Trail Street (1947) - full transcript

The Liberal Kansas area is in trouble. The town is without a Marshal and the nearby farmers are unable to grow crops due to the summer drought and trail riders that run cattle over their land. Bat Masterson arrives to bring law and order and his Deputy accidently finds a variety of wheat that will withstand the drought. But the farmers are giving up and leaving and Bat must convince tham to stay. He wants them to continue farming and also help round up the local gang of outlaws.

[ UPTEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

KANSAS.

WHEN DESERT PLAINS
SPREAD WITHOUT BOUNDARY,

BLEAK, STARK, AND BARREN
SINCE TIME BEGAN.

THROUGH DROUGHT,
DUST STORMS, CYCLONES,

AND THE HEAT
OF RAINLESS SUMMERS,

VALIANT PIONEERS
NURSED MEAGER CROPS

AND DREAMED OF A DAY
OF FERTILE FIELDS,

PEACE, AND PLENTY.

BUT A MORE DEADLY MENACE
WAS ABROAD.

CONSTANTLY THREATENING
THEIR CROPS,



THEIR HOMES,
AND THEIR VERY EXISTENCE,

THE RUTHLESS TRAIL RIDERS

AND THE DESTROYING HERDS
OF LONGHORNS.

GATHERING IN FEEBLE RESISTANCE
WITH FARM TOOLS AS WEAPONS,

SE
AND THE DESTROYING HERDS
OF LONGHORNS.

WANG
GUNS OF THE TRAIL RIDERS.

ON CAME THE AVALANCHE
OF DESTRUCTION,

URGED RELENTLESSLY FORWARD
BY THE BATTLE CRY

OF THE COWBOYS --
"GET THE CATTLE THROUGH."

LIBERAL, KANSAS.

TRAIL'S END
BECOMES TRAIL STREET.



HEY, BILLY!

BILLY!



WHOA.
HIYA, BILLY.

WELL.
HOWDY, MR. MAYOR.

HOW'S THE GROCERY BUSINESS?
NOT MUCH.

FOLKS ARE SCARED
TO COME IN TOWN.

YEAH.

I HEAR YOU HAD QUITE A FRIGHT
YOURSELF TO DEATH YESTERDAY.

YEP. THEM TRAIL RIDERS SURE MADE
A WRECK OF THINGS OUT THERE.

PUT THE FARMERS PLUMB OUT
OF BUSINESS FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

YEAH, AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE
A WRECK OUT OF THIS TOWN, TOO,

IF SOMETHIN' AIN'T DONE
PRETTY SOON.

YOU'RE THE MAYOR OF LIBERAL.

HOW MUCH LONGER WE GOT TO PUT UP
WITH SUCH GOINGS-ON?

TILL WE GET
A NEW MARSHAL, I RECKON.

BUT IT'LL HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY
THAT AIN'T PARTICULAR

ABOUT LIVIN' LONG.

YOU GOT ANY IDEAS?
YEP.

AIN'T TELLIN' NOBODY
RIGHT NOW.

THEY SURE DID RUIN THAT BIG
PLACE OF BOWEN'S YESTERDAY.

BIG PLACE?
YOU CALL THAT PLACE BIG?

WHY, BACK WHERE I COME FROM,

I GOT A COUSIN BY THE NAME
OF BRANDYHEAD JONES.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, BILLY.
YOU AIN'T GONNA TELL ME

ABOUT BRANDYHEAD JONES AGAIN?

YES, SIR.
OLD BRANDYHEAD'S FARM

IS SO WIDE
THAT THE HIRED MAN

AND THE HIRED GAL,
FOLLOWIN' THEIR WEDDIN',

WENT OUT TO MILK THE COWS

THAT WAS GRAZING
ON THE WEST SIDE.

WHEN THEY GOT BACK,
THEY HAD A CHILD 1-YEAR-OLD.

OH.
"OH."

[ GUNSHOTS ]

I'LL PUT A STOP TO THIS!
NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, BILLY.
WAIT A MINUTE.

COOL OFF A MINUTE,
WILL YOU?

Carmody:
OUT OF THE WAY, BOYS.

HELLO, LARKIN.
GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK.

GLAD TO BE BACK.
COME ON IN AND HAVE A DRINK.

I GOT TO TALK TO MAURY FIRST.
SEE YOU LATER.

COME ON IN, BOYS,
DRINKS ARE ON THE HOUSE.

[ MEN CHEERING,
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

HERE'S THE TALLY
ON THE HERD, MAURY...

ALL LOADED AND SHIPPED
LAST NIGHT.

EVERY HEAD ACCOUNTED FOR
EXCEPT TWO

THAT WE SLAUGHTERED
ON THE WAY FOR BEEF.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD
A LITTLE TROUBLE

GETTIN' THROUGH THE GAP
YESTERDAY.

YEAH, SOME PLOW JOCKEY

GOT TOO HANDY
WITH A TRACE CHAIN.

YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS?

I'LL KNOW WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN.
AND WHEN I DO...

BETTER GO OVER AND HAVE
DOC EVANS FIX YOU UP.

WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED,
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

SOMETHIN' GOOD?

I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT.

Man: [ LAUGHS ]

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ LAUGHS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

WHOA!
NOW, EASY, BOY!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, HANNAH?
[ MOANING ]

HELP ME, MAYOR,
WILL YOU?

HERE, I GOT HER.
SET HER DOWN OVER THERE.

YEAH.
HERE. RIGHT HERE.

-OH, SHE FAINTED.
-SHE'S FAINTED, SHE'S FAINTED.

HERE.
GIVE HER A LITTLE AIR.

OH!

HORSES!

HORSES IS A HEALTHY SMELL,
HANNAH.

OH!

MR. MAYOR, AS A RESPECTABLE
CITIZEN OF LIBERAL,

I DEMAND THAT SOMETHING
BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

WELL, I RECKON WE'LL THINK
OF SOMETHIN', HANNAH.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
BESIDES THINKING.

IT'S GETTING SO
ALL THE BUSINESS IN THIS TOWN

GOES OVER THE BARS
INSTEAD OF THE COUNTERS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SEE?
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

YEAH, THEY'RE GETTIN'
AN EARLY START TODAY.

THINK WHAT IT WILL BE
BY NIGHT.

AND THOSE AWFUL WOMEN --
RUBY STONE AND THE REST.

YEP, WE NEED
A FIGHTIN' MARSHAL.

AND WE NEED HIM BAD.

BUT IT'LL BE A LONG TIME

BEFORE WE GET ONE AS GOOD
AS OLD SAM PRITCHARD.

I'M SURE GLAD YOU MENTIONED
SAM PRITCHARD, MAYOR.

HIS DAUGHTER SUSAN
ASKED ME TO DELIVER A NOTE

TO ALLEN HARPER.

YOU KNOW, I'D HAVE
PLUMB FORGOTTEN IT IF --

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET ALONG
AND DELIVER IT, THEN?

YEAH.

[ SNIFFING ]

HELIOTROPE.

WELL.
YOU JUST GETTIN' UP?

I WORKED LATE LAST NIGHT.

THAT ALL THE BREAKFAST
YOU HAVIN'?

THAT'S ALL I WANT.
WELL, IT AIN'T ALL YOU NEED.

YOU'RE WORRIED.

ONE MORE FIGHT
BETWEEN CATTLEMEN AND FARMERS,

AND I'LL BE OUT OF BUSINESS.

GETTING PRETTY BAD, ISN'T IT?
SIX MORE FAMILIES PULLED OUT

FOR THE EAST LAST NIGHT.
MM.

I SUPPOSE YOU'LL GIVE THEM
ALL YOUR MONEY AS USUAL.

WELL, THEIR LAND COMES BACK
IN MY HANDS AGAIN.

YEAH.

OH.
OH, ALLEN.

I GOT SOMETHIN' FOR YOU.
WHAT IS IT?

IT'S A, UH, BILLET-DOUX.
A WHAT?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT
SUSAN PRITCHARD SAYS IT WAS.

OR MAYBE IT'S A BILLY-DEAD.

I DON'T KNOW.

"BILLET-DOUX" IS FRENCH
FOR LOVE LETTER.

I NEVER KNOWED THE FRENCH
HAD TO HAVE A WORD FOR IT.

BILLY, YOU'VE GOT
THIS THING SO MUSSED UP

I CAN'T READ IT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT IT SAYS?

OH, YOU'VE BEEN READING IT?

OH, YOU AND ME
AIN'T GOT NO SECRETS

FROM EACH OTHER, HAVE WE?

WELL, I HADN'T PLANNED
ON SHARING MY GIRL WITH YOU.

MAYBE NOT --
AFTER YOU'RE MARRIED.

UH, SHE WANTS YOU
TO GO RIDING WITH HER.

I GOT RED ALL SADDLED UP
READY TO GO.

WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU
SAY SO?

I'VE GOT TO GET DRESSED.

NO, NO, NO.
NOT THAT ONE.

THERE YOU ARE.
WELL, THAT'S TOO LOUD.

IT'S THE ONE SHE GAVE YOU
FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, AIN'T IT?

YOU AIN'T EVEN WORE IT ONCE.

YOU KNOW, A WOMAN DON'T SHY
AT A LITTLE MITE OF COLOR

WHEN SHE'S BEING SPARKED.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WOMEN?
WHO -- ME?

WHY, I'VE HAD WOMEN
FROM ARKANSAS TO ZANZIBAR.

NO MATTER
WHAT THEY'RE THINKIN',

I'M JUST A JACKRABBIT HOP
AHEAD OF 'EM.

YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET
NONE OF THIS.

YOU'VE GOT COMPETITION.
LOGAN MAURY.

LOGAN MAURY.

THERE'S A GALOOT
THAT KNOWS WHAT WOMEN LIKE.

AND HE'S SMOOTHER
THAN A MOUSE'S EAR.

HEAR ANYTHING
FROM DODGE CITY YET?

NARY A WORD.
BUT I WILL.

YOU'RE ASKIN' HELP
FROM A PRETTY BIG MAN, BILLY.

DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK THAT
HELPIN' OUT THE LITTLE FELLER

IS WHAT MADE
BAT MASTERSON BIG?

WELL, HE'D HAVE HAD YOUR LETTER
BY NOW IF YOU WROTE IT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"IF I WROTE IT"?

MAILED IT MYSELF.

SPECIAL DELIVERY,
RUSH, PERSONAL.

COST ME ALMOST $3.

OF COURSE, THE INDIANS

COULD HAVE GOT
THE STAGECOACH,

OR THE QUANTELLER GANG
COULD HAVE GOT THE PONY --

OR A HURRICANE COULD HAVE
BLOWN IT AWAY.
YEP.

OR THE GRASSHOPPERS
COULD HAVE --

GRASSHOPPERS?
SAY, SAY, SAY, SAY.

DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT THE TIME THE GRASSHOPPERS

HIT BRANDYHEAD JONES' FARM
BACK HOME?

NOT NOW, BILLY.

I'VE GOT A DATE.
WELL, SIR,

THEY WAS ALMOST AS BIG
AS MULES, THEM GRASSHOPPERS.

THEY BULLIED THE HORSES
AND THE CATTLE.

THEY ET UP THE PLATFORM,
THE PUMP, THE WAGONS.

FACT IS, THEY ET UP
ALMOST EVERYTHING.

THEN THEY PICKED THEIR TEETH
ON A BARBED-WIRE FENCE.

YOU AIN'T GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
BUT...

OH.

BILLY.

OH, BILLY.

WILL I DO
UNTIL BILLY GETS HERE?

Susan: HELLO, LOGAN.

SUE, YOU'RE THE LOVELIEST SIGHT
THESE OLD EYES HAVE EVER SEEN.

WHY, LOGAN,
ISN'T IT RATHER EARLY

FOR PRETTY SPEECHES?

BUT I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU.

I'M IN LOVE
WITH ALLEN HARPER.

[ CHUCKLES ]

QUITE A TRIANGLE,
AREN'T WE?

YOU'RE IN LOVE
WITH ALLEN HARPER,

AND I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU.

ALLEN'S A NICE FELLA.

I FEEL RATHER SORRY
FOR HIM.

I'D LIKE TO HELP HIM
IF I COULD.

SORRY FOR HIM?
YES.

WASTING HIS LIFE OUT HERE.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE
IN THIS COUNTRY HOLD

FOR A MAN
LIKE ALLEN HARPER?

CROP FAILURE
YEAR AFTER YEAR,

EVERY CENT HE CAN BEG
OR BORROW INVESTED IN THE LAND.

THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU,
WILL IT, LOGAN?

I SHOULD SAY NOT.

I KNOW WHAT I WANT,
SUSAN.

AND YOU MAKE A MAN
WANT THE BEST.

WHY, ALLEN, YOU TALK
ABOUT WINDS AND CYCLONES.

BACK WHERE ME AND
BRANDYHEAD JONES WAS BORN,

ONE TIME,
THE WIND BLOWED SO HARD,

BLOWED THE CHICKEN FEATHERS

RIGHT OFF THE CHICKENS
ONTO THE DUCKS,

AND THE DUCK FEATHERS
ONTO THE CHICKENS.

FUNNIEST THING
YOU EVER SAW.

[ LAUGHS ]

TO HEAR THEM DUCKS
A-CACKLIN' AND A-CROWIN'.

AND THE CHICKENS A-QUACKIN'
AND A--

LOOK WHO'S SPARKIN' OUR GAL.

HELLO, ALLEN.

HELLO, SUSAN.

HERE HE IS,
MISS SUSAN.

THANK YOU, BILLY.

HELLO, LOGAN.
HELLO, ALLEN.

SORRY I'M LATE, BUT BILLY
AND I HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION

ABOUT WHICH NECKTIE
I SHOULD WEAR.

BILLY WON,
AND HERE IT IS.

I CAN'T SAY AS I BLAME YOU

FOR NOT WANTING
TO WEAR IT, ALLEN.

IT IS A LITTLE
ON THE GAUDY SIDE.

GAUDY?

I'LL HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND
I PICKED THAT TIE OUT MYSELF

FOR ALLEN'S BIRTHDAY.

THERE YOU ARE,
ALLEN.

HE'S AS SHINY
AS A NEW PENNY,

RARING TO GO.
-BYE, NOW.

-GOODBYE.
-SO LONG, BILLY.

THEY MAKE A RIGHT
PRETTY COUPLE, DON'T THEY?



NOW, LOOK, SUSAN...

IT WON'T ALWAYS BE
LIKE THIS.

SOMEDAY, INSTEAD
OF ALL THIS DESOLATION,

THERE WILL BE FIELDS
OF RIPENING WHEAT

JUST AS FAR
AS YOU CAN SEE...

AND THE SUN SMILING DOWN
ON THE MOST PROSPEROUS STATE

IN THE UNION -- KANSAS.

MY FATHER HAD A DREAM
LIKE YOURS.

AND MY MOTHER SHARED IT.

SHE LET HIM KEEP HER HERE,

FIGHTING THE HEAT
AND THE LAWLESSNESS

UNTIL SHE DIED.

AND THEN DAD WAS MURDERED

ENFORCING THE LAW
ON TRAIL STREET.

BUT THE COUNTRY IS NEW,
SUSAN.

THE GROWING PAINS
OF ANY NEW COUNTRY...

WELL, THEY ALWAYS BRING
HARDSHIP AND VIOLENCE.

THAT'LL CHANGE.

OH, ALLEN,
TAKE ME AWAY FROM HERE.

TAKE ME BACK EAST,
WHERE WE BOTH BELONG.

NO, SUSAN.
WE BOTH BELONG HERE.

NOW STAY HERE WITH ME
AND HELP ME FIGHT THIS THING.

I'M LEAVING HERE, ALLEN...

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.

THAT SOUNDS KIND OF FINAL.

IT IS FINAL, ALLEN.

LET ME ASK YOU
ONE THING --

WHAT DID LOGAN MAURY
HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR DECISION?

HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM
AND LIVE IN CHICAGO.

OH, I SEE.

NO, YOU DON'T SEE!

YOU'RE A MAN
IN A MAN'S COUNTRY

AND BLIND
TO A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT.

KANSAS...

WHERE WOMAN
WEAR THEIR LIVES UP

TRYING TO BLEED A CROP
OUT OF A WASTELAND...

WORKING AND WAITING
FOR SOMETHING THAT --

THAT'S NEVER GOING
TO HAPPEN!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

QUIET, GENTS.
QUIET!

QUIET! QUIET!

ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE ORIENTAL,

I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE
IN PRESENTING OUR STAR,

MISS RUBY STONE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪ ONCE IN A LIFETIME
TO FALL IN LOVE ♪

♪ VOW TO EACH OTHER,
"HERE IS MY HEART"

♪ THEN THEY MUST PART

♪ THEN THEY MUST PART

♪ BUT I'M STILL DREAMING

♪ YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER

♪ REMEMBER

♪ ALL THE THINGS
I CAN'T FORGET ♪

♪ CAN'T FORGET

♪ THINGS THAT MEANT
SO MUCH TO SOMEONE ♪

♪ TO SOMEONE

♪ WHO IS DREAMING OF THEM YET

♪ DREAMING OF THEM YET

♪ THROUGH A THOUSAND MEMORIES

♪ MY MEMORIES

♪ THERE IS ONLY ONE REGRET

♪ ONE REGRET

♪ THAT YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER

♪ REMEMBER

♪ ALL THE THINGS
I CAN'T FORGET ♪

♪ I'LL BEEN THINKING OF YOU

♪ THROUGH A THOUSAND MEMORIES

♪ THERE IS ONLY ONE REGRET

♪ THAT YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER

♪ ALL THE THINGS
I CAN'T FORGET ♪

♪ I CAN'T FORGET

[ MUSIC ENDS,
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

MAURY WANTS TO SEE YOU,
RUBY.

WHERE IS HE?

MY OFFICE.

HELLO, DARLING.
Logan: HI, RUBY.

WELL, THAT'S A FINE GREETING.

AREN'T YOU GOING TO KISS ME,
OR ARE YOU TOO BUSY?

NEVER TOO BUSY FOR THAT.

[ Unenthusiastically ]
OH, THANKS.

KIND OF STINGY THIS MORNING,
AREN'T YOU?

SORRY, BUT I HAVE
IMPORTANT THINGS ON MY MIND.

MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME?

I'M BRANCHING OUT, RUBY.

I CAN SEE
THE LOGAN MAURY HERD,

WITH MY OWN BRAND
GRAZING ON 50,000 ACRES...

MY OWN LOADING PEN,

SHIPPING 2,000 HEAD
A YEAR TO CHICAGO.

YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT
FOR A YOUNG FELLA.

TOO MUCH AMBITION
ISN'T SAFE.

LISTEN, I'M GETTING
A DOLLAR-A-HEAD COMMISSION

ON CATTLE SHIPMENTS.

THE REAL PROFIT IS RAISING
THE MEAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS --

$80 A HEAD INSTEAD OF $1.

BUT THAT CALLS
FOR GRAZING LAND.

AND THERE'S NONE AROUND HERE
TO BE LEASED.

THE FARMERS --
I DON'T WANT TO LEASE IT.

I WANT TO OWN IT.

AND AS FOR THE FARMERS,
I HAVE SOME IDEAS

ABOUT HANDLING THEM...

LEGITIMATELY.

ISN'T ALLEN HARPER THE MAN
TO HANDLE LEGITIMATELY?

HE CONTROLS MOST
OF THAT LAND, YOU KNOW.

LOOK, RUBY,
IT'S DOG EAT DOG...

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.

YOU ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS

ABOUT ALLEN'S GIRL,
SUSAN PRITCHARD.

HAVEN'T YOU, SWEETHEART?
YOU'RE CRAZY.

WELL, YOU'RE PLAYIN'
WITH FIREWORKS HERE, LOGAN.

THE CANARY
MIGHT EAT THE CAT.

NOW THAT YOU'VE CHANGED
THE SUBJECT TO PERSONALITY,

SUPPOSE WE TALK ABOUT YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR INTEREST
IN ALLEN HARPER?

OH.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SENT FOR ME.

YES.

I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME THINGS
I DON'T LIKE, RUBY.

[ CHUCKLES ]

YOU AREN'T JEALOUS,
ARE YOU, SWEETHEART?

NO.
JUST WARNING YOU.

THAT'S ALL.

WELL, IF THAT'S ALL
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME ABOUT,

I'LL GO BACK TO WORK.

Eben: OH, MR. HARPER.

ARE YOU QUITTING, TOO?

I CAN'T STAND KANSAS
NO LONGER.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYTHING
GROW HERE.

NO, MR. HARPER.
WE'RE THROUGH.

YOU HOLD MY MORTGAGE.

AND YOU'RE WELCOME
TO THE LAND.

I WISHED I'D NEVER
SEEN IT OR KANSAS.

[ COINS JINGLING ]

I WISH IT WAS MORE, EBEN.

GOOD LUCK.

WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

[ SMOOCHES ]
HYAH! HA!

COME ON!

SAY,
YOU'RE THE SODBUSTER

THAT HIT ME WITH THAT CHAIN!

OH, NO!
NO, PLEASE, PLEASE. DON'T!

COME ON DOWN HERE!
COME ON!

NO!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

COME ON! FIGHT!
COME ON!

COME ON!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

[ PUNCHES LANDING ]

IF ANY FRIENDS OF THIS MAN
WISH TO CARRY THIS FURTHER,

NOW'S THE TIME TO SPEAK UP.

MY NAME IS ALLEN HARPER.

AND I'M MIGHTY OBLIGED TO YOU.
GLAD TO KNOW YOU, HARPER.

QUITE A FIGHT YOU PUT UP.

[ HUMMING ]

LOOK HERE, MY FRIEND.

YOU'RE TAKING QUITE A LOAD
ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

WHO ARE YOU?
I RUN THE ORIENTAL OVER THERE.

AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN
TROUBLES HERE IN LIBERAL.

YOU DON'T DO
A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT.

IF I HADN'T HAVE
HAPPENED ALONG,

YOU'D HAVE
TO HANG THIS MAN FOR MURDER.

YOU TALK LIKE
A PEACE OFFICER.

EVERY CITIZEN
IS A PEACE OFFICER

WHEN THE PEACE IS VIOLATED.

THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY
BY STATUTE.

THE STATUTES HAVEN'T REACHED
THIS PART OF KANSAS YET.

YOU'VE PLENTY
TO LEARN, MY FRIEND.

AMONG OTHER THINGS,
I'LL INFORM YOU THAT NO COWBOY

WILL EVER HANG IN LIBERAL.

-THAT'S RIGHT.
-THAT'S RIGHT.

LIBERAL IS THE COUNTY SEAT.

ACCORDING TO LAW, IT'S WHERE
KILLERS HANG WHEN CONVICTED.

LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY --

IF THEY'RE CONVICTED,
THEY HANG.

I'D ADVISE YOU
TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR TOWN.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE
ALONG THAT LINE.

BUT I'M GRATEFUL
FOR THE SUGGESTION.

I'LL TRY TO LEARN MORE.

GOOD START WOULD BE
TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

OH, DIDN'T I?
SOCIAL ERROR.

THE NAME'S
WILLIAM BARCLAY MASTERSON,

UNITED STATES MARSHAL.

BAT MASTERSON?
YES.

I'M LOOKING FOR MY OLD FRIEND,
BILLY BURNS.

WELL, MR. MASTERSON,

I THINK I SPEAK
FOR THE WHOLE TOWN

WHEN I SAY WE'RE GLAD
TO HAVE YOU.

IF I CAN EVER DO ANYTHING
FOR YOU, LET ME KNOW.

IN THE MEANTIME,
DROP IN, SEE US.

THANKS.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

ALLEN! ALLEN!

LET ME THROUGH HERE,
PLEASE.

YOU ALL RIGHT, SON?

I'M ALL RIGHT, BILLY.
BILLY!

YOU OLD COYOTE!

BAT!

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

WHY, YOU OLD HORNED TOAD!

GLAD TO SEE YOU.
GLAD TO SEE YOU.

TOOK YOU SO LONG
TO GET HERE,

YOU'D THINK
DODGE CITY WAS IN CHINA,

AND YOU WAS SWIMMIN' OVER.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

I'D HAVE GOTTEN
HERE SOONER, BUT THE
TIDE WAS AGIN ME.

YEAH.

I TOLD YOU
HE'D DO ANYTHING FOR A FRIEND.

YOU ONCE ASKED ME IF I HAD
ANY IDEAS ABOUT A NEW MARSHAL.

WELL, MR. MAYOR, MEET MY IDEA
OF A TOWN MARSHAL.

I GUESS
THIS MAKES YOUR WELCOME

IN LIBERAL OFFICIAL,
MR. MASTERSON.

WELL, YOUR HONOR,
MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION IS,

WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS
IS A LITTLE LAW AND ORDER.

I, UH --
I ACCEPT THE JOB.
GOOD.

GOOD!
WE SURE NEED YOU.

FINE.
MY FIRST OFFICIAL ACT

WILL BE TO GET
THESE TWO BUCKAROOS TO JAIL.

COME ON, MAYOR.

ME AND THE MAYOR
WILL TAKE THIS ONE.

BAT, YOU AND ALLEN
TAKE THE OTHER ONE.

GET UP ON YOUR FEET,
YOU BROKEN-DOWN COW WADDY.

COME ON, LET'S GO.
LET'S GO.

YEAH, YOU CAN DO YOUR POSSUM
PLAYIN' IN THE HOOSEGOW.

YOU FELLERS AIN'T GONNA
BE LONESOME IN THERE VERY LONG.

BEFORE BAT MASTERSON
GETS THROUGH WITH THIS TOWN,

THIS JAIL
WILL BE MORE POPULOUS

THAN A HOUND DOG
WITH THE FLEAS.

YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR,
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE TIME --

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, BILLY.
WAIT A MINUTE.

SHUCKS.
YOU TALK TOO MUCH.

I RECKON THE WHOLE
COUNTRY'S HEARD

ABOUT YOUR EXTERMINATIN'
THE VERMIN

OUT OF DODGE CITY, BAT.

I SURE HOPE YOU CAN DO
AS MUCH FOR LIBERAL.

I CAN ARRANGE TIME OFF
FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

THIS TOWN
MIGHT PROVE INTERESTING.

INTERESTING?

WELL, IF YOU FIND
MURDER, ROBBERS,

AND CATTLE RUSTLERS
INTERESTING,

HA, YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY
YOURSELF HERE.

BUT I MUST HAVE
A FREE HAND, MR. MAYOR.

AND I'M MORE THAN OBLIGED
TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

OH, UH, HOW MANY DEPUTIES
WILL YOU NEED?

ONLY ONE.

DON'T LOOK AT ME.
YOU'RE ELECTED, BILLY.

NO, SIR.
NO, SIR.

I-I AIN'T EVEN RUN
FOR DEPUTY.

IT'LL ONLY BE
A PART-TIME JOB.

YEAH.

WHAT YOU MEAN
IS A SHORT-TIME JOB.

[ High-pitched voice ]
I'M TOO YOUNG!

[ Normal voice ] HEAR THAT? YOU
SEE, MY VOICE IS JUST CHANGIN'.

ALL I NEED IS SOMEONE
TO HELP ME CARRY THE LOAD.

YOU CAN CARRY THE LOAD
YOURSELF, BAT MASTERSON.

HEY.

THAT SETTLES IT, BILLY.

NOW YOU'RE MY DEPUTY.
NO, SIR.

I AIN'T NUTHER.

TAKE IT EASY.

THIS MAKES YOU
VERY IMPORTANT.

IT DOES?

SURE, IT DOES.

NOW, MR. MAYOR,

WHAT'S THIS I HEAR
ABOUT YOUR FARMERS

HAVING TROUBLE
RAISING CROPS?

WELL, I PLANTED
40 ACRES EACH

OF CORN, BARLEY,
OATS, AND WHEAT.

AND UP TO NOW,
THEY'RE ABOUT DONE FOR.

WOULD A RAIN SAVE THEM?

WELL, IT MIGHT HELP 'EM
ALONG A BIT.

BUT A SINGLE RAIN
AIN'T GONNA BRING IN NO CROP.

NO USE COUNTING ON SUMMER RAIN
IN THIS COUNTRY.

HM.
YOU FIND A WAY

TO BRING IN A CROP
WITHOUT RAIN,

AND THEY'LL MAKE YOU
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.

YOU HEAR THAT?

YOU MIGHT GET TO BE GOVERNOR

BY BRINGING UP CROPS
WITHOUT RAIN.

WITHOUT RAIN?
IT'S BEEN DONE.

SOME OF THE FARMERS
AROUND HERE HAVE TRIED THAT,

BUT IT HASN'T WORKED.

A FARMER NAMED McKEON
LIVES OUT HERE A PIECE

AND CLAIMS HE HAS
A SECRET SYSTEM.

IT'LL REVOLUTIONIZE FARMING.

IT'LL MEAN CROPS AND FENCES
FROM HERE TO PIKES PEAK.

HAS HE HAD ANY LUCK?

WELL, HE GOT PART
OF A CROP UP, I UNDERSTAND,

BUT THE CATTLE RUINED IT.

AND THEY PUT HIM TO BED, BADLY
HURT, TRYING TO PROTECT IT.

TROT OUT THERE
AND SEE HIM, HARPER.

I HAVE,
BUT HE WON'T TALK TO ME.

WELL, TRY HIM AGAIN.

IF HIS SYSTEM WORKS,
IT MEANS THE KEY

TO ALL YOUR TROUBLES,
DOESN'T IT?

IT CERTAINLY DOES.

YOU TALK LIKE A MAN
WHO'S BETTING ON THIS FARMERS.

WITH MY SHIRT --

$50,000, EVERY CENT
I CAN BEG OR BORROW.

I LIKE A MAN
WHO PLAYS HIS HUNCHES BIG.

ME TOO!
AND MY FIRST OFFICIAL ACT

WILL BE TO GO ALONG WITH HIM.

I'LL GO AND SADDLE RED
FOR YOU.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

ALLEN, FUNNY THING

HOW SOME MEN
ALWAYS WANT TO DO SOMETHING

AND THE CARDS
ARE STACKED AGAINST THEM.

NOW, TAKE ME FOR INSTANCE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE
A PEACE OFFICER,

YET HERE I AM.

WHAT IS IT YOU WANT,
BAT?

YOU'D LAUGH IF YOU KNEW.
EVERYBODY DOES.

I WON'T LAUGH.

I WANT TO BE A NEWSPAPERMAN,
WHAT THEY CALL A JOURNALIST.

I CAN WRITE.
IT COMES NATURAL TO ME.

BUT THEY WON'T LET ME.

WHO WON'T LET YOU?

EDITORS OR PUBLISHERS.

SURE, THEY'RE GLAD

TO SHAKE THE HAND
OF THE MAN WHO TAMED DODGE.

BUT WHEN I TELL 'EM
I WANT TO PUT AWAY MY GUNS

AND BE A WRITER, THEY
FREEZE LIKE PARTRIDGE ON EGGS.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?

"GIVE US A STORY,
A BIG STORY.

GIVE US THAT, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU
A JOB AS BIG AS THE YARN."

YOU'LL GET YOUR YARN
SOMEDAY.

IF I LIVE THAT LONG.

MEANTIME, ALLEN,
YOU AND I

ARE STUCK IN
THE TOUGHEST COW TOWN IN KANSAS.

YOU WANT TO GROW WHEAT.
I WANT TO WRITE.

I'LL MOST LIKELY WIND UP
IN BOOT HILL.

AND YOU'LL PROBABLY
GIVE UP AND GO HOME.

YOU MIGHT BE WRONG
ABOUT BOTH OF US.

I HOPE I AM.



ARE YOU SURE YOU GOT IT
ALL STRAIGHT, SANDY?

SURE.
SURE, I GOT IT.

THERE'S A FARMER OUT HERE
WITH AN IDEA

THAT'S GONNA PUT US ALL
OUT OF BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHAT I GOT
TO TELL MAURY.

THAT'S RIGHT.
GET GOIN'.

HEY, WHAT'S
THAT FARMER'S NAME AGAIN?

McKEON, McKEON.

YEAH. McKEON.
THAT'S IT.



[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

COME IN.
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

COME IN!

HELLO, TIM.
HELLO, MR. HARPER.

I HEARD YOU WERE HURT.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I'M ALL RIGHT.

NO CUSSIN' TRAIL HERDER
CAN PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS.

I'M TOO TOUGH.
YOU NEED A DOCTOR.

I AIN'T SPENDIN'
ONE RED CENT ON NO DOCTOR.

TOO BLAMED STINGY.

SHUT YOUR TRAP, STABLEBOY.
STABLEBOY?!

YES.
WHY, YOU OLD...

BILLY, BILLY, BILLY.

BILLY, WHERE IS
THAT MEDICINE WE BROUGHT?

STABLEBOY.

DID THOSE TRAIL HERDERS
DO MUCH DAMAGE, TIM?

MY CROP'S GONE.

WHAT THEM RAMPAGIN' LONGHORNS
DIDN'T TROMP DOWN, THEY ET.

YOU'RE NOT QUITTING,
ARE YOU?

QUITTIN'?
I'M JUST STARTIN'.

I LEARNED SOMETHIN'.

I KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT YEAR
WHEN THE LAND'S ALL FENCED IN.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HANGIN'
ONTO EVERY DOLLAR FOR.

WHAT DO YOU LEARN, TIM?

NEVER MIND.
THAT'S MY SECRET.

BUT I'M GOING
TO GROW WHEAT.

WAIT A MINUTE.
THIS AIN'T NO WHEAT BELT.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY CORN?

BESIDES, CORN'S GOOD
FOR MORE THINGS THAN WHEAT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT RAISING WHEAT?

WHO -- ME?

YOU!
WHY, BRANDYHEAD JONES

RAISED THE FINEST...

BILLY, WILL YOU GIVE
MY HORSE A DRINK?
OF THIS?

RED HASN'T HAD ANY WATER
SINCE WE LEFT TOWN.

DON'T LET THAT
BOTHER YOU, TIM.

HE DOESN'T MEAN IT.
I KNOW, I KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND THE FARMERS ARE
RUNNIN' OUT LIKE SCARED SHEEP.

YEAH, THEY'RE GETTING
PRETTY TIRED OF IT.

DID EBEN BOWEN LEAVE?

HE PULLED OUT FOR THE EAST.

THAT FOOL.
WHY DIDN'T HE HANG ON?

BOWEN'S LIKE ALL THE OTHERS

'ROUND HERE
THAT CALL THEMSELVES FARMERS.

ALL THEY WANT TO DO
IS SCRATCH THE SOIL,

THROW IN THE SEED,

AND THEN SIT DOWN
AND WATCH IT GROW 'EM A FORTUNE.

BUT THAT AIN'T THE WAY
IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN KANSAS.

WHAT IS THE WAY, TIM?

I AIN'T SAYIN' JUST NOW.

SAY, MR. HARPER,

YOU HOLDIN' THE MORTGAGE
ON THAT BOWEN PLACE.

IF YOU'LL TAKE A BIG DISCOUNT,
I'LL TAKE IT OVER.

I GOT THE CASH RIGHT HERE.

[ COINS JINGLING ]

WHY DON'T YOU PUT THAT
IN THE BANK?

BANKS GO BUSTED.

BUT THE MAN THAT'S
GOT A GOOD CHUNK OF LAND

OWNS SOMETHIN'.

MAYBE YOU NEED SOME MONEY
YOURSELF.

I DO, BUT WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT LATER.

IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THAT MUCH
MONEY AROUND THE HOUSE,

YOU NEED PROTECTION.

HAVE YOU GOT A GUN?

I AIN'T SPENDIN'
NO MONEY FOR GUNS.

FOR WHAT A PISTOL
WOULD COST,

I COULD GET ME THE KIND
OF A PLOW I NEED.

IF YOU'RE REALLY WORRIED
ABOUT ME,

I'D BE GLAD TO BORROW YOURS.

ALL RIGHT.

ON ONE CONDITION --

THAT YOU PUT
THAT MONEY IN THE BANK

JUST AS SOON
AS YOU GET TO TOWN.

IT'S A DEAL.

AND I'LL SEND DR. EVANS
OUT TO SEE YOU.

I WON'T PAY
FOR NO DOCTOR!

THEN I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF
THE COST OF THE BOWEN MORTGAGE.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYIN' TO DO --
DROWN YOURSELF?

GO ON BACK TO TOWN,
BOTH OF YOU,

AND LEAVE ME ALONE!

EVERYBODY IN KANSAS
IS TRYIN' TO SKIN ME!

UNLESS YOU ENJOYED
YOUR RIDE OUT HERE,

YOU TOOK THE TRIP
FOR NOTHIN'.

YOU DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING.

I LEARNED THAT McKEON
KNOWS SOMETHING.

HE WOULDN'T WANT
TO BUY ALL THAT LAND

UNLESS HE WAS PRETTY SURE
OF HIS SECRET WORKING.

I KNOW McKEON.
SO DO I.

HE'D KEEP IT FOR HIMSELF,
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HE'S GOT.

THE OLD PORCUPINE.

DIDN'T EVEN PAY ME
FOR THAT WHISKEY.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT
OUT OF THE MORTGAGE, TOO.

[ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪ SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ THAT IS THE SORT OF LESSON
YOU MUST TEACH ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT TO WIN HER HAND

♪ LET THE MAIDEN UNDERSTAND

♪ THAT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ THAT IS THE SORT OF LESSON
YOU MUST TEACH ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT TO WIN HER HAND

♪ LET THE MAIDEN UNDERSTAND

♪ THAT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

WHEN YOU SEE A PRETTY MAIDEN
WHO HAS JUST TURNED 17,

YOU THINK YOU'D LIKE
TO WIN HER FOR YOUR WIFE.

♪ YOUR WIFE

DON'T START THE GAME BY SAYING
SHE'S THE SWEETEST THING

YOU'VE SEEN.

A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART'S
THE STRANGEST THING IN LIFE.

♪ IN LIFE

DO NOT LET HER THINK

THAT YOU ARE SURE
TO OFFER HER YOUR HAND.

SHE'LL LIKE IT BETTER
IF YOU'RE OUT OF REACH.

♪ OUT OF REACH

NO MATTER HOW YOU LOVE HER
GIVE THE GIRL TO UNDERSTAND

SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH.

♪ ON THE BEACH

♪ SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ THAT IS THE SORT OF LESSON
YOU MUST TEACH ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT TO WIN HER HAND

♪ LET THE MAIDEN UNDERSTAND

♪ THAT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ SHE'S NOT THE ONLY PEBBLE
ON THE BEACH ♪

♪ THAT IS THE SORT OF LESSON
YOU MUST TEACH ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT TO WIN HER HAND

♪ LET THE MAIDEN UNDERSTAND

♪ THAT SHE'S NOT
THE ONLY PEBBLE ♪

♪ ON THE BEACH

[ MUSIC ENDS, WHISTLING,
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Man: NOW PLACE YOUR BETS!

THERE SHE GOES
'ROUND AND 'ROUND, BOYS.

MAKE YOUR BETS.

THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO,
MR. MASTERSON.

I'M RUBY STONE.
AS IF I DIDN'T KNOW.

HIYA, MISS RUBY.

I WANTED TO MEET YOU
BEFORE YOU LEFT.

WELL, I'M NOT
GOING ANYWHERE.

YOU'RE NOT?

WELL, THAT WILL BE
A NOVELTY FOR LIBERAL.

PEACE OFFICERS
DON'T STAY LONG AROUND HERE.

WELL, LADY,
JUST TO BE DIFFERENT,

I PLAN TO BE AROUND
A WHILE.

PARDON THE INTRUSION,
MR. MASTERSON.

LOGAN MAURY
WANTS TO SEE YOU.

LOGAN MAURY?

WELL, HERE I AM.

HE SAYS IT'S PRIVATE.

HE'S WAITING
FOR YOU IN MY OFFICE.

I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
WHY THOSE OFFICERS DIDN'T STAY.

SEE YOU LATER, MISS RUBY.
Man: OKAY, PLACE YOUR BETS.

'ROUND SHE GOES.

MR. MAURY,
THIS IS MR. MASTERSON.

I DON'T BELIEVE
YOU'VE MET.

GLAD TO MEET YOU,
MR. MASTERSON.
THANKS.

YOU GENTS
JUST MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

IF YOU WANT ANYTHING
YOU DON'T SEE, JUST HOLLER.

SIT DOWN, MR. MASTERSON.

YOU CAN DROP THE "MISTER,"
YOUNG FELLA.

THAT'S FINE.
NO FORMALITIES.

JUST A FRIENDLY LITTLE TALK.

WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK?

NO, THANKS.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, MAURY.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

WELL, WE HAVE
QUITE A PROBLEM HERE.

LIKE MOST COMMUNITIES
IN THE NEW WEST,

TWO FACTIONS
ARE IN CONFLICT --

THE FARMERS
AND THE CATTLEMEN.

NOW, I'M IN
THE CATTLE BUSINESS.

AND IT'S MY JOB
TO SHIP BEEF TO THE MARKET.

PEOPLE MUST HAVE MEAT,
YOU KNOW.

THEY'VE GOT
TO HAVE BREAD, TOO.

I WAS COMING TO THAT,
MASTERSON.

THIS IS CATTLE COUNTRY.

THE FARMERS HERE
CAN'T GET A CROP UP.

THEY KNOW IT,
AND THEY'RE LEAVING IN DROVES.

WELL, THAT WOULD SEEM TO SETTLE
THINGS FOR YOU, WOULDN'T IT?

WELL, YOU'D THINK SO,
BUT THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN,

STRINGING THEIR BARBED WIRE

AND SHUTTING MY CATTLE OFF
FROM THE RAILROAD.

IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN.

YOU SEE, MASTERSON, WITH YOU
ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE,

WE'VE GOT NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT.

[ HUMMING ]

SO, THERE IT IS,
MASTERSON.

YOU PLAY ALONG WITH ME,

AND IN A YEAR,
YOU'LL BE A RICH MAN.

YOU CAN THROW THAT BADGE AWAY
AND LIVE LIKE A KING.

LOOK, MAURY,
I WOULDN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU

IF IT WAS ENDORSED
BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.

WE'RE ON DIFFERENT SIDES
OF THE STREET.

AND I'LL STAY ON MINE.

ALL RIGHT, MAURY.

TELL YOUR GUNMAN TO COME
OUT OF THERE WITH HIS HANDS UP.

COME ON OUT, SANDY.

DROP THAT GUN.

SANDY, YOU'RE IN BAD COMPANY
AROUND HERE.

TAKE MY ADVICE
AND GET OUT OF TOWN.

WHAT'LL I DO, MAURY?

YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ WOMEN SCREAMING,
INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

MR. MASTERSON...
SHUT UP.

DON'T PRESS YOUR LUCK
TOO FAR, MAURY.

NEXT TIME, IT MIGHT BE YOU
WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR.

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU
START HUMMIN' NOW?

[ HOOFBEATS ]

SEE YOU IN THE MORNING, BILLY.
YEP.

BETTER GET A LITTLE SLEEP
FOR YOURSELF.

[ HORSE NEIGHS ]

ALLEN...

BEFORE YOU TELL ME
I SHOULDN'T BE HERE,

I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT
TO TELL YOU.

NOW, WHAT IS IT
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT?

I CAME TO WARN YOU
AGAINST LOGAN MAURY.

YOU DIDN'T COME HERE
TO WARN ME ABOUT SOMETHING

I'VE KNOWN
EVER SINCE HE CAME TO LIBERAL.

NO, THERE'S SOMETHING MORE,
SOMETHING UNDERNEATH

THAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO COVER UP WITH WORDS.

NOW, WHAT IS IT?

WELL, IT'S SUSAN PRITCHARD.

SHE'S IN DANGER.

WHAT KIND OF DANGER?

LOGAN MAURY.

WELL,
THAT'S SUSAN'S PROBLEM.

SHE CAN TAKE CARE
OF HERSELF.

NOT AGAINST HIM.

I SHOULD KNOW, SHOULDN'T I?

OH, IF YOU LOVE HER, ALLEN,
TALK TO HER.

YOU'VE GOT TO.

IT'S NOT SUSAN OR ME
YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT.

IT'S YOURSELF
AND LOGAN MAURY, ISN'T IT?

ISN'T IT?

YOU'RE RIGHT, ALLEN.

IF I WERE FIGHTING FOR SUSAN,
I'D GO STRAIGHT TO HER.

I'M FIGHTING
FOR WHAT'S MINE.

WHATEVER HE IS,
HE BELONGS TO ME.

AND I'M NOT GIVING HIM UP.

GET HOLD OF YOURSELF,
HONEY.

I'M SORRY.

HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I HEARD YOU SAY THAT?

I GUESS SINCE I WAS
OLD ENOUGH TO TALK.

WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK HOME?

I ANSWERED THAT THE FIRST TIME
YOU FOUND ME HERE.

I'M STILL ASKING YOU.

YOU'RE GOOD, ALLEN.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND TO ME
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID,

BUT...I'M NOT GOING BACK HOME.

I'M SORRY, RUBY.

SO AM I...

FOR A LOT OF THINGS.

Bat: ALLEN?

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT VERY HEALTHY
STANDING THERE

WITH THAT LIGHT BEHIND YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT.

BAT, HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE ORIENTAL
CANARY SNEAKING BACK HOME.

NO, YOU'RE
ALL MIXED UP THERE.

OH.

WELL, I'M -- I'M SORRY
FOR WHAT I WAS THINKING.

WHAT'D YOU FIND OUT
AT McKEON'S PLACE?

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GUNSHOT ]



TOO HIGH.

TOO BAD.

STARTING TOMORROW,
THOSE TRAIL RIDERS

ARE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.

Man: "OFFICIAL NOTICE.

ON AND AFTER SUNRISE,
JUNE THE 30th,

NO FIREARMS WILL BE PERMITTED
IN LIBERAL TOWNSHIP.

BAT MASTERSON, U.S. MARSHAL."

LET'S SEE IF THE NAME LIBERAL
MEANS ANYTHING!

-LET'S GO!
-COME ON!

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

MASTERSON, WE WANT
TO TALK TO YOU.

I'LL GET TO YOU FELLAS
IN JUST A MINUTE.

THERE'S YOUR HORSE,
AND HERE'S YOUR GUN.

ONE MORE THING, LARKIN -- IF
I CATCH YOU IN LIBERAL AGAIN,

I'LL SAVE KANSAS
THE TROUBLE OF HANGIN' YOU.

YOU WON'T CATCH ME.

I GOT MORE IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TO DO THAN HANGIN' AROUND HERE.

WHAT ABOUT SLIM?
AIN'T YOU LETTIN' HIM OUT, TOO?

SLIM'S GOT A CHARGE
OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AGAINST HIM.

THE JURY'S GONNA HAVE
TO DECIDE WHEN HE GETS OUT.

GET GOIN'.

OUT!

WELL, BOYS,
I SEE YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS.

IT'S MIGHTY NICE OF YOU
TO BE SO ANXIOUS TO OBEY THE LAW

THAT YOU WALK CLEAR DOWN HERE
TO SURRENDER YOUR GUNS.

NOW, WITH THAT KIND
OF COOPERATION,

LIBERAL'S GONNA BE
A NICE, PEACEFUL PLACE

FOR THE CITIZENS.

THAT'S RIGHT.
GET IT OUT.

ALL OF YOU GET 'EM OUT.

BILLY, PASS THE SACK.
DROP 'EM IN, BOYS.

YOU'LL GET 'EM BACK
WHEN YOU LEAVE TOWN.

COME ON, BUB.

DROP IT IN, DROP IT IN.

DROP IT IN THE BAG.

DEPUTY BURNS SPEAKIN'.

THAT'LL LEARN YOU
NOT TO SASS THE LAW.

THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.

[ LAUGHS ]

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS
GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.

YOU WAS RIGHT, BAT --

LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GONNA
BE REAL QUIET AROUND HERE

FROM NOW ON.

[ LAUGHS ]

NOW, JUST ONE MORE THING, MEN.

TAKE THAT SIGN BACK

AND PUT IT EXACTLY
WHERE YOU FOUND IT.

YES, SIR.
FROM NOW ON, WE CAN ALL

LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT
OF CHANGES AROUND HERE.

YES. ALLEN SAID WE WERE GOING
TO HAVE A NEW MARSHAL.

WE'VE CERTAINLY GOT ONE.

WELL, I HOPE HE'S JUST HALF
AS GOOD AS YOUR DADDY WAS.

WELL, HOWDY, ED.

COME IN.
HOWDY, HOWDY.

WHAT CAN I DO
FOR YOU TODAY?

OH, I NEED
SOME POTS AND PANS.

ALLEN.

HELLO, SUSAN.

I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU.

EXCUSE ME, JOHN.

OH, ALLEN,
I-I WANT YOU TO FORGIVE ME.

I-I MEAN ABOUT YESTERDAY.

I HOPED YOU'D GIVE ME A CHANCE
TO TELL YOU HOW SORRY I WAS.

YOU MEAN YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND
ABOUT LEAVING TOWN?

WELL, I-I WANTED TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU COME OVER?

I WAS...BUSY LAST NIGHT.

OH.

WELL, DON'T BE BUSY TONIGHT.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY,
AND I'M HAVING A PARTY.

AND YOU'D BETTER BE THERE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE ANYBODY
OR ANYTHING KEEP ME AWAY NOW.

I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU.

I HAVE TO GO
AND PICK UP HANNAH WEEKS NOW.

SHE'S DOING SOME SEWING
FOR ME,

SO YOU'LL EXCUSE ME
IF I RUN ALONG.

NEW CLOTHES MIGHT MEAN
TRAVELING CLOTHES.

YES, AND IT MIGHT MEAN
PARTY CLOTHES.

OH, SUSAN.

YOU'LL BE GOING BY
DOC EVANS'.

WOULD YOU ASK HIM
TO DROP IN ON TIM McKEON?

I'LL BE GLAD TO.

SEE YOU TONIGHT.

GOOD MORNING, SUSAN.

GOOD MORNING, HANNAH.

YOUR DRESSES
ARE READY FOR FITTING.

OH, FINE. I'LL DRIVE YOU
OVER TO THE HOUSE.

WILL MR. MAURY
BE AT THE PARTY TONIGHT?

OH, I SUPPOSE SO.

HE'S SO HANDSOME...
AND RICH.

A GIRL COULD DO LOTS WORSE.
MAYBE.

BUT I'M BUSY BEING HAPPY
ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE.

DO YOU THINK
HE'LL LIKE MY DRESS?

WHO -- MR. MAURY?

NO.
MR. ALLEN HARPER.

OH.

YOU KNOW HOW I HATE
GOSSIP, SUSAN,

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
I MUST TELL YOU.

I WAS UP VERY LATE WORKING
ON YOUR DRESS LAST NIGHT,

AND I GLANCED
OUT OF THE WINDOW AND...

[ WALTZ PLAYS ]

YOU'RE NOT HAPPY,
ARE YOU, SWEETIE?

OF COURSE I AM.

YOU KNOW,
I'VE HEARD IT SAID

THAT WHEN THE MIND
IS CONFUSED AND TROUBLED,

THERE'S COMFORT
IN AN UNDERSTANDING FRIEND

STANDING BY.

YOU ARE THAT,
AREN'T YOU, LOGAN?

I'D LIKE TO BE MORE THAN THAT
IF YOU'D LET ME, SUSAN.

OH, PLEASE.

LIFE HOLDS SO MUCH MORE
FOR BOTH OF US

THAN LIBERAL CAN OFFER.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR SO LONG
THAT IT'S HARD

FOR ME TO BELIEVE PEOPLE
LIVE ANY OTHER WAY.

AS SOON AS YOU SAY THE WORD,
I'LL TAKE YOU WHERE THEY DO.

BUT YOUR INTERESTS ARE HERE,
YOUR BUSINESS.

THAT WILL ALL
BE TAKEN CARE OF.

WELL, WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?

I'LL TELL YOU
BEFORE YOU LEAVE.



I'M AWFULLY GLAD
YOU CAME OVER, MR. MASTERSON.

IT'S KIND OF LONELY
'ROUND HERE.

SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY
IN TOWN TONIGHT IS AT THE PARTY.

THIS IS MORE LIKE MY IDEA
OF A GOOD TIME.

I DON'T BELONG TO
THAT DRESSED-UP CROWD SOMEHOW.

WITH ONE EXCEPTION,
YOU'RE THE ONE MAN IN TOWN

WHO DOES BELONG THERE.

MEANING ALLEN OR MAURY?

MEANING ALLEN.

ALLEN'S A FINE FELLOW.

I'M GONNA SEE HIM THROUGH
IF I CAN.

I'LL APPRECIATE THAT.

HE'S GONNA NEED YOUR HELP.

ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN HIM, TOO?

I THOUGHT
IT WAS MAURY THAT...

THINGS ARE A BIT DIFFERENT,
MR. MASTERSON.

YOU SEE, ALLEN'S PARENTS
ADOPTED ME WHEN I WAS A BABY.

HEY, WHAT'S THE IDEA
PUSHING ME TOWARDS THE BAR?

YOU KNOW I DON'T DRINK.
BUT, MR. BURNS,

AIN'T YOU GONNA SPEND NOTHIN'
BUT THE EVENIN'?

WELL, I'M AN EATIN' MAN
MYSELF.

HEY, DID I EVER TELL YOU
ABOUT BRANDYHEAD JONES?

THERE WAS THE GREATEST COOK
THAT EVER LIVED.

WHY, ONE TIME,
HE PUT MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS

IN THE PANCAKE BATTER
SO THEY'D TURN THEMSELVES OVER.

YEAH.



WELL, FOR THE LEADING LADY
AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY,

YOU'RE KIND OF LOW
IN SPIRITS.

QUITE A CHANGE
FROM THIS MORNING, ISN'T IT?

A LOT HAS HAPPENED
SINCE THEN, ALLEN.

NOTHING SERIOUS, I HOPE.

I'M LEAVING
FOR THE EAST TOMORROW.

TOMORROW?

WE'D BETTER TALK
THAT OVER, HADN'T WE?

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION
IS NECESSARY.

MY MIND IS MADE UP.

I KNOW ABOUT LAST NIGHT,
ALLEN.

LAST NIGHT?

HANNAH WEEKS WAS UP RATHER LATE
LAST NIGHT, WASN'T SHE?

FORTUNATELY FOR ME, YES.

COMING FROM
THAT OLD GOSSIP,

I CAN SEE
HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL NEGLECTED.

I CAN CLEAR THAT UP
WITH A WORD.

IT ISN'T IMPORTANT, ALLEN.

IT IS TO ME.

BUT IF YOU FEEL
THAT WAY...

MUCH OBLIGED, MISS RUBY.
THAT WAS FINE.

YOU SIT HERE,
AND I'LL GET SOME REFRESHMENTS.

KIND OF GETTING FRIENDLY
WITH THE WRONG SIDE

OF THE STREET,
AIN'T YOU, RUBY?

I DON'T THINK
MAURY WOULD LIKE THAT.

WHY DON'T HE STAY HERE
AND PROTECT HIS INTERESTS?

THAT'S WHAT
HE LEAVES ME HERE FOR.

WHO DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE FOOLING, RUBY?

I SAW WHERE YOU WENT
LAST NIGHT,

AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

THEN IT WAS YOU.

I WASN'T TOO SURE
IN THE DARK.

DON'T WORRY.

I LIKE YOU.

SO I HAVEN'T TOLD MAURY YET.

BUT I COULD.

YOU'D DOUBLE-CROSS
YOUR OWN SISTER, WOULDN'T YOU?

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM?

AND I'LL CALL YOU A LIAR.

THEN WE'LL SEE
WHO HE BELIEVES.

[ HUMMING ]

THAT'S A NICE NEW HAT
YOU'RE WEARING, MR. CARMODY,

BUT HARDLY AS BECOMING
AS THE ONE YOU WORE LAST NIGHT.

YOU KNOW -- THE ONE
I SHOT THE HOLES IN.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT,

MR. MASTERSON.

THAT'S PART OF MY JOB,
MISS RUBY.

GOOD NIGHT.

HEY, BAT, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA
QUIT TALKIN' AND A-SHOVIN'

AND START SHOOTIN', HUH?

YOU THINK YOU GOT
SOME PRETTY TOUGH FELLERS

OVER THERE IN DODGE CITY.

I GUESS YOU AIN'T EVER HEARED
OF DRY GUNS CURLY, HAVE YOU?

YOU SEE,
OLD BRANDYHEAD JONES --

HE WAS
A UNITED STATES MARSHAL, TOO.

HE DONE ALL THE HANGING
OVER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS DRY GUNS CURLY
I'M TELLIN' YOU ABOUT,

HE WAS SO TOUGH

THAT WHEN OLD BRANDYHEAD
HUNG HIM, HIS TRIGGER FINGER

KEPT JERKING FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER HE WAS DEAD.

[ KNIFE STRIKES ]

OLD BRANDYHEAD WAS QUITE
A CHARACTER, WASN'T HE?

THAT HE WAS.
THAT HE WAS.

HE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A LIAR,
TOO, WASN'T HE?

WHAT'D YOU SAY?

I SAID, "HE'S STILL ALIVE,
ISN'T HE?"

OH, OH. OH, YEAH.
YEAH, YEAH.

[ HOOFBEATS ]

HA!

[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

HYAH!

WHOA!

OUT OF MY WAY, BILLY.
ARE YOU THE NEW MARSHAL?

YEP.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?

HAVE YOU DONE SOMETHING
TO SOMEBODY,

OR HAS SOMEONE
DONE SOMETHING TO YOU?

I'M DOC EVANS.

WELL, WHAT CAN I DO
FOR YOU, DOC?

IT'S MURDER, MARSHAL.

AND THERE'S THE GUN
THAT DID IT.

WHO'S BEEN MURDERED?
TIM McKEON.

I WENT OUT TO HIS PLACE
SINCE ALLEN HARPER ASKED ME TO,

AND I FOUND TIM
MURDERED IN HIS BED

AND THE HOUSE
A SHAMBLES.

DID YOU FIND A SACK
OF MONEY IN THE BED?

OH, THE BED WAS ALL CUT
TO RIBBONS,

AND NO SIGN
OF ANY MONEY.

LET ME SEE THAT GUN, BAT.

WHY, THAT BELONGS TO ALLEN.



HELLO.

WHAT'S UP?
YOU LOOK SERIOUS.

I AM.

LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

WELL, I'M...

I'M A LITTLE DOWN RIGHT NOW,
BUT I'LL GET OVER IT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE SAME KIND OF TROUBLE.

IS THIS YOUR GUN?

YES.

I LOANED IT TO TIM McKEON.

McKEON WAS MURDERED
WITH IT THIS AFTERNOON.

WHO DID IT?

THE WHOLE TOWN
WILL THINK YOU DID IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I'M YOUR FRIEND, ALLEN.
MAKE SURE OF THAT.

BUT I ALSO REPRESENT
THE LAW.

SO, OFFICIALLY,
I MUST ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.

YOUR WORD
WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH.

THANKS, BAT.

WERE YOU OUT
McKEON'S WAY TODAY?

YEAH, THIS AFTERNOON.

I WAS LOOKING OVER SOME LAND.

DID YOU SEE McKEON?
TALK TO HIM?

NO.

DID ANYBODY SEE YOU
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

I DON'T KNOW.

I-I WASN'T HIDING
FROM ANYBODY.

WHY SHOULD I
WANT TO KILL HIM?

McKEON ALIVE
WAS THE ANSWER TO MY FUTURE

AND MAYBE
THE PROSPERITY OF KANSAS.

OH, TAKE IT EASY, ALLEN.

IF YOU HAD KILLED McKEON,
I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CRAZY
ENOUGH TO LEAVE THIS GUN THERE.

NOW GET THIS --
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

IF THERE WAS
THE SMALLEST DOUBT IN MY MIND,

YOU'D BE LOCKED UP NOW,
EVEN IF YOU WERE MY BROTHER.

BUT NO JURY WOULD --
IT WOULD NEVER GET TO A JURY.

THE OUTFIT THAT HAD McKEON
KILLED WOULD SEE TO THAT.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

HEAR THAT?

SOUNDS LIKE
THEY'RE STARTING ALREADY.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

WAIT A MINUTE!

WAIT A MINUTE!

WAIT A MINUTE!
SHUT UP!

WAIT A MINUTE!

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT ALL YET!

THERE'S MORE.
KEEP TALKIN', DOC.

BILLY'S SADDLING UP RED.

HE'LL HAVE HIM OUT BACK.

YOU'RE LETTING ME ESCAPE?

I'M SENDING YOU
AFTER LANCE LARKIN.

WELL, WHY LANCE LARKIN?
BECAUSE HE OVERHEARD US

DISCUSSING McKEON'S PLAN
FOR GROWING WHEAT.

THERE'S THE MOTIVE
FOR MURDER.

WHY WOULD LARKIN --
I'LL STAKE MY REPUTATION

THAT HE'S STILL WORKING
FOR LOGAN MAURY.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

DEPUTY BURNS
REPORTING FOR DUTY, MARSHAL.

NOW, ALLEN,
IF YOU'D KILLED A MAN,

WHICH WAY
WOULD YOU HEAD OUT OF LIBERAL?

NORTH,
TOWARD THE PLATTE COUNTRY.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR

TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES

AND THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF KANSAS?

I DO.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

TELL THEM WHO KILLED HIM.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHOSE GUN WAS FOUND THERE?

WELL, THAT DON'T MAKE HIM
THE KILLER.

WHOSE GUN WAS IT?!

ALLEN HARPER'S.

ALLEN HARPER!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

THE MOTIVE WAS MURDER,
I TELL YOU.

COLD-BLOODED MURDER.

ARE WE GONNA STAND HERE
AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT?

Man: NO!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

ALLEN HARPER'S
NOT A MURDERER!

HE DIDN'T DO IT.
HE COULDN'T, AND YOU KNOW IT.

NOW LISTEN TO ME.
LET THE LAW HANDLE THIS.

BAT MASTERSON WILL GIVE US A
SQUARE DEAL, AND I KNOW HE WILL.

AND YOU WOULD, TOO,
IF YOU KNEW HIM.

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH SPEECHES.
WE WANT ACTION.

COME ON,
LET'S GET HIM!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]



COME ON, ALLEN.
HURRY UP.

AND DON'T FORGET
TO TAKE GOOD CARE

OF THAT DEPUTY BADGE
OF MINE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT SUSAN.
I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.

THANKS, BAT.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO.

SHE'S LEAVING
IN THE MORNING.

THINGS ARE SURE GETTING HOT
AROUND HERE.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Man: COME ON!

Carmody: ALL RIGHT.
LET US IN, HARPER.

[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]

HARPER!

HARPER?

[ HUMMING ]

DON'T MOVE!

CARMODY, I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW
YOUR OFFENSE IS KNOWED

ON THE STATUTE BOOKS
AS BREAKIN' AND ENTERIN'.

ALSO, VIOLATION
OF THE SACRED PRIVACY

OF A MAN'S HOME.

THERE'S A PENALTY
FOR THAT ONE, TOO.

I READ IT IN A BOOK
OVER AT THE JAIL -- PAGE 34.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE,
ALL OF YOU!

OR I'LL SPLATTER YOU
ALL OVER THE WALL.

WHAT DO YOU WANT,
CARMODY?

LOOK HERE, BAT...

THESE CITIZENS HERE
HAVE ELECTED ME SPOKESMAN.

LISTEN, FELLA.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS
OF PEOPLE

I'LL ALLOW
TO CALL ME BAT --

GOOD FRIENDS
AND PEOPLE I LIKE.

YOU DON'T BELONG
IN EITHER GROUP.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO SAY?

ALL RIGHT, MR. MASTERSON.

I'M TALKING FOR THEM,
AND HERE IT IS --

THEY DON'T WANT
ANY LEGAL HOCUS-POCUS,

AND THEY WON'T STAND
FOR ANY TRICKS.

THEY WANT
TIM McKEON'S MURDERER.

I EXPECT TO HAVE
THAT GENT IN CUSTODY

AND HELD FOR LEGAL TRIAL
BEFORE A QUALIFIED JUDGE

AND A JURY THAT'S NOT AFRAID
TO DO ITS DUTY.

WHERE'S HARPER?

BY THIS TIME, HE'S WELL ON
HIS WAY INTO THE PLATTE COUNTRY.

HE'LL NEVER SEE
THE PLATTE COUNTRY.

WE'LL HANG THAT KILLER
TO THE NEAREST TREE.

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
GET YOUR HORSES.

HOLD IT, MEN.

[ GUN COCKS ]

I'LL HAVE TO SHOOT THE FIRST MAN
THAT STARTS AFTER HIM.

ALLEN HARPER'S
NO MURDERER.

HE'S MY DEPUTY..

DULY SWORN IN
TO THE SERVICE OF THE STATE.

I'VE SENT HIM
AFTER THE REAL KILLER.

NOW GET ON
ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.

AND IF I EVER SEE ANY MORE
OF THIS MOB HYSTERIA IN LIBERAL,

I'LL JAIL EVERY ONE
OF YOU FOR RIOTING.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE,
ALL OF YOU.

INCIDENTALLY, CARMODY,

SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA
MAKE IT NECESSARY

FOR ME TO KILL YOU.





[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GUNFIRE ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

DROP THAT GUN, LARKIN.



ALLEN HARPER.
OF ALL PEOPLE.

OH, I RECKON
I WAS NEVER SO GLAD

TO SEE ANYBODY
IN ALL MY LIFE.

YOU TRY ANY TRICKS,
AND I'LL KILL YOU.

THAT OLD CUSS
HELD A GUN ON US.

HUSH UP, PA.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING
IN THIS PART OF KANSAS?

BAT MASTERSON SENT ME
AFTER THIS FELLA.

HE'S WANTED IN LIBERAL
FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER.

DID YOU CLOSE UP
YOUR LAND OFFICE?

HUSH UP, PA.

I DECLARE, YOU LOOK
ALL TUCKERED OUT, YOUNG FELLA.

GIVE PA YOUR GUN.
HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT CRITTER.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO
USE IT ON HIM IF HE
STARTS ANY MUTTON SHINE.

I'LL BE PROUD TO SHOOT HIM
IF HE AS MUCH AS BATS AN EYE.

COME ON, SON, AND I'LL GIVE YOU
A NICE, COOL GLASS OF MILK.

Allen: THANK YOU, MRS. FERGUSON.
THAT'LL BE FINE.

SIT DOWN OVER THERE.
MAKE YOURSELF TO HOME.



WHAT'S THAT?
THAT?

THAT'S WHEAT.

DON'T YOU KNOW WHEAT
WHEN YOU SEE IT?

BUT...

OUT HERE IN ALL THIS HEAT?

REAL KANSAS SUMMER.

110 IN THE SHADE
RIGHT NOW.

WELL, HOW DID YOU DO IT?
OUR BOY, CLEM,

GOES TO AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
IN MINNESOTA.

HE GOT THE SEED
FROM WASHINGTON FOR US.

BUT WHAT KIND OF SEED
DID HE GET...

HOLD YOUR HORSES,
AND I'LL SHOW YOU!

THE SAME KIND THEY USE
IN THE COLD COUNTRY.

SMART BOY, OUR CLEM.

HE FIGURED IF THE SEED

DIDN'T FREEZE
IN THE MINNESOTA COLD

IT WOULDN'T BURN
IN THE KANSAS HEAT.

SO WE PLOWED DEEP
LIKE HE TOLD US.

OF COURSE,
WE PRAYED A LITTLE, TOO.

WINTER WHEAT.

MRS. FERGUSON...

DO YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT
THIS IS TO OUR STATE?

IMPORTANT?
IMPORTANT.

WHY, RIGHT NOW YOU COULD BE
ELECTED GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.

PA, DID YOU HEAR
WHAT HE SAID?

I COULD BE ELECTED
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.

Billy: WHO IS IT?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

DAD BLAME IT!

I'VE BEEN STANDING GUARD
AT THE JAIL ALL NIGHT --

OH, IT'S YOU AGAIN,
MISS SUSAN.

IS THERE ANY NEWS
OF ALLEN, BILLY?

IS HE BACK YET?
LORD LOVE YOU,

IT'S JUST LIKE I TOLD YE --

WHEN HE GETS HERE,
THE WHOLE TOWN WILL KNOW IT.

MAYBE MR. MASTERSON'S
HEARD SOMETHING.

WELL, MY BEST ANSWER
TO THAT IS,

IS YOU TAKE
YOUR PRETTY LITTLE SELF

RIGHT DOWN TO THE JAIL

AND ASK THE GENTLEMAN
IN PERSON.

OH, I DON'T WANT
TO BOTHER HIM AGAIN.

WELL, HE CAN'T DO NO MORE
THAN LOCK YOU UP.

GO AHEAD, HONEY.

MR. MASTERSON.

IS THERE ANY NEWS YET?
NO.

BUT HE'LL BE ALONG
ANY MOMENT NOW,

AND HE'LL BE BRINGING
THE MAN HE WENT AFTER.

OH, IF ANYTHING
HAPPENS TO HIM...

NOTHING WILL, RUBY.

THAT CROWD DOWN
AT THE ORIENTAL'S DANGEROUS.

LOGAN MAURY'S BETTING
THAT HE WON'T COME BACK.

AND IF HE DOES, CARMODY
SAYS THERE'LL BE A HANGING.

IF THERE'S ANY HANGING DONE
IN LIBERAL, RUBY, I'LL DO IT.

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

OH, UH,
COME IN, MISS SUSAN.

YOU KNOW
MISS RUBY STONE?

I DON'T FREQUENT SALOONS,
MR. MASTERSON.

NO, MISS PRITCHARD.

YOU PREFER TO HAVE SALOONKEEPERS
FREQUENTING YOUR HOME.

WHY --
NOW, LADIES, WAIT A MINUTE.

I KNOW THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
USUALLY GETS THE WORST OF IT,

BUT I'M GONNA TAKE A CHANCE.

THERE'S NOBODY IN TOWN
THAT THINKS MORE

OF ALLEN HARPER THAN I DO.

SO, NATURALLY, THE CONCERN

OF BOTH OF YOU
FOR HIS SAFETY PLEASES ME.

MY ONLY CONCERN
IS SEEING JUSTICE DONE

AND PEACE RESTORED TO LIBERAL.

THAT'S A LIE!

YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ALLEN,
AND YOU LET LOGAN MAURY

TURN YOUR SILLY LITTLE HEAD
AWAY FROM HIM.

SO THAT'S WHAT HURT YOU --
LOGAN MAURY.

YES, I'M HURT.

I'M HURT
LIKE ALLEN'S HURT...

LIKE ANYONE IS
THAT LOSES SOMETHING

THEY'VE BEEN HANGING ONTO,
BELIEVING IN.

BUT YOU'LL GET WHAT I GOT.

AND WHEN THE POLISH
WEARS THROUGH

AND HE RUNS OUT
OF PRETTY LITTLE SPEECHES,

YOU'LL FIND WHAT A PHONY
YOU PICKED.

AS PHONY
AS YOU ARE YOURSELF!

OH.

I'M SORRY, MR. MASTERSON.

YOUR APOLOGY SHOULD GO
TO MISS STONE.

I'M SORRY, RUBY.

FORGET IT.

HA!
I KNOWED WE'D GET HIM, SON.

LARKIN,
YOU MAKE ONE MOVE,

AND THERE WILL BE AN EMPTY HORSE
WALKING DOWN THIS STREET.

HIS SHOWIN' UP ALIVE

IS GONNA MAKE YOU PAY OFF
A LOT OF BETS.

COME ON.
YOU -- GO ON.

GET BACK THERE.

I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU FOLKS
AGAIN TO STAY BACK THERE.

WELL, BEN, WE GOT HIM.

GOOD WORK, ALLEN.

I'LL HAVE TO RECOMMEND YOU
FOR PROMOTION.

WELL, YOU SENT ME
AFTER McKEON'S KILLER.

HERE HE IS.

LOCK HIM UP, DEPUTY BURNS.

Billy: KEEP THAT POINTING
RIGHT AT HIM, MAYOR.

COME ON,
GET OUT OF THERE.

DEPUTY BURNS
IS TALKING.

LARKIN, YOU'RE GONNA GET
30 DAYS FOR THAT KILLIN'.

THEN WE'RE GONNA HANG YOU.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HERE'S YOUR EVIDENCE,
BAT.

AND I'LL HAVE PLENTY
OF WITNESSES WHEN YOU NEED THEM.

GOOD WORK.

WHAT'S IN THAT SACK --
MORE EVIDENCE?

NOPE.

BUT THIS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF MY TRIP.

ALL RIGHT, FOLKS.

REMEMBER WHAT I SAID
ABOUT COLLECTING IN CROWDS.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
LEAVING TODAY.

HOW COULD I?

GOING AWAY WASN'T AS IMPORTANT
AS KNOWING YOU WERE ALL RIGHT.

THIS TIME,
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY PUT.

WHEN BAT MASTERSON
SENDS US DEPUTIES AFTER A MAN,

WE BRING HIM BACK.

WELL, ALLEN, I GUESS
YOU CAN GIVE ME MY BADGE.

YOU AIN'T GOT
NO FURTHER USE FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, BAT,
THIS REMINDS ME --
AH, SHUT UP, BILLY,

YOU TALK TOO MUCH.
[ LAUGHS ]

HEY, MAYOR, HAVE YOU BEEN
GIVING HIM IDEAS?

NOW, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING, YOU OLD GOAT.

ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
ALL RIGHT, BOYS.

GO AHEAD, ALLEN.
WHAT'S THE REST OF THE STORY?

Allen: WELL, IT'S STRANGE
HOW THINGS WORK OUT, BAT.

McKEON WAS KILLED,
AND HIS SECRET DIED WITH HIM.

AND YET HIS DEATH
EXPOSED THE VERY THING

HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE.

WHY, I KNOW
THAT SOUNDS A BIT MUDDLED,

BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO SAY.

YOU SENT ME
AFTER McKEON'S KILLER.

AND THAT TRAIL LED TO THE THING

THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN
TRYING TO FIND OUT --

HOW TO GROW WHEAT
IN KANSAS.

AND THERE IT IS.

[ WHISTLES ]



Man: HEY, FELLAS!
LOOK!

COME AND SEE WHAT'S OUTSIDE.

YOU WERE RIGHT, MAURY.

LOOKS LIKE ALL THE FARMERS
ARE LEAVING US.

NO MORE FARMS
AND NO MORE FENCES.

HOW'S THAT GONNA HELP US?

THEIR LAND GOES BACK
TO HARPER, DON'T IT?

HE CAN STILL SELL IT
TO THE FIRST EASY MARK

THAT COMES ALONG,
CAN'T HE?

HARPER'S ALL THROUGH
SELLING LAND.

ONLY HE DON'T KNOW IT.

HOLD IT, JASON.

WHAT'S ALL THIS?

JUST WHAT YOU'RE SEEING,
MR. HARPER -- WE'RE LEAVING.

BILLY, GET THAT SACK
I BROUGHT IN.

Billy:
COME ON, MAYOR.

YOU WON'T GO WHEN YOU SEE
WHAT I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU.

Jason:
AW, YOU SHOWED US KANSAS,

BUT WE'VE LOOKED
AT IT LONG ENOUGH.

WE'RE GOING BACK EAST.

YOU BETTER WAIT,
MISTER.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO YOU.

Billy: COME ON.
GET IT THROUGH.

COME ON, MOVE ASIDE HERE.
MOVE ASIDE.

THERE IT IS, ALLEN.

YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS IS, FOLKS?

IT'S WHEAT!

-OH, WHEAT!
-WHEAT!

AS STRONG AND HEALTHY
AS ANY IN THE WORLD.

RAISED JUST OVER THE LINE
IN MEADE COUNTY

IN SPITE OF THE SUMMER HEAT
AND THE DROUGHT.

NOW, I KNOW THE SECRET, FOLKS.
AND IT'S ALL YOURS.

IT'LL MEAN PROSPERITY
AFTER ALL YOUR YEARS

OF PATIENCE
AND HARD WORK.

KANSAS WILL BE
THE BREADBASKET OF THE WORLD.

NOW, I CAN GET THE MONEY
TO STAKE YOU

TO A NEW START, FOLKS.

SO, PLEASE, PLEASE,
GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES.

IT'S TOO LATE NOW.

WE AIN'T GOT NO HOMES
TO GO BACK TO.

ALL US FARM FOLKS
SOLD OUR INTEREST

IN THE MORTGAGES
THAT YOU HOLD.

WELL,
WHO BOUGHT YOU OUT?

LOGAN MAURY.

EASY, SON.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
WAIT A MINUTE!
WAIT A MINUTE!

WAIT A MINUTE!
WAIT A MINUTE!

I FEEL THE SAME WAY
AS YOU DO.

WHEN THAT LAST CARAVAN
OF FARMERS MOVED OUT TODAY,

IT WAS THE LIFEBLOOD
OF OUR TOWN RUNNING OUT.

OUR HOMES, OUR BUSINESS,

OUR VERY EXISTENCE
IS THREATENED.

Man: WE WERE HERE FIRST,
AND WE BELONG HERE.

THAT SCARING-AND-SHOOTING
BUSINESS WORKS TWO WAYS.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

ORDER NOW.

WAIT A MINUTE!

LISTEN, FRIENDS...

LOGAN MAURY'S MEN
ARE DRUNK WITH LIQUOR.

YOU'RE DRUNK WITH ANGER.

THAT'S WORSE.
IT'S MORE DANGEROUS.

MOB RULE IS A POOR SUBSTITUTE
FOR LAW AND ORDER

AND CAN ONLY BRING
WHOLESALE MURDER.

WHY, THIS KIND OF WILD TALK
MAKES LAWBREAKERS

OUT OF DECENT CITIZENS
LIKE YOURSELVES.

AND YOU WOULD FORCE ME
AS A PEACE OFFICER

TO TURN MY GUNS ON YOU

TO PROTECT LOGAN MAURY
AND HIS TRAIL HERDERS.

LOGAN MAURY TRICKED MY NEIGHBORS
OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

AIN'T YOU GOT A LAW
THAT COVERS THAT?

HE BOUGHT YOUR NEIGHBORS' LAND
FAIR AND PROPER

AND WITHIN HIS RIGHTS.

ALL CRIMINALS
MAKE MISTAKES.

AND WHEN HE SLIPS,
I PROMISE YOU,

YOU WON'T BE BOTHERED
WITH HIM AGAIN.

NOW, I...

I WANT ALL OF YOU GOOD PEOPLE
TO COOPERATE WITH THE LAW

BY RETURNING
TO YOUR HOMES QUIETLY.

DEPUTY BURNS
WILL CLEAR THE HALL.

YOU HEARED
WHAT HE SAID, FOLKS.

WE GOT A NEW LAW HERE
AGIN ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY.

TO ME, THAT MEANS RIOT.

STATUTE 248, PAGE 94.

GO ON HOME NOW.
YOU TOO, HANNAH.

GO ON, GO ON, GO ON.

COME ON. STEP ALONG.
A LITTLE LIVELY.

HI, RUBY. HOWDY.
COME ON.

COME ON, COME ON.
MR. MASTERSON.

THOSE DEEDS LOGAN MAURY
HOLDS ON THE FARMLANDS --

ARE THEY LEGAL?

YES, THEY WILL BE AS SOON
AS THEY'RE RECORDED.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, RUBY?

IS MAURY WORRIED ABOUT IT?

NOT ABOUT THAT.

HIS ONLY FEAR RIGHT NOW
IS LARKIN GOING TO TRIAL.

HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO WORRY.

LARKIN'S GOING TO TRIAL,
AND HE'S GOING TO HANG.

THAT'S WHAT SCARES HIM.

HE'S AFRAID
LARKIN WILL TALK,

AND HE'LL DRAG THEM ALL
TO THE GALLOWS WITH HIM.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M
FIGURING ON, RUBY.

I RECKON
YOU BOYS ARE JUST ABOUT

THE MOST IMPORTANT
CITIZENS OF LIBERAL TODAY.

YOU CARRY A MESSAGE
THAT BAT MASTERSON

WANTS TO BE DELIVERED
TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD.

THIS IS THE FIRST
SPECIAL EDITION

YOU EVER GOT OUT,
HEY, CHARLIE?

YEP. IT'S ONLY ONE PAGE,
BUT IT'S DYNAMITE.

NOW GET GOING AND DON'T
THROW ANY OF THEM AWAY.

HERE YOU ARE.

BAT MASTERSON SAID
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ONE.

HERE YOU ARE.
HERE YOU ARE.

HERE, MISTER.
HERE, MISTER.

HEY, LUKE, YOU CAN READ.
WHAT DOES THIS THING SAY?

Luke: SAYS, "WARNING
TO THE CITIZENS OF LIBERAL.

THE LAW HAS COME TO STAY."

THE BOSS
HAS GOT TO SEE THIS.

HEY, CARMODY, CARMODY.

LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT'S ALL THE EXCITEMENT?

LISTEN TO THIS --
"THE LAW HAS COME TO STAY.

THE FIRST ACTION WILL BE
THE LEGAL TRIAL

OF LANCE LARKIN FOR MURDER

WITH JUDGE WILLIS ADAMS
PRESIDING."

THAT'S THAT HANGING JUDGE
FROM DODGE CITY.

GIVE ME THAT.

"SPECIAL PROSECUTORS FROM TOPEKA
WILL REPRESENT THE STATE,

CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION,

AND DEMAND HANGING
FOR ALL PERSONS

INVOLVED
IN THE McKEON MURDER."

THAT'S US, BOSS...

IF LARKIN STARTS TALKIN'.

SUPPOSE LARKIN
WASN'T HERE TO TALK.

YEAH.
TAKE HIM AWAY FROM THE LAW.

FIRST THING IS HAVE THE BOYS
PICK UP THE GUNS

AND GET OUT OF TOWN.
RIGHT.



YOU FELLAS HAVE ALL
GOT YOUR GUNS BACK.

NOW GET OUT OF TOWN
WITH THEM FAST.

THAT'S NOT ADVICE.
IT'S A WARNING.

GOOD THING I AIN'T
RUNNING THIS SHOW.

I WOULDN'T TRUST YOU SCORPIONS
WITH A CAP PISTOL.

SHOW AIN'T OVER YET, BUB.
BUB?!

I'LL BUB YOU
IF YOU DON'T GET OUT OF TOWN.

NOW GET OUT OF HERE,
ALL OF YOU!

GET GOIN'.

HEY, LARKIN, YOU FIGURE MAURY
IS GONNA LET US STAY HERE?

TAKE IT EASY, SLIM.

HE KNOWS BETTER
THAN TO LEAVE ME HERE.

I HOPE
THAT'S THE LAST OF THEM.

WELL, IT AIN'T.

I'M BETTING
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,

THIS TOWN WILL BE HOTTER
THAN A $2 PISTOL

ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

YEP.
I'M AFRAID YOU'RE RIGHT, BILLY.

WELL, COULDN'T YOU STOP IT
BEFORE IT STARTS?

WHEN IT STARTS,
WE'LL BE READY FOR 'EM.

I'M JUST STANDING HERE
WAITING FOR ORDERS.

THAT'S ALL.
WELL, HERE THEY ARE,
DEPUTY BURNS.



HEY! HUP!

HEY, JASON.

HOLD UP, JASON.

I'VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS.

IT'S OFFICIAL.
GET THEM ALL BACK HERE.

I WANT THEM ALL TO HEAR IT.

HEY, FOLKS!
COME ON DOWN HERE!

WE GOT SOMETHING
WE WANT YOU TO HEAR.



[ HAMMER POUNDING ]

[ HAMMER POUNDING ]

HI, MAYOR.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

THE TOWN'S SO QUIET
YOU CAN HEAR YOUR HAIR GROW.

WELL, HOWDY, DAVE.

WHEN DID YOU GET BACK?
LAST NIGHT.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

THE NEW MARSHAL
ORDERED ALL THE MEN

TO GET THEIR FAMILIES
OUT OF TOWN.

EXPECTING TROUBLE?

HE'S GOT LOGAN MAURY'S TOUGHEST
KILLER IN JAIL FOR MURDER.

MAURY'S CROWD WILL NEVER
LET HIM KEEP HIM THERE.

WELL, BAT FIGURES
THEY'LL TRY TO TAKE HIM.

THAT'S HIS PLAN.

YOU SEE, DEFENDING THE JAIL
GIVES HIM THE LEGAL RIGHT

TO DO
SOME PLAIN AND FANCY SHOOTING.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR.

THEY'LL BE SHOOTING, TOO.

THEY'RE A MURDEROUS CREW.

HM! A MURDEROUS CREW TRIED
TO RUN DODGE CITY ONCE.

AND THEN BAT MASTERSON
STEPPED IN.

AFTER A WHOLESALE FUNERAL
ON BOOT HILL,

THE TOWN
WENT SUDDENLY PEACEFUL AGAIN.

I SAW BILLY BURNS
HIGHTAIL IT OUT OF TOWN.

WHERE'S HE BOUND FOR?

WELL, LOGAN MAURY
AND HIS MEN

PRACTICALLY DROVE ALL
THE FARMERS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

SO BAT FIGURES THEY'D LIKE
TO BE IN ON THE KILL.

SO HE SENT THE OLD COOT
AFTER 'EM.

KIND OF A PAUL REVERE,
WITH WHISKERS.

YEP. NOW YOU GO ON HOME, DAVE,
AND GET YOUR RIFLE.

AND KEEP OFF THE STREET

UNTIL YOU HEAR TWO SHOTS
FROM THE TOWER.

AND WHEN YOU DO,
WHY, COME A-RUNNING

AND SHOOTING ANYTHING
YOU SEE ON A HORSE.

NOW YOU ALL AGREE
TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTION?

-YES, SIR.
-YEP.

I'LL SPEAK
FOR ALL OF US.

WE'RE PROUD YOU CAUGHT UP
WITH US, BILLY.

WE'LL CAMP RIGHT HERE
AND KEEP A WATCH

FOR YOUR SIGNAL,
JUST LIKE YOU SAID.

AND WHEN WE SEE IT,
WE'LL COME A-RUNNIN'.

Man: YEAH!
THAT'S PRIME, JASON.
LET ME THROUGH, FOLKS.

COME ON.
Man #2: SO LONG.

LISTEN, FELLAS, LISTEN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY'VE GOT
OUR PAL LANCE LARKIN

IN JAIL FOR MURDER.

HE'S AS INNOCENT AS YOU ARE.

MASTERSON, WITH THOSE FARMERS
BEHIND HIM,

WILL LEAD HIM
STRAIGHT TO THE GALLOWS.

ARE YOU GONNA STAND FOR THAT?

-NO!
-NO!

NO, WE'LL GET LARKIN OUT
OF JAIL, WON'T WE, BOYS?

GOOD BOYS.

I KNEW YOU'D FEEL
THAT WAY ABOUT IT.

NOW, LISTEN...

WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT,

IF A STRAY BULLET SHOULD HAPPEN
TO CATCH MASTERSON ACCIDENTLY,

I GOT AN IDEA THERE WOULD BE
A BIG REWARD FOR A MAN

WHO WOULD SHOOT SO BAD.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, WILSON.

GET THEM OUT OF HERE
AS SOON AS IT'S DARK.

RIGHT. COME ON.
LET'S HAVE A DRINK.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

HEY, MASTERSON.

YOU DIDN'T THINK

THAT YOU WERE GONNA STOP
MY FRIENDS

FROM GETTING ME
OUT OF HERE, DID YOU?

IF THEY DO,
YOU'LL GO OUT FEET FIRST

WITH A BULLET
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES,

AND NOT IN THE BACK,
LIKE YOU GAVE McKEON.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

I THOUGHT YOU BOYS
MIGHT NEED SOME HELP.

THEY WERE MY FATHER'S.

WE CAN USE THEM, ALLEN.

WE SURE CAN.

BUT YOU'D BETTER
GET ALONG HOME.

THERE'S LIABLE TO BE
A LOT OF SHOOTING HERE.

WHY, ALLEN HARPER,

IF THERE'S ANY SHOOTING
TO BE DONE, I BELONG HERE.

I CAN SHOOT BETTER
THAN YOU CAN ANYHOW.

NOW SHE'S TALKING
LIKE SAM PRITCHARD'S DAUGHTER.

COME ON IN, SUSAN.

Ruby: ♪ THINGS THAT MEANT
SO MUCH TO SOMEONE ♪

♪ WHO IS DREAMING OF THEM YET

♪ THROUGH A THOUSAND MEMORIES

♪ THERE IS ONLY ONE REGRET

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

HEY, BOSS.
SOMETHING'S GONE WRONG.

TRAIL STREET'S EMPTY.
NO COVER FOR OUR MEN.

I KNOW ALL THAT.
THE BOYS SET?

THEY'LL HIT TOWN
SOON AS IT'S DARK.

GOOD.



ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
LET'S GO.

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

[ GUNSHOTS ]

FOLKS, THIS IS IT.

HYAH!

THERE IT IS, MEN.
LET'S GET GOING!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

Billy: OPEN UP.
DEPUTY BURNS REPORTING.

[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
DON'T YOU KNOW I'M ON YOUR SIDE?

LET ME IN THERE, ALLEN.
GIVE ME SOME SHOOTING ROOM.

BAT, I WISH
OLD BRANDYHEAD JONES WAS --

QUIET, BILLY.
YOU TALK TOO MUCH.



[ GUNFIRE ]

[ GUNFIRE ]

DEPUTY BURNS, TAKE SUSAN
AND THE OTHERS OUT THE BACK.

WE AIN'T GOING TO --
THAT'S AN ORDER.

YOU HEARED WHAT HE SAID.
GET TO GETTIN'.

I THOUGHT
I TOLD YOU...

YOU KNOW WE AIN'T GONNA
GO NO PLACE WITHOUT YOU.

I WONDER WHAT IN SAM HILL
HAPPENED TO MY FARMERS.

I KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO US
IF THEY DON'T HURRY UP.



[ GUNSHOTS ]

HERE THEY COME!

[ GUNFIRE ]

[ GLASS SHATTERING ]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I SAID,
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

YOU ONCE TOLD ME
THAT IN THIS COUNTRY,

IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.

THAT GOES FOR WOMEN,
TOO, DOESN'T IT?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN YOU TURNED AWAY
FROM ME FOR SUSAN PRITCHARD,

I WAS SO HURT
I WANTED TO DIE.

BUT I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU DO NOW.

I FEEL NOTHING
BUT CONTEMPT FOR YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT
IT'D BE SO EASY TO SAY THAT.

ALL RIGHT.
YOU'VE SAID IT.

YES, AND I HAVE
A LOT MORE TO SAY.

YOU AND YOUR CRAZY AMBITION

ABOUT GREAT HERDS,
THOUSANDS OF ACRES,

AND TRAINLOADS OF CATTLE
HAS EXPLODED.

THE FARMERS YOU DROVE FROM
THEIR HOMES ARE FIGHTING BACK.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE RIDING
TO A FINISH ON TRAIL STREET.

WHAT DO I CARE
ABOUT THE FARMERS?

I GOT THE LAND
AND WIPED OUT HARPER, TOO.

YOU HAD THEIR LAND.

THOSE DEEDS YOU HELD
WERE JUST SCRAPS OF PAPER

UNTIL RECORDED AT TOPEKA.

DON'T WORRY --
THEY'LL BE RECORDED.

THEY'LL NEVER BE RECORDED...

BECAUSE I BURNED THEM.

AND HERE'S WHAT'S LEFT
OF THEM.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

Carmody:
HOLD IT, MAURY.

[ GUN CLICKS ]

[ GUNFIRE ]

STOP SHOOTING, MEN.

Man:
HOLD YOUR FIRE, BOYS.

[ GUNSHOT ]

OH, ALLEN,
GET DR. EVANS.

NO.
DON'T LEAVE ME, ALLEN.

SUSAN...

I ONCE HATED YOU
BECAUSE...

I THOUGHT YOU ROBBED ME

OF SOMETHING
THAT BELONGED TO ME.

I'M SORRY.

I UNDERSTAND, RUBY.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
ABOUT ALLEN AND ME.

WE WERE KIDS TOGETHER...

RAISED TOGETHER
IN A LITTLE TOWN BACK EAST.

I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.

RUBY...

I MUST TELL YOU THIS --

THE FARMERS ARE GONNA GET
THEIR HOMES BACK.

TELL YOUR MOTHER
I'M SORRY.

WOMAN KILLER.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

-HOORAY! HOORAY!
-HEY!

OH, WAIT A MINUTE!

AS MAYOR OF LIBERAL

AND SPEAKING OFFICIALLY
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS,

I WISH YOU TWO YOUNGSTERS
A HAPPY HONEYMOON.

HURRY BACK HOME,
MR. AND MRS. HARPER.

-HOORAY!
-HOORAY!

Billy:
OUT OF THE WAY.

GOOD LUCK!

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU HAVE TO GO
TO NEW YORK FOR A JOB.

YOU WASN'T CUT OUT
TO BE A -- A JOURNALIST,

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
[ CHUCKLES ]

WELL, SON, I'VE GOT TO TRY

BECAUSE I'LL NEVER BE HAPPY
IF I DON'T.

OH, YOU BELONG IN THE WEST.

AND WE NEED YOU
RIGHT HERE.

BUT YOU'RE IN CHARGE HERE,
MARSHAL.

SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A BIG CITY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"SOMEDAY"?

WE GOT ONE ALREADY.

LOOK AT THEM COMING IN.

THICKER THAN FLIES
AROUND A MOLASSES BARREL.

Man: ALL ABOARD!

GOODBYE, OLD-TIMER.

HERE'S SOMETHING
I THINK A LOT OF.

BE SURE
AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT, NOW.

Girl: BYE.
GOODBYE, BAT.
WE AIN'T GONNA FORGET

WHAT YOU'VE DONE
FOR US.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
GOODBYE.

-GOODBYE.
-GOODBYE.

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ GUNSHOTS ]

HEY!

WHOA!

[ GUNSHOTS ]

HEY!

NO FIREARMS

ALLOWED IN THE CITY LIMITS.

GIVE ME THAT GUN.

BRANDYHEAD JONES.

I COME TO VISIT YOU,
COUSIN WILLY.

DON'T YOU GIVE ME
THAT "COUSIN WILLY" STUFF.

I'M THE LAW AROUND HERE.

MY FIRST OFFICIAL ACT
WILL BE TO LOCK YOU UP

FOR VIOLATION
OF STATUE 265, PAGE 34.

NOW GET OUT OF THERE!
HURRY UP!