All language subtitles for Skin.Game.1971.1080p.WEBRip.x265-RARBG_3_English

[birds chirping]

[music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[people chattering]

Gentlemen, I'm sorry
to bother ya'll.

Sorry to bust in
on you like this

but I got business to transact,
and me being a stranger here

I just don't know any
other way of doin' it.

No, Master Quincy, don't do it.
Please, don't do it.

I'm sellin' this able
bodied slave to whoever

pay me the most for him.

- Get up on the chair, Jason.
- Master Quincy, please.

On the chair, Jason.

He's uh, he's over
six feet tall

and he, well, he's
close to 185 pounds.

He's, he can't read
or write, but he's smart.

He's-he's strong, he,
uh, he learns quick.

Got a good disposition,
all his own teeth.

He answers to the
name of Jason.

Let's see a little
more of him.

Take off your shirt,
boy. Go on.

I-I wouldn't be sellin' him
but I've had him a long time

and he's decent company.

'I need a new state, he needs
him three squares a day.'

I just don't know any other
way of goin' about it

without us parting company.

Oh, please, Master Quincy, I
don't need no three meals a day.

One and that's plenty for me.

Maybe, I forgot to mention,
he's loyal as a hound dog.

- Who'll make me an offer?
- I reckon, I can use a man.

I'll give you $200.

$200, well, I've seen women
and kids go higher than that.

Take it or leave it.

Did I say, he's got
all his own teeth?

- I'll bid $250.
- 300.

350.

Well, I paid almost twice
that much for him myself.

Alright, Mister. Guess
you bought yourself--

[male #1]
'400!'

The bidding is over.

Mister, prime field hand, worth
over $1,000, you know that.

Not to me, he ain't.

It's all there.

So is he, but you made me take
his shirt off just to see him.

Here's his papers.

Maybe, you better lock him up
till I get out of town.

- Kentucky liquor.
- Good idea.

There's a tool shed out
back in the mercantile.

Well, what you waiting for?

Come on, boy.

Master Quincy.

Come on, boy.

[male #1]
'Come on, boy.'

Mr. Bonner, Mr. Bonner!

[Bonner]
Only $400 for a big buck with 30
maybe 40 years worth of working.

- Mr. Bonner! Mr. Bonner!
- What is it, boy?

I took supper to that nigger
you locked up in the mercantile.

What'd he do?
Push down the door?

He done that a long time ago.
The shed's empty.

- What are you saying, boy?
- He's gone.

$400 is cheap
for a nigger, Henry

but it's mighty expensive for
the inside of an empty shed.

- Ha ha ha.
- Ha ha ha.

How much did you say, Henry?
Ten dollars a minute?

You're, you're gonna
need a horse, Henry.

I've got a dead one I'll
let you have, real cheap.

- Ha ha ha.
- Ha ha ha.

[laughing]

Oh, Jesus.

I'll tell you one thing.

I've seen plenty who paid better
but never one that was easier.

[continues laughing]

Oh, what-what was
so easy about it?

There was a whole
lot of muscle, muscle.

I had to go through
for only $400.

Looks like you're
only worth 400.

Oh!

Is that right? Then how come
I went for $800 in Newburgh

'850 in Marionville, and
almost $900 in King City.'

[Quincy]
'Mm-hmm, and 350 in Bellflower'

'and four and a quarter
in Jerico Springs.'

'Hm, pitiful 275 in Bethany.'

[Jason]
'Why, you remember that guy?'

[both laughing]

[both mimicking]
I'm gonna take him.

[both laughing]

I'll take him.

Now, you see, that's what
I'm talking about, Quins.

I'm the same fellow
every time.

It's the way you're
making the pitch.

Alright, I'll tell
you what I'll do.

- Very next place we go to.
- Yeah.

We'll switch places,
and you can sell me.

Oh, very funny.

Ah, what you gonna do? You're
the color the buyer needs here.

'Come on, Jason.
Now, quit rousing.'

You're not doin' too bad.

You know, we got 10,000
in a bank in Chicago.

'Mm-hmm.'

And let's not cut what we got
on the saddle on this trip.

Hey, we better
get out of here.

They probably started
after us by now.

Yeah, I wouldn't
doubt it a bit.

Oh.

I figure, we can be across the
river and into Kansas by sun up.

- Hey, Quincy.
- Yeah?

- Do me a favor, will you?
- What's that?

Can you keep from
takin' my shirt off

in front of all those
people next time?

Seems like they got a right
to see what they're buyin'.

You don't care how
embarrassing it get's for me.

Of course. I don't let 'em
stick a finger in your mouth

and count your teeth anymore.

- Thanks.
- Your welcome.

- That's my turn to ride.
- You need the exercise.

I was looking at you yesterday.

You got a little ponchy
around the middle.

'When I told them
you'd be going hungry.'

I thought they'd die laughing.

[laughing]

Well, you better provide me
with some transportation.

Going back to New Jersey
where people are people.

[coughing]

[Jason spurring]

[Jason]
Hey, Quincy.

- Hey, Quincy!
- Yeah?

How about if we
stop for a while?

- We just did.
- That was three hours ago.

I don't know what's
the matter with you?

I bought you a mule
so we could both ride.

'You're complaining
more than ever.'

Couldn't you find something
a little softer?

[groans]

I'll tell you what.

You go ahead into town.

If I'm not there
in a little while

you just start
to sail without me.

Oh!

Fair shake.

Isn't that where
we were yesterday?

Nope.

- Dirty shame.
- Oh, you sure?

Yeah.

Oh, my poor old leg.

[both grunting]

All these little towns
are beginning to sound

the same to me.

Dirty shame,
sour grapes.

Second best, borrowed time.

- You been keeping a list?
- I don't need one.

Well, what if you
made a mistake?

I don't make mistakes,
I'm perfect.

Oh! That's nice.

'Cause I sure would hate
to go ride into some place

where we been before.

I mean a thing like that
could ruin our entire trip.

[both chuckling]

[horses trotting]

Hold 'em up.

- Let 'em rest.
- Get down!

Well, warm day.

Where you headed?

Uh-huh, just came from there.
It ain't much.

- Ah, it never is.
- Ha ha.

They're runaways, on their
way back down south.

That's my line, runaways.

Rounded up this bunch all
the way over in Nebraska.

Plunkett's my name,
what's yours?

I heard Nebraska's
a free territory.

That's what they heard too.

But the government
passed a law saying

"A runaway is a runaway,
in free territory or no."

- I'm also into buying business.
- He's not for sale.

What if I said $200.

Mister, I wouldn't
even sell you for $200.

Well, I don't know.
I just don't know.

I rarely pay more than
$200, just for anybody..

Lord, it sure is warm.

Bring your hand out
of there. Empty.

Now, start traveling.

I got a memory
for faces, Mister.

So do I. Just hate to clutter
up my mind with them. Good day.

Follow me.

Jason, there's one thing
we don't hardly need

it's a bald horse.

Oh.

Hey, Quincy. I think we picked
up enough for this trip.

Maybe, we've to think about
heading back to Chicago.

We can't. We got three
week's work here in Kansas.

Why don't we forget
all about Kansas?

What you talkin' about?

Missouri is already
tapped out, so is Kentucky

Tennessee, Maryland, how are
we gonna forget about Kansas?

I've got friends back east who
don't know there's a Kansas.

- I'm being serious.
- So am I.

We can catch the
train to Chicago

collect our goods
and think out a new game.

New game? There's plenty
of life left in this one.

This one's making
me nervous.

How come you're always
the one who gets nervous?

Because I'm always the one who
gets dragged off and locked up.

Alright, Jas.

Tomorrow morning
you still feel the same way

we'll pack up and leave.

You mean it, Quins?

You mean, you really
quit and no con?

No. I told you,
Jas, tomorrow.

In the meantime, we'll work
that little town up ahead.

Thought so.
You're unbelievable.

- Come on.
- 'Hey, wait a minute.'

Can I ride the horse
for a while?

What's wrong with you? We're
too close to town to do that.

Suppose, someone saw us.

Hey, hey, wait a minute,
hold it, hold it.

Oh!

[instrumental music]

What's this all about?

- Maybe it's the fourth of July.
- This is April.

Then maybe it's
the fourth of April.

[male #2]
'Everyone!'

'Slavery in the Kansas
territory is the resolution'

'of the Congress
of the United States.'

'And they've guarded and tended
for black men to be free.'

He'd have made 'em
white, same as us.

But he didn't, my friends,
so he must've had a good reason.

And that reason was slavery.

And believe me, my friends,
the darkies like it that way.

Just look over there.
Look at him, my friends.

'Slave and master,
side by side.'

'You're lookin' at
a happy black man.'

Happy, 'cause he's
been looked after.

'Happy and grateful.'

And no matter what
any free state..

Let's see a little happy
and grateful, huh?

Happy is the one, where
the mouth turns up, right?

You got it.

White and black alike.

My friends, I ask you to cast
your eyes upon a sorry sight.

Those two men over there.

Both of them, molded
in God's image.

Both of them.
Beloved to the Almighty.

But one free and
privileged and the other

'degraded and without dignity.'

Don't despair, brother.
Your deliverance is at hand.

Hallelujah, brother.

Just keep it shut.

I'll say one thing
for you, partner.

You sure found a nice quiet
little spot for us here.

[band music]

[people chattering]

- Excuse me, Sir. I want to--
- You come in from Missouri?

- Yeah.
- Here's your five dollars.

Just might be worth
trying again.

I was thinking the same thing.

Uh, excuse me, sir.

I just came from Missouri
and saw all the speech..

[grunting]

I get the feeling you
did it wrong that time.

What the Sam Hill's
goin' on around here?

Oh!

Oh, are you alright?
You poor man.

I saw what that brute did.
It's perfectly disgraceful.

It's getting so,
a person isn't safe

in the streets anymore.

It's alright, ma'am. What's
everybody so head up about?

- There's gonna be a vote.
- A vote?

Yeah, to settle the question
whether the territory joins

the union free like Nebraska
or slaved like Missouri.

Do you know that I've heard
that 8000 people have come

here from Missouri
to vote for slavery.

And they're being paid
five dollars a piece for it.

Imagine.

I'm against slavery, I mean

I just think all black people
should be free. Don't you?

Yeah, well, um..

Well, he doesn't belong
to you, does he?

Oh, him? Oh, yes, I guess,
maybe he does at that.

Oh, but that's so shameful.

Now, you know, that God intended
all of his creatures to be free.

Black and white, alike. Both
of them molded in his image.

Both of them beloved
to the Almighty.

I was intending
to remedy that.

You mean, you're gonna
let him loose?

Well, I was thinking
I might do just that.

Oh, do it. Oh, please.
Do it, you do it.

[sobbing]
That would be so
wonderful if you did..

Oh, no, don't-don't cry.
Don't, no, please, don't..

Do that mean, you ain't gonna
sell old Jason down the river

like you done said,
Master Quincy?

What? What did he
mean by that?

- Oh, he's just fooling around.
- Oh-oh!

Please, don't hit old Jason
again, Master Quincy.

Please, don't.

- You lied to me.
- What, no, ma'am. No.

Sir, you came here to sell him
at that auction tomorrow.

What auction?

Oh, you know perfectly well.

[crying]
And now you laugh at my expense.

I won't be bothering
you anymore.

God loves you.

I suppose, there was some
good reason why you did that?

She wasn't for you.

That's funny, I was beginning
to think she was.

She stole that
five dollar gold piece.

H-how'd she do it?

While she was
brushing you off.

You remember that gold
watch you used to have?

- Yeah, I remember.
- While she was kissing you.

That lady's got a great
pair of hands.

- You just stood there watchin'?
- Yeah.

It just so happens,
that was my daddy's watch.

Horse feathers.

You fobbed it off a circuit
riding preacher from Lexington.

Oh, yeah.

[band music]

- Howdy.
- Howdy.

You got any rooms?

Oh. It's alright.
He can sleep on the floor.

I reckon he can.
But not in here.

Oh, then maybe you
better tell me where.

Stay in the pen,
with the others.

The other who?

- The niggers, of course.
- Oh, of course.

And it'll cost you
three dollars.

Three dollars
for only one night?

If you don't want it,
there's plenty that do.

Uh, I'll be back in a minute.

[inaudible]

No!

It's only for one night.
How bad can it be?

Don't you wanna be
with your people?

Never mind "your people."

Barns, livery stables, but no
cages and no slave pens.

I'll find you a barn
or a livery stable

if that's what's gonna
take to make you happy.

Make me hap..

[chortling]

Uh, Jason..

- Jason, I-I need three dollars.
- Well, then go get it yourself.

I can't get under that
saddle in broad daylight.

You let me get this straight.

You want me to give you
three dollars out of my pocket

so you can get a room
with bed and sheets

while I sleep on the floor
underneath a horse.

- Yeah.
- You go to hell.

Suppose I slept under
the horse with you.

- Will you feel any better?
- It would make me happy, yeah.

What if it were
the other way around?

But it never is the other way.

- You're not the color--
- I know. I know.

It's just not the color
that's sleeping this year.

Now, come on, Jason.

Now, you just remember.

You owe me for it.

- I owe you a dollar and half.
- Whole three dollars.

I don't pay for half of any
bed that I don't sleep in.

Now, you wait here, boy.

[whistling]

[humming]

[female #1]
'Well, now, I seen everything.'

[hen clucking]

Lordie.

Who that scaring poor
black folks near half dead?

'Ain't there enough folks
ready to chain you up'

'without you chaining
up your own self?'

Master Quincy, he-he say,
"Jason", that's me.

"Why don't you go over
to the livery stable

and lock your own self up?"

'He what?'

Look, here now, why don't
you just come out of hiding

that a way so a buddy
can see who you is?

Here I is.

'Up here.'

Howdy.

Well, howdy yourself.

- What are you doing in here?
- Same as you.

Except, I didn't
do it to myself.

Well, who did it then?

Young Master bring me into
town for that sale tomorrow.

Hey, no fooling. I'm gonna
be sold in that one myself.

I ain't never been sold before.

In fact, I ain't never even
left home before this morning.

You're scared.

Why didn't you say so, girl?

Oh!

'How come all of a sudden
you talking different?'

Different?

There's plenty white folks talk
more colored than you doin' now.

Ain't talkin' any
different than I used

to back in Mississippi.

[Jason laughing]

I'll be right there.
You stay right there.

Hold it.

[Jason humming]

Okay.

Here I come.

Up the ladder.

There.

- Isn't that better?
- Uh-huh.

- What's your name?
- Naomi.

It'll be alright, Naomi.

You'll see.

- You ever been sold before?
- Well, my dear.

You are talking to the
world's leading

bought and sold expert.

- What's it like?
- Uh, nothing to it.

You just stand there

while they walk around you,
look you over.

Trying to figure out
how much you're worth.

- What you reckon, I'm worth?
- You?

Hm.

Well, let's see.

Mm-hmm.

Oh-oh.

Well, let's see.

Let me see your teeth.
350.

Open up.

- Oh, 400 maybe.
- Dollars?

Certainly.

Why would anybody
in his right mind

wanna to sell you anyway?

I don't know.

Young Master and me
growed up together.

'We used to climb
trees together.'

'We used to play
games together.'

We even used to get ourselves
scrubbed in the same tub.

How recent was that?

'When we was little, of course.'

[Jason chuckling]

He wasn't none too hard to get
along with when we was little.

And how come he's
selling you now?

Young Master's gone
and taken hisself a wife.

She's the one said I had to go.

But I ain't never
done nothing to her

so why you reckon
she said that?

Uh...can-can you see any reason
why she don't want me

around there no more?

Hm?

Oh.

Why, yes indeed, sweetness.

I surely can.

[humming "Wait For The Wagon"]

Ah.

[humming continues]

♪ Oh

♪ Where

♪ The rivers run like silver

♪ And the birds
they sing so sweet ♪

♪ I have

♪ A cabin

♪ Phyllis

♪ And something good

♪ To eat

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ And we'll all take a ride

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ And we'll all take a ride

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ And we'll all take a ride

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ And we'll all take a ride

[humming continues]

[woman screaming]

[female #2]
'Will you give me that?
What're you doing?'

- 'Let go.'
- Come here.

Oh!

And what may I ask
is the meaning of this?

That question would sound
a damn side more wholesome

if those weren't my pants
you're holding onto.

- Those things are your pants?
- You bet.

You certainly don't think
I took them, do you?

What they do? Form an attachment
for you on their own?

Well, if you must know.

A strange man ran out of this
room and forced them on me.

And even now he's making good
his escape while you stand here

falsely accusing me.

Oh, my God.

Look, lady.
Don't you remember me?

Not from what
I've seen so far.

How about now?

Oh, yeah.

You've been through my pockets
more times today than I have.

Yeah, I guess I
helped with that.

Can you think of one reason,
why I don't have you arrested?

I could tell the sheriff
what I read about you

and your slave
back in Tennessee.

Oh, uh..

Name's Ginger, yours is, uh..

Quincy Drew.

That's right. How do
you do, Quincy Drew?

Howdy.

You happen to be mother naked.
You gonna put any clothes on?

Ginger, we've got a few things
to talk over. How about dinner?

Whose treat?

Mine. If you give
me back my gold watch.

I'm sorry, I already hocked it.

How about my
five dollar gold piece?

Tell you what I will do.

For five dollars, I'll buy
what's left of that bath.

I already been partway in.

Are you the first?

As far as I know.

Five dollars.
Is it a deal?

I'll let you have half
of it for two fifty.

I'll take it.

♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ Wait for the wagon

[together]
♪ Wait for the wagon

♪ And we'll all take a ride

["Wait For The Wagon"
instrumental]

[Quincy]
Jason. Are you in here?

There's nobody here,
but us livestock, Boss.

Tied yourself on the old bag?

A-ha!
Don't tell me.

Besides providing a breathtaking
panorama of a horse's ass

that this fine old establishment
also provides break

Lordie Master Quincy

There ain't nobody that
treats us poor black folks

better than he does.

Just..

Totaled all the bidders
all the way down here

just so a buddy don't starve.

[Quincy]
'Jason.'

- Mm.
- 'Jason.'

Now, that sure was a powerful
big heart in him.

That's the truth. Yeah.

Jas, you can forget it.
She knows.

Don't stop now,
you're very good.

- Knows what, Master Quincy?
- Who we are.

Ah.

Wonderful..

- Honor among thieves.
- Honor among thie..

She stole your watch.

- Not to mention the five--
- Not to mention the--

He's like this every morning
till he gets his coffee.

- Quincy, at least--
- There are certain times--

If you men wanna fight about
something I'd rather not see it.

I'll go and save us
a place at the auction.

Oh, good luck, Jason.

What is this?

Hey, not worry about it.
You can trust her.

Come on. She's as big
a crook as you are.

- Don't be ridiculous.
- Quincy, now I--

Look, Jason. I don't
wanna talk about it.

- 'We'll talk about it later.'
- Wait a minute, hold it.

There's something
I want you to buy.

- What?
- A girl.

- A girl? What girl?
- A girl I met.

Oh, now, since when do I have
to buy your bimbos for you?

She's not a bimbo.

Then what do you have
to buy her for?

Because somebody
else owns her.

Oh. You mean, she's a slave?

There are some
real ones, you know.

But you..

- Wh-when did you meet her?
- Last night.

She was, uh,
tied up in the loft.

[horse neighing]

Oh, Jason.

Jason, have you
thought about this?

Really thought about it?

I don't wanna marry her,
I just wanna buy her.

But we're not in the buying
people business.

We are in the selling
people business.

I don't care how much
she costs, I want her.

Not a bad idea. We can
let you go as a couple.

- Forget it, Quincy.
- Couples are a big item.

- We quitting today, remember?
- Quitting?

Remember we agreed yesterday.
Remember all the way back then?

- Oh, well--
- Here. Better take a thousand.

Holy Moses. You think
she's gonna go that high?

I hope not. It's my money.

- Well, how much we got left?
- About 6,500.

Well, I sure hope you've
figured out a new dodge.

- I'm a little young to retire.
- I'll think of something.

Got something where you take
some of the risk for a change.

[mocking laughter]

It's gonna be
our last touch, pal.

Make it a good one.

- Oh, hey, Jas.
- 'Hm.'

Don't you think you oughta
tell me what she looks like

'so I'll know which
one you want?'

Partner, I don't think
you'll have any trouble.

[male #3]
'Plot number seven.
A bonded house slave.'

'Female. Answers to Naomi.'

'Age 22.
Trained to serve table.'

'And in every respect has
a strictly good character.'

- '$400.'
- I have an opening bid of $400.

400. 400. 400.

400 for a slave.
400 for a slave.

400 for a slave.

'400 looking for five.
400 looking for five.'

'Make it five.
400 looking for five.'

'400 looking for five.'

'Four for five.
Four looking for five.'

'Make it five. Make it five.
Four for five.'

'Make it five and look alive.'

And that's what
I call a pretty girl.

- 500.
- 'Five it is. Five for six.'

- 600.
- 650.

Quincy.

- Can you keep a secret?
- No, but tell me anyway.

It's Jason's
birthday tomorrow

and he already has
a gold collar button.

You spend that kind
of money for a friend?

[male #4]
'750.'

What are friends for? $1000.

Excuse me, sir.
A thousand dollars?

Yeah, that is correct. Yes, sir.

Sold. One thousand dollars cash.
Please, see the clerk.

- I'll be right back.
- No, take your time.

- I've got a few things to do.
- Don't be too long.

Chances are we'll be leaving
town in kind of a hurry.

Here. That sure am some powerful
lotta money you done spend

for one little bitty old gal.

Don't you fret, boy.
I'm sure she's worth it.

Lot number seven. A girl.

Yes, sir. $1000 in cash.

Mr. Courtney has the papers.

Here you are, sir.

I, uh..

She likes sweet potatoes
and molasses.

[male #5]
'Here you are Mr. Courtney.
1000 minus 15 percent'

fee as in commission.

Your lot will be kept here
until the completion

of the day's sale.

[male announcer]
'Ladies and gentlemen,
plot number eight.'

'A bonded trade slave. Male. '

Answers to Jason.

Age 31.

'Trained as a bill write
and a barber.'

'Understands perfectly well
the management of horses.'

Can't read, but can
sign his name.

And unquestionable when it comes
to honesty and sobriety.

[male #6]
'750.'

I have an opening bid
of $750. 750. 750.

- 750 looking for eight.
- 800.

'800 it is. 800 for slave.
800 looking for nine.'

- 900.
- '900 looking for ten.'

'Ten separates the boys
from the men.'

'Asking ten. Asking ten.'

I'd stay out of this
if I were you, Sam Cudlipp.

It's a public auction, William.

1500.

- '16.'
- '17.'

2000.

Two thou..

- 21.
- 22.

- 23.
- 24.

I won't tell you again,
Sam Cudlipp.

You're only doing this
to get even for that horse

'I outsmarted you with.'

[Sam]
'It's your bid, William.'

- 3000.
- 31.

- 32.
- 33.

3500.

Well, now that does seem like
a right fair price, William.

I think I'll let you have him.

[laughing]

I beat him again.

You should've known better
than to start something

that you couldn't finish,
Sam Cudlipp.

It did finish, William.

I came to this cash sale
without a penny in my pocket.

[crowd cheering]

'3500 going once.'

3500 going twice.

3500 third and last--

[gunshots]

[people screaming]

[firing continues]

- 'It's John Brown himself.'
- 'Are you sure?'

[male #7]
'I was up in Palaway the day he
killed five men in cold blood.'

Here me, O Israel.

As thy children were
delivered from bondage

so too will my children
know freedom.

My children.

From this time forward
and for all time..

...so are you free.

Free?

[cheering]

Jason!

[John]
If there should be any man who
tries to follow and overtake us.

Move!

'For sure is such a man,
will this day'

'be delivered unto his Maker.'

To the new Jerusalem.

[Quincy]
'Ginger!'

- Ginger.
- Are you calling me, Billy?

Did you see a good lookin'
woman run in here?

I sure did, Billy.
About 14 years ago.

She's been kinda
scarce ever since.

If you see one, tell her
I was lookin' for her.

I had to leave in a hurry.

And thanks for the use
of the stable.

- You can keep that burro.
- 'That's mighty nice of you.'

[Quincy]
'My name ain't Billy.'

Ah!

O'tee wana
hatta kami kanu.

Do you speak in English, Chief?

I said, pay or face, sure took
his own sweet time gettin' here.

Hiya, Quince.

Hiya, Quince.

Did I scare you?

Quince.

You mind not saying anything
for a minute or two?

Oh, sure.

You-you're sore, aren't you?

- No, no. I'm not.
- Yes, you are.

I can tell when you're sore.

Hey, that was pretty good
the way you talked Indian.

- You liked that?
- Where did you learn that?

Oh, I made it up.

- You didn't?
- Hm.

There wasn't one real word
of Indian in the whole thing.

- Really?
- Hm.

Unless, I hit on a couple
by accident, of course.

That's, let me hear
you do it again.

- Oh, no.
- Come on, do it again.

No, no. I just can't get up
and do something like that.

- Do it again, I wanna hear it.
- No, what?

Go on.

Alright.

[speaking foreign language]

'Hmm?'

- It was better before.
- What do you mean?

Well, it just wasn't
as good that time.

Well, you weren't s-surprised.
You were expecting it.

Hey, why don't you just sneak up
behind me like you did before?

- Go on.
- Oh, like..

You just do,
what you were doing.

Alright. I-I'm gonna ignore you
completely. I just..

You just try to forget
that I'm here.

Alright.

O'tee wana hatta kami--
A-ah, Quincy!

[Quincy laughing]

Ha ha ha!

Well..

You see.
You were sore.

Well, what do you expect, huh?

Been runnin' all over the damn
territory worried half to death

about you and you...
how did you get away from him?

Well, they weren't expecting
anybody to run out on them.

So when we crossed
the field of tall Indian corn

I just...dropped off the wagon.

Where did you get those duds?

Indians don't have much
con sense.

Whoo!

Guess, it's just a waste of time
worryin' about you, isn't it?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, what did you do with that
girl you bought?

She'll be alright, I guess.

- The farther she gets away.
- So will we.

'Hey, Jason. What would you say
if we left Kansas, right now?'

Ho-ho, partner. Right now
would be a good thing.

We can probably be
in Missouri by dark.

'There's a couple of little
towns over there.'

- Hold it, Quincy.
- Huh?

Hold it, Quincy! Now, why would
we want to be back in Missouri?

- You wanna be outta Kansa, eh?
- Many places are outta Kansas.

Look at a map,
you'd see that Missouri

is on a straight line
to Chicago.

It's no good. Now, Quincy,
you agreed, we'd quit.

And you agreed, we'd turn
one more trip first.

We did. It turned sour.

[thunder rumbling]

And it wasn't my fault.
I'm not taking anymore chances.

Oh, what chances? We'd be
hittin' a part of the state

we never hit before.
A couple of towns--

No deal, Quincy! No deal!
I'm taking the long way.

Well, then,
you can take it alone.

Yeah?
Well, I've done it before.

If that's the way it is,
we better split up the goods.

Alright.

It's less the $1000 I owe you
plus the $3 that you owe me.

- That leaves, uh, $2253.
- Let's forget about the 1000.

Whatever happened back there
happened to the both of us.

Nothing doing, Quincy.
A debt is a debt.

- Well, I'm cancelin' the debt.
- Thanks.

Then you can forget
about the $3.

Thanks.

- What's that?
- I don't know.

"Dear Quincy, This is one bath
you'll have to take

all by yourself. Love Gi.."

Damn it!

[thunder rumbling]

[Jason sobbing]

[country music]

Please, Master Quincy.
I don't need three meals a day.

One. Now, that's plenty for me.

Yes, maybe I forgot to mention,
he's as loyal as a hound dog.

- Well, who'll make me an offer?
- I'll say 200.

200?

Over at Charleston I heard
a prime field hand like this

goin' for 2000.

Now, I told you once before.
I rarely pay more than 200.

'Incase you forgot'

'Plunkett's the name,
and slaves are my game.'

You're mistaken mister,
we've never met before.

I got a memory for faces.

Now.

I know the 200 don't sound
like a whole lot to you.

'Marching a whole bunch of
niggers down South in chains'

'ain't all profit.'

'What with a fourth,
maybe a third dyin' off'

'before you get there?'

Please, Master Quincy.

I don't wanna go off for
nobody else, exceptin' you.

And that's the truth.

Well, alright, Jason.

I reckon that you feel that way,
I can't part with ya.

I'm sorry, I changed my mind.
The sale is off.

Hey, mister.
What's your hurry?

That man offered you 200,
I'll offer you 300.

Now, that's fair price, sir.

Nobody in his right mind will
pay anymore--

- 400.
- Four.

- Mister?
- No, I don't think so.

I think, I'll pass.

Did I mention that he's got
all his own teeth?

[laughter]

Sold. For $400.

You had no call selling me off
that way, Master Quincy.

I never done,
did you no offence!

Why, you ungrateful nigger?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Hey, five on the nigger.
- Your on.

[men cheering]

Watch the men.
Watch the door.

[male #8]
'Come on
Hit him.'

[people cheering]

Come on, Jason. Let's go.

That's them, sheriff.
Arrest them.

Hold it, right there.

I bought that nigger
fair and square

and I got the paper
to prove it.

You thought you got away
with something.

Nobody diddles
Henry P. Bonner.

You got something
to say, mister.

Uh, Mr. Bonner
is right, sheriff.

- He bought him fair and square.
- You're right, I did.

Uh, just a minute, sheriff.

The fact is, I bought him, too.
Just now.

And all them there
people saw it.

[all together]
That's right, sheriff.

- I agreed to pay him $400 cash.
- That's how much I paid for.

Well, I, rightly sure,
I know what to do now.

Mr. Bonner's got the prior
claim, sir. That's the law.

- Oh, don't tell me the law.
- Uh, excuse me, sheriff.

I think I know how to settle
this whole thing pretty quick.

[sheriff]
'I'm listening.'

Well, since I'm still willin' to
pay $400 for that there nigger.

Why don't I just pay it over
to Mr. Bonner, instead?

- Well, I don't know.
- You don't wanna do that.

No, hold on to him.
He's worth it, hold on to him.

- Mister, you got a deal.
- Now, wait.

Well, I reckon he's all
yours now.

Thank you, sheriff.

Keep away from me,
everybody keep away.

I'm not a slave.
Now, I'm a freeman, same as you.

I was born a freeman.

Keep away, I tell you.
Everybody keep away.

Quincy, for Christ's sake,
do something, Quincy.

Quincy, tell 'em who I am.
Tell 'em that I'm not a slave.

[people shouting]

- Hang him.
- Better hang him now.

Quincy Drew, you got a visitor.

- Yeah.
- 'Your wife's here to see ya.'

Wife?

My wife?

Hello, Quincy.

[breathing heavily]

It's me.

Aren't you gonna kiss me, hello?

Go away.

Oh, Quincy, you don't mean that.

Not after I've come
all this way to see you.

Go away.

- Oh, you see.
- Kiss your wife, Drew.

'Or I'll make you sorry
you're anybody's husband.'

Oh, please, Quincy. Just once.
For the baby.

[clicking tongue]

For heaven sake.

Ow. Ow...Ging...huh.
Ging...now, stop that!

I'm sorry, ma'am. Sometimes
they are just not themselves.

Prison can do that to a man.

Oh, no. He was always like that.

[Ginger sighs]

- Well, goodbye, Quincy.
- Yeah, goodbye, right.

- Oh, Quincy!
- What's the matter with you?

- Cut it out. Now, stop it.
- Please.

- Get your
- You promised you'd come back.

Take her away, will ya?

- Come on, miss. Come, ma'am.
- You said you love me!

He said he loved me and he
wanted the baby and he ran away

and didn't come back.

Crazy little woman.
What's the matt--

- Ow!
- Ha ha.

[keys jingling]

[whimpering]

It's alright.

They went on by.

I was clear to Selena..

...before I heard about what
happened to you and Jason.

- He's in all the newspapers.
- Yeah.

Oh, Quincy, I felt awful
bad about..

No, no.
It wasn't your fault.

Jason tried to talk me
out of it.

I wouldn't listen to him...
as usual.

Hmm?

I conned him into it.

Like I always con him.

[Quincy]
'First time I met him,
I conned him. Sold him a horse.'

[Ginger]
'What's wrong with that?'

- 'Sheriff's horse.'
- I see.

Next time I saw him was in...
Dupont, Pennsylvania.

'He was thrown in jail
for selling treasure maps'

'and I was already there
for dabbling in the mystic arts'

'of the east.'

- What?
- Telling fortunes in a tent.

Ha ha.

'We passed the time profitably
by keeping in shape.'

'And when we got out of jail...
we left town together.'

[gunshots]

And you've been selling him
ever since?

Oh, hell, no. No, we've tried
every dodge there is.

Oh, there was...
galli, nicker, barnaby.

Oh, God. Ha ha!

Pokamoke, brass and switch,
the big mit.

Well, hell, I can't even
remember 'em all.

Now, it wasn't till we came on
this little old skin game

we started cleanin' up.

- You gonna go after him?
- I suppose so.

Hmm.

- Might take years.
- I got nothin' else to do.

Neither have I.

What do you mean by that?

Can I come with you?

You know...
you really had no right..

...liftin' every penny we had.

I've given most of it back,
haven't I?

Well, that's not the point.
I mean, how could you do it

after...well, after
everything that happened?

- Why, what happened?
- What you mean, what happened?

You know damn well,
what happened.

Oh, we had a good time,
what else?

Oh, good time.
That what it was to you?

Oh, what's wrong
with a good time?

I mean,
it's better than a toothache

or falling down
and hurtin' yourself.

Suppose, you didn't realize
I was thinking highly of you.

How could you do that? The first
time we met, I stole your watch.

- Then, I stole your pants.
- That was the..

That was before we got to
know each other.

Oh. So that's it.

So that's what?

I swear to you, Quincy

that stealing all of your money
was in no way, whatsoever

an adverse comment on your
talents as a man.

Matter of fact, you happen you
happen to be very good..

...in the tub.
Very good.

The next day, I just figured,
it was over, that's all.

I never said
it was over, did I?

Men never do.
They just start acting rotten

till the lady kinda
figures it out for herself.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'll let you know.

Well, can I come with you?

You know, I've never worked
with a partner but..

...maybe its time I did.

So till you get your
old one back

you mind letting me
stick around?

- I know one thing.
- What?

You're sure
pretty on the ears.

Softer too.

- Does that tickle?
- Yeah, but it's nice.

- Hey.
- Hmm.

You promise
you wont steal anything?

No.

I think, we oughta'
do this for another half hour

and then we start
looking for Jason.

[Plunkett]
Alright, hold 'em up in there.

Chins up, eyes down,
form straight line, look smart.

[horses galloping]

A good day to you, Mr. Calloway,
a good day.

Ms. Elizabeth, Ms. Emaline.

What kinda niggers
you got in mind? House, field--

- House.
- House.

Let me see what I got for ya'.

Simon, I wont be needing you
today. Send Mr. Bass over.

Here we are. These two
are house niggers, Mr. Calloway.

Man and wife,
real prime too.

Bought 'em in auction at
St. Louis, from a rich widow

who had no one to leave 'em to.

I paid mighty dear for them,
I can tell ya'. She--

Plunkett, you never paid dear
for your whole life.

You wouldn't be saving these
house niggers just because

they bring a dime
more than fieldhands.

Ah, I don't operate
that way, Mr. Calloway.

- Like hell you don't.
- You get someone better, buy.

Here, take a look at them hands.
Here, show him your hands.

'Told you that was
no fieldhand.'

How much?

'Mr. Calloway, I paid $1500
for 'em as a couple.'

'Plus feeding and tending 'em'

for over two long months,
while bring 'em here to Texas.

Counting the five
I lost along the way--

- How much, Plunkett?
- Thousand a piece.

- I'll give you $700.
- 'I paid more myself.'

- '$800, my last offer.'
- Make it nine. It's a deal.

- Done.
- Cut 'em loose.

$900 it is, for the girl.

Oh, wait a minute.
How about the buck?

- I don't need him.
- Wait.

'You don't suppose
I'd break 'em up, do you?'

- 'They're man and wife.'
- Ha ha ha.

You'd sell your own wife if
there was a dime's profit in it.

No...no.
It just wouldn't be right.

Alright, I'll take him too.
But for $800.

- Deal?
- Done.

Meet the book-keeper
at home for the money.

Thanks, Mr. Calloway.
Move 'em out!

Give my regards
to Mrs. Calloway.

Cut my tongue out first,
Plunkett.

This is Mr. Bass,
he's our overseer here.

I'm a fair man, I give my black
people no cause for complain.

But if something does happen
that you reckon is unfair

you tell old Uncle Abram there

he's in charge of the manor.

'And he'll decide
whether or not to tell me.'

Mr. Bass, show 'em
where they belong.

Let's go.

- Mr. Calloway.
- Hey.

Bass!
Its alright, Bass.

Excuse me, Mr. Calloway, but
there's been a terrible mistake.

It's clear you're a fair man,
and as a fair man

you'll appalled by the grievous
injustice committed against me

by Plunkett. I'm not a slave,
sir, never been.

I was born Jason O'Rourke in
the Garden State of New Jersey

where slavery hasn't existed
for four generations.

How I fell into Plunkett's hands
and arrived in this condition

is a story as violent sorted,
as any you might imagine.

As you are familiar with
Plunkett, need I say more.

That's the goddamnedest thing
I ever heard.

I hope you'll allow me to
reimburse you for the money

you spent on me with a small
profit, for being so fair

and understanding.

The goddamnedest thing
I ever heard.

I've never heard
a negro talk like that.

The New Jersey
accent...sometimes...little..

If I ever hear it again, I'm
gonna blow your black ass off.

'Understand me, boy?'

Yes, boss.
Sure do.

No, I don't think
you do understand.

Mr. Bass, you better
show him what I mean.

Move it up, straighten it up
there. Straighten that

rope over. come on over.
Give it in there, give it in.

That's fine.
Take over to your right.

You want anything done around
here, you gotta do it yourself.

If you want it done right.

Hello, Captain.

I'm sorry to bother you,
Mr. Pennypacker.

Name's Dr. Nathaniel Mountjoy.
U.S. Army Medical Corp.

- My assistant, Nurse Blodget.
- Ma'am.

It is come to the U.S. Army's
attention that you've been

using slaves in the construction
of your telegraph line.

What do you expect?
I gotta connect up Memphis

and New Orleans
before the year end.

That's over
400 miles of wire, Captain.

What was the Army
expecting me to use?

- Buncha damn tree squirrels?
- Mr. Pennypacker.

There is no need
to use that kinda' language

in front of Nurse Blodget
now, is there?

I'm sorry, ma'am.

The U.S. Army doesn't mind you
using slaves Mr. Pennypacker.

U.S. Army only minds
you using infected slaves.

- Infected? Infected with what?
- The pest, Mr. Pennypacker.

- The pest? What pest?
- The spasmodic lung pest.

- Holy Christ--
- Mr. Pennypacker!

- Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am.
- Now, fortunately.

We have managed to isolate the
carrier of this rare disease

last known to be the property
of a man named Plunkett.

- Plunkett?
- Oh, you know him.

Know him? I bought a buck from
him not more than a month ago.

You hear that, Abigail?
It might be the same one.

Captain Mountjoy, wouldn't it
be wonderful if we could divert

this ghastly epidemic?

If it is the man we're after
Mr. Pennypacker, I'm afraid

we'll have to quarantine him
until the serum arrives.

In other words, Mr. Pennypacker,
you wont mind if we take him?

Mind? I don't care if you keep
the black bastard--

- Mr. Pennypacker!
- I'm sorry, ma'am.

Now please, would you just mind
pointing him out to us?

Yeah, he's uh...he's
right over there. Yeah.

Aye, boy! Hey! Boy!

- Son of a bitch.
- Hmm.

[Jason twitching in pain]

Hey, be careful. Oh, what the
hell is in there, anyways?

Smells like its been,
dead for a long time.

It's good medicine, Jason.
It'll fix you up

so your skin
is just like leather.

- I don't want leather skin.
- Yes, you do.

- Especially on your back.
- Mm-hmm.

- Who the hell are they?
- That's Ned and Viney.

- They came by to help.
- I don't need any help.

You need more than help,
you need lessons.

- Oh, what kinda' lessons?
- Slave lessons.

You're crazy!

Maybe, you know plenty
about buying and selling

but you don't know
nothing about being.

I don't wanna' see you
hurt no more, Jason.

Alright,
alright, I'm listening.

Well Jason,
the first thing to remember

is when your job is done,
get yourself out of sight.

The second thing,
never work too quick.

The quicker you work, the
quicker you get the job done

the quicker, he'll find
something else for you to do.

Alright, stay out of sight
and don't hurry. What else?

Don't say too much, Jason.

Just yes', no's, that's enough.

Under no condition, don't ever
look no white folks in the eye.

There's nothing makes a white
man meaner, that niggers looking

at them
straight in the eye.

- That's a fact, Jason.
- What should I look at then?

Just keep your eye
on ol' Abram.

'He's the only one
allowed to speak'

'without him being
spoke to first.'

- 'Abram?'
- Yes, sir?

- More apple sauce.
- Yes, sir.

Ms. Emaline, it don't do no good
keep pushing 'em greens all over

your plate that a way. Now, you
ain't getting up from this table

'unless it's all gone,
and you knows it.'

Momma, tell Uncle Abram
to leave off his nagging.

Oh, Emaline honey,
Uncle Abram's only interested

in your well being.

Momma, what do you suppose
Jason's interested in?

Hush up, Elizabeth.

[Jason screaming]

Jason! Get on to the bar
and fetch some drying pack.

And make sure it's dry.
Of course, Master he don't

like smoking no green leaf.

Master don't like
smoking no green leaf.

How would Master
like to smoke my black ass?

Oh, Emaline, I'm only
interested in your well being.

[imitating Emaline]
"What do you supposed Jason is
interested in, momma?"

Get out.

[Jason murmuring]

[Jason screaming]

A-ah!

[African tribal music]

[tempo increasing]

God Almighty!

Cannibals.

Cannibals!

- 'Cannibals!'
- What in the world..

- 'Cannibals!'
- Jason, what's wrong?

The bar's crawling
with cannibals.

Didn't you hear me? Headhunters
have taken over the barn.

He must have seen
the Songhais.

What the hell are Songhais?

- 'Where they come from?'
- 'Where we all come from, boy.'

[Ned]
'Africa.'

[Jason]
'No Africans coming now, it's
against the law for 50 years.'

[Ned]
'Maybe so, but they're still
doing it. I know that.'

'Through Charleston mostly.'

[Jason]
'Do you think they understand
what they're saying?'

[Ned]
'They don't understand nothing.
Them is the dumbest bunch of'

'niggers you ever did see.'

[Jason]
'What do you mean?'

Look at them...squatting there
every night, all hunched up

and as naked as they can be.

Never say nothing,
not even to themselves.

Not even when
they're catchin' a lickin'.

- What's that name you call 'em?
- Songhai.

That's what Lord South
calls them.

- What's it mean?
- Where they from.

Like, Viney and me,
being Aghulas.

And ol' Abram,
being a Shanty.

How about you, Jason?
Where are you from?

- New Jersey.
- New Jersey, hmm.

Hey, wait a minute, Ned. There's
something I don't understand.

If they're no good for anything,
then why did Calloway buy them?

I never said they was no good.
They're good, alright.

- At what?
- Horse flush, boy.

What I mean is, they sure
do know about horses.

'Wait till you see them
work on the wild one'

'just brought in
from the range.'

And leprosy is as dread
a disease is as known to man.

And probably
the most contagious.

Oh, not probably,
it is the most contagious.

There's a case on record of a
leper infecting the entire

nation of Barliman.

- Why, I never heard of it.
- That's what I mean.

How does it
affect you, reverend?

- It's too hideous to describe.
- Mercy them. Don't tell me.

First, your skin
begins to flake

and then turn
a ghastly shade of green.

Well, we ain't got no
flaky green niggers around here.

That's only
in the late stages.

'Oh, Jason shouldn't be
that far gone yet.'

What were you
looking at, reverend?

Huh...oh nothing. Nothing.

[horse neighing]

Yonder comes the nigger
I bought from Plunkett.

Hold it right there, Renny.
This is him, alright.

Hold it right there.
Take off your hat, boy.

'This is him.'

Is it him? Is it him?
Is that--

- Calm yourself. It's not him.
- Oh, thank the Lord.

- Amen.
- Amen.

I think you better check him
over, nurse, just to make sure?

- Just to make sure about what?
- That he hasn't been exposed.

Exposed? What he...
wh-what do you mean, reverend?

- What do you--
- Excuse me.

He don't look
exposed to me.

That's one of the difficulties
in the early stages.

Sometimes, the symptoms
don't show up.

[Ginger]
'Cough, please.'

[man coughing]

'Excellent.'

I've known it to take
as long as a year to show up.

And then when they do,
it's too late.

I once knew a man who's walking
around as healthy as you or I.

One morning, he woke up,
got out of bed and..

...his nose fell off.

Well, if he's been exposed,
it's too early to tell.

I think we'd
better be moving along.

I wouldn't worry about him,
I'd say it's 8 out of 19 chances

that he's alright.

Get him out of here.
I don't want him hanging around

here infecting us all.
Go on, get..

Mr. Claggart, if he's going
infect you, he already has

'and I'm afraid there's nothing,
you can do about it.'

Well, there's
got to be something.

Ah-h! What is it? There's
something there isn't there?

Oh no, no nothing at all.

'I think we best be getting on.'

And I want you to know that I'm
almost sure that you probably

have...next to nothing
to worry about.

Wait...isn't there
something you can do for it?

- Well--
- I'm afraid not.

There is too something,
ain't there?

Yeah, you too been living
with a whole colony of them

how come you two
don't have it?

- Oh, we've had the serum--
- What serum?

- The serum that's made--
- It's very rare and expensive.

- Oh, well, give us that.
- I'd like to, Mr. Claggart--

Out of the question. We barely
have enough left for the colony.

I'll pay.
How much is it?

Mr. Claggart, money has no value
to servants of the Lord.

Look, I want some of that stuff.
I'll pay anything.

'There's a good chance,
you won't need it.'

'I don't care,
I want some if it.'

One moment, please.

What is it?

What's the matter?

I guess we could use some money

to build a new bunk-house
at the colony.

- How much?
- Uh..

- How much!
- $500.

- $500? Wh--
- Pay it, pay it!

[Mr. Claggart]
'There's not five hund...
what are you--'

[horse neighing]

[African tribal music playing]

[music continues]

[horse neighing]

How would you men
like to get out of here?

What do you say?

Escape.

Escape, uh...freedom.

Mexico only a hundred..
150 miles away.

Nothing.

Only quiet.

Not a word,
not a syllable.

O-o-oh.
Huh?

Alright.

Alright.

Let's try escape again.

Es-cape.

[neighing]

Escape. Escape.
Freedom.

Freedom. Freedom.
Freedom!

You men are my best chance
of getting outta here.

Songhai.

[speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

Memikumba.

[all together]
Memikumba.

No, no, no, Memikumba.
No, no, no.

[bickering]

[shouting in foreign language]

Oh, goddamn.

This leprosy business
beats the hell

outta slave business,
I'll tell you that.

You can work at any time,
any-o-where.

It's really fantastic.

What about after we find Jason?

Well, I've been working on a way
to fit Jason into this.

Maybe we could make him
up as a leper.

You know, as an example
of what it can do to you.

- You think he'd go for that?
- He'll love it.

After being a slave, a leper
will be a walk in a park.

Ah, Jason is a great
slave though.

I mean, not just good,
he was great.

Get that shuffle goin'
and roll those eyes.

He was perfect.

One of the most gifted,
natural, calm man I ever saw.

You do alright yourself,
you do one of the best preaches.

Well, thank you.

My mother will be happy to know,
all her early training

didn't go to waste.

I do think we ought to give up
the prayer meetings, though.

It's a lotta trouble
and the take isn't that big.

Yeah, I suppose.

Just that I enjoyed doing 'em.

I keep hoping we run into
a catholic or two.

What for?

I'd love to hear a confession.

[music]

And the lord said, "If thou
"will diligently harken

to the voice of Lord."

- Sugar?
- Two, please.

And will do that with his right
in his sight and give ear..

To good health, father.

Yeah, you too.

That's him, that's the one.
Stand back, don't touch him.

[screaming]

Margaret.

What can I do, Margaret?

[both giggling]

Not only a slave,
but a slave with leprosy.

Not bad, huh? All you gotta do
is act like a leper for a while.

That shouldn't be too difficult.

You're not looking too good
anyway. You're thinner.

Yeah, the food does get
a little monotonous.

Yeah, well, there's worse things
than that, I guess.

Quincy, this is the
worst thing there is.

The worst thing
in the world.

Once we collect for the colony,
and get the money for the serum

we'll take off.

Not quite.
What about Naomi?

Huh?

You mean,
you don't remember Naomi?

Why should I remember Naomi?

Because you shelled out
a thousand dollars

of my money for her, that's why.

- Oh, Naomi, right. Up in the--
- Up in the sand.

Oh, yeah.

- What about her?
- Oh, she's here.

Plunkett sold us
as a couple.

That dirty crook,
that was my idea.

Yeah, well, I'm not
leaving here without her.

- Oh, jeez, I don't know.
- I do.

Either she comes with us,
or I don't go at all.

Oh, alright,
don't get surly.

See, Plunkett sold
you both as a couple.

May have been in close contact.
Obviously exposed.

That'll work. Take a little
longer, but we can manage.

Right, now, before you got here,
I started working on a little

escape plan of my own.

- Like what?
- It's in the barn, come on.

Hey, wait a minute. You can't go
out there. You're in isolation.

Well, how can you fix it,
so we can go to the barn?

- Quarantine.
- What?

Yeah, I'll make him send all
the cow hands up to line shack.

Put the whole place
in quarantine.

[dog barking]

You stop right there. No matter
what happens, stay calm.

- Jason, would you mind--
- Ya hamakunda.

Jesus Christ! Hey, Jason,
call 'em off! Call 'em off!

[Jason speaking
foreign language]

Say hello to O'Rourke ranger.

Do you think they'd
mind, if I moved?

Oh, sorry.

[speaking foreign language]

Where did you learn their lingo?

I didn't.

What was all that mahabusiness?

Well, I wasn't
getting anywhere in English

so I made up words
that sounded better

and they really went for 'em.
Hey, watch this one.

[speaking foreign language]

What the hell is goin' on?

Jason, what's that?
What are they doing? Jas?

[Jason laughing]

Jason.

Oh, but they won't hurt you.
Not unless I say--

Well, don't say it.
And tell 'em to turn me loose.

[speaking foreign language]

- Pretty good, huh?
- Oh, that was just great-great.

[speaking foreign language]

[all laughing]

What'd you say?

I don't know. But every time
I say, it sure tickles 'em.

[speaking foreign language]

Who-who are they, Jason?

I read about them in a book
in Calloway's library.

They come from a tribe
called Songhai

which used to rule this
great African empire.

How come they listen
to you?

They never make a move
without their chief.

- He didn't make the trip.
- You're fillin' in for him?

Right. You're looking
at the new chief.

Oh, I bet you are.

[speaking foreign language]

Oh, that's wonderful, Jason.
I'm very impressed.

At ease, men.

If it's not too much trouble,
you think we could collect

our money and get your girl
and get the hell outta here?

Now, wait a minute, Quincy.

- We can't leave them here.
- We can't what?

They've gotta come with us.

But, Jason, I didn't come all
the way down here to emancipate

the colored population of Texas.

I came down here to get you
because you're my partner

and I owe it to you. I'm willing
to include your woman.

'Cause after all,
a woman's a woman.

- I draw the line at savages.
- They aren't savages.

I don't care if they're
doctors of philosophy.

I don't want 'em along.
They'll just get in the way.

Well, I'm sorry, Quincy.

But either they come
or I don't.

Jason...how many times you
gonna put it to me like that?

Like what?

Either, or. Now, you got
no call sayin' that to me.

I didn't come down here
with any conditions.

I'm not making any now.

You say they gotta come.
Alright, they gotta come.

But it's gonna be
a hell of a lot tougher.

Why? You've put the whole place
under quarantine, why don't we

get Naomi, and your friend,
what's her name?

- The thief, and get out.
- Without the money?

Quincy, for once,
let's not press our luck.

Don't press our luck?
Now, I gotta buy horses

for this whole crowd.
Horses don't come cheap.

Well, what do you mean, buy?
Callaway's loaded with 'em.

How do you suggest we get 'em?

Even Callaway won't believe
horses with leprosy.

I realize that larceny is far
into your nature, but I thought

we'd steal them
and ride out to Mexico.

You know how those Texas slave
patrols chase after runaways?

- How?
- I'll tell you.

Each man takes three horses.
When the first one gets tired

he slips on to the second,
the second gets tired he--

Alright, alright.
Now, what's your idea?

Well, we leave them here,
collect the money and go.

I didn't think
you'd like it.

Damn that Jason. I don't know
what the hell's gotten into him.

If I understand, the problem
is getting enough changes of

horses to get you into Mexico
ahead of the patrols, right?

- Right.
- Well, the answer's simple.

I go ahead, buy the horses,
station them at various places

along the way, and meet you
in Mexico, simple?

- You don't like it?
- I don't like it.

Why?

Because I'd have to give you
all this money..

...to buy the horses,
and then trust you to buy them.

Quincy, you mean,
you still don't trust me.

It's not you I don't trust,
honey. It's the money.

It begins to act very strangely
when it's in your possession.

Particularly when
it's not yours.

Part of it is mine.

It's not the part
that worries me.

I will overlook the fact
that you've hurt

and offended me very deeply.

And remind you that you have
limited alternatives.

- I have plenty of alternatives.
- Name one.

Well, we could forget
about Jason, go to Mexico

and have a wonderful time.

It's much more serious
than I thought.

We'll have to examine everyone
on the ranch to see who's

within help of the serum
and who'll go to the colony.

- How serious is it?
- I can't say as yet.

I'd like to send the nurse
for some help and extra serum.

If she can get it, I think
everything will be alright.

By all means, send it.

She'll need $500
to buy the serum.

- $500 dollars?
- Oh, Howard, please.

So far we're alright.

We just gotta give Ginger
a couple of days.

This is the same Ginger,
the Ginger who stole our money?

- That's the one.
- There's nothing to worry.

For a minute, I thought it was
gonna be someone honest

someone who we could trust.

- Are you out of your mind?
- We can trust her.

How do you figure that?

I've been wrong about
her twice before, right?

- Right.
- So I gotta be right once.

Wrong.

[Plunket]
'Mr. Calloway!'

[horses galloping]

[Plunket]
'Mr. Calloway!'

Mr. Calloway!

- Plunket, I'm gonna kill you.
- 'Wait a minute.'

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

Seems to be a ruckus outside.

[gunshots continue]

[gunshots continue]

[gunshots continue]

[gunshots continue]

Goddamn it, Mr. Calloway.
I can explain everything.

Grab him.

You dare lay a hand
on a servant of the Lord.

It's heresy.

You'll be damned.

Lightning will fall
from the sky and blaze up..

Tie 'em to that post.

Now, don't kill 'em,
there's a reward for 'em.

[Quincy groans indistinctly]

[Mr. Calloway]
Any man that consorts
with niggers

'deserves to be treated
like one.'

- Mr. Bass, 50.
- 50.

[whipping]

[screaming]

[whipping continues]

Oh, my God.

[speaking in foreign language]

Get them.

[dramatic music]

Alright, now,
you guys get back.

[music continues]

Now, let me go, Let me go.

- 'You alright, Quincy?'
- 'I guess so.'

Jason!

[gunshots]

Alright, Jason, stop.
That's enough.

We gotta get outta here. Come
on Jason, we gotta go. Let's go.

Naomi. Songhais.

Anybody else wanna come?

There's no way we
can do that, Jason.

- 'Ned, Viney.'
- I'll come with you.

Abram.

Have you lost your mind?

How are we gonna
take all these people?

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

Follow me, follow..

[music continues]

[melancholic music]

[music continues]

Where are the horses, Quincy?

Oh, they're around
here, someplace.

Then why can't we see them?

I mean, horses are usually
something you can see.

Can't believe, she let us down.
I just can't believe it.

Oh, me too.
I'm shocked.

- A girl of her reputation--
- Would you shut up, Jason?

[horse neighing]

I should've known she wouldn't
leave 'em long without water.

Never doubted her
for a minute.

[speaking Spanish]

Ah, what? I-I mean..

Those negros, Senorita.
Those negros.

Oh, those negros, they're here.
Isn't that wonderful?

[band music]

[music continues]

[people laughing]

Jason and everybody
look like they're flapping.

Cheers to Mexico.

[guitar music]

Hey, Jason, Jason,
come here I wanna talk to you.

- Been working on a new game.
- What sorta game?

You know that gold rush
they got going in Pikes Peak?

What's that?

Northwest of
Jefferson territory?

I figure, if it's still fresh
enough, if we can get outta here

and boost a little real estate.

- How does it sound?
- Sounds alright.

We get started tomorrow,
we could be there

by the first of month.

Yeah, maybe you better
get started without me

and I'll catch up with
you as soon as I can.

- What do you mean?
- Just can't leave right now.

Why not?

What do you expect me
to do with them?

Turn them lose the way you did
all those horses we were on?

Why not? You got 'em here
in one piece, it's safe now.

What more you want?

I gotta get 'em settled
some place.

So they could start taking
care of themselves.

Abram can take care of 'em.
That's the least he can do.

Don't you wanna come, Jas?

Of course I want to,
but you'll just have to wait.

You're not cut out to be
a missionary anymore than I am.

We're a couple of conmen.

You'll end up stealing their
first month's wages.

What makes you think so?

'Cause it's probably what
I'd do, we're like brothers.

Except for one little thing.
One small, little difference.

And because of that, I can be
bought and sold like a horse.

And you can do the buying
and the selling.

[Ginger]
You know, horseback riding
is a bore.

[Quincy]
Oh, this is not horseback
riding. This is travelling.

[Ginger]
Travelling is something you do
in a stagecoach or a train

or a boat.

Why don't we take
a train in the next town?

Trains cost money.

I don't wanna buy one, I just
wanna ride on it for a while.

They still cost money.

We got saddle bags
full of money.

We got saddle bags
full of $14.59 cents.

- We've got $3000 in there.
- Jason took it.

What do you mean,
Jason took it?

Very craftily, and with great
stealth, in the middle of the

night, Jason crept up to our
saddle bags and stole the money.

That son of a bitch.

- How is it you know about it?
- I saw him do it.

- You saw him do it?
- Yup.

- And you just let him?
- Yup.

- You didn't do anything?
- Nope, like what?

Like, you might have reminded
him that it was our money.

Well, I figured after everything
he'd gone through

all the suffering,
that he deserved it.

Suffering.

We're gonna suffer riding these
horses all the way to Chicago.

- I got the bank book.
- What bank book?

To Jason's and my account in
Chicago wherein lies $10,000.

- You mean this bank book?
- Where'd you get that?

You're so careless with your
money, always leave it lying

around in your wallet.

- Ginger, give me the bank book.
- I'll hold it a while.

I don't believe you.

You don't trust me, you think
I'm gonna run off and leave you?

Don't be silly, that thought
never occurred to me.

No, it's simply that I've always
found the best way

to hold a man is to get
a firm grip on his bank book.

Ginger.

Ginger.

Ginger.

[upbeat music]

[music continues]