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[ theme music playing ]

[ people chattering ]

You just gonna sit there looking in that glass all night?

You know how much Pa paid for that dried-up

piece of prairie we just sold?

Hmm. Hundred dollars, as I remember.

If somebody would've given him 1,500 for it

like they did me, he would've gone out and got a new bottle

and sat in on a poker game.

And he would've sat there till he fell over,

went broke, or owned this whole town.

You think this town's worth owning, Josh?

Oh, don't throw that money away tonight.

You hang on to it.

Buy yourself a ranch back up in Wyoming.

Make something of yourself.

It isn't in the cards, Josh. Not for a man with the name of Trampas.

Isn't that right?

Now, let me tell you something, boy.

Your pa was my own brother,

so I know what I'm talking about.

With all respect to the dead,

he turned out no good, just like me.

Now, there's nothing says that you've got to end up like your pa and I.

I don't happen to think that's so bad.Aw, look at me.

Just a broken-down lonely old drunk

with nothing to look back on but a lot of empty bottles

and bad cards.

You think I wouldn't give that up for a home and a family?

I'm taking 50, Josh. You hold on to the rest.

What for?

You're coming back to Wyoming with me.

I'm gonna buy that ranch, just like you said.

And, uh,

someday we'll both have a home and a family.

Well, I didn't ask--I know you didn't ask me.

But that's the way it's gonna be.

Either that or I take the whole 1,500 and put it in the game

instead of the 50.

Well?

No choice.

That's right.

We'll leave first thing in the morning.

Well, if you've no objections, I'll take this across to the express office

and tell Mr. Pierce to put it in the safe.

What's the matter? Don't you trust yourself?

It means too much to the both of us.

Good evening, Mr. Pierce.

Don't get excited, old man. Just keep quiet.

Now, get it open, and fast!

What's the matter?I don't know. I must have missed a number.

Get it right this time.

Empty your pockets.

Who, me?

Oh, I... I... Look at me.

I'm broke. Look.

See? Haven't got a cent.

Let's get out of here.

The safe.

Look at this.

Why, that old crook.

Come on.

Let go, man!

It don't belong to me! Give me that money![ shot fires ]

I saw them, Sheriff! It was Johnson and Wismer!

They're around back! Come on!

PIERCE: They have old Josh, Sheriff!

Josh!

Josh!

Get your horses. We're gonna need a posse.

Get a doctor, quick!

Never mind.

It's no use.

How much did they get?

Nothing. I couldn't get the safe open.

Why'd they kill old Josh?

He never had nothing his whole life to steal.

When are you ever gonna learn to knock?

Well, you got another letter from Medicine Bow.

You know, you'd think they'd give up writing after all this time.

You want to open it?

I know what it says.

I need some coffee.

Well, honey, all we've got here is whiskey.

[ coughs ]

You give up looking for them fellows?

You don't have to get mad at me.

It's just that you've been all over this country the last few weeks.

Not much point in going on, is there?

You got $10?What for?

I know where Wismer is.

Where is he?

You got the ten?Where is he?

[ laughs ] I asked you--

[ gasping ]

I said, where is he?He's at the fort.

Well, isn't that worth $10 to you?

Yeah, that's worth $10.

If I had $10.

You know you've got it. I seen you get it!

Have you got a patient named Wismer?Yeah.

I want to see him.You've got to have written permission from Maj. Herbert.

I want to see him.Look, I said you've got to have written permission.

How many men went in with you?

I told you, I wandered in by mistake.

...written permission from the post commander.

Now, back off.TRAMPAS: I'm not waiting any longer.

Lieutenant, do you think you could find out what that trouble is out there?

Certainly, sir.So you just back right out of here.

How many Indians did you see?

None.

The one that put the bullet in me got me from behind.

I'm not waiting any longer. Get out of the way.

Put that away, Corporal.Yes, sir.

Friend Trampas.

You are disturbing my superior superior officer.

Doc, I want to see Wismer.

Shh.

Corporal, be kind enough

to go into the infirmary

and represent the medical corps during the interrogation

of patient prisoner Wismer.

If I am needed, I'll be right here.

Yes, sir.

Friend Trampas, I told you

weeks ago that the only cure for your malady

is moderate but regular doses of alcohol, remember?

Doc, why didn't you tell me Wismer was here?

Well, you found out soon enough.

He's only been here a couple of hours.

I got to see Wismer, Doc.

To kill him? Hmm-hmm.

Not here.

Besides, he's half dead already.

What about the other one, Judson?

Who knows?

He does, and he'll tell me.

Shh. Little patience. Little patience.

Salud.

Go ahead. It'll make the wait a lot easier.

That where you keep your on-duty bottle, Lieutenant?

No excuse, sir.

Lieutenant, I'm giving you an order, and drunk or sober,

you better carry it out.Yes, sir.

I want you to have someone with the prisoner every minute of the day and night.

I want everything he says written down.

I don't care if he's conscious or delirious.

I want to know anything and everything he says. Clear?

Yes, sir. Clear.

What do you want?Permission to see Wismer.

Denied.Major, he murdered my--

I don't care what he did.

He's my prisoner.

The civil authorities will be welcome to him when we've finished.

Clear?[ door opens ]

Sir?Yes?

The prisoner wants to see you again.

And when he says "Clear"?

he means "Out!"

You should've played it dumb, Friend Trampas.

He sees you on the post again today,

and he'll have you run off and barred.

Now,

you want to see Wismer, you come back tomorrow.

I'll fix it.

Try and set it up for later today.

If I can.

If I can, I'll get word to you.

All right, Friend Trampas?

McGoff, Wismer wants to see you.

Why?

I'll have to ask him that, Major.

That's no answer.That's the only one I've got right now.

Mr. McGoff, Wismer just came out of Apache country.

We have a truce with those tribes that guarantees

no white man violate their territory.

Wismer did. I want to know how many went with him.

Ask him.

I did, but I think he's lying to me.

I'll let you see him... see him alone on one condition.

That I tell you what he tells me, right?

That's right.

And if you lie to me, McGoff,

the Army buys no more of your cattle.

The contract you have for freighting supplies to the fort

will be canceled, clear?

Oh, you have no need to threaten me, Major. You've got my cooperation.

Inside.

Outside, Corporal.Yes, sir.

Five minutes, McGoff.

That's all.

Thank you, Major.

You've got to get me out of here, Mike.That wouldn't be easy.

You've got to get me out or they're gonna hang me.

What made you fool enough to return to a town where you're wanted for a killing?

I had to.

You know where we've been?Across the river.

We went in there to hide.

But we found gold, Mike.

Not just a little color,

but a real strike.

I didn't plan to stay in town.

I just came in to give you a map...

so you could bring equipment and mules in to us.

Yeah, Judson's still in there.

Uh, where's the map?

You get me out of here, Mike.

Then you get the map.

I'll get you out of here, laddie buck.

Give the major something to think about meantime.

Make up something.

Um, tell him that you saw a lot of dust,

like a couple of hundred Indian on the move, huh?

Just enough to keep him happy.When, Mike?

As soon as I can find a way.

I'll get you out of here, laddie buck.

Don't you worry. I'll get you out of here.

Come on. Come on.

I think you've got yourself an admirer.

She's been asking a lot of questions about you today.

She give a reason?

No. But she pays well.

I'd better see what the lady wants.

I've been told you've been asking people about me.Yes.

Any particular reason?

I was interested.

Perhaps you'd do better by asking me.

Mind if I sit down?Yes, I do mind.

Well? What did she want?

She didn't say.

Alice, you know a man named McGoff?

[ groaning ]

[ footsteps ]

He doesn't seem delirious now.

He was when I came for you, sir.

Well, perhaps I'd better stay here.

Corporal, do you think you might be able to

rustle me up a cup of coffee?

Yes, sir.

[ snoring ]

No! No!

Don't turn around.

All right.

What do you want?

I want to have a little talk with you.

Someone ought to tell you what lobbies are for.

They're not for privacy.

Uh, talk about what?

Your friend Wismer.

You saw him today, didn't you?

He, uh...

He wanted me to get him a good lawyer.

Mm-hmm.

What do you got in your pocket?

What?

What have you got in your pocket?

Oh, some receipts.

Put those receipts on the table, Mike.

Anything you say.

Just removing temptation.

You play pretty rough, laddie buck.

It's the company I keep. Where'd you get the map?

Oh, I, uh... I got it from, uh...

from Jed Bower.

He's a trapper. I got it in trade for supplies.

You got it from Wismer.

Well, if... if it makes you happy to think so.

Well, if you didn't get it from Wismer,

then it can't help me, can it, Mike?

You get it out of there!

Thanks, Mike. Just what I thought.

All right.

That map will lead you straight to Judson.

But it'll take you right through the middle of Apache country.

And that's wolf country, even without them Apaches.

I know. I was in and out of there all the time before it was turned over to them.

What are you getting at?I'll go along with you.

Why?

Oh, now, listen, listen, listen.

They found gold, Wismer and Judson.

There's plenty of it. We could split it.

I could have it all.

No. No, no. You're after Judson.

With me along, you'd stand a better chance of getting through that country.

Now, that ought to be worth half a share.

Judson's a friend of yours.

When it comes to money, I don't have any friends.

No deal, Mike.

The truth is, laddie, that there ain't much you can do about it.

You see, when you ride out of here,

old Mike will be riding right behind you.

Now, I don't figure you the kind

that would shoot me out of the saddle for that,

so you're stuck with me.

And you know something else, laddie?

There's cavalry patrols up and down

this side of the river all the time.

There's only one place you can get across without being seen.

I know where it is.

You don't.

Reconsider, laddie.

Have we got a deal?

All right, Mike, we've got a deal.

Mr. Trampas--You'll have to excuse me, ma'am.

Mr. Trampas, please.Ma'am, I--

Mr. Trampas, Wismer was across the river in Apache country,

and that's where you're going, isn't it?

I want to go with you. I've $200 in silver.

Ma'am, I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm getting out of this town, all right.

I'm headed north, to Wyoming.

Shouldn't be another patrol along for 20 minutes.

I'm coming along, Mr. Trampas.

No, ma'am, you're not going.

If I scream, any one of a half-dozen patrols

will be here before you crossed the river.

She's right, laddie.

Mike,

did you have anything to do with this?

Oh, I don't know the lady at all,

I'm sorry to say.

TRAMPAS: You tell me why you want to go along.

There's no need for that.

We've got five minutes to cross that river and load ourselves

before another patrol comes by, or wait until tomorrow.

Get on your horse.

Not very long ago.

The horse that made these tracks was wearing shoes.

One man.

Headed the same way we are.

MAN: Bang!

Bang! Bang!

You're dead!

You're all dead!

Where... Where are your feathers, Friend Trampas?

All Indians wear feathers.

Or maybe you didn't think

you were supposed to be an Indian, huh?

He's drunk.

Never, madam.

Or squaw or whoever you may be.

Drinking, yes,

but drunk...

What are you doing out here?

Are you alone?

Well...

to answer your...

last question first, yes.

And your first question last...

What was that question?

I said, what are you doing out here?

Oh.

I am on a...

scientific expedition.

Out to see the Apache in his natural habitat.

Since there's no law against

offering Indians whiskey that are not really Indians,

[ chuckles ] how about some refreshment, huh?

[ laughing ]

[ sobbing ]

You got to go back, Doc.

You can't stay out here.

I can't take you back.

Get his horse.You're not gonna bring him along.

We're not gonna leave him here.

A man wants to kill himself,

you'd think he'd find an easier way to do it.

Come on, Doc.

Come on.

Doc!

Doc! Doc!

I told you I'd get the wood.

You run around outside of camp, you'll run into something you didn't bargain for.

I only want to help.Fine.

Then do as you're told and stay put.

Take the first watch.

I suppose it's all right if I eat while I'm doing it.

Help yourself.

I'm sorry I snapped at you. I didn't mean to.

Careful. It's hot.

It's my fault.

I wasn't thinking.

I don't understand.

What?

I said, I don't understand.

A lovely woman like you

out here in this...

Thank you.

I'm not very hard to understand.

It's not worth killing yourself for.

Are you asking me why I wanted to come with you?

It's not the gold.

What is it, then?

I have to find Paul Judson.

Why?

He's my husband.

[ animal calling ]

Mm.

No.

[ clattering, grunting ]

[ whooping ]

My horse. And her horse!

Why didn't you do something? Why didn't you shoot?

Mike! Take it easy!

That Apache will have a war party down on us!

We're moving out.

We'd be better off if that Apache'd killed him!

Get your gear together, Belden.

He's right.

You would've been better off if that Indian had killed me.

So would I.

Forget it.

Maybe I thought the...

the Apaches would do it for me.

I knew I didn't have the nerve.What are you talking about?

Death.

I just took a look at it, Trampas,

and I didn't want it.

Doc, you're not the first man that's ever been scared.

Maybe not,

but I was scared.

Even worse than I was after I killed Wismer.

Doc, you killed him?

With negligence.

Stupid negligence.

I was drunk that night.

Too drunk to know that a man needed my help.

Then when I found him dead, I...

I just couldn't stay to face a court martial,

so I... I ran.

What made you come to this country.

I don't know.

Maybe I thought that it was the easy way out.

I always take the easy way.

Come on, Doc.

Get your gear together.

We may not have much time.

With only four horses left now,

we're gonna have to leave most of our supplies here.

You won't be able to carry much gold

without that extra horse either, Mike.

Why don't you turn around and head back?

Take her with you.Oh, no thank you, laddie.

You see, the way I look at it, you've got a horse and Judson's got a horse,

and one of you are not gonna use it to come back.

If they're out there, I sure can't see them.

Oh, they're there, or they're not far behind us.

You can tear up that map now, laddie.

I know where Judson is now.

His wife tell you?No, no, no. She didn't have to.

If she knows. You see, it's the country.

I told you that I know my way around here.

It never even crossed my mind until this minute, but he has to be there.

Uh, any names written down on that map, laddie?

Uh, say, the name of the area where Judson is, maybe?

There's a name.Uh, Manitou?

Right?

Some big chief fell off this great, big red mountain

and broke his neck or something.

It's sacred ground to them Indians.

No Apache will go in there for nothing.

You gonna pull out, Mike, and go by yourself?Hey, we got a deal.

Besides,

you don't want to face Judson alone.

He might not be willing to give you that gold he's sitting on.

Yeah, that's part of it too, laddie.

How much longer?

I don't know. Maybe tomorrow.

We don't have much time for an understanding, do we?

What kind of an understanding would that be?

You want to kill him, don't you?

If I have to.

No. You want to kill him.

You could bring him back.

You don't take a man out of this country unless he wants you to.

Would you give him a chance? Let me talk to him?

Your being here hasn't changed a thing. Does that answer your question?

If I could talk to him, he'd come back.

I know.

There was a shooting.

Everybody turned on him

as if he were some kind of an animal.

They said he murdered a man, and I believe them.

He ran, and then we found out he hadn't done it at all.

It was a mistake.

There's no mistake about this.

How can you be so sure he's the right man?

It's no mistake.Is it your place to decide that?

At least give him a chance to face a judge and a jury.

Don't murder him.

He's the murderer, not me. Not me or the man he killed.

If it's tearing your conscience because you didn't stand by him, that's your problem.

He killed a man as close to me as my own father.

Please.

Maybe you've got nothing to worry about.

I hear he's pretty good with a gun.

All right, let's move out!

I thought I saw something move out there.So did I.

We're close to the Manitou now.

We can try and make a run for it,

or we can wait and see what happens.

They'll wait for the right time

and swarm down on us like wildcats.

How sure are you they won't follow us in there?

You couldn't drag an Indian inside the Manitou.

Well, let's make a run for it.

Let's go.

[ whooping ]

[ shots firing ]

Well, now, what did I tell you?

What did I tell you? They're scared. You see?

They won't follow us in here.

Ah, there it is. There it is.

Gay as all, with all its splendor.

Have a good look at it.It's a beautiful sight, Mike.

You won't need this in there, Mike.

I'll return it to you on the way back.

Oh, don't look surprised.

If you were in my boots...

Yes, I'd...

I'd do the self-same thing.

Mr. Trampas,

you'll find him tomorrow.If he's still here.

If I knew a way to stop you, I would.

You don't belong out here.

You should have a home and be settled.

And a family to look after.

And a husband to take care of you.

Instead of that, you're out in the middle of an Apache-infested desert

trying to throw your life away.

All because you had the bad luck to fall in love with a man that doesn't deserve you.

I'm not sure.

I'm not sure I ever loved him.

That's part of the reason I'm here.

But if you don't love him, why are you doing it?

A wife owes a man faith

and belief in him.

A man like Paul needs that.

Perhaps more than stronger men.

Someone like you.

Good night.

Take over, Doc.

I'm awake.

I've been awake.

You want my advice?

About what?

What she said.

You see, you want revenge.

But it's hate that makes you want to kill her husband.

And that hate will destroy you too.

Now, take it from a man who knows.

You're a nice guy, Doc. Who did you ever hate?

Myself,

mostly.

You see,

my father was a cavalry sergeant,

and all his life he worked and he planned

for me to go through West Point.

He wanted his son to become the finest

cavalry officer in the service.

And I finally had to tell him that

I wasn't that son.

You see, Trampas, I was weak and soft.

The thought of ever having to kill a human being, why...

So I...

I left and went to medical school.

It broke his heart.

It really broke his heart.

Two days later, he was killed in action.

I joined the Army because of him.

You know why I'm telling you this?

Good night, Doc.Trampas...

I've got my private Hades of hate,

and you don't want that.

Keep your eyes open out there, Doc.

All right.

I tried.

Welcome to Hades, Friend Trampas.

I guess it's big enough for two.

See anything?

Yeah. Judson's camp.

You going alone?Yeah.

Let me go with you.No.

I can make him come back. I know I can.

Doc, keep her here.No, take me with you! Please!

Please! No, please!Easy. Easy, now.

Judson, I'm taking you back for trial!

I didn't come here alone. Those shots will bring the rest down here.

You'll have to do better than that!

[ hoof beats ]Hear that?

Listen!

TRAMPAS: Over there to the right!

Behind those rocks!

He's not hurt.

I offered to bring him back. It's up to him.

Well,

guess I'll have to start believing in miracles like my old man.

It don't make sense, your coming in here.

Why'd you do it, Helen?

A lot of reasons, Paul.

He got anybody else with him?

Paul, is there any reason why you don't--

He said he had more coming in.

He was bluffing, wasn't he?

No.

They'll be here soon.

Let me tell them that you're coming back with us.

Please, Paul?

This way you have a chance.

I know...

I know you didn't kill anybody, Paul.

I'm coming out!

Throw your gun out first.

Nobody's taking me through Indian country without a gun.

I'll keep it holstered, but I'm not giving it up.

All right, come on out.

I knew I wasn't wrong about you.

I was so sure.

Paul.

Paul. [ sobs ]

He went for his gun.

You used me to kill him!

I helped you do it! You made me kill him!

You're a murderer! You're a murderer!

Listen to me!You're a murderer!

Now, listen to me. He went for his gun. I had no choice.

Please believe me.

[ sobbing ]

You leave him alone! Leave him alone!

[ chuckling ]

Bullet went clean through,

but I don't think it hit anything vital.

You stay here, keep him company. I'll be right back.

Look at this, will you? Take a look at these rocks.

They're full of gold.

What happened to your draw, Judson? No practice lately?

I didn't try to draw on you, and you know it.

If I had, it would be you lying here.

If I were you, I'd try to get up and walk

just as soon as I could.

Don't move around, laddie buck.

I got meself a gun.

You mind if I put down the saddle?

Just lift your hands. That'll take care of the saddle.

What now, Mike?

Just like you said. I need an extra horse for the gold.

Well, now I've got all the horses.

Now drop your gun belt, laddie,

and lay my gun carefully alongside it.

No. Just the one hand. The left one.

Good.

Step over this way and get away from temptation.

May I offer you a proposition?

What kind of a proposition?

Now, you're gonna need help.

That gold is heavy.

And it wouldn't be too smart to try to go out of here alone either.

And, uh, you'd like to give me a little hand, huh?

Why not?

I got to be with you or against you,

and it's smarter to be with you.

You've got the gun,

and you're going out.

And besides, I'm a little thirsty.

Show me, huh?

Get the rope off the saddle and tie his hands.

And don't you worry, laddie buck.

You'll find a way to get some horses.

Maybe from the friendly natives.

Oh, look what you've done, laddie buck.

You've ruined a perfectly good gun.

Oh, come on, now. Don't be mad at me, laddie buck.

If you were in my boots...

Oh, I'd done the self-same thing...

laddie buck.

How do you feel?

How would you feel with a hole through you?

Think he can ride?

It'll hurt, but he can ride.

Let's see you get on a horse. We're ready to leave.

Bury the gold here, Mike.

Maybe someday you can come back for it.

Not a chance.

Then get this straight-- You keep up with us.

We're not holding back for you.

Fair enough.

You know, going out the south end of it

is gonna take two days longer.

Them Apaches will be watching it too.

We're not going back the same way we came in.

Well, just trying to be helpful.Then shut up.

Sorry. Not ready to ride yet.

Doc?

Helen,

I need your help.

You with me?Of course.

I'm not as sick as I've been making them think.

We can get away if--

Paul, please, don't.

I didn't rob anybody and I didn't kill anybody.

But they're gonna hang me for it.No, they won't.

They will!

Trampas doesn't watch you.

If you'll just get me a gun.

If you're innocent, it'll be proven.

You gonna back out on me again?

[ groaning ]

Doc. Doc!

I hurt. I think it's bleeding again.

[ groans ] Trampas!

[ hoof beats ]

Go on, shoot, shoot!

They want us to go cut him down.

Catch us out in the open.

We can't just leave him there.

He's dead. You want to be staked out alongside him?

There's a chance he's still alive.

You're out of your mind, Trampas.

Then stay here by yourself.

Let the gold keep you company.

[ whooping ]

Drop the gold, Mike!

They've pulled back from the rocks! Doc!

He's hit in the leg. Patch him up.

They've got me in the leg all right, Doc,

but will someone take a look and see

what's biting me right smack in the middle of the back?

Oh, Doc. Doc, I've got a great, big laugh for you.

I-I was...

I was in the hospital.

I killed Wismer.

It was a mistake. I...

Oh!

Oh, laddie buck.

Laddie...

Doc says to tell you there's nothing moving up there.

Take a rest.

There's no telling how long they'll wait before they try again.

Maybe they've gone.

No, they're out there.

I want you to know that...

I'm sorry about your husband.

If you can believe that.

I believe it.

I just thought of something.

I only know you as Mrs. Judson.

You never did tell me your first name.

Helen.

I was named after an aunt I liked very much.

I was lucky.

What you think of a name depends so much on the people you know by that name.

You're the first Helen I've ever known.

I hope you like the name.

I do.

Get down![ whooping ]

Helen get behind the rock!

Doc!

[ shot fires ]

She was dead by the time I got her here, Trampas.

[ hoof beats ]

Looks to me like a couple drunks sleeping off a big night in town, Lieutenant.

Kind of wish I'd been there with them.

Forward!

Come on.

Close to town.

I don't care. I don't care.

Well, I do.

I saved your life.

That means I'm a big hero!

And I'm not about

to lose the proof I've got now.

Not now.

Come on, Friend Trampas.