

Calhoun's a gambler, but he's more than just lucky.

That tops it all.

Neal gets a little stubborn streak every now and then.

Sure hate to get in the way of one.

We're over. Clear all the way to Buffalo Pass.

Yeah, looks like we made it.

But then I always figured we would.

Well, his luck is gonna stop.

He's the man.

And it all stops when he stops.

Gonna be so stupid.

Calhoun's no passing drifter to be gunned down and forgotten.

And I am Royal McLintock, and the days are past when I depend on killing.

Don't be foolish, Mr. McLintock.

Why do you think Calhoun didn't drive the herd to Angel's Gorge?

Because I stopped Terran's message.

You killed the man.

For $10 ,000, I'd kill a lot of men.

Gage, I do not condone murder as a substitute for intelligence.

And forget the money.

I'm cutting my losses right here.

Let Calhoun earn his fee.

I'll have another try at him.

Another time.

You promised me that money, McLintock.

Calhoun's got a contract, and you, Gage, you're having to prayer.

Well, boys, looks like we're out of a job.

An end to a fortune.

There's a herd of prime beef down there.

All we got to do is go down and take it.

Let's go.

Mr. Calhoun!

You're making a late start, Calhoun.

Must be almost six o 'clock.

Is that what you came by here to tell me? Not exactly.

I have a word of warning.

Gage.

Your top gunman? He's no longer in my employ.

That is resignation you're wearing.

Aye. A man's no more than an outlaw.

And he's planning to come down on you and steal the herd.

Thank you.

I appreciate the warning.

I do not need your gratitude.

I'm concerned about my cattle.

For which I must remind you I hold you personally responsible.

You beat anything I've ever seen, McLintock.

First you go out and hire a bunch of gunmen and turn them loose on me.

Then you come running back down here begging for help the minute they blow up

your greedy face.

Do not preach at me, Calhoun.

You've taken responsibility. I'm holding you to it.

That's what a man does.

Stands up to what the world throws at him.

I lost my wife of the fever in 68. I lost both my sons in the blizzard of 75.

But I'm still here.

Yeah. Then on the other hand, who'd have you?

I do not need your lichen.

Just remember our deal.

And what about the herd?

I'm not going to forget our deal.

In fact, I'm going to go a little beyond our deal.

I'm not only going to deliver those cattle, I'm going to deliver you with

Studge. Yes, sir.

I got a passenger for you.

Clean him off, patch him up, and put him in the wagon.

Courtesy of the BPSD.

We got a problem.

We're going to be raided.

I want these men armed and put out some pairs and one man to be on guard at all

times. You're going to have a good fight, huh?

Yeah, we're going to have a fight, so enjoy yourself.

I better write it on the head.

Go ahead, but don't get yourself killed and shorthanded already.

Couldn't stop him, Gates.

That Calhoun, no matter how you stack the deck, he just keeps on pulling out

aces.

McClinic just walked into camp, told him you were going to jump the herd.

McClinic?

Well, it don't matter. He'll get his with the rest of them.

Because you're going to make it all work from the inside, Trailman.

Let's get the rest of the men.

Let's get these boxes after them.

He's been murdered.

The only reason could be to keep him from reaching Ben.

John, put Pettyman in the tent.

Now the rest of you, saddle up every horse we've got. We'll leave it in ten

minutes.

Okay, pass these up

All right, let's move out.

Oh, Mr.

Calhoun. I know, don't tell me.

It's a nice fight.

No, it was a beautiful fight.

A scurvy lot.

Speak to the man that hired him.

And speak to the man that hired him.

Suddenly comes to my mind that you owe the BPSD $13 ,200.

What's that you say?

You do remember, don't you?

I also remember warning you about running my cattle, working off weight.

You've cost me a small fortune stampeding them. I don't believe it.

I just don't believe what I'm hearing.

We've saved your cattle, not to mention your hide.

I agree. There's a way something do save $5 ,000 and save 50 miles.

Now, you either pay up or I'm going to load you on that boxcar, take you back

out there where we found you in the middle of nowhere, and you can walk

That's a criminal threat.

Oh, not at all, Mr. McClintock.

It's our special round -trip passenger service.

I wish you luck, Calhoun.

Thank you.

The worst kind of luck.

I'll be headed already.

Well.

Now, what do you think we ought to do with all that wonderful money?

Well, how about the railroad?

We need rails, a new flat car. Rebuilding that bridge will cost money.

Dave, you get the soul of a bookkeeper.

Why don't we start with a bottle of champagne and maybe a poker game and

You've enjoyed a rock slide, a cattle drive, and a full -scale ride.

How'd you like to have a small personal war?

Nah, just a minute.

What railroad is this, anyway?

Ours.

All right.

But at least we can start with a bottle of champagne. After that, if we have to,

we'll descend back to Cali.

Huh?