0:00:06 > 0:00:10# Oh, listen
0:00:12 > 0:00:14# Listen well
0:00:14 > 0:00:17# Listen to the legend of Chuck-A-Luck
0:00:17 > 0:00:22# Listen to the song of the gambler's wheel
0:00:22 > 0:00:25# A souvenir from a bygone year
0:00:25 > 0:00:28# Spinning a tale of the old frontier
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# And a man of steel...
0:00:32 > 0:00:39# And a passion that drove him on and on and on
0:00:40 > 0:00:46# It began, they say, one summer day
0:00:46 > 0:00:52# When the sun was blazing down
0:00:52 > 0:00:57# 'Twas back in the early '70s
0:00:57 > 0:01:02# In a little Wyoming town
0:01:03 > 0:01:06# So listen to the legend of Chuck-A-Luck
0:01:06 > 0:01:09# Listen to the wheel of fate
0:01:09 > 0:01:14# As round and round with a whispering sound it spins
0:01:14 > 0:01:25# The old, old story of hate, murder and revenge! #
0:01:38 > 0:01:44Nothing's better than that to make a man agreeable. Especially at midday.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Why'd you come in town? To kiss you. You oughtn't be away.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Last calf I had an iron on told me I could come.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55When we get married... Eight days.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03And when we get the ranch... Eight years. I found a name for it.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Yeah? What is it? Last Cloud Ranch.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Pretty? Pretty as you.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14Wow! Oh, Vern! Came from Paris in France, the man said.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Oh, it's beautiful for evening! Fine for stargazing.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22DOORBELL JANGLES Beth, where's everybody?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27The folks yelled, "Come in, Tommy!" and I couldn't make it right then.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32They left! Everybody's gone! I got nothing to do.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Do it outside. Go on, get out! BARKS LIKE A DOG
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Where is everybody? Town's deserted.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46The Burdens had triplets last night. The whole town went to see them.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51I told Dad I'd keep the store. Kids. We ought to have a lot of them.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Yes. One every August.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02See you tonight.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Whitey.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44You wait outside.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Mister, can I hold your horse? Get away from here.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Is there anything you'd like to see?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Yeah. I wanna see what's in the assayer's safe.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Both of 'em. The one over there too.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Yes. Yes, all right.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50WOMAN CRIES OUT
0:04:59 > 0:05:01WOMAN SCREAMS
0:05:02 > 0:05:03GUNSHOT
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Hey, hey!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14GUNSHOT
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Vern! Vern!
0:05:53 > 0:05:57I saw him come out the store. Then the other one fired at me.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02He shot at me, the fella with the long white hair. White hair?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04The one that stayed outside.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23No.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29Vern, I don't know how to tell you this. She wasn't spared anything.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Jim...give me your gun.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06Place was empty. Just a girl in a store. Sure looked interesting.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Could've been, if you didn't chase petticoat! It's not your business.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15The whole town'll be after us. Let's move. We're in this together.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21Let's split it. I'm alone from here. We'll split it in Chuck-A-Luck.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45The tracks lead south, Sheriff. It's Sioux country below here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47What of it? Let's go!
0:07:47 > 0:07:53I didn't mind being deputised, but I don't wanna be butchered by Indians.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm turning back. That's my feeling, Sheriff.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01I got 50 head of cattle to brand tomorrow. Are you all gutless?
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Come on, we're losing time. I've no authority past this stream.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10There'll be a warrant out for him. What's his description?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15What if she was your wife? Or your daughter? This is as far as we go.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I'll follow him alone. Don't be a fool!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22You're a raw hand with a gun. Never mind the advice.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27You've all done your duty. Get home. Tell everybody how brave you were.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Get drunk tonight. I hope you have good dreams.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I had to do it, that's all, I've told you a dozen times.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47What are you driving at? What are you after? I want my share now.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I said we split it at Chuck-A-Luck.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Keep quiet about the girl when we get there.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Maybe I will, maybe I won't. I'll do what I please.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Rattlesnake! Look out!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03GUNSHOT
0:09:10 > 0:09:12HOWLS
0:09:26 > 0:09:30The man who was with you, where is he?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The man who was with you, where is he?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Water. Water. Talk, or you don't get a drop.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Where'd he head? Where did he head?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Chuck-A-Luck. Chuck-A-Luck.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Chuck-A-Luck?
0:09:54 > 0:10:00# Where and what is Chuck-A-Luck, Chuck-A-Luck?
0:10:00 > 0:10:05# Nobody knows and the dead won't tell
0:10:06 > 0:10:11# So on and on, relentlessly, this man pursues his quest
0:10:11 > 0:10:14# Through autumn and winter
0:10:14 > 0:10:17# Searching the great South West
0:10:17 > 0:10:23# This thing that drives him like a whip will never let him rest
0:10:23 > 0:10:27# Night and day, early and late, he looks for a place
0:10:27 > 0:10:29# Or a town or a face
0:10:29 > 0:10:39# And deep within him burn the fires of hate, murder and revenge! #
0:10:41 > 0:10:46You're new around here, ain't you? Just passing through.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Did you ever hear of a place called Chuck-A-Luck? Sure.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55They got one at the Royal Flush, down the street.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Not gambling. You never heard of any other Chuck-A-Luck? I ain't.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Why don't you try asking over at the courthouse?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Barber, get another bowl of water. Water comes later...
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I want it now. Sure. Excuse me.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Are you on the dodge? What of it?
0:11:17 > 0:11:22I wouldn't talk about Chuck-A-Luck so free if I were you. Why not?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Altar Keane wouldn't like it.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Where'd you hear about Chuck-A-Luck, why are you asking about it?
0:11:29 > 0:11:34I'm supposed to meet somebody there. Who? I don't know. It could be you.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Get back there, Barber! Yes, sir.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42You don't know much, but you're sure trying to learn!
0:11:42 > 0:11:44GUNSHOT
0:12:36 > 0:12:40How is he, Doc? He had lacerations and concussion.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46His jugular vein was severed, he has broken ribs and a fractured skull.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48To put it briefly, he's real dead.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54What makes you think he was an outlaw? The way he acted.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58How do I know it was self-defence? I saw his gun!
0:12:58 > 0:13:02It used to be the finest barbershop west of Baxter's Bridge.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07Could this be him? There's something around the eyes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Sure, that's him. That's him before I shaved his handlebars.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15"Wanted by the State of Texas
0:13:15 > 0:13:19"for robbery of a stagecoach out of El Paso, July 25, 1873.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24"Reward, $300." July 25th? Yeah, July 25th.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28He couldn't have been in Wyoming early in August. No, he couldn't.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Apologies and congratulations. The $300 is yours.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Sheriff, did you ever hear of Chuck-A-Luck? A saloon? A password?
0:13:40 > 0:13:45No, I never did. Here's your gun. The reward - it'll be a few days.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Give it to the barber. Thanks! That's kind of you.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54You did our job. The least I can do is buy you a drink. Wait a minute.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59Did any of you ever hear of someone called Altar Crane?
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Altar Crane. It seems to me like I heard of a name like that.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09Or Altar Keane? Yeah, I remember.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14If it's the person I'm thinking of, the name is Keane, not Crane.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Altar Keane, yeah! What are you laughing at?
0:14:19 > 0:14:25That name takes me back a long time, when I was mining ore in a boom town.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Well, one night, it was a horse race,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36only I was one of the horses and Altar Keane was my jockey.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42One, two, three!
0:14:42 > 0:14:44GUNSHOT
0:14:44 > 0:14:46JAUNTY MUSIC
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Come on, come on! You can make it!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56WOMAN SCREAMS
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Get up, get up!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23SCREAMS
0:15:46 > 0:15:48YELLS IN PAIN
0:15:53 > 0:15:56LAUGHTER That's the only Altar Keane I know!
0:15:56 > 0:16:00They only made one like her. What happened to her?
0:16:00 > 0:16:05I never saw her after that. I've got to find her. Where would I look?
0:16:05 > 0:16:10I heard she went to Virginia City. Try some of the saloons.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15She moved there with a girl named Dolly, a good friend of hers.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I knew her well.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23When I met Altar, she'd just come from the Eastern Seaboard.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26She was a singer, you know.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31She sang only in the most elegant places.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Loved horses. Always had a pair of white horses.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41And the men would all uncover as she drove by.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43The women?
0:16:43 > 0:16:48The women would have been happy for lightning to hit her.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Let me tell you the kind of girl Altar was. Lots of men.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Sure, that's her privilege.
0:16:56 > 0:17:03She shut the door on a cattle baron if she had fancy for a cowpuncher.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Yes, she was a glory girl in those days.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15Last I heard, she was in Tascosa at Baldy Gunder's place.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21The only thing you'll find here, young man, is a shade of her.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24She left here seven years ago.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28It was just after the night she met Frenchy Fairmont.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Faster on the draw than a Mexican jack rabbit.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39I don't swear it's true. I wasn't here. But here's how they tell it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48The story was that Mr Gunder didn't like the way she treated a patron.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53Or Altar didn't like the way the patron treated her!
0:17:53 > 0:17:58# How could she leave her baby?
0:17:59 > 0:18:05# How could she leave her bed and board
0:18:05 > 0:18:11# And elope with Gypsy Davey?
0:18:17 > 0:18:24# Last night she slept in a goose-feather bed
0:18:24 > 0:18:31# At home with her lord and her baby
0:18:31 > 0:18:34# Tonight she sleeps...
0:18:34 > 0:18:36MEN LAUGH
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Altar, you don't smile enough. I'm sick of smiling.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50I pay you to entertain people, not to kick them. Hands off me, Baldy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Sure, sure. Nobody's gonna touch you, angel.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Nobody wants you around, either. You're fired.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Deductions for food and costumes, $27.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Deductions for leaving early two nights, $10.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16You haven't been shilling very good lately, either. I owe you $20 even.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22Look for yourself. Never mind. Your word's as good as your book.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Here's your $20. Thanks.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Lots of bad luck to you, Baldy. Get out of my way.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Make your bets. Everybody down? We're ready to spin.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Wheel is spinning. Wait.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Spin the wheel. Wheel is spinning.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Three 4s on red. We have a winner!
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Here's a lady who's lucky. Everybody's lucky at Chuck-A-Luck.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Step up and make your bets.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Is everybody down? Spin the wheel.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Wheel is spinning.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41Three 4s on red wins again. Did the lady have that covered? Yes, she did.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43EXCITED CHATTER
0:20:46 > 0:20:51That idiot thinks she's shilling! You should have... Shut up.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Stop the game! When I tell somebody to get out, I mean it.
0:20:58 > 0:21:04I don't work for you. I'm a customer. Don't lose your sense of humour.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I stay here as long as I like. MEN CLAMOUR IN SUPPORT
0:21:08 > 0:21:12All right! Have one more spin, then close for the night.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19Try your luck at Chuck-A-Luck. Everybody wins. Is everybody down?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Betting, Altar?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Sure.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Let her spin. Wheel is spin...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I'll spin it. It's Frenchy Fairmont!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00You win, ma'am.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03MURMURS OF ASTONISHMENT
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Pay the lady, please.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Pay her.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26This will help you carry it.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44There you are, ma'am. May I be seeing you home?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Yes.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Always a pleasure to meet a good loser.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Frenchy Fairmont. The fastest draw in the West.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00The greatest ability often consists in not showing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04You're wanted, aren't you? Let's say I'm in public demand.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Why did you do that back there? I'm sentimental.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Are you? I once saw three men fight a gun battle over you. You did?
0:23:17 > 0:23:21All three were killed. Abilene, wasn't it? Yes.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26I was in Hayes City when you rode through a hotel on a white horse.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32Rode him up to the dining room. You must've had an important engagement.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It was with the mayor.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40Wherever I went, I seemed to see Altar Keane or hear about her.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Why didn't you ever meet me?
0:23:43 > 0:23:48My engagements led me to other parts of the West, toward Mexico.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I often wondered what had become of you.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59You can stop feeling sorry for me.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05You strike me as a wonderful woman, Miss Keane. Oh, stop it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09What are you gonna do with all this money?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14For a moment, when I was winning, I thought...
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Give it back. Why?
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Baldy Gunder wouldn't let me out of town alive with it. This is my place.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Don't give it back. There's a stage south to Silver City in the morning.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34I'd be glad to offer you protection until it leaves.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I know you would.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48All right, come in.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54I will, ma'am. Tomorrow at nine, before the stage leaves. Goodnight.
0:25:00 > 0:25:06They say he stayed outside her place that night, in case Baldy showed up.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The next morning, he put her on the stage. That's how Altar left.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15With her gone, business fell off at Baldy's Palace.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Where did she go?
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Young man, why are you so interested in Altar Keane?
0:25:22 > 0:25:27I gotta find somebody through her. I never heard of her any more.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31I was told that, years later, she met Frenchy again, near the border.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34If you wanna believe what you hear,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38there they might be now, the two of them, snug and warm.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I don't know if it's true, but it sounds romantic.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47Frenchy ain't so snug. A mail rider came through today.
0:25:47 > 0:25:53In case you don't know, Frenchy was locked up in Gunsight last Thursday.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58The best I hope for him is they hang him.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03# Now the road that goes to Chuck-A-Luck
0:26:03 > 0:26:05# Leads to a western jail
0:26:05 > 0:26:10# And behind the bars is an outlaw who knows the Chuck-A-Luck trail
0:26:10 > 0:26:15# There's crooked politicians in the very next cell, safely locked away
0:26:15 > 0:26:22# It's an angry town all closed down to vote on election day
0:26:24 > 0:26:29# But here's a man with a crazy plan, a plan that will not wait
0:26:29 > 0:26:32# He'll trick his way inside that jail
0:26:32 > 0:26:41# To reach his goal of hate, murder and revenge! #
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Got a padded cell? Shooting up the town on election day!
0:26:46 > 0:26:49With deputies roaming the streets!
0:26:49 > 0:26:54How's the election? Law And Order's ahead. Why ain't you at the polls?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58I'm making sure this rat don't turn those rats loose.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01What do you think? I don't know.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Don't fret, gentlemen.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08It won't be the first time they've hung crooked politicians.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10It'll only take a minute.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15It's a clean way to die, and as quiet as eating a banana.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- You've got no right to keep us. - Protect us!
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Law And Order'll hang us - that's their platform. Shut up!
0:27:24 > 0:27:31Where d'you want him? Not with them! They had to close the saloon to throw them out of office!
0:27:31 > 0:27:36That's what I was saying. You could bribe them with a rusty nail.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42You...! That's Frenchy Fairmont. Rather be with him? Sure.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48Give me an outlaw anytime. At least he takes his chances in the open.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53You are welcome, sir. Sheriff, we might cash in our chips tonight.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- How about some whiskey? - You can't deny that, Mr Bullock.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02There'll be no lynching while I'm around, but send for three bottles.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05What kind of Law And Order is this?
0:28:05 > 0:28:09I get jailed for trying to buy a drink. They have it delivered!
0:28:09 > 0:28:14You're right. Our party stands for everybody. Whiskey for all of 'em.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Sheriff...
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Be sure it's my brand. Joe Gideon.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It'll take a little time.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36In Wyoming, I heard that no jail had ever seen Frenchy Fairmont.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40I dropped by for some merchandise. Some perfume.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Perfume? For a lady.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51When I turned away, the storekeeper hit me with an axe handle.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56Are you from Wyoming? Yeah. Have you ever been in Wyoming?
0:28:57 > 0:29:02No, I haven't. And I wouldn't be surprised if I never will be.
0:29:02 > 0:29:08Why not? If this election gets out of hand, it may not be choosy.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13If they take our friends here, they might take us along too,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16just for a few extra laughs.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19That's a comforting thought. Isn't it?
0:29:29 > 0:29:34I had a fight with my ranch boss and quit. I decided to see the land.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Work your way down here? Yeah, a coupla weeks at a time.
0:29:38 > 0:29:44I usually lose what I make at poker, but the other night I was lucky.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49I closed my eyes and threw my last $20 piece on a Chuck-A-Luck number.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54And, so help me, I hit! A man can get fortunate at Chuck-A-Luck.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59When I wanna do a little skylarking, the town's shut up tight.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01You took your time about it!
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Couldn't find your particular brand right away... Never mind about that.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Drink your whiskey and be glad you got it.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Drink it fast. The final returns... I told you, never mind!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32That dirty, double-crossing sheriff!
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Not a thing but whiskey!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36What did you expect to find?
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Empty your bottles! Empty them fast! Come on, Cowboy!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Go on, go on! Empty it fast!
0:30:46 > 0:30:49CLINKS TO FLOOR That's it! Give it to me.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55What would you say that was? A pick.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59These boys work real well together. Can't we talk this over?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01How much would you take?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Shh! HUBBUB OUTSIDE
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Polls are closed. I have the latest count.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Citizens' Party - 119 votes.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Law And Order - 1,540.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16CHEERING
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Dad says we all meet later at the Big Dipper Saloon.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26GUNSHOT
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Gentlemen, say your prayers. Cowboy, I'll give you $1,000.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I'd double that. $3,000 - hand it over!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37You heard him - $3,000.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49Let us out! $5,000! Do you hear me?
0:31:49 > 0:31:53They're getting drunk at the Dipper. What are you doing?
0:31:53 > 0:31:58The election threw you out of office. I wanna clean my desk out.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Go ahead. Then get outta here. You gonna let that crowd take 'em?
0:32:05 > 0:32:09All right, I'll go and make a speech at 'em. You stay here.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Bill, help me with this drawer. It's stuck.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36MEN IN CELL SHOUT FRANTICALLY
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- The horses are in the back! - Fairmont's loose!
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Come on.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12GUNSHOT Put up your hands!
0:33:12 > 0:33:14GUNSHOT
0:33:16 > 0:33:20That's very sensible. Go find the horses. Yeah.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32TWO GUNSHOTS
0:33:32 > 0:33:36You'll just have to wait a minute, gentlemen.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39HORSES APPROACH
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You'll have to walk out of town.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48If you want my advice, you'll run.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Whoa! Wait here for me. What are you stopping for?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09What I came to town for.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41After the war, I settled in Missouri. What brought you west?
0:34:41 > 0:34:42A bullet.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47A bullet I put in a rancher, another man who had his own sheriff.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Cheated me out of a homestead. I met him in a corral.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57He had the jump, but hate made me fast. He went down like a stone.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02I wasn't sorry, but I had to leave. I got a rep for being a fast gun.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07I kept meeting cowpunchers full of booze, or trigger-crazy gunfighters.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12I'd ride into a town and shoot my way out. Seems that's how it went.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Must be a lonely trail. You don't make many friends.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27There'll be a warrant out for you. First time I ever had a warrant.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30First time I've been a horse thief!
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Would you like a bed with springs tonight? They grow on cactus here?
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Not exactly. Down there.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48If you're not headed anywhere, side with me for a while.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53There's something I have to attend to, but that can wait. Lead the way.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Hiya, Frenchy. Hi, Harbin.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Grain 'em. Rio, Gonzales!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Who is he?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Friend of mine.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30SPEAK SPANISH
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Good to see you, Frenchy. Heard you were on your way an hour ago.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Don't be surprised at anything here. The boss is waiting to see you.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Hello, Boss.
0:36:53 > 0:36:59Frenchy, you old mustang. Welcome back to Chuck-A-Luck.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10Meet the boss of this ranch, Altar Keane.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15Lookout said somebody was with you. But for him, I might be on a rope.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Little trouble up in Gunsight. Used his head and used his guts.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Uses his eyes too, doesn't he?
0:37:25 > 0:37:31What are you staring at? Shall I turn around? I've heard so many stories.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36I wasn't certain there was an Altar Keane. You think I was a pipe dream?
0:37:36 > 0:37:41It's the first time I ever met a pipe dream with grease on her arms.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46It's unsettling. Well, settle down. Does he need to be out of sight?
0:37:46 > 0:37:50He helped me break jail. There's a warrant for that.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54I'm tired. How many are here? Nine, including the lookouts.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59Star came in. He's very prosperous now. He's wanted in three states.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04Any friend of Frenchy's is welcome, if he agrees to the rules.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Hard to fancy anybody not agreeing with you!
0:38:07 > 0:38:12Don't fight, don't ask questions. Everybody does his share of work.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17You'll do yours. Sure, I'm good at cattle work. This is a horse ranch.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Come and get it! Come and get it!
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Good music, isn't it? I'll take him in.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32How do you want to be known? My name's Vern Haskell.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37Some don't care to be called by their names. Vern'll do. All right.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46We've got a new man tonight. He helped Frenchy out of a jam.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51Goes by the name of Vern. This is Star. He carried one once.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55And this is Red. Doesn't touch liquor but is death on candy.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Here's Preacher - he claims he was one once.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02"Be joyful for you shall find haven here."
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Preacher reads over anybody he kills.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08This is the best hiding place this side the moon.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Meet Harbin. His warrants rotted away long ago.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I don't mind. There'll be more.
0:39:14 > 0:39:20This is Comanche Paul. He's half-Indian - the honest half.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Meet Wilson. Look at that smile. He spends his time chasing ladies.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29No girl is safe when he's around. One of them had some fight in her!
0:39:29 > 0:39:36Uh-uh. Bobcat made these. A real bobcat. Male or female?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39MEN LAUGH Don't forget - no questions.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Kinch has a way with gold. He used to pan it. Now he just borrows it.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Sit down. Where's Frenchy?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50He's eating with me.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Mighty handsome filly.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07You'll like Vern. He's all right. Outside of being a little fresh.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Could you find any use for this?
0:40:12 > 0:40:16I haven't had perfume since I went to El Paso two years ago.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I'm sorry I haven't got anything else for your birthday.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22They caught you, huh?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Crazy Frenchy.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Risking your life for a bottle of perfume.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Don't ask me how old I'll be tomorrow, or I'll ask you.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Does another year bother you? Every year's a threat to a woman.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Crazy Altar.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50I been riding alone too long this time. It's good to be back.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08He's pretty good.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12You might have liked that kind of riding twelve years ago.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47He can handle a horse! Ever seen him before?
0:41:47 > 0:41:50I never lose a face. I don't know him.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53He was looking at you all through supper.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57He sure does gander. He looks straight through a man.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Fancy riding! Yeah. She's a cocky filly.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Like women. Takes a lot of breaking before she comes nice and even.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08You're dead right on that.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Wilson! Howdy. Coming to this party?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19To the party and away from a marshal.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Amigo, you sit on a horse better than anybody.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29They don't come any tougher even in Wyoming. Any horses from up there?
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Don't know. We are only paid hands here.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Some of these fellas range pretty far from here.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Used to be five paid hands. Martinez worked on saddles and bridles.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50He began to talk in town. He began to answer questions.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54No bridle on his tongue. Four of us now.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59We never know what become of Martinez. They say...
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- Maybe you know what they say. - You see?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Yeah. Yeah, I see.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10A carful of cattlemen was on a siding.
0:43:10 > 0:43:16Jess went one end, me the other, and the boys just emptied their pockets.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19One tried to be brave. That started the trouble.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23We've been one jump ahead of marshals across Texas.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27What's the account? $4,800. That yours?
0:43:27 > 0:43:30480 for Chuck-A-Luck. That's right.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Care for any of that? No.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Ten per cent of this would be, I should say, $50.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42$50.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45WATCH PLAYS TUNE
0:43:45 > 0:43:49We'd better keep our faces here for a month or so.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52Before you do, what's in that bag?
0:43:52 > 0:43:56Bonds. City of Austin bonds. They're worthless.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04$1,100 worthless?
0:44:04 > 0:44:09I take $110 in cash. Now.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12How d'you expect us to cash those in?
0:44:12 > 0:44:17That's your trouble. I don't ask you to stay here.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21That's your price? Always, ten per cent.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24You been riding high. Some day...
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Some day what?
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Count it out, Jess.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37You'll have a chance to win it back tonight.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43You're mighty lucky. Do you mind? On my birthday?
0:44:52 > 0:44:55I been chasing this filly. She finally asks me in.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59I said, "You got a husband or two. Where are they?"
0:44:59 > 0:45:03She said, "I got three husbands in the cellar."
0:45:03 > 0:45:09"I lock 'em up when I'm not using 'em. Are you coming in or not?" MEN LAUGH
0:45:10 > 0:45:16You'd do anything to get your arms round a girl. Wouldn't you?
0:45:16 > 0:45:18LAUGHTER
0:45:21 > 0:45:23I'm in.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Isn't this worth staying for?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31LAUGHTER IN BACKGROUND
0:45:31 > 0:45:34I'm out. Somebody get me a drink.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45You don't remember him? I never lose a face. I've never seen him.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Looks like a lot of men. What's bothering you?
0:45:49 > 0:45:53You see the way he looked at you when you told that story?
0:45:53 > 0:45:56Frenchy brought him. That's enough for me.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59You're always there when you needed.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Ace is bet. Gonna play my luck.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18And a hundred. Two steep for me.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27I'll see you. Three fives.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30I don't wanna see Altar swindled on her birthday!
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Geary bugged that card. I seen it.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Say that again, Harbin. He cheated, I tell you.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47I knew he cheated.
0:46:47 > 0:46:52That's why I stole his watch. WATCH PLAYS TUNE
0:46:52 > 0:46:56I'd trade it for the pot. I'd call that a fair trade.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05How about a song, Altar? Give us a tune.
0:47:05 > 0:47:10The three things a man requires are whiskey, a song and an honest woman.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14Or any woman. Take care of my money, Harbin.
0:47:14 > 0:47:20I've had all kinds but never found one to equal Altar. How about you?
0:47:20 > 0:47:23I wouldn't know. Maybe he's got a sweetheart.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25LAUGHTER
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Let's have some music. Let's have fun.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33PLAYS INTRO ON PIANO
0:47:37 > 0:47:40# A young man is reckless and ready
0:47:40 > 0:47:44# A young man is handsome and vain
0:47:44 > 0:47:49# He's young and intense, but hasn't the sense
0:47:49 > 0:47:53# To come in out of the rain
0:47:53 > 0:47:56# Get away, get away
0:47:56 > 0:48:00# Get away, young man, get away!
0:48:00 > 0:48:02LAUGHTER
0:48:08 > 0:48:12# A young man is full of adventure
0:48:12 > 0:48:16# And eager to do what he can
0:48:16 > 0:48:21# He may be a joy, but don't send a boy
0:48:21 > 0:48:25# To do the work of a man
0:48:25 > 0:48:29# Get away, get away
0:48:29 > 0:48:32# Get away, young man, get away!
0:48:36 > 0:48:40# A young man will come when you call him
0:48:40 > 0:48:44# And leave when you tell him to go
0:48:44 > 0:48:50# But some day he'll guess a woman means yes
0:48:50 > 0:48:54# Whenever a woman says no
0:48:54 > 0:48:58# Get away, get away
0:48:58 > 0:49:01# Get away, young man, get away!
0:49:01 > 0:49:08# A woman is only a creature of notions and dimples and lies
0:49:08 > 0:49:13# So learn, if you can, this lesson, young man
0:49:13 > 0:49:18# And don't run off when she cries
0:49:18 > 0:49:25# "Get away, get away, get away, young man, get away!"
0:49:25 > 0:49:28# Get away, get away, get away, young man
0:49:28 > 0:49:35# Get away, get away, if you can! #
0:49:35 > 0:49:38MEN CHEER
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Altar, lookout coming!
0:49:45 > 0:49:50Saw some riders at Dry Creek! Looks like a posse headed for the ranch!
0:49:50 > 0:49:55Regular hands stay. Everybody else, clear your gear out of the bunkhouse.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00Lookout, go back to your post. Clean up this mess. Get rid of the bottles.
0:50:00 > 0:50:06Shall I stay? No, I can handle this. They don't know my face... Go!
0:50:06 > 0:50:12Get going! You heard. Ride to the ridge camp. Stay until I send word.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Everybody ready? Come on!
0:51:05 > 0:51:09Hello, Spinning Sea! Hello, the ranch!
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Anyone awake?
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Marshal Donaldson! We haven't seen you in months.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29Hello, Miss Keane. You're up late. I was working.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32We're hunting four men, Miss Keane.
0:51:32 > 0:51:37Frenchy Fairmont and a man that helped him break jail, Vern Haskell,
0:51:37 > 0:51:39came this way a couple of days ago.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41A sheep herder saw them.
0:51:41 > 0:51:47Then Mort Geary and Jess Factor, wanted in Texas for a train robbery,
0:51:47 > 0:51:49were reported heading this way.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51That's peculiar, isn't it?
0:51:51 > 0:51:56Yes. Unless they're all headed for the border.
0:51:56 > 0:52:02No sign of them here? Not a soul. Things are very peaceful these days.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10I don't like to do it, but I've got to ask you one thing more. Yes?
0:52:10 > 0:52:15We'd like to breathe our horses here and loan some of yours.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Glad to oblige. Rio, Gonzales, get five of our best horses.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22We'll help. Would you like a drink?
0:52:22 > 0:52:27I should keep my finger steady. It will take a while to get the horses.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50Where's Vern? He stopped a way back. His saddle was slipping.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54He'll never find this trail. I'll go back for him.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57The horses are ready. Would you like a drink?
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Thank you. I hope we can repay you.
0:53:01 > 0:53:06You can. If you hear of any Eastern buyers of stock, let me know.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09My cousin might give you some trade. That's nice.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12How many horses do you have? About 42.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16Strange. I counted 33 in the corral.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23How did you happen to count them? Because I noticed fresh tracks.
0:53:23 > 0:53:28Shoes in the clay, leading out of the corral - eight or ten horses.
0:53:28 > 0:53:34I saw those strays, ma'am, grazing in the box canyon across the valley.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38We can round them up now or in the morning. Are they safe?
0:53:38 > 0:53:42I'd say so. Morning will do. Sorry I left the gate rope off.
0:53:42 > 0:53:48Who are you? My new hand, Marshal. I thought you used only Mexicans.
0:53:48 > 0:53:54I needed an extra man. He's good at breaking broncs. Careless, sometimes.
0:53:56 > 0:54:01You wear your holster mighty high. Don't have to reach as far.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Let me see your hands. They're not as soft as yours.
0:54:04 > 0:54:08I don't earn my living as a gunsling.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12Takes years of cowpunching to make 'em that rough. Sorry, son.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18I got a good man here too. Sometimes he's TOO careful!
0:54:18 > 0:54:23Thanks. Goodnight. I'll go with you. Wait for me. Yes, ma'am.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Come on!
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Goodbye, Miss Keane. Come on, men.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53You're always standing in doorways.
0:54:54 > 0:54:59And always using your eyes. That way, you see things you never expected.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02Like stray horses? That was clever.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06Thanks. I'm grateful, but I expect men to do as I say.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Why aren't you with the others? I lost them.
0:55:09 > 0:55:14Figured I might find what I was after here. Am I to believe that?
0:55:16 > 0:55:21That dress you had on tonight - I never saw a stylier one.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23They made you out of salt and brass!
0:55:23 > 0:55:29Where'd the bracelet come from, and that brooch? Who gave them to you?
0:55:29 > 0:55:34Things have to be explained double to you! There are no questions here.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38You don't ask people who they are or if the moon is yellow!
0:55:38 > 0:55:43You don't ask me where I get my jewellery! It's not your business.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46The rules are meant to be kept.
0:55:46 > 0:55:51If you don't intend to keep them, you can clear out right now.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55It's hard for a man to look at you and keep any rules.
0:55:56 > 0:56:02Did you just think of that? No, when I first saw you, grease and all.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Like heat lightning, I suppose. How do you know?
0:56:05 > 0:56:11Every time you see me, you feel weak in the head. I feel sorry for myself.
0:56:11 > 0:56:17Sorry I never met you before. Sorry I never gave you a brooch like that.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22You're as smooth on the ground as you are on a horse.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26Only when somebody irons me out... like you do.
0:56:27 > 0:56:33Vern, when you find a fenced range, do you always try to climb over?
0:56:33 > 0:56:38I see if the gate's open first. One way or another, though, you try.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46That was for trying.
0:56:47 > 0:56:52That was for trying too hard. You're real unfair, ma'am. Why?
0:56:52 > 0:56:55Got two slaps, only one kiss.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02HORSE NEIGHS
0:57:17 > 0:57:19ALTAR LAUGHS
0:57:28 > 0:57:30ALTAR LAUGHS
0:57:32 > 0:57:36Saddle my horse. I'll lead you up to the trail...
0:57:36 > 0:57:41Frenchy? Beautiful night for chasing up and down a mountain.
0:57:41 > 0:57:46Sorry I lost you. The only place I knew where to go was here.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49Not being a sceptical man, that's what I figured.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53The posse was looking for you, Vern, Geary and Factor.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56They'll be back in the morning. We'd better leave.
0:57:56 > 0:58:00I'll bring everybody back tomorrow night. Go to bed.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03Nobody'll get lost this time.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32That's threading a needle!
0:58:32 > 0:58:36I once saw Masterson shoot the toe off a fella with his boot on.
0:58:36 > 0:58:40I'll be glad to duplicate that. Stick out your foot.
0:58:40 > 0:58:45What's up? That wasn't personal. Harbin, hang up another rein.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49Lately, I see you trying everything I do.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52He's good at that kind of a stunt.
0:58:52 > 0:58:56I don't know how he'd be drawing against a man.
0:58:56 > 0:58:57GUNSHOT
0:58:59 > 0:59:03That would depend on the man. I call that fair shooting.
0:59:03 > 0:59:08If I keep on, I might even outdraw you some day.
0:59:08 > 0:59:10Don't ever try it.
0:59:20 > 0:59:23You only stayed six weeks this time.
0:59:23 > 0:59:27I came back empty-handed the last. I need income. Going tonight?
0:59:27 > 0:59:31I'm riding to Clay Springs in the morning with Star.
0:59:31 > 0:59:35There's a bank I wanna look over before doing some other jobs.
0:59:35 > 0:59:40I'm hoping six men can handle it. It'll take about two or three days.
0:59:40 > 0:59:44That's what the shooting was about? Target practice.
0:59:44 > 0:59:47Vern's handy with a .45. You're not taking him?
0:59:50 > 0:59:52And why not? He's...
0:59:54 > 0:59:58He's not... You mean he's not an outlaw?
0:59:58 > 1:00:01That never bothered you about me.
1:00:03 > 1:00:08You were chin-deep in this life. You couldn't go back if you'd wanted to.
1:00:08 > 1:00:13He can. Maybe. It's not how he acts. His draw is as fast as you'll find.
1:00:13 > 1:00:18There's always gonna be someone faster. That's right. Me.
1:00:18 > 1:00:22Some day you won't come back. Or you'll come back full of lead.
1:00:23 > 1:00:29You're not talking about me. You're talking about him. No, Frenchy.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31I think you're lying.
1:00:34 > 1:00:40Maybe. Altar, once in a lifetime, a woman means something to a man.
1:00:40 > 1:00:43I know, Frenchy. Time holds us together.
1:00:43 > 1:00:46Time is stronger than a rope.
1:00:53 > 1:00:57We buy your horses, work your ranch. Now this.
1:00:57 > 1:01:01Just send back my ten per cent of that bank robbery before you go on.
1:01:01 > 1:01:06Why the change in rules? If you land in jail, I get nothing.
1:01:06 > 1:01:09You took that risk before. Not now.
1:01:09 > 1:01:12Don't you trust us? Lately... Lately what?
1:01:12 > 1:01:17We ought to worry about trusting you. Then find another Chuck-A-Luck.
1:01:17 > 1:01:21DISCORDANT PIANO That's like finding a potato tree.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24When's Frenchy back? Later today.
1:01:24 > 1:01:28What's he got to do with it? We'll talk this over with him.
1:01:28 > 1:01:32I'm the boss of this ranch, Kinch. I make the rules.
1:01:38 > 1:01:43I told you to saddle my horse. What is the other one for? For me, ma'am.
1:01:47 > 1:01:50All right. Come along if you want to.
1:01:57 > 1:02:01That's who! I knew I'd seen him before! The way he gets on a horse!
1:02:01 > 1:02:04Got him placed? A town in Wyoming.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07What'd he do? It ain't what he did.
1:02:07 > 1:02:13Never mind. But the sooner he gets a bullet through his head, the better.
1:02:16 > 1:02:21I was working with your horse. Soon he'll be able to read and write.
1:02:21 > 1:02:27Yes, I've been watching you. I don't want him to learn stupid tricks.
1:02:35 > 1:02:40Sorry. I'm moody these days. It's been a dry summer. The earth's hard.
1:02:40 > 1:02:45Gets people out of sorts, the weather. My father told me that.
1:02:46 > 1:02:52How long do you intend to stay at the ranch? Till the rains come.
1:02:52 > 1:02:57If a girl won't blow out the candle, the rain'll dowse it sometimes.
1:02:57 > 1:03:03Did your father tell you that? No, I just sort of made that up myself.
1:03:03 > 1:03:08Every time I should be angry at you, I laugh. You think I'm funny? I do.
1:03:08 > 1:03:11And I only met one man in my life
1:03:11 > 1:03:15who didn't want something behind his pretty talk.
1:03:15 > 1:03:18What I want, if I'm allowed to ask,
1:03:18 > 1:03:21is to know a thousand things about you.
1:03:21 > 1:03:24Where you were born, how you came out west,
1:03:24 > 1:03:28where you got that dress, where you got your jewellery,
1:03:28 > 1:03:31what stories are true and what aren't.
1:03:31 > 1:03:33The dress is from New Orleans,
1:03:33 > 1:03:37and I can tell you what isn't true - I never wore green hair!
1:03:40 > 1:03:43Did they name a parlour car after you? Mm-hm.
1:03:43 > 1:03:46Kansas Pacific Railroad - the Altar Keane.
1:03:46 > 1:03:51That diamond, famous in four states, big as a doorknob. It wasn't real.
1:03:51 > 1:03:57The fella who gave it to me was like you. Fresh, honest around the mouth.
1:03:57 > 1:04:01Anyway, you've got a girl somewhere. No, I haven't.
1:04:01 > 1:04:04Then you've got five of them. No.
1:04:05 > 1:04:08No, I have no girl.
1:04:11 > 1:04:16I'd wish you go away... and come back ten years ago.
1:04:25 > 1:04:31Go, Vern. I don't want you any more. Get off my ranch and leave me alone.
1:04:42 > 1:04:47Suppose this is the main street of Clay Springs. Here is the bank.
1:04:47 > 1:04:53Next to the bank is a store. Next to that is the Primrose Theater.
1:04:53 > 1:04:58Down a bit is the saloon. Where's the sheriff? Asleep, I hope.
1:04:58 > 1:05:04But there's our worry. Across from the bank is the marshals' office.
1:05:04 > 1:05:07If anything goes wrong, some of us'll get sawed off.
1:05:07 > 1:05:10How many men will we need? Nine.
1:05:10 > 1:05:13Five in the bank, three in the street
1:05:13 > 1:05:18and somebody, who's not known in town, on the balcony of the Theater.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21He can draw a bead on the marshals' office.
1:05:23 > 1:05:27I never been in Clay Springs. I'll go. Right.
1:05:27 > 1:05:34You, Star, Jess and me makes five. Comanche? I go.
1:05:34 > 1:05:39I'd like to make it. Sorry. No deal for a man who can't move fast. Red?
1:05:39 > 1:05:44No, I'm heading out tomorrow myself. I got a little matter down in Mexico.
1:05:44 > 1:05:50Preacher? Praying for Mammon has always been my infirmity. I'll ride.
1:05:50 > 1:05:53I'm number eight. We're one shy.
1:05:53 > 1:05:57Vern's gun would be worth a lot. No, he doesn't belong in this.
1:05:57 > 1:06:01Leave him here? That won't make Altar unhappy.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08I get your point, but I'll make up my own mind.
1:06:08 > 1:06:14I forgive you for being so foolish, but not for being wrong. Am I wrong?
1:06:14 > 1:06:19Frenchy, he's young and handsome. It's easy to take a fancy to him.
1:06:19 > 1:06:25He makes you remember yourself a long time back, but there's been nothing.
1:06:25 > 1:06:28I told him to leave this afternoon.
1:06:28 > 1:06:32He's riding with us tomorrow. Did he ask to go?
1:06:32 > 1:06:35No. I'm telling him. We need him.
1:06:35 > 1:06:39He'll go along whether he likes it or not. Do you mind?
1:06:41 > 1:06:44No, I don't mind.
1:07:44 > 1:07:46GUNSHOT
1:07:51 > 1:07:55They hit me in the shoulder. Star's hit.
1:08:13 > 1:08:18I never saw anything so messed up. The shot came from across the street.
1:08:18 > 1:08:22It missed me by inches. Jess and me done just what Frenchy said.
1:08:22 > 1:08:27Where is he? He knows we're meeting here. Frenchy'll get here.
1:08:27 > 1:08:31If the next job goes like this... We got what we went for!
1:08:31 > 1:08:34Who's gonna take Altar's cut back?
1:08:34 > 1:08:40She shouldn't get a cut. I'm fed up with her. We're safe at Chuck-A-Luck...
1:08:40 > 1:08:45You are here two hours. You don't talk to me. Come and dance.
1:08:45 > 1:08:48In a minute. SPEAKS SPANISH
1:08:48 > 1:08:51See you in a minute, honey.
1:08:51 > 1:08:54Somebody's gotta take Altar's ten per cent back.
1:08:54 > 1:09:00Not me! Me neither. I'm not riding half the night to cater to Altar.
1:09:00 > 1:09:05Well, I'm occupied here. I've got some dancing to do.
1:09:05 > 1:09:07That leaves you three.
1:09:07 > 1:09:10Low card fair? That's all right with me.
1:09:15 > 1:09:17King.
1:09:22 > 1:09:24Seven of diamonds.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28Five of diamonds.
1:09:33 > 1:09:35FAINT PIANO PLAYS
1:09:43 > 1:09:46I expected you a little sooner.
1:09:47 > 1:09:52I knew you were coming. The lookout saw you. I told you not to come back.
1:09:52 > 1:09:56No matter how often you tell me, I'll come back.
1:09:56 > 1:10:02I expected you to. How did it go this morning? No difficulties.
1:10:02 > 1:10:07A few of us got to Margy's saloon first. The rest'll be along later.
1:10:07 > 1:10:12Why are you here? Somebody had to bring you your cut. Why you?
1:10:12 > 1:10:17I happened to draw low card. Happened to? I'm lucky at cards.
1:10:17 > 1:10:19GLISSANDO
1:10:20 > 1:10:25I aim to get slapped again, if I can. I knew you would.
1:10:25 > 1:10:29I like a man who doesn't believe what a woman tells him.
1:10:29 > 1:10:34I like a woman who's sometimes like ice, sometimes burning like the sun.
1:10:34 > 1:10:39A pipe dream in blue jeans or in a birthday dress.
1:10:40 > 1:10:44Give me one wish, and I'd wish to see that rig again -
1:10:44 > 1:10:48a shawl...and jewels...and all.
1:10:48 > 1:10:50Just like that night.
1:10:52 > 1:10:54What are you gonna do about it?
1:11:11 > 1:11:13What is it, Vern?
1:11:14 > 1:11:19It's a pipe dream. You'll kiss me tonight and send me away tomorrow.
1:11:19 > 1:11:24Maybe. If that's the way you feel, where's the money you were bringing?
1:11:24 > 1:11:27In my saddlebags. Then go and get it.
1:11:32 > 1:11:34Star...
1:11:52 > 1:11:54Vern?
1:12:02 > 1:12:05I won't send you away tomorrow.
1:12:12 > 1:12:13Very beautiful.
1:12:18 > 1:12:24The jewellery Frenchy gave you... Men are funny. All men are jealous.
1:12:24 > 1:12:28Frenchy only gave me one of these. Which? The necklace.
1:12:28 > 1:12:31The others I bought with the dress.
1:12:33 > 1:12:38What about that? Oh, that? It was part of my cut. Kinch gave it to me.
1:12:40 > 1:12:44Kinch? It was Kinch!
1:12:44 > 1:12:47Vern? What's the matter?
1:12:47 > 1:12:51Now I can tell you what's been choking me every minute.
1:12:51 > 1:12:56Who wore that brooch before you? A girl that I was gonna marry!
1:12:56 > 1:13:00She was butchered and outraged by the man who took that from her
1:13:00 > 1:13:04and gave it to you for ten per cent of her life!
1:13:04 > 1:13:07She's on the floor. She's got blue eyes.
1:13:07 > 1:13:11Do you feel them staring, see the blood, hear her screaming?
1:13:11 > 1:13:13Kinch didn't tell me... Kinch!
1:13:13 > 1:13:19I thought it was Wilson, Factor, Frenchy, or somebody who'd gone.
1:13:19 > 1:13:22I'm glad it wasn't Frenchy, but it could've been.
1:13:22 > 1:13:27It could've been anybody who came to Chuck-A-Luck to hide. Chuck-A-Luck!
1:13:27 > 1:13:33Altar Keane's place! Look, Altar. Is that a bedroom or a morgue?
1:13:33 > 1:13:39Look over here, through that window. Is that a courtyard or a graveyard?
1:13:39 > 1:13:42You think a dance-hall girl had a dirty life?
1:13:42 > 1:13:46You ought to be proud of that compared to this!
1:13:46 > 1:13:50Here's your cut from yesterday's job.
1:13:50 > 1:13:55And there's payment for this. I'm buying it back from you.
1:14:00 > 1:14:03Let's get going.
1:14:06 > 1:14:08My shoulder...
1:14:31 > 1:14:33Ever seen it, Kinch?
1:14:33 > 1:14:36Touch it. Pick it up.
1:14:37 > 1:14:42You've seen it, Kinch, in a town in Wyoming, on a girl.
1:14:42 > 1:14:47Altar told you! I'm gonna kill you. Wilson, Geary!
1:14:49 > 1:14:52This is a private affair. Keep out.
1:14:54 > 1:14:59You got business upstate. Get out of town.
1:14:59 > 1:15:02Don't go. Altar is squealing on us!
1:15:02 > 1:15:04Get out!
1:15:19 > 1:15:22I'm gonna kill you, but I'm not gonna murder you.
1:15:22 > 1:15:27I'll give you an even chance. Now go ahead, draw.
1:15:28 > 1:15:33I've seen you. You learned Frenchy's draw. You can't make me fight.
1:15:39 > 1:15:41Draw!
1:15:46 > 1:15:47Draw!
1:15:49 > 1:15:51All right.
1:15:53 > 1:15:55Draw!
1:15:57 > 1:16:01Take your guns out and hold them at your sides. Do it!
1:16:07 > 1:16:10Bartender...when you say go, that's it.
1:16:10 > 1:16:15Maybe you'll have the guts to shoot. I didn't mean to do it! She yelled.
1:16:15 > 1:16:20If she hadn't, it would've been all right. Let's see how you like it.
1:16:20 > 1:16:25Go ahead and yell. The longer you yell, the longer you live.
1:16:30 > 1:16:35What's the quarrel here? There's no shooting in my town.
1:16:35 > 1:16:40This man's wanted for murder - a girl named Beth Forbes,
1:16:40 > 1:16:44in a town called Whitmore in Wyoming, August 10th last year.
1:16:44 > 1:16:48Is that true? I heard him admit it, Sheriff.
1:16:48 > 1:16:54Thanks, mister. I've got a special fondness for rats that kill women.
1:16:58 > 1:17:03I'll need you for a witness. You'll stay in town? Yes. Come on.
1:17:41 > 1:17:43HORSES APPROACH
1:17:44 > 1:17:48Turn that man loose, and don't make any noise.
1:17:48 > 1:17:51- This man is my prisoner. - Yeah.
1:17:51 > 1:17:55We got business with somebody that squealed on him.
1:18:01 > 1:18:03MAN SHOUTS
1:18:03 > 1:18:05Gonzales, Harbin.
1:18:16 > 1:18:18Altar!
1:18:21 > 1:18:24Altar? Altar!
1:18:26 > 1:18:29What's going on? Where's Harbin and Gonzales?
1:18:29 > 1:18:31I sent them away.
1:18:31 > 1:18:36Is your shoulder bad? Bad enough to bring me back instead of going on.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40There isn't a horse in the corral. What happened?
1:18:40 > 1:18:44The hands are taking them to Silver City to sell them.
1:18:44 > 1:18:49There's a note for you, a deed for the ranch. The money's in the safe.
1:18:50 > 1:18:53I'm leaving, Frenchy.
1:18:53 > 1:18:56Has Vern been here? Yes.
1:18:56 > 1:18:59You're doing this on account of him? Yes.
1:18:59 > 1:19:04You're not going away. You belong to me! You'll stay here.
1:19:04 > 1:19:07You don't like to lose anything, do you? No.
1:19:07 > 1:19:12If I lose you, I might as well turn myself in to the marshal.
1:19:12 > 1:19:16Get it out of your mind. You're not gonna meet Vern.
1:19:16 > 1:19:19He wouldn't have me because I belong to you.
1:19:21 > 1:19:26Because of you and everything you mean. You and the ranch.
1:19:26 > 1:19:30I don't believe you! I don't believe a word of you!
1:19:30 > 1:19:33Where are you going? Away from here.
1:19:33 > 1:19:37To Baldy Gunder's or any saloon that'll have me.
1:19:37 > 1:19:41I'll kill you before you do. FOOTSTEPS
1:19:42 > 1:19:46Hello, Frenchy. You and Altar been packing long?
1:19:46 > 1:19:51Place sure looks deserted. Looks like people are moving.
1:19:51 > 1:19:55What's going on? Planning to leave? Nobody's leaving.
1:19:55 > 1:20:00Altar was gonna, but she'll change her mind. We got plans for her.
1:20:00 > 1:20:05She told Vern her brooch came from his girl that I shot in a hold-up.
1:20:05 > 1:20:09No telling what other things she told him about all of us.
1:20:09 > 1:20:14I told him where I got the brooch, that's all. I believe that.
1:20:14 > 1:20:19You're a reasonable man. Once they start talking they don't stop.
1:20:19 > 1:20:23We took a lot from you. You wiped your boots on us.
1:20:23 > 1:20:27Too bad Preacher ain't here to read over you.
1:20:28 > 1:20:33You can get her and me, but I tell you, you're gonna die doing it.
1:20:33 > 1:20:36Here's where you're wrong, Frenchy.
1:20:36 > 1:20:42The rifle on that sill is aimed at your back, and Wilson's behind it.
1:20:42 > 1:20:47If you think I'm gonna turn around, you're mistaken. You tell him.
1:20:52 > 1:20:57- It's there, Frenchy. - You can get one of us, maybe two.
1:20:57 > 1:21:02But there'll still be three left to settle with her.
1:21:02 > 1:21:06You've got the odds. Let us leave, and Chuck-A-Luck's yours.
1:21:06 > 1:21:11We got the odds, we call the plays. The odds are changed.
1:21:15 > 1:21:19There is a rifle on this sill but there's nobody back of it.
1:21:19 > 1:21:22I hogtied Wilson.
1:21:22 > 1:21:25I was riding 500 yards behind you.
1:21:25 > 1:21:29All of us were heading for the same spot with different reasons.
1:21:29 > 1:21:34They did a job on the sheriff, but all your friends won't help you now.
1:21:34 > 1:21:37The others are yours, Frenchy.
1:21:37 > 1:21:41It's up to you whether you turn 'em loose or hang 'em.
1:21:41 > 1:21:44Shooting's better than they deserve.
1:21:44 > 1:21:48First I want your word on something. Keep them here a while.
1:21:48 > 1:21:54I carry Kinch to jail personally. Give me an hour's start.
1:21:55 > 1:21:59Vern, maybe we can work out a deal. If you're willing...
1:22:08 > 1:22:11Watch out! The window!
1:22:20 > 1:22:25Stop! Stop shooting! Throw out your guns!
1:22:27 > 1:22:29Comanche...
1:22:32 > 1:22:34Go on, get started.
1:22:57 > 1:23:01Pick a direction and don't come back.
1:23:01 > 1:23:03That sheriff will have a posse out.
1:23:03 > 1:23:07I can't fight. We'll be caught.
1:23:07 > 1:23:10That's your problem. Take your chances.
1:23:20 > 1:23:25Once the posse gets them, they'll come for you. We all get taken.
1:23:25 > 1:23:29First, there's a matter you and I have got to settle.
1:23:46 > 1:23:51ALTAR COUGHS
1:24:06 > 1:24:07Altar...
1:24:18 > 1:24:22She stepped in front of that bullet to save you.
1:24:35 > 1:24:38# Two men rode away from Chuck-A-Luck
1:24:38 > 1:24:42# And Death rode beside them on the trail
1:24:42 > 1:24:46# That died that day, so the legends tell
1:24:46 > 1:24:52# With empty guns, they fought and fell
1:24:52 > 1:25:02# And so ends the tail of hate, murder and revenge! #
1:25:04 > 1:25:08Subtitles by Julia Watts for BBC Subtitling - 2003
1:25:13 > 1:25:15If there is nothing new,
1:25:15 > 1:25:18then the Court of Appeal aren't going to change their decision.
1:25:21 > 1:25:23You have to question everything.
1:25:23 > 1:25:26There were two areas of fingerprints on the carrier bag.
1:25:26 > 1:25:28It's an obvious case to re-examine.
1:25:28 > 1:25:31Follow investigator Louise Shorter as she interrogates