The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973) - full transcript
It's the frontier of the American west. Shortly after being released from prison where he was serving a sentence for murder, Jay Grobart leads a band of three other men - Dawes, Billy Bowen and an Indian named Charlie Bent - in robbing a train of its Wells Fargo cargo of $100,000. In their escape from the scene, they are forced out of circumstance to take along a young woman, against her will, she who is traveling by herself on horseback. She is Mrs. Willard Crocker - Catherine - who they can tell is wealthy. Although they do not let her go, she vows that she will not tell the authorities about them as she, like them, is running away. As Jay, the leader, embarks on his next mission - to fulfill the reason he stole the money - he has the problems of managing the three men, Dawes and Billy in particular who are solely out for their own selfish wants which now includes their carnal wants with Catherine, and making sure Catherine does not escape. But as they spend more time together and learn more about what is under the surface, Jay and Catherine start to fall for each other. In addition to carrying out Jay's mission, they thus want to figure out a way to be together in light of their present circumstances. Meanwhile, Harvey Lapchance, the investigator for Wells Fargo, has a posse of men on their trail. That posse includes Willard Crocker, a mining executive. Lapchance allows Crocker to come along despite he having the feeling that he is not solely looking out for his wife's best interest.
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I WISH I DID.
I'VE BEEN IN IT
FOR 10 YEARS
AND I STILL HAVE
A LOT TO LEARN.
YEP, JUST CAN'T
MAKE UP MY MIND
WHETHER I WANT TO STAY
IN IT OR NOT.
WELL, YOU SEE...
THERE'S BEEN
SO MANY ROBBERIES,
I JUST DON'T THINK
IT'S WORTH IT ANYMORE.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU, BOY?
YOU TRAIN SICK OR DRUNK?
LEAVE ME ALONE.
YOU'D BETTER GET HIM
OUT OF HERE
BEFORE HE MESSES UP
YOUR TRAIN.
I'LL GIVE YOU A HAND.
COME ON, INDIAN.
COME ON.
HEY, YOU!
COME ON!
YOU PLAN TO GET SICK,
YOU DO IT OUT HERE
ON THE PLATFORM,
NOT IN THERE.
BAGGAGE CAR DOOR.
EVERYBODY ON THE FLOOR.
COME ON.
EXCUSE ME.
IS THIS WHERE
THE TRAIN STOPS?
MA'AM?
IS THIS WHERE
THE TRAIN STOPS?
YEAH.
TODAY.
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DO YOU WORK FOR
THE TELEGRAPH COMPANY?
HA HA. YES, MA'AM,
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES, MA'AM.
A FELLA AIN'T USED
TO SEEING A LADY LIKE YOU,
LONESOME, OUT-OF-THE-WAY
PLACE LIKE THIS.
WHY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THE TRAIN IS GOING
TO STOP HERE, ISN'T IT?
OH, YES, MA'AM,
IT'S GOING TO STOP.
GOT TO.
OPEN THE DOOR.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE
A LONG TIME.
LADY, YOU'D BETTER
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
WHY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT THE HELL'S IT LOOK LIKE
I'M DOING?
GONNA GET RICH.
HYAH!
COME ON.
EASY, BOY.
GET UP.
COME ON, GET UP.
GET RID OF THOSE RIFLES.
HEY, CHARLIE!
HEY, JAY!
SHUT UP!
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, I KNOW
YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH
TO KEEP THIS TRAIN
GOING BACKASSWARDS
JUST AS FAST
AS IT CAN GO. RIGHT?
YES, SIR.
YES, SIR.
GET OVER THERE.
CHA-HA!
WHOO-HOO-HOO!
UHH!
EASY.
STEADY.
LUCIFER, PLEASE.
WHERE'D THAT DAMN WOMAN
COME FROM?
JUST RODE UP HERE.
WELL, GET HER DAMN HORSE.
HYAH!
HYAH!
GONNA HAVE TO HAVE
THAT HORSE, MA'AM.
OH, NO, YOU DON'T.
GIVE ME THAT SON OF A --
OH, NO, YOU DON'T.
GOD DAMN YOU!
IT'S MY HORSE.
DAMN YOU. I'LL TAKE YOU
AND THE GODDAMN HORSE.
HE'S MY HORSE!
GET UP IN THAT SADDLE,
LADY.
I'D LIKE TO, BUT I CAN'T.
YOU'RE SURE AS HELL
ONE DAMN MESS.
IT'S NOW 33 MINUTES AND...
11 SECONDS OVERDUE.
WELL, IT WAS OKAY
WHEN IT LEFT WAMSUTTER.
WHAT COULD HAPPEN
BETWEEN THERE AND HERE?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S ALL DESERT.
YEAH...
ALL DESERT.
KEEP YOUR EAR PEELED, JIM.
ED, DO YOU REMEMBER
LAST WEEK
BILLY BOWAN WAS IN HERE
WITH A TALL DARK FELLA?
FIRST TIME BOWAN'S
BEEN IN HERE
HE HASN'T GOT PISSED
AND THROWED UP.
YEAH, THEY WERE
PRETTY QUIET.
COULD YOU HEAR ANYTHING?
SOMETHING ABOUT
AN INDIAN.
BOWAN WHISPERING
ABOUT INDIANS?
HE MUST HAVE LOST
HIS VOICE.
I WISH HE'D
LOSE HIS ASS.
HIM AND THAT OTHER FELLA
WENT PROSPECTING, I THINK.
THEY LOADED UP ENOUGH STUFF
TO LAST 30 DAYS.
I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT OTHER FELLA.
I USED TO KNOW HIM.
NAME'S GROBART.
HE WAS THE HERO
OF BLACK HORSE CREEK.
WHICH WAY DID THEY GO?
SEEMS TO ME
THEY HEADED UP NORTH,
TOWARDS SUPERIOR
OR THEREABOUTS.
WHERE'S BILLY?
I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY KILLED BACK THERE.
YEAH.
WELL, I FORGOT.
JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT THE...
HEY, JAY!
LOOK WHAT I GOT ME.
AIN'T SHE A BEAUT?
WELL, YOU TOLD ME
TO BRING HER HORSE.
THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU.
WELL, SHE --
SHE WOULDN'T FALL OFF.
WELL, HELL FIRE,
IT AIN'T MY FAULT
SHE WOULDN'T FALL OFF.
MR. LAPCHANCE!
MR. LAPCHANCE!
SIR, THE TELEGRAPH'S DEAD.
DAMN, I KNEW IT!
I KNEW IT ALL THE TIME.
EASY, EASY, EASY, EASY,
EASY, EASY.
NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
I GOT ME A BID IN THERE
SOMEWHERE.
THE HELL YOU DO.
EITHER ONE OF YOU.
NOW, THIS HERE IS A LADY.
AIN'T THAT SO, MA'AM?
YOU TELL THEM.
SPIT IN THEIR EYE.
AAH! AAH!
WHOO-EE.
IF YOU AIN'T A HOLY TERROR.
NOW THAT I'VE GOT YOU DOWN,
I MIGHT AS WELL BRAND YOU.
B...
O...
BOWAN.
THERE, NOW YOU'RE BRANDED.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH.
THAT'S ENOUGH!
COME ON. COME ON!
AW, SHIT, JAY,
I WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.
THERE'S TITS TO PULL
AND HAY TO PITCH.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
CATHERINE CROCKER.
MRS. WILLARD CROCKER.
AND I EXPECT
TO BE TREATED GENTLY.
WHERE'S YOUR HUSBAND,
MRS. CROCKER?
THANK YOU.
GIVE ME MY HORSE
AND LET ME GO.
I WON'T TELL A SOUL,
I PROMISE.
WHY?
BECAUSE I'M
RUNNING AWAY, TOO.
MM-HMM.
THROW HER ASS
ON A HORSE.
HOW MUCH DID THEY GET?
HE WAS CARRYING
100,000.
HOW MANY OF THEM
WERE THERE?
FIVE OR SIX.
THERE WAS AN INDIAN.
THEY CALLED HIM CHARLIE.
THE TALL FELLA
HAD THAT .44 REMINGTON
POINTED RIGHT SQUARE AT ME.
WHAT'D HE LOOK LIKE?
FUNNY EYES.
I THINK I HEARD
SOMEBODY CALL HIM JAY.
JIM, YOU GET THAT APPARATUS
AND SHIMMY UP THE POLE
AS SOON AS THEY GET
THAT LINE SPLICED
AND CALL GREEN RIVER.
TELL THE SHERIFF
THE GREAT PLAINS CENTRAL
WAS HELD UP AND ROBBED
OF $100,000 THIS MORNING
BY JAY WESLEY GROBART
AND WILLIAM BOWAN
WITH AN INDIAN
NAMED CHARLIE BENT.
CROCKER. GREAT WESTERN MINING
AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
THESE ARE MY MEN.
MY NAME IS HARVEY LAPCHANCE.
I'M THE WELLS FARGO MAN
FROM POINT O' ROCKS.
MAY I ASK,
WHERE ARE YOU RIDING FROM?
I'M RIDING FROM DIAMOND MESA,
LOOKING FOR MY WIFE.
SHE'S BEEN MISSING
SINCE BREAKFAST.
WENT OUT FOR A RIDE
AND DOESN'T KNOW THE COUNTRY.
RECOGNIZE THESE?
CATHERINE'S.
WHERE'D YOU FIND THEM?
WHERE IS SHE?
WE DON'T KNOW.
THE TRAIN WAS ONLY HELD UP
A FEW HOURS AGO.
WE FOUND THESE
LYING ABOUT.
THE WAY WE PUT IT TOGETHER,
FOUR MEN HELD UP THE TRAIN.
WHEN THEY RODE OFF,
THERE WERE FIVE HORSES.
WE FOUND THE TRACKS.
ARE YOU TELLING ME
MY WIFE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED,
ABDUCTED?
WELL, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
LOOK HERE, MR., UH,
MR., UH, LAPCHANCE,
DO YOU THINK THEY FORCED
THEIR INTENTIONS UPON HER
TO ABUSE HER IN SOME WAY?
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, TOO.
ALTHOUGH, I KNOW JAY GROBART.
HE'S NOT THAT KIND OF MAN.
CATHERINE WOULD NOT BE HANDLED.
SHE'D DIE FIRST.
WE'RE FORMING A POSSE
IN THE MORNING.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN UP
IF YOU WANT.
THANK YOU.
YOU BE READY TONIGHT,
HONEY.
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
EITHER I PUT THIS ON,
OR YOU BURN.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT HER?
I DON'T KNOW.
MAKE SOME COFFEE.
OH, I-I DON'T WANT
ANY COFFEE. THANK YOU.
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
WHAT YOU WANT.
MAKE SOME COFFEE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO MAKE COFFEE.
I'M SORRY.
HELP ME TO GET AWAY.
HELP ME AND I'LL PAY YOU.
HERE.
YOU CAN HAVE THESE.
THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG.
THEY'RE REAL EMERALDS.
YOU CAN HAVE THIS, TOO.
AS SOON AS IT GETS DARK,
I'LL GET MY HORSE AND GO.
YEAH?
HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO MANAGE THAT?
I'LL JUST SAY I...
HAVE TO TEND TO MYSELF.
HA HA.
WOMEN
TEND TO THEMSELVES, HUH?
MEN JUST TAKE A PISS.
YOU, UH, TRYING TO STEAL
MY GIRL, DAWES?
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE GET THE MONEY
AND SPLIT IT UP, HUH?
YEAH, THAT'S
A GOOD IDEA.
NEVER TRY
AND BRIBE A MAN
WITH SOMETHING
HE CAN TAKE ANYWAY.
JUST DOESN'T ADD UP
ABOUT GROBART.
CAREER ARMY,
WORKED HIS WAY UP
THROUGH THE RANKS
THE HARD WAY...
JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
JUST HOW LONG
WILL A BODY LAST
OUT THERE,
MR. LAPCHANCE?
OH, MR. CROCKER,
THERE'S NO SENSE
GETTING ALL WORKED UP YET.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE
TO PROVE ANYTHING
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
OF COURSE,
YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
CATHERINE IS,
SHALL WE SAY, MODEST.
EVEN WITH ME AT TIMES,
SHE'S PURE-MINDED.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
ABOUT IT, MR. CROCKER,
IF YOUR WIFE
TURNED OUT TO BE
ALIVE AND WELL,
OTHERWISE?
HMM?
WELL, OF COURSE, THAT'S
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
ISN'T IT?
WE'LL BED DOWN HERE.
YEP, IT'S...
GONNA BE
A MIGHTY COLD NIGHT.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
I SAID
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
SHE'S GOING
TO TEND TO HERSELF.
RICH LADIES
TEND TO THEMSELVES.
HA HA.
HA HA.
OH, NO.
GET OFF.
COME ON, WILL YOU?
OH, GOD!
YEAH.
STOP IT. NO.
OOH.
OH, GOD.
YOU WANT TO TAKE HER?
OH, YEAH.
NO.
COME ON.
TAKE HER. TAKE HER.
UHH!
NOW HOLD HER, DAMN IT.
GET OFF! GET OFF!
HOLD HER
AND I'LL HUMP HER.
OH! OH,
YOU SON OF A...
AAH!
COME ON, JAY.
COME ON, JAY,
SHE'S ALL RIGHT.
GOD DAMN IT, BOY, I AIM
TO GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT,
AND I AIN'T GONNA BE
UP ALL NIGHT
WHILE YOU TRY TO HUMP HER.
ALL RIGHT, BUT DON'T YOU TRY
TO RUN MY STOCK.
IF WE HUMPED HER,
WE'D ALL GET
A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP.
I DON'T MIND
BEING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD...
EVEN FOURTH.
MOVE YOUR RUMP.
MOVE IT.
HERE, LADY.
GET UP.
MM.
COME ON.
RISE AND SHINE.
COULD YOU UNTIE ME,
PLEASE?
YOU'RE UNTIED.
OH.
COME ON.
IS THAT
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY?
COME ON.
YOU ARE AN ARROGANT
DOMINEERING MAN!
YOU SEE ANYTHING?
NO.
PUT HER ON HER HORSE.
YOU'RE NOT A CRIMINAL,
YOU'RE SICK.
YOU'RE SUB-NORMAL!
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL RIDE
OVER THERE AND GET FRESH HORSES.
BE TO YOUR BEST INTERESTS,
MRS. CROCKER,
TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
WELL, SHE CAN STAY HERE
WITH ME.
I DON'T THINK SHE COTTONS
TO YOU, BILLY BOY.
WELL, SHE'LL LIKE ME
ONCE SHE GETS TO KNOW ME.
DOUBT IT.
I GOT TO KNOW YOU.
WHO ASKED YOU,
INJUN?
NOW, WHO'S TO SAY
ONCE SHE GETS OVER THERE
SHE DON'T OPEN HER MOUTH
ABOUT IT?
IT LOOKS
ALL RIGHT TO ME.
WE RIDE IN, TAKE THE HORSES,
AND RIDE OUT.
ANYBODY TRIES TO STOP US,
WE JUST...
KILL THEM.
THEY'RE FRIENDS OF MINE.
WE'LL TELL THEM
SHE'S MY WIFE.
AW...
NICE BIG FAMILY.
YOU PLAYING PA?
SHE MUST BE MA.
WELL, WHO'S THAT SOIL-SKINNED
SON OF A BITCH --
YOUR KID?
DARK, AIN'T HE?
OOH!
ONE OF THESE DAYS, BOY,
THAT MOUTH OF YOURS
IS GOING TO GET YOU KILLED.
YEAH, AND I'M GOING
TO KILL YOU,
SURE AS HELL, OLD MAN,
FIRST CHANCE I GET.
MOUNT UP.
IT'S THE CAPTAIN.
HE'S GOT A WOMAN WITH HIM.
WHOA.
HOWDY, CAPTAIN.
HI, DUB.
THAT'S MY PARTNERS --
MR. DAWES AND MR. BOWAN.
HOWDY.
THAT'S MY NEW WIFE.
WIFE?
YEAH.
YOU WENT
AND GOT YOURSELF HITCHED?
HO HO HO.
PLEASED TO MEET YOU, MA'AM.
I WAS YOUR HUSBAND'S SERGEANT
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
YOU GOT YOURSELF
A GOOD MAN.
WE, UH, CAME
ACROSS THE DESERT.
GOT CAUGHT
IN A WINDSTORM.
YOU LOOK IT.
THAT'S CHARLIE,
STANDING HORSE'S SON
FROM THE FORT.
THIS HERE IS MY MISSUS.
MRS. GROBART,
WHY DON'T YOU
GO ON IN THE HOUSE?
SHE'LL HELP YOU
REFRESH YOURSELF.
IS, UH, IS THAT
YOUR HORSES BACK THERE?
YEAH, THEY ARE, CAPTAIN.
I GOT YOU SOME FINE PONIES.
I'LL GO INSIDE AND GET US
SOME SIPPIN' LIQUOR.
I'LL SEE YOU
DOWN AT THE CORRAL.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING --
MY WORD OF HONOR,
BUT PLEASE DON'T TRADE
MY HORSE.
UH, SIT YOURSELF DOWN,
MRS. GROBART.
UH, YOU LIKE SOME CIDER?
WHAT I'D LIKE MOST IS
A DRINK OF WATER.
ONLY THING WE GOT PLENTY OF
AROUND HERE --
WATER AND HORSEFLIES.
THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH
FOR ME TO WASH IN?
OH, WHY, SURE.
WOULD YOU LIKE A SPIT-BATH?
A SPIT-BATH?
YES, THAT --
THAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD.
HA HA HA. YEAH.
YEE HAW.
HA HA HA!
HANG ON TO HIM.
HANG ON.
YEAH,
RIDE HIM, CAPTAIN.
WHOA, WHOA.
HOLD IT NOW.
YOU GOT HIM.
YOU GOT HIM.
I THINK HE LIKES YOU.
HEY, WHO'S RIDING WHO
THERE?
LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE DANCING WITH HIM.
YOU MUST HAVE HAD
A HARD RIDE.
IT'S A PURE SHAME
ABOUT YOUR DRESS.
OH, WOULD YOU LIKE
A MIRROR?
NO.
EXCUSE ME FOR STARING,
MA'AM.
IT'S THAT
IT'S BEEN SO LONG
SINCE I'VE SEEN
SUCH FINE CLOTHES.
IT'S A GOOD THING YOU GOT
PLENTY OF MUD ON YOUR FACE
OR YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
BURNED TO A CRISP.
YOU AND THE CAPTAIN
BEEN MARRIED LONG?
NO.
I-I DIDN'T THINK SO.
HE WAS UP HERE, OH,
A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK.
DIDN'T SAY NOTHING
ABOUT HIS BEING MARRIED AGAIN.
WELL, OF COURSE, UH,
THEY NEVER DID STAND UP
IN FRONT OF NO PREACHER,
SO SHE WEREN'T REALLY
HIS WIFE.
HE NEVER TOLD ME MUCH
ABOUT HER.
POOR MAN. HE HAD TO MOVE
RIGHT OUT OF THE FORT.
OH? WHY?
WELL, YOU KNOW FOLKS.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF HER BEING A SQUAW,
YOU KNOW.
ARE YOU GOING
TO KEEP THAT INJUN
ON YOUR PLACE?
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, WOULDN'T KEEP ONE
AROUND HERE.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
NO MATTER HOW LONG
THEY LIVE WITH WHITE FOLKS,
THEY'RE STILL SAVAGES
UNDERNEATH.
ALL RIGHT,
HOLD ON, BOY.
YEAH!
YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO MAKE IT, SON.
LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT.
YEE HOO!
COME ON, BILLY.
HA HA HA!
YEAH, GIVE ME
THAT JUG THERE, DAWES.
HA HA HA.
FRESH WATER FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOU MUST HAVE MET THE CAPTAIN
RIGHT AFTER HE GOT OUT
OF PRISON, HUH?
OH, I-I DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT DID HE DO?
WHY, HE KILLED A MAN
ON ACCOUNT OF THAT SQUAW.
HE FOUND THEM TOGETHER.
I-I THOUGHT YOU KNEW,
MRS. GROBART.
CATHERINE...
CAT FOR SHORT.
CAT?
THAT WAS HIS SQUAW'S NAME.
WHAT?
CAT -- CAT DANCING.
DANCING?
MAYBE THAT'S
JUST THE WAY SHE WAS.
IT'S HIS CHILDREN
I FEEL SORRY FOR.
OKAY, CAPTAIN?
ALL RIGHT.
I GOT ANOTHER LITTLE JUG
UP TO THE HOUSE.
NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
WE'VE HAD
ABOUT ENOUGH TO DRINK.
HEY, THE WAR'S OVER...
CAPTAIN.
AW, COME ON, JAY,
LET'S HAVE ONE LITTLE SNORT.
SHIT, I'M JUST
GETTING STARTED.
WE DON'T GET MUCH COMPANY
UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT, DUB.
CHARLIE?
NO, I'LL STAY
OUT HERE.
HA HA.
LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE ALL THROUGH TRADING.
MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME.
I'LL GET THAT OTHER JUG.
WHERE IS SHE?
JUST FINISHING
A SPIT-BATH, CAPTAIN.
AW, GETTING HERSELF
ALL FANCIED UP, IS SHE?
WELL, CAPTAIN,
WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED?
JUST BEFORE WE CAME
OUT HERE.
YEAH.
WE WAS THE WITNESSES.
HA HA HA.
AH.
UH, SUDIE, GET A CUP
FOR MRS. GROBART.
WELL, NOW,
IF SHE DON'T LOOK
AS FRESH AS A DAISY
BESIDE AN OUTHOUSE.
YES, MA'AM.
UH, HOW ABOUT A LITTLE DRINK,
MRS. GROBART?
NO.
AW, WHAT'S THE MATTER,
MRS. GROBART?
AW, LET ME GIVE YOU
ONE LITTLE BITTY SNORT,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TOAST
THE BRIDE AND GROOM, YOU SEE?
'CAUSE THAT'S
THE REFINED WAY TO DO, HUH?
NOW COME ON. GO ON.
OH, HELL, LOOK AT THAT.
BILLY.
WELL...WELL, SOMEBODY'S
SUPPOSED TO KISS THE BRIDE,
AND I AIM TO VOLUNTEER.
THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH, BOY.
WELL, WHAT'S THE MATTER,
BRIDEGROOM?
WELL, YOU DIDN'T KISS HER
WHEN SHE GOT TO BE MRS. GROBART.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
YOU FORGET HOW TO DO IT?
YOU JUST STAND BACK THERE
AND LET ME SHOW HER
WHAT SHE'S MISSING.
THE JOKE'S OVER.
CAN'T BE
UNTIL IT'S BEEN TOLD, CAPTAIN.
THEY DON'T KNOW BUT JUST
A LITTLE PIECE OF IT YET.
HE'S GOING TO STEAL
YOUR BRIDE, CAPTAIN.
THE JOKE IS OVER, BILLY.
THE JOKE IS OVER.
AW...
OUTSIDE.
WE WON'T BE STAYING
FOR SUPPER, DUB.
I WAS JUST GOING
TO KISS HER.
HA HA HA!
I WASN'T TRYING TO HUMP HER.
I JUST WANTED TO KISS HER.
DAMN IT, BILLY.
YOU'VE JUST ABOUT
RUN YOUR STRING OUT WITH ME!
AW...
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT, JAY.
I'LL GET YOUR GEAR,
CAPTAIN.
I'LL GET THE HORSES.
HE CARRIED YOU OUT THERE
LIKE A LITTLE BABY.
HA HA HA.
WHY, YOU GODDAMN PIG.
AW, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
DONE THAT, BILLY.
AAH! OH! OH!
CAPTAIN!
DON'T YOU KICK ME
LIKE NO DOG.
HELP ME GET HIM
ON HIS HORSE.
OH...
MRS. GROBART.
DO YOU THINK
HE CAN RIDE, CAPTAIN?
YEAH, HE'LL BE
ALL RIGHT, DUB.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
I DON'T THINK MRS. GROBART
WAS TOO HAPPY
ABOUT LEAVING
THAT GELDING.
SHE AIN'T MRS. GROBART.
WHAT'S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
YOU TOLD HER,
DIDN'T YOU?
I DIDN'T HAVE TO.
SHE KNEW.
OH, UHH, UHH, UHH...
YOU DON'T THINK
OF CAT DANCING NO MORE.
JAY WILL TAKE CAT
ALL THE WAY.
YEAH.
NOTHING THERE.
IT'S ALL GONE BACK
TO GROUND.
SHE USED TO LAUGH, CHARLIE.
BLACK HAIR --
LIKE A CHILD.
HYAH!
HYAH!
HYAH!
HYAH!
CAN YOU GET UP, BILLY?
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
LEAVE HIM.
GOD DAMN IT,
IF YOU CAN'T, BILLY,
I MAY HAVE TO DO
JUST THAT.
NOW CAN YOU GET UP?
I CAN --
I CAN MAKE IT, JAY.
HERE YOU GO.
ATTABOY.
AHH!
GETTING SOFT, CAPTAIN?
YEAH.
I'M GETTING SOFT.
COME ON.
COME ON.
COME ON!
GET A FIRE GOING.
GET THE REST OF THAT STUFF
OFF THE PACK.
JAY...
AM I DYING?
YEAH.
SON OF A BITCH.
I'M DYING.
JAY...
YOU TAKE MY SHARE
OF THE MONEY.
AND YOU KILL THAT
SON OF A BITCH DAWES FOR ME.
AND, JAY...
YOU TAKE MY SHARE
OF HER, TOO.
I NEVER MET A LADY
LIKE HER BEFORE.
SHIT.
WHAT'S HE JABBERING
ABOUT?
HE ASKED ME TO KILL YOU.
I'LL BE MOVING ON,
MRS. CROCKER.
CHARLIE WILL TAKE CARE
OF YOU...
TILL THE BOY DIES.
MRS. CROCKER?
I'VE GOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT
TO TAKE CARE OF.
MR. CROCKER.
I SAW YOU WERE
STILL AWAKE.
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
IT'S NOTHING
THAT'LL INTEREST YOU.
HMM.
SAY, JUST AS A MATTER
OF CURIOSITY,
WHAT WAS YOUR WIFE DOING
SO FAR FROM DIAMOND MESA?
I TOLD YOU.
SHE WENT OUT FOR A RIDE.
OH.
BRANDY?
NO. THANK YOU.
HEY...
HERE'S A FANCY DAN
PIECE OF ARTILLERY.
THAT'S AN ORIGINAL LeMAT
OUT OF PARIS --
MADE TO ORDER, I MIGHT ADD.
THE UPPER BARREL
CARRIES NINE SHOTS.
UNDERNEATH'S
A SMOOTHBORE .60 CALIBER,
ACCESSIBLE
TO BALL OR SHOT.
IT'S QUITE A WONDER,
IS IT NOT?
YEAH.
I CAN ASSURE YOU,
MR. LAPCHANCE,
MY WIFE WILL BE AVENGED.
HA HA HA HA HA HA.
CHARLIE,
LOOK WHO'S HERE.
WELL, NOW,
WE'VE GOT COMPANY.
HA HA.
TALK TO THEM, CHARLIE.
THEY'RE YOUR BROTHERS.
HA HA HA HA.
YEAH.
HA HA HA HA!
HERE, HAVE A DRINK.
NO.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, HAVE A DRINK,
YOU RED-FACED BASTARD.
HA HA HA HA HA!
HA HA. HEY!
GOOD CATCH.
HA HA HA HA --
OH. OH, YOU WANT THE HAT?
YOU CAN HAVE IT.
I'LL GET ANOTHER ONE.
YEAH, GO AHEAD.
HA HA HA HA.
HEY, NO!
HEY, THAT'S MONEY!
CHARLIE,
TALK TO THEM.
NO, THAT'S --
NO, THAT'S MINE!
THAT'S --
GIVE ME THAT.
NO, THAT'S --
THAT'S MINE.
GIVE ME THAT! HEY!
NO, THAT'S --
NO! NO! WHAT'S THE MATTER,
YOU CRAZY?
I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE?
BETTER THAN WHISKEY.
SHUT UP, DAWES.
YOU'LL GET US ALL KILLED.
RRR!
SQUAW.
SQUAW.
SQUAW. SQUAW.
LADY!
AAH!
AAH! AAH!
HYAH! HYAH!
CATHERINE!
AAH!
WHOO!
MRS. CROCKER?
MRS. CROCKER?
MRS. CROCKER?
BILLY --
THEY SHOT BILLY.
CHARLIE -- CHARLIE...
HE TRIED TO HELP.
HE TRIED.
HE'S DEAD.
WILL YOU GET OFF
MY ARM?
IT'S ASLEEP.
OH, I'M SORRY.
HERE.
COME ON.
DAWES...
DAWES?
I DON'T KNOW. HE RAN.
THERE'S SOME CLOTHES
IN THERE IN A PACK.
THEY BELONGED TO BILLY.
PUT THEM ON.
HE WANTED TO BE A LEADER
LIKE HIS FATHER.
HE ENDED UP BEING
AN IMITATION WHITE MAN.
LET'S GO.
WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW
SHE'S ALIVE.
FINE-LOOKING ANIMAL.
PAID $300 FOR THAT HORSE.
FINEST BLOODLINE
AVAILABLE.
$300.
BUT, OF COURSE, A HORSE
IS STILL JUST A HORSE.
AND A WOMAN?
DID THEY SAY
WHERE SHE WAS HEADED?
NORTH.
I THINK I KNOW WHERE.
I'M SENDING
MOST OF MY MEN BACK,
GOING AHEAD WITH A FEW.
YOU CAN COME ALONG
IF YOU LIKE.
NORTH.
THAT'S, UM...
INDIAN COUNTRY,
ISN'T IT?
YEAH.
DANGEROUS, ISN'T IT?
FOR YOU AND ME.
LESS SO FOR GROBART.
MR. CROCKER, I --
THIS MAY SEEM
A BIT PRESUMPTUOUS,
BUT IS IT POSSIBLE
YOUR WIFE WAS RUNNING AWAY
FROM YOU?
NO, IT'S NOT.
MMM.
I HAD A WOMAN
RUN OFF ON ME ONCE.
MAILED HER A SUITCASE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO DO IT,
YOU'D BEST DO IT RIGHT.
GONNA BE YOUR LAST CHANCE.
GONNA GET A LOT COLDER.
MM-HMM.
WHY DID YOU COME BACK
LAST NIGHT?
DAMNED IF I KNOW.
WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD
SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO,
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
I'M GONNA GET
MY CHILDREN BACK.
YOUR WHAT?
MY CHILDREN.
MR. GROBART?
NO FIRE TONIGHT.
IF YOU WANT ME,
MRS. CROCKER,
DON'T YELL AT ME.
HMM?
I SAID, DON'T YELL AT ME
IF YOU WANT ME.
CAN YOU DO THIS?
NO...
NO...
NO.
CAT!
YOU WERE DREAMING.
WAS SHE VERY BEAUTIFUL?
YEAH.
HOW DO THEY KNOW
WHEN WINTER'S COME?
GETS COLD, I GUESS.
WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?
THERE'S A MINING TOWN --
SOUTH PASS.
PEOPLE THERE.
I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THEM.
IT LOOKS DESERTED.
I GUESS THE MINE'S
PLAYED OUT.
EXCUSE ME.
NICE PLACE YOU GOT HERE.
GLAD YOU LIKE IT.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHATEVER HAPPENED
TO THAT WOMAN
THAT WAS WAITING
FOR THE TRAIN?
OH, SHE'S GONE.
WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME AGAIN?
CATHERINE.
I THOUGHT I PUT TOO MUCH SALT
IN THE STEW.
YOU ARE THE GODDAMNEDEST WOMAN
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
WHY DID YOU MARRY HER?
IT MUST HAVE BEEN
A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE.
I MARRIED FOR MONEY.
HE WANTED GENTILITY,
AND MY FATHER
NEEDED MONEY.
I DIDN'T ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING
MY FATHER WANTED.
I LOVED HIM VERY MUCH.
MY FATHER, I MEAN.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO MARRY HIM.
NO.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO...
WHAT?
BECOME WHAT YOU ARE.
NO.
LEASTWISE
I NEVER SOLD MYSELF.
HELLO, SIS.
THOUGHT I'D COME BY AND SEE
HOW YOU WERE MAKING OUT.
WHERE'S THE CAPTAIN?
HE'S ASLEEP.
OH.
TIRED?
EXCUSE ME.
OH, WHERE YOU GOING?
I SAID EXCUSE ME.
YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT,
YOU UNDERSTAND?
IF THAT SON OF A BITCH
SHOWS UP,
I'M GOING TO KILL HIM.
NOW, WHERE'S THE MONEY?
OVER THERE.
WHERE'S THE REST?
THAT'S ALL THERE IS.
TAKE IT AND GO.
OH, I'LL DO THAT,
ALL RIGHT.
BUT I STILL DON'T FIGURE
THAT MAKES ME EVEN.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT
ABOUT YOU A LOT.
PLEASE.
PLEASE?
I WONDERED
WHAT THE LITTLE RICH LADY
WOULD LOOK LIKE UNDRESSED.
NOW YOU DO IT.
ALL RIGHT, SIS.
COME ON.
LET'S GO SEE THE CAPTAIN.
NO, DON'T HURT HIM.
DON'T HURT HIM.
PLEASE.
EASY.
REAL EASY.
NOW WE'RE REALLY PARTNERS,
CAPTAIN.
NOW, HAND ME
THOSE SADDLEBAGS...
SLOWLY.
AHH!
AAH!
AHH! AHH! AHH! AHH!
AHH!
AHH!
KILL HIM.
GO ON. KILL HIM.
KILL HIM.
GOD DAMN IT! KILL HIM!
KILL HIM!
DAMN IT, CATHERINE,
WHY DIDN'T YOU YELL OUT
FOR ME?
I COULDN'T.
HE WOULD HAVE KILLED YOU.
HYAH. HYAH. COME ON.
WILLARD.
GO WITH HIM, CATHERINE.
I CAN'T.
HA HA HA.
YAHOO!
WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
I'M HAPPY, THAT'S ALL.
WHAT'S THAT?
THAT'S A SHOSHONE'S WAY
OF SAYING, "GO BACK."
COME ON.
HOW WILL WE FIND THEM --
THE SHOSHONE?
THEY'LL FIND US.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT
A LOT,
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BABY.
YOU WHAT?
I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR BABY.
OUT HERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
BEEN THROUGH HELL,
AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A BABY?
YOUR BABY.
MY BABY.
ALL RIGHT.
TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES.
OH, I-I DIDN'T MEAN
QUITE LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW ELSE TO DO IT.
YOU'RE NOT VERY ROMANTIC,
ARE YOU?
WHY DO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE?
DAMNED IF I KNOW.
I SUPPOSE IT'S LIKE
TWO DROPS OF RAIN
THAT FALL AND...
THEY COME TOGETHER
AND BECOME ONE.
NOW, THAT'S ROMANTIC.
COME HERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT IT NOW?
I MEAN, ABOUT CAT DANCING.
SHE'S DEAD.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
DON'T BE AFRAID.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
WASHAKIE, YOUR CHIEF,
HE WAS MY FRIEND ONCE.
HOW ARE YOU,
JOHN WESLEY GROBART?
WASHAKIE REMEMBERS.
WHY HAVE YOU COME?
I HAVE COME TO CLAIM
WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME.
MY WIFE CAT DANCING
WAS OF THE SHOSHONE TRIBE.
MY CHILDREN WERE BORN
AFTER -- AFTER SAND CREEK
AND THE SIOUX
AND CHEYENNE WARS.
WHEN MY WIFE DIED,
IRON KNIFE
BROUGHT MY CHILDREN HERE.
I'VE COME TO GET THEM.
YOU WILL TALK BETTER
WHEN YOU EAT.
OH, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOU CALLED?
CATHERINE.
CATHERINE CROCKER.
YOU ARE NOT
JOHN GROBART'S WIFE.
NO.
THE WHITE MEN NEVER LEARN.
LEAVE OUT BEST PARTS
OF STORY.
THE CIGAR WAS ONE
OF THE WHITE MAN'S GOOD IDEAS.
NO, THANK YOU.
THIS IS A MATTER
OF THE BLOOD AND THE HEART.
YOU MAY SPEAK
TO THE BOY.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SON?
MY PEOPLE CALL ME
DREAM SPEAKER.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER THE NAME
THAT YOU WERE BORN WITH?
YOU REMEMBER A GAME
YOU USED TO PLAY
A LONG TIME AGO
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?
YOU LIKED IT VERY MUCH.
YOU USED TO HIDE,
AND I'D CALL YOUR NAME OUT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
THERE WAS A THING LIKE THE BONES
OF A BIG ANTELOPE.
YES.
YOU COULD
SEE THROUGH ITS RIBS.
YES.
IT WAS A ROCKING CHAIR,
AND YOUR MOTHER LIKED
TO SIT IN IT.
DO YOU REMEMBER
YOUR NAME THEN?
JOHN.
JOHN.
JOHNNY.
JOHNNY.
YES.
JOHNNY.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU
AND YOUR SISTER AWAY FROM HERE.
WE'LL RIDE IN A TRAIN,
GO OVER A MOUNTAIN.
WE'LL SEE TREES
THAT GROW
LIKE THE GRASS GROWS HERE.
YOU'LL SEE ALL THOSE THINGS
IF YOU COME WITH ME.
IT WILL TAKE A STRONG HEART
TO LEAVE THIS PLACE,
BUT YOU HAVE
A STRONG HEART, JOHN,
BECAUSE I GAVE YOU
A STRONG HEART,
AND IRON KNIFE
HAS NOT WEAKENED YOUR HEART.
FOR THAT
I AM GRATEFUL TO HIM.
I...
I AM THANKFUL ENOUGH
TO MAKE HIM RICH
FOR TAKING CARE OF MY SON
AND MY DAUGHTER.
NO.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY GROBART
WAS IN PRISON ALL THESE YEARS?
FOR THE SHOOTING OF THE MAN
WHO LAY WITH CAT DANCING
THEN KILLED HER.
THAT MAN DID NOT KILL HER.
HE KILLED HER.
HE KILLED HER
FOR LYING WITH THAT MAN,
BUT SHE WAS INNOCENT.
THE MAN HAD RAPED HER.
THE BOY TRIED TO TELL HIM,
BUT GROBART WAS FILLED
WITH RAGE.
HE PUSHED THE BOY ASIDE,
AND HE KILLED THAT MAN
AS HE RAN.
THEN, STILL RAGING,
HE CAME TO CAT DANCING,
BUT HE WOULD NOT HEAR HER.
HE KILLED HER THERE
WITH HIS HANDS.
NO.
WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT
THE BOY HERE,
THERE WERE NO NIGHTS
WHEN HE SLEPT ALL NIGHT.
HE WOKE UP
SCREAMING WILD THINGS.
IT TOOK ME MANY MONTHS
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HIS BAD DREAMS
WERE ABOUT.
HE SAW CAT DANCING DIE.
HE SAW YOU KILL HIS MOTHER.
THE BOY SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
YOUR MOTHER...
YOUR SISTER...
WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE.
JAY?
LET IT GO, CATHERINE.
I LOVE YOU, JAY.
LET ME HAVE THAT.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING
I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO DEPORT MYSELF
AMONGST SAVAGES?
COLORFUL SHOW OF WEAPONRY,
A SHOW OF FORCE.
THEY UNDERSTAND LITTLE ELSE.
CATHERINE.
HELLO, WILLARD.
I TAKE IT YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
I'M ALL RIGHT.
IT'S ALL HERE.
THIS JAY IS FULL
OF SURPRISES.
WHERE IS HE?
HE LEFT.
WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO?
I INTENDED TO KILL HIM ANYWAY.
I CERTAINLY WILL NOW.
HYAH! GET UP THERE.
GET UP THERE.
HYAH! HYAH!
COME ON, BOY. HYAH!
WHOA, BOY. WHOA.
EASY, BOY.
YOU CARE MUCH FOR HIM --
JOHN GROBART?
YES, MUCH.
IF YOU WISH TO FOLLOW HIM,
I WILL SHOW YOU
THE WAY HE GOES.
CROCKER, WE KNOW
YOUR WIFE'S NOT KIDNAPPED.
WE'VE GOT THE MONEY.
WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK
WITH THEM?
LET ME HANDLE THE REST.
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE DAY.
THAT'S AS FAR
AS MY JURISDICTION GOES.
DREAM SPEAKER,
IT'LL BE NIGHT SOON.
HOW WILL WE FIND HIM?
LET US DIVIDE IN OUR SEARCH.
BUT WHAT IF WE LOSE
EACH OTHER?
CAN YOU DO THIS?
CATHERINE.
HOLD ME, PLEASE.
JUST HOLD ME.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU
TRACK ME
FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR.
I WAS HOPING YOU'D GIVE UP.
TELL IRON KNIFE I THANK HIM
FOR THE HELP OF...
HIS SON.
GOODBYE, DREAM SPEAKER.
WE HAVE TIME NOW,
DON'T WE, JAY?
YEAH.
ALL THE TIME
IN THE WORLD.
MORNIN'.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU GOT ANY MONEY?
NO.
WELL, I GUESS
WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT SOME.
WE CAN ALWAYS ROB
ANOTHER TRAIN.
YEAH.
I'LL CHECK ON YOUR HORSE.
I'LL GO WITH YOU.
NO.
I WANT TO GO WITH YOU.
I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU.
PLEASE, JAY.
GOD DAMN IT, CATHERINE,
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN
TO DO WHAT I TELL YOU?
I WILL...
IF YOU'LL TELL ME
JUST ONCE THAT --
THAT WHAT?
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU'RE THE GODDAMNEDEST WOMAN
I'VE EVER KNOWN.
OH, MY --
I GOT HIM!
JAY. JAY.
OH, JAY.
I GOT HIM!
I GOT HIM.
HA HA HA.
JAY. JAY.
THROW HIM OVER THE PACKHORSE.
WELL, COME ON,
LET'S GET MOVING!
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
CAN -- CAN YOU GET UP?
OH...SURE.
LEAVE HIM ALONE.
I CAN MAKE IT.
I'LL LEAVE YOU CROCKER'S HORSE.
YOU'RE THE DAMNEDEST MAN
I'VE EVER KNOWN.