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♪ Strange lady in town ♪

♪ Strange lady in town ♪

♪ She's all that any man could ever hope or pray for ♪

♪ If I were king ♪

♪ I'd trade the crown ♪

♪ For that strange, strange lady in town ♪

♪ Oh, heart of mine, you're in danger ♪

♪ There's a strange lady in town ♪

♪ Who is this heart-stealin' stranger? ♪

♪ Who is turnin' the town upside down? ♪

♪ Her hair is red as the settin' sun ♪

♪ Her lips are ripe as the corn ♪

♪ The lights that rise in her sea-green eyes ♪

♪ Make a man kinda glad he was born ♪

♪ Strange lady in town ♪ ♪ Strange lady in town ♪

♪ Strange lady in town ♪ ♪ Strange lady in town ♪

♪ She's all that any man could ever hope or pray for ♪

♪ If I were king ♪

♪ I'd trade the crown ♪

♪ For that strange, strange lady in town ♪

Look at that red hair.

Good morning.

Good morning, ma'am.

We just lost a wheel.

If some of you would be kind enough

to lift up the buckboard while Martinez gets it back on.

It would be a big help. Sure thing, lady.

Now wait a minute, we don't need more than two.

Come on, Springtime,

let you and me give the horse soldier a hand.

Thank you very much.

You got troubles, lady?

Buckboard, the wheel come off.

Matt and Springtime are going on down to fix it.

Stranger out here, lady?

Yes. On my way to Santa Fe.

My brother's stationed there, Lieutenant Garth.

Oh. Army, huh?

Yes. Martinez-Martinez is his orderly.

Martinez-Martinez?

Yes, he came to meet me at the train

but he thought he better stay over there now with the mules.

Come running!

Come running!

Come running...

That's for the chuck line, lady.

How about putting on a feedbag with us

while you're waiting.

Oh, yes. Yes, I'd be delighted. Thank you.

Good. Hey, the Santa Fe stage met your train, didn't it?

Oh, yes, but my brother thought

he'd like to drive me to Santa Fe himself.

Then some court of inquiry suddenly came up

that he had to attend.

So he sent Martinez-Martinez instead.

Boston...

there's a town I've always liked the sound of.

You born there?

Yes, I was.

I've been told it was quite a privilege.

Yeah. You gonna be out here long?

Permanently, I hope. I'm going to live with my brother.

Sure, I hope you're gonna like it.

Mighty different out here I reckon.

Pulling up stakes must be kind of rough.

Not at all.

My farewells to Boston were made without a tear.

Not so much as the flutter of a handkerchief.

I can assure you, Mr. Wickstrom, it was quite painless.

All fixed, lady.

Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.

I'm so sorry, senora.

We are fine now.

There's coffee and fixins.

Help yourself, Martinez.

Senor, since the train,

I have been saying to myself

for one small cup of coffee I will cut the throat,

a little, even of my brother.

Hey, where's this other fellow?

What other fellow?

Well, this Dr. J. W Garth fellow.

Oh, that fellow? Well, he happens to be me.

- You? - Yes.

A woman doctor?

Yes. Why?

Hasn't a woman a right to be a doctor?

Well, sure, but, but...

Oh, sure, doc.

Well, I'm glad you agree with me.

All right, I do but...

Well, we've never seen a woman doctor out here.

Sure, it's a good thing you dropped in, doc,

'cause I ain't feeling so good.

Oh, what seems to be the trouble?

Well, doc, I got sort of a pain there,

right there...

right here.

Ah, I see.

Well, bring me that small black bag, will you?

Sure thing, lady.

Thank you.

Take off your shirt.

Huh?

Take off your shirt.

That too.

Do I have to?

Well, come on, Chicken Feathers,

you heard what the doc said.

All right, sit down.

Well, well, what's that?

A stethoscope.

I hear your heartbeat through it.

That's something new, ain't it?

Well, it's fairly new.

They're not in general use yet.

Mm-hmm.

Stand up, please.

Now there's nothing wrong with you

except that you're out of condition, you're soft, flabby.

Now listen to me. For at least a month, no tobacco,

no alcohol and above all,

absolutely no Saturday night fun time.

Now listen, doc, that's the only--

Oh, shut up, Chicken Feathers.

You heard what the doc said.

Mr. Wickstrom, I hope you'll impress on this man

the importance of following my instructions.

I sure will, doc, if I have to take an axe handle to him.

Well, just one moment please.

That will be $10.

Oh, $10?

Well, come on, you heard what the doc said, $10.

Thank you.

Senora, you have eaten, I have eaten

and the mules have eaten. We can go now.

All right, Martinez, I'm ready.

Thank you all of you for your kindness.

Where's Chicken Feathers?

Here I am.

This is for all of you.

And a special Dr. Garth prescription,

drinks all round on me.

Thank you. Thank you.

Well, goodbye, ma'am.

Good bye, Mr. Wickstrom.

And thank you very much for all your friendliness

and hospitality.

And if any of you are ever in Santa Fe,

I hope you'll come and see, whether you're sick or not.

- Bye. - Take care.

Is it much further?

Pretty soon now, senora.

Strange country, it seems out here

you can look further and see less

than anywhere else in the world.

Senora, when a fella sees too much,

that is when his troubles begin.

Tell me, Martinez,

what happened at that court of inquiry?

Soldier, I ask you a question.

Answer me.

How can I answer you when I do not know?

I was not even in town.

Bandidas!

What dreadful men, Martinez.

Who are they? I do not know, senora.

And what is the court inquiry about anyway?

I do not know, senora.

You like the house?

Oh, Martinez, it's charming.

It's beautiful.

To hear you say that,

that will make lieutenant very happy.

- The sign. - Well...

I painted it myself.

This word means doctor.

I painted her four times.

Martinez, these people, why are they here?

They have come to see you, senora.

- Me? - Senora, I must tell you

that a woman for a doctor,

it's a very strange thing.

Maybe like a chicken with two heads.

Buenas tardes, amigos.

Buenas tardes.

Senora, with your permission.

Felipe, Matheo, as a favor.

To assist this--

will be a great humanity.

Such a load will break the back

even of a camel.

You're very kind, senor.

- Por favor, senora. - Gracias.

Senora,

a soldier came with a message -

your brother, the lieutenant,

won't be in here till morning.

Hello, doc.

Hello.

Oh, didn't I see you this afternoon

on a black horse?

That's right.

I'm Carlotte Isabel O'Brien.

Hereabouts they call me Spurs.

Well, come in, Spurs.

Look, I know it's late,

but if you're still open for business,

I've got you a cash customer.

If it's a cash customer, by all means bring it in.

Doc, a couple of friends of mine.

Joe here's having trouble with...

All right, I told you it was a woman.

Spurs.

You sure did.

All right, then quit staring.

Doc, I wonder if you'd take a look at Joe's tooth.

I'm telling you, Spurs, it don't ache no more.

- Shut up. - Oh...

All right, Joe, come on, let's have a look at it.

Would you mind bringing some candles?

In here.

I'm sorry, we're not really open for business.

- Sit down, Joe. - Now wait a minute, doc--

Sit down.

Ah...

All right, now open wide.

Ah...

Ah!

Ah... that's where your trouble is, Joe.

Mm-hmm.

That tooth really ought to come out.

I'm afraid this is gonna hurt like the devil, Joe.

I wish I could give you a whiff of chloroform.

Unfortunately, it isn't unpacked yet.

Think nothing of it, ma'am.

You just let me know when you're all set.

Oh...

All set, ma'am?

All set.

All right, ma'am.

He's all yours.

Just a minute, Joe.

Just a minute.

Sluggish thing I ever saw, ma'am.

Tooth come out like you was picking a daisy.

- Sure appreciate your kindness. - It was a pleasure.

Oh, by the way, ma'am. How much do we owe you?

Nothing. Joe's my first patient in Santa Fe.

- Free for luck, on the house. - Thank you, ma'am.

Joe, you were a wonderful patient.

I want you to rinse the mouth out with...

well, a shot glass of good whiskey

every 4 hours.

Oh, yes, ma'am.

Come on, Joe. Let's drift.

- Good night. - Good night, ma'am.

What a nice boy. Who is he?

They call him Billy the Kid.

Billy the Kid?

But he looked so young.

19 years old, he's killed 19 men.

The trouble with Billy, he's too sensitive.

You'd never know how many people don't understand him.

Well, offhand I can think of at least 19.

This is beautiful.

Where you came from there must be an awful lot of sick people.

What?

I mean these dresses must have cost you plenty.

In my best year, I doubt if I could have bought myself

a gingham apron with what I made.

No, fortunately I had little money of my own.

You know, I never wore a dress in my own life.

Why not?

I guess I just never got around to it.

Well, that's something we shall have to take care of.

Spurs, it's almost midnight,

I don't want your family to get worried about you.

I haven't got any family.

- That is except O'Brien. - Who's O'Brien?

My father, Rourke O'Brien.

He's a doctor too.

Oh, really?

The best in town.

If your father is a doctor, why did you bring Joe to me?

Well, doc, I'll tell you.

For one thing I wanted to meet you

and then if I decided I liked you...

I hope I'm not a complete disappointment.

Oh, no, I think you're wonderful.

Then if I liked you,

I decided I'd warn you about O'Brien.

Warn me?

He's out for your scalp.

Because I'm a woman doctor, I suppose.

Because you're a woman and a doctor.

O'Brien's ideas about women are pretty old-fashioned.

A woman's place, he claims, is under a man's thumb.

"Let 'em wiggle even this much," he says,

"and a man's a dead duck."

- He says-- - Wait, Spurs,

I believe I can tell you what your father says.

He says that a woman should have only one purpose in life.

To make some man comfortable,

do his chores and have his babies.

Almost his exact words.

Your father sounds like a perfectly charming man.

After my mother died, O'Brien could have married any woman he wanted.

They were practically standing in line.

But he never did. That was 13 years go.

Just breaks my heart

to think of all those nice girls

denied the privilege of making O'Brien comfortable.

Trouble is I guess he just never found the right woman,

besides he's got his horses. Horses?

Yes, he raises thoroughbred trotters. It's his hobby.

Anyway, when O'Brien heard that you were coming here

to practice medicine,

"A woman doctor?"

Holy Joe, you should have heard what he said.

Do you want me to tell you?

Yes. Please do.

This father of yours absolutely fascinates me.

"Any woman like you," he said,

"poking around in a man's job,

trying to wear a man's britches

ought to be put in a straightjacket" he said.

Well.

And then...

wait a minute, I'll give you his exact words.

Oh, yes.

He said you were just another of those

poor dried up old biddies

all snarled up in your own frustrations.

Just because you can't get yourself a man,

he said, you were doing the next best thing,

trying to act like one.

Do you want to hear anymore?

Oh, I can hardly wait.

Well, he bet me a new saddle that--

that you'd be flat-chested and have big feet.

Three months he said,

you'd be laughed out of town.

Oh, no. Not ever again.

Not enough laughter in the world to do that.

You don't know O'Brien.

Me, I can't handle him anymore.

Talk about your little napoleons, Holy Joe.

Time's come somebody's got to chop him down to size.

You know, Spurs,

for the sake of the women of Santa Fe,

I think I will try to do something about it.

- About what? - About chopping him down,

as you so neatly put it, to size.

You know what? I believe you're the one that can do it.

Doc, would you mind if I told him what you said.

Not at all, you tell him with my compliments.

Holy Joe! It'll be as good as putting a firecracker

in his pant's pocket.

Well, doc, I guess I'll be on my way.

Come and see me again, Spurs.

- Come often. - Oh, I will.

I will. Oh, I meant to ask you doc,

I guess you'll be needing a horse and buggy.

Well, yes, I suppose I shall.

Then I know where I can pick up a real bargain.

Would you like me to take care of it?

- I should be very grateful. - Fine, adios.

Good night.

Oh, hey, doc.

Tomorrow I'm gonna collect my bet.

I'm gonna stick O'Brien for a new saddle.

Breakfast!

Come and get it.

Hi there, Maquina.

Bit of a carrier with news, senor, about $40 worth.

Well, a fella ought to buy himself an awful lot of news for $40. What is it?

O'Brien, you lost your bet.

You owe me a new saddle.

What?

Oh-ho! So you seen her.

Aha... I certainly have.

- When? - Last night.

She's got red hair.

Red hair? Then she's got a temper.

You bet she has...

and just try to getting her under your thumb.

Brace yourself for a shock, O'Brien,

she isn't flat-chested and she hasn't got big feet.

- She's gorgeous. - She's what?

She has a figure too, and she wears her clothes like a hacendada.

Come on, O'Brien, that'll be $40 for a new saddle.

Just a minute, is she married?

No. What's that got to do with it?

Just proves my point, that's all.

Look, if this redhead is all she's supposed to be,

why isn't she married?

Oh, dear, it's like I told you,

there's a blight on the rose, a worm in the apple.

All right.

But it's an apple that won't keep the doctor away.

What man will like to come over to a woman

who's been rolling pills all day,

or wagging about in people's insides?

No, a woman's only purpose in life is to--

I know. Is to make you comfortable.

Look, O'Brien, you're getting to be a great worry to me.

One of these fine days, somebody is gonna throw you for a fall,

and I think she's the one that can do it.

- Oh, you think so, huh? - Yes.

As a matter of fact, she told me to tell you so

with her compliments.

You sound as if you're on her side.

I'm a woman too, remember?

Yes, I remember.

And you're still my best girl.

Do you love me?

Mm-hmm.

That's better.

Let's go get some breakfast.

Julie!

Julie!

David. Oh, David.

Oh, I'm so glad...

so glad to see you.

All right, sister dear, all right.

The army's now arrived and here come

the supporting forces.

Hello, Martinez.

The lieutenant looks good, eh?

Wonderful.

You take very good care of him.

Sure, senora. Why not? It is easy.

All right, Don Quixote.

Just run along and uncrate those boxes.

I've been here a month, you know.

And listen, Julia, I'm terribly sorry about yesterday,

not meeting you at the train. - Oh, I understood.

Court of inquiry, that must be important.

Well, this time it wasn't.

- Didn't get anywhere. - Oh, what was it all about?

Or shouldn't I ask?

Well, it seems that certain parties, still unidentified,

sold the army a batch of stolen cattle,

so naturally the CO wanted somebody's hide.

Well, if the army is that easily taken,

you can't blame the boys for trying.

Oh, David, that, is that the proper spirit?

Julie. You ought to know by this time

that I'm not always a proper person.

Still the same David, huh?

Julie, what's happened to you?

Well, whatever that means, I don't like it.

I think it's your eyes.

Is it toughness or is it determination?

It's probably just an occupational disease.

If you're gonna be so critical,

I can show you a couple of grey hairs too.

You haven't said you like the house.

Oh, David, I just love it.

Everything about it's so--

well, so primitive and so friendly,

goats in the garden.

It's certainly not in the most fashionable part of town,

but that's the way you wanted it.

I've had my fill of fashionable towns.

This is everything I could have wished for.

I think you did a marvelous job,

but such extravagance.

Oh, for you, darling, nothing but the best.

This is my welcome to Santa Fe present and don't start screaming.

But on your army pay, how on earth could you manage?

Army pay my hat. There was a couple of card players fresh in from Colorado,

impressed with my youth and innocence,

they sucked me into a poker game.

Oh, brother.

David, I thought you'd given up cards.

Oh, I have, Julie, I have,

but after all I couldn't disappoint

these gentlemen, could I?

Oh, David.

- Hello, doc! - Hello, Spurs.

Well, Spurs, I didn't know that you knew my brother.

Yes, I know your brother.

This woman, I'll have you know,

is my own true love.

- Oh, really? - Catch.

Oh... doc, you mustn't believe a thing he says.

Nor must you, Spurs.

Julie, I'm terribly sorry, but I got to get back

to the business of defending my country.

Oh, David, it's been 5 years

and you give me 5 minutes.

Sorry, but I got a captain who'd give a year's pay

to clip my soaring wings, so come on, you two.

- Bye, dear. - Oh, hey, doc.

I got you a horse and buggy.

How about a trial this afternoon?

- That'll be fine. - Horse and buggy?

- Where did you steal that? - From O'Brien.

Oh, my goodness, Spurs, you can't do a thing like that.

Good afternoon. Adios.

Adios.

Adios.

♪ Ave Maria ♪

♪ Gratia plena ♪

♪ Maria, gratia plena ♪

♪ Maria, gratia plena ♪

♪ Ave dominus tecum ♪

♪ Benedicta tu ♪

♪ Benedicta tu in mulieribus ♪

♪ Et benedictus ♪

♪ Et benedictus fructus ventris ♪

You like that, senora?

Oh, father, it's just wonderful.

Such voices.

♪ Ventris tui, Jesus ♪

And that little one

sings like an angel.

But a blind angel.

He's blind.

Yes, that Tomascito, that poor little one.

It is a great sadness.

Please, may I look at him?

I might be able to help him.

So many have tried.

I'm a doctor, padre.

Ah, you are the woman doctor who lives next door.

'Tis a very fine thing.

Women have gentleness and pity.

Tomascito,

senora here, she is a doctor.

She wishes to look at your eyes.

Tomascito, I've been listening to you singing.

I think you must have stolen your voice

from a nightingale.

Can you see me, Tomascito?

Can you see me at all?

Only as a shadow against the sun.

Mm-hmm. Father, I'd like to go into this further.

Suppose we go over to my house where I have the proper conveniences.

Conveniences? I have some that will surprise you.

Alfredo, take Tomascito to Sister Delphine.

Tell her to wait for me.

Yes, father.

He is a good boy.

Poor child.

Come, daughter.

There, senora, there you have it.

That is my hospital.

You like it, huh?

I think it's wonderful, father.

Truly.

No, senora, it is not wonderful,

it is a failure.

For years now it's been my dream,

a hospital for my poor ones.

But in my heart I know that it is nothing.

A barn. A place for the little animals,

the sadness of a dream. - Ah, no father.

The real sadness of a dream is its un-fulfillment.

To make something of it,

even if it's only a beginning.

Why, that's real achievement.

All right, Tomascito.

You've been very brave.

Also I have been very scared.

I'm scared now.

How would you like to stay a little while

in Father Gabriel's hospital?

Would it be permitted for Alfredo,

for my good friend to see me?

Why, I think it could be arranged.

Then I will stay.

Good. Sister Delphine,

will you please put this young man to bed now?

Yes, doctor.

Come, Tomascito.

- Senora. - Yes.

Alfredo tells me that you have hair

that burns like small fire

that I would like to see.

Well, I think I can promise you that you will see it.

I can also promise you that Alfredo has made a big joke.

Come, Tomascito.

Now these good sisters,

they're the finest nurses in the world.

Yes, and they have done so much for my hospital.

Tell me, what is it with that little one?

Trachoma, but I think it can be taken care of.

Medication and bandages for a week or so and then we can--

You mean you can perform this miracle.

It's not a miracle, padre.

It's just...

a fairly simple technique.

And now, please, I should like to see your hospital.

You mean that truly.

- Of course. - Come, doctor.

Buenos dias.

Today, Manuel is 92 years old.

Sister Muriel, this is the Senora Garth.

The senora is a doctor.

I'm happy to know you, doctor.

Father, it will be an act of mercy

if you'd look in on the Muldoon girl.

We will go now.

Please come, doctor.

Norah.

I have a friend here to see you.

The senora.

Now this is something you will not believe.

She is a doctor.

Norah?

Norah, my dear.

Look at me.

You want to get well, don't you?

You do, don't you?

Yes, ma'am.

That's what I wanted to hear.

Would you like me to come and see you again?

Yes, ma'am.

For months now she has been like that.

The girl's frighten out of her wits.

Tell me about her, father?

There is so little to tell.

One morning it was before early mass,

I found her in the church.

She had been beaten with great brutality

and lying there it seemed to me that she was dead.

She has told us nothing.

These are my flowers.

So beautiful, the little friends of our blessed Lord.

Tell me, father,

who takes charge of your hospital?

How many doctors do you have on the staff?

Only one, Dr. Rourke O'Brien.

Oh.

He's a fine doctor, but he is emotional,

given to great angers.

To oppose him is to hear him bellow like a wounded bull.

This O'Brien is very much of a man

and he is very generous.

He comes here everyday and he charges us nothing.

Oh.

Mm-hmm.

Holy Joe.

When I stuck O'Brien for that new saddle,

you should have heard him scream!

You are doing fine.

I drove a little in the east

but western horses seem so... uh, different.

Well, they're just used to an experienced hand on the lines.

Hold her in a little. Let her know you're the boss!

That's it.

I'm going to leave you now, rein her in.

- Whoa. - Whoa.

- Whoa. - Whoa.

Whoa.

Oh, wait, Spurs, have you told your father yet

that you sold me this horse and buggy. - Well, not yet.

I always figure there's a right time for everything.

Hold on, look here, Spurs,

you ought to tell him. - Don't worry.

I'll tell him when I get home and he'll scream.

Adios.

Adios.

Giddy up.

Hey, that's my horse and buggy.

Hey, stop that rig!

That's my horse and buggy.

You horse thief.

Whoa.

Whoa...

Hey!

Whoa.

Whoa.

Hey, stop that horse.

Stop that horse.

Whoa, whoa.

That's my buggy and that's my horse!

What in the eternal blazes are you doing with her?

Dr. O'Brien I presume.

The redhead.

So it's you.

So that daughter of mine

sold you the horse and buggy.

I guess you're not a horse thief.

Please understand that I never apologize.

No apologies necessary, Dr. O'Brien, just hold still.

Oh, I am still.

Anyway I'm sorry it happened.

Oh, you are?

Well, thank you.

Yes.

Wrecked my buggy and ruined my suit.

Sit up, please.

Can you hurry that up?

You've been dabbing at me with an infernal

carbolic solution for 20 minutes.

Hasn't been 3 minutes

and I don't permit my patients

to tell me what to do.

Your patients.

I'm not one of your patients.

You kidnapped me while I was unconscious.

When I came to, you-- you had my shirt off.

A doctor must give aid to the injured.

Even a woman doctor.

Hmm.

There.

You can get dressed now.

And thank you for submitting

to my inefficient attention.

More carbolic acid?

Yes.

"Women's Medical College, Philadelphia."

Hmm.

What are these?

Geneva, Paris,

London.

Wasn't Philadelphia good enough for you?

Yes.

But you wanted to learn the new-fangled things

like list of theories.

So you studied in London.

Carbolic spray.

More Lister.

Really, Dr. O'Brien,

I'm surprised that you've even heard of Lister.

Oh, I've heard of him, all right.

Wash it off lister, keep it clean lister,

carbolic acid lister, anti sepsis lister.

Why didn't everybody die

before Dr. Jacob Lister came along?

He's a charlotte and a crack pot.

That point I'm afraid we disagree violently,

just as we obviously do on the question of women doctors.

No doubt you're gonna tend to your slight wound

from now on by your own methods.

No doubt.

Thank you.

Oh, nice looking little place you have here.

Must have cost a pretty packet.

I wonder you didn't make it practicing medicine

in Boston, wasn't it?

No, I didn't make it practicing medicine.

Yes, it wasn't Boston.

Why did you leave Boston?

Because of the intolerance

of men like you, Dr. O'Brien.

Men who resented the audacity of a woman

daring to practice medicine.

Daring to crash the gates of a man's world.

Trouble was I was doing a man's job

and doing it well.

For that they hated me.

So I came out west.

I didn't expect to find the same intolerance,

the same bigotry and ignorance out here.

Seems I was mistaken.

Why don't you forget medicine

and get married?

You're quite a woman.

'Cause I have other

and more important things to do.

Good day, Dr. O'Brien.

Good day, Dr. Garth.

Oh, what's your fee?

It's not customary to charge a fellow physician a fee.

Then... thank you.

Give my regards to your daughter.

She's charming.

Oddly enough her charm explodes

the theory of heredity.

Thank you.

Oh, do me a favor, will you?

Keep out of the Mission Hospital.

Those poor devils die fast enough

without any help from you.

These bandages,

how long will they remain on Tomascito's eye?

A week, 10 days.

And then we shall know.

- We shall know. - Senora.

Ah, Bartolo, you can see Tomascito now.

Muchas gracias.

Why, Norah, you look wonderful.

Doesn't she, father?

Truly.

I'm so glad that you could wear these pretties.

We must find some more for you.

Norah, how would you like to do something for me?

You would like to help me now,

wouldn't you?

I don't know, ma'am.

I don't know.

I've never been good for much.

Leastways nothing I'd be proud to tell of.

But...

I'd like to try.

I'll appreciate that.

This morning, the senora has operated

on the eyes of a little boy.

It was very complicated.

His eyes will be bandaged for at least a week.

Now for such a little boy,

this is going to be very frightening.

I want to bring him here into this room.

And, Norah, I want you to make friends with him.

Keep him from being lonely and-and from being afraid.

Yes, ma'am.

Norah, this is Tomascito.

Hello, Tomascito.

There's a very pretty girl with you here.

Her name is Norah.

She's going to be here with you all the time.

I want you to show her just how brave you can be.

That Bartolo, such a fine good man.

Come, sister, with your permission, senora.

Say something to him.

Hello, Tomascito.

Hello.

Such a thing. The senora, this doctor,

my son Tomascito, his eyes,

this clever one, she has got him a little.

In a week he will see again.

I tell you she is a saint.

It's a blessed thing that such a good doctor

come to Santa Fe.

Where is this... saint?

With the Senora Muldoon.

Good morning.

Well, well.

Saint Julia, the red hair.

Your friend Bartolo was just telling me that...

Did you put that kid in with the Muldoon girl?

- I did. - Why?

An experiment. What do you mean an experiment?

The little boy needs companionship.

The girl, a sense of responsibility.

What are you talking about?

Well, lets' try again.

As you know or should know

that Muldoon girl has a psychosis,

a sick mind.

- A sick mind, nonsense. - My opinion--

She's just making a fool of you.

She's a good bed and three meals a day.

Never had that before in her life.

I can tell you one thing - she's getting out of here

and she's getting out fast.

What do we do now then?

Toss her out into the snow or find a convenient lion,

have a Roman holiday.

I tell you the girl's no good.

She ran away somewhere with an Arkansas teamster.

Before that she was singing at the Casa del Toro,

Bella Brown's place.

It's a gambling house.

How do you know?

I saw her there.

- Oh! - Well, just a--

Oh, no, no, no, please.

Don't spoil the picture, it's just too wonderful.

Mm-hmm. O'Brien on the town.

Oh, well. Oh, my, oh my,

the inconsistency of the male animal--

I hear you've acquired a saddle horse.

Yes, I have.

- Can you ride? - Of course.

Side saddle, I suppose.

That's the only way I know.

Well, in this country you'd break your silly neck.

You'll have to learn to use a western outfit.

One of these days I'll teach you.

Now why would you want to do that?

To tell you the truth,

I don't know.

- Why do you have to go and spoil it? - Spoil what?

For a minute I thought you came by

especially to see me.

No, I just happened to be passing.

Where are you headed?

One of those routine scout details

for my sins. A week of boredom.

A week is a long time.

Tell me, David.

Do you love me?

Yes, I love you.

Do you love me with love,

as a man loves a woman?

No, Spurs,

as a man loves a friend.

Well, amiga mia, adios.

Adios.

Kiss me.

But not as a friend.

You shouldn't love me, Spurs.

Adios.

Well, hello, Spurs.

What are you doing here?

Waiting for you.

You're the one bright spot in my life.

Well, I'm glad I'm important in somebody's life.

Oh, I'm tired.

You've been working too hard, doc.

You haven't been getting enough rest.

Esteban told me that you were out until dawn again.

Yes, I was.

Everything seems to happen at night around here.

Holy Joe! You ought to see O'Brien.

- Now what? - You.

Claim jumping another of his cash customers,

Old Ben Strickland.

Oh, Father Gabriel recommended me to him.

He's a very charming old gentleman.

He's also another sizable slice of O'Brien's cake.

Doc, please don't reduce us to poverty.

I have one like that.

This is good of David, isn't it?

No, it's too severe.

I like it when he smiles.

Mine is written on too.

Do you know what it says?

No. What?

It says, "To my own true love,

forever and always, David."

You don't think he meant it, do you? Do you?

Oh, Spurs, you mustn't take David too seriously.

He's always been carefree and well,

you know, little irresponsible.

Doc, do you ever pray?

Why, yes, quite often.

I used to a lot.

I'd wait till the church was quite empty

and then I'd go in all by myself.

It was so quiet, so peaceful.

Sometimes I thought in the silence,

I could hear the little echoes of all the prayers

that were ever said.

Yes, I think I know what you mean.

Every day I'd go in there

and ask the Blessed Virgin to make it

so that David would love me truly.

Well...

Finally, I didn't go anymore.

You know, Spurs,

whenever people want something very badly,

they usually get around praying for it.

And then if things don't work out

exactly as they want,

they get angrier with God

like children denied a second helping of pudding.

But the wonderful thing is that they don't know

that God has just taken them by their hand

and led them away from disaster.

Is David back?

Why, yes.

As a matter of fact, I was just wondering where he is.

If it's all the same to you, lieutenant,

this time I'd like mine off the top.

Yeah.

Sure.

I think that could be arranged.

Somebody get a doctor.

All right, boys.

Take this monkey in the back.

How does he look?

He's passed out.

Got a hole in him, you can run a rabbit through.

I hope...

Julie.

Julie, what on earth are you doing here?

I have no idea.

Boy who brought me was very excited

and couldn't speak English.

All I could gather was that somebody had been hurt.

Yes, well, as long as you're here, darling,

you better get out your tools and take a look at this joker.

He's been bleeding like a wine barrel.

What happened to him?

A gunshot wound.

So go ahead like a good girl

and fish out the slug.

Bring my bag over here.

I think you'll find I did a neat job

of not entirely shooting him to bits.

Am I to understand that you shot him?

My darling, of course.

But the man drew first.

That is right.

Oh, by the way, this is Bella Brown.

Bella, this is my sister Dr. Garth.

- How do you do? - How do you do?

This is Bella's place of business.

In that case, Miss Brown, I'd appreciate

a kettle of boiling water, a basin and some towels.

Yes, ma'am.

Bring this lamp little closer, will you?

Julie, there's one thing I want to tell you.

If this mule dies,

I will probably be busted out of the service.

If he lives, it'll be more than you deserve.

It's not a very pretty picture, David.

I don't like the way you fit into it.

I don't like it at all.

Gracious, what's that?

That is your experiment.

Well, it worked, didn't it?

Father, it's moments like this that make up

for all one's failures.

You are a clever one for a Protestant.

You know, father, you're a wonderful person

for a Catholic.

Well, well, Dr. Rourke O'Brien.

Get in.

What did you say? Come on, get in.

Get in? Well, of course, I won't get in.

Look, just for once, don't argue with me.

Just get in, I want to teach you to ride.

Will you get in or shall I drag you in by the hair?

I'll get in.

Oh, wait, I have to get a hat.

I've got you a hat.

Oh, don't you ever drive slowly?

Never.

Oh...

What a lovely house.

Well, it's like a Spanish hacienda.

It is a Spanish hacienda.

Oh, well.

Nice place you have here.

I'll wager you didn't get it practicing medicine.

No, I didn't.

This was my wife's ranch.

She was a Castilian.

That was my wife.

Lovely.

Lovely.

You know, that might easily be Spurs.

Spurs is fortunate to have

even some of her mother's beauty.

Come here.

Do you think you might get the hang of this outfit?

What?

What, you mean this is for me?

Yes. I had them made up for you.

But why?

I asked myself the same question.

Let's see.

That looks as if it might fit.

Well, how could you possibly know the right size?

Well, I'll tell you, that waistline and the bust measurements,

I didn't have any trouble with.

The boots of course, I had to take a chance on.

Here, let me fix that for you.

Not bad.

Me or the hat?

The hat.

I really can't allow you to give me all these things.

There you go, always looking for an argument.

Come on, now don't be old fashioned,

you can use my bedroom for dressing.

But I really don't think that I ought to--

Go right ahead.

If it'll make you any happier, you can lock the door.

Hey, wait a minute.

What's your hurry?

Oh, I saw doc through the window and I..

Well, Miss Garth's in there changing her clothes.

We're going for a ride.

You and doc?

Yes.

I think I better go along.

Your lack of confidence in your father

is not a compliment, young lady.

Well, I don't know.

Well, the first thing you got to remember is

what you're sitting on. It's a horse.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Your seat is mostly a question of balance.

You've got to learn the trick of using your knees like this.

I think I get the idea.

Another thing, to turn the horse,

you don't use the bit, you neck-rein it, like that.

I see. Come on, sit up straight.

Try not to look like a sack of potatoes.

You know, I think you're gonna be all right.

You got the hands for it and the legs.

Yes, you certainly have got the legs.

Look, before we become too deeply involved

in my anatomy, suppose we take that ride.

All right, suppose we do.

Well, you haven't done too badly.

How do you feel?

Oh, wonderful.

Oop...

Holy Joe.

You know, you're beginning to sound like Spurs.

You better sit down and rest for a while.

Oh, my gluteus maximus,

oh, that feels good.

Well, at least it's stationary.

Well, Miss Garth, this is,

look, I think I'll just call you Julia.

All right, but don't let yourself get carried away.

You know the wide open spaces,

and the drumbeat of hoofs, the wind in our faces.

You know the-- the poetic approach.

Poetic? That's like cutting good whiskey.

Personally I like mine's straight.

Like what straight?

A relationship of the sexes, romance, love,

whatever you want to call it.

I suppose you have taken time to consider the subject.

As a doctor, of course.

But not as a woman?

Nonsense.

No woman over 30 can afford to admit

there'd never been a man in her life.

I understand you have very definite ideas

about the duties of women, Dr. O'Brien.

My name is Rourke and I certainly have,

a woman should have the same ideas.

Now come, admit, you have been in love.

Why don't you marry him?

He had his ideas about women too.

He insisted that I gave up medicine.

But you were too stubborn.

Not stubborn, determined.

I'll never give up medicine, whatever happens.

Some of Geronimo's boys.

What do you suppose they intend to do?

That's one thing about an Apache,

you can never figure out.

They want you to take your hat off.

They like to see your red hair.

What should I do?

If you want to keep it, you better humor him.

Do you think that--

that wild creature might actually...?

Did you see their lances

with those hanks of hair on them?

They're not floor mops.

We better get out of here before he changes his mind.

That Indian, what did he say to you as he rode away?

He asked me if you were my woman.

What did you tell him?

I told him yes.

That's what you call taking it straight, huh?

Yes, a natural biological impulse.

And the subtle approach of

the hired hand at the hayfield,

making love to the farmer's daughter.

Come on, get on your horse.

Hey, wait, wait, wait.

All right, either get on or get off!

Giddy up. Ooh, ooh.

The senora, this clever bud,

she took my woman and led her to son

and she says...

"Tomascito, open your eyes a little.

Tell me what you see."

So Tomascito opened his eyes

and this, this is the thing that is the miracle.

My son says...

"I see my mother, I see her clearly."

Bartolo, get that cart out of the way.

Yes, senor, at once.

I was telling my--

Come on, come on!

Yes.

Get up.

Next please.

Senor, senor, this is my cousin,

a fine good boy.

Holy Joe.

Somebody drop a house on him?

No, senor, it was of a greater complication.

What happened?

It was a complication of little animals.

Ha! They love my cousin.

The little chickens, the little ducks,

all the time they follow him home.

Once even a fine goose,

but yesterday it was a little goat,

all the way from town she followed my cousin,

even into the house.

Such a fat little goat.

Such a flavor, never have I taste anything like that.

- Don't tell me a goat did all this. - No, senor.

It was done by the fellow who owns the goat.

Such a barbarian, no?

Ah, senor.

I ride with a message from the patron,

from Don Hernandez who--

How is he?

Same old trouble, senor.

And I am instructed to tell you that--

All right. I'll be out to look him over.

Oh, no, senor. This is not Don Hernandez's desire.

This message I bring is for the--

Good morning.

Good morning.

Ah, the one with the red hair.

You are the doctor?

Yes.

As a favor, please,

Don Hernandez would be very honored

if you will ride to El rancho Santiago.

Oh, I shall be happy to.

There must be some mistake.

Don Hernandez has been my patient for 15 years.

Oh, well, of course in that case, I can't--

All I know, senor, are the words of Don Hernandez.

He asked for the senora doctor.

Then by all means, go, Dr. Garth.

My master will be honored.

Senora, senor, adios.

How did Don Hernandez happen to send for you?

I haven't the faintest idea.

I don't believe that.

And I suppose you know

it's the same as picking a man's pockets

and in medicine, unethical. Unethical?

Well, that's a word it seems the men in our profession

don't even know how to spell where a woman's concerned.

Sit down.

I think I've got you figured out, Garth.

Yes?

Yes.

When you were tactically run out of Boston,

you came here to New Mexico determined to succeed.

I did.

But not for the benefit of the sick

or the welfare of humanity,

but for the benefit and welfare of Julia Garth!

And for the sake of a triumph over those physicians

who had humiliated you.

You adapted the idiotic theories of Lister

because they were new,

and made you seem progressive and smart,

not because you believe them.

And now you're trying to take away my patients

as part of your vindictive feminine revenge.

You came here with a knife in your teeth

and you've been using it.

Am I right, Dr. Garth?

You're both right and wrong.

I did come here determined to succeed,

without a desire for revenge.

I have adapted the theories of Jacob Lister

because I know them to be sound,

and believe they'll benefit humanity.

I have not tried to steal your patients,

and neither have come to me have come

because I had already, in some measure, succeeded.

If our professional interests conflict, I'm truly sorry.

Let me tell you this.

You're not gonna use this hospital

for your personal ambitions.

I put my soul into it for the past 5 years,

without a cent of pay and you know why?

Because this hospital is the dream of an old man,

Father Gabriel,

who's about as close to God

as any living man can get.

He believes that you're sincere.

You're not gonna deceive him with my help any longer.

Either you leave this hospital or I do.

This is ridiculous, Dr. O'Brien.

I've begun work here and intend to continue.

If you're giving me this ultimatum,

you know I have no choice.

Very well.

Since I can gather up a few personal belongings,

my position here is yours.

I shall inform Father Gabriel and the sisters accordingly.

- Where's Dr. O'Brien? - What is it, Sister Muriel?

Norah Muldoon... there's a man here, he's with her now.

He wants to take her away, oh, I tell you, doctor,

he frightens me just to look at him.

I tell you he's a wicked man.

We must find Dr. O'Brien!

Never mind Dr. O'Brien, I'll handle this.

Why don't you let bygones be bygones?

- Give me another chance. - No, no.

Why, Norah, that ain't no way to act.

Come on, sweetheart, come on, I'll take you home.

No, no.

Come home and see all the pretties I bought you.

A dress sewed all over all over with those little shiny things

and the prettiest red shoes you ever saw.

No, I won't go, I won't.

Please, please, my finger!

What are you doing here?

I come for Norah.

I come to take her home.

Do you want to go?

Well, go on, Norah, tell the lady.

Yes, ma'am.

I want to go.

You'll do nothing of the sort.

And I must ask you to get out of here.

Come on, Norah.

I say no!

What's the matter here?

This man insists on taking Norah away.

That's right.

Just a minute.

Norah is your patient, Dr. Garth, what do you think?

Do you think she's well enough to leave?

No, she's not.

There's your answer.

Come on, Norah.

Look out, look out!

Stop, stop!

Stop, stop!

Stop.

No killing yourselves.

You're ruining my flowers.

No!

Somebody do something.

Rourke, you're badly hurt.

Come inside, let me help you.

Help me?

I don't think you can do anymore

than you've already done.

Take that ape and sew him together.

You're the doctor of this hospital now.

Oh, there you are.

- Catalina, Esteban. - But, senora?

It's my birthday, Esteban, so we'll celebrate.

- Just the three of us. - Senora, to do that will be an honor--

Save that big mouth for the wine.

My brother had planned such a lovely party

and then suddenly nobody could come.

Not even David.

Senora, your good health.

To the felicitous completion of all your years.

Muchas gracias.

Spurs, you came after all. Well, come in.

Doc, you better come and take a look at O'Brien.

O'Brien? What's the matter?

I don't know.

He's been acting kind of crazy.

He acts like he...

you know? - What do you mean?

10 days now.

It sort of been building up, haven't you noticed?

I haven't even seen him.

Spurs, I'd only aggrevate him, you better get another doc.

Oh, no, doc! O'Brien's yelling for you.

Come on, I've got a buggy outside.

All right, all right, wait for me,

I'll just get my bag.

No lights anywhere, what's the matter?

Well, that's the way O'Brien wanted,

I told you he was acting crazy.

- 'Birthday, Julia. - Happy birthday.

- Happy birthday. - Oh, David.

Feliz cumpleanos, senora.

Thank you very much, dear father.

But-- But whose idea was this anyway?

O'Brien's.

I told you he was crazy.

Come on, I want you to meet all my friends.

Well, I-- I'd be delighted.

Uh, tell me, love of my life...

Yes?

Where's all the food?

We are eating outside.

Ah, the good smell of beef over hot coals with hunger,

even my toes curl.

I don't understand this at all.

Then don't try to.

Professionally, I'm one person,

emotionally, I'm quite a different one.

I'm going to believe that.

Stop that.

Stop taking me apart and putting me together again.

I haven't seen you for nearly 2 weeks.

During that time I've discovered something.

What?

That I wanted to see you.

Well, goodnight, Rourke,

and thanks again for a perfectly beautiful party.

Wait, I'm coming in.

Oh, but it's so very late and I have to be up at sunrise.

You digging in for the winter, Dr. O'Brien?

I found out something else during the past 2 weeks.

I've either got to marry you or be guilty of homicide.

I'm gonna take you to the Governors' Ball in 2 weeks

and I want to introduce you to Governor Lew Wallace

and his lady as Mrs. Rourke O'Brien.

Is this...

is this by any chance a proposal?

Well.

Well, looks as somebody set fire to a haystack.

Oh, Rourke, what a proposal.

I do appreciate the honor, of course,

no woman really expects the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet but--

Personally, I've always thought Romeo was something of a fool,

messing around out on that balcony

when he could have come inside and got his feet warmed.

Oh, you're impossible.

Now look, you're going home and I'm going to bed.

A long ago there was a woman,

she was an invalid, very shy.

One day she met a man, they fell in love,

oh, profoundly.

Her name was Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

But here was a curious thing,

too shy to express her love in spoken words,

she wrote them down.

Would you like to hear them?

At least what I can remember of them?

Yes.

Yes, I would.

"How do I love thee?

Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth, breadth, height

My soul can reach,

when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need,

by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints.

I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears,

of all my life,

and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better

after death."

Is that what you want?

Oh, yes.

Yes.

- Then it's all settled. - What all settled?

That you're going to marry me.

Marry you?

Oh, Rourke, no, no.

What do you mean "Oh, no"?

I mean it would be disastrous,

for everyone concerned.

Spurs, whom I adore,

our children if we had any would be

caught in a head on collision of

two ruthless stubborn characters.

Their lives will be a shambles,

ours too. - What do you mean ruthless?

Well, let's face it. We are, aren't we?

Me with my obsession to even up old scores,

me with that knife between my teeth and you...

you with your prejudice and your arrogance,

you're the symbol of everything that I ran away from,

everything that I learned to hate.

Stop it.

What a pair.

What a design for happiness.

Is that final?

Yes, Rourke.

All right, run.

Run as much as you want.

No matter how far or how fast,

just remember this,

I'll be right behind you

breathing down the back of your neck.

Your ring. You've forgotten your ring.

I can't believe I'm actually going.

You know it was at the Governors' Ball

that O'Brien asked my mother to marry him.

Oh...

how romantic.

How long had they known each other?

Less than half an hour actually.

Of course when my grandfather heard about it,

he promised to shoot O'Brien on sight!

Where is everybody?

Oh, that's David.

That's David.

Oh, doc, tell me, am I beautiful,

just a little tiny bit?

Yes, my dear, you are, more than a little.

Oh, doc, I love you.

I love you. I love you.

Oh, I forgot, O'Brien's going to call for you.

O'Brien? But-- but that's impossible.

Not with O'Brien, it isn't.

He told me it's been settled for weeks.

Turn around, let's have a look at you.

Well, well.

I'm beautiful, aren't I?

Now wait a minute, that's not for you to say.

Well, you say it.

Yes, I believe you are.

Oh, now wait a minute, you stop that.

Oh, hello, David.

Hello, sir.

I thought you'd be--

What do you think you're dressed up for?

I'm going to the Governors' Ball.

Oh, yes, who says so?

Doc.

Well, isn't that nice?

Where did you get that dress?

Doc had it made for me.

It's lovely, isn't it?

Yes.

It's lovely than you'll ever know.

You haven't seen anything yet,

wait till you see doc, she's--

If it won't be an impertinence, ma'am,

may I say you're an amazingly handsome woman?

Why, thank you, sir.

What an enchanting fragrance.

Paris, I suppose?

No, carbolic.

I use it all the time, remember?

I think we ought to do something

about our Cinderella here.

Well, here's to Spurs, may she--

No, no, this is for

the Senorita Carlotte Isabel O'Brien.

To the Senorita Carlotte Isabel O'Brien.

Most enjoyable, really.

Good waltz, pretty woman, nothing to equal it.

Except the territorial governor of New Mexico,

who can pay a compliment and make it sound

as he really meant it.

Oh, I say let's not overdo it.

You sure you don't mind if we set this one out?

I seem to get so confoundedly short of breath.

Oh, of course not, general.

Oh, there's my dear Suzanne.

Well, my dear, I suppose my husband is in his usual form,

dancing like a man leading a cavalry charge.

Look, if you girls don't mind I'm going to sit down.

Tell me, General Wallace, if it's not a secret,

what are you going to call your new book?

My dear, if you get Lew started on his book,

you'll wish you hadn't.

Let's just ignore her.

I'm calling it Ben-Hur.

Terribly exciting.

At the moment the general is working on

the great chariot race and he--

Lew, what's the matter?

Oh, another of those confounded heart things.

I'll get Dr. O'Brien.

Well, ma'am,

I made a first class fool of myself, didn't I?

Oh, nonsense, general, here.

I think you can manage now.

Tell me, do you wear these high collars all the time?

Yes.

Yes, I guess do.

Then I'm gonna give you a very simple prescription.

In fact I think I'm gonna write it on the collar.

Well, the little heart's been acting up again,

huh, general? - Heart?

Rourke, let me tell you something.

Dr. Garth has knocked your diagnosis into a cocked hat.

She's a remarkable woman, brilliant.

Tells me my heart's as sound as a bell.

Oh, no, wait, general. I didn't say that.

Tells me that I've been slowly hanging myself,

doing it for years,

this devilish collar, hangman's noose,

shutting off the blood to my head.

"Throw away the collar," she said--

No, general, it was just a wild guess.

Wild guess my eye. Adds up, makes sense.

Lew dear, I think you better come and get some rest now.

Well, ma'am, afraid I've been a great nuisance.

Oh, no, indeed not.

Rourke my boy, she's a remarkable woman.

You two ought to get together.

Rourke, I don't know what to say, I don't know what to tell you.

Well, there's a slice of luck you'd never cut it on.

- I don't understand. - That woman in the green dress...

Mrs. Harker.

She's got a vicious tongue.

She tries to run the town.

Tomorrow the story of O'Brien and the General's collar

will be all over Santa Fe.

Listen, I did not say that your diagnosis was wrong.

- You implied it, didn't you? - Not intentionally.

No? Since the moment you arrived here

you set out discredit me professionally.

- That's true, isn't it? - No, it is not true.

You with your petty thirst for revenge

against the men in medicine.

I was fool enough to fall in love with you.

You with that knife in your teeth.

Well, tonight you buried it in my back.

Tomorrow you'll hear the laughter.

But don't let yourself feel too triumphant,

laughter will never drive me from Santa Fe.

Rourke?

Well, captain?

Two pairs.

Kings and queens.

Three of a kind.

Three deuces.

Mr. Garth, I'm a very credulous man

but even for me, your luck is too consistent.

Captain Taggart, that was uncalled for.

If the young boy can play good enough for me,

he can play good enough for you.

I'm afraid, Judge Martin,

I do not share your confidence in Mr. Garth.

I contended a man who threw devious channels

which sell stolen cattle to the army

would have no compulsion in cheating at cards.

Mr. Garth, consider yourself under close arrest.

In the morning I shall refer charges.

I shall refer charges of striking a superior officer.

Mr. Keith...

kindly escort Mr. Garth to his quarters.

Shh...

Oh, David, what are you...?

No questions, Julie. I'm on my way, time's running out.

What, you've broken arrest?

- It was that or Fort Leavenworth. - Oh, no, David, no.

For what I did, Julie,

for busting Taggart, they'd give me the book.

Oh, no, they won't, they-- how can they?

Why, it was Taggart who provoked it.

Everyone who's in the room would swear to that.

Everyone who heard his-his fantastic insinuation

that you're a cattle thief, oh, the man's insane.

Oh, go back, David.

Take your court martial, you'll be acquitted.

You will, you will.

Sounds wonderful, dear sister,

but I'm afraid there's a catch to it.

You see, Taggart was right.

- David? - Remember the day you came,

the court of enquiry, the stolen cattle?

Well, Taggart knew all along it was my deal

but he couldn't make it stick.

David, what's happened to you?

I'm rotten, Julie, I always have been,

it's just caught up with me. That's all.

See, Julie, you always made excuses for me,

when there were questions about me,

you always managed to find the right answer.

Oh, Davie, you've been away from me so long.

I don't even know the questions now,

how can I find the answers?

Where are you going?

What are your plans?

Can't I do something?

This is it, Julie.

Goodbye.

God bless you.

David, take care.

You're all I have and I love you so much.

Julie...

I'd like you to do something for me.

This ring, would you give it to Spurs?

Poor Spurs.

No, Julie, lucky Spurs.

She'll never know how close she came to disaster.

Tonight I was going to ask her to marry me.

Say, lieutenant,

why pick on the night of the fiesta?

Seems like you're just plain asking for trouble.

On the contrary,

man's planning to take a bank seems to me do it

when the circus comes to town.

Yeah, but the fiesta ain't no circus.

There goes that old one, that gloomy one.

Soon we will burn him

and all of our sorrows will blow up in flames and smoke.

Do you really believe that? Do you?

Si, senora, to burn our sorrows,

that is a very small thing to do.

Here's what we've been waiting for.

Our padre, our wonderful padre.

Oh, that Father Gabriel.

He's a nice fellow.

Fine delight, ain't it?

I mean to be making a deposit.

Yeah, yeah.

Please.

Father?

Father?

What happened?

What is it, father?

Soon you will take me to my hospital.

Yes, yes, father.

Well, he is injured a little

for a man to have his own hospital.

What a luxury.

Such...

a fine hospital.

It'll be the finest hospital in Santa Fe, father.

That I promise you.

Such senseless brutality.

What kind of men could do such a thing? Who were they?

I don't know. They haven't identified them yet.

They got one of them though, the crowd did,

some fellow with a red shirt on.

What about the others?

Did he say who they were?

Not at the end of a rope he didn't,

not with his boots 6 feet off the ground.

I hope they take them all.

I hope they hang every one of them.

By the way have you seen Spurs tonight?

No, no, I haven't.

Why?

Ma'am, the sheriff wants you right away

at the old Bailey place. What for?

We got them fellas holed up and they're shooting it out.

That's senseless to drive Dr. Garth

into a mess like that. I'll go.

No, sheriff said it was Miss-- Miss Garth he wanted.

Why? Why Miss Garth?

To talk to them into giving their selves up.

Well, why would they listen to me?

Because, ma'am,

because one of them is your brother.

What?

Let's hold up the fighting. There's only four of them in there.

Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Yeah, what are you waiting for? Reelections?

Look, fellas! We draw enough lead into that shack,

we're sure gonna get somebody!

Let's go!

Yeah!

Just a minute!

I'll tell you when to go.

What's wrong with you?

To stay in this place is no good!

He was dead before he hit the floor.

I'm through, I'm walking out!

To what? The end of a rope?

We'll get a trial, don't we?

We do, don't we?

Well, don't we?

Yeah, you get a trial,

you get it right out there in the nearest tree.

It's a brutal thing to ask her to do, sheriff.

Look, doc, I got a mob here,

I don't know how long I can hold them.

They get out of hand, we'll have a bloody massacre.

Before that happens,

I want Hatlo and his gang safe in town.

Sheriff, tell me what you want me to do.

Ma'am, I want you to go up that shack around those rocks

and talk to your brother into coming out,

and you got to make it fast.

They're coming out!

- Coming out! - Here.

Here they are.

What's the matter?

I could've sworn I saw somebody sneak in.

- Ah, you're all stitched up. - Yeah, well, maybe I am.

If I saw what I thought I saw, it was a girl.

All right, Hatlo, where are the other two?

Rebstock is dead.

The lieutenant is--

My brother? What happened to my brother?

He-- he would not come out.

If a man lays a hand on my prisoners,

I'll cut him in half!

Come on, Julie, let's go.

No, doc, you stay.

You're deputized.

David?

David?

Spurs, get down!

Get down!

You'll get yourself shot.

Oh, you little fool.

What are you doing here?

Don't be angry with me, David.

Your face, Spurs, what happened?

Well, I guess it was when I ran into the brush.

David?

It's Julia.

David?

Let me in, David.

It's Julia.

David?

Hello, Julie.

Spurs?

Yes, Spurs, now you.

My two wonderful women whose devotion

I by no means deserve.

Now go, both of you.

Tell the sheriff I'm not coming out.

But you must go, David, you must! The sheriff said--

You don't know what you're asking him to do, you just don't!

I want David to go out and give himself up

before it's too late,

before that mob gets out of hand.

Have you seen a mob take a man?

I saw it happen tonight in town.

A fellow with a red shirt, his horse went down,

a vaquero roped him like a calf,

dragged him through town, a tin can on dog's tail.

Spurs!

They found a tree, they shot him to bits as he hung there.

Is that what you want for David?

Is that what you want, Julie?

Am I to settle this?

Are you forcing this decision on me?

Are you?

Very well.

David, I can't find a right answer

for you this time.

But I know one thing, if you stay here,

there'll be more killing, and too many men are dead already.

Too many, Father Gabriel...

I saw him under their horses...

ridden down.

Father Gabriel?

I was with him when he died.

I didn't know, Julie.

I didn't know.

You know now, David.

You caused enough trouble and enough grief.

But you can make up for it a little.

You can save lives, David, save your own life maybe.

If you'll walk out of here, it's a chance, David.

Oh, David, you were never afraid to take a chance!

Don't cry for me, Julie.

David, I won't let you go.

I won't, I won't!

Listen to that mob, you won't have a chance.

Not a chance, they'll tear you to pieces.

David! David!

I'm coming out!

David!

David.

What are you crying for?

That's what you wanted, wasn't it?

Wasn't it?

Spurs.

Oh.

Why did you leave me? Why did you go away?

I don't know.

That night when David...

well, I just kept riding, riding north,

I don't remember much about it.

The first thing I knew I was in--

in Taos with friends.

Why didn't you send me some message?

Why didn't you write to me?

Write?

After the hateful way I treated you,

what would I have used for words?

Oh, forgive me.

Please tell me that you forgive me.

There's nothing to forgive.

Just remember that I love you very dearly.

Oh, doc, I need you so and now you're leaving.

I heard about it in Taos yesterday.

I've only just ridden in.

Why are you leaving? Why?

The truth is...

I'm not wanted here.

Not anymore.

There's a resentment against me,

a bitterness, there's a hate.

- Hate? - It's in the very air I breathe.

It's a fog of hate, it's terrifying.

All my, my patients in the town,

very politely of course, are dropping me cold.

But, doc, you of all people, why should they hate you?

Well, because of some guy and a perverted logic they--

they hold me responsible for David.

What he was and what he did.

When it comes to me now that--

perhaps I am responsible.

That's not true, that's not true!

Listen, Spurs, this is something for you to remember.

Very often we destroy the ones nearest to our heart

and the irony of it is we destroy them with our love,

with our forbearance,

exaggerating the frail glittering virtues

and blinding ourselves to their very obvious vices

and making excuses all along until...

Poor David.

Yes, I think the blame was mine.

- When are you leaving? - Tomorrow at 10 on the stage.

Does O'Brien know this?

Yes, yes, I saw him in the hospital,

he's promised to take over.

He's been very kind, which is more than I deserve.

Spurs, I'm leaving half of my heart in this old plaza,

with Father Gabriel and his poor ones.

You know I made a promise to Father Gabriel,

I'm gonna keep it if it takes me the rest of my life.

I'll work for it wherever I go,

before I die so help me,

I hope to see the finest hospital in Santa Fe

right on that spot.

Well...

Doc, I'll be there tomorrow to tell you goodbye.

Adios.

Till tomorrow.

Come in.

- Buenos dias, senora. - Buenos dias, Martinez.

I have the buckboard outside.

Thank you. I'll be ready in just no time.

Senora...

I should like to say something, a little bit.

Well, what is it, Martinez?

The lieutenant, it's such a sadness.

Me, I knew he did bad

but in his heart, he was good and I love him.

I know that, Martinez.

He was very fond of you too.

But now, senora,

my blood, it burns,

that so many people in Santa Fe have turned against you.

They have driven you from us,

after you have done so much good for them.

For that I think I could hate everybody leaving.

Oh, human beings are not responsible for their natures.

It's quite difficult to acquire tolerance

and understanding.

Senora, as my people los Mexicanos have said,

you're a saint.

Only a woman.

But still with hope.

What do you expect me to do?

Knock her on the head and drag her off the stage?

I don't care what you do, just do it,

because if she gets away I'm...

Oh, look, you love her, don't you?

Yes. I suppose I do.

You suppose?

Holy Joe, why don't you brush those peacock feathers

out of your hair and ask her to marry you?

Not that you're any bargain.

I have asked her!

- She's a stubborn woman. - Stubborn?

Huh, since when have you taken no for an answer?

O'Brien, you must be slipping.

Don't argue, just get on your horse and get busy

because I'm warning you, if she leaves town,

then I'm leaving with her!

Spurs.

Doc, I'm going with you.

Going with me? Why?

I don't know, doc, except--

well, except I can't figure out any sort of life without you.

Oh. But, Spurs, you can't go with me, that's impossible.

It's kind of early to be calling, ma'am,

but this is, well, this is sort of a delegation.

Then let me reassure you,

as you can see, I'm leaving now.

Then you're doing us a real favor, ma'am.

Santa Fe's got no place for the likes of you.

You and your brother, fruit of the same branch,

and when there's rot in the fruit,

there's rot in the tree.

So we want you out of here and we want you to stay out.

Por favor.

Please, as a favor,

what you're doing for this fine woman

is a thing of shame.

I tell you this woman is a saint.

I tell you with her clever hands,

she healed my little wife of blindness.

I tell you since we lost our padre,

we need her very much!

Help her, please help her.

Now somebody tell me what the devil this is all about.

It's that Garth woman, doc.

Yes, we've had enough of these Garths.

We've had one too many.

Her brother, a thief, a murderer,

I'm a god-fearing Christian woman.

The way you roll that off your tongue, Mrs. Clegg,

it's a pleasure to hear.

But what have you got in that steel trap you call a heart.

I'll tell you what you've got,

envy, hate and malice.

You envy this woman for all those qualities

you'd give your right arm to possess.

Envying her you hate her

and hating her you'd like to destroy her.

But you'll never do that, Mrs. Clegg,

you and your kind, not ever.

Because women like Miss Garth are indestructible.

Come on, Julia, let's get out of here.

And another thing,

Dr. Garth is not getting out of town,

she's going to stay here to practice medicine.

She's going to stay because she's the best doctor

that Santa Fe has ever had.

Holy Joe.

And let me tell you something else,

Miss Garth is going to become my wife.

So if any of you have anything to say,

now is the time to say it.

Well, Bisbee, what about you?

Doc, I ain't saying nothing.

That's for what you're thinking.

Let's go.

That's for what I'm thinking, doc.

Let's go.

Giddy up, you.

Adios, adios, adios.

That Senor O'Brien, what a fellow, eh?

Yes, he's quite a man.

But what a woman.

You'll have to paint a new sign.