Original subtitles

Hello Jack. Hello Ben.

Take him over to the sheriff, will ya'?

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Well, I'm glad to see you back in one piece.

Ever consider using your gun instead of your fist?

Oh, not on scum like that.

Two year loyal Overland employees.

Stealing your cattle

and then paying themselves rewards for returning 'em.

By themselves.

Well, I'm glad we got it straightened out.

[ chuckles ] Yeah!

Well, I have got a little problem.

Another one?

This one's not gonna be as easy as the last.

Let's talk.

I'll listen.

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Howdy folks, I'm the Old Ranger.

You know Ben Holladay's Overland Mail and Express company

was the biggest stage coach operation

in the history of the west.

And the best division manager,

the Overland ever had was Jack Slade.

Now, these two men,

Ben Holladay and Jack Slade were good friends.

And a lot alike.

But in the fall of 1863, a tragedy occurred to Slade.

And he became--

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Yeah, what else then?

Well, that's the whole story, Jack.

I can't run the new grand slide

out of Julesburg up to Alder Gulch,

not as long as Jules Reni is there.

I don't quite understand Ben, though.

Why don't you simply fire the man?

I've tried it.

I've written a dozen times.

He's handled that division so long, he thinks he owns it.

I can't get him out.

Why don't you send the law up there?

The law?

You mean Henry Plummer?

JACK: Yeah.

He's worse than Reni is, crooked at as they come.

The only man I could trust to do that job is you, Jack.

Well, Ben, Virginia and me, we're settled here.

We like it here.

We made ourselves a nice home.

I want you to take over Julesburg, we need more money.

Ben.

I'd like to help you out,

I know what that new line means to you,

but I'm getting tired.

Trouble is making me tired.

[ sighs ]

Can I have a drink?

Well, sure, go ahead.

That's what it's there for.

How 'bout you?

No thanks, that stuff will rot you inside.

Yeah, Reni is robbing me blind and I know it.

Alder Gulch that would be up on the Montana gold fields,

wouldn't it?

Yes, that's booming up there.

Yeah.

[mumbles]

Well, I guess you do need

another line up there Ben, don't you?

BEN: I'll never get one in as long as Reni is at Julesbur.

Alright, Ben,

I'll get rid of Reni for you.

Thanks Jack, I'll make it up to you.

Hi, honey.

[ laughs ]

Jack, are you alright?

Yeah, sure I'm alright.

Ain't she the prettiest little thing you ever saw?

How are you, Virginia?

I'm just fine, Ben.

Just fine.

Did you miss me?

I was worried about you.

But now that you're back.

Well, I'll be leaving again tomorrow morning.

Leaving?

Well, it just seems old Ben here's gonna have a new line

under the stubborn rooster nesting on the property.

But I'll explain it to you on the way home

that is if you don't stare at me like that.

Oh.

Bye Ben.

Bye Virginia.

I'll see you in Julesburg.

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[ laughing ]

RENI: Hey, so Holladay sent you out here to fire me.

That's right.

Well, maybe I do not like to stay fired.

Look, Reni you stolen enough from the Overland Express

to keep you the rest of your life.

Yeah, but can Holladay prove that?

Why don't you just smarten up and clear out,

we don't want any trouble.

[ horse neighs ]

♪

Now look, it's three hours until noon.

That gives you just about enough time

to get your stuff together

if you start right now.

[ Reni laughing ]

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[ gunshot ]

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[ gunshot ]

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Throw this big man on his horse

and send him back to Ben Holladay.

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Virginia, there's some fine doctors in St. Louis,

I've sent for the best.

They'll pull him through, I promise you.

He hasn't said much since--

But when he does speak, it's like he were a stranger,

like I've never known him.

He's had a terrible experience.

You can't expect him to be himself for a while yet.

Now you remember if there's anything you want,

anything you need, I'll come back immediately.

What about Reni?

He'll get his, I'll see to that.

♪

You're awake.

Jack, how do you feel?

Is there anything you want?

Just one thing,

Jules Reni,

he's what I want.

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Colonel Sanders, what are you doing here?

I heard about your friend Slade getting shot down.

I thought you might have changed your mind

about the Overland supporting our vigilante committee.

Wells Fargo is behind us.

Ben, your company's losses to road agents and outlaws

is just as great as theirs are.

I still say, you're taking the law in your own hands.

We have to, otherwise there is no law.

Our committee's getting ready to move in on Sheriff Plummer.

We have all the evidence we need,

but we need support!

BEN: Fill in the amount you need.

Your own personal cheque?

Your committee is unofficial,

my support has to be the same way.

I understand we'll keep it confidential.

Thanks Ben.

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Colonel there is one thing the committee can do for me.

If you should happen to run across Jules Reni--

They're out looking for him now,

he's hold up somewhere.

We'll get him.

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á10:42.

And you're sure it was Jules Reni they saw?

Yes, but let the law take care of Reni.

What law, Henry Plummer?

Put sling on me.

Don't you go after Reni,

look what he's done to you already.

No, he won't get the second chance.

If I would have known you wanted to go after him yourself,

I wouldn't have told you.

Anyway, the vigilantes are looking for him too.

And even if I was dying,

I wouldn't let anybody get there ahead of me.

He's mine,

and I'm gonna take him slow, piece by piece.

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[ horse neighs ]

♪

Hey neighbor, don't mind if I water my horse.

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JACK: Here, Reni.

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You were dead.

[ gunshot ]

♪

If you don't want the same, stay out.

Let me see,

how many of your slugs was it they dug out of me

in the hospital, Reni.

Oh, yeah,

I remember.

[ gunshot ]

♪

Give me another bottle.

[ glass shatters ]

Didn't you hear me?

[ gun cocks ]

[ gunshot ]

[ gunshot ]

Come on honey, sit down.

Jack, Jack, please come home.

Go on, get away.

Jack.

Jack, what's happened to you?

This is the third night this week,

and all these bills are going to Mr. Holladay.

Well, he can afford it.

Jack, Jack, please.

I don't like coming to saloons.

You've been in saloons before, that's where I found you.

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Virginia!

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Wipe that dirty smirk off your face, that's my wife.

[ punches ]

♪

[ Hammering nail ]

The committee finds you guilty as charged,

and sentences you to be hanged until you are dead.

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[ bottle shatters ]

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[ glass shatters ]

He's a different man,

ever since Reni almost killed him.

Jack's my best friend

and the best division manager the company ever had.

But what am I gonna do?

He's getting the company in trouble everywhere.

Just getting himself in trouble.

I think it's best for everyone concerned

if I let him go.

Ben, if you do that it will really finish him.

Why Ben, why did you send him after Jules Reni?

He's been putting out fires for you

ever since we were married and even before that.

I think this whole thing is your fault.

Oh, I'm sorry Ben, I didn't mean that.

Yes, you did Virginia.

You're right.

Jules Reni was my responsibility and I shelfed it onto Jack.

VIRGINIA: Are you still gonna fire him?

BEN: I have to for his own sake.

Maybe you two can go away some place and snap your mind.

It bothers me to--

JACK: Don't let it bother you.

I know what it does to that sensitive skin of yours,

so I quit.

Look, Jack, all I want you to do is take a long rest,

a vacation.

Then when you come back there'll always be a--

Get out!

Jack.

Big men like Ben Holladay's

probably getting more important things,

like buying another steam ship or a railroad line.

I said, get out.

Oh, Jack.

I'm sorry, Virginia.

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How could you do that, he's your best friend.

You've had enough, more than enough.

Away from me.

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That's not all, 22 of the worst outlaws hanged,

as many more have vanished from Montana.

I think we're gonna say, the day of the outlaw's ended.

At least in Montana.

And I think the Overland, unofficially,

and considers its money well spent.

That's good,

sounds like the committees work is finished.

[ glass clinking ]

Practically, except for some loose ends.

[ gulps ]

Ben, you're not gonna like this.

One of the loose ends is Jack Slade.

Let's face it, Ben.

Slade has gone from bad to worse

since he stopped working for you.

I've held the committee off so far, because of you,

what Slade was, the circumstances.

But there's a rumour he killed a man up in Claytown.

I don't believe it.

Jack Slade is a dangerous man, Ben.

Yes.

What he's become is my fault.

I sent him against Reni,

and Reni killed something in him.

But down deep he's a good man.

He might have been a good man once, Ben, but not anymore.

You gave him every chance.

What does the committee intend to do about him?

They sent him the warning, they're looking for him now.

[ knocking ] VIRGINIA: Ben!

[ knocking ]

VIRGINIA: Ben!

Virginia, what's wrong?

Ben, when I got home tonight, I found this on the door.

It's the vigilante warning, isn't it?

They're looking for Jack, aren't they?

I'm afraid so, where is he now?

I don't know he hasn't been home for two nights.

When I-- when I saw that,

I just didn't know what to do.

Look, Virginia, you go home, stay there,

I'll see what I can do.

Now, I'm not sure I can do anything,

but I'll find out what's happening

and get word to you.

Thank you, Ben.

11 counts of assault.

Numerous acts of malicious destruction and murder.

Joseph A. Slade, do you have anything to say

before this committee pass his judgement.

Pass his judgement?

What gives you the right,

do you think I'm some kind of a road agent

or a cat rustler, I'm Jack Slade.

Slade of the Overland Express.

You people owe me plenty.

Who do you think brought in the stage line here?

I've helped every one of you men here,

one time or another.

You all know that.

That's all true Jack,

but it doesn't give you license to commit assault,

destroy property, to kill.

No one's above the law.

What law, you?

The only law there is at present.

And you've been found guilty as charged.

I'm aware that in every other similar case

there's been only one judgement,

death by hanging.

At this time I think we owe it to Ben Holladay

to make an exception.

Sentence of hanging is suspendd on condition

that you're out of town in two hours,

that you leave Montana forever.

You owe it to Ben Holladay, why Colonel?

It was his financial support

that helped make this committee possible.

Ben paid you?

[ knocking ]

Jack!

Remember Slade, two hours.

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Jack, now you listen to me.

Go on hating me if you want to, maybe I deserve it,

but what about Virginia.

What has she ever done to you, but love you.

And in spite of everything, go on loving you.

Now, they're giving you a break.

If you don't care about your own neck anymore,

think about Virginia.

And get away from here for her sake.

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[ horse galloping ]

Where's Jack?

I don't know he hasn't come back to the house.

Look, Virginia, I want you to throw some things in a bag,

take just what you need, but hurry.

Why, what is it?

We gotta find Jack,

the vigilante committee gave him two hours to get out of town,

otherwise--

Please hurry.

♪

Sanders.

Who was that?

Some stranger.

Jack killed him about half an hour ago.

[ gasps ]

Why?

SANDERS: No reason at all.

He walked in a little while ago, had a drink,

and picked a fight, started shooting.

Where is he now?

Vigilante's got him.

No, wait.

It's done.

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Virginia, I'm sorry.

It's over.

You know, it's really better this way.

Just, some stranger.

They hanged a man I never knew.

The man I loved has been dead for months.

The Overland's best division manager

was to have one final right at the stage court.

His wife wouldn't let them bury him in Montana soil.

So they shift his coffin all the way to Salt Lake City.

And that's where Jack Slade was buried,

on July 20th 1864.

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