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[ gunshots ]

I'm beginning to think those bucks are mad about something.

Are there any more of them?No.

Looks to me like three is just plenty.

Should have kept riding.

Sorry I got you into this.That makes two of us, mister.

[ gunshots ]

This is like being on the wrong end of a shooting gallery.

Well, since I brought them down on your neck,

looks like it's up to me to call them off.

Hope you can shoot.

Hold it!

Well, I sure had no cause to worry about your shooting.

The name's Gandy Ross.

Jess Harper.

You sure took a chance bailing us out like you did.

Well, I'd rather die running than sitting.

That way I can jump over them pearly gates

if they don't open them for me.

How did you get in this mess?

I had a little argument with some friends last night

and they cleaned me good.

Wallet, horse, gun, everything.

And you didn't go without for long.

Oh, I got jumped

by a redskin up near Glen Springs.

He was planning to take my scalp,

so I figured it'd be all right

for me to borrow his horse and iron.

Sounds reasonable.

[ horses approaching ]

Those three friends of his didn't think so.

Your calf?

Yeah.

Doggone stray.

We got a ranch about 5 miles over.

Don't want to put you in bad with those Shoshones.

But now that your place is so close by...

I was hoping you'd see it that way.

Oh, no great loss.

Gun shoots high, fool horse runs sideways.

Well, you got any objections to riding double?

I'll ride anything with four legs,

including that stray of yours if you say so.

Go on, little fella.

It's none of my business

but you weren't favoring that leg

when we first met up, were you?

No.

Happened back there while we were entertaining

your Shoshone friends.

Slipped on a rock, twisted my knee.

Well, let's take a look at it.

Oh, it's nothing. It will work itself out.

Sit down.

Let me make sure it's nothing.

Forget it.

If we're gonna get to the ranch by dark,

we better get riding.

What are you pulling?

Now you have to shoot a horse with a bad leg,

I'd hate to have to do that to you.

Now you sit.

Take off your chap.

Take it easy.

Mm-hmm.

Here, hold this a second, will you?

Ow!

What are you trying to do, break it off?

There. Feel better?

Sit down. I ain't through yet.

You twisted the patella over the knee-pad.

It will be stiff for a while

but it shouldn't cause you any more pain.

You seem to know what you're talking about.

I read a doctor book once.

The Massage and Manipulation of the Human Body.

I learned to do it just to keep my hands in shape.

In shape for what?

Well, I served with Mosby's Raiders during the war.

They taught me a trade.

How to open safes.

I had the pleasure of cleaning out

a few Yankee payrolls in union banks.

Opening safes must have paid off pretty well,

when you weren't getting caught.

You still in the business?

No, Jess, I'm not.

But that's what got me into trouble last night.

Come on, try standing on that.

It feels better than it did before I hurt it.

Well, in that case I just have to charge you.

How about a good meal and a bunk?

Only honest fee I've been offered lately.

But what about your friends back at the ranch?

Will they go along with you bringing in a two-legged stray?

If you've been leveling with me.

I've told you the truth, Jess.

Then tell me how going straight got you cleaned out last night.

Ever hear of the Wellman gang?

Yeah, I heard them.

Well, they wanted my services for a nice little bank

they had all picked out.

But you turned them down.

Yep.

That's why they took my wallet, my horse and my gun.

Figured I'd get tired of walking around,

change my mind.

How'd you get mixed up with them?

We met through a girl in Granite City.

Her name is Amy.

Widow of a friend of mine I served with during the war.

After he was killed,

life sort of went to pieces for Amy.

She started working in a saloon,

got mixed up with the wrong crowd.

I guess that includes me too.

No, not likely,

or you wouldn't be talking about it.

There I was, three Indians just itching to give me a haircut,

and than Jess drops down like manna from heaven.

I do that everyday just like clockwork.

Which is about as close to work as he likes to get.

Well, you can joke about it now but you can thank heaven

that Jess and Gandy are here tonight.

Well, ma'am, I couldn't agree with you more.

Why, if it hadn't been for Jess here saving my hide,

I'd have never had the pleasure of sampling your good cooking.

Well, thank you, Gandy.

You got any idea where your next meal is coming from?

No, it's hard to say.

But all I got left is two good hands.

You know, I was thinking

we could find some work around here for you.

Hey, that's a good idea.

Plenty of work to do be done on that north corral.

And what about that list of things

I've been trying to get someone to do?

Like patching the barn roof?

Yes, like patching the barn roof.

And Gandy could tell me

all about riding with Mosby's Raiders.

Well, I'd say that settles it for us.

You can earn yourself a new outfit

if you'd like to stay.

Well, that's-- that's mighty kind.

It's the first job I've been offered

since the war that I think I'd like to keep.

Especially if that marmalade holds out.

I still don't see

how the three of you on horseback

could lose track of one man on foot.

You couldn't find a hog in the parlor

unless you tripped over him.

Take it easy, Wellman. Gandy is pretty slick.

Now he won't get far without a man or a gun.

Or money.

Don't count on it, boy.

He sweet-talked that sister of yours,

he can sucker most anybody.

Leave Amy out of this!

Ease off.

Maybe I got a way to bring old Gandy back

to open that safe for us.

How?

Now supposing you was a sheriff,

you were to find a wallet belonging to a man

who already had a record

and it just happened to be at the scene of a holdup,

how would you figure it?

No danger of any of you having a badge pinned on you.

But even a lame brain would put two and two together

and figure old Gandy was in on it.

That's how you're gonna bring him back to us?

With the law on his tail, he will come a-running.

If he don't get caught.

What do you got picked out for us?

The Cheyenne stage.

There will be some spending money in it for us

and we'll-- we'll leave old Gandy's calling card

where it will do the most good.

Hey, give me a hand, will you, Slim?

As soon as I finish here,

I want to ride out to the north corral

and see how Gandy is doing.

Boy, we're sure getting our money's worth out of him.

He works harder than any two men

we've had on the place.

What's wrong?

Company put these wanted posters up.

In that Cheyenne stage holdup a couple of days ago.

Better take a deep breath before you read it.

Well, this is wrong, Slim. It's got to be.

Date's right there, 2 days ago.

Well, that's what I mean. He was here working for us.

Think back, Jess.

He stayed out in the range

the night before the stage was hit.

And didn't come back to the ranch house

till the next day.

What are you trying to say?

I'm saying we got to keep our heads.

He went out to round up some strays.

He didn't bring any back.

And that never happened to you?

Well, sure it has but that's his positive proof.

You even told me yourself he admitted to having a record

and he knew Wellman.

Yeah, but it just doesn't figure.

As much as I hate to say it, with a little hard riding

he could have been there at the holdup

and come back here without any of us knowing about it.

Now I'm not saying that's what happened.

But with that poster staring us in the face,

we'd better find out.

If it's a lie,

we're gonna have to take Gandy in to prove it.

I wish there was another way.

I guess I better go out and bring him in.

I'll ride with you.No.

This is my job.

And I'll tell you one thing-- I don't like the taste of it.

Howdy.

Well, you're too late, boy.

Just got the last hole dug.

No work for you around here.

Say now.

You look as sad as a pup with a can tied to his tail.

Man, now that's a good one.

You had this printed up just to scare me, huh?

I wished I had, Gandy.

Oh, come off it, Jess.

I was working right here on this ranch

when that holdup took place.

You were out hunting strays.

You bet I was

and I wasn't holding up any stagecoach.

Then how come this has got your name on it?

How should I know?

The whole thing is a lie from top to bottom.

Wellman's name is in there.

You can bet your life

he had something to do with it.

It says definite proof, Gandy.

And a guard was killed.

I can read.

You better come back with me

and see if we can get this straightened out.

Now that wouldn't be too smart, would it?

With my record, who's gonna believe anything I said?

Slim and I will help you all we can.

No, thanks just the same.

Your word may not be enough, not against a killing charge.

And something tells me, Jess,

you and Slim just might have

a few doubts about me yourselves.

If I did, do you think I'd have trusted you this far?

What I'm wondering now is what you're gonna do.

Like always, keep moving.

All I need is a horse and a gun,

I've about earned them.

I'll send you some cash first chance I get.

Gandy.

Jess, they can hang me for this.

I said I'd do everything I could to clear you.

And if that's not enough?

That rope around my neck is gonna be just as tight.

Better get these tools.

We might not be back for a while.

Let's don't do it the hard way, Jess.

Can't say I didn't try.

Not hardly.

I hope we're still friends, Jess.

You're making it awful hard to believe.

A man fighting for his life,

liable to be pushed into some things he hates to do.

I'm sorry.

But I'll probably try again.

That's him all right.

Sure didn't figure it'd be this easy

but there he is in the flesh Mr. Gandy Ross.

Where did you find him, Jess?

Gandy has been working for us, Mort.

Poster just came in this morning.

Working for you?

You're lucky he didn't murder you in your sleep.

This is Marshal Petrie from Cheyenne.

He's been looking for your prisoner.

Petrie, this is Jess Harper.

He and Slim Sherman run a ranch.

Thanks for your help, Harper.

I'll see that you get the reward that was posted

and make sure that this sidewinder gets

what's coming to him.

Then maybe you better prove

that I was in on that holdup first, marshal.

You let me worry about that.

You get back on your horse.

Marshal.

That poster says that there's definite proof

that Gandy was tied in with that robbery gang.

Just how definite was it?

We found his wallet, papers at the scene of the crime.

There was even a letter from Sam Wellman to him,

setting up the job.

I never got any such letter.

I told you, Jess, Wellman took that wallet

and he used it to hook me into this.

Now you're admitting you know Wellman.

You're sticking your neck further into a noose

every time you open your mouth.

You already got him convicted

and you haven't got him back to Cheyenne yet.

He'll get to Cheyenne one way or another.

Come on.

Jess, take it easy.

Petrie is a good enough lawman.

Hard maybe, but that's why he's still alive.

I don't care if he lives to be 100 years old, Mort.

I didn't bring Gandy in to be shot in the back on a trail.

I'm gonna ride with him

and I'm gonna see he gets a fair trial.

I'll be riding with you, marshal.

According to who?

According to me.

He's riding one of our horses.

I could get another.

I'd still be riding with you.

Jess has worn a badge for me more than once.

He could be a lot of help to you.

I hadn't figured I'd need it.

I know how to handle the likes of this killer.

Well, now, Marshal Petrie, you keep on talking that way

and I just might have to go along if Jess doesn't.

You can bring the whole town along if you want to.

You all right?

Jess, give me some water.

I'll tell you when and where.

You've got eyes, Petrie.

Can't you see he's burning up?

It's only 10 miles to the next waterhole.

He'll make it just fine.

And if he doesn't?

I spent most of my life dealing with hard cases, Harper.

One of the first things I learned is to keep a man dry

when you're out in the middle of nowhere with him.

That way he doesn't get any foolish notions

about running off someplace.

If he tries to kill you, you got the edge.

Now move.

He hasn't even been convicted yet

and you're treating him like he's guilty.

If you don't like my methods, go on back.

How do you feel, Ross?

Ready to ride some more?

It might even rain tonight.

He's been going for 8 hours, Petrie.

He ain't gonna try to run, not with two of us here.

Give him some of that water.

You killed a guard on the Cheyenne stage.

I thought a lot of Ross.

He used to be one of my top deputies.

He didn't kill anybody.

Now give him that canteen.

Sure.

Help yourself.

Hold it!

Throw in your gun.

I said, get rid of it.

Left hand.

You're gonna have to answer for this, Harper, all the way.

You're lucky you're still alive, marshal.

Don't push it.

[ grunting ]

How far do you think you're gonna get?

What I'm sorry for is that I had to put you in this spot, Jess.

Especially after everything you've done for me.

But then, I'd rather lose a friend

than win a shallow grave.

You'll make it Boot Hill all right.

Don't you worry about that.

Well, you figure out

how while you're walking back to Cheyenne, Petrie.

And it isn't so far that you can't make it on foot.

That's the second time I could have killed you.

If there's a next time, you won't live to see it.

Now will you believe me?

It's too bad.

A man wants to go straight and nobody will let him.

I could have helped you, Gandy.

You're a little late, Jess.

It looks like Wellman won.

And as long as I'm gonna be tied to him,

I might as well make the best of it.

Where is the doctor's office?

Never mind.

Go on in.

What happened, marshal?

All right, on your feet.

What for?

Put him in that cell, Squires.

Now what's this for?

Gandy Ross.

You get Gandy?

I had him.

He let him go.

Squires, go get Judge Wheeler.

We can have a little trial right here and now.

If you're gonna have a trial,

you better let me know what the charges are.

Well, now let's see.

We can start with aiding

and abetting the escape of a criminal

and then we can throw in interfering

with an officer in the line of duty.

There was assaulting a lawman

that ended up with him getting wounded

and you're also responsible

for turning a killer loose on innocent people!

I don't know about your town, but around here, mister,

that could be enough to keep you on a rock pile

for full 10 years and maybe more.

Just don't miss, Callen.

We wouldn't want to hurt Gandy's delicate hands now

that he's come back to us.

Come on, get it off.

Now there you are.

Good as new and twice as free.

Sure.

With you looking out after me, I got nothing to worry about

except getting hung or shot by a lawman.

You know, little things like that.

Good to see you, Gandy.

I kind of figured you'd know where to find us,

that's why we waited for you.

What if I hadn't been able to shake that lawman?

You'd have had a long wait, Sam.

Oh, you're too smart for that, son.

I figured you'd come back to get even,

but why get even?

We need you on this next job.And if I still say no?

Maybe I came back to kill you.

If you had, one of us would be dead by now.

What job?

That's more like it.

The one we told you about last week.

It's all checked out.

Granite City National Bank, $30,000.

It's a Wentworth safe and I sure won't touch it.

We need those hands of yours to help spin it open.

I don't know.

Look, we're all in this together.

Now there's enough everybody.

Thirty thousand, huh?

Split five ways.

We'll even cut you in that Cheyenne job.

In case it still wrangles with you the way

things worked out.

You know, Sam, there's no other way

you could have got me to join up.

If nothing more, I got to admire your planning.

And there's always Amy to think about, isn't there?

Is she still in Granite City?

Waiting for you.

You leave my sister alone, Gandy.

Let's see if she wants it that way huh, Steve?

Come on, let's move out.

We got what we're waiting for.

Is that the way it always is with you, Sam?

I'm the easiest man in the world to get along with.

All you got to do is agree with me.

Well, come on.

And that's it, judge.

That's the whole story.

So I guess there's no use holding a regular trial.

You didn't tell him, huh, Squires?

No, sir, no chance.

Tell me what?

You figure all your charges against Harper

have to do with Gandy Ross?

Sure.

Are you trying to tell me that ain't enough?

No.

But things happened after you went looking for Ross.

What kind of things?

Well, you see, marshal,

we got a picture of Ross from the prison.

How does that change things?

Passengers on the stage

recognized all four of the Wellman gang

but none of them had ever seen Gandy Ross before

and they know he wasn't at the holdup.

We kind of made a mistake with those posters.

I already started to call them back in.

I know how you feel, marshal,

but if Gandy Ross is an innocent man,

you can't very well hold Harper for helping him.

I wasn't trying to help him escape.

I just wanted to make sure he got here alive.

That's enough out of you.

You weren't mistreating this prisoner,

were you, marshal?

Well, no, judge, no, nothing like that.

I just didn't want him to escape.

I'll take your word for that

but you will have to release this man.

I don't think we're running a town

that condones false arrest.

All right, Squires, turn him loose.

Good day, gentlemen.

I'd suggest you put a few miles

between you and this town, Harper.

What are you gonna do about Gandy?

What's there's to do?

Thanks to you, I've already turned him loose once.

He's an innocent man, Petrie.

This will drive him back to Wellman sure as daylight.

Look, I'm in no shape to go chasing after Gandy Ross,

much less the Wellman gang.

Well, I think I know where I can find him.

Good. You find him.

You tell him.

Like you said, mister, he's riding one of your horses.

Now you got that straight?

We meet back here at 7:30 tonight.

Oh, Amy, how about you?

They gonna let you off at the saloon?

I quit this afternoon.

Good enough.

You sure know how to pick a room, honey.

You said over the bank, didn't you?

All right, Sam, let's get on with it.

Oh, we'll get you down to that safe

in an hour or two at the most.

As soon as we cut through that floor

and then it's up to you.

No problem. You just get me there.

All right.

Now scatter, everyone, and stay out of trouble.

Let the love birds have a talk for themselves.

Sam, I don't want her hurt.

You hear?

Well, now, who's gonna hurt her, son?

She's helping us, ain't she?

Now stop making her nervous.

Gandy.

Easy, honey, easy.

Oh, I wanted you back so bad

but not like this.

You knew I'd come back to you, one way or another?

So did I.

Wellman just made it easy for me.

Easy?

You're a wanted man.

You're running.

It seems like I'm always running.

And it doesn't make much difference

who or what I'm trying to get away from.

But you-- You were going straight.

Amy, I tried.

I really did.

But I've about decided that

if I'm gonna get hung for outlawing,

I might just as well enjoy

some of the pleasures in the meantime.

Oh, Gandy.

Don't talk like that.

You ought to be talking to yourself, Amy.

Now you've been able to stay in the clear up till now.

But if you go through with this,

you're gonna be just as guilty as Wellman himself.

Well, I don't have much choice with Steve in there.

Amy, you're not his keeper, you're only his sister.

Please, let's not go through that again.

I know he's weak.

I know he's wrong.

But I still can't let him end up

with Wellman's bullet in his back

because of something I did or didn't do.

You can see that, can't you?

Sure, I guess I can.

I only agreed to do this because he promised

that this will be the last time for sure.

Afterwards we'll get away from Wellman somehow,

head for Canada.

Gandy, come with us.

And don't you be coming back until you pay your way.

You hear?

Oh, no.

Thanks, mister. Come on in.

Well, I'd like to.

You know, mostly I'm looking for information.

Seems like nobody wants to pay tonight.

Well, I'm willing.

No, I don't mean you, mister.

It's on the house.

Thanks.

I'm looking for a girl named Amy.

Last I heard, she worked here.

I might have known it'd be her you'd be looking for.

She quit today.

But you come on in anyway.

Is she still in town?

Mm-hmm. She has a room over the bank.

The bank?

Likes to be close to her money.

Thanks, ma'am.

Amy is awful stuck up.

I ain't hard to get along with at all.

Well, maybe I'll be back later.

Well, who'd have figured that?

Iron mesh between us and the ceiling of the bank.

It's like they don't trust nobody.

I can chisel through it.

How long?

Oh, an hour or two.

This town gets up at sun up.

We got to be out of here by then.

It may take me some time down there, Sam.

Well, then you got to work twice as fast.

Now get moving.

[ knocking on door ]

Who is it?

My name is Jess Harper.

I'm a friend of Gandy Ross.

I'm looking for a girl named Amy.

Are you Amy?

Yes.

Gandy.

This is a better break than I figured on.

Don't be too sure of that.

Quit stalling, what's your business with Amy?

He's all right, Sam.

I told him to look up Amy whenever he hit town.

That still don't answer my question.

He's a friend of mine.

He helped me shake that Cheyenne marshal.

Yeah, but now he's after me.

Yeah, but you're clean.

Yeah, till I helped you.

He locked me up but I got out.

I was hoping the lady here could tell me where you were.

I still don't like it.

I think we ought to get rid of him.

Sam, I owe him a favor.

Besides, we could use some help getting through that floor.

Let's cut him in.

Give him half of my share.

No doubt we could use the help and won't cost us a thing.

You interested?

Yeah, why not, if I get a cut on the next job.

Well, let's wait and see how this one goes first.

One thing more, you won't be needing this.

Keep it for him, Callen.

All right, get those chisels moving.

Pays to have friends, huh?

Yeah.

I don't see how I could along without them.

SAM: Come on, Harper, earn your keep.

What are you doing in here?

Well, I get thirsty too.

Besides I want to talk in private.

What are your plans for this Harper fellow?

Same thing as we planned for Gandy.

As soon as that safe is open, we'll leave them

both in the bank as dead as mutton.

Give the sheriff of this crummy town something to think about.

Price and his sister won't like it much though.

That's fine with me.

We can leave them here too.

Now you're talking, Sam.

Won't be long now. You about ready?

I better wash up, Sam.

First rule in the book, have clean hands.

I've got some soap and water in here.

Now hurry up.

Well, that was a dumb move.

Amy!

Get his saw, Callen.Yeah?

You got anything here to fix a cut?

Sure, in here.

Hurry it up.

No, it's nothing.

I just wanted a chance to talk to you.

Didn't expect to see you here.

Yeah, well, Petrie and I got back to Cheyenne all right.

He tried to hold me but he couldn't.

You're clear on that stage holdup.

The witnesses couldn't identify your picture.

What are you saying?

I'm saying you're not wanted and neither am I.

Now we got to figure a way to get out of here.

SAM: Harper?

You stalling?

I can't work bleeding, can I?

That's fine. Thank you, ma'am.

We need some help to get the last

of those boards up, get to it.

We're about ready for you, Gandy.

What he says is true. You've got no reason to run.

Yeah.

Of course he could be lying.

So he could break up this job.

Then he could take me back to that Cheyenne marshal.

Would he go to all that trouble just for a lie?

No.

But I'm still not leaving without you.

I can't go, Gandy, not with Steve in there.

What if we all had to leave? Without the money?

I'd be clean, so would you.

How?

Well, I'm not sure.

SAM: Gandy, get out here.

All right, Callen, you get down and keep watch out the windows.

CALLEN: All right.

Now be careful of those candles.

Gandy will be the only one who needs a light.

You can stay up here with me.

You can help pulling up the money.

You too, Amy.

Yeah.

You figure it's about time you give me my gun back?

In case we run into trouble?

Well, let's worry about that when the time comes.

I'd hate to slow down your work

by pulling all that extra weight.

Keep moving.

Come on, hurry it up.

You keep noising it up, friend,

and I'll never get it open.

What's the matter with you?

I lost my touch.

Go back and watch that door.

SAM: Gandy?

Get with it. Time is running out.

It's no use, Sam.

It's a new type safe.

I can't open it.

What are you pulling?

I'm telling the truth.

I can't figure it.

We better call it quits before somebody finds us.

You're lying, Gandy.

Now either you open that safe

or there's some friends of yours up here

you won't be seeing again.

You hurt Amy, I'll kill you, Sam.

You just tell Gandy to open that safe or you all get it.

Look, I'm asking, please,

do what you can to get that open.

I'm going up.

Leave him be.

Don't be a fool, kid.

If Gandy opens that safe,

nothing will happen to your sister.

STEVE: Well, I'm making sure of that.

Stay down.

You get back.

Sam, maybe Gandy isn't lying.

Maybe he can't really open the safe.

Come on, let's get out of here, huh?

Shut up.

Leave her alone.

The safe, Gandy.

Gandy?

Yeah, Jess.

You all right?

Yeah, I think so.

What about Amy?

She's all right.

[ knocking on door ]

MAN: Open the door. This is the law.

Come on, you got to get up here.

Looks like we got company.

I'll be right up.

As soon as I shut the safe.

I just had to know if I could open it.

[ knocking continues ]

MAN: What's going on in there? Hurry up.

Open the door. This is the law.

Keep your shirt on, I'm coming.

Dad-gum.

We should have had Gandy do this

when he was working for us.

Yeah.

I can think of 50 things I'd have him do.

You think there's a chance of putting him back on?

Well, I don't know.

When he and Amy get things

straightened out in Granite City,

they promised they'd come by and see us.

Think there's a chance of him serving more time?

I don't think so, Slim.

The law was so glad to get what was left of the Wellman gang,

I think Gandy and Amy will be put on probation.

Man, it's hot.

Bet it's nice up at the lake about now.

I was thinking the same thing.

Yeah?

Oh, we can finish this later.

Tomorrow, huh?

Well, what are we waiting for?

Hey, what's going on?

Mike and I need the ladder, Slim.

Let us know when you're all finished.

We'll put it back up.

It wasn't my idea, Slim.

Yeah, we'll get it done, Daisy.

You'll be glad when the rains come.

What are we gonna do with the ladder?

I wouldn't worry about that, Mike.

I've been trying to get the boys

to patch this barn roof for 2 months.

They won't be much longer,

then we'll put it back up and you can all go swimming.

Hey, Slim, hurry up, then we can all go swimming.

Who wants to go swimming at midnight?

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