All language subtitles for Something.for.a.Lonely.Man.1968.WEBRip.x264-ION10

Train wreck!

Train wreck.

Hey, train wreck
at Immigrant Pass.

Whoa! Train wreck. Hey, train
wreck at Immigrant Pass.

Train wreck!

I've seen it.
It's beautiful.

Hey! Hey, everybody,
train wreck!

Hey, train wreck
at Immigrant Pass.

I've seen it,
big old train wreck.

Train wreck! Train wreck
at Immigrant Pass!

I saw it, boy.
It was some...

Beau... Crash! I saw it.

Sure you did, Rafe,
sure you did.

Oh, she just shot into
the air and then...

Full--full down smashed
into that pond. Smash!

Down, down...
Red and gold, silver.

Breathin' under water,
you know.

There's a devil on me. I never
did see nothing like that.

The whole train?

Tra--
No, not the train.

What got wrecked?
Nothin' got wrecked.

Bleeck.

Give the boy a beer.
He's had an ordeal.

I never did see
nothin' like that.

Here you are, Rafe. Cool your brain.
What brain?

Now, Rafe, just what was
this shot through the air?

A locomotive?
Oh no!

I know a locomotive.
Sure you do.

No, it was a big red and silver
monster inside of a big box.

Watch!

He's comin' out of these woods, you
know, and heading towards the meadow

with these, uh, Indians
peltin' her with arrows.

Indians?
Oh, they didn't mean nothing,

they were just funning,
but this here fireman,

he must've be stoking up that
locomotive cause'... Wee-ooo!

He's bouncin', smokin',
running like a rock downhill.

He gets that bed, you know?
Then all of a sudden, wee-ooo!

Flies off that flat car,
smack into Rock Canyon Pool.

What did?
What!

This thing in the box.

If it was in a box,
how could you see it?

Well, the box busted when it hit the
water and that's when I seen it.

Well, that's worth
a round on the house.

I tell you.

It's all red and silver
and beautiful.

And it was breathin'.

Well, I've seen it.

All--All right, you don't believe
me, you-- you take back your beer.

Ah, it's all right, Rafe.
That was worth a nickel.

No, no, no. You think I'm crazy,
you take it back.

I'll take it, Rafe.

All red and silver.

And it was breathin'.

You're the only one
who didn't laugh.

I don't laugh
at people, Rafe.

Told them
and they laughed.

Yeah. They think I'm
crazy, don't they?

Well, I reckon everybody's a
lil' crazy one way or another.

No, but they didn't believe
me, that's why they laughed.

Only you didn't laugh, did you?
No, I didn't.

It was so beautiful. All
red and gold and shining.

That a fact?
Then, you believe me?

Sure, I believe you.

Oh!

Now, let's call
it a day, huh?

Swoosh! Crash!

Ah, feeling the beat,
that was just practice.

Where you goin'
in your good clothes?

You mean that Killibrew
can't read yet?

Can you?

Well, Mary, when a man gets to
readin', he gets to thinkin',

he gets to thinkin', he gets
into a whole lot of trouble.

What are you hidin'
under that cloth, Sis?

A blueberry pie
and I'm not hiding it.

I kinda thought we'd cut
that up at around bed time.

There's three more in the oven,
you can have a whole one apiece.

And one for John
Killibrew, no doubt.

Any objections?

No, but still in all--
Still in all what?

Well, you know, Mary,
the whole town knows.

I am asking him.

Well, Mary, if it wasn't for crazy
John Killibrew, we wouldn't be here.

And this town wouldn't be here which
is awful to be in, in the first place.

As you well know, we followed him out here because
he said the railroad was comin' after him.

Well, here we sit and the railroad
is 22 miles to the north.

In a country as big as this,
22 miles is a very close miss.

Ah, closer when he counts
in horseshoes, Sis.

See what I mean!

Hold this.

Even in horseshoes, close
isn't always good enough.

Sassy, ain't she?

And something else. When a woman
starts giving advice to a man,

things is going on.

Ah, it don't be nothin',
Angus.

Killibrew is like
another brother.

You want him for
your brother?

Well, not exactly.

Well, that's what
you goona get.

She's young, she's
pretty and she can cook.

Now you add a man to that,
and things is gonna happen.

Without even knockin',
see what I mean?

Why, that Killibrew
is an animal.

Did I tell you I saw
him talkin' to a bear?

A bear?
Up in Smart Valley,

him and the bear sitting on a
log, talkin', just like us.

I've seen him.
I believe that.

Did you ever see crazy
John Killibrew go fishing?

He don't fish with no hook and
line like an ordinary man.

He reaches down in the water and he
catches them with his bare hands

No.
Yeah.

Don't matter what's said about John
Killibrew, he's still a lot of man.

What a wife you're gonna
make for somebody.

Who?

Anybody!

I heard what happened
between you and Mr. Batt.

Nothing happened there, just
gave him a mug of beer.

Hmm, yes, I know.

Was that wise?

I mean, after all,

Mr. Batt's a pretty
important man in town.

I ain't gonna worry
about Sam Batt.

I ain't got no money.

And I am too big
for him to whip.

Should we
start our lesson? Yeah.

How am I doin', anyhow?
Oh, you're doin' fine.

Hope so. It's been
damn near a year.

It's been what?

One of the purposes of reading

is to acquire vocabulary and
lessen the need for profanity.

Profanity is merely a stupid person's way
of emphasizing a statement, and I think

you are past that stage now.

I know, Mary.
It's just this damn town.

John, you mustn't blame
everything on the town.

I don't,
they blame it on me.

Maybe, they got
it right.

They believed in me, Mary.
Followed me here.

I grew up in this country
with the Indians.

I knew like the palm of my hand.

I thought I knew exactly where
that railroad was gonna come.

That was 10 years ago, John.

Why can't you forget it?
I told you. I can, they can't!

Well, that's all
your imagination, John.

Just like that engine
Rafe thinks he saw.

He shouldn't be so bitter.

Well...

If that's the way I am,
then so be it.

Well, If you're like that,
why don't you leave here.

I plan to.

Oh?

But first, I'm gonna show
this town something.

What?

I don't know.

Where would you go?

San Francisco.

Maybe the Yukon, maybe just sail
around the world. I don't know.

Would you go alone?

I reckon so. I always have.

Tonight, you're gonna read Emerson,
the essay on self-reliance.

Something for a lonely man.

It is only as a man

puts off

from him...

from himself

all ex...

Puts off from himself,
all ex...

You wanna read first?

All right, I'll read it once,
then you do it.

It is only as a man
puts off from himself

all external support

and stands alone that I
see him to be strong

and to prevail.

He is weaker by every
regroup to his banner.

Is not a man
better than a town?

Read that again.
No, you read it now.

Please, Mary.
Again, slow.

It is only as a man
puts off from himself

all external support

and stands alone

that I see him to be
strong and to prevail.

He's weaker by every
regroup to his banner.

Is not a man
better than a town?

What are you doing?
I've got business.

What on earth? You just can't
walk-- See you in five days, Mary.

John Killibrew!

Come beck here
and finish your lesson.

Do you mind telling me
where you're going?

Well, I know you've lost your reason
but have you lost your voice too?

Ain't.
"Isn't" if you don't mind.

I don't mind. I will have to tell you
all about it when I get back, Mary.

If I'm here.
Oh, you'll be here.

Where are you gonna go?

John Killibrew, have you
gone stark staring mad?

I'll tell you about
that too, Mary.

Well, you needn't bother.

And furthermore, you're
wrong about the town

and they are right
about you.

You sure about that?

Mary, didn't you just
read me out of that book that...

a man is better than a town?

Over a thousand pages
and I had to pick that one.

Hiyah! Go home, boy.

You crazy or somethin', Killibrew,
stopping this train in Indian country?

You headed for San Francisco?

If you get off the track,
I am.

Well, you got yourself
another piece of baggage.

Ta da da dum--

She's burnt it plain
and through.

Do do do do...

Mary, this meat is
burnt clean through!

Is it now?

Ta da da, do do do...

Do do...

She didn't even
make dessert.

Boys, there's something
going on around here.

Well, I see that you're all
enjoying your last supper.

I hear you right, Mary?
You did, I'm leaving.

You're what!
Yep. And from now on,

you can cook your own meals, wash your
dirty dishes and make your own beds.

Mary Duren, where are you
going with that nighty?

To John Killibrew's and I won't
be back till I am married.

Married?
She's sick, Angus.

Mary, I am your eldest brother and I'll
talk to you now like I was your daddy.

You ain't racing over there with no
nighty over your arm just to get married.

Especially to that crazy
John Killibrew.

And what does that make me!

Oh, go on, tell me.

Well, I'll tell you.

I admire him, I believe in him
and I am gonna marry him.

And I am leavin'
this house right now.

Boys, I don't think,
we got much to worry about.

Huh? Killibrew has got
to ask her first.

Well, that pink nighty will
sure help make up his mind.

Well, let's go and get her.

Oh, it ain't gonna
make no difference,

it ain't gonna help none.

What do you mean?
Killibrew ain't home.

Well, what if he comes back
in the middle of the night?

Well, I guess we will have to run shifts
and sit out on the front porch and watch.

We can do that,
can't we?

Huh?
Yeah.

Boys, it ain't so much what's goin'
on over there that is worrisome.

It's what's gonna
happen over here.

How's that, Angus?
Breakfast.

What are we gonna do
about breakfast?

First time in the city, big boy?

Yes, ma'am.

Kinda takes you by storm, don't it?
Yeah, it does.

You interested
in a little fun?

No, ma'am. I'm looking for the
Golden Gate insurance company.

Oh, well, I don't know where the insurance company
is but I could sure show you the Golden Gate.

I am sure you could.
Well?

No, thanks.

What a waste.

Yes, sir?

My name's Killibrew. I wanna
buy a piece of machinery.

Machinery? Good heavens, sir.
This is an insurance company.

Yeah, are you in charge here?

Dear me, no. Mr. Hoferkamp is the
president, I'm his secretary.

Yeah, well, tell him I want
to talk to him, will ya.

I'm afraid that's impossible.
He's tied up now.

Well, supposin' you untie him, because
I got some business with him.

I'll see what I can do.
Yeah.

All right, man,
out with it.

Uh, there's a Mr. Killibrew
outside, Sir.

Killibrew. Never heard of
him, what does he want?

He wants to buy a machine.

Throw him out.

I don't think I can, Sir.

Well, I can.

Would you
come in, please?

Now then, Mr. Killibrew,
what can I do for you?

I want to buy
a steam engine from you.

What would we be doing
with a steam engine?

I don't know, but you got one.

We have?
Yep.

It's at the bottom of a fishin'
hole up at Immigrant Pass.

It's a single piston, steel bored
battle engine, serial number 1187.

Oh, that. Yes, I suppose
we do own that now.

That's what the folks
off the railroad told me.

And you want to buy it?
If the price is right.

Mr. Killibrew, I'm a businessman
but not a thief.

We've been informed that that
engine is absolutely unsalvageable.

Not only has it been deemed
technically unfeasible,

but the Sierra railroad positively
refuses to stop a train in that area

without an escort of
the United States cavalry.

Yeah, what's it worth?

It costs $10,000
and it's worth nothing.

Take a dollar for it?

Forgive me for asking,
but are you crazy?

Well, the opinion
is sort of divided on that.

Mr. Killibrew...

assuming that you're able to recover this
steam engine, what would you do with it?

I've got plans.

I see.

Let's say...

you perform
this miracle.

Would you be interested
in selling it?

Haven't thought about it.
Think about it.

What would you pay? In good
condition, accessible to us, $1,500.

How about 3,000?
That's quite a sum of money.

For a miracle?

I like your style, Mr. Killibrew.
Give me a dollar.

** I'll gift to you,
a paper of pins **

** If that's the way,
my love begins **

** If you will marry me *

** If you will marry me *

Come on, with that water!

Hurry!

Good morning, Mary.

Pete, go get the rifle.

What for? We are three
against one, ain't we?

That's what I mean,
go get it.

I worried when your horse
came home without ya.

I didn't need him where I'd been.
Oh?

You know, Mary,
I must be getting old.

I'm plum tuckered out and
I only walked 22 miles.

That's a good long walk.

From where?

Railroad tracks up
at Immigrant Pass.

Oh. I took myself a
little trip to the city.

Junction City?

San Francisco.

San Francisco!
But what on earth were you--

Now, Mary, why don't you just sit
down and I'll tell you all about it.

Open up, John Killibrew.

What do they want?
I think they are after me.

For what?
Uh, I spent the night here.

Oh hey, they know I wasn't here,
don't they?

I don't know,
or care.

You open up in there, John
Killibrew. Unlock this door now.

That ain't necessary, Angus,
it's open.

We've come to fetch her
home where she belongs.

Not till I show you somethin'.
Sit down. Huh?

Sit down.

We can stand.

Take a look at that.

Bill of sale.

For a steam engine!

I thought you'd be surprised.

You bought a steam engine?
For a fact.

Where is it?
Up the line apiece.

You mean that water Rafe
Runkel's been babbling on about?

The same. I went into San Francisco and
made a deal with Hoferkamp himself.

R.J. Hoferkamp, the headman
at the insurance company.

That's his signature on that bill of
sale which you couldn't read, thanks.

Well, then you really own it.
That's right.

And I'm willing to share it
with any man that'll help me.

And I want to give you Durens
the first chance.

If we what? Bring it
into town, that's all.

That's all?
Where is it now?

Well, it's up
at Immigrant Pass.

And what's
it doin' there?

Why, it's lying at the bottom
of the Rock Canyon Pool.

It's there just like Rafe saw it.
All I need is a few men

to help me and I can
bring her into town.

Out of that waterhole?
It can be done.

And drag it 22 miles
back to town?

Over them mountains?

I admit it ain't gonna be easy
but it could be profitable.

It's gonna be worth
a lot of money.

You buy it, John?

I got the bill of sale
right there.

Did it occur to you why
you got it for a dollar?

They told me. What did
they tell you, John?

Oh, they were afraid
of a little Indian trouble.

Yeah, like maybe gettin'
tomahawked to death.

Let him tell it.

Well, you know how them
city fellows are.

They figure all Indians are just
a bunch of screaming savages

you can't do
business with.

Which of course they ain't.

Oh no! Not necessarily.

You fellows ought to know that. You
came here alone, built this town.

Yeah, with an axe in one hand
and a rifle in the other.

Nevertheless, you built it.
And what have we got?

Look!
All I am trying--

Once before,
we followed you, Killibrew--

And once was enough.

Where you going, John? Well, he's
goin' fishin' for a steam engine.

What's he gonna
use for bait?

One of these days,
he ain't gonna walk away.

Old man, you loan me three good mules. And
I'll bring that engine back here myself.

I ain't got
but three mules, John.

You bet a dollar, you're
asking me to bet all I got.

Not that I mind.

Twenty, thirty years ago,
I'd have gone with you.

I'll split it right down the
line with you. Fifty-fifty

Wish I could.

You're a man in a town
full of women, John.

You've nerve enough to come here and
gamble on them railroad tracks.

They followed you
like women.

They didn't come out here to start
a life out of this country.

They come out here
to get lucky and rich.

You is wrong
in your calculations.

They take it was you
that busted their dreams.

Like women, they ain't
gonna take the blame.

All I got left
is them mules.

They're gonna carry me
to my grave.

They're gonna be
my pallbearers, John.

They're worth every bit
of $100.

You want 'em,
you can have 'em for 50.

I ain't got it.

Well, I only know
one place you can get it.

You want to borrow $50?

Well now, let's see here.

Yeah,
Killibrew, Killibrew...

Yeah, there it is. Killibrew,
you owe exactly $316.82.

Including interest, and you are
three payments in arrears.

And you have the gall
to try to borrow 50 more?

I need those mules bad, Sam,
and I ain't got a nickel.

Well, all right.
Here's a nickel, Killibrew.

You just go buy yourself a beer, and
this time, throw it in your own face.

Tell me, if you was to call a cow
out of a thicket, how'd you do it?

Moo, moo!
Moo!

If you was to call a steam engine out
of the water, how'd you do that?

Woo, woo!

Louder, man. The thing's under the water.
I can't hear you.

Woo, woo!
Toot!

Look at him?

John!

My brothers are right,
you are crazy.

Whiskey.

Leave the bottle.

Ah, charge it.

Anything you
say, John.

Ah.

Mighty fine supper
we had tonight, Mary.

Wasn't it
a good supper, Pete?

Best eaten since
you took over mom, Mary.

You hear? You hear?

You heard
about Killibrew?

He's down at the
saloon drinking it up

just like they're
gonna quit making it.

Killibrew cutting up some, is he?
My, my.

Oh, he's had
a bad day.

First old man Wolenski
turns him down, then Mules.

Then he got the guts to
go to Sam Batt for $50.

I never seen a grown man
go downhill so fast.

Standing there at the
bar since sundown

just swilling it back.

Oh...

Amazing
he's still standing.

Just barely I'd say.

There now, Mary.
You see for yourself.

And lucky for you,
you've seen it in time.

The town nut
to the town drunk.

Why don't
you just shut up?

What did I say
that ain't a fact?

You never tell
a woman a fact, Eben.

May be I better talk to her.
You sit down.

It ain't easy
for a woman

to get over
something like this.

Now, she'll go inside and
have herself a little cry.

As women will do,

and by
tomorrow morning,

she'll be her
old self, again.

Why is she
going to town?

She's going shopping. At night?

Oh, let her
walk it off, boy.

She's just
trying to get

John Killibrew
out of her system.

Is...

Only as a man...

Cuts off from himself...

All ex...

Is only as a man

puts off
from himself all

ex...

Ex..."

External.
External.

Go on, read it.

But you still haven't
read it to me.

Remember?

External support.

And stands alone...

That I see him to be

strong and to prevail.

He is weaker

by every...

Recruit.

Recruit.

To his banner.

Is not...

a man...

better...

than a town.

Come on.

Now,

you let this happen just
'cause there's some mules?

No.

No, it wasn't just the mules.
It was everything.

Everybody in town
thinks I'm crazy,

I can put up
with that. But,

when you said
I was crazy.

Well, I...

I thought you
believed in me, Mary.

Oh, John.

You wanted
those mules?

They're hanging
at the clothesline.

Mary, how'd you
get 'em?

I bought 'em.
Fifty dollars?

Um-hmm. Where'd you
get the money?

My dowry.

Mary, I'll get that
steam engine.

I'll show this town.
I'll take those mules,

and I'll go, tonight.
And, you'll take me.

Mary, that ain't
no place for a woman.

Anywhere her man is,

that's a woman's place.

Ain't that pretty?

Are we bringing the steam
engine back this way?

No, no, I'm afraid
it's a little narrow.

We'd probably have to take
it over that mountain.

Whoop, ho-ho!

Ho-ho.

Come on, Mary.

There she is.

Where?
Right down there.

Are you sure
it's down there, John?

Well, sure,
I'm sure.

Who could've
moved it?

That's what
I'm wondering, too.

John?
Yeah?

You know
I wouldn't be here

if I didn't have
a lot of faith in you.

Yeah,
I know that, Mary.

Yeah? Well, I just don't believe it.
What?

Well, I just don't believe you can
drag a steam engine out of that pool.

Well, I don't either.
The way I figured,

if you can't drag a steam
engine out of the pool

you just move the pool away
from the steam engine.

You just move the pool? Sure.

Mary, you know what
they used to call me

when I lived
with the Indians?

Big Beaver.

All right, big Beaver.

How do you
move a pool?

You drain it.

Just step back, Mary.
You step back.

Hey, Mary.
You all right?

Can't you make these
rocks any smaller?

Hey, honey,
I don't make 'em,

I just dig 'em. Leave the
more big ones for me.

Can we do it, John?

Can we really do it?

Of course,
we can do it.

Just the two of us.
You and me together.

You and I.

That's right.
You and me.

Ah!

Ah!

Sorry, I didn't mean
to wake you.

Well, I'm not sorry.

Ugh, and I'm not for sure

I'm altogether
awake yet either.

Well, John Killibrew,
you've really done it.

Yep.

Today,
we drain the pool.

I don't mean the pool.
Then, what?

That you've been sleeping with
me these past few nights.

Mary, I didn't lay a hand on you.
You know that.

How would I know? I'm so tired everyday.
I sleep like a log.

Well, you can
take my word for it.

Well, I do, John.

Will the rest
of the town?

I better fix
our breakfast, John.

Mary, listen to me. Hmm.

I-I give you
my solemn word.

What? Isn't your word
that matters anymore.

Oh, I see.

It's them three loudmouth
brothers of yours, huh?

Out of my hands.
Well, it's in mine,

and I can whup
all three of them.

They
know that, John.

They'll have guns.

Mary.

I don't need no gun
to make me marry you.

Help!
A little water.

All right, boys.
Let's go get her.

Hey, Mary!

Mary!

Hey, Mary!

Mary!

Mary!

Hey, Mary!

Mary!

I'm taking a bath.

Mary!

Hey, Mary!
Hey, Mary!

She's coming up high and dry.
What is?

The steam engine. It's
coming up out of the water.

Oh, John.
That's wonderful.

Yeah. Well, come on, get out.
I want you to see.

Well, I don't want you to. Huh?

Turn around, please.

Well, come on, Mary. Hurry
up, we got to get going.

You ain't
going anywhere, Killibrew.

Except the church.

And not 'cause
it's Sunday either.

And you're
going too, Mary.

Not without John,
I'm not.

Oh, he's going.

One way or
the other.

I told ya.

Do you, Mary, take John to be
your lawful wedded husband?

I most
certainly do.

And do you, John, take Mary to
be your lawful wedded wife?

Since he's going to
be one in the family,

I'm going to speak for him.
He do.

A man maybe gets married
one time in his life.

When he takes that vow, he
don't want no gun in his back.

Now, speak that
question again.

Do you, John, take Mary to
be your lawful wedded wife?

I do. I now pronounce
you Man and Wife.

Is that it?
I'm through.

I'm not.

Mr. and Mrs.
John Killibrew.

Choo-choo.

Choo-choo.

I didn't hear anything?
Did you?

Not a thing.

Hyah!

Hyah!

Yes, sir.

You know,
old Killibrewy

ain't such a bad fellow
for a brother-in-law.

I think that ma would
smile on them, right now.

I think that
one of these days,

he's gonna
settle...

Settle down in the
mountains or something.

You know, what they say?
What they all say?

What's that, Eben?

A wedlock's
a padlock.

Eben?

Eben?

He's one of us now.

That's right.

And he might even share
our chores with us.

Yep.
Yep.

He might even share our
meals with us. Yep.

And, by
the devil's forked tail,

I think that he ought
to be over here

sharing our whiskey
with us right now.

That's
a good idea.

Pete, you go
over there

and see if that light
is still burning.

Still burning.

Good.

Then, we're gonna
go over

and show
some brotherhood,

and invite them over.

Maybe Mary can fix
us a little snack.

Maybe we ought to let
them know we're coming.

I could throw
a rock at the door.

That's
a good idea, Eben.

That's a good idea.

That ain't the door.

I think that
they heard that.

I'll knock.

Nobody's home.
That ain't all.

Their horse
is gone.

We have gone

on our

honeymoon.

See you soon
with a surprise.

Surprise?
Do you think, maybe?

No,
couldn't be that.

I know what it is.
What is it, Angus?

It's that
dang steam engine.

Whoa.

Come on, Mary.
Let's go.

It's gone! Confound it, I should never
have left it in the first place.

I never should've
gone back to town.

You mean,
to get married?

Oh, Mary. A man can
get married any day.

But how any times in his life does he
get a chance to find a steam engine?

John Killibrew,
are you sure?

Are you really sure
it was ever there?

You were there when
I drained that pool.

No, I wasn't! I was at
the camp, taking a bath!

Oh, I see. It never was here
in the first place, right?

I'm just seeing things.
Is that it? I'll tell you what,

you get on that horse and I'll show
you where that steam engine went.

You mean to tell me we're following
the trail of a steam engine?

Nope.

I'm following
our mules.

How'd you know?

Well, there's been
one of them fellers

spying on us
every day.

I'll go talk to them. You can't.

Sure, I can.

John, John,

there's something I don't understand.
What's that?

How are we gonna get this
steam engine back to town?

Back to town?
We'll wheel it.

But where are you
gonna get the wheels?

I'm a black smith.

Hyah.

What do you think of these two
little dandies for supper?

You mean you caught
'em without a fishing line?

Why, sure. Just reached in there
and got 'em while they was asleep.

Oh, they're
beautiful.

You mean, they were
sleeping together?

Yep, just like
husband and wife.

Just like us, Mary.

Not quite like us.

"Is not a man
better than a town."

You bet you he is.

John?

John?

Ow.

Mary. What in heaven's
name-- Yes, John?

What's that you've
got on anyhow?

My pink nightgown.

Well, I can see that.
But, you can't wear

a pretty little thing like that out here.
You'll catch you're death.

Well, I wasn't
planning to--

Mary, if you got sick out here,
I wouldn't get you back.

Now, I'm gonna get you
an extra blanket.

But I don't want
another blanket.

I'll get it,
no problem.

But Mrs. John Killibrew
shouldn't need--

Like I said,
no problem, Mary.

No problem.

John?

John!
Hmmm.

You--

James! James!

Whoa!

Hiyah! Hiyah!

Not many people carrying their own
stoves with them, now are there, Mary?

Reckon we are sort of lucky to
find all this dry kindling, huh?

It just ain't right to
make a beast of burden

out of anything so lovely.

Are you talking about me
or the steam engine?

Oh, Mary, I...

He'll kill us.

It ain't a he,
and I think I know her.

Now, you get around
behind the steam engine.

Don't get scared and
make any foolish moves.

Just stay right there.

Howdy, ma'am?

Nice to see you again.

Hey, that's a mighty
cute little cub you got there.

Yes, sir, he--
he's a dandy!

It's a steam engine, ma'am.

I wouldn't touch it, it
might be a little bit hot.

Phew.

If I shot her five times,

she would still kill
both of us.

You know, I thought I knowed
her But I reckon I didn't.

I'll say, you didn't.
Yeah.

Dang, if they don't
all look just alike.

Hiyah! Hiyah!

I know just the thing
for that. Come on.

Bear grease.
It ain't too pretty.

But it sure is soothin'.

Here!

How's that? Better?

You know, Mary! We're sure gonna have a
story to tell our children, aren't we?

I'm glad to know we're
gonna have children.

Sure we gonna have children.
Lots of 'em.

Mary, you know
what that steam engine means?

It means our kids ain't
gonna grow up in a...

a little ignorant
mountain town.

Means they can have
an education like you

and see the big cities
of the world.

Grow up to be something
better than me.

You know what I mean?
No.

You don't?

I mean, I can't imagine
anybody being better than you.

Whoa, ho-ho!

We could keep going, we could
make five miles today.

Don't you ever get tired?

I am tired.

You know, Mary?

This trip learnt me something
I always wondered about.

Taught!

Taught.

What?

It taught me why a man would
wanna go over the mountains.

Push up the sea, and go over
Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Know what I mean?

Yep.

You do?

The mules!

Ha! Hiyah, hiyah.

It's gone!

The Lord just didn't
want me to have that engine.

Oh, John!

He just wouldn't
let me have it.

I'll get the mules.

Why?

Why?

John, John!
come here quick!

John! John, quick!

The Lord sure does move
in mysterious ways.

Hiyah! Hiyah!

Hiyah! Hiyah!

Get up here, get up.

He's bringing it in.

He's bringing it in.

Hiyah! Hiyah!

Whoa! Whoa!

Mary? Mary.

Look familiar?

Mary, we're pretty
near there.

We're pretty near home.

We've done it?

We've really done it?

Well, not quite. We still
gotta cross Meta Creek.

After all this rain, the
ground's gonna be a little soft.

Hyah! Hyah!

He's bringing it in here!

He's bringing it in here!

He's bringing it in here,
everybody!

Hey! He's bringing it here!

He's bringing like
he said, he would.

Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Who's bringing what in?

Big John! He's bringing
in the steam engine.

What?
Yeah, come on. Come on.

Hey, hey, everybody!
He's bringing it in here.

He's bringing it in here.
He's bringing...

You believe that?

It's ridiculous!

That's impossible.

Is it?

Saddle me up.

Shovel.

Can't we use the mules?

Nope, if we get
this thing straightened up,

they're liable to tip it over,
then we would really be stuck.

Couldn't we go
to the town for help?

We could, but we ain't.

What is it?
No.

John!

It looks like the town
is coming out here.

Woo-hoo!

Hey, everybody!
Hey! Hey!

Bring him in.

Oh, what do you know?

Need some help, John?

I don't need no help
from none of you.

Well, let's see you
lift it then, Killibrew.

Yeah.

Don't be a bore, John.
Let us give you a hand.

Sure, John. We can get that
engine out of there in no time.

None of you. Not a one of you
offered to help when I asked.

Now I don't want it,
so just go on home, all of ya.

You better get yourself
a row boat, Killibrew.

You're gonna need it.

You want us to hitch on
and haul you out?

There ain't nobody
haulin', Angus!

Nobody, but me.

But they are only
trying to help, John.

We don't need any.

I don't understand you,
John Killibrew.

People offered to help
and you stand there

on a mountain of
foolish pride and refuse.

What's the matter with you?

I don't need no help,
I don't need nobody!

Then you don't
need me either.

And when you try it again,
hitch yourself to the mules.

You're just as stubborn
and just as dumb.

I tell you one thing,
gentlemen.

That steam engine

isn't so funny
as this town thinks,

neither is John Killibrew.

Everybody was
laughing pretty hard, Sam.

Bleeck, laughing at some
poor boob is one thing,

but when you keep on laughing,
you are a boob yourself.

Go on about
that steam engine, Sam.

Yeah, well...

To Killibrew, that engine

is worth whatever
he can sell it for.

Maybe much as $2,000 to $3,000.

But to me,

the town, that is,

that engine
could mean a fortune.

That could bring prosperity by
turning the wheels of industry.

What industry?
I'll tell you.

All of you men have stands
of timber around here.

Well, what has it been used for?

I'll tell you.

To hunt rabbits in,
to get firewood,

and once a year
cut down a Christmas tree.

But those aren't just trees
on that land, gentlemen.

What are they, Sam?

Well, I'll tell you.

They are... bridges,

furniture,

houses, ships.

And you know
what turns them into that?

The saw mill.

And do you know
what operates the saw mill?

A steam engine.

I ask you gentlemen
to imagine that this town

that missed being
a railroad setter

now rise into a lumber
metropolis in the wilderness.

Industry, growth,

riches...

That should be its destiny

and our fortune.

And do you know
where our fortune lies?

It's stuck in the mud.

Out there,
two miles from here.

So, I say, instead
of laughing at Killibrew,

we should have
pitched in to help him.

Some of the people
offered to, Sam.

Sure, ask Jones,
We tried.

And what did he say?

Same thing. He said,
he don't need nobody,

he's going to do all hisself.

Who could rightly blame him?

We did him an injustice,
all of us.

We had a great man in our midst
and we didn't realize it. Uh!

It's a matter of history.

The injustice of mankind.

Therefore I say to make amends.

We show him exactly the kind
of men that we really are

and how we really feel.

How do we feel, Sam?

He wants to sell that engine,

well...
we buy it from him.

We will meet his price, we'll go out
there first thing in the morning

and we will put it to him
fair and square.

What if he ain't
willing to sell, Sam?

I nee--
We need that engine, Angus.

He'll sell.
One way or the other.

You got the other way, Sam?

Right her, Angus.

John Killibrew!

$316.82.

Three payments in arrears.

A little toast,
gentlemen.

To the brawn
on John Killibrew

and the brains
of Sam Batt.

Yeah, I'll drink to that.

Are you
having trouble, John?

We come to help.

Now we have been sitting up
for whole night and thinking

and we figured,
we owe you an apology.

So that's why
we came out here.

Early like this.
To apologize.

And we ought to have been helping you out
with that engine from the beginning.

So you may as well
accept our offer, John,

'cause it's all
in the family now.

Let me set you boys straight.

First of all, that engine ain't
in the family, it's in the mud,

and it's mine. And I will get
it out of here by myself.

Buddy! Hey, Big John!

They are coming
after it, Big John.

They are going
to take it away from you.

They are going
to get it from you, Big John.

I hear him, Rafe.

Can I help you, Big John?

No, no.

You just stay out of the way.

Yo hoo-hoo!

Hey!

Hey, come back.

Killibrew,

I think I owe you an apology

and I think I speak
for every man in this town.

I don't see any.

I know how you must feel,
I can't say I blame you.

But I also realized that
words have little meaning.

So I didn't bring
just conversation here.

I brought along something
that you would understand.

Money!

Killibrew,

I will buy that engine
for any price you name,

right here, right now.
You just name it.

Sam,

if I could trade you
a dead horse

for the Union Pacific Railroad,

I'd rather walk to
St. Louis on my bare feet.

I don't think you heard rightly.

This is United States
currency I'm holding here.

You just give the word
and I'll start peeling.

Put your money
in your pocket, Sam.

I ain't selling that engine
to you or nobody else,

and I never had
any intention to.

All right,

I tried to be fair.

Go ahead, Sheriff.

John, I gotta serve you
with this here paper.

It's the law.

Now, take it.
Go ahead, John.

Please now, John,
it's the law.

Now this ain't my doing, but the
law's the law and I got the badge.

You owe him money. Legally,
He can take that engine.

Let him try.

Killibrew, I made you
a fair and square offer,

and these good people
here heard me.

So if you don't wanna
do business with me,

you've gotta do business
with the sheriff.

It's the law, John.

Is it?

Is that the law, Sheriff?

When a man refuses to sell
something that is really his,

you can--you can bring out a piece
of paper and take it away from him?

But John owes him money, Mary.

An honest debt which he'll
pay, and you know it.

Anyway, Sam Batt doesn't
care about the money he's owed,

he just wants that machine.

And all you're doing is
help him steal it

by telling everybody,
"It's the law."

Well,
you heard her, Sheriff.

It's gonna take more than
a little piece of paper

to take that engine.

Or me.

All right, men, take it.

I wouldn't do that
if I were you.

Well, you ain't me.
That's what I am here for.

Aren't you gonna
do somethin', Sheriff?

Not until they finish,
I ain't.

John!

Think we should help him.

He said he wanted
to do it hisself.

Oh, Angus, come on,
it's four against one.

That ought to be
about even.

Of course,
we could help him a little.

I gotta take you in, Killibrew.
It's the law.

You tore a legal paper, caused a public
riot with assault and some battery.

It's against the law to beat
up a man, let alone four.

What about five?
The same thing, John.

Good.

You ready, John?

I am now.

Don't you dare leave,
any of ya.

Now you listen to me.

You too, Mr. Batt.

For 10 years, you've been
humiliating that man.

You've mocked him
and cursed him behind his back,

you are afraid
to say it to his face.

And now, gutless as always,

you let the sheriff
take him off to jail.

You want us
to interfere with the law?

No.

I want you to understand
what is really happening here.

This machine

that none of you
cared about or even wanted,

this steam engine

is John Killibrew's payment

for that mistake
he made 10 years ago.

You see...
he knew that...

that this steam engine could be
the beginning of this town.

A future for all of us.

So, now you have a choice.

You can let Sam Batt
keep the engine

and go on running you
and this town,

or you can follow John Killibrew
like you did once before.

Now, which is it?

You got so many
charges against you, John,

I'm gonna have
to write 'em down.

Tearing up a legal paper,

causing a public disturbance,

four men flattened...

How much was that
debt of yours, John?

$316.82.

Sheriff! Sheriff!

Sheriff! Hey, Sheriff!

What is it, Rafe?

They're coming, Sheriff.
They're coming.

Who's coming?
The women.

The women! Yeah,
they're all coming.

And one of them
is carrying a rope.

My goodness,
they're coming for you, John.

They're coming for me? The women,
they're comin' to get you, man.

But don't you worry.
I've never lost a prisoner yet.

We'll sneak out the back way,
and ride to the city!

Rafe, you take them horses
around the back.

They'll never lynch John Killibrew
as long as I am sheriff.

But, Sheriff, the women
don't want to lynch John.

What?

They want to lynch you.

Me?

My goodness.

John, you gotta
get out of there.

They aren't coming for you,
they are coming for me.

What are you
letting me out for?

For protection!
Get out there now!

Here they come!

Hold it, ladies.
We're coming out.

We are not!

John! John!
I sold the steam engine.

You sold it? Yes, to the
citizens of Arkana.

A share a piece, except
for me, I bought 50.

50? Yeah, I sold the mules
back to Mr. Wolenski.

What about Sam Batt?

Oh, not a share
to him or his friends.

Here you are, Sheriff.

$316.82.

Hurray!

You are paid up, Killibrew

but I still have got to hold you
for causing a public commotion.

That's the law.

It's the law!
It's the law!

But, I 'm--I'm gonna
drop them charges,

and call it self-defense.

Mary, I am puzzled
about something.

You are, John?
Yeah, can I buy a share?

Of course not, you own it.

I do?
Most of it.

Capitalized at $3,000,
at a dollar a share,

you're now holding
2,684 shares.

Really?
Of course you are.

When we finish your reading, we'll tackle
arithmetic and I'll prove it to you.

Mary, suppose you tell me what
took place out there after I left.

Oh, I guess the good
people of Arkana

just had a large dose
of plain truth.

Say cheers to my
brother-in-law, he's rich.

Hey, everybody,
grab your partner.

Swing!

Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

I think we oughta have a drink
to the bride and the groom.

Where did they go?

Where do you
think, sonny!

They went on their honeymoon.

Well, here's to their honeymoon.

Doggone, what a day, huh?

Everybody in town
invested in my steam engine.

What a day for our kin! And all
because of you, Mary Duren.

What did you say?
I said all because of you--

My name is Mary Killibrew. That's
the way it's gonna be around here.

Mary Killibrew, wow.
Now, I don't think

I'll have a lot of trouble
remembering that.

Swing!