1 00:01:14,529 --> 00:01:16,930 [MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 2 00:01:54,836 --> 00:01:56,998 You sure those were our cattle you saw, Hey Soos? 3 00:01:57,171 --> 00:02:01,233 Well, no. But I'm sure somebody was driving them and away from the herd. 4 00:02:01,409 --> 00:02:03,241 Well, it was probably just some local jasper, 5 00:02:03,411 --> 00:02:05,004 didn't want his to get mixed in. 6 00:02:05,179 --> 00:02:07,614 This is awful far back in the hills for strays. 7 00:02:07,782 --> 00:02:09,580 Well, but what about the tracks? 8 00:02:10,752 --> 00:02:12,686 All right, all right. Let's continue. 9 00:02:20,595 --> 00:02:22,723 Look, Senor Rowdy. 10 00:02:26,868 --> 00:02:30,600 Cattle all right, but they're not ours. You can see by the brand. 11 00:02:30,772 --> 00:02:34,572 Agh. I wish I could spot brands a mile away like you can. 12 00:02:34,742 --> 00:02:37,439 You know, you're the best in the world, I think. 13 00:02:37,612 --> 00:02:41,515 Yeah, well, wait till you meet Sam Wentworth. He's the very best. 14 00:02:41,683 --> 00:02:45,017 Oh, he is the one Senor Favor was saying lives up here near San Bruno? 15 00:02:45,186 --> 00:02:46,210 Yeah, that's right. 16 00:02:46,387 --> 00:02:49,914 MAN: All right, up there, what are you looking at so hungry? 17 00:02:50,091 --> 00:02:51,456 Take it easy. 18 00:02:53,227 --> 00:02:55,252 [COWS MOOING] 19 00:02:56,597 --> 00:02:58,929 A rifle sticking out of those bushes. 20 00:02:59,233 --> 00:03:02,032 Uh, we're just looking for strays, mister. 21 00:03:02,203 --> 00:03:03,728 MAN: Sure you are. 22 00:03:03,905 --> 00:03:07,535 Well, these ain't strays, and this ain't your land. 23 00:03:07,709 --> 00:03:09,609 So move on out. 24 00:03:09,777 --> 00:03:11,438 Yeah, all right. 25 00:03:11,612 --> 00:03:13,239 Go on. 26 00:03:21,155 --> 00:03:22,987 [MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 27 00:03:42,243 --> 00:03:43,267 How much further? 28 00:03:43,444 --> 00:03:45,003 We drop through that saddle up ahead 29 00:03:45,179 --> 00:03:47,170 and right down into the San Bruno valley. 30 00:03:47,348 --> 00:03:49,510 It's as nice a ranch country as you'd ever wanna see. 31 00:03:49,684 --> 00:03:51,482 Yeah, so Sam told me. 32 00:03:51,652 --> 00:03:54,417 You can trust old Sam Wentworth to pick the best place in the west 33 00:03:54,589 --> 00:03:56,114 to find himself a spread. 34 00:03:56,290 --> 00:03:59,954 - You think we'll be able to find him? - Oh, won't have to, he'll find us. 35 00:04:00,128 --> 00:04:03,098 He's still range master of all the outfits in the valley. 36 00:04:03,264 --> 00:04:05,699 That old son of a gun. Is he still herd-cutting? 37 00:04:05,867 --> 00:04:08,700 Yeah, he'll be out to look us over for any strays we picked up. 38 00:04:08,870 --> 00:04:10,804 Then you'll see cutting by an expert. 39 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:12,497 There's none better. 40 00:04:12,874 --> 00:04:14,865 You, uh, figured out a place to bed? 41 00:04:15,042 --> 00:04:17,704 I don't even need to. Just pick a spot and set down. 42 00:04:18,112 --> 00:04:20,103 There's water and prime grass as far as you can see, 43 00:04:20,281 --> 00:04:21,476 the full length of the valley. 44 00:04:22,083 --> 00:04:24,609 Looks like a couple of real easy days, for a change. 45 00:04:24,786 --> 00:04:27,187 Guess the only trouble we'll have is to keep them moving. 46 00:04:27,355 --> 00:04:29,687 They'll just wanna stand around and fat up. 47 00:04:30,158 --> 00:04:31,455 Why don't you let them? 48 00:04:31,626 --> 00:04:33,617 Might be good for us to do the same thing. 49 00:04:35,163 --> 00:04:36,528 [GUNFIRE] 50 00:04:53,281 --> 00:04:55,249 [SHOUTING] 51 00:04:57,952 --> 00:05:01,081 Jim? What is it? 52 00:05:01,255 --> 00:05:02,450 I don't know what's eating him, 53 00:05:02,623 --> 00:05:05,854 but some jasper near creased my cord with that first bullet. 54 00:05:09,263 --> 00:05:11,027 PETE: I don't see a thing. 55 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:14,098 There. 56 00:05:24,545 --> 00:05:26,775 Looks like half the ranchers in the valley. 57 00:05:26,948 --> 00:05:28,712 And one fella's wearing a star. 58 00:05:36,924 --> 00:05:39,552 Howdy, sheriff. What's your problem? 59 00:05:39,727 --> 00:05:40,751 Your herd. 60 00:05:41,462 --> 00:05:43,362 You can turn it around and head back. 61 00:05:43,698 --> 00:05:45,894 Turn around? Head back? 62 00:05:46,067 --> 00:05:47,694 Just exactly what do you mean by that? 63 00:05:48,569 --> 00:05:51,266 I mean, you ain't going through the San Bruno valley. 64 00:05:52,406 --> 00:05:56,673 Well, did you have to shoot at my man to tell us that? 65 00:05:57,144 --> 00:05:59,670 That was only supposed to be a warning shot. 66 00:05:59,847 --> 00:06:00,973 Oh. 67 00:06:01,148 --> 00:06:04,516 Pretty smart warning shot there, blowing his hat off. 68 00:06:04,685 --> 00:06:07,552 And why can't we go through the Bruno valley? 69 00:06:07,722 --> 00:06:09,588 Let's just say Texas fever. 70 00:06:09,857 --> 00:06:12,656 Oh, well then, we got no Texas fever with this herd. 71 00:06:12,827 --> 00:06:15,888 Maybe you ain't got it, but you can give it. 72 00:06:16,063 --> 00:06:19,727 Texas trail herds have infected half the cattle in Kansas. 73 00:06:19,901 --> 00:06:22,370 Well, thanks just the same, but we weren't figuring on staying, 74 00:06:22,536 --> 00:06:23,935 we're just passing through. 75 00:06:24,105 --> 00:06:25,470 Not through our lands, you ain't. 76 00:06:25,806 --> 00:06:29,242 We've had our fill of you drovers. And it ain't just the fever. 77 00:06:29,410 --> 00:06:30,809 Oh, what is it, then? 78 00:06:30,978 --> 00:06:34,437 A lot of things. You ruin our grass for our own cattle. 79 00:06:34,782 --> 00:06:35,908 Well, now, the way I hear it, 80 00:06:36,083 --> 00:06:39,075 you've got more than enough grass here for half the beef in Texas. 81 00:06:39,353 --> 00:06:40,718 Look, we don't aim to argue. 82 00:06:40,888 --> 00:06:42,652 Just turn around and go some other way. 83 00:06:43,124 --> 00:06:45,855 Now, sheriff, this is open range land. 84 00:06:46,027 --> 00:06:47,756 SHERIFF: The San Bruno valley ain't. 85 00:06:48,296 --> 00:06:50,321 It's private property, every inch of it. 86 00:06:50,798 --> 00:06:54,632 But you can't block it off. You see, that's established trail. 87 00:06:55,236 --> 00:06:58,536 There's a wagon road for legitimate traffic. 88 00:06:58,706 --> 00:07:03,473 Oh, yeah, sure, without fences on it. 89 00:07:03,644 --> 00:07:07,478 That means if one of those steers steps off of it, 90 00:07:07,648 --> 00:07:11,710 it'd be trespassing on private property and we'd be liable for damages, huh? 91 00:07:12,453 --> 00:07:15,514 Now we know what this is all about, a holdup. 92 00:07:15,890 --> 00:07:17,289 Mister, you got us all wrong. 93 00:07:17,458 --> 00:07:19,859 We're all respectable ranchers in this valley. 94 00:07:20,027 --> 00:07:23,224 We don't want your money. We just don't want you. 95 00:07:23,698 --> 00:07:28,033 Well, I am sorry about that, but I'm afraid you have got us, 96 00:07:28,202 --> 00:07:29,863 so, uh, we'll be pushing on through. 97 00:07:30,037 --> 00:07:32,369 If you try to go through, I'll have to arrest you. 98 00:07:32,540 --> 00:07:34,008 Not without a fight. 99 00:07:35,543 --> 00:07:37,307 Then it'll have to be a fight. 100 00:07:38,479 --> 00:07:40,140 SAM: No, it won't. 101 00:07:44,318 --> 00:07:45,342 - Hello, Gil. - Sam. 102 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:48,181 I was beginning to wonder where you was. 103 00:07:48,456 --> 00:07:50,481 You fellas forgetting who the range master is? 104 00:07:50,891 --> 00:07:54,020 This has gone beyond just cutting herds now, Sam. 105 00:07:54,195 --> 00:07:56,892 We decided we don't want any of them at all going through. 106 00:07:57,064 --> 00:07:59,863 You decided? Without consulting me? 107 00:08:00,034 --> 00:08:02,230 You fellas must really think I'm too old. 108 00:08:02,403 --> 00:08:06,101 Now, you listen to me, Avery, Maxey, and all the rest of you, 109 00:08:06,273 --> 00:08:09,470 I'm not too old to run this range just fine. 110 00:08:09,643 --> 00:08:13,102 Sam, a herd this big has got to do a lot of damage. 111 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,271 It's my job to see that it don't. 112 00:08:16,250 --> 00:08:18,947 Can you guarantee we won't lose any beef, Sam? 113 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,918 I always have, haven't I? 114 00:08:21,088 --> 00:08:23,557 You haven't been doing so well lately, have you? 115 00:08:23,724 --> 00:08:25,624 You accusing me of something, Jenkins? 116 00:08:26,127 --> 00:08:30,223 I notice you're mighty friendly with these herd bosses. 117 00:08:30,398 --> 00:08:33,333 Now, wait a minute, Sam. Jenkins didn't mean that. 118 00:08:33,501 --> 00:08:35,492 And we have been losing a lot of beef lately. 119 00:08:35,669 --> 00:08:39,003 So have ll. But it ain't been walking out with the herds. 120 00:08:39,173 --> 00:08:40,766 I ain't so sure, Sam. 121 00:08:40,941 --> 00:08:42,500 - Maxey-- - Now, Sam, 122 00:08:42,676 --> 00:08:45,270 nobody's blaming you any more than they are me. 123 00:08:45,446 --> 00:08:47,039 But somebody has been getting around you, 124 00:08:47,214 --> 00:08:48,613 and me and the rest of us. 125 00:08:48,783 --> 00:08:50,251 Besides, there's the fever. 126 00:08:50,418 --> 00:08:52,409 The fever's easy taken care of. 127 00:08:52,586 --> 00:08:54,884 We'll dip the herd same time as we cut them. 128 00:08:55,056 --> 00:08:57,047 I got a ditch all dug up at my place. 129 00:08:57,224 --> 00:08:59,955 Oh, now, just a minute, Sam. 130 00:09:01,228 --> 00:09:02,923 You wanna go through here, don't you, Gil? 131 00:09:03,097 --> 00:09:04,155 Yeah. 132 00:09:04,331 --> 00:09:06,299 Well, this time it'll be at my expense. 133 00:09:06,467 --> 00:09:08,526 - Oh, well, Sam-- - Well, it's settled then. 134 00:09:08,702 --> 00:09:11,262 We'll move the herd up, dip and cut them in the morning, 135 00:09:11,439 --> 00:09:14,306 - then move them over into the valley. - Now, wait a minute. 136 00:09:14,475 --> 00:09:16,637 You want a new range master, Avery? 137 00:09:16,811 --> 00:09:18,279 Nobody's suggesting that, Sam. 138 00:09:18,446 --> 00:09:22,349 Well, you either replace me, or I run this range. 139 00:09:22,516 --> 00:09:24,985 Now, you take these men and ride on back into town. 140 00:09:25,152 --> 00:09:28,417 Not all of them. I'm posting a guard on this herd. 141 00:09:28,589 --> 00:09:31,115 SAM: This man, Gil Favor's, a friend of mine. I'll vouch for him. 142 00:09:31,292 --> 00:09:33,659 Sam, I've got my duty to do too. 143 00:09:33,828 --> 00:09:35,421 I have to be sure. 144 00:09:35,596 --> 00:09:37,963 I'm gonna post a guard. 145 00:09:38,799 --> 00:09:40,597 Oh, sure, sure. Suit yourself. 146 00:09:46,574 --> 00:09:49,635 - I'm sorry, Gil. - Oh, no, Sam. Thanks for all you did. 147 00:09:49,810 --> 00:09:52,711 Say, by the by, good to see you again, fella. 148 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,041 Good to see you too, boy. 149 00:09:56,650 --> 00:09:57,947 Pete Nolan. 150 00:09:58,119 --> 00:10:00,281 Sam, you're a sight for sore eyes. 151 00:10:00,821 --> 00:10:02,721 Oh, yeah, this is Jim Quince. 152 00:10:02,890 --> 00:10:04,585 - Sam. - Jim. 153 00:10:04,758 --> 00:10:06,726 Move the herd over to my place. 154 00:10:06,894 --> 00:10:10,762 I want you to see it anyway. And meet the wife. 155 00:10:13,701 --> 00:10:15,567 [MEN WHOOPING] 156 00:10:28,649 --> 00:10:30,845 There's water over by those trees there, Wish. 157 00:10:31,018 --> 00:10:32,179 Fine, Sam. 158 00:10:32,353 --> 00:10:35,220 Mushy, water buckets. 159 00:10:39,059 --> 00:10:41,551 With this grass, they won't stray far tonight, Gil. 160 00:10:41,729 --> 00:10:44,824 Sam, you certainly weren't blowing up this country. 161 00:10:44,999 --> 00:10:47,434 It is prime land. 162 00:10:47,601 --> 00:10:49,365 Wait till you see my little house. 163 00:10:50,871 --> 00:10:54,239 Uh-oh. There's our old friend the sheriff again. 164 00:10:56,977 --> 00:10:58,445 SAM: Don't mind Avery, Gil. 165 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,908 He's being prodded by the ranchers. 166 00:11:02,082 --> 00:11:03,550 And with some reason, I'll admit. 167 00:11:04,218 --> 00:11:06,550 We've all been losing stock lately, 168 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,449 but not to the trail herds. 169 00:11:08,622 --> 00:11:10,283 It's a rustler and a mighty slick one 170 00:11:10,457 --> 00:11:12,926 because we haven't got a lead on him yet. 171 00:11:13,194 --> 00:11:16,061 And then too there's a fever scare. 172 00:11:16,463 --> 00:11:18,022 But we'll get you through. 173 00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:19,598 You know I appreciate it, Sam. 174 00:11:27,374 --> 00:11:30,400 - What, are you stopping already? - And just where have you been? 175 00:11:30,578 --> 00:11:33,548 Oh, uh, chasing down some of Hey Soos' strays. 176 00:11:33,948 --> 00:11:35,541 Hey, what are those men doing over there? 177 00:11:37,985 --> 00:11:41,046 Yeah, we got a guard now to keep us out of trouble. 178 00:11:41,222 --> 00:11:43,213 - Huh? - Wishbone will tell you. 179 00:11:43,390 --> 00:11:46,485 Meet Sam Wentworth. This is Rowdy Yates, my ramrod. 180 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:47,684 Glad to know you, son. 181 00:11:47,861 --> 00:11:51,320 Glad to know you, Mr. Wentworth. We've certainly heard a lot about you. 182 00:11:51,498 --> 00:11:53,899 Well, don't you believe what Mr. Favor says. 183 00:11:54,068 --> 00:11:55,729 I ain't half that bad. 184 00:11:55,903 --> 00:11:57,098 No, it's all been good. 185 00:11:57,504 --> 00:11:58,972 Look, uh, take over for me, will you? 186 00:11:59,139 --> 00:12:00,732 We're gonna go over and visit Sam's place. 187 00:12:00,908 --> 00:12:02,899 All right. Fine. 188 00:12:17,358 --> 00:12:20,259 Well, now, what have we got here? 189 00:12:20,628 --> 00:12:23,563 What kind of horse wrangler they call you, Pedro? 190 00:12:23,731 --> 00:12:25,597 My name is Hey Soos. 191 00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:29,100 Well, little Hey Soos, you better behave yourself. 192 00:12:30,037 --> 00:12:32,472 Because I'd like nothing better than to nail you up. 193 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,632 Hook care of a few of your kind in my time, down on the border. 194 00:12:35,809 --> 00:12:39,905 You scare me, senor. You scare me real bad. 195 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,277 Yeah? Well, maybe you'd better be scared. 196 00:12:43,450 --> 00:12:46,715 - Because it'll be dark soon and then-- - And then what? 197 00:12:46,887 --> 00:12:48,787 What are you busting in for, mister? 198 00:12:48,956 --> 00:12:50,947 We was having a friendly little chat. 199 00:12:51,125 --> 00:12:52,650 Yeah? Well, I'm just joining it. 200 00:12:52,826 --> 00:12:55,158 This boy's a friend of mine, I want you to know that. 201 00:12:55,329 --> 00:12:58,299 Heh. You don't care who you make friends with, do you? 202 00:12:58,465 --> 00:13:01,298 That's where you're wrong. I pick my friends very carefully. 203 00:13:01,468 --> 00:13:03,197 That's why I'd never pick you. 204 00:13:03,370 --> 00:13:05,532 The smell, you know? 205 00:13:09,310 --> 00:13:11,472 You're asking for trouble, mister. 206 00:13:12,146 --> 00:13:14,012 Well, I always say, if trouble's gotta come, 207 00:13:14,181 --> 00:13:16,343 you just step right up and meet it. 208 00:13:18,185 --> 00:13:19,880 What's the matter here? 209 00:13:20,087 --> 00:13:22,078 You tell your bully boy here to tend to his guarding 210 00:13:22,256 --> 00:13:24,520 and keep his mouth shut, and everything will be all right. 211 00:13:24,692 --> 00:13:27,389 - You threatening me? AVERY: That's enough, Jenkins. 212 00:13:27,561 --> 00:13:28,585 He's right. 213 00:13:28,762 --> 00:13:31,493 You're here to see that nothing happens, not to start something. 214 00:13:31,665 --> 00:13:33,861 Now, get back on your horse and keep away from them. 215 00:13:34,034 --> 00:13:36,969 Stay back where you can see what's going on. 216 00:13:58,125 --> 00:13:59,991 Hey, now, Sam. 217 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,528 This is some place you got here. 218 00:14:05,299 --> 00:14:07,165 It's what I hope for you some day, Gil. 219 00:14:07,334 --> 00:14:10,702 A spread as good and a wife as pretty. 220 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,644 Kate? 221 00:14:24,251 --> 00:14:26,686 This is Gil Favor, an old friend of mine. 222 00:14:26,854 --> 00:14:28,788 - Mr. Favor. - Real pleasure, ma'am. 223 00:14:28,956 --> 00:14:31,084 How'd you find your way to this end of the earth? 224 00:14:31,258 --> 00:14:32,783 I'm trailing a herd from Texas. 225 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,394 I might've known, another cattleman. 226 00:14:34,561 --> 00:14:36,552 Nobody else ever comes here by choice. 227 00:14:37,598 --> 00:14:40,295 Well, she's just teasing, Gil. 228 00:14:40,467 --> 00:14:42,629 It does get a mite lonesome out here, though. 229 00:14:42,803 --> 00:14:45,238 Unless you're born and bred to it. 230 00:14:45,572 --> 00:14:47,267 And I was raised in Kansas City. 231 00:14:47,441 --> 00:14:49,842 And the least I can do is offer you a cup of coffee. 232 00:14:50,010 --> 00:14:52,308 Why, thanks, that would be fine. 233 00:14:55,115 --> 00:14:56,173 You see what I mean? 234 00:14:56,350 --> 00:14:58,114 Yeah, very nice. 235 00:14:58,285 --> 00:14:59,810 She's had a tough life. 236 00:14:59,987 --> 00:15:03,651 An orphan, man trouble, had to make her own way. 237 00:15:03,824 --> 00:15:05,451 But she's a good kid. 238 00:15:05,626 --> 00:15:08,095 I don't know what she sees in me, but she married me all right. 239 00:15:08,262 --> 00:15:11,994 - When did this happen? - Last year, in Kansas City. 240 00:15:12,599 --> 00:15:15,296 - She said I swept her off her feet. - Ha-ha-ha. 241 00:15:15,469 --> 00:15:18,564 Well, I don't know, but she sure gave me a new lease on life. 242 00:15:18,739 --> 00:15:21,834 That's fine, Sam. Just fine. 243 00:15:22,209 --> 00:15:24,769 This is Bud Grady, my foreman. Gil Favor. 244 00:15:24,945 --> 00:15:27,471 - Hi, Grady. Glad to know you. - Same here, Favor. 245 00:15:27,648 --> 00:15:30,447 Gil's taking a herd through. You see anything outside? 246 00:15:30,617 --> 00:15:33,848 No, I didn't see a thing, Sam. 247 00:15:40,227 --> 00:15:42,491 [MEN WHOOPING] 248 00:15:59,079 --> 00:16:01,173 Walking Neck's outside. 249 00:16:03,717 --> 00:16:05,845 Get on in there. 250 00:16:07,187 --> 00:16:08,916 Keep them moving on down there. 251 00:16:09,089 --> 00:16:10,784 Come on, get out of there. 252 00:16:10,958 --> 00:16:12,392 Keep moving down there. 253 00:16:12,559 --> 00:16:14,994 - Come on! MAN: Man 4-8 outside. 254 00:16:15,162 --> 00:16:17,324 [WHISTLING] 255 00:16:18,499 --> 00:16:20,092 Ever see any better, Mr. Favor? 256 00:16:20,267 --> 00:16:22,668 Well, he's been at it a lot of years. 257 00:16:22,836 --> 00:16:24,668 He's calling maybe 20 brands. 258 00:16:24,838 --> 00:16:26,431 Yeah, he just missed one there, though. 259 00:16:26,607 --> 00:16:29,133 Yeah, Pecos, get after him. 260 00:16:29,776 --> 00:16:32,768 Ain't the first one, either. I saw the one you picked out for him. 261 00:16:32,946 --> 00:16:35,540 - You didn't see a thing. - Hmm? 262 00:16:36,750 --> 00:16:38,240 Oh, uh. 263 00:16:38,418 --> 00:16:41,410 Yeah, well, a large herd like this, a man's bound to miss a few. 264 00:16:41,588 --> 00:16:44,580 There was a time he never missed one, even with the biggest herd. 265 00:16:44,758 --> 00:16:46,749 The thing is, nothing's getting through. 266 00:16:46,927 --> 00:16:49,624 - That's all you're interested in. - Main thing, anyway. 267 00:16:49,796 --> 00:16:52,891 Hey! Come on! Go! 268 00:16:53,066 --> 00:16:55,467 Bucking R outside. 269 00:16:59,273 --> 00:17:01,742 [MEN CONTINUE WHOOPING] 270 00:17:05,946 --> 00:17:07,243 MAN: Keep going! - Another one. 271 00:17:07,414 --> 00:17:08,779 MAN: Come on, get out! - Rowdy. 272 00:17:08,949 --> 00:17:11,782 MAN: Come on! Hey! 273 00:17:11,952 --> 00:17:14,444 Sam ought to resign before they turn him out. 274 00:17:14,621 --> 00:17:17,556 A man like that? He's better than any two men half his age. 275 00:17:17,724 --> 00:17:21,126 I know. But they've lost confidence in him. 276 00:17:21,295 --> 00:17:23,263 Sam's changed a mite. 277 00:17:23,430 --> 00:17:26,195 He ain't been the same solid citizen this past year. 278 00:17:26,366 --> 00:17:27,629 This past year? 279 00:17:27,801 --> 00:17:29,462 Yeah, since he married. 280 00:17:29,636 --> 00:17:31,400 You met his missus, ain't you? 281 00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:32,971 What's so wrong with her? 282 00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:35,131 Well, her age for one thing. 283 00:17:35,309 --> 00:17:37,676 Then there's what she was before she hooked Sam. 284 00:17:38,645 --> 00:17:42,047 Well, I'd say that's nobody's business but Sam's, anyway. 285 00:17:42,215 --> 00:17:45,082 Except when people start losing confidence. 286 00:17:45,252 --> 00:17:47,311 MAN: Go on down there! Come on! 287 00:17:49,957 --> 00:17:51,857 Well, you're clean as a hound's tooth, Gil. 288 00:17:52,025 --> 00:17:53,322 How about that, boss? 289 00:17:53,927 --> 00:17:55,520 These ranchers got nothing to worry about 290 00:17:55,696 --> 00:17:57,425 with a herd cutter like you on the job, Sam. 291 00:17:57,598 --> 00:17:59,327 All these years ought to count for something. 292 00:17:59,499 --> 00:18:00,830 How long you been doing this now? 293 00:18:01,001 --> 00:18:02,799 Now, that's a question, Pete. 294 00:18:02,970 --> 00:18:04,438 I never did keep track. 295 00:18:04,605 --> 00:18:06,972 But this whippersnapper here could probably tell you. 296 00:18:07,140 --> 00:18:09,700 Oh, no, not me. I never kept track neither. 297 00:18:09,876 --> 00:18:14,143 Well, anyways, I was cutting before he could set a horse. 298 00:18:14,915 --> 00:18:17,179 Well, Avery, you satisfied? 299 00:18:17,351 --> 00:18:18,546 So far. 300 00:18:18,719 --> 00:18:20,278 "So far." 301 00:18:20,454 --> 00:18:22,616 You mean you ain't gonna call off the guard. 302 00:18:22,990 --> 00:18:25,049 Not till he's off the range. 303 00:18:25,225 --> 00:18:28,456 I'll take him on ahead to see there's nothing to pick up as he goes along. 304 00:18:33,967 --> 00:18:36,026 Well, now, there's a stubborn man. 305 00:18:36,203 --> 00:18:38,570 Well, it makes no never mind as long as I'm not held up. 306 00:18:38,739 --> 00:18:41,640 Pete, you'd better ride on ahead and pick a bed ground for tonight. 307 00:18:41,808 --> 00:18:43,503 Right, boss. 308 00:18:43,677 --> 00:18:47,739 Gil, I promised Kate we'd stop by for a bite to eat before you went on. 309 00:18:47,914 --> 00:18:50,246 Sam, I really ought to stay with the herd. 310 00:18:50,584 --> 00:18:52,848 Well, I'm asking kind of special, Gil. 311 00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:56,012 If you knew how much it meant to Kate to have some company over there... 312 00:18:56,189 --> 00:18:57,213 She needs it. 313 00:18:57,391 --> 00:19:00,656 Well, if you don't mind making it short, all right. 314 00:19:02,996 --> 00:19:04,327 MAN: Hey. 315 00:19:44,905 --> 00:19:46,896 [COW MOOING] 316 00:20:29,216 --> 00:20:31,014 Hey, you. 317 00:20:56,176 --> 00:20:57,473 A shot, no doubt of that. 318 00:20:57,644 --> 00:20:59,544 - Trouble, you think? - I don't know. 319 00:20:59,713 --> 00:21:02,045 Not likely any of our boys up there, though. 320 00:21:02,215 --> 00:21:05,651 Well, could have been Pete. He went that way. 321 00:21:06,686 --> 00:21:10,145 Pecos, get Joe and come with us. 322 00:21:38,285 --> 00:21:40,014 AVERY: Hold it right there. 323 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,620 Drop that rifle. 324 00:21:43,824 --> 00:21:44,848 Now put up your hands. 325 00:21:45,425 --> 00:21:47,519 Now, wait a minute, sheriff. This ain't my doing. 326 00:21:47,694 --> 00:21:49,128 Of course not. 327 00:21:49,296 --> 00:21:51,355 But you'll do until we find the right one. 328 00:22:01,575 --> 00:22:03,907 You gotta listen to me. I didn't shoot that man. 329 00:22:04,077 --> 00:22:06,910 Oh, sure not. You were practicing and he got in your way. 330 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,377 The man you threatened yesterday. 331 00:22:08,548 --> 00:22:10,175 Hell you, it was not me. 332 00:22:10,951 --> 00:22:13,352 And that ain't your fire and running iron either, is it? 333 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,217 No, it's not. Whoever it was took off that direction. 334 00:22:16,389 --> 00:22:18,118 You can see his tracks if you'll take a look. 335 00:22:18,291 --> 00:22:20,783 There are tracks all over. What did he look like? 336 00:22:21,494 --> 00:22:24,020 I didn't get a good look at him. He was riding a bay horse. 337 00:22:24,197 --> 00:22:26,791 Maybe 200 bay horses in the valley. 338 00:22:26,967 --> 00:22:28,560 Well, don't I even get a trial? 339 00:22:34,307 --> 00:22:37,368 I never saw a man caught red-handed any plainer. 340 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:42,270 You've had your trial. 341 00:22:42,449 --> 00:22:44,645 We're gonna make an example of you. 342 00:22:44,818 --> 00:22:45,876 You gotta give me a chance. 343 00:22:46,052 --> 00:22:48,612 Give me a chance to prove to you that I'm telling you the truth. 344 00:22:48,788 --> 00:22:51,758 - At least, let me tell somebody. ROWDY: Hold it. 345 00:22:54,694 --> 00:22:56,526 Put him down. 346 00:22:58,198 --> 00:23:00,826 - You hear me? - Look, son, I'm the sheriff. 347 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:03,766 Well, you're sure acting like one. Is this your kind of law? 348 00:23:03,937 --> 00:23:05,666 We caught him red-handed. He killed Jenkins. 349 00:23:06,172 --> 00:23:08,664 I never done it, Rowdy. I never fired a shot. 350 00:23:08,942 --> 00:23:11,502 Any of you men bother to check his guns? 351 00:23:18,118 --> 00:23:20,018 Pistol's full. 352 00:23:27,594 --> 00:23:28,618 Seven. 353 00:23:30,664 --> 00:23:32,189 This rifle holds eight. 354 00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:35,501 This morning I shot a rattlesnake. 355 00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:36,966 Well, he's not on trial here, 356 00:23:37,137 --> 00:23:39,333 and you're not gonna lynch any of our men, sheriff. 357 00:23:39,506 --> 00:23:40,530 Now, let him go. 358 00:23:40,707 --> 00:23:43,404 Not on your life. He's under arrest. 359 00:23:43,576 --> 00:23:45,601 And if you try to take him, you're breaking the law. 360 00:23:45,779 --> 00:23:47,110 What kind of law do you call this? 361 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,305 Putting a rope around a man's neck without a trial. 362 00:23:49,482 --> 00:23:50,916 He'll get a trial. 363 00:23:51,084 --> 00:23:52,779 But he'll hang just the same. 364 00:23:52,953 --> 00:23:55,513 We'll take him to town and put him in jail. 365 00:23:55,889 --> 00:23:57,323 You gonna let them do that, Rowdy? 366 00:23:58,525 --> 00:24:00,323 Maybe it's best for now, Pete. 367 00:24:00,827 --> 00:24:02,886 But you won't be there long, don't worry. 368 00:24:03,697 --> 00:24:06,962 Just to make sure you get there safe, we'll send along a few of the boys. 369 00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:18,037 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 370 00:24:18,945 --> 00:24:19,969 More coffee? 371 00:24:20,146 --> 00:24:22,638 - Oh, no. No, thanks, Mrs. Wentworth. - No thank you, dear. 372 00:24:22,816 --> 00:24:26,252 By the way, I can't tell you how nice it was for you to have me. 373 00:24:26,419 --> 00:24:28,217 Visitors are always welcome, Mr. Favor. 374 00:24:28,388 --> 00:24:30,482 Well, maybe next time I'm through. 375 00:24:30,657 --> 00:24:34,093 - I hope so. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 376 00:24:36,496 --> 00:24:39,193 Well, I can't blame you for liking it here, Sam. 377 00:24:39,366 --> 00:24:40,527 It's a fine spread. 378 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:43,567 Well, there's nothing like having one of your own, Gil. I recommend it. 379 00:24:43,737 --> 00:24:44,761 Maybe someday. 380 00:24:45,205 --> 00:24:48,140 Don't wait too long. I almost did. 381 00:24:48,308 --> 00:24:51,437 But I was lucky, and lucky enough to get a gal like Kate too. 382 00:24:51,611 --> 00:24:52,635 Don't you think so? 383 00:24:52,812 --> 00:24:54,473 Sure do. I sure do. 384 00:24:54,647 --> 00:24:56,672 She's what makes it all worthwhile. 385 00:24:56,850 --> 00:24:59,649 - Well, maybe someday I'll get lucky. - I'm sure you will. 386 00:24:59,819 --> 00:25:01,719 [HORSE NEIGHS] 387 00:25:21,141 --> 00:25:23,838 Boss, um, Pete's in jail. 388 00:25:24,010 --> 00:25:25,671 We just saved him from a necktie party. 389 00:25:25,845 --> 00:25:28,246 - In jail? What for? - Murder. 390 00:25:28,415 --> 00:25:30,315 They say he killed that Jenkins fella. 391 00:25:30,483 --> 00:25:33,453 - Murder? Not Pete. - Yeah, I know. I know. 392 00:25:33,620 --> 00:25:35,884 Pete says it's that, uh, rustler they've been looking for. 393 00:25:36,056 --> 00:25:38,718 Jenkins came across him with a downed calf and a running iron. 394 00:25:38,892 --> 00:25:39,916 FAVOR: Where was this? 395 00:25:40,093 --> 00:25:42,926 ROWDY:: Oh, not more than a few miles away from here in the brush. 396 00:25:43,096 --> 00:25:45,588 Pete heard the shot and rode over to see what was the matter, 397 00:25:45,765 --> 00:25:48,462 and the sheriff rode in and caught him red-handed, he says. 398 00:25:48,735 --> 00:25:49,964 You sure it isn't true? 399 00:25:50,370 --> 00:25:53,931 If Pete says it ain't, it ain't. I'd stake my life on his word. 400 00:25:54,374 --> 00:25:55,637 Well, that's good enough for me. 401 00:25:55,809 --> 00:25:57,800 Yeah, but it ain't good enough for them. 402 00:25:57,977 --> 00:25:59,672 They're gonna have the trial this afternoon, 403 00:25:59,846 --> 00:26:02,247 - not even waiting for the circuit judge. - Vigilantes? 404 00:26:02,415 --> 00:26:04,577 ROWDY: Well, I guess it's better than no trial at all. 405 00:26:04,751 --> 00:26:07,083 When I came across them, they had a rope around his neck. 406 00:26:07,253 --> 00:26:08,880 What are we gonna do? 407 00:26:09,055 --> 00:26:10,648 Has he got any chance for a fair trial? 408 00:26:11,524 --> 00:26:13,083 A fair trial, yes. 409 00:26:13,393 --> 00:26:15,361 But who's going to prove he's innocent? 410 00:26:15,528 --> 00:26:17,326 I guess that'll be up to us. 411 00:26:17,630 --> 00:26:18,654 Yeah, how? 412 00:26:19,265 --> 00:26:20,596 Find the man who did it. 413 00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:22,464 What happens if we can't? 414 00:26:22,635 --> 00:26:26,094 Can't not. First off, let's see where that branding fire was. 415 00:26:26,439 --> 00:26:28,066 Right. 416 00:26:30,677 --> 00:26:33,510 Grady, you'd better come with us. 417 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,705 We may need your help. 418 00:27:02,942 --> 00:27:05,309 - Seen anything? - Nope. 419 00:27:05,478 --> 00:27:09,176 I'm afraid it's no use. Looks like we lost his trail. 420 00:27:09,482 --> 00:27:11,780 He knows what he's doing all right. 421 00:27:11,951 --> 00:27:13,578 This terrain's too rocky to follow him. 422 00:27:14,154 --> 00:27:15,588 Where do we stand now? 423 00:27:15,755 --> 00:27:17,086 Nowheres, I guess. 424 00:27:17,257 --> 00:27:20,659 Well, since we can't track him down, 425 00:27:20,827 --> 00:27:23,558 maybe we'd best start trying to out think him. 426 00:27:23,730 --> 00:27:25,960 Sam, you folks must've talked this over a lot. 427 00:27:26,132 --> 00:27:27,600 Who you got for suspects? 428 00:27:27,767 --> 00:27:29,599 Just a blank wall. 429 00:27:29,769 --> 00:27:33,433 An Indian would've left a trail, so would outside rustlers. 430 00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:36,768 Every rancher in this valley has lost stock 431 00:27:36,943 --> 00:27:38,877 and there couldn't be anybody in town working it. 432 00:27:39,045 --> 00:27:42,071 - Huh? Why not? - Well, not alone anyways. 433 00:27:42,248 --> 00:27:44,114 It's too big an operation. 434 00:27:44,284 --> 00:27:47,652 Where would they hold the stock? Market it? 435 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:49,652 Passing herds? 436 00:27:50,023 --> 00:27:53,357 And the town butcher couldn't sell that much meat in ten years. 437 00:27:53,526 --> 00:27:56,188 Well, there's a fort around here somewheres, ain't there? 438 00:27:56,462 --> 00:28:00,729 An Army supply depot about 20 miles around the other side of those hills. 439 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,230 Twenty miles. 440 00:28:03,603 --> 00:28:05,264 Well, how far is it over the hills? 441 00:28:05,838 --> 00:28:07,772 Six, seven, but it's rough. 442 00:28:08,308 --> 00:28:10,640 - Where do they get their meat? SAM: All over. 443 00:28:10,810 --> 00:28:16,112 They try to spread their buying around so they won't be playing favorites. 444 00:28:16,282 --> 00:28:20,549 They tell me some cattle had driven in from three, four counties away. 445 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,189 Well, then, nobody except them would know 446 00:28:23,356 --> 00:28:26,917 exactly how much meat was being bought from this valley. 447 00:28:27,093 --> 00:28:29,084 No, I suppose not. 448 00:28:29,262 --> 00:28:30,696 Huh. 449 00:28:30,863 --> 00:28:33,798 And the biggest local market around. 450 00:28:33,967 --> 00:28:34,991 By far. 451 00:28:35,168 --> 00:28:37,660 Well, then, that's where I'll check first. 452 00:28:37,837 --> 00:28:39,168 Oh, who's in charge there? 453 00:28:39,339 --> 00:28:40,898 Supply officer. 454 00:28:41,074 --> 00:28:43,008 What's his name, Bud? 455 00:28:43,176 --> 00:28:44,644 Uh... 456 00:28:44,811 --> 00:28:48,076 Watkins. Uh, Watkins, I think it was. 457 00:28:48,248 --> 00:28:51,115 Grady took our last beef in, but it's been a while. 458 00:28:51,551 --> 00:28:53,019 All right, I'll find him. 459 00:28:53,186 --> 00:28:54,483 Don't you want us to go with you? 460 00:28:54,654 --> 00:28:56,520 No, Rowdy and I can handle it. 461 00:28:56,689 --> 00:29:00,319 Say, Sam, I would like you to go back to town, though, 462 00:29:00,493 --> 00:29:02,587 and try to keep that rope off of Pete's neck. 463 00:29:03,062 --> 00:29:04,427 I'll do my best. 464 00:29:04,597 --> 00:29:05,826 It's just over the hill. 465 00:29:06,199 --> 00:29:08,190 You'll see the depot in the valley beyond. 466 00:29:08,368 --> 00:29:10,496 We'll try to get back as quick as we can. 467 00:29:10,670 --> 00:29:12,365 SAM: Good luck. 468 00:29:55,515 --> 00:29:56,914 FAVOR: Lieutenant Watkins? 469 00:29:57,684 --> 00:29:59,379 Yes. What can I do for you? 470 00:29:59,552 --> 00:30:04,217 My name's Favor, Gil Favor. I'm, uh, trail-bossing a herd going through. 471 00:30:04,390 --> 00:30:06,859 I just thought I might be able to sell you a little beef. 472 00:30:10,463 --> 00:30:12,192 Afraid not. 473 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:14,062 We're well-stocked here. 474 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,769 Well, look, sir, I might be able to give you a right good price. 475 00:30:19,272 --> 00:30:20,831 No, thanks. 476 00:30:21,007 --> 00:30:22,338 FAVOR: No, thanks? 477 00:30:22,508 --> 00:30:25,102 You mean, you're not even gonna ask my price? 478 00:30:25,411 --> 00:30:27,937 You must be getting a good one. 479 00:30:28,448 --> 00:30:30,507 You buy all from the same source? 480 00:30:31,084 --> 00:30:33,553 Well, now, what business would that be of yours? 481 00:30:34,687 --> 00:30:37,748 Well, I'll tell you the truth. 482 00:30:37,924 --> 00:30:41,656 One of my men is on trial for rustling and murder, 483 00:30:41,828 --> 00:30:45,787 and I think you might be able to help me find the name of the real rustler 484 00:30:45,965 --> 00:30:49,424 because I think, uh, he's selling his cattle to you. 485 00:30:49,769 --> 00:30:51,396 Well, now, that's absurd. 486 00:30:51,571 --> 00:30:55,007 Look, this could mean a man's life. An innocent man's life. 487 00:30:55,174 --> 00:30:57,199 WATKINS: Well, now, that's no concern of mine. 488 00:30:57,377 --> 00:31:00,813 Look, I don't have anything to hide in the conduct of my office, mister. 489 00:31:00,980 --> 00:31:03,074 Well, nobody's accusing you of anything. 490 00:31:03,249 --> 00:31:07,049 You just as much as accused me of knowingly buying stolen cattle. 491 00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:09,188 Oh, no, no, no, I was only suggesting 492 00:31:09,355 --> 00:31:13,622 that, um, somebody was trying to sell you stolen cattle. 493 00:31:13,793 --> 00:31:16,262 Of course, certainly, you'd be buying it in good faith. 494 00:31:16,429 --> 00:31:20,024 I assure you I have bills of sales signed by the legal brand owners 495 00:31:20,199 --> 00:31:22,293 of every head of cattle I ever bought. 496 00:31:22,468 --> 00:31:26,166 And you can't tell me who you've been buying your beef from? 497 00:31:26,339 --> 00:31:27,898 Can't or won't? 498 00:31:28,508 --> 00:31:31,000 Let's just say I wouldn't if I could. 499 00:31:31,944 --> 00:31:34,936 All right, all right. That's all I needed to know. 500 00:31:47,527 --> 00:31:49,791 You know, I'd be willing to bet he's lying. 501 00:31:49,962 --> 00:31:54,263 He's probably buying at cut prices and pocketing the difference. 502 00:31:54,434 --> 00:31:56,334 Gonna leave the Army a rich man. 503 00:31:56,502 --> 00:31:58,266 Maybe. Maybe not. 504 00:31:58,438 --> 00:32:00,406 Might be just bucking for promotion. 505 00:32:00,573 --> 00:32:04,908 Keeping his accounts low and not asking no questions. 506 00:32:05,077 --> 00:32:07,512 Either way, he's buying low from one seller. 507 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,045 Probable. 508 00:32:11,717 --> 00:32:13,310 Not that way, gentlemen. 509 00:32:13,486 --> 00:32:15,682 You just ride out the way you came. 510 00:32:36,542 --> 00:32:37,703 Did you see any brands? 511 00:32:37,877 --> 00:32:41,211 I think I saw some Circle-Ks, but there could've been others, though. 512 00:32:41,380 --> 00:32:43,849 Maybe I could try to get back near them cattle pens. 513 00:32:44,016 --> 00:32:45,745 No, there's no time now. 514 00:32:45,918 --> 00:32:50,014 Cattle leave tracks, though. Let's try and find them. 515 00:33:00,433 --> 00:33:02,925 Well, a lot of something's been coming through here. 516 00:33:03,102 --> 00:33:06,629 Yeah, it's cattle all right. 517 00:33:07,139 --> 00:33:12,100 Well, it may not mean anything, but we ain't got nothing else to go on. 518 00:33:12,278 --> 00:33:14,770 Might as well follow them for a while. 519 00:33:26,592 --> 00:33:29,391 Looks like a regular Santa Fe Trail around here. 520 00:33:29,562 --> 00:33:31,428 With all these tracks, I'm afraid it's hopeless. 521 00:33:31,597 --> 00:33:35,056 - Maybe, but what else we got to do? - I don't know-- 522 00:33:35,234 --> 00:33:36,668 [HOOFBEATS APPROACHING] 523 00:33:36,836 --> 00:33:38,429 Hey, look. 524 00:33:52,251 --> 00:33:53,275 Hey, you. 525 00:33:59,325 --> 00:34:01,259 That jasper's on the run. I think we ought to have 526 00:34:01,427 --> 00:34:03,020 - a little talk with him. - Oh, oh... 527 00:34:03,195 --> 00:34:05,789 We ain't got much chance of catching him, 528 00:34:05,965 --> 00:34:08,991 especially since he's on his own home ground. 529 00:34:09,168 --> 00:34:12,331 Besides, I just got sort of a sneaky suspicion 530 00:34:12,505 --> 00:34:14,769 we might find something real interesting 531 00:34:14,941 --> 00:34:18,104 right by close here somewhere. 532 00:34:23,683 --> 00:34:26,812 I remember this place. Come on. 533 00:34:35,328 --> 00:34:37,126 There they are. 534 00:34:43,970 --> 00:34:46,769 This is where they hold them all right. And lookit. 535 00:34:46,939 --> 00:34:48,668 Look at all of them with blotched brands. 536 00:34:48,841 --> 00:34:50,605 Yeah, looks like they're Circle-Ks. 537 00:34:50,776 --> 00:34:53,006 Just hold them here until the brands heal 538 00:34:53,179 --> 00:34:54,943 and then drive them right on in to the fort. 539 00:34:55,114 --> 00:34:58,675 Yeah, well, all we gotta do is find out who the Circle-K brand belongs to. 540 00:34:58,851 --> 00:35:01,320 We can find that out in town. Let's go. 541 00:35:01,487 --> 00:35:03,455 Old Pete's gonna be a happy man. 542 00:35:11,964 --> 00:35:13,955 SAM: Now, wait a minute. 543 00:35:14,233 --> 00:35:17,168 Favor could be back at any moment with evidence to exonerate this man. 544 00:35:17,336 --> 00:35:20,704 The trial's been held, the verdict's in, there ain't no sense to delay things. 545 00:35:20,873 --> 00:35:22,204 Sam, why don't you give it up? 546 00:35:22,375 --> 00:35:24,343 There ain't no evidence for Favor to bring. 547 00:35:24,510 --> 00:35:27,036 You just don't wanna think about what you're doing, do you? 548 00:35:27,213 --> 00:35:29,341 Afraid you might lose your nerve. 549 00:35:31,083 --> 00:35:33,609 Avery, I'm pleading with you. 550 00:35:33,786 --> 00:35:34,810 No. 551 00:35:37,757 --> 00:35:39,122 SAM: I'm sorry, Nolan. 552 00:35:39,291 --> 00:35:40,315 Thanks, Sam. 553 00:35:40,793 --> 00:35:41,919 Let's get on with it. 554 00:35:47,099 --> 00:35:49,431 - Gil, did you find anything? - Sure did. 555 00:35:49,769 --> 00:35:52,101 I know what outfit's doing your rustling now. 556 00:35:52,271 --> 00:35:54,763 All right, who? What's the brand? 557 00:35:55,408 --> 00:35:56,705 The Circle-K. 558 00:36:04,450 --> 00:36:05,781 Do you know what you're saying? 559 00:36:05,951 --> 00:36:07,817 Sure. 560 00:36:08,354 --> 00:36:11,051 Sam, not yours? 561 00:36:18,764 --> 00:36:21,756 Show me. Just show me. 562 00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:23,766 And you'd better be right. 563 00:36:23,936 --> 00:36:25,028 All right. 564 00:36:25,971 --> 00:36:27,200 Put him back in jail. 565 00:36:27,373 --> 00:36:29,137 We'll have to see about this. 566 00:36:50,396 --> 00:36:51,727 Well, where are they? 567 00:36:53,332 --> 00:36:54,390 They're gone. 568 00:36:56,202 --> 00:36:59,331 This is a man you called your friend, Sam. 569 00:37:00,339 --> 00:37:02,569 Well, whoever made off with them couldn't have gone far. 570 00:37:02,742 --> 00:37:04,176 All we gotta do is look around. 571 00:37:04,343 --> 00:37:06,072 And waste more time. 572 00:37:06,245 --> 00:37:07,542 They're just stalling, Avery. 573 00:37:07,713 --> 00:37:10,614 Or giving their men a chance to cook up something back in town. 574 00:37:10,783 --> 00:37:14,845 We'd better get back there fast, finish this business up. Come on. 575 00:37:25,765 --> 00:37:26,960 Sam... 576 00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:40,201 What are we gonna do now? 577 00:37:40,379 --> 00:37:42,370 You go on back to the herd 578 00:37:42,548 --> 00:37:44,607 and bring back all the men you can to town. 579 00:37:44,784 --> 00:37:46,718 I'll tag along with them. 580 00:37:46,886 --> 00:37:48,047 Right. 581 00:38:44,410 --> 00:38:45,707 Sheriff, wait a minute. 582 00:38:46,111 --> 00:38:49,172 You might just well move on, Favor, unless you wanna stay for the hanging. 583 00:38:49,348 --> 00:38:51,180 Can't you at least stop to think about it? 584 00:38:51,350 --> 00:38:53,011 I didn't know the Circle-K was Sam's brand. 585 00:38:53,185 --> 00:38:55,313 And why in the world would I have named that brand 586 00:38:55,487 --> 00:38:57,751 if I hadn't have seen it on those cows? 587 00:38:57,923 --> 00:38:58,947 Go on. 588 00:38:59,124 --> 00:39:01,183 I don't believe that Sam's involved in this, neither. 589 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,795 But at least it does give us another logical suspect now. 590 00:39:04,563 --> 00:39:06,190 - Who? - Simple enough. 591 00:39:06,365 --> 00:39:08,299 It'd have to be somebody who could sell the brand. 592 00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:11,926 Somebody who had the power to sign a bill of sale at the fort. 593 00:39:12,104 --> 00:39:14,835 That'd have to be Sam or his wife. 594 00:39:15,007 --> 00:39:16,805 Or his foreman, Bud Grady. 595 00:39:17,109 --> 00:39:20,079 That's right. Now, I don't know much about this Grady, 596 00:39:20,246 --> 00:39:24,114 except that he rides a bay horse just like Pete Nolan said the killer did. 597 00:39:24,283 --> 00:39:27,981 And he has taken Sam's stock to sell at the fort alone. 598 00:39:28,153 --> 00:39:29,848 So, what about him? 599 00:39:30,022 --> 00:39:31,990 I guess we don't know much about him, either. 600 00:39:32,157 --> 00:39:34,148 He's only been here a few months. 601 00:39:34,326 --> 00:39:36,055 But we got nothing against him. 602 00:39:36,228 --> 00:39:38,162 Still, he has got a point. 603 00:39:38,330 --> 00:39:41,095 Look, all I'm asking for is time to investigate. 604 00:39:41,267 --> 00:39:43,736 All right, I'll give you a couple of hours. 605 00:39:43,903 --> 00:39:45,598 Couple of hours? 606 00:40:33,252 --> 00:40:36,552 Kate, where's Grady? 607 00:40:36,722 --> 00:40:39,248 I think he rode into town a little while ago. 608 00:40:39,425 --> 00:40:40,893 He didn't say where? 609 00:40:41,060 --> 00:40:43,688 No. He seemed to be in a hurry. 610 00:40:43,862 --> 00:40:44,886 All right. 611 00:40:45,064 --> 00:40:47,396 Something's happened, hasn't it, Sam? 612 00:40:47,566 --> 00:40:49,125 - Yes. - What? 613 00:40:51,837 --> 00:40:53,236 I think you know. 614 00:40:55,474 --> 00:40:57,909 - Grady's in trouble, isn't he? - Yes. 615 00:40:59,478 --> 00:41:01,606 Sam, what are you gonna do? 616 00:41:01,780 --> 00:41:03,771 I've got to find him. 617 00:41:03,983 --> 00:41:06,281 - It's about the cattle? - Yes. 618 00:41:06,452 --> 00:41:09,217 - Can't you just let it go? - Let it go? 619 00:41:09,388 --> 00:41:10,856 If he pays it back, maybe? 620 00:41:11,423 --> 00:41:14,984 It's not just what he's stolen in money, Kate, from me and the others. 621 00:41:15,561 --> 00:41:17,859 How's he going to pay back the other things? 622 00:41:18,030 --> 00:41:19,498 What other things? 623 00:41:19,798 --> 00:41:21,323 My reputation 624 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:22,558 and my wife. 625 00:41:26,138 --> 00:41:28,539 He couldn't have signed those bill of sales over at the camp, 626 00:41:28,707 --> 00:41:29,970 only you could. 627 00:41:30,142 --> 00:41:32,509 You and I are the legal owners. 628 00:41:32,678 --> 00:41:35,079 It's your own brand. 629 00:41:36,215 --> 00:41:41,085 I guess I was a fool to think I could make you happy at my age. 630 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,379 I guess I really knew you weren't. 631 00:41:43,555 --> 00:41:45,546 I was, Sam. I was. 632 00:41:45,958 --> 00:41:47,187 Until he came here. 633 00:41:47,359 --> 00:41:50,226 A little lonely sometimes, maybe. 634 00:41:51,163 --> 00:41:54,758 But this is the first real home I've ever had. I loved it. 635 00:41:54,933 --> 00:41:56,298 I was contented. 636 00:41:56,468 --> 00:41:57,765 But that's not love. 637 00:41:57,936 --> 00:42:01,566 I don't know. I'm not sure I know what love is. 638 00:42:02,041 --> 00:42:06,035 But the first real happiness I've ever known was from you. 639 00:42:09,314 --> 00:42:12,682 Sam, don't hate me. 640 00:42:12,851 --> 00:42:15,912 - No, not you. - Not him, either. It wasn't his fault. 641 00:42:16,088 --> 00:42:19,217 He did it for me. Got money to take me away. 642 00:42:19,458 --> 00:42:22,553 He needs somebody too. Like all of us. 643 00:42:22,728 --> 00:42:24,856 Please, let him go. 644 00:42:26,432 --> 00:42:28,491 It's out of my hands now, Kate. 645 00:42:29,101 --> 00:42:30,330 If he pays them back? 646 00:42:31,370 --> 00:42:33,600 How's he going to pay back a man's life? 647 00:42:35,274 --> 00:42:36,298 He didn't tell you. 648 00:42:37,142 --> 00:42:38,234 He killed a man. 649 00:42:40,512 --> 00:42:41,604 Killed a man? 650 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:44,010 So you see, it's not just up to me. 651 00:42:44,917 --> 00:42:46,817 I've got to tell them what I know. 652 00:42:47,553 --> 00:42:49,419 I'm sorry. 653 00:42:55,027 --> 00:42:57,086 [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE] 654 00:43:08,907 --> 00:43:09,931 Are we on time? 655 00:43:10,109 --> 00:43:11,201 Rowdy, you come on with me. 656 00:43:11,376 --> 00:43:12,810 Jimbo, you take the rest of the boys 657 00:43:12,978 --> 00:43:15,743 and go over to the sheriff's office and keep watch. 658 00:43:19,885 --> 00:43:22,377 - Did you find Grady? - Not yet. He might still be at the ranch. 659 00:43:22,554 --> 00:43:25,251 But I think I know where we might find that evidence we need. 660 00:43:25,424 --> 00:43:26,448 Where? 661 00:43:26,625 --> 00:43:30,562 A fella here in town told me that, um, there ain't no tannery, 662 00:43:30,729 --> 00:43:34,563 but the fort does ship their hides through a freighting office in town, 663 00:43:34,733 --> 00:43:35,962 right over there. 664 00:43:36,135 --> 00:43:38,661 I think we ought to take a look, huh? 665 00:43:38,837 --> 00:43:39,895 ROWDY: Yeah. 666 00:43:52,784 --> 00:43:54,274 There's a bay horse in there. 667 00:43:54,453 --> 00:43:57,320 - Then he's here, huh? - Maybe. 668 00:44:13,338 --> 00:44:15,807 Somebody's upstairs. 669 00:44:31,290 --> 00:44:32,382 Hey, watch it. 670 00:44:32,558 --> 00:44:36,426 Those are the lime pits where they burn the hair off the hides. 671 00:44:53,178 --> 00:44:55,442 Yeah, hides all right. 672 00:44:55,614 --> 00:44:57,139 Look at that. Circle-K too. 673 00:44:57,316 --> 00:44:59,876 Let's see if it's the same on the other side. 674 00:45:02,221 --> 00:45:03,552 It all adds up. 675 00:45:03,722 --> 00:45:05,781 I guess we found what we're looking for. 676 00:45:05,958 --> 00:45:08,325 Grady gets his for stealing the stock. 677 00:45:08,493 --> 00:45:12,088 Watkins gets his for not asking any questions where it come from. 678 00:45:12,264 --> 00:45:16,599 The freighter gets his for, uh, not looking at the brands too close. 679 00:45:16,768 --> 00:45:18,065 You go along and get the sheriff. 680 00:45:18,237 --> 00:45:20,228 I'll see if I can find anything else. 681 00:45:20,405 --> 00:45:21,429 All right. 682 00:46:13,859 --> 00:46:14,951 Favor. 683 00:46:15,127 --> 00:46:16,822 Don't move. 684 00:46:18,030 --> 00:46:21,227 Quite a little business you got here. Beats ranching, huh? 685 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,097 Look, Mr. Favor, I don't mind using this gun. 686 00:46:24,269 --> 00:46:26,670 I ain't got nothing to lose. You understand that, don't you? 687 00:46:26,838 --> 00:46:29,364 Oh, yeah, yeah. I know. You already used it once, huh? 688 00:46:29,541 --> 00:46:32,067 That's right. Then maybe you'd better listen to my proposition. 689 00:46:32,244 --> 00:46:34,406 - What's that? - You clear out now. 690 00:46:34,579 --> 00:46:35,876 Take your herd and go. 691 00:46:36,048 --> 00:46:38,039 Tomorrow I'll meet you on the other side of the pass 692 00:46:38,216 --> 00:46:40,708 with 30 head of prime beef. Yours. No questions, no problems. 693 00:46:41,586 --> 00:46:45,250 Oh, there's only one thing you forgot. A guy named Nolan. 694 00:46:45,424 --> 00:46:47,188 You can manage without him. 695 00:46:47,359 --> 00:46:50,329 Yeah, but can he manage without me? 696 00:46:50,896 --> 00:46:52,660 I don't think so. 697 00:46:52,831 --> 00:46:55,095 No. No, I don't like your proposition. 698 00:46:55,567 --> 00:46:56,591 Take it or leave it. 699 00:46:56,768 --> 00:46:58,532 I don't think I have to do that. 700 00:46:58,704 --> 00:47:00,194 Don't you? 701 00:47:00,539 --> 00:47:03,907 They'll never find a trace of you in that lime pit. 702 00:47:04,076 --> 00:47:05,339 They'd never know you were here. 703 00:47:05,911 --> 00:47:07,709 I don't know about that, neither. 704 00:47:08,113 --> 00:47:10,582 You see, there's more people in this than you realize. 705 00:47:10,749 --> 00:47:12,581 Matter of fact, one of them was just here. 706 00:47:12,751 --> 00:47:15,880 He's gone for the sheriff who knows the whole story by now. 707 00:47:16,054 --> 00:47:20,355 And you see, I don't think you can get rid of those hides quick enough. 708 00:47:20,959 --> 00:47:23,428 Carson. Carson, get out here. 709 00:47:25,030 --> 00:47:27,965 We've gotta get rid of these hides. Throw them in the lime there. 710 00:48:18,150 --> 00:48:19,914 [BOTH GRUNTING] 711 00:48:30,996 --> 00:48:32,191 No, Grady! 712 00:48:58,757 --> 00:49:00,555 He's dead? 713 00:49:00,959 --> 00:49:02,552 It couldn't be helped. 714 00:49:02,727 --> 00:49:05,424 He'd have died on the gallows, anyway. 715 00:49:06,097 --> 00:49:08,395 He was running away. 716 00:49:09,067 --> 00:49:10,694 Yes. 717 00:49:12,137 --> 00:49:14,299 Goodbye, Sam. 718 00:49:15,073 --> 00:49:16,734 SAM: Kate? 719 00:49:17,843 --> 00:49:20,141 I'm going home now. 720 00:49:20,345 --> 00:49:21,403 Will you come? 721 00:49:23,582 --> 00:49:26,244 Home? You want me to come home? 722 00:49:28,220 --> 00:49:29,585 Yes. 723 00:49:43,602 --> 00:49:45,730 Gil, I'm sorry. 724 00:49:45,904 --> 00:49:47,895 Sam, wasn't none of your doing. 725 00:49:48,073 --> 00:49:51,338 Just the same, I'm sorry. 726 00:49:56,348 --> 00:49:57,975 Boss, maybe you know what I wanna say. 727 00:49:58,149 --> 00:49:59,583 Nolan, forget it. 728 00:49:59,751 --> 00:50:02,880 Well, I can't hardly do that. There's something I'd like to ask. 729 00:50:03,054 --> 00:50:04,112 What's that? 730 00:50:04,289 --> 00:50:08,487 I'd like you to excuse me from any herd-cutting duties for a while. 731 00:50:08,660 --> 00:50:09,786 Why? 732 00:50:09,961 --> 00:50:12,623 I have got my fill of rope for a long time to come. 733 00:50:13,398 --> 00:50:15,298 Oh, yeah. 734 00:50:36,054 --> 00:50:38,284 Head them up! 735 00:50:38,456 --> 00:50:40,515 Move them out!