1 00:00:30,305 --> 00:00:32,525 Keep moving. Don't turn around. 2 00:00:32,655 --> 00:00:34,396 Just move along nice and quiet. 3 00:00:38,835 --> 00:00:40,489 You got a lot of nerve, mister, 4 00:00:40,620 --> 00:00:42,535 pulling this off out in the open. 5 00:00:42,665 --> 00:00:45,059 I didn't want to take any chances on losing you. 6 00:00:45,189 --> 00:00:46,452 In case it hasn't sunk in yet... 7 00:00:48,541 --> 00:00:51,631 you're under arrest. Inside. 8 00:02:48,225 --> 00:02:50,663 It ain't no use. The sheriff's got him nailed for something. 9 00:02:53,274 --> 00:02:56,886 Well, if I know Jess, he'll get out of it. 10 00:02:57,017 --> 00:02:58,888 Why don't you just forget this whole thing? 11 00:02:59,019 --> 00:03:00,586 I don't think this idea is gonna work anyway. 12 00:03:00,716 --> 00:03:02,283 We got nothing to lose. 13 00:03:02,414 --> 00:03:05,286 Jess goes along with this, we'll have another gun. 14 00:03:05,417 --> 00:03:08,942 If he doesn't he'll make the best decoy you ever saw. 15 00:03:09,029 --> 00:03:10,422 You tell Ray I'll see him tonight. 16 00:03:20,736 --> 00:03:22,869 Now there's no use you trying to lie out of it. 17 00:03:22,999 --> 00:03:25,001 This flyer's got you pegged. 18 00:03:25,132 --> 00:03:26,568 You're Ray Thatcher. 19 00:03:26,699 --> 00:03:28,440 Now you go ahead and deny it all you want. 20 00:03:28,570 --> 00:03:29,310 I don't have to deny it. 21 00:03:29,441 --> 00:03:30,572 I got all of Laramie 22 00:03:30,703 --> 00:03:32,705 and half of Wyoming to prove it. 23 00:03:32,792 --> 00:03:34,271 You're either just plain blind 24 00:03:34,402 --> 00:03:36,360 or using your head for a hat rack, probably both. 25 00:03:36,491 --> 00:03:38,145 You can't talk to me like that. 26 00:03:38,275 --> 00:03:40,277 Well, looks like it's the only way anybody can talk to you. 27 00:03:40,408 --> 00:03:41,888 I told you what I'm doing in Ironwood. 28 00:03:41,975 --> 00:03:44,020 I showed you my papers and my identification. 29 00:03:44,151 --> 00:03:45,152 What more do you want? 30 00:03:45,282 --> 00:03:46,893 I want the truth. 31 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:48,808 You wouldn't know the truth 32 00:03:48,938 --> 00:03:50,549 if it was spelled out in letters a mile high. 33 00:03:54,466 --> 00:03:55,597 See old man Benson? 34 00:03:55,728 --> 00:03:56,468 Yeah. 35 00:03:56,598 --> 00:03:58,644 His story checks out. 36 00:03:58,774 --> 00:04:00,080 He said he took delivery of 10 horses 37 00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:01,951 from a fellow named Jess Harper. 38 00:04:02,038 --> 00:04:04,432 But that don't prove that he's Harper. 39 00:04:04,563 --> 00:04:05,912 You should have brought Benson back with you 40 00:04:06,042 --> 00:04:07,870 and had him identify him proper like. 41 00:04:08,001 --> 00:04:09,481 He wouldn't come. 42 00:04:09,611 --> 00:04:10,960 Said he had no time for such foolishness. 43 00:04:11,091 --> 00:04:13,180 Foolishness? 44 00:04:13,310 --> 00:04:16,749 If you want him identified, you got to take him out there. 45 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:18,402 I'm ready whenever you are. 46 00:04:18,533 --> 00:04:20,056 You're not going anyplace. 47 00:04:20,143 --> 00:04:22,363 Well, yes, I am. I'm going right out that door, 48 00:04:22,450 --> 00:04:24,278 unless you can find somebody to back up that charge. 49 00:04:30,197 --> 00:04:33,679 Now get out and don't stop until you're well out of town. 50 00:04:35,158 --> 00:04:36,943 I'd like to oblige you, sheriff, 51 00:04:37,073 --> 00:04:39,423 but I'm a little tired and a little hungry. 52 00:04:39,554 --> 00:04:41,861 Unless you can dig up some reason to use that badge, 53 00:04:41,991 --> 00:04:43,210 Ironwood will just have to put up with me 54 00:04:43,297 --> 00:04:44,516 till tomorrow morning. 55 00:04:44,646 --> 00:04:45,691 Wait a minute. 56 00:04:49,651 --> 00:04:51,174 You got a special charge in mind? 57 00:04:51,305 --> 00:04:54,917 If you hang around here, so help me, I'll find one. 58 00:04:55,048 --> 00:04:57,485 You got till tomorrow morning. 59 00:05:11,891 --> 00:05:14,284 Oh, excuse me, mister, I-- 60 00:05:14,415 --> 00:05:17,070 Jess. Why, you old maverick. 61 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,288 Where'd you come from? 62 00:05:20,682 --> 00:05:21,770 I'm sorry, mister, I-- 63 00:05:21,901 --> 00:05:24,991 Don't tell me you forgot. 64 00:05:25,121 --> 00:05:27,776 Amarillo and that cantina we wrecked. 65 00:05:27,907 --> 00:05:30,910 Waco, with a dozen Texas rangers after us. 66 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,435 Kett, Kett Darby, you old son of a gun. 67 00:05:34,566 --> 00:05:37,264 Well, last time I saw you, you were growing a beard. What happed to it? 68 00:05:37,351 --> 00:05:39,875 Uh, got so long, I started tripping over it, so I shaved it off. 69 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:41,703 What are you doing in these parts? 70 00:05:41,834 --> 00:05:43,879 I'm just passing through, came up from-- 71 00:05:43,966 --> 00:05:46,142 Hey, what are we standing around here for? 72 00:05:46,273 --> 00:05:48,188 Come on, I'll buy you a drink and we can really catch up. 73 00:05:48,318 --> 00:05:50,582 That sounds good. Some food will go better though. 74 00:05:50,712 --> 00:05:51,844 And food, too. 75 00:05:51,974 --> 00:05:53,585 You know, you are the last man 76 00:05:53,715 --> 00:05:55,848 I ever expected to see in these parts. 77 00:05:55,978 --> 00:05:56,762 [ chuckles ] 78 00:06:14,823 --> 00:06:16,303 Yeah, it sure beats me, Jess. 79 00:06:16,433 --> 00:06:18,218 Oh, you're different. 80 00:06:18,348 --> 00:06:20,263 I can't figure you all settled down 81 00:06:20,394 --> 00:06:23,092 and satisfied on a two-by-four ranch. 82 00:06:23,223 --> 00:06:25,181 What about you? 83 00:06:25,312 --> 00:06:27,836 What you doing hanging around a two-by-four town like this? 84 00:06:27,967 --> 00:06:30,839 Oh, maybe a couple of minuses, 85 00:06:30,926 --> 00:06:32,885 but there a lot of pluses about this town. 86 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:36,018 Like that pretty little waitress? 87 00:06:36,149 --> 00:06:38,891 She's one of them. 88 00:06:39,021 --> 00:06:40,370 You make much at that ranch? 89 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:42,372 Enough. 90 00:06:42,503 --> 00:06:45,245 Then I bet it don't compare to the way we used to live. 91 00:06:45,332 --> 00:06:48,552 The way I used to live, I could get shot most anytime. 92 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:54,602 Thanks. 93 00:06:54,689 --> 00:06:57,736 Say, Lottie, about tonight, I'm gonna be a little late. 94 00:06:57,866 --> 00:06:59,520 Late? 95 00:06:59,651 --> 00:07:01,827 Yeah, I got some important business to take care of. 96 00:07:01,957 --> 00:07:03,611 Kett, you promised me. 97 00:07:03,698 --> 00:07:05,004 Oh, lay off, will you, Lottie? 98 00:07:05,134 --> 00:07:06,919 All right. 99 00:07:07,006 --> 00:07:09,008 If it's that important to you, don't bother about tonight. 100 00:07:10,836 --> 00:07:12,664 Women, they're all alike. 101 00:07:12,794 --> 00:07:13,969 You pay them a little attention 102 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,363 and right away, they try to stake a claim. 103 00:07:16,493 --> 00:07:18,365 Yeah, well, I can see you haven't changed any. 104 00:07:18,452 --> 00:07:20,541 Still got the prettiest girls in town chasing you. 105 00:07:31,552 --> 00:07:33,554 Trouble? 106 00:07:33,685 --> 00:07:37,036 No, not yet anyway. 107 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:38,994 Well, that badge toter didn't look too friendly. 108 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:40,735 He ain't. 109 00:07:40,866 --> 00:07:43,825 For some reason, he's got the idea I'm Ray Thatcher. 110 00:07:43,956 --> 00:07:45,653 And he's sore 'cause he can't prove it. 111 00:07:45,784 --> 00:07:48,047 Well, you do look a little like him. 112 00:07:48,177 --> 00:07:51,659 Except he's older and 20 pounds heavier. 113 00:07:51,790 --> 00:07:53,487 You know him? 114 00:07:53,617 --> 00:07:54,575 Could be. 115 00:07:57,317 --> 00:08:00,407 Same old Kett, still playing with fire, huh? 116 00:08:00,537 --> 00:08:03,149 Ray's not nearly as bad as most folks make out. 117 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:06,239 Well, they make him out to be $5,000 worth of bounty, 118 00:08:06,369 --> 00:08:07,457 dead or alive. 119 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:09,546 That's railroad money, Jess. 120 00:08:09,677 --> 00:08:11,505 He never hurt anybody else. 121 00:08:11,635 --> 00:08:14,203 They stole his land, they drove him to it. 122 00:08:14,334 --> 00:08:16,510 You're a stage line man, you ought to understand. 123 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,817 Not like in a railroad, yeah. 124 00:08:18,947 --> 00:08:20,601 But there's no reason for robbing and killing. 125 00:08:20,732 --> 00:08:22,385 That comes from inside a man. 126 00:08:22,516 --> 00:08:24,866 And he just don't stop by paying back the railroad. 127 00:08:24,953 --> 00:08:26,999 Now you got him all wrong, Jess. 128 00:08:27,086 --> 00:08:30,045 Sure, he can be pretty rough, but he always takes 129 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:31,655 real good care of anybody who rides with him. 130 00:08:31,786 --> 00:08:34,397 He gives them a fair shake and they always come out ahead. 131 00:08:35,572 --> 00:08:38,010 Have you come out ahead? 132 00:08:38,140 --> 00:08:40,534 Like I said, there are a lot of pluses about this town. 133 00:08:42,144 --> 00:08:43,755 Yeah, I reckon that's your business. 134 00:08:46,105 --> 00:08:48,672 I'd like to make it yours. 135 00:08:48,803 --> 00:08:51,458 - We could use a good hand like you. - Forget it. 136 00:08:51,588 --> 00:08:52,807 There's something going for tonight at the junction. 137 00:08:52,894 --> 00:08:54,722 I said, forget it. 138 00:08:54,809 --> 00:08:56,768 It will be easy, fast in, fast out, nobody will get hurt. 139 00:08:56,898 --> 00:08:58,247 All we do is stop the train-- 140 00:08:58,334 --> 00:09:00,728 Look, I don't want to hear about it. 141 00:09:00,859 --> 00:09:02,208 What's the matter? 142 00:09:02,295 --> 00:09:04,514 Afraid you'll go for the idea? 143 00:09:04,601 --> 00:09:06,995 No, I'm afraid you'll give me no choice but to go to the law. 144 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:11,043 That wouldn't be very smart. 145 00:09:11,173 --> 00:09:12,392 Then don't tell me any more. 146 00:09:15,090 --> 00:09:17,658 Well, I guess I made a mistake, Jess. 147 00:09:17,745 --> 00:09:20,226 You just be sure that you don't make one, too. 148 00:09:20,356 --> 00:09:21,531 Like what? 149 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:25,013 Like forget what you heard. 150 00:09:25,144 --> 00:09:27,624 I don't like funerals, specially my friend's. 151 00:09:27,755 --> 00:09:31,237 Well, I'll look you up the next time I'm in Laramie. 152 00:09:31,367 --> 00:09:33,674 Maybe I'll even buy me a horse. 153 00:09:47,383 --> 00:09:51,997 Mr. Harper, can I talk to you for a minute? 154 00:09:52,084 --> 00:09:53,955 Sure. 155 00:09:54,086 --> 00:09:55,739 Are you a good friend of Kett's? 156 00:09:57,393 --> 00:09:59,526 I reckon. 157 00:09:59,656 --> 00:10:01,006 At least I thought I was. 158 00:10:01,093 --> 00:10:03,095 Then you can't stop him? 159 00:10:06,315 --> 00:10:07,839 Are you asking me to talk him out of that business deal 160 00:10:07,926 --> 00:10:08,883 he's got tonight? 161 00:10:08,970 --> 00:10:10,189 Do you know what it is? 162 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,847 He's mixed up in something with Ray Thatcher again, isn't he? 163 00:10:15,934 --> 00:10:18,632 He's old enough to know what he's doing. 164 00:10:19,894 --> 00:10:21,287 With him everything's a lark. 165 00:10:21,417 --> 00:10:22,984 Only this time I have a feeling 166 00:10:23,115 --> 00:10:24,551 he's going to get his wings clipped. 167 00:10:24,681 --> 00:10:26,292 Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, 168 00:10:26,422 --> 00:10:28,729 there's nothing I can do about it. 169 00:10:28,816 --> 00:10:31,645 What you mean is, you're his friend 170 00:10:31,775 --> 00:10:33,299 when you want someone to drink with, 171 00:10:33,386 --> 00:10:34,561 have some fun with. 172 00:10:34,691 --> 00:10:35,954 But when he's really in trouble-- 173 00:10:36,084 --> 00:10:37,520 It's his choice, not mine. 174 00:10:37,651 --> 00:10:40,045 Sure, and it's a blind man's fault 175 00:10:40,175 --> 00:10:41,916 when he walks in front of a buckboard, too. 176 00:10:42,047 --> 00:10:44,919 But there's always someone there to set him straight again. 177 00:10:45,050 --> 00:10:47,487 Well, you go on back to Laramie, Mr. Harper. 178 00:10:47,617 --> 00:10:50,359 You just keep your hands nice and clean. 179 00:10:50,490 --> 00:10:52,448 Only I wonder how clean you're gonna feel someday 180 00:10:52,579 --> 00:10:54,973 when you'll have to be on the posse that hunts him down. 181 00:11:06,723 --> 00:11:08,116 It's getting late, sheriff. 182 00:11:08,247 --> 00:11:09,117 If we're gonna round up a posse 183 00:11:09,248 --> 00:11:10,466 and get to that junction on time, 184 00:11:10,597 --> 00:11:12,686 we better start moving. 185 00:11:12,816 --> 00:11:15,863 I will tell you when and if. 186 00:11:15,994 --> 00:11:17,865 And for the last time, 187 00:11:17,996 --> 00:11:20,302 where did you get that information? Who told you this? 188 00:11:22,696 --> 00:11:23,784 A little bird. 189 00:11:25,655 --> 00:11:28,354 You expect me to believe that Ray Thatcher 190 00:11:28,484 --> 00:11:30,922 is gonna hold up the train at the junction tonight? 191 00:11:31,052 --> 00:11:32,358 I don't expect you to believe anything. 192 00:11:32,488 --> 00:11:34,055 I told you everything I know. 193 00:11:34,186 --> 00:11:35,839 What you do about it is strictly up to you. 194 00:11:35,970 --> 00:11:38,016 That's right. And you know what I'm gonna do about it? 195 00:11:38,146 --> 00:11:40,148 Nothing. How do you like that? 196 00:11:41,715 --> 00:11:44,370 I don't think the railroad's gonna like it. 197 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:46,720 Seems to me we can't just let it slide. 198 00:11:46,850 --> 00:11:48,635 According to that wire from the division superintendent, 199 00:11:48,765 --> 00:11:51,072 the east bound's carrying some pretty valuable mail. 200 00:11:51,203 --> 00:11:52,378 Oh, well, hang it all, Floyd, 201 00:11:52,508 --> 00:11:54,293 we just can't take his word for it. 202 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:55,947 He didn't have to come in here and tell us. 203 00:11:56,077 --> 00:11:58,079 That's right, and I don't have to stick around here 204 00:11:58,210 --> 00:11:59,863 while you make up your minds either. 205 00:11:59,994 --> 00:12:02,431 - I got better things to do. - You're not going anyplace. 206 00:12:02,562 --> 00:12:03,824 You're not gonna start that again. 207 00:12:03,955 --> 00:12:05,260 You've got nothing on me. 208 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:07,610 I'm holding you as a material witness. 209 00:12:07,741 --> 00:12:09,090 Witness for what? 210 00:12:09,221 --> 00:12:10,962 The train robbery or a wild goose chase, 211 00:12:11,092 --> 00:12:12,876 I don't know which, 212 00:12:13,007 --> 00:12:15,183 but either way you're in plenty deep. And I better take this. 213 00:12:15,314 --> 00:12:17,185 - Now wait a minute. - You wait a minute. 214 00:12:17,316 --> 00:12:20,406 You've got a big mouth and I'm getting tired of seeing it open. 215 00:12:20,493 --> 00:12:23,670 Now you just keep it closed, obey orders, you understand? 216 00:12:23,757 --> 00:12:25,672 Give him the best room in the house, Floyd. 217 00:12:25,802 --> 00:12:26,760 Go on, get over there. 218 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:38,032 No, the East Bound Limited 219 00:12:38,163 --> 00:12:39,338 came through here 10 minutes ago, 220 00:12:39,468 --> 00:12:41,688 and there wasn't any trouble. 221 00:12:41,818 --> 00:12:43,081 There's nobody around. 222 00:12:43,168 --> 00:12:44,256 Sorry you and your men had to come 223 00:12:44,386 --> 00:12:45,431 clear out here for nothing. 224 00:12:47,346 --> 00:12:49,696 Maybe it wasn't for nothing. 225 00:12:49,826 --> 00:12:53,004 Somebody must have wanted us out of town real bad. 226 00:12:53,134 --> 00:12:56,137 We'd better get back there and find out why. Thanks. 227 00:12:56,268 --> 00:12:57,486 It looks to me like you hired a lot more men 228 00:12:57,617 --> 00:12:59,010 tonight than you're gonna need. 229 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:00,098 Well, it ain't over with yet. 230 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:20,640 I told you it would work, right? 231 00:13:20,770 --> 00:13:22,598 Yeah. 232 00:13:22,729 --> 00:13:24,252 So far. 233 00:13:24,383 --> 00:13:26,776 Now you two stay here and cover for us. 234 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:28,952 The rest of you, come with me. 235 00:13:39,050 --> 00:13:41,182 It's gonna be easy. 236 00:13:41,313 --> 00:13:43,358 It's never easy till it's over and done. 237 00:13:45,012 --> 00:13:46,492 What you gonna do with that? 238 00:13:46,622 --> 00:13:49,234 Help a friend. It'll just take a minute. 239 00:13:49,364 --> 00:13:51,062 Hey, wait a minute, come back here. 240 00:13:58,678 --> 00:14:01,637 Deputy, there's some kind of trouble outside. 241 00:14:01,724 --> 00:14:02,595 What do you mean? 242 00:14:02,725 --> 00:14:03,900 Over at the bank. 243 00:14:17,697 --> 00:14:19,655 Kett, what are you doing here. 244 00:14:19,742 --> 00:14:21,788 You don't think I'd let an old friend down, do you? 245 00:14:21,918 --> 00:14:23,790 What are you talking about? 246 00:14:23,877 --> 00:14:27,185 You told the sheriff we'd be at the junction, didn't you? 247 00:14:27,315 --> 00:14:29,404 Well, that left the bank wide open for us. 248 00:14:29,491 --> 00:14:30,710 The bank? 249 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,495 I hope you still know how to use a rope. 250 00:14:33,626 --> 00:14:35,236 I'm sorry, I can't give you a better chance. 251 00:14:35,367 --> 00:14:36,759 Kett, wait a minute. 252 00:14:36,890 --> 00:14:39,545 If I were you, I'd hightail it out of town. 253 00:14:39,675 --> 00:14:41,155 When that sheriff finds out what happened, 254 00:14:41,286 --> 00:14:42,765 he ain't gonna be very friendly. 255 00:14:42,896 --> 00:14:44,071 Kett! 256 00:14:55,648 --> 00:14:57,519 What in the blazes do you think you're doing? 257 00:14:57,650 --> 00:15:00,305 Forget it. Everything going all right? 258 00:15:00,435 --> 00:15:03,003 We'll have her all emptied out in a minute. 259 00:15:06,702 --> 00:15:08,574 Floyd. 260 00:15:08,704 --> 00:15:12,186 Floyd, it's the Thatcher gang, they're robbing a bank. 261 00:15:15,146 --> 00:15:18,279 Wait a minute, let me go with you, you can't take them alone. 262 00:15:18,410 --> 00:15:19,237 Floyd! 263 00:15:19,324 --> 00:15:20,586 All right, we're finished. 264 00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:27,027 Let's get outta here. 265 00:16:25,825 --> 00:16:27,000 [ gunshot ] 266 00:16:32,832 --> 00:16:34,094 They're heading south, go after them. 267 00:16:34,181 --> 00:16:35,269 All right. 268 00:16:47,368 --> 00:16:49,022 Oh, it's just a scratch. 269 00:16:50,806 --> 00:16:53,113 Ain't nearly enough to keep you from getting hung. 270 00:17:05,517 --> 00:17:06,387 Whoa. 271 00:17:07,997 --> 00:17:09,042 Whoa. 272 00:17:21,924 --> 00:17:23,230 I beg your pardon. 273 00:17:23,361 --> 00:17:24,884 Could you direct me to the jail? 274 00:17:25,014 --> 00:17:26,059 The jail? 275 00:17:26,189 --> 00:17:27,713 Yes, that's right. 276 00:17:29,889 --> 00:17:32,065 Right around the corner, the other side of the town hall. 277 00:17:32,195 --> 00:17:33,632 Oh, thank you. 278 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,644 Uh, are you in charge here? 279 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,907 Well, I'm the sheriff, if that's what you mean. 280 00:17:48,037 --> 00:17:49,082 How do you do? 281 00:17:49,212 --> 00:17:51,214 I am Mrs. Cooper from Laramie. 282 00:17:51,345 --> 00:17:53,565 Ma'am. What can I do for you? 283 00:17:53,695 --> 00:17:56,611 I'm here about Jess Harper. 284 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:59,919 I understand you have him locked up in jail. 285 00:18:00,049 --> 00:18:01,790 That's right. 286 00:18:01,921 --> 00:18:04,097 I'm afraid you're making a big mistake. 287 00:18:04,227 --> 00:18:06,317 Well, Mrs. Cooper, I don't know 288 00:18:06,447 --> 00:18:07,535 what you've got in mind, 289 00:18:07,666 --> 00:18:09,537 but I'm holding him for aiding 290 00:18:09,668 --> 00:18:13,106 and abetting a bank robbery and the death of my deputy. 291 00:18:15,064 --> 00:18:17,806 Sheriff, I'm sure that is what you believe, 292 00:18:17,937 --> 00:18:19,765 but I know, 293 00:18:19,895 --> 00:18:22,420 I know Jess Harper would never do a thing like that. 294 00:18:22,550 --> 00:18:24,596 We're having a trial to prove it. 295 00:18:24,726 --> 00:18:26,946 If you prove it, there'll be something wrong 296 00:18:27,076 --> 00:18:29,122 with the evidence. 297 00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:31,777 I'm kind of busy, ma'am. 298 00:18:31,907 --> 00:18:33,387 If you don't mind, I'd like-- 299 00:18:33,518 --> 00:18:35,084 I want to see Jess. 300 00:18:36,303 --> 00:18:38,044 What for? 301 00:18:38,174 --> 00:18:40,829 I told you, I know him and-- 302 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,179 and anyway, it's none of your concern. 303 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:44,572 No matter what a prisoner has done, 304 00:18:44,703 --> 00:18:46,269 he has a right to have visitors. 305 00:18:48,054 --> 00:18:49,447 All right. 306 00:18:52,711 --> 00:18:55,496 I'll give you five minutes and no more. 307 00:18:55,627 --> 00:18:56,758 Wait a minute, what have you got in the bag? 308 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,241 A hacksaw, a gun and a bomb. 309 00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:08,291 Oh, Jess. 310 00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:11,207 Daisy. Daisy, what are you doing here? Where's Slim? 311 00:19:11,338 --> 00:19:13,209 He's up in the mountain somewhere. 312 00:19:13,340 --> 00:19:14,733 He took Mike on a hunting trip. 313 00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:16,778 I don't know when they'll be back. 314 00:19:16,909 --> 00:19:17,823 Your wire was so urgent, 315 00:19:17,953 --> 00:19:19,477 I thought perhaps I could help. 316 00:19:19,607 --> 00:19:22,218 Remember, five minutes, no more. 317 00:19:22,305 --> 00:19:23,829 Well, can't you let me inside? 318 00:19:23,959 --> 00:19:26,266 You can see him plain enough from right there. 319 00:19:29,225 --> 00:19:32,228 Well, if that is a sample of the law in this town, 320 00:19:32,315 --> 00:19:35,101 no wonder innocent people are in jail. 321 00:19:35,231 --> 00:19:37,364 Daisy, I appreciate you coming all the way out here, 322 00:19:37,495 --> 00:19:38,887 but there's nothing you can do. 323 00:19:38,974 --> 00:19:42,195 How do you know? At least tell me what happened. 324 00:19:42,325 --> 00:19:46,286 I don't even know myself. It's all kind of mixed up. 325 00:19:46,417 --> 00:19:48,897 I ran into a friend of mine I hadn't seen for a long time. 326 00:19:48,984 --> 00:19:51,465 Sheriff, jury just came in with a verdict. 327 00:19:52,814 --> 00:19:54,250 Guilty? 328 00:19:54,381 --> 00:19:56,209 Yeah, I thought you'd want to know right away. 329 00:19:59,168 --> 00:20:01,606 When do they want the sentence carried out? 330 00:20:01,693 --> 00:20:03,912 Daybreak, tomorrow. 331 00:20:03,999 --> 00:20:06,045 Can you have the scaffold ready by then? 332 00:20:06,175 --> 00:20:08,090 I'll check with the carpenter to see. 333 00:20:08,221 --> 00:20:09,875 You better do that. 334 00:20:10,005 --> 00:20:12,443 So the wind-up was that Thatcher killed the deputy 335 00:20:12,530 --> 00:20:13,922 during the robbery, 336 00:20:14,053 --> 00:20:15,446 and I wound up with the blame for everything. 337 00:20:15,576 --> 00:20:17,578 But couldn't you have explained that? 338 00:20:17,709 --> 00:20:21,103 I talked myself blue in the face, Daisy. 339 00:20:21,234 --> 00:20:23,236 They needed somebody, and I was the only one. 340 00:20:23,366 --> 00:20:24,933 Maybe if I talk to the judge. 341 00:20:25,064 --> 00:20:26,935 Talking's no good. We need proof. 342 00:20:29,242 --> 00:20:31,897 This man, Kett Darby you were telling me about, 343 00:20:32,027 --> 00:20:33,768 you said he was a friend of yours. 344 00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:35,422 Some friend. 345 00:20:35,509 --> 00:20:37,946 But he wasn't the one who killed the deputy. 346 00:20:38,077 --> 00:20:38,947 So maybe... 347 00:20:39,078 --> 00:20:40,601 No good. 348 00:20:40,688 --> 00:20:42,777 I wasn't even there to see it. 349 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:44,170 I wouldn't know where to find him anyway. 350 00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:45,476 He's probably hiding out. 351 00:20:48,087 --> 00:20:49,044 Jess, what is it? 352 00:20:49,175 --> 00:20:51,656 I was just thinking. 353 00:20:51,786 --> 00:20:52,831 Lottie... 354 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:54,049 Lottie? 355 00:20:54,180 --> 00:20:56,487 Yeah, the girl that Kett goes with. 356 00:20:58,053 --> 00:20:59,794 Nah, there'd be no chance there, though. 357 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,317 How do you know? 358 00:21:01,448 --> 00:21:04,364 No matter how small it is, it's your only one. 359 00:21:04,495 --> 00:21:06,409 Where can I find her? 360 00:21:06,540 --> 00:21:09,891 She works across the street in a saloon, but I don't-- 361 00:21:11,719 --> 00:21:13,504 You said we could have five minutes, 362 00:21:13,634 --> 00:21:15,201 I'm sure it isn't even-- 363 00:21:15,288 --> 00:21:16,811 Now take it easy, ma'am, 364 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:18,509 you can have all the time you want. 365 00:21:18,639 --> 00:21:21,120 The jury just came in with a verdict. 366 00:21:21,250 --> 00:21:23,731 Harper, I'll take your order for supper now, 367 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:27,343 and you can have anything you want, the whole works. 368 00:21:27,474 --> 00:21:28,954 I'm afraid this is your last meal. 369 00:21:35,613 --> 00:21:36,875 Hey, Lottie, that order for the jail 370 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:39,399 will be ready in five minutes. 371 00:21:39,530 --> 00:21:40,531 Why do I have to bring it over? 372 00:21:40,661 --> 00:21:42,358 Because you work here. 373 00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,542 I'm sorry, ma'am, but the ladies' dining room 374 00:21:51,672 --> 00:21:52,891 is around the other side. 375 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:53,935 Hmm? 376 00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:56,416 Oh, I don't want anything to eat. 377 00:21:56,547 --> 00:21:57,983 Are you Lottie? 378 00:21:58,113 --> 00:22:00,594 Well, that depends on who's asking. 379 00:22:00,725 --> 00:22:03,641 I'm Daisy Cooper from Laramie, a friend of Jess Harper's. 380 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,078 Well... 381 00:22:06,208 --> 00:22:07,688 Where is Kett Darby? 382 00:22:09,298 --> 00:22:10,212 How should I know? 383 00:22:10,343 --> 00:22:12,214 Oh, you must know. 384 00:22:12,345 --> 00:22:14,608 You are our only hope. 385 00:22:14,739 --> 00:22:17,350 Look, ma'am, I've-- I've got a lot of work to do. 386 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,917 Please, 387 00:22:19,047 --> 00:22:21,049 Jess is going to be hanged tomorrow morning. 388 00:22:21,180 --> 00:22:22,137 Don't you care? 389 00:22:22,268 --> 00:22:24,183 Well, I'm sorry, 390 00:22:24,313 --> 00:22:26,141 there's nothing I can do about it. 391 00:22:26,228 --> 00:22:28,317 Kett Darby can. 392 00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:30,058 He knows that Jess was tricked. 393 00:22:30,189 --> 00:22:31,582 And what do you think would happen to Kett 394 00:22:31,712 --> 00:22:33,584 if he ever told? 395 00:22:33,714 --> 00:22:35,150 They'd put that rope around his neck. 396 00:22:35,281 --> 00:22:37,370 Oh, no, they wouldn't, I'm sure. 397 00:22:37,457 --> 00:22:39,894 Not if he confessed what he knows to save a life. 398 00:22:39,981 --> 00:22:42,810 I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper, I can't help you. 399 00:22:42,897 --> 00:22:43,681 Here it is. 400 00:22:45,508 --> 00:22:46,684 The best meal I ever cooked. 401 00:22:46,814 --> 00:22:48,860 Sure hope Harper appreciates it. 402 00:23:35,254 --> 00:23:37,473 Oh, Lottie. 403 00:23:37,604 --> 00:23:39,650 I heard somebody come in. 404 00:23:39,780 --> 00:23:42,087 I see you've brought the feed. 405 00:23:42,217 --> 00:23:43,871 Well, I hope it don't go to waste. 406 00:23:44,002 --> 00:23:45,438 He don't seem very hungry. 407 00:23:47,701 --> 00:23:49,660 Go ahead and take it in. 408 00:23:49,790 --> 00:23:51,574 Do I have to? 409 00:23:51,705 --> 00:23:52,837 Well, I'm not the waitress. 410 00:23:58,190 --> 00:23:59,191 Come on. 411 00:23:59,321 --> 00:24:00,627 All right, all right. 412 00:24:06,285 --> 00:24:07,590 Hello, Mr. Harper. 413 00:24:07,721 --> 00:24:08,679 Hello, Lottie. 414 00:24:11,290 --> 00:24:13,118 Wait a minute. 415 00:24:15,511 --> 00:24:16,991 No knives allowed. 416 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,514 How do you expect him to eat the steak, 417 00:24:18,645 --> 00:24:19,820 tear it apart with his teeth? 418 00:24:19,951 --> 00:24:22,649 I reckon that's what he's got teeth for. 419 00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:24,172 You don't trust anybody, do you? 420 00:24:24,259 --> 00:24:26,392 Like they say, man is the only animal 421 00:24:26,522 --> 00:24:27,741 you can skin more than once. 422 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:34,356 Did Mrs. Cooper talk to you? 423 00:24:34,487 --> 00:24:36,489 - Yes. - Well? 424 00:24:38,709 --> 00:24:41,537 Well, I'm sorry, but there... 425 00:24:41,668 --> 00:24:43,714 there isn't anything I can do for you other than that. 426 00:24:46,804 --> 00:24:49,415 Thanks, but I'm not very hungry. 427 00:24:49,502 --> 00:24:51,765 Oh, come on, come on. 428 00:24:51,852 --> 00:24:55,160 Well, eat it anyhow. It'll make you feel better. 429 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:58,119 Yes, nothing like a good meal to cheer a man up, you know? 430 00:25:30,978 --> 00:25:32,893 Everything's quiet, sheriff. 431 00:25:33,024 --> 00:25:35,113 No sign of any strangers around town. 432 00:25:37,985 --> 00:25:39,987 You know, it looks to me like Thatcher 433 00:25:40,118 --> 00:25:41,206 is leaving Harper to swing. 434 00:25:42,903 --> 00:25:44,209 You can't be sure until it's over. 435 00:25:46,472 --> 00:25:47,212 How is the prisoner doing? 436 00:25:48,996 --> 00:25:50,650 About as good as any man in the same spot 437 00:25:50,781 --> 00:25:51,869 as he's in, I guess. 438 00:25:56,787 --> 00:25:59,920 I can't say that I've got a taste for this much myself. 439 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,619 You and the other boys watch the street. 440 00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:04,969 If there's any change let me know. 441 00:26:06,492 --> 00:26:07,972 [ Harper moaning ] 442 00:26:12,150 --> 00:26:14,195 What's going on in there? 443 00:26:17,895 --> 00:26:19,026 Harper, what's the matter with you? 444 00:26:20,723 --> 00:26:24,075 If you think you can fake-- Oh, no. 445 00:26:30,168 --> 00:26:31,909 You think you're going to cheat that rope-- 446 00:26:32,039 --> 00:26:34,433 That's exactly what I'm gonna do. 447 00:26:34,563 --> 00:26:36,565 And you ain't gonna be around to see it. 448 00:26:42,658 --> 00:26:44,573 Now listen, men. 449 00:26:44,660 --> 00:26:46,924 Jess Harper's got about a half hour's head start on us. 450 00:26:47,054 --> 00:26:48,316 But he hasn't got a mount, 451 00:26:48,447 --> 00:26:49,970 so he'll probably try to steal one. 452 00:26:51,363 --> 00:26:53,278 Now you boys on horseback here, 453 00:26:53,408 --> 00:26:55,367 I want you to spread out and cover every farmhouse 454 00:26:55,497 --> 00:26:58,370 and every ranch for the next five miles around. 455 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,154 Tell them to watch out for their stock tonight 456 00:27:00,241 --> 00:27:01,721 and keep an eye out for prowlers. 457 00:27:01,852 --> 00:27:03,027 Now go on. Get it done. 458 00:27:06,204 --> 00:27:07,988 And the rest of us will search the town. 459 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:09,511 Carl, you take your boys down the south end 460 00:27:09,642 --> 00:27:12,427 and work this way, and we'll go north. 461 00:27:12,558 --> 00:27:15,691 And check every house and every barn and every cellar. 462 00:27:15,822 --> 00:27:17,041 And don't take any chances. 463 00:27:17,171 --> 00:27:19,347 If you see him, shoot if you have to. 464 00:27:19,478 --> 00:27:20,174 Now let's go. 465 00:27:24,613 --> 00:27:25,614 [ knock on door ] 466 00:27:27,573 --> 00:27:28,661 Lottie. 467 00:27:29,967 --> 00:27:31,142 Isn't Jess here? 468 00:27:31,272 --> 00:27:33,753 No. I've been so worried. 469 00:27:33,884 --> 00:27:37,409 All those men looking for him, ready to shoot him down. 470 00:27:37,539 --> 00:27:39,672 Well, he's better off now than he was before. 471 00:27:39,802 --> 00:27:41,804 Now they have to find him first. 472 00:27:45,069 --> 00:27:46,897 Why did you think Jess would be here? 473 00:27:47,027 --> 00:27:49,160 Well, you're his friend, 474 00:27:49,290 --> 00:27:50,857 there isn't any place else he can go for help. 475 00:27:50,988 --> 00:27:53,468 Does that make any difference to you? 476 00:27:53,599 --> 00:27:55,775 I suppose it does. 477 00:27:55,906 --> 00:27:59,518 Lottie, you helped him escape, didn't you? 478 00:27:59,648 --> 00:28:02,347 Me? Do you think I'm crazy? 479 00:28:02,477 --> 00:28:05,872 I heard someone smuggled Jess a gun, 480 00:28:06,003 --> 00:28:07,787 and you took his supper over to him. 481 00:28:07,918 --> 00:28:10,224 Mrs. Cooper, please, the sheriff isn't overly bright. 482 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:12,618 It won't be long before he figures out 483 00:28:12,748 --> 00:28:14,750 what really happened. 484 00:28:14,881 --> 00:28:16,143 [ knocking on door ] 485 00:28:18,667 --> 00:28:19,886 Go on. 486 00:28:25,196 --> 00:28:27,372 Jess! 487 00:28:27,502 --> 00:28:30,897 Oh, you'll never know how worried I've been for you. 488 00:28:33,073 --> 00:28:34,379 Are you all right? 489 00:28:34,509 --> 00:28:36,250 I'm all right, Daisy, I'm all right. 490 00:28:37,904 --> 00:28:39,906 I wanna thank you, Lottie. 491 00:28:40,037 --> 00:28:42,213 That's the best supper you ever served. 492 00:28:42,343 --> 00:28:43,431 Forget it. 493 00:28:43,518 --> 00:28:45,607 I have to be able to sleep nights. 494 00:28:45,738 --> 00:28:48,393 Jess, you're hurt. 495 00:28:48,523 --> 00:28:50,569 It's nothing, Daisy. I just had to convince that sheriff 496 00:28:50,699 --> 00:28:52,049 I was bleeding plenty good, 497 00:28:52,179 --> 00:28:54,181 or he'd have never come into that cell. 498 00:28:56,662 --> 00:29:00,057 Jess, now somebody's got to get you out of town right away. 499 00:29:00,144 --> 00:29:02,407 Everybody's looking for you. 500 00:29:02,537 --> 00:29:05,497 I'm surprised at you, Daisy. 501 00:29:05,584 --> 00:29:08,979 But you know that breaking jail's against the law. 502 00:29:09,109 --> 00:29:11,459 I thought you'd give me a harder time about that than the sheriff. 503 00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:13,026 When I get you back to Laramie safe and sound, 504 00:29:13,157 --> 00:29:15,376 I'll read the riot act to you. 505 00:29:15,507 --> 00:29:19,032 I left a horse for you behind the livery stable. 506 00:29:19,163 --> 00:29:21,121 You'll have to get it yourself. 507 00:29:21,252 --> 00:29:24,124 But if you make it, don't stop riding until you get home. 508 00:29:24,211 --> 00:29:27,562 And leave this town with a murder charge hanging over my head? 509 00:29:27,693 --> 00:29:30,348 No chance. 510 00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:33,960 I won't stop riding until I find Kett Darby or Ray Thatcher and bring them back here. 511 00:29:34,091 --> 00:29:36,484 Well, you can't, you'll never find them. 512 00:29:36,615 --> 00:29:39,487 Oh, yes, I will. But I could use your help. 513 00:29:39,574 --> 00:29:41,315 Do you know what you're asking? 514 00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:44,318 Please, Lottie, you must help him. 515 00:29:44,405 --> 00:29:46,190 Well, I got him out of jail, didn't I? 516 00:29:46,277 --> 00:29:48,540 I got him a horse. What do you call that? 517 00:29:48,670 --> 00:29:51,760 The right direction, but I hope your conscience 518 00:29:51,847 --> 00:29:53,936 won't let you stop there. 519 00:29:54,067 --> 00:29:55,590 Are you forgetting what you asked me 520 00:29:55,677 --> 00:29:57,201 about helping to stop Kett before it's too late? 521 00:29:57,288 --> 00:29:58,593 Or was that just a lot of talk? 522 00:29:58,724 --> 00:30:00,769 No. 523 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:03,294 No, but don't you understand, I love him. 524 00:30:03,424 --> 00:30:05,513 I don't want anything to happen to him. 525 00:30:05,644 --> 00:30:07,646 Then you got to do what you think is best, 526 00:30:07,776 --> 00:30:09,778 and so do I. 527 00:30:09,865 --> 00:30:12,520 I just hope I don't hurt you any more than he has already. 528 00:30:12,651 --> 00:30:14,087 [ banging on door ] 529 00:30:14,218 --> 00:30:15,741 SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Open up in there! 530 00:30:15,828 --> 00:30:17,134 DAISY: Who is it? 531 00:30:17,264 --> 00:30:19,919 Sheriff Douglas. I want to talk to you. 532 00:30:20,006 --> 00:30:21,355 Keep him talking, Daisy. 533 00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:22,356 Coming. 534 00:30:24,402 --> 00:30:26,230 At the forks of the Green River 535 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,232 about 20 miles north, Kett has a cabin there. 536 00:30:28,362 --> 00:30:29,668 [ banging on door ] 537 00:30:29,798 --> 00:30:30,973 - Thanks, Lottie. - I'm coming. 538 00:30:33,237 --> 00:30:34,194 SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Come on, come on. 539 00:30:35,891 --> 00:30:37,632 [ continues knocking ] 540 00:30:37,763 --> 00:30:39,069 I'm coming. 541 00:30:41,419 --> 00:30:42,550 SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Open up, open up. 542 00:30:42,681 --> 00:30:43,856 Just a minute. 543 00:30:46,989 --> 00:30:48,513 What took you so long? 544 00:30:48,643 --> 00:30:52,299 Sheriff, I am accustomed to being decently dressed 545 00:30:52,386 --> 00:30:54,127 when I allow a gentleman to enter my room. 546 00:30:57,043 --> 00:30:59,263 What are you doing here? 547 00:30:59,393 --> 00:31:01,265 There isn't any law against it, is there? 548 00:31:01,395 --> 00:31:03,310 Lottie has very kindly agreed to keep me 549 00:31:03,441 --> 00:31:05,269 company this evening. 550 00:31:05,399 --> 00:31:07,532 This is a very trying time for me, sheriff. 551 00:31:07,662 --> 00:31:09,621 I think even you can understand that. 552 00:31:09,751 --> 00:31:12,885 All I understand is Jess Harper got a gun from somebody, 553 00:31:13,015 --> 00:31:14,539 and you were his only visitor. 554 00:31:14,669 --> 00:31:17,542 What? Are you accusing me? 555 00:31:17,672 --> 00:31:20,022 Do I have to spell it out for you? 556 00:31:20,153 --> 00:31:21,676 I was there, too, remember? 557 00:31:21,763 --> 00:31:24,723 Well, sure, but I was with you all the time. 558 00:31:24,853 --> 00:31:27,291 Besides, you didn't have any reason to help him, and you did. 559 00:31:27,378 --> 00:31:30,424 Then I will spell it out for you, sheriff. 560 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,948 I did not have a gun when I came to the jail. 561 00:31:33,035 --> 00:31:35,037 I did not give Jess Harper a gun. 562 00:31:35,168 --> 00:31:39,172 I did not help him escape. But believe me, I wish I had. 563 00:31:39,303 --> 00:31:41,522 Oh, you do, do you? 564 00:31:41,653 --> 00:31:44,395 How would you like to keep his cell warm for him? 565 00:31:45,961 --> 00:31:47,789 Are you arresting me? 566 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,444 Well, I'd certainly be within my rights if I did. 567 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,491 Suspicion of aiding a jailbreak. 568 00:31:53,621 --> 00:31:57,451 Very well, then, I shall demand an immediate trial, 569 00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,584 where I will be very happy to present 570 00:31:59,671 --> 00:32:01,020 my suspicions. 571 00:32:01,107 --> 00:32:03,240 Yours? 572 00:32:03,370 --> 00:32:07,157 Yes, you were trying to cover up the fact 573 00:32:07,287 --> 00:32:10,029 that Jess Harper made a complete fool of you. 574 00:32:10,116 --> 00:32:12,553 He took your gun away from you. 575 00:32:12,684 --> 00:32:14,903 That is a boldface lie. 576 00:32:14,990 --> 00:32:18,385 Possibly, but if you stay here one second longer 577 00:32:18,516 --> 00:32:20,300 making charges against me, 578 00:32:20,431 --> 00:32:22,998 I shall have some charges to make against you. 579 00:32:23,085 --> 00:32:26,480 But I shall make them in court, where the whole town will hear. 580 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:30,136 Oh, I ought to arrest the whole lot of you. 581 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,054 Oh. 582 00:32:35,141 --> 00:32:37,622 Nice going, Mrs. Cooper. 583 00:32:37,752 --> 00:32:41,495 But now how do we get Jess out of here? 584 00:34:11,368 --> 00:34:12,369 Hold it right there. 585 00:34:14,284 --> 00:34:17,983 Oh, Jess, am I glad to see you. 586 00:34:18,113 --> 00:34:20,638 I'll just bet you are. 587 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,553 What you got, another train robbery in mind? 588 00:34:22,683 --> 00:34:25,599 No, Jess, nothing like that. I... 589 00:34:31,866 --> 00:34:34,434 I didn't know the sheriff got you that bad. 590 00:34:34,565 --> 00:34:37,568 It wasn't the sheriff, it was Thatcher. 591 00:34:37,698 --> 00:34:39,961 - Thatcher? - Jess, I'm sorry, 592 00:34:40,092 --> 00:34:42,616 I didn't mean to leave you in a mess like that. 593 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,270 When I heard they were gonna hang you, I-- 594 00:34:45,576 --> 00:34:47,491 Jess you got to believe me, 595 00:34:47,621 --> 00:34:48,970 I-- I didn't know things would turn out that way. 596 00:34:49,057 --> 00:34:51,451 It's all right, just take it easy. 597 00:35:02,854 --> 00:35:04,595 What happened after you took the bank? 598 00:35:04,725 --> 00:35:07,293 Well, we brought the gold back here. 599 00:35:07,424 --> 00:35:08,816 We were gonna bury it. 600 00:35:08,947 --> 00:35:10,557 Gold? 601 00:35:10,688 --> 00:35:13,647 Yeah, ingots from the mine, over $20,000 worth. 602 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,127 No wonder you had to use a wagon. 603 00:35:18,739 --> 00:35:20,915 How did you figure on cashing it in? 604 00:35:21,002 --> 00:35:22,961 You must have known the whole territory would be looking for you. 605 00:35:23,048 --> 00:35:24,354 Yeah, we were gonna wait a couple of months 606 00:35:24,484 --> 00:35:26,051 and take it out to California, 607 00:35:26,181 --> 00:35:28,358 spread it around like it came from another mine. 608 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,188 We were gonna come back here and break up the gang 609 00:35:33,319 --> 00:35:34,973 and lay low for a while. 610 00:35:35,103 --> 00:35:38,150 They left me around here to watch the haul 611 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,499 that's buried out in front. 612 00:35:41,545 --> 00:35:43,416 I'm sorry, I have to do that. 613 00:35:45,287 --> 00:35:46,419 Next thing I knew... 614 00:35:47,899 --> 00:35:51,337 Thatcher and Moss come back, I was-- 615 00:35:51,468 --> 00:35:52,991 I didn't know how to figure it. 616 00:35:53,121 --> 00:35:55,297 I thought they'd be 100 miles away by now. 617 00:35:55,385 --> 00:35:58,170 I was down by the river fishing when they rode in. 618 00:35:58,300 --> 00:35:59,780 How come Thatcher gunned you? 619 00:35:59,911 --> 00:36:03,393 It wasn't Thatcher, it was Moss. 620 00:36:03,523 --> 00:36:05,003 Thatcher just gave the order. 621 00:36:05,133 --> 00:36:07,397 - Why? - Real simple. 622 00:36:07,484 --> 00:36:10,095 So simple a guy like me couldn't figure. 623 00:36:10,182 --> 00:36:13,011 See, they wanted the gang broken up permanent. 624 00:36:13,141 --> 00:36:15,579 They'd already gotten rid of Joe and Harry, 625 00:36:15,709 --> 00:36:18,582 and just me and Red left, they were gonna 626 00:36:18,712 --> 00:36:21,628 take care of me and finish off Red. 627 00:36:21,759 --> 00:36:23,021 But he didn't care of you? 628 00:36:23,108 --> 00:36:27,460 I fell in the river, got back to shore, 629 00:36:27,591 --> 00:36:28,722 made my way back to the cabin. 630 00:36:30,985 --> 00:36:32,204 Well, it ain't gonna do you any good 631 00:36:32,334 --> 00:36:34,206 to sit around here. 632 00:36:34,336 --> 00:36:36,730 I got to get you to a doctor. That bullet's got to come out. 633 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,167 Jess, I want to get you off the hook. 634 00:36:39,298 --> 00:36:41,561 I want to set things straight. 635 00:36:41,648 --> 00:36:43,998 Might be a little late for that. 636 00:36:44,129 --> 00:36:45,957 Thanks, anyway. 637 00:36:46,044 --> 00:36:48,655 You don't have to thank me for anything except 638 00:36:48,742 --> 00:36:50,527 getting you in a mess of trouble. 639 00:36:50,657 --> 00:36:54,922 I just wish I could have gotten to Thatcher first, though. 640 00:36:55,053 --> 00:36:57,272 Taking care of him the way he took care of me. 641 00:36:57,403 --> 00:36:59,013 [ gun cocking ] 642 00:36:59,144 --> 00:37:01,668 Glad to oblige, kid. 643 00:37:01,799 --> 00:37:03,670 Anytime you think you're ready. 644 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,382 You doing fine. 645 00:37:20,513 --> 00:37:22,733 Just keep at it. 646 00:37:22,863 --> 00:37:25,997 - I want this wagon loaded by nightfall. - And what if it ain't? 647 00:37:26,084 --> 00:37:29,522 Then you're gonna fill that hole a lot sooner than you expected. 648 00:37:29,653 --> 00:37:31,350 And who is gonna be left to do the work? 649 00:37:31,437 --> 00:37:32,873 Shut up and keep at it. 650 00:37:36,747 --> 00:37:38,966 Make sure he doesn't waste any time. 651 00:37:39,053 --> 00:37:41,229 If we can get out of here by evening, 652 00:37:41,316 --> 00:37:43,275 we can be across the north fork by morning, 653 00:37:43,405 --> 00:37:45,582 and nobody will ever find us. 654 00:37:45,712 --> 00:37:48,149 I don't know. It seems to me like no lawman's gonna find 655 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,716 that gold where it is. 656 00:37:49,847 --> 00:37:51,065 Digging it up and taking it out of here is just a-- 657 00:37:51,196 --> 00:37:53,590 Harper found the cabin, didn't he? 658 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,461 Somebody must have told him. 659 00:37:55,592 --> 00:37:58,072 So the sheriff could find it the same way. 660 00:37:58,203 --> 00:37:59,465 They'll trail him up here. 661 00:37:59,596 --> 00:38:00,727 What if he did? 662 00:38:00,858 --> 00:38:02,076 Well, I'm not taking any chances. 663 00:38:02,163 --> 00:38:03,643 Now relax, will you? 664 00:38:05,253 --> 00:38:06,820 Everything's worked out fine so far, 665 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,388 and by tomorrow we'll be in the clear. 666 00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:11,390 What about Darby and him? 667 00:38:11,521 --> 00:38:14,001 Eh, Kett won't last too long with that bullet in him. 668 00:38:14,132 --> 00:38:16,482 And when he's through loading those ingots, 669 00:38:16,613 --> 00:38:19,006 that hole is going to be his grave. 670 00:38:19,137 --> 00:38:21,835 Now keep an eye on him, I'll fix some coffee. 671 00:38:29,713 --> 00:38:31,541 Sure gonna be a mighty big grave. 672 00:38:34,369 --> 00:38:35,893 Big enough for three. 673 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,635 Good, then you and Darby won't crowd each other. 674 00:38:40,245 --> 00:38:41,507 I didn't mean it that way. 675 00:38:42,682 --> 00:38:43,988 I was talking about you. 676 00:38:44,118 --> 00:38:47,687 Go ahead and talk, but keep digging. 677 00:38:47,818 --> 00:38:49,297 Sure. 678 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,605 Thatcher had this worked out pretty good. 679 00:38:53,911 --> 00:38:54,868 Six of you rob the bank... 680 00:38:56,609 --> 00:38:58,611 now there's only two of you left. 681 00:38:58,742 --> 00:39:01,701 A two-way split, $10,000 each. 682 00:39:03,790 --> 00:39:05,052 That's the way we figured it. 683 00:39:05,139 --> 00:39:09,056 That's the way you figured it, you mean. 684 00:39:09,187 --> 00:39:11,711 Oh, sure, I know a two-way split's better than six. 685 00:39:13,191 --> 00:39:14,975 But a one-way split's better yet. 686 00:39:15,106 --> 00:39:16,934 Ray and me are partners. 687 00:39:17,064 --> 00:39:18,805 We got a deal. 688 00:39:18,936 --> 00:39:22,287 Yeah, I'll bet you do, like all the others, huh? 689 00:39:22,417 --> 00:39:24,463 Like Kett in there? 690 00:39:24,550 --> 00:39:26,639 Thatcher's got a funny way of paying off. 691 00:39:26,770 --> 00:39:29,773 I ain't losing any sleep on how to take care of myself. 692 00:39:29,903 --> 00:39:32,689 Yeah, well, I'm glad to hear that. 693 00:39:32,819 --> 00:39:34,908 Meantime, don't forget what I said. 694 00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:38,695 It's gonna be mighty wide and mighty deep. 695 00:39:48,443 --> 00:39:52,012 Now just a minute, don't you start bullying this poor girl. 696 00:39:52,143 --> 00:39:54,885 I'm sure she can explain the whole thing. 697 00:39:55,015 --> 00:39:57,452 That's just what I want to hear, 698 00:39:57,583 --> 00:39:59,629 why she left a horse where Harper could take it. 699 00:39:59,759 --> 00:40:02,762 It just happened. 700 00:40:02,893 --> 00:40:04,677 And it just happened that he had a gun 701 00:40:04,808 --> 00:40:06,374 after you left his cell. 702 00:40:06,505 --> 00:40:08,507 Well, you were there, too. 703 00:40:08,638 --> 00:40:11,379 Yes, and you made me look like 704 00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:13,773 seven kinds of a fool, slipping that gun by me. 705 00:40:13,904 --> 00:40:15,470 [ Daisy chuckles ] 706 00:40:15,601 --> 00:40:19,736 Now just a minute, last night you were accusing me. 707 00:40:19,823 --> 00:40:21,825 The only thing I'm accusing you of 708 00:40:21,912 --> 00:40:24,871 is sticking your nose in where it don't belong. 709 00:40:25,002 --> 00:40:27,657 Now you either keep quiet or get out of here. 710 00:40:31,748 --> 00:40:34,098 Lottie, in the last couple of days, 711 00:40:34,228 --> 00:40:37,144 I've used up my whole quota of mistakes, 712 00:40:37,275 --> 00:40:39,930 but finally it's all beginning to fit in. 713 00:40:40,060 --> 00:40:42,323 Now you're mixed up with Harper. 714 00:40:42,454 --> 00:40:44,891 And for some reason, you're in with this Ray Thatcher 715 00:40:45,022 --> 00:40:46,632 and the whole rotten mess. 716 00:40:46,763 --> 00:40:48,503 Now you make up your mind with this, 717 00:40:48,590 --> 00:40:51,158 you're going to stay right in this office 718 00:40:51,289 --> 00:40:53,683 until you tell me everything you know, 719 00:40:53,813 --> 00:40:55,989 the whole story from top to bottom. 720 00:41:10,569 --> 00:41:13,485 Well, you look like you put in a hard day's work. 721 00:41:15,313 --> 00:41:16,618 He finished? 722 00:41:16,749 --> 00:41:18,708 - Wagon's loaded. - Good. 723 00:41:18,838 --> 00:41:21,014 Let's start moving some of this furniture out of here. 724 00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:22,755 What for? 725 00:41:22,886 --> 00:41:24,626 We got to carry something besides gold ingots, 726 00:41:24,757 --> 00:41:27,194 lame-brain. Now hurry up. 727 00:41:27,325 --> 00:41:29,457 You too. 728 00:41:29,588 --> 00:41:31,155 No, I'm through, Thatcher. 729 00:41:33,505 --> 00:41:35,507 I figure you're gonna cash me in anyway. 730 00:41:35,637 --> 00:41:37,422 Why should I work myself to death? 731 00:41:37,552 --> 00:41:39,990 Oh, it took you a long time to figure that out. 732 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:43,341 I was stalling for time before. 733 00:41:43,428 --> 00:41:45,517 Now it looks like it's run out on me. 734 00:41:45,647 --> 00:41:46,997 Go ahead, get it over with it. 735 00:41:47,127 --> 00:41:51,305 All right, Moss, oblige Mr. Harper. 736 00:41:51,436 --> 00:41:54,221 Yeah, that's right, Moss, do what your boss says. 737 00:41:54,308 --> 00:41:57,355 Do his killing for him, like you did all the others, 738 00:41:57,485 --> 00:41:59,226 so he can keep his hands nice and clean. 739 00:41:59,357 --> 00:42:01,315 And nobody can hang a murder charge on him. 740 00:42:01,446 --> 00:42:03,230 What are you waiting for? 741 00:42:03,361 --> 00:42:06,625 Just one piece of advice, speaking about furniture, 742 00:42:06,756 --> 00:42:09,497 I'd sure like to see how fast you can draw 743 00:42:09,628 --> 00:42:12,109 when you're carrying a chair or something. 744 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:15,199 Like I said, there's room for three out there. 745 00:42:16,896 --> 00:42:18,202 Oh, wait a minute. 746 00:42:20,030 --> 00:42:21,640 Is that what's been bothering you, Moss? 747 00:42:24,034 --> 00:42:25,775 You really swallowing all that kind of talk? 748 00:42:27,385 --> 00:42:29,082 I don't know, but this whole deal, 749 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,258 it ain't been going like you said it was. 750 00:42:31,389 --> 00:42:34,435 Well, now you got to change your plans according to what happens. 751 00:42:34,566 --> 00:42:36,524 And the last thing in the world I want, Moss, 752 00:42:36,611 --> 00:42:37,874 is trouble between us. 753 00:42:41,268 --> 00:42:42,356 Nice try, Harper. 754 00:42:42,487 --> 00:42:43,662 But for your information... 755 00:42:45,272 --> 00:42:47,057 sometimes I like to do my own dirty work. 756 00:43:36,106 --> 00:43:36,933 Jess. 757 00:43:37,063 --> 00:43:38,282 Help me. 758 00:43:57,170 --> 00:44:00,304 Go on, Jess, get Thatcher, Jess. I'll be all right. 759 00:46:21,923 --> 00:46:25,753 All right, get it over with. 760 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:30,280 Oh, no, I ain't gonna make it that easy for you. 761 00:46:30,367 --> 00:46:32,021 SHERIFF DOUGLAS: Harper, you in there? 762 00:46:33,848 --> 00:46:35,024 In here, sheriff. 763 00:46:39,289 --> 00:46:41,465 I doubt if you'll believe this, sheriff, 764 00:46:41,595 --> 00:46:42,857 but this is the man you've been looking for, 765 00:46:42,988 --> 00:46:44,337 Ray Thatcher. 766 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:45,469 Yeah, I know. 767 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:47,384 You know? 768 00:46:47,514 --> 00:46:48,994 I thought that-- 769 00:46:49,125 --> 00:46:50,387 Never mind what you thought. 770 00:46:52,389 --> 00:46:53,520 Lottie told me part of the story 771 00:46:53,651 --> 00:46:55,740 and Darby filled in the rest of it. 772 00:46:55,827 --> 00:46:57,742 You mean you're not looking for me anymore? 773 00:46:57,872 --> 00:46:59,787 Well, it isn't quite as simple as that... 774 00:47:01,311 --> 00:47:03,313 but maybe we can work it out. 775 00:47:06,229 --> 00:47:07,752 Get him out of here, boys. 776 00:47:27,772 --> 00:47:30,035 Aunt Daisy, Jess, where have you been? 777 00:47:31,428 --> 00:47:33,125 Oh, it's a long story, dear. 778 00:47:33,256 --> 00:47:36,085 You bet. As far as I'm concerned, it ain't worth telling. 779 00:47:36,215 --> 00:47:38,696 Well, it better be, after what I've been through. 780 00:47:38,826 --> 00:47:40,567 Oh, Slim. 781 00:47:40,698 --> 00:47:42,178 [ wolf whistle ] 782 00:47:42,308 --> 00:47:45,311 What are you doing all got up? 783 00:47:45,442 --> 00:47:48,880 Oh, nothing... besides cooking, washing dishes, 784 00:47:49,010 --> 00:47:52,492 cleaning the house and baking a pie that just burned up. 785 00:47:52,579 --> 00:47:55,582 Not to say anything about doing your chores. 786 00:47:55,669 --> 00:47:57,715 I sure hope you had a good vacation. 787 00:47:57,845 --> 00:47:59,369 Vacation? 788 00:47:59,499 --> 00:48:01,284 Slim, don't forget about that telegram 789 00:48:01,414 --> 00:48:03,068 that came for Jess just now. 790 00:48:04,809 --> 00:48:05,984 Oh, yeah. 791 00:48:08,421 --> 00:48:10,597 Slim, you'll never believe what happened to us. 792 00:48:10,684 --> 00:48:13,252 Maybe not, Daisy but will you try me? 793 00:48:13,383 --> 00:48:15,341 Hey, Daisy, listen, it's from Lottie. 794 00:48:15,428 --> 00:48:16,603 Oh. 795 00:48:16,690 --> 00:48:19,824 "Kett given a special hearing before judge. 796 00:48:19,954 --> 00:48:23,436 Recovery of gold and testimony against Thatcher in his favor. 797 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:26,265 Will be put on probation with me as jailer. 798 00:48:26,396 --> 00:48:28,963 - Love, Lottie." - That's wonderful. 799 00:48:29,050 --> 00:48:30,922 Will somebody please tell me what's going on? 800 00:48:31,052 --> 00:48:33,490 Well, sure, pard. 801 00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:35,579 It's like this. 802 00:48:35,709 --> 00:48:38,190 I was just walking along, minding my own business...