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- Where are you going, Mr. Colt ? - Who threw that knife ?

Threw which ?

Somebody tried to knife me

through that side window.

What's going on here ?

He claim somebody tried to knife him.

Knife him ! That's crazy.

Sure it is.

If we want to kill you

we'd just gun you down.

"Colt .45"

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produced for television by Warner Brothers.

Howdy.

Hello.

I'm Ralph Birdwell.

I'm Chris Colt.

You gentlemen don't make much noise, do you ?

Well, it's a good country for men not to be seen

or heard till he is ready to.

You'll find it healthy to learn that.

We've been looking down our sights at you

'for better part of an hour.'

That so ?

We'd just naturally kill you

'cause this being our land.

'I didn't mean to trespass'

'just cutting across to Heronville.'

Wasn't complaining, it's free range.

'Fact is we always welcome visitors.'

'Don't get many through here.'

That's my brother.

Bernard Birdwell. He ain't much of a talker, never was.

But he can talk if has a mind to, can't you ?

You know you're taking an awful chance, mister

'riding through this country alone.'

Fact is you're never gonna make it.

There's more Apaches around here

than a man can shake his stick at.

Well, I ran across some Apache two days ago.

They didn't seem to be on the war path.

Oh, 'em ? 'Em is a regular Apaches.

What's we got around here's all renegades

outcasts, from an old tribe.

They've been burning to kill you whenever they get a chance.

Thanks. So I'll keep my eyes open.

I'm Percival.

Percival Birdwell.

You come from a big family.

Big enough I reckon.

Excuse me, I'd like to get my saddle and hardware.

Unh-unh.

So what do you gentlemen have in mind ?

'Em renegade Indians my brother's talking to you about.

- Their chief is a white man. - You think that I'm...

No, we don't think you're him. Pretty sure you ain't.

But see as how we ain't never seen Tom Simons

we can't be certain sure you ain't.

I carry identification.

So does Tom Simons.

Every time he kills a man, he gets that much more.

Now we don't really think you're Tom Simons.

But it would be wise to latch them guns.

Not until you're ready to ride on.

- That's now, mister. - Unh-unh.

Oh, we can't let you do that.

What kind of men we'd be

if we let you to ride out to your death ?

You're heading straight across the territory.

Man alone just couldn't make it.

Why don't you let your cards on the table ?

Why, sure. You stay with us till it's safe.

We've got a little spread just a few hours ride from here.

Be very comfortable.

I'm late in getting to Heronville

You won't be for long.

Government promised to send us some help soon.

Am I a guest or a prisoner ?

I guess you'd call it a little bit of both.

Percival, you help the man with his horse.

Bernard, you carry the hardware for him.

This your spread ?

- Ha ! No. - This is OI' Stevie's place.

Ain't anybody been lived here since we was kids.

Water's good though.

Old man died.

Old lady high tailed into town.

Married up with a blacksmith.

Took in sewing on the side, doing fine.

That reminds me, you ain't tell us

what line of business you in, Mr. Colt ?

I'm a salesman.

A salesman ?

I sell gun.

Have a cool drink.

I never figured of him being an old drummer.

He sure look like one.

How do you figure it, Bernard ?

You know the fact is I don't even know

what kind of money a drummer makes.

Says he sells guns.

Everybody buys guns, right ?

Right.

I bet he packs a pretty fat poke.

- Right. - Right.

Right.

- Taste good, don't it ? - Sure does.

Well, you better have another swallow.

This is the last cool water you're gonna get

till we hit our spread.

Have a big one.

Oh, Ralph !

You wouldn't have done that if I had my gun.

Oh, man, I was only funning.

I play tricks like that on my brothers all the time.

Well, of course you ain't got no fun in you

you wanna make something now

well, I stand ready to take you on.

Perce !

Hold right here, Perce. You're butting in on my fight, boy !

He hit me too. He hit on my collar. He hit me !

'How do I know you weren't gonna draw ?'

Well, I weren't.

Not now, Percival. I told you cool off !

I started this here shindig, by jives, I'm gonna finish it.

Go on, boy ! Your turn now. Come on. Right here, right here.

Come on, boy. Come on.

Hey, you ever see a Billy goat, boy ?

Well, here you go.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Unc... uncle, I've had enough.

You know something ? I think he could whoop me.

Oh !

Yes, sir.

I do believe he could whoop me fair and foul.

Hey.

You good looking son of a gun.

I reckon you know that.

Well, come on, boys, mount up.

I wanna get home well before sun down.

Hi, there, Willy boy. How's that little thing ?

Alright, I reckon.

Well, take the horses down and tend to 'em.

Another brother ?

Nah. He's just Willy Turner. One of the hands.

Fact is he's all our hands. We don't really need him.

Except we raised him from an orphan.

Who is this fella ?

'He's company, Willy. Now you get these horse down to barn'

'like I told you.'

Just one hand ?

Well, counting us, that makes four.

Thought you said it was dangerous for a man

to be alone around here.

Nah, not so long as it's still daylight.

Come nightfall though, it gets downright dangerous.

That's when Simon and his bunch comes slithering out

from under the rocks.

Well, come on, man, let's get washed.

You don't need to worry about your horse, mister.

He'll be safe 'cause I'll be sleeping in the barn

with the Winchester. Ready to go at any sound at all.

Hey.

You know something ?

You are good looking at that.

Any little ol' girl got the hooks in you yet ?

No.

Give me your hat, Mr. Colt.

Introduce our guest to the rest of the family, Perce.

Sure will. Hey, Valentine !

This here's our sister, Valentine.

Valentine, this is Mr. Colt.

Mr. Colt's gonna buy with us for a spell.

Pleasure, ma'am.

Thank you.

Supper ready ?

I've been keeping it warm.

And that's all us now, Mr. Colt.

Our folks has passed on.

Help yourself to the wash pan, Colt.

You know now that we've ate I'm gonna tell you something.

You know what you just had seconds of ?

Stewed chipmunk.

Man wouldn't think chipmunk was fit to eat.

Well, when Valentine here fix it just like steak.

Very good, ma'am.

Thank you.

Bet you thought you was eating rabbit or something.

Well, you eating a cornpone.

Doggone now, Willy, that was funny.

Now why ain't you laughing ?

You've been mooning around here like a sick cat.

He needs some molasses and sulphur

I had some.

Well, get on down to the bunk house

and light the lamps and get the bunks made up.

Well, there goes another day.

Valentine, why don't you take Mr. Colt

and show him the parlor before we turn in.

Oh, no, Ralph. You know we never use that room.

Why, it hasn't been cleaned in a month of Sundays.

Now come on, Valentine, show him the parlor.

That's what parlors is for. Company.

I apologize for the shape the room's in, Mr. Colt.

We just never use it.

Oh, I don't mind it at all, ma'am.

Even when the folks was alive

we just used this room at Christmas time.

It's a nice looking room.

This here's our grandfather.

He settled the place.

He's a fine looking man.

He came all the way from England.

That's why the boys have such funny names.

All the way from England ?

That's a long way from here.

Clear across the ocean.

May I ask you a question, ma'am ?

Yes, sir.

Why did your brother bring me here ?

It's getting kind of late.

I should be going to bed.

Yes, ma'am.

I'm tired myself.

- Where are you going, Mr. Colt ? - Who threw that knife ?

- Threw which ? - Somebody tried to knife me.

- Through that side window. - Hey, what's going on here ?

He claim somebody tried to knife him.

Knife him ? That's crazy.

Sure it is, if we wanted to kill you

we'd just gun you down.

What's the matter with your head man

you tell a whopper like that.

Wasn't really a whopper.

Come on in and see for yourself.

That's Willy's knife.

Doggone you, Willy. You try to pig stick our company ?

No, I never. That's my knife but I ain't trying to kill nobody.

- You sure about that, Willy ? - Sure I am !

Maybe he try to fight me or something.

Maybe he stuck it in there.

Hold it steady.

I don't know what you're up to but I've had enough.

Now toss your guns on that bunk.

And don't even think about trying anything.

Get your guns. That's your friend Simon.

That's him alright.

Valentine's in the house by herself.

Cover me.

Don't go out there, you'll get shot. That won't help her.

You know doggone if I can understand this.

They'd generally come riding in with torches

yelling and shooting.

Hey, you out there. What do you want ?

I wanna talk to you.

Leave your guns and come on out.

Why should we ?

Well, here's one pretty good reason.

Mojo !

He's got Valentine.

Alright, I'm coming out.

I wanna see all four of you.

He said four of us.

That means he don't know you're here.

Now you keep a beat on him, if he tries to harm my sister

'you kill him.'

I'll do that.

- You know who I am ? - Yeah, we know you.

Good. I just had a ton of bad luck.

Thought I'd come to you for help seeing as

we're kind of like neighbors.

Take it easy, sis.

Tried to raid a wagon train yesterday.

They had more guns than we figured on 'em.

We're all that's left.

What do you want from us ?

Money.

I got something you want.

- I want money. - How much ?

- $5000. - $5000 !

Takes a lot of money to organize another army.

Ain't nobody around these here parts with that kind of money.

Oh, you'll get it, Birdwell. You'll get it.

Go to town. Borrow or something.

We're riding off with your little squaw.

I'll be back alone at sun down tomorrow.

You have the money... I ride off.

'The girl rides back. That's the deal.'

And no if, no other.

- Understand ? - I understand you, Simon.

You harm that girl anyway, an army ain't gonna do you no good.

Oh, she'll be alright. I'm an honest man.

See you tomorrow. Hyah !

Sorry, I couldn't do anything

without putting the girl in danger.

Yeah, I know.

Well, let's get saddled up and get into Heronville.

We'll get that money somehow, even if we have to rob a bank.

I ain't going to the town with you.

I'm gonna try and track that outfit, catch 'em by daylight.

I think I know where they've been holing up.

I'll go with you.

If you don't mind, I'd like to go with you too.

Give him back his own guns, Perce.

It's just me !

- I didn't find anything. - Neither did |I.

Couldn't have tracked a herd of buffalo where you sent me.

- Sorry about that knife. - What's that ?

It was me that threw that knife at you.

Only I didn't aim to kill you, I threw how on purpose.

- I just wanted to scare you. - Why ?

So you'd go away.

I didn't know at the time you was held here against your will.

Why did you want to get rid of me ?

You know why they brought you here, don't you ?

I'm still trying to figure that out.

Well, Valentine... she turned 18 last month.

Ain't any man around here and they don't want

an old maid on their hands.

You mean they picked me to...

They was hoping the two of you might fall in love.

I get in the darndest situations.

Pretty girl like that ?

What's the matter with the men here at Heronville ?

They're all too young, too low or married.

And since you wanted to get rid of me

does that mean that you want...

I've loved her since I was

knee-high to a ladybug.

Is it the same with her ?

No.

She said it come over her sudden like

about a year ago.

Sounds like they don't have to look any further

than their bunkhouse for her.

They don't think so.

They don't look on me as a man.

All I know is what they taught me.

And to be honest I never did do anything too good.

I'm kind of backwards at things.

That's Perce's horse

- Found 'em. - Where ?

Just where I thought they'd be, up on that bluffs.

I seen a sentry on one of them bluffs.

That means the rest of them must be in that

little basin down below.

What do we do ?

You two circle around through the brush

get as closed to that little basin as you can.

That sentry's half asleep, he ain't expecting nothing.

When I get up there, I'll jump him.

Then you two cover me when I come back down.

Sounds like you picked the hardest job for yourself.

I'm the littlest man.

I can get up there 'em bluffs easier than you can.

Besides that's my sister down there.

'Now come on, let's go.'

'We're gonna leave the horses here.'

Don't move or make a sound.

Colt ?

This is beginning to be a habit.

You keep delivering me for a hanging

and I keep walking away from it.

I'm not gonna deliver you this time, Simon

unless you do exactly what I say.

Now you're going back into that camp this time

with an empty gun.

You're gonna act as though nothing has happened.

Anything goes wrong

whether it's one of your men

or you who started it.

I'll have my sights on you every second

and you'll be the first to go.

Now get going.

Willy. Willy ?

Over here.

One of 'em was out here. Did you see him ?

It was Simons.

I can see the whole camp from the top of the hill.

Now is the time to surprise 'em.

I'll get to the top of the hill and cover

and you walk in and take 'em.

Just... walk in... alone ?

Sure, two of 'em are asleep

and Simons the only one still on his feet.

[-I don't know.

Maybe we better wait for Perce.

I'm gonna let you walk in and capture him

because your girl's in there

but if you're afraid, I'll go myself.

No.

Maybe you're right.

It is my place to go in there.

Now you wait till I get to the top of the hill.

- Hands up, everybody. - Willy !

Throw your guns over here.

Do as he says.

Untie her.

No ! Do as he says.

'I ain't never seen anything like it.'

'He walked right in there just like he'd been invited'

'on the 4th of July picnic.'

That kid ain't got a nerve in his body.

Hey, how you figure on this, Bernard ?

If you two will shut up for a moment

I'll tell you what I think.

You know I've been thinking it over.

Maybe Willy wouldn't be a bad man for Valentine.

Well, he might at that.

- Right. - Right.

- I gotta be going. - Well, come again.

We're sorry about the way we treated you.

But we didn't know you was the help we sent for.

Oh, your man made my capture for me.

We're all squared away. He's a good man.

Sure he is. We brung him up to be just like us.

- That's right. - Well, so long.

Willy, Ms. Birdwell.

- So long, Mr. Colt. - Bye, sir.

I guess you feel like a real cupid, don't you ?

That I do, Mr. Simons. That I do.

♪ There was a gun that won the west ♪

♪ There was a man among the best ♪

♪ The fastest gun or man alive ♪

♪ A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt .45 ♪

♪ He carried the message of law and of order ♪

♪ Into a wicked land ♪

♪ With a Colt single action army revolver ♪

♪ Blazing from either hand ♪

♪ There was the right, there was the wrong ♪

♪ The gun was quick, the man was strong ♪

♪ And peace was made when they'd arrived ♪

♪ A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt .45 ♪

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