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Keep drinking, Spaghetti. We're gonna make a man out of you yet.

Mr. Sullivan's right.

You gotta learn to hold your liquor in this country.

Come on.

That's a boy.

What do you wanna do, kill him?

Oh, Della. There you go, crimping our fun again.

Fun! Get more laughs at a funeral.

Wherever you're from, mister, you better go home before something else happens to you.

But this is my home.

Here? I never seen you in Sonora.

I got my farm here, by mail.

I got the pap... paper someplace.

See?

Maybe you can tell me how to get there, huh?

Hmm, the old Mason place.

Let me see that.

Something is wrong?

Why, you sneakin'... MAN: Easy, Sullivan.

What seems to be the trouble here?

You know that Mason land that I've been trying to buy for the last two years?

Like all the other land you've grabbed up, the word is "steal."

Well, I ain't letting no outsider take it right out from under me.

Hold it, Barney.

You better run along. Let Mr. Sullivan cool off.

Your place is five miles down the road, just over the bridge.

Can't miss it.

Thank you, signorina.

Howdy, folks. I'm the Old Ranger.

Our story is about Carlo Farelli,

who came all the way from Italy to Sonora, California.

Not to find gold, but to start a farm.

It's a story about courage

in which a man gambles his life on...

Come in.

Hey, Marshal, you get my message, huh?

Yeah, I just was told if I was out this way, you wanted me to look in on you.

Hey, I see you've got stuff growing outside already.

Yeah, I think I got, uh, what you call the green thumb.

Carlo, you know, folks around here

been buying their stuff from Barney Sullivan's ranch.

Well, if my stuff is better, then they buy from me, no?

Sullivan's the biggest landowner in this territory.

Everybody around here is beholden to him one way or another.

Blacksmith does all his shoeing.

Murchison sells him staples.

He buys harness from Wilbur. Sure, it's a big country.

Plenty of room for everybody. There should be.

But Barney's been trying to buy this place for a couple of years

to add to his main spread.

Well, why he no buy it, then?

'Cause he wouldn't give old man Mason a fair price.

But he still wants the place. He needs the water.

Well, that's too bad, Marshal. Now it's mine.

Carlo, there are ways of making this rough on a man,

and Sullivan knows every one of them.

I am not worried, Marshal.

I am the kind of man who gets along with everybody.

Good. Fine. Now, what'd you want to see me about?

Oh, well, you sit down. I get us some vino, and I tell you all about it.

Never mind the vino. I'm on my way to Red Rock to pick up a prisoner.

Was it something important?

Well, it is to me.

Marshal, you know I'm doing okay here.

I'm a very happy man.

Except... something is missing.

Le-Let me put it this way.

My days... they are filled with hard work.

But my nights... they are...

they are not filled with anything.

They are empty.

Marshal, you know what I mean.

You mean you want a wife?

Siì! That's it! I want a wife.

And I know you travel all around.

Maybe you know a woman who...

who is looking to get married?

No, I can't say as I do.

Oh. Well, how about that, uh... that place...

What do you call that place? The girls there. Uh, the Tigre.

The Tigre?

Well, they're dance hall girls, Carlo.

I mean, they... they just aren't what you're looking for.

There was one there...

I think her name was, uh, Della.

Della?

Oh, she was nice.

Oh, she was very nice.

Carlo, take my advice. Wait a while.

You'll find somebody who'll make you a good wife.

Well, if I'm going to get to Red Rock before dark, I better make tracks.

And, Carlo,

don't do anything you'd be sorry for.

Don't you worry, Marshal. I know what I'm doing.

Arrivederci.

Well, you sure sound anxious.

Well, I think when a man reaches my age, it is good to get married, no?

Yeah, I guess it is. But like I said,

ain't nobody around I know worth marrying.

Well, if you hear of somebody, you let me know, huh?

Say, a lot of girls over at the Tigre got a hankering to get married.

The Tigre? Them girls is good for marriage?

I oughta know. Married one myself.

Why don't we go around and do a little shopping?

Well, come on. Come on. Can't hurt to take a look.

Here, have a fresh one while Flossie shows you some more.

No, please.

My head's already dizzy.

Come on, Flo. Show off for the man.

Best in the territory, eh, boys?

What do you say, Spaghetti?

She's nice. Very pretty.

But too skinny.

Oh, tough luck. Next. Oh!

No, that's enough, ple... Wait a minute.

Now, you said you wanted a woman.

Yes, I said I wanted to get married.

I ain't ashamed.

All these ladies here... they are very nice.

And a joke is a joke, but the joke has gone far enough, no?

What do you mean, "joke"? No, these girls are all serious.

Ain't ya, girls?

Uh, we wanna get married.

You feast your eyes on this next little filly.

Come on, Suzie.

Very nice. Very nice.

But I think maybe a farmer's wife...

she's got more to do besides flirt with the eyes, huh?

Come back here for another drink of that whiskey, mister?

No. He's looking for a wife.

A wife here? That's right, boss.

Ain't we got the classiest women in town?

And what does he do? He insults 'em.

He insulted our fair maidens?

Wait a minute. I don't insult nobody.

One was too skinny, one was too tall,

and now he don't like Suzie's eyes.

Well, we can't let him get away with that, can we, boys?

No! Hey... Look, I no want no trouble.

Oh, these ladies are all very nice.

I just think that... You know what I think?

I think we're gonna throw you right outta here.

I laughed a lot, this dadgull had shot hisself in the boot!

Well, if this doesn't get him hotfooting out of town, nothing will.

You're not gonna get his farm that easy.

Oh, now, Della, why do you always suspect the worst in me?

Pete, give us a drink.

Forget it, Pete. I'm fussy who I drink with.

What's come over you, anyway?

Should be the life of this joint.

Maybe I'm sick of being the life of a joint like this.

Honey, you've got a standing offer to move over to the Bar 4 at any time.

I think I could make things real interesting for you out at the ranch.

There's only one thing wrong with that offer.

What's that?

You.

Get yourself another girl, Pete.

Signorina.

Oh. Hello, Carlo.

It's a nice night.

Yeah. Real nice.

I'm sorry about what happened in there.

Oh, that was nothing. That Mr. Barney is just a big kid.

He don't mean no harm.

But I don't want to talk about him.

You like to take a little walk?

Walk?

Okay.

You know, I really am looking for a wife.

Sure are going about it in a funny way.

Funny? It's not exactly like other people do.

Like you were shopping for a horse or something.

Oh, that... that in the bar. That was just a joke. I know that.

But how come... how come you no apply?

Like them others. Me?

You don't want to get married?

I hadn't thought about it much.

Then I come to see you.

Oh, I'm afraid that I won't be around here much longer.

You going away?

I quit my job.

Why you do that?

Just felt like it.

Well, what will you do? Where will you go?

I don't know. Red Rock, maybe.

Red Rock? How I come to see you there?

Thanks, Carlo, but you don't want me.

If I don't want you, then who I want?

But I'm no different than Suzie or Margie or Floss.

Oh, you lot different.

You don't understand what I mean.

I understand it here, inside.

You're a fine person.

You really think so? I know so.

It's a funny thing. I come to this town,

I want to find nice woman to get married.

Love comes later.

But in my mind, all I can see is you.

From the first day.

I... I know am not much.

Will you marry me?

Oh, it's real nice of you to ask, Carlo, but...

You got nobody. I got nobody.

Together, we got each other. We make good life.

No. I'm afraid it won't work out.

Is there another man?

No. No other man.

Maybe you think you... you don't know me long enough.

I am a good man, I am a hard-working man,

and I make a good husband.

In Italy I have a big dream: someday I'm going to own my own farm.

I'm going to plant all kinds of vegetables and tomatoes.

So I study the English, I save all my money.

Today I own my own farm.

The vegetables... they are planted.

Pretty soon, they are ready to sell.

I have everything...

except...

a wife and bambini...

kids.

With you, I could have both of them, Miss Della.

What do you say?

All right, Carlo.

If you want me, I'll... I'll marry you.

Boy!

Some more coffee, Marshal?

Oh, no, thank you, ma'am. I've got to be going.

Marshal, you come again, huh?

Why don't you stay for supper, Marshal?

Siì, you stay. Della... she's a wonderful cook.

Well, maybe some other time. I've got a big territory to cover.

Marshal, when you see some of the others from town,

tell them to come out.

Della, she's like a little company sometimes.

Sure. I'll tell them. Oh, Marshal, you wait.

I got something for you.

Thanks for dropping by, Marshal.

He's been pretty low. Well, he looks fine.

He hides his feelings.

He's a man who loves people and wants friends.

Folks won't have anything to do with us.

Oh, now, Della, it's... Oh, it's true, and you know it.

They're afraid of Barney.

I might've known he'd take it out on us.

I never should've married Carlo.

Barney'll get over it in time.

Not until he ruins us.

Folks won't knuckle down to him forever.

I hope not.

'Cause after a while, it won't be only Carlo and me.

Be our kids.

Kids?

I haven't told Carlo yet.

There'll be no holding him.

Compliments of the house.

Look at that. That's the biggest tomato I ever saw.

Sure. My whole crop's like that.

I'm going to take them to town tomorrow and sell them like hotcakes.

Yeah. I hope so. Well, I gotta be going.

Thanks, Carlo.

Good-bye, Della.Bye.

Marshal, you... you come again, huh?

So nice to have you drop by.

Right, Carlo.

Boy, sure makes me happy to have somebody from town coming.

You're gonna be happier when... when I tell you my news.

News?

We're going to have a baby, Carlo.

First, my tomatoes, and now this?

I'm the luckiest man in the whole world.

Are you, Carlo? Oh, what else?

Della, we have to have a big fiesta here to celebrate.

Tomorrow, we take our vegetables into town,

we sell them all, and we invite everybody. I don't know, Carlo.

Sure. Now, let me see who we're gonna have.

We're gonna have the blacksmith and his wife, and we're gonna have the Murchisons.

We're gonna have the Wilburs. Oh, we're gonna invite all our friends at the Tigre.

We're gonna have a time like they never see before.

No sale?

If I don't sell my vegetables, I go out of business, maybe lose the farm.

You should never have married me, Carlo.

Don't you say that. Don't you never say that.

He might've forgiven you for buying the farm,

but he'll never forgive you for marrying me.

Long as we stay in this town, I'll be trouble to you.

It's not you who's the trouble.

It's him.

You know, I think maybe I have a little talk with Mr. Barney, man-to-man.

No. You're only begging for trouble. No.

You wait here for me.

Hey, everybody, come and see what I got.

You ever see tomatoes like this, huh?

They're real jewels. Take a look. Go ahead.

Try that. Take a bite. Come on. Everybody, take a bite.

I want everybody to try. How about you there? Go ahead. Try another one. Here.

How do you like that? Hey, Pete.

Carlo, you are a good farmer.

How much you need, Pete? Well, I could use...

Pete don't need no vegetables. Do you, Pete?

Well, no, Carlo. I put in a supply yesterday.

Maybe you did, maybe you didn't, Pete.

You calling Pete a liar?

No. Pete's a good man.

But he's afraid of you, just like everybody else.

So I gotta ask you, Mr. Barney,

man-to-man,

what did I do to you?

Ain't I got a right to sell my vegetables?

Ain't all these people got a right to buy them?

If you don't like the way things are around here,

maybe you oughta go back where you came from.

You want me to go.

But I ain't gonna go.

This is a free country, Mr. Barney,

and I got just as much right here as you got.

Della and me... we like this place, so we gonna stay.

And I'm gonna raise my kids here too.

Kids, huh?

That's right. And the first one is on the way.

Ah, a kid, huh?

Well, that calls for a toast.

Give my friend a drink, Pete.

Toast.

To the kid and his old man.

Stop it.

Stop it!

Now, hold it, Barney. He hasn't got a gun.

Give him your gun.

Yeah, let 'em shoot it out fair and square.

"Fair and square"? Carlo never handled a gun in his life.

Well, he better learn now! Nobody jumps me and gets away with it.

You're just looking for an excuse to kill him.

Well, you're not gonna get it.

There'll be no shootin'.

Let your wife do your talking for you?

You go stay with the other girls.

And you listen to me.

All the time, I try to be nice to you, polite,

because I don't want no trouble.

For myself, I don't care.

When you insult my wife and my kid, now I gotta do something.

Yeah. Why don't you use this, huh?

Murder. That's what it'll be.

You gotta let 'em fight it out, honey.

There's nothing you can do.

Well, take it.

The fastest man with the gun... he's the winner, huh?

He's the winner. The other gets measured for a coffin.

I don't know about these things. I never use a gun.

Look, if you're trying to weasel out of this...

No, I no try to weasel out.

I just want the same chance to kill you you got to kill me.

What do you want? Fight it out with ripe tomatoes?

No.

You take all the bullets out of the guns except one.

Pete calls the shots.

The man who comes up with the lucky bullet is the lucky man, okay?

Yeah. That sounds fair, all right.

Yeah, how about that, Barney?

That's crazy. No, it's no crazy.

Because nobody miss, because we hold the guns like so,

all right?

It's all right, boss. I'll fix 'em, huh? Give me your gun.

Shovel, I'll fix the guns.

You trying to say that...

This is my saloon. There'll be no shenanigans.

Don't do it, Carlo!

I gotta do it, Della. But you'll be killed.

Not if God is on our side. And I think He is.

Now, come on. You go back to the girls. Come on.

All right.

One bullet in each gun.

I'll flip a coin to see who goes first.

Barney.

Heads.

Heads.

Go ahead, Carlo.

It's your turn.

All right, Barney.

Hold it, Barney. It's Carlo's turn.

Okay, Barney. But I'm still watchin' ya.

No. No.

No more.

No more!

Well, you sure showed him, Carlo.

I knew he was yellow all the time. Didn't you?

Hey, he would've made it next time around.

Here, Mr. Shovel. I don't want this no more.

What's going on here? And what's the matter with Barney Sullivan?

He just about ran me down outside.

He just lost a little shootout with Carlo.

Don't worry, Marshal.

It was a shootout with no shootin'.

A shootout with no shootin'?

Let's go home, Carlo.

Siì, Della. We go home now.

So long, everybody.

Della, I almost forget.

Hey, everybody, a big fiesta at our house.

Saturday night. You're all invited.

We'll be there, Carlo.

Say, will somebody please tell me

how you can have a shootout with no shootin'?

That fiesta was only the first of many here at Carlo and Della's farm.

Folks were more than glad to come

because Carlo had won the respect and friendship of the whole town

when he stood up against Barney Sullivan

in the shootout that had no shootin'.