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Here, folks.

Oxhorn Relay Station.

Eat, drink, and be sorry.

Better get with it, Miss Webster.

Can't think strange people when I look afraid.

I wouldn't fret about that, none.

You ain't back east now, you know.

This here's Oxhorn, New Mexico territory.

I told you, get out!

No half -breed's gonna drink in the same bar with me.

Move, you!

A

man

your age should know guns are dangerous.

Pick it up.

Now holster it.

¿Qué tal, amigo?

Fine, Prigo. I see you are still fast with your hand.

Come, I buy you a drink and we talk.

If you're still thirsty, mister, you can have a drink with both of us.

Amigos!

You saw what happened.

I saw it.

I also saw a man handle a gun like that in Texas.

You got pretty good eyesight.

His name was Ketchum.

Friends of his and called him Black Jack.

No offense.

You're in the clear.

Nobody's going to blame you.

Except his brother, of course.

And who's that?

Jared Tetlow.

Owner of the 4T brand.

Largest cattle spread on the Carrizoza.

Jared won't rest till he sees your hide nailed to his fence.

I wasn't looking for trouble. I've had enough of it.

You better clear out for some quiet country. It's already shaken down to law

order. You can find law and order in a town, all right.

It's a little harder to find it than the people.

Trail is clear, Black Jack.

No one followed.

Not yet.

Another score to settle.

It'll come.

It does not need to be, amigo.

Across the desert, over the mountains, beyond the Ruidoso, there is a valley. A

green and peaceful valley.

Anything peaceful sounds good to me.

There are old friends who sent me to bring you.

Senor Reardon and Nita.

You would not disappoint them, would you?

How's she look, Regan?

She is still very young, senor, and beautiful, the way you remember her.

And she is like your valet, waiting for a good owner for his casa.

Brig of the New Casa del Rancho is nearly finished.

Si. Senor Ketchum has worked hard and long.

He's a very stubborn man.

Chiquita, I wish you would not do this.

He's been here for over a year.

How long does a man have to wait to be sure his past isn't going to catch up

with him?

But, Nita...

Almost finished?

Mm -hmm. What's next?

Stock my range with cattle, nail my brand over the gate.

You've forgotten two important things.

Curtains at the windows, smoke coming out the kitchen chimney.

You still want to put them there? When do I start?

Are we going to tangle on that again?

Look, Nita, my guns were around for a long time.

It'll take more than a year for a lot of people to forget it. Now, you weren't a

murderer, not a hired gun.

Yeah, but I made enemies. Sooner or later, there'll be trouble. Nothing we

couldn't handle.

If I could give you that guarantee, you could start putting those curtains up

tomorrow.

Tom, nobody ever gets that kind of a guarantee.

I'm not asking for it. No woman asks for it.

Then maybe women should have more sense.

A woman ties onto a man for life.

She shouldn't have to feel every time the sun comes up she might be a widow.

All right.

Couldn't put it any plainer.

Give it time, Nita.

For the sake of both of us.

All right, Tom.

As long as you don't put your brand on some other hide.

Mr. Jared Tetlow comes into a town. He sure wants everybody to know it.

Jared Tetlow?

You know him?

Handled some law cases for him.

Not every man in the territory knew Jared.

Glad to introduce you.

Do me a favor, Bob. Don't. That's the way you want it.

Mr. Tom Ketchum.

What brings you to our fair city?

Business, Mike.

Well... Any spatial business? You know, you show yourself so rarely. It's an

item from my newspaper any time you come to Horseshoe.

I'm here to buy up some cattle for my new range. Might be in town for several

days. Fine, fine. We'll spread the word and get you some offers. You know, our

circulation covers Horseshoe Valley 100%. Thanks, Nick.

Morning, Mr. Kitchen.

Are things up your way? All going fine, thanks, Sheriff. That's all I wanted to

know. I say curse the Horseshoe Valley.

I curse the very day that I came into it.

Dr. Blaine's leaving us tomorrow.

And tomorrow never comes.

I haven't had a patient in two weeks.

The last one I had was dead on arrival.

He fell off his horse in front of a stampede, and it took the hooves of a

thousand steers to kill him. Now, what can a doctor do in a country like the

Horseshoe? There's a curse on the place, I tell you. A curse on our clear water,

our good soil, a curse on our good health. Yeah, too bad about us, Doc.

Yes, sir, too bad.

And on top of all that, another piece of hard luck is coming your way.

The curse of added prosperity.

A big monthly payroll is going to be spent in your town.

And besides those cowboy dollars, you're going to have the business of a big

cattle outfit.

The necessary buying in of supplies and services for the 4T.

Yes, sir, there's better times coming to every one of you.

And you'll thank Jared Tetlow, that's me, for putting more jingle in your

pockets. And what do you want, Mr. Tetlow?

Only my rightful use of some of your open range.

I'm traveling ahead of a large herd.

Mostly feeders and young stuff. How many?

5 ,000 head, and three more herds like it on the way. Right now, the

stocked with all the cattle it can reasonably carry.

Put 20 ,000 more on it, that's calling for 100 ,000 acres of grass that isn't

there. Gentlemen, it's open range.

Not all of it anymore.

Most of the quarter sections with good water have been homesteaded. So you'd

have a water problem, Mr. Tetlow, as well as a grazing problem. But it is

range. I'm within my legal rights, huh, Sheriff?

But overgrazing will ruin that open range and the herds on it, including

Why don't you go further east and try the Carrizozo country?

We just came from there. The water played out.

I can't turn my herd back now.

Horseshoe Valley is the end of the line.

Here I am.

Here I stay.

Welcome to Horseshoe House, Mr. Tetlow. I'm Happy Harrell, the proprietor. It's

your service. I want a room for my brothers, one for myself, and a sitting

to do business in.

I'm awfully sorry, sir, but the commercial suite is occupied right now

regular customer. Put him out.

Now, Mr.

Tetlow... Shut up. When my brother gives an order, it goes.

Of course, the gentleman should be paid for the trouble of vacating his rooms.

Give him what he wants and charge it to our account.

Yes, sir, I'll do that. I'll butter him up.

All right, Ben.

If you don't want to play the game my way, I'll...

Try it your way.

Mind if I join you, gentlemen?

I'll order later.

You know, I hadn't finished speaking my piece to you folks out there.

I was going to add I'm perfectly willing to buy my way onto the horseshoe range.

Your friend here have a ranch?

Yes, but his place is pretty far out.

Good water on it?

Sure. How many head will it graze?

Only a couple of thousand.

What do you want for it?

It's not for sale.

Name your price, then we'll dick her.

I told you, it's not for sale.

Well, if I can't buy one place, I'll buy others. I'm perfectly willing to pay

cash for two, three homesteads.

Spread the word for me, Mr. Early.

Be back in just a moment, gentlemen.

Hello, Laurie. I didn't expect to see you here.

Would you like to have some lunch with us? Oh, thanks, Uncle Bob, but I've

eaten.

The man in black.

Do you know him?

Very well.

I'd like to meet him.

Mr. Early, may I see you a moment?

Of course.

Excuse me, Laurie.

Good afternoon.

I'm sorry to be at a disadvantage.

But of course you are. You know me, but not my name. I'm Laurie Webster. I

arrived a few days ago from Santa Fe.

I'm going to live with my uncle, Mr. Bob Early.

How do you do, Miss Webster?

This is Mr. Jared Tetlow. How do you do? How do you do, Mr. Tetlow? I hope

you'll forgive me for interrupting, but remember we met once before.

Well, it's quite possible, Miss Webster.

I hope your trip from Santa Fe wasn't too hard.

It was a year ago, in front of the relay station at Oxhorn, on the Carrizozo.

Now do you remember?

Well, if I caused you any embarrassment then, I apologize, and I hope you'll

consider the matter closed.

Laurie. But I'm the one who should apologize. Can you ever forgive me to

happen right before my eyes? That was awful.

But now I do understand, and I don't blame you.

Thank you, Miss Webster. Shall we just forget it? Very sage advice, Laurie.

Of course. But you see, I just arrived from the East, and, well, I didn't know

about such things. All I knew was I'd been forced to see a man shot down and

killed.

Know what you mean, Miss Webster. It's never pleasant to see a man shot down.

Especially when he doesn't deserve it. Oh, but this one did.

That's why I had to apologize to Mr... Ketchum.

Tom Ketchum.

I wanted no trouble that way.

But a man can't always choose the way things go.

Excuse me.

I've changed my mind about lunch.

Interesting to meet you, Miss Webster.

And... Mr. Ketchum?

Yes. You'll hear from me later.

Sorry, Tom.

Did I do something wrong?

It was bound to come out sooner or later.

We'll have that lunch another day, Bob.

Sit down, Lorraine.

You're angry.

You just pointed out Tom Ketchum to Jared Tetlow.

It's the man who killed Tetlow's brother.

Oh, Uncle Bob.

Mr. Ketchum, I'm terribly sorry. My uncle just told me what an awful thing

done. I'm not used to having people worry about me.

Thanks for that.

You're very kind for putting it like that.

Will you forgive me?

Just forget it.

Tell your uncle I'll be seeing him soon.

Who is that?

Laura Webster, Bob Early's niece.

She was at Oxhorn last year when I had to shoot Burl Tetlow.

Now his brother's here.

You better stay away from him.

Too late.

Girl talks too much.

She just identified me to Jared Tetlow as the man who killed his brother.

He's got his other two brothers with him and a small army of hired guns on their

way here with his cattle.

He means to buy or bull his way under the horseshoe range.

But I'm staying put.

Is this the kind of trouble you were talking about?

I'll leave that up to Tetlow.

Blackjack.

Nobody in this town's called me anything but Tom.

How long have you known? All alone, but it doesn't change things.

Thanks. Telegram just came to the noon state.

Says the first Tetlow heard just crossed our county line.

Good morning, sir. I can report the herd on time in good code and condition.

Where's D. Havlick?

He's coming.

Howdy, boss.

What's the news from town?

Pretty important to you and me. I nailed down the man that killed Burl.

Who? Black Jack Ketchum. Where do I find him?

He'll keep.

Practically promised he would.

Right now, our first concern is where to spot the herd.

You were going to locate some grass and water. Well, there's no grass problem

yet, but there is water.

I tried to get water rights the easy way. Now I'll have to do it the hard

Now, Jared, listen to me. Ben, I've tried your methods. They don't work.

Granted. But don't start a range war on a snap decision.

Now, hear me out. All right, Ben.

We'll all listen to you.

Now, I know we've been all over this before.

There have been a few things that haven't been said yet. Such as?

The importance of friends.

The little men we're going to buck have already made their friends.

But being strangers, we'll have none of our own.

With all the men we've got and the biggest payroll in the territory, we

need friends.

What we need is action.

And it's being forced on us. Look yonder.

There's our problem.

What are we going to do with them? And where are we going to put them?

And what are we going to do for water? About a mile from here, there's a lake.

Pretty good size and deep enough for dry spells.

The homestead is a man named Carson.

We'll make him an offer.

Maybe he's tired of batching it alone.

And what if he isn't? We'll try to persuade him. And we'll take Dee Havlick

along in case this carton goes in the prod. And you, Andy, and you too, Ben.

It's time you got over Mom's notions and learned how men get things done.

We'll go see this nest, sir.

Howdy, gents.

Light and neat.

Porphy's on the stove.

I got beefsteaks to burn.

That is, if you like them that way.

Carson, how much do you want for this place?

This here?

I don't aim to sell.

First real home I ever had.

Well, ain't much to look at, but we've been happy here, me and my wife.

Why, she... You're wasting time.

How much?

Come on, speak up. Name your price.

Mister, I can't sell my place.

My money can't buy it.

I'll give you $1 ,000 cash and a horse to ride down the valley.

You'll give me nothing.

I ain't taking orders from you nor any man.

Who do you think you are? Come riding from the front yard here and trampling

down my wife's flowers?

Now get off the place.

You get one more chance.

$1 ,000 and a horse to get out of the country.

Will you get off peaceable or do I have to throw you off?

Hold it, Carson.

You're looking for a fighter, aren't you, man?

You're too big for your britches.

Speaking of britches, yours are coming down.

Well,

y 'all seen him.

Seen him reach.

Thank you, boss.

Found money.

Don't try to add it to your 30 -year savings.

I want that money spent in horseshoe tomorrow.

And not just for liquor.

Sweeten up the merchants in the town in general.

And while you're doing that, I don't mind if you have a little trouble with

local cowboys and ranchers.

Learn them there's new boss moving in this range.

Learn them.

Proper.

Sheriff Macy.

One minute, gentlemen.

I'm Jared Tetlow.

Met you at the hotel.

I own the 4T outfit.

We are law -abiding. We do things legally.

We brought in a man named Carson.

Yeah.

Rather poor condition, I'd say.

How come?

My foreman, Mr. D. Havlick, was forced to shoot this man in self -defense.

Any witnesses?

Myself and my two brothers, and they will so swear, and that should end the

regrettable incident.

Andy, raise your right hand. The sheriff will swear you in as a witness.

Tedlow, if you're so legal, you ought to know I can't clear your man heavily.

Only a coroner's jury can do that at an official inquest. Well, under the

circumstances, that seems like an unnecessary formality. Yeah, and I ain't

wasting my time listening to some jury tell me a lot of stuff I already know.

Besides, Carson got no more lead than he asked for.

Did I hear you refused to appear before the coroner's jury?

Well, you ain't deaf, are you? No, Mr. Hamillick.

And you are now under arrest.

Arrest?

Arrest me?

Why, in the first place, you're not man enough to arrest me.

And in the second place, no four -tee hand ever done a day in jail.

And in the third?

My outfit would pull this who's God down around your ears.

That's hard treatment for a man who's only trying to do his sworn duty.

See that gate?

I'll give you one minute to walk through it, lay your guns on my desk, and enter

this town.

Times are changing, Mr. Hamill.

You hired gunmen are on short notice now.

You can no longer kill as you please and get away with it.

Now, that's real interesting to hear.

But I'd admire to see you back that up with a little action.

Morning, sir.

Your minute is up, Mr. Havlick.

Okay, D.

It's your own fault.

If you want to find out what the sheriff was made of, well, you learn.

I'll have a coroner's jury impaneled by 3 p .m. The inquest will be held in the

largest room in town, the Palace Bar.

I'll take your word to be there.

I believe that concludes our business, gentlemen.

For the moment.

Mr. Tadlock.

Where's D?

The sheriff's got him locked up. Waiting in for us by a coroner's jury.

Fourteen men in jail? We ought to go in and talk things over with that sheriff.

Learn him the error of his ways.

You'll do nothing of the sort.

I want D Havlick freed by that coroner's jury, fair and square.

How fair and how square?

I don't mean a packed jury or a bought jury. What I mean is a jury of towners.

Without no cattlemen on it? No ranchers?

That's the idea.

The local common have become prejudiced against the 4T and should be kept off

the jury in the best interest of justice.

You mean you're going to give them a free reign? The 4T brand represents

progress and power.

Ordinary people are afraid of power, and these townspeople are just ordinary.

I want them scared.

Not shot, no guns, but scared.

I suggest you give the town an example of 4T power, just in case their idea of

justice is misguided.

Sure, boss.

The biggest outfit is entitled to the biggest justice.

They're scattered.

Guess you won't need me anymore.

You can do me another favor. Go out and round up a coroner's jury.

That's your job, Sheriff.

Anybody special you'd like to see on the jury?

No. I wouldn't stack that jury for this man or against him. Take him as they

come.

I'll do that.

Exactly that.

One thing I would ask, whether you get him off the range or behind a store

counter, a clean -shaved, sober, respectable jury.

We owe him that much.

They wrote him down. They did it on purpose.

I'd say they did it under orders.

They're trying to scare any jury we get before it reaches the inquest.

Where are those rough riders? I told you he was a tough one.

It'd take more than that to kill you, Matt.

Where'd they go?

Where'd they look? Don't tell him.

Don't tell him. Get him out of town. Get him home.

Rigo will take that home. I'm safe for the inquest.

I want to see if Mr. Tetlow can get away with murder.

I've seen scared faces in a lot of towns.

This town's got its share.

What are we going to do about it, Tom?

Let's see if we can't give this town some of the backbone it needs.

Hiya, partner.

Impossible, Jenny.

Forty -hand gives him a friendly salute, and he... He don't even return the

courtesy. We ought to teach him some manners.

Turn around, mister.

I said turn around.

I'll see if he can handle two men the same way, Red. Yeah.

What goes on here?

You know what goes on here, Tetlow.

You sent your hoodlums in here to scare us out of giving Dee Havlick what he

deserves.

I just want you to know that all of us can't be scared.

And I want you to tell that to Dee Havlick if he goes free today.

Well, Mr. Tetlow, called your hand.

What are you going to do about it?

I came to this town in a peaceful way, Ketchum.

I didn't come here for shooting.

And I'm not going to draw on a professional killer.

It didn't stop you from hiring one like Havlick.

All right, Tetlow.

Your outfit knows what kind of a man they work for now.

A man who can order killing, but who hasn't got guts enough to face up to it

himself.

If I'd made a movie that killed you, quick as he killed Burl. Get every

man we've got here before the inquest. I want him in the street outside the

palace loom.

We'll find out how scared a town can get.

The only time there's any law and order is when there's more of it than anything

else. This time there was more of Jared Tetlow.

Like Mr. Tetlow said, gentlemen, he's brought us prosperity.

My takes double since he come to Horseshoe.

Towns make money.

You don't seem to realize that your town floats on a sea of grass.

When that grass is ruined by crowding too many cattle on it, this town will

into bankruptcy.

Sure, grass is important to a rancher. So is my life important to me.

So why should I risk it by fighting another man's war?

So you'd stand by and see men murdered.

Are you saying I'm yellow?

Let's not fight among ourselves, gentlemen.

Well, I'm not in favor of cutting my own throat.

So if you're fixing to lock horns with Mr. Tetlow and his four T -Riders, well,

you can just leave me out of it.

I'd suggest that anyone who agrees with Mr. Harrow should use that door he left

open.

That should tell us where we stand.

Those of us still left, we've got to stick together.

But we can't do anything until we organize.

You're the man to start it off, Sheriff.

My hands are tied.

I'm sworn to enforce the law without favor to any faction.

If you're right, I'll help you. But I can't organize you.

There's only one other man among us with any fighting experience.

I suggest we put ourselves under the orders of Mr. Ketchum.

Tetler called me a professional killer.

You sure you want to ride behind that kind of reputation?

Your guns have never been for hire. If they were, the law would have known it.

These men could do a lot worse than back you up.

I'd like to hear them say it.

I've already said it.

I'll even say it in print.

Doc? As a doctor, some people have even called me a professional killer.

Tom, you have me for whatever I'm worth.

Thanks.

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

I've come to see you about taking over the Carson homestead. Sort of in a

aren't you? No, my stock needs water.

I'll contract to buy the place and put up a cash bond for the full price.

Well, sir, I'd have to look up the law about a deal like that.

I can advise the sheriff regarding the law.

If Jerry Carson left a will, it'll have to be probated.

If he didn't, an administrator must be appointed by the court.

And a diligent search made for the heirs, if any.

Oh.

Well, I didn't especially want that particular property anyway.

The sudden death of an owner can keep his real estate off the market for a

long time.

Remember that in the future, Mr. Tetlow.

It won't be important to me.

Who's on this location?

The double R.

I didn't ask for the name of the brand.

Who are the owners?

Number 42, Mr. Matthew Reardon. Number 43, his daughter, Miss Nita Reardon.

They're not interested in selling out.

I'll take their word for it when I see them.

Now, sir, I think you've got something that belongs to one of my men.

Hello, blackjack.

It's a long memory you've got.

Glad you appreciate it.

Yeah, I didn't know how good I was myself till I heard you telling the boys

the inquest how many men I'd killed.

It's a fine reputation you give me. Eleven men?

That's quite a record.

Hard to top it.

But I'd like to make it an even dozen next time I meet up with you.

All right, Howard.

That's my spread.

That's where I'll be.

But don't count on making any easy money.

I'm not.

This one's for Burl Tetlow, my buddy.

This one's on me.

The infernal arrogance.

Tetlow has an army of men.

How can we possibly stop them?

Except for the few of us here, the rest of the town is Buffalo, right?

Unfortunately.

Terrorized by only seven men.

Seven? Most of Tetlow's riders are just regular cowpunches. I counted only six

top gun hands, with Dee Havlick the top hand of them.

Those seven are our main worry.

And you plan to take on all seven?

Not in any way they expect, no.

All we can expect to do is to cut down on the odds. If that happens, then we've

got a chance to organize.

What do we do in the meanwhile?

Protect the Reardons and the Double R from Tetlo.

I may have to be away from town for a while.

Don't worry about the Reardons.

Matt and Nita won't be alone.

If and when I come back, that's where we'll meet the Double R.

If he gets back...

That's what he said.

Maybe that's the difference between an amateur and a professional.

A professional knows he can make only one mistake.

He's coming.

Ted Love? Si.

With his brothers and six riders.

Nine in all.

All right, Ben.

We'll try it your way one more time.

Afternoon, Mr. Reardon.

Afternoon, Mr. Tedlow.

In case you're interested, the double R is not for sale.

But I haven't even made you an offer yet.

Won't do you no good, son.

Look, Mr. Reardon, I know you don't like it.

I wouldn't like any offer to put me on a cane either.

But we're sorry about that accident.

We were here to offer you compensation.

How much?

$10 ,000.

With a double R brand and the soldings thrown in.

Nothing doing.

$15 ,000?

Same answer.

But, Mr. Reardon, you're not selling out.

You can tell your friends you had a part with a double R to get compensation for

your injuries.

So you name your own figure.

Up to $20 ,000.

The double R is not for sale. And neither are the owners.

Before you make up your mind, Reardon, I'm going to talk to you like one cowman

to another.

All right. Speak your piece.

When a herd of cattle get dry and thirsty, you can't keep them away from

Meaning you won't keep your herds away from my water.

Also, rain stock has a habit of bunching up where they find good forage for

grazing. Now I'll tell you something.

Try the open range all you please.

But keep your cattle under control.

And keep them off the private property of the double R.

That's an order from the owners.

Mr. Redden, stay where you are.

I'm not through with you.

I'd say you were through, Mr. Tetlow.

I'll give you one minute to start riding.

Come on, Miss Reardon. I don't want any trouble with a woman.

And you better not make the mistake of forcing it on me.

Jaron!

Reardon, I'll give you time to think over my offer.

You better take it.

How's your leg? Not bad.

I was just thinking we needed a lawyer, especially one with some gun hands.

Blackjack's the one who organized this mutual aid society.

Figured we could give Teplow an argument any place he wanted to start one.

You come looking for trouble, too, Miss Webster?

I insisted on coming.

Yeah. Said it wasn't fair to you to dump these men on you without somebody to

help you feed them and do for them. Well, seems like I owe you an apology.

Come on in.

Just one thing. Why didn't Tom come with you?

Oh, he's gone away for a few days. That's what Uncle Bob told me. And no

Come on, Doc. It's too early.

Rego will take the team.

Been hardly no grub. But I don't intend to go without water.

You want to argue it?

Do any of you want to argue it?

He doubled back on his own trail. The oldest trick in the book.

I learned my trick that ain't in the book.

He didn't realize this gulch leads right straight back up to his hideout.

And it's deep enough to give us some cover for some good shooting.

Bade, you stay here. Keep him pinned down.

The rest of you come with me. Help me get him. Come on!

Now drop your gun belt.

Pull your hat up and come on down.

I'm grateful it cost me two months' pay.

That's too bad.

What do you aim to do with me?

I'm going to show you what kind of a man you're riding for.

You and the rest of your crowd, you're going to learn something about Dee

Havilland.

You wanted a manhunt, didn't you?

He's gone.

John!

No! No!

What happened to you?

You should have left me a man to guard the rear.

Don't blame me. What are you, a baby?

What do you want us to do, bottle nurse you from our canteens?

No gun, no horse.

What good are you?

Go on back to the 4T, Spade, and get going now. On foot?

With no water, I'd be dead before sundown.

You don't mean that, D. The man wouldn't have a chance.

You want to make something of it?

Want to leave your canteen here and go with them?

You want to go for your gun?

You know you're faster on the draw than I am.

All right, then shut your trap and obey orders.

Spade, get moving.

All right, D.

I'll go.

And I hope I get through.

For just one reason.

I want to be there when Black Jack Ketchum blows your guts out.

Thanks. I didn't want it the long, slow way.

I asked for it.

You asked for it, too.

Catch him, he'll nail you.

He's faster than you.

Let's move on.

Yeah.

Ready to sleep no everything's quiet

Where's my canteen

Come on and get me. I'm over here.

About time I thanked you, I guess.

You had a chance to run out, but you stayed.

Well, maybe I had to prove a few things to myself, too.

Such as?

Well, it's one thing to say you'd like to stay in this kind of country, but

another thing to be able to.

Think you'll make it?

I don't know. I'm hoping I will.

Well, that's half of it.

Where are you going?

Looking around.

Alone at night?

I know my own range.

Oh, but there may be Tedlow men riding it.

All cats look gray in the dark. I'll just be another rider.

Well, at least take Brie going with you. He's busy.

Look, don't worry.

I've been over this land a hundred times at night.

You'll be doing things like that, too, if you stay.

Keep an eye on Brie.

Let's check in on the cattle. You know what I was going to tell you.

Jared, that herd is crowded.

It's hungry, it's thirsty, and spooky. Shoot me right down the ground. Speaking

of ground, they're on top of a natural chute. By once they stampede, we'll

control them. We won't even try.

That chute leads straight down the double R.

Jared, for the last time. I know what you're going to say. I know.

I'm telling you this. If anybody gets hurt so much, the better.

It'll be legal.

Now check your riders.

Make sure every man's out of the chute.

Thank you.

Let's do it about last night, Ben. We're in the clear.

Cattle stampeding. No man can control them.

Reardon won't sell out now. Not for any amount of money. Of course not.

The other ranchers will take the hint and we'll get all the water rights we

need. In the meantime, Matt Reardon will sue you for every cent you've got.

Let him.

Mr. Tedlow.

The other day, your men rode my father down in the street.

And last night you finished the job. You murdered him. I didn't know there'd

been an accident. There was no accident. You started that stampede deliberately.

That's pretty strong talk. You think I can't prove it? I'm sure you can't. I

suspected something when you didn't want your men to quiet the herd. When you

wanted your cattle nervous and spooky. No, I didn't. I heard the orders you

your men.

I heard your own voice, your own words.

If anybody gets hurt so much, the better. Now, wait a minute. I might have

a little riled. You horseshoe folks made a lot of trouble for me.

But even if I said anything like that, the boys will tell you I didn't mean it.

Now, come on.

Let's reason this thing out.

You killed my father. You're just as guilty of murder as if you'd shot him in

the back.

And I'm going to make you pay for it.

That's my story.

I couldn't help it. You must not take the law into your own hands.

The law? That's it, Rico.

We will get the advice of Signorelli. I don't want advice. I want action.

You can't fight one man only.

You've got to fight his friends and his women, folk. And their friends and their

women. If you haven't got the guts for it, Ben, get out.

No, Jared, no.

Now you're my brother and this is my outfit.

Right or wrong?

You figure I'm wrong, don't you?

Just the same, I'm sticking.

You know, Jared, that's the trouble.

You do command loyalty.

But when you go down, you're going to take a lot of men with you.

And some of them mighty good men.

What's the matter? Can't you talk?

My tongue swelled.

You failed.

I told you I had to have Ketchum's hide.

He knew the country. We didn't. There were six men. You could have put a ring

around him.

There were only two.

What happened to the other four?

Still out there.

You mean to say you lost four of my best hands? It's just about the same. You're

a brainless fool! Who do you think you had to kill? My own men? Jared!

I reckon it was my fault.

I thought I was hiring the best gun hand in the country.

I got second best.

Where did I find Jared Tutlow?

Commercial suite upstairs.

Thanks, Harold.

What did you expect him to do, stay out there and burn to death? Catch him,

Hadwater. Why didn't you take it away from him? Because I don't give you any

excuses or explanations.

All I want is your gun should be of some use to me.

Who is it?

Morning, gentlemen.

Lieutenant, will I have a warrant for your arrest?

My arrest?

Charges are criminal conspiracy, malicious destruction of property, and

murder of Matthew Reardon.

That's ridiculous.

It's a pack of lies from a crazy, spiteful girl.

You're forgetting I know Miss Reardon and her character pretty well myself.

And you're forgetting if I submit to arrest.

Those people in this town will think there's something to those charges.

You want to consider the matter closed?

I want you, sir.

Sheriff, Mr. Tetler made you a suggestion.

I'm advising you to take it and back down.

And I'm advising you not to interfere with an officer doing his duty.

Back down or reach.

You're an idiot.

He was reaching.

He forced my hand.

He'd only have covered you and I could have talked us out of it. But no, you

to kill the law. What are you beefing about? If you don't know, I'll explain

to you.

The law was our protection against the people we trumped on.

As long as we had the law, the worst they could do to us was serve a paper.

Where's Anita?

At Uncle Bob's house. She's staying with us.

I just came from the double R. How is she?

Oh, she wasn't hurt.

She's calmed down quite a bit. She's not taking the loss of her father quite so

hard.

Matt Reardon's dead.

He was caught in a stampede.

A stampede started by Tetlow.

Mr. Reardon had gone out to the windmill for water.

Never had a chance.

There's more.

Sheriff Macy was just killed by D. Havlick.

Macy?

Where was your uncle? Where were the rest of the men?

Where are they now?

They're at the Palace Bar trying to form a committee.

First it was, Senor Carson.

Then my boss, my good Senor Rearland. And now I'll share it. All good men.

All killed by these four teeth devils. Who will be next?

Who will come with me? Who will face Senor Tedlow and his brothers and help

shoot them down?

Ah,

Senor Ketchum.

You will come with us?

No, Prigo, and you're not going anywhere. Do not try to stop me, Senor.

If you wanted to shoot Jared Tetlow, you got to get to him first.

You'd all be riddled by the time you got halfway up the stairs.

You're right.

Drink?

Water.

I don't think I'll ever get enough again as long as I live.

You're not the only one who got dried out.

I hear Havillick came back to town with only two of his men left.

Yeah.

Odds are more even now.

You're just in time to take over again.

What's this I hear about a committee you're getting on?

We're getting up.

Plenty of men willing to fight. Tetlow put a stop to that.

He bought all the guns and ammunition in town.

We got the men.

He's got the firepower.

So, as long as... Action!

You left four men down in the desert.

One of them was my friend.

The best hand that ever rode for Jared Tetlow.

You never killed him there.

You sold his water.

It was a yellow trick, Ketchum.

Didn't you hear me? I said you were yellow.

You're deaf too, blackjack.

Caramba. You never took such words before.

He just got out of town.

Maybe he knows something.

Who's there?

What?

All right.

What do you want?

Your boss brought up all the guns and ammunition in town. Where'd he take

I don't know. I say you do.

Where at?

The truck camp.

That's not good enough.

In the spring wagon.

Box.

Thanks.

It won't do you any good.

They're under guard.

Let's go.

Where do you take it? What do you care?

Keep him.

Keep him in there until morning.

Quiet.

Well, he can warn the 4T where we're going to hit him.

What about the gun, the ammunition?

We don't need any more than we have.

We'll all meet back here at 1 o 'clock this morning.

And if anybody asks you where we're riding or for what, you can honestly say

don't know.

Any questions?

Well, I've got one.

Where can I hole up and get some rest between now and midnight?

There's a couch in my office.

Thanks.

I'll be on it as soon as I get through with the barbers.

How long have you been sitting here?

About two hours.

Why?

What's so important?

A couple of people.

Oh, me too.

There's no time to talk. Tomorrow we could all be dead.

Like my father.

I'm sorry about Matt.

He was a good man.

Dad always said, if you want a thing bad enough, try and get it any way you can.

As long as you don't hurt anyone.

Good advice, maybe it's good advice for both of us.

I didn't think so much of you. I'd say you were right Men

are

getting ready to leave

Well? Did my best, but I couldn't find out a thing.

Like it's not their plan to haze my cattle off the double R.

They wouldn't be up to anything worse. They've still got the law and order

habit. There's only one real ombre in the crowd.

Catch him?

Hadn't been for him, I'd have bulled my way onto this range by now.

Biggest word in the language.

If.

Jared, suppose I were to ride after him.

Make him a peace offer. No.

I'm not buffaloed by anything he can do to me.

He tries to rouse my herd, the boys will be ready for him.

And you'll take care of him.

You wouldn't, Ben.

I reckon I'll hit the sack.

Spread your blanket under the spring wagon.

Don't sleep too tight.

Don't worry. Anybody gets near those guns, I'll know it. You gonna turn in?

Not yet. There's something in the air and it bothers me.

Cat'll feel it, too.

I think I'll take one more check on my Nighthawks.

Don't let them get spooky.

If a critter tries to leave the bunch, let him go.

Don't try and chouse him back. You might start something.

Drop your

gun, senor.

Senor Tedlow, now we take you for a walk, huh?

Walk? You crazy?

Who are you?

Who am I?

I am the man who's going to stop you from warning your brothers that their

cattle is going to stampede.

Now we have been introduced, so we take a walk.

Hey, come back, you loco. The cattle is going to run any minute.

I haven't got away.

Yeah.

It's probably breaking the bad news to Tetlow.

Find me a box of .45s, will you, Mac?

Yeah.

Here you are.

Thanks.

Bob, we're going to need these guns and cartridges.

Better reload the wagon and bring it when you follow me back into town.

Follow you.

When Tetlow hears about this, he'll be back here so his men can protect him. We

don't want that.

I'll go on ahead and pin him down in his hotel room. Then the rest of you can

move in and finish the job.

Good luck.

Well, it's like I told you.

They stampeded right through our camp.

Scattered them all over the valley. Turned my own weapon against me.

Anybody hurt?

Yeah, Andy.

How bad?

About a thousand head tromped over him. He was caught right out in the open,

right in the middle of the stampede. How come?

Andy could ride. Always had the best horse. Not when he wasn't riding. Not

he had no horse under him.

Another thing, we couldn't find his gun.

Andy would have gone down shooting if he'd had his gun.

That foot.

Out in the open.

It's the way Matt Reardon went down. That doesn't justify killing Andy.

If you'd have gotten to catch him, this wouldn't have happened.

If you didn't set off that stampede, just see the cattle run. His crowd will

back.

If I hear we're outnumbered and outgunned, And if we don't fight, Early

slap that warrant on me and hold you for the inquest over the sheriff.

We're in plenty deep, haven't we?

I'll shoot my way out.

Think of something.

Ben, it's going to be a hard day.

You go down to the dining room and tell Happy Hare I'll fix some breakfast.

Yeah, but... You heard me.

There's something you have to do.

Mr. Harrell!

Oh, what's the chance for some breakfast, huh?

Well, the coffee's ready.

Where's the cook?

He quit like everybody else.

Maybe you noticed lately, nobody eats or drinks here except a few travelers and

the Tetlo outfit.

Your brother sure put a crimp in my business.

Sit down. I want to talk to you.

What's on your mind, Mr. Tetlow? You.

What kind of a hotel keeper are you to let a girl come to your barn and search

your best customer?

You ought to make allowances, Mr. Tetlow. Of course, she was all worth it.

heard what Nita Rudin said to me? Yeah.

You did?

Well, not all of it. I wasn't really listening. I wouldn't remember too much

what she was saying.

Just a minute. One more question.

Who's the U .S. Marshal for this federal district?

Colonel Monroe.

He's the United States Marshal. Colonel Jay.

L. Monroe.

You'll have to excuse me. I'm sure to help. I've got a lot of things to do.

Help!

He was going for the federal marshal.

Did you have to kill him to keep the marshal from coming to horseshoe? That's

about the size of it.

But why, Jarrett?

Because you're afraid to stand trial in the federal district court?

Or were you afraid that neither Rurden's testimony would convict you of murder?

She'll never tell it.

Did you send Havillac to kill their Rurden girl?

Did you?

Tylo!

Stick that gun in your belt and be quick about it.

Now step into the bar. Please have it. Don't argue.

Well, you left me looking for me, weren't you?

D. Havlick.

With a gun in your hand?

He's got to be stopped before he meets up with Nita Reardon.

for the moon.

Is she?

How are we?

Staked out. He's got copper.

Any of your boys in town?

Maybe a dozen.

Keep him off me.

Give me a free hand.

Boys, now keep out of it!

Glory!

Put your hands up.

It's okay, Blackjack. We've got him.

Put your hands up.

Best killer money could buy.

I'd like to have a talk with you two gentlemen, if you can spread the time.

Come into my office.

Come on, Tetlow.

I have to lock you up until the U .S. Marshal takes charge of you.

Miss Reardon, Miss Webster, this is Ben Tatlow.

Miss Reardon, I want you especially to hear what I have to say.

My brother's given me complete charge of everything.

I want to call off this cattle war.

I never wanted it in the first place.

How about the damage your outfit has done?

Our cattle ought to compensate to some extent.

You leave us the four -tee herd?

Well, we can't drive them back over the dry Carrizozos.

I'm sorry to leave you with a crowded range, but it can't be helped.

My range will handle 2 ,000 head of them.

I'm warning you. They're in pretty sorry condition.

I've seen them.

They're worth at least $5 a head.

I'll give you $10 ,000 for them if you'll parcel it out to the others who

hurt by the 4T.

It's a deal.

Bank's open. I'll be back in 10 minutes.

See you later. I want to talk to you. I've got some man talk to take care of

first. Now?

Now.

Too bad you weren't the oldest, Tetlow.

It would have made a difference.

A woman shouldn't chase a man who doesn't look respectable.

Never stopped you before.

You expecting any more old enemies to pop up?

Nobody we couldn't handle.

What kind of curtains would you like?

Never mind.