13 Fighting Men (1960) - full transcript

That's far e enough, blue belly.

Dismount and stand fast.

You're a mighty long
way from home soldier.

My home is a house divided.

I'm your contact, Captain.

Took your time getting here.
I'd about gave you up.

I'm Walt Ives.

John Forrest, 21st Illinois.

You'll forgive my
precautions, Captain,

but in my work, one is
very careful or very dead.

Mr. Ives, I've brought
my men a long way



to this rendezvous.

Get on with the business.

Unfortunately,
we have no business

to get along with, Captain.

Like so many other
things in war,

your efforts have been wasted.

And out of touch.

Is t this our contact, Captain?

Was, Mr. Loomis.

Thank God the war's over.

Lee surrenders to
Grant at Appomattox.

Uthern resistance crumbles

Is it really over, Captain?

It's beginning
to look that way...



All right, hold down the noise.

Yeah, we won!

I said hold it down.

The men deserve a
little celebration.

I'll handle my
men, Mr. Loomis.

All right, it's good
news for everyone,

but the war won't be over for us

until we're on our
own side of the lines.

There's bound to be a lot
like us who haven't heard yet

and there's probably
just as many others

that'd like to take a shot
at us, war over or not.

Is that clear?

Mr. Loomis?

Sergeant Wade, return
the men to duty.

Yes, sir.

All right, you heard the man.

I'm obligated to offer you
safe transport t to the North.

I'll take my
chances here, Captain,

among my own people.

The South is my home.

Well, suit yourself.

Could you'll me the
quickest and safest way

to our lines?

Everyone hates spy,

but no one minds
using his information.

Hug the riverbed.
You'll see an olfarmhouse.

From there, take the road north.

You'll soon run
into blue unifor.

Sounds gooood to me, thanks.

Oh, Captain, haven't
you forgotte something?

Mr. Loomis is
our treasury man.

Trust Mr. Seward to
send one of his own.

900, isn't it?

Could you, uh...

Could you make it 1,000?

Now, this puts you out of a job.

There'll be other warswo

I hope not as close to
home as this one, Mr. Ives.

When you get back to Washington,

please tell Mr. Lincoln
it's been a pleasure

doing business
with an honest man.

Good day, gentlemen.

Make our close
at the top of the U

and cut across the edge here.

You'd be safer walking home,

then riding with
a brand like that.

Major, Yates and Coy
are bringing somebody in.

Get in there.

We found this man riding
your horch, Simon.

I mean Major Boyd, sir.

Am I speaking to the Major Boyd?

I'm Walter Ives.

It's my pleasure, sir.

Why, every schoolboy in Georgia

plays at being
Major Simon Boyd, sir.

Fine looking animal.

Yes, his name is Eddie Mac.

I rereckon I'd know
my own horse's name.

Where'd you come by him?

I bought him from a soldier.

Be glad to return him.

Thanks.

You must've paid quite a
bit of money for Eddie M.

He's an expensive
horse all right.

Where'd you get thatat
kind of money, Mr. Ives?

Now, I assure you,
Major Boyd, sir.

I'm a legitima businessman.

Here are my papers.

I make it a rule
never to look at

what a man wants me to see.

Excuse me, sir.

Shouldn't do a thing like this.

Someone get the
lieutenant a drink.

He's a civilian.

Obviously a southern gentlemen.

One of your kind?

You are a southern gentlemen,
aren't you Mr. Ives?

He's got enough gold here

to buy a string
of horses, Major.

Well, Lieutenant Wilcox,

now how do you explain a
loyal Southern business man

with federal gold?

We'll have to do something
about that headache, Mr. Ives.

Well, now I can explain
about the money, sir.

Yates, give the Southern
gentleman a smoke.

It'll help clear his head.

He can explain better.

Of course.

Now, where'd you get the money?

Where?

From a union patrol.

What business you got
with a union patrol?

I was supposed to put them
in touch with some people.

What kind ofof people?

Undercover agents.

Well, you're a traitor then.

That's about as
low as a man gets.

We'll follow Ives'
route, along this riverbed.

Well, it'd be faster
if we cross this ridge

and bypass the farmhouse.

The safety of the n come
first, Loomis, not speed.

Look, I'm responsible
for getting the gold back.

I don't like to
keep reminding you

of my letter from the
treasury department.

Well, then d don't, please.

Forrest, you're running
this patrol like you...

Mr. Loomis, my mission
was toeliver you

and your gold to
the contact here

and then get out.

Now, I don't like being saddled
with a political appointee

on a soldier's job,
but I'm stuck with you

till we get back, so make it
easy on yourself, mimister, huh?

Now, our good
friend Mr. Ives here

was kind enough to tell
us where there's more

of this federal gold.

He volunteered the information
that these treasury wagons

usually carry 50,000 or more.

They're not gonna
hand it to us, sir.

A few shots and
they'll run like r rabbits.

I say we take the gold.

Major Boyd, I fought with you

for the confedereracy
as a soldier,

but I'm no bandit.

What do you mean bandit?

We've starved and lostst
our homes and families,

and now they tell
us the war is over.

Why, it's just begun
r the losers.

I saw we've each earned
e chance at a stake,

something to sta worth.

I think the Major's right.

Of course the Major's right.

Connors, there
won't be n no fight.

It's not for me, Major.

I didn't have nothing
when I come into this war,

but a few ideals.

I guess that's the least
I can go home with.

Connors.

Wait up, Connors.

I'm going with you.

Now, what about
the rest of you men?

You, Wilcox?

You still got your ideals
or are you staying?

WhWhy not?

You think we oughta
cut out, Samuel?

Well, man's a
funny creature, Ebb.

He's never satisfied.

Well, here, this morning,
I swore to heaven

I'd be content with
a new pair of boots.

I got plenty money
for the boots.

Now I want a horse.

Man's never satisfied.

Yates.

Yes, sir?

Get the men ready to move out.

All right, you men,
let's break up this camp.

- Jimmy, boy.
- Sir?

Now, when we get there, I've
got a special job for you.

Yes, sir.

Just trying to get
'em even, sergeant.

What's even?

Three month's pay, sergeant.

What'd you owe him yesterday?

Two months.

You'll both be out of the
army in less than a month.

OhOh, I won't quit
on him, sergeant.

I'll keep on trying
to get him even.

Wilcox, take your men and
place them around the camp.

Yes, sir.

Yates.

Yes, sir.

I want you to cut
their horses loose.

We'll all be riding shortly.

Right.

Son, I want you to
go into their camp

and tell them our terms.

Their lives for the gold.

Now, the men will be
covering you from every side.

Let me have your weapons.

Hopper, I'm glad we've
got you and your Gatli gun

on our side.

Thank you, sir.

How many rounds a minute
can you crank out of it now?

I'm up to about two
clips, about 40 shells, sir.

Well, it looks like you
won't be using it after all.

That's fine with me.

You know, target
practice is one thing,

but I don't think I'd be much
good at shooting down men.

- Sergeant Wade.
- Yes, sir?

- Are we ready to move?
- Yes, sir.

I think we have a visitor, son.

He looks harmless enough.

He shot Jimmy!

Let him have it, men!

Hey, get the men in
front of the wagon.

Right.

All right, you men, come on,

move out in front of this wagon.

All right, come on, men.

Hold I it, men.

You men, scatter and take
all those Yankee horses.

Right.

McLean, flank.

Set the gun up here.

Yes, sir.

Put those rain
barrels in front of it.

Jensen, cover the left flank.

Wade, get rid of the wagon,
then cover the right.

Yes, sir.

Loomis, get under cover.

Captain.

Forrest, I have a few
things to say to you.

Look, Forresest, you can
stop the silent treatment.

Now, I have to get that
gold to Washington.

I may not be a soldier,
but I've got more sense

than to come into
a place like this.

Mr. Loomis, those
confederates attacking us

don't know the war's over and
I'm not risking any more men

to get that gold
back a little sooner.

But, Mr. Seward...

We're staying here until it's
light enough to go out there

and tell them we're
all brothers again.

Hold your fire!

It's my wife.

Cover her, sergeant.

All right, tell
her to drop the gun.

He doesn't tell me
anything, soldier.

He asks.

Come down here, ma'am.

You should be more
careful who you fire on.

No.

I should just be a
better shot, Captain.

Are there any other
guns in the house?

There's a rifle in the kitchen.

Sergeant Wade, will you get it?

Yes, sir.

You have no right to
commandeer this house, Captain.

The war is over.

I'm afraid those men outside
aren't as well informed

as you are, sir.

Sergeant Wade, is the
Gatling gun set up?

Yes, sir.

Would you check
the surrounding area?

Yes, sir.

You fought for the South, sir?

Yes, I was an officer.

Captain Allen Prescott.

Do you know if
there are any patrols

still operating in this area?

No.

I prayed I'd seen
the last of fighting.

Little we have left.

There'll be no damage
to your property,

at least not from us.

Oh, damaging this house
will take some doing.

We hope to leave at first light.

Captain, when you leave,

I'll ride with you to Waycross.

If you're still
determined to leave, Carol,

I'll take e you into town.

I might need
protection on the way.

What will you do when
you get back north?

I don't wanna talk a about i.

Don't paw me.

Carol, I understand
your feelings.

I know it wasn't easy for you,

but from what I've seen,
all anyone has these days

is each other.

We can begin again by
repairing the main house

and then in time, with
a good crop or t two,

we'll be able to have some
of the things we had before.

And where will the money
come from for all this?

Will you dream that up too?

Go on back t to your room.

Go on.

Back side of that house
is solid brick, Major.

There's no way to
get at 'em there.

Then we'd have to
go up against the gun.

Get the men ready.

All right, get your
gear together.

Aren't you going just
a little too far, Major?

Is that an
opinion, Mr. Wilcox?

An order?

If we'reaught,
they'll hang all of us.

Better to die rich than
live poor, Mr. Wilcox.

Now if you ain't got
the stomach for this,

you'd best head back home to
that rich family of yours.

They've probably got
enough money left

to keep you drunk for
the rest of your life.

What do you think, Ebb?

Well, I'll tell ya.

I wasn't too keen
about more fightin',

but whenen they cut
down Jimmy back there,

they didn't make no
friend out of Ebb Burns,

I'll tell ya that.

You said my
thinking perfect, Ebb.

And they're gonna have
to kill this old boy

to keep 'em away
from that gold now

and I take an awful
lot of killing.

I checked the entire area, sir.

No one can get at
us from that way

and our gucovers the
entire front and sides.

Good.

Thank you, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

The whole country's
preparing for peace

and you're laying plans for war.

Please feel free at
any time, Mr. Loomis,

to negotiate a
special peace for us.

Jensen?

Hmm?

You know that $3 you
owe me for the laundry

and things I'd
been doing for ya?

Yeah.

Well, I was wondering
if I could have it now.

I'll give it to you
payday, ke I said.

I sure could use it
awful bad right now.

What are you gonna
spend it on out here?

Oh, now that McLean
and me are stationed

on the gun together, we got
time to get a few hands in.

Ain't you ever gonna learn?

You know, McLean's gonna own
you for the rest of your life.

Aw, I got a good
chance to get even now.

Honest.

Well, I was gonna get
some candy for my girl

first union town we hit.

Ah, it's no good for
her anyway, I guess.

Here, two oughta be
enough for McLean for now

and I still got a $1, so
I can something for her.

Oh, you're a friend,
Jensen, a real friend.

Watch me get even.

Almost forgot what
cash-money looks like.

It comes from playing people
that owe me all the time.

Oh, it's cash all right.

And it's gonna change my luck.

Coffee?

Thanks.

I'm so sick of chicory,

I'll even try some
of your army coffee.

And you're not from
the South, Mrs. Prescott.

No, I'm going
back where I belong.

May I sit down?

You seemed a little disappointed

that your husband didn't
attack five armed soldiers

with his bare hands.

At one time he would've tried.

There's great wisdom in
looking at peace for the world.

Is that why you're
in the army, Captain?

Not everyone thinks
like your husband.

He came back from the
war a different man.

Well, you're fortunate
he came back at all.

Fortunate?

I've been living in this
pigsty for two years

after the main
house was destroyed.

No food half the time,
freezing in the winter,

and roasting in the summer.

But I waited because I
knew Allen would make up

for everything.

I loved him, I respected him.

He came back, as
you've seen, spineless.

No, no, I would
have been better off

if he hadn't come back.

Don't wallow to deep in
your self-pity, Mrs. Prescott.

It doesn't change a thing.

I know.

Sergeant Wade, you and
Jensen get some coffee.

I'll stand by on the porch.

Yes, sir.

Yates, get some men
and go up the gully.

Now just draw their fire, but
don't let anyone get shot up.

Mclean, take it
easy on that ammo.

All right, fill 'er up.

McLean, get that gun
reloaded on the double.

Soldier, that's
government property.

Drop it!

I said drop it.

Loomis, have you gone mad?

Get inside.

McLean, Pike,
get back on your post.

Wanna know something?

We got all this gold and
practically no bullets.

Lovely, ain't it?

I was just fighting
for my life before,

now there's money involved.

You rebs are gonna
have to kill polecat.

Loomis, one of
your men dumped it.

Get it out of sight.

It's enough money to
tempt any soldier.

You know, I wondered why
we drug that Loomis alalong.

He must be a treasury man, huh?

Yeah, we're getting
low on ammunition.

Had enough of this, we
could buy some from the rebs.

Pike, how much we got left?

One clip, sir.

Come inside.

Wade.

I'll trade you, Sergeant.

We'll cover you from here.

I'll feel mighty
lost without it, sir.

You can't carry a
truce flag in one hand

and a weapon in the other.

That one too.

Keep it high.

When you get close
enough, give 'em this.

Yes, sir.

Good luck, Sergeant.

Thank you, sir.

Looks like one of
'em wants to talk.

We got nothing to talk about.

Get on that gun fast!

Cover him.

If it's all right with you,

I'd just as soon
trade back a again, sir.

Well, what do we
do now, Captain?

Sir, we're just about
out of ammunition for sure.

Where are the packhorses?

I saw 'em run off, Captain.

Well, they're army stock.

They'll stop at the first
feed they come across,

I hope.

The men outside won't
honor our truce flag.

It looks like we've
got a fight coming up.

Well, don't expect any
help from me, Captain.

Do you have any
feed stored anywhere?

I won't be a part
to any of this.

You answer might keep
this roof over your head.

There's hay in the barn.

Thank you.

They'll pay us for
any information, Allen,

anything they use here.

Just don't take sides, Carol.

The only side
I'm taking is my own,

since you won't take it.

McLean, the lady says
there's hay in the barn.

The packhorses are
probably there.

Well, you heard the man.

Go out to the barn and get
two cases of ammunition.

Now, wait a minute, Sergeant.

I saw what they did to
you out in the open.

Man can get killed
out there, you know?

In about one minute,

it's gonna be more
dangerous in here

than it is out there.

Sergeant, I'll go.

You weren't ordered
to go, Jensen.

I'm faster than Mclean.

Besides he's the best
gunner we've got.

Sergeant, wait.

What Jensen says
may make some sense.

I think Private McLean may
be a little too slow at that.

All right, Jensen.

Thanks, friend.

Oh, no friend to it.

It's gonna cost you some
of those gold pieces

I saw you steal.

Why, you rat.

I oughta kill ya.

I can always change
my mind, friend.

Jensen, you'll be all right
once you get to the barn.

Be careful.

I'll make it sir.

Attention, one of 'ems
making a run for it.

Hold it.

This one's for Jimmy.

Two says he misses.

Covered.

Lucky shot.

Not for him.

For you.

See, Corey.

Them Yankees got something
important in that barn.

Chances are they'll
go for it again.

Get over there, take
cover, and wait.

Now make sure you
see what he's after

before you kill him.

Sending a man out like
that wasn't very intelligent,

was it, Captain?

It was a calculated risk.

One man for all of us.

You and your gold included.

Professional soldiers
aren't supposed

to make those kinds of mistakes.

We all make them, mister.

You saw Jensen get it
trying to make the barn.

That ammunition is our
only chance to stay alive.

McLean, Pike, by all rights,
you two should've been

discharged a week ago.

And Sergeant Wade
took his chances

with the white
flag this morning.

I don't feel I have
the right to order

any of you out there, so...

I'll make a try for the ammo.

Wade, you're in charge.

Aren't you forgetting
my position here?

Your position, Mr. Loomis,

is one of a very
annoying civilian.

If I don't get back, try
to hold out for nightfall,

then make a run for it.

If it comes to a decision
between the safety of the men

and the gold, I want
you to leave the gold.

Yes, sir.

Look, Captain, you can
play hero if you like,

but not with something
I'm responsible for.

You heard my orders, Sergeant.

Beaker, here comes another one.

Double or nothing on this one.

Don't hit him.

No bets.

I don't know who
you are, but thanks.

I'm Root, Owen Root.

Where'd you come from?

I mean before that.

Up north, Vermont.

The time between there and the
hayloft, I'd rather forget.

As you like.

If you give me a hand
with this ammunition,

we'll get out of here.

We?

Well, you'll be better
off in the house with us.

I can see how well off
you are in the house.

Suit yourself.

You're not interested in gold?

Captain, I learned
if you can't eat it,

make love to it, or wear it,

forget it.

You might be right.

This is gonna be the longest
short walk in the world.

Yep.

What's the food like in there?

Well, it's not much,
but it's filling.

Sure hope they got pork sausage.

Come on.

Get to the barn and
see what happened.

How 'bout that food, Captain?

Mrs. Prescott, would you mind?

Of course not, Captain.

You better sit down.

You don't look so good.

Who is he?

He is not our
problem, Mr. Loomis.

The men outside are.

They must've killed
Ives and taken his gold.

They're after the
rest of it now.

All right, who are you?

Actually, sir, if you
want the whole truth,

I'm a rebel spy.

Major Simon Boyd sent me
here to steal your gold

and cut your throats,

but if you don't mind I
would like to eat first.

Did you say Simon Boyd?

The two rebels
were talking about it

when you got to
the barn, Captain.

Mrs. Prescott, do you know
anything about a Simon Boyd?

He was in command
of a group of raiders.

He's from these parts.

How many men did he have?

Sometimes 15, 30,
40, it all depended.

Did he always operate
as a military unit?

As far as I know, Captain.

Would Mr. Prescott
know any more about him?

No, Boyd started his raiders
after Allen went to war.

Thank you.

You about ready to
tell me who you are now?

Just who are you to be asking?

I'll ask the questions.

Trouble is you keep
asking the same one.

One of you gentlemen
happen to have a cigar?

Sergeant Wade.

You got a match, mister?

If you really wanna know,
I'm just a union soldier.

Oh?

What outfit.

14 Vermont.

Oh, the 14 Vermont.

They were wiped out at
Mechanicsville in '62.

Where you been for three years?

Andersonville.

The only trouble with that
death-hole prison, Mr. Loomis,

was we didn't have near enough
rosy-cheeked politicians

like you as cellmates.

Well, I found 'em
all right, Major.

Lee with two bullet holes in him

and Corey all cut up
like a side of beef.

Lee and Corey's
gold all gone too.

How come you didn't know that?

Well, I...

Listen, Major, I was
just thinking, you know,

they'd come out of
there mighty fast

if we just set a little fire
to the roof of that house.

And we'd be sending a smoke
signal to every union trooper

for 50 miles.

Well, it was just an idea.

Don't bother to have any more.

Captain, w would you help
me with this sack of flour?

Oh, I'm terribly sorry.

Are you married?

I was.

Divorced?

No, she was killed in the
bombardment at Fort Sumpter.

I'm sorry.

That's what you
meant when you said

I shouldn't feel too
sorry for myself.

You were feeling sorry
for yourseself then.

Something like that.

She the reason you
ride your men so hard?

I don't ride my
men, Mrs. Prescott.

I learned early in the war

that detacachment is the oy
way to get the job done.

Detachment, no personalities.

Every man is,

is just a number written
neatly in a book.

All an officer has to
do is follow that book.

Do you always follow
the rules, Captain?

If there's one that fits.

What about us?

Is there one for us?

I have a husband
who's no man at all.

And you've been too
long without a wife.

What's the rule for us?

With that gold, we could buy
back a lot of f lonely years.

Tell you what I'll do,

I'll give you credit on
your share of the gold.

Oh, we shouldn't even
think about that, McLean.

I'll lend you one to flip with.

Come in.

What is it?

I thought we might talk.

What have we got
to talk about, Allen?

We are still man and wife.

I married you for one reason.

You gave me something
I'd never known much of:

respect, and you had a position.

I thought that would be enough.

Carol, you can't
tell me there was

never any love between us.

Don't talk about love after
what happened last week.

What happened in town is
no reason, it's an excuse.

You can call it what
you want, but I'm leaving,

and I'm leaving with something

to make a start in the city.

I can't go on living
like I've been living

for the past two years.

When you brought me here,
Allen, to the plantation,

with servants and carriages.

It was like a dream.

Their war robbed me of all that.

Now their gold can pay me back.

Carol, if you try
and take the money,

I'll stop you.

You'll be the last
one able to stop me, Allen.

Sergeant, get McLean
and Pike in off the gun.

All right, you men, inside.

The way I see it,
we've got two choices,

stay and fight or
give them the gold.

If we stay, we've got
food and ammunition

for a day, maybe two.

But I'll leave the
decision to you.

Forrest, have you forgotten...

Oh, stay out of this, Loomis.

The men will decide,
they're taking the risks.

You have no guarantee
that Boyd would leave

if you did give him the gold.

It's a chance, right
now the only one we have.

McLean?

Well, I don't think we
oughta be too anxious, Captain.

What I mean is, I
don't see we should

give the rebs anything.

Pike?

- Pike.
- Huh?

Answer him.

Oh, I'll go along with McLean.

Sergeant Wade?

Captain, that gold
don't mean nothing to me

one way or another.

But we lost some pretty
good men because of it.

I'd hate to just give it
up without a little scrap.

Root, you got a stake here now.

I told you my feelings, Captain.

If you can't eat it, make
love to it, or wear it,

forget it.

Well, Mr. Loomis,
it looks like

we're gonna keep it for you.

Major, two riders coming up.

Blue or gray?

Can't tell.

They're kicking
up too much dust.

You men separate and get
your rifles out of sight.

Just relax.

What is it?

Some men coming in.

Captain, two union
soldiers are at the road,

cavalry.

McLean, get in here.

We've gotta let
'em know we're here.

I'll signal to 'em.

They'd be dead before
you finished, boy.

You in charge here?

Yes, sir.
Major Simon Boyd, sir.

11th Georgia cavalry.

Calvary?

You like more like irregulars.

Well, Colonel, everything's
been sort of irregular

in Georgia for the
last couple of years.

Oh, no.

They're looking this way.

If they see that gun, boy,
they'll kill 'em for sure.

Mrs. Prescott, get in here.

I'm gonna save those
men for you, Captain.

Why haven't your
men disbanded yet?

We're resting up, Colonel.

Then we're going into
town to disband proper.

See that you do.

I'll tell the union
commander to expect you.

Sure thing, Colonel.

Major, when General
Crawford comes along...

General Crawford?

Yes, he'll be
leading his regiment

through here in an hour or so.

Make sure that you and your
men go on into town with him.

Why, yes, sir.

Colonel.

Anything wrong, ma'am?

Why, no, I'm expecting
my husband home

from the war.

I saw you ride up.

It won't be long now, ma'am.

These men aren't causing
you any trouble, are they?

Why, of course not, Colonel.

All southerners are gentlemen.

I leave you in safe hands then.

Good day, ma'am.

That was real smart, ma'am.

You saved their lives.

And my own, but that's
not the reason I'm here.

I think we can do
business together.

I think we can do
business together.

I'd love to do
business with you, ma'am.

How long do you think
you can stay out here?

More union soldiers
might happen by.

You've been lucky,
but it might not last.

Keep talking.

We have plenty of
ammunition and food for weeks.

I have a man in the
house who can help me.

We'll take over the house
and split the gold with you.

Split the gold?

Split or you stay out here.

If we take over the house,
no one's to be killed.

What's stopping
us from keeping you?

Now that wouldn't
get you any closer

to what you want, would it?

I like your proposition, ma'am,

but if I talk them out of
the money without your help,

then our deal's off.

You're welcome to try,

but you won't talk
them out of anything.

I know.

Major, Major, they'll
kill you for sure.

They've got honor, Yates.

Honor.

The easiest man in the world
to fiddle is an honorable man.

I've come to make
you a deal, Captain.

Mrs. Prescott.

Major, you know, of
course, that Lee surrendered.

The war's over.

Seems I did hear a
rumor something like that.

But Lee didn't surrender for us.

Now my men find
themselves going home

to nothing and with nothing.

You would save us both a
lot of trouble, Captain,

if you'd give up the gold.

Not a chance.

I'd surely like to
take it peaceful-like.

Well, I've decided to keep it.

Well, that about
ends our peace talks.

Not quite, gentlemen.

Just hold it right
there, all of you.

One move and the
Captain gets it.

Drop it, Sergeant.

Drop it.

Pike, cover my back.

Now hold on, McLean.

I don't want nothing
to do with this.

I said just cover me.

You wouldn't let your old
partner get shot in the back.

We're gonna leave
here rich, Pike.

Rich.

Let me help you disarm
these men, soldiers.

You just stay right
where you are, Johnny Reb,

while we talk this thing out.

- Pike?
- Yes, sir.

I'm coming up on the porch.

If McLean guns me, I
want you to kill him.

Do you understand?

But Captain, McLean,
don't do this now!

Hold on there, Captain.

This ain't Pike
you're talking to.

You might miss.

I don't miss, lady.

Let me handle it.

Pike, what's all
that talk behind me?

It's me, Corporal.

I'll help you for a
share of that gold.

Well, well, well.

Hey, I've been
watching you, lady.

You want that money even
more than I, don't ya?

Huh?

Don't ya?

All right, you're in, here.

Take this and get the
weapons from the men.

Pike, lower that gun!

Yes, sir.

Captain, looks like
you got a little mutiny

brewing there.

My position is secured, Major.

I suggest you look at your own.

How's that, Captain?

You're 100 yards
from your men, unarmed,

and you didn't come
here under a white flag.

But I am unarmed, Captain.

So was the man
I sent out, Major.

Then I'll just have
to call you on that,

honorable Captain.

See if you're bluffing.

Oh, I've got about
as much of that left

as a wolf in a henhouse.

Boyd, you're a fool to
bring your men into this gun.

I think you're right, Captain.

Sergeant Wade, lock
McLean up in the pantry.

Pike, you stay on that gun.

Everyone else in the house...

Mrs. Prescott, there
are times I don't know

what to think of you.

Root was going to kill him.

She's got a lot
more stuff in her

than that weak gutted
husband of hers.

If you ever want
a real man, sugar,

just give old Root the nod.

Where are you
going, Mrs. Prescott?

Well, I busted his head,
I thought I'd fix it.

Keep alert, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

I should've known better
than to trust a woman.

Root was gonna put
a knife in your back.

I needed you alive.

Look, lady, the next time...

I'll let you out tonight.

We'll take over.

What good will that do?

How we gonna get past Boyd?

I've already made
a deal with Boyd.

Here.

Fix your head and
next time, use it.

Forrest, how much longer
are we gonna be holed up

in this place?

You know if you showed that
much concern and kindness

for your husband, maybe
things would work out for you.

I have no reason to try.

He must've really hurt you, huh?

Hurt?

No.

But you can't live with
anyone you don't respect.

Last week a drunk mauled
me and tried to kiss me.

He tore my clothes right
in front of everybody.

Allen didn't raise a finger.

He said he couldn't
harm another human being

after what he saw in the war,

but I'm his wife.

He should've protected me.

Any real man would've.

Well, wouldn't you have
if it were your wife?

I might have, Mrs. Prescott,

but that wouldn't make
me any more of a man

than your husband.

Don't mention the
word man and my husband

in the same breath.

Here's Major.

Oh, Major.

Glad to see you back, sir.

Lieutenant Wilcox deserted.

Good.

That's one less to share with.

Men, if we w want that gold,
we'll have to fight for it.

Major, that's gonna
be kind ofof tough

with that Union army
coming down the road.

Yeah, that it is.

Now we gotta g get
rid of that gun.

Each of you men, put
some of your spare powder

in a pile here.

Uh, not but yet.

I've got a surprise for 'em

and you'll deliver, Yates.

Root, will you help
Pike on that gun?

What are you planning on doing

with your share
of the gold, Ebb?

Well, first off, there's
this gal in Greenfnfork.

Emmy-Lou Jean.

Well, I guess she ain't
a girl any longer.

Nearly as old as me.

But all my life,
I mean all my life,

I wanted to make love to
that gal, Emmy-Lou Jean.

The older she gets,
the fatter she gets,

the more I pine for her.

When she sees the gold
bulging out of my pockets,

she's gonna give a little
more mind to old Ebb,

I'll tell you that much.

At them, men.

This is for you, Emmy-Lou Jean.

Well that did it, Major.

Captain!

You've got three more
minutes to come out unarmed.

Three more minutes
and we're coming in.

Three more minutes and
we'll all be gentlemen.

Let me alone, let me be.

Only the danged
southern mosquitoes

have drank more of my
blood in one setting

than I just lost.

How bad is it, Captain?

He'll live.

Sergeant, how's it going?

I'm all right, sir.

I can still use my gun if
somebody can load it for me.

Sure.

Root, you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

Mr. Prescott, I
know how you feel,

but there's only two of us
that can ably handle a gun now.

I told you before, Captain.

I wouldn't have
any part of this.

Those men outside are desperate.

They'll kill everyone
in this house,

including your wife.

No, they won't harm my wife.

It's the gold they want.

I can't cover two
windows and a door!

I'd say that's your problem.

I can help, Captain.

Mr. Loomis, can I
have that gun?

Mrs. Prescott, would you
bring McLean in here?

I wanna talk to him.

Loomis, get all the guns.

Set them by each of the windows.

We'll divide the
ammunition between us.

What was that explosion?

That they got the
gun with the bomb.

Pike all right?

He's hurt, but
he'll be all right.

Now, remember, he
gets a share of this.

Before we start dividing,
let's get our hands on it.

Stay right where
you are, Captain.

Sit down, Sergeant.

Get 'em up, get 'em up,
get 'em up.

All right, now you,
Loomis, and Root

out on the porch with
your hands up, let's go.

McLean, you go through
with this and I promise you...

You can only be
shot once, Captain.

I was as good as dead
when you locked me up.

I was going easy
on you for that.

Look, Captain,
nobody's gonna get hurt.

Just a few of us are gonna
get richer, that's all.

Keep your hands in
front of you, Root.

I tell you, she's a smart gal.

Get 'em out of here, McLean.

Boyd might get anxious
and forget our deal.

You can't deal with
those men, Mrs. Prescott.

They're no longer soldiers,
they're murderers.

Mrs. Prescott, don't
go out there with a gun,

believe me.

Well, Captain, I'm good
to see this little lady

had sense enough to
stop hostilities.

Why don't we all go
back in the house

and get out of the sun?

Let's go.

Ebb, Samuels, look upstairs.

On the double, boy.

Yates, the rear.

All right.

Ebb, Samuels, upstairs.

Bower, Hill, the kitchen.

Well, Captain, looks like
you surrendered just in time.

Get in, get in.

Major, I found this one
back there, reading a Bible.

All right, you bag of
bones, get over there.

Well, looks like we
just lost a partner.

Let's see if we can
lose a few witnesses.

I never meant for nothing
like this to happen, Captain.

You all realize
we have to kill you.

Major, you can't do that.

You filthy animal,
you promised no one was to be killed.

A promise of a traitor
isn't worth very much, Carol.

A good word, Mr. Prescott.

He's a traitor to the
ideals of General Lee

and a traitor to his own men.

You finished?

Drop it, Yates, drop it!

Ebb.

You're about through
murdering folks, Boyd.

You come for some
whiskey money, Wilcox?

I went to look at
Jimmy, to bury him.

He was shot in the back.

You were the only
one behind him.

I should kill you for
making a statement like that.

I loved Jimmy like a son.

You're not talking your
way out of this one, Boyd.

All right, hold it there.

Root, get their guns.

They won't give you
any trouble, Captain.

I'm not trying to
excuse this, sir,

but Boyd tricked
the men into it.

We didn't wanna fight.

Just trying to get
home from the war

with a little something
in our pockets.

I see.

I'd like to return my share.

Oh, Emmy-Lou Jean,
you just missed

the thrill of a lifetime, baby.

- Lieutenant?
- Yes, Captain.

Put these men in your custody.

See that they get into
town and disband quietly.

Yes, sir.

I'd like to say for all of us,

thank you.

Pike, can you walk?

Yes, sir.

Sergeant Wade, take care of him.

Yes, sir.

There's one more thing.

Seems a few pieces
are still missing.

Get 'em up.

Captain, why don't you
make a note at court martial

that I gave back my
gold voluntarily?

Souvenir.

Well, Mr. Loomis,
that should just about

make you even.

It's about as
senseless to apologize

for breaking in here as
to apologize for the war,

but I am sorry and
I wish you the best.

Carol.

After all I've done, Allen,

we haven't a chance.

Our chance is just
as good as theirs.

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