Badman's Country (1958) - full transcript

Well, we might

as well eat here.

Then move on.

I could

stand some.

You're still worried

about it, aren't you?

Pat, you quit

your job as sheriff.

My father can't ask

for more than that.

He'd ask for a lot more

than that, Roy.

After all, it's his daughter

that I'm marrying.

You think I'd had ride all the

way from Abilene to New Mexico

to get you

if sis wasn't sure?

She wanted to marry me

before, Roy.

This time

it's different.

Pa won't get in your way.

You left your reputation

back in Lincoln County.

Pat Garrett,

killer with a badge.

You know, it takes

an awful lot of riding

to lose

a reputation like that.

What do they expect

you to do?

Bring in Billy the Kid

and those other gunslingers

wrapped up

in pink ribbon?

I think we better

get moving.

Hit bad, Roy?

I can't tell.

I feel numb.

Can you make it

to Abilene?

Heh. Don't think I'd hold

up the wedding, do you?

Who do you figure

did it?

Well, whoever it was,

it was meant for me.

Is that what you always

gonna be thinking?

There's always gonna

be somebody

waiting to kill you?

Look, Roy,

I've put lot of men

in boot hill,

and I put a lot more

in jail.

There's always someone who's

gonna try to even the score.

Nobody will know you

in California.

That's what

I'm figuring on.

For your sis's sake.

Harv! Harv Logan!

It's your brother.

Give me a hand, Blackjack.

Let's get him inside.

Easy.

Now, who did it,

Lonnie?

Easy.

Pat Garrett.

Garrett

in Kansas?

Where was he heading?

Which way?

Toward Abilene.

Abilene.

Trouble.

Ah.

What happened?

Don't get sore,

Sundance.

Billy the Kid

was my friend.

Garrett

killed him.

You tried to bushwhack

Pat Garrett alone?

You know why I wanted to talk to

you boys?

Forty men

from the Wild Bunch

will be in this area

anytime now.

Butch Cassidy's gang?

I sent for them.

There's half a million

dollars to be had

and it can't be taken

without a big outfit.

A half

million dollars?

That's right.

Well, he's got 40 men.

Why does he need us?

Cassidy doesn't know

how to get the money.

I do.

You know, you shouldn't

have missed Garrett, kid.

Ah, one man

can't bother us.

He can

organize Abilene.

Just like

he organized the law

in half the towns

in Lincoln County.

All right, kid,

we'll finish what you started.

If Cassidy or

any of his boys show up

you tell them

where we are and why.

Come on.

Roy.

Hi, sis.

Is the doctor around?

Oh, he's at the

McDonald house. Hurry.

Sorry about this,

Lorna.

He stopped a bullet

that was meant for me.

This bed.

Dad will be here

in a minute, Roy.

I got this far.

I'll be all right.

Cody McDonald smashed

his finger on the anvil.

So Dad had to go--

Whoa.

Eight months since you two

have seen each other

and all you can talk about

is the blacksmith?

How does your, uh...

How does your father feel

about my coming for you?

It's no use

lying over it, Pat.

But I'm going with you

to California.

We'll have a wonderful ranch

and live our own life.

I'm figuring on that.

Pat.

Glad to see you,

doctor.

Hm, I'm sure.

Dad.

How did it happen?

Oh, it was--

It was an accident,

that's all.

Of course.

I have often wondered

which gets there first:

the accident

or Pat Garrett?

I'll be at

the house, Pat.

When you finish here

I want to talk to you.

All right, Lorna.

It's a clean wound.

You'll be able to go

to the wedding.

I wasn't so sure

you were figuring on one.

It's what Lorna wants.

You've changed, doctor.

You think my criticism

was of you. It wasn't.

I know your kind of man

is necessary for

this kind of country.

Perhaps in a way

I can even see

that law and order have

to come on the heels

of a fast gun

and dead men.

When I stood between

you and Lorna,

the only thing I wanted was

to keep her away from the danger

and cruelty of guns

and dead men.

My job was to keep a lot of

people away from it, doctor.

And I won't stand

in your way this time.

Thank you.

I'll be over with Lorna

if there's anything you want.

Blackjack, Carter,

you keep your eyes open.

Let's see if we can find out

where Garrett is.

What is it, Pat?

Aren't you sure now?

Lorna, your father wants

a guarantee

that you're

going to be happy.

Well, I-I can't

give it to him.

I can't give it to you.

Oh, Dad's just worried

about me, Pat.

He's afraid

of this country.

I think most of the people

who live here are.

They stay here because

they want something.

Good farmland,

good grazing acreage, gold.

Your father certainly

doesn't want any of those.

No, but he wants

something, Pat.

He wants to feel he's worth

the air he breathes.

When the government asked

for doctors to go West

and offered him this hospital,

he jumped to the chance.

He felt it was really an

opportunity to help people.

Yeah, well,

he's got what he wants.

He should be satisfied.

Yes. But the West is still

a wild animal to him, Pat.

He hasn't lived

with it like you have.

And how do you feel

about living with it?

I want to be with you,

wherever it is.

I love you, Pat.

I gotta see

Pat Garrett.

Garrett, I'm McAfee,

town marshal.

Trouble's looking for you.

More than you can handle.

It's all over town already.

Gunslingers, five of them.

All staked out

at the El Dorado.

Know any of them?

All of them.

Seen their posters, plenty.

Harvey Logan, Sundance Kid.

They've all killed

more than their share.

Sundance,

Harry Longabaugh?

That's the one.

Then there's Blackjack Ketchum.

Ben Kilpatrick, Jake Carver.

What do you suppose

they are after?

Five of the top gun hawks

in the territory

aren't here

for my benefit.

Three of them

are inside the saloon

asking questions

about you

and the other two

are outside just watching.

What you gonna do

about it, marshal?

Me?

Yeah.

Garrett, I don't even

want to know you're in town.

Look, look,

I'm marshal here.

Let me give you

a friendly warning: get out.

Grab a horse and get.

You don't take

those five now,

Abilene will become a calling

stop for every gunman in Kansas.

My getting killed

won't change that.

He's right, Pat.

Please leave now.

How many do you

suppose they'd kill

if there were

no law here at all?

Get your shotgun.

What?

You'll move in

on the two outside

and take their guns away.

That's what

you're being paid to do.

All right, ma'am, I'm--

I'm scared.

I got a right

to be scared.

He must be too, marshal.

You men looking for

Pat Garrett?

What crazy fools are

making all that noise?

It's Pat Garrett.

Garrett?

The El Dorado.

He's quit firing.

Maybe he's been hit.

Harv, Sundance,

what's going on in there?

Drop that gun, sonny.

Just climb down

nice and slow.

The whole town

will be on us now.

We gotta get

to those horses.

Let's go.

Hold it.

If you think I won't

shoot you in the back,

just try

something.

All right, outside.

Slow.

Hi, Pat.

Oh, hi,

Buffalo.

Hey,

thanks for the help.

When you go for haul

you don't do it retail.

Glad you're in town.

Cody, this wasn't

your fight.

Could be we'll pay

you back somehow.

All right,

let's move.

Lots of fellows have had

a whack at that, Sundance.

I guess you can hunt

just so many buffalo,

then get to be

the buffalo's turn.

Got knocked off my horse

in a stampede.

This old bull decided to go

for a walk on my ribs.

Busted 'em pretty good.

The boys yanked me into

the hospital here yesterday.

You gonna marry

Doc Pardee's girl?

Ah, this should be enough

for the marshal's report.

You didn't answer me.

I don't have

the answer yet, Bill.

You three ready to say

why you came in to Abilene?

We were thirsty, Garrett.

We were having a drink.

Anything you wanna

know other than that?

No. Really doesn't

make any difference.

You'll probably

hang anyway.

Mr. Garrett.

I'm Mayor Coleman.

You have the deep and sincere

thanks of this community

for your courageous capture

of these criminals.

You don't have to

thank me, Mr. Mayor.

McAfee said they

were gunning for me.

I've made

a report there.

Marshal can make it

official when he gets back.

The reason we're here

is in the hope, Garrett,

that you'll make

it official.

Oh?

Abilene

is growing.

We could use a man

like you here.

Garrett, will you

take over as marshal?

Well, mayor, I gave up being

a lawman in New Mexico.

I see no reason to change

my mind in Kansas.

But you're--

You're not just going to

leave those murderers here?

No, I'm sending for

Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp.

They'll take them

back into Dodge.

Court's in session there.

Folks around here will be

able to sleep lot easier.

Well, how do you feel,

marshal?

He's all right.

Just a flesh wound.

You did a good job.

Thanks.

Put a burr under

a saddle horse he'll jump,

because you put

a couple under mine.

My thanks

to you.

You'd better notify them

in Denver and Salt Lake.

About the three of those

and about the two dead ones.

I think they all

have posters on them.

Sure.

Pat, what do you think about

those gun hawks in there?

You're wondering why the five

of them would get together

just to get me,

aren't you?

They've never operated

together before.

Something's happening

around here.

Something we don't

know about.

If there's

anything more to learn

Wyatt and Bat

can handle it.

Maybe you should've

taken that marshal job.

You're worrying about making

Doc Pardee and Lorna happy.

Well, you've never done anything

but work for the law.

You think

you're gonna be happy

sitting in the sun

in California?

I'm going on over

to the telegraph office,

and send for

Wyatt and Bat.

You tell Lorna

I'll be back in a few minutes.

How long you figure

it'll take this wire

to reach Wyatt Earp

in Dodge City?

Oh, about a

couple of hours.

Thanks.

You didn't put down your

return address, Mr. Garrett.

That's right,

I didn't.

Oh, I thought

it would never end.

I couldn't go out there.

I couldn't go out on the street.

Oh, Pat,

if you'd been hurt...

I know, I know, Lorna.

We'd better talk.

Your father was right.

He's been right all along.

I thought by quitting

my job as sheriff

I could walk away from anything

that would hurt you, Lorna.

But I can't.

I can't yet.

It's too soon.

But will waiting help?

It won't, Pat.

You'll expect me to stop

you from being afraid.

But the way things are right now

I'd be more afraid than you.

Every time I'd see a man

with a gun

I'd think he's aiming

right at my back.

I'd be scared.

Scared because of you.

I couldn't stand that

and neither could you.

But, Pat, I don't think

it would be like that.

We could try.

Lorna, please.

Oh, Pat,

we've got to try.

No. No, we must--

We must wait.

I've got to go

to California.

I've got to

start a new life.

If I do,

I'll be back

and then we'll be married.

You've been thinking of this

all along, haven't you?

Ever since

Roy was shot.

Lorna,

try to see it my way,

please.

I should never have asked

you to give up your job.

I should have gone to

New Mexico with you.

No, no, no.

That would have been worse.

You think you're different

from my father, but you're not.

You're the same.

He needs his hospital

to make him feel

he's accomplishing

something.

Well, with you

it's your job.

I saw it today, Pat.

Even without your badge,

you were the lawman.

You took over.

You acted as though you still

had your badge on you.

I'm leaving the first thing

in the morning, Lorna.

Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson

will be in tomorrow.

Tell them

that I've gone on.

Pat.

Pat?

I'll wait for you, Pat.

I'll have to.

I love you and

that gives me no choice.

It's a big outfit.

Make out

anything yet?

There's no

cattle around, Bat.

Can't be a roundup.

Who do you

think it is?

One of them

is George Curry.

Curry?

That's the

Cassidy gang.

The last report we had

Cassidy had been spotted

in Utah and Wyoming

in quite a spell.

It must be something

pretty big

to draw Cassidy

out of his territory.

And the garrison left

Fort Dodge after the Apaches.

Had to leave this area

wide open.

They might know that.

Ah, there's no money

in Abilene.

I don't know why Cassidy

would come down here.

There's something.

There's gotta be.

We better get

to Abilene.

Garrett.

Don't try that.

Now sit right there,

real quiet.

Well, well.

Pat Garrett, killer.

Without a badge.

What have you been doing,

Cassidy?

Reading the New Mexico

papers?

Some of them said

you're even too

tough to be a lawman.

Shot first,

asked questions afterward.

One way of saving

the state some money.

Maybe we don't think

that's so funny, Garrett.

Lonnie Logan told me

that five of the boys

went into Abilene

looking for you.

They didn't come back.

Now where are they?

Well, maybe we could trade

some answers.

What are you doing

so far east?

I said,

where are my five men?

Or do we have to beat it

out of you?

He won't talk, Butch.

I told you.

Give me a gun

and let me finish him.

Shut up. I've taken

all I intend to

off of guys

who act on their own.

But Sundance figured

Garrett would get in our way.

It was worth

going after him.

Not worth a half

a million dollars.

And that's what

it's liable to cost us

if we don't

meet that train.

You making it rough

on yourself, Garrett.

We need the Sundance Kid.

We need him real bad.

And you're gonna

tell us where he is,

or we'll even

get rougher.

How can I tell you

where he is when--

When I don't know?

Five top guns just don't

disappear in thin air, friend.

Don't suppose Sundance

changed his mind.

Wants that

half a million himself?

Sundance has got

more sense.

He's got the information,

we got the men.

And none of us have much

time to wait around.

Did you hear that,

Garrett?

We don't have that

kind of time.

But we do have

time enough

to hold out

longer than you.

That much

we do have.

Bat, Wyatt.

Sure glad to see

you fellows.

Old times.

Acting like I got some

lit dynamite

in that cell.

You have,

Mr. McAfee.

Cassidy and his gang

have this town locked in.

Cassidy? Why?

What does he want?

Is he gonna

raid the jail?

If we knew that,

we'd know what to do.

Where's Pat Garrett?

You say the whole town

is locked in...

I asked you,

where's Pat Garrett?

He's gone. Left

a couple of hours ago.

Headed west

for California.

Yeah.

That's what he said.

He'll never get through.

Does that mean

you can't take these three

out of Abilene

to Dodge City?

That's just

what it means.

Oh, the town

ain't gonna like that.

Town's not gonna like

a lot of things, Mr. McAfee,

if Cassidy uses it

for a target.

You think

Pat's alive?

Depends on his luck.

We'll try to find out.

Maybe we can

pick up his trail.

Oh, and Mr. McAfee,

you better tell every

able-bodied man here in Abilene

to have a gun ready.

And loaded.

You think

it's Garrett's?

It's Pat's,

all right.

Look like he broke loose

from some place.

There's been some

riders here.

Trail leads

up the hill there.

We'll follow it.

Ah, that's mine.

I'll bet, uh...

I'll bet 10.

Uh, five.

Guess it must have

been a mountain lion.

Let's round up

the horses.

Butch, Garrett's loose!

He's getting away out the back!

Well, whoever they are, there's

no sense in following them.

We couldn't

trail them at night.

Well, what do we do,

Butch?

Take a chance on

going into Abilene,

see what we can find out

about Sundance?

No.

The minute one of our men

started asking questions

he'd be grabbed.

Butch, it was Wyatt Earp

and Bat Masterson.

Those two working

with Garrett?

Earp and Masterson, huh?

There's something else.

Now Garrett knows

why we're here.

Yeah.

What you gonna do?

From now on

we treat this job

just like any other one

we've pulled.

Go find those idiots who were

supposed to be on guard.

Come on, Lonnie.

Anything I can

do for you?

Get him out

of here.

All right, Elzy,

just like always.

Keep all the regular traffic

going in and out of town.

If you hear anything about the

money, let me know. And fast.

Here, wait a minute.

Here's what happened to

Sundance and the others.

Ah.

No wonder Garrett

wouldn't talk.

He's stalling for time.

So Earp and Masterson

can take those three fools

to Dodge for trial.

You gonna let them?

I don't know.

It all depends on whether

we get the information

we need from that thing.

You stay with it

and don't miss anything.

The council met last night,

marshal.

The vote was unanimous.

We absolutely refuse to ask

the men of this town

to arm themselves and

fight the Cassidy gang.

It's ridiculous.

We are a

peaceful community.

Fighting a mob

as large as Cassidy's

would be like waging war.

Now you can tell that to

Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.

You can tell them yourself.

I had the pleasure of being

a guest of Mr. Cassidy's,

Mr. Mayor,

a couple of hours ago.

They know more about

what's going on around here

than your law does.

What have you been holding out?

Holding out?

Yeah.

You knew about that

half a million dollar shipment

coming through

on that train.

You had to know.

Anything that big and important

must go through your office.

Yes, I knew.

But it was supposed to be

a thorough secret.

Even the

law enforcement officers

between here and Kansas City

weren't notified.

Why?

The cattlemen were afraid

that word would get out somehow.

Cattlemen?

You mean they're driving their

herds through here?

Within the week.

The cattle buyers

are shipping their money

rather than

carrying it on them.

They've hired private police

to go with the train.

Don't those

idiots know

that robbing trains

is Cassidy's specialty?

He's never been

stopped yet.

Maybe we can't

stop Cassidy,

but we can sure stop that

shipment from leaving.

You better come with me,

Mr. Mayor.

We've gonna have to send

a wire to Kansas City.

That is if the lines

are still open.

You mean the town is surrounded?

Nobody can get in or out?

You're locked in unless

the wires are still open.

Something I can do

for you gentlemen?

You still getting service

through to Kansas City?

Sure, why not?

Hasn't been any trouble yet.

There, you see, we--

We're not locked in.

It doesn't

seem possible.

Cassidy must be up to

something else, Pat.

Yeah, we better get that wire

through and fast, mayor.

Now, what will I say?

Tell them the Wild Bunch

is in the area.

To hold up shipment

until we notify them

that it will be safe.

Something's

coming in.

The way Howard

is sending this morning

he either

busted a finger,

he's drunk

or he's using his feet.

Why?

Well, every operator can

recognize the other man's style.

It's like handwriting.

Wait a minute.

Suppose that

isn't Howard, Pat.

Yeah, you're right.

Operator, hold up that wire.

It won't go through.

It has to.

How can you be sure?

Well, we could send

a man out to take a look

and get him killed,

mayor.

I'm as sure as I have to be.

We're not going to

send that wire.

Could Cassidy tap the wires

between here and Kansas City?

Yeah, there's a relay station

a few miles out at the sighting.

Why would

Cassidy bother?

Why didn't he just

cut the wires, Pat?

You're right, Wyatt.

Operator,

keep that line open.

But I don't see--

Cassidy must need

information.

And we're gonna

give it to him.

What?

Look, it's not that the

shipment is coming through

by train tomorrow.

But that it is already here

in the bank vault at Abilene.

Are you out of your mind?

Look,

you're hemmed in, mayor.

Cassidy is spread

throughout the hills.

We go out there looking for him,

none of us will come back.

Sure.

Get Cassidy out of

the hills into Abilene,

at least we can see him

when we fight him.

Deliberately lure

that band of thieving,

murdering outlaws

in here?

Cassidy must be stopped.

Now, while we have a chance.

Unless you've got a better idea.

Stop him someplace else.

I'm not going to have my town

shot up and my people killed.

This has stopped being your town

when Cassidy took over.

Garrett's right.

Cassidy's

organized big.

His gang can operate in

three states at the same time.

But he's here now.

Cassidy himself.

Get him

out of the way

and the whole organization

will break up.

The law has waited a long time

for a chance like this.

No, I'm not gonna let you

talk me into it.

I say take your

three prisoners and get out.

Go back to Dodge City.

Fight Cassidy there

if you must fight.

You know,

Your Honor,

I can't make up my mind

whether Abilene's scared

or you're just

plain yellow.

Yeah, we're wasting an awful

lot of time we don't have.

I need some

authority, Wyatt.

You're deputized.

You haven't heard

the end of this.

Operator, send this message.

Money shipment

arrived safely.

Holding it in the vault

of the Abilene bank

for the arrival

of the buyers.

And, uh...

Cassidy gang seen.

Request additional guards.

That ought to do it.

Well, we started

something, Pat.

We better

be right.

Now you're telling me

Pat Garrett left town.

Why didn't that maverick

come say goodbye to me?

Maybe he's afraid you'd try

to talk him into staying.

Most times

I need advice, Lorna.

But this time

I'd like to give some.

Pat Garrett's

lived with the badge so long

it's like already

having a wife.

I think

I know that.

If you wanna be happy,

the three of you gotta be happy.

You, Pat and the badge.

Who's doing the

doctoring around here?

Pat shouldn't have

gone to California.

He'd be like a

fish out of water.

That'll be for me

to decide, Buffalo.

Pat.

You sure found out in a hurry

you didn't like California.

You're hurt.

Where's your dad?

He isn't here.

Mayor Coleman sent for him.

Well, you'd better have

a look at his back.

Better get

your shirt off.

You must've met up

with the same buffalo I did.

All I need is a little sleep.

That's all.

You'd better check him up.

Just in--

Oh, Pat!

What happened?

You'd find out

sooner or later.

Ran into

Cassidy's gang.

Cassidy?

Yeah, they've got the

whole town surrounded.

You can't get in or out.

Why? What do

they want?

Are they after those

three gun hawks in the jail?

No.

But they're coming back

into Abilene just the same.

Because

I asked them to.

And the people in this town

are gonna help us

either put them in jail

or kill them.

Now, you men head up the group

surrounding the town.

That's why

you're here.

What I have in mind

is gonna take every

gun we have in the area.

A wire just came through

the relay station.

That wire

changes our plan.

We're not gonna

hit the money train.

And for a very

good reason.

The money is already

in the bank at Abilene.

Either Sundance

had his information wrong

or the cattlemen shipped

the money early.

Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp

and Bat Masterson

are all in Abilene.

If they thought we were

gonna hit the bank,

they could make it

tough for us.

But they don't think that.

Because we're not

supposed to know

the money's already

in the bank.

So they'll still be expecting

us to rob the train.

Now the way

things stand

we can pull a surprise

raid on the town.

With a half a million

bucks there,

won't the place be

loaded with guards?

That's right.

And that's why that

Sundance and Logan

and Blackjack Ketchum

are gonna help us.

Whether they know it

or not.

Where's Pat?

He's still sleeping.

I've got to see him.

This is important.

Is something up?

Plenty, Bill.

Pat.

Pat.

Yeah, what is it?

There's a big meeting going on

over at the El Dorado.

Who's there?

The mayor called

the council together.

Could be they'll run us

all out of town.

Is my father

there too?

Yes, ma'am.

Anybody who has anything

to say at all is there.

I can't figure this town.

Just can't figure it at all.

I can.

I've told Pat

about it before.

People here think

that Abilene can exist

like some peaceful

little village

in Vermont

or Massachusetts.

They'd never had to

fight for anything

and they don't intend

to do it now.

You don't have to lift

a finger to help them.

If they feel

they don't owe anything

to men like you

or Wyatt or Bat,

let them suffer.

Lorna, I've stopped

worrying about Abilene.

But when a mad dog

comes at you,

you've got to kill it

or be killed.

If we let Cassidy get away

with it here in Abilene

there won't be a town in

the whole West that'll be safe.

Where's Bat?

He's over at the El Dorado

getting an earful.

I'll wait for you

outside.

I know these people.

They won't listen to you, Pat.

Lorna, maybe the-- There'll

be one with a conscience.

If there is,

well, there's always

hope for others.

Well, that sums it up, men.

We have been forced

into a position

that can only mean trouble

and killing for this town.

Thanks to Pat Garrett,

the biggest and most dangerous

collection of outlaws

that ever existed

is on their way

to shoot up Abilene,

so they can steal

a half a million dollars

that is still

in Kansas City.

Well, what can

we do about it?

Well, since Pat Garrett had

the gall to come here, ask him.

What makes you think

I'm so happy

about facing

all those guns?

How about you, Wyatt?

I can think of places

I'd rather be.

Bat?

I'm ready to quit

anytime you are.

Well, it's a cinch

we can't quit.

We can't get the army and we

can't get the federal marshals.

And we can't

get out of here

to get the sheriffs

of the other towns.

It's just us.

Us and no one else.

You expect the men of this town

to give you any help?

I expect them to realize

that a lot of us had fought hard

to hold this country.

And I don't think we should

give it to Cassidy

on a silver platter.

All right, Mr. Garrett,

you've had your say

and I've had mine.

Now I'm going to give you

the opportunity

of asking

for volunteers.

I think I can save

my breath, Mr. Mayor.

Go on home.

All of you.

Well, I guess

that settles it.

The meeting is adjourned.

Pat, I'm truly sorry.

Good night, doc.

Drink, Bill?

Sure.

Right.

They're all

talking outside.

I heard

what happened.

Coleman, you wouldn't dare

do a thing like that.

Why not, doctor?

We don't want Cassidy here,

we've settled that.

Why not do everything possible

to keep him out?

Aren't you

going to stop him?

Maybe he's right.

I don't know.

What about

the rest of you?

McAfee, get the horses

belonging to these men.

Their horses? What for?

We're turning

them loose.

What were you men talking

about at that meeting?

Safety for

this town.

I'll assume full

responsibility.

What in blue blazes

good will that do?

These men are killers--

And we're making a deal.

And I'm sure our

friends will accept it.

Now you get the horses,

marshal. Those are my orders.

I'm gonna give you men

a chance to save your necks.

You won't get any

argument from us.

As you

very well know,

Butch Cassidy has

this town surrounded.

Before morning there's

every probability

that he will try

to raid the bank.

The bank? There's nothing

there but chicken feed.

Pat Garrett has managed

to make Cassidy believe

there's a half million dollar

shipment in the bank vault.

What kind of a

stupid stunt--

He's pulling Cassidy into town

where he can be ambushed.

Precisely.

How do we know

the money isn't there?

This notice from

the express company

describing the shipment

and when it's

to leave Kansas City.

It checks.

I'll tell you this much.

That train will be the

most heavily guarded one

in the history

of the railroad.

If Cassidy's fool

enough to attack it

and get himself killed,

that's his business.

When your horses come

you're free to go tell him.

You're all right, mayor.

You should be

working for us.

I don't think there's

a chance in the world

of you getting

that money.

More likely you'll all

get yourselves killed.

Which should serve

as well as hanging you.

Are you sure that's the way

you really feel, Coleman?

Or did you

lose your backbone

thinking about Cassidy

coming into Abilene?

Well, do you want

the deal or don't you?

Do we get

our guns back, mayor?

You'll get

your horses.

That's all.

Oh, Pat, my father's just

told me what's happening.

What?

There won't be

a fight.

Cassidy isn't

coming here.

What are you

talking about?

Mayor Coleman is releasing

the three men from the jail.

He's setting them free

so they can tell Cassidy

the money isn't here.

When?

Now, he's doing it

right now.

All right.

Horses are outside.

The keys, please.

Well, I didn't think you'd

go through with it, mayor.

When a man's scared enough

I guess he'll do anything.

Now that'll

be enough.

Well, sure.

All right, up against the wall,

all of you!

Uh, what are

you gonna do?

Why, we couldn't possibly

leave town without our guns.

Now where are the guns,

marshal?

Wait a minute.

I said,

"Where are they?"

Bottom drawer.

Get them.

All right,

now that makes us even.

Just tell Pat Garrett

I'll see him around.

Much obliged, mayor.

You're the one that's gonna have

to go to jail for this.

I don't think so,

marshal.

The precedent

has already been set.

The governor of Wyoming

granted Cassidy an amnesty

to stay out

of the state.

I only wanted him

to stay out of a town.

All right, let's crawl

down off those horses.

Are you kidding,

Garrett?

We were just

turned loose.

Yeah, and you're just

going back in.

What's the matter

with you?

Mayor promised a safe

conduct out of town.

Are you getting off those horses

or do we have to knock you off?

Stand up!

Stand up!

Stand up!

That blasted Pardee

is a horse doctor.

Tried to draw

and I couldn't.

Ribs sticking me

in all the wrong places.

You got clipped

on the forehead.

Well, what do

you know?

I've had worse than

that in a barber shop.

Hope you're

satisfied, Jeb.

Oh, I didn't wanna give

them their guns, did I?

Why blame me?

We can blame you

for getting the idea.

We can blame

ourselves

for following you

like a bunch of sheep.

Now see here--

Shut up, Coleman.

Once and for all,

keep you big mouth shut.

Pat!

You better look

after Bill.

Well, we stopped

the messenger, boys.

All we gotta do now

is take care of Cassidy.

Right back

where we started

before the mayor

got his bright idea.

Not quite.

We were wrong

and we wanna say so.

You fellows doing what you did

after the way we acted

kind of made us

see things straight.

Even though

we did it backwards

we were no better

than a lynch mob

taking the law

in our own hands.

Yeah, and that's the way

we feel about it too.

Regardless of

what you think of us,

that isn't the kind of a town

that we set out to have.

And it's not going

to be that way.

We'll get you every man in town

that can use a gun.

And that goes for everybody

else in this town.

You know something?

I'm beginning to feel like

a human being again.

Yeah.

Think he'll live?

Yeah,

if he doesn't kill me.

Lorna here tells me

that it was you

that tipped her off about

Coleman letting those three out.

Why didn't you come

right to us?

I wasn't gonna say

anything, Pat.

I was gonna let them

get away with it.

Somehow it was just a

nightmare, it wasn't real.

Then I saw

the marshal

going to livery stable

to get those horses.

And then it

became very real.

A man can have just

so much on his conscience.

That's when

I told Lorna.

Well, we gonna sit here

all night, doc?

Perhaps not. But it

might be easier

than trying to keep you

in a hospital bed.

What about Cassidy?

When do you think

he might hit us?

Daylight maybe.

He'll wanna make sure

he can see what he's doing.

You hear that, doc?

You can keep me in bed

till daylight.

You come along.

Well, now all we

gotta do is sweat it out.

Yeah, and if Cassidy wants

to bust those three out now

he can have them.

I think we better

get things moving.

Don't mess with this.

You'll only get one chance.

Don't worry.

All the men posted

at all the roads?

They'll see that nobody

gets in or out of town.

All right,

mount up.

Hyah!

He's coming

back.

I don't know much about

this type of thing, Pat,

but I have to help.

All right, doctor.

Everything

all set in here?

Yeah,

how's it outside?

Ah, I think the

whole town is ready.

Rest is up to Cassidy.

Bat, marshal, Wyatt,

we'd better get in position.

What time is it?

Must be about 6.

Cassidy don't come soon,

this waiting's gonna kill me.

As soon as you get in,

throw the dynamite.

That'll pull the lawmen

to the other end of the town

away from the bank.

Right.

And when we hear it go off,

we'll come in.

Now get started.

They're coming.

Get down!

That's it.

Hyah! Hyah!

Roy.

Here they come.

Sure wish

they were buffalo.

Can't make a rug

out of an outlaw.

Throw down your guns, Cassidy.

Cassidy, you and your men

are through.

Hyah!

Hyah.

Any more questions, Cassidy?

Now I've got all the answers.

Doc.

Yeah?

They say where they're

going on their honeymoon?

No, Bill,

they didn't.

Not even to you,

huh?

All I could get out of Lorna

was the strangest remark.

She said the three of them

are gonna be very happy.

That's right.

Lorna, Pat...

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