All language subtitles for S04E28 - No Drums, No Trumpets

[ theme music playing ]

[ dog barking in distance ]

He's here.

Pay him.

Times change.

Two days ago I'd have
shot him on sight.

Now I'm working for him.

But he's gotta go some
to make up for all the years
he's hounded me.

Caught you a couple
of times, too, didn't he?

How about you?

Did he ever have you
behind bars, Augustin?

Augustin, Beal.

Hello, Marshal.

Or is it mister now?

Mister.

Somebody came up
with your price, huh?

You're the one man
I would have said
didn't have one.

And you're the last man
I wanted to share it with.

[ laughs ]

Where's Harmon?

He's up in the hotel room
with the coffin.

Just what is it
we're supposed to do
for all this money?

Kill. That's what
you do best, isn't it?

Who would know better
than you, Marshal?

I mean mister.

You got the uniforms?

Yeah.

7th Cavalry,
out of Fort Bliss.

How about telling us
just who it is
we're supposed to kill?

An American senator
and a Mexican governor.

Is that all?

Augustin.

Remember, you're
second gun to me.

You got your bank drafts?

Then you're as good as paid.

When can we cash them?

In about three weeks.

If the weather holds.

I'll clear you
to the border, Mr. Starr.

You'll ship here
to El Paso by rail,
I take it.

That's right, General.

Then Trampas will lead
the cattle drive

from here
down through Mexico.

Fine, Morgan.

If you and Trampas
are satisfied
with the arrangements,

there's nothing left to do
but to go on to Gato Rojo
for the formal signing.

Hadn't we better discuss
some security arrangements?

There will be no
security arrangements,
General.

Well, now, wait a minute.
Do you think that's wise?

If we expect to carry
programs of development

directly to the people
of other lands,

it can only be
self-defeating to mar them

by conducting business
under the guns of armed guards.

Well, Senator, I was merely
recommending prudence.

I must warn you,
Senator,

conditions in my country

cannot exactly
be called stable.

All the more reason.

The presence of troops
could only prove disquieting.

Well, gentlemen, I think

that concludes our
business for now.

I feel as though I hadn't
slept for two days.

I don't think
any of us have.

Till later, gentlemen.Adios.

Adios, governor.

[ whistles ]

Sure throwing those
$10 words around.

You were in on a piece
of history today, Trampas.

In fact, Trampas,
you helped make it.

Now you've got something
to tell your grandchildren.

I don't feel
all that important,
but if you say so.

It's been
a trying week, Morgan.

I think we could all
use a rest.

Senator, I have to admit

General Howard has a point--

about your security,
that is.

The most
important contribution
this treaty can make

depends on trust and faith,
and I can't tamper with that.

Right, right, right.

But now suppose
some crackpot comes along

and tries to create
an incident.

Now that'll just destroy
everything that you and Delgado

have spent your lives
trying to build.

You know as well as I do
there are always a few mad men

who actually prefer
deriving their profits
from destruction.

What do you suggest?

It's a short ride.

I can get into Gato Rojo
a day early,

look things over,

sort of get the feel
of the place.

I'll meet you there.

As good as your
intentions are, Morgan,

and probably as sound,
I-I won't endorse them.
I can't.

Not publicly, at least.

I understand.
I didn't expect that you would.

Ahem. Um, how about
me going with you?

What's her name?

I haven't
met her yet.

To the optimism
of youth.

No, no, I have
seen him at work, Senator.

I must admit,
it's not optimism.

Sure, you can come along
if you like.

I just want you back here
in time to help the senator
with the drive schedule.

Then to the wisdom
of age--

may it ever prove
a poor substitute

for the optimism
of youth.

You know, this is
the deadest town
I've ever seen.

And I've seen
a lot of towns.

It's going to be
a lot deader tomorrow.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

I've been wanting
to talk to you.Good morning, Padre.

I heard that you were
traveling with a coffin.

I thought perhaps
there was some service

I could offer you
through my church.

That's very kind
of you, Padre.

Mr. Beal is bringing
a friend of his
back to the United States,

but I'm sure he can
manage it by himself.

Yes, that's right, Padre.

Uh, besides, my friend
was not of your faith.

Uh, no offense.

I see.

Well, it would make
no difference.

I am Father Carlo.
Should you need
any assistance,

please don't hesitate
to call on me.

At any rate,

you have my condolences.

Thank you, Padre.

Perhaps we should take
the padre up on his offer.

What?

Church is a better place
for a coffin than
that hotel room.

Better view.

Quicker exit.

You got a point, Mason.

You're staring to think
like a real bandito.

Plenty of water.
Maybe too much.

This lake is no place
to be around during
a heavy rainfall.

Must really flood its banks.

Yeah, it does.

Part of the treaty
calls for the Mexicans

to build irrigation

and flood control channels.

That'll help both sides
of the Rio Grande.

And in return
they get cattle,

farm machinery, fertilizer.

Will it work?

Yeah, it'll work
if the right people
help to make it work.

I never heard of a treaty
that kept itself.

Who are they?

The tall one's Morgan Starr.

The other one's called Trampas.

He's the one
that's supposed to

ramrod the cattle drive
from Wyoming.

The rich ranchers
whose hearts bleed
for the poor.

Maybe they've come to have
a good time in a border town.

No, not Starr.
The other one maybe.

Do you know them?I know who they are.

Nothing's been left
to chance on this.

Oh. Two more
won't matter, huh?

[ door closes ]

What's wrong with him?

Oh, we're lucky, Beal.

The devil has
got to us early.

It hasn't caught up
with Mason yet,
but it's gaining.

Afternoon, ma'am.

How's the beer?

Wet.

Two, please.

Two pesos.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

There you go.

Americans.

Morgan Starr.How do you do?

Trampas.How do you do?
Cleve Mason.

I know that name.

Well, don't strain your
memory to drag it up.

It's not worth the effort.No, wait a minute.

Weren't you once
the marshal of Cimarron?

Yeah, a long time ago.

Trampas...

Mason was once the terror

of the Silver City trail.

I once made a drive
through there.

I'll bet you remember this.

Some of my boys tried
to hurrah Cimarron.

Mr. Mason got all ten
of them into a cell

without firing a shot--
I heard all about it
afterwards.

Well, at the time
it seemed like a story
hardly worth telling.

Nah, they never do.
What are you drinking?

I'll have what
you got, thanks.Another beer, please.

It's wet.

Thank you.

What brings you
to an out-of-the-way
place like this?

Well, that's just it, Starr--
it is out of the way.

A man gets tired of being
hated and feared,

and down here they
couldn't care less,
and that's the way I like it.

Hmm. Come on,
let's sit down.

Well...

What's a pretty girl like you
doing in a place like this?

I own it.

What I meant to say is,

what's an ugly fella like me
doing in a place like this?

Anybody else
beside yourself
come to town lately?

Oh, I stopped noticing
that kind of thing
when I turned in my badge.

Yeah, enjoying yourself.

Looking for a job--
something new to me.
I can't say I like it.

Oh, I shouldn't think
it'd be too hard

for a man
with your background
to get a job.

You'd be surprised
how quick people can forget me.

Yeah.

How come there's
hardly anybody around?

Every place I've been,

the cantina's
the liveliest place in town.

Business bad?

There is no business.

That's because
the local housewives
are afraid

their men come in here,
they won't wanna go home.

I'm not interested,
cowboy.

I know all about you.

You come from saddle soap
and you're headed
for paradise.

You won't make it.

You got $3 in your pocket

and the most you'll
ever have is ten.

Unless you rob a bank,
in which case
I'm not interested.

So you can't possibly win,

so why don't you
just run along, hmm?

[ knock on door ]

Who is it?

BOY:
It's me, Golindo.

It's the clerk's son.

What do you want?

I got your towels.

I bring you something
if you want.

GOLINDO: Food, maybe?
Water?

I don't know about you,
but I'm getting thirsty.

Hey, now that
you mention it.

Just a minute, kid.

You taking him home, huh?

Hmm? Oh, yeah, that's right.

Uh, look.

You, uh, you get us
some tequila, okay?

I don't know.

Maybe the padre see me.

He tell my father.
I get in terrible trouble.

Well, uh, how does
50 cents sound to you?

50 cents? American?Mm-hmm.

Maybe I take a chance.

Okay. Here's a quarter.

And I'll give you
the rest when you come back.All right, soldier.

Beal.

What's that boy doing here?

He brought the towels.

And did he
see you like that?

Sure, he did.

What do you think
about our visitors?

I don't know.

If I was that senator,
I'd send someone ahead of me.So would I.

Hey, not bad, huh?

Oh, boy. I sure would
like to see the face

of that commander
of the 7th Cavalry

when they ask him why his men
killed a senator and governor.

[ chuckles ]

Hey, why don't you
put your uniform on, too, huh?

Maybe the marshal
doesn't believe
in short-term enlistments.

Trampas, you better
get on back.

I'm just gonna wander
around town and turn in early.

See you tomorrow?

I'll be here.

Not doing so well, huh?

Is she too mean for you?

No.

She's just got so much heart,
it keeps hurting.

She's scared of it,
that's all.

So that's the secret, huh?

Well, that's a gem of wisdom
for a starter.

I never knew there was
a secret to it.

This town
look all right to you?

Yeah, so far.

I've got another
place to go.

Whatever you wanna know
about a town,

there are usually two places
where you can find it--

the cantina and the church.

I'll remember that.

See you in the morning.

That's one of them
out of the way.

Good afternoon, Padre.

Good afternoon.
Welcome to Gato Rojo.

I thank you.

You are a man
with a mission.

No.

Just a question, Padre.

Missions are more
in your line.

I believe that
every man's life is a mission.

But you didn't ask
for a sermon.

I was wondering
if there have been
any strangers in town.

Anybody you think
might be a troublemaker?

Then there is a mission.

Yes, I suppose there is.

And on whose behalf
is this mission?

Well...

Let's say on behalf
of Gato Rojo.

That sounds worthwhile enough.

No, I am unaware
of any troublemakers

in Gato Rojo.

This is a quiet place,
my friend.

Morgan Starr.

Anyway, noisy though
Gato Rojo's beginnings
have been,

thusly peaceful does its
old age promise to be.

Hmm.

Unless sudden prosperity
livens things up a bit.

An ancient dream.

We pray it will come true.

Whoever fears
for his safety here,

you may tell him
that this is a place of prayer.

This is...
Golindo.

Come here.

What do you have there?

It is not
for me, Padre.

I would not drink it.

It's for the soldier,
the American soldier.

He give me a quarter.
It belongs to him.

He's gonna give me
another quarter.

I was gonna put it
in the poor box.
Honest, Padre.

Ay, Golindo.
What has become of you?

First you traffic in sin,

then you lie.

What American soldier
is in Gato Rojo?

There is a soldier,
Padre, honest.

I would not
lie to you.

Son.

Are you sure about that?

Yes, sir, I saw
his soldier suit.

All blue
with yellow scarf on it.

And he's got
a muertoin his room.

A muerto?

There's a...dead man?

These men are taking
the body of a friend
back to the United States.

Strange.

I did not know
they were soldiers.

You often have
American soldiers
passing through here?

No.

This is not the sort
of town soldiers choose
to spend their time in.

Son, how would you like
to earn a dime?

He has earned
quite enough for a day.

I think God has earned
a free favor from you, Golindo.

May I, Padre?
Thank you.

What do you want me
to do, mister?

I want you to tell him

that I'd like
to meet him,

that I'll be
at the cantina.

At the cantina?

That's what he said.

Okay. Thanks, kid.

You couldn't wait
to put that uniform on.

You think he
suspects something?

Well, what difference
does it make?

All we gotta do
is play it out.

What does it matter
whether I'm a soldier
today or tomorrow?

It's all gonna
come out the same.Tomorrow makes no difference.

Between now and then
a lot of mistakes can be made.

Well, I could go
down there like he said,

let him buy me that drink,
and find out.

And make
another mistake.How could he know anything?

One thing is for sure--
if he is scouting,

we had better deal
with him, and do it now.

I don't like it.

You always were
a loner.

If you didn't trust us,
why did you bother to
hire us in the first place?

Beal is right, Mason.

We gotta find out,
and do it fast.

Hey, mister, I told him.

[ dog barking in distance ]

What did he say?He just shut the door.

Mm-hmm.

Well, thank you, son.

If I can help you,
you let me know, will you?

Well, maybe you wanna buy
an arrowhead?

Genuine Aztec, from
señor Montezuma himself.

Look here.

The next time
you make one of these...

If you heat the chisel,

you know, get it real hot
before you strike the flint,

you'll get a much sharper
edge to the chip.

See?

You just keep practicing now.
We'll see.

To better times?

Wouldn't take much.

The, uh, boy said
you wanted to see me.

Yeah. Morgan Starr.Ed Beal.

How are you?
Sit down, sit down.Thank you.

Yeah, I've been hearing
about your difficulty.

I thought I might
be able to help.

Well, that's, uh, that's
really good of you, Mr. Starr.

It's always a pleasure
to meet another American
in a strange place.

What, uh, what
brings you down here?

I'm in the cattle business.

I might be selling
some stock down this way.

Oh, I see.

Well, I wish you
a lot of luck with it.

Thank you.
What'll you have?

Tequila.

Now listen, can you
use some help
with that coffin?

I might be able to arrange
some transportation
if you need it.

No. No, that's--that's
really nice of you,
but we've got a wagon.

Well, I just
thought I'd ask.

Hey, 7th Cavalry, huh?

Good outfit.

General Howard's
a friend of mine.

Maybe you know him.

General Howard?

How would I get to
know a general?

Mason, come on,
sit down.

This is Ed Beal.
Cleve Mason.

Oh, yeah, Ed Beal--
he's in the room
next door to me.

What did happen
to your friend?

Um, he--he had
an accident

down in Chihuahua.

That's too bad.

Well, at least he has
a friend to take him home.

I guess it's pretty
tough to be alone
in a strange country.

Nobody to even bury you
when you die.

Well, he must have been
with the consular detachment.

I heard they came
out of the 7th.

Uh, yeah, as a matter
of fact he was.

I hope when I go,

there's somebody
to take me home.

STARR:
Where you from?

BEAL: Illinois.
Carthage, Illinois.

How about you?

Medicine Bow, Wyoming.

Medicine Bow.

It's a funny thing how--
how Americans always manage

to find one another
in a foreign country.Yeah.

Funny.

Get 'em up, soldier.

If you are a soldier.What's this for?

If you haven't got
any identification,

you're gonna have to
explain this whole thing

to the first federale
we can find.What's it all about, Starr?

He's lying.

Right now there is
no consul in Chihuahua.

So? Maybe he's a deserter.

What business is it
of yours down here?

Any other day
it wouldn't be.

Today it is.
All right.

That's far enough.

That's a fine
performance, Beal.

Now we're going outside of here
and across to that church.

And we're going to
do it quietly.

You, too, lady.

What for? I can't
do anything to you.

Don't make me force you.Leave her alone, Mason.

Marian, you come along.
I'll keep an eye on you.

Since when have you cared
what happened to me?

Old friend?

Hardly know her.

Get going, Starr.

[ kids playing ]

It won't work, Mason.

You can't stop what's going to
take place here tomorrow.

Neither you or anybody else
can do that.

There's a man with
a lot of money in it
says you're wrong.

What was your price?High enough.

Hmm.

You've come a long way
from Cimarron.

It's as far away as heaven.

[ cocks gun ]

Get going.

[ playing organ ]

[ music stops ]

To raise your gun in church,

you must be
on a very holy mission.

Let's save the talk, Padre.

You do as I tell you
and stay out of the way.

Out of the way
of what?Of this.

Now you and that woman
are hostages.

If our plans go wrong
tomorrow, we might make
very good use of you.

But that doesn't mean
to say we won't kill you
today if we have to,

and that goes
for you, too, Starr.

You try very hard
to stay alive, my friend.

I promise you,
it won't be easy.

Tell me something, Mason.

How can you stop
the signing of the treaty

without killing those
who intend to sign it?

Well, if you can
think of a way, I'll use it.

I guess I can't.I guess you've got
your answer, don't you?

Will somebody please
tell me what's going on
in my church?

Padre, United States
Senator Mills

and your Governor Delgado,

they are coming here tomorrow
to sign an economic treaty,

and Mr. Mason here
wants to kill them.

Kill them?

Wearing American uniforms.
By the way,

do you have any idea
what will happen,

what this means?

I'm doing a job, Starr.
I don't care what happens.

Well, let me tell you
what's going to happen.

It'll discredit
two governments.

It'll surely start
a counter-revolution
right here in this state,

and very possibly
start a war.

One more thing--

you're in church.

Take that hat off.

Augustin.

Go get your uniform on.

Beal, you go with him, too.
Help Harmon.

Are you sure you can
take care of 'em alone,
Marshal?

My marshal days are over.

Don't make any mistakes.

You make one wrong move
and you're dead.

What happened, Mason?

What made you sell yourself

to treason and murder?

I had a revelation, Starr,

an insight into humanity.

May I share
this wonderful truth?

I don't think
you'd enjoy it, Padre.

Lead me not into temptation,

deliver me from evil.

Sometimes the devil
wins the game, you know.

Has he won, Mr. Mason?

Well, let me
put it this way.

He's able to thank me
for my efforts

in a much louder
and clearer voice
than his competitor.

You're not the first man
to discover that guns
are louder than dewdrops.

Louder than dewdrops?

Well, you won't be
the last man to drown
in those dewdrops, Padre.

I've found a quicker way,
that's all.

What really happened, Mason?

If I happen to live
and you don't,

a lot of people are going
to want to know the answer.

Is that so, Starr?

Well, they should have
asked me for the answers

during the 18 years
I had one for them.

Did you ever stop
to think that they
paid you to be strong?

That's right, Starr, strong--

strong enough not to care
when you get no thanks
for doing a good job,

strong enough not to care
when a father comes to you

and tells you
his son is innocent
of what he got hanged for,

and strong enough not to care
when the good citizens of
your town don't back you up

and turn you out because you
try to arrest their mayor

for running a crooked
gambling house--
that's 18 years, Starr.

18 years of building something
that you thought was good,

only to find out it was
rotten inside all the time.

That's your
humanity for you.

You've got--
what is it, Padre--
your dewdrops?

Well, I got my corruption.

And we'll drown together,
you and me.

I have seen prayer keep
many drowning men afloat.

Forget it, Padre.

I've gone in head-first.
I'm looking around
on the bottom now.

Stay where you are.

Don't wanna hurt you, now.
Don't want any trouble
from you.

That's very decent of you.

Decent?
It's hardly that.

Mason, you're afraid.

You're afraid of this church,
you're afraid of the town.

You're not quite sure
just how far you're ready
to go with all of this

and you're
afraid to find out.

Well, it isn't
too late to pull out.

And go where, Starr?

Go back to Cimarron.

Arrest that mayor,
consequences be hanged.

The good people of that town
turned me out.

I'm never
going back there.

Did they turn you out,

or did you abandon them?

Well, I'm glad
somebody showed some sense

in at least
putting out a probe.

It's basic military strategy.

It's the scout principle.

You know, Senator,
reconnaissance is
the heart of surprise.

It's very hard
for the layman to understand

the approach
of the military mind.

The professional soldier
is trained that caution
is the way to survival.

He is constantly shown
that power is the key
to survival.

So when statesmen
like you, Senator,

come along and ask us
to expose ourselves

to the risks
of trust and faith,

it requires a whole new
view of life.

So forgive an old soldier

if he seems
less than noble.

General Howard, someday
both of us will be obsolete.

And I trust the world
will be a better place for it.

That's it, huh?

BEAL:
She's all right?

There's no problem.

Hey.

That sure is something,
all right.

How'd you get it?

Same way I've gotten
everything else.

He killed for this gun.Yes, I killed for it.

We'd better change.

Hey.

What's it like to kill
a whole lot of people at once?

They all run together.

It's the same as one.

You know,

a man with a gun
like this could--

could own the world.

What are you
praying for, Padre?

The understanding
and wisdom of forgiveness.

You find it?

I hope so.

For your sake or mine?

In God's eyes,
there is no difference.

[ softly ] Ma'am.

Do you have
any friends in town, any...

family, anybody
who will miss you?

No, nobody.

What about this Augustin?

What about him?

Before you get upset,
you'd better realize

that we've gotta
get out of here alive.

And we've got to
do it before morning.

Now I have to know about
anything that'll help us,

anything at all.

You've come
to the wrong place, mister.

Leave me alone.

Is there a bell,

any way we could, uh,

arouse this village?

There is a bell here.

A very ancient bell

that has not been rung
in 200 years.

The rope has long since
crumbled to dust.

The old bell would not ring
even if there were a rope.

If we were able
to arouse the village,

wouldn't we then be placing
their lives in danger also?

Are our lives
more precious than theirs?

Well, it isn't
a matter of our lives.

It isn't even just theirs.

I was once the chaplain
of what I thought

a noble and pure
revolutionary army.

The flush of victory,
they became as savages.

They became bandits,

ravaged many villages
which resisted them.

And I blessed them
in their evil.

For I was persuaded
to bless them

when it was
in the name of God.

I...

I am a man as well
as a priest, Mr. Starr.

I could not stand
another mistake like that.

But if you gave your
blessings in good faith...

But I was wrong.

I could not bear
to be wrong again.

What if you're wrong now?

A fair question.

I will ask it of you.

If the people were
to come here

and see guns in their church,
they would fight.

They would come with muskets
and pitchforks

and they'd be slaughtered.

You might escape the carnage.

But the village
would be empty.

Mr. Starr.

If there were a way

to arouse the village...

would you really do it?

If there were
no other way, yes.

Then...

let us both pray
that we may find one.

[ door opens ]

They're moving in
as soon as it's dark.

Here are your clothes.

Look, it wasn't...

it wasn't my idea to...

bring you into all this.

I don't see you doing anything
to get me out of it.

[ cocks gun ]

What do you want, Starr?You say you're
doing this for money.

Will you take money
to call it off?Whose, yours?

I'll give you a note
that will be honored
by the bank in Medicine Bow.

And I'll stay in your custody
until you have the cash.

You still don't
understand, do you, Starr?

I prefer to make
the money this way.

What are you so noble about?
What are you protecting,
a beef contract?

No? Your life?
Don't think that's the reason

why you're begging
to pay a ransom.
What is it?

To stop you
from starting a war,
I'll do anything I can.

You're destroying a lot
of innocent people, Mason.

Innocence or guilt

is decided by the man
who's in charge.

Then who's in charge?

Who?

Let me deal with him.

[ laughing ]

It's my hand, Senator.

Very shrewd play,
General.

My congratulations.
That's $3 I owe you.

Why don't we settle up
when you get back?

We'll play another game,
double or nothing.

And now, gentlemen,
if you'll excuse me,

I have much to do.

I'll say goodbye, Senator,
and wish you a safe journey.

Thank you.

Señor.Adios.

[ speaks Spanish ][ speaks Spanish ]

Gracias.

I tell you, Senator,
I held a confusing hand.

That's what we're
paid for, Juan.

I sense I should have
overruled you

and insisted
on protection tomorrow.

Juan, I've been
jumping at shadows
ever since I realized

we must conduct this treaty
away from the specter
of armed force.

I, too, have seen treachery
in every face.

In the general, in Starr,
even in you, my dear friend,

even as you must have
wondered about me.

We're doing
something worthwhile.
We both know it.

Let's not darken it
with our fears.

Let's get on with it,
and if it kills us,

why, maybe it was
meant to be.

We'll leave
at midnight as planned.

We should be there
by dawn.

The hour of the condemned man.

[ knock on door ]

It's me, Beal.

I've got a wagon
waiting outside.

Give me a hand.

You, uh,
you wanna sell it?

It's not for sale.

Well, uh, I'll give you
my whole share.

It's not for sale.

Someday...

somebody's gonna
take it away from you.

Are they, Beal?

Let's go.

Thought about you
sometimes.

Sometimes isn't often enough,
Augustin.

Right now I'm
too scared to care.

AUGUSTIN: I won't
let them hurt you.

MARIAN:
You're made of ice.

If they paid you enough,

if you thought there was
a halfway good reason,

you'd kill me or that priest
or anybody else.

No, not you.

Doesn't matter.

If you don't do it,

they will.

You didn't always think
I was made of ice.

I didn't always cry
every night, either.

For me?

For you?

For you?

Why, you're a pig.

You're a killer,
a thief.

I hate everything you are.

I cry because
I let you touch me.

I cry...

of shame.

Augustin.

I thought you said
you hardly knew her.
What's going on?

It's none of your business.

Well, she better not
get in the way.She won't.

I don't like it.I don't care
what you like, Mason.

When something goes wrong,
we can talk about it,
all right?

That better not happen,
Augustin.

Are you all right?

It's going to be a cool night.

Maybe the padre
can get you a coat

or blanket.

I wish they'd
get on with it.

You sound like
you wanna die.

I don't care,

one way or the other.

Because of him?

Maybe because of me.

When he came along...

I was so alone, I...

I lived from sleep to sleep
because I...

I couldn't stand being awake.

He made me laugh.

I guess I forgot
to think about what he was.

Or might be.

Marian.

Could you...

help me?

Would you help us?

Set him up for you?

So you can kill him?

If I have to.

I can't.

Well, why not?

You said you hated
the way he is.

I do, Mr. Starr.

But I also hate what I am.

That doesn't make me
any less...

the mother...

of the child I'm gonna have.

Or him...

any less the father.

He doesn't know.

Well, now...

That could save your life.

And your child's.

He must never see

or touch

or know this child.

You won't tell him.

And if I did?

It would ruin my life.

And it wouldn't save yours.

[ sighs ]

Padre.

Talk to her.

I think you'll find
your work is cut out for you.

I believe in my work,
Mr. Starr.

Is there something
you wanted to say
to me, Father?

Mr. Starr indicated
that such was perhaps
the case with you.

Leave me alone, Padre.
Please.

As you wish.

But there is something I've
been wanting to say to you.

Since you have come
to this village,

I know things
have not gone well for you.

I feel you blame me.

You rejected me, Father.

What else could they do?

I didn't reject you,
my child.

I rejected your money.

You came to me and offered
a very generous donation

if I'd bless your cantina.

I refused

because blessings
cannot be bought.

I didn't want
to buy them.

I believe that now.

Why?

Because now you
think you need me,
and yesterday you didn't?

I don't understand.

He didn't tell you?

He said perhaps you need me,
that's all.

[ knock on door ]

HARMON: Easy.

HARMON:
Watch it, watch it.

Open it up.

That's your
ultimate weapon, Padre.

MASON: The good people say
this is gonna end war forever.

I can tell you it speaks
louder than dewdrops.

Get it set up
right in the middle here.

Father Carlo.

Will you...

Will you hear my confession?

This must be familiar
country to you, sir.

The land, yes.

But the people,
they change.

They come and they go.

They change.
I hope I will know them.

You know, uh,

sometimes you act crazy,

treating this machine
like it was a person.

It is a person, Beal--
it's me.

What did she
talk to you about?Ask her.

That's close enough.

I just wanted to see
this gun close up.

You and the world.

Something to look at,
all right.

Where's it from?
Harper's Ferry or Hartford?

Hartford. You know
about guns, huh?

Oh...

I can love a good gun,
same as anyone else.

Isn't so.

Most people don't understand
that a weapon

is an extension of a man.

See, the bigger the power
of the weapon,

the more powerful the man.

[ chuckles ]

How many people have tried
to take it away from you?

14.[ whistles ]

Well...

I think you'd better
be careful around here.

What are you trying
to tell me?

You're a man alone.

No, not alone.

Oh, yes.

This gun
doesn't have to sleep.

You do.

What's he saying
to you, Harmon?

Oh, just that, uh, power...

breeds envy.

Nothing new.

Don't let him near
this gun again.
You watch him.

I'll watch everybody,
Mason, everybody.
And I don't sleep.

Ever.

What's that supposed to mean?

Just keep your distance.
All of you.

Don't do that again, Starr.

Don't try to turn us
against each other.

He's a sick man--
he's got the kind of
sickness that kills.

You keep on going at him
and he'll make this
whole town run red.

You've got everybody
figured out, haven't you?

You know what I'll do,
you know what Harmon will do.

But you don't know
what you'll do.

Well, when I find out,
Starr,

you'll be the first one
I'll let know.

Augustin.

Keep your eye on him.

I'm going outside
for some air.

Yeah, I could use
a little air myself.

The air in here
is good enough for you.

Go ahead, Starr.

[ groans ]

[ exhales ]

Huh.

Gato Rojo.

The sleepy little village

that doesn't know
it's about to die.

It's just another
small village

with the same
selfishness
as all of 'em.

It'll sell out
anyone to survive.

Is that the way
it is, Mason?That's the way it is.

Mm-hmm.

You ever wonder....

why they are doing it?

You know,
Beal and Harmon?

Then there's Augustin.

He's so sure of himself.
Now what's he after?

Money, like Beal?

They tell a story
about Augustin.

The Indians around here
believe it's true.

Say he was born with no heart
and that he doesn't bleed.

[ chuckles ]

If they're anything
like the Shoshone,

it's just their way
of saying that he never
learned right from wrong.

I suppose that makes him
innocent, too, huh?

Oh, no. No, no.

Harmon is the only one
who qualifies.

It's too late for him.

He's committed
to his sickness.

No, the guilt will be
with those people

who use his sickness
to do their killing for them.

Well, it sounds like
you're talking about me.

What about it, Starr?
Do you think you know
my answers?

[ laughs ]

Well, I could give it a try.

This job is, uh...

revenge for you.

You're trying to get back
at people you think

wiped out the meaning
of your life,

but it's just revenge.

It's empty, petty revenge.

But you're not committed to it,

and I don't believe you're
going to see it through.

Well, if what you say is true,

you can walk right
out of that gate
and I won't stop you.

Now do you wanna
bet your life on that?

No, you're different
than those three.

Yesterday I might have
walked away from what's
going to happen.

But not today.

What's so special
about today?

Two things.

First, I wanna find out
who's behind you.

[ laughs ]

You know,
I think I'll tell you.

You've been sold out,
Starr, just like I was.

It's a friend of yours.

The name is Howard.

Howard.

General Howard?

That's right.

Howard?

Well, what does he
get out of it?

What difference
does that make?

More power.

Now what's your
second reason for staying?

The second reason is something
the padre told me.

I had asked him
if there was some way

we could arouse
the people, to...

call them to arms.

And he reminded me
of the terrible
responsibility of...

having to choose

to fight for the lives
of other people.

[ sighs ]

Very noble sentiment.

But as far as I'm concerned,
all that means to me

is you were sold out again.

The one man in town
who could help you,

the good man this time,

wouldn't back you up.

You said that innocence
or guilt is determined
by who's in charge.

Well, that's not true.

When you have the privilege

of making your own choice,

you're responsible
for that choice.

Men choose their guilt, Mason.

Did you ever stop
to think of that?

Guilt doesn't choose them.

We choose, you and me.

I have made my choice,

and I accept
the responsibility.

I spent the most of my life
doing things your way,

and I was paid back
by being sold out.

And you've been sold out
already by your friend.

Now these people out here
or anywhere else,

they're no different than
those people in Cimarron.

You don't hate Cimarron.

You hate yourself.

'Cause it wasn't their fault.

It was yours,
and you know it.

Now I figure you've just got
a few hours to go back.

After that, it'll be too late.

I feel as though
I'm dressing for church.

DELGADO: It will be good
to see Padre Carlo again.

But let me warn you,

do not let him get started
on the story about the bell.

What bell?

It is too long
to tell you now.
We are almost there.

BEAL: Here comes that kid.

Looks like we'd better
make room for one more.

Let me send the boy away.
He can do you no harm.

Can't take a chance
on the boy being missed.

Suppose the padre
tries to warn him.

No, he won't.

He wouldn't risk
spilling innocent blood.

Would you, Padre?

Go ahead.

[ knock on door ]

[ bolt unlocks ]

Good morning, Golindo.Good morning, Padre.

I brought you that quarter
I promised for the poor box.

Why is the door locked today?

Oh, I've been so busy
weaving a new bell rope,

I forgot to unlock it.

Weaving a new rope?

And why not?
Haven't we always wanted

to be able to ring
our fine bell?

Now let me have the quarter
and you run along.

We both have much
to do, I'm sure.Here's a quarter, Padre.

Thank you, Golindo.

This money will do much good.

Now run along.

[ dog barking ]

Padre.

Thank you.

You know, uh,
in about a half an hour,

we may give you a contribution
that'll make that quarter
look pretty silly.

I prefer this gift from him.

Well, just where do you
think he got it from?

It's not the gift
that can be soiled,
only the donor.

[ drops coin in box ]

You think the boy understood?

I hope so.

What's the matter with you?
Don't you feel well?

I feel all right.

Papa, does the padre
ever ring that bell
he's got up in the tower?

Mm, I have never heard it.

He said he was
making a new rope for it.

He said he was going
to ring the bell.

Hmm, that would be a surprise.

A big surprise.

Hmm.

He likes to talk about
that bell in his sermons.

Is very old, that bell.

He says it don't ring
for 200 years,

and if it ever does,
it will mean that...

It will mean that...

It will mean something bad.
I don't remember it.

Are you sure
he said all that?

He did.

You know, Starr...

All those ideals and dreams

you were talking about,
that's...

They're just fine,
but that's not
the way it is.

That's not the way
things really are.

Hmm.

There's a saying--

there's no greater tragedy

than a beautiful theory
destroyed by fact.

Well, the fact is
it's just too late.

Then it's too late
for all of us.

Read it any way you want.

All right,
but you remember this.

I care enough
about what you've been

to wanna see it saved.

Even from you.

If you go through with this,

one of us will
probably die.

I don't want it to be me.

And I don't want it to be you.

Marian.

If I wasn't what I am...

If I was...

different...

someone who...

didn't do the things
I do...

live like I do...

If that could come true...

would you still hate me?

Too late now, anyway.

I can't change.

It would be too late
for me, too, Augustin.

Even if you could.

Well...

BEAL: Mason!

So you did send word
to them after all.

What about his ideals now?

What about the blood of those
innocent people out there?

And when they're all dead,
what's it all for?

Because of something they
believe in or something
that you believe in?

And you, Padre.

What qualifies you to set
yourself up as a judge?

Tell me! What makes you
think you can choose

between life and death
for those people out there?

I am not choosing.
You are.

MAN: Padre?

All right.

You call your men off,
it'll all be over.

But you turn them loose,

the blood will be
on yourhands.

MAN: Padre!

[ shouts in Spanish ]

Well, Mason?

Beal, you go to the side.
We will take them
in the crossfire.

I'm going to take over,
Marshal.

Hold it, Augustin.

Nobody's taking over.

I'm calling it off.

We're pulling out of here.
It's all over.

I'm really not
too surprised, Marshal.

You and I never did
see things the same way,
did we?

This moment has been
a long time coming.

What are you waiting for?
They're almost here.

What is it?

He's calling it off.Call it off?

Not on your life.

You heard
what he said, Marshal.

Not on your life.

Get away from that gun!

[ yells ]

Here.

Take him away.

Mary...

I'm sorry for what I am.

Always wanted to be
something different,

something else for you.

But I couldn't.

I could only be
what I have always been.

[ sighs ]

I'm sorry.

It doesn't matter.

Maybe you do
something for me

so that I can feel
I gave you something?

What?

Marry me?

I did not tell him.

Will you marry us, Padre?

Wilt thou...

take Marian Clay,
here present,

for thy lawful wife

according to the rite
of Holy Mother the Church?

AUGUSTIN: I will.

Wilt thou...

take Augustin,
here present,

for thy lawful husband

according to the rite
of Holy Mother the Church?

I will.

I join you together
in marriage

in the name of the Father

and the Son
and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

The Indians were wrong.

He is bleeding.

Here's your gun.

You and the padre
took a big chance in there.

Hmm.

I doubt if the padre
thought so.

I'll go back
to El Paso with you

and get this thing
straightened out.

Then I'm going to go
to Cimarron.

There's a mayor there
I want to arrest.

[ horses approaching ]

[ theme music playing ]