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Looks like we have company.

Hold the column, Jerry.

Hoy, Jess!

He runs the hunting lodge not far from here.

One of the best guides in the country.

Runs a pretty good rope, too.

Oh, he's already served his time in these rocks.

He trained at Carson with the mountain troops.

You're three weeks late, Major.

Well, you sound disappointed.

Well, it's a big country.

I'd hope you'd take your Army somewhere else this year.

Sorry.

This is my new exec Lieutenant Stevenson.

- How do you do? - Sure could use

you in this outfit.

Thanks, but you'll have to defend

the Rocky Mountains without me.

Mr. Hill doesn't love us anymore, Jerry.

In two days there won't be any game

within 20 miles of here.

What am I supposed to do?

Salute when you go by?

We better move along.

Forward!

Say, where you taking those pop guns?

I don't want any of my clients to get clobbered

with a howitzer shell.

The same danger area as last year.

- Oh. - Here.

We'll pack into the firing range here at Pepper Valley.

Should be there in about five days, night of the 15th.

What's your firing schedule?

Daylight shoots starting at 0700 hours on the 16th.

And in this outfit, that means 0700 to the second.

You can keep this.

There's some young sheep up there.

Watch out for them.

Right.

You're a dead man.

You died a thousand years ago in the foxhole in Anzio,

but, man, you sure look healthy.

Pete Corder.

Jesse, you remembered.

How could I forget a colorful character like you?

Colorful, if nothing else.

How'd you find me up here?

I ran into one of the Army boys about three years ago.

He told me you were

transferred to the mountain troops

and stayed here in Colorado after the war.

So, I rented a horse in Manitou and came calling.

I thought by now you'd be selling slot machines

to the Sultan of Siam.

He had them.

Coffee?

Yeah, thanks a lot.

Oh, uh, uh, uh.

Napoleon brandy.

I've been saving it for an occasion.

Oh, yeah?

What is the occasion, Pete?

You really wanna know?

Fascinated.

Okay.

Follow the bouncing ball.

I took my discharge in Europe after the war.

I hooked up with a Frenchman,

who needed help in a little trucking business.

We operated along the Spanish border at night.

The hours finally interfered with his health.

After they buried him, I headed for the Riviera.

Oh, and that was fine, Jess.

The sun and sand,

along run of luck at the casino.

I met a Brazilian who owned a yacht,

so I took a trip to Rio.

It turned out the Brazilian also had a husband,

so I went to Bueno Aires.

And after that, it was Cairo,

Madrid,

Berlin,

nothing.

You still fascinated?

Yeah,

but not surprised.

Well, I was.

I sold the old homestead,

because of a little trip to Las Vegas.

I had enough left for a two-week splurge at Sun Valley.

Object: matrimony.

There's a scarcity of rich widows this season.

So the word is flat broke.

Hey, it's foggy, isn't it?

Is that all?

No, no.

No, I remembered you,

and the time I carried you out

of the foxhole to the aid station,

and a lot of laughs we had,

and 40 bucks I owe you.

I thought it might all be good

for a couple of days of chow

and a place to figure it out.

I'm tired, Jess.

I'm very tired.

When I'm broke, I'm the poorest man you can imagine.

Let's bed down that horse of yours.

What brought you up here?

I like mountains.

That girl,

the one with a smile, Peggy,

you ever marry her?

No.

Too bad, she was a nice girl.

Yeah, sure, nice and friendly.

Everybody's friend.

Come on.

What's that?

The Blue Chip Express Direct from Las Vegas to Monte Carlo?

Could be.

Don't see many around here.

It must be way off his course.

Flying awful close to your real estate.

Yeah.

Come on.

Just a little rough air, folks.

Nothing to be afraid of.

Things will settle down as soon as we clear these mountains.

What are you giving us, Red?

You guys are just bouncing us around,

so you won't have to buy dinner.

I suppose this weather means we'll be late

getting into New York.

- We'll make it up. - Well, I hope so.

I have an important engagement there in the morning.

What line are you in?

What?

Oh, banking and investments.

Oh, we got a treasury man sitting up ahead.

Oh, is that so?

Well, I get down to Washington myself now and then,

consultant to the secretary.

Me, I'm done with work.

You're looking at a retired man.

Two-hundred a month steady as she goes.

Guess that doesn't mean much to a fella like you.

Well, we all take our share.

My name's Parkinson,

George Parkinson.

Stan Leppich.

Oh, how do you do?

Everything all right, Miss?

Just ducky.

Say, haven't I seen you somewheres?

Now, chief, an old sailor like you,

you ought to be ashamed.

Guess my line's kind of rusty, eh, Parky.

I wouldn't know about those things.

Just the same, I'll bet I seen her.

Hey, you think she's a movie star, Red?

I'll have to see her smile first.

Like to join our club?

Well, that depends on the rules.

Oh, we just sort of make them up as we go along.

Now Parkinson here, he's used to handling things,

so he'll be the president.

Uh, I didn't get your name.

Sheryl Gregory.

Okay, Sherry.

Red, he's the secretary.

Of course, he'll have to have your phone number.

Just a down draft, folks.

The plane?

It could be a tree crashing in a forest.

Or the wind?

Just the wind and nothing more.

Put some more wood on the fire, will you?

Was it the plane?

How would I know?

Okay, Jess, how's the weather been around here?

Lousy, and it's gonna get worse.

Look, if I'm intruding...

You're not intruding.

- Where you going? - Up on the mountain.

What do you expect to see in all that fog?

More fog.

Keep your eye on the fire.

Hold it.

I had the radio on while you were gone.

It was the plane.

What'd they say?

Flying out of San Francisco to Chicago.

Last heard from 80 miles west of the Manitou Mountains.

Way off course.

The Army won't be able to send out

any search planes till the weather clears,

and like you said it's gonna get worse.

Crash in these mountains,

they're probably all dead anyway.

Don't you want some dinner?

No thanks, I'm not hungry.

You're going to bed.

Staying up all night isn't gonna help.

Well, you've learned since the war, haven't you?

What?

People aren't worth the trouble.

It's better to bury yourself in a mountain ditch.

Are you trying to make a hermit out of me?

Me?

I had nothing to do with it.

Oh, sweet dreams, Jess.

Whistle this is Whistle One.

Say again. Over.

They're trying to tell us something about a plane.

Can't get it.

Out of contact, sir.

Sergeant?

Yes, sir.

We'll move on.

All right, you mule soldiers.

Let's see some graceful motion around here.

In case we get lost we can put a note in the bottle.

Okay, partner.

Get one thing straight.

There's no picnic out there.

Some of those mountains go straight up,

and we use this for an elevator.

Can I learn?

I can teach.

Then what are we waiting for?

Save your wind, boy!

You're gonna need it!

Elevator time, huh?

Yep.

Do we carry the horses,

or do they walk up?

Turn them loose they'll find their way back.

Climb into this.

I got to climb a mountain in this?

You'll learn to love it.

There isn't any other way around, is there?

Not unless you wanna take two or three days at it.

Here's your rifle.

Well,

I hope you remember what the Army taught you.

If you remember what I told you.

You climb with your feet.

Use your hands for balance.

And don't get spread eagle on that pitch,

because you'll start to vibrate

and probably fall off.

Come on.

We'll have to belay it from here.

Scared?

How'd you guess?

On belay.

"Up belay, on belay, climbing,"

as we mountain climber say.

Jesse!

I can't let go!

Pull your hands together slowly.

Don't look down!

I'm shaking, Jesse.

I'm gonna fall off.

Listen to me.

You won't fall.

You've got to pull one hand free.

That's the only way you can stop the vibration.

You've got to turn one hand loose.

Climbing.

When I grow up, I wanna be just like you.

You're doing all right for a beginner.

Starting to get dark.

We better keep moving.

Artillery to aircraft. Roger.

Receiving you loud and clear. Over.

Major?

There's a commercial aircraft down somewhere.

Could be in these mountains.

You guys seen anything? Over.

Nothing?

Want us to give you a hand? Over.

Couldn't even tell you where to start looking.

We'll check you later if we need you.

Oh, better hold your fire practice

till we get a line on survivors. Over.

Wilco. Anything we can do.

Good luck. Out.

That coyote won't be satisfied

till he gets into the wreck.

That's a pleasant thought.

All right, Parkinson.

I guess we're all kind of

getting on each other's nerves.

I'm not interested in the dead.

Hey, let me see that.

Well, what do you know.

It's Sherry!

I knew I seen her some place before.

Yeah, certainly, she's the type.

What you got something against models?

Our tastes are different, Mr. Leppich.

How's Red doing?

Well, he's sleeping again,

if you can call it sleep.

Hey, why didn't you tell us?

Tell you what.

What about it?

What about it?

You're famous.

You know, you haven't changed a bit.

That's where you're wrong, sailor.

Wanna do me a favor?

Well, sure.

Burn it.

Why?

Because a year ago that picture made me $50.

Sometimes you don't like to be reminded about last year.

Oh, I found your bag.

Oh.

Thanks, chief.

Let me keep it a little longer, huh?

It'll help keep the wind out.

That copilot, what can you do for him?

How can you help a guy hurt like that?

Maybe if he'd been up in the cockpit where he belonged,

this might not have happened.

And you'd be in your counting house

counting out your money.

But you're stuck in this refrigerator.

And the only if is if somebody's looking for us.

Of course, they're looking.

Where?

- What? - Where they gonna look?

Weather like this we could sit here for a month.

Well, that's ridiculous.

Yeah, ain't it?

Mr. Leppich,

I'll prepare a schedule of the rations.

Now suppose you go through the wreck,

and see if I've overlooked anything.

Ms. Gregory, if you'll...

Who made you king of the mountain?

Happen to have had some experience at organization.

All right, then you scrounge through the wreck.

I'm going out and get some wood,

so we don't freeze to death if this snow hits us.

Well, see that you make a good job of it!

What a doll.

Yeah.

Hey, hey, wait a minute.

I haven't had so much fun

since they kicked me out of the Campfire Girls.

They did that to you?

You should have come over with us Boy Scouts.

That's why they kicked me out.

You know, I keep thinking I could've

been in that part of the plane.

Well, it wouldn't make a lot difference anyway.

Come on, what kind of talk is that?

Always good for a laugh, that's me.

Come on, woodsman, cut that tree.

Come on, girl!

This is it!

Here we are! Over here!

Don't move another step!

Boy, are you guys welcome!

How'd you ever find us?

- What kept you? - Take it easy.

Oh, you're wonderful, doll!

Thanks, but no reward necessary.

Well, hey, how about me?

Oh.

That was the down payment.

We'll make the installments easy, hmm?

Uh-huh, paid in full.

If Ms. Gregory's through entertaining,

my name is Parkinson.

Jess Hill.

We'll get you out of here as soon as we can.

I'm Pete Corder.

- Who's the Navy? - Oh, Stan Leppich.

- Stan Leppich. - How you doing?

And this is Sheryl Gregory.

And what about the others?

There's just a co-pilot.

He's pretty badly hurt.

Where is he?

In the tail. I'll show you.

We'll set up camp for the night.

Uh-huh.

What's the matter with you?

Any objections to getting out of here?

No, no, I was just making some plans.

Parkinson here is our number one power.

Real loaded, huh, Parky?

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

That's all you've been saying

ever since we left San Francisco,

big stock and bond man from New York.

Oh, it's a pleasure to meet a big stock

and bond man from New York.

We came up as quick as we could.

Took us two days to get here.

Oh, in there, huh?

Mm-hmm.

Thank you.

How long has he been like this?

Most of the time.

Just the head?

As far as I know. I don't know much.

Neither do I, but let's try a real bandage on him.

All right.

This is where we were when the plane hit.

Somehow the tail ripped free.

It was good luck, wasn't it?

A miracle.

Red here was standing up in the aisle.

No miracle for him or the others.

Why was that, Mr. Hill?

Because we live such good lives,

or maybe because we've got such great things ahead of us.

I wouldn't know.

Looks like a skull fracture.

Here hold this.

He was a nice guy, nice smile.

Only a little bit on the make.

Is that the way you measure people?

That's how they measure me.

Well, you can relax.

I won't bother you.

Look what are you sore about?

Nothing.

Look, I'm sorry we're such a bother to me.

I'm sorry about him.

I'm sorry about the whole thing.

Here hold this out.

Parky's out getting more firewood.

Good for Parky.

Well, well, well.

Little Miss Celebrity.

How the working girl wins a mink coat.

She asked me to get rid of that.

I don't know why that girl has a lot to be proud of.

Give that to me.

- What? - You've got no right!

- What do you mean? - Give it!

Tell her, Mister!

What's your trouble?

Your friend here.

My apologies, Madam.

May I have it, please?

Seems I've been missing something.

Nothing important.

But this is.

I have a very badly injured man in there,

and he can't be moved.

He probably has a fractured skull,

and there's no sense in taking any chance with him.

You'll be all right.

We have a tent and we brought plenty of food,

so it won't hurt you to camp out for a while.

How long is a while?

Till I can get a doctor up here.

That may take weeks.

I'll leave for Manitou tomorrow morning.

With a little good luck I'll have you out here

in four or five days.

In the meantime, keep yourselves warm and dry.

We don't want anymore sick people on our hands,

and save your arguments till we get out.

This country's tough enough without complicating it.

Come and get it.

Well, there's mud in your eye.

Uh-uh, uh-uh, ladies first.

With your permission, Madam?

Allow me to compliment you on your mink coat.

You wear it like a badge of honor.

Lay off the floor show.

Well, isn't this cozy?

I bet you all hate to get back to New York, huh?

Not me, Mister.

My discharge is burning a hole in my pocket.

The old lady's been waiting a long time

for the big furlough.

You know, sometimes I wonder how we ever got three kids.

Anybody waiting for you, Sherry?

Hmm?

Oh, oh, yeah.

Yeah, the fellow I'm gonna marry.

He'll be worried sick.

Well, let me guess.

He's charming, successful, nice iron gray hair,

a little bit overweight, and two divorces, right?

He's young.

He's younger than you are and better looking.

But you're right about his being rich though.

Yeah, he's been away on a business trip to Europe.

He just got back a few days ago,

and he sent for me.

So, you see, how worried he must be.

Nobody's looked at Red for a while.

Let that girl's story

be an inspiration to you, Parkinson.

I'm not interested in her affairs.

Just money, huh?

You know what I wanna know about a good investment,

like if the chief and I wanted to invest our savings?

Certainly when we get back,

I'll be happy to discuss it with you.

Well, suppose you give me a card.

I seem to have misplaced my wallet.

Oh, you'll probably find it in the morning.

Know what's wrong with the world?

What's your answer?

You crash on a mountaintop in the middle of nowhere,

and you still haven't got any privacy.

Sorry.

So am I.

Stay if you want to.

That story you told in there wasn't true, was it?

It was true while I was telling it.

Was I very bad?

Yep.

You see what a liar I am, Mr. Hill.

Tell me, Mr. Hill, how does it feel to talk to a girl

like me who poses for pictures like that?

Interesting, huh?

Almost like reading the Kinsey report.

Now who's got the chip on their shoulder?

Oh, don't misunderstand me.

It's me I don't like.

Any special reason.

Because I'm going back to New York

and that splendid career of mine.

What's that thing hanging around here for?

Now what about this career of yours?

Let me tell you about that.

There's a town in Washington called Hepwith.

They breed cattle, and nice fellas,

and wholesome girls, and me.

I went to New York to make my fortune.

The only trouble was my fortune was my frame.

People wanted to buy it all right,

to plaster on magazines like the one you saw,

and occasionally take it to an apartment

while mama was in the mountains.

"But Hepwith girls aren't like that,"

I kept telling myself.

So after a few photos,

I went back home again.

Score one for Sherry.

Who scored next?

Oh, Hepwith, a home run.

Seems those nice fellas read those fancy magazines.

I was a scarlet woman.

So next stop New York again.

Only this time, Mr. Hill, I'm going to play to win.

So Hepwith girls really are like that, huh?

That's what the boys say.

The boys must be right?

I'm getting cold.

I better go in.

Well?

See how easy it is, Mr. Hill?

You're one of the boys,

only not one of the rich ones.

Well, it's too bad, isn't it?

Well, this is a fine time to be getting home.

Look, I'd like to get some sleep

if somebody will tell me what the arrangements are?

Well, I'd be glad to have you in my sleeping bag.

I'll take the blanket and the lead too.

My wallet, I remember where I left it.

Hey, Jess.

When you get into Manitou,

mail this for me, will you?

Sure.

Just a minute.

Hey, will you hold this for me a second, doll?

The address is on it.

Anybody else got any messages?

My regards to Broadway.

Man, how that girl can walk.

Look you, I've walked this way all my life.

Got any complaints take them up with my family doctor.

Don't you ever stop asking for trouble?

What trouble? She's crazy about me.

Mr. Hill.

I have to speak to you.

Go ahead.

It's...

It's very important that I leave here with you now.

Everybody wants to get off this mountain.

Why should it be you?

My circumstances are most pressing.

If money would help,

I'll see that you're paid, Mr. Hill.

Well paid, 500, a thousand dollars!

That would make it worthwhile, wouldn't it?

I fail to see the joke.

Well, the joke's on us, Parky.

The big broker here is a clerk in a bond house.

He hasn't got a dime.

What are you talking about?

You ask him.

I've made you a proposition, Mr. Hill.

Well?

Put your money away.

But I'm offering you...

I'm going alone.

Very well.

Two-thousand.

What's the idea, Daddy Warbucks?

What kind of guy are you?

You think 'cause you got all this dough,

it makes you better than us.

Maybe there's a law!

You shouldn't get cold and hungry!

Hey, it's a plane.

A plane! They're coming to get us!

Sherry, you want a taxi?

No.

No, they're going the wrong way.

Hey, come back, you nut heads!

Back here!

You can't do that!

It can't get low enough to spot us.

Empty.

What about it, Parkinson?

Red said there was a treasury guy on the plane.

Where'd you get that money?

That's no concern of yours.

A plane load of people get killed,

you grab the brass ring, huh?

Let's have the rest.

All that money.

I can't even imagine money like that.

I didn't mean any harm.

It's just that for once in my life,

I wanted to have something.

I'm a poor man.

Then why the big zillionaire act?

You people, you're young.

You don't know what it is to dream.

No, you don't know what it is till you get to be my age,

and you dream of what your life might have been.

What would all of you big successful men know about that?

Parkinson, you kill me.

All you had to do was keep your mouth shut, bury the money,

then hire a guide to bring you back here next spring,

but you had to blab.

Shut up.

No!

Now, drop it!

If you think I'm playing...

Now, get back over there, all of you.

You're making a lot of trouble for yourself.

Get back!

Look, Parky, nobody wants to hurt you.

Look, Mr. Hill, you're gonna guide me out of here.

Let me make this clear.

I detest my life.

This can change it.

If you get in my way, I'll kill you.

Parkinson, I got to hand it to you.

You're a big man after all.

I feel big with a quarter of

a million dollars, Mr. Corder.

Well, do we understand each other?

Your answer, Mr. Hill!

You've got the gun.

Well, then we better leave right away.

Some dreamer you turned out to be.

Uh, get me the other pack, will you, Pete?

Okay, Pappy?

Go ahead.

No deal, Parkinson.

Lay it down.

That's a big boy.

Don't get excited.

All right, Jesse, you heard what the man said.

Let's get moving.

Look, Pete, if this is your idea of a joke...

Sure, just a barrel of fun.

Look at his face.

I'm sorry, Jesse, the stakes got too high.

No dice, Pete, I've seen you run a bluff before.

Don't make me do without you, Jess.

Pick up your rifle, Parkinson.

You just bought yourself some high-priced help.

I think I've made a wise partnership.

50-50 basis?

A pleasure.

All right, we're all going camping

before that plane gets back here,

and nobody's gonna get any brave ideas,

because one of us will always be awake

just to watch the store.

Okay, chief?

Anything you say.

I got the cleanest nose in town.

Sherry.

All I want out of this is my mink coat.

Well, we might be able to do even better than that.

Look, Jess, half this box buys my way back to the Riviera.

Fun in the sun.

You wouldn't wanna hate a guy for that, would you?

What about the pilot?

He goes with us.

You'll kill him.

Sorry, everybody plays.

Everybody wins.

Maybe it's the quickest way back to a doctor.

My old buddy,

still figure all you have to do is set the screws,

and everything comes out the way you want it, huh?

Well look out there.

There's a blizzard fixing to cut loose any hour.

Temperatures dropping every minute.

Now if you think you can climb those hills, go ahead.

But together, we haven't got a prayer.

I'm not worried, Jess.

You'll get us out of here just fine.

All right, let's break camp.

Chief, you knock down that shack.

- Why? - 'Cause I'm the admiral.

Aye, aye, Admiral,

You better build one of those fancy

mountain stretchers for the pilot.

Pete, do you know what you're doing?

Believe me, clear as crystal.

Hey, get your things, bright eyes.

You bet.

Oh, Parkinson, I got a tip for you.

If it's concerning that girl...

No.

I mean serious.

Nobody knows that I'm in on this.

If they were to find your wallet in the wreck,

nobody'd ever look for you either, would they?

But the others, surely they'll tell.

No.

No, I don't think they'll tell anybody anything.

Oh, I'd leave that here if I were you.

Oh, you want papa to kiss it and make it better?

I want papa to fall down a ravine.

You know what keeps me warm, Sherry?

The thought of all those balmy breezes.

How'd you like to trade that coat for a bikini?

What and give up all this.

The trouble is you haven't seen me at my best.

You'd love me on the Riviera.

Mr. Corder!

This is hers.

She's been marking the trail.

How long?

Honey, you haven't seen me at my worst either.

You want me to beat it out of her?

I don't think he likes you very much, Sherry.

You better tell us.

All right.

Touch her again, you can find your own way out of here.

He's right, Parkinson.

A deal's a deal.

I'll double back a ways

and see if she left any other souvenirs.

Mighty brave girls they raise in Hepwith.

Finally made the big time.

I got slapped around by a guy with

a quarter of a million bucks.

Let me see that ankle.

Nice legs for a mountain goat.

Did you sprain it?

No, no, I don't think so.

You guys make me sick.

Slobbering over her like she was a queen or something.

Now look, Buster.

Maybe you won't pose for pictures like that anymore.

Not after this trip.

- Why you! - Uh-uh!

What's he got against me anyway?

Did you leave anything else back there in a trail?

No, I just got the bright idea.

Hey, maybe if somebody's looking for us...

I wouldn't count on that.

Might as well face this fact too.

Pete wiped that camp out,

so it would look like no survivors.

As far as anybody knows, you both died in the crash.

He's only keeping you along because he needs me.

And when he doesn't...

You know, it's funny,

before I didn't much care if I was dead or not.

Now I just don't go for the idea.

Two wars and not a scratch.

You know what really kills me?

My wife makes me get out of the Navy

'cause it's too dangerous.

I say we make a play

for this knucklehead right now.

Take it easy.

He's high as a kite,

and don't think he won't shoot.

What do we do?

Sit here and wait for a shot in the back?

His heart's going like a trip hammer.

Hey, Jess.

Let's get some water.

How far is the cabin?

Three days.

That's kind of long, isn't it?

With a girl and a stretcher it's pretty good time.

You hate my guts, huh?

Look, Jesse, if the money was in a bank or in a store window

or in somebody's pocket walking down Fifth Avenue,

I'd say, "All right, you leave it there."

But out here in the middle of nowhere belonging to nobody?

Why you don't pass a thing like that up, Jesse.

What do you want me to do?

Pat you on your head, and say,

"That's all right, Sonny."

Don't get wise, Jesse.

You know why I wiped out that camp.

When I leave these mountains,

I don't have to look over my shoulder ever again.

Now just don't make me hurt you, Jess.

There's plenty for both of us.

Why, you know, three days ago we were friends.

Friends!

You've been planning how to kill us

ever since we left that wreck.

Here's a piece of friendly advice.

Alone in these mountains peaks, you're dead.

You're stuck to me as tight as I'm stuck to you.

Only one of us are gonna walk out of here alive.

You figure out which one.

That coat of yours is getting pretty beat up.

That was the best thing I owned.

It's a funny thing about a coat.

If it keeps you warm, that's all that matters.

Live and learn.

You're quite a gal, Sherry.

I just crack up well.

Well, how about those sleeping arrangements?

Who gets the tent?

What's your pleasure, Sherry?

You giving me a choice?

Well, let's look at it this way.

I've got a nice face, money, a future,

and you've got a nice everything

but no money and no future.

Just think about it.

It's nice to lie on a warm beach in a $50 bathing suit.

This is your last chance to change sides, Sherry.

Too bad I didn't know you before the plane crash.

Well, it's not too late.

Oh, yes it is.

Before I would've gone like 60 for that pitch of yours.

Now you just make me sick.

The little lady wins herself a plate of beans.

You people are gonna have to give up

eating for a while!

How do you expect us to climb these stinking hills?

The way I see it, ladies and gentlemen,

the hungrier you are, the faster we're

gonna get to where we're going.

Boy, what a childhood you must have had.

It was great!

My mother loved me.

No sad stories.

I had everything I wanted.

I'm a self-made success.

Maybe you'd be more successful

if you kept your mind off that girl.

All you have to worry about is the money.

How maybe you never get a chance to spend it.

The law is no problem for me, Mr. Hill.

You see, I died in that plane crash.

Shut up.

Sounds like Pete's idea.

Real easy way to get rid of you when the time comes, huh?

Why you!

All right, take him in the tent.

Don't get spooky on me.

We're still a long way from home.

He said you'd kill me.

Well, why not?

How do I know you won't?

There's your guarantee, Parkinson.

You shoot first.

That way you get to keep all the money

and you get to watch them all by yourself.

You get to figure out what

Jesse has in the back of his mind,

because he has something up there.

You get to stay awake all night

and walk all day and stay awake all night again.

And maybe you get to die here like Jesse said.

And that coyote will come down here

and nibble on your head.

So go ahead and shoot.

Now you know why we need each other.

You go to sleep.

I'll take the first watch.

The skin's not broken.

All the battles I've been in

and for the first time in my life,

I really wanna kill somebody.

Now if you wanna go home,

you can't fight the rifles.

And I can't sit around waiting to get shot either.

- Leppich! - You'll still be

playing it cool when you're laying in a ditch.

Listen to me.

We're only a day away from a mountain artillery outfit.

What?

They move in the firing range near here.

How do you know?

They'll be in position tomorrow night,

and so will we

if I can swing Pete away from the cabin.

What if he don't buy it?

Then we're out of luck?

Yeah.

Something to think about, ain't it.

Jess?

Jess?

Jess, why did you go looking for the plane?

You had your life the way you wanted it.

You didn't even know us.

But now maybe you're gonna get Killed for it.

It's a great lesson in that.

What lesson?

Like trying to plant that compact

or turn down Pete's proposition.

You're not such a tough guy, Sherry.

We're gonna move fast today.

I wanna make the ridge by 10 o'clock.

Anything you say.

Jess?

Jess!

Yeah.

You knew he'd die.

You knew he couldn't stand it!

Save your breath.

He was dead all the time.

This just makes it official.

What are you all looking at?

Bury him and let's move.

From here it's all downhill.

We can't make it.

We came up.

That was two of us.

We'll have to follow the ridge.

And wait for this blizzard to catch up with us?

I was never partial to the long way.

From here we can almost see the cabin.

We'll all be killed going down there.

The sergeant's gonna make it easy for us.

He's gonna rig a guide rope

and let us down nice and gentle.

That's a two man job.

Well, let's go.

Hey, Parky, you play soldier.

If our friend here gives you any trouble,

put a bullet in him

and the girl.

Jesse, there's no handholds up here.

Grab the piton.

Pete, don't struggle.

Grab the fixed rope.

Now start working your way up.

I can't!

Think of the money, Pete.

All that money.

All right.

All right, Jesse, you win.

We'll take the long way.

I can't!

Not much further we'll reach a valley in a few hours.

Oh, please!

You got to keep going, you hear me.

Walker or crawl I don't care,

but you got to keep going!

Keep going!

Come on.

Come on.

Wouldn't mind passing that around, would you?

Now suppose you show us where we are?

I can show you from up on that ridge.

You better come along too, sailor.

There's your route.

That's Pepper Valley.

We'll stay there tonight.

Cabin's on the other side of that peak.

Ms. Gregory.

I've come to the conclusion

I'll never leave these mountains alive.

You don't know how that touches me.

I could tell you something.

Something important if you'd only...

What do you want?

You've been admired before by men my age

and been nice to them.

So that's what's been bothering you, huh?

You're just another one of the boys.

Well, Mr. Parkinson, so what?

If things were different and we were in the city

and I had money, you'd be different too.

Well, there's a way you can have all that money.

You are young and warm.

Get over there.

You open your mouth, and I'll kill you.

Nice going, Parky.

Lay down your rifle.

That's the way to act, Sherry.

I don't want you to get the idea I'm so brave.

It's just that there's no bullets in Parky's gun.

Just in case you got sloppy,

I took them out last night.

So give it back, doll.

Knowles here.

Army search plane calling us, sir.

Relay the message as soon as you get it.

Air to artillery.

We found the crashed plane well out of your area.

No sign of life.

We're sorry, but thanks for the word.

You're clear to go on with your shoot. Over.

Artillery out.

All clear, Major.

Thanks Lieutenant.

We'll begin on schedule at 0700 hours.

How about it, Jess?

Where's that great big Army of yours, huh?

Get back.

We'll camp up in here for the night.

Why here?

Okay, camp out in the open.

You'll freeze before morning.

Sit down here.

Better get some wood for a fire.

Not tonight.

If we're as close as you say,

I don't wanna take a chance on any visitors.

Sit down.

Well, where's your blizzard, Jesse?

I thought you said I wasn't gonna make it.

You haven't yet.

I will.

Somebody might as well say it.

What about us?

Well, look at it this way, Sherry.

You should have died in the crash.

You got a few extra days and a couple of kicks

because you found somebody you liked.

Pete, you don't have to kill her.

- I'll make you a deal. - I make my own bargains Jess!

Bargain day was yesterday.

And you, Jesse, you would've died in the war

if it hadn't been for me, so the way I look at it,

you both came out ahead of the game.

All I have to worry about is whether I can

climb that mountain there all by myself.

Maybe you could.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe I lied to you.

Maybe there's a lot of nothing

on the other side of that hill.

What's so funny.

It just come to me.

You're in a tough spot.

Ask yourself some questions, Pete.

If I told you the truth, you're home free,

but if I lied to you,

you never needed anybody as much as you need me.

Why don't you sleep on it?

I'm so afraid.

He's going crazy up there.

He's afraid too.

That's all we've got to go on till seven o'clock,

About four more hours,

and even if the Army opens up that like you say,

what good will it do us?

They'll never see us.

We've got to be out of here by then.

Moving out in the valley,

that way we've got a chance.

You wouldn't kid a girl, Jess.

Now how could I kid a girl from Hepwith?

You know, if we do get out of this,

I'm not gonna do what I said.

Life's too short to be ashamed of it.

Sherry.

Chief.

Let's go.

We better get going if we wanna make that mountain today.

I thought you said there was nothing behind it, Jesse.

That's all folks.

I have to be moving along.

You fire that rifle, Pete, you're finished.

There's an Army bivouac behind that mountain.

They'll hear you.

You'll never get out of the valley.

The Army, Jesse?

Now why didn't you make it the Marines?

In case there's any regrets,

you died for a good cause.

Parkinson said he wanted to tell me about the money.

He hid it!

- Shut up. - Why don't you ask him, huh?

Ask Parky where it is.

He told you, huh?

- He told you! - Did he?

He did tell you!

Leppich, get over there and stop him!

Ceasefire!

And go!

You call that artillery, huh?

On the battle wagon we use those for slingshot practice.

But you sure shoot good.

Where's your coat?

I don't want it.