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[ theme music playing ]

They're going to the livery stable!

I'd like to rent a rig.

What kind?

A dray.

Big enough to haul some household goods.

One horse ought to be enough.

I don't have it ready.You're a liar.

You just have that dray in front of Ernie Packer's house

in three minutes, or I'll have to put you under arrest.

All right, Adrian?

They're going to Ernie Packer's!

Ernie, you got your notice four days ago.

I gave you four days' grace,

but you didn't go, so now I had to come.

I don't want to do this any more than you want me to, Ernie,

but the law is the law.

The judge signed the notice. Now I gotta carry it out.

You goin' peaceful?

How can I go?

I haven't got anything to carry my things.

We rented a dray for you, Ernie.

We'll help you load up.

I can't pay for a dray.

You don't have to pay. The Colonel's payin'.

Yeah?

And is he payin' you, too?

I'm going to see Ernie.

You can't block the street like this!

I've got a right to see Ernie!

All right, then let me talk to the sheriff!

[ neighing ]

Oh!

Ernie!

Ernie!

Oh, my God!

They killed my husband!

Get 'em out of town.

[ sobbing ] You! You!

Ernie!

Ernie!

[ sobbing ]

Ma'am?

Can we help?

No.

Would you like a drink of water?

No.

Are you lost?

No.

Is there anything we can do to help you?

No.

Can I help?

Yes, thank you.

Ma'am?

Excuse me, ma'am.

Were you with the lady in the wagon?

She just left.

Were you plannin' to go with her?

No.

She has friends in the next town.

I live in New Hope.

We're going to New Hope.

Her husband was killed today.

She did not have anyone to drive her.

I said I would.

We got this far.

She just couldn't stand seeing his body in the wagon.

She cried...

and cried.

So, we buried him.

How far is it to New Hope?

Oh, just a few miles. I'll walk.

You'll ride with us.

Thank you.

We're on our way to New Hope

to see a colonel. Colonel Bliss.

He's supposed to have a big spread at the end of town.

He raises some of the finest Arabian horses in the country.

We're on our way to get some of his horses now.

I guess he's a millionaire.

Do you know him?

Yes, I know him.

He killed that woman's husband.

Oh, I don't mean he did it himself.

No, he had him killed.

Why don't you ride up in back?

You're trespassers!

You're lawbreakers! Squatters!

Four years you been squattin' on my land!

And that doesn't mean you own it.

And don't think you can steal my land,

because nobody can steal it.

I've been warnin' you for three months,

and the sheriff has warned you!

What happened today was deserved!

And I'm sorry what happened. I'm sorry what happened!

Ernie Packer was a fine...

fine man!

But you can't pull a gun on a law officer!

If you pull a gun on a law officer, he's gonna shoot!

Boy, this sure is an unfriendly town.

I own every building in it.

Yet every time I come by, the whole town disappears.

Howdy, Mr. Larsen.

Hello, Lem.

Is Gina around, Mr. Larsen?

No, she isn't.

She's driving Pearl over to Cooper's Corners.

With Ernie's body.

Eric...

I thought you said there wasn't going to be any trouble.

I didn't say there wasn't going to be any trouble.

There's going to be a great deal of trouble.

Well, trouble, yes. But after what happened,

you can't expect the whole town to be happy, can you?

Like it was 4th of July or something?

I don't expect them to be happy.

Neither do I expect them to be murdered.

But pulling a gun on a law officer, Mr. Larsen...

He had provocation.

Ernie had more provocation than he could bear.

Eric.

Aren't you going to give us a drink?

What do you think, Eric?

Do you think that if you were evicted,

that you'd have more provocation than you could bear?

I would never use a gun.

That's one thing I'm certain of.

I could never kill a man, not intentionally.

Never, as long as I live.

Well, that's what I admire about you, Eric.

You're a man of principle.

[ laughs ]

Aren't you going to drink with us?

Colonel Bliss...

I would see you in hell before I have a drink with you.

That's part of my principles.

Never drink with the devil.

Did you hear that, Lem?

Do you hear what he thinks of your pa?

[ both laugh ]

You wait her a minute.

I got a little something I got to take care of.

[ chuckles ]

What are you reading, Eric?

A law book?

Well, the law is on my side.

You should come over to my place.

I got a room full of books...

right up to the ceiling.

I got a dictionary that thick.

You could teach Lem.

You could teach me. You're educated.

I sure would like for Lem to be educated.

Eric...

We could be a lot closer.

I was just thinking lately--

wouldn't it be nice if Lem married Gina?

Lem was thinking the same thing.

Colonel, if you've got some deal you're trying to set up,

let's have it, and then you can go.

That's what I like about you, Eric.

You always come so clean, no matter how insulting.

What's the deal?No deal.

I just feel terrible about Ernie Packer gettin' killed,

and I don't want any more folks gettin' killed.

Then why don't you stop your evictions?

Me? Why me?

You're the one who brought these people out here.

You're responsible for 'em. You got beliefs.

You taught them beliefs.

I didn't teach them any beliefs.

We brought our beliefs with us from the old country.

They're as much a part of us as our own blood.

We simply don't believe that any man

had a right to kill any other man.

That's what I mean.

You just get your people to stick by their beliefs...

like you.

That's all I'm asking.

Eric...

all you gotta do is tell your people

to stop resisting law officers.

And I'm going to give you, free,

500 acres of the finest land in this state.

Oh.

That's 500 acres free, Eric.

Colonel, you have a simple mind.

What I do, I do because of what I believe.

If you promised me Paradise,

I couldn't do any different.

Then you're on my side.Oh, no.

No, I am not.

But I wouldn't shoot you, even though I believe

you are the most corrupt man that I ever met.

You and that judge you bought,

and the sheriff you bought,

and the deputies you bought.

I'll fight you in my own way.

I'm fighting you in the Supreme Court right now.

Well, then, Eric...

it was nice talkin' to you.

And I'm sure that you and I, together--

we can keep this town from blowing up.

You just keep your principles.

Whew!

If this don't beat all.

I've never seen such rich country.

We've been ridin' for three days in the dry desert,

and now to see this.

It's sure a fine crop.

Sure is nice to see some green again.

This was all desert four years ago...

till we dug ditches.

We brought water for 30 miles.

You dug ditches?

Everybody dug ditches.

Four years.

You mean, you've been here of four years?

No. Last year I was in Denver.

What'd you do in Denver?

Worked.Doin' what?

In a beer garden.

A girl like you, workin' in a beer garden?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

I had run away from home.

My father's a very... strict, religious man.

I was growing up.

So I just ran away.

Well, I think that's just dandy.

For a minute, she had me a little worried.

Now that she's worked in a beer garden,

that makes her human, like the rest of us.

Well...we'd better ride into town.

Trampas, your horse looks a little tired, don't you think--

ridin' two up all this time?

Tired?

I was wondering if the young lady

might like to ride with me a while,

and give your horse a chance to rest.

No, my horse isn't tired, Randy.

Why, he could ride five up without gettin' tired.

Uh, maybe you'd like to ride in the saddle for a change?

Whoa, son.

Now, if you don't mind,

I'll just put my arms around you, so, uh...

Yes, of course.

So I can take the reins.

We want to know why he was here.Well--

He didn't come in just for a drink.

No, he came--

My wife saw you two talking in the arbor.

Adrian, I told you the truth.

He said he felt bad about Ernie's death.

And he wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any more killing.

All right, let him stop evictions!

And there'll be no more killing.

That's exactly what I told him!

I'm gonna fight.

And Hans here-- we're both going to fight.

Adrian, I beg of you not to fight.

It is wrong. It's against everything that we've been taught.

Everything in which we believe!

Well, I tell you something.

The minute that sheriff puts his foot in my doors,

I'm letting go with my shotgun.

In God's dear name...

when will man stop killing man?

We left the old country in order to escape all that.

Are we going to begin all over again here?

You know what you sound like?

You sound like you're working for the Colonel.

Oh, how can you--Yes!

"Come right in, Colonel.

"We'll lie right down and smile peacefully,

while you take back the land."

No, no! It's not that at all!

I do not say that killing is right.

But I do say that if any man is gonna kill me,

I'm gonna try and kill him first.

Good day, Gina.Good day.

Gina, thank God you're back.

Pearl--how is she?She's all right.

Father, these two men are from Medicine Bow.

They've come to pick up some horses from the Colonel.

They met me on the road, and they were nice enough to bring me back.

Thank you very much.Thank you.

Excuse me.Thank you.

Would you like a drink? Yo.

Come on.

You boys are friends of the Colonel?

No, never met him. Don't know anything about him.

Well, actually, he's no colonel at all.

He used to be a barber in Chicago.

But during the Civil War, he came out here

and made millions in silver mining.

Whiskey?

Oh, we don't have any whiskey.

We have wine.

It's a local wine. A fine wine.

Do you like hard-boiled eggs?

Yeah, yeah.

Gina! Some hard-boiled eggs, please.

There.

Welcome to New Hope.

Thank you.

How could the sheriff take everything away from you

when you own the land?

The Colonel sold us this land

for $4 an acre.

And he said we didn't have to pay anything for five years.

Well, that was four years ago.

So, four years we worked.

Oh. Thank you, darling.

We slaved. Dug ditches for 30 miles.

We turned the desert into a paradise.

Built our own homes, our school, church.

Now the Colonel is trying to dispossess us

because the land that we redeemed from the desert--

now he can sell it for $100 an acre.

Why don't you stop him?

How? These evictions are legal.

He's bribed the judge, bribed the sheriff.

Most of the deputies are his own ranch hands.

So, how?

It's easy how. Fight back.

Hmm. You're a cowboy.

Fighting is easy for you.

But we're farmers from Europe.

We don't believe in fighting.

We have a lawyer in Washington.

Now we're just waiting for the Supreme Court.

By the time that you hear,

you're liable to be thrown out of here.

[ sighs ] What can we do?

I told you what to do--fight.

My father has his own beliefs,

his own principles.

Heh.

You can't let people walk all over you.

Only fools do that.

Young man, your heart's in the right place.

But you still have a lot to learn.

Gina, if they're going out to the Colonel's,

why don't you show them the way?

Thanks for the wine. Nice meetin' you.

And you.

Well, sure is nice of you to take us.

Oh, I'm not taking you. You can just go by yourself.

What'd I do?

You know perfectly well. No, I don't.

You called my father a fool.

I didn't call your father a fool.

You called the people I love fools. You called me a fool.

No, Gina, he didn't mean to call you--

Anybody who lets somebody steal their land

and then lets himself get gunned down is a fool.

All right, I'm a fool.

Oh, go. You two wise men. Just go.

Gina, listen to me.

What I meant was that, seeing as how the Colonel

has got the sheriff and judge bribed--

in that situation, if a man doesn't fight back,

he's a fool.

Look at Ernie Packer.

He fought back, and he's dead.

Ernie Packer died because of just one man

with just one gun.

If the whole town would pick up their guns and fight together--

Maybe it wouldn't even come to shooting.

That's right. But you have to be ready to fight.

Here. You give this to your father.

We just don't understand each other.

Go on, take it.

No.

Oh. Ride out of town north.

Go four miles. You'll come to the Colonel.

Gina.

We'll pick up the horses, and I'll be back tonight.

No. I don't want you to come back.

You'll only make things worse.

What's the matter with the people in this town?

Why don't they want to fight for what's theirs?

Trampas?What?

We came here to do a job.

We'd better get those horses and get out of here.

Yeah, I guess we'd better.

What's the matter?

You ever see eyes like that?

♪♪

Don't cheat.

[ chuckles ]

[ clock chiming ]

5 o'clock.

5 o'clock!

All right, let's review yesterday's work.

Um...

"Blind".

"Without sight.

"Deprived of the sense of seeing.

Dark."

Very good, boy.

"Blindfold".

"Having the eyes covered."

"Blink".

Lem?

Pa, we'd better get rid of those squatters soon,

or they're liable to win in court.

To blink means...

"to wink or to twinkle with the eye."

Now you ask me.

"Bliss".Bliss.

Bliss.

"The highest degree of happiness,

"blessedness, felicity...

generally used of the happiness of blessed souls."

[ laughs ]

Pa?

I think Ernie Packer will help.

But we're gonna need two or three more.

All right, so much for yesterday's review.

Now we'll start with today's work.

Two or three more. Then everybody will get scared

and just take off fast.

Pa, can I get my champagne?

Shut up.

"Block. A piece of timber,

rather thick than long."

"Blockhead.

A fellow remarkable for stupidity."

Blockhead.

Come on, Pa, let's quit. We got business.

You shut up. I promised your ma.

You know, she begged me. She didn't want you to be like me.

Me--what do I know? I was a barber.

You know that?

And now I got $7 million.

And I'm still a barber up there in my mind.

Well, that's not gonna happen to you.

You're gonna be educated.

You're not gonna live in this glorious mansion

and be an ignoramus. You understand?

Now, let's go on.

Hey, Lem?

Yeah, Pa?

Can't you see?

I'm not proud of you.

I love you-- you're my blood, you're my son.

You're the only family I have.

And even if I yell at you sometimes,

I love you.

I just want to be proud of you.

Pa, I'll try hard.

I'll try to make you proud.

See, Lem, when I go--

well, when I go, I want to--

I want to go knowin' that I'm livin' on in you.

And that means smart, boy, not stupid.

That means strong, not weak.

You listen to me, boy.

That whole world belongs to the strong

and to the smart, you hear?

Pa, I won't be weak.

All right. "Blood-hot. Blood-let. Bloodstone.

Bloodthirsty". Heh!

We're here to see the Colonel

about some horses.

Judge Garth sent us.

He and the Colonel have been corresponding.

The Colonel in?

It's sure a friendly outfit.

[ knocks on door ]

Colonel Bliss?

Howdy.

Uh...

We're here to see Colonel Bliss

about some horses.

Judge Garth and he have been writing.

Supposed to pick up three Arabian mares

and a stallion.

Have some champagne.

No, thanks.

You?

Don't mind if I do.

Never have yet tasted this stuff. Ha ha!

Come on over here.

Pa's in here.

We were just havin' a little backgammon.

Would you like to join us?

No, thanks. We can't stay.

Pa.

The fellas are here from Judge Garth.

He'll be all right as soon as the music stops.

Come on in. Yang?

Fix up a couple of guest rooms.

Why don't you fix up the Napoleon room and, uh--

Would you like to sleep in a genuine harem room

imported from Persia?

[ chuckles ]

We sure would. But like we said,

we gotta be gettin' back.

Fix the harem. And tell Zeke to feed the horses.

Pa, the fellas are here from Judge Garth.

COLONEL: Hmm?

Pa.

[ sighs ]

I'm sorry.

That was my wife's favorite tune.

Sit down, fellas. Sit down.

Life is sure short.

Aren't you drinkin'?

No.

Beautiful woman, my wife. Real--

Real pretty and hungry for education.

Real--laughter.

Unselfish. She never wanted anything for herself.

We went to Europe. Heh! I kept askin' her--

"Honey, what do you want? I'll buy it for you."

[ laughs ] She finally said...

"I want a 50-piece Scotch band."

[ laughs ]

And it bought it for her!

We took it on the boat.

And every night on the deck, a concert.

Oh, it was beautiful.

All that ocean spread out peaceful.

And those bagpipers so sorrowful.

What'd you say about these fellas? Where are they from?

They're from Judge Garth-- for the horses.

Oh. Welcome to New Hope.

We had a little excitement in town today.

Did you hear about it?We sure did.

It's terrible.

I don't know what got into Ernie--

losin' his temper like that.

Maybe he didn't like gettin' evicted out of his own home.

Oh, that's bad-- losin' your temper.

Don't ever lose your temper, Lem.

Sure, Pa.

I remember the mine--

I had 200 Chinese 400 feet down.

Oh, that temperature. 145 degrees.

And I was pushin' them around the cluck.

I had to get that silver out fast

before those bankers from San Francisco crucified me.

Colonel, can we see those horses?

We've got to get started back.

Then suddenly, that--

that beam broke.

And it caved in right over the whole kit and caboodle.

I was upstairs when I heard it.

You think I lost my temper?

Ha ha! I just got myself 200 more Chinese,

and I got that silver out fast to San Francisco.

Well...

it sure is a pleasure to meet a great man like you, Colonel.

A man who can grab silver...

grab land.

Sir, you're a great man.

What does that mean?Just what I said.

You're a great man.

You know something?

You're very astute.

You know what "astute" means, Lem?

Astute means sagacious.

Good.

You know, I'm a little astute, too.

And I got a feeling that...

there's something cookin' inside of you

that isn't exactly friendly.

Look, we came for some horses.

Why don't we just get 'em and go?

Go? Where are you gonna go?

Night's comin'. You're gonna stay here.

No, thanks.

We fixed it up to stay with some friends.

Come on, Randy.

What friends are you stayin', with?

In New Hope.

Well, who?

Eric Larsen and his daughter.

Ah.

You know them. You know them well?

Yes, I do. They were tellin' me

about the way the land lies around here.

Trampas, maybe we'd better have a look at those horses.

You know what I told them?

That somebody ought to start fightin' back.

Well, let's clear things up...

while everybody's still friendly.

[ chuckles ]

I own this country.

And I own this village.

Well, that's not the way I hear it.

I own every house for 50 miles around.

You stay here, or you get out by nightfall.

I don't want you going into the village,

and I don't want you mixin' with those people.

You hear that, Randy?

He's tellin' us we have to leave by nightfall.

Well, what I'll tell you is this.

If you two don't leave by nightfall,

you might never leave at all.

I'm stayin' tonight.

I'm stayin' from now on.

You're not gonna stay at any house I own.

Come on, Trampas--

I'm staying with Eric Larsen and his daughter.

Oh.

Anything that happens to them...

it's just like it happened to me.

Come on, Randy.

Let's go see about those horses.

You don't mind taking 'em back alone, do you?

No, sure I--

Yes, I do.

Whoa.

Whoa.

I forgot to ask you fellas--

how are you takin' those horses?

We were told to take them by train.

There's a train at 6:00 tonight.

You get them on, and put yourselves on, too.

Whoa.

Come on, Randy.

Gina.

You got someone stayin' here with you?

No.

That's all I wanted to know.

This cowboy I was just talkin' to--

he said he was stayin' with you and your father.

You know him before?

No, I didn't.

Gina...

You ever think of gettin' married?

You know, Lem would like to marry you.

And if you marry Lem,

I'll settle a million dollars on you.

I wouldn't marry for money.

[ chuckles ]

Well...

if you marry Lem, all this trouble would stop.

Oh, sure, this Adrian Gonvers

will be evicted in 20 minutes, but you can stop it.

You think I'm an evil man, don't you?

You think all that I want is money.

Well, you're wrong. That's not all I want.

But if I can't get them-- well, I'll take the money.

You need to win, that's all.

Everything you've ever done, you've had to win.

And if you have to kill to win, you'll do that, too.

Sure I will.

How do you think this country was built?

By milksops like your father?

I'm waiting for you to go.

And that cowboy-- oh, sure, he's a fighter.

Well, you tell him I want him to stay.

There's no fun in shooting down a man

unless he stands up.

Ha ha!

[ bell ringing ]

Hey, now. What's goin' on?

You havin' a meeting?

Yes.

With the sheriff and the judge bribed,

what good is a meeting?

Why don't you all go get a gun?

If every one of you had a gun,

the Colonel would listen to you.

That's what I've been sayin'!

We've got to shoot!

You wouldn't even have to pull the trigger.

Just show him you're armed...

and you'll fight for your home if you have to.

And he'll quit.

The meeting is starting.

Young man... this is our problem,

and we have to find our solutions.

That's why we're having this meeting.

A meeting for what?

To agree to do nothing?

Eric, he is right.

That fella is right!

Come on, Trampas. We're gonna miss that train.

Look, you take 15 men into a house, armed,

and he's not gonna throw anybody out.

He's gonna give you exactly what you want.

And that's the truce, isn't it?

A truce until there's a court decision.

Adrian, are you coming in?

No, I'm not.

I'm fed up with you and your ways.

This fella is right.

Fella, come back.

We'll meet at the livery stable.

I'll have every gun in town.

I'll be back...

as soon as I load up these horses.

Looks to me like it's time to serve Adrian his notice.

And that dumb cowboy isn't exactly helpin' us.

Insurrection-- that's what that is.

Instigating armed insurrection.

After you take care of Adrian,

you get down to the depot

and make sure those cowboys get on that train.

Yeah.

All right, I need deputies.

Come on.

You have an eviction notice for me?

Yes, I have, Adrian.

I'm might sorry to have to say that,

'cause you've been a fine citizen.

We need a livery stable here in town, but...

what can I do? The law is the law.

And we all have to obey the law, don't we?

By heaven, no one is going to evict me.

The first man who comes near me, I'll shoot him.

Adrian...

there's nothing I can do about it.

The judge has signed it.

I have to carry it out.

The first man who comes near me, I'll shoot.

These guys can't fight.

Even if you do get a bunch of 'em together with guns,

they ain't gonna be able to hit nothin'.

There's no point talkin' about it.

Half of me agrees with you.

It's dumb to stay, and I know it.

I guess half of me is just dumb.

Well, I respect you anyway--

tryin' to help these people out.

Sounds funny, doesn't it?

A guy does somethin' dumb,

and you have to respect him for it.

Better get these girls on the train.

Look, don't you fret yourself.

I'll be back in Shiloh in a few days.

Everything will work out. I hope so.

Come on, gal.

You're under arrest

for inciting rebellion.

What rebellion?

What have we done?

Tellin' folks to take up guns against the law.

Now, that's rebellion.

I'm not gonna put you in jail

because we ain't got a jail.

But you're gonna stay

right in that car with them horses

and leave this town. You understand?

You ever show your face in this town again,

any deputy will shoot you on sight.

Watch it, Trampas.

Watch it.

Don't you see all those guns?

Get those horses aboard.

All right, Joe-- get her rolling!

Good work, Lem.

[ train whistle blowing ]

We came to this country

because we believed in this country.

I have since discovered

that there are many here-- as there are the whole world over--

men of boundless greed.

Men whose hearts are locked in vice

and selfishness.

But because we have discovered this,

let us not lose faith in this--our new world.

Or in the principles which we brought with us.

They don't work!

You've got to fight if you want anything in this world!

That doesn't mean that we're going to take all this lying down.

It has taken man thousands and thousands of years

to begin to conquer his own savagery.

Let us not become savages ourselves.

Let us not lose our belief in God.

Eric, you're on the Colonel's side!

No, I am not.

And you will see.

In the end, the right will win.

And the Colonel will lose.

That's right, Eric. And I'm with you.

Our present tribulations are but a test.

For it is only out of suffering and sorrowing

that the heart can grow strong.

Let us sleep well tonight,

resting in our belief,

and let tomorrow bring what it will bring.

I hear you got a boarder, Gina.

What are you talking about?

Your boarder just left town.

That's the trouble with a saddle tramp--

they're never around.

You weren't serious about that saddle tramp, were you?

You got some nutmeg, Gina?

I'd like a little nutmeg in my wine.

No, we don't have any nutmeg.

Why don't you go sit down?

Hey, Gina, when are you and I gonna get married?

Oh, go away.

Now, that's not being very charitable.

Here I am, offering you my fortune

and my own sweet self,

and you're tellin' me to go away.

Go away... little Colonel.

What are you readin', Gina?

See? You don't even grab it back.

I guess you don't believe in violence.

You wouldn't kill a fly.

Resist not evil.

What's that mean?

I think I like that. Does that mean you're not gonna resist me?

Gina, you got daggers in your eyes.

You ain't changin' your religion, are you?

Just leave me alone.

Gina.

What are you doing here?

Don't you know there are two deputies inside there?

I didn't come to make trouble.

But I didn't get a chance to say good-bye.

I can't leave like that.

Well, then, say good-bye, Trampas.

Say good-bye and leave now.

No.

How can I?

You see...

Take a walk with me.

No. No, I won't.

Why?

Don't you want to?

Oh, yes, I do. I--

It's--

It's just that you can't be seen around here.

LEM: Gina?

What are you doin' out there?

I'll be right in.

What do you want to go back inside for?

Just let me go. I have to go in and tend the bar.

What are you tryin' to do--

stop practicing with your papa's preachin'?

MAN: Hey, Lem!

What are you fellas doin' out there?

Get out of here. I'll meet you at the depot.

Hey, what happened?

They just had a fight.

If that cowboy thinks he can come back here

and get everybody up in arms against the law, well--

I warned him, Pa. I said if he ever showed his face,

we'd shoot on sight.

All right! You do just that!

What about Eric Larsen?

We gotta get him first.

Then the others will get scared and follow easy.

Sheriff, you get every hand we have

and you take 'em with you.

We're gonna get those folks out of their houses so fast,

they're gonna think that Vesuvius has busted loose.

If they got wagons, you let 'em take their goods.

If they don't, you throw them out anyway!

Soon as it's sunup,

we're gonna ride through that whole town.

And every one of those squatters are gonna be evicted,

startin' with that holy saloon-keeper!

And I want no pussy-footin'!

If they show any resistance,

you, Sheriff--

I expect you to give a fine example

of firm, unflinching law and order.

We'll give an example, Pa.

Don't you worry about that.

My heavens.

What I have done for those people four years.

Four years, and I never charged 'em a cent.

And all they do is hate me.

My village!

You think I like to ride through my village

and see all those people hatin' me?!

All right, in the mines, I didn't care if they hated me.

I was workin'!

But now I'm retired. And when a man's retired,

he should be loved!

Don't you worry, Pa.

I love you.

And you're gonna be real proud of me.

You're gonna be real proud tomorrow.

What you believe may be all right for you.

But I can't change.

I'll always believe as my father does.

See, I adore him.

He's like a saint.

So, what are you saying?

I'm saying that when that train leaves tomorrow morning,

you have to be on it.

You know, I was in Denver last year.

I think I saw you in that beer garden.

You know what'll happen if you stay.

You'll shoot a couple of deputies,

and then 20 of them will kill you.

Gina...

maybe when this trouble is over,

you'll come to Medicine Bow.

Or I'll stay here.

Oh, Trampas, promise me.

Gina...

I just found you.

I've got to do something. I can't lose you.

Promise me.

Promise you what?

To hold you in my arms?

Kiss you?

Not worry about tomorrow?

No.

No, you know what I mean.

I want an answer.

Please.

Oh...

I didn't think you'd let me.

I didn't, either.

[ laughs ]

You haven't promised me.

No.

I'm going to stay.

No.

I don't want you to. I don't want you here.

I mean that.

Gina...

I have an extra gun.

And I want to give it to you.

What?

Not to kill anybody.

Just to stop somebody from killing your father.

You see, if you have a gun, and you just--

Well, a gun can keep somebody from being killed.

Please.

Gina, please take it.

So you and your father will be safe.

Gina...

Gina, I love you.

I don't want anything to happen to you.

Please take it.

GINA: Father?

Gina. Where were you?

Just out. Were you worried?

Yes.

Is that why you're staying up so late?

Oh, no.

No, I was just...

sitting up and thinking.

May I join you?

Hmm.

Sit down. Would you like some wine?

What shall we drink to?

Tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

Yes. To a good tomorrow.

Heh heh.

To a good tomorrow.

Don't you think you'd better put your shawl on?

It's getting chilly.

No, I'm not cold.

You know, I sat for two hours tonight

talking to someone very wonderful.

Who?

The cowboy that brought me home.

Talking about what?

He's so honest, kind.

Heh. Well, he's no saint, but he--

he's trying very hard to decide what's right.

What were you talking about?

You.

He cares about what happens to you.

Gina, you're up to something, aren't you?

No, I'm not.

Ah...you are. Come on, now.

I haven't been your father for all these years

without knowing when you're up to something.

Father, I'm not.

Hmm. All right.

Good night, Gina.

Father?

Would you promise me something?

What?

Tomorrow, if--

if the sheriff comes, and if he--

What I'm trying to say is...

the sheriff will come, and--

Oh, Father. Can't we just go?

Can't we just leave tonight?

Good night, Gina.

Father?

Father, I've met a man.

I'm in love.

I want to live.

I want you to live.

Father, when you met Mother...

didn't that love make you want to live?

Yes.

It did. Very much.

I can't find anybody.

They're packing, they're scared, they're leaving.

Well, just a few-- We've gotta have more than two guns.

There's Frank Champney and his brother.

They're old, but they'd shoot.

All right, go get 'em.

I thought the Andersons would come--

three grown sons and shotguns, but they're with Eric.

They just use their guns for rabbits.

Try again. Tell them if they won't fight for the land,

they won't be able to shoot rabbits.

Go tell Eric. Go on.

Whoa!

Looks like there's gonna be trouble.

They're gonna evict Eric Larsen.

You know he won't fight.

So they'll gun him down just like they did everybody else.

Are you gonna leave town or stay here and help?

And that dumb cowboy--

right in the middle of it, just as I expected.

Well?

Pull your wagons over by the saloon.

We can use them as cover.

I'll see if I can round up some more guns.

I told you, Pa-- we gotta get Eric fast,

or the whole town will start fightin' us.

Eric!

Hans! Get out of here!

I don't want any guns in here.

They're out there.I saw them.

Somebody's got to make a stand!

Get that gun out of here.

Listen! You're just confusing things.

I beg of you. Please go.

Eric Larsen.

Yes?

I've got an eviction notice here, Eric,

signed by the presiding judge of the county.

Do you consent to leave these premises immediately?

I do not.

And I respectfully request

that these evictions be held in abeyance until such time--

That's enough.

Don't give us any lectures.

Just get your hide out of here.

Eric, uh...

I'm gonna give you 30 seconds

to go peaceful.

I will not.

Do you defy the law?

I protest the abuse of the law.

And I have so wired the governor.

[ laughs ] Eric...

don't defy the law.

Gina, you speak to your father.

Don't you see? All this can be avoided.

30 seconds.

Now's the time.

For the last time,

are you gonna get out of here?

Eric, you're a peaceful man.

Why do you defy the law?!

The sheriff will shoot, Eric!

Now, come on, Eric.

Don't make me do this.

You know you've got to obey the law.

There are laws of man...

and there are laws of God.

And when the two come in conflict,

I must obey the latter.

What's the matter, Sheriff?

In 15 more seconds,

the sheriff will shoot, Eric.

15 seconds, Sheriff. Do you hear me?

I can't shoot an unarmed man

eating his breakfast!

You want to shoot him, you do it!

I'm gonna do it, Eric.

I will, Eric.

I will, I swear it.

Eric, don't be...

greedy.

If people weren't so greedy for property,

there'd never be any killings.

There wouldn't even be any wars.

Eric?

Eric!

Gina.

Gina...Gina!

Gina!

Gina! Oh!

Gina...

Gina...

It's yours.

I've got nothing to live for!

It's yours!

ALL: ♪ Blessed be the tie

♪ That binds

♪ Our hearts in Christian love ♪

♪ The fellowship of kindred minds ♪

♪ Is like to that above

♪ When we are told to part ♪

♪ It gives us inward pain

♪ But we shall still be joined in heart... ♪

The people are grateful to you.

I gave her the gun.

You did what you felt you had to do.

Gina did what--

what she had to do.

So did I.

Now they know what they must do.

If there's trouble again,

they won't listen to me.

They're men with guns now.

They'll fight.

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

You think we're all wrong.

Perhaps I do.

I only live in hopes

that someday it will all end--

the killing.

So do I, sir.

[ singing continues ]

So do I.

♪ Our hearts in Christian love ♪

♪ The fellowship...