hello, jean. thank you for coming, josh. come in. where's frank? he left here this afternoon. working? yeah, heh, working. well, i'm glad one of us is. mustn't be easy on you, jean, being married to a bounty hunter, live in hotel rooms, him tramping all over the country. that's right. but i want to stay married to him.

here. that's for you. for what? to bring frank back before it's too late, to find him and bring him back alive. ( gunshots )

where's frank now? do you know him? ( whistles ) yeah, i heard of him. stacy lenz. he shot frank a month ago. i didn't know that. bad? no, in the leg. the point is frank doesn't want anybody to know. he's ashamed of it. well, i can understand that. nothing to be ashamed of. that boy is fast. and young. and smart. isn't that right? i suppose so. what about it? different than frank. nah, i think frank can take care of himself. no.

it's all emotion now. revenge. frank figures if he doesn't get stacy lenz, he'll live in disgrace. it doesn't make sense. it does to frank. that boy's just a punk gun. not to frank. you got to talk to him. didn't you? hmm. i'm just a woman. his woman. i thought you and him had more than that. why? it just seemed that way. you're kinda happy people, you know? yeah. happy people. that was my doing. i obeyed all the rules. well, frank told me what i'd be getting when married him. he gave me a choice. i knew what i'd get. but i wanted frank. you know something? i've been married 25 years, and i don't have a single stick of furniture of my own. that's not much to show for half a life, is it?

25 years of being married to a bounty hunter. 25 years of sending him off and not knowing whether he'll come back or not. well, i don't think frank's washed up. isn't he? going after stacy lenz when the doctor told him to stay in bed for another two weeks. well, like i said before, i think frank can take care of himself. i don't think you believe that. i begged him to quit. you know something? i saved our money. i told him: we could buy a farm or a ranch or a store. i don't care, anything. no. no. frank had to go after lenz. does he have to get shot at in order to live? does he have to die before he can quit? i don't know. look at that. hmm!

the doctor took this one out of his leg. so where will the next one come from, hmm? where, josh? when did frank leave? this afternoon. he took the arroyo road. there's a nester's barn halfway up. he may have laid over there. leg bothering him any? yeah, it was. you mind if i take this along with me? what about the money? your husband ever tell you you're quite a woman, lady?

hello, frank. well, of all the stinkin', dirty, lowdown tricks. give you a hand? i don't need any help from you or anybody else. look, josh, haven't you got anything better to do than to sneak up on a man when he's asleep? i was just practicing. that kind of practicing will get you hurt. hey, what are you doing this part of the country anyway? - i'm back. - i can see that. you always were an uppity kid. always had a lot of respect for my elders. yeah. you thought you were pretty smart too. well, if i was smart, i wouldn't be bountyin' for a living, would i? well, as long as you've ruined my rest, i might just as well get up. ( groans quietly ) your leg bothering you, frank? don't you worry about my leg, sonny. here, let me help you on with your coat...

well, there's only two of us here. now look, josh. i'm telling you, don't you ever call me an old man again, not now or ever. i can still outdraw you the best day you ever had. maybe. don't try me. i'm trying you. what are you trying to prove? ( sighs ) ome, frank. that woman's trying to ruin my life. or save it. not content with hounding me to death, she's gotta tell all her troubles to the world. oh, yeah? i'm not the world, frank, and i'm telling you this as a friend. i think you ought to give it up. and do what? enjoy life. i'm enjoying life right now. well, from what i heard, you almost lost it last time out.

stacy lenz isn't just a lucky gun. i'll get him. why? if stacy lenz can walk away from me, anybody in the world can walk away from me. can't you understand that? mmm. yeah, i do. but then again, i, uh... understand this, too. that jean ought to mind her own business. it seemed to me this is her business. now look, frank. why don't you give all this up? forget it. go on back home. a man's gotta do what he's gotta do. like sleeping in a deserted barn, sleeping on the ground half your life? that's good enough for me and good enough for you. frank, i'm not married. jean knew what she was buying. okay. but 25 years is enough. she deserves a little easy living now. so do you, for that, frank. after i get stacy lenz. listen, frank.

it's not my time yet. i don't know. well, you just been running around like a chicken with his head cut off. uh-uh. i know exactly where i'm headed: fort huron. lenz's got a woman stashed up there. frank, i, uh, i want go with you. why? why do you think? - no. - listen, frank-- no!

well, who are you? and what do you want? hello, martha. i don't know you. frank koster. i still don't know you. well, let's get acquainted. maybe i don't want to get acquainted. why not? i'm a friendly fella. listen, who are you barging in here like this? are you a lawman? no. i'm just looking for someone. well, since this is my house, maybe you'll let me in on it. sure. your boyfriend, stacy lenz. well, what's he done this time? oh, nothing new. i just owe him something. what? this. well, i owe stacy lenz something, too. look at me, mister. do i look like a woman that a man might be interested in? yeah, sure.

got to do with him. would you believe that when i came out of st. louis, i was the greenest, prettiest kid you ever saw? he was the first man that met me when i stepped off the st. louis stage. "help you with your bag, pretty little lady?" that's what he said. oh, he was peaches and cream, the perfect gent. butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. - and then-- - aw, come on, lady, please. do you know that there's not a man within 100 miles that doesn't know i'm stacy's girl? and how many times has he ridden off and left me? and how many times has some real decent fella started courting me, only to quit because stacy lenz decided he'd come back, and then off he goes riding again just like this time. where this time, lady?

yeah, that's it. that's his hideout. the cabin near the sluice gate. gotcha. thanks. hey, now, get this. shoot him in the back. no. take him alive and let him rot in prison the rest of his life and give him this message. tell him i sent you. yeah, sure. ( door opens and closes ) ( door closes ) you were great, sweetie. you better get going. no hurry. i'll take the shortcut. when i get back, remind me to build you something. what?

( knock on door ) come on in. it's open. ( door opens and closes ) what can i do for you? i'm looking for a fella name lenz. who? lenz. stacy lenz. get out of here. afraid not, honey. if you don't get out of here, i'm gonna scream. well, now, i'll bet you haven't screamed in about 15 years. now, let's understand each other, hmm? it's very important that i find lenz. now, where is he? he's not here.

josh. j-o-s-h. well, stacy doesn't like men to call me anything but miss towers. but, uh, he isn't here, so, uh, you can call me martha. here you go, martha. where are you from? st. louis. where in st. louis? 24th street? near there. yeah. ( chuckles ) i knew it when you came in the door. st. louis man. - drink? - yeah. i've been saving this. don't mind if i do. well, just say when. you say it for me. when. lift them, liar.

can i put these down now? yeah, but easy. and remember this, liar: i can kill you if i have to. yes, ma'am. stacy'll kill you for this. don't seem like a whole lot to get killed for, does it? come on, let's go. - where? - well, to get your horse. i'm taking you with me, lady. that way, i'm sure stacy is gonna show up. all right. he's at the longdon mine.

blond fellow, black horse. you know him? yeah, he's a bounty hunter named randall. well, you better get to him before he gets to stacy. don't you worry. i will.

( gun cocks ) way up, bounty hunter. without the gun. kick it. this is getting to be kind of a habit. well, go ahead. get it over with. no hurry. i'm just beginning to enjoy you, koster. you just keep coming back for more.

- stacy send you? - no. you better talk to me, mister, because i'm gonna blow you right out of that mud hole. stacy's the one who told me to put you out for a while. where's stacy? at the cabin. - koster? - stacy's waiting for him. it's a hot day. you enjoy your bath. there you are, koster, right there in the dirt where you belong.

the sun a little bit too hot for you, koster? what you need is a nice cool drink of water. ( laughs ) ( cocks gun ) lenz! ( gun clicks empty ) no bullets in your gun, koster? i'm saving them for you. get up, koster. you see, koster, if i'd have shot you before, i wouldn't have had all this fun.

un. josh: lenz. let him go. you randall? uh-huh. i, uh, hear you're pretty fast, lenz. i'm fast. you taking his part? yes, i am.

hey. what's the matter with you? what do you mean what's the matter with me? i just killed a man. that's not what i'm talking about. all right, frank. i was just about scared to death. what? everybody gets scared. you understand me? sure. sure. josh...

( knock on door ) come in. well, what's going on here? tell him, frank. frank. signed, sealed and delivered. what do you mean? oh, a little horse ranch over in the mendota river i just rented. - oh, you rented it, huh? - yeah. i didn't mean nothing. just thinking, why didn't you buy it, frank? you got the money. well i'm not so sure how long this retirement stuff's gonna last. should've retired five years ago. when are you gonna start minding your own business?

wish you both a lot of luck. and, uh, frank, if you can't make it down the stairs with that luggage i'll be glad to help you. why you... frank! ( whistles ) heh! 20 years ago you wouldn't have missed me.

hey there, fred. sorry i'm a little late, ken. oh, that's all right. no hurry. when you're a widower and eat all your meals in a restaurant, i guess not. anything new come up? yeah. telegram from josh randall. he, uh, is transporting a prisoner, tom fellows, one of lafe martin's guns. he's taking him to winslow township for trial, asked us to put him up for the night. - something wrong? - uh-uh. kate again, isn't it?

maybe not the best, but a lot of people get married on a lot less. what does she want from me, ken? i'd like to give you some advice... but you wouldn't listen to it, would you? i wish i could, ken. i sure wish i could. good night, fred. good night. man: sheriff. ( thump ) over here, sheriff. what's the matter, boy? martin. yeah. lafe martin. ( chuckles ) ( cocks gun ) get his horse. we're, uh--we're holding a banquet, sheriff,

( gunshots )

well, never slept in a jail before. yeah, well, i never robbed a bank. i guess you got good reason not to like me, randall. i'm just in this thing for the money, nothing more. my own fault. made one mistake. only takes one. after i serve my term, won't be another. yep. mr. randall. i--you don't know who i am. tom fellows' wife maybe, huh? yes, i've been following you two since this morning. yeah, i know. well, why didn't you try to stop me? free country.

well, that's your business. uh... i was wondering if i could ride the rest of the way with you. i don't think so. - please? - can't do it. i'd have to watch two of you. my husband promised me that he'd stand trial and--and serve his sentence. now, he'd be reminded of that promise every mile of the way. uh-huh. well, it's just a long, rough ride from here to winslow. the stage leaving here in the morning. you could, uh, be there waiting for us. well, thanks anyway. yes, ma'am. e tom? yes, ma'am. excuse me. would you, uh, care for a cup of coffee, mrs. fellows? oh, no, thank you. honey, will you listen?

there's all the reason in the world. but you'll be all alone. you don't know anybody there. you'll be there. what am i gonna do with you? you're gonna kiss me. morning, mr. randall. oh. say, good morning. oh, i, uh-- i found out about that stagecoach. it, uh, leaves at 10:00. yes, i know. thank you.

i want to see the sheriff. well, i'm on duty, mr. farrell. i'll be with you in a minute, josh. i'm talking to you, kimball, and i said i want to see the sheriff. well, maybe i can help you. i said, "sheriff," not deputy. um, he, uh, he's not in yet. well, when will he be in? he's past-due now. fine office he's running, leaving everything in charge of a subordinate. my son ben didn't come home all last night. he was out with vic richards. nobody's seen either one of 'em since early last evening, they say. well, you tell the sheriff when he comes in to hop over to my office, and quickly. - you understand that? - yes, sir. and you tell him if he doesn't give me a little better service from now on, there will be a different sheriff sitting in that chair, and that means a new deputy, too. ooh-wee.

he's kind of a big man, isn't he, huh? owns the bank. yeah, well, i guess that's one of the problems goes along with being the law, huh? ( laughs ) i'll get your prisoner. farrell: deputy, come here. i said, "come here!" you on again. ( sighs ) thanks. isn't that our sheriff's horse? yes. excuse me. our sheriff probably fell off dead... drunk. "to the deputy sheriff of center city. "my name is lafe martin, "so you know i mean business. "you're holding one of my men, "tom fellows, in your jail. "i'm holding three of yours--

"send fellows north out of town within 24 hours, "or i'll send one of your three "south into town strapped across a saddle. in three days, you will need three graves." how about your prisoner? what about him? he's going to winslow with me. he's not in your custody. release the prisoner. i want my son back. well, i don't blame you, mr. farrell, for wanting your son back, but-- i'm not interested in your opinion, deputy. now, look, it's acting sheriff now, according to law. then act according to the law. release the prisoner. the prisoner stays where he is until this thing is settled. settled how? the only lawful way it can be, by finding lafe martin and your son and the others. then you better find them, kimball, and quickly... or i'll bring enough pressure in this town

what are you looking at? you. so one mistake was gonna be your last, huh? then why didn't you tell the deputy there about martin, huh? there was nothing i could tell him. listen, you don't owe martin beans. look, randall... i don't know where martin is. you and i are all alone here now. makes no difference. i still don't know.

come in. mm. this was a big day for me, katie. - sure, you're a big man. - mm-hmm. - oh, cut it out. - aw, come on, k-- look, just cut it out. what have you got against me? we haven't got time to go through that again. i'm due for work at the saloon any minute now. i do my best to please. i try. you won't have to try anymore after tonight. . i'm leaving this place on the morning stage. what? i'm fed up with this place and everybody in it. ( scoffs ) deputy. nothing ever changes. kate, you can't leave. w-will you please listen to me? i've changed. i have. i'm not the same fella i was yesterday. you should have seen the way i led that posse today. ken turner himself couldn't have done better.

katie. i'm running this town now, katie, your own little freddie. i'm sure. oh, y-you can be. and tomorrow, i'll locate ken and the others. you'd be just dumb enough to do that, wouldn't you? what do you mean by that? oh, what's the use? no, no, no. what do you mean by that? you want to be a deputy, just a deputy all your life. re. a big $10 or $15 a month, huh, when you could be the real sheriff instead? huh? look, do i have to spell it out for you? if something happens to turner, you automatically become sheriff, right? well, yeah, but i'm-- well, what would happen if you just didn't find him in time, if you just, um, happened to look in all the wrong places? ken's a friend of mine.

keep him. but forget about me. he gave me this job. when no one else in this town would give me any work, he's the only one who helped. and now he's the only one who's standing in your way. he's standing between you and me. well, i guess you want me to leave on that morning stage. you know i don't want you to. then make up your mind. i don't know what to do. now do you know what to do?

ain't you hungry? i don't feel like eating. you got something on your mind, huh? - i got nothing on my mind. - okay, okay. ( door opens ) i'm still waiting, randall. i want my son. i don't have him. but you have him, and he's the means to my son's life. now, lookie here. i understand your problem, but give kimball a little time. how do you know? how much do you get for delivering him? i'll double it. you're a practical man. you want money. all i can earn. y-you mean you'd let my son die? i mean i don't think you can make a deal with martin.

the posse. we'll try the western area later. whoa. no sign of my boy? i don't care about anybody else! we're going out in a little while, and we'll find them all. i'll relieve you now, josh. wait a minute. i've given you enough time, deputy. sheriff. and while i'm sheriff here, i'm running things my way. do you understand? ( hoofbeats clattering ) ( crowd murmuring )

vic richards. but you won't be satisfied till my son comes back the same way.

say, i'd like to talk to you. ortant. now hold it, josh. i want to know why you took that body away. i'm entitled to know. remember, i'm sheriff here now. sure you are. and i don't want anybody to go stepping on my toes.

i want you to let him out. kimball: you're letting him loose? yeah, for a while. nothing doing, josh. he's in my jail. this was just a one-night stopover for us and nothing more. that's right, but things are different now. yeah, things are different, and he goes where i tell him to go, and i don't want to get in a beef with you about it, fred, okay? okay. let's go, fellows. take a look outside. that's vic richards. he's a nice fella, and he never hurt anybody. well, lafe killed him, and he's got two more men out there, and he's gonna kill them too, sure as shooting. i want him.

tom? nothing i can do, jen. you could tell me where they are. don't know where they are. told you to ride north. how far north? how would i know? come on, let's quit kidding. they're out there somewhere, and you know where. can't help you, randall. yes, you can, fellows. oh, yes, you can. okay. i'm gonna let you go. i'm gonna find you. you understand my meaning? what are you gonna do, tom? six months ago, we hid in a ravine.

let's go. just a minute, josh. i'm going with you. sure enough. about a half an hour from here. uh, mind if i get a drink of water? - go ahead. - okay. hey, randall. uh...

didn't figure on that. i thank you. oh, that's all right, randall. i didn't figure on this at all. must have been awful important for him to be sheriff. yeah. listen, i-- hmm? want to thank you again. uh, randall...

ah, it's all right. you keep that. you earned it. that--that big steak's for the banker's boy, walt. heh. "condemned man ate a hearty meal." ( laughing ) ben. i'm all right, ken. i really am. sure, you are. yeah? i'm awful scared. well, take it easy. there's still plenty of time. sure. till dawn's early light, banker boy. ( sniffs ) medium rare. just the way you like it. i'm not hungry. eat it. leave him alone. oh, i can't do that, mr. sheriff. why, this boy is my responsibility. this boy is like my own flesh and blood.

tom: hey, lafe! can a man get a meal around here? well, look who's here. tommy boy. ( laughs ) i said i'd get you back. no jail can hold any of my men. he giving you any trouble? nah. no peace officer ever gives me trouble. how'd they treat you? josh: hold it right there. get your hand off that gun. okay, get those guns away from him. you? you did this to me? you brought him here? drop it! all right, randall. come on. now me. come on, randall. now me. what are you waiting for, randall? come on. lafe: go ahead, randall!

you all right, ben? you ready to go home, son?

mr. randall... i, uh, missed the stage again this morning. heh. yeah, you don't take much to stagecoaching, do you? you don't mind, do you?

well, let's--let's... wait a minute. wait for me.

?? (xxxxs gun) - thurber, there's enough nitroglycerin here to blow this wagon and all of us with it to dust. now if you still want to steal it, go ahead. ?? well... i had thought my bill was all paid up to date.

- yes, come in! i will be with you directly! - thank you. mr. nobel? y nitroglycerin compound. there has been a very regrettable, uh... what would you say in the american phrase, uh, a mix-up, very regrettable. completely wrong shipment. mineral oil. pure, simple mineral oil. - you mean that somebody has your nitroglycerin by mistake? - yes, i'm afraid that may be the case.

... a gentlemen named paladin. - i'm paladin. - (chuckles) oh, i see. forgive me. would you be so kind as to hold this a moment? - this, i take it, is some of your nitroglycerin? - yes, but it is quite safe, i will show you. - mr. nobel, i would be very happy to take your word for that. - (chuckles) of course. but contamination is a distinct problem.

- (clears throat) r of 30 seconds. 25. 20. oh, there is no danger at all, you understand. the container is two-inch thick lead, insulated by cotton batting. eight seconds.

do you realize, sir, the implications this substance of mine holds for all mankind? - i'm afraid i do. - i have calculated that effectively placed, fewer than 500 containers of nitroglycerine could essentially destroy the entire city of london. think of that. - i would prefer not to. - but there will be no more war. my invention will insure peace, i am certain of it. each nation will now have the means to destroy the other. no army would dare to march. when each government has supplies of nitroglycerin at its command, a balance of terror will exist. then, finally, there will be peace in the world because no one would dare to begin such carnage.

en like that? hannibal ravaged rome with swords, spears. rome destroyed carthage with the same weapons. genghis khan found bows and arrows adequate to his purposes, and napoleon managed to slaughter half the population of europe with flintlocks. - but nitroglycerin is not like bows and arrows or spears. it is entirely different. it is the ultimate weapon. - and human nature remains the same. - no. no. when men truly understand my invention, can be used for good, to move mountains, build dams, change the course of rivers and turn deserts into farmland, then, surely, they will choose that rather than their own destruction. why, those ten missing containers alone are enough... - enough to destroy half this city.

it might cause a panic. - well... it should be easy enough to trace...

- well... according to the shipping company records, this should be it. - dr. mono? you got customers. - ah! gentlemen!

the system. you came to the right place, sir, and may i say barely in time. dr. mono's wonder nerve elixir. - i am not suffering from nervous palpitations. i am looking for a sam thurber. - you, uh... you bill collectors? - no, it's about a misrouted shipment. - oh, you mean about this stuff here? well, let me tell you something, i ain't about to pay for that stuff. and they sent me me some kind of glycerin. one thing sam thurber ain't is a chump. - yes, this is it. - there are only nine boxes of it, where are the other boxes? - i mixed up a batch of goods with it, but it tasted pretty awful. i had to get rid of it by hawking it off at half-price south of mission. i got a couple of bottles of it around here someplace. get me a bottle of that bile mix.

hol. - and vanilla. - this is very dangerous. the chemical decomposition has probably set in already. - well, then that stuff could go off any minute. - not necessarily. it depends upon the rate of decomposition, which in turn depends on the interaction of the ingredients. i must have all this mixture back. that other stuff i put in there is pretty costly. i wouldn't want to-- a hundred dollars? uh, drag out the other bottle of that bad bile mix. - now just a minute. whoa, whoa! aah! i'll get it. (exhales) how many bottles of this did you sell?

we must find those 17 bottles. - now wait a minute. what abut this stuff? - it is stable. this is our main concern. - nobel, i can't leave this here with him. - you are right. - now wait a minute. what about my mineral oil? - we'll send you the mineral oil from the hotel. - look, i found another one. except it's almost empty. - well, throw it out.

- yeah. no wonder they paid so much to get that stuff back. but i think i know somebody who will pay even better. - liver tonic? nope, don't think so. - well, it was sold around the neighborhood. mebody else with a bottle like this. - oh, that stuff. my old woman bought some of it. couldn't gall it down, though. i've been using it to grease axles. - aah! - here it is. stuff ain't no good for man, beast or wagon, though. all it done was smoke up and fizzle when i put it on the axle.

ame to anyone else who has a bottle of this. - oh. sure enough. i'll tell anybody i see. - just a moment. may i see it? just a moment, please. dr. mono apparently has a label for every ailment. - the other three bottles, please. - sure! - hey, you. you. - you want a drink. - no, but i want that bottle. - oh, no, you don't! oh, no! the best stuff i ever had! it's got a real kick to it!

uhh! - we must get this man quick to a doctor. in large doses, it is poisonous. - and you were gonna create a balance of terror? give everybody in the world nitroglycerin? what about this, the innocent misuse, the regrettable mistake? death by miscalculation. - but i will tell them.

- yes, yes. the decomposition is following an exact molecular ratio. - can you tell now how long the compound will remain stable?

tomorrow morning, the mixture will have reached a point of spontaneous explosion. after that, any slightest jar, hardly more than a pin drop, will be enough to... - mr. nobel, how large an area would one of these bottles effect? - it would depend on several factors, the degree of compression, the vector of impact forces. at the very least, it would be extensive. too extensive. still loose in this city. we dump these into the bay. - no, no! the shock waves would open the seams of the stoutest ships. don't you see? that is why ships of war are through, finished. - then the only thing we can do is find those other bottles and get them out of the city. - but how do we find them? - yeah. well, it's too late to trace them.

brought to one specific point for collection. - yes, but we would still need someone willing to take the bottles out of the city for disposal. and with the risk involved, i do not know where i would hire such a man. - mr. nobel, you have already hired him. - i meant, of course, where i would find such a man to accompany me. of dr. mono's liver and bile tonic..." - "dr. mono's skin salve, dr. mono's kidney tonic, "dr. mono's catar solvent, and/or any other preparations of a similar..." - "...nature, will place the said bottle "on that section of terman street "between 3rd and 4th avenues

- $50. half a bottle of that stuff will blow in the whole side of a bank. $50. ha. well, they ain't cheating sam thurber that easy.

- this is all of them, all 17 bottles. - time? - 26 minutes past the hour of 8.

- but the mixture might remain stable past 11:00. - then again it might break down in the next five minutes. isn't that possible?

- 17 minutes before 11:00. how far now, mr. paladin? - just over a mile. whoa. whoa. - we just don't have the equipment or the time to fool with it.

how much time? - nine moments. - you'd better pray your calculations were wrong. when i lift up on this wagon, push that wheel on the axel the best you can. - hold it! all right, i'm taking over this buckboard. - thurber, there's enough nitroglycerin in this buckboard to blow you and us, the buckboard and that hill to dust! - i know it, and i'm selling the whole batch for a big fat price. - but you do not understand! the compound is no longer pure! - the people i'm selling it to won't know the difference.

all right, you go ahead.

- but i do not understand.

mount of nitroglycerin. - they see, but their vision is too narrow. - exactly one moment before. (explosion) (explosion) - montaigne observed that men did not invent devils, - yes, but they also found the stuff of angels there, too. one will triumph. - which one? (explosion) ?? - ? have gun will travel ? ? reads the card of a man ?

? his fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind ? ? a soldier of fortune is the man called ? ? paladin ? ? paladin, paladin, where do you roam? ? ? paladin, paladin far ?

?? - we can't last eight more miles, minoru, so we're going over the cliff. the last ten feet won't be pleasant, but neither is the alternative. ??

in defeat, i shall comfort myself with the conceit that the game of go should remain exclusively japanese. the western mind is far too devious for our simple talents. - (laughs) well, the east yielded chess to us. perhaps you should go back to japan and tell them to send us teachers of go. the teachers they send us will not be of go. - i have heard of the new leadership in japan. - the sleeping tiger of wa is never far from us. it waits only to be awakened. two men have been smuggled into mexico from japan. they are to slip across the american border to seek the converts i have refused them. - just two? - two.

- a cross and a sword. historically, very effective. but there are people to deal with those who would cross - that i cannot doally. i can come to you, but no further. yet, they must be stopped. i will understand.

- my son minoru. he will lead you to the appointed place. i have again presumed on our friendship and have allowed him to make all the preparations for your journey. - and the time to depart is now. leave the game to be finished. - paladin, they must not awaken the tiger. - this is the place i was telling you about. that's where most of them sneak over. - what about the border patrol? - they got one man to cover 50 miles of border.

- mexicans? - no, chinese. oh, maybe a few japanese. half of them died out there i, oh,but he dn't care.nese. he always collected in advance. - they usually do. no investigation? - what, for a few chinese? not in this section of god's country. - that's the mexican side. how much desert out there? - oh, 30 miles to the nearest town, comparsita. oh? well, let's camp here and wait for them. - uh, there's a family named osata who lives in a little border town near here. maybe we should go by and check them and see if they heard of anything. well, i mean we're still two days in advance. - is that why we rode all night last night, so we could be two days early? - well, i mean i just thought they might be able to help.

(speaking japanese) - (speaking japanese) - i have enough english. you have come a long way.

- he will grow to be a strong man like his father, now that he has learned. - learned? - yes. you see, when he first came, he had much pride. he did not understand. - can a man walk wit pride? - this is not your lovely city of san francisco, mr. paladin. this is quinta county. it's different here. and wait, always wait. - (speaking japanese) - you will share the evening with us? - you do me honor.

the men you seek are dead... or will be soon. they were left in the desert by the men who brought them across the border yesterday. th will die in the desert to the north. - how far from here? - oh, less than one day's ride. - no one's gone after them? - (scoffs) welcome to quinta county. - osata, do you have spare horses? - are we going in the desert after them? - would you rather stay here? - no, i just thought... (man) - hey, chinese boy! hey, japanese boy! where are you? how about some service? hey, we got a big order for you! - (speaking japanese)

(woman screaming) - oh, he ain't hurting her none, wong! he ain't hurting her at all! - over here. - he didn't mean no harm, just fooling. ain't that right, wong? - humor is gold to the poor. - that's right, wong. here's a list of the stuff. you ought to marry that pretty little girl of yours off to some nice japanese boy,

- you've traveled around. is it different? - well, that's not our primary concern. those two we came after? we'll go and get them, bring them back here. osata will have notified the border patrol. - is it different?! - it will be. - oh, sure, sure. look... that pair we came for...

- (speaking japanese) (speaking japanese) he's going back. - you are japanese? - nisei, born in america. - where do you take us? - back to the border and to the authorities. - (speaking japanese) - ahh! - nothing. - yeah, it'll be sundown within an hour. we should make it back by dawn.

- hey, that's enough! look at that! he finished over half of it! - hyah! hyahah yah! (horses neighing) - samurai! - you may shoot him. his life has no meaning but to die for a purpose. - and you? - i am nothing. death is nothing. - oh? well, i hope you remember that when the temperature hits 120. - we will not die. you will die.

- as you wish. you i understand. the master is always happy in his own home. but you i do not. - yeah? well, , at makes two of us, 'cause i don't understand you either. - you are a slave that pretends to walk like a man. i used to have a number of good answers to that. i guess i must have forgotten them. - minoru, when a change comes, sometimes it comes slowly, but it will come. - how long to come? twenty years to be, as you say, equal? - twenty years? perhaps.

is it possible, then, he could be superior? - his opportunity will be equal. what he does with it is up to him. can we go? - (speaking japanese) - paladin?

half. i understand your conflict. you wish us dead, but cannot kill us. (canteen thuddinin - how far is it now? - eight or ten miles, five as the crow flies. - (sighs) well, we can't make eight.

- what areou called? - takura. mimiru takura. - i see. i have heard of your father. it is all clear. the name takura has much honor in my country... the samurai secki takura live with much honor and is still worshipped among us. your father must have spoken of him. - no, never.

all right, send the priest down. - there is a divine destiny to be fulfilled with us, but the spirit mt be strong. - minoru! - come on. - takuku, be proud. what if you had a medical emergency away from home? my chest hurts. i can't breathe.

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- we have much furth? - less than a mile. and don't count on me getting any weaker. - i see. the wise hawk conceals its claws. - and the wise man his wisdom. - i suppose it would be useless to... - useless. - so i thought. - well, with that in mind, proceed on our way to osata's? - osata. another countryman. - that's about enough selling for today. minoru? - i heard you, every word. and just what do you have to sell, paladin? - put the gun down. - - u toss yours out. (gun xxxxs) - it's less than a mile to osata's.

- and your father? - he made his choice, now i'm making mine. i listened to every word he s sd. speak soft, speak low, and wait. for what?! for a life in the shadows, hoping for one day to be equal? equal! just for a moment, think, paladin. think about the possibility that i might be better than you! - i'm thinking, minoru, and i believe it. you might be just about equal to those two back in the store. you might be just as superior, just as bigoted and just as frightened. - it is necessary that you kill him. - oh, that's'sight. you'll have to kill me.

he won't find us. - i'll find you. go ahead, pull the trigger. it's just the beginning for you. - (speaking japanese) hai. - aaagghhh!

ve - i' been very fli. - well, someday the idea of equality will be a fact. until then, we're all ve a little b b foolish. - when i return totoapan,

and so the ter returns to . - for r w. - then like i, you think it will not pass? there ll be more? - mu more. - are you afraid for your country? - as long as there is a painting to contemplate, a book to studud or... even a game to finish.

? his fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind ? ? ? paladin ?

? >> come on, hit thaha ring -- ht that thing..

>> what ya doin'' down there? >> come on, pedro! ride that thing! get it! get >> where is john? >> john who? oh, last i saw him, he was looking for some string. had a little trouble. >> the only thing he talks about is this ride and his heifers. he knew that we had to leave. >> at got plenty of time to

>> will you listen to me instead of looking at that sd whater his name is? >> pedro! don't wry about it. 'm sure he'll be along in plenty of time to drive you to town >> i don't nd i need a husband who is ready to leave his ranch for a little while to drive to my fiesta. >> old john won't be long. he will be here any minute. >> who pushed me? >> do you think someone can leave their work long enough for

fiesta? >> of course, they would be happy to. take as many as you want. >> how can i take any of them while you are playing with brooms? >> i guess you are right. this foolishness has gone on long enough. but the boys will come. they listen good to me. hey, fellas, fiesta time. let's go. >> [speaking spanish] >> i guess they did not pay too much attention. excuse me. fellas, i said wewere going to

let's go! took me a while to get their attention. they will be a long. i'm trying to help, victoria. everything is going to be fine. >> fine? [s[saking spanish] >> you took the words right outt of my mouth.

? >> going to get me a whole tub to driri of whiskey. going to celebrate a storm.

senorita. >> buenos di[speaking spanish] >> whatt did she say? >> she sai you are the most handsome blulueyed man in the whole town. >> how do you say you are the most beautiful senorora? >> i've got a mean what he thinks it means. >> what did i do wrong? >> >> you just cannot please some people. >> come on, we've got some

>> only thing i like better is money. >> three days, three glorious days, we celebrate peace. >> say it once againthis time

>> [speaking spanish] >> you are sure that means you are a lovely senior rita and i want to see you tonight? >> you have my solemn word. >> senorita? >> [speaking s snish] >> now what did he do wrong? >> apparently that girl was recently married. >> john, will you help me, please yakker

you help me, please? >> there. >> yes yakker do you like it? >> yes, i like it. very much. >> no one has the right to as happy as i am. >> no one has the right to be as beautiful. you think i don't know what it's like here. the danger of loneliness. now that he'e's is really here, you can finally hav john is wonderful. happppmusic, happy boys, happy heart. >> you had better go out on the balcononand enjoy it while i try to make myself presentable. >> yes, john.

>> nick? victoria. >> victoria! victoria! [speaking spanish] it's been much too lonon much too long. you look lovelier than ever.

cannon. >> senor, you are a lucky man. ii never met a man more dually entitled to congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> can you say? >> you are here. wild horses could not pull me away. >> victoria, what was that he

>> [speaking spanish]

>> [speaking spanish] >> they drive their tombstone, ain't never seen such a collection of famous individuals gathered under one roof. that brawny one at the end, likes to shoot folks in the back . the fellow standing next to him

that fellow next to him is old buckskin frank leslie his self. that's what i call a real bad man. alongside him, his sidewinder is as trusty as a sunday school teacher. next to old buckskin there. the less said about him the better. >> here o >> but i cannot quite place that ugly fellow standing next to him. wait a minute -- don't tell me. don't tell me.

will never forget his smell. ill their works both sides of the law, depending on which side pays him the most. hey, curly bill -- which side are you on now? >> can't you take a joke, curly? >> am going to blow him in half. >o gunplay, curly. >> wait a minute, john. now you have seen him, the best in the worst of the lot, depending on how you look at it, bubunext to him stands the greatest fighting man in the land. boy, you're looking at the one,

curly bill, you didn't answer me. >> he's on the side of the law, buck. we are all on the side of the law. >> that's the funniest thing i ever heard. >> yeaea it's funny.

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>> rock -- buck, i want you to meet the villagers. >> any friend of mine is a friend of mine. >> i belieie you already met my friend. >> your friend? >> well, sha w >> shall we say y better get them boys out of town before somebody gets beat up pretty bad? >> we are e e law. >> huh? >> i brought them here to make surerehat there is no violation of the peace treaty.

gunfighters that authority? >> i did, amigo.

victoria. you truly look more beautiful than ever. you remember once i told you i would follow you to the ends of the earth? and then i find you here in the middle of the desert without even trying. life is really very >> well, if i talk about victoria, it's only because seeing you again brings back soo many happy memories. >> memories of our childhood make us act like children. only pictures of what we think we remember.

isn't it? >> yes. what is that you are wearing? i don't recall having seen that before. what arerehe tombstone rangers? >> it's an organization created to preserve the peace and protect the people of the territory. >> protect them from what? you let me tell you something, mr. -- we have made our peace with the apaches. the fighting and t t bloodshed is over with. >> the fighting will never be

senor, i belong to a proud family. our land once stretched farther than the see. it's all gone now, destroyed by the apache. >> a lot of folks that died out here, red and white and a lot of colors in between . it never made bounty hunters out of us. >> anyway, we got peace now. >> he's right. >> no, there is no peace, not on my side of the border. every apache scalp brought in is worth $200, and i'm going to make every penny that was lost to me.

>> what you do on your side of the border is your business. what y y do on this side is ours . when we first settled here, we had no peace, but we have it now, and i intend to keep the peace. do i make myself clear to you? >> excuse me, sir. >> what are you trying to do?

where you shoot sidewinders for hiding out? >> in the middle of the night? >> the middle of the night, amigo? it's going on 6:00 in the morning. let's go. >> first time and apache sees a think we are a deserter of war. you can ride back to the ranch. >> what for? >> you know, big john -- he just left, but he'll be right back. >> amigo, you speak english?

>> [speaking spanish] >> it means, "senior -- senorita, you have a nose like a beak." [laughter] >> pedro, yound manolito want to see that t ctoria gets home safe? >> si, senor. i guess my life might become more interesting. >> it would be a lot easier knowing you were with victoria. get going, pedro.

nearest apache settlement of any sisi -- it's my guess those -- that's the first place the scalp hunters will h h. what do you think? whole town dry, you know. >> not a question. a point of honor. what else e uld a man do? >> you just hang on.

i wonder why he has changed so much. >> no need to blame it on anything or anyone else. it had to be there. only thing is we were not looking for it.

>> what is it? what is she doing yeah could >> she said first -- her father was murderededy some men. six white men. then they scalped him. this one ran away. >> bring her. bring her here. is >> yes. i want you to take her back to the ranch and keep her there. >> you cannot go alone against six men. >lease. i have to go. >> you have to go get shot right now?

nina! go get her. she is getting away. hurry up. >> am not going to leave you alone. >> i have the right -- >> yes, but i guaranteed your safety back. nick. then two scalps we got times 200 -- how much ishat split six ways yeah could >> $70. >> sure ain't going to get rich that way. when we going to hit town? >> tonight. >> must be a hundred of them anyway.

>> you know they are going to expect us to hit their first. why do what is expected? >> i say we hit it tonight. >> what kind of followers you want me to send? >> you ride with me, gringo. you will

>> if you are staying for supper, i hope you brought your own beans. [laughter] >> i have already eaten. [laughter] hey, nick, amigo! i'm so happy you dropped in. [laughter] nice to see you.

this john cannon does not like drinking, site ask myself, what are you doing chasing cows around this country and taking orders from this gringo, john cannon? ride with your good friend went there is much fun, and the dinero i am speechless with pleasure. >> just go there now. >> you always have to drive me.

it. >> very foolish not totoull the trigger when you had the chance. >> compositor a, i will miss you -- compadre, i will miss you. now make your peace with god. >> that could take a wild. there is so much he has to forgive. >> hold it. i live he is a hostage. if not, they come after us. >> that's right. we'll take him, and we can

>> looks like smoke 6, 7 miles up ahead.

>> muchas gracias. >> de nada. >> i owe you gracias from before. >> it's convenient to have a back door. you should d ve thought of that before you wrote in here, though. >> i thought of only one thing >> i've been thinking of that myself for quite a while. >> you know, i have heard many legends in my day. one of them is that you are looking for death. is that true? >> i died a long time ago.

him comfortable. >> listened. >> they must have found those two indians they were looking for. >> they say the tribes must get together. >> you are lying. >> why should i? you will find out soon enough. i will be happy that you are dead, you will be happy that i am dead, and johnny will be happy that he is finally and

i know the way out. i know this country like and apache. trust me, i can find a way out for all of us. >> drums over there. >> yes. sure wish i could understand them. >> they could have already attacked somewhere else. those drums could mean the tribes are gathering.

>> johnny! >> pull up there so that they can see you. >> that's manolito, i think. they must have victoria, too. >> know, if they had he she

>> y y see what we have here? manolito. you want to save his life, then ride back where you came. you can come back tomorrow. >> if they could find a way up there, they could help us out. >> it occurs to me that any gunplay will bring a swarm of apache down here like a swarm of these. we got to settle this without any shooting unless you want the apaches moving down us. >> he's right. >> all right, no guns. aa knife makes no noise. >> you use a knife, we will use every gun we've got.

real quiet. one man from your bunch, one man from our bunch, no weapons, no holds barred. >> me one of them, i can handle him all by myself. >> try me. you win, you get your boy back. we win, he stays with us until we get across the border safaf >> how is your head yeah could >> all right, we'll except. >> ok, nick, what are you waiting for?

>> i told you i could handle him.

i said no weapons. looks like it's you and me, nick.

>> you know the indians heard

>> at t t to get to cochise. manolo. >> gringo.

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