Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) - full transcript
Jack McCall is a Southerner, but joins the Union Army in the Civil War. When he is tricked into giving out the location of headquarters, he's tried as a spy and sentenced to death. He makes good his escape, but Hickok and Bat kill his parents to seize his plantation and money. Trying to prove his innocence, he locates Spargo after the war, who's paid off by Hickok and Bat, so that Jack is once again jailed and again escapes. He still has hopes of clearing his name, but Bat and Hickok now are after gold in the Dakotas.
Hiya, McCall.
How many cards, Bill?
Hey, Hickok,
how many cards?
You're under arrest.
What are we wasting time for?
Let's hang him.
Come on!
Shut up, all of you!
I'm running this trial.
Go ahead, Pete.
You admit, McCall,
when you arrived in Deadwood
yesterday morning,
Marshal Hickok
made you his deputy.
That's right.
Then for no reason you repay
his friendship with a bullet.
Hickok was no friend of mine,
and I had a good reason
for everything.
Heh!
That's what he says!
I warned you
to keep your mouths shut!
If he had a reason,
let him tell it.
Keep talking, McCall.
All right,
I'll talk.
But it's not
a pretty story.
It goes back
to the war.
Hickok and I were
in the same outfit,
the 81st Volunteers.
We were stationed
near my home,
waiting for reinforcements
avoiding contact
with Confederates.
I guess there were
a lot like me,
born and raised
in the south,
but serving
in the Union Army.
Hey, sarge!Yeah?
Better requisition a new horse
for the colonel.
By the time I finish
polishing this one,
there won't be anything left
for him to ride.
Uh,
I'll get you a medal.
Never mind the medal,
just get me a new arm.
Look, I volunteer to fight
for the Union and what happens,
you make a slave out of me.
Well, you could
write your congressman.
Wouldn't do any good,
sarge.
Confederates aren't speaking
to the McCalls these days.
Yeah, I can't say as
I blame them.
I never have figured out why two
rich southern boys like you two
should be fighting
on our side anyway.
Only one rich southerner,
sarge.
I'm only a poor relation.
Bat!
Well, your cousin could be
smarter than you figure, Bat.
You know, there're gonna be
a lot of Rebels wake up
and find out their money
isn't worth anything
once we win this war.
My being here has
nothing to do with money.
Why, no!
Haven't you heard, sarge?
He's a man of principles.
Hey, looks like you've got
a couple of wars on your hands,
Mr. McCall.
Yeah.
I reckon I've got a better
chance to win this one.
Another polish job
ought to do it.
Colonel Brand, sir?
What's going on here?
Courier, what's happening?
You mean the Third Battalion
is completely outflanked?
That's right, sir.
A detachment of Reb cavalry
broke through.
They're on a prowl
behind our lines.
Well, that's not so good.
If those Rebs ever spot our
position, we're in for trouble.
Where are those
reinforcements?
They should be
on their way here
to relieve
the Third Battalion now, sir.
We'll send a man
to head them off.
Good work, soldier.
They'll have to protect us
until our lines are reformed.
Sir,
I know every back trail
and short cut
this part of the country.
Well, that's right, sir.
McCall grew up around here.
His home's just
a few miles away.
All right, McCall.
Get ready to leave.
I'll have a dispatch
waiting for you.
Yes, sir.
Pull back all our
advance patrols.
Strengthen our lines.
Don't stop off
for a home-cooked meal, Jack.
Look, Bat,
there's something
I want to say to you.
Sounds like your last will
and testament coming up.
In a way it is.
Or maybe it's just a reminder
of a debt you owe.
You'll never let me
forget that, will you?
I was speaking of
my mother and father.
You seem to be the only one
who resents all
they've done for you.
Certainly they don't.
They know how much
I appreciate everything.
I hope so.
You may have a chance
to prove it.
If something happens to me,
you'd be all they have left.
They'll need you.
I'll, uh, I'll remember,
Jack. Good luck.
Thanks.
Ready, sir.
Get this through
to Major Thompson.
Yes, sir.
I don't have to tell you
how important those
reinforcements are to us.
I'll do my best, sir.
Ho, there! Ho! Ho!
Glad we ran into you,
soldier.
We've been trying to contact
Union forces for hours.
What's your outfit?
Third Battalion,
81st Volunteers.
What's your position?
Position?
We were wiped out.
Must be scattered
from here to the border.
Well, you'd better
get back to headquarters.
That suits us all right,
but where do we find them
without bumping into those
prowling Rebs again?
Here, I'll show you.
Better make it a good one.
We don't know
this country too well.
Here's hoping
the Rebs don't either.
Take the little path
down to the creek.
Yeah?
Creek runs into
a crossroad.
Headquarters is right there.
Think you can follow it?
Yeah, I think so.
Thanks a lot.
Keep your eyes open.
Good work, Spargo.
Your men will all be
recommended for citations.
Thank you, sir.
You all'd better get out of
those uniforms right away.
Yes, sir.
Company, forward-ho!
Company halt!
Urgent dispatch
from Headquarters
for Major Thompson, sir.
I'm Major Thompson.
How far away is it?
About 5 miles, sir.
Lead the way, soldier.
Company ho!
Colonel!
Sound the retreat!
Fall back!
I sill can't understand
how they spotted our position
without running into
one of our patrols.
Better see to
the wounded.
Colonel,
we found this map
on the body of a Reb Sergeant.
Map?
Yes, sir.
Leading straight
to our position.
Look on the other
side of it, sir.
McCall!
That southern turn...
I thought he was
too anxious to volunteer.
A rebel spy is more useful
with a blue uniform.
Sorry we were late, sir.
You're under arrest,
McCall.
Arrest?
Shut your face!
You'll conduct the prisoner
to Fort Mason, sergeant
where he'll await
court-martial proceedings.
Yes, sir.
Court-martial?
What is he talking about?
Even a Reb spy gets a trial
in this man's army.
Spy?
It was McCall,
but I winged him, sarge.
Get my squad,
on the double.
He's probably
heading for home.
Oh? Then you
can lead the way.
You could call it a trial.
It was almost over with
the reading of the charges.
Thanks, Mother.
They wouldn't
listen to you at all?
The map and the fact
that I'm a southerner
was all they needed,
all they wanted.
They had a firing squad picked
before I reached
the witness stand.
What'll you do, Jack?
They'll be hunting you,
like an animal.
Well, it'll be easier than what
both of you will have to face.
Things were bad enough
when I joined the Union Army.
Now both sides
think I'm a traitor.
You'll be needing this.
Thanks, Dad.
I still think you should
rest here till morning.
This'd be the first place
they'd look,
but I had to tell you
what really happened.
Oh, we wouldn't have believed
them anyway, Jack.
Don't worry about me, Mother.
I may have to hide out until
after the war is over,
but I'll keep in touch
with you some way.
They didn't waste much time
in getting here.
Let them in, Dad.
I'll slip out the back door.
You'd better wait here, Mother.
Open up!
Open up!
Search everywhere!
We want Jack McCall.
You won't find him here.
Get out. And Bat,
you can get out for good.
That's Jack's room up
at the head of the stairs.
Get out of this house!
Take it easy, old man.
Stay way from that room,
I warn you!
Look out.
He's going for a gun!
Aunt Dora.
Your cousin Bat's
with him, sir.
So that's how they
got here so fast.
Get out of sight, Sam.
Good luck, sir.
She's dead.
Dead?
Well, if they were
harboring a Rebel spy,
you were just doing your duty.
I can testify to that.
I didn't know.
Well, it looks like you just
inherited an estate, mister.
If you think
I'd kill my own Aunt
just so I could take over
this place, you're...
Not you, Bat... us.
We'll discuss that after
we take care of your cousin.
Sergeant!
There he is.
Spread out!
Cover both banks!
The poor relations
shall inherit the earth.
All right, let's go!
While the war between
the states continued,
I was a fugitive
a man without a country,
fleeing from both northern
and southern contingents,
for fear of being
captured and shot.
At the same time,
I knew I had to follow on
the heels of the steady retreat
of the Confederate outfit
that had ambushed us.
I managed to find out
that this unit was headed
by a Colonel Cornish.
I trailed them
from one bivouac to another.
I felt if I was able
to talk to Colonel Cornish,
this would lead me
to the southern soldier
who could clear my name.
Finally, peace.
The Confederate Cavalry
had been demobilized.
I was not able to locate
Colonel Cornish
until I learned that his home
was in New Orleans.
I'm sorry, McCall.
There's nothing
I can do for you.
The war is over.
For you, colonel, yes.
But not for me.
My testimony
wouldn't help you.
I'd remember the man
bringing the map in,
but you'd need his word
as to how he got it.
Where can I find him?
Hasn't there
been enough killing?
That man was only
doing his duty as a soldier,
and doing it well.
I know that, sir.
I'm not looking for revenge.
I need him
to testify for me.
A court-martial
sentenced me to death.
Surely, colonel,
the honor of a man's
name and family
is something
you could understand.
All right, McCall.
The man's name is Spargo.
I don't care how long
you've been looking for me.
I'm not interested.
I got my own problems.
Bartender,
get me another drink.
I'll give you all the whiskey
you could handle.
Just do as I ask.
Look, I told you,
I'm not interested.
There's a $1000 in gold
waiting for me at home.
It's all yours,
when we get there.
$1000 in gold?
Just for riding
a day and night.
Bartender...
give my friend a drink
Mister, you've
made yourself a deal.
Say, do you see
what I see?
Afternoon, ma'am.
Afternoon.
Looks like you could
use some help.
My horses bolted.
Oh, that doesn't even
make horse sense.
What horse is going to leave
a beautiful girl like you...
That's enough, Spargo.
Oh, wait a minute, McCall.
I saw her first.
I said that's enough!
Say, aren't you
forgetting something?
There's no reason for me to help
you out of this fix you're in.
I can think of
a thousand of them, all gold.
Where're you headed for,
ma'am?
Town.
I was on my way back
from visiting my brother
in the army hospital.
Do you live in Bentonville?
No, I have to catch
a stage there.
I'll see that you
get there,
without any trouble.
Is this all you have?
Come on, boy.
Tired?
Little.
It's been a long day.
There aren't many men who would
have taken the time to help me.
Oh, I don't know.
I guess the war's
changed a lot of things.
But I'd like to think people
are still the same,
a lot more good ones
than bad.
That's easy for a man to say.
Yeah, I guess you've had plenty
of chance to learn otherwise.
Why do you say that?
It's a long way
to Atlanta.
Traveling alone,
it couldn't have been easy.
No, it hasn't been easy.
Starting tomorrow
we're both going home.
You'd better
get some sleep now.
Good night.
And thanks again.
You know what I think?
You think exactly
what I want you to, Bat.
I still say we ought
to pull in our horns.
After all, we've done well.
Why press our luck?
Done well?
We haven't even started.
Look at them.
The choice dregs of the war.
When are
the other men coming?
Tomorrow.
You'll start for Kansas City
as soon as they're rested up.
You make it sound
awful easy.
It is easy when you're
holding the passkey
to the richest goldfield
in the Dakotas.
A lot of other men have
thought the same thing
and the Indians drove them out
as fast as they moved in.
Yeah? Well, they just
didn't use their heads.
See, you got to make friends
with the Sioux.
Why do you think I took that job
as Marshal of Deadwood City?
Because I like being stuck
in a little flea-bitten town
on the edge
of the reservation?
I've got to hand it
to you at that, Bill,
making the Indians think
you were helping them
by driving out the whites.
Only the whites that try
to get into Painted Valley.
I let the others give
the Indians a little grief.
Just so they'll realize
it's not too easy for me.
So our gold land
is still untouched.
Naturally.
Then when you come along
with that gang of cutthroats
and all those guns you're
gonna pick up in Kansas City,
I'm helpless.
So I have to advise our Indian
friends to sell out to you.
Sounds simple enough if the
government doesn't interfere.
Why should they?
They gave the Sioux the land,
they moved the army out,
and with it
their authority.
But if there's trouble,
they might move back.
By that time, we'll have
all the gold we want.
Why are we turning here?
It's my home.
Jack, stop!
Whoa. Why?
I think perhaps
I should go on from here.
I don't think I should
take the time to stop.
Why you can't save
any time that way.
Besides, you need some rest.
Oh, I must be going.
Wait, I...
I promise I'll
get you into town
faster than you can
do it by yourself.
I'll miss the stage.
Jack, please,
I really can walk from here.
Why it's a good 10 miles into
town. You'd never make it.
Let's get a move on,
will you?
I got a date
with a $1000.
Hi, sister, join the fun!
Drinks are on the house!
Well, look who's coming!
If it's not innocent
little Rosie!
Picked anymore
pockets lately?
Let her go!
Hold it!
Start explaining, mister.
And you better make it good.
I was only after what's mine.
She stole my roll
in Kansas City.
What about it, Rose?
Here's your dirty money.
And this
is the little lady
I wasn't good enough
to touch, huh?
What are you men doing here?
We were invited
by Bat McCall.
Where is he?
You've got a lot of questions
for a stranger, ain't you?
Mr. Jack...
Mr. Jack.
Hello, Sam.
Mr. Jack, they all said
you was dead.
Where are the folks?
They's gone.
Gone? Where?
Killed.
The night you was here.
Killed...
Sam!
Sam! Who you talking to?
Jack! Jack,
I thought you were...
Murdered like
my mother and father?
No, no, Jack.
You've got it all wrong.
We figured you
were a spy.
It was my job
to go after you.
You're lying, Bat.
No, no, Jack, no!
Who killed them?
I don't know, Jack!
Who killed them?
I don't know!
Who killed them,
who killed them?
I don't know, Jack,
I don't know!
All right, mister,
you asked for it.
Now wait a minute.
The government's been waiting
a long time to hang this man.
Turn him over to the U.S.
Marshal at Bentonville.
I'll be back for you, Bat.
Stick with me, Spargo.
Just a minute,
Mr., uh, Spargo.
Let's say you and I have
a little talk, huh?
I'd have been a fool
to come back
without positive evidence
to clear me.
All I know is you were
tried and convicted.
Then talk to my witness.
He'll prove everything
I've said is true.
I have talked to him.
Bring him in.
Hiya, McCall. Sorry to see you
in a spot like this.
Spargo, tell him how you
got that map from me
during the battle.
I already have.
You met me in the woods,
and gave me the map,
just like we planned.
What?
Oh, it's no use, McCall.
They know you were a spy,
same as I do.
You're lying!
He's lying,
I tell you!
All right, Spargo.
He's lying! He's lying!
He's lying, I tell you!
I did my part.
It was cheap
at twice the price.
There'll be plenty
more in it for you
when the other job
is finished.
When do we leave?
At daybreak.
We'll pick up the guns
and ammunition
in Kansas City
and we're on our way.
But I've got to see him.
We were supposed to
have been married tomorrow!
The only knot that's
gonna be tied tomorrow
is in the rope
around his neck.
No, no!
Oh, please,
let me see him!
It's not too much to ask.
Not at a time like this!
Well, okay, okay,
if it'll stop your squawking.
But just for a minute.
Hey, McCall, you can talk
to your fiancee for a minute.
My fiancee?
Ain't that what you...
I said open up.
Quick.
Now get inside.
The marshal needs you!
Hurry!
Bill! Get me out!
Get the key!
Open up!
Get the horses!
Thanks, Rose.
This just evens up the score.
All right, if that's
the way you feel.
Well, it's all clear now.
You'd better get going.
Where would you suggest?
Back to the cell the marshal has
waiting for me?
That's your business.
My plans don't
call for a fiancee.
Neither do mine.
I had to make up
something, didn't I?
Pretty good at that,
aren't you?
First you make up
a sick brother
then a big home
in Atlanta.
All right, so they
don't exist anymore.
What do you expect me to do,
wear a brand on my forehead?
I'm sorry.
I don't blame
anyone but myself.
It's just that,
well, sometimes I guess
if a person's desperate enough,
they'll...
they'll do anything.
Yeah, I know.
What are we going to do?
I've got to go back.
What for?
To find Bat.
You won't
find him there.
He and Spargo are leaving
for Kansas City at daybreak.
How'd you know?
I heard them talking.
They're going in to pick up
a shipment of guns.
So that's how Bat
got Spargo to frame me.
They're in some kind
of a deal together.
Looks that way.
We'd better get started.
We?
One town's as good
as another to me.
Besides, they're my horses.
Where'd you get them?
I found them,
in the marshal's stable.
Found them?
Now I'm a
horse thief too.
They can only
hang us once.
Well, now all we need
to tide us over
till we get to Kansas City
is a little money.
And some clothes?
Yeah. After you.
All right,
drop that!
Get out, everybody,
and keep your hands up!
Climb down!
Keep your hands up
and nobody'll get hurt.
Get rid of that too.
Check their luggage for size.
Where's your luggage?
Back there.
Sorry, folks, I'm going to
have to make a little loan.
You, sir.
Yes, sir?
Come here.
Yes, sir.
Look like your pocketbook
is the fattest.
Let's have it.
Yes, sir.
How much you got
in here?
Almost $3000 dollars.
Good.
Then you won't miss $100.
Thank you, sir.
It's all right.
Ah, very attractive!
Get your horse.
All right, folks, turn around
and keep your hands up.
They're guns all right.
What do you think they're
going to do with them?
Bat and Spargo aren't going
to do anything with them.
You're not going to
shoot them down, are you?
You heard what
happened to my folks.
You still
need Spargo.
I'll give him
a chance to talk.
Wait here.
Aren't you loaded yet?
Who are you?
I work for Bat McCall.
He said he wouldn't
be here till noon.
What's the rush?
They'll be loaded on time.
That's all
I wanted to know.
Hey, uh,
what kind of trouble
you fellows expecting
in Deadwood City
anyway?
Deadwood City? Why?
You've got enough shooting iron
here to start a private war.
It is private.
They'll be in
this afternoon.
Now what?
They'll probably
rest up at the hotel.
I want to be there
to welcome them.
Joe, check the stuff
at the warehouse.
One of you men take care
of these horses.
The rest of you
stay close by,
and keep out of trouble.
Come on, Spargo.
Get your luggage
and check us out.
Do you know where
to bring the horses?
Yes.
Hurry!
Come on.
Better get some rest,
Spargo.
Yeah, see you later.
We're leaving.
Our bill please.
Whoa!
Look, it's the woman
who held us up!
Sure is.
Just a minute, lady.
Hold on, lady,
you're under arrest.
Keep your hands off me!
She's wearing
my hat and my dress!
Where's the man
who was with you?
I don't know what you're talking
about. I came here alone.
Is that right, mister?
Did she come here alone?
No, she checked in
with a man, Room 14.
I tell you, I don't know
what you're talking about.
I came alone.
Have a look, Fred.
Let her go!
Get in the coach!
Get the horses!
Hyah!
Hi-yo! Woohoo!
Hyah, hyah!
Get ready to jump!
Now!
Aw, we lost them.
Pick up the wagons and let's
get out of here! Come on!
Now what?
They'll be heading
for Deadwood City.
They'll be expecting you
to follow them, you know.
They can always
expect that.
Wait here,
I'll get the horses.
They're crossing
into Dakota.
Jack!
Jack!
Are you all right?
Climb on.
I'm sorry, Jack.
They can only put distance
between us.
They'll never get away.
Hello, Bill.
Hiya, Bat, Spargo.
Well, you boys
made good time.
I wasn't expecting you
for a couple of days.
Well, it's not hard to push men
that have got gold fever
as bad as these men.
Who's that?
Him? Oh, he's one of those
fools I was telling you about.
Tried to dig a little of our
gold out of Painted Valley.
Bill, I got something
to tell you.
Aw, there'll be
plenty of time to talk.
This is important...Later.
Now look, you boys get
your camp set up.
Right now I've got
to pay a little visit
to my friend
Chief Red Cloud.
Just to let him know
I'm still on the job.
I'll see you
tonight.
All right.
Hyah!
Another white man,
Red Cloud.
One white man.
I lose six braves.
Six men who try to live in peace
on land of their fathers.
I'm sorry,
Red Cloud.
I do the best I can,
but it's not good enough.
This reservation is too large
for me to cover by myself.
Marshal Hickok, good friend.
You try to stop white men.
I try.
But it's
getting worse.
Many men arrive in Painted
Valley, with many guns.
Many men?
Maybe we get help
from Great White Father?
No. I, uh, talk to Great
White Father in Washington.
He's much too busy with many
problems to help the Sioux.
You bring bad news
of men with guns.
Well, it doesn't have
to be bad news, Red Cloud.
Sell to them.
Sell them
the land they want.
Sell?
Be paid
with our own gold?
No, we drive them out.
My son, I make treaty
with white man.
Sioux get this land.
No make war.
I give promise.
I keep promise.
What about
white man's promise?
The promise to leave,
now they would destroy us.
Not all of them,
Gray Eagle.
I did not mean
our brother.
There will be no war.
Are these men in Painted Valley
then to have their own way?
My husband,
your father is right.
We must make
peaceful settlement.
That's right.
I will try
to reason with them.
There's enough gold in this
valley to make us all rich.
Now once we get
the Indians on the run,
the rest is gonna be easy.
Now as far as I'm concerned,
you men don't know me.
I represent the law
around here.
And you men are poaching on
Sioux territory, understand?
I only came here to represent
the Indians to reason with you.
Now go ahead
and unpack your reasons.
A few raids,
a few more dead Redskins
and Chief Red Cloud
will be glad to take
my advice and sell.
You sure got it
figured out.
It can't miss!
Bill,
I'm still worried.
What, about Jack?
We'll take care of that
when we come to it.
That's all right
for you to say.
I tell you he's
out to kill me.
Well, then maybe you better not
hang around here too long.
Take the men,
go after Gray Eagle.
If we get him,
the Sioux'll quit cold.
I'll take care
of Cousin Jack.
Get off!
Get on!
You're safe now.
Gray Eagle,
son of Chief Red Cloud,
thanks you for his life.
Name's McCall,
Jack McCall.
Now Sioux have another
white friend in the Dakotas.
Another white friend?
Until now,
Hickok only friend.
Wild Bill Hickok?
Up here?
You know him?
Yeah...
so does Bat.
Where can we find him?
Deadwood City.
Hickok good marshal,
fight for my people.
Didn't seem to do any
too well around here.
These men just come.
They have many guns.
Yeah, I know all about that.
How does Hickok
figure into this?
He try to tell them
this Sioux land.
They make more trouble.
They're too many to handle.
The marshal need help.
I can see that.
You keep.
All Sioux will know
Gray Eagle your friend.
This Hickok,
is he a friend of yours?
That's what
I'm gonna find out.
Let's go have a talk
with Mr. Hickok.
I want the truth, Hickok,
and I want it now.
That's what I gave you.
I don't know how
your folks were killed.
You were there.
I saw you. You chased me
as far as the river.
I don't deny that.
But I was just doing a job, the
same as all the other soldiers.
Since when has the army
resorted to killing
innocent men and women?
What possible reason would I
have for wanting to harm them?
I don't know any more
about your family's death.
I suppose you didn't know
Bat was on his way
to Deadwood City either?
No, I didn't.
But every drifter for 500 miles
is coming to Deadwood.
After that Indian gold.
The whole territory's crawling
with guns and trouble.
Now I've been fighting
that kind of trouble
for the past couple of months,
fighting for the Sioux.
And it's not easy
maintaining law and order
in a town where there...
where there aren't a handful of
men you dare turn your back on.
I'm just trying to do a job,
same as I did in the army.
If you weren't
holding that gun on me,
I'd still be doing that job.
How?
By arresting me?
Well, I guess that I can't
prove anything with words.
If you came 500 miles just to
kill me I can't stop you now.
I came to get Bat
and a man named Spargo.
Now ain't that too bad?
Get them up.
Thanks, Tom.
I'll take it from here.
Now, what happens from now on
depends on you, mister.
I need your help.
Yeah? How?
You say Bat's got a whole
army of men with him?
That's more than
I can handle alone.
If the odds
are that great,
there isn't much I could do
to change them.
Maybe not,
by yourself.
Chief Red Cloud can
gather enough braves
who'd be willing to fight
to defend their land.
I want you to go get them.
What makes you think I can get
Red Cloud to go on the warpath?
That necklace'll be all
the persuading you need.
Where'd you get it?
Gray Eagle.
He saved his life
a little while ago.
Well, then,
if I you know the Sioux,
they'd be willing to do
almost anything you ask,
particularly if you tell them
you're working for me.
Look, I told you, I'm only
interested in getting two men.
Yeah, Bat and Spargo are mixed
up with that gang of cutthroats.
I tell you what
I'll do everything I can to help
prove that they framed you.
Now, what do you say?
All right.
Fine.
You go get the Indians
and meet me
at the head of Painted Valley
about dawn.
I'll bring what men I can trust
from Deadwood with me.
Oh, here,
you better
have this just to,
just to make it official.
But remember,
that badge doesn't
give you the right
to kill Bat or Spargo
without a hearing.
I'll worry about
getting them first.
Come on, Rose.
Hickok agrees with me.
Believe me, Red Cloud,
these men will never leave.
They'll slaughter your people
unless you drive them out.
Let me gather braves, Father.
Let me go with white man.
You're not breaking
a treaty, Red Cloud.
It's these men
who have broken it.
My son,
young men like you
and old men like me,
reason with different wisdoms.
Who can say which greater,
dreams of wisdom and age,
or fires of youth?
Take only enough warriors to
show white men our strength.
Surprise them. Destroy their
weapons. Make them leave.
Make them understand
that we want peace.
Make ready, my son.
What was it
Sir Walter Scott said?
"And love is the loveliest
when embalmed in tears."
Looks like that palatial mansion
had a library in it too.
You still don't
believe me, do you?
About my home
in Atlanta?
You said yourself
it doesn't exist.
Not anymore.
But it was
all there once,
stately and fine.
I'd like to believe that.
Think what you like.
But it was there,
and it was beautiful.
Then what?
The war passed
through Atlanta,
and I crawled
out of the ashes.
That doesn't matter anymore.
You all know your jobs.
I'm gonna meet the Indians
in a couple of hours.
What happens from there on
is up to you.
Go, my son.
It took you long enough
to get here.
These all the braves
you could bring?
Enough braves for the job.
You didn't do so well
yourself.
I told you, there aren't many
men in Deadwood I can trust.
We're short on rifles too.
That is good.
My father wants
no bloodshed.
Let's hope your father
gets his wish.
They're still asleep.
Make things that much easier.
Remember what I said,
McCall,
that badge is still
no license to murder.
Hold your fire till
we get inside the camp.
All right.
Now!
Head back to town.
Get back! Get back!
Turn back! Get back!
Indian has
no white friends.
Indians betrayed!
Not only the Sioux,
get down!
Get them all!
Ohh!
Who did it?
Who did it?
Hickok.
Hickok killed your father.
And I killed your mother.
And now I'm going
to make sure of you.
Go back to your camp.
Tell your father there'll
be no more bloodshed.
I have the answer
in one bullet.
The rest of them
should be back by now.
You're not worried,
are you?
You saw what was happening
when we left.
Yeah, but it's sure taking them
a long time to finish it.
Deal.
Hiya, McCall.
How many cards, Bill?
Hey, Hickok,
how many cards?
That's the whole story.
And now the debt's paid.
You men of the jury,
go in the other room
and bring back a verdict.
How about you, John?
How about you?
We got our verdict, Judge.
No need to waste
any more time.
He's innocent.
Whoa!
Did you know I knew it?
Spargo!
Whoa.
Hello, Molly.
Hello, Sam.
Welcome home,
Mr. McCall.
Welcome home,
Mrs. McCall.
How many cards, Bill?
Hey, Hickok,
how many cards?
You're under arrest.
What are we wasting time for?
Let's hang him.
Come on!
Shut up, all of you!
I'm running this trial.
Go ahead, Pete.
You admit, McCall,
when you arrived in Deadwood
yesterday morning,
Marshal Hickok
made you his deputy.
That's right.
Then for no reason you repay
his friendship with a bullet.
Hickok was no friend of mine,
and I had a good reason
for everything.
Heh!
That's what he says!
I warned you
to keep your mouths shut!
If he had a reason,
let him tell it.
Keep talking, McCall.
All right,
I'll talk.
But it's not
a pretty story.
It goes back
to the war.
Hickok and I were
in the same outfit,
the 81st Volunteers.
We were stationed
near my home,
waiting for reinforcements
avoiding contact
with Confederates.
I guess there were
a lot like me,
born and raised
in the south,
but serving
in the Union Army.
Hey, sarge!Yeah?
Better requisition a new horse
for the colonel.
By the time I finish
polishing this one,
there won't be anything left
for him to ride.
Uh,
I'll get you a medal.
Never mind the medal,
just get me a new arm.
Look, I volunteer to fight
for the Union and what happens,
you make a slave out of me.
Well, you could
write your congressman.
Wouldn't do any good,
sarge.
Confederates aren't speaking
to the McCalls these days.
Yeah, I can't say as
I blame them.
I never have figured out why two
rich southern boys like you two
should be fighting
on our side anyway.
Only one rich southerner,
sarge.
I'm only a poor relation.
Bat!
Well, your cousin could be
smarter than you figure, Bat.
You know, there're gonna be
a lot of Rebels wake up
and find out their money
isn't worth anything
once we win this war.
My being here has
nothing to do with money.
Why, no!
Haven't you heard, sarge?
He's a man of principles.
Hey, looks like you've got
a couple of wars on your hands,
Mr. McCall.
Yeah.
I reckon I've got a better
chance to win this one.
Another polish job
ought to do it.
Colonel Brand, sir?
What's going on here?
Courier, what's happening?
You mean the Third Battalion
is completely outflanked?
That's right, sir.
A detachment of Reb cavalry
broke through.
They're on a prowl
behind our lines.
Well, that's not so good.
If those Rebs ever spot our
position, we're in for trouble.
Where are those
reinforcements?
They should be
on their way here
to relieve
the Third Battalion now, sir.
We'll send a man
to head them off.
Good work, soldier.
They'll have to protect us
until our lines are reformed.
Sir,
I know every back trail
and short cut
this part of the country.
Well, that's right, sir.
McCall grew up around here.
His home's just
a few miles away.
All right, McCall.
Get ready to leave.
I'll have a dispatch
waiting for you.
Yes, sir.
Pull back all our
advance patrols.
Strengthen our lines.
Don't stop off
for a home-cooked meal, Jack.
Look, Bat,
there's something
I want to say to you.
Sounds like your last will
and testament coming up.
In a way it is.
Or maybe it's just a reminder
of a debt you owe.
You'll never let me
forget that, will you?
I was speaking of
my mother and father.
You seem to be the only one
who resents all
they've done for you.
Certainly they don't.
They know how much
I appreciate everything.
I hope so.
You may have a chance
to prove it.
If something happens to me,
you'd be all they have left.
They'll need you.
I'll, uh, I'll remember,
Jack. Good luck.
Thanks.
Ready, sir.
Get this through
to Major Thompson.
Yes, sir.
I don't have to tell you
how important those
reinforcements are to us.
I'll do my best, sir.
Ho, there! Ho! Ho!
Glad we ran into you,
soldier.
We've been trying to contact
Union forces for hours.
What's your outfit?
Third Battalion,
81st Volunteers.
What's your position?
Position?
We were wiped out.
Must be scattered
from here to the border.
Well, you'd better
get back to headquarters.
That suits us all right,
but where do we find them
without bumping into those
prowling Rebs again?
Here, I'll show you.
Better make it a good one.
We don't know
this country too well.
Here's hoping
the Rebs don't either.
Take the little path
down to the creek.
Yeah?
Creek runs into
a crossroad.
Headquarters is right there.
Think you can follow it?
Yeah, I think so.
Thanks a lot.
Keep your eyes open.
Good work, Spargo.
Your men will all be
recommended for citations.
Thank you, sir.
You all'd better get out of
those uniforms right away.
Yes, sir.
Company, forward-ho!
Company halt!
Urgent dispatch
from Headquarters
for Major Thompson, sir.
I'm Major Thompson.
How far away is it?
About 5 miles, sir.
Lead the way, soldier.
Company ho!
Colonel!
Sound the retreat!
Fall back!
I sill can't understand
how they spotted our position
without running into
one of our patrols.
Better see to
the wounded.
Colonel,
we found this map
on the body of a Reb Sergeant.
Map?
Yes, sir.
Leading straight
to our position.
Look on the other
side of it, sir.
McCall!
That southern turn...
I thought he was
too anxious to volunteer.
A rebel spy is more useful
with a blue uniform.
Sorry we were late, sir.
You're under arrest,
McCall.
Arrest?
Shut your face!
You'll conduct the prisoner
to Fort Mason, sergeant
where he'll await
court-martial proceedings.
Yes, sir.
Court-martial?
What is he talking about?
Even a Reb spy gets a trial
in this man's army.
Spy?
It was McCall,
but I winged him, sarge.
Get my squad,
on the double.
He's probably
heading for home.
Oh? Then you
can lead the way.
You could call it a trial.
It was almost over with
the reading of the charges.
Thanks, Mother.
They wouldn't
listen to you at all?
The map and the fact
that I'm a southerner
was all they needed,
all they wanted.
They had a firing squad picked
before I reached
the witness stand.
What'll you do, Jack?
They'll be hunting you,
like an animal.
Well, it'll be easier than what
both of you will have to face.
Things were bad enough
when I joined the Union Army.
Now both sides
think I'm a traitor.
You'll be needing this.
Thanks, Dad.
I still think you should
rest here till morning.
This'd be the first place
they'd look,
but I had to tell you
what really happened.
Oh, we wouldn't have believed
them anyway, Jack.
Don't worry about me, Mother.
I may have to hide out until
after the war is over,
but I'll keep in touch
with you some way.
They didn't waste much time
in getting here.
Let them in, Dad.
I'll slip out the back door.
You'd better wait here, Mother.
Open up!
Open up!
Search everywhere!
We want Jack McCall.
You won't find him here.
Get out. And Bat,
you can get out for good.
That's Jack's room up
at the head of the stairs.
Get out of this house!
Take it easy, old man.
Stay way from that room,
I warn you!
Look out.
He's going for a gun!
Aunt Dora.
Your cousin Bat's
with him, sir.
So that's how they
got here so fast.
Get out of sight, Sam.
Good luck, sir.
She's dead.
Dead?
Well, if they were
harboring a Rebel spy,
you were just doing your duty.
I can testify to that.
I didn't know.
Well, it looks like you just
inherited an estate, mister.
If you think
I'd kill my own Aunt
just so I could take over
this place, you're...
Not you, Bat... us.
We'll discuss that after
we take care of your cousin.
Sergeant!
There he is.
Spread out!
Cover both banks!
The poor relations
shall inherit the earth.
All right, let's go!
While the war between
the states continued,
I was a fugitive
a man without a country,
fleeing from both northern
and southern contingents,
for fear of being
captured and shot.
At the same time,
I knew I had to follow on
the heels of the steady retreat
of the Confederate outfit
that had ambushed us.
I managed to find out
that this unit was headed
by a Colonel Cornish.
I trailed them
from one bivouac to another.
I felt if I was able
to talk to Colonel Cornish,
this would lead me
to the southern soldier
who could clear my name.
Finally, peace.
The Confederate Cavalry
had been demobilized.
I was not able to locate
Colonel Cornish
until I learned that his home
was in New Orleans.
I'm sorry, McCall.
There's nothing
I can do for you.
The war is over.
For you, colonel, yes.
But not for me.
My testimony
wouldn't help you.
I'd remember the man
bringing the map in,
but you'd need his word
as to how he got it.
Where can I find him?
Hasn't there
been enough killing?
That man was only
doing his duty as a soldier,
and doing it well.
I know that, sir.
I'm not looking for revenge.
I need him
to testify for me.
A court-martial
sentenced me to death.
Surely, colonel,
the honor of a man's
name and family
is something
you could understand.
All right, McCall.
The man's name is Spargo.
I don't care how long
you've been looking for me.
I'm not interested.
I got my own problems.
Bartender,
get me another drink.
I'll give you all the whiskey
you could handle.
Just do as I ask.
Look, I told you,
I'm not interested.
There's a $1000 in gold
waiting for me at home.
It's all yours,
when we get there.
$1000 in gold?
Just for riding
a day and night.
Bartender...
give my friend a drink
Mister, you've
made yourself a deal.
Say, do you see
what I see?
Afternoon, ma'am.
Afternoon.
Looks like you could
use some help.
My horses bolted.
Oh, that doesn't even
make horse sense.
What horse is going to leave
a beautiful girl like you...
That's enough, Spargo.
Oh, wait a minute, McCall.
I saw her first.
I said that's enough!
Say, aren't you
forgetting something?
There's no reason for me to help
you out of this fix you're in.
I can think of
a thousand of them, all gold.
Where're you headed for,
ma'am?
Town.
I was on my way back
from visiting my brother
in the army hospital.
Do you live in Bentonville?
No, I have to catch
a stage there.
I'll see that you
get there,
without any trouble.
Is this all you have?
Come on, boy.
Tired?
Little.
It's been a long day.
There aren't many men who would
have taken the time to help me.
Oh, I don't know.
I guess the war's
changed a lot of things.
But I'd like to think people
are still the same,
a lot more good ones
than bad.
That's easy for a man to say.
Yeah, I guess you've had plenty
of chance to learn otherwise.
Why do you say that?
It's a long way
to Atlanta.
Traveling alone,
it couldn't have been easy.
No, it hasn't been easy.
Starting tomorrow
we're both going home.
You'd better
get some sleep now.
Good night.
And thanks again.
You know what I think?
You think exactly
what I want you to, Bat.
I still say we ought
to pull in our horns.
After all, we've done well.
Why press our luck?
Done well?
We haven't even started.
Look at them.
The choice dregs of the war.
When are
the other men coming?
Tomorrow.
You'll start for Kansas City
as soon as they're rested up.
You make it sound
awful easy.
It is easy when you're
holding the passkey
to the richest goldfield
in the Dakotas.
A lot of other men have
thought the same thing
and the Indians drove them out
as fast as they moved in.
Yeah? Well, they just
didn't use their heads.
See, you got to make friends
with the Sioux.
Why do you think I took that job
as Marshal of Deadwood City?
Because I like being stuck
in a little flea-bitten town
on the edge
of the reservation?
I've got to hand it
to you at that, Bill,
making the Indians think
you were helping them
by driving out the whites.
Only the whites that try
to get into Painted Valley.
I let the others give
the Indians a little grief.
Just so they'll realize
it's not too easy for me.
So our gold land
is still untouched.
Naturally.
Then when you come along
with that gang of cutthroats
and all those guns you're
gonna pick up in Kansas City,
I'm helpless.
So I have to advise our Indian
friends to sell out to you.
Sounds simple enough if the
government doesn't interfere.
Why should they?
They gave the Sioux the land,
they moved the army out,
and with it
their authority.
But if there's trouble,
they might move back.
By that time, we'll have
all the gold we want.
Why are we turning here?
It's my home.
Jack, stop!
Whoa. Why?
I think perhaps
I should go on from here.
I don't think I should
take the time to stop.
Why you can't save
any time that way.
Besides, you need some rest.
Oh, I must be going.
Wait, I...
I promise I'll
get you into town
faster than you can
do it by yourself.
I'll miss the stage.
Jack, please,
I really can walk from here.
Why it's a good 10 miles into
town. You'd never make it.
Let's get a move on,
will you?
I got a date
with a $1000.
Hi, sister, join the fun!
Drinks are on the house!
Well, look who's coming!
If it's not innocent
little Rosie!
Picked anymore
pockets lately?
Let her go!
Hold it!
Start explaining, mister.
And you better make it good.
I was only after what's mine.
She stole my roll
in Kansas City.
What about it, Rose?
Here's your dirty money.
And this
is the little lady
I wasn't good enough
to touch, huh?
What are you men doing here?
We were invited
by Bat McCall.
Where is he?
You've got a lot of questions
for a stranger, ain't you?
Mr. Jack...
Mr. Jack.
Hello, Sam.
Mr. Jack, they all said
you was dead.
Where are the folks?
They's gone.
Gone? Where?
Killed.
The night you was here.
Killed...
Sam!
Sam! Who you talking to?
Jack! Jack,
I thought you were...
Murdered like
my mother and father?
No, no, Jack.
You've got it all wrong.
We figured you
were a spy.
It was my job
to go after you.
You're lying, Bat.
No, no, Jack, no!
Who killed them?
I don't know, Jack!
Who killed them?
I don't know!
Who killed them,
who killed them?
I don't know, Jack,
I don't know!
All right, mister,
you asked for it.
Now wait a minute.
The government's been waiting
a long time to hang this man.
Turn him over to the U.S.
Marshal at Bentonville.
I'll be back for you, Bat.
Stick with me, Spargo.
Just a minute,
Mr., uh, Spargo.
Let's say you and I have
a little talk, huh?
I'd have been a fool
to come back
without positive evidence
to clear me.
All I know is you were
tried and convicted.
Then talk to my witness.
He'll prove everything
I've said is true.
I have talked to him.
Bring him in.
Hiya, McCall. Sorry to see you
in a spot like this.
Spargo, tell him how you
got that map from me
during the battle.
I already have.
You met me in the woods,
and gave me the map,
just like we planned.
What?
Oh, it's no use, McCall.
They know you were a spy,
same as I do.
You're lying!
He's lying,
I tell you!
All right, Spargo.
He's lying! He's lying!
He's lying, I tell you!
I did my part.
It was cheap
at twice the price.
There'll be plenty
more in it for you
when the other job
is finished.
When do we leave?
At daybreak.
We'll pick up the guns
and ammunition
in Kansas City
and we're on our way.
But I've got to see him.
We were supposed to
have been married tomorrow!
The only knot that's
gonna be tied tomorrow
is in the rope
around his neck.
No, no!
Oh, please,
let me see him!
It's not too much to ask.
Not at a time like this!
Well, okay, okay,
if it'll stop your squawking.
But just for a minute.
Hey, McCall, you can talk
to your fiancee for a minute.
My fiancee?
Ain't that what you...
I said open up.
Quick.
Now get inside.
The marshal needs you!
Hurry!
Bill! Get me out!
Get the key!
Open up!
Get the horses!
Thanks, Rose.
This just evens up the score.
All right, if that's
the way you feel.
Well, it's all clear now.
You'd better get going.
Where would you suggest?
Back to the cell the marshal has
waiting for me?
That's your business.
My plans don't
call for a fiancee.
Neither do mine.
I had to make up
something, didn't I?
Pretty good at that,
aren't you?
First you make up
a sick brother
then a big home
in Atlanta.
All right, so they
don't exist anymore.
What do you expect me to do,
wear a brand on my forehead?
I'm sorry.
I don't blame
anyone but myself.
It's just that,
well, sometimes I guess
if a person's desperate enough,
they'll...
they'll do anything.
Yeah, I know.
What are we going to do?
I've got to go back.
What for?
To find Bat.
You won't
find him there.
He and Spargo are leaving
for Kansas City at daybreak.
How'd you know?
I heard them talking.
They're going in to pick up
a shipment of guns.
So that's how Bat
got Spargo to frame me.
They're in some kind
of a deal together.
Looks that way.
We'd better get started.
We?
One town's as good
as another to me.
Besides, they're my horses.
Where'd you get them?
I found them,
in the marshal's stable.
Found them?
Now I'm a
horse thief too.
They can only
hang us once.
Well, now all we need
to tide us over
till we get to Kansas City
is a little money.
And some clothes?
Yeah. After you.
All right,
drop that!
Get out, everybody,
and keep your hands up!
Climb down!
Keep your hands up
and nobody'll get hurt.
Get rid of that too.
Check their luggage for size.
Where's your luggage?
Back there.
Sorry, folks, I'm going to
have to make a little loan.
You, sir.
Yes, sir?
Come here.
Yes, sir.
Look like your pocketbook
is the fattest.
Let's have it.
Yes, sir.
How much you got
in here?
Almost $3000 dollars.
Good.
Then you won't miss $100.
Thank you, sir.
It's all right.
Ah, very attractive!
Get your horse.
All right, folks, turn around
and keep your hands up.
They're guns all right.
What do you think they're
going to do with them?
Bat and Spargo aren't going
to do anything with them.
You're not going to
shoot them down, are you?
You heard what
happened to my folks.
You still
need Spargo.
I'll give him
a chance to talk.
Wait here.
Aren't you loaded yet?
Who are you?
I work for Bat McCall.
He said he wouldn't
be here till noon.
What's the rush?
They'll be loaded on time.
That's all
I wanted to know.
Hey, uh,
what kind of trouble
you fellows expecting
in Deadwood City
anyway?
Deadwood City? Why?
You've got enough shooting iron
here to start a private war.
It is private.
They'll be in
this afternoon.
Now what?
They'll probably
rest up at the hotel.
I want to be there
to welcome them.
Joe, check the stuff
at the warehouse.
One of you men take care
of these horses.
The rest of you
stay close by,
and keep out of trouble.
Come on, Spargo.
Get your luggage
and check us out.
Do you know where
to bring the horses?
Yes.
Hurry!
Come on.
Better get some rest,
Spargo.
Yeah, see you later.
We're leaving.
Our bill please.
Whoa!
Look, it's the woman
who held us up!
Sure is.
Just a minute, lady.
Hold on, lady,
you're under arrest.
Keep your hands off me!
She's wearing
my hat and my dress!
Where's the man
who was with you?
I don't know what you're talking
about. I came here alone.
Is that right, mister?
Did she come here alone?
No, she checked in
with a man, Room 14.
I tell you, I don't know
what you're talking about.
I came alone.
Have a look, Fred.
Let her go!
Get in the coach!
Get the horses!
Hyah!
Hi-yo! Woohoo!
Hyah, hyah!
Get ready to jump!
Now!
Aw, we lost them.
Pick up the wagons and let's
get out of here! Come on!
Now what?
They'll be heading
for Deadwood City.
They'll be expecting you
to follow them, you know.
They can always
expect that.
Wait here,
I'll get the horses.
They're crossing
into Dakota.
Jack!
Jack!
Are you all right?
Climb on.
I'm sorry, Jack.
They can only put distance
between us.
They'll never get away.
Hello, Bill.
Hiya, Bat, Spargo.
Well, you boys
made good time.
I wasn't expecting you
for a couple of days.
Well, it's not hard to push men
that have got gold fever
as bad as these men.
Who's that?
Him? Oh, he's one of those
fools I was telling you about.
Tried to dig a little of our
gold out of Painted Valley.
Bill, I got something
to tell you.
Aw, there'll be
plenty of time to talk.
This is important...Later.
Now look, you boys get
your camp set up.
Right now I've got
to pay a little visit
to my friend
Chief Red Cloud.
Just to let him know
I'm still on the job.
I'll see you
tonight.
All right.
Hyah!
Another white man,
Red Cloud.
One white man.
I lose six braves.
Six men who try to live in peace
on land of their fathers.
I'm sorry,
Red Cloud.
I do the best I can,
but it's not good enough.
This reservation is too large
for me to cover by myself.
Marshal Hickok, good friend.
You try to stop white men.
I try.
But it's
getting worse.
Many men arrive in Painted
Valley, with many guns.
Many men?
Maybe we get help
from Great White Father?
No. I, uh, talk to Great
White Father in Washington.
He's much too busy with many
problems to help the Sioux.
You bring bad news
of men with guns.
Well, it doesn't have
to be bad news, Red Cloud.
Sell to them.
Sell them
the land they want.
Sell?
Be paid
with our own gold?
No, we drive them out.
My son, I make treaty
with white man.
Sioux get this land.
No make war.
I give promise.
I keep promise.
What about
white man's promise?
The promise to leave,
now they would destroy us.
Not all of them,
Gray Eagle.
I did not mean
our brother.
There will be no war.
Are these men in Painted Valley
then to have their own way?
My husband,
your father is right.
We must make
peaceful settlement.
That's right.
I will try
to reason with them.
There's enough gold in this
valley to make us all rich.
Now once we get
the Indians on the run,
the rest is gonna be easy.
Now as far as I'm concerned,
you men don't know me.
I represent the law
around here.
And you men are poaching on
Sioux territory, understand?
I only came here to represent
the Indians to reason with you.
Now go ahead
and unpack your reasons.
A few raids,
a few more dead Redskins
and Chief Red Cloud
will be glad to take
my advice and sell.
You sure got it
figured out.
It can't miss!
Bill,
I'm still worried.
What, about Jack?
We'll take care of that
when we come to it.
That's all right
for you to say.
I tell you he's
out to kill me.
Well, then maybe you better not
hang around here too long.
Take the men,
go after Gray Eagle.
If we get him,
the Sioux'll quit cold.
I'll take care
of Cousin Jack.
Get off!
Get on!
You're safe now.
Gray Eagle,
son of Chief Red Cloud,
thanks you for his life.
Name's McCall,
Jack McCall.
Now Sioux have another
white friend in the Dakotas.
Another white friend?
Until now,
Hickok only friend.
Wild Bill Hickok?
Up here?
You know him?
Yeah...
so does Bat.
Where can we find him?
Deadwood City.
Hickok good marshal,
fight for my people.
Didn't seem to do any
too well around here.
These men just come.
They have many guns.
Yeah, I know all about that.
How does Hickok
figure into this?
He try to tell them
this Sioux land.
They make more trouble.
They're too many to handle.
The marshal need help.
I can see that.
You keep.
All Sioux will know
Gray Eagle your friend.
This Hickok,
is he a friend of yours?
That's what
I'm gonna find out.
Let's go have a talk
with Mr. Hickok.
I want the truth, Hickok,
and I want it now.
That's what I gave you.
I don't know how
your folks were killed.
You were there.
I saw you. You chased me
as far as the river.
I don't deny that.
But I was just doing a job, the
same as all the other soldiers.
Since when has the army
resorted to killing
innocent men and women?
What possible reason would I
have for wanting to harm them?
I don't know any more
about your family's death.
I suppose you didn't know
Bat was on his way
to Deadwood City either?
No, I didn't.
But every drifter for 500 miles
is coming to Deadwood.
After that Indian gold.
The whole territory's crawling
with guns and trouble.
Now I've been fighting
that kind of trouble
for the past couple of months,
fighting for the Sioux.
And it's not easy
maintaining law and order
in a town where there...
where there aren't a handful of
men you dare turn your back on.
I'm just trying to do a job,
same as I did in the army.
If you weren't
holding that gun on me,
I'd still be doing that job.
How?
By arresting me?
Well, I guess that I can't
prove anything with words.
If you came 500 miles just to
kill me I can't stop you now.
I came to get Bat
and a man named Spargo.
Now ain't that too bad?
Get them up.
Thanks, Tom.
I'll take it from here.
Now, what happens from now on
depends on you, mister.
I need your help.
Yeah? How?
You say Bat's got a whole
army of men with him?
That's more than
I can handle alone.
If the odds
are that great,
there isn't much I could do
to change them.
Maybe not,
by yourself.
Chief Red Cloud can
gather enough braves
who'd be willing to fight
to defend their land.
I want you to go get them.
What makes you think I can get
Red Cloud to go on the warpath?
That necklace'll be all
the persuading you need.
Where'd you get it?
Gray Eagle.
He saved his life
a little while ago.
Well, then,
if I you know the Sioux,
they'd be willing to do
almost anything you ask,
particularly if you tell them
you're working for me.
Look, I told you, I'm only
interested in getting two men.
Yeah, Bat and Spargo are mixed
up with that gang of cutthroats.
I tell you what
I'll do everything I can to help
prove that they framed you.
Now, what do you say?
All right.
Fine.
You go get the Indians
and meet me
at the head of Painted Valley
about dawn.
I'll bring what men I can trust
from Deadwood with me.
Oh, here,
you better
have this just to,
just to make it official.
But remember,
that badge doesn't
give you the right
to kill Bat or Spargo
without a hearing.
I'll worry about
getting them first.
Come on, Rose.
Hickok agrees with me.
Believe me, Red Cloud,
these men will never leave.
They'll slaughter your people
unless you drive them out.
Let me gather braves, Father.
Let me go with white man.
You're not breaking
a treaty, Red Cloud.
It's these men
who have broken it.
My son,
young men like you
and old men like me,
reason with different wisdoms.
Who can say which greater,
dreams of wisdom and age,
or fires of youth?
Take only enough warriors to
show white men our strength.
Surprise them. Destroy their
weapons. Make them leave.
Make them understand
that we want peace.
Make ready, my son.
What was it
Sir Walter Scott said?
"And love is the loveliest
when embalmed in tears."
Looks like that palatial mansion
had a library in it too.
You still don't
believe me, do you?
About my home
in Atlanta?
You said yourself
it doesn't exist.
Not anymore.
But it was
all there once,
stately and fine.
I'd like to believe that.
Think what you like.
But it was there,
and it was beautiful.
Then what?
The war passed
through Atlanta,
and I crawled
out of the ashes.
That doesn't matter anymore.
You all know your jobs.
I'm gonna meet the Indians
in a couple of hours.
What happens from there on
is up to you.
Go, my son.
It took you long enough
to get here.
These all the braves
you could bring?
Enough braves for the job.
You didn't do so well
yourself.
I told you, there aren't many
men in Deadwood I can trust.
We're short on rifles too.
That is good.
My father wants
no bloodshed.
Let's hope your father
gets his wish.
They're still asleep.
Make things that much easier.
Remember what I said,
McCall,
that badge is still
no license to murder.
Hold your fire till
we get inside the camp.
All right.
Now!
Head back to town.
Get back! Get back!
Turn back! Get back!
Indian has
no white friends.
Indians betrayed!
Not only the Sioux,
get down!
Get them all!
Ohh!
Who did it?
Who did it?
Hickok.
Hickok killed your father.
And I killed your mother.
And now I'm going
to make sure of you.
Go back to your camp.
Tell your father there'll
be no more bloodshed.
I have the answer
in one bullet.
The rest of them
should be back by now.
You're not worried,
are you?
You saw what was happening
when we left.
Yeah, but it's sure taking them
a long time to finish it.
Deal.
Hiya, McCall.
How many cards, Bill?
Hey, Hickok,
how many cards?
That's the whole story.
And now the debt's paid.
You men of the jury,
go in the other room
and bring back a verdict.
How about you, John?
How about you?
We got our verdict, Judge.
No need to waste
any more time.
He's innocent.
Whoa!
Did you know I knew it?
Spargo!
Whoa.
Hello, Molly.
Hello, Sam.
Welcome home,
Mr. McCall.
Welcome home,
Mrs. McCall.