All language subtitles for The Long Rope (1961) ENGLISHripdf-15s

Alicia, you are still not
in bed yet.

Oh, I--
I just wanted a book.

This one.

You go to bed.
Do not worry about me.

Yes, it has been
a long day.

Buenos noches, carida.

Buenos noche.

Hello.

You gonna tell me
I shouldn't have come?

Manuel.

Carido.

Alicia.

Where is the Sheriff?

He was hungry.
He went to the hotel
to eat.

Try to smile.

For me.

I lost my smile.

Five days in here.
Nobody will help me.

No one will believe
I did not kill him.

Alicia, this talk.

Tell me it is not true.

Manuel, my husband.

You are the only man
for me.

It will always be so.

Saying this to
make it easier for me?

No. No.

I love you, Manuel.

I try.

I must believe you.

I will go mad.

Get the keys, Luke.

Well, the Sheriff's just
startin' his breakfast.

And by the time
he gets through with his
usual four cups of coffee,

well, Alvarez,
we decided it was
high time you was hanged,

and we're gonna
do it right now.

Matthews, I did not
kill your brother.

I swear it.

There are no keys, Will.
The Sheriff must have 'em.

Then we'll hang him
right where he is.

It's not fair.

I was at my store.

Please, believe me!

Tie his hands, Luke.

I did not do this thing!

They found your gun,
didn't they?

Right beside
Jim's body.

We'll get this over fast.
That'll settle all arguments.

Stop it, Will!

He's my prisoner.

Millard,
you're too slow for me.

I say this Mexican's guilty

and deserves what's comin'
to him.

Get away from him.

You'd draw on
a Matthews.

Will, I got to.
He's getting a trial.

-A trial!
-That's right, a trial.

What's this
about a trial?

You don't need trials
in my town.

A judge is coming.

I didn't send for him.
Who did?

Well, who did?

Louie Ortega.

Says a murder charge
calls for a trial.

I'll take care of Ortega.

Now, Will,
forget it.

Let him alone.

You say this judge is
on his way?

That's right.
It's Jonas Stone.

Be here any time now.

Stone, huh?

Maybe Tularosa
needs a trial.

You tell the judge I'll
cooperate any way I can.

I'll even build
the gallows for him
to hang Alvarez.

Come on, you two.

What's gotten
into you, Ben,

backin' away from
the sheriff like that?

You know as well as I do
that that Mexican's guilty,

and he ought to be
swingin'.

He'll hang, legally.

Let the judge do it.

You stay out of trouble.

Your brother Ben's
a real smart man.

You know that,
Will?

Yeah, maybe.

Go on home, boys.

Well, looky who's here.

Buenos dias.

I make breakfast for Manuel.

You made a bad mistake,
Ortega.

Oh, see,
I make many, señor.

Like sending for the judge.

It is the law,
is it not?

Around here,
we Matthews make the law.

Oh, no.
No, señor!

Por favor.
No!

No, no.

No!

No.

No, por favor.

I got it.

Give me a hand.

Pull him.

Venga!

Come on, tell us about
the law now, Ortega.

Come on, Luke,
let's go home.

Por favor!
Venga!

Venga!

For favor, venga!

A!

Por favo!

-Back off, mister.

This ain't
none of your business.

Now drop your guns
and clear out, both of you.

I said drop you guns!

You John Millard?

-That's right.
-I'm Jonas Stone.

The judge?
Glad to meet ya.

You're the first real one's
ever come to Tularosa.

Sorry I didn't
get down here sooner.

Well, it's a good thing
someone did.

Yes, I-- I don't know
who that kid was.

I never saw him before.

Is there anything
I can do for you?

Well, not yet.
Uh...

I'll get me a room
and wash up first,

uh, while you go after
those two hangmen.

Oh, them?

I'll talk to Ben Matthews
about that.

He always keeps
his brother in line.

That's the way
you do business?

Well, judge,
it's the way I
keep my friends.

Well, of course they heard
the shots at the hacienda,

but no one saw the gun used.

At least that's all
I can give ya.

So he was killed by
Alvarez's .45.

Do you know anyone

who hated Jim Matthews
enough to kill him?

No one hates a Matthews.

At least
not in the open.

Jim's big brother
practically owns this town.

And everything in it?

Oh, I've stood up to him.

Now, you've told me
a lot of details,

but nothing on
the important point.

What's that?

What was Jim Matthews doing in
the Vega stable that night?

He took his tie off.

He hung his gun belt
on the wall.

He didn't go
to the house.

Maybe he went there
to meet a woman.

Well, there was talk
about that,

some gossip about
Alicia Alvarez and
other men.

Just gossip?

Well, the fact is,

they did have some meetings
on some back trails.

Folks that saw 'em said that
they was mighty friendly.

Cheating wife.

That's a powerful motive
for a man to kill.

Maybe.

Judge, you got some reason
to think he ain't guilty?

Jim Matthews was shot
at close range.

He knew his killer.
He wasn't afraid of him.

Now, if you were
playing around with
another man's wife,

would you let him get
next to you with a .45?

I'm glad I ran into you.

I didn't get a chance to
thank you properly

for helping me out.

You ought to carry a gun.

You'd be able to do
your own helpin'.

Well, my father always said
there'd come a day

when no honest man
would carry a gun.

They killed him to prove
he was ahead of his time.

It pays to be in step
with the times.

Well, thanks anyway.

Look, mister,
you don't owe me nothin'.

I stepped in 'cause I figure

people ought to do
their own killin' clean.

It took guts
stepping in like that.

When you shoot like I do,
it don't take so much guts.

It was clean and fast,

but what happens
someday somewhere

when you meet someone

who's just a little bit faster
than you are?

What are you,
a preacher or somethin'?

You just worry about yourself.
I'm no concern to you.

Will you have supper
with me tonight?

Why?

Oh, I might like to
tell people someday

I broke bread with
a famous gunfighter.

If I'm still in town,
I might oblige.

Sí,I heard
the pistolashots.

I sent the vaquero
for the sheriff.

Dona Vega,
do you have any idea

why Jim Matthews
was here that night?

Quien sab.

But you will hear talk.

Do not believe it.

My Maria Alicia
is a de la Vega.

We de la Vegas
have much honor.

And I tell you again,
Manuel Alvarez could not kill.

How can you be sure?

In my heart,
I know that he is innocent.

Manuel, he is good,

even though he is not of
great family.

My Maria Alicia has
much happiness with him.

She could have
married better.

She could have married
for the land.

See? It is Vega land.

You ride for two days
before you leave it.

I thought it belonged to
Ben Matthews.

Sí.It is his no.

We are poor,
so we sell it.

Little by little.

All that is left
is this hacienda.

But an old lady
still remembers
her father's land.

I will tell Maria Alicia
that you are here.

Sí, Señor Judge.

Buenos tardes,
Señora Alvarez.

I hope I'm not
inconveniencing you,

but I'd like to ask you
a few questions.

It is no inconvenience.

But I think my mother
has already told you

all that we know.

Your husband had no
eye witness

to prove
he was at the store.

Manuel did not kill
Jim Matthews.

You were with your husband
the night of the murder?

No. I did not see him
all that night.

But a woman knows
what her man will
and will not do.

Mine is a gentle,
a loving man.

He cannot kill.

Ben Matthews
seems to think otherwise.

Oh, he would see
anyone dead

if it meant getting
another acre of land.

Please forgive
my outburst, señor.

It's difficult to be calm
in these times.

I understand.

No, you do not
understand.

Manuel is innocent.

But if you
had not arrived,

he would have been dead
yesterday.

Oh, señor.

You are our only hope.

Please help Manuel.

Please,
do not fail us.

You may be able to
help him more than anyone.

Señora,forgive me
for asking this,

but was Jim Matthews here
to see you that night?

Dios mio.

You can ask
such a question of me?

-There's been talk.
-Señor!

I am surprised that
a man of your position

would listen to
idle gossip.

It is not true.

I will show you
to the door, señor.

You should have let me put a
noose around Alvarez's neck

when I had the chance.

Take it easy, Will, relax.
Let the judge do it.

I don't know.
Your friend the judge,

he's goin' around diggin'
and askin' questions

There's no tellin'
what he's gonna turn up with.

Questions,
like what?

Well, like where you was
that night.

Where was I?

Well, where was I?

Well, at the ranch,
I guess.

Now, you're gonna
remember that,
aren't you, boy?

-Yeah. Sure.
-That's good, Will.

Well, come on.

If the judge can walk around
askin' questions,

I guess we can do
the same thing.

What's that?

Ben Matthews
is putting it up
to be the gallows.

Looks like he's
in a big hurry.

The accused man
hasn't even been tried yet.

Please,
I've got to go home.

This is my baking day.

I've got one dozen loaves
of bread to make.

Mrs. Creech,

I was told that you might
have some information.

Well, I wish I did.

I like Manuel,

but I'm sorry I
can't be of any help.

You said you
went there at 9:30.

Yes. Yes, I did.

Right after
church meetin'.

I saw his lights on
and I needed some flour--

Mrs. Creech,
did you see him?

Well, he wasn't
at his store.

Neither was his partner,
Ortega.

The door was locked,

so I want around to
the back room

to look for someone,

but there wasn't
anyone around.

Alvarez said he was there
going over some figures.

Oh, he must be
mistaken.

He just couldn't have
been there that night.

Thank you,
Mrs. Creech.

He was at the store
at 11:00.

That's when I got back
from the Vega ranch.

I do not understand.

I did not hear her.

But I was at the store.

SeñorJudge,it is all lies.

I did not do this thing
but I will hang just the same.

That'll be decided
at the trial.

If you're innocent,
you'll go free.

Tell me--
tell me of your trials

after you meet
SeñorBenjamin Matthews.

I'm looking for
Luis Ortega.

Luis Ortega.

He's, uh...

right over there,
señor.

-Sitting all by himself.
-Gracias.

SeñorOrteg?

A su sordenes, señor.

I'm Judge Stone.

Sheriff Millard said
I'd find you here.

Sientese, por favor.

Mas gracias, señor,for saving my life today,

but the trial,

I was mistaken,
I should not have
sent for you.

Don't you know the law's here
to protect you and Alvarez?

You'd think.

And when you go away,

Señor Matthews is
the law again.

And I, too,
will hang.

Hey, Lucita, honey,
where are ya?

Tequila.

Hey.

Say hello, honey.

Come on, say it
the way I told ya.

Hmm? Say it again.

Well, if it ain't
the judge.

You never pack a gun,
do ya?

Well, you got two fists.
Let's see ya use 'em.

Hold it, Will.

Now, ease off.
Take it easy.

Lucita. Come take care of
your boyfriend.

Go get a drink.

I'm Ben Matthews.

I'm sorry about this.

My brother's got a lot
to learn.

I think we've got
a few things to talk about.

Sit down.

I can't say that
I'm glad you're here,

but now that you are,
I'll do all I can to help.

Intimidating witnesses
isn't much help.

Intimidating witnesses?

Like trying to hang
Luis Ortega.

We don't know much about
your kind of law here, judge,

in this country
a man makes his own laws.

He gets used to doing things
as he sees fit.

Like 14 years ago when
two saddle bums

tried to run off
eight head of my cattle.

I trailed 'em three days
into Mexico

before I caught them.

I roped them behind my horse,

and dragged them
all the way back here.

Then I hung
what was left of them

right outside of town.

Since then,

no one gets a hunger
for my cattle anymore.

Well, that might have
worked once.

But a new law is coming.

A law that's gonna work
for all of the people.

All of the people
don't matter.

The ones who count are
the ones who came and worked,

and made something out of
the nothing that's here.

The Vega ranch
was here.

100,000 acres
going to waste.

And it's your
100,000 acres now.

Why not?

They weren't
strong enough to hold it,

they don't deserve it.

Land is like
everything else.

You get back
just what you give it.

You give the land cattle,
it gives you back more cattle.

You give the land strength,

it gives you back power.

And you like the power.

Let's just say
I'm used to it.

And I'm going to use it now
the way I see fit.

You see, judge,

my brother and I
were very close.

He was a good boy.

Maybe he chased the women
a little too much,

but he would have settled down
and made a real cattle man.

Hanging's gonna be a little
too quick for Alvarez.

You might be going to
a lot of trouble for nothing.

We'll see at the trial
whether he's guilty or not.

That gallows
isn't a waste yet.

People know I'm
putting it up.

And every time they see it,

they're gonna know that
your law hasn't come yet.

And mine hasn't gone yet.

Ain't a pretty thing,
is it?

You look all done in.

My feet hurt,
and so should yours

if you'd been doing
your job properly.

I've been up and down
every one of these streets

looking for someone who
might have seen Alvarez

on the night of the murder.

Seems to me the sheriff could
wear out some shoe leather.

Look, judge,
I do my job.

I arrest all the drunks
every Saturday night.

Did you find a witness?

No, not yet.

Matthews has been talking
to the people in town.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit
if you just don't find any
witnesses.

He wants a hanging and
he carries a long rope.

That is all that.

Judge, this ain't
none of my business,

he's done a lot of good
in this territory.

Mind a word of advice?

If I was you,
I'd head back to Santa Fe.

Well,
there are times.

Well, this time
you ought to.

Besides, I don't think
there'll be a trial, anyway.

All right, judge.

Since you're
gonna stay,

you might just well
go down to the chapel

and start collecting
some evidence.

Saw two people down there
might interest you.

He must have seen us.

Sometimes I wish they could
all see us together.

Maria Alicia,
I cannot forget you.

There are some things
it is better to forget.

Today we must talk
of other matters.

Luis.
The pistola.

The thought of it
troubles me.

It is obvious evidence
against Manuel.

Too obvious.

That thought has
troubled me, also.

I cannot understand.

He valued his pistolaof silver much,

and hid it so well.

Sí.

But surely you,
Luis, his partner,

knew where it was.

No, I did not.

But surely you,
Maria Alicia,

you, his wife, would know
where his treasures were hidden.

Reb Gilroy.
That's a good name.

Tell me, Reb,

you seem to have had a lot of
practice with that gun.

Ever since I was old enough
to pull the trigger.

How'd your father
feel about that?

I never knew my old man.

Too bad, things
might have been different.

Look, I ain't
complainin'.

You ever killed a man?

You think I'd
admit it to a judge?

Not yet, huh?
I thought as much.

Reb, why don't you
bury the gun?

Bury it?
It's gonna get me
everything I want.

Gun might be
the wrong way.

I've hanged men
who were once kids like you.

Proud of it?

No. It always hurt.

Kids who might have
gotten somewhere,

but they thought
they knew it all.

Price of supper
don't buy you
preachin' rights.

Reb, the advice was free.

Then let me give you some.

The Matthews don't want
this murder trial.

Folks are sayin'

you ain't gonna get
out of this town alive.

So the sheriff
told me.

But you've gotta make
some kind of a stand.

Makin' a stand here
don't make any sense.

I make a stand
everywhere I go.

You've got to
put what you've got to
the best possible use.

You see,

we're both talkin' about
the same thing.

I got my talent,
you got yours.

Only trouble is,

you're going into a business
that has no future in it.

Don't need your supper.

You talk awful big for a man
walkin' around dead.

Feel any better?

Señor.

What started it
this time?

It has to do with my meeting
with Maria Alicia today.

Yes, I saw you.

Sí,I kno.

SeñorJudge,
please understand.

I know it is wrong to love
the wife of my buen amigo,

but who can control
the feelings of the heart?

Here. Being in love
with Alicia

is enough reason to cause
Alvarez trouble.

No, SeñorJudge.
She never loved me.

Before the marriage,
I had always hoped.

Why'd you meet
with her today?

Maria Alicia,

she come to me
for comfort.

And I wished her to know
of my suspicions.

Suspicion?

SeñorJudg,

I dare to tell you.

It was Ben Matthews.
He killed his brother.

That's a very
serious charge.

But it is the truth.

I heard it all.

He told his brother Jim
to stay away from Alicia.

Jim Matthews,
he laughed and rode away.

He did not know that

his brother followed him
to the Vega stable.

Sí, Señor Judge,
I followed, also.

Why should Matthews
want to kill his own brother?

Quien sab.

And why should Will
care about your meeting
with Alicia?

He thinks I know of
an agreement between

Ben Matthews and Alicia.

He beat me to
find out what I know.

-But I know nothing.
-Nothing?

No, señor,
I do not know
of an agreement.

But I fear for Alicia.

I saw Dona Vega in town
earlier this evening.

Alicia is alone
at the hacienda.

Will Matthews may go there
to find out from her.

You stay here and
lock the door.

Mama?
You return so soon?

Will Matthews.
You get out of here.

Get out of my house!

Now, you don't
have to scream, honey.

I just want to talk to ya.

And there's no use
in you hollerin'.

I saw your ma
down in Ben's office.

You and I
are all alone.

My, you sure look pretty
sloshing around in that water.

Please go,
Mr. Matthews. Please.

You don't want me
to leave, honey.

You were awfully sweet
on Jim.

Now it's my turn.

He weren't half
the man I am.

SeñorMatthews,

I think it would be better
if you stay in there.

And I will dry myself
and be out in a moment.

Por favor.

Will, carido.
Close the door.

Ah, come on.

You don't think
a little thing like this

is gonna stop me, do ya?

Señor!

All right.

Everything's gonna be
all right now.

Sí,I am so grateful, señor.

Gracia.

Maria Alicia.

Señor.

You will do us
the favor of leaving.

-You don't understand.
-I understand.

You will please leave.
Now.

Mama, please.

It is not
as it looks.

Señor,you willplease leave.

Gracias, seño.

Look at you.
You're naked.

Have you no shame?

I've done nothing wrong.

You're here like this
with the Americano.

You are worse than
the girls in the cantina.

Even you cannot
talk to me like that.

I will talk to you
however I please.

You have brought enough
scandal on this family

by marrying Manuel,
a murderer.

Even the peons in Tularosa

are whispering about
the de la Vegas.

If you had
listened to me,

you would have married
Ben Matthews,

and we would have
our land back.

Manuel is not a murderer.

He was jealous.

Was it not you who had the
meeting with Jim Matthews

in the stable that night?

No, I-- I did not meet
Jim Matthews.

I have done nothing by choice
with Jim Matthews,

he threatened me
if I would not meet him.

It does not matter why.

And now you would do well

to have no more to do with
this judge.

But I must help Manuel.

You cannot help
Manuel now.

We have lost
enough stature.

We must lose no more.

Ben Matthews says
he changed his mind.

He says there ain't
gonna be no trial.

Well, he's wrong.

Well, that's funny.

Said the same thing
about you.

Matthews doesn't
know it yet, Reb,

but he can't win.

And Matthews says it's come to
a showdown between him and you.

Now,
he'll see you dead--

He's through getting
what he wants.

He'll get what he wants,
it's not just talk.

Hired the best gun around
to shoot you down.

Who's that?

Me.

Sheriff.

Sheriff, I want to set
the trial date.

10:00 tomorrow morning.

Trial date?

You sure got a lot of
mule in you.

You come a long way
just to get sent back
in a box.

We'll need a courtroom.

Courtroom?

Oh, any room big enough
that'll hold everyone.

Well, I guess the cantina's
about the only place
big enough for that.

It'll do. And I want you to
subpoena these witnesses.

That's quite a list.

Oh. And round up
a panel of men

so we can select a jury.

Sure.

Just like that.

Well...

Where are the jurors?

Well, judge, uh,
your honor,

I had a
little trouble.

You said a juror could have
no opinion in the case.

Tell the truth,
I couldn't find 12 men

who'd buck Ben Matthews
out in the open

after he said
there wasn't gonna be no trial.

Even the townspeople
were afraid to come.

Well, there's a
territorial statute

covering extreme
situations.

I'd say this is
extreme enough.

Now, you'll swear
the witnesses in.

They'll raise
their right hand,

place the other
on the Bible,

you read what's
written here,

and they'll say
"I do."

Yes, your honor.

Judge, one of your
subpoenaed witnesses
are here.

Guess there ain't
nobody else comin'.

The Territorial Court
of New Mexico
is now in session.

We're here to try the case
of Manuel Alvarez,

who is accused of the murder
of one James Matthews

on the night of July 27th.

Now, we're gonna hear
all the evidence for and
against the prisoner.

If he's guilty,

he'll hang by the neck
until dead.

If he's innocent,
he'll go free.

Manuel Alvarez.

How do you plead,
guilty or not guilty?

SeñorJudge,
I have said it before,

I did not do
this thing.

Alvarez, we've been unable
to find 12 men

with no opinion on this case.

Now, under the law,
we can proceed without a jury,

but as the accused,
it's your decision.

SeñorJudge, please.

I would like to act
as advisor for Manuel.
It is possible?

Well, there's an
amicus curiaestatute
on the books.

That means
friend of the court.

Do you think you qualify?

Sí.I think I do.

Well, if it's agreeable
with the defendant,

the court sees no objection.

Muchas gracias.

SeñorJudge,we trust you.

We do not want
the jury.

The arresting officer
will be the first witness.

Now, raise your right hand
and put the other on the Bible.

Do you solemnly swear
to tell the truth,

the whole truth and
nothing but the truth,

so help you God?

-I do.
-Be seated.

Now, tell us what happened
on the night of July 27th.

Judge, uh, first I heard,

this Vega ranch hand comes
rushin' into the office

in the middle of the night
yellin' his head off

that there was a dead body
in the stables.

I hightailed it
out to the hacienda, and...

there was Jim Matthews
growin' cold awful fast.

Been shot with a .45
real close up.

You questioned
everyone?

Well, none of
the ranch hands
saw anything.

Señora Vega and her daughter
were still shakin' like jelly

claimin' they
didn't see nothin'.

Alvarez's gun was
next to the body.

I protest!

How does Señor Millard know
that it is the gun of Manuel?

Alvarez said so himself.

It was full of
empty shells.

Found Alvarez at the store.

He said he'd
been there all night,

but he didn't have
no witnesses to prove it.

Looked like an open
and shut case to me,

so I-- I locked him up.

How much time elapsed from
the time of the shooting

to the time you
arrested Alvarez?

Enough time for him to
beat me back to the store.

I didn't ask you that.
How much time,

one hour, two hours,
three hours?

One hour.
Less than two, I guess.

-That'll be all, sheriff.
-Yes, your honor.

Uh, SeñorJudge.
Please.

May I ask the sheriff
a question?

Now, sheriff,

did anyone tell you
to arrest Manuel?

Don't let that
defense attorney stuff
go to your head.

-Did they?
-Nobody tells me what to do.

Did anyone suggest it
to you, then?

Well, a lot of people
suggested it.

Was SeñorBen Matthews
one of them?

Was he?

Well, sheriff?

Well, yeah,
I guess he was at that.

Thank you,
señorsheriff.

Gracias.

Oh, sheriff.

You're still bailiff
of the court.

Yes, your honor.

All right,
next witness.

Oh, sí,
I was there,

but outside the stable,
I did not go in.

Did you see
anyone else go in?

Sí.

Can you identify
that person?

But of course.

It is SeñorBen Matthews.

What are you
talkin' about?

I was nowhere near
the Vega place.

I'll have order
in the court.

You're excused.

Now it's your turn,
Mr. Matthews.

You are delaying us,
Mr. Matthews.

Raise your
right hand.

You swear to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth,

-so help you God?
-I do.

I don't know
what I'm doing on
the witness chair.

I can't help you any.

You must have some evidence
you're so certain

the defendant is guilty.

All I know is
my brother's dead

and Alvarez killed him.

Do you have proof?

I don't need proof.

Just before Jim died,
he told me...

Go on.

Alvarez found out about him
and Maria Alicia.

Threatened to kill him
if he did--

That's a lie.

I never knew anything.

I never
threatened anyone.

-That's enough.

The defendant
will sit down.

Go on.

Well, that's about all.

Jim said Alvarez found out
and said he would kill him

if he didn't stay away
from his wife.

Now, we've just had a witness

who said that you were at
the scene of the crime.

Ortega's lying
to save Alvarez.

And what about you,
Mr. Matthews?

Perjury is
a serious crime.

You and your
fancy law books.

You hold your trial
and go on your way.

And I gotta keep the law
just like I've been doin'
for the past 20 years.

What do you think
there'd be here without me?

You think there'd be
a town here?

You think there'd be
a territory

without men like me?

You could never know
what it took to take
this wasted land,

and make it into
good cattle country.

Nursing my herd,

fighting blizzards,
rustlers.

The sun
peeling off your flesh
in the summer.

Never enough water.

You don't know.

Nobody knows how much of me
I got in this land.

No one denies that,
Matthews.

But the day of
one-man rule is through.

It's time for the law
to move in,

and everybody'll be
better off.

You're excused.

I would like to call
Dona de la Vega

to the witness stand.

Raise your right hand.

You swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

Sí,I do.

Take the stand.

Dona Vega,

I've been doing some reading
on the Vega family.

You have much
to be proud of.

My family received
the first land grant

from King Philip of Spain
in the year 1704.

Over 100,000 acres.

Land meant
a great deal to you.

The Vega land
meant everything.

We are a proud family,
Judge Stone.

It would mean much to you
to have it back again.

I dream of it.

Once, that dream
could have been true.

How is that possible?

Does not matter now,
it is too late.

Tell us anyway.

Ben Matthews
was so in love with
my beautiful Maria Alicia.

She could have married him
any time she wanted.

It would have meant
the return of the Vegas
to grandeur.

Instead, she married
this storekeeper.

You have no love
for Manuel Alvarez.

Isn't that true?

I have no love for him.

If Alvarez is hung,

your daughter would be free
to marry Ben Matthews,

and the Vega land
would be yours again.

Isn't that the agreement
you made with Ben Matthews?

The thought of all that land
burned in your mind,

and you saw your chance
to get it back.

It is my land.

And so you killed for it.

You killed
Jim Matthews,

and tried to
place the blame
on Manuel Alvarez.

Didn't you?

There's only one thing
worse than murder,

letting someone else
be punished for it.

Señora,
this is terrible thing,

say so.
Say it!

Sí.

-I did this terrible thing.
-No.

It is right for my Alicia
to get rid of this storekeeper.

It is right for the Vegas
to have their land back.

It is our land.

I was promised my land.

Mamasita.

-Mamasita.

Discharge
Manuel Alvarez.

He's free to go now.

Place Dona Vega
in custody,

and arrest
Ben Matthews

for perjury,
withholding evidence,

and tampering with
a federal trial.

Arrest Ben Matthews?
He'd never come.

SeñorJudg.

Please.
You will need some help.

We would like
to help you.

Thanks, Ortega.

But that's
supposed to be our job.

We get paid for it.

It's loaded.

You two
stay out of this.

Got about 10 seconds.

Matthews.

This don't concern you.

That's what I
used to think.

But the judge here has
kind of changed my mind.

You picked the wrong time
to get brave.

Don't try me.

I don't have to.
Tell him, Reb.

He's dead.

The sheriff was
a good man.

All this doesn't
make you feel as tall

as you thought it would,
does it?

No.

No, it don't, it--

It sure don't.

So long and
thanks again.

Hold on.

I, uh--

I figure you need somebody
to keep you alive.

Well,
for a grown man,

you sure need a lot of
taking care of.