Johnson County War (2002) - full transcript
The three Hammett brothers are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
>> YA!
>> I HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP.
THIS COULD DAMAGE ME VERY BADLY
IF IT'S NOT HANDLED CAREFULLY.
>> YOU SEEM, GOVERNOR,
RATHER IGNORANT
OF THE FUNDAMENTALS
THAT PROMPT WHAT WE
ARE ABOUT TO DO.
WE HAVE MONEY.
MUCH MONEY.
WE WISH TO HAVE MORE.
MUCH MORE, IN FACT.
THE PEOPLE WITH MONEY PROPOSE
TO DRIVE OUT THE PEASANTS.
>> WELL, WE DON'T
CALL 'EM THAT HERE.
>> YOU DON'T, BUT I DO.
>> ALL I'M ASKING FOR
IS A LITTLE DISCRETION.
>> I DON'T RECALL
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
APPEALING TO THE COURTS
WHEN HE CAME OVER AND
TOOK OUR SCEPTER'D ISLE.
RAN RATHER ROUGHSHOD OVER
THE LEGALITIES, I FEAR.
>> BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO,
AND THIS IS AMERICA.
>> HELLO, MARSHAL.
BOY, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU.
I THOUGHT YOU AND YOUR MEN
WERE A BUNCH OF BUSHWHACKERS.
HELL, YOU'RE HUNT LAWTON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT,
AND THIS IS YOUR UNLUCKY DAY.
>> HELL, THAT'S JIMMY ALBERT.
>> WHY'D YOU KILL HIM, HUNT?
HE AIN'T NO RUSTLER.
>> HE IS NOW.
PUT HIM ON A HORSE.
> YIP. COME ON.
>> YA!
>> HELLO, JESSE.
MITCH.
WHERE'S THE WAR?
>> NO WAR, HAMMETT.
JUST LOOKIN' OUT FOR
LORD PETER'S INTERESTS.
SEEN ANY OF HIS CATTLE
ON THE HIGH MEADOWS?
>> NOT ON THE HIGH MEADOWS,
SAW SOME WEST OF HERE A LITTLE.
>> HOW MANY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
ABOUT A HUNDRED.
THEY AIN'T MINE,
SO I DIDN'T COUNT 'EM.
>> GOT A PROPOSITION
FOR YOU, HAMMETT.
>> OH?
>> HOW'D YOU LIKE TO COME
AND WORK FOR THE DERBY OUTFIT?
>> YOU MEAN WORK FOR YOU
AND THAT FANCY MAN, LORD PETER?
>> I'LL MAKE YOU
A DAMN GOOD OFFER.
>> I DON'T DOUBT THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW ME,
I'M INDEPENDENT.
I FIGURE I'M BETTER OFF
RANCHING FOR MYSELF.
>> YOU MIGHT BE.
IF YOU LIVE.
>> BACK OFF, MITCH.
THIS IS JUST A PARLEY.
WELL, JUST REMEMBER, HAMMETT,
IF YOU WANT A JOB WITH
THE DERBY OUTFIT, YOU GOT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
YOU DIDN'T ROUND UP
THAT WHOLE POSSE BEHIND YOU
JUST TO GIVE ME A JOB OFFER,
NOW DID YOU?
>> A GANG OF RUSTLERS HAS BEEN
STEALING CATTLE
ALL OVER JOHNSON COUNTY.
AND THAT INCLUDES YOUR BROTHER,
THE LEADER.
>> OH, YOU LOOKIN'
FOR MY BROTHER HARRY?
OH, I GUESS THE JOB OFFER
WAS JUST FROSTIN', HUH?
>> YOU KNOW DAMN WELL
HE'S A RUSTLER.
NOW WHERE IS HE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S A GROWN MAN, MITCH.
HELL, NOBODY CAN KEEP UP
WITH HIM.
I NEVER BEEN ABLE TO.
>> YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK
ABOUT MY OFFER, HAMMETT.
IT COULD BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE.
>> IT'S PUBLIC LAND, JESSE.
EXCUSE ME.
COME ON, DOG.
>> IT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT.
HARRY HAMMETT.
>> HE'S GOT ABOUT 30 HEAD
OF CATTLE PENNED UP.
BRANDIN' CALVES AS FAST
AS HE CAN THROW 'EM DOWN.
>> HE HAS A PARTNER.
WHAT ABOUT TIMBERLINE?
>> I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
>> PROBABLY OUT
STEALING MORE STOCK.
SO LET'S GO.
AIN'T YOU COMIN'?
>> THERE'S EIGHT OF YOU,
PLUS HUNT.
THAT OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH.
>> YOU'RE SO RICH NOW,
THANKS TO LORD PETER,
YOU JUST DON'T LIKE
TO DIRTY YOUR HANDS NO MORE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LITTLE ONE.
HOLD ON.
>> YEAH, BOYS, COME ON.
OH, DAMN IT.
>> COME ON.
>> HOLD UP, FELLAS.
>> AW, SHOOT.
COME, COME ON, COME ON.
>> MOVE!
>> COME, GET TIMBERLINE.
COME ON.
COME ON, GO!
>> LET'S MOVE IT!
>> YA! GIT! COME ON!
>> HOWDY, BOYS.
WHAT BRINGS YOU ALL UP
IN THE BALDIES
SO EARLY THIS MORNIN'?
>> YOU, YOU THIEVING BASTARD.
CHECK THEM CALVES.
SEE HOW MANY ARE NEW BRANDED.
>> OH.
>> DON'T BOTHER.
I JUST PASSED ABOUT A HALF
A DOZEN THAT WERE FRESH BRANDED.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW YOU WAS A BRAND INSPECTOR,
MR. LAWTON.
>> BETTER GET OFF
THAT BLANKET, SON.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO BURN
YOUR BRITCHES
ON THAT BRANDING IRON.
>> TIE HIS HANDS.
>> AND GET HIS GUNS, TOO.
>> YES, SIR.
>> PUT HIM ON HIS HORSE.
>> COME ON. LET'S GO.
COME ON.
>> YA!
>> YOU KNOW, HARRY,
I ALWAYS LIKED YOU,
THE BEST OF ANY
OF THE BROTHERS.
YOU WERE THE DUMBEST,
BUT YOU HAD SOME SAND.
>> HA!
>> YA!
>> WHERE'D HE GO?
>> HE DISAPPEARED.
>> HYA! YA!
>> GOD. HARRY?
DUMB BASTARD.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOURSELF
INTO NOW?
COME ON, LITTLE BROTHER,
IT AIN'T YOUR TIME YET.
COME ON.
DON'T YOU GO ON ME.
MUST BE THAT THICK HAMMETT NECK
THAT SAVED YOU.
>> DON'T YOU GOT ANY WHISKEY?
>> NO. I'M DRY.
>> HOW ABOUT SOME VINEGAR, THEN?
AT LEAST IT GOT SOME TASTE.
>> AH, YOU
LOLLYGAGGIN' WASTREL.
NEARLY HALF-DEAD, AND
ALL YOU CAN THINK OF IS LIQUOR.
HARRY!
>> WELL, THAT, AND, YOU KNOW,
I'M LUCKY, I KNOW.
MITCH SLAUGHTER DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TIE
A PROPER HANGMAN'S KNOT.
>> MITCH AND JESSE.
>> NOT JESSE.
JUST MITCH.
AND, UH, HE HAD
HUNT LAWTON WITH HIM.
>> HUNT LAWTON?
>> YEAH.
>> WELL, IF LORD PETER
IS HIRING KILLERS OF HIS ILK,
FOLKS UP AND DOWN
THIS VALLEY GOT SOME
SERIOUS TROUBLE AHEAD.
AND YOU, LITTLE BROTHER,
YOU BETTER BE MORE CAREFUL
WITH YOUR ROPE
AND BRANDING IRON.
>> OH.
>> NEXT TIME YOU GET HUNG,
I MIGHT NOT BE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> OH, HELL, CAIN.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WITH ME.
I JUST CAN'T HARDLY STAND TO SEE
A LITTLE ORPHAN CALF
RUNNING AROUND OUT THERE.
I GOTTA GET IN
AND PUT MY BRAND ON IT.
>> HMM.
AND THAT'LL BE YOUR DEMISE.
>> YEAH, IF YOUR BAD COFFEE
DON'T GET ME FIRST.
>> OR WHISKEY.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT
I'D PREFER LOOSE WOMEN.
>> OR THAT, TOO.
>> OW.
>> HOW YOU DOING, DALE?
>> GOOD.
>> HOW'S THE MISSUS?
>> PREGNANT.
>> WHAT YOU DOING
WITH THAT WIRE, HAMMETT?
DON'T YOU KNOW THIS
IS OPEN RANGE?
>> JUST FENCING
IN MY GARDEN, JESSE.
>> YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT MOVING ON, HAMMETT.
PUTTING IN GARDENS
WOULD JUST BE WASTED WORK.
>> WHY DON'T YOU MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS, JESSE?
>> WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK
WHEN SPOKEN TO, JAGER?
>> HE'S RIGHT, MR. JACKLIN.
YOU CAN'T TELL THESE MEN
WHAT TO DO.
>> YOU AIN'T SHERIFF
FOR LIFE, NED.
I'M JUST GIVING THESE MEN
FAIR ADVICE, THAT'S ALL.
IF THEY WEREN'T
SO DAMN HARDHEADED,
THEY'D THANK ME FOR IT.
>> WELL, IF I WANTED ADVICE,
JESSE, YOU'D BE THE LAST MAN
I'D THINK OF TO ASK.
>> AMEN TO THAT.
>> FORWARNED IS FOREARMED.
>> NICE SEEIN' YOU, JESSE.
>> RICH SON-OF-A-BITCH.
I'VE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF HIM.
>> YOU SEEN BROTHER DALE LATELY?
>> NO, BUT I WAS JUST
ON MY WAY THERE.
>> AH, SO THAT'S
WHO THAT TROPHY'S FOR.
ANYWAY, WHEN YOU FIGURE
ON BEING BACK?
I, UH, GOT A FEW HEAD
OF YEARLINGS.
I FIGURE I'LL HAVE
YOU SELL 'EM FOR ME.
>> NOPE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOPE?
>> THERE'S SOME THINGS
I'LL DO FOR A BROTHER,
AND SOME THINGS I WON'T.
>> WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL, BROTHER.
I GOT ABOUT, OH, 125 HEAD OR SO,
AND THEY'RE ALL READY TO SELL.
YOU HANDLE THAT FOR ME,
I'LL LEAVE,
NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN.
>> LEAVE?
WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
>> CALIFORNIA.
YES, SIR.
I AM DAMN TIRED OF
THESE CHILL WINTERS.
I'M GONNA GO DOWN THERE
AND GET MYSELF A SENORITA.
OF COURSE, I GOTTA TELL YOU,
LONESOME DAYS LIKE THIS,
DAYS I ALMOST BEEN KILLED,
I KINDA ENVY DALE.
HE'S GOT GOOD WIFE, NICE BOY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I EXPECT I AIN'T
THE ONLY ONE THAT ENVIES HIM.
AM I, CAIN?
>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THE NEXT TIME THEY HANG YOU,
IT JUST MAY TAKE.
YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU MISSED
YOUR CALLING, BROTHER!
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A PREACHER MAN!
PREACHER CAIN.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOIN', JESSE?
THESE CATTLE WERE GRAZING
FINE WHERE THEY WERE.
THEY WERE ON THE BEST GRASS
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT 'EM
ALL SPREAD OUT FOR?
>> WHY YOU GOT 'EM
ALL SPREAD OUT?
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, MITCH.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU FILL IN
MORE OF THAT AREA
RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE
BECAUSE YOU WANT LORD PETER
TO THINK HE'S UP
TO HIS ASS IN CATTLE?
>> HUNT, WHENEVER LORD PETER
LOOKS OUT HIS WINDOW,
HE LIKES TO SEE CATTLE,
LOTS OF CATTLE.
>> BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE
THE REASON, WOULD IT?
>> YOUR JOB IS TO HANG RUSTLERS,
HUNT, NOT MANAGE THE COWHERD.
>> YEAH.
ONE THING I'VE NOTICED
ABOUT LORD PETER,
HE AIN'T HALF
AS DUMB AS HE LOOKS.
>> WELL, THEN NEITHER AM I.
>> THAT'S DEBATABLE.
>> HEY.
>> HEY, UNCLE CAIN.
>> THOSE CHICKENS ARE CRAZY.
YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.
>> MA SAID YOU'D BE COMIN'.
>> SURE ENOUGH I DID.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT YOU?
YOU'RE GETTING
SKINNIER BY THE HOUR.
DON'T THEY FEED YOU?
>> MA SAYS I MUST
HAVE A TAPEWORM.
>> YEAH, THAT MUST BE IT.
WHERE'S YOUR PA?
>> HE'S UP AT THE SHEEP.
THERE'S AN OLD WOLF
SKULKING AROUND.
PA'S HOPING TO GET
A SHOT AT HIM.
>> UH-HUH.
WELL, YOU MIGHT WANNA TELL
YOUR MA THAT OLD UNCLE CAIN
HAS ROLLED IN
WITH THE TUMBLEWEEDS.
>> YOU BETTER TELL HER YOURSELF.
>> HOWDY.
I BAGGED THAT BIGHORN
THAT I PROMISED.
MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> I'M NOT IN
THE MOOD TO EXPLAIN.
>> YOU GET KICKED BY A COW?
>> NOTHING KICKED ME.
THIS HORSE OF YOURS
STILL LIKES MY SMELL.
>> WELL, HERE'S YOUR SUPPER.
>> OH, THANKS, CAIN.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> AND YOU.
AH, JOEY?
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE LONESOME
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR PA'S MULE,
AND WE'LL GET 'EM A NICE,
LONG, COLD DRINK OF WATER, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
>> YOU EVER HEARD OF A KANGAROO?
>> NO.
>> WELL, THEY'RE THESE BIG--
I DON'T KNOW--
LIKE GIANT RABBITS IN
THIS FAR OFF COUNTRY
CALLED AUSTRALIA.
YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY CALL THE BABIES?
>> NO.
>> JOEYS. THAT'S RIGHT.
I READ THAT IN A BOOK.
>> HARRY!
HELL, I THOUGHT YOU WAS DEAD!
>> YEAH, I BET YOU DID,
YOU CHEATIN' SON OF A BITCH,
ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU
LET THEM HANG ME!
>> NO, NO, NO,
YOU GOT IT WRONG, HARRY.
WHY WOULD I WANT YOU HUNG
WHEN YOU OWE ME MONEY?
I NEVER DREAMED
YOU'D BE FOOL ENOUGH
TO LET 'EM RIDE UP ON YOU
WITH A BRANDIN' IRON
IN YOUR HAND.
I THOUGHT YOU WAS IN IDAHO
WITH OUR CATTLE.
>> I WAS, AND, YOU KNOW,
IT WORKED THIS TIME.
BUT IT MIGHT NOT THE NEXT.
MY BUYER'S ASKIN'
ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
I RECKON HE DON'T WANNA
GET ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF LORD PETER NEITHER.
>> DON'T.
>> WHAT?
>> SOMEONE MIGHT SEE YOU.
WE AGREED YOU WOULDN'T
COME HERE IN DAYLIGHT.
THIS IDAHO BUSINESS IS SERIOUS.
WHAT ABOUT CAIN?
>> CAIN TURNED ME DOWN,
RIGHT AFTER HE CUT ME DOWN.
>> THIS IS TOO GOOD A THING
TO LET GO OF, HARRY.
I MEAN, IF IDAHO'S OUT,
WHAT ABOUT CALIFORNIA?
THERE'S BOUND TO BE
A MARKET IN CALIFORNIA.
>> OH, YEAH. THERE'S A MARKET.
IT'S JUST REAL FAR AWAY.
IDAHO'S A LOT CLOSER.
BESIDES, YOU MEAN
TO TELL ME LORD PETER
AIN'T FIGURED OUT
YOU STEALING HIS COWS YET?
>> HE MAY HAVE AN INKLING,
BUT, HELL, THE DERBY RANCH
COVERS MORE THAN 200 SECTIONS,
ROOM FOR MORE COW
THAN WE'RE TAKIN'
JUST TO GET LOST.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT IDAHO?
CAN'T WE TRY IT ONE MORE TIME?
>> MAYBE, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
DON'T WANNA PUSH MY BUYER NONE.
>> HARRY, BY THE WAY,
YOU GOT MY SHARE
OF THE MONEY?
>> OH, YEAH.
BUT I AIN'T GOT IT ON ME.
I'VE ALWAYS PAID YOU, JESSE,
AND I WILL, IN MY OWN GOOD TIME.
>> PULL THE HAMMER
ALL THE WAY BACK.
AIM SLIGHTLY BELOW THE TARGET.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
LET IT OUT.
SQUEEZE.
DID YOU BLINK?
YOU BLINKED, DIDN'T YOU?
>> HEY.
JOEY, DON'T YOU GOT
SOME CHORES TO BE DOING?
>> YES, SIR.
>> COME HERE.
TAKE THE HORSE IN THE BARN NOW,
WILL YOU?
GO AHEAD NOW.
>> WE'LL WORK ON
THIS AGAIN, JOEY.
>> COME ON, BOY.
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT BUSINESS YOU GOT
TEACHING MY SON
HOW TO SHOOT A PISTOL?
>> WELL, HE'S GOT TO LEARN
SOONER OR LATER.
WE DID WHEN WE WERE HIS AGE.
>> THAT MAY BE TRUE, CAIN.
BUT TEACHING HIM NOW TO HANDLE
A RIFLE SO HE CAN HUNT GAME,
THAT'S ONE THING.
THE ONLY KIND OF GAME
A MAN HUNTS
WITH A PISTOL IS
THE TWO-LEGGED KIND.
>> ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.
AIN'T NONE OF MY BUSINESS,
BUT RORY WAS SPORTING
A PRETTY FAIR SHINER.
I THINK OF YOU AS MILD, DALE,
THE GOOD HAMMETT.
NOT ONE TO HIT A WOMAN.
>> SHE CALLED ME A COWARD.
NOW, IF SHE CALLED ME LAZY,
WHICH SHE HAS MANY A TIME,
I LET IT PASS.
BUT SHE CALLED ME A COWARD.
>> WHY?
THE HAMMETTS
AIN'T BRED NO COWARDS.
>> BECAUSE OF
THAT DAMN HUNT LAWTON.
WHEN I TOLD RORY I'D SEEN HUNT,
SHE JUST FLARED UP,
TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE
SHOT HIM ON THE SPOT.
NOW, IF HE'D HAVE PROVOKED ME,
I WOULD HAVE DRAWN ON HIM.
BUT HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
JUST LEFT.
SUPPOSE I'M NOT A COLD KILLER.
>> WELL, HEY, THAT DON'T
MAKE YOU A COWARD NOW.
>> IN MY WIFE'S EYES, I AM.
THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING
TO LIVE WITH.
>> WELL, I GUESS
I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> DALE, YOUR BROTHER CAIN
HERE HAS BROUGHT US
A NICE PIECE
OF MOUNTAIN MUTTON.
YOU GONNA STAY OUT HERE
ALL NIGHT?
COME INSIDE
AND GET READY FOR SUPPER.
WELL?
>> UM...
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THE HAMMETTS ONLY PRODUCED ONE
CHARMER, AND THAT'D BE HARRY.
>> WELL, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
HE WASN'T SO CHARMING
THIS MORNING
WHEN I FOUND HIM
HANGING FROM THE END OF A ROPE.
THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED HIM
WAS THAT THICK HAMMETT NECK
AND THE FACT THAT
I JUST HAPPENED TO COME ALONG
WHEN I DID.
>> GOOD LORD, THAT'S A MIRACLE.
>> ANOTHER 10 MINUTES,
HE'D BE A GONER FOR SURE.
>> WELL, I DARE SAY,
HE GOES A LITTLE TOO FAR
SOMETIMES, BUT AT LEAST
HE'S GOT SOME SPUNK.
>> WELL, WE ALL GOT SPUNK, RORY.
DALE'S GOT SPUNK,
FOR GOD'S SAKES.
>> SPUNK DON'T MEAN YOU
CAN BREAK THE LAW, HONEY.
>> RORY, I DON'T LIKE
HUNT LAWTON ANY MORE
THAN YOU DO.
GIVEN THE EXCUSE,
I'D GUN HIM DOWN.
BUT I JUST CAN'T SHOOT HIM
OR ANYBODY ELSE IN COLD BLOOD.
>> WELL, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND ME THEN,
'CAUSE THAT MAN
KILLED MY GRANDFATHER, CAIN.
AND THERE WON'T BE NO COLD BLOOD
ABOUT IT IF I EVER
GET A CHANCE AT HIM.
YOU KNOW, MY BLOOD BOILS
EVERY TIME I THINK OF THAT MAN,
AND IT'S BOILING RIGHT NOW,
AND PART OF THAT BOIL
BELONGS TO YOU AND TO DALE
FOR BEING SUCH DAMNED
MEALY-MOUTHED FOOLS.
YOU'VE GOTTA WAIT
FOR A PRETTY REASON
TO KILL A MAN LIKE THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I GUESS WE OUGHT NOT TELL HER
THAT IT WAS HUNT LAWTON
THAT TRIED TO HANG HARRY.
>> GOOD GOD, CAIN.
WE'LL ALL BE SLEEPIN'
IN THE BARN
IF SHE FOUND THAT OUT.
>> SHHH.
>> MM, MM, MM, MM, MM.
HONEY, YOU ARE ONE FINE,
FINE, FINE COOK.
>> DON'T YOU BE
SWEET TALKING ME,
DALE, ESPECIALLY NOT
IN FRONT OF COMPANY.
>> GOSH, MA.
IT WAS JUST A COMPLIMENT.
>> NOBODY ASKED YOU, MISTER.
>> GOSH. CAN'T I EVEN TALK?
>> I'M AFRAID TO TALK MYSELF.
>> SINCE YOUR UNCLE CAIN
BROUGHT US SUCH A FINE SHEEP,
I DECIDED I'D TRY
THIS NEW DESSERT.
PASS IT DOWN TO YOUR DADDY.
DALE.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> WELL, IT'S CALLED GELATIN.
>> I CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH IT.
>> IT'S, UH, IT'S KINDA WIGGLY.
>> I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT WIGGLY FOOD.
>> IT'S, UH, WELL, IT'S GOOD.
>> YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO CHEW IT.
>> NO. YOU JUST SWALLOW IT.
>> MM. IT'S GOOD.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> MM-HMM.
>> SPADE, HONEY,
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.
>> MAN, THAT RINGBONE
SURE CAN SNORE, CAN HE?
>> OH, DAMMIT!
IT'S MR. SLAUGHTER.
>> YOU BOYS BETTER
GET YOUR PANTS ON.
>> SORRY, MISS QUEENIE.
RINGBONE, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!
>> EVENING, MISS QUEENIE.
>> LET'S GO.
>> EVENING, BOYS.
>> AVERY.
>> I THOUGHT YOU BOYS
WERE RIDING LINE.
>> OH, YEAH, WE WERE, MITCH.
WE JUST STOPPED OFF FOR--
>> GIT.
>> NOW, DON'T GO
JUMPIN' ON THESE BOYS, MITCH.
THEY JUST STOPPED BY
TO HELP ME WIND A CLOCK.
>> STOPPED BY TO WHORE,
YOU MEAN.
>> AND THERE IS THE PAY,
ONE OF LORD PETER'S CALVES.
>> HE JUST STROLLED ON UP.
LOST HIS MA, I GUESS.
>> HA.
YOU BOYS GET GONE
AND DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU
AROUND HERE DURING
WORK HOURS AGAIN.
>> YES, SIR.
>> RIGHT.
>> AS FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T
QUIT TAKING STOLEN LIVESTOCK
FOR POKES,
AND IF THAT DAMN HUSBAND
OF YOURS DON'T QUIT
WRITING LIES TO THE NEWSPAPERS,
YOU COULD FIND YOURSELVES
IN A PACK OF TROUBLE.
>> DON'T THREATEN ME,
MITCH SLAUGHTER.
I GOT AS MUCH RIGHT
TO BE HERE AS YOU DO.
AND WHAT AVERY WRITES
AIN'T LIES.
>> YOU BETTER HEED ME, QUEENIE.
NEXT TIME, I WON'T BE SO GENTLE.
>> YA! YA!
>> BYE, BOYS.
>> DALE?
DALE, ARE YOU AWAKE?
>> WHAT?
>> YOU AWAKE?
>> I AM NOW.
>> HONEY, THIS LITTLE ONE
I'M CARRYING,
IT'S ALL ELBOWS AND KNEES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE
GIVE ME A BACK RUB?
>> MAYBE.
LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING
TO LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THEY'RE BYGONES.
OH, THAT FEELS SO GOOD.
>> THAT CUSS STILL KICKIN'?
>> I THINK HE'S GONNA
START SETTLING DOWN.
>> OOH.
HE'S JUST LIKE HIS MOMMA.
>> OH. OH.
OH. OH.
OH. OH.
OW.
OH. OH.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> BABY, THAT FEELS SO GOOD.
>> MM-HMM. RIGHT THERE.
>> DALE, NOW THAT--
>> OH, HE'S GONNA BE A BOY,
ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU THINK?
>> DALE.
OH, DALE. OH.
>> NINE MONTHS PREGNANT AND
HE CAN'T LEAVE HER ALONE.
KNOCK HER IN THE HEAD ONE
MINUTE, POKE HER THE NEXT.
AND ME, GUEST OF THE HOUSE,
SLEEPING RIGHT NEXT TO 'EM,
I COULD HEAR EVERYTHING.
AH, IT'S SNOWIN' AGAIN.
>> SAM, OLD DOG COULD SMELL YOU
A MILE AWAY.
>> GOT ANY SUPPER LEFT?
>> OH, SOME SHEEP JERKY.
HAVE AT IT.
>> I WAS THINKING ALONG
THE LINES OF BIGHORN.
>> OH, NO. SORRY.
THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN FOR ALREADY.
>> GUESS I'LL JUST SETTLE
FOR A JERKY THEN.
>> UH-HUH.
SO HOW'S THE WOLFIN' BUSINESS?
>> LORD PETER'S HIRED GUNS
ARE SHOOTIN' MY WOLVES
BEFORE I CAN TRAP THEM.
PERFORATED PELTS
AIN'T WORTH SQUAT.
>> WELL, I GUESS THE BIG BOYS
ARE CAUSING TROUBLE
FOR ALL OF US, HUH?
>> WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> AW, YOU KNOW ABOUT
EVERYTHING, SAM.
>> MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
>> YOU SEEN HARRY AROUND?
>> HARRY?
MOST YOUNG'UNS ARE RESTLESS.
YOU WERE.
>> YEAH, I WAS.
WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME
TO CAMP HERE TONIGHT
IF YOU WISH.
>> I GOT TRAPS TO SET.
BESIDES, A MAN COULD
GET SOFT SLEEPING BY FIRE.
>> OH.
>> OH, I'D SAY, ARTHUR,
JUST MAKE HIM LIFT HIS HEAD.
>> IT'S NOT AS EASY
AS IT LOOKS LIKE, MY LORD.
>> OH, GOOD LORD, MAN, JUST TRY.
>> I'M TRYING, SIR.
>> MR. JACKLIN, MR. SLAUGHTER,
I WANT A WORD WITH YOU.
>> AFTERNOON, SIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEN.
I WANT YOUR OPINION
ABOUT SOMETHING.
I MUST HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH
TAKEN WITH MY BULL,
BUT I'M NOT SURE THIS HAT
DOES ME JUSTICE.
>> WELL, IT LOOKS
ABOUT RIGHT TO ME, SIR.
>> AND HOW GOES OUR LITTLE
STRUGGLE WITH THE PEASANTRY?
>> PRETTY WELL, SIR.
PRETTY WELL.
>> HOW MANY CATTLE
DID YOU SAY I HAVE, MR. JACKLIN?
>> ABOUT 5,000, SIR.
>> THAT'S ODD.
WHENEVER I ACTUALLY
RIDE AMONG THEM,
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE 5,000.
>> WELL, THEY'RE HARD
TO COUNT, SIR.
JESSE'S GOT 'EM SPREAD
ALL OVER THE RANGE.
>> OH, DASH IT, MAN.
LIFT HIS HEAD.
WE MUST TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
YOU'RE DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
>> PERHAPS YOU COULD
SHOW ME HOW, MY LORD.
>> PLEASE, MY DEAR FELLOW,
DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO.
>> YES, SIR.
>> COME ON, HAMMISH,
LIFT YOUR HEAD.
THERE WE--COME IN NOW, SIR!
COME IN!
>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
>> IN YOU COME, MY LORD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
HAMMISH, HAMMISH, HAMMISH.
ALL RIGHT, SIR.
>> VERY GOOD, ARTHUR.
>> IN YOU COME.
>> YES, ARTHUR. OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SIR.
>> GO AWAY, ARTHUR.
GET OUT OF THE PICTURE.
>> OH, YES.
>> PERFECTLY STILL.
>> ARTHUR!
TAKE CARE OF THE BULL.
>> I'VE GOT THE SITUATION
UNDER CONTROL.
WELL DONE, HAMMISH.
VERY NICE.
>> HOWDY.
>> THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP,
BROTHER.
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW
HOW IT IS, DALE.
I CAN'T HARDLY STAND TO BE
AROUND THESE DAMN SHEEP,
MAKES ME START TO GAG.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> OH GOD.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN BIT BY
A COYOTE OR SOMETHIN'.
>> THINK IT'S
THAT OLD YELLOW WOLF AGAIN.
I GOT THREE OR FOUR SHOTS
OFF AT HIM.
JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO HIT HIM THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU'D BEST WATCH
YOUR BROTHER HARRY.
HARRY'S TRICKY
AND HE'S JEALOUS OF YOU.
>> HARRY JEALOUS?
WHY WOULD HE BE JEALOUS OF ME?
>> FOR LOTS OF REASONS, CAIN.
FOR ONE, FOLKS LOOK UP TO YOU.
THEY PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
HARRY'D MUCH RATHER IT WAS HIM
THEY LOOKED UP TO,
AND I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT HE RIDES
WITH THE WILD ONES.
YOU KNOW, IF HE CAN'T GET
ATTENTION BEING GOOD,
HE'S GONNA GET IT BEING BAD.
>> NO. HARRY WAS
LIKE THAT AS A KID.
I JUST DON'T SEE
WHY YOU'D THINK HE'D BE JEALOUS.
>> HARRY KNOWS
I LIKE YOU BEST, CAIN.
>> WHAT?
>> YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID.
AND DON'T YOU PRETEND
YOU DON'T KNOW.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED YOU BEST.
>> WHERE YOU BEEN, HARRY?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WE AIN'T SEEN YOU
FOR A WHILE.
JOEY KEEPS ASKING
WHERE HIS UNCLE HARRY IS,
AND I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU JUST TELL HIM
THAT UNCLE HARRY
HAS BEEN A BUSY MAN LATELY.
>> WELL NOW, BUSY DOING WHAT?
>> LITTLE OF THIS,
LITTLE OF THAT.
>> A LITTLE RUSTLING
HERE AND THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GOT
A ONE-TRACK MIND.
YOU SOUND JUST LIKE CAIN,
YOU BOTH GOT ONE-TRACK MINDS,
YOU, HIM AND RORY.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
RORY'S MIND'S GOT
PLENTY OF TRACKS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ON
A HUNT LAWTON TRACK,
AND SHE THINKS
ONE OF US OUGHT TO BE
MAN ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.
>> OH, YOU GOT TO HURRY UP,
DALE.
I'M FIXING TO PUKE NOW.
>> DO IT OVER THERE, OKAY?
>> YEAH. I'M TURNING HIM LOOSE.
>> GO, GO.
>> LET HIM GO.
NOW I'M GONNA BRING JOEY
A BAG OF MARBLES OR SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW.
AND WHEN I DO, YOU TELL RORY
NOT TO BE SO DAMN COLD WITH ME.
>> I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE
OVER HER IN THAT REGARD,
LITTLE BROTHER.
I DON'T THINK SHE TRUST YOU.
>> HUH.
>> HELL, I DON'T EVEN THINK
SHE TRUSTS ME.
>> SHE TRUST CAIN, DOESN'T SHE?
>> YEAH, SHE TRUSTS CAIN.
EVERYBODY TRUSTS CAIN.
>> RORY, IF YOU LIKED ME
SO MUCH, WHY DID YOU GO
AND MARRY MY LITTLE BROTHER?
>> WITH YOU, I MIGHT HAVE
HAD TO KNUCKLE UNDER.
AND WITH DALE, I DON'T.
>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT
IT WAS HARRY
YOU WERE GONNA MARRY.
AND OVERNIGHT, YOU JUST
RAN OFF WITH DALE.
>> WELL, DALE WOULDN'T NOTICE
IT WAS RAINING UNLESS HE
HALF-DROWNED, BLESS HIS HEART.
AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS I MARRIED HIM,
SO I CAN PURSUE MY OWN PURSUITS
AND NOT BE QUESTIONED.
>> YOU GIVE ME A BUNCH
TO THINK ABOUT.
>> YOU THINK ALL YOU WANT,
CAIN HAMMETT.
I DO LIKE YOU BEST.
I ALWAYS HAVE.
>> RECKON YOU'RE AN ORPHAN NOW,
LITTLE FELLER.
COME ON.
>> YA. GET ON THERE.
>> COME ON, LITTLE DOGGIE.
COME ON.
>> HERE WE GO.
THERE, MAYBE QUEENIE
CAN NURSE YOU
UNTIL SHE FINDS YOU A MAMMA.
>> WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING,
CAIN HAMMETT?
>> OH, HI.
WELL, I BROUGHT YOU AN ORPHAN.
HIS MA DIDN'T MAKE IT.
>> WELL, IF IT'S A REAL ORPHAN.
I TOLD YOU PLENTY OF TIMES,
WHATEVER YOU WANT,
IT'S ON THE HOUSE.
IT'S JUST THEM RIFF-RAFFY
COWBOYS I CHARGE
A YEARLING OR TWO.
AND SOME OF 'EM I WOULDN'T
TAKE ON FOR 50 YEARLINGS.
>> OH, WHO WOULD BE FOOL ENOUGH
TO FALL FROM FAVOR
WITH YOU, QUEENIE?
>> MITCH SLAUGHTER, FOR ONE.
HUNT LAWTON FOR ANOTHER.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THIEVES,
BUT I DRAW THE LINE AT KILLERS.
YOU HUNGRY?
>> WELL, THIS IS ONE YEARLING
THAT WILL NEVER RISE AGAIN.
HMM.
>> YOU DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY
JUST FOR A FREE LUNCH, DID YOU?
>> WHAT ABOUT AVERY?
>> THIS AIN'T
YOUR FIRST TIME, EXACTLY.
WHY BRING UP AVERY NOW?
>> NO. I MEAN,
I NEVER FIGURED WHETHER
YOU TWO ARE MARRIED OR WHAT?
>> LIFE IS PECULIAR, HONEY.
EVEN YOU AIN'T MAN ENOUGH
TO CHANGE THAT,
BUT YOU SURE ARE MAN ENOUGH
TO MAKE IT A HELL
OF A LOT MORE FUN.
>> ALL THE WAY UP.
>> RIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS
TAKE THAT LAND AND JOIN IT.
>> THERE YOU ARE, SIR.
ENJOY.
>> THANKS, JOHN.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT...
IT'S A GOOD START.
>> LEGISLATION
IS GONNA APPROVE IT.
COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK...
>> WHERE'D YOU GET
THAT DAMN VEST, JESSE?
MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE
A CHICAGO PIMP.
WOULDN'T LAST A MINUTE
IF WE WERE DEHORNING.
>> YEAH.
WELL, WE'RE NOT DEHORNING,
WALLY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY VEST?
>> I RATHER DEPLORE IT MYSELF,
I'M AFRAID.
>> WHO GIVES A DAMN
WHAT VEST HE'S WEARING?
HOW ARE WE DOING IN
THE BIGHORN VALLEY?
SQUATTERS ON THE RUN YET?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE.
OTHERS, WE'VE ELIMINATED.
>> BY LEGAL MEANS, I HOPE,
JESSE.
THE LESS OF THIS GETS
IN THE PAPERS, THE BETTER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT MARSHAL
I APPOINTED?
UH, LAWTON WAS HIS NAME.
>> HE DOES WHAT I TELL HIM TO.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HAMMETTS?
>> THEY'RE STILL AROUND.
THEY'RE STUBBORN.
>> CAIN HAMMETTS' NO SQUATTER.
HE BOUGHT HIS SPREAD LEGAL.
>> NOBODY ASKED YOU, CLAYBORNE.
>> WELL, I SAY
WE MASSACRE THEM LIKE WE DID
THE WOOLIES, AFRICA, YOU KNOW?
ANYONE FOR BILLIARDS?
>> HE DIDN'T REALLY
MEAN THAT, DID HE?
>> IT MIGHT COME TO THAT.
THIS SQUATTER MOVEMENT
HAS TO BE STOPPED.
DAMMIT, JACKLIN!
CAN'T YOU FORCE
THESE LITTLE MEN OUT?
>> YES, I CAN,
BUT IT'S A BIG VALLEY,
AND HUNT LAWTON'S JUST ARRIVED.
WE NEED MORE TIME.
>> NOT MUCH MORE, I HOPE.
>> AVERY.
>> HELLO, CAIN.
EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE,
THE MAIL RIDER'S DUE BY,
AND I WANNA GET THIS LETTER
OFF TO THE NEWSPAPER
SO IT WILL MAKE
THIS WEEK'S EDITION.
>> OH, YEAH?
TRYING TO GET YOURSELF HUNG,
ARE YOU?
>> NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO LET
THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY
KNOW WHAT LORD PETER
AND JESSE JACKLIN ARE UP TO.
THEY'VE JUMPED THE ROUNDUP.
>> WHAT?
THEY CAN'T DO THAT!
THAT'S A LEGALLY POSTED ROUNDUP.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
THE LITTLE STOCKMEN
CAN RECOVER THEIR STOCK
THAT DRIFTED OFF
DURING THE WINTER.
MY STOCK INCLUDED,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> AVERY'S RIGHT, CAIN.
MITCH SLAUGHTER TOLD US
STRAIGHT OUT.
>> IF HE INTENDED
TO MOVE UP THE DATE UP,
WHY WOULD HE TELL AVERY?
I MEAN, AVERY,
YOU'RE JUST GONNA REPORT IT
TO THE PUBLIC IN THE PAPERS.
>> I GOT HIM TO ADMIT IT.
>> WHEN EXACTLY IS THIS ILLEGAL
ROUNDUP SUPPOSED TO START?
>> NEXT WEEK.
>> DAMN THEM!
WELL, IF THAT'S THE GAME
THEY'RE PLAYIN',
THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE
SOME UNEXPECTED VISITORS.
>> WEATHER OR NO WEATHER,
IT WILL BE DONE, MR. JACKLIN.
>> SIR, YOU REALIZE BY BUMPING
IT THIS FAR AHEAD, WE'RE BOUND
TO RILE UP THE HOMESTEADERS.
>> PRECISELY.
>> YES, SIR.
>> HEY, WHO'S THAT,
YOUR LORDSHIP?
>> THAT, SIR, IS RUSSELL
OF THE TIMES.
>> THE TIMES?
>> THE TIMES OF LONDON.
I'M SURE YOU READ
HIS ZULU WAR DISPATCHES.
HE'S COME HERE TO INTERVIEW ME
ABOUT MY CATTLE EMPIRE.
YOU ARE DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE,
THEY AREN'T GENTLEMEN.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?
HOW WAS YOUR JOURNEY?
>> DUSTY.
>> YES, WELL, WE'RE A LONG WAY
FROM FLEET STREET.
>> IS THAT A NEWSPAPER?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MITCH.
>> LORD PETER, MAY I ASK,
WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS AFFAIR
CALLED A ROUNDUP?
>> PERHAPS ARTHUR
WOULDN'T MIND EXPLAINING.
>> VERY WELL THEN. ARTHUR?
>> WELL, YOU SEE, SIR,
THE COUNTRY AROUND HERE
IS VERY OPEN.
PERFECTLY OPEN,
ONE MIGHT ALMOST CLAIM.
INDEED, SIR,
IT'S ABSOLUTELY OPEN.
>> OPEN?
OUR READERS DEMAND PRECISION
THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW?
IMPRECISION IS NOT WELCOMED.
>> WELL, YOU SEE, SIR,
THERE ARE NO FENCES.
NONE AT ALL.
NOT A ONE.
SO YOU SEE THE THING IS, SIR,
THAT DURING THE WINTER
THE CATTLE GET VERY MIXED.
EVERYONE'S CATTLE, AS IT WERE,
SORT OF STRUGGLES ALONG
TOGETHER, VERY PROMISCUOUSLY
MIXED, IF YOU GET
MY MEANING, SIR.
>> QUITE.
I CAN SEE HOW THERE
WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY
FOR PROMISCUOUS MIXING.
THE CATTLE OF THE RICH MIXED
WITH THE CATTLE OF THE POOR,
IF I FOLLOW YOU.
>> EXACTLY SO, SIR.
SO, YOU SEE, SIR,
AT THE ROUNDUP,
REPRESENTATIVES OF
ALL THE FARMS--
RANCHES, BEGGING YOUR PARDON,
MY LORD, REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE RANCHES COMES TOGETHER
TO SORT OUT THEIR OWN CATTLE,
WHICH ARE EASILY IDENTIFIED,
SIR, BY THEIR--
BY THEIR EAR MARKS AND
BY THEIR BRANDS.
HA.
I ASSURE YOU, MR. RUSSELL,
IT'S QUITE THE GRAND SCENE,
ALL THE CATTLE MIXING.
>> I DO BELIEVE I GRASP IT.
THE GREAT AND THE LOWLY,
SORTING OUT THEIR KIND,
THAT IS TO SAY,
THEIR CATTLE.
WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARILY
DEMOCRATIC THING
THIS ROUNDUP MUST BE.
>> ARTHUR, THE CLARET.
THE CLARET, MAN, THE CLARET.
>> OH.
BEGGING YOUR PARDON, MY LORD.
YES.
I AM SORRY, MY LORD.
>> WHOA.
>> WHERE'S THE FIRE?
>> WHERE'S YOUR HERD?
>> WHY?
>> JESSE JACKLIN.
ROUND UP EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
GOT THEM WITH DERBY CATTLE,
WEST OF HERE.
>> SONS OF BITCHES.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
TIMBERLINE'S WATCHING THEM.
HE'S GOT THE SPYGLASS.
>> WELL, WHY WOULD JESSE
TAKE MY CATTLE?
HE KNOWS I CAME
BY THEM HONESTLY.
>> LOOK, MAYBE LORD PETER
AIN'T AS STUPID AS WE THINK.
HE RECKONS JESSE'S, YOU KNOW,
GOT SOMETHING GOING,
TRYING TO SHORT HIM
ON THE COUNT.
>> YOU AND ME, WE'RE RIDING
THAT ROUNDUP.
YOU WANT TO SPEED THINGS
ALONG, YOU GO GET DALE.
>> DALE?
>> YES.
>> HE AIN'T LIKELY TO LEAVE
THE HOUSE WITH A BABY COMING
ANY MINUTE, CAIN.
>> WE NEED HIM.
IF YOU AND ME AND DALE
AND TIMBERLINE RIDE
INTO THAT ROUNDUP,
WE CAN KEEP MITCH SLAUGHTER
IN LINE.
NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
ROUNDUPS BEEN MOVED UP,
AND THE SMALL OUTFITS
WILL HAVE MEN THERE, TOO.
>> RORY AIN'T GONNA
LIKE IT NONE.
>> TELL RORY, YOU KNOW,
KEEP THAT BABY IN THE OVEN
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO.
GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YEAH. COME ON.
>> TIMBERLINE, SADDLE UP.
WORK TO BE DONE.
>> WELL, RORY WASN'T NONE
TOO HAPPY ABOUT HIS LEAVING,
BUT HE'S HERE.
>> SO YOU GOT A PLAN
WORKED OUT, CAIN?
>> NOPE.
OTHER THAN GOING DOWN
AND HAVING MY SUPPER.
I EXPECT HAMBONE'S THERE,
STILL COOKING FOR THEM.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE GRUB
OUGHT TO BE GOOD THEN.
>> I SURE HOPE I DON'T
GET MYSELF SHOT UP
JUST BEFORE THE BABY COMES.
RORY WILL BE A TERROR, IF I DO.
>> WELL, I'M NOT EXPECTING
ANY TROUBLE.
COME ON, LET'S GO
HAVE OUR SUPPER.
>> THAT'S LORD PETER'S
MARQUIS TENT.
HE DON'T LIKE TO EAT
OR SLEEP WITH THE HELP.
>> HAMBONE!
>> CAIN HAMMETT, I SWEAR.
HARRY.
>> HAMBONE.
>> DALE.
>> ALL THE HAMMETTS, DAMN IT.
>> WELL, MY SON-OF-A-GUN
STEW'S ABOUT READY.
WHY DON'T YOU BOYS STEP DOWN,
FEED YOUR FACES, HUH?
ALL OF YOU, COME ON.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR BOSS
IS GONNA SECOND THAT INVITE.
>> I'M THE ONLY BOSS
THIS CHUCKWAGON HAS, CAIN.
AND IF I SAY YOU'RE WELCOME,
THEN YOU'RE WELCOME.
NOW IF MITCH OR JESSE
OR HIS LORDSHIP DON'T LIKE IT,
WELL, THEY CAN JUST
KISS MY BACKSIDE.
>> AMEN.
>> SO...
COME AND GET IT.
>> I SAY, MASTER HAMBONE.
>> YES.
>> WOULD YOU TELL ME, PLEASE,
WHAT THE INGREDIENTS
OF YOUR STEW ARE?
>> NO.
>> I BEG YOUR PARDON?
>> NO. NEXT.
COME ON, KEEP IT MOVING.
JUST GO AWAY, SIR.
KEEP IT MOVING.
>> MR. HAMBONE,
HIS LORDSHIP'S COMESTIBLES.
THAT'S A GOOD CHAP.
>> BISCUIT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> MING, TAKE OVER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PRETTY SWANK, AIN'T IT?
>> SWANK, THAT AIN'T ALL.
>> AH.
>> MY LORD.
>> FOR BREAKFAST,
YOU KNOW WHAT HE EATS?
>> I'LL BITE, WHAT?
>> KIDNEYS.
THE MAN EATS KIDNEYS.
WON'T LET ME COOK THEM.
ARTHUR COOKS THEM.
>> WELL, TO EACH HIS OWN,
I GUESS.
I'VE HEARD TALES OF PEOPLE
THAT EATS SNAILS,
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MYSELF.
>> SNAILS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> SHELL AND ALL?
>> WELL, I GUESS
I WOULDN'T KNOW.
>> MMM.
>> HARRY.
>> WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
DOING HERE, HAMMETT?
>> WHAT'D YOU THINK?
WE WEREN'T GONNA SHOW UP
TO THE ROUNDUP?
NOT DO OUR SHARE OF THE WORK?
>> YOUR HELP ISN'T NEEDED.
>> NO DOUBT.
BUT WE'RE HERE,
AND WE AIM TO STAY.
>> HELLO, MITCH. JESSE.
>> HARRY.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD.
>> WELL, I WAS DEAD.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS
JUST ONE OF MY NINE LIVES.
I FIGURE I PROBABLY
GOT SIX OR SEVEN LEFT.
>> WE GOT ALL THE HANDS
WE CAN USE.
>> WELL, THIS IS
A PUBLIC ROUNDUP, AIN'T IT?
ANY MAN WHO'S REGISTERED
A BRAND IN THE STATE
OF WYOMING IS FREE
TO COME GET HIS STOCK.
>> YEP. THAT'S THE LAW, JESSE.
UNLESS YOU MEAN
TO UPSURP THE LAW?
>> THIS ROUNDUP WASN'T
EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
TILL NEXT WEEK.
>> BUT EVERYBODY IN
JOHNSON COUNTY KNOWS NOW,
DON'T THEY?
>> THAT DAMN AVERY.
I TOLD HIM--
>> IT'S AN OPEN ROUNDUP.
YOU BOYS CAN STAY.
>> WELL, GOSH. THANKS, JESSE.
WE'LL BE SURE TO GET A COUNT
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
>> GET UP NOW.
>> AND I MEAN
AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT.
>> RIGHT.
JUST BUNK DOWN ANYWHERE.
>> WE WILL.
>> I SMELL SHEEP.
NO, IT AIN'T SHEEP I SMELL.
IT'S JUST A STINKIN' SHEEPMAN.
>> THIS DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE A FIGHT, CAIN.
>> I WAS JUST WONDERIN'
WHY THE DERBY CAMP
THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY
TO BRING A LAWMAN
TO A CATTLE ROUNDUP.
>> IT'S NONE OF YOUR
DAMN BUSINESS WHY HE'S HERE.
YOU BROUGHT A KNOWN
CATTLE THIEF TO A ROUNDUP.
SUPPOSE WE CAN BRING
A MARSHAL IF WE WANT.
>> HOLD YOUR TONGUE, MITCH.
THE HAMMETTS ARE HERE,
AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
>> LET IT BE, CAIN.
LET IT BE.
LET IT BE, BROTHER.
COME ON. COME ON.
>> WHOA.
>> WATCH IT.
>> HOWDY, SAM.
YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR
SOME OF MY SON-OF-A-GUN STEW.
NOW THAT'S AN OLD BEAVER
YOU GOT HERE, SAM.
NOT MUCH OF A PELT.
>> I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THE PELT.
I JUST WANT YOU
TO COOK IT FOR ME.
>> WHAT?
>> I WANT YOU TO COOK IT FOR ME.
>> I THOUGHT
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
>> WHO ON EARTH IS GOING
TO EAT THIS ONCE IT'S COOKED?
>> WE ALL ARE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SAM.
WOULD YOU BE WANTING TO EAT THIS
FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH?
>> WE'LL HAVE IT FOR BREAKFAST.
>> BREAKFAST IT IS.
>> SAY, THAT'S A FINE JOB, HAM.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, SAM.
YOU WANT TO CARVE IT?
>> OH, NO. YOU CARVE IT.
>> GONNA BE A FINE BREAKFAST,
SAM.
YOU KNOW, SAM,
YOU BETTER HAVE THE TAIL.
ALWAYS SAVE THE TAIL
FOR THE HUNTER.
NOW YOU DID PREFER IT
WITH THE HAIR ON, DIDN'T YOU?
>> NO OTHER WAY TO EAT
THIS FINE CRITTER
THAN WITH HAIR AND ALL.
>> NEXT.
>> EYES WIDE, BOYS.
WE GOT VISITORS.
OH, IT'S TASCOT AND WALDY.
>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF JESSE DIDN'T OFFER THEM
A GLASS OF
LORD PETER'S CHAMPAGNE.
>> DON'T THINK SO.
JESSE'S NOT THAT BOLD.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO MAKE DO
WITH HAMBONE'S COFFEE,
BIG MEN THAT THEY ARE.
>> THINK THEY EAT KIDNEYS?
>> NAW. SNAILS.
WELL, GOOD MORNIN'.
>> I ASKED YOU ONCE
TO JOIN UP WITH US, CAIN,
AND I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.
TOP TERMS.
$60 A MONTH, AND YOU CAN
RUN A HUNDRED HEAD OF
CATTLE ON YOUR OWN.
>> AND I RECKON THE SAME OFFER
WOULD APPLY TO MY BROTHERS
AND MR. TIMBERLINE HERE?
>> NO. THE OFFER DOES NOT
APPLY TO YOUR BROTHERS.
>> IF THAT'S THE WAY IT IS,
I'LL HAVE TO DECLINE YOUR OFFER.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
>> OH, YOU BET
WE GOT OBJECTIONS.
>> OH, YEAH?
>> I TOLD YOU, THERE'LL BE
NO GUNPLAY IN LORD PETER'S CAMP.
>> NO.
I DON'T SUPPOSE HIS LORDSHIP
WOULD RELISH THAT NOW, WOULD HE?
>> HOW MANY CATTLE YOU CLAIMIN'?
>> I THOUGHT MAYBE 200 HEAD.
>> GET THEM AND LEAVE.
I OFFERED YOU A JOB
ON GOOD TERMS.
YOU WERE FOOL ENOUGH
TO TURN ME DOWN.
YOU CAN ALL BE RUN OUT
FOR ALL I CARE.
>> I SUPPOSE YOU CATTLE BARONS
BEEN PAYIN' THIS SKUNK'S SALARY.
>> YOU SHOULD MIND
YOUR MANNERS, BOY.
I AM THE LAW, APPOINTED
BY YOUR OWN GOVERNOR,
TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.
ESPECIALLY...
THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY.
>> WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO DO ALL THAT BIG TIME
WATCHIN' OUT OF ONE EYE NOW,
HUH?
>> DAMN.
THAT WAS PRETTY SMART,
FOR A HAMMETT BOY,
TO HIT SOMEBODY WHEN
THEIR BACK WAS TURNED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IF WE'RE DONE CONDUCTING
BUSINESS, I'M GONNA
CUT MY CATTLE OUT AND GO.
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL HIM?
YOU LET A MAN STEP UP LIKE
THAT AND KNOCK YOU ON YOUR ASS
AND YOU DIDN'T SHOOT.
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO CUT THE MAN DOWN.
>> I COULD'VE CUT DOWN DALE.
BUT THEN CAIN WOULD'VE SHOT ME,
OR HARRY.
AND YOU EXECUTIVE TYPES
WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED
A BIT 'CAUSE YOU'D HAVE BEEN
JUST STANDIN' THERE
WITH YOUR HANDS IN YOUR PANTS.
>> WELL, YOU'RE THE ONE
GETTIN' PAID TO TAKE CARE
OF THESE FELLAS.
>> AND I WILL.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF CAIN.
IN MY OWN TIME.
WHEN THE ODDS ARE RIGHT.
>> CAIN HAMMETT'S THE BACKBONE.
HE'S THE ONE ALL THESE
HOMESTEADERS LOOK UP TO.
>> I AGREE.
>> YOU KILL CAIN HAMMETT
AND WE GOT THE BATTLE WON,
JESSE.
>> I GOT A CARD OR TWO
UP MY SLEEVE.
>> GET TO DEALING, THEN.
>> LET'S GO.
>> DENCIL?
RIDERS.
>> GO BACK IN THE HOUSE,
TAKE UP THE PISTOL.
STAY INSIDE.
>> WHAT SEEMS TO BE
ON YOUR MIND?
>> WE'RE FROM THE J-BAR OUTFIT
OVER IN IDAHO.
WE'RE JUST ON OUR WAY HOME
WITH ABOUT 60 HORSES.
>> YOU BOYS ARE
A LONG WAYS FROM HOME.
>> THAT WE ARE.
>> WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
>> WE'VE GOT A STUD HORSE
FROM AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE,
CAME SNORTIN' IN BY MY MARES,
AND I CAN'T SEEM
TO GET HIM TO LEAVE.
>> SORREL?
>> YEP.
BIG STUD, ABOUT 16 HANDS.
>> GOD ALMIGHTY.
YEAH, THAT'S MINE.
I'LL GO BACK WITH YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I'LL JUST SAY
GOODBYE TO THE WIFE.
THIS WON'T TAKE LONG.
>> I'LL HAVE SUPPER WAITING.
>> YOU STAY VIGILANT.
>> SEE NOW, YOU CUT
ALONG THE EDGE THERE,
IT KEEPS IT SHARP
LIKE THE KNIFE.
NOW, DON'T CUT TOWARDS YOU.
CUT AWAY.
CUT IT AWAY.
LIKE THAT. HARD.
THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S GOOD.
>> DALE, GET IN HERE QUICK.
>> OKAY. STAY HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
JUST KEEP CUTTIN' AWAY
FROM YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT?
>> WHAT IS IT, HONEY?
>> DALE, THIS BABY'S COMIN',
IT'S COMING QUICK.
YOU NEED TO GO HEAT ME UP
SOME WATER AND YOU GET ME
SOME SACKIN'. OKAY?
>> I'D BEST RACE OVER TO
THE JOHNSON'S,
BRING MRS. JOHNSON
BACK TO HELP YOU OUT.
>> DALE HAMMETT, DID YOU HEAR
WHAT I JUST SAID?
THIS BABY'S COMIN' NOW.
>> I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW.
I'D--I'D DO SOMETHING WRONG.
IT WOULD BE--LEMME GET A DRINK
OF WHISKEY AT LEAST.
>> DON'T YOU DARE.
DON'T YOU DARE.
YOU'LL GET ALL SNOCKERED
AND BE EVEN LESS HELP TO ME.
DALE, JUST DO AS I SAY AND
GO AND HEAT THE WATER.
>> RORY!
>> HEAT UP THE WATER!
>> PA?
>> COME HERE, JOEY.
COME ON.
IT'S OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OKAY.
YOU GOT YOURSELF
A LITTLE BABY BROTHER NOW.
HMM?
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
YEAH.
>> AVERY?
WE'VE GOT COMPANY.
>> MAYBE THE ROUNDUP'S OVER.
MIGHT JUST BE SOME OF THE BOYS
COMIN' TO WHET THEIR WHISTLES.
>> MAYBE, BUT I GOT
A BAD FEELING.
GET THE GUN.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, JESSE?
>> JUSTICE HAS ARRIVED,
MISS QUEENIE.
AND HE'S EVEN BRUNG A WAGON.
LAY THE SHOTGUN DOWN, AVERY,
AND YOU AND THE MISSUS
GET IN THE WAGON.
>> WHAT FOR?
>> WE ALL THOUGHT
WE'D HAVE A LITTLE PICNIC.
MAYBE TAKE A NICE,
LONG RIDE TO CHEYENNE.
>> THEN WE'LL COME BACK THIS WAY
AND RECLAIM THEM YEARLINGS
THAT AIN'T REALLY YOURS.
>> YOU GOT WARRANTS
OF ANY KIND FOR OUR ARREST,
MR. JACKLIN?
>> WHY, YES WE DO, AVERY.
DIRECT FROM OLD JUDGE COLT.
>> AND IF YOU DON'T GET
IN THIS HERE WAGON,
I'LL SERVE 'EM UP
HOT FROM THE MUZZLE,
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY'RE JUST BLUFFIN', AVERY.
THIS AIN'T NO KILLIN' BEE.
IT'S JUST A SCARING BEE.
LORD PETER AIN'T A FOOL.
HE'D FIRE 'EM IF THEY HURT US.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE.
>> WELL, I GUESS
I CAN STAND A PICNIC.
HELP ME UP, RINGBONE.
IT'S ONLY FAIR, I HELPED YOU
DOWN PLENTY OF TIMES.
>> LEAVE THE RIFLE, AVERY.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> COME ON. HEY.
SORRY ABOUT THIS, MISS QUEENIE.
EASY.
>> HEY, IT'S ALL IN FUN.
>> YAH!
>> HEY, MITCH. I'M HUNGRY.
WHERE'S THAT PICNIC?
>> WOO HOO!
>> THIS IS MORE FUN
THAN A POKE, AIN'T IT?
WAA-HOOO!
>> HOLD ON, MISS QUEENIE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
WRITE ABOUT THIS ONE, AVERY?
WHOO-HOO!
WE'RE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME NOW.
>> EASY.
>> OKAY.
YOU BOYS HAD YOUR LITTLE FUN?
CUT US LOOSE NOW.
>> SHUT YOUR MOUTH,
YOU THIEVIN' WHORE.
>> MITCH!
I SAID I'LL DO THE TALKING.
IF YOU AND AVERY HERE WILL
PROMISE TO LEAVE THE VALLEY
AND LEAVE PRONTO,
I'LL LET YOU GO.
>> WE OWN OUR LAND, MR. JACKLIN.
WHY SHOULD WE LEAVE?
>> BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE
IF YOU DON'T,
YOU DAMN SCRIBBLER.
SPADE, RINGBONE,
THROW ME A ROPE.
>> SWEET BOYS LIKE SPADE AND
RINGBONE AIN'T GONNA KILL ME.
I ALWAYS BEEN
SWEET TO THESE BOYS,
EVEN WHEN I WASN'T
FEELIN' MY BEST.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, RINGBONE?
>> THAT YA HAVE, MISS QUEENIE.
>> THEY AIN'T REALLY CAUSIN'
ANYBODY NO HARM, MR. JACKLIN.
>> ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S ENOUGH TALK!
TOM, THROW YOUR ROPE.
>> IT'S JUST A BLUFF, AVERY.
HOLD STEADY.
>> WE'LL SEE ABOUT BLUFF.
>> YOU'RE A JOKE
OF A COWBOY, MITCH.
>> YOU KEEP LAUGHING,
SWEETHEART.
PICNIC'S OVER.
>> QUEENIE, TIME FOR YOU
TO BE REASONABLE.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU.
ALL YOU AND AVERY HERE
HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO LEAVE.
>> JESSE, YOU'RE TALKIN'
TO A WHORE WHO TAKES
OUR CALVES FOR POKES.
HER WORD DON'T MEAN SQUAT.
>> SHUT UP, MITCH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MITCH.
YOU AIN'T THE BOSS.
YOU JUST THE ERRAND BOY.
NO ONE GIVES A CARE
OF WHAT YOU THINK.
>> YA!
>> NO!
>> GOD!
>> HOLY HELL, MITCH.
STUPID SON OF A BITCH.
>> THAT'LL TEACH YOU,
YOU THIEVING WHORE.
>> THAT WASN'T PART
OF THE PLAN AT ALL.
>> WHOA!
>> WHOA! CLARA!
WHAT? YOUR HOUSE AFIRE?
>> I'M WORRIED SICK.
THEY TOOK DENCIL.
WHEN I WENT TO FEED THE CHICKENS
THIS MORNING, I FOUND THIS.
IT WAS STUCK IN THE FRONT DOOR.
IT'S DENCIL'S BANDANA.
>> OH, WHAT THE HELL!
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S EAR!
>> THEY GOT HIM SOMEWHERE,
THE DEVILS!
>> GOD, I THOUGHT
CUTTING OFF EARS AND FINGERS
WENT OUT WITH
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
>> WHO TOOK HIM?
>> SOME MEN
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IF WE HAD JUST MOVED
TO MONTANA BUT DENCIL,
HE JUST DIDN'T
WANNA BE PUSHED AROUND.
CAIN, I EXPECT HE'S MURDERED.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT, CLARA.
>> YOU KNOW
DENCIL'S DEAD, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, MOST PROBABLY.
WE STILL GOT TO LOOK FOR HIM.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, YOU AND DALE,
YOU GO LOOK FOR HIM.
I'LL GO WITH CLARA, MAKE SURE
SHE GETS HOME ALL RIGHT.
I'LL HAVE A LOOK AROUND,
SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGN
OF WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE IT.
I'M JUST GONNA GET MY HORSE.
>> GENTLEMEN,
THIS WILL SCARCELY DO.
THIS LOOKS BAD, VERY, VERY BAD.
>> WELL, LIKE I SAID, SIR,
IT WAS MOSTLY AN ACCIDENT.
>> SMALL CONSOLATION FOR
THE WOMAN WHO IS RATHER DEAD.
BUT THERE IS A LARGER POINT.
TRYING TO PICK
THESE RUSTLERS OFF ONE BY ONE
IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING.
THE BRUTES MULTIPLY LIKE LICE.
>> WELL, HOW ELSE
TO DO IT THEN, SIR?
>> I SUGGEST THE TIME
HAS COME FOR AN ALL OUT WAR.
>> WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MEN.
>> WE ARE NOT WITHOUT RESOURCES,
MAY I REMIND YOU, MR. LAWTON.
I'LL BE SEEING THE GOVERNOR
NEXT WEEK,
PERHAPS SENATOR THORPE
AND SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB.
I EXPECT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO IMPORT SOME MERCENARIES,
IF NEED BE, ENOUGH TO MAKE
A CLEAN SWEEP OF THESE PEASANTS.
MR. JACKLIN, SHOULD YOU
HAVE OCCASION
TO VISIT WITH OUR ALLIES,
MR. TASCOT AND MR. WALDY,
PERHAPS YOU WOULD MENTION IT.
>> I WILL, SIR.
>> WOULD YOU SEE TO IT,
MR. JACKLIN?
>> I'LL SEE TO IT
STRAIGHTAWAY, SIR.
MITCH.
>> WHAT'S THE BIG FUSS?
JUST DOING MY JOB.
>> DOING YOUR JOB DON'T MEAN
HANGING QUEENIE, YOU IDIOT.
NOW, THE FAT'S REALLY
IN THE FIRE.
>> SHE HAD IT COMING.
SHE HAD A SMART MOUTH.
>> THAT DON'T MEAN
YOU HAD TO KILL HER.
THAT'LL BE IN EVERY DAMN
NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY.
STIRRING UP SYMPATHY
FOR THE HOMESTEADER.
SURPRISED LORD PETER
DIDN'T SHOOT YOU ON THE SPOT.
HELL, I SHOULD HAVE
SHOT YOU MYSELF.
>> SHE'S JUST AN OLD WHORE,
JESSE.
FOLKS AIN'T GONNA
HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY
FOR SOME BOSSY OLD WHORE.
>> HYAH!
>> DAMN, JESSE.
>> SHOWS HOW STUPID
YOU REALLY ARE.
MEN LIKE WHORES, IN CASE
YOU HADN'T NOTICED.
>> HELP ME CATCH MY HORSE.
>> YOU CAN WALK.
IT WOULDN'T BREAK MY HEART
IF A GRIZZLY GOT YOU.
>> JESSE.
>> WHOA.
>> UM,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I, UH, PROBABLY HAVE TO GO,
YOU KNOW, AND HELP EVERYONE
LOOK FOR DENCIL.
>> YOU KNOW, MANY'S A TIME
I WISH I NEVER LEFT OHIO.
DENCIL'S A GOOD MAN,
BUT HE AIN'T REAL STRONG.
LAST WINTER,
HE WAS SICK HALF THE TIME.
>> YEAH, YOU SEE, THAT,
THAT THERE'S THE MAIN REASON
I AM GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT
A WARM WINTER.
AND ALL TOLD,
THE HAMMETTS NEVER FIGURED
ON SETTLING HERE
IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY ANYWAY.
IT'S JUST WHERE MY
GRANDFATHER'S WAGON BROKE DOWN.
HE'S TOO LAZY TO FIX IT.
BUT THEY, THEY WAS ON
THEIR WAY TO OREGON.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE GRANDMA
STARTED HAVING KIDS HERE,
THAT WAS THAT.
>> DENCIL AND I
BEEN HOPING FOR A BIG FAMILY.
WE JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO GET IT STARTED.
>> HEY, YOU'RE STILL REAL YOUNG.
YOU GOT YOUR WHOLE LIFE
AHEAD OF YOU.
YOU'RE REAL YOUNG.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA
GO FIND DENCIL.
>> YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
GO ON, I'M FINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MY GOD.
WHY DENCIL?
WHY LIKE THIS?
>> 'CAUSE THEY'RE
TRYING TO SCARE US.
THEY KNEW WE'D DISCOVER HIM
AND FIND HIM LIKE THIS.
>> MIGHT AS WELL GET HIM DOWN.
>> HOWDY, DALE.
>> BUTCHER.
>> WHAT CAN I GET YOU?
>> WHISKEY.
GIVE ME ANOTHER.
>> YOU'RE MOVING TOO SLOW, HUNT.
>> YOU WANT IT FAST,
OR YOU WANT IT LEGAL?
>> I WANT IT BOTH.
I GOT LORD PETER TO THINK OF.
>> LORD PETER IS A POMPOUS ASS.
HE'S RAPING THIS COUNTRY.
AND WHAT HE LEAVES,
HE'S GONNA KEEP FOR HIM
AND HIS FRIENDS.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE YOU.
>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING.
NED SINE WON'T GET MY VOTE
NEXT TIME WE ELECT A SHERIFF.
>> I LIKE NED. HE'S HONEST.
BUT I ADMIT HE MOVES SLOWLY.
>> SLOWLY?
HE AIN'T EVEN MOVING.
NO ONE'S BEEN ARRESTED
FOR THE MURDER OF JIMMY ALBERT
OR THE HANGING OF QUEENIE
AND AVERY OR DENCIL
OR ANY OTHER CRIME HERE
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
HUNT LAWTON'S THE KILLER
AND MITCH SLAUGHTER
HIS WILLING SIDEKICK.
>> GUILTY EARS HAVE
THE BEST HEARING.
DALE?
DALE, THINK ABOUT IT.
>> YOU DON'T SEE IT, DO YOU?
YOU'RE A HIRED GUNMEN
JUST LIKE THE REST.
>> YOU JUST TAKE CARE
OF THE HAMMETTS.
AND REMEMBER, HUNT,
IT'S GOTTA LOOK LEGAL.
NO BACKSHOOTING.
>> WHY YOU HYPOCRITICAL BASTARD.
YOU WANT THE HAMMETTS KILLED,
BUT YOU DON'T WANT ANY BLOOD
SPLATTERED ALL OVER YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL DO IT, BUT I'LL DO IT
MY WAY WHETHER I DROP A SAFE
ON THEIR HEADS
OR SHOOT THEM THROUGH THE LIPS.
DEAD IS DEAD.
I'LL KILL THE HAMMETTS.
I JUST DON'T PROMISE
IT'LL BE NEAT.
>> IT'LL BE NEAT,
YOU MURDERING SON OF A BITCH.
>> WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING, HAMMETT?
>> STAY PUT.
>> GET UP, COME ON.
GET UP.
COME ON.
>> HARRY, COME ON IN.
>> WELL, I, UH,
I DON'T WANT TO INTRUDE, CLARA.
>> NO, NO.
I GOT COFFEE ON.
>> OH.
THIS, IT'S FOR YOU.
>> WHAT'S THIS?
>> OH, THAT'S JUST
A LITTLE MONEY.
I OWED IT TO DENCIL
FROM A HORSE TRADE
WE DONE A WHILE BACK,
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
MIGHT HELP YOU OUT
AROUND HERE OR SOMETHING.
>> HELP OUT?
>> UH-HUH.
>> IT'LL SAVE ME.
YOU'VE JUST BEEN
SO GOOD TO ME, HARRY.
>> OH, WELL, I...
>> I'M BEHOLDEN TO YOU, HARRY.
>> COME ON.
YA!
HEY, YA!
>> SON OF A...
YA!
>> PA'S COMING.
>> JOEY, HONEY,
TAKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER INSIDE.
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
DO IT QUICK, GO!
>> OH GOD! NO!
NO, DALE!
DALE!
NO! NO!
NO!
LOOK AT YOU!
DALE! DALE!
>> I HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP.
THIS COULD DAMAGE ME VERY BADLY
IF IT'S NOT HANDLED CAREFULLY.
>> YOU SEEM, GOVERNOR,
RATHER IGNORANT
OF THE FUNDAMENTALS
THAT PROMPT WHAT WE
ARE ABOUT TO DO.
WE HAVE MONEY.
MUCH MONEY.
WE WISH TO HAVE MORE.
MUCH MORE, IN FACT.
THE PEOPLE WITH MONEY PROPOSE
TO DRIVE OUT THE PEASANTS.
>> WELL, WE DON'T
CALL 'EM THAT HERE.
>> YOU DON'T, BUT I DO.
>> ALL I'M ASKING FOR
IS A LITTLE DISCRETION.
>> I DON'T RECALL
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
APPEALING TO THE COURTS
WHEN HE CAME OVER AND
TOOK OUR SCEPTER'D ISLE.
RAN RATHER ROUGHSHOD OVER
THE LEGALITIES, I FEAR.
>> BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO,
AND THIS IS AMERICA.
>> HELLO, MARSHAL.
BOY, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU.
I THOUGHT YOU AND YOUR MEN
WERE A BUNCH OF BUSHWHACKERS.
HELL, YOU'RE HUNT LAWTON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT,
AND THIS IS YOUR UNLUCKY DAY.
>> HELL, THAT'S JIMMY ALBERT.
>> WHY'D YOU KILL HIM, HUNT?
HE AIN'T NO RUSTLER.
>> HE IS NOW.
PUT HIM ON A HORSE.
> YIP. COME ON.
>> YA!
>> HELLO, JESSE.
MITCH.
WHERE'S THE WAR?
>> NO WAR, HAMMETT.
JUST LOOKIN' OUT FOR
LORD PETER'S INTERESTS.
SEEN ANY OF HIS CATTLE
ON THE HIGH MEADOWS?
>> NOT ON THE HIGH MEADOWS,
SAW SOME WEST OF HERE A LITTLE.
>> HOW MANY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
ABOUT A HUNDRED.
THEY AIN'T MINE,
SO I DIDN'T COUNT 'EM.
>> GOT A PROPOSITION
FOR YOU, HAMMETT.
>> OH?
>> HOW'D YOU LIKE TO COME
AND WORK FOR THE DERBY OUTFIT?
>> YOU MEAN WORK FOR YOU
AND THAT FANCY MAN, LORD PETER?
>> I'LL MAKE YOU
A DAMN GOOD OFFER.
>> I DON'T DOUBT THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW ME,
I'M INDEPENDENT.
I FIGURE I'M BETTER OFF
RANCHING FOR MYSELF.
>> YOU MIGHT BE.
IF YOU LIVE.
>> BACK OFF, MITCH.
THIS IS JUST A PARLEY.
WELL, JUST REMEMBER, HAMMETT,
IF YOU WANT A JOB WITH
THE DERBY OUTFIT, YOU GOT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
YOU DIDN'T ROUND UP
THAT WHOLE POSSE BEHIND YOU
JUST TO GIVE ME A JOB OFFER,
NOW DID YOU?
>> A GANG OF RUSTLERS HAS BEEN
STEALING CATTLE
ALL OVER JOHNSON COUNTY.
AND THAT INCLUDES YOUR BROTHER,
THE LEADER.
>> OH, YOU LOOKIN'
FOR MY BROTHER HARRY?
OH, I GUESS THE JOB OFFER
WAS JUST FROSTIN', HUH?
>> YOU KNOW DAMN WELL
HE'S A RUSTLER.
NOW WHERE IS HE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S A GROWN MAN, MITCH.
HELL, NOBODY CAN KEEP UP
WITH HIM.
I NEVER BEEN ABLE TO.
>> YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK
ABOUT MY OFFER, HAMMETT.
IT COULD BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE.
>> IT'S PUBLIC LAND, JESSE.
EXCUSE ME.
COME ON, DOG.
>> IT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT.
HARRY HAMMETT.
>> HE'S GOT ABOUT 30 HEAD
OF CATTLE PENNED UP.
BRANDIN' CALVES AS FAST
AS HE CAN THROW 'EM DOWN.
>> HE HAS A PARTNER.
WHAT ABOUT TIMBERLINE?
>> I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
>> PROBABLY OUT
STEALING MORE STOCK.
SO LET'S GO.
AIN'T YOU COMIN'?
>> THERE'S EIGHT OF YOU,
PLUS HUNT.
THAT OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH.
>> YOU'RE SO RICH NOW,
THANKS TO LORD PETER,
YOU JUST DON'T LIKE
TO DIRTY YOUR HANDS NO MORE.
>> ALL RIGHT, LITTLE ONE.
HOLD ON.
>> YEAH, BOYS, COME ON.
OH, DAMN IT.
>> COME ON.
>> HOLD UP, FELLAS.
>> AW, SHOOT.
COME, COME ON, COME ON.
>> MOVE!
>> COME, GET TIMBERLINE.
COME ON.
COME ON, GO!
>> LET'S MOVE IT!
>> YA! GIT! COME ON!
>> HOWDY, BOYS.
WHAT BRINGS YOU ALL UP
IN THE BALDIES
SO EARLY THIS MORNIN'?
>> YOU, YOU THIEVING BASTARD.
CHECK THEM CALVES.
SEE HOW MANY ARE NEW BRANDED.
>> OH.
>> DON'T BOTHER.
I JUST PASSED ABOUT A HALF
A DOZEN THAT WERE FRESH BRANDED.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW YOU WAS A BRAND INSPECTOR,
MR. LAWTON.
>> BETTER GET OFF
THAT BLANKET, SON.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO BURN
YOUR BRITCHES
ON THAT BRANDING IRON.
>> TIE HIS HANDS.
>> AND GET HIS GUNS, TOO.
>> YES, SIR.
>> PUT HIM ON HIS HORSE.
>> COME ON. LET'S GO.
COME ON.
>> YA!
>> YOU KNOW, HARRY,
I ALWAYS LIKED YOU,
THE BEST OF ANY
OF THE BROTHERS.
YOU WERE THE DUMBEST,
BUT YOU HAD SOME SAND.
>> HA!
>> YA!
>> WHERE'D HE GO?
>> HE DISAPPEARED.
>> HYA! YA!
>> GOD. HARRY?
DUMB BASTARD.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOURSELF
INTO NOW?
COME ON, LITTLE BROTHER,
IT AIN'T YOUR TIME YET.
COME ON.
DON'T YOU GO ON ME.
MUST BE THAT THICK HAMMETT NECK
THAT SAVED YOU.
>> DON'T YOU GOT ANY WHISKEY?
>> NO. I'M DRY.
>> HOW ABOUT SOME VINEGAR, THEN?
AT LEAST IT GOT SOME TASTE.
>> AH, YOU
LOLLYGAGGIN' WASTREL.
NEARLY HALF-DEAD, AND
ALL YOU CAN THINK OF IS LIQUOR.
HARRY!
>> WELL, THAT, AND, YOU KNOW,
I'M LUCKY, I KNOW.
MITCH SLAUGHTER DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TIE
A PROPER HANGMAN'S KNOT.
>> MITCH AND JESSE.
>> NOT JESSE.
JUST MITCH.
AND, UH, HE HAD
HUNT LAWTON WITH HIM.
>> HUNT LAWTON?
>> YEAH.
>> WELL, IF LORD PETER
IS HIRING KILLERS OF HIS ILK,
FOLKS UP AND DOWN
THIS VALLEY GOT SOME
SERIOUS TROUBLE AHEAD.
AND YOU, LITTLE BROTHER,
YOU BETTER BE MORE CAREFUL
WITH YOUR ROPE
AND BRANDING IRON.
>> OH.
>> NEXT TIME YOU GET HUNG,
I MIGHT NOT BE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> OH, HELL, CAIN.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WITH ME.
I JUST CAN'T HARDLY STAND TO SEE
A LITTLE ORPHAN CALF
RUNNING AROUND OUT THERE.
I GOTTA GET IN
AND PUT MY BRAND ON IT.
>> HMM.
AND THAT'LL BE YOUR DEMISE.
>> YEAH, IF YOUR BAD COFFEE
DON'T GET ME FIRST.
>> OR WHISKEY.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT
I'D PREFER LOOSE WOMEN.
>> OR THAT, TOO.
>> OW.
>> HOW YOU DOING, DALE?
>> GOOD.
>> HOW'S THE MISSUS?
>> PREGNANT.
>> WHAT YOU DOING
WITH THAT WIRE, HAMMETT?
DON'T YOU KNOW THIS
IS OPEN RANGE?
>> JUST FENCING
IN MY GARDEN, JESSE.
>> YOU NEED TO THINK
ABOUT MOVING ON, HAMMETT.
PUTTING IN GARDENS
WOULD JUST BE WASTED WORK.
>> WHY DON'T YOU MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS, JESSE?
>> WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK
WHEN SPOKEN TO, JAGER?
>> HE'S RIGHT, MR. JACKLIN.
YOU CAN'T TELL THESE MEN
WHAT TO DO.
>> YOU AIN'T SHERIFF
FOR LIFE, NED.
I'M JUST GIVING THESE MEN
FAIR ADVICE, THAT'S ALL.
IF THEY WEREN'T
SO DAMN HARDHEADED,
THEY'D THANK ME FOR IT.
>> WELL, IF I WANTED ADVICE,
JESSE, YOU'D BE THE LAST MAN
I'D THINK OF TO ASK.
>> AMEN TO THAT.
>> FORWARNED IS FOREARMED.
>> NICE SEEIN' YOU, JESSE.
>> RICH SON-OF-A-BITCH.
I'VE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF HIM.
>> YOU SEEN BROTHER DALE LATELY?
>> NO, BUT I WAS JUST
ON MY WAY THERE.
>> AH, SO THAT'S
WHO THAT TROPHY'S FOR.
ANYWAY, WHEN YOU FIGURE
ON BEING BACK?
I, UH, GOT A FEW HEAD
OF YEARLINGS.
I FIGURE I'LL HAVE
YOU SELL 'EM FOR ME.
>> NOPE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOPE?
>> THERE'S SOME THINGS
I'LL DO FOR A BROTHER,
AND SOME THINGS I WON'T.
>> WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.
I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL, BROTHER.
I GOT ABOUT, OH, 125 HEAD OR SO,
AND THEY'RE ALL READY TO SELL.
YOU HANDLE THAT FOR ME,
I'LL LEAVE,
NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN.
>> LEAVE?
WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
>> CALIFORNIA.
YES, SIR.
I AM DAMN TIRED OF
THESE CHILL WINTERS.
I'M GONNA GO DOWN THERE
AND GET MYSELF A SENORITA.
OF COURSE, I GOTTA TELL YOU,
LONESOME DAYS LIKE THIS,
DAYS I ALMOST BEEN KILLED,
I KINDA ENVY DALE.
HE'S GOT GOOD WIFE, NICE BOY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I EXPECT I AIN'T
THE ONLY ONE THAT ENVIES HIM.
AM I, CAIN?
>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THE NEXT TIME THEY HANG YOU,
IT JUST MAY TAKE.
YOU BETTER THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU MISSED
YOUR CALLING, BROTHER!
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A PREACHER MAN!
PREACHER CAIN.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOIN', JESSE?
THESE CATTLE WERE GRAZING
FINE WHERE THEY WERE.
THEY WERE ON THE BEST GRASS
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT 'EM
ALL SPREAD OUT FOR?
>> WHY YOU GOT 'EM
ALL SPREAD OUT?
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, MITCH.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU FILL IN
MORE OF THAT AREA
RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE
BECAUSE YOU WANT LORD PETER
TO THINK HE'S UP
TO HIS ASS IN CATTLE?
>> HUNT, WHENEVER LORD PETER
LOOKS OUT HIS WINDOW,
HE LIKES TO SEE CATTLE,
LOTS OF CATTLE.
>> BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE
THE REASON, WOULD IT?
>> YOUR JOB IS TO HANG RUSTLERS,
HUNT, NOT MANAGE THE COWHERD.
>> YEAH.
ONE THING I'VE NOTICED
ABOUT LORD PETER,
HE AIN'T HALF
AS DUMB AS HE LOOKS.
>> WELL, THEN NEITHER AM I.
>> THAT'S DEBATABLE.
>> HEY.
>> HEY, UNCLE CAIN.
>> THOSE CHICKENS ARE CRAZY.
YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.
>> MA SAID YOU'D BE COMIN'.
>> SURE ENOUGH I DID.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT YOU?
YOU'RE GETTING
SKINNIER BY THE HOUR.
DON'T THEY FEED YOU?
>> MA SAYS I MUST
HAVE A TAPEWORM.
>> YEAH, THAT MUST BE IT.
WHERE'S YOUR PA?
>> HE'S UP AT THE SHEEP.
THERE'S AN OLD WOLF
SKULKING AROUND.
PA'S HOPING TO GET
A SHOT AT HIM.
>> UH-HUH.
WELL, YOU MIGHT WANNA TELL
YOUR MA THAT OLD UNCLE CAIN
HAS ROLLED IN
WITH THE TUMBLEWEEDS.
>> YOU BETTER TELL HER YOURSELF.
>> HOWDY.
I BAGGED THAT BIGHORN
THAT I PROMISED.
MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> I'M NOT IN
THE MOOD TO EXPLAIN.
>> YOU GET KICKED BY A COW?
>> NOTHING KICKED ME.
THIS HORSE OF YOURS
STILL LIKES MY SMELL.
>> WELL, HERE'S YOUR SUPPER.
>> OH, THANKS, CAIN.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> AND YOU.
AH, JOEY?
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE LONESOME
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR PA'S MULE,
AND WE'LL GET 'EM A NICE,
LONG, COLD DRINK OF WATER, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
>> YOU EVER HEARD OF A KANGAROO?
>> NO.
>> WELL, THEY'RE THESE BIG--
I DON'T KNOW--
LIKE GIANT RABBITS IN
THIS FAR OFF COUNTRY
CALLED AUSTRALIA.
YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY CALL THE BABIES?
>> NO.
>> JOEYS. THAT'S RIGHT.
I READ THAT IN A BOOK.
>> HARRY!
HELL, I THOUGHT YOU WAS DEAD!
>> YEAH, I BET YOU DID,
YOU CHEATIN' SON OF A BITCH,
ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU
LET THEM HANG ME!
>> NO, NO, NO,
YOU GOT IT WRONG, HARRY.
WHY WOULD I WANT YOU HUNG
WHEN YOU OWE ME MONEY?
I NEVER DREAMED
YOU'D BE FOOL ENOUGH
TO LET 'EM RIDE UP ON YOU
WITH A BRANDIN' IRON
IN YOUR HAND.
I THOUGHT YOU WAS IN IDAHO
WITH OUR CATTLE.
>> I WAS, AND, YOU KNOW,
IT WORKED THIS TIME.
BUT IT MIGHT NOT THE NEXT.
MY BUYER'S ASKIN'
ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
I RECKON HE DON'T WANNA
GET ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF LORD PETER NEITHER.
>> DON'T.
>> WHAT?
>> SOMEONE MIGHT SEE YOU.
WE AGREED YOU WOULDN'T
COME HERE IN DAYLIGHT.
THIS IDAHO BUSINESS IS SERIOUS.
WHAT ABOUT CAIN?
>> CAIN TURNED ME DOWN,
RIGHT AFTER HE CUT ME DOWN.
>> THIS IS TOO GOOD A THING
TO LET GO OF, HARRY.
I MEAN, IF IDAHO'S OUT,
WHAT ABOUT CALIFORNIA?
THERE'S BOUND TO BE
A MARKET IN CALIFORNIA.
>> OH, YEAH. THERE'S A MARKET.
IT'S JUST REAL FAR AWAY.
IDAHO'S A LOT CLOSER.
BESIDES, YOU MEAN
TO TELL ME LORD PETER
AIN'T FIGURED OUT
YOU STEALING HIS COWS YET?
>> HE MAY HAVE AN INKLING,
BUT, HELL, THE DERBY RANCH
COVERS MORE THAN 200 SECTIONS,
ROOM FOR MORE COW
THAN WE'RE TAKIN'
JUST TO GET LOST.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT IDAHO?
CAN'T WE TRY IT ONE MORE TIME?
>> MAYBE, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
DON'T WANNA PUSH MY BUYER NONE.
>> HARRY, BY THE WAY,
YOU GOT MY SHARE
OF THE MONEY?
>> OH, YEAH.
BUT I AIN'T GOT IT ON ME.
I'VE ALWAYS PAID YOU, JESSE,
AND I WILL, IN MY OWN GOOD TIME.
>> PULL THE HAMMER
ALL THE WAY BACK.
AIM SLIGHTLY BELOW THE TARGET.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
LET IT OUT.
SQUEEZE.
DID YOU BLINK?
YOU BLINKED, DIDN'T YOU?
>> HEY.
JOEY, DON'T YOU GOT
SOME CHORES TO BE DOING?
>> YES, SIR.
>> COME HERE.
TAKE THE HORSE IN THE BARN NOW,
WILL YOU?
GO AHEAD NOW.
>> WE'LL WORK ON
THIS AGAIN, JOEY.
>> COME ON, BOY.
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT BUSINESS YOU GOT
TEACHING MY SON
HOW TO SHOOT A PISTOL?
>> WELL, HE'S GOT TO LEARN
SOONER OR LATER.
WE DID WHEN WE WERE HIS AGE.
>> THAT MAY BE TRUE, CAIN.
BUT TEACHING HIM NOW TO HANDLE
A RIFLE SO HE CAN HUNT GAME,
THAT'S ONE THING.
THE ONLY KIND OF GAME
A MAN HUNTS
WITH A PISTOL IS
THE TWO-LEGGED KIND.
>> ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.
AIN'T NONE OF MY BUSINESS,
BUT RORY WAS SPORTING
A PRETTY FAIR SHINER.
I THINK OF YOU AS MILD, DALE,
THE GOOD HAMMETT.
NOT ONE TO HIT A WOMAN.
>> SHE CALLED ME A COWARD.
NOW, IF SHE CALLED ME LAZY,
WHICH SHE HAS MANY A TIME,
I LET IT PASS.
BUT SHE CALLED ME A COWARD.
>> WHY?
THE HAMMETTS
AIN'T BRED NO COWARDS.
>> BECAUSE OF
THAT DAMN HUNT LAWTON.
WHEN I TOLD RORY I'D SEEN HUNT,
SHE JUST FLARED UP,
TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE
SHOT HIM ON THE SPOT.
NOW, IF HE'D HAVE PROVOKED ME,
I WOULD HAVE DRAWN ON HIM.
BUT HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
JUST LEFT.
SUPPOSE I'M NOT A COLD KILLER.
>> WELL, HEY, THAT DON'T
MAKE YOU A COWARD NOW.
>> IN MY WIFE'S EYES, I AM.
THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING
TO LIVE WITH.
>> WELL, I GUESS
I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> DALE, YOUR BROTHER CAIN
HERE HAS BROUGHT US
A NICE PIECE
OF MOUNTAIN MUTTON.
YOU GONNA STAY OUT HERE
ALL NIGHT?
COME INSIDE
AND GET READY FOR SUPPER.
WELL?
>> UM...
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
THE HAMMETTS ONLY PRODUCED ONE
CHARMER, AND THAT'D BE HARRY.
>> WELL, NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
HE WASN'T SO CHARMING
THIS MORNING
WHEN I FOUND HIM
HANGING FROM THE END OF A ROPE.
THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED HIM
WAS THAT THICK HAMMETT NECK
AND THE FACT THAT
I JUST HAPPENED TO COME ALONG
WHEN I DID.
>> GOOD LORD, THAT'S A MIRACLE.
>> ANOTHER 10 MINUTES,
HE'D BE A GONER FOR SURE.
>> WELL, I DARE SAY,
HE GOES A LITTLE TOO FAR
SOMETIMES, BUT AT LEAST
HE'S GOT SOME SPUNK.
>> WELL, WE ALL GOT SPUNK, RORY.
DALE'S GOT SPUNK,
FOR GOD'S SAKES.
>> SPUNK DON'T MEAN YOU
CAN BREAK THE LAW, HONEY.
>> RORY, I DON'T LIKE
HUNT LAWTON ANY MORE
THAN YOU DO.
GIVEN THE EXCUSE,
I'D GUN HIM DOWN.
BUT I JUST CAN'T SHOOT HIM
OR ANYBODY ELSE IN COLD BLOOD.
>> WELL, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND ME THEN,
'CAUSE THAT MAN
KILLED MY GRANDFATHER, CAIN.
AND THERE WON'T BE NO COLD BLOOD
ABOUT IT IF I EVER
GET A CHANCE AT HIM.
YOU KNOW, MY BLOOD BOILS
EVERY TIME I THINK OF THAT MAN,
AND IT'S BOILING RIGHT NOW,
AND PART OF THAT BOIL
BELONGS TO YOU AND TO DALE
FOR BEING SUCH DAMNED
MEALY-MOUTHED FOOLS.
YOU'VE GOTTA WAIT
FOR A PRETTY REASON
TO KILL A MAN LIKE THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I GUESS WE OUGHT NOT TELL HER
THAT IT WAS HUNT LAWTON
THAT TRIED TO HANG HARRY.
>> GOOD GOD, CAIN.
WE'LL ALL BE SLEEPIN'
IN THE BARN
IF SHE FOUND THAT OUT.
>> SHHH.
>> MM, MM, MM, MM, MM.
HONEY, YOU ARE ONE FINE,
FINE, FINE COOK.
>> DON'T YOU BE
SWEET TALKING ME,
DALE, ESPECIALLY NOT
IN FRONT OF COMPANY.
>> GOSH, MA.
IT WAS JUST A COMPLIMENT.
>> NOBODY ASKED YOU, MISTER.
>> GOSH. CAN'T I EVEN TALK?
>> I'M AFRAID TO TALK MYSELF.
>> SINCE YOUR UNCLE CAIN
BROUGHT US SUCH A FINE SHEEP,
I DECIDED I'D TRY
THIS NEW DESSERT.
PASS IT DOWN TO YOUR DADDY.
DALE.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> WELL, IT'S CALLED GELATIN.
>> I CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH IT.
>> IT'S, UH, IT'S KINDA WIGGLY.
>> I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT WIGGLY FOOD.
>> IT'S, UH, WELL, IT'S GOOD.
>> YOU DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO CHEW IT.
>> NO. YOU JUST SWALLOW IT.
>> MM. IT'S GOOD.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> MM-HMM.
>> SPADE, HONEY,
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY.
>> MAN, THAT RINGBONE
SURE CAN SNORE, CAN HE?
>> OH, DAMMIT!
IT'S MR. SLAUGHTER.
>> YOU BOYS BETTER
GET YOUR PANTS ON.
>> SORRY, MISS QUEENIE.
RINGBONE, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!
>> EVENING, MISS QUEENIE.
>> LET'S GO.
>> EVENING, BOYS.
>> AVERY.
>> I THOUGHT YOU BOYS
WERE RIDING LINE.
>> OH, YEAH, WE WERE, MITCH.
WE JUST STOPPED OFF FOR--
>> GIT.
>> NOW, DON'T GO
JUMPIN' ON THESE BOYS, MITCH.
THEY JUST STOPPED BY
TO HELP ME WIND A CLOCK.
>> STOPPED BY TO WHORE,
YOU MEAN.
>> AND THERE IS THE PAY,
ONE OF LORD PETER'S CALVES.
>> HE JUST STROLLED ON UP.
LOST HIS MA, I GUESS.
>> HA.
YOU BOYS GET GONE
AND DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU
AROUND HERE DURING
WORK HOURS AGAIN.
>> YES, SIR.
>> RIGHT.
>> AS FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T
QUIT TAKING STOLEN LIVESTOCK
FOR POKES,
AND IF THAT DAMN HUSBAND
OF YOURS DON'T QUIT
WRITING LIES TO THE NEWSPAPERS,
YOU COULD FIND YOURSELVES
IN A PACK OF TROUBLE.
>> DON'T THREATEN ME,
MITCH SLAUGHTER.
I GOT AS MUCH RIGHT
TO BE HERE AS YOU DO.
AND WHAT AVERY WRITES
AIN'T LIES.
>> YOU BETTER HEED ME, QUEENIE.
NEXT TIME, I WON'T BE SO GENTLE.
>> YA! YA!
>> BYE, BOYS.
>> DALE?
DALE, ARE YOU AWAKE?
>> WHAT?
>> YOU AWAKE?
>> I AM NOW.
>> HONEY, THIS LITTLE ONE
I'M CARRYING,
IT'S ALL ELBOWS AND KNEES.
WOULD YOU PLEASE
GIVE ME A BACK RUB?
>> MAYBE.
LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING
TO LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THEY'RE BYGONES.
OH, THAT FEELS SO GOOD.
>> THAT CUSS STILL KICKIN'?
>> I THINK HE'S GONNA
START SETTLING DOWN.
>> OOH.
HE'S JUST LIKE HIS MOMMA.
>> OH. OH.
OH. OH.
OH. OH.
OW.
OH. OH.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> BABY, THAT FEELS SO GOOD.
>> MM-HMM. RIGHT THERE.
>> DALE, NOW THAT--
>> OH, HE'S GONNA BE A BOY,
ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU THINK?
>> DALE.
OH, DALE. OH.
>> NINE MONTHS PREGNANT AND
HE CAN'T LEAVE HER ALONE.
KNOCK HER IN THE HEAD ONE
MINUTE, POKE HER THE NEXT.
AND ME, GUEST OF THE HOUSE,
SLEEPING RIGHT NEXT TO 'EM,
I COULD HEAR EVERYTHING.
AH, IT'S SNOWIN' AGAIN.
>> SAM, OLD DOG COULD SMELL YOU
A MILE AWAY.
>> GOT ANY SUPPER LEFT?
>> OH, SOME SHEEP JERKY.
HAVE AT IT.
>> I WAS THINKING ALONG
THE LINES OF BIGHORN.
>> OH, NO. SORRY.
THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN FOR ALREADY.
>> GUESS I'LL JUST SETTLE
FOR A JERKY THEN.
>> UH-HUH.
SO HOW'S THE WOLFIN' BUSINESS?
>> LORD PETER'S HIRED GUNS
ARE SHOOTIN' MY WOLVES
BEFORE I CAN TRAP THEM.
PERFORATED PELTS
AIN'T WORTH SQUAT.
>> WELL, I GUESS THE BIG BOYS
ARE CAUSING TROUBLE
FOR ALL OF US, HUH?
>> WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> AW, YOU KNOW ABOUT
EVERYTHING, SAM.
>> MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
>> YOU SEEN HARRY AROUND?
>> HARRY?
MOST YOUNG'UNS ARE RESTLESS.
YOU WERE.
>> YEAH, I WAS.
WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME
TO CAMP HERE TONIGHT
IF YOU WISH.
>> I GOT TRAPS TO SET.
BESIDES, A MAN COULD
GET SOFT SLEEPING BY FIRE.
>> OH.
>> OH, I'D SAY, ARTHUR,
JUST MAKE HIM LIFT HIS HEAD.
>> IT'S NOT AS EASY
AS IT LOOKS LIKE, MY LORD.
>> OH, GOOD LORD, MAN, JUST TRY.
>> I'M TRYING, SIR.
>> MR. JACKLIN, MR. SLAUGHTER,
I WANT A WORD WITH YOU.
>> AFTERNOON, SIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEN.
I WANT YOUR OPINION
ABOUT SOMETHING.
I MUST HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH
TAKEN WITH MY BULL,
BUT I'M NOT SURE THIS HAT
DOES ME JUSTICE.
>> WELL, IT LOOKS
ABOUT RIGHT TO ME, SIR.
>> AND HOW GOES OUR LITTLE
STRUGGLE WITH THE PEASANTRY?
>> PRETTY WELL, SIR.
PRETTY WELL.
>> HOW MANY CATTLE
DID YOU SAY I HAVE, MR. JACKLIN?
>> ABOUT 5,000, SIR.
>> THAT'S ODD.
WHENEVER I ACTUALLY
RIDE AMONG THEM,
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE 5,000.
>> WELL, THEY'RE HARD
TO COUNT, SIR.
JESSE'S GOT 'EM SPREAD
ALL OVER THE RANGE.
>> OH, DASH IT, MAN.
LIFT HIS HEAD.
WE MUST TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
YOU'RE DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
>> PERHAPS YOU COULD
SHOW ME HOW, MY LORD.
>> PLEASE, MY DEAR FELLOW,
DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO.
>> YES, SIR.
>> COME ON, HAMMISH,
LIFT YOUR HEAD.
THERE WE--COME IN NOW, SIR!
COME IN!
>> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
>> IN YOU COME, MY LORD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
HAMMISH, HAMMISH, HAMMISH.
ALL RIGHT, SIR.
>> VERY GOOD, ARTHUR.
>> IN YOU COME.
>> YES, ARTHUR. OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SIR.
>> GO AWAY, ARTHUR.
GET OUT OF THE PICTURE.
>> OH, YES.
>> PERFECTLY STILL.
>> ARTHUR!
TAKE CARE OF THE BULL.
>> I'VE GOT THE SITUATION
UNDER CONTROL.
WELL DONE, HAMMISH.
VERY NICE.
>> HOWDY.
>> THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP,
BROTHER.
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW
HOW IT IS, DALE.
I CAN'T HARDLY STAND TO BE
AROUND THESE DAMN SHEEP,
MAKES ME START TO GAG.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> OH GOD.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN BIT BY
A COYOTE OR SOMETHIN'.
>> THINK IT'S
THAT OLD YELLOW WOLF AGAIN.
I GOT THREE OR FOUR SHOTS
OFF AT HIM.
JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO HIT HIM THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT.
YOU'D BEST WATCH
YOUR BROTHER HARRY.
HARRY'S TRICKY
AND HE'S JEALOUS OF YOU.
>> HARRY JEALOUS?
WHY WOULD HE BE JEALOUS OF ME?
>> FOR LOTS OF REASONS, CAIN.
FOR ONE, FOLKS LOOK UP TO YOU.
THEY PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
HARRY'D MUCH RATHER IT WAS HIM
THEY LOOKED UP TO,
AND I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT HE RIDES
WITH THE WILD ONES.
YOU KNOW, IF HE CAN'T GET
ATTENTION BEING GOOD,
HE'S GONNA GET IT BEING BAD.
>> NO. HARRY WAS
LIKE THAT AS A KID.
I JUST DON'T SEE
WHY YOU'D THINK HE'D BE JEALOUS.
>> HARRY KNOWS
I LIKE YOU BEST, CAIN.
>> WHAT?
>> YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID.
AND DON'T YOU PRETEND
YOU DON'T KNOW.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED YOU BEST.
>> WHERE YOU BEEN, HARRY?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WE AIN'T SEEN YOU
FOR A WHILE.
JOEY KEEPS ASKING
WHERE HIS UNCLE HARRY IS,
AND I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU JUST TELL HIM
THAT UNCLE HARRY
HAS BEEN A BUSY MAN LATELY.
>> WELL NOW, BUSY DOING WHAT?
>> LITTLE OF THIS,
LITTLE OF THAT.
>> A LITTLE RUSTLING
HERE AND THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GOT
A ONE-TRACK MIND.
YOU SOUND JUST LIKE CAIN,
YOU BOTH GOT ONE-TRACK MINDS,
YOU, HIM AND RORY.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
RORY'S MIND'S GOT
PLENTY OF TRACKS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ON
A HUNT LAWTON TRACK,
AND SHE THINKS
ONE OF US OUGHT TO BE
MAN ENOUGH TO KILL HIM.
>> OH, YOU GOT TO HURRY UP,
DALE.
I'M FIXING TO PUKE NOW.
>> DO IT OVER THERE, OKAY?
>> YEAH. I'M TURNING HIM LOOSE.
>> GO, GO.
>> LET HIM GO.
NOW I'M GONNA BRING JOEY
A BAG OF MARBLES OR SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW.
AND WHEN I DO, YOU TELL RORY
NOT TO BE SO DAMN COLD WITH ME.
>> I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE
OVER HER IN THAT REGARD,
LITTLE BROTHER.
I DON'T THINK SHE TRUST YOU.
>> HUH.
>> HELL, I DON'T EVEN THINK
SHE TRUSTS ME.
>> SHE TRUST CAIN, DOESN'T SHE?
>> YEAH, SHE TRUSTS CAIN.
EVERYBODY TRUSTS CAIN.
>> RORY, IF YOU LIKED ME
SO MUCH, WHY DID YOU GO
AND MARRY MY LITTLE BROTHER?
>> WITH YOU, I MIGHT HAVE
HAD TO KNUCKLE UNDER.
AND WITH DALE, I DON'T.
>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT
IT WAS HARRY
YOU WERE GONNA MARRY.
AND OVERNIGHT, YOU JUST
RAN OFF WITH DALE.
>> WELL, DALE WOULDN'T NOTICE
IT WAS RAINING UNLESS HE
HALF-DROWNED, BLESS HIS HEART.
AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS I MARRIED HIM,
SO I CAN PURSUE MY OWN PURSUITS
AND NOT BE QUESTIONED.
>> YOU GIVE ME A BUNCH
TO THINK ABOUT.
>> YOU THINK ALL YOU WANT,
CAIN HAMMETT.
I DO LIKE YOU BEST.
I ALWAYS HAVE.
>> RECKON YOU'RE AN ORPHAN NOW,
LITTLE FELLER.
COME ON.
>> YA. GET ON THERE.
>> COME ON, LITTLE DOGGIE.
COME ON.
>> HERE WE GO.
THERE, MAYBE QUEENIE
CAN NURSE YOU
UNTIL SHE FINDS YOU A MAMMA.
>> WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING,
CAIN HAMMETT?
>> OH, HI.
WELL, I BROUGHT YOU AN ORPHAN.
HIS MA DIDN'T MAKE IT.
>> WELL, IF IT'S A REAL ORPHAN.
I TOLD YOU PLENTY OF TIMES,
WHATEVER YOU WANT,
IT'S ON THE HOUSE.
IT'S JUST THEM RIFF-RAFFY
COWBOYS I CHARGE
A YEARLING OR TWO.
AND SOME OF 'EM I WOULDN'T
TAKE ON FOR 50 YEARLINGS.
>> OH, WHO WOULD BE FOOL ENOUGH
TO FALL FROM FAVOR
WITH YOU, QUEENIE?
>> MITCH SLAUGHTER, FOR ONE.
HUNT LAWTON FOR ANOTHER.
I'LL SLEEP WITH THIEVES,
BUT I DRAW THE LINE AT KILLERS.
YOU HUNGRY?
>> WELL, THIS IS ONE YEARLING
THAT WILL NEVER RISE AGAIN.
HMM.
>> YOU DIDN'T COME ALL THIS WAY
JUST FOR A FREE LUNCH, DID YOU?
>> WHAT ABOUT AVERY?
>> THIS AIN'T
YOUR FIRST TIME, EXACTLY.
WHY BRING UP AVERY NOW?
>> NO. I MEAN,
I NEVER FIGURED WHETHER
YOU TWO ARE MARRIED OR WHAT?
>> LIFE IS PECULIAR, HONEY.
EVEN YOU AIN'T MAN ENOUGH
TO CHANGE THAT,
BUT YOU SURE ARE MAN ENOUGH
TO MAKE IT A HELL
OF A LOT MORE FUN.
>> ALL THE WAY UP.
>> RIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS
TAKE THAT LAND AND JOIN IT.
>> THERE YOU ARE, SIR.
ENJOY.
>> THANKS, JOHN.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT...
IT'S A GOOD START.
>> LEGISLATION
IS GONNA APPROVE IT.
COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK...
>> WHERE'D YOU GET
THAT DAMN VEST, JESSE?
MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE
A CHICAGO PIMP.
WOULDN'T LAST A MINUTE
IF WE WERE DEHORNING.
>> YEAH.
WELL, WE'RE NOT DEHORNING,
WALLY.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY VEST?
>> I RATHER DEPLORE IT MYSELF,
I'M AFRAID.
>> WHO GIVES A DAMN
WHAT VEST HE'S WEARING?
HOW ARE WE DOING IN
THE BIGHORN VALLEY?
SQUATTERS ON THE RUN YET?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE.
OTHERS, WE'VE ELIMINATED.
>> BY LEGAL MEANS, I HOPE,
JESSE.
THE LESS OF THIS GETS
IN THE PAPERS, THE BETTER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT MARSHAL
I APPOINTED?
UH, LAWTON WAS HIS NAME.
>> HE DOES WHAT I TELL HIM TO.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HAMMETTS?
>> THEY'RE STILL AROUND.
THEY'RE STUBBORN.
>> CAIN HAMMETTS' NO SQUATTER.
HE BOUGHT HIS SPREAD LEGAL.
>> NOBODY ASKED YOU, CLAYBORNE.
>> WELL, I SAY
WE MASSACRE THEM LIKE WE DID
THE WOOLIES, AFRICA, YOU KNOW?
ANYONE FOR BILLIARDS?
>> HE DIDN'T REALLY
MEAN THAT, DID HE?
>> IT MIGHT COME TO THAT.
THIS SQUATTER MOVEMENT
HAS TO BE STOPPED.
DAMMIT, JACKLIN!
CAN'T YOU FORCE
THESE LITTLE MEN OUT?
>> YES, I CAN,
BUT IT'S A BIG VALLEY,
AND HUNT LAWTON'S JUST ARRIVED.
WE NEED MORE TIME.
>> NOT MUCH MORE, I HOPE.
>> AVERY.
>> HELLO, CAIN.
EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE,
THE MAIL RIDER'S DUE BY,
AND I WANNA GET THIS LETTER
OFF TO THE NEWSPAPER
SO IT WILL MAKE
THIS WEEK'S EDITION.
>> OH, YEAH?
TRYING TO GET YOURSELF HUNG,
ARE YOU?
>> NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO LET
THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY
KNOW WHAT LORD PETER
AND JESSE JACKLIN ARE UP TO.
THEY'VE JUMPED THE ROUNDUP.
>> WHAT?
THEY CAN'T DO THAT!
THAT'S A LEGALLY POSTED ROUNDUP.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
THE LITTLE STOCKMEN
CAN RECOVER THEIR STOCK
THAT DRIFTED OFF
DURING THE WINTER.
MY STOCK INCLUDED,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> AVERY'S RIGHT, CAIN.
MITCH SLAUGHTER TOLD US
STRAIGHT OUT.
>> IF HE INTENDED
TO MOVE UP THE DATE UP,
WHY WOULD HE TELL AVERY?
I MEAN, AVERY,
YOU'RE JUST GONNA REPORT IT
TO THE PUBLIC IN THE PAPERS.
>> I GOT HIM TO ADMIT IT.
>> WHEN EXACTLY IS THIS ILLEGAL
ROUNDUP SUPPOSED TO START?
>> NEXT WEEK.
>> DAMN THEM!
WELL, IF THAT'S THE GAME
THEY'RE PLAYIN',
THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE
SOME UNEXPECTED VISITORS.
>> WEATHER OR NO WEATHER,
IT WILL BE DONE, MR. JACKLIN.
>> SIR, YOU REALIZE BY BUMPING
IT THIS FAR AHEAD, WE'RE BOUND
TO RILE UP THE HOMESTEADERS.
>> PRECISELY.
>> YES, SIR.
>> HEY, WHO'S THAT,
YOUR LORDSHIP?
>> THAT, SIR, IS RUSSELL
OF THE TIMES.
>> THE TIMES?
>> THE TIMES OF LONDON.
I'M SURE YOU READ
HIS ZULU WAR DISPATCHES.
HE'S COME HERE TO INTERVIEW ME
ABOUT MY CATTLE EMPIRE.
YOU ARE DISMISSED, GENTLEMEN.
ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE,
THEY AREN'T GENTLEMEN.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR?
HOW WAS YOUR JOURNEY?
>> DUSTY.
>> YES, WELL, WE'RE A LONG WAY
FROM FLEET STREET.
>> IS THAT A NEWSPAPER?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MITCH.
>> LORD PETER, MAY I ASK,
WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS AFFAIR
CALLED A ROUNDUP?
>> PERHAPS ARTHUR
WOULDN'T MIND EXPLAINING.
>> VERY WELL THEN. ARTHUR?
>> WELL, YOU SEE, SIR,
THE COUNTRY AROUND HERE
IS VERY OPEN.
PERFECTLY OPEN,
ONE MIGHT ALMOST CLAIM.
INDEED, SIR,
IT'S ABSOLUTELY OPEN.
>> OPEN?
OUR READERS DEMAND PRECISION
THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW?
IMPRECISION IS NOT WELCOMED.
>> WELL, YOU SEE, SIR,
THERE ARE NO FENCES.
NONE AT ALL.
NOT A ONE.
SO YOU SEE THE THING IS, SIR,
THAT DURING THE WINTER
THE CATTLE GET VERY MIXED.
EVERYONE'S CATTLE, AS IT WERE,
SORT OF STRUGGLES ALONG
TOGETHER, VERY PROMISCUOUSLY
MIXED, IF YOU GET
MY MEANING, SIR.
>> QUITE.
I CAN SEE HOW THERE
WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY
FOR PROMISCUOUS MIXING.
THE CATTLE OF THE RICH MIXED
WITH THE CATTLE OF THE POOR,
IF I FOLLOW YOU.
>> EXACTLY SO, SIR.
SO, YOU SEE, SIR,
AT THE ROUNDUP,
REPRESENTATIVES OF
ALL THE FARMS--
RANCHES, BEGGING YOUR PARDON,
MY LORD, REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE RANCHES COMES TOGETHER
TO SORT OUT THEIR OWN CATTLE,
WHICH ARE EASILY IDENTIFIED,
SIR, BY THEIR--
BY THEIR EAR MARKS AND
BY THEIR BRANDS.
HA.
I ASSURE YOU, MR. RUSSELL,
IT'S QUITE THE GRAND SCENE,
ALL THE CATTLE MIXING.
>> I DO BELIEVE I GRASP IT.
THE GREAT AND THE LOWLY,
SORTING OUT THEIR KIND,
THAT IS TO SAY,
THEIR CATTLE.
WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARILY
DEMOCRATIC THING
THIS ROUNDUP MUST BE.
>> ARTHUR, THE CLARET.
THE CLARET, MAN, THE CLARET.
>> OH.
BEGGING YOUR PARDON, MY LORD.
YES.
I AM SORRY, MY LORD.
>> WHOA.
>> WHERE'S THE FIRE?
>> WHERE'S YOUR HERD?
>> WHY?
>> JESSE JACKLIN.
ROUND UP EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
GOT THEM WITH DERBY CATTLE,
WEST OF HERE.
>> SONS OF BITCHES.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
TIMBERLINE'S WATCHING THEM.
HE'S GOT THE SPYGLASS.
>> WELL, WHY WOULD JESSE
TAKE MY CATTLE?
HE KNOWS I CAME
BY THEM HONESTLY.
>> LOOK, MAYBE LORD PETER
AIN'T AS STUPID AS WE THINK.
HE RECKONS JESSE'S, YOU KNOW,
GOT SOMETHING GOING,
TRYING TO SHORT HIM
ON THE COUNT.
>> YOU AND ME, WE'RE RIDING
THAT ROUNDUP.
YOU WANT TO SPEED THINGS
ALONG, YOU GO GET DALE.
>> DALE?
>> YES.
>> HE AIN'T LIKELY TO LEAVE
THE HOUSE WITH A BABY COMING
ANY MINUTE, CAIN.
>> WE NEED HIM.
IF YOU AND ME AND DALE
AND TIMBERLINE RIDE
INTO THAT ROUNDUP,
WE CAN KEEP MITCH SLAUGHTER
IN LINE.
NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
ROUNDUPS BEEN MOVED UP,
AND THE SMALL OUTFITS
WILL HAVE MEN THERE, TOO.
>> RORY AIN'T GONNA
LIKE IT NONE.
>> TELL RORY, YOU KNOW,
KEEP THAT BABY IN THE OVEN
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO.
GO ON, GET OUT OF HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YEAH. COME ON.
>> TIMBERLINE, SADDLE UP.
WORK TO BE DONE.
>> WELL, RORY WASN'T NONE
TOO HAPPY ABOUT HIS LEAVING,
BUT HE'S HERE.
>> SO YOU GOT A PLAN
WORKED OUT, CAIN?
>> NOPE.
OTHER THAN GOING DOWN
AND HAVING MY SUPPER.
I EXPECT HAMBONE'S THERE,
STILL COOKING FOR THEM.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE GRUB
OUGHT TO BE GOOD THEN.
>> I SURE HOPE I DON'T
GET MYSELF SHOT UP
JUST BEFORE THE BABY COMES.
RORY WILL BE A TERROR, IF I DO.
>> WELL, I'M NOT EXPECTING
ANY TROUBLE.
COME ON, LET'S GO
HAVE OUR SUPPER.
>> THAT'S LORD PETER'S
MARQUIS TENT.
HE DON'T LIKE TO EAT
OR SLEEP WITH THE HELP.
>> HAMBONE!
>> CAIN HAMMETT, I SWEAR.
HARRY.
>> HAMBONE.
>> DALE.
>> ALL THE HAMMETTS, DAMN IT.
>> WELL, MY SON-OF-A-GUN
STEW'S ABOUT READY.
WHY DON'T YOU BOYS STEP DOWN,
FEED YOUR FACES, HUH?
ALL OF YOU, COME ON.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR BOSS
IS GONNA SECOND THAT INVITE.
>> I'M THE ONLY BOSS
THIS CHUCKWAGON HAS, CAIN.
AND IF I SAY YOU'RE WELCOME,
THEN YOU'RE WELCOME.
NOW IF MITCH OR JESSE
OR HIS LORDSHIP DON'T LIKE IT,
WELL, THEY CAN JUST
KISS MY BACKSIDE.
>> AMEN.
>> SO...
COME AND GET IT.
>> I SAY, MASTER HAMBONE.
>> YES.
>> WOULD YOU TELL ME, PLEASE,
WHAT THE INGREDIENTS
OF YOUR STEW ARE?
>> NO.
>> I BEG YOUR PARDON?
>> NO. NEXT.
COME ON, KEEP IT MOVING.
JUST GO AWAY, SIR.
KEEP IT MOVING.
>> MR. HAMBONE,
HIS LORDSHIP'S COMESTIBLES.
THAT'S A GOOD CHAP.
>> BISCUIT?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
>> MING, TAKE OVER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PRETTY SWANK, AIN'T IT?
>> SWANK, THAT AIN'T ALL.
>> AH.
>> MY LORD.
>> FOR BREAKFAST,
YOU KNOW WHAT HE EATS?
>> I'LL BITE, WHAT?
>> KIDNEYS.
THE MAN EATS KIDNEYS.
WON'T LET ME COOK THEM.
ARTHUR COOKS THEM.
>> WELL, TO EACH HIS OWN,
I GUESS.
I'VE HEARD TALES OF PEOPLE
THAT EATS SNAILS,
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MYSELF.
>> SNAILS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> SHELL AND ALL?
>> WELL, I GUESS
I WOULDN'T KNOW.
>> MMM.
>> HARRY.
>> WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
DOING HERE, HAMMETT?
>> WHAT'D YOU THINK?
WE WEREN'T GONNA SHOW UP
TO THE ROUNDUP?
NOT DO OUR SHARE OF THE WORK?
>> YOUR HELP ISN'T NEEDED.
>> NO DOUBT.
BUT WE'RE HERE,
AND WE AIM TO STAY.
>> HELLO, MITCH. JESSE.
>> HARRY.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD.
>> WELL, I WAS DEAD.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS
JUST ONE OF MY NINE LIVES.
I FIGURE I PROBABLY
GOT SIX OR SEVEN LEFT.
>> WE GOT ALL THE HANDS
WE CAN USE.
>> WELL, THIS IS
A PUBLIC ROUNDUP, AIN'T IT?
ANY MAN WHO'S REGISTERED
A BRAND IN THE STATE
OF WYOMING IS FREE
TO COME GET HIS STOCK.
>> YEP. THAT'S THE LAW, JESSE.
UNLESS YOU MEAN
TO UPSURP THE LAW?
>> THIS ROUNDUP WASN'T
EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
TILL NEXT WEEK.
>> BUT EVERYBODY IN
JOHNSON COUNTY KNOWS NOW,
DON'T THEY?
>> THAT DAMN AVERY.
I TOLD HIM--
>> IT'S AN OPEN ROUNDUP.
YOU BOYS CAN STAY.
>> WELL, GOSH. THANKS, JESSE.
WE'LL BE SURE TO GET A COUNT
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
>> GET UP NOW.
>> AND I MEAN
AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT.
>> RIGHT.
JUST BUNK DOWN ANYWHERE.
>> WE WILL.
>> I SMELL SHEEP.
NO, IT AIN'T SHEEP I SMELL.
IT'S JUST A STINKIN' SHEEPMAN.
>> THIS DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE A FIGHT, CAIN.
>> I WAS JUST WONDERIN'
WHY THE DERBY CAMP
THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY
TO BRING A LAWMAN
TO A CATTLE ROUNDUP.
>> IT'S NONE OF YOUR
DAMN BUSINESS WHY HE'S HERE.
YOU BROUGHT A KNOWN
CATTLE THIEF TO A ROUNDUP.
SUPPOSE WE CAN BRING
A MARSHAL IF WE WANT.
>> HOLD YOUR TONGUE, MITCH.
THE HAMMETTS ARE HERE,
AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
>> LET IT BE, CAIN.
LET IT BE.
LET IT BE, BROTHER.
COME ON. COME ON.
>> WHOA.
>> WATCH IT.
>> HOWDY, SAM.
YOU'RE JUST IN TIME FOR
SOME OF MY SON-OF-A-GUN STEW.
NOW THAT'S AN OLD BEAVER
YOU GOT HERE, SAM.
NOT MUCH OF A PELT.
>> I'M NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THE PELT.
I JUST WANT YOU
TO COOK IT FOR ME.
>> WHAT?
>> I WANT YOU TO COOK IT FOR ME.
>> I THOUGHT
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
>> WHO ON EARTH IS GOING
TO EAT THIS ONCE IT'S COOKED?
>> WE ALL ARE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SAM.
WOULD YOU BE WANTING TO EAT THIS
FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH?
>> WE'LL HAVE IT FOR BREAKFAST.
>> BREAKFAST IT IS.
>> SAY, THAT'S A FINE JOB, HAM.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, SAM.
YOU WANT TO CARVE IT?
>> OH, NO. YOU CARVE IT.
>> GONNA BE A FINE BREAKFAST,
SAM.
YOU KNOW, SAM,
YOU BETTER HAVE THE TAIL.
ALWAYS SAVE THE TAIL
FOR THE HUNTER.
NOW YOU DID PREFER IT
WITH THE HAIR ON, DIDN'T YOU?
>> NO OTHER WAY TO EAT
THIS FINE CRITTER
THAN WITH HAIR AND ALL.
>> NEXT.
>> EYES WIDE, BOYS.
WE GOT VISITORS.
OH, IT'S TASCOT AND WALDY.
>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
IF JESSE DIDN'T OFFER THEM
A GLASS OF
LORD PETER'S CHAMPAGNE.
>> DON'T THINK SO.
JESSE'S NOT THAT BOLD.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE TO MAKE DO
WITH HAMBONE'S COFFEE,
BIG MEN THAT THEY ARE.
>> THINK THEY EAT KIDNEYS?
>> NAW. SNAILS.
WELL, GOOD MORNIN'.
>> I ASKED YOU ONCE
TO JOIN UP WITH US, CAIN,
AND I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN.
TOP TERMS.
$60 A MONTH, AND YOU CAN
RUN A HUNDRED HEAD OF
CATTLE ON YOUR OWN.
>> AND I RECKON THE SAME OFFER
WOULD APPLY TO MY BROTHERS
AND MR. TIMBERLINE HERE?
>> NO. THE OFFER DOES NOT
APPLY TO YOUR BROTHERS.
>> IF THAT'S THE WAY IT IS,
I'LL HAVE TO DECLINE YOUR OFFER.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
>> OH, YOU BET
WE GOT OBJECTIONS.
>> OH, YEAH?
>> I TOLD YOU, THERE'LL BE
NO GUNPLAY IN LORD PETER'S CAMP.
>> NO.
I DON'T SUPPOSE HIS LORDSHIP
WOULD RELISH THAT NOW, WOULD HE?
>> HOW MANY CATTLE YOU CLAIMIN'?
>> I THOUGHT MAYBE 200 HEAD.
>> GET THEM AND LEAVE.
I OFFERED YOU A JOB
ON GOOD TERMS.
YOU WERE FOOL ENOUGH
TO TURN ME DOWN.
YOU CAN ALL BE RUN OUT
FOR ALL I CARE.
>> I SUPPOSE YOU CATTLE BARONS
BEEN PAYIN' THIS SKUNK'S SALARY.
>> YOU SHOULD MIND
YOUR MANNERS, BOY.
I AM THE LAW, APPOINTED
BY YOUR OWN GOVERNOR,
TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.
ESPECIALLY...
THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY.
>> WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO DO ALL THAT BIG TIME
WATCHIN' OUT OF ONE EYE NOW,
HUH?
>> DAMN.
THAT WAS PRETTY SMART,
FOR A HAMMETT BOY,
TO HIT SOMEBODY WHEN
THEIR BACK WAS TURNED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IF WE'RE DONE CONDUCTING
BUSINESS, I'M GONNA
CUT MY CATTLE OUT AND GO.
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL HIM?
YOU LET A MAN STEP UP LIKE
THAT AND KNOCK YOU ON YOUR ASS
AND YOU DIDN'T SHOOT.
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO CUT THE MAN DOWN.
>> I COULD'VE CUT DOWN DALE.
BUT THEN CAIN WOULD'VE SHOT ME,
OR HARRY.
AND YOU EXECUTIVE TYPES
WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED
A BIT 'CAUSE YOU'D HAVE BEEN
JUST STANDIN' THERE
WITH YOUR HANDS IN YOUR PANTS.
>> WELL, YOU'RE THE ONE
GETTIN' PAID TO TAKE CARE
OF THESE FELLAS.
>> AND I WILL.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF CAIN.
IN MY OWN TIME.
WHEN THE ODDS ARE RIGHT.
>> CAIN HAMMETT'S THE BACKBONE.
HE'S THE ONE ALL THESE
HOMESTEADERS LOOK UP TO.
>> I AGREE.
>> YOU KILL CAIN HAMMETT
AND WE GOT THE BATTLE WON,
JESSE.
>> I GOT A CARD OR TWO
UP MY SLEEVE.
>> GET TO DEALING, THEN.
>> LET'S GO.
>> DENCIL?
RIDERS.
>> GO BACK IN THE HOUSE,
TAKE UP THE PISTOL.
STAY INSIDE.
>> WHAT SEEMS TO BE
ON YOUR MIND?
>> WE'RE FROM THE J-BAR OUTFIT
OVER IN IDAHO.
WE'RE JUST ON OUR WAY HOME
WITH ABOUT 60 HORSES.
>> YOU BOYS ARE
A LONG WAYS FROM HOME.
>> THAT WE ARE.
>> WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
>> WE'VE GOT A STUD HORSE
FROM AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE,
CAME SNORTIN' IN BY MY MARES,
AND I CAN'T SEEM
TO GET HIM TO LEAVE.
>> SORREL?
>> YEP.
BIG STUD, ABOUT 16 HANDS.
>> GOD ALMIGHTY.
YEAH, THAT'S MINE.
I'LL GO BACK WITH YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I'LL JUST SAY
GOODBYE TO THE WIFE.
THIS WON'T TAKE LONG.
>> I'LL HAVE SUPPER WAITING.
>> YOU STAY VIGILANT.
>> SEE NOW, YOU CUT
ALONG THE EDGE THERE,
IT KEEPS IT SHARP
LIKE THE KNIFE.
NOW, DON'T CUT TOWARDS YOU.
CUT AWAY.
CUT IT AWAY.
LIKE THAT. HARD.
THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S GOOD.
>> DALE, GET IN HERE QUICK.
>> OKAY. STAY HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
JUST KEEP CUTTIN' AWAY
FROM YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT?
>> WHAT IS IT, HONEY?
>> DALE, THIS BABY'S COMIN',
IT'S COMING QUICK.
YOU NEED TO GO HEAT ME UP
SOME WATER AND YOU GET ME
SOME SACKIN'. OKAY?
>> I'D BEST RACE OVER TO
THE JOHNSON'S,
BRING MRS. JOHNSON
BACK TO HELP YOU OUT.
>> DALE HAMMETT, DID YOU HEAR
WHAT I JUST SAID?
THIS BABY'S COMIN' NOW.
>> I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW.
I'D--I'D DO SOMETHING WRONG.
IT WOULD BE--LEMME GET A DRINK
OF WHISKEY AT LEAST.
>> DON'T YOU DARE.
DON'T YOU DARE.
YOU'LL GET ALL SNOCKERED
AND BE EVEN LESS HELP TO ME.
DALE, JUST DO AS I SAY AND
GO AND HEAT THE WATER.
>> RORY!
>> HEAT UP THE WATER!
>> PA?
>> COME HERE, JOEY.
COME ON.
IT'S OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OKAY.
YOU GOT YOURSELF
A LITTLE BABY BROTHER NOW.
HMM?
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
THAT'S A GOOD BOY.
YEAH.
>> AVERY?
WE'VE GOT COMPANY.
>> MAYBE THE ROUNDUP'S OVER.
MIGHT JUST BE SOME OF THE BOYS
COMIN' TO WHET THEIR WHISTLES.
>> MAYBE, BUT I GOT
A BAD FEELING.
GET THE GUN.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, JESSE?
>> JUSTICE HAS ARRIVED,
MISS QUEENIE.
AND HE'S EVEN BRUNG A WAGON.
LAY THE SHOTGUN DOWN, AVERY,
AND YOU AND THE MISSUS
GET IN THE WAGON.
>> WHAT FOR?
>> WE ALL THOUGHT
WE'D HAVE A LITTLE PICNIC.
MAYBE TAKE A NICE,
LONG RIDE TO CHEYENNE.
>> THEN WE'LL COME BACK THIS WAY
AND RECLAIM THEM YEARLINGS
THAT AIN'T REALLY YOURS.
>> YOU GOT WARRANTS
OF ANY KIND FOR OUR ARREST,
MR. JACKLIN?
>> WHY, YES WE DO, AVERY.
DIRECT FROM OLD JUDGE COLT.
>> AND IF YOU DON'T GET
IN THIS HERE WAGON,
I'LL SERVE 'EM UP
HOT FROM THE MUZZLE,
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY'RE JUST BLUFFIN', AVERY.
THIS AIN'T NO KILLIN' BEE.
IT'S JUST A SCARING BEE.
LORD PETER AIN'T A FOOL.
HE'D FIRE 'EM IF THEY HURT US.
>> I'M NOT SO SURE.
>> WELL, I GUESS
I CAN STAND A PICNIC.
HELP ME UP, RINGBONE.
IT'S ONLY FAIR, I HELPED YOU
DOWN PLENTY OF TIMES.
>> LEAVE THE RIFLE, AVERY.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> COME ON. HEY.
SORRY ABOUT THIS, MISS QUEENIE.
EASY.
>> HEY, IT'S ALL IN FUN.
>> YAH!
>> HEY, MITCH. I'M HUNGRY.
WHERE'S THAT PICNIC?
>> WOO HOO!
>> THIS IS MORE FUN
THAN A POKE, AIN'T IT?
WAA-HOOO!
>> HOLD ON, MISS QUEENIE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
WRITE ABOUT THIS ONE, AVERY?
WHOO-HOO!
WE'RE HAVIN' A GOOD TIME NOW.
>> EASY.
>> OKAY.
YOU BOYS HAD YOUR LITTLE FUN?
CUT US LOOSE NOW.
>> SHUT YOUR MOUTH,
YOU THIEVIN' WHORE.
>> MITCH!
I SAID I'LL DO THE TALKING.
IF YOU AND AVERY HERE WILL
PROMISE TO LEAVE THE VALLEY
AND LEAVE PRONTO,
I'LL LET YOU GO.
>> WE OWN OUR LAND, MR. JACKLIN.
WHY SHOULD WE LEAVE?
>> BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE
IF YOU DON'T,
YOU DAMN SCRIBBLER.
SPADE, RINGBONE,
THROW ME A ROPE.
>> SWEET BOYS LIKE SPADE AND
RINGBONE AIN'T GONNA KILL ME.
I ALWAYS BEEN
SWEET TO THESE BOYS,
EVEN WHEN I WASN'T
FEELIN' MY BEST.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, RINGBONE?
>> THAT YA HAVE, MISS QUEENIE.
>> THEY AIN'T REALLY CAUSIN'
ANYBODY NO HARM, MR. JACKLIN.
>> ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S ENOUGH TALK!
TOM, THROW YOUR ROPE.
>> IT'S JUST A BLUFF, AVERY.
HOLD STEADY.
>> WE'LL SEE ABOUT BLUFF.
>> YOU'RE A JOKE
OF A COWBOY, MITCH.
>> YOU KEEP LAUGHING,
SWEETHEART.
PICNIC'S OVER.
>> QUEENIE, TIME FOR YOU
TO BE REASONABLE.
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO KILL YOU.
ALL YOU AND AVERY HERE
HAVE TO DO IS PROMISE TO LEAVE.
>> JESSE, YOU'RE TALKIN'
TO A WHORE WHO TAKES
OUR CALVES FOR POKES.
HER WORD DON'T MEAN SQUAT.
>> SHUT UP, MITCH.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MITCH.
YOU AIN'T THE BOSS.
YOU JUST THE ERRAND BOY.
NO ONE GIVES A CARE
OF WHAT YOU THINK.
>> YA!
>> NO!
>> GOD!
>> HOLY HELL, MITCH.
STUPID SON OF A BITCH.
>> THAT'LL TEACH YOU,
YOU THIEVING WHORE.
>> THAT WASN'T PART
OF THE PLAN AT ALL.
>> WHOA!
>> WHOA! CLARA!
WHAT? YOUR HOUSE AFIRE?
>> I'M WORRIED SICK.
THEY TOOK DENCIL.
WHEN I WENT TO FEED THE CHICKENS
THIS MORNING, I FOUND THIS.
IT WAS STUCK IN THE FRONT DOOR.
IT'S DENCIL'S BANDANA.
>> OH, WHAT THE HELL!
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S EAR!
>> THEY GOT HIM SOMEWHERE,
THE DEVILS!
>> GOD, I THOUGHT
CUTTING OFF EARS AND FINGERS
WENT OUT WITH
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
>> WHO TOOK HIM?
>> SOME MEN
I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IF WE HAD JUST MOVED
TO MONTANA BUT DENCIL,
HE JUST DIDN'T
WANNA BE PUSHED AROUND.
CAIN, I EXPECT HE'S MURDERED.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT, CLARA.
>> YOU KNOW
DENCIL'S DEAD, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, MOST PROBABLY.
WE STILL GOT TO LOOK FOR HIM.
>> TELL YOU WHAT, YOU AND DALE,
YOU GO LOOK FOR HIM.
I'LL GO WITH CLARA, MAKE SURE
SHE GETS HOME ALL RIGHT.
I'LL HAVE A LOOK AROUND,
SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGN
OF WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE IT.
I'M JUST GONNA GET MY HORSE.
>> GENTLEMEN,
THIS WILL SCARCELY DO.
THIS LOOKS BAD, VERY, VERY BAD.
>> WELL, LIKE I SAID, SIR,
IT WAS MOSTLY AN ACCIDENT.
>> SMALL CONSOLATION FOR
THE WOMAN WHO IS RATHER DEAD.
BUT THERE IS A LARGER POINT.
TRYING TO PICK
THESE RUSTLERS OFF ONE BY ONE
IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING.
THE BRUTES MULTIPLY LIKE LICE.
>> WELL, HOW ELSE
TO DO IT THEN, SIR?
>> I SUGGEST THE TIME
HAS COME FOR AN ALL OUT WAR.
>> WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MEN.
>> WE ARE NOT WITHOUT RESOURCES,
MAY I REMIND YOU, MR. LAWTON.
I'LL BE SEEING THE GOVERNOR
NEXT WEEK,
PERHAPS SENATOR THORPE
AND SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB.
I EXPECT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO IMPORT SOME MERCENARIES,
IF NEED BE, ENOUGH TO MAKE
A CLEAN SWEEP OF THESE PEASANTS.
MR. JACKLIN, SHOULD YOU
HAVE OCCASION
TO VISIT WITH OUR ALLIES,
MR. TASCOT AND MR. WALDY,
PERHAPS YOU WOULD MENTION IT.
>> I WILL, SIR.
>> WOULD YOU SEE TO IT,
MR. JACKLIN?
>> I'LL SEE TO IT
STRAIGHTAWAY, SIR.
MITCH.
>> WHAT'S THE BIG FUSS?
JUST DOING MY JOB.
>> DOING YOUR JOB DON'T MEAN
HANGING QUEENIE, YOU IDIOT.
NOW, THE FAT'S REALLY
IN THE FIRE.
>> SHE HAD IT COMING.
SHE HAD A SMART MOUTH.
>> THAT DON'T MEAN
YOU HAD TO KILL HER.
THAT'LL BE IN EVERY DAMN
NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY.
STIRRING UP SYMPATHY
FOR THE HOMESTEADER.
SURPRISED LORD PETER
DIDN'T SHOOT YOU ON THE SPOT.
HELL, I SHOULD HAVE
SHOT YOU MYSELF.
>> SHE'S JUST AN OLD WHORE,
JESSE.
FOLKS AIN'T GONNA
HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY
FOR SOME BOSSY OLD WHORE.
>> HYAH!
>> DAMN, JESSE.
>> SHOWS HOW STUPID
YOU REALLY ARE.
MEN LIKE WHORES, IN CASE
YOU HADN'T NOTICED.
>> HELP ME CATCH MY HORSE.
>> YOU CAN WALK.
IT WOULDN'T BREAK MY HEART
IF A GRIZZLY GOT YOU.
>> JESSE.
>> WHOA.
>> UM,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I, UH, PROBABLY HAVE TO GO,
YOU KNOW, AND HELP EVERYONE
LOOK FOR DENCIL.
>> YOU KNOW, MANY'S A TIME
I WISH I NEVER LEFT OHIO.
DENCIL'S A GOOD MAN,
BUT HE AIN'T REAL STRONG.
LAST WINTER,
HE WAS SICK HALF THE TIME.
>> YEAH, YOU SEE, THAT,
THAT THERE'S THE MAIN REASON
I AM GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
YOU KNOW, THEY GOT
A WARM WINTER.
AND ALL TOLD,
THE HAMMETTS NEVER FIGURED
ON SETTLING HERE
IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY ANYWAY.
IT'S JUST WHERE MY
GRANDFATHER'S WAGON BROKE DOWN.
HE'S TOO LAZY TO FIX IT.
BUT THEY, THEY WAS ON
THEIR WAY TO OREGON.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE GRANDMA
STARTED HAVING KIDS HERE,
THAT WAS THAT.
>> DENCIL AND I
BEEN HOPING FOR A BIG FAMILY.
WE JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO GET IT STARTED.
>> HEY, YOU'RE STILL REAL YOUNG.
YOU GOT YOUR WHOLE LIFE
AHEAD OF YOU.
YOU'RE REAL YOUNG.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA
GO FIND DENCIL.
>> YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
GO ON, I'M FINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MY GOD.
WHY DENCIL?
WHY LIKE THIS?
>> 'CAUSE THEY'RE
TRYING TO SCARE US.
THEY KNEW WE'D DISCOVER HIM
AND FIND HIM LIKE THIS.
>> MIGHT AS WELL GET HIM DOWN.
>> HOWDY, DALE.
>> BUTCHER.
>> WHAT CAN I GET YOU?
>> WHISKEY.
GIVE ME ANOTHER.
>> YOU'RE MOVING TOO SLOW, HUNT.
>> YOU WANT IT FAST,
OR YOU WANT IT LEGAL?
>> I WANT IT BOTH.
I GOT LORD PETER TO THINK OF.
>> LORD PETER IS A POMPOUS ASS.
HE'S RAPING THIS COUNTRY.
AND WHAT HE LEAVES,
HE'S GONNA KEEP FOR HIM
AND HIS FRIENDS.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE YOU.
>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING.
NED SINE WON'T GET MY VOTE
NEXT TIME WE ELECT A SHERIFF.
>> I LIKE NED. HE'S HONEST.
BUT I ADMIT HE MOVES SLOWLY.
>> SLOWLY?
HE AIN'T EVEN MOVING.
NO ONE'S BEEN ARRESTED
FOR THE MURDER OF JIMMY ALBERT
OR THE HANGING OF QUEENIE
AND AVERY OR DENCIL
OR ANY OTHER CRIME HERE
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
HUNT LAWTON'S THE KILLER
AND MITCH SLAUGHTER
HIS WILLING SIDEKICK.
>> GUILTY EARS HAVE
THE BEST HEARING.
DALE?
DALE, THINK ABOUT IT.
>> YOU DON'T SEE IT, DO YOU?
YOU'RE A HIRED GUNMEN
JUST LIKE THE REST.
>> YOU JUST TAKE CARE
OF THE HAMMETTS.
AND REMEMBER, HUNT,
IT'S GOTTA LOOK LEGAL.
NO BACKSHOOTING.
>> WHY YOU HYPOCRITICAL BASTARD.
YOU WANT THE HAMMETTS KILLED,
BUT YOU DON'T WANT ANY BLOOD
SPLATTERED ALL OVER YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL DO IT, BUT I'LL DO IT
MY WAY WHETHER I DROP A SAFE
ON THEIR HEADS
OR SHOOT THEM THROUGH THE LIPS.
DEAD IS DEAD.
I'LL KILL THE HAMMETTS.
I JUST DON'T PROMISE
IT'LL BE NEAT.
>> IT'LL BE NEAT,
YOU MURDERING SON OF A BITCH.
>> WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING, HAMMETT?
>> STAY PUT.
>> GET UP, COME ON.
GET UP.
COME ON.
>> HARRY, COME ON IN.
>> WELL, I, UH,
I DON'T WANT TO INTRUDE, CLARA.
>> NO, NO.
I GOT COFFEE ON.
>> OH.
THIS, IT'S FOR YOU.
>> WHAT'S THIS?
>> OH, THAT'S JUST
A LITTLE MONEY.
I OWED IT TO DENCIL
FROM A HORSE TRADE
WE DONE A WHILE BACK,
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
MIGHT HELP YOU OUT
AROUND HERE OR SOMETHING.
>> HELP OUT?
>> UH-HUH.
>> IT'LL SAVE ME.
YOU'VE JUST BEEN
SO GOOD TO ME, HARRY.
>> OH, WELL, I...
>> I'M BEHOLDEN TO YOU, HARRY.
>> COME ON.
YA!
HEY, YA!
>> SON OF A...
YA!
>> PA'S COMING.
>> JOEY, HONEY,
TAKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER INSIDE.
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
DO IT QUICK, GO!
>> OH GOD! NO!
NO, DALE!
DALE!
NO! NO!
NO!
LOOK AT YOU!
DALE! DALE!