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(MOOl NG)

l'm gonna have to carry ya?

Come on .

Oh , boy.

All right. Drop your
gun belt, mister.

What's this all about?

The captain said
to drop the gun belt.

Now!

They're wearing
the Johanson brand ,
all right, Captain Wilson .

Whose else would they be?

Where'd you get
those cattle, mister?

J ust where
that brand says.

Wl LSON : Got them
from Johanson?

That's right.

And you've got a bill
of sale to prove it?

RENO: Hold it!

That's right.

l thought maybe you'd like
to look at the bill of sale.

We'll look at it.

You say you got
this from Johanson?

Yeah .

Mr. Maddow.

Mr. Maddow, is that
Johanson's mark?

Johanson didn't
have to make his mark.

He could write
as good as you can .

Hang him .

(G RU NTS)

(G ROANS)

Damn it!

Look, l'm an ex-lawman .

COOPER: You can
check with the sheriff,
Dave Ramsay of Saint Louis.

Get Johanson !
Let him tell me
face to face.

For God's sake,
check it out!

Are we gonna hang him
or beat him to death?

Enough !

Put him on his horse.

Wait a minute,
the saddle !

You've no claim
to that, Reno.

We got back Johanson's
cattle, Captain ,

and we got the man
that took them .

Now, l like to see
justice done, but
l'm taking the saddle.

Anybody want to argue?

lf he's a rustler,
he ain't got nothing l'd want.

Ml LLER: Well , he's got
something that l want.

l want his wallet.
l want it, and l'm
gonna take it!

Excepting if
he's a rustler,

how come he didn't
make a run for it
when he had a chance?

Wait a minute, Loomis.

(PANTl NG)

Now, tell me.

You bought some
cattle from Johanson .

You saw the bill of sale.

With the mark where
Johanson was supposed
to write his name !

Yeah .

What did Johanson
look like?

He's about 30.

Dark hair, dark eyes,
heavy-set.

Pockmarked face,
regular features.

You have an eye for detail ,
haven't you?

l told you , l was a lawman .
That was my job.

Heavy-set,

pockmarked ,

about 30.

Liar.

Johanson was 60.

Well , maybe it was
his foreman , or something ,
l don't know.

But we can go back
there and find out.
lt's only a day's ride.

COOPER: We could
check it out.

Mr. Maddow.

Wl LSON : Tell him .

l just came from
the Johanson place.

H is herd was gone.

l found Johanson
and his wife on the
kitchen floor, gunned down .

Dead .

No.

Hang him .
You're making a mistake ! No.

COOPER: No !

(G U N Fl RES)

(GASPS)

(COUG HS)

Some people calls this hell ,
but you're still in
Oklahoma territory.

(CHOKl NG)

Save your breath .

l don't know who
hung you or why,

but if you're innocent,
the judge will set you free.

And if you ain't,

they'll have to
take the trouble
of hanging you again .

So come on ,
get on your feet.

Water your mules
and fill up a bucket
of water for the men .

Marshal Dave Bliss.
l hear you got
a prisoner for me.

That's right, Marshal .
Feed and grain store
right across the street.

Here's the key.
You'll be needing it.

Marshal .

Watch out for him .
He's plumb loco.

(MAN MOANS)

Oh , God ! Oh , God .

Oh , my God .

Oh , God .

(MOANS)

Oh , God .

You've come to
kill The Prophet.

Take it easy, will ya?

Oh , God ! You've come
to kill The Prophet!

Can you walk?

They're against me !

They spy on me.
Oh , God .

They're scared of
the wrath of God !

Get on your feet.

No !
Come on !

Even the prison wagon's
better than this.

You've come to kill
The Prophet!

Hold it!
Oh , no !

Oh , God ! Oh , God !

You've come to
kill The Prophet!

Damn you , hold it!

Stop or l'll kill ya !
Oh , God !

Well , what are you waiting
for, Marshal? Shoot him !

Kill him !
What's wrong , Marshal?

MAN 1 : Scared of
cheating a hanging judge?

MAN 2: Kill him !

Kill him ! Kill him !
Kill him ! Kill him !

CONVlCT: We'll look out
for ya, Marshal !

We'll tell him you done your
best to bring him in alive !

MAN 3: Kill him , Marshal !

MAN 4: Kill him , Marshal !
MAN 5: Yeah , kill him !

MAN 6: Kill him !
MAN 7: Come on , kill him !

(ALL SHOUTl NG)

Hold it, damn you .

MAN 8: Kill him , Marshal !

lt's too damn crowded
in here anyway!

MAN 9: Kill him , kill him .
MAN 1 0: Kill him , Marshal .

(SCREAMS)

God !

You chained him .
Now you bury him .

That ain't gonna
make the judge happy.

What was l supposed to do,
let him escape?

l ain't saying
you was wrong .

l'm just saying
it ain't gonna make
the judge happy.

Now that you've said it,
Williams, move them out.

Girls ! Girls !
The tumbleweed
wagon's here ! Come on !

Save us the live ones,
Marshal , huh?

Marshal , you're not
gonna hang them all !

MAN : Here she is !
Here comes that
tumbleweed wagon !

(MAN WHOOPl NG)

And you'll send the
drapery material over?

As soon as it comes in .

And l'll be needing
more perfume.

A dozen bottles?

The cheapest, as long
as it smells good .

lt's not for my girls.
lt's for the Saturday
night cowhands.

They come off the range
smelling like. . .

MAN : Here come
the tumbleweed wagon !

Hey, isn't that
Billy the Kid?

Take a closer look.
Maybe you'll find
your old man !

Hold it!

MAN : We're going outside
of town , do some target
practice on them !

All right, move them out.
Wl LLlAMS: Giddap.

Come on .

You eats twice a day,
8: 00 in the morning
and 4: 00 in the afternoon .

U nless you makes
trouble and get
yourself short-changed ,

you get an hour a day
recreation in the prison yard .

Better find yourself a spot.

Expecting another
wagon in this afternoon .

You'll get used
to the smell .

lf you don't, they got
a sure cure for it.

They hang ya !

(TH U DDl NG)

Sounds like Schmidt's
fixing to have a little
party this morning .

A party?

A hanging party.

(TH U DDl NG)

PRlSON ER 1 : Them's 200-pound
sacks he's dropping .

Gotta make sure
them ropes hold up.

PRlSON ER 2: Always uses
top-grade hemp, Schmidt does.

Oils it so it
slides real good ,

snaps your neck
like a dried-out twig .

Fine artist at his trade,
our Mr. Schmidt!

(TH U DDl NG)

That bastard !

(TH U DDl NG)

PRlSON ER: No !

What kind of justice
hangs a man before he's
heard about his appeal?

PRlSON ER: No !

(KNOCKl NG AT DOOR)

Come in .

Leave him .
Without shackles.

Yes, sir.

All right, guard .

Your story checks out, Cooper.
You're free to go.

$ 1 1 ?

And 40 cents.
That's all McCleod had on
him when we picked him up.

McCleod?

McCleod was
running from the law,

holed up at Johanson's place,
killed that old man
and his wife,

and then you blundered in .

A stranger looking to buy
some cattle, so McCleod
sold you a few head .

He must've got
a pretty good
laugh out of that.

You wanna see
what he looks like?

Come on .
Now, come on .

McCleod took the money
he swindled from you

and came into town ,
looking for a good time.

The row, that's
where we found him .

(PEOPLE EXCLAlMl NG)

May God have mercy
on his soul .

You're free to go, Cooper.

With my $ 1 1 .40?

And the satisfaction of
seeing the man that got
you into this mess hung .

What about the nine
just men who hung me?

J ust give their
description to one of
the deputies downstairs.

They'll try to
pick them up.

Well , that's not
good enough .

Cooper, you take the law
into your own hands,
and l promise you

you'll swing from
one of those
ropes out there.

l know a little bit
about the law, Your Honor!

That's right.

You do.

Sit down , Cooper.

Please.

You were a lawman
in Saint Louis,

a damn good one.

l can use
a good man , Cooper.

Pay, 250 a month .

That's 230 more than
you'd make as a cowhand ,

232 more than as
an army sergeant. Here.

That hanging rope
didn't kill ya.
Maybe my coffee will .

How much did you
make in Saint Louis?

lt's 200 more than
l made in Saint Louis.

250, plus expenses.

l warn you ,
the pay is a little
slow in coming .

There. $200.

Plus 50 President Harrison
owes you . You'll
get it when l get it.

Seems like you're a man
trying to give away money

and don't have
too many takers.

You sound like a man
who is protesting the
pay is too high . Don't.

You sign on , you'll earn
every cent of it.

There you are.

The Oklahoma
and lndian Territory,
year of our Lord , 1 889.

N ineteen marshals.
l was authorized 60
when l came here.

Told the president
even that was
not half enough .

N ineteen marshals
and one court to cover
near 70, 000 square miles.

A happy hunting ground
filled with bushwhackers,

horse thieves, whiskey
peddlers, counterfeiters,
hide peelers,

marauders that'll
kill you for a hatband !

Now that's why
there's a badge
in my desk, Cooper,

itching to sit on
somebody's chest
and no takers.

Your marshals do cover
a lot of territory.

You'll ride circuit
over an area half again
the size of Rhode lsland ,

if and when
it's Marshal Cooper.

Pick up the badge,
Mr. Cooper.

Pick up the badge,
or leave justice to me
and my men .

Those nine men ,

if you find them ,
they're to be brought
before me alive.

That old horse should
hold you for a spell .

All right.

Good luck, Marshal .

Thank you .

You're Cooper?

J udge sent a wire
you was coming .

Wasn't there
nobody outside?

There's two men
with shotguns.

l haven't had me
a night's sleep since
we picked up the Swede.

How many men
did you bring with you?

Can you have him ready
to go in a half hour?

J ust the two of you?

Yeah .

The hotel here in town ,
does it serve a good steak?

l better have something
to eat before we leave.

lf you're crazy enough
to try to take the
Swede in alone,

you got a right to
try it on a full stomach !

You're under arrest, Reno.

You talking to me,
Marshal?

Your name's Reno,
isn't it?

Look, Marshal ,
l don't know
what kind of town

you're running here. . .
This isn't my town .

Well , l wouldn't know.
See, l just rode in .

Now, l'm gonna wash down
some trail dust, and . . .

All right, Marshal ,
what do you say l done?

You don't remember me, do ya?

No.

When you hang a man ,
you better look at him .

Don't go for that gun , Reno.
l need you alive.

Do you know him?
No.

Anybody here know him?
Goes by the name of Reno.

Come up here
and take a look at him .

He must've just rode in .

That's what he said .
How much to bury him?

Elwood?
Well , l . . .

$ 1 5 ought to do
a fair job, Marshal .

All right.
There's $7 there,
and l'll give you $8 more.

And mark it down there.

Don't anybody leave !

l want everybody to
write down in this book
exactly what they saw.

l didn't see
nothing , Marshal .

Fine, then you say
that in writing .

Nobody's gonna
fault ya, Marshal .
You gave him every chance.

COOPER: Then
say it in writing .

Marshal , l can't write.

Well , the sheriff here will
write it down , then you
can put your mark on it.

Sheriff, there's a saddle
out there belongs to me.
l'll be taking that.

lf any of his friends
or relatives show up

and want his horse
or his belongings,
you let me know.

COOPER: You can
wire me in Fort Grant.

You gonna pick up
the Swede now?

No, no. l'm gonna
have that steak now.

Marshal .

The Swede !
That's the one the
Marshal just brought in .

Swede !

What was that all about?

That's J udge Fenton's orders.

Nobody comes in or out
that lady don't look at.

Marshal ! J udge wants to
see you right away.

Thank you .

Good work,
Cooper. See?

FENTON : The good Lord
takes care of those
that do his work.

He just waltzed in here
and gave himself up.

l never wanted
to hang you , mister.

l asked them to
give you a chance.

Maybe you remember that.

l remember that.

l was here in Fort Grant
looking to pick up a grubstake

when l heard a marshal
with a hanging scar
had killed Reno.

l knew then we. . .
We'd hung an innocent man .

So l turned myself in .

The others?
He gave me their names.

l've already made out
the warrants for their arrest.

Where?
Red Creek.

Good . l'll be on my way.

All right, Cooper, you do it
your way. You round them up
and bring them back.

l don't know why
you had to kill Reno.

lt's in my report.
l wanted him alive.

l needed these names.

You got your names.

Mister, you make sure
the rest of those men
get back here alive.

Jenkins? Sit down , please.

You're under arrest. Move !

COOPER: l have
seven warrants here.

Matt Stone, M. Loomis,

Maddow, Charlie Blackfoot,
Captain . . .

Captain Wilson?
Say, what the hell
is this all about?

A lynching .

Now, l understand four
of these men l'm after
are out at the Big W.

Maddow and Miller
l'm not sure about.

Maddow, he owns
a spread around here.

Miller, he. . .

Miller's a drifter.

Look, Marshal , these
men you're looking for,
they're all leading citizens.

They're friends of mine.

Well , these friends of yours
are wanted for conspiracy
to commit murder.

Now, if you'll put this
man in jail , Sheriff,

you and l can ride
out to the Big W.

MAN : Sheriff!
Sheriff Calhoun !

Sheriff!

Rustlers !
They took our herd !

They killed my pa and Danny.
Killed both of them .

l rode in and
found them there.

Pa and Danny, bushwhacked !
And the herd gone.

l won't be much good
to you from here on out.

My back is giving me trouble.

You're in good hands,
however. This man here
is a federal marshal .

Don't give me that
bad-back stuff.
You got your job.

l've got mine
out at the Big W.

H is father and his
brother's been murdered .
You a lawman or ain't ya?

(SlG HS)

MAN : No more than five,
six hours ahead now.

Now they must slow down .

Yeah , well , we won't.

(COWS MOOl NG)

MAN 1 : On your feet! Get up !
MAN 2: Get up ! Get up !

Cattle won't live
another day without water.

Mick! Willie !
Head them home !

Rafe, go with them !

(G ROANS)

You've got one
minute to pray.

There'll be
no hanging here.

These men killed my father
and brother. They're gonna
get what's coming to them .

They'll get what the law
says is coming to them .

lf you can't stomach hanging ,
why don't you ride out?

We'll do what
needs doing here.

l'll say it
one more time !

There's gonna
be no hanging .

We're not turning
three murderers loose.

That's right.
You're turning them
over to me, the law.

COOPER: l'll make sure
they get to Fort Grant.

Fort Grant's better than
three days' ride from here.

MAN 1 : You'll never
make it alone, Marshal .

l didn't plan on
making it alone.

Now, you men got
a $ 1 0 posse fee coming ,

and l can't guarantee
the government's
gonna pay any more,

but every man who
sticks with me will
get an extra 1 0,

if l have to
pay for it myself.

U h-uh .

l'll take my 1 0 now.

l've got your name.
They'll send it to you .

We'll put in for the
money ourselves, Marshal .

Yeah .

The men these rustlers killed ,
they were my friends.

MAN 2: These three,
they are for hanging !

Leave us, Marshal .

For just 1 0 minutes.

Five minutes !

On your feet.

Thank you , Marshal .

l just want you to know,
Marshal , we had nothing
to do with the killing .

Shut up.
We rustled the herd all right,

we did that,
but me and Ben . . .

Didn't l tell you to
shut your mouth , boy?

My brother's telling
the truth , Marshal .

He done it.

All right, Marshal ,
all right.

All right, saddle up
those horses,
and nothing foolish .

You're very kind , Marshal .
Would you be my friend , too?

Forget about it.

Say, l . . .

l seen you when you drug
that old Stone into jail .

l thought that was
really something .

l just about died
right then and there.

l picked up my two amigos here
and rustled this fat herd ,

and we headed lickety-split
for south of the border.

You know something ,

Mr. Deputy Marshal?

You know, when l woked up
and seen that gun pointing
right at my mouth

and you standing
at the other end of it,

l said to myself, "Miller,
you move one inch and
you're a dead man .

"This man's about to
blow your head off."

l mean , what them
boys said was right.

We're guilty as hell .

You know, when we
get to Fort Grant,

all they're gonna do
is hang us.

l tell you what.

Why don't you be real smart

and use your head ,
you know?

And let us go.

J ust let us go.

We outnumber you three to one.
You can tell them that
we jumped ya.

And the boys and l , you know,
we ain't gonna be around
to call you a liar.

Get aboard , Miller.

l can't get aboard ,
'cause my hands are tied .

You're gonna have to help me.

l said , get aboard .

You ain't never gonna
get me alive to
Fort Grant, boy.

Then l'll get you
there dead , boy.

Get down .
The horses need rest.

Start walking .

(EXHALES)

(SlG HS)

Get aboard , Miller.

(G RU NTS)

Kill me.

Kill me !

Please. Please.
l didn't set out to
touch her. l was drunk!

Full of rotgut whiskey.
l didn't know
what l was doing .

Please, my family!
Take him away.

What? No ! Please !

My family! l didn't know
what l was doing !

Please !

Samuel Dodd .

Charge, whiskey peddling .

Here, Your Honor.

Marshal Cooper's coming
down the street with
three prisoners.

Court's adjourned .
8: 00 tomorrow morning .

All rise until H is Honor
has left the courtroom .

Sheriff in Red Creek
wired you were bringing
three killers in alone.

That was over two days ago.
l nearly gave you up for dead .

You're a damn fool , Cooper.

A bloody damn fool ,
and the best there is !

You hear that? Wake up,
you godforsaken people, you !

FENTON : The best there is,
this man here that
works for ya !

MAN : What's going on?
FENTON : Your government,
our country,

the best country there is
because of men like
Marshal Jed Cooper!

l'm proud of you , boy.

They're gonna hear about this,
not just in the territories,
but in Washington !

Across the length and
breadth of this nation ,

they're gonna know that name,
Jed Cooper!

Well , what you do got
to say about that, boy?

(LlVELY PlANO MUSlC PLAYl NG)

(WOMAN LAUG H l NG)

MAN : Yahoo !

Anything else l could
do for you , Marshal?

Good Lord !
You bring back half of these,
you'll have a wagonload !

Well , you know me, J udge.
l like a lot of company.

How long you
figure it'll take?

Six, seven weeks,
give or take a month .

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Come in !

Well , well , well !

Morning .
Morning .

The prodigal returneth
from a fate worse than death !

Was that your idea?

You fell right
in my arms, boy,

and it's just the row
happened to be the
closest haven ,

and since you didn't appear
to need a doctor's services. . .

Well , l'll be on my way.

See ya, Jed .
All right, Hayes.

Aside from the girl
who served me breakfast,

l didn't see anybody else
that l remembered .

Do l owe them a bill , or. . .

Of course !
J ust put it on your
expense account.

U nder what?

You're gonna make me
one hell of a lawman , Jed .
One hell of a lawman !

J udge, about those three
that l brought in . . .

All taken care of. l don't
think they spent as pleasant
an evening as you did .

No, but, l wanted to
talk to you about the two
boys, Ben and Billy-Joe.

Later, later, later.
Write it down when
you got time.

l just wanted to say,
as long as l'm here, that

only Miller is to be
charged with murder.

See, if it wasn't
for those two boys,
l might not have made it.

Miller tried to kill me.

lf one or both of them
had pitched in and
given him a hand . . .

They pitch in to help
you subdue Miller?

Well , no, but. . .
All right.
Write it in your report.

MAN : Hey, Marshal !

lf you catch
a whiskey peddler,

let him go and bring
the whiskey back this time !

(PEOPLE LAUG H l NG)

MAN : Hey, Ace !
Mind if l call on
that senorita of yours?

l hear they got some
wicked women in Los Gatos !

Catch us a few!

So long , Ace ! Good hunting !

Bliss is dead .

Bliss? What happened?

He went to pick up
one of the Walker boys
out of the Elmwood jail .

The Walker clan ,
all seven of them ,
were waiting .

They shot him down ,
right there, in the middle
of the main street.

Not a soul in Elmwood
lifted a hand to help him .

Yeah , l owed
my life to Bliss.

FENTON : He was a man
with a backbone, a lawman .

lt won't be easy
to fill his shoes.

No, it won't.

Well , l'd better get
on back to Red Creek.

Red Creek?

Yeah , when the local
sheriff wired you , l don't
suppose he told you

that l arrested one
of the men who
tried to lynch me.

l was going after
the rest of them when
this business came up.

The man you arrested?

Name's Stone.
He's in the Red Creek jail .

Good . That ought to hold him
till you're finished here.

Finished here?
Testifying .

Testifying? When?

Boy, l got a backlog of cases
built up from here to Sunday!

Well , l happen to have
a prisoner over there
in that cardboard jail ,

and the sheriff
who's guarding him
got a bad back,

and if l don't get
back over there. . .

You'll get back, Cooper!

You'll get back
when l tell you
you're free to go.

Cooper.

You can be the best l've
ever had , the best there is,
if you remember this.

You work for the government!
You work for justice !

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Come in .

Rachel?
Excuse me, J udge.

l heard there were
three new prisoners.

Yes.

Marshal , why don't you
take Miss Warren
down to the cell block?

Two of them are just boys.

Old enough to rustle cattle.

You want them to hang?

l just want them
to get a fair trial .
Who do you want to hang?

We all have our
ghosts, Marshal .

You hunt your way,

l hunt mine.

All right, you claim you
didn't pull the trigger.

Let's forget about
the killings.

Rustling is a hanging offense,
and they are all guilty,
all three of them !

No matter whose idea it was,
they're all guilty.

That's the law.
Object!

Sustained .

You , sir.

You will elicit facts
from the witness.

l will tell the jury
what's the law.

Yes, sir.

No further questions,
Your Honor.

The jury will disregard
all of the prosecution's
remarks concerning the law.

All right, son .

You may step down now.

Call your next witness.

Marshal Jedediah Cooper!

Do you solemnly swear to
tell the truth , the whole
truth and nothing but,

so help you God?
l do.

Marshal , at the time
of their apprehension ,

did any of these
three defendants
deny their guilt?

Well , no, but on
the trail back here. . .

Marshal , we're not
interested in the trip
back to Fort Grant.

lt was a heroic journey.

The whole court,
the whole territory,
is grateful .

Your Honor, l think something
that happened on the trail

back here has
a bearing on the case.

Something happen
that leads you to believe

that one or all three
of these defendants
are innocent?

Well , of murder, yes.
You see, both Ben
and Billy-Joe told me. . .

Marshal , this court is
not concerned with
hearsay evidence.

This court requires facts.

The defendants, all three,
are charged with murder
and rustling . Facts,

the only matter that
concerns this court.

l thought this court
was concerned with justice.

J ustice is my province,
Marshal ! Mine, and mine alone !

Now, you'll confine yourself
to giving direct answers
to direct questions

or find yourself
in contempt of court!
Proceed .

One of those boys is 1 8,
the other's only 1 6.

That'll cost you $ 1 0.
Neither one of them's
been in trouble. . .

$20.
. . .with the law.
lf it wasn't for them . . .

$30 ! One more word ,
you'll spend 30 days
in the hole.

FENTON : Do you have
any further questions
for this witness?

PROSECUTOR:
No more questions,
Your Honor.

Then you may
step down , Marshal .

(WHOOPl NG)

(KNOCKl NG AT DOOR)

Yeah?

Sheriff Ray Calhoun ,
Red Creek.

l recognize you .

l wanna congratulate you
on the job you did
bringing in those rustlers.

You mean , you rode all the way
over here from Red Creek,
bad back and all ,

just to tell me that?

No.

Stone's dead .

What happened , Calhoun?

lt didn't make no sense,
him sitting in that
cell going crazy

in a town without
no blacksmith .

He promised that
if l'd turn him loose
every day

for a couple of hours
to work at his trade

that he'd come back
to his cell each night.

And he did ,
came back every
night but one.

l rode out to his home,

a home where
l had many a dinner,
the home of a friend .

l had to bring him back
and put him in his cell
at gunpoint.

He made a break for it.

l tried to shoot low,
but l'm not very good at that.

l heard you paid 800
to the skunk who
murdered the Johansons

and sold you their herd .

That's right.

How much did you get back
when they were caught?

$ 1 1 .40.

There's 800
in this envelope.
lt's yours.

Or you can keep
the 1 00 head .

Prime, every one of them .

l don't have much use
for cattle these days.

Here's 1 0.

Keep it.
Hold it!

Here's $ 1 1 .40

for the aggravation
they caused me.

Now, you take that
bad back of yours
right over to Red Creek

and tell your friends
we're even , money-wise.

So,

it's no deal .

He figures you still
owe him for a lynching .

And l told you ,
you never should've
offered him the money.

All right.

Now that makes three
mistakes we made:

the money,

we hung an innocent man ,

and we didn't
finish the job.

We can't undo
the first two,

but we can still
finish the job.

l didn't hear that,
Captain Wilson .

l didn't hear none of it.

l'm riding back to Red Creek.
Are you coming with me?

Charlie ! You've been with me
better than five years.

Good years, Captain .

Maybe if it was my land
l was fighting to hold . . .

No, Captain . lf that marshal
wants Charlie Blackfoot,
he's gonna have to find him .

Sorry, Captain Wilson .

Maddow, you're
damn near my age.

You wouldn't last
six months in that jail !

l don't intend to try to.

l can still ride
pretty good .

You can shoot
even better!

l'm sorry, Captain .

Maddow, he'll
come after you .

He'll keep coming .
You'll be nothing
but an animal ,

an animal running scared !

Sorry, Captain .

How about you two? You sure?

Tommy?

lt was wrong
to hang that man .

We all know it now.

l was hoping we could
square it with him .

My wife, she was
kinda hoping it, too.

Loomis?

l'm 37, 38. l don't
rightly know for sure.

l started drifting
when l was just a kid .

These last few years
working for you ,

it's the first home
l ever knew.

l've saved a few dollars,

thinking of finding
myself a woman ,

staking out a few acres
of my own , when this come up.

You mean ,
when l brought it up.

You didn't force me
to ride with you , Captain .

l thought we was doing
the right thing . We was.

Hanging the wrong man
don't change that.

Five years, even 1 0,

you two can survive it
and still come out to
live some kind of life.

What kind , Captain?

l been a free man .
lt's the only kind
of life l know.

TOMMY: My wife Thelma,
she's a young woman .

She wants kids and a family.

Even if l asked her
to wait for me,

even if she said she would ,

l couldn't be sure.

Let's ride, gentlemen .

(PEOPLE CLAMORl NG)

Hey, mister,
where's the hotel?

Down the street.
But keep going ,
it's full up.

The whole town's full up
with this hanging .

l hear they got tents set up
out in the boondocks.

Well , thank you
kindly. Giddap !

(BANG l NG AT DOOR)

Who is it?
COOPER: Open up.

l just came here, Your Honor,
to tell you about the biggest
thing that happened

in this territory,
bigger than statehood !

People showing up
by the wagon full ,
men , women and children ,

all just to see
your lousy hanging .

That's enough , Cooper.

To see your circus,
a six-man hanging .

l said , that's enough !

You stink of whiskey, son .
J ust go back to your room .
Lie down . Sleep it off.

You're lynching
those boys. Why?

Why?
Yeah .

Because of you , Cooper.

Because of that beautiful ,
that magnificent journey
you took

to bring three
killers to justice.

Because if the law didn't
hang them , the next posse
that goes out would say,

"Hang them , and hang
them high ! There's no
justice in Fort Grant."

And if there's no justice
in Fort Grant, Cooper,

there'll be no statehood
for this territory.

Well , l don't care
how you slice it.

Whether it's nine men out
on a plain with a dirty rope

or a judge with his robes on
in front of the American flag ,

those boys are gonna be
just as dead as if
they'd been lynched .

That's right, Cooper,
just as dead .

But they won't have
been lynched . They will
have been judged .

And if you can't see the
difference, you better take
off that star, and right now!

Not just yet,
Your Honor.

ALL: (Sl NG l NG) Yes,
we'II gather at the river

The beautiful,
the beautiful river

Gather with the saints
at the river

That fIows by
the throne of God

ShaII we gather at the river

Where bright. . .

Get your cold beer here !

Sarsaparilla for
all the kiddies !
Pretzels ! Licorice sticks !

Get your cold beer! Cold beer!

(ALL CHATTERl NG)

Rachel , last chance, drapes
can wait. Sure you won't
change your mind?

Sophie, l told you before.
There's only one hanging
l'm interested in .

Soon our piIgrimage wiII cease

Soon our happy
hearts wiII quiver

With the meIody of peace

Dad , please !
No ! l said no !

. . .at the river

The beautiful,
the beautiful river

Gather with the saints
at the river

That fIows by
the throne of God

MAN : Cold beer!
Sarsaparilla for
all the kiddies !

Hey! Hey!
MAN : Pretzels !
Licorice sticks !

Get your cold beer! Get your
cold beer here ! Sarsaparilla
for all the kiddies !

Pretzels, licorice sticks.
Get your cold beer!
Cold beer! Right here.

Cold beer! Right here.
Sarsaparilla for the kiddies !

Cold beer! Here's your change.
Here's your change. Cold beer!

Here's 5, here's 1 0.
Cold beer!

Sarsaparilla for the kiddies.
Licorice sticks. Cold beer!

Sarsaparilla for
all the kiddies.
There you are, young thing .

Hey, what are you doing?

Can't you please
see me tomorrow?

l don't want to
miss the hanging !

PREACH ER: "And the Lord said ,
'Acknowledge thy sins unto me,

"'confess thy iniquities
and transgressions
unto the Lord ,

"'and he will forgive
thee thy sins. "'

Now, Preacher?
Patience, patience.

"Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly,

"nor standeth in
the way of sinners,

"nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful .

"But his delight is in
the law of the Lord ,

"and in his law
doth he meditate
day and night.

"And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water

"that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season .

"H is leaf shall not wither,

"and whatever he doeth
shall prosper."

Amen .

We will now sing
Rock of Ages.

Get your cold beer
and your sarsaparilla for
all the kids, right here !

ALL: (Sl NG l NG)
Rock of ages

Cleft for me

Let me hide myseIf in thee

Let the water and the blood

From thy wounded

Side which flowed

Be of sin the double cure

Save from wrath
and make me pure

While l draw
this fIeeting breath

When mine eyes
shall close in death

When l rise to worlds unknown

And behoId thee on thy throne

Rock of ages

Cleft for me

Let me hide myseIf in thee

Do you have last requests?

Do you have
last requests?

l'd sure like me
a chaw of tobacco.

What's the matter, hangman?
You afraid l'll choke

and cheat you out
of your hanging fee?

Mmm .

Put it in my pocket.

Mmm ! Mmm !

Now, Preacher?

You may say
your piece now, Duffy.

You are now looking
for the last time

at the mortal body
of Francis Elroy Duffy,

born to John and Edna Duffy. . .

Do you have
last requests?

. . .good , God-fearing folk,

who raised me up
to be a good man . . .

Ben?
. . .a good Christian . . .

Bye, Ben . Bye.

DU FFY: . . .a good husband
to my beloved wife,

a good father
to my children ,

whom l leave behind ,

hoping that they
and all you will learn . . .

Do you have
last requests?

. . .this here lesson
which l leave you with .

When you take the devil
into your mouths,
you are doomed !

For he is lying there
in wait for you inside
that bottle of whiskey,

waiting for you
to take him
into your mouth . . .

Do you have
last requests?

. . .waiting to get down
into your guts. . .

Tell him to shut up
and let's get it over with .

. . .where he can do
his devil's work.

Liquor is the most foul ,
evil thing in this here world !

lt destroyed good
men like myself.

DU FFY: lt'll destroy you , too.

Do you have
last requests?

DU FFY: And beer
is not much better.

lt's slower and cheaper.
No !

(G ROANS)

So take these
words of advice.

And remember,
you heard them
from a poor sinner

got no more cause to lie,

'cause he's going
to meet his Maker.

And now he's ready.

Well , that's all
l've got to say.

Will you all bow your heads
in one final prayer?

May God have mercy
on their poor souls,

as he has upon
all the faithful departed .

Amen .

Amen .
Amen .

(PEOPLE SCREAMl NG)

Dear God !

(KNOCKl NG AT DOOR)

All right, all right,
l'm coming !

J udge Fenton .

l come to praise Sophie,
not to close her down .

l thought maybe
you came to. . .

Now, Sophie.
Now, now, now.

Well , now at least
l know what it takes
to get you in here.

How is he this morning?

l've never seen a man
who has more right to be dead .

l gotta see him
right now, Sophie.
Can't wait any longer.

Check with Rachel .
She's still in charge.

She stayed all night?

You heard , Doc.
lf Rachel hadn't
stopped the bleeding . . .

As it was, somebody
had to stay with him .

A couple of my
girls volunteered .
Rachel wouldn't have it.

Same room .
Honeymoon suite,
at the head of the stairs.

Thanks, Sophie.

Good morning , J udge.
Good morning , dear.

Anything l can do for you?
No, no. No, no.
Thank you , dear.

(KNOCKl NG AT DOOR)

lt's all right, J udge.
l'm just about finishing up.

l heard about
what you did , Rachel .
l'm grateful .

Why don't you sit down?

Can l get you something?
No, no, thank you .

l shouldn't have done this.
l may never get up again !

Who did it, Jed?

Much as you want them , Jed ,
l want them more. l need them !

lt's bad enough when
a deputy gets bushwhacked
on some lonely trail ,

but here, in Fort Grant,
broad daylight?

We can't let them
get away with that.

Now, who did it?

l'll go after them myself.

For the love of God , son !

God's got nothing
to do with it.

l'll take care of them .

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Want me to take over?

RACH EL: No.

Thank you .

You could use
a good night's sleep.

All right, honey,
but one of these days
he's gonna get better,

and you're gonna have
a man on your hands.

You're perspiring .

Don't drink your
milk so fast.

You look tired .
Are you all right?

You know you're a nag?

A very pretty one,
but a nag .

What was that for?

J ust thanks.

You're welcome.

l'll get some
salt for the eggs.

Forget the salt.

Please.

Please don't.

Yeah , well , l guess. . .

l guess my life isn't
worth two kisses, huh?

Please.

l'm sorry.

What's the matter?

l was married ,
back in Denver.

H is name was Paul .

He was a doctor
and a very fine man .

He used to say
this was his place,

this was where
doctors were needed .

One night, after we'd camped ,

we sat around
the fire, talking ,

husband and wife talk

about how many children
we were going to have,

and what a wonderful
life we were going
to have together.

And then they came.

Two men on horseback.

J ust some food .

J ust to share our food ,
that's all they wanted .

And one of them

put his hand on me.

And there was a shot.

And Paul was dead .

And they just left him
there lying beside me
on the ground , dead .

And they took me.

And took me.
And took me !

The tumbleweed wagon?

The jail? You're
looking for those men?

And what happens
when you find them?

Or if you don't find them?

Ever?

(TH U N DER RUMBLl NG)

We'd better hurry!
lt's gonna storm !

Miss Rachel , where do you
want to put these blankets?

What is it, Marvin?

Where do you
want these blankets?

J ust put them
in the back someplace.

Yes, ma'am .

MAN : H i , Marshal !

You asked me once
whether l could
ever stop looking .

l think now l can .

Can you?

Well , Rachel ,
there's a difference.

You see, l'm not. . .
l'm not looking for ghosts.

The end of my trail's
in Red Creek.

Maybe not.

What then?

l don't know.

(G ROWLl NG)

Think we got him?

l don't know.

The dog or the shot,
either one.

Why ain't that
dog yapping?

lf that marshal was alive
that dog would be yapping ,
wouldn't he?

l told you l didn't know!

LOOMlS: But l aim
to find out.

No ! Let him come to us.

No, Captain .
l've waited on him
long enough .

Why don't he move?

(SH USH l NG)

Tommy!

COOPER: Drop it.

(SPl KES CLl N Kl NG)

(J EN Kl NS COUG H l NG)

Dead . Captain Wilson , Tommy,

Loomis, all of them , dead .

All except Maddow, Blackfoot,
and you , Jenkins.

Count me dead , too.

l just want to say that
l don't hold you to blame,

for what that's worth .

lt's worth something .

(JAl L DOOR CLOSl NG)

So that's how it is?

That Rachel lit a fire
in you with that
rich body of hers.

You lit a fire
in each other.

Now you're going
to get married and
raise cattle and kids.

Devil take
the rest of the world .

Maybe.

You used the law
and a badge to heal
that scar on your neck.

Well , how many men are you
going to have to hang
to heal your scar?

Go to hell , Cooper.

l've already been
there, J udge,

And old man Jenkins
is gonna die there.

ls he sick?
He's dying .

l'll get a doctor
down there for him .

Let him go !

So he can go on
and look for another
innocent man to lynch?

He's an old man .

Well !

And that was an
old rope he helped
put around your neck,

but it came damn near
to killing you , didn't it?

What's the matter
with you , Cooper?

You got Jenkins
on your conscience?

Think l judged him
too harshly,

used him like a piece
of kindling for my
fire of justice?

Well , maybe that's inevitable
when there's only
one man , one court

with the power
of final justice

over a territory
five times the size
of most states !

Mistakes? l've made them ,
Cooper, don't you doubt it.

Don't you doubt either
there are times sitting up
there in that judgment seat

l've wished , l have prayed

that there was someone
standing between me
and God almighty,

someone with
the power to say,

"You're wrong , Fenton .
You made a mistake in law.

"This man here
deserves another trial ,

"this man here a reprieve,
and this man is innocent! "

But until this territory
becomes a state,

with a governor
and a state court
of appeals,

l'm the law here,
all the law.

And if you don't like that,
you can cuss me till
hell freezes over.

Or you can join me, Cooper.

Even fight me !

Help me turn this godforsaken
territory into a state

where no one man
calls himself the law.

l want that old
man pardoned .

You pick up your badge.

Tonight. Right now.

You take this down .

Give it to one of
the guards down there.

lf there are any questions,
you tell them to see me.

There'll be no questions.

Cooper?

Charlie Blackfoot was seen
in the town of Ridgeway.

l got two unfilled
warrants here.

Blackfoot and Maddow.
The law still wants them .