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I wouldn't mind tasting that myself.

Would you like a nice cold beer, please?

I'm going to.

That's a prime cut for sure.

I'd like to get me served a nice dish like that. I've got more taste like I

have. Timber down, boy.

Well,

I sure have, and I can tell you.

I bet it wouldn't need much fixing. That's hot already.

Don't blame him. You'll never get enough of that.

We'd better go, honey.

No, they won't do anything.

That's not true. That man over there is making faces at Mommy.

It's all right, Johnny.

Don't pay any attention to them.

Eat your lunch.

That's right, sonny. I joined your mall, so did I.

Let's get out of here.

We haven't finished yet.

Let's go, Martha. Come on.

We don't want trouble.

We're drunk.

Uh -oh, they're fixing to leave already.

Now you've got a shame.

Hey, what's your hurry, Dad?

Don't like the food here?

Hey, baby, why don't you stay and have a drink with us? Look over.

Don't you touch him.

Teach you.

Why don't you pick on someone your own size?

It's just what I'm gonna do.

Come on, Johnny. Come on.

Let's go.

I heard you're rusty.

Thunder?

Yeah. I thought you were dead.

What are you doing in these parts?

I was born here. Don't you remember?

And you'll die here.

What are you trying to do? Kill him?

Stay out of it.

It's the only way to treat this dirty bastard.

Handcuff him.

We're taking him in.

You're making a big mistake.

No. You made a mistake coming back here.

If you only knew how many times I've dreamt of getting another shot at your

Why'd you come back?

Huh?

This is a quiet town.

There ain't no place for trash like you. Rusty!

Knock it off, Rusty. Take a walk, Billy. This is personal.

Me and this Indian.

Have some unfinished business. The sheriff wants to see you now.

Before you do something dumb, Rusty. He said now.

Okay, I'll come and kiss you goodnight.

Later.

Okay, will do.

Thank you. You wanted to see me here?

Gotta be a mistake.

I know the bastard.

That bastard is now a law enforcement officer.

You're kidding.

I don't believe it.

That Indian's a phony. That phony is a deputy sheriff assigned to this county

our illustrious governor.

I don't want him.

I don't want him in my office. Your office!

This, mister, is my office. As long as I'm sheriff of this county, you keep

in mind.

Sorry, Roger.

You're the boss here, of course.

But that Indian gets to me.

You remember?

As far as I remember, you leaned pretty hard on him. Whatever you got, you had

it coming.

That was a long time ago.

That happened then. This is now. What happened then is forgotten, you

understand? It's water under the bridge. We take it from here on and forward.

You understand that?

I understand.

But don't ask me to be his buddy.

Hey, Rusty.

I'm not gonna ask you to be his buddy.

I want you to keep an eye on him.

Now get out of here.

Hi there.

Hi.

Hey, how was your first day on patrol?

It's all right.

Nothing much ever happens around here.

Yeah. Oh, there's a surprise for you. What surprise?

Gina. Oh, honey.

When did you arrive?

About an hour ago.

I wasn't expecting you till next week. I couldn't stay away any longer.

How's the baby?

Kicks like a mule. He's in a hurry to see his father.

Come on, let's get out of here.

It's so good to see you.

Now, this must be your little missus, eh, Thunder?

Oh, right. You two don't know each other.

This is Sheena.

Pleased to meet you, ma 'am. And you must be Thomas Rupert. I had no idea I

so famous.

Thunder told me a lot about you, especially what you're doing for the

Oh, he exaggerates.

Is this it?

Yeah. Best I could do on such short notice, but at least it's clean.

About the only thing that is clean around here.

What do you mean?

Drugs. Many of the younger Indians are hooked.

Who's pushing it?

Punks, mostly.

What are the police doing?

Nothing. Hey, now.

All right, that's enough talk about work. I'm hungry and there's nothing to

May I have the honor of inviting you both to dinner? There's a pleasant

restaurant about three miles down the road.

Sounds good. I'll be ready in a moment.

Why do you say that the police aren't doing anything?

Maybe because this is a...

Poor Indian village, and a drugged Indian is better than an alert Indian.

You know the story, don't you? I think the sheriff is honest.

Oh, yeah.

Roger's clean, but he has family problems. He leaves most of his duties

assistant.

What?

I have no proof, but I heard he bought a ranch near Salinas.

4 ,000 acres.

Paid cash, and he buys a new car every year.

An assistant sheriff, I don't think, can own a 4 ,000 -acre ranch.

I see.

I'm ready. Let's go.

My, you look pretty. Oh, well, thank you.

Hiya, Rusty. Hi.

Here's your share of the money.

Are you crazy?

What if someone sees us?

So what?

Are you or are you not the big shot around this city? Big shot.

Aw, come on. Rusty Wisner, first deputy sheriff, the most corrupt in Arizona.

Shut up, Max.

Shut up.

Hey, what's going on? What's the matter? I've never seen you act like this

before. It's that Indian Thunder.

You know him?

You know what he is?

He's been made a deputy.

Thunder's a cop?

That's what he is, bastard.

Not only is he a cop, that Indian's signed in my

office. Don't tell me.

Uh -huh.

We'll have to quit.

We gotta stop operating.

Hey, if you're scared, get out.

But I'm not gonna quit. Especially now, when I'm working on this deal that's

worth $100 ,000.

$100 ,000, Rusty. You understand?

Okay.

This time.

Just this time.

And we can each get out rich.

Okay.

And you'd better watch out for him.

Okay, Rusty. I can take care of myself.

this is thunder car 34 at santa fe freight yard i'm investigating report of

break -in at imperial warehouse office

Get up.

Hold her, I'll shoot!

Okay, girl, hold it.

I'm taking you in.

Come on.

I was just sleeping in there. I didn't feel anything, you damn cop.

lot of junkies here crying for it hey man the deal with you was to bring it

relax as long as thunder's poking his nose around here we got to be careful

not taking any chances and you better not neither if you're smart what was

i don't know maybe someone was listening come on let's get him

Now look who I have here. Old Chief Red Raven.

I'll teach you to throw knives.

Shut up and get on the floor.

That's it, let's go!

Go, go, go!

robbery and shootout at Valley National Bank.

Robbers escaped in separate vehicles.

This is Thunder in car 34.

Do you read me?

I read you, Thunder.

Over.

Okay,

Thunder.

Don't move in until you get a backup first.

This is Ralston. I'm on Highland near Royal Sector. I'll try to hear... First

step, second car, need backup.

Send an ambulance to East Navajo Road. I'll keep searching.

That buzz is almost up our ass.

in the state of the killings.

Hey, you mind telling me who you are?

Thunder.

Well, I won't ever forget you.

This is headquarters.

We read you. Go ahead, Thunder.

I've got them. I'm coming in. You what?

Wow! What the hell is wrong with you? Thunder got them. He caught the bank

robbers.

Nice going, Thunder.

Attempted murder, illegal possession of arms, armed robbery, and reckless

driving. That's about it for these two.

The others are in the hospital. Damn, I told you he was good. With him around,

we'll clean up the whole county.

Billy, lock him up. With pleasure.

This way, gentlemen.

The sheriff wants to see you.

Okay. Thunder.

Yeah?

I just wanted to tell you, you did a great job.

Yeah.

Thanks.

Thunder?

The most important thing in this sheriff's department is keeping the law.

Personal gripes don't come into that.

That applies to everybody.

Do you understand that?

As far as I'm concerned, what occurred earlier is history.

Good.

I like that.

Thunder, this is a little reward.

We're first to rest.

Thank you.

And I want you to take a couple of days off.

Who knows?

You might be sheriff of this county someday.

your day, honey.

Fine. Yours?

Not bad.

What's this?

Champagne. What are we celebrating?

My first arrest.

You made an arrest?

Four. And you know, even the sheriff congratulated me.

What's that?

Chief Red Raven's funeral.

What happened?

I didn't know he was sick.

He wasn't. He was killed.

I thought you knew.

I found him this morning on the road to Caibito Plateau.

Well, how was he killed?

It was a hit and run.

I'll bet my last dollar that Chief Red Raven here was murdered.

He saved my life when I came back here.

You think there's any connection?

I think he more likely saw something he wasn't supposed to.

What, for example?

I already told you that for some time a group of punks have been selling drugs

to the Indians around here.

It's just another way of exploiting your people.

Like the coal on your land.

In the old days, they used to sell fire water to the Indians. Now it's something

far worse.

There's always some barman that's ready to make money on what little they have

left.

Well, Thunder, no. I didn't see any law officer with him.

I did see Max and Red Raven together the night the chief died. Max roughed him

up plenty.

That punk's a drug dealer and comes here regular.

And that's all that I know. And I'm sorry that I'm not able to help you.

You have.

I'm telling you, Rusty, there's no way I'm going back to jail.

If they catch me, I'll talk.

I'll tell all I know.

Hey, you listening to me?

Relax, Max.

Take it easy.

I'll find a way to keep you out of trouble.

Even if they do catch you, I'll protect you. Look, asshole, I don't want you to

protect me.

I want you to save my ass.

Got that, shithead?

I'm not going to drown in shit on your account.

Chief Red Raven's killer is a pusher named Max who hasn't been seen for a

of days.

Rusty found him.

Quite dead.

I even got a witness who saw the killing.

That's the guy. He did it.

He's lying.

Don't move.

You're under arrest.

Don't be a fool, Rusty.

Put that revolver away.

I said put that revolver away.

Let's go and look in your locker open it

Look

at that sheriff

I've never seen

that before I'm sure you haven't I'm innocent Someone put it there.

Maybe we'll see but I tell you Thunder things are looking pretty bad for you

right now

Hold it.

You don't want to do anything to make things look worse for you.

I promise you one thing.

If you're innocent, you'll have plenty of chances to prove it.

And you behave like a good boy.

Understand me?

You shouldn't have done that.

Take him out of here.

There's all the proof we need. He's silly, I'm sure of it.

You know Thunder's innocent.

He had nothing to do with it.

You failed to prove that to the jury, Tom.

What chance did I have against the sheriff's department?

What does that mean?

You know very well.

Rusty, your deputy, made damn sure that I couldn't prove anything.

His report went a long way in swinging the jury.

Rusty believes that Thunder is guilty.

What about you?

I like Thunder.

And I don't believe that he's either a dope pusher or a killer.

But he behaved like a horse's ass during that trial.

He just sat there, wouldn't say a word in his defense.

That jury did not have any choice.

What happens to him now?

He's on his way to county prison.

Hear you, hear you.

Third District Court, you have five counties now in session.

Honorable Judge Thornton J. Thompson presiding in the trial of Luis Martinez,

also known as Thunder, versus the state of Arizona.

Foreman, read the verdict of the jury.

We find the defendant guilty as charged with possession of illegal drugs, but

innocent of the charge of the murder of Max Nolan.

I hereby sentence the defendant to five years of hard labor at a state

correctional institution and recommend that he not be eligible for parole for

least two years.

The prisoner is now remanded to custody of the county sheriff for consignment to

prison authorities.

I mentioned what he got for me this time.

An Indian.

What'd he do? Sold drugs in his village, killed his pusher, and disgraced the

uniform he was wearing.

Judas, huh?

We know how to deal with his kind.

Okay, I'll tame him down, don't worry.

You don't mind if we give him a little special treat, do you?

He's all yours, hyena.

Rusty, how about a drink? You have time?

No, thanks. I'd better begin along.

Thrusty.

Don't you call me hyena anymore, understand?

I don't like it.

Well, now.

So you're an idiot, huh?

We gave you a decent life.

Good food and honest work.

We even gave you a uniform.

This is the way you pay us back.

Spitting on the food we gave you.

Well, here you are now.

You'll be here for a while.

You ain't going nowhere.

We're gonna make you feel right at home.

An Indian, huh?

What'd he do?

He's a former deputy.

A killer and a drug dealer.

You be tough with him.

Okay, get up!

Move it!

That's enough. He's clean now.

Put him on.

Then come with me.

The first rule here is you obey orders.

You're coming with me now.

Come on, move your ass.

Oh, what a shame. And he just had a shower, too.

Hose him down again.

Okay.

All right, this detail, work over there.

Hey, Merrill, get busy and load that pipe.

Where do you think you are, Sun City?

Hurry up. I want that trailer loaded.

I don't feel good.

I gotta rest for a minute.

Don't feel good, huh?

You're gonna feel a lot worse if you don't get back to work, rat turd. And I

mean now.

Pollock!

You got something to say, red -ass?

I want that trailer fully loaded.

Understand?

And if it ain't when I come back, you shirtless bastard, it'll be your flabby

ass. Understand?

I'll get to work.

Don't worry, I'll do it. You're right.

Hey, Mero says he can't work. Look who's helping him.

Shit.

Hey, scumbag.

Keep away from him and let him do work.

Come on. Take him in.

I'll pay you back in spades.

How's it going?

You giving you any problems?

Yeah, he has lots of problems.

He's beginning to affect the others, too. The man just won't give in.

Giving you problems, huh?

Put him in a sweat box.

That'll break him.

Move!

They sure got it in for him.

That'll do it.

Poor bastard.

He'll cook in there.

He won't last long.

I haven't heard a sound out of him. I wonder if he's still alive.

Hell.

Yeah, Jeff.

I don't think he'll make it.

He's been locked in there for more than a week. We gotta take him out of there.

He's gonna die.

Man, you must be crazy. Hyena would put us in there. Look, just forget about

him, man. He's only an Indian.

That's what bothers me.

I got a quarter Indian blood in my veins.

Nothing doing, Sheena.

I can't even get permission to visit him.

I won't give up on this, Thomas.

I'll fight until I prove his innocence.

Please, don't give up the case, Thomas.

You're our only friend.

Without you, Thunder doesn't stand a chance.

I'll do everything possible, Sheena.

But don't get your hopes up.

Hey, Jeff, how long's he been in there?

Tomorrow will be day 11.

All right, come on out.

Come on, get your ass out of there.

My name's Jeff.

You okay?

Take that man to the dorm and take care of him. This boy needs a doctor.

There's no doctor here and you know it.

Well, find him one then.

I'll do my best.

Come on.

Help him.

A doctor?

A doctor for that Indian?

Well, he's a man like anyone else.

Yeah? He's a criminal. And what's more, he's a rogue cop.

He's no man in my book.

And I don't want no bleeding -heart doctor coming here and saying we

that bastard.

Now you go back to your work and forget about that damn Indian.

Get me?

Yes, sir.

Pollock. Yes, sir.

I don't want any of your guards thinking this is a country club.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

I want your boys to be tough on him. Yes, sir.

Why don't you treat him rough?

Yes, sir. Got it?

Yeah. What's wrong with Fred?

Well, Fred's part Indian himself.

Oh, he is, is he?

All right. Up.

Hey, Indian, I'm talking to you. Get up.

You hear me?

I have a little job for you.

Leave him alone.

Do you want to do his job?

Take it easy, Pollock.

You don't want to find him dead.

Where do you get off worrying about some shit of an Indian? I do.

Can't you see he's more dead than alive?

Hell, just look at him, Pollock.

He won't make it through the night, take it from me.

I've been in this hole longer than anyone.

And I don't remember anybody surviving two weeks in the sweat box.

By God, he better not make it through the night for your sake.

Hey, buddy, are you all right?

Hey, can you hear me?

Wake up.

Hey, Indian, I'm talking to you, damn it. Wake up!

You talking to me?

It looks like we're about to have some fun.

You son of a bitch let him escape.

Now your damn ass is going in that sweatbox until we find him and bring him

back. You understand?

Attention all cars. An Indian prisoner, Luis Martinez, also known as Thunder,

has escaped Cayabito State Prison in a stolen squad car, number 401.

He is last seen headed northwest in the direction of State Highway 22.

Repeat, he is driving a squad car number 401 and is extremely dangerous.

You ain't much of a talker are you?

No.

160, 89, and 163 are crawling with highway patrol.

So be advised, slow down, and have a nice day.

Oh, shit.

What do I do now?

What are you hauling?

I got a load of bootleg whiskey back there.

If I don't deliver it today, I lose my money.

I know how to avoid roadblocks.

Well, you can't. It's okay.

Half a mile down the road, turn right.

But I warn you, the road's bad.

Yeah.

Your client, Thunder, made a hell of a mistake three hours ago.

What's happened?

He broke out at a county prison, seriously wounded a guard, and busted

the prison fence in a stolen car.

He's committed a series of crimes, buddy.

And in my county, I don't care if a person is white, brown, yellow,

polka -dotted, or striped.

In the eyes of the law of this country, everyone is treated equally.

Do you understand that?

Yes.

Look, I'm talking to you as a friend.

I know you got a lot of problems at home. That's got nothing to do with

And I also know you're a good sheriff.

Thank you.

Yet somebody's pushing drugs around here.

And you ought to know better than anybody that Thunder was framed.

I don't know that.

Now he's lost faith in the law.

And he's going to tear this damn town apart if we don't stop him.

And how do you suggest we do that?

Arrest the one who's really guilty.

That shouldn't be too difficult for you. As close as he is.

Are you talking about Rusty?

Yes. Rusty.

He's living high on a hog for a deputy.

I've been thinking about that.

I don't have any proof.

I have no evidence.

I see.

I see.

Report your position. Over.

We're at Mesa Grande.

Still haven't found him.

We're going to head toward the desert.

Roger. Over and out.

So you see, Sheena, the sheriff can't do anything until he gets some evidence

against his deputy, Rusty Wiseman. I understand.

I know Thunder couldn't do anything bad.

Now you say he's escaped?

Yes. Where is he now?

I don't know. But we gotta find him before they do. Before they... Before

what? What's going on, Thomas? I wanna know.

Nothing yet.

But we gotta find Thunder.

Not a sign of anything.

Not a living soul down there.

No, nothing.

There's not a soul.

Yeah.

Sand. Sand and rocks.

But I know that Enon bastard.

This is his home.

He can't get away.

Not from me.

Even if I have to spend my whole life, I'll get him.

I swear.

I'll find him.

Got a hunch he might have headed up here. Used to hunting these parts.

I hope he don't go doing nothing else stupid.

Rusty, this is Billy at headquarters.

Come in, over.

This is headquarters.

Come in, Rusty.

Let's take a look in that canyon.

Yeah, okay.

Rusty, what are you doing? Come in.

We're searching. Get off my back.

Yeah, well, the sheriff wants you back at base.

Rusty, are you reading me?

Rusty! How am I supposed to work with that damn radio on? And if we turn back

now, we'll lose him.

You've got to turn yourself in.

I filed an appeal for a new trial.

That's the only road back to being a free man.

Otherwise, you're going to spend the rest of your life being hunted.

They'll never catch me. Maybe not.

But what about Sheena and the baby? You thought about them?

I'll go wherever my man goes.

Stupidity. We're nearing the 21st century, and you're both acting as if

stood still or gone backward.

Your child has got to go to school, lead a normal life.

You want to know how to combat a corrupt cop?

Report him.

That's how.

Then the sheriff will get the goods on him and arrest him.

You're getting stoned won't convince me.

Drunk lawyer is good for Indians, but not for me.

I swear not to touch another drop, at least not during the trial. Then I'm

to get blind drunk to celebrate our victory.

I'll do it for you.

Even though it could end with me getting sentenced to life. Oh, Thunder, I love

you.

Look there's a car down there.

Yeah, I see it. Let's check it out

Something

tells me I

finally found what I'm looking for

No problem. No problem. You're in the car with your attorney.

There's no problem.

Get in closer.

What have you got in mind, Rodney?

You fly this kite. I'll handle the rest. Now get down.

Closer.

Go to your right.

Get down. He's shooting.

Get off the road. road Thomas turn off no we'll turn over you we're going too

fast

zigzag

are you crazy you'll kill them all I'm shooting at their tires

Son of a bitch.

Yeah, I know he's with him, probably.

Let's call in. No.

Take me down. I want to finish him, bastard.

No. No way.

You heard me. I said go down. I want to make sure he's finished.

No, Rusty. We better call the sheriff first. You're not calling anyone.

Now do as I say.

Crazy bastard.

Go down.

How is she?

She's unconscious.

Oh, my leg. I think it's broken.

Can you help me, Thunder?

Keep her steady.

No, I can't go back now.

Well, I'm going back.

No, he's still alive. He'll escape.

What's going on once again, I tell you?

Are we going to lose him?

I'll get him now.

We can go over there against that wall.

God damn him.

He's still hanging on. And I'm out of ammunition.

God damn you.

Come on, you bastard. Fall.

We're risking a downdraft!

Shit! That book's still there!

You went too high!

Hit him against the canyon wall.

That's an order.

Ice him against those rocks.

this crate down lower, damn it. Then pull up sharp next to those clips.

That does it.

Well, you did a good job.

Our work is finished.

Want another lift?

Come on.

You're getting to be my regular passenger.

What'd you do, fly here?

Yeah.

Here, have a swig.

My cousin cooks it up back home.

Sometimes your eyesight isn't so good if you drink too much of it.

And I'll tell you one thing, it'll wake a dead mule.

Gran, I don't want to know nothing, but I got the impression you're mired in

shit right up to your neck.

not again.

Stop. I don't want you to get in trouble because of me. Don't worry.

I know a shortcut.

Hang on.

Get ready to fire.

Don't change a single word of what I told you.

I wouldn't count on it, Rusty.

I don't know what the hell was wrong between you and that Indian, but I don't

want any part of it.

I'll write my report, you write yours.

It'd look strange if we had different versions of what happened.

Just say we were chasing him near a cliff and he fell into the river and

drowned. What about the two people who were with him?

You left them lying in the desert. You didn't even call for help and you

prevented me at the point of a gun from using the radio.

You didn't try to capture him. You wanted to kill him any way you could.

You forced me to be your accomplice in a personal vendetta.

I'm writing it like it was.

Ted, maybe I wasn't clear enough.

I'm not asking you a favor.

I said no. I wouldn't do it if I was you.

Do what?

Well, uh, we had a little accident, Roger. No, it wasn't. It was no

Sheriff. It was more like murder.

You won't believe what went on out there today.

It was wrong, totally, and I'm ashamed to have been a part of it. Never in my

career have I done anything unlawful. Shut up!

Don't listen to him, Roger.

I'm telling you how it happened.

Just like you told me what happened to Max.

Thomas.

Thunder.

They thought you were dead.

Well, I'm not.

I'm back for revenge.

How's Sheena?

She's out of danger.

Get back.

And the baby?

I don't know.

You better not show yourself.

I know it's advised that you smarten up.

Listen to reason.

No, we've talked before, Thomas.

And you almost convinced me. But they tried to kill me.

Endangered Sheena's life and yours, too.

Can't talk you out of it.

No. They wanted war, and they'll get one.

I don't say that what you're doing is right.

In my heart, I prayed for a miracle.

But I can't say as I blame you.

Where's Sheena?

In maternity.

Room 302.

You gonna go see her?

Yes. Through that door, there's an elevator.

It'll take you right to the third floor.

It opens next to Sheena's room. And it isn't being watched.

Thanks. Well, goodbye.

Yeah. Good luck, Thunder.

You be careful, yeah?

How is she?

She's young. She'll recover.

The baby.

I'm sorry we couldn't save him.

Is he dead?

What did the doctor say?

I want to know, Thunder.

Is our baby dead?

Yeah.

It's the same man who put you in prison.

That rotten deputy.

Yeah.

You get him.

Get him, Thunder.

Should you not be in the hospital, Tom? I know where I should be.

But I can't go until I make damn sure you know what is about to happen.

And what do you think can happen?

Rusty and his accomplices are locked up. They're awaiting trial.

Thunder's got to understand that the laws around here apply to him as well.

Whether he likes it or not.

He killed his son.

I can imagine how he feels.

That doesn't give him the right to take the law into his own hands.

It doesn't.

Not as far as he's concerned.

He believes our law has failed him, and he's got every right to.

And you'd better get ready to raise this town from the ground, because he's at

war with you.

He'd better not try.

Tom, I swear to God, he'd better not try.

Oh, come on, Bob.

Let me drive it.

Just once around the block?

Sorry, Jane, but you know how much this car means to me.

The other day, two guys stepped in front of me at a light, and you should have

seen me.

I told... Your keys.

To what?

To your car.

He's my mechanic.

Well, make sure you got it right. Billy?

Yes, Sheriff? I want roadblocks at every intersection, but nobody fires unless

fired upon first.

You got that? Yes, sir. Okay, get going.

He's been reported seen in too many places.

I say it's got to be a gang.

Anyway, you won't get far.

Attention cars, 4 and 10.

There's an alarm ringing at Carson's Gun Shop at 5th Street and Grand Avenue.

Well, keep after him.

I'll send you a backup.

You're not gonna hold me much longer.

You're gonna let me out, right?

Wrong.

What do you mean, wrong?

You gotta stop him getting to me, right?

Wrong again.

You don't mean that.

I've been watching you, Rusty.

I know what you've been up to.

But, Roger, we're friends.

No.

You sold our friendship out and you disgraced your uniform.

Are you gonna protect me or not?

Let's put it this way.

If I'm placed in a situation where I have to choose between you and him, it's

not going to be to your best advantage.

You're too young to remember, but when I joined the department in 53, right

after I got back from Korea, we could make a bust and hold any old game for a

week or more, just unsufficient.

They're too easy on them. Now they got this Miranda law and who knows what.

I wish I knew what's going on in this town.

Get that number two hose over here!

Hey, there's a couple dozen Indians on the warpath.

Indians? If that's the case, I'm moving back east.

Yes, Sheriff?

Barricade yourselves in here and don't let anybody near that cell.

Where will you be, Sheriff?

I'm going to go outside and take a look.

The lights blow. You think it's him?

Yeah, it must be right outside.

There's two of us, and I'm not about to let him take us by surprise.

I'm going to uncheck Rusty.

Hey, get me a rifle and let me out.

I'll take care of that bastard.

Hold it right there, Thunder.

Take a walk, Billy.

This isn't your fight.

I can't, Thunder.

I would, but I can't.

Rusty's in the hands of the law now.

I'm a cop, you know.

Shoot him, Billy!

What are you waiting for?

Shoot, Billy.

Shoot him.

Shoot him down.

He's a killer, that dirty bastard.

Don't force me to shoot.

Now go.

The key, Billy.

Give me the key to his cell.

Damn it. Shoot, Billy.

Jesus.

Here I am, Rothjean.

No!

No.

Don't kill me.

Don't.

Please.

No, don't!

You saw him?

Yeah. Then why didn't you shoot the son of a bitch?

I told you, Rusty, if I was put to a choice, it wouldn't be to your best

advantage.

Well, Thunder, I just want to say that I'm mighty sorry for all that's happened

on both sides.

The judge said you're a free man.

You can go wherever you want to, but I wouldn't recommend you coming back here

to this county.

Goodbye, Sheriff.