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Start countin', Joe.

One, two, three..

...17, 18, 19, 20.

Now, what was all that about?

The prisoners.

Ketchum sure takes care of his own.

From the way he handled this, smartly too.

I'll go and form a posse.

Ah, that's just what he's figurin' we'll do.

No, we'll ride out on that stagecoach

that leaves here before noon.

With what it's carrying, I'd say he plans to grab it

before the day's through.

Look. Hey, sheriff.

Hey, sheriff.

(Jim) Up the road.

What do we do?

Tell Zeb to pull up. But keep a sharp eye.

Pull up, Zeb.

What is your name?

I'll ask the questions.

You and Jim go up on that rock and see what's around.

Jim.

Expecting trouble, sheriff?

No, already living with it.

And you?

My, uh, horse stepped in a gopher hole.

I had to shoot him.

'Your saddle?'

It's over there in the rocks.

You haven't got something to drink, have you?

There's a canteen inside. Help yourself.

All clear.

Leave Jim to watch things and come back down.

Feelin' better?

- Much obliged. - Enough to tell me who you are?

Name's Johnny.

And it ends there?

Somewhere around there.

It's all you need to fetch me, sheriff.

Notched butt.

'That's not usual.'

Saves time. I know just where to put my hand.

Hmph. Have all the answers for a young one, don't you?

Young?

A man's as old as the speed of his gun, sheriff.

You ought to know that.

Am I gonna get that ride?

Go get your gear.

Is he tied in with Ketchum?

I don't know.

What is his story?

A lame horse he had to shoot.

You believe it?

Let's just say that, I accept it for now.

Does he have a name?

Huh, name's Johnny.

Just Johnny?

There's more, but he's not in the mood for telling.

Seems to me you take everything he gives plenty lightly.

That's just what I want him to believe.

Now, look, he's a stranger

that showed up at a questionable time.

That's all I know for sure right now.

And that's all you know too.

So don't get all fired up about that Ketchum reward money.

Now go bring Jim down.

- Where you want this, sheriff? - Put it inside.

Hey, I heard down in El Paso

that two of Ace Ketchum's gang were locked up down here.

Is that right, sheriff?

It appears a long way to ride just checkin' out some gossip.

- Gossip? - That's right.

You see Ketchum busted them out of jail this morning.

But of course, you would not know

anything about that, would you?

No, I wouldn't.

That's why we're takin' no chances

with what Wells Fargo has ridin' in this stage.

No chances with no one.

Now take your gun, Johnny.

'It's the fare to border city.'

Just for the record, my name's Litton.

My deputy Mace Fenton. Come on, Jim.

Alright, let's roll.

I hear you do not have a last name.

That's right.

Never before have I heard of a man

who does not have a last name.

Well, you've heard of one now.

Come on, you must have a last name.

I got a half a dozen of 'em, mister. Take your pick.

I'll tell you when.

Now.

Let's go.

Keep him in your sights until we know where he stands.

Zeb had it. He never knew what hit him.

I'm declaring you in.

Thanks, sheriff.

- That Ketchum's gang, sheriff? - It sure is.

Spread out.

Which one's Ketchum?

Might be him on that pinto.

- How bad is it, Jim? - I think it's broken.

Right.

Johnny, hand me those spokes.

There's a big spread about four or fives miles down the road.

Go bring back some help.

What about our new friend?

I'll still be here.

What's botherin' him? The weight of his badge?

Nope.

Just havin' a Texas father and a Mexican mother.

Neither side really cottons to him.

I bet that's the first time Ketchum's turned tail

since he rode into this territory.

You helped do it, Johnny.

We'll have some help for you in a little while, Jim.

Just what does it take to satisfy you?

Not too much.

Well, let's see, the first thing you asked back down the road

was about Ketchum's men.

Then, the way you threw yourself into this fight..

Well, it's more than the reward money, anyone can see that.

Why do you want him dead, Johnny?

Look, sheriff, I've got no answers, huh

just, uh, questions.

Now, what's the chance of me getting a pony in town, huh?

You've earned one, free, from me.

Well, thanks, sheriff.

Others have tried to cross the Rio Grande and nail him.

They've planted six feet down in Mexican soil.

I'm not others, sheriff.

Hey, where do you suppose he's holed up?

I have no idea.

Being brave is one thing, foolish another.

Goin' down after Ketchum alone is nothing

but an invitation to a killing.

As long as it's his as well as mine

I couldn't care less.

You sure have a lot of hate stored up in you, son.

Enough, sheriff.

Need I say more?

No, Johnny.

You've said it all.

Bandidos. Bandidos. Take cover.

Come on.

What about the cattle, Don Pedro?

They will stop running when they reach the creek.

- Any of our workman hurt? - No,senor.

- See to the others. -Si, senor.

I'm in your debt,senor.

Pedro de Fortuna.

Is there anything I can do to show my gratitude?

You owe me nothing. My reason for joinin' in was personal.

But you are a stranger, I don't understand.

It doesn't matter. It's all over.

Come on.

What happened, Don Pedro?

See to the others over there.

It's alright.

There's nothing broken.

Never thought a Ketchum bullet would hit me first.

Ketchum? The American?

It is not he who bothers us.

They are the bandidos, that pig of Morales.

Bandidos. Oh, no.

That just makes my day complete.

But you are bleeding,senor.

It would be a mistake trying to ride out of here now.

I'm getting used to mistakes.

My life has been full of 'em.

Help him.

Go.

They are coming. Someone is hurt.

What has happened?

He's hurt. Take him upstairs.

- Get some bandage. -Si, senor.

Ten hours you're sitting here waiting for him to return.

And when he does, should he first see

the ugly face of a headvaquerolike you?

Go away, Esteban. This is woman's work.

A woman?

Ah, you are still a child.

Look at the young men as I pass by then, remind me again.

It's your father's fault the way you are.

I shall talk to him, Pilar.

And like always, he won't listen.

You. Come here.

Come here.

You are real, huh?

Yes, you see?

Hmm, I thought I was havin' a dream or somethin'.

Seems to be the only time I see anything comforting.

Wh-where am I anyway? How long have I been here?

Not too long. You are in Don Fortuna's house.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, now I remember.

Is there anything I can get you?

Some water maybe. My throat's as dry as a sand dune.

Thanks.

You can get back to your chores now. I'll be alright.

Chores?

Oh, I-I have orders to stay with you.

Oh. Alright.

What's your name?

Pilar. And you?

'No one seems to know.'

Johnny.

Buenas noches,Johnny.

Buenas nochesto you too.

Now, uh, I tell you, if you're here to serve.

Lend me a hand and get me up out of here.

No. You lost too much blood. You must lie still.

Oh, wait a minute, you don't understand.

See, I-I got some business to attend to.

Oh, please,senor.

Now, wait a minute.

If you're not gonna help, don't hinder, huh?

- Now get me out of here. - But I have my orders.

I don't care about your orders.

You'll stay in bed. Oh.

'Please,senor,lie down.'

Stay in bed. Oh. Oh.

What method is this to care for the sick?

I was only trying to keep him from gettin' up, papa.

Papa? She belong to you?

She's my daughter.

Now, why didn't you tell me?

I'm sorry. I was only trying to make a little joke.

'I meant no harm.'

I will explain, papa.

Come.

You stay in bed and rest now?

The way you pinned me back, I'm easily convinced.

Then you are not angry?

Come, he needs his rest.

Again.

Now, you push harder, and your hand up.

Alright.

Now against my hand.

Had enough?

Keep pushing, friend.

I got things to do. I've got to get this arm healed.

Uh-huh. You live with pain well.

I've had a lot of practice.

You really think this is gonna help, huh?

It will keep your shoulder from becoming..

...stiff.

It is very important.

Alright. Now..

Let's quit for a while, huh?

Don't go away, I'll be right back.

- How is your arm, Johnny? - Comin' along.

You, uh, sure handle that horse well.

Finally, a compliment. Thank you.

I guess I'm not much at saying nice things, am I?

Well, in the four days you've been here

it has been, hello

goodbye, and little else.

Just never been much of a talker.

You have a girl somewhere?

A girl?

No.

There must have been a girl sometime.

No, uh, not really.

Women just, uh, just aren't a part of my life.

As a matter of fact, I, uh..

I think I've spent more time with you than anyone else.

Well, this is an afternoon for confessions.

Confessions?

Is, uh, this another one of your little jokes?

There is so much you don't like.

Isn't there, Johnny?

I can see it in your eyes.

You don't laugh like other men.

Johnny, have you ever had a good friend?

Yeah, sure.

There've been some who've helped me along the way.

But anyone you can really trust?

Anyone you can tell all that rages inside you?

Have you ever had a friend like that?

I'm afraid I can't afford that luxury.

How do you know?

Johnny, let me be your good friend.

Why? Why you?

When I was a girl

this ranch, my father

Esteban and Maria

they were enough.

But now I am a woman.

Somehow I think of that more since you arrived.

Johnny, let me be your good friend.

Everything is so, uh..

so simple to you, isn't it?

'I wish it were for me too, but..'

'...I don't know.'

I just don't know.

It would to very hard for me to

to tell you what's

what's eating me up inside.

And even if..

Even if I could tell you

I-I just don't know where to begin.

But you will try, Johnny.

That is all I ask.

You will really try?

I'll try.

Now, I must dress for dinner.

Esteben, where is Maria?

She's waiting in the house.

Senor..

Pilar is not only a daughter of ourhidalgo

but she is like another daughter

to every family in thishacienda.

Why are you telling me that now?

Perhaps now is the time to say it.

Perhaps because

despite her protests, she is very young.

You have nothing to worry about,amigo.

I haven't been young in a long time.

On your feet.

He has nothin'.

You are clever,hombre.

I too would hide my money at night.

But now, you tell us where it is and we let you ride.

You tell Juan Morales I want to talk with him.

Juan Morales, eh?

You ask an awful lot,amigo.

You are a stupid to cross

Morales' territory with no money.

And you are loco.

You think I light a fire

have no gun in my hand

unless I want to be found?

- Wait a minute. - Hold.

You kill me..

and that is a share of $10,000

that Morales will never see.

Ten thousand dollars?

Yes. Maybe more.

Have you no courtesy for ouramigo?

Treating him like this. Put that knife away.

If you say this just to save your life

you'll die anyway.

By the rawhide.

And I think you carry enough of our blood

to know what that means.

What name shall I give Juan Morales?

I will give it to him myself when I meet with him.

Then, you tell me.

I am Juan Morales.

So let me see, this makes the fifth time

you are wearing a dress this time in the morning.

And why not, Maria?

You've been telling me for years

that a lady wears dresses at all times.

If you don't sit quiet, we shall never finish your hair.

I feel so good.

How do I look?

The way you should. Beautiful.

Dona Pilar.

Alright, Sarita. But hurry up.

You've been at it for hours now.

It has been perfect ten times already.

If Dona Pilar will only make up her mind.

I will see to it, Sarita. You have other chores.

Si, senora.

Gracias.

Oh, Maria

is it wrong to feel the way I do?

To be happy is never wrong.

Is that what happened when you first saw Esteban?

It still happen when we look at each other.

He feels the same way I do.

You believe that, don't you?

I believe what you want me to, Pilar, but be careful.

Those men from the north are different than ours.

Their hearts do not always lead them.

His heart will lead him. I will see to that.

This man, Ketchum keeps himself and his men in the mountains.

As I told you, he never bothers us. Never.

He raids up north though, doesn't he?

Steals. Murders.

This is a large country, Johnny.

We are far from the law in Mexico City.

Our hands are full defending our land

against those who attack and bleed us.

Morales, huh?

And over a hundred bandidos that follow him.

No. Ketchum means nothing to us.

Well, he means everything to me.

Then, some of myvaqueroswill accompany you when you ride.

The mountain trails are dangerous.

The mountains?

Six days is not enough to heal that arm.

Oh, I feel fine, Pilar.

The arm healed well in a week.

You lost so much blood.

Pilar, I must go.

Papa, stop him.

Johnny must do what he feels,querida.

Don Pedro, Esteban wishes to see you immediately

in the east courtyard.

You will excuse me?

Johnny..

You are not fit to ride.

Besides, those mountains are full of Morales' men.

Why must you ride there?

I've told you before, Pilar..

...there's something that I've got to get done.

Even if it hurts a friend?

Now look

you had better get something through your head.

Right now, I-I'm not good for anybody, I'm not good for you

I'm not good for me, nobody, do you understand?

I-I got to get something out of my system

that's been driving me for a long time, alright?

Johnny, why is this Ketchum

thisAmericanobandito so important to you?

What has he done that make you hate him for so long?

He killed your father?

No.

My mother.

Oh, Johnny.

They are there, on that crest, Don Pedro.

I have sent some riders out

but every time they fade into nothing.

And then they are back.

Morales would never dare attack thehacienda.

We are very well-fortified here.

But yet they watch.

How long has this been noticed?

The last few days.

I saw no reason to disturb you at first.

They have done it before, as you know.

But never three straight days like this.

Who can tell how Morales thinks?

Have extra arms given to the men

when they are working in the fields.

And make certain the signal fires are well-tended

should we need thevaqueros.

Give some arms to the men who leave thehacienda.

[instrumental music]

Papa, I must talk to you.

Alright, I am listening.

Not here. Inside.

Now, tell me

why are you so disturbed?

It is because of Johnny?

The American outlaw Ketchum

killed Johnny's mother.

That's what's driving him.

Papa, stop him.

He'll be killed.

I know something of the ways of men, Pilar.

If you try to stop him

his hate for Ketchum may turn on you.

If I try to stop him

he will not listen.

But you must do something.

Papa, I love him.

Then, Johnny must do something.

He must decide to live for love

or possibly die for hate.

I am sorry, Pilar.

But that is the way of men.

He is still there in thehacienda.

So nothing can change your mind?

She was very beautiful, wasn't she?

My father loved her very much.

He still misses her.

It's easy to understand.

Your father's a fine man.

Yes, he is.

But even he knew how to hate.

My mother died when I was born.

I never knew her.

But I knew my father's hate until I was seven.

He blamed me.

Maria and Esteban used to rock me to sleep

or calm my fear when I was lonely or frightened.

But, Johnny, they were more frightened

of what was happening to papa

with only hate inside of him.

I almost died when I was seven.

That's when papa realized that love is stronger than hate.

I wouldn't know about that.

Of course.

You warned me, didn't you?

That there is nothing inside you but hate.

The wish to kill or be killed.

Alright. Go then.

And know this anger I feel is not against you

but against me for being so stupid as to think

I came to love you the way you are.

Everything is ready. This is Joaquin.

Senor.

He and the men you ride with

have hunted the mountains

before Ketchum was there.

They know it well.

Good.

Take care,amigo,huh?

I intend to.

Don Pedro

I just don't know how to thank you.

By keeping a happy thought of us

and never returning.

That is the way it must be, Johnny, because of Pilar.

I understand.

Thank you, Johnny, for making it easier.

God be with you.

Will he be back, Maria?

If it is meant to be, dear.

Look.

- Joaquin. -Senor?

What are they doin' up there?

This little canyon divides the forest

from which we get our firewood.

The wagons get up there by a back road.

There it is, senor.

Three, four hour ride to the base of the mountain

where Ketchum is.

And between Ketchum and us

Morales.

And you say a few men on most of the narrow trails

could keep an army out?

Well, Ketchum's bound to have men posted.

Look, this fight isn't yours.

I'll take it from here alone.

You don't understand,senor.

Any quarrel of a friend of our patron's

is a quarrel of ours.

No matter why.

It may get rough.

It doesn't make any difference,senor.

But first, we cross Morales' country.

The land is difficult.

He and hisbandidos� keep well hidden.

Unless they have other things in their mind.

Amigo..

...this deal we make

you keep it in mind, no?

I will keep it in mind, Morales.

You see, I have $10,000 in mind.

You just make sure that you are around when I need you.

How do you like that, Fuentes?

Make sure we are around.

Amigo,enough of your mother's blood

flows in you to trust us.

Just enough, so that I don't know

which side of the border I belong.

But one thing can change all this. Money.

The kind we all get when I take Ketchum North.

Just mark the mountain trail well,amigo.

'The notch on your horse's shoe will make it easy.'

Morales will take care of the rest.

Alright, it is time.

Can that one be trusted?

If he speaks the truth

about thisgringo muchacho

the right trail will be marked.

He is only hungry for the money.

But I want Ketchum for a different reason.

He double-crossed me one time

and no one does that to Morales.

Well, I guess it was a good thing

I was sitting on your trail,amigo.

I guess so. Thanks.

Now, tell me why you did it.

Well, let us say I

I had a talk with the sheriff

after you pulled out.

Look, uh, you need Ketchum.

Why? That is your business.

Me, I have very good use for the 10,000

that come with his head.

And anyway I figure you could always use

a second pair of steady hands

in thisbandidocountry trying to find him.

I'm afraid that won't sell, Fenton.

No?

Maybe this will.

At North of the border, I am Mexican.

South of the border, I amgringo.

All my life it has been like this.

I have decided to change it.

To change it, I need money.

To get the money, I need Ketchum.

To get Ketchum, I need you.

If you were so hungry why didn't you come South before?

Alone?

Not even acoyotehit

a pack all by himself.

No, I needed a bloodhound to smell the way

and you have been sniffing Ketchum

from the first minute we met.

Alright, Fenton, you can have Ketchum

but only when I'm through with him.

I've waited too hard and too long.

Whatever you say,amigo� whatever you say.

'Senor.'

He will not be able to go further.

Well, we better send him back then.

Senor,you loosen that tourniquet now

about every 20 or 30 minutes, huh?

Si, senor.

And, uh, take Jose back with you.

Oh, wait a minute. I forgot about Morales.

'We have no choice,senor.'

The bullet is lodged deep and it must come out.

And we must keep moving.

The sooner we reach the mountains

the sooner we won't worry about Morales.

Round up the horses.

It is done. Thegringos� accepted him.Vamonos.

That's the trail up.

The others cut circles to nowhere.

- Let's go. - Hold on.

Let's hear what our guide says.

It could be any easy trap,senor.

One mile up is Boulder Country.

'No trees for cover.'

I'll tell you, we'll hide the horses in the bush.

If they do have guards posted..

...it'll be easier to get them on foot.

Without horses we don't stand a chance.

What's the matter, Fenton?

Isn't that Ketchum reward money shining bright enough for you?

Sure, it is.

But I would like to be around to spend it.

If our horses stray in the dark, how do we get out of here?

We'll just have to meet that problem when we get to it.

Now, if you're comin', step down.

'If you're not, ride out.'

You know that..

That is not a very nice way

to talk to me,amigo.

Get something through your head, Fenton.

I'm not too sure about what happened back there

scaring thosebandidos� away by yourself.

But I tell you something, one thing I am sure of.

I don't want you behind me anymore.

Senores..

'...it's foolish to fight amongst ourselves.'

Alright, we'll move out now.

'If there are guards, we'll jump 'em at sunup.'

And you'll lead the way.

Get rid of the horses, Joaquin.

Go on. Go on.

And, Fenton..

...you step sideways just once and so help me, I'll kill you.

Now move out.

They are not here,senor.

This is strange.

They have been gone since early this morning.

Yes, ever since the youngsenorrode out.

Papa, I am worried.

It'll be dark shortly.

But we will ride early in the mornin'.

Well, there's one we don't have to worry about.

Fenton, where were you when the brains were handed out?

That shot's gonna be heard all aver these m..

Get him out of here.

Hold it. Right there.

Don't. That'd be the last thing you ever tried, mister.

Now drop your gun belts, all of you.

Now.

I can tell you right now, kid..

...it'll take more than the three of you

to rust us off this mountain.

Joaquin, get their rifles.

Keep them covered.

Come on down, Fenton.

Where's Ketchum?

Where he usually is.

Up on top. You planning on a visit?

Better step down, all of you.

What are you figurin' on?

Maybe you didn't hear me, I said step down.

You heard the man.

You're fast, kid.

'First time Reb's ever been stopped.'

Been practicing a long time.

That shot is not going to help either,amigo.

The damage was already done.

Joaquin, get the horses.

You do that, kid. You wouldn't get a half mile up the trail.

He's right.

'Now the whole mountain will be waiting.'

You tell Ketchum that somebody down here wants to see him.

Someone wants to see him, just like that, huh?

Just like that.

He'll get the message.

Now get goin'.

And fast.

I can stake out over there and Joaquin over there.

A little more insurance, huh?

If a man has to die what difference

where the bullet hits him?

Fenton..

...when you're gunning for a man

he deserves to die from the front

and close enough to know the reason why.

Have it your way.

But if you don't get him, I will.

Remember, I have a stake riding too.

If I don't get him, I won't be around

to worry about what you do.

So you're Johnny, huh?

That's right.

Well, you look young enough.

but at the same time you look too old to be my son.

It's a little late to start figurin' yourself

as a father, isn't it?

- Now look, kid-- - 'That's far enough.'

Oh, that's the way it is, huh?

That's the way it is.

Now, draw.

Draw.

Now, take it easy, kid.

Can't we just sit down and talk this over?

'I've got lots to tell you.'

Maybe someone already told you how fast I am.

Couldn't be that the great Ace Ketchum's

afraid of a kid he left behind, huh?

'Whose mother died hungry long before her time.'

You got it all wrong, kid.

'Well, one thing I got right.'

I'm gonna kill you one way or the other.

Now, draw.

You're stepping pretty hard, Johnny.

Hard enough?

Well?

Not against my own son.

Bring the horses. Bring the horses.

You keep thegringohere until we get back.Vamonos.

We finally have Ketchum out of the mountains in daylight.

If he lives, we will have him and his young one

and this time, we will settle with Fortuna too.

I'll round up the rest of our men.

But first we have some fun, eh?

Let's go.

I had him in the palm of my hand.

And you, you could not wait.

I thought you'd lost the trail.

No, but that part that isgringomade you too greedy.

I was only trying to get him for both of us.

Agringohas only one chance with Morales and you rawhide.

Stop. No,amigo.

You would like to cheat the rawhide.

Take him away.

No hurry for prayers,gringo.� Maybe one hour, maybe two.

Maybe more, maybe less.

Pray in your mother's tongue for the sun

to be real hot,gringo.

Maybe it tighten the rawhide quicker.

Adios, gringo.

How is he?

We have done the best we can.

He has lost much blood.

My wife and the youngsenorita

will sit with him should he awake.

Will he make it?

It's in the hands of God.

You know, I've ridden with Ketchum for almost ten years.

He never one once mentioned he had a son.

Strange that they meet this way.

Over guns?

I tell you, if I live to be a hundred

I'll never forget those two today.

One, trying to make himself kill

the other trying to keep himself from doing it.

And I can't rightly figure who would've come out on top.

Those two carry the fastest guns I ever saw.

It is too bad there will be only one of them we can use

when daylight comes.

Morales, eh?

Without doubt.

His eyes have always been on thishacienda.

And now, we have taken a prize under his very nose.

Huh, he must save face.

That's all I could think of, so I practiced.

I practiced and I practiced.

I waited all these years for that one moment.

When it finally came..

...I just couldn't do it.

Perhaps, sometimes it takes more strength

not to kill, than to kill.

Don Pedro, I want you to know

that I really am sorry about what happened

to Joaquin and the others.

If it hadn't been for them I, I wouldn't have come back.

I know you didn't want me to.

You also know the reason why, Johnny.

There was a bad way about you which I did not understand.

Now I do.

A man can live with hate, for someday it might wash.

But how can a man live for the rest of his life

knowing he has killed his closest bloodline.

It is not possible.

All I know is..

...that I went through life with only one purpose in mind.

You know, even as a kid, I

I ridged this gun so my hand could fit around it.

Doesn't make sense to me.

How can a man, a man go through his life

with one purpose and then

just change it all in one day?

A day?

It can be a minute.

It's happened to me.

Hate or love, that's the difference between men.

Animals like Morales, they know neither, only destruction.

Everything will be ready now.

The powder kegs?

They have been buried a long time ago

but we have checked them for dryness.

'The powder trains are being poured now.'

- 'Good.' - 'Morales will be surprised.'

I sure don't like all these women

and children bein' around here.

But what else can we do?

Well, for one thing I can get Ketchum out of here.

Never.

Thishaciendawill surrender no one

to the likes of a Morales.

Even a gunman like Ketchum.

And what kind of men would we be then?

No,amigo,no.

We will fight here with you at our side.

Don Pedro..

...how many men do you think you have here in all?

Fifty or so. Enough to put up a good fight at least.

Johnny.

Your father has been asking for you.

Johnny.

Be thankful that the bullet we took from your father

didn't come from your gun.

Well?

You don't make it easy on a man.

Did you make it easy on us 20 years ago?

What kind of a chance do you think you'd have had

'with a hunted gunfighter around, huh?'

And I tried..

I took you and your mother from place to place

but everywhere it was the same.

Always some young punk kid trying to build his name

by killing the great Ace Ketchum.

'So I did what I thought best and left you.'

Your mother told me to go.

'Did you know that?'

No, I didn't.

A man does what he has to do.

Your mother knew that when she married me.

'Oh, Johnny, that girl.'

She's quite a woman.

You could do worse than staying put here.

A gunman's life ain't the life to live

if you've got any choice.

Advice coming from you, that sounds pretty funny.

Besides, Morales will solve our problem for us by dawn.

We cornered?

You might say that.

We're just sittin' here waitin' for him to attack us.

I've always found that when I was cornered

it was better to attack first.

How? And with what?

Uh, just where do you think you're goin'?

I'm leavin'.

If I wasn't here, then Morales wouldn't be here either.

It's me he's after.

He thinks I once did him some harm.

I think you'd better lay back down there.

You'd be dead before you got a mile out of here

and Morales would still be back to raid thehacienda.

I'm not gonna die in bed if there's a good fight around.

Look, what good do you think you can do?

There's a hundred of them out there.

A Ketchum would find a way.

Johnny, send Pecos back up here with my clothes.

'There are the first of thebandidosalready'

'but they will not attack until dawn'

'when we are completely surrounded.'

Morales' men don't like the darkness for their battles.

Esteban, see that the men wet down the wood in that wagon

in case Morales tries to burn us out.

We'll use the weight of that wagon to support the gate

when they attack us.

Don Pedro, do you still have those other wagons

on the crest of that canyon near here?

Yes, but why do you ask?

Do you think you could sneak about a dozen or so men

out of here without Morales seeing 'em.

Yes, if we move quickly enough

before thebandidossurround us.

Then get 'em ready.

And load 'em with as many of those powder kegs

as you can spare.

Esteban, you take charge.

And make sure you place the men

on both sides of the canyon.

I still don't see how to get Morales into the canyon.

Let's just say a Ketchum found a way.

Now, Esteban, you know what to do, don't you?

Yes, and I hope it works.

It's got to, that's all.

Now, remember, be careful with those kegs.

One of you gets hit and the whole lot of you go sky high.

Alright, move out.

And then, it's up to us.

The boy knows what he's doing.

Well, we've got four or five hours till dawn.

- Why don't you get some sleep? - Oh, forget it.

Do you think we can make it?

Depends on Esteban.

If he gets through Morales, we stand a chance.

Otherwise..

...we should hear shooting any minute.

Let's go.

Johnny.

This is a dangerous thing you do.

I've got no choice, Pilar.

I just wish I didn't have to leave the rest of you here.

Especially if this little plan of ours fails.

Don't worry. All Fortunas shoot straight.

Well, let's get going, Johnny.

You know, you haven't got many men left

in case they attack thehacienda.

We will manage.

Good luck, Johnny.

'Open the gate.'

- The men are ready. - Good. We attack.

'They are leaving. They are leaving.'

Get the horses.Vamonos.� Get the horses.

'Don't stop.'

Get ready.

Now.

Go back. Go back. Vamonos. Vamonos.

Cut it. Cut it.

I suppose you'll be leaving here now?

What if, uh..

What if I decided to stay?

You'd be most welcome, Johnny.