Bonanza (1959–1973): Season 12, Episode 27 - Kingdom of Fear - full transcript

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- Hey, will you cut that out!
- Ow!

You think somebody else
might like a little stew?

Dadburn it, I'm still hungry.

Oh, you're still hungry.

Yeah.

Here.

Yugh, vinegar, what am
I supposed to do with that?

Take it over to that meadow
and pour it all around.

Then you graze for about an hour.



Oh, you're funny,
you funny, little brother.

Funny, funny, funny.

Joe, if you don't stop teasing
him about food,

one of these days
he's gonna eat you alive.

Well, if he does,
I guarantee, he'll ask for seconds.

Hey, Billy,
how about some more stew?

No, no, thanks, Joe.

What do you think's
the matter with Billy here?

Well, I don't know.

Hey, you don't think he's,
he's thinking about

backing out on the wedding, do you?

All right, now hold on, you two.

Nervous, I am, but backing out I ain't.

I'm just anxious, that's all.



Well, I don't blame you, Billy,
Sally's quite a girl.

How you doing, Pa?

Oh, good, good.

Get all that business settled?

Yup, everything paid up in full.

They'll pick up the herd this afternoon.

- Good.
- Yeah, that coffee smells good.

Here, let me get you a cup.

Ah, I'll tell you,
I'll be glad to get home.

That's what, uh, that's what
Billy here was just saying.

Oh, yeah? Wonder why.

Why you blushing, Billy?

Hey, you know what I was thinking?

Now we got the herd sold,

maybe we could move
that wedding day up a little bit.

We could go back home
through the high country.

Save ourselves five or six days.

What do you think of that?

Sounds great to me.

If you could rustle up your brother,
we could get moving.

Yeah, where is Hoss anyway?

I saw him in the meadows as I rode by.

Did he take
that bottle of vinegar with him?

Mm-hmm.

No... he wouldn't, he wouldn't have.

Hoss?

Whoa.

Whoa.

You know, Billy.

At the rate we're going,
you're gonna be married a week early.

Thank you, Mr. Cartwright.
I sure do appreciate it.

Whoa.

Throw down your guns.

What's this about?

Throw down your guns.

With the offside hand.

Now the rifles.

Look, mister,
if you're looking for money,

there just isn't any.

We got a couple of dollars
between us.

And the rest is in a bank draft.

Money?

You got me all wrong, mister,
this ain't a hold-up.

Well, then what is it?

You men are trespassing.

Trespassing?

You deaf? Trespassing.
This is private property.

Sorry if we're trespassing.

We just didn't see any signs posted.

I don't guess you did. There ain't any.

But you are trespassing.
Now you're coming with me.

Look, this-I don't...

This just doesn't make any sense.

We didn't see any signs posted,

so how could we be charged
with trespassing?

We'll let the judge decide that.

I'm done talking. Let's go.

Now look, mister,

we didn't mean any harm.

I got a date to get married
as soon as I get home.

I ain't about to hang around here

because some guy's got
a burr under his saddle.

Looks like the wedding's off. Bury him.

You never seen a prison camp before?

Get moving.

All right, move along.

Here they are.

Hatch, you told the lookout
that five men rode in.

Where's the fifth man?

Tried to get away.

That's a lie.

This man murdered him in cold blood.

Murdered?

That's a powerful statement
to make against one of my deputies.

You the sheriff here?

Sure am.

Well, then, Sheriff, arrest this man.

There's seven witnesses saw him
shoot down that boy

for no reason at all.

Seven witnesses.

Did you men see Hatch
shoot that boy back there?

Yes, sure, I... I sure did.

Why'd he shoot him?

He was trying to escape.

That's a lie.

The boy wasn't doing anything.

He didn't even have a gun.

Who am I supposed to believe,

my four deputies
or you four strangers?

Trespassers to boot.

Look, I'm Ben Cartwright
from Virginia City.

The sheriff there, Roy Coffee,
will vouch for me.

I swear to you,
I'm telling you the truth.

Virginia City, that's a long way off.

Well, you could send him a message,
he'd be right here.

That would take too long.

What do you mean, it'll take too long?

I mean, he won't be here
in time for your trial.

- What trial?
- Trespassing.

You keep talking about trespassing.

You got a murderer
standing right next to you.

That's for the judge to decide.

I find my Deputy Hatch not guilty.

Oh, I forgot to mention,
I'm the judge here, too.

I'm the sheriff,
the judge, and the jury.

I find the trespassers guilty,
six months at hard labor.

Put 'em in chains.

Hold it, mister. I'm killin' 'em all.

You men are gonna have
to learn some discipline.

- All finished, Mr. Hatch.
- Fine.

Leg irons will hurt you for a while,

but you'll get used to 'em.

First the skin will burn off

and then, uh, flesh
will start to go numb.

That's when they fit real good.

I'll be around
to see you get yours.

You better watch your mouth, boy.

Sic!

I'm gonna let you go this time, boy.

But you remember that sound.

You remember it good
'cause that's the sound of death.

Kind of like a dream, ain't it?

Or maybe I should say
more like a nightmare.

One minute you're riding along
quiet as you please, and the next...

Every man here's in chains
for the same thing, trespassing.

Why?

Slave labor to work the judge's mine.

You can't get men to work
any cheaper than that, can you?

How does he get away with it?

A man leaves here,
gotta go to the law.

Nobody leaves here,

unless you go the way
your friend did, I know.

I've been here...

three years.

None of the others have lived that long.

Three years ago,
my wife and I rode onto this land

looking for a place to settle.

I guess that's why I stay alive.

To be near Sara.

Where is she?

The judge wanted her
to live up at the house with him.

But she wouldn't leave
until he had his men drag her away.

They took her up to the house
and... locked her in.

I buried Sara up on the hill there.

I'm sorry.

It's the way Sara wanted it.

My wife hung herself.

Come and get it!

Come and get it!

If you wanna eat, pick up your plate.

It ain't fancy, but it's filling.

See, we worry about our men.

We wanna keep 'em
as healthy as long as we can.

They all eat by the second day.

And by the second month,

you'll be begging
just like the rest of 'em.

All right, time to get up.

Let's go, come on, move!

Come on, move it!

They don't miss a thing, do they?

- Hey, Luke?
- Yeah, Judge.

Between these chains
and these dogs and these rifles,

it'll take a miracle
to get us out of here.

- No sign, huh?
- No, sir, not yet.

We had that vein and we lost it.

We found some gold since then.

Yeah. Two little pockets.

That vein's here someplace
and we gonna find it.

I got the men working
as hard as they can.

You make sure you keep 'em working
and at that level as old mountain.

I want that gold.

Yes, sir.

Get back to work.

If you would just let me
move him over to the shade for a bit.

I said get back to work.

Pick that man up
and put a shovel in his hand.

Come on, get.

I'd like to get my hands
on just one 'em once.

Yeah, get yourself killed, that we know.

You, get back to work.

How'd my new men
like the work today?

Work's fine,
I'm not too thrilled about the wages.

Well, what can you expect
when you've... broken the law?

What are you staring at, Farley?

You, Judge.

Told you, I don't like it.

I know.

But I don't know why.

Do you know why, Judge?

Just don't like it, that's all.

Can't be because of Sara
after all these years.

Oh, I... I told my new friends here.

I told them how Sara killed herself.

He'd like me to die like the others.

He'd like me to try to get away
so the dogs could do it for him.

But I won't.

I'm gonna say alive,

and I'm gonna stay close to Sara.

And him.

Come and get it!

You sleeping?

I'm watching 'em, don't worry.

"Don't worry."

What'd you do
with the Cartwrights' saddle bags?

I put 'em in the judge's cabin
same as I always do.

Uh-huh, then what are you
so touchy about?

I'm just tired of you
checking up on me all the time is all.

That's what I'm here for, right? Right?

- Right.
- Sure.

Don't make a sound.

I wanna talk to you.

That, that bank draft, is it real?

Yeah.

$22,000?

Yeah.

That's what I got for the herd I sold.

Well...

How'd you like to make a deal?

A deal to save your life.

Go ahead.

First, I want you to know

that I had no idea what I was...

what I was getting into
when I came here.

Yeah.

I want you to know
that I never killed nobody.

Now I ain't saying what I did was right,
but I never killed nobody.

Uh-huh, how do you know
you can do it?

I can do it. Don't worry about that.

What about the rest of the prisoners?

Them, too.

All of them?

That's right, every last one.

All right, what's the deal?

I want $22,000...

and my freedom.

I swear, I swear, I never killed nobody.

All right.

You have my promise.

All right.

Now the judge sends me to Dawson

once a month for supplies.

It's a two-day ride.

Now I'll be back
in four days with a posse.

Now don't say a word
'cause if the judge finds out,

neither of us
will be alive to talk about it.

Now I leave in the morning.

All right, everybody up!

Let's go.

Move!

- I have some good news for you.
- What?

- Tell you later.
- Come on, come on!

All right, you men, pay attention.
Judge got a few words for you.

Men...

I know that, uh...

most of you are trying
to do your best here.

As long as you do your work,
I'm trying to be fair.

Now you all know
the penalty for trying to escape.

I don't have to go into that with you.

Well, it's come to my attention

that while you men
are doing a good job,

one of my men hasn't.

He's... gone as far as...

placing temptation

in front of one of my prisoners.

Ain't that right, Sims?

Ain't that right?

Please, Judge.

Take off his shirt.

Please, Judge!

In order to be fair,

I feel that my men should receive
the same punishment as you would.

Run, Sims, run.

Give 'em the shirt!

Satan, go!

All right, let's go to work.

Take 'em out.

I figure that good news
you were talking about

had something to do
with the guard this morning.

Yeah.

Well, how'd the judge
find out about it?

Don't know.

The guard was gonna
come back with a posse.

Yeah, was.

We're right back where we started.

Come on, it don't take four of you
to lower that car.

You, you and you, get back to work.

Yeah.

Come on, speed it up.

Buddy, you want this ore cart
to go faster?

That's right.

I think I'm gonna accommodate you.

Pa!

Joe, Candy, look out!

That's gonna cost you
your food ration tonight.

I figure I can live with that.

Come on, Hoss, I'll help you.

- I don't need no help.
- I'll help you anyway.

- Under the wheels.
- Huh?

Look under the wheels.

I hear you were disobedient
at the mine today, is that true?

Well, would he lie to you?

No.

Then what are you asking me for?

You look at me when I talk to you!

You're gonna lose your food tonight.

But I'm afraid you're gonna have
to be more severely punished.

You put them dogs on me
and I'll kill 'em.

Dogs won't be necessary.

The man you disobeyed
will discipline you.

It'll be a lesson for the rest of them.

Give me your gun.

Rest of you men, watch.

Remember what you see.

You mean it's just me and him?

That's all. Nobody will interfere.

That was worth losing a meal for.

Thank you, Judge.

Feed them.

Come and get it!

All right, men, time to eat.

I said, time to eat.

Hoss, look.

All right, come on, move.

All right, all right.

Let's go.

Joe, there's only one chance
in a thousand that this will work.

That's better than no chance at all.

If I can make it to Glacier Lake,
I can lose the dogs.

Even if it works, you'll be on your own.

We won't be able to help you.

Yeah, I know.

Timing is the important thing,
absolutely essential.

Not a second can be lost.

Now Candy and Farley,

you're gonna have
to make it look real good.

We will.

I'll spread the word
to the other prisoners, they'll help.

Good.

Here it is. Hope it works.

It'll work.

Let's try to get some sleep if we can.

Yeah.

Get me a closing time.

Okay, here it goes.

Get ready.

Come on, Farley.

I don't care how long you been here,
I'm tired of doing your work for you.

And I heard enough talk out of you.

All right, quitting time.
Let's take 'em in.

Break it up, break it up!

Get away from him! Get up!

Hold it!

Where's the other one?

What?

The big one's brother, where is he?

I don't know,
I thought sure they were all here.

Get the judge.
Tell him to bring the dogs.

You take these men back to camp.

They try to give you trouble,
you shoot 'em.

That kid couldn't have
gotten too far in those chains.

I'll bring him back.

- All right, move 'em along!
- Get going.

Oh!

How long you reckon it's been?

I don't know.

How far is it to the water?

About three miles.

If he can make it to that water,
they'll never find him.

Get up.

If you let me go now,

I'll make sure when the judge
catches up to you,

it goes easy on you.

I said, get up!

All right, now move.

I said, move!

All right, hold it!

This is as far as we go.

You shoot me and the dogs
are gonna get you anyway.

Oh, I ain't gonna shoot you, Hatch.

- Take off my shirt.
- What?

Take off my shirt.

Come on, come on, hurry up!

All right, now hand it over.

Now run.

Go on, run!

Boy just saved us
a lot of trouble, didn't he, Judge?

Satan, go.

Get the dogs. I'll be back at the camp.

Well, Pa, you know as well as I do,

there ain't no way
to catch Little Joe on foot.

Adam and I tried long enough,
you know that.

My prisoners don't escape.
The dogs make sure they don't.

You'd do well to remember that.

One of our men has lost a son.

It's a difficult thing
to lose a loved one.

Especially when he knows
that he's responsible

for his son's death.

I hope this is the last lesson
that will be necessary.

You cannot escape.

I could punish y'all.

I should, but I won't.
I'll give you another chance.

I know you won't disappoint me.

Judge!

Judge.

Where are the dogs?
Why didn't you bring the dogs?

I was scared.

The dogs have gone crazy.

They didn't get Cartwright.
They got Hatch.

Hatch?

What do we do know, Judge?

Only one thing we can do.

You want Hatch's share?

All that gold up in the shack
waiting to be spent?

Kill 'em all.

Judge says, Judge says kill 'em all.

You'll hang if you don't. Now kill 'em!

All right, drop 'em!

Drop 'em!

Wait!

Wait for what?

You just can't.

You just can kill
these fellas in cold blood.

You stay out of this, Cartwright.

You've been here a few days.
I've been here two years.

Now look,
I don't pretend to know how you feel

or how you suffered.

But you just-This is wrong.

Right or wrong,
it don't matter anymore.

What's you're saying is that
you're just like them, is that it?

They're animals and so are you.

Fellas!

There's been enough killing here.

Enough of death.

Let the law take care of this.

All right, let's tie 'em up.

Tie 'em up tight!

Well...

That leaves the judge.

We'll go after him right now.

Hey, where's Farley?

Farley?

Farley! Farley!

There's a lot
of gold there, Judge.

Farley.

A lot of men died
getting you all that gold, Judge.

How'd you get up here?

I'm afraid the men
disobeyed you again, Judge.

They didn't die
like they was supposed to.

Now you won't punish us,
will you, Judge?

Listen, Farley, you're right.

There's a lot of gold up here.

The other men will be here
any minute now.

I'm sure they're gonna wanna
thank you for looking after them.

A man could buy anything he wanted.

Anything with all that gold.

Buy me back Sara's life.

Buy back my wife for me.

Farley, Farley, don't!

Let the law take care of him.

We're all set to go, Pa.

Divided the gold among the prisoners.

Well, it won't make up
for what they've gone through,

but at least
it'll give them a new start.

They're, uh,
they're waiting for me, uh...

I guess I better be going.

I love you.